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. vladimir putin rejects calls by a delegation of african leaders to agree a ceasefire with ukraine at a diplomatic meeting in st petersburg. teachers in england announce two more days of strike action, as part of a long—running pay dispute. a fly—past 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 simmons. the ugandan military says rebels set fire to a locked boys�* dormitory and used machetes to kill female students during a night—time attack on a school. the massacre happened at a secondary school in mpondwe, in the west of the country. 41 people, mostly teenagers, were killed. several students are also reported to have been abducted, and eight have been critically wounded. 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. the mayor of mpondwe gave an update on who died in the attack. the secondary school, where the suspected rebels could be adf.

i talked to the school and they murdered on the spot by killing 22 students from this school and then threw a bomb in hostel that also killed 17 students. now the total at the school is going up to 39 and, within the community, as they were going back, they also murdered two people, a female and a male. this is bringing bringing up the number to 41. 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. —— combat the situation. now this time, they come in thousands. where have they been? the information minister of uganda, chris baryomunsi, says the hunt is on to find 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. the bbc�*s patience atuhaire in kampala explains the background of adf insurgents.

the adf is an islamist group formed in uganda, they waged war against the government in the 1990s. they were based in that same region in the mountains and were pushed in the 19905 into the drc. but even then, their methods of operation were very similar to what happened friday night. they attacked trucks and buses, and a 1998, they attacked a technical school and killed about 80 students there, they burned their dormitories down as well. but in the last couple decades, they've only been based in the 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 are alive then of what used to

happen in the 905. so the community have been here before, at the hands of this kind of terrorism from the adf, and the mode of this time seems to bejust the adf, and the mode of this time seems to be just the same — adf, and the mode of this time seems to bejust the same — destabilise communities, give the security forces the idea to say, "you can't fight us, you can't break us down." it's very horrifying, the community, parents crying, children, some of whom are injured in the hospital and trying to get care. russian president vladimir putin has been holding talks in saint petersburg with a delegation from seven african nations 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 said he hoped the talks could lead to the end of the ukrainian conflict. 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.

our bbc africa reporter shingai nyoka in zimbabwe's capital, harare, and she told me more about the visit. well as you mentioned, those leaders of those seven countries, or 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. president ramaphosa, 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, that they wanted to ensure that the blockages that have stopped grain and fertiliser from moving from ukraine in the black sea, to africa, that they be

allowed free passage. and as you heard there, he essentially 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, as ukraine says — 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 — it was 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 safety. so clearly a very defensive position from vladimir putin, but that meeting are still ongoing. -- is —— is still ongoing.

-- is still ongoing. as you say, president _ -- is still ongoing. as you say, president putin _ -- is still ongoing. as you say, president putin giving - -- is still ongoing. as you say, president putin giving his - -- is still ongoing. as you say, president putin giving his own| president putin giving his own version of events, but he did warmly welcomed the african leaders, didn't he, and say that we are open to dialogue. do they think that 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 really _ between ukraine and russia? i don't think that there really was _ between ukraine and russia? i don't think that there really was an - think that there really was an expectation that anything would emerge from this particular meeting, even though president putin has welcomed the dialogue, he said that they were not averse to having dialogue with ukraine and that there previous proposals that they had seceded to, it's not clear the extent to which he respects this particular mission — as we saw yesterday, when they arrived in ukraine, there were explosions heard outside of kyiv, so to many people that really was an indication of how

russia is reacting to this particular mission. 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 anybody is in expectation that he'll change his mind about the war in ukraine. more than 3,000 people have been killed and 6,000 people have been injured in sudan since the war broke out in april, the sudanese health minister has said. haitham ibrahim said only half of the capital khartoum's 130 hospitals were still operating, and all hospitals in west darfur state are out of service. at least 17 people, including five children, were killed this saturday after an air strike in the south of khartoum. 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.

nine suspected people smugglers have been arrested, and the greek authorities are facing mounting questions over whether more could have been done to prevent the disaster. our 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 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. the metropolitan police have named the four people found dead at a house in hounslow, west london on friday. they are 39—year—old michal wlodarczyk, 35—year—old monika wlodarczyk, and 11—year—old maja and three—year—old dawid wlodarczyk. police officers forced entry into the property in hounslow before discovering the bodies. they said no other person is being sought in connection with the deaths. now for other stories making news in the uk...

a man charged with the murder of three people in nottingham on tuesday has appeared in court. valdo calocane is accused of stabbing university students, barnaby webber, and grace o'malley—kumar, and school caretaker ian coates. the 31—year—old is also charged with attempted murder after three people were hit by a van. he's been remanded in custody. 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, 5july, and friday, 7july. the government says the strikes will cause damage to learning and disruption to parents. there's a warning that uk homeowners who remortgage may have to pay £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. now it's time for a look at today's

sport with hugh ferris. samantha, hello to you. the first ashes test is intriguingly poised at stumps on day two. australia have batted out the day at edgbaston. they'll resume on sunday on 311—5 in theirfirst innings. the backbone of their effort was provided by opener usman khawaja, who remains unbeaten on 126. he did survive a scare towards the end of the day when he was bowled by stuart broad, only for it to be ruled a no—ball. alongside him alex carey has a half—century as well, so australia will be back on sunday, 82 runs behind england with five wickets remaining. we did create enough chances to probably bowl australia out today. it also, really doesn't strike me as the type of pitch, on day two, you can get ten wickets on date. can get ten wickets on if the type of pitch, on day two, you can get ten wickets on if theyjust stay in their bubble like they did

