this is bbc news. the headlines. firefighters increase bethel new wildfires while the world health organization warns this is the new normal. the uk government apologises to lgbt people in the military for the way they were treated before the ban on homosexuality was lifted in 2000. and in kabul, a group of afghan women against the closure of beauty salons have violently been disrupted by the taliban. unearthed never before excavated in the ancient roman city of pompeii.

apologising for the treatment of lgbt apologising for the treatment of lg bt veterans after they are therefore studied the military for being gay. it was illegal to be gay until 2000 in the military were thousands of veterans were thought to be affected. rishi sunak coated did an appalling failure of the british state veterans including dame kelly holmes met with ministers earlier. theyjoined the military to dedicate their lives to their country. but instead, many were rejected, unable to be themselves, investigated, dismissed, some even imprisoned. all because they're gay. a criminal offense in the armed forces until the year 2000. i chose the royal navy, hoping for a place to belong, a tribe to be part of. emma riley was a radio operator before she was arrested and then discharged. they took me up to my room and they went through every single piece of my belongings. they confiscated letters.

they went through all my clothes, but they basically washed their hands of me. the moment i stepped out to that door, it was they couldn't close the door fast enough. it thought up to 5000 people may have been affected, including ken wright, a rising star in the raf, when he revealed he was gay. i was on track for a promotion. i'd just been awarded a personal commendation from the commander in chief. and i met my now husband, colin. we've been together 35 years, and i thought i'd tell the truth. so i admitted, thinking that would be the easy way. and i lost everything. today, for the first time, the prime minister said sorry for the wrongs of the past. in that period, many endured the most horrific sexual abuse and violence, homophobic bullying and harassment, all while bravely serving this country. today, on behalf of the british state, i apologise. the apology comes as an independent review has been published looking at the impact of the ban. lgbt veterans will say this report

has been decades in the making. it has more than 60 recommendations, including financial compensation. and for many, it's the apology they heard here today they've waited so long for an apology, that means they're no longer a secret. they're no longer forgotten. other recommendations made include individual letters of apology. military rank restored along with medals, uniforms and berets, reinstated in an official ceremony and a public memorial to all lgbt people who've served. but for some time is running out. this whole group of veterans are ageing, so there needs to be hardship funds that can make sure that we deliver immediate and early support. but we also need to make sure that we have a meaningful and substantial compensation agreement in place as quickly as we can for all of this community like everybody else. the government will respond to the review in full. now, after more than 20 years of fighting forjustice, veterans can continue their lives with pride.

lauren moss, bbc news. wagner group leader yevgeny prigozhin has been seen since the uprising in neighbouring belarus. in the clip, posted on the messaging service telegram, yevgeny prigozhin welcomes his trips to belarus where they were told to move as part of the deal brokered by the kremlin after last month's mutiny. he is still critical of the russian armed forces bbc correspondent has been looking into what we can understand from the video. it will make this will appear to be yevgeny prigozhin's first appearance since his aborted prigozhin's first appearance since his aborte: , ., , .,

prigozhin's first appearance since his aborte: , . , ., ., his aborted mutiny nearly a month auo. he his aborted mutiny nearly a month age he been _ his aborted mutiny nearly a month ago. he been looking _ his aborted mutiny nearly a month ago. he been looking at— his aborted mutiny nearly a month ago. he been looking at the - his aborted mutiny nearly a month ago. he been looking at the video | ago. he been looking at the video it's pretty low quality, not a huge amount to go on. the russian speakers on our team have been listening to it and they say the voice appears to match that of yevgeny prigozhin. where was it taken? this was in southern belarus and this was the scene a month ago, hardly anything there, a satellite image has been set up and although there are low lighting, there are some structures in this video. something we been looking at before bbc verified. this is a privatejet linked to him and local media says that this arrived yesterday and the assessment of this, but we can see in the here and now, we cannot say for sure but it appears to be the first appearance and he appears to pick up from where he left off

