celebration of lgbt rights. hello, i'm rich preston. here in the uk, up to 20,000 rail workers in the rmt union are taking part in their latest strike today in the long—running dispute over pay, jobs and working conditions. it's the second consecutive weekend of industrial action on the railways. just over half of the usual services are expected to run across the network. 0ur transport correspondent katy austin has this report. for the second saturday in a row, some of the 1a affected train operators are running very limited services. after more than a year of industrial action, many people have got used to changing their plans or found other ways of travelling on strike days.

but hospitality businesses say they're still feeling the impact. every time there is a strike day, we do see trade fall off a cliff in certain parts of the country, certainly towns and city centres. you know, the last week we've had sort of three strike days that affect the rail. we've had an overtime ban during the course of that week. we know that we've lost around £340 million worth of sales across the uk. now it's getting better. we are seeing more trade coming through and being sustained, but it's still down at least 30 to 40% each time we have a strike day and cumulatively over the course of the year, that's more than 5.5 billion of sales that the industry has lost. right now, there aren't any more full strikes in the diary, and unions have to give two weeks notice of action. but further walkouts are very possible. and after today's strike by rail workers in the rmt, the train drivers union aslef has two more overtime bans coming up at 15 operators from this monday until saturday, the 5th of august,

and again from monday, the 7th to saturday the 12th of august. those are likely to mean disruption in some places. the rmt and aslef rejected the train compa ny�*s latest offers back in the spring, which set out changes to ways of working in exchange for pay increases. government ministers and the industry continue to insist their proposals were fair and have given no indication they'll change them. there's going to be a wide variation of disruption that customers will face across the country, and there'll be in some areas no service at all. and another is only around half of the service that people would normally expect, with some trains starting later and finishing earlier than they would do normally. so i'd really encourage customers to check before they travel, before setting out tomorrow. clearly, we've been negotiating with the leadership of the rmt for over a year now and it's real... it's a real shame that the offer that we made to them worth 13% in terms of an increase in pay for the lowest paid has not been put to their membership, which would have brought

this industrial dispute to an end. when it comes to the disputes on the railway, it feels like we're still far from the end of the line. katy austin, bbc news. a department for transport spokesperson said the government had met with the unit and facilitated what it called improved offers on pay and reform. let's hear from the rmt general secretary mick lynch. we don't know when it will end, we have a government that won't negotiate. we are available to negotiate. we are available to negotiate at any time. everybody knows what the issues are. but the government is in control of what the train operating companies say to us, but they are not allowing them to come back to the table with revisions to their proposals. we are available to do that but at the moment we have a situation where cuts are being imposed, 2300 job cuts, every booking office in the

country will close. most stations will be completely de staff, you won't get assistance for elderly or disabled people that need assistance. they want to put everyone through an app and websites which will mean they will sell the tickets they want at the maximum profit. we need a settlement to this dispute but it is down to the government to enable battered at the moment they are not doing that. you can get the latest of the — not doing that. you can get the latest of the strike _ not doing that. you can get the latest of the strike action - not doing that. you can get the latest of the strike action and l not doing that. you can get the l latest of the strike action and the impact of it on the bbc news website. the port of dover has warned that people traveling to continental europe are having to wait up to two hours to clear border controls. it's asking travellers to be patient and please check with their ferry operator for information on next sailings. wildfires have left a trail of destruction across parts of southern europe and the mediterranean. in greece, emergency services have tried to prevent new wildfires in the central area of magnesia. fires there triggered explosions at an air force ammunition depot on thursday. authorities say the outlook is improving for firefighters on the islands of rhodes, corfu and evia. 0ur correspondent bethany bell has been giving us

