live from london. this is bbc news. after ordering the evacuation of all border villages in the russian region of belgorod, the governor of the area offers to meet a group of paramilitaries who say they seized two russian soldiers from the region. the bbc understands the cost of detaining and deporting illegal migrants in the uk could reach six billion pounds in two years. and police in hong kong arrest opposition activists who were reportedly planning to mark the 34th anniversary of the tiananmen square protest in beijing. hello. we start with some breaking news from the southern

russian region of belgorod, that borders with ukraine. the region has come under heavy fire in recent days, and last night saw more heavy shelling. in the latest development, a group of ukraine—based russian paramilitaries say they've crossed the border into russia, and captured two russian soldiers. in a video, the paramilitaries said they would hand the soldiers back if the governor came to meet them, something the governor says he would do. earlier, belgorod's governor urged all those still living along the ukrainian border to urgently move away in order to avoid the constant cross—border shelling. he said more than 4,000 people 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. sergei goryashko from bbc russian spoke to me earlier about the shelling. it seems like it's just another day of heavy fighting in belgrorod region and with a surprising silence from the kremlin. the situation when it reached a village on the border, is now under fighting. and there are reports that members of russian volunteer corps are now fighting with russian military there in this village. there are some videos emerging from... supposed

to be from that village, but they are not confirmed yet. however, the governor has confirmed that there is fighting there and he claims that those russian volunteer corps members who offered him a meeting with an exchange of soldiers, that they are fighting there with russian military now. is this unusual, sergei, for a governor person in a political position to engage with this paramilitary personnel? well, i mean, what is important here that he would maybe come to that place, to that meeting, if he's sure that those russian soldiers are still alive, which he's not sure of. so, it looks like more an informational part of informational warfare then than a real intent to go to that meeting. but this is really quite surprising to hear those lines from him. but, we must admit that there is nothing coming from kremlin now and the fighting is basically

on the russian territory already. so, governor in a position to comment on that and we'll see whether it will benefit him in his political points or not. it depends on what kremlin makes of it. a 17—year—old boy who died off bournemouth beach on wednesday has been named. police sayjoe abbess, from southampton died after getting into difficulty in the water. his family say they are heartbroken and devastated at the loss of a fabulous young man and talented trainee chef who was enjoying a day at the beach when he died. it comes as a funeral has been held for a 12—year—old girl who also died in the incident. sunnah khan, from high wycombe, buckinghamshire, was named locally after the incident involving ten swimmers on wednesday. more than 200 people are understood to have attended sunnah�*s funeral, held by high wycombe mosques on saturday.

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 six billion pounds 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 they 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. 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. you can read more about that fatal crash on our website. 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". live now to oxford where we can join rana mitter, professor of the history and politics of modern china, oxford university. thank of modern china, oxford university. you forjoining of thank you forjoining us. in terms of the significance of this square, it was a very big moment in china's history. for people at home who perhaps don't know about what happened and its appointments, can you explain a little bit about thatmark you explain a little bit about thatmar< , , you explain a little bit about thatmar , , thatmark briefly, were political demonstration _ thatmark briefly, were political demonstration on _ thatmark briefly, were political demonstration on the - thatmark briefly, were political demonstration on the streets l thatmark briefly, were political - demonstration on the streets of many cities in china in the spring of 1989. students and workers coming together to protest various issues including economic issues like inflation but above all a desire for more participation in the government of their own country. not necessary multi—partisan democracy but more public participation. in beijing significant leak, the demonstrations were basically winding down when the

