this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. united nations inspectors are due to visit the russian—occupied zaporizhzhia nuclear plant where nearby shelling has prompted global fears of disaster. claims of torture are credible — the un releases it's long—awaited report on alleged human rights abuses against uyghur muslims in china. the last surviving member of the monkees sues the fbi over access to secret files held on the band. old before your time — tesearch on fruit flies reveals

how over exposure to blue light is impacting our health. and — in tennis — serena williams is through to the third round of the us open after beating world number 2 anett kontaveit. hello and welcome. russia has been accused of shelling a town near the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in ukraine, where a team from the un nuclear watchdog is expected on thursday. the plant, which was taken by russia in march, sits on the banks of the dnieper river, 200 kilometres from crimea, which it annexed in 2014. mark lobel reports.

if there is a nuclear disaster in ukraine, it is feared this drill in zaporizhzhia would become a reality. the prospect of a radiation leak here is causing international concern. enter the international atomic energy agency, on a mission to reassure, amid reports of shelling in the city. now in zaporizhzhia, awaiting permission to enter europe's largest nuclear power plant, precariously placed between warring factions. aiming to prevent, in their words, the situation spiralling even more out of control. the mission will take a few days. until we can establish a continued presence. despite concerns over nuclear safety and security, neither a calming of tensions in the city nor the iaea's entry

to the plant are guaranteed. we do continue to see sporadic shelling in the region. we call on all sides to ensure the safety of the power plant for obvious reasons, and we call on russia to enable the iaea team to get in there and do their work. russia remains resolute. it won't demilitarise the zone around the plant it captured in march, in a blow to the ukrainians. but the un inspectors hope that their presence there could help prevent a nuclear accident. a long—delayed un report says serious human rights abuses have been committed in the chinese region of xinjiang against uighur muslims. it also found that allegations of torture and sexual abuse during what china calls

vocational education and training are credible. beijing, which saw the report in advance dismissed it as a farce. peter irwin from the uyghur human rights project says the chinese government won't be a credible player on the world stage unless they take action now. i think this is a report that we have been waiting for for quite some time. we have been waiting all day and we have been waiting essentially a full yearfor been waiting essentially a full year for this report. been waiting essentially a full yearfor this report. i think what it does in particular is it really pierces the facade of the chinese government that there is nothing to see in the uighur region. well, there is something to see and it has been confirmed by the un and what they say is that it has been confirmed so these are no longer allegations but confirmation of horrendous human rights abuses in the region. to an extent, we cannot take the chinese government's claims here seriously and we source of the reasons why the report was delayed was because the chinese government objected

to its findings very strongly, but it does say something that the un at the 11th hour did stick to its guns and release the report. i think that is incredibly, incredibly important and significant that they did that despite the efforts of the government and we know that the chinese government will be furious and are furious with the findings and that is something to look at going forward but i don't think we can take the claim seriously any more, just can't. the disasters emergency committee is launching a pakistan floods appeal to help the millions of displaced people across the country. flash floods and landslides along the indus and kabul in pakistan have left more than 1,000 dead and 1,600 people injured. the dec says six million more are in desperate need of humanitarian assistance. 0ur reporter farhat jawad has sent this report from the western province of balochistan. here i'm working in an area which was once a stream. the

water has been dried up for decades now and that is one reason why people started building houses very close to it and when the flood came, it washed away everything in its way. balochistan has 3a districts and out of them 31 are directly affected by the flood. and many of them are completely cut off from the rest of the country. in the provincial capital, for five days there has been no electricity, no gas supply and mobile phones are not working. and that is the reason why people have been unable to connect with their families. this is the situation in the provincial capital which is far more developed than the rest of the districts in this province. now you can imagine the magnitude of the problems people in other districts are facing which are still cut off from the rest of the country and that is one reason that authorities do not have a final number about the losses. although the provincial government says that they have so far, they can confirm a loss

of up to $900 million, but they are also saying that it is likely to rise. let's get some of the day's other news. the us food and drug administration has authorized updated covid—19 booster shots from pfizer and moderna. they target the dominant 0micron subvariants. the american government is now preparing for an autumn vaccination campaign — that could begin in the next few days. the us centers for disease control�*s panel of experts meets on thursday to consider a final recommendation. students in shanghai have returned to school for the first time since march after a rise in covid—19 cases sent the city into a strict lockdown. teachers and students will have to comply with strict measures such as daily testing and temperature checks. tug boats in the suez canal have refloated

