this is bbc news. these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. ukraine is on high alert as it marks the anniversary of its independence — exactly six months after the russian invasion. as they reach this milestone, refugees here in the uk speak about how their lives have changed beyond recognition. it was amazing how many people opened their houses and invited us. the hunt for the killer of a nine—year—old girl in liverpool continues. councillors have joined police in urging anyone with information about the killing of olivia pratt—korbel to come forward.

more than three million households in england and wales were still waiting for their £150 energy rebate at the beginning of last month. europe is on course for its worst drought in at least 500 years. that's the stark warning from a new eu report. stranded for hours under the english channel. passengers tell of what happened after their eurotunnel service was evacuated. services are now back to normal. a former twitter executive turns whistleblower to testify that the firm misled users and regulators about gaps in its security. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. it has been six months

since vladimir putin decided to wage a war on ukraine, on a scale not seen on this continent in half a century. the true cost of this war in human life is difficult to estimate. ukrainians claim around 9,000 soldier lives have been lost. it's estimated russia has lost around 80,000 troops during the invasion — either killed, wounded, captured or deserted. meanwhile, more than 5,500 civilans are thought to have been killed in the fighting. uk defence ministerjames heappey says it's a conflict that is not going away. today is ukrainian independence day but celebration events have been banned in the capital, kyiv. it's because of fears of renewed strikes by russian forces. president zelensky has issued a rallying cry to the ukrainian people, saying victory is the only way for the war to end. with the latest, here's our ukraine correspondent, james waterhouse. as history has shown, the more russia tries to pull ukraine in,

the stronger people's sense of identity becomes. 0n the outskirts of kyiv, this factory used to make hotel uniforms. now it's flags — lots of them. translation: these are very dear colours to us. _ every ukrainian feels these colours and we see them in everything — in the sky, in wheat. we have been making flags every day for the past few months. this gives us pleasure and joy, because our work is useful. ok, so welcome to the wednesday meeting and can everybody be off their laptops for the meeting, thank you. another symbol of ukrainian defiance is here at the kyiv independent, an english—language news site set up weeks before the invasion. within days, their online following went from tens of thousands to millions. its editor describes it as the voice of ukraine and the world's window into it.

we are of course all very much aware of the sacrifice that it took to get us all here to this independence day. and thousands of people who were killed, both civilians and military. i think it's probably the most important independence day that we will see in our lives. on this day last year, president zelensky donned his now unfamiliar dark suit, with his military putting on this show of strength. russia had already started to gather troops on the border. and ukraine's resilience would soon face the ultimate test. this is the same square today, with rows of captured or destroyed russian tanks in what is a display of defiance. but how independent is ukraine, with the russians now occupying a fifth of this country, and it being almost completely reliant on weapons from the west? for one former president, who campaigned against russian

influence, sovereignty is notjust about weapons and territory. translation: for me, first of all, the benchmark of independence i is the strength of spirit, the power of national spirit. today, i can say with confidence that 42 million ukrainians speak in one voice, and that allows us to face any enemy, including russia. this independence day poses some difficult realities — criticisms over why ukraine didn't act on warnings from the west, and the country's continued dependence for help to stay independent. james waterhouse, bbc news in kyiv. james heappey is the uk's ministerfor armed forces. he was adamant that support for ukraine must continue. i was in estonia yesterday where they feel that the belligerence

and threat from russia. more than anyone in europe bar ukraine. they can see it needs to keep going, we need to support ukraine. there is no easy fix for this. if we let russia off the hook, remove support for ukraine, remove the sanctions, it does not all of a sudden bring europe back to where it was 18 months ago, does not bring the cost of living back to where it was 18 months ago. putin has shown he will use russian gas supply as a lever over europe to get his will. and earlier this morning on bbc world my colleague lucy spoke to kaya kallas — the prime minister of estonia — a nato member and a close ally to the uk. she stressed on the need to stand united in the international support for ukraine.

we have been united, which is very good. overtime, it is we have been united, which is very good. over time, it is getting more and more difficult because there are different internal politics kicking in, different worries that countries have. but we had to stick together because this aggression cannot pay off. ukraine must win this war. russia must push back to its borders, otherwise we just continue. you previously called for russia to be totally cut off from the free world, didn't you? do you feel any frustrations, reactions from other countries? i frustrations, reactions from other countries? , ., frustrations, reactions from other countries?— frustrations, reactions from other countries? , ., , ., ., countries? i try to understand other countries? i try to understand other countries because _ countries? i try to understand other countries because they _ countries? i try to understand other countries because they have - countries? i try to understand other countries because they have much l countries because they have much better neighbours than we do. that is why we are the front line states. our history has taught us how russia

is thinking and behaving. i call on the other leaders to listen to us because we have been right before regarding russia. as i said, other worries kick in, like high inflation. we have super high inflation. we have super high inflation here. i agree with those who say inflation is a war tax. we are paying this in euros or pounds. ukrainians are paying this in human lives, which is much, much higher price to pay. earlier i spoke to our correspondent, hugo bachega, who's in kyiv. it is a very different independence day here in ukraine today. we're here on the main street in the city centre, not very far from independence square where political protests, political revolutions happen in this country. usually it is where the ukrainian military holds a massive military parade to celebrate independence day. not today.

what we are seeing here is a display of destroyed and seized russian military vehicles and tanks. there is a ban on public events here in the capital. they will not be any massive celebrations to mark independence day. that is because officials here believe russia could use this day to launch attacks against cities across the country. last night presidents zelensky again warned people in this country that russia could go ahead with provocations, with dirty strikes, in his words. just moments ago here in kyiv, the air raid sirens went off. another reminder of the conflict happening in this country. kyiv is away from the front lines but the war is

obviously in everybody�*s minds. thousands of people have been killed, a third of the population has been displaced, cities across the country have destroyed. the conflict seems to be at a deadlock, there is no prospect of peace negotiations. today here, independence day, despite the warnings, people say there is apprehension but not fear. a deadlock in terms of negotiations but what about the fighting? we have heard just now from the uk forces minister saying that britain will continue to support ukraine. the us is expected to announce several billion dollars' worth of additional military aid today. what difference might that make, or will we see an effective status quo for a while, do you think? that kind of help being sent by the west is vital for the ukrainians. they need these modern weapons being sent. it is pretty much the only way they have to try to push the russians back, away from the country. they have been very consistent in the message these weapons need to arrive, and they need these weapons very quickly. in terms of military positions, we haven't seen any kind of major

shifts in terms of positions on the ground in the east and in the south of the country. it doesn't seem we will see any kind of solution in terms of fighting but also in terms of diplomacy at least in the near future. let's go to maria drutska, a political observer who works in the ukrainian defence sector. she joins us from kyiv. thank you for talking to us today. i know you were on independence square yesterday. our you avoiding there today? there have been warnings to ukrainians not to go there. that today? there have been warnings to ukrainians not to go there.— ukrainians not to go there. that is correct. i visited _ ukrainians not to go there. that is correct. i visited independence - correct. ivisited independence square yesterday and i passed by so—called russia equipment parade. that is not how they planned to do it. our government does not encourage us to go to the public places, so i am as well staying away

and encourage everyone to stay either home or in safe places. what either home or in safe places. what is the atmosphere _ either home or in safe places. what is the atmosphere like _ either home or in safe places. what is the atmosphere like in _ either home or in safe places. what is the atmosphere like in the capital at the moment? figs is the atmosphere like in the capital at the moment? as you know, due to russian _ capital at the moment? as you know, due to russian terrorist _ capital at the moment? as you know, due to russian terrorist threats, - due to russian terrorist threats, the national holiday has been cancelled, including all celebrations, all public events, and mass events. still people are walking. —— people are working. if people do not celebrate it as we used to celebrate it before we still remember it is our special day and we take it as such stop [30 remember it is our special day and we take it as such stop— remember it is our special day and we take it as such stop do you even feel the sense _ we take it as such stop do you even feel the sense of _ we take it as such stop do you even feel the sense of independence - we take it as such stop do you even | feel the sense of independence more keenly because of what is going on in what has gone on in their last six months?— in what has gone on in their last six months? ~ , ,., , , ., , six months? absolutely. in february, honestl , six months? absolutely. in february, honestly. the — six months? absolutely. in february, honestly, the population _ six months? absolutely. in february, honestly, the population was - six months? absolutely. in february, honestly, the population was shot. honestly, the population was shot with rumours of invasion. we did not

believe it would happen, especially not on such a large—scale. now, after the initial shock passed, people have come around to support the government, to support our soldiers. we have been more united, as now. ~ ., , ~ ., ., soldiers. we have been more united, as now. ~ ., , " ., ., ., as now. where does ukraine go from here? president _ as now. where does ukraine go from here? president lenski _ as now. where does ukraine go from here? president lenski has - as now. where does ukraine go from here? president lenski has talked i here? president lenski has talked about the only resolution to this being victory. —— zelenksy. there are different definitions of victory, aren't there? the head of nato has said the only solution being a negotiated one. where do you see the war going? i being a negotiated one. where do you see the war going?— see the war going? i would be honest, months _ see the war going? i would be honest, months ago _ see the war going? i would be l honest, months ago ukrainians see the war going? i would be - honest, months ago ukrainians would have settled with the wall. we would think we would be fine with going back to borders before february the 24th. our goal is very clear and we

will reclaim the whole of ukraine. as our president said, it started with crimea and it will end with crimea. d0 with crimea and it will end with crimea. ,, with crimea and it will end with crimea. , ., ~ with crimea and it will end with crimea. ~ ~ ., ., , crimea. do you think ukrainians feel su orted crimea. do you think ukrainians feel sunported by — crimea. do you think ukrainians feel sunported by the — crimea. do you think ukrainians feel supported by the international - supported by the international community? we have had, we played a clip of the uk armed forces minister a couple of minutes ago, the uk is due to announce more funding, several billion dollars of military aid. d0 several billion dollars of military aid. , ., several billion dollars of military aid. , , several billion dollars of military aid. , ., aid. do you feel supported? we do. we're incredibly _ aid. do you feel supported? we do. we're incredibly grateful— aid. do you feel supported? we do. we're incredibly grateful for - aid. do you feel supported? we do. we're incredibly grateful for the - we're incredibly grateful for the support allies have given to us. honestly, we need to keep going, we need to continue. we need further sanctions, especially on russian banks and energy. we are also banning russian tourists. everyone is saying it is to attend's war, it is saying it is to attend's war, it is not, it is russia's wall. sanctions will impact russia's

ability to finance the war. they should understand it is not ok, they cannot invade another sovereign country, not an independent country and destroy hospitals, schools, they cannot kill our men, women and children without consequences. we are very grateful to our allies, to the united kingdom, to the us as well and all of our partners. it still needs to keep going. good to talk to you — still needs to keep going. good to talk to you today. _ still needs to keep going. good to talk to you today. maria, - talk to you today. maria, foreign—policy commentator. police hunting the gunman, who killed a nine—year—old girl at her home in liverpool have been given the name of a suspect by two different sources. olivia pratt—korbel was fatally shot as she stood behind her mother who was trying to stop the gunman from forcing his way into their house, in pursuit of another man. police and councillors in the city are urging anyone with information to come forward and have made a direct appeal to criminals to help officers.

tomos morgan reports. nine—year—old olivia pratt—korbel, described as a little ray of sunshine, shot and killed in her home by a masked gunman on monday evening. 36 hours on, the police presence here in dovecot, liverpool, is just as stark as they try to piece together how and why her death happened. what we know so far from the police is that on monday night, around 10pm, a 35—year—old man and his friend were walking down kingsheath avenue, the street where olivia lived. a man in a balaclava then began shooting at them. olivia's mum, cheryl korbel, opened her front door. the man being chased forced his way into olivia's house and the offender ran in after him, firing a number of shots, with complete disregard for olivia and her family, who had no connection with the gunman or the man who forced his way in.

sadly, olivia was fatally wounded when the gunman fired at the man who was trying to get into the house. the 35—year—old man was shot and injured. he was then driven away to hospital in a black audi. police are appealing for any information on the gunman, who is described as about 5ft 7, slim build, wearing a black padded jacket. they left mum and daughter wounded, olivia critically. the nine—year—old later died in hospitalfrom her injuries. the men also left behind a community shocked, hurt and angry. i was watching the football and i heard the four shots — three, and a later one rung out. i came upstairs and said to her, "did you hear that?" and she said, "yeah." i said, "i don't think it was fireworks." it was absolutely disgusting. i woke up to find a nine—year—old girl has been shot dead. it is getting too close now. it is getting that way. someone has been shot, i

or they have been stabbed, and you go, "oh, another one, anotherone."- a hub has been set up in a local charity to help a distressed community searching for answers. do you think the local community will feel more comfortable coming to you with information as opposed to going to the police, considering what's happened? i don't think there is any doubt about that. that people will feel afraid, will feel scared. and worried about potential retribution. what we are saying is come and talk to us. we will pass on information. we already have shared information that has been passed on to us today. it is understandable, given what's happened, that people will feel afraid. a week on monday and olivia would have been starting back at school. this one — st margaret mary's catholicjunior school. instead, teachers and pupils alike are having to mourn the loss of a much—loved little girl. she was bubbly, she had a little heart of gold. nothing was too much trouble for her. she loved to help the teachers.

she was the life and soul of the class, loved to perform. in fact, we havejust done our recent school production, the wizard of oz, and she was performing on the stage — she was a munchkin. so a lively little soul, life and soul of the class, very, very popular with all her peers. locals say they are frightened — frightened and want security that their streets are safe. that shootings like this won't be happening again in their community any time soon, as the search for justice for nine—year—old olivia continues. earlier, i spoke to beverley anne mason, the acting bishop of liverpool about how the community has been affected by the news. there is immense shock, disbelief, people bewildered. all of this is hard to process.

