this is bbc news. i'm chris rogers. the headlines at 8pm: liz truss says she is prepared to take unpopular decisions to make the economy grow. among them — allowing bankers to get bigger bonuses. if that means taking difficult decisions which are going to help britain become more competitive, help britain become more attractive, help more investment flow into our country, yes, i'm absolutely prepared to take those decisions. i don't think these economic plans are going to bring that economic growth that she describes in any case, but also they are deeply unfair. big tech bosses are to give evidence to the inquest into the death of molly russell, the 14—year—old who took her own life after being exposed

to harmful content online. disorder in leicester between muslim and hindu communities — one man is jailed for ten months. rail workers resume strike action in october, affecting the conservative party conference and the london marathon. and more than 28 million people in the uk saw the queen's state funeral on tv yesterday, making it one of the most—watched live broadcasts in british history. hello, good evening. the prime minister, liz truss, says she is prepared to take difficult and unpopular decisions to help get the uk economy growing. in her first bbc interview since she became prime minister, liz truss said by focusing

on economic growth, the uk will be more attractive to investors. and she defended plans to lift the cap on bankers' bonuses at a time when cost of living pressures are increasing. she was speaking during her first foreign trip as prime minister, as the government prepares to make a series of major announcements now the official period of mourning for the late queen is over. from new york, here's our political editor chris mason. within hours of the queen's funeral, liz truss flew out of the country, her first overseas trip in office bringing her here to new york, for a gathering of world leaders at the united nations. she's been prime minister forjust a fortnight, and what a fortnight. at the top of the empire state building, she reflected on her opening days in downing street. it has been a very, very momentous time for our country and i was hugely honoured to be asked to form a government by her majesty the queen. and i think the news

of her death was a shock to me, as it was a shock to the nation. after ten days of reflection, politics is roaring back. expect a blitz of announcements in the coming days, with a focus on growing the economy, even if some of the ideas for doing that will cause a row. lots of families at the moment are really struggling, and they'll see that one of the things you're happy to see happening is for bankers to get bigger bonuses. whose side are you on? what i want to see is a growing economy, so everybody in our country has the high—paid jobs that they deserve, the investment into their town, the new businesses being set up. that's the kind of britain that i want to see. and if that means the rich get richer, that's fine? if that means taking difficult decisions which are going to help britain become more competitive, help britain become more attractive, help more investment flow into our country,

yes, i'm absolutely prepared to take those decisions. so you're willing to do unpopular things if you think it can contribute to a bigger economy? that's right. and i will always make sure to work that we are helping those who are struggling. that's why we took the action we took on energy bills, because we didn't want to see households facing unaffordable bills. labour accuse the government of having the wrong priorities in wanting to lift the cap on bankers' bonuses. the pound has been tumbling, interest rates are rising, some prices are soaring. do you accept that, despite your interventions, times are going to be tough for people this winter? we're facing incredibly tough economic times. i'm here in new york at the united nations. we've had the invasion of ukraine, which has pushed up energy prices. we're still seeing the after—effects of covid. what is very important, as well as growing our economy,

we're also protecting our economic security. the conservatives won the last election with one prime minister, borisjohnson, and are now led by another chosen only by party members. so what will change? i will be my own prime minister, and i wouldn't compare myself to any predecessors and the times we're in are different from the times predecessors have been in. we are entering a new era. it is a more insecure era, and what my government is about is about delivering for people, making sure that people have the jobs, the opportunities and the future that they can rely on. this afternoon, the prime minister met the french president emmanuel macron. insecurity abroad, insecurity at home — a problem not unique to the uk. chris mason reporting there.

labour believes liz truss's economic plans are unfair and aren't even guaranteed to deliver growth. i think the notion is that somehow if you give more money to a small few — predominantly based in london, if you take the bankers' bonus tax — that that will somehow trickle down to everybody else. well, that's an economic model that has been tried and tested over the last 30 years and has been proven to not be effective, which is why we saw, under the previous government, more of an emphasis on so—called levelling up. so i don't think these economic plans are going to bring that economic growth that she describes in any case, but also they are deeply unfair because of who benefits and then who ultimately pays the price for them. and so we're seeing... she said she's not in favour of redistribution, but i think, on the basis of some of the plans we've been hearing about,

we're seeing a redistribution towards the few at the top and away from the many who, in the end, will have to pay for her plans through extra borrowing over many years to come. we're expecting tomorrow to hear details of the government's plans to help small businesses with their energy bills. earlier, my colleaguejane hill spoke to craig beaumont from the federation of small businesses. she asked him what his members wanted to hear. we are quite hopeful about tomorrow. it needs to be a big package, it needs to be interest help, because if a small business is seeing a bill... we have seen electricity bills go from 4000 to 20,000, which can make some businesses complete the unviable, and gas from about 1500 to 7000, and those are big increases. we have seen those increases. we have seen those increases grow five to six times, so we're seeing small businesses across the piece making tough decisions, said tomorrow, it is how big is the

package, how is the support? if a business looks at the support tomorrow, can it work out what it might be, i suspect not, and if not, there is a freeze on the wholesale price, mooted in the press today, how does that translate on the small business energy bill? that is a question many small business will be asking tomorrow morning. you question many small business will be asking tomorrow morning.— asking tomorrow morning. you have hinted at some _ asking tomorrow morning. you have hinted at some of _ asking tomorrow morning. you have hinted at some of the _ asking tomorrow morning. you have hinted at some of the big _ asking tomorrow morning. you have hinted at some of the big rises - hinted at some of the big rises small businesses are seeing. i was speaking to a group that represents manufacturing firms earlier this hour, and he said without a doubt there were many companies laying off staff, for example, because something has to give somewhere and thatis something has to give somewhere and that is one way to reduce your costs. is that something your members are doing already? that is from one sector. _ members are doing already? that is from one sector. we _ members are doing already? that is from one sector. we are _ members are doing already? that is from one sector. we are a _ members are doing already? that is| from one sector. we are a horizontal sector, across the economy. the government has set at the end of six months, vulnerable sectors or industries look at some support. our argument is that for anyone who is a premise, who has a place it has to

