lam i am live a suspect in the stabbing of four children in a french park has been charged with attempted murder. authorities say the victims are no longer in a life—threatening condition. four children found alive, including a one—year—old, a0 days after a plane crashed in the amazon in colombia. and, manchester city and inter milan fans pour into istanbulfor club football's biggest night — the champions league final. hello, i'm nancy kacungira. we start here in the uk where three conservative mps have now announced their resignations

in the past 2a hours, triggering a series of by—elections and raising questions about the future of rishi sunak�*s government. the latest to announce he's stepping down with immediate effect is nigel adams, a big supporter of former prime minister boris johnson. on friday another political ally of mrjohnson, nadine dorries, announced she was quitting, swiftly followed by the former prime minister himself, claiming he was the victim of a witchhunt. that's after he received an advance copy of a report into whether he deliberately misled parliament over covid lockdown parties at downing street. charlotte wright reports. he is rarely farfrom the headlines, and last night he made more. borisjohnson bowing out with a blistering statement. criticising everyone from the privileges committee who were due to decide

whether he lied to parliament over lockdown breaching apartments in downing street, to sue gray, who wrote the first report on those breaches, and the direction of his own party's government. borisjohnson has shown himself to be a coward once more. he has not held his hands up and taken responsibility as he should do. the privileges committee are a well—respected committee that are made up of a majority of tory mps, and he is trying to trash them, saying he has done nothing wrong. he is a man who can never hold his hands up to what he has done, and i think he's an absolute disgrace. today, one government minister refused to be drawn into a row. the determination of whether or not

he stands down is purely and they have to get their head out of the sand. sunak is a disaster for us. if the conservatives have any chance of winning the next election, we have to get boris back in a different capacity, and rally around him, not do him down. his final flourish was a list of honours and peerages handed out to his allies, including priti patel and jacob rees—mogg. but notably not nadine dorries, who had been hoping for a peerage but quit as mid bedfordshire mp hours before the list was published without her name on it. now the conservatives face

the prospect of two tricky by—elections before the summer break. there should be a general election. the chaos and division in the conservative party, the fact they are so out of touch on the cost of living, on the nhs, means you have to put this government out. you have to put the country out of its misery with these conservatives. number ten are yet to respond last night's allegations, and with a degree of ambiguity in mrjohnson�*s statement about what is next, many are wondering how long the former prime minister will remain on the political sidelines. live now to our conservative mp, sirjohn redwood. thank you very much forjoining us. can we start by getting your reaction to these three resignations in just a few hours?— in just a few hours? well, i am saddened _ in just a few hours? well, i am saddened for— in just a few hours? well, i am saddened for the _ in just a few hours? well, i am saddened for the party - in just a few hours? well, i am saddened for the party and - in just a few hours? well, i am saddened for the party and for| in just a few hours? well, i am i saddened for the party and for the country. it is not helpful, it is

not good, and it shows that i think we do need a statement from the prime minister urgently, reassuring or those who were strong boris fans that this party is for all conservatives and that it is going to be true to the best instincts and best policy is that former prime ministers were putting through, as well as the instance of our present one. �* ., . ., well as the instance of our present one. i ., . ., , well as the instance of our present one. �* ., , ,, .,~ one. but what could rishi sunak ossibl one. but what could rishi sunak possibly say _ one. but what could rishi sunak possibly say to _ one. but what could rishi sunak possibly say to reassure - possibly say to reassure conservatives who may be unhappy? well, i think conservatives who may be unhappy? well, ithink if conservatives who may be unhappy? well, i think if you read the long, detailed statement from boris johnson, there is in there a policy section where he says that conservatives expect lower taxes, not higher taxes, fewer taxes not more taxes, expect a good agenda for growth, would like the legislation on the 2090 manifested to be seen through, keen for brexit wins and thatis through, keen for brexit wins and that is all good sense. i think rishi sunak could easily have said that, but i think what we want is

reassurance from the prime minister and that is very much his agenda and examples of how he is pursuing that agenda. clearly, some of my colleagues don't feel they are very welcome on the journey, so the three of them have now decided to get off the bus altogether. find of them have now decided to get off the bus altogether.— of them have now decided to get off the bus altogether. and how much of this is about — the bus altogether. and how much of this is about policy, _ the bus altogether. and how much of this is about policy, and _ the bus altogether. and how much of this is about policy, and how- the bus altogether. and how much of this is about policy, and how much i this is about policy, and how much of it is about personality? obviously, borisjohnson has cut quite a divisive figure. he could have chosen to stay on and work with rishi sunak but he chose to resign. this is not about his own personal circumstances, rather funny wider policy debate? i circumstances, rather funny wider policy debate?— policy debate? i call politics, it's a bit of both, — policy debate? i call politics, it's a bit of both, isn't _ policy debate? i call politics, it's a bit of both, isn't it? _ a bit of both, isn't it? personalities can rub each other up the wrong way, or groups can disagree with other groups. it has been true of labour in office, and is now true of the conservatives in office. but that also are policy issues at stake here. there is a feeling when too many conservative members and some mps, including the three whojust express