it only happened the night before last. parents and children finding this incredibly hard and people are fearful. the important message i think is, don't give up hope. there have been a spate of heinous crimes in just one week. this is not normal, this is not normal. please don't be afraid, be a part of strengthening the community with compassion and kindness. this is the time when people are reaching out. i thank god for that, i thank them for that. a key message is, do the right thing. if people know something, if you know something, tell the police and ensure the police get to hear. this is simply outrageous and should never, ever happen. the question of coming forward with information, whether directly to the police or through a third party. clearly, you will want people to examine their conscience and ask

and ask themselves whether, really, is there any other choice but to come forward with information if they think it will help? you are right. there will never be freedom and they will never know peace unless they do this. there is a cost, sometimes, to do the right thing. the right thing in this situation is most definitely to speak out. it is very hard to find peace for olivia's family. very hard for them to find peace while the perpetrators are still in the community when there has been nojustice. you mentioned parents and children, olivia's friends, classmates, other young children of a similar age, it is going to be really difficult for them to understand this first of all, to try to come to terms with it

and have conversations they need with parents and teachers when the school term starts soon, what is your advice? you are absolutely right. yesterday, at the crime scene, children had been told what was happening. there was a lot of media activity taking place, as you might imagine. it was very hard. i was talking to the kids and they were saying, this is weird, isn't it? the parents are processing in one way and the children are trying to understand in their way. this will be a journey. it is really important there are people in place with this journey. —— to walk this journey. the schools will be doing that utmost. police and local authorities are doing their bit, as are the churches. tell me more about what the church

community is doing at this time? the church at the top of the road where olivia lived is open, it has been opened, it is a quiet space, a space of sanctuary, where people can feel safe. there is so much turmoil in the head and the heart. it is a place where a person can simply be. they can come in and light a candle, sign a book of condolence, jewel picture. —— draw a picture. they do not have to use words. ther are people they can talk to, people who can pray for them and with them if that will be helpful for them. it is a space where everyone is welcome. people without any faith, people from another faith, all are welcome. i would really encourage people to take advantage of that. churches throughout liverpool will be open and offering prayers. the cathedral will be offering

regular prayers throughout the day and across the week. data obtained by the bbc shows that more than three million households in england and wales were still waiting for their £150 energy rebate at the beginning of last month. most eligible people who pay their council tax by direct debit had received the money, but half of those that pay in other ways had not. ben boulos has more on this. this was one of a number of measures announced back in february to help people with their soaring bills. it is separate from the £400 energy bill discount on the way from october. this payment we are talking about comes in the form of a £150 energy rebate through your council tax for most households in england, scotland and wales. councils could start making the payments back in april with the promise that everybody would have it as soon as possible, everyone who was entitled to it. but using freedom of information requests, the bbc has found that more than three million households have still not received payment. people who pay their council tax

by direct debit should have the money sent to them automatically. we found that most people who pay this will have received the rebate. but, when it comes to those who pay in other ways, , a lot fewer have had the payment. less than half of those households in fact. consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith has been talking to families in liverpool, some of whom are still waiting for their cash. one, two, three. have either of you managed to get hold of the £150 yet? no, it's still at home. i got a letter the other day. it's on my to—do list, - sitting on top of my worktop for when i get home. yeah, i've had mine. i got mine automatically. nice surprise. if it doesn't go directly into the bank likejenna's has, it's just another thing to do, isn't it? i did know about it, i was kind of counting down the days till it went in. because i paid by direct debit, mine went straight into my bank account. there is a member of my

family hasn't received it because they don't pay by direct debit. they're still waiting on a letter to explain to them how to claim it, so they don't know that yet, they're still waiting. so what's going on? the money was given to local councils by the government so it is up to them to decide how to give it out. some of them have found it a challenge to get it to the households who don't pay their council tax by direct debit. it's often the most vulnerable who had been left to wait the longest. if it's on a website, people don't necessarily have internet access. if it is payment through a bank account, they don't necessarily have a bank account. the government make these decisions without any real consultation to people on the ground that are trying to deliver these initiatives. if you are in this position, you haven't got the rebate yet, how do you get it? some councils have been giving it out is about to you can take to your local post office to claim. —— as a voucher. let me show you an example of what it might look like.

this one is from manchester city council. have a look in the post, make sure you haven't missed it. councils should also have information on their website. but this is so important. you only have until the end of september to claim. the government told us it is supporting councils to make payments and working with them to get the remaining money out as soon as possible. adam scorer is an expert in energy and fuel poverty and the ceo of the charity national energy action. he told me more about who is missing out on this payment. the idea of the application runs out in september is barmy, given their winter we are seeing coming. it is not hindsight. they said it at the start, it was a cobbled together, ad hoc series of measures that would

always leave the most vulnerable, that once we had in your piece can at least likely to get a £150. it is at least likely to get a £150. it is a lesson we should not repeat in the future when we get more financial support. we would love to give simple advice to people about, this is the website you go to when this is the website you go to when this is the website you go to when this is the process. the process is different for each individual and each individual council. you can say is, contact your local authority. at least log your intention to claim it. it was a barmy idea, fine for those who paid by direct debit, impossible to work for others. for those people who have not claimed it yet, go to the council website, go to the council office, then the council and at least log your eligibility for the money. the date

in september. _ eligibility for the money. the date in september, when _ eligibility for the money. the date in september, when is _ eligibility for the money. the date in september, when is it? - eligibility for the money. the date in september, when is it? the - eligibility for the money. the date | in september, when is it? the end eligibility for the money. the date i in september, when is it? the end of september- — in september, when is it? the end of september. that _ in september, when is it? the end of september. that has _ in september, when is it? the end of september. that has to _ in september, when is it? the end of september. that has to shift - in september, when is it? the end of september. that has to shift the - september. that has to shift the study had to see what your local council listing when deadlines are not how they were applied. national advice is not very useful. the deadline has to shift and has to be extended to everyone who is eligible for it has more time for an information campaign to work locally and nationally and had more time to be able to claim the money. big criticism of _ be able to claim the money. big criticism of the process, design of the process. what efforts are you making to try to lobby to simplify the process and get the deadline extended? indie the process and get the deadline extended? ~ , _, extended? we will be contacting the government — extended? we will be contacting the government to _ extended? we will be contacting the government to make _ extended? we will be contacting the government to make sure _ extended? we will be contacting the government to make sure local- government to make sure local authorities are given the leeway to extend it. local authorities will have to do and will have systems in place. our key priority, we know a huge package of support has to come in for price rises coming down the track. if we have a similar set of cobbled together, ad hoc measures,

they will not work. it needs to be big, targeted and automatically available to people in need make money in pockets, money off bills. we cannot mess around and invent new ways of distributing management use tried and tested method so that most vulnerable get the greater support and protection. an eu agency has warned that europe is on course for its worst drought in at least 500 years. in a new report, the global drought observatory says two thirds of the continent is under some form of alert. gareth barlow has more details. from increasingly empty reservoirs to rivers, the drought in europe is gripping almost the entire continent and for 15 countries, including france, spain and ireland, the uk and moldova, the situation continues to get worse. 47% of the territory remains in drought warning and this means precipitation has been less unusual and soil moisture is in deficit,

precipitation has been less than usual and soil moisture is in deficit, 17% is in alert condition. from distribution issues for drinking water in france to rising numbers of wildfires and warnings of risks of keeping nuclear power stations cool, the report warns almost all of europe's rivers has dried to some extent and as the rains fail to fall, the harvests are also falling, putting further pressure on rising prices and the cost of living. according to scientists, it remains warmer and drier in the western mediterranean regions until november and it appears to be the worst drought at least in 500 years. as the summer slowly slips by, the warning is that autumn will not bring an instant reprieve, meaning reservoirs like this one in spain are not expected to fill any time soon.

some breaking news just some breaking newsjust coming in to us about the killing of nine—year—old olivia pratt—korbel in liverpool on monday night. detectives have arrested a man in connection with the shooting. a35—year—old man suspected to be the target of the shooting has been detained in hospital on present recall after breaching the terms of his licence. he will be recalled to prison to serve the remainder of his licence and will be questioned in connection with the murder. officers attended olivia's house at 10pm on monday after reports a man had a gun inside the property, resulting in the death of nine—year—old olivia

and injuring her mother. we now know that one man was being chased by another man, when olivia's mother opened the door to see what the noise was, the gunman pursued the other man into their home or tried to pursue the other man into their home and in the following gun fire, shot olivia, fatally wounding her and also shooting her mother and another man. detectives investigating the murder of olivia pratt—korbel on monday and liverpool have arrested a man in connection with their investigation. that news just coming into us, i'm checking to see if any more details are arriving but that is all the information we have at the moment. a statement from detective chief inspector mark baker who says our inquiries continue into the shocking murder of olivia

anti—says police are supporting their family as they try to come to terms with this tragedy. he said he would like to echo the words of the chief constable appealing for the community to keep helping this family, he says we will continue to do all we can to take those involved in gun crime the streets. he says this is not the time for anyone who knows who was responsible to stay silent. now we will return to our top story. ukraine is marking the 31st anniversary of the country's independence from the soviet union today — and six months since the russian invasion. i'm joined now by oleksiy goncharenko who is the mp for odesa. he is in the capital, kyiv. thank you forjoining us today and before we begin by talking about what's happening in odesa, grain exports and so forth, i can see you are

dressed in the traditional shirt to mark independence day, so tell me about what it's like in kyiv.- about what it's like in kyiv. thank ou for about what it's like in kyiv. thank you for your— about what it's like in kyiv. thank you for your congratulations - about what it's like in kyiv. thank you for your congratulations and l you for your congratulations and yes, this is a symbolic date for us, a special independence day because to date ukraine is fighting for our independence but also for our common values. i'm staying near kyiv in a town called borrowed anchor and you see in the background there is destroyed buildings and they are all around here, you will see how severely this area suffered and today this is a group of parliamentarians from many countries of europe including the uk, represented by tom tugendhat and our foreign affairs relation committee and for us it's important to seek disunity around ukraine because this

is a war for disunity around ukraine because this is a warfor our disunity around ukraine because this is a war for our independence but also about survival of the free world, is the free world strong enough to stop dictators like putin, to defend the security of its citizens? that is the question today and ukrainians are doing everything possible to say yes to these. irate and ukrainians are doing everything possible to say yes to these. we see the destruction _ possible to say yes to these. we see the destruction yet _ possible to say yes to these. we see the destruction yet are _ possible to say yes to these. we see the destruction yet are reminded - the destruction yet are reminded that at the beginning of this or we were told russia's aim was to take the campaign within a matter of days yet clearly that isn't the case. six months on, do you believe ukraine is now in a situation facing a very lengthy war? it now in a situation facing a very lengthy war?— lengthy war? it is possible. i cannot respond _ lengthy war? it is possible. i cannot respond and - lengthy war? it is possible. i cannot respond and tell - lengthy war? it is possible. i cannot respond and tell you| lengthy war? it is possible. i - cannot respond and tell you that i know the war will finish in three months or six months or one year, i don't know. it looks like a war of attrition now and putin is

continuing and hoping for winter but the best russian general is winter and always russians count on winter and always russians count on winter and hope that will help them. now they hope during winter disunity around ukraine will collapse and there will be some problems in other countries. putin is weapon rising everything, food by blocking the black sea, nuclear energy at the zaporizhzhia power plant and also energy and winter is most suitable for this but i hope we will be strong enough to understand the only way back to reality from this war is ukrainian victor ray. the only way back to international law and order is full liberation of ukrainian territories.— is full liberation of ukrainian territories. ., ,, ., territories. please talk to us about our territories. please talk to us about your home — territories. please talk to us about your home city _

territories. please talk to us about your home city odesa _ territories. please talk to us about your home city odesa and - territories. please talk to us about your home city odesa and the - territories. please talk to us about | your home city odesa and the grain exports. what is the latest you can tell us about the situation? almost eve da tell us about the situation? almost every day new _ tell us about the situation? almost every day new chips _ tell us about the situation? almost every day new chips are _ tell us about the situation? almost every day new chips are arriving . tell us about the situation? almost| every day new chips are arriving and leaving and that is good but putin is doing everything to slow down the process. we were sure about this from the first moment and because of his actions now probably in august we will make... by the way, i can hear the error rate signal, i don't know if you are hearing it in the background, so we will make in august one million geometric tonnes but before invasion ukraine made 5 million metric tonnes through the black sea and we can do 3 million tonnes now with all the restrictions of the green deal but you can see how this corridor works on only 30% so its possible effectiveness and more should be done by the world to

make rusher respect the deal and increase shipments to those people who are starving and also decrease prices in the world for food. oleksiy goncharenko, thank you for talking to us. the former head of security at the social media company twitter has accused the platform of hiding negligent practices, misleading federal regulators about its safety, and failing to properly estimate the number of spam accounts in operation. peiter zatko's whistle—blowing testimony, which has been given to the us authorities, could have serious consequences. our cyber reporterjoe tidyjoins me now. peiter zatko is a classic case of poacher turned gamekeeper, former hacker then head of security for twitter. tell us more about what he's saying. twitter. tell us more about what he's saying-—

twitter. tell us more about what he's saying. peiter zatko is a very well respected — he's saying. peiter zatko is a very well respected white _ he's saying. peiter zatko is a very well respected white hat - he's saying. peiter zatko is a very well respected white hat hacker. he's saying. peiter zatko is a very i well respected white hat hacker who has been in the game for decades and is known more commonly as his hacker handle mudge and he was head of security for two years which ended in january security for two years which ended injanuary and he has security for two years which ended in january and he has filed security for two years which ended injanuary and he has filed a complaint about security lapses at twitter and in a document published by the washington post and the cnn yesterday, 82 pages, he lets all the things twitter has been doing it wrong with security. the top things were the fact most employees at the company seem to have access to the keys to the castle of twitter so back control panel that can access everyone's twitter account and basically change things and we saw a big hat in 2020 where hackers got hold of that control panel and took over at high profile accounts like barack obama, joe biden, bill gates and other celebrities into what was

and other celebrities into what was an attempt to scam lots of people out of bitcoin. other problems are hundreds of thousands of servers according to mudge are out of date with their software so they have lower security protocols and he said they are failing to properly delete customer data so if you wanted to cancel your twitter account and delete your profile, according to peiter zatko the company does not know where that data goes on the other serious allegation is twitter has accepted the hiring of the indian government employees as part of their staff. indian government employees as part of their staff-— eurotunnel says its le shuttle services are now back to normal after passengers were stranded for hours inside the channel tunnel yesterday evening. footage captured from those caught up in the disruption showed le shuttle passengers walking through the emergency service tunnel — having had to abandon their vehicles on the train. the train was evacuated after its alarm went off

while travelling from calais to folkestone in kent. the passengers were transferred to a replacement train after several hours. some of those affected complained, describing poor communication with the public address system not working properly. a eurotunnel spokesman said such incidents were unusual but not exceptional. i'm joined now by mike harrison, who was stuck in the channel tunnel along with his wife and three children. quite the journey. tell us quite thejourney. tell us how quite the journey. tell us how it began. quite the “ourney. tell us how it bean. ~ , quite the “ourney. tell us how it bean. , ., ., ., began. we set off from that dordogne at about 5am — began. we set off from that dordogne at about 5am hoping _ began. we set off from that dordogne at about 5am hoping to _ began. we set off from that dordogne at about 5am hoping to get _ began. we set off from that dordogne at about 5am hoping to get back - began. we set off from that dordogne at about 5am hoping to get back to . at about 5am hoping to get back to britain at about 4pm because my son had rugby training so we set off early, everything was going well, got to calais in good time and got on the 350, then lights flickered and the train stopped. 50

on the 350, then lights flickered and the train stopped.— and the train stopped. so ten minutes into _ and the train stopped. so ten minutes into the _ and the train stopped. so ten minutes into the journey, - and the train stopped. so ten| minutes into the journey, and and the train stopped. so ten - minutes into the journey, and when did you hear what was going on? i smelt a burning smell, little burning smell when it stopped and i thought this doesn't smell sound good. nick comments about the tannoy system were accurate because we could hardly hear the announcements because they were so faint on the microphone so we didn't really hear the first announcement and then we tried to listen to the second. they were obviously trying to look at the train and see if they could see a problem which they couldn't find. they spent a good r and a half looking for the fault which was triggered, there was obviously an issue but an alarm system was triggered but they couldn't find it, they reset it and then set it going again and five minutes later it conked out again so we had the same

