�* after the aborted �*after the aborted mutiny, danger after the aborted mutiny, according to a top diplomat. sport and a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. hello from the bbc sport centre. it's been a good day so far for england in their reply to australia on the second day of the second ashes test. they bowled australia out for a16 this morning at lords. stuart broad took the first of todays wickets, trapping alex carey lbw shortly after play resumed. steve smith dug in for australia though, and reached his 32nd test century offjust 169 balls. it was left tojosh tongue to remove smith — picking up his third wicket of the innings in the process. ollie robinson then made sure they carried through their momentum to bowl out australia and see england in to bat before lunch.

england are currently 181—1. zak crawley went for a8, stomped off the bowling of nathan lyon. ben duckett is currently on 86. england trailed by 235. with only a few days to go until the start of wimbledon, a former world number one has announced that she's coming out of retirement. caroline wozniaki will make a return to the sport, but not in time for the grass court season. the dane took a step back from tennis in 2020 after a 15—year career that saw her win the australian open and be world number one on two separate occasions. the 32—year—old retired after a dignosis of rheumatoid arthritis. she announced her return on social media, saying that she still had goals that she wanted to accomplish. in football, one of the biggest transfer deals of the summer is closing in after arsenal agreed a fee worth £105 million to sign west ham's england

midfielder declan rice. it's arsenal's third bid for rice and the initialfee of £100 million would equal the british record that manchester city paid for midfielder jack grealish. city had a £90 million offer rejected on tuesday and have since withdrawn from the running. yet to act in the market are manchester united, but talks are expected to take place this week to try and resolve the situation with chelsea over the proposed move of mason mount to old trafford. chelsea rejected the latest bid of £55 million, but the two clubs will re—enter negotiations in the coming days. kante will take over from flavio becca as chairman of the club on the 1st ofjuly, which is the same date he willjoin saudi arabia pro league side al—ittihad from chelsea. the belgian side are in the process

of regaining their professional license, and will play in the belgian national division one next season. the tour de france gets under way on saturday and britain's mark cavendish is one victory away from setting a new all—time record for stage wins — he's won 3a so far, a record he shares with eddy merckx. tom pidcock, who's riding the tour for ineos grenadiers, was only seven years old when cavendish won his first tour stage in 2008, and would love to see him win one more. i remember coming home from school to sit in front of the tv and watching him win stages. he definitely was an inspiration to me growing up. yeah, now, in his last tour de france, i think it will be pretty special to witness him winning a 35th stage. he was a big icon for british cycling, and he has

done a lot for the sport, i think, in inspiring kids like me. and finally, take a look at this free—kick from the semifinals of the under—i7 asian cup, where japan took on iran. with his side already 2—0 up, ryunosuke sato scored this free—kick. it doesn't look that unbelievable. we're going to show it again, becuse he and his team mate couldn't decide who to take it. look closely, they played rock, paperscissors universally fair method to decide anything. japan are through to the final of the competition. and that's all the sport for now. thank you. the european union is warning that russia has become unstable. they have said that now it has become more dangerous following the short lived mutiny at the weekend by the wagner mercenary group. the european commission president said the aftershocks of the rebellion were still playing out. she said discussions would focus on efforts to double down on

military and financial support for ukraine as it fights back against russia's invasion. our correspondence is therefore us in brussels. what else has been said today in terms of the situation in russia and what it means for the geopolitical landscape today? wagner is definitely at the top of concerns here, although it wasn't supposed to be on the agenda until last weekend's events. we are hearing a lot of concern that what happened last weekend has destabilised the situation. some of the immediate concern is not about russia itself, but belarus. one thing that has come out this afternoon is that several countries are worried that the wagner troops have been told, you can go to belarus as part of the deal with russia in order to be forgiven for the mutiny. but neighbouring countries are worried about these troops there to stop the prime minister of lithuania refer to them as serial killer is and said, they

can turn against the west at any time. they could launch a form of hybrid warfare, and they want payment for reinforcing the border. the latvian government said that wagner were very dangerous indeed and they had to be concerned about them infiltrating over the border into the west. thank you. the situation surrounding ukraine's nuclear power plant, europe's largest, has never been as serious as it is right now, according to ukraine military intelligence was of the russians have mined the site and are trying to block the southern front leading to block the southern front leading to the sea. moscow and kyiv have regularly accused each other of shelling the power station with its six off—line reactors. the plant has been occupied by russia since early march last year, shortly after the full—scale invasion. international