talking about the situation in ukraine think it is a disgrace with happening there must be interpreted as another criticism of the russian generals were running the campaign there. at a further one hundred and twenty former and current mcdonald's workers have contacted the bbc in the last 2a hours to say they faced harassment and bullying at the fast food chain. the fresh allegations are in response to the bbc investigation, broadcast yesterday, which heard from workers as young as 17 who said they were being groped and harassed almost routinely. mcdonalds has apologised and asked anyone who's experienced or witnessed inappropriate behaviour to contact them on a confidential hot line they've created. zoe conway, reports. it has notjust been young mcdonald's workers contacting the bbc. concerned parents have wanted to talk to us as well. it was his first job after school. live and her dad steve got in touch to say why they quit

liv and her dad steve got in touch to say why they quit mcdonald's last week. she says she could no longer cope with the behaviour of the senior manager. the kind of culture that was there is it was too ok to be sexist and racist comments, whether it was in passing or directly to people. she worked at the store in the east of england for four years. it was upsetting to hear the stories when she came home. the sexism was ridiculous. they should be looking after these people. yes, they are young adults but they need to be looked after. more than 50 people have contacted the bbc to allege their complaints to managers and human resources at mcdonald's were not taken seriously. the reid family says their complaint to the franchise their daughter worked for was dismissed. there was just no empathy. they didn't want to know, there was no evidence so it was basically tough. my wife was in tears, she was in tears, you just expect

more from the company. the latest allegations made to the bbc include a manager forcing a younger worker's hand down their trousers. a manager threatening a staff manager with a knife. a manager dealing drugs to employees. in a statement, mcdonald's chief executive alistair mccrone said... today, the prime minister said he had seen coverage of the bbc investigation. it is important that the company now takes the right steps to investigate these findings. obviously anyone involved should come forward and talk to the company's in place a process about that and that is the right way to deal with this problem. tonight the chief executive said he would like to acknowledge the deeply distressing allegations that have emerged in the media this

week and the company has opened a confidential phone line for anyone who is experienced or witnessed inappropriate behaviour. zoe conway, bbc news. to afghanistan next, where women have held a protest in the capital kabul against a decision by the taliban to shut beauty salons for women. the participants shouted slogans demanding �*work, bread and justice'. these pictures were sent to us by the women themselves: soon after the protest began, taliban guards used water cannon to disperse the women. some of the protesters said they were tasered and the taliban also fired in the air. the afghan rulers earlier this month ordered the closure of thousands of beauty salons across the country within a month. my colleague zari kargar has been speaking to one of the women involved in the protest.

i'm one of the beauticians in kabul, i've worked very hard to open my salon and started business and i'm the only breadwinner of my family. today, we went to protest for our rights but the taliban were very violent towards us. they were so cruel. i was beaten and my legs hurt. they used water tenants and shotguns. we do not have any other way to earn with the international community, we want them to hear our voice and help the women of afghanistan. they've taken our livelihood from us. earlier,i spoke to the former afghan mp and women's rights campaigner, shukria barakzai. i asked her why beauty salons are a target for the taliban. the misery of afghan women continues since the _ the misery of afghan women continues since the taliban and seize control, the beauty— since the taliban and seize control, the beauty salons are not only business — the beauty salons are not only business where banned from women and beauty— business where banned from women and beauty salons not only providing

services — beauty salons not only providing services to their customer, it was the centre — services to their customer, it was the centre of training women were becoming — the centre of training women were becoming more social and particularly for those with a real estate _ particularly for those with a real estate business and the owner of their— estate business and the owner of their own — estate business and the owner of their own family, they have defined bread _ their own family, they have defined bread and _ their own family, they have defined bread and put out for the family to feed them — bread and put out for the family to feed them and that was theirjob and that is— feed them and that was theirjob and that is their— feed them and that was theirjob and that is their business. that is not the only— that is their business. that is not the only problem, taliban are not letting _ the only problem, taliban are not letting girls to this as well, the universities are close, international organisation in the iocai— international organisation in the local nongovernmental organisations are hot— localnongovernmentalorganisations are not any— local nongovernmental organisations are not any more hiring women as employees— are not any more hiring women as employees because taliban had forbidden it. the women were working with the _ forbidden it. the women were working with the government, there were also barred _ with the government, there were also barred from _ with the government, there were also barred from the work, and if you see that list— barred from the work, and if you see that list of— barred from the work, and if you see that list of all of this, the beauty salons _ that list of all of this, the beauty salons are — that list of all of this, the beauty salons are part of that but the demonstration of afghan women took lots of— demonstration of afghan women took lots of courage they put their lives and risking — lots of courage they put their lives and risking their family members life and _

