welcome to bbc news, i'm lucy grey. our top stories... at least 127 people die in a stampede at a football match in indonesia — it was sparked by police using tear gas after a pitch invasion. cheering. the ukrainian flag flies once again in a key town in the donetsk region, just a day after moscow claimed the territory would be russian forever. as the clean up begins, the true extent of destruction caused by hurricane ian in florida becomes apparent. the final push for votes as brazil prepares for what could be its most important election since the 1980s.

we start this hour with some breaking news — and a police spokesperson in indonesia says that at least 127 people have been killed after a riot at a football match in east java. this story is developing as we speak, but the reuters news agency is reporting that the deaths happened as people stampeded. our reporter, shelley phelps, hasjoined me with the latest details. what can you tell us? this incident — what can you tell us? this incident took _ what can you tell us? this incident took place - what can you tell us? this incident took place on - what can you tell us? ti 3 incident took place on saturday night. two teams were playing a match, arema fc versus persebaya surabaya. the trouble is thought to have started when the home team lost and thousands of people rush towards the pitch. now, there is footage on social media showing quite dramatic scenes of people rushing towards the middle of the stadium. police can also be seen firing tear

gas at supporters who were running onto the pitch. police say they had to do that, to fire the tear gas help fire the tear gas to help the but the release of the tear after the release of the tear gas, people were scrambling and trying to get out. is trying to get out. it is reported that many people died of trampling and suffocation. the death toll is currently 127 people, but that is expected to rise on 180 people have been hospitalised. rise on180 people have been hospitalised.— hospitalised. what have the authority said _ hospitalised. what have the authority said about - hospitalised. what have the authority said about this? i hospitalised. what have the l authority said about this? the indonesian — authority said about this? tie: indonesian sports minister said safety has to be re—evaluated a football matches after this deadly riot. we have had reaction from the football teams and the football association of indonesia. the football association of indonesia have said in a statement, their deepest condolences over the incident goes out to football lovers of

this. and a statement from persebaya surabaya, they say they express their deepest condolences for the loss of life after the match. they said no life is worth football. thank you so much for now. president zelensky says the ukrainian flag is flying — once again — in the strategically important town of lee—maan in donetsk, a day after vladimir putin declared the eastern ukrainian region would be russian "forever". mr zelensky said fighting was still going on, although the kremlin insists all of its troops have pulled out. kyiv says many russian soldiers were killed or taken prisoner. this report is from our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse. 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's 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 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, bothi in the east and in the south. what they try to annex now and crimea which they annexed in 2014. our 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. we can now speak to dmitry gorenburg who's a russia military expert and senior research scientist at the center for naval analysis. thank you for coming on the programme. how significant do

you think this is, what has happened in lyman? it you think this is, what has happened in lyman?- happened in lyman? it is potentially _ happened in lyman? it is potentially quite - happened in lyman? tit 3 potentially quite significant. in large part because lyman was an essential hub for logistics for the region prior to the earlier ukrainian advances. and now having taken lyman, we bring this can press ahead to the next road that connects severodonetsk with actual russian territories in belgrade. we can see ukraine potentially pressing offensive on territories that the russians took injune. russians took in june. president russians took injune. president zelensky saying our flag will be everywhere, do you think that is possible,, they will regain those regions? i think it is possible. it would take quite a bit of time, because we have seen the

advances are relatively slow most of the time. every so often they get these breaks, but the amount of territory thatis but the amount of territory that is controlled by russia at this point is quite large and some of the areas, particularly the ones they held prior to february in luhansk and donetsk are pretty well fortified. we should expect this to continue for many months, potentially even years. for many months, potentially even veere— even years. let's talk about russia's _ even years. let's talk about russia's military _ even years. let's talk about russia's military capability. | russia's military capability. it talked about wanting to mobilise 300,000 men, didn't it? do you think that will happen?— it? do you think that will ha en? , ., , ., it? do you think that will hauen? , ., ,, ., happen? the problem for russia is not with _ happen? the problem for russia is not with the _ happen? the problem for russia is not with the numbers, - happen? the problem for russia is not with the numbers, i - is not with the numbers, i think they can get the numbers and get even higher numbers. the problem for them is that these are not particularly well trained people. we have seen a lot of cases where they are a lot of cases where they are a lot older than 18 to 35 age range that is expected,

