live from london, this is bbc news. 37 pupils are killed — and several abducted — as militants linked to the islamic state group attack a school in uganda. we hope to be able to capture the terrorists, and also save the six students who were abducted. a day after visiting ukraine, a group of african leaders meet vladimir putin in russia — and call for peace talks. teachers in england announce two more days of strike action as part of a long—running pay dispute. a man appears in court charged with the murders of three people on the streets of nottingham in england on tuesday.

the ugandan government has told the bbc that 37 pupils were killed in an attack on a school in the west of the country. security forces are hunting rebels from the allied democratic forces or adf — which is linked to the islamic state group and allegedly carried out the attack. the pupils were attacked with machetes and killed inside school buildings that were set alight. eight people were injured and six students were abducted. it happened at a secondary school in mpondwe. police say the fighters had crossed the border from the democratic republic of the congo. the adf has been operating from inside the drc for the past two decades. will ross, the africa editor for bbc world service radio, told me more about what happened. the survivors are speaking about exactly what happened. apparently, there was a power cut in the area. so this all happened in complete darkness. the rebels from the adf attacked the school, firstly going into a room and killing the students

using machetes. there was then a bomb of some device, of some description thrown into another dormitory. so a huge loss of life. many of the buildings were set ablaze and there was also some looting of foodstuffs. what we don't know at the moment is how many people were abducted and taken away from this school. but the allied democratic forces, that's the group that the authorities in uganda are blaming for the attack, it is a group that has been pretty well known in the country. going back to the 1990s, in the late 1990s, it carried out attacks in the west of the country, a similar area, and it was a pretty extremist muslim group. it was then routed and sent over the border into eastern congo and has been operating from there for a number of years, causing havoc in villages there.

but only recently, in the last couple of years, the ugandan army's tried to go after this group and had claimed to have pretty much defeated it. but many independent reports were suggesting that it hadn't been weakened at all. and if this was an attack by the adf, it shows that it still is a very huge threat in the region. for the ugandan government's response, i spoke with the information minister of uganda, chris baryomunsi. security chris baryomunsi. is tight. why is it that we see security is tight. why is it that we see them scattered to? day and night. because we are told that people heard gunshots as early as

10pm. and security could not come here, now this time they come in their thousands. for the ugandan government's response, i spoke with the information minister of uganda, chris baryomunsi. we got an unfortunate incident last night where the terrorist attacked one of our schools in western uganda and the district of kasese on the border with the drc. and the reports which we have now sighted, 170 people are confirmed to have been killed. 20 of them were cut with machetes and pangas and 17 were burnt and six were abducted. and they took with them basically to carry the food because these rebels broke into the store of the school, took all the food which had been stored there, and they took six students to carry the food into drc, where they crossed again. and what can you tell us

about the search for the people responsible and obviously the search to try and find those six people who have been abducted? yes. the leadership of the army is already on the ground and the security and intelligence officers on the ground as such have already been mounted to see whether we can recover and get back all the six who were abducted, but also get to the killers where the hunt is on. and our army and security officers, intelligence officers, are combing the bushes around the area. and we hope to be able to capture the terrorists and also save the six students who were abducted. obviously, a lot of questions are being raised about the school security. you know, this is not the first time that a school has been attacked, is it? and there are some reports, people saying that the rebels had been seen in the area of this school for two days beforehand. people are raising questions also

about why it's so easy for them to cross the border from the drc to get over to launch an attack like this. the border is porous. so they could have crossed through those areas which are not secured. but all this would be found out. and if it is true that they have been loitering in the area for the last two days, we have to find out whether there could be local collaborators in the area, because it was also surprising, because we have an operation in the drc which is done jointly by the forces from uganda and drc. we know the bases have been destroyed over the adf, the marauding terrorists who have been just in the bush. so they crossed into uganda, but we had to find out the details, how they could have been in the area for a few days without being detected.

a delegation of african leaders led by south africa's cyril ramaphosa are in russia holding talks with president putin in st petersburg. we can see president putin they're addressing the group around a lie old —— a large table. he welcomes their stance on the conflict in ukraine. 0bviously africa has remained neutral on the war in ukraine. and president putin has said we are open for dialogue. yesterday, these african leaders visited kyiv and were speaking to president zelensky, basically calling for peace talks, but president zelensky yesterday said mr putin is a terrorist and there could be no talks while russia continue to —— to occupy his country. the south

african president has been saying that children should be returned to their homes, we have also heard from their homes, we have also heard from the chair of the african union, he has been saying that the water is not only affect you and your neighbour but the whole world, many african countries of course have been hit by the cut in exports of grain and fertiliser because of the war in ukraine, so they are very much there to talk about the impact on africans from the war. he also said, we have come here to listen to you and encourage you to enter negotiations and end this war and we hope you will take this path to peace, so we will keep an eye on talks going on there in st petersburg and for you any more on them when we have it. 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 street 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 cricket test series between england and australia. valdo calocane, the dual

guinea—bissau and portuguese national who has settled status here in the uk, was remanded into custody and will next appear at nottingham crown court on tuesday. 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 are thought to be related. police were called on friday to concerns over the occupants. 0ur correspondent, simonjones, has been 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.

