hello, i'm maryam moshiri, this is outside source. russia claims it has proof that ukraine was behind the killing of the daughter of a prominent ultra—nationalist, who died in a car bombing on saturday. it's thought her father, known by some as �*putin�*s brain', was the intended target. ukraine denies any involvement. as russia tries to recruit volunteers to fight in ukraine, we hear from the mothers whose sons didn't come home. they just send them theyjust send them in like dumb little chickens, they hardly even held a gun before. they are cannon fodder. also on the programme, criminal barristers in england and wales are the latest profession to vote in favour of a strike in a dispute over pay.

and in pakistan, a political crisis deepens as former prime minister imran khan is charged with terrorism offences, accused of making threats against state officials. russia has accused ukraine of organising the assassination of the daughter of one of vladimir putin's top supporters. darya dugina was killed on saturday when a car she was driving exploded near moscow. this is a statement from the fsb, russia's internal security service, which says the assassination was carried out by ukraine's special services. they've also released footage of the woman, a ukrainian citizen, who they say was responsible. ukraine has denied any involvement. here's an adviser to president zelensky saying "russian propaganda lives in a fictional world". he appears to blame what he calls "vipers" in the russian special services. darya dugina was a political commentator and vocal supporter of russia's invasion of ukraine,

who was sanctioned by the us and uk. she was reportedly supposed to be travelling with her father, alexander dugin, but he changed plans at the last minute. mr dugin is a philosopher and prominent ultra—nationalist who some believe is close to the russian president. vladimir putin sent his "sincere condolences" to dugina's family, calling the attack a "vile, cruel crime." let�*s speak to vitaly shevchenko — russia editor for bbc monitoring.— what have the russians claimed. there is saying that an agent of the ukrainian security services entered russia a month ago together with their 12—year—old daughter and rented a flat at the same apartment block where she lived and then

planted explosives and dugina's car on saturday. the car exploded and the ukrainian agent supposedly left russia for estonia and what is surprising about all of this is how public russia is about the incident and how the russian security services have been, how'd claimed what appears to be a very embarrassing incident and publish footage of this woman they suppose perpetrated entering russia, walking about moscow, clearly, this isn't something that the services would want to freely admit and ukrainian agent was able to carry out an assassination according to the in moscow and so there's less speculation about why this happened and is a certain plan as to whether

or not this will lead to clamp down optimistic positions or a new attack on ukraine or attempt to discredit ukraine on the international scene. back in 2016, bbc newsnight�*s international editor gabriel gatehouse, interviewed him. this was his insight. i think is more famous in the west that he is in russia. in the west, he is described as putin's brain, or putin's rasputin. because it looks a bit like rasputin and alexander and it's a bit scraggly beard. certainly for the last few years, he has been close to the permit at all and i'm not sure he even met putin but about it take you to go, he and his ratings and his philosophical thinking is provided an intellectual

underpinning for a much more aggressive foreign policy that has grown into what we now think of as putin's foreign policy in syria and in ukraine. and in 2016, at the time, fighting in the donbas region was the war in syria at the time and is clear when it spoke to him that he saw both syria and ukraine even then in terms of this big power politics between russia and america. the united states does _ russia and america. the united states does not _ russia and america. the united states does not want _ russia and america. the united states does not want to - russia and america. the united states does not want to start i russia and america. the united states does not want to start a | russia and america. the united i states does not want to start a war and you — states does not want to start a war and you should recognise the united states_ and you should recognise the united states should recognise for all humanity, all mankind, that the united _ humanity, all mankind, that the united states is not a unique

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are called the ukrainian nazi regime. there are more questions than answers, it's not clear whether dugina was intended target or whether was her father but the fact remains that alexander is a high priest of russia's mystical nationalism and while he is a certain sway in russian society, he is not the most prominent thinker and the fact that russian state media are totally, have been totally dominated by dugina's death of the past two days, i think this fact shows that russia is making a point here and i think we will have to wait and see what the consequences of the story are because it looks like russian officials are not going

to stop here. russia's war in ukraine has reached a deadlock. neither side are making substantial military gains. the concern is a protracted conflict. today, a senior russian diplomat ruled out a negotiated solution to the war. gennady gatilov told the financial times: "i do not see any possibility for diplomatic contacts". meanwhile the head of ukraine's armed forces says more than 9,000 military personnel there have been killed since russia invaded. it's extremely rare for ukrainian officials to give casualty figures and the toll on both sides is much disputed. ukrainians are looking ahead to wednesday, which is the country's independence day and will be six months since russia invaded. here's hugo bachega in kyiv. 1400b azov pressermight be line from un security council meeting at 1430. president zelensky said russia could be preparing something disgusting to mark independence day on wednesday.