the latest from rhodes. we have been told that around 50 fires, new fires have broken out, and although this situation is improving in general, firefighters, quite a large crew of firefighters is still hard at work here on roads, and also on corfu and the peloponnese, tackling these places, some of their new fires, some of them flare—ups of old fires, because you have to imagine that the ground is still smouldering in many places in these forest areas stop it doesn't take much for a spark to fly in these very windy conditions that we have been seeing over the last few days, and set off new blazes. people here still very much on high alert, but also beginning to count the cost of the fires that have

ravaged parts of this island. we have been told that 50,000 olive trees were destroyed here and around 2500 animals and beehives destroyed. rains from typhoon doksuri have begun falling on northern china, with the prospect of more than 100 millimetres to come. the storm has triggered landslides and forced the closure of schools and businesses, and the evacuation of workers from oil and gas fields. rescue operations have begun as forecasters warn of severe disruption over the next three days. the authorities in the capital beijing have suspended indoor and outdoor sports events. doksuri is the most powerful typhoon to hit china this year. donald trump has been setting out why he thinks he should be the republican party candidate for next year's presidential election at a fund—raising event in the us state of iowa. mr trump has already insisted he will still run for office, even if he's convicted of any of the criminal charges he currently faces.

0ur north american editor sarah smith was at the event. there are about 1,200 republican supporters in this ballroom this evening, listening to all the different republican candidates trying to decide who they should support for the republican nomination. but of course, the night was dominated by one man. and, of course, that one man was donald trump. this is the first speech he's given since the new criminal charges were unveiled against him. he's a man whose legal problems just keep piling up and up and never seem to stop. but he won't let that deter him. and he didn't tonight. i mean, this was not the best speech he's ever given. he was rushing through his script, trying to stick to the ten—minute time limit. but nonetheless, he still grabbed everybody�*s attention and did what he always does best, made it all about him. that's what all these other candidates are up against, what they're trying to compete with. one of the lesser known candidates, former congressman will hurd, well,

he dared to say the only reason donald trump is running for president is to try and stay out of prison. well, he nearly got booed off the stage for that. ron desantis, well, he got a very enthusiastic reception, in fact, and he approached the whole issue rather differently. he didn't say donald trump's name, but he did say that if he's elected president, he would end the weaponization of the federal government and fire the director of the fbi. that's his way of saying to trump supporters, "look, iagree "with you that the charges against donald trump are politically "motivated, but i'm still the guy that you should elect to put "in charge of all of this." but, you know, when he's having to make that case, it still means this race is all about donald trump, who is still very clearly the front runner in the polls and very much the man that all the other republican candidates have to try and beat. at least four people are feared dead after an australian military helicopter crashed into the ocean off the coast of queensland.

the helicopter came down in an area near to where us and australian soldiers have been taking part injoint military exercises. police in australia have said they've recovered debris from the helicopter. this crash comes as us?secretary of state antony blinken and the defense?secretary lloyd austin are meeting their australian counterparts in brisbane. they're holding talks on the aukus defence agreement, which will see the us supply nuclear submarine technology to australia. our correspondent, phil mercer, has the latest from sydney. the wreckage of the helicopter has been discovered, in usually a very popular tourist area. the wreckage was found near hamilton island, north of brisbane. what happens next is that navy divers will tomorrow, sunday, and begin to scour the sea

bed. there is still no sign of the four people who were on board this australian army helicopter when it dates into the sea. it was taking part in night—time manoeuvres with a second aircraft off the queensland coast, and it is part of talisman saber, this massive military operation, war drills involving australian and united states troops along with lt personnel from almost along with lt personnel from almost a dozen other countries —— military personnel. the investigation is now ongoing, and of course the search for those missing aircrew will also continue over the weekend. figs for those missing aircrew will also continue over the weekend. as we mentioned. _ continue over the weekend. as we mentioned, this _ continue over the weekend. as we mentioned, this comes _ continue over the weekend. as we mentioned, this comes as - continue over the weekend. as we mentioned, this comes as antonyl mentioned, this comes as antony blinken and lloyd austin meet their counterparts, what are they talking about? . ., , counterparts, what are they talking about? _,, . .,, .,, about? the helicopter crash has certainly cast — about? the helicopter crash has certainly cast a _ about? the helicopter crash has certainly cast a very _ about? the helicopter crash has certainly cast a very ominous i