situation where they had to investigate the fault again and then after about an hour and a half they couldn't find the thought. that was when people _ couldn't find the thought. that was when people were _ couldn't find the thought. that was when people were told _ couldn't find the thought. that was when people were told to - couldn't find the thought. that was when people were told to get - couldn't find the thought. that was when people were told to get out l couldn't find the thought. that was | when people were told to get out of their cars and walk. ther;r when people were told to get out of their cars and walk.— their cars and walk. they said we will ut their cars and walk. they said we will put you _ their cars and walk. they said we will put you on — their cars and walk. they said we will put you on a _ their cars and walk. they said we will put you on a new _ their cars and walk. they said we will put you on a new train - their cars and walk. they said we will put you on a new train and i their cars and walk. they said we i will put you on a new train and you have to walk across through the escape tunnels into the communication service tunnel. were ou communication service tunnel. were you worried — communication service tunnel. were you worried at _ communication service tunnel. were you worried at that _ communication service tunnel. were you worried at that stage? _ communication service tunnel. were you worried at that stage? it - communication service tunnel. were you worried at that stage? it was - communication service tunnel. were you worried at that stage? it was a l you worried at that stage? it was a bit frustrating, _ you worried at that stage? it was a bit frustrating, it _ you worried at that stage? it was a bit frustrating, it was _ you worried at that stage? it was a bit frustrating, it was hot - you worried at that stage? it was a bit frustrating, it was hot and - you worried at that stage? it was a bit frustrating, it was hot and we i bit frustrating, it was hot and we had to wait at the end of the train were some of the carriages were in the air conditioning wasn't working as well so people were getting fractious and stressed, if you people are having a minor panic attacks. i think there was a eurotunnel staff member as well so it all happened. hour eurotunnel staff member as well so it all happened-— it all happened. how did the rest of the journey — it all happened. how did the rest of the journey go? _ it all happened. how did the rest of the journey go? how _ it all happened. how did the rest of the journey go? how long - it all happened. how did the rest of the journey go? how long was - it all happened. how did the rest of the journey go? how long was it. thejourney go? how long was it between getting off that train and

getting on another train? brute between getting off that train and getting on another train? we were about six and _ getting on another train? we were about six and a _ getting on another train? we were about six and a half— getting on another train? we were about six and a half hours - getting on another train? we were about six and a half hours in - getting on another train? we were about six and a half hours in total| about six and a half hours in total from getting on the train to getting into folkestone. we walked about ten or 15 minutes in the service tunnel to get onto the train. there was also an issue with the second train because we were on a freight train and i don't think it had enough weight so we started going on that train but ten minutes later we stopped and by that point everyone was sick, what's going on here and apparently they didn't have enough weight in the train to put traction on the rails so at that point we thought what is going on but we eventually got back to the terminal at about 10pm. fishd eventually got back to the terminal at about 10pm— at about 10pm. and now rugby trainin: at about 10pm. and now rugby training after— at about 10pm. and now rugby training after that _ at about 10pm. and now rugby training after that lengthy - at about 10pm. and now rugby - training after that lengthy journey. training after that lengthyjourney. mike, thank you for sharing your experiences. mike harrison, who with his family was among the people

stuck in the eurotunnel yesterday. let's return to that breaking news in relation to the killing of nine—year—old olivia pratt—korbel in liverpool. police have made an arrest in connection with the case and we cannot go to liverpool and are north of england reporter rowan bridge who was at the scene of the shooting. police are still looking for the gunman, aren't they? this arrest is not the suspected gunman. that's right, in fact they have repeated their appeal for anyone who knows who the gunman is to come forward and said this is not the time to remain silent. the arrest is the 35—year—old who police suspect was the target of the attack. he has been detained in hospitalfor breaching the terms of his licence and will be recalled to prison and

will be further questioned in connection with the murder. he remains in a stable condition in hospital, i understand he has injuries to his torso and legs and will be questioned in connection to the shooting by police.— the shooting by police. police are still looking _ the shooting by police. police are still looking for _ the shooting by police. police are still looking for a _ the shooting by police. police are still looking for a public _ the shooting by police. police are still looking for a public health i the shooting by police. police are still looking for a public health in | still looking for a public health in tracking down the person who fired the gun, they appealed to the public to not be nervous about coming forward and appealed to members of the criminal community to give up this person, are they saying any more about that?— this person, are they saying any more about that? they have basically re eated more about that? they have basically repeated those _ more about that? they have basically repeated those appeals. _ more about that? they have basically repeated those appeals. there - more about that? they have basically repeated those appeals. there is - repeated those appeals. there is some police activity behind me, we have seen officers in france at costumes doing a fingertip search of the house where the shooting took place and the local community centre around the corner opened at 9am and they have offered to be a conduit for information for people who may feel too scared to approach police directly. they said people can

approach them and they will forward information anonymously. we understand our name has been put forward by members of the public and passed to police but they also appealed to the criminal community to come forward with information. they say this with a targeted attack and was linked to organised crime so they appealed for those in the organised crime community to come forward with information. they believe somebody holds the key to this and they are desperate for that information. this and they are desperate for that information-— this and they are desperate for that information. ., ,, , ., ., , information. thank you, so to recap, olice information. thank you, so to recap, police searching _ information. thank you, so to recap, police searching for _ information. thank you, so to recap, police searching for the _ information. thank you, so to recap, police searching for the person - police searching for the person responsible for shooting and killing nine—year—old olivia pratt—korbel are still searching for that individual but a man believed to be the target of the gunman has been arrested for breaching the terms of his release from prison. the time in the uk is 10:48am.

researchers say the dugong — a marine mammal also known as the gentle giant of the sea — is now extinct in china. they have been over—hunted, and the sea grass they feed on has been destroyed. the scientists behind the study say it's a devastating blow for the animals — a cousin of the manatee which are classed as vulnerable on the international species red list. joining me now is professor samuel turvey, professor at the institute of zoology at the zoological society of london, and co—author of the study. it's really sad when you hear about an animal like this and we are talking about what described as a functional extinction in china, in other words not enough of the species to allow it to survive. it’s species to allow it to survive. it's an absolute _ species to allow it to survive. it�*s an absolute tragedy. there is so much bad news in the world at the moment but as this shows we are continuing to have environmental bad news as well and we are experiencing this progressive depletion of biodiversity and the health and

status of global ecosystems and this is unfortunately another flight this problem is happening. the is unfortunately another flight this problem is happening. the dugong was both huntin: problem is happening. the dugong was both hunting and _ problem is happening. the dugong was both hunting and damage _ problem is happening. the dugong was both hunting and damage to _ problem is happening. the dugong was both hunting and damage to the - both hunting and damage to the environment in which it would live. yes and this highlights the complexity of unpicking exactly what causes extinction. this species was hunted in china quite heavily in the middle decades of the 20th century which depleted the population a lot but subsequent to that it was the degradation of the habitat it needs which dealt the final blow so in recent decades there has been increasing desperate relation of marine seas around china and many other parts of the world increasing land modification and things like sewage run—off, fertiliser run—off which has the effect of impacting the seagrass beds which dugongs need to feed on because the seagrass

needs shallow clear water to photosynthesise and if you have pollutants entering the system then that makes the water much murkier so not enough light can penetrate and thatis not enough light can penetrate and that is a major factor in the loss of the seagrass beds of the seas of southern china which in the absence of those there was nothing for the dugong to feed on.— dugong to feed on. where else do the live? dugong to feed on. where else do they live? they — dugong to feed on. where else do they live? they are _ dugong to feed on. where else do they live? they are still _ dugong to feed on. where else do they live? they are still found - dugong to feed on. where else do they live? they are still found it i they live? they are still found it relatively widely _ they live? they are still found it relatively widely across - they live? they are still found it relatively widely across tropical| relatively widely across tropical and subtropical seas from eastern africa to some pacific islands but they are fragmented and a lot of these populations are under pressure. what we see in china is like the that we want to avoid in other shallow marine systems around the world, this unsustainable tension between human activities and activities and biodiversity and local communities need to be able to use those resources as well but there must be a win—win solution to

support biodiversity and well—being. the china situation is the canary in the coal mine. is there any possibility or ambition to reintroduce them to those waters of the chinese coast at any point in the chinese coast at any point in the future?— the future? that's certainly not bein: the future? that's certainly not being considered _ the future? that's certainly not being considered yet. - the future? that's certainly not being considered yet. at - the future? that's certainly not being considered yet. at the i the future? that's certainly not i being considered yet. at the moment the main issue is to try to protect and consider how best to restore in future they shallow marine ecosystems which are heavily impacted by so many factors. the dugong is the flagship species which could indicate in future those systems are healthy again but we are very far off being able to do anything like that, at the moment it's raising the alarm and saying this indicates how damaged these systems are. this indicates how damaged these systems are-— this indicates how damaged these systems are. this indicates how damaged these s stems are. ., ,, , . ., systems are. thank you very much for talkin: to systems are. thank you very much for talking to us — systems are. thank you very much for talking to us and _ systems are. thank you very much for talking to us and good _ systems are. thank you very much for talking to us and good luck— systems are. thank you very much for talking to us and good luck with i

talking to us and good luck with your work, talking to us and good luck with yourwork, professor talking to us and good luck with your work, professor samuel turvey. house of the dragon, the prequel to game of thrones, has become hbo's most—watched series premiere in the network's history. nearly ten million people in the us tuned into watch the premiere last weekend with reports of crashes due to high demand on hbo's streaming platform. the epic fantasy drama is already making headlines due to some controversial scenes, however it will face stiff competition from amazon's upcoming lord of the rings prequel due for release later this year. asia romano is culture staff writer and reporterfor vox. here's what she made it. you know, i think it's very similar to game of thrones in many ways. but i think it also goes a lot deeper on the politics. there was no big, big battle, which i think most people associate game of thrones with fights and battle scenes. but instead, they had a controversial childbirth scene. it was sort of filmed like a horror narrative. and i think that's about right.

and they also wanted it to have kind of overt political commentary, given the recent repeal of roe versus wade. and i think they were aware of that when they were writing the script and wanted that that political connection to be there. so, you know, obviously, you might be aware that many people were disappointed in the ending of game of thrones, in the season finale of the series finale, there was a lot riding on that in terms of story and plot and you know, who won, etc. so a lot of people had sort of low expectations going into this series, but i think overall expectations have been met and people are really pleased. the showrunners for this series were writers who were very popular from game of thrones. so i think people have a lot of faith in them, and so far they seem to be delivering. that's asia romano from vox. a student nurse who went missing seven weeks ago has been found safe and well. police say 24—year—old owami davies was located

in hampshire after a tip—off from a member of the public. scotland yard said it would now review its investigation, along with essex police. a tennis fan is suing the australian player nick kyrgios for defamation after he accused her of being drunk at last month's wimbledon final. kyrgios, who lost to novak djokovic, complained to the umpire about anna palus, claiming that she looked like she'd had about 700 drinks. ms palus described the accusation as baseless. and finally, to possibly the world's most picturesque location to windsurf. switzerland's lake silvaplana played host to the 45th edition of the engadin windsurf marathon. 250 windsurfers took to the water in a one hour race, with the winner completing the most laps. they were competing in a particular class of windsurfing which will be part of the olympic programme for the first time at the paris olympics in 202a.

today, it's goodbye from me. hello again. some of us have got off to a wet start this morning, but all of us to a humid one. but temperatures fell away a lot lower than they did on the 19th ofjuly this summer. the met office has just confirmed that this temperature of 26.8 celsius in sherborne model farm in oxfordshire is the highest minimum temperature ever recorded in a 24—hour period in the uk. now you can see the humidity across us, but as the weather front sinks south, we start to import today some fresher conditions in across western scotland and also northern ireland. and this is the weather front. it's produced some heavy rain this morning. still some heavy rain on it, but it's cleared most of scotland and northern ireland through the afternoon. so it'll brighten up

and across southern england where we had a cloudy start with some spots of drizzle here too, brightening up with the odd shower. but you can see the fresher conditions across the north and the west. we're looking at highs 15 to about 22 degrees come further south it's going to be hot and humid, 29 or 30, quite possible somewhere in east anglia. now, this weather front with us tonight will tend to fragment, the rain in it turning more patchy. there'll be a lot of dry conditions and clear conditions as well. and then we've got this system coming up across the english channel into the south east of england. that's going to be heavy thundery downpours still humid in the far southeast, fresher as we push further north and west. so if we pick up that heavy thundery rain first thing in the morning, you can see the track we expect it to take through kent for example, towards cambridgeshire. east anglia, could clip the east midlands as well. the western extent still open to a bit of question, but through the course of the morning and certainly into the afternoon,

we'll see that move away then lot of dry weather and a bit of sunshine around, but clouding over across western scotland and also northern ireland where a new weather fronts arriving. and here we will see some showers. temperatures 15 to 2a degrees, we'll start off humid in the south but will freshen up through the day. into friday we've got this weather front moving across, bringing some showery outbreaks of rain. this system coming in from the atlantic over the weekend giving us a real headache. now, the positioning of this could change. we think it's going to bring rain into the north, especially scotland. further south, it will be drier, but the temperatures is also going to be fresher.

this is bbc news. i'm joanna gosling. the killing of nine year old, olivia pratt—korbel in liverpool. police have this morning made an arrest the man who was the suspected target of the shooting. on the streets of liverpool investigations are continuing as detectives hunt for olivia pratt—korbel�*s killer. i'm in liverpool with the latest on the rest. ukraine is on high alert as it marks the anniversary of its independence — exactly six months after

the russian invasion. as they reach this milestone, refugees here in the uk speak about how their lives have changed beyond recognition. it was amazing how many people opened their houses and invited us. one in three young people from poorer backgrounds in england are not in any form of sustained education, apprenticeship or employment five years after they finish their gcses, according to analysis by education more than three million households in england and wales were still waiting for their £150 energy rebate at the beginning of last month. a former twitter executive turns whistleblower to testify that the firm misled users and regulators about gaps in its security. welcome to bbc news.