members and some mps, including the three who just express their views forcefully by their actions, that the government needs to be a bit more conservative, it needs to concentrate more on the growth agenda, rather more on the lower taxes and a brexit wins. we seem to have several months where that has been sidelined, or where tax has been sidelined, or where tax has been going up. is been sidelined, or where tax has been going op— been going up. is this the end of boris johnson — been going up. is this the end of boris johnson 's _ been going up. is this the end of boris johnson 's career - been going up. is this the end of boris johnson 's career in - been going up. is this the end of boris johnson 's career in front l borisjohnson �*s career in front line politics, or do you think he still has more road?— line politics, or do you think he still has more road? well, boris 's career is for _ still has more road? well, boris 's career is for him _ still has more road? well, boris 's career is for him to _ still has more road? well, boris 's career is for him to judge. - still has more road? well, boris 's career is for him to judge. he - still has more road? well, boris 's career is for him to judge. he has | career is for him tojudge. he has just decided, against the wishes of many other conservatives, that he does not want to be an mp for the time being. clearly he not going anywhere in national politics in the conventional sense from here because, if you want to be a leader of the conservative party you do need to be a member of parliament. but of course, he will remain an influence over our politics, which is why the prime minister has to listen carefully to what boris has been saying, and think about what boris �*s followers believe because there are a lot of boris followers out there. some are not willing, according to the opinion polls, to

vote conservative at the moment. i would like to help wind them back, so they need to be a bit of boris magic in the conservative offer. we will leave it there, thank you for your time today. live now to our uk political correspondent rob watson. good to have you back with us, rob. just speaking there to sirjohn, is it about the policy of the personality and he seems to suggest that at least some of this is about rishi sunak �*s policy. i5 that at least some of this is about rishi sunak 's policy.— rishi sunak 's policy. is it? well, i think as sir _ rishi sunak 's policy. is it? well, i think as sirjohn _ rishi sunak 's policy. is it? well, i think as sirjohn redwood - rishi sunak 's policy. is it? well, i think as sirjohn redwood said l rishi sunak 's policy. is it? well, | i think as sirjohn redwood said it is definitely both. politics is not just about policy and it is notjust about personality. but actually, it was fascinating listening to sir john redwood, who clearly is everyone can understand, he very much represents the right of the governing conservative party, the kind of conservatives who want very much a small stake lower tax and is

very pro—brexit. indeed, he always has been. but you could see listening to him, how difficult it is going to be full rishi sunak to make him happy. actually, both by european standards and actually by the recent history of the governing conservative party, rishi sunak would consider himself very much on the right of the conservative party, but he too was very much in favour of brexit. he was an early supporter of brexit. he was an early supporter of borisjohnson and certainly would like to see a smaller state and lower tax. so you can see the difficulty that rishi sunak is going to face on the policy front because he would say were actually, there's probably not that much difference between me and sirjohn redwood in many ways. so clearly, there is an element of personality, as well as not delivering on policy, as sir john redwood and others on the right of the party would see it. it’s of the party would see it. it's interesting. _ of the party would see it. it's interesting, that distinction you point out, in how right rishi sunak

needs to be in some of these policies. butjust how deep are the divisions in the conservative party because you just suggested earlier that we may be looking at civil war if these risks continue within the party. if these risks continue within the .a . �* ., , if these risks continue within the party. again, rishi sunak would very much consider _ party. again, rishi sunak would very much consider himself— party. again, rishi sunak would very much consider himself a _ party. again, rishi sunak would very much consider himself a man - party. again, rishi sunak would very much consider himself a man of - party. again, rishi sunak would very much consider himself a man of the | much consider himself a man of the right, or centre—right. as to your question, how deep are the divisions question, how deep are the divisions question mark we journalists always have to be careful about using words like civil war, phrases like civil war, but clearly, the emotions are very strong in the governing conservative party. i mean, that people like borisjohnson and really like him, they see him as their maligned hero, the man who led them partly to the land of brexit, but they haven't got there yet. but others in the conservative party think borisjohnson is exactly what is wrong about british politics, it

