this is bbc news — these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. one year on from the fall of kabul — celebrations in the street about taliban rule in afghanistan. in the uk, labour leader sir keir starmer outlines his plans stop energy bills going up over winter — by freezing the energy price cap in england, scotland and wales for six months either we let the oil and gas companies continue to make huge profits whilst every family across the country suffers or we do something about it. five foreign nationals — including three british men —

are expected to stand trial in ukraine's russian—occupied donetsk region, after being accused of being mercenaries in the country. europe's sweltering heatwave leads to a warning that — from today — water levels in parts of the river rhine in germany will be so low it may not be usable. athlete ricardo dos santos — who was allegedly racially profiled during a stop and search — says he was pulled over for a second time by seven armed police officers. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. we begin in afghanistan where it is one year since the taliban returned to power,

prompting many thousands to try to flee and leaving many more behind where their daily lives have changed dramatically. one of the most significant changes they've made is to limit education for girls — they're barred from secondary schools in most of the country. but that hasn't stopped young women from pursuing the dream of education, despite the difficulties. lyse doucet is in kabul. you join us youjoin us in you join us in the afghan capital one year ago, this city was the scene of taliban fighters flooding into the capital, triggering a panicked rush to the airport as thousands of afghans and foreigners trying to deplete this country and the advance of taliban rule. there is now being a second time for the

taliban to run this country. one year on, it is a country under increasingly harsh restrictions by the new taliban authorities. here in the new taliban authorities. here in the capital today we have seen on the capital today we have seen on the streets impromptu celebrations, celebrations by taliban supporters in other cities and towns across this country. many afghans have welcomed the end of this war but there is deep unease about the restrictions governing both the lives of afghan men and women, most of all the lives of women and young girls. nothing symbolises the harsh rule of the taliban. we have been looking more closely at the lives of afghan women and young girls across three generations. it's a man's world. afghanistan is a

conservative country. but the rules are now set by the ultraconservative taliban. spaces which had opened up for women have now been slammed shut. we met three generations of women whose lives speak loudly about their world. many are afraid. they don't want to be identified. this woman used to be a senior official in the finance ministry. last year the taliban told her, stay at home. a man would take herjob. i worked for more than 17 years in the finance ministry. it was difficult with family and work, but i went to university and got my masters degree. we spent so much time to get here. now we are back to zero. everything is finished. more than 60 female civil servants have banded together. they shared some of the exchanges on their messaging group.

women haven't completely disappeared. from the streets or ministries like health, education, security. there are spaces only for women. this market has just reopened in the western city of herat. this was the first day. women, a bit nervous. shops, still empty. this is it? yes. this is your shop? today it's closed. oh, look at your sewing machines. 18—year—old suhaila is excited. she's reopening this dress shop with big sister. but she should be in her last year of school. suhaila was the top student in her class.

but the taliban shut most high schools. i am very sad. if i'd finished school i would start university but i can't go to university because i'm not graduated from school. was it hard for you? no school, no shop. how hard was it? i think it's not for me, and for all of the girls of afghanistan it's a sad memory... and missed school. sorry. it's ok. sorry. it's hard here, too, far away in the central highlands. this is one of afghanistan's poorest provinces. since the taliban took over, even poorer. and there's still no aid to their government. for the destitute and desperate,

agonising choices. this woman gave her daughter in marriage for about £1,000. she's only six—years—old. so is her husband—to—be. translation: she's too young. but i give her away because we have no food. so my other children don't die of hunger. it's still very hard but now she can eat with her in—laws. i had no other option but to give her away. child marriage is prohibited, but pervasive in afghanistan. but not this young. we've hidden the identity of mother, daughter and son. her in—laws told me they will take care of her like their own child because she's so young. they told me, don't worry. sobbing. what mother wouldn't worry?

what child wouldn't weep? a new generation takes shape in a new afghanistan. the taliban say the rights of boys and girls within islam will be respected. but there is growing fear that girls who were learning to lead will be left far behind. lyse doucet, bbc news, kabul. the hard lives of afghan women and girls under taliban rule and many feared their lives will get harder. many statements from the international community about to tell about restrictions but afghans here tell us they have had very little impact. we cross live to stockholm now to join the swedish minister of foreign affairs. thank you forjoining us.—

minister of foreign affairs. thank i you forjoining us._ what you for “oining us. thank you. what is you forjoining us. thank you. what is happening _ you forjoining us. thank you. what is happening in _ you forjoining us. thank you. what is happening in afghanistan, - is happening in afghanistan, especially with women and girls must be a matter of concern. sweden was the first country to declare it had a feminist foreign policy. there's been many strong statements but what more can you do, many afghan women ask? , . w more can you do, many afghan women ask? , ., ., ., ., ., ask? the situation for women and uirls now ask? the situation for women and girls now in _ ask? the situation for women and girls now in afghanistan _ ask? the situation for women and girls now in afghanistan is - ask? the situation for women and girls now in afghanistan is a - girls now in afghanistan is a nightmare. anything that may believe that the _ nightmare. anything that may believe that the taliban regime might be a little bit _ that the taliban regime might be a little bit lighter than the last time — little bit lighter than the last time they were rolling hasjust not been _ time they were rolling hasjust not been fulfilled. they have lied about their intentions, they have made life so_ their intentions, they have made life so terrible for women and girls but may— life so terrible for women and girls but may need to find ways to support women _ but may need to find ways to support women and _ but may need to find ways to support women and girls anyway. and i think the fact— women and girls anyway. and i think the fact that we cannot give anything to the taliban regime because — anything to the taliban regime because we don't want to legitimise

them _ because we don't want to legitimise them means we have to go through civil organisations and go through un organisations and there are organisations that are doing a fantestic— organisations that are doing a fantasticjob also for giving education for girls for example. many— education for girls for example. many western governments and members of the united nations talk regularly to the taliban. they send those messages, do you think this last year of negotiations made any progress on this front? unfortunately not. and i'm very disappointed because i think we need to continue _ disappointed because i think we need to continue to demand from the taliban— to continue to demand from the taliban regime that they should look out for— taliban regime that they should look out for their women and girls, they should _ out for their women and girls, they should have — out for their women and girls, they should have human rights, democracy, all of should have human rights, democracy, 6“ of this _ should have human rights, democracy, all of this. but so far, they have not fulfilled anything what they said in— not fulfilled anything what they said in the beginning. they even

went— said in the beginning. they even went to — said in the beginning. they even went to norway and made agreements, they have _ went to norway and made agreements, they have talked to the eu, the united — they have talked to the eu, the united nations. they don't follow any of— united nations. they don't follow any of that. our worst fears have actually — any of that. our worst fears have actually come through when it comes to how— actually come through when it comes to how they— actually come through when it comes to how they deal with it and right now _ to how they deal with it and right now i'm — to how they deal with it and right now... i'm sorry? hello? can you hear me? can you hear me? |_ hello? can you hear me? can you hear me? ., ., ., , ., me? i do apologise for those technical _ me? i do apologise for those technical problems. - me? i do apologise for those i technical problems. sometimes me? i do apologise for those - technical problems. sometimes it is the nature of the story and the fact our correspondent is in the afghan capital and i do apologise and we will try and rejoin her as soon as we can. our correspondent secunder kermani is in kandahar

where many are celebrating the anniversary, seeing it as a day of independence. taliban members and supporters have gathered here in the centre of kandahar. today is the first anniversary of their independence as they see it, the culmination of their struggle against the us—led international presence here and the previous afghan government that it was allied to. for many others in afghanistan, today is the day that they lost their sense of freedom. teenage girls in most of the country are not able to go to school. a if you are someone who is politically opposed to the taliban, you are no longer free to criticise them publicly. you face the risk of arrest, torture or even death. there are also others, though, who also feel a new sense of freedom. villagers living in deeply conservative rural parts of the south of the country where i am now, in the east of afghanistan, who feel a sense of freedom in being able to go out to their fields without being

afraid of being caught in the crossfire of a gun battle. for them, no matter how authoritarian life under the taliban might be, it is far more preferable to life at war. what unites afghans at the moment is a sense of despair at the dire economic and humanitarian situation here. the previous afghan government was propped up by huge levels of foreign spending and money is still coming into the country but far, far less than before the taliban. we have seen poverty levels rise, malnutrition levels rise, ordinary people are seeing the consequences of decisions by both the international community and the taliban. ayman al—zawahiri, the leader of al-oaida, was killed two weeks ago by a us drone strike in kabul. our correspondent yogita limaye spoke with the taliban about the incident. translation: we have formed a committee to

investigate the incident. we are working on it. argument with the us. we did not use ayman al—zawahiri against any country. i don't think this will affect our relationships with the world and the us. it’s relationships with the world and the us. �* , , ._ , , . relationships with the world and the us. . ., us. it's been ten days since that attack, us. it's been ten days since that attack. you _ us. it's been ten days since that attack, you still— us. it's been ten days since that attack, you still don't _ us. it's been ten days since that attack, you still don't know - us. it's been ten days since that. attack, you still don't know whether the head of al-qaeda was in kabul or not? , , , , the head of al-qaeda was in kabul or not? ,, , , not? the process is time-consuming because it is — not? the process is time-consuming because it is sensitive _ not? the process is time-consuming because it is sensitive and _ not? the process is time-consuming because it is sensitive and has - not? the process is time-consuming because it is sensitive and has many| because it is sensitive and has many aspects. we don't have much evidence from the scene. aspects. we don't have much evidence from the scene-— from the scene. what is the current reiationship — from the scene. what is the current relationship between _ from the scene. what is the current relationship between al-qaeda - from the scene. what is the current relationship between al-qaeda and | relationship between al-qaeda and the taliban? taste relationship between al-qaeda and the taliban?— relationship between al-qaeda and the taliban? ~ ., ., ., , the taliban? we were unaware of his resence the taliban? we were unaware of his presence here _ the taliban? we were unaware of his presence here because _ the taliban? we were unaware of his presence here because he _ the taliban? we were unaware of his presence here because he has - the taliban? we were unaware of his presence here because he has no - presence here because he has no relationship. if some people personally had relationships with him we will find out. al-qaeda does not have any members here, as they left afghanistan long ago. just not have any members here, as they left afghanistan long ago.— left afghanistan long ago. just to clari , left afghanistan long ago. just to clarify. the _ left afghanistan long ago. just to clarify, the taliban _ left afghanistan long ago. just to clarify, the taliban has _ left afghanistan long ago. just to clarify, the taliban has no - left afghanistan long ago. just to clarify, the taliban has no ties i clarify, the taliban has no ties with al-qaeda?_ clarify, the taliban has no ties with al-qaeda? ., ., ., ., with al-qaeda? no, we do not have an ties with al-qaeda? no, we do not have any ties without _ with al-qaeda? no, we do not have any ties without carrying _ with al-qaeda? no, we do not have any ties without carrying it - with al-qaeda? no, we do not have any ties without carrying it out. - any ties without carrying it out. they have been reports on

speculation it was members of the taliban who helped the us identify ayman al—zawahiri and his location, how do you respond? ayman al-zawahiri and his location, how do you respond?— how do you respond? there is no truth to that. — how do you respond? there is no truth to that. if _ how do you respond? there is no truth to that. if you _ how do you respond? there is no truth to that. if you don't - how do you respond? there is no truth to that. if you don't know i truth to that. if you don't know where ayman _ truth to that. if you don't know where ayman al-zawahiri - truth to that. if you don't know where ayman al-zawahiri was l truth to that. if you don't know. where ayman al-zawahiri was or truth to that. if you don't know - where ayman al-zawahiri was or is, where ayman al—zawahiri was or is, how are you going to prevent any attacks on america or its allies from the territory of afghanistan? as i say, afghan soil as not as yet been used against the us or any other country. what is happening here is a separate story, the group was not planned from here and there was not planned from here and there was any activity, we would have about it. here in the uk, the labour leader, sir keir starmer, has set out how he would fund his party's plan to freeze the energy price cap for six months, and stop household gas and electricity bills rising over the winter in england, scotland and wales. the energy price cap — the maximum amount suppliers can

charge for average use — is forecast to hit more than £3,500 in october and more than £4,200 injanuary. labour said it would freeze the price cap at its current level — which is £1,971 a year for the average household. sir keir starmer claims the typical family would see savings of £1,000 a year under this plan — and that it would also reduce inflation — the rate at which prices are rising — by up to 1t%. to fund this, labour says it would extend the windfall tax on oil and gas companies, backdating it to january, which would bring in 8 billion. 1a billion would come from dropping the £400 energy rebate everyone's due to get in the autumn, and abandoning other pledges made by conservative candidates. and by keeping inflation down, the party says it would save another 7 billion by reducing the government's debt interest payments. here's labour leader sir keir starmer.

the question i think that every political leader needs to answer at the moment is in relation to that massive hike, i mean, from a cap of £2,000 on bills to 3,500, then up again to 4,200 injanuary, which is going to make it a really difficult winter for millions of people. what are you going to do about it? and that's the question we're answering today. i accept that in the medium and long term, there have got to be other measures, which is why we've argued for some time that, in addition to this package, we need to insulate millions of homes that are leaking heat and energy all of the time. we said that a year ago now, but the government's done nothing about it. but i think the question that, you know, everybody is really anxious about, because everybody, i think now knows that in october, their energy bills are going to go through the roof again. and thenjanuary, even further, is what are you going to do about it? and the labour party says we're on your side. we will tax the oil and gas companies that have made more money

than they were expecting, and use that money to freeze these prices to make sure there aren't those increases in the autumn. the plan we've got obviously to keep energy prices frozen where they are not allowing them to increase will have a huge impact on families because their budget can then be used for other things. so there's a direct correlation between our plan and those other prices, but there are other things that we do need to do. whilst we are cancelling quite a lot of what the government has put on the table, the one bit we're not cancelling is the £650 payments to those on universal credit, and to pensioners. and we're additionally recognising that those who pay their energy bills through prepayment meters, there's about 4 million households who do that, often those households are the ones struggling most. we've got a plan on the table for them because they pay an additional premium, which has an impact on what they can then spend on food and other commodities, etc. so the plan does cover that

indirectly because by reducing those energy prices, it allows people more money in their pocket this autumn than otherwise they would have. but i can't emphasise enough from the very many conversations i've had with people across the countryjust how anxious people are about what's going to happen this winter. our political correspondent ione wells, updated us on the current position of the government on tackling energy costs. the treasury at the moment are game planning multiple different options that any new government could consider so in that sense, there isn't anything that is off the table but i think it's worth bearing in mind both contenders for the next prime minister, liz truss and rishi sunak, have emphasised they are not keen on extending that windfall tax on oil and gas companies and that's a key part of how the labour party says it will fund this energy price cap freeze. as well as that, they say that instead of giving everyone £400 payments this autumn,

they would put that £14 billion towards cancelling the energy price cap rise and they also say part of the way they would fund this is because by freezing this energy price cap, they hope it would bring down inflation and also bring down the interest that the government has to pay on its debt repayment. this point in particular is something that has been picked up by the institute of fiscal studies who said while it is true that by bringing the energy price cap down, it would bring down inflation, that would only happen if these subsidies were continued longer than the six months which labour is proposing. they say those interest repayments wouldn't be kept low in the long run unless the labour subsidies would continue in the long run as well. earlier today, keir starmer responded to this on bbc breakfast, arguing this is why in april, he and the government would need to rethink what could be later

announced to help families through the spring and the summer, as well. what happens after april matters because you have to maintain measures to reduce inflation. of course we have to do that in april when we see the circumstances but what he is not suggesting is that we are wrong when we say our plan will reduce inflation and therefore the huge payments we make on our debt because of rising inflation. yes, it's true that in april and towards the latter end of next year, all of us will again be asked what are you going to do now, and that is why what i say about the medium and long—term today is important but nobody including pauljohnson is arguing the fact that our plan will not only keep energy prices down for millions of families this winter, but also keep inflation down which is so important in terms of the drivers of price increases across the country. keir starmer defending his plans and saying it may well be that

in april, more support would be needed. one thing the institute for fiscal studies did say was that labour had been more extensive in costing their plans than the current government and the two leadership hopefuls, rishi sunak and liz truss. liz truss has said the way to help people is cancel the national insurance rise and put more money back in people's pockets through cutting taxes as well as the spending green levies, rishi sunak says more support will be needed for households, especially more vulnerable households this winter and also says he would suspend vat on energy bills. at the moment all these plans are hypotheticalfrom both leadership candidates and from the labour party with none of them currently in a position to be able to make a definitive decision, given that they are not currently in power so as it stands, people looking for answers about what exact support will be available in the autumn will have to wait longer until we know who the next prime minister will be.

