this is bbc news. a man has been charged with the murder of olivia pratt—korbel, who was shot in her home in liverpool. large parts of britain's rail network grind to a halt as 50,000 workers stage a walkout in the biggest rail strike so far. buckingham palace has confirmed that the king will not be going to the global climate change conference cop27 to be held in egypt later this year. the palace was responding to a story in the sunday times which said that the pm had ordered the king not to go to cop27.

a man has been charged with murdering nine—year—old 0livia pratt—korbel five weeks after she was shot in the chest at her home in liverpool. 34—year—old thomas cashman is accused of killing 0livia, who died after convicted burglar joseph nee was chased into herfamily�*s property in dovecot in august. at a press conference in liverpool this evening, maria corr from the crown prosecution service outlined the charges. let's hear what she said. the crown prosecution service has authorised merseyside police to charge thomas cashman, 3a, from grenadier drive, west derby, with the murder of a nine—year—old 0livia pratt—korbel. also, the attempted murder ofjoseph nee and cheryl korbel on the 22nd of august 2022. cashman additionally has been charged with two counts of possession of a firearm

with intent to endanger life. i have further authorised the police to charge paul russell, 40, from snowbury road west derby, with assisting an offender. i, on behalf of cps mersey cheshire, have authorised the charges following a review of a file of evidence received from merseyside police. the defendant's first court appearance will take place at liverpool magistrates on monday the 3rd of october. our thoughts are with 0livia pratt—korbel�*s family at this time. the crown prosecution service reminds all concerned that criminal proceedings against the defendants are now active and that they have a right to a fair trial. it is extremely important that there should be no reporting,

commentary, orsharing of information online which could in any way prejudice these proceedings. and i will now hand over to mark who will say a few words. thank you. as maria has just outlined, today, we have charged an individual with the murder of nine—year—old olivia _ if i could remind everybody that this is still very much a live investigation and therefore our work involves and it continues in earnest. at the beginning of the investigation, we were firm in our commitments to finding all of those involved in this case. this includes the people who tried to shield and protect individuals and those who supplied the weapons and indeed those who are hiding the weapons used in this attack. i therefore still need people to come forward and speak to us.

we have had an overwhelming response and levels of support from the public since the tragic murder of olivia. i want to ask for that continued support so that we can keep the promise we made to 0livia's family in the local community to ensure that those involved face justice.

police charge a man with murdering nine—year—old 0livia pratt—korbel. she was shot when a convicted burglar was chased into her home in liverpool in august. our thoughts today are with 0livia's mum and dad, cheryl and john, and their families who, throughout the last few weeks, have shown incredible strength, courage and dignity. officers say their complex investigation is still ongoing. also tonight... more than 50,000 rail workers from four unions go on strike, causing the most widespread disruption to services this year. liz truss arrives at the conservative party conference after days of turmoil in financial markets triggered

by her government's planned tax cuts. the ukrainian flag flies again in a key town in the donetsk region, just a day after moscow claimed the territory would be russian forever. good evening. a man's been charged with the murder of olivia pratt—korbel, the nine—year—old who was shot at her home in liverpool in august. 0livia was fatally wounded as her mother tried to stop a gunman chasing another man into their house. neither man were known to the family. 34—year—old thomas cashman, from west derby, will appear in court on monday. 0ur north of england correspondent judith moritz reports.

