protests as japan prepares for the release of millions of tonnes of treated nuclear waste water into the pacific ocean. the sun newspaper says a bbc presenter has been accused of paying a teenager tens of thousands of pounds for sexually explicit photographs, beginning when they were 17. it's understood that the bbc is looking into the allegations. new figures show that more than 600 migrants arrived in the uk after crossing the channel in the highest number on a single day so far this year. hello, i'm krupa padhy, a warm welcome to bbc news. on day 500 of the war in ukraine, president volodymyr zelensky visited snake island, where ukrainian soldiers famously defied a russian war ship

at the beginning of the invasion. he also thanked the united states after washington agreed to supply cluster bombs to ukraine. it's a weapon that has been banned by more than 100 countries around the world. despite this, ukraine has been pressing for the artillery shells which drop multiple explosives to help with their counter offensive against russian forces. russia has been using the weapons since the start of the war. human rights groups say cluster bombs kill indiscriminately and unexploded devices can pose a danger to civilians for many years. 0ur security correspondent gordon corera has this update from kyiv. it is contentious because human rights groups and others have long viewed them as dangerous to civilians, and more than 120 countries have banned them, but they have been used already in this conflict and ukraine has been pushing for them. it has become clear that ukraine has been pushing for them for months. the issue has been on president biden�*s desk in washington

for a decision on whether or not to provide them and i think a few things have made the difference. one is that ukraine is running short of regular ammunition and artillery rounds, and needs more ammunition and one option is to stocks the cluster bombs which the us already had. there is also the fact that the ukrainian counteroffensive has gone slower certainly than some would have liked, and military strategists believe they offer the possibility of penetrating some of those russian defences, and targeting russian artillery and russian infantry. so they believe there is a military value and that clearly has been enough to overcome washington's initial concerns. and ukraine has provided written assurances, things like it will only use them in certain areas, and will invest in a clean—up to make sure that the risk to civilians is minimised. but there is no doubt there will still be controversy around this, and some caution among some other nato allies about provision of cluster munitions. live now to tamar gabelnick, interim

director at the international campaign to ban landmines and cluster munition coalition 1. first of all, can you describe the danger that these cluster munitions pose? especially for civilians. 50. pose? especially for civilians. so, the cluster— pose? especially for civilians. srr, the cluster munition pose? especially for civilians. sc, the cluster munition convention pose? especially for civilians. s513, the cluster munition convention is ratified by over 120 created by very good reason. it is because cluster munitions relate to a class of weapons which is indiscriminate which means there is no way they can distinguish between a civilian or military target given the huge size of the target hit by each munition which is football fields wide. so it is just not possible and that straight carrier to distinguish between the military target and any civilians which might be in the area. there is a second problem, also mentioned. many of the bombs

which fly out when the main bomb opens up in the airfailed to explode so that means that they're going to sit on the ground will eventually get buried under the ground and act like landmines for years, decades to come, creating a terrible risk to civilians because there are even worse cut than landmines. the explosive impact of each can kill especially for children so we see in countries like cambodia, 50 years later, there are still areas which are off—limits, children are still being killed by these weapons. last year alone over 95% of the casualties of cluster munitions are civilians and in 2021, over 60% were children. you outlined the dangers — over 60% were children. you outlined the dangers for— over 60% were children. you outlined the dangers for us _ over 60% were children. you outlined the dangers for us there _ over 60% were children. you outlined the dangers for us there but - over 60% were children. you outlined the dangers for us there but what - the dangers for us there but what you make of the argument that russia is already using these weapons actively so shouldn't ukraine have the opportunity to defend itself in the opportunity to defend itself in the same way?—

the opportunity to defend itself in the same wa ? ~ ., _ ., the same way? well, i would say that russia is not — the same way? well, i would say that russia is not known _ the same way? well, i would say that russia is not known exactly _ the same way? well, i would say that russia is not known exactly for- russia is not known exactly for their concern for the harm they cause to civilians. and i'm not really sure ukraine would want to emulate this behaviour, nor with the united states want to give them weapons to act like russia's doing. ukraine is putting their own population at risk. their own children at risk. when they might pick up something that looks sort of fun to play with and it explodes. they're cutting off access to farmland, potentially, for decades. and, yes, they can clean up. there's already so many unexploded ordinances there. landmines scattered. the cluster munition used by russia already. it is a very long—term, very expensive process to clean the line so it is notjust 0k to say, well, we will clean up afterwards. was going to take a very long time. there are more precise weapons available to ukraine can distinguish between military and civilian targets. the distinguish between military and civilian targets.— distinguish between military and civilian targets. the us is that the failure rate _ civilian targets. the us is that the failure rate is _ civilian targets. the us is that the failure rate is low _ civilian targets. the us is that the failure rate is low for _ civilian targets. the us is that the failure rate is low for theirs. - civilian targets. the us is that the failure rate is low for theirs. and | failure rate is low for theirs. and it lessens the danger. i imagine you don't agree with that?—