31 years of ukraine independence. some citizens are taking security measures, the situation in the east which is been under constant russian bombardment and a curfew is in place until thursday and here, there is a ban on public gatherings until thursday and the curfew is not been extended but the city is on high alert. we don't know the numbers, but we know that russia has suffered a high number of casualties since its troops invaded in february. so the kremlin has launched an ad campaign to persuade people to volunteer to fight. candidates are promised huge sums of money but many are given little training and are sent straight to the frontline. will vernon reports from moscow. 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. 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. criminal barristers in england and wales have voted to go on an indefinite strike next month — beginning on september the 5th.

the walk—out by members of the criminal bar association — will affect more than 70 crown courts — which handle serious criminal cases. the strike is expected to delay thousands of cases. but those behind the move say it's justified. kirsty brimelow qc is vice chair of the criminal bar association — and explains why. there have been warning signs for many years and barristers have to endure collapses in their income and cuts and underfunding. as you heard there — one of the key issues is pay. the criminal bar association is asking for a 25% rise in pay for legal aid work — legal fees that are paid for by the state when defendents can't afford a lawyer. last month, the union rejected a 15% rise — which the government says would see the average barrister earn around 7,000 pounds more a year, around eight thousand two hundred us dollars. barristers are self—employed and often perceived as highly—paid. the median salary for a criminal barrister in 2019 was almost £80,000, around 94 thousand dollars.

but that figure doesn't take into account expenses. meanwhile, new criminal barristers can earn as little as £9,000, around ten and a half thousand dollars, once costs are factored in. here's kirsty brimelow qc again. we've lost about a quarter of her junior barristers over the last five years. people no longer prepared to do the work at the rates they've paid and a junior barrister about £2200 in the first three years of practice. some members of the government are critical of strike action. justice minister sarah dines said: "this is an irresponsible decision that will only see more victims face further delays and distress. but other conservative mps are sympathetic. sir bob neill is chair of the justice committee. they have never been as well—paid as other and legal age funding has lagged behind inflation for decades

and going back to the time of the government. so, there is a point there and i've never liked the idea of strakes but it certainly will make the back lot worse will we do need to have a resolution. opposition leader sir keir starmer — himself a former barrister — blames the government. our plan to freeze prices, that is a big driver of, we want to resolve theseissues big driver of, we want to resolve these issues and the government is doing absolutely nothing. another issue at stake is the large backlog of cases — made worse by the pandemic. the backlog currently stands at around 60,000 cases. and the strike action is compounding things. walkouts in recent weeks have disrupted more than six thousand cases and delayed around fourteen hundred trials. here's emma heeley qc — leader of the midland circuit. the 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, it can walk away and things have been closed down and judges were sitting and so the backlog is built up and built up and i read a critical point. now, we're at a critical point. and these delays have consequences. james' son was 13 years old when it was revealed he had been sexually assaulted. the prosecution of his attacker has already been delayed more than once. my my son's well—being and mental health has been severely affected by these delays. and there's no end in sight. we are just these delays. and there's no end in sight. we arejust in limbo as a family. i'm joined now by simon spence qc — a criminal barrister at red lion chambers critics say this will only make things so much worse — with victims waiting longer this is about the chronic underinvestment in the criminal justice system across the board by a number of governments, notjust as government, but over the last 20 years, we have seen a gradual

erosion about the amount of money invested into the criminaljustice system, stagnation of fees as a result of which, people are not joining professions, people are not coming to work for the quick service or the prosecution service and the police are also under massive pressure and that is really with this action is all about.- this action is all about. critics sa all this action is all about. critics say all this — this action is all about. critics say all this would _ this action is all about. critics say all this would do - this action is all about. critics say all this would do is i this action is all about. critics say all this would do is make | this action is all about. critics i say all this would do is make the wait longer for victims to have their cases heard in court and also for those of been accused of their day in court. for those of been accused of their day in court-— day in court. that is an inevitable consequence of _ day in court. that is an inevitable consequence of the _ day in court. that is an inevitable consequence of the action - day in court. that is an inevitable consequence of the action we i day in court. that is an inevitable consequence of the action we are taking and of course, this all started with the publication of the last year. which the justice secretary sat on for a number of weeks and still has not implemented the recommendations of and we have been backed into a corner but we have effectively had to take the