nick butler, former head of strategy at bp gave us his reaction to labour's plan. any government now, any new leader will have to put in place something similar to this in terms of stopping the planned increase at the end of august and future increases. they are not affordable for ordinary people. and the next challenge, really, which mr starmer has started to open up and some of the tory candidates have opened up, is how you start funding this gap. the proposal is a substantial windfall profits tax, additional to what has already been put in place. i think any government will have to be very careful not to totally discourage investment in the next generation of energy supply. on that point, can ijust interrupt? what sir keir starmer said was backdating this to january is on the profits over

and above what the energy giants were expecting. so they weren't expecting this level so it's that bit of the profits that will be taxed. i understand that. i think you have to be very careful in understanding which profits you're taxing. and from which companies. if you are talking about the energy majors, they make most of their money outside the uk, i'm not sure if this is a proposal to tax the overseas earnings orjust earnings in the uk. i think also within the retail part of the energy sector, there are some people who are clearly making very big margins on what they do because their costs for instance in producing nuclear power from existing nuclear stations, which is quite low, that has not changed and i don't see why the cap which is badly designed and ought to be changed, overall, is allowing them

to increase their prices. water levels in the rhine in germany have dropped significantly in recent days, causing problems for the people and businesses that rely on it. several ferry services have been brought to a standstill and it's expected levels will drop further today, potentially affecting cargo vessels. here's our berlin correspondent, jenny hill. this is one of europe's greatest working reverse but it is very quiet now. almost nothing now. the river levels here are forecast to drop to what monitoring agencies and shipping companies say is a critical level at which it will become all but unable to be navigated because either byjust cannot get through a because they will have to lighten their loads and reduce cargoes to such an extent it is no longer financially viable for them to do so and that is a huge problem. this

river serves germany's industrial heartlands, the commercial vessels fetch and carry were materials, goods and products to and from the factories, the power stations, the big international businesses that lined the river bank. it's a particular headache for the german government because the badges on this river carry coal to the power stations here. russia has reduced its gas to germany so the government is relying in part on the coal—fired power stations to help get the country through the coming winter. there's be concerned that there won't be enough call coming up the river to fire those power stations. it's not unusual for water levels to drop here, it tends to happen every year but what is different this time is it has happened much earlier in the year. people talk about the so—called dry season, normally water levels drop september and october time, it's happening earlier but also more frequently and there is a more intense element to it as well.

the agency which monitors the river levels has said it's possible this is still part of that unique pattern, it's possible this is normal but climate change is making these events more intense and climate change will simply serve to further intensify and worsen events like this in the years to come. bethany bell is in girone in south western france, which saw devastating wildfires last week. she said although rain brought some relief, there was a sense that they were not completely out of danger yet. for the people in this region, there is a real sense of relief. the temperatures are cooler and there's even been some rain. that's helped the firefighters here bring the big blaze is under control. but no one is letting their guard down. the firefighters have said the ground here still remains very hot despite the rain and we have seen wisps of

smoke today from burning embers that are still in the ground. and there is convoys of fire trucks in this area trying to make sure that there area trying to make sure that there are not more virus spreading. but there's also a big sense of relief for the 8000 people evacuated from their homes. they have now been allowed to go back. but nobody here is very confident about the future. one woman told me that the summer is not over yet and there is still the possibility of more heat and more fires. the spell of extreme hot weather in parts of the uk is ending with thunderstorms. experts have warned that a lengthy period of rain will be needed to end the drought in england. the country has recorded its driestjuly since 1935. here's the rain forecast for the uk — which shows the sudden changing weather. because so much land has been left parched and hard by the heat, rain is likely to hit the ground and run off — as it would do on concrete — which could lead to flash flooding.

dan stroud is a meteorologist at the met office. welcome to the programme. tell us what we are expecting in the uk? we are what we are expecting in the uk? - are currently at the end of this recent heatwave and heavy inventory showers are starting to break out. initially concentrated in the north and west but moving into tuesday those showers are becoming more widespread and we do have yellow weather warnings in force to cover that. ~ . , weather warnings in force to cover that. . ., , , ., that. what is causing the weather shift? over _ that. what is causing the weather shift? over the _ that. what is causing the weather shift? over the last _ that. what is causing the weather shift? over the last week - that. what is causing the weather shift? over the last week or - that. what is causing the weather shift? over the last week or so i that. what is causing the weather| shift? over the last week or so we have had high _ shift? over the last week or so we have had high pressure _ shift? over the last week or so we have had high pressure generally. have had high pressure generally across us which has kept it dry and settled. that has really cleared into the continent so we are starting to see low pressure dominating and that is turning it rather unstable and given the fact that ground is rather hot after all the heat we had last week, it

doesn't take too much for storms to be triggered. doesn't take too much for storms to be triggered-— be triggered. what difference would the storms make, _ be triggered. what difference would the storms make, with _ be triggered. what difference would the storms make, with the - be triggered. what difference would the storms make, with the water. the storms make, with the water make? ., , ., make? the water will improve the situation a — make? the water will improve the situation a little _ make? the water will improve the situation a little but _ make? the water will improve the situation a little but it _ make? the water will improve the situation a little but it won't - situation a little but it won't really help much with the drought situation. one of the issues we face is the fact the ground is dry and baked by the summer sun over the last week or so so any heavy rain we get doesn't really soak into the ground effectively, it runs off so we anticipate surface water impacts and impact on the roads from spray and impact on the roads from spray and excess water on the roads. thank ou. five foreign nationals, including three british men are due to go on trial in a russian backed court in the east of ukraine. john harding, dylan healy and andrew hill are accused of being mercenaries. if found guilty, they could be sentenced to death. britain has condemned what it calls the exploitation of detainees for political purposes.

our correspondent emma vardy can tell us more. tell our audience around the world about these men.— tell our audience around the world about these men. each of them came to ukraine in — about these men. each of them came to ukraine in different _ about these men. each of them came to ukraine in different ways, - about these men. each of them came to ukraine in different ways, john - to ukraine in different ways, john harding had been there the longest, he went in 2018 along with another couple of british men and began to fight with ukrainian units and when the invasion happened was very involved in the conflict fighting alongside the ukrainian army. andrew went out at the start of the invasion as many foreigners did to join the international legion formed alongside the ukrainian army to fight against the russian invasion. dylan healy was quite different, he had said to be an international aid worker doing eight worked out there and was involved in helping evacuate people when he was captured. it seems that all three of them are being seen as mercenaries by russia

and by the donates people's republic which is a breakaway region of ukraine controlled by russian backed separatists and this is not the first trial we have seen of british men captured in the conflict. a few months back, two men who are fighting with ukrainian army were captured by russian separatists and they were sentenced in the same court, found to be mercenaries, accused of other crimes like terrorism as well and they were given the death sentence. it is expected that... we do not think will be carried out, there are negotiations between ukraine and russia to facilitate a prisoner exchange but there is no way of knowing whether that can happen. it looks like these three british men today may well face the same fate, they will likely be found guilty after a short trial and be given or said to be given the death sentence. that is being reported by russian media. there have been warnings by

russian officials since the beginning of the conflict that foreigners found to be involved will be treated extremely harshly. friends and family said they were not mercenaries, dylan was an aid worker, john harding was a medic, they are not mercenaries, they feel they are not mercenaries, they feel they should be treated as prisoners of war, and the geneva convention governs that, they should not be paraded on media in the way that they had these men have. there is very little that the british authorities can do, we do have official channels of contact with this region of ukraine, it is not internationally recognised court, what becomes of these men depends on the russian separatists who are holding them. they are expected to stand trial today, in the case of the previous british practice there i did not take very long, we had a verdict very quickly, we will see what emerges in russian media today, it is very worrying for the friends

and family back here in the uk. also in eastern ukraine, there continues to be heavy russian shelling on several towns in the region of donetsk but ukrainian forces and officials say they have managed to repel many of the attacks. it comes as the un secretary general antonio guterres called for the establishment of a demilitarised zone around the zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in southern ukraine amid fears of a catastrophe over renewed shelling there. our correspondent hugo bachega is in kyiv. we heard from the ukrainian military saying there was heavy russian shelling in many towns in donetsk which has been the region which has been one of the focus of the russian military, they have been trying to capture this area for quite some time. we have heard similar reports in the south with a number of towns being shelled by the russians. that is according to the ukrainian military, especially in the region of kherson which has been under russian occupation since the beginning of the war. we have seen a lot of military

activity in this region in recent weeks. the ukrainians have vowed to recapture kherson from the russians, they have been attacking russian supply lines, infrastructure for weeks now. despite all of this, though, the situation remains quite stable in terms of military positions. we haven't seen any kind of major change in terms of positions even though the russians and ukrainians have claimed some, but any gain would have been really granular at this stage. the lawyers representing the us basketball player, brittney griner, say they have launched an appeal against her conviction in a russian court on drugs charges. ms griner was jailed for nine years, after pleading guilty to possessing cannabis, while flying into russia to play for a basketball team. she said that the substance, held inside vape cartridges, was medically prescribed in the us, and carrying it with her was an honest mistake.

the us government has offered to exchange her for a russian arms dealer serving a prison sentence in america. more now on afghanistan — where it is one year since the taliban returned to power, prompting many thousands to try to flee and leaving many more behind where their daily lives have changed dramatically. life for women and girls in particular is very different — with harsh rules including restrictions on education and employment. our security correspondent frank gardner reviews the impact of the taliban regaining control of afghanistan. politically and diplomatically it has put afghanistan right back to where it was 20 years ago under the previous taliban rule. from 1996 to 2001. it is a pariah state mainly because of the treatment of women and ethnic minorities, primarily because of that, that was one of the conditions, made very clear to the taliban if they wanted normal relations with the international community, especially the west,

then they had to not reverse all the gains that had been made for women in afghanistan. but that has not happened as we have seen in these reports. you have only got four countries, russia, china, turkmenistan and pakistan that are having regular relations with afghanistan. there is a huge amount of money that belongs to afghanistan that is sitting in us bank accounts, over $9 billion which is not being returned because the taliban have reneged on their promises to give women a full role in public life. i mean, apparently, religious leaders are worried about giving girls the right to education, but they are looking for some kind of consensus. i mean, if they manage to get girls back into school, does that mean the 9 billion is unfrozen? it would help, i do not know exactly

what the legal manifestations elements of this are, but it would certainnly help. that is one of the... banning of girls from secondary school education is a big no—no for the international community. turning to the third pillar after women and ethnic minorities being included in government which was another promise which has not happened, the third thing is international security. the taliban gave a promise way back in february 2020 at the doha agreement when the us sat down with taliban leaders to discuss what conditions there would be for the us withdrawal. and the taliban undertook not to provide a safe base for al-qaeda or any other international groups. now, it looked a few days ago as if they had gone back on that because the al-qaeda leader was found living quite comfortably

in a so—called safe house in an upmarket district of kabul close to where taliban leaders were living, tended to imply they had gone back on that. but a white house report released in the last 24 hours has said they have released intelligence assessment of afghanistan which said al-qaeda has not managed to reconstitute itself in the last year and it would take some time to do so and it is not in a position to mount international terrorist attack from there. that is some comfort. all those people, those thousands of british and other men and women who served in afghanistan politically and militarily and in aid groups from 2001 until last year, i guess, you know, it would say their work was not entirely in vain because afghanistan was a terror state in 2001, it is where the 9/11 attacks were launched from and it is not that now.

iran's foreign ministry has �*categorically�* denied having any link with the man suspected of stabbing sir salman rushdie in new york state on friday. the 24—year—old has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder. meanwhile the author's family say he is no longer on a ventilator — and has been able to say a few words — as our north america correspondent nomia iqbal reports. there's a glimmer of hope for salman rushdie's family, even as he remains in a critical condition in pennsylvania. in a statement, his son zafar rushdie said the family were extremely relieved that he was able to say a few words. he said even though his father's life changing injuries were severe, his usual feisty and defiant sense of humour remains intact. zafar also praised the audience members who were present at the event, who he said bravely leapt to his father's defence to help him. 45 minutes away in chautauqua, over in new york state,

where the incident happened, the state's governor issued words of solidarity. we condemn the cowardly attack on salman rushdie, and we condemn any individual or any group that dares violate the sanctity of place like chautauqua. and i want it out there that a man with a knife cannot silence a man with a pen. the 24—year—old american suspect hadi matar has already appeared in court, and pleaded not guilty to the charges of attempted murder and attempted assault. prosecutors allege he travelled by bus from newjersey to the literary event. they say he bought a ticket like everybody else, allowing him to attend the talk mr rushdie was due to give. for decades, salman rushdie went into hiding after his book, the satanic verses, led to iran issuing a fatwa in 1989. many muslims considered his

writing blasphemous. it's reported that police think hadi matar may have had sympathies for the iranian regime but an official motive has not been established. ever since the attack on friday, world leaders have been issuing words of solidarity for sir salman rushdie. president biden released a statement praising the author for his refusal to be intimidated or silenced. nomia iqbal, bbc news, pennsylvania. there's more rail disruption in the uk this morning as avanti west coast cuts back services between london and glasgow. this follows strike action over the weekend, with more to come later in the week. nina warhurst has the latest from manchester piccadilly station. today's disruption is really interesting, for two reasons. the first is that this isn't official strike action,

this is avanti workers saying no to extra shifts. and the second is that we don't really know when this will end. let's have a look at the implications if you are travelling on the trains. have a look at this map, these are avanti services up and down the west coast, taking in glasgow, manchester, liverpool, london and cities that are connected to them. so, there will be a limited, temporary timetable which came into effect yesterday, that will run until further notice. what it means is that avanti are running just four services out of london every hour, that is around a third of usual services. and they weren't available for interview this morning, but here's what they told us. it's because of the current industrial relations climate, which has resulted, they say, in severe staff shortages in some grades and increased sickness levels. and this is interesting, listen, they say... ..as well as the majority of drivers making themselves unavailable for overtime in a coordinated fashion and at short notice. so, essentially what they're saying is that this is unofficial strike action. what avanti drivers are saying is, no, we're just working

to what we were put on the rota for. we're just saying, no to any extra work. as one rail worker put to me this morning, they have been relying on goodwill to build their timetables for too long, and now, that goodwill has run out. and it's really important to see the wider picture here. we saw train drivers going on strike on saturday, on thursday, and on the following saturday, this saturday, we will see more strike action up and down the country. let's have a quick look at that. so, the strikes on thursday and saturday, within that, 40,000—plus rail workers will walk out for a third time this summer. that will mean services running at about 20% capacity. so, the important message at the moment is to check before you travel, you could well be entitled to a refund or for that ticket to be transferred to a different day. researchers at the university of cambridge say they've successfully altered the blood type of three donor kidneys, which could give more hope to people

waiting for a transplant. scientists think it could dramatically improve the availability for people in ethnic minority groups, who are less likely to find a match. neerja jain, the health equalities programme manager at kidney research uk, who funded this research told us more very sadly and tragically, six people a week, this week, will die waiting for a transplant. this massively has the potential to increase their chances of getting a life—saving organ. how? professor nicholson, professor of transplant surgery at cambridge, and his team, have developed a technique whereby through a perfusion machine, the kidney passes, the blood of the kidney passes through and is already oxygenated anyway, but there are molecular scissors to remove the antigens which denote

what the blood group is. we know that is people with blood group d for example have a much rarer type, they are much less likely to get a transplant, and by moving these antigens they are much more likely to receive a kidney that is much more compatible for them. ok, so, as i understand it, a kidney from someone with blood type a cannot be given to someone with blood type b so the researchers have changed the blood —type of these three donor kidneys to the universal type 0 which can be given to everyone. yes, exactly, although we do not have the clinical application yet, this is very exciting new research which has the potential to do that in clinical practice and we will know much more within a year or so, but, certainly, what we've seen is hugely encouraging and it has

the potential to change lives. because it is such early stages, you need to see if this is safe, i suppose? yes, of course. yes. in trying to provide an advantage for patients and their families, we do not want to be doing any additional harm whatsoever. however, this early research is very encouraging, and we do not feel we have to wait too long, perhaps anther year or so, to know whether we can move further forward with this. an athlete who was allegedly racially profiled during a stop and search in london in 2020 has said he was pulled over for a second time by seven armed police officers. sprinter ricardo dos santos posted several videos on twitter of him being stopped and questioned

by police in paddington in london yesterday at four o clock in the morning. let's get more on this now with celestina olulode. what does ricardo dos santos say happen? he said he was stopped by the metropolitan police armed officers and they stopped him because they thought he was using his telephone whilst he was driving. ricardo dos santos has published a series of tweets and some video footage, i should say that he says the arrest is with his lawyer, and he says that he stopped when it was safe to do so, but he says that officers, two officers ran towards either side of his car with one clenching theirfists either side of his car with one clenching their fists and taking out a pattern. as you said earlier on, he was allegedly racially profiled when he was stopped with his partner in july 2020. they were both handcuffed, stopped by police, they are three—month—old baby was with

him at the time. as a result of that search, five officers are facing a gross misconduct hearing. what search, five officers are facing a gross misconduct hearing. what do the metropolitan _ gross misconduct hearing. what do the metropolitan police _ gross misconduct hearing. what do the metropolitan police say - the metropolitan police say specifically about yesterday morning? we have been looking at the footage that was posted. the metropolitan _ footage that was posted. tue: metropolitan police footage that was posted. tte: metropolitan police have footage that was posted. "tte: metropolitan police have confirmed they were concerned that the driver was using a telephone at the time and i quote, they say officers clearly indicated for the car to pull over and failed to do so and they called for further assistance. they go on to say that the driver stopped five minutes later and that following a conversation, the vehicle was allowed on its way. they are known as the �*super peaks' — the world's 14 highest mountains. each one has a summit of more than 8,000 metres.

