and — kylie minogue announces her first las vegas residency — promising extravagance and glamour. before all of that, let's get the sport. here is ben crouch her. england manager sarina weigman says she's proud of her team's resiliance after beating denmark 1—nil to leave them on the verge of the reaching the knockout stages of the women's world cup. weigman brought in laurenjames to the starting line—up and it took just six minutes for the move to work — the chelsea forward scoring what proved to be the winner. the win came at a cost though with a serious looking knee injury to key midfielder kiera walsh. it's a massive blow for the team. i

think we saw that in the second half, how much of the role that she plays within the team. i think we saw the difference when she's on the team, allowed to do that, it was very good, it looks or he saw from her reaction that it looks serious. for her personally, it's a tragedy going _ for her personally, it's a tragedy going out— for her personally, it's a tragedy going out with a serious injury. but as a coach, — going out with a serious injury. but as a coach, you need to have a solution — as a coach, you need to have a solution i_ as a coach, you need to have a solution. i think this is the position— solution. i think this is the position that england did not want to do— position that england did not want to do in_ position that england did not want to do in exchange. well england's place in the last 16 is not yet confirmed. they will need to avoid defeat against china in their final match on tuesday. china kept their hopes alive of reaching the knockout stages after beating haiti — and doing it after only having ten players for over an hour. zhang rui sent off for that challenge. the goal came from wang shuang — from the penalty spot — to secure their first win of the tournament. arguably game of the day came in group g — as argentina fought back to draw 2—2 with south africa

in dunedin. south africa looked in control at 2—0 up — before sophia braun did that to pull one back for argentina — and five minutes later, romina nunez headed home an equaliser. a point apiece means both teams can still reach the last 16. uk and ireland's bid tojoint host the 2028 euros has been given a big boost — after turkey announced they would be requesting to merge their bid with italy for the 2032 tournament. that means turkey now have a solo bid to host 2028 — and a joint bid for 2032 — with it being unlikely they'll host both. the last euros — in 2021 — took place across 11 countries with wembley the stadium for the final. uefa will choose the hosts for both tournaments on 10 october. 0n the pitch, riyad mahrez has become the latest big name to complete his move to saudi arabia. he's joined al ahli from manchester city — in a deal worth up to 30 million pounds. mahrez helped city win ten major

honours during five seasons with the club but was an unused substitute for both the fa cup and champions league finals last season. still very evenly poised on the day two of the final ashes test at the oval. australia resumed on 61—1 — but it's been a day of tumbling wickets. six have fell in total — including one forjames anderson — bowling mitch marsh. mark wood and stuart broad have picked up two each — to leave australia 185—7. they have since moved on to 250 for eight trailing england's for a standings byjust 33. commentary continues via bbc sounds and radio five sports extra. yorkshire have been fined four hundred thousand pounds and been handed two separate points deductions in response to their handling of the azeem rafiq racism scandal. yorkshire have been fined four hundred thousand pounds and been handed two separate points deductions in response to their handling of

the azeem rafiq racism scandal. they've been docked the equivalent of two wins in the county championship this season. michelle leclair will start on pole position for sunday's belgian grand prix. lewis hamilton will start third, qualifying took place today because tomorrow has a sprint race. it's the first day of the netball world cup with wales opening up against hosts south africa in pool c. later — england's roses face barbados and scotland take on malawi. go to our website. we will have more at 6:30 p:m.. chancellorjeremy chancellor jeremy hunt says chancellorjeremy hunt says no decisions have been made about the delayed compensation for victims of the contaminated blood scandal. thousands of people died

in the 1970s and 1980s after they developed hiv and hepatitis c through blood they were given. the chancellorjeremy hunt— who is also a former health secretary — has been giving evidence at the inquiry. he reflected on the speed of the government's action — and the potential costs. i know this will disappoint people listening, but there are some very big recommendations notjust in terms of the amount and money involved, but for example the idea that the amount should be decided by an independent arm's—length body, without any reference to ministers. we have to think through how the accountability of that would work, i'm not aware of that structure ever having happened before, but this is obviously the taxpayers money and these are potentially very, very large sums of money. earlier, our health editor hugh pym told me why mr hunt's appearance