according to the rules. we are seeing people who were not motivated to fight, are not well trained to fight. not in physical condition to fight. what that gains the russian military is not clear.- military is not clear. also, the russian _ military is not clear. also, the russian winter - military is not clear. also, the russian winter is - the russian winter is approaching, how will that affect things?— approaching, how will that affect things? most likely the fi . htin: affect things? most likely the fighting will _ affect things? most likely the fighting will slow _ affect things? most likely the fighting will slow down - affect things? most likely the fighting will slow down to - affect things? most likely the l fighting will slow down to some extent during the winter, for both sides. it is a bit more difficult conditions. even more so during the transition of seasons, when the conditions are quite ready on the road. it will slow things down but i don't think it will stop entirely. don't think it will stop entirely-— don't think it will stop entirel. �* entirely. and as you say, it could go — entirely. and as you say, it could go on _ entirely. and as you say, it could go on for— entirely. and as you say, it could go on for a _ entirely. and as you say, it could go on for a very - entirely. and as you say, it could go on for a very long| could go on for a very long time? , ,., ., , time? yes, potentially. i certainly _ time? yes, potentially. i certainly don't _ time? yes, potentially. i certainly don't see - time? yes, potentially. i certainly don't see any . certainly don't see any settlement, just for political reasons, the russian leadership i think is expecting european

unity to break during the winter with energy supplies and so forth. i think they will hold out until the spring, no matter what.— hold out until the spring, no matter what. ., ~ , ., . matter what. thank you so much forjoining _ matter what. thank you so much forjoining us- — matter what. thank you so much forjoining us. thank _ matter what. thank you so much forjoining us. thank you - matter what. thank you so much forjoining us. thank you for - forjoining us. thank you for havin: forjoining us. thank you for having me- _ let's get some of the day's other news. 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 men were known to the family. 34—year—old thomas cashman, will appear in court on monday. protesters have attacked the french embassy in the capital of burkina faso after supporters of the west african nation's new coup leader accused france of harbouring the ousted interim president. france, the former colonial power, has condemned the attacks, and denied any involvement in the takeover. president biden has announced that venezuela has released seven american citizens detained by the government of president nicolas maduro. among those released are five former executives

of venezuela's us—based oil company — citgo. in return mr biden has agreed to release two nephews of venezuela's first lady who were about to be tried for drug trafficking in new york. an iranian—american businessman who's been imprisoned in iran for nearly seven years has been temporarily released. siamak namazi, seen here on the right, was convicted of the charge of "collaboration with a hostile government". his father baquer namazi, who was jailed for ten years for a similar offence, will be allowed to leave the country for medical treatment. the us government says both of the charges are baseless. let's cross to washington now and speak to jared genser who is the namazi family's lawyer. thank you very much forjoining us. thank you very much for “oining us. , ., . ., ., , thank you very much for “oining us, , ., . ., ., , ., us. explain the conditions of this release, _ us. explain the conditions of this release, it _ us. explain the conditions of this release, it is _ us. explain the conditions of this release, it isjust - us. explain the conditions of this release, it is just for - us. explain the conditions of this release, it is just for a l this release, it is just for a few days? this release, it is 'ust for a few daysah this release, it is 'ust for a few «yeah this release, it is 'ust for a few days? yes, he has been fiven a few days? yes, he has been given a one _ few days? yes, he has been given a one furlough - few days? yes, he has been given a one furlough that. few days? yes, he has been given a one furlough that is| given a one furlough that is

renewable. he was sentenced to five years, but it has been almost seven years since he has beenin almost seven years since he has been in prison. it is a welcome development, but his father, his sentence was commuted many years ago, but was forbidden to leave iran, can finally leave iran. ., , . , ., iran. how did this decision come about? _ iran. how did this decision come about? we - iran. how did this decision come about? we have - iran. how did this decision l come about? we have been ffushin come about? we have been pushing for— come about? we have been pushing for this _ come about? we have been pushing for this for - come about? we have been pushing for this for a - come about? we have been pushing for this for a long i pushing for this for a long time and we have played a leading role in getting his father's travel ban lifted. he saw him working for unicef and saw him working for unicef and saw him working for unicef and saw him as their own family. they have been working with the us government to get him out on fellow. we need all the americans out of iran. we are not going to rest until they are all back in the united

