this is bbc news — these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. the summer wave of industrial action continues — with barristers to go on an indefinite, uninterrupted strike in england and wales from next month. there have been warning signs of this coming for many years. barristers have had to endure collapses in their income and cuts and underfunding so that their income has decreased over 28% since around 2006. chanting: what do we want? 10%! when do we want it? now! _ further supply disruption is continuing at the port of felixstowe with workers on an eight—day strike over pay. the battle to become the uk's prime minister — conservative

leadership candidate rishi sunak accuses his rival liz truss of trying to "avoid scrutiny" of her economic plans. there are protests as pakistan's former prime minister, imran khan, is charged under the anti—terrorism act after a fiery weekend speech. a bbc investigation unmasks the man responsible for a huge online community which traded non—consensual sexual images and videos of more than a hundred woman. and, knock—knock. who's there? that's right — it's the funniest joke at the edinburgh fringe comedy festival, but what is it? find out later this hour. hello and welcome if you're

watching in the uk or around the world. in the latest in a wave of disputes and industrial action affecting the uk, barristers in england and wales have voted to go on an all—out strike next month, with almost 80% of those who took part in the ballot in favour of an escalation of action. the criminal bar association wants a 25% pay rise for legal aid work, when lawyers act for people who can't otherwise afford representation. the union rejected a 15% rise from the end of september, which the government says would see the average barrister earn around £7,000 more a year. there have been a number of walkouts in recent weeks, disrupting more than 6,000 cases. now members say they'll stage an indefinite, uninterrupted strike from the 5th september. meanwhile dock workers at the uk's largest container port, felixstowe, are on strike for the first time in 30 years after rejecting a 7% pay offer.

refuse collectors in edinburgh are holding a 12—day strike until the end of the month, with more action planned across scotland in coming weeks. and there are further strikes set to follow across the uk — with unions in transport, the royal mail, local councils and a number of other services planning or consulting on industrial action. we'll start this hour with that vote by barristers on an all—out strike, which will start next month. duncan kennedy has more details. it's a dispute where both sides have come to their own verdicts. the barristers, who say the deal on offer isn't good enough. and the government, who say it's fair. the issue is mainly over pay and when it's paid. one thing both parties do agree on is that this summer's rolling days of strikes has had a huge impact on the justice system. over 19 individual days of industrial action across england and wales, more than 6000 court cases

have been disrupted, including more than m00 trials. the barristers are asking for a 25% rise in pay for legal aid work, and want it to take effect now. the government has offered a 15% fee rise on new cases, but only from the end of september, which it says would mean an extra £7,000 a year for the average barrister. but now the barristers have voted on whether to begin a non—stop strike. it's a real last resort position. we've seen before we started any action at all that cases were not going ahead in court because there were no barristers to either defend or prosecute. there simply isn't enough barristers now and the reason for that is the fact we have lost about a quarter of our junior barristers. the backlog of cases does remain high, although the government says it is now below 60,000. it also says the barristers�* demand to backdate any pay rise would cost taxpayers too much,

and would take longer to put in place. a ministry ofjustice spokesman said... for professionals who normally spend much of their lives waiting forjuries to vote, it's now the barristers themselves who've been casting their ballots to decide on indefinite strike action. duncan kennedy, bbc news. our legal affairs correspondent dominic casciani is with me now. tell us in more detail about the result of the ballot and what it means in practice. the result of the ballot and what it means in practice.— result of the ballot and what it means in practice. the first thing to sa is means in practice. the first thing to say is to _ means in practice. the first thing to say is to put — means in practice. the first thing to say is to put this _ means in practice. the first thing to say is to put this in _ means in practice. the first thing to say is to put this in context, . means in practice. the first thing to say is to put this in context, it| to say is to put this in context, it is absolutely enormous. nothing like this has ever happened on this scale in the legal establishment in england and wales. the fact that the vote has gone up, we have had more

than 2200 criminal barristers who have voted and of those 80% voted for a complete walk—out beginning on the 5th of september. to clarify, that means defence barristers who are paid by the legal aid system to represent people who are on trial who otherwise can't pay for their defence. it does not affect prosecutors in that instance but a trial cannot go ahead with just a prosecution barrister and not a defence barristers of the case effectively grinds to a halt. with an 80% vote in favour of the walk—out in september crystallises the huge anger among the criminal barrister profession. this has been building for years. we have had a couple of periods of industrial action since 2012 onwards over the rates of legal aid pay and it has been building and building to this position we have now got where they feel they have no choice but to

basically downed tools as it were, take off the wig and walk out of court because they feel they are simply getting nothing from the government which really matches the true cost they face across the profession and what they also believe is the precipice they are heading towards where quite simply too few people are going into criminal law making the system crumble in their view. it is criminal law making the system crumble in their view. it is about recruitment _ crumble in their view. it is about recruitment and _ crumble in their view. it is about recruitment and retention - crumble in their view. it is about recruitment and retention as - crumble in their view. it is about i recruitment and retention as well. viewers might note that i read out the union rejected a 15% rise from the union rejected a 15% rise from the end of september and they will be saying, that is above the rate of inflation here in the uk. there is a big but in that as far as the criminal bar association is concerned. criminal bar association is concerned-— criminal bar association is concerned. , , ., concerned. yes, there is. criminal barristers are _ concerned. yes, there is. criminal barristers are not _ concerned. yes, there is. criminal barristers are not paid _ concerned. yes, there is. criminal barristers are not paid like - concerned. yes, there is. criminal barristers are not paid like most i barristers are not paid like most people by the hour at the end of the week. it is a complicated system depending on payments for particular cases. sometimes cases take a long time to come to court and because of the backlogs at the moment, which is a complicated and separate story about why we have such huge backlogs

but part of it is because of a lack of lawyers and judges in the system. if your case began tomorrow with a charge of you as a defendant or if you are a victim and you are waiting for something to go through court, the barrister representing the suspect may not get paid for three orfour suspect may not get paid for three or four years because of the drag in how the kate goes through the court. the first thing is that i might. the 15% rise the government is proposing, which is the minimum it was told to offer through its own independent review, would take a long time to go through the system. at the same time because legal aid rates have been frozen for such a long time, going back effectively to the tony blair years in some respects, in some elements of the system, criminal barristers say they have lost so much pay in effect we are way behind everyone else in pay going through the public sector system. to give an example of this, i know a veryjunior criminal barrister who has gone through university, getting their law

degree, they have debt up to their eyeballs and they are starting a career in criminal work and frankly they can't even pay their rent. they are earning less in the south—east than a plumber and that's why you have so much anger. the offer from the government doesn't match what they feel is a reasonable standard they feel is a reasonable standard they need to earn. irate they feel is a reasonable standard they need to earn.— they need to earn. we have heard from hsiung _ they need to earn. we have heard from hsiung john _ they need to earn. we have heard from hsiung john barristers - they need to earn. we have heard| from hsiung john barristers saying they earn less than the minimum wage in fact. —— we have heard from some younger barristers. if in fact. -- we have heard from some younger barristers.— younger barristers. if you spend 15 hours preparing — younger barristers. if you spend 15 hours preparing for _ younger barristers. if you spend 15 hours preparing for a _ younger barristers. if you spend 15 hours preparing for a case - younger barristers. if you spend 15 hours preparing for a case and - younger barristers. if you spend 15 i hours preparing for a case and often some of that work will be done overnight before going into court, working until the early hours of the morning, then a few hours sleep and getting up again, the hourly rate for the work does not match the 15 hours and that is part of the problem. it is not like hourly pay on the card. it is a very complicated system. there has been a big push for years to reform and simplify it and the government is saying it will do some of this but the problem is barristers say they are dragging their feet.

the problem is barristers say they are dragging theirfeet. irate the problem is barristers say they are dragging their feet.— the problem is barristers say they are dragging their feet. we face the --rosect of are dragging their feet. we face the prospect of the _ are dragging their feet. we face the prospect of the criminal _ are dragging their feet. we face the prospect of the criminaljustice - prospect of the criminaljustice system seizing up in england and wales. fit, system seizing up in england and wales. �* ., ., system seizing up in england and wales. ., ., , , ., wales. a lot of barristers have said it has effectively _ wales. a lot of barristers have said it has effectively already _ wales. a lot of barristers have said it has effectively already seized - wales. a lot of barristers have said it has effectively already seized up| it has effectively already seized up because the backlogs are so great. we have around 58,000 cases before the crown court meaning it can take between two and four years in some cases to come to trial and there is a big issue with criminal barristers walking away from the oppression to other areas of law where they can earn more money. —— from the profession. if this strike goes ahead in september across the 70 or so crown courts across england and wales trials will have to stop. the slots are pretty scarce at the moment and it's difficult to see what will happen and that means some defendants who are guilty of serious crimes will not be jailed and given a sentence on time. some people who are fighting to prove their innocence will not get that verdict innocence will not get that verdict in time. and critically at the end of the day the victims will not get a sense ofjustice either.-

a sense of 'ustice either. dominic casciani, a sense ofjustice either. dominic casciani, thank _ a sense ofjustice either. dominic casciani, thank you _ a sense ofjustice either. dominic casciani, thank you for _ a sense ofjustice either. dominic casciani, thank you for taking - a sense ofjustice either. dominic casciani, thank you for taking us | casciani, thank you for taking us through that, our legal correspondent. joining me now is michelle heeley, criminal qc and leader of the midland circuit — which provides support and advice for barristers. that almost 80% vote in escalating action clearly shows the strength of feeling among criminal barristers at the moment. it feeling among criminal barristers at the moment-— feeling among criminal barristers at the moment. ., , ., . , the moment. it does, and dominic is riaht, this the moment. it does, and dominic is right. this has _ the moment. it does, and dominic is right, this has been _ the moment. it does, and dominic is right, this has been growing - the moment. it does, and dominic is right, this has been growing and - right, this has been growing and building for some years and the numbers have spoken. find building for some years and the numbers have spoken.- building for some years and the numbers have spoken. and as far as ou are numbers have spoken. and as far as you are concerned, _ numbers have spoken. and as far as you are concerned, what _ numbers have spoken. and as far as you are concerned, what will - numbers have spoken. and as far as you are concerned, what will this - you are concerned, what will this mean in practice? i asked dominic whether this means the criminal justice system will seize up and he said you would argue it has already seized up. butjustice will be delayed for many people. regrettably it does. it shows _ delayed for many people. regrettably it does. it shows that _ delayed for many people. regrettably it does. it shows that the _ delayed for many people. regrettably it does. it shows that the system - it does. it shows that the system cannot function without barristers. you need defence advocates to represent the rights of their clients but also for example you

would not want someone representing themselves on being allowed to cross examine a complainant in a case. delays have been building for some years because of systemic underinvestment in the criminal justice system and barristers have been saying this for years, if you do not invest people will walk away, courts will close down because there are not enough judges sitting so the backlog is building up and we are now at a critical point. mas backlog is building up and we are now at a critical point.— now at a critical point. was there an other now at a critical point. was there any other option _ now at a critical point. was there any other option other _ now at a critical point. was there any other option other than - now at a critical point. was there any other option other than to i now at a critical point. was there l any other option other than to take this course of action? irate any other option other than to take this course of action?— any other option other than to take this course of action? we started no returns in april— this course of action? we started no returns in april as _ this course of action? we started no returns in april as a _ this course of action? we started no returns in april as a warning - this course of action? we started no returns in april as a warning shot. returns in april as a warning shot to the government and we hoped dominic raab would meet with leaders of the cba and that didn't happen. the we then started intermittent action, not taking work every alternative week, hoping it would demonstrate the depth of feeling but still there has been no face—to—face meeting. i'm afraid this is a last resort and it shows the strength of feeling for rail workers, and this is the only way to bring the government to the table and say that this is a serious issue and we want to discuss it and find a serious issue but you have to work with us.

still no face—to—face meeting with the justice secretary? still no face—to—face meeting with thejustice secretary? trio. still no face—to—face meeting with thejustice secretary? me. if he is the justice secretary? no. if he is listenin: , the justice secretary? iiru if he is listening, what would you say? the justice secretary? no. if he is - listening, what would you say? come to seak to listening, what would you say? come to speakto us- _ listening, what would you say? come to speak to us. there _ listening, what would you say? come to speak to us. there is _ listening, what would you say? come to speak to us. there is a _ listening, what would you say? come to speak to us. there is a way - to speak to us. there is a way forward here and we are generally trying to represent and look after the most vulnerable people in society. we are a fundamental part of a civilised society and are asked asking we are paid to reflect that. what would it take to stop the escalation of industrial action happening on the 5th of september? i can't speak for everyone but for example, dominic touched on the issue of the 15% pay increase which will start with a representation order, so for anyone charged at the 30th september if the government accepts we would need that immediate injection now as recommended by sir christopher bellamy and apply that 15% increase in any case where the trial had not taken place then we believe that members would listen carefully to that and that would be a fair offer. if a

carefully to that and that would be a fair offer-— a fair offer. if a country can't exercise _ a fair offer. if a country can't exercise its _ a fair offer. if a country can't exercise its justice _ a fair offer. if a country can't exercise its justice system . a fair offer. if a country can't - exercise itsjustice system properly exercise its justice system properly what does it say? i exercise itsjustice system properly what does it say?— what does it say? i think it unfortunately _ what does it say? i think it. unfortunately demonstrates what does it say? i think it - unfortunately demonstrates the what does it say? i think it _ unfortunately demonstrates the state the country is in at the moment. we seem to have no effective government. people are scared for everything in their lives in terms of inflation, heating their houses, food banks being overrun. this is another pillar of society that is crumbling before our eyes. haifa crumbling before our eyes. how difficult is it — crumbling before our eyes. how difficult is it for _ crumbling before our eyes. how difficult is it for you _ crumbling before our eyes. how difficult is it for you personally to get involved in action like this? is it something you ever imagined you would be involved in? ida. is it something you ever imagined you would be involved in?- is it something you ever imagined you would be involved in? no. if you think about — you would be involved in? no. if you think about lawyers, _ you would be involved in? no. if you think about lawyers, we _ you would be involved in? no. if you think about lawyers, we are - you would be involved in? no. if you think about lawyers, we are meant l you would be involved in? no. if you| think about lawyers, we are meant to represent the establishment and we are not on the whole generally radicals who want to work walk out on strike. many people have had sleepless nights about this, wondering if there is any other way. it's something i feel deeply uncomfortable about but at the same time i will support the action

because i don't feel that now we are left with any other choice. it didn't need to get to this stage. we wanted to talk when the bellamy report was issued back in november and we hoped for continuing dialogue and we hoped for continuing dialogue and regrettably that has simply not happened. and regrettably that has simply not ha ened. ~ ., i, , , happened. when we hear that members ofthe happened. when we hear that members of the criminal — happened. when we hear that members of the criminal bar _ happened. when we hear that members of the criminal bar association - happened. when we hear that members of the criminal bar association in - of the criminal bar association in england and wales are going to be staging an indefinite uninterrupted strike, how long do you think it could last for?— strike, how long do you think it could last for? honestly, i don't know. i could last for? honestly, i don't know- i have — could last for? honestly, i don't know. i have never— could last for? honestly, i don't know. i have never seen - could last for? honestly, i don't know. i have never seen the - could last for? honestly, i don't- know. i have never seen the strength of feeling like this. people are angry, morale is low and they are frustrated. that's why people are walking away from working in criminaljustice. i think this will be a stand—off, ultimately, until the government comes to the table and makes a concession, i don't see people coming back into court. michelle, bear with me, we arejust seeing a statement come through from the ministry ofjustice, justice minister sarah dina saying this is

an irresponsible decision that will only see more victims face further delays in distress. the escalation of strike action is wholly unjustified. considering we are increasing criminal barrister fees by 15% seeing the typical barrister earned £7,000 more per year. can you give your reaction to that response from the ministry ofjustice? i would disagree that it is irresponsible. 0ur would disagree that it is irresponsible. our members have thought about this long and hard. if it was 15% tomorrow then perhaps that criticism might be justified but it is not. it's15% that criticism might be justified but it is not. it's 15% for a case that will not start until someone is charged after the 30th september. it takes at the moment 3.5 years for a rape case to come to trial and we do not get paid until the rape case is concluded. that is 15% if we are lucky at the end of 202a. we're already seeing at 10%. we are willing to talk to the government about 15% in all cases, but come to the room, don'tjust do this through

