we set welcome back, you're watching bbc news, let's turn to our main headlines here. as ukraine's counter—offensive faces fierce russian resistance — reports say the us is about to send controversial cluster munitions to kyiv — despite many countries banning the weapons. we'll bring you an interview with this journalist who was embedded on the frontline. and a bbc investigation finds dangerous muscle building drugs are being sold illegally in shops around the uk. moore and all of that here in a moment, first let's aid to the sport centre. here's jane dougall. hello from the bbc sport centre. let's take you to wimbledon first where world number one and top seed carlos alcaraz is through to the third

round after beating frenchman alexandre muller in straight sets. andy murray follows him on centre court where he'll resume his match against stefanos tsitsipas. we can join chetan pathak who's there for us. the 20—year—old alcaraz is looking very impressive, a slight wobble in the second set, though? yes, a little bit. understandably so, i suspect. yes, a little bit. understandably so, isuspect. he yes, a little bit. understandably so, i suspect. he will figure out on grass. at the end of the third set, as he was looking to serve it out, slight lack of concentration —— lack of concentration. carlos alcaraz is formidable and it's the first time i've seen him in person and he is an extraordinary talent, explosive on all sides, extraordinary talent, explosive on allsides, his extraordinary talent, explosive on all sides, his servers almost perfect. —— serve. alexander millar was not going to be making much of a... alcatraz in straight sets and many people saying he is the biggest challenge for novak djokovic going forward. centre court circuit manager already...

andy murray has just gone up against is. murray sent away. andy worry won his first wimbledon title ten years ago here. ijoke about plays with other inca. the vinca a flea time grand slam player. we do not expect him to do well on grass, but he could give djokovic a chance later on.- djokovic a chance later on. aryna sabalenka. _ djokovic a chance later on. aryna sabalenka, tell— djokovic a chance later on. aryna sabalenka, tell us _ djokovic a chance later on. aryna sabalenka, tell us what - djokovic a chance later on. aryna | sabalenka, tell us what happened with akamai slight wobble, but she is the? she with akamai slight wobble, but she is the? ,, ., , with akamai slight wobble, but she is the? ,, ., ., , with akamai slight wobble, but she isthe? ,, ., ., , ., is the? she lost at that first are set to provide _ is the? she lost at that first are set to provide a _ is the? she lost at that first are set to provide a glitch, - is the? she lost at that first are set to provide a glitch, to - is the? she lost at that first are set to provide a glitch, to my i set to provide a glitch, to my french women —— varvara grecheva. it was a real sign from the sabalenka of the player that she is now. it was the sort of match she would have lost then, she is now a grand slam women, she is targeting this title. she is the second seed, but dropped

that first set, game away from going out of these championships, yet she fought back in a second, levelled up, got the break early in the third and got herself over the line, very important when the sabalenka. we will see igor is to be on tech and onjib it isa it is a bumper day in tennessee and at wimbledon because of all the rain we had earlier on the matches are being played out —— a bumper day and tennis here at wimbledon. thank being played out -- a bumper day and tennis here at wimbledon.— for the update. in the ashes, england have taken an early wicket in the second innings of the third ashes test. stuart broad removing david warner for the 17th time in test cricket. it's after a poor start to the second day for england — losing wickets cheaply, apart from ben stokes passing his half century. england were bowled out for 237, joe root went for 19 on only the second ball of the day. caught by david warner off the bowling of pat cummins. jonny bairstow was next, edging to second slip. a good catch from steve smith — mitchell starc the bowler. moeen ali then had a moment of madness,

top edging and it carried deep to steve smith. and chris woakes was caught behind by alex carey. they were bowled out for 237. captain ben stokes can take much of the credit for that — he stuck in for 80. australia are 56 fori — they lead by 82. david warner the wicket to go early on — gone for one. heartbreak for mark cavendish who came within a hair's—breadth of winning stage seven of the tour de france, and with it a record record—breaking 35th stage win. with about 800m to go, cavendish came out to surge into the lead, butjasper philipsen got in his slipstream and accelerated past him for his third win of the race. so near and yet so far for cavendish, who was hoping to make history today on the seventh stage of the tour. still plenty of stages to go. that

is the sport for now. thank you, jane. let's return to the war in ukraine. on the battlefiled is enormously challenging. the ukrainian authorities, quite naturally, are reluctant to give many details on their counter—offensive so any glimpse of what is happening on the front line is incredibly illuminating. we've had that from our own correspondent andrew harding earlier — but i want to turn to an account which caught my eye from the british journalist, david patrikarakos. he spent a few days following one ukrainian commander and filmed him carrying a drone to his men in the trenches that were under constant bombardment. explosions ok, so we're running now, walking quickly through the battlefield now, going up to the front to the line of contact to deliver the drone. explosions we are right on the front now, right on the front.

