them to ukraine. the uk is signatory to a convention which prohibits the production or use of cluster munitions and discourages their use. we will continue to do our part to support ukraine. 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. the dutch prime minister meets the country's king, after the collapse of his coalition government. and in sports news, coming up: england set up a chance of victory in the third ashes test against australia. hello. welcome to the programme. the divisons in nato over whether to supply cluster weapons to ukraine are becoming clearer this hour. the british prime minister riushi

sunak has confirmed that britain — like several other nato countries — is signed up to a convention that bans their use. on friday, president biden made what he called the difficult decision�* to send cluster munitions to ukraine. he arrives in the uk on sunday. rishi sunak is playing down any differences. well, the uk is a signatory to a convention which prohibits the production or use of cluster munitions, and discourages their use. we will continue to do our part to support ukraine against russia's illegal and unprovoked invasion. we have done that by providing heavy battle tanks and, most recently, long—range weapons. and hopefully, all countries can continue to support ukraine, russia's act of barbarism is causing untold suffering to millions of people, it's right that we collectively stand up to it. and i will be heading off to the nato summit next week in vilnius, where

we will be discussing with our allies how we can strengthen our support for ukraine. so what is the convention on cluster munitions? it's an international treaty that prohibits all use, transfer, production and stockpiling of cluster munitions. cluster munitions are an explosive weapon which scatter bomblets over an area. the convention entered into force on august 1st 2010 and a total of 123 states are committed to it. but the united states and russia have not signed this convention. but most nato countries have. live now to mark cancian, a former marine colonel and senior adviser in international security at the center for strategic and international studies. thank you very much for being with us. you have used these cluster munitions when you are in the military, how effective were they? well, they are very effective against certain kinds of targets. these are what are called aerial weapons, so they are very good at attacking infantry, artillery positions and truck convoys. unitary

munitions are better at point targets like buildings. the munitions are better at point targets like buildings. the us has reviousl targets like buildings. the us has previously criticised _ targets like buildings. the us has previously criticised russia - targets like buildings. the us has previously criticised russia for - previously criticised russia for using this type of weapon on the battlefield, why is it ok for america to send these, but not for russia to use them?— america to send these, but not for russia to use them? there are two reasons. russia to use them? there are two reasons- the _ russia to use them? there are two reasons. the first _ russia to use them? there are two reasons. the first is _ russia to use them? there are two reasons. the first is dud _ russia to use them? there are two reasons. the first is dud rate, - russia to use them? there are two reasons. the first is dud rate, the l reasons. the first is dud rate, the united states has a dodge rate of about 2.5%. the russian rate is up about 2.5%. the russian rate is up about 40% so it produces a tremendous number of duds and risk to civilians. the other thing is the ukrainian government, the democratically elected government of ukraine has given permission to the united states to transfer these weapons, they have made a judgment that the risk of not using them is greater than the risk of using them. so the united states i think is in a much stronger position than the russians. it’s much stronger position than the russians. �* , ,., ., much stronger position than the russians. �*, ., ., ., ~ russians. it's important to talk about the us — russians. it's important to talk about the us allies _ russians. it's important to talk about the us allies here - russians. it's important to talk about the us allies here and i russians. it's important to talk about the us allies here and in j about the us allies here and in particular, nato allies. many of which are signatories to the

convention on cluster munitions. we heard from the british prime minister rishi sunak a short time ago, talks in lithuania coming up. is this going to cause a division between the us and its nato allies? i don't think so. i think that the prime minister's comments indicate the kind of conversation that is going to go on. in other words, the prime minister said that the uk has signed this convention that it will abide by, but he never said that they would take steps to prevent united states from transferring these weapons. he said invite that they would look ways to strengthen aid to ukraine. the secretary general of nato has also said that nato will not take the position, so that in effect will allow the united states to go forward with its transfer. ., . ~ states to go forward with its transfer. ., ., ~ ., transfer. you talk about the dud rate of the _ transfer. you talk about the dud rate of the american _ transfer. you talk about the dud rate of the american munitions, transfer. you talk about the dud -

