i'm yalda hakim, lives in ukraine's capital. i've been at a press conference where president zelensky has at the counteroffensive has begun. translation: i begun. translation: :, ,, w begun. translation: :, ,, a, translation: i will not speak what fees they are. _ translation: i will not speak what fees they are, but _ translation: i will not speak what fees they are, but i'm _ translation: i will not speak what fees they are, but i'm sure - translation: i will not speak what fees they are, but i'm sure that - translation: i will not speak what fees they are, but i'm sure that we | fees they are, but i'm sure that we will feel_ fees they are, but i'm sure that we will feel all— fees they are, but i'm sure that we will feel all of that definitely. i would — will feel all of that definitely. i would not trust these telegram channels, in particular putin. 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 istanbul for 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, to be 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. three by—elections will now be held at a time when rishi sunak�*s conservative party is languishing in the opinion polls. charlotte wright reports. he's rarely far from the headlines. and last night he made more borisjohnson bowing out 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'd lied to parliament over lockdown, lied to parliament over lockdown breaching parties in downing street to sue gray, who wrote the first report on those breaches and the direction of his own party's government. well, i think borisjohnson has shown himself to be a coward once more. you know, he's not held his hands up and taken responsibility as he should do. the privileges committee, a well—respected committee that are made up of a majority of tory mps and he's just tried to trash them and say, "i've got no "responsibility, i've done nothing wrong." he's a man that can never hold his hands up to what he's 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 should stand down was purely a decision for the former prime minister, and that's where that rests. our focus is on delivering on the priorities of the british people. that's where the prime minister's focus is. that's the priority of all of government. borisjohnson has been

at the forefront of british politics for two decades, previously as mayor of london... ..and then the frontman of the brexit campaign. in the 2019 general election, he won the tories their biggest majority for 30 years. but it was a series of scandals, including partygate, that led to his downfall last year. while conservative mps are divided, very few of his backers are willing to appear on camera today. but not this one. it's a disaster. we'll lose huge numbers of mps and they've got to get their head out the sand. you know, sunak is the disaster for us. if the conservatives have any chance of winning the next election, we've got 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 honours forformer ministers priti patel and jacob rees—mogg. but notably not nadine dorries, who it's reported had been hoping for a peerage but quit as an mp hours before the list was published without her name on it. now the conservative party faces

the prospect of three tricky by—elections before the summer break. there should actually be a general election. i think the chaos and division in the conservative party, the fact that they're so out of touch on the cost of living on the nhs, it means we've got to put this government out,and the country out of its misery with these conservatives. a degree of ambiguity in mr johnson's statement about what's next, many are wondering how long the former prime minister will remain on the political sidelines. charlotte wright, bbc news. the former conservative minister, sirjohn redwood, says he has some serious concerns. i'm 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, simply reassuring all those who were very strong boris fans or strong liz fans

that this party is for all conservatives and it is going to be true to the best instincts and the best policies the former prime ministers were putting through, as well as to the instincts of our present one. well as to the instincts of our present one-— well as to the instincts of our resent one. �* . ., ., , present one. but what good rishi sunak possibly — present one. but what good rishi sunak possibly say _ present one. but what good rishi sunak possibly say to _ present one. but what good rishi sunak possibly say to reassure i sunak possibly say to reassure conservatives who are currently unhappy? iiii conservatives who are currently unha-- ? i. conservatives who are currently unhau ? . , ., unhappy? if you read the very long, detailed statement _ unhappy? if you read the very long, detailed statement from _ unhappy? if you read the very long, detailed statement from boris - detailed statement from boris johnson, there is and there are a policy section, and they say conservatives expect lower taxes not higher taxes, fewer taxes not more taxes, expect a good agenda for growth, would like the legislation on the 2019 manifesto seen through, and are very keen for brexit wins. that is all good sense. i think rishi sunak could easily have said that, but what i think we want is reassurance from the prime minister. that is very much his agenda, and then examples of how he is pursuing that agenda, because clearly some of my colleagues don't feel they are very welcome on the journey, so much

