and that's been the important thing for me in 41 years of television. live from london. this is bbc news. after ordering the evacuation of all border villages in the russian region of belgorod, the governor offers to meet a group of paramilitaries who say they seized two russian soldiers soldiers from the region. india's railways minister says the cause and those responsible for the country's worst train crash in decades have been identified. and the bbc understands the cost of detaining and deporting illegal migrants in the uk could reach £6 billion in two years. and thousands of people are on the streets of warsaw protesting against a new law against russian influence, which critics say could target opposition politicans.

hello. we start with some breaking news from the southern russian region of belgorod, that borders with ukraine. the region's governor says he's willing to meet with a group of ukraine—based russian paramilitaries, who say they've crossed the border and captured two russian soldiers. in a video, the paramilitaries said they would hand the two captives to him if he came to meet the fighters. earlier the governor of belgorod urged all those still living along the ukrainian border to urgently move away in order to avoid the constant cross—border shelling. belgorod has come under heavy fire in recent days, and last night saw more heavy shelling. on saturday, two women were killed by the shelling in russian border villages. earlier, the governor said more than 4,000 people in the russian region had already evacuated and been relocated to temporary accommodation. translation: i urged the villagers,

first the shebekino district _ that has been shelled, to listen to the position of the authorities and leave — temporarily leave — their homes in order to safeguard what is important — your life and the lives of your loved ones. today we have more than 4,000 people in temporary accommodation centres. all necessary assistance is provided. that was the governor of belgorod. live now to sergei goryashko from bbc russian, who's in riga. this new development, what do you make of it?— make of it? well, it seems like it is another _ make of it? well, it seems like it is another day — make of it? well, it seems like it is another day of _ make of it? well, it seems like it is another day of heavy _ make of it? well, it seems like it is another day of heavy fighting l make of it? well, it seems like it| is another day of heavy fighting in the belgorod region, with a surprising silence from the kremlin about the situation in the village on the border, which is now under

fighting. there are reports that russian volunteer corps are now fighting. they are supposed to be from that village, but it is not confirmed yet. the governor has confirmed yet. the governor has confirmed that there is fighting there. he has confirmed that those russian volunteer corps members volunteered a meeting, and they are fighting there with russian military now. is fighting there with russian military now. , , , ., ., ., fighting there with russian military now. , , ., ., ., ., now. is this unusual for a governor, a erson now. is this unusual for a governor, a person in — now. is this unusual for a governor, a person in a _ now. is this unusual for a governor, a person in a political— now. is this unusual for a governor, a person in a political position - now. is this unusual for a governor, a person in a political position to i a person in a political position to engage with this paramilitary personnel?— engage with this paramilitary personnel? engage with this paramilitary ersonnel? ~ . , ., , personnel? what is important here is that he told he _ personnel? what is important here is that he told he was _ personnel? what is important here is that he told he was going _ personnel? what is important here is that he told he was going to - personnel? what is important here is that he told he was going to that - that he told he was going to that meeting if he was sure that the

russian soldiers were alive, which you was not sure. it looks more like informational warfare than a real intent to go to that meeting, but this is really quite surprising to hear those lines from him. we must admit that there is nothing coming from the kremlin now, and the fighting is basically on the russian territory already. so, the governor took himself in a position to comment on that, and we will see whether it will benefit him in his political points are not. it depends on what the kremlin exhibit. this is quite a usual situation for russian political system when the kremlin tends not to comment on the situation when it is bad enough, and it is bad enough, as we see now. in it is bad enough, as we see now. in terms of the shelling that is going on in belgorod, we are seeing pictures now if people being evacuated from that region, thousands of people being evacuated. do we know who is behind this

shelling? we have not had a huge amount of information about that. that is pretty clear if not confirmed yet that it is coming from the ukrainian military, and officials in the ukrainian military say that these are not ukrainian soldiers, but members of russian volunteer corps, or a legion free russia,, but it is obviously military units that are acting in accordance and incorporation with the ukrainian military there, using their vehicles, the ukrainian military there, using theirvehicles, machinery, and the ukrainian military there, using their vehicles, machinery, and also weapons delivered from western countries to ukraine. this would be

a cause for a scandal, probably, because some weapons were delivered on condition that they would not be used to on russian territory against russians on their territory inside their borders, which is why kyiv denies that they have anything to do with those attacks. they do understand, even people in ukraine and kyiv, they pretty much understand that these are someone who were acting together with ukrainian military.— who were acting together with ukrainian military. thank you very much for that _ ukrainian military. thank you very much for that update. _ a signalling fault looks to be the most likely cause of india's deadliest train crash in more than a generation. at least 275 people were killed. hundreds of families are still scouring hospitals and morgues for missing relatives and authorities are struggling to identify the bodies. it happened when three trains collided near balasore, in the eastern state of 0disha, as our india correspondent, archana shukla reports from the scene.

