this is bbc news. let's turn to our main had. a man is charged with murder three people on the streets of nottingham on tuesday. a wave of missiles has struck the ukrainian capital kyiv as a group of african leaders begin a peace mission calling the dialogue to end the war. hundreds of people are still missing after a migrant boat sank off the coast of greece. officials have denied reports that a rope attached by coastguards caused it to capsize. and a report finds the minneapolis police department used excessive force and discriminated against black people well before the murder of george floyd three years ago.

more on all of those stories coming up more on all of those stories coming up in a moment or two but let's headfirst to the bbc sport centre. thank you, matthew. we start this hour with the second round of the us open. rory mcilroy has just teed off, he is a three shots off the lead. world number one is five off the lead on three under. masters winnerjohn rama is a further two strokes behind. the lead currently shared between two players who shot the lowest score in us open history in round one stop it was a great day. in round one stop it was a great da . ,., in round one stop it was a great da . , ., ., ' ., in round one stop it was a great da. ., ., . in round one stop it was a great da. . ,., in round one stop it was a great da. . ., day. got off to a nice start and then just. _ day. got off to a nice start and then just. i — day. got off to a nice start and thenjust, i mean, _ day. got off to a nice start and thenjust, i mean, never- day. got off to a nice start and| thenjust, i mean, never really thought about a score unnecessarily while trying to do out there. the

first few days this week i wasn't feeling very comfortable swing and wasn't making many so continue to get working on the course as well as on the practice area and finally a couple of things clicked a bit yesterday. couple of things clicked a bit yesterday-— couple of things clicked a bit esterda . ,. , ., , yesterday. the schools were a bit lower than _ yesterday. the schools were a bit lower than imagine _ yesterday. the schools were a bit lower than imagine them - yesterday. the schools were a bit lower than imagine them to - yesterday. the schools were a bit lower than imagine them to be i yesterday. the schools were a bit - lower than imagine them to be going out early— lower than imagine them to be going out early on — lower than imagine them to be going out early on thursday seen the conditions _ out early on thursday seen the conditions we will see most of the week _ conditions we will see most of the week. hopefully i'm teeing off a bit later in— week. hopefully i'm teeing off a bit later in the — week. hopefully i'm teeing off a bit later in the next few days. hopefully that will be the easiest conditions but a heck of a round by ricky _ conditions but a heck of a round by ricky i_ conditions but a heck of a round by ricky i had — conditions but a heck of a round by ricky. i had a slow start today so i was proud — ricky. i had a slow start today so i was proud to get in the house there under_ was proud to get in the house there under 300 — was proud to get in the house there under 300 i— was proud to get in the house there under300. i can't was proud to get in the house there under 300. i can't complain, was proud to get in the house there under300. i can't complain, hit was proud to get in the house there under 300. i can't complain, hit a lot of— under 300. i can't complain, hit a lot of good — under 300. i can't complain, hit a lot of good shots today. posted a good _ lot of good shots today. posted a good number on the day. it is day one of the — good number on the day. it is day one of the first _ good number on the day. it is day one of the first ashes _ good number on the day. it is day one of the first ashes test. - good number on the day. it is day one of the first ashes test. let's | one of the first ashes test. let's get you under date with —— up—to—date with that. joe root and jonny bairstow going well, they have

put on 104 runs between them. better news for england who lost captain ben stokes cheaply he was caught behind forjust one run run. he went back to the pavilion hot on the heels of ashes debut harry brooks who was bowled in extraordinary circumstances. 278—5. you can keep up circumstances. 278—5. you can keep up with the latest news on the bbc sport website. in the concacaf nations league, the usa beat mexico. chelsea's gritty pulisic was on the scoresheet as the united states won 3-0. scoresheet as the united states won 3—0. four players were sent off, two for each side and the game had to be paused in the second half due to homophobic chanting in the crowd. the usa will face canada in the final on monday. manchester city assistant coach is set to be leicester city manager stop the 43—year—old italian could be named

the new boss as early as friday according to bbc radio leicester. he would replace dean smith who oversaw just two wins in a failed attempt to keep the foxes in the premier league. england striker will leave manchester united this summer on the expiry of her contract. united turned down two world—record bids from arsenal injanuary. she is now available for free. arsenal have held talks with her and are now heavy favourites to sign her. some sad news to bring you the crash yesterday with another rider and fell into a ravine. he was airlifted to hospital but passed away this morning. his team said he was one of the shining

