welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines. the un chief says any damage to ukraine's nuclear plant would be �*suicide�* — on a visit to lviv he calls for an end to fighting near the facility. in russia, authorities say two villages close to the border with ukraine were evacuated, after a fire broke out at an ammunition depot. and reports of explosions at a military airfield, in russian occupied crimea. also on the programme, a usjudge has unsealed some of the documents which were presented before fbi agents were authorised to search donald trump's florida home last week. and finland's prime ministerfaces

backlash after a leaked video shows her dancing and singing at a party with celebrity friends. she says she did nothing illegal. we start in ukraine, where the un secretary general who's in the country, said he was gravely concerned about nuclear safety. after talks with president zelensky, antonio gutteresh said the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant — seized by russia — must not be a target for military operations. turkey's president erdogan — who was also at the meeting — warned of the danger of "another chernobyl". our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse reports. the hunt for a solution.

featuring turkey's president erdogan, antonio guterres, the united nations chief, and ukraine's leader, volodymyr zelensky. one agenda item, russia's continued occupation of the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. there were repeated calls for a demilitarisation zone and for international inspectors to be let in. moscow has continually refused but ukraine is practising for a worst—case scenario. in an online post, staff there have described feeling powerless in the face of madness. agreement is urgently needed to establish zaporizhzhia as purely civilian infrastructure and to ensure the safety of the area. the next agenda item seemed more positive. the only diplomatic breakthrough in this war. a grain deal which has and still is allowing ukraine to export it through the black sea. kyiv and moscow were urged to make

sure it continues to succeed as it could be a long—term route to peace. today though we were reminded of ukraine's condition for that to happen. translation: i'm very surprised to hear that they are ready - for some kind of peace. the people who kill, rape, hit our civilian cities with cruise missiles every day cannot want peace. first they should leave our territory. while today hasn't brought much in terms of concrete outcomes, there has been some progress. ukraine and russia still are not talking to each other but they could reach future agreements with the united nations and turkey as brokers in the middle. for now, any hope is eclipsed by the daily reality of this war. 17 people the latest to lose their lives in ukraine's second city kharkiv, in what authorities called one of their most tragic days. james waterhouse, bbc news in kyiv.

well, in the last few hours, since those talks, there have been several explosions near a military airfield in russian—occupied crimea north of the city of sevastopol,around the belbek airfield. the governor of sevastopol said russian anti—aircraft forces had shot down a ukrainian drone, although it's not yet known whether the two events are connected. you'll remember another russian airbase in crimea was hit by explosions earlier this month. and seperately, in russia itself two villages close to the border with ukraine were evacuated after a fire broke out at an ammunition depot. the fire was less than fifty kilometres from the frontier. no casualties were reported. joining me now from washington is angela stent, she's a senior fellow at the brookings institution and author of �*putin�*s world: russia against the west and with the rest�*. more explosions reported in crimea — just unpick what is happening here, and why?

i think the ukrainians are hitting back really hurts. they hurts. they thought they had crimea secure and that they're having summer holidays and suddenly, ukrainians have shown that they can damage russian assets there. airfields, ammunition and it's really making russian sub to recalibrate what they're doing now. would look at every calibration, this is taking all of this happening against backdrop of increasing worries about the nuclear power plant in zapori—cha; un sec gen saying damage to the plant would be suicide — is there any way out of this, two sides coming to an agreement? i wish they were, but the russians have recklessly use this nuclear power plant, the largest one in europe as a military base and their firing from the nuclear power plant into ukraine and the ukrainians

really cannot fire back because they would risk a major nuclear explosion. so it is a form of blackmail but the russians have refused to let the international atomic agency, and speak to them and i'm sure that they will continue to plead for that but i'm not sure what is going to take for the russians to agree to that because by doing this, they are intimidating everyone around them and cutting off electricity to much of ukraine. i’m electricity to much of ukraine. i'm intriaued electricity to much of ukraine. i'm intrigued as to what you make of this word narrative. it is impossible to say at this point, given the competing narratives about who is ahead and who was winning, this is an information work in your view president was formally an actor but russians are very good at