action to be finally voted on with the result being this morning to try and get the government to take some immediate action to solve what is a serious crisis. immediate action to solve what is a serious crisis-— serious crisis. they've been offered a 1596 -a serious crisis. they've been offered a 15% pay rise _ serious crisis. they've been offered “596 pay rise in — serious crisis. they've been offered a 1596 pay rise in many _ serious crisis. they've been offered a 1596 pay rise in many people i serious crisis. they've been offered| a 1596 pay rise in many people watch a 15% pay rise in many people watch this from home with think that sounds like a lot to me, isn't it? it is significant, but not a pay rise, let's be clear on that. over the last 20 years, legal aid rates in real terms have fallen by 20% and so, all it is doing is restoring about 50% of what we've lost in the last 20 years. but the difficulty is, it will only apply to cases that is, it will only apply to cases that is starting off in the system from the end of september and so, karen cases will not receive the increase and of course, we only get paid once the case is finished and given the current backlog, want to the benefit

of the 15% increase for many months, if not years. in the review describe the situation and we do not see much urgency on the part of government to implement that report. what urgency on the part of government to implement that report.— implement that report. what is the barristers want _ implement that report. what is the barristers want to _ implement that report. what is the barristers want to stop _ implement that report. what is the barristers want to stop the - implement that report. what is the barristers want to stop the strike . barristers want to stop the strike action? irate barristers want to stop the strike action? ~ . . barristers want to stop the strike action? ~ ., ., , , , action? we want a sensible discussion _ action? we want a sensible discussion from _ action? we want a sensible discussion from the - action? we want a sensible i discussion from the government action? we want a sensible _ discussion from the government about rates of pay we want to see them restored to where they were 20 years ago as a very referred to. more importantly, one a proper structure in place for future pay reviews and thatis in place for future pay reviews and that is something to report recommends and we should have an independent review body as there are from many other sector workers, including for mps and so the review body can set what it considers to be reasonable rates of pay for legal aid that is being done but also, it

needs the system to be restructured to cover the modern way in which cases are dealt with as particularly important for solicitors attending police stations and magistrates courts. forsaid police stations and magistrates courts. for said fees and can be there for many hours and advising there for many hours and advising the client on a complex case and thatis the client on a complex case and that is being reflected in what is being offered.— that is being reflected in what is bein: offered. ., ., ,, ., being offered. good to talk to you. thank you- — let's turn to pakistan. police have charged its former prime minister, imran khan with terrorism offences — and contempt of court. that was after a rally on saturday, where he condemned the officials responsible for the detention and alleged torture of one of his allies. hundreds of his supporters have been gathering outside his home in islamabad. let's hear from some of them. we will stand and fight and give our lives but will not let anyone

imran khan is her last hope. they left to walk over our bodies to arrest him. —— they will have to walk over. imran khan was ousted from power in a no confidence vote in april. since then he's become a vocal critic of the government and pakistan's army — giving fiery speeches around the country. things soured on saturday when at one speech — he accused the authorities of torturing his close aide — warning �*you should get ready as we will take action against you'. within hours the government reacted by banning tv stations from broadcasting mr khan's speeches live — accusing him of �*levelling baseless allegations and spreading hate speech.�* a day later — imran khan said this. they are using the regulator. in comes and says imran khan cannot be broadcast live. what crime has imran khan committed? i would never ask at this gang of thieves, that, this is my crime. so, that was sunday. on monday imran khan was charged.

and there's been plenty of reaction. this is a former minister in mr khan's cabinet: the bbc has also been hearing from a former special assistant to imran khan. we feel it is a fake case, not a genuine case it's been cooked against them simply because he is in the sending of the political domain. on thursday, the case will be decided by the party whether we are going to ask for an extension of this. , . . ~ going to ask for an extension of this. , . w .., this. his cricketing career give me hue this. his cricketing career give me huge profundity — this. his cricketing career give me huge profundity led _ this. his cricketing career give me huge profundity led pakistan i this. his cricketing career give me huge profundity led pakistan to i huge profundity led pakistan to victory in the 1992 world cup. 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. let's hearfrom dr madiha afzal — her work focuses on pakistan's politics and policy. he has been increasingly popular and his popularity has surged since his ousting of the no—confidence vote in april or the government struggle to find this in the midst rising inflation and economic crisis and in recent weeks, the state has launched an increasing crackdown on the media supporting him. the an increasing crackdown on the media supporting him-— there's another element too — the role of the military. here's our correspondent pumza fihlani in islamabad on that. and pakistan there is a fine line between the courts and the government and the military and often those three can become blurred and from behind the scenes politically, some within the governing coalition party expressed

