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 11 in saskatchewan. this is a scene from there, live and we will bring you the 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.

police in canada say they have arrested myles sanderson, four days after ten 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. we can speak now to our north america correspondent, nomia iqbal, who's in melfort, saskatchewan. thank you so much forjoining us. a lot of reports at the moment but what exactly do we know? a, moment but what exactly do we know? �* ., , ., , know? a reminder for people, this manhunt _ know? a reminder for people, this manhunt has _ know? a reminder for people, this manhunt has been - know? a reminder for people, . this manhunt has been happening since sunday so today was the fourth day the police here in western canada were trying to find myles sanderson and this hunt has been taking place over

three provinces and parts of canada. parts of canada —— europe. the prime minister offered resources to the police to try and find this man and we were getting regular alerts on a mobile phone of where he was. there were various sightings of him but he was arrested earlier today after a chase down a highway by police. i want to add that there are also conflicting, there are multiple reports coming out suggesting that myles sanderson has died. we have not got any confirmation yet about that whatsoever. we are waiting for the police to hold a press conference which they were due to do around one hour ago but it come at some point so we can find out more details about exactly what happened this afternoon when he was arrested. a lot of report in the canadian press as regards to his status on the bbc cannot confirm this.

but after four days of the police putting in all the effort to try and find him, the events of this afternoon seem to move quickly indeed.- to move quickly indeed. they really have- _ to move quickly indeed. they really have. for— to move quickly indeed. they really have. for the - to move quickly indeed. they really have. for the last - to move quickly indeed. they really have. for the last few. really have. for the last few days and we spent some time here in those indigenous communities where the killings happened it is not far from where we are at the moment and people have obviously been grieving, a deep sense of grief and it has been made worse by fear and frustration because they just did fear and frustration because theyjust did not know if this man would be caught. myles sanderson is someone with a long criminal history so all of these questions were being asked about his whereabouts, when this hunt would end, indigenous communities in canada is, once he was arrested, they said that the healing process can now begin for the families. healing process can now begin forthe families. families healing process can now begin for the families. families have been speaking out. earlier today a family member spoke about the loss of losing a

woman, a real matriarch of the family. as i say there are still reports coming out about the exact fate of myles sanderson, something we can confirm however, his brother, damien sanderson, they were both suspects for these killings, he is dead and he died on monday. his body was found in the same area where most of the victims were found and we don't know exactly what happened to him. police have described his wounds as not self—inflicted. we described his wounds as not self-inflicted.— self-inflicted. we will stay close to — self-inflicted. we will stay close to this _ self-inflicted. we will stay close to this story - self-inflicted. we will stay close to this story as - self-inflicted. we will stay close to this story as it - close to this story as it develops through the coming hours. 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. let's step away from that story for a moment because we do just now have news that the press conference in canada is happening now. let's cross

live. i happening now. let's cross live. ., ., , ., ., live. i want to provide a timeline _ live. i want to provide a timeline of _ live. i want to provide a timeline of events - live. i want to provide a timeline of events that| timeline of events that occurred this afternoon that led to his abet —— arrest and i will also provide insight into the operational work for the last four days. this is what i can share with you about the rcmp response to this investigation. on september four, the first report was received by saskatchewan's rcp operational communication centre at five a0 a.m. of a stabbing onjames smith cree nation. two officers on duty that morning were at milford detachment approximately a5 kilometres from james smith cree nation. they were dispatched at fivedot for three a. m.. dispatched at fivedot for three a.m.. the second call came in at 5:59am and that was a report of two injured people at a residence onjames smith cree nation. police were already on their way to the scene. rcmp

officers arrived at the first scene at james officers arrived at the first scene atjames smith officers arrived at the first scene at james smith cree nation at six: 18 a.m.. at 6:20 am, one of the two police officers left the first scene to attend another scene on james smith cree nation. he arrived at the second scene 12 minutes after the per —— departing the first. at 6:35, due to the significant risk to public safety that had been identified, the saskatchewan rcmp prepared to issue an emergency alert. it was drafted, reviewed, verified and issued at 7:12 a.m.. the magnitude of this investigation is immense. over the past four days over 160 saskatchewan, manitoba, alberta and ontario rcmp and municipal partner agency employees both police officers and civilians have been working non—stop on this

investigation. on wednesday, september seven at 2:07pm, the rcmp received 911 report of a break and enter impose aggress in walker's detachment area. further information provided stated that myles sanderson was standing outside a resident's north—east of walker and was armed with a knife. sanderson stole a white chevrolet avalanche truck with a saskatchewan numberplate, 253 l p l and fled the property. the homeowner was not physically injured. the saskatchewan rcmp operational communication centre continue to receive additional reports of myles sanderson travelling in a vehicle. all available police resources in that region immediately responded to the report including a neighbouring rcmp detachments and the saskatoon police service and