and doing so in record time is an achievement. now, a norwegian climber is on the verge of doing just that. tim allman reports. kristin harila carries a heavy burden. she has just finished scaling the 11th highest mountain in the world, but she can barely pause for a moment. these things don't climb themselves. we had like, a couple of rock falls, that was very dangerous. the rest have been logistical problems and waiting times. but climbing a mountain has not been so, not so much problems. kristin only took up mountain climbing seven years ago, but she is clearly a quick study. she is now on course to complete one of the sport's most impressive achievements. as everyone knows, mount everest is the world's tallest peak at 8849 metres. there are 13 other mountains that come in at a height above 8000 metres, and kristin has climbed 11 of them. now she only has three more to complete the set

and she wants to do it as quickly as possible. at the moment, nepal's nirmal purja holds the record, doing so in six months and six days. if kristin beats his time she hopes it will send quite a message. i think that's just, like, people believe men are more strong. but in reality, the women are just as strong as the men are in the mountain and there is no difference between us. kristin has until november to set a new record. after a quick trip home to norway, she will head to nepal and tibet for the final phase. the last super peaks in her super sights. india is marking 75 years of independence with commemorative ceremonies across the country. when britain granted india independence, seven—and—a—half decades ago, the territory it had ruled over was divided, or partitioned, into india and the new state of pakistan, with east pakistan later becoming bangladesh.

this created an upsurge of violence, in which approximately 15—million people were displaced and an estimated one million died. india and pakistan have remained rivals ever since. partition was very difficult for those in india, pakistan and bangladesh. literally millions lost their lives when pakistan and india was founded, independence, the 14th of august for pakistan, the 15th of august for india. some would say we are actually still dealing with the consequences of the partition at the end of that particular part of the british empire. but the reality is, many people from pakistan, from india, have chosen this country as their home. we are incredibly proud to be british but also we cannot forget the links we have with countries of origin, whether it is pakistan whether it is india.

a walrus called freya, that had become a popular attraction in the oslo fjord, has been put down out of concern for the safety of the public. azadeh moshiri reports. by all accounts, freya the walrus was having a good summer. leaving the arctic to go on a bit of a euro trip, she landed in the oslo fjord where, by mid—july, she had become a popular attraction. nicknamed after the norse goddess of love and beauty, freya was making a splash — chasing after ducks, clambering onto boats to sunbathe and weighing 1300lbs, sometimes even sinking them. but things became problematic when people wouldn't stay away. so much so that after several warnings to the public, authorities decided to put her down. translation: public safety j is what has been prioritised, animal welfare is also a priority, but human life and health come first and that was what was decisive this time. sleep is important to walruses,

they can nap up to 20 hours a day, and freya's was getting interrupted. there were even reports she'd started chasing onlookers away. but there's been a backlash to the authority's decision. i think it's been very difficult to get our heads around why she was euthanised when there were so many other actions that perhaps could have been taken first. there are ways of crowd control, we can change people's behaviour much easier than trying to change a walrus' behaviour. walruses are a protected species and while it's rare for a walrus to attack a human, it can happen. but experts are asking — was putting her down really the only option? azadeh moshiri, bbc news. the duke and duchess of sussex are to visit the uk next month,

to attend two charity events. the couple will travel to manchester for the one young world summit, an event which brings together young leaders from more than 190 countries, on septemberfifth. they'll also visit the wellchild awards, three days later. it'll be their first visit to the uk since attending some of the queen's platinum jubilee celebrations in earlyjune. a red panda which made a daring escape from its enclosure —— and evaded recapture for two days —— has been caught and safely returned. this is ravi —— who made his breakout from adelaide zoo on friday —— but was found in a tree in the nearby botanic park. zoo workers were unsuccessful in luring him out with bamboo —— and were forced to use a tranquiliser dart. once the drug took effect,

some very helpful people safely caught the falling ravi in a sheet. have a good day. hello again. as we go through this week, we are looking at lower temperatures than last week and also some thunderstorms. we have got rain across scotland, some showers across northern ireland, england and also wales and all of those could prove to be thundery in nature. but the showers are fairly hit and miss and some of us will miss them altogether and stay dry with some sunshine and still hot in the south—eastern corner at 29 to 30. as we push further north, we are looking at 15 to about 23. through this evening and overnight, we hang on to the rain across scotland, still the chance of that being thundery. thundery showers pushing east across england. and then we've got this next batch of thundery showers coming up from the south. still a humid night in the south, overnight lows of 17 or 18 celsius, for the rest of us, we are looking at about 11 to 15 degrees.

so into tomorrow, you can see low pressure is firmly in charge of our weather. still thundery showers coming up from the south. this waving weather front here still producing some thundery showers as well and a little ridge of high pressure trying to build in from the west. so the west a bit more settled with fewer showers. you can see the rain pushing eastwards across scotland and the showers coming north across england and wales. they still are hit and miss. if you catch one, it could be torrential. temperatures coming down, though, 27 being the top temperature by the time you get to tuesday. now, tuesday into wednesday, we have still got this set up with low pressure in charge. but note how the high pressure ridge is really starting to build in. and that means things will settle down from the west across scotland, northern ireland, parts of north—west england and wales. but we still do have the risk of thundery downpours across parts of southern england and temperatures here, 23 or 24 degrees. push further north, we are looking at 12 to about 20 degrees.

then as we head towards the end of the week, we see our weather front push away and then we have more weather fronts coming in from the west. but you can see there is not much rain in them. and we start to see more of an atlantic influence on our weather with more of a westerly breeze. there will be fewer showers, any rain will be fairly sporadic and there will not be very much of it. a lot of dry weather to end the week. some sunshine as well and temperatures between about 18 and 25 degrees, closer to what we would expect at this stage in august.

this is bbc news. i'm joanna gosling. the headlines at 11: in the uk, labour leader sir keir starmer outlines his plans stop energy bills going up over winter by freezing the energy price cap in england, scotland and wales for six months. either we let the oil and gas companies continue to make huge profits whilst every family across the country suffers or we do something about it. one year on from the fall of kabul, celebrations in the street to mark taliban rule in afghanistan. three british men are due to stand trial in ukraine's russian—occupied donetsk region, after being accused of being mercenaries in the country. athlete ricardo dos santos —

who was allegedly racially profiled during a stop and search — says he was pulled over for a second time by seven armed police officers. nurseries in england are shutting at short notice due to financial pressures and staff shortages, according to an industry body — we'll hear from them shortly. researchers say they've successfully altered the blood type of three donor kidneys, which could give more hope to people waiting for a transplant. the opposition labour leader, sir keir starmer, has set out how he would fund his party's plan to freeze the energy price cap for six months, and stop household gas and electricity bills rising over

the winter in england, scotland and wales. the energy price cap — the maximum amount suppliers can charge for average use — is forecast to hit more than £3,500 in october and more than £4,200 in january. labour said it would freeze the cap at its current level — which is £1,971 a year for the average household. sir keir starmer claims the typical family would see savings of £1,000 a year under this plan — and that it would also reduce inflation — the rate at which prices are rising — by up to 4%. to fund this, labour says it would extend the windfall tax on oil and gas companies, backdating it to january, which would bring in £8 billion. 14 billion would come from dropping the £400 energy rebate everyone's due to get in the autumn, and abandoning other pledges made by conservative candidates. and by keeping inflation down, the party says it would save another

£7 billion by reducing the government's debt interest payments. here's labour leader sir keir starmer. the question i think that every political leader needs to answer at the moment is in relation to that massive hike, i mean, from a cap of £2,000 on bills to 3,500, then up again to 4,200 injanuary, which is going to make it a really difficult winter for millions of people. what are you going to do about it? and that's the question we're answering today. i accept that in the medium and long term, there have got to be other measures, which is why we've argued for some time that, in addition to this package, we need to insulate millions of homes that are leaking heat and energy all of the time. we said that a year ago now, but the government's done nothing about it. but i think the question that, you know, everybody is really anxious about, because everybody, i think now knows that in october, their energy bills are going to go through the roof again. and thenjanuary, even further, is what are you going to do about it? and the labour party says we're on your side. we will tax the oil and gas companies that have made more money

than they were expecting, and use that money to freeze these prices to make sure there aren't those increases in the autumn. the plan we've got obviously to keep energy prices frozen where they are and not allow them to increase will have a huge impact on families because their budget can then be used for other things. so there's a direct correlation between our plan and those other prices, but there are other things that we do need to do. whilst we are cancelling quite a lot of what the government has put on the table, the one bit we're not cancelling is the £650 payments to those on universal credit, and to pensioners. and we're additionally recognising that those who pay their energy bills through prepayment meters, there's about four million households who do that, often those households are the ones struggling most. we've got a plan on the table for them because they pay

an additional premium, which has an impact on what they can then spend on food and other commodities, etc. so the plan does cover that indirectly because by reducing those energy prices, it allows people more money in their pocket this autumn than otherwise they would have. but i can't emphasise enough from the very many conversations i've had with people across the countryjust how anxious people are about what's going to happen this winter. let's talk to our political correspondent, tony bonsignore. what reaction has been to this plan? we are still waiting for a significant response from the conservatives from the teams of rishi sunak and liz truss. i think that will come as the date goes on. i think the most interesting reaction so far as from the institute for fiscal studies, very highly respected financial think tank. keir starmersays

highly respected financial think tank. keir starmer says there is an emergency coming, it will bring down inflation. the director of the institute for fiscal studies, paul johnson, says in the short term it will bring down inflation but only a temporary change with no difference in the long run unless these measures are continued beyond next april and there was no commitment on that at all from keir starmer. what happens after april matters because you have to retain measures to reduce inflation but they do not suggest we are wrong when we see our plan will reduce inflation and therefore huge payments will be made on our debt therefore huge payments will be made on ourdebr, , therefore huge payments will be made on ourdebu, , ., , on our debt because of rising inflation- _ on our debt because of rising inflation. u— on our debt because of rising inflation. it is _ on our debt because of rising inflation. it is true _ on our debt because of rising inflation. it is true that - on our debt because of rising inflation. it is true that in - on our debt because of rising i inflation. it is true that in april and the latter end of next year all of us will be asked what are you going to do no and that is why i am

seeing today in the medium or long term it is really important but nobody including pauljohnson is arguing against the plan by labour will keep energy prices down this winter but also keep inflation down which is so important in the terms of the drivers of price increases across the country. big questions for keir starmer _ across the country. big questions for keir starmer on _ across the country. big questions for keir starmer on the _ across the country. big questions for keir starmer on the funding i across the country. big questions| for keir starmer on the funding of this and the retrospective windfall tax he is talking about but in a sense i think all politicians will agree there are two issues here, this winter, which this plan here is designed to deal with and there will inevitably be support for whoever is the next conservative prime minister but longer term there are issues particularly if there are as many expect energy bills remaining high so that is another discussion will be having from april onwards.

i'm joined by pauljohnson, director of the institute for fiscal studies, which has released a report today on rising inflation and the government's support package. this is separate to reaction to the plan from labour. let's start with your view of what keir starmer has been outlining. you have said that any impact on inflation would only be temporary. what is your overall analysis of the impact of the plan? it is a very big and very expensive plan which the labour party themselves they would cost £30 billion over six months and would clearly be needed for quite a lot more than six months so we're looking at the same scale of support we had through the furlough scheme through covid. it is something

different from what the government proposes and will make sure we saw no increases on our energy bills but it also provides big subsidies to lots of people who frankly don't need it and could afford higher energy bills so it's a pretty big politicaljudgment energy bills so it's a pretty big political judgment about the best way of spending public money and borrowing to achieve that. without it, without the _ borrowing to achieve that. without it, without the freeze, _ borrowing to achieve that. without it, without the freeze, what - borrowing to achieve that. without it, without the freeze, what would | it, without the freeze, what would be the impact on inflation and different groups? obviously if your outgoings, your energy costs are a larger chunk of your outgoings than they are for someone else your inflation rate is effectively different?— inflation rate is effectively different? ~ , ,, ., different? absolutely. the bank of encland is different? absolutely. the bank of england is quite — different? absolutely. the bank of england is quite terrifyingly - england is quite terrifyingly projected inflation going up to 13% letter this year that number will be quite a lot higherfor letter this year that number will be quite a lot higher for poorer households to spend more of their money on energy and food and so on so we project if overall inflation

is that in percent than the lowest fifth of households, a big group, which inflation is something like 18% which is an extraordinary number. i never thought in the last decades i have been working in this area i would be talking about inflation of those kinds of levels but to rest —— but the most poor households are looking at inflation of 18% and for some it will be more than that. ., �* , ., ,.,. than that. you've been at the impact of inflation in — than that. you've been at the impact of inflation in more _ than that. you've been at the impact of inflation in more detail, _ than that. you've been at the impact of inflation in more detail, not - of inflation in more detail, not just on the different bands affected by it but on what it means for government borrowing, for instance. tell us a bit more about your findings on that.— tell us a bit more about your findinus on that. , , ,., findings on that. this is something articularl findings on that. this is something particularly the _ findings on that. this is something particularly the conservative - particularly the conservative leadership candidates are not talking about at all. inflation is much higher than was expected a year

ago when departmental spending limits were set, in other words when the government was planning how much to spend on health and education and so on. and just to achieve what they were trying to achieve a year ago, that would mean 18 or 20 billion a year more than currently on the books. if you spend that and also take account of the fight high inflation will mean a higher benefit payments and you have lower growth and so on that will be bad news for the public finances and indeed probably we wouldn't meet the targets in the conservative manifesto, the desire to get something approaching a balanced budget and yet they are still promising huge tax benefits, especially liz truss. this does not add up. you can either have tax cuts are adequately funded public

services or something approaching sound finances but you can't have all three and i'm afraid there is a pretence amongst the candidates that you can have all three. t pretence amongst the candidates that you can have all three.— you can have all three. i know your 'ob you can have all three. i know your “0b is not you can have all three. i know your job is not to _ you can have all three. i know your job is not to direct _ you can have all three. i know your job is not to direct policy, - you can have all three. i know your job is not to direct policy, it - you can have all three. i know your job is not to direct policy, it is - job is not to direct policy, it is to analyse what they're talking about, but when you talk about not being to have all three and sound public finances that sounds like you are saying they are a real risk and you 18% inflation which is the real inflation rate for some households something you have never experienced and did not expect to see. what would your analysis be of the state of the economy? the economy is clearly in a slightly worrying position because we have a combination of very low and possibly even negative real growth but combination of very low and possibly even negative real growtt_ even negative real growth but very hiuh real even negative real growth but very high real inflation _ even negative real growth but very high real inflation and _ even negative real growth but very high real inflation and that's - high real inflation and that's something we've not seen for 40 or 50 years and there is lot of risks associated with that in the first thing we really need to do is to

somehow squeeze inflation out of the economy hopefully a lot of it will go relatively naturally as energy prices stop rising and hopefully in a year or two start falling. the risk of course is when inflation is high we are all completely reasonably want higher pay rises but the pay goes up no prices go up tomorrow and so a one—off shock in terms of inflation can lead to the mac feed into permanently higher inflation unless we have the bank interest rate rises the bank of england is talking about doing and unless we have a government which is i am afraid being quite tight with public finances. the problem in the end as we have just got worse off. the price of energy has gone up and we have had a big shock to the world economy because of the ukraine invasion and a big shockjust a year

or two ago because of covid, we are worse off than we otherwise might have expected to be under difficulty for us and our political lords and masters to come to some sort of acceptance of that.— masters to come to some sort of acceptance of that. thank you very much forjoining _ acceptance of that. thank you very much forjoining us. _ it's exactly a year since the taliban seized power in afghanistan, ending 20 years of us—led military intervention. a turbulent 12 months in the country has seen an economic crisis and a huge reduction of women's rights, with girls largely banned from secondary schools. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet has been to see how the afghan women have adapted to life under the new regime. it's a man's world. afghanistan is a conservative country. but the rules are now set by the ultraconservative taliban.

