this is bbc news — these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. explosions have been reported at two russian military bases, as an official claims a ukrainian drone was shot down in russian occupied crimea. the blasts come as the un secretary general, antonio guterres undertakes a two day visit to ukraine. a growing number of under—30s in the uk are paying unaffordable rent — new figures show that 4 in 10 are paying landlords more than 30% of their income. it's disheartening, because it feels like you'll be stuck in rental properties forever. but everyone�*s in the same position. nhs leaders say the uk is facing a humanitarian crisis, unless further action is taken on energy costs — with more people falling ill as they choose between skipping meals and heating their homes

the bomb maker responsible for the murder of more than 200 people nearly 20 years ago in bali could walk free from prison this year. apple has released an urgent security update for its iphones, ipads and macs — after two serious vulnerabilities were found that could allow attackers to gain access to someone�*s device. hello, and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. a series of explosions have been reported at two russian military installations. in sevastopol, in russian—occupied crimea, the governor claimed a ukrainian drone was shot down by anti—aircraft defences near a key military airfield. in russia itself, the authorities said villages close to the border with ukraine were evacuated after a fire broke out

at an ammunition depot. the blasts occurred as the un secretary—general, antonio guterres, undertakes a two—day visit to ukraine. gareth barlow reports. this is russia, about 50 kilometres from the ukrainian border. an arms depot, exploding into the night. two local villages evacuated, as investigations got under way. the blast comes as series of explosions were reported at an air base in russian occupied crimea. the exact cause of the blast in both cases unclear. the latest blazes, though, are part of a broadening recent trend of incidents at key russian installations, far behind the front lines. as these pictures of another airfield in crimea, which appear to show damage following a series of explosions earlier this month will attest. earlier on thursday, president zelensky met the secretary—general of the un, antonio guterres,

as well as the turkish leader, president erdogan. op of the agenda, the continued russian occupation and militarisation of the zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in southern ukraine, a situation triggering warnings from round the world. united states condemns, in the strongest terms, russia's reckless disregard for nuclear safety and security. along with our allies and partners, we call on russia to cease all military operations at or near ukraine's nuclear facilities, and to return full control of the znpp to ukraine. speaking at theirjoint meeting, turkey's president erdogan called on moscow to demilitarise the area, warning of the risk of another chernobyl at the plant. the united nations chief adding he was gravely concerned about fighting near zaporizhzhia. commonsense must prevail, to avoid any actions that might endanger the physical integrity, safety or security of the nuclear plant. and the facility must not be used to spark any military operations.

later on friday, antonio guterres will travel to 0desa, the vital ukrainian port once again exporting grain around the world. turkey and the un brokered the deal to resume shipments, the only diplomatic success so far in this six month war, and it is hoped the backbone for more deals to come. but the prospect of peace, as things currently stand, still seems as hollow as these cavernous war—torn ruins. gareth barlow, bbc news. we're expecting to hear from the antonio guterres who's in 0desa at a news conference scheduled for around now — when that happens we'll bring it to you. four out of 10 young people in the uk signing up for new private tenancies, are spending an "unaffordable" amount of their income on rent, new figures suggest. housing experts say spending

more than 30% of income on rent is unaffordable, and the proportion of young renters grappling with high housing costs is at a five—year high. 0ur consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith reports. no—one likes paying rent, but right now, people under 30 like mia are paying through the nose. my tenancy is ending soon and looking for new tenancies is just more and more expensive. it's disheartening because it feels like you're just going to be stuck in rental properties forever, but everyone�*s in the same position. it's extortionate. what were you paying then? it's 850 between the two of us and also the bills which have absolutely crippled me. i literallyjust moved back home two weeks ago, so there you go. although the data shows the most unaffordable areas for young people are in london, many of the areas that have seen the biggest change are other towns and cities. rotherham, bolton, dudley, slough, salford, walsall, nottingham, trafford and peterborough have seen some of the biggest increases. young people spend more of their incomes on rent than any other age group.

so with rents going up so quickly at the same time their incomes are not, it's younger people who are being squeezed in the middle, and that's before they've even started paying for any of their other bills. in dudley, estate agents say with so few homes coming up, it's tempting for tenants to offer more than the listed price. under 30s are struggling at the moment. i can relate to them, so i do try and sympathise a little bit, but at the same time they shouldn't be offering £100 more or £50 more if they cannot meet that requirement. but then if they don't, they're going to miss out on that property. so it's a hard situation. that's the conundrum that io faced when she got her flat. did you find that lots of people were looking round every flat that you were looking at? exactly. sometimes you just have to probably offer more or offer to pay upfront or something just to get it. but for some, moving back home does have a silver lining. i like living with my mum, so yeah, i'll stay there as long as i can. yeah, my washing's

all done, food cooked. it's all good! colletta smith, bbc news, in salford. joining me now is chris norris, policy director at the national residential landlords association. welcome to you. great to have you on the programme. what do you make of the programme. what do you make of the figures, four out of ten young people paying an unaffordable amount of rent? it’s people paying an unaffordable amount of rent? �* , ., people paying an unaffordable amount ofrent? �*, .,, ,, , of rent? it's not surprising, it is the result _ of rent? it's not surprising, it is the result of— of rent? it's not surprising, it is the result of the _ of rent? it's not surprising, it is the result of the rent _ of rent? it's not surprising, it is the result of the rent they - of rent? it's not surprising, it is the result of the rent they are l the result of the rent they are being — the result of the rent they are being asked to pay but, as your package — being asked to pay but, as your package mentioned, also income is not going _ package mentioned, also income is not going up at the rate they need to to _ not going up at the rate they need to to meet — not going up at the rate they need to to meet the cost of living is increases _ to to meet the cost of living is increases. i wish i could say i was surprised, — increases. i wish i could say i was surprised, but i think we all know that the _ surprised, but i think we all know that the cost of living at the cost of doing — that the cost of living at the cost of doing business increasing, these are becoming very, very challenging times _ are becoming very, very challenging times. . , ., . times. challenging times, how much is to do with — times. challenging times, how much is to do with a _ times. challenging times, how much is to do with a shortage _ times. challenging times, how much is to do with a shortage of— is to do with a shortage of properties out there for renters? there are three real factors pushing these _ there are three real factors pushing these up. _ there are three real factors pushing these up, one of them, as you rightly— these up, one of them, as you

rightly say, _ these up, one of them, as you rightly say, is supplied. we have a housing _ rightly say, is supplied. we have a housing crisis, and underpinning that is— housing crisis, and underpinning that is the — housing crisis, and underpinning that is the fact that supplies not keeping — that is the fact that supplies not keeping up with demand and that will inevitably— keeping up with demand and that will inevitably lead to the kind of competition that renters were talking — competition that renters were talking about. i think there is also an increasing cost of doing business, landlord costs are going up business, landlord costs are going up as— business, landlord costs are going up as much— business, landlord costs are going up as much as households are. actually, — up as much as households are. actually, landlords are being taxed increasingly more at the moment because — increasingly more at the moment because of the way the government have changed the way that landlords are treated. that is being pushed through— are treated. that is being pushed through and driving up some of the costs— through and driving up some of the costs as _ through and driving up some of the costs as well.— costs as well. how do different arts of costs as well. how do different parts of the — costs as well. how do different parts of the country _ costs as well. how do different parts of the country compare? | costs as well. how do different. parts of the country compare? we alwa s parts of the country compare? we always say, and it is cliched, that there _ always say, and it is cliched, that there is— always say, and it is cliched, that there is no— always say, and it is cliched, that there is no national housing market, there _ there is no national housing market, there are _ there is no national housing market, there are lots of different markets around _ there are lots of different markets around the country, different pressures. as some of the people you spoke _ pressures. as some of the people you spoke to— pressures. as some of the people you spoke to their mentioned, there are certain— spoke to their mentioned, there are certain urban areas and towns that are being — certain urban areas and towns that are being hit more than others. some areas. _ are being hit more than others. some areas, unfortunately, we are finding more _ areas, unfortunately, we are finding more landlords pulling out from the market _ more landlords pulling out from the market because their costs mean that it doesnt— market because their costs mean that it doesn't stack up to stay there. so we _ it doesn't stack up to stay there. so we are — it doesn't stack up to stay there. so we are seeing lots of that in the

north-west— so we are seeing lots of that in the north—west on the south—west of england. — north—west on the south—west of england, where other business models. — england, where other business models, for instance letting to short—term lets, airbnb style, is starting — short—term lets, airbnb style, is starting to— short—term lets, airbnb style, is starting to look more attractive to landlords— starting to look more attractive to landlords and they are starting to pull away— landlords and they are starting to pull away from the market. that exacerbates the problems. another thin . exacerbates the problems. another thin that exacerbates the problems. another thing that we _ exacerbates the problems. another thing that we saw _ exacerbates the problems. another thing that we saw in _ exacerbates the problems. another thing that we saw in this _ exacerbates the problems. another thing that we saw in this report - exacerbates the problems. another thing that we saw in this report is i thing that we saw in this report is renters going to look at a property or apply to rent a property and then it becomes a bit of a free for all, where the rent may be set, but they will say, actually, it will go to the highest bidder. i will say, actually, it will go to the highest bidder.— will say, actually, it will go to the highest bidder. i think that is robabl the highest bidder. i think that is probably happening _ the highest bidder. i think that is probably happening in _ the highest bidder. i think that is probably happening in a - the highest bidder. i think that is probably happening in a minority| the highest bidder. i think that is i probably happening in a minority of places _ probably happening in a minority of places we — probably happening in a minority of places. we tend to see that more where _ places. we tend to see that more where you — places. we tend to see that more where you have a very hot and active market. _ where you have a very hot and active market. but — where you have a very hot and active market, but also the involvement of letting _ market, but also the involvement of letting agencies, where you have an extra _ letting agencies, where you have an extra incentive, i suppose, to increase — extra incentive, i suppose, to increase the return. by and large, landlord _ increase the return. by and large, landlord will set a rent and then if they have — landlord will set a rent and then if they have competitive tenants, prospective tenants, they will actually — prospective tenants, they will actually look at the best risk. so, somebody— actually look at the best risk. so, somebody talked about offering more than they— somebody talked about offering more than they could afford, you will

have _ than they could afford, you will have landlords assessing the ability of a potential tenant to sustain the tenancy. _ of a potential tenant to sustain the tenancy, and hopefully choosing one that has— tenancy, and hopefully choosing one that has the lowest risk, that is most _ that has the lowest risk, that is most likely to sustain, rather than 'ust most likely to sustain, rather than just pushing up rents. i think at the moment, landlords are looking to cover— the moment, landlords are looking to cover their— the moment, landlords are looking to cover their costs and retain their n1argin.— cover their costs and retain their margin, this is not an environment that is— margin, this is not an environment that is driving greed or runaway increases — that is driving greed or runaway increases. it isjust trying to cover— increases. it isjust trying to cover costs. increases. it is 'ust trying to cover costs.— increases. it is 'ust trying to cover costs. . ., cover costs. some are calling for the few to _ cover costs. some are calling for the few to put — cover costs. some are calling for the few to put a _ cover costs. some are calling for the few to put a cap _ cover costs. some are calling for the few to put a cap on - cover costs. some are calling for the few to put a cap on and - cover costs. some are calling for. the few to put a cap on and freeze rents, aren't they? also, to cause erections. how would landlords respond to that? i'm guessing not to positively? respond to that? i'm guessing not to ositivel ? ., ., ., , , , ,, positively? how would any business resond to positively? how would any business respond to laws _ positively? how would any business respond to laws being _ positively? how would any business respond to laws being changed - positively? how would any business respond to laws being changed on l positively? how would any business l respond to laws being changed on the rug being pulled out from under them, from their business, midway through the financial year? rent controls, i can see the appeal of capping rent and why it would be a popular policy in some circles. as we just touched on, popular policy in some circles. as wejust touched on, a lot of popular policy in some circles. as we just touched on, a lot of the issueis we just touched on, a lot of the issue is based on supply. you don't deal with supply—side problems by further restricting supply. we know from painful experience in the uk

and around the world, when you introduce rent controls, and you take away some of those freedoms to set prices based on cost, people pull out of the market. we know that throughout europe, where different towns and cities produce these kind of policies, we have seen 20% or 30% drops in available stock. that is going to drive competition, it's not going to drive competition, it's not going to drive competition, it's not going to reduce it. we really need to look at dealing with the supply—side problems, rather than just keep looking at the demand over and over again. {lilia just keep looking at the demand over and over again-— and over again. 0k, chris norris, thanks for— and over again. 0k, chris norris, thanks for your _ and over again. 0k, chris norris, thanks for your time. _ nhs leaders are urging the government to provide more help to tackle rising energy bills — saying people will fall ill this winter unless action is taken. the nhs confederation, which represents health trust bosses, says the uk is facing a "humanitarian crisis" and it will be left to hospitals, gp practices and care homes to pick up the pieces. ministers say 8 million vulnerable households

are getting extra support worth £1200 each. earlier i spoke with matthew taylor who's the chief executive of the nhs confederation and a former labour party adviser. i asked him what he was basing his assessment on talking about this in these terms, is that we know that, search demonstrates that a large number of people don't feel they are going to be able to pay their fuel bills this winter, and as a consequence, many people are likely to not to heat their homes, and the government's own vaccines minister recognised a few days ago, if people are cold, they are more susceptible to illnesses, to flu, to respiratory illness, and therefore more likely to be calling on the health service. now, that will be taking place in the context of a health service which, as we all know, is under immense pressure, finding it difficult to provide the level of service we want to provide, even in august,

and we face a very difficult winter. so, the reason our leaders have asked us to make this intervention is to be clear that the challenge for the health service is always about whether we have the capacity to meet demand, and we talk about the need to address capacity, to address the fact we have 100,000 vacancies, lack of capital investment. we have also got to talk about those things that drive demand for health services, and if we have more people in poverty, and particularly if we have more people in fuel poverty, not heating their homes, that will lead to more people needing the health service, and that has consequences for everybody who needs the health service. here with me now is simon deadman, for more. an alarming warning, a humanitarian crisis, says the nhs federation. what do they want?— what do they want? they are concerned — what do they want? they are concerned about _ what do they want? they are concerned about the - what do they want? they are concerned about the rising i what do they want? they are l concerned about the rising cost what do they want? they are - concerned about the rising cost of energy, that is could end up with people getting sick and the health

could worsen. they are calling for the government to intervene because they are concerned it could increase hospitalisations, it could put pressure on gps. the government is saying that it is providing support, that every household is going to be getting £400 to help with winter energy payments. and for the 8 million most vulnerable homes, they will be getting £1200. but there are calls from other areas for the support of be increased. and from some there is call for an energy price cap. some there is call for an energy price cap-— price cap. what about elsewhere in the health sector? demands and concerns on this level? concerns have been _ concerns on this level? concerns have been raised _ concerns on this level? concerns have been raised about - concerns on this level? concerns have been raised about the - concerns on this level? concerns have been raised about the cost| concerns on this level? concerns i have been raised about the cost of living on people's health. earlier this week, the bbc, the head of the uk health security agency said that she was concerned that people would turn in their fridges off to cut

electricity cost, and it could lead to food getting infected. she was also concerned about heating being turned down as well, for people in extreme age groups, the youngest on the eldest, not being able to cope, and it having a detriment on the health this winter.— and it having a detriment on the health this winter. really, i guess, hardl a health this winter. really, i guess, hardly a day _ health this winter. really, i guess, hardly a day goes _ health this winter. really, i guess, hardly a day goes past _ health this winter. really, i guess, hardly a day goes past that - health this winter. really, i guess, hardly a day goes past that we - health this winter. really, i guess, l hardly a day goes past that we don't have a story about some kind of pressure on the nhs. with a government in recess at the moment, waiting for a new prime minister, what are the possible options here that could be on the table, come september, to support the nhs further? . . . september, to support the nhs further? , , , ., ., further? the big issue at the moment is that this is — further? the big issue at the moment is that this is the _ further? the big issue at the moment is that this is the summer _ further? the big issue at the moment is that this is the summer and - is that this is the summer and usually it has been not under as much pressure as it is come the winter. but actually, some nhs bosses say there is not a seasonal pressure any more, the summer has its own pressures which are almost as bad as winter. we are certainly seeing that from ambulance response times. they have been under a lot of pressure. we have been hearing about that today as well. and the college of paramedics say that there is now

10% of patients that have called 999 and are waiting for between eight and are waiting for between eight and ten hours. there are seasonal pressures. in terms of what at the support there might be, they are waiting to see who the next prime minister will be on what they will be doing. police have charged a man with the murder of 87—year—old thomas 0'halloran in greenford, west london. mr 0'halloran, a grandfather orginally from county clare in ireland, was fatally stabbed whilst on his mobility scooter on tuesday afternoon. 44—year—old lee byer will appear at willesden magistrates' court later this morning. the man responsible for the bali bombing in 2002 has had his sentence reduced for good behaviour and could soon be eligible for parole. umar patek was sentenced to more than 20 years in prison for his role in the bombings that killed more than 200 people. 88 australians were killed in the blast and the prime minister anthony albanese has described

the news as distressing. can i say that this will have a devastating impact on the families. they are going through trauma in memory of their lost loved ones. we lost 88 australians in that terrorist attack, and it was a barbaric attack. more than 200 people lost their lives. 88 australians. those 88 australians were all sons and daughters, brothers and sisters, fathers, mothers. young people lost their lives. so many people lost their lives. so it's notjust the 88, there are thousands of people who have been impacted by this. and certainly the australian government will be conveying, diplomatically, very clearly, our view of this, which is this further reduction in sentence, there have been reductions before in the past, of the original sentence of this person. 0ur correspondent, phil mercer, has more from sydney.