rcmp aircraft. at 2:a9pm and emergency alert was issued to help ensure the safety of residents in the region and travellers on the highway. between 2:a9 and 3: a5 the saskatchewan rcmp operational communication centre receive more than 20 calls from the public with potential sightings of the white chevrolet avalanche. the white truck was seen by an rcmp officer driving in an unmarked vehicle travelling west along the highway at a speed recorded at 150 kilometres per hour. please confirm the lysis plane matched the initial report. at approximately 3:30pm suspect vehicle was seen travelling south on highway 11, south of boston. to ensure the safety of drivers on the highway the vehicle was directed off the road and into a nearby ditch.

police officers surrounded the vehicle and through verbal identification confirmed the identity of the driver to be myles sanderson. he was arrested by police and taken into custody. a knife was located inside the vehicle. the emergency alert was cancelled at 3:50pm once his identity was confirmed and he had been taken into police custody. shortly after his arrest he went into medical distress. nearby ems were called by police to attend the scene and he was transported to a hospital in saskatoon. he was pronounced deceased at the hospital. the saskatchewan rcmp has requested the south to police service and this incident response team to conduct an independent external investigation into circumstances surrounding the incident. the saskatchewan rcmp has requested the ministry of justice appoint an independent investigation observer in accordance with section 91

point one of the saskatchewan police act. over the past four days, officers have been working on locating myles sanderson, following up on each and every tip from the public, using every technological human and investigate if, investigational tactic and resource we have available to us. we have experts who continue connect investigations of the 13 crime scenes as well as other associated crime scene such as vehicles. we are also now examining the additional crime scenes that have occurred today. we have already conducted over 150 interviews with witnesses and vic is with more anticipated to take place in the coming days. a00 investigate of tasks have also been completed with many more anticipated to take place in coming days. informing the public of updates of the investigation and issuing 11

emergency alerts to notify the public of critical and rapidly unfolding public safety information, providing some port services to work with families, victims and taking a trauma informed approach to ensure survivors are cared for. meeting with local community members and, since sunday, the saskatchewan rcmp emergency operations centre has been active. it has been staffed 2a hours a day with a combination of police officers and civilian employees. autopsies of the deceased victims are on schedule to be completed by the coroner's office by the end of this week. autopsy details will not be released as that is part of the ongoing investigation. and this is not the end of our work. we do not stop here. the rcmp continues to investigate this tragedy and a police presence will continue injames presence will continue in james smith presence will continue injames smith cree nation and the communities for the next while.

again, i would like to offer my deepest condolences to the families and all those affected and impacted by these events. our thoughts are with you and i hope that now you will be able to start healing. thank you for your cooperation during this incredibly difficult time. i would also like to acknowledge the incredible support from our municipal provincial partners as well as the outstanding work completed by our rcmp officers who worked tirelessly day and night to bring this file to this conclusion. today i was at james smith cree nation and in the community of weldon and i was able to see firsthand the generosity and support from the residents of both james smith cree nation, weldon and the melfort communities. i would like to thank all members of the public who submitted a tip or followed up on our request

to provide information, no matter how small, no matter how seemingly insignificant, as part of this investigation. thank you to everyone for your part in helping to keep one another safe. part in helping to keep one anothersafe. i part in helping to keep one another safe. i will now have our sergeant reed the statement in french and when she is completed i will then take questions. —— i will now have our sergeant read of the statement french.- our sergeant read of the statement french. that was canadian — statement french. that was canadian police _ statement french. that was canadian police walking - statement french. that was canadian police walking usl canadian police walking us through the events of the last few hours in reference thereto the detention of myles sanderson, officers saying that that white suv was spotted around 330 local time on highway 11. the vehicle then directed off the road. he was detained by officers and a knife was found in the vehicle. medical distress happening afterwards and he was pronounced dead. let's speak

now to our correspondent joining us from saskatchewan. can you run through the press conference? we have confirmation now that myles sanderson has died. that confirmation now that myles sanderson has died.- sanderson has died. that is ri . ht. sanderson has died. that is right- we — sanderson has died. that is right. we have _ sanderson has died. that is right. we have received - right. we have received multiple media reports hours before the press conference saying that he had died the police confirmed that in the last few minutes. really going for the timeline there of what happened ever since the stabbings occurred on sunday. in terms of how he died, that is something that the police have not gone into any details of. there are many conflicting reports here in the canadian media, the national media about exactly what happened to him. some reports talk about how he was ran off the road. this is a police —— technique police use here to try and get someone who is running away like this. some reports suggest that that led to his injuries, other reports say that he had a knife in the

