good afternoon. dockers at britain's largest container port, felixstowe, have gone on strike for the first time in three decades. almost 2,000 workers are taking part in the eight—day action after rejecting a seven percent pay offer. there are warnings that the strike will cause disruption to supply chains for shops and other retailers. half of britain's container trade goes through the port in suffolk. here's our business correspondent marc ashdown. the summer of strikes has reached

felixstowe docks. these workers would normally be making sure essential goods find their way to households, but today, 1900 members of the unite union are starting an eight day walk—out. of the unite union are starting an eight day walk-out.— of the unite union are starting an eight day walk-out. people are so an: now eight day walk-out. people are so angry now that — eight day walk-out. people are so angry now that a _ eight day walk-out. people are so angry now that a company - eight day walk-out. people are so angry now that a company who . eight day walk-out. people are so i angry now that a company who made £240 angry now that a company who made £2110 million profit over the last two years are unwilling to share that. well, when i say share it, in 2020, the same company paid out £99 million in dividends to its shareholders.— million in dividends to its shareholders. ., ' ., million in dividends to its shareholders. y ., ., , shareholders. the offer on the table is a 7% pay — shareholders. the offer on the table is a 7% pay rise. _ shareholders. the offer on the table is a 7% pay rise, with _ shareholders. the offer on the table is a 7% pay rise, with a _ is a 7% pay rise, with a £500 one—off lump sum, but inflation is at 10% and rising. one—off lump sum, but inflation is at10% and rising. a one—off lump sum, but inflation is at 10% and rising. a striking or threatens to disrupt britain's supply chain. it is called the port of britain for a reason. about 3 million standard size containers are moved in and out of felixstowe every year, about half the uk total, filled with everything from food and consumer goods to car parts. for the

next eight days, nothing will be moving. the portal felixstowe sets the strike is disappointing and believes the pay offer is reasonable.— believes the pay offer is reasonable. , , , ., reasonable. the numbers they quoted are fanciful. — reasonable. the numbers they quoted are fanciful, they _ reasonable. the numbers they quoted are fanciful, they aren't _ reasonable. the numbers they quoted are fanciful, they aren't anything - are fanciful, they aren't anything like the profit we make, but we do make a profit. we are a successful business, and it is because we are a successful and profitable business that we pay well here. this follows dis - utes that we pay well here. this follows diaputes at — that we pay well here. this follows disputes at royal _ that we pay well here. this follows disputes at royal mail, _ that we pay well here. this follows disputes at royal mail, bt, - that we pay well here. this follows disputes at royal mail, bt, british| disputes at royal mail, bt, british airways and the rail operators, pressure on the incoming prime minister to set out a plan to tackle the rising cost of living. at, minister to set out a plan to tackle the rising cost of living.— the rising cost of living. a few ears the rising cost of living. a few years ago. — the rising cost of living. a few years ago, anyone _ the rising cost of living. a few years ago, anyone would - the rising cost of living. a few| years ago, anyone would have the rising cost of living. a few- years ago, anyone would have bitten your hand off if you had been offered a 7—9% pay rise. this soaring rate of inflation is fuelling most of these disputes. the department for transport said felixstowe is well set to mitigate disruption and supply chains are resilient, but unless there is movement in this dispute, nothing here will move for at least a week.

0ur political correspondent helen catt is here. this the latest in a line of strikes — another headache for the incoming prime minister. and from next month, teachers and nurses. to be ballot on whether or not —— balloted on whether or not to take industrial action as well. pay just isn't keeping up with the costs people are facing. the bank of england says if pay rises were to match inflation, it could make things worse by keeping inflation higherfor things worse by keeping inflation higher for longer. things worse by keeping inflation higherfor longer. ultimately, this higher for longer. ultimately, this will higherfor longer. ultimately, this will be the enormous challenge facing the next prime minister when they take office on the 6th of september. liz truss and rishi sunak have both accepted they will need to give more support on the cost of living, but both have also pledged to take a hard line on strike action. ., , to take a hard line on strike action. . , ., the metropolitan police has confirmed that officers spoke to the missing student nurse 0wami davies two weeks ago, on the same day that her family reported her disappearance. the 24—year—old went missing from her home in essex

