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. if they are telling us the borders are secured, security is tight, i want the security to tell us where they were when these killers came to kill our people. 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 flypast fit for a king — aircraft spell out the initials of charles rex as part of the trooping the colour birthday celebrations in london.

hello, i'm samantha simmonds. the ugandan government has told the bbc that 37 students have been killed in an attack on a school in the west of the country. the massacre happened at a secondary school in mpondwe in the west of the country. pupils were attacked with machetes and set alight. as well as the dead, six students were abducted and eight are critically injured. security forces are tracking down rebels from the allied democratic forces, or adf, which is linked to the islamic state group and allegedly carried out the attack. 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. this local resident expressed her anger as she questioned the ugandan authorities�* ability to protect their people.

if they are telling us the borders are secured, security is tight, i want the security to tell us where they were when these killers came to kill our people. they are rebels that came to kill our people. is this security within uganda? why is it that we see them scattered here? where were they at night? because we are told guns... people heard the gunshots as early as 10pm and security could not come to compound the situation. now this time they come in thousands. where have they been? the information minister of uganda, chris baryomunsi, says that the hunt is on to get to the attackers. they are already on the ground and the security and intelligence officers are on the ground. a search has 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 these terrorists and also save the six students who were abducted. so 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. these are the marauding terrorists who have beenjust in the bush. so they crossed into uganda. but we shall find out the details, how they could have been in the area for a few days

without being detected. patience atuhaire is in kampala for us. the attackers were about five in number. that's 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 buildings, and the children were locked inside. we also understand some may have been abducted, including some members from the community. some of them might be children as well. what the army are saying is 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 and pursue them from the air and see if they can find the fighters and possibly rescue the hostages. the adf is an islamist rebel group that originated in uganda.

they were initially led by ugandans and they waged war against the yoweri museveni government in the 1990s. they were based in that same region in the rwenzori mountains and they were pushed in the �*90s into the drc. but even then, their methods of operation were very similar to what happened friday night. they burned villages, attacked travellers on buses, and in 1998 they had attacked a technical school and killed about 80 students there. they burned their dormitories down as well. but in the last couple of decades, they've only been based in 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 the islamic state. the community is in mourning. it's in so much shock. it also brings memories for those who were alive then of what used to happen in the �*90s. so the community have been

here before, have been at the hands of this kind of terrorism from the adf. and the motive this time seems to be just the same — destabilise communities, give the security forces sort of the idea to say, you can't fight us, you can't break us down. it's very horrifying, the community... we've seen photos of parents crying, children, some of them who are injured in hospital and trying to get care. russian president vladimir putin has been holding talks in st petersburg with a delegation of african leaders who've called for peace talks to end to the war in ukraine. mr putin told the south african president, cyril ramaphosa, and his colleagues that improving ties with african countries was a priority. he praised what he called their balanced position on the war. many african countries have been hit by the cut in exports of grain and fertiliser as a result of the russian invasion.

in his opening remarks, mr ramaphosa outlined his delegation�*s aims. he said he hoped the talks could lead to bringing the ukrainian conflict to an end: we do firmly believe that this war must be settled, and it must be settled through negotiations and through diplomatic means. the war cannot go on forever. all wars have to be settled and come to an end at some stage, and we are here to communicate a very clear message, that we would like this war to be ended. we say so because this war is having a negative impact on the african continent and indeed on many

other countries around the world. live now to our bbc africa reporter, shingai nyoka, in zimbabwe's capital, harare. bring us up to date on what has been said in saint petersburg. as you mentioned, the representatives from seven countries met with president putin and essentially expressed concern about the stability of the region, and they called on him to ensure that the stability in the region, they also expressed concern about feud security. the region, they also expressed concern about feud security.— about feud security. the president from south _ about feud security. the president from south africa _ about feud security. the president from south africa leading - about feud security. the president from south africa leading that - from south africa leading that delegation presented a ten point plan if you like of all the key elements, he said they were there to listen, they were there also to support previous peace proposals, they wanted to ensure that the