press releases and e—mails. the room, don'tjust do this through press releases and e-mails.- press releases and e-mails. thank ou for press releases and e-mails. thank you for your _ press releases and e-mails. thank you for your time, _ press releases and e-mails. thank you for your time, criminal - press releases and e-mails. thank you for your time, criminal qc - you foryourtime, criminal qc michelle healy and leader of the midland circuit, providing support and advice for barristers. the dock workers' strike at the uk's largest container port continues today. about 1,900 members of the unite union at felixstowe began an eight—day walk—out yesterday, in a dispute over pay. the port in suffolk handles nearly half of the uk's container trade. alexandra herdman is public policy manager at uk logistics, the trade body for the uk freight industry. she told me about the impact the walk—out is having so far. what's coming through felixstowe is typically nonurgent, long shelf life items that set off on theirjourney weeks ago. what we are likely to see are maybe some short—term delays but nothing that will cause huge disruption to the consumer. a lot of the impact will be felt by the logistics companies

who are perhaps having to re—route, and shipping lines who are dropping off perhaps at different ports first or slowing down so they get to felixstowe after the strike. when you have supply chain experts doing interviews saying some goods that are coming into felixstowe, or what would normally come into felixstowe, that this strike might cause some disruption for goods on halloween and black friday, are they exaggerating? you are right, we are at the beginning of what we call the peak season now, when a lot of these items start to come in. we are talking about things that will happen months from now, which is why the sector prepares so early in advance, so we can absorb some of these disruptions if they happen. just a bit more detail, if you would, on at what point might containers need to be diverted to other ports. from what i understand you are not expecting that to happen if this remains as an eight—day strike but at what point would

you consider that? no, as i understand it the shipping containers are being diverted to other ports or dropping off and re—routing and coming to felixstowe later. so that is already happening? yes. that suggests that the people in receipt of those goods, the supply chain businesses, yourselves at logistics uk, are nervous about any possible disruption to the supply chain and we have seen through the pandemic, it is ongoing because of the war in ukraine, how important those supply chains are and how sensitive so many parts of organisations can be to any disruptions to those supply chains. you're absolutely right. a lot of disruption will be felt by the logistics companies who are having to react and make changes to their operations to perhaps pick up in different ports. there is a lot of activity going on to minimise

disruption to the supply chain and the consumer. are you sympathetic to the aims of those striking? what logistics uk is calling for is continued negotiation between the union and the port to come to an agreement that will prevent any further disruption. do you have any other thoughts or advice at logistics uk for the two sides in this dispute? keep talking and come to an agreement. so when i ask you if you are sympathetic to the aims of the strikers, you didn't answer that question directly. i guess you are trying to take a neutral position. presumably you are very much aware of the cost of living crisis and what the workers there are saying about what they are paid. yes, absolutely. logistics uk represents all of logistics and we represent the companies and people working there, so we reallyjust want to see minimal disruption and for everything to get

back on track. alexandra herdman from logistics uk. rubbish is continuing to pile up on the streets of edinburgh as a strike by the city's bin collectors enters its second week. the industrial action — which is set to last 12 days and coincides with the edinburgh festival — comes after unions rejected a pay offer equivalent to a below—inflation 3.5%. 0ur scotland correspondent james shaw has the latest. this is the grassmarket, it's one of the centres for the fringe festival in edinburgh through the course of august. lots of bars and pubs and clubs all along this row here so it's very, very busy at the weekend. you can see a bit of rubbish here but have a look over here at this. this is what has happened over the course of the first four days of this strike, just an enormous pile of rubbish starting to build up, and that's just one corner of this city. the festival happens really all over the centre of edinburgh and if you walk through this city, this scene is repeated in many, many places.

it has been building up over the weekend and it's going to carry on really until the end of the month unless there can be a resolution to this strike within the next few days. if you want to get in touch about any of the stories we are covering today you can do that on twitter. the former chancellor rishi sunak has again criticised the economic plans of liz truss, his rival in the conservative party leadership contest. he said she could not afford the tax cuts she's promised and a support package to help tackle rising energy bills. it's also emerged that if liz truss wins the contest, the emergency budget she plans to hold may not be accompanied by the usual economic forecasts from the independent 0ffice of budget responsibility. 0ur political correspondent ione wells gave me the background to this.

the 0br have certainly indicated they could well do a forecast should she want one, if she was elected, in time for an emergency budget. that is certainly something that sources at the 0br have clarified would be possible. liz truss's team have stressed the reason they don't want to do this is because they want to act as quickly as possible. they have also argued they don't necessarily think these kind of forecasts essentially which make judgments about the impact of government's tax and spending policies would be necessary for what they have described as a targeted fiscal event, making the comparison for example to how rishi sunak when he was chancellor in may announced more support for households without going through one of these forecasts as well. the slight issue with this argument is the fact that whilst they are calling it a targeted fiscal event, we know one of liz truss's big ideas and plans is tax cuts, which is a pretty universal rather

than targeted measure. she wants to introduce tax cuts by cutting national insurance for everyone who pays that, as well as suspending green levies on energy bills and that's why rishi sunak�*s team have hit back at her today saying it would not be responsible to go ahead with such tax cuts without getting the latest forecast about the state of the country's finances because he argues this would be an irresponsible thing to do and you can't have these tax cuts as well as further interventions to help households without what they have described as dangerous levels of borrowing. given what rishi sunak has said and what the 0br is saying, how much pressure does it put liz truss under? i think certainly it raises questions for her team about why they are willing to go ahead with tax cuts without a most up—to—date look at what the country can afford, what kind of head room there is in terms of the government's current finances. certainly the tax cuts she is planning rely

on there being a certain amount of headroom within the government's finances. but i don't think her team are feeling particularly under pressure. they are leading in the polling in this leadership contest. the way i understand it is that as it stands she has no plans to announce any other detail about what financial support she may or may not offer if she were elected before that election result on the 5th of september. at the moment her team are remaining pretty tight—lipped about this, only saying she has already announced tax cuts and she would suspend green levies on bills. i don't think we will hear a huge amount of more policy from them. they are essentially keeping their powder dry as the contest goes on another two weeks. ukraine has dismissed allegations that it was involved in a suspected car bombing which killed the daughter of a prominent russian nationalist, alexander dugin. darya dugina — a journalist and political expert who shared her father's views on creating a new russian empire — died at the scene of the explosion. kyiv has denied claims

it was involved. hugo bachega has the latest from kyiv. an adviser to president zelensky said ukraine was not involved in this attack. and there is no evidence to suggest this bombing is linked to the conflict here. the russian authorities have opened a murder investigation into this killing. the russian foreign minister has said if any ukrainian link was found it would amount to state terrorism. it's early days, there's been a lot of speculation, but if you look at the bigger picture, this is obviously something that raises a lot of concern in moscow. this assassination comes after a string of explosions and attacks in crimea and although there is no evidence these events are connected they are putting a lot of pressure on the kremlin. here in ukraine president zelensky again said russia could be preparing something disgusting to mark independence day on wednesday, 31 years of ukraine's independence. some cities are taking

some security measures. the city of kharkiv in the east, which has been under constant russian bombardment, a curfew is in place until thursday. and here in kyiv there is a ban on public gatherings until thursday. the curfew hasn't been extended but the city is on high alert. former formula 1 boss bernie ecclestone, 91, has indicated a not guilty plea to a charge of fraud at westminster magistrates' court. angus crawford is at westminster minister magistrates court. tell us more about what has been happening. a, tell us more about what has been ha -ienin. �* , tell us more about what has been happening-— tell us more about what has been hauenini.�* , , , .,, happening. a very brief preliminary heafini happening. a very brief preliminary hearing this — happening. a very brief preliminary hearing this morning. _ happening. a very brief preliminary hearing this morning. he _ happening. a very brief preliminary hearing this morning. he arrived i hearing this morning. he arrived flanked by his lawyer, the diminutive figure of bernie ecclestone, sporting a beard, dark suit and tie. he appeared in court for less than ten minutes and confirmed his name, age of 91 and

and pleaded not guilty, saying he would plead not guilty to the at crown court. this charge relates to one charge of fraud by misrepresentation. the allegation is that he simply didn't declare to the tax authorities the existence of a trust based in singapore which contained more than £400 million. he was told he should appear again at southwark crown court in september. angus crawford, thank you for the update. the main story so far today... the summer wave of industrial action continues, as barristers vote to go on an indefinite, uninterrupted strike in england and wales from next month. there have been warning signs of this coming for many years. barristers have had to endure collapses in their income and cuts and underfunding, so that their income has decreased over 28% since around 2006.

conservative leadership candidate rishi sunak accuses his rival, liz truss, of trying to "avoid scrutiny" of her economic plans, as she prepares for an emergency budget if she becomes prime minister. budget pakistan's former prime minister, imran khan, is charged under the anti—terrorism act, after a fiery weekend speech. a bbc investigation unmasks the man responsible for a huge online community which traded non—consensual sexual images and videos of more than 100 women. pakistan's former prime minister imran khan has been charged under the country's anti—terrorism act, after being accused of making threats against the police and judiciary in a political speech he gave on saturday. hundreds of his supporters have gathered outside his home in the capital islamabad to show their solidarity. they're threatening, in their words, to "take over" the city,

if mr khan is detained. he's been a vocal critic of the government and the country's military, since being ousted as prime minister earlier this year. 0ur correspondent in islamabad, pumza filhani, told us more about the allegations against imran khan. these latest charges against former prime minister imran khan are expected to create a delicate political situation here in the country. one of the main reasons for that is that although it is a former prime minister, he still enjoys great support on the ground and he is a man who has been vocal about his ousting from parliament. in fact, he has used his time since then in every rally to be harshly and hugely critical against the government, accusing them of a political ploy, accusing them of being handled from outside of the country. this is something that hasn't been received well by his supporters, who hugely believe in his ability

to lead and believe that he was the man who was the right man for thejob and running the country well. now, here is where it becomes complicated. these terrorism charges will need to play out in court, except here in pakistan, there's a very fine line between the courts, between the government and the military. 0ften, those three can become blurred. we know that from behind—the—scenes politically, some within the governing coalition party have expressed concern about these terrorism charges possibly going forward because they're worried about that possibly causing civil unrest or, at the least, strengthening mr khan's already powerful position and his stance that he's taken that the political parties here are in fact on a witch hunt. we are expecting to hear from him as this case unfolds. we know that the lawyers have gone to court to apply for a pre—bail application.

this is to prevent him from being arrested and, rather, hear this matter outside of court. he is yet to address these latest allegations publicly. we are keeping an eye on where he does this. he usually engages with his followers first on twitter, and that is where most of his followers will be taking their first cue on how he intends to fight this matter and what their role should be. pumza filhani, bbc news, islamabad. let's take a moment to look at imran khan — and how he first rose to, and then fell from power in pakistan. his cricketing career gave him a huge profile, with the highlight coming when he led pakistan to victory in the 1992 world cup. after retiring from the game, he entered politics — forming his own nationalist party in 1996 and being elected to parliament in 2002. the popularity of his

pti party slowly grew and, in 2018, he became prime minister. but in april of this year, he was thrown out of office in a vote of confidence. as these scenes filmed outside his home late on sunday suggest, he remains popular. some analysts say his political success was underwritten by pakistan's influential military and intelligence services and his removal was inevitable once he had lost that support. whatever the reasons, it remains the case that no prime minister has ever completed a full five—year parliamentary term in pakistan. for the first time in four years, the us and south korea will revive their live—action military drills, sharpening their readiness as the north korean nuclear threat worsens and china steps up its presence around taiwan. the 11—dayjoint drills start today in south korea. but there's concern that north korea could use the drills as an excuse to take military action. 0ur correspondent in south korea, jean mackenzie, was given rare access to the joint operation centre, from where the war games are run. deep underground, an american

and a south korean colonel watch north korea. i'm learning, but it's difficult to get it right. in this classified bunker outside seoul, the two militaries work together to defend against a north korean attack. this is the only place in korea where us forces and south korean forces sit side—by—side, and using all this information, they can detect almost immediately if north korea launches a weapon. between his great english and my terrible korean, we can usually muddle through a lot of different things and get to a decision quickly. the threat from north korea is increasing. its missiles are becoming more dangerous, its rhetoric more fiery. so these war games — from five years ago — are back, as the us and south korea practise how to fight their common enemy using aircraft, warships and tanks. i can't do it in a classroom, i can't do it on a chalkboard, i have to give them the most intense environment that we can create,

and this is that environment. this is our gun barrel... fighter pilot captain abbey walters will train from the sky. it's really important for us to train together with the south koreans. the communication flow is much better in the air if you've practised it multiple times, so it can go quicker, which helps us get more effects down and just be more efficient and deadly in ourjob. north korea sees these drills as a rehearsalfor an invasion. there is concern it could retaliate. in this recent speech, kim jong—un warned they could end in war. they might have the appearance of war, but the us and south korea insist these drills are defensive. in part, a show of strength, to convince north korea never to use its weapons, especially as it works to develop ones that can evade missile defences. lieutenant general scott pleus

is the deputy head of the us forces korea. i have absolutely no worries whatsoever that north korean missiles have a way of defeating our capabilities here on the peninsula. monika plaha but they are making progress. and so are we. intelligence suggests north korea is on the cusp of testing its first nuclear weapon in five years. south korea says it shouldn't be blamed if these drills provide its ammunition. since north korea know that this one is a defensive one and they wanted to utilise this joint military drill for their own political purpose, i think that the joint military drill is one excuse for north korea to do the kind of military provocation. these war games may well provoke north korea,

but faced with an increasingly formidable enemy, these forces believe they have no choice but to prepare. jean mackenzie, bbc news, seoul. pakistan's former prime minister imran khan has been charged under the country's anti—terrorism act, after being accused of making threats against the police and judiciary in a political speech he gave on saturday. let's now speak to moeed pirzada, a geopolitical commentator on pakistan. what do you think imran khan because my intent was with we are told this fiery speech at the weekend? this is nothing new, he keeps making these speeches and he said he will take legal action against those that have made the wrong decision in the context of his chief of

staff, so this is an ongoing political tussle.— staff, so this is an ongoing oliticaltussle. �* , , , political tussle. and these cases are not new- _ political tussle. and these cases are not new. and _ political tussle. and these cases are not new. and now, - political tussle. and these cases are not new. and now, it - political tussle. and these cases are not new. and now, it has i political tussle. and these cases i are not new. and now, it has come to prominence that only ten such cases under section seven of the anti—terror act against imran khan are for inciting violence against the state on the 24th and the 25th of may 2022. unless late, they tried arresting him as well, but they failed. ~ . . arresting him as well, but they failed. ~ .,, . arresting him as well, but they failed. ~ , ., , arresting him as well, but they failed. ~ ,., y,, . failed. was this one fiery speech too far for _ failed. was this one fiery speech too far for the _ failed. was this one fiery speech too far for the authorities, i failed. was this one fiery speech too far for the authorities, given | too far for the authorities, given that the effect has been for imran khan supporters to rally round him on use of these charges being laid against him? ida. on use of these charges being laid against him?— against him? no, it is not that case. it against him? no, it is not that case- it is _ against him? no, it is not that case. it isjust _ against him? no, it is not that case. it isjust pakistani i against him? no, it is not that l case. it isjust pakistani politics, case. it is just pakistani politics, the tussle has deepened over the last few weeks, especially after the loss of punjab to pro—mister shabazz. they have lost punjab and pti is reeling in four provinces. so

the government is restricted to capital territory so there is a lot of tension and we have —— they have launched lots of cases against imran khan. 0ne launched lots of cases against imran khan. one is for receiving gift from the state and one is so—called foreign funding case, which is now called the prohibitive funding case, so they look for opportunities to keep him under pressure, to keep him in court, to maybe arrest him. if they wanted to arrest him, people could arrest him, they could not stop him from arrested —— from being arrested, but it would be counter—productive. it is an ongoing battle between imran khan and the pti government.— pti government. from a military perspective. _ pti government. from a military perspective. how— pti government. from a military perspective, how potent - pti government. from a military perspective, how potent is i pti government. from a military perspective, how potent is the i perspective, how potent is the situation right now there? so it is believed the _ situation right now there? so it is believed the government - situation right now there? so it is believed the government is i situation right now there? so it is believed the government is being supported by the current military setup. they, and they brief us and say, no, we are not really supporting, we are really neutral in this case, but the media and

politicians don't really believe it, so it is an ongoing battle. i think they are trying to disengage themselves from the politics, but they are unable to disengage because of the extremely sharp polarisation that has developed between the current military leadership between the former prime minister imran khan, it is a very troubling situation at the moment. thank you for our situation at the moment. thank you for your analysis _ situation at the moment. thank you for your analysis of _ situation at the moment. thank you for your analysis of what _ situation at the moment. thank you for your analysis of what is - situation at the moment. thank you for your analysis of what is going i for your analysis of what is going on. moeed pirzada. an investigation by panorama has found a huge online community that was secretly sharing and trading thousands of non—consensual images and videos, including explicit pictures of at least 150 different women. the group — hosted on the social media site reddit — has now been closed. monika plaha looks at how the platform and current criminal laws are not doing enough to protect victims against this new disturbing trend. this piece contains references to suicide and self—harm. i felt so objectified and i felt as though i was their property.

