this is bbc news, the headlines. russia says insurgents who launched attacks in the belgorod region on the border with ukraine have been defeated. spanish police make several arrests in their investigation of racist abuse and got real madrid footballer viniciusjunior. abuse and got real madrid footballer viniciusjunior. an american journalist arrested in russia in march has had his detention extended by a further three months. welcome back. we start with a row over alleged racism which is shaking one of the biggest football clubs in the world — and pitched a star player against the president of the

spanish league. this is the player, brazilian international, viniciusjunior, who reported what he said was racist abuse while playing for real madrid against valencia on sunday. the game was paused, before continuing. after the match, vinicius, who has been the target of racist abuse several times during this season, said that the spanish top division, la liga, "belongs to racists." la liga's president responded by saying that the player had twice not attended meetings to discuss what the organisation could do — saying... that comment led to criticism and an outpouring of support in brazilfor vinicius, including this moment, when the lights illuminating rio�*s statue of christ the redeemer were switched off as a gesture of support. brazil's government has requested urgent meetings with officials in madrid over the matter.

well the episode has reverberated in football around the world. here's former england international micah richards speaking about it on the bbc a little earlier. it makes my blood boil. and that's part of the problem that is actually part a football issue. it's just life that people go through every single day. you know, javier, what his actual role? is he the chair? if he thinks like that... he's the president of la liga. if he thinks like that, what chance do we have? earlier i spoke to rio—based football commentator tim vickery and asked him about his reaction on this latest incident. this is been coming for it not more than months, it's been coming for years. viniciusjunior himself on social media has posted racism which his compatriot roberto carlos was victim of when he played for real madrid in 1997. and specifically

around the figure of viniciusjunior this has been building, building and building. they are been so many opportunities for the authorities, especially the football authorities to make a stand, to draw a line in the day and say look, this behaviour is unacceptable. those opportunities have not been taken. find is unacceptable. those opportunities have not been taken.— have not been taken. and with the extra... have not been taken. and with the extra- -- tell— have not been taken. and with the extra... tell me _ have not been taken. and with the extra... tell me why _ have not been taken. and with the extra... tell me why they - have not been taken. and with the extra... tell me why they haven'tl extra... tell me why they haven't been taken. extra... tell me why they haven't been taken-— extra... tell me why they haven't been taken. you would have to ask the spanish — been taken. you would have to ask the spanish authorities about - been taken. you would have to ask the spanish authorities about that. i the spanish authorities about that. over recent decades, english clubs have had problems with racism from spanish crowds. i think there's been a feeling in spain that they don't really understand the severity of the issue. they've even referred to it as time as an english obsession. what, that they haven't understood their racist slurs, the severity of their racist slurs, the severity of the racist slurs?— the racist slurs? yes. i think too man it

the racist slurs? yes. i think too many it is _ the racist slurs? yes. i think too many it is seen _ the racist slurs? yes. i think too many it is seen as _ the racist slurs? yes. i think too many it is seen as the _ the racist slurs? yes. i think too many it is seen as the banter. the racist slurs? yes. i think too. many it is seen as the banter that takes place inside a football stadium, where if you like, anything goes. it's a place you can go to let off steam. let's be fair spain, i personally know plenty of stories of black brazilians who have fled brazil because of the lack of opportunity, included racism and been welcomed in spain and been given opportunities and have a gratitude to spain as a result of this. but there is clearly a darker side, which under the conditions of the football stadiums, where it is seen as anything goes, especially the figure of viniciusjunior has done so much to bring to the surface some of the dark side, it may be of the spanish. real madrid stands out got back there is a culture of brazilian players going to spain, choosing spain is a place they want to further their career is and

frankly they been really well. there amon: the frankly they been really well. there among the best _ frankly they been really well. there among the best on _ frankly they been really well. there among the best on the _ frankly they been really well. there among the best on the planet. - frankly they been really well. there among the best on the planet. that served both spain and the player. this is part of the risk that spain's level liga is currently running with quotes such as the ones you are running there from its president seeing viniciusjunior as president seeing vinicius junior as the president seeing viniciusjunior as the problem rather than the victim. i would imagine that now real madrid, barcelona, the big spanish club start to look a little bit less attractive in the eyes of young brazilians —— real madrid. we've seen with the knees he is has gone through. and the agonising is how long he's been left to deal with this at the age of 22. —— vinicius junior. not even the support and his club is been sufficient. personally, i think he should have been encouraged to walk off the field. football commentator speaking to be earlier from football commentator speaking to be earlierfrom rio.

