hello, i'm nuala mcgovern, this is outside source. there's been an explosion in kabul during evening prayers, killing and injuring a number of people. it's not yet clear who's behind it. also in the programme... in the us state of wyoming, liz cheney, donald trump's biggest critic in congress, loses her republican primary election by a landslide. it required that i enable his ongoing efforts to unravel a democratic system and attack the foundations of our republic. that was a path i could not and would not take. she's been defeated by a trump—backed candidate. we'll look at what it means

for the republican party and donald trump's hold on it. wildfires like this one in spain are getting worse. a report says 16 football pitches of trees were lost to forest fires per minute last year. and here in the uk the cost of living worsens as inflation hits double—figures for the first time in a0 years. it for the first time in a0 years. is a central issue int for it is a central issue in the battle for the tory leadership. welcome to the programme. we're going to start with that breaking news from afghanistan's capital kabul. there's been an explosion at a mosque during evening prayers. we understand a number of people have been killed and injured. taliban security forces are in the area. kabul�*s emergency hospital tweeted, "27 people received at our hospital so far following the explosion,

five children among them, including a 7—year—old." local media is reporting the mosque�*s imam died in the attack. no group's yet claimed responsibility but there have been a number of attacks and explosions in kabul recently. with me is anbarasan ethirajan, our south asia regional editor. good to have you with us. i was just giving some of the broad overview of what is happening there, but i suppose it will be some time before the picture becomes clearer. what suppose it will be some time before the picture becomes clearer. what we understand is — the picture becomes clearer. what we understand is this _ the picture becomes clearer. what we understand is this blast _ the picture becomes clearer. what we understand is this blast happened - understand is this blast happened during the evening prayers when dozens of worshippers have gathered at the mosque. the blast was so powerful it shattered windows in the nearby buildings in the area. many ambulances were seen rushing to the sport, taking injured people to hospital. as you mentioned, at least 27 brought to one of the hospitals,

among them five children. it also shows how serious the blast was, although there are no reports of fatalities yet, but people are expecting the casualty figure to go up. the local media is quoting various figures from 20 people killed 235, but we still don't have any confirmation on the number of dead. what we understand as many people have been injured. this comes at a time when the taliban seem to be struggling to such bomb attacks. the islamic state group said they carried out similar attacks and in the past few months since the taliban took over. the taliban know the islamic state group cannot take them on the battlefield and they are trying to undermine their authority by carrying out these attacks. {iii by carrying out these attacks. of course our reviewers will know it has been a year, the 15th of august from when the taliban took over control of the country. of course so

many people were horrified and upset by that takeover but there were some, i remember, who were hoping it would mean a more secure afghanistan away from attacks like this. has the country had a less than it did previous to the takeover? that was the ho -e previous to the takeover? that was the hepe of — previous to the takeover? that was the hope of millions _ previous to the takeover? that was the hope of millions of— previous to the takeover? that was the hope of millions of afghans - the hope of millions of afghans because the taliban were also blamed and they took responsibility for a number of attacks on government installations and civilian targets, particularly against the minority shia group, but people were hoping, as the taliban promise, once we take over and capture power, the first thing we want to guarantee its security for the people. the taliban is a disciplined organisation and now we control the entire country for the first time, although there has been some resistance in parts of the country, and that is what they were hoping on. people could get back to normal life without the fear of bomb blasts, without the fear of shooting right in the middle of the

capital kabul. but the islamic state group and other hardline groups have been posing a challenge to the authority of the taliban in the past year and the taliban carried out several security operations in kabul. we are not talking about in far—away provinces like herat or the northern province bordering other countries. these attacks are happening right inside kabul and thatis happening right inside kabul and that is what people are wondering, how far the taliban are effective in providing security for the people. thank you so much, we will get more details throughout the coming hour. now we're going to go the us to talk about the big story there today. each in the state of wyoming liz cheney, one of donald trump's fiercest critics in the republican party, has lost the republican primary and with it her seat in congress. she lost to this woman, harriet hageman, the candidate endorsed by donald trump, who supports his baseless claim that the 2020 election

result was a fraud. we'll look more at her later. but liz cheney isn't completely out of the picture. she was asked on nbc about her next steps including a possible run for the white house. that is a decision i will make in the coming months. i won't make an announcement this morning, but it is something i'm thinking about and i will make a decision in the coming months. this election has implications about where the republican party is heading and donald trump's grip on the party. liz cheney was once a big figure in the republican party. she's the daughter of the former vice president dick cheney and supported donald trump during his presidency. then this happened. the attack on the capitol onjanuary 6th 2020 by donald trump's supporters. she was one ofjust ten republicans in congress who voted to impeach donald trump after that. for that, she lost her senior position in the party.

and back then, she said this. i will do everything i can to ensure that the former president never again gets anywhere near the oval office. liz cheney went further. she helped lead congressional hearings investigating the capitol attack, one of the only republican lawmakers to do that. and she blames donald trump for what happened and for his false claims the election was stolen. 0n on this point there is no room for debate. those who invaded our capital and battled law enforcement four hours were motivated by what president trump had told them, that the election was stolen and that he was the rightful president. president trump summoned the mob, assembled the mob and lit the flame of this attack. republicans who have criticised donald trump have been targeted by those within the party.