let's start with some breaking news this hour. detectives investigating the murder of nine—year—old olivia pratt—korbel on monday night have arrested a man, who was suspected to have been the target of the shooting. olivia pratt—korbel was shot as she stood behind her mother who was trying to stop the gunman from forcing his way into their house. police have been given the name of a suspect by two different sources and are urging anyone with information to come forward. let's go straight to liverpool and our north of england reporter, rowan bridge. 35—year—old man suspected of being the target of the attack was detained in hospitalfor breaching his licence and police say he will return to prison to serve the remainder of his licence and will be further questioned in regards to the shooting of olivia. he is in a stable condition in hospital with wounds to his torso and legs. police

have said this is not the time for people to remain silent, they are still asking for people to come forward with in information. the local community centre opened around nine o'clock this morning and has offered to be a conflict to people who do not want to go to the police directly and it has offered to pass on information anonymously and two people have come forward and given the same name which has been passed on to the police. what is the wider reaction in the community to what has happened here? there is shark, there is fear. people are scared, and the police acknowledge that. we have seen an increased police presence in the community around here especially after the news conference yesterday when the details of exactly what happened to moate and her random the death of this nine—year—old was. that is really made people scared. it is noticeably quiet around here this morning and we have seen people

laying flowers and teddy bears and balloons yesterday but very few people around today. the only activity really has been police forensics officers behind me and that the host with the shooting took place conducting a fingertip search looking for information which may lead them to information on the killing of nine—year—old olivia. i'm nowjoined by the political editor of the liverpool echo, liam thorp. we were hearing the concerns around people coming forward and perhaps naming suspects and we know two people of separately named one suspect. tell us more about the fears of people in coming forward. it is an issue that liverpool had and other cities have and in some areas there is this idea of an anti—grass culture but also a lot of

intimidation. if these criminal gangs are operating in an area and intimidating people, these are people willing to run around and sprayed bullets at family homes and are ruthless individuals and people will obviously be scared as well. as we have said in the liverpool eckel and city leaders have said it is a moment to choose who saved you were on and this goes out to people involved in the criminal underworld as well. i am on the side —— are you on the side of somebody somebody willing to shoot into a house and leave a nine—year—old girl dying on the floor on the side of a family trying to come to terms with the tragic loss?— tragic loss? what is the scale of an. tragic loss? what is the scale of gang membership? _ tragic loss? what is the scale of gang membership? it _ tragic loss? what is the scale of gang membership? it is - tragic loss? what is the scale of gang membership? it is large . tragic loss? what is the scale of. gang membership? it is large and tragic loss? what is the scale of- gang membership? it is large and a real problem _ gang membership? it is large and a real problem and _ gang membership? it is large and a real problem and police _ gang membership? it is large and a real problem and police spent i gang membership? it is large and a real problem and police spent a i gang membership? it is large and a real problem and police spent a lot| real problem and police spent a lot of time and resources trying to break up these gangs. a colleague of mine is out on raids in the dingle

area on the south of the city which is linked to a different shooting. the death of olivia is the fourth killing in a region in the course of a week, three involving guns. we have seen an explosion in gun violence in recent weeks and across the summer it seems to have bobbled over and some of this is playing out in the streets which is a real issue because as we are seeing in the most horrendous circumstances incredibly innocent people get caught up in the crossfire and that is happening in the worst possible way here with olivia. it the worst possible way here with olivia. , , ~ the worst possible way here with olivia. , , ,, ., ., olivia. it is shocking to hear the situation with _ olivia. it is shocking to hear the situation with olivia _ olivia. it is shocking to hear the situation with olivia has - olivia. it is shocking to hear the situation with olivia has hit i olivia. it is shocking to hear the situation with olivia has hit the| situation with olivia has hit the headlines because of the extreme nature of what happened there that is a fourth killing in one week, the stuff people locally are very aware of and presumably very frightened of but it doesn't necessarily go beyond local headlines. in terms of this

being a moment that might be transformative, what is the sense? it is obviously a strange and tragic coincidence that the killing happened on the 15th anniversary of the death of rhys happened on the 15th anniversary of the death of rhstones, another child tragically caught up in gang violence and that was a watershed moment for liverpool following his death and there were initiatives put in place and will work to foster that sense of community and the community fighting back against the scourge of gang violence and i think we will see something similar liverpool no. everyone is saying enough is enough, this is a brilliant and proud and vibrant city full of solidarity and it will come together and in the way needs to that will happen if these people are brought to justice and communities are vital in making sure that happens. are vital in making sure that happens-— are vital in making sure that ha ens, ., , ., , i , happens. tackling gangs doesn't 'ust come down to — happens. tackling gangs doesn't 'ust

come down to policing, i happens. tackling gangs doesn't 'ust come down to policing, it i happens. tackling gangs doesn't 'ust come down to policing, it is i happens. tackling gangs doesn't 'ust come down to policing, it is a i happens. tackling gangs doesn'tjust come down to policing, it is a much l come down to policing, it is a much broader society issues around it. what sort of focus is there on trying to address those issues? i don't think it's necessarily the time to be very political about this but i think you have to look at some of those services cut in places like liverpool, particularly in the north of the city, vital youth services and other functions that organisations hard in terms of telling people on to better pass and breaking up gangs are not allowing young people particularly pass and the council and other groups are trying to work on that but there about hamstrung by funding cuts they have had it so you see more voluntary organisations and charities come together. that is what we saw after the death of rhys jones and i'm sure we will see it again. there are a lot of good people doing work in the city and i'm sure we will see it more than

ever no ukraine is marking the 31st anniversary of the country's independence from the soviet union today — and six months since the russian invasion. security is tight in the country, because of fears russia could step up its attacks. our ukraine correspondent, james waterhouse reports. as history has shown, the more russia tries to pull ukraine in, the stronger people's sense of identity becomes. on the outskirts of kyiv, this factory used to make hotel uniforms. now it's flags — lots of them. translation: these are very dear colours to us. _ every ukrainian feels these colours and we see them in everything — in the sky, in wheat. we have been making flags every day for the past few months.

this gives us pleasure and joy, because our work is useful. ok, so welcome to the wednesday meeting and can everybody be off their laptops for the meeting, thank you. another symbol of ukrainian defiance is here at the kyiv independent, an english—language news site set up weeks before the invasion. within days, their online following went from tens of thousands to millions. its editor describes it as the voice of ukraine and the world's window into it. we are of course all very much aware of the sacrifice that it took to get us all here to this independence day _ and thousands of people who were killed, both civilians and military. i think it's probably the most important independence day that we will see in our lives. on this day last year, president zelensky donned his now unfamiliar dark suit, with his military putting on this show of strength. russia had already started to gather

troops on the border. and ukraine's resilience would soon face the ultimate test. this is the same square today, with rows of captured or destroyed russian tanks in what is a display of defiance. but how independent is ukraine, with the russians now occupying a fifth of this country, and it being almost completely reliant on weapons from the west? for one former president, who campaigned against russian influence, sovereignty is notjust about weapons and territory. translation: for me, first of all, the benchmark of independence i is the strength of spirit, the power of national spirit. today, i can say with confidence that 42 million ukrainians speak in one voice, and that allows us to face any enemy, including russia. this independence day poses some

difficult realities — criticisms over why ukraine didn't act on warnings from the west, and the country's continued dependence for help to stay independent. james waterhouse, bbc news in kyiv. president zelensky has issued a rallying cry to the ukrainian people, saying victory is the only way for the war to end. translation: we only care about our land. i we will fight for it until the end. we have been holding strong for six months. it's tough, but we have clenched our fists and we are fighting for our destiny. every new day is a reason not to give up. after such a long journey, we do not have the right not to go on to the end. what is the end of the war for us? we used to say peace. now we say victory. we will not seek an understanding with the terrorists. james heappey is the uk's

ministerfor armed forces. he was adamant that support for ukraine must continue. i was in estonia yesterday where they feel that the belligerence and threat from russia. more than anyone in europe bar ukraine. they can see it needs to keep going, we need to support ukraine. there is no easy fix for this. if we let russia off the hook, remove our support for ukraine, remove the sanctions, thatt does not all of a sudden bring europe back to where it was 18 months ago, does not bring the cost of living back to where it was 18 months ago. putin has shown he will use russian gas supply as a lever over europe to get his will. and here the latest from our correspondent hugo bachega who's in kyiv. it is a very different independence day here in ukraine today. we're here on the main street in the city centre, not very far from independence square where political protests, political revolutions happen in this country. usually it is where the ukrainian military holds a massive military parade to celebrate independence day. not today. what we are seeing here is a display

of destroyed and seized russian military vehicles and tanks. there is a ban on public events here in the capital. they will not be any massive celebrations to mark independence day. that is because officials here believe russia could use this day to launch attacks against cities across the country. last night presidents zelensky again warned people in this country that russia could go ahead with provocations, with dirty strikes, in his words. just moments ago here in kyiv, the air raid sirens went off. another reminder of the conflict happening in this country. kyiv is away from the front lines but the war is obviously in everybody�*s minds. thousands of people have been killed, a third of the population has been displaced, cities across the country have destroyed. the conflict seems to be at a deadlock, there is no prospect of peace negotiations. today here, independence day, despite the warnings, people say there is apprehension but not fear.

the headlines on bbc news... the killing of nine year old, olivia pratt—korbel in liverpool — police have this morning made an arrest — the man who was the suspected target of the shooting. ukraine is on high alert as it marks the anniversary of its independence — exactly six months after the russian invasion. one in three young people from poorer backgrounds in england are not in any form of sustained education, apprenticeship or employment five years after they finish their gcses, according to analysis by education charity, teach first.

millions of customers in the south of england are waking up to a hosepipe ban this morning. thames waterjoins five other water companies which have already brought in similar action in areas across england and wales — due to the dry, hot weather this summer. and in the continent, an eu agency has warned that europe is on course for its worst drought in at least 500 years. in a new report, the global drought observatory says two thirds of the continent is under some form of alert. gareth barlow has more details. from increasingly empty reservoirs, to rivers, the drought in europe is gripping almost the entire continent and for 15 countries, including france, spain and ireland, the uk and moldova, the situation continues to get worse. 47% of the territory remains in drought warning and this means precipitation has been less unusual and soil moisture is in deficit, 17% is in alert condition.

from distribution issues for drinking water in france to rising numbers of wildfires and warnings of risks of keeping nuclear power stations cool, the warns almost all of europe's rivers has dried to some extent and as the rains fail to fall, the harvests are also falling, putting further pressure on rising prices and the cost of living. according to commission scientists, it remains warmer and drier in the western regions until november and it appears to be the worst, at least in 500 years. as the summer slowly slips by, the warning is that autumn will not bring an instant reprieve meaning reservoirs like this one in spain are not expected to fill any time soon. gareth barlow, bbc news. the gap between scottish public sector spending and tax revenue narrowed significantly

in the second year of the pandemic, according to figures published this morning. spending by all levels of government in, and on behalf of scotland last financial year fell slightly from the first year of covid ran to £97.5bn, while tax revenue rose by eleven billion pounds, to nearly £74 billion the notional government deficit ran at 23 point 8 billion pounds, or nearly an eighth of the scottish economy — which is double the scale of the uk's public sector deficit. fish and chip shop owners say they're struggling with the rising cost of ingredients with sunflower oil coming from ukraine and fish from russia. some are now reducing their opening hours to help keep energy costs down.

robin markwell reports. over the past 12 months price of cod has almost doubled and gas and electricity bills are almost five times what they at this chip shop near weston—super—mare there almost breaking even. people were coming and to spend their money and they were on far low and fish and chips might not be top of the priorities that they have on a friday night. some fish and chip shops are putting up the prices to stay afloat in this family who are stating and the phonogram here have noticed —— staying in a caravan here have noticed the difference. it is costin: have noticed the difference. it is costing the _ have noticed the difference. it is costing the four _ have noticed the difference. it is costing the four of _ have noticed the difference. it 3 costing the four of us more and we have noticed this since easter. ii have noticed this since easter. if you increase your prices too much you increase your prices too much you drive your customers away. we had to increase our prices to three

times this year. hopefully not again but business has dropped by about 30% but we are still going. here but business has dropped by about 3096 but we are still going. here as in so many — 3096 but we are still going. here as in so many other— 3096 but we are still going. here as in so many other places _ 3096 but we are still going. here as in so many other places they i 3096 but we are still going. here as in so many other places they have l in so many other places they have had to reduce the hours the opening to cut costs. fish and chips on the beach is really very hard to beat but how long is the traditional british chippy going to be with us? the industry is now warning that everything that makes up this classic british dish is going up massively in price. over the last 12 months the price of cod has almost doubled, the conflict in ukraine has seen the cost of sunflower oil soar up by half and more, and gas and electricity is now five to six times what it was. at this chip shop at sam bay near weston—super—mare they're onlyjust breaking even and this is meant to be their busiest time of year. this is worse than the pandemic. people were coming in to spend their money, they furloughed, people had money in their pockets but people are penny—pinching so fish and chips might not be top of their priorities on a friday night. some restaurants are putting up their prices to stay afloat and this family have been spending their week at the caravan have noticed the difference.

eating out in general is costing a lot more. £15 for four of us more, eating out, and we've noticed it since easter. it's a delicate balancing act for the fresh fryers. if you increase prices too much, you drive customers away. just ask at the bishopston fish bar. we have had to increase our prices two or three times this year already, hopefully not again, but it has dropped business by about 30% but we are still going. here, as in so many other places, they have had to reduce hours they are open to cut costs. 66% of shops have reduced their opening hours to reduce costs, if you're not open you're not using as much electric, don't need as many staff, so they reduce staffing levels by about four people on average and unfortunately this situation is potentially an extinction event for small businesses like nothing we've seen before. the government is being lobbied by chip shops for help with electricity bills and a vat reduction. they've secured a meeting this week. whoever becomes our next prime minister might also have to add saving the chippy to a lengthening to do list. as we've been hearing — today marks six months since russia began its full—scale invasion of ukraine, prompting the biggest refugee crises of modern times. here in the uk, around 115,00 ukrainians are rebuilding their lives — many staying with host families. jon kay has been to one village in somerset to meet some of them.

2000 miles from ukraine, the somerset village of oak hill, now home to dozens of refugees. do you want to come on in? robin's front room is no longer his own. just through here. so, here we have our family, what we've got over from the ukraine. so the head of the family is natasha. hi, hello, i'mjon, nice to meet you. this isjon. so there is natasha, her daughter, and her grandchildren, who have moved in, and their cousins are all staying next door. what do you think of this place, of this village of oak hill and the welcome you've had? i was amazed how many people open their houses, and invite us. robin and his wife sue were among the first in the village to offer their home. it's a lovely sound to hear children playing and laughing. _ that's, that's the best gift. and knowing what they've come from as well, what you've been able to give them? yes, absolutely, yes. sue and robin's generosity means tania can feel safe again. but opening up their home has not been straightforward. it's been a lot harder. it's been a lot harder than what we thought. how? we knew there would be some extra work looking after them and, when they first came, there was a lot of extra work because we were ferrying them here, there and everywhere, get their bank accounts set up, sort out their mobile phone contracts,

to get set up so they can use their phone over here. bills have gone up inevitably, because you've got more people in the house. you get a bit of help from the government towards that. are you out of pocket? no, we're not out of pocket at the moment, we break even. children sing. local children have been learning about the war at school, and have written a special song which they performed in the village hall for their new neighbours. i feel sad for the people in ukraine and sorry for them but i also feel happy because we are supporting them. it's amazing making new friends i because really you just get to share everything with them and then you never know, they could i be your bff someday. we think about our relatives, about our country, every day. and hope for better. i found friends in oak hill, and i want to stay in touch with everyone in oak hill, especially with my hosts. for the ukrainians, and for their host families, the months ahead will undoubtedly see more challenges. but in this peaceful corner of somerset, there is a real determination to stick together and help out for as long as they're needed.