efforts to establish a demilitarised zone around it have so far failed. life to vienna and let's talk to the director—general of the international atomic energy agency. thank you forjoining us. first of all, argue less worried now about the zaporizhzhia plant following the explosion at the dam a few weeks ago? i think so. i visited presently after the destruction of the dam, and one of the main reasons i wanted to go there was because i wanted to have a personal approach to this and see with my own eyes what was the situation there, what kind of impact this very major disaster had on the balance of the water which is available for the cooling function of the nuclear power plant. after my

visit there, when i saw that first set of measures have been taken to preserve the water that is available, i could confirm that the situation for now is relatively stable. with regards to this aspect. there are other issues that, of course, have to do with the fact that we are in the midst of a counteroffensive, that this plant is sitting exactly in the middle of the front line of the war. so obviously i'm no less worried, i'm more worried, but we are there, we are present. we have a team of experts residing there, staying there, and they are updating us and the international community through my almost daily updates of what is going on there. so there are many reasons to worry, but we are there

and we think it is a good and necessary thing that we are there. talk about the initial measures to make sure that that supply of water is there. what happens in the short to medium future? are you satisfied that those measures will continue to be enough to suffice to keep things going safely?— be enough to suffice to keep things auoin safel ? .,, , ., ., going safely? those measures are not enou~h, going safely? those measures are not enough. because _ going safely? those measures are not enough, because the _ going safely? those measures are not enough, because the measures - going safely? those measures are not enough, because the measures i - going safely? those measures are not enough, because the measures i refer to have to do with preserving the amounts of water which are in a big cooling pond, which is fed or was taking water from the river. after the destruction of the dam, the river levels have gone down quite dramatically. that border which is there is a good thing, and the management of the plan to ensure that some of the measures they are taking to minimise leaks and other

things that could reduce that mass of water, but they will have to find ways to get more water. there are some plans, we are studying them, and i hope that these will be implement it.— and i hope that these will be implement it. and i hope that these will be imlement it. ., ., ., implement it. how worried are you about the recent _ implement it. how worried are you about the recent insecurity - implement it. how worried are you about the recent insecurity in - about the recent insecurity in russia and what that could potentially mean for control of these areas? it potentially mean for control of these areas?— potentially mean for control of these areas? it would be a bit of speculation _ these areas? it would be a bit of speculation to _ these areas? it would be a bit of speculation to link _ these areas? it would be a bit of speculation to link directly - these areas? it would be a bit of| speculation to link directly recent events with the situation of the plant. i have a general, if i can put it like that, concern which has to do with the active combat at the present stage of the military conflict, the war, there is a lot of action in the vicinity of the plant. we have good information about the amount of troops on each side of the front line. i can tell you there has been a marked increase in military

personnel, heavy artillery and other pieces of military equipment which of course, for me, is a source of concern. a couple of weeks ago at the united nations security council, i established a number of principles that, for as long as no military exclusion zone is agreed, if further, it could be useful to avoid the major radiological catastrophe there. we are following this day by day four cannot say it is complete least able until the war is over. finally, before i let you go, the board of governors has reappointed you as the director—general for another four year term. what are your priorities for the next four years? for now, we have more than

priorities, we have urgency is. they have to do with what we have just discussed, we have to make it to the end of this war, sooner rather than later and without a major nuclear accident. we are also following important issues like the evolution of the nuclear power programme in iran, we have issues related to north korea, and we have also a positive agenda when it comes to something which is so important for decarbonisation of the global mix through the increased use, including in the uk, of nuclear energy. it is a vast agenda and i'm looking forward to tackling it. ok, good to haveit forward to tackling it. ok, good to have it on the programme and good to talk to you. thank you.—

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for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you are live with bbc news. time now for a look at the latest business news and ben thompson is here for us. thank you. hello and let's start in sri lanka, where they have announced a five—day ban, j to give them time to restructure their repayments will stop the domestic debt stands at $a0 billion, which is owed to lenders in shri —— intent won. the world bank just granted it $700 million, following a three billion dollar bailout package from the international monetary fund back in march. our correspondence had an explosion for why this is crucial. it is a key moment for sri lanka as

it attempts to recover economically after we saw what happened when huge protests happened, then there was no fuel and gas supplies were cut. now they got $2.9 billion from the imf earlier this year and are making this recovery. they have to work out with a what to do with a huge debt, which is why they are discussing this five days. they want to take it to parliament, they are basically asking those who are holding these... nominated bonds to write off 30%, and also they are asking lenders to extend the loan period, “p lenders to extend the loan period, up to a period of 15 years with no interest repayment for at least nine years. this will give them some space to stage this economic recovery. because all of these bonds are being held, some are being held