four of the ten who voted to impeach him, called "the impeachment ten" have been defeated in primary elections all by candidates endorsed by donald trump. only two of the ten have won their primaries and are still up for re—election. the four remaining have retired from congress, giving up their seats altogether. liz cheney is clear — that opposition, she says, is the reason she lost. two years ago i won this primary with 73% of the vote. i could easily have done the same again. the path was clear. but it would have required that i go along with president trump's lie that the 2020 election, it would have required that i enable his ongoing efforts to unravel our democratic system and attack the foundations of our republic. that was a path i could not and would not take. i have said since january the 6th that i will do

whatever it takes to ensure donald trump is never again anywhere near the oval office. i mean it. i mean it. so liz cheney says this was about trump. now let's look at the candidate who beat her, harriet hageman. she's said explictly, "the election was rigged". and she agrees with liz cheney — her win was about donald trump too. idid not i did not do this on my own. 0bviously i did not do this on my own. obviously we are all very grateful to president trump, who recognises that wyoming has so many wonderful congressional representatives and we have to make it count. his clear and unwavering support from the very beginning propelled us to victory tonight. wyoming is one of america's most conservative states. donald trump won there by 70% in the 2020 presidential election, a wider margin in than in any other state. let's hear from some voters there. the fact that she was able to stand

on her principles, she saw a wrong and she tried to make it right, and she went forward in that pursuit, knowing damn well it might cost to this election. knowing damn well it might cost to this election-— this election. unfortunately it did. no offence _ this election. unfortunately it did. no offence to _ this election. unfortunately it did. no offence to liz, _ this election. unfortunately it did. no offence to liz, she _ this election. unfortunately it did. no offence to liz, she does - this election. unfortunately it did. no offence to liz, she does not i no offence to liz, she does not belong — no offence to liz, she does not belong in— no offence to liz, she does not belong in wyoming, she does not support— belong in wyoming, she does not support our values. no disrespect to her, support our values. no disrespect to her. but _ support our values. no disrespect to her. but i _ support our values. no disrespect to her, but i prefer honesty versus lies any— her, but i prefer honesty versus lies any day. we heard from donald trump too. he posted on his social media platform: it doesn't look like liz cheney will do that. her spokesman says she's creating an organisation "to mobilize a unified effort to oppose any donald trump campaign for president". stephanie muravchik is currently co—writing a book about liz cheney, wyoming and the future of the american right. how interesting, a topic that you

have to ride about. first of all, what you think about her thinking about running for us president? well, it will be interesting to see what sort of constituency and coalition that she can put together. she is certainly has very strong supporters that remain in the republican party, that remain in wyoming as well. but of course she clearly doesn't appeal to a lot of the base and the republican party thatis the base and the republican party that is still very enamoured with trump and looks to him for queues about how to assess the political situation. she has made new friends among democrats, some of whom are very surprised to find themselves rooting for liz cheney, but it will be interesting to see what she is able to put together at this point and where she chooses to go with

that. and where she chooses to go with that, , ., and where she chooses to go with that, ,., ., and where she chooses to go with that. ., , ., that. some sort of breakaway republican — that. some sort of breakaway republican groups _ that. some sort of breakaway republican groups perhaps, i that. some sort of breakaway| republican groups perhaps, or republicans not fortran. do you think liz cheney's loss, and others, that it will stop other republicans from speaking out against donald trump even if they do feel it? i am certain that — trump even if they do feel it? i am certain that it _ trump even if they do feel it? i am certain that it will. _ trump even if they do feel it? i am certain that it will. it _ trump even if they do feel it? i am certain that it will. it has _ trump even if they do feel it? i —n certain that it will. it has been shown over the past four or five years that it is very difficult to remain viable in the republican party and take trump on. the people who have been brave enough to do that have often been certainly primary, been subject to threats, as liz cheney has, which hampered their ability to campaign in the state because of credible security threats. they have often suffered at the polls as well. however, there does remain a very avid group of

republicans that understand that the 2020 election was won by president biden and are concerned about the way donald trump handled his defeat. so she has very much a base of support in that group, but it is not the majority group right now, of course. ~ . , the majority group right now, of course. . ., ., course. what is so fascinating to me about this is — course. what is so fascinating to me about this is that _ course. what is so fascinating to me about this is that she _ course. what is so fascinating to me about this is that she agreed - course. what is so fascinating to me about this is that she agreed with i about this is that she agreed with all of donald trump of�*s policies. it was really about the election being stolen, which was baseless, or the riot on capitol hill, also which was about the election i suppose at its heart. they were the only parts she disagreed with, yet republican voters would not vote for her because she stood up against him on theissue because she stood up against him on the issue of the election, not on any other policies.— any other policies. yes, there is something _ any other policies. yes, there is something really _ any other policies. yes, there is something really fascinating - any other policies. yes, there is|

something really fascinating and troubling that is occurring in how we define, or how certain groups of voters confine —— to find their idea about conservatism. it is not any more about policy preferences or etiological stances because certainly for liz cheney was conservative by any measure and they would have agreed with her and did agree with her, which is why she won tremendous majorities in 2016, 2018, 2020. it was not until she took a stance against donald trump's denial about what really happened in the 2020 election that suddenly they began to say she is not a true conservative. really conservatism comes to mean do you support donald trump? do you agree that the 2020 election was, quote, and quote, stolen? that is as opposed to any policies. stolen? that is as opposed to any olicies. . ., stolen? that is as opposed to any olicies. . ~' , ., ., stolen? that is as opposed to any olicies. ., ~ , ., ., ., , policies. thank you for “oining us. good luck with t

policies. thank you for “oining us. good luck with your _ policies. thank you forjoining us. good luck with your book. - policies. thank you forjoining us. good luck with your book. you - policies. thank you forjoining us. l good luck with your book. you have policies. thank you forjoining us. - good luck with your book. you have a lot to ride about there. staying in the us and donald trump's former lawyer rudy giulini has arrived in court in georgia as part of a criminal probe into alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 election results. this was in atlanta. mr guiliani, who used to be the mayor of new york, has dismissed the investigation as politically motivated. here's our north america correspondent, gary 0'donoghue. this is a criminal investigation into attempts to undermine the georgia elections. it was started by the district attorney of atlanta. immediately after the infamous phone call you remember, which we all heard in 2020, where donald trump rang the secretary of state in georgia and asked him to find the 11,780 votes which he needed to overturn the result in that state. that led to the investigation and