korrine sky is a medical student, who was studying in ukraine. she is the founder of the africans in ukraine education fund, helping african who were studying in ukraine to continue their education. thank you very much forjoining us. we were hearing in a report about solidarity in support of communities that have had to leave ukraine. tell us about your specific focus because

you were studying as an international student in ukraine, one of a number. what happened when the war broke out?— the war broke out? thank you for havin: the war broke out? thank you for having me- _ the war broke out? thank you for having me. when _ the war broke out? thank you for having me. when the _ the war broke out? thank you for having me. when the war - the war broke out? thank you for having me. when the war broke i the war broke out? thank you for. having me. when the war broke out, we had relatives to support and we couldn't find any information regarding how we would be able to leave ukraine and most of the information was mainly being given for ukrainian people so we kind of banded together as a community to help each other flee ukraine and we faced so many hurdles trying to leave ukraine, racism and violence now we have all managed to flee and we are all over different parts of europe, it feels as if the support thatis europe, it feels as if the support that is being given is being given mainly to ukrainian people and there has been a whole community of international students and people who are also part of the ukrainian

community that have been forgotten about so that is mainly why i want to raise awareness for people to know that. to raise awareness for people to know that-— to raise awareness for people to know that. ~' . ., , ., , know that. ukraine was a diverse community. _ know that. ukraine was a diverse community. it — know that. ukraine was a diverse community, it is _ know that. ukraine was a diverse community, it is like _ know that. ukraine was a diverse community, it is like the - know that. ukraine was a diverse community, it is like the uk. i know that. ukraine was a diverse j community, it is like the uk. you had people from all over the world who also well part of the community in ukraine and we have to community it might have to support —— might we have to support each other and the community. you said that people are in all different countries now, what is the situation?— is the situation? some have gone back to their _ is the situation? some have gone back to their home _ is the situation? some have gone back to their home country i is the situation? some have gone back to their home country and i is the situation? some have gone i back to their home country and some are in europe, and a number of the students who were studying in ukraine came from poverty to be quite honest with you and their families have sacrificed everything for them to be able to go to ukraine and study, and the idea of going back to africa was not an option for

them and they spent all the years in education which would have gone down the drain. the students who have gone back to the home countries, princess nigeria —— for instance nigeria, a number of universities have been on strike for several months and also issues trying to obtain transcripts from you from ukrainian universities to carry on. what you want is to continue the education to get the qualification and continue without under your belt and continue without under your belt and the rest of your lives. how much progress are you making and seeing that happen? itrier? progress are you making and seeing that happen?— that happen? very little. we have had very little _ that happen? very little. we have had very little support _ that happen? very little. we have had very little support as - that happen? very little. we have had very little support as a - had very little support as a community and there were a number of scholarships announced from universities all over the world and

when the students universities all over the world and when the stude as a of what level of trauma as a result of what she witnessed there and low having

to leave and uproot? it she witnessed there and low having to leave and uproot?— to leave and uproot? it was very traumatic- _ to leave and uproot? it was very traumatic. when _ to leave and uproot? it was very traumatic. when i— to leave and uproot? it was very traumatic. when i finally - to leave and uproot? it was very traumatic. when i finally got i to leave and uproot? it was very. traumatic. when i finally got back to the uk after seven days, every time i would hear an aeroplane i would feel like it was a bomb. it took me a long time to get over everything i'd witnessed in everything i'd witnessed in everything we experience there. then the loss of identity knowing the sacrifices i made to even move to ukraine to follow my dreams have gone down the ben, you are continuously reliving that over and over and over again and that is no hopein over and over again and that is no hope in sight. i over and over again and that is no hope in sight-— over and over again and that is no hope in sight. i very much hope you aet hope in sight. i very much hope you net to hope in sight. i very much hope you get to finish — hope in sight. i very much hope you get to finish your _ hope in sight. i very much hope you get to finish your education - hope in sight. i very much hope you get to finish your education soon i get to finish your education soon and you can move forward with your life. thank you very much indeed for joining us. now it's time for a look

at the weather with carol kirkwood. to the south and north of the weather front we are looking at dryer weather and we could hit 30 degrees in norwich. windy conditions across northern ireland and scotland. overnight the front weakens and the rain turns patchy and we have the next band of rain heavy and thundery across the south—east what it will remain human but fresher conditions as we push further north. this thundery rain will be with us in the morning, eventually clearing most early afternoon and a lot of dry weather, afternoon and a lot of dry weather, a fair bit of sunshine and cloud thickening with some showers out towards the north—west. here as well be looking at temperatures from 15 to 19 and temperatures up to 25. hello this is bbc news.

the headlines: the killing of nine—year—old, olivia pratt—korbel in liverpool, police have this morning made an arrest, the man who was the suspected target of the shooting. on the streets of liverpool, investigations are continuing as detectives continue to hunt for olivia pratt—korbel�*s killer. ukraine is on high alert as it marks the anniversary of its independence — exactly six months after the russian invasion. as they reach this milestone, refugees here in the uk speak about how their lives have changed beyond recognition. one in three young people from poorer backgrounds in england are not in any form of sustained education, apprenticeship or employment five years after they finish their gcses, according to analysis by education charity, teach first. more than three million households in england and wales were still waiting for their £150 energy rebate at the beginning of last month. a former twitter executive turns whistle—blower to testify that the firm misled users

and regulators about gaps in its security. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre. good morning. a month after winning the women's euros, attention for england is already turning to the world cup qualifiers and sarina wiegman has named her squad this morning to face austria and luxembourg. chloe kelly — who scored the winner in the final — misses out through injury, as does fran kirby, whilst jill scott and ellen white have retired in the last couple of days too. goalkeeper hannah hampton also misses out. she's replaced by manchester city's sandy mciver, who'll provide back—up to mary earps and ellie roebuck. jordan nobbs and katie zelem are recalled in midfield, whilst chelsea's laurenjames and houston's ebony salmon are brought in — having missed out in the summer. there's a huge night ahead for rangers — as they bid to reach the champions league group stage for the first time in a decade. they're in the netherlands to face psv eindhoven in the second leg of their playoff,

with the tie finely poised a 2—2. they will be without striker alfredo morelos. the colombian — who was sent off for the eighth time in his rangers career at the weekend — wasn't at training and has been left out of their squad for fitness and attitude reasons. senior players are believed to be in support of the decision. ijust think fit i just think fit and firing him for us is one of the most important players in the team and i think until you get back to that i don't think it's helping us as much as it can do. he's had a massive injury, probably big injury in his career and he is taking some time to come back from that will stop but need him to be fit and ready as much as possible because he's one of the best players in this team. it's ukraine's independence day, but six months to the day since the start of the russian invasion, there are no public events in the capital kyiv. on the sporting front though, a tiny semblance of normality has returned as the ukrainian premier league resumed for the first time since last season

was cancelled back in february. games are being played behind closed doors in kyiv, and elsewhere in the west of the country. the first game between shakhtar donestsk and metalist kharkiv took place yesterday afternoon — finishing goalless — and shakthar captain taras stepanenko says he hopes the match gave his country something to enjoy in these challenging times. we have a conversation about the situation, what do we do if something happened, ourfamilies are afraid about the situation. but yesterday everything was good, very good match. a good atmosphere, the pitch was unbelievable and we played good football stop so everybody... i can say that football is moving forward. i can say that football is moving forward. england have recalled ollie robinson

in place for matt potts in the only change to the team to face south africa in the second test match in manchester tomorrow. robinson hasn't played since being dropped in the winter in west indies with coaches questioning his fitness. ben stokes will lead the side again — having been praised for his openness on his mental health battles in a new documentary out this week. the man he replaced as test captain joe root says it speaks volume about his character. you forget how much he's been through in such a short space of time. and i think it's actually very brave as well to lay himself as bare as he has done at times, and very powerful for anyone watching to see someone who can at times look sort of superhuman and do things that other players around the world can't do. i think it shows great leadership, actually, to be able to put yourself out there and express some of the difficulties that you've had to go through. that's all the sport for now.

data obtained by the bbc shows that more than three million households in england and wales were still waiting for their 100 ——£150 energy rebate at the beginning of last month. most eligible people who pay their council tax by direct debit had received the money, but half of those that pay in other ways had not. ben boulos has more on this. this was one of a number of measures announced back in february to help people with their soaring bills. it is separate from the £400 energy bill discount on the way from october. this payment we are talking about comes in the form of a £150 energy rebate through your council tax for most households in england, scotland and wales. councils could start making the payments back in april with the promise that everybody would have it as soon as possible, everyone who was entitled to it. but using freedom of information requests, the bbc has found that more than three million households have still not received payment. people who pay their council tax by direct debit should have the money sent

to them automatically. we found that most people who pay this will have received the rebate. but, when it comes to those who pay in other ways, , a lot fewer have had the payment. less than half of those households in fact. consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith has been talking to families in liverpool, some of whom are still waiting for their cash. one, two, three. have either of you managed to get hold of the £150 yet? no, it's still at home. i got a letter the other day. it's on my to—do list, - sitting on top of my worktop for when i get home. yeah, i've had mine. i got mine automatically. nice surprise. if it doesn't go directly into the bank likejenna's has, it's just another thing to do, isn't it? i did know about it, i was kind of counting down the days till it went in. because i paid by direct debit, mine went straight into my bank account. there is a member of my family hasn't received it because they don't pay

by direct debit. they're still waiting on a letter to explain to them how to claim it, so they don't know that yet, they're still waiting. so what's going on? the money was given to local councils by the government so it is up to them to decide how to give it out. some of them have found it a challenge to get it to the households who don't pay their council tax by direct debit. it's often the most vulnerable who had been left to wait the longest. if it's on a website, people don't necessarily have internet access. if it is payment through a bank account, they don't necessarily have a bank account. the government make these decisions without any real consultation to people on the ground that are trying to deliver these initiatives. if you are in this position, you haven't got the rebate yet, how do you get it? some councils have been giving it out is about to you can take to your local post office to claim. —— as a voucher. let me show you an example of what it might look like. this one is from manchester city council. have a look in the post,

make sure you haven't missed it. councils should also have information on their website. but this is so important. you only have until the end of september to claim. the government told us it is supporting councils to make payments and working with them to get the remaining money out as soon as possible. ruth london founded fuel poverty action— an advocacy group for those struggling with energy costs. welcome, thank you forjoining us. presumably it's a growing number of people who you are representing? how would you describe that changing picture and how many people are being brought into its? it’s picture and how many people are being brought into its?— being brought into its? it's now estimated that _ being brought into its? it's now estimated that may _ being brought into its? it's now estimated that may be - being brought into its? it's now estimated that may be two i being brought into its? it's now i estimated that may be two thirds, or at least half of people will be in fuel poverty early next year. this is not a minority. this is vast swathes of the uk population being expected to do without the heat and

power that we need. many people also going hungry. so it's a level of destitution that nobody really expected to see in this country. and it's been brought on by policies which are thought through like this £150 to be delivered by councils, i mean, what kind of way is that to tackle thousands of pounds of bills? they are a national problem, not a local problem. council have had budgets slashed, not in a position to deliver the welfare state that has been cut by central government. that's typical of what is happening and it's always the people who have the least to begin with who end up going without. people on direct debit. they are better off than people who are living hand to mouth and can't use a direct debit. they are the ones that end up missing out. just as you pay more if you have a prepayment metre than if you

pay by credit, just as you are more likely to live in badly repaired and insulated housing if you are not well off and pay thousands of pounds more because of bad insulation. you soke more because of bad insulation. you spoke about — more because of bad insulation. you spoke about the £150 rebate and the issues around people who don't have direct debits and the administration of it but also the fact that it's a small amount in comparison with the huge level about these energy bills are at stop what would you suggest as the solutions? for are at stop what would you suggest as the solutions?— as the solutions? for a real solution — as the solutions? for a real solution you _ as the solutions? for a real solution you have _ as the solutions? for a real solution you have to - as the solutions? for a real solution you have to do i as the solutions? for a real i solution you have to do something big because the problem is big and the plasters don't do it. they are important of course, everybody needs £150, but we are proposing energy for all which would be a new pricing framework where everybody, every household would get free enough energy to cover the basics, to cover

what you actually need for heating, lighting and so on and people would pay a higher price for what they use beyond what they need. also, government would have to stop the millions of pounds every day that they are paying in subsidies to energy international conglomerates like bp and shell and so on who are raking in profits anyway and being subsidised by the government from public money, very heavily. that money has to come back. energy for all is our policy, it on our website and if you look at it you will see it has over 400,000 signatures and we will be handing it in on the 19th of september. we know that is just one of many things that people are going to be doing, because it is not tolerable that such injustice, you know, some people getting very, very rich and other people are literally going hungry or dying. because they

county their homes. wrecking family relationships, devastating people's employment prospects, the effects of fuel poverty... your health, festival. the effects are so serious that this is something that actually has to be dealt with. it's not like an optional extra that the conservative candidates for leadership can just put to one side and leave us a something that may be they will face when they come in. note, this is the core of what is happening in this country now. thank ou ve happening in this country now. thank you very much- _ happening in this country now. thank you very much. with _ happening in this country now. thank you very much. with a _ happening in this country now. thank you very much. with a suggestion that what would be potentially a way forward it to tackle energy bills. others are coming up with suggestions on what the next government should do, both of those tory leadership contenders, one of whom will be the next prime minister very soon i still not being explicit about which route they will go down.

currently the government position is that no key decisions will be taken, there are lots of conversation is under way but they are leaving the decisions to whoever comes in. so do get in touch if you want to be part of the conversation as ever. the former head of security at the social media company twitter has accused the platform of hiding negligent practices, misleading federal regulators about its safety, and failing to properly estimate the number of spam accounts in operation. peiter zatco's whistleblowing testimony — which has been given to the us authorities — could have serious consequences as our silicon valley correspondent, james clayton, reports. well, peiter zatko is a legend here in san francisco. he has the nickname mudge. he was the former head of security at twitter. the chief executive of twitter, parag agarwal, used to call him mudge. but things soured between the two. and now you have this kind of extraordinary situation where the former head of security is alleging all sorts of things about twitter.

now he's saying things about security that, for example, many twitter employees hold personal information about users that they shouldn't have. but the really damaging accusations here are about bots, because what he alleges is that twitter has far more fake accounts and spam accounts than it acknowledges. and he also says that bonuses are paid handsomely to undercount those fake accounts. why does that matter? because that is exactly what elon musk alleges. he is trying to pull out of buying twitter, $44 billion worth of the company, and he alleges that bots are much higher than twitter has publicly stated. now you have the former head of security saying exactly the same thing. that is hugely damaging for twitter. twitter, however, say that peiter zatko was fired from the company and that there are many inconsistencies with what he has alleged. but clearly what this will do is damage twitter.

so a terrible day for them here in san francisco and an excellent one for elon musk. the technology company apple is planning to start making its new iphone 14 in india, ramping up its production in the country. according to reports, the tech giant wants to reduce its reliance on china after successive lockdowns disrupted production. michelle fleury has the details. apple makes 90% of its product through contract manufacturers, most of them based in china. and the idea is that they want to diversify it, as you just said. part of it has to do with what is going on with the pandemic and the lockdowns that disrupted the supply chains, that made it harder for western products essentially to get from chinese factories to their final destination. the other aspect of this, of course, is rising geopolitical tensions. so apple went to its manufacturers, its contract manufacturers, and said, how can we diversify? this is something that takes a very long time.

and you're starting to see, if you like, some of the fruits of that hard work, which is moving an entire supply chain into a different market. in this particular instance, what we're likely to see is certainly apple's next product is launched in september, they will then try and make a lot of that in china, but some of it will be manufactured in india. what you'll see is maybe the bulk of the product made in china and then it will be assembled in india, the start of what will be a long process as apple tries to diversify its supply chain. a student nurse who went missing seven weeks ago has been found safe and well. police say 24—year—old owami davies was located in hampshire after a tip off from a member of the public. scotland yard said it would now review its investigation, along with essex police.