202 people died. 88 of them, as you say from australia, but many other victims from indonesia. bali, of course, is a holiday destination in the indonesian archipelago, victims too from the united kingdom and the united states, and news that the bomb maker, umar patek, has been given a five month remission on his sentence, with the possibility of early parole, has been greeted with enormous dismay here in australia, not simply because the 20th anniversary of the atrocity is occurring in less than two months' time. the australian prime minister, anthony albanese, saying this man was responsible for death and destruction on a massive scale, and there will be a lot of anxiety in australia, and elsewhere, that this man could well be released, after serving about half of a 20 year sentence that was imposed on him in 2012. so very strong reaction there, as one might expect, phil.

what have authorities in indonesia have to say about it? well, we are hearing reports that indonesian authorities consider umar patek to be a model prisoner, and a bit of a poster boy, if you like, for the deradicalisation campaign that is under way in indonesia. the authorities there say that this man has been deradicalised, a good prisoner, with a good attitude, who has reaffirmed his commitment to the indonesian state. once upon a time, this man was one of the most wanted men in asia. he was arrested in pakistan a decade ago, sentenced to 20 years in prison. many australians will view this man with utter disdain, given, as we say, the anniversary of this atrocity is approaching. very briefly, bali was, once upon a time, australia's tropical playground — clearly not part of australia, but very much part of

australian tradition. so the attack there in 2002 really did shatter australia's sense of isolated security, and for many people, notjust here in australia, but in many other countries, the mental and physical scars of those bombings persist to this very day. a look at some other stories... scientists say they've made a breakthrough that allows them to genetically modify food crops to improve their ability to harness the sun. the international team — including experts from lancaster university — have developed a technique that boosts a plant's photosynthesis, the natural process that converts the energy from sunlight into food. powerful storms have battered areas of central and southern europe, killing at least 13 people including three children. the deaths reported in italy, austria and on the french island of corsica were mostly due to falling trees. heavy rain and strong winds also wrecked campsites.

heavy rains have caused widespread flooding and landslides in parts of new zealand's south island. more than 400 homes have been evacuated in the nelson region, where double the average amount of rain for august has fallen since tuesday — with more heavy downpours expected. the floods have caused problems with the water system in the city of nelson where residents are being asked to save water to safeguard the clean supplies. apple has issued an urgent software update for many of its phones, tablets and computers because of security flaws that could allow attackers to take complete control of the devices. the vulnerability would allow intruders to impersonate the device's owner and subsequently run any software in their name. joining me now is our cyber reporter, joe tidy. tell us more about this, how it works and how we can stop it. fine works and how we can stop it. one -a er, works and how we can stop it. one paper. this — works and how we can stop it. one

paper. this is _ works and how we can stop it. one paper. this is a _ works and how we can stop it. que: paper, this is a very works and how we can stop it. iez paper, this is a very serious situation for millions, well, billions of apple users out there, who have this potential vulnerability on their devices. it is affecting notjust phones, this is affecting notjust phones, this isiphone is affecting notjust phones, this is iphone 6 s plus, ipod touch, many devices. the advice is to install the software update you can find in your general settings, and a software update. it will take a couple of minutes and then you are covered. they haven't given any details about what the vulnerability could do. they have said to make things that are getting people very worried in a cybersecurity world. firstly, the vulnerability allows a hacker to potentially run what we call arbitrary code. remote code execution. they can take over your device and run anything they want. this is a dream for somebody who is trying to get into your phone for surveillance, for example. there are organisations in the world who do this for a living, and for a lot of money. they will hack into a

high—profile target, to take over the phone for surveillance. the other thing about this is that apple has said that there is evidence, a report that the issue may have been actively exploited, which means they may have had evidence that there are hackers or hacker teams out there doing this to people's phones. what is worth bearing in mind is that this is not the first time even this year that apple has released one of the security update warnings. it happened in march, a similar situation. it's a bit strange that it has blown up, to be honest. i think it is perhaps down to a viral tweet on social media, that has caused such panic. i don't think the panic is potentially warranted, as long as people update, everything is fine. also, this is not a mass attack, where people are getting attacked in tens of thousands, or millions. it will be a targeted hacking campaign, if it is even out there, taking on high—profile targets, not the everyday user. hat targets, not the everyday user. not the first time _ targets, not the everyday user. not the first time apple had to issue this kind of alert and warning, this year alone. this kind of alert and warning, this yearalone. how this kind of alert and warning, this year alone. how much of an issue is it for apple?—

it for apple? things have changed since the pegasus _ it for apple? things have changed since the pegasus scan, _ it for apple? things have changed since the pegasus scan, there - it for apple? things have changed | since the pegasus scan, there was it for apple? things have changed l since the pegasus scan, there was a story about an israeli spyware company, nso group, accused of not just hacking the phones of terrorists in behalf of governments, butjournalists, human rights but journalists, human rights activists, butjournalists, human rights activists, opposition politicians around the world, and that was through apple devices. notjust apple devices, android devices were used as well. but apple has been humbled before by that campaign. since then, they are working very hard to improve security. that is why we are seeing the release of the security updates. perhaps more than we used to. and also why we are seeing the release of something called lockdown mode, a mode that apple will release in the next software update, if you want to you can check it out now, it allows your phone to become less smart, more dumb, and less vulnerable to attack. these are all for people who are

potentially high—profile target of hackers, not the everyday users. would any others know if our device had been hacked in this way? probably not. with a vulnerability like this, it allows hackers to not only get access to your device and take it over, but also to remain hidden as well. the fact that apple didn't know about this vulnerability also says it is a very clever vulnerability that hackers are potentially discovered. and it came from an anonymous researcher, one thing that apple has said in the patch notes, theyjust said from an anonymous researcher, two vulnerabilities have been discovered. that is a white hat hacker, an ethical hacker, someone has discovered that if you do x, y, z. has discovered that if you do x, y, z, you can get access to this phone. i hope that anonymous researcher has been paid handsomely by apple! there's more disruption to public transport in london today with strike action affecting the underground and 0verground across the city. some bus services in west and south west london and parts of surrey will also be affected.

passengers are being warned that rail services nationally will be slow to recover following yesterday's 24 hour strike by staff, over changes to pay and conditions. 0ur transport correspondent caroline davies has the details. the last servings of the working week at this thai restaurant. it won't open on friday because of the london underground strike. a lot of our staff are not be able to come in, like six, six people of us, we're not coming in tomorrow. we will be losing our customers, so that, you know, it's affecting our income. this was the last tube strike injune. today's strike by the rmt union means that there'll be little to no service throughout the day on the london underground and no night tube. this isn't about pay. instead, it's about something that hasn't happened yet. the rmt union is concerned that transport for london, known as tfl, will make an agreement with the government to cutjobs and pensions to get funding. we need an unequivocal guarantee that there will be no changes

to people's pensions, negative changes to people's pensions. we also demand that there will be no job cuts, and we also demand that there will be no changes to people's terms and conditions, their contracts, their agreements without the union's consent and approval. but tfl says that they haven't proposed job cuts, pension or condition changes, and the union wants them to guarantee that they won't in the future. it's very difficult for any organisation, including our own, to provide those cast iron guarantees and commitments. clearly the world is a very difficult place right now, but what we have assured all of the trade unions of is that if we did need to undertake changes to the pension schemes, if we did need to propose them, they would all be subject to extensive consultation. the rmt and the other trade unions will be closely involved with that. it's not the only strike in london today. 62 bus routes in west and south west london will also be affected by industrial action, as will the london

0verground, both over pay. plus, yesterday's rail strikes will also cause some disruption too. the advice, avoid travelling on the tube and only travel if essential on the rest of the network. caroline davies, bbc news. to the us, now where a judge says he may order the release of details from the document that authorised the fbi to search donald trump's home in florida last week. media organisations have asked for the affidavit submitted in support of a search warrant, to be made public. it could reveal much more detail about the nature of the us government's investigation into the former president. here's our north america correspondent peter bowes. a day in court to get more information about the search of donald trump's home and the alleged crimes the department ofjustice is investigating. us media organisations have argued that the affidavit, the document used to justify the search at mar—a—lago, should be unsealed because of the huge level of public interest in the case. the judge agreed, but he wants the justice department to identify any sections it believes

should remain confidential. i feel good about today's hearing. judge reinhart seems to have a very good sense that it is his job as the gate keeper in this case to perform his function of balancing the interest in the public of accessing these materials against the interest in the government in keeping them secret. bit by bit, the full extent of the investigation is becoming clear. part of the search warrant application has been released. it confirms that donald trump is under investigation for the wilful retention of national defence information, the concealment or removal of government records, and the obstruction of a federal investigation. government officials say the affidavit should stay out of public view, on the grounds that it could compromise their work, and possibly deter witnesses from co—operating with this and other investigations. i thinkjudge reinhart

is going to protect the identity of confidential informants, and that is probably the right outcome here. we don't want, you know, none of the media interveners want to jeopardise the safety or security of a confidential informant. donald trump wants the document released in full. a spokesperson for the former president said the florida judge had "rejected the doj's cynical attempt to hide the whole affidavit from americans". government officials now have until next thursday to decide what they want to try to keep under wraps, before thejudge makes a final ruling. peter bowes, bbc news. the tension is building as anthony joshua and 0lesksander usyk make their final preparations for their world heavyweight title fight in saudi arabia tomorrow night. usyk will be looking to defend his wba, wbo and ibf titles, 11 months after he upset joshua with a points win in london.

let's speak now to charlie edwards, who is a friend of anthonyjoshua and a boxer himself. let us talk about what is ahead, because i have been reading that robert garcia, antonyjoshua's trainer said the whole boxing world knows he can't outbox usyk, he will have to put smart pressure on him, what do you think he means by that? yes, i totally totally agree with him, see, a lot people are saying that antonyjoshua needs to put it on usyk and knock him out. in elite boxing it is not so simple. if joshua did that you are walking into usyk�*s hand and he could knock himself out, so he has to ply smart pressure, he has to be on the front foot, plenty of, keep the pressure on usyk and drain his mental stability and get on his chest, get close to him, and not let him breathe. a bit like dereck chisora did when they fought, apply smart aggression but when he goes he has to go and he has to go once, twice,

three time outs and get close, get rough and ready and not let usyk get his rhythm. rough and ready and not let usyk get his rh hm. , ~ rough and ready and not let usyk get his rh hm. _ ~ .,, rough and ready and not let usyk get hisrh hm. , ., ., his rhythm. usyk has put on a huge amount of muscle _ his rhythm. usyk has put on a huge amount of muscle mass, _ his rhythm. usyk has put on a huge amount of muscle mass, we - his rhythm. usyk has put on a huge amount of muscle mass, we don't. his rhythm. usyk has put on a huge - amount of muscle mass, we don't know yet until the weigh in, how will that impact the fight, do you think? it looks like he has put on a lot of weight. there is talk there is six kilograms which is a lot of weight, especially the way he moves, how fit he is, it is going to affect him, the first fight, the best thing usyk was doing was his movement, tiring joshua out. having that six kilograms that could tire him out. usyk could be coming into this fight with a different mentality, he hurt joshua in the first fight and maybe he could have got him out in the first fight. he chose to play it safe and chose to carry on boxing which led toe a cut to usyk which messed up the tight more for him, so it will be an interesting fight, it will be a chess match from the word

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of day, at least they are honest, again, in boxing you have to put a poker face on sometimes so maybe he is saying that so usyk gets more self confidence and their game plan might to bring him on and box again and try an knock him out with a one —— one punch. aha, and try an knock him out with a one -- one punch-— and try an knock him out with a one -- one punch. a bit of game playing. how close are _ -- one punch. a bit of game playing. how close are you, _ -- one punch. a bit of game playing. how close are you, have _ -- one punch. a bit of game playing. how close are you, have you - -- one punch. a bit of game playing. how close are you, have you spoken | how close are you, have you spoken to antonyjoshua lately? brute how close are you, have you spoken to antony joshua lately? we message eve now to antony joshua lately? we message every now and — to antony joshua lately? we message every now and again, _ to antony joshua lately? we message every now and again, being _ to antony joshua lately? we message every now and again, being in - to antony joshua lately? we message every now and again, being in the, i every now and again, being in the, going world, we used to be on the gb together so we shared rooms for years and years, the way the world goes, he is busy, he is focussed, in training camp, he is doing his thing, he probably has thousands of millions of people messages off his phone, so i think he is very focussed, we haven't been messaging very much now, we messaged, before the first fight, after the first fight, we reached out and touched base and it is what it is, you know, people go their separate ways in life but, i have all love and respect for aj and i am fully behind

him and i hope the whole of the british public are, you hear so many things where people are like putting him down all the time, and stuff, but he is a realfighter, he is a fighting man and he didn't have to take this rematch and he isjumping in to build a legacy. has take this rematch and he is “umping in to build a legacyfi in to build a legacy. has to be a fiuhter, in to build a legacy. has to be a fighter, doesn't _ in to build a legacy. has to be a fighter, doesn't he. _ in to build a legacy. has to be a fighter, doesn't he. saudi - in to build a legacy. has to be a| fighter, doesn't he. saudi arabia have paid a lot money for this match. what is that going to compete with europe? the match. what is that going to compete with europe?— with europe? the middle east will t and with europe? the middle east will try and take _ with europe? the middle east will try and take over— with europe? the middle east will try and take over boxing - with europe? the middle east will try and take over boxing and - with europe? the middle east will try and take over boxing and be . with europe? the middle east will. try and take over boxing and be the new las vegas of boxing, they have the money so i don't see why not. for british boxing everybody should want aj to win, he has made british boxing, brought it back to life and it is the probably the second biggest sport to football. i want him to win so it is one of the best countries to box out of of in the world. . . countries to box out of of in the world. , ., ., . ~ countries to box out of of in the world. , ., ., ., ,, ., ., ., world. great to talk to you ahead of that match. — world. great to talk to you ahead of that match, thank _ world. great to talk to you ahead of

that match, thank you. _ wales' first hose pipe bans for more than 30 years come into force today across pembrokeshire and parts of carmarthenshire. the bans begin as the wider south—west wales area will also be declared as being in drought, as the effects of the driest year since 1976 continue in england and wales. take a look at the extent of the drought conditions nationally. you can see this area in wales joins a number of other regions in england, stretching as far north as yorkshire. despite many areas experiencing some welcome rainfall, there are still water shortages and low water levels in reservoirs and rivers, which has led to hosepipe bans being announced. south west water is the latest company to impose restrictions for cornwall and parts of devon that will come into force next week. 0ur reporter tomos morgan has the latest on the impact of the extreme heat and dry conditions.

it's been a really dry period, but it has been raining over the last few days. but, you know, is this rain going to go anywhere in helping you guys? oh, no. i mean, it'sjust been a bit of drizzle. a bit of welsh drizzle, this isn't rain. the last time it rained in pembrokeshire wasjuly and that was just for one day. and before that it was back injune. it's been the driest year on record since 1976, so a temporary hosepipe ban is now in force and a drought has just been declared across the whole of south west wales. as our winters get wetter, the summers are getting hotter and drier. for allotment owner karen, she's already planning for the future so seeds sown can live with the effects of climate change. got to learn to adapt, really. and maybe plant varieties that are more drought tolerant. i mean, in spain and italy, in other hot countries, they grow a lot of vegetables that don't need a lot of rain. i mean, in spain and italy, in other hot countries, they grow a lot of vegetables that don't need a lot of rain. last weekend, pembrokeshire broke all previous records for water demand. so welsh water have had to ship water across the county. until the main source

here is refilled, the llys—y—fran reservoir, restrictions will remain, but across wales it's a mixed picture. the north of wales in particular has had the rainfall that we need to maintain water resources. pembrokeshire is the area we are concerned about. we just simply haven't had any rain in pembrokeshire. there are other areas of south wales, south east in particular, that rainfall hasn't been as high as we would have liked and we are monitoring. welsh water is the third company to announce restrictions across the uk. by the end of next week, six areas of britain will be under measures. millions will need to be conservative with their usage. known for its vast coastlines, pembrokeshire is usually a cooler, but also wetter part of wales. yet it's becoming clear to karen that these weather changes are here to stay. it frustrates me more to do with the reasonings behind having hosepipe bans. and that's primarily because, well, we've notjust had a hot summer. this is a result of climate change and so that's going to carry on that way.

