live from london. this is bbc news. moscow announces restrictions on the movement of british diplomats in russia. they say it's a response to the "hostile actions" of the uk government. violence in india after video emerges of two women, paraded naked through the streets — in the state of manipur. whatever has happened with the daughters there will never be forgiven. daughters there will never be for: iven. �* k daughters there will never be for: iven. �* a a, daughters there will never be foraiven. �* a a, a, a, forgiven. and cutting down on meat can help save _ forgiven. and cutting down on meat can help save the _ forgiven. and cutting down on meat can help save the planet. _ hello, i m matthew amroliwala , welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them.

stories, and checking out we start in russia where the foreign ministry has said that it's imposing restrictions on british diplomats. in a statement, it said they will be required required to give at least five days notice of trips outside what's described as a 75 mile, or 120km, free movement zone. moscow says this is in response to london s hostile actions. our russia editor steve rosenberg gave us this analysis. earlier today the british interim charge d'affaire was summoned to the foreign ministry in moscow and he was inside the building about 90 minutes and he came out and made no comment and drove away in his car. the russian foreign ministry issued a statement about that meeting, announcing these restrictions on the movements of british diplomats. so from now on uk diplomats in russia will have to give at least

five days' notice of any trips they plan to take outside of the 120 kilometres, what has been described as a free movement zone, so that is a bit unclear, but they have got to give notice of where they are going and who they will be meeting and the routes they will take. means of transport and where they will be staying. things like that. there are some exceptions for the british ambassador and three other senior uk diplomats in russia. all of this according to the russian foreign ministry is the response from russia to hostile actions by london. this concerns uk diplomats in emabssy in moscow the consulate in ekaterinberg. a question, in terms of the total number of british diplomats in russia, what is the rough number? tell us more about your assessment

in terms of why now this move? i cannot give you a figure. obviously, it has gone down over the years because relations between russia and the uk have gone down over the years. this is not something that happened overnight. uk—russian relations have been getting worse and worse but of course especially after the full—scale russian invasion of ukraine last year, and that is because the uk has been a firm supporter of ukraine, especially in terms of military assistance. and so inevitably the relations between london and moscow have got worse and only this week there was the attack on the kerch bridge linking the russian mainland with crimea and some of the russian papers the next day, some of the ultra pro—kremlin papers were even accusing the uk of having a connection to that attack which gives you a flavour i think

of how russian officials and how the kremlin views the uk at the moment. steve rosenberg in moscow. we have had a response from the foreign office in london who have said this was a planned meeting in moscow held at our request as part of standard diplomatic practice and it went on to say that reports the charged affair was summoned was disinformation. that's the latest from the british foreign office. let's turn to india — with a horrifying story that's prompted outrage across the country after video emerged of two women being paraded naked through the streets in the state of manipur. the prime minister, narendra modi, said the incident �*shamed india'. clashes between ethnic groups have been going on in manipur — a state in northeast india — for months. police say the assault happened on may the 4th. local leaders say the women were also gang raped.

video of the incident circulated for the first time on social media yesterday. mps have disrupted a session in parliament demanding that the issue is debated. india's chiefjustice said the supreme court was �*deeply disturbed' by the video, warning the government, �*we will take action if you don't�*. let's hear more from narendra modi. translation: today my heart is full of pain and anger. - the incident that has come to light in manipur is a shameful incident for any civilised society. in this country, in any corner of this country, in any state government, rising above politics, there is the importance of law and order and respect for women. i want to reassure people that no culprit will be spared. the law with all its might and strictness will take steps one by one and whatever has happened with the daughters of manipur will never be forgiven. our correspondent ragvendra rao sent this update.

this video, it surfaced only yesterday but the incident happened on the 4th of may and there has been a complete internet shutdown in manipur for a complete internet shutdown in manipurfor almost a complete internet shutdown in manipur for almost 70 a complete internet shutdown in manipurfor almost 70 days now. and there are apprehensions that because of this, information hasn't been shared so far. and there are apprehensions being made that once internet is restored in the state we could see much more than we have seen so far. could see much more than we have seen so far-— seen so far. take me through the reaction there _ seen so far. take me through the reaction there has _ seen so far. take me through the reaction there has been - seen so far. take me through the reaction there has been just - seen so far. take me through the reaction there has been just in i seen so far. take me through the| reaction there has been just in the last 2a hours. we were listening to narendra modi but plenty of others have been speaking.— have been speaking. absolutely. prime minister _ have been speaking. absolutely. prime minister modi _ have been speaking. absolutely. prime minister modi spoke - have been speaking. absolutely. prime minister modi spoke on i have been speaking. absolutely. | prime minister modi spoke on the issue and the chiefjustice minced no words in telling the central government, as well as the manipur