heat or light, their bills have gone up heat or light, their bills have gone up dramatically, so while manufacturing is a special case, it is very big, it is very high energy in terms of use of energy, but if you've got a restaurant of your freezers need to go the whole time, your cooking needs to go the whole time, so that is not seasonal and not lack of consumer. so actually do not use sectors to divide the vulnerabilities of the business community. vulnerabilities of the business community-— vulnerabilities of the business communi . �* ., ., ., community. and to what extent are businesses — community. and to what extent are businesses feeling _ community. and to what extent are businesses feeling able _ community. and to what extent are businesses feeling able to - community. and to what extent are businesses feeling able to pass - community. and to what extent are businesses feeling able to pass on | businesses feeling able to pass on some of these increases to consumers? anecdotally, you think of small businesses, everybody has seen the price of a sandwich go up really quite a lot in recent months, the price of a coffee, all the things a lot of us were lucky to somewhat take for granted until the events of the last few months. to what extent can they say, our bill is so massive now, we have to put up that sandwich

by 80p, now, we have to put up that sandwich by 80p. 90p, now, we have to put up that sandwich by 80p, 90p, whatever? i'm interested in those fine barges that they're working on.— they're working on. under the old uuard, they're working on. under the old guard. under— they're working on. under the old guard, under the _ they're working on. under the old guard, under the rishi _ they're working on. under the old guard, under the rishi sunak- guard, under the rishi sunak treasury, a lot of the debate over whether was not business support is because businesses can just up their prices, pass it on, like it is really easy, but that is a really bad view of the economy because that is driving inflation which is causing these issues in the first place, serie causing a spiral. 0ur argument is if your small business, rent and rates are usually your guess costs, not you have energy. is it viable as it is? what can you cut? the lesson they will cut is hours of staff and at the very last minute, cut staff, which they do not want to do —— the last thing they want to. we are seeing businesses either having to increase their prices as to be unviable for consumers or also having to lose people. the last thing they will do.

moving on to other news now. the inquest has opened into the death of a teenage girl who took her own life five years ago, after being exposed to harmful content online. 14—year—old molly russell viewed large numbers of social media posts about depression, suicide and self—harm. angus crawford has been at the hearing in north london. a family wanting answers — why did molly die, and what part did social media play? ahead of them, two weeks in court, hundreds of pages of evidence containing many thousands of images, some too distressing to broadcast. a bright, apparently happy teenager, molly was just 14 when she took her own life. going through her social media accounts, herfather, ian, discovered she was being bombarded with content about suicide, depression and self—harm, on instagram, pinterest and other apps. this is an inquest. no—one's on trial.

the aim — to find out why a child ended her own life. but, for the first time, executives from two social media companies will have to give evidence under oath about what they do to protect their young users online. it contained some material that i'm sure is going to be very upsetting. ahead of them, a forensic look into molly's use of social media. ian, with his legal team, have already seen much of that evidence — files full of it. there was just no let—up for molly. this is relentless. i remember my disbelief when i saw my lifeless youngest daughter. over the years, ian has become a high—profile campaigner for internet safety... the corporate culture at these platforms needs to change... ..addressing mps... we need to be proactive rather than reactive. ..even meeting prince william, hoping that his campaigning and what the coroner decides here will make social media a safer place for all young users. this is both an intensely

private moment for the family, hoping to find answers, but also a very public inquiry into the impact of social media on young minds. and with the 0nline safety bill making its way through parliament, it's sure that this inquest will be closely watched at westminster and in silicon valley. tomorrow, the court can expect to hearfrom ian russell himself, delivering something called a pen portrait. that's an insight into the bright, happy teenager that he knew and loved. joining me now is ruth moss. in 2013, her daughter sophie took her own life aged just 13, after being exposed to disturbing self—harm and suicide content on social media. since then, ruth has been raising awareness for the online safety of children. ruth, thank you very much for joining us, and the inquest into

molly russell has been bringing back painful memories for you, and i have seen you talk about this before because you are the campaigner, and you often describe yourself as the parent that was social savvy. you put safeguards in place for your daughter, hadden you?- daughter, hadden you? yeah, absolutely. — daughter, hadden you? yeah, absolutely, and _ daughter, hadden you? yeah, absolutely, and i _ daughter, hadden you? yeah, absolutely, and i think- daughter, hadden you? yeah, absolutely, and i think with i daughter, hadden you? yeah, - absolutely, and i think with sophie, we had implemented parental controls on to our home networks. these coded same. as she grew older, we gave her a mobile phone from the age of 12 —— the school did the same. just to keepin the school did the same. just to keep in touch with her after school, those such things, and it became more and more difficult as she became a teenager to keep control of the internet and her internet usage, particularly as some of the things she was looking at, the more she looked at them, the more it got pushed onto her, so itjust spiralled out of control in many ways, but, yes, we were quite internet savvy. it made me realise,