i find that very frustrating. lee baye has been remanded in custody charged with the murder of 87—year—old thomas o hall ran stabbed on a mobility scooter in west london this tuesday. a new coronavirus vaccine, that also protects against the 0micron variant, is to be rolled out from september in england, with care home residents and housebound people the first to receive a dose. however, if your immune system isn't functioning properly then vaccines often don't work, meaning you are more vulnerable to infection. now, a new drug to protect high risk patients is being trialled in birmingham, from where david gregory—kumar reports. in many ways, irene and andrew are people who haven't been able to move on with their lives.

they're still locked in the early days of the pandemic because, for them, the covid vaccines don't work. i don't go to as many theatres or cinemas or crowded places. ijust avoid them. well, i was shielded from the beginning anyway, and i've virtually been shielded ever since. i've not been anywhere. and the only people who've been in the house have been family or people who've lateral flow tested before they came. andrew and irene will be the second and third people taking part in a trial of a new drug, here at the queen elizabeth hospital in birmingham. it's called sotrovimab, and it's designed to stop patients with immune—system problems getting coronavirus in the first place. so how does it work? antibodies are made by the body to help protect us against infection. in people that aren't able to mount a vaccine response, they don't have these antibodies. so this drug is trying to replace the natural antibodies against covid, and hopefully it will provide that level of protection

that the vaccine would have done. in the end, 1,700 patients will take part in this trial — half will get a placebo, half the new drug. and since the drug has a slight yellow tinge, to make sure nobody knows which is which it's hidden inside these black plastic bags during the trial. now, it's important to stress that vaccination is still the best way to fight coronavirus. but for these patients, if this trial is successful, this drug offers them a route back to a much more normal life. if all goes well, we should have some early results hopefully in about six months — and a full report in two years' time. david gregory—kumar, bbc news, birmingham. there are growing concerns about the pressure on ambulance services after an 87—year—old man in cornwall was forced to wait for 15—hours overnight in his garden following a 999 call. his family had to build a makeshift shelter around him, after a fall which broke his pelvis. there's particular concern about response times in south west england. the bbc'sjohn maguire has been taking a look at two cases in cornwall —

where patients were left waiting in sheer desperation, this shelter made from goal posts, tarpaulins and umbrellas was built by a woman in cornwall whose father had fallen and fractured his pelvis. as they waited 15 hours for an ambulance, they constructed this to protect the 87—year—old from the rain as he lay where he fell. it actually took nine minutes before my 999 call was actually answered. in a separate case, stephen simms rang bbc cornwall after his mother waited 40 hours for an ambulance — then spent another 20 in the back of the vehicle before being admitted to hospital. we were literally heartbroken to see a 90—year—old woman in such distress, just sat there waiting,

not knowing how ill she was, or whether she had — well, in this case, whether she had broken anything. the south west ambulance service covers a huge area from gloucestershire to the tip of cornwall, where the summer population increase puts extra pressure on the service. but these delays in response are unprecedented. it's the most challenging period i have seen in my 20 years in the nhs and i think, as an ambulance service, we are working with everyone in the wider health and social care sector to do everything we can to improve it, but it is the most challenging that it's been out there for our staff that are working tirelessly at the moment to do the very best for patients. the crux of the issue is not new — hospitals unable to accept patients because people are already in beds who cannot be discharged due to a lack of capacity in social care.

it's absolutely soul—destroying at the moment. you don'tjoin an ambulance service to sit in an ambulance outside of an emergency department all of your shift — you join it to help patients that really need your help in the community. and that is what is so difficult for our staff at the moment, is knowing there are patients out in the community that need our help and not being able to respond to them as quickly as they would like. in response, the government says... each individual case is distressing, but the underlying issues and arguments are well—known. but these are problems most often associated with winter, and if the nhs is unable to catch up in the coming months, then the fear is the winter will be much worse. john maguire, bbc news. a quick look at some other stories.

in the us a woman has told a court that the r&b singer r kelly abused her hundreds of times before she turned eighteen. the woman is a key witness at the latest trial of the performer on charges includig child pornography and obstruction of justice. she said the abuse started when she was just 13, after she met kelly through her aunt, who worked with kelly at the time. a truth commission in mexico has said that military personnel were responsible for the disappearance of 43 students, either directly or through negligence. the students disappeared from a town in the southern state of guerrero eight years ago. six months into war with russia, one of ukraine's staunchest allies has been the baltic nation of latvia. bordering russia, with a large nato mission in the country, they've sent more than a third of their military budget in aid to ukraine. but the war has also exposed internal tensions in the country— where more than a quarter of latvia's population identifies as russian.

hardtalk�*s stephen sackur has been in the capital of riga for an exclusive interview with latvia's prime minister. in riga, the ukraine war has reemphasised a stark reality. this is a dangerous neighbourhood, which russia continues to see as its back yard. now, the government in latvia, led by prime minister krisjanis karins, is ramping up its military assistance to kyiv, and he is calling on eu nato partners to do the same. weakness provokes russia. russia made a miscalculation that ukraine was easy, that ukraine was weak, and that provoked their military aggression, their war. the way to counter russia is through strength. we've learned this from many, many years of experience — the russians only respond to strength, they only respect strength.

so we must, as democracies, as europe, as a whole, and as nato, not be afraid to be strong. the ukraine war has exposed latvia's economic vulnerability. before it started, 90% of the gas used here came from russia. the government says that figure will be down to zero by the end of the year. that may be easy to promise in the summer. what will it mean in the coming winter, both for people's heating and the rate of inflation? we currently have, according to known supplies underground and known contracts that have already been signed with gas coming from lithuania, we have enough gas for our own needs. are you sure? what if it's a really harsh winter? again, based upon historical usage, we have enough gas. the ukraine war has stoked internal tensions in latvia, because one quarter of the population is actually ethnic russian.

back in may, there were clashes between pro—putin protesters and the police at this massive soviet war memorial. now, the government says it is going to tear this thing down. moscow accuses riga of provocative anti—russian discrimination. we have relics of the soviet occupation throughout my country. many have been taken down over the years, there are some still remaining. the parliament took a decision that they will all be removed by the end of the fall. this is an inevitable process, and it's happening throughout the entire region. and you could say, it's one of the last visual, symbolic gestures of getting rid of the last vestiges of occupation. six months into the ukraine war, latvia is one of kyiv�*s staunchest supporters stop also one of the nation's most at risk from the fallout.

and with winter looming, the government here is looking to the eu and nato support to safeguard its own security and stability. a return to one of our main stories — the prolonged dry weather in the uk. it has left important peatlands in the north west of england in a dangerous condition, according to conservationists. when peat is wet it sucks in and stores carbon, but the ground is so dry that instead it is releasing carbon, which is damaging for the environment, as judy hobson reports. this landscape shouldn't look like this. the ground should be wet and muddy. instead, it's cracking. it's drier than even i thought it would be. it's like a lunar landscape, isn't it? peat should be damp. it should be really moist and wet. but it's. ..

it's just... it's just flaky. and this isn'tjust the surface. it's actually going down four or five feet to where the hydrology is actually now living at this time of year because we're just not getting enough rainfall. this peatland is in the process of being restored — rewetted. a small area has retained water. so sphagnum moss should be like this. it should be mainly water. but prolonged dry weather makes restoring areas like this difficult, and peatlands are vital for our environment. when it's wet, it'll suck in carbon and it'll store carbon. but this, at the moment, is letting carbon out, so it's doing a complete opposite job that it should be doing. so it's not good for the environment. i think it's climate change. i mean, ithink this is... this seems to be what the wildlife trust are saying. we are saying that climate change is affecting areas like this. the fact that the water table is so low. across much of the region, evidence of the exceptionally dry weather, even across the pennines —

this is woodhead reservoir. but water company united utilities says their reservoirs in cumbria are at near—normal levels, so there are no plans to impose water restrictions. back at little woolden moss, the teams are building barriers — or bunds — to help retain water in future. rain is forecast this week, but it'll take months of wet weather to restore this area. we need prolonged spells of rain. we need it... we really need the water to come back up to the surface. and that's notjust going to happen because of a few days of rain. 0ur peatlands are doing really well, but if the situation continues, i think we're going to be fighting, you know, really fighting a losing battle in many ways. this isn'tjust a climate crisis — it impacts on biodiversity, too. conservationists say we must act quickly to reduce the impact that rising temperatures will have on these precious landscapes. judy hobson, bbc news.

finally to south africa — where a new music genre is emerging from the townships west ofjohannesburg called amapiano. it's become one of the fastest growing on streaming services around the world. particularly crucial in its global spread has been tiktok, where the hashtag amapiano has generated over a billion views. one of the early proponents of genre is the south african dj da kruk, who explains why the music has become so popular. from the streets of south africa, this is amapiano. translated in the zulu language, amapiano simply means the pianos. it came from the genre's earlyjazz influences. sonically, is a blend of many genres. in a studio station, i sat in with three of the sounds top producers. what actually changed everything was the log drum. the log drum...

when you hear it, you know you are listening to amapiano. the log drum, it needs to be balanced. it is a bass but at the same time you need a sub bass just to give it that, so, usually that is how it sounds. amapiano is the sound of a young south africa. it belongs to the dance floor and the township. built out of apartheid segregated city planning, townships are a melting pot of style, music, hustle and culture. so, this is home. this is what made kutloano nhlapo become who he did today. kutloano became a singing in his school choir now

he is amapiano's top vocalist. when we talk amapiano we are not only talking the music. it a lifestyle now. we know that it is monday—wednesday. we rest three days. weekend, on thursday, friday, saturday and sunday. #amapiano has generated billions of views and videos on tiktok. viral dance challenges from every corner of the world have pushed the genre to new heights. dance challenges are like a different life. amapiano, they are the things that help songs move before they have even dropped. take a video of you doing something and then the next day it is all over social media. you know, these dances

come from the streets. some are young kids and then people saw it and everyone starts doing it now. no matter where you are from, when you listen to it, you want to move. amapiano, from the streets of south africa to dance floors across the world. high speed internet has been installed on the slopes of africa's highest peak so people who summit mount kilimanjaro can instantly share the news with family, friends and followers. tanzania says its state—owned phone network had set up the connection — at a height of 12,000 feet — so users who reached the top could connect to social media and post about their achievement. mount kilimanjaro is an important source of tourism revenue in tanzania and neighbouring kenya, with around 35,000 people attempting to summit it each year.

that's it, thanks for watching. hello. we've got a bit more cloud around today than we've seen over recent days for some areas, particularly towards the south and the east first thing. that cloud tending to break up with more sunshine developing, and then through the day, it's going to be a picture of sunny spells and scattered showers. over the next few days, some showers in the forecast, most of them for scotland and northern ireland. here's the weather front that brought that cloud to parts of southern and eastern england this morning. that now clearing to the east. the next area of shower bearing cloud moving in from the northwest. so more showers to come for scotland and northern ireland for the rest of the day, some of them quite blustery. one or two, quite sharp, could be the odd rumble of thunder. sunshine holding on longest for the likes of aberdeenshire. much of england and wales seeing long spells of sunshine. cumulus cloud building through the day, and temperatures fairly similar to what we had yesterday. perhaps a degree or so lower.

so 25 in the warmest spots in the south east. typically, the high teens or low 20s further north. most of the showers fade away this evening and overnight as well. so a window of dry weather before the next era of wet and windy weather moves in to scotland and northern ireland through the early hours of saturday. so blustery, damp start here. further south, it is drier and it's a cooler, fresher night than we've seen recently. so less humid, bit more comfortable for sleeping. that's how we start the weekend. low pressure to the north of the uk. here's this weather front, it's going to be quite slow moving. it's actually going to be trailing through parts of northern ireland, into northern england as well. slowly clearing out of scotland. could be the odd thunderstorm on this line of heavy showers, especially for northern england during the afternoon. either side of that, more sunshine developing, one or two isolated showers, but a lot of dry weather, too. quite a breezy feeling day for many of us. and temperatures somewhere between about 14 to 25 degrees on saturday. head through the second half of the weekend. low pressure still not far away, pushing its way towards the north—east. then we've got the next area of low pressure approaching from the south west.

so i think a bit of a cloudier day on sunday for many of us. that cloud gradually increasing from the south—west. showers clearing from scotland, but more showery rain for wales and south west england later in the day. many northern and eastern areas actually staying dry, i think, for much of the day, although we've got a fair amount of cloud, with highs between about 15 to 24 degrees. now, next week then, we are expecting some useful rainfall in the south at times for the first half of the week, a bit of rain in the north later on, and temperatures on the rise, especially in the south—east. bye for now.

this is bbc news, i'mjoanna gosling. the headlines at 11: a growing number of under—30s are paying unaffordable rent — new figures show that four in ten are paying landlords more than 30% of their income. it's disheartening, because it feels like you'll be stuck in rental properties forever. but everyone's in the same position. nhs leaders say the uk is facing a "humanitarian crisis", unless further action is taken on energy costs — with more people falling ill as they choose between skipping meals and heating their homes. concerns over ambulance response times — an 87—year—old lay under a makeshift shelter on his garden patio for 15 hours after calling 999. a man has been remanded in custody after appearing in court charged with the murder of 87—year—old thomas 0'halloran, who was stabbed while riding his mobility scooter in west london.

tube, rail and bus strikes cause severe disruption across london as thousands of workers walk out over pay, job cuts and pensions. apple has released an urgent security update for its iphones, ipads and macs after two serious vulnerabilities were found that could allow attackers to gain access to someone's device. in the past half—hour, a 44—year—old man has been remanded in custody over the stabbing of a pensioner in west london. lee byer appeared at willesden magistrates' court this morning. 87—year—old thomas 0'halloran was fatally stabbed whilst on his mobility scooter on tuesday afternoon. let's speak to our correspondent greg mckenzie, who is at

willesden magistrates' court this morning. tell us what happened. well, good mornint. tell us what happened. well, good morning- yes. _ tell us what happened. well, good morning. yes, lee _ tell us what happened. well, good morning. yes, lee marcus - tell us what happened. well, good morning. yes, lee marcus byer- morning. yes, lee marcus byer appeared here at willesden magistrates' court in the last governor, wearing a grey t—shirt and grey tracksuit bottoms, he spoke only to confirm his name, age and address. to which he replied... he has been charged of the murder of thomas 0'halloran, an 87—year—old grandad who died on tuesday in greenford. thejudge has remanded the 44—year—old into custody to appear before the central criminal court next week, august the 23rd. thank you very much. four out of ten young people in the uk signing up for new private

tenancies are spending an "unaffordable" amount of their income on rent, new figures suggest. housing experts say spending more than 30% of income on rent is unaffordable, and the proportion of young renters grappling with high housing costs is at a five—year high. 0ur consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith reports. no—one likes paying rent, but right now, people under 30 like mia are paying through the nose. my tenancy is ending soon and looking for new tenancies is just more and more expensive. it's disheartening because it feels like you're just going to be stuck in rental properties forever, but everyone's in the same position. it's extortionate. what were you paying then? it's 850 between the two of us and also the bills which have absolutely crippled me. i literallyjust moved back home two weeks ago, so there you go. although the data shows the most unaffordable areas for young people are in london, many of the areas that have seen the biggest change are other towns and cities. rotherham, bolton, dudley, slough, salford, walsall, nottingham, trafford and peterborough have seen

some of the biggest increases. young people spend more of their incomes on rent than any other age group. so with rents going up so quickly at the same time their incomes are not, it's younger people who are being squeezed in the middle, and that's before they've even started paying for any of their other bills. in dudley, estate agents say with so few homes coming up, it's tempting for tenants to offer more than the listed price. under 30s are struggling at the moment. i can relate to them, so i do try and sympathise a little bit, but at the same time they shouldn't be offering £100 more or £50 more if they cannot meet that requirement. but then if they don't, they're going to miss out on that property. so it's a hard situation. that's the conundrum that io faced when she got her flat. did you find that lots of people were looking round every flat that you were looking at? exactly. sometimes you just have to probably offer more or offer to pay upfront or something just to get it. but for some, moving back home does have a silver lining.