state government that they needed to act. this ethnic violence has been going on for two and a half months and this particular video, where these women have been sexually assaulted in a very brutal manner, this has really shaken up things here in india. the chiefjustice's words are almost like a warning to the government that it better act, they better tell the court what they have done to deal with this particular case. and if they don't act, the supreme court chiefjustice says they will have to step in. these are very strong words and they convey the sense of urgency and the sense of distress which has been felt in a large cyst of society in india. ., ., felt in a large cyst of society in india. . ., a, ,. , , ., india. narendra modi describes india as modern india. _ india. narendra modi describes india as modern india. there _ india. narendra modi describes india as modern india. there has - india. narendra modi describes india as modern india. there has been - india. narendra modi describes india as modern india. there has been so | as modern india. there has been so much focus on sexual assault and rape being used as a weapon. why is progress still so slow? yes.

rape being used as a weapon. why is progress still so slow?— progress still so slow? yes, in india gender-based _ progress still so slow? yes, in india gender-based crimes, i progress still so slow? yes, in i india gender-based crimes, they india gender—based crimes, they continue to happen every now and then. in fact the figures are really horrific. every year india reports anything between 300000 and 400,000 crimes against women. and out of these total crimes against women, almost 28,000 — these total crimes against women, almost 28,000 - 35,000 these total crimes against women, almost 28,000 — 35,000 are rapes. these are only the crimes that are registered. a lot of crimes in india go unreported and that's the bigger worry. crimes against women, it's one problem india has been battling with for decades now. particularly in areas, rural areas and semi urban areas where the patriarchy is really deep—seated and deep—rooted. these

are the places where crimes against women is particularly on the high side in the country, but not to say it doesn't happen in urban centres, cities and metropolises. it happens everywhere. the government's claims that it has been trying to deal with the problem, they are trying to get a grip of the situation, but the figures speak for themselves. in fact, if you look at the date, these numbers are indeed horrifying. white meant that the latest from india. thousands of senior doctors in england have walked out for 48 hours in a dispute with the government over pay. it means that almost all planned nhs care in england has come to a standstill. the senior doctors — or consultants — have been offered a 6% pay rise. they say that's not enough. the doctors' union — the british medical association — says that since 2008 consultants' take home pay has fallen in real terms by 35% — that's taking changes to tax and pensions into account. and it says this fall is a bigger percentage than other groups within the health service.

a 6% pay increase would mean basic pay starting at nearly £94,000 — that's around $121,000 us. the most experienced consultants would receive more than £126,000 — around 162,000 dollars — though reaching that salary takes on average 19 years. our correspondentjon donnison is among strikers in central london, i caught up with him earlier and asked him about the mood on the picket line. we are outside university college hospital in london which is the main teaching hospital in the capital. there was a pretty healthy picket line here earlier today. a few score senior doctors protesting outside and basically what they say is that for 15 years their pay has gone

down, really. they are earning, as you say, a third less than what they were in 2008 in relative terms. and that the bare minimum they want this year, they don't want the whole pay restoration now, they don't want to get up to 35% pay increase now, but the bare minimum they want is an increase in line with inflation, and that as you know has been running some times this year at over 10%. it is currently around eight or 9%. but the government has said its final offer is 6%. these are the first days of two days of strike action, it's the first time in more than ten years that senior doctors have gone on strike. there are two further days of strike action planned in a month's time.— days of strike action planned in a month's time. take me through the im act month's time. take me through the impact that — month's time. take me through the impact that is _ month's time. take me through the impact that is having _ month's time. take me through the impact that is having in _ month's time. take me through the impact that is having in terms - month's time. take me through the impact that is having in terms of. impact that is having in terms of patient care. it’s impact that is having in terms of patient care-— patient care. it's a really significant _ patient care. it's a really significant impact. - patient care. it's a really significant impact. nhs. patient care. it's a really - significant impact. nhs bosses, national health service bosses