football commentator speaking to be earlierfrom rio. afghanistan remains one of the world's worst humanitarian disasters. two—thirds of the country's population is food insecure — with almost a million children facing acute malnutrition. we continue to hear that women and girls remain most at risk. aid agencies face the difficult balancing act of attempting to fulfil their responsiblities to the afghan people by keeping aid flowing to those most in need and also continuing to keep the pressure on the taliban to end human rights violations and restrictions on women and girls. the secretary general of the norwegian refugee council, jan egeland. well, i'm in kandahar now, in southern afghanistan, precisely because the reason that the supreme leadership of the taliban sits here, and we are engaging with them directly to get an end to the ban on female at work in humanitarian

groups and an end to female the ban on female education. the questions could not be deeper here. as we say, 28 mean people need humanitarian relief, and two things happen at the same time. donors are withdrawing and cutting the development aid and some of the humanitarian aid at the same time as the taliban has paralysed much of our work because of the ban on our female colleagues. we cannot work without our female afghan colleagues because we cannot reach afghan females without males only. so we will not and cannot work only with males, and i'm glad to see that there may be some movement now in getting ourfemale colleagues back to work, back in the common cause. i just wanted to ask about that, because of course we had the international community, the united nations aid agencies such

as yourself, pleading with the taliban, begging them to allow female workers to go back. there have been threats even to say we are going to cut our operations if you don't allow women back to work. are they listening? i think they're listening. i met with high taliban officials today and yesterday here in kandahar. the only way to get the message across is really to engage with them, to meet with them and to confront them with reality. and the reality is that my own organisation, the refugee council, has had to stop work in one province after the other. we've had to close offices in five provinces. we are down 40% of funding this year. we are not reaching many of the female led households.

widow led households because of this ban on our female colleagues that came five months ago. what i say is we are working now, we are finalising now guidelines for how to again have women enter our workforce. theirfinalising guidelines for how to resume female education, and then when i say, well, how soon is soon because it has to happen tomorrow? so they say we cannot guarantee the date, i then asked for interim measures and i'm glad to see that at least in kandahar we will now be able to enter negotiations on an interim solution that will bring females back to work so that we can reach the women in need in afghanistan. yeah, i was in kandahar about 12 months ago. i went into hospitals where children were suffering from malnutrition, they were women suffering from a nutrition, some of the hospital

staff were suffering from malnutrition. just give us an idea of what the situation there is now almost two years since the taliban took over. well, it's even worse than when we were here a year ago. the last estimate is that there are millions, millions of children now who are breast—feeding women who are acutely malnourished, acutely. this happens at the same time that the world food programme and the rest of us are flagging that rations will be further cut because of lack of funding and the lack of having females work. so it is a message both to the world don't turn your back on afghanistan after nato countries were willing to spend trillions on the failed

military campaign here, and billions also on promises to this population. they need to be able to have some attention not only on ukraine but also on the afghanistan situation where they have their fingerprints all over. but also the taliban need to understand that unless they change, there will be a collapse in aid work here and millions and millions have only humanitarian aid to rely on. and, jan, as you know, we are seeing the humanitarian crisis in ukraine escalate. of course the situation in sudan continues to deteriorate. there is somalia, there is yemen, there are so many disasters across the globe. are you worried, though, that everything you are saying now, it could happen given that there are some of other places as well that are looking for donor funds. it's happening, yes, before our eyes.

