this is bbc news. the headlines at 2: labour leader sir keir starmer outlines his plans stop energy bills going up overwinter — by freezing the energy price cap in england, scotland and wales for six months. either reveal that the oil and gas companies continue to make huge profits, whilst every family across the country suffers, all we do something about it. a year on, the taliban declares a national holiday, after reconquering afghanistan. a new version of moderna's coronavirus vaccine is approved that targets the omicron variant — and you may only need it once a year. 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. the met says it has voluntarily referred the incident to the independent office for police conduct. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, has set out proposals that he says will prevent household gas and electricity bills rising sharply this winter in england, scotland and wales. he wants to freeze the energy price cap for six months and pay for the shortfall, in part, by backdating the windfall tax on oil and gas companies. but a leading independent research group says labour's plans could end up costing as much

as the government's covid furlough scheme if it was extended beyond the original six—month period, and they were not a long—term solution. here's our political correspondent, ione wells. from doing the washing to cooking food to heating our homes, the cost of energy is going up just as autumn and winter months are around the corner, when households use more of it as temperatures fall and days get darker. the amount energy companies can charge the average household is currentlyjust under £2,000 a year. but it's forecast to hit more than £3,500 in october and more than £4,000 a year injanuary. labour is calling for the price cap to be frozen at its current level to stop it going up. everybody i think now knows that in october their energy bills are going to go through the roof again, and then january even further. it's what are you going to do about it? and the labour party says we are 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. labour says it will pay for the plan in three ways. firstly, increase the windfall tax on oil and gas companies by backdating it to january to raise £8 billion. secondly, put £14 billion towards cancelling the rise, instead of giving everyone £400 this autumn. thirdly, they say reducing energy bills will bring down inflation and therefore interest rates on government debt, to save £7 billion. but the institute for fiscal studies says to bring inflation down long—term, these subsidies would need to last longer than six months, costing billions more. we're looking at the same scale of support as we had through their furlough scheme through covid and this is clearly something bigger than the current government are offering, and it would ensure that none of us saw any increases above current levels in our energy bills. now, that has the very positive

effect of making sure that nobody is losing out, but of course, it also provides big subsidies to lots of people who, frankly, don't need it and could afford higher energy bills. neither of the candidates hoping to be the next prime minister have signalled they'd back an energy price cap freeze or extend the windfall tax on oil and gas companies. is it time to support - an energy price cap freeze? liz truss says she'd cut national insurance and suspend green levies on bills and hasn't ruled out further targeted support. rishi sunak says, as well as spending vat on energy bills, more targeted support would be needed once the new price cap was announced. but all these ideas, and labour's, are just ideas at the moment. any final decision on support will be for the next prime minister. in the meantime, households have to wait in limbo before knowing what fear the help they may get. what further help they may get. i'm joined by our business

editor, simonjack. we editor, simon jack. had we editor, simonjack. had labour's proposals. do the add we had labour's proposals. do they add up? i we had labour's proposals. do they add u - ? ~ , we had labour's proposals. do they add u? ~' , ., ., add up? i think there is one flaw in the labour— add up? i think there is one flaw in the labour proposals, _ add up? i think there is one flaw in the labour proposals, which - add up? i think there is one flaw in the labour proposals, which as - add up? i think there is one flaw in l the labour proposals, which as they are saying if they freeze all energy bills, energy is such a big component of inflation that their plan will bring inflation down and mean that government borrowing linked to inflation will thereby be much less. they have put out they are raising £7 billion for that, and there is quite a lot of scepticism that a six month plan will bring down the government's long—term borrowing costs. it willjustjump back up again in the future. on the windfall taxes, quite a lot of the work of the 8 billion is defiantly out saying actually oil and gas prices were higher when the obr settler and estimates of how high

the windfall tax can get. whichever package you look at, whether it is this one or whether people say an energy freeze for all sounds great, but how targeted is that? there are some people who could probably afford to pay more, meaning the same energy bill for someone on a lower income is the same as someone on a higher income. you could level the same at liz truss, who has prioritised tax cuts over direct support. how much will that help someone on benefits might disability allowances? that is not going to help them. the rishi sunak plan, every single house of getting £400 come october, again, is that targeted enough? advocates would say, listen, this is such a big problem that it is notjust the low and, feeling it, it is across the middle of the income spread, so everyone should get it. whichever

plan, they are over a short amount of time. iii plan, they are over a short amount of time. . , . . , of time. if that is the criticism that these _ of time. if that is the criticism that these are _ of time. if that is the criticism that these are short-term - of time. if that is the criticism i that these are short-term ideas, of time. if that is the criticism - that these are short-term ideas, is that these are short—term ideas, is there a longer term plan to keep energy prices within reason for households? the energy prices within reason for households?— energy prices within reason for households? the industry itself- scottishpower, _ households? the industry itself- scottishpower, eone _ households? the industry itself- scottishpower, eone - _ households? the industry itself- scottishpower, eone - falling i households? the industry itself- - scottishpower, eone - falling behind scottishpower, eone — falling behind this plan, have suggested a deficit fund set up by government, guaranteed by government, which the energy companies could then use to borrow against that government guarantee and use that money directly to lower bills. maybe it will be 20,30, directly to lower bills. maybe it will be 20, 30, £40 directly to lower bills. maybe it will be 20,30, £40 billion, and will be 20,30, £40 billion, and will be 20,30, £40 billion, and will be paid back over 15—20 years. i think the appeal of that is that it can be paid back either through income tax or bills, but what that might do is build a bit of a bridge to the future and give you some time to the future and give you some time

to get over this. smooth out the spike over many years. by which point, hinkley point c will be working by then, more solar, more renewable, it mightjust be in a slightly more stable position. that is some logic to that. it so far has been resisted when rishi sunak was chancellor, but who knows? this bag we are seeing — chancellor, but who knows? this bag we are seeing now _ chancellor, but who knows? this bag we are seeing now and _ chancellor, but who knows? this bag we are seeing now and predicted - chancellor, but who knows? this bag we are seeing now and predicted for| we are seeing now and predicted for this winter, the horrific price rises for so many people, is this potentiallyjust rises for so many people, is this potentially just temporary? rises for so many people, is this potentiallyjust temporary? if rises for so many people, is this potentially just temporary? if the war in ukraine were to be resolved in some way, that would bring down prices. part of this is sort of post—covid shock. presumably that will ease. in other words, things might get better in a year or so. they might get better. i think what russia has done through its aggression is made economically and

strategically unacceptable for countries to be so reliant on russian gas in the future. i think thatis russian gas in the future. i think that is going to have to stay and that is going to have to stay and that will take some time to get around. european vertical has got problems. the uk doesn't get much of its gas from russia but it is totally connected to the european gas market. more renewables, but these plans will take six months... we are going to talk now to direct of advocacy at energy uk, the trade association for the energy industry. we have been hearing what the labour party are planning to do on energy prices. what are the energy companies themselves doing to try to keep prices low? the? companies themselves doing to try to keep prices low?— keep prices low? they had been investin: keep prices low? they had been investing and — keep prices low? they had been investing and off— keep prices low? they had been investing and off a _ keep prices low? they had been investing and off a lot _ keep prices low? they had been investing and off a lot of - keep prices low? they had been investing and off a lot of money| investing and off a lot of money since _ investing and off a lot of money since before the start of the covid pandemic— since before the start of the covid pandemic and trying to give more support— pandemic and trying to give more support to — pandemic and trying to give more support to debt and advise charities, investing in their customer—

charities, investing in their customer service and support staff. as you _ customer service and support staff. as you have — customer service and support staff. as you have said, this is a problem that is— as you have said, this is a problem that is far— as you have said, this is a problem that is far beyond and bigger than 'ust that is far beyond and bigger than just those — that is far beyond and bigger than just those energy retail companies. it is just those energy retail companies. it is a _ just those energy retail companies. it is a cost — just those energy retail companies. it is a cost of living crisis, it is an across _ it is a cost of living crisis, it is an across the economy issue being driven_ an across the economy issue being driven by— an across the economy issue being driven by high gas prices. it is really— driven by high gas prices. it is really important the government does add given— really important the government does add given these new really worrying price cap _ add given these new really worrying price cap predictions. the prediction _ price cap predictions. the prediction from _ price cap predictions. tue: prediction from some price cap predictions. tte: prediction from some customers as the companies are almost profiteering, using these global trends to hike up prices for customers in this country. {3.35 trends to hike up prices for customers in this country. gas is traded globally, _ customers in this country. gas is traded globally, so _ customers in this country. gas is traded globally, so is _ customers in this country. gas is traded globally, so is the - customers in this country. gas is traded globally, so is the price l customers in this country. gas is| traded globally, so is the price of electricity — traded globally, so is the price of electricity. it is really important that people do recognise that retail energy— that people do recognise that retail energy companies, most of them havent— energy companies, most of them haven't really made much of a profit since _ haven't really made much of a profit since before the covid pandemic. this is— since before the covid pandemic. this is not— since before the covid pandemic. this is not really an area where they— this is not really an area where they do— this is not really an area where they do make much profit. what we do need is _ they do make much profit. what we do need is to— they do make much profit. what we do need is to invest in this country low carbon— need is to invest in this country low carbon and clean energy so that we have _ low carbon and clean energy so that we have more secure supply. going into winter. — we have more secure supply. going into winter. i— we have more secure supply. going into winter, i think the most important _ into winter, i think the most important thing is for the

government to work with industry to rcatty— government to work with industry to really support people, because we know _ really support people, because we knowjust — really support people, because we knowjust how bad the customers are suffering _ knowjust how bad the customers are suffering right now. we knowjust how bad the customers are suffering right now.— suffering right now. we were 'ust talkin: out suffering right now. we were 'ust talking out there i suffering right now. we were 'ust talking out there about i suffering right now. we were 'ust talking out there about the h talking out there about the possibility about a long—term government guaranteed fund, kind of deficit fund, which the energy companies could borrow against over may be a 20 year period, a fund of tens of billions of pounds, which would stabilise prices, so we wouldn't see the sudden hikes like the ones predicted in the autumn and the ones predicted in the autumn and the beginning of next year. do you think that's one way forward for the energy industry? you think that's one way forward for the energy industry?— energy industry? you say to yourself. — energy industry? you say to yourself. it _ energy industry? you say to yourself, it is _ energy industry? you say to yourself, it is one _ energy industry? you say to yourself, it is one possible i energy industry? you say to i yourself, it is one possible way forward — yourself, it is one possible way forward. there are a number of different— forward. there are a number of different options i think on the table. — different options i think on the table. i— different options i think on the table, i do think these are one of those _ table, i do think these are one of those options. yes, we do have this immediate — those options. yes, we do have this immediate crisis this winter and we need _ immediate crisis this winter and we need to— immediate crisis this winter and we need to ensure that people can stay warm _ need to ensure that people can stay warm and _ need to ensure that people can stay warm and keep the lights on, but in the long—term things that look

great, — the long—term things that look great, it— the long—term things that look great, it doesn't look like prices will return— great, it doesn't look like prices will return to levels from 18 months a -o will return to levels from 18 months ago any— will return to levels from 18 months ago any time soon, so i think it's important — ago any time soon, so i think it's important that every option is on a table _ important that every option is on a table and — important that every option is on a table and the government really considers how to protect people from these _ considers how to protect people from these high _ considers how to protect people from these high prices.— these high prices. many thanks for bein: with these high prices. many thanks for being with others. _ it's exactly a year, since the taliban dramatically and unexpectedly returned to power in afghanistan, and they've been celebrating on the streets of the capital, kabul, on what's been declared a national holiday. but serious, deep—rooted issues continue to blight the country, among them severe food shortages, and the status of women and girls. our correspondent, yogita limaye, reports from kabul. crowd chants an unplanned celebration in kabul�*s main square. through the morning, hundreds of taliban gathered here, chanting slogans about victory over foreign forces,

marking a special day for them. one year ago, the fighters had walked into the city, taking over the whole of afghanistan. there were no battles. the afghan president had fled. and the taliban took his office, ready for their second time in power. foreign militaries and diplomats withdrew to the airport in a rush, where for days a chaotic evacuation took place. once it ended, the taliban announced its government, and began moving from being insurgents to running a country. one year since they seized power, the taliban are running a country that's facing a severe economic and humanitarian crisis. but perhaps the most significant change that the taliban have made is that they've barred girls from going to secondary schools in most of afghanistan. it challenges the more moderate image they've tried to portray.

this is the only country in the world to do so. in march, there was excitement because the group had said teenage girls could learn again. but it was short lived. within an hour, the taliban backtracked on their promise. i asked the group's main spokesman when schools would reopen? translation: primary schools i and universities are open for girls. in some provinces, secondary school students from grade 6—12 can go to school. but we have problems in other places. we are trying our best to solve them and to bring things back to normal. what problems, though, because classes were always segregated for boys and girls even before 15th august? so what problem is there in opening the schools? translation: our learned scholars have issues with the safety of girls | travelling to and from school. we cannot only make decisions based

on the situation in kabul. we also have to consider villages and the streets where people don't want girls to go to school. under the taliban, women are disappearing from public life. the un says that's further hurting an economy which is already in crisis. and it is a firm roadblock to the group's bid for international recognition. yogita limaye, bbc news, kabul. 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, and how some have continued their studies despite restrictions. schools like this are now being set up across kabul and in many other cities. they're not high schools — they're effectively banned, at least for now, by the taliban —

but they can teach courses. these actually are first year university students working on their english. they allow young afghan women to continue their education, and allows them not to lose hope that their futures are lost. i'm mina, my last name is rahimi. i studyjournalism here in kabul university and here i come for studying english language. really, i want to become a good journalist and a honest journalist in the future, and especially i want to work for my country. i want to work for importance of my country. it's really my dream. this is where you get a sense of the faces of the future of afghanistan, these young girls determined to pursue their education. in some ways they're lucky — they had finished their high school grade 12 before they were effectively closed by the taliban, so they're at a university level,

and here in this class pursuing their english and pursuing their dreams. the stakes are even higher for this class — they're grade 12 students, their high schools are shut. and taking courses like this — they're studying physics today — allows them to keep the hope alive that they will one day graduate from high school and go on to university. it isn't a lot, but it's all that they have. if the doors are closed in the face of these girls, and then most of these girls are just depressed, theyjust lost their hopes about future, but this school make them to just once again think about their dreams, think about their goals that they had. they are just optimistic right now about their future. they want to just study hard, they want to study more and more, and they want to never give up. but what if the taliban authorities

don't allow the girls to sit the university exam, which means they'll never graduate from high school? we are not too much positive regarding this one, because even the taliban do not, or the government do not announce the date, the exact date of the examination. we are just hearing some bad news regarding that the girls will not be allowed to participate. how much has your own life changed in the past year? it's clear that women, especially women in country, lost their hopes — but i am not one of them. i'm not a weak person, i am not a weak girl. i want to work, i want to go out. i want to do for my people. i want to do whatever is in my hand to do it for my people, for those that they need, and i want to take their hands and do something for them. let's speak to zarmina kakar, a prominent women's rights campaigner and president of the national consensus of afghanistan, who's in wolverhampton.