0k. explosions you can hear them, absolutely hear them. 0k, we're running. i tell you, it's not fear, it's just being out of shape! 0k, he's telling me to hurry up. incredible and dramatic footage. i spoke to david patrikarakos, who is a foreign correspondent for the news website unherd. david returned from ukraine last week and told me more about what was going on and what it was actually like there. what we were doing was we were delivering a drone. we drove up from the soldier's base and we had to deliver the drone to the trench, which is essentially more or less on the zero contact line, the zero contact line being the line where the ukrainians and russians are essentially facing off and, at that point, actually almost trying to kill each other,

almost face to face. it's across distances of a couple of hundred meters. so we had to leave the car, obviously, away from the trench. and then, as you saw, run through the trench while the sort of shells were falling around us. and i'd like to say, actually, i did that once. these guys do it almost every day so i thought it was really important to be able to see and understand what these people are going through, these ukrainian soldiers are going through every single day. tell me a little more, then, about the commander that you followed and the unit, because they have done some of the heaviest fighting, haven't they? they really have. so the man in the video is dima, my friend dima. he is a drone commander in a battalion that is fighting on the eastern front. now, i first got to know these guys last year where they are up by a business. so they really have, as you say, been in the heaviest fighting throughout the last year and a half, they've moved along the front. and what is interesting about what they're doing is it is in many ways indicative of the way the war in ukraine has evolved, and that basically revolves around drones. you know, that box he's carrying under his arm contains a drone because drones are becoming the deciding factor on both sides in this war, especially

for the ukrainians who have limited supplies of ammunition. they're sending those drones up, scouting the enemy positions. they call in the ordnance, the artillery, and then the ukrainians strike, which they need because they are tight on resources. it's a very intense experience that i had, but again, i must emphasise i did it once. these guys do it every single day. yes. i want to play another clip and put it on to the screen before i ask the next question. just have a look of this. you know, it's actually a very beautiful day. explosion. did you hear that one? that was a huge one. he's telling me to go forward now. run, run, run. i mean, that is happening all around you. yeah. now, that forest that you were filming in, it's called the forest of surprises. i mean, apart from the obvious, how dangerous was that? well, look, i mean,

yeah, i mean, later dima did say to me, "look, this is no place for sightseeing" because i stopped, largely because i was out of breath, because i'm unfit and i was wearing lots of body armor. but there are many surprises. when we drove into that forest — there's footage of that — we drove in and the russians are scorching the earth here. there was just flames everywhere. we saw what they did to the dam recently, aand people have to understand that what's happening in ukraine as well as a human catastrophe is fast becoming an ecological catastrophe, an environmental catastrophe. so it was probably one of the most intense things i've done in nine years of covering ukraine, and it is becoming the norm. you know, when we drove in, dima told me, "this is the forest of surprises, as we call it". and the surprises can take many forms. they can be shells, they can be rockets, they can be artillery, they can be drones. what was interesting is the way we were driving actually when we passed the flames, he said, "look, this is actually quite good because the smoke

from the flames masks us from the drones flying overhead". and what he would do is he would stop, he would start, he would weave left and weave right, because he said, "look, if there is a drone flying overhead, it would calculate our trajectory and then call in the co—ordinates for an artillery strike". so we can't drive in an orderly manner. we have to try and to be on the safe side, make sure that that doesn't happen. so there are multitude of threats that these guys are facing out there. i will pay you more of that in the next hour or so. —— play you more of that. staying with the war in ukraine — and belarusian leader alexander lukashenko has repeated his offer to host fighters of the russian wagner group at an old military base, though he said the mercenaries are yet to accept his offer. 0ur russia editor steve rosenberg, who is in belarus now, was one of a small group ofjournalists taken to see one of the possible sites. and a half drive from minsk, and this is one place that the leader of belarus, alexander lukashenko, has offered to the wagner mercenaries as a camp, as a base, if they relocate to belarus.