spaces which had opened up for women have now been slammed shut. we met three generations of women whose lives speak loudly about their world. many are afraid. they don't want to be identified. this woman used to be a senior official in the finance ministry. last year the taliban told her, stay at home. a man would take herjob. i worked for more than 17 years in the finance ministry. it was difficult with children and family and work, but i went to university and got my masters degree. we spent so much time to get here. now we are back to zero. everything is finished. more than 60 female civil servants have banded together. they shared some of the exchanges on their messaging group. we earned ourjobs.

if we accept this, it means we have betrayed ourselves. what's our crime? they want me to givel myjob to my brother. if we do this, we are removing ourselves from society. please don't give up. we should be unified. women haven't completely disappeared from the streets or ministries like health, education, security. there are spaces only for women. this market has just reopened in the western city of herat. this was the first day. women, a bit nervous. shops, still empty. this is it? yes. this is your shop? today it's closed. oh, look at your sewing machines. 18—year—old suhaila is excited. she's reopening this dress shop with her big sister. but she should be in her last year of school. suhaila was the top

student in her class. but the taliban shut most high schools. i am very sad. if i'd finished school i would start university but i can't go to university because i'm not graduated from school. was it hard for you? no school, no shop. how hard was it? i think it's not for me, and for all of the girls of afghanistan it's a sad memory... and i missed school. sorry. it's ok. sorry. it's hard here, too, far away in the central highlands. this is one of afghanistan's poorest provinces. since the taliban took over, even poorer. and there's still no aid to their government. for the destitute and desperate,

agonising choices. this woman gave her daughter in marriage for about £1,000. she's only six years old. so is her husband—to—be. translation: she's too young. but i give her away because we have no food. so my other children don't die of hunger. it's still very hard but now she can eat with her in—laws. i had no other option but to give her away. child marriage is prohibited, but pervasive in afghanistan. but not this young. we've hidden the identity of mother, daughter and son. her in—laws told me they will take care of her like their own child because she's so young. they told me, don't worry. what mother wouldn't worry? what child wouldn't weep?

a new generation takes shape in a new afghanistan. the taliban say the rights of boys and girls within islam will be respected. but one year on there is growing fear that girls who were learning to lead will be left far behind. lyse doucet, bbc news, kabul. nurseries in england are closing at short notice due

to financial pressures and staff shortages. the early years alliance, which represents about 14,000 providers, says the sector is facing its worst crisis in 20 years. one mum, gabrielle drake, told the bbc about the �*mad scramble' to find alternative childcare for her 13—month—old son, theo. on friday the 5th of august we received a letter whichjust said due to management restructure, we are now closing the nursery as of today. we were given that date to pick up any items we had at the nursery, otherwise we would not be allowed to enter the building again. obviously, you know, when you receive this e—mail in the middle of the day and you work full time, it is pretty impossible to find the time to go to the nursery to pick up your belongings. so we've lost a month's supply of nappies and formula, you know, which is quite expensive. we were given no additional support in terms of finding a new nursery. we weren't even advised whether we would have our fees refunded to us. you know, and it's a significant amount, it was £780 that we had no idea whether we'd have returned or not.

with me now is neil leitch, chief executive of the early years alliance. what are the rights of parents if they have paid these up front and a nursery suddenly closes? thea;r they have paid these up front and a nursery suddenly closes? they should aet them nursery suddenly closes? they should get them back- _ nursery suddenly closes? they should get them back- i— nursery suddenly closes? they should get them back. i have _ nursery suddenly closes? they should get them back. i have to _ nursery suddenly closes? they should get them back. i have to say - nursery suddenly closes? they should get them back. i have to say the - get them back. i have to say the communication sounds pretty grim to give p no notice and close the nursery is extreme and i have rarely heard of that so i assume the parents will pursue that matter, it is not the norm.— is not the norm. how much is it happening? _ is not the norm. how much is it happening? unfortunate - is not the norm. how much is it happening? unfortunate lots i is not the norm. how much is it happening? unfortunate lots ofj happening? unfortunate lots of nurseries and _ happening? unfortunate lots of nurseries and childminders - happening? unfortunate lots of nurseries and childminders are | nurseries and childminders are closing and we have lost something like 16,000 providers from the sectorfor like 16,000 providers from the sector for the like 16,000 providers from the sectorfor the last 16 like 16,000 providers from the sector for the last 16 years and they're closing because as your article alluded to absolute crisis. we have staff and recruitment problem we have never experienced before and people leaving in droves

because they are exhausted and mainly because they feel undervalued and undervalued by government at this particular point in time. it is a crisis. we are turning people away because we can't cope with them in terms of numbers so it is a major problem. terms of numbers so it is a ma'or roblem. ~ . . terms of numbers so it is a ma'or roblem. . ., ., ,, , ., problem. what are the issues that are making _ problem. what are the issues that are making people _ problem. what are the issues that are making people in _ problem. what are the issues that are making people in the - problem. what are the issues that are making people in the sector i problem. what are the issues that l are making people in the sector feel are making people in the sectorfeel undervalued? might predominantly funding. we have had decades of the neglect and if you go back to december 2018 when the government were constantly caught in the put enough money into the sector we asked them if you think you've paid enough for the three hours some parents are entitled to shoosh your calculations and computations. two and a half years after the legal battle they were forced to release information and their own information and their own information last year told us that basically speaking, the system was underfunded by £2 billion. they then went on to say that was not

affordable so they accept parents will have to pick up the bill, those parents who do not qualify for free entitlements, by up to 30%. so they knew this was _ entitlements, by up to 30%. so they knew this was a _ entitlements, by up to 30%. so they knew this was a disaster _ entitlements, by up to 30%. so they knew this was a disaster waiting - entitlements, by up to 30%. so they knew this was a disaster waiting to l knew this was a disaster waiting to happen and theyjust neglected the position and know we are starting to see nurseries go by the wayside and parents struggling to get education and care for their children. t5 and care for their children. is there any sign that things might turn around? what do you expect to happen? the turn around? what do you expect to ha r .en? , ., ., ., happen? the solution from the government — happen? the solution from the government at _ happen? the solution from the government at this _ happen? the solution from the government at this time - happen? the solution from the government at this time as - happen? the solution from the government at this time as we | happen? the solution from the - government at this time as we should change what they call the adult to child ratios, that educators should look after more children and therefore bring in more revenue, what a ridiculous proposal. on the very same day this was leaked at number ten her majesties chief inspector was on radio four saying the development of young children had stalled and they needed more care and support. we have some

dimwit who says now is the best time to change the ratios. we have a workforce leaving in droves, let's do it when her majesties chief inspector tells us children need more support and more care. ridiculous.— ridiculous. you sound quite frustrated _ ridiculous. you sound quite frustrated and _ ridiculous. you sound quite frustrated and angry - ridiculous. you sound quite frustrated and angry by - ridiculous. you sound quite | frustrated and angry by what ridiculous. you sound quite i frustrated and angry by what is going on. t frustrated and angry by what is auoin on. ., , , ., frustrated and angry by what is ttoin on. ., , , ., ., ., going on. i am. this is going on for so lona going on. i am. this is going on for so long and — going on. i am. this is going on for so long and just — going on. i am. this is going on for so long and just turn _ going on. i am. this is going on for so long and just turn a _ going on. i am. this is going on for so long and just turn a blind - going on. i am. this is going on for so long and just turn a blind eye i going on. i am. this is going on for so long and just turn a blind eye to j so long and just turn a blind eye to it and we give platitudes that if you change the ratios you can help parents have lower costs. this will do absolutely nothing and i hope parents reject this when it comes out in terms of proposals in september. mike in terms of other issues causing difficulty over recruitment t issues causing difficulty over recruitmen— issues causing difficulty over recruitmen. ., , ., ., ., recruitment i have seen one manager of a manager— recruitment i have seen one manager of a manager and _ recruitment i have seen one manager of a manager and warrington, - recruitment i have seen one manager of a manager and warrington, harriet butterworth, talking about the need for higher pay and a lot of it is

better to go off and work in other environments where they will get better pay for a less stressfuljob and to retain her lower paid workers she's had to increase their pay by 12.5%. is that situation sustainable? tt 12.5%. is that situation sustainable?— 12.5%. is that situation sustainable? , ., , sustainable? it is not sustainable. three weeks _ sustainable? it is not sustainable. three weeks ago _ sustainable? it is not sustainable. three weeks ago i _ sustainable? it is not sustainable. three weeks ago i sat _ sustainable? it is not sustainable. three weeks ago i sat in - sustainable? it is not sustainable. three weeks ago i sat in front - sustainable? it is not sustainable. three weeks ago i sat in front of. three weeks ago i sat in front of the low pay commission and i regularly do that because the sector is not recognised for its wealth and we are considered to be baby—sitters are not educators and that is a daft position to take. people feel exhausted and undervalued so when you are offered considerably more money to do, dare i say, an easier job in some instances, then you take it. if you are at the end of your tether and on lower earnings you don't have many two options —— mike you don't have many options and in this country we would be appalled if

we were doing it to teachers, quite frankly, but we are quite prepared to do it to early years professionals. researchers at the university of cambridge say they've successfully altered the blood type of three donor kidneys, which could give more hope to people waiting for a transplant. scientists think it could dramatically improve the availability for people in ethnic minority groups, who are less likely to find a match. let's speak to ayesha from bury, who's currently waiting for a kidney transplant. how long have you been waiting? i have now been waiting for over 12 months, coming up to two years, actually. months, coming up to two years, actuall . ~ , ., ., actually. why do you need a new kidne ? i actually. why do you need a new kidney? i have _ actually. why do you need a new kidney? i have a _ actually. why do you need a new kidney? i have a condition - actually. why do you need a new kidney? i have a condition which| kidney? i have a condition which means both _ kidney? i have a condition which means both of _ kidney? i have a condition which means both of my _ kidney? i have a condition which means both of my kidneys - kidney? i have a condition which means both of my kidneys do i kidney? i have a condition which| means both of my kidneys do not filter the toxins through my body so there will be a build—up which then

becomes quite poisonous to my system. becomes quite poisonous to my s stem. ~ . becomes quite poisonous to my sstem. ., ,., becomes quite poisonous to my sstem.~ ., , system. what happens to you when that happens? _ system. what happens to you when that happens? what _ system. what happens to you when that happens? what does _ system. what happens to you when that happens? what does it - system. what happens to you when that happens? what does it feel- that happens? what does it feel like? tt that happens? what does it feel like? ., ~ , ., like? it will make me very el and i am already _ like? it will make me very el and i am already quite _ like? it will make me very el and i am already quite el _ like? it will make me very el and i am already quite el at _ like? it will make me very el and i am already quite el at the - like? it will make me very el and i | am already quite el at the moment although i don't look at because it is an invisible disease. people think i look ok so i must be ok but unfortunately it is quite debilitating on my mobility which is hindered, my skin, my hair, my bones, i can't go out in the sun and iam at bones, i can't go out in the sun and i am at risk of cancer, so it affects all aspects of my life. now i am medically retired so i had to give up myjob while i try to go through my transplantjourney. t5 through my transplantjourney. is anything you can do to mitigate the impact of your kidneys not working

as they shoot or is it a case each time ofjust having to get through it? i time of 'ust having to get through it? ., ., , ., ., it? i have to just go through it. unfortunately _ it? i have to just go through it. unfortunately there _ it? i have to just go through it. unfortunately there is - it? i have to just go through it. unfortunately there is nothing | it? i have to just go through it. - unfortunately there is nothing they can do. they can slow down the process of deterioration with a medication which is what are trying to do but inevitably because of the condition i will have a transplant, i will need a transplant at some point. i transplant is not a cure for kidney disease, it is part of the treatment plan. 50 for kidney disease, it is part of the treatment plan.— for kidney disease, it is part of the treatment plan. so you have been waitin: for the treatment plan. so you have been waiting for over _ the treatment plan. so you have been waiting for over a _ the treatment plan. so you have been waiting for over a year, _ the treatment plan. so you have been waiting for over a year, almost - the treatment plan. so you have been waiting for over a year, almost two. i waiting for over a year, almost two. presumably you have no idea how much longer you might be waiting? fin longer you might be waiting? on average, for myself and being longer you might be waiting? q�*t average, for myself and being from a minority group, we would wait longer than three years while for application person it is three years and for a minority group it can be double or triple the time. —— mike

for a person who is caucasian. i might have to wait ten years for a transplant by which time no doubt i will be on dialysis. this transplant by which time no doubt i will be on dialysis.— will be on dialysis. this new rocess will be on dialysis. this new process they _ will be on dialysis. this new process they have _ will be on dialysis. this new. process they have successfully trialled of altering the blood type of donor kidneys, how much of a difference might that make to you? that was such amazing news stop it will be a game changer when it comes into place. it will open the doors for so many people ought to be able to have a second chance at life. when the law was changed to become an organ donor, a lot of people choose to opt out due to personal choice and religious beliefs and just lack of education and awareness so just do believe this will be giving a lot of people like myself a

chance at a second chance at life, living a normal life. irate chance at a second chance at life, living a normal life.— living a normal life. we wish you all the best. _ living a normal life. we wish you all the best, thank _ living a normal life. we wish you all the best, thank you - living a normal life. we wish you all the best, thank you very - living a normal life. we wish you | all the best, thank you very much forjoining us. earlier, us secretary of state antony blinken accused iranian state media of gloating about the attack, calling its behaviour despicable. translation: in calling its behaviour despicable. translation:— calling its behaviour despicable. translation: , ., ., . ~ ., translation: in this attack we do not consider _ translation: in this attack we do not consider anyone _ translation: in this attack we do not consider anyone other - translation: in this attack we do not consider anyone other than - not consider anyone other than salman rushdie and his support is worthy of blame or even condemnation. we have no more information about the attacker, apart from what we have heard from us media. scotland has made public health history by making it law for public settings to provide period products.|t�*s the first country in the world to protect the right to free sanitary products with new legislation which came into force today.