on the fourth ofjuly. the met spoke to her in south london two days later, after concerns were raised about a woman's welfare. the force says it was not aware at the time that she was a missing person. sancha berg has more. you have my number. 0wami davies as her friends. _ you have my number. 0wami davies as her friends, family _ you have my number. 0wami davies as her friends, family and _ you have my number. 0wami davies as her friends, family and colleagues - herfriends, family and colleagues know her — a bubbly, lively student nurse with a prominent future. she has just secured a permanentjob at one of london's most prestigious hospital trusts. and this is the last confirmed sighting of her, more than six weeks ago, outside the african food centre in croydon, 30 miles from her home, looking dishevelled and disorientated. it was the 11th ofjuly when she left her home in essex. 48 hours was the 4th ofjuly when she left her home in essex. 48 hours later, her home in essex. 48 hours later, her mother contacted the police. the next day, she was seen on cctv at derby road near west croydon station around midnight, with an

unidentified man. 12 hours later, the last sighting. earlier this month, five men were arrested, two on suspicion of murder. they have all been released on bail. we now know that on the 6th ofjuly, the same day herfamily know that on the 6th ofjuly, the same day her family reported 0wami missing, metropolitan officers had spoken to her at an address in croydon. they had been called because someone raised concerns about the welfare of a bulman there. the officers called an ambulance, but 0wami said she didn't want help and she left. they did not know at that time that she had been reported missing because the information had not yet been shared by essex police across the national systems. the matter has now been referred to the office of police conduct, and they will decide in the next few days whether to investigate. meanwhile, her family are whether to investigate. meanwhile, herfamily are increasingly whether to investigate. meanwhile, her family are increasingly worried about her. i’m

her family are increasingly worried about her. �* ,., her family are increasingly worried about her. �* , ., , , about her. i'm so broken and empty. and so are — about her. i'm so broken and empty. and so are her— about her. i'm so broken and empty. and so are her brothers. _ about her. i'm so broken and empty. and so are her brothers. police - about her. i'm so broken and empty. and so are her brothers. police are l and so are her brothers. police are exected and so are her brothers. police are exoected to _ and so are her brothers. police are expected to launch _ and so are her brothers. police are expected to launch a _ and so are her brothers. police are expected to launch a new - and so are her brothers. police are expected to launch a new public i expected to launch a new public appeal for information next week. the daughter of a prominent russian ultra—nationalist has been killed by a car bomb on the outskirts of moscow. darya dugina was a journalist who had publicly supported the invasion of ukraine. there is speculation that the target may have been herfather, alexander dugin, who's views on russian nationalism are said to have strongly influenced president putin. we're joined by our russia correspondent anastasia golubeva. sources close to the kremlin quick to suggest ukraine's responsible for this. russian official law enforcement said... there is no official version of what happened. the

self—proclaimed donetsk republic has blamed the explosion on terrorists of the ukrainian regime. ukrainian officials in the office of president zelensky denied any involvement with this accident, of course, but it is no wonder that many would want to link this murder to the war in ukraine, as alexander dugin is viewed as one of the main ideologist and philosophers of this war going on right now. the basis of his ideas is basically to restore the russian empire which, for many, justifies this war in ukraine. empire which, for many, 'ustifies this war in ukraineh empire which, for many, 'ustifies this war in ukraine. police have launched a murder investigation after a woman was found with gunshot wounds in the garden of a house in liverpool. officers were called out to the old swan area of the city in the early hours of this morning. no one has been arrested. and the british heavyweight boxer anthonyjoshua has lost his world—title rematch against the ukrainian fighter 0leksandr usyk.