actually, parents struggle to control this issue on their own and thatis control this issue on their own and that is one the reasons that after her death, wejust that is one the reasons that after her death, we just found that is one the reasons that after her death, wejust found horrific things on her ipad, on her phone, that asserted this campaign for companies to take more proactive approaches. —— that i started. i suppose the scary thing for all parents, sophie i am sure was a kid you would never dream would have wanted to look at any kind of harmful material or anything graphing online and we think that about our own kids, but the trouble is if it is there and they find it, they are going to get curious. children are by their nature. absolutely, so have you seen any progress among the big social media companies to try and get rid of this content, to try and at least block it out from those who should not see it? i it out from those who should not see it? 4' , , ., it out from those who should not see it? 4' , ,., , ., , , it? i think there is some progress in us talking _ it? i think there is some progress in us talking about _ it? i think there is some progress in us talking about it, _ it? i think there is some progress in us talking about it, i— it? i think there is some progress in us talking about it, i think - it? i think there is some progress in us talking about it, i think that| in us talking about it, i think that it has become a much more high—profile issue since sophie

died. that having been said, social media companies are there to make a profit and regardless of what they say, there will always be that dichotomy between profit and human life, and unfortunately, the case of molly russell is not an isolated case, and there are plenty of children out there that still are exposed to this dreadful content and dreadful content online. 0ne exposed to this dreadful content and dreadful content online. one thing that i found very difficult is to hear social media companies talk the talk but actually not really do a huge amount in the background, and thatis huge amount in the background, and that is why i think legislation is absolutely essential. this inquiry into the death _ absolutely essential. this inquiry into the death of _ absolutely essential. this inquiry into the death of molly _ absolutely essential. this inquiry into the death of molly russell, l absolutely essential. this inquiry i into the death of molly russell, as we were hearing from our reporter there, there is a real chance for some good to come out of this, isn't there? are you hopeful? i am hepeful. _ there? are you hopeful? i am hepeful. i— there? are you hopeful? i am hopeful, i really _ there? are you hopeful? i am hopeful, i really am. - there? are you hopeful? i am hopeful, i really am. i- there? are you hopeful? i am hopeful, i really am. i hope . there? are you hopeful? i —n hopeful, i really am. i hope that this issue gets to much higher up on

the political agenda, i think it needs... there is an urgency in this because this issue is not going away, it is getting bigger, and since covid and has got even bigger. i also think there is a danger that this issue could be watered down. we often hear people talking about being offensive, legislation against offensive or freedom of speech, hurts, that kind of thing, but actually we are talking about the sort of material that sophie looked at, it was just appalling, and sort of material that sophie looked at, it wasjust appalling, and one thing i think the coroner has outlined in this case is that some of this material that children are being exposed to isjust of this material that children are being exposed to is just harmful even for adults, let alone 12 and 13—year—old girls. even for adults, let alone 12 and 13-year-old girls.— even for adults, let alone 12 and 13-year-old girls. indeed. we must leave it there. _ 13-year-old girls. indeed. we must leave it there. so _ 13-year-old girls. indeed. we must leave it there. so sorry _ 13-year-old girls. indeed. we must leave it there. so sorry about - leave it there. so sorry about sophie. keep up the good work. thank you forjoining us. if you've been affected by the issues raised in this story, you can find help

and support at bbc.co.uk/actionline. sport — and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centres, here's marc. good evening, mark. audio loss side and debutant luke wood took three wickets in england's first game in the country for 17 years. joe lynskey reports. for what this means to pakistan, just look past the ribs. all games in the series are sold out and with each run comes the noise. in karachi, there is chance for plenty. the flat picture set up for batting fulsome after 17 years away, this was england's welcome. but england's new looks i got there bearings. a different captain, a different wicketkeeper, and pulling on his debut, liquid. his first three

england wickets slowed pakistan down —— luke would. i got less than 160. england's newish opener is alex hales, who spent three years out of the side but now is back in form. yorkshire's harry brooke is a next month's world cup squad. he plays shots that change momentum. it has helped england steer to victory. and though the noise fell in karachi, it is just for now. 1—0 though the noise fell in karachi, it isjust for now. 1—0 in though the noise fell in karachi, it is just for now. 1—0 in the series, they will go back again on thursday. joe lynskey, bbc news. so a comfortable win for england in the end. let's hearfrom england's hero of the day following his return to the international fold.... it has been incredible... to be part of an england tourfor it has been incredible... to be part of an england tour for the first time is an incredible special feeling. the crowd here, i've played in karachi, something different. one

of the best at masouras in cricket. i heard luke would stood at mid—wicket, he could not believe the noise and the atmosphere, so for him on his debut to experience that is very special. on his debut to experience that is very special-— premier league clubs will discuss permanently scrapping fa cup replays at a meeting tomorrow. talks will also take place over major changes to the efl cup as part of the �*new deal for football�* talks. replays have long been an integral part of the fa cup, producing memorable moments such as ronnie radford's goal in hereford's famous victory over newcastle in 1972. clubs are concerned, though, by the increased strain on an already packed calendar after it was anounced uefa's champions league will incorporate more matches from 2024. staying with football...

and russia will play no part in euro 2024, as their isolation from international sport continues. uefa has announced the men's team will not enter the qualifying draw for the tournament, which follows their exclusion the qualifying play offs for the world cup in qatar. russian international and club sides have been banned by uefa and fifa since the country's invasion of ukraine. worcester warriors have confirmed their premiership cup match against gloucester will go ahead at kingholm tomorrow. the club's been hit with a winding—up petition over an unpaid tax bill with staff still waiting for their full salaries from last month. the club's owners had said an announcement on a takeover and new investment would be made earlier today, but as of yet, there's been no news. there will be a record 24 grand prix for next year's formula one season, but france will no longer be one of them. the 2023 calendar was confirmed by the sport's governing body.