it means councils and education providers have to make the free items available to those who need them. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. hello again. as we go through this week, it is going to turn cooler with temperatures returning closre to where you would expect them to be in august. and some of us are going to see some rain. we've got rain across scotland at the moment. some of that is thundery and we've got showers across parts of northern ireland, england and wales, and some of those are torrential and will continue to be torrential through the day with the risk of thunder. but not all of us will catch one. still hot in the southeast, fresher elsewhere. tonight, we have the rain across eastern scotland. some thundery showers pushing eastwards across england. and then another batch coming up from the south which also could be thundery. still a humid night in the southeast, fresher as we move further north with temperatures widely 11 to 18 degrees. tomorrow, we start off with this rain across northern and eastern parts of scotland, a noticeable breeze. for england, wales and northern ireland,

there will be a few showers that could be heavy and thundery though across parts of england and wales. again, some of us will miss them and temperatures a bit lower. hello, this is bbc news with joanna gosling. the headlines... in the uk, labour leader sir keir starmer outlines his plans stop energy bills going up over winter, by freezing the energy price cap in england, scotland and wales for six months either we let the oil and gas companies continue to make huge profits, whilst every family across the country suffers, or we do something about it. one year on from the fall of kabul, celebrations in the street to mark taliban rule in afghanistan. three british men are due to stand trial in ukraine's russian—occupied donetsk region, after being accused of being mercenaries in the country. athlete ricardo dos santos — who was allegedly racially profiled

during a stop and search — says he was pulled over for a second time by seven armed police officers. nurseries in england are shutting at short notice due to financial pressures and staff shortages, according to an industry body — we'll hear from them shortly researchers say they've successfully altered the blood type of three donor kidneys, which could give more hope to people waiting for a transplant. now the sport with holly. good morninu. the fa is investigating comments by chelsea manager thomas tuchel, following his post—match comments about referee anthony taylor. both tuchel and spurs boss antonio conte were eventually sent off following the 2—2 draw at stamford bridge after the pair went head to head in an escalating squabble that resulted in post match red cards. however, tuchel was arguably angrier with the referee

at the final whistle, suggesting he should not officiate future chelsea games. there is no hard feelings. honestly, i feel like a fair tackle from him and a fair tackle from me. players don't go then and say, sorry i tackled you. of course, if injury happens, that nobody wants between a player, you say sorry but we did not insult each other, we did not hit each other. we were fighting for our teams and that's it. from my side absolutely no hard feelings. it is part of it. i am surprised we both got a red card for that, but it's ok. for me, it's not a problem. also because — for me, it's not a problem. also because the _ for me, it's not a problem. also because the most important thing is always— because the most important thing is always the _ because the most important thing is always the game and the way that the two teams _ always the game and the way that the

two teams played. something outside of that— two teams played. something outside of that is— two teams played. something outside of that is not important. some great scenes as nottingham forest enjoyed their first win in the top flight after a 23 year absence. they beat west ham as premier league football returned to the city ground here, taiwo awoniyi with the goal. the hammers missed a penalty, and hit the woodwork twice. much to the delight of those forest fans. if you need four goals to return to the top of the scottish premiership, why not score five? that's what celtic did in beating kilmarnock. giorgios giakoumakis with their fifth sending the defending champions ahead of rangers on goal difference at the top of the table. day five of the european championships in munich today, with 14 medals to be decided in athletics, track cycling, sport climbing and table tennis. one of the highlights yesterday, saw teenager jessica gadirova succesfully defend her european floor title. gadirova poured her heart and soul into this one.

her twinjenniferfinished fifth, but was there supporting her sister, the pair hugging in celebration after gold was confirmed. i definitely had a slight rocky start coming into this championships. ijust tried to let what i did last year go behind me and just focus on the present. start and just focus on the present. start a new slate and page andthink, i have never achieved anything, so i can start afresh and focus on my performance now and not worry about what i have done, just focus on the moment. three months after being diagnosed with breast cancer erin kennedy helped team gb claim european championship para—rowing gold. the 30—year—old cox had undergone two rounds of chemotherapy

when she was named in the squad for munich. frankie allen, giedre rakauskaite, ed fuller and ollie stanhope defended their pr3 mixed coxed four title ahead of france yesterday. i'm doing ok. and actually, i'm just so relieved, to be honest, that i have got here. getting selected was always going to be really hard. i am just so pleased, so proud of the team. i am getting emotional thinking about it, but it really was just what i wanted to do when i got diagnosed. i thought, just what i wanted to do when i got diagnosed. ithought, if just what i wanted to do when i got diagnosed. i thought, if i can get to the europeans, this is going to be massive. i'm so proud i got to get there. andy murray has been selected for great britain's davis cup team ahead of the compeition in glasgow next month. murray returns to the team following a two year absence and joins cameron norrie, dan evans and world doubles number onejoe salisbury. no room for rising starjack draper with captain leon smith describing

the selection process as "tougher than ever". that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. thank you. an athlete who was allegedly racially profiled during a stop and search in london in 2020, has said he was pulled over for a second time by seven armed police officers. sprinter ricardo dos santos posted several videos on twitter of him being pulled over and questioned by police in paddington in london at 4am on sunday. our reporter celestina olulode has been following the story. they stopped him, he says, because they thought he was using his phone while he was driving. mr michael dos santos has published a series of tweets and some video footage. he says the rest is with his lawyer. he

says the rest is with his lawyer. he says he stopped when it was safe to do so. but he says that the two officers ran towards either side of his car, with one clenching his fist and taking out a pattern. now as you said earlier on, the sprinter was allegedly racially profiled when he was stopped with his partner, bianca williams, injuly was stopped with his partner, bianca williams, in july 2020. was stopped with his partner, bianca williams, injuly 2020. they was stopped with his partner, bianca williams, in july 2020. they were both handcuffed, stopped williams, injuly 2020. they were both handcuffed, stopped by williams, in july 2020. they were both handcuffed, stopped by police. there are three—month—old baby was with them at the time. and as a result of research, five officers are facing a gross misconduct hearing. the metropolitan police have released a statement. the force confirmed that the stop took place as they were "concerned the driver may be using a mobile phone at the wheel". it ges on to say "the officers clearly indicated for the car to pull over but it failed to do so and they called for further assistance. the driver stopped about five minutes later in orsett terrace w2, and the officers spoke to him

about why they wanted to stop the vehicle. following the conversation the vehicle was allowed on its way. we have since contacted the driver via twitter to invite him to contact us if he would like to discuss this matter further." more now on the energy price cap, with the labour party setting out their plans to freeze the energy price cap for six months and stop household gas and electricity bills rising over the winter in england, scotland and wales. katie schmuecker, who's principal policy adviser at thejoseph rowntree foundation, a think tank focused on tackling poverty in the uk. welcome. thank you very much for joining us. what is your response? t joining us. what is your response? i think what is really welcome about the announcement today is that it clearly shows a group of the scale of the challenge that is before us. we, along with 70 other charities, wrote a letter yesterday urging the two candidates for the conservative leadership contest to really get on

the front foot and give people the reassurance that they need that action is going to follow to support people with the cost of energy crisis. it is absolutely urgent that we do act quickly, because what we are already seeing is people pawning their possessions, people skipping meals, skipping showers because they can't afford them. we are seeing charities overwhelmed with the levels of demand on the services. and so what we have argued for is that we need to see more help being targeted to the worst off in our society, those for whom these price rises are completely unaffordable. and that means at least doubling the support package thegot michael ruddy has in place. there are two ways you can, this. you can support people with more money in their pocket, or you can try to do something to lower the cost that people are facing. the labour party have been focusing on the cost side of things, and we want

to look at the detail of what they are proposing. what we have been arguing is that we need to see the amount of money targeted at the worst of being at least doubled in order to get them through this moment of national emergency. t moment of national emergency. i spoke to pauljohnson from the institute for fiscal studies and he said that for the worst off in society real inflation rate is currently around 18%, actually, because so much of their outgoings go on energy costs. these are people in situations often with a fixed income, so that basically cuts through what you were saying about either needing to increase the income or cut the outgoings? that is absolutely right. _ income or cut the outgoings? that is absolutely right. we _ income or cut the outgoings? that is absolutely right. we did _ income or cut the outgoings? that is absolutely right. we did a _ income or cut the outgoings? that is absolutely right. we did a survey - absolutely right. we did a survey couple of months ago asking people how they were responding to the cost of living crisis, how far people were getting into debt, into arrears, the degree to which people were using credit to pay for their bill draw. we also asked about the

things people were already going without. this was back in may, june. what we found them was three quarters of people who receive either universal credit or other means tested benefits were already going without at least one essential, that was back at the beginning of the summer. so, with huge energy price rises on the cards, we clearly need to see quick action to support people through this period. but i think the one thing i would say as well, this is notjust thing i would say as well, this is not just about energy. thing i would say as well, this is notjust about energy. clearly, energy is the big pressure that is driving a lot of the problems that we are facing at the moment. but actually, we looked at the cost of living hit to lowest income households between april this year and april next year, and what we found is that £1800 that is the increase on the energy side, but actually, other costs have gone up by about £1000 as well. things like food, essential is that you cannot avoid, things that lower income households spend more of their money on. that is why we think that making

sure that people have cash to be able to respond to this emergency is of vital importance.— of vital importance. thank you very much forjoining — of vital importance. thank you very much forjoining us. _ of vital importance. thank you very much forjoining us. some - of vital importance. thank you very | much forjoining us. some breaking news. a next—generation coronavirus boosterjab news. a next—generation coronavirus booster jab which news. a next—generation coronavirus boosterjab which may only need administering once a year, has been approved for use in adults. the medicines and health care products regulatory agency has advised that moderna's vaccine, which targets the original covid strain and the omicron variant, so they have authorised the vaccine. it is a new vaccine targeting the original covid strain and the original omicron variant. it is an updated version of the moderna vaccine, which is already in use for first, second and booster doses. it will target two strains of the virus. it could mean

that it only needs to be administered once a year. a significant breakthrough. that new vaccine from moderna covering not just the original covid strain but the omicron variant. it has been authorised. we will bring you more than that in a little while. the headlines on bbc news... the labour leader, sir keir starmer, outlines his plans to freeze the energy price cap in england, scotland and wales for six months. one year on from the fall of kabul, celebrations in the street to mark taliban rule in afghanistan. three british men accused of being mercenaries in ukraine are expected to stand trial in a russian proxy court. we will stay with that. those three british men due to go on trial in a russian backed coast in the donetsk region of ukraine. —— court. john

harding, dylan healy and andrew hill are accused of being mercenaries. they could be sentenced to death. britain has come time to the exploitation of detainees for political purposes. emma vardy has the latest. each of them came to ukraine in different ways. john harding has been out there the longest, in 2018. he began fighting with ukrainian units. then, when the invasion happened, he was very involved in the conflict, fighting alongside the ukrainian army. andrew howe went out at the start of the invasion, as many other foreigners did, to at the start of the invasion, as many otherforeigners did, tojoin the international legion of ukraine, fighting alongside the ukrainian army. dylan healy was quite different. he is said to be an aid worker. somebody who is doing aid worker. somebody who is doing aid work out of their with the presidium network. they have told me he was involved in helping evacuate people when he was captured. but it seems all three of them are being seen as

mercenaries by russia. and by the donetsk people's republic, a breakaway region of ukraine controlled by russian backed separatists. this is not the first trial we have seen a british men who have been captured in the conflict. a few months back, aidan aslin and shaun pinner, also fighting with ukrainian army, were captured by russian separatists and sentenced in the same court and found to be mercenaries, accused of other crimes like terrorism. they were given the death sentence. now it is expected that we don't expect that will be carried out. there are negotiations under way between ukraine and russia to try to facilitate a prisoner exchange, but of course, there is no way of knowing whether that can happen. it looks like for three british men today, they may also face the same fate, that they will likely be found guilty after a short drive. and they were probably given, or said to be given, the death sentence, that is what is being

reported by russian media. they have been warnings by russian official since the beginning of this conflict that foreigners found to be involved in it will be treated extremely harshly. now friends and family of the men say they were not mercenaries. dylan was an aid worker, john harding was a medic. his family say of course they are not mercenaries, and they feel they should be treated as prisoners of war. the geneva convention covers that. prisoners of war should not be exploited, should not be shown or paraded on media and the way these men have. but of course there is very little that actually british authorities can do. we don't have any official channels or contacts with this region of ukraine. it is not an internationally recognised court either. so what becomes of the men very much depends on the russian separatists who are holding them. but they are expected to stand trial today. in the cases of the previous british captives it didn't take very long. we had a verdict very quickly. we will see what emerges in the russian media today. a very worrying

time for friends and family of the men back here in the uk. there is more rail disruption today is avanti there is more rail disruption today is ava nti west coast cut there is more rail disruption today is avanti west coast cut back services between london and glasgow. it follows strike action over the weekend with more to come later in the week. nina warhurst has the latest from manchester piccadilly station. today's disruption is really interesting for two reasons. the first is this is not official strike action. this is avanti workers are saying no to extra shifts. the second is we don't really know when this will end. let's look at the implications if you are travelling on the train. have a look at this map. these are avanti services up and down the west coast, taking in glasgow, manchester, liverpool, london and cities connected to them. there will be a limited temporary timetable which came into effect yesterday. that will run until further notice. what it means is that avanti are running just four services out of london every hour. that is around one third of usual services. and

they weren't available for interview this morning. here is what they told us. it is because of the current industrial relations climate which has resulted, they said, in severe staff shortages in some grades and increased sickness levels. they say as well as the majority of drivers making themselves unavailable for overtime in a coordinated fashion, and at short notice. so essentially, what they are saying is that this is unofficial strike action. what avanti drivers are saying is no, we were —— we just say no to any extra work. as one rail worker said, they have been lying and goodwill to fill their timetables for too long. now that goodwill has run out. it is really important to see the wider picture. we saw train drivers go on strike on saturday. on thursday and on the following saturday, they saturday, we will see more strike action up and down the country.

let's look at that. the strikes on thursday and saturday, within that 40,000 plus rail workers will work out. that will be the third time this summer. that will mean services running at about 20% capacity. so the important message at the moment is to check before you travel. you could well be entitled to a refund, orfor could well be entitled to a refund, or for that ticket to be transferred to a different day. the wider context of this is communication workers, railworkers, bus workers, barristers, all having taken industrial action this summer. it's possible health and education workers will follow. and that is before inflation hits macro the predicted peak of 14%. the biggest question is where will it end? some sad news. we havejust heard the author nicholas evans, who wrote the author nicholas evans, who wrote the bestselling book the horse whisperer, has died following the —— following a heart attack at the age of 72. his agents have said the much

loved writer died following a heart attack. they say he lived a full and happy life in his home on the banks of the river dart in devon. that book, the horse whisperer, that he wrote in 1995, had sold 15 million copies worldwide. it was the number one bestseller in 20 countries and was translated into 40 languages and made into a film, produced and directed by robert redford. that news just through. the author of the horse whisperer, nicholas evans, has died at the age of 72. britain has become the first country to approve a covid—19 vaccine that targets both the original and omicron variant of the virus. the vaccine, made by us drug company moderna, has been approved by uk health officials as a booster for adults, the uk medicines regulator said on monday. joining us live now is our health reporter, dr smitha mundasad. why is this vaccine important? this is a huge step forward.