joshua fought hard for the full 12 rounds in saudi arabia, but lost the match on a split decision by the judges. ade adedoyin reports from jeddah. it was a cat and mouse affair which came to life in the ninth round. usyk was hurt, joshua piled on the pressure, but the ukrainian weathered the storm and rallied in the next round. from the brink of victory to the edge of defeat, it was now joshua on the receiving end. from ukraine, 0leksandr. .. tears ofjoy for 0leksandr usyk, anger and frustration for anthonyjoshua. he threw the champion's belt out of the ring before storming out, only to return to vent with a rambling rant — a strange and surreal end to a brilliant bout. it was a great moment for usyk who was only recently part of ukraine's defence forces himself and dedicated the win to his country. translation: ukrainians never give up, they always go - to the end, they always win.

we just need a little more time. emotions were still raw whenjoshua attended the press conference. it is really, really hard for me to say i'm proud of myself. i don't feel anything. i'm just... well, i'm upset, really, deep down in my heart. 0h, oh, man... so, a disappointing night for anthonyjoshua, in a bout that fell into a similar pattern as the first one, but usyk showed real class, courage and a champion's heart to prevail. up next for usyk could be a unification bout against tyson fury. as forjoshua, it's back to the drawing board. ade adedoyin, bbc news, jeddah. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. and on the bbc news website. the next news on bbc one is at 6:35. bye for now.

good afternoon. you're watching bbc news. i'm ben croucher with your latest from the bbc sport centre. let's get more then on that heavyweight title fight between anthonyjoshua and 0leksandr usyk, as the briton broke down in tears following his defeat in saudi arabia. the fight was a much closer affair than last year, withjoshua coming on strong in the ninth round. but usyk�*s guile and strategy always posed joshua problems, and the ukrainian won on a split decision injeddah. a clearly agitated joshua threw two of usyk�*s belts down before storming out of the ring, only to return and praise his opponent. in the post—fight press conference, the emotion of the occasion was clear to see... it's really ha rd

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course four gold medals at the commonwealth games for great britain and now adds bronze to the team gold that they won yesterday in munich. six medal events in total in the gymnastics today and britain have high hopes in all of them as well. it's already been a successful morning on the water for great britain's pa ra—canoeists. emma wiggs won her second gold in two days, whilst laura sugar, here in the foreground of the screen, added the european title to the paralympic and world crowns. there was a silver too for charlotte henshaw and three bronzes for gb canoeists. the top four from world's with the top four here, it's a really good fight and to come out on top i'm really proud and as a team we have done amazing. and leon edwards produced a stunning fifth round knockout to become only the second british man to become ufc champion in one of the sport's greatest upsets.

trailing nigerian kamaru usman, edwards landed a a left high kick to defeat his highly fancied opponent. edwards said, "you all doubted me, saying i couldn't do it — look at me now." you're up to date. we will be back in a couple of hours' time. thank you. let's return to the top story this hour as almost 2,000 dock workers at britain's biggest container port have walked out on strike in a row over pay. felixstowe's owners say they have offered their staff a 7% pay rise and a lump sum of £500. there has been a warning from a major shipping group that the strike will disrupt complex chains. earlier i spoke to dr kamran mahroof who is an associate professor in supply chain analytics at university of bradford, who told me about the potential impacts.

it's the largest hub in the uk which accounts for around 50% of container grades, so in context we are talking around 13,000 tonnes is what passes through this particular port last year. it's a significant operation and you would be naive to think that operations in a place that has so much volume even for a week that that will not have any disruption. on that, what effect might it have? notjust over the next eight days but longer term given the size of the port? how long might we feel the effects of this walk—out? i think it's worth taking a step back and looking at the wider context. in addition to this particular disruption, we've got the wider context — china for example, the products coming in from china, there is huge global supply chain challenges there with the adverse weather recently. we have got the ukraine issue going

on. there is commodity, energy issues and so there are these issues happening. this disruption itself, in terms of particular products, i think one key thing we have to be mindful of is it's a plant so there would be, one hopes, some contingency in place, but we also have to look at the timing of this as well. we would say this is probably a critical time in terms of the seasonal goods that would be coming into the uk. i mean, halloween, black friday, and even looking as early as stuff coming in for christmas as well. and on the flip side, we have also got to factor in the food. although the goods coming in might be fridges and laptops, there might be a lot of frozen foods and goods passing through so there will be

