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 could pasta made from ground crickets be coming to a menu near you? hello, it is good to have your company. 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 scatters bomblets over an area. the convention entered into force on 1st august 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. kurt volker is a former us ambassador to nato — he was also the us special representative for ukraine. he's been telling me why he backs the move. ukraine is facing brutal attacks from russia, genocidal war crimes, including the use by russia of cluster munitions and we need to do everything we can to give ukraine the equipment that they need in order to fight back and push the russians out of their territory. many would say, two wrongs don't make a right. the us has previously criticised russian forces for sending what it

described as "exceptionally lethal weaponry" to ukraine, including cluster munitions. why is it ok for the us to do this? well, because russia is the aggressor and they should not be doing it and it is only fair and right for ukraine to be in a position to defend itself. it is a fundamentally different position that ukraine is in as compared with russia. what difference will these weapons make to ukraine on the ground? well, ukraine, as we have seen, has been able to advance on the battlefield, but only very slowly, and that's because of the minefields and the trenches that have been put in place by the russians as defensive measures to prevent the ukrainians from advancing. using these types of munitions will substitute for single—shot artillery shells. they will cover more ground and they will force the russians to have to withdraw their personnel to avoid these types of weapons, which will make it more feasible for the ukrainians to advance more quickly. there are many americans who, of course, support president biden�*s assisting ukraine in its efforts.

one of the things ukraine has asked for is fighterjets. couldn't america have given fighterjets instead? could have and should have and still must do. there's a decision made that f—16s will go to ukraine and a consortium of countries, including the uk and the netherlands and denmark, are working to make that happen, but that requires american support, as it's an american system. we only made the decision to go forward with thisjust a little over a month ago. this could have been done a year ago and ukraine would already have those things. now it's still going to take well into next year for these planes to be ready. one of the issues with cluster munitions is, of course, the long—term implications of their use. america's willing to send them now, rightly or wrongly. is america going to be willing to stump up the cash in the years to come, in the clean—up operation, which will be inevitable? yes, we're faced with this already. there are areas of ukraine that have suffered an inordinate amount

of unexploded ordnance and debris from the war and mines, minefields, that now need to be cleaned up. all these things caused by russia's aggression against ukraine. the sooner we can end russia's aggression, the sooner ukraine can get its territory back and make its people safe again. then we can start the clean—up effort, and i think it's going to take a large international programme to clean up areas where these munitions will have been used. one of the big issues here is, of course, the feeling amongst nato allies of the united states. we heard rishi sunak talking about that a little earlier on. not many countries happy with america sending these weapons. is that going to cause issues at this nato meeting in lithuania this week? first, i wouldn't say that's quite the case. most countrie in nato, as prime minister sunak said, are parties to this convention and so are not in a position to provide these munitions themselves or to use them. that does not mean that they are

opposing the us doing so, because they see what russia has been doing in ukraine, including with its use of these types of weapons, and that needs to be stopped. and as far as this goes with the nato meeting, i don't think it's a significant issue for nato at all. as you know, nato as an alliance is not doing much to support ukraine at all. it is all individual allies making their own efforts in a variety of different ways and coordinated through this process that secretary of defense austin leads. so it's not really something that is a nato issue at this point. what i do think the issue will be at nato is what to say about ukraine's aspirations to become a member. i think it's important that the alliance go further than it has done in the past. the former us ambassador to nato kurt volker. staying with ukraine, president volodymyr zelensky has returned from turkey, bringing with him five senior military commanders. here they are at a military airport.

the men were in charge of ukraine's garrison in mariupol, which was captured by russia. under a prisoner exchange, they were meant to remain in turkey but, instead, they've been allowed to go home. russia has denounced the release of the men, claiming it violates the prisoner exchange terms. 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 all 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, itself 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 or is provided, 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. now it's time for a look at today's sport with olly foster. still matches going on on centre court at wimbledon a number one court. katie boulter is the last one in the singles draw is of british players, but standing in her way is reigning champion elaine at rebecca turner, katie boulter 4—1 down in