when i saw it, i wasjust shocked myself because i was like, is that even me? these are the voices of the women whose pictures were shared online without them ever knowing. hi, guys! hope everyone's having a good saturday. tenvie is an influencer. a photo from her instagram had been posted on the social media site reddit, in a group dedicated to men leering at south asian women. i saw so many men commenting about trying to find out information about me, my name, where i live, the things they would do to me — which were both degrading and sexual. they were calling me names. some of the images in this group are explicit and private — probably originally sent between partners. in other posts, women appear to have been secretly filmed while having sex, like aisha. we've changed her name and voice to protect her identity. i stopped socialising. i stopped going out of the house.

i was in and out of psychiatric units. it was just always self—harming, suicidalattempts, because it's coming to a point where i can't bear life any more. the group was hosted by reddit. the social media site has 50 million daily users worldwide. people can set up their own communities and discuss almost anything. but i found several groups on this site where users are trading images — some of a sexual nature — without consent. two years ago, a stranger contacted georgie on social media to say a folder of her explicit images were being shared online. this time, it wasn't on reddit. i remembered those pictures, and they were ones that i shared with an ex—partner many years before that i was assured by that ex—partner had been deleted. despite having a written admission of guilt in a text message, because he doesn't claim to have wanted to hurt me, i was told

by the police that there was nothing they could do. the law currently offers unlimited legal protection to any women whose intimate images are leaked on the internet. "collector culture" is the term - that's used because many of the men collect these imagesj in large repositories. the problem is, the law only focuses on the kind of malicious _ ex—partner sharing an image, the kind of revenge porn, i and this only covers a small number of cases of intimate image abuse. . back on the same reddit group tanvi and aisha were posted on, our investigation also found explicit images of at least 150 different women, as well as thousands of nonconsensual images and videos. reddit told us its safety teams regularly take action against communities and users for this behaviour. my message out there for all the people that are doing this —

please, just stop this. and anyone that's going through this, speak up, and you do have a voice. when you are held accountable, when it's illegal, when the government does impose bills and laws, that's when you'll be in serious trouble. for now, the law and the tech companies are struggling to combat this abuse, but ultimate responsibility lies with the thousands of anonymous users trading, selling and sharing these explicit images. monika plaha, bbc news. and monika is with me now. tell us more about how you came across this community and what you found there. flit across this community and what you found there-— found there. of course, i got sent a link to an online _ found there. of course, i got sent a link to an online group _ found there. of course, i got sent a link to an online group on _ found there. of course, i got sent a link to an online group on reddit. i link to an online group on reddit. reddit is a huge social media platform with 50 million daily users worldwide. this group, which was open to the public, consisted of anonymous users trading, sharing, selling explicit images of women without their consent. anyone can be

targeted, but in this particular group that we investigated, south asian women were being targeted. and in actualfact, a lot asian women were being targeted. and in actual fact, a lot of them, i actually recognised on social media. and some of the material included nude selfies and in other cases, women were secretly filmed having sex. and some users would also work together, to identified private information about these women, including their private addresses and mobile phone numbers. bind including their private addresses and mobile phone numbers. and how with these individuals _ and mobile phone numbers. and how with these individuals getting - and mobile phone numbers. and how with these individuals getting the i with these individuals getting the images? with these individuals getting the ima . es? . , with these individuals getting the imaies? , , ., ., with these individuals getting the imaies? ,, ., ., images? firstly, some materialwas lifted from social _ images? firstly, some materialwas lifted from social media _ images? firstly, some materialwas lifted from social media accounts. i lifted from social media accounts. in other cases, explicit content was traced back to an ex—partner. some women i spoke to said they were hacked, but we have no actual proof of this in our particular group we investigated.— of this in our particular group we investiiated. ~ ., ., , ., investigated. what does the law say as it stands about _ investigated. what does the law say as it stands about this _ investigated. what does the law say as it stands about this sort - investigated. what does the law say as it stands about this sort of i as it stands about this sort of activity? as it stands about this sort of activi ? ,, ., as it stands about this sort of activi ? ., ., . as it stands about this sort of activi ? ,, ., ., . , activity? so, the law currently offers limited _ activity? so, the law currently offers limited legal— activity? so, the law currently offers limited legal protectionj activity? so, the law currently i offers limited legal protection to

those women who have had their explicit images shared online. now, it is only a criminal offence to trade an image if they are doing it directly to cause distress. to evict him. but that is difficult to prove who is causing the distress when the uploading, the trading and the sharing is done by anonymous users online. ., ., . ,, ., ., sharing is done by anonymous users online. ., ., ., ., online. you did track down a man behind one _ online. you did track down a man behind one of— online. you did track down a man behind one of these _ online. you did track down a man behind one of these groups, i online. you did track down a man | behind one of these groups, didn't you? behind one of these groups, didn't ou? . behind one of these groups, didn't ou? , . ., you? yes, we did, the particular irou you? yes, we did, the particular group we _ you? yes, we did, the particular group we looked _ you? yes, we did, the particular group we looked at _ you? yes, we did, the particular group we looked at was - you? yes, we did, the particular group we looked at was set i you? yes, we did, the particular group we looked at was set up i you? yes, we did, the particularl group we looked at was set up by you? yes, we did, the particular. group we looked at was set up by a user and we were able to find out his real identity. so we spent months analysing all of his devious posts on reddit and we found out he sells lighters as a hobby. so we sent our undercover reporter to buy a light from him and we found out his real name. so we found out he is university educated, very well travelled and a manager in a big company. and when we questioned him

about his action, he said he set up this group as an appreciation of south asian women and not to target them. and he also said that due to them. and he also said that due to the high number of users, he found it impossible to moderate them. he also apologised to the women and has now deleted the group and deactivated his profile. bind now deleted the group and deactivated his profile. and what has reddit had _ deactivated his profile. and what has reddit had to _ deactivated his profile. and what has reddit had to say _ deactivated his profile. and what has reddit had to say about i deactivated his profile. and what has reddit had to say about all. deactivated his profile. and what| has reddit had to say about all of this? ., , ., , ., this? reddit has removed the similar irou -s this? reddit has removed the similar groups were — this? reddit has removed the similar groups were reported _ this? reddit has removed the similar groups were reported to _ this? reddit has removed the similar groups were reported to them - this? reddit has removed the similar groups were reported to them and i this? reddit has removed the similar groups were reported to them and in | groups were reported to them and in a statement, it says that its safety teams takes the issue of nonconsensual intimate media extremely seriously and says it regular takes action against users and communities for this kind of behaviour. and communities for this kind of behaviour-— and communities for this kind of behaviour. ., ,, , ., , . ., behaviour. thank you very much for that, monika _ behaviour. thank you very much for that, monika plaha. _ behaviour. thank you very much for that, monika plaha. ange... - —— and you can watch the full story of how panorama unmasked the man behind this group on "the secret world of trading nudes" at 8pm tonight on bbc one, or on iplayer now. if you've been affected by anything we've been reporting, you can find help

and support at bbc.co.uk/actionline. the metropolitan police could be investigated by the police watchdog, after it emerged that its officers had contact with a student nurse on the day she was reported missing. 0wami davies was last seen in south london in earlyjuly. the met has also admitted releasing images of a different woman by mistake during an appeal to find ms davies earlier this month. five people have been arrested and bailed over the incident. a nationwide trial allowing gps to prescribe walking and cycling to their patients begins today. 11 local authorities have been chosen to be part of the trial which will looking at the impact this exercise has on patients' mental health. it's hoped it will improve mental and physical wellbeing and help tackle health disparities across the uk. this is the latest from the labour

leader keir starmer, who has been talking about a summer of strikes as barristers prepared to go on and uninterrupted strike in england and is from next month. i uninterrupted strike in england and is from next month.— is from next month. i want to see these issues _ is from next month. i want to see these issues resolved, _ is from next month. i want to see these issues resolved, many i is from next month. i want to see i these issues resolved, many working people are really struggling to make ends meet. labour understands that, thatis ends meet. labour understands that, that is why we put our proposal on the table to freeze energy prices because that is why ensuring not only that those prices don't go up this winter, but we bring inflation down. 0ur this winter, but we bring inflation down. our plan to freeze prices means inflation comes down by 4%, thatis means inflation comes down by 4%, that is a big driver of many of these issues. so we want to resolve these issues. so we want to resolve these issues, the, is sitting on its hands doing absolutely nothing. that cli of the hands doing absolutely nothing. that clip of the labour leader keir starmer coming in in the last couple of minutes. there have been celebrations in singapore after the prime minister announced an end to the country's ban on gay sex. lgbt groups have welcomed the decision, but have expressed concern that government plans to limit marriage to being

between a man and a woman will perpetuate discrimination. the colonial—era law criminalising gay sex had long been criticised by activists, even though it hasn't been actively enforced for years. remy choo is a lawyer and lgbt activist in singapore, who's been involved in pink dot — singapore's pride event. he's previously mounted legal challenges in court against the law and gave us his reaction to the announcement. this moment is historic in every sense of the word. 377 a is a relic of colonial history that we inherited from 1938 and, since then, it has been the most visible sign of state—sanctioned discrimination against lgbt singaporeans. the repeal of this law isn't just about sex. it's about love. and with its repeal, we are one step closer to equality before the law. as the rise in the cost of living continues to escalate, charities say they're now helping more families than ever with free school clothing. 0ne charity has estimated

that the total cost of a child's uniform can be upwards of £300. ben boulos reports. at this centre in cardiff, the shelves are piled high. from shoes to blazers, everything here is free. basically, i was struggling to put uniform on my son so he could go to school like everybody else does. i came up with an idea to approach the school he was going to and ask if they had any surplus uniform that we could utilise to give to other parents. it was very small, a handful of desks, but it worked, and people did start coming in and they made it clear that it was getting more and more difficult for them to afford uniform. in hull, we catch up with this family. with three children to buy for, the costs soon add up. well, we've got primary school that are kind of like a colour, so you can go to the general supermarkets and buy the colour that goes.

but then we've got the high schools so, obviously, the blazers, the pe kits, it's all got to be badged. this centre in plymouth helped 500 families last year. this year, they think that number will double. with fuel going up and all the different bills - that we have to pay, _ now it's become quite expensive. so places like this, absolute godsend. | i've never known anything like it, actually. it's fantastic. what a brilliant service. i mean, it's, yeah, what can you say? something that i've never, never used before. i almost felt bad for using it. hopefully, it will make things a little bit easier this year. from september, new government statutory guidance kicks in. it says schools need to ensure uniform costs are reasonable. they should remove unnecessary branded items and provide more high street options, and they should ensure second—hand uniforms are available. schools are required to implement the legislation right now for this september. and if parents think that their school uniform policy

hasn't changed in their local school, they should contact the headteacher and ask why. failing that, they should contact the governing body of the school and ask why. and failing that, they should contact their mp or the department for education, who can write to the school and require them to follow the legislation. finished. — you want to put it in mum's bag? for now, with the rising cost of living already biting for so many families, services like this are proving a vital support. karen says, my daughter is going up to secondary school, her uniform, and this is the uniform so far, has cost £140. that is not including all of these bits which have to have a school logo. trousers, skirts, blouses and shoes and on top of that, stationery, a new bag, said thank you for giving us some idea of what it will cost. clearly, a lot of

money. just a reminder, if you want to get in touch about that story or any other story we are covering today, you can debt —— you can get in touch with me on twitter. we can all do with a bit of a light relief, can' t we? and today, we're in luck, as the award for the funniestjoke of the edinburgh fringe festival is back this year, for the first time since 2019. in a moment, we'll hearfrom the man behind the pasta pun voted the public�*s favourite, but first, here's some of the other one—liners that made it to the top ten. let's start off with the runner—up. "did you know, if you get pregnant in the amazon, it's next—day delivery?" how about, "i hate funerals — i'm not a mourning person"? and... "i used to live hand to mouth. do you know what changed my life? cutlery. " i don't know if you left or you groaned. two—time winning comedian, masai graham was voted the winner. we'll leave him to reveal his gag

i tried to steal spaghetti from the shop, but the female guard saw me and i couldn't get pasta. boo—boom! very good! well done. how is it judged? how do they decide what is the funniestjoke? do you perform it, do you write it, do you put it in a cracker, how does it work? erm, basically, they have scouts going to each... a lot of the edinburgh shows, and they will put forward jokes, and then they will compile a list and the public will choose their best off that list and, somehow, they chose mine. masai graham talking to my colleagues on bbc breakfast. here's a story most parents will be familiar with — how long can you drive for on the motorway before your child throws a tantrum? new research shows that the average child asks "are we nearly there yet?" just 32 minutes into a carjourney and has a backseat meltdown after an hour and ten minutes. and to make matters worse, experts at nottingham trent university say that for each extra sibling in the car, the tantrum is brought forward by ten minutes.

have a good day and stay with us on bbc news. hello again. the weather will be changeable, with rain in the forecast and sunshine and showers. and we have all of that today. this band of rain moving from the west to the east will be heavy as it crosses wales, southern scotland, northern england and the midlands. behind it, sunshine and showers, with the driest conditions and sunniest conditions across north—east scotland. temperatures, 15 to 25. this evening's rush hour, still a lot of dry weather, some sunshine across the north—east. a bit more cloud further west in scotland with still showers through the central lowlands into the south west. showers peppering northern ireland with some sunshine as well. the same across northern england, sunshine and showers, with the main band of

rain moving towards the eastern and southeastern england, leaving sunshine and showers for wales, the south west and the channel islands. tonight, we lose the rain, the cloud breaks in places, we see clear skies and also some mist and fog patches forming. by the end of the night, a new weather front brings showery rain across western scotland and northern ireland. and it will be quite a muggy night, especially in parts of the south east. tomorrow, eastern areas start on a dry and sunny note. but the weather front already in the west will bring showery rain, pushing eastwards through the course of the day, probably not getting into the south east. as it clears western scotland and northern ireland, we see a return to sunshine and fewer showers. it will feel humid tomorrow as well, the temperatures 21 in aberdeen to 25 or 26 towards the south east. wednesday has low pressure and can towards the north—west, here, it will be windy. you can see this weather front also moving south eastwards through the

day. that will have some rain on it. here it is at the beginning of the day, coming infrom here it is at the beginning of the day, coming in from the west and pushing south eastwards. windy across the north west and for scotland and northern ireland, a fair bit of dry weather and showers, some sunshine. the south east england, the rain not arriving until later. foryou, england, the rain not arriving until later. for you, too, sunshine, england, the rain not arriving until later. foryou, too, sunshine, may be the odd shower and temperatures up be the odd shower and temperatures up to 28, possibly 29. on thursday, we could see a weather front coming in across the north west bringing in some rain. we may also see thundery rain across the vast south east for a time later in the day. but then it settles.

this is bbc news. the headlines at 11. the summer wave of industrial action in the uk continues — with barristers to go on an indefinite, uninterrupted strike in england and wales from next month. barristers have been saying this for years, that if you do not invest, people walk away. courts have been closed down, simply weren't enough judges sitting. so the backlog has built up and built up and we are now unfortunately at a critical point. it's the latest in a series of strikes across industries over the summer. the government say the barristers' decision today is 'wholly unjustified'. the labour leader has called for action. we wa nt we want to resolve these issues. the government is sitting on its hands doing absolutely nothing. the battle to become the uk's prime minister. conservative leadership candidate rishi sunak accuses his rival

liz truss of trying to 'avoid scrutiny�* of her economic plans. a bbc investigation unmasks the man responsible for a huge online community which traded non—consensual sexual images and videos of more than 100 woman. counting the cost. a new law is due to come into effect from next month to protect parents from the soaring prices of school uniforms. and coming up — could this equation be the secret to taming those toddler tantrums on long car journeys? we'll find out later this hour. barristers in england and wales have voted to go on an all—out strike in england and wales next month, with almost 80% of those who took part in the ballot voting for an escalation of action

the criminal bar association wants a 25% pay rise for legal aid work, when lawyers act for people who can't otherwise afford representation. the union rejected a 15% rise from the end of september, which the government says would see the average barrister earn around £7,000 more a year. there have been a number of walk—outs in recent weeks, disrupting more than 6,000 cases. now members say they'll stage an indefinite, uninterrupted strike from the 5th september. meanwhile dock workers at the uk's largest container port, felixstowe, are on strike for the first time in 30 years — after rejecting a 7% pay offer. refuse collectors in edinburgh are holding a 12—day strike until the end of the month, with more action planned across scotland in coming weeks. and there are further strikes set to follow across the uk — with unions in transport, the royal mail, local councils and a number of other services planning or consulting on industrial action. we'll start this morning with that vote by barristers on an all—out strike,

which will start next month. duncan kennedy has more details. it's a dispute where both sides have come to their own verdicts. the barristers, who say the deal on offer isn't good enough. and the government, who say it's fair. the issue is mainly over pay and when it's paid. one thing both parties do agree on is that this summer's rolling days of strikes has had a huge impact on the justice system. over 19 individual days of industrial action across england and wales, more than 6000 court cases have been disrupted, including more than 1400 trials. the barristers are asking for a 25% rise in pay for legal aid work, and want it to take effect now. the government has offered a 15% fee rise on new cases, but only from the end of september, which it says would mean an extra £7,000 a year for the average barrister. but now the barristers have voted on whether to

begin a nonstop strike. it's a real last resort position. we've seen before we started any action at all that cases were not going ahead in court because there were no barristers to either defend or prosecute. there simply isn't enough barristers now and the reason for that is the fact we have lost about a quarter of our junior barristers. the backlog of cases does remain high, although the government says it is now below 60,000. it also says the barristers' demand to backdate any pay rise would cost taxpayers too much, and would take longer to put in place. a ministry ofjustice spokesman said... for professionals who normally spend much of their lives waiting forjuries to vote, it's now the barristers themselves who've been casting their ballots to decide on indefinite strike action.

