this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm lukwesa burak. the head of russia's wagner group, claims its forces now surround most of bakhmut — the eastern ukrainian city that's been the focus of intense fighting. the united nations and iran reach an agreement that would allow un officials to carry out further inspections of tehran�*s nuclear programme. the only thing that matters is that we are able to inspect, that we are able to account for every gram of enriched material that is there. and this is the spirit of the exchanges, and we have been working satisfactorily in that regard. the uk government's former health secretary, matt hancock, and his staff agonised for hours over whether or not, he broke covid guidance,

when he kissed his aide, leaked messages published in the daily telegraph newspaper show. in a new interview —— prince harry describes feeling "different" to the rest of the royal family —— and says by sharing his story he hopes it may help others. russian and ukrainian forces are still fighting in the streets of bakhmut — which russia has been trying to capture for several months. the deputy mayor of the city has told the bbc that the 4,000 civilians still living there — out of an original population of 75,000 — have no gas, electricity or water. thousands of russian troops have died trying to take the eastern city.

if it falls, it would be the first russian victory of note in more than 6 months. our diplomatic correspondent, james landale, reports from kyiv. munitions explode. this is bakhmut, or at least what's left of it, after some of the fiercest fighting since russia invaded ukraine. munitions explode. for more than six months, as the bbc has reported, ukrainian forces have held off a ferocious onslaught. but now russian commanders are growing increasingly confident, including the leader of the mercenaries known as the wagner group, which have been at the heart of the assault. translation: we have - almost surrounded bakhmut. there's only one road that remains in and out of the city, the pincers are closing. before, we were fighting against the professional ukrainian army, but now we fight against old men and boys. ukrainian forces are still defending the city street by street

and reports suggest reinforcements are being sent in. but these russian troops, say the ukrainian army, is destroying bridges like these, potentially to prepare for what western analysts call a "controlled fighting withdrawal" from parts of the city. local officials insist ukraine still controls bakhmut, but they accept there is now fighting in the streets. translation: the city is almost destroyed, i not a single building has remained untouched. currently there is no communication in the city so it's cut off. the russians are shelling everything. they want to destroy bakhmut like they did with mariupol. for sergei shoigu, russia's defence minister, making a flying visit to his forces in eastern ukraine, seizing bakhmut would be a rare military victory for him and his bosses in the kremlin. and perhaps a much—needed diplomatic boost after an international

audience in india laughed at russia's foreign minister. the war which we are trying to stop, and which was launched against us using ukraine... audience laughs. ..ukrainian people... but for now, ukrainian fighters on the ground in bakhmut still seem ready to fight their invaders every inch of the way, with russia paying a much higher and bloodier price. james landale, bbc news, kyiv. the united nations and iran have announced an agreement that would allow un officials to carry out further inspections of tehran�*s nuclear programme. the announcement was made at the end of a 2—day visit to the capital, by the head of international atomic energy agency, rafael grossi. his trip followed the discovery of traces of uranium, enriched to near weapons—grade level, at an underground nuclear plant in iran.

here's mr grossi speaking earlier after he arrived back in vienna. in the first place in the normal inspection activity and what is expected from iran. from iran in the second place. the issues related to some of the questions about which, you know, locations where we have been trying to find clarifications from iran. and finally, very importantly, our ability to establish monitoring and verification measures that we believe are indispensable as a very concrete, very tangible results of this important mission. the bbc�*s bethany bell has

been monitoring events for us in vienna. i ron iron in i ron in the iea has issued a joint statement which says that iran is prepared to give more information and more access to you and nuclear inspectors who have been looking into past nuclear work by i ron. this announcement was made after a two—day visit of grossi which included reinstalling monitoring devices which included cameras. now the iaea has also been concerned about the discovery of highly enriched uranium at one of iran's underground nuclear sites and concern about this is because

weapons grade enriched uranium is at 90% and what was discovered was 84%, we know now that mr grossi says there will be 50% more inspections to try to get to the bottom of this. this, iran says, their nuclear programme says is peaceful though it did acknowledge that there could have been what it called unintended fluctuations at the facility. mr grossi said he hoped this was a new phase in relations between iran and iaea saying he had concrete steps agreed to hear, but meant other countries may be more sceptical saying iran has made such promises in the past and not delivered. will it deliver now is the big question. here in the uk, the daily telegraph newspaper has published more leaked whatsapp messages about the former health secretary, matt hancock. they appear to show that mr hancock