potentially we just need one dose per year? potentially we 'ust need one dose er ear? . , per year? the uk medicines regulatory _ per year? the uk medicines regulatory authority - per year? the uk medicines regulatory authority has - per year? the uk medicines| regulatory authority has said per year? the uk medicines - regulatory authority has said this is a sharp tool in the armoury against coronavirus. it is the first vaccine approved across the world that targets two versions of coronavirus, the original coronavirus, the original coronavirus and the omicron version that has swept through the world since the end of last year. moderna did a trial of 437 adults. and it found that this newjab had a better immune response, allowed our bodies to find the omicron version of the virus better than its original poster. and it found that it was very good at fighting eba four and ba five versions of omicron, those versions of omicron spreading through the uk right now. the plan is that this version will be given as a booster to adults in the coming months. moderna has said there are about 30 million doses available to

give to the uk this year. haifa about 30 million doses available to give to the uk this year.— give to the uk this year. how will the roll give to the uk this year. how will they roll it _ give to the uk this year. how will they roll it out? _ give to the uk this year. how will they roll it out? will— give to the uk this year. how will they roll it out? will they - give to the uk this year. how will they roll it out? will they do - give to the uk this year. how will they roll it out? will they do it i give to the uk this year. how will they roll it out? will they do it in| they roll it out? will they do it in they roll it out? will they do it in the same way they have done before with specific groups invited at certain times?— with specific groups invited at certain times? , , ., certain times? this is the detail we are waiting — certain times? this is the detail we are waiting on _ certain times? this is the detail we are waiting on from _ certain times? this is the detail we are waiting on from the _ certain times? this is the detail we are waiting on from the experts - certain times? this is the detail we | are waiting on from the experts who consider the vaccine strategy for the uk. they will look closely at this. we are expecting a decision very soon. we know that all people over 50, very soon. we know that all people over50, people very soon. we know that all people over 50, people at high risk, carers, people are working health and social care committee are due to have a booster this autumn, starting from september. we now have to wait and see whether this booster will be the moderna booster that specifically targets omicron, or whether they will use other existing stocks of vaccine that are still good at protecting people from ending up in hospital with severe disease from coronavirus. so we will now have to wait and see whether they will give it to the highest risk people, or whether they will give it to everyone over 50. we are expecting that news quite soon. this is moderna- —

expecting that news quite soon. this is moderna. obviously there are other vaccines we are familiar with, pfizer, astrazeneca. are they developing something similar? pfizer developing something similar? pfizer is lookin: at developing something similar? pfizer is looking at developing _ developing something similar? pt is is looking at developing a more targeted vaccine against omicron. the question is, how long will this protection last? when the vaccine is given out in the real world we will see how long it lasts and how well it lasts. also, the virus changes all the time, so that is something that drug companies, medicines regulator is, will have in the back of their mind. this may help against the omicron version of the virus that is prevalent and common around the world right now, but the virus will continue to change. the good news is it looks possible to make these vaccines that have two versions of the virus they can target, and so it should be possible that as future variant two arise, to be able to target those as well. —— variants. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol. hello again. as we go through this week, we are looking at lower temperatures than last week and also some thunderstorms. we have got rain across

scotland, some showers across northern ireland, england and also wales and all of those could prove to be thundery in nature. but the showers are fairly hit and miss and some of us will miss them altogether and stay dry with some sunshine and still hot in the south—eastern corner at 29 to 30. as we push further north, we are looking at 15 to about 23. through this evening and overnight, we hang on to the rain across scotland, still the chance of that being thundery. thundery showers pushing east across england. and then we've got this next batch of thundery showers coming up from the south. still a humid night in the south, overnight lows of 17 or 18 celsius, for the rest of us, we are looking at about 11 to 15 degrees. so into tomorrow, you can see low pressure is firmly in charge of our weather. still thundery showers coming up from the south. this waving weather front here still producing some thundery showers as well and a little ridge of high pressure trying to build in from the west. so the west a bit more settled with fewer showers.

you can see the rain pushing eastwards across scotland and the showers coming north across england and wales. they still are hit and miss. if you catch one, it could be torrential. temperatures coming down, though, 27 being the top temperature by the time you get to tuesday. now, tuesday into wednesday, we have still got this set up with low pressure in charge. but note how the high pressure ridge is really starting to build in. and that means things will settle down from the west across scotland, northern ireland, parts of north—west england and wales. but we still do have the risk of thundery downpours across parts of southern england and temperatures here, 23 or 24 degrees. push further north, we are looking at 12 to about 20 degrees. then as we head towards the end of the week, we see our weather front push away and then we have more weather fronts coming in from the west. but you can see there is not much rain in them. and we start to see more of an atlantic influence on our weather with more of a westerly breeze. there will be fewer showers, any rain will be fairly sporadic and there will not be very much of it.

a lot of dry weather to end the week. some sunshine as well and temperatures between about 18 and 25 degrees, closer to what we would expect at this stage in august.

this is bbc news. the headlines: the uk has become first country to approve a vaccine specifically targeted at combatting the omicron variant as well as the original covid strain. in the uk, labour leader sir keir starmer outlines his plans stop energy bills going up over winter — by freezing the energy price cap in england, scotland and wales for six months. either we let the oil and gas companies continue to make huge profits whilst every family across the country suffers or we do something about it. one year on from the fall of kabul, celebrations in the street to mark taliban rule in afghanistan. nurseries in england are shutting at short notice due

to financial pressures and staff shortages, according to an industry body. athlete ricardo dos santos — who was allegedly racially profiled during a stop and search — says he was pulled over for a second time by seven armed police officers. researchers say they've successfully altered the blood type of three donor kidneys, which could give more hope to people waiting for a transplant. people think i look ok so i must be ok but unfortunately it is quite debilitating, my mobility is hindered, my skin, my hair, everything, my bones. moderna has become the world's first pharmaceutical company to be given conditional authorisation

by uk regulators to use a booster vaccine against omicron, the highly transmissable variant of the covid virus. tests of the vaccine have shown that it is eight times more effective against the variant. moderna is now working with health officials to make it available to the uk public aged 18 and above. joining us live now is our health reporter, how much of a game changer could this be? the uk regulator sharpened to against the coronavirus. all the vaccines used so far were designed against the original virus but this is designed against the original virus and the omicron variant. moderna tested it and 437 people and found it had a better only in response against

omicron. the nhra have approved it and it will be likely used in the autumn of the people over 50 and people in certain groups. joining us live now is dr philip cruz, who is the uk medical director for moderna. moderna must be pretty chuffed with this. it is a great development for those of us in the uk. haifa this. it is a great development for those of us in the uk.— those of us in the uk. how has it been approved — those of us in the uk. how has it been approved first _ those of us in the uk. how has it been approved first the - those of us in the uk. how has it been approved first the uk? - those of us in the uk. how has it been approved first the uk? you| been approved first the uk? you might is all about getting the results of the clinical trials to our regulators and approving body and the of scooter rides the data and the of scooter rides the data and this is the result. we saw previously with other vaccines they were approved much more quickly in the uk than other countries. it is the uk than other countries. it is the same again.— the uk than other countries. it is l the same again._ it the same again. that is correct. it is a conditional— the same again. that is correct. it

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reported to authorities. th experience any adverse events are reported to authorities.— reported to authorities. in the trials you _ reported to authorities. in the trials you have _ reported to authorities. in the trials you have seen _ reported to authorities. in the| trials you have seen absolutely nothing, not even rear instances? no, but we consider these trials are in a certain number of the population. once we get to wider use thatis population. once we get to wider use that is where we might see that but that is where we might see that but thatis that is where we might see that but that is a level of vigilance we cannot afford to slip and therefore we maintain a high level and be aware and confident this vaccine is still having that positive safety profile to use. the still having that positive safety profile to use.— still having that positive safety profile to use. the efficacy of the vaccine, profile to use. the efficacy of the vaccine. i — profile to use. the efficacy of the vaccine. i just — profile to use. the efficacy of the vaccine, ijust compare _ profile to use. the efficacy of the vaccine, i just compare with - profile to use. the efficacy of the j vaccine, i just compare with what has gone before? —— might how does it compare? comparison with the omicron . . . it compare? comparison with the omicron ., . . ., , it compare? comparison with the omicron ., .. ., , , ., , it compare? comparison with the omicron , ., , , omicron vaccine has shown it is very effective in — omicron vaccine has shown it is very effective in parameters _ omicron vaccine has shown it is very effective in parameters regulatory i effective in parameters regulatory authority asked us to fulfil. both are neutralising response and the geometric antibody levels which

gives us the confidence this can work against the omicron strain. flan work against the omicron strain. can exlain work against the omicron strain. can explain more about the protection? like when we are relying on our antibodies, the soldiers of your immune system,, your line and the level of antibodies is a level literally in capacity is what we expected and therefore we can judge having a superior antibody are you immune response. wouldn't be one dose of this pear year? that immune response. wouldn't be one dose of this pear year?— dose of this pear year? that is left to the body _ dose of this pear year? that is left to the body such _ dose of this pear year? that is left to the body such as _ dose of this pear year? that is left to the body such as the _ dose of this pear year? that is left to the body such as the jvci. - dose of this pear year? that is left | to the body such as the jvci. would ou to the body such as the jvci. would you suggest — to the body such as the jvci. would you suggest it _ to the body such as the jvci. would you suggest it is — to the body such as the jvci. would you suggest it is one _ to the body such as the jvci. would you suggest it is one dose - to the body such as the jvci. would you suggest it is one dose per- to the body such as the jvci. would | you suggest it is one dose per year? we did a booster and then measured

the levels of antibodies from there on and looking at antibodies with the beta strain, we don't have any reason to believe otherwise, the antibodies resistance has been retained from six months and we also rely on the effectiveness of data happening through worldwide immunisation programmes. tt is immunisation programmes. it is unclear whether _ immunisation programmes. it is unclear whether it _ immunisation programmes. it is unclear whether it would be yearly are twice yearly? tt unclear whether it would be yearly are twice yearly?— unclear whether it would be yearly are twice yearly? it depends on the strain that is _ are twice yearly? it depends on the strain that is evolving _ are twice yearly? it depends on the strain that is evolving and - are twice yearly? it depends on the strain that is evolving and with - strain that is evolving and with covid you have to be vigilant and all fronts. there are 29 million doses up to 2022 and we are working closely to meet that demand. the demand for autumn and winter, especially winter where you have that increased demand and also that level of protection needed, we can commit to. 29 level of protection needed, we can commit to-—

level of protection needed, we can commit to. ' ., ., ., commit to. 29 million to the end of this ear? commit to. 29 million to the end of this year? yes- _ commit to. 29 million to the end of this year? yes. and _ commit to. 29 million to the end of this year? yes. and agreements i commit to. 29 million to the end of this year? yes. and agreements to | commit to. 29 million to the end of i this year? yes. and agreements to go be ond this year? yes. and agreements to go beyond that- — this year? yes. and agreements to go beyond that- we _ this year? yes. and agreements to go beyond that. we saw _ this year? yes. and agreements to go beyond that. we saw previously - beyond that. we saw previously contractual _ beyond that. we saw previously contractual arguments - beyond that. we saw previously contractual arguments run - beyond that. we saw previously - contractual arguments run different doses for different countries, what has been the process for the uk and what is promised further down the road and how does that compare with other countries? iatrui’hat road and how does that compare with other countries?— road and how does that compare with other countries? what we are focused on is what we — other countries? what we are focused on is what we have _ other countries? what we are focused on is what we have here _ other countries? what we are focused on is what we have here in _ other countries? what we are focused on is what we have here in the - other countries? what we are focused on is what we have here in the uk - on is what we have here in the uk and we are working closely with the government, especially boxing passports so all the bodies involved in the programme, the nhs and the health security agencies which is really a team effort all round. thank you very much forjoining us. the opposition labour leader, sir keir starmer, has set out how he would fund his party's plan to freeze the energy

price cap for six months, and stop household gas and electricity bills rising over the winter in england, scotland and wales. the energy price cap — the maximum amount suppliers can charge for average use — is forecast to hit more than £3,500 in october and more than £4,200 in january. labour said it would freeze the cap at its current level — which is £1,971 a year for the average household. family would see savings of £1,000 a year under this plan — and that it would also reduce inflation — the rate at which prices are rising — by up to 4%. to fund this, labour says it would extend the windfall tax on oil and gas companies, backdating it to january, which would bring in £8 billion. 14 billion would come from dropping the £400 energy rebate everyone's due to get in the autumn,

and abandoning other pledges made by conservative candidates. by keeping inflation down, the party says it would save another 7 billion by reducing the government's debt interest payments. here's labour leader sir keir starmer. the question i think that every political leader needs to answer at the moment is in relation to that massive hike, i mean, from a cap of £2,000 on bills to 3,500, then up again to 4,200 injanuary, which is going to make it a really difficult winter for millions of people. what are you going to do about it? and that's the question we're answering today. i accept that in the medium and long term, there have got to be other measures, which is why we've argued for some time that, in addition to this package, we need to insulate millions of homes that are leaking heat and energy all of the time. of homes that are leaking heat we said that a year ago now, but the government's done nothing about it. but i think the question that, you know, everybody is really anxious about, because everybody, i think now knows that in october, their energy bills are going to go through the roof again. and thenjanuary, even further, is what are you going to do about it? and the labour party

says we're on your side. we will tax the oil and gas companies that have made more money than they were expecting, and use that money to freeze these prices to make sure there aren't those increases in the autumn. the plan we've got obviously to keep energy prices frozen where they are and not allow them to increase will have a huge impact on families because their budget can then be used for other things. so there's a direct correlation between our plan and those other prices, but there are other things that we do need to do. whilst we are cancelling quite a lot of what the government

has put on the table, the one bit we're not cancelling is the £650 payments to those on universal credit, and to pensioners. and we're additionally recognising that those who pay their energy bills through prepayment meters, there's about four million households who do that, often those households are the ones struggling most. we've got a plan on the table for them because they pay an additional premium, which has an impact on what they can then spend on food and other commodities, etc. so the plan does cover that indirectly because by reducing those energy prices, it allows people more money in their pocket this autumn than otherwise they would have. but i can't emphasise enough from the very many conversations i've had with people across the countryjust how anxious people are about what's going to happen this winter. earlier we heard from pauljohnson, director of the institute for fiscal studies — he gave us his analysis of labour's plan.

the economy is clearly in a slightly worrying position because we have a combination of very low and possibly even negative real growth but very high real inflation and that's something we've not seen for 40 or 50 years and there is lot of risks associated with that in the first thing we really need to do is to somehow squeeze inflation out of the economy hopefully a lot of it will go relatively naturally as energy prices stop rising and hopefully in a year or two start falling. the risk of course is when inflation is high we are all completely reasonably want higher pay rises but the pay goes up no prices go up tomorrow we're looking at the same scale of support we had through the furlough scheme through covid. it is something different from what the government proposes and will make sure we saw no increases on our energy bills but it also provides big subsidies to lots of people who frankly don't need it and could afford higher energy bills so it's a pretty big political judgment about the best way of spending public money and borrowing to achieve that. without it, without the freeze, what would be the impact on inflation and different groups? obviously if your outgoings, your energy costs are a larger chunk of your outgoings

than they are for someone else your inflation rate is effectively different? absolutely. the bank of england is quite terrifyingly projected inflation going up to 13% letter this year that number will be quite a lot higher for poorer households to spend more of their money on energy and food and so on so we project if overall inflation is that in percent than the lowest fifth of households, a big group, which inflation is something like 18% which is an extraordinary number. but the most poor households are looking at inflation of 18% and for some it will be more than that. i'm joined by wendy chamberlain, liberal democrat chief whip and spokesperson for work and pensions. you would also freeze energy bills? that is what we called fat last week. pauljohnson talked about our covid style disaster and i am pleased to see labour moving in the same direction but what we need to see from liz truss and rishi sunak is the government taking steps to protect people already facing a very difficult time.— difficult time. what is the plan of the liberal _ difficult time. what is the plan of the liberal democrats _ difficult time. what is the plan of the liberal democrats for - difficult time. what is the plan of the liberal democrats for finding | the liberal democrats for finding this? ~ ., the liberal democrats for finding this? . ., ., the liberal democrats for finding this? ., ., ., . , this? we are looking at two aspects, the windfall tax _ this? we are looking at two aspects, the windfall tax to _ this? we are looking at two aspects, the windfall tax to expand _ this? we are looking at two aspects, the windfall tax to expand from - this? we are looking at two aspects, the windfall tax to expand from 22 i the windfall tax to expand from 22 to 30% and too backdated to october

last year which is when we first called for the windfall tax proposal and were the first party to do so. but we also need to remember is as a result of that inflation the government is seeing fiscal headroom around vat tax uptake and we're talking about taking that tax uptake to get this cap cancelled for the next 12 months so some of the longer term plans a government should have been looking out for some time such as insulating millions of homes can actually be done and as well as that the current statistics suggest by that time the cap will have started to fall so that pressure on the government and households will be easing. government and households will be easint. ~ . government and households will be easint. . ., ., government and households will be easint. ~ ., ., government and households will be easint. . ., ., ., , easing. what would your time to be for the cap? — easing. what would your time to be for the cap? we _ easing. what would your time to be for the cap? we are _ easing. what would your time to be for the cap? we are talking - easing. what would your time to be for the cap? we are talking about i easing. what would your time to be | for the cap? we are talking about 12 months because _ for the cap? we are talking about 12 months because the _ for the cap? we are talking about 12 months because the next _ for the cap? we are talking about 12 months because the next price - for the cap? we are talking about 12 months because the next price cap. months because the next price cap proposed april would be £31 which is

