this is bbc news. the headlines at 8pm. police investigating the fatal shooting of nine—year—old olivia pratt—korbel in liverpool reveal that two guns were used in the attack and renew their appeal for information. this man is toxic. he is toxic to our communities, and if you're protecting him, he's toxic to you and your family. borisjohnson has used his final policy speech before leaving office to promise millions of pounds for a new nuclear power plant on the suffolk coast. i say go nuclear and go large and go with sizewell c. the un's nuclear team has carried out an initial inspection at the zaporizhzhia plant in ukraine, which is under russian control. we are not going anywhere. the iaea is now there, _

is at the plant and is not moving. it's going to stay there. a review into failings at nhs maternity units in nottingham launches, with a call for affected families to come forward. tributes this evening for the star of the breakfast sofa bill turnbull, who's died at the age of 66. good evening. merseyside police have revealed that two guns were used in the shooting that killed nine—year—old olivia pratt—korbel. olivia was shot in her home last week as her mother tried to stop a gunman entering their house. detectives have now released cctv of the gunman running from the scene. a 35—year—old man who was the target

of the attack and was on parole, is still being treated in hospital and will be sent back to prison when he's discharged. our north of england correspondentjudith moritz reports from liverpool. running away from the horror he caused, this is the man who used two guns to shoot a nine—year—old child dead. moments after the murder, he disappeared into the darkness. the investigation into the fatal shooting of olivia pratt—korbel is said to have made significant progress. but police say they need more help to identify the gunman. today they released new footage, hoping it would jog the memories of people in the area. we know this man is climbing through gardens and through people's back yards in order to avoid being identified, as well as using the roads, as you can see. now, i know that there will be people shielding him and helping this man avoid being found by the police. if you are found doing this, then we will do everything legitimately possible to bring

you to justice. today the police continued to protect olivia's house, standing guard in front of the door which the gunman burst through last monday night. detectives say they are trying to trace everyone who was in the area at the time. they've released footage of a man who was near to olivia's house, saying he may have information which is important to the inquiry. tributes continued to be laid at a makeshift memorial nearby. this afternoon olivia's mum cheryl spent time here privately reading the messages. she's thanked the community for the support it's giving her as she copes with the loss of her little girl. judith moritz, bbc news, liverpool. and we'll find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30pm and 11:30pm this evening in the papers. our guestsjoining me tonight are baroness ros altmann, former pensions minister in david cameron's conservative government, and the broadcaster penny smith.

the head of one of the uk's largest energy suppliers has proposed a plan to help people struggling with their bills. the founder of ovo energy, stephen fitzpatrick, says power firms should be able to borrow from a state—backed fund to subsidise bills. he also called for the government to bring forward financial support so that struggling families get more help before christmas. mr fitzpatrick has been speaking to our business editor simonjack. how can we solve an energy crisis that threatens millions of households this winter? the boss of energy company ovo which has over 4 million customers said we need a solution quickly or we will face dire consequences. 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. so how exactly can households be protected? ovo's ten point plan includes bringing forward existing support, all households will get £400

and those on qualifying benefits an additional 650 paid from october for the next six months, get that all this side of christmas. stop charging people on prepayment meters more per unit and people who pay monthly. but the centrepiece, establish a massive government backed fund of tens of billions of pounds the energy companies can borrow against it to keep bills low. a similar proposal was rejected by the treasury because it was going to give the same relief to richer and poorer households. this plan sees support taper off as you earn more. but neither this plan nor the price cap cover businesses which include this sheltered housing development, which is already having to pass on rising costs to residents like maria and richard blamey whose bills have tripled. i don't use the hairdryer any more. everything that needs electric turn off. cooking wise, it limits our cooking because it is using electric, so trying to keep it down as much as possible. the number of households

unable to meet basic needs will rise by 3 million, and even typical households will see savage cuts to living standards, according to new research. the average household income is set to fall by 10% this year and next year, and that is the highest two—year for that we have seen in the last century. today, prime minister, till monday, borisjohnson enthusiastically backed a future new nuclear plant in suffolk, but promised more help from his successor. so, we're helping people now with the cost of living, - land of course there will be more| cash to come whoever takes over from me in the months ahead. substantial sums. that's absolutely clear. the labour leader is a price rise is needed to be stopped now. freeze the price increases across the board for struggling millions of people. freeze it. don't do anything less radical than that. and use the excess profits oil and gas companies as a windfall tax to pay for that.

