i am an innocent man, i did nothing wrong, and we will fight this just like we have been fighting for seven years. ukraine accuses russia of attacking evacuation points for those affected by the kakhovka dam breach. and in france — tributes continue to be paid after a park stabbing which left four children and adults in hospital. hello. we start in the us — and donald trump has been charged over his handling of classified documents after he left the white house. his lawyer confirmed seven counts — including obstruction, making false statements and conspiracy — although the full details haven't yet been made public. it's the first time in us history

that a former president has faced federal charges. speaking on his truth social media platform — mr trump said he's due in court in miami, florida on tuesday — and defiantly protested his innocence. our north america correspondent, jessica parker, reports. the bombshell post on social media that set headlines running. earlier this evening, the news came from the defendant himself — donald trump told his millions of followers on truth social that he was going to be indicted. a sealed indictment has charged the former president of the united states in what is reportedly a seven—count indictment. breaking news tonight, the federal indictment of donald trump. - the first time in american history a former president has _ faced federal charges. donald trump declaring he had been indicted over what he calls the "boxes hoax". it was all a big hoax. you had two impeachments and they lost and we won.

and we had tremendous support. but that was a hoax and a scam. so i just want to tell you i'm an innocent man, i did nothing wrong. donald trump's mar—a—lago resort in florida. this case is about the potential mishandling of classified files after he left office. thousands of documents were seized at his home last year. some of them were marked as classified. while an indictment hasn't been published, mr trump's lawyers believe the former president faces obstruction, false statement and espionage act charges. he is due in court in miami on tuesday. you can expect a flurry of activity in the coming days. it sounds like donald trump may have to surrender himself to federal court next week, down in miami. but after that, you'll see a lull. there will be the occasional headline, maybe some information that comes out, but it most likely will be well into next year, if this case goes to trial, that you will see a jury convened and a trial kicked off.

so, yeah, that could be right in the middle of the presidential campaign season. donald trump, remember, wants to be president again. he has a base of fervent supporters. polls suggest he is currently leading the race to secure the republican nomination. that is after already being indicted in a separate case earlier this year in which he also denies wrongdoing. the first former president to be charged with a crime while he fights for re—election. this is not politics as usual, but, with donald trump, it never is. jessica parker, bbc news, in washington. thomas gift — associate professor of political science and director of the centre on us politics at university college london — gave us his analysis. we already saw what trump did to spin the new york indictment to his political advantage.

but this case is really amped up on steroids because it is an indictment by thejustice department. and really that is kind of the key. and so of course donald trump is going to make the case that essentially this isjustjoe biden through his essentially appointed attorney general trying to eliminate his most likely opponent in 202a. that is a huge deal because it has ramifications for the 2024 election. that is interesting because polling, and it has done in the past, tends to go up, it tends to go in donald trump's favour whenever he faces legal challenges. absolutely. it is hard not to predict this will help trump again because it always helps trump. we got a taste for that for example when we saw the fbi search in mar—a—lago. for trump, it puts momentum into his campaign at least in the short term. it helps fundraising, it helps poll numbers, it activates the base. it really sets the stage for trump to invoke

all the usual attacks, witchhunt, hoax, hitjob, weaponisation by the deep state. that is only amplified because it is unlikely that joe biden will also be indicted in his own classified documents case. of course it is important not to conflate the two, they are very different, because trump's allegedly involves obstruction and wilful misrepresentation. politically for the average republican vote that is semantics. the parallels are close enough that is not going to matter. vice—president pence as well. didn't he have, wasn't he also in possession of classified documents? he was, which makes this look a pattern, when you have the former vice president, the former president as well all facing similar charges. again the real issue here is that donald trump did not hand the documents over when he was asked for them. if he had done that, he could have avoided this entire fiasco altogether. that is the key distinction. again republicans will try to muddy the waters, with donald trump in particular.