today rudy giuliani, donald trump is my former personal lawyer, has been called in front of the grand jury. he is part of that investigation, according to local prosecutors, who may call donald trump himself as part of that, because that phone call sparked the whole investigation in the first place. i want to talk about the staggering rate at which the world is losing trees to forest fires. the figures are staggering. around 16 football pitches of trees per minute were lost to forest fires in 2021, a new report says. that is 9.3 million hectares, about the size of portugal. take a look at this, these are the hotspots around the world last year. 2021 was the worst year ever recorded. we know

climate change leads to drier conditions. here is one of the report was �*s offers. even under some of the most optimistic scenarios, we still see an increase in the number of wildfires this century. being able to collect data over the time period is really important. right now what we are doing is spending about 50% of our wildfire budgetsjust doing is spending about 50% of our wildfire budgets just responding to fires, but what we have found is that spending the money early on in planning and prevention we can have a much better impact on fires and decrease the amount of damage that they do in the long term. of the 9 million hectares of trees that are consumed by fires in 2021, over 5 million were grown in russia. in recent years wildfires have burned as far north as the arctic circle.

in 2020 hour russia edinburgh —— reporter want to see. in in 2020 hour russia edinburgh -- reporter want to see.— reporter want to see. in siberia the call reporter want to see. in siberia they call their _ reporter want to see. in siberia they call their forests _ reporter want to see. in siberia they call their forests the - reporter want to see. in siberia they call their forests the lungs reporter want to see. in siberia i they call their forests the lungs of they call their forests the lungs of the planet. if that is true, our planet is in big trouble. we were given a bird's eye view of a climate emergency. from the air, siberia's forest fires looked like armageddon. a heatwave has been fuelling them and they are releasing record amounts of carbon and because of the vastness of siberia, fighting them is incredibly difficult. this region alone is 13 times the size of britain. what is happening here in siberia has consequences for the whole world. scientists believe that these forest fires are producing huge amounts of greenhouse gases

that are changing the climate of the planet. russia has one fifth of the world's forests. if they are burning, the fallout is global. fiur burning, the fallout is global. our environment _ burning, the fallout is global. 0ur environment correspondent joins me environment correspondentjoins me now. i'm joined by our environment correspondent matt mcgrath. iam i am struggling to get my head around the vastness of it. many of the viewers _ around the vastness of it. many of the viewers are _ around the vastness of it. many of the viewers are looking _ around the vastness of it. many of the viewers are looking at - around the vastness of it. many of the viewers are looking at the i around the vastness of it. many of. the viewers are looking at the media in the last few years will find it pretty obvious. the fact is the planet is warming up and we are getting more forest fires and they are burning more trees. it has doubled over the last 20 years, which is when we have seen the real impacts of climate change hit home. the simple takeaway is the most stunning takeaway, the fact this is really happening and it is burning all over the planet, especially in those northern regions like russia, as you saw with steve rosenberg.

that is where the vast majority of these trees are burning and doing incredible damage. brute these trees are burning and doing incredible damage.— these trees are burning and doing incredible damage. we are not that far off com, — incredible damage. we are not that far off cop26, people _ incredible damage. we are not that far off cop26, people talking i incredible damage. we are not that far off cop26, people talking about cop 27, the climate change conferences, has russia stood by any of their pledges or commitments? we have the war in ukraine, they are a pariah and isolated in so many ways globally, so i am wondering how that trickles down to climate change and what they may or may not do. it is not trickling _ what they may or may not do. it is not trickling down _ what they may or may not do. it 3 not trickling down in huge amounts at this moment in time. one of the key things that came out of cop26 was a commitment by a lot of countries to end deforestation by 2030. this report points to fires and they are different to deforestation. deforestation means cutting down trees for farming and logging, but they are connected. all the countries who signed up to that in glasgow said they would do it. but it is this year with the global changes and the global crises in so many different areas that many

countries may back off and that would be a very bad signal to send. we will find out in a couple of months�* time just how much progress is made on that, but the commitment is made on that, but the commitment is there and the promises there and even from countries like russia and we will have to see if they live up to it. �* , , ., we will have to see if they live up to it. �* , , ._ , to it. let's stay with wildfires. i want to show — to it. let's stay with wildfires. i want to show our _ to it. let's stay with wildfires. i want to show our views - to it. let's stay with wildfires. i want to show our views these l want to show our views these extraordinary pictures coming from spain. this happened on tuesday near valencia. firefighters had to run from the flames as they try to battle wildfires and over a dozen people were hurt when a train got caught up in the same fire. the driver told passengers to stay on board the train, but they panicked and tried to escape. also staying with extreme weather, large parts of england are in drought. there were flash floods that took place in london today. this is at victoria train station after a huge downpour swept across london and across much

of southern england. 100 millimetres of southern england. 100 millimetres of rain could fall in some areas. next let�*s go to the united states, where a drought means the government is restricting how much water can be taken out of the colorado river. this is lake mead, one of the river�*s two reservoirs. you can see how far below the high water mark the water level is. people are calling it like a bath tub. people are calling it like a bath tub. both reservoirs are at less than a third of their capacity. the colorado river provides water to a0 million people across seven states in the us, as well as mexico. in the uk, the rate of inflation has reached double figures for the first time in a0 years. latest figures show the consumer price index rose by 10.1%

