this is bbc news. the headlines at ten... sevastapol, the home of russia's black sea fleet in crimea, appears to have come under drone attack again. more travel disruption on train lines across the uk as thousands of rail workers strike for the second time in three days over pay and working conditions. we are determined to get a square deal for our people and that is exactly what we will achieve, and the public seem to be right behind us in that campaign. michael gove backs rishi sunak to become the next conservative party leader and prime minister, saying he has what thejob requires. he says rival liz truss�*s tax policies will affect the poorest in society.

ukrainian forces are reported to have carried out more attacks on russian hardware in the crimean peninsula. smoke was seen rising from the headquarters of russia's black sea fleet in sevastapol, with moscow claiming it shot down a ukrainian drone. russia has occupied crimea since 2014 — and there have been a series of recent attacks on russian military infrastructure there. earlier, i spoke to our correspondent in the ukrainian capital kyiv, james waterhouse, and i asked him how destabilising these latest attacks might be for russia. (sot attacks might be for russia. i think it sends a warning shot, a reminder, while the front line further north in ukraine is not really moving, it is a message to russia to say look, we are busting the myth that you can base your naval fleet next to crimea as well as stage aircraft there to launch attacks

across the country. and it also challenges the idea that crimea is part of russia. kyiv is very keen to stress all along that it remains part of ukraine and we need to look at the effect that these explosions that we have seen notjust today but over the past 11 days, we need to look at the effect that has had. moscow—installed politicians have been urging people to stay calm. that is something authorities in ukraine were doing in the build—up to this invasion. we have seen thousands of russians try to leave crimea, where they previously had seen it as a desirable holiday destination for the past eight years, where it has firmly remained under russian control. so, while fighting continues closer to the front line, ukraine seems to be exercising this new capability to both make it through russia's air defence systems and also launch longer—range attacks further behind the enemy line.

on that capability, suggestions this is demonstrating ukraine's longer—range weapons on offer, you suggested there, are we entering a different stage in this conflict then? ukraine would certainly like to think so. i think we need a lot to happen for ukraine to achieve its desire of repelling russia completely, forcing it out and taking back what was taken notjust in this invasion but since 2014 when russia first moved in on the country. yes, we are seeing an influence of these himars, these long—range rockets which have been supplied by the us, where russia's supply lines have been frustrated. this latest us package contains missiles that can target russian radar, for example, also smaller explosives that can be carried by soldiers, ca which has been around for around 60 years. so that supply line seems to be

becoming increasingly broad ranging and does not seem to be letting up. but i think we need to see something sizeable for a real changing of the tide because the feeling is, certainly from western military leaders, that we won't see anything significant this year in terms of counter—attacks or further incursions on the russian side, and that is despite ukraine long saying we're going to launch a counter—attack in the south and retake the city of kherson, which was one of the first to fall. so, it is significant for reasons discussed but i think ukraine is going to need and would like a lot more to change the direction of this conflict. and we'll find out how this story on the rail strikes and many others are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30 this evening in the papers. our guests tonight are the broadcaster and psychotherapist lucy beresford and joe twyman who's

director of the polling organisation deltapoll. football fans and festival goers have been among those facing another round of travel disruption today, on the sixth day of national rail strikes this summer. this map shows that only around one in five services was running, after around 115,000 rail workers walked out again in their dispute over pay and conditions. the rmt union has warned that more industrial action is very likely. plenty of people affected by this story for a range of reasons. thomas goodearl is a flight attendant who's been hit by the successive strikes in recent weeks. so, how has this latest strike set him back?. i can get to work but sometimes i can't get home and it is really starting to have an effect on me, financially. i have lost £300 to £400 this month on emergency hotel rooms alone purely because i can't get home. and does have a major negative effect on me but it's like, um, everything i try to do,

nothing seems to work. like, i came back from vancouver and there was no train to get me home and the next day after i stayed in a hotel, there was no underground to get me to king's cross, and it is like, come on, really? and what preparation had you done ahead of those commutes or attempted commutes? because e all know that they are coming, we get plenty of warning, so is it the planning process or is it the reaction to not really knowing what services will be running? it is a bit of the planning process but it is also been, if there was a winner of the bad timing award, it would be me, because my roster seems to always fall on the dates of the strike. itjust keeps happening to me this month which is frustrating. i didn't actually know there was a strike until wednesday, not wednesday, tuesday, when a colleague told me

