ukraine says it's liberated three villages from russian occupation as its counter—offensive gets under way. hello, i'm sally bundock. we start today here in the uk. mps who have been investigating whether borisjohnson misled parliament about covid lockdown parties are meeting today to conclude their inquiry. mrjohnson resigned as an mp on friday and described the common�*s privileges committee as a "kangaroo court" after he was informed that it intends to be critical of his behaviour. our political editor chris mason looks ahead to what will happen today. because the privileges committee of the house of commons that has been examining

his conduct in the he said in the commons about what was happening in downing street during covid—19, that committee is going to meet on monday morning, we expect early this coming week for their report that has looked into boris johnson's conduct, his integrity to be published. that will be poured over as something of a verdict on mr johnson's character and conduct, all of that will take away attention from the whole business of government as far as rishi sunak is concerned and then, there are those by—elections, those contest to replace three conservative mps, who are walking out as a result of what has happened. boris johnson, nadine dorries a former cabinet minister and nigel adams as well. again from the primacy�*s perspective what he rather have these by—elections or what he rather not have them? of course he would rather not have them so the headache is lasting a long time. it the headache is lasting a long time. u, the headache is lasting a long time. _, ., �*

time. it could well do. a really big _ time. it could well do. a really big week - time. it could well do. a really big week for - time. it could well do. a really big week for the l really big week for the governing conservative party and borisjohnson, we will be across every twist and turn, if you turn to our website it is one of the lead stories only. all the latest will be outlined for you on bbc online but also on bbc news, on the television, and radio we will be across the day's developments as the day progressed. now we will talk about scotland. scotland's first minister, humza yousaf, is facing calls to suspend nicola sturgeon from the scottish national party after she was arrested as part of the police investigation into the snp's finances. ms sturgeon was released without charge pending further inquiries and has insisted she's innocent of any wrongdoing. our scotland correspondent lorna gordon has more.

nicola sturgeon, for so long, front and centre in scottish politics, on sunday was arrested well away from the cameras, just after 10am. detectives questioned her as a suspect, before releasing her without charge seven hours and 15 minutes later. this evening, ms sturgeon issued a statement which was raw, blunt and defiant. she thanked her supporters, saying they appreciated she would never do anything to harm either the snp or the country, and she insisted in the strongest possible terms "that i am in fact innocent of any wrongdoing." her arrest as a setback for her successor as first minister. humza yousaf has been trying to regain the political initiative. he is insisted his political mentors was doing well. ~ ., political mentors was doing well. ~ . , political mentors was doing well. ~ ., , ., ., well. we have caught up on a coule well. we have caught up on a coume of _ well. we have caught up on a couple of occasions _ well. we have caught up on a couple of occasions and - well. we have caught up on a couple of occasions and i - well. we have caught up on a| couple of occasions and i have been asking about her welfare, she has mentioned a difficult

and traumatic those last few weeks have been. is she 0k? she is in a good place and doing well. . . well. this is the third high arrest into _ well. this is the third high arrest into the _ well. this is the third high arrest into the funding - well. this is the third high | arrest into the funding and finances of the snp, the husband of nicola sturgeon of former chief executive of the party was previously arrested and released without charge. there home they shared was searched by police, the head quarters of the party was also searched officers removing material, later they arrested and released without charge the treasurer. back in april nicola sturgeon described as beyond her worst nightmares.- sturgeon described as beyond her worst nightmares. there are many questions _ her worst nightmares. there are many questions i _ her worst nightmares. there are many questions i would - her worst nightmares. there are many questions i would want - her worst nightmares. there are many questions i would want to | many questions i would want to be able to answer but in time i will answer but it would be wrong and inappropriate to go into in —— in detail related to what police are currently investigating. i could not have anticipated in my worst nightmares what has happened

