this is bbc news. welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm lucy grey. our top stories: at least 129 people die in a stampede at a football match in indonesia — it happened after police used tear gas during 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.

129 football fans have died at a match on the island ofjava. many more were injured in a crush after the game between rival teams, arema and persebaya surabaya. video on social media shows police firing tear gas at supporters running onto the pitch. let's get more on the story from our south east asia editor, jonathan head, who's in bangkok. what more can you tell us about what happened, jonathan? what more can you tell us about what happened, jonathan? from what happened, jonathan? from what i have _ what happened, jonathan? from what i have seen _ what happened, jonathan? from what i have seen on _ what happened, jonathan? from what i have seen on video - what happened, jonathan? from what i have seen on video it - what i have seen on video it would appear, we would have to see that the investigation said, but this stems from the use of tear gas by the police. it was a hard—fought match between two teams, two cities

close to each other with a long history of rivalry. indonesian football has passionate following, sometimes turning violent. in the end of the match, which arema lost to persebaya surabaya, the fans poured onto the pitch. at that point, the police started pushing them back and began to use tear gas. it seems, at that point there was a— for the exits. the stadium has an official capacity of around 42,000 but it is believed it was beyond capacity and it seems a lot of the victims were crushed trying to get through quite narrow exits. we crushed trying to get through quite narrow exits.— crushed trying to get through quite narrow exits. we have had from the chief _ quite narrow exits. we have had from the chief security - from the chief security minister saying the stadium was beyond capacity. sent out a post on instagram saying 42,000 tickets had been issued for the stadium which had a capacity of 38,000. , .,

38,000. yes, i imagine there ma be 38,000. yes, i imagine there may be peeple _ 38,000. yes, i imagine there may be people who _ 38,000. yes, i imagine there may be people who came - 38,000. yes, i imagine there may be people who came in l 38,000. yes, i imagine there . may be people who came in even after the tickets were sold. this wouldn't be unusual in the game that attracts that many people. one can think of many occasions in indonesia and other countries in this region of limits are people getting on board things like ferries, are not observed. whether that is the deciding factor is far less clear, when you have a crowd that they get capacity, below it up beyond that. there was panic and people trying to get out through the exits and anyone can tell you that is where an accident can happen. i imagine the authorities will have to look closely at the way the police handled it. it does appear the use of tear gas, which is banned that matches by fifa, it is not an accepted form of crowd control, it may be the key factor in this accident. i5 be the key factor in this accident.— be the key factor in this accident. , , ., ., , accident. is it unusualto be used in indonesia _ accident. is it unusualto be used in indonesia football. used in indonesia football matches? it used in indonesia football matches?— used in indonesia football matches? , , ., , , matches? it is unusual, yes. i don't follow _ matches? it is unusual, yes. i

don't follow indonesian - don't follow indonesian football enough that enough to recall another incident where tear gas was used. it has been used outside the pitches. there has been a long history of violent clashes between fans and particularly fans of these two teams. but actually using it on the pitch, when you think the people, when they run away, they have got nowhere to go in they have got nowhere to go in the stadium except towards the exits and these are often quite narrow. i don't think it would take much of an investigation to conclude the use of tear gas on the pitch against crowds is a very dangerous thing to do. jonathan head, thank you very much. president zelensky says the ukrainian flag is flying, once again, in the strategically important town of lyman 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.

well earlier i spoke to mark montgomery who's a former us navy rear admiral. i asked if russia will view the loss of lyman as a major setback. yes, i do think losing lyman is a setback for the exact reason your reporter noted. it is a strategic rail head for russia. one of the problems russia has had is logistics through the last eight months of fighting. losing lyman will have a negative effect on their ability to protect the west and the donbas regions. tell me more about its logistical problems, tell me? russia really struggled in the first months of this campaign with 200 to 300 kilometre logistics trains. they showed they were no longer a large—scale manoeuvre army. many of us thought as they got to this tighter combat, right alongside the eastern border of ukraine and russia's

border with 40 to 50 kilometre logistic lines, the russians will be able to fight more effectively. but clearly they haven't been able to and they are losing here and they are losing in other areas. but slowly. some analysts are saying kyiv has the momentum of the war at the moment, do you think there is a chance they could be successful in their aims of reclaiming the areas they've lost? i think they're going to need to maintain three things for that. one, keep the stronger morale. the ukrainian troops are clearly fighting for their country and russian troops are fighting for four regions i doubt they knew existed 48 hours days ago. this is the result is a lot of us and european training effort since 2014 and ukraine's own investment. and finally, these weapons we are delivering significant.

both the us and the europeans, we announced another delivery last wednesday, another 1.1 billion. this constant drumbeat of announcements of armourments coming. all these things added together it will give momentum to the ukrainians to continue to push into russian territory. one analyst i spoke to yesterday said president putin has made dialogue impossible. that's exactly right. it is the two elements, the annexation and the second is the discussion of nuclear weapons.

it makes it very hard for dialogue with putin now. very briefly, you were a nuclear trained officer in the us navy, how concerned are you when you hear present hitting making references to nagasaki and hiroshima? i worry about both ends of the nuclear weapons, the idea is a low yield nuclear weapon used or a grey zone operation where they fire significant weapons into zaporizhzhia or another area and create large—scale contamination incident. both of those are serious issues that the united states needs to plan for so that we can support ukraine after it happens, but also we have to signal, as i think the president has, to president putin it is an unacceptable line to cross. former rear admiral mark montgomerie talking to me earlier. protests in iran sparked by the death of a kurdish woman arrested by the country's morality police are showing no sign of abating. these pictures, from the city of mashhad, show women and students defying the law by taking off their hijabs.

