welcome to bbc news, i'm gareth barlow. our top stories: canadian police say they've arrested a man who'd been on the run following a series of deadly stabbings. myles sanderson was arrested on highway eleven in saskatchewan, this is the scene there live, we'll bring you the very latest. president putin steps up his war of words with the west, threatening to let europe freeze. but the european union isn't backing down, it's outlined plans to introduce a price cap on russian gas. and, california urges people to conserve energy, as a heatwave is leading to demand that could overwhelm power supplies.

welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we will go live to canada in a few moments time, but first: the european union has outlined plans to introduce a price cap on russian gas. president putin threatened to cut off all energy supplies if such a step was taken. eu governments have accused moscow of using energy to blackmail them in retaliation for western support for ukraine following russia's invasion. our russia editor steve rosenberg reports. announcement in russian. in his energy war with europe, a fresh salvo today from russia's president. vladimir putin warned, if the west does what it's threatening and imposes a price

cap on russian energy exports, say goodbye europe to russian oil and gas. translation: it's an absolutely stupid decision. we will not supply anything if it's contrary to our interests. in this case, our economic interests. we will not supply gas, oil or coal, and they are not in a position today to dictate to us. he predicted that europe would freeze like the wolf's tail froze to the ice in a russian fairy tale. speaking of freezing, this sinister music video by the russian energy giant gazprom, shows russia switching off the gas to europe ahead of winter. it's taunting the west after russia did indeed shut down its biggest pipeline to europe. in its stand—off with the west,

the kremlin sees energy as its trump card, and it's playing it very publicly. the calculation is that cutting energy supplies to europe will cause such economic pain, that european governments will drop the sanctions they imposed over russia's invasion of ukraine in exchange for cheaper fuel. scenes like these give the kremlin hope. this was prague on sunday. tens of thousands of people protesting at soaring energy bills and demanding an end to sanctions against russia. so will the european leaders cave in to pressure? it is a full—fledged energy war. if they capitulate, vis—a—vis this blackmail, it is not going to be good for europe because the same methods are likely to be repeated by the russian government in the future.

it's going to take time for europe to reduce its reliance on russian energy. that means that this winter could be a tough one. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. well despite threats from moscow, the european union outlined plans to impose a price cap on russian gas, as energy prices have soared in the wake of russia's invasion of ukraine. with me is our news reporter azadeh moshiri. president putin argues that europe is going to struggle. that it is in a weak position and eventually it will cave, what is the reality, though? it what is the reality, though? it is an extremely challenging situation for europe. the energy prices that are soaring right now are one of the biggest concerns for member states. without thinking about winter which is approaching, potentially a cold winter which could mean families and the rest of these countries�* citizens will suffer. before

russia�*s invasion of ukraine the eu was getting about 40% of its gas imports from russia, and they now believe that this has created too much of a dependency on russia, it has allowed president putin to have too much of a hold over the eu and that therefore the goal now is to weaken that because they say president putin has been weaponising energy prices against them, something president putin denies. and they are pointing to things like cutting off the 031 pipeline indefinitely, president putin blamed the on sanctions but they are also pointing to things like the comments he made today, direct threats saying he will cut off coal, oil, gas, heating oil if the eu doesn�*t bend to his well so it is an extremely worrying challenge for this country, thatis challenge for this country, that is why they are talking about rationing and the head of shall, one of the biggest energy companies across europe has said that he doesn�*t think rationing some thing will be for one winter, he thinks it

will be some and we discussed for several winters to come. it for several winters to come. it is undoubtedly a serious situation. the eu was also talking about a possible price cap on russian energy reserves and export. how exactly are they responding?— and export. how exactly are they responding? yes, they are ro osina they responding? yes, they are p"°p°si"9 that _ they responding? yes, they are proposing that despite - proposing that despite president putin calling it stupid and saying that russia will cut off all supply if they follow through this. but yes as you say they are talking about this price cap. the eu commission has argued that part of the reason for that is what we just discussed earlier, about weakening that dependency on russia and that hold putin has but they are certainly pointing, certainly ursula von der leyen is pointing to an ethical reason behind it as well. ~ . . ethical reason behind it as well. . ., ., well. we aim at lowering the costs of gas. _ well. we aim at lowering the costs of gas, and _ well. we aim at lowering the costs of gas, and therefore l well. we aim at lowering the i costs of gas, and therefore we will propose a price cap on russian _ will propose a price cap on russian gas. of course the objective is here very clear. we all— objective is here very clear. we all know that our sanctions are deeply grinding into the