that isn't clear at the moment. and we've been brought here today by the belarusian defence ministry to take a look. and you see there are lots of new tents which are here, which we're told have been put up in the last couple of weeks. but we've also been told that these tents, which are empty, have nothing to do with wagner or getting ready for wagner — no, there are some territorial defence exercises coming up in belarus in september. so...forward planning by the defence ministry here. 0k. here we are inside one of these tents. it all looks and smells very new. you can smell the wood. it's still so unclear what is happening here. are wagner coming to belarus? are they not coming? are they here? aren't they here? i mean, from what alexander lukashenko was saying yesterday when we met him in minsk, the question about wagner coming to belarus, relocating here hasn't been resolved, even though that was part of the deal done between

wagner and the kremlin. yevgeny prigozhin was supposed to come here and wagner fighters who wanted to were going to relocate here, but that's up in the air at the moment, so the mystery continues. steve rosenberg reporting from belarus. around the world and across the uk, you're watching bbc news. tuesday morning on the streets around eastern in bristol are packed with cars and vans parked up on the pavements. bean dayjust add to the problem. it pavements. bean day 'ust add to the roblem. , ., , ., problem. it is almost impossible to navi . ate problem. it is almost impossible to navigate and _ problem. it is almost impossible to navigate and it _ problem. it is almost impossible to navigate and it is _ problem. it is almost impossible to navigate and it is just _ problem. it is almost impossible to navigate and it isjust unfair- problem. it is almost impossible to navigate and it isjust unfair -- - navigate and it is just unfair —— bin day. navigate and it is 'ust unfair -- bin da . ., , . navigate and it is 'ust unfair -- bin da. ., ,., ~ navigate and it is 'ust unfair -- bin da . ., , ., ~ ., ~ ., bin day. zoe is a keen walker and works for in _ bin day. zoe is a keen walker and works for in cycling _ bin day. zoe is a keen walker and works for in cycling and _ bin day. zoe is a keen walker and works for in cycling and walking l works for in cycling and walking charity. works for in cycling and walking chari . ., , ., , works for in cycling and walking chari . ., , ., charity. two thirds of people also su ort a charity. two thirds of people also sunport a ban _ charity. two thirds of people also sunport a ban on _ charity. two thirds of people also support a ban on pavement - charity. two thirds of people also l support a ban on pavement parking in bristol. it support a ban on pavement parking in bristol. , ., , ., bristol. it is not unusual. the problem _ bristol. it is not unusual. the problem is — bristol. it is not unusual. the problem is a _ bristol. it is not unusual. the problem is a pavement - bristol. it is not unusual. the i problem is a pavement parking bristol. it is not unusual. the - problem is a pavement parking here in the west is a bit of a grey area. in london, it is completely banned, giving a ticket to a car park like

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labengki island — a piece of paradise. the water is clear and the sand is white. it's a sanctuary for the indigenous bajau people, known as the world's best free—divers. but as thick pollution spreads into the water on the other side of the sea, all of this is now under threat. luqman, an indigenous bajau fisherman, used to be able to fish in front of his home. translation: yes, | just right over there. but how can we do that with water like that? the water around his village is now harming marine life. translation: this is not a lot of fish. | in the past, we could get a lot of these sea cucumbers. one big bowl of this, but now it's just this. and here is what is driving the pollution — open—pit nickel mines. locals say, when it rains, sediment is washed into the sea,

burying coral reefs that sustain fish and other marine life. this footage was taken by a local conservationist alarmed by the damage. translation: | feel bad for - the ecosystem, for the fishermen. what you are destroying is their future. who wants to take responsibility for the miles and miles of coral reef destruction? the clean energy revolution could destroy local communities all over the country. indonesia is home to vast reserves of nickel and has become a magnet for electric car makers seeking the mineral for its rechargeable batteries. 90% of the world's refined nickel projects that are being planned are in indonesia. back on the island, a villager says nickel doesn't just pollute the sea. they blame a mining company for a landslide that hit this school last year. this is the condition of the school now. as you can see, the nickel mining

locations are literally in people's back yards. residents told me that they worry when the rainy season comes they will face the same dangers of mudslides and flooding. individual nickel mining companies near did not respond to our request for comment, but the indonesian nickel miners association says its members must agree to reinforce the land when they have finished mining it. the indonesian government says they are aware of the problem, but blames illegal nickel mining. translation: when it rains, no matter what, the soil - will be eroded by water. but legal nickel companies have been advised to have a water treatment system before releasing it into the sea. but for areas outside the legal mines without a good water management system, the soil will be just eroded. global demand for nickel is surging, but local indigenous tribes like the bajau fear there's a dirty cost to clean energy.