don't agree with that? well, they haven't exactly _ don't agree with that? well, they haven't exactly been _ don't agree with that? well, they haven't exactly been transparent | haven't exactly been transparent about how they came up with a number. us law says they should be no transfer of a weapon that has more than 1% rate and they're coming up more than 1% rate and they're coming up with a number 2.35%. but they haven't explained how they came up with a number on the real number could be upwards of 10%, even 30% because they are in testing these weapons any more. they are old and may be they will do a computer simulation but that is not the same thing is actually, when the bomb hits the ground there may be softer land at the and so the dead weight can be much higher.— can be much higher. thank you for our time can be much higher. thank you for your time here _ can be much higher. thank you for your time here on _ can be much higher. thank you for your time here on bbc _ can be much higher. thank you for your time here on bbc news. - can be much higher. thank you for. your time here on bbc news. thank ou. thank you. protests have been taking place in the south korean capital seoul — overjapan�*s planned release of treated radioactive water from the wrecked fukushima nuclear plant. the head of the un's nuclear watchdog, rafael grossi — who is in seoul — has endorsed the plan, but surveys in south korea indicate overwhelming public opposition to the release. the plant was severely damaged in 2011 after being struck by a tsunami.

the south korean government has said it respects the un body's conclusion that the discharge of waste water, from the plant onjapan�*s east coast, will be largely safe. 0ur asia pacific editor, michael bristow has more from seoul. outside the japanese embassy in the capital of south korea, seoul, and you can see here an opposition politician is on hunger strike. it is her 13th day and essentially she has protested about the release of contaminated water from the nuclear power plant, the one that was damaged in the tsunami more than a decade ago. the release of water into the sea. she and people like i believe that will cause harm to coastal communities across the region. japan's neighbours, south korea, china, other countries as well. her protest shows the depth of feeling here in south korea where

opinion polls suggest the majority of people, the majority of people, four out of five, oppose the release of water. despite that, scientists say to save and the international atomic energy chief is actually in the south korean capital today talking to officials and nuclear safety experts, trying to persuade them and people here that it is safe to release this water. i spoke to dr peter martin, expert in nucler energy at the university of bristol i asked him what was being done prior to water being released? so, the fukushima site since the accident has been sending a lot of its kind of waste water, all of its waste water to some very kind of complex treatment processes. the advanced liquid processing system.

that removes most if not all of the kind of contamination in the water. however, it can't remove everything so carbon—1a abundant in this waste water still remains. as i understand it, it is quite routinely practised for waste like this to be released into the ocean so why is the fukushima incident on this instance, so controversial? it is a controversial topic globally. radioactive materials are released from all nuclear facilities. i think the main issue surrounding this release, is the fact that extends from an accident. prior to the kind of fukushima accident in 2011 the actual site was releasing as part of its routine discharges so this release, planned for next month, and would only release it back up to levels which were previously acceptable and permitted prior to the accident. we have had this endorsement that it is safe for the water to be discharged into the ocean but that is doing little to appease ordinary folk who want to ensure that their food is safe and

they can go about their work in a safe manner. i wonder, is there a consensus among scientists that this approach is the right approach? yeah, i think everything is underpinned by a huge amount of science. in this regard been working on the fukushima accident for the last ten years now and it is not complete, it will release water street into the environment, there will be routine monitoring as it goes along so we won't release it all under stuff is released we will take it back, do kind of monitoring out in the pacific and understand, is this an issue and a lot of work has said that the tritium, the radioactive water which will be released, doesn't accumulating kind of fish or marine organisms like caesium would but that has been

released through the process so a lot of the scientific community believes this is the right thing to do in order to kind of reduce the risk on the fukushima site and progress the decommissioning. a bbc presenter has been accused of serious misconduct with an individual that began when the teenager was 17—years—old, according to the sun newspaper. it is understood that the bbc is looking into the allegations. 0ur media editor, katie razall has more. these accusations concerns serious misconduct by a presenter that the newspaper claims is known to millions. the front page story claims that the man who has not been named, it is claimed in the paper that he paid a teenager tens of thousands of pounds for sexually explicit images. the mother tells the newspaper the person had gone from happy—go—lucky to a ghostlike crack addict in three years. in may 19th this year, which leaves questions around what steps were taken after the complaint. the family is reported to have become frustrated that the star remained on air.