while the french grand prix won't feature, monaco has retained its place after securing a new contract until 2025. las vegas will host a race for the first time and has been confirmed as the penultimate round in november and the chinese grand prix is scheduled to return in april. that is all the sport for now. marc, thank you. sorry for the audio loss there. railway workers are resuming their strike action next month in their long running dispute over pay, jobs and conditions. two more strike dates have been announced by the drivers�* union aslef on saturday 1st and wednesday 5th october. the rmt union says its members at network rail and 14 train operators will also strike on october1 — meaning travel chaos for the start of the conservative party conference. and for tens of thousands of people travelling to the london marathon. earlier, our transport correspondent katy austin gave us the latest from london's euston station. train strikes in recent months have already brought trains to a halt.

there were more scheduled this month, but they were called off following news of the queen's death. now it has been confirmed that 9,000 train drivers at 12 companies, 12 train companies, who are members of the aslef union will walk out on saturday, the 1st of october. that's the same day that more than 40,000 rail workers in the rmt union who work for network rail and 14 train companies will also take part in strike action, plus members at a couple of other train companies in separate disputes. it's understood the tssa union is expected tojoin in the strike action that day, but they haven't publicly confirmed it. that looks set to be the most disruptive day of strike action so far. i understand as little as 10% of normal services may be able to run. that means 90%, of course, will be effectively cancelled. then on wednesday, the 5th of october, there is another strike, this time just by train drivers in the aslef union, and the 12 train companies affected by that will most likely be able to run very few services, or none at all.

so these two strike dates will book end the conservative party conference, and they will affect travel for people taking the train to get to the london marathon on sunday the 2nd of october because of the knock—on impact of the action on the saturday. why is this all happening? well, the aslef union says a lot of train companies just haven't offered anything in terms of pay that will help members cope with high inflation that we're seeing at the moment, and the rmt union says its dispute is over pay and it's about working conditions, and it's aboutjob security. the rail industry, for its part, says employers do want to give a pay rise, but they say reforms or modernisations must be agreed for that to be able to be affordable, and so far, talks still haven't produced any breakthrough. russian—backed authorities in four occupied or partly occupied regions of ukraine have brought forward plans to hold referendums onjoining russia.

the votes, due to take plavec in luhansk, donetsk, the votes, due to take place in luhansk, donetsk, kherson and zaporizhzhia on friday, were denounced by the office of the ukraine president as "pseudo referendums". it appears to be part of a push by moscow to accelerate the annexation of parts of ukraine in the face of a counter—offensive. this map shows those areas, which are all in eastern and southern ukraine, that will hold referendums. they are all in parts of the country where russian forces are in control. meanwhile, ukrainian forces appear to be continuing to re—take territory in the east of the country. these pictures were filmed in a town previously held by russian forces in the luhansk region. earlier, we heard that liz truss was at the united nations in new york, where she's expected to announce that the uk will match its financial support for ukraine in the coming year. ukraine has been dominating the agenda at the un, as our correspondent laura trevelyan told us.

every world leader who has spoken today has talked about the need for a negotiated end to this war in ukraine because of the ripple effect that it's having on the world economy. countries have talked about how they're suffering because food prices are going up and energy prices are going up, too. so, ukraine is really dominating proceedings here at the united nations general assembly, and this, of course, is prime minister liz truss's first outing on the global stage as leader of britain. she held a private meeting with president macron of france this morning. we don't have a readout from that yet, but she had said in the past she didn't know if he was a friend or foe, so that's definitely a question that she'll be asked about how that meeting went. she also briefed reporters on the way out here, on the plane to london to new york, that there isn't going to be a trade deal with the united states in the short or medium term. she's going to meet president biden

tomorrow, in what will be an important meeting where they'll both talk about ukraine, where they are on common ground in the need to support ukraine in its fight against russia. laura trevelyan reporting there. there have been further protests in iran, following the death on friday of a 22—year—old woman, mahsa amini, after she was detained by the morality police for allegedly violating the islamic republic's official dress code. rana rahimpour of bbc persian explained more. mahsa was arrested because, according to the authorities, her headscarf was not tight enough. it was not strict enough. obviously she was wearing a head covering and a robe, as is required by the law, but according to people who arrested her, it was not strict enough. these are the biggest protests in iran since 2019. and probably the most serious in recent years, especially because we have now seen many of the major cities, including the capital tehran, and there is a sound of unity.

when cities are joining these protests, they are chanting in support of the other provinces and the other cities. and on top of that, we can see a line of women joining these protests. as you can see in these videos, what signifies these protests are the women who are taking off their headscarves, which is a compulsory hijab, and they are waving them in the air. and we have footage of women setting their headscarves on fire and defying the riot police. we have footage of a women standing in front of a water cannon without a headscarf and standing there until the water cannon retreats. so, for many women, this is a sign that enough is enough. many women say that if we do not do something about this now, we might be killed, like mahsa, tomorrow. it is approaching 8:30pm. we have the latest headlines coming up, but first let's have the weather. here