concerns about the terrorism charges possibly going forward because they are worried about that possibly causing civil unrest or at the least, strengthening his already powerful position and its density is taken at the political parties here are in fact on a witch hunt. our south asia editor, anbarasan ethi—rajan, it is becoming a flashpoint for the government announced an investigation under sections of the anti—terrorism against imran khan. the party has urged supporters to be vigilant in case he is arrested and said they will launch a massive investigation and on thursday, the party will go on appeal again. the comments against the judge and also

the police have attracted criticism and they will start a contempt of court proceedings against imran khan and they're going to discuss this because he strongly criticised the female judge forgiving because he strongly criticised the femalejudge forgiving remand of his close aid was in custody at the moment and for police custody, he was very angry in this age, accused of sedition charges in the television debates, he was urging the military leaders not to listen to orders from the top and that attracted criticism and he seems to have lost the support of pakistan's powerful military in the government is thinking that this is the time to take on mr imran khan because he is gaining popularity and gaining tens of thousands of people in the public meetings of the past few months. hagar meetings of the past few months. how much support — meetings of the past few months. how much support does imran khan have?

after his ousterfrom much support does imran khan have? after his ouster from power in april after some of the disclosed allies in his coalition, he is been holding meetings across pakistan. just to give the province of the most populous province in the local elections and the local assembly elections and the local assembly elections in the by elections, he won 15 out of 20 seats in a few weeks ago, that change the government in the province and that shows how much he is popular and there was a poll where his party one and if you go by the crowds in these meetings, it shows is gaining popularity of the same time the government is also keenly watching but the next step will be.— government is also keenly watching but the next step will be. thank you very much- — more on that on a website and you can also reach me on twitter. and stay with us with plenty more to

come on outside source. hello there. a weather front leading eastwards as products as thickening cloud and some outbreaks of rain especially towards northern england. and there's some more wet weather in the coming forecast over the next few days in the form of showers towards the west and also lumbar spells of rain in the best of the sunshine in the east and said to feel warm and humid, especially towards the south that is true in the overnight tonight and the suppleness of england in devon and cornwall every moist air with obese and cornwall every moist air with their beeson hill and coastalfog and elsewhere, is mostly dried and the weather front is to the north sea will be some clearance spells and very mild, no closer to the mid teens in celsius and that feeling air will start off on a mild note.

very little future in western areas of scotland and that such a move eastwards and giving shower outbreaks across scotland and even eastern scotland in the afternoon with thickening cloud for western whales and some showers also running into devon and cornwall by the time to get to the day. and on tuesday there will be up towards eastern areas of england and norfork could see highs of 27 celsius and the best of the sunday spells. the obese men of the sunday spells. the obese men of your downpours of rain in northern ireland was in scotland on tuesday night and the obese major downpours of rain in northern ireland was in scotland on tuesday night and that clears northwards for the day on wednesday in drier conditions developing here in the winds blew under the cold front struts to think southwards in eastwards but it's fizzling out so not too low so fresh feeling conditions from the northwest towards the and keeps them warm humid feeling air high with 29 celsius and as we head through wednesday night and through much of the day on thursday, low pressure

towards the north and still some shower outbreaks of rain for scotland and the weather front on thursday night could pop up somewhat across south east england and east anglia and giving us the chance of of heavy thunder downpours here but still a lot of uncertainty. adding clears away and leaves us with a fresher field of things that we can see her temperature start here and then as we head into weekend, bank holiday for some and it is looking mostly dried but it cooler with more of an easterly breeze and sunny spells and still the possibility of maybe some showers across scotland.

hello, i'm maryam moshiri. this is outside source. russia claims it has proof that ukraine was behind the killing of the daughter of a prominent ultra—nationalist who died in a car bombing on saturday. it's thought her father, known by some as "putin's brain", was the intended target. ukraine denies any involvement. here in the uk, the cost of living crisis is deepending. inflation could reach 18%, a looming crisis for whoever becomes prime minister in two weeks' time. also on the programme. a severe drought is crippling power supplies in china. the country's largest fresh—water lake has shrunk to a quarter of its normal size. and we have a special report

on the secret sharing and trading of sexual images of women on a social media site without their consent. the cost of living crisis in the uk is deepening. according to latest forecasts, the annual bill for an average household and business is set to rise by £3,500, or over $4,100 us in october, and leap again injanuary. inflation, which is already at 10%, could reach 18%, hitting household budgets harder. the economy will be a huge challenge for whoever becomes the country's new prime minister, which will be announced two weeks today. here's our business correspondent caroline davies. pulling pints is no longer enough to pay the bills for karen. she works full—time in a pub.