today, he played beautifully. but we are playing the long game, test matches are five days long, we know this pitch stays pretty slow and onceit this pitch stays pretty slow and once it starts, its slow. hopefully it will deteriorate and we are in a good position. it's been a battling day, we've ebbed — it's been a battling day, we've ebbed and flowed throughout. if we can take _ ebbed and flowed throughout. if we can take credit for tomorrow and play a _ can take credit for tomorrow and play a positive brand tomorrow, that'll _ play a positive brand tomorrow, that'll be — play a positive brand tomorrow, that'll be fantastic. but we battled through _ that'll be fantastic. but we battled through some tough positions and england _ through some tough positions and england came with a tough game, so another_ england came with a tough game, so another amazing day of test cricket. we are _ another amazing day of test cricket. we are two — another amazing day of test cricket. we are two days in and it's been a pretty— we are two days in and it's been a pretty amazing one so far. qualifiers for next year's men's european championships are continuing across the weekend. and there was a dramatic comeback for scotland in norway, winning 2—1 with their late goals coming in the space of three minutes. manchester city's erling haaland started for norway, won, and then scored a penalty — his 59th goal of the season overall.

it stayed 1—0 to the home side until the 87th minute in oslo, when lyndon dykes took advantage of a mistake in the norway defence for the equaliser. in the 89th, the turnaround was complete. kenny mclean with the winner to keep their 100% record and their place at the top of group a. you can see the other scores on the bbc sport website. to la — where the third round of golf�*s us open is underway, although the leaders aren't due out on course for another three hours or so. here's how the top of the leaderboard is looking — with overnight leader rickie fowler taking that one—shot advantage over wyndham clark into round three. it would be a first major title for fowler, who's ten under par. rory mcilroy and xander shauffele are two off his lead. qualifying for sunday's canadian grand prix gets underway in the next hour amidst some very tricky conditions in montreal. red bull's max verstappen was the fastest in a very wet final practice. ferrari's charles leclerc recorded the second quickest time after a crash for carlos sainz. lewis hamilton and george russell

in the mercedes also went off and appeared to be struggling for grip and performance, ending up tenth and 15th—fastest. for the first time since 1977, there will be an all—british final at an event on the wta tour. katie boulter will play jodie burrage in the nottingham open final on sunday. boulter beat fellow briton heather watson in a rain—affected first semi—final, before burrage then defeated france's alize cornet. it will be a maiden wta final for both players, with the position of british number one also on the line. team bahrain victorious have withdrawn from the tour de suisse following the death of their rider, gino mader. two other teams have also pulled out. the 26—year—old died in hospital yesterday morning following a crash on the fifth stage of the race. competitive riding resumed today with the agreement of mader�*s family. world champion remco evenepoel paid tribute to mader as he claimed the victory. the belgian is 46 seconds off the lead, with just

sunday's time trial to go. britain's tom pidcock was 12th and moved up three places to 22nd overall, but is more than 20 minutes off the lead. much more at our website, but that's all the _ much more at our website, but that's all the , much more at our website, but that's allthe ., much more at our website, but that's all the , ., ., let's return to our main story this hour — where 41 pupils have been killed in a school in uganda. the attack is suspected to have been carried out by the allied democratic forces, which is based in the democratic republic of the congo. our africa editorfor the bbc world service, will ross, explained how rare it is for uganda to experience this kind of attack. but there haven't been many cross—border raids. there have, in the last couple years, been some fairly small scale bomb attacks, including in the capital, kim pollock, but the authorities have

blamed on this adf group —— kampala. but they've 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 to the group into this attack — if indeed it was the adf, because we've only got the officials saying it was. but yes, 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 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 creates large waves of publicity, but also its possible that they may have been 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 across the border and rescue those people who have been abducted. 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. our news correspondent jamie mcivor has more on this. he is from dumbarton.

his family claim he's been tortured and forced to sign blank confession documents, a claim strongly denied by the indian authorities. now he's been contained in a number of prisons over the years. he is accused of funding the purchase of weapons used to assassinate hindu political and religious leaders. he claims his arrest was politically motivated. his family in scotland continue to fight for his release, and earlier this week, his brother met the new first minister of scotland, humza yousaf. it was a really positive meeting, straightaway after the meeting he has called forjagtar's release and written to rishi sunak. i don't know what else he can do because it is not within his reach to bring him back home but it is within the uk government's reach. 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.

it 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 mr sinthohal�*s case with india's external affairs minister in march. s in the last couple of years there have been small scale bomb 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. on 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. breaking news now concerning sudan, we are hearing from cairo that breaking news now concerning sudan, we are hearing from cairo— we are hearing from cairo that the warrin: we are hearing from cairo that the warring factions _ we are hearing from cairo that the warring factions have _ we are hearing from cairo that the warring factions have agreed - we are hearing from cairo that the warring factions have agreed to i we are hearing from cairo that the warring factions have agreed to al warring factions have agreed to a new 72 hour cease—fire starting at 6am local time on sunday, according to mediators from saudi arabia and the united states in a joint statement. more on that, do stay

with us on bbc news, thanks for watching. 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 a 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 and, 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... forty one people — most of them students — are killed in an attack on a school in western uganda. six pupils have been abducted. officials are blaming rebels linked to the islamic state group. the un has called it an "appalling act". vladimir putin has rejected calls by african leaders to negiotate