duncan kennedy, bbc news. emma heeley, criminal qc and leader of the midland circuit which provides support for advice for barristers said she feels we are seeing another pillar of society crumbling. the system cannot function without barristers. you need defence advocates to represent the rights of their clients but also for example you would not want someone representing themselves on being allowed to cross examine a complainant in a case. delays have been building for some years because of systemic underinvestment in the criminal justice system and barristers have been saying this for years, if you do not invest people will walk away, courts will close down because there are not enough judges sitting so the backlog is building up and we are now at a critical point. we started no returns in april as a warning shot to the government and we hoped dominic raab would meet with leaders of the cba and that didn't happen. the we then started intermittent

action, not taking work every alternative week, hoping it would demonstrate the depth of feeling but still there has been no face—to—face meeting. i'm afraid this is a last resort and it shows the strength of feeling for rail workers, and this is the only way to bring the government to the table and say that this is a serious issue and we want to discuss it and find a solution but you have to work with us. i have never seen the strength of feeling like this. people are angry, morale is low and they are frustrated. that's why people are walking away from working in criminaljustice. i think this will be a stand—off, ultimately, until the government comes to the table and makes a concession, i don't see people coming back into court. here's the labour leader keir starmer reacting to the news today. i want to see these issues resolved. many working people are struggling to make ends meet. labour understands that and that is why we

put the proposal on the table to freeze energy prices because that is one way of ensuring not only that those prices do go up this winter but we bring inflation down. 0ur but we bring inflation down. our plan to freeze prices means inflation comes down by 4% which is a big driver of many of these issues, so we want to resolve these issues, so we want to resolve these issues and the government is sitting on its hands doing absolutely nothing. 50 on its hands doing absolutely nothini. ,, ., ., ,, nothing. so keir starmer talking more broadly — nothing. so keir starmer talking more broadly about _ nothing. so keir starmer talking more broadly about wages i nothing. so keir starmer talking more broadly about wages and l more broadly about wages and inflation, but with criminal barristers is about legal aid and ongoing issues. let's speak now with sir bob neill, chair of the justice committee in the parliament and conservative mp for bromley and chislehurst. thank you very much forjoining us. this is a big escalation, indefinite, all—out strike action by criminal barristers. what impact do you think it will have? it’s criminal barristers. what impact do you think it will have?— you think it will have? it's a very, ve sad you think it will have? it's a very, very sad situation _ you think it will have? it's a very, very sad situation and _ you think it will have? it's a very, very sad situation and i'm - very sad situation and i'm particularly sad because as you say i had 30 years in practice at the criminal bar myself and i do

recognise that, frankly, the criminal bar has never been as well—paid as other legal work and legal aid funding has lagged behind inflation for decades, going back to the time of the tony blair government, so there is a point there. i never liked the idea of strikes, and i think it will make the backlog worse but we need a resolution to this and this now will be given greater urgency by the government. the justice be given greater urgency by the government. thejustice committee recommended that the government should adopt the independent recommendation of sir christopher bellamy to which was for a 15% increase immediately and as a first step, and i think that was accepted by the bar at the time as a first step. what has gone wrong, as you've picked up, is the delay in implementing those payments and also recognition that that was a first step and we need to have a mechanism to make sure that things are operated much more regularly so we

don't get to the situation in future, and i think that might be the way forward. you future, and i think that might be the way forward.— future, and i think that might be the way forward. you said you would not normally — the way forward. you said you would not normally be _ the way forward. you said you would not normally be a _ the way forward. you said you would not normally be a supporter- the way forward. you said you would not normally be a supporter of- not normally be a supporter of strike action, but in this context with what you are saying, do you support this action by the criminal barristers? �* , , barristers? i've never supported strikes, barristers? i've never supported strikes. but _ barristers? i've never supported strikes, but i _ barristers? i've never supported strikes, but i can _ barristers? i've never supported strikes, but i can understand, i barristers? i've never supported| strikes, but i can understand, to barristers? i've never supported i strikes, but i can understand, to a degree that i have not often in what drive some of my former colleagues and friends to this situation, and i think it is a terribly sad state we have got to and why it needs to be resolved, but what the select committee has suggested and what i have urged on ministers are two things that might bridge the gap. first of all, the government was right to accept the bellamy review in full and i think both sides would accept that as a starting point. that would be 15%. equally, there is a fair point that because criminal trials can take a long time and you don't get paid until after the case has concluded, that can give you

very big delays, and so what i think we should be doing there is to expedite the payment of those fees. the government is saying, the ministry ofjustice is saying it's not possible to backdate. well, i think we need to examine that more carefully, actually because there was a precedent in the past where fees were reduced retrospectively, so it's not legally impossible and i think we need to get the legal aid agency to get on with this, but the alternative i suggest is this. there has always been for years a situation where in longer cases you can have interim payments of fees, and i think that used to be after four or six weeks. if we brought that forward to every case that goes any more than a week, so everybody can claim interim payments, that would get the money out of barristers more quickly and if you couple that with ministers sitting down with the bar council and the law society and solicitors, they have an interest in this in that they work in legal aid as well, that

can set down a timetable for the next steps and that might be a step forward to try to resolve this impasse and that is urgently necessary. that is one thing i will be urging on ministers and my colleagues at the bar. this strike action is going to begin on the day that the next prime minister is named. ., ., ., , ., ., named. there are going to be a lot of similar issues _ named. there are going to be a lot of similar issues on _ named. there are going to be a lot of similar issues on the _ named. there are going to be a lot of similar issues on the plate i named. there are going to be a lot of similar issues on the plate of. of similar issues on the plate of that person. the new leader of your party. do you think that what has been going on in terms of the leadership has meant that eyes have been taken off the ball on some of these issues? i been taken off the ball on some of these issues?— been taken off the ball on some of these issues? ~' . .,. these issues? i think we had reached some of this — these issues? i think we had reached some of this stand-off _ these issues? i think we had reached some of this stand-off before - these issues? i think we had reached some of this stand-off before that. l some of this stand—off before that. i'm on the record as saying i would have liked the leadership contest to have liked the leadership contest to have been resolved more quickly, but thatis have been resolved more quickly, but that is where we are. i think ministers at the moment could move swiftly to resolve this because the funding envelope is agreed, the total of about hundred and £30 million, which is what is involved has been agreed and the funding is

there, so it's a question of how quickly we can get that money out, and that is why it seems to me that we really need to rattle the cage of the legal aid agency and say we cannot allow bureaucratic processes to hold up a payment which both sides agree ought to be made and to get it out quickly to barristers so we can get the courts moving again, thatis we can get the courts moving again, that is in everybody�*s interest. i'm certainly going to be doing my best to make sure whoever is the new prime minister, this is high up their agenda. there are other demands, you are quite right, and other people pushing for more, but this is one that is supported by an independent review which took a great deal of evidence and i have seen all the evidence. so let's get on with it. . .. seen all the evidence. so let's get on with it. ., ,, , ., , seen all the evidence. so let's get on with it. . ~' ,, , . seen all the evidence. so let's get on with it. . ~' , . ~ on with it. thank you very much. we have to leave _ on with it. thank you very much. we have to leave it _ on with it. thank you very much. we have to leave it there _ on with it. thank you very much. we have to leave it there because i on with it. thank you very much. we have to leave it there because we're | have to leave it there because we're talking about another area where strike action is beginning today. the dock workers strike at the uk's largest container port continues today. about 1,900 members of the unite union at felixstowe began an eight—day walk—out yesterday,

in a dispute over pay. the port in suffolk handles nearly half of the uk's container trade. let's speak now to tim morris, chief executive of uk major ports group. it is the trade association that represents large commercial ports in the uk. welcome and thank you for joining us. can you talk us through first of all what would normally be going through felixstowe over these eight days in terms of the types of things and also the quantities? yes. felixstowe handles _ things and also the quantities? iezs felixstowe handles around about half of the uk's container traffic and is one of the of the four major gateways for trade with asia so in terms of what would be coming in on those containers, just a huge variety of goods and if you go to the shops and see something marked made in asia there is a reasonable chanceit made in asia there is a reasonable chance it came from felixstowe, so what we might be thinking about his

clothing, food, pretty much most of the screen sure viewers will be watching the broadcast on, as well as goods for british industry too. so the globals shippers forums say consumers could be hit with shortages and price risesjust consumers could be hit with shortages and price rises just as a result of this eight day stoppage. would you agree with that? i am less essimistic would you agree with that? i am less pessimistic than _ would you agree with that? i am less pessimistic than the _ would you agree with that? i am less pessimistic than the global— would you agree with that? i am less pessimistic than the global shippers l pessimistic than the global shippers forum. the strike is very unwelcome, obviously on the latest in a conveyor belt of disruption to global supply chains that have happened over the last two years. covid, brexit, border preparations, etc, but it has meant that global supply chains have got better at dealing with last—minute disruption, so that is one factor. the second factor is this dispute has been in the works for a wild. shipping companies, especially large ones, they will have had chance to look at other contingencies and change the

shipping schedules to avoid this particular eight—day period and then lastly the uk has a broader network of ports handling different types of cargo. you and i as end consumers, you might see less disruption than you might see less disruption than you might anticipate, but nevertheless, if you are within the supply chain —— the supply chain itself, you are working hard to mitigate the impact, and if you are local, in a suffolk haulage company, this is very bad news and will cost you a lot of money.— you a lot of money. what about workers at _ you a lot of money. what about workers at other— you a lot of money. what about workers at other ports? - you a lot of money. what about workers at other ports? in i you a lot of money. what about workers at other ports? in this | workers at other ports? in this situation the port of felixstowe is saying that its pay offer of an average of 8% for most workers, nearer 10% for the lowest paid, they say is a good offer. what is going on at other ports?— say is a good offer. what is going on at other ports? ports go through their -a

on at other ports? ports go through their pay bargaining _ on at other ports? ports go through their pay bargaining at _ on at other ports? ports go through their pay bargaining at different i their pay bargaining at different times, so some will have settled early in the year and some will settle later in the year. clearly a port of the size and stature of felixstowe is something of a bellwether, and that is probably why united put such a public focus on the discussions, so we saw the general secretary appearing in some of their press statements, and honestly they were busy on the media yesterday, so i think there is definitely a sense across the industry that felixstowe is being used as something of a bellwether for the sector, as a whole, but it will be up to the individual port operators when their pay settlements, for discussion for their unions to come up with in what will undoubtedly be a significant series of pay settlements, but nevertheless ones that have to recognise that these are globally competitive businesses and much like consumers, businesses face a range of really rocketing costs as well.

tim morris, thank you. rubbish is continuing to pile up on the streets of edinburgh as a strike by the city's bin collectors enters its second week. the industrial action — which is set to last 12 days and coincides with the edinburgh festival — comes after unions rejected a pay offer equivalent to a below—inflation 3.5%. 0ur scotland correspondent james shaw has the latest. this is the grassmarket, it's one of the centres for the fringe festival in edinburgh through the course of august. lots of bars and pubs and clubs all along this row here so it's very, very busy at the weekend. you can see a bit of rubbish here but have a look over here at this. this is what has happened over the course of the first four days of this strike, just an enormous pile of rubbish starting to build up, and that's just one corner of this city. the festival happens really all over the centre of edinburgh and if you walk through this city, this scene is repeated in many, many places.

it has been building up over the weekend and it's going to carry on really until the end of the month unless there can be a resolution to this strike within the next few days. the former chancellor rishi sunak has again criticised the economic plans of liz truss, his rival in the conservative party leadership contest. he said she could not afford the tax cuts she's promised and a support package to help tackle rising energy bills. it's also emerged that if liz truss wins the contest, the emergency budget she plans to hold may not be accompanied by the usual economic forecasts from the independent 0ffice of budget responsibility. let's get more on this from our political correspondent ione wells, who's at westminster. two more weeks to go. that's right, two weeks and both candidates are still arguing about the economy as they have done throughout the whole contest and particularly this week as we build up to friday as the new

energy price cut will be announced and both candidates have outlined what support they will give households at this time. liz truss has been clear— households at this time. liz truss has been clear that _ households at this time. liz truss has been clear that she _ households at this time. liz truss has been clear that she would i households at this time. liz truss l has been clear that she would help people through a series of tax cuts, including cutting national insurance but today rishi sunak has attacked plans to do this without also commissioning a new forecast of the public finances. these usually accompany big budgets essentially to give a sense of what impact of tax cuts or other public spending would have on the wider economy. labour have on the wider economy. labour have also responded to this today with the labour leader, sir keir starmer, saying there needs to be an emergency budget but it needs to be accompanied by one of these forecasts, and they are also calling forecasts, and they are also calling for further support to help households with the cost of living. we need an emergency budget. we hope should _ we need an emergency budget. we hope should have _ we need an emergency budget. we hope should have had it months ago to deal with— should have had it months ago to deal with the cost of living crisis but the — deal with the cost of living crisis but the 0b r is there to make sure money— but the 0b r is there to make sure money is _ but the 0b r is there to make sure money is spent wisely and properly, so of— money is spent wisely and properly, so of course — money is spent wisely and properly, so of course you need the 0br in place _ so of course you need the 0br in place for— so of course you need the 0br in place for that and that's why there's— place for that and that's why there's been such a reaction to liz truss's_ there's been such a reaction to liz

truss's proposal that she willjust put that— truss's proposal that she willjust put that to — truss's proposal that she willjust put that to one side. but more important _ put that to one side. but more important than that, what we need to hear is _ important than that, what we need to hear is what _ important than that, what we need to hear is what are you going to do about— hear is what are you going to do about the — hear is what are you going to do about the cost of living crisis question— about the cost of living crisis question that labour is leading on this _ question that labour is leading on this we _ question that labour is leading on this. we have said freeze the bills this. we have said freeze the bills this winter— this. we have said freeze the bills this winter and make sure that people — this winter and make sure that people don't pay any more for their energy— people don't pay any more for their energy prices and alongside that have an — energy prices and alongside that have an insulation scheme that means in the _ have an insulation scheme that means in the middle and long run, we have a better— in the middle and long run, we have a better answer to the energy crisis we are _ a better answer to the energy crisis we are in_ a better answer to the energy crisis we are in the middle of. keir starmer asking _ we are in the middle of. keir starmer asking what - we are in the middle of. iie: " starmer asking what the candidates will do and we know a bit about what rishi sunak wants to do. he wants to increase support payments to households, particular by pulling some of the levers he has already used in the past when he was chancellor, things like increasing welfare, looking at extending disability benefits or pensioners winter fuel credits as well, so those are some of the things rishi sunak has hinted he would do to help households. liz truss on the other hand, apart from saying she would introduce a universal tax cut and scrap green levies on energy bills has not said what specific targeted

support she might give households to help with energy bills. i am told that this is not a detail she will give before september the 5th when the conclusion of this race is, and we will know who the next prime ministers, and therefore what course of action they are likely to take. the metropolitan police could be investigated by the police watchdog after it emerged that its officers had contact with a student nurse on the day she was reported missing. 0wami davies was last seen in south london in earlyjuly. the met has also admitted releasing images of a different woman by mistake during an appeal to find ms davies earlier this month. five people have been arrested and bailed over the incident. sonja jessup is bbc london's home affairs correspondent. she is with me now. tell us more, first of all, that what is going on and what the met police are saying. the latest on this investigation is that they believe that 0wami could actually be travelling backwards and