before the inquiry was significant. the importance of today was this was the importance of today was this was the chancellor of the exchequer spelling out his view on a compensation scheme which is what the inquiry chair has called for and everybody affected wants to know more about. theyjust simply everybody affected wants to know more about. they just simply want clarity on whether whether the final report is published by the inquiry and the item and there is a compensation scheme ready to roll and the frustration has been that the government has given no indications of whether that is going to happen. these are people who have campaigned for 30 years or more, some of them come after what was called the waste treatment disaster in the history of the nhs. people infected with hiv and hepatitis c because they had gone in for treatment either for haemophilia with blood products are a blood transfusion and their lives have been completely changed and wracked in some cases and people who have

lost their lives. but ministers have said that they need to wait for the final report before announcing the compensation scheme, whereas the campaigners are saying we need it set up now so we know it can go into action the minute the report is published. jeremy hunt is saying this is potentially going to cost very large sums of money to the taxpayer. that's the first time we have heard that from a senior minister, he obviously controls the purse strings, so that was significant.— purse strings, so that was significant. purse strings, so that was siunificant. �* , , ., ., ., significant. there's been a lot of frustration. _ significant. there's been a lot of frustration, hasn't _ significant. there's been a lot of frustration, hasn't there, - significant. there's been a lot of frustration, hasn't there, from l significant. there's been a lot of. frustration, hasn't there, from the people who have been victims in this case. what was their response to hearing from the chancellor today? well, i think hearing from the chancellor today? well, ithink it hearing from the chancellor today? well, i think it was more, how shall i put this, measured when rishi sunak the prime minister gave evidence. he was heckled at one point because he appeared to be saying that there was nothing more he could say, everyone would have to wait until after the inquiry, although he did acknowledge it was a terrible scandal. there was a more

measured response tojeremy hunt as former health secretary, he was involved earlier on in campaigning to get something done by governments, so perhaps he had more of the knowledge of the detail, but still there was an invasion by government and they are still not being completely clear about what is going to happen, so i think there is frustration amongst campaigners on this issue. gina miller — who made her name taking the government to court over brexit — says the bank account for her political party is being closed and that she wasn't originally offered an explanation. her complaint comes after the former ukip leader nigel farage forced coutts to reveal that it closed his account, partly for political reasons. for more on this i'm joined now by gina miller whos the leader of the true and fair party. thank you forjoining us. just tell

us what has happened. do you now know why your account was closed? yet, so we approached several banks before we went there. most of the banks refused our applications and said they didn't take political parties or political organisations as clients. which in itself is the bigger problem here. at this in particular a case in november 2021, coots opened an account for us in on the 13th ofjuly we got an e—mail saying that in two months' time from the 13th of september, the account would be closed and that we wouldn't have any redress, we wouldn't be able to find out any information about why that was happening. it is under the present rules, that's why i'm speaking out about this because it is really important fact new political actors, political parties, individuals can have access to banking facilities and accounts, otherwise we don't have a functioning democracy, and at the

moment, we have banks that canjust d bank or deny people accounts without d bank or deny people accounts withoui . , ,., ., d bank or deny people accounts withou. , ., ., ., without any sort of explanation. like lots of _ without any sort of explanation. like lots of banks, _ without any sort of explanation. like lots of banks, they - without any sort of explanation. like lots of banks, they said - without any sort of explanation. | like lots of banks, they said they do not accept any political parties as business customers in the same way that we don't currently accept trusts clubs and a range of organisations. how difficult it is to balance that line between a private company's right to choose who they are able to serve and, as you say, that fair access to services. i you say, that fair access to services-— you say, that fair access to services. ~' , ., , services. i think there is a big roblem services. i think there is a big problem here _ services. i think there is a big problem here that _ services. i think there is a big problem here that the - services. i think there is a big - problem here that the government have got to address, which is fair access for people to enter the political arena and exercise their civic responsibility and duty, but when it comes to this particular case, it was manzo's error, because on the application form, there was no option for a political party or political organisation. the closest that we ticked was campaigning or campaigning groups. you have to

supply your website address and your e—mail address and it was plain from those that we are a political party. at this is not committed i must stress this, this is not an issue just about to manzo. this is the entire banking sector denying people like political parties access. there is no suggestion _ like political parties access. there is no suggestion at _ like political parties access. there is no suggestion at this _ like political parties access. there is no suggestion at this moment, | is no suggestion at this moment, have to say that manzo factored your political views into this decision, but as you say, it is prompting a wider discussion about how the banking industry operates. how do you think things need to change? i think it's an important issue that we address this, which is why i am speaking out, because as i said, if you cannot have access to banking facilities at a time when voters are saying we don't trust most of the mainstream parties, we want an alternative. of those alternative voices are not allowed in the political arena. voices are not allowed in the politicalarena. how voices are not allowed in the political arena. how can we possibly have a proper functioning political arena. how can we possibly have a properfunctioning democracy. anyone worse than that, what we have been told by several banking institutions is that if our candidates when in the next general