disruptions. it is limited, it's only eight days, as they say. prolonging this might mean they have to divert the infrastructure, the infrastructure might not be able to cope. to put that into context, very recently during the covid situation, the port was not able to meet the demands so a lot was diverted to different parts of europe and then containers loaded in rotterdam and passed through smaller ports in the uk, but that means time, cost and delays and consumers have to bear the brunt of that. dr kamran mahroof. talking to me earlier on about the situation at felixstowe port. as we've been reporting, the daughter of one of president putin's close allies, aleksandr dugin, has been killed in a bomb attack. russian media says darya dugina died after her car exploded near moscow.

there's been no comment from the authorities there. it's thought that her father — who's often called "putin's brain" — could have been the intended target of the attack. the pair were reportedly set to travel back from an event in the same car. aleksandr dugin is a prominent ultra—nationalist philosopher and strategist. bbc russia's anastasia golubeva has more on this. well, we know that dugin and his daughter, they attended the cultural festival yesterday and they were leaving the festival in two different cars. and it was reported that dugin was supposed to be in the car with his daughter, the car that exploded, but he switched cars in the very last moment. and the russian law enforcement said that the murder of darya dugina is of a contract nature. as they said, there is not much that we know right now but i think the most common belief is that it was an attempted assassination of dugin himself, not his daughter. and it was believed that it was an improvised explosive device that was planted under

the bottom of her car that went off eventually. dugin is one of the most famous contemporary russian philosophers and political theorists. he's ultra conservative, he's a monarchist, and his main ideology is of that so—called "the russian world". his basic idea is that the russian nation has like a greater purpose on this planet, a sacred purpose even, in the world politics, and that russia should unite countries and territories in europe and asia under its dominance. and what it means, basically, is that any war that russia does is justified by this great purpose. and of course, dugin and his late daughter were prominent and offensive, even, supporters of the war that is going on in ukraine right now.

so just finally, how concerned will the kremlin be about the location of this attack, the close proximity to moscow, to the kremlin? yes, there is not much reaction right now but i think this murder would be widely discussed in kremlin and among russian politicians. the authorities of so—called donetsk republic already blamed the death of darya dugina on, as they said, ukrainian terrorists. and i think we can assume that the kremlin and russian authorities would try to link this murder with the ukrainian authorities, who already denied their involvement in this accident. some students are still waiting

for their vocational exam results this morning — three days after they were due to get them. the exam boards pearson and ocr have apologised to pupils who have been affected. it's left some unable to confirm their university places. simon jones reports. hundreds of thousands of students received their exam results on thursday, allowing them to sort out their university places, but some btec students are still waiting to see how they did in their vocational courses. the exam board pearson won't reveal how many were affected but says it's a small percentage. the association of colleges isn't impressed. pearson won't tell us the numbers, but i know in some colleges there are several hundred students who haven't got their results from pearson. in any normal year there is a handful, perhaps, in a college. but hundreds is unprecedented. so we absolutely need pearson

to openly investigate what went wrong, publish the findings and make sure this doesn't happen again. in a statement, pearson said: another exam board, ocr, is also apologising for delays in issuing cambridge technical�*s results, a vocational qualification with an emphasis on workplace skills. it says it has delivered more than 1,000 results in the last 24 hours. among those waiting is breanna butterworth, who studied health and social care. my anxiety has been absolutely through the roof, because, you know — it's not like the university is going to hold my place for ever. it's going to need to be taken up some time. the education secretary on twitter wrote:

this course is actually a shortlist interview course anyway. students affected are advised to contact the university they are hoping to go to directly, and ask them to hold their place. simon jones, bbc news. in the past few weeks we've been telling you about europe's sweltering heatwave. but other parts of the world are also having to deal with record temperatures. in southeast china there's been an ongoing drought. dozens of rivers have dried up — leading to some surprise discoveries, as tim allman explains. the yangtze river is the lifeblood of china, but now it seems to be disappearing before our eyes. the water levels drop away, and as they do so, they reveal a hidden past. on this small rocky island, three buddhist statues that date back hundreds of years.