an oil tanker that briefly ran aground due to a fault with its rudder. the suez canal authority said the affinity had been blocking the same southern stretch where the ever given got stuck for six days in march 2021 causing severe disruption to international trade. at their height, the pop band the monkees was one of the most popular bands in america. and it turns out they attracted the attention of the fbi, who compiled a file on them. now their singer micky dolenz is suing the agency to find out what information is being held. let's speak to our north america correspondent peter bowes. we knew little snippets of this because a little excerpt was published more than a decade ago. why did this come about in the first place? and why is it so difficult to find out what is being held on this band quiz

back — on this band? apparently there are two documents that he is trying to get information about, but what was released was heavily redacted. there is a phrase that we have become familiar with connected to a completely different case. this was a heavily redacted fbi document related to the monkees. and it quoted an informant who was apparently at a 1967 concert and had made some observations about what was happening. for example, this person said subliminal messages were being put up on a big screen sent out to the audience, messages that constituted left—wing interventions of apolitical nature, and there references to race riots in america, to anti—us sentiment. now, clearly, this was the 1960s. we know that the fbi did monitor, it did keep tabs on certain

individuals, high—profile pop stars, rock stars, the beatles, john lennon, jimi hendrix as well. in fact, john lennon, jimi hendrix as well. infact, interestingly, jimi hendrix actually opened for the monkees on a few occasions. looking back now, it seems an unlikely combination but he actually opened for them. the monkees were at the centre of this very sort of controversial atmosphere at the time, clearly an anti—war sentiment in the country. yes, you're right. quite a weird mash up there. i was thinking of voodoo child and how that might work with the monkees. this was during the 1967 tour. there were other bands that were more vocal and overtly so about the vietnam war, for example. so why was it that the monkees in particular garnered the attention of fbi informants? that is the question and there's a lot of mystery surrounding this. now, there were some lyrics in the monkees songs that if you

analyse them perhaps they did have an anti—war sentiment. there is one, the last — one which is about a man who is going to an army base who is wondering if he will ever go home again to the love of his life. you may say that that sum is fairly tame but that is the level of the lyrics that we are talking about here. clearly, there was some suspicion by the fbi. the thing is, to what extent was that suspicion justified? i think that is what micky dolenz is trying to get that now. two documents, the second apparently completely, 100% redacted. we have no clue at all what is in that document and that is why, he says through his lawyer, that he is prepared to go to court to try to get the fbi to reveal it. so interesting. thank you very much, peter. we will find out more when we get it. staying

with the states, the fbi, and all things redacted. donald trump has reacted angrily to accusations by the usjustice department that his advisers "likely concealed" classified documents, found in an fbi search of his florida home. he's suggested that agents had staged a photo of papers strewn across the floor. thejustice department's court filing offers the clearest picture so far of what drove the fbi to carry out the search of his property. it also says that while mr trump's lawyers swore under oath that they'd returned all relevant documents, only half were handed back. we can now speak to neama rahmani, who is a former us federal prosecutor and now president of west coast trial lawyers. we knew, without needing to know any detail, that there were already violations of the presidential records act and the espionage act — because some documents that should have been with the national archives — were in trump's home. what is the nature of

the obstruction to justice? that was the big question when the affidavit in support of the search warrant was unsealed last week and it was heavily redacted, of course. there were clear violations of the two previous acts but we didn't know what the basis for the obstruction ofjustice probable obstruction of justice probable cause obstruction ofjustice probable cause was. there was some speculation that may be it was related to the congressional january six committee because they had subpoenaed the documents from the national archives. now we know that it had nothing to do with that. it was a separate grand jury sabina issued to donald trump and his lawyers reportedly said that they had turned over everything. it turned out that was not true. in addition, when the fbi were executing the search warrant, donald trump has met representatives reportedly told not to go into a storage rim where documents were being stored. haw a storage rim where documents

were being stored.— were being stored. how serious is that, to _ were being stored. how serious is that, to make _ were being stored. how serious is that, to make false _ is that, to make false statement to a federal officer? it is very serious. these are all felonies which could result in terms of federal imprisonment. for one to end up in federal prison — federal prison, you would have to be indicted and trialled. in prison, you would have to be indicted and trialled.- indicted and trialled. in your professional _ indicted and trialled. in your professional view, _ indicted and trialled. in your professional view, do - indicted and trialled. in your professional view, do the i professional view, do the actions of donald trump and his lawyers show intent here? it appears that there is an embarrassment of evidence and the big question is whether they are going to do anything about it? ., , they are going to do anything about it? . , ., , ,., , about it? that is absolutely ri . ht. about it? that is absolutely right. there _ about it? that is absolutely right. there is _ about it? that is absolutely right. there is no _ about it? that is absolutely right. there is no question | right. there is no question that a crime has been committed. if you are a prosecutor, you always want to get ahead of your target to prove intent and to prove knowledge and that is what has happened. because of the communication between the fbi and the national archive guides and the national archive guides and donald trump and his representatives, notjust mar a lago, it was also at the white house he was told that he had to preserve these documents and ordinarily he was ripping them up ordinarily he was ripping them up and flushing them down the toilet. again, it requires

prosecutor to move forward. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: seeing red — the world's biggest food fight returns to the spanish city of bunyol after a two year covid break. she received the nobel peace prize for her work with the poor and the dying in india's slums. the head of the catholic church said mother teresa was a wonderful example of how to help people in need. we have to identify the bodies, then arrange the coffins and take them back home. parents are waiting, and wives are waiting. hostages appeared — some carried, some running — trying to escape the nightmare behind them.