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. 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 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. we do keep hearing conflicting reports about what happened. 0n we do keep hearing conflicting reports about what happened. on one hand you have the greek coastguard who said they approached the vessel

but everything seemed to be going smoothly, but the people on board did not want help, they wanted to continue sailing towards italy, but some human rights groups are saying the greek coastguard knew what was going on in the boat, knew they needed help, and they took hours to intervene. in terms of what happens next, that's unclear but of course this is a problem that is not new, greece is one of the main routes for people who want to reach the european union from the middle east, asia and africa. the eu says they have got a strategy to deal with migration but in reality they have been criticised because their crackdown on human traffickers is forcing people to take much longer, much more treacherous routes to reach europe. and if you just look at the numbers, according to the un, since the beginning of this year, more than 1500 people have died

trying to reach europe through the mediterranean sea, so critics are saying that the eu simply does not have answers or a strategy to deal with a big problem that is not going away anytime soon. a former barclays trader who blew the whistle on a fraud which he says was ordered from the top of the financial system has spoken publicly for the first time. peterjohnson, who was later jailed in the scandal, confirmed that he'd sought to alert central banks to interest rate manipulation, only to be instructed against his wishes to take part in it. evidence uncovered by the bbc indicates pressure on him to lie about interest rates came from the bank of england and uk government — something the government's denied. andy verity has this exclusive report. for petejohnson, the last 16 years are filled with painful memories.

i think the hardest day of my life, i had to go and tell my father. i burst into tears. i felt i'd sort of let him down. a former barclays trader, he blew the whistle on a huge scandal during the financial crisis where banks were lying, understating the interest rates they pay to borrow cash on instructions from top managers. they call it lowballing, and banks later paid billions of dollars in fines for it. in a recorded phone call in october 2008, he told the us central bank all about it. audio: three months' libors have come in at 3.53. - so yesterday's is much lower than yesterday's. but please don't believe that, it's absolute rubbish.

i have to say all the libors are incorrect and they are too low. but on the 29th october 2008, his immediate boss, mark dearlove, reluctantly passed on an instruction from above to take part in the very fraud he'd sought to expose. barclays board directors had come under pressure from the top of the financial system. the bottom line is you're going to absolutely hate this. we've had some very serious pressure from the uk government and the bank of england about this. but it wasn't board directors who got prosecuted or central bankers. instead, the serious fraud office indicted peterjohnson for a much smaller so—called interest rate manipulation that the us courts have now decided wasn't illegal and broke no rules.

believing he'd lose at trial, he pleaded guilty and in 2016 went to jail. whre you ordered by your bosses to post false libor rates under pressure from the bank of england? yes or no? no comment. what were you thinking at that moment when i confronted you? not thinking, damn right i was. you said no comment. i had been advised by my lawyers to just say nothing. but you would have liked to have said yes. 0h, absolutely. the serious fraud office said nine traders knowingly rigged rates for their own benefit and juries in the court of appeal had agreed they committed a crime. whilst the real villains got off scot free, the scapegoats, including some whistle—blowers, face coercion and injustice. in a newly published book, i've revealed peterjohnson�*s story and mps are now demanding a renewed parliamentary inquiry. the house was misled from all the evidencel that's available to us. they want cases sent back to the courts. the bank of england said it had cooperated fully with the serious fraud office investigation. the treasury said the government didn't seek to influence individual banks.

libor submissions. barclays declined to comment. andy verity, bbc news. teachers in england will strike again on the 5th and 7th ofjuly in their ongoing dispute over pay. it means members of the national education union will walk out this term, causing disruption to schools. they want above inflation increases plus extra money to ensure any pay rises do not come from existing budgets. the government says they have already offered teachers a pay rise part a commitment to cut workloads by five hours a week and pay an increase of 4.5% for next year. 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.

0ur news correspondent, jamie mcivor, has the background. jagtar sinthohal is from dumbarton, near glasgow, and he has been held without conviction in india since 2017 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, mr sinthohal was an active blogger, highlighting the historic abuse of sikhs in punjab. he has been 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're 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 mr yousaf promised to raise the issue with both the uk and indian governments. mr yousaf has written to the uk prime minister, rishi sunak, urging him to take what he describes as a direct approach. he makes a point that mr sinthohal has now been imprisoned for 2,000 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 mr 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. here in london, king charles' first trooping the colour parade has taken place to celebrate his official birthday. the king and senior royals emerged onto the balcony at buckingham palace, including prince william and kate. there, they watched the flypast which included these 18 aircraft forming the initials cr — for charles rex. caroline aston, royal commentator and features writer at majesty magazine, spoke to us earlier, sharing her thoughts on today's parade. i think it was a surprise to him to see his new initials, cr, charles rex, flying overhead. you know, i'm sure this must have been immensely emotional for the king because, don't forget, just a year ago, the trooping of the colour was a highlight event of the unique platinum jubilee that his mother had attained. that was quite an occasion. and then suddenly she was gone. just three months later, the queen was no longer with us.