and risking their family members life and encouraging women was still there raising their voice but there is no _ there raising their voice but there is no one — there raising their voice but there is no one from taliban to come and hold themselves accountable. we don't _ hold themselves accountable. we don't know what it would take in the end because the risk and taliban purposely, they demolished and they've — purposely, they demolished and they've removed from the deleted and they've removed from the deleted and they removably delete in various women — they removably delete in various women from every single aspect of life and _ women from every single aspect of life and they did not want to see us in politics. — life and they did not want to see us in politics, social, economically, they— in politics, social, economically, they do— in politics, social, economically, they do not— in politics, social, economically, they do not like to see women and and how— they do not like to see women and and how are — they do not like to see women and and how are we going to say that kind of— and how are we going to say that kind of gender apartheid in gender—based violence continuing gender— based violence continuing with the _ gender—based violence continuing with the women of afghanistan is screaming so loud.— with the women of afghanistan is screaming so loud. around the world and across the _ screaming so loud. around the world and across the uk, _ screaming so loud. around the world and across the uk, this _ screaming so loud. around the world and across the uk, this is _ screaming so loud. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc - screaming so loud. around the worldj and across the uk, this is bbc news.

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live with bbc news. this is the daily global. the president of israel has arrived in the us revisit to the 75th anniversary. the president received a standing ovation from congress but his speeches been boycotted by some democrats as part of the protest against israel's policies towards palestinians. ties between the us and israel have been strained over settlement expansion on the occupied west bank in washington sees as dimming prospects for a two state solution. it also comes at a time or there's been weekly protests against judicial reforms and during his speech, he understood the bond between the two countries was unbreakable. our reporter at the capitol has more on the israeli presidents visit the message from

the israeli president and vice versa. he came in to this chamber to applause and cheers lasting well over three minutes and he spoke about the strength of the relationship between the us and israel going back 75 years to the founding of the state of israel. he spoke about other issues as well and spoke about other issues as well and spoke about other issues as well and spoke about iran, that the free world must work together to stop iran from world must work together to stop iranfrom maintaining world must work together to stop iran from maintaining a nuclear weapon in saudi arabia —— obtaining and its real �*s desire to establish relationships with saudi arabia with the assistance of the united states and also said israel seeks peace with the palestinians and this is coming at a particularly intense time of what we've seen recent weeks in the west bank and mentioned the

protests we have seen sweeping israel month after month and every weekend in response to controversial reforms put forward by the prime minister benjamin netanyahu and the judiciary is of the president biden is highlighted and said he is concerned about them and these particular cabinets of the most extreme in 50 years in israel but certainly the message and keeping in mind that they have a largely ceremonial role in israel it's about enduring times and friendship. a number of progressive democrats said that they would boycott the speech in part as a protest in the policies towards palestinians. how would that play out? abs, towards palestinians. how would that -la out? �* , ., towards palestinians. how would that -la out? , ., ,, play out? a number of progressive democratic — play out? a number of progressive democratic lawmakers _ play out? a number of progressive democratic lawmakers say - play out? a number of progressive

democratic lawmakers say that - play out? a number of progressive | democratic lawmakers say that they the only palestinian american member of congress who you will remember, was in hot water with her comments for israel at the weekend. calling it a racist state. those comments earned some swift rebuke from democratic leaders sending a letter and republican lawmakers putting forward a resolution on the house floor with overwhelming support past saying that israel is not a racist state. but what we have seen here is fractions and fissures around the democratic party and the progressive wing when it comes to the stance on israel and republicans looking to capitalise on that certainly when it comes to the biden administration and messages a strong relationship with israel as a historically has been the case in the biden administration wants to help israel to establish ties with saudi arabia

and effort for re—taking regional stability. the city of pompeii was destroyed when mount vesuvius erupted but it was preserved. we talk about the discoveries. the was preserved. we talk about the discoveries— discoveries. the site that 'ust reopened�* discoveries. the site that 'ust reopened to i discoveries. the site that 'ust reopened to the i discoveries. the site that 'ust reopened to the public h discoveries. the site thatjust reopened to the public about| discoveries. the site that justl reopened to the public about a discoveries. the site that just - reopened to the public about a month ago whenjulius caesar was assassinated, four fantastic republic capitals and another great moment in archaeology and preservation.— moment in archaeology and reservation. ., ., , ~ preservation. for an expert like ourself, preservation. for an expert like yourself. what _ preservation. for an expert like yourself, what is _ preservation. for an expert like yourself, what is the _ preservation. for an expert like l yourself, what is the significance of these new findings and pompeii? first hand, a few days ago, it is spectacular because the technology

