live from london. this is bbc news around a0 people — most of them pupils — are killed as militants linked to the islamic state group attack a school in uganda. 00v)a day after visiting ukraine, a group of african leaders arrive in russia to meet vladimir putin — and call for peace talks. a man appears in court charged with the murders of three people on the streets of nottingham on tuesday. two children are among four people found dead at a flat in hounslow in west london — police believe the victims are from the same family. a flypast fit for a king — aircraft spell out the initials of charles rex as part of the trooping the colour birthday celebrations in london.

school buildings were also set ablaze. around a0 boys and girls died and several students were abducted. police say militants linked to the islamic state group carried out the attack. it happened at secondary school in the west of the country. eight other people were injured and they are in hospital. dozens are feared to have been abducted. police say the army is pursuing the fighters who crossed the borderfrom pursuing the fighters who crossed the border from the pursuing the fighters who crossed the borderfrom the democratic republic of the congo. rebels have been operating for the past two decades. patience atuhaire is in kampala for us. the attackers were about five in number, that is according to a statement from the army. they are said to have locked the dormitories and used the boys�* mattresses to set them alight and burn down the building, and the children were locked inside.

we also understand some may have been abducted, including some members of the community. some of them might be children as well. the army are saying that they are going to try and pursue the fighters from the air. the children are said to have been forced to carry the loot that was taken from the school store and so the army are saying they will try to find the fighters and possibly secure the hostages. the adf were initially led by ugandans and they waged war against the government in the 1990s. they were based in that same region in the mountains and they were pushed in the �*90s into the drc. but even then, their methods of operation were very similar to what happened on friday night. they burned villages,

attacked travellers on buses, and in 1998, they attacked a technical school and killed about 80 students. they burned their dormitories down as well. in the last couple of decades they have only been based in the eastern drc, except for 2021 when a series of suicide bombs in kampala were blamed on them. the rebels now say they are linked to islamic state.

the community has been here before, has been at the hands of this kind of terrorism from the adf and the motive this time seems to be the same, to destabilise the communities and give the security forces that idea to say, you can't fight us, you can't break us down. it is very horrifying that the community is seeing pictures of parents crying, and trying to get care. what age with the children be? here in the uk — a man accused of murdering three people in the city of nottingham on tuesday has been remanded in custody by a court. it's alleged valdo calocane stabbed barnaby webber, grace 0'malley—kumar and ian coates on tuesday, and attempted to murder three others. navtej johal reports from nottingham. dressed in a grey t—shirt and greyjogging bottoms, here at at nottingham magistrates�* court, valdo calocane spoke only to confirm his name, which he gave as an alias of adam mendes, his age and his address which he gave as no fixed abode. he has been charged with the murders of 19—year—old students grace 0'malley—kumar and barnaby webber, and 65—year—old primary school caretaker ian coates. they were fatally stabbed in the early hours of tuesday morning on the streets of nottingham. the 31—year—old also faces three

counts of attempted murder relating to three members of the public who were hit by a van in the city centre shortly afterwards. these attacks have caused a huge outpouring of grief. thousands of people attended two very emotional vigils here in the city where we also heard from the victims�* families. there was also a moment's silence yesterday at the start of the ashes series between england and australia in birmingham. valdo calocane, the dual guinea—bissau and portuguese national has a settled status in the uk was remanded to custody, and he will next appear at nottingham crown court on tuesday. a search and rescue operation has found no new survivors nor recovered more bodies from the boat carrying hundreds of migrants which sank off the coast of greece on wednesday. 78 people are confirmed to have died but up to 500 remain unaccounted for, after the overcrowded vessel sank

in one of the deepest parts of the mediterranean sea. the greek authorities are facing mounting questions about whether more could have been done to prevent the disaster. nine suspected people smugglers have been arrested. murad shishani has been speaking to desperate families waiting on the greek ports to hear about the fate of their loved ones. muffled audio. it's a desperate call for help. muffled audio. this recording, obtained by the bbc, is from a woman on the capsized boat, speaking to an activist in italy. moments later, she drowned. but on the shores, desperate relatives. mohammed, his younger brother and another 30 from his egyptian hometown of sharqiya,

were on the boat. translation: i needjustice for my brother, my cousins l and all of the others on the boat. we want our rights. and i will not leave here. they don't show us the bodies and i can't find those who are missing. those who survived told me there were loads of egyptians on the boat. sisi, where are you? the numbers of people pouring in here to kalamata is increasing. mainly syrians and egyptians, most of them coming here to find any news about their loved ones who have been on that boat. interestingly, many of them, if not the vast majority, have taken the same route, the same risky route a few years ago to come to the shores of the european union. this man has a similar story. his brother is missing, too.