a much smaller number and easierfor the government to mitigate. offjam have made the decision to move to quarterly price caps and we do not think it is the right time for that so that is why bit calling for the price gap freeze for 12 months. == price gap freeze for 12 months. -- rice price gap freeze for 12 months. -- price cap- — price gap freeze for 12 months. -- price cap- you _ price gap freeze for 12 months. -- price cap. you talked _ price gap freeze for 12 months. -- price cap. you talked about - price gap freeze for 12 months. -- price cap. you talked about the i price cap. you talked about the freeze in april _ price cap. you talked about the freeze in april but _ price cap. you talked about the freeze in april but that - price cap. you talked about the freeze in april but that is - price cap. you talked about the freeze in april but that is going | price cap. you talked about the i freeze in april but that is going up from where things currently are not them coming back down? it will be a small amount of money for the common to find because it would be on top of the proposed price cap coming in at the end of august. tbs, of the proposed price cap coming in at the end of august.— at the end of august. a year hence when energy _ at the end of august. a year hence when energy levels _ at the end of august. a year hence when energy levels would - at the end of august. a year hence when energy levels would still- at the end of august. a year hence when energy levels would still be l at the end of august. a year hence when energy levels would still be, | when energy levels would still be, energy prices would still be the same you're talking about going back to the market? ichute same you're talking about going back to the market?— to the market? we are looking at rices to the market? we are looking at prices decreasing _

to the market? we are looking at prices decreasing in _ to the market? we are looking at prices decreasing in 12 _ to the market? we are looking at prices decreasing in 12 months' i to the market? we are looking at i prices decreasing in 12 months' time so what we want to do something bold no to help people when they are most in need, take advantage of the vat increases we have seen and also take advantage of what we have seen, everybody will have seen those huge profits of oil and gas companies are currently having and that is an opportunity to ensure those help the most vulnerable and we do know prices will be decreasing in 12 months and we are very hopeful the deal. this is a very difficult time to makejudgments but what is deal. this is a very difficult time to make judgments but what is very clear is we need to do something now. sport and for a full roundup, from the bbc sport centre, here's holly.

the fa is investigating comments by chelsea manager thomas tuchel, following his post—match comments about referee anthony taylor. both tuchel and spurs boss antonio conte were eventually sent off following the 2—2 draw at stamford bridge after the pair went head to head in an escalating squabble that resulted in post match red cards. however, tuchel was arguably angrier with the referee at the final whistle, suggesting he should not officiate future chelsea games. there's no hard feelings. honestly, ifeel like it was a fair tackle from him and a fair tackle from me. players don't go then and say, sorry i tackled you. of course, if injury happens, that nobody wants between a player, you say sorry, but we did not insult each other, we did not hit each other. we were fighting for our teams and that's it. from my side absolutely no hard feelings. it is part of it. i am surprised we both got a red card for that, but it's ok. for me, it's not a problem. also because the most important thing is always the game and the way that the two teams played. something outside of

that is not important. andy murray has been selected for great britain's davis cup team ahead of the compeition in glasgow next month. murray returns to the team following a two year absence and joins cameron norrie, dan evans and world doubles number onejoe salisbury. no room for rising starjack draper with captain leon smith describing the selection process as "tougher than ever".

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comeback nurseries in england are closing at short notice due to financial pressures and staff shortages. the early years alliance, which represents about 14—thousand providers, says the sector is facing its worst crisis in 20 years. one mum, gabrielle drake. told the bbc about the �*mad scramble' to find alternative childcare for her 13—month—old son, theo. on friday the 5th of august we received a letter whichjust said due to management restructure, we are now closing the nursery as of today. we were given that date to pick up any items we had at the nursery, otherwise we would not be allowed to enter the building again. obviously, you know, when you receive this e—mail in the middle of the day and you work full time, it is pretty impossible to find the time to go to the nursery to pick up your belongings. so we've lost a month's supply

of nappies and formula, you know, which is quite expensive. we were given no additional support in terms of finding a new nursery. we weren't even advised whether we would have our fees refunded to us. you know, and it's a significant amount, it was £780 that we had no idea whether we'd have returned or not. joining me now isjoeli brearley, who is the ceo of pregnant then screwed, a charity that supports mothers. we did research in march of 20,000 parents that said one in five local providers had closed but in the last few months we have seen a huge uptake in the number of parents saying the local provider had closed and they had to leave theirjob. tt and they had to leave theirjob. if you haven't got childcare what i and they had to leave theirjob. if. you haven't got childcare what else can ou you haven't got childcare what else can you do? _ you haven't got childcare what else can you do? we — you haven't got childcare what else can you do? we have _ you haven't got childcare what else can you do? we have parents- you haven't got childcare what else i can you do? we have parents making flexible working requests and talking about childcare but for many means it cannot work because they do not have any childcare. ibthd means it cannot work because they do not have any childcare.— not have any childcare. and they cannot find _ not have any childcare. and they cannot find any _ not have any childcare. and they cannot find any other _ not have any childcare. and they cannot find any other provider i not have any childcare. and they cannot find any other provider of childcare? tia cannot find any other provider of childcare? ., . .., cannot find any other provider of childcare? ., . , ., , ., childcare? no childcare provision for them locally _ childcare? no childcare provision for them locally that _ childcare? no childcare provision for them locally that has - childcare? no childcare provision for them locally that has space. | for them locally that has space. when we did the research in march 41% of parents at their local childcare provider had at least a

six—month waiting list so it is not as easy as your local childcare provider closes and find other locally because the majority have very long waiting lists. iutiui’hat locally because the ma'ority have very long waiting lists.- very long waiting lists. what are our very long waiting lists. what are yourthoughts— very long waiting lists. what are your thoughts on _ very long waiting lists. what are your thoughts on how _ very long waiting lists. what are your thoughts on how this - very long waiting lists. what are i your thoughts on how this situation it is complete crisis and we have been saying for a number of years thatis been saying for a number of years that is exactly what we are seeing at the moment. if we look at what other liberal welfare states are doing with issuejapan, canada and australia have recently invested a lot of money in the childcare sector because they've realised it is absolutely critical infrastructure for the economy. meanwhile we have no plan, no strategy, no commitment from the government whatsoever to this issue and it means women are falling out of the labour market which is bad for everybody. it is bad for children, education and bad

forfamilies and women bad for children, education and bad for families and women and really, really bad for our economy. iutiui’hat for families and women and really, really bad for our economy. what are --eole ou really bad for our economy. what are people you speak _ really bad for our economy. what are people you speak to _ really bad for our economy. what are people you speak to who _ really bad for our economy. what are people you speak to who are - really bad for our economy. what are people you speak to who are finding l people you speak to who are finding themselves in the situation where they feel unable to connect to what, what did he say about how they feel about that. ichute what did he say about how they feel about that. ~ ., ., ..,, ., about that. we are in a cost of livin: about that. we are in a cost of living crisis — about that. we are in a cost of living crisis and _ about that. we are in a cost of living crisis and costs - about that. we are in a cost of living crisis and costs are - living crisis and costs are increasing and now they have no income and they come to us because they have nowhere else to turn and they have nowhere else to turn and they can create childcare places for families but we can help them have those conversations with an employer and advise them on how to make flexible working requests and advice if they have a family member or partner they can share the childcare responsibilities with. it is a difficult situation because for many parents and to clearly women, are nearly always falls to mothers, they lose their careers and earning potential and lose their independence and this is notjust an

issue for right now, an issue that will affect them for the rest of their lives and it is the reason we have a gender pension gap and there has been recent research that this affects women's physical health as well as mental health and creating more poverty amongst families and particularly for children. the government really needs to get a grip of this urgently and we really hope that once we have a new prime minister and position they will treat this as a priority.- minister and position they will treat this as a priority. the trial began today of the manchester city footballer benjamin mendy, who's accused of eight counts of rape. the 28—year—old is also accused of one count of attempted rape and one count of sexual assault. let's speak to nick garnett, who's live at chester crown court.

this will be a long trial and the jury this will be a long trial and the jury is told to expect case to go on two november and we have had just one hour of the statement from the prosecution which will go in greater detail into over the coming weeks and months before the defence takes its place and start defending the two men on trial. timothy gray leading the prosecution told the jury leading the prosecution told the jury this is not a boring case and it has little to do with football. instead it is about a familiar chapter in a familiar story, men who rape and have sex with women because they feel they can get away with it. benjamin mendy is accused of eight counts of rape and counts of sexual assault and his co—defendant is accused of eight counts of rape and four counts of sexual assault. the iury four counts of sexual assault. the jury were told that the average age

of the women involved was 20 and one was 17 and at no time did the defendants use contraception. both men deny all charges. the prosecution says these women wear disposable to the accused. because of mr mendy�*s wealth people were prepared to get what you wanted. his co—accused, 41 years old, is accused as the fixer for benjamin mendy and one of his roles was to find young woman where they could be raped and sexually assaulted and it would not take no for an answer. the prosecution said the house of mr mendy was a mansion but once the women were taken inside there were

prisoners and their mobile phones were taken away. where the women able to give consent because they were drunk? and what did that the defendants do to check they were consenting? the prosecution says in this day and age no means no. an athlete who was allegedly racially profiled during a stop and search in london in 2020, has said he was pulled over for a second time by seven armed police officers. sprinter ricardo dos santos posted several videos on twitter of him being pulled over and questioned by police in paddington in london at 4am on sunday. our reporter celestina olulode has been following the story. they stopped him, he says, because they thought mr dos santos has published a series of tweets and some video footage. he says the rest is with his lawyer. he says he stopped when it was safe to

do so. but he says that two officers ran towards either side of his car, with one clenching his fist and taking out a batton. now as you said earlier on, the sprinter was allegedly racially profiled when he was stopped with his partner, bianca williams, injuly 2020. they were both handcuffed, stopped by police. their three—month—old baby was with them at the time. and as a result of research, five officers are facing a gross misconduct hearing. well, the metropolitan police have released a statement. they confirmed that the stop took place as they were "concerned the driver may be using a mobile phone at the wheel". it goes on to say that the officers clearly indicated for the car to pull over but it failed to do so and they called for further assistance. "the driver stopped about five minutes later in orsett terrace w2, and the officers spoke to him about why they wanted to stop the vehicle.

following the conversation the vehicle was allowed on its way. we have since contacted the driver via twitter to invite him to contact us if he would like to discuss this matter further." mr dos santos defended taking five minutes to pull over and said was a long time on a regular street but this was a flyover and based on my previous interaction with police i thought the best place to stop for somewhere to let up —— make someone lit up with the possibility of witnesses. tle lit up with the possibility of witnesses.— lit up with the possibility of witnesses. ., , ., witnesses. he said he was worried because he _ witnesses. he said he was worried because he knew _ witnesses. he said he was worried because he knew there _ witnesses. he said he was worried because he knew there were - witnesses. he said he was worried l because he knew there were armed police officers. as we go through this week it will turn cooler. some of us will see some rain. rain across scotland. some of that is thundery. showers in parts of northern ireland, england

and wales. some are torrential and will continue to be torrential throughout the day with the risk of thunder. not all of us will catch one. still hot in the south—east, fresher elsewhere. tonight we have the rain across eastern scotland. some thundery showers pushing across england. another batch from the south which could also be thundery. a humid night in the south—east. temperatures are widely 11 to 18 degrees. tomorrow we start off with the rain northern and in an eastern scotland. a noticeable breeze. for england, wales and northern ireland, a few showers. heavy infantry across by serving them well. temperatures lower. hello, this is bbc news with joanna gosling. the headlines. the uk has become first country to approve a vaccine specifically targeted at combatting the omicron variant, as well as the original covid strain.

in the uk, labour leader sir keir starmer outlines his plans stop energy bills going up over winter, by freezing the energy price cap in england, scotland and wales for six months one year on from the fall of kabul, celebrations in the street to mark taliban rule in afghanistan. the author of the horse whisperer, nicholas evans, has died aged 72, following a heart attack. nurseries in england are shutting at short notice due to financial pressures and staff shortages, according to an industry body. athlete ricardo dos santos — who was allegedly racially profiled during a stop and search — says he was pulled over for a second time by seven armed police officers. researchers say they've successfully altered the blood type of three donor kidneys, which could give more hope to people waiting for a transplant. more now on labour's plans to freeze the energy price cap for six months, and stop household gas

and electricity bills rising over the winter in england, scotland and wales. let's speak to george godber, who's a fund manager at polar capital, a uk—based fund management company. welcome. thank you forjoining us. what is your view of the plan? well, can i say, the first time we have got somebody talking about capping the cap, giving certainty for consumers over the winter. i can't upload that you know. there are millions of households scared witless when they read the headline saying, it may be £1900, and it could go as high as 4000 injanuary. giving certainty is exactly what we need to be doing at the moment. that is an excellent step forward. however, the current funding of that plan does leave quite a lot to be desired. why is that? what politicians tend to do is they look

at the profit stick big companies are making. the public see the huge numbers that are being generated by those businesses. but it belittles the fact it is not deliverable. bp and shell are international businesses. we have taxation treaties in the uk. they are taxable in the countries where they generate them. bp generates most of its earnings in america. we don't have a right to that of taxation, the same way if the us government said they were taxing north sea oil, we would tell them to shove off. the amount available for us to increase the taxation here is really quite limited for those businesses. in fact, actually what taxing north sea oil dose is it dramatically impacts the smaller companies that do produce the much needed gas. we have got a huge shortage of gas in the uk. we should be focusing on how to encourage domestic production at the

moment in and out of the north sea, because otherwise all you do is you kill north sea production, force the uk to go into the international market and buy at the middle east. more gas and very elevated prices. the delivery of these plans has got to be properly costed. people have got to be rational with the public and how they will be delivered. going back to the profits, shell had second—quarter profits of £9 billion in its most recent report. bp underlying profits of £6.9 billion for the three months tojune, that is the second highest figure in its history, more than triple the amount it made during the same period in 2021. are you saying those profits are not touchable? thea;t 2021. are you saying those profits are not touchable?— are not touchable? they are not untouchable _ are not touchable? they are not untouchable but _ are not touchable? they are not untouchable but you _ are not touchable? they are not untouchable but you have - are not touchable? they are not untouchable but you have to - are not touchable? they are notj untouchable but you have to put are not touchable? they are not i untouchable but you have to put in context where they are generated. it is up to those countries how they are taxed. we get to set the taxation in the north sea, it is

very, very high at 65%. other countries set lower levels because they want to increase investment. 50 they want to increase investment. so then, to be specific about what profits are being generated in this country that could actually be tapped into, how does it break down? it's tiny for both businesses. they have got very small operations here. bp wouldn't even split of the uk in its report. it is a small amount of money. its report. it is a small amount of mone . ., ., ., , ., , ., money. hang on, what is a small amount of— money. hang on, what is a small amount of money? _ money. hang on, what is a small amount of money? if _ money. hang on, what is a small amount of money? if we - money. hang on, what is a small amount of money? if we are - money. hang on, what is a small. amount of money? if we are talking about 9 billion for one quarter's profits, some of that might be relative? ., ,, ., , , , . relative? the north sea is 'ust such a small part — relative? the north sea is 'ust such a small part at relative? the north sea is 'ust such a small part of the h relative? the north sea isjust such a small part of the business, - relative? the north sea isjust such a small part of the business, they i a small part of the business, they don't even break it down. i will be surprised if the uk was more than 10% of the business. in terms of, is itjustifiable? you also think about the vast costs that it costs to extract energy. shell is making a not unreasonable return. that means

it is not making extra normal profits. it is having to spend 25, 30 billion a year to generate those profits. if you look in that context, think about what is having to be sunk to dig the stuff out of the group —— grand, doesn't appear to be profiteering. you the group -- grand, doesn't appear to be profiteering.— to be profiteering. you are almost makinl it to be profiteering. you are almost making it sound _ to be profiteering. you are almost making it sound altruistic- to be profiteering. you are almost making it sound altruistic comedy| making it sound altruistic comedy business in this country. if they are not making profit, why do they bother? , ., ~ are not making profit, why do they bother? , ., ,, , ., bother? oh, they make profit here but it is a small _ bother? oh, they make profit here but it is a small component - bother? oh, they make profit here but it is a small component of - bother? oh, they make profit here. but it is a small component of those businesses. the policies and say they're going to tax this, the public say, that is a solution. when you see the numbers generated in the north sea, it is not near enough what is required if you are going to freeze the price cap. so it is just making sure that politicians are being honest with the public when they say they are going to go off and tax these big oil companies, because they are using that as a way

of placating the public but it is not practically deliverable. that has to be called out here. because the impact of saying we are going to go off and tax companies and citing those two companies as it smashes uk domestic production made by companies that aren't bp and shell. that has a detrimental long—term impact on the uk and reduced security. we will pay higher prices for much longer. in fact, what we should be doing is saying, how do we increase energy security, so we are generating it and buying it and generating it and buying it and generating our energy in the least carbon intensive way and a reputable source? we don't really want to be going on our hands and knees begging all the regimes that may not have the ethics and the codes of conduct we follow the uk.— we follow the uk. george godber, thank you- — today marks one year since the taliban's takeover of afghanistan. the group says it's trying to find a solution to the issue of girls attending secondary school.