is wrong about british politics, it is all about him, all about victims, so clearly, you can see the potential for a lot of unpleasantness in the governing conservative party. i guess what we will all be watching for is, does this die down after the weekend, is there going to be some unpleasantness? we've already heard a lot of it from johnson allies, criticising rishi sunak. will it die down after it's all out of the way over the next couple of days, or will it develop into something more serious? and one other night i should bring up. nigel adams, who we mentioned, and nadine dorries, two mps who have resigned are very much borisjohnson loyalists, we don't know yet because they didn't say in their statements said that they had resigned with two fingers up at riches on —— at rishi sunak intervals borisjohnson, but they haven't said it. intervals boris johnson, but they haven't said it.— intervals boris johnson, but they haven't said it. good to have your thou . hts. haven't said it. good to have your thoughts. thank _ haven't said it. good to have your

thoughts. thank you. _ president volodymyr zelensky has confirmed that his country's counter offensive against occupying russian forces is under way. this follows a week of such speculation, following an escalation of fighting in the south and east of the country. his comments followed talks that he had held in kyiv with the visiting canadian prime minister, justin trudeau. let's speak to our chief presenter yalda hakim, who's in kyiv. good to see you. it was a long journey for you to get there, but what were your first impressions? nancy, thank you. yes, it was a long journey, about 12 hours on the road from poland to hear. but when we arrived just in the last hour or so, i have been at that press conference with resident zelensky and the canadian prime minister, justin trudeau. really, as you say, after much speculation around whether this counteroffensive has begun or not, and it has been going on for about the last week or so, president

zelensky was asked directly about the counteroffensive. he was asked whether it had started, what was happening, what were some of the details he could give. of course, the ukrainians have been so tight—lipped about this. they have been holding their cards close to their chest, and very little information has been coming out. but he did actually confirm. let's hear what he had to say. translation: the counter offensive and defensive actions are taking place in ukraine. i will not speak at which phase they are, but i am sure that we will feel all of that definitely. he was quite vague when he talked about the operation. he said, i speak to my commanders every single day and they feel quite positive. that has been the rhetoric that has come out from president zelensky today, but of course the canadian prime minister, justin trudeau, was

also here, and he gave that same line that we keep hearing from western leaders, that we will stand with ukraine for as long as it takes, and whatever it takes. he also spoke about the need to continue to provide aid and the weaponry that is much needed here in ukraine. in addition, today i am announcing that canada will be part of the multinational efforts to train fighter pilots, and to maintain and support ukraine's fighterjet programme, leveraging canadian expertise in these areas. we will also be contributing to the multinational leopard tank maintenance initiative. we will provide an additional 288 aim seven missiles, which will support ukraine in its efforts to defend ukrainian skies. and from existing funds, we will provide 10,000 rounds of 105 millimetres ammunition to the ukraine security forces.

president zelensky expressed his gratitude for the support that canada, the western world, has been providing to the ukrainian people. he was asked whether he had any comments after vladimir putin had said that the counteroffensive by ukraine has begun. he sort of dimmest missed the remarks and said, i'm glad that he is feeling this counteroffensive. —— dismissed the remarks. there was this humour and dismissing of vladimir putin at this press conference. justin trudeau is here, we are not sure how long, but it is part of a wave of western leaders making their way to the ukrainian capital to pledge their support in the middle of this conflict that continues. you wouldn't realise that when you are here in kyiv, that this war is raging on, but of course it is intensifying and the epicentre of it really is in the east and the south—east of the country.

really is in the east and the south-east of the country. thank you very much- — now, it's time for a look at today's sport. the build—up to the champions league final in istanbul is in full swing, with manchester city looking to complete a treble later — if they can beat inter milan, a team who've won this comwe're just few hours away from kick off, in the champions league final in istanbul, a city famous for european final nights. ollie foster is there for us. city will be the favourites but will the players be feeling the pressure? i’m players be feeling the pressure? i'm sure players be feeling the pressure? i“n sure they will be a little bit. nerves are no bad thing. we arejust underfive hours until nerves are no bad thing. we arejust under five hours until kick off here and the focus of manchester city has been notjust since knocking out real madrid in the incredible victory at the etihad, a real statement victory that makes them

clear favourites in the final, but they have been focused on this final four months because they have felt, with what they have in their armoury now, that this is the year that they can crack it. and behind them now they have got another premier league title, and the fa cup, which makes this an even more historic and special achievement, this an even more historic and specialachievement, if this an even more historic and special achievement, if they can beat inter—milan. you talk about nerves and pressure, seven of what we expect to be pep guardiola �*s starters against inter milan will have started that final two years ago in porto that they lost against chelsea. pep guardiola did something very strange with his team selection, something that he has not apologised for, but does admit that he got things very badly wrong on the night. what have they done since then? they have made some key acquisitions. jack greenish, and of course, the 52 goal man, girling harland. of course, with that core of players in the starting 11 tonight he will have had experience