forwards between grays in essex where herfamily forwards between grays in essex where her family home forwards between grays in essex where herfamily home is and croydon, where she was last seen, using the trains and tubes and it's a journey she used to apparently make frequently and they believe she could still be regularly doing that. they say she has been depressed and may appear confused and dazed and she might try to speak to other women travelling on their own. that is what they have currently said, but it's been a very unusual pace, not least because early on in the investigation people might remember that five men were arrested and there were a series of arrests, festival two men on suspicion of murder and three men on suspicion of kidnap, and they all seem to have been released on bail and police have stressed all along that this is a missing persons investigation and they are still appealing for information on where 0wami is. what information on where 0wami is. what are the met police _ information on where 0wami is. what are the met police saying about the investigation by the watchdog? the investigation by the watchdog? iie: revelations investigation by the watchdog? tie: revelations that came out over the weekend were that the met police, it transpired, had actually had some

contact with 0wami early on in the investigation, july the 6th, the day she was reported missing by her family. the met say they were called out, their officers, to an address in croydon and when they arrived, they spoke to 0wami but said she did not need any help and left before the ambulance arrived. crucially they say that they did not know she was a missing person and that her details had not yet been updated on the police database. remember, her family reported her missing to essex police stop the met says its professional standards body decided not to investigate offices in that case, but the iop sea has asked for the case to be referred to it and is now deciding whether to investigate. they have also seen questions about some incorrect pictures which were issued by the met police. that happened early on with the police appeals from the met, and the met apologised and retracted the images and asked the media to remove them

and asked the media to remove them and issue new ones in their place but by that time a number of news outlets including the bbc, bbc london, had put out the incorrect images and we had to retract them and explain what happened. all of that has led to a lot of questions and concerns by some members of the community asking whether the met is taking this case seriously. and are they handling this correctly. frustration with the police and parts of the media, saying would there be a different reaction if this was a young white woman who had gone missing as well.— the world champion boxer tyson fury has called for harsher punishment for knife crime after his cousin was fatally stabbed in greater manchester. in a post on instagram, the boxer described knife crime as a pandemic. his cousin rico burton, who was 31, died after he was attacked in altrincham in the early hours of sunday morning. a 17 —year—old also suffered serious injuries in the incident and two men have been arrested. as the rise in the cost of living

continues to escalate, charities say they're now helping more families than ever with free school clothing. 0ne charity has estimated that the total cost of a child's uniform can be upwards of three hundred pounds. ben boulos reports. at this centre in cardiff, the shelves are piled high. from shoes to blazers, everything here is free. basically, i was struggling to put uniform on my son so he could go to school like everybody else does. i came up with an idea to approach the school he was going to and ask if they had any surplus uniform that we could utilise to give to other parents. it was very small, a handful of desks, but it worked and people did start coming in and they made it clear that it was getting more and more difficult for them to afford uniform. in hull, we catch up with this family. with three children to buy for the costs soon add up. well, we've got primary school that are kind of like a colour, so you can go to the general supermarkets and buy the colour that goes.

but then we've got the high schools, so obviously the blazers, the pe kits, it's all got to be a badge. this centre in plymouth helped 500 families last year. this year they think that number will double. with fuel going up and all the different bills - that we have to pay, _ now it's become quite expensive. so places like this, absolute godsend. | i've never known anything like it, actually. it's fantastic. what a brilliant service. i mean, it's, yeah, what can you say? something that i've never, never used before. i almost felt bad for using it. hopefully it will make things a little bit easier this year. from september, new government statutory guidance kicks in. it says schools need to ensure uniform costs are reasonable. they should remove unnecessary branded items and provide more high street options, and they should ensure second hand uniforms are available. schools are required to implement the legislation right

now for this september. and if parents think that their school uniform policy hasn't changed in their local school, they should contact the headteacher and ask why. failing that, they should contact the governing body of the school and ask why and failing that they should contact their mp or the department for education who can write to the school and require them to follow the legislation. finished. you want to put it in mum's bag? for now, with the rising cost of living already biting for so many families, services like this are proving a vital support. water companies have been accused of failing to monitor sewage discharges at popular british seaside resorts. pollution warnings were put in place across more than 40 beaches and swimming spots in england and wales after recent heavy rain overwhelmed sewer systems. data analysed by the liberal democrats found that many monitoring devices had either not been installed, or worked only a small proportion of the time. water firms insist they're tackling the issue, but campaigners say more

needs to be done. singer turned environmental campaigner feargal sharkey has been speaking about it. water companies have now spent nine and a half million hours in the last six years dumping sewage into the environment and if the data is as faulty as it seems, that number could be a multiple of that by another multiply of your choosing. it is just a desperate sign of the extraordinary state of chaos that this industry has managed to get itself into. a nationwide trial allowing gps to prescribe walking and cycling to their patients begins today. 11 local authorities have been chosen to be part of the trial — which will looking at the impact this exercise has on patients' mental health. it's hoped it will improve mental and physical wellbeing and help tackle health disparities across the uk. now it's time for a look

at the weather with carol kirkwood. hello again. as we go through the next few days, the weather is going to be changeable. there will be rain at times. also a few showers, but equally there'll be some sunny spells. today, we've got this band of rain moving from the west, towards the east. heavy and persistent rain through southern scotland, northern england, parts of wales, in the midlands at times and clouding over in the southeast. behind it, sunshine and showers with the sunniest, driest conditions across the far north of scotland. now, through this evening and overnight, we lose that rain quite smartly. there'll be some clear spells developing. so, mist and some fog patches, just one or two showers here and there before the next weather front comes in from the west. and it's going to be a humid night, especially so in southern areas into tomorrow. then this band of showery rain moves from the west towards the east and it will continue to fragment. further south, we've got some brighter skies, but still a few showers getting into wales and the midlands and if anything

hello this is bbc news. clients: the summer wave of industrial action in the uk continues — with criminal barristers to go on an indefinite, uninterrupted strike in england and wales from next month. barristers have been saying this for years, that if you do not invest, people walk away. courts have been closed down, simply weren't enough judges sitting. so the backlog has built up and built up and we are now unfortunately at a critical point. it's the latest in a series of strikes across industries over the summer — government say the barristers decision today is 'wholly unjustified' — the labour leader has called for action. we want to resolve these issues and the government is sitting on its hands doing absolutely nothing. the battle to become the uk's prime minister: conservative leadership candidate rishi sunak accuses his rival liz truss of trying to �*avoid scrutiny�* of her economic plans.

a bbc investigation unmasks the man responsible for a huge online community which traded non—consensual sexual images and videos of more than a hundred woman. as the rise in the cost of living continues to escalate charities say they are now helping more charities than ever with three school coving. and coming up — could this equation be the secret to taming those toddler tantrums on long carjourneys... we�*ll find out later this hour. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here�*s ben croucher. good morning. it could well be a big night on and off the field at old trafford tonight. manchester united take on liverpool — with both on the hunt for their first win of the season. the build—up has been dominated though by the threat of protests against united�*s owners. jurgen klopp says his liverpool side should be given the points if — as happened in may 2021 —

the match is postponed because of fan disruption. joe lynskey reports. manchester united start the day in the premier league�*s bottom three. most fans say the cause is at the top of the club. last year when they played liverpool they made that clear. two police officers are injured after a major security breach at old trafford with hundreds of fans invading the pitch. it was the first premier league match called off due to protests and since thenit called off due to protests and since then it has got worse. liverpool won here 5—0 last october. last week united lost 4—0 at brentford. now there are plans to protest again in a march before the match aimed at the owners. i a march before the match aimed at the owners-— the owners. i think the feeling is that nothing _ the owners. i think the feeling is that nothing has _ the owners. i think the feeling is that nothing has advanced, i the owners. i think the feeling is that nothing has advanced, yes i the owners. i think the feeling is i that nothing has advanced, yes there is an interesting appointment as manager, but still the recruitment

looks awful, haphazard. throwing huge amounts of money and whoever they can find, not getting the top level targets that liverpool, manchester city, chelsea and tottenham have got in. and that has resulted in very, very poor results on the pitch. and i think that is really revived a sort of understanding that the owners are at fault. i understanding that the owners are at fault. . , ., , understanding that the owners are at fault. ., , ., , ., fault. i really hope that if it happens — fault. i really hope that if it happens we _ fault. i really hope that if it happens we should - fault. i really hope that if it happens we should get i fault. i really hope that if it happens we should get the | fault. i really hope that if it i happens we should get the point. fault. i really hope that if it - happens we should get the point. i really— happens we should get the point. i really hope that it doesn't happen, i really hope that it doesn't happen, i have _ really hope that it doesn't happen, i have no— really hope that it doesn't happen, i have no idea that it doesn't happen _ i have no idea that it doesn't happen. but in a situation like there's— happen. but in a situation like there's always the other team should -et there's always the other team should get the _ there's always the other team should get the points. the there's always the other team should get the points-— get the points. the owners want to win and the — get the points. the owners want to win and the defence _ get the points. the owners want to win and the defence we _ get the points. the owners want to win and the defence we want i get the points. the owners want to win and the defence we want them | win and the defence we want them behind _ win and the defence we want them behind the — win and the defence we want them behind the club _ win and the defence we want them behind the club and _ win and the defence we want them behind the club and i— win and the defence we want them behind the club and i can- win and the defence we want them . behind the club and i can understand sometimes _ behind the club and i can understand sometimes that _ behind the club and i can understand sometimes that i— behind the club and i can understand sometimes that i can _ behind the club and i can understand sometimes that i can see _ behind the club and i can understand sometimes that i can see all- behind the club and i can understand sometimes that i can see all the - sometimes that i can see all the backgrounds _ sometimes that i can see all the backgrounds. but _ sometimes that i can see all the backgrounds. but we _ sometimes that i can see all the backgrounds. but we have - sometimes that i can see all the backgrounds. but we have to . sometimes that i can see all the l backgrounds. but we have to fight together~ — backgrounds. but we have to fight to . ether. . backgrounds. but we have to fight touether. . , ., , . together. united are set to sign a real madrid _

together. united are set to sign a real madrid midfielder, _ together. united are set to sign a real madrid midfielder, but - together. united are set to sign a real madrid midfielder, but the i together. united are set to sign a i real madrid midfielder, but the fans say the big names cover the cracks. tonight, both they and liverpool go for their first win of the season. most of all at old trafford, they want change. on the pitch and at the top. we will be at old trafford later on this evening. cricket and a year after cancelling their tour to pakistan, sighting security concerns — england have announced their test team will tour the country for the first time since 2005 this december. they'll play three test matches in rawalpindi, multan and karachi, with the first test scheduled for the first of december. it adds to the t20 series already scheduled for next month. british athletics olympic head coach christian malcolm says he's encouraged for the future after great britain finished second in the medals table at the european championships in munich. britain won 20 medals in total in athletics, finished off with a gold in the men's 4 by 100 metre relay. netheneel mitchell blake brought the team home in a european record time to accompanyjake wightman's

800 metre silver earlier in the night. we have been for a long time have really embraced me and reminded that the younger guys coming in. i have really loved the team chemistry and going for another gold it is sweet. the women couldn't defend their title though with asha phillip and imani lansiquot unable to get the first changeover right. that's all the sport for now. the former boss of formula one, bernie ecclestone, has pleaded not guilty to a charge of fraud at westminster magistrates' court. the 91—year—old is accused of failing to declare overseas assets worth around £400 million to the government. our correspondent angus crawford was in court. very brief hearing this morning. a preliminary hearing this morning.

he arrived flanked by his lawyer, the diminutive figure of bernie ecclestone sporting a beard, dark suit, dark tie. he appeared in court for less than about ten minutes and confirmed his name, age, 91, and address. and he pleaded not guilty, he said he would plead not guilty to the charge at crown court at southwark. this charge relates to one count of fraud by misrepresentation. the allegation is that he simply didn't declare to the tax authorities the existence of a trust based in singapore which contained more than £400 million. now he was told that he should appear again at southwark crown court in september. an investigation by panorama has found that explicit pictures of at least 150 different women.

the group, hosted on the social media site reddit, has now been closed. monika plaha looks at how the platform and current criminal laws are not doing enough to protect victims against this new disturbing trend. this piece contains references to suicide and self harm. i felt so objectified and i felt as though i was their property. when i saw it, i wasjust shocked myself because i was like, is that even me? these are the voices of the women whose pictures were shared online without them ever knowing. hi, guys! hope everyone's having a good saturday. tenvie is an influencer. a photo from her instagram had been posted on the social media site reddit, in a group dedicated to men leering at south asian women. i saw so many men commenting about trying to find out information about me, my name, where i live, the things they would do to me — which were both degrading and sexual. they were calling me names. some of the images in this group are explicit and private — probably originally

sent between partners. in other posts, women appear to have been secretly filmed while having sex, like aisha. we've changed her name and voice to protect her identity. i stopped socialising. i stopped going out of the house. i was in and out of psychiatric units. it was just always self—harming, suicidalattempts, because it's coming to a point where i can't bear life any more. the group was hosted by reddit. the social media site has 50 million daily users worldwide. people can set up their own communities and discuss almost anything. but i found several groups on this site where users are trading images, some of a sexual nature, without consent. two years ago, a stranger contacted georgie on social media to say a folder of her explicit images were being shared online. this time, it wasn't on reddit. i remembered those pictures, and they were ones i shared with an ex—partner many years before

that i was assured by that ex—partner had been deleted. despite having a written admission of guilt in a text message, because he doesn't claim to have wanted to hurt me, i was told by the police that there was nothing they could do. the law currently offers unlimited legal protection to any women whose intimate images are linked on the internet. "collector culture" is the term - that's used because many of the men collect these images| in large repositories. the problem is, the law only focuses on the kind of malicious _ ex—partner sharing an image, the kind of revenge porn, - and this only covers a small number of cases of intimate image abuse. . back on the same reddit group tenvie and ayesha were posted on, our investigation also found explicit images of at least 150 different women, as well as thousands of nonconsensual images and videos.

reddit told us its safety teams regularly take action against communities and users for this behaviour. my message out there to all the people that are doing this, please, just stop this. anyone that is going through this, speak up, and you do have a voice. when you are held accountable, when it's illegal, when the government does impose bills and laws, that's when you'll be in serious trouble. for now, the law and techcompanies are struggling to combat this abuse, but ultimate responsibility lies with the thousands of anonymous users trading, selling and sharing these explicit images. monika plaha, bbc news. and you can watch the full story of how panorama unmasked the man behind this group on "the secret world of trading nudes", at 8pm tonight on bbc one, or on iplayer now.|f on bbc one, or on iplayer now. if you've been affected by anything

we've been reporting, you can find help and support. ukraine has dismissed allegations that it was involved in a suspected car bombing which killed the daughter of a prominent russian nationalist, alexander dugin. darya dugina — a journalist and political expert who shared her father's views on creating a new russian empire — died at the scene of the explosion. kyiv has denied claims it was involved. our correspondent hugo bachega reports from kyiv. an adviser to president zelensky said ukraine was not involved in this attack. and there is no evidence to suggest this bombing is linked to the conflict here. the russian authorities have opened a murder investigation into this killing. the russian foreign minister has said if any ukrainian link was found it would amount to state terrorism. it's early days, there's been a lot of speculation, but if you look at the bigger picture, this is obviously something that raises a lot of concern in moscow. this assassination comes

after a string of explosions and attacks in crimea and although there is no evidence these events are connected they are putting a lot of pressure on the kremlin. here in ukraine, president zelensky again said russia could be preparing something disgusting to mark independence day on wednesday, 31 years of ukraine's independence. some cities are taking some security measures. the city of kharkiv in the east, which has been under constant russian bombardment, a curfew is in place until thursday. and here in kyiv there is a ban on public gatherings until thursday. the curfew hasn't been extended but the city is on high alert. pakistan's former prime minister imran khan has been charged under the country's anti—terrorism act, after being accused of making threats against the police and judiciary in a political speech he gave on saturday. hundreds of his supporters have gathered outside his home in the capital islamabad to show their solidarity. they're threatening, in their words,

to "take over" the city, if mr khan is detained. he's been a vocal critic of the government and the country's military, since being ousted as prime minister earlier this year. our correspondent in islamabad, pumza filhani, told us more about the allegations against imran khan: these latest charges against former prime minister imran khan are expected to create a delicate political situation here in the country. one of the main reasons for that is that although it is a former prime minister, he still enjoys great support on the ground and he is a man who has been vocal about his ousting from parliament. in fact, he has used his time since then in every rally to be harshly and hugely critical against the government, accusing them of a political ploy, accusing them of being handled from outside of the country. this is something that hasn't been received well by his supporters, who hugely believe in his ability to lead and believe that he was

the man who was the right man for thejob and running the country well. now, here is where it becomes complicated. these terrorism charges will need to play out in court, except here in pakistan, there's a very fine line between the courts, between the government and the military. often, those three can become blurred. we know that from behind—the—scenes politically, some within the governing coalition party have expressed concern about these terrorism charges possibly going forward because they're worried about that possibly causing civil unrest or, at the least, strengthening mr khan's already powerful position and his stance that he's taken that the political parties here are in fact on a witch hunt. we are expecting to hear from him as this case unfolds. we know that the lawyers have gone to court to apply for a pre—bail application. this is to prevent him from being arrested and, rather,

hear this matter outside of court. he is yet to address these latest allegations publicly. we are keeping an eye on where he does this. he usually engages with his followers first on twitter, and that is where most of his followers will be taking their first cue on how he intends to fight this matter and what their role should be. pumza filhani, bbc news, islamabad. the headlines on bbc news... the summer wave of industrial action in the uk continues — with criminal barristers to go on an indefinite, uninterrupted strike in england and wales from next month. it's the latest in a series of strikes across industries over the summer — government say the barristers decision today is 'wholly unjustified' — the labour leader has called for action. the battle to become the uk's prime minister: conservative leadership candidate rishi sunak accuses his rival liz truss of trying to 'avoid scrutiny�* of her economic plans

since russia began its invasion of ukraine nearly six months ago, its forces have suffered a high number of losses in the fighting. as a result, the kremlin has launched a large—scale campaign to recruit new volunteers to replace those who've been killed or wounded. the volunteers are promised huge sums of money and other perks but many are given little or no training and are sent straight into the combat in ukraine. will vernon reports. the kremlin tells russians their soldiers are heroes. professional, well—trained troops, fighting in ukraine. but western officials say that russia's running out of men — 70,000 to 80,000 killed or wounded. the solution, signing up volunteers. yevgeni was one of those whojoined up. his mother, nina, says that her son was given a gun and sent straight into ukraine. days later, he was killed.

translation: theyjust send them in, like dumb little chickens. _ they'd hardly even held a gun before. they're cannon fodder. the generals think, "we've got a volunteer, great in you go." in these videos, volunteers are promised huge sums of money and even plots of land. they're now a common sight on social media. but recruiting is being done in more traditional ways, too. this announcement talks about the creation of two new volunteer brigades. it's urging local people here to sign up to fight in ukraine. and this is a message that's being repeated right across the country — on tv, on social media, on billboards. it's a large—scale recruitment campaign for the russian army.