in the year tojuly, that�*s higher than analysts were predicting. this is adding to the cost of living crisis, a central issue in the contest to become the next tory leader and uk prime minister. another issue is how to restore northern ireland�*s devolved government which in effect well today the leadership hopefuls — rishi sunak and liz truss — held their eighth debate in belfast. 0ur ireland correspondent chris page is in belfast. how did they do? what were the issues people were most interested in hearing about? in issues people were most interested in hearing about?— in hearing about? in terms of votes available to — in hearing about? in terms of votes available to them, _ in hearing about? in terms of votes available to them, there _ in hearing about? in terms of votes available to them, there were i in hearing about? in terms of votes available to them, there were not l available to them, there were not that many. several hundred members are in this part of the uk, but when you look at the issues in sharp focus, they could be among the trickiest matter is the new prime minister will have to look at. for example, you have the absence of the

government here in belfast, the power—sharing government, it collapsed in effectjust over six months ago when the democratic unionist party, the largest unionist party as being the groups you want to maintain the union, it walked out of the power—sharing executive because it wants the northern ireland protocol to be scrapped. in essence, northern ireland has remained in the eu single market while the rest of the uk has left. there are checks on goods arriving here from the rest of the uk and to unionists that amounts to an economic border within their own country. the protocol and power—sharing are the two most prominent issues in the hustings today. what was interesting was that liz truss and rishi sunak both seem to be more or less on the same page on this. they said they wanted power—sharing to resume in northern ireland as soon as possible and they

both saw the key to doing that as to resolving the concerns of the unionists around the protocol. liz truss introduced a piece of legislation going through parliament in london which would give ministers there the power to scrap parts of there the power to scrap parts of the protocol. both rishi sunak and liz truss say they will continue with that legislation. liz truss says it will unblock the power—sharing crisis in northern ireland. rishi sunak put slightly more emphasis on the notion that he could reopen negotiations with the eu and get a fresh deal to resolve those issues. really you get the sense that the two candidates were not disagreeing very much on the particular issues affecting northern ireland. �* , particular issues affecting northern ireland. 3 , particular issues affecting northern ireland. �*, , ., particular issues affecting northern ireland. ., ., , ireland. let's see how it goes. it continues _ ireland. let's see how it goes. it continues until _ ireland. let's see how it goes. it continues until september i ireland. let's see how it goes. it continues until september the l ireland. let's see how it goes. it i continues until september the 5th. thank you very much. a brief reminder of our top story. a bomb has ripped through a mosque in kabul during evening prayers and there are a number of deaths. we will have more from our chief international

correspondent in kabul in the next few minutes. stay with us. it has been a wednesday dominated by sharp, thundery downpours. we started the day with localised flooding in lincolnshire. 1a2 millilitres of rain fell, most from midnight until 6am on wednesday. through the latter stages of the day to day we saw heavy, thundery downforce in south—east england. that was essex a few hours ago. showers faded away across the east midlands and lincolnshire, but the sharp showers then started to gather in the south—eastern corner. that is where we have an amber weather warning and that is valid until ten o�*clock this evening because some of those thundery downpours could merge together and potentially cause localised flash flooding. the

showers will fade as we go through the latter stages of the day. maybe one or two clinging to the coast. the cloud and mist through the night and showers developing into the far north—west. a relatively mild start to thursday morning as temperatures go to thursday morning as temperatures 9° up to thursday morning as temperatures go up into double figures. thursday we start off with the best of the drier weather out to the east. this area of low pressure is throwing the weather front in our direction and it will bring more cloud and a freshening breeze as well and some outbreaks of rain to begin with, then turning heavier and more persistent in wales and north—west england as we through the day. we will see the cloud then with some sunshine coming through in eastern england and that is where the warmth is likely to be, some temperatures peaking at 25 celsius. those weather fronts will continue to sweep their way south and east. they will do so, so clearing early on friday morning along the kent coast, brightening up

and acquire today in prospect for friday with a few scattered, slow—moving showers into the far north—west and top temperatures expected of 16 to 25 degrees once again. that is friday. as we head towards the weekend we are likely to see low pressure dominating once again. one system brings showers on saturday, another system could bring a spell of heavier and more persistent rain in the second half of the weekend. take note, showers around and then gradually that wetter weather expected to arrive by sunday afternoon.

hello, i�*m nuala mcgovern, this is 0utside source. an explosion has ripped through a mosque in the afghan capital kabul during evening prayers, killing and injuring worshipers. it�*s not yet clear who�*s behind it. we will be live in the city. amidst an election dispute in kenya, the president—elect william ruto says he is forging ahead with efforts to create his administration. the expectations of the people of kenya are huge. therefore, we do not have the luxury of wasting any time. in greece, the government is under pressure over a phone—tapping scandal, with allegations that spyware was planted on the phones ofjournalists and opposition politicians. and nasa shows off its giant

new moon rocket, which one day will take man back to the surface of the moon. let�*s go back to our top story — and that breaking news about an explosion at a mosque in afghanistan�*s capital kabul. it happened during evening prayers. we understand a number of worshippers have been killed and injured. taliban security forces are in the area. kabul�*s emergency hospital tweeted. .. local media is reporting the mosque�*s imam died in the attack. no group�*s yet claimed responsibility but there have been a number of attacks and explosions in kabul recently. lyse doucet is in kabul. good to have you with us on 0utside source. is the picture becoming a?