whoever becomes prime minister on monday, the intervention will need to be big if it's to match the size of the crisis that sits right at the top of their inbox. simon jack, bbc news. let's talk to our political correspondent david wallace lockhart. david whoever wins if it's liz truss as everyone is speculating, how quickly is it likely that the government will act and get help to people? government will act and get help to --eole? ~ ., , , people? whoever is in number ten next week will— people? whoever is in number ten next week will face _ people? whoever is in number ten next week will face immense - people? whoever is in number ten - next week will face immense pressure to act very quickly. they will face even more pressure to spell out exactly what they plan to do. in some ways the remarkable thing about what's been a quite long drawn out conservative leadership contest, is neither candidate has fully spelled out what exactly they will do to help with the cost of living problems we are currently facing. we know rishi sunak has promised to give more prone targeted support to

the most vulnerable and will cut vat from energy bills. crucially, he is not but an exact amount on what that will be. liz truss started off the campaign saying she's didn't like hand—outs, tax cuts. she's proved time and again that tax cuts don't help people who pay no tax. it at the hustings about last night her chancellor would address household support and in the sun today she went on top of tax cuts... she says that she will have either abundant physical event. the term she uses where further support will be laid

out. there is a limitjust how quickly an event like that could be brought around. so i suspect that even when the new prime minister goes to the steps of 10 downing street, i don't think they will tell us what the plan is exactly then. i suspect there will be at. where we have to keep asking questions about that. i don't think those questions go away. that. i don't think those questions no awa . . , ., that. i don't think those questions no awa . . y ., , go away. kathryn porter with us. peole go away. kathryn porter with us. peeple are _ go away. kathryn porter with us. people are worried _ go away. kathryn porter with us. people are worried about - go away. kathryn porter with us. people are worried about bills, l go away. kathryn porter with us. l people are worried about bills, but also supplies is there a threat of rationing? i also supplies is there a threat of rationin: ? ~ , also supplies is there a threat of rationin: ? ~' , ., ., rationing? i think there is a real threat of rationing _ rationing? i think there is a real threat of rationing for _ rationing? i think there is a real. threat of rationing for commercial and industrial uses, less so for households but i wouldn't be surprised if we didn't see some voluntary measures requested of households. pretty quick we have low committed conditions this winter. we

could see in other countries to move from one type of consumption to another. possibly cooking dinner later, or earlieravoid another. possibly cooking dinner later, or earlier avoid using washing machines during peak hours and maybe turn the heating off for a couple of hours. don't have the lights on in the rooms those types of things. in lights on in the rooms those types of thin . s. , lights on in the rooms those types of thins. , ., ., .,, of things. in terms of what has been announced today, _ of things. in terms of what has been announced today, boris _ of things. in terms of what has been announced today, boris johnson - of things. in terms of what has been announced today, boris johnson is l announced today, borisjohnson is not in the position to promise anything, but trying to push ahead one nuclear plants will that secure their uk's energy supply? it’s one nuclear plants will that secure their uk's energy supply?— their uk's energy supply? it's not because it will _ their uk's energy supply? it's not because it will take _ their uk's energy supply? it's not because it will take something i their uk's energy supply? it's not. because it will take something like 14 years to build in in that time we will only have one of the existing fleet left because they are old and are retiring. fleet left because they are old and are retiring-— fleet left because they are old and are retirinu. ., ., , ., , ., are retiring. how many do you need? we need more _ are retiring. how many do you need? we need more than _ are retiring. how many do you need? we need more than we _ are retiring. how many do you need? we need more than we have - are retiring. how many do you need? we need more than we have at - are retiring. how many do you need? we need more than we have at the i we need more than we have at the moment. we need to be building more radiators, reactors but we need more

solutions that can be delivered faster and because the technology really is in it. in faster and because the technology really is in it— really is in it. in terms of wind as a suaplier _ really is in it. in terms of wind as a suaplier that — really is in it. in terms of wind as a supplier that is _ really is in it. in terms of wind as a supplier that is cheaper - a supplier that is cheaper potentially in and certainly faster isn't it? ila potentially in and certainly faster isn't it? ., ., potentially in and certainly faster isn'tit? ., ., ., , isn't it? no not really, you can build the _ isn't it? no not really, you can build the turbines _ isn't it? no not really, you can build the turbines faster - isn't it? no not really, you can build the turbines faster but i isn't it? no not really, you can. build the turbines faster but the problem we are having up when it's not windy. he could have periods of low wind for several weeks, throughoutjuly and august this year we've had that experience and there were ranks that we could've run out of electricity and that's during the summer when electricity demand is lower. it amount honey turbines you build if there is 90 when it won't help. build if there is 90 when it won't hel. ~ , ., build if there is 90 when it won't hel, . build if there is 90 when it won't hel. ~ ., ., ., build if there is 90 when it won't help. when you look ahead and you say rationing _ help. when you look ahead and you say rationing might _ help. when you look ahead and you say rationing might happen - help. when you look ahead and you say rationing might happen is - say rationing might happen is that what others are saying to you? it is and i've what others are saying to you? it is and i've been _ what others are saying to you? it 3 and i've been hearing it for my clients since march that they expect to see rationing this winter within their businesses. the idea that that

might extend to the domestic market might extend to the domestic market might be more recent but still real. what about emergency places like hospitals? there are many parts of the country that absolutely need power. the country that absolutely need ower, , ., , the country that absolutely need ower. ., , , ., ., power. hospitals should have their own back-up _ power. hospitals should have their own back-up generators _ power. hospitals should have their own back-up generators and - power. hospitals should have theirl own back-up generators and should own back—up generators and should have been testing those throughout the summer that they can work and if they needed during the winter. thank ou kath n they needed during the winter. thank you kathryn porter— they needed during the winter. thank you kathryn porter for _ they needed during the winter. thank you kathryn porter for being - they needed during the winter. thank you kathryn porter for being with us. let's speak to tom burke. what did you make of borisjohnson speed today. i did you make of boris johnson speed toda . ~' ., , did you make of boris johnson speed toda . ~' .,, _, , , today. i think he was completely wron: today. i think he was completely wrong and _ today. i think he was completely wrong and i _ today. i think he was completely wrong and i thought _ today. i think he was completely wrong and i thought your - today. i think he was completely l wrong and i thought your previous commentator was completely wrong. we don't need a nuclear power plant, we