just tell us a year ago what happened to you.- just tell us a year ago what happened to you. just tell us a year ago what hauened to ou. �* j ., ., ~ happened to you. argus 15, that dark da for our happened to you. argus 15, that dark day for our afghan _ happened to you. argus 15, that dark day for our afghan people, _ happened to you. argus 15, that dark day for our afghan people, that i happened to you. argus 15, that dark day for our afghan people, that they | day for our afghan people, that they we slept at night, but in the morning we woke up and everything was changed. we lost our government, our soldiers, was changed. we lost our government, oursoldiers, ourflag was changed. we lost our government, our soldiers, ourflag and our soldiers, our flag and everything, our soldiers, ourflag and everything, and we returned back to the dark days of 20 years ago. unfortunately we had to leave u nfortu nately we had to leave afg ha nista n. unfortunately we had to leave afghanistan. that day we lost everything. the taliban said a day, but never afghan people celebrate that day because that day was one of the dark days in our history. fine the dark days in our history. one ear on, the dark days in our history. one year on. when — the dark days in our history. one year on, when you _ the dark days in our history. one year on, when you look at what has happened in your country, what goes

through your mind? is it worse than you fear under the taliban or kind of what you were expecting from them? if} of what you were expecting from them? ii , ., , of what you were expecting from them? :: , ., ., ., of what you were expecting from them? i:, ., ., ., ., them? 20 years ago, also the taliban was in afghanistan, _ them? 20 years ago, also the taliban was in afghanistan, but _ them? 20 years ago, also the taliban was in afghanistan, but all _ them? 20 years ago, also the taliban was in afghanistan, but all afghan i was in afghanistan, but all afghan people had experienced the taliban. but in 20 years we had freedom, we had democracy, many girls became independent, went to school, university, college, and they improve their lives. our country every day becomes good, but unfortunately after 20 years taliban returned back and we returned back to the dark days. as you know, he go is allowed to go outside, go to school. no girl has a good life. no girl, no women, no men have freedom in afghanistan. they are just in a

dangerous situation, unfortunately. we now the taliban are a dangerous group. all of the people know when dangerous people become like a government what will happen to that country unfortunately. i had so bad feeling that things that happen in afghanistan, i never slept. feeling that things that happen in afghanistan, i neverslept. every time i am thinking, what will happen to my country? this is a hard time for me and for all afghan people. [10 for me and for all afghan people. do you think things could improve in afghanistan? what needs to happen? does the world need to put more pressure on the taliban? can the world put more pressure on the taliban? ., ., , ., , taliban? unfortunately the world is violent, taliban? unfortunately the world is violent. and _ taliban? unfortunately the world is violent, and we _ taliban? unfortunately the world is violent, and we have _ taliban? unfortunately the world is violent, and we have never- taliban? unfortunately the world is violent, and we have never forgot i violent, and we have neverforgot the worst violence about afghanistan. this is so bad that the world is silent about the situation

of afghanistan. they have to have the pressure to the taliban, to allow women to go to school, to make the government like before. people don't have food in afghanistan. every day at the situation becomes hard in afghanistan. every person tries to live in afghanistan, but this is not the way. many people have to manage their life in afghanistan, but unfortunately the world is silent. in one year, our country behind the hand of the terrorist group, the world is silent? ~ ., terrorist group, the world is silent? ., ., ., ., silent? why? you are one of several thousand peeple _ silent? why? you are one of several thousand people have _ silent? why? you are one of several thousand people have now- silent? why? you are one of several thousand people have now settled i silent? why? you are one of several| thousand people have now settled in the midlands from afghanistan. what have you been living there to sort of organise and campaign for change in your home country?— in your home country? first, i want to thank the _

in your home country? first, i want to thank the uk — in your home country? first, i want to thank the uk government i in your home country? first, i want to thank the uk government and i in your home country? first, i want. to thank the uk government and the immigration centre that helped save our lives here. we have freedom, we have a word calls, and we have the chance to fight for our goals. especially me, a women's rights activist, human macro humans rights activist, human macro humans rights activist, now i can fight from the uk. my life has not become better, i have my goal, i manage my life, i start my education again. —— my life has now become better. we know it's hard, but we have to start from zero. no big thing for me is that in the uk i have freedom, i have now my goals, i have chance to go... also, for the uk government, i want to fight forfreedom, and now i have that chance in the uk. defer? fight for freedom, and now i have that chance in the uk.— fight for freedom, and now i have that chance in the uk. very good to

talk to you. — that chance in the uk. very good to talk to you, thanks _ that chance in the uk. very good to talk to you, thanks for _ that chance in the uk. very good to talk to you, thanks for your - that chance in the uk. very good to talk to you, thanks for your time. i talk to you, thanks for your time. good luck to you, i'm sure our thoughts are with the people of afghanistan one year on. 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, smitha mundasad. this is quite a breakthrough. just tell us a bit more about the vaccine and why it is a breakthrough. the uk medicines regulatory _ and why it is a breakthrough. the uk medicines regulatory authorities i and why it is a breakthrough. the uk medicines regulatory authorities say| medicines regulatory authorities say this is a strengthening tool in our armoury against coronavirus. the

original vaccines out there that were designed against the original coronavirus drain back in 2020. this vaccine is designed to protect against that original strain and the omicron variant that is now common across the world. moderna did testing in about 437 people, and they say from these preliminary tests that these people had a better immune response against the omicron virus that is out there right now. we have yet to see how that will play out in the real world, but the authorities have not approved for people over 18. the question is, who will get it? we don't know that yet but we are expecting a decision quite soon. we do know there are about 26 million people in the uk that are due a booster in the autumn, people over 50, that are due a booster in the autumn, people over50, people that are due a booster in the autumn, people over 50, people in care homes, health care staff, people with health conditions. there are about 30 million doses of this updated mode are not vaccine that

are available this year, so some people are likely to get less updated moderna jab. but for people who don't, the other vaccine still work and still protect against the disease. it shows it is possible to make a vaccine that targets different variants. the truth about coronavirus is that it has changed a lot over the last two years and we are likely to see many more variants to come, so this could be a step in at the right direction.— at the right direction. omicron has been around _ at the right direction. omicron has been around for _ at the right direction. omicron has been around for quite _ at the right direction. omicron has been around for quite a _ at the right direction. omicron has been around for quite a while i at the right direction. omicron has| been around for quite a while now, hasn't it? ., , , ., hasn't it? there have been several versions of— hasn't it? there have been several versions of omicron _ hasn't it? there have been several versions of omicron since - hasn't it? there have been several versions of omicron since last i versions of omicron since last september. now be .4 and the 8.5 are the common variants. this was designed against earlier versions of omicron, but it does appear to provide better protection than the original poster for these variants in the community right now. because it is similar... as we go down the

line, the question is, as new variants pop up, will it be possible to make vaccines targeted against that? this could be the next step towards that. a portugese athlete, who was allegedly racially profiled during a police stop and search in london two years ago, says he's been pulled over again by armed police officers. the sprinter, ricardo dos santos, has published a series of video tweets he says show the incident in paddington on sunday. the metropolitan police says officers were concerned the driver may have been using a mobile phone. with more, here's celestina olulode — and a warning her report does contain some flashing images. this is some of the video footage ricardo dos santos published of the incident. he was stopped by metropolitan police officers

who believed he was on his phone. the sprinter says he stopped when it was safe to do so. they way they got in front of me, i could have went into the back of them. again, for my safety and based on my previous incidents with them, i thought the best place to stop would be somewhat lit up and with the possibility of witnesses during the incident, dos santos said an officer banged on the window with a clenched fist before taking out a baton. wait, he didn't do anything! the athlete said nothing has changed to two years after he and his partner, sprinter bianca williams, were stopped, searched and handcuffed by police. their three—month—old baby was with them at the time. five met police officers face a gross misconduct hearing in response to that case. but in responding to sunday's incident, the met police say...

they met have now referred themselves to the police watchdog, themselves to the police watchdog, the iopc. celestina olulode, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav. hello there. things are turning more unsettled now. for the next few days, we're seeing an end slowly to the heat wave conditions, although through today it's going to be another very warm and humid one across the south—east. there will be scattered thundery showers across the southern half of the country. outbreaks of rain further north where it'll be turning cooler. and the reason, we've got a couple of low pressure centres near to the uk bringing more cloud outbreaks of rain. through to this evening and overnight, northern half of the country will stay breezy, fairly cloudy. outbreaks of heavy rain

at times across the south. clear spells, first of all, but then we'll start to see some showers, thunderstorms pushing up from the south as the night wears on. another fairly warm and muggy night to come for england and wales, but cooler and fresher in the north. tuesday then looks unsettled again across scotland, northern england, outbreaks of heavy rain there, quite persistent at times, breezy, fairly cool northerly winds there. elsewhere, for england and wales, it's a mixture of sunny spells, scattered showers, some of them heavy and thundery, which could lead to some localised flooding, and less hot across southern areas this is bbc news. the headlines... labour leader sir keir starmer has been outlining his plans to stop energy bills going up over the winter by freezing the energy price clap over the winter months. energy com anies clap over the winter months. energy companies cannot _ clap over the winter months. energy companies cannot continue - clap over the winter months. energy companies cannot continue to i clap over the winter months. energy companies cannot continue to make| companies cannot continue to make huge profits while every family

across the country suffers —— way either let them continue or we do something about it.— either let them continue or we do something about it. when you're on, the taliban declared _ something about it. when you're on, the taliban declared a _ something about it. when you're on, the taliban declared a national- the taliban declared a national holiday after the conquering afghanistan. —— one year on. the new version of medina's coronavirus vaccine has been approved. it targets that omicron variants and you may only need once a year. success at the commonwealth games combine for brands. final synchronised either moving

them up into third place and onto them up into third place and onto the podium while italy claimed gold in ukraine won silver. everyone did really well and i'm very proud of all of them. great britain won mixed team bronze on the opening day of diving at the european aquatics championships. fresh from their gold medal success at the commonwealth games, andrea spendolini—siriex, noah williams, grace reid and james heatly combined for bronze in rome with spendolini—siriex and williams' final synchronized dive moving them up into third. italy claimed gold.. and ukraine won silver. i'm not sure about these guys that i'm not sure about these guys that i'm knackered, so ready to go on holiday and one weeks to go on holiday and one weeks to go on holiday we will give it a last push and go onto european championships. a resurgent england take on south africa in the first test at lord's on wednesday.. they'll look to continue the momentum built up during their four victories against new zealand and india during the summer.. this will be jimmy anderson's first test match as a 40 —year—old. he reached the milestone at the end ofjuly, but england's record wicket taker says he doesn't feel old and that "it's just number." when the scoreboard takes overjust

don't really take too much notice of it. you start again, don't you, as a batter? i have not gone to foresee much of my career but when you do hit a milestone you try to reset and it is just a hit a milestone you try to reset and it isjust a number hit a milestone you try to reset and it is just a number next to my name and not how i feel. i don't feel old all i'm slowing down or anything. i feeling in great rhythms of that we can show that form on the field. —— i feel integrates ribbon so i can show that form on the field. —— ifeel integrates ribbon so i hope i can show that form on the field. —— ifeel in great rhythm so i hope i can show that form on the field. the fa is investigating 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. 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 one joe salisbury. no room for rising starjack draper with captain leon smith describing the selection process as "tougher than ever". well, world number three rafael nadal is all set to make his return to atp in the us open tune—up in cincinnati this week. however, the 22—time grand slam champion is suffering from an ongoing abdominal injury he picked up at wimbledon and admits he won't take any chances. abdominal is a place that is dangerous because in every serve he put a lot of effort there so i need to take the things a little bit easier and do the things the proper way. that's what i'm trying to do. trying to be a little bit more conservative but i hope i can be ready for the action here.

british number one and defending us open champion emma raducanu says she's excited to play the 23—time grand slam singles champion serena williams for the first time in her career at the western and southern open in cincinnati this week. raducanu was born in the same year that williams became world number one for the first time... it's an amazing opportunity. it is an amazing... it is an amazing gift to, sort of, play the best tennis player of all time on her way out. it is probably going to be my last opportunity to play her unless i draw her in new york but i think, yeah, whatever happens, it was not just going to be a great memory that i will always have. —— it willjust be a great memory. it is pretty incredible how long she has been in the game for and at that length of korean longevity that she has had a something i aspire to have —— length of korea. just be playing tennis for

long time and how she has dominated the game is pretty surreal and no one else has really done it like that —— one else has really done it like that -- -- one else has really done it like that —— —— to have that length of career she has had is pretty incredible. that's all the sport for now. an organisation representing nurseries in england has warned that the sector is facing its worst crisis in 20 years, because of increased costs and staff shortages. the early years alliance, which represents around 14,000 providers, said many nurseries were being forced to shut. becky morton has that story. gabrielle drake from leeds was left scrambling to find a new nursery for her 13—month—old son when his current provider close to a good overnight. we received a letter thatjust said, "due to management restructure, "we are now closing the nursery as of today." we were given that day to pick up any items

that we had at the nursery, otherwise we would not be allowed to enter the building again. we've lost a month's supply of nappies and formula. gabrielle and her partner both work full time and she was unable to find a new nursery at such short notice, so she's now having to rely on dad to look after her son for the next month. she's managed to find a new nursery for september, but only after contacting 20 local providers. only about five replied to say they had spaces. the early years alliance, which represents 14,000 providers in england, said nurseries were under increasing financial pressure due to underfunding by the government and increased cost of things like energy, food and staff. many are struggling to recruit and increasing salaries as a result. the organisations chief executive

said the sector was in crisis. we have a staff and recruitment problem that we've never experienced before. we have people leaving in droves because they are exhausted but mainly because they feel undervalued, and undervalued by government at this point in time. so, yes, it is a crisis. we are turning people away. the number of child care providers in england has been falling steadily since 2015, with a number of nurseries and preschools dropping by 196 between august 2021 and march this year, according to the regulator, ofsted. the government says it's increased funding for local authorities to increase the hourly rates paid to child care providers, but many say it's simply not enough. for families like the drakes, the challenges facing nurseries are having a significant impact. becky morton, bbc news. labour leader sir keir starmer has been outlining his plans to stop energy bills going up over the winter by freezing the energy price

more now on our top story — and the labour leader sir keir starmer, has set out proposals that he says, will prevent household gas and electricity bills, rising sharply this winter, in england, scotland and wales. let's speak to stephen flynn — who's the snp mp for aberdeen south — and the party's spokesperson on business, energy and industrial strategy. good to have you with us. what you make of the labour leader's plans? do you agree with it? i think as things stand energy... have to be frozen. we've been calling for it, lib dems have said it now labour said it too so we can look at the reality families are facing at this point in time. last summer energy prices were kept... and i hate to see that word capped because it doesn't feel like it. 1200 pounds a year and now we are at nearly £2000 a year and it could go in excess of £4000. that is not a crisis, but as a catastrophe, and we need action. labour came forward with a proposal and we put forward proposals but ultimately we need a uk government