lights of our team. that is all the sport now. back to you, matthew. the united nations has called for urgent action to prevent more migrants drowning at sea, comes after an overloaded boat sank off the coast of greece on wednesday. 78 people are known to have died but hundreds more are still missing. what more are still missing. what happened — more are still missing. what happened on _ more are still missing. what happened on wednesday - more are still missing. th�*iat happened on wednesday underscores the need to investigate people smugglers and human traffickers and ensure they are brought to justice. the high commissioner reiterated his call to states to open up more regular migration channels, enhance responsibility sharing, ensure arrangements for the safe and timely disembarkation of all people rescued at sea. the

disembarkation of all people rescued at sea. , ~ ., ., , ., at sea. the greek authorities are under mounting _ at sea. the greek authorities are under mounting pressure - at sea. the greek authorities are under mounting pressure to - at sea. the greek authorities are i under mounting pressure to explain their role, after reports that the boat capsized after coastguard attached a rope to it. authorities bbc said it kept a discreet distance from the vessel. two brothers reunited. this man found his 18—year—old brotherfrom syria at the port. he is one of 104 people who have been rescued from one of greece's worst ever migrant shipwrecks. they set off from libya and were trying to reach italy. it is still unclear how many people were on board. we understand that they travelled

under very difficult conditions for many days, in conditions of overcrowding. there were many on the boat, some 750 — most of them men, but we heard there were also some women and children. 79 people have died after the boat capsized, but there are fears the number could be much higher. could this tragedy have been avoided? the greek coastguard says the migrants did not want their help — a claim that's been challenged. so we've been trying to piece together what exactly happened. at around 8am on tuesday, the greek authorities are first informed about the fishing vessel. the coastguard has first contact at 11am and claims it does not request assistance. a little later, an emergency helpline for migrants in trouble at sea receives multiple distress calls. the migrant boat has no publicly available tracking data, but bbc verify has used

a ship—monitoring website to follow the movements of boats in the area that offered assistance. at 3pm, greece sends a nearby commercial vessel, lucky sailor, to the migrant boat, supplying it with food and water. tuesday evening, a coastguard vessel sails near the fishing boat and, from a distance, apparently concludes that there was no problem with its navigation. but less than four hours later, the migrant boat overturns and sinks. the way the greek authorities have been handling this is being criticised by many people here. last night there were protests in the cities of athens and thessaloniki. critics say the coastguard should have tried a rescue if the boat was unsafe, whether or not passengers requested it. nine people were arrested. they face charges of people trafficking. on monday, they will be

questioned by the prosecutor leading the investigation into what happened. but for now, there are still many unanswered questions about how this tragedy unfolded. now, a bbc investigation suggests at least 25 thousand russian soldiers have been killed in ukraine, four times higher than the figure acknowledged by moscow. the research also suggests, many of the casualties are now older fighters, with little or no training — significant numbers have been recruited from prisons. our correspondent olga ivshina has this special report. these are the war graves russia doesn't want to talk about. since december, the bbc has located seven new cemeteries dotted across russia and occupied ukraine. they're filled with the graves of poorly trained fighters.

many were prisoners recruited by the notorious wagner mercenary group. and the cemeteries are growing rapidly. this one is about 20 times bigger than it was six months ago. since the start of the war, we have been verifying photos of graves and social media posts with the independent russian website mediazona and volunteers inside the country. so far we have identified 25,000 names. this is four times more than russia has acknowledged. it's illegal to report anything but the official death toll inside russia. so we have come to kyrgyzstan to speak to the families of fighters who have died. hundreds of people from countries like this that were once part of the soviet union have signed up tojoin putin's forces. filming tiktoks on the way to war, this 21—year—old paratrooper is typical of those who died at the start of the conflict — a young, highly—trained professional soldier in the russian army.

translation: he always wanted to be the first. i i think that's why he decided tojoin the military, and there he was also given the choice, apparently. he chose to be there. go to war, you mean? yes, yes. as a professional soldier, he was buried with full military honours after he was killed in action in may 2022. but six months later, in a nearby village, there was no military funeral for another fighter, even though he also died on the front line. that's because he wasn't a professional soldier, but a prisoner serving a seven—year sentence for assault. he had signed up to fight for the mercenary group wagner, hoping to win his freedom in return for a six—month contract. translation: a man called| and told me that my son died fighting in ukraine. i was shocked. i asked, "how come my son is even at the war?" did my son die for nothing? am i going to cry until the end of my life?

