much for watching, thank you very much for watching, and i'll see you tomorrow, and you'll hear me tomorrow, and you'll see me tomorrow. live from london, this is bbc news. russian opposition activist vladimir kara—murza is sentenced to 25 years in prison for treason and other offences linked to his criticism of the kremlin. fighting between rival armed factions in sudan intensifies, with nearly a hundred people killed and hundreds more injured this weekend. vigils are held for four people killed in a mass shooting at a 16th birthday party in the southern us state of alabama. elon musk�*s spacex gets the all—clear to launch its mammoth rocket starship as early as today.

a russian court has sentenced one of president putin's most prominent critics to 25 years in prison for treason. vladimir kara—murza has also been convicted of spreading false information about the russian armed forces and co—operation with an "undesirable organisation". he played a key role in persuading western governments to sanction russian officials for human rights abuses and corruption. the russian—british former journalist and politician is the latest of a number of putin opponents to have been arrested or forced to flee russia. he had denied the charges and been vocally critical of his trial. let's get more on this story now with sergei goryashko from the bbc russian sevice.

could you start by telling us what happened, what we know about what happened, what we know about what happened in court today? todd? happened, what we know about what happened in court today?— happened in court today? today in court, in happened in court today? today in court. in a — happened in court today? today in court, in a closed _ happened in court today? today in court, in a closed session, - court, in a closed session, announced the sentencing of the russian prominent politician and opposition leader, one of the fiercest kremlin critics, vladimir kara—murza, you got the maximum that was the exact present term by the state prosecution, sometimes in russian courts they are not that harsh as the prosecution request them to be and as far as i know, this is the biggest prison term ever received by any russian opposition leaders in putin's russia. nobody has anytime received a harsh sentencing in history of putin's

russia. we know that vladimir kara—murza shouted something like two the other is that russia will be free. , , ., u, free. interesting. if you can, tell us a bit about _ free. interesting. if you can, tell us a bit about the _ free. interesting. if you can, tell us a bit about the man _ free. interesting. if you can, tell us a bit about the man himself. | us a bit about the man himself. vladimir kara—murza comes from our well—known dissident family. his father was also a critic of the government. he started as a journalist and at the time ofjust i9 journalist and at the time ofjust 19 years old, he met another very prominent opposition leader. shortly after he became himself adviser, they worked together during the 2000 and 2010s. for instance together vladimir kara—murza enacted the act

to make the us government sanction russian officials responsible for the death of an auditor who died in russian present in 2009. he lived in the united states of america for a long time and could easily have stayed in the us or europe as a russian politician and other opposition leaders who fled russia to criticise russia from abroad but nevertheless, despite the risks he decided to stay and came back to the country, he was arrested and prosecuted. these were three cases, the first was spreading fake news about the russian army operations in ukraine, you mentioned governing in undesirable organisation in russia, the third most serious was high treason because he criticise the kremlin's action in the united states congress.—

kremlin's action in the united states congress. kremlin's action in the united states concress. . ~ , ., , . states congress. thank you very much for that. states congress. thank you very much for that we — states congress. thank you very much for that. we will _ states congress. thank you very much for that. we will leave _ states congress. thank you very much for that. we will leave you _ states congress. thank you very much for that. we will leave you for - for that. we will leave you for the moment. we may come back to you later on. in london we have had a response to that case. the uk government saying it will summon the russian ambassador here to express its concerns about the events and procedures there and also concerns from the us as well. about what has happened. there will be plenty more reaction in the coming hours and we will of course bring that to you. now to the us, where president biden has condemned the killing of four people at a birthday party in alabama this weekend as outrageous and unacceptable. the country's latest mass shooting happened on saturday at a 16th birthday party in the town of dadeville, about a0 miles or 70 kilometres north—east of the state capital montgomery. 28 other people were injured, several critically. jessica parker reports from dadeville. shaken, shocked.

a community gathers to grieve and to console one another in this small, rural town in east central alabama. 0ur help is going to come from the creator of the universe... this is a tight—knit town. people know each other, and know the victims too, who'd been attending a sweet 16 birthday party. they were being free, they were having fun, they were celebrating a life. they were celebrating 16 years of life. and then it just turned tragic. it got dark, it got loud with gunshots and gunfire. the police have released very little information about suspects or a motive. local media have started naming those who were killed, including phil dowdell, a star high school athlete, well known here and well loved. he did not deserve that at all. he was too sweet of a person. he was too sweet for his own good. like, he was a promising young football star. - he had signed to a college.