blockages that stopped grain and fertiliser from blockages that stopped grain and fertiliserfrom moving blockages that stopped grain and fertiliser from moving from blockages that stopped grain and fertiliserfrom moving from ukraine in the black sea to africa, that they be allowed free passage, and as you heard there, essentially he wants russia to respect sovereignty. he also raised the issue of prisoners of war in russia as well as children who have been abducted allegedly into russia. president putin interrupted the presentations by the african delegation very briefly to defend his position, essentially saying that the reason for the instability was the coup d'etat from 2014, his own version of history, and he also said that he was open to the children being returned to their parents and they had been evacuated for their safely —— safety, so a very defensive

position from vladimir putin, but that meeting are still ongoing. figs that meeting are still ongoing. as you say president putin giving his own version of events, but he did warmly welcome the african leaders and he did say we are open for dialogue, do analysts really think this will lead to any hopeful talks between ukraine and russia? i don't think that there _ between ukraine and russia? i don't think that there was _ between ukraine and russia? i don't think that there was an _ between ukraine and russia? i don't think that there was an expectation l think that there was an expectation that anything would emerge from this particular meeting, even though president putin has welcomed the dialogue. he said they were not averse to having dialogue with ukraine and that previous meetings or previous proposals, they have acceded to, it's not clear, the extent to which he respects this particular mission. as we saw yesterday when they arrived in ukraine and explosions were heard outside of kyiv, to many people that

really was an indication of how russia is reacting to this particular mission, but on the face of it he welcomes it, whether there will be any change as a result of this meeting, i don't really think that anybody has an expectation that he will change his mind about the war in ukraine.— let's bring you some stories from the uk... teachers in england will strike on two more days injuly in their long—running dispute with the government over pay. the national education union says teachers will take action on wednesday, july 5th and friday, july 7th. the government says the strikes will cause damage to learning and disruption to parents. four people have been found dead in a flat in west london. police officers forced entry into the property in hounslow before discovering two children, an 11—year—old girl and a three year—old boy, and a man and woman in their 30s. it's believed all four are related. there's a warning that uk homeowners

who remortgage may have to pay nearly £3,000 extra in their annual repayments from next year. the think tank the resolution foundation, which campaigns on living standards, is predicting a mortgage crunch over the coming years as cheap deals run out and interest rates rise. 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. let�*s return to our main story this hour, where 37 pupils have been killed

in a school in uganda. it�*s allegedly by the allied democratic forces or adf — which is linked to the islamic state group. here�*s our africa editor for the bbc world service, will ross with more. there is a lot of trade back—and—forth, but there haven�*t been many cross—border raids. they have in the last couple of years been some fairly small scale bomb attacks, including in the capital kampala, but the authorities have blamed this on this group, but western uganda has not been seen as particularly vulnerable to attacks by this group and certainly the presence of the ugandan army, working with the congolese military, may have provoked the group into this attack, if indeed it was the adf because we only have the official saying it was, but parents

will be absolutely desperate now, also knowing that the army says the rebels were in that area for about two days before the attack happened, so some questions about intelligence and why they were not picked up before the attack took place. but horrific news coming out of western uganda and it�*s very reminiscent of some of the attacks that happened way back in the 19905 committed by the adf in that area, largely on schools, possibly because that 5chool5, possibly because that creates large waves of publicity but it�*s possible they may be trying to recruit a5 it�*s possible they may be trying to recruit as well and sees people, but we are yet to hear whether the ugandan military has had any success as it tries to pursue the rebels acro55 as it tries to pursue the rebels across the border and rescue tho5e across the border and rescue those people who have been abducted. 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 ve55el sank in one of the deepest part5 of the mediterranean sea. the greek authorities are facing mounting que5tion5 about whether more could have been done to prevent the disaster. nine suspected people 5muggler5 have been arrested. 0ur reporter, sofia bettiza, is 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 part5 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. the first minister of scotland humza you5af is urging the uk government to step up efforts to secure the release of a scottish blogger who�*5 beenjailed 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 new5 correspondent jamie mcivor has more on this. jagtar sinthohal is from dumbarton, near glasgow, and he has been held without conviction in india since 2017 on terror charges. 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. 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, religiou5, and political leaders. he denies the charges against him and claims his arrest was politically motivated. earlier this week his brother met the new fir5t earlier this week his brother met the new first minister of scotland. it was a really positive meeting, straightaway he called for his release — straightaway he called for his release and promised to write to