to act and sadly at this moment in time we are not doing anything. what might but act how specifically? because the bill for freezing these rises is tens of billions of pounds, potentially? and the government in the country afford to do that? of course there is an obvious solution to broaden the scope and scale up and full tax. ads, to broaden the scope and scale up and full tam— and full tax. a windfall tax shouldn't _ and full tax. a windfall tax shouldn't just _ and full tax. a windfall tax shouldn't just apply i and full tax. a windfall tax shouldn'tjust apply to i and full tax. a windfall tax i shouldn'tjust apply to energy shouldn't just apply to energy companies other texts do absolutely should. it also apply to the likes of amazon and serco and so forth who have gained billions of the back of the fundament we have just came out of service opportunity for government to raise revenue that protect consumers. —— that have gained billions off the back of the pandemic. gained billions off the back of the andemic. ., , ., , pandemic. people are saying these are multinational— pandemic. people are saying these are multinational companies. i pandemic. people are saying these l are multinational companies. would we raise enough of this? for example bp make big profits, billions and billions, but only 10% of those profits roughly made in this country there for only 10% are taxable. the

first thing we _ there for only 10% are taxable. t'te: first thing we to there for only 10% are taxable. tte: first thing we to recognise the fact that the scale and scope of windfall tax needs to be reflected in the first instance. liz truss and visually neck and said something similar. that belies the reality of the situation consumers who are going to be extremely challenge. it will be businesses, community groups and facilities as well. there are stories across society and we need to take action and proposals being put forward from a host of parties and third sector organisations to government, we need them to act, they are not doing so. the doors to they are not doing so. the doors to the uk parliament as it stands a slammed shut. that is not good enough. what might you talk about the uk government but what about the scottish government? surely discuss government conditioning about this? scottish has put in a number of measures like the likes of the 20 goal child payment to combat poverty but the reality is given the scale of this crisis we are talking about necessity for the government to

inject billions in the uk parties as it stands refused to allow the scottish parliament to base tax, to borrow, and also to raise the likes of a windfall tax —— to raise tax. we don't have the powers to do that given the scale of the crisis in front of us. if they want to give us those powers we will use them at the starting point is we need to give us and before we get to that we need rishi sunak and liz truss to stop pandering to the tory right, get back to parliament and tell us what their government, because they are still members of it, going to be doing. still members of it, going to be doinu. , ,, ., ,, still members of it, going to be doinu. , ,, .,~ ., ,, still members of it, going to be doinu. , ,, ., ~ ':: doing. rishi sunak talked about £10 billion worth — doing. rishi sunak talked about £10 billion worth of _ doing. rishi sunak talked about £10 billion worth of help _ doing. rishi sunak talked about £10 billion worth of help and _ doing. rishi sunak talked about £10 billion worth of help and said i i billion worth of help and said i have an emergency budget if she is elected as tory prime minister when all of this will be a address. you make let's go with rishi sunak first. his big policy pledge now and his only policy pledge now is to take the vat on fuel bills akin to the five p per litre taken of people's right at the pump which

made absolutely no difference to the cost of living crisis. liz truss's big policy is to be unfunded tax cuts and if you take many of people's tax bill all they are going to do right now is put that right back into paying their gas bill. the need to stop speaking to their own members and start recognising the fact the public facing a catastrophe. forthose fact the public facing a catastrophe. for those eye—watering and the only way to do that is broaden the scope and is scalable windfall tax and put the public doesn't mind at ease. snp mp, thank you very much for your time. a water park in berkshire, has been prevented from reopening its inflatable assault course, following the death of an 11—year—old girl earlier this month. liquid leisure in the village of datchet, has been served with a prohibition notice by the local council. it had earlier announced

it had closed the park, "out of respect" for the girl's family. iran says sir salman rushdie and his supporters are solely to blame, for last week's attack in which he was stabbed multiple times. tehran also denies any involvement. the author remains in a critical condition in hospital in america, but can now breathe unaided. he's faced years of death threats for his 1988 novel the satanic verses. a 24—year—old man has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder and assault. the trial has begun of the manchester city footballer, benjamin mendy, who's accused of eight counts of rape. the 28—year—old is also charged with attempted rape and one count of sexual assault. he denies all the charges. judith moritz was outside chester crown court. the jury here was told this morning that benjamin mendy is a reasonably successful footballer, "reasonably famous" because he's played for manchester city and as an international

for the french side that won the world cup, but they were told by timothy cray qc, who's leading the prosecution, that this is not a case about football. he said instead it is, "another chapter in a very old story," of men who rape and sexually assault women because they think they're "powerful" and "can get away with it." and he described benjamin mendy�*s life and how his position as a footballer entitled him to wealth and to access to places and to people who made themselves available to help him. one of those, the court was told, was louis saha matturie, mendy�*s friend, and together the two men face these allegations here in court. they are charged between them with having committed sexual offences against 13 women. the each face eight counts of rape against women as young as 17, and the court was told that many of these allegations stem from the period between 2018 and 2021 at benjamin mendy�*s house, a large mansion in cheshire. the jury was shown video footage both outside and inside the property. this swimming pool, the cinema room, the gymnasium, shown around that house, but they were also told that the women who came to

parties there were clear that they had not consented to having sex with the men. in fact, timothy cray said to them, you know, the point is that we'll keep coming back to is, "did these women consent?" there is abundant evidence, the jury was told, to prove the case. the prosecution say that they did not consent to having sex with matturie and mendy. now, both of the men deny all of the allegations against them. this case continues. it is due to last, we're told, up to 15 weeks here at chester crown court. labour leader sir keir starmer outlines his plans stop energy bills going up overwinter — by freezing the energy

price cap in england, scotland and wales for six months. a year on, the taliban declares a national holiday, after reconquering afghanistan. a new version of moderna's coronavirus vaccine is approved that targets the omicron variant, and you may only need it, once a year. scotland has become the first country in the world to make it law for public buildings — like schools and colleges — to provide free period products to girls and women. the period products act finally came into force today after it was unanimously backed by the scottish parliament in 2020. let's speak to georgie nicholson, partnership manager at hey girls, a social enterprise working to tackle period poverty in the uk, which has backed this legislation. i guess you please this is now gone through. just tell us about the significance of this. as i say, scotland the first country to do this? tt scotland the first country to do this? , ., ., ., , .,

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cannot buy the period products you need when you are left without and left with how decisions of what to do. you either have to do something home—made like put newspaper into socks or even use bread for absorbency and it is a very unsanitary and also the dignity behind it, you are walking around knowing there is a possibility that you could look at any point. no one should have to go through this. half the population have a period and they menstruate so to have now these products out there. three so that people don't have to worry about it at the moment is a wonderful wonderful think —— products out there for the day. wonderful think -- products out there for the day.— there for the day. scotland first and ou there for the day. scotland first and you think — there for the day. scotland first and you think of _ there for the day. scotland first and you think of countries i there for the day. scotland first and you think of countries will i and you think of countries will follow? t and you think of countries will follow? ., , , , ., , ., and you think of countries will follow? , , ., ., and you think of countries will follow? , , ., , ., ., ., follow? i hope this is a start and a massive role _ follow? i hope this is a start and a massive role in _ follow? i hope this is a start and a massive role in tumbling - follow? i hope this is a start and a massive role in tumbling ball- follow? i hope this is a start and a massive role in tumbling ball of. massive role in tumbling ball of excitement. wales and northern ireland have signed the bill already but it hasn't gone up a lot like we have today but they have signed up for the bill and needing strides going above and beyond to start their project on period poverty which we are helping them with. we

just hope the example scotland are making today in northern ireland and wales have actually signed up for the start of the new norm instead of people sniggering when they see a period product or hiding one up your sleeve when you go to the loo we are hoping when people go to pull it back claims they see the products there and it is a normal way of life. —— when people go to the loo and they see the products that it is normal. ~ ., , and they see the products that it is i normal._ government normal. who paste this? government has the money _ normal. who paste this? government has the money which _ normal. who paste this? government has the money which they _ normal. who paste this? government has the money which they are - normal. who paste this? government has the money which they are given l has the money which they are given to councils and education spaces which are then buying products of companies like myself as a social enterprise which we then put back into the community and had given 25 many products when the last four years to people going through period poverty so it is that lovely circular movement at the moment which we arejust circular movement at the moment which we are just hoping will eventually tackle... to solve period poverty would be the dream but to tackle it and help people live a

dignified life during the period would be brilliant. that dignified life during the period would be brilliant.— would be brilliant. that was a representative _ would be brilliant. that was a representative from - would be brilliant. that was a representative from hey i would be brilliant. that was a | representative from hey girls, would be brilliant. that was a i representative from hey girls, an organisation working to tackle period poverty here in the uk. breaking news from the metropolitan police saying a man stabbed to death in a side road just down the road from our studios here. man stabbed to death in a side road in oxford street, very busy shopping street in the heart of london. metropolitan police telling us those details, not many but we will bring you more as we get them. world leaders will gather at the united nations in new york to try to reach an agreement on a treaty to protect oceans from overexploitation. previous attempts to finalise the terms of the un high seas treaty have failed. if successful, it would put 30% of the world's oceans into marine

conservation areas by 2030. water levels in the rhine in germany have dropped significantly in recent days, causing problems for the people and businesses which rely on it. several ferry services have been brought to a standstill and it's expected that levels will drop further today — potentially affecting cargo vessels. here's our berlin correspondent, jenny hill. this is one of europe's latest working with us but it is a very, very quiet. there was a flurry of traffic this morning are now almost nothing. the river levels are forecast to drop to what many shipping agencies and monitoring agencies say is a critical level at which it will become all but inevitable, either because badgers physically can't get through or because they will have to lighten their roads and reduce cargoes to such an extent it is no longer financially viable for them to do so

—— all but unnavigable. that is a huge issue because this for serves germany's industrial heartlands. those commercial vessels carry goods and products to and from the fact power stations, and products to and from the fact powerstations, big and products to and from the fact power stations, big international businesses that line the river bank here —— factories, power stations. it is a particular headache for the german government because badges on this with can cabbie cult of the power stations here. russia has reduced its supply of gas to germany —— barges on this river carry coal to the power stations. germany is increasing its reliance on coal—fired power stations through the coming winter and they must a concern that will not be enough coal coming up the river to fire those power stations. coming up the river to fire those powerstations. it coming up the river to fire those power stations. it is not unusual for river levels to drop and it happens every year but what is unusual as it happens so much earlier. people talk about the so—called dry season are normally water levels drop in september or october time. water levels drop in september or octobertime. not water levels drop in september or october time. not only is it happening earlier, it is happening

more frequently and there is a more intense element to it as well. the agency which monitors the river levels has said that it is possible this is still part of that yearly pattern. it is possible that this is normal but, and it is a big boat, they say 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. jenny hill there, our german correspondent. 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 says she's been wrongfully detained, and is reported to have offered to exchange herfor a russian

arms dealer serving a prison sentence in america. 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. well, india and pakistan have remained rivals ever since. london mayor sadiq khan, whose parents came from pakistan, 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 found independence. some would say

we are still actually dealing with some of the consequences of the rush to 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 is their home. we're incredibly proud to be british but also we cannot forget the links we have with countries of origin, whether it is pakistan or whether it is india. the origin, whether it is pakistan or whether it is india.— origin, whether it is pakistan or whether it is india. the mayor of london. prince harry and meghan,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 september fifth. 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. some changes to the web and for this upcoming week, coolerfor some changes to the web and for this upcoming week, cooler for many particularly away from the south—east of england because we have still got some heat and humidity here at least for another day. we can see a pretty complicated pressure story, a couple of low pressure story, a couple of low pressure around the uk bringing more cloud around outbreaks of rain across central, southern, eastern, southern, northern england, elsewhere in england and wales cloud coming up from the afternoon and scattered thunderstorms. still hot and humid day across southern and eastern england but pressure further north and west high teens and low 20s and are keen northerly breeze developing an estate we wait for parts of scotland, northern england, another low moving from the south could bring some scattered thunderstorms and showers to south wales, south—west england into south—east england in the end of the night and another warm and muggy one

for england and wales are slightly cooler and fresher for northern ireland and scotland. another complicated picture for tuesday, still a weather front across northern areas rather cloudy with easy heavy rain at times, southern half of the country will see a few sunny spells and also a chance of showers and thunderstorms developing particularly across southern and south—eastern areas, some of which will be heavy, slow moving, could give rise to... little bit fresher on tuesday, certainly cool in the north and the west with keen northerly wind. on wednesday a majority of showers will be confined to some apartment in wales and temperatures in all areas including the south—east close to the scent of the south—east close to the scent of the storm in mid to high teens of the storm in mid to high teens of the southern ireland and northern england. the end of the week at shower activity moves down increasing sunny spells and tens more unsettled again for the

weekend. this weather front could bring areas of showers in and provide itself a ridge of high visual moving and we have fresher times on thursday and is a bit cooler for all areas times on thursday and is a bit coolerfor all areas and a times on thursday and is a bit cooler for all areas and a greater chance of seeing more sunshine on friday but it turns more unsettled and the weekend for many of us.

this is bbc news, i'm ben brown. the headlines at 3: labour leader sir keir starmer outlines his plans stop energy bills going up overwinter — 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. a year on, the taliban declares a national holiday after reconquering afghanistan. a new version of moderna's coronavirus vaccine is approved that targets the omicron variant — and you may only need it once a year. 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. the met says it's voluntarily referred the incident to the independent office for police conduct. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, has set out proposals that he says will prevent household gas and electricity bills rising sharply this winter in england, scotland and wales. he wants to freeze the energy price cap for six months and pay for the shortfall, in part, by backdating the windfall tax on oil and gas companies. but a leading independent research group says labour's plans could end up costing as much

as the government's covid furlough scheme if it was extended beyond the original six—month period, and they were not a long—term solution. here's our political correspondent, ione wells. from doing the washing to cooking food to heating our homes, the cost of energy is going up just as autumn and winter months are around the corner, when households use more of it as temperatures fall and days get darker. the amount energy companies can charge the average household is currentlyjust under £2,000 a year. but it's forecast to hit more than £3,500 in october and more than £4,000 a year injanuary. labour is calling for the price cap to be frozen at its current level to stop it going up. everybody i think now knows that in october their energy bills are going to go through the roof again, and then january even further. it's what are you going to do about it? and the labour party says we are 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. labour says it will pay for the plan in three ways. firstly, increase the windfall tax on oil and gas companies by backdating it to january to raise £8 billion. secondly, put £14 billion towards cancelling the rise, instead of giving everyone £400 this autumn. thirdly, they say reducing energy bills will bring down inflation and therefore interest rates on government debt, to save £7 billion. but the institute for fiscal studies says to bring inflation down long—term, these subsidies would need to last longer than six months, costing billions more. we're looking at the same scale of support as we had through the furlough scheme through covid and this is clearly something bigger than the current government are offering, and it would ensure that none of us saw any increases above current levels in our energy bills. now, that has the very positive

effect of making sure that nobody is losing out, but of course, it also provides big subsidies to lots of people who, frankly, don't need it and could afford higher energy bills. neither of the candidates hoping to be the next prime minister have signalled they'd back an energy price cap freeze or extend the windfall tax on oil and gas companies. is it time to support - an energy price cap freeze? liz truss says she'd cut national insurance and suspend green levies on bills and hasn't ruled out further targeted support. rishi sunak says, as well as spending vat on energy bills, suspending vat on energy bills, more targeted support would be needed once the new price cap was announced. but all these ideas, and labour's, are just ideas at the moment. any final decision on support will be for the next prime minister. in the meantime, households have to wait in limbo before knowing what further help they may get. earlier, we heard from dhara vyas, director of advocacy at energy uk, who gave us an update on the views

of the energy industry. this is a problem that is far beyond and bigger than just those energy retail companies. it is a cost of living crisis, it is an across the economy issue being driven by high global gas prices. it is really important the government does act given these new really worrying price cap predictions. the suspicion from some customers as the companies are almost profiteering, using these global trends to hike up prices for customers in this country. gas is traded globally, so is the price of electricity. it is really important that people do recognise that retail energy companies, most of them haven't really made much of a profit since before the covid pandemic. this is not really an area where they do make much profit.