rate of the american munitions, they do have —— they can hurt civilians, is that acceptable collateral damage? is that acceptable collateral dama . e? is that acceptable collateral damaue? ~ ., ., is that acceptable collateral damaue? ~ . ., ., .,, damage? the ukrainian government has made the judgment _ damage? the ukrainian government has made the judgment it _ damage? the ukrainian government has made the judgment it is _ damage? the ukrainian government has made the judgment it is acceptable - made the judgment it is acceptable collateral damage. the united states would like to get that dud rate lower, the dud rate on the current munitions that they will be sending is lower than they were in the original production. the united states tried to get it down below i%, that states tried to get it down below i%, that was not technically possible. but the key item here is that the ukrainian government, which will oversee the effects of these munitions, has asked for the weapons. munitions, has asked for the weapons-_ weapons. and the ukrainian government. _ weapons. and the ukrainian government, president - weapons. and the ukrainian - government, president zelensky continues to ask his allies for more support, he has pleaded several times in particularfor f—i6 fighter jets, what more could a usb doing to support the in ukraine? weill. jets, what more could a usb doing to support the in ukraine?— support the in ukraine? well, the other weapon _ support the in ukraine? well, the other weapon that _ support the in ukraine? well, the other weapon that has _ support the in ukraine? well, the other weapon that has received i support the in ukraine? well, the other weapon that has received a| support the in ukraine? well, the i other weapon that has received a lot of attention is attack guns —— what

more could the us be doing. it is a long—range missile fired from lunches, with a much longer range than other weapons, the united states has been reluctant to send that for fear of provoking the russians and making it appear that the us is striking the russian homeland. but in one sense, these are distractions. what the ukrainians need are just large numbers of more mundane elements of support. artillery ammunition. artillery pieces, trucks, engineering equipment. and the like, and it is critical that the flow of all of those relatively mundane items continue because without them, ukraine would be able to continue with its resistance.— with its resistance. mark cancian, thank ou with its resistance. mark cancian, thank you very — with its resistance. mark cancian, thank you very much _ with its resistance. mark cancian, thank you very much for - with its resistance. mark cancian, thank you very much forjoining i with its resistance. mark cancian, l thank you very much forjoining us. thanks for having me on the show. —— ukraine would not be able to continue. saturday marks 500 days

since russia's invasion of ukraine and president volodymyr zelensky has visited snake island, where ukrainian soldiers famously defied a russian war ship at the beginning of the war, calling it a sliver of land in a wide sea, but proof — he says — that ukraine will win the war. here's some of the video that he released. translation: dear ukrainians, i wish you good health. - today, we are on snake island, on our snake island, which will never be conquered by the occupier, like the whole of ukraine — because we are a country of the brave. today, we honour here our ukrainian heroes, all the soldiers who fought for this island, who liberated it. and although this is a small piece of land in the middle of our black sea, it is a great proof that ukraine will regain every bit of its territory. i want to thank, from here, from this place of victory, each of our soldiers for these 500 days. here in the uk.

a bbc presenter has been accused of paying a teenager for sexually explicit photographs, beginning when they were 17. the sun newspaper reported that the unnamed male presenter had paid the teenager tens of thousands of pounds. it is understood that the bbc is looking into the allegations. broadcasters rylan clark, jeremy vine and gary lineker have all tweeted to say it's not them. our correspondent lizo mzimba has been giving us the very latest. this story first emerged in the sun newspaper. the story contains allegations against someone the newspaper describes as a "top bbc star". we understand that the bbc is looking into the allegations, which are very serious. the sun says that a well—known presenter is accused of giving a young individual more than £35,000, in return for sexually explicit images. something that the newspaper says began when the individual was 17 years old and legally still a child.