states. , ., ., are all back in the united states. ., , , states. do you feel a step closer? — states. do you feel a step closer? undoubtedly - states. do you feel a step closer? undoubtedly a - states. do you feel a step i closer? undoubtedly a step closer. closer? undoubtedly a step closer- it — closer? undoubtedly a step closer. it is _ closer? undoubtedly a step closer. it is the _ closer? undoubtedly a step closer. it is the first - closer? undoubtedly a step closer. it is the first time i closer? undoubtedly a step closer. it is the first time in seven years he has been with both of his parents and been able to sleep in his own bed at home. it is a big step forward but we're not quite there yet. why do you think it has happened now? there is a lot going on at the moment with the street protests in iran, isn't there? , , there? there is indeed. only there? there is indeed. only the iranians _ there? there is indeed. only the iranians can _ there? there is indeed. only the iranians can answer- there? there is indeed. only the iranians can answer why | the iranians can answer why now. both men have been imprisoned, neither of them committed any crime and they were grabbed randomly by the iranian regime and taken hostage. they have suffered for many years unnecessarily. tqm. many years unnecessarily. ok, thank you _ many years unnecessarily. ok, thank you very _ many years unnecessarily. ok, thank you very much _ many years unnecessarily. ok, thank you very much for - many years unnecessarily. 0k, thank you very much for talking to us. appreciate it.— to us. appreciate it. thanks for having _ to us. appreciate it. thanks for having me. _ a huge clean—up operation is under way in florida in the wake of hurricane ian. dozens of people are feared

to have lost their lives, while many thousands of homes and businesses have been destroyed. before—and—after aerial pictures have revealed the scale of the devastation in coastal areas of south west florida. causeways linking many islands to the main land have been washed away, cutting off entire communities. azadeh moshiri reports. storm ian's strong winds and heavy rain have left parts of the carolinas under water. this is charleston, its historic buildings flooded and myrtle beach, overwhelmed by what officials dreaded most, storm surges. but in florida, the areas that were hit the hardest are still trying to recover from the storm. i went back to see cindy, who lives in a manufactured housing community full of rvs and wooden homes. mother nature and god was helping me out that night. look at it. i get the chill is now just thinking about it. i get the chills now just thinking about it. i keep getting my body

going through these tremors, because i still feel like i'm rocking and rolling in that. like a roller—coaster, in my bathtub. we sat here, my neighbour and i don't... i then met herbert, whose roof was blown off when he rode out the storm as he was sitting on his couch. this is what he filmed after the hurricane made landfall. that was the window over there? yes, there was a window here, and a stick came through and broke about this much. i came here about a day after the storm hit, and it still looks pretty much the same. there was a lot more water on the streets around here, but it's obvious the clean—up crews have drained that water, but people here still clearly need help. they have been told that a government agency will come and potentially offered them some help, but they have also been told that it could tell them that this entire area is uninhabitable. search and rescue missions continue, with flooding still threatening lives. the governor said thousands have been completed. but, although the number of lives saved is growing, so is the number of lives lost,

as the state continues counting the dead. azadeh moshiri, bbc news. the two frontrunners in brazil's highly polarised presidential election have been holding their final rallies ahead of sunday's vote. all major polls have put former leftist president, luiz inacio lula de silva, ahead of the right—wing incumbant, jair bolsonaro, but anxiety over a contested outcome remains. let's cross to new york now and speak to professor maxine margolis. she is the author of goodbye brazil: emigres from the land of soccer & samba. welcome to bbc news, thank you for coming on. welcome to bbc news, thank you for coming on— welcome to bbc news, thank you for coming on._ talk. for coming on. thank you. talk us through _ for coming on. thank you. talk us through the _ for coming on. thank you. talk us through the issues - for coming on. thank you. talk us through the issues facing i us through the issues facing brazilians at the moment, what will people be thinking about when they cast their vote? probably number one, as in this country, they will be thinking about the economy, which is not in good shape in brazil. but there are many other issues.