the deaths of these men show how russia's war has changed. in the first three months of the conflict, it lost large numbers of professional soldiers. but in the past three months, it's non—professional fighters who have recentlyjoined the russian forces that are dying in greater numbers. the shift in demographics in russian losses reflects not only the fact that the russians lost a large number of their professional troops early in the war, but also the fact that they've shifted their tactics. they now see their professional soldiers as a resource that is to be held in reserve and only used when the conditions are right. now they are letting the brunt of that reconnaissance offensive activity be led by mobilised troops that they treat in quite a disposable way. only publicly reported deaths are captured by our count. estimates from britain's ministry of defence suggest the true figure is likely to be at least twice as high. the bbc contacted the russian government for comment, but it has not responded.

and every day, the messages and photos of graves keep coming. olga ivshina, bbc news, jalal—abad, kyrgyzstan. let's go back to russia now where president putin has been speaking at an economic forum in st petersburg. he warned ukraine against the use of f—16fighterjets outside its borders. let's listen to what he had to say. translation: leopard tanks are burning. - f—16s will burn in the same way. i have no doubts. but if they are used outside of ukraine's borders, to be used in combat, we will have to look at how and where we will target weapons that are going to be used against us in the battlefield.

there is a very serious threat that nato is going to be involved in this military conflict. he spoke for over three hours there in saint petersburg. more on that later in our programme. around the world and in the uk you are watching bbc news. bbc news, bringing you different stories from across the uk. hi, my name isjeanette, welcome to my home which i have turned into a hedge demand hedgehog rescue. we have 20 hutches in the garage which are full all year round. now we come into intensive care. this is the second stage, they have been in critical care, they are now on the way to moving out but they are not quite there yet. this is critical care. these hedgehogs are still very poorly, they get attention 20 47 from me.

they are in such decline, day or so, so beautiful, and some of you for need to know more about them. welcome back, you live with bbc news. now, let's turn to a story thatis news. now, let's turn to a story that is completely off the agenda in terms of what we're looking at today but it is a fascinating story anyway because three categories have been added to the grammys, including best p0p added to the grammys, including best pop dance recording, best alternative jazz album and best african music performance. it means the 66th grammy will have 94 categories. many see the latest

categories. many see the latest categories as more evidence of the rise of african genres in particular the afro beats. let's speak to our report in the newsroom who has been looking at this. sounds and musicians from africa have been reshaping music worldwide. artists have been dominating charts and breaking records, so it is no wonder that this new african music category has been added to the grammys. african artists have won grammys in the past. most have been in the best global or world categories, so this move giving african music its own distinct category just shows that the recording academy are finally recognising the rise and dominance african music is having worldwide.

an example is recently a performer was at the uefa champions league final. whizz kid sold out the o2 arena in london leading to two extra dates been added. others have broke charts and dominated apps like tiktok and instagram for weeks and weeks. although afro beats maybe the most popular music genre out of africa at the moment, the recording academy have made it clear that this new category recognises recordings that they say utilises unique... from all across the african continent, it includes afro beats and also other categories dilemma genres. let's continue with this because i'm delighted to sayjoined

by a record producer and dj who is not in nominated himself for a grammy himself. jules, welcome here to the programme. finally, finally, you get a category of your own. we finall you get a category of your own. - finally do. it has been a long time coming. ithink finally do. it has been a long time coming. i think there has been conversations over the last few years where people would ask questions of when africa would get a significant sort of presence on the grammy recording academy awards, being one of the most prestigious awards in the world. it is a step in the right direction. i know people have sent differences i think this is the beginning of some that could be credible. pm? is the beginning of some that could be credible-— is the beginning of some that could be credible. ~ , ., i. ~ .,, be credible. why do you think it has taken so long? _ be credible. why do you think it has taken so long? i— be credible. why do you think it has taken so long? ithink— be credible. why do you think it has taken so long? i think we _ be credible. why do you think it has taken so long? i think we need - be credible. why do you think it has taken so long? i think we need to l taken so long? i think we need to understand _ taken so long? i think we need to understand or _ taken so long? i think we need to understand or to _ taken so long? i think we need to understand or to remember - taken so long? i think we need to understand or to remember that l taken so long? i think we need to i understand or to remember that the recording academy and grammy is an american award show. their focus has