britain lost a princess today. described by all to whom she i reached out as "irreplaceable", an early morning car crash| in a paris underpass ended a life with more than its share of pain and courage, - warmth and compassion. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: after weeks of shelling near the zaporizhzhia power plant, international experts are due to begin an agreed inspection to assess damage at europe's largest nuclear facility. a—long awaited report from the united nations has found that china has committed serious human rights violations against uyghur muslims

in the xinjiang region. we will be talking about fruit flies in a moment. time for all the latest sports news. hello, i'm mark edwards with your sport, and there's only one place to start — that's at the us open, where serena williams is showing no signs of "evolving away from tennis" as she euphemistically described her impending retirement from the sport. the 23—time grand slam winner produced a masterful performance to knock out the number two seed, anna kontaveit. serena's swansong saw her tough out the first set via tie—breaker before the estonian came roaring back in the second, dominating the second set. williams, though, has been here before. she took the decider 6—2 to make her way into the third round. meanwhile, on the men's side, it's a decade since andy murray brought the house down at flushing meadows for his maiden grand slam. two majors and one metal hip later, the expectations may be a little lower — but he's still box office in the big apple. the former world number one

through to the third round. wasn't easy against american wild card entry emilio nava — nava taking the first set before the triple grand slam winner reasserted himself to take the match in four sets. 0nto football, and erling haaland was again the star of the show in another emphatic victory for the english premier league champions manchester city. the norwegian striker, who scored a hat—trick against crystal palace on saturday, claimed another hat—trick as city thrashed newly—promoted nottingham forest 6—0. haaland scored all his goals before half time to take his tally to nine in five games. after the break, joao cancelo added a fourth, with julian alvarez scoring twice to complete the rout. city maintaining their unbeaten start to the season. julian and erling have a special sense for the goal. they're strikers and this is natural. it's difficult to buy or to teach. you have to buy, paying,

of course, but it's difficult to teach this kind of sense of foal. so the two goals from julian are amazing, and erling again — so two hat—tricks in a row — and his mentality is contagious for our team. and, yeah, very pleased for everything. meanwhile, mikel arteta's arsenal remain top of the table after beating aston villa 2—1 at the emirates stadium, where gabriel martinelli scored the winner. earlier, gabrieljesus had put the gunners ahead, before douglas luiz equalised for the visitors. villa are now in the bottom three with only one win from their first five games, but that's five wins out of five for arsenal. in the netherlands, psv eindhoven made it four league wins out of four by thrashing volendam to move level on points with ajax at the top of the eredivisie. the highly rated cody gakpo scored a hat—trick as psv won 7—1 — although did look slightly embarrassed to be given this one after what was a very heavy deflection. and in germany, bayern munich eased into the second round of the german cup after a comfortable 5—0 victory over third—tier side viktoria koln.

sadio mane on the scoresheet — as was jamal musiala. bayern, who've won the competition a record 20 times, are into the last 32. and that's all your sport for now — from me, mark edwards, and the rest of the team, bye—bye. daily and life—long exposure to blue light from phones, computers and household fixtures causes damaging effects — that much we knew. what we didnt know is that the impact is disproptionately larger the older you are. it's not great news, is it? that's according to new research by oregon state university, who carried out tests on fruit flies, who, would you believe, share similar cellular mechanisms with humans. let's go live to

carvallis in oregon report from oregon state university. briefly — why fruit flies — and not any old fruit fly — but mutant flies? we use fruit flies because their cellular processes are concerned all the way to humans and they live for about 70 days so one day in the life of a fly equates to one year in human life and that is why we can work on their ageing with ease. and so what we found is that bluelight specifically, when flies are exposed to it when they are young, they can withstand it for longer than older flies and young flies in