he had his whole life ahead of him, and notjust him, all of them. - this is the building, the dance studio where that 16th birthday party was taking place on saturday night. there's now no police tape. the door�*s sealed off, but it's a muted scene after the horrific events that unfolded here. the bullet holes in the glass another trace of america's rising gun violence. president biden's again called for tighter firearms controls. it's a familiar call in a divisive debate that's happened so many times before. jessica parker, bbc news, dadeville, alabama. now to east africa, where fighting between rival groups in sudan is entering a third day, with doctors warning of increasingly desperate conditions in hospitals in the capital, khartoum. so far, 97 people have been reported killed and hundreds injured in the violence. fighting is between the sudanese army and the country's biggest paramilitary group,

known as the rapid support forces, or rsf — with these two men at the heart of it. the head of army is general abdel fattah al—burhan. the leader of the rsf is mohamed hamdan dagalo. they're both vying for dominance, after leading the two main factions in the ruling military regime. but caught in the middle is sudan's population of around 50 million people. many are displaced and millions need humanitarian help. the us secretary of state antony blinken has been about the situation in sudan alongside british foreign secretary james cleverly. again, across all of our partners, looking for an immediate ceasefire and a return to talks. talks that were very promising inputting sudan on the path to a full transition to

civilian led government. people in sudan want the military back in the barracks. they want democracy. they want a civilian led government. sudan needs to return to that path. the immediate future lies in the hands _ the immediate future lies in the hands of— the immediate future lies in the hands of the generals who are engaged — hands of the generals who are engaged in this fight. and we call upon _ engaged in this fight. and we call upon them to put peace first, to bring _ upon them to put peace first, to bring an— upon them to put peace first, to bring an end to the fighting, to get back to _ bring an end to the fighting, to get back to negotiations. that is what the people of sudan want, that is what _ the people of sudan want, that is what the — the people of sudan want, that is what the people of sudan deserve and we will_ what the people of sudan deserve and we will continue to seek ways to support— we will continue to seek ways to support that road back to peace. lots of— support that road back to peace. lots of international attention on sudan, efforts to broker some kind of deal or truce at least. details on the ground are tricky to come by as you can appreciate in a situation

like that. we have correspondence in the region and will be touching back with them to find out the very latest on the ground in khartoum, the capital of sudan a little later in the programme. the european commission has rejected bans introduced by poland and hungary on ukrainian grain and otherfoods. the two countries said the measures were necessary to protect their farming sectors from cheap imports. 0ur warsaw correspondent adam easton says the polish and ukrainian governments are expected to discuss solutions today. without being too cynical, this is about the fact that the polish government has an election coming up in october, and it wants to be re—elected, and it relies very much on the vote in the countryside for its support. and polish farmers have been and continue to be protesting about the fact that grain prices, in particular wheat prices, have plummeted through the floor, and that is because they have got an influx of ukrainian grain, which is about half the price, much cheaper, which has come into the country. 0stensibly it's supposed to be transiting through poland to other traditional markets in egypt and elsewhere, but it's remained in the country because polish companies have brought it up because it is so cheap,, and that

has depressed the price of grain, and the polish farmers simply who have all this grain in their storage have said, we're not selling at that price and they're protesting on the streets. and that is the immediate reason why the polish government has introduced this temporary ban, notjust on wheat and other grains, but also on dairy products, sugar, fruit and vegetables and meat. and this has upset ukraine. poland and ukraine have excellent relations. poland's the staunchest supporter, or one of the staunchest supporters of ukraine, one of the biggest donors of military and humanitarian aid to ukraine, but this has proved a difficult moment for both countries, and the agriculture ministers of both sides are due to meet in a couple of hours, with ukraine saying that a first step for them is to re—establish the transit route through poland for its products to be able to go through poland and go to other markets. ministers of both sides are due to meet in a couple of hours,