of losing a final, of course there will be nerves and pressure because they know what is at stake. ruben dias was one of those on the losing side two years ago. the dias was one of those on the losing side two years ago.— side two years ago. the biggest mistake we _ side two years ago. the biggest mistake we can _ side two years ago. the biggest mistake we can make _ side two years ago. the biggest mistake we can make is - side two years ago. the biggest mistake we can make is to - side two years ago. the biggest l mistake we can make is to forget that this — mistake we can make is to forget that this is — mistake we can make is to forget that this is a final and people can say whatever they want, but in my mind, _ say whatever they want, but in my mind, in— say whatever they want, but in my mind, in our— say whatever they want, but in my mind, in our mind, they are favourites— mind, in our mind, they are favourites in the game. it's a final and the _ favourites in the game. it's a final and the final will always be a final no matter— and the final will always be a final no matter what you have done to reach _ no matter what you have done to reach it. — no matter what you have done to reach it. to — no matter what you have done to reach it, to get to hear. when you are actually— reach it, to get to hear. when you are actually here, you can only start _ are actually here, you can only start to — are actually here, you can only start to be _ are actually here, you can only start to be a favourite when you start _ start to be a favourite when you start to — start to be a favourite when you start to do _ start to be a favourite when you start to do things and get into the picture _ start to do things and get into the icture. ., ., ,, ., , ., picture. so, not taking anything for ranted picture. so, not taking anything for granted there- _ picture. so, not taking anything for granted there. what _ picture. so, not taking anything for granted there. what challenge - picture. so, not taking anything for granted there. what challenge can | picture. so, not taking anything for i granted there. what challenge can we expect from inter milan, 18 and a manager who know how to wind in finals yes, he has played in 12 or 13 finals and only lost one as a player.

13 finals and only lost one as a -la er. ., ~ . 13 finals and only lost one as a .la er, ., ' ., 13 finals and only lost one as a -la er. ., ~ ., ., ., 13 finals and only lost one as a .la er. ., ~ ., ., ., ., player. into milan came out of a u-rou player. into milan came out of a group that _ player. into milan came out of a group that included _ player. into milan came out of a group that included barcelona . player. into milan came out of a l group that included barcelona and bayern munich in the semifinals they got past ac milan, their fierce rivals. they will be battle hardened, but they do appreciate that they are underdogs. so they were asked a lot in their pre—match conference yesterday whether they feared manchester city and all those attacking talents. if it is not erling haaland, it is bernado silva, kevin de bruyne, or city �*s captain who has been coming up with key goals at key moments. bass tony, one of the italian players in that defence say the only fear murderers, these are football players. we will be approaching this with no fear, but with just the right level of tension. but with 'ust the right level of tension. , . tension. indeed, very much looking forward to the _ tension. indeed, very much looking forward to the game _ tension. indeed, very much looking forward to the game later - tension. indeed, very much looking forward to the game later on. - tension. indeed, very much looking forward to the game later on. ollie | forward to the game later on. ollie foster in istanbul, thank you. in the test match final between australia and india, australia are leading leaving india with a record

144 to win. you can catch up with all of that on our website. also along with details of the french open women's final. it's all on the usual address on the bbc website. see you soon. a french prosecutor says a man suspected of stabbing four young children in annecy is under formal investigation for attempted murder and will appear in court later today. the four children include a three—year—old british girl. two adults were also injured in a park in annecy on thursday. the authorities say the victims are no longer in a life—threatening condition. let's hearfrom the regional prosecutor line bonnet—mathis. i spoke to our paris correspondent, hugh schofield, who had the latest. what often happens in these cases is that this is all coming out through off the record briefings to journalists, and it requires then a formal press conference debated on record with established fact. you know, various details about the suspect, and also about the children.

the children — obviously it is good news that they are all out of danger. the british girl, we are told, can probably leave hospital in the coming days. and about the suspect himself. it is confirming again what we knew about his background. some detail also about how he is behaving in custody. clearly, he is not cooperating, he is remaining silent and not talking to his questioners. and in some moments, curled up in the corner of his cell, not willingly coming to the hearing with the judge and having to be bundled by officers into the car, and so on. he is clearly a man in a troubled psychological state. and the other extra detail that we have got is that he will be placed under formal investigation for attempted murder. that doesn't suggest that, despite his lack of cooperation, they seem to have ruled that he is fit to withstand this investigation.

yes. there will be more psychological tests to come, but at this point, the psychological tests and questioning he has come under have not convinced officials, and the prosecutors office, that he is not able to continue in the classicjudicial procedure. he has been placed in a classic way under formal investigation for attempted murder which is utterly predictable. the only possibility was that they said he was not able to withstand this and should go to hospital straightaway, but that is not the case. we did have confirmation again that what is not being given priority in all of this is any aspect of terrorism. that is clearly not what is in the forefront of the minds of the prosecutors and the people questioning the man. hugh schofield with that update from paris. now this story is extremely.