certainly need to invest and that we don't have the legalese houses in europe so that we don't have highs bills in europe. we do need to do something for businesses as well as for homes. that's the kind of thing that stephen fitzpatrick was talking about we need to do. the idea that we are somehow going to get out of this crisis by wind, right now we turn off the wind because we can't use that electricity. what we need to do with that is invest that capacity and creating hydrogen will pitch we can use exactly and store when we don't have wind or sun shining. that's not a problem and what's more the electricity industry knows that well. [30

what's more the electricity industry knows that well.— knows that well. do we have that ca aci knows that well. do we have that capacity for _ knows that well. do we have that capacity for storage _ knows that well. do we have that capacity for storage at _ knows that well. do we have that capacity for storage at the - knows that well. do we have that. capacity for storage at the moment? no we don't. so try to say if we are going to deal with the medium to long—term problem we need to change very much the direction of our energy policy away from this concern focus on the supply side without doing anything about the demand. without doing anything about the fact that most of our generating capacity in britain doesn't earn any revenues most of the topic as he is such an inefficient grid. there is an enormous amount we can do to invest in making our existing capacity to deliver more to consumers and lower bills and not do more nuclear which could raise bills. br; more nuclear which could raise bills. �* y ., . , ., more nuclear which could raise bills. j ., . i. bills. by how much in your view? the answer to that _ bills. by how much in your view? the answer to that is _ bills. by how much in your view? the answer to that is i _ bills. by how much in your view? the answer to that is i don't _ bills. by how much in your view? the answer to that is i don't know - answer to that is i don't know because i don't know how much nuclear we are trying to build. if we built one year it would take ia

years to build so we are going to do that very soon. i can't say how much but we do have to put them up twice, once in order to pay for construction and again in order to pay for the more expensive electricity. today we can buy wind farm electricity, offshore electricity it will come in with less than hundred £20 so why on earth would you think it's a good idea for consumers to bet on something that is going to cost them more tomorrow than they can get today. more tomorrow than they can get toda . ., ., ., i. today. how worried are you in the cominu today. how worried are you in the coming months — today. how worried are you in the coming months about _ today. how worried are you in the coming months about the - today. how worried are you in the coming months about the supply | today. how worried are you in the - coming months about the supply power think there will be rationing or blackouts in the uk? i think there will be rationing or blackouts in the uk?— think there will be rationing or blackouts in the uk? i think that's a real risk- _ blackouts in the uk? i think that's a real risk. it _ blackouts in the uk? i think that's a real risk. it depends _ blackouts in the uk? i think that's a real risk. it depends on - blackouts in the uk? i think that's a real risk. it depends on a - blackouts in the uk? i think that's a real risk. it depends on a lot - a real risk. it depends on a lot of factors that are hard for us to control. kathryn porter rights talk

about the how much people can limit themselves. currently they are not getting support. themselves. currently they are not getting swoon-— themselves. currently they are not getting support. thank you very much tom burke. sport, and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. evening, and transfer deadline day is into the final furlong, just under three hours or so left for clubs to finalise their business. and a big move set for stamford bridge — chelsea have agreed a deal in principle worth £12 million plus defender marcus alonso for barcelona's pierre—emerick aubameyang. that's according to spanish football journalist guillem balague. aubameyang scored 13 goals in 2a appearances for the catalan club afterjoining them from arsenal injanuary he had a buyout clause of 100 million euros in his contract, but has only played eight minutes for them so far this season. a dealfor aubameyang would mean chelsea chairman todd boehly will have spent almost £250 million in his first transfer window since buying the club

from roman abramovich. manchester united have signed brazilian winger antony from ajax for an initialfee £82 million. the deal is the fourth most expensive signing in premier league history. the 22—year—old has signed a contract until 2027, with the option of an additional year. leicester city have signed vout fas from french club reims. the defender has joined on a five—year contract for an undisclosed fee, with the move subject to international clearance. earlier, football reporter simon stone explained what the premier league's bottom side can expect. we don't know a lot about him. he is 2a years of age, but again, leicester have ended up in a weird situation this summer. usually they sell one of their star players early on in the window, then use that money to reinvest in the squad. that didn't happen this time. we've ended up with wesley fofana going to chelsea for a lot of money this week, but really brendan rodgers is only getting a small proportion of that money to spend on his squad that

are in a far weaker position than you'd normally expect them to be at this point in a transfer window. you'll be able to catch up with all the latest news from transfer deadline day with a special episode of the football news show on bbc iplayer from 11 o'clock tonight. well, leicester are in action in the premier league tonight. they take on manchester united at the king power stadium. it kicked off at eight o'clock, and it's currently 0—0. ronaldo and casemiro on the bench for united this evening. united and erik ten haag looking for a third league win in a row. the second round of the women's champions league has been drawn, with two british teams in action at the end of the month. arsenal will face ajax over two legs, while scottish side rangers will play benfica. you can see full details of the draw on the bbc sport website. dan evans is through to the third round at the us open. he was in fine form against australia's james duckworth, finishing off with a flourish as he triumphed in four sets to join andy murray