sightseers come to have a look, a chance to witness a history that has gone unseen for generations. translation: i saw in the newspaper that it's from 600 years ago _ and i think this is very precious. i don't think we'll see it again when the water level comes back. this is a culture that our ancestors have left us. it's believed the statues may date back as far as the ming dynasty, which ruled much of china between the 14th and 17th century. why were they built here, you may ask. no one really knows the answer, but they can hazard a guess. translation: i think the reason why our ancestors built this - was because they wanted to pray for a peaceful world, a beautiful country. i hope what they wish for can be passed on forever.

soon enough, the rains will fall, the water will rise and the statues will disappear. their mystery and their wonder hidden away once more. tim ullman, bbc news. and we will get the weather in a moment, but first... it's long been known that the popularity of our coastal towns and resorts with holiday and second home—owners has led to a decrease in the numbers of young people living there. but perhaps less known is the impact that is having on the ability for the rnli to recruit and train new lifeboat crews. 0ur reporter phil chapman has been to yorkshire to find out more. nearly 200 years after the rnli was formed, the skills needed to bravely carry out rescues at sea are being passed on to a new generation, and some volunteers among the team here at at the staithes and runswick lifeboat station are proudly sharing their knowledge with their sons and daughters.

my name's lee jackson, helmsman at staithes lifeboat. hi, i'm elena and i'm his daughter. it's something i've always wanted to do since i was little. i've always looked up to my dad as a role model figure, and i've just always had a big passion for the lifeboat. and hopefully, if i stay in the village, i'd like to carry it on with my family. we've got to try and keep it going in the village. obviously the village is quite a touristy place now, with the holiday cottages and the holiday homes, so we need the local people that are here to come along and train and be crew. i'm colin harrison - and these are my twins. it has kind of brought us together as a family in a different way as well. it's nice just to see them, especially at the station that there are multiple families consistently involved. i think it's important to help save people, because quite a lot of people underestimate the tides or weather conditions and get trapped.

if no one's there to save them, then who knows what could happen? generations that have gone from here — as i was, going to sea before we could walk — but so many of the crew around the country now are not, and the minority have got a maritime experience, and with all the new technology, it's important we do training, as we saw lee doing with the chart work, and apply that to electronic stuff as well. and as the rnli approaches its 200th anniversary in 2024, there are plenty of volunteering and fundraising opportunities to get involved with around the country. and here on the north yorkshire coast, it's clear that the future of this life—saving charity is in good hands. phil chapman, bbc news, staithes. now it's time for a look at the weather with elizabeth rizzini. good afternoon to you. an unsettled

picture as we head through next week, and today mixed fortunes. the best of the sunshine is towards the north whereas further south there is quite a bit of cloud with outbreaks of rain towards the west as well. scattered showers across western scotland, also into western wales and the far south—west of england. some mist and fog developing through the day, feeling quite humid. the best of the sunshine for eastern scotland as well and these will be the highs. 0vernight tonight, we will see our weather front pushing northwards and eastwards, introducing cloud. clear skies for the far north—east of scotland where temperatures will dip into single figures. 0therwise rather mild and humid. 0urweatherfront figures. 0therwise rather mild and humid. 0ur weather front continues eastwards as we had throughout the day tomorrow which will introduce outbreaks of rain, possibly heavier downpours at times, but it is mostly dry across scotland.

hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. the unite union has announced eight days of strike action by staff at the uk's largest container port, felixstowe, in a dispute over pay. the met police say they had contact with 0wami davies on the day she was reported missing by herfamily daria dugina, the daughter of one of president putin's close allies, dies after her car exploded as she was driving home. ukraine's heavyweight boxer, 0leksandr usyk, retains his unified world titles against britain's anthonyjoshua — then dedicates his win to the ukrainian armed forces. more on those stories from 2 o'clock. but, now on bbc news, the travel show�*s lucy hedges heads for the big outdoors as the us celebrates the 150th birthday of yellowstone national park. this week, i'm taking a journey across yellowstone national park as it celebrates its 150th anniversary.