i like living with my mum, so yeah, i'll stay there as long as i can. yeah, my washing's all done, food cooked. it's all good! colletta smith, bbc news, in salford. nhs leaders are urging the government to provide more help to tackle rising energy bills — saying people will fall ill this winter unless action is taken. the nhs confederation, which represents health trust bosses, says the uk is facing a "humanitarian crisis" and it will be left to hospitals, gp practices and care homes to pick up the pieces. ministers say eight million vulnerable households are getting extra support worth £1,200 each. earlier i spoke with matthew taylor, who's the chief executive of the nhs confederation, and a former labour party adviser. i asked him what he was basing his assessment on. talking about this in these terms, is that we know that, search demonstrates that a large number of people don't feel they are going to be able

to pay their fuel bills this winter, and as a consequence, many people are likely to not to heat their homes, and the government's own vaccines minister recognised a few days ago, if people are cold, they are more susceptible to illnesses, to flu, to respiratory illness, and therefore more likely to be calling on the health service. now, that will be taking place in the context of a health service which, as we all know, is under immense pressure, finding it difficult to provide the level of service we want to provide, even in august, and we face a very difficult winter. so, the reason our leaders have asked us to make this intervention is to be clear that the challenge for the health service is always about whether we have the capacity to meet demand, and we talk about the need to address capacity, to address the fact we have 100,000 vacancies, lack of capital investment. we have also got to talk about those things that drive demand for health services,

and if we have more people in poverty, and particularly if we have more people in fuel poverty, not heating their homes, that will lead to more people needing the health service, and that has consequences for everybody who needs the health service. matthew taylor from the nhs confederation. there we heard from health reporter who spoke about those concerns. we are concerned about the rising cost of energy. this could mean people end up getting sick and there health could worsen so they are effectively calling on the government to intervene because they are concerned that this could increase hospitalisations, it could put pressure on gps. the government is saying that it is providing support, that every household is going to be getting £400 to help with winter energy payments, and the

8 million most vulnerable homes will be getting £1200, but there are calls from other areas for the support to be increased. 0f support to be increased. of course... there are growing concerns about the pressure on ambulance services after an 87—year—old man in cornwall was forced to wait for 15 hours overnight in his garden following a 999 call. his family had to build a makeshift shelter around him, after a fall which broke his pelvis. there's particular concern about response times in south west england. the bbc'sjohn maguire has been taking a look at two cases in cornwall — where patients were left waiting 15 hours, or more, for an ambulance. in sheer desperation, this shelter made from goal posts, tarpaulins and umbrellas was built by a woman in cornwall whose father had fallen and fractured his pelvis. as they waited 15 hours for an ambulance, they constructed this to protect the 87—year—old from the rain as he lay where he fell.

it actually took nine minutes before my 999 call was actually answered. in a separate case, stephen simms rang bbc cornwall after his mother waited 40 hours for an ambulance — then spent another 20 in the back of the vehicle before being admitted to hospital. we were literally heartbroken to see a 90—year—old woman in such distress, just sat there waiting, not knowing how ill she was, or whether she had — well, in this case, whether she had broken anything. the south west ambulance service covers a huge area from gloucestershire to the tip of cornwall, where the summer population increase puts extra pressure on the service. but these delays in response are unprecedented. it's the most challenging period

i have seen in my 20 years in the nhs and i think, as an ambulance service, we are working with everyone in the wider health and social care sector to do everything we can to improve it, but it is the most challenging that it's been out there for our staff that are working tirelessly at the moment to do the very best for patients. the crux of the issue is not new — hospitals unable to accept patients because people are already in beds who cannot be discharged due to a lack of capacity in social care. it's absolutely soul—destroying at the moment. you don'tjoin an ambulance service to sit in an ambulance outside of an emergency department all of your shift — you join it to help patients that really need your help in the community. and that is what is so difficult for our staff at the moment, is knowing there are patients out in the community that need our help and not being able to respond to them as quickly as they would like. in response, the government says...

each individual case is distressing, but the underlying issues and arguments are well—known. but these are problems most often associated with winter, and if the nhs is unable to catch up in the coming months, then the fear is the winter will be much worse. john maguire, bbc news. more now on the news that 40% of young people are spending an "unaffordable" amount of their income on rent. housing experts say spending more than 30% of income on rent is unaffordable, and the proportion of young renters grappling with high housing costs is at a five—year high. with me now is melissa york, assistant property editor for the times. thank you forjoining us. 0bviously thank you forjoining us. obviously the high rents reflect the scarcity of properties available. what is the picture? of properties available. what is the icture? . of properties available. what is the icture? , , of properties available. what is the icture? . , ., .,

picture? yes, there is a real shortage — picture? yes, there is a real shortage of— picture? yes, there is a real shortage of rental— picture? yes, there is a real. shortage of rental properties, picture? yes, there is a real- shortage of rental properties, there is huge demand, particularly distorted by the pandemic because people left cities to go and work remotely in the countryside, or in the case of younger people, returned to their parents. now everyone is coming back and they are finding that a few landlords have sold out or decided to do short lets, like airbnb, and assist less rental property than they used to become a lot more demand so there is bidding wars going on, and rents are rising at a record pace. brute wars going on, and rents are rising at a record pace.— wars going on, and rents are rising at a record pace. we have heard in a re ort at a record pace. we have heard in a report these — at a record pace. we have heard in a report these bidding _ at a record pace. we have heard in a report these bidding wars _ at a record pace. we have heard in a report these bidding wars means - at a record pace. we have heard in a| report these bidding wars means you are ending up paying or offering to pay money that they know they can't afford. the alternative is might not find anything. afford. the alternative is might not find anything-— afford. the alternative is might not find anything. yes, exactly. rent is really something _ find anything. yes, exactly. rent is really something you _ find anything. yes, exactly. rent is really something you can _ find anything. yes, exactly. rent is| really something you can economise on. you can't go and buy and own brand rents. the problem is that people are being forced into these unaffordable situations because first of all there isn't enough social housing so you have people on

the lower end of the income scale that are being forced into the private sector. you have got young professionals that can't afford to get on the property ladder because house prices have increased so much. so you are getting more and more people having to go into the private rental sector and basically, the landlords are putting up rents as a result and people either have to pay it or find somewhere else to live, and there are queues outside rental properties, you know, it'sjust become a very unaffordable to find somewhere to live.— become a very unaffordable to find somewhere to live. where do you see this atoin somewhere to live. where do you see this going and — somewhere to live. where do you see this going and what _ somewhere to live. where do you see this going and what are _ somewhere to live. where do you see this going and what are your - this going and what are your thoughts on any solution here? i mean, ultimately there needs to be a long—term plan to build a lot more housing. itjust hasn't been enough social housing being built for years and years and years and lots of it sold off through right to buy that has been replaced. there also needs to be uplift from the top as well, where you get people who probably could be able to afford a mortgage

but can't afford the deposit in order to get onto the ladder. i mean, really, we need house prices to stabilise somewhat and again, that would be up to long buy more house—building. but of course, may be more credit solutions, more deposit solutions could come from lenders and the government to help those people move into home ownership and again get more room. there is also a lot of discussion to be had with private landlords as well because a lot of them currently do feel as though the new regulations coming in, particularly around environmental standards, means they are going to have to pay out a huge sum in order to make their homes basically livable for rental purposes because new regulations are coming in. so we have landlords as well that are feeling the cost and the squeeze too. i feeling the cost and the squeeze too. . . feeling the cost and the squeeze too. ., , ., ., 4' feeling the cost and the squeeze too. . , ., ., ~ ., too. i mean, 'ust looking at the overall too. i mean, just looking at the overall picture _ too. i mean, just looking at the overall picture of _ too. i mean, just looking at the overall picture of the _ too. i mean, just looking at the overall picture of the state - too. i mean, just looking at the overall picture of the state of. too. i mean, just looking at the i overall picture of the state of the market for buying and renting in

this country and what the expectations are. other european countries don't have the expectations of home ownership, it is more based around rental. 0ur market hasn't been like that historically, there has been the aspiration for buying, but uppishly you are saying, it's cheaper to pay a mortgage —— b so you're saying is cheaper to pay a mortgage but that requires the deposit to get to it, so how do you evaluate the picture here compared with elsewhere? you are riaht here compared with elsewhere? you are ri . ht to here compared with elsewhere? gm. are right to say that there is a lot more printing elsewhere. if you lived in berlin, think about 85% of the people there rent, but then they have very different parental rights stop they have longer term tenancies, they are able to paint the walls, for instance. it is one of those things where the balance between institutional landlords and renters is kind of a bit fairer, it's a bit more equal. whereas over here, then there is also a culture where we do not invest as much as other countries, so the usa, stocks

and shares, we don't get up in the morning and look at the ftse 100... morning and look at the ftse100... i think as soon as people get money in this country, they buy property and step out into the property market because it is seen as a market because it is seen as a market that is too big to fail, house prices keep rising. some people buy their first property and they never sell it, they keep renting it out for extra income stop they get their pension coming from it. so i think there is perhaps there needs to be a diversification of investments in this country, because at the moment it seems as if property is the only way to go. thank you very much. to talk to you, melissa. the headlines on bbc news: a growing number of under—30s are paying unaffordable rent — new figures show that four in ten are paying landlords more than 30% of their income. nhs leaders say the uk is facing a �*humanitarian crisis', unless further action is taken on energy costs — with more people falling ill as they choose

between skipping meals and heating their homes. between skipping meals concerns over ambulance response times — an 87—year—old lay under a makeshift shelter on his garden patio for 15 hours after calling 999. there's more disruption to public transport in london today with strike action affecting the underground and 0verground across the city. some bus services in west and south west london and parts of surrey will also be affected. passengers are being warned that rail services nationally will be slow to recover following yesterday's 24—hour strike by staff over changes to pay and conditions. 0ur transport correspondent caroline davies has the details. the last servings of the working week at this thai restaurant. it won't open on friday because of the london underground strike. a lot of our staff are not be able to come in, like six, six people of us, we're not coming in tomorrow. we will be losing our customers, so that, you know, it's

affecting our income. this was the last tube strike injune. today's strike by the rmt union means that there'll be little to no service throughout the day on the london underground and no night tube. this isn't about pay. instead, it's about something that hasn't happened yet. the rmt union is concerned that transport for london, known as tfl, will make an agreement with the government to cutjobs and pensions to get funding. we need an unequivocal guarantee that there will be no changes to people's pensions, negative changes to people's pensions. we also demand that there will be no job cuts, and we also demand that there will be no changes to people's terms and conditions, their contracts, their agreements without the union's consent and approval. but tfl says that they haven't proposed job cuts, pension or condition changes, and the union wants them to guarantee that they won't in the future. it's very difficult for any

organisation, including our own, to provide those cast iron guarantees and commitments. clearly the world is a very difficult place right now, but what we have assured all of the trade unions of is that if we did need to undertake changes to the pension schemes, if we did need to propose them, they would all be subject to extensive consultation. the rmt and the other trade unions will be closely involved with that. it's not the only strike in london today. 62 bus routes in west and south west london will also be affected by industrial action, as will the london 0verground, both over pay. plus, yesterday's rail strikes will also cause some disruption too. the advice, avoid travelling on the tube and only travel if essential on the rest of the network. caroline davis, bbc news. earlier, the transport secretary, grant shapps, spoke to our colleagues at bbc breakfast. it is certainly enormously disruptive, particularly whether

strikes are focused but overall i don't think there's any reason to be these strikes at all. a very fair pay offer has gone on the table, a wider network of 8% over two years, in most cases no compulsory redundancies in turn for —— in return for modernising work practices and defended the union bosses would put that offer to their members i'm pretty sure the strike would be over. in fact, in one of the smaller unions and in one part of it they did put it to their members, the members accepted with over 70% of the votes so we know if it goes to the members they are most likely will accept it and get on with things. the average rail worker, the median is £44,000 salary. worker, the median is £44,000 sala . . . worker, the median is £44,000 sala . . worker, the median is £44,000 sala . , worker, the median is £44,000 sala. , ., salary. this is a figure you have auoted salary. this is a figure you have quoted many — salary. this is a figure you have quoted many times. _ salary. this is a figure you have quoted many times. hold - salary. this is a figure you have quoted many times. hold on i salary. this is a figure you have quoted many times. hold on a| salary. this is a figure you have - quoted many times. hold on a minute. you have quoted that figure many times as if people at home are going to go a while, they are paid so much money, it's a disgrace they would

want more. do you think they are overpaid? i’m want more. do you think they are overaid? �* , .,, want more. do you think they are overaid? �* , y�* overpaid? i'm pleased they're well aid and overpaid? i'm pleased they're well paid and one _ overpaid? i'm pleased they're well paid and one of — overpaid? i'm pleased they're well paid and one of the _ overpaid? i'm pleased they're well paid and one of the reasons - overpaid? i'm pleased they're well paid and one of the reasons we - overpaid? i'm pleased they're well| paid and one of the reasons we can afford to pay them more, another 8% over two years is on the table, it's because there is plenty of reform, loss of modernisation that can take place in order to pay that increased salary. apple has issued an urgent software update for many of its phones, tablets and computers because of security flaws that could allow attackers to take complete control of the devices. the vulnerability would allow intruders to impersonate the device's owner and subsequently run any software in their name. joining me now is our cyber reporter, joe tidy. this sounds serious, telus what the hack would allow, what the vulnerability is. fin hack would allow, what the vulnerability is.— hack would allow, what the vulnerability is. hack would allow, what the vulnerabili is. , , , ., vulnerability is. on paper this is a very serious _ vulnerability is. on paper this is a very serious situation _ vulnerability is. on paper this is a very serious situation for- vulnerability is. on paper this is a very serious situation for the - very serious situation for the billions of apple users. this affects many of the devices that they manufacture. anything from the

iphone onwards is potentially vulnerable and this is, there are two things, firstly it allows the attacker to do something called remote code execution, that means that if the founder gets infected through the system that someone has discovered, it is possible, then an attacker could take over the phone and potentially use it as a surveillance device. this is a dream vulnerability or one of the many cyber security companies out there that specialise in hacking high—profile targets. for example politicians, journalists and human rights activists, there have been cases where this has happened. 0n cases where this has happened. on paper, very serious but also it has to be said that this is a type of vulnerability that isn't new, there have been regular updates from apple on these kind of security patches that have been issued by the company and there was one almost identical to this in march which didn't

receive any of the fanfare of this one and that might be because a tweak —— a tweet went viral which of the cyber security committee at very worked up but the sky is always following in their world and although it is serious and they are issuing patches, there isn't any real threat to the general public. there is some evidence that it has been exported by hackers but this isn't the mass attack on the general public, this is a targeted potential attack against high profile individuals.— attack against high profile individuals. ., ., , , individuals. who would be behind it? well, in individuals. who would be behind it? well. in this — individuals. who would be behind it? well, in this instance, _ individuals. who would be behind it? well, in this instance, the _ individuals. who would be behind it? well, in this instance, the way - individuals. who would be behind it? well, in this instance, the way this . well, in this instance, the way this vulnerability has been discovered strong, according to the patch notes, an anonymous researcher. someone out there, a white hat hacker, which is what they call, has discovered that if you do all these things, can allow you to take over a phone and they have alerted apple, who have then very quickly released this patch and worked out a way to put the shields up and defend

against it. so we don't know whether or not hackers have already discovered what that good hacker discovered what that good hacker discovered and used it against phones. apple say there may have been attacks and if there have been, as i say, it's probably against high—profile targets from a very well—organised and well run hacking team. this is likely to be, if it has been used, the type of thing that we saw in the pegasys scandal last year where it was discovered that an israeli company specialising in surveillance attacking, they were accused of hacking the likes of politicians, journalists and human rights activists with this type of vulnerability. we don't know if that is the case, we may see in the coming months apple will release research that says it was used against these individuals but at the moment there isn't evidence of that that they are disclosing in this update. a series of explosions have been reported at two russian military installations. in sevastopol, in russian—occupied crimea, the governor claimed a ukrainian drone was shot down

by anti—aircraft defences near a key military airfield. in russia itself, the authorities said villages close to the border with ukraine were evacuated after a fire broke out at an ammunition depot. the blasts occurred as the un secretary general, antonio guterres, undertakes a two—day visit to ukraine. gareth barlow reports. this is russia, about 50 kilometres from the ukrainian border. an arms depot, exploding into the night. two local villages evacuated, as investigations got under way. the blast comes as series of explosions were reported at an air base in russian occupied crimea. the exact cause of the blast in both cases unclear. the latest blazes, though, are part of a broadening recent trend of incidents at key russian installations, far behind the front lines. as these pictures of another airfield in crimea, which appear to show damage following a series of explosions earlier this

month will attest. earlier on thursday, president zelensky met the secretary—general of the un, antonio guterres, as well as the turkish leader, president erdogan. top of the agenda, the continued russian occupation and militarisation of the zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in southern ukraine, a situation triggering warnings from round the world. united states condemns, in the strongest terms, russia's reckless disregard for nuclear safety and security. along with our allies and partners, we call on russia to cease all military operations at or near ukraine's nuclear facilities, and to return full control of the znpp to ukraine. speaking at theirjoint meeting, turkey's president erdogan called on moscow to demilitarise the area, warning of the risk of another chernobyl at the plant. the united nations chief adding he was gravely concerned about fighting near zaporizhzhia. commonsense must prevail, to avoid any actions that might endanger the physical integrity,

safety or security of the nuclear plant. and the facility must not be used to spark any military operations. later on friday, antonio guterres will travel to 0desa, the vital ukrainian port once again exporting grain around the world. turkey and the un brokered the deal to resume shipments, the only diplomatic success so far in this six month war, and it is hoped the backbone for more deals to come. but the prospect of peace, as things currently stand, still seems as hollow as these cavernous war—torn ruins. gareth barlow, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with sarah keith—lucas. hello. the weather looking a little bit mixed for the rest of today. we've got some sunny spells and some scattered showers. now, most of the showers are across the of the uk, scotland, northern ireland as well. drier weather for most of us for england and wales, early cloud has now cleared from the south—east. in the sunshine, the warmest places

getting up to about 24 or 25 degrees, whereas further north we are typically looking at the high and these showers moving through quite quickly come on quite a brisk breeze. there could be the odd rumble of thunder. they fade away this evening and overnight. a drier spell of weather before the next batch of wet and windy weather moves in for northern ireland and scotland through the early hours of saturday. further south, then, it's a little bit of a cooler, fresher started a weekend than seen recently, a bit more comfortable for sleeping. largely dry in the south, first thing saturday. on saturday will bring more rain for northern ireland and scotland through the morning. the odd heavy and thundery burst. and then this line of showers and thunderstorms will be draped across parts of northern england during the afternoon. the odd rumble of thunder, dry in the sunshine either side and highs of 13—24. bye— bye.