she lives alone in a one—bedroom bungalow. she is already £1000 in debt because of energy costs. you cannot find that your money. you haven't got it so i don't know what happens. i don't know where to go and what to do. someone who was working a0 hours a week shouldn't be able to not turn the heating on. energy bills are expected to keep going up. the rising because it is becoming more expensive for energy companies to buy the energy they need, the wholesale price is increasing and that is connected to worries stop looking at gas prices over the last few months, back in spring of last year, it was relatively flat but since peaks and increases, and to see how volatile the market is, let's look at just the last threeys.

you can see it is increasing again. yell at the customers are being asked to pay the price of gas which is being weaponised by putin, and they should be expected to do that alone. the uk's energy bills are going for maybe 15 billion in a normal year to £75 billion this year. that is the equivalent of 9p or more on the basic rate of income tax. no government would announce that, and no government should let this go to customers. labour say they have a policy. fiur this go to customers. labour say they have a policy.— they have a policy. our plans to free prices _ they have a policy. our plans to free prices means _ they have a policy. our plans to free prices means inflation i they have a policy. our plans to l free prices means inflation comes down _ free prices means inflation comes down by— free prices means inflation comes down by a%, that is a big driver of many— down by a%, that is a big driver of many of— down by a%, that is a big driver of many of these issues. so we want to resolve _ many of these issues. so we want to resolve these issues. the government is sitting _ resolve these issues. the government is sitting on— resolve these issues. the government is sitting on its hands doing absolutely nothing. the is sitting on its hands doing absolutely nothing.- absolutely nothing. the big decisions — absolutely nothing. the big decisions on _ absolutely nothing. the big decisions on how— absolutely nothing. the big decisions on how to - absolutely nothing. the big decisions on how to give i absolutely nothing. the big i decisions on how to give more absolutely nothing. the big - decisions on how to give more help this winter are being left to the new prime minister, who won't be announced until the 5th of september. liz truss has said that she would help the cost of living by cutting taxes and introducing a temporary moratorium on energy levies. her rivalfor the temporary moratorium on energy levies. her rival for the leadership thinks that policy won't work. i thinks that policy won't work. i thinks that policy won't work. i

think at a time like this we have got to support the most vulnerable in our society, particularly people like pensioners who need our help. those are my choices. i would love a tax cut, and who doesn't? but my priorities of the right ones for the country right now. this priorities of the right ones for the country right now.— priorities of the right ones for the country right now. this winter will be very different _ country right now. this winter will be very different to _ country right now. this winter will be very different to the _ country right now. this winter will be very different to the last. i country right now. this winter will be very different to the last. the | be very different to the last. the fear of rising costs is already leading many to worry about the dark nights ahead. they are looking for a guide as to how they will make it through. caroline davies, bbc news. let's turn to china, where a severe drought fuelled by record—breaking temperatures is crippling power supply and threatening supplies from agriculture to car batteries. china's been in continous heatwave for 68 days. that's the longest since records began, and emergency measures are in place to save electricity. these six states are worst impacted, with temperatures consistently above a0 celsius. that's dried up water supply and reservoirs used for hydropower.

this is the largest freshwater lake in china — an important flood basin. it's shrunk to a quarter of its normal size. while sections of a river at this unesco world heritage in sichuan have also dried up. in one province, over 66 rivers are at a record low. this is one way china is trying to fix the problem — by using rockets to sow the clouds with catalysts such as dry ice to make rain. reduced power has forced shopping centres to close early and factories to temporarily shut because of power cuts. more from our correspondent in china, steve mcdonell. china's some of extreme weather has involved a series of compounding problems. one feeding into the other and making the situation worse. we started with heat waves which has gone on for months. this has now

become a drought stop a drought apparently affecting half of china's land huge area. the drought has of course lead to not much rainfall, which has meant that the water levels in the yangtze river have dropped. the yangtze river is very important for china's economy. it has meant that commercial shipping, inland shipping, has been affected because there is not enough water in the river in various parts of the yangtze for shipping to continue, and there are huge cities along that river. another impact of low water levels in the yangtze has meant that hydroelectricity has been impacted. in sichuan province, for example, they rely on hydro to the extent of 80%, so water levels dropping as having a massive impact. the response has been to make many factories close temporarily. some