it's six weeks since 0livia pratt—korbel was killed, six weeks of her family grieving... i'm on it, as well. ..and the police hunting for the gunman responsible. tonight, at last, a breakthrough, announced at a hastily arranged media conference. the crown prosecution service has authorised merseyside police to charge thomas cashman, 3a, from grenadier drive, west derby, with the murder of nine—year—old 0livia pratt—korbel. also, the attempted murder ofjoseph nee and cheryl korbel on the 22nd of august, 2022. 0livia was shot when a gunman burst into her home in in the liverpool suburb of dovecot in august. he'd been chasing another man and they both ran through the front door which 0livia's mum cheryl had

opened, wanting to see why there was so much noise outside. 0livia's death has shattered the community where she lived. her mum, cheryl, gave the eulogy at her funeral, and the family continues to be supported by the police. cheryl: she will never be forgotten by us. - we will never say goodbye, but what i will say, is good night, love you, see you in the morning. our thoughts today are with 0livia's mum and dad, cheryl and john, and their families who, throughout the last few weeks, have shown incredible strength, courage and dignity. another man, ao—year—old paul russell, has also been charged in connection with the shooting, accused of assisting an offender. both men will appear at liverpool magistrates�* court on monday. what was interesting at the media conference at police headquarters was that despite these charges, merseyside police say the investigation is still very much

ongoing, and they are still looking for two guns which were used in this attack and they say they are committed to finding everybody who was involved in the crime. from those who may have supplied those guns, may be hiding them, to those who may have been involved in shielding people responsible. they say they have had an overwhelming response from this community but they want it to continue and they are asking people who may have cctv footage, door bell pictures, to come forward and supply them to the place, and they say they need that continued support from the community here to make sure thatjustice is served for 0livia's family. judith moritz, many thanks. more than 50,000 rail workers are on strike, causing the biggest disruption on the railways this year. 0nly around 11% of the usual saturday services are running. it's the first time four rail unions have taken action on the same day in their long—running disputes over

pay, jobs and conditions. 0ur transport correspondent katy austin reports. shutters down, empty platforms — it's the most disruptive train strike yet. i've got no train so now i'm having to... i've just rung my husband, he's got to drive two hours, well, longer than that, down to here, to pick me up. everything has gone up in price so they need to be paid for the work they are doing. but i don't like the strike, no. so, for my money, 100% behind them, all power to them, - and i hope they win. karen from staffordshire is running the london marathon tomorrow to raise money for the hospital where she had breast cancer treatment. news of the strike meant changing her plans to get there. so, for me, thisjust blew everything apart. i couldn't even begin to think of how we would get there. ijust worried, until we knew what our plan was, ijust panicked. the red lines on this map show the only parts of the rail network

where some trains are running today. large parts of england, scotland and wales have none at all. where there have been trains today, they started a lot later than usual and they finished earlier, as well. nothing at all has been running between london and some other major cities including edinburgh, newcastle and brighton. the train drivers�* union aslef is demanding a pay rise amid high inflation. the rmt wants that for its rail worker members too, and it argues job security and working conditions are under threat. it says its current mandate for strike action lasts until late november. we will be commencing a re—ballot next week, so that process will be under way and we expect a very healthy return and a fresh mandate that will go through to the middle of next year, if that is what is needed, but we don't want that. we would rather get a settlement and get this dispute out of the way and get back to normal. rail industry bosses say they want to give a pay rise but the impact of the pandemic

on finances and travel patterns means reforms must be agreed to afford it. we're looking to standardise areas of working practices that will then allow us to be able to give staff an increase but we can't forget there is a £2 billion funding gap and there is no new money. we have got to generate that money from within the industry. negotiations continue and the new transport secretary recently met with the rmt and aslef leaders, but there has been no breakthrough and unions have made it clear that more strikes could be coming down the track. katy austin, bbc news. royal mail workers also walked out today on the second day of a 48—hour strike in a dispute over pay and conditions. the communication workers union says the stoppage by around 115,000 of its members is the biggest strike of the year. a royal mail spokesman described the action as "reckless" because it would weaken the company's finances and jeopardise workers' job security. liz truss has arrived in birmingham

