and itv say employers at itv, and itv say in their statement, employers at itv, and itv say in theirstatement, philip employers at itv, and itv say in their statement, philip made assurances to us which he now acknowledges were untrue. does that tags on weight management? wiltf tags on weight management? nw management will certainly be hoping so. —— does that exoneration management? but this story, and the resignation, basically the expulsion, of phillip schofield not only by itv but by his own management agency, stems from the fact, i am virtually certain, that at least one if not more than one national newspaper this weekend was going to take this story a lot further forward, going to take this story a lot furtherforward, and i think that going to take this story a lot further forward, and i think that is what has pre—empted this. and it is a fair question that will be asked by both the tabloids and the serious papers over the weekend, is, what did the hierarchy at itv know about this and when? and that is a

perfectly legitimate question. what perfectly legitimate question. what will be going _ perfectly legitimate question. what will be going on _ perfectly legitimate question. what will be going on now _ perfectly legitimate question. what will be going on now within management, would you imagine, briefly? i management, would you imagine, briefl ? ~ , , management, would you imagine, briefl ? “ , , , briefly? i think they will be trying to evaluate. _ briefly? i think they will be trying to evaluate, they _ briefly? i think they will be trying to evaluate, they will _ briefly? i think they will be trying to evaluate, they will be - briefly? i think they will be trying to evaluate, they will be looking | briefly? i think they will be trying i to evaluate, they will be looking at social media streams without a shadow of doubt, but also they will be wondering what the reaction of the advertisers is going to be. we all now that when these crises hit, weather it is itv or the bbc, heads often roll and it is the old adage that the cover ups do more damage than the original offence or scandal. ., ~' than the original offence or scandal. ., ~ , scandal. you think this morning can survive? i think— scandal. you think this morning can survive? i think they _ scandal. you think this morning can survive? i think they certainly - scandal. you think this morning can survive? i think they certainly hope | survive? i think they certainly hope it will, but if— survive? i think they certainly hope it will, but if it — survive? i think they certainly hope it will, but if it does, _ survive? i think they certainly hope it will, but if it does, i _ survive? i think they certainly hope it will, but if it does, i think- survive? i think they certainly hope it will, but if it does, i think it - it will, but if it does, i think it will probably be the end of that sort of out of date cliche of the sort of out of date cliche of the sort of out of date cliche of the sort of husband and wife co—presenter team, sort of husband and wife co—presenterteam, i sort of husband and wife co—presenter team, i know there not married, but... ithink co—presenter team, i know there not married, but... i think it will

probably be an all—female presentation team, but also questions need to be asked of holly willoughby, how much did she know, and as she has been fair, how much did she know, that is another legitimate question to be asked. thank you very much. that's all from us tonight. remember, you can get in touch at newsnight@bbc.co.uk. i'm back tuesday. until then, enjoy the weekend. good night. hello, there.

staying in the us, and the state of mississippi, where an officer has been suspended after shooting an 11—year—old boy while responding to a domestic disturbance. the boy's mother says police arrived to the home in reponse to a domestic disturbance call placed by the child. he was then shot in the chest. the child has since been released from a local hospital.the bbc�*s jess parker has been following that story. he was told by his mother to call 911 after next partner of hers had shown up at the house was acting in an irate fashion. police came to the property in the family said an officer called on everyone to leave the house and it was there that marie moved through the property and that's when he was shot in chest. but the family say is that while the 11—year—old boy is back at home, he suffered from a lacerated liver, fractured ribs and a collapsed lung. the officer in question has been put on leave for the family are really saying they want answers,

particularly for the release of body cam footage. the police department are not commenting but the mississippi bureau of investigations and looking into the matter and saying they will handle their findings over to the states attorney general. russia' bombardment of ukraine has become an all—too—regular occurrance, with increasingly deadly results. this is a medical clinic in the central city of dnipro — on fire after it was hit by a missile. at least two people died. president zelensky described the attack as "another crime against humanity" and said russia had "chosen the path of evil of its own will." other cities, including kharkiv and the capital kyiv, were also targetted. our ukraine correspondentjames waterhouse has travelled to dnipro and sent this report. sirens wail another difficult day for ukrainian cities. this time, it's dnipro with the most acute of impacts. a psychiatric clinic on the receiving end of a ballistic missile.

after a brief reprieve, russia has resumed its tactic of targeting civilian areas. this is the residual threat that people have to live with — the idea that something like this could happen at any point, in any city. the authorities are sadly well practised in dealing with the consequences of russia's tactics. it's almost a dignified efficiency. these are the signature signs of a ballistic missile. people say the explosion happened before the sirens could react. they're harder to detect and shoot down. the blast area is always vast. we meet yulia, in a queue for aid. she shows me the moment her window shattered from the force. translation: this is war. it's not our fault. calm and peaceful civilians suffer every day, mentally.