russian _ are deeply grinding into the russian economy with a heavy negative — russian economy with a heavy negative impact. but putin is partially— negative impact. but putin is partially buffering, through fossil — partially buffering, through fossil fuel revenues, so here the objective is we must cut russia's_ the objective is we must cut russia's revenues which putin uses — russia's revenues which putin uses to— russia's revenues which putin uses to finance his atrocious war— uses to finance his atrocious war on— uses to finance his atrocious war on ukraine.— uses to finance his atrocious war on ukraine. she is talking about denting _ war on ukraine. she is talking about denting president - war on ukraine. she is talking about denting president putin financial war chest for the war in ukraine. she has also pointed to some other measures they have taken in the last few months since the invasion. she said that again talking about winter approaching, they have cut storage, they have put up storage to about 80%, knowing that they need to keep these reserves. they found alternative sources of gas from countries like the us, norway as well as algeria and some other countries and remember that figure we talked about before, gas imports from russia? she says it is now down to 9% so they are continuing to look for some drastic solutions to a major problem. we

to a ma'or problem. we will cover to a major problem. we will cover that — cover that situation closely here on bbc news. thank you very much. police in canada say they have arrested myles sanderson four days after 10 people were killed in a stabbing attack in saskatchewan. sanderson was one of two people wanted in connection with the stabbings, the other, his brother was found dead on monday. a motive for the killings still isn�*t clear. sarah millsjoins sarah mills joins us sarah millsjoins us now. lots of conflicting reports on this fast moving situation. what exactly do we know?- fast moving situation. what exactly do we know? one of the most breaking _ exactly do we know? one of the most breaking news _ exactly do we know? one of the most breaking news that - exactly do we know? one of the most breaking news that we - exactly do we know? one of the most breaking news that we arej most breaking news that we are just dealing with in the last ten minutes is that there are reports that myles sanderson has died. we are unsure as to how and as to when. certainly reported on the scene and our reporters on the scene, he was in handcuffs, there�*s lots of images of him surrounded by rcmp officers on the side of

the highway. he had allegedly stolen a white vehicle from the town of ross byrne which is about 20 minutes on one of the main highways that runs through the centre of saskatchewan just north of the largest city, saskatoon. so there are images of him being arrested, so at some point we are led to believe by law enforcement sources that from the side of the highway, whether it be in an rcmp cruiser, whether it be in an ambulance, making his way towards saskatoon to the rcmp headquarters he passed away and again we are not too sure how or why. 1&5 again we are not too sure how or wh . �* , , ., again we are not too sure how orwh . a .,, or why. as you say as of yet not fully _ or why. as you say as of yet not fully confirmed, - or why. as you say as of yet not fully confirmed, they i or why. as you say as of yet i not fully confirmed, they were due to have a press conference, wednesday? that has been delayed, what do we read into that situation?— that situation? quite honestly it is “ust that situation? quite honestly it isiust a _ that situation? quite honestly it isjust a changing _ it is just a changing situation. sometimes and this may be hard to believe, the delay may be nothing more than the fact that we are a bilingual country and you need to have it approved in both french and english, whether it be a news release, details of a

news release, whatever it is so a delay is not a surprise, it can be something as simple as that however a suspect as you set off the top there it is such an ever evolving situation here from the moment this all started around half past three, four o�*clock saskatchewan time, a news conference mentioned to be held in the next 20 minutes, there�*s obviously either details that they are trying to confirm or what they may need to say or can say in the light of the fact that there is a family to consider as well. just walk us through the events of this afternoon. like you said with sin that footage, we saw the live feed of the car surrounded by those police vehicles. how have we gone from that to this detention and arrest? . . that to this detention and arrest? ., ., ., , , arrest? had all happened so cuickl . arrest? had all happened so quickly- we _ arrest? had all happened so quickly. we have _ arrest? had all happened so quickly. we have been - arrest? had all happened so quickly. we have been sat . quickly. we have been sat throughout the day here on wednesday not having really any word apart from regina police

service chief, he cannot today because he was involved obviously when they believe the suspects in the case myles sanderson and his brother damien were maybe travelling to the capital city so he had been involved saying there is no indication that he is myles sanderson in regina so for us it was a waiting game as to whether there would be any sightings or any developments whatsoever and then it was around half past three that the province got an emergency alert that comes through on smart phones over the radio and on tv saying that there have been this white chevy truck that had been stolen in that saskatoon ring area, that is the largest city in saskatchewan and within minutes, we had a caller live on our airwaves saying i�*ve just been stopped on the side