so that three of them have decided to get off the bus altogether. earlier i asked the director of the institute for government, dr hannah white, what it means that borisjohnson has decided to step aside in this manner. i think that he has looked at what is likely— i think that he has looked at what is likely to — i think that he has looked at what is likely to happen now that the privileges committee has drawn its conclusions, and decided, really, to take the _ conclusions, and decided, really, to take the easy way out. he knows that, _ take the easy way out. he knows that, if— take the easy way out. he knows that, if the — take the easy way out. he knows that, if the privileges committee is making, _ that, if the privileges committee is making, as — that, if the privileges committee is making, as we assume, we haven't seen _ making, as we assume, we haven't seen the _ making, as we assume, we haven't seen the report, but he has, a recommendation that he should be suspended for more than ten days, ten sitting — suspended for more than ten days, ten sitting days, because he misled parliament in a way that was not 'ust parliament in a way that was not just inadvertent but in some way either— just inadvertent but in some way either deliberate or reckless, then that sort— either deliberate or reckless, then that sort of suspension would trigger— that sort of suspension would trigger the repo call —— the recall of mps _ trigger the repo call —— the recall of we act, — trigger the repo call —— the recall of mps act, and if the house of commons _ of mps act, and if the house of commons agreed that that suspension should _ commons agreed that that suspension should he _ commons agreed that that suspension should be imposed, he would

potentially be subject to a by—election. i think it is a little bit ironic— by—election. i think it is a little bit ironic that he says in his resignation letter that the process he has _ resignation letter that the process he has been subject is anti—democratic, but he has explicitly_ anti—democratic, but he has explicitly rejected the opportunity to submit himself to two very democratic processes, won a vote in the house _ democratic processes, won a vote in the house of— democratic processes, won a vote in the house of commons, and put secondly— the house of commons, and put secondly a — the house of commons, and put secondly a by—election. if it the house of commons, and put secondly a by-election.- secondly a by-election. if it is a case ofjumping _ secondly a by-election. if it is a case ofjumping before - secondly a by-election. if it is a case ofjumping before you - secondly a by-election. if it is a case ofjumping before you are| case ofjumping before you are pushed, what happens with the committee now? their mandate was to hold him to account. what committee now? their mandate was to hold him to account.— hold him to account. what the committee — hold him to account. what the committee has _ hold him to account. what the committee has said _ hold him to account. what the committee has said is - hold him to account. what the committee has said is that - hold him to account. what the l committee has said is that they hold him to account. what the - committee has said is that they plan to meet— committee has said is that they plan to meet early next week. they have made _ to meet early next week. they have made a _ to meet early next week. they have made a strong statement that they believe _ made a strong statement that they believe that the things that boris johnson — believe that the things that boris johnson has said about the committee have impugned its integrity and the integrity— have impugned its integrity and the integrity of the house of commons. based _ integrity of the house of commons. based on _ integrity of the house of commons. based on precedent, i would expect them _ based on precedent, i would expect them to— based on precedent, i would expect them to go— based on precedent, i would expect them to go ahead and publish their report _ them to go ahead and publish their report. they weren't giving boris johnson — report. they weren't giving boris johnson the chance to comment on

that in— johnson the chance to comment on that in private, he has obviously forgotten — that in private, he has obviously forgotten that opportunity and made the comments in public, so i would expect— the comments in public, so i would expect him — the comments in public, so i would expect him to publish that report, and i_ expect him to publish that report, and i expect based on precedent for the government to give the house of commons _ the government to give the house of commons an opportunity to vote. whether— commons an opportunity to vote. whether or— commons an opportunity to vote. whether or not he is still there, i would _ whether or not he is still there, i would expect that to happen, as happened indeed with his former colleague, owen paterson, who had resigned _ colleague, owen paterson, who had resigned his seat, but the house went— resigned his seat, but the house went on— resigned his seat, but the house went on to — resigned his seat, but the house went on to debate the report on his conduct _ went on to debate the report on his conduct and — went on to debate the report on his conduct and take a view on what the sanction— conduct and take a view on what the sanction would have been had he not left the _ sanction would have been had he not left the house. in ukraine, president volodymyr zelensky has for the first time publically confirmed that his country's counter—offensive against occupying russian forces is under way. it follows a week of such speculation, following an escalation of fighting in the south and east of the country. his comments followed talks he'd held in kyiv with the visiting