translation: we asked them to show . us the dead bodies, but they don't. i they say they can't show the dead bodies to anyone yet. we have the pictures and documents to prove who they are. we ask them to compare and let us know today. theyjust say we will be in touch. now we have to live in uncertainty, not knowing whether they are dead or missing. just tell us they are dead. facing pressure, the greek coastguard has extended the search operation. hundreds, including women and children, are still missing. back at the port, mohammed has given a dna sample and all he can do for now is stare to the sea, longing that it doesn't turn into a graveyard for his brother. 0ur reporter sofia bettiza is also in kalamata. the operation continues today

here in southern greece because up to 500 people could still be missing at sea. many of them are believed to be women and children who could have been trapped in the boat. this is the third day that officials are looking for survivors but nobody has been found yet. that is partly because this is a very complicated operation because this accident happened on one of the deepest parts in one of the deepest parts of the mediterranean sea. on monday, nine people who have been arrested, all from egypt, all accused of people—smuggling, will appear in court and will have to answer questions from a judge here in kalamata and hopefully this will help us piece together what exactly happened because we keep hearing conflicting reports about why the boat capsized and why the greek coastguard did not intervene sooner. the un has called for

an investigation into what happened and they also said that the greek authorities had a moral and legal obligation to help the people they found at sea. here in london, king charles' first trooping the colour parade has taken place to celebrate his official birthday. a short time ago, the king and senior royals emerged onto the balcony at buckingham palace, including prince william and kate. there on the balcony they watched the fly—past which included these 18 aircraft forming the initials cr — for charles rex. 0ur correspondent charlotte gallagher was at buckingham palace earlier this afternoon. the crowds are making their way home after king charles�*s first trooping the colour as king. and what a show it has been. we've had ia00 parading soldiers, a00 military musicians. you can hear some of them now, and 200 horses.

they made their way up the mall to the horse guards parade and then back again to buckingham palace. king charles was on horseback, the first time the monarch has taken part in the parade on horseback since 1986. other senior members of the royal family, they were here, of course, as well. so the queen camilla, she was here, the prince and princess of wales and their three children, the duke and duchess of edinburgh and the princess royal. crowds got here in the early hours of this morning to ensure they got the best spot, not just for the parade, but, of course, the spectacular fly—past. now, the one for the coronation had to be scaled back significantly because of the weather. so the raf wanted to do something spectacular, biggerand better for trooping the colour. so they had 70 aircraft ranging from the 19a0s, the spitfires and a lancaster bomber, right up to the present date. and the show was finished with the red arrows, always a crowd pleaser. big cheers when they turned up. now, earlier on, the raf said

they did have a special surprise planned for the king and they did put it offjets spelt out "cr" charles rex above the skies of london. huge cheers in the crowd when that happened and no doubt a few smiles on the royal balcony. a delegation of african leaders led by south africa's cyril ramaphosa have arrived in russia to hold talks with president putin in st petersburg. the group met ukraine's president zelensky on friday and are hoping to seek negotiations towards peace between kyiv and moscow. michael 0'hanlon is director of research in foreign policy, brookings institution. in some ways they expect it to be even worse with grain prices and global energy prices, but things could still get worse, and they are bad enough as it is. coming out of the covid period, many of these countries are not

in great fiscal or economic shape. the prospects for any success, to get to your question, are not that good, because why would these particular six leaders of africa, as bright as they may be in solving their own continents' problems, have any particular insight into the european politics and history that are behind this terrible conflict over ukraine and how could they expect to have any particularly imaginative or creative ideas? ukraine and russia themselves and their neighbours don't have much in the way of an idea right now and how to start negotiations, and i think until the ukrainian offensive plays itself out, no one has a realistic sense of the upper hand. i think all these leaders can really do is express their concern and drive that point home to both ukrainian and russian leadership. in terms of how receptive president putin might be to their visit, it was extraordinary yesterday, that when they were arriving in kyiv,

we were seeing kyiv under attack? yes, very good point, and that tells you the real way that putin is receiving them. he will put on a nice face as he formally receives them today, because he is aware that much of the developing world is not particularly interested injoining those of us in nato in opposing the russian aggression. the developing world doesn't necessarily blame russia entirely and thinks that this war came partly out of a global north kind of dispute that doesn't directly concern them. we put a lot of attention into trying to solve this war but gave less attention to conflicts and crises on their part of the world, so there is a certain amount of scepticism in africa and latin america and certain parts of asia about this war, and whether nato is correct to be so critical of russia. putin can play that for all it is worth.