there is one operation where we are reasonably well funded in the world and that is ukraine. and then full stop. one crisis after the other, we are severely overstretched and underfunded. i could add the democratic republic of the congo to your list, which is up there with afghanistan and yemen as the largest humanitarian crises on the planet, with more people affected by hunger and suffering than even ukraine. and we are not getting the attention to it. it's like the world is turning their back on tens of millions of people that are actually in a freefall. we are not turning our back. we are here to fight for women's rights, for gender equality, for basic human rights and for resumption of large scale aid to a population that deserves it more than any other.

secretary of the norwegian general counsel speaking to me from southern afghanistan. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. the train now approaching doesn't stop here yet, but it soon will. the first new station to be built within reading's boundaries in over a century opens to the public a week on saturday, may 27th. workers are putting the finishing touches to the new stop on the line between reading and basingstoke. it's been built with an eye towards future growth. what we've done here is build a station which is fit for the future. so two and three—carriage trains running now, but in the future, those could will expand to up to six carriages and beyond with automatic closing doors. greenpark started out as a site for business, but it's now a sizeable spill—over

from reading itself. these the latest of more than 1179 homes being built here. it's all part of the explanation why this will be one of the handful of new stations open this year. you're live with bbc news. russia has extended the detention of a us journalist, arrested for alleged spying. evan gershkovich was reporting for the wall streetjournal when he was taken into custody in march. russian investigators have now been given permission to hold mr gershkovich for a further three months. he and his newspaper have dismissed any suggestion he was involved in spying. russia has as we said extended that for the earlier i spoke to our world coverage chief at the world street journal who is a colleague and friend of evan gershkovich. we were

exnecting this _ friend of evan gershkovich. we were expecting this outcome, _ friend of evan gershkovich. we were expecting this outcome, we - friend of evan gershkovich. we were expecting this outcome, we will- expecting this outcome, we will appeal it. as you and i discussed before, the court system in russia, 99% of cases and in conviction. it’s 99% of cases and in conviction. it's a non—transparent process. there was a non—transparent process. there was a glimmer of hope a few weeks ago when we saw the us ambassador in russia to visit him, he said he was in good health and his spirits were high. we've since heard from his parents as well. have there been any further attempts by officials and authorities to see him? the further attempts by officials and authorities to see him?- further attempts by officials and authorities to see him? the us has made two additional _ authorities to see him? the us has made two additional attempts - authorities to see him? the us has made two additional attempts to i authorities to see him? the us has i made two additional attempts to gain access, both were denied. seems to be a matter of some contention between russia and the united states i think the back and forth over this shows the extent to which evans case has become a politicalfootball between the two countries. i5 has become a political football between the two countries. is there an understanding _ between the two countries. is there an understanding from _ between the two countries. is there an understanding from the - an understanding from the information you are getting about what they want? to they want a prisoner exchange? i5 what they want? to they want a prisoner exchange?— what they want? to they want a prisoner exchange? is there clarity around this? _

prisoner exchange? is there clarity around this? we _ prisoner exchange? is there clarity around this? we don't _ prisoner exchange? is there clarity around this? we don't really... - around this? we don't really... various russian officials have mentioned the possibility of doing some kind of prisoners whopper exchange. i don't have any great insight into what talks are going on insight into what talks are going on in the united states as it is in constant communication with the russians on this. we certainly hope that there is a deal to be had and we can get him back.— that there is a deal to be had and we can get him back. have any of our we can get him back. have any of your colleagues spoken _ we can get him back. have any of your colleagues spoken to - we can get him back. have any of your colleagues spoken to evan, | we can get him back. have any of. your colleagues spoken to evan, do your colleagues spoken to evan, do you know how he's doing at the moment was back he's writing a lot of letters. aha, moment was back he's writing a lot of letters. �* ., moment was back he's writing a lot of letters. . ., ., , ., , of letters. a lot of his colleagues and friends _ of letters. a lot of his colleagues and friends have _ of letters. a lot of his colleagues and friends have been _ of letters. a lot of his colleagues and friends have been sending i and friends have been sending letters and and he is sending letters and and he is sending letters out. his sense of humour seems to be very intact, which is great. he seems to be doing pretty well, all things considered. and great. he seems to be doing pretty well, all things considered. and his health is fine? _ well, all things considered. and his health is fine? he _ well, all things considered. and his health is fine? he can _ well, all things considered. and his health is fine? he can get - well, all things considered. and his health is fine? he can get access i well, all things considered. and hisj health is fine? he can get access to medical help if you need to? luckily he is young — medical help if you need to? luckily he is young and _ medical help if you need to? luckily he is young and in _ medical help if you need to? luckily he is young and in good _ medical help if you need to? luckily he is young and in good shape. - medical help if you need to? luckily he is young and in good shape. i - he is young and in good shape. i know he's been doing push—ups in his