england have said the impact of this strike will be greater than that carried out byjunior doctors carried out by junior doctors earlier this carried out byjunior doctors earlier this week because senior doctors simply can't be replaced. junior staff can be replaced. and also it's notjust the work senior doctors do in carrying out their own procedures but often they are involved in supervising junior doctors, so all the workjunior doctors, so all the workjunior doctors might have been doing over the next few days can't happen either. so there are going to be tens of thousands of hospital procedures cancelled over the next few days and that goes on top of an estimated half a million procedures that have been cancelled across the nhs this year because of strike action. i put that to some of the senior consultants who were here earlier, whether they felt bad for the impact on patients, and they said they did feel bad but there was basically a minimum level of service still in place, they call it a

christmas day level of service. in other words, christmas day level of service. in otherwords, if christmas day level of service. in other words, if you need emergency care then you will get treated. but although the small routine operations that people are waiting for, they will simply not happen over the next few days. jan over the next few days. jon donnison- _ we can turn to another strike with rail passengers in england facing more disruption today and on saturday as guards and station staff begin a fresh round of air strikes. the long—running action over pay, jobs and conditions is affecting 14 train companies in england and some services running into scotland and wales. national rail says passengers should expect large areas of the rail network to have little or no service. the uk's competition watchdog... the uk's competition watchdog is calling on supermarkets to make their pricing systems clearer to help shoppers find the best deals. but it says it hasn't found evidence that weak competition between the stores has fuelled food price inflation. our business reporter peter ruddick

gave us more details. the key thing that shoppers will want to see is essentially their food bill is a bit cheaper but i don't think the report today will mean an average basket and trolley is going to be cheaper but hopefully it should in theory mean things are a bit clearer when you go shopping in store and the competition and markets authority has looked at a couple of things. are supermarkets protecting profits rather than passing on lower wholesale cost? the regulator found no evidence of this. the more interesting part was on unit prices and the regulator said not all retailers are displaying prices as clearly as they should which could be hampering the ability of people to compare product prices. on things like tea bags they found in some stores products were labelled unit price per 100 grams and on others they were labelled per tea bag, making it harder to work out which product offered the best value. they have written to retailers asking them to make changes or face enforcement action and they also want changes to the law

which could take a bit longer. the government says it will consult on those law changes and the regulator says it will look at elsewhere in supply chains to see if there could be other problems that mean that profits are essentially being contained in parts of the supply chain and lower costs are not being passed on to us. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. time is ticking on the prime minister's pledged to halve inflation by the end of the year and slow down soaring inflation prices. when he made the promise inflation was over 10% so his target is to get it down to around five. richmond in north yorkshire is an historic market town and relies on tourism. with household budgets squeezed are people cutting back on things like mini breaks and eating out? doesn't seem to be. — mini breaks and eating out? doesn't seem to be. 24 _ mini breaks and eating out? doesn't seem to be, 24 bedroom _ mini breaks and eating out? doesn't seem to be, 24 bedroom hotel- mini breaks and eating out? doesn't seem to be, 24 bedroom hotel and.

mini breaks and eating out? doesn't i seem to be, 24 bedroom hotel and our occupancy levels are between 90 and 100% most nights, including weeknights. 100% most nights, including weeknights-— 100% most nights, including weekniuhts. , , weeknights. there is some good news. food rices weeknights. there is some good news. food prices are — weeknights. there is some good news. food prices are not _ weeknights. there is some good news. food prices are not rising _ weeknights. there is some good news. food prices are not rising quite - weeknights. there is some good news. food prices are not rising quite as - food prices are not rising quite as fast as they were but the average grocery shop is still costing significantly more than it did a year ago and many are wearily wondering when that pressure on household budgets will start to ease. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you are live with bbc news. the iraqi government has ordered the swedish ambassador to baghdad to leave the country as a diplomatic dispute over the recent burning of the koran in stockholm intensifies. iraq is also withdrawing its ambassador from iraq is also withdrawing its ambassadorfrom sweden. overnight ambassador from sweden. overnight protesters ambassadorfrom sweden. overnight protesters in baghdad stormed the swedish embassy and set a section of it on fire. the united states has strongly condemned the attack. our