rishi _ release and promised to write to rishi sunak, and he has done that. i don't _ rishi sunak, and he has done that. i don't know_ rishi sunak, and he has done that. i don't know what else he can do because — don't know what else he can do because it _ don't know what else he can do because it is not within homicide's reach _ because it is not within homicide's reach to— because it is not within homicide's reach to bring him back home, but it is within_ reach to bring him back home, but it is within the — reach to bring him back home, but it is within the uk government's reach. i've is within the uk government's reach. i've got— is within the uk government's reach. i've got a _ is within the uk government's reach. i've got a statement here from the i�*ve got a statement here from the uk foreign office, it says it has raised concerns including the allegations of torture with the indian authorities on more than 100 occasions and also says that consular staff visit him regularly to check on his welfare, the most recent visit was last month. meanwhile the uk foreign secretary most recently discussed his case with india�*s external affairs minister in march. 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 it�*s much lower than yesterday�*s. but please don�*t believe that, it�*s absolute rubbish. i have to say 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.

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. were 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? i was 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 mp5 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. king charles has become the first monarch in more than 30 years to take part in trooping the colour on horseback. thousands of people turned out to watch his birthday parade — among them our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell. finally, it was a birthday parade for him. guards! royal salute! present arms! god save the king plays.

king charles took the salute in his own right as monarch. the king was on horseback on a rather friskier mount than he might have wished. princes george and louis and princess charlotte were taken to watch from a window overlooking horse guards as the parade got under way. 0n the dias, queen camilla in an outfit modelled on the uniform of the grenadier guards, of which she is now honorary colonel. and the princess of wales in emerald green — she�*s colonel of the irish guards. for the first time in more than 30 years, all five of the foot guard regiments were on parade. the colour being trooped was that of the welsh guards.

and then back up the mall to buckingham palace. a carriage ride for the children, with george leading the waving. the king led the principal members of the family onto the palace balcony for the fly—past, which couldn�*t take place on coronation day because of the weather. but in the clear skies of summer appeared the battle of britain memorial flight and some of the raf�*s latest and loudest jets, including 18 typhoon fighters spelling out the letters cr, charles rex, in tribute to britain�*s new king. nicholas witchell, bbc news. stay with us here on bbc news.

hello. it�*s fairly quiet on the weather front right now, but quite a wild day on the way for some of us on sunday with thunderstorms forecast. some of them could be severe, bringing hail, gusty winds and a lot of rainfall in a short space of time, leading to flash flooding. butjust down the road, you 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 it on the satellite picture here. this vortex and this low pressure will help to spawn some of these storms over the next day or two. now, there�*s already a lot of cloud across the uk. skies have been quite hazy in places and we�*ve had some showers as well, drifting from south, moving northwards. quite a muggy air mass. so that means that tonight will be quite close for many of us. a generally dry night, but not completely. there will be some showers around.

the temperatures early in the morning will be around about 15, 16 degrees in the warmest spots. but in the fresher areas there, newcastle, hull closer to ten degrees. so when will these storms start forming? well, from late morning onwards into the afternoon, i think 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 the really widespread heavy showers will start to form later in the afternoon and into the evening hours. and it does look as though it�*s these more eastern and northern areas that are at risk from these big downpours, gusty winds, hail and, of course, flash flooding. the met office warns.

on monday early, we could see still some stormy weather across parts of eastern scotland. but, then again, that weather front moves northwards quickly and then, behind it, it�*s the case of sunny spells and just a scattering of showers. and again, one or two thunderstorms as well. so if you miss the storms on sunday, you might actually catch one on monday or even tuesday. now, it stays on the warm side, into next week, it does look as though those temperatures will start to pick up again. but you can see from the weather icons, it does look a little mixed. bye— bye.

this is bbc news. the headlines. pupils have been killed in around 40 pupils have been killed in an attack in western uganda. rebels linked to the islamic state have been blamed. a day after visiting ukraine,