neither the bbc presenter nor the individual have been named, and we understand that the presenter is currently not scheduled to be on air in the nearfuture. the bbc, of course, is under scrutiny because according to the sun, the family of the individual, who is now 20, complained to the bbc in may, but the presenter remained on air. in a statement, the bbc has said, "we treat any allegations very seriously and have processes in place to proactively deal with them. as part of that, if we receive information that requires further investigation or examination we will take steps to do this. that includes actively attempting to speak to those who have contacted us in order to seek further detail and understanding of the situation. if we get no reply to our attempts or receive no further contact, that can limit our ability to progress things. but it does not mean our inquiries stop.

if at any point, new information comes to light, including via newspapers this will be acted upon appropriately, in line with internal processes." the dutch prime minister has been meeting with the country's king to discuss the formation of a caretaker administration after the collapse of his coalition government. mark rutte left the palace after talks with king willem—alexander. mr rutte announced late on friday that his entire cabinet had resigned after it failed to agree on stricter immigration policies. new elections are not expected to be held before mid—november. anna holligan has more from the hague. so mark rutte met king willem—alexander here in the hague to explain what had happened and discuss forming a caretaker administration. the chat lasted about an hour and a half. and afterwards, mark rutte came out, he told reporters it had been good, but he wouldn't give any further details because he said they were confidential. so no indication as to when that caretaker government may be formed. what happened ? well, the coalition collapsed

because of a disagreement, irreconcilable differences, mark rutte said, between the four coalition parties over different rules for different asylum—seekers on when they should be allowed to bring family members into the country. so family reunifications. and according to reports, mark rutte wanted to place a cap on the number of people war refugees could bring to the netherlands at 200 per month. other parties, including the family—focused christian union and the liberal d66, were opposed. so what happens next? well, the dutch electoral commission has said the earliest elections can take place is november due to electoral rules, the summer holidays and the need to give parties time to campaign. before that, though, mark rutte will address parliament monday morning, first thing, 10.15am local time, after which, we are expecting a pretty heated debate.

here in the uk, the family of an eight—year—old girl who was killed when a car crashed through the fence of her school in south—west london on thursday has said she was "adored and loved by everyone". selena lau died and several others were taken to hospital after the incident. an eight—year—old girl and a woman in herforties remain in a critical condition. aru na iyengar reports. all morning, local people have been coming. they're laying flowers and reading the messages, trying to make sense of what happened. we know this school, we pass by it every day and we see the children go in and out of the school, see all their happy faces. and it's such a tragic incident that happened. and it's so unfortunate because the whole community here has all come together to pay their respects for a little girl who so tragically lost her life. selena lau was just eight years old. she was at an end—of—year picnic with her school friends on the grass

lawn in front of her school, the study prep school in wimbledon. she's been described by her family as "intelligent and cheeky". at around 9:30am, the unthinkable happened — a land rover burst through the school fence, injuring i6. selena was killed. another eight—year—old is seriously injured, along with a woman in her 40s. 16 people were taken to hospital. a 46—year—old woman has been arrested, on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. she's been released on bail until latejuly. the study school is known for its nurturing atmosphere. it's well known in the community. among the tributes were messages from other schools, church groups and fellow pupils. the school says it's profoundly shocked by the accident and that it's too soon to understand what has happened. police have asked the public not to speculate on the cause of the incident. aruna iyengar, bbc news.

let's get some of the day's other news now. the un's nuclear watchdog has been asked help reassure the south korean public about the safety of treated radioactive water from japan. hundreds of people protested in seoul against tokyo's plan to release the water from the wrecked fukushima nuclear plant into the sea. the iaea head, rafael grossi, who's been visiting south korea, says there'll be a negligible impact on people and the environment. hundreds of right—wing protesters have stormed a gay pride festival in the georgian capital — tbilisi — forcing its cancellation. 0rganisers said they attacked the stage and burned rainbow flags. reports say up to 2,000 people were involved. some were arrested, but eyewitnesses described police doing little to stop them. now it's time for a look at today's sport with 0lly foster. many thanks, it really has been a very busy day.