the bbc said it treats any allegations seriously and takes steps to investigate, including actively trying to speak to those who contacted them. it said if it gets no reply that can limit the ability to progress things, but it does not stop inquiries and acts on any new information that comes to light including from newspapers. we understand the presenter is not scheduled to appear on air in the coming days. here in the uk — tributes are being paid to the eight—year—old girl who died when a car crashed into her school in wimbledon on thursday. she's been named as selena lau — her family say she was "adored and loved by everyone". an eight—year—old girl and a woman in her 40s remain in a critical condition. a woman who was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving has been released on bail. our correspondent aruna iyengar is in wimbledon. local people from wimbledon have been coming all morning to lay flowers and look at the tributes

that have been laid for selena lau, who is the eight—year—old girl who was killed on thursday morning whilst attending an end of year tea party in the grounds of her school in wimbledon here. a land rover crashed through the barriers behind me into the picnicking children who were there with their parents and staff at the end of year party. the school says they have been devastated by what has happened and the local community have been coming, there is a church group here praying behind me now and i read some of the messages and they're really heartbreaking. one from a pupil saying good luck in heaven. a 46—year—old woman has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. she has been bailed to appear later injuly. a ao—year—old women is critically injured as is an eight—year—old girl. so we are waiting to see the condition of those in the coming days. but here, there is

a sense of disbelief. people can't really understand what has happened. they can't understand how something so tragic could happen and really, the last few days of school where it should be a time of celebration, that something like this, something terrible like this should happen. more than 600 people crossed the english channel illegally in small boats on friday — the highest number on a single day so far this year, according to official data. the uk home office released data on saturday which showed 686 people made the dangerous crossing from france on friday — meaning an estimated total of around 12,119 people have already made the journey this year. prime minister rishi sunak vowed to make tackling the illegal crossings one of his major priorities after taking office last year. now to china where us treasury secretary, janet yellen continues her multi—day trip and has expressed concern about

what she called china's �*unfair trade practices'. speaking in beijing at the start of a four—day visit, she called for healthy economic competition, and criticized china's recent export restrictions on key minerals. china's premier said the us should "meet china halfway" and work to put bilateral relations back on track. despite tensions, the world's two largest economies did a record 690—billion dollars in trade last year. speaking at meeting focusing on climate finance on saturday, yellen said it was important that both china and the united states worked together to mitigate the effects of climate change on poorer countries. climate change is on top of the list of global challenges. and the united states and china must work together to address this threat. history shows us what our two countries can do. moments of cooperation on climate between the united states and china has made global breakthroughs

possible, including the paris agreement. both our economies seek to support partners in emerging markets and developing countries as they strive to meet their climate goals. i believe that continued us china cooperation on climate demands is critical. 0ur asia correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes has sent this report from bangkok. i think from what janet yellen has said, she sees it as imperative that they do cooperate, because the us and china are by far the worlds largest emitters of greenhouse gases. but also she said not only did they have that responsibility but they have the ability, which means the us and china lead the

world in renewables. china installed more solar last year than the rest of the world together, it dominates the solar industry and it dominates the manufacture of wind turbines so if they can come together they have the financial clout and technology to start addressing climate change across the world and helping poorer countries to install solar, wind to reduce carbon emissions and of course mitigation of the effects of climate change which will be an increasing issue for poor countries. facial recognition software will be used for the first time at the british grand prix this weekend. it's in response to activists invading the race track last year. silverstone bosses have warned there is a high risk of death or serious injury if it happens again. i spoke to dr maria pournara, a criminologist who explained how police use this technology. i mean, well, we want to clarify that this is not a new development.

police forces in the uk have been using technology to capture and use personal data for many years now. what is new with this facial recognition software is that it uses real—time biometric processing of video images to identify particular individuals. and those biometric characters which are unique to each person's face, very much like a fingerprint, so it is notjust an image that captures, it is quite unique to individuals, which is why i think it raises so many concerns from the academic community. let's expand on those concerned because of that is gathering all data, that includes everyone who is there, so what are your thoughts on that? this is going to cause some controversy. yes, of course, it is a very controversial tool in, you know,

the police's arsenal. there are many criticisms. there is a lot of criminological research conducted on the topic, and i think there are three main criticisms that we need to consider. so, first of all, in the uk, there is no basis for using the software yet. there is no clear middle framework. parliament has not authorised its use by police like dna and finger print collection, which are regulated by the freedom act of 2012. the automated facial recognition is not regulated at all so it seems like police services enjoy broad discretion in using their systems.