government decided that it was no longer possible in their view to keep them on the streets, and the leader of china at the time sent in tanks about midnight on the third and 11th ofjune, 1989, tanks about midnight on the third and 11th ofjune,1989, into the centre of beijing and many people were killed, students and workers. we still don't know exact numbers but excellent mix suggests between high hundreds to several thousands died that night. in high hundreds to several thousands died that night.— died that night. in terms of the arallels died that night. in terms of the parallels drawn _ died that night. in terms of the parallels drawn between - died that night. in terms of the parallels drawn between now. died that night. in terms of the l parallels drawn between now and died that night. in terms of the - parallels drawn between now and that time in 1989, given that many processors are still being silenced, being arrested, can we draw those parallels, do you think?— parallels, do you think? certainly it is the case _ parallels, do you think? certainly it is the case that _ parallels, do you think? certainly it is the case that today, - parallels, do you think? certainly it is the case that today, china i parallels, do you think? certainly. it is the case that today, china has beenin it is the case that today, china has been in a crackdown situation, certainly for the last five to six years or so in terms of civil society, free speech and so forth. it is worth noting that during the 90s, so in the years after this square up until about ten years ago, there was a relative opening up of some areas such as journalism and

free speech on areas such as constitutional change, and democracy. it was still at authoritarian communist state but there was morse space to talk more broadly about these issues in the last six or seven years, most of that space in public, at any rate, has disappeared and it's not really possible to talk about anything that the communist party that rules china would see us undermining its own rule. ~ . , ., ., ., would see us undermining its own rule. ~ ., , ., ., ., rule. what is that mean for younger generations — rule. what is that mean for younger generations that _ rule. what is that mean for younger generations that weren't _ rule. what is that mean for younger| generations that weren't necessarily born in that time? with they know about this event in the square's most chinese who grew up in china will not find out much. maybe in a few cases in beijing, through family stories. of course, it is the case that hundreds of thousands of chinese students every year go overseas to study in the united states, in britain and other countries in the wider world, and once they are there they generally will come into contact with knowledge of what happened in 1989. they react differently, it has to be said. some people react by shock, by

finding out that their own government had killed students and workers on the streets of beijing in 1989. others regarded as something that happened to a previous generation, as it was something that was really from an earlier time, and i think that's the hope of the chinese communist party that now that we are more than 3a years away, from the events themselves, that even those from china who find out about it will consider it to be something from the past and china's economic success since then, especially in view of the party, compensate for the killings of that year. compensate for the killings of that ear, ., , . ., ., compensate for the killings of that ear. . ,. ., ., ., ~ ., year. fascinating to talk to about this. year. fascinating to talk to about this- thank _ year. fascinating to talk to about this. thank you _ year. fascinating to talk to about this. thank you for _ year. fascinating to talk to about this. thank you forjoining - year. fascinating to talk to about this. thank you forjoining us. . this. thank you forjoining us. thank you. to poland, as many as half a million people have been taking part in an antigovernment rally in warsaw. they're protesting against a new law critics say could be used to target 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. the polish government strongly refuted accusations that their actions are undemocratic, and stressed that, in their view, today's protest is an election rally, as the country will head to the polls later this year. the host of today's march, mayor of warsaw, rafal trzaskowski, gave the bbc an exclusive interview earlier, let's hearfrom him.

well, it was incredible. half a million people, we haven't seen such crowds on the streets of warsaw for the past 30 years. and people just wanted to demonstrate that they have enough of this populace government that they want a poland which is tolerant, which is open, which is european and also, yes, in protest to some of the measures taken by the populist government. they've introduced this law whereby there will be this parliamentary commission which could actually bar some opposition leaders from participating in political life because of alleged russian influences, which is, of course, all a huge lie. and people were just startled by that and they wanted to demonstrate their opposition. yes, on that. the government is saying that this won't be a political tool and they are actually saying that russian influence is very important to investigate,

given the backdrop that we're looking at right now. but of course, theyjust wanted to call in one person, donald tusk, and they are inventing those paranoid, paranoid conspiracy theories. and, of course, it is a political tool. we do have our 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 and this kind of special committee of parliament with special powers, this is like a bolshevik measure. it has nothing to do with democracy. 0k. and the government clearly challenged that and say that this is very necessary and russian influence really does need to be investigated. now, we understand president duda's now asked for the law to be changed. does that address some of the concerns that you have then? well, that was very strange because the president didn't veto this act. he could have done it. he simply accepted it. and then after three days, she decided to change it considerably. but of course, that means