and his staff agonised for hours over whether or not he broke covid guidance when he kissed his aide. mr hancock also criticises the then chancellor's eat out to help out scheme. the revelations come as mps investigating the conduct of the former prime minister borisjohnson, say he may have misled parliament multiple times over gatherings at downing street during the pandemic. for the latest here's our political correspondent helen catt. well, the latest batch are selected messages from over several months. and, of course, it's worth bearing in mind that the infection picture was changing over that time. but it seems to suggest there's a suggestion in a message from the cabinet secretary in october that borisjohnson hadn't been convinced of the need for action about a week before the second lockdown in england happened, there were also messages from borisjohnson, including one injuly 2020, in which he complains of a general collapse in social distancing

at home and in social settings and the need to get absolutely militant in hotspot areas. now, of course, that was just over a month after he had attended a birthday gathering for which he was then later fined for breaking the rules. an earlier sets of leaked exchanges, a separate set appear to show matt hancock, the health secretary, spending several hours going back and forth with a press aide trying to determine if he had broken covid guidance, which, of course, he had helped set and encouraged others to follow, when it emerged that he had kissed another aide in his office. a spokesman for borisjohnson said it wasn't appropriate to comment on these leaks. the public inquiry provides the right process for these issues to be examined. that was echoed by a spokesman for matt hancock, who said there was absolutely no public interest case for this huge breach. all the materials for the book had already been made available to that inquiry. he said that releasing them in this way gives a partial biased account to suit an anti—lockdown agenda. to tunisia now, where hundreds of malians, ivorians and guineans

living there have been flown home after controversial remarks by president kais saied sparked a wave of violence against black africans he claimed sub—saharan africans were engaged in a plot to change tunisia's demographic makeup. rights groups say since he made the comments, many have been attacked, detained or evicted from their homes. the african union has urged tunisia to avoid "racialised hate speech". president saied denies that his views were racist. the comments also triggered widespread protests this week. earlier i spoke to bbc africa editor will ross. he told me more about the anti—goverment protests against the crackdown on sub—saharan african migrants in tunisia. the protests taking place are against the measures that the president has taken in recent weeks, including locking up of opposition people, media personalities and really

clamping down on freedom of speech, and many of the placards at these protests were really describing it as a police state and saying enough is enough, we have had enough of these measures that the president has pushed through. then we have had a number of african countries who have reacted and we have had repatriations. yes, just over the last 12 hours, we have had two planes that have taken off. the first one to mali with 133 people on board, including women and children, a couple of hours later, 145 ivoirians set off from tunis. we are not clear whether they have to pay for these flights because they were chartered flights that were sent to basically to rescue them because they were begging their embassies to get them out of the country. we understand from the ivoirian authorities that over 1,000 people have registered their desire to get out and they want help and say they haven't got the money to get home.

earlier in the week on wednesday, several dozen guineans were also given the chance to get home. so what has happened? and what are they experiencing? tunsia was once regarded as a welcoming country. people would go and study there. it has become hostile. what have they been enduring, the sub—saharans who are wanting to leave? well, it's been, really a response straight after that speech by the president, people then started complaining that they were not being picked up by taxis, that was kind of on one level of the scale, and another level, they were saying that they were ordered by their landlords to get out, so people from these countries in sub—saharan africa saying that they were suddenly made homeless and we have seen footage of campsites that have basically set up in tunis where people are living in makeshift tents. there have also been some violent attacks against people

from sub—saharan africa and they said this is purely based on the colour of their skin because these comments from president saied gave a green light to racist behaviour and attacks on people from sub—saharan africa. so they are really saying their whole lives have changed straight after that speech. some of the people who have left the country in the last few hours said that they were there legally, some were even in the middle of degree courses, but they felt it is not safe for me to stay i have got to get home. often they are escaping extreme conditions in their own country. very quickly, if you could give us a bit of context, why is it that some analysts are saying that the president is using black africans, the people from sub—saharan, as scapegoats? because of the economic problems at home, many people are saying he is simply diverting attention away from the problems that he needs to fix,