in the bank, they do not want to destabilise the banking sector. they would be a meltdown of the banking sector if people start buying and selling. that is why they have declared this five—day bank holiday which is also happening during the festival of eid. just which is also happening during the festival of eid.— which is also happening during the festival of eid. just remember why this bailout — festival of eid. just remember why this bailout is _ festival of eid. just remember why this bailout is necessary. - festival of eid. just remember why this bailout is necessary. how - festival of eid. just remember why this bailout is necessary. how to i this bailout is necessary. how to they find themselves in this position? they find themselves in this osition? ,, �* ,, ., position? she'll -- sri lanka declared _ position? she'll -- sri lanka declared bankruptcy, - position? she'll -- sri lanka declared bankruptcy, and i position? she'll -- sri lanka i declared bankruptcy, and there position? she'll -- sri lanka - declared bankruptcy, and there were long queues outside petrol stations and also people complained about a lack of food products. there were restrictions on imports. that increased the food prices as well as the fuel prices, which led to protests and a political crisis was top of the president was forster

resign, and the new president took over and has been staging an economic recovery. they approached the imf with a plan of how they will manage their deficit, how they will do this debt servicing over a period of time, which helped them go to other international lenders to get the money, which is what they are doing. that is a crucial moment for sri lanka over the coming days. our south asia editor with that update. ten throw was seen as a lower calorie alternative to sugar. it is used all around the world in diet soft drinks and chewing gum. reports from the united states says it could be declared a possible cancer risk. now to new york. what do we know about this potential warning? we understand that the world health

organization's cancer research arm, the international agency for research on cancer, has apparently conducted a safety review of aspartame, a very popular sweetener. they will publish this report next month, and they are preparing to label that sweetener is possibly carcinogenic to humans. a potential huge impact, but one that is likely to be controversial.— to be controversial. yeah, huge im act, to be controversial. yeah, huge impact. used — to be controversial. yeah, huge impact, used in _ to be controversial. yeah, huge impact, used in some _ to be controversial. yeah, huge impact, used in some new- to be controversial. yeah, huge i impact, used in some new products around the world. have you had any response from businesses yet? fist response from businesses yet? gilt this response from businesses yet? git this point, we are a month away from this point, we are a month away from this report happening, and this has been reported by reutersjust this report happening, and this has been reported by reuters just now put up some of the sweetener associations we have approached, we are waiting for responses from them, they are evaluating it. it will have a big impact on their business models will stop diet coke is one product, mars and its makers of some

sweets and chewing gums, there will be huge pressure on them to stop i'm sure they will question the science. this is a group whose findings in the past have proved to be controversial, and people are saying, if you are going to label this as carcinogenic, they don't give guidance on things like at what level it becomes dangerous, is it the moment you have any aspartame or if you consume lots and lots of it? that will be an area you will hear more about and some questions about exactly what this means. this more about and some questions about exactly what this means.— exactly what this means. as always, aood to exactly what this means. as always, good to talk — exactly what this means. as always, good to talk to _ exactly what this means. as always, good to talk to you. _ good to talk to you. a few other business stories this hour. the uk water industry regulator has conceded that thames water has significant issues to address. they say that the uk pot biggest water company, which is billions of pounds in debt, has enough funding to:. there are growing concerns about the health of the water industry in general. went and solar power are booming in

china, and may help limit global carbon emissions faster than expected. a new study by global monitors says that solar panel installations alone could increase capacity by 85% by 2035. the country's energy targets could be exceeded five years ahead of schedule. you up—to—date with the business and you are watching bbc news. that is all the latest from ben. thank you very much indeed to stop nicola sturgeon has told an inquiry that her government did not get everything right during the covid pandemic. she said she regretted diverting resources away from emergency planning during 2019, is the possibility loomed that they may not reach an agreement over brexit. the reach an agreement over brexit. tue: consequences reach an agreement over brexit. tte: consequences of reach an agreement over brexit. "tt2 consequences of a reach an agreement over brexit. tt2 consequences of a no—deal brexit, compared to what we faced with covid, pale into insignificance. but

at the time, looking at the assumptions, had they come to pass, there would have been severe. there could have been a lack of food in the shops and couples with the nhs was stop i regret any implications that had four hour emergency planning in other areas. live now to our health correspondent who is at the inquiry. what else did nicola sturgeon have to say? we have just come to the end of the evidence now for week three, we are halfway through this first module. so far, we have seen certain things being picked up time and again from a uk wide perspective. nicola sturgeon, this was her chance to give the scottish perspective. one thing that comes up time and again is the focus on a possible flu pandemic. a lot of the pandemic was looking at flu rather than other possible viruses. she was asked about that and said, the plan was