the first set. —— elaine rybakina. ons jabeur came from a set down to beat us champion bianca andreescu. next time is former champion petra kvitova. late finish our number one court, matteo berrettini facing alexander spero. matteo berrettini has taken the first two sets, all square in the third. —— alexander saverin. with some of the the other headlines from saturday's action at the all england club, here's chetan pathak. we have seen three players trying to figure it out on saturday. carlos alcaraz was first up against the chill in nicolas jarry. he didn't haveit chill in nicolas jarry. he didn't have it all his own way, carlos alcaraz, he started strong, but he found himself in court for almost four hours —— the chill iron. the top seed and world number one in the end making the last 16, winning in

four sets. end making the last 16, winning in foursets. daniil end making the last 16, winning in four sets. daniil medvedev is another one who in his own word still doesn't feel comfortable on a grass court. he dropped the first set against the hungarian marton fucsovics, but he won the next three to seal his place in the last 16, as far as he got two years ago. last year, he wasn't here because of a ban on russian and belarusian players and that was the same for arena sabalenka, who was through to the last 16 and says it feels emotional to be back here at the all england club. she beat russia's anna blinkova in straight sets. the year's australian open champion could be the women's world number one if she wins this title next saturday. sunday will see two of the favourites and be contenders here, novak djokovic and iga swiatek both play for a place in the quarterfinals. 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. openers zak crawley and ben duckett made it to 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 eight. the 38—year—old broke his collarbone about 50 miles from the finish. he is 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. denmark's mads pedersen went on to win the stage. fellow danejonas vingergo is still in the yellowjersey.

red bull's max verstappen is on pole for sunday's british grand prix. that's the fifth race in a row that he will start from the front. the world champion was a quarter of a second quicker than british driver lando norris. it was a good day for mclaren, with oscar 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. finally, a couple of football lines. us women's star megan rapinoe says she will retire at the end of the current season. the world cup starts later this year. and the england under—21s have won the european championship beating spain in the final. that's all the sport for now. goodbye. thank you very much. 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 on, 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. first of all, because it's the annual celebration and commemoration of the death of adama traore, who was a young, black french man who died at the hands of the police in 2016. so every year, there has been a march in his home city in persan, which is in the suburbs of paris. and this year, for the first time, it was banned. it has happened every year very peacefully and, yesterday, we learned that it couldn't happen. so the sister of adama traore, who is the voice of the committee in charge of trying to find 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 there just to support her, and then we were circled around by the police. it was very peaceful, she just has a public stance for her brother and for nahel, who was the young teenager who was killed by a police officer ten days ago, which sparked outrage and actually, 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 then we were tear—gassed for no reason. it was very peaceful and it was daylight paris. so some of the people who were not even part of the march were tear—gassed. that's really... to me, it's a shock and it's also, it questions our freedom of speech. you say this protest was peaceful.

however, many — including many in your own country — will say, well, your protest may have been peaceful, but in these other protests, 2,500 buildings damaged, millions of euros in costs of policing operations and so on. the french authorities have put this 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 are, in fact, white supremacists, marched in paris, without having any ban. it was the same day, the same city, they didn't 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 a way... they used, actually, the context in order to ban

and to prevent people who were against police brutality and institutional violence from speaking. let's get some of the day's other news now. the un's nuclear watchdog has been asked to 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. an eu envoy has strongly criticised israel over the force used during this week's raid on thejenin refugee camp in the occupied west bank. 12 palestinians died in the two—day anti—terrorism operation, as well as one israeli soldier. the eu representative for the palestinian territories questioned the "proportionality" of the force used. 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 northern 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'm 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 steak. but is it a realistic option? there is one problem — it's very expensive. cricket flour costs about $55 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. i'm absolutely against these 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. she has been bugging us for ages to do that story! eltonjohn has performed the last show of his farewell tour in the swedish capital, stockholm. the 76—year—old british singer told fans he'd better make it a good one, as he opened with his hit bennie and thejets. it's not goodbye altogether, though, he has said he will continuing performing ad hoc in future. eltonjohn, who has won five grammy awards during his long career, headlined the final night of the glastonbury festival injune. that is it from us, goodbye. 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 a 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.

them to ukraine. this is bbc news. this is bbc news. the headlines: the headlines: rishi sunak says the uk rishi sunak says the uk "discourages" the use of cluster "discourages" the use of cluster bombs, as the us says it will supply bombs, as the us says it will supply

them to ukraine. he said the uk had signed up to a treaty opposing their use, but would continue to offer support. 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 is understood that the bbc is looking into the allegations. the dutch prime minister meets the country's king to discuss