on the way to the aircraft. and i was like, are you kidding me? not again! so i booked the hotel and on the bus on the way to vancouver, another colleague told me there was a london underground strike and that was my fault, i did not plan ahead for that. but at the same time, it is difficult to plan for these things financially because we all have expenditures that we have to make every month and knowing you have to pay for a hotel room because you can't get a train home can be very soul destroying. so, it has been difficult. but i can't help but support the train staff at the same time because they are looking for better pay and conditions. i'm actually blaming the train companies. they need to sit down with the unions and get this sorted because people like me are really starting to struggle now and it really is not fair on us. thomas, you will have to keep it to bbc news, we'll keep you updated as to when the strikes are happening. mick lynch from the rmt,

one of the unions involved in this, has apologised to people like you, saying, we are very sorry that people are inconvenienced, and we are hoping that people have sympathy for us? do you have that sympathy? and how long will that somebody be with you? absolutely i have sympathy for them because like i said they are looking for better pay and conditions after what was a very, very difficult two years with the covid pandemic and with the ukrainian invasion causing energy prices to soar. the cost of living in this country has gotten to unreasonable levels for everybody, so of course everybody needs better pay and conditions to help them pay the bills. so absolutely i accept their apology and i have the utmost sympathy for them and i really do hope they get a better deal. and if they don't get a better deal immediately and this goes on for some more time, how many more days of strikes before your sympathy wanes, i wonder? time will tell on that, to be brutally honest. cos it is starting to be like, is this still going on?

why is this still going on? why has this not been resolved yet? i feel like they need to spend an entire day together, the unions and the companies, sit down in a room and do not leave until they can come up with a deal to take back to their workers because quite frankly it has gone on too long and both companies involved need to get this sorted.

ukraine's reported to have carried out more attacks on the russian occupied crimean peninsula. smoke was seen rising above the headquarters of russia's black sea fleet in sevastopol. moscow claims it shot down a ukrainian drone. warnings that energy bills could hit £6,000 a year for the average household next april. more chaos on the railways with another national strike, as the government urges the rmt to put a pay offer to union members. hutchinson finally for gold! —— hodgkinson. and keely hodgkinson wins one of three gold medals for great britain, on the penultimate day of the european championships.

good evening. ukrainian troops are reported to have carried out more attacks on russian forces in the crimean peninsula. smoke was seen rising from the headquarters of russia's black sea fleet in sevastapol. moscow claims it shot down a ukrainian drone. russia has occupied crimea since 2014 — there've been a series of recent attacks on russian military infrastructure there. james waterhouse reports from the ukrainian capital, kyiv. it's what and where this is which makes this smoke significant. another apparent strike in russian occupied crimea. over the last 11 days, there have been a series of explosions on mostly military targets. out of all of the ukrainian territory which moscow has taken, crimea is where its grip has been strongest.

but that grasp appears to be weakening. translation: russia's commanders aren't saying what happened, - but it is either a failure of russia's air defences or of russia's intelligence services. regardless of who is causing these explosions, for ukraine, the result is the same. it is the weakening of russia's position in the south, because we confirm that crimea is ukraine. further north in kyiv, preparations for independence day. captured or destroyed russian tanks are big tourist attractions here. now they are on the move... ..to here, the main street in kyiv. ukraine wants to tell the world it will continue to fight. it hasn't acknowledged any responsibility for these strikes in crimea, but what they do is reinforce the government's message that it will defend itself. the continued supply of weapons from the west is helping ukraine do that. another us package worth