inadequate, but it wasn't entirely useless will stop she wanted to make the point that it is all well and good having a plan, it can sit there on a shelf, the question that kept awake was having the capability to deal with it. the inquiry�*s lawyer pressure on that, if you are focused on whiter pandemics can be might have had those capabilities in place and she had to raise a hand to that. were they asking the right questions? were they saying, what will be do when there is a catastrophe? or were they saying, what can we do to stop the catastrophe? she had a go at the uk government because she essentially said, in the scottish government, we never thought that it was inevitable that there was always going to be a certain amount of harm and we were always trying to suppress the virus was she said that was a point of difference between her and westminster. overall, she was asked how the uk government worked with

the scottish government and she said reasonably well, it was all a bit informal rather than systems, but generally they got on pretty well together. the other thing we came to today with really interesting evidence from an influential scientist. the standout point from him was when he said we are living in an age of pandemics. he said we can expect them to be more frequent and more complex. he spoke a lot and took a moment to celebrate uk scientists, saying they are the jewel in our crown, but it is important that we value them because when another pandemic comes along in future, he said we won't be prepared unless we keep those resources in place. these are the messages we are hearing over and again in this inquiry. we have three more weeks on preparedness and the themes are coming through, they want more talk of resilience and they want more of a focus on wider pandemic planning. thank you very much indeed.

some breaking news coming to us now from france. there has been unrest over the past 2a hours over the killing of a 17—year—old boy in the paris suburbs. first of all, we are getting used at the french policeman shot that 17—year—old boy, allegedly, has been charged and remanded in custody ahead of the trial over the killing. the latest is that the investigating magistrate has choices policeman with voluntary homicide and placed him in provisional detention over tuesday's incident. to give you some insight into what that means in france, i'm being told by our paris correspondence that it means something between manslaughter and murder. we are also getting some news that potentially there is a curfew being brought in to paris for

thursday to monday morning, but i'm not entirely sure what the terms of the curfew are or what exactly it means. but obviously that is big news if it is the case in the capital of france. we will bring you all of these new is as and when we get them here on bbc. now time for a quick pause for us, and some weather with chris. hello. the weather front that we had to start the day continues to push its way eastwards and for the vast majority of the uk we're looking at fine weather with some sunshine around to take us through the afternoon. that said, there are going to be a few showers popping up, particularly for scotland and northern ireland. and there's that weather front. the dregs of the rain still just about loitering across the east coast. now that front�*s brought 12 millimetres of rain about half an inch of rain in the space of six hours. the significance of that is that is more rain than had fallen for the entirety of the month ofjune, so that rain was welcome. still, it has been a particularly

dry month across parts of eastern england. now, through the rest of the afternoon, as i say, one or two showers popping up for scotland, for northern ireland, an isolated shower for northern england, parts of the midlands and wales. but for the vast majority of these areas that should stay dry. the weather feeling a lot fresher now that that front�*s moved through. so a more pleasant kind of feel to the weather — highs between 18 and about 23 today. overnight tonight, well, we're going to continue to see showers working into scotland. and then later in the night cloud will thicken for northern ireland, wales and south west england — we'll start to get some damp weather returning here with some low clouds, some misty conditions and some drizzle through friday as this warm front moves its way in from the west, that will see a return of more humid air. so it'll feel quite muggy once again, extensive low cloud, bits and pieces of drizzle, particularly across western areas. there's probably some low cloud and fog hanging around some of the hillier areas in the west as well. temperatures, though, still reaching the high teens to low 20s and into the weekend, low pressure

is going to stay to the north of the uk, bringing rain or showers to northern areas and it will be quite breezy as well. but the winds will be coming in from a west or north—westerly direction and those winds will be dragging in much fresher air again on saturday. so it's a day where most of us will see bright weather with some sunshine. showers, though, for northern ireland, a few for north west england and fairly frequent showers for the north west of scotland. temperatures could still reach the mid 20s and the best of the sunshine in the east. for sunday, it's a similar kind of day. again, quite a brisk west or north—westerly wind, some more prolonged outbreaks of rain working into the highlands, orkney and shetland where we see the best of the sunshine. still feeling warm, with temperatures around the high teens to low 20s. a bit cooler, though, for the north—west of scotland.

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