putting out information and a lot of it is disinformation. there are number of cases we do not quite know an ambiguity around what is happening in crimea and we have hints that ukrainian saboteurs are responsible for it but ukrainian government has not come out and set a new thing, the russians accuse ukrainians of doing exactly what they the russians are doing and it's very hard to sift through all of this. i think we can only rely on saying what western intelligence agencies know about this and what they can see in the from the air or they can see in the from the air or the ground there to know what is really happening. in the ground there to know what is really happening-— the ground there to know what is really happening. in terms of how this is change _ really happening. in terms of how this is change the _ really happening. in terms of how this is change the global - really happening. in terms of how this is change the global shift - really happening. in terms of how this is change the global shift in l this is change the global shift in power dynamics and particularly looking at russia's sphere of influence, at an area that you are well versed with, how do you think thatis well versed with, how do you think that is changed?—

well versed with, how do you think that is changed? putin has made the choice with this _ that is changed? putin has made the choice with this war _ that is changed? putin has made the choice with this war to _ that is changed? putin has made the choice with this war to jettison - choice with this war to jettison good relations with the collective west by which, north america, europe, australia, new zealand, japan and south korea. and really just turn to china and to the global south and he has been quite successful in that because, china has neither condemned russia or sanctioned russia. india, a democracy, a member of the quad and in partnership with the us and australia and japan, india has not condemned or sanctioned russia and is importing more oil than other country, all of the other countries are the same time they have maintained the new neutrality. and even latin america and mexico are major trade part of the us. they are all taking a stance where they want to condemn russia and are neutral and they have used power blocs emerging from this.—

and they have used power blocs emerging from this. thank you so much forjoining _ emerging from this. thank you so much forjoining us _ emerging from this. thank you so much forjoining us on _ emerging from this. thank you so much forjoining us on the - much forjoining us on the programme. ajudge in florida has unsealed some of the documents which allowed fbi agents to search the mar—a—lago home of donald trump. it comes after a group of news organisations argued it was in the public interest to know more information about the search. for more on this i am joined now by our washington correspondent chi chi izundu. so, now we've had some of the documents unsealed — what did we learn? we found two very valuable things. the first is that two documents have been unsealed as part of today's court hearing. the first was why the government wanted the warrant and the affidavit, the statement of growth of the evidence that they gathered in order to get the warrant

signed by a judge kept and there's a good cause because the integrity of the ongoing investigation might be compromised and evidence may be destroyed and the second, if you like, more interesting piece of unsealing documentation that we've got from today's court hearing is a bit more detail on exactly what the government are accusing donald trump of. last week, the fbi went into the home on a search warrant of donald trump and on friday, as per the request of the department of justice, via court, the warrant had essentially the fbi agent had removed several sets of records from donald trump's home, including some which were stamped top secret. the organisations were not happy with that amount of disclosure so they went to court and that hearing was today and we found out exactly what

the fbi and the government were investigating donald trump four. last week, were made aware that it was under the espionage act today, we found out that they were investigating him for willful retention of national defence information, concealment or removal of government records and instruction from the federal investigation.— instruction from the federal investiuation. . ~' . instruction from the federal investiuation. . ~ . ., investigation. thank you so much for “oininu us investigation. thank you so much for joining us on — investigation. thank you so much for joining us on the _ investigation. thank you so much for joining us on the programme. - the man accused of stabbing author salman rushdie in new york last week has pleaded not guilty to two charges in court. 24—year—old hadi matar appeared in the chautauqua county court earlier. he faces charges of second—degree attempted murder and assault over the incident, that happened while the author was on stage at a retreat in new york state. salman rushdie faced years of death threats for his 1988 novel the satanic verses. he remains in a serious condition in hospital.