car and that he died from self—inflicted wounds. so a lot of speculation but there is no confirmation exactly what happened. we had the police officer there say that there will be an autopsy and that will be an autopsy and that will be, we will get the details at some later point but just to confirm, myles sanderson, the subject of this huge manhunt since sunday is dead and his brother, also i suspect, damien sanderson was founded earlier in the week on monday in the same area where most of the vic's were killed. how he died is unknown. police have said to us about him is that his wounds were not self—inflicted. 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. eu governments have accused moscow of using energy to mail them in retaliation for western

support for ukraine following russia's invasion. 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. despite the threats from moscow the european union outlined plans to place a cap on russian gas. with me is our news reporter azadeh moshiri. president putin thinks that europe will struggle, that eventually the pressure will get too much and it will cave.

what is the reality on the ground across europe? there are soafinu ground across europe? there are soaring energy — ground across europe? there are soaring energy prices _ ground across europe? there are soaring energy prices and - ground across europe? there are soaring energy prices and this . soaring energy prices and this is a huge concern to brussels as well as to member states and thatis as well as to member states and that is because winter is approaching. it is possibly going to be very cold and they are therefore concerned that their citizens and families are going to suffer as a result. remember back before russia's invasion into ukraine, the eu was getting a0% of its gas imports from russia and the eu now believes that this has allowed russia to euthanise energy, something that president putin denies and has allowed president putin to have this hold over the eu and so their goal now is to weaken that because they are pointing to things like the supply from nordstrom one pipeline being cut off indefinitely, something that president putin is blaming on sanctions and certainly these comments he has made earlier about cutting off supply of oil, gas, coal if the eu doesn't do its bidding are going to further that concern

so it is an extremely worrying situation, that is why certain countries like germany are considering rationing and the head of shell, one of the biggest energy companies across europe is saying he doesn't think rationing is going to be a conversation point for this winter, he thinks it is going to be a issue for several winters to come.- to be a issue for several winters to come. such as the severity of — winters to come. such as the severity of the _ winters to come. such as the severity of the situation - winters to come. such as the severity of the situation that| severity of the situation that that eu is considering possible measures including this price cap we have been talking about. how do they plan to respond? that's right, they are proposing this energy price cap on russian gas and that is something that president putin is calling stupid and he is threatening to cut off or supply if they follow through with it. but the eu commission chief ursula von der leyen argues that this is because they need to weaken what we were just talking about, that hold president putin has over europe as well as pointing to a key ethical concerns. she actually explains that. we all know that — actually explains that. we all know that our _ actually explains that. we all know that our sanctions - actually explains that. we all know that our sanctions are i know that our sanctions are deeply— know that our sanctions 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 the objective is that we must cut russia's_ objective is that 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 in— uses to finance his atrocious war in ukraine. 30 uses to finance his atrocious war in ukraine.— war in ukraine. so she is talkin: war in ukraine. so she is talking about _ war in ukraine. so she is talking about denting - war in ukraine. so she is - talking about denting president putin's financial war chest for his invasion of ukraine and she also argued that the eu has taken other steps already, for example, when it comes to gas storage that is up to 82%. she says the eu has also managed to find other supply from countries like the us, norway, algeria as well as some other countries and remember that a0% bigger of eu gas imports from russia? she says that has already been brought down to 9% so the eu is continuing to look for major solutions to a major problem and on friday eu energy ministers are going to be discussing those proposals further. ., ~

discussing those proposals further. ., ,, , ., discussing those proposals further. ., ,, ., further. thank you for following _ further. thank you for following it _ further. thank you for following it for - further. thank you for following it for us. - 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 aa 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 apm 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 2000 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 steinbalm. who is he? he is american billionaire who had amassed a huge collection in ancient

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 recovered almost a500 priceless, extraordinary antiquities, testament to the shared cultural heritage of humanity, if you have to put a dollar value on it, it is valued at more than $250 million. these items will be returned to where they belong, cherish by local communities for now and for generations to come. just time to update you on the breaking news from canada, police there saying that myles sanderson, a suspect in that we

can's mass stabbing event that killed ten people has died after being detained by police. more details on our website. 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: the suspect wanted by canadian authorities following a stabbing spree at the weekend has died after being arrested. myles sanderson was taken into custody near the town of rosthern, saskatchewan, about 100 km southwest of the area where one of the bloodiest acts of mass violence in the country's history unfolded on sunday. 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.