hello, this is bbc news with joanna gosling. the headlines. a growing number of under—30s

are paying unaffordable rent. new figures show that 4 in 10 are paying landlords more than 30 per cent of their income nhs leaders say the uk is facing a �*humanitarian crisis', unless further action is taken on energy costs — with more people falling ill as they choose between skipping meals and heating their homes. concerns over ambulance response times. an 87—year—old lay under a makeshift shelter on his garden patio for 15 hours after calling 999. a man has been remanded in custody after appearing in court charged with the murder of 87—year—old thomas 0'halloran who was stabbed while riding his mobility scooter in west london. tube, rail and bus strikes cause severe disruption across london as thousands of workers walk out over pay, job cuts and pensions. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's jane dougall.

england are looking for quick wickets this morning at lord's to stop south africa increasing their first innings lead in the first test — and they've already got one. a fantastic one handed catch from stuart broad saw kagiso rabada go for three off the bowling of matthew potts. south africa started the day 287 for 4, a lead of 124 on england's first innings total. for 4, a lead of 124 on england's captain ben stokes lead by example yesterday taking three crucial wickets to give england a chance of making this a competitive match. marco jansen and anrich nortje currently at the crease. south africa are 303—8, they lead by 138 runs. let's take you to munich now for an update on the european championships. 0lympic silver medalist keely hodgkinson has qualified for the women's 800 metres final. the gb star looked relaxed as she won her semi—final heat in a time of 2:00.67. she will be desperate to take gold in the final on saturday after coming second at the commonwelath games and

the world championships last month. and more success for great britain in the second semi final asjemma reekie and alexandra bell also qualified with renelle lamote of france crossing the line first. in the women's 4x400 metres, gb women finished first in their heat, comfortably qualifying. the team of ama pipi, zoey clark, nicole yearginm and laveli nielsen are through to the final on saturday. and both the women and the men won their heats in the 4x100 metres, easing through to qualify for the finals, which are both on sunday — the last day of the competition. dina asher smith is preparing to defend her 200 metre european title this evening in munich. she qualifying with ease last night, recovering from the leg cramping problem she had in the 100 metres.

asher smith says that cramping was due to her period, and wants more to be done to look into women's health and how periods can impact performance. more people need to actually research on the sport science perspective because it's absolutely huge. we wouldn't always talk about it, either, because sometimes you see girls that have been so consistent, there's a random dip and behind the scenes they've been really struggling. it's like, "what's that? that's random." but it would just do with more funding because... yeah, i feel like if it was a men's issue, they'd have a million different ways to combat things. but with women, there just needs to be more funding in that area. following his win over andy murray, the british number one cam norrie is now into the quarter—finals in cincinatti. he was playing the american wildcard ben shelton and gave a dominant display. norrie, who's seeded 9th, won the first set 6—0, before taking the second 6—2.

he'll now play spanish teenager carlos alcaraz, who's the third seed. but emma raducanu's run has come to an end after she was beaten in her third round match byjessica pegula. the american, having a strong year and in the world's top ten, took the first set 7—5. before going on to win the second 6—4. raducanu will now turn her attention to defending her us open title in new york in ten days time. scottish premiership side hearts will have to come from behind if they're to make the group stages of the europa league this season. they lost the first leg of their qualifier 2—1 against zurich in switzerland. hearts did lead — but two goals in two minutes for the home side — saw them secure victory, heading into the second leg, which is next thursday. west ham enjoyed a better night as they aim to qualify for the europa conference league. they beat danish side viborg 3—1 in theirfirst leg.

elsewhere, northern irish side linfield drew 2—2 in latvia against rfs. and manchester city's women began their champions league qualification with a straight forward win against tomiris—turan of kazakhstan — city winning 6—0. that's all the sport for now. a week after sir salman rushdie was stabbed on stage, hundreds of writers will gather at the new york public library to read his works. the indian—born british author is currently recovering in hospital with severe injuries. joining me from warwickshire in scottish novelist al kennedy. thank you very much forjoining us. to draw attention, more attention on what has happened, his works are being read out and ironically the person who is accused of stabbing him said he only ever read two pages

of the satanic verses and while the book has gone into the bestseller list again, it's probably a book not many people could summarise, so i wonder if you could summarise what the book is about and where the controversy is.— controversy is. well, it's a very com - lex controversy is. well, it's a very complex work _ controversy is. well, it's a very complex work of _ controversy is. well, it's a very complex work of magical - controversy is. well, it's a very i complex work of magical realism. controversy is. well, it's a very - complex work of magical realism. it comes from somebody who is very familiar with the stories around islam. it has been viewed as blasphemous, but also the people who have gone through it have said, actually, these are words which are put into the mouths of characters, this is not necessarily the opinion of the author. it's a very basic misunderstanding about fiction, but it came at a time when the ayatollah khomeini was in the ascendance and

there was a figure that was identifiably could have been a fictionalised version of the ayatollah, so you might be talking about blasphemy, you might be talking about the intersection of politics and religion, you may be talking about a very powerful man being personally offended. salman rushdie has _ being personally offended. salman rushdie has spoken _ being personally offended. salman rushdie has spoken of _ being personally offended. salman rushdie has spoken of his - being personally offended. salman| rushdie has spoken of his absolute passion for free speech. ten years ago in an article he said the only way of living in a free society is that you have the right to say and do stuff. ~ , ,., , that you have the right to say and do stuff-_ and - that you have the right to say and do stuff._ and that - that you have the right to say and do stuff._ and that is i do stuff. absolutely. and that is back under _ do stuff. absolutely. and that is back under the _ do stuff. absolutely. and that is back under the spotlight - do stuff. absolutely. and that is back under the spotlight again. | do stuff. absolutely. and that is i back under the spotlight again. it's back under the spotlight again. it�*s increasingly being under the spotlight. you have an increasingly radicalised political situation in many countries that worst stable democracies and you have a radicalised and radicalising traditional media, massively radicalising forces online and huge confusion between consequence free

speech and free speech, which in the modern agejust means speech and free speech, which in the modern age just means the government won't come for you. there are huge battles going on and people have really been gently dozing through a dangerous situation which has made it more difficult to be a journalist, more life—threatening to be anybody who really works in areas of expression. this, in a way, is not at all different, but the stakes have always been a very high for everybody and hopefully we now remember all of the forms of expression of things that potentially we need, that potentially we need, that potentially will get us through the difficult thing, which is to be human. there is no consequence for free speech, if you like, but if you slander somebody, free speech, if you like, but if you slandersomebody, if free speech, if you like, but if you slander somebody, if you are rallying people to hate a whole group of people, there will be legal consequences and people will also say we don't like what you are

saying. but hopefully in a stable democracy there is proportionate response to speech, so when somebody says something what comes back is speech, not a knife to the neck. 0bviously what you are talking about is informed debate, and yourfears that that is something that gets sidelined when people are very polarised. sidelined when people are very olarised. ., ~ ., sidelined when people are very olarised. .. ~' ., sidelined when people are very olarised. ., ~ ., ., ., polarised. you know, young man who has barely read _ polarised. you know, young man who has barely read a _ polarised. you know, young man who has barely read a book _ polarised. you know, young man who has barely read a book decides - polarised. you know, young man who has barely read a book decides to - has barely read a book decides to try to take somebody�*s life, in theory, because of the book. people who have been misinformed and this informed storm the capitol building. there are a lot of people who are arguably being targeted because they have been identified as vulnerable by online algorithms, who are being stirred up to do terrible things which will ruin their lives as well.

so you say it will ruin their lives as well. what are your emotions around this? is it anger, sadness, frustration? i around this? is it anger, sadness, frustration?— around this? is it anger, sadness, frustration? i don't want somebody who is hugely _ frustration? i don't want somebody who is hugely helpful— frustration? i don't want somebody who is hugely helpful to _ frustration? i don't want somebody who is hugely helpful to me - frustration? i don't want somebody who is hugely helpful to me and i frustration? i don't want somebody who is hugely helpful to me and is| frustration? i don't want somebody| who is hugely helpful to me and is a dear man, and are very true man, a very sincere man who lives by his principles to be harmed. i also don't want somebody to be in a position where they have harmed someone for really not reason is that they can stand behind or even explain. that they can stand behind or even exlain. �* ~' ., that they can stand behind or even exlain. �* ~ ., ., ,., that they can stand behind or even exlain. �* ~ ., ., y., ., explain. and i know that you have worked with _ explain. and i know that you have worked with salman _ explain. and i know that you have worked with salman rushdie. i i explain. and i know that you have i worked with salman rushdie. i think he has been quite supportive of your career. tell us a bit about that and how you feel about him as a person away from the geopolitics of all of this. . �* ., ., ~ , this. yeah, i'm not a friend. as soon as somebody _ this. yeah, i'm not a friend. as soon as somebody dies - this. yeah, i'm not a friend. as soon as somebody dies and i this. yeah, i'm not a friend. as i soon as somebody dies and somebody

—— something awful happens, everybody was their best pal. when i was a completely invisible beginning writer, he championed my work for no reason other than he thought it was promising and he has run through my life not often, but at very key times. he has given me enormously helpful advice and even when when he was very much in hiding and preoccupied with that, he would give you, you know, he gives writers time because he is working on projects, civilisation, to paraphrasejohn stuart, and there has to be writing. there has to be writing of all kinds and he works for that, and that, i think, is one of the things that has sustained him through a horrible time when he could not see his son growing up, he could be anywhere without endangering the other people without endangering the other people

with him. but he has lived an honourable life and is continuing to live an honourable life, and that in the world is a rare and precious thing. the world is a rare and precious thin. �* , . ~ the world is a rare and precious thin. �* , . , thing. a.l. kennedy, thank you very much forjoining _ thing. a.l. kennedy, thank you very much forjoining us. _ wales' first hose pipe bans for more than 30 years come into force today across pembrokeshire and parts of carmarthenshire. the bans begin as the wider south—west wales area will also be declared as being in drought, as the effects of the driest year since 1976 continue in england and wales. take a look at the extent of the drought conditions nationally. you can see this area in wales joins a number of other regions in england, stretching as far north as yorkshire. despite many areas experiencing some welcome rainfall, there are still water shortages and low water levels in reservoirs and rivers, which has led to hosepipe bans being announced. south west water is the latest company to impose restrictions for cornwall and parts of devon that will come into force next week. 0ur reporter tomos morgan has the latest on the impact of the extreme heat

and dry conditions. it's been a really dry period, but it has been raining over the last few days. but, you know, is this rain going to go anywhere in helping you guys? oh, no. i mean, it'sjust been a bit of drizzle. a bit of welsh drizzle, this isn't rain. the last time it rained in pembrokeshire wasjuly and that was just for one day. and before that it was back injune. it's been the driest year on record since 1976, so a temporary hosepipe ban is now in force and a drought has just been declared across the whole of south west wales. as our winters get wetter, the summers are getting hotter and drier. for allotment owner karen, she's already planning for the future so seeds sown can live with the effects of climate change. got to learn to adapt, really. and maybe plant varieties that are more drought tolerant. i mean, in spain and italy, in other hot countries, they grow a lot of vegetables that don't need a lot of rain.

last weekend, pembrokeshire broke all previous records for water demand. so welsh water have had to ship water across the county. until the main source here is refilled, the llys—y—fran reservoir, restrictions will remain, but across wales it's a mixed picture. the north of wales in particular has had the rainfall that we need to maintain water resources. pembrokeshire is the area we are concerned about. we just simply haven't had any rain in pembrokeshire. there are other areas of south wales, south east in particular, that rainfall hasn't been as high as we would have liked and we are monitoring. welsh water is the third company to announce restrictions across the uk. by the end of next week, six areas of britain will be under measures. millions will need to be conservative with their usage. known for its vast coastlines, pembrokeshire is usually a cooler, but also wetter part of wales. yet it's becoming clear to karen that these weather changes are here to stay.

it frustrates me more to do with the reasonings behind having hosepipe bans. and that's primarily because, well, we've notjust had a hot summer. this is a result of climate change and so that's going to carry on that way. i find that very frustrating. joining me now is martyn evans, head of operations for south west wales at natural resources wales which advises the welsh government on environmental issues. thank you very much forjoining us. has this been an issue long in the making? it has this been an issue long in the makin: ? . . has this been an issue long in the makin: ? .,, . ., has this been an issue long in the makinu? ., �*, , ., making? it has, joanna, it's been a situation that's _ making? it has, joanna, it's been a situation that's been _ making? it has, joanna, it's been a situation that's been developing i making? it has, joanna, it's been a| situation that's been developing for the last several months and beyond that a little bit as well. we didn't get much rain during last winter, believe it or not, so this thing has been building as the situation around developing drought until we declared the drought, the prolonged

dry weather, rather, untilwe declared the drought to three days ago, so it's been a developing situation drawn on by the lack of water, lack of rainfall as you heard in the previous package, particularly low rainfall levels, 65% of normal injuly and in the three preceding months particularly low which has led to low river and lake levels, and a reduction in the water supply in wales and very low public supply levels in reservoirs and so on, so quite a serious situation. not records we want to see broken each year. so situation. not records we want to see broken each year.— situation. not records we want to see broken each year. so what is the ”lannin see broken each year. so what is the planning that — see broken each year. so what is the planning that needs _ see broken each year. so what is the planning that needs to _ see broken each year. so what is the planning that needs to be _ see broken each year. so what is the planning that needs to be done i see broken each year. so what is the planning that needs to be done to i planning that needs to be done to avoid this? are there inevitably limits to resilience when there is a particularly long dry spell? how much mitigation can be done? it requires close cooperation and collaboration between us and the company welsh water which is what we do in drought planning and that is run to make sure that they balance the needs of nature and people. it's

not an easy thing because we cannot control things we can control but not the weather or the climate, so it is about managing this position which is difficult whether you are a crop grower orfarmer which is difficult whether you are a crop grower or farmer growing potatoes in pembrokeshire or looking to feed your livestock and a lot of the farmers are having to bring forward their winter feed for feeding the livestock now and that will cause a problem down the line. so managing the current is a bit of an issue, but we need to think about using situations like this to plan better for the future and make ourselves, both in terms of people, ourselves, both in terms of people, our economy and livelihoods and wildlife, more resilient for the future. it's not an easy thing but it's not as if it has not been started already, so we're looking at things like making our river catchments hold water back summer and winter months, to try and retain that water in and around rivers and lake levels as well to sustain that ecology a bit better. and of course it works the other way by holding water back in those catchments and

sustaining that, making the land is wetter in the uplands around the catchments, it helps with floods in the winter because these floods won't be far away when we have heavy floods, so these extremes of climate are pretty challenging, so we do need to plan better for are pretty challenging, so we do need to plan betterfor them. as well as tackling the root cause of climate change, which is behind a lot of the issues that we are currently facing in these extremities, that means moving away from fossil fuels, extremities, that means moving away from fossilfuels, managing our own demands on electricity, holding more water, as we mentioned, and decarbonising industry and homes so everybody can play their part. and everybody can play their part. and on that, everybody can play a part, do we need to get our heads more in the space of seeing water as a finite, very precious resource? i grew up in the 70s and i remember one bath of water, everybody would successively use that one bath, because we were all in the mindset that you couldn't waste water. it's very different now. ida.