with ukraine saying that a first step for them is to re—establish the transit route through poland for its products to be able to go through poland and go to other markets. human rights watch says control of the compensation scheme for victims of the windrush scandal should be taken away from the home office and given to an independent body. the group has warned many people are facing unreasonable demands as part of attempts to access money. the home office said it was "committed to righting the wrongs of windrush." ashitha nagesh, our community affairs correspondent, joins us now. what was the windrush scandal? could you just remind viewers what the windrush scandal was? the windrush scandal came to light first five years ago when it emerged that thousands of british people were wrongly classified as illegal immigrants. the reason for this

happening is because they came to the uk mostly as young children from countries that used to be british colonies for immigration rules changed in the early 1970s. because of being wrongly classified as illegal immigrants many of them faced difficulties finding work, housing, finding access to health care and in some cases were even wrongly deported or detained. what are some of the criticisms of the compensation scheme? the compensation scheme which was set up shortly after the scandal broke five years ago, its aim was to repay some of those losses people incurred from not being able to work or find incurred from not being able to work orfind housing. some of the criticisms, one of the main criticisms, one of the main criticisms is that the burden of proof on people who were applying for that compensation is really high. for example i have had a victims tell me that they have had to go back to agencies who turn them

down for work years ago asking for some form of written proof, notjust that they were turned down for work but that the reason for being turned down for work was because of their immigration status and inability to prove they were legally year with right documentation. most employers will not hold that information and with gd pi becomes even less likely they will hold that documentation on people and these are the people they did not even employ. you can imagine how difficult it is to find that kind of evidence and in a lot of cases that evidence just does not exist. so that is one of the main criticisms. exist. so that is one of the main criticism-— criticisms. sorry to “ump and, briefl , criticisms. sorry to “ump and, briefly. hash criticisms. sorry to “ump and, briefly, has there _ criticisms. sorry to jump and, briefly, has there been - criticisms. sorry to jump and, briefly, has there been a - criticisms. sorry to jump and, i briefly, has there been a home office response?— briefly, has there been a home office response? yes, they told me the are office response? yes, they told me they are committed _ office response? yes, they told me they are committed to _ office response? yes, they told me they are committed to writing - office response? yes, they told me they are committed to writing the l they are committed to writing the rungs of the windrush scandal and said had offered or paid out £68 million to applicants.— said had offered or paid out £68 million to applicants. thank you so much for talking _ million to applicants. thank you so much for talking us _ million to applicants. thank you so much for talking us through - million to applicants. thank you so

much for talking us through that. l around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. whether it's an advert for the cinema, cigarettes or even sugar—coated pills. these mysterious signs are all over our towns and cities. now, we've all had situations where we've been driving around, not really noticing our surroundings, but you will have seen signs like these painted onto the sides of buildings, advertising products from maybe 100 years ago. but did you know these are called ghost signs? jenna produces a photographic magazine which documents some of the best ghost signs around west yorkshire. certainly sort of, in my life span, we've gone from paste up billboards to electric advertising spaces that rotate every five seconds. we're so desensitised to advertising

now, whereas 108 years ago these were sort of made to last. how does it make you feel? seeing them look so faded now? the old charm is what floats my boat, really. you're live with bbc news. we are going to head back to one of our top stories, the competing groups fighting in sudan, several deaths in the capital khartoum. it is tricky in situations like this to get the exact nature and details of what is happening but we know supplies like water, electricity, patients getting in and out of hospital are severely disrupted. we saw some of the politics earlier from antony blinken, there are international efforts to focus some kind of peace deal or truce but right now we can cross and get some

idea of the situation. live now to our reporter beverly 0chieng in nairobi. talk us through what we know about what has happened in the last few hours. . , , ., .,, hours. early this morning there was heavy gunfire _ hours. early this morning there was heavy gunfire through _ hours. early this morning there was heavy gunfire through khartoum - hours. early this morning there was heavy gunfire through khartoum as| heavy gunfire through khartoum as clashes continued between the paramilitary and the national armed forces. there have been statements from the two but they have been posting updates on social media given the lack of reporting from state media which has been disrupted since clashes started. they have claimed control of various areas, this is disputed and difficult to confirm. the general command is in khartoum, the presidential palaces close by and that the airport has been closed down since clashes started. the expectation of that mediation team led by the presidents of kenyan, djibouti and are likely to be affected by the conflict are