cell. and taking advantage of getting his steps in when he is allowed outside for exercise. he's been reading a lot. he's trying to keep himself strong. what been reading a lot. he's trying to keep himself strong.— been reading a lot. he's trying to keep himself strong. what about his arents? i keep himself strong. what about his parents? i know— keep himself strong. what about his parents? i know they _ keep himself strong. what about his parents? i know they have _ keep himself strong. what about his parents? i know they have spoken i keep himself strong. what about his i parents? i know they have spoken out but no doubt this is incredibly difficult for them. i but no doubt this is incredibly difficult for them.— but no doubt this is incredibly difficult for them. i think it is. they were _ difficult for them. i think it is. they were in _ difficult for them. i think it is. they were in the _ difficult for them. i think it is. they were in the courthouse l difficult for them. i think it is. - they were in the courthouse today. they were in the courthouse today. they went to russia in an effort to see him. the hearing was late in the day. russia time is late afternoon here and i haven't got a complete read out yet, i don't know if they were able to speak to him orjust cm. in were able to speak to him or 'ust cm. in general, we spoken a lot about the _ cm. in general, we spoken a lot about the fact _ cm. in general, we spoken a lot about the fact that _ cm. in general, we spoken a lot about the fact that this - cm. in general, we spoken a lot about the fact that this is - cm. in general, we spoken a lot about the fact that this is every | about the fact that this is every editor, every newsrooms nightmare that a colleague goes out to do theirjob and ends up in a prison somewhere, in a system that we don't quite understand and doesn't really match the fairness of how our courts

would necessarily operate.— would necessarily operate. right. that certainly _ would necessarily operate. right. that certainly is _ would necessarily operate. right. that certainly is the _ would necessarily operate. right. that certainly is the case. - that certainly is the case. unfortunately, i think for us in news organisations all around the world bbc included, this is increasingly a risk in places that we operate, notjust russia but elsewhere. we operate, not 'ust russia but elsewhere.— we operate, not 'ust russia but elsewhere. ~ ., ,, . ., ., here in the uk, rolf harris, who was jailed for a series of indecent assaults on girls, has died aged 93. he was found guilty of a string of offences between 1968 and 1986 — and was behind bars for more than five years. before his crimes came to light, he was a fixture of family entertainment in britain. he died almost two weeks ago from cancer, six years after he was released from prison. he never apologised to his victims. david sillito reports. reporter: rolf, any| word for your victims? rolf harris, an entertainer for more than 50 years, who was revealed to be a serial sex offender.

this, the final day of his trial in 2014. why won't you apologise, mr harris? his bag already packed for prison. # waltzing matilda, waltzing matilda. he'd arrived in britain from australia in the �*50s, an art student who made his name in television, singing, joking, painting. the rolf harris show, rolf�*s cartoon time, animal hospital, rolf on art. when a poll was carried out in the �*90s asking for the name of an artist, rolf harris was at the top. he was for decades a part of childhood entertainment, a man who appeared to be a jovial, sentimental innocent. he performed at glastonbury to an audience who treated him as a national treasure. and then came his conviction for a string of sexual assaults against women and young girls. the announcement of his death from cancer comes nine years after he was jailed.