middle east analyst told me more about the heightened tensions. these latest developments _ about the heightened tensions. tire latest developments essentially came because last month there was a burning of the koran in stockholm which caused widespread protests. and then the same person who did that was saying he was preparing to do it later today in stockholm again and to be given permission by the swedish police. so that set protesters overnight in baghdad, who stormed the compound of the swedish embassy. these are people who belong or are supporters of the a very powerful shia cleric, and people will remember them from various stages of iraq in the last couple of decades, he played a big part of the american invasion, fighting major battle with the americans. he has made this, and as i say it is something that is called protest and anger across the islamic world but

this cleric has very much made it his cause at the moment so he called people to go up after the burning of the koran last month and again there were calls for people to go out last night. it seems that the actual burning of the koran hasn't happened in stockholm today. the man who carried out last month didn't burn the koran but he did step on it, he did manhandle it, which could be seenjust as much did manhandle it, which could be seen just as much as a desecration of it as the burning so i don't think that'll help matters much. the iraqi government has responded both in reaction to what the swedish government has said, which was very critical that the iraqi government didn't take security measures to stop the storming of the swedish embassy. thankfully there were no injuries. there was an emergency meeting held by the iraqi prime minister. his office issued a statement condemning the attack on

the embassy yesterday saying that a number of people have been arrested. but very, very strong comments against the swedish authorities came out saying that essentially the swedish government was being provocative, that it was allowing the koran to be burnt, and islamic sanctity is to be insulted and the iraqi flag to be burnt.— iraqi flag to be burnt. briefly, where do _ iraqi flag to be burnt. briefly, where do you _ iraqi flag to be burnt. briefly, where do you think _ iraqi flag to be burnt. briefly, where do you think this - iraqi flag to be burnt. briefly, where do you think this goes| iraqi flag to be burnt. briefly, - where do you think this goes down? i don't think this will stop. the cleric is very powerful and he has reasons to be playing this card. the fact the koran was not burnt today doesn't mean there will be the same wave of protest as there was before but it will arouse more disgust and concern across the islamic world. we had essentially most of the governments in the islamic world making very strong condemnation of what happened. the pope did as well. the us did. we haven't seen, except

in iraq, major violence from it, and i guess the hope is that it won't spread any further but i think in iraq you will see more instances like this. i iraq you will see more instances like this. .., ., ., iraq you will see more instances like this. ., ~ , ., iraq you will see more instances like this. .,~ iraq you will see more instances likethis. ., like this. i can take you back to greece with — like this. i can take you back to greece with more _ like this. i can take you back to greece with more live - like this. i can take you back to greece with more live pictures| greece with more live pictures coming to us at the bbc. this is north—west of the capital athens and you can see the skyline with all the smoke and flames are still there, they are struggling to contain them. this is just they are struggling to contain them. this isjust one they are struggling to contain them. this is just one of many wildfires across the country as they have grappled with the heatwave. of course they have another heat wave coming and we were talking earlier on the programme to our correspondent who is there, azadeh moshiri, who was saying they expect later in the week temperatures of 45 celsius, putting so much pressure on the authorities because these scenes replicated in different parts of greece as they battle with a number of wildfires. yesterday european

union countries sent additional help to firefighters there as the camera zooms into another patch of flames. this sprawls over large parts of greece as they try and battle and get to grips with those wildfires that are cropping up in so many different parts. we will keep an eye on that and when there are more pictures and details we will return. i can update you on the situation in north korea and the us soldier detained there. washington is saying that north korean authorities are not responding to attempts to negotiate the release of travis king, who fled over its heavily—armed border on tuesday. the white house says it is working to get mr king back but haven't received information about his wherabouts. the crisis comes during a particularly tense time with the north. relations with the us have plummeted in recent years, as it has tested dozens

of increasingly powerful missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads. a new study shows that if all those in the uk who eat a lot of meat this burger is half beef, half mushroom. meat this burger is half beef, half mushroom-— meat this burger is half beef, half mushroom. what we want to do is reduce our — mushroom. what we want to do is reduce our impact _ mushroom. what we want to do is reduce our impact on _ mushroom. what we want to do is reduce our impact on the - mushroom. what we want to do is - reduce our impact on the environment and emissions. by reducing that by 50% without compromising on flavour or quality, it enables us to do that and drive towards net zero in an effective way. the and drive towards net zero in an effective way-— and drive towards net zero in an effective way. the firm also offers 100% beef and _ effective way. the firm also offers 100% beef and 100% _ effective way. the firm also offers 100% beef and 100% plant - effective way. the firm also offersi