is darren bett. hello there. for many parts of the country, there's been a lot of cloud today. but most of that cloud will tend to thin and break up this evening and overnight. we're going to find some clearer spells developing. we've still got that thicker cloud, though, in the northwest of scotland. that's going to bring a lot more rain in by the end of the night. and it could be quite a cool start to wednesday morning. some mist and fog patches first thing across east anglia and the southeast. otherwise, more in the way of sunshine to start the day, but come the afternoon, the cloud will be building up, spreading out over land, limiting the sunshine. we're going to find a bit more rain in the northwest of scotland. southerly breeze may well pick up a little bit more, but that's going to bring us some warmth. could make 21 in the moray firth, 21 degrees in east anglia and the southeast of england. moving on to thursday, and we've got a band of rain moving its way through scotland and northern ireland, heading its way into northern parts of england and into wales. ahead of it, again, some sunshine, increasing cloud. we've still got temperatures of 20 or 21 degrees. some late sunshine for much of scotland and northern ireland,

hello, this is bbc news with chris rogers. the headlines. liz truss says she's prepared to take unpopular decisions to make the economy grow. among them — allowing bankers to get bigger bonuses. big tech bosses are to give evidence to the inquest into the death of molly russell, the 14—year—old who took her own life after being exposed to harmful content online. disorder in leicester between muslim and hindu communities — one man is jailed for ten months. rail workers resume strike action in october, affecting the conservative party conference and the london marathon. more than 28 million people in the uk saw the queen's state funeral in the uk.

involving men from sections of the south asian muslim and had the two communities. nearly 50 people have already been arrested in the past few weeks since the problems began. today, leaders from both faiths have come together to appear for calm. our midlands correspondent, navteonhal, reports. the sight of a city being damaged — notjust its streets and property, but also its reputation. leicester has prided itself on being a place where people from different backgrounds live peacefully side by side. on saturday night, after weeks of incidents and arrests involving mainly young men from parts of the south asian hindu and muslim communities, large—scale disorder broke out in the city. for the first time, it's left people living here feeling worried. have you ever seen anything like what happened here on saturday night before? to be honest, no, no. this is very, very a surprise, to be honest, because just recently,

two weeks ago or three weeks ago, it started. people around here are feeling scared? yeah, people are scared. i'm living here 20 years. i've never seen here like this. sikhs have got the gurdwara, hindus have got temples, . muslims have got mosques. you know, everybody, - they're doing their own things, not fighting with each other. the reasons why things came to a head here on saturday night are complicated. we've spoken to lots of people in this city in recent days, and they've cited everything from disinformation on social media to tensions in indian politics playing out on the streets of leicester. there have also been concerns about people from other cities coming to leicester to fan the flames of conflict. today, hindu and muslim leaders appealed for calm outside a local mosque, delivering a statement on behalf of both communities. we together call upon the immediate cessation of provocation and violence, both in thought and behaviour.

meanwhile, the police have faced criticism for not being better prepared for saturday's disorder. were you caught on the hop on saturday night? looking at what we knew, what we were facing, and the declining threat at that time, i think we had the right resource for what we knew at that time. and i suspect these arrests will go on for several weeks, if not months, in relation to this, so i'm anticipating we're in this for the medium—to—long haul to see this all the way through. dozens have already been arrested over the past few weeks, some of them from outside the city. and a 20—year—old man has been sent to prison for ten months in connection with the unrest on saturday. but the fear and concern following recent events here will take time to address. navteonhal, bbc news, leicester. let's speak to bbc asian network presenter ankur desai, who is in leicester now. what is the situation there this

evening? what is the situation there this evenin: ? , ., ., , evening? the situation is quite, the moment if you _ evening? the situation is quite, the moment if you just _ evening? the situation is quite, the moment if you just look _ evening? the situation is quite, the moment if you just look behind - evening? the situation is quite, thej moment if you just look behind me. yesterday, there was quite a police presence behind me because i came to leicester at around nine o'clock in the evening, and there were officers on horseback and a few patrols taking place. ithink on horseback and a few patrols taking place. i think they don't want to take any chances. so far, so peaceful. we want to take any chances. so far, so eaceful. ~ ., peaceful. we heard there in the re ort peaceful. we heard there in the report that _ peaceful. we heard there in the report that the _ peaceful. we heard there in the report that the reasons - peaceful. we heard there in the report that the reasons behind l peaceful. we heard there in the - report that the reasons behind these protests and clashes are complicated. it does seem to be all very sudden to the outsider? i think it does. ithink— very sudden to the outsider? i think it does. i think for _ very sudden to the outsider? i think it does. i think for people who - very sudden to the outsider? i think it does. i think for people who live i it does. i think for people who live in leicester and have been citizens for quite some time, it's a worrying time for them. but they have expressed to me that there have been

remnants of this which have been bubbling away on social media. people have talked about the 28th of august. there was an asian match between india and pakistan, and that was exploited for violence. on social media, the narratives have been seized upon then for a number of weeks. it's almost as if the cricket match was used to exacerbate the tensions that were growing. a lot of people here are quite concerned and worried, and they've been sharing with me their concerns. they want to go —— they can't go out because they're afraid for their safety and business are shutting down due to fear of attacks. so there is concern, but a few residents say it has been bubbling away for some time, and that's why the pressure is on for the police and the local community leaders to harness the attention of the younger members of their communities to figure out where this has stemmed

from and how they can stop it from spreading. from and how they can stop it from sreadina. �* ~' ., ~ _, from and how they can stop it from sreadina. �* ~' ., ~ i. ., , spreading. ankur, thank you for this u date. around 28 million people were watching on television as the procession carrying the queen's coffin passed through parliament square after the service at westminster abbey yesterday. that was the peak television audience, but huge audiences continued watching throughout the day — the vast majority on the bbc. today, flags on british government buildings around the world are back at full—mast at the end of the official period of national mourning. our royal correspondent, daniela relph, reports. after the public mourning of the past 12 days, the king has returned to scotland, arriving at aberdeen airport and heading to balmoral, the royal estate where his mother died. in the peace and beauty of deeside, he will escape the glare of the last week. he will be working here, viewing government papers and taking phone calls of condolence.