election, for example, i'm standing as a prospective candidate for parliament, if we were successful then they would have to look again at our personal and business accounts because then we would be politically exposed. there is this threat hanging over people for trying to enter politics and exercise their duties. that's why this really needs to be looked at by both government and the fta, because i think the banking sector, the financial services sector is over interpreting the politically exposed person regulation.— person regulation. thank you very much for sharing _ person regulation. thank you very much for sharing your _ person regulation. thank you very much for sharing your perspective j much for sharing your perspective perspective. in this story, the bbc contacted the bank —— the bbc contacted monzo bank about gina miller's case, it said it didn't allow accounts to be opened by political parties and it had made a mistake in allowing the "true and fair" party to use its services. now to ukraine — where the military says its forces are making steady progress in a counterattack against russian troops on the southeastern front line. western officials say a major

thrust is under way — though reports indicate that ukrainian advances are relatively minor. in a video published by president zelensky, ukrainian troops said they had taken a village to the east of zaporizhzhia city — under intense artillery fire and air strikes. russian president vladimir putin has said ukraine's attacks had "significa ntly" intensified. 0ur correspondent in kyiv, james waterhouse, gave us his assessment of the latest developments on the battlefield — in ukraine. there are interesting levels to this counteroffensive, it seems, where for weeks we've had ukraine probe for russian weaknesses whilst keeping the bulk of its forces in reserve — and we've seen russia pretty much do the same. and now, if you look at some corners of the west, we've had some us officials described today as being at the start of a major thrust. there is a lot of excitement but ukraine isn't using

the same kind of language. in terms of what we know, it seems ukraine has concentrated a lot of men and a lot of machinery in a south—eastern pocket of the front line, where it is claiming to have liberated a village called staromaiorske. which would equate to a gain of only a few kilometres. however, to even make that kind of a gain with the level of russian fortifications there, with landmines and the reports of heavy artillery and russian forces fighting back in some areas, it is clear that the ukrainian effort has dialled up to some degree, and this is somewhere where ukrainian forces really want to try and push through and break a russian—occupied land corridor in half. so whether this is part of a much bigger trend, it's too early to say. for now, it seems part of the typical two—ings and fro—ings of the front line — which has been the case for months, frankly. james waterhouse what that update.

the israeli military has said the country would be totally united against any attempt by militant groups to exploit its current social unrest. for months there have been protests over legal changes aimed at limiting the israeli supreme court's powers. earlier this week, the iranian—backed lebanese armed group his brother suggested the demonstrations — which have included dissent by military reservists — had left israel weakened. it comes after months of on—off tensions at the line separating israel and lebanon, which have shown signs of escalating, as our middle east correspondent tom bateman reports. a journey to one of the middle east's most explosive boundaries. the israeli army is fortifying its frontier along the so—called blue line. across the divide is lebanon and the dominant armed group there, hezbollah. the wire is a hair trigger... ..and those who live up against it are seeing the signs of tension again.

so this is a checkpoint of hezbollah. and you see the bus over there and all of that here above that, it's all lebanon. 48 hours ago, people were coming for stones. they're shouting at us, "we will kill you." levav, who farms here, tells me hejust filmed armed men watching him. have you seen that kind of thing in previous years, or is this new? no, it's new. it's new. you don't see that before. and this is what makes me nervous a little bit. if they were shooting me, or killed me or try to, the army will attack. then we can come to a war. this was an israeli drill held a month ago. the country last fought a devastating war with hezbollah in 2006. some of the posturing along the blue line has happened ever since, but this year has seen it come closer, and the rhetoric heating up. "the israeli army has been carrying out breaches," said hezbollah