£655 million will be welcomed. there has been some diplomatic progress with the occupied zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. ukraine claims the russians are using it as a military base. after international pressure, the kremlin has agreed to give inspectors access. the details of how will be crucial. jamesjoins me live now from kyiv. how significant are these apparent ukrainian attacks on crimea and are they undermining russian morale? i think ithink in i think in a war increasingly dominated by artillery and missile strikes, the goalfor dominated by artillery and missile strikes, the goal for both sides is to both frustrate and send a message. throughout this war russia has launch longer range missile strikes across the whole of ukraine

to say nowhere is safe, but now we are seeing ukraine continue, really, to use these longer range missiles being provided from the us, notably, to strike russian targets further behind enemy lines. but we need to look at what has happened in crimea on the message front. this is a part of ukraine russia is keen to portray as a fortress, so much so russians have used it as a popular holiday destination for the past eight years. over the past 11 days there has been the site of air defence systems shooting into the sky, people have stood on beaches and watch military targets burn and black smoke plume skywards too. it is ukraine challenging the very idea that crimea is part of russia and it is also saying if you think crimea is also saying if you think crimea is some kind of russian base to stage your navy or to launch... to

base aircraft to launch attacks across ukraine, think again. while the front line continues to get bogged down across the south of the country, this is a significant statement from ukraine as this war in terms of any big gains from either side looks set to remain as it is over the next year also. james waterhouse in kyiv, thank you. the business secretary, kwasi kwarteng, says more support is coming to help with the cost of living. mr kwarteng, a key ally of the conservative leadership frontrunner, liz truss, makes the pledge in tomorrow's mail on sunday. it comes as a new forecast for the energy price cap suggests it could top £6,000 a year from next april. i'm joined by our business correspondent, marc ashdown. marc, longer term predictions always very difficult, but this forecast will worry many?

i think ithink so, i think so, remember the price cap is set by the regulator ofjen, the maximum suppliers can charge per unit of energy so built for the average household are currently capped atjust under £2000 per get but these energy consultants now predict the cap could keep rising and reach a high of £6,000 by next april before starting to slowly forward —— set by the regulator 0fgem. this is speculative based on the daily wholesale gas price which is volatile, could go up and down, and april is quite a long while off. this afternoon 0fgem said they never speculate on longer term forecast, their focus is on the current energy price cap, reviewed every three months. the next one is due to be published on friday, i'm afraid it could go up to £3500 per yearfor the average bill, kicking in in october, but i think the prediction

of a £6,000 spring spike could add more worry. thank you, marc ashdown. the transport secretary, grant shapps, has urged the head of the rmt union to put network rail�*s pay offer to its members for a vote. it comes as another strike on the railways today caused more serious disruption. mr shapps said the proposal of an 8% pay rise over two years was fair. the rmt general secretary says his members won't be bullied or hoodwinked into accepting a raw deal. helena wilkinson reports. a now familiar sight for rail passengers across the country. half empty stations, weekend plans and services severely disrupted. so we have had to leave early from home due to the strike action. obviously, it is going to take a lot of time to get to the stadium and also we are worried about what time we will get back and what time the trains are running to. obviously, like, i'm only quite young as well so, like, without me getting back to liverpool, like, i'm kind of just stranded. so it's not really, like, the best for anyone trying to get back to somewhere that

out of london. should have gone back yesterday but there was no way— we could travel yesterday. but there does seem to be a train that we have got a ticket - on so we will be going back to crewe, hopefully. - more than 115,000 rail workers are taking part in today's action. it is the sixth one—day strike this summer. reading station is normally one of the busiest rail hubs in the country. today, some services have been operating but they have been limited. it has been a similar picture across the rail network, which has 20% of trains running today. the unions are still in dispute with the government and rail companies. they say salaries should increase to reflect the rising cost of living. the rmt union, whose members are on strike, has accused the government of blocking train companies from offering its workers a better deal, and insist that the majority of the public are behind them.

we are seeing public support for this dispute entrenching. you know, there are campaigns and rallies being launched right across the company, right across the country, rather, in support of these type of activities. we have seen unite bus workers coming into the dispute. we have seen many groups of workers winning significant pay deals. i think the british public are fed up with being ripped off by this government. but as travellers in york struggled to get to the races, ministers say it is the unions causing the block, adding that if the deals on offer were put to workers, they would be likely to accept them. negotiations are expected to resume early next week, but the rmt has warned that more strikes are very likely. helena wilkinson, bbc news, reading. the actor stephen tompkinson is due to appear in court next month charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm.