across the uk, flags are now returning to full mast, as national mourning is now over and the country adjusts to life with a new head of state. the grandeur and precision of yesterday's funeral was an intense experience for those directly involved. lieutenant coloneljames shaw, in the bearskin in the centre of the screen here, led the gun carriage procession. the significance of what he did is sinking in. of my military career. elated to have been part of something so big, but also very emotional. i think we haven't had much time to reflect on her majesty's passing, and i know i felt very sad last night reflecting for the first time.

and still, the people and flowers keep coming. on the long walk in windsor, the crowds may be smaller, but the feelings of loss remain strong for some. it'sjust so peaceful. it's completely different after all the crowds and everything yesterday. it's the emptiness, the whole emptiness, it's not normal. l it'sjust...we're all in limbo. sorry... yesterday was just so amazing, beautiful service. it was an absolutely fitting farewell, wasn't it? but yeah, the sense of bereavement in a strange sort of way. and at buckingham palace, too, there has been a steady stream of tributes throughout the day. the royal family is still in a period of mourning for the next week. they won't be carrying out any official engagements. when the king returns here to buckingham palace, the focus will be on his autumn schedule, and it will include his first international tour as monarch. at the end of the funeral day, the royalfamily released this photo of the queen

from the early �*70s. she was at balmoral, where her son now privately grieves. daniela relph, bbc news. wonderful photo that. joining me now to discuss these figures is tv critic siobhan synnot. good evening to you and thanks for joining us. 28 million — that is a huge amount of people, especially going by ourfigures huge amount of people, especially going by our figures today, but i was across a number of tv channels and people watched it in different ways on different platforms as well. what do we actually go on? do we accept that figure or could it be even more? i accept that figure or could it be even more?— accept that figure or could it be even more? ~ , ., , , .., even more? i think it probably could be more. even more? i think it probably could be more- i— even more? i think it probably could be more. i think— even more? i think it probably could be more. i think the _ even more? i think it probably could be more. i think the figure - even more? i think it probably could be more. i think the figure will- be more. i think the figure will increase with streaming data coming in. television viewers' figures are always estimates and a growing number of people who watch media

watch on their phones and streaming services. comparing audiences for different events over time is also a challenge as these methodologies change and the current figures don't include all viewers watching in their different ways. so, you could not legitimately compare the events of yesterday with princess diana's funeral in 1997 —— you could. more than 32 million viewers watch on television. ., , than 32 million viewers watch on television-— television. people have, and all social media, _ television. people have, and all social media, they _ television. people have, and all social media, they have - television. people have, and all social media, they have been i television. people have, and all. social media, they have been doing it. the 1966 world cup final, just over 30 million, so i suppose in those times, the population of the country was smaller than it was now, so what are those figures of yesterday's state funeral tell us about exactly how many people were

tuning in? it about exactly how many people were tunin: in? , i. ., ., , tuning in? it tells you how many --eole tuning in? it tells you how many people will— tuning in? it tells you how many people will tune _ tuning in? it tells you how many people will tune in _ tuning in? it tells you how many people will tune in when - tuning in? it tells you how many people will tune in when there l tuning in? it tells you how many l people will tune in when there are very few other distractions on offer. let's not forget that that day was a bank holiday and on that day, most of the shots were shot. cinemas were closed. a lot of people were off work and really watching the funeral was the main thing available to them. only channel 5 of all the main string broadcasters chose to show a film instead. there are also figures _ chose to show a film instead. there are also figures falling _ chose to show a film instead. there are also figures falling around - are also figures falling around of billions of people watching the state funeral around the world, anything between four and just over 5 billion. can we trust those figures? how do we know? doesn't seem to add up. i figures? how do we know? doesn't seem to add up— seem to add up. i think it's very earl to seem to add up. i think it's very early to figure _ seem to add up. i think it's very early to figure out _ seem to add up. i think it's very early to figure out how- seem to add up. i think it's very early to figure out how many. . seem to add up. i think it's very i early to figure out how many. i've heard the figures 4.1 billion, but it's really going to take time to

tally those figures. we're not absolutely sure yet. that is the problem with the fractured way we view events nowadays. it's very difficult to get an overnight figure. pl. difficult to get an overnight fiaure. �* ., ., difficult to get an overnight fiaure. ., ., , ., ., figure. a lot of people did want to watch, i did _ figure. a lot of people did want to watch, i did want _ figure. a lot of people did want to watch, i did want to _ figure. a lot of people did want to watch, i did want to be _ figure. a lot of people did want to watch, i did want to be part - figure. a lot of people did want to watch, i did want to be part of- figure. a lot of people did want to watch, i did want to be part of it i watch, i did want to be part of it from their living rooms or wherever else they were. siobhan, thanks for talking to us. injapan, rescue teams are warning of the danger of mudslides, after one of the biggest storms in decades battered the country. at least four people were killed and more than 100 others injured after a typhoon hit earlier this week. more than a 100,000 homes are without power. the storm has now been downgraded to a cyclone. performance on waiting time targets at scotland's hospital a&e units has units has hit a new low. the most recent figures showed just 63.5% of patients were dealt

with within four hours. the scottish government's target is 95%. scotland's health secretary said the figures were "not acceptable". the parents of madeleine mccann, who vanished from a holiday resort in the algarve in 2007, have lost the latest stage of a legal battle in their libel action over claims made by a portuguese police detective. kate and gerry mccann appealed to the european court of human rights about the portuguese court's judgement. goncalo amaral alleged in a book that they were involved in the disappearance of their daughter. the welsh government is pressing ahead with the laid hands to ban plastic drinking scrawls and bags. england and scotland have already banned them and cons and �*s terrors. nowhere to stop the sale —— stirrers.