shopping centres and other public buildings can't have air conditioning. of course, in people's homes they are using even more air conditioning because the weather is so hot. so as i say, you can see this one problem feeding into another to make it worse. the impact is huge. the six areas in drought accounted for almost half of china's rice output last year. but the impact goes far beyond agriculture. sichuan produces more than a fifth of china's lithium. powercuts are impacting solar manufucturers. and german car maker volkswagen says that its factory in chengdu is shut. this is the iconic skyline in shanghai — called the bund. it won't be lit for two nights to save power. well, chinese government officials have repeatedly cited global climate change as the cause. dr wenjian zhang is the assistant secretary—general of the world metereological organization, and served at the china meteorological administration. he's in geneva.

thank you so much for talking to us on outside source. let me ask you first of all, how serious is the situation in china right now? thank ou for situation in china right now? thank you for inviting _ situation in china right now? thank you for inviting me _ situation in china right now? thank you for inviting me for— situation in china right now? thank you for inviting me for this - you for inviting me for this interview. one of your colleagues cited the severe weather and climate eventin cited the severe weather and climate event in china this we year is very, very serious. the china government attached great importance to weather and climate events. this last year is very important to the disaster across most parts of china. the china meteorological organisation that i worked for issued a warning this year, we called it a yellow warning for meteorological drought

in the yellow river basin. and this is the first warning after issuing a high temperature warning for consecutive eight days and even more than that. and also the water resources of china have launched an emergency response and implemented a special action for a joint operation to fight drought and the inshore water supply, and increase the outflow of the rivers to replenish water downstream. in addition to that, due to the high and also drought, the three organisations of the china governmentjointly issued the china governmentjointly issued the first warning of high forest fire risk this year. this isjust

the first warning of high forest fire risk this year. this is just an issue that today at 1800 in china beijing time. the grassland as well. this is really the outcome of the drought together with the high temperature, so this is a really serious drought around the yellow river and also a shortage of freshwater for agriculture and also for the people. it is freshwater for agriculture and also for the people-— for the people. it is hugely serious- — for the people. it is hugely serious. how— for the people. it is hugely serious. how much - for the people. it is hugely serious. how much do i for the people. it is hugely serious. how much do you | for the people. it is hugely i serious. how much do you think for the people. it is hugely - serious. how much do you think this event is going to impact the way that climate change is viewed in china? how much climate awareness is there in china, and do you think that this will make things be taken a lot more seriously?— a lot more seriously? definitely. you may know — a lot more seriously? definitely. you may know that _ a lot more seriously? definitely. you may know that the - a lot more seriously? definitely. you may know that the china i you may know that the china government has issued a strategy in

2013 for the climate, and that was recently reviewed and they republished this climate strategy for china. and also i do believe that these events and the impact on society and the more general public to support government strategy for reaching the carbon peak and also carbon neutral in 2023 and also carbon neutral in 2023 and also carbon neutral in 2060. so this is a great event to educate the general public to trust that climate change is real, and that we owe the society, public government, should take action against climate change,

and finally reduce the emissions, because the emissions owing to the rooftops of climate change, thank you. dr wenjian zhang, it has been very good to talk to you, thank you very much. a vast online community which secretly shares and trades sexual images and videos of women from across the uk — without their consent — has been uncovered by an investigation by the bbc�*s panorama programme. the group on the social media site reddit has now been closed. but concerns are growing that it is just the latest part of a disturbing new trend. this report is from monika plaha. 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 limited 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, 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. stay with us on outside source. still to come... we turn to brazil — where the embalmed heart of the country's first emperor, has arrived into the capital — from portugal. the duke and duchess of cambridge, william and kate, are to relocate their family from central london to windsor. officials say they'll move into adelaide cottage near windsor castle before the start of the new school term. here's our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell. the principal reason is that william and catherine as we know are determined that their three children should have as normal an upbringing as possible, and they are keen on that upbringing should be in a rural setting, so they are moving home here to windsor, to a place called

adelaide cottage, about ten minutes away from here on the other side of windsor castle in the home park, and the three children, george, charlotte and louis will be attending a school in ascot from next month, and i think it not only send that message that they want their children to have as normal and private and upbringing as possible, it also sends a message that they, william and catherine, are content to live in what by royal standards is a pretty modest home. the clue is in the title, it is adelaide cottage. it is a four bedroomed house, they will be no live—in staff, no costly refurbishment necessary. it has been used by the royal family over many generations. the other message i think that it sendsis the other message i think that it sends is that this brings william of course very close to his grandmother, the queen. she is now based here at windsor castle, she is in belmore at the moment for her summer break in scotland, but she will be returning to windsor castle, and this at a time when the queen is