it's just one of the cities where protesters took to the streets inside the country. and in a separate development, an iranian—american businessman who's been imprisoned in iran for nearly seven years has been released — temporarily. siamak namazi — seen here on the right — was convicted of the charge of "collaboration with a hostile government". his father, baquer namazi, who was also jailed, will be allowed to leave the country for medical treatment. the family's lawyer welcomed the news. siamak namazi has been given a furlough. it's a one—week furlough that is renewable. he was eligible for it after serving half of his sentence — five years — but it's now almost seven years since he's been imprisoned. so this is obviously a very welcome development. at the same time, his father, baquer namazi — whose sentence was commuted many years ago, but was forbidden from leaving iran, and will finally now be able to leave iran, as well. and how much can you tell us about how this decision came about? well, look, i mean, we've been pushing for this for a very, very long time. and un secretary general antonio guterres played a leading role in helping

to get baquer namazi, the elderly father, having his travel ban lifted. namazi spent 30 years working for unicef, and so the un saw him as part of their own family. separately, of course, we've been working with a wide array of actors, including the us government, to press to get siamak namazi out on furlough. but we're not where we need to be yet. i mean, ultimately, we need all of the americans out of iran — siamak is only out of prison temporarily — and we're not going to rest until all the namazis are back in the united states and their long nightmare has finally come to an end. do you feel a step closer, though? undoubtedly a step closer. i mean, this is the first night in seven years that siamak namazi has been with both of his parents and able to sleep in his own bed at home. so this is a big step forward, but we're not quite there yet. why do you think it's happened now? obviously, there's a lot going on at the moment with the street protests in iran, isn't there? there is indeed. i think only the iranians could answer "why now?" the injustice in their case is palpable.

i mean, both of the namazis have been imprisoned — siamak namazi has been in prison for seven years, the father spent fouryears injail — and neither of them committed any crime. they were just grabbed randomly by the iranian regime and taken hostage and have suffered — the family suffered for many, many years unnecessarily. let's get some of the day's other news. 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.

a man has been charged with murdering nine—year—old olivia 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 olivia, who died after convicted burglarjoseph nee was chased into herfamily�*s property in august. judith moritz reports. it's six weeks since olivia 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, 34, from grenadier drive, west derby, with the murder of nine—year—old olivia pratt—korbel. also, the attempted murder ofjoseph nee and cheryl korbel on the 22nd of august, 2022.

olivia was shot when a gunman burst into her home in the liverpool suburb of dovecot in august. he'd been chasing another man and they both ran through the front door which olivia's mum cheryl had opened, wanting to see why there was so much noise outside. olivia'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 i never be forgotten. so us and i, will never say goodbye, but what i will say, is good night, love you, see you in the morning. our thoughts today are with olivia'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, 40—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. a huge clean—up operation is underway 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. housing community full of rvs and wooden homes. mother nature and god

was helping me out that night. look at 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, they have been told that a government agency will come and potentially offer 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 but, although the number of lives saved is growing, counting the dead. people in tunisia have taken to the streets this week, to protest about the high cost of living. more than half of the population is now 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. 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 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 the family's life is desperate. 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. the people of brazil will vote later to choose their president for the next four years. the leftist former president luiz inacio lula da silva has been well ahead of the right—wing incumbent, jair bolsonaro, in the polls. laura trevelyan reports from rio dejaneiro. there is great uncertainty in brazil heading into the first round of the presidential election and here is why.

the incumbent, presidentjair bolsonaro, who is behind in the polls to his opponent, former president, lula de silva is casting doubt on the integrity of brazil's voting system. brazil has electronic voting machines. the result comes through nationally within two hours of the polls closing. the president bolsonaro and his party have suggested, without any evidence, that somehow government officials could alter the results. this is all leading to speculation that perhaps president bolsonaro will not accept the results, should it go against him. this then opens up a world of uncertainty. if he doesn't accept the result, what will that mean in brazil? memories are still fresh of the fact that brazil was a military dictatorship until the late 1980s. it is a possible president bolsonaro could somehow

brazilian newspapers that they have no intention of mounting a coup in support of bolsonaro. to the january the 6th assault on the us capitol? a lot of uncertainty here, but if one candidate let it get more than 50% of the vote in the first round of the election on sunday, that would mean there wouldn't be a run—off on october the 30th. so many, many questions here in brazil and some anxiety and uncertainty heading into sunday's election. 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. alain robert has been climbing buildings by himself for a long, long time. now he has decided to let one of his kids into the family business, although it is a somewhat nervy affair. translation: | feel very stressed. - i've never been so scared in my life. i was a parachutist 39 times, i have shot weapons and done so scared in my life. it didn't stop him, though. but you cannot question the view. alain has scaled more than 150 buildings since he started doing this back in the late 70s.

but it may seem a little different this time, for 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. this was a potentially terrifying trip, especially if you look down. eventually, the two men reached the top without a hitch. a chance for a unique panoramic shot of the barcelona skyline. tim allman, bbc news. buckingham palace has confirmed that king charles — a lifelong environmental campaigner — will not attend the global climate change conference in egypt later this year. the palace was responding to a sunday newspaper report, here in the uk, which claimed that he'd been told not to go by the new british prime minister, liz truss.

a statement on behalf of the king said the decision was taken in the spirit of "mutual friendship and respect". that is all from me for now. hello. a slightly different focus to the weather on sunday. whereas 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, too. that rain also extending across into south east england, potentially a little bit into south wales and the south midlands. 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 is 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. where we've got the rain across scotland, more like 13 or 14 celsius. and we've still got that area of rain across scotland and northern ireland on tuesday. area of high pressure drifting away southwards, so 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 from 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 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 underway in florida