what we do need is to really invest in this country in low carbon and clean energy so that we have more secure supply. going into winter, i think the most important thing is for the government to work with industry to really support people, because we knowjust how bad the customers are suffering right now. we were just talking there about the possibility about a long—term government guaranteed fund, a kind of deficit fund, which the energy companies could borrow against over maybe a 20—year period, a fund of tens of billions of pounds, which would stabilise prices, so we wouldn't see these sudden hikes like the ones predicted in the autumn and the beginning of next year. do you think that's one possible way forward for the energy industry? you said it yourself, it is one possible way forward. there are a number of different options i think on the table, i do think these are one of those options.

yes, we do have this immediate crisis this winter and we need to ensure that people can stay warm and keep the lights on, but in the long—term the outlook doesn't look great, it doesn't look like prices will return to levels from 18 months ago any time soon, so i think it's important that every option is on the table and the government really considers how to protect people from these high prices. let's talk to our political correspondent, tony bonsignore. mac we have had these labour party proposals from sir mac we have had these labour party proposals from sir keir mac we have had these labour party proposals from sir keir starmer. mac we have had these labour party proposals from sir keir starmer. the energy price rises are what everybody is talking about all the time. some people are asking why labour has taken so long to come up with these proposals? that labour has taken so long to come up with these proposals?— with these proposals? that criticism has been labelled _ with these proposals? that criticism has been labelled at _ with these proposals? that criticism has been labelled at keir _ with these proposals? that criticism has been labelled at keir starmer, i has been labelled at keir starmer, he answered those questions today,

saying we have been working on this for a number of months now, since bike injune. he said he was on holiday last week, his first in three years, and he is not going to apologise for that because he has has a job as labour leader as well as a father. in terms of politics, some might argue this is a reasonably clever move from labour, because over the next few weeks we have a lack of policy from the conservatives because they are waiting for the election of the next leader and new prime minister. i think keir starmer is hoping to take the initiative from this, it is a bigger and bolder promise that we have heard from either of the candidates yet. he hoped this will strike that balance between keeping his supporters happy, but also he hopes acknowledging the scale of what's coming in just a few weeks' time. what's coming in 'ust a few weeks'

time. , . , what's coming in 'ust a few weeks' time. , ., , ., ., , time. tell us a bit more about his ro osals time. tell us a bit more about his proposals and _ time. tell us a bit more about his proposals and how— time. tell us a bit more about his proposals and how labour- time. tell us a bit more about his proposals and how labour would i time. tell us a bit more about his i proposals and how labour would pay for them? proposals and how labour would pay forthem? some proposals and how labour would pay for them? some people are saying that their sums don't add up. tt is that their sums don't add up. it is a big package. — that their sums don't add up. tit 3 a big package, £29 billion is what sir keir starmer is this would cost to freeze at the energy cap until next april. some of the money he said is going to come from an expanded windfall tax. some of the money will come from not going ahead with some of those proposals the government has put in place, about £14 billion. and some of the money will come from freezing energy prices, which will bring down inflation to wed it... all of that can be up for debate. the other thing to say, we had from the institute for fiscal studies saying

this is at least an attempt at costing it, which is more than we have had from either rishi sunak or liz truss. to complicate matters even further, what happens when we get to next april? the suggestion is, if it goes beyond next april, then the cost could be getting into then the cost could be getting into the realms of what it costs to implement the four allowed policy at the start of the covid lockdown. there are a lot of things to take into account here. but i think labour will feel at the very least they are at least facing up to the scale of the challenge which is facing so many millions of come this autumn. to update you on that news from the metropolitan police that a man has been stabbed to death in a side road near oxford street, very close to

our bbc studios here in the heart of london. no details at the moment. you can see the area cordoned off, lots of police cars there. a man stabbed to death, we don't know his identity or any more about what happened. metropolitan policejust happened. metropolitan police just giving happened. metropolitan policejust giving those few details. pictures from the scene just coming into us. lots of officers and forensic officers investigating what happened there. one man stabbed to death near oxford street, a very busy area in central london. it's exactly a year since the taliban dramatically and unexpectedly returned to power in afghanistan, and they've been celebrating on the streets of the capital, kabul, on what's been declared a national holiday. but serious, deep—rooted issues continue to blight the country, among them severe food shortages, and the status of women and girls. our correspondent, yogita limaye,

reports from kabul. crowd chants an unplanned celebration in kabul�*s main square. through the morning, hundreds of taliban gathered here, chanting slogans about victory over foreign forces, marking a special day for them. one year ago, the fighters had walked into the city, taking over the whole of afghanistan. there were no battles. the afghan president had fled. and the taliban took his office, ready for their second time in power. foreign militaries and diplomats withdrew to the airport in a rush, where for days a chaotic evacuation took place. once it ended, the taliban announced its government, and began moving from being insurgents to running a country. one year since they seized power, the taliban are running a country that's facing a severe economic and humanitarian crisis.

but perhaps the most significant change that the taliban have made is that they've barred girls from going to secondary schools in most of afghanistan. it challenges the more moderate image they've tried to portray. this is the only country in the world to do so. in march, there was excitement because the group had said teenage girls could learn again. but it was short lived. within an hour, the taliban backtracked on their promise. i asked the group's main spokesman when schools would reopen? translation: primary schools i and universities are open for girls. in some provinces, secondary school students from grade 6—12 can go to school. but we have problems in other places. we are trying our best to solve them and to bring things back to normal. what problems, though, because classes were always segregated for boys and girls even before 15th august?

so what problem is there in opening the schools? translation: our learned scholars have issues with the safety of girls i travelling to and from school. we cannot only make decisions based on the situation in kabul. we also have to consider villages and the streets where people don't want girls to go to school. under the taliban, women are disappearing from public life. the un says that's further hurting an economy which is already in crisis. and it is a firm roadblock to the group's bid for international recognition. yogita limaye, bbc news, kabul. 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, and how some have continued their studies despite restrictions. schools like this are now being set up across kabul and in many other cities. they're not high schools — they're effectively banned, at least for now, by the taliban — but they can teach courses. these actually are first year university students working on their english. they allow young afghan women to continue their education, and allows them not to lose hope that their futures are lost. i'm meena, my last name is raheemi. i studyjournalism here in kabul university and here i come for studying english language. really, i want to become a good journalist and a honest journalist in the future, and especially i want to work for my country. i want to work for importance of my country.

it's really my dream. this is where you get a sense of the faces of the future of afghanistan, these young girls determined to pursue their education. in some ways they're lucky — they had finished their high school grade 12 before they were effectively closed by the taliban, so they're at a university level, and here in this class pursuing their english and pursuing their dreams. the stakes are even higher for this class — they're grade 12 students, their high schools are shut. and taking courses like this — they're studying physics today — allows them to keep the hope alive that they will one day graduate from high school and go on to university. it isn't a lot, but it's all that they have. if the doors are closed in the face of these girls, and then most of these girls are just depressed, theyjust lost their hopes about future, but this school make them to just

once again think about their dreams, think about their goals that they had. they are just optimistic right now about their future. they want to just study hard, they want to study more and more, and they want to never give up. but what if the taliban authorities don't allow the girls to sit the university exam, which means they'll never graduate from high school? we are not too much positive regarding this one, because even the taliban do not, or the government do not announce the date, the exact date of the examination. we are just hearing some bad news regarding that the girls will not be allowed to participate. how much has your own life changed in the past year? it's clear that women, especially women in country, lost their hopes — but i am not one of them. i'm not a weak person, i am not a weak girl. i want to work, i want to go out.

i want to do for my people. i want to do whatever is in my hand, to do it for my people, for those that they need, and i want to take their hands and do something for them. our latest headlines on bbc news: labour leader sir keir starmer outlines his plans stop energy bills going up overwinter — by freezing the energy price cap in england, scotland and wales for six months. a year on, the taliban declares a national holiday, after reconquering afghanistan. a new version of moderna's coronavirus vaccine is approved that targets the omicron variant — and you may only need it once a year. an organisation representing nurseries in england has warned that the sector is facing its worst crisis in 20 years, because of increased costs and staff shortages. the early years alliance, which represents around

14,000 providers, said many nurseries were being forced to shut. becky morton has that story. gabrielle drake from leeds was left scrambling to find a new nursery for her 13—month—old son when his current provider closed for good overnight. we received a letter thatjust said, "due to management restructure, we are now closing the nursery as of today." we were given that day to pick up any items that we had at the nursery, otherwise we would not be allowed to enter the building again. we've lost a month's supply of nappies and formula. gabrielle and her partner both work full time, and she was unable to find a new nursery at such short notice, so she's now having to rely on her dad to look after her son for the next month. she's managed to find a new nursery for september, but only after contacting 20 local providers. only about five replied to say they had spaces.

the early years alliance, which represents 14,000 providers in england, said nurseries were under increasing financial pressure due to underfunding by the government and increased cost of things like energy, food and staff. many are struggling to recruit and increasing salaries as a result. the organisation's chief executive said the sector was in crisis. we have a staff and recruitment problem that we've never experienced before. we have people leaving in droves because they are exhausted, but mainly because they feel undervalued, and undervalued by government at this point in time. so, yes, it is a crisis. we are turning people away. the number of child care providers in england has been falling steadily since 2015, with a number of nurseries and preschools dropping by 196 between august 2021 and march this year, according to the regulator, ofsted. the government says it's increased funding for local authorities to increase the hourly rates paid to child care providers, but many say it's simply not enough.

for families like the drakes, the challenges facing nurseries are having a significant impact. becky morton, bbc news. let's talk to purnima tanuku, chief executive of the national day nurseries association. we have heard the scale of the problem. what you we have heard the scale of the problem. what you think we have heard the scale of the problem. what you think are we have heard the scale of the problem. what you think are a we have heard the scale of the problem. what you think are a key reasons behind that, staff shortages, the cost of living crisis, underfunding? how do you assess the reasons for this problem? i think it is a combination of all those issues. we have a challenge of the funding for years, and i think the funding for years, and i think the government is the biggest... the funding they have been giving to providers throughout the local authorities never kept up with cost increases. we have seen national living wage, national insurance, all

going up. also, the business relief given during the pandemic has now been... on top of that, we have a real staffing crisis. nursery staff struggling to recruit qualified staff because we have all left due to the pressures and stress that they faced during the pandemic, and they faced during the pandemic, and they have gone to work elsewhere, with stressful places that pays them more. brute with stressful places that pays them more. ~ . , with stressful places that pays them more. . ., , , , more. we are seeing nursery providers _ more. we are seeing nursery providers just _ more. we are seeing nursery providers just shutting i more. we are seeing nursery providersjust shutting down | more. we are seeing nursery l providersjust shutting down at more. we are seeing nursery i providersjust shutting down at a providers just shutting down at a very short notice. what is the impact of that on, first of all, the parents, and then at the children as well? t parents, and then at the children as well? ~' .,, ,., ., well? i think the most important thing from _ well? i think the most important thing from a _ well? i think the most important thing from a child's _ well? i think the most important thing from a child's point - well? i think the most important thing from a child's point of- well? i think the most important thing from a child's point of view is to settle down in a nursery and to adjust to a new environment, to the staff, to the key workers takes time. some of these children missed

a lot of learning development during the pandemic, and they are 11 months behind in their learning and development. parents obviously also face that disruption, especially if they are working to find a nursery for the child at short notice is really difficult. from the child's point of view, setting and with a new key worker in a new environment, and to make friends and to be able to adjust is also a major issue. what sort of help would you like to see for nurseries? what do you want the government to do, for a start? they come and say they are investing £4 billion for early education and childcare, but that really translates into a 70p increase per hour, which is actually not an increase because for years they have not kept out of cost of living increases. —— a 17p increase. that

means no surgeries have no way to make their books balance or even be able to survive with that kind of level of funding. that means they are limiting the number of places for children because a fully funded, fee—paying children are the ones that are... so no wonder the cost of childcare is increasing for parents, and that's a real challenge for both parents and providers.— and that's a real challenge for both parents and providers. thank you for our time. 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. our health reporter, smitha mundasad, told us about the significance of the updated vaccine. the uk medicines regulatory authorities say this is a strengthened tool in our armoury against coronavirus. the original vaccines out there were designed against the original coronavirus strain back in 2020. this vaccine is designed to protect against that original strain and the omicron variant that is now common across the world. moderna did testing in about 437 people, and they say from these preliminary tests that these people had a better immune response against the omicron virus that is out there right now. we have yet to see how that will play out in the real world, but the authorities have approved it now for people over 18. the question is, who will get it? we don't know that yet but we are expecting a decision quite soon. we do know there are about 26

million people in the uk that are due a booster in the autumn — people over 50, people in care homes, health care staff, people with health conditions. there are about 30 million doses of this updated moderna vaccine that are available this year, so some people are likely to get this updated jab. but for people who don't, the other vaccines still work and still protect against severe disease. it shows it is possible to make a vaccine that targets different variants. the truth about coronavirus is that it has changed a lot over the last two years and we are likely to see many more variants to come, so this could be a step in at the right direction. omicron has been around for quite a while now, hasn't it? there have been several versions of omicron since last september. now ba.4 and ba.5 are the common variants.