he will certainly make it seem like these countries, like him, have some empathy for russia's position. he won't be entirely wrong but he will push it to a ridiculous extreme. in terms of the importance of relations for him with african countries, in terms of south africa, there is a lot of trade? no doubt, and russia does see an historic line of influence going down through the middle east into egypt's and parts of south of that, going back to soviet days and cold war days, so there are economic interests. the wagner group often deploys in countries where there may be mineral rights or profits to be made and winds up in cosy deals with autocrats in three or four places where it is unfortunate how that plays out. the south african situation is more complex. most of us in the united states and nato don't really admire the role of south africa.

it seems to have been too friendly towards putin throughout this war, but nonetheless, it is not quite the same thing as the wagner group relationships. russia wants influence and it wants money, and it certainly sees the potential for some diplomatic allies in this ongoing crisis. now it's time for a look at today's sport with gavin. england's bowlers have four australian wickets as they look to keep the strong first—innings lead in place. australia currently on 169-a in in place. australia currently on 169—a in the afternoon session at edgbaston, stuart broad with two wickets in two balls, that of his rival, david warner, a9, and labuschagne. moeen ali got the wicket of travis head short while ago. it's day 3 on the us open. after breaking the first round record with a score of 62, rickie fowler's broken another one — becoming the fastest player to get to ten under par in the competition's history. he leads the way with a one—shot lead over wyndham clark. but hot on their heels

is rory mcilroy — who's two shots off the lead. he was in danger of heading out of contention, with three bogeys in the front nine — but he pulled it around with six birdies, including almost making a hole in one on the ninth as he looks to win his first majorfor nine years. no one wants me to win another major more than i do, so, you know, the desire is there. i've been trying and i have come close over the past nine years or whatever it is, and i keep coming back. ifeel like i have shown a lot of resilience in my career, a lot of ups and downs, and i keep coming back. whether that means i get rewarded, or get punched in the gut, whatever it is, i'll always keep coming back.

but in�*s katie boulter is through to the final of the nottingham open. the british number one beat fellow brit heather watson 6—5. she will face... murray is on court later against nuno borst. scotland are looking to maintain their 100% record in european championship qualifying later. after beating spain and cyprus in their opening two matches steve clarke's side are in oslo to take on norway this evening, who have premier league stars erling haaland and martin 0dergaard in their ranks. and there are more european championship qualifiers to come later. austria can make it three wins out of three, if they get the better of second—placed belgium in their group. and hungary and montenegro go head to head, the winner with the chance to go level with serbia, at the top of that group.

team bahrain—victorious have withdrawn from the tour de suisse. following the death of rider gino mader on friday. mader died as a result of the injuries he suffered in a high—speed crash, on a descent in thursday's stage five. friday's stage was cancelled, with the peloton instead riding the final 20 kilometres of the route in a non—competitive group ride in memory of mader. two more teams have also pulled out of the race. and a good day for mercedes in friday practice at the canadian grand prix too — lewis hamilton led george russell to a british one—two in montreal. they took advantage of setting their fastest times later than the other top drivers to pip early pacesetter carlos sainz of ferrari, during a day which was disrupted by red—flag stoppages and technical problems. it was nice to have an hour and a half's session, but we haven't had an hour and a half for a long time, so i felt like the time was not used optimally. we will get back and have a look. i was itching to go,

let's maximise the time out there. i love driving this track, i love it from the moment you leave the pit lane. that is all the sport for now. the cricket is currently 171—a for australia in their second innings. still of a way to go. police say four people have been found dead in a flat in hounslow in west london. the victims include an 11—year—old girl, a three—year—old boy, and a man and woman in their 30s —— all thought to be related. police were called on friday to concerns over the occupants.0ur correspondent simon jones is at the scene. the police at this time are asking people not to speculate particularly online about what might have led up

to this, particularly as children are involved and they may find what they are hearing particularly upsetting. in terms of that police investigation, they say they are still trying to identify the relatives of those who have died but they are reassuring the community, they believe this was an isolated incident but there will be an increased police presence in this area throughout the course of the weekend as a reassurance. the first minister of scotland humza yousaf is urging the uk government to step up efforts to secure the release of a scottish blogger who's been jailed in india for six years. in a letter to rishi sunak, the first minister said jagtar sinthohal had been wrongfully imprisoned. mr sinthohal was in punjab for his wedding when he was arrested over an alleged murder conspiracy. he is from dumbarton, near glasgow, and he is being held without conviction on terror charges. he was arrested when he was in punjab for his wedding. his family claim he has been tortured, and they also claim that he was made to sign