children suffer. well, it's hard. it's just difficult. we're not even in bakhmut. we're far away. nevertheless, we get hit regularly. ukraine has spent another night under russian drones and missiles. almost 50 were shot down, we're told. translation: the thing is, russia's now irritated - - especially in recent days, when our air defence is becoming more powerful — and when they become irritated, they send their missiles everywhere. there is a methodical ferociousness to this clean—up. dnipro is, after all, trying to avoid russia's grasp, but moscow has a long reach. james waterhouse, bbc news, dnipro. throughout the war in ukraine — we've heard a lot about russia's wagner group —

led by this man — yevgeny prigozhin. our analysis editor ros atkins takes a looks at how he rose from hot dog salesman — to become the boss of the mercenary group. this is the story of a man who the 80s in prison. the 90s running restaurants, the early 2000 is catering for world leaders. and is now central to putin's were in ukraine. a wealthy russian businessman who is been accused of the fbi have interfering with the 2016 us election and the man with a private army called the waggoner group which operates in ukraine because months after the war started, putin returned to prigozhin. ——. started, putin returned to prigozhin. --._ started, putin returned to priaozhin. --. . , , ., prigozhin. --. that is why prigozhin has been asked _ prigozhin. --. that is why prigozhin has been asked to _ prigozhin. --. that is why prigozhin has been asked to step _ prigozhin. --. that is why prigozhin has been asked to step in. - prigozhin. --. that is why prigozhin has been asked to step in. the - has been asked to step in. the wanner has been asked to step in. the wagner groun _ has been asked to step in. the wagner group has been fighting in

the fiercest battles, including the one in bakhmut and is lost many men. this is prigozhin laying flowers despite his grave earlier this year and around 10,000 wagner group fighters have died in ukraine since december and the majority of those men were russian convicts. prigozhin was at a prison last september telling these men that their sentences will be squashed if they fight for the wagner group. many went to war and is the death toll is spiralled, prigozhin's relationship with the defence ministry has deteriorated. he has posted furious france on telegram and in early may, surrounded by corpses of his fighters, he took aim again. russia's defence minister. the head

of the armed forces and prigozhin has a reputation for this kind of furious outbursts. and also for brutality. for example, this is his reaction when, in november, the wagner group defector was killed with a sledgehammer. please make said a dog meets a dog step. he did not condemn it. he began to use the image of a sledgehammer. this is not new. he was sent to prison for robbery and theft and when released in 1990, he became a hotdog salesman in 1990, he became a hotdog salesman in st. petersburg. about 1997, he was running a and began winning lucrative catering contracts. these connections put into the very top. prigozhin catered for state visits and world leaders, including us president george w. bush and putin being shown around prigozhin's school lunch factory in 2010 are being served by him a year later. in

his role would become about far more than food. you his role would become about far more than food. ., ., , , ., than food. you have his shift from hot dog salesman, _ than food. you have his shift from hot dog salesman, to _ than food. you have his shift from hot dog salesman, to restaurant | hot dog salesman, to restaurant toul’, _ hot dog salesman, to restaurant tour, massive contracts and he then moved _ tour, massive contracts and he then moved closer to the armed forces that was_ moved closer to the armed forces that was reached in 2014, russia invaded and annexed the crimean peninsula and caused an insurgency to happen in eastern ukraine. and prigozhin was involved. he told us is much less year saying that he told us as much last year saying that prior to, prigozhin always avoided connection with wagner group. what started in ukraine soon reached

far beyond it. these are fighters in syria supporting pro—government forces as russia's military was doing too and also wagner activity in africa. and its activities are varied. ~ ., ., in africa. and its activities are varied. ~ . ., ~ , ., varied. with three have all kinds of activities that _ varied. with three have all kinds of activities that they _ varied. with three have all kinds of activities that they engage - varied. with three have all kinds of activities that they engage with - varied. with three have all kinds of activities that they engage with in l activities that they engage with in sub-sabaran_ activities that they engage with in sub—saharan africa _ activities that they engage with in sub—saharan africa that's - activities that they engage with in sub—saharan africa that's acuity, i sub—saharan africa that's acuity, weapons — sub—saharan africa that's acuity, weapons provision, _ sub—saharan africa that's acuity, weapons provision, training, - sub—saharan africa that's acuity, . weapons provision, training, natural resource _ weapons provision, training, natural resource extraction. _ weapons provision, training, natural resource extraction. this— weapons provision, training, natural resource extraction.— resource extraction. this is all hi . hl resource extraction. this is all highly lucrative. _ resource extraction. this is all highly lucrative. medical - resource extraction. this is all. highly lucrative. medical reports that... and these are activities notjust lucrative, they are they threaten stability, good governance in the rob countries of