this vaccine was designed against earlier versions of omicron, but it does appear to provide better protection than the original moderna booster for these sub—variants in the community right now. as we go down the line, the question is, as new variants pop up, will it be possible to make vaccines targeted against that? this could be the next step towards that. i'm nowjoined by danny altmann, a professor of immunology at imperial college london. do you see this as an important breakthrough? t do you see this as an important breakthrough?— breakthrough? i think its great ro . ress. breakthrough? i think its great progress- we _ breakthrough? i think its great progress. we have _ breakthrough? i think its great progress. we have been i breakthrough? i think its great progress. we have been in - breakthrough? i think its great progress. we have been in a l progress. we have been in a vulnerable and difficult situation with ba.5 for a vulnerable and difficult situation with ba.5for a long time now, and i think we were all waiting desperately to see the declaration of intent for a booster campaign, and this is a good one. just

of intent for a booster campaign, and this is a good one.— and this is a good one. just to sell and this is a good one. just to spell out _ and this is a good one. just to spell out what _ and this is a good one. just to spell out what difference - and this is a good one. just to spell out what difference it i and this is a good one. just to | spell out what difference it will make, because it is a kind of combination and it deals specifically with omicron, which has been with us for a long time now. i think we all appreciate now that we are in an ongoing arms race with this virus. the omicron period started at the end of last year, we are now in the ba.5 period. we can all see around us constant reinfections, some less severe, some more severe. not an enormous amount of deaths. but a severe ongoing way. even though we initially had a good vaccine will act in this country, most of us nowadays have really quite marginal protection against the current variant, so we can ever really simply come back with the same vaccine again. having a dul

vaccine that covers the original sequence and the kind of parental omicron variant, if you like, is certainly a step in the right direction. certainly a step in the right direction-— certainly a step in the right direction. , ., ,, , ., direction. obviously, people worried about the winter _ direction. obviously, people worried about the winter but _ direction. obviously, people worried about the winter but want _ direction. obviously, people worried about the winter but want a - direction. obviously, people worried| about the winter but want a booster. what will be at the position on who will get the boosters? l what will be at the position on who will get the boosters?— will get the boosters? i don't think that is clearly _ will get the boosters? i don't think that is clearly mapped _ will get the boosters? i don't think that is clearly mapped out - will get the boosters? i don't think that is clearly mapped out yet. - will get the boosters? i don't think that is clearly mapped out yet. i'ml that is clearly mapped out yet. i'm not deciding that policy, but all i would say is, as a country we haven't been terrific in our uptake of boosters. i would really urge people the second they are offered to grab it because it is going to be a very hard winter. ba.5 is no fun. most of us have precious little wising antibodies against it, so just grab this booster. fire wising antibodies against it, so just grab this booster.- just grab this booster. are you worried about _ just grab this booster. are you worried about the _ just grab this booster. are you worried about the winter? - just grab this booster. are you worried about the winter? at | just grab this booster. are you i worried about the winter? at the moment, the weather is extremely hot, people at outdoors, but it is going to change over the next few

months. �* , ., ., ,., months. i'm very worried about the winter. i think _ months. i'm very worried about the winter. i think we _ months. i'm very worried about the winter. i think we are _ months. i'm very worried about the winter. i think we are in _ months. i'm very worried about the winter. i think we are in a - months. i'm very worried about the winter. i think we are in a hard - winter. i think we are in a hard situation. we have got the highly transmissible variant of the virus, we have a population with dwindling neutralising antibodies. we have millions of the clinically vulnerable out there who have never really dared to come out of their homes is that we living in lives as normal and don't feel at all protected. anything we can offer them in the way of mitigation, including some next—generation booster programmes, is really to be booster programmes, is really to he grabbed at. booster programmes, is really to be crabbed at. , ., ., ~ ., grabbed at. danny, good to talk to ou. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav. hello there. things are turning more unsettled now. for the next few days, we're seeing an end slowly to the heat wave conditions, although through today it's going to be another very warm and humid one across the south—east. there will be scattered thundery showers across the southern half of the country. outbreaks of rain further north

where it'll be turning cooler. and the reason, we've got a couple of low pressure centres near to the uk bringing more cloud outbreaks of rain. through to this evening and overnight, northern half of the country will stay breezy, fairly cloudy. outbreaks of heavy rain at times across the south. clear spells, first of all, but then we'll start to see some showers, thunderstorms pushing up from the south as the night wears on. another fairly warm and muggy night to come for england and wales, but cooler and fresher in the north. tuesday then looks unsettled again across scotland, northern england, outbreaks of heavy rain there, quite persistent at times, breezy, fairly cool northerly winds there. elsewhere, for england and wales, it's a mixture of sunny spells, scattered showers, some of them heavy and thundery, which could lead to some localised flooding, and less hot across southern areas than what we've had of late. this is bbc news. the headlines... labour leader sir keir starmer outlines his plans stop energy bills going up overwinter — 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, and whilst, you know, every family across the country suffers, or we do something about it. a year on, the taliban declares a national holiday, after reconquering afghanistan. a new version of moderna's coronavirus vaccine is approved that targets the omicron variant, and you may only need it, once a year. a new version of moderna's coronavirus vaccine is approved that targets the omicron variant, and you may only need it, once a year. back to the bbc sport centre with holly hamilton. great britain won mixed team bronze on the opening day of diving at the european aquatics championships. fresh from their gold medal success at the commonwealth games, andrea spendolini—siriex,

noah williams, grace reid and james heatly combined for bronze in rome with spendolini—siriex and williams' final synchronized dive moving them up into third. italy claimed gold.. and ukraine won silver. everybody dived really well and i'm really proud of all of them because it's tough coming straight from the commonwealth games to outdoors and competing straightaway so i'm really, really proud of them. find really, really proud of them. and the end of— really, really proud of them. and the end of a _ really, really proud of them. and the end of a very, _ really, really proud of them. and the end of a very, very long season. how you will freeze in? i mean, i'm not sure about these guys that i'm knackered. so ready to go on holiday and one weeks to go on holiday we will give it a last push and go onto european championships. meanwhile at the european championships in munich, it was an incredible finish for germany's richard ringer

to finish in a time of 2 hours 10 minutes 21 seconds aleksandra lisowska of poland took gold in the women's race. these are live pictures from munich where speed climbing is under way at the european championships are many things going on this afternoon in semifinals now in women's climbing. men's semifinals under way as well that finals coming up in the next hour. still to come, evening session olympic stadium sees medals up to lapse in both men and women stop at the as women's 10,000 metres. just make the as women's10,000 metres. just make medals up for grabs. this is life right on bbc one and you can follow it on the red button on bbc iplayer and apple as well.

——follow it on the red button on bbc iplayer and app as well. the fa is investigating 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. liverpool host crystal palace at anfield tonight with both sides looking for their first win of the new campaign. palace were beaten at home by arsenal on the opening day while liverpool did just enough to earn a 2—2 draw at newly promoted fulham. managerjurgen klopp says the result felt like a defeat at the time but they're determined to try and put things right against patrick viera's palace side. it's how i always said. it we can lose a game but we have to learn from it and in this case exactly the same because it felt like if we would have lost it was exactly the feeling when i left the stadium but

we did, that's the good news. we got a point, now let's go. 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 one joe salisbury. no room for rising starjack draper with captain leon smith describing the selection process as "tougher than ever". well world number three rafael nadal is all set to make his return to atp in the us open tune—up in cincinnati this week. however the 22—time grand slam champion is suffering from an ongoing abdominal injury he picked up at wimbledon and admits he won't take any chances. abdominal is a place that is dangerous, because in every serve you put a lot of effort there,

so i need to take the things a little bit easier and do the things the proper way. that's what i am trying to do. trying to be a little bit more conservative, but i hope that i can be ready for the action here. that's all the sport for now. then, back to you. studio: holly, thank you very much indeed. 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. he denies all charges. let's speak to nick garnett, who's live at chester crown court. it is the start of what is going to be a very long trial. the jury has already been told it won't finish until at least november. so, what have we heard today? at the moment, we're hearing the opening statement from the prosecution, where the prosecution puts forward the case and the evidence that it is to bring over the following weeks and months.

timothy cray qc, who is leading the prosecution, told the jury this is not going to be a boring case. he said it is about men who raped and sexually assault women because they are powerful and they think they can get away with it. the two men on trial, benjamin mendy, she said, eight counts of assent rape and assault and another man, matturie. both sides deny all the charges. the prosecution says the whole case resolves, it revolves around consent. two men use the women involved as disposable things used for sex and then threw them to one side. benjamin mendy is a footballer with manchester city and won the world cup with france as well. as for the other man on trial, i should explain, you will perhaps know of another famous footballer with a similar name to mr louis saha matturie and it is important to say

that the footballer is nothing to do with this trial and is totally unconnected to events here. louis saha matturie is a1, described in court as mr mendy�*s fixer, a friend and helper. the allegation is that he would find young women for the two men and he would take them back to one of mr mendy�*s houses, where they would be raped and sexually assaulted. and then, the prosecution says, would not take no for an answer. thejury says, would not take no for an answer. the jury has says, would not take no for an answer. thejury has been says, would not take no for an answer. the jury has been told that mr mendy�*s house could be described as a mention in this afternoon we have seen video footage taken by a police officer during a search of the house and a body camera. it is shown in the gym, the swimming pool, the locks on the door of mr mendy�*s house that were there to safeguard him in case there had ever been a break—in at his property. thejury was told that the average age of the women involved in the allegations against the two men is 20 years old and nine months. one of them was just 17 years old and the

prosecution say on this day and age consent is given. no one, they say, can doubt that no means no. the jury has been told, as i say, to expect this trial to last for about 15 weeks until november and both men, as i say, deny all the charges against them. studio: nick, thank you very much indeed. more now on our top story — and the labour leader sir keir starmer, has set out proposals that he says, will prevent household gas and electricity bills, rising sharply this winter, in england, scotland and wales. our business editor simonjack gave us his analysis of labour's plan. they're saying that if they freeze all energy bills, energy is such a big component of inflation that there plan will bring that their plan will bring inflation down and mean that government borrowing, which is linked to inflation, will thereby be much less.

and they're raising £7 billion for that and there's quite a lot of scepticism that a six—month plan will bring down the government's long—term borrowing cost, because even if it comes down a bit it'lljustjump back up again in the future. also on the windfall taxes, they're doing... what's doing quite a lot of the work in the £7 billion they're getting from there — £8 billion, sorry — is the fact they're saying that, actually, higher energy, oil and gas prices were higher when the obr set their estimates of how much a windfall tax could get, so there are some bits and pieces in there, but whichever package you look at, whether it's this one — people will say an energy freeze for all sounds great, but how targeted is that? there are some people who probably could afford to pay a bit more. it means that the same energy bill for someone on the low income is getting is the same as someone on higher income. you could level the same at liz truss, who has privatised tax cuts over direct support. how much is a tax cut going

to help someone on benefits, someone burning ten or £12,000 a year, someone on disability allowances, so thatis someone on disability allowances, so that is not going to help them. i will get it, you will get it, people... is that targeted enough? advocates will say, listen, this is such a big problem that millions, notjust low income that a feeling it, the middle of the income spread that everyone should get it. whichever way you look at it, all of these plans are for a short period of time and it is no reason to think that gas and oil prices are coming down next year or even the ever after. , . ~ down next year or even the ever after. , ., ~ ., ., after. lets talk about that, then. if that is the _ after. lets talk about that, then. if that is the criticism _ after. lets talk about that, then. if that is the criticism that - after. lets talk about that, then. if that is the criticism that these | if that is the criticism that these are quite short term ideas, is there are quite short term ideas, is there a longer term plan to keep energy prices within reason for households? the industry itself, scottishpower, aeon, following behind this plan, have suggested a kind of super fund, deficit fund. this is something set

“p deficit fund. this is something set up by, guaranteed by government the energy companies could then use to draw against, to borrow against that government guarantee and use that money directly to lower bills. maybe it would be 20, 30, £a0 billion, it would be paid back over 15, maybe even 20 years. the appeal of that would be either paid back the view income tax also bills and i think energy companies are agnostic about that and what that might do, some advocates say, is build a bit of a bridge to the future and give you some time to get over this, you know, to me that time of the many years by which time we will have more... hinkley point c will be working by then, the new nuclear plant, more solar, more than might just been slightly more sustainable position service and calls on some logic to that. it is so far been visited when rishi sunak was chancellor but who knows? may be built to take the might kick the tires on that one more. is built to take the might kick the tires on that one more.- built to take the might kick the tires on that one more. is this bike we are seeing _ tires on that one more. is this bike we are seeing now _ tires on that one more. is this bike we are seeing now which _ tires on that one more. is this bike we are seeing now which is - tires on that one more. is this bike l we are seeing now which is predicted for this winter, horrific price

rises are so many people, if this potentiallyjust rises are so many people, if this potentially just temporary? rises are so many people, if this potentiallyjust temporary? if rises are so many people, if this potentially just temporary? if the war in ukraine were to end all be resolved in some way, that would bring down prices? you know, part of it is post—covid shock, presumably that will ease. in other words, things might get better any of us who? big like they might get better in a year if the war in ukraine resolves. is quite a big if. but what i would say is i think what russia has done through its aggression is make it economically and strategically unacceptable for companies to be so reliant on rushing gas in the future. i think thatis rushing gas in the future. i think that is going to have to stay and that is going to have to stay and that will take some time to get around in europe in particular has got some problems. uk doesn't get so much gas from russia but it is totally connected to the european gas market. europe has increased its investment in renewables and i think you'll see exhilaration of that but, you'll see exhilaration of that but, you know, that will take more than six months, which is what these plans are looking at —— acceleration of that. simonjack, our business

editor. a portugese athlete, who was allegedly racially profiled during a police stop and search in london two years ago, says he's been pulled over again by armed officers. the sprinter, ricardo dos santos, has published a series of video tweets, which he says show the incident in paddington on sunday. the metropolitan police says officers were concerned the driver, may have been using a mobile phone. with more, here's celestina olulode, and a warning her report does contain some flashing images. this is some of the video footage ricardo dos santos published of the incident. he was stopped by metropolitan police officers who believed he was on his phone. the sprinter says he stopped when it was safe to do so. the way they got in front of me, i could have went into the back of them. the way they got in front of me,

i could have went into the back of them. and again, for my safety, and based on my previous incidents with them, i thought the best place to stop would be somewhere lit up with the possibility of witnesses. during the incident, dos santos said an officer banged on the window with a clenched fist before taking out a baton. wait, wait, wait! he didn't do anything! the athlete said nothing has changed two years after he and his partner, sprinter bianca williams, were stopped, searched and handcuffed by police. their three—month—old baby was with them at the time. five met police officers face a gross misconduct hearing in response to that case. but responding to sunday's incident, the met police say... the net had now the third themselves to the police watchdog, the iopc.