over the past few weeks. her arrest has — over the past few weeks. her arrest has been _ over the past few weeks. her arrest has been seized on poet __ by arrest has been seized on poet —— by political opponents. this -- by political opponents. this is a police _ -- by political opponents. this is a police scandal— —— by political opponents. ti 3 is a police scandal when scotland needs change and a government working to them to deal with their priorities and they are not getting that from either governments.— either governments. nicola sturgeon — either governments. nicola sturgeon has _ either governments. nicola sturgeon has declared - either governments. nicola sturgeon has declared herl sturgeon has declared her intention to return to the scottish parliament there have been calls from the opposition and within her own party for her to be suspended from the snp while police enquiries are ongoing. lorna gordon, bbc news. ten people have died and 25 have been taken to hospital after a bus crash in australia. police say the vehicle turned over at a roundabout in the hunter valley in new south wales. the driver has been arrested, although the cause of the crash is not yet known. live now to to our correspondent in sydney, phil mercer. what more can you tell us? this

is one of the _ what more can you tell us? this is one of the worst _ what more can you tell us? this is one of the worst road - is one of the worst road accidents in australian history. the police in the state of nsw, are confirming that ten people have died, initially 25 other passengers were taken to hospital, and we understand that 20 of those are in a stable condition and one patient is in a critical condition at the moment. the police are still trying to piece together how and why this accident occurred. what we do know is that this was a bus carrying wedding party guests, away from the ceremonial, quite late in the evening, local time on sunday. it was reportedly foggy at the time and this accident occurred near a very busy highway, and a roundabout that goes over the top of that busy road. so the authorities say that at this stage they believe only one vehicle, the bus was involved with this

accident so many people still in hospital and an investigation under way. in the rimus investigation under way. in the primus to _ investigation under way. in the primus to talking _ investigation under way. in the primus to talking about - investigation under way. in the primus to talking about how i primus to talking about how tragic this incident is this led to so many deaths? —— the prime minister. led to so many deaths? -- the prime minister.— prime minister. anthony albanese _ prime minister. anthony albanese d, _ prime minister. anthony albanese d, the - prime minister. anthony i albanese d, the australian prime minister held a brief press conference in canberra a few hours ago and he said for those close to this tragedy, the mental scars quite possibly would stay with them for ever. he said it was a cruel and unfair thing that such a happy occasion, a wedding that day should end in such devastating loss. so what we have now is forensic police officers and other crash investigators at the scene, trying to piece together the circumstances of the crash, and as you said earlier the driver, a 58—year—old man was taken to hospital for what are called here in australia mandatory

tests, that are blood and breath tests, and we understand that charges are pending after the driver was arrested. so ten people have been killed, 20 others remain in hospital. thank you, phil mercer in sydney for us. ukraine says its troops have recaptured three villages from russian forces in the southeast, its first gains since launching a much—anticipated counter—offensive. footage on social media, not yet verified by the bbc, shows troops hoisting the ukrainian flag in the neighbouring settlements of blahodatne and neskuchne in the donetsk region. kyiv�*s deputy defence minister said nearby makarivka was also taken. this comes just one day after president volodymyr zelensky confirmed that the counter—offensive had begun. live now to alexander gillespie, professor of international law

at the university of waikato in new zealand. the last time we had a conversation was just after the destruction of that significant dam on the south of ukraine, these latest developments show verify that ukraine is taking ground from russia. from your point of view, in terms of the law, talk us through these latest developments? first one is not that _ latest developments? first one is not that they _ latest developments? first one is not that they are _ latest developments? first one is not that they are reclaiming l is not that they are reclaiming ground from russia they are reclaiming what is there that is legallyjustifiable because is legally justifiable because it is legallyjustifiable because it is their territory. with regards to the law we have to think about the needs for restraint, the temptation for acts of cruelty and humanity and retribution will be very high. at all times countries must act with restraint and acts must not be indiscriminate and they must be proportionate and they must be proportionate

and humane. the and they must be proportionate and humane-— and humane. the technology is so important — and humane. the technology is so important and _ and humane. the technology is so important and critical - and humane. the technology is so important and critical when l so important and critical when trying to assess who is responsible during a conflict such as the. when both sides are pointing the finger it is very difficult, isn't it? the terminology _ very difficult, isn't it? the terminology is _ very difficult, isn't it? tue terminology is important very difficult, isn't it? tte terminology is important and very difficult, isn't it? t'te terminology is important and it is not sometimes a question of who is pointing the finger but basic rules apply in times of warfare. so this means both sides go backwards and forwards the temptation to use and humane or cruel warfare against each other will be strong, feelings will be high but will still apply and we must make sure there is no execution of prisoners, civilians are not targeted minefields are not made and of things do occur these people should be held to account. , ., _, account. reports are coming over through — account. reports are coming over through the _ account. reports are coming over through the weekend i account. reports are coming l over through the weekend that the wagner group the mercenary group that russia has been working with in this conflict, russia wants to have more control, wants to have the absolute say as to what the wagner group does and its