mineral wealth, they violate human rights. mineral wealth, they violate human riahts. �* , . , mineral wealth, they violate human riahts. �* . , ., rights. and they connected this to pri . ozhin. rights. and they connected this to prigozhin- we _ rights. and they connected this to prigozhin. we have _ rights. and they connected this to prigozhin. we have seen - rights. and they connected this to i prigozhin. we have seen campaigns that are furthering _ prigozhin. we have seen campaigns that are furthering the _ prigozhin. we have seen campaigns that are furthering the exploitation | that are furthering the exploitation of goals that wagner and its founder have quite literally across the continent of africa.— have quite literally across the continent of africa. , .. , continent of africa. these campaigns are possible — continent of africa. these campaigns are possible because _ continent of africa. these campaigns are possible because prigozhin - continent of africa. these campaigns are possible because prigozhin has i are possible because prigozhin has an online operation too. it is best known for meddling in the 2016 us presidential election.— presidential election. hundreds of mm: presidential election. hundreds of young people _ presidential election. hundreds of young people taking _ presidential election. hundreds of young people taking on _ presidential election. hundreds of young people taking on thick- young people taking on thick personas _ young people taking on thick personas and _ young people taking on thick personas and going - young people taking on thick personas and going onto - young people taking on thick personas and going onto the j young people taking on thick- personas and going onto the internet and influencing — personas and going onto the internet and influencing the _ personas and going onto the internet and influencing the election - and influencing the election process, _ and influencing the election process, particularly- and influencing the election process, particularly in - and influencing the election process, particularly in thel and influencing the election - process, particularly in the united states_ process, particularly in the united states and — process, particularly in the united states and prigozhin _ process, particularly in the united states and prigozhin has - process, particularly in the unitedj states and prigozhin has admitted this. �* ., . . ., , ., this. and one crucial question in all of this _ this. and one crucial question in all of this is _ this. and one crucial question in all of this is if _ this. and one crucial question in all of this is if there _ this. and one crucial question in all of this is if there is _ this. and one crucial question in all of this is if there is any - all of this is if there is any dividing line at all between prigozhin and the russian state. in 2020, joint investigation concluded that the information, political interference in military operations are tightly integrated with russia plus plus defence ministry and its

intelligence arm. there are other documentaries between wagner and russian intelligence. and reports showed that they shared a base in southern russia. vladimir putin has never addressed the connection between wagner and the russian state but we know that prigozhin's operations allow putin to exert influence at arms length. the cutie was operations _ influence at arms length. the cutie was operations is _ influence at arms length. the cutie was operations is plausible - was operations is plausible deniability. any russians who were involved in the fighting in those countries were described efficiently by the kremlin as volunteers. while in fact, a lot of people, a lot of experts believe that they were actually linked to prigozhin. for now, the actually linked to prigozhin. for now. the war — actually linked to prigozhin. for now, the war in ukraine goes on as does prigozhin and wagner's involvement in it. as to prigozhin's videos. he says the withdrawal from

bakhmut. he questions with russia's invasion has achieved and says it has backfired. of most russians talk like this, they can expect a visit from the authorities. it is unclear why prigozhin _ from the authorities. it is unclear why prigozhin is _ from the authorities. it is unclear why prigozhin is allowed - from the authorities. it is unclear why prigozhin is allowed to - from the authorities. it is unclear why prigozhin is allowed to get . from the authorities. it is unclear. why prigozhin is allowed to get away with it _ why prigozhin is allowed to get away with it but _ why prigozhin is allowed to get away with it but some say that the infighting in the lead is not necessarily a bad thing for vladimir putin— necessarily a bad thing for vladimir putin because it allows him to project — putin because it allows him to project this image of a benevolent star who _ project this image of a benevolent star who is — project this image of a benevolent star who is above the chaos. and so, pri . ozhin star who is above the chaos. and so, prigozhin continues, _ star who is above the chaos. and so, prigozhin continues, leaving - star who is above the chaos. and so, prigozhin continues, leaving his - prigozhin continues, leaving his fighters, making millions saying what he thinks. though, as we have seen many times, vladimir putin's attitudes towards other powerful russians can be a temporary state of affairs. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. grace spoke to me just moments before serving her customers for the last time. she had to shut another venue last