——the met have now referred themselves to the police watchdog, the iopc. celestina olulode, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news... + a year on, the taliban declares a national holiday, after reconquering afghanistan. a new version of moderna's coronavirus vaccine is approved that targets the omicron variant, and you may only need it, once a year. scotland has become the first country in the world to make it law for public buildings — like schools and colleges — to provide free period products to girls and women. the period products act finally came into force today after it was unanimously backed by the scottish parliament in 2020. that legislation was proposed

by labour msp monica lennon. she's at the scottish parliament in holyrood. it means a great deal. it is a big milestone in the campaign for a period dignity. no one should have to go without the essential period products that they need, pads, tampons and other reusable items, and too many people in this country have experienced period poverty or experience that today so in scotland we have worked very hard to these products and today the legislation does take effect and that means that right across scotland regardless of where you live, regardless of your circumstances, if you need period products you should be able to access them in a dignified manner. studio: when you talk about period poverty, many people, many viewers

may not have heard that before. what you mean by that? in may not have heard that before. what you mean by that?— you mean by that? in reality means women and — you mean by that? in reality means women and girls — you mean by that? in reality means women and girls having _ you mean by that? in reality means women and girls having to - you mean by that? in reality means women and girls having to use - you mean by that? in reality means women and girls having to use oxo| women and girls having to use oxo toilet paper or rags to manage their period. we have heard people telling us they have had to use period products for longer than is safe or hygienic and it has caused a lot more exclusion so when i started campaigning with this back in 2016 as a brand—new member of the scottish parliament i had teachers and young people who were talking about teachers and young people saying you can't go to school because you are embarrassed or afraid to ask mum or dad or a carer for extra money to buy pads and tampons so that was the evidence base that really compels the campaign that matt propelled the campaign that matt propelled the campaign and i was proud to notjust write the legislation but to work with grassroots organisations, the people who run the food banks, volunteers and churches, people who

help to run the girl guides to make sure this is not to do any longer. of course you want to have enough money to live in but it is also about having access to products on the right time to whether that is in the right time to whether that is in the classroom of the workplace, if you are on your period and it comes by surprise it is not a huge panic. if you go into the bathroom free pads and tampons should be there and thatis pads and tampons should be there and that is now the reality in scotland. free products in public buildings. who pays for that? is that the scottish government of paying for that? ,, ., scottish government of paying for that? ., , ., ., scottish government of paying for that? ., ., , that? so, early on we had some first movers, that? so, early on we had some first movers. so — that? so, early on we had some first movers. so we _ that? so, early on we had some first movers, so we had _ that? so, early on we had some first movers, so we had some _ that? so, early on we had some first movers, so we had some local - movers, so we had some local councils and colleges who brought scheming without any government funding, essentially, but overtime the scottish government could really see the benefit of doing this. it has really helped to improve attendance at school, to help people feel valued in the workplace, to help people who have health issues

like endometriosis or other disabilities so they really are benefits so that is why employers are doing this now without the need to do this in law. the legislation in scotland doesn't cover employers directly but some enlightened employers see the benefit and they are doing it already. it is not a huge amount of money in people, women, girls, and staff members feel valued when they see that period dignity is important for an employer or in a school or somewhere else. good to talk to you. thank you very much for your time. that is a scottish msp speaking to us. thank ou. water levels in the rhine in germany have dropped significantly in recent days, causing problems for the people and businesses that rely on it. (tx 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 rivers, but it is very, very quiet. there was a flurry of traffic this morning and now almost nothing. the river levels here are forecast to drop to what many shipping companies and monitoring agencies say is a critical level at which it will become all but unnavigable — either because barges physically can't get through, or because they'll have to lighten their loads, and reduce their cargoes to such an extent that it's no longer financially viable for them to do so. that's a huge issue because this river serves germany's industrial heartlands. those commercial vessels fetch and carry raw materials, goods and products, to and from the factories, the power stations, the big international businesses that line the riverbank here. it's a particular headache for the german government because the barges on this river carry coal to the power stations here. russia has reduced its supply of gas to germany, so the government is relying in part on those coal—fired power stations to help get the country

through the coming winter. russia has reduced its supply of gas to germany, so the government is relying in part on those coal—fired power stations to help get the country through the coming winter. there's big concern that there won't be enough coal coming up the river to fire those power stations. now, it's not unusualfor water levels to drop here. it tends to happen every year. what is different this time is it's happened much earlier in the year. people here talk about the so—called dry season. normally, water levels drop september, octobertime. not only is it happening earlier, they say, it's happening more frequently and there's a more intense element to it, as well. the agency which monitors the river levels has said that it's possible this is still part of that yearly pattern, it is possible that this is normal but, and it is a big but, they say climate change is making these events more intense and that climate change will simply serve to further intensify

and worsen events like this in the years to come. jenny hill there, our german correspondent. they are known as the 'super peaks' — the world's 1a highest mountains. each one has a summit of more than 8—thousand metres. climbing all 1a is a badge of honour for any mountaineer — 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's 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. and the rest have been logistical problems and waiting times and so on, but climbing a mountain hasn't been so... not so much problems. kristin only took up

mountain—climbing seven years ago, but she's clearly a quick study, and is now on course to complete one of the sport's most impressive achievements. as everyone knows, mount everest is the world's highest peak, at 8,8a9 metres. there are 13 other mountains that come in at a height above 8,000 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'll send quite a message. i think that'sjust, like, people believe that men are more strong, but i think in reality, the women are just as strong as the men are in the mountain and there's no difference between us. kristin has until november to set a new record. after a quick trip home to norway,

she'll head to nepal and tibet for the final phase — the last super peaks in her super sights. tim allman, bbc news. prince harry and meghan,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 september fifth. 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. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav. hello, there. some changes to the weather now for this upcoming week. certainly for the next few days we have got low pressure nearby. that is going to bring more cloud, outbreaks of rain, some thundery showers and it will be cooler today for many away from the south—east of england because we have still got some heat and humidity she at least one of the day. you can see it as a pretty complicated pressure story, a couple of low pressure around the

uk, more cloud abound, outbreaks of rain at the central, southern, eastern scotland, northern england, down to england and wales, elsewhere across england and wales with clouds bubbling up through the afternoon giving rise to heavy shells and scattered thunderstorms and still hot, humid day across and eastern england, but fresherfurther hot, humid day across and eastern england, but fresher further north and west with temperature high teens and west with temperature high teens and low 20s and in northerly breeze developing. heavy rain here, meanwhile another low moving up from the south will bring scattered thunderstorms and chalice of south—west england then into south—east england by the end of the night and south—east england by the end of the nightand again south—east england by the end of the night and again another warm and muqqy night and again another warm and muggy one for england and wales, slightly cooler and fresher for northern ireland and scotland. again, another complicated pressure pattern for tuesday. still weather front across tuesday, cloudy, breezy, non—dominant warm air at times and southern half of the country will see some sunny spells and chance of showers and thunderstorms developing particularly across southern and eastern areas some of which will be

slow moving and give rise to localised flooding. little bit fresher across southern and eastern areas on tuesday. certainly cool in the north of the northerly wind. in one state that will be confined to some parts of england and wales the temperature is lower fall areas including the south—east, closer to the seasonal norm and the mid to high teens in fact across scotland, england. towards the end of the week shower activity brings tes down and ridge of high fish and meats bringing sunny spells and turn on and settled against the weekend. this weather front could bring areas of showers into friday but itself on a slight ridge of high pressure will moving so while further showers i think at times on thursday will feel a little bit cooler for all think at times on thursday will feel a little bit coolerfor all areas, a greater chance of seeing more sunshine on friday but it turns more than settled into the into the weekend for many of us. —— more unsettled.

this is bbc news, i'm ben brown. the headlines at a: labour leader sir keir starmer outlines his plans stop energy bills going up overwinter — 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. a year on, the taliban declares a national holiday after reconquering afghanistan. a new version of moderna's coronavirus vaccine is approved that targets the omicron variant — and you may only need it once a year. 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. the met says it's voluntarily referred the incident to the independent office for police conduct. good afternoon. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, has set out proposals that he says will prevent household gas and electricity bills rising sharply this winter in england, scotland and wales. he wants to freeze the energy price cap for six months and pay for the shortfall, in part, by backdating the windfall tax on oil and gas companies. but a leading independent research group says labour's plans

could end up costing as much as the government's covid furlough scheme if it were extended beyond the original six month period. here's our political correspondent, lone wells. from doing the washing to cooking food to heating our homes, the cost of energy is going up just as autumn and winter months are around the corner, when households use more of it as temperatures fall and days get darker. the amount energy companies can charge the average household is currentlyjust under £2,000 a year. but it's forecast to hit more than £3,500 in october and more than £a,000 a year injanuary. labour is calling for the price cap to be frozen at its current level to stop it going up. everybody i think now knows that in october their energy bills are going to go through the roof again, and then january even further. it's what are you going to do about it? and the labour party says we are 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. labour says it will pay for the plan in three ways. firstly, increase the windfall tax on oil and gas companies by backdating it to january to raise £8 billion. secondly, put £1a billion towards cancelling the rise, instead of giving everyone £a00 this autumn. thirdly, they say reducing energy bills will bring down inflation and therefore interest rates on government debt, to save £7 billion. but the institute for fiscal studies says to bring inflation down long—term, these subsidies would need to last longer than six months, costing billions more. we're looking at the same scale of support as we had through their furlough scheme through covid and this is clearly something bigger than the current government are offering, and it would ensure that none of us saw any increases above current levels in our energy bills. now, that has the very positive effect of making sure that

nobody is losing out, but of course, it also provides big subsidies to lots of people who, frankly, don't need it and could afford higher energy bills. neither of the candidates hoping to be the next prime minister have signalled they'd back an energy price cap freeze or extend the windfall tax on oil and gas companies. is it time to support - an energy price cap freeze? liz truss says she'd cut national insurance and suspend green levies on bills and hasn't ruled out further targeted support. rishi sunak says, as well as spending vat on energy bills, more targeted support would be needed once the new price cap was announced. but all these ideas, and labour's, are just ideas at the moment. any final decision on support will be for the next prime minister. in the meantime, households have to wait in limbo before knowing what further help they may get. earlier, we heard from dhara vyas, director of advocacy at energy uk, who gave us an update on the views of the energy industry.

this is a problem that is far beyond and bigger than just those energy retail companies. it is a cost of living crisis, it is an across the economy issue being driven by high global gas prices. it is really important the government does act given these new really worrying price cap predictions. the suspicion from some customers is the companies are almost profiteering, using these global trends to hike up prices for customers in this country. gas is traded globally, it sets the price of electricity. it is really important that people do recognise that retail energy companies, most of them haven't really made much of a profit since before the covid pandemic. this is not really an area where they do make much profit. what we do need is to really invest in this country in low carbon and clean energy so that we have more secure supply.

going into winter, i think the most important thing is for the government to work with industry to really support people, because we knowjust how bad the customers are suffering right now. we were just talking there about the possibility about a long—term government guaranteed fund, a kind of deficit fund, which the energy companies could borrow against over maybe a 20—year period, a fund of tens of billions of pounds, which would stabilise prices, so we wouldn't see these sudden hikes like the ones predicted in the autumn and the beginning of next year. do you think that's one possible way forward for the energy industry? you said it yourself, it is one possible way forward. there are a number of different options i think on the table, i do think this is one of those options. yes, we do have this immediate crisis this winter and we need to ensure that people can stay warm

and keep the lights on, but in the long—term the outlook doesn't look great, it doesn't look like prices will return to levels from 18 months ago any time soon, so i think it's important that every option is on the table and the government really considers how to protect people from these high prices. dhara vyas there. earlier i spoke to our political correspondent, tony bonsignore. he explained the criticism sir keir faced in announcing his plans to tackle rising enegry bills. that criticism has been labelled that criticism has been labelled at that criticism has been labelled at keir starmer, the labour leader. he answers questions today, saying, "we had been working on this for a number of months now, since back in june." he said he was on holiday for the last three weeks, the first holiday he has had in three years. in a way, we can come to the policy

in a moment, but in terms of politics some might argue this is a reasonably clever move from labour because over the next few weeks we have a lack of policy from the conservatives because they are waiting for the election of their next leader and new prime minister. so i think keir starmer will be hoping he takes the key initiative from this, it is a bigger and build promise we have heard from either of the candidates yet. he hopes this will strike that balance between keeping his supporters happy but also, he hopes, acknowledging the scale of what is coming in just a few weeks' time. teii scale of what is coming in 'ust a few weeks' time.�* scale of what is coming in 'ust a few weeks' time. tell us a bit more about his proposals _ few weeks' time. tell us a bit more about his proposals and _ few weeks' time. tell us a bit more about his proposals and how- few weeks' time. tell us a bit more | about his proposals and how labour would pay for them? some people are saying that there sums don't add up. it's a big package, £29 billion is what keir starmer are suggesting this would cost to freeze the energy

cap until next april. he said some of the money would come from an expanded windfall tax, some of the money will come from not going ahead with some of those proposals that they come has put in place, about £1a billion worth. also, keir starmer saying some of that money will come from the fact that by freezing energy prices, that will bring down the level of inflation to where it might have been and that will reduce the amount of money that the government needs to repay its debt. all of that could be up for the bout. we heard they are from pauljohnson from the institute for fiscal studies making the point that at least this is an attempt at costing it, which is more than we have had so far from either rishi sunak or liz truss. to complicate matters further, we have got to ask what happens when we get to next april? the suggestion is, if it goes

on beyond next april, then the costs could be getting into the realms of what it costs to implement the fair allow policy at the start of the cave at lockdown. there are a lot of things to take into account here, but i think labour will feel at the very recently are facing up to the scale of the challenge facing so many millions of households come this autumn. i'm joined by nigel pocklington, chief executive of the renewable energy supplier, good energy. get to have ufos. we tend to think of the energy companies is one big block, but actually you're all quite different, and your company is different, and your company is different because it does focus on renewables in particular?- renewables in particular? that's ri . ht, renewables in particular? that's riaht, we renewables in particular? that's right. we are — renewables in particular? that's right, we are an _ renewables in particular? that's right, we are an energy - renewables in particular? that's| right, we are an energy retailer, renewables in particular? that's i right, we are an energy retailer, if you like. we source at the energy

that our customers is from around the country, we are then managing the country, we are then managing the interaction with those customers, the billing and the like. not all energy companies are treated equally, and i can assure you we are not making super windfall profits in this crisis. farfrom it. what not making super windfall profits in this crisis. far from it.— this crisis. far from it. what you make of the _ this crisis. far from it. what you make of the current _ this crisis. far from it. what you make of the current crisis - this crisis. far from it. what you make of the current crisis and i this crisis. far from it. what you i make of the current crisis and what you think of the latest ideas for helping consumers, mania of them who are in a pretty dire situation and may not be able to pay their bills this winter?— this winter? let's start by acknowledging _ this winter? let's start by acknowledging the - this winter? let's start by acknowledging the scale i this winter? let's start by i acknowledging the scale and this winter? let's start by - acknowledging the scale and the reality of the crisis. there is no more room to doubt any more. tariffs will go up above 3005 and a pounds in october, and it looks like they will be north of £a000 in the new year, which is four has an extraordinary economic and social impact. beyond that, i think we need

to start by really being honest about what the cause of the crisis is in the first place. 95% of these price increases are driven by the increasing wholesale cost of gas, which is a globally traded commodity, and frankly the nothing that any individual company, or any government, can do about that. that is a fact of life. how do you provide a buffer that means this global shock does not knock over a lot of households in the uk? is the lot of households in the uk? is the answer long _ lot of households in the uk? is the answer long term, _ lot of households in the uk? is the answer long term, that _ lot of households in the uk? is the answer long term, that we - lot of households in the uk? is the answer long term, that we need i lot of households in the uk? is the answer long term, that we need to wean ourselves off gas and onto renewables? is it a failure that we haven't done that more in recent years? haven't done that more in recent ears? ., , , . , years? the long term energy security and strategy — years? the long term energy security and strategy of _ years? the long term energy security and strategy of the _ years? the long term energy security and strategy of the uk _ years? the long term energy security and strategy of the uk is _ years? the long term energy security and strategy of the uk is quite - and strategy of the uk is quite closely linked with the environmental agenda. closely linked with the environmentalagenda. our closely linked with the environmental agenda. our problem as a country is that we are very gas dependent. we use it to generate at least 50% of the electricity we

generate. we keep the majority of our homes with gas. that means even though we are relatively self—sufficient in terms of bringing it in as a fuel, we are subject to deal global gas price. until we can reduce that dependency on gas, we can reduce the volatility of the market. in terms of renewables, storage can really help the uk wean itself off was a really carbon —based problem. if itself off was a really carbon -based problem.— itself off was a really carbon -based problem. itself off was a really carbon -based roblem. . . , ., -based problem. if your criticism of the other companies _ -based problem. if your criticism of the other companies have - -based problem. if your criticism of the other companies have been - the other companies have been content to take in the profits but not really invest in renewables and new forms of energy that will help us in the future? less other companies, i think more as an overall strategy. what we have seen overall strategy. what we have seen over the last year is that decisions in the uk on energy policy have been relatively short—term list over the last 10—15 years. we

relatively short-term list over the last 10-15 years-— relatively short-term list over the last 10-15 years. we have got very bou ued last 10-15 years. we have got very bogged down _ last 10-15 years. we have got very bogged down in — last 10-15 years. we have got very bogged down in terms _ last 10-15 years. we have got very bogged down in terms of - last 10-15 years. we have got very bogged down in terms of our - bogged down in terms of our commissioning of new nuclear. we slowed up considerably in provision of onshore wind, which is frankly at the cheapest and quickest way to build new generation capacity. we have been incredibly reticent on the subject of energy efficiency, therefore we are exposed. somebody�*s whose house is rated in the f band will be paying £1000 more flu this winterjust because their home unfortunately lea ks heat winterjust because their home unfortunately leaks heat more than somebody in the mid—band. that's a nationalfailure of our somebody in the mid—band. that's a national failure of our building standards as much as the story is about the price of global gas. lots of thoughts _ about the price of global gas. lots of thoughts there about what we should and haven't done as a country. forthe should and haven't done as a country. for the moment, thank you very much indeed. it's exactly a year since the taliban dramatically and unexpectedly returned to power

in afghanistan, and they've been celebrating on the streets of the capital, kabul, on what's been declared a national holiday. but serious, deep—rooted issues continue to blight the country, among them severe food shortages, and the status of women and girls. our correspondent, yogita limaye, reports from kabul. crowd chants an unplanned celebration in kabul�*s main square. through the morning, hundreds of taliban gathered here, chanting slogans about victory over foreign forces, marking a special day for them. one year ago, the fighters had walked into the city, taking over the whole of afghanistan. there were no battles. the afghan president had fled. and the taliban took his office, ready for their second time in power. foreign militaries and diplomats withdrew to the airport in a rush, where for days a chaotic evacuation took place.