let's take a look at some of the stories in the headlines in the uk. thousands of students across the uk have received their a—level results today, after completing their first set of exams since the pandemic. while the proportion of top grades was down on last year, the result is higher than in 2019. relief, i definitely got what i wanted and i'm glad to see what the future holds. i'm going to go to a concert. �* ., ., ., ., concert. i'm going to do an apprenticeship _ concert. i'm going to do an apprenticeship in _ concert. i'm going to do an apprenticeship in business| concert. i'm going to do an - apprenticeship in business and i got what i _ apprenticeship in business and i got what i needed. i could to do what i want _ what i needed. i could to do what i want to— what i needed. i could to do what i want to da — rail passengers will face more disruption on friday, as companies try to get services up and running after a 2k hour strike that ground most trains to a halt. the department for transport accused rail unions of inflicting �*misery on millions', as the parties try to resolve a dispute overjobs. let's go to finland now —

where the prime minister, sanna marin, is facing fresh criticism from opposition parties, after being seen partying in a leaked video. here it is. in this footage, thought to be taken from social media, she and friends including finnish celebrities are seen dancing and singing. one opposition leader is demanding her to take a drug test. ms marin said she'd be willing to take one and that she only drank alcohol. here she is commenting on the video. robert sundman is a journalist and political commentator in helsinki, and told us how this is dividing the country. ican i can say that the reception has been polarised. it appears the one that liked her before it empathised that liked her before it empathised that it that liked her before it empathised thatitis that liked her before it empathised that it is normal to party with your friends there's nothing wrong or

immoral about that. on the other hand, there are people they consider that this is not appropriate and may be there also some scepticism that why is the prime minister so keen on hanging out and partying with celebrities and social media influencers. it's really necessary to hang out with them and if it is, is it ok trust them with videos of you partying on their instagram. nothing will stay private and that includes the prime minister am i so consider this as well, a misjudgment on her side. the consider this as well, a mis'udgment on her side.— consider this as well, a mis'udgment on her she.— on her side. the aspect of his reading about _ on her side. the aspect of his reading about there - on her side. the aspect of his reading about there in - on her side. the aspect of his reading about there in the - on her side. the aspect of his. reading about there in the past on her side. the aspect of his - reading about there in the past part was that she will take a drug test because she was just drinking alcohol and some the opposition politicians were calling for a drug test. do you think there is real pressure for her to do that? i’m test. do you think there is real pressure for her to do that? i'm not sure, this pressure for her to do that? i'm not sure. this has _ pressure for her to do that? i'm not sure, this has to _ pressure for her to do that? i'm not sure, this has to be _ pressure for her to do that? i'm not sure, this has to be the _ pressure for her to do that? i'm not sure, this has to be the debate - pressure for her to do that? i'm not sure, this has to be the debate of. sure, this has to be the debate of the day in finland but what was actually set on that video and that

is why the opposition leader was demanding of the drug test because it was speculated that someone might have shouted a word that could be a nickname for drug and the video and now it has been a constant debate in finland of what are the actual words that people are shouting in the video and someone mentioned a nickname for a drug. as you say, she is ready for a test but would consider it quite odd. i mentioned to her viewers _ consider it quite odd. i mentioned to her viewers that _ consider it quite odd. i mentioned to her viewers that she, _ consider it quite odd. i mentioned to her viewers that she, was - consider it quite odd. i mentioned to her viewers that she, was in . consider it quite odd. i mentioned | to her viewers that she, was in hot water previously about having a covid—i9 contact which went out clubbing. how is her popularity into these events change as far as the majority of people that are in the country? majority of people that are in the count ? ~ , ., , ., country? well, everything about the recent polls. — country? well, everything about the recent polls, she _ country? well, everything about the recent polls, she is _ country? well, everything about the recent polls, she is considered - country? well, everything about the recent polls, she is considered the l recent polls, she is considered the most popular party leader and the

most popular party leader and the most prime minister of the 21st century and things also believe that she contributes to the popularity of rum party —— finns, the social democrats and this is one thing that as i mentioned, this is not a first time partying and these are not the first news about it. it seems that the gates before have not damaged her party, at least on a wide scale, no numerical evidence. but it is really interesting to see how this goes and of course, the key question is the have the support of rum party. social democrats rely heavily on his personal popularity.