that is why i think the parallels are strong enough they are just going to say this is two different cases, one being prosecuted, one is not, that is unfair. ukraine has accused russia of attacking evacuation points, for those affected by the kakhovka dam breach — after a person was killed by shelling in kherson. it comes as scientists from norway, say seismic signals detected in romania prove that there was an explosion in the area of the dam — and that it happened at the same time water began flowing downstream. president zelensky has visited the city — where he met local residents affected by the flooding. officials there confirmed that at least nine people, including police, medical and rescue personnel were wounded in the shelling. meanwhile, police in ukraine say at least one man has died

in a riverside village, in the neighbouring mykolaiv region which has been badly affected by the rising water levels. the city was one of the first that came under attack when the russian invasion began and has seen some of the fiercest fighting. ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky has urged the international community to provide aid to the flood—stricken areas of the russian—occupied eastern bank of the dnipro river in kherson region. he says some people are trapped and staying on rooftops without drinking water, food or medical aid. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams is in the ukrainian capital kyiv and has more. i think president zelensky feels that once again ukraine is having to face the consequences of this really by itself. there is assistance coming in but fundamentally, when it comes to the clean—up

and the provision of food and particularly the provision of water, notjust in kherson but the whole area affected by the consequences of that collapse of that dam, then it is very much ukraine which is already clearly a country under a colossal amount of strain that is having to deal with the consequences basically by itself. james was saying that it may be some time before we will get a definitive answer as to what happened on tuesday morning. but we have a few more clues today. first from a norwegian seismic institute report that at 2:51am on tuesday morning, a huge seismic event took place at precisely the location of that dam. that tells anyone who is still in any doubt about this that this was an explosion, a very, very large explosion detected more than 600 kilometres away in romania.

that almost certainly shows what happened was a very sizeable explosion. meanwhile, ukrainian intelligence has released a transcript and a recording of a phone conversation which they say, and we have not been able to verify this, is a conversation between two russian soldiers discussing russia's responsibility for blowing up the dam. as i say, we cannot confirm that, but the ukrainians have argued since last april that the dam had been mined by russian forces and now they are saying here are two russian soldiers talking about what happened. we are hearing fresh commitments from washington to provide precisely the kind of equipment that the ukrainians want and they want the ammunition supplies to sustain what is likely to be a four or five—month effort, which we are beginning to see unfolding now. we saw it at the beginning of the week, then attention

was focused on events down on the dnipro river and now once again there is a lot of conversation and chatter online and a lot of images appearing — showing armoured ukrainian units, some of them using leopard tanks which was obviously one of the principal requests and demands of the ukrainians from their western backers. those leopard tanks do now seem to be in action on the battlefront south of the city of zaporizhzhia. what ukrainians are doing is they are probing forward in a number of directions against very heavily fortified russian lines. looking for the point where they can push a significant column of armour through to break the russian line open and then push down to the sea. the ultimate objective is to divide russian territory in southern ukraine in two and that will leave russian forces on the western side

of that breach very isolated and possibly stranded. that is the objective, it is onlyjust beginning and possiblyjust this week, but it seems to be gathering pace. we will have more from ukraine, we will be speaking to one of our correspondence on the ground to get the latest. to france now where four children who were stabbed by a man while playing in a playground are, according to officials, all now in a stable condition. it's known one of the children is british and they're said to be aged between just one and three years old. investigations are continuing in the city of annecy where a suspect, said to be a syrian with refugee status in sweden,

is in police custody. we are expecting the french president to visit the hospital in annecy, he has already visited one hospital in grenoble, the grenoble university hospital. three children are there. the scene you can see is the hospital in annecy where we believe one of the four children is currently being treated. the distance between grenoble and annecy is just over one hour. distance between grenoble and annecy isjust over one hour. the french president emmanuel macron and his wife are visiting those who were injured in the stabbing. our correspondent lucy williamson has the latest. local officials have confirmed to us that all four children are now in a stable condition, although some are more seriously

injured than others, and the elderly man who was also wounded in the attack yesterday is still believed to be critical. the focus really is now on trying to understand why this attack happened. prosecutors have, so far, not come up with a clear motive. they say they are not treating it as terrorism. they say the suspect was not known to intelligence services and doesn't have a history of psychiatric illness, although i think it is fair to say that questions are being raised about his mental state. he's thought to have been homeless. the interior minister has confirmed that an asylum application he made here in france was rejected just a few days ago. later today he is due to have a psychiatric assessment. in the meantime, the shock and anger is clear across france. president emmanuel macron has said he will be visiting annecy later today. lucy williamson, bbc news, annecy. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