hours have passed but not the pain. more injured brought in, but the struggle to find those missing continues. this is the last picture lilavati has of her 21—year—old son, taken when he boarded the ill—fated train. the 30—hour journey to reach the accident site has yielded nothing. translation: we have looked in all hospitals and morgues . here but can't find him. at the morgue we even asked to see the photos of dead bodies over and over. he's not there. eight other members of lilavati's family on the same train were found. but with still no sign of her son, she breaks down. many others are shuttling between centres, scanning photos, hoping to get some news. amidst the sweltering heat and limited resources to manage the dead here in balasore,

the administration has shifted all the dead bodies to the capital city of bhubaneswar. it's a five—hour drive from the train accident site. now that's added to the ordeal, as many families of the passengers are still trying to make their way into the city of balasore close to the accident site, considering train services are still not fully up and running. the wreckage is still being cleared. track inspections are on along some stretches, but what led to the disaster is not yet clear. what we have found is that there is probability of some kind of signalling... not even... i wouldn't even call it a failure. signalling interference. pressure is mounting on the government, whose flagship programme has been increased railway connectivity and more high—speed trains. but for now, these families are looking for different answers. archana shukla, bbc news, balasore.

the bbc understands that the cost of detaining and deporting people arriving in the uk on small boats, under proposals in the government's illegal migration bill, could reach £6 billion over the next two years. the immigration minister, robertjenrick, defended the government's approach — saying britain couldn't be a "soft touch". here's our political correspondent, aruna iyengar. stop these boats now. turn back the boats. time to tackle the small boats. stop the boats. it's one of the government's top priorities. 16,000 people arrived in small boats across the english channel last year, but the cost of the new proposals could reach £6 billion over the next two years. ministers so far have not discussed these costs but say they believe the measures will be a deterrent to illegal entry. we will never put the interests of migrants above those of the british public. we also cannot allow the uk to be

perceived to be a soft touch and i have spent the last week visiting european countries like france and italy and those further upstream in north africa and all european countries are grappling with the same challenge. the illegal migration bill, if it passes legal hurdles, will mean anyone arriving illegally by boat will be detained and removed to their home country, or other country deemed to be safe such as rwanda. then there is the cost of actually accommodating the people, providing them with food and health care and all the other things, and potentially also the cost associated with paying other countries to process claims as well. it is presently costing the government £6 million a day to house asylum seekers in the uk. many are put up in hotels. there is a huge backlog in processing cases, leading to greater accommodation costs. only in the last week, a0 migrants in a hotel in central

london protested against having to share rooms. the government wants to cut costs by reducing the need for hotels and to have three to four single men sharing a room. it is right we get good value for money for the taxpayer. so if single adult males can share a room and it is legal to do so, which will obviously depend on the size of accommodation, we will ask people to do that. i think that is a completely fair and reasonable approach. labour says the government has lost control of immigration and there's no guarantee the plans will get through parliament. the former uk prime minister boris johnson, has been warned that he could lose legal funding, if he undermines the coronavirus inquiry set up by the government. in extracts of a cabinet office letter published by the sunday times, mrjohnson is told he will have to submit any statements to officials so redactions can be applied. the government has begun legal action to challenge the inquiry�*s demand to see all of the former prime minister's unredacted whatsapp

messages and notebooks. he says he'll give them to the investigation directly. to poland, and thousands of people have been taking part in an antigovernment rally in warsaw. opposition politicians in an election year, and in particular the former prime minister donald tusk, who spoke at the rally. translation: the first step to victory is to - recognise our strength. we're here today so that poland, europe and the world see how strong we are, how many of us are ready, just like back then, 30, a0 years ago, to fight again for a democratic and free poland for our rights. this voice will not be stopped. that giant has woken up. i'm proud that i can be here and say we will win.