100% beef and 100% plant -based 100% beef and 100% plant —based burgers. they are working with researchers at oxford university who have calculated exactly how much carbon dioxide, which accelerates global warming, carbon dioxide, which accelerates globalwarming, different carbon dioxide, which accelerates global warming, different diets produce. new research shows that big meaty diets of 100 grams or more a day like this juicy burger results in ten kilograms of co two. but if you have your meat intake to 50 grams, the co two levels are also halved to five kg a day. and if you have a completely plant based burger, it's down to 2.5. but scientists say you don't have to become a vegan to help save the planet. simply cutting back on meat can have a huge effect. so if everyone in the uk who's currently a high meat eater move down, just reduced the amount of meat that they had consumed, then it would make a really big difference overall — about equivalent of taking about 8 million cars off the road.

prof scarborough surveyed the diets of 55,000 people to come to this conclusion, which has been published in the scientificjournal nature food. but the head of the uk's largest meat industry association, says his experts tell him that such studies overstate the impact of producing meat. meat is a wonderful part of a balanced diet. now that doesn't mean there aren't people in this country that are probably eating more meat than they need to eat. but equally, there's people that probably should eat a little bit more meat for health reasons. so it's a question of balance. and people need to look at their own sort of own diets and decide what is the best thing to do. britain has one of the most sustainable methods of meat production in the world, and the sector employs nearly 100,000 people, making £9.5 billion a year for the country. but the government's national food strategy says we'll all need to eat 30% less meat within ten years to meet our targets for reducing carbon emissions. pallab ghosh, bbc news.

we can go back to greece. the flames we were watching are really erupting. the high wind in greece, you can see it picking up and spreading those fires. that's in essence what is the tough task for the firefighters on the ground as they try and deal with this, as the wind picks up and the flames continue to spread. and that's why it is such a struggle. we are seeing these scenes pretty much all through these scenes pretty much all through the week with the heatwave in greece and the wildfires that have been triggered in the days since the beginning of the week and of course they have another heatwave with temperatures predicted up around 45 celsius a little later in the week as well. so it is a real battle and you can see just from that snapshot to the north—west of athens, just what they are up against. more headlines on the programme injust what they are up against. more headlines on the programme in just a moment or two.

hello. our fairly unsettled spell of mid—july weather is set to continue. we've got relatively cool conditions out there at the moment. next few days, we'll see sunny spells and scattered showers. temperatures on the cool side for this stage of the month, but then wet and windy weather moves in during the course of the weekend. so this is the rainfall that we're expecting to accumulate over the next few days. some areas receiving 50, perhaps as much as 70 millimetres of rain. so some wet weather certainly on the way, and it's really looking unsettled for the remainder of the month. now through this afternoon, sunny spells, a few scattered showers, particularly across parts of scotland. this is an occluded front here. cool to the north of that, just 13 or 14 degrees. further south, high teens, low 20s. few scattered showers for parts of eastern england,

one or two further west, but they fade away through the evening and overnight for most of us. bit more rain working in tonight across parts of northern ireland. and we've got a few patchy showers across parts of scotland as well. to the north of that, a fairly cool night, eight or nine degrees and we could see temperatures down in single figures for parts of central england too. so tomorrow morning then starts off for many of us on a dry and bright note. more cloud moving in across northern ireland. also parts of northern england into wales as well will see a bit more cloud bringing the odd shower. during the afternoon, sunny spells and again scattered showers. like previous days, most of them are going to be across parts of eastern england, but you could catch one elsewhere. 15 to 19 degrees for most of us, perhaps the low 20s in the southeast. but of course, for the men's ashes and for the open ashes and for the open golf that continues, the weather is looking, i think, predominantly dry, but there is at both of those events, a chance of a passing shower. heading on into saturday now, and this area of low pressure moves its way in from the atlantic. so really from the word go, it affects western parts of the uk. gales developing down towards the southwest in particular. but wherever you are it's going be

a blustery day with that rain spreading eastwards, i thinkjust the far north of scotland getting away with some slightly quieter weather there. temperatures between about 17 to 19 degrees for most of us on saturday. and it looks like low pressure lingers into sunday as well. so here it is, just slowly edging its way eastwards. quite a few isobars on the map. so a spell of blustery weather for sunday into monday. we've still got the tail end of that area of low pressure as well. so it is looking a little hit up and down for sunday and into monday. some sunshine, but also some scattered, blustery and at times fairly heavy showers. bye— bye.

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