—— becoming any clearer? source. is the picture becoming a? -- becoming any clearer?— -- becoming any clearer? what's becoming — -- becoming any clearer? what's becoming clear _ -- becoming any clearer? what's becoming clear is _ -- becoming any clearer? what's becoming clear is there - -- becoming any clearer? what's becoming clear is there was i -- becoming any clearer? what's becoming clear is there was a i becoming clear is there was a devastating attack in a mosque, this time in the northwest of the city. we�*re still waiting on confirmation of the number of casualties, but it seems with every hour the toll gets ever higher. judging by the figures you gave with the number of casualties admitted to the emergency hospital run by the italian ngo, it is the main hospital to take in victims of violence, we did hear the sound of ambulances here in the city sound of ambulances here in the city so it�*s quite possible, tragically that that number will continue to climb. interesting too it seems there were a lot of children at the mosque at the time. there are conflicting reports about whether or not it was an islamic school or a mosque, but it seems that children were also gathered among the worshipers. were also gathered among the worshipers-—

were also gathered among the worshi ers. �* ,., .., worshipers. and so we will continue to monitor as _ worshipers. and so we will continue to monitor as those _ worshipers. and so we will continue to monitor as those figures - worshipers. and so we will continue to monitor as those figures come i worshipers. and so we will continue | to monitor as those figures come in. but what do you think this tells us about the security situation now in afghanistan under the taliban, we�*ve been talking this week about they�*ve been talking this week about they�*ve beenin been talking this week about they�*ve been in powerfor one week now —— one year now, many were hoping a tax would lessen? just one year now, many were hoping a tax would lessen?— would lessen? just two days ago, taliban supporters _ would lessen? just two days ago, taliban supporters were - would lessen? just two days ago, i taliban supporters were celebrating, flooding the streets of this city, close to where we are broadcasting from, celebrating what they call their independence day, crowing about their defeat of the american army, that the world�*s most powerful militaries. but while they did push out their biggest enemy, it�*s clear the bills to —— do still have powerful enemies willing to carry out these devastating strikes, most clearly the islamic state. even some of our viewers may remember that even during the chaotic withdrawal

last year, just after the taliban swept into power, that there was a huge suicide bombing at kabul international airport. and with every month, the islamic state is proving that it�*s able and willing to carry out attacks. in the past month, three prominent clerics from different parts of the muslim faith have been killed in attacks, sometimes the islamic state takes responsibility, usually immediately, when the choleric belongs to the shieh minority, but it has also carried out attacks against the sunni majority, as well. i�*m carried out attacks against the sunni majority, as well. i'm 'ust thinkin: , sunni majority, as well. i'm 'ust thinking, you're i sunni majority, as well. i'm 'ust thinking, you're there i sunni majority, as well. i'm 'ust thinking, you're there in i sunni majority, as well. i'mjust thinking, you're there in the i sunni majority, as well. i'm just. thinking, you're there in the city, thinking, you�*re there in the city, it�*s a year on since the taliban took over. for people, this is their capital city, whether there is a normality to life or how people are really coping with these attacks

that are still happening to this extent? i that are still happening to this extent? ., . that are still happening to this extent? ~ ., .., , that are still happening to this extent? ~ ., , ., ., extent? i think in a country and a --eole extent? i think in a country and a people who _ extent? i think in a country and a people who have _ extent? i think in a country and a people who have gone _ extent? i think in a country and a people who have gone through i extent? i think in a country and a | people who have gone through 40 people who have gone through a0 years of work, they�*ve lost a sense of what normality is. every chapter of what normality is. every chapter of war, there have been so many, has a different rhythm of life. yes, the kind of attacks that used to terrorise this city, the traffic in the morning, afghans used to leave for work in the morning, saying they weren�*t sure they would get home alive at night and it wasn�*t an exaggeration because of the sticky bombs being placed on the cars of prominent activists and politicians, poets — everyone seemed to be on the list of the taliban, as well as the islamic state. gone too from the skies are american and other nato warplanes, which used to particularly carry out campaigns in the villages of this country. but now, for all the relief some people

felt that the major war was over, this war still carries on, which is why so many people fear for their lives, some fear the new taliban rulers — some have already left, so it�*s hard to say anything approaching what anyone in the world will call normality is in place here in the city. will call normality is in place here in the city-— in the city. thanks so much, we will continue following _ in the city. thanks so much, we will continue following up _ in the city. thanks so much, we will continue following up this _ in the city. thanks so much, we will continue following up this story i in the city. thanks so much, we will continue following up this story in i continue following up this story in the coming hours. to kenya now — and the ongoing dispute over the presidential election result. president—elect william ruto says he will forge ahead with efforts to create his administration. it�*s the first time we�*ve heard from him since his rival, raila 0dinga, rejected the results. he spoke in nairobi. as we celebrate this moment, we also must focus on making sure that we deliver on our commitments. the expectations of the people

of kenya are huge. therefore, we do not have the luxury of wasting any time. i want to urge you, all of us, we need all hands on deck, and we don�*t have time to waste. these were the celebrations after william ruto was declared the winner. and these were the results. it was a tight race, william ruto 50.a9% of the vote and mr 0dinga a8.85%. four out of seven kenyan electoral commissioners have rejected the result, and so has mr 0dinga. i repeat, the figures are null and void, and must be quashed by a court of law. and void, and must be applause and void, and must be in our view, there is neither a legally—declared winner, nor a president—elect. this isn�*t the first time something like this has happened. in 2017, the election result was successfully overturned by the supreme court because of "widespread

discrepancies". kenya then held a second vote. this is a constitutional lawyer, who directed one of the petitions in 2017, on whether that could happen again. it seems that the main| contention will be what happened during the tally. i have my own apprehension — i unless they have a strong claim to show discrepancy in the primary forms recording the detail- from the polling stations. i have concerns withjust being able to show that there were some i commissioners who are not involved, which is not yet verified, _ whether that will be sufficient. this was william ruto�*s first time running for president. for mr 0dinga, this is his fifth election defeat. mr ruto served as deputy president for ten years, but fell out with the outgoing president uhuru kenyatta. mr kenyatta then backed mr 0dinga to succeed him, describing his former ally as "dishonest, greedy for power, impatient and unsuitable to lead".