looking increasingly, given her age, to princes charles and william for advice and wise counsel on issues concerning the monarchy and the royal family. concerning the monarchy and the royalfamily. so concerning the monarchy and the royal family. so that is the news, they will be moving here to windsor, they will be moving here to windsor, they will be keeping their home at anmer hall in norfolk and their apartment at kensington palace in the centre of london, but from now, really, the principal home for the cambridges will be adelaide cottage here in windsor. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story. russia has blamed ukraine for the killing of the daughter of a prominent russian nationalist who died in a car bombing near moscow on saturday. let's turn to brazil now. the embalmed heart of the first

emperor of brazil, dom pedro, has arrived in the capital, brasilia to mark 200 years of independence from portugal. this is what it looks like — it's been preserved in formaldehyde — a chemical that's used in building materials but also to store animal specimens. a brazilian official said it would be treated like a living head of state, with full military honours. the timing is crucial. last week far—right president bolsonaro and his rival, lula da silva, launched their presidential campaigns. camilla mota is in sao paulo for us. why is brazil doing this? clearly this goes beyond just celebrating the country's history. 50. this goes beyond just celebrating the country's history.— the country's history. so, many historians _ the country's history. so, many historians have _ the country's history. so, many historians have been _ the country's history. so, many historians have been critical i the country's history. so, many i historians have been critical about the bizarre spectacle of flying across the atlantic and embalmed heart from a former emperor. they say there is no historical educational purpose in doing that, and that president bolsonaro has the intention of using this politically.

mr bolsonaro and the right—wing populism that brought him to power in 2018 has been using national symbols to foster nationalism, and this is how it fits into the equation, even though brazil has been under a republican regime since 1889, and brazil has been going through this really convoluted electoral process. it has been really polarised. bolsonaro has been consistently behind in the polls. as you are saying, former president lula is his nemesis, his opponent, and he has been almost ten percentage points ahead of him in the polls, so bolsonaro is clearly doing this to galvanise his supporters with the election insight. supporters with the election insiaht. . , supporters with the election insiaht. ., , ., insight. that is part of the reason. give us more _ insight. that is part of the reason. give us more insight _ insight. that is part of the reason. give us more insight into - insight. that is part of the reason. give us more insight into who i insight. that is part of the reason. give us more insight into who don| give us more insight into who don pedro is. he

give us more insight into who don pedro is. , ., ., , ., pedro is. he is a really important character in _ pedro is. he is a really important character in brazil— pedro is. he is a really important character in brazil history. i pedro is. he is a really important character in brazil history. he i pedro is. he is a really important| character in brazil history. he was the one to sign brazil's declaration of independence 200 years ago in 1822, and brazil is a really peculiar case in latin america, because it was a portuguese colony from the 16th to the 19th century and it got independent to be ruled by someone tied to the portuguese well family. the portuguese royal family fled portugal in 1807 escaping napoleon, and brazil had become a central place in an already decaying portuguese empire. don pedro stayed here for a few years, went back to portugal, and then his son pedro the second stayed in brazil, ruled for a few decades, and in 1889 a military coup implemented the republican regime in brazil. don pedro died when he was 35 of tuberculosis, and he asked on his deathbed that his heart would be

embalmed and stay in the portuguese city of porto, which has been the case for 187 years.— city of porto, which has been the case for 187 years. camilla, thank ou ve case for 187 years. camilla, thank you very much — case for 187 years. camilla, thank you very much indeed _ case for 187 years. camilla, thank you very much indeed for - case for 187 years. camilla, thank you very much indeed for that. i nasa is expected tonight to give the go—ahead for the launch of the artemis mission test flight to take place in the coming days. it's being heralded as the return of human exploration of the moon — and its expected that it will lead eventually to the first woman and the first person of colour setting foot there. it is the apollo mission for a new generation — as our science editor rebecca morelle explains. after a 50—year gap we are heading back to the moon, and it all starts here, with the artemis mission and nasa's huge rocket. it's called the space launch system, or sls for short, and it's the most powerful rocket ever built by the us space agency. it stands nearly 100 metres — about 320 feet — tall, roughly the same height as a 32 storey building.