and, of course, i think for any watcher of royal ceremony, i mean, what a year we've had. the perfectly executed lying—in—state, the state funeral and, of course, in more recent times, the coronation. and here we have a mounted monarch, for the first time since 1986, going on to horse guards to review, what else? the welsh guards. a little look back there at his long, long wait to be king as prince of wales. emotional, significant and, of course, as always, perfectly executed. yes, it was precision, wasn't it? exactly. and i was reminded, looking at that cr in the sky, of the joy on the queen's face during those platinum jubilee celebrations when the number 70 was made in formation on her fly—past. and i was watching king charles to see his reaction, i suppose. and, you know, it's hard to tell what he thinks, isn't it, always in these things? i expect today has been quite exhausting for him, hasn't it? because, you know, he was,

as you say, on horseback throughout and we don't see that from him very often, do we? we're used to seeing princess anne on horseback, of course, and we saw the late queen on horseback regularly, but not him. no, absolutely. and i thought queen camilla's outfit, that scarlet outfit with a sort of uniform top and that little black hat, really channelled images of the queen when she was a younger woman riding down to horse guards. and towards the end on her favourite horse, burmese, who, of course, she was riding in 1981 when someone fired a starting pistol and the horse shyed and the queen, a perfect horsewoman, reined her horse in and carried on, well, to do her duty. the watchword of her long reign. yes, an emotional occasion, perfectly executed. and i thought it went off, as you would expect, utter perfection. yes. we're just looking at the images of the king and queen on the balcony there, surrounded by the senior

royals, and the role that they play in things now. they're close at hand, aren't they? but, obviously, you know, we don't see prince harry and meghan there, of course. but he's making a point, isn't he, at the moment of including the nearest and dearest, isn't he, at the moment? well, of course he is. and this is very much in line with his avowed aim of slimming down the royal family to the senior working royals. and i suppose it's only right and proper that they should be there supporting him on an occasion like this. these are the people who are doing the belt and braces stuff and carrying the monarchy forward into, yes, rather difficult and often uncharted times. archaeologists in germany have uncovered a bronze sword thought to be more than 3,000 years old. the weapon, believed to be from the late 14th century bc, was found in a grave in the town of nordlingen. officials say the sword, with an octagonal engraved hilt, would have been complex to make and is in such good condition

that it still almost shines. before we go, let's leave you with this... this is andriy levishchenko, a ukrainian volunteer who helped shuttle people by boat to safety in the flooded kherson area and then clambered onto the roof of a flooded house to play his saxophone. surrounded by high water, he played the ukrainian national anthem as russian shells fell nearby. let's return now to the delegation of african leaders led by south africa's cyril ramaphosa — they're in russia holding talks with president putin in st petersburg. they have been trying to get the two sides to agree to peace talks.

it's fairly quiet on the weather front right now but a wild day on the way on sunday with thunderstorms forecast, some could be severe, bringing hail, gusty winds and a lot of rainfall in a short space of time, butjust down the road you might miss the storms and it'll end “p might miss the storms and it'll end up being fairly dry and bright. low pressure is close by to the uk, you can see on the satellite picture here this vortex and low pressure will help to spawn some of these storms over the next day or two. and it's already a lot of cloud over the uk, skies had been hazy in places and we have had showers, moving northwards, quite a muggy air mass, meaning that tonight will be close for many of us. generally dry night

but not completely, there will be showers around, temperatures will be 15, 16 degrees showers around, temperatures will be 15,16 degrees in the warmer spots, but newcastle, hull, closer to 15,16 degrees in the warmer spots, but newcastle, hull, closerto 10 degrees. so when will the storms start forming? from late morning into the afternoon, the risk of thunder increases across england and wales in particular. a big range in the rainfall forecast, locally 30 millimetres of rain in an hour is possible later in the afternoon, perhaps even 80 millimetres in a few hours from central southern england through central england, all the way to the north, but i think widespread heavy showers. to form later in the afternoon and into the evening hours, and it does look as though it is the small eastern and northern areas that are at risk of these big downpours, gusty winds, hailand areas that are at risk of these big downpours, gusty winds, hail and of course flash flooding, the met office warns. 0n

course flash flooding, the met office warns. on monday, we could 0ffice warns. on monday, we could see stormy weather across parts of eastern scotland but then again that moves northwards quickly and then behind it it's a case of sunny spells and just a scattering of showers and again one or two thunderstorms as well, if you miss the storms on sunday you might actually catch one on monday or even tuesday. it stays in the warm side and actually into next week it looks as though those temperatures will pick up again but you can see from the weather icon it looks a bit mixed, goodbye.

teachers in england announce two more days of strike action as part of a long—running pay dispute. members of the national education union will walk out on the fifth