we haven�*t heard from mr kenyatta since the result was announced. bbc monitoring�*s africa specialist beverly 0chieng is in nairobi. so far, what we are hearing is that leaders especially from raila 0dinga�*s support base in western kenya, which was quite devastated by violence as a result of the disputed elections in 2013 have urged their supporters to restrain themselves as they contemplate the way forward. so what we are hearing also hearing from raila 0dinga�*s secretarial team is that a candidate is supposed to address the supporters later this morning, perhaps giving them direction on the next course of action. the fact that they seem to

side with a section of the electoral commission who disowned the election results. so generally looking across the country, canyons have adopted a wait—and—see attitude, having been through similar experiences in past elections, considering that this is just one of the many elections that have been contested. so generally a sense of suspense, with the exception of regions, though you saw william araujo commands a lot of influence bursting in the celebration, talking about victory at this time —— william ruto. let�*s turn to greece now where the government is facing mounting pressure over a phone—tapping scandal. it�*s alleged that the spyware software called predator was planted on people�*s mobile phones, including journalists and the leader of an opposition party. there�*s been lots of reaction. the latest to weigh in is the european parliament. they�*ve called it "intolerable

and inexcusable". the greek journalist thanassis koukakis was one of the first to launch a legal complaint over the surveillance. he�*s been testifying about it at greece�*s supreme court — have a listen. translation: day by day, i we are getting more and more information thanks to the ongoing journalistic investigations into this case. i am convinced that these revelations will continue, and thatjustice will do its work even faster. you would be very wrong to believe i�*m the only target of surveillance, and to believe that those who did this only wanted to monitor one economicjournalist, and not our editors—in —chief or our editors. let�*s take a look at how all this unfolded. earlier this year, a journalist was notifed by digital rights group citizen lab that he had been under surveillance. then, nikos androulakis, leader of the socialist opposition pasok party, said that there had been an attempt to hack his mobile phone using tracking software. a week after that, the secretary general of the prime

minister�*s office, resigned. minutes later, the head of greece�*s national intelligence service followed suit. the government denies any involvement. this is the greek prime minister. translation: what was done may have been in accordance _ with the letter of the law, but it was wrong. i did not know, and obviously i would never have allowed it. the spy crisis has been likened to watergate, a major political scandal in the us which brought down president nixon. let�*s speak to ron deibert, director of the citizen lab at the university of toronto�*s munk school where they�*ve been investigating predator spyware. a lot of people might be saying, what exactly is spywa re a lot of people might be saying, what exactly is spyware — how would you describe it in lamens terms? and welcome. . ., you describe it in lamens terms? and welcome. ., ~ , ., ., ., welcome. thank you for having me. s- are is welcome. thank you for having me. spvware is a — welcome. thank you for having me. spyware is a sophisticated - spyware is a sophisticated surveillance technology that in a nutshell is used by government

clients, usually security agents to make your agencies, law enforcement and intelligence agencies, to hack into a target�*s device. we all carry around with us iphones, androids, etc that contain rich, detailed pictures of every aspect of our personal lives. so getting surreptitiously access to that device is very powerful. so a market has emerged globally for this type of technology, our research has shown its very poorly regulated, prone to abuses all over the world because government security agencies are using it to go after political opposition, human rights defenders and journalists. and as you say, this latest scandal in greece is but one of many in europe alone in the last year that we�*ve seen connecting to the abuse of this type of spyware technolo: . ., ., _ ., ' . , technology. how easy or difficult is it to rove technology. how easy or difficult is it to prove that _ technology. how easy or difficult is it to prove that spyware _ technology. how easy or difficult is it to prove that spyware was i it to prove that spyware was installed on someone cosmic phone, and by who? it�*s

installed on someone cosmic phone, and by who?— and by who? it's actually quite difficult, this _ and by who? it's actually quite difficult, this is _ and by who? it's actually quite difficult, this is one _ and by who? it's actually quite difficult, this is one of - and by who? it's actually quite difficult, this is one of the i and by who? it's actually quite i difficult, this is one of the areas we are recognised as one of the world leaders in. we have built up a repertoire of methods and skills to be able to forensically analyse phones for signatures that we can attribute positively to one or another vendor of spyware. so in the case of the journalist, we can look at crash logs of his device and say, "yes, for certain, you were hacked with predator for this "yes, for certain, you were hacked with predatorfor this period of time." it�*s hard to say who exactly is responsible for it, so you can make an analogy by saying you�*re looking at a crime scene, this person was murdered, but who pulled the trigger? spyware companies tend to settle only to government clients. we have other circumstantial evidence pointing towards greece as the government�*s operator. what happens after one of our investigations is there�*s a mia

culp of sorts, which you are seeing in this case. the prime minister admitted democrat admitting this happens but he didn�*t know, the chief steps down. this happens from spain, poland, hungary and other countries that have had similar scandals. 50 countries that have had similar scandals. , ., ., scandals. so is there a way for politicians _ scandals. so is there a way for politicians and _ scandals. so is there a way for politicians and journalists i scandals. so is there a way for politicians and journalists to i politicians and journalists to safeguard themselves from spyware? unfortunately not, this type of spyware, the most advanced versions on the market today, are extremely sophisticated. some can take over a device without any visible evidence of tampering on the outside or any interaction with a target known that�*s malicious. they can simply commandeer a device. so it�*s very powerful. to the surveillance