the 56—year—old, who's best known for his role in the itv crime series dci banks, pleaded not guilty at a hearing earlier this month and will next appear at newcastle crown court on 7th september. an exam board has apologised to some students who are still waiting to receive their btec results, two days after most were issued across england, wales and northern ireland. in a statement, pearson said it was very sorry and would work through the weekend to resolve the issues. it said a small percentage of students had been affected. and in other news around the world... more than 30 people have been killed in two road accidents in south—east turkey. in the first, a bus hit an ambulance and emergency workers who were helping at the scene of an earlier crash. separately, and further east, a truck driver also hit a group of first responders who'd been called out after a three vehicle collision.

greece is finally to be free from the close monitoring of its economy policies by the european union. the enhanced surveillance framework was introduced as part of the solution for the country's debt crisis, and to make sure greece implemented economic reforms. it'll take the country until 2070 to repay the debts which brought it close to crashing out of the eurozone. tribal warriors in south africa have proclaimed the new king of the zulus. there were jubilant scenes, with dancing and clan elders paying tribute to the new king. the ceremony was held despite challenges by some members of the royal family, who argue that he is not the rightful heir. with all the sport now, here's olly foster at the bbc sport centre. good evening. it's the final weekend at the multi—sport european championships in germany. there were more medals for great britain today, on the track and in the gymnastics. from munich, here's our sports

correspondent nesta macgregor. qualifying for the final in first place, great britain were the team to beat. thanks to that floor routine from jake jarman and this performance from lord of the rings courtney tulloch, at the halfway stage britain had a narrow lead. however the germans, gg by the home crowd, where a close second. but in the sport you can decide your own fate with as few errors as possible, and throughout gb were near a second gold forjoe fraser, 18 all—around title, gb�*s first for more than ten years and perhaps most impressive was the margin of victory —— a team all—around title. was the margin of victory -- a team all-around title.— all-around title. watching the guys in 2012 do it, — all-around title. watching the guys in 2012 do it, they _ all-around title. watching the guys in 2012 do it, they were _ all-around title. watching the guys in 2012 do it, they were my - all-around title. watching the guys in 2012 do it, they were my heroes| in 2012 do it, they were my heroes and i hope after today we can be someone's heroes. i had dreams of

this.. . , ., ., ., , this.. their dreams are now reality, but with the — this.. their dreams are now reality, but with the individual _ this.. their dreams are now reality, but with the individual final - this.. their dreams are now reality, but with the individual final to - but with the individual final to come they cannot afford to sleep on the competition. when one of these is in the sky it is often said that gold is neverfar away, but with britain's keely hodgkinson clay nature? so many times before it has been silver, at the tokyo olympics, the world championships last month and the commonwealth games in birmingham two weeks ago. as the bowel run to signify the final lap it was clear the 20—year—old was determined to shake off that nearly tag —— as the bell rang. i determined to shake off that nearly tag -- as the bell rang.— tag -- as the bell rang. i think you could tell i — tag -- as the bell rang. i think you could tell i very _ tag -- as the bell rang. i think you could tell i very happy. _ tag -- as the bell rang. i think you could tell i very happy. it - tag -- as the bell rang. i think you could tell i very happy. it has - tag -- as the bell rang. i think youj could tell i very happy. it has been a hard yet mentally but we mated to the edge, a gold and two silvers. —— we made it to the end. gb the edge, a gold and two silvers. -- we made it to the end.— we made it to the end. gb are second in the medal — we made it to the end. gb are second in the medal table. _ we made it to the end. gb are second in the medal table. they _ we made it to the end. gb are second in the medal table. they might - we made it to the end. gb are second in the medal table. they might need. in the medal table. they might need a boat to bring it lizzie bird

picked up a bronze in the women's 3000 metres steeplechase and there was a third—place finish for the 4x400 women's relay. the men top the podium in the same event, alex haydock—wilson given the task of bringing home the baton. european champions, and if the hat fits, wear it well. nesta mcgregor, bbc news. there was also more success for great britain at the european aquatics championships in italy. andrea spendolini—sirieix and lois toulson had already won gold medals in rome, but they combined to take victory in the synchronised ten metre platform. it's the first time they have competed together. football highlights follow the news, but stay right there if you want the results. arsenal are top of the premier league tonight. their captain martin odegaard scored twice in the first 15 minutes as they won 3—0 at bournemouth to maintain their 100% start to the season. manchester city can replace them at the top if they beat newcastle tomorrow. tottenham are second in the table thanks to harry kane's 250th spurs goal.