the headlines on bbc news. the killing of nine year old, olivia pratt—korbel in liverpool — police have this morning made an arrest — the man who was the suspected target of the shooting. ukraine is on high alert as it marks the anniversary of its independence — exactly six months after the russian invasion. 1 in 3 young people from poorer backgrounds in england are not in any form of sustained education, apprenticeship or employment five years after they finish their gcses, according to analysis by education charity, teach first. polls have closed in the states of florida, new york state, and oklahoma — where voters have been deciding who will represent their party in the upcoming mid—term elections in november. our north america correspondent, antony zurcher has been following the vote in florida and sent this report from miami. in his victory speech here in hialeah, florida, ron desantis told his supporters it is time to put on the armour of god. he said that republicans

are just getting warmed up. and that was a message we heard time and time again on stage here from republicans — that the battle is just getting started. they know that florida is pivotal to their efforts to take back the house of representatives, the us senate and set the stage for a presidential contest in 2024. now, ron desantis learned the name of his opponent tonight in the gubernatorial contest here in november in florida. charlie crist, the veteran democratic politician who's been in office off and on since the mid—1990s and at once served as the republican governor in the early 2000, ran again as a democrat and lost, and now is running a third time as a democrat. he ran as a centrist, which suggests democrats are looking for someone in the middle to have the best chance of unseating ron desantis and nipping his presidential ambitions in the bud before they fully develop. 1 in 3 young people from what's being called �*poorer backgrounds' in england are not

in any form of sustained education, apprenticeship or employment five years after leaving school. that's according to a new study by teach first, a charity which aims to address educational disadvantage in england and wales. eurotunnel says its le shuttle services are now back to normal after passengers were stranded for hours inside the channel tunnel yesterday evening. footage captured from those caught up in the disruption showed le shuttle passengers walking through the emergency service tunnel — having had to adandon their vehicles on the train. the train was evacuated after its alarm went off while travelling from calais to folkestone in kent. the passengers were transferred to a replacement train after several hours. some of those affected complained — describing poor communication with the public address system not working properly. a eurotunnel spokesman said such incidents were unusual but not exceptional. some good news from the natural world now — hen harriers in the peak district have had their most successful breeding season in more than a decade. according to the national trust,

seven have fledged this year in the area — thanks to conservation efforts aimed at protecting the endangered birds of prey. yunus mulla reports. the hen harrier is one of the uk's birds of prey, but also the most intensely persecuted and threatened. that is why the successful fledging of these seven youngsters is such a welcome sight. very important in this landscape, because we have a mosaic, so we have patches of heather, which you can see, purple. we have open water, we have patches of cotton grass. here in the peak district, work has been taking place to create rich feeding and nesting grounds. you've had a significant success when it comes to hen harriers. tell me about that. really wonderful year. best year in ten years. we have had seven young birds fledge their nest from two nest sites. so we're really excited. it really demonstrates the work we're doing with our tenants and other partners is starting to pay off. hen harriers live in open areas with low vegetation, but also prey on grouse to feed their young.

they want a food source, don't they, so what have you done to encourage that? by restoring this landscape, that means there are lots of small mammals, like voles, and other insects that mammals eat, and of course it is a great habitat for small birds that the hen harrier rely on to feed themselves and their young. hen harriers play an important role when it comes to creating the right ecological balance here in the landscape. but their population levels are said to be at a critical level. a few months back, two nests failed when two male hen harriers, both with active nests, disappeared in suspicious circumstances. there have been a number of significant incidents towards hen harriers in the peak district national park this year involving raptor persecution, which are still under investigation from police. and we hope that in future illegal persecution of the species will be eradicated and the species can recover.

to help monitor the birds, the rspb and natural england have fitted tracking tags to help us better understand the species. hopefully, year—on—year, the population will gradually increase, which is good news for not just hen harriers, but also people who visit the uplands. and, with a bit of luck, a hen harrier will be a common sight in the high peak in the future. conservationists say we are a step closer to establishing a sustainable population of this bird of prey. yunus mulla, bbc news. "house of the dragon" the prequel to game of thrones has become hbo's most—watched series premiere in the network's history. nearly 10 million people in the us tuned into watch the premiere last weekend with reports of crashes due to high demand on hbo's streaming platform. the epic fantasy drama is already making headlines due to some controversial scenes, however it will face stiff competition from amazon's upcoming "lord of the rings" prequel due for release later this year.

asia romano is culture staff writer and reporterfor vox — here's what she made it. you know, i think it's very similar to game of thrones in many ways. but i think it also goes a lot deeper on the politics. there was no big, big battle, which i think most people associate game of thrones with fights and battle scenes. but instead, they had a controversial childbirth scene. it was sort of filmed like a horror narrative. and i think that's about right. they also wanted it to have kind of overt political commentary, given the recent repeal of roe versus wade. and i think they were aware of that when they were writing the script and wanted that that political connection to be there. so, you know, obviously, you might be aware that many people were disappointed in the ending of game of thrones, in the season finale of the series finale, there was a lot riding on that in terms of story and plot and you know, who won, etc. so a lot of people had sort of low

expectations going into this series, but i think overall expectations have been met and people are really pleased. the showrunners for this series were writers who were very popular from game of thrones. so i think people have a lot of faith in them, and so far they seem to be delivering. and finally, to possibly the world's most picturesque location to windsurf. switzerland's lake silva—plana played host to the 45th edition of the engadin windsurf marathon. 250 windsurfers took to the water in a one hour race, with the winner completing the most laps. they were competing in a particular class of windsurfing which will be part of the olympic programme for the first time at the paris olympics in 2024. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. hello again. some of us have got off to a wet start this morning, but all of us to a humid one. but temperatures fell away a lot lower than they did on the 19th ofjuly this summer.

the met office has just confirmed that this temperature of 26.8 celsius in sherborne model farm in oxfordshire is the highest minimum temperature ever recorded in a 24—hour period in the uk. now you can see the humid air across us, but as the weather front sinks south, we start to import today some fresher conditions in across western scotland and also northern ireland. and this is the weather front. it's produced some heavy rain this morning. still some heavy rain on it, but it's cleared most of scotland and northern ireland through the afternoon. so it'll brighten up and across southern england where we had a cloudy start with some spots of drizzle here too, brightening up with the odd shower. but you can see the fresher conditions across the north and the west. we're looking at highs 15 to about 22 degrees. come further south it's going to be hot and humid, 29 or 30, quite possible somewhere in east anglia. now, this weather front with us tonight will tend to fragment, the rain in it turning more patchy. there'll be a lot of dry conditions and clear conditions as well. and then we've got this system coming up across the english channel

into the south east of england. that's going to be heavy thundery downpours still humid in the far southeast, fresher as we push further north and west. so if we pick up that heavy thundery rain first thing in the morning, you can see the track we expect it to take through kent for example, towards cambridgeshire, east anglia, could clip the east midlands as well. the western extent still open to a bit of question, but through the course of the morning and certainly into the afternoon, we'll see that move away then lot of dry weather and a bit of sunshine around, but clouding over across western scotland and also northern ireland where a new weather fronts arriving. and here we will see some showers. temperatures 15 to 24 degrees, we'll start off humid in the south but will freshen up through the day. into friday we've got this weather front moving across, bringing some showery outbreaks of rain. this system coming in from the atlantic over the weekend giving us a real headache. now, the positioning of this could change. at the monent we think it's

going to bring rain into the north, especially scotland. further south, it will be drier, but the temperaturess also going to be fresher.

this is bbc news, the headlines: police have made an arrest — the man who was the suspected target of the shooting. on the streets of liverpool, investigations are on going as detectives continue to hunt for olivia pratt—korbel�*s killer. ukraine is on high alert as it marks the anniversary of its independence — exactly six months after the russian invasion. as they reach the milestone, refugees here in the uk speak about how their lives have changed beyond recognition. it was amazing how many people opened their houses and invited us. more than three million households in england and wales were still waiting for their £150

energy rebate at the beginning of last month. a former twitter executive turns whistleblower to testify that the firm misled users and regulators about gaps in its security. welcome to bbc news. detectives investigating the murder of nine—year—old olivia pratt—korbel on monday night have arrested a man who was suspected to have been the target of the shooting. olivia pratt—korbel was shot as she stood behind her mother who was trying to stop the gunman from forcing his way into their house. police have been given the name of a suspect by two different sources and are urging anyone with information to come forward.

this morning, merseyside police and indeed yesterday evening took the decision that the target of the discharge, the man i spoke about in the press conference who was chased down the street and forced entry into olivia and sheryl�*s home address has now been recalled on licence and that has taken place with immediate effect. so that man is now under arrest, albeit he's still receiving medical treatment at this time. i hope that this shows again merseyside police's approach around this terrible and tragic crime, that it will actually take enforcement action against the target of that shooting. and itjust reinforces that message to our communities that we will do everything possible to keep them safe at this terrible time. our reporter rowan bridge gave us this update from liverpool. we have a slight technical problem. i'm joined by lord mike storey, former leader of liverpool city council,

and lib dem spokesperson on education in the house of lords. your reaction to this tragic death of this young child? i your reaction to this tragic death of this young child?— of this young child? i don't think any words _ of this young child? i don't think any words can — of this young child? i don't think any words can do _ of this young child? i don't think any words can do justice - of this young child? i don't think any words can do justice to i of this young child? i don't think any words can do justice to howl of this young child? i don't think| any words can do justice to how i feel, how the community feels more importantly how the poor family of oivia must feel. it is devastating that a young child can be cut almost in the crossfire of gang warfare in the streets about your time as leader of liverpool city council predated the killing of rhys jones, city council predated the killing of rhstones, in similar circumstances, the accidental killing of a child who was walking home from football practice, just 11 years old. what lessons in your

understanding, have been learned since then, what has changed? ther;r since then, what has changed? they have not changed, _ since then, what has changed? they have not changed, of _ since then, what has changed? mtie have not changed, of course. since then, what has changed? ti3 have not changed, of course. then there was us there is no determination to bring the killer, the killers to justice. determination to bring the killer, the killers tojustice. that happened certainly with rhys, it was painstaking but the police got there. secondly, there was the development of what was called neighbourhood policing, which we might remember as bobbies on the beat where every community saw a local police officer patrolling the local police officer patrolling the local streets and the were of course local streets and the were of course local police stations as well but the recession and the huge cuts the police service faced meant that neighbourhood policing seem to be a thing of the past. i live in liverpool and i can remember the last time i saw police officer walking around the streets and that

has had an impact not only on the development of gangs and the gang warfare and the territorial demands that each outfit also led to simple things like anti—social behaviour. you see anti—social behaviour and try to contact the police to get something done about it and they are stretched and don't have the resources stop the situation where we saw gun crime decline dramatically, it's beginning to rise again and we see burglaries going unsolved because the police have not got the resources so the lesson after learners know we need to be able to put more resources into our police forces so they can tackle crime, tackle gangs, tackle gun crime. these gangs must be broken up. crime. these gangs must be broken u n . :, crime. these gangs must be broken u . _ :, 4' , crime. these gangs must be broken up. how key a part would you say increasing — up. how key a part would you say increasing the _ up. how key a part would you say increasing the sourcing _ up. how key a part would you say increasing the sourcing of- up. how key a part would you say increasing the sourcing of police l increasing the sourcing of police and that is? there are multiple

factors in what we hear about the aftermath of this shooting, the appeals from various groups to see if you want to come forward anonymously and, we will channel information to the police, so there is that disconnect between communities feeling like they want to come forward in an environment perhaps of intimidation but also the message it sends when you say, as you have described there, the sort of deterrent effect of seeing police being more present. i of deterrent effect of seeing police being more present.— being more present. i was a head teacher in — being more present. i was a head teacher in a _ being more present. i was a head teacher in a deprived _ being more present. i was a head teacher in a deprived communityl being more present. i was a head i teacher in a deprived community not too far away, and a police officer regularly once a week came into my school and talk to children, was informally invited to any offence we held and he became a friend of the school and became a friend of the community, he became a friend of young people, so they regarded the

police as somebody that they could go to if they needed help and support and i think we have allowed a culture to develop in some areas where you don't grass and anybody and that is certainly true of criminal gangs, so the fast, vast majority of people are law—abiding and want to help and support the police and we should engender that support. one thing i would say is, it is obvious this is happening liverpool but this is a problem cities face throughout the uk, and liverpool is not the capital of gun crime by any means, gun crime is relatively low and liverpool as is knife crime so i don't want it to be seen as having a go at liverpool, thatis seen as having a go at liverpool, that is not the case at all.

our reporter rowan bridge gave us this update from liverpool. a 35—year—old man suspected of being the target of the attack was detained in hospital for breaching his licence and police say he will be returned to prison to serve the remainder of his licence and will be further questioned in regards to the shooting of olivia. he remains in a stable condition in hospital with wounds to his torso and legs. please continue to ask for information around the attack —— police. police have said this is not the time for people to remain silent, they are still asking for people to come forward with in information. the local community

centre opened around nine o'clock this morning and has offered to be a conduitt for people who do not want to go to the police directly and it has offered to pass on information anonymously and two people have come forward and given the same name which has been passed on to the police. what is the wider reaction in the community to what has happened here? there is shock, there is fear. people are scared, and the police acknowledge that. we have seen an increased police presence in the community around here especially after the news conference yesterday when the details of exactly what happened and how random the death of this nine—year—old was. that has really made people scared. it is noticeably quiet around here this morning and we have seen people

laying flowers and teddy bears and balloons yesterday but very few people around today. the only activity really has been police forensics officers behind me and that the house where the shooting took place conducting a fingertip search looking for information which may lead them to information on the killing of nine—year—old olivia. ukraine is marking the 31st anniversary of the country's independence from the soviet union today — and six months since the russian invasion. security is tight in the country, because of fears russia could step up its attacks. our ukraine correspondent, james waterhouse reports. as history has shown, the more russia tries to pull ukraine in, the stronger people's sense of identity becomes. on the outskirts of kyiv, this factory used to make hotel uniforms. now it's flags — lots of them. translation: these are very dear colours to us. _ every ukrainian feels these colours and we see them in everything — in the sky, in wheat. we have been making flags every day for the past few months. this gives us pleasure and joy, because our work is useful.

ok, so welcome to the wednesday meeting and can everybody be off their laptops for the meeting, thank you. another symbol of ukrainian defiance is here at the kyiv independent, an english—language news site set up weeks before the invasion. within days, their online following went from tens of thousands to millions. its editor describes it as the voice of ukraine and the world's window into it. we are of course all very much aware of the sacrifice that it took to get us all here to this independence day _ and thousands of people who were killed, both civilians and military. i think it's probably the most important independence day that we will see in our lives. on this day last year, president zelensky donned his now unfamiliar dark suit, with his military putting on this show of strength. russia had already started to gather troops on the border. and ukraine's resilience would soon face the ultimate test. this is the same square today, with rows of captured or destroyed russian tanks in what is a display of defiance. but how independent is ukraine, with the russians now occupying a fifth of this country, and it being almost completely reliant on weapons from the west? for one former president, who campaigned against russian influence, sovereignty is notjust about weapons and territory. translation: for me, first of all, the benchmark of independence i is the strength of spirit, the power of national spirit. today, i can say with confidence

that 42 million ukrainians speak in one voice, and that allows us to face any enemy, including russia. this independence day poses some difficult realities — criticisms over why ukraine didn't act on warnings from the west, and the country's continued dependence for help to stay independent. this independence day poses some difficult realities — criticisms over why ukraine didn't act on warnings from the west, and the country's continued dependence for help to stay independent.