that he either didn't read the law or that he was just under so much pressure from europe and from the west that he decided to change his opinion. but i think that this parliamentary inquiry committee is not needed and that of course its powers, the powers of a court of law are too much. i mean, if there are any problems, i mean, there are special services of the country which are able to investigate questions like these, the prosecutor's office and the courts, not some special committees, which, of course, has nothing to do with democracy. and that's why, also, that's why the people were demonstrating on the street, but they simply also have enough of the populist government. they want a parliament which is free, open, tolerant and european. well, the government say that actually this is an election rally. you know, the elections aren't too far away. what do you say to that? well, yes, i heard the prime minister saying that they were just a bunch of apparatchiks. but if we have half a million apparatchiks in poland, that means that we are really growing strong. of course that's not true. there were people from all around poland. from all walks of life wanting to demonstrate

that they're against this oppressive government, which is trying to stifle democracy in poland. and poland is still a democracy only because our civil society is so incredibly strong, which has been also demonstrated by this incredible solidarity towards our ukrainian friends. and that's why it is very important that people demonstrate, because it gives us this incredible boost of power, mobilises us, and it makes me sure that we will win the next elections and say goodbye to the populist. the united states has accused the commander of a chinese warship of navigating in "an unsafe manner" after a near miss incident between the ship and an american destroyer in the taiwan strait. here, the chinese ship can be seen approaching from the port side of the us ship passing less than 150 metres in front. the us described the approach

as a contravention of the maritime "rules of the road" and said it's ship was forced to slow down to prevent a collision. the united states described its journey through the strait as routine, but china has accused the us of deliberately provoking risk in the region. officials from turkey, sweden and finland will meet in the week ofjune the 12th for further discussions on sweden's nato membership bid, which has been delayed due to objections from turkey and hungary. nato secretary—general jens stoltenberg made the announcement after meeting the turkish president tayyip erdogan in istanbul. 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 — the 1989 football stadium crush

that killed 97 people. a uk ticket—holder has come forward to claim the 111.7 million pound jackpot from friday's euromillions draw. lottery operator camelot said it had received a claim which would now go through a process of validation. if verified, this winner will become the 18th uk player to win more than 100 million pounds in a euromillions jackpot. so how does this jackpot stack up against the world's top lottery prizes? we tasked our reporter naomi choy smith — with finding out. well, the lucky winner of that euro millions jackpot worth more than £110 million is soon set to be wealthier than music superstar do a leaper who is worth about £75 million, and even richer than harry potter superstar daniel radcliffe, who is worth about £92 million, according to the sunday times. so definitely a tidy sum. actually, the record holderfor the uk you're definitely a tidy sum. actually, the record holder for the uk you're a tidy sum. actually, the record—holderfor tidy sum. actually, the record—holder for the tidy sum. actually, the record—holderfor the uk tidy sum. actually, the record—holder for the uk euro millions jackpot holder was just last year with an anonymous ticket

holder here in the uk rate in about £195 million. now, the record holders before that were joe and just wait a couple from gloucester, or you can see here celebrating their win a couple of years ago of £181; million. and they had modest goals for their winnings. they said they wanted to take the kids on holiday and buy a new car. so, all of this prize money actually pales in comparison to some of the bigger global lottery prizes out there. the worlds biggestjackpot actually takes place in spain. it is known as el gordo, orthe takes place in spain. it is known as el gordo, or the fat one, and it happens every christmas. is it jackpot worth $2.5 billion. but it is shared among multiple winners are no single person is raking in those however, in the us, a man in california broke the record for a single lotteryjackpot california broke the record for a single lottery jackpot when california broke the record for a single lotteryjackpot when he won more than 2 billion us dollars in the powerball last year. now, he chose to receive those earnings in a

single lump sum, which is a reduced payment, instead of receiving the entire amount subsidised over several years. entire amount subsidised over severalyears. but entire amount subsidised over several years. but he still raked in about $997 million. which was enough to fund this mansion in hollywood, a multi—million dollar mansion, and other lavish purchases however, that when it is now being sued by another man who claims he stole his lottery ticket, whichjust man who claims he stole his lottery ticket, which just goes to show there is sometimes trouble in paradise. here in the uk six women are setting off on an epic challenge — rowing 2,000 miles around the entire coast of great britain. if they complete it — the team will smash a couple of world records — while also carrying out scientific research. our environment correspondentjonah fisher has the story — and a warning his report contains some rapid flashing images. this is known as the world's toughest rowing race for a reason. the women range in age from 29 to 53. 1.4! if they make it, theirjourney