canadian prime minister, justin trudeau. let's speak to the bbc�*s yalda hakim who's in kyiv and has been listening to zelensky speak. as you say, for the last week there has been so much speculation. has this counteroffensive begun, has it not? forseveral this counteroffensive begun, has it not? for several months, we've been talking about the so—called spring offensive, which really has become more of a summer offensive. really, the windows that ukrainians had to push russian forces back. today, as you say, i went to this press conference where president zelensky was holding at the press conference with the canadian prime minister, justin trudeau, who was visiting the ukrainian capital. at it, he said when he was asked about the counteroffensive, he said that it has started, but i don't want to give you details. he said he speaks to his commanders daily, and they are in good spirits. they are feeling positive. let's have a listen to what he had to say.

translation: . ., ., . translation: the counter and defence actions are taking _ translation: the counter and defence actions are taking place _ translation: the counter and defence actions are taking place in _ translation: the counter and defence actions are taking place in ukraine. - actions are taking place in ukraine. iwill— actions are taking place in ukraine. i will not _ actions are taking place in ukraine. i will not speak at what stage or phase _ i will not speak at what stage or phase they are, but i am sure that we will— phase they are, but i am sure that we will feel— phase they are, but i am sure that we will feel all of that definitely. i we will feel all of that definitely. i would — we will feel all of that definitely. i would not trust these or those telegram — i would not trust these or those telegram channels, and in particular putin _ telegram channels, and in particular putin it _ telegram channels, and in particular putin. it seems to me we had lots of occasions _ putin. it seems to me we had lots of occasions and steps after which we understood that we could not trust this kind _ understood that we could not trust this kind of— understood that we could not trust this kind of information. we need to trust, _ this kind of information. we need to trust. as— this kind of information. we need to trust. as it _ this kind of information. we need to trust, as it seems to me, our military, — trust, as it seems to me, our military, our— trust, as it seems to me, our military, our soldiers, and daily i am in— military, our soldiers, and daily i am in touch— military, our soldiers, and daily i am in touch with our commanders. that reference to president putin was when a ukrainian journalist said to him in the last 2a hours vladimir putin has said that the counteroffensive has begun for the ukrainian side. he said, why is he

talking about ukraine's counteroffensive? he must be feeling it. it is good that he is feeling it. it is good that he is feeling it. he was quite dismissive when asked about vladimir putin, but was very complimentary of the canadian prime minister, and said that canada has stood side by side with the ukrainians from the very beginning of this conflict. justin trudeau talked about the pledges that canada continues to meet ukraine. just have a listen. in addition, today i'm announcing that canada — in addition, today i'm announcing that canada will— in addition, today i'm announcing that canada will be _ in addition, today i'm announcing that canada will be part - in addition, today i'm announcing that canada will be part of - in addition, today i'm announcing that canada will be part of the... | that canada will be part of the... providing — that canada will be part of the... providing fighter— that canada will be part of the... providing fighter pilots, - that canada will be part of the... l providing fighter pilots, leveraging canadian _ providing fighter pilots, leveraging canadian expertise _ providing fighter pilots, leveraging canadian expertise in _ providing fighter pilots, leveraging canadian expertise in this - providing fighter pilots, leveraging canadian expertise in this area. . we will also be contributing - to the multinational leopard tank maintenance initiative. we will provide an additional