"we should bomb them. i'd give them what for," this man said. "if i were young, i'd go." "it's too painful to talk about," this lady told me. "why go? only their bodies will be brought back." but can russia win this war with a volunteer army? this is, i think, not the type of soldiers that are needed for a victorious war. the main problem is not with the quantity of people, but the qualities, with their motivation, and this is not a thing that you can change quickly. you can't bring thousands of people in to teach them how to work with modern weapons, tanks and aircraft. the russian military has not released casualty figures since the end of march, but nina knows that large numbers are dying in ukraine. translation: you read the news|

and it's all about men being killed, but people are going there. i don't know why they go. president putin says he ordered his forces into ukraine to protect his people, but the kremlin is now sending even more russians there, into mortal danger. will vernon, bbc news, moscow. for the first time in four years, the us and south korea will revive their live—action military drills, sharpening their readiness as the north korean nuclear threat worsens and china steps up its presence around taiwan. the ii—dayjoint drills start today in south korea. but there's concern that north korea could use the drills as an excuse to take military action. our correspondent in south korea, jean mackenzie, was given rare access to the joint operation centre, from where the war games are run.

deep underground and american and south korean kernel watch north korea. in this classified bunker the two militaries work together to defend against the north korean attack. this is the only place in korea where us forces and south korean forces sit side by side. in using all this information, they can detect almost immediately if north korea launches a weapon. between his ureat korea launches a weapon. between his great english — korea launches a weapon. between his great english and _ korea launches a weapon. between his great english and my _ korea launches a weapon. between his great english and my terrible _ korea launches a weapon. between his great english and my terrible career. great english and my terrible career we can usually muddle through things and get to a decision quickly. the threat from _ and get to a decision quickly. the threat from north korea is increasing, its missiles are becoming more dangerous, its rhetoric more fiery. so these war games from five years ago are back, as the us and south korea practice how to fight their common enemy using aircraft, warships and tanks. i can't do in a classroom, i can't do it on a chalkboard, i have to give them the most intense

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military provocation. these may - provoke north korea but faced with a formidable enemy these forces believe they have no choice but to prepare. lam i am guessing if you have got kids you know the answer to this but the question is: how long can you drive on the motorway before your child throws a tantrum? researchers say they've worked out what triggers children's carjourney tempers — and perhaps more importantly, what can be done to delay them. experts at nottingham trent university surveyed 2,000 parents of under twelves about their experiences. let's speak to drjames hind who led this research — he's a senior lecturer in statistics at nottingham trent university... thank you very much forjoining us. that is what every parent needs to know, the equation is on the screen. what on earth does that mean? iirruiiellll. what on earth does that mean? well, it means that — what on earth does that mean? well, it means that you _ what on earth does that mean? well, it means that you can't _ what on earth does that mean? well, it means that you can't buy _ what on earth does that mean? vii it means that you can't buy your way out of a tantrum with entertainment. you will only get 30 seconds of

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sunshine for south—west wales and the channel islands. tonight, we lose the rain, the cloud will break in places we see some clear skies and also is a mist and fog patches forming. by the end of the night a new weather front will be bringing some showering way across western scotland and northern ireland. it's going to be quite a muggy night, especially so in parts of the south—east. to my eating area start off on a dry and sunny note. the dolby showery rain pushing eastwards across the day. properly not getting into the saudis and eclairs western scotland and northern ireland you will see a return to sunshine. it is going to feel humid tomorrow with temperatures 21 as we push towards the south—east. now wednesday has low pressure also moving eastward through the course of the day. that is going to have some rain on it. so here it is the beginning of the day coming in from

the west, pushing south eastwards. and the scotland and northern ireland is looking at a fair bit of dry weather, some sunshine. the south—east england that rain is not arriving until later. and save you too we are looking at sunshine, maybe the odd shower and temperatures up to 28, possibly 29 celsius. on thursday we could see a weather front coming in across the north—west, bringing in some rain. we also see some thundery rain across the south—east for a time later in the day. but then it settles.

this is bbc news. the summer wave of industrial action in the uk continues — with criminal barristers to go on an indefinite, uninterrupted strike in england and wales from next month. barristers have been saying this for years, that if you do not invest, people walk away. courts have been closed down, simply weren't enough judges sitting. so the backlog has built up and built up and we are now unfortunately at a critical point. it's the latest in a series of strikes across industries over the summer. government say the barristers decision today is 'wholly unjustified' — the labour leader has called for action. we want to resolve these issues. the government is sitting on its hands doing absolutely nothing. the battle to become the uk's prime minister. conservative leadership candidate rishi sunak accuses his rival liz truss of trying to 'avoid scrutiny�* of her economic plans. a bbc investigation unmasks the man

responsible for a huge online community which traded non—consensual sexual images and videos of more than 100 women. and coming up. could this equation be the secret to taming those toddler tantrums on long car journeys? we'll find out later this hour. criminal barristers in england and wales have voted to go on an all—out strike in england and wales next month, with almost 80% of those who took part in the ballot voting for an escalation of action. the criminal bar association wants a 25% pay rise for legal aid work, when lawyers act for people who can't otherwise afford representation. the union rejected a 15% rise from the end

of september, which the government says would see the average barrister earn around £7,000 more a year. there have been a number of walkouts in recent weeks, disrupting more than six thousand cases. now members say they'll stage an indefinite, uninterrupted strike from the 5th september. meanwhile, dock workers at the uk's largest container port, felixstowe, are on strike for the first time in 30 years — after rejecting a 7 per cent pay offer. refuse collectors in edinburgh are holding a 12—day strike until the end of the month, with more action planned across scotland in coming weeks. and there are further strikes set to follow across the uk — with unions in transport, the royal mail, local councils and a number of other services planning or consulting on industrial action. we'll start this morning with that vote by barristers on an all—out strike, which will start next month. duncan kennedy has more details. it's a dispute where both sides have come to their own verdicts. the barristers, who say the deal

on offer isn't good enough. and the government, who say it's fair. the issue is mainly over pay and when it's paid. one thing both parties do agree on is that this summer's rolling days of strikes has had a huge impact on the justice system. over 19 individual days of industrial action across england and wales, more than 6000 court cases have been disrupted, including more than 1li00 trials. the barristers are asking for a 25% rise in pay for legal aid work, and want it to take effect now. the government has offered a 15% fee rise on new cases, but only from the end of september, which it says would mean an extra £7,000 a year for the average barrister. but now the barristers have voted on whether to begin a nonstop strike. it's a real last resort position. we've seen before we started any action at all that cases were not going ahead in court because there were no barristers to either defend or prosecute.

there simply isn't enough barristers now and the reason for that is the fact we have lost about a quarter of our junior barristers. the backlog of cases does remain high, although the government says it is now below 60,000. it also says the barristers' demand to backdate any pay rise would cost taxpayers too much, and would take longer to put in place. a ministry ofjustice spokesman said... for professionals who normally spend much of their lives waiting forjuries to vote, it's now the barristers themselves who've been casting their ballots to decide on indefinite strike action. duncan kennedy, bbc news. emma heeley, criminal qc and leader of the midland circuit which provides support for advice for barristers, said she feels we are seeing another pillar

of society crumbling. the system cannot function without barristers. you need defence advocates to represent the rights of their clients but also for example you would not want someone representing themselves on being allowed to cross examine a complainant in a case. delays have been building for some years because of systemic underinvestment in the criminal justice system and barristers have been saying this for years, if you do not invest people will walk away, courts will close down because there are not enough judges sitting so the backlog is building up and we are now at a critical point. we started no returns in april as a warning shot to the government and we hoped dominic raab would meet with leaders of the cba and that didn't happen. we then started intermittent action, not taking work every alternative week, hoping it would demonstrate the depth of feeling but still there has been no face—to—face meeting. i'm afraid this is a last resort and it shows the strength of feeling for rail workers, and this is the only way to bring

the government to the table and say that this is a serious issue and we want to discuss it and find a solution but you have to work with us. i have never seen the strength of feeling like this. people are angry, morale is low and they are frustrated. that's why people are walking away from working in criminaljustice. i think this will be a stand—off, ultimately, until the government comes to the table and makes a concession, i don't see people coming back into court. justice minister sarah dines called the decision by barristers 'irresponsible' — whilst labour says the government is sitting on it's hands. the conservative mp sir bob neill is chair of the house of commonsjustice select committee and a former barrister. he told me of his sorrow at the current situation. i'm particularly sad because as you say i had 30 years in practice at the criminal bar myself and i do recognise that, frankly, the criminal bar has never been as well—paid as other legal work and

legal aid funding has lagged behind inflation for decades, going back to the time of the tony blair government, so there is a point there. i never liked the idea of strikes, and i think it will make the backlog worse but we need a resolution to this and this now will be given greater urgency by the government. thejustice committee recommended that the government should adopt the independent recommendation of sir christopher bellamy to which was for a 15% increase immediately and as a first step, and i think that was accepted by the bar at the time as a first step. what has gone wrong, as you've picked up, is the delay in implementing those payments and also recognition that that was a first step and we need to have a mechanism to make sure that fees are uprated much more regularly so we don't get

to the situation in future, and i think that might be the way forward. you said you would not normally be a supporter of strike action, but in this context with what you are saying, do you support this action by the criminal barristers? i've never supported strikes, but i can understand, to a degree that i have not often what drives some of my former colleagues and friends to this situation, and i think it is a terribly sad state we have got to and why it needs to be resolved, but what the select committee has suggested and what i have urged on ministers are two things that might bridge the gap. first of all, the government was right to accept the bellamy review in full and i think both sides would accept that as a starting point. that would be 15%. equally, there is a fair point that because criminal trials can take a long time and you don't get paid until after the case has concluded, that can give you very big delays, and so what i think we should be doing there is to expedite the payment of those fees. the government is saying, the ministry ofjustice is saying

it's not possible to backdate. well, i think we need to examine that more carefully, actually because there was a precedent in the past where fees were reduced retrospectively, so it's not legally impossible and i think we need to get the legal aid agency to get on with this, but the alternative i suggest is this. there has always been, for years, a situation where in longer cases you can have interim payments of fees, and i think that used to be afterfour or six weeks. if we brought that forward to every case that goes any more than a week, so everybody can claim interim payments, that would get the money out to the barristers more quickly and if you couple that with ministers sitting down with the bar council and the law society, and solicitors, they have an interest in this in that they work in legal aid as well, that can set down a timetable for the next steps and that might be

a step forward to try to resolve this impasse and that is urgently necessary. it is one of a number of strikes planning or happening at the moment. the dock workers strike at the uk's largest container port continues today. about 1,900 members of the unite union at felixstowe began an eight—day walk—out yesterday, in a dispute over pay. the port in suffolk handles nearly half of the uk's container trade. the chief executive of uk major ports group, tim morris, said he was more hopeful than some commentators about the level of disruption the strike would cause. i am less pessimistic than the global shippers forum. the strike is very unwelcome, obviously on the latest in a conveyor belt of disruption to global supply chains that have happened over the last two years. covid, brexit, border preparations, etc, but it has meant that global supply chains have got better at dealing with last—minute disruption,

so that is one factor. the second factor is this dispute has been in the works for a while. shipping companies, especially large ones, they will have had chance to look at other contingencies and change the shipping schedules to avoid this particular eight—day period and then lastly the uk has a broader network of ports handling different types of cargo. for you and i as end consumers, we might see less disruption than you might anticipate, but nevertheless, if you are the supply chain industry itself, you are working hard to mitigate the impact, and if you are very local, a suffolk haulage company, this is very bad news and will cost you a lot of money.

rubbish is continuing to pile up on the streets of edinburgh as a strike by the city's bin collectors enters its second week. the industrial action — which is set to last 12 days and coincides with the edinburgh festival — comes after unions rejected a pay offer equivalent to a below—inflation 3.5%. our scotland correspondent james shaw has the latest. this is the grassmarket, it's one of the centres for the fringe festival in edinburgh through the course of august. lots of bars and pubs and clubs all along this row here so it's very, very busy at the weekend. you can see a bit of rubbish here but have a look over here at this. this is what has happened over the course of the first four days of this strike, just an enormous pile of rubbish starting to build up, and that's just one corner of this city. the festival happens really all over the centre of edinburgh and if you walk through this city, this scene is repeated in many, many places. it has been building up over the weekend and it's going to carry on really until the end of the month unless there can be

a resolution to this strike within the next few days. let's bring you some breaking news now about the living arrangements of the duke and duchess of cambridge. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell is in windsor with all the details. please tell us. yes, they are moving to a new home _ please tell us. yes, they are moving to a new home in _ please tell us. yes, they are moving to a new home in windsor— please tell us. yes, they are moving to a new home in windsor and - please tell us. yes, they are moving to a new home in windsor and their| to a new home in windsor and their children are starting at a new school in nearby ascot. the home is called adelaide cottage, about ten minutes away from here, just behind windsor castle in the home park, and i think this sends several strong messages. first of all it sends a messages. first of all it sends a message that the cambridges, william and catherine, they want their family to have as normal as upbringing as possible, so george, charlotte and louis will be starting at the new school next month and

that, of course, william eased the pressure in terms of the school run which they've been doing across a busy, crowded london until now and i think they want their children to have as normal a life as possible and have it in as rural a setting as possible and of course we know that catherine's and background is in berkshire as well. the second message it sayings strongly is that they are content to live in what, by royal standards, they are content to live in what, by royalstandards, is they are content to live in what, by royal standards, is pretty modest accommodation. the clue is in the title, adelaide cottage. this is a four—bedroom home, no living staff, there will be no major refurbishment necessary and honestly all the security considerations have been looked after. i think that is important to the cambridges. they want that message to go out that they are content to live in what, by royal standards, they are content to live in what, by royalstandards, is they are content to live in what, by royal standards, is a fairly small home and it brings william very close to his grandmother, very close

to windsor castle, just ten minutes away at a point where the queen, as we know is looking more and more to prince charles and to william to share the burden, to take an offer advice on the issues facing both the monarchy and the royal family. the advice on the issues facing both the monarchy and the royalfamily. the k bridges will be keeping their home in norfolk, a large house in kensington palace but from next month, this adelaide cottage will be their main home. you month, this adelaide cottage will be their main home.— their main home. you said it was modest by _ their main home. you said it was modest by royal _ their main home. you said it was modest by royal standards, - their main home. you said it was modest by royal standards, but l their main home. you said it was| modest by royal standards, but it still looks a fairly nice property that they will be moving into. i am that they will be moving into. i am sure it is. it's _ that they will be moving into. i am sure it is. it's impossible - that they will be moving into. i —n sure it is. it's impossible to get close to it but it is a four bedroomed house, built in 1831 and has a long history in royal usage and was built as a residence for