they will be thinking, i think, as we will as well, about democracy. there are, i think, a real threats to democracy in brazil. particularly from the current administration there. i think people are very worried about what is going to take place after the election if de silva was elected in the first round, that is if he gets 50% plus one vote, he will be the next president of brazil. but if he gets less than that, if he gets under 50 there will be a second round of voting at the end of this month, of october. and that is what people are worried about more than anything else, if there is almost a whole month of a contested election. nobody is certain what bolsonaro will do. he has given some bad signs

saying something like he will not be removed from office except by god, or by death. there are worrisome signs. if on the other hand lula is elected on the first round, people will feel a good deal of relief. nobody is certain where exactly some of the military police stand in this. are they going to support bolsonaro or not? there is a great deal of uncertainty. there are also issues of what i would call personality. there are people who love bolsonaro and there are people who cannot stand him. there are also people who don't like lula, who is from a very modest, working—class background. he came up being

union leader. he didn't learn how to read and write until he was a teenager, very modest background. there are many brazilians who look unfavourably on someone from that background. although, bolsonaro is not highly educated. but there are people in this who like it or not like the particular candidate. just as there is in the us. thinking now about hillary clinton and donald trump, likes and dislikes. it is very much something like that going on in brazil. as well as issues. one big issue we are very aware of in this country is the issue of the amazon. the destruction of the amazon. the destruction of the amazon. the destruction of the amazon under bolsonaro, it has picked up enormously. it was there before and there has

been a lot of burning and destruction in prior administrations, but it greatly increased under bolsonaro. it threatens a number of indigenous communities. there have been murders of indigenous people while bolsonaro was president. there have been killings recently of a british journalist and an environmental activist in the amazon, who led the trying to document the destruction. an bolsonaro really has given an open door to those who would like to exploit the amazon for their own economic purposes. that is, if lula wins, that will go back to, i think, if lula wins, that will go back to, ithink, the if lula wins, that will go back to, i think, the policies that were in place when he was president. he had two, i would

say successful terms of president. there were a great reduction in poverty, there was the family purse which gave money to very poor people. recently, bolsonaro has reintroduced that as a way to get more voters. but nevertheless, under his administration the level of poverty and hunger has increased. not entirely due to his mishandling of the economy, what have you, just because of general economic conditions. there is a lot to be thinking about when people go to the polls. thank you forjoining us. polls. thank you for “oining us. ., ., y y polls. thank you for “oining us. ., ., , , us. you are very, very welcome indeed. thank— us. you are very, very welcome indeed. thank you, _ us. you are very, very welcome indeed. thank you, goodbye. . people in tunisia have taken to the streets this week, to protest about the high cost of living and food shortages. more than half of the population is now living in poverty, and almost 700,000 people have left the country — heading for europe —

since the start of the year. anna foster reports from the capital, tunis. "i'm telling you to take care of your country. "don't leave." this is the angry new conversation on the streets of tunisia. food is more expensive than ever before. each month, inflation hits a new record high. translation: there's no oil or sugar, sometimes l there's no bread. how can people live? what can people do? more than a decade ago, a tunisian fruit and vegetable seller set himself on fire. mohamed bouazizi's death caused widespread protests against the high cost of living. the arab spring uprisings were supposed to spark change. for walid, they did — but not in the way he'd hoped. me, myself, i remember them every day... one of his best friends was killed, and while

demonstrating walid was shot — he lost his right leg. translation: i sacrificed my leg for the sake of improving l the situation in my country. unfortunately, jobs and national dignity haven't been achieved over the past 12 years. for a time, there was change. but injuly, tunisians voted for a new constitution, which concentrated power in the hands of the president, kais saied. it undid many of the democratic gains made since the arab spring. the rising cost of living is directly affecting the political system here. 11 years after protests that removed a dictator, tunisia is back in the grip of one—man rule. but so many people i speak to here tell me that even though their hard—fought freedoms are being lost, they see a forceful leader as the only way to get the economy back on its feet.

living standards in tunisia are now worse than when the arab spring began — the number of families in need has tripled since 2010. hannan's husband isn't at home — he's meeting the people smugglers who've offered him a seat on a dangerous boatjourney to italy. the family's life is desperate. they can't afford fruit for the children any more, or meat orfish. translation: if you go outj to the street and ask people to choose between dignity and bread, they will choose bread, because they don't care about dignity any more because people have got hungry. imagine he goes on the trip and dies on the sea, we will be lost. if he dies, we will be automatically homeless. this country has known some of history's most famous battles. now its people are facing a new fight — simply to survive. anna foster, bbc news, tunis.