live now to the host of today's protests, and one of poland's opposition leaders, the mayor of warsaw, rafal trzaskowski is with us. thank you very much forjoining us today. we are seeing lots of people on the streets of warsaw, about 500,000. can you explain why we are seeing some significant numbers there? ~ ., ., seeing some significant numbers there? ~ . ~' , seeing some significant numbers there? ~ ., ,, , . ., there? well, thank you very much for havin: me there? well, thank you very much for having me on — there? well, thank you very much for having me on your— there? well, thank you very much for having me on your show. _ there? well, thank you very much for having me on your show. well, - there? well, thank you very much for having me on your show. well, it - there? well, thank you very much for having me on your show. well, it was incredible. 500,000 people. we haven't seen such crowds on the streets of warsaw for the past 30 years, and peoplejust wanted streets of warsaw for the past 30 years, and people just wanted to demonstrate that they have had enough of this populous government, they want a pull and which is tolerant, open, european, and also in protest to some of the measures taken up by this government. they have introduced this laugher there will be this parliamentary commission that would bar some opposition leaders from participating in political life

because of alleged russian influences, which is of course all a huge fly. people were startled by that, and they wanted to demonstrate. —— a huge lie. that, and they wanted to demonstrate. -- a huge lie. they are sa in: demonstrate. -- a huge lie. they are saying russian _ demonstrate. -- a huge lie. they are saying russian influence _ demonstrate. -- a huge lie. they are saying russian influence is _ demonstrate. -- a huge lie. they are saying russian influence is very - saying russian influence is very important to investigate, particularly given the backdrop we are looking at right now. {iii particularly given the backdrop we are looking at right now. of course, the 'ust are looking at right now. of course, they just wanted — are looking at right now. of course, they just wanted to _ are looking at right now. of course, theyjust wanted to call— are looking at right now. of course, they just wanted to call on - are looking at right now. of course, theyjust wanted to call on one - theyjust wanted to call on one person, donald tusk. they are inventing those paranoid conspiracy theories. of course it is a political tool. we do have are prosecutors, we do have ourjudges, and our courts, and they should be the ones, if there is any allegation of misconduct, to be able to actually prosecute the case, and then decide in the face of law in our courts. this kind of special committee of parliament with special powers, this is like a bolshevik measure. it has nothing to do with democracy. the

measure. it has nothing to do with democracy-— measure. it has nothing to do with democra . ,., . ., , democracy. the government clearly challen . e democracy. the government clearly challenge that. _ democracy. the government clearly challenge that, and _ democracy. the government clearly challenge that, and say _ democracy. the government clearly challenge that, and say that - democracy. the government clearly challenge that, and say that this - democracy. the government clearly challenge that, and say that this is l challenge that, and say that this is very necessary, and russian influence really does need to be investigated. we understand president duda has addressed the law and said it has needed to be changed. does that address and of your concerns? it is changed. does that address and of your concerns?— your concerns? it is interesting, because he _ your concerns? it is interesting, because he could _ your concerns? it is interesting, because he could have - your concerns? it is interesting, because he could have simply i because he could have simply accepted it. after three days, he decided to change it. that means he either didn't read the law, he was just under so much pressure from europe and the west that he decided to change opinion. i think this parliamentary committee is not needed. its powers of a court of law are too much. if there are any problems, there are special services of the country that are able to investigate questions like these, the prosecutors office and the court, not some special committee that has nothing to do with

democracy. also, that is why the people were demonstrating on the street, they simply have enough of the populous government. they want poland to be free, open, tolerant and european. the poland to be free, open, tolerant and european-— poland to be free, open, tolerant and european. the government say this is an election _ and european. the government say this is an election rally, _ and european. the government say this is an election rally, and - this is an election rally, and elections aren't too far away. what you say to that?— you say to that? heard the prime minister saying — you say to that? heard the prime minister saying they _ you say to that? heard the prime minister saying they were - you say to that? heard the prime minister saying they were a - you say to that? heard the prime| minister saying they were a bunch you say to that? heard the prime i minister saying they were a bunch of hyperactive is, but if we have half a million of them, that means we are really going strong. there were people from all around poland, there were people from all walks of life wanting to demonstrate that they are against this oppressive government thatis against this oppressive government that is trying to stifle democracy in poland. poland is still a democracy, only because our civil society is so incredibly strong, which has also been demonstrated by this incredible solidarity towards our ukrainian friends. that is why it's very important that people will demonstrate, because it gives us this incredible boost of power, mobilises us, and makes me sure that