that you couldn't waste water. it's very different now.— very different now. no, i think we are becoming _ very different now. no, i think we are becoming more _ very different now. no, i think we are becoming more profligate i very different now. no, i think wej are becoming more profligate and wasteful. we have been. i think those messages are starting to hit home now and that thrift you mention from previous generations was not a bad trend or characteristic, and we seriously need to rediscover that if it's not already there, and that is that the individual, collective, community, economy, society level and everybody thinks about that right now. minimising and being more efficient about how we use things as well as safeguarding the future supplies is key, really. we can do everything. the hot weather we have had recently has been great for recreation and visitors to west wales and that has exacerbated the situation in pembrokeshire because we have a hefty increase in population temporarily and seasonally in pembrokeshire that makes extra demands on water supplies there, but if you are out and about doing some recreation and while swimming or something, or thinking about having a barbecue,

just be really careful, because the incident management of our staff recently with the fire and rescue services and welsh water and the police have been extremely busy recently with grassland fires which have been accidentally set, so just great care if you are out and about in the countryside enjoying yourself in the countryside enjoying yourself in this summer holiday period. fin in this summer holiday period. on water in this summer holiday period. 0n water conservation, one thing is an inevitable part of the conversation and that is water leakages. how do you feel about those? i’ge and that is water leakages. how do you feel about those?— you feel about those? i've got a view, you feel about those? i've got a view. but _ you feel about those? i've got a view. but you — you feel about those? i've got a view, but you need _ you feel about those? i've got a view, but you need to _ you feel about those? i've got a view, but you need to ask- you feel about those? i've got a | view, but you need to ask welsh water and the water companies. i can see it is a massive challenge of requiring huge investment and it's become quite noticeable that probably more investment is required both from the regulator and more from companies themselves, and it's a massive challenge and it is a societal challenge because you could argue we have had water to cheap in the past and not invested in the true cost both environmentally and

economically in our bills for the true cost of water, and i think that is starting to hit home. it's a really interesting public societal debate. . ~ really interesting public societal debate. ., ,, , ., really interesting public societal debate. ., ,, ., really interesting public societal debate. ., ., ., , debate. thank you for “oining us, martin evans. i the man responsible for the bali bombing in 2002 has had his sentence reduced for good behaviour and could soon be eligible for parole. umar patek was sentenced to more than twenty years in prison for his role in the bombings that killed more than two hundred people. eighty—eight australians were killed in the blast i say that this will have a devastating impact on the families and they are going through a trauma. in memory of their lost loved ones. so many people lost their lives, it's notjust the 88, there are thousands of people who have been impacted by this, and certainly the australian government will be conveying, diplomatically, very clearly, our view of this. 0ur correspondent, phil mercer

has more from sydney. 202 people died. 88 of them, as you say from australia, but many other victims from indonesia. bali, of course, is a holiday destination in the indonesian archipelago, victims too from the united kingdom and the united states, and news that the bomb maker, umar patek, has been given a five month remission on his sentence, with the possibility of early parole, has been greeted with enormous dismay here in australia, not simply because the 20th anniversary of the atrocity is occurring in less than two months' time. the australian prime minister, anthony albanese, saying this man was responsible for death and destruction on a massive scale, and there will be a lot of anxiety in australia, and elsewhere, that this man could well be released, after serving about half of a 20 year sentence that was imposed on him in 2012.

we are hearing reports that indonesian authorities consider umar patek to be a model prisoner, and a bit of a poster boy, if you like, for the deradicalisation campaign that is under way in indonesia. the authorities there say that this man has been deradicalised, a good prisoner, with a good attitude, who has reaffirmed his commitment to the indonesian state. once upon a time, this man was one of the most wanted men in asia. he was arrested in pakistan a decade ago, sentenced to 20 years in prison. many australians will view this man with utter disdain, given, as we say, the anniversary of this atrocity is approaching. very briefly, bali was, once upon a time, australia's tropical playground — clearly not part of australia, but very much part of australian tradition. so the attack there in 2002 really did shatter australia's sense of isolated security, and for many people,

notjust here in australia, but in many other countries, the mental and physical scars of those bombings persist to this very day. a russian rapper and restaurateur have joined forces to reopen a chain of coffee shops, with a rather familiar name. �*stars', due to open today, is the rebranded version of the us chain starbucks. after 15 years, the global coffee giant shut 130 stores in late may, as part of a mass exodus of companies from russia in reaction to its invasion of ukraine. fans of starbucks will recognise the similarites between the old and new looks, with the new owners saying they sought to find some continuity for customers. high speed internet has been installed on the slopes of africa's highest peak so people who summit mount kilimanjaro can instantly share the news with family, friends and followers. tanzania

says its state—owned phone network had set up the connection — at a height of 12,000 feet — so users who reached the top could connect to social media and post about their achievement. mount kilimanjaro is an important source of tourism revenue in tanzania and neighbouring kenya, with around 35,000 people attempting to summit it each year. a weird new building is causing quite a stir in bristol in the west of england. it was created to show people how they could potentially live on mars, but with the additional aim of making them think about how they can live more sustainably on earth. wendy urquhart reports. space has always been a source of curiosity and experts have often talked about the possibility of living on the moon or mars and a new project now makes it possible to see what living on mars might look like. this two—storey, 53 square—metre inflatable structure was designed by a team of experts who specialise in creating buildings for extreme environment, including antarctica. it is powered both solar panels

and can cope with an average temperature of —63 celsius, but there are also a number of other urgent issues to consider. the key thing about when you're living on mars is you need your buildings to be completely airtight, because the atmosphere outside is essentially poisonous. you then need to be able to keep out all the dangerous solar and cosmic radiation so you need to have the outside made of something which will keep all those dangerous rays out. so, our house partially would be built underground, in the amazing lava tubes which exist under the surface of mars — that's where the bedrooms and bathrooms would be. and then aboveground would be the living room, this gold inflatable section that you see behind us, and that would be filled with home—made concrete, made of the water and crusty earth you get on planet mars and it would then go hard and protect you from the rays that exist around you. the environmental control room, the life—support systems that

power the house, two compact bedroom pods, a shower and a low—water martian loo are in the underground section. the creators hope that this martian house will inspire people to live more sustainably on earth and you can see what it is all about when it opens to the public at the end of august. wendy urquhart, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with sarah keith lucas hello. more cloud today, and it is breaking up with more sunshine developing and through the day it's going to be a picture of sunny spells and scattered showers. 0ver spells and scattered showers. over the next few days, some showers in the next few days, some showers in the forecast, and most of them for scotland and northern ireland. here is the weather front that brought the cloud to southern and eastern england this morning, now clearing to the east on the next area of shower bearing cloud is moving in from the north—west. so more showers to come for scotland and northern

ireland for the rest of the day, some of them blustery and one or two of them sharp and there could be a rumble of thunder. the sunshine holding longest for aberdeenshire and much of england and wales in long spells of sunshine. cumulus cloud building through the day and temperatures similar to what we had yesterday, maybe a degree or so lower. 25 in the south—east and typically the high teens or the low 20s further north. most of the showers fade away this evening and overnight, so a window of dry weather before the next area of wet and windy weather moves into scotland and northern ireland through saturday, so a blustery, damp start here. further south, dry and a cooler, fresher night than recently so less humid and more comfortable for sleeping. that is how we start the weekend. low pressure to the north of the uk. here is a weather front, pressure to the north of the uk. here is a weatherfront, quite pressure to the north of the uk. here is a weather front, quite slow moving, trailing through parts of northern ireland and northern england as well, slowly clearing out of scotland. there could be the odd thunderstorm on the line or heavy showers, especially for northern england in the afternoon. in the side of that, more sunshine developing and one or two isolated

showers with a lot of dry weather and a breezy feeling day for many of us and temperatures between 14 and “p us and temperatures between 14 and up to 25 degrees on saturday. heading through the second half of the weekend, low pressure not far away, pushing to the north—east. then the next area of low pressure approaching from the south. a cloudy day on sunday for many with the cloud gradually increasing from the south—west. showers clearing from scotland but more showery rain for wales and south—west england later in the day and many northern and eastern areas staying dry for much of the day although we have a fair amount of cloud with highs between 15 up to 24 degrees. next week we expect some useful rainfall in the south at times for the first time in the week and a bit of rain in the north later on and temperatures on the rise, especially in the south—east. goodbye for now.

this is bbc news. the headlines: a growing number of under—30s are paying unaffordable rent — new figures show that four in ten are paying landlords more than 30% of their income. it's disheartening, because it feels like you'll be stuck in rental properties forever. but everyone's in the same position. nhs leaders say the uk is facing a humanitarian crisis, unless further action is taken on energy costs — with more people falling ill as they choose between skipping meals and heating their homes. concerns over ambulance response times — an 87—year—old lay under a makeshift shelter on his garden patio for 15 hours after calling 999. a man has been remanded in custody after appearing in court charged with the murder of 87—year—old thomas 0'halloran, who was stabbed while riding his mobility scooter in west london.

tube, rail and bus strikes cause severe disruption across london as thousands of workers walk out over pay, job cuts and pensions. apple has released an urgent security update for its iphones, ipads and macs after two serious vulnerabilities were found that could allow attackers to gain access to someone's device. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. four out of ten young people in the uk signing up for new private tenancies are spending an "unaffordable" amount of their income on rent, new figures suggest. housing experts say spending more than 30 % of income on rent is unaffordable, and the proportion of young renters grappling with high housing costs is at a five—year high.

0ur consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith reports. no—one likes paying rent, but right now, people under 30 like mia are paying through the nose. my tenancy is ending soon and looking for new tenancies is just more and more expensive. it's disheartening because it feels like you're just going to be stuck in rental properties forever, but everyone's in the same position. it's extortionate. what were you paying, then? it's 850 between the two of us, and also the bills, which have absolutely crippled me. i literallyjust moved back home two weeks ago, so there you go. although the data shows the most unaffordable areas for young people are in london, many of the areas that have seen the biggest change are other towns and cities. rotherham, bolton, dudley, slough, salford, walsall, nottingham, trafford and peterborough have seen some of the biggest increases. young people spend more of their incomes on rent than any other age group. so with rents going up so quickly at the same

time their incomes are not, it's younger people who are being squeezed in the middle, and that's before they've even started paying for any of their other bills. in dudley, estate agents say with so few homes coming up, it's tempting for tenants to offer more than the listed price. under 30s are struggling at the moment. i can relate to them, so i do try and sympathise a little bit, but at the same time they shouldn't be offering £100 more or £50 more if they cannot meet that requirement. but then if they don't, they're going to miss out on that property. so it's a hard situation. that's the conundrum that io faced when she got her flat. did you find that lots of people were looking round every flat that you were looking at? exactly. sometimes you just have to probably offer more or offer to pay upfront or something just to get it. but for some, moving back home does have a silver lining. i like living with my mum, so yeah, i'll stay there as long as i can. yeah, my washing's all done, food cooked. it's all good! colletta smith,

bbc news, in salford. a 44—year—old man has been remanded in custody over the stabbing of a pensioner in west london. lee byer appeared at willesden magistrates' court this morning. 87—year—old thomas 0'halloran was fatally stabbed whilst on his mobility scooter on tuesday afternoon. 0ur correspondent greg mckenzie has been at willesden magistrates' court this morning. in hearing, lee byer appeared here at woolston magistrates' court. he faces two charges, one of the murder of 87—year—old thomas 0'halloran on tuesday in greenford most of the second charge is for carrying a knife. he's been remanded in custody and will reappear at the old bailey in august the 23rd. nhs leaders are urging the government to provide more help to tackle rising energy bills — saying people will fall ill this winter unless action is taken.

the nhs confederation, which represents health trust bosses, says the uk is facing a "humanitarian crisis" and it will be left to hospitals, gp practices and care homes to pick up the pieces. ministers say eight million vulnerable households are getting extra support worth £1,200 each. earlier our health reporter simon dedman spoke to samantha simmonds about the confederation's concerns. we are concerned about the rising cost of energy and that this could mean people end up getting sick and actually, their health could worsen. so they are effectively calling on the government to intervene, because they are concerned that this could increase hospitalisations, it could put pressure on gps. the government is saying that it is providing support, that every household is going to be getting £400 to help with winter energy payments, and the eight million most vulnerable homes will be getting £1,200, but there are calls from other areas for this support

to be increased, and of course from some, for an energy price cap. there are growing concerns about the pressure on ambulance services after an 87—year—old man in cornwall was forced to wait for 15 hours overnight in his garden following a 999 call. his family had to build a makeshift shelter around him, after a fall which broke his pelvis. there's particular concern about response times in south west england. the bbc'sjohn maguire has been taking a look at two cases in cornwall — where patients were left waiting 15 hours, or more, for an ambulance. in sheer desperation, this shelter made from goal posts, tarpaulins and umbrellas was built by a woman in cornwall whose father had fallen and fractured his pelvis. as they waited 15 hours for an ambulance, they constructed this to protect the 87—year—old from the rain as he lay where he fell. it actually took nine

minutes before my 999 call was actually answered. in a separate case, stephen simms rang bbc cornwall after his mother waited 40 hours for an ambulance — then spent another 20 in the back of the vehicle before being admitted to hospital. we were literally heartbroken to see a 90—year—old woman in such distress, just sat there waiting, not knowing how ill she was, or whether she had — well, in this case, whether she had broken anything. the south west ambulance service covers a huge area from gloucestershire to the tip of cornwall, where the summer population increase puts extra pressure on the service. but these delays in response are unprecedented. it's the most challenging period i have seen in my 20 years

in the nhs and i think, as an ambulance service, we are working with everyone in the wider health and social care sector to do everything we can to improve it, but it is the most challenging that it's been out there for our staff that are working tirelessly at the moment to do the very best for patients. the crux of the issue is not new — hospitals unable to accept patients because people are already in beds who cannot be discharged due to a lack of capacity in social care. it's absolutely soul—destroying at the moment. you don'tjoin an ambulance service to sit in an ambulance outside of an emergency department all of your shift — you join it to help patients that really need your help in the community. and that is what is so difficult for our staff at the moment, is knowing there are patients out in the community that need our help and not being able to respond to them as quickly as they would like. in response, the government says...

each individual case is distressing, but the underlying issues and arguments are well—known. but these are problems most often associated with winter, and if the nhs is unable to catch up in the coming months, then the fear is, the winter will be much worse. john maguire, bbc news. there's more disruption to public transport in london today with strike action affecting the underground and 0verground across the city. some bus services in west and south west london and parts of surrey will also be affected. passengers are being warned that rail services nationally will be slow to recover following yesterday's 24 hour strike by staff, over changes to pay and conditions. 0ur transport correspondent caroline davies has the details. the last servings of the working week at this thai restaurant. it won't open on friday because of the london underground strike. a lot of our staff are not be able

to come in, like six, six people of us, we're not coming in tomorrow. we will be losing our customers, so that, you know, it's affecting our income. this was the last tube strike injune. today's strike by the rmt union means that there'll be little to no service throughout the day on the london underground and no night tube. this isn't about pay. instead, it's about something that hasn't happened yet. the rmt union is concerned that transport for london, known as tfl, will make an agreement with the government to cutjobs and pensions to get funding. we need an unequivocal guarantee that there will be no changes to people's pensions, negative changes to people's pensions. we also demand that there will be no job cuts, and we also demand that there will be no changes to people's terms and conditions, their contracts, their agreements without the union's consent and approval. but tfl says that they haven't proposed job cuts, pension

or condition changes, and the union wants them to guarantee that they won't in the future. it's very difficult for any organisation, including our own, to provide those cast iron guarantees and commitments. clearly the world is a very difficult place right now, but what we have assured all of the trade unions of is that if we did need to undertake changes to the pension schemes, if we did need to propose them, they would all be subject to extensive consultation. the rmt and the other trade unions will be closely involved with that. it's not the only strike in london today. 62 bus routes in west and south west london will also be affected by industrial action, as will the london 0verground, both over pay. plus, yesterday's rail strikes will also cause some disruption too. the advice, avoid travelling on the tube and only travel if essential on the rest of the network. caroline davis, bbc news.