288 aim—7 missiles, - we will provide an additional 288 aim—7 missiles, 288 - aim—7 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. that was justin trudeau, the canadian that wasjustin trudeau, the canadian prime minister, talking about the various pledges that canada will be making to ukraine. of course, we have also heard from the us. they have said they will provide another $2 billion worth of support to ukraine. we are also hearing from various other countries, the united kingdom for example, has said that it will provide support in aid for those people affected by the breach of the dam in the south of the country. so, the international support continues for the government here in kyiv, both militarily as well as the aid is this fighting rages on, but what was significant out of that press conference was president zelensky saying that this counteroffensive has begun. as we have been saying, the ukrainians

have been saying, the ukrainians have remained extremely tight—lipped and holding their cards very close to their chest about this counteroffensive, although i do believe that eventually we will get more information that will come out as this counteroffensive continues. it will go on for several months, probably until about october or november, when, of course, the weather changes, and these words are very impacted with the kind of weather that we see. —— these waters. it will change the nature of this conflict. ukraine has the window of a few months, and they say they will fight for the future of this country. is they will fight for the future of this country-— they will fight for the future of this country. is the saying goes, know the enemy, _ this country. is the saying goes, know the enemy, no _ this country. is the saying goes, know the enemy, no yourself, i this country. is the saying goes, - know the enemy, no yourself, know the weather. yalda hakim, thank you very much. manchester city take on inter milan in the final of the champions league this evening in istanbul. thousands of fans are in istanbul ahead of the final later today.

man city are looking to complete the treble, having already won the premier league and fa cup this season. live now to istanbul and our sports correspondent olly foster. there is everything to play for four man city, this is big.— man city, this is big. expectations on their shoulders, _ man city, this is big. expectations on their shoulders, the _ man city, this is big. expectations on their shoulders, the team - man city, this is big. expectations l on their shoulders, the team should be arriving here at the ataturk stadium in the next hour or so. manchester city, every time they step onto the pitch, because they are so good, and because they have dispatched every opposition it seems before them, they are expected to win here against inter milan, to lift the champions league trophy for the first time. two years ago, though, they were expected to beat chelsea in an all english final that was held in portugal, and they lost that. city have continuously been

knocking on the door of the european elite, and it isjust knocking on the door of the european elite, and it is just this trophy that they crave to complete what has been an astonishing 15 years since they were taken over by abu dhabi's sheikh mansour and the wealth that he has brought to the club, they have won seven premier league trophies. under pep guardiola, their spanish manager, five in the last six years. he hasn't won this champions league trophy since his days at barcelona. he won it twice with them. it is something he is looking to get his hands on as well. for this group of city players, the police are beautifully, they are a ioy police are beautifully, they are a joy to watch, —— they play so beautifully, they are a joy to watch, and you just feel it could be the day for them.— the day for them. they have only lost one of— the day for them. they have only lost one of the _ the day for them. they have only lost one of the last _ the day for them. they have only lost one of the last 26 _ the day for them. they have only lost one of the last 26 games, i the day for them. they have only | lost one of the last 26 games, but having said that, football can produce surprising results. inter milan are not to be underestimated?

now, they are european champions. you have to go back tojose mourinho's inter in 2010 for the last time they won it, but under simoni inzaghi they have become cup specialists. there are italian cup winners back to back, they finished third in serie a, there are some very fine players, and they try and soak up pressure with five defenders at the back. pep guardiola knows that will be tough for his team. they have a world cup winner, lautaro martinez who will be leading the line for them, lukaku, dzeko, but the feeling is that they just cannot make any mistakes against the city team. asked whether this city team should be feared, one of their defenders, alessandro bastoni, he said we only fear murderers, these arejust said we only fear murderers, these are just football players we are up

against. like you said, this is a final and anything can happen. this inter—team, they come into this final with no fear, and with just the right amount of tension. these champions league final is to always produce a story. but we just feel with the way that city are playing, the season that they have had, you just feel that it could be their story, and that they are fully expected to complete, as you say, the treble, and that is a very rare achievement indeed. it is the treble, and that is a very rare achievement indeed.— achievement indeed. it is their sto , achievement indeed. it is their story. but _ achievement indeed. it is their story, but definitely _ achievement indeed. it is their story, but definitely also - achievement indeed. it is their story, but definitely also their| story, but definitely also their fans�* story, you're just looking at live pictures of them ahead of this match gathered istanbul and this champions league final between manchester city and inter milan. it looks like high energy indeed stop ollie foster, thank you very much forjoining us. we set