being used in documentation process is all state—of—the—art and the end all goal is to shore up what was neglected and they want to create a new buffer zone excavating the on excavated, it is a victory— victory for those who want to learn more about pompeii stop by the threat of the city is still buried —— about pompeii stop by the threat of the city is still buried —- what about pompeii stop by the threat of the city is still buried --_ the city is still buried -- what is so special about _ the city is still buried -- what is so special about pompeii - the city is still buried -- what is so special about pompeii that l the city is still buried -- what is - so special about pompeii that makes it such a fascinating place not disrupt geologist pretorius, as well? . , ., disrupt geologist pretorius, as well? . ., ., , well? hats off to pompeii in the direction in _ well? hats off to pompeii in the direction in which _ well? hats off to pompeii in the direction in which they - well? hats off to pompeii in the direction in which they have - well? hats off to pompeii in the l direction in which they have been doing in recent years, it'sjust fantastic. the level of cleanliness, the signs, the proportionality is phenomenal because you're going to have a great experience. in these

houses that were neglected and off—limits not accessible you're going to see more of this incredible city university before and nothing comes close to pompeii, that is the whole thing, despite other sites around or destroyed by vesuvius but the sheer volume of the streets, the shop fronts the houses more successful than ever and now restored, legibility is unparalleled there is nothing that comes anywhere close to the city of pompeii. in one of those fascinating sights told you about what life was like 2000 years ago? you speculate a lot in archaeology but talk about pompeii, you have so much more and excavation, the beds, furniture, the

destruction levels, the remains of textiles and you are getting so much more information and so much more richly preserved remains in the people who died in the spaces, and unparalleled story that we can then on forward this excavation —— unfold in this excavation. on forward this excavation -- unfold in this excavation.— children in some parts of england who need urgent dental treatment are facing waits of up to 18 months, according to new data. the british dental association says vital work to prevent tooth decay is not being done, leaving some children in prolonged pain, and in need of a tooth extraction.0ur health correspondent need of a tooth extraction. greig taylor is a clinical lecturer and specialist in paediatric dentistry at the university of newcastle, how bad is the situation for children? it how bad is the situation for children?— how bad is the situation for children? . ., , ., children? it is particularly bad and unfortunately. _

children? it is particularly bad and unfortunately, where's _ children? it is particularly bad and unfortunately, where's receiving l children? it is particularly bad and. unfortunately, where's receiving an unfortunately, where's receiving an unfortunate number and treatment and leaving to increasing grading waiting times and this is a significant problem. is waiting times and this is a significant problem. waiting times and this is a siunificant roblem. , , ., , significant problem. is the problem bein: significant problem. is the problem being caused _ significant problem. is the problem being caused by — significant problem. is the problem being caused by their _ significant problem. is the problem being caused by their not _ significant problem. is the problem being caused by their not being - being caused by their not being enough dentists or as a more complex than that? i enough dentists or as a more complex than that? ., ._ �*, ., than that? i would say it's more comlex than that? i would say it's more complex than — than that? i would say it's more complex than that. _ than that? i would say it's more complex than that. the - than that? i would say it's more complex than that. the current | complex than that. the current strategies of dentists and clinics is a problem and the dental contractors currently in place is not fit for purpose may be mental established and work on that needs to be done in the problem is more complex than this, the cost of living crisis at the moment means the children are able to obtain good healthy foods and drinks which are predominantly the cause of this preventive dental problem and not being able to access toothpaste and