technology with nuclear technology is to weapons, it represents a quantum leap forward in sophistication and power. and sadly, the market is very poorly regulated right now, leading to these types of abuses and scandals. bier? abuses and scandals. very interesting, _ abuses and scandals. very interesting, thanks - abuses and scandals. very interesting, thanks so i abuses and scandals. very i interesting, thanks so much abuses and scandals. very interesting, thanks so much for spending time with us. mi; interesting, thanks so much for spending time with us. stay with us on 0utside source. still to come: nasa prepares for the first test of its giant new moon rocket, which one day will take man back to the moon. thames water has become the latest company to announce a hosepipe ban. it�*ll come into force a week today, affecting ten million customers in london and the south of england, and means people can�*t use a hosepipe for watering gardens, cleaning cars, orfilling paddling pools. meanwhile, heavy rain in the last few days has led to pollution warnings for nearly 50 beaches around england and wales, with untreated sewage being discharged into coastal waters.

0ur environment and rural affairs correspondent claire marshall reports. it looks so pristine, but a short way upstream from this popular swimming spot near bath, a pipe recently spewed untreated sewage into this water. johnny palmer is the owner of this land, and has been trying to get bathing water status for this stretch of river. it seems a long way off. it's really sad that we have got raw sewage coming through here, it is a warm, sunny day, and people want to go swimming. but if they do that, they will be swimming around in other people's poo. this is one river, and this is where water quality is being monitored. in most, it is not. there are dozens of alerts in place on beaches around the uk. this footage was taken yesterday in seaford. southern water are investigating. this is the resort of bognor regis, where another alert was issued. in a statement, southern water said...

back on the avon, some are willing to take the very real risk of getting ill — but the question is, should they have to? claire marshall, bbc news, somerset. this is 0utside source, live from the bbc newsroom. 0ur lead story is... there�*s been an explosion in kabul during evening prayers, killing and injuring a number of people. it�*s not yet clear who�*s behind it. in 1969, people across the world

were glued to tiny tv screens to see the american astronaut neil armstrong become the first person to walk on the moon. 53 years later, and nasa has taken a small step towards recreating thatjourney. this giant rocket, known as the space launch system, has moved into position in florida before it launches into space in just under two weeks. it�*s over 100 metres tall and was moved to the launch pad on a huge tractor in an operation that lasted over ten hours. well, the debut outing is a test with no crew aboard, but nasa is hoping future missions will send astronauts back to the moon. we can now speak to mercedes lopez—morales, who is an astrophysicist at the centre for astrophysics, at harvard and smithsonian. shejoins us from cambridge, massachusetts. very good to have you with us. are you excited when you see those pictures and hear that they are thinking about going back to the

moon? , , , , , , moon? yes, this is definitely super excitini. moon? yes, this is definitely super exciting- i'm _ moon? yes, this is definitely super exciting- i'm 49 — moon? yes, this is definitely super exciting. i'm 49 years _ moon? yes, this is definitely super exciting. i'm 49 years old - - moon? yes, this is definitely super exciting. i'm 49 years old - the i exciting. i�*m a9 years old — the last time humans were on the moon, i wasn�*t even born. and we think about these as going back to the moon, but this really is a step further than that. the idea is eventually in a few years to send people to start building the first settlements in the moon. it�*s building the first settlements in the moon. v . , the moon. it's really quite something. _ the moon. it's really quite something. why _ the moon. it's really quite something. why is - the moon. it's really quite something. why is it i the moon. it's really quite something. why is it that| the moon. it's really quite i something. why is it that it's the moon. it's really quite - something. why is it that it's taken something. why is it that it�*s taken something. why is it that it�*s taken so long to trying get people back on the moon? if it was done in 1969 with such technology compared to that era? i with such technology compared to that era? ., with such technology compared to that era? ~ ,., ., ., ,., that era? i think part of the reason was that it — that era? i think part of the reason was that it was _ that era? i think part of the reason was that it was something - that era? i think part of the reason was that it was something that we | was that it was something that we showed we could do, and then other things took priority. but now, i think we realise that, as we have more and more humans on earth, eventually you�*ll have to go somewhere else. and for a number of

reasons, not only because we aren�*t treating earth well, but eventually millions of years from now, the sun will expand and earth will end up basically inside the sun. so earth itself won�*t be habitable. and this will not happen for many, many years. our generations will not see this. but we have to start getting ready. and one way to get ready is to start trying to live in other places outside of earth. you're blowin: places outside of earth. you're blowing my — places outside of earth. you're blowing my mind _ places outside of earth. you're blowing my mind there, i places outside of earth. you're i blowing my mind there, mercedes, looking into the future like that. but some people have said you are alluding to that, as well, going to the moon is like a stepping stone to mars. is that how you see it? flat mars. is that how you see it? not 'ust me, mars. is that how you see it? not just me. that's — mars. is that how you see it? lint just me, that's the way nasa sees it, as well. as you said at the beginning, we haven't been there for 50 years, and even though we knew how to do it, we've probably lost a lot of knowledge on how to do it. that's why this first nation the macro flight won't have any humans