for the conservative party conference, as she tries to rally support for her economic plans. the prime minister is refusing to scrap wide—ranging tax cuts announced in last week's mini—budget, despite turmoil on the financial markets and calls from some of her own mps to rethink the strategy. 0ur deputy political editor vicki young is there this evening. how much pressure is she under? normally you would expect a new prime minister to come here amongst herfriends and there prime minister to come here amongst her friends and there to be a bit of a celebration, but i don't think it will be like that, and i think she will be like that, and i think she will spend this week defending what she has done. she has started doing that, saying she is trying to do things a bit differently and that means you can get what she calls short—term disruption. she is saying, don'tjudge us yet, we have a broader plan, which includes worker visas to help with labour shortages, changing childcare to make it cheaperfor shortages, changing childcare to make it cheaper for people, changing planning rules but it also includes

likely spending cuts. trimming the fat is how one cabinet minister put it, and that could include keeping the cost of benefits down, and this is what starts to upset tory mps, doing that at the same time as scrapping the top 45p rate of tax which helps the most wealthy, well, they don't think that is the right thing, and i think the chancellor kwasi kwarteng is calling round some mps and trying to convince them that he is doing the right thing but they certainly want to see changes on that particular policy. 0verall of course this is about economic competence, it is a stick that the tories have used to beat labour at elections over years and many tory mps now say they won't be able to that again. vicki young, many thanks. and tomorrow liz truss will be answering questions from my colleague laura kuenssberg. tomorrow morning we'll be speaking live to the prime minister liz truss. join me here in birmingham at the earlier time of 8.30 on bbc one. see you then.

the annual energy bill for a typical household goes up from £1,971 to £2,500 today — a 27% increase. the rise has been cushioned by a government cap on the cost per unit and additional financial support payments. protests have been taking place across the uk on a day of action highlighting the increased cost of living. people attended rallies around the uk including in birmingham, glasgow and belfast. russia says its forces have pulled out of a key strategic town in eastern ukraine. it had become encircled by defending troops in recent days as they continued to launch several counter—offensives in the area. they continued to launch several it's a significant victory for ukraine in the donetsk region, as recapturing lyman could give them access to more territory that russia officially annexed just a day ago. 0ur ukraine correspondent james waterhouse reports.

ukraine's counteroffensives have slowed, but for ukrainians, progress is still progress. traces of occupation are being removed, and quickly. lyman was a logistics hub for russia's invasion. despite continued fighting, it is set to become a platform for ukraine to keep pushing east. cheering it is territory that russia officially celebrated as its own only yesterday. despite this recent show of patriotism, it is another embarrassing retreat for vladimir putin. as ever, his generals are trying to put a positive spin on russia's latest setback. translation: in connection i with the threat of encirclement, the allied troops were withdrawn from the settlement of lyman to more advantageous lines.

to add to the kremlin's headache, ramzan kadyrov, one of putin's closest allies, called russia's military "shameful," and suggested it use what he called low yield nuclear weapons. that is essentially a repetition of russia's threat of an escalation in this war. momentum is very much with ukraine, which continues to undermine russian rhetoric by taking back lost territory. it has given kyiv the confidence to repeat its terms for any peace talks. translation: ukraine will get back what belongs to her, _ both in the east and in the south. what they try to annex now and crimea which they annexed in 2014. 0ur flag will be everywhere. complete liberation is a long way off. a lot more people on both sides will lose their lives. however, ukraine will feel that victories like these will pave the way. james waterhouse, bbc news.

a huge clean—up operation is under way in florida, where tens of thousands of homes and businesses are still suffering widespread power outages in the wake of hurricane ian. the storm has also caused extensive flooding in south carolina. the number of fatalities in florida continues to rise with the authorities in lee county, one of the worst affected areas, saying at least 35 people have died there. reports suggest the figure for the whole of florida could be more than 50. buckingham palace has confirmed that king charles will not attend the next major international climate change conference in egypt in november. he had been planning to attend the cop27 meeting before the queen died. tomorrow's sunday times reports that the prime minister liz truss "advised" him not to take part — but the palace says the decision was taken in the spirit of "mutual friendship and respect".