supposed to be talking to the two ruling generals who had been at loggerheads over a deal that would integrate the rsf into the army which is why there has been fighting. which is why there has been fiuuhtin. ., ., fighting. you mentioned the competing _ fighting. you mentioned the competing generals, - fighting. you mentioned the competing generals, the - fighting. you mentioned the - competing generals, the competing groups. talk us through a bit about the background of why this violence has started. for the background of why this violence has started. ., . the background of why this violence has started-— has started. for a long time, the sudanese security _ has started. for a long time, the sudanese security forces - has started. for a long time, the sudanese security forces have i has started. for a long time, the i sudanese security forces have been fragmented from the time of the former president and he wanted it this way because he did not want there to be a central command to expose his fractures within the power structure of the country, to an overthrow but he was overthrown in 2019 when the rsf and army came together and since that time, abdel fattah al—burhan latest civilian led government which derailed the transitional deal that would have given power to the civilians because

they led the uprising that led to they led the uprising that led to the ousting of omar al—bashir. 0ne the ousting of omar al—bashir. one of the biggest points of contention is to unify the forces. the rsf played a key rolling the western region of darfur, part of the militia before being reformed. there was some effort to consolidate under the national command forces as well as the national intelligence but they have always operated autonomously given the power that he has. there are links to the wagner mercenaries but this is been building for a long time given the tensions over the fragmented forces. shall we look forward to the days ahead and weeks ahead, i had one conversation with someone in khartoum a couple of hours ago talking about their attempts and need for another truce. there was a brief one over the weekend to allow people to move around and my guest told me they really need another want to try to get crucial supplies in and out of things like hospitals.

what is your assessment of the likelihood of any kind of truce in the days ahead? it likelihood of any kind of truce in the days ahead?— likelihood of any kind of truce in the days ahead? it looks like the two men generals _ the days ahead? it looks like the two men generals want - the days ahead? it looks like the two men generals want to - the days ahead? it looks like the two men generals want to fight i the days ahead? it looks like thel two men generals want to fight to make sure they consolidate enough so when negotiations take place they have something to present that would give them strength. they have given the rhetoric that does not look like they are about to back down from fighting but there is definitely pressure coming from international actors such as the arab league, the african union and even western countries that hire concerned about the violence in sudan. humanitarian aid has been stopped because aid workers have been killed and many are in need of notjust supplies but many have been affected by both a drought as well as flooding throughout the year of 2022 so there is pressure to be mediated, humanitarian aid to reach millions of people. humanitarian aid to reach millions of --eole. , , , humanitarian aid to reach millions of --eole. ,, ,., humanitarian aid to reach millions of n-eole. ,, ,. , , of people. pressures and problems compounding- _ of people. pressures and problems compounding. thank _ of people. pressures and problems compounding. thank you _ of people. pressures and problems compounding. thank you very - of people. pressures and problems| compounding. thank you very much of people. pressures and problems - compounding. thank you very much for

that. an attempt will be made today to launch a rocket that's planned to eventually take people to the moon and mars. known as starship, it's the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built. developed by space x, it stands at 393 feet, over 100 metres, and it's attempting to fly to space for the first time. but the company's founder, elon musk, has said he thinks it only has a 50—50 chance of success. 0ur science editor rebecca morelle reports. getting ready for its biggest test. this is starship, the tallest and most powerful rocket system ever built, and it's about to make its first attempt at flying to space. well, what makes starship special is first of all, it's really big. like, really big. it'll have about 17 million pounds of thrust, so about twice as big as the biggest rocket we've ever launched. so the scale of the thing, with over 30 engines, you know, it's just gargantuan.

built by elon musk�*s company spacex, starship has been in development for years. parts of the rocket have been tested, making short flights with attempted landings — not always successfully. but the idea is to be able to bring the entire launch system back to earth, making it fully reusable. for this test flight, starship will blast off from the spacex launch pad in texas. first, the lower part of the rocket will detach for a controlled splashdown in the ocean. the upper stage will carry on, aiming for almost a full orbit of earth before finally ending up in the pacific. there's a lot that could go wrong, and even elon musk admits there's only a 50% chance it will work. if they get all the way around and this vehicle splashes downjust off hawaii, they might actually be