once it ended, the taliban announced its government, and began moving from being insurgents to running a country. one year since they seized power, the taliban are running a country that's facing a severe economic and humanitarian crisis. but perhaps the most significant change that the taliban have made is that they've barred girls from going to secondary schools in most of afghanistan. it challenges the more moderate image they've tried to portray. this is the only country in the world to do so. in march, there was excitement because the group had said teenage girls could learn again. but it was short lived. within an hour, the taliban backtracked on their promise. i asked the group's main spokesman when schools would reopen? translation: primary schools i and universities are open for girls. in some provinces, secondary

school students from grade 6—12 can go to school. but we have problems in other places. we are trying our best to solve them and to bring things back to normal. what problems, though? because classes were always segregated for boys and girls even before 15th august, so what problem is there in opening the schools? translation: our learned scholars have issues with the safety of girls | travelling to and from school. we cannot only make decisions based on the situation in kabul. we also have to consider villages and the streets where people don't want girls to go to school. under the taliban, women are disappearing from public life. the un says that's further hurting an economy which is already in crisis. and it is a firm roadblock to the group's bid for

international recognition. yogita limaye, bbc news, kabul. a man has been stabbed to death in a side road near london's oxford street. the metropolitan police said officers were called at around 11.a0am on monday to reports of a stabbing in poland street. both london ambulance service and the air ambulance attended, but the victim was pronounced dead at the scene a0 minutes later. a man has been arrested. the victim has not yet been named. the headlines on bbc news: labour leader sir keir starmer outlines his plans stop energy bills going up overwinter — by freezing the energy price cap in england, scotland and wales for six months. a year on, the taliban declares a national holiday after reconquering afghanistan. a new version of moderna's coronavirus vaccine is approved that targets the omicron variant —

and you may only need it once a year. an organisation representing nurseries in england has warned that the sector is facing its worst crisis in 20 years because of increased costs and staff shortages. the early years alliance, which represents around 1a,000 providers, said many nurseries were being forced to shut. becky morton has that story. gabrielle drake from leeds was left scrambling to find a new nursery for her 13—month—old son when his current provider closed for good overnight. we received a letter thatjust said, "due to management restructure, we are now closing the nursery as of today." we were given that day to pick up any items that we had at the nursery, otherwise we would not be allowed to enter the building again.

we've lost a month's supply of nappies and formula. gabrielle and her partner both work full time, and she was unable to find a new nursery at such short notice, so she's now having to rely on her dad to look after her son for the next month. she's managed to find a new nursery for september, but only after contacting 20 local providers — only around five replied to say they had spaces. the early years alliance, which represents 1a,000 providers in england, said nurseries were under increasing financial pressure due to underfunding by the government and increased cost of things like energy, food and staff. many are struggling to recruit and increasing salaries as a result. the organisation's chief executive said the sector was in crisis. we have a staff and recruitment problem that we've never experienced before. we have people leaving in droves because they are exhausted,

but mainly because they feel undervalued, and undervalued by government at this point in time. so, yes, it is a crisis. we are turning people away. the number of child care providers in england has been falling steadily since 2015, with a number of nurseries and preschools dropping by 196 between august 2021 and march this year, according to the regulator, ofsted. the government says it's increased funding for local authorities to increase the hourly rates paid to child care providers, but many say it's simply not enough. for families like the drakes, the challenges facing nurseries are having a significant impact. becky morton, bbc news. joining me now is saza haq, who is the owner—manager of little hands montessori nursery in wimbledon. very good to have fewer of us. can you just describe the kinds of problems that nurseries are having at the moment? it’s problems that nurseries are having at the moment?— at the moment? it's actually very sad, at the moment? it's actually very sad. because _ at the moment? it's actually very sad, because the _ at the moment? it's actually very sad, because the knesset - at the moment? it's actually very sad, because the knesset really i

at the moment? it's actually very i sad, because the knesset really have a bleak future at the moment. we have a lot of challenges we have been facing for many years now. a lot of nurseries are struggling financially. we have had the pandemic, so all the issues during the pandemic also gave us financial pressures. but the most important crisis i think we are facing is the underfunding from the government. we find that we are not getting enough funding, it really affects our costs, we struggle to manage our costs, we struggle to manage our costs, we struggle with other increasing costs, energy and staffing costs. we are struggling to retain a good workforce because they are underpaid. all of the stem is to not getting enough funding. teii are underpaid. all of the stem is to not getting enough funding. tell us then why nurseries _ not getting enough funding. tell us then why nurseries are _ not getting enough funding. tell us then why nurseries are so - not getting enough funding. tell us i then why nurseries are so important. your nursery, as an example,

perhaps. important for the parents and obviously important for the children. , , ., ., children. nurseries are at the bedrock of — children. nurseries are at the bedrock of society, _ children. nurseries are at the bedrock of society, really, i children. nurseries are at the i bedrock of society, really, that is where a child's development starts. it has been developed as the most important part of a child's life. it is very important for a society, it allows families to go back to work, to work to meet the increased rise in at the cost of living. it allows the children to be prepared for their next stage in life and to be confident contributors to society. it also narrows the gap for disadvantaged children, so that when they do go to school, they have already reach their potential by attending nursery. so it is a very, very important part of society. ianthem very important part of society. when i nurseries suddenly _ very important part of society. when i nurseries suddenly shuts _ very important part of society. when i nurseries suddenly shuts down, that's very destructive obviously for the child's education? yes.

that's very destructive obviously for the child's education? yes, of course. for the child's education? yes, of course- it — for the child's education? yes, of course- it is _ for the child's education? yes, of course. it is detrimental - for the child's education? yes, of course. it is detrimental to i course. it is detrimental to everyone, really. if you look at parents, they are stranded then, they have no child care measures to put in place, so they might have to rely on family. obviously it is very expensive as well. they do struggle. they child themselves, if a nursery all of a sudden closes they have lost that security, they have lost that bond with their key workers and other children, and it does affect their emotional well—being i think, so it is very important in the consistency of care is given to them. ., . , consistency of care is given to them. ., ., , ., , ., them. you have very eloquently and articulately put _ them. you have very eloquently and articulately put the _ them. you have very eloquently and articulately put the case _ them. you have very eloquently and articulately put the case for - them. you have very eloquently and articulately put the case for why i articulately put the case for why nurseries are important. what sort of extra help they think they need from the government? i of extra help they think they need from the government?— from the government? i think the government _ from the government? i think the government needs _ from the government? i think the government needs to _ from the government? i think the government needs to recognise i from the government? i think the i government needs to recognise how important to is ensure that we have high quality settings and that these

can run sustainably. the main problem is, like i said, the funding, investing in childcare and making sure that providers are able to be sustainable. at the moment, the funding rates are so low, that's why settings have to close, because theyjust why settings have to close, because they just can't afford why settings have to close, because theyjust can't afford to operate. they have so many other increasing costs on a day—to—day basis. not having enough funding from the government, it really does impact whether they can operate or not. this is why the sad situation is as it is today. this is why the sad situation is as it is today-— it is today. thank you very much. many thanks- _ 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. this new bivalent vaccine will aim to prevent infection against omicron. however, for those who contract the infection, that they are less likely to get serious outcomes of their health, such as hospitalisations, or confinement in the intensive care units, or even death. our health reporter, smitha mundasad, told us about the significance of the updated vaccine. the uk medicines regulatory authorities say this is a strengthened tool in our armoury against coronavirus. the original vaccines out there were designed against the original coronavirus strain back in 2020.

this vaccine is designed to protect against that original strain and the omicron variant that is now common across the world. moderna did testing in about a37 people, and they say from these preliminary tests that these people had a better immune response against the omicron virus that is out there right now. we have yet to see how that will play out in the real world, but the authorities have approved it now for people over 18. the question is, who will get it? we don't know that yet but we are expecting a decision quite soon. we do know there are about 26 million people in the uk that are due a booster in the autumn — people over 50, people in care homes, health care staff, people with health conditions. there are about 30 million doses of this updated moderna vaccine that are available this year, so some people are likely to get this updated jab. but for people who don't,

the other vaccines still work and still protect against severe disease. it shows it is possible to make a vaccine that targets different variants. the truth about coronavirus is that it has changed a lot over the last two years and we are likely to see many more variants to come, so this could be a step in the right direction. omicron has been around for quite a while now, hasn't it? there have been several versions of omicron since last september. now ba.a and ba.5 are the common variants. this vaccine was designed against earlier versions of omicron, but it does appear to provide better protection than the original moderna boosterfor these subvariants in the community right now. as we go down the line, the question is, as new variants pop up,

will it be possible to make vaccines targeted against that? this could be the next step towards that. let's just bring you some news from london's heathrow airport. they are saying in the last few minutes they will extend their cap on flight departures two october 29, as they look to support what they call more reliable and resilient passenger journeys. you may that heathrow capped the number of departures in july capped the number of departures in july to cope with disruptions, and they said that the airport continues to see sustained operational improvements. the cap could be lifted earlier if resource levels improve. they say since the cat levels were introduced, passenger numbers and journeys have improved, with fewer last—minute cancellations, better punctuality, and shorter wait times for bags.

they are continuing with that cap on the number of flight departures right up until october 29. we will be examining the implications of that a little later on. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav. hello there. an amber warning an amberwarning and an amber warning and force this afternoon for cornwall and devon. we are likely to see more from the sum is breaking out across southern areas overnight. for the enough, heavy areas of rainfall because of two areas of low pressure destabilising the atmosphere. it stays quite overweight across parts of scotland and northern england, quite a keen, kill northerly breeze there as well. temperatures across there as well. temperatures across the north will be fresher than the last few nights, still quite warm and muggy across england and wales. tomorrow, a cloudy, misty and murky sort of day. showers and

thunderstorms will get going across england and wales through the afternoon. there will be a little bit of sunshine around, not as warm across the south and east. it will certainly feel a lot fresher this is bbc news. the headlines... labour leader sir keir starmer outlines his plans stop energy bills going up overwinter — by freezing the energy price cap in england, scotland and wales for six months. a year on, the taliban declares a national holiday, after reconquering afghanistan. chaotic scenes in kenya before the winner of last week's election is announced. scuffles broke out on the stage as the head of the electoral authority was set to speak. a new version of moderna's coronavirus vaccine is approved that targets the omicron variant, and you may only need it, once a year.

a new version of moderna's coronavirus vaccine is approved that targets the omicron variant, and you may only need it, once a year. 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. the met says it's voluntarily referred the incident to the independent office for police conduct. good afternoon. great britain won mixed team bronze on the opening day of diving at the european aquatics championships. fresh from their gold medal success at the commonwealth games, andrea spendolini—siriex, noah williams, grace reid and james heatly combined for bronze in rome with spendolini—siriex and williams' final synchronized dive moving them up into third. italy claimed gold.. and ukraine won silver. everybody dived really well and i'm really proud of all of them

because it's tough coming straight from the commonwealth games to outdoors and competing straightaway so i'm really, really proud of them. and the end of a very, very long season. how are you all feeling? i mean, i'm not sure about these guys, but i'm knackered. i'm so ready to go on holiday. and one weeks to go and we will give it a last push and go onto european championships. meanwhile at the european championships in munich, it was an incredible finish for germany's richard ringer in the men's marathon — who appeared to come out of nowhere to take the title in front of the home crowd. ringer produced an extraordinarily well—judged final burst past israel's maru teferi and gashau ayale.. to finish in a time of 2 hours 10 minutes 21 seconds.. aleksandra lisowska of poland took gold in the women's race.

there were some emotional scenes at the speed climbing men's final as ukraine's competitor claimed gold. he beat a polish competitor to top the podium, adding to his world title, which he won in moscow last september. and if he held up a t—shirt saying proud to be ukrainian. former tour de france winner — egan bernal — will make his return to racing at the tour of denmark on tuesday, seven months after suffering a career—threatening crash while training in colombia. the 25—year—old was considered lucky to have survived after hitting a stationary bus while riding at 65 kilometres per hour. on his time trial bike injanuary, doctors had warned that he may never

return to the sport, after being left with 20 different fractures, butjust seven months later, he'll be competing for the ineos grenadiers at the five—day race, riding in support of britain's geraint thomas. 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 one joe salisbury. no room for rising starjack draper with captain leon smith describing the selection process as "tougher than ever". liverpool host crystal palace at anfield tonight with both sides looking for their first win of the new campaign. palace were beaten at home by arsenal on the opening day while liverpool did just enough to earn a 2—2 draw at newly promoted fulham. managerjurgen klopp says the result felt like a defeat at the time but they're determined to try and put things right against patrick viera's palace side. it's how i always said. it we can lose a game but we have to learn from it and in this case

exactly the same because it felt like if we would have lost it was exactly the feeling when i left the stadium but we did, that's the good news. we got a point, now let's go. we have sad news to bring you. the former burnley, blackburn, bury and swansea player has died aged 52 after being diagnosed with motor nerve disease in 2017. a versatile midfielder, he played for a host of sites during his career, playing a30 league games and scoring 50 goals for six clubs. this afternoon, len john rose trust wrote on their official twitter account that len was ending incredibly proud husband and father. our thoughts are with his family at this sad time. more on that on the website of course, more action there. that is all for now. then, thank you. studio: holly, thank you.

a portugese athlete, who was allegedly racially profiled during a police stop and search in london two years ago, says he's been pulled over again by armed officers. the sprinter, ricardo dos santos, has published a series of video tweets, which he says show the incident in paddington on sunday. the metropolitan police says officers were concerned the driver, may have been using a mobile phone. with more, here's celestina olu—lode, and a warning her report does contain some flashing images. this is some of the video footage ricardo dos santos published of the incident. he was stopped by metropolitan police officers who believed he was on his phone. the sprinter says he stopped when it was safe to do so. the way they got in front of me, i could have went into the back of them. and again, for my safety, and based on my previous incidents with them, i thought the best place to stop would be somewhere lit up with the possibility of witnesses.

during the incident, dos santos said an officer banged on the window with a clenched fist before taking out a baton. wait, wait, wait! he didn't do anything! the athlete said nothing has changed two years after he and his partner, sprinter bianca williams, were stopped, searched and handcuffed by police. their three—month—old baby was with them at the time. five met police officers face a gross misconduct hearing in response to that case. but responding to sunday's incident, the met police say... the met have now referred themselves to the police watchdog, the iopc. celestina olulode, bbc news.