and jack draper in the third round. hoping tojoin them is seventh—sseed cameron norrie. he's currently playing joaa sousa, and norrie is a set up in that one, winning the first set 6—a. centre tatyana heard makes herfirst england appearance in three years in an experimental side for saturday's world cup warm—up against the united states. five players from the starting 15 that beat france to a six nations grand slam remain. claudia macdonald, who thought her career had been ended by a neck injury in 2021, starts on the wing. cath o'donnell also returns from injury to fight for a place in the second row. england's emily scarrat admitted that the selection process is always tough. selections are never a nice kind of period of time, but as i say, they are an inevitability. so, everybody is trying to put their best foot forward, everybody is trying to support one another as well because we know it is a tough time for everybody. but, yes, you just hope everybody is able to go and show what they are about and then maybe

some of the coaches will make that decision. that's all the sport for now. we'll have more for you on the bbc news channel later on. after weeks of negotiations, a team of united nations inspectors have finally been able to visit the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in ukraine. the convoy of vehicles reached the power station a few hours ago. it's unclear how freely they are able to move around the plant, and reports say some of the inspectors are already leaving. five are expected to stay. it wasn't an easy journey. this was the convoy setting off towards the plant first thing in the morning. they were forced to stop at a ukrainian checkpoint, some 20 kilometres from the front line, after reports of bombing with artillery shells in the area. the plant is occupied by russia, and there are fears of a possible nuclear disaster. the plant operator says nearby fighting has forced them to shut down one of the two operational reactors.

the ukrainian minister of energy said the russians were preventing his team and the media from visiting the plant. we tried to stop this crazy fight. we know what's happening when we get out today. i mean, they are fighting some ukrainian soldiers who appear somehow in their gun... so, that's like... that's madness, really. that's helicopters and we have another... so, now we stop unit number five because of the shelling. but the russian defence ministry blamed ukraine, saying they only took action due to attempts by ukrainian saboteurs to land near the nuclear power plant. translation: around seven o'clock in the morning, - units of the russian armed forces thwarted another attempt by a tactical assault group to land and seize the nuclear power plant several kilometres from the zaporizhzhia nuclear plant. in the last hour, the chief

of the international atomic energy agency, rafael grossi, has returned to territory held by ukraine. he gave this update to reporters. what were you able to accomplish in the few hours that _ you were at the nuclear plant? in spite of the fact that i was there for four orfive hours, i saw a lot. and i had my people there, and we were able to... i was able to tour the whole site. i went into the units. i could visit the emergency systems, the diesel generators, the different parts, so we have the control rooms of some of the nuclear power plants there. so, we chose three or four key areas that i needed to see first—hand, and i was able to do that. of course, i was able to talk to the staff a lot and also to people from enerhodar, from the village who came to meet

with me and to see me and to get the support that they deserve from the iaea. what i said to them there, i say it again here. back in ukraine, we are not going anywhere. that visit comes amid a ukrainian push to recapture territory taken by russian troops in the south of the country. they're also hoping to take back land in the east, too. our correspondent quentin sommerville has this exclusive report from the front line in the donbas region in eastern ukraine. i should warn you it contains some distressing scenes. in donbas, there will be no harvest. as russian shells fall about us, these fields and furrows are instead plowed by gun tracks and fighting men. ukraine's national guard leads us through the barrage. they pause only briefly and by the cover of tree lines.

this is a war of artillery, of seemingly limitless firepower, and of scorched earth. the destruction is measured in the square kilometres. with phosphorus and cluster bombs, russia burns and scores what it seeks to capture. a canopy of acacias gives some protection from drones. but from here onwards, they must go on foot. the breakthrough in kherson has buoyed spirits, even as russia's dominance in donbas rings out loudly. but this war isn't only being fought at long distance. take care, there is a land mine, be careful. careful. the threat here isn'tjust the artillery you can hear, it's also these landmines, they are all along this pathway.

that's why i'm following very closely in the footsteps of the men ahead. there is another one. explosion and there are more threats — some locals are ambivalent, others hostile to ukrainian forces. but not sergiy. where is your wife, is it hard being apart? translation: yes. every hour, every moment i miss her. it's difficult without her because i love her, and she loves me. what a life. but i think we will get through it all, everything will be for the better. despite the shelling, yeva and her mother appear numb to danger. we can hear the shelling all around us.