valdya valaputri, bbc news. the rate at which the amazon rainforest is being destroyed is slowing, according to the brazilian government. deforestation slowed — they say — by a third in the first six months of president lulu's administration, compared to the same period last year when president bolsonaro was in charge. 0ur reporter nicky schiller is in the newsroom with more details. the amazon rainforest is a crucial buffer in the global fight against climate change. it is often known as the "lungs of the planet". the rainforest is the largest in the world, with 60% in brazil. this new government satellite data suggests that deforestation or forest clearing has fallen by 33.6% in the first six months of president lula's term to this figure — 2,649 square kilometers. the rainforest is the largest in the world, with 60% in brazil. this new government satellite data suggests that deforestation

the environment minister has welcomed the decline. translation: we have a result that, as i understand it, _ deserves to be celebrated. there has been a 33% reduction in deforestation over a six—month period. this is something that is encouraging for us because there's a declining trend that follows the goals set by the government. president lula has pledged to end deforestation by 2030, vowing to reverse the policies of his predecessor, who promoted mining in indigenous lands in the amazon. but he faces a huge challenge to achieve that target as the area of rainforest still reported to be lost under his rule is more than three times the size of new york city. while amazon deforestation is reported to have fallen, that is not the case when it comes to fires which, of course, produce vast amounts of carbon emissions. injune, satellites detected 3,075, the highest number since 2007. worldwide forest

clearance is surging. global forest watch estimates that 11 football pitches of forest were lost every single minute in 2022, with brazil dominating that destruction. mickey schiller there in the newsroom. britney spears says she was backhanded in the face by a security guard working for a well—known basketball player in las vegas. the singer posted on social media to say she was trying to approach victor wembanyama a hotel and that it was a "traumatic experience". the sports are later spoke at a press conference about the incident. —— sport start. i didn't forget about this, but i thought it was no big deal. and you're joking. but yeah, it turns out it was britney spears. but i didn't know because i didn't see her. i never saw herface.

a story developing in the last few hours because significant movement in india in the last little while. the police that they are arresting three railway employees over the deadly cream trash last month. you will remember these pictures from the scene —— deadly train crash. those mangled carriageways, three trains involved in total that came off the tracks. such huge death toll involved in that train crash. the crash also injuring more than 1000 people as well as killing 200 and 92. in recent weeks, people trying to ascertain and retrieve the remains of loved ones. three charges and arrests made by the indian authorities. you're watching bbc news.

let's turn to another story that has come in to us from a bbc investigation. a bbc investigation has found that muscle building supplements which can cause serious side effects are being sold to gymgoers across the uk. the products have become popular with people who want bigger muscles while losing fat, but they can cause health issues including liver problems and aren't approved for sale, kashjones has been investigating. you don't understand how many people are using these things, man. it's crazy. for gym—goers searching for quick gains, substances like these are the latest thing. they are selective androgen receptor modulators, commonly known as sarms, and are available for purchase alongside other similar muscle—building drugs. sat-nav: in a quarter of a mile, turn right. l but none of these are approved for human consumption anywhere in the uk, and it's a criminal offence to sell them as such. despite that, i was able to buy them

in shops around the country. i've been training for around six months now, butjust nothing's happening kind of thing. some of the shops did mention there are side effects, but all of them promised me quick results. it even says here on one bottle that it's for research purposes only, but goes on to claim it's a potent muscle builder. now, none of them list any health risks, but medical experts warn these drugs are dangerous with potentially serious long—term side effects. reece was 20 when he took unapproved muscle—building pills —

marketed as sarms — to help with his weight training. about, i'd say, two weeks in, that's when i started to feel the side effects, so it was pretty quick. the erectile dysfunction, the hot sweats. i'd go to the gym, i'd feel strong, but it wasn't like max potential because my sleep wasn't quite there. i'd say i was getting like four hours of quality sleep. the royal pharmaceutical society warns against using sarms and says urgent action needs to be taken by regulators to control the market. what we would like to see is the laws around them tightened. we would like to see better control over them and an acknowledgement that they are not being used for research purposes when they're being purchased. the food standards agency and food standards scotland, in response to our investigation, said sarms and similar drugs are not authorised for sale in the uk and should not be taken. they also said consumers should report businesses selling these substances to them or their local authority. we asked the shops we visited for a response. not all came back to us. those that did expressed confusion about the regulations. 0ne told us they have now stopped

selling all sarms and are seeking guidance from the food standards agency. after his experience, rhys now thinks there are safer ways to get results at the gym. they're not researched enough. you don't know the negative effects. there's a lot of ways to do it naturally, so increasing your knowledge and your training, your nutrition, getting your nutrition a lot better. i wouldn't recommend sarms to anyone and those that are currently taking sarms now, i would say stop. kash jones, bbc news. john watson as a body—builder and fitness coach and he told me while i go how he became aware of this issue —— darren watson. became aware of this issue -- darren watson. ., ,., became aware of this issue -- darren watson. ., , ., ., ., watson. the reason i became aware of the endemic— watson. the reason i became aware of the endemic sarms _ watson. the reason i became aware of the endemic sarms uses _ watson. the reason i became aware of the endemic sarms uses their - watson. the reason i became aware of the endemic sarms uses their social i the endemic sarms uses their social media. i have had a massive influx of messages from young kids talking about sarms. i have messages upon my phone when i can see someone has said, to share i'm 17 years old,