always been the western world. with time with regards to how things have changed musically they have no choice but to cross over to different parts of the world. we did have the global world category before but that is mixed with music from africa, from asia, from different parts even americans to some extent. so i think because africa has been growing in terms of the musical presence for such a long time it was very, very hard to ignore. it is an african music performance so it is just one song so i can understand that people will feel a bit hard done by because afro beats is the most popular one. but i can guarantee that it is going to be a bigger conversation where we involve all of from across the continent. involve all of from across the continent-— involve all of from across the continent. ~ ., , ., ~ , continent. where do you think this actually takes _ continent. where do you think this actually takes us. _ continent. where do you think this actually takes us. you _ continent. where do you think this actually takes us. you made - continent. where do you think this actually takes us. you made the i actually takes us. you made the point you are looking at the piece before looking at stadiums being

packed out, additional dates, grammys. i mean, where does this go now do you think?— now do you think? well, i think we need to see _ now do you think? well, i think we need to see how— now do you think? well, i think we need to see how this _ now do you think? well, i think we need to see how this next - now do you think? well, i think we need to see how this next award i now do you think? well, i think we i need to see how this next award show goes. see who has been awarded. how we all get behind, we need to understand that there are thousands or hundred genres recognising well, this includes fusion ofjazz and rock, afro jazz which is traditional jazz with african elements. so it is going to encourage more education, people trying to understand the sound of africa because of so many jumps in africa. it will encourage collaboration between african artist a lot more. what used to happen is that african artist would try and collaborate with artists from across the globe. many have collaborated

with big international artists to build the profile in terms of popularity. that will encourage collaboration within the continent can make the continent a lot stronger in terms of our musical presence. 1th stronger in terms of our musical resence. �* , ,, stronger in terms of our musical presence-— presence. as you are talking we are lookin: at presence. as you are talking we are looking at your _ presence. as you are talking we are looking at your video, _ presence. as you are talking we are looking at your video, of _ presence. as you are talking we are looking at your video, of course - presence. as you are talking we arej looking at your video, of course you are nominated before that was in the global music category so you get your own category. hopefully you will be nominated again. we have to leave it there but thank you so much for taking time to speak to us today on bbc news. thanks so much. thanks for havin: on bbc news. thanks so much. thanks for having me- — on bbc news. thanks so much. thanks for having me- - _ on bbc news. thanks so much. thanks for having me. . we _ on bbc news. thanks so much. thanks for having me. . we will _ on bbc news. thanks so much. thanks for having me. . we will be back- for having me. . we will be back with more _ for having me. . we will be back with more of— for having me. . we will be back with more of the _ for having me. . we will be back with more of the day's _ for having me. . we will be back| with more of the day's headlines for having me. . we will be back. with more of the day's headlines on bbc news in just with more of the day's headlines on bbc news injust a moment or two. i want to turn to the situation in india and pakistan now because indian weather forecasters have warned that a storm which hit the coast of north—west india and pakistan will continue to bring heavy rain as it goes inland.

the cyclone brought down power lines and trees when it struck on thursday. it's now moving towards the indian state of rajasthan — but with lower wind speeds. our reporter arunday mukharji is in the coastal town of mandvi, in the indian state of gujarat. well, this is really how it has been all through the day. heavy rainfall from time to time. but in the morning, it started with very heavy rainfall and strong gusts of wind. but that has really weakened as the cyclone has weakened through the course of the day. we drove around the town of the mandvi, which is very close to the shoreline, and we basically saw uprooted trees, uprooted electricity poles as well. there was waterlogging in several areas. we've also seen that there is no electricity in most parts of the city. those who have generators and power of their homes, but most of the others don't have any electricity. shops and businesses have also been shut. we also have been speaking to those who have continued to stay

back in the shelters. the government has not told them that they can go back to their villages, because it has not given the all—clear yet. and they have been trying to speak to people to understand what remains of their homes after the cyclone made landfall. many of these people are poor villagers living on the shoreline. they don't have concrete roofs. they have makeshift roofs, and there are reports coming in of some of these having blown away in the rain. officials when we spoke to them say that they are still in the process of assessing the extent of the damage, because a large part of the day, it was filled with heavy rainfall and strong gust of wind, so they couldn't go out to do surveys. they have only now gone out and are trying to understand what is the extent of the cyclone's impact. a real picture that will perhaps only be properly visible by saturday. we hear lots of negative stories about artificial intelligence but here is one example of its benefits. a pilot project in devon is using ai a pilot project in devon is using al