explosion translation: i am afraid. i have a small selection of medical supplies which could be helpful if suddenly, god forbid, something happens to my child or to anybody at all, i will give them first aid and take them somewhere for further treatment. but at the moment, as long as i have strength, i want to stay at home. so for now, julia and yeva will hang on here amid the illusion of a normal life. in villages and towns for hundreds of kilometres, there is no school, no work, no life. a country frozen in time and in conflict. few live this war as fast and as close to danger as ruslan and his team of army medics. the cost of hesitation lies all too apparent by the roadside. speed is a matter of life and death

for them and for their patients. their ambulance can't afford to wait until the shelling stops. but there are times when even ruslan and his medics have to take cover. explosion translation: over - there you can see smoke, their mortar is working. ruslan, we can see incoming russian mortarfire here. what do you do when you have casualties out there and this kind of firepower is coming in? what decisions do you have to make? translation: we see the enemy and the enemy sees us, _ but the enemy hides in the tree line there, disguising himself. we can't do that, our ambulance is exposed. we have to pick up the injured and take them out. russia's viciousness is the daily burden of ukrainian combat medics. this man curses in agony.

only moments earlier, he was wounded by a mine. they're still not sure of his injuries. but in this field hospital, they have an intimate knowledge of the damage that shrapnel and artillery do to the human body. they are covered in blast wounds, their limbs broken. his colleague too has been hit. time is critical here for two reasons the patient�*s life, and the medics never know when more casualties will arrive. this is only a snapshot of the cost of this war. without a decisive breakthrough, ukraine's stalemate of suffering will endure. quentin sommerville, bbc news, donbas. the disasters emergency committee has launched an urgent appeal to help the millions of people affected by the flooding in pakistan after exceptionally heavy

monsoon rains this year. more than 1000 people have died and around a million homes have been destroyed or damaged. prompting fears the dental will rise in the coming months. finally on safe ground, but kareem is injured. it takes a group of people to carefully help her out of the boat. she's shaken and disorientated. translation: one of the walls fell on my leg, i was stuck— there and couldn't move for days. i've lost everything. i thought i was going to die. kareem is then treated by medics. officials say 80% of dadu

is already under the water, and it's spreading to more villages. people need saving, and there isn't much time. the military, aid agencies and villagers are all part of the frenzy to evacuate those stranded. wejoined them. just look at all this water. it's like being in the middle of the ocean, except just over there are people's houses, and there are many more in far—flung communities, and the water levels here in dadu are rising, and officials say around 250,000 people are at risk of drowning unless they can get them out to safety. after some time searching, we come across a village. tens climb on board, but not everyone can make the trip. some have left relatives behind. translation: i left everyone behind, but i'm worried, because i don't - know when the next boat will arrive and when i'll be able to return to them. but i have to go

and find food for us. we are going hungry. on our way back to dry land, more people. they've been in the water for hours. three boats had gone past them in a rush to get to other people. for one of them, help came too late. translation: our friend drowned |just moments before you arrived. | he slipped, and he was swept away. we couldn't save him. he's gone. in other parts of dadu, families who have lost their homes are sleeping on the roadside. some do not even have tents, let alone food. and it's all become too much. "our children are hungry," she says. "we're not getting any food. "why is no—one helping us?" the water is coming from all sides — from the overflowing indus river and the mountains in the north, and in the middle of it all

are people growing more desperate by the day. pumza fihlani, bbc news, dadu. chronic weather and climate problems there in pakistan, of course. let's catch up with the weather here. here is staff. ——here is stav. hello there. first day of meteorological autumn and its going to feel like that as we head into this weekend thanks to low pressure, some wet and windy weather particularly across western areas. the rain will be heavy at times. a range of high pressure across us to weather fronts trying to approach from the south and from the north. this one across the south will bring increasing showers to central and southern it england and some of these could be heavy and thundery at times. elsewhere, a lot of dry weather around. a slightly warmer air so it wont be quite as we've had across scotland as what we've had at for the last few nights. so, for friday a lot of dry weather from central northern areas increasing showers for western scotland, and northern ireland, some of these had heavy. otherwise into sunshine, it's going to feel quite warm the top temperature of 26 celsius in south—east. it's more unsettled for the weekend

heavy rain at times, particularly across northern and western areas. strong winds and gales in the south—west and plenty of showers too. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines... police investigating the fatal shooting of nine—year—old olivia pratt—korbel in liverpool reveal that two guns were used in the attack and renew their appeal for information. borisjohnson has used his final policy speech before leaving office to promise millions of pounds for a new nuclear power plant on the suffolk coast. the un's nuclear team has carried out an initial inspection at the zaporizhzhia plant in ukraine, which is under russian control. a review into failings at nhs maternity units in nottingham launches with a call for affected families to come forward. tributes this evening for the star of the breakfast sofa bill turnbull, who's died at the age of 66.

the pound has had its biggest monthly fall against the dollar since the aftermath of the brexit vote in 2016. it slid 5% in august. economist are blaming the worsening outlook for the economy. consumers and businesses are facing rising prices and soaring energy bills — with the worst still to come. people across europe are also facing high energy bills and governments are trying to make life easier for citizens. in spain, a new initiative is being rolled out to help commuters with their costs. guy hedgecoe reports from madrid. as of today, spain's national rail service is providing free rail travel along short and medium—distance routes across the country, and this will benefit, in particular, people who travel regularly along the same route, for example commuters. and the way that it works is that