the family statement says he died 13 days ago and there will be no further comment. for the women he abused, a reminder that it was only in the aftermath of thejimmy savile scandal that they felt they could come forward and be believed. and from rolf harris throughout it all, no apology, no remorse. david sillito, bbc news. a reminder of a story developing ovi the last hour so for the boris johnson has been referred to police by the cabinet office over for the potential rule breaches during the covid pandemic. the department said it made the referral and offered her a review of documents ahead of the covid public inquiry for the up the former prime minister has denied any wrongdoing. but as we said, boris johnson says that he has not done anything wrong but he has been

referred to police by the governments cabinet office over potential breaches of lock—out rules during the covid pandemic. a spokesperson for mrjohnson has insistent the events that questions were lawful. one of britain's top doctors so she shocked by the finding of bbc�*s investigation into the contents of a legal tapes used by teenagers. a legal tapes used by teenagers. a study of vapes confiscated from a school found some contained two times the safe amount of lead, six times the safe amount of chromium and nine times the safe amount of nickel. the bbc has been told they could cause severe health problems. our health editor hugh pym reports. still works. leon finds a vape he once used. i'll get it back. it's fine. it was confiscated along with others at his school. a lemon and lime. it's nice. but there was more than flavourings in the vapes when we sent them to be tested.

this device was found to have high levels of lead, nickel and chromium. this lab tests vapes to find out if they meet quality standards. in 15 years of testing, i don't think we've ever seen lead content like this in vape products. these metals are usually present in the heating element itself. we've extracted the e—liquid to determine the metals content, so there's a chance that the liquid itself has been reacting with the metal to cause leaching of those metals. we don't normally see that coming out into the e—liquid. this device was found to have high levels of lead... we took the lab results back to the school. areas of particular concern with the levels found being unsafe. despite this, the boys say it's easy to ignore the risks. i didn't know there was lead in it, and you won't really care if you're addicted to it. it's just, you won't think about it. you'll just forget about it. the law should be doing something about them, but they're just taking their time. they're not really as bothered as they should be. it's illegal to sell vapes to under—18s, yet leon and oscar can get them easily. i get mine from shops.

walk in, ask them what flavour you want and they pass it to you, give them your money, walk back out. i get it from a few places. cos you mentioned online, and you can do that, but that's what a lot of dealers do. they deal from, like, their house or get on like a mini—scooter and go and deliver it to you. so that's how they usually get theirs. if children are starting. to understand that route of purchasing, then they'll - understand how they could access other illegal substances, and that's a really, - really big concern to me. we showed our findings about the metals to a leading medical expert. i'm genuinely shocked. this is serious. they slow down the way the brain makes connections, so people learn less quickly. it literally slows the brain down, and that's so damaging at a time when the brain should be expanding very rapidly and people are developing. the government's recently announced £3 million in funding in england to tackle the sale of illegal vapes, but the head says stronger health

warnings are needed. i think as a society we are capable of holding two messages — - one that says if you smoke already, vaping can have a positive - impact on your health, | but our children should not be vaping. it's clear our results have shone new light on the issue of vaping and the risks to children's health. hugh pym, bbc news, kidderminster. it holds the national collection of british art, and today tate britain has unveiled an entirely new presentation of more than 800 works. the aim — to tell the story of british art from 15115 to now in way that reflects what it describes as "revolutionary changes" over this time. our culture & media editor katie razzall was taken on a tour. it's a journey through 500 years of british art, but now this story isn't presented in a vacuum but reflects the culture and society of its times. tate britain's also giving greater prominence to works by women

artists and diversity. this is the first room in which women artists appear. alex farquharson's been busy investing in art by women, including this new acquisition by mary beale, the most prolific female portrait painter of the 17th century. of course this is a man's world, in society as a whole and in terms of the arts scene. these are artists that have been marginalised from art historical accounts, and unfairly marginalised. and it's so important that the work is seen in the context of their male peers. tate now displays its art within its wider historical context, with new commissions alongside for the first time. nils norman's radical pamphlets show the turbulence of an age of civil war in a way the paintings don't. and there is new labelling too, a reminder of what life was really like for workers idealised in this stubbs painting, and slaves depicted amongst the dancers in this 18th century agostino brunias.