still to come a bit later in the programme: but first. washington, the world's most political city, is today assessing the political health of the world's most powerful man. indeed i did have a relationship with miss lewinsky that was not appropriate. in fact, it was wrong. in south africa, 97 people have been killed today in one of the worst days of violence between rival black groups. over the last ten days, 500 have died. chanting: czechoslovakia must be free! _ czechoslovakia must be free! russia is observing a national day of mourning for the 187 mariners who died aboard the kursk. we are with them now, within our hearts. the pope has celebrated mass before a congregation of more _ than two—and—a—half million people

in his hometown of krakow. - "stay with us, stay with us," chanted this ocean of humanity. "well, well," joked the pope, "so you want me to the desert rome?" this is newsday on the bbc. our headlines. any damage tonraine �*s nuclear plant would be suicide on the visit, he calls for an end to the fighting at the facility. and a usjudge unseals some documents that authorised the fbi to search donald trump's florida home. lets turn to japan now — which has a rather unusual new strategy when it comes alcohol consumption. you would generally expect a government to promote less drinking.

but injapan, the country's national tax agency has launched a nationwide competition, asking for ideas to encourage people in their 20s and 30s to drink more alcohol because it's keen to increase its revenue from alcohol tax. my colleague mariko oi has more. for generations, many considered alcohol part of their daily life, even at work, believing going out for drinks helps with business negotiations. that's been changing because stagnant salaries mean young adults are not drinking as much alcohol as their parents generation. and according to government figures, people that only drink three quarters of what they used to in the 1990s, and that's affecting the country's budget. it's alcohol tax revenue was already falling, but in 2020, do to pandemic restrictions, it suffered its biggest fall in decades. now, the government has launched a nationwide competition called sake viva, encouraging people in their 20s

and 30s to drink more alcohol — but not surprisingly the competition has been criticised for promoting an unhealthy habit. to algeria now — which has been ravaged by wildfires this summer. at least 38 people are believed to have died and hundreds others were injured in forest fires that swept through 1a districts of northern algeria on wednesday. the country's interior minister kamel beldjoud told state television that 2a people lost their lives in fires in el tarf, near the border with tunisia, in addition to two others who died earlier in setif. algeria is among several north african countries suffereing the effects of a record heatwave. the bbc�*s bassam banouini has more. algerian firefighters have been battling a string of places by a

drought in blistering heat wave and is killed at least 30 people and left destruction in their wake. devey forest fires and become an annual occurrence of the north african country where climate change is turning large areas into a tinderbox. local media reported that eight people had been burned to death in a bus near the city of 100,000 residents. state television reported this morning that prime minister was visiting the area. according to the countries interior minister, 106 fires have broken out in nigeria since early august, destroying 800 hectares of forest and 1000 acres of wetlands. so i have been caused by arson. the scene sparked fears of a repeat of fires last year which killed at least 90 people and hundred thousand hectares of forest and farmland in the

countries north. this catastrophe promoted bitter criticism of the authorities of the lake of firefighting aircraft. one specialist who asked not to be named in the 1980s, the country had 22 air crafts for battling forest fires. but that has been on the cheap without any alternative solution being proposed. they say that authorities of rented a russian water bomber plane but it has suffered a malfunction and is not expected to be functional until next saturday. a long—serving senior executive for donald trump's family business has admitted conspiring with the company in a fifteen—year tax fraud. allen weisselberg, who's 75, avoided paying tax on more than 1.5 million pounds worth of unreported perks. under his plea deal, he will serve five months in prison and will have to testify against the company. somalia's best known poet,

mohamed ibrahim warsame hadraawi, has died, age 79. sometimes referred to as the shakespeare of somalia, hadraawi wrote lyrics to more than 200 poems and 70 songs. he spent five years in jail in the 70s for criticising the then—president, before going into exile in djibouti. turning to the uk now — where, the recent heatwave and subsequent dry weather has caused havoc — from wildfires, to damaged crops, and fields suffering after scorching hot temperatures. but animals are finding it tough too — not only to survive during the heat but also to find enough water to hydrate themselves. one farmer in suffolk in the southeast of england is so worried, she's been putting out trays of water and even caught some visitors on camera. debbie tubby has more. this hare is wary, but thirsty. it normally wouldn't drink out of a container, but there is no moisture in the grass.