a little bit surprised that they've been that successful. but that's just part of the process, part of the engineering development that they're doing. so we should expect failure. it's quite probable there will be some sort of failure along the way, but that's why they're doing it. that's why they want to learn from this. this will be the first of many tests. eventually, the plan is for starship to return astronauts to the lunar surface in a joint mission with nasa. spacex have then set their sights on mars. the first step, though, is to be able to launch and land to show this technology works. rebecca morelle, bbc news. as rebecca said in her report, elon musk isn't exactly oozing confidence about this launch. i guess i like tojust set expectations low. he laughs. you know, if we get far enough away from the launch pad before something goes wrong, then i think i would consider that to be a success. just don't blow—up the launch pad. after a record—breaking 35—year run, the curtain has come down on the broadway production of the phantom of the opera. the show opened injanuary 1988 and has been watched on broadway alone

by 20 million people, grossing around $1.11 billion. the andrew lloyd webber musical is based on the classic novel about a 19th century aspiring opera singer. amongst the stars who appeared in the show are michael crawford and sarah brightman. after the final curtain call sir andrewjoined the cast on stage on broadway. i don't think any of out the phantom would go out quite with the bank has. what i would like to say is that if it was going to go outwith a bang,it that if it was going to go outwith a bang, it could not have gone outwith a better performance. i thought it was one of the greatest performances...

if you were out in the garden over the weekend, you might have had to deal with some local wildlife, a persistent wasp, perhaps, or a stray cat, but we're about to show you a rather more shocking visitor. david 0ppenheimer was enjoying the peace on his sun lounger in north carolina when a black bear ambled past. the pair locked eyes for a few seconds before the bear went on its way and later helped itself to the contents of a bird feeder. just to mark your card we are expecting more reaction out of moscow, that court case in the last couple of hours and ending in the conviction and sentencing of 25 years for treason of rattez elements, there has been widespread criticism and condemnation around the world from

so so stay with us for that. this is bbc news. hello again. today could turn out to be the warmest day of this year so far. somewhere around the moray firth, we could reach temperatures of around 19, possibly 20 degrees. but as we go through the week, it's not going to be as warm. still be spells of sunshine and it's still looking dry for most. high pressure is firmly in charge of our weather. the area around it moves in a clockwise direction. so we'll be pulling in more of an easterly wind at times. so it's almost going to feel that bit colder along the north sea coastline. what we have today, though, is sunshine across the northeast of scotland, sunshine coming in across central and eastern parts of england. but through the day, you can see this thicker cloud coming in across east anglia. towards the west, there'll be a bit more cloud at times.

you could see just the odd isolated shower from that, but not much more than that. and widely, our temperatures 15 to 17 degrees locally around the moray firth and the glens in northwest scotland up to 19, possibly 20. now through this evening and overnight, we've got all this low cloud, some sea fret and harr, some fog, coming in from the north sea. drifting inland. in the west will have clearer skies. so here it is going to be quite a cold night. it's going to be quite a cold night for most. colder than last night into tomorrow. then we still have high pressure firmly in charge. this weather front coming in through the course of the afternoon, introducing thicker cloud and some stronger winds for the southeast. but the morning, low cloud, mist and fog giving way to a lot of sunshine. it'll be quite slow to clear the east of scotland. and you can see how we've got all the cloud piling in with the odd shower and the wind picking up. these are the average wind speeds. so for most it's just going to be a breezy day. but that wind coming across a cold north sea. so temperatures, especially in the east, are going

to be that bit lower. we're looking at 12 and 13. so we could still reach 17 degrees, for example, in glasgow tomorrow. as we move on through the week into wednesday and thursday, we still do have high pressure in charge. here's our weather front on wednesday, tending to fizzle and i suppose telling you it's not going to be particularly windy, but it will be brisk along the north sea coastline. so the outlook as we head towards the latter part of the week remains unsettled with rain or showers at times.

the billion dollar showdown. the defamation trial between voting systems firm dominion and the media giant fox news has been delayed — amid speculation of a settlement. grain drain — the eu blasts an "unacceptable" ban from poland and hungary on ukrainian grain imports — to protect their farming sectors. welcome to world business report, i'm ben thompson. one of the most closely watched media trials in decades has been delayed. ajudge in delaware announced late on sunday that the $1.6 billion defamation trial by dominion voting systems