we will win the next election and say goodbye to the populists. thank ou ve say goodbye to the populists. thank you very much _ say goodbye to the populists. thank you very much for — say goodbye to the populists. thank you very much forjoining _ say goodbye to the populists. thank you very much forjoining us, - say goodbye to the populists. thank you very much forjoining us, mayor of warsaw, on those protests we are seeing today. time for the sport, with paul scott. in the last hour, max four staff and has won the grand prix. it was the world champion's 40th in formula i. the 25—year—old dutchman also secured a bonus point for the fastest lap. lewis hamilton finished a distant second for mercedes, with his team mate george russell third at barcelona's circuit de catalunya. novak djokovic is nowjust three matches away from a record 23rd grand slam title. the world number three swept aside the peruvianjuan pablo varillas in straight sets to reach the quarterfinals of the french open. djokovic is level with rafa nadal

on 22 grand slam titles. meanwhile, after receiving criticism, organisers have scheduled a women's match in the evening session at roland garros, for the first time this year. world number two aryna sabalenka will take on american sloane stephens. the pair are due on the philippe chatrier court from around 7pm gmt. all six previous night matches in this year's tournament have been from the men's draw. last year only one of the ten night matches involved female players. tournament director amelie mauresmo saying at the time that men's matches had more "appeal". meanwhile, russia's anastasia pavlyuchenkova booked her place in the last eight, fighting back from a set down to beat belgium's elise mertens by two sets to one, in a match that lasted more than three hours. real madrid have announced their captain karim benzema is leaving the club. the french striker has enjoyed one of the great real madrid careers afterjoining from lyon in 2009. his total of 353 club goals is bettered only

by cristiano ronaldo. benzema has won four la liga and five champions league titles. the 2023 ballon d'or winner has been linked with a move to saudi arabia. australia fast bowler josh hazlewood has been ruled out of the world test championship final against india, which starts on wednesday at the oval. he's still in contention for the ashes series against england, which starts injust 12 days time. hazlewood is managing an achilles issue, plus a side injury, which resulted in him missing much of the indian premier league. michael neser comes into the squad for the five—day match in london. it is a fitness discussion. as it sits at the moment, just with where he has been, a small setback in the ipl, which was well documented. so, yes, that it's as simple as it sits at the moment, a fitness question mark. we are excited about the world title, but when we look at the back

of that we had to turn our attention quickly to the ashes and england, shorter turnarounds there, but it is nothing we are not used to, so there will always be considerations of ad management, so there are plans sitting at the back, but like with any test match you don't know what is going to happen in that test match. thierry neuville has jumped from fifth to second in the world rally championship standings after winning rally italia. the belgian claimed the 18th win of his career in sardinia after beating hyundai team mate esapekka lappi. toyota driver kalle rovanpera completed the podium. britain's elvin evans finished fourth and remains fourth in the championship standings. so it's two down, one to go, after manchester city added the fa cup to their premier league title, beating manchester united 2—1 at wembley. they take on inter milan in the champions league final in six days time. and the team were greeted by a special guest on their return to manchester on saturday. eltonjohn had been performing in the city. after arriving back from the match

in london, city's squad were seen in high spirits bumping into elton on the airport runway. phil foden not missing the chance for a selfie. two legends, in fact. and that's all the sport for now. a 33—year—old man has been charged after being arrested during the fa cup final yesterday at wembley stadium. james white was charged with displaying threatening or abusive writing likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress. the met police say he was wearing a shirt with an offensive reference to the hillsborough tragedy — that's the 1989 football stadium crush that killed 97 people. a funeral has been held for a 12—year—old girl who died after being pulled from the sea in bournemouth. sunnah khan, from high wycombe, buckinghamshire, was named locally after she died

in the incident involving 10 swimmers on wednesday. more than 200 people are understood to have attended sunnah's funeral, held by high wycombe mosques on saturday. a 17—year—old boy, from southampton, was also pulled from the sea and later died in hospital. ministers from opec plus, a big group of oil producers that includes russia and saudi arabia, are meeting in vienna to decide on production levels some countries are produing oil at levels below their quotas so there is pressure on them to surrender a portion of their quotas to other members. they're also being urged to reduce overall output levels to keep the global price of oil buoyant. the leader of hong kong's opposition league of social democrats party has been detained by police in hong kong on the 34th anniversary of the tiananmen square crackdown. she was holding a candle and two flowers in the causeway bay shopping district, when authorities surrounded her and forced her to a police van. a number of other arrests were also