—— extraordinary. four children have been found alive after surviving a plane crash and spending 40 days fending for themselves in colombia's amazon jungle. their mother, the pilot and co—pilot all died in the crash. colombia's president said the rescue was "a joy for the whole country". simonjones reports. airlifted to safety from the jungle after a story of survival against the odds. these pictures released by the colombian president were the first confirmation that the four rescued children wrapped in foil blankets were alive. they were found by the military after a huge and long search. the children forced to fend for themselves for more than five weeks. translation: together the military forces and the indigenous _ communities that helped with the search efforts found the children after 40 days. they were on their own. they are an example of survival that will go down in history. today, those children are the children of peace

and the children of colombia. hundreds of soldiers had been involved in the desperate hunt for the children, aged 13, nine, four and one. message plays. a recorded message was played from the air, instructing them, if they heard it, to stay still and wait for help. they had been missing since the start of may when the plane they were in crashed. the bodies of the children's mother, the pilot and the co—pilot were found. but there was hope the children were still alive after items left behind by them, including a drinking bottle and half—eaten fruit were found. the children belong to the huitoto indigenous group. it's thought their knowledge of fruits and jungle survival skills helped keep them safe. their family can scarcely believe this moment has come. translation: we are happy - because until now we couldn't sleep,

couldn't be happy, couldn't talk. for us, the situation was like being in the dark, living for the sake of living, because the hope of finding them kept us alive. when we found the children, we feltjoy. we don't know what to do, but we are grateful to god. the children have been flown to the capital, bogota, for a full medical assessment. they are weak, they are tired, but their rescuers are calling this a magical day. simon jones, bbc news. what an amazing end to an otherwise tragic story. do stay with us here on bbc news and remove you can find all our stories on our website. i will bring you the headlines in just a little while. don't go away. a hot summers day for many across

the country with damages in excess of 30 degrees. i'm sure it was too hot but those across the east coast of england were probably cheering when they saw blue skies and sunshine throughout the day because you have seen that low cloud folsom time. in actualfact, we had quite a lot of sunshine generally across the country this saturday. down into the south—west, though, a different story. outbreaks of showery rain. for parts of south—west england and wales, we have not seen rain the overfour wales, we have not seen rain the over four weeks, wales, we have not seen rain the overfour weeks, so wales, we have not seen rain the over four weeks, so welcome wales, we have not seen rain the overfour weeks, so welcome news. you can just about make the rain drops out on the top of the water here in padstow, cornwall. as we go into sunday, we are going to start off with a lot of sunshine and once again, the heat is going to build. by again, the heat is going to build. by the middle of the afternoon, we still have a risk of a sharp, thundery downpours. they will be very hit and miss and not everyone will see them. if you queue catch one and you will know about it. temperatures once again in south—east england, high 20s or low 30s not out of the question. a little bit cooler and fresher further north and west but still the

risk of sharp showers here, and we continue to see the risk of sharp, thundery downpours across much of scotland. just the northern isles staying wet at times, and a little bit cooler. temperatures of 14 celsius. with all that sunshine abound, no surprise to hear that uv and pollen levels remain high to very high. as we move into monday, we still have the risk of some sharp, thundery downpours. slightly cloudy skies out of the west, and perhaps the best of the weather out to the east because we have got that light south easterly flow. showers should be for you and far between on monday afternoon, and temperatures down just a degree or so. monday afternoon, and temperatures downjust a degree or so. it is going to take its time, but we are likely to see highs generally mid 20s, perhaps up to 27 celsius. that is 82 fahrenheit. moving out of monday and into tuesday, we have still got very little in the way of significant rainfall to come across the country, and the winds will

start to turn to more of an easterly direction. that means that further west we continue to see some dry, sunny and warm weather, but even out of the east, we continue to see the cloud staying away and plenty of sunshine, but not quite as warm.

this is bbc news. the headlines: in the uk, the conservative party face three by—elections, as yet another mp dramatically quits parliament.

it comes as former prime minister borisjohnson claims he was forced