let's starts with the tennis because there have been some great matches at wimbledon, some of the top seeds in action with places in the last 16 at stake. let's cross live to the all england club. chetan pathak is there for us. you have your umbrella out, we lost a lot of play in the morning, about four hours, but thank heavens for the roofs on centre court number one, plenty going on there. yes. the roofs on centre court number one, plenty going on there. yes, at least we have _ one, plenty going on there. yes, at least we have those _ one, plenty going on there. yes, at least we have those roofs _ one, plenty going on there. yes, at least we have those roofs because l one, plenty going on there. yes, at i least we have those roofs because we have had the announcement players suspended on the outside courts not just because of rain but bad light. there is drama playing out on centre court at the moment because last year's beaten finalist trying to stay alive in these championships, 0ns jabeur, hopefully play will get under way. 0ns jabeur, hopefully play will get underway. 0ns 0ns jabeur, hopefully play will get under way. 0ns jabeur lost the first set against former us open champion. her opponent 3—2 up when play was halted so we look forward to the

resumption of that. matteo berrettini, the beaten finalist from two years ago, he won the first set again sascha zverev. it is going with serve, tighter in the second. both men trying to win their first grandson title. arena sabalenka was the winner of the australian open earlier this year and has been honest about trying to adapt to the grass. she went through in straight sets to last 16 earlier today by beating russian anna blinkova. nervy early in this championships, she dropped us at the other day, more solid this time around. talking about learning and adapting to the grass, top seed carlos alcaraz the world number one is through to the last 16. a really good win in the end against nicolas jarry, from chile. this took nearly four hours, it is the most tested he has been at these championships, but he goes through to the last 16, andy murray went out last year to jannik sinner. he has talked about centre court

being the most beautiful court in the world, it is only his second win on that court, daniil medvedev trying to figure out grass and win his first wimbledon title, he won his first wimbledon title, he won his game in four sets, winning the first one, he was not hit as part of the belarusian band, he is looking good. all of these men we have been talking about trying to be contenders for the crown of novak djokovic, we will see him take to centre court on sunday.- djokovic, we will see him take to centre court on sunday. many thanks live from the — centre court on sunday. many thanks live from the all _ centre court on sunday. many thanks live from the all england _ centre court on sunday. many thanks live from the all england club. - rain also had a big impact on the third day of the third ashes test. the first two sessions were wash—outs, but there was enough play for england to put themsleves in a strong position. australia resumed on 116—4 and were bowled out for 224. travis head made 77. that leaves england chasing 251 for a victory that would keep the series alive. 0peners zak crawley and ben duckett made it, at the close, england 27—0. with australia two—up in the series, england have to win all three

remaining tests to regain the ashes. mark cavendish is out of the tour de france after a crash on stage 8. the 38—year—old broke his collarbone about 50 miles from the finish. he's said he's retiring from the sport at the end of the year, which means that he won't now be able to break the all—time tour record for stage wins. he's level on 3a with eddy merckx. red bull's max verstappen is on pole for sunday's british grand prix. the world champion was a quarter of a second quicker than british driver lando norris. it was a good day for mclaren, with 0scar piastri starting from third on the grid. the ferraris of charles leclerc and carlos sainz are fourth and fifth, with the mercedes of george russell and lewis hamilton in sixth and seventh. that's all the sport for now. i will be back with another update in one hour. thank you very much indeed.

hundreds of protesters have gathered in the centre of paris for a banned demonstration in memory of a young black man who died in police custody in 2016. it comes a day after the french authorities prevented the annual memorial for adama traore in a northern suburb of the capital. his sister, assa, is at the place de la republique to address protesters shouting "justice for adama". earlier, the french government rejected criticism by a un committee that police had used excessive force and racial bias during the recent riots. one of those protestors was journalist, activist and film—maker rokhaya diallo. she told me why she was out on the streets. yes, i was on the streets today because it is the annual celebration and commemoration of the death of adama traore, a young black french man who was killed at the hands of the police in 2016 so every year, there has been a march in his home city, in the suburbs