made, including the prominent democracy activist alexandra wong — who is known as "grandma wong". pride celebrations have been taking place in thailand today with parades held under the theme "door to equal asia". thailand is open to lgbtq+ communities but has never passed the same sex marriage law. however, the winner of the recent election, the move forward party, says adopting this law is part of its main agenda. our south east asia correspondentjonathan head is at a parade in bangkok. so welcome to bangkok pride 2023. remember, although thailand is known as a country that is very open and friendly to the lgbtq community, there are still obstacles for them to overcome. there is not yet equal marriage here. there are not equal gender recognition rights. so there's a lot for people here to campaign for, as well as a lot to celebrate. and part of that excitement is because the recent election

result in thailand brought into the lead for forming a government, a young progressive party, move forward, which has put equality of marriage and gender rights right at the heart of its sweeping policies, its reformist policies, that it wants to bring in if it forms the government. i'm here with the organiser of bangkok pride 2023, waaddao chumaporn. just tell me what the mood is in the lgbtq community in thailand right now, particularly after this election result. yeah, you might see more than, ithink, 100,000 peoplejoin the parade, join the street, and they raise their voice from themselves. it's not only marriage equality. they talk about the sex work and gender recognition. i mean, most people outside thailand say, "oh, this is like a paradise for lgbto." you know, "life is so great for them here."

is that a real picture? we hope that if thailand is proud to be paradise of the lgbt in the world, government should pass marriage equality and gender recognition. i think, because i'm lesbian, i need to marry with my girlfriend. how important is it that you now have a party which has won an election with gender equality right at the heart of its policies? is that a big step, for you to see that? i think it's not only the gender issue. i think we're growing up with the pro—democracy movement, and both, we growing up together. this time is not only the lgbt right, but we step up for the right of gender, of freedom of expression and other things. thailand we come to share now, i think, and you see that we are the lead of the people to change in thailand. that was jonathan head that wasjonathan head reporting from bangkok on the pride

celebrations there. you can read more about that and other stories on our website. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. it is fine and dry for the vast majority of us again today, with plenty of blue sky and sunshine, including here in hastings and east sussex, although always breezy for the south coast, including parts of kent and essex with the onshore wind. lots of blue sky and sunshine across northern ireland. it is here and western wales where we can see the highest temperatures in the uk over the next couple of days or so. we are still played by this north sea cloud shown over in the satellite picture. it is slowly bending back towards the coast, really from lincolnshire northwards, and could link it here that might lingerfor most of and could link it here that might linger for most of the day. in cumbria and northern ireland we could see one or two light showers

develop, but otherwise dry. temperatures in the late 20s, 23 or 24 temperatures in the late 20s, 23 or 2a celsius. despite low 20s. —— low 20s. overnight tonight, that cloud towards the east has got a bit more of a head start, so it is going to be more extensive, pushing its way further westwards across the south of the uk, and the central belt to enter tomorrow morning. temperatures milder underneath that loud, clearskies temperatures milder underneath that loud, clear skies further west, watch out for a few missed patches developing into the start of the new week. this is how we're kicking off monday morning. again, that cloud slowly burned out towards the coast. it could across the wash in east anglia, and i will always be feeling cooler. high standards and best of the sun shine out towards the west, 23 or 2a degrees. there will be a few changes towards the beginning of the week and the end of the week.

the pressure moving northwards could throw some high cloud, and maybe one or two showers later on. as high pressure migrates further eastwards, we join a south—easterly wind post pushing this into the south—east of england, where we could see temperatures rise. remember, it has been quite cool here of late. in summary, it is a dry start to the week, only sunnier in the west, cloudierfurther week, only sunnier in the west, cloudier further east, week, only sunnier in the west, cloudierfurther east, but week, only sunnier in the west, cloudier further east, but by the end of the week, temperatures can be rising, if you show as possible. —— a few showers possible.

this is bbc news, the headlines. the governor of russia's belgorod region has offered to meet paramilitaries who have seized two russian soldiers from the region. it comes after all the villages running down its border with ukraine were evacuated due to heavy shelling. india's railways minister says the cause and those responsible for the country's worst train crash in decades have been identified. rescue efforts have now ended. 275 people are known to have died and more than 1,000 injured. the bbc understands the cost of detaining and deporting people illegally arriving in the uk under the planned new legislation could reach six billion pounds over the next two years. the illegal migration bill, which is currently going through parliment, would give the power to remove anyone arriving to the uk illegally and stop them claiming asylum here.