william iv queen adelaide hence the name and most famously it was where group captain peter townsend after the second world war became as we know a close confident of princess margaret which is where peter townsend and his wife lived, so it's beenin townsend and his wife lived, so it's been in royal usage for a good many years and i'm sure it will make a pleasant if not quite a spacious as their previous homes, but nonetheless sufficiently spacious for their needs. the summer wave of industrial action in the uk continues — with criminal barristers to go on an indefinite, uninterrupted strike in england and wales from next month. it's the latest in a series of strikes across industries over the summer — government say the barristers decision today is 'wholly unjustified' — the labour leader has called for action. the battle to become

the uk's prime minister. conservative leadership candidate rishi sunak accuses his rival liz truss of trying to �*avoid scrutiny�* of her economic plans sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. we�*re just under seven hours away from a huge game in the premier league at old trafford with plenty at stake on and off the pitch. neither team has won a game this season, but the build—up has played out against the backdrop of expected fan protests, unhappy at how united are being run by the club�*s owners — the glazer family. in may 2021, this fixture became the first in the premier league to be postponed due to fan unrest and liverpool�*s boss says he�*d want to be awarded the win if anything similar happened tonight. i really hope it will not happen. if

it happens, i think we should get the points. i don�*t think, and i really hope this will not happen. i have no idea what could happen, i don�*t think about it, but in a situation like this always the other team should get the points. the owners want _ team should get the points. the owners want to _ team should get the points. the owners want to win, and the fans, we want— owners want to win, and the fans, we want them— owners want to win, and the fans, we want them behind the club and i can understand — want them behind the club and i can understand sometimes, but i'm not that long _ understand sometimes, but i'm not that long in — understand sometimes, but i'm not that long in the club that i can see all of— that long in the club that i can see all of the — that long in the club that i can see all of the background, but we have to fight— all of the background, but we have to fight together. cricket and a year after cancelling their tour to pakistan, sighting security concerns — england have announced their test team will tour the country for the first time since 2005 this december. they�*ll play three test matches in rawalpindi, multan and karachi, with the first test scheduled for the first of december. it adds to the t20 series already scheduled for next month. christian malcolm says he is

encouraged for the future after great _ encouraged for the future after great britain finished second in the medals— great britain finished second in the medals table at the european championships in munich. britain won 20 medals— championships in munich. britain won 20 medals in total in athletics and finished _ 20 medals in total in athletics and finished off with gold in the men's four by— finished off with gold in the men's four by 100 metre relay. mitchell—blake brought four by 100 metre relay. mitchell— blake brought the team home in a record _ mitchell— blake brought the team home in a record time to accompanyjake wightman's 800 metres silver earlier in the _ wightman's 800 metres silver earlier in the night. for wightman's 800 metres silver earlier in the niuht. ., .,, ., wightman's 800 metres silver earlier in the niuht. ., ., . in the night. for those who have been here _ in the night. for those who have been here for— in the night. for those who have been here for a _ in the night. for those who have been here for a long _ in the night. for those who have been here for a long time, - in the night. for those who have been here for a long time, i've l been here for a long time, i�*ve embraced the younger guys coming in and really loved the team chemistry, the bonding, and going away with another gold is sweet. a nice way to wrap up the championship. that�*s all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. including news that frank warren wants to make a tyson fury fight happen against usyk. the former chancellor rishi sunak has again criticised the economic plans of liz truss, his rival in the conservative party leadership contest.

he said she could not afford the tax cuts she�*s promised and a support package to help tackle rising energy bills. it�*s also emerged that if liz truss wins the contest, the emergency budget she plans to hold may not be accompanied by the usual economic forecasts from the independent office for budget responsibility. our political correspondent lone wells has more. two weeks and both candidates are still arguing about the economy as they have done throughout the whole contest and particularly this week as we build up to friday as the new energy price cap will be announced and both candidates have outlined what support they will give households at this time. liz truss has been clear that she would help people through a series of tax cuts, including cutting national insurance but today rishi sunak has attacked plans to do this without also commissioning a new forecast of the public finances. these usually accompany big budgets essentially to give a sense of what impact of tax cuts or other public spending would have on the wider economy.

labour have also responded to this today with the labour leader, sir keir starmer, saying there needs to be an emergency budget but it needs to be accompanied by one of these forecasts, and they are also calling for further support to help households with the cost of living. we need an emergency budget. we hope should have had that months ago to deal with the cost of living crisis but the 0br is there to make sure money is spent wisely and properly, so, of course, you need the 0br in place for that and that's why there's been such a reaction to liz truss's proposal that she willjust put that to one side. but more important than that, what we need to hear is what are you going to do about the cost of living crisis labour is leading on this. we have said freeze the bills this winter and make sure that people don't pay any more for their energy prices and alongside that— have an insulation scheme that means in the middle and long run, we have a better answer to the energy crisis we are in the middle of. keir starmer asking what the candidates will do and we know a bit

about what rishi sunak wants to do. he wants to increase support payments to households, particular by pulling some of the levers he has already used in the past when he was chancellor, things like increasing welfare, looking at extending disability benefits or pensioners winter fuel credits as well. so those are some of the things rishi sunak has hinted he would do to help households. liz truss on the other hand, apart from saying she would introduce a universal tax cut and scrap green levies on energy bills has not said what specific targeted support she might give households to help with energy bills. i am told that this isn�*t detail she will give before september the 5th when the conclusion of this race is, and we will know who the next prime minister is, and therefore what course of action they are likely to take. an investigation by panorama has found a huge online community that was secretly sharing and trading thousands of non—consensual images and videos, including explicit pictures of at least 150 different women. the group, hosted on the social media site reddit,

has now been closed. monika plaha looks at how the platform and current criminal laws are not doing enough to protect victims against this new disturbing trend. this piece contains references to suicide and self harm. i felt so objectified and i felt as though i was their property. when i saw it, i wasjust shocked myself because i was like, is that even me? these are the voices of the women whose pictures were shared online without them ever knowing. hi, guys! hope everyone�*s having a good saturday. tanvi is an influencer. a photo from her instagram had been posted on the social media site reddit, in a group dedicated to men leering at south asian women. i saw so many men commenting about trying to find out information about me, my name, where i live, the things they would do to me — which were both degrading and sexual. they were calling me names.

some of the images in this group are explicit and private — probably originally sent between partners. in other posts, women appear to have been secretly filmed while having sex, like aisha. we�*ve changed her name and voice to protect her identity. i stopped socialising. i stopped going out of the house. i was in and out of psychiatric units. it was just always self—harming, suicidalattempts, because it's coming to a point where i can't bear life any more. the group was hosted by reddit. the social media site has 50 million daily users worldwide. people can set up their own communities and discuss almost anything. but i found several groups on this site where users are trading images — some of a sexual nature — without consent. two years ago, a stranger contacted georgie on social media to say a folder of her explicit images were being shared online. this time, it wasn�*t on reddit. i remembered those pictures,

and they were ones that i shared with an ex—partner many years before that i was assured by that ex—partner had been deleted. despite having a written admission of guilt in a text message, because he doesn�*t claim to have wanted to hurt me, i was told by the police that there was nothing they could do. the law currently offers unlimited legal protection to any women whose intimate images are leaked on the internet. "collector culture" is the term - that's used because many of the men collect these images| in large repositories. the problem is, the law only focuses on the kind of malicious _ ex—partner sharing an image, the kind of revenge porn, - and this only covers a small number of cases of intimate image abuse. i back on the same reddit group tanvi and aisha were posted on, our investigation also found explicit images of at least 150 different women, as well as thousands

of nonconsensual images and videos. reddit told us its safety teams regularly take action against communities and users for this behaviour. my message out there for all the people that are doing this — please, just stop this. and anyone that�*s going through this, speak up, and you do have a voice. when you are held accountable, when it's illegal, when the government does impose bills and laws, that's when you'll be in serious trouble. for now, the law and the tech companies are struggling to combat this abuse, but ultimate responsibility lies with the thousands of anonymous users trading, selling and sharing these explicit images. monika plaha, bbc news. and you can watch the full story of how panorama unmasked the man behind this group on "the secret world of trading nudes", at 8pm tonight on bbc one, or on iplayer now. if you�*ve been affected by anything

we�*ve been reporting, you can find help and support at bbc.co.uk/actionline the metropolitan police could be investigated by the police watchdog after it emerged that its officers had contact with a student nurse on the day she was reported missing. 0wami davies was last seen in south london in earlyjuly. the met has also admitted releasing images of a different woman by mistake during an appeal to find ms davies earlier this month. five people have been arrested and bailed over the incident. earlier i spoke to sonja jessup, bbc london�*s home affairs correspondent. she spoke to us about the latest on this investigation. the latest on this investigation is that they believe that 0wami could actually be travelling backwards and forwards between grays in essex where herfamily home is, and croydon where she was last seen using the trains and tubes. now, that�*s a journey that she apparently used to make

frequently, and they believe she could still be regularly doing that. they say that she has been depressed. she may appear confused and dazed. she might try to speak to other women who are travelling on their own. so that�*s what they�*ve currently said. but it�*s been a very unusual case, not least because earlier on in the investigation people may remember that five men were arrested. there were a series of arrests. two men on suspicion of murder and then three men on suspicion of kidnap. now, they�*ve all since been released on bail. and police have stressed all along that this is a missing persons investigation and they are still appealing for information on where 0wami is. and what are they saying about that potential investigation by the watchdog? well, so this is obviously the revelations that came out over the weekend was that the police, it transpired, had actually had some contact with owami very early on in the investigation, july 6th. now, that was the day she was

reported missing by herfamily. the met says they were called out, their officers, to an address in croydon and when they arrived they spoke to 0wami. but they say that she said that she didn�*t need any help and she left before the ambulance arrived. now, crucially, they say that they didn�*t know she was a missing person. they say that her details hadn�*t yet been updated on the police database. remember, herfamily reported her missing to essex police. now the met says its professional standards body decided not to investigate officers in that case. but the iopc, the police watchdog, has asked for the case to be referred to it and is now deciding whether to investigate. there have also been some questions about some incorrect pictures which were issued by the met. now, that happened again early on with the police. appeals from the met and the met apologised. they retracted those images. they asked the media to remove them and they issued new ones in their place. but by that time, a number of news outlets, including

the bbc, bbc london, had put out those incorrect images and we had to retract them and explain what had happened. now, all of that has led to a lot of questions and concerns by some members of the community asking, is the met taking this case seriously and are they handling this correctly? frustration both with the police and parts of the media saying, you know, would there be different reaction if this was a young white woman who had gone missing too? now it�*s time for a look at the weather with elizabeth rizzini. hello. thank you. met very mixed fortunes across the country with a weather front that is gradually moving its way from west to east. grey skies and outbreaks are many. outbreaks are many across central scotland. across the scottish borders as well but further east it is what we have. blue sky and sunshine. as we head through the rest of the day this weather front moves eastward introducing a lot more cloud and outbreaks of rain. these will be the top temperatures, the low 20s. high teens for

scotland, we see the best of the sunshine 25. it is going to feel mild and humid, muggy airfor the south—west of england. these will be the temperatures to start the day tomorrow. tomorrow most of us are between weather fronts but there will be some showers moving into scotland, the far west of england by the time you get to the end of the day. some sunny spells a particularly out into the east. in that warm air temperatures will rise to 27 celsius. hello this is bbc news. the headlines. the summer wave of industrial action in the uk continues — with criminal barristers to go on an indefinite, uninterrupted strike in england and wales from next month. the barrister have been saying this for years. the barrister have been saying this foryears. but the barrister have been saying this for years. but if people walk away,

the backlog has built up and built up the backlog has built up and built up and we are now unfortunately at a critical point. the duke and duchess of cambridge say they will permenantly move to adelaide cottage in windsor and send their children to school in nearby ascot from september. the battle to become the uk�*s prime minister: conservative leadership candidate rishi sunak accuses his rival liz truss of trying to �*avoid scrutiny�* of her economic plans. a bbc investigation unmasks the man responsible for a huge online community which traded non—consensual sexual images and videos of more than a hundred woman. and coming up — could this equation be the secret to taming those toddler tantrums on long car journeys? we�*ll find out later this hour. back now to our main story, as criminal barristers vote to go on an indefinite, uninterrupted strike in england and wales from next month. the walk—out by members of the criminal bar association will begin on the fifth of september, in a dispute

with the government over pay, working conditions and legalaid funding. the strikes are expected to delay thousands of cases, leaving victims and the accused waiting longerforjustice. joining me now is penelope gibbs, director of transform justice a charity that campaigns on criminaljustice issues. what is your reaction to this strike, the escalation of the action? �* . . , strike, the escalation of the action? �*, . , . . action? it's a very concerning that the barristers _ action? it's a very concerning that the barristers are _ action? it's a very concerning that the barristers are taking - action? it's a very concerning that the barristers are taking action i the barristers are taking action justifiably, both criminal barristers and in fact, defence solicitors don�*t get paid enough to do the kind of work that they do. particularly in magistrates courts. so, what we need is some resolution of this action. we have a backlog of cases, which mean that people are

waiting, notjust months but years to have their cases resolved. so, i have been contacted by the father of an adult man who has been weighted to be sentenced for three and a half years. and he has been waiting actually imprisoned to be sentenced. he admitted guilt to a conspiracy to supply drugs three and a half years ago and he has been waiting ever since. i ago and he has been waiting ever since. ., �* . ., since. i don't want to get sidetracked _ since. i don't want to get sidetracked onto - since. i don't want to get sidetracked onto once i since. i don't want to get sidetracked onto once a l since. i don't want to get - sidetracked onto once a specific case, but that is an extraordinary case, but that is an extraordinary case i want to ask you another question about it? how an has that happened in this particular situation? fir happened in this particular situation?— happened in this particular situation? , situation? or the delays in the court situation _ situation? or the delays in the court situation has _ situation? or the delays in the court situation has been - situation? or the delays in the court situation has been going| situation? or the delays in the i court situation has been going on way before the pandemic, they got worse with the pandemic and there are other drivers to delay now because of this strike which is an

understandable strike. but because of this strike which is an understandable strike.— because of this strike which is an understandable strike. but is that case and anonymously? - understandable strike. but is that case and anonymously? is - understandable strike. but is that case and anonymously? is an - understandable strike. but is that - case and anonymously? is an extreme example but... trio. case and anonymously? is an extreme example but---— example but... no. there are hundreds— example but... no. there are hundreds of— example but... no. there are hundreds of people _ example but... no. there are hundreds of people in - example but... no. there are hundreds of people in prison l hundreds of people in prison awaiting either trial or sentence. and that is increased over the last three years, that number and the amount of time that people are waiting and there are many who are waiting and there are many who are waiting over six months or over a year. that is a particularly extreme case but symbolic what is happening to prisoners. the other issue about the court at the moment is that you are going to have more and more people appearing in court without lawyers, defendants who are accused of serious and less serious crimes. and our system needs lawyers, people need to be defended by lawyers. and the unfortunate thing is that they may feel for time pressures that

they need to appear without a lawyer at the moment. and, you know, it is not a justice system which you can cope with very well without a lawyer. it is too complicated to do that. �* ,., lawyer. it is too complicated to do that. �* , lawyer. it is too complicated to do that. . , . . that. and so people in criminal 'ustice that. and so people in criminal justice cases — that. and so people in criminal justice cases appear— that. and so people in criminal justice cases appear without i justice cases appear without lawyers? in justice cases appear without la ers? . , . , lawyers? in the magistrates courts there has always _ lawyers? in the magistrates courts there has always been _ lawyers? in the magistrates courts there has always been a _ lawyers? in the magistrates courts| there has always been a proportion of people who don�*t have any access to legal aid and therefore often appear without lawyers. so around a quarter of those defendants in the magistrates courts appear without a lawyer. but i have heard many stories of more people appearing without lawyers. apart from anything, there is people who aren�*t quite accessible to legal aid, which is one of the things that the lawyers want to campaign about. it that the criteria for getting legal aid for defendants has been