about? the helicopter crash has - certainly cast a very ominous shadow over these ministerial talks between senior members of the australian government and the us administration. the us secretary of state antony blinken saying that his heart was full of sadness over what had happened off the queensland coast. they have held these talks in the queensland state capital brisbane, china's ambitions and china's growing assertiveness in the indo—pacific region have been a key focus of these ministerial talks, along with climate change. the aukus deal is a security alliance between australia, the us and united kingdom, and as you say, eventually that will the transfer of us nuclear powered submarine technology to australia, so a very full agenda. but a meeting overshadowed by the tragedy of the crashing australian army helicopter off the coast of

queensland. to west africa, where niger is grappling with the aftermath of a military coup. niger's democratically elected president mohamed bazoum was overthrown and detained as part of the coup this week. he was first elected to office in april 2021 in niger's first peaceful democratic transfer of power. us secretary of state antony blinken has called for mr bazoum's immediate release and the restoration of democratic order in the country. meanwhile, the man who led the coup, general abdourahmane tchiani, made this address on state tv. the european union top diplomat has said the eu will not recognise military leaders and has suspended with immediate effect financial and security cooperation with new share. general abdourahmane tchiani, the man who led the coup, make this address. translation: the action of the cns p is motivated by — translation: the action of the cns p is motivated by the _ translation: the action of the cns p is motivated by the sole _ translation: the action of the cns p is motivated by the sole desire -

translation: the action of the cns p is motivated by the sole desire to - is motivated by the sole desire to preserve our beloved homeland in the face of the continuous detail oration of the security situation of our country. the following authorities have failed to give a real solution to the crisis and have provided poor economic and social governor stuff foreign authorities. 0ur correspondent, chris ewokor, has been giving us the latest from neighbouring nigeria. it is surprising to many people when general abdourahmane tchiani laid blame on the ousted president mohamed bazoum, because he was also part of the government, he was the head of the security of the president. but basically taking over the reins of leadership indonesia, he has suspended the constitution and has also dissolved some state institutions, in fact that friday evening he met with the top civil

servants in the country —— in niger. trying to win their support and consolidate his grip on power. the outcome of that meeting is not yet known. however, there have been strong responses against this cool. the sub regional bloc will be meeting on sunday, hosted by nigeria president, to respond to the coup in niger. i am also aware that france president emmanuel macron is expected to chair a security meeting on the niger coup situation. now it's time for a look at today's sport. we'll start at the women's world cup — and sweden are through to the knockouts, with a game to spare after a stunning 5—0 victory against italy. new arsenal signing amanda ilestedt was on the scoresheet twice, the defender putting sweden one up, and got their fourth as well.

the 2019 semifinalists showed why they're one of the ones to watch. substitute rebecka blomqvist added an impressive fifth in stoppage time. they'll face one of the united states, the netherlands or portugal in the last 16. there are two games in group f on saturday. brazil will secure a place in the last 16 with a win against france. france, remember, beat brazil2—1 after extra time in the last 16 of the last world cup in 2019. it is currently goalless. panama, who were thrashed 4—0 by brazil in their first game, take onjamaica later. australia captain sam kerr says she is "definitely" available to face canada in monday's crucial group match. the chelsea striker has missed the co—hosts' opening two games with a calf injury she suffered on the eve of the tournament. 0n on saturday, sam kurt trained for the first time since her injury struck on the eve of the world cup. she says she has been doing everything under the glittering queensland sun to get ready, and she is ready, she is available and