with all the sport now, here's chetan pathak at the bbc sport centre. thank you, good evening. we start with the north london derby in the premier league with a reminder that match of the day follows the news. arsenal remain top of the table tonight after they beat their north london rivals tottenham 3—1. thomas partey opened the scoring at the emirates stadium. spurs had a player sent off. harry kane's earlier goal from the penalty spot proving only to be a consolation. roberto de zerbi made an impressive start as brighton's new head coach, as they drew 3—3 at liverpool who dropped points again. leandro trossard scored a hat—trick for the visitors, who remain fourth in the table. liverpool are ninth. elsewhere, conor gallagher scored a last minute winner against his former side as chelsea won 2—1 at crystal palace, giving graham potter his first win since taking over as manager. west ham beat wolves 2—0

in the day's late kick off. in scotland, celtic bounced back from their first premiership defeat in a year with a 2—1win over motherwell. rangers remain two points behind after they won at hearts, ryan kent ending his 22—game drought by sealing a 4—0 win in stoppage time. elsewhere, there were wins for st mirren, hibs, aberdeen and stjohnstone. max verstappen could have to wait a little longer to win his second formula one world title, after he only finished 8th in qualifying at the singapore grand prix. the red bull driver was frustrated to abandon his closing lap. he was later told it was because he was low on fuel. it's ferrari's charles leclerc who'll start tomorrow's race from pole position, with sergio perez second, lewis hamilton third. in rugby union, saracens have kept up their winning start in the premiership with an outstanding performance against defending champions leicester.

seven different players ran in seven tries — sean maitland here with the last as saracens avenged their defeat in last season's premiership final, winning 51—18. in golf, britain's charley hull will go into the final day of the ascendant lpga in texas with a share of the lead. having carded 7—under—par yesterday, she could only go round on level par today, a bogey and a double bogey were balanced out by three birdies including this one on the 15th. there's more on the bbc sport website, including all the fa cup qualifying results and the stories behind the teams trying to reach this season's first round proper. back to you. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. that's all from me, goodnight. welcome

hello, this is bbc news with samantha simmonds. brazil goes to the polls tomorrow in a highly polarised election. the two frontrunners are presidentjair bolsonaro and the former left—wing leader, luiz inacio lula da silva, who've been holding their final rallies today. 0ur correspondent laura trevelyan sent us this update from rio de janeiro.

welcome to rio on this final day of campaigning in brazil's presidential elections which is being seen as one of the most confidential —— consequential test of democracy. all because incumbent president is casting doubt on the accuracy of brazil's voting system, and implying that he might not accept the result were he to lose. i am joined by catherine 0sborne. what is the latest from brazil's military? they are very close to president bolsonaro, there have been fears that might try to mount a coup or pack him if he the results. figs that might try to mount a coup or pack him if he the results.- pack him if he the results. as he has spread _ pack him if he the results. as he has spread his _ pack him if he the results. as he has spread his arms _ pack him if he the results. as he has spread his arms that - pack him if he the results. as he has spread his arms that he - pack him if he the results. as he l has spread his arms that he hated

claims, —— spread these unsubstantiated claims. as the election has approached and countries around the world have put out messages of alert about brazilian democracy and said, the institution should be prepared to trust the voting systems, the military has changed its messaging at that and even yesterday there was at that and even yesterday there was a report in a leading newspaper here saying that they are much likely to contest the result than they were several months ago. they are not saying trust our institutions, they are reliable, but they are less likely to back bolsonaro in his attempt to reject results. the attempt to re'ect results. the latest attempt to reject results. the latest opinion _ attempt to reject results. the latest opinion polling has lula da silva a head of bolsonaro but both men are populous in different ways. lula's populism was based on the prole brazilian trying to get better