leader hassan nasrallah. and this week he also pointed to israel's political unrest, saying the country was in crisis. close to the line, hezbollah was flexing its muscles and revving its engines during this drill. it's a fight in the shadows that risks engulfing a region. there's a helicopter circling and you just feel the tensions on this particular frontier. it is, in effect, a front line between israel and iran as part of that much wider regional fight. and what happens here has the potential to spark war. israel backed the building of a fence around this town in israeli—occupied territory that juts into lebanon. and the fence itself a few weeks ago was targeted by an anti—tank missile coming from the other side. the israelis responded with artillery fire. i visited the israeli military

on its side of the line. it's a hezbollah observation tower. are they watching us now? probably, yeah. we're being watched. they are poking us and we are defending our border. the risk is that the thing will escalate. nasrallah has made mistakes before. let's hope he doesn't make the mistake again, because he'll meet the idf at full force. israel is in violation of parts of the blue line over flights over lebanon. do you acknowledge those breaches? there's a diplomatic effort to come to solve these areas. hopefully they'll come to an agreement. when we fly in lebanon it's focused on defending and targeting things that threaten our country. neither side here seeks a major escalation, but it is a dangerous standoff along a trip wire to conflict, and both of them are now more fiercely armed than ever. tom bateman, bbc news, metula in northern israel.

the uk and ireland's chances of hosting football's euro 2028 appear to have improved significantly after uefa confirmed turkey and italy had requested to merge their bids to host the tournament in 2032. it's understood that turkey have not withdrawn their bid to host euro 2028, so remain a rival to the five—nation bid involving england, northern ireland, the republic of ireland, scotland and wales. 0ur sports reporter matt graveling gave us his assessment — of where the tournament might end up. a few permutations here, we are joining a few dots here, but i think it's fair to do that. next year, the european championships in germany. but we are talking but the two championships after that. 2028 and 202032. in october, they will get around the table and look at the bids before awarding those

competitions to host nations. those beds which finalised a couple of years ago have all but come in now, and for 2028 there are two interested parties, turkey and also the uk and ireland. for 2032, interested parties, turkey and also the uk and ireland. for2032, connie about italy, and turkey, they were putting in independent beds, however, today, and this is the important bets, turkey and italy have said we want to merge and co—host the 2032 tournaments. so if that goes through, if you wait feels that goes through, if you wait feels that meets all of their requirements, you have to think that they also going to give turkey the 2028 tournaments, and if the answer is no, which i think is quite likely, you would like to think of him then that means that england and the republic of ireland, northern ireland, scotland and wales will be seen that tournaments come here in 2028 and a lot of people are getting very excited about that prospect. sums decisions to be made. as you say, quite an exciting prospect. talk as to this idea of co—hosting.

as a pragmatic solution for countries that might otherwise not have met the requirements for an individual bed?— have met the requirements for an individual bed? there are two ways of thinking- — individual bed? there are two ways of thinking. you've _ individual bed? there are two ways of thinking. you've got _ individual bed? there are two ways of thinking. you've got this - individual bed? there are two ways of thinking. you've got this cost - individual bed? there are two ways of thinking. you've got this cost of| of thinking. you've got this cost of living at the moment. it costs a lot to put on the tournament. you could also say that turkey were hedging their bets. they put their hats in their bets. they put their hats in the ring for both tournaments, so by saying we are going to co—host with italy, italy then of course agreeing on there being no other people bidding for that tournaments, they are effectively ensuring that they get the tournament. of course, co—hosting and having competitions over a vast number of countries is nothing new. the site during 2020 when the euros are going to be held about 11 or 12 different countries and as a tapping of course, the pandemic out in the way of that and it changed the plans in the men's final was played here between italy and england in 2021. last year as well, we saw the european financier for the lionesses beating germany for the lionesses beating germany for european glory. so it may not be

long, just five years if everything goes our way, we will see it back here in 2028. goes our way, we will see it back here in 2028-— here in 2028. raving with that re ort. elvis, celine dion, adele....even matt goss from the group bross had one. now it's kylie minogue's turn — to take up a residency in las vegas. the 55—year—old singer — who hasn't toured north america in well over a decade — will be playing at the voltaire nightclub in the city. she's promising extravagant costumes and dances, saying that at this point in her career she has "earned the right to" play las vegas. 0ur entertainment reporter — annabel rackham — has told me earlier why artists like kylie choosing to do vegas now. i think one of the big factors is that it can be incredibly lucrative for artists. you might do quite a short run of shows that end up earning you as much money as a massive world tour, essentially. and there is such a thrill to performing in vegas, especially for kylie, the vegas hotel that she's going to be performing in.