it's a truth that this is a deliberately misleading image. it would have been made for planters, people who made huge wealth out of sugar and slavery, while also offering an image that acts like propaganda to people back home. what's your response to people who say, why are you relabelling these things? why are we notjust proud of our history? well, it's actually not superimposing a modern history onto history. it's precisely telling history more truthfully and more inclusively. tate's collection belongs to us all. they are telling our history through art, whether that's the brutality of war, industrialisation and its impact, or the story of empire. i want people to walk right up to it. hew locke grew up in guyana. this work is a nod to the heraldic imagery on a british passport. it's a document which people are fighting for, people are literally dying to get this thing. does it reflect britishness in any sense?

it reflects ideas of britishness, ideas of an invented culture, ideas of nationhood. how do we come to become who we are? can art provide an answer? these modern works were created during the upheavals of brexit, black lives matter and me too. in 500 years how will visitors here interpret this art of our island nation? katie razzall, bbc news. that's it for me and the team. now here's the weather with chris fawkes. hello there. well, it's been a fine day for most of us today with some bright weather around. not quite as warm as it was on monday when we had the highest temperature of the year so far, 23.1; degrees celsius recorded at cardiff. this also, of course, the highest temperature that we've seen so far this may. butjust how warm is that? well, if i put that in rank compared with other recent mays, you can see 23 degrees is completely bottom of the pile, in the relegation zone. normally, mays over recent years have brought us temperatures into the mid to high 20s,

so we've certainly not had a heatwave and there's not one on the way either. you see high pressure's in charge. yes, there'll be warm may sunshine, but with the winds coming in off the atlantic, really at this time of the year, if you want the hot weather, you have to have the winds coming up from spain or france, and that's not going to happen. today, skies like these were pretty typical, then. a bit more cloud around, but that cloud that built up during the day is going to melt away for most of us overnight, leaving clear spells. the exception to that story, the far north of scotland, where we do have a very weak weather front introducing some thicker cloud. temperatures for the most part about 7—9 degrees overnight, so similar compared with recent nights. wednesday, another dry and fine day coming up for the majority. however, this weak weather front will just slowly slide southwards, bringing that thicker cloud and a few spots of light rain. nothing particularly significant, though, with that. and for most, it's another sunny one. temperatures a bit higher, could see highs reaching around 23 degrees celsius in the warmest spots, south and east wales, the west midlands, south—west england. high levels of uv around, of course, in the sunshine at this time of the year.

so if you're outside for any length of time, it might be worth considering putting on a bit of sun cream. more of that dry and sunny weather to come on thursday. much more sunshine for scotland. maybe a bit more cloud for eastern areas of england, but not really spoiling things. should still be a bit of sunshine coming through that. and temperatures again widely high teens to low 20s, 23 degrees again probably the warm spot somewhere across south and east wales, the west midlands, south—west england. the fine weather lasts through the holiday weekend as well. if anything, those temperatures for more of us getting into the low 20s and probably peaking at about 2k degrees celsius. it's not a heatwave, but it will feel pleasantly warm in the sunshine and not particularly humid. now, before i go, i wanted to show you this. this is typhoon mawar on its final approach to guam. it's going to make landfall here on wednesday with winds gusting to 180 mph. that's likely to do some significant damage.

you're watching the context on bbc news. the former uk prime minister boris johnson has been referred to police by the cabinet office over new claims he broke lockdown rules during the pandemic. welcome to the programme. the former prime minister boris johnson has been referred to police by the government's cabinet over new claims he broke lockdown rules during the covid—19 pandemic. we'll have all the latest on that for you. also on the programme. 16 years since the toddler madeleine mccann disappeared

in praia da luz, the long running search has resumed, with police