of the highway, highway 11 as i said is a major thoroughfare, a four lane hwy and all of the vehicles travelling were stopped by rcmp officers and it literally happened in front of drivers�* eyes at the side of the road where they have obviously been spotted, this white truck and he was dragged out of the truck into the ditch, then surrounded and that image of him against the truck with the rcmp officers around him, we know that a rosten ambulance has been spotted outside the major hospital in saskatoon so we don�*t know whether that moment, was he placed into an ambulance, was he in the back of a police cruiser? they were then travelling south to saskatoon and that is really all we know at this point. we and that is really all we know at this point.— at this point. we will follow the details _ at this point. we will follow the details but _ at this point. we will follow the details but for - at this point. we will follow the details but for now, - at this point. we will follow i the details but for now, sarah millsjoining us live the details but for now, sarah mills joining us live from saskatchewan, thank you. in pakistan a third

of the country is under water and more than 1,300 people have died due to the floods. authorities say waters on the country�*s largest lake have begun to recede, following concerns that lake manchar in sindh province could burst its banks. pumza fihlani reports from islamabad. sindh province is still drowning. it has not rained for days, but most of the land remains waterlogged. 0n the shoreline, the boats are still coming. the dangers of manchar lake have been contained for now, authorities say. its banks were deliberately breached to protect urban areas and what remains of the damaged infrastructure there. but the threat is not over, and rescue teams are now working on evacuating thousands stranded in their villages. 125,000 people have been affected by the overflow of water. the people whose homes were sacrificed have been left with nothing. translation: my brother just died in my village because of the water that came. we thought we were going

to be able to save him, but we couldn�*t. around 20 people are still stranded there. some are unconscious, some arejust sitting, waiting for help. water levels in pakistan�*s biggest lake are starting to recede, officials have told the bbc. but as an additional measure, they are enforcing flood dykes in the area. as rescue efforts continue, authorities are also under pressure to rebuild what has been lost. climate change minister sherry rehman told the bbc that pakistan will need international expertise. we are going to have to do some very important thinking, notjust on our own, but with the climate specialists, really, for infrastructure. key communication lines naturally have to be restored. the railways have to be restored, all of that. so they�*ve already started their reconstruction, and i was thinking because it has to happen, people have to cross over, most of it

will not be resilient. we neither have the money nor the technical capacity at this point. building with the future in mind may be a luxury for those whose entire livelihoods have been lost to the floods. for now, those who make it out of these treacherous waters are troubled by uncertainty, where they will sleep and what they will eat. pumza filhani, bbc news, islamabad. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: stolen from the old world, being returned from the new, the ancient antiquities heading home at last. george w bush: freedom itself was attacked this morning, - and freedom will be defended. the united states will hunt down and punish those responsible. bishop tutu now becomes spiritual leader of 100,000 anglicans here, of the blacks

in soweto township, as well as the whites in their rich suburbs. we say to you today- in a loud and a clear voice, "enough of blood and tears. enough!" _ translation: the difficult | decision we reached together was one that required great and exceptional courage. it's an exodus of up to 60,000 people caused by the uneven pace of political change in eastern europe. lam free! this is bbc news, the latest headlines: canadian police say they�*ve arrested a man who�*d been

on the run following a series of deadly stabbings. president putin steps up his war of words with the west, threatening to let europe freeze. let�*s turn to california now, which is grappling with a heat wave, and emergency crews are fighting numerous wildfires. temperatures are forecast to remain high in the coming days. the heatwave has left thousands of households without power, and people are being told to conserve energy. sophie long is in los angeles for us. well, we are now into day five of an intense heatwave here in california which has pushed temperatures way up into triple digits in fahrenheit and above 44 celsius, smashing records for this time of year. and the stifling heat continues long after the sun goes down, which is putting massive pressure on california�*s electricity grid. we haven�*t yet seen the rolling blackouts that people

were warning of but thousands of people have been left without power in places like silicon valley, although not the millions that people were fearing. californians are being asked to conserve energy between the hours of 4pm and 9pm. they are being asked not to crank up the aircon but to keep thermostats above a certain temperature, not to use major appliances, and not to charge electrical cars during those hours. now, these conditions are, of course, perfect for wildfires to spark and for those already burning to do so more intensely. in the north of california, two fires have burned through thousands of acres. in the south, about 80 miles from where i am in los angeles, the fairview fire has burned through thousands of acres, killed two people, and burnt down several structures. now, the two victims have not yet been identified but authorities say they were found in a vehicle, indicating that they were perhaps trying to flee the fires, and an illustration ofjust how dangerous and how quickly these fires spread. now, the heat is expected to ease off by the end of the week butjust over the horizon are santa ana winds, and when they come in autumn as they always do, if they combine with intense heat and a tinder dry vegetation that has been baked all summer, then the conditions are perfect for wildfires