it was the winner as they beat wolves 1—0 at home. wilfried zaha scored twice as crystal palace beat aston villa 3—1. everton got a late equaliser against nottingham forest for their first point of the season. fulham scored a late winner against brentford and southampton came from behind to beat leicester. rangers' perfect start to the scottish premiership season is over. ill—discipline cost them dear at easter road. they had two players sent off in the second half and hibernian�*sjosh campbell scored a brilliant equaliser in injury time. 2—2 the final score. elsewhere, curtis main scored twice as st mirren won 3—0 at dundee united, and there were wins for motherwell, ross county and aberdeen. champions celtic play tomorrow. there was another double—header in the hundred as the trent rockets faced london spirit in nottingham. the rockets' men won their match and so did the women's side on a special day for their captain, nat sciver. celebrating her 30th birthday, she made an unbeaten 42 with the bat

and then took two wickets in two balls as they beat spirit by 18 runs. finally, we are less than hour away from the heavyweight rematch between anthonyjoshua and alexander usyk — joshua looking to win back the three world titles that he lost to the ukrainian last year. they are fighting in saudi arabia, and you can follow it all on the bbc sport website. thank you very much, olly foster. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. that's all from me. have a good night. hello. a fine end to the day for many of us, but a bit of rain in the forecast, too, particularly in the north. but on the whole this evening and overnight, at least for most of us, it is going to be dry

with clear spells. so, let's have a look at the forecast, then. here's the big picture, and in the last few hours, we've seen a weather front moving southwards across the country. here it is. and it's been affecting northern parts of the uk, so a little bit of rain here, which is going to fizzle away as we go through the course of the evening. you can see it crossing parts of lancashire through yorkshire, approaching hull, and then there's really not much left of it. apart from a few showers here and there, maybe in western parts of scotland, it is looking dry and the temperatures will range from around ten degrees in aberdeen to 1a in london and about that in liverpool, too. so, the forecast for tomorrow, it's actually going to be a sunny day compared to today in the north of the country, but we are expecting more cloud in the south, and the reason for it is this weather front which will be approaching us. and a fair amount of cloud ahead of this weather front. so, here's the forecast, then, for the morning on sunday. quite a lot of cloud here across south—western parts of the uk, certainly for wales, south—western england,

some spots of rain moving into mid—wales, north wales, perhaps reaching merseyside by the time we get to the middle of the afternoon. but for many southern, eastern and northern areas, it's going to be a dry day and quite warm there. in norwich, 25 degrees, hull will be up to 23, and not far off 20, i think, for newcastle and for aberdeen, where plenty of sunny spells are forecast. now, on monday, the weather fronts are right over the uk and that means a lot of cloud and outbreaks of rain, at least early in the day. so, this is the morning. notice it's not raining everywhere. in fact, many parts of central and northern scotland are dry. most of the rain is across england and wales, but then come the afternoon, it does look as though that weather front clears away and there'll be some sunny spells developing, and the temperatures respectable, around the low 20s, maybe the mid—20s there for east anglia and the south east. so, let's summarise that, then, and the weather for the rest of the week. typical weather for our shores, but quite warm at times. in the south and the south east, though, you can see temperatures

in london nudging up to around 27 degrees middle of the week. bye— bye.

hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the broadcaster and psychotherapist, lucy beresford, and joe twyman, who's director of the polling organisation deltapoll. to both of them in the moment. the sunday times frontpage — uk students must pay tuition fees closer to £24,000 a year or lose their places to applicants overseas, urge university bosses. the sunday mirror reports 2.6 million of subsidised meals

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