bluelight have pretty healthy cells, but olderflies bluelight have pretty healthy cells, but older flies with the same amount of light exposure, their cells are being damaged. so that is important consideration because our exposure to bluelight is pretty recent and we don't know what accumulated effects it may have for people who are teenagers now but will be looking at bluelight for some 60 or 70 years. bluelight for some 60 or 70 ears. , , bluelight for some 60 or 70 ears. , . , , bluelight for some 60 or 70 ears. , .,, bluelight for some 60 or 70 ears. , ., , ., years. this may seem obvious to ou but i years. this may seem obvious to you but i don't— years. this may seem obvious to you but i don't how _ years. this may seem obvious to you but i don't how obvious - you but i don't how obvious this is to everyone, how to know if the light in your life is actually blue?— know if the light in your life is actually blue? the bluelight is actually blue? the bluelight is predominant _ is actually blue? the bluelight is predominant in _ is actually blue? the bluelight is predominant in led - is actually blue? the bluelight is predominant in led lighting j is predominant in led lighting and our screens are also mostly

emitting bluelight unless we do something about it and change this default condition. so if you are in a darkroom and you're looking at your phone, the phone will be putting a bluish shade on your face. that is the tell—tale of the fact that most of these devices are emitting bluelight, but also mixed in with some yellow light so it looks white, but it is predominantly blue.- predominantly blue. you mentioned _ predominantly blue. you mentioned it _ predominantly blue. you mentioned it right - predominantly blue. you mentioned it right at - predominantly blue. you mentioned it right at the beginning, you are saying that we are spending a lot more time and it is sort of a recent phenomenon having this model a lighter life. it has become something of a necessary evil and over the last few years people are working from home are, there are more zooms and face times and people are spending a lot more time in

front of screens. you mitigate the impact of this so that it is not quite so oppressive and doesn't age you any further? 50 doesn't age you any further? so there doesn't age you any further? sr there are settings on our computers and phones that give you the option of night—time and that would be a much warmer light. in fact, when you go to settings, you can regulate how warm you want your light to be and what hours you want to be exposed to it. so personally, i am done with bluelight around 2pm and my computer screen switches to warmer light without blue. so there are ways to control it. it is the same in phones. phones that will project white letters, white pictures on a black background are better than the other way

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you can reach me on twitter — i'm @ vfritznews. hello. as we turn the weather page from summer to autumn, it looks like nature is taking its cue as well. big changes this weekend. there could be a bit of thundery rain around across much of the uk — not everyone will see it — and potentialfor some strong winds, as well. the weather charts really scream autumn — area of low pressure which will develop. around that, bands of heavy and thundery rain, and potentially little smaller areas of low pressure within it, which could bring bouts of even stronger winds. complete contrast to what we've got out there tonight, into the morning. lightest winds across the northern half of the country. lowest of the temperatures down to around 2 or 3 degrees. a bit more breezy to start the day in the south. 15 or 16 as we start the morning. could be a few distant rumbles of thunder towards the channel islands,

maybe an isolated shower towards kent, too. most will be dry. a few showers in northeast england, but through the day, southern areas of england, wales, more cloud will develop and a few isolated showers or thunderstorms are likely. vast majority dry, with the sunshine out, lighter winds. it's going to feel a bit warmer as we go through thursday — particularly so in scotland and northern ireland. into thursday evening and overnight, those showers and thunderstorms will break out a little bit more widely across southern counties of england and wales — still very much well scattered, hit—and—miss, many places staying dry, but it will start to feel a bit more humid and not quite as chilly across scotland and northern ireland either to take us into friday. so this is the chart for friday. still some showers, thunderstorms around across the south, one or two showers breaking out elsewhere through the day. could be the odd sharp one, too. more likely, though, across parts of western scotland and northern ireland through the afternoon. the breeze picking up across northern scotland, compared to what we've seen through recent days. but a warm and humid one in the sunny spells, even though there's a bit more cloud — temperatures 20—25. biggest changes will come this weekend. could see a zone of showery,

thundery rain from southwest scotland, northern ireland through towards east anglia. dry to the north of it with some strong winds. clearer slots to the south of it with some sunshine at times, but more in the way of heavy, thundery rain out in the west later. and the winds will be a feature on saturday, to the west of the country and more especially in the north. northwest scotland could see winds touch gale force at times. here are your temperatures for saturday — nice enough when the sun shines out. it'll feel cooler, though, in the wind and where you have the rain. and as i said, potential for more rain to come not just through sunday, but into monday. and any of these areas of low pressure that spin up, whilst there's a bit of uncertainty around them, they could bring some strong winds, too.

this is bbc news, with the latest business headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. do something now — the uk faces disaster without urgent government help on fuel bills. that's the warning from a top energy supplier. we are going to see a winter like never before with people going hungry, going cold, and the nhs being overwhelmed by the health impacts of the energy crisis this winter. tech turmoil — snapchat axes a fifth of its staff as advertisers tighten their belts, and stock market valuations plunge. a multi—billion—dollar bailout. but can the imf save sri lanka from its spiralling

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