toothbrushes because of challenges and costs and the fact that there's just a lack of specialists in paediatric dentistry across the uk makes this even more challenging problem. makes this even more challenging roblem. �* makes this even more challenging roblem. . , , ~ makes this even more challenging roblem. . , , ,, , ., problem. and problems like these of knock on effects, _ problem. and problems like these of knock on effects, don't _ problem. and problems like these of knock on effects, don't think - problem. and problems like these of knock on effects, don't think was - knock on effects, don't think was mad because you are more problems. and what are you seeing as the effects of this?— and what are you seeing as the effects of this? significant impacts of dental decay — effects of this? significant impacts of dental decay which _ effects of this? significant impacts of dental decay which can - effects of this? significant impacts of dental decay which can lead - effects of this? significant impacts of dental decay which can lead to i of dental decay which can lead to tooth aches and pain and not being able to eat drink to daily activities need to be bigger than that and having the impact of not attending school and impacting education but also family, siblings and having to take time off work and take children to appointments and that has an impact financially for the family themselves and so, it's not just the the family themselves and so, it's notjust the impact on the patient. thank you forjoining us and talking

about a particular problem and thank you very much. the uk work from home capital according to new research from the centre for economics and the german think tank and working more hours from home than the brits come on the flip side, is spending more time in the office every week with more, here's our reporter. a familiar sight during the pandemic is governors around the world send their workers home to get covid—i9 under control. most of conduct to the office and two thirds of working people around the world have gone back to the office in some capacity according to the latest study from the german think tank carried out by april or may of this year. a pretty recent picture of the labour market and a quarter of people are in some kind of hybrid work from home remote

work in the coming into the office a few days a week. the numbers of people working from home of really dwindled as she can see her down in this spot, on the apus to be playfully doing thejob this spot, on the apus to be playfully doing the job from home and that's around the world. and of those countries, who was on the top of the list, which country is working from home? canada. not far behind them is the uk. brits working five days per week from home and not far behind is the us at about 1.3 days per week. the uk topping european countries, especially when you compare it to greece where people are only working about half a day from home per week on average. that number goes even lower when compared to asia, some of the lowest numbers of people spending time at

home doing theirjobs. you can see south korea less than half a day working from home and there's a big discrepancy in the numbers of this latest data, for example, some of the more wealthy people and higher income earners and those working from home the most in english—speaking countries top the list of people who were able to do their jobs list of people who were able to do theirjobs from home. interesting insights. now, here is the weather. hello. i wonder if you remember what you were doing this time last year? well, chances are you were sweating. yes, it was the uk's hottest day on record — 40.3 celsius recorded in lincolnshire. fast forward to today — what a different story. one year later, a lot of cloud around, some showers, and temperatures at best into the low 20s. now the day's showers are starting

to fade away, so for many of us, the weather will become drier over the next few hours. a few showers pushing into the far north of scotland, though. quite a cool kind of night forjuly, with temperatures dipping down in single figures — scotland, northern ireland, wales and western areas of england. so a cool start to the day on thursday for the early—risers, but there should be plenty of dry weather and sunshine. showers will start to develop, and i think the greatest risk of seeing some of those showers will be across northern and eastern scotland, and into parts of northeast england. elsewhere, there should be some pretty big gaps between the showers — that means there'll be quite a few of you that stay dry all day. temperatures a little bit below average, but in thejuly sunshine should still feel ok. friday, a largely dry picture with some sunshine for england and wales, but for scotland and northern ireland, this time we'll see some thicker cloud working off the atlantic, with outbreaks of rain pushing in from the west through the day. those temperatures struggling — 16—17 degrees, not great in the north, and even 21 in london, that's still 2—3 degrees

below average forjuly. the jet stream pattern this weekend, well, we keep the trough to the west of the uk that keeps our weather unsettled. it's this ridge in the jet stream that's been responsible for the extreme heat in europe and, if anything, that ridge is moving a little bit further eastwards — and so too will the highest temperatures. so, we're starting to see some indications that we could see some extreme heat in parts of greece this weekend, maybe even getting quite close to the all—time european temperature record. we'll keep a close eye on that. no chance of anything particularly hot, though, for the uk this weekend. it will, though, be particularly wet — and particularly for england and wales, outbreaks of rain moving in here, becoming heavy and persistent, and lasting right into sunday. scotland and northern ireland on saturday, yes, you get some rain, as well. wherever you are, it'll tend to be on the cool side, with temperatures for many of us around 17—18 celsius. but, at least for scotland and northern ireland, the rain should pull away a little bit on sunday to allow something a bit brighter into the afternoon. and then, next week. well, we've got some further showers in the forecast. that's it for now.