here's some of the day's other news — across the uk. recreational drugs, pesticides and medicines were found in sea water samples collected off the south coast of england. the researchers said they found more than 50 different chemical compounds. they include commonly prescribed medicines to treat diabetes and high blood pressure, as well as nicotine. traces of many chemicals were found inside the bodies of aquatic creatures like crabs and shrimp. loo roll, butter and ketchup are more expensive in the uk compared to some european neighbours, research for the bbc suggests. but the uk is the cheapest

for nappies and frozen pizza — when comparing the price of 23 food and non—food items in france, germany, italy, spain and the netherlands. you're live with bbc news. a 30 degree heatwave forecast for england and wales has led to the year's first heat health alert. the uk health security agency and met office's warning covers six regions in england, london, the east midlands, west midlands, east of england, south east and south west, and is in place from 9am friday until monday morning. parts of the country are predicted to be hotter than ibiza and tenerife over the weekend as a "plume of warm air" moves in from the south. cloud, rain and thunderstorms are also set to sweep in, with the nights becoming humid.

there will likely be some impacts across the health and social care sector with over—65s and those with pre—existing health conditions most at risk. live now to stroud where we can speak to professor isabel 0liver, the chief scientific officer at the uk health security agency. thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. could you detail why you thought it was necessary to place parts of the country but also the health sector and social care sector on alert? thank you and good morning. as you mentioned we can expect over the next few hours a rapid increase in temperature including high temperatures overnight. we know in these kind of conditions we can expect an increase in hospital

admissions and deaths. it is very important therefore that we all know what we can do to protect ourselves from these effects of high temperatures, and that is why we work closely with the met office to issue heat health alerts. the alerts are intended to inform the public but also health and social care so that we are all prepared and able to take action to make sure that we remain safe while enjoying the nice weather. in terms of how we remain safe, what are the precautions we should be taking? there are people as you mention who are most vulnerable to the health effects from high temperatures. those include people who are older or very young, but also people with heart and lung conditions. so they should be particularly aware and make sure they remain cool and

hydrated. we should also make an effort to check on those who are most vulnerable because sometimes they not always able to call themselves effectively. and generally, at these temperatures particularly the amber alert we have issued, that means temperatures could affect also the wider population, notjust the most vulnerable. so we should all take simple precautions such as drinking plenty of fluids, make sure we stay out of the sun when it is hottest, for example don't exercise in the middle of the day between 11am and 3pm. do so earlier or later in the day. make sure we call our homes, draw the curtains in rooms that are facing the sun. ventilate rooms when the temperatures are cooler earlier or later in the day. make sure we

use suncream, those other precautions. i am interested, could you tell us how closely do you work with the health and social care sector? because this is putting them on alert as well, how do they prepare? yes, we work very closely with them. the uk health security agency leads developments of adverse weather plans but we work closely with the nhs, with local authorities, the social care sector. we provide guidance and support them to make sure that through the alerts they are aware of when they can expect that increase in impact on their services. we work collaboratively to give guidance and information. the important thing to know is these

health effects we see with high temperatures are almost entirely preventable just by taking some simple measures. professor isabel 0liver, the chief scientific officer at the uk health security agency. home affairs ministers from the european union have approved an overhaul of the bloc�*s migration policies. the changes include plans to distribute migrants and refugees more fairly across member states. the proposals come as the number of migrants arriving in the mediterranean is up by 30% this year. live now to our europe regional editor paul moss who has more on this story. paul, how serious an issue is migration for the european union? you are going to have two forgive me if i give you a slightly contradictory answer. 0n the one hand we are talking about a very serious issue, a humanitarian issue.