you buy your ticket, as of today, for a specific route, and if you use that ticket at least 16 times between now and the end of the year, at the end of the year the cost of that ticket will be refunded to you. and, along with that, many cities across the country, as of today, are also introducing major discounts on other services such as bus and underground rail services. here in madrid, those services are being discounted by 50% as of today. all of this is part of efforts by the leftist government of pedro sanchez to mitigate the impact of inflation, which is currently at 10%, and in particular the impact of rising energy costs. this is not the first measure of its kind introduced by mr sanchez�*s government. already in place, we have a discount at petrol pumps worth 20 eurocents per litre, and also today mr sanchez announced that his government is reducing vat on gas from 21% to 5%. that's a measure that will last

again until the end of the year, although the government has said it could be extended beyond that. guy hedgecoe there for us in madrid. so that's spain. a similar idea was introduced in germany at the start for 9 euros, or £7.50, passengers could travel on regional or local transport as many times as they liked — over the course of a month. this was very popular and 52 million tickets were sold over summer. the chancellor olaf sholz called it "one of the best ideas we've had." it wasn'tjust rail, the government reduced petrol prices over the past three months. today though — both schemes came to an end. this was the reaction at one pump in berlin. translation: it is not good. it is bad news for— translation: it is not good. it is bad news for the _ translation: it is not good. it is bad news for the people who - translation: it is not good. it isj bad news for the people who need translation: it is not good. it is i bad news for the people who need to drive, need to drive to work. i filled up yesterday before the prices went up again. now it's just really expensive, and everything is expensive, notjust petrol. you just have to drive less if you can and

take public transport or walk. here, railworkers will hold fresh strikes in a long—running dispute over pay, jobs and conditions. the rmt union says a0,000 members, who work at network rail and 1a train companies, will walk out on the 15th and 17th september. the first date co—incides with industrial action that will be taken by train drivers from the aslef union. the un has accused china of "serious human rights violations" in a long—awaited report into allegations of abuse against uyghur muslims. china had urged the un not to release the report — with beijing calling it a "farce" arranged by western powers. investigators said they found "credible evidence" of torture possibly amounting to "crimes against humanity". china denies its findings. caroline hawley reports these are just some of the uyghur muslims who've been locked up by china. leaked images shared earlier this year with the bbc. a mass incarceration of a people collectively repressed in the name of chinese security.

human rights groups have warned for years of horrific abuses against the uyghurs, but now the long—awaited verdict of the un speaks of forced medical treatment and sexual violence, and it says the world must now pay urgent attention to what's happening in xinjiang. there is, it says, credible evidence of torture, possibly amounting to crimes against humanity. it really pierces this chinese government facade that there is nothing to see in the uyghur region. well, there is something to see. so they're no longer allegations — this is confirmation of horrendous human rights abuses in the region at the moment. this was the un high commissioner for human rights in a much—criticised visit to china in may. last week, she said she'd been under pressure not to publish the report. it was finally released just minutes before she ended her four—year term, to fury from china. translation: the so-called assessment is orchestrated l and manufactured by the us and some western forces. it is wholly illegal and invalid.

the report is misinformation, which serves as a political tool for the us and the west to strategically use xinjiang to contain china. china has always denied running internment camps, insisting they are vocational training centres for willing students, but it's never allowed unfettered access to any of the locations of the camps in xinjiang, so for the uyghurs, the un report is an important vindication, recognition of their suffering. i just cannot stop my tears when i was reading the report after midnight last night. it's one of relief but also, you know, the longing for the last five years, you know, to see some reaction and validation by the un. i believe the governments around the world can put extra pressure on china. business shouldn't be usual.

human rights groups, too, say the publication of the report should mark a turning point in the world's response. amnesty international described it as a game—changer, saying un member states would now be duty bound to act on what it found. caroline hawley, bbc news. russian media is reporting that the chairman of russia's lukoil energy giant, ravil maganov, has died after falling from a hospital window in moscow. earlier in the year, the board of lukoil — russia's second biggest company — called for the conflict in ukraine to be brought to a close as soons as possible. mr maganov is the latest in a series of high—profile business executives to die in mysterious circumstances — including several energy oligarchs. earlier, olga ivshina from the bbc russian service gave us this update on the story. russian officials have confirmed the

death but there is no further detail, so lukoil has public statements saying that a top official has died following a long illness and also in several reports there is notice that he was admitted to the hospital because of issues with his heart. as you rightly mentioned in march of this year, a bunch of lukoil top officials published a statement saying that they are very much concerned with, as they called it, conflicts in the ukraine and definitely the mood in the industry is very depressive but mr ravil maganov wasn't involved in politics. he is a very famous man in the royal industry. his brother is actually in charge of another russian oil company so the details are scarce and it is really hard to understand whether it is a pattern orjust understand whether it is a pattern or just a understand whether it is a pattern orjust a coincidence. —— he is a

very famous man in the oil industry. as the summer holidays draw to a close in england, a review has been launched into failings at an nhs maternity unit after dozens of babies died or were injured. the independent inquiry, led by a midwife, is calling for families who were affected to come forward as it examines what went wrong at nottingham university hospitals trust. our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports. there is a stillness, an order to this home that shouldn't be here. i put my trust in them to look after me and to look after louis. louis died last november before he was born, when his mother was 37 weeks pregnant. i'll neverforget it, the moment they put the doppler on, |just knew, because they never struggled to find his heartbeat. and then they brought the scan machine in and |just remember her turning around, and she said, "i'm so sorry, i can't find a heartbeat." and |just screamed. the family were initially told it was just one of those things.