this jay is trying to cool off. a badger, brazen about enjoying a possibly life—saving drink. even a fox has come to this man—made watering home. i kind of thought it might be a goshawk, and i've never seen one to photograph. i didn't know they were on the farm. which is really nice. all of them have been caught on camera by sue cross, who is so concerned about their welfare after weeks of no rain she has been putting water out for them to drink. i think the wildlife needs water. our ponds have dried up, the river is very low. and they are using the water trays that are out, so it obviously is making a difference. she lives on a 600—acre farm near bury st edmunds. just go over there. there's probably about three on the other side of this hedge here. she now spends all day every day refreshing and refilling 70 trays of water for the wildlife which calls this farm home.

she is a farmer, but her hobby is wildlife photography. her priority now is keeping them alive and capturing them instead on hidden cameras. oh, wow, this is a first. a tawny owl. that's amazing. you see things you haven't seen before. a camera card full every day to get through and see it, but it's a nice thing to do in the evening. some are so desperate for water they don't mind who they drink with. this rat is possibly dinnerfor this polecat, once on the brink of extinction, but it needs a drink first. we've got to do things differently. things have got to change. without water and moisture — it is moisture which is the main thing we need — things are going to struggle. it's a big wake—up call. all creatures great and small. amazing pictures, but many will question whether we should be seeing this at all.

debbie tubby, bbc news. you have been watching newsday. stay with us, we will be talking to former hello there. the weather is still looking quite mixed, really, over the coming few days. we end the week with some warm spells of sunshine, but there will be a few showers blown in, mainly towards northwestern parts of the uk. towards the southeast, on thursday, temperatures reached 27 in central london and 28 at heathrow airport in the sunshine — that sunshine was ahead of this band of cloud that brought some patchy rain. and that cloud and patchy rain is heading towards the south east at the moment, it will keep the tempers up here by the end of the night. but clearer skies will follow to the north, those numbers dropping away to 11—12 celsius. and you may get a view of the northern lights in scotland, maybe the far north of england and northern ireland. some early rain here in the south—east corner of england and cloud — that soon moves away, sunshine comes through.

cloud will tend to build up a bit and, as the wind picks up in scotland and northern ireland, will blow in some blustery showers. here, the odd showers possible across england and wales, but on the whole it looks dry, some sunshine. temperatures similar to what we had on thursday — could make 20 celsius in eastern scotland and eastern parts of northern ireland, low—to—mid—20s across england and wales. now we still have an area of low pressure to the north of the uk — around the base of that, this weather front is pushing in from the atlantic, and that means we start the weekend with some cloud and rain in scotland and northern ireland. but it does move through, and we'll get some sunshine following, a few showers into the northwest. this narrow band of rain gets stuck across northern england. to the south, there could be some spells of sunshine and maybe 1—2 light showers — nut again, it's generally dry, and those temperatures are not really changing much as we head into saturday afternoon. second half of the weekend, and remember, everything is sort of coming in from the west — this is where our weather is coming from, and we've got some more weatherfront, some thickening cloud tending to come in from the atlantic, slowly but surely.

and things are slowing down a bit, really. so we start dry, bright, some sunshine on sunday. and with that cloud coming in steadily from the west during the day, the winds probably a bit lighter on sunday, and a bit of rain coming into some western areas later on. if anything, temperatures maybe a shade lower on sunday — 18 central belt of scotland, 20 for london and the home counties. now the jet stream is sitting righ, tver the uk at the moment. that's bringing the unsettled weather. into next week, the jet stream heads further north — and that allows some warmer weather to arrive, especially in the southeast.

this is bbc news, the headlines... the un secretary general says the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in ukraine — seized by russia — must not be a target for military operations. antonio guterres was speaking after meeting president zelenzky and the leader of turkey, who warned of "another chernobyl". a usjudge has unsealed some of the documents which were presented before fbi agents were authorised to search donald trump's florida home last week. these reveal that donald trump is alleged to have wilfully retained national defence information. donald trump's former head of finance has pleaded guilty to tax fraud while working at the trump organisation. allen weisselberg is expected to serve five months in prison. scientists are investigating whether the dinosaurs were wiped out not by one asteroid

strike, but two. they've identified a huge crater off the coast of africa of a similar age