president zelensky has issued a rallying cry to the ukrainian people, saying victory is the only way for the war to end. translation: we only care about our land. i we will fight for it until the end. we have been holding strong for six months. it's tough, but we have clenched our fists and we are fighting for our destiny. every new day is a reason not to give up. after such a long journey, we do not have the right not to go on to the end. what is the end of the war for us? we used to say peace. now we say victory. james heappey is the minister for armed forces. he was adamant that support for ukraine must continue.

i was in estonia yesterday in a nato eu country where they feel that the belligerence and threat from russia. more than anyone in europe bar ukraine. they can see it needs to keep going, we need to support ukraine. there is no easy fix for this. if we let russia off the hook, remove our support for ukraine, remove the sanctions, thatt does not all of a sudden bring europe back to where it was 18 months ago, does not bring the cost of living back to where it was 18 months ago. putin has shown he will use russian gas supply as a lever over europe to get his will. and here the latest from our correspondent hugo bachega who's in kyiv. it is a very different independence day here in ukraine today. we're here on the main street in the city centre, not very far from independence square where political protests, political revolutions happen in this country. usually it is where the ukrainian military holds a massive military parade to celebrate independence day.

not today. what we are seeing here is a display of destroyed and seized russian military vehicles and tanks. there is a ban on public events here in the capital. they will not be any massive celebrations to mark independence day. that is because officials here believe russia could use this day to launch attacks against cities across the country. last night president zelensky again warned people in this country that russia could go ahead with provocations, with dirty strikes, in his words. just moments ago here in kyiv, the air raid sirens went off. another reminder of the conflict happening in this country. kyiv is away from the front lines but the war is obviously in everybody�*s minds. thousands of people have been killed, a third of the population has been displaced, cities across the country have destroyed. the conflict seems to be at a deadlock, there is no prospect of peace negotiations. today here, independence day,

despite the warnings, people say there is apprehension but not fear. let's have an update of the day's sport from the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. england head coach sarina wiegman has named his first squad since that women's euros win. attention is already turning to the world cup qualifiers against luxembourg and austria. chloe kelly — who scored the winner in the final — misses out through injury, as does fran kirby, whilst jill scott and ellen white have retired in the last couple of days too. goalkeeper hannah hampton also misses out. she's replaced by manchester city's sandy mciver, who'll provide backup to mary earps and ellie roebuck. jordan nobbs and katie zelem

are recalled in midfield, whilst chelsea's laurenjames and houston's ebony salmon are brought in — having missed out in the summer. the draw for the champions league group stage takes place tomorrow with rangers hoping to be in it for the first the first leg of their play—off against psv eindhoven finished 2—2 but they will be without striker alfredo morelos for the second leg in the netherlands. the colombian — who was sent off for the eighth time in his rangers career at the weekend — wasn't at training and has been left out of their squad for fitness and attitude reasons. ijust think i fit i just think i fit and firing alfredo for us is one of the most important players in the team until he gets back to that i don't think he gets back to that i don't think he is helping us as much as he can do. he has had a massive injury, probably the first back injury he has had in his career and it is taken some time to come back from that but we need him to be fit and ready as much as possible because he is one of the best players in this team. england have recalled ollie robinson in place for matt potts in the only change to the team to face south africa in the second test match in manchester tomorrow. robinson hasn't played since being dropped in the winter in west indies over fitness concerns. but he took nine wickets in sussex's county championship match with nottinghamshire last week

and then impressed onlooking head coach brendon mccullum as he took five wickets in the match for england lions against south africa at canterbury. to have him back in the squad was initially fantastic as a group and as an individual he has worked incredibly hard to get back to where he is today and in australia in the winter and summer, the criticism he received a something he will look back a narrow and something he will almost use to be back in the here and now, i have gone away and asked what was asked for me to do and now he finds himself back in the playing 11. back to the war in ukraine. our eastern europe correspondent, sarah rainsford, has spent the last 6 months reporting on those caught in the middle of the largest military conflict this continent has seen in more than a half

a century.shejoins us now here in the studio to share some of her experiences with us — sarah, welcome. it is hard to believe six months have passed since the invasion began and i was shocked it ever started in the first place. i was in eastern ukraine and donbas and we had seen the troops massing on the border and had all the warnings from the americans in particular about an imminent invasion four weeks, it seemed an even months but i did not believe in my heart of hearts it would happen in the skillet happened on, not so much i didn't believe that vladimir putin was capable of this but i didn't key would actually believe he could achieve his aims through a full on invasion of a neighbouring country but i knew from just reporting in the weeks running up just reporting in the weeks running up to the war that the ukrainian people would not welcome him with flowers and cheers, his army, but

would resist so it seemed crazy when we were hearing from british intelligence there was a plan to take over kyiv and to install a puppet government and essentially take over the whole country, that didn't seem to make any sense to me at all. it is interesting to go back to that sense there was when we were waiting to see what would unfold with those troops massing under ukrainian government very strongly saying this is fine, stay put, everybody and externally the warnings were so strong and officially so much second—guessing as to what was going on for vladimir putin. you were a moscow correspondent until you are kicked out a year ago. without hat on, you have set a bit about your evaluation of how vladimir putin was looking at things but since what is your sense? —— without hat on. —— with your hat

on. i am shocked that russia has sunk so low, come to that marriage from the soviet union looking forward and in a completely different direction and turned in on itself and become externally repressive and invaded a neighbouring country on a massive scale and that is still to this day that sense russia has come to this. notjust ukraine has been transformed but russia as well. there are big questions about how vladimir putin plans to move forward and if he even knows his plan going forward. for me the abiding memories of this war other members from inside ukraine itself, from shock to terror stunning level of brutality we have witnessed inside ukraine, particularly in the opening months of this war. —— memories from inside

ukraine itself. air raid sirens and people constantly running to shelters and missiles that can be fired at any part of the country and the beginning of the war in the russian speaking city kharkiv of people were sleeping in the metro and children sleeping on mattresses on the stairs of the metro so it is immense what is happening and this war are still going on at the heart of europe six months after vladimir putin made the decision to invade his neighbouring country. and expectations could go on for years? possibly. i think it's almost a dirty word in ukraine to talk about negotiations on how to get out of this war. the official position, and it has been said again today by president zelensky, ukraine does not want peace, it wants victory. it saw a peace treaty and 2014 when russia and a much smaller scale, the peace

deal then was a disaster for ukraine because it was all on russia's terms and there is no way ukraine wants to be thrown back to that position and it wants to negotiate from a position of strength so at the moment is to is talking about pushing russia out even of the territory it has occupied since 2014 so there is so much ambition but there are big questions about how ukraine can possibly do that and how committed west is fundamentally supporting ukraine and those ambitions and again still questions about what russia intends to do. it might be slightly on the back foot at the moment but it is regrouping and trying to recruit more soldiers and trying to recruit more soldiers and politically this still seems to be support for the war from vladimir putin inside the country despite the sanctions so lots of questions and i think this is a long way from ending at the moment. on the support at home in russia, there is the

blackout on reporting of what is actually going on. is that holding? is this still the sense of patriotism and we have heard from people in ukraine the family in russia and the fall out because of till family in russia what is happening and they have not been believed? it is difficult and we have to remember independent journalism, russianjournalism, inside russia is pretty much impossible no and most independent journalists have had to leave the country because vladimir putin has criminalised the truth. it is a crime to call the invasion and invasion and the war war and only today one of the last prominent critics of the kremlin, a local regional politician, was detained and is facing five years in prison for calling the invasion and invasion sources extremely difficult

to voice dissent and protest against the war and also very difficult to get a proper sense of what people across russia actually think about what is being done in their name. i would say generally, whilst it does not touch people individually, many people are willing to wear it, to run with it and go with it and there are still broad support but soldiers are still broad support but soldiers are dying and we ninth from the research by the bbc at least 5700 russian soldiers have been killed in the true number is much higher in families are being affected and sanctions beginning to bite but it is a slow process. in the meantime many russians are getting on with business and usual and it is difficult i suppose for many ukrainians look at that and say we are underfire, suffering every day and you are sitting pretty in russia. in terms of what is happening on the ground in ukraine, has now effectively settled into something of a routine with the donbas being the focus of the fighting and in other areas, are

many people coming back? there was an exodus of millions and some have returned but humanly for a lot some of started to make a new life and it is a more stable life, particularly if they have children. i think it is difficult for many people i know personally who have had to leave the country are being displaced within the country, they don't want to start a new life anywhere else and in people i know we have come to the uk, they don't want to really be here and with the greatest respect in the world they want to be back in their home country, in ukraine, and it hurts and pains people can do that, even if they have children and evenif that, even if they have children and even if they are beginning to live a better life away from the silence and missiles. the displacement is huge and some people started to go back but she mentioned life and the war becoming a little bit normal. it is to some respect in the situation imagine where the water something in the east and south and in the west

life is far safer and some people perhaps may not even think about the war every single day but the fighting is going on, notjust on the east but in the south. one fifth of ukraine is now occupied and when i was there last time what was interesting is that appears to be our resistance, a partisan army pushing back in some areas. the question for russia is notjust how it takes territory but how it holds it takes territory but how it holds it and i think there is a big move from ukraine to look at resistance on the ground and talk about the partisans, fight back, the shadow army so that if russia takes territory it will not be able to hold it and it can take the land but not the people. some have apparently stopped speaking russian. it was very common would speak both languages and often russian was their first language languages and often russian was theirfirst language but languages and often russian was their first language but they felt it was something sending the signal to vladimir putin that the russians will be welcomed. languages i was with a very political issue, more

for russia than ukraine. ukraine was a country where people spoke russian and ukrainian in kyiv and the big cities and in the east of the country most people were russian speakers first and foremost in russia always had this argument you could get prosecuted and beaten up and be punished essentially for speaking russian. it was part of the argument from vladimir putin when he talked about genocide in the east of the country for russian speakers. that was never the case in my experience. i speak russian and not ukrainian and i travel across ukraine speaking russian with absolutely no problem nobody is any issue with it and it is certainly true a lot of people i've spoken to who wear under russian speakers have decided to switch to ukrainian because they want to make a point essentially that they are not wanting to be part of russia and thatis wanting to be part of russia and that is an independent sovereign country in the languages that want to choose to speak so there has been an interesting switch and part of this forging of a much stronger

ukrainian national identity than there ever was before russia started meddling there. thank you very much. millions of customers in the south of england are waking up to a hosepipe ban this morning. thames waterjoins five other water companies which have already brought in similar action in areas across england and wales — due to the dry, hot weather this summer. and in the continent, an eu agency has warned that europe is on course for its worst drought in at least 500 years. in a new report, the global drought observatory says two thirds of the continent is under some form of alert. gareth barlow has more details. from increasingly empty reservoirs, to rivers, the drought in europe is gripping almost the entire continent and for 15 countries, including france, spain and ireland, the uk and moldova, the situation continues to get worse. 47% of the territory remains in drought warning and this means precipitation has been

less unusual and soil moisture is in deficit, 17% is in alert condition. from distribution issues for drinking water in france to rising numbers of wildfires and warnings of risks of keeping nuclear power stations cool, the report warns almost all of europe's rivers has dried to some extent. but as the rains fail to fall, the harvests are also falling, putting further pressure on rising prices and the cost of living. according to commission scientists, the weather is set to remain warmer and drier in the western regions until november and it appears to be the worst, at least in 500 years. as the summer slowly slips by,

the warning is that autumn will not bring an instant reprieve meaning reservoirs like this one in spain are not expected to fill any time soon. gareth barlow, bbc news. we certainly do need rain and we will see for cost of rain in the coming days, but not everywhere. a mixed picture, we have sunshine, been returning across northern ireland that has spilled across parts of scotland, north—west england too. this band of clouds through yorkshire and wales and down towards the south of england. outbreaks of rain of rain at there. it's looking quite warm and humid there. 29 or 30 degrees in the warmest spots but a little bit cooler and fresher up north—west where it's quite breezy for the western isles and part of northern ireland. into this evening, still at little rain on this weather front that fizzles out and we will see heavy downpours developing across south—east england and east anglia too where it will be a warm and humid night for sleeping once again. during the day on thursday, heavy downpours could produce localised

flooding in the south—east, that gradually clays away, lots of dry weather elsewhere across the uk and it will be fresher with temperature somewhere between 15 to 24 degrees. hello this is bbc news. the headlines: the killing of nine—year—old, olivia pratt—korbel in liverpool, police have this morning made an arrest, the man who was the suspected target of the shooting. on the streets of liverpool, investigations are continuing as detectives continue to hunt for olivia pratt—korbel�*s killer. ukraine is on high alert as it marks the anniversary of its independence — exactly six months after the russian invasion. as they reach this milestone, refugees here in the uk speak about how their lives have changed beyond recognition. more than three million households in england and wales were still waiting for their £150 energy rebate at the beginning of last month. a former twitter executive turns whistle—blower to testify that the firm misled users and regulators about

gaps in its security. more now on our top story — detectives investigating the murder of nine—year—old olivia pratt—korbel on monday night have arrested a man, who was suspected to have been the target of the shooting. olivia pratt—korbel was shot as she stood behind her mother who was trying to stop the gunman from forcing his way into their house. earlier i spoke to the political editor of the liverpool echo, liam thorp. it's an issue that liverpool has as an issue that other cities have, that in some areas there's this idea of a kind of anti grass culture, but also there's a hell of a lot of intimidation. you know, if these criminal gangs are operating in an area and are intimidating people, you know, these are people willing to run around and spray bullets at family homes. you know, they are ruthless individuals. and so people will be obviously scared as well. but as we've said, as the liverpool echo, as many people have said,

city leaders have said, it is now a moment to choose whose side you are on. and this goes out to those criminal people involved in the criminal underworld as well. are you on the side of somebody who is willing to shoot into a house and leave a nine—year—old girl dying on the floor and run away? or are you on the side of her family and everyone trying to come to terms with her terrible, tragic loss? what is the scale of of gang membership? it's large, it's a real problem and merseyside police spend an awful lot of time and their their resources trying to break up these gangs. my colleague, our crime reporter, jonathan humphries, is out on raidsjust this morning, actually in the dingle area, which is in the south of the city and that's linked to a different shooting. it's important to remember that, while olivia's death is an absolute horrendous tragedy, it's actually the fourth killing in our region injust a week, three of them involving guns. so guns are an issue here. we have seen an explosion in that gun violence in recent weeks.

across the summer it seems to have bubbled over and some of this is now playing out in broad daylight on the streets, which is obviously a real issue because, as we're seeing in the most horrendous circumstances, incredibly innocent and people get caught up in the crossfire, and that's happened in the worst possible way here with olivia. and, i mean, it's shocking to hear that, obviously, the situation with olivia has hit the headlines because of the extreme nature of what happened there. but that is the fourth killing in one week, as you say, the stuff that obviously people locally are very aware of and presumably very frightened of, but it doesn't necessarily go beyond the local headlines. in terms of this being a moment that might be tra nsformative, what is the sense? you know, it's obviously a sort of a strange and tragic coincidence, really, that olivia's killing happened on the 15th anniversary of the death of rhstones, who was, of course, another tragic child innocently caught up in gang violence.