especially with the economy and looking for a scapegoat and saying these are the problems that these people from sub—saharan africa are taking awayjobs, they are causing crime and they are changing the makeup of the country, so a real diversion away from the problems that he needs to fix. chetan pathak has all the sport. good evening. let's start with the premier league and a truly dramatic turnaround at the emirates stadium as arsenal came from 2—0 down to restore their five—point lead at the top of the table it was mikel arteta's side celebrating at the end with reiss nelson was the hero, his 97th minute winner sealing victory. thomas partey and ben white with the other arsenal goals. philip billing scored afterjust nine seconds to give bornemouth the lead, but it wasn't to be. they are the bottom side this evening, after an invaluable win for arsenal: i'm going to remember this day for a few things, because a lot of things happened during the game, as well as the injury of leo, after conceding the second,

then you concede from a set play without really giving anything away, and the team has still found a way to win it, and i love the initiative, the courage, the personality and the willingness to make things happen when it's ugly and when it's difficult, and that's what big teams do. earlier manchester city beat newcastle united 2—0 in the lunch time kick off. bournemouth now bottom. here's a check on the rest of the premier league results. bournemouth are now bottom after fellow strugglers southampton gained a crucial 1—0 win at home over leicester. wolves eased their relegation concerns with a 1—0 win at home to tottenham. not a good day for other sides in the danger zone though with west ham slumping to a heavy defeat at brighton and leeds losing at chelsea. max verstappen�*s status as favourite to win a third consecutive formula one title was confirmed

in qualifying for the first race of the season in bahrain. the dutchman beat his red bull team mate sergio perez to pole at the sakhir circuit. ferrari's charles leclerc was a quarter of a second off the pace in third. george russell was the best of the british drivers and will start from sixth. a few things he still needs work on few things we tried in the practice sessions and just never really got together but what we put out was the best compromise and i was very happy -- happy best compromise and i was very happy —— happy to best compromise and i __ happy to be was very happy best compromise and i was very happy —— happy to be on board. but i still don't feel as happy as i was then so was still a few things we need to look at for the next race.- look at for the next race. tennis news now _ look at for the next race. tennis news now and — look at for the next race. tennis news now and medvedev - look at for the next race. tennis news now and medvedev have l look at for the next race. tennis i news now and medvedev have one look at for the next race. tennis - news now and medvedev have one in a 6- news now and medvedev have one in a 6— to, news now and medvedev have one in a 6- to, 6- news now and medvedev have one in a 6— to, 6— to victory. he did not drop a set all week into by and his third title and ever after victories in delhi and rotterdam. meanwhile the us tennis association in the us open say that they are hopeful that novak djokovic will be enter the country soon. the world number one

who is not vaccinated against covid has asked for special permission to answer the us and compete at the events this month under current vaccine rules he's unable travel there which means he would miss out on competing for a second straight year. and that is all your support for now. a mosque in london, one the largests in western europe, has been hosting a grand reopening after a fire badly damaged its administration building. 70 firefighters were called out to the scene at the baitul futuh mosque in morden in september 2015 although only a handful of people were inside the mosque when the blaze started. it has space for 10,500 worshippers. hundreds of people were expected for this evening's opening ceremony after a £20 million improvement project. joining me now is khalil yousuf who is a spokesperson for the ahmadiyya muslim community

and a regular worshipper. thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. how are you feeling today? we are news. how are you feeling today? - are absolutely elated. it is a wonderful thing, we have an opportunity to make this wonderful administrative block and this mosque that was established for a house of peace for the community so it is wonderful that it has opened. we also have the peace symposium 2023 in the awarding of the international peace prize that had been on hiatus for a number of years because of the pandemic and we have been delighted to have that today as well. so pandemic and we have been delighted to have that today as well.— to have that today as well. so there have been a — to have that today as well. so there have been a number— to have that today as well. so there have been a number of— have been a number of improvements that have taken place, kush tells more about those? yes that have taken place, kush tells more about those?— that have taken place, kush tells more about those? yes a 20 million -ound more about those? yes a 20 million pound redevelopment _ more about those? yes a 20 million pound redevelopment of _ more about those? yes a 20 million pound redevelopment of the - pound redevelopment of the administrative block there are two multifunction holes which are