operations in ukraine. from a legal point of view talk us through how important it is for russia but also in terms of when this conflict does come to a close, in terms of holding those two responsibility and accountability?— accountability? this is one thing mr— accountability? this is one thing mr putin _ accountability? this is one thing mr putin has - accountability? this is one thing mr putin has to - accountability? this is one thing mr putin has to have right he must get control of the wagner group, you are talking about 50,000 armed men, were clearly not under control of moscow, for it to be lawful, moscow must have command responsibility, state responsibility, state responsibility and effective control of the wagner group at all times. and this means everything from making sure soldiers stick to the laws of war, to negotiations with truces to piece, it must be moscow negotiating making these rules not the wagner group at the moment as with much of the war the rules are blurring. this war the rules are blurring. as we have seen already with this conflict, evidence is suggesting certainly on the

russian side, they not sticking to international law when it comes to how they treat or civilian. russia agrees ukraine is acting in a similar way? == is acting in a similar way? -- russia argues. _ is acting in a similar way? » russia argues. the allegations against the wagner group a very substantial and significant, the concerns about no court or prisoners execution, torture illegal killing of civilians are things they have been tagged with notjust in ukraine but other theatres as well. the difficulty you have if they are not linked clearly to the russian state it is not clear what laws they are playing by and under a situation of war and under a situation of war and law they must be accountable but right now they exist somewhere between being mercenaries, combatant civilians or in the american opinion criminals so the americans see them like the mafia but we need to make sure as the war progresses they are held accountable for the acts that are done and russia in moscow retain control of them at all times. we moscow retain control of them at all times.— at all times. we shall watch very closely. _ at all times. we shall watch

very closely, alexander - very closely, alexander gillespie, thank you again for your expertise on this. let's get some of the day's other news now. an 11—year—old girl from a british family has been shot dead following a reported dispute between neighbours in north—western france. french media said the family were in their garden in brittany at the time and the girl's parents were also injured. police in county antrim investigating the disappearance a 21—year—old woman have begun a murder inquiry afterfinding what they believe are human remains. chloe mitchell was last seen in ballymena more than a week ago. two men are in custody. the authorities in the egyptian red sea resort of marsa alam are searching for three british tourists missing after a diving boat they were on caught fire. 12 other british tourists were rescued, along with the boat's crew. japan is poised to raise its age of consent from 13 to 16 in an overhaul of sexual offences legislation

that is currently going through the country's parliament. the world's third largest economy currently has the lowest consent age among the g7 countries. the reforms of japan's sexual assault laws comes after several rape acquittals in 2019 caused public outrage. 0ur tokyo correspondent shaimaa khalil has been speaking to the women challenging the stigma — and a warning, her report includes a description of sexual assault which you may find distressing. a small gathering with huge significance, where flowers have become a symbol of defiance against silence. for four years, sexual violence survivors have gathered every month in the central tokyo spot to share their stories. what's now known as the flower demo has become a national movement after a series of high—profile rape acquittals in 2019.

for its founder, midori kitahara, every gathering brings up raw emotions. i started flower demo because i was angry and also, i feel that many women's anger. —— for its founder, minori kitahara, every gathering brings up raw emotions. but there is no place to speak out. in society, women's voices are always denied. when rina gonoi decided to speak out, she knew she was standing up against the country's military institution. she had two dreams, she tells me — to be a soldier and to compete in the olympics as a judo player. both were within reach when she joined the military. both were shattered by sexual harassment. translation: this - happened to me every day. my breasts were rubbed. i was kissed on the cheek, groped in the hallway with people watching. but august 2021 was