excited for monday's game —— sam kerr. will she start, be a substitute? how long can she last? all questions being pondered by everyone, including the canadians because sam kerr and the australians don't want to give anything away to the opposition. i’ee don't want to give anything away to the opposition-— don't want to give anything away to the opposition. i've done something under the sun _ the opposition. i've done something under the sun to _ the opposition. i've done something under the sun to make _ the opposition. i've done something under the sun to make sure - the opposition. i've done something under the sun to make sure i'm - the opposition. i've done something l under the sun to make sure i'm ready for the next day. it is always the plan, so the plan for me is to be involved and i'm excited, i've done everything i can, and no matter what happens, i have given everything, notjust in the last ten days, the last four years i've given everything to be here. the last four years i've given eve hint to be here. ~ everything to be here. the knockout staaes everything to be here. the knockout stages have — everything to be here. the knockout stages have come _ everything to be here. the knockout stages have come a _ everything to be here. the knockout stages have come a game _ everything to be here. the knockout stages have come a game early - everything to be here. the knockout stages have come a game early for. everything to be here. the knockout| stages have come a game early for a silly, realistically they have to beat the olympic champions to stay in the world cup. it is a game sam kerr's team—mate describes as do or die. the world cup's poster girl says she is ready to step out of the billboard and onto the biggest arena of her life. if she does, australia will need her to deliver.

juventus have been kicked out of this season's europa conference league for breaching financial fair play regulations. the italian club have been fined just over £17 million, half of which is suspended pending compliance in the coming years. juve have accepted the decision but maintain they did nothing wrong. fiorentina will likely take their spot in the competition instead. meanwhile uefa has also fined chelsea for breaching financial fair play rules as a result of "submitting incomplete financial information". .. chelsea said they have "fully co—operated and assisted uefa" in their investigations and "entered into a settlement agreement" with the governing body. the cricket's underway at the oval in south london with england on the hunt to level the ashes series with australia. it's day three of the 5th and final test. and england havejust started their second innings, 29 without loss. australia had a 12 run lead, having been dismissed for 295 yesterday.

they retain ashes regardless of the result. but are chasing an outright series victory in england, for the first time in more than 20 years. finally, the netball world cup continues. we've reached round two of matches in the the first pool stage. remember, there are four pools initially, with the top three teams in each pool progressing to the second stage. so faron so far on saturday, there have been wins for new zealand, pushed all the way by uganda, and fiji. you can see the rest of the matches on your screen right there, australia and tonga in action, and jamaica's wales. and that's all the sport for now. and this weekend, thousands of lgtbq+ people will march through liverpool, as the city hosts a joint pride celebration with ukraine. kyiv�*s own march cannot be held there, due to the russian invasion, so liverpool is hosting the event on its behalf. live now to liverpool and we can speak to our lgbt and identity reporter josh parry who's there. tell us what we can expect from the

day. tell us what we can expect from the da . , ., ., ., tell us what we can expect from the da . ,., ., ., ~ , tell us what we can expect from the da. ., , day. good morning. as you can see, --eole day. good morning. as you can see, peeple are — day. good morning. as you can see, people are gathering _ day. good morning. as you can see, people are gathering ahead - day. good morning. as you can see, people are gathering ahead of- day. good morning. as you can see, people are gathering ahead of the i people are gathering ahead of the city's annual pride march, but this is a special one because with the ongoing russian invasion, kyiv pride, it cannot be held, so instead in a continuation of a special relationship built it during eurovision, liverpool has stepped in and kyiv pride will run concurrently with that in liverpool. in about an armour there will be thousands of people marching through liverpool street, front and centre of that march will be hundreds of ukrainians, they will be carrying pictures of lg bt ukrainians, they will be carrying pictures of lgbt ukrainians back home on the front line. joining me now is edward from kyiv pride. how special is it to you that liverpool is hosting on behalf of kyiv pride? very special and important because we cannot_ very special and important because we cannot match analyses right now because _ we cannot match analyses right now because of— we cannot match analyses right now because of the wall. russia is

bombing _ because of the wall. russia is bombing our streets everyday. