this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. unconfirmed reports security forces in somalia have ended a 30—hour siege of the hayat hotel in the capital mogadishu. up to twenty people may have been killed. sevastopol — the home of russia's black sea fleet in crimea — comes under drone attack — again. the russian—appointed governor urges people to remain calm. 16 people are dead and more than 20 were injured after a bus hit the scene of a road accident in turkey. 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. tribal warriors in south africa proclaim a new king of the zulus after a year—long family feud. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. we start in somalia where a security commander has told the afp news agency that somali forces have ended a deadly siege by al—shabab jihadists at a hotel in the capital mogadishu. there's been no independent verification of the claim, but the building had been targetted by heavy weapons and has been largely destroyed. it's reported all those who remained inside have been killed. the militant group says some of its fighters managed to escape.

it's not yet known how many people died during the siege — witnesses say at least 20. among the reported victims is the hotel's owner. the somali government has not yet commented on the attack. witnesses say security forces have bombarded the hotel with heavy weapons and much of the building has been severely damaged. anxious relatives gathered outside the hotel, which witnesses say has been partly destroyed. the hotel is popular with politicians and government officials, some of whom were thought to be trapped inside. bbc monitoring's beverly ochieng in nairobi told us more about al shabab�*s presence in somalia.

they have public campaigns, it is notjust they have public campaigns, it is not just about the military strength, it is about the ideological entrenchment in a local population the central and southern regions. the fact that somali forces are still receiving support from international sources, including turkish and us forces who are making a return, al—shabab are able to... the fact that somali forces are still receiving support from international forces, whether it is the au mission, which changed recently to atmis, or even turkish and us forces who are making a return, al—shabab has been able to entrench itself because of its ideological reach but also because of lack of government presence in vast parts of central and southern somalia, and the fact that it does collect revenue from mogadishu, which allows it to sustain its operations, purchase weapons, buy out militants and maintain its strongholds.

air defence systems have again been in operation in the crimean city of sevastopol after several nights of ukrainian drone attacks. the russian—appointed governor urged people to remain calm. the occupied city is the home of russia's black sea naval fleet. on saturday morning, a drone flew as far as naval headquarters when it was shot down and fell on to the roof in flames. 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. siren wails. further north in kyiv, preparations for independence day.

captured or destroyed russian tanks are big tourist attractions here. now they're 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. earlier, i also spoke to james waterhouse and i asked him how destabilising these latest 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 radars, 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.

meanwhile, the un secretary general antonio guterres has called for international cooperation to ensure russian food and fertiliser, as well as ukrainian grain, are able to reach global markets. speaking in istanbul, where turkey is coordinating efforts which have enabled the resumption of ukrainian exports through the black sea, he praised this as vital work for humanity. but he added that russian exports were also essential if world food prices were to be brought down. these are not subject to western sanctions, but have faced obstacles related to shipping, finance and insurance. for boxing fans, the wait is over and the big fight is almost underway. britain's anthonyjoshua is taking on ukraine's oleksandr usyk

in a heavyweight world—title re—match. joshua goes into the fight in saudi arabia not... steve bunce is with me, fair to say this has to be the biggest night of anthonyjoshua's career. it is the biggest night of his career but he has an olympic final in his home town, he has won and lost up world heavyweight title, this will be his 12 world heavyweight championship fight but he is under the type of pressure now that he has never been put under and i am struggling

to find a fight in history where a british fighter has been placed under so much pressure, including being named as the massive underdog. i don't think it has ever happened. thank you, steve, that was steve bunce, what would a main —— what would win mean? it what would a main -- what would win mean? , , . ~ ., what would a main -- what would win mean? , , ., , mean? it puts back on track his lea mean? it puts back on track his legacy and _ mean? it puts back on track his legacy and what _ mean? it puts back on track his legacy and what he _ mean? it puts back on track his legacy and what he was - mean? it puts back on track his legacy and what he was to - mean? it puts back on track his legacy and what he was to do i mean? it puts back on track his| legacy and what he was to do in retirement and also it clears his name _ retirement and also it clears his name because the defeat last september, that was an odd defeat, let's get— september, that was an odd defeat, let's get absolutely right. that was like someone making out he was a], it waswt— like someone making out he was a], it wasn't aj, — like someone making out he was a], it wasn't a], it was little bits of aj but — it wasn't a], it was little bits of aj but it — it wasn't a], it was little bits of a] but it was not all of him. as for aj but it was not all of him. as for oleksandr— a] but it was not all of him. as for oleksandr usyk, he had to get the blessing _ oleksandr usyk, he had to get the blessing of everyone in ukraine, not 'ust blessing of everyone in ukraine, not just his _ blessing of everyone in ukraine, not just his mother, he went into hospital— just his mother, he went into hospital where comrades and friends of his— hospital where comrades and friends of his lost— hospital where comrades and friends of his lost eyes and legs gave them

his blessing. he went underground and zelensky to get the blessing, to .et and zelensky to get the blessing, to gel the _ and zelensky to get the blessing, to get the nod, to leave his battalion in the _ get the nod, to leave his battalion in the southern of kyiv that he has been _ in the southern of kyiv that he has been defending since the second day of the _ been defending since the second day of the russian invasion, he got permission to go to training camp to prepare _ permission to go to training camp to prepare for— permission to go to training camp to prepare for this fight. he has got an entire — prepare for this fight. he has got an entire nation backing him. that fight _ an entire nation backing him. that fight is _ an entire nation backing him. that fight is still— an entire nation backing him. that fight is still yet to get started. the ring — fight is still yet to get started. the ring has been vacated, we will keep you updated on events in saudi arabia over the next few minutes so. here in britain, football fans and festival goers have been among those facing another round of travel disruption, on the sixth day of national rail strikes this summer. this map shows that only around one in five services was running, after 16,000 rail workers walked out again in their dispute over pay and conditions. the rmt union has warned that more industrial action is very likely. 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 till. obviously, like, i'm only quite young as well so, like, without me getting back to liverpool, like, i'm kind ofjust stranded. so it's not really, like, the best for anyone trying to get back to somewhere that's 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 16,000 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. 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 struggle to get to the races, ministers say it is the union 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. 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 it 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 we 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. so 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 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. the headlines on bbc news... unconfirmed reports say security forces in somalia have ended a thirty—hour siege of the hayat hotel in the capital mogadishu. at least 12 people have been killed but it's thought the number could be far higher. sevastopol — the home of russia's black sea fleet in crimea — comes under drone attack — again. the russian—appointed governor urges people to remain calm. at least 3a people have been killed and dozens have been injured in two separate road accidents in southeast turkey. in the first one, a bus collided with an ambulance and first responders at an earlier accident site in the province of gaziantep.

at least 15 people were killed and another 20 injured. and then in a second accident, in mardin, a town some 200 kilometres east, at least 19 people were killed after a truck driver hurtled into pedestrians and a further 26 were injured. we spoke to berza simsek from the bbc�*s turkish service who told us more about what happened. well, road accidents in turkey are not unusual but what is unusual is that two such big accidents happening in one day and having so many casualties. and also the way those accidents happened are quite similar. in the first accident, basically, there was an accident and then rescue workers rushed to the scene and a coach 200 metres away from the accident site overturned, slipped, and hit the rescue workers, killing health officials,

firefighters and, unfortunately, two journalists as well. in the second accident in mardin, a similar thing happened. a trailer truck was involved in an accident with two cars and then rescue workers rushed to the scene and also people rushed to the scene to help, but then another track whose brakes failed also entered the crowd, basically. that is how these two accident happened. a new king has ascended the zulu throne in south africa. king misuzulu was proclaimed monarch by tribal warriors amid jubilation and tributes. the ceremony took place after a failed court interdict to halt the proceedings. the half sisters of the king claim their late father's will which paved the way for misuzulu to become king may have been forged.

our correspondent nomsa maseko reports. thousands of people have gathered for the traditional coronation of king misuzulu in the royal palace. despite the fact that there are squabbles and legal challenges within the royal family as to who should take the throne, it appears that the zulu nation itself has made its choice. this is seen as a show of force to affirm that the first—born son of the queen, misuzulu, is the rightful air to the throne. today is an opportunity for us to start afresh, turn over a new leaf. even though some have turned their backs on us, we want them to return home for us

to reunite our nation. the king himself has no political powers but is very influential in his nation which is the largest ethnic group in south africa. the king and a select few members of the royal family and also the zulu regiment performed special rituals to usher in the new king of the zulu nation. the half sisters of the new king approach the courts because they believe that their father's well, which paid the wait for misuzulu to become king, may have been forged, but the court threw that out. however, it still does appear that they will still be a lot of squabbling within the royal family. government officials who attended today's proceedings have said the

president has endorsed this event and a government backed coronation is due to take place next month. it is almost ten years since the remains of king richard the third were found in a car park in the city of leicester — here in the uk — , putting the city on the tourism map. archaeologists uncovered the legbone of the controversial royal in august 2012 and this weekend, leicester's richard the third visitor centre is marking the occasion with a programme of talks about the discovery. amy payne reports. august 2012, and archaeologist matthew morris discovers human bones beneath the council car park in leicester. they turned out to be the remains of king richard iii, and ten years on, the dig site is on proud display at the city's visitors centre where matthew reflects on an incredible find. coming down exactly on top

of richard iii was, i want to say a stroke of genius but it wasn't, it was pure luck. and, of course, you didn't realise it was richard iii at first, did you? realise it was richard absolutely, no, there was no way of knowing, looking at the knees that that was richard iii. it took another week of excavation and another five months of research after that, and analysis, to prove that it was richard iii. but for those in the richard iii society, the date of that very first dig is significant. everybody was so keen that this would happen, so i think when it finally did, it was a momentous occasion, it really meant something to, notjust to leicester, but to the world at large. the tenth anniversary of the uncovering of the remains of one of england's most controversial kings is being marked here at the visitors' centre this weekend with talks about the discovery kicking off a programme of events. it was really important to mark the tenth anniversary of what is a significant moment for leicester. you know, we didn't know it at that time, but richard was found this week ten years ago, and the story of king richard iii visitor centre and the re—internment of richard iii started. a decade on, they will be celebration and reflection

on the start of a remarkable story that put leicester well and truly on the tourism map. that was amy payne and this is bbc news. we'll take a look at tomorrow's front pages at 11:30 this evening in the papers — our guests joining me tonight are the broadcaster and psychotherapist, lucy beresford — and joe twyman, who's director of the polling organisation deltapoll. 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 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. back to both of them in a moment, first here is a breakdown of tomorrow's front pages. 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 were binned in the houses of parliament, as soaring food prices hit family households, waste—minster, is its headline. the sunday express says britain's business are being urged to get ready for a trade deal predicted to open up a post—brexit market