to predict water pollution, including sewage spills. a network of sensors placed in water provides information that when combined with data about previous bills should result in early warnings. our environment correspondent went in north devon to find out more. it looks nice from a distance but for years the water at this beach has been problematic.— years the water at this beach has been problematic. people bathing in bad water problems. _ been problematic. people bathing in bad water problems. eye _ been problematic. people bathing in bad water problems. eye infections, j bad water problems. eye infections, stomach problems.— stomach problems. twice in the last five ears stomach problems. twice in the last five years contamination _ stomach problems. twice in the last five years contamination from - five years contamination from sewerage, dog faeces and agriculture meant the environment agency advising people not to swim. there is very much _ advising people not to swim. there is very much a _ advising people not to swim. there is very much a community - advising people not to swim. there is very much a community fear - advising people not to swim. th- is very much a community fear about what would happen if the water quality was rescinded. it is about the tourism industry but also the natural environment as well. the -roblems natural environment as well. the problems have _ natural environment as well. the problems have attracted and if it dilemma innovative project, using

cutting edge technology to try to clean things up. the river umber is seen as the main route from pollution to get to the beach. this water centre is one of the network of sensors that have been deployed in the catchment area. they include soil sensors and rain gauges as well. the idea is that all the information is brought together to try to more accurately predict when and where pollution events, sewerage spills are likely to take place. the floating sensors are solar panel dilemma powered and connected to a mobile and a long—range wi—fi network. every hour they send in data on six key indicators. a snapshot of the health of the water. what would you expect to see here thenif what would you expect to see here then if for example sewerage was being discharged upstream? irate then if for example sewerage was being discharged upstream? we would see sikes being discharged upstream? we would see spikes in — being discharged upstream? we would see spikes in things _ being discharged upstream? we would see spikes in things like _ being discharged upstream? we would see spikes in things like ammonia. - see spikes in things like ammonia. we can also then cross—referenced

that with temperature and dissolved oxygen levels. 50 that with temperature and dissolved oxygen levels-— oxygen levels. so you would have a re oxygen levels. so you would have a pretty clear — oxygen levels. so you would have a pretty clear indication _ oxygen levels. so you would have a pretty clear indication almost - pretty clear indication almost immediately that something was going wrong? immediately that something was going wron: ? . immediately that something was going wron ? ., ., . , immediately that something was going wron? ., , ., immediately that something was going wronu? ., , ., the immediately that something was going wrong?_ the al - wrong? yeah, exactly that. the ai model has — wrong? yeah, exactly that. the ai model has been _ wrong? yeah, exactly that. the ai model has been trained _ wrong? yeah, exactly that. the ai model has been trained to - wrong? yeah, exactly that. the ai i model has been trained to recognise the signs that the spill might be about to take place. it crunches all the real—time data, including satellite images and can if necessary raise the alarm. the idea is very much _ necessary raise the alarm. the idea is very much to _ necessary raise the alarm. the idea is very much to scale _ necessary raise the alarm. the idea is very much to scale and _ necessary raise the alarm. the idea is very much to scale and roll- necessary raise the alarm. the idea is very much to scale and roll this l is very much to scale and roll this out to different parts k and we have already begun some of those conversations with different county councils that are interested. it is a lot easier to prevent it than actually to try to deal with it once the incident has occurred. bill actually to try to deal with it once the incident has occurred.- the incident has occurred. all of this tech isn't _ the incident has occurred. all of this tech isn't cheap. _ the incident has occurred. all of this tech isn't cheap. a - the incident has occurred. all of this tech isn't cheap. a water i this tech isn't cheap. a water centre alone gusts about £2000. but with billions set to be spent on upgrading the sewerage network, this approach could have a role to play. warning us about pollution before it

hits our rivers and beaches. jonah fisher, bbc news in north devon. fascinating report there. i hosepipe and sprinkler ban is to be introduced in kent and sussex after southeast water said it faced record demand this month. the ban will come into force on the 26th ofjune. some households have had no water since monday because of supply problems. now, before we pause, some rather charming footage to show you of a remarkable athletic otter, which has learnt how to play basketball. juno is a 9—year—old rescue otter, living now at oregon zoo. as you can see, she has mastered the art of the slam dunk. staff at the zoo trained juno to play basketball several years ago, in order to exercise her elbowjoints and ease her arthritis. she has her own, custom—made basketball hoop — made of rock — and has become and as you can see, is making the most of her training facilities.

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