to spark and for them to spread very, very quickly, so while some respite might briefly be insight, the fear is that things could get much worse. the city of new york is returning millions of dollars worth of looted antiquities to their rightful home in italy. the stolen items were linked to a number of illegal trafficking rings. among the antiquities was a marble head of the goddess athena, that dates back more than two,000 years. the bbc�*s tim allman has the details. treasures from the old world taken illegally to the new. dozens of ancient artefacts, bowls and parts and masks, worth millions of dollars. today we are repatriating 58 antiquities collectively valued at nearly $19 million to their

home country of italy. these antiquities were seized from investigations into several different trafficking rings connected to michael steyn holm. ~ ., connected to michael steyn holm. ., , , ~ holm. who is he? he is american billionaire — holm. who is he? he is american billionaire who _ holm. who is he? he is american billionaire who had _ holm. who is he? he is american billionaire who had amassed - holm. who is he? he is american billionaire who had amassed a - billionaire who had amassed a huge collection and agent antiquities, it�*s believed many of them were taken illegally from churches and museums in italy before being imported to the us. late last year he agreed to give most of the back, in exchange for not being prosecuted. for more than a decade the authorities here have been waging war against organise the looting. this office has _ organise the looting. this office has recovered - organise the looting. ti 3 office has recovered almost 4500 office has recovered almost a500 priceless, extraordinary antiquities, testament to the said cultural holidays — heritage of humanity, if you have to put a dollar value on it, it is valued at more than $250 million.— it, it is valued at more than $250 million. these items will

be returned _ $250 million. these items will be returned to _ $250 million. these items will be returned to where - $250 million. these items will be returned to where they - be returned to where they belong, cherish by local communities for now and for generations to come. we can now speak to art theft expert anthony amore who�*s director of security and chief investigator at the isabella stewart gardner museum in new york where he joins us from now. iam i am intrigued, iam intrigued, how i am intrigued, how on earth do these antiquities find themselves in new york in the first place?— first place? there is a wide network — first place? there is a wide network of _ first place? there is a wide network of looting - first place? there is a wide network of looting that - first place? there is a wide network of looting that is l network of looting that is pretty enormous, it surprises most people to learn about, so thatis most people to learn about, so that is one problem, the second problem is the lack lack of due diligence, notjust in new york but around the country and around the world, when acquiring pieces.- around the world, when acquiring pieces. talk about that due diligence, - acquiring pieces. talk about that due diligence, say - acquiring pieces. talk about that due diligence, say i - acquiring pieces. talk about that due diligence, say i am acquiring pieces. talk about i that due diligence, say i am a vendor who has a market for sale, you are a museum, you may be slightly suspicious and not

suspicious at all. either way, what should you do? the short answer is _ what should you do? the short answer is employee _ what should you do? the short answer is employee or- what should you do? the short. answer is employee or contract, you museums work really hard to tackle risk when it comes to security, fire, conservation, investment, you name it, but they don�*t do enough in my estimation, due diligence were now antiquities and that�*s how you run into problems and that�*s why we see so many stories of, especially in the media, antiquities having to be returned to their country. i�*m returned to their country. i'm interested — returned to their country. i'm interested then _ returned to their country. i'm interested then the impact is, especially for the countries who are receiving these works back. ., ., ., ~ who are receiving these works back. ., ., .,~ ., who are receiving these works back. ., ., ., ., back. you are taking a large risk, reputation, _ back. you are taking a large risk, reputation, large - risk, reputation, large financial risks when you don�*t do due diligence that this sort of work demands, and that�*s why

you have a proven researcher working on behalf of a foreign institution is so very important, just for your own ethical consideration but also just to protect the organisation from liability. 58 solid pieces are being handed back, an estimated value of about $90 million, part of a much wider project to return pieces. give us an overview of the scale of this.— the scale of this. you set it very well. _ the scale of this. you set it very well, this _ the scale of this. you set it very well, this is, - the scale of this. you set it very well, this is, first - the scale of this. you set it very well, this is, first of l very well, this is, first of all, my compliments to the manhattan liaison office for doing this, but this is a small fraction of a multibillion—dollar operation that occurs worldwide to the illicit trafficking of an antiquities, and really taking away cultural heritage from countries, especially countries that have been colonised in the past, is a massive worldwide problem which is great to see law enforcement and homeland