he is known as the french spider—man. alain robert has been climbing buildings — without a rope or safety equipment — for 45 years. he's scaled some of the most famous skyscrapers in the world. but now the french spider—man has decided to make his death—defying pastime a family affair — as the bbc�*s tim allman explains. like father, like son. alan robert has been climbing buildings by himself for a long, long time. now he has decided to let one of his kids to the family business, although it is a somewhat nervy affair. translation: i affair. translation: , translation: i feel very stressed- _ translation: ifeelvery stressed. i've _ translation: ifeelvery stressed. i've never - translation: ifeelvery stressed. i've never beenj translation: | feel very i stressed. i've never been so scared in my life. i was a parachutist 39 times, i have shot weapons and don scary things in my life, but this, i have never been so scared in my

life. it have never been so scared in my life. �* , ., , life. it didn't stop him, though- _ life. it didn't stop him, though. two _ life. it didn't stop him, l though. two generations life. it didn't stop him, - though. two generations of the family climbing up the skyscraper in barcelona but has a height of 140 metres. you may occasionally question their sanity, but you cannot question the view. he has scaled more than 150 buildings since he started doing this back in the late 70s. it may seem a little different this time, for obvious reasons. i feel responsible _ obvious reasons. i feel responsible somehow. j obvious reasons. i feel- responsible somehow. well, i know he is a big boy, he is 34. it is his own decision, but, at the end of the day, i am the dad. . , the end of the day, i am the dad. ., , ., dad. eventually, the two men reached the _ dad. eventually, the two men reached the top _ dad. eventually, the two men reached the top without - dad. eventually, the two men reached the top without a - reached the top without a hitch. a chance for a unique panoramic shot of the barcelona skyline. spider—man and now spider son.

that is all for me for now, thank you for watching. hello. a slightly different focus to the weather on sunday, where as saturday was a day of sunshine and showers for sunday many will be dry, but not all. i'm sure your eyes are drawn to this frontal system sliding its way eastwards across the south of england and south wales. and through sunday morning that will be bringing some heavy rain to south west england, some rumbles of thunder and that rain also extending across into south east england, potentially a little bit into south wales and the south midlands. and we could see some patchy rain for a time for the london marathon, particularly through the morning. as the day wears on, that rain will tend

to pull away southwards and maybe some late spells of sunshine for the late finishers. but as that rain pulls away actually for much of the uk sunday as a fine and dry day with spells of sunshine, still some showers to watch out for, particularly for western scotland and the northern isles maybe later in the day for the north west of northern ireland where we've got the sunshine, temperatures in the mid to high teens up to 17 or 18 celsius at their highest. the winds not as strong as they have been, but still quite noticeable for the western and the northern isles. could also see some stronger gusts for a time for southern coastal counties associated with that band of rain, which continues to pull away southwards through sunday evening. most of the showers will fade and actually for much of the uk dry and clear, but with some cloud pushing back into northern ireland ahead of some rain on monday. but under clear skies could be quite a chilly night for england and wales with temperatures down to four or five celsius. we start the new week with an area of high pressure in charge for much of england and wales. but this frontal system bringing outbreaks of rain and some stronger winds into northern ireland and scotland. so northern ireland seeing the rain first through monday, then pushing its way eastwards, getting into scotland around midday and then

into the afternoon. but for much of england and wales it stays dry with some good spells of sunshine, although northern england likely to see more cloud. in the sunshine across england and wales, temperatures getting up to 18 or 19 celsius. so where we've got the rain across scotland more like 13 or 14 celsius. and we still got that area of rain across scotland and northern ireland on tuesday. high pressure drifting away south where some of that rain likely to move into wales and northern england on tuesday. by and large, most of the rain in the week ahead will be for scotland, northern ireland, northern england and wales. drier conditions with some sunshine further south and east. that's all for me.

this is bbc news, the headlines.... at least 129 people have been killed and 180 injured after a stampede at a football stadium in indonesia. it happened after police fired tear gas during a pitch invasion at the top—flight match in malang, eastjava. ukrainian forces have retaken a key town just one day after president putin declared it was now part of russia. lyman was a strategic target, used by russia as a logistics hub. russia's ministry of defence confirms its forces have withdrawn. a huge clean—up operation is under way in florida after hurricane ian. dozens of people are feared to have died, while many thousands of properties have been destroyed. causeways linking many islands to the mainland

have been damaged, cutting off entire communities.