tightened so fewer people are eligible for legal aid and then the legal aid doesn�*t pay the lawyers enough to do a good job. find legal aid doesn't pay the lawyers enough to do a good job. enough to do a good 'ob. and one an ument enough to do a good 'ob. and one argument that _ enough to do a good 'ob. and one argument that i _ enough to do a good 'ob. and one argument that i had — enough to do a good job. and one argument that i had earlier - enough to do a good job. and one| argument that i had earlier against people defending themselves, not just in addition to the arguments that you made there, is that it can lead to situations where the person accused of a crime is cross—examining the person who is accusing them. i thought i wasn�*t allowed? to accusing them. i thought i wasn't allowed? ., , , , allowed? to be honest. huge strides have been made _ allowed? to be honest. huge strides have been made and _ allowed? to be honest. huge strides have been made and i— allowed? to be honest. huge strides have been made and i don't - allowed? to be honest. huge strides have been made and i don't think - allowed? to be honest. huge strides| have been made and i don't think any have been made and i don�*t think any judge would allow that at the moment. they have special funding available to prevent that happening. so to me, that isn�*t the most important thing, the most important thing is that you are going to get miscarriages ofjustice because people are appearing trying to defend themselves without a lawyer and that is incredibly difficult to do. and people may admit to crimes without understanding that they have a viable defence to that crime which

a viable defence to that crime which a lawyer can tell them. and then people waiting way too long in prison either to be sentenced or for their child to be held in the first place. many of the people who wait a long time for trial are in fact acquitted. and so they would have beenin acquitted. and so they would have been in prison for six months to a year and then they are acquitted. and so that can ruin lives. you lose your housing, you losejobs. you lose family connections in that time. i lose family connections in that time. ~ ., lose family connections in that time. ~' ., . lose family connections in that time. ~ ., . , , ,. time. i know that you set up 'ustice ten ears time. i know that you set up 'ustice ten years ago. i time. i know that you set up 'ustice ten years age. you i time. i know that you set up 'ustice ten years ago, you are h time. i know that you set upjustice ten years ago, you are clearly a - ten years ago, you are clearly a passionate campaigner about this, a former magistrate works successfully to reduce child use imprisonment in the uk. you are clearly passionate and want to believe and see a better criminaljustice and want to believe and see a better criminal justice system. and want to believe and see a better criminaljustice system. what do you think the answers are? there are the issues around criminal barristers

pay and legal aid, how would you deal with that backlog of 60,000 cases and growing? what are the answers? . ., , cases and growing? what are the answers? . . , . , , . answers? there are many answers and the are answers? there are many answers and they are rrot — answers? there are many answers and they are notjust _ answers? there are many answers and they are notjust about _ answers? there are many answers and they are notjust about money. - answers? there are many answers and they are notjust about money. there i they are notjust about money. there are also important issues about how the prosecution works more quickly to disclose information to the defence. i would also say that the bottom level, more crime needs to be dealt with out of court by the police. so, they have flexibility to take on something like criminal damage, ora take on something like criminal damage, or a small shop theft. say somebody who is poor. then they could deal with out of court. at the moment we get lots and lots of cases in the magistrates�* court which frankly could be dealt with well and that person get a criminal sanction from the police out of court. so that would help to reduce the amount

of cases coming into the magistrates�* court, but in general we need greater investment in the whole system. including, in both the pay of barristers but also criminal solicitors. criminal solicitors are also not paid nearly enough for some of the work that they do. its also not paid nearly enough for some of the work that they do.— of the work that they do. its really interestint of the work that they do. its really interesting to _ of the work that they do. its really interesting to talk _ of the work that they do. its really interesting to talk to _ of the work that they do. its really interesting to talk to you - of the work that they do. its really interesting to talk to you it - of the work that they do. its really interesting to talk to you it will. interesting to talk to you it will be good to pick up the conversation another time but for now we�*re out of time. thank forjoining us. the former boss of formula one, bernie ecclestone, has indicated a plea of not guilty to a charge of fraud at westminster magistrates�* court. the 91—year—old is accused of failing to declare overseas assets worth around £400 million to the government. our correspondent angus crawford was in court very brief hearing this morning. a preliminary hearing this morning. he arrived flanked by his lawyer, the diminutive figure of bernie ecclestone sporting a beard, dark suit, dark tie. he appeared in court for less than about ten

minutes and confirmed his name, age, 91, and address. and he pleaded not guilty, he said he would plead not guilty to the charge at crown court at southwark. this charge relates to one count of fraud by misrepresentation. the allegation is that he simply didn�*t declare to the tax authorities the existence of a trust based in singapore which contained more than £400 million. now he was told that he should appear again at southwark crown court in september. the world champion boxer tyson fury has called for harsher punishment for knife crime after his cousin was fatally stabbed in greater manchester. in a post on instagram, the boxer described knife crime as a pandemic. his cousin rico burton, who was 31, died after he was attacked in altrincham in the early hours of sunday morning. a 17—year—old also suffered serious injuries in the incident and two men have been arrested.

water companies have been accused of failing to monitor sewage discharges at popular british seaside resorts. pollution warnings were put in place across more than a0 beaches and swimming spots in england and wales after recent heavy rain overwhelmed sewer systems. data analysed by the liberal democrats found that many monitoring devices had either not been installed, or worked only a small proportion of the time. water firms insist they�*re tackling the issue, but campaigners say more needs to be done. pakistan�*s former prime minister imran khan has been charged under the country�*s anti—terrorism act, after being accused of making threats against the police and judiciary in a political speech he gave on saturday. hundreds of his supporters have gathered outside his home in the capital islamabad to show their solidarity. they�*re threatening, in their words, to "take over" the city, if mr khan is detained. he�*s been a vocal critic of the government and the country�*s military, since being ousted as prime minister earlier this year.

our correspondent in islamabad, pumza filhani, told us more about the allegations against imran khan: these latest charges against former prime minister imran khan are expected to create a delicate political situation here in the country. one of the main reasons for that is that although it is a former prime minister, he still enjoys great support on the ground and he is a man who has been vocal about his ousting from parliament. in fact, he has used his time since then in every rally to be harshly and hugely critical against the government, accusing them of a political ploy, accusing them of being handled from outside of the country. this is something that hasn�*t been received well by his supporters, who hugely believe in his ability to lead and believe that he was the man who was the right man for thejob and running the country well. now, here is where it becomes complicated. these terrorism charges will need to play out in court, except here in pakistan, there�*s a very fine line between the courts,

between the government and the military. often, those three can become blurred. we know that from behind—the—scenes politically, some within the governing coalition party have expressed concern about these terrorism charges possibly going forward because they�*re worried about that possibly causing civil unrest or, at the least, strengthening mr khan�*s already powerful position and his stance that he�*s taken that the political parties here are in fact on a witch hunt. we are expecting to hear from him as this case unfolds. we know that the lawyers have gone to court to apply for a pre—bail application. this is to prevent him from being arrested and, rather, hear this matter outside of court. he is yet to address these latest allegations publicly. we are keeping an eye on where he does this. he usually engages with his followers first on twitter, and that is where most

of his followers will be taking their first cue on how he intends to fight this matter and what their role should be. pumza filhani, bbc news, islamabad. ukraine has dismissed allegations that it was involved in a suspected car bombing which killed the daughter of a prominent russian nationalist, alexander dugin. darya dugina — a journalist and political expert who shared her father�*s views on creating a new russian empire — died at the scene of the explosion. kyiv has denied claims it was involved. our correspondent hugo bachega reports from kyiv. an adviser to president zelensky said ukraine was not involved in this attack. and there is no evidence to suggest this bombing is linked to the conflict here. the russian authorities have opened a murder investigation into this killing. the russian foreign minister has said if any ukrainian link was found it would amount to state terrorism. it�*s early days, there�*s been a lot of speculation, but if you look at the bigger picture, this is obviously something that raises a lot of concern in moscow. this assassination comes

after a string of explosions and attacks in crimea and although there is no evidence these events are connected they are putting a lot of pressure on the kremlin. here in ukraine president zelensky again said russia could be preparing something disgusting to mark independence day on wednesday, 31 years of ukraine�*s independence. some cities are taking some security measures. the city of kharkiv in the east, which has been under constant russian bombardment, a curfew is in place until thursday. and here in kyiv there is a ban on public gatherings until thursday. the curfew hasn�*t been extended but the city is on high alert. since russia began its invasion of ukraine nearly six months ago, its forces have suffered a high number of losses in the fighting. as a result, the kremlin has launched a large—scale campaign to recruit new volunteers to replace those who�*ve been killed or wounded. the volunteers are promised huge sums of money and other perks

but many are given little or no training and are sent straight into the combat in ukraine. will vernon reports. the kremlin tells russians their soldiers are heroes. professional, well—trained troops, fighting in ukraine. but western officials say that russia�*s running out of men — 70,000 to 80,000 killed or wounded. the solution, signing up volunteers. yevgeni was one of those whojoined up. his mother, nina, says that her son was given a gun and sent straight into ukraine. days later, he was killed. translation: theyjust send them in, like dumb little chickens. _ they�*d hardly even held a gun before. they�*re cannon fodder.

the generals think, "we�*ve got a volunteer, great in you go." in these videos, volunteers are promised huge sums of money and even plots of land. they�*re now a common sight on social media. but recruiting is being done in more traditional ways, too. this announcement talks about the creation of two new volunteer brigades. it�*s urging local people here to sign up to fight in ukraine. and this is a message that�*s being repeated right across the country — on tv, on social media, on billboards. it�*s a large—scale recruitment campaign for the russian army. "we should bomb them. i�*d give them what for," this man said. "if i were young, i�*d go." "it�*s too painful to talk about," this lady told me. "why go?

only their bodies will be brought back." but can russia win this war with a volunteer army? this is, i think, not the type of soldiers that are needed for a victorious war. the main problem is with the quantity of people, but the qualities, with their motivation, and this is not a thing that you can change quickly. you can�*t bring thousands of people in to teach them how to work with modern weapons, tanks and aircraft. the russian military has not released casualty figures since the end of march, but nina knows that large numbers are dying in ukraine. translation: you read the news| and it's all about men being killed, but people are going there. i don�*t know why they go. president putin says he ordered his forces into ukraine to protect his people, but the kremlin is now sending even more russians there,

into mortal danger. will vernon, bbc news, moscow. you probably know the answer to this if you have got young kids. how long can you drive on the motorway before your child throws a tantrum? researchers say they�*ve worked out what triggers children�*s carjourney tempers — and perhaps more importantly, what can be done to delay them. experts at nottingham trent university surveyed 2000 parents of under twelves about their experiences. drjames hind led the research coming up with the formula — t=70+0.5e+15f-ios. i asked him what it meant. it means that you can�*t buy your way out of a tantrum with entertainment. you will only get 30 seconds of tantrum free times every minute of entertainment you give. it won�*t surprise anyone to know that you can bribe children with food

but there is an upper limit. any more than two snacks an hour and you are looking at sugar crashes, bathroom breaks, carsickness. and the last part is siblings. i am afraid they don�*t help. so, anytime you have got siblings in the car you are having to fight for attention and that again speeds up tantrums. so. you are basically confirming every parent�*s worst nightmare when you are heading on a long journey with kids in the back—seat? i am afraid so. i think we need to move from thinking, i don�*t want a tantrum, to there is going to be one if it�*s a long time, and how do we minimise it and how do we introduce breaks to reset the clock? so what is the answer then? best tips. two snacks an hour, if at all possible give your child all the entertainment that you can. avoid any sweet or salty snacks. the sweet ones lead to a sugar crash, the salty ones lead to more drinking and more bathroom breaks. ok, and when you are talking about entertainment. just sitting on an ipad or something

or is that the parent singing along, playing all the usual i spy and everything else? the very best entertainment a child can have is their parent�*s attention. that really is what they are after. my heart goes out to any lone parents with several kids on the back. if you really can�*t then screens, books, music. anything you can to keep them entertained. maybe a personal question but, do you have young kids that this research inspired? no, i am the perfect person for this research. i have no children and i don�*t drive. so, i came into this with no preconceptions and no bias. so not necessarily empathy for those who do have? sympathy yes but perhaps not much empathy.

he�*s already appeared before crowds of more than 20,000 people, but now the world�*s youngest club dj hopes his new found tik—tok fame could take him to the top. seven—year—old archie, from essex, already holds one world record — and he�*s attracting a new wave of followers on social media. let�*s hear more from him now... my name is dj archie and i�*m seven years old. my favourite music is drum and bass because i like the beats and the drop. the biggest crowd i have played to is 20,000, and i felt quite scared for first because there was a lot of people everywhere. and then ijust got into it, like, always, and then ijust played with the tunes and they get hyped up. he started by accident, really. one day i was out of the room and i came back in because i heard music, and he was djing, moving the cross fray from side

to side, and the more i looked, i could see that the things he were doing were in time with the music, so it seemed like he knew what he was doing even though he was onlyjust three years old at that point. the thing with the guinness world records, you have to play in a club with a certain amount of people and play for an hour on your own. after 45 minutes, he turned around and said i'm done, dad. i said, no, keep going, you have to go for an hour. i said afterwards, why did you do that? he said i pranked you! that's the sort of thing he was doing when he was three and four years old. he has played lots of festivals now. he has played at boomtown twice, he mostly djs at festivals in the summer but the dream is to play at glastonbury or edc or something like that in las vegas, i don't know. but i'm extremely proud of archie. he is an amazing kid.

when i�*m older, i want to be a famous, really famous dj. and show off to people and a lot of other stuff. the funniestjoke of the edinburgh fringe festival is back this year, for the first time since 2019. in a moment we�*ll hear from the man behind the pasta pun voted the public�*s favourite — but first here�*s some of the other one—liners that made it to the top ten. let�*s start off with the runner up then... did you know, if you get pregnant in the amazon, it�*s next—day delivery. i hate funerals — i�*m not a mourning person.

two time winning comedian, masai graham was voted the winner — we�*ll leave him to reveal his gag. i tried to steal some spaghetti but the security stop me and i couldn�*t get past. the security stop me and i couldn't tet tast. ., , get past. how is it 'udged? do you terform get past. how is it 'udged? do you perform it. _ get past. how is it 'udged? do you perform it. do — get past. how is it 'udged? do you perform it, do you — get past. how is itjudged? do you perform it, do you write _ get past. how is itjudged? do you perform it, do you write it you - get past. how is itjudged? do you perform it, do you write it you put| perform it, do you write it you put it in a cracker, how does it work? they put forward jokes. and then they will compile a list and the public will choose the best of that list. somehow they chose mine. the comedian masai graham talking to my colleagues on bbc breakfast. now it�*s time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood hello there. a mixed year weather

wise heavy downpours of rain for much of scotland the central bout and into this artist borders in england too. and into this artist borders in england too-— and into this artist borders in entland too. ., ., . england too. the east of england there has been _ england too. the east of england there has been a _ england too. the east of england there has been a lot _ england too. the east of england there has been a lot of _ england too. the east of england there has been a lot of sunshine. wiese will see some outbreaks are patchy rain even here by the end of the day. the next few days, we continue to see quite a messy picture. showers at times especially towards the north and the west with some sunny spells. the air will feel rather humid especially towards the south. now this is where our weather front is gradually spreading eastwards, for the rest of the day to day. it will pull out into the north sea this evening. temperatures are in the low 20s in celsius. maybe that 25 celsius across east anglia. the tie teams for much of scotland. overnight tonight, it will be a much milder than it was last night. we have this very humid air moving into the south—west of devon and cornwall. a few showers just edging into western scotland, northern ireland and perhaps towards western wales. but these will be the

temperature so as we start off tomorrow morning. very mild indeed. the tuesday then, most of us are between weather fronts but there will be some showery outbreaks of whey moving into areas of scotland through the afternoon and starting to approach western wales and as far south core more. the best of any sunny spells out towards eastern areas here, we can see highs of 26 or 27 celsius. the air will feel warm and humid they could be some further showery outbreaks of rain for northern ireland and scotland, some of them will be heavy throughout the night on tuesday. that then clears on wednesday. then this cold front starts to slip his way southwards in eastwards. this�*ll be the position of the ray more or less, but it is fizzling out. much fresher towards the west on wednesday, the heat and humidity hangs on towards the south and east. 29 celsius possible for many in on wednesday. now these are the temperatures in our capital cities as we head through the west of the week. they could be some heavy

thundery downpours may be in the south—east of england and east anglia on thursday night. we are all into fresh feeling air by friday.

barristers in england and wales vote to take industrial action, joining a wave of summer strikes. some criminal barristers say they earn less than the minumum wage. theyjoin railway staff, dockers, postal workers and potentially nurses in what�*s been called a summer of discontent. people are scared for everything in their lives in terms of inflation, worried about heating their houses, food banks being overrun. this is another pillar of society that is crumbling before our eyes. rubbish is piling up in edinburgh as refuse collectors there go on strike as well. refuse collectors here in edinburgh have been offered a 5% pay deal. if they don�*t accept it these piles of

rubbish will keep on getting bigger.