an inquest has opened at leeds crown court into the death of yassar yaqub, who was shot by police on a motorway slip road in 2017. our correspondent nick garnett is in leeds. before the inquest, there was one immediate change to proceedings, and that was when the jury was sworn in and gave their oath and affirmations for the king. the barristers are now immediately king counsel. the coroner explained about the death of yassar yaqub, who was 28 years old when he was shot on the 2nd of january 2017th. he was in the passenger seat of an audi a4. what they didn't know was they were being followed by four undercover police cars. the coroner told the jury they were not there accidentally. he later told the jury that evidence would suggest the police had been

investigating mr yaqub for around two months in what they called operation field view. he told the jury operation field view. he told the jury that he overtook the audi on the motorwayjunction when the cars were coming off and force the vehicle to stop. an officer ran down his window and shot for the open passenger window of the car, into the windscreen of the audi, hitting mr yaqub twice in the chest from a distance of one and a half metres. he suffered immediate and catastrophic bleeding. the jury would hear a loaded pistol, capable of firing bullets was in the passenger foot wall of the audi along with ammunition and a silencer in the glove tray. in front of the jury, zoe summers, mryaqub's partner and mother to his children, gave a statement describing his fun, cheeky and outgoing. he always put a smile on yourface. i cannot explain the pain i live with, i shouldn't have to bring up two children on my

own. it's like a horrible nightmare. he may be gone, but he is loved and missed very much. the inquest will start tomorrow. the headlines on bbc news: liz truss says she is prepared to take unpopular decisions to make the economy grow. among them — allowing bankers to get bigger bonuses. big tech bosses are to give evidence to the inquest into the death of molly russell, the 14—year—old who took her own life after being exposed to harmful content online. disorder in leicester between muslim and hindu communities — one man is jailed for ten months. health officialsinpakistan say h- , w. they've seen a sharp increase in diseases like malaria and dengue fever in pakistan after the devastating floods which saw a third of the country submerged. the head of the world health organization has warned the rapidly rising numbers could become a second disaster.

more than 1,500 people lost their lives in the floods and 33 million people have been directly affected. our south asia correspondent, rajini vaidyanathan, has been to thatta in sindh province, where families are in desperate need of aid. and just a warning, this report contains upsetting images from the start. already in pain, pakistan's living through a never—ending nightmare. ten—month—old saeed lost his home in the floods. now he's fighting for his life. as his mother noohr watches on, doctors give him an urgent blood transfusion. he is suffering from a severe case of malaria. translation: we are really poor. i'm worried for my child. i feel helpless that i can't do more for him. our homes were flooded.

since then, everyone seems to be getting malaria. including two—year—old saima, whom we meet in the next bed along. her grandfather brought her to hospitalfrom his submerged village far away. translation: you can see i'm really worried. | we are struggling to get proper treatment. she has had diarrhoea and she has a fever all over her body. almost everyone on this ward has fled from the floods, and almost every patient here is young. and this child, this patient, - this is five—year—old female child. as doctor ashfaq explains, living in the open has left thousands even more vulnerable, displaced and in distress. all of this surrounding water, l there are so many mosquitoes. not only this is malaria, but they are spreading dengue as well. i

we have too much burden now of these malaria cases, - and now we have malaria treatment only for three days. _ pakistan's healthcare system is struggling to cope with an influx of waterborne diseases. a country already ravaged by the floods is now facing a medical emergency. and even when these patients recover, many don't have a home to go to. not far from the hospital, large swathes of this province remain under water. rural sindh is the worst affected area and one of pakistan's poorest. hundreds of thousands have set up shelter on this river bank. families who came here seeking sanctuary, now struggling to stay alive. the risk of disease, the latest burden to those who have already been left with nothing. rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news, sindh province.

ajudge in the us has quashed a man's murder conviction — after his case was highlighted by one of the world's most popular podcasts. adnan syed was a teenager when he was jailed for life for killing his ex—girlfriend, who was found dead in woods in baltimore in 1999. david willis sent this report. cheering, screaming. adnan syed allowed himselfjust the faintest of smiles as he left court after 23 years in jail. his supporters have long maintained his innocence, yet every appeal over the course of the last two decades has been denied. adnan syed was found guilty of strangling his former high—school sweetheart, hae min lee, and burying her body in a shallow grave. she was 18 at the time of her death, he was 17. and were it not for one of the foremost true—crime podcasts, mr syed might have been destined to spend the rest of

his life behind bars. the most popular podcast in the world at the time, serial not only focused worldwide attention on the case, but raised serious questions about the validity of his conviction — doubts prosecutors in mr syed's home town of baltimore came hometown of baltimore came conviction — doubts prosecutors in mr syed's home town of baltimore came to share when they set about re—examining the evidence. at their behest, a judge has now overturned his conviction, and released him pending the completion of the new inquiry. there were gasps and applause in the courtroom as the judge gave the order for mr syed's shackles to be removed. through our review, our re—investigation revealed that the original prosecutors and the subsequent prosecutors in the attorney general�*s office failed to disclose relevant information about alternative suspects — one of whom threatened to kill the victim and had motive to kill the victim, and both of whom had a pattern of violence against women. prosecutors are waiting