two months later the hospital called to say that a blood testjenna had done while pregnant showed she had gestational diabetes, but medics had lost it. that was like a knife through the heart. i so didn't want there to be anything that somebody might have missed or done wrong. do you believe your son's death was avoidable? yeah. yeah, ido. the couple were treated at the nottingham university hospitals trust, where hundreds of families have raised concerns about maternity care. this lawyer is dealing with around two dozen cases. from my clients' perspective i think the common theme is very much feeling ignored and not being listened to.

asking, for example, for a caesarean section and being told to carry on and persevere a little bit longer. the chair of the independent review told me she hopes to conclude the inquiry in 18 months and says families and staff have already been in touch. we've been accepting into| the review messages from multiple members of staff. and lots and lots of families. so we are currently- working through them. there are dozens and dozens — i can't count them — _ but please do continue to contact us. - the trust, whose maternity care was rated as inadequate by inspectors, say they know they must do better. we'll welcome donna ockenden and the review team into nottingham and we really hope that by providing her all the information that we've got we'll be able to give families assurance that we are moving forward. how are you doing, duncan? i get up each morning, i do what i've got to do and come home. to a broken home. to a home which is missing something that's been taken from us. michael buchanan reporting.

for details of organisations which offer advice and support go online to bbc.co.uk/actionline. police investigating the fatal shooting of nine—year—old olivia pratt—korbel in liverpool reveal that two guns were used in the attack and renew their appeal for information. borisjohnson has used his final policy speech before leaving office to promise millions of pounds for a new nuclear power plant on the suffolk coast. the un's nuclear team has carried out an initial inspection at the zaporizhzhia plant in ukraine, which is under russian control. the broadcaster and former bbc breakfast star bill turnbull has died at the age of 66. he was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer almost five years ago. he began working at the bbc in the 1980s but became best known for his partnership alongside fellow presenter sian williams on the bbc breakast sofa — a programme that he hosted for 15 years. after bill was diagnosed in 2017 — he campaigned to raise awareness of prostate cancer and its symptoms

— admitting that he'd waited too long before going to see a gp. graham satchell reports. thank you for letting me into your home in the morning, whether it's in the kitchen or in the living room or, as i'm often told, the bedroom... bill turnbull�*s final show on bbc breakfast tv in 2016. breakfast back as usual tomorrow from six. until then, have a great day, bye—bye. he became a much—loved fixture in people's homes. so, this is where it all started for me, up there on the top floor. in those windows there was the newsroom of radio clyde 261, the heartbeat of glasgow and the west of scotland. bill was, at heart, always a reporter. his bbc career took him to the biggest stories, like the bombing of pan am flight 103 over lockerbie in 1988. this may have been one of the shortest days of the calendar year, but for lockerbie, it's been

the longest in its history. we met two children selling bread... his style — honest, straight—talking, down to earth. we've been here for about 20 minutes and people have made us feel very welcome, but there is also a sense that at any point something could go wrong. from tearaway toddlers... oh. — 0h, he's back. you're planting a seed of doubt in the electorate's mind. ..to prime ministers... no, not at all. even if it's explained away later. order has been restored. ..he was always ready with a quick one—liner. i was taking great interest in your isobars there. would you say they were tightly packed? they are quite tightly packed, yes. i said nice to see you and you said... nice to be seen by you, ma'am. today, former presenters paid fond tribute. i'll remember 30 years of friendship and support and laughter. what you saw on the telly was how he was. kind, gentle, funny, clever. just a lovely bloke, really.

bill became a star of shows like strictly and children in need. i'm going to place that there. oh, that's so sweet. but it was while filming celebrity bake off for stand up to cancer that he revealed his own diagnosis. the doctor said, "it's fairly clear from this that you have advanced prostate cancer." may the healing properties of your bees... again, bill was straightforward about the condition, clear with his advice. for heaven's sake, go and get yourself tested. if you catch it early, then that's much better than finding out too late. his openness had a remarkable impact. the number of people getting treatment for prostate cancer went up by more than a third in a year. i don't think there are many people in this world who can change lives, save lives

by what they say, and he did that, and i think that is an incredible legacy and i know there will be people who will be waking up tomorrow morning safe and well because of him and that's an incredibly generous thing to have done. helping thousands of other men remains perhaps bill's greatest legacy. bill turnbull, who died yesterday at the age of 66. here with us now is tim lovett mbe, former president for british beekeepers' association and friend of bill. thanks very much forjoining us. incredibly sad news, of course, but everybody he knew and worked with, we've heard so many tributes today. absolutely. this was terrible news. i suppose for those of us who knew him, not totally unexpected. he did

his best to continue working as long as he possibly could. i worked with him most recently in putting together a programme which was a bit of a rip—off of the desert island disc programme because we'd had to cancel the british beekeepers' annual spring convention in 2020 and we took it virtual in 2021 and i asked bill if he could help us out comparing this show. we invited six notable beekeepers or people involved in that. he interviewed them. he found out things about their careers, how they got into bee keeping, and in the end he would ask them to choose a piece of music that they wanted to take with them and he was just fantastic. one of the people who cooperated with them die by the name of william robson. he is the biggest commercial beekeeper in the biggest commercial beekeeper in the uk and