its colossal size means it's really heavy, so it needs lots of power. it has four engines, but even those aren't enough to get this rocket off the ground, so what it also needs are these two huge boosters. they all use fuel, and the biggest part, called the core stage, is full of fuel. in fact, fuel makes up 90% of the weight of this entire rocket. now you might be wondering where the astronauts will go. well, it's here, near the top, in the orion crew capsule. but not this time. this is a test flight, so there are no people onboard. the time has come to put the space launch system to the test. as it readies for blast off from cape canaveral in florida on launch pad 39b, the same one used for apollo, it will be nervewracking. 3, 2, 1... the rocket thunders away

from the earth, eventually reaching speeds of nearly 25,000 miles, or a0,000 kilometres, an hour. as each component of the rocket completes theirjob, they separate. the orion spacecraft is on its way. there's a long journey ahead. it's 380,000 kilometres — about 2a0,000 miles to the moon. after its launch, the spacecraft enters into a low earth orbit, then with the go from mission control, the engines ignite, giving it the big push it needs to escape our planet's gravity. it takes several days to reach the moon, with the spacecraft making small adjustments along the way. at first, the spacecraft flies in close, 100 kilometres, that's 62 miles above the lunar surface. then it enters a much larger orbit, swinging more than 65,000

kilometres, about a0,000 miles beyond the moon. that's further than any spacecraft built for humans has ever flown. during the seven weeks orion is in orbit, nasa will collect important data and check how the spacecraft is performing. finally, after another close fly—by, it's ready to head for home. now, things get hazardous. as the spacecraft nears earth, it has to enter our atmosphere at exactly the right angle. if it gets this wrong, it will burn up. so, its huge heat shield protects it while temperatures rises to nearly 3,000 degrees celsius. a series of parachutes open, massively slowing it down, before splash down in the pacific ocean. it's going to be so exciting when it happens. just before we go, anthony faucihas happens. just before we go, anthony fauci has announced he will step down as the president's chief

medical adviser in december. he served under seven us presidents believe it or not. you have been watching outside source on the bbc. goodbye. hello there. a weather front moving eastwards today has brought us thickening cloud in some outbreaks of rain, especially towards northern england. there will still be some more wet weather in the forecast over the next few days, mostly in the form of showers out towards the west, but also some longer spells of rain. the best of the sunshine in the east, and it is set to feel warm and humid, especially towards the south. that is certainly true overnight tonight towards the south—west of england, devon and cornwall with some very moist air, so there will be some coastal fog. elsewhere mostly dry, the weather front pulling out into the north sea. some clearer spells, front pulling out into the north sea. some clearerspells, but look at the temperatures, very mild, no lower than the mid in celsius. we start the day on a very mild note.

most of us are between weather systems on tuesday but we do have a feature running into western areas of scotland are set to move eastwards, giving showery outbreaks of rain. thickening cloud for west and wales, xiao also across devon and wales, xiao also across devon and cornwall by the end of the day, so the best of the sunshine on tuesday will be at the eastern areas of england, lincolnshire and norfolk could see heights of 27 celsius in the best of the sunny spells. they will be heavy downpours of rain across northern ireland in western scotland on tuesday night, and that clears northward throughout the day on wednesday, so dry conditions developing here, the wind will eventually ease down, and then a cold front starts to sink south and east, but it is fizzling out as it goes, so not too much rain by the end of the day. fresh feeling conditions behind the front from the north and west, but towards the south and east we keep them warm, humid feeling air, highs of 29 celsius. as we had three wednesday night and much of the day on thursday, low pressure towards the north, so still showery outbreaks of

rain for scotland. our weather front on thursday night could pep up somewhat across the south—east, giving the chance of some heavy, thundery downpours here, but still lots of uncertainty. that clears away on friday to leave us with a fresh feel to things as you can see from our temperature chart here from our capital cities. then as we head into the weekend, it is a bank holiday for some, it is looking mostly dry but it will be feeling cooler with more of a north—easterly breeze, some sunny spells and still the possibility it may be some showers across scotland.

this is bbc news, i'm luxmy gopal. the headlines at 8... a warning that sprialling energy prices could push inflation as high as 18 per cent early next year. let put it in perspective, energy bills going from maybe 15 billion to £75 million this year which is the equivalent of maybe 9p on the basic rate of income tax. criminal barristers vote to go on all—out strike in england and wales from next month a bbc investigation uncovers the secret sharing and trading of sexual images of women on a social media site — without their consent events take place to remember michael collins, the politician and ira leader, who was killed this day 100 years ago.