year, and now it's time for her to close this one. it's a really, really emotional day. the restaurant's been open forfour and a half years, but i've been running spice box as a street food business before that. so it's about seven years of hard work. and yeah, it's sad. as food and utility prices rose and customer numbers fell, it became too difficult to stay open. people are struggling and there's less money to go around. and obviously eating out is a luxury. but grace's story reflects many others in the capital, particularly in central london, where more than 500 venues have closed in the last three years. back in walthamstow, grace will now be selling her food to shops one way to keep her brand alive at a time when it wasn't possible to keep her restaurants open. you're live with bbc news. let's take a look some of the headlines from the uk. the presenter phillip

schofield has resigned from itv and admitted that he lied about a relationship he had with a younger male colleague at this morning. he said his departure from the show last week was not related to the affair, and described the relationship as "unwise, but not illegal". a couple from chesterfield, who murdered their 10—month—old son less than 6 weeks after he was placed back into their care, have been jailed for life. finley boden died on christmas day in 2020. he was found to have suffered 130 "appalling" injuries. stephen boden and his partner shannon marsden were ordered to serve a minimum of 29 and 27 years respectively. and british cycling is to ban transgender women from taking part in female elite events — following a nine month review. transgender women will now compete with men, in what will be known as an open category. turks will go back to

the polls on sunday in a presidential election run—off between their long—time authoritarian leader — recep tayyip erdogan and his main rival, the secular opposition leader kemal kilic—daroglu. the president held a lead in the first round of voting. both candidates chasing support from nationalist voters. from istanbul our senior international correspondent orla guerin reports. "one nation... ..one flag... ..one motherland," they chant. take a look at the fervent support for turkey's strongman leader. recep tayyip erdogan is facing into sunday's second round in a commanding position. at this cab drivers' convention in istanbul, they couldn't get enough of him. we meet kasim, a fan of the president's nationalist message and track record in office.

"what our president did in 21 years would take others a hundred years," he says. "that is why we support him. may god keep him from harm." "erdogan is everything to me," says aisha. "we couldn't get to hospitals before. now we can get around easily. we have transportation, we have everything." and what of the president's rival, kemal kilicdaroglu? from him now, less talk of hope and a much harder tone. "i declare," he says, "as soon as i come to power, i will send all refugees home." that includes more than 3 million syrians. it is a campaign pledge that goes down well here. whoever is turkey's next president,

nationalism is already a winner in this election. in kasimpasa, few doubt the outcome. president erdogan grew up on the streets of this working class neighbourhood. at the corner shop opposite his old home, this woman tells us he brought freedom for religious conservatives like her. translation: there are police, teachers and civil servants - in headscarves now. god bless brother tayyip. we have hot running water and gas in our homes. there has been a great improvement. but for others there has been just the opposite. these are students from the lgbtq+ community. they are already banned from holding pride marches and fear worse to come. when you think about maybe five more years of president erdogan

in charge in turkey, what is your gut feeling? scared, i'm scared. we will still do something and we will still fight but i don't know how hard they will attack this time. because over these two or three years, our hopes were like, yes, he will go after these elections, we can still, we still have a chance. but if he still wins, they will attack us more, they will take our rights more. they will ban many more things. so what is ahead here if president erdogan wins on sunday, as looks likely? supporters say more development and a stronger turkey. critics say more repression and a darker future. orla guerin, bbc news, istanbul.

us debt ceiling negotiations which, as you know are currently ongoing. we are now hearing in the news agency that president biden when he was asked about debt talks, she said things are looking good. he says he is open for a deal it's very close and is also said, according to president biden, that we should know by tonight if we have a deal. the us treasury secretary had extended the deadline until the 5th ofjune but still, negotiations have been going on for some days on capitol hill and we can tell you that according to the news agency, there does appear to be some movement and we do appear to be some movement and we do appear

to be getting close to a deal with the us president saying that we should know by tonight if we do indeed have a deal and will continue to keep you updated here on bbc news as soon as we know more. the family of an 85—year—old british national, has told a bbc news arabic investigation — that his disabled wife — died of starvation in sudan, after the british embassy left the couple to fend for themselves during the recent fighting our nawal al ma—gafi, has that story. a race against time. as fighting in sudan intensified, thousands of dual nationals were desperate to escape. amongst them, azhaar�*s grandparents, abdalla sholgami, a british citizen and a london hotel owner, and his wife, alaweya rishwan. they were next to the military ho. they were in the centre of khartoum. that area you can't leave, you can't enter. there are snipers everywhere in the area. they were trapped here in their home