(pres)more now on the news that 40% of young people are spending an "unaffordable" amount of their income on rent. housing experts say spending more than 30 % of income on rent is unaffordable, and the proportion of young renters grappling with high housing costs is at a five—year high. let's speak to the ceo of the housing charity shelter, polly neate. thank you forjoining us. what examples are you coming across? brute examples are you coming across? we are examples are you coming across? - are just hearing this all the time now, the cost—of—living crisis is tipping people into a situation where they can't afford their rents. the problem is that private renting is kind of on the verge of unaffordable for a lot of people anyway, and very large proportion of private renters have no savings at all so they have got no cushion, effectively. with the cost—of—living crisis, it is unfortunately going to tip many people into arrears, i'm afraid. . , ., . tip many people into arrears, i'm afraid. . , ., , ., tip many people into arrears, i'm afraid. . y., , ., ., , , afraid. have you seen that happening alread ? afraid. have you seen that happening already? absolutely. _

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34—year—olds living at home with parents. there are people who just don't have these other options. what impact is that having on their development, there being able to living on with life in a way that might be expected? 0k, ok, i kept talking in the hope that she could hear me, the picture had frozen but it's not coming back. i think we are going to have to leave that come unfortunately. that was the ceo of shelter. do get in touch if you have experience of this. you can also get in touch on twitter. let's catch up with the sport. england are making headway in their attempt to stop south africa building their first innings lead in the first test at lords. south africa started the day 289 for seven, a lead of 124 on england's

first innings total. three wickets this morning including a fantastic one—handed catch from stuart broad, which saw kagiso rabada go for three off the bowling of matthew potts, means the visitors are now 326 for nine, a lead of 161 runs. let's take you to munich now for an update on the european championships. 0lympic silver medalist keely hodgkinson has qualified for the women's 800 metres final. the gb star looked relaxed as she won her semifinal heat in a time of 2:00.67. she will be desperate to take gold in the final on saturday after coming second at the commonwelath games and the world championships last month. and more success for great britain in the second semifinal asjemma reekie and alexandra bell also qualified with renelle lamote of france crossing the line first. in the women's 4x400 metres, gb women finished first in their heat, comfortably qualifying.

the team of ama pipi, zoey clark, nicole yearginm and laveli nielsen are through to the final on saturday. and both the women and the men won their heats in the 4x100 metres, easing through to qualify for the finals, which are both on sunday — the last day of the competition. dina asher—smith is preparing to defend her 200 metre european title this evening in munich. she qualified with ease last night, recovering from the leg cramping problem she had in the 100 metres. asher—smith says that cramping was due to her period — and wants more to be done to look into women's health and how periods can impact performance. more people need to actually research on the sport science perspective because it's absolutely huge. we wouldn't always talk about it, either, because sometimes you see girls that have been so consistent, there's a random dip and behind the scenes they've been really struggling. it's like, "what's that?

that's random." but it would just do with more funding because... yeah, i feel like if it was a men's issue, they'd have a million different ways to combat things. but with women, there just needs to be more funding in that area. following his win over andy murray, the british number one cam norrie is now into the quarterfinals in cincinatti. he was playing the american wild card ben shelton and gave a dominant display. norrie — who's seeded ninth — won the first set 6—0, before taking the second 6—2. he'll now play spanish teenager carlos alcaraz, who's the third seed. but emma raducanu's run has come to an end after she was beaten in her third round match byjessica pegula. the american, having a strong year and in the world's top ten, took the first set 7—5. before going on to win the second 6—4. raducanu will now turn her attention

to defending her us open title in new york in ten days' time. that's all the sport for now. apple has issued an urgent software update for many of its phones, tablets and computers — because of security flaws that could allow attackers to take complete control of the devices. the vulnerability would allow intruders to impersonate the device's owner and subsequently run any software in their name. joining me now is david calder, co—founder of adarma, a cybersecurity company. thanks forjoining us. how serious is this? thanks for “oining us. how serious is this? . . thanks for “oining us. how serious is this? , , ., , thanks for “oining us. how serious is this? , , . , ., is this? this is really quite a serious event. _ is this? this is really quite a serious event. these - is this? this is really quite a i serious event. these weaknesses is this? this is really quite a _ serious event. these weaknesses have been found end the operating systems and apple are saying there is evidence that they are being used in the wild, they are being used live

on the internet at the moment. so it's really serious. in on the internet at the moment. so it's really serious.— it's really serious. in other words, some people _ it's really serious. in other words, some people will _ it's really serious. in other words, some people will have _ it's really serious. in other words, some people will have had - it's really serious. in other words, some people will have had their i some people will have had their devices hacked as a result of this security flaw?— security flaw? yes. likely at this oint it is security flaw? yes. likely at this point it is nation _ security flaw? yes. likely at this point it is nation state _ security flaw? yes. likely at this point it is nation state actors i security flaw? yes. likely at this| point it is nation state actors that have this ability, so they will be targeting major organisations or political enemies and such like, but with vulnerabilities like this and exploits like this, it quickly trickles down to organised crime groups and beyond, so probably not prolific at this point, but best to apply the security updates. and prolific at this point, but best to apply the security updates. and how tuickl apply the security updates. and how quickly would _ apply the security updates. and how quickly would apple _ apply the security updates. and how quickly would apple have _ apply the security updates. and how quickly would apple have known i apply the security updates. and how i quickly would apple have known about this? i mean, how long could this vulnerability have been there and open this exploitation? aha, open this exploitation? vulnerability is sometimes present for years until it is discovered by a researcher. in this case apple are saying it is an anonymous researcher

that found them, they will have moved very quickly to create security update and get it out there because it is being actively used in the wild, so they will have moved it as quickly as they possibly can, maybe just weeks or even days to get these updates done. fiur maybe just weeks or even days to get these updates done.— maybe just weeks or even days to get these updates done. our phones have eve hint these updates done. our phones have everything in — these updates done. our phones have everything in them — these updates done. our phones have everything in them these _ these updates done. our phones have everything in them these days, i these updates done. our phones have everything in them these days, so i everything in them these days, so any talk of a security vulnerability like this will of course —— and it will cause real concern. like this will of course -- and it will cause real concern.- like this will of course -- and it will cause real concern. yes, and i think it is — will cause real concern. yes, and i think it is right _ will cause real concern. yes, and i think it is right to _ will cause real concern. yes, and i think it is right to be _ will cause real concern. yes, and i think it is right to be concerned i think it is right to be concerned but the updates are there, it feels inconvenient to spend that half are off—line, but really, the right thing to do is to apply that security update. these vulnerabilities do allow them through a chain, people to take control of people's systems, whether it is phones or ipads or their laptops, so it is really critical that they apply the updates and just prevent that control from happening, because of the amount date —— mcdermott of data you have got there

and all the things you access through your phones and laptops. sometimes people don't want to use updates because of problems it might cause for the phone, it might slow down or the phone might not have capacity, what do you say about that? i capacity, what do you say about that? 4' capacity, what do you say about that? ~ ., , ., , that? i think that prevention is alwa s that? i think that prevention is always better _ that? i think that prevention is always better than _ that? i think that prevention is always better than cure, i that? i think that prevention is always better than cure, so i that? i think that prevention is i always better than cure, so apple have done testing, if there are problems, they will release subsequent fixes for those problems, and the seriousness of this means that it and the seriousness of this means thatitis and the seriousness of this means that it is best to apply it, so my advice would be to go ahead, take the time to apply those changes. i know you said that any hacks using this particular vulnerability would most likely have only been done at state level and very targeted. hagar state level and very targeted. how would anybody _ state level and very targeted. how would anybody ever know if their phone had been hacked? it appears these hacks — phone had been hacked? it appears these hacks used _ phone had been hacked? it appears these hacks used malicious - phone had been hacked? it appears these hacks used malicious web i these hacks used malicious web content, so you could connect to a malicious website or somehow a website may have been compromised. at that point, there is essentially

a chain that an attacker can use to attack your phone and gain access to it, oryour device. attack your phone and gain access to it, or your device. at that point, they have gained compromise and essentially they are like super users on your device, so difficult to detect, but with typical antivirus or security software, they will identify or they will catch up to identify these attacks and also apple will be working on functionality to make sure it is detected as well. but functionality to make sure it is detected as well.— functionality to make sure it is detected as well. �* . , ., , ., detected as well. but as a user, how would ou detected as well. but as a user, how would you know _ detected as well. but as a user, how would you know that's _ detected as well. but as a user, how would you know that's happened i detected as well. but as a user, how would you know that's happened to i would you know that's happened to your phone? it is would you know that's happened to your phone?— your phone? it is a seamless, it would be _ your phone? it is a seamless, it would be invisible _ your phone? it is a seamless, it would be invisible to _ your phone? it is a seamless, it would be invisible to you i your phone? it is a seamless, it would be invisible to you as i your phone? it is a seamless, it would be invisible to you as a i your phone? it is a seamless, it i would be invisible to you as a user, no alerts would come up at this point and such like. so that wouldn't be evident to you at all. the only thing you could do is look for any anomalous behaviour on your system. but that could be very difficult in this year quite tech. what sort of... what advice would you give people? you obviously

advising to get the security update, but in terms of trying to be vigilant and seeing if can spot anything that should be concerned about, is there any advice? yes. anything that should be concerned about, is there any advice? yes, if an of about, is there any advice? yes, if any of your— about, is there any advice? yes, if any of your friends _ about, is there any advice? yes, if any of your friends or _ about, is there any advice? yes, if any of your friends or colleagues i any of your friends or colleagues report they have received anything from you that looks suspicious, pay attention to that because it may be your machine has been used to launch a follow—on attack against them, or if you just observe anything unusual with your machine, then pay attention to it, so vigilance is really the key. if you can't install the update immediately, it appears it is always using web content, so stay away from sites that you don't trust, and be really careful, and as i say i can't emphasise enough the security updates, they are the right way to go. security updates, they are the right wa to to. , ., way to go. if you are concerned, you mentioned — way to go. if you are concerned, you mentioned that _ way to go. if you are concerned, you mentioned that think _ way to go. if you are concerned, you mentioned that think of _ way to go. if you are concerned, you mentioned that think of if _ way to go. if you are concerned, you mentioned that think of if you i way to go. if you are concerned, you mentioned that think of if you have i mentioned that think of if you have had something from someone in your contacts list who said things had been sent from the fun and they

hadn't done it, what is the best way to protect yourself at that point, how do you delete anything that might be on your phone? definitely best 'ust to might be on your phone? definitely bestiust to go _ might be on your phone? definitely bestjust to go to _ might be on your phone? definitely bestjust to go to apple _ might be on your phone? definitely bestjust to go to apple and - might be on your phone? definitely bestjust to go to apple and get i bestjust to go to apple and get some help directly from them. if you are concerned, look into one of their stores and ask them to check it. also, the internet has a lot of advice as well, so by all means go there and look for things that you can do in a safe fashion, or contact someone you know who is technical and knowledgeable.— someone you know who is technical and knowledgeable. thank you very much, and knowledgeable. thank you very much. david _ and knowledgeable. thank you very much, david calder. _ wales' first hosepipe bans for more than 30 years come into force today across pembrokeshire and parts of carmarthenshire. the bans begin as the wider south—west wales area will also be declared as being in drought, as the effects of the driest year since 1976 continue in england and wales. take a look at the extent of the drought conditions nationally. you can see this area in wales joins a number

of other regions in england, stretching as far north as yorkshire. despite many areas experiencing some welcome rainfall, there are still water shortages and low water levels in reservoirs and rivers, which has led to hosepipe bans being announced. south west water is the latest company to impose restrictions for cornwall and parts of devon that will come into force next week. 0ur reporter tomos morgan has the latest on the impact of the extreme heat and dry conditions. it's been a really dry period, but it has been raining over the last few days. but, you know, is this rain going to go anywhere in helping you guys? oh, no. i mean, it'sjust been a bit of drizzle. a bit of welsh drizzle, this isn't rain. the last time it rained in pembrokeshire wasjuly and that was just for one day. and before that it was back injune. it's been the driest year on record since 1976, so a temporary hosepipe ban is now in force and a drought has just been declared across the whole of south west wales. as our winters get wetter, the summers are getting hotter and drier.

for allotment owner karen, she's already planning for the future so seeds sown can live with the effects of climate change. got to learn to adapt, really. and maybe plant varieties that are more drought tolerant. i mean, in spain and italy, in other hot countries, they grow a lot of vegetables that don't need a lot of rain. last weekend, pembrokeshire broke all previous records for water demand. so welsh water have had to ship water across the county. until the main source here is refilled, the llys—y—fran reservoir, restrictions will remain, but across wales it's a mixed picture. the north of wales in particular has had the rainfall that we need to maintain water resources. pembrokeshire is the area we are concerned about. we just simply haven't had any rain in pembrokeshire. there are other areas of south wales, south east in particular, that rainfall hasn't been as high as we would have liked and we are monitoring. welsh water is the third

company to announce restrictions across the uk. by the end of next week, six areas of britain will be under measures. millions will need to be conservative with their usage. known for its vast coastlines, pembrokeshire is usually a cooler, but also wetter part of wales. yet it's becoming clear to karen that these weather changes are here to stay. it frustrates me more to do with the reasonings behind having hosepipe bans. and that's primarily because, well, we've notjust had a hot summer. this is a result of climate change and so that's going to carry on that way. i find that very frustrating. tomos morgan, bbc news, pembrokeshire. a new crown a new ci’owi’i vaccine a new crown vaccine will be rolled out from september with care home residents and has been people the first to have them but if your

immune system incident function in people then vaccines often don't work meaning you're more vulnerable to infection put up a new drug to predict risk patients is being trialled in birmingham. in many ways, irene and andrew are people who haven't been able to move on with their lives, there is still locked in the early days of the pandemic, because forthem, locked in the early days of the pandemic, because for them, the covid vaccines don't work. i don't no to as covid vaccines don't work. i don't go to as many — covid vaccines don't work. i don't go to as many theatres _ covid vaccines don't work. i don't go to as many theatres or- covid vaccines don't work. i don't i go to as many theatres or cinemas, or crowded places, just avoid them. i was shielding from the beginning anyway and i have virtually been shielded ever since. i anyway and i have virtually been shielded ever since.— anyway and i have virtually been shielded ever since. i have not been an here. shielded ever since. i have not been anywhere- the _ shielded ever since. i have not been anywhere. the only _ shielded ever since. i have not been anywhere. the only people - shielded ever since. i have not been anywhere. the only people who i shielded ever since. i have not been | anywhere. the only people who have been in _ anywhere. the only people who have been in the _ anywhere. the only people who have been in the house have been tested before _ been in the house have been tested before they came.— been in the house have been tested before they came. andrew and irene will be the second _ before they came. andrew and irene will be the second and _ before they came. andrew and irene will be the second and third - before they came. andrew and irene will be the second and third people i will be the second and third people taking part in the trial of a new drug at queen elizabeth hospital in birmingham. it is designed to stop patients with immune system problems

getting coronavirus in the first place. so how does it work? antibodies are made by the body to help protect it against infection. in people that are not able to mount a vaccine response they don't have those antibodies as of this drug is trying to replace the natural antibodies against covid and hopefully it will provide that level of protection that the vaccine would have done. in of protection that the vaccine would have done. ' :: :: of protection that the vaccine would have done. ' i: :: ,., , have done. in the end, 1700 patients will take part — have done. in the end, 1700 patients will take part in _ have done. in the end, 1700 patients will take part in this _ have done. in the end, 1700 patients will take part in this trial, _ have done. in the end, 1700 patients will take part in this trial, half i will take part in this trial, half will take part in this trial, half will get a placebo and half the new drug and since the drug is a slight yellow tinge, to make sure nobody knows which is which, it is hidden inside these black plastic bags. it's important to stress that vaccination is still the best way to fight coronavirus, but for these patients if this trial is successful, this drug offers them a route back to a much more normal life. if all goes well, we had —— but we should have early results in about six months, and a full report into —— in two years time.

time for a look at the weather. we have some blue sky out and about today, also across england and wales compared to yesterday but we have showers moving in across scotland, as you western scotland into northern ireland. this is the remnants of the overnight rain across the south and east so we are sandwiched between two weather systems. that ratio is potentially in the north, easing towards the end of the day. temperature is not quite as high as yesterday but still pleasantly warm in the strong sun travel to more breeze, orwinter in the strong sun travel to more breeze, or winter run tonight, gail is pushing this next front in across scotland and northern ireland. —— gale force winds. in the south it will be a less humid night, for more comfortable for sleeping, and plenty of sunshine first thing. the cloud builds up, the rain clears northern ireland and scotland, but then it becomes stuck a little across northern pain —— northern england and north wales, it could turn heavy. the odd shower side but some

good spells of sunshine and feeling pleasant enough the sunshine. hello, this is bbc news with joanna gosling. the headlines. a growing number of under 30s are paying an affordable rent. irleug paying an affordable rent. new fitures paying an affordable rent. new figures show — paying an affordable rent. new figures show four _ paying an affordable rent. new figures show four in _ paying an affordable rent. new figures show four in ten are playing landlords more than 30% of their income. nhs leaders say the uk is facing a humanitarian crisis unless

further action is taken on energy costs with more people falling ill as they choose between skipping meals and heating their homes. concerns over ambulance response times. an 87—year—old lay under a makeshift shelter on his garden patio for 15 hours after calling 999. a man has been remanded in custody after appearing in court charged with the murder of 87—year—old thomas 0'halloran who was stabbed while riding his mobility scooter in west london. tube, railand bus mobility scooter in west london. tube, rail and bus strikes cause disruption across west london as thousands of workers walk out over pay cuts, jobs and pensions. a series of explosions have been reported at two russian military installations. in sevastopol, in russian—occupied crimea, the governor claimed a ukrainian drone was shot down by anti—aircraft defences near a key military airfield. in russia itself, the authorities said villages close to the border with ukraine were evacuated after a fire broke out at an ammunition depot. the blasts occurred as the un

secretary—general, antonio guterres, undertakes a two—day visit to ukraine. gareth barlow reports this is russia, about 50 kilometres from the ukrainian border. an arms depot, exploding into the night. two local villages evacuated, as investigations got under way. the blast comes as series of explosions were reported at an air base in russian occupied crimea. the exact cause of the blast in both cases unclear. the latest blazes, though, are part of a broadening recent trend of incidents at key russian installations, far behind the front lines. as these pictures of another airfield in crimea, which appear to show damage following a series of explosions earlier this month will attest. earlier on thursday, president zelensky met the secretary—general of the un, antonio guterres, as well as the turkish leader, president erdogan. top of the agenda, the continued russian occupation and militarisation of the zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in southern ukraine, a situation triggering warnings

from round the world. united states condemns, in the strongest terms, russia's reckless disregard for nuclear safety and security. along with our allies and partners, we call on russia to cease all military operations at or near ukraine's nuclear facilities, and to return full control of the znpp to ukraine. speaking at theirjoint meeting, turkey's president erdogan called on moscow to demilitarise the area, warning of the risk of another chernobyl at the plant. the united nations chief adding he was gravely concerned about fighting near zaporizhzhia. common sense must prevail, to avoid any actions that might endanger the physical integrity, safety or security of the nuclear plant. and the facility must not be used to spark any military operations. later on friday, antonio guterres will travel to 0desa, the vital ukrainian port once again

exporting grain around the world. turkey and the un brokered the deal to resume shipments, the only diplomatic success so far in this six month war, and it is hoped the backbone for more deals to come. but the prospect of peace, as things currently stand, still seems as hollow as these cavernous war—torn ruins. gareth barlow, bbc news. the man responsible for the bali bombing in 2002 has had his sentence reduced for good behaviour and could soon be eligible for parole. umar patek was sentenced to more than 20 years in prison for his role in the bombings that killed more than 200 people. 88 australians were killed in the blast and the prime minister anthony albanese has described the news as distressing. can i say that this will have a devastating impact on the families and they are going through a trauma.