available for the community at large and historically these have been offered notjust to the local council but to schools as well for students for exams for the fire service to use for training, to the police to all sorts of members of the community. and it is offered to them free of charge. the reason why we do that is because islam is a religion of peace and a mosque is the street the centre of that that instills peace and calm her —— harmony and society as a whole. not just for muslim but for everyone regardless of their faith. hone just for muslim but for everyone regardless of their faith. how did ou raise regardless of their faith. how did you raise the _ regardless of their faith. how did you raise the money _ regardless of their faith. how did you raise the money to _ regardless of their faith. how did you raise the money to pay - regardless of their faith. how did you raise the money to pay for. regardless of their faith. how did | you raise the money to pay for all of this? it you raise the money to pay for all of this? , ., ., ., ., , ., of this? it is all donations from individual _ of this? it is all donations from individual members _ of this? it is all donations from individual members of - of this? it is all donations from individual members of the - of this? it is all donations from - individual members of the community. we have not taken a penny from the government. everyone has given contributions from their own pocket and as a result of that, we have been able to raise the money and build this administrative block. i wonder if you could tell us a bit more about the fire itself. i would

like to focus on the future, but i think it becomes part of the story of the mosque doesn't not? it was 2015 where _ of the mosque doesn't not? it was 2015 where there _ of the mosque doesn't not? it was 2015 where there was _ of the mosque doesn't not? it was 2015 where there was a _ of the mosque doesn't not? it was 2015 where there was a fire - of the mosque doesn't not? it was| 2015 where there was a fire started accidentally, i think it was a day or two after the prayers where the mosque had been filled with 12 or 13,000 people and it happened where most of the people were off because of ede and there were only a handful of ede and there were only a handful of people in the premises. —— my and as a result of that all of the administrative areas were significantly damaged but interestingly the mosque remained intact and it continues to be used for the five daily prayers and since then. and it is the administrative block which is at the back end of the mosque which was then re—developed and we were it in such

a way that it now has five floors and a couple of multifunction halls. it has offices and some combination and it really now has become an iconic building, notjust in this area but actually for the country as area but actually for the country as a whole. 50 area but actually for the country as a whole. , area but actually for the country as a whole, , .,, area but actually for the country as a whole. , . ., , a whole. so this mosque functions for the community _ a whole. so this mosque functions for the community and _ a whole. so this mosque functions for the community and by - a whole. so this mosque functions for the community and by that - a whole. so this mosque functions for the community and by that i i a whole. so this mosque functions . for the community and by that i mean outside of islam. it has happened improvements on it, but it is also taken on the element of climate change and energy—saving aspects as well. change and energy-saving aspects as well. �* , ,., , change and energy-saving aspects as well. �* ,,., , ., change and energy-saving aspects as well. , , ., ., , change and energy-saving aspects as well. , ., ., i, well. absolutely. not only is it usina well. absolutely. not only is it using those — well. absolutely. not only is it using those concepts - well. absolutely. not only is it using those concepts but - using those concepts but interestingly all of the water that we use comes from a borehole that is within the mosque premises. the use renewables and we try to recycle significantly. we use low energy devices and it really is very environmentally friendly. it focuses on reducing energy consumption and

maximising energy output from the facilities that we have here. if i can make this point, it is notjust because being environmental is an important part of our culture, but actually in islam as well one of our responsibilities is to ensure that we don'tjust responsibilities is to ensure that we don't just serve responsibilities is to ensure that we don'tjust serve society but we also protect our environment. so being an environmentally friendly and making sure that we make the best use of natural resources is an important part of this islamic faith. in important part of this islamic faith. ., important part of this islamic faith. . , ., faith. in a couple of weeks' time i would like — faith. in a couple of weeks' time i would like to _ faith. in a couple of weeks' time i would like to wish _ faith. in a couple of weeks' time i would like to wish you, _ a happy ramadan. prince harry has described writing his book, spare, as an act of service. in an interview with the author gabor mate — the duke of sussex said he was grateful that he could move away from the royal family and change his environment. let's hear some of what he had to say. i certainly don't see myself as a victim. i'm grateful to be able

to share my story in the hope that it will help, empower, encourage others. and hopefully let people understand that again, back to the human experience, that we are in some shape or form all connected especially through trauma. but no, i have never, i do not and i have never looked for sympathy in this. for me the experiences that i've had throughout my childhood, life, 38 years albeit relatively short i'm not looking forward to becoming a0 yet, that's for sure. but through those experiences and up through the work that i have done for two decades now around mental health and illness i've always felt as though sharing whatever i can of my story will help someone or some people out there.