security included to rectify it. ., ._ security included to rectify it. that was anthony, thank you so much for _ it. that was anthony, thank you so much forjoining _ it. that was anthony, thank you so much forjoining us, - it. that was anthony, thank you so much forjoining us, this - so much forjoining us, this director of security at the garden museum in new york. the former us president barack 0bama and his wife have returned to the white house the unveiling of their official portrait. large paintings of former us president and first ladies adorned the wall of the famous residents, the barbers were hosted by president biden who was vice president during their time in office, and usually former president �*s return during their successor�*s tenure but there was no ceremony held that the barbers during donald trump�*s time in office. barack 0bama had this message for the staff who had gathered for the occasion. i am gathered for the occasion. i am especially _ gathered for the occasion. i am especially glad _ gathered for the occasion. i am especially glad to _ gathered for the occasion. i am especially glad to see - gathered for the occasion. i am especially glad to see so - gathered for the occasion. ian especially glad to see so many of you serving president biden as well as you served me.

although,, let�*s face it, you were kids back then and are now in charge and running the show, which is a little shocking... and may explain some of the grey has i am seeing on you. the us president barack 0bama the. there are few precious packs in life if you are a minor local dignitary, so imagine the disappointment when this happened. just as the ribbon was about to be cut on this footbridge in the congolese capital, the bridge collapsed, vips and guests scrambled for safety as the whole thing fell apart, thankfully there were no reports of any injuries, the only injury was to the reputation of the builders of the bridge. remarkable shot there, and plenty more details on all of our stories, including the situation, the

latest in canada, the manhunt for the murder of the 20 or so people in canada. you can reach me on twitter, i�*m @ gareth barlow. hello there. over the last few nights, mother nature has been putting on a pretty impressive display of thunder and lightning. late in the day on wednesday, we had a number of storms move across northern england, and that was one of them late in the day in county durham. and recently, the storms have been forming thanks to this area of low pressure just to the south of the republic of ireland. we�*ve had these trough features, these organised bands of showers being thrown in from the south and west, and for wednesday night, we had two clutches of storms — one affecting north wales, the north midlands, northern england. that really was the most active. but we also have another area of storms in the south—east as well. here�*s the weather picture over the next few hours. there will be a few more

downpours coming and going, one or two mist and fog patches forming as well. perhaps some more persistent and heavier rain setting in across some central and eastern area of scotland, and these are the kind of temperatures you�*ll have to start the day heading into thursday. thursday is another day of sunshine and showers, broadly speaking, but i think we could see an area of persistent heavy rain affecting central and eastern areas of scotland and perhaps lasting through thursday into friday as well, bringing the risk of some localised flooding here, but otherwise, it�*s another day of showers. for many of you, there�*ll be quite a lot of showers, so most of you will see at least one or two, perhaps more than that through the course of the day, and by the afternoon, some of them, again, will be turning thundery in nature. the area of low pressure driving this lot will continue to bring showery weather across all parts of the uk through friday. again, some hefty downpours, but notice there is that zone of heavier, more persistent rain affecting some central and eastern areas of scotland, with a heightened risk of seeing some localised flooding as those rainfall totals continue to build up during the course of the next couple of days. beyond that, we�*ll take a look at the weather pattern into the weekend. that area of low pressure finally clears out of the way — good, it�*s been

with us all week. we get this ridge of high pressurejust for a time on saturday, but then we see more rain arriving from the west. so, saturday looks like a dry day for the vast majority. make the most of that because sunday sees a return of some heavy rain, particularly across western areas. now, one thing you might have noticed — i certainly have — recently is that it�*s been getting dark pretty quickly. at this time of the year, we�*re losing daylight at its fastest rate. that means in london, we�*re losing, well, nearly four minutes of daylight each and every day, but it gets worse the further north you go. in lerwick, we�*re losing nearly five and half minutes each and every day. that�*s the latest.

this is bbc news. the headlines: canadian police say they�*ve arrested the last suspect in a mass stabbing that left ten people dead. myles sanderson had been on the run since sunday after the series of attacks in the province of saskatchewan. he was taken into custody and has been charged with crimes including murder. the european union�*s outlined plans to introduce a price cap on russian gas. president putin threatened to cut off all energy supplies if such a step was taken. eu governments have accused moscow of using energy to blackmail them in retaliation for western support for ukraine following russia�*s invasion. officials in california have urged consumers to reduce their electricity usage — as demand has soared because of an extreme heatwave.