on the outcome of new dna tests using technology that was unavailable at the time of the trial. but if he didn't kill hae min lee, then who did? this re—examination of the evidence more than two decades after her death has left the victim's family feeling betrayed. my clients, all they wanted was information. they want the truth to come out. if the truth is that someone else killed their sister, daughter, they want to know that more than anybody. they were shut out of the legal process by the court and the state's attorney's office, and it was inexcusable. mobbed as he walked free for the first time in 23 years, adnan syed has been released on home detention. baltimore prosecutors now have 30 days in which to charge him, again, with hae min lee's murder or set him free. david willis, bbc news, washington. it's exactly 25 years since robbie williams released his debut solo album — and to mark that, he's recorded new versions of his best—known

songs with an orchestra. the album, 25, has gone straight to the top of the charts. our entertainment correspondent, colin paterson, has been talking to him. # let me entertain you...#. so, an album to celebrate 25 years of being a solo star. what made you want to revisit the songs with an orchestra? my management said that we should mark the anniversary of 25 years because it's important to mark anniversaries. i was like, "if you say so, ok." and i understand now why you mark anniversaries. you get to look back and go, maybe i was closer and go, "maybe i was closer to what i wanted to achieve than i actually first thought." # no regrets now. # they only hurt...#. my big feeling is, my best years professionally could have been from when i was 16 to 21,

when i was in take that. and then, it could have all been downhill. i know how brittle my ego is, and i know how fragile i am as a human being and, you know, to be a has been already was what, or whatever it was that would have happened to me after take take that, i'm incredibly grateful that the ship still goes forward. # she won't forsake me... what are we doing? # i'm loving angels instead...#. the other huge thing was you playing glastonbury in 1998. next year, the 25th anniversary of that, what about yeah, that would be cool, actually. i'd like to do that. i'd like another go—round on that stage and feel that audience and get the chance to do it, yeah. there's only one problem...

what? the spice girls say they want it. oh, really? yeah. next year? they sent an envoy this year — mel c was there. really? mm. their wirral ambassador. yeah, no, then. that's like, the spice girls trumps robbie williams, so maybe i'll have to wait. you were the opening act at the queen's diamond jubilee concert. what are your memories of that, and of meeting the queen? to shut down that part of london in front of the palace, it was such a momentous occasion. and meeting the queen is, you know, it's a mixture of honour and terror. don't want to get this wrong. what did she mean to you? more now than ever, weirdly, she's always been a motherly figure that is the head of our nation, and it's provided some sort of safety over the years that you don't realise is happening until she passes away. and then, i think she becomes even more important.

i don't think there could have been anybody on the planet that would have done as good a job as she did for the job she was asked to do, which is, yeah, incredible. robbie williams. a nasa spacecraft on mars has captured the vibrations and sounds of rocks striking the planet's surface. scientists say the robotic lander detected seismic and acoustic waves from a series of impacts — the first such observations for a planet other than earth. now it's time for a look at the weather with darren bett. hello there. today, we've seen temperatures around 19 degrees. tomorrow could be a little bit warmer. today has brought a mixture of sunshine and cloud, perhaps the best of sunshine has been around coastal areas for many inland parts.

we've seen the cloud building up to the day, just a little bit of sunshine coming through now and again. but a lot of that cloud that we've seen developing over land will break up this evening and overnight, we'll find some clearer spells developing. but towards the northwest of scotland, this is where we'll see the cloud thickening and some rain beginning to push in. otherwise, dry overnight. little bit chilly by morning — temperatures could be lower than these in rural areas and we could start the day with some mist and fog in the southeast of england. but on the whole, a brighter start with more sunshine more widely in the morning. but again, we'll see the cloud increasing, building up over land, limiting the sunshine during the afternoon, and we've got that thicker cloud brings in for the rain into the northwest of scotland. we've also got a southerly breeze beginning to just notch up a degree or two, and that will lift the temperatures to 21 degrees in the murray firth, also 21 in east anglia and the southeast. so, bit of warmth, really, for this time of the year. later in the week with that rain in the northwest, it will push its way southeastwards, and that will then

introduce cooler air. this is the weather front bringing that rain and it's moving slowly southeastwards. could be some steady and quite heavy rain in western scotland on wednesday night into thursday morning. that band of rain should then move away from scotland and northern ireland, but we'll take some steady rain into the north of england and into wales. ahead of that, still the same air mass, some sunshine, increasing cloud, quite warm — temperatures 20—21 degrees. following the rain, may well get some late sunshine across much of scotland and northern ireland. the air is cooling down here because the wind direction is changing. going to be pushing away a southerly breeze and replacing it with more of a northwesterly breeze around this big area of high pressure. that brings with it cooler air following on from that weather front which is bringing the rain. and that rain continues to run southeastwards across england and wales, coming to rest across east anglia and the southeast, so other parts of england and wales seeing some sunshine. some sunshine and a few showers for scotland and northern ireland as well. it's not windy, but it is a cooler direction the wind is coming from,

so it will be cooler on friday with temperatures typically 16—17 celsius.

hello, i'm kasia madera. you're watching the context on bbc news. world leaders are in new york for a meeting at the un that is being dominated by russia's invasion of ukraine. president macron condemns russian imperialism as parts of ukraine under moscow's control say they'll hold snap referendums onjoining russia. liz truss says she is prepared to be an unpopular prime minister to help the economy grow. if that means taking difficult decisions which are going to help britain become more competitive, help britain become more attractive, help more investment flow into our country, yes, i'm absolutely prepared to take those decisions.

as a judge quashes the murder conviction of adnan syed, we speak