of paris. and this year, the first time it was banned, it happens every year peacefully. and just today, we learned that it could not happen. so the sister of adama traore, who is the voice of the committee in charge of finding justice, said that she would be at the place de la republique, which is a place in the middle of paris to meet people. so we gathered to support her and we were circled around by police. it was very peaceful, she has a public stance for her brother and nahel, the young teenager he was killed by police ten days ago which sparked outrage and was the reason for so many uprisings all around the city. and then we were circled around by the police and we marched. we were pushed, we marched and we were tear asked for no reason. it was very peaceful

and it was daylight paris, so some other people who are not even part of it. to me, it is a shock and it's also, it questions our freedom of speech. you say this protest was peaceful. however, many, including many in your country, will say — your protest my will say — your protest may have been peaceful, but other protests, millions of euros in cost, 2,500 buildings damaged, there is a ban on demonstrations for a reason and you should have respected that. how would you respond to that? the ban was not on all demonstrations. i could say that today, people who would label themselves patriots who. .. who are actually white supremacists, marched in paris today, they don't have any ban. the same day, the same city that did not have any ban. so not all protests were banned today and the protest i took part

in today is a protest that has been happening every year since 2016, i've been part of most of them and nothing has ever happened. to me, it wasjust to me, it was just a to me, it wasjust a weight... to me, it wasjust a way... they used the context in order to ban and to prevent people who are against police brutality and institutional violence from speaking. more than two 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 crickets. 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 turns1 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#s 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. thank you. 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 flour. it's delicious. do you like it? and it's a superfood. it's packed with vitamins, fibre and minerals. one plate of cricket pasta contains as much protein as a stake. as much protein as a steak. but is it a realistic option? there is one problem — it is very expensive. cricket flour costs about £60 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 cricket flour, and it's very good quality. it's 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. i don't know about you, that has made me hungry. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. we've had some intense and impactful storms across parts of the uk today, all tapping in to that humidity

that was in the air earlier on, where we saw temperatures peak in the high 20s in parts of northern scotland and eastern england. these same spots where some of the warmest conditions were today. well, over the coming week much, much cooler. that begins through the rest of this weekend, a step to something fresher, but still some further showers around, even if they're not as intense as some have seen today. the slightly fresher air is behind this area of cloud here. it's been working its way in from the south—west slowly. under this cloud is where we saw some of the worst of the storms through the day. drifting its way northwards into the night. still some heavy showers, thunderstorms in northern england and pushing across scotland. things turn drier, but later on, the channel islands, maybe the far south—east of england, could see some push back in from northern france. now, as i said, it won't be quite as humid and muggy tonight, but still a warm night. temperatures around 11 to 15 degrees to start your sunday morning. outbreaks of rain in northern scotland drifting towards orkney and shetland. the potential for some heavy and thundery rain working across the south—east and east anglia for a time, before easing away late in the morning.

elsewhere, a sunny start, but showers get going in northern ireland, then develop elsewhere, particularly wales, north midlands and into parts of northern england. as i said, not as bad as those we've seen through saturday. quite a few of you will get through sunday actually dry and with winds lighter. it should actually feel quite pleasant out there in the sunshine, even if we've lost all that heat and humidity of recent days. temperatures widely low to mid—20s. now, as we go into sunday night, though, an area of low pressure is out towards the south—west of us, creeping in, throwing these weather fronts our way to bring a different day again on monday. longer spells of rain pushing through ireland in towards wales, midlands, northern england, southern scotland later on. parts of north—east scotland may stay dry through the day. east anglia, the south—east at the moment look to be favoured for staying amongst the drier conditions and warmer weather. temperatures dropping elsewhere. but through monday night, some very heavy rain expected across some southern parts of england from these weather fronts. our area of low pressure then transfers its way

off to scandinavia and, in doing so, with the winds coming anti—clockwise around that, go to west if not north—westerly direction. so through next week, be prepared, it's not going to feel as warm as it has done this weekend with temperatures at, if not below, the seasonal average. there will be spells of rain at times and also some strong winds.