will take them 2,000 miles around the coast of great britain, without ever setting foot on land. six knots! amy is the youngest crew member but the only one to have rowed across the atlantic ocean. this is so much tougher than the atlantic. navigating busy coastal waters can be more dangerous than following a course through the open sea. the land, the ships, you've got rocks, you've got islands. it's just so much more complicated. last year all three boats that attempted to go around britain had to be rescued in the irish sea. the waves were huge, like three stories high. emma somehow kept on filming as her boat capsized. this year she is the skipper and if the six women make it back to tower bridge in under 51 days, they will be record breakers. this is a nonstop challenge which means the crew will be taking it in turns — rowing for two hours, then having a breakfor two hours.

let's just take a quick look at the living quarters down here. emma, talk me through what we've got here. this is where we are. this is our sleeping bags. we've got food that we keep under here. we get freeze—dried food, so it's nice and light. add boiling hot water there, that's our cooker. dare i ask you, emma, what about showers? what about toilets? the shower is a wet wipe and the toilet is a bucket. that is the loo?! there is also a scientific component to the trip. as they row, the boat will be sampling the sea water, recording aquatic sounds and looking for the presence of tiny plastic particles called microplastics. the crew will first head west along the south coast, before starting the long and potentially treacherous row north towards scotland. jonah fisher, bbc news.

stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. good evening. more blue sky and sunshine for the vast majority of us across the uk again today, always cooler and breezier towards the south coast. here's hastings in east sussex. the best of the sunshine and the highest temperatures again in the west county. down in northern ireland, seeing plenty of blue sky and some lenticular clouds as spotted by one of our weather watchers in the north west of england over the higher ground of the lake district. now, next week, not a lot is set to change. it's dry and it's settled. there will be a lot more sunshine to come in the forecast. again, always best out in the west. there will be some more low cloud moving in from the north sea. plenty of moisture there overnight tonight. the cloud a little more extensive. it's got a head start. of course, it didn't clear for some spots all day, moving into parts of eastern wales

and across the south of england, also the central belt. but it's mild underneath that cloud. temperatures in high single figures, clear skies further west, perhaps a bit of mist forming into tomorrow morning, but it won't take too long to lift and clear. and of course, that low cloud is set to burn its way back towards the coast, maybe a few spots of drizzle, but otherwise dry underneath that cloud. and the cloud could lingerfor some time, perhaps across the wash, perhaps parts of lincolnshire as well, where temperatures will be lower with that onshore breeze. high values out towards the west, south west of scotland, maybe parts of northern ireland, 23 or 24 degrees celsius. don't forget, the sun is strong at this time of year and the uv levels will be high, will remain high. the grass pollen levels are also high. now, as we head through tuesday, we see the same thing all over again. perhaps that low cloud more extensive, though, through the morning. again, we are expecting to burn back towards the coast, perhaps producing a few spots of drizzle here and there. some of that cloud lingering again, cooler on the coast, warmer further west, which is where we'll see the best of the day. sunshine yet again, 22 to 24 degrees celsius, maybe for some spots. but things do start to change

as the week wears on. now we'll start to see our area of high pressure just gradually migrate its way further eastwards. this is storm 0scar, as named by the spanish met service. it's moving its way northwards. it could produce one or two showers and probably throw some high cloud towards the south west of england in particular, maybe a few showers across the south. we join a southeasterly wind across south eastern areas of england, just bringing some much warmer air our way. so across london, for example, through the weekend, we could see highs of 28 degrees.

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 1000 injured. the bbc understands the cost of detaining and deporting people illegally arriving in the uk under the planned new legislation could reach £6 billion over the next two years. the illegal migration bill, which is currently going through parliament, would give the power to remove anyone arriving to the uk illegally, and stop them claiming asylum here.