the second very important criticism is that it is... ..so there are negative bases in the system which undermine police accuracy and reliability especially matching individuals to images depending on race and gender so it is important. certain groups of people are much more vulnerable and disproportionately targeted. that is really interesting, sorry, you had a further point to make? i was just going to say, last but not least, of course, it is the topic that you mentioned of the infringement of human rights, of everyone who goes to these events. that are protected by the european convention of human rights. and the rights to privacy and freedom from discrimination. you've raised some serious concerns there and especially the one about there being no legalframework, yet it is going to be used so in terms of the responsibility by those who organised the event, the police, towards the people, what would you say about that? i think for the specific event, there is

responsibility to, of course, guarantee everyone security which is why the police decided to use this system in the first place. so i think there is that aspect but there is also a responsibility to respect human rights. we need to remember that the way the system works as it provides a match from the images that will be captured to a watchlist. so it provides the intelligence to the police officers, and then they will still have to make a judgment. use the police powers to kind of identify whether there is a threat, so they can decide to go talk to someone or stop and search them or even arrest them. there is human involvement still so i think they should take great care and how they use that information. the prime minister of the netherlands has officially handed his resignation to king williem alexander. his government collapsed over a row

surrounding migration. mr rutte announced late on friday that his entire cabinet had resigned after it failed to agree on stricter immigration policies. they fell out over rutte's plans to tighten curbs on reuniting families of asylum seekers, following a scandal last year over overcrowded migration centres. rutte said he would lead a caretaker government until then that would focus on tasks including support for ukraine. more than 2 billion people around the world eat insects every day and many rave about them as a source of vitamins and protein. sofia bettiza has been to an insect farm in north italy that produces pasta made from ground critters. would you eat cricket pasta? eating insects is nothing new in parts of the world like asia. but is there a shift happening in europe? this farm in northern italy turns 1 million crickets into food every day. first, the crickets, still alive, are frozen. boiled. dried, and then pulverised.

this is the final result, a cricket—based flour that can be added to food, like pasta, bread or pancakes. and it is good for the planet. insects require a fraction of the land and water that is used to produce meat. translation: what we do here is very sustainable. to produce one kilogram of cricket powder we only use about 12 litres of water. whereas producing the same amount of protein from cows requires about 60,000 litres of water. but how does this get on your plate? some restaurants buy the flour and add it to some of the more traditional dishes, like pasta. cricket pasta? yes. here we go. i am about to taste

cricket tagliatelle. this is really good. it tastes like normal pasta. i would not be able to tell that this is cricket based. it is delicious. and it's a superfood. it is packed with vitamin c, fibre and minerals. one plate of cricket pasta contains as much protein as a steak. but is it a realistic option? there is one problem— it is very expensive. cricket flour costs about 55 dollars per kilo, way more expensive than a standard bag of pasta which costs about £1. that means that for now, insect food is a niche option. translation: the meat i produce is much cheaper than the cricket flour,

and it is very good quality. it is healthy and i am absolutely against this new food products. we don't know what they can do to you. a good steak makes you happy. i can't really imagine people eating crickets at restaurants. but a change in attitudes is happening. belgium, austria and the netherlands are the countries that are more open—minded, and with the eu approving foods made from insects, the prices are expected to go down, which means insects could soon become a part of the european diet. thank you for your company this half—hour. there is plenty more over on bbc news online. there is plenty more over on bbc news online. hello there. after the heat and humidity come

the storms and many of us today could see some pretty heavy showers and thunderstorms moving their way in. already this morning, there's been a lot of those across some parts of the midlands and through southern areas of england. around the thundery showers there will also be some sunny spells. but this is the satellite picture from earlier on today. you can see this area of cloud here moving its way north and eastwards, that is the main troublemaker of the heavy and thundery showers. but even ahead of that, we've got some of these downpours towards the northeast of england, eastern areas of scotland. but as we go through this afternoon, look at the brighter colours associated with some of those showers, really indicative of some torrential downpours, some hail, frequent lightning, the risk of some localised flash flooding as well. it's still going to be hot and humid across northern scotland. it's 27 or 28 degrees celsius. otherwise temperatures perhaps a little bit lower than they were yesterday. but you can just see that these storms will continue going throughout this afternoon, particularly around parts of merseyside, northeast wales,

some towards eastern areas of england as well. but away from that, there will still be some dry, lengthy dry spells and some sunshine. and the threat of showers diminishes as you go through the afternoon at wimbledon. certainly by this evening, it should be fine with that sunshine. but at headingley, for the ashes cricket, there's a chance of showers pretty much all day. so the risk of some downpours giving some interruptions to play at headingley. now, this area of low pressure is still with us on into sunday. and that's the cold front bringing the heavy showers today. it had moved its way eastward. so by sunday morning, still the threat of some heavy downpours down towards east anglia and the south east of england. and then as we go into the afternoon, just to get a rash of showers developing, which will again be heavy and thundery in places during sunday afternoon. temperatures down a touch again. it will feel fresher on sunday with those temperatures about 21 to 23 degrees. on into next week then, this area of low pressure moves its way north and east. and then when you see low pressure,

you've got to think of unsettled weather. the air is rising within that. so a north westerly winds will bring a fresher feel to things next week. but certainly the threat of some showers or longer spells of rain really for most of the week and maximum temperatures in the range of about 16 to maybe 22 degrees celsius. watch out for those showers today. goodbye.

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record of killing civilians. record of killing civilians. he says he made the decision because "the ukrainians are running out of ammunition."