opposite to the british embassy and thousands of miles away azhaar and her family were desperate to save her grandparents. we contacted the british ambassador, giles lever, and we contacted fcdo. we contacted the turkish embassy when the british embassy was not reciprocative, had no interest. unable to get help from the british embassy, they were running out of supplies. her grandfather left her disabled grandmother to try and find help. five minutes into his journey he got shot, three bullets, his hand, chest, lower back, then we lost touch because no electricity and then we didn't have a way to call them. her grandfather was now in search of medical care, but hospitals and doctors were being targeted. at the start of the conflict there were 88 hospitals operating around khartoum. by the 20th of may more than 60

had closed their doors. the city was running dangerously low on medical supplies, food and water. azhaar didn't hear from her grandparents for five days and then she received this call from the turkish embassy. i'm sorry to tell you this. we went inside and your grandmother passed away. i'm so sorry, that's so heartbreaking. it breaks my heart to think she died alone and she died because she was alone and she is still alone to this very moment. we reached out to the foreign office and this was their response. her grandfather made his own way back to the uk. three weeks on they are desperate to bury their

grandmother, her remains still in the house. a family desperate for some peace after a painful ordeal. nawal al—maghafi, bbc news. an update on the story that we are covering with regards to the us debt ceiling negotiations currently ongoing and we've now heard from us presidentjoe biden who is commented saying we should know by tonight if you have a deal according to the us president, he says things are looking good with regards to negotiations and he says he continues to hope for a deal and at this current stage, things are looking close. the treasury secretary had extended the deadline to the 5th ofjune but according to the us president, he says we should know by tonight if that deal will be coming through tonight. you're watching bbc news and washington. thank you for your company and do stay with us if you can.

hello there. friday was another fine and dry day with high pressure firmly dominating our weather picture. and for most of us, there was lots of sunshine around. just a little bit of this fairweather cloud popping up for a time during the early afternoon like here in chorley in lancashire. it was across the other side of the hills that we had today's highest temperature bainbridge in north yorkshire, popping up to 23 degrees celsius friday afternoon. that's seven degrees above the may average. so pleasant in the sun. and you can see on the satellite page you just how sunny it was just a little bit of cloud across northern england, a bits for northern ireland, a bit for northern scotland. but looking out in the atlantic,

we've got a weather front that's set to bring some much thicker cloud in over the next few hours. so cloudy over across north western areas of the uk an odd spit of rain by dawn. otherwise it's dry with clear skies and temperatures about 6 to eight degrees celsius. if you're heading outside first thing in the morning, saturday morning, yes, you might need a layer or two will be a little on the cool side. saturday's forecast then high pressure staying put for most of us. but this week, weather fronts working into that area of high pressure. and so for scotland, we see the cloud thicken a little bit of light, patchy rain followed by sunshine and showers. in the afternoon. it will turn cooler temperatures about 11 to 13 across the far north of scotland. for northern ireland, england and wales, plenty of dry weather and sunshine and it's going to feel warm, high teens to low 20s widely, but peaking at around 23 across the spine of the country through parts of northern england, the midlands and central southern england. southern and eastern scotland should be pleasant enough, as well. still holding on to a bit of sunshine here on sunday. high pressure is still with us, but it's probably going to be a little bit more in the way of cloud developing for a time.

i think sunny spells, though, coming through that temperatures just easing down for scotland, northern ireland, northern england. so, mid—to—high teens here, the warmest weather towards the south west where we could see around 23 degrees again. but wherever the may sunshine comes out, i think it's going to feel okay. and it's a similar picture really for bank holiday monday itself. a bit more of a wind blowing for east anglia and south east england. that could make it feel a little on the cool side first thing in the morning. but once we've got that sunshine coming through again, it should feel ok and temperatures are going to start to rise in scotland. 21 in glasgow could be one of the warmest places in the country, but turning a bit cooler down the eastern side of england. beyond that, deeper into next week, it's sunny and it's set to get warmer for some temperatures could reach the mid twenties. bye for now.

hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed. it made the news this week that the convicted child abuser and former presenter rolf harris had died. did bbc news get the tone of its coverage right? and with the deaths this week of tina turner and martin amis, too, how do editors decide how much prominence to give each obituary? first, it's been another busy week in the world of politics, which started with the return of the prime minister on monday morning from the g7 summit of world leaders injapan. he was accompanied on his trip there by a number of political

editors from print and broadcasting organisations, including the bbc�*s chris mason, who had the first question