and we did see it was a watershed moment for liverpool following rhys' death. you know, the croxteth community, where he where he lived, where he grew up, came together. there was major initiatives put in place. there was real work to to to foster that sense of community and the community fighting back against the scourge of gang violence. and i do think we'll see something similar in liverpool now. you know, everyone is saying, look, enough is enough. this is a brilliant, proud, vibrant city full of solidarity and it will come together in the way it needs to. but that can only happen if these people are brought to justice. and the people, the communities are vital in making sure that happens. and of course, tackling gangs doesn'tjust come down to policing. it's much broader societal issues around it. what sort of focus is there on trying to address those issues? yeah, look, i don't think it's necessarily the time to be to be very political about this. but i think you do have to look

at some of those kind of services that have been cut in places like liverpool, particularly in the north of the city, some vital services, youth services and other sort of functions that that organisations had in terms of, you know, turning people onto better paths and breaking up gangs and, and not allowing young people particularly to go down bad paths. so the council and other groups are trying to work on that, but they are a bit hamstrung by the funding cuts that they've had. so you see more and more sort of voluntary organisations and charities coming together. that's what we saw after rhstones's death and i'm sure we'll see that again. a hell of a lot of good people doing good work in this city and they're going to be needed more than ever now. lets turn to australia now where one of the world's first large—scale re—wilding projects is bringing hope that near—extinct animals could be saved. 10 endangered species that once flourished in western australia more than 400 years ago are being reintroduced to the wild. let's go live to wildlife expert

ray mears who joins us from shark bay in western australia. welcome, thank you forjoining us, night time there so it's very good a view to bejoining us. tell us about where you are actually and what it would have been like 400 years ago and what the situation is now? it’s and what the situation is now? it's nice to be and what the situation is now? it�*s nice to be here, thank you. well, the project is called return to 1616 which is a very significant year in the history of western australia. that was the year the first european to set foot in western australia just at the second european to stand on australian soil. his name was dirk hertzog. the project is to try to restore the wildlife to the state it was in at that time of the first contact. 400 years ago. it's a really ambitious project. the island

is a 90 miles offshore, it's 90 kilometres long, it's a very long and narrow. only a few kilometres wide. it was separated from the mainland 40,000 years ago and the hope is to be able to restore the wildlife and create a rescue population for some species which are right on the verge of extinction. so it's tremendously important and very exciting. t0 extinction. so it's tremendously important and very exciting. to tell us about some _ important and very exciting. to tell us about some of _ important and very exciting. to tell us about some of those _ important and very exciting. to tell us about some of those species. i important and very exciting. to tell| us about some of those species. so far us about some of those species. sr far they us about some of those species. 5r far they have released ten species species that are rather strange to non—australian audiences, marsupials and others which are critically endangered, large and slightly more charismatic preachers as well. different types of wallabies. fantastic to see. these are important species that are running out of habitat otherwise. we important species that are running out of habitat otherwise.— out of habitat otherwise. we are lookin: at out of habitat otherwise. we are looking at pictures, _ out of habitat otherwise. we are looking at pictures, i'm - out of habitat otherwise. we are

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it's stunning. as an ecosystem as a whole, ospreys, eagles, white bellied sea eagles, humpback whales pass by, it's a fantastic ecosystem. i think what is lovely is that as a national park you can also visit it, limited numbers are allowed on the island and it's fantastic. very often projects like this, they are remote and you can't get to them. but in this case it is quite the opposite. but in this case it is quite the opposite-— but in this case it is quite the o--osite. ~ ., i, ., ., ., but in this case it is quite the ouosite. . ., i, ., ., ., opposite. what type of animal was that? the inspiration _ opposite. what type of animal was that? the inspiration of— opposite. what type of animal was that? the inspiration of the - that? the inspiration of the mermaid. _ that? the inspiration of the mermaid, the _ that? the inspiration of the mermaid, the sea - that? the inspiration of the mermaid, the sea cow, - that? the inspiration of the mermaid, the sea cow, the j that? the inspiration of the - mermaid, the sea cow, the largest vegetarian marine mammal. they are beautiful creatures. strange to watch when you see them, it's hard to describe. you will have to look it up, they are magical creatures that do really well in the shallow warm waters that surround the island. theyjust eat seagrass. find

island. they 'ust eat seagrass. and ou island. theyjust eat seagrass. and you mentioned removing the sheep and that making a important difference in creating an environment that these animals can start to thrive and again. i was wondering about what it was over the years that led these animals to go away and what these animals to go away and what the challenges would be in bringing them back, you have to completely rethink what the land is used for? very much so. of course, the problem was that when europeans arrived in australia they saw [and and thought of the commercial ten shall. they didn't understand the ecosystems complex and very alien ecosystem to northern europe. and so they shipped in a sheep and cattle and so on and started to live any western way and in some places that has worked and been an incredibly successful project but in other places very detrimental. this gives an opportunity to see how life would have been to create a place where the native species can survive with

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in the world today. thank you very much forjoining us. life from - much forjoining us. life from western australia. life from western australia. data obtained by the bbc shows that more than three million households in england and wales were still waiting for their £150 energy rebate at the beginning of last month. most eligible people who pay their council tax by direct debit had received the money , but half of those that pay in other ways had not. ruth london founded fuel poverty action— an advocacy group for those struggling with energy costs. for a real solution, you have to do something big because the problem is big and the plasters just don't do it. really. they�* re important. of course, everybody needs that £150. but we're proposing energy for all, which is would be a new pricing framework where everybody, every household would get free enough energy to cover the basics, to cover what you actually need for heating, lighting and so on. and people would pay a higher price for what they use beyond what they need. and also the government would have

to stop the millions of pounds every day that they're paying in subsidies to energy, international conglomerates like bp and shell and so on, who are raking in profits anyway and are being subsidised by the government from public money very heavily. that money has to come back. energy for all is our policy. it's on our website fuel poverty action. and if you look at, you'll see that it's had over 400,000 signatures and we're going to be handing it in the 19th of september. and we know that that's just one of many things that people are going to be doing, because it is not tolerable that such injustice, you know, people... some people getting very, very rich and other people literally going hungry or dying, you know, because they can't heat their homes, wrecking family relationships, you know, devastating people's employment prospects, you know, the effects of fuel poverty, your health, you know, ,

the effects are so serious that this is something that actually has to be dealt with. it's not like an optional extra that the conservative candidates for leadership can just put to one side and leave us something that maybe they'll face when they come in. no, this is the core of what's happening in this country now. the technology company apple is planning to start making its new iphone 14 in india, ramping up its production in the country. according to reports, the tech giant wants to reduce its reliance on china after successive lockdowns disrupted production. michelle fleury has the details. apple makes 90% of its product through contract manufacturers, most of them based in china. and the idea is that they want to diversify it, as you just said. part of it has to do with what is going on with the pandemic and the lockdowns that disrupted the supply chains, that made it harder for western products essentially to get from chinese factories to their

final destination. the other aspect of this, of course, is rising geopolitical tensions. so apple went to its manufacturers, its contract manufacturers, and said, how can we diversify? this is something that takes a very long time. and you're starting to see, if you like, some of the fruits of that hard work, which is moving an entire supply chain into a different market. in this particular instance, what we're likely to see is certainly apple's next product is launched in september, they will then try and make a lot of that in china, but some of it will be manufactured in india. what you'll see is maybe the bulk of the product made in china and then it will be assembled in india, the start of what will be a long process as apple tries to diversify its supply chain. a student nurse who went missing seven weeks ago has been found safe and well. police say 24—year—old

owami davies was located in hampshire after a tip off from a member of the public. scotland yard said it would now review its investigation, along with essex police. polls have closed in the states of florida, new york state, and oklahoma — where voters have been deciding who will represent their party in the upcoming mid—term elections in november. our north america correspondent, antony zurcher, has been following the vote in florida and sent this report from miami. in his victory speech here in hialeah, florida, ron desantis told his supporters it is time to put on the armour of god. he said that republicans are just getting warmed up. and that was a message we heard time and time again on stage here from republicans — that the battle is just getting started. they know that florida is pivotal to their efforts to take back the house of representatives, the us senate and set the stage for a presidential contest in 202a. now, ron desantis learned the name of his opponent tonight in the gubernatorial contest here in november in florida. charlie crist, the veteran democratic politician who's been

in office off and on since the mid—1990s and at once served as the republican governor in the early 2000, ran again as a democrat and lost, and now is running a third time as a democrat. he ran as a centrist, which suggests democrats are looking for someone in the middle to have the best chance of unseating ron desantis and nipping his presidential ambitions in the bud before they fully develop. some good news from the natural world now — hen harriers in the peak district have had their most successful breeding season in more than a decade. according to the national trust, seven have fledged this year in the area — thanks to conservation efforts aimed at protecting the endangered birds of prey. yunus mulla reports.

the hen harrier is one of the uk's birds of prey, but also the most intensely persecuted and threatened. that is why the successful fledging of these seven youngsters is such a welcome sight. very important in this landscape, because we have a mosaic, so we have patches of heather, which you can see, purple. we have open water, we have patches of cotton grass. here in the peak district, work has been taking place to create rich feeding and nesting grounds. you've had a significant success when it comes to hen harriers. tell me about that. really wonderful year. best year in ten years. we have had seven young birds fledge their nest from two nest sites. so we're really excited. it really demonstrates the work we're doing with our tenants and other partners is starting to pay off. hen harriers live in open areas with low vegetation, but also prey on grouse to feed their young. they want a food source, don't they, so what have you done to encourage that? by restoring this landscape, that means there are lots of small mammals, like voles, and other insects that mammals eat, and of course it is a great habitat for small birds that the hen harrier rely on to feed themselves and their young.

hen harriers play an important role when it comes to creating the right ecological balance here in the landscape. but their population levels are said to be at a critical level. a few months back, two nests failed when two male hen harriers, both with active nests, disappeared in suspicious circumstances. there have been a number of significant incidents towards hen harriers in the peak district national park this year involving raptor persecution, which are still under investigation from police. and we hope that in future illegal persecution of the species will be eradicated and the species can recover. to help monitor the birds, the rspb and natural england have fitted tracking tags to help us better understand the species. hopefully, year—on—year, the population will gradually increase, which is good news for not just hen harriers, but also people who visit the uplands. and, with a bit of luck, a hen harrier will be a common sight in the high peak in the future.

conservationists say we are a step closer to establishing a sustainable population of this bird of prey. yunus mulla, bbc news. the world—famous notting hill carnival returns to the streets of london this weekend — its first outing since before the start of the pandemic. one person who's been busy preparing for its comeback is clary salandy — who makes extravagant carnival costumes. she's given us a sneak peek at some of the designs. it really is that coming together and the skills that makes for a really truly beautiful carnival costume. even if you cannot dance, if you put on one of my costumes, you dance. we cannot wait to get back on the streets. it's been so long that we have not been out there, together. i am clary salandy, and i am the artistic designer and a designer for mahogany and we make costumes for the notting hill carnival. mahogany is a group of highly skilled carnival makers.

we've been making carnivalfor over 32 years since 1989, and we are a family of families who come together to create the most amazing costumes, to realise the spirit of carnival. every year, we get our inspiration from things that are current. we want our theme to be relevant, so this year it is a time to remember and a tribute to our history and heritage and how carnival came to be. but it's also very much a tribute to the skills and contributions made by all of those people who did not make it through the last three years. eight weeks of making costumes towards carnival. we make the templates, we make prototypes, we then mass—produce the different costumes, the headpiece, the colours, the armbands, and we always make big backpack structures. so, we have metalwork.

i get a drawing, a design, and i need to breathe life into it and make it become alive, to make it animated. that is a backpack, and off that, on the plate here, i can go 25 feet up in the air. when they put on the costume and they are performing, the energy of the performer comes together with the ingenuity of the makers, and then you have a magical performance that takes your breath away. that, really, is a very strong part of carnival, so you are passing on the skill, but you are also passing on the energy and the passion to keep carnival alive. so, everybody, get back out on the streets, and dance with us. if you have children at school, you'll know how much it costs to get them ready for the new term. a barber in swindon began his quest to help out today,

by offering free haircuts. andy howard was there to see what the uptake was like. this is a barber's where the first cut is the cheapest. in fact, every child's haircut between 8:00am and 9:00am this morning was completely free. that meant an early start for the man with the scissors and the mirror who wants to give something back. from his own experience. growing up as a child, we couldn't afford anything. in fact, my haircut was a bald head, shaved, no style, nothing. and i think it's very important to not forget where you've come from and try and along the way help where you can. so i guess, for that, and for the sake of my late mother, because she always taught me to be kind no matter what, and it makes me feel good. hopefully she's proud. sylvester�*s decided to hold six of these free early morning sessions

to help with back to school costs after the summer holidays. those are costs along with everything else that seem to be mounting. that's something i was worrying about affording. so it was a big relief for all of us. i've got four children, so i spent over £300 on school uniform and school shoes. so be able to get their haircut and not worry about that because we was going to wait until i get paid. that's not till after they get back to school. so they're really happy they're going to get it done before they go back. and they're not the only ones. evan hasn't had a proper barbers haircut for a while, but now has the chance to express herself. that's really good because a lot of kids do... because hair grows quite fast, especially over the summer. so it's good that people are offering free haircuts. happy with it so far?

yeah, i think it's cut to a good length. these free sessions are by appointment only and there are five mornings left. cutting one cost out of going back to school. andy howard, bbc points west in swindon. "house of the dragon" the prequel to game of thrones has become hbo's most—watched series premiere in the network's history... in the network's history. nearly 10 million people in the us tuned into watch the premiere last weekend with reports of crashes due to high demand on hbo's streaming platform. the epic fantasy drama is already making headlines due to some controversial scenes, however it will face stiff competition from amazon's upcoming "lord of the rings" prequel due for release later this year. and finally, to possibly the world's most picturesque location to windsurf. switzerland's lake silvaplana played host to the 45th edition of the engadin windsurf marathon. 250 windsurfers took to the water in a one hour race, with the winner completing the most laps.

they were competing in a particular class of windsurfing which will be part of the olympic programme for the first time at the paris olympics in 202a. now it's time for a look at the weather with sarah keith lucas. hello. another warm and humid feeling day across southern and eastern areas, today some of seeing sunshine but if you are across wales, south—west england into parts of northern england into parts of northern england as well, you are stuck under this line of cloud with some outbreaks of rain folsom northern ireland and much of scotland is looking fine and dry, just a few showers in the five north—west, temperatures here 15 to 20 degrees at six o'clock this evening still 27 in south east. through this evening, a bit of rain on this with front but we will start to see heavy, thundery downpours that south—east england and east anglia by the early hours of thursday morning. still a warm, humid night here but cool and fresh elsewhere. dry weather on the cards for thursday but we do have those torrential downpours heavy showers, thunderstorms, for the likes of kent, afterwards norfolk, could be

some localised flooding with those heavy downpours on very dry ground. that rental is a way for the afternoon and then the sunshine temperatures will be 15 to 2a degrees. goodbye.

police arrest a 35—year—old man, thought to have been the target of a shooting in which a young girl died. olivia pratt—korbel was shot in the chest as her mother struggled with a gunman at the door of their home in liverpool. we need everybody to come forward. we need everybody to stand united, side by side with us, the police, to identify those responsible, gain the evidence and bring them tojustice. and i am here at the scene where investigations continue with the gunman — investigations continue with the gunman and main suspects at large. we'll bring you the very latest. also this lunchtime... translation: we only care about our land. - we will fight for it until the end. president zelensky issues a defiant message as his country marks independence day from the soviet union, exactly six months after the russian invasion.