earlier i spoke to our royal correspondent daniela relph and began by asking her what she thought of the interview. ifelt a bit like i sat there a therapy session watch someone else's. that lasted around 90 minutes and it was very much that kind of mood in the room. it was in california, not at harry's home but at a another location. it felt very much like prince harry opening his soul and talking in detail about how he felt emotionally about his family and trauma and his mother. everyone watching this online conversation had to buy a ticket. and when you bought a ticket you also got a copy of the book spare. and it's very much built around what he said in the book. i can talk about some of the issues raised within that book. he talked as we heard there about the book being an act of service, he felt, saying by sharing his

trauma and explaining how he felt about the world and his family he hoped that that would perhaps help other people. what also struck me during it was how comfortable prince harry looked in the situation. very comfortable with the language of therapy. in some interviews we saw around publication of spare he seemed a bit less comfortable injanuary, in the interviewer—interviewee situation. this was a clear situation where he felt more open. no reaction from buckingham palace from that interview. we leave you now with some live shots from sydney, where the world pride parade is taking place. you can see the participants there marching across the world famous sydney harbour bridge.

you are watching bbc news he can find me on social media. see you soon. hello, there. it's been a rather grey and gloomy saturday for many. a few scattered showers around as well. take a look at this weather watcher picture from thurnby in leicester, fairly indicative of the day. now, if you take a look at the satellite picture, you can see how extensive the cloud has been. there were some breaks across north—east england and parts of scotland, but also some showers. and drawing your attention to this speckled cloud in the far north—east, potential for some snow showers waiting in the wings to arrive later on monday. so, through the next few hours, we keep that blanket of cloud for many, some coastal showers out to the west and east, perhaps more persistent ones in the far north—east of scotland. but because of the cloud around, on the whole, temperatures should just stay up into low single figures, but it's going to be a chilly start to our sunday morning. once again, another grey and gloomy

day, almost a repeat performance of saturday's story. there will be some coastal showers around, on the whole, largely quiet and temperatures sitting between 6—9 celsius, just that little bit colder in the northern isles as that cold air starts to descend. so, arctic air pushing its way steadily southwards as we go into monday. so, really from monday onwards, you're going to start to notice the difference to the feel of our weather. if you haven't already heard, it's going to turn cold and windy, and snow and ice could be an issue, particularly to the far north and east. so, it's likely as we go through the day on monday, this weather front will introduce the colder air. it's going to turn the rain ahead of the front into snow showers behind it, particularly across the far north and east of scotland and north—east england. to the south of that weather front we'll still keep those temperatures around generally 7—9 celsius. but then that sinks its way steadily south, so we start off on tuesday with some sunny spells,

cold and frosty. and, yes, there will be further snow showers across northern and eastern coasts, and those temperatures are going to struggle, 11—5 celsius, but factor in the strength and the direction of the wind, it certainly will feel noticeably colder. so, certainly you'll need to wrap up warm. it looks likely that we are going to see that cold snap continuing through the middle part of the week as well. so, if you've got outdoor travel plans monday into tuesday, do be aware that there's a potential for snow and ice in the north—east.

this is bbc news, the headlines... russian and ukrainian forces are fighting in the streets of bakhmut but russia does not control the city, its deputy mayor has said. 4,000 civilians are living in shelters without access to electricity or water. the united nations and iran reach an agreement that would allow un officials to carry out further inspections of tehran's nuclear programme following talks between iranian officials and the head of the un nuclear watchdog. the uk government's former health secretary matt hancock and his staff agonised for hours over whether or not he broke covid guidance when he kissed his aide, leaked messages published in the daily telegraph newspaper show.