lifting for two years, is it safe for me to take sarms? a lot of people have asked me, can i take sarms, are already taking them and are asking about the danger of it. i think it is because it has proliferated in social media and with the unrealistic body type expectations people are looking for a quicker wait —— way to achieve the goals they want. did it surprise you the fact that so many people, even contacting you, were considering taking the stuff? definitely. i think is somebody who knows the existing dangers, to me it was a surprise that so many people were eager to take them. but i think there is a lot of misinformation out there is a lot of misinformation out there and they are sort of labelled as a safe steroid alternative when thatis as a safe steroid alternative when that is actually not true, so people going into taking them and taking it quite lightly when actually it is a very big decision in quite a harmful

substance. ~ ., ., , ., very big decision in quite a harmful substance. ~ ., ., ., very big decision in quite a harmful substance. ., substance. what do you say to people when they ask — substance. what do you say to people when they ask you _ substance. what do you say to people when they ask you about _ substance. what do you say to people when they ask you about the - substance. what do you say to people | when they ask you about the dangers? i list all of the realistic dangerous, the potential permanent stopping your testosterone production, impacting your fertility, liver toxicity, production, impacting your fertility, livertoxicity, kidney fertility, liver toxicity, kidney toxicity, fertility, livertoxicity, kidney toxicity, impacting lipid profiles, there is a long list of potential side effects that you could incur from using sarms, so all you have to do is be honest really and quite often that is enough to shy people away from taking them. but unfortunately, a lot of people on social media label them as they, so not everyone is aware of the side effects. it not everyone is aware of the side effects. . , , effects. it really interesting investigation. _ effects. it really interesting investigation. we _ effects. it really interesting investigation. we will - effects. it really interesting investigation. we will take | effects. it really interesting | investigation. we will take a effects. it really interesting - investigation. we will take a short break and have all of the headlines, we will have all the latest from lourdes and wimbledon, but let's look at the weather with chris fox. —— chris fawkes. hello again. many of us have got some warm, if not hot weather to look forward to this afternoon, with plenty of sunshine

across england and wales. further north, it wasn't the most promising start to the day. for northern ireland and scotland, here over the last 2a hours some for northern ireland and scotland. here over the last 2a hours, some places have seen about a third of a month's worth of rain, so the weather has been pretty wet. also very cloudy to start off with here in the highlands. that cloud is all associated with weather front which will tend to pull its way north—westwards through the afternoon. eventually we'll get something a little bit brighter working in across both scotland and for northern ireland, as well. it's across england and wales that we see a big jump upwards in temperatures. yesterday, widely we had highs into the low 20s, whereas this afternoon in this sunshine we should see those temperatures hitting around 29 degrees. there could be one or two showers in northern ireland. i suspect the majority of these won't be particularly heavy. temperatures are at their highest across england and wales — 26 to 29 degrees widely. we're into the low 20s for scotland and for northern ireland, with the weather gradually turning a bit brighter. 0vernight tonight, well, we start off with clear skies across much of the uk. it will turn increasingly humid and probably temperatures rising a bit as we go through the night. 18 to 20 across parts of england and wales as we get into the first

part of saturday morning. through saturday, it's a day of sunshine and showers. the showers starting off in the west, but will leap across into northern england and scotland, where we have a zone of extra moisture being pulled in from the near continent. some of these thunderstorms could bring 50 millimetres of rain, about a month's worth for some in the space ofjust a few hours, hence the risk of some flash flooding. still hot across eastern england. temperatures higher across northern areas of scotland, with mid to high 20s possible here. through saturday night—time, still a risk of some really big downpours for northern england and scotland, posing a threat of some localised flooding. 0n into sunday, we could see some storms develop across france, clip eastern areas of england, but otherwise the showers and thunderstorms that develop through the day will tend to work in from the south and west, still with some sunshine between any downpours. temperatures a little bit lower generally and overall a fresher feel to the weather, but where the sunshine comes through, temperatures still potentially around 23 or 2a

in the warmest spots. next week is looking very unsettled with further showers and thunderstorms widely. countries banning them — live from london. this is bbc news. reports say the us plans will send

controversial cluster munitions to ukraine — despite many a man who shot dead 26—year—old elle edwards at a pub on christmas eve — is jailed for 48 years.