it's a brand new arena that's never been used before. it's actually not even open. so it's going to have, they say, world class audio and production facilities, which means she's probably going to be able to do a show that she might not be able to do elsewhere, which is incredibly exciting for an artist like kylie, who is really known for the high levels of production she puts into her tours. so very exciting for her. she hasn't done a tour, as we've mentioned, in north america for a very long time. does the concept of a residency appeal to people who are still at their peak or people who are maybe at the tail end of their careers, just to help us understand that? well, i think it was definitely something of the past that a lot of potentially ageing stars who didn't want to go and do these big global tours any more would do a vegas residency. but i think that that trend has definitely changed in the last

couple of years. you look at like someone like adele, who is one of the biggest recording artists in the world. she's just come off the back of a tour that she's done a vegas residency and then somebody like lady gaga as well. she's still a huge artist and she's been doing a residency nearly every year in vegas since 2018. so i definitely think it has had a reputational change. and also kylie herself has said, i'm still in the prime of my career. i've got a lot of years left in me. this is something that i really want to do now. and there's also a factor of her saying that she thinks she's earned it, which again, is a massive part of doing a vegas residency. you have to be a big enough name. and kylie is one of those now. ending the hour with an unlikely reunion. if you're a dog owner, you probably can't imagine life without them. take a look at this video. it's a daschund called twiglet being stolen from a house in essex. the i6—month—old was taken

during a burglary on wednesday. it's believed the dog may have been sold on — but — after a tip—off — twiglet is united with her owners. fa cts facts despite having been stolen. that rather dramatic heist that you see there. good news for the dog and the owners. that's all we have for you. thank you very much for watching bbc news. stay with us. hello. friday was a pleasant enough day for most of us. just a few showers here and there. but how about the weekend? it is looking a little on the unsettled side but i don't think it is going to be as bad as last weekend. last weekend, at least saturday for some of us was an absolute write—off without persistent rain and the strong winds. but on the satellite picture,

low pressure is close by — and a fair amount of cloud and low pressures are heading our way. in fact, over the next few days, we will see a succession of lows sweeping across the country. here is the picture early in the morning, not particularly cold, 13—15 degrees celsius. sunny spells, already a few scattered showers, some of them on the heavy side. and actually, as we go through the course of the morning, into the afternoon, the showers may become more frequent, particularly in northern ireland, scotland and northern england. least frequent showers i think the further south and south—east you are. so frequent sunny spells here. and temperatures up to about 22 celsius in norwich, high teens expected in belfast and through the lowlands of scotland. how does that bode for the cricket? well, certainly showers on the cards, and of course it is scheduled until monday. i think showers are expected until then as well. here is the picture for sunday. jet stream across the atlantic, another low heading our way and the weather front at this stage in the morning approaching ireland with more persistent outbreaks of rain, then reaching the south—west of wales.

but it is not cloudy and wet everywhere, far from it. in fact, across much of northern england and scotland, there will be plenty of bright weather and actually quite sunny there in aberdeen and stornoway. with highs of up to about 18 celsius. i mentioned at the beginning of the forecast that there is a succession of low pressure is heading our way. and indeed, thejet stream is pointing right at us. look at all that rainfall, and notjust here in the uk but right across europe. further south in the mediterranean, it is going to be dry. so how well it hasjuly been? because it has been wet. in fact, in northern ireland, 184% of the average rainfall. and in england, about 163% of the average. but of course that does vary from region to region. so here is the outlook for the weekend and into next week. it is more of the same, on the cool side but not far off average. and of course changeable. bye— bye.

at six, a story of bravery and courage, as a victim of child sex abuse goes public. poppy was repeatedly attacked by her paternal grandfather and hopes speaking to the bbc may help other victims find the strength to confront their abusers. why should we be hidden?

it's a crime, if you put it in black and white, and you're a victim of that crime, it's simple as that. in england and wales, there's been an increase of 57% in recorded child sex offences in the last six years. also on the programme: judges rule the mayor of london can expand the city's ultra low emission zone for the worst polluting vehicles. it's lauren james! a screamer for the lionesses takes them a step closer to the knockout stages of the world cup. and a dog—napping tale with a happy ending, as twiglet is reunited with her owner. and coming up on bbc news, five wickets fall in an afternoon, as england attempt to stop australia claiming a first—innings lead in the final ashes test at the oval.