bill had him singing the hippopotamus song, flanders and swann. although we got the track ready, he could get people to do things like that. they trusted him. that's what it was.— that's what it was. that's what we've been _ that's what it was. that's what we've been hearing _ that's what it was. that's what we've been hearing so - that's what it was. that's what we've been hearing so much i that's what it was. that's what j we've been hearing so much of that's what it was. that's what i we've been hearing so much of all day. how did he get into beekeeping? did you hear how that began for him? i think she started out pretty much the same time i did. video pask crossed for the first time in 2008 when there was huge concern in the united states and it was spreading here thing called colony collapse disorder —— really our path is crossed. we didn't know what it was but beekeepers were losing tens, hundreds, thousands of colonies and of course this was not only putting the honey crop at risk but more importantly population at risk and bill got interested in this. he was on the breakfast show on people became aware that he had this rather wacky hobby, as it was considered at

the time, and he helped out enormously. we went off to his apiary open buckinghamshire and again it was curious as he invited me to emerge from the bracken around his apiary to discuss his bees and so on. he was just so good at putting people at their ease, asking the right questions and he could package it up so that he was directing the programme in the woods and we did a couple of things like that and various other bits. he was just usually helpful. one of the other things he did to help beekeeping, he than the quiz at the national honey show which takes place every year, and that was back to the gunwales and that was run on behalf of peaceful development which was a charity for which he was a trustee and that helps out beekeepers overseas to get them

going. he always made himself available. i went with him on a couple of occasions to northern ireland and the northern ireland institute of beekeepers and they couldn't have gotten more relaxed atmosphere. of course he was a celeb but people had no hesitation in coming up to him and asking him things and of course one of his other great achievements, wrote this book the band beekeepers club which was a wonderful piece of self effacement —— back beekeepers club. where he put himself in a position where he asked the question is, they were his failings over time. but of course that made it more readable. there was no criticism. he was criticising himself in pointing out to people from his mistakes what they should avoid doing. and that is a rare talent, a skill to be able to do that. there are too many experts around. bill came at it from the

other side and he was hugely important and valuable to us when we were campaigning to get what i refer to, this colony collapse disorder. british beef health research was dying on its feet at the time and he was able to bring us onto centre stage and get us going on the media in general —— british be health. he helped us in raising money and eventually a thing called insect pollinators initiative was put together in £10 million is put into the programme which kept beekeeping the programme which kept beekeeping the search going in this country and it has grown since then and i think the public him a lot because he helped them become aware of how important bees and beekeeping was and that it wasn't all about honey, but it was about pollination and very, very helpful. we couldn't have

asked for a better, shall we say, mole in the media because he was able... he could get the subject onto the programmes. tim able... he could get the sub'ect onto the programmes. tim muffett, sor to onto the programmes. tim muffett, sorry to out — onto the programmes. tim muffett, sorry to out you _ onto the programmes. tim muffett, sorry to cut you off. _ onto the programmes. tim muffett, sorry to cut you off. we _ sorry to cut you off. we unfortunately out of time but very good to see you in favour which need forjoining us. tim lovatt, sorry to cut you off. and now an appeal on behalf of the disasters emergency committee presented by adil ray. pakistan is in the grip of a flooding disaster. since the start ofjune, the country has been hit with extreme monsoon rainfall. it's led to devastating flash flooding and landslides. the government of pakistan estimates that a third of the country is underwater. according to the united nations, an estimated 33 million people have been affected. many have been injured or killed. people have been forced

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thank you. hello there. first day of meteorological autumn and its going to feel like that as we head into this weekend thanks to low pressure, some wet and windy weather particularly across western areas. the rain will be heavy at times. a ridge of high pressure across us, two weather fronts trying to approach from the south and from the north. this one across the south will bring increasing showers to central and southern england. some of these could be heavy and thundery at times. elsewhere, a lot of dry weather around. a slightly warmer airmass, too, so it wont be quite as chilly across scotland as what we've had for the last few nights. so, for friday a lot of dry weather from central northern areas increasing showers for western scotland, and northern ireland, some of these heavy.

otherwise in the sunshine, it's going to feel quite warm the top temperature of 26 celsius in south—east. it's more unsettled for the weekend heavy rain at times, particularly across northern and western areas. strong winds, even gales in the south—west, and there'll be plenty of showers dotted around too.

iaea hello i'm christian fraser you are watching the context on bbc news. ukraine is punching through russia's "thin" defences in the south of the country. but what about the east? we will bring you a special report tonight from the front line. the un's nuclear inspectors have made it through to the russian—occupied plant in zhaporizia — with shells still falling in the near vacinity. tonight we will hear from former chelsea star andriy shevchenko, one of ukraine's best known exports, who is now at the forefront of the relief effort. and the british prime minister bows out with a massive investment in nuclear energy, accusing previous governments of a myopic approach to energy security. tonight with the context, the democrat and former adviser to hillary clinton —

amanda renteria and brian taylor, political commentator and columnist