a blank confession document. that is strongly denied by the indian authorities. here in scotland he was an active blogger, highlighting the historic abuse of sikhs in punjab. he is being detained in a series of prisons in india over the past six years or so, accused of funding the purchase of weapons used to assassinate a number of hindu, religious and political leaders. he denies the charges against him and claims his arrest was politically motivated. 0bviously his family are very worried about him and have been meeting the first minister this last week, haven't they? his family are very worried, they have been working hard to try to keep his story in the news in scotland over recent years. they are also very concerned that he could face the death penalty in india. last week his brother met

the new scottish first minister, humza yousaf, and he promised to raise the issue with both the uk and indian governments. mr yousaf has written to the uk prime minister, urging him to take what he describes as a direct approach. he makes a point that jagtar sinthohal has now been imprisoned for 2000 days, and also that a un working group and arbitrary detention has called for his immediate arrest. mr yousaf says he wants mr sunak to make that direct approach to the indian government, seeking jagtar sinthohal�*s release. he says that it would give the family here in scotland to the reassurance of knowing the uk government has prioritised the protection of a citizen who was wrongly imprisoned. there are believed to be around 6.5 million sea turtles in the wild. they come in a variety of different species — and many of them are endangered or even critically endangered. scientists in the middle east are doing their best to help — trying to return some of the turtles to the sea.

tim allman explains. dubai's turtle rehabilitation project is small but ambitious, a bit like some of its patients. in these giant blue vats, hawksbill and green turtles are being given a little tlc, ahead of a potential return to the wild. that is no easy task, mind you. with a perennial problem getting in the way. what is happening now with climate change is that sea turtle nesting beaches are getting narrower, because of sea level rise and more frequent storms. and the beaches are getting warmer, so we are getting a higher number of females. but on world sea turtle day, there is no room for pessimism. a big crowd to see off the latest batch of tenacious marine hero turtles. # something inside so strong # i know that i can make it # but you are doing me wrong #

the fact they can take them, get them rehabilitated and then set them back free into their natural environment. ijust think it's lovely, and to have this opportunity to watch them released back into it is fabulous. # something inside so strong. this is only a small step. there are many more steps to take, but it should be easy as long as you remember to rely on turtle power. tim allman, bbc news. before we go, archaeologists in germany have uncovered a bronze sword, thought to be more than 3000 years old. the weapon, believed to be from the late 1ath century bc, was found in a grave in the town of nordlingen. the sword would have been complex to make and was in such good condition that it almost

shines. that is all from me for now. do stay with us on the bbc. hello. over the next two or three days, there is a pretty good chance of catching some rain, but be warned, the storms could be quite severe in some places, with the potential for gusty winds, flash flooding and large hail. but there will be variations, and just down the road, you may miss the storms altogether with just a few drops of rain or hardly any rainfall at all. the storms will be coming in from south, and low pressure is very close to the uk right now. this will help to spin up some of the storms over the next couple of days, but already today, some storm clouds developing across parts of ireland, and some of them could clip western parts of northern ireland, and here too, the storms locally could be severe, bringing torrential downpours and very large hail in places. maybe even a couple of centimetres with gusty winds too.

elsewhere, it is hazy skies, warm, with just a scattering of showers across the rest of the uk. now, the morning temperatures are on the muggy side. in many areas, it will be around the mid—teens. the coolest spots in newcastle about ten celsius. so where will storms form tomorrow? the bulk of them, and remember very well scattered, meaning big gaps of fine weather in between, that will be across england and wales. if these do occur, they could bring as much as 30 millimetres of rain in a short space of time. say, within an hour. over a few hours, especially later on into the day and into the evening hours, it could be as much as 60 millimetres, which could lead to some flash flooding locally. the indication is that most of the heavy storms will be a little bit further to the north, and across northern parts of england. so, this is where the most amount of rainfall potentially could fall. through the course of monday,

we'll see some heavy rain for a time across eastern parts of scotland, it really could be very wet here for a time. then through the day on monday, we'll have a scattering of showers, but also plenty of fine sunny weather. staying on the warm side. you can see those temperatures, you can see those temperatures, 2a there in newcastle. 2a there in newcastle. around 25 in norwich. we no longer have the heatwave, but those temperatures are still a little above the average for the time of the year, and that weather is a lot more mixed, with a few more rain clouds there on the horizon. goodbye.