teenage girls are currently been barred from lessons in most parts of the country. our correspondent yogita limaye is in kabul, where she has spoken to the taliban, and said there were celebrarations taking place in the capital this morning to mark the first anniversary of taliban rule. since the morning we have seen them coming here in groups, in one pick—up truck after another, buying flags from the side of the road, draping the flag of the rear windshield of the car, draping the flag around themselves, and now going and standing up on their island. they have been chanting, they have been singing, long live they have been singing, long live the islamic average. they have been songs playing in the background. there has been a mood of celebrating today. of course, all of this comes amid the backdrop ofjust two weeks ago where the us said it killed al-qaeda's chief ayman al—zahwahiri in the capital couple, in the house thatis in the capital couple, in the house that is owned by a close aide of a

minister from the taliban government. now i spoke to the main spokesman of the taliban government and i asked him to respond to that claim. and also asked him how it would impact the relationship between them and the us. translation: tattle between them and the us. translation:— between them and the us. translation: ~ ., , ., translation: we are investigating the incident- — translation: we are investigating the incident. we _ translation: we are investigating the incident. we are _ translation: we are investigating the incident. we are working - translation: we are investigating the incident. we are working on - translation: we are investigating the incident. we are working on it. . the incident. we are working on it. our argument with the us is still intact. i don't think this will affect our relationship with the world and the us. tt affect our relationship with the world and the us.— affect our relationship with the world and the us. it has been at least ten days _ world and the us. it has been at least ten days since _ world and the us. it has been at least ten days since the - world and the us. it has been at least ten days since the attack. | world and the us. it has been at. least ten days since the attack. you still don't know if he had of al-qaeda was in cabo or not? translation: tt al-qaeda was in cabo or not? translation:— al-qaeda was in cabo or not? translation: , , , ., ., , translation: it is sensitive and has many aspects- _ translation: it is sensitive and has many aspects- we — translation: it is sensitive and has many aspects. we don't _ translation: it is sensitive and has many aspects. we don't have - translation: it is sensitive and hasj many aspects. we don't have enough evidence from the scene. iutiui’hat many aspects. we don't have enough evidence from the scene.— evidence from the scene. what is the current relationship _ evidence from the scene. what is the current relationship between - evidence from the scene. what is the current relationship between the - current relationship between the taliban and al-qaeda? translation: late taliban and al-qaeda? translation: ~ ., taliban and al-qaeda? translation: ., ., ., ., translation: we were not aware of his presence _ translation: we were not aware of his presence here _ translation: we were not aware of

his presence here because _ translation: we were not aware of his presence here because there - translation: we were not aware of his presence here because there is i his presence here because there is no relationship. if somepride —— people personally had a relationship with him, we will find out. al-qaeda doesn't have many members here as they left afghanistan long ago. just to clari , they left afghanistan long ago. just to clarify, the taliban has no ties with al-qaeda? translation: ., ., translation: no, we don't have any ties with al-qaeda. _ translation: no, we don't have any ties with al-qaeda. there _ translation: no, we don't have any ties with al-qaeda. there have - translation: no, we don't have any ties with al-qaeda. there have been l ties with al-qaeda. there have been re lorts on ties with al-qaeda. there have been reports on speculation _ ties with al-qaeda. there have been reports on speculation that - ties with al-qaeda. there have been reports on speculation that it - ties with al-qaeda. there have been reports on speculation that it was i reports on speculation that it was members of the taliban who helped the us identify ayman al—zahwahiri's location. how do you respond to? translation:— location. how do you respond to? translation: there is no truth of that. if translation: there is no truth of that- if you — translation: there is no truth of that. if you don't _ translation: there is no truth of that. if you don't know— translation: there is no truth of that. if you don't know where - translation: there is no truth of | that. if you don't know where ayman al-zahwahiri — that. if you don't know where ayman al-zahwahiri was _ that. if you don't know where ayman al-zahwahiri was or _ that. if you don't know where ayman al-zahwahiri was or is, _ that. if you don't know where ayman al-zahwahiri was or is, how - that. if you don't know where ayman al-zahwahiri was or is, how are - that. if you don't know where ayman al-zahwahiri was or is, how are you. al—zahwahiri was or is, how are you going to prevent any attacks on america or its allies from the territory of afghanistan? translation: fits territory of afghanistan? translation:— territory of afghanistan? translation: ~, ~ ., translation: as i say, afghanistan soil has not been _ translation: as i say, afghanistan soil has not been used _ translation: as i say, afghanistan soil has not been used against - translation: as i say, afghanistan soil has not been used against the i soil has not been used against the us for —— or any other country. this is a separate story. the group was not run from here. if there was any

activity, we would have known about it. so, the taliban they're insisting they had no relationship with al-anda, but it's notjust al-anda. it is also the growing threat of islamic state, the regional affiliate of its. in the past few weeks we have seen multiple explosions taking place in cabo —— car bowl. i also asked the taliban if they were losing grip and security in this country. they are trying to play down the threat of iis. if trying to play down the threat of its. if you play down this thread iis. if you play down this thread compared to the one in the 90s, perhaps you don't have the kind of brutality that is happening this time around. they key thing stands in the way of this more monitor —— moderate image the taliban is trying to portray is their attitudes towards women, the restrictions they are put on women in this country, the fact they are no women in

decision—making positions. and the most significant fact, they have stopped girls from going to secondary schools in most parts of this country. i asked the taliban about that. he said they were religious scholars who had objections to girls going to school and they were trying to build a consensus. no answer on girls going to school yet. the iranian foriegn ministry has catagorically denied it has any links to the man who stabbed salman rushdie. a spokesman said the author and his supporters are to blame for the attack for insulting islam. earlier, us secretary of state anthony blinken accused iran's state media of gloating about the attack, calling its behaviour "despicable". translation: in this attack we do not consider _ translation: in this attack we do not consider anyone _ translation: in this attack we do not consider anyone other - translation: in this attack we do not consider anyone other than - not consider anyone other than salman rushdie and his supporters worthy of blame or even condemnation. we have no more information about the attacker, apart from we have heard from us media. there's more rail disruption this morning,

as avanti west coast cuts back services between london and glasgow. this follows strike action over the weekend, with more to come later in the week. nina warhurst has the latest from manchester piccadilly station. today's disruption is really interesting for two reasons. the first is this is not official strike action, it is of anti—workers are saying no to extra shifts. the second is we don't really know when this will enter. let's look at the implications. these are avanti services up and down the west coast. taking in glasgow, manchester, liverpool, london, and cities connected to them. there will be a limited temporary timetable which came into effect yesterday, running until further notice. what it means is avanti running four services out of london every hour, that's around one third of usual services. they weren't available for interview this morning but here's what they told us.

it's because of the current industrial relations climate which has resulted they say in severe staff shortages in some grades and increase sickness levels, and this is interesting. they say as well as the majority of drivers making themselves unavailable for overtime in a coordinated fashion and at short notice. essentially what they are saying is this is unofficial strike action and what avanti drivers are saying is we are just working to what we were put on the rota today and we are saying no to any extra work and as one of their workers said to me they had been relying on goodwill to fill timetables for too long and now that goodwill has run out. it's really important to see the wider picture. we saw drivers going on strike on saturday and on thursday, the following saturday, this saturday, we will see more at strike action up and down the country. let's look at that. strikes on thursday and saturday, within that, 40,000 plus railway

workers will walk out for a third time this summer. that will mean services running at about 20% capacity. the important message at the moment is check before you travel. you could well be entitled to a refund or for the ticket to be transferred to a different day. the wider context of this as communication workers, rail workers, bus workers and barristers having taken industrial action this summer, it's possible education and health workers will follow and that is before inflation hits the predicted peak of 13%. the bigger question is where will it end? the headlines on bbc news. the uk has become first country to approve a vaccine specifically targeted at combatting the omicron variant as well as the original covid strain. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, outlines his plans to freeze the energy price cap in england, scotland and wales for six months. the author of the horse whisperer,

nicholas evans, has died aged 72, following a heart attack. three british men are due to go on trial in a russian backed court in the donetsk region of ukraine. john harding, dylan healy and andrew hill are accused of being mercenaries. if found guilty, they could be sentenced to death. britain has condemned what it calls the exploitation of detainees for political purposes. our correspondent emma vardy has the latest. well, each of them came to ukraine in slightly different ways. john harding had been there the longest, he went out around 2018, along with a couple of other british men, and began fighting with ukrainian units and then when the invasion happened was very involved in the conflict, fighting alongside the ukrainian army. andrew hill went out at the start of the invasion, as many other foreigners did, to join the international legion of ukraine,

which was formed to fight alongside the ukrainian army, to fight against the russian invasion. dylan healy was quite different, he's said to be an aid worker, someone who was doing aid work out there with the presidium network, they say he was involved in helping evacuate people when he was captured. but it seems that all three of them are being seen as mercenaries by russia and by the donetsk people's republic, which is a breakaway region of ukraine, controlled by russian—backed separatists, and of course this isn't the first trial that we've seen of british men who've been captured in the conflict. a few months back, aiden aslin and shaun pinner, who were also fighting with the ukrainian army, were captured and sentenced in the same court, found to be mercenaries, accused of other crimes like terrorism as well, and they were given the death sentence. it's expected that we don't think that will be carried out, and that there are negotiations under way between ukraine and russia to try to facilitate

a prisoner exchange, but there's no way of knowing whether that can happen. it looks like men today will also probably be found guilty after a short trial and probably be given the death sentence, that's what's being reported by russian media. india is marking 75 years of independence, with commemorative ceremonies being held in different cities across the country. when britain granted india independence seven and decades ago, the territory it had ruled over was divided or partitioned into india and the new state of pakistan, with east pakistan later becoming bangladesh. east pakistan later becoming iifangladesh-_ east pakistan later becoming banlladesh. , . ., ., ., ,, bangladesh. this created an absurd in violence in _ bangladesh. this created an absurd in violence in which _ bangladesh. this created an absurd in violence in which approximately. in violence in which approximately 15 million people were displaced, and an estimated 1 million people died. the london mayor, sadiq khan,

has spoken about what this anniversary means for asians living in the uk. partition was very difficult for those in india, pakistan and bangladesh. literally millions lost their lives when pakistan and india was founded, independence, the 14th of august for pakistan, the 15th of august for india. some would say we are actually still dealing with the consequences of the partition at the end of that particular part of the british empire. but the reality is, many people from pakistan, from india, have chosen this country as their home. we are incredibly proud to be british but also we cannot forget the links we have with countries of origin, whether it is pakistan water levels in the rhine in germany have dropped significantly in recent days, causing problems for the people and businesses that rely on it. several ferry services have been brought to a standstill and it's expected levels will drop further today, potentially affecting cargo vessels. researchers at the university

of cambridge say they've successfully altered the blood type of three donor kidneys, which could give more hope to people waiting for a transplant. scientists think it could dramatically improve the availability for people in ethnic minority groups, who are less likely to find a match. earlier i spoke to a women called ayesha, who's waiting for a kidney transplant. i have now been waiting for over 12 months, coming up to two years, actually. why do you need a new kidney? i have a condition which means both of my kidneys do not filter the toxins through my body so there will be a build—up which then becomes quite poisonous to my system. what happens to you when that happens? what does it feel like? it will make me very ill and i am already quite ill at the moment although i don't look at because it is an invisible disease.

people think i look ok so i must be ok but unfortunately it is quite debilitating on my mobility which is hindered, my skin, my hair, everything, my bones, i can't go out in the sun and i am at risk of cancer, so it affects all aspects of my life. now i am medically retired so i had to give up myjob while i try to go through my transplantjourney. is anything you can do to mitigate the impact of your kidneys not working as they should or is it a case each time ofjust having to get through it? i have to just go through it. unfortunately there is nothing they can do. they can slow down the process of deterioration with a medication which is what are trying to do but inevitably because of

the condition i will have a transplant, i will need a transplant at some point. i transplant is not a cure for kidney disease, it is part of the treatment plan. so you have been waiting for over a year, almost two. presumably you have no idea how much longer you might be waiting? on average, for myself and being from a bame minority group, we would wait longer than three years while for a caucasian person it is three years and for a minority group it can be double or triple the time. i might have to wait ten years for a transplant by which time no doubt i will be on dialysis. this new process they have successfully trialled of altering the blood type of donor kidneys, how much of a difference

might that make to you? that was such amazing news. it will be a game changer when it comes into place. it will open the doors for so many people to be able to have a second chance at life. when the law was changed to become an organ donor, a lot of people choose to opt out due to personal choice and religious beliefs and just lack of education and awareness so just do believe this will be giving a lot of people like myself a chance at a second chance at life, living a normal life. aisha, who is awaiting a kidney transplant. scotland has made public health history by making it it law for public settings to provide period products.

it's the first country in the world to protect the right to free sanitary products with new legislation which came into force today. it means councils and education providers have to make the free items available to those who need them. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol. hello again. as we go through this week, we are looking at lower temperatures than last week and also some thunderstorms. we have got rain across scotland, some showers across northern ireland, england and also wales and all of those could prove to be thundery in nature. but the showers are fairly hit and miss and some of us will miss them altogether and stay dry with some sunshine and still hot in the south—eastern corner at 29 to 30. as we push further north, we are looking at 15 to about 23. through this evening and overnight, we hang being thundery. thundery showers pushing east across england. and then we've got this next batch of thundery showers coming up from the south. still a humid night in the south, overnight lows of 17 or 18 celsius, for the rest of us, we are looking at about 11 to 15 degrees. so into tomorrow, you can see low pressure

is firmly in charge of our weather. still thundery showers coming up from the south. this waving weather front here still producing some thundery showers as well and a little ridge of high pressure trying to build in from the west. so the west a bit more settled with fewer showers. you can see the rain pushing eastwards across scotland and the showers coming north across england and wales. they still are hit and miss. if you catch one, it could be torrential. temperatures coming down, though, 27 being the top temperature by the time you get to tuesday. now, tuesday into wednesday, we have still got this set up with low pressure in charge. but note how the high pressure ridge is really starting to build in. and that means things will settle down from the west across scotland, northern ireland, parts of north—west england and wales. but we still do have the risk of thundery downpours across parts of southern england and temperatures here, 23 or 24 degrees. push further north, we are looking at 12 to about 20 degrees. then as we head towards the end of the week, we see our weather front push away and then we have

more weather fronts coming in from the west. but you can see there is not much rain in them. and we start to see more of an atlantic influence on our weather with more of a westerly breeze. there will be fewer showers, any rain will be fairly sporadic and there will not be very much of it. a lot of dry weather to end the week. some sunshine as well and temperatures between about 18 and 25 degrees, closer to what we would expect at this stage in august.

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