12 months ago today, the taliban took control of the the capital of afghanistan —the western—backed government had collapsed — and the world watched, powerless. the lighting advance — was followed by the chaotic evacuation of afghans and foreigners — the desperate images providing a moment of reckoning for the west. 12 months on — we take stock of what life is like in afghanistan now. ourfirst report comes from our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet. this is chaghcha ran. it means "a place where people eat dry straw". the name, given a half—century ago, in memory of a punishing drought. it is still written into this life, this land. now the people of these central highlands are again living and dying in drought.

three years of it. "khushk" is what you hear. khushk means "dry". look at the wheat. the land is dry, the rivers are dry, there's not even snow on these stunning mountains. and look at the faces of these men. they have lived for decades with drought, with poverty, but nothing like they are seeing this year. and the world's crises have come to their door. climate change is to blame, the conflict in ukraine means fertiliser is prices high. translation: nothing i is green, we cannot farm, we don't have anything — we can't grow our wheat. khushk? it's dry, it's dry. we travelled with a british charity afghan aid. it has been working here for many years. they brought drought—resista nt wheat. it is not enough.

this year is the most severe and worst year, in comparison to every year that we have been working here. because of the drought, climate change. if that continues, yeah, there is a fear that we should not allow to go to that situation that people have died because of not having food. the greatest fear, famine. there's already been signs of it this year in this province. the day we visit the only malnutrition clinic, there are nearly a0 patients, only ten beds. this boy is 15 months old. his mother died giving birth. it is a bad situation, it is worse than yemen. it is worse than yemen? than yemen, yeah. the main problem is the poor situation of the people. their poverty is leading cause of this kind of illness. poverty. the economy all but collapsed when the taliban took over.

the west stopped aid to their government, froze their assets. these are the men in charge here. the provincial cabinet. taliban governor ahmad shah din dost fought in the long war which ended last august. he tells me he was imprisoned, tortured by us forces. for him, this war isn't over. translation: the prison time hurt my pride. i i will keep fighting until i am dead. i am not tired of fighting and i don't like peace. younger, educated members of his team seem to take a different tack, as the taliban struggle to move from guns to government. translation: the most

important thing - is the condition of the people and the worsening economic condition of afghanistan. the health crisis which is affecting afghanistan right now needs attention and doesn't need to involve politics. we have to save people's lives. in a midsummer harvest, thoughts already turn to winter. what if humanitarian aid dries up and the taliban don't do more for their people? a people who've renamed their provincial capital, not chaghcharan, eaters of dry straw, but firozkoh, for their unshakeable mountains, standing up to adversity, but searching for help. lyse doucet with that report. the headlines on bbc news... labour leader sir keir starmer outlines his plans stop energy bills going up overwinter — by freezing the energy price cap in england, scotland and wales for six months. a year on, the taliban declares a national holiday,

after reconquering afghanistan. can you's deputy president has been declared the winner of last week present presidential election, narrowly beating his rival. —— came yet —— kenya's deputy president. spider—man actor tom holland has said he is stepping back from social media, as he finds it can be "detrimental" to his mental health. in a video posted on instagram — where he has 67 million followers — holland said he finds life online to be "overwhelming". here's some of what he had to say. i have taken a break from social media for my mental health, because i find media for my mental health, because ifind instagram and media for my mental health, because i find instagram and twitter to be over stimulating, to be overwhelming. i get caught up and i spiral when i read things about me online and, ultimately, it's very

dead detrimental to my mental state so i decided to take a step back and repeat might delete the app. ——so i decided to take a step back and delete the app. in that video, tom holland also referenced stem four — a charity that supports positive mental health in teenagers. and i'm nowjoined by doctor nihara krause — who's the ceo. (os what you make of what he has had to say? what you make of what he has had to sa ? ~ ., what you make of what he has had to sa ? . . . , what you make of what he has had to sa ? ~ . ., , ., what you make of what he has had to sa? . . ., what you make of what he has had to sa? . ., say? what he has had to say has been absolutely enormously _ say? what he has had to say has been absolutely enormously helpful - say? what he has had to say has been absolutely enormously helpful for i absolutely enormously helpful for young people's mental health because mental health is a very difficult subject to speak about and when somebody like that so candidly and openly talks about the impact of social media on his own mental health and recommends having a break, that is enormously powerful and will benefit many, many young people. and will benefit many, many young --eole. ., . ., ., and will benefit many, many young ”eole. ., . ., ., y., 4' people. how much damage you think social media — people. how much damage you think social media is _ people. how much damage you think social media is doing, _ people. how much damage you think social media is doing, then? - people. how much damage you think social media is doing, then? and i social media is doing, then? and what is the solution? are you

advising peoplejust what is the solution? are you advising people just to take a break like he says he is doing to get off it all together?— it all together? well, i think a break is definitely _ it all together? well, i think a break is definitely one - it all together? well, i think a break is definitely one step i it all together? well, i think a break is definitely one step to j break is definitely one step to being able to see the impact that it has a new, but in a survey of 2000 young people that we carried out just a month ago, third, which is 32% of 12-21 just a month ago, third, which is 32% of 12—21 —year—olds told us that they would find it very difficult or unable to limit the that they spent online and, interestingly, it was very equal between male and female respondents and similarly in very concerning the one in five young people told us that they'd been bullied or negatively impacted by social media, so tom's message about admitting that it does affect him is very, very beneficial. so, yes, have a break, really start to notice the signs when perhaps the benefits of

social media are outweighing you so notice whether it is making you feel anxious, notice of its impacting your self esteem, notice if you find it difficult to get off being online and absolutely try to think of alternative ways of connecting meaningfully and with the things we did was host national mental health day on the 19th of september when the theme is connecting meaningfully. we are working with schools across the country to providing people with ways to do that. ~ ., ., providing people with ways to do that. . . . ., that. what are the negative impacts? an incoming — that. what are the negative impacts? an incoming dimension _ that. what are the negative impacts? an incoming dimension bullying i that. what are the negative impacts? an incoming dimension bullying and i an incoming dimension bullying and you also mention how it makes people anxious, it lowers their self—esteem. it is obviously very addictive that many people, but why does it lower self—esteem? white is a make people anxious, do you think? well, it lowers self—esteem because it provides an opportunity to compare yourself against others and particularly in young people when your identity is forming as you're getting older, the way that you learn about yourself and understand yourself is through comparison and

if you see things online, and we are not comparing to our neighbour or our school friends, we are comparing internationally, what we start to feel is somehow perhaps we are not as good as and that then will impact on our self—esteem, self—confidence. it also promote, it provokes a uncensored information online and for some people it will prompt bullying or being negatively critical about others. in a bullying or being negatively critical about others. in a sense, 'ust as critical about others. in a sense, just as an _ critical about others. in a sense, just as an example, _ critical about others. in a sense, just as an example, somebody i critical about others. in a sense, i just as an example, somebody put something on instagram, they are on holiday and everything looks amazing and then somebody looks at that and thinks while they're having a good time and i'm not and that over time can increase anxiety and low self esteem, as you say. it can increase anxiety and low self esteem, as you say.— can increase anxiety and low self esteem, as you say. it can do and it's circular _ esteem, as you say. it can do and it's circular because _ esteem, as you say. it can do and it's circular because of _ esteem, as you say. it can do and it's circular because of course i esteem, as you say. it can do and it's circular because of course if i it's circular because of course if you start off with low self—esteem you start off with low self—esteem you are more likely to compare and feel more self defeated in the sense

of some of it is circular. it is not to say the social media is the only impact on self—esteem. people's self—esteem effected for a number of different reasons and it is circular response. different reasons and it is circular resonse. , ., ., different reasons and it is circular resonse. , ., ., ~ ., response. very good to talk to. it is a fascinating _ response. very good to talk to. it is a fascinating subject. _ response. very good to talk to. it is a fascinating subject. with i response. very good to talk to. it is a fascinating subject. with the | is a fascinating subject. with the puppy is a fascinating subject. with the bunny dog is a fascinating subject. with the puppy dog it all day, to be honest, but a very important one as well. thank you so much, a doctor who is ceo of a charity supporting positive mental health in teenagers. thank you. 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. he denies all charges. let's speak to nick garnett,

who's live at chester crown court. it is the start of what is going to be a very long trial. the journey has already been told it will not finish until at least november. what if we had today? at the moment we are in the opening statement from the prosecution, where the prosecution puts forward the case on the evidence it is going to bring over the following weeks and months. timothy cray he was leading the prosecution told the jury this is not going to be a boring case. it is about men who rain and assault women because the s powerful and think you can get away with it. two men on trial, benjamin mendy, eight counts of rain he faces, one of attempted rain and one of sexual assault. another man, louis saha matturie, a1 years old and faces eight counts of rain and four counts of sexual assault —— both men deny all the charges —— —— counts of rape not vain. both men deny sexual assault. prosecution says the two men use the women involved, thought they were disposable things to be used for sex and phone to one side. mr mendy is 21 years old, a football with

manchester city, won the world cup as well —— 31 years old. as for the other man, you may well know of another famous footballer with a similar name to louis saha matturie and it is important to save that that football is nothing to do with this trial. he is totally unconnected events here. louis saha matturie is a1. he was described in court as mr mendy�*s fixer, friend and helper. the allegation is that he would find young women for the two men and they would take them back to one of mr mendy�*s houses where they would be raped and sexually assaulted. and then, the prosecution says, would not take no for an answer. jerry has been told mr mendy�*s house can be described as a mention in this afternoon we have seen video footage taken by police officer during search of the house on a body camera. it is shown in the gym, it is shown in the swimming pool gym, it is shown in the swimming pool, it is shown the locks on the door of mr mendyhouse that were

there to safeguard him in case there had ever been a break—in at his property. thejury was had ever been a break—in at his property. the jury was told that the average age of the women involved in the allegations against the two men is 20 years old and nine months. one of them wasjust 17 is 20 years old and nine months. one of them was just 17 years old at the time. the prosecution say in this day and age consent centres given. no one, they say, can doubt that no means no. thejury has been told, as i say, to expect this trial to last for about 15 weeks until november and both men, as i say, deny all the charges against them.

scotland has become the first country in the world to make it law for public buildings — like schools and colleges — to provide free period products to girls and women. the period products act finally came into force today after it was unanimously backed by the scottish parliament in 2020. that legislation was proposed by labour msp monica lennon. she's at the scottish parliament in holyrood. i spoke to her a little early on. it means a great deal. it's a big milestone in the campaign for period dignity. no—one should have to go without the essential period products that they need, pads, tampons and other reusable items, and too many people in this country have experienced period poverty or experience that today so in scotland we have worked very hard to these products and today the legislation does take effect and that means that right across scotland regardless of where you live, regardless of your circumstances, if you need period products you should be able to access them in a dignified manner. have heard that before. what you mean by that?

well, in reality, it means women and girls having to use socks or toilet paper or rags to manage their period. we've had women and girls tell us that they've had to use period products for longer than is safe or hygienic and it has caused a lot more exclusion so when i started campaigning with this back in 2016 as a brand—new member of the scottish parliament i had teachers and young people who were talking about what it's like when you can't go to school because you're embarrassed or afraid to ask mum or dad or a carerfor extra money to buy pads and tampons, so that was the evidence base that really propelled the campaign. and i was proud to notjust write the legislation but to work with grassroots organisations, the people who run the food banks,

volunteers and churches, people who help to run the girl guides to make sure this is not a taboo issue any longer. of course we want people to have enough money to live on, to have enough money to live on, but it's also about having access to products on the right time, so whether that is in the classroom of the workplace, if you are on your period and it comes by surprise it is not a huge panic. if you go into the bathroom, free pads and tampons should be there, and that is now the reality in scotland. so, free products in public buildings. who pays for that? is that the scottish government who's paying for that? so, early on we had some first movers, so we had some local councils and colleges who brought a scheme in without any government funding, essentially, but over time the scottish government could really see the benefit of doing this. it's really helped to improve attendance at school, to help people feel valued in the workplace, to help people who have health issues like endometriosis or other disabilities, so they really

are many benefits. that's why some employers now are doing this without the legislation to do this in law. the legislation in scotland doesn't cover employers directly but some enlightened employers see the benefit and they are doing it already. it's not a huge amount of money and people, women, girls, and staff members feel valued when they see that period dignity is important for an employer or in a school or somewhere else. prince harry and meghan,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 september fifth. 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. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav. hello, there. we have had an amber warning in force across parts of cornwall and devon during the afternoon period into the evening for the risk of some thunderstorm, frequent lightning, torrential rain, and we likely to hold onto country downpours across northern parts of the country through the evening period and also overnight. we have got low pressure nearby thou to the weather and still quite humid and warm because much of england and wales. storms will pep up again across southern and western areas we had to tonight and is where front bring some very wet weather to parts of scotland and northern england and we have cool and overly pieces in the not so fresh and light here but still quite warm and muggy for parts of england and wales with lighter winds here so for tuesday we got that weather front across the north of the country wringing wet weather, this area of low pushing up from the south of bring increasing showers and thunderstorms to southern areas so through the day on tuesday there will be a slice of drier weather through to central areas to the north, cloudy, pre—delete, breezy

wet and thunderstorms will break out and there could be slow moving torrential places with viscous and localised flooding. not as hot across england and wales is what we had to date, 25, 20 and distinctly cooler across northern areas. as we head for tuesday night we hold onto the thundery downpours across parts of england and wales in torrential rain with a risk of localised flooding. the little bit of pressure for england and wales but certainly cool across the north, single figured digits there, out of town, for wednesday it is dry pictures... confined to the south and south—east of england torrential rain in places. temperatures much lower, maybe 22, 20 three degrees, mid—high teens and early tonic make further north. the end of the week, low pressure continues to hold on. nav of low pressure will be sitting to the north—west of the uk to thursday and friday and it will send a weather front across the country on

both days to bring showers, even longer spells of rain and have fairly fresh, cool westerly winds. so it will be turning even cooler towards the end of the week. perhaps 22 to 25 degrees across southern areas, a mixture of sunshine and showers, some of them on the heavy side.

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