as you say the numbers crossing the mediterranean have gone up, it was 160,000 last year. 2500 people drowned trying to cross the mediterranean. when they arrive in europe many are destitute, there are unaccompanied children. this means they need support. that means migration is a huge political issue in eu countries and indeed in britain. political parties in europe have won power standing on a policy we will cut the numbers of migrants, which is what giorgia meloni stood on as a major policy. 0n the other hand it is worth remembering the fact most migrants are not in europe, most, asylum seekers, are in poor countries, for example when afghanistan fell to the taliban again, there was much discussion about how many afghans should be allowed into europe. the total number was a few 100,000 across the entire continent. in pakistan alone there are 3.6 million

afghans. that gives a sense of proportion. 0n the other hand it is a major political issue across europe and there was a lot of pressure on these ministers to do a deal. in terms of pressure, how far did that go? as you said they have an agreement to share people out, migrants out on a quota basis. the trouble is that they haven't agreed numbers. secondly poland and hungary were not happy and said they didn't want any migrants. what they have agreed as a compromise is the countries which don't want to take migrants or the quota signed, they can pay, the number is 20,000 euros, equivalent to £16,000, paid out to a central fund for other countries to look after these migrants. they also said in a deal it would make it easier for countries to return migrants and notjust for countries to return migrants and not just to their for countries to return migrants and notjust to their homes, under this agreement, if migrants have for

example passed through tunisia or libya, they can be returned to those countries. so in terms of the european union and the block, how does britain fit in, does it mean the issue of migration is done? no, since brexit britain is no longer part of the eu and remains totally separate. this is a major issue over which the eu has agreed to cooperate. britain has to do deals with the eu and individual countries like france. thank you very much indeed. during a visit to washington dc, rishi sunak signed an agreement with president biden — boosting ties between the uk and the united states. the so—called atlantic declaration promises cooperation on advanced tech, clean energy and critical minerals. but it falls far short of the comprehensive free trade agreement with the us that the british government has been hoping for — and had promised as a benefit of leaving the european union.

staying in the us — and the east coast is experiencing the worst air quality in years as intense wildfires in canada continue to rage. we know that us presidentjoe biden spoke to canadian prime minister justin trudeau on thursday — and that the us has deployed more than 600 fire fighters to help battle the blazes. but in the meantime, nearly 100 million people across north america have been affected by hazardous air. this was the scene in washington dc — you can see the capitol building there, barely visible through the smog. and this was downtown philadelphia. people have been advised to stay indoors — and to avoid any strenuous outdoor activities.

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big changes, really, compared to what we've seen over the last few days. we're going to see temperatures rise and humidity rise right across the country by day and by night. with that, though, will come the chance of maybe a little bit of welcome rain, but for some a bit too much with some severe thunderstorms possible. thunderstorms today mainly limited to this cloud which has been gathering towards the south—west, channel islands, south—west england. away from that, a day of blue skies for the vast majority. the low cloud we saw earlier willjust linger around some eastern coasts of northern england and eastern scotland, so temperatures here again in the mid—teens at the highest. away from that, a warm afternoon, especially so towards the south. temperatures here already in hampshire up to around 27 degrees later. that could set off a few isolated showers, maybe thunderstorms here drifting towards wales overnight. still continue with some in the south—west. the cloud returns across the same sort of area as it did last night and it will still be a bit on the cool side for some of you, but those humidity levels already creeping up in the south. temperatures not dropping much lower than around 13 or 1a degrees. into tomorrow the low

cloud we've got to begin with will fade away quite quickly. some will linger around coasts of eastern scotland. later we should see some isolated, but pretty intense thunderstorms break out across the midlands, southern england and wales. many, though, will stay dry and a much warmer day, if not hot day. london, up towards the north—west of england, 28 to 30 celsius possible. 26 or 27 in western scotland. with humidity levels rising, temperatures don't drop away quickly by evening either. compared to what we've seen of late, this is quite a warm evening expected on saturday. temperatures staying above 20 degrees for some. 0vernight saturday into sunday, we'll see some storms around the west pushing into scotland and northern ireland. still there first thing. across western areas, always a bit more cloud on sunday with a few more showers and thunderstorms breaking out. pretty intense where you see them with hail mixed in too. compared to recently, eastern areas probably sunniest. all will see temperatures drop a little bit, but still another humid day for the vast majority. actually, around some eastern coasts, it could feel a touch warmer. then as we go through into the start of next week,

this area of high pressure, which before was out in the west, moved to scandinavia, starts to nudge its way back towards the north of us once again. there will be more showers and thunderstorms here and there, but most of you will stay dry, sunny and pretty warm, as well. that's how it's looking. take care.