in memory of their lost loved ones. we lost 88 australians in the attack. more than 200 people lost their lives, 88 australians who all sons and daughters, brothers and sisters, fathers, mothers. young people lost their lives. so many people lost their lives. so many people lost their lives, so it's not just the 88. there are thousands of people who have been impacted by this, and certainly the australian government will be conveying, diplomatically, very clearly, our view of this. which is this further reduction in sentence. there have been reductions before in the past of the original sentence of this person. 0ur correspondent, phil mercer has more from sydney. 202 people died. 88 of them, as you say from australia, but many other victims from indonesia.

bali, of course, is a holiday destination in the indonesian archipelago, victims too from the united kingdom and the united states, and news that the bomb maker, umar patek, has been given a five month remission on his sentence, with the possibility of early parole, has been greeted with enormous dismay here in australia, not simply because the 20th anniversary of the atrocity is occurring in less than two months' time. the australian prime minister, anthony albanese, saying this man was responsible for death and destruction on a massive scale, and there will be a lot of anxiety in australia, and elsewhere, that this man could well be released, after serving about half of a 20 year sentence that was imposed on him in 2012. we are hearing reports that indonesian authorities consider umar patek to be a model prisoner, and a bit of a poster boy, if you like, for

the deradicalisation campaign that is under way in indonesia. the authorities there say that this man has been deradicalised, a good prisoner, with a good attitude, who has reaffirmed his commitment to the indonesian state. once upon a time, this man was one of the most wanted men in asia. he was arrested in pakistan a decade ago, sentenced to 20 years in prison. many australians will view this man with utter disdain, given, as we say, the anniversary of this atrocity is approaching. very briefly, bali was, once upon a time, australia's tropical playground — clearly not part of australia, but very much part of australian tradition. so the attack there in 2002 really did shatter australia's sense of isolated security, and for many people, notjust here in australia, but in many other countries, the mental and physical scars of those bombings

persist to this very day. to the us, now where a judge says he may order the release of details from the document that authorized the fbi to search donald trump's home in florida last week. media organisations have asked for the affidavit submitted in support of a search warrant, to be made public. it could reveal much more detail about the nature of the us government's investigation into the former president. here's our north america correspondent peter bowes. a day in court to get more information about the search of donald trump's home and the alleged crimes the department ofjustice is investigating. us media organisations have argued that the affidavit, the document used to justify the search at mar—a—lago, should be unsealed because of the huge level of public interest in the case. the judge agreed, but he wants the justice department to identify any sections it believes should remain confidential.

i feel good about today's hearing. judge reinhart seems to have a very good sense that it is his job as the gate keeper in this case to perform his function of balancing the interest in the public of accessing these materials against the interest in the government in keeping them secret. bit by bit, the full extent of the investigation is becoming clear. part of the search warrant application has been released. it confirms that donald trump is under investigation for the wilful retention of national defence information, the concealment or removal of government records, and the obstruction of a federal investigation. government officials say the affidavit should stay out of public view, on the grounds that it could compromise their work, and possibly deter witnesses from co—operating with this and other investigations. i thinkjudge reinhart is going to protect the identity

of confidential informants, and that is probably the right outcome here. we don't want, you know, none of the media interveners want to jeopardise the safety or security of a confidential informant. donald trump wants the document released in full. a spokesperson for the former president said the florida judge had "rejected the doj's cynical attempt to hide the whole affidavit from americans". government officials now have until next thursday to decide what they want to try to keep under wraps, before thejudge makes a final ruling. peter bowes, bbc news. the prolonged dry weather we've been having has left peatlands in the north west of england in a dangerous condition — according to conservationists. when peat is wet it sucks in and stores carbon, but the ground is so dry that instead it is releasing carbon, which is damaging for the environment, as judy hobson reports. this landscape shouldn't look like this. the ground should be wet and muddy.

instead, it's cracking. it's drier than even i thought it would be. it's like a lunar landscape, isn't it? peat should be damp. it should be really moist and wet. but it's. .. it's just... it's just flaky. and this isn'tjust the surface. it's actually going down four or five feet to where the hydrology is actually now living at this time of year because we're just not getting enough rainfall. this peatland is in the process of being restored — rewetted. a small area has retained water. so sphagnum moss should be like this. it should be mainly water. but prolonged dry weather makes restoring areas like this difficult, and peatlands are vital for our environment. when it's wet, it'll suck in carbon and it'll store carbon. but this, at the moment, is letting carbon out, so it's doing a complete opposite

job that it should be doing. so it's not good for the environment. i think it's climate change. i mean, ithink this is... this seems to be what the wildlife trust are saying. we are saying that climate change is affecting areas like this. the fact that the water table is so low. across much of the region, evidence of the exceptionally dry weather, even across the pennines — this is woodhead reservoir. but water company united utilities says their reservoirs in cumbria are at near—normal levels, so there are no plans to impose water restrictions. back at little woolden moss, the teams are building barriers — or bunds — to help retain water in future. rain is forecast this week, but it'll take months of wet weather to restore this area. we need prolonged spells of rain. we need it... we really need the water to come back up to the surface. and that's notjust going to happen because of a few days of rain. 0ur peatlands are doing really well, but if the situation continues, i think we're going to be fighting, you know, really fighting a losing battle in many ways. this isn'tjust a climate crisis — it impacts on biodiversity, too.

conservationists say we must act quickly to reduce the impact that rising temperatures will have on these precious landscapes. judy hobson, bbc news. a growing number of under—30s are paying unaffordable rent — new figures show that 4 in 10 are paying landlords more than 30 per cent of their income nhs leaders say the uk is facing a �*humanitarian crisis�*, unless further action is taken on energy costs — with more people falling ill as they choose between skipping meals and heating their homes concerns over ambulance response times. an 87—year—old lay under a makeshift shelter on his garden patio for 15 hours after calling 999. from the streets of south africa to dancefloors around the world, amapiano is one of the fastest growing new music genres.

a new documentary �*this is amapiano" tells the story of the genre to date, including the crucial role that viral dance challenges on tik tok have played in its global spread. on tik tok in 2021, with global streams on spotify�*s amapiano spotlight playlist increasing by 116%. kutloano nlapo aka dj da kruk is a south african dj, producer and presenter who has been pushing amapiano on his radio show since the early days from the streets of south africa, this is amapiano. translated in the zulu language, amapiano simply means the pianos. it came from the genre�*s earlyjazz influences. sonically, is a blend of many genres. in a studio station, i sat in with three of the sound�*s top producers.

what actually changed everything is the log drum. the log drum... when you hear it, you know you are listening to amapiano. the log drum, it needs to be balanced. it is a bass but at the same time you need a sub bass just to give it that, so, usually that is how it sounds. amapiano is the sound of a young south africa. it belongs to the dancefloor and the township. built out of apartheid segregated city planning, townships are a melting pot of style, music, hustle and culture. so, this is home. this is what made kutloano nhlapo become who he did today.

kutloano became a singing in his school choir and now he is amapiano�*s top vocalist. when we talk amapiano, we are not only talking the music. it�*s a lifestyle now. we know that it is monday—wednesday. we rest three days. weekend, on thursday, friday, saturday and sunday. music #amapiano has generated billions of views and videos on tiktok. viral dance challenges from every corner of the world have pushed the genre to new heights. dance challenges are like a different life. amapiano, they are the things that help songs move before they have even dropped. take a video of you doing something and then the next day

it is all over social media. you know, these dances come from the streets. some are young kids and then people saw it and everyone starts doing it now. no matter where you are from, when you listen to it, you want to move. amapiano, from the streets of south africa to dancefloors across the world. a weird new building is causing quite a stir in bristol in the west of england. it was created to show people how they could potentially live on mars, but with the additional aim of making them think about how they can live more sustainably on earth. wendy urquhart reports. space has always been a source of curiosity and experts have often talked about the possibility of living on the moon or mars and a new project now makes it possible to see what living on mars might look like. this two—storey, 53 square—metre inflatable structure was designed by a team of experts who specialise in creating buildings for extreme environment,

including antarctica. it is powered both solar panels and can cope with an average temperature of —63 celsius, but there are also a number of other urgent issues to consider. the key thing about when you�*re living on mars is you need your buildings to be completely airtight, because the atmosphere outside is essentially poisonous. you then need to be able to keep out all the dangerous solar and cosmic radiation so you need to have the outside made of something which will keep all those dangerous rays out. so, our house partially would be built underground, in the amazing lava tubes which exist under the surface of mars — that�*s where the bedrooms and bathrooms would be. and then aboveground would be the living room, this gold inflatable section that you see behind us, and that would be filled with home—made concrete, made of the water and crusty earth you get on planet mars and it would then go hard and protect you from the rays that exist around you.

the environmental control room, the life—support systems that power the house, two compact bedroom pods, a shower and a low—water martian loo are in the underground section. the creators hope that this martian house will inspire people to live more sustainably on earth and you can see what it is all about when it opens to the public at the end of august. wendy urquhart, bbc news. earlier this year, sam ryder finished second at the eurovision song contest, giving the uk its best result since 1998. in the aftermath, his song �*space man�* went to number one — and today he releases the long—awaited follow—up, �*somebody�*. our music correspondent mark savage has been behind the scenes as sam and hundreds of his fans shoot the music video. # do, do—do, do—do, do—do... you say, "hello, how�*s it going? right, here we go, let�*s sing." and all of a sudden,

you�*re just singing at the top of your lungs next to each other. # you cool me off like lemonade. two weeks ago, sam ryder invited hundreds of fans to a studio in east london to help him film a video for his new single, somebody. they weren�*t expecting him to be there on the day, so when he turned up it was something of a surprise. he popped up behind — we didn't realise. it's like, "surprise!" "0h!" and then he made us all laugh. were you shocked? yeah. you know, when people have, like, thatjoyful energy, that kind of, like, radiates out? i just felt that. that joy and that love was so gorgeous. what a beautiful human being. i found when we were practising, i was kind of keeping to myself a bit, but because it was such a big group and he had so much energy, it meant that i could elevate my energy a bit more. # hey! # you can wake me up. # lot of caffeine in my coffee cup. somebody is sam�*s first new music since coming second at the eurovision song contest in may. during a break in filming, he told us how his life had changed.

sam! hello, mark, my friend. give me a cuddle. how�*s it going? you 0k? really good, thank you. lovely to see you, man. how are you doing? i�*m fantastic. yeah. i don�*t think i�*ve seen you since turin. have your feet touched the ground since then? almost! we�*re still floating around in the ether a little bit. and you�*ve been filming a lyric video here today. yes. tell me about the concept. old—fashioned mailing—list situation. sent out an email. "hey, do you want to come and sing with us?" and a bunch of people came down and, yeah, we just sang the song over and over again. i think i sang it about 50 times today, so... and crochet wasn�*t a good choice! i was going to say, like, this isjust... cos it�*s roasting in here, isn�*t it? 27 degrees outside. you are wearing...essentially knitwear. yeah. my fabulous friend claudia made this for me, and i�*m... yeah, it�*s just so... i mean, i love it. can you wring it out? will the sweat drip out of it? probably, probably. i mean, it�*s heavy! and tell me — this song is obviously

from your debut album. yes. what can we know about that? well, i�*m going to... as soon as we finish chatting, i�*ve got to go to the studio because i�*ve got this evening and tomorrow to finish this album, which is hectic. the beatles recorded their first album in a day. you�*ve got double that! exactly, exactly! yeah, yeah, yeah! # i�*m up in space, man. # up in space, man. # i�*ve searched... since we last spoke, the announcement has come out that eurovision is coming to the uk next year. how do you feel about that? it�*s really exciting that it�*s on home soil, but really also important to remember why it�*s being held here, and the responsibility that we have to throw the best party that shows off and celebrates all of the beauty and rich history of ukrainian culture. and we don�*t know exactly where it�*s going to be yet.

yeah. what qualities do you think the host city needs to have? the uk — i�*m sure you know this already — one of the largest fan bases of eurovision in the world, which is really cool considering our history and our difficulties and struggles over the years. you know? we�*ve still held that hope and that faith and that belief. and i love that. and i�*d love it to be somewhere where that sort of... that fan base is kind of like. . . its stronghold. it is really something that we should all be really getting excited about. what a wonderful thing to share together. well, listen, you�*ve got an album to finish. yes. let me let you go. speaking of the video, we�*re going to do one more run—through. do you want to join? do i have to? yeah, yeah. i mean, do you have your cardigan with you? i�*ll go and get it. ok, let�*s go! # so you use your light and shine it like crazy. # we got one life, let�*s make it amazin�*. # i love you, baby, no, that ain�*t changin�*. # you got, you got somebody who loves ya. somebody who loves you.

cheering. high speed internet has been installed on the slopes of africa�*s highest peak so people who summit mount kilimanjaro can instantly share the news with family, friends and followers. tanzania says its state—owned phone network had set up the connection — at a height of 12—thousand feet — so users who reached the top could connect to social media and post about their achievement. mount kilimanjaro is an important source of tourism revenue in tanzania and neighbouring kenya, with around 35,000 people attempting to summit it each year. now it�*s time for a look at the weather with sarah keith—lucas. hello.

more cloud today than recently, particular towards the south, and it is breaking up with more sunshine developing and through the day it�*s going to be a picture of sunny spells and scattered showers. over the next few days, some showers in the forecast, and most of them for scotland and northern ireland. here is the weather front that brought the cloud to southern and eastern england this morning, now clearing to the east. the next area of shower bearing cloud is moving in from the north—west. so more showers to come for scotland and northern ireland for the rest of the day, some of them blustery and one or two of them sharp and there could be a rumble of thunder. the sunshine holding longest for aberdeenshire and much of england and wales seeing long spells of sunshine. cumulus cloud building through the day and temperatures similar to what we had yesterday, maybe a degree or so lower. 25 in the south—east and typically the high teens or the low 20s further north. most of the showers fade away this evening and overnight, so a window of dry weather before the next area of wet and windy weather moves into scotland and northern ireland through saturday, so a blustery, damp start here. further south, dry and a cooler, fresher night than recently so less humid and more comfortable for sleeping. that is how we start the weekend.

low pressure to the north of the uk. here is a weather front, quite slow moving, trailing through parts of northern ireland and northern england as well, slowly clearing out of scotland. there could be the odd thunderstorm on the line of heavy showers, especially for northern england in the afternoon. either side of that, more sunshine developing and one or two isolated showers with a lot of dry weather and a breezy feeling day for many of us and temperatures between 14 and up to 25 degrees on saturday. heading through the second half of the weekend, low pressure not far away, pushing to the north—east. then the next area of low pressure approaching from the south. a cloudy day on sunday for many with the cloud gradually increasing from the south—west. showers clearing from scotland but more showery rain for wales and south—west england later in the day and many northern and eastern areas staying dry for much of the day, although we have a fair amount of cloud with highs between 15 up to 24 degrees. next week we expect some

useful rainfall in the south at times for the first half in the week and a bit of rain in the north later on and temperatures on the rise, especially in the south—east. goodbye for now.

health service leaders warn that rising numbers of people will fall ill unless the government does more to tackle energy prices. the nhs confederation says britain faces a public health emergency — with people forced to choose between eating and heating. when people can�*t stay warm, we know that they�*re more likely to pick up infections, we know that their long—term conditions like heart disease, diabetes, are likely to get worse. the government says it is helping millions of vulnerable households with energy payments of £1200. also this lunchtime. another day of transport chaos — with the knock on effects

of yesterday�*s rail strike and walk—outs in london