a dark turning point. during a training exercise in the mountains, three male soldiers called her into a tent, where they'd been drinking. two superiors were talking about martial arts and said i should try it. one of my colleagues pinned me down on the bed and choked me. he spread my legs and rubbed his crotch against me like it was a sex act. two others did the same. there were about a dozen soldiers around. no—one stopped it. they were laughing. ijust wanted to get out. i was filled with despair. i'd hoped that my female superior would stand by me when i reported the incident but she took the side of a commander. in the end, rina quit the military and shared her story publicly. despite the backlash and threats she faced, she insisted on an investigation. hers was one of the rare cases that captured the media and the nation's attention. five servicemen were fired

for misconduct and the defence ministry issued an apology. and after being dropped, the investigation was reopened. earlier this year, three former soldiers were indicted. rina says she's relieved, if still traumatised, and wants to make sure no—one else goes through a similar experience or be scared to speak out. many survivors have said that'd kept quiet out of fear or guilt. but japan's laws also make it very difficult for women to come forward. —— many survivors have said they've kept quiet out of fear or guilt. for example, they put the onus on rape victims to prove that they've been subjected to intimidation or violence. a recent survey has shown that more than 70% of attacks go unreported here. and while the government is moving to change sexual violence laws, many experts have said that a lot more needs to be done on the shame and the stigma. japan prides itself in being one of the world's safest places but in this male—dominated society, many women are still shamed into silence. shaimaa khalil,

bbc news, tokyo. let's get some of the day's other news now. —— around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. bbc news, bringing you different stories from across the uk. it was a perfect day for solar panels. in fields near warminster, thousands have been installed, right beside two existing solar farms. in total, 140 acres are now generating electricity. opening the latest additions, kingswood mp and former climate change minister, chris skidmore. i declare the solar farm officially opened. he was commissioned by the government to advise on how best britain could cut its emissions. year on year on year, the energy that they produce is incredibly cheap, if not to the point of nearly being free. and actually, that money comes back with an additional investment. on a day like this, these panels are generating a huge amount of electricity. in fact, they reckon, when the sun shines, as much as a quarter of the uk's electricity can

come from solar. but in order to achieve net zero, the country's going to need a lot more of these, and a lot more other forms of zero carbon power generation. you're live with bbc news. the uk's head of counter terrorism policing says he's concerned about the growth of the british conspiracy theory movement. mattjukes has told the bbc, that his team is seeing evidence of conspiracy theories being interwoven with extremism. 0ur disinformation and social media correspondent marianna spring has more. totnes, in devon, was one of the places where the conspiracy theory movement boomed during the pandemic. now, a motivated minority continue to protest and distribute the light paper. access to your money will be owned by and controlled by the state. former town mayor ben piper says he's become a key target

for the movement. he fears an article about him in the light paper exacerbated the harassment he experienced. i've had people drive their car at me, i've been shouted at in the street, i have had people confront me in the supermarket, shoving their phones in my face, sinister telephone calls from strangers who don't identify themselves, you know, of an evening, and stuff like that. as well as more mundane articles, there are others promoting disinformation about vaccines, the financial system and climate change. one recent article talks about the use of force against "aggressors, like the government". in print and on its telegram channels, there are calls for war—crimes style trials for mp5, medics and journalists they see as complicit in plots to harm people with the vaccine. i went to meet the editor of the light, darren nesbitt. the build—up to this interview has been pretty hostile and darren has insisted that he will ask me questions, as well as me asking

him questions. we believe in the right of people to hold ideas, hold thoughts, ideas and express their views. you know, if you take one iota from that away, we're now down the road of censorship, of thought control. do you think that calls for action in the paper for people to take action to do something could result in action that is not peaceful? of course! people make their own decisions and they need to be responsible for their own actions. people should not be passive and just let the world change around them because there is an agenda and a purpose behind it, and it's not for their own best interests. the light is also related to a german paper, called democratic resistance. whistle—blowers have revealed to me how some of the german paper's writers, and one of its key donors, met with members of the reichsburger group, who were behind a failed coup attempt in germany in december 2022. markus heinz stopped writing for the paper because he felt

it had become too extreme. you cannot say, "ok, on twitter i'm nice "and on telegram i say �*kill them all�*." for me, the biggest problem is that the people who write in this newspaper do not say anything about it. i don't understand it. the editor of democratic resistance, anselm lenz, did not reply to points raised by the bbc. he said: closer to home, the inclination towards hateful rhetoric brings with it a risk of action offline. marianna spring, bbc news. you can hear the podcast in conspiracy land on bbc sounds and a documentary as well on the bbc iplayer so please take a look. let's get some of the day's other news now. the us and saudi arabia have condemned renewed violence in sudan's capital, khartoum. residents have reported air strikes and exchanges of artillery fire. the two countries said they were disappointed that fighting had resumed.