here in the uk, devon and cornwall police say that a 16—year—old boy police say that a 16—year—old has been charged with two counts of attempted murder and one count of grievous bodily harm with intent over a violent assault on two teenage boys and an adult at blundell�*s school in tiverton on friday. the two boys, who are students at the school, remain in hospital at this time. one of the boys is in a critical condition and the other boy remains in a stable, but serious, condition. their families are with them and are being supported by officers. a french prosecutor says a man suspected of stabbing four young children in annecy has been charged with attempted murder and will appear in court later today. the four children include a 3—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. translation: the prosecution service of annecy opened a judicial case - for attempted murder.

the prosecution service put the assailant in provisional custody, and this afternoon he was going to be taken to court and he will appear before the judge. the four children are still in hospital. and out of the four children, we have two french nationals and the two others is a young boy who is in intensive care because of two stabbings and abdominal injuries, and they had to operate on him. 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 and it requires then a formal press conference like this to put it on record as 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, but 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 does 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 he 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 now. hugh schofield reporting from paris. four children have been found alive after surviving a plane crash and spending weeks fending for themselves in colombia's amazon jungle. their mother, the pilot and the co—pilot all died in the crash in early may. 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. 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 a0 days. they were on their own. they are an example of survival that will go down in history. 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. 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. 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. of course, it is a story that has really captured attention in colombia. we can take you live to bogota, and that is the scene at the hospital where the children are receiving treatment. of course, an incredible story, alive after surviving in the jungle for a0 days. the children's grandmother spoke to the press, saying the eldest of the four siblings was used to looking after the other three, and that helped them survive in the jungle. an extraordinary story. that is the

scene outside the hospital where those for children are receiving treatment after their ordeal. an amber heat health alert has been issued across eastern and southern england, as well as in the midlands, with temperatures hitting 30 degrees celsius — 5—10 degrees higher than the average forjune. the high temperatures have caused some royal guards to faint at the rehearsals for the annual trooping the colour ceremony in london. a number of guardsman required treatment on the parade ground. don't forget you can find all our stories on our website. just search bbc news. we will have the headlines for you injust bbc news. we will have the headlines for you in just a bbc news. we will have the headlines for you injust a moment. don't go away.

a hot summer's day across the country, i'm sure it was too hot for some. those in the south—east of england were probably cheering when they saw the blue skies, because they saw the blue skies, because they have seen cloud for quite some time. we had a lot of sunshine across the country today. in the south—west, a different story, outbreaks of showery rain. for parts of south—west england and wales, we have not seen rain for over four weeks, so welcome news, really. you canjust weeks, so welcome news, really. you can just about make the rain drops out on the top of the water here in padstow, cornwall. as we going to sunday, we are going to start off with a lot of sunshine, and once again the heat is going to build. by the middle part of the afternoon, there is still a risk of some sharp, thundery downpours. they will be very hit and miss, not everyone will see them, but if you catch them you will really know about it. temperatures once again perhaps in south—east england high 20s, low 30s not out of the question. also a bit cooler in the north and west, still

some sharp showers here, and we continue to see the risk of some sharp thundery downpours across much of scotland. just the northern isles staying wet at times and i was a bit cooler here, with temperatures at 1a degrees. with all that sunshine around, no surprise to hear that uv and pollen remain very hi. perhaps the best of the weather out to the east, because we have got that light south easterly flow. showers should be few and far between, and temperatures down a degree or so. it is going to take its time, but we are likely to see highs generally of the mid 20s, perhaps 27 or 28 degrees in the south—east. that is 82 fahrenheit. living out of monday into tuesday, we still have very little in the way of significant rainfall to come across the country. the winds will start to turn round

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

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face three by—elections as yet another mp dramatically quits parliament.