standard of life, whereas bolsonaro's populism was more of a general antiestablishment message that rang very strong in 2018 and that rang very strong in 2018 and that message now sounds a little different now that we are in a tough time with the economy. tell different now that we are in a tough time with the economy.— different now that we are in a tough time with the economy. tell me about the atmosphere _ time with the economy. tell me about the atmosphere in _ time with the economy. tell me about the atmosphere in brazil, _ time with the economy. tell me about the atmosphere in brazil, there - time with the economy. tell me about the atmosphere in brazil, there is - the atmosphere in brazil, there is an election tomorrow, there are more than 270 million people here tomorrow, that it is subdued, there has been political violence.- has been politicalviolence. usually before an election, _ has been politicalviolence. usually before an election, folks _ has been politicalviolence. usually before an election, folks go - has been politicalviolence. usually before an election, folks go out. before an election, folks go out with stickers displaying support but this year there has been much less of that, probably because they have been several even killings of people who support other candidates so some local authorities are putting in laws that say you cannot bring —— by alcohol tomorrow, and folks apprehensive.— apprehensive. tell us about president — apprehensive. tell us about president bolsonaro, - apprehensive. tell us about president bolsonaro, he - apprehensive. tell us about president bolsonaro, he is| president bolsonaro, he is campaigning today with motor bikers, he revels in the nickname that she

is the donald trump of the tropics, is the donald trump of the tropics, is that working well for him this time around? it is that working well for him this time around?— is that working well for him this time around? it is a different -- difficult context. _ time around? it is a different -- difficult context. he _ time around? it is a different -- difficult context. he has - time around? it is a different -- i difficult context. he has overseen the pandemic response with thousands of people claimed the government response was inadequate. he says he represents the common man, that he isn't the system. we should get results tomorrow evening, the military says they will soon announce their own call on the results, they don't anticipate it being a different call but bolsonaro will soon speak to his own supporters afterwards and then we will know, is he planning a protest or will it go to a run—off election, and from there, we can only expect, if there is a run—off, we can expect temperatures to rise and the attacks

to increase. 50. temperatures to rise and the attacks to increase. ., , to increase. so, a highly consequential— to increase. so, a highly consequential election l to increase. so, a highly i consequential election here to increase. so, a highly - consequential election here in brazil, the world among fourth biggest democracy, the largest economy in latin america, the eyes of the world watching what happens here in tomorrow's election. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pagesat 10:30 and 11:30 this evening in the papers — our guestsjoining me tonight are lucy beresford and jo tynam. time for a look at the weather with darren bett hello there. most of the showers today have been across more western parts of the uk on a brisk westerly wind. a lot of those showers will fade away this evening and overnight and skies will clear for some. not in the south of england and the far south wales. thickening cloud will bring some rain in from the west by the time we get

to the early hours of the morning. that'll keep the temperatures up here further north with the winds dropping and some clearer skies. temperatures will be seven or eight degrees. now, the good news for the london marathon is it won't be as windy as today, but there will be a lot of cloud around and we could have some rain from time to time, particularly in the morning. conditions should improve in the afternoon, but this is where the rain is early in the day. and we've got some heavier rain affecting the south west of england. through the day, the rain becomes lighter and more patchy and many places do become drier. we've got a lot of dry weather across other parts of the uk, plenty of sunshine, just a few showers in the northwest of scotland, but certainly fewer and lighter than today. in the sunshine, it'll feel quite pleasant. temperatures typically 16 to 18 celsius.

hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are lucy beresford, broadcaster and psychotherapist and joe twyman, director of the polling organisation deltapoll. tomorrow's front pages. the observer reads that voters have abandoned the tories, they state that 71% of conservative voters believe the pm and the chancellor have lost control of the economy. the independent�*s headline states that tories have told prime minister liz truss to u—turn now orface rebellion. the sunday telgraph leads on liz truss claims, she says only her plan will reverse the economy's decline. the sunday express headlines the murder charge of 3a

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minister and have potentially difficult times ahead with energy price rises