initial results suggest the new pro—europe movement of montenegro's president jakov milatovic has narrowly won the country's parliamentary elections. europe now is projected to have taken a quarter of the vote. a major portion of a us highway in philadelphia has collapsed after an oil tanker caught fire underneath it. the bridge is on interstate 95, which is one of the busiest highways in the us. it connects majors cities along the east coast from maine down to southern florida. no—one was injured but the state's governor it will take months to rebuild. honduras has opened its first embassy in china. the central american nation cut its diplomatic ties with taiwan in march. the president of honduras, xiomara castro, is currently on a state visit to china, where she is expected to meet her chinese counterpart, xijinping.

the father of four children rescued alive after a0 days in the colombianjungle is hailing his oldest daughter as a hero. he said his oldest child, lesly, who isjust 13, helped save her siblings' lives after their plane crashed in the amazon jungle. she reportedly made camp for her siblings and provided any food she could find. the youngest of those kids is just 11 months old. the widower also says their mother actually survived for four days after the crash. translation: it's a miracle of god. i as a belief of the indigenous people, we believe it is a test of god to see how much faith we have in him. i have demonstrated it with my own words. as i said in the beginning, we — as indigenous people — are able to search for them. we showed the world that we found the plane,

and we showed the world that we found the children. the first thing i did was talk to the 13—year—old girl. it is not easy to ask them because the children did not eat well for a0 days, so i have not been able to get any information from them. we hope that the children will recover well. amazing to see their survival. so, it was a big weekend of sport — the champions league final, french open tennis and the world custard pie—throwing championships in sunny southern england. 30 teams took part, including one from japan. each match lasts only 30 seconds and a direct pie in the face scores maximum points. hello. sunday was another very warm, or even hot, day with temperatures peaking at around 32 celsius. that heat and humidity giving rise to some dramatic skies as some thunderstorms kicked off through the afternoon and into the evening.

if we take a look back at the radar picture, we can see that we had some storms in northern scotland, some across northern england and then, this clump of thunderstorms — this quite big, organised area of storms — that drifted westwards across the midlands towards wales. so, as we head through monday, really, it's more of the same — more spells of sunshine but still the chance for some thunderstorms with that heat and humidity. temperatures to start the day between ten and 17 degrees, so a very warm start to the day, quite a muggy start. for most, a dry start, but a little bit of rain to clear away from parts of wales, maybe some extra cloud in the far south—west and a few showers even from the word go. and into the afternoon, as the sun heats the land, well, those big shower clouds will bubble up once again, particularly across parts of southern england into the midlands and wales. some of these thunderstorms could be really quite vicious with a lot of rain in a short space of time, gusty winds and some hail. western counties of northern ireland, south west scotland and perhaps more especially

the north of scotland also prone to some of these downpours and thunderstorms but as ever with these weather set—ups, there will be places that fall through the gaps and stay completely dry. another very, very warm day — temperatures widely the mid to high 20s. somewhere could again get to 30 degrees. we will continue to see some big showers and thunderstorms in places during monday evening, many of them fading, though, overnight into tuesday. we'll see some areas of low cloud around some of these western coasts. it is another pretty warm night in prospect. and then, for tuesday — well, the greatest chance for showers will be found across the western side of the uk. further east, not as many showers, more dry weather, plenty of sunshine. still feeling very warm, indeed. highest temperatures at this stage likely to be down towards the south — up to around 29, possibly 30 degrees for parts of central southern england. as we look deeper into the week, high pressure remains firmly in charge but as we pick up more of an easterly breeze, well, temperatures will drop backjust a little.

still, though, feeling very warm indeed. mostly dry with some sunshine.

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