on it, this isjust a test to macro flight won't have any humans on it, this is just a test to assure democrat and sure we can do it and people will be safe. we have to start small, first we need to start building a presence on the moon, and once we know how to do it on the moon, then we will start thinking about going to mars.— about going to mars. speaking of nasa here. _ about going to mars. speaking of nasa here. a _ about going to mars. speaking of nasa here, a lot _ about going to mars. speaking of nasa here, a lot of _ about going to mars. speaking of nasa here, a lot of the _ about going to mars. speaking of nasa here, a lot of the space - nasa here, a lot of the space projects we hear now are private enterprise, aren't they? how do you see that? i suppose a lot of what stopped nasa could have been imagination, but also would've been funding, cold hard cash to make things like this happen sol funding, cold hard cash to make things like this happen so i feel that yes, it is. as a matter of fact, these things are really expensive and there are many other things to pay for on earth. so expensive and there are many other things to pay for on earth.— things to pay for on earth. so one ofthe things to pay for on earth. so one of the things _ things to pay for on earth. so one of the things about _ things to pay for on earth. so one of the things about this _ things to pay for on earth. so one i of the things about this new mission is that it's not only a nasa mission, but it's an international mission, but it's an international mission, with other participation from other countries. and as you

said, for the first time, we are going to have private companies also helping in. so some companies will build rockets, some will be landers. everything will become more efficient and cheaper to do. thanks so much, efficient and cheaper to do. thanks so much. 29 _ efficient and cheaper to do. thanks so much, 29 august _ efficient and cheaper to do. thanks so much, 29 august is _ efficient and cheaper to do. thanks so much, 29 august is their - efficient and cheaper to do. thanks so much, 29 august is their first i so much, 29 august is their first stab at it, if not early september. thank you. as the end of her glittering career looms closer, serena williams bowed out of what is likely to be her penultimate tournament in cincinnati at the first hurdle, losing in straight sets to us open champion, emma raducanu. williams, who last week indicated that she is planning to retire after this month's us open, was no match for the british teenager, who romped to a 6—4, 6—0 win. andy swiss reports. it was both the warmest of welcomes and the fondest of farewells. serena williams emerging for probably her penultimate tournament to face a player a mere

21 years herjunior. emma raducanu wasn't even born when williams won her first grand slam titles. and briefly, there were glimmers of that old magic. williams willed on by the crowd, including her daughter, olympia. but any optimism soon faded as raducanu rose to the occasion. oh, that's excellent. with her us open title defence looming, just what she needed, as she ultimately cruised to victory, 6—4, 6—0. the celebrations were muted, out of respect for one of the greatest her sport has seen. raducanu said the honour was all hers. i think that i definitely played some more aggressive tennis tonight and compared to some more recent matches, ijust really wanted to give myself the best chance. by swinging, i knew i wasn't going to beat serena by pushing the ball on the court. so i was going for my shots and letting it go and it actually helped with the others as well.

as for williams, well, there were no tears this time, —— as for williams, she now heads to new york and the final chapter of a quite remarkable career. andy swiss, bbc news. definitely will be a hot ticket to go see serena at the us open. a reminder of our top story: there's been a powerful explosion in the afghan capital, targeting a mosque during evening prayers. there are a number of deaths. according to local media, the mosque pots and mum was among those killed. witnesses said the bomb shattered windows in nearby buildings. dozens of taliban security forces have been deployed to the area. last week, a pro—taliban cleric was killed in a suicide bomb blast claimed by the islamic state group. an emergency ngo tweeted... we will continue following that

story for you right here on bbc, do stay with us if you can. hello there. it's been a wednesday dominated by sharp, thundery downpours. we started the day with some localised flooding in holbeach, in lincolnshire — 142 millimetres of rain fell, most of that from midnight till 6am on wednesday. and then, through the latter stages of the day today, we've seen the heaviest thundery downpours across parts of southeast england — that was essex just a few hours ago. so, the showers faded away across parts of the east midlands and lincolnshire, but the sharp showers then started to gather down into that southeastern corner. that's where we've got an amber weather warning, and that's valid until 10pm this evening because some of those thundery downpours could merge together and potentially cause some localised flash flooding. the showers will fade as we go through the latter stages of the day, maybe just i—2 clinging

to the kent coast. we keep some cloud, quite misty, as well, through the night, and some showers developing into the far northwest. a relatively mild start to thursday morning, as temperatures widely hold up into double figures. 50 thursday, we'll start off with the best of the drier weather out to the east. because this area of low pressure, anchored just to the south of iceland, throwing the weather fronts in our direction, will bring more cloud, a bit more of a freshening breeze, as well. and some showery outbreaks of rain to begin with, then turning heavier, more persistent across wales and northwest england as we go through the day. perhaps we'll see the cloud thinning, some sunshine coming through across eastern england — that's where the warmth is likely to be. still, those temperatures peaking at 25 celsius — that's 77 fahrenheit. now, those weather fronts will continue to sweep their way south and east. they will do so, so clearing early on friday morning along that kent coast, brightening up a quieter day in prospect for friday with a few scattered,

slow—moving showers into the far northwest. and top temperatures expected of 16—25 celsius once again. so that's friday — as we head towards the weekend, we are likely to see low pressure dominating once again. one system bringing showers on saturday, another system could bring a spell of heavier, more persistent rain for the second half of the weekend. so take note — some showers around, and then, gradually that wetter weather expected to arrive by sunday afternoon.

this is bbc news. i'm lewis vaughan jones. the headlines at 8pm — the cost of living is up again — pricesjump by 10.1% in the 12 months tojuly, the highest rate of inflation for a0 years. i'm looking for work as well cos i've got a daughter to look after, too, and we are really struggling at the momentjust because of the prices going up. food and drink prices are rising the fastest. many businesses say they're worried. i am really scared of the future as a business. i mean, ithought we'd ridden the storm for the last 2.5—3 years. i thought i'd never experience something like that again, but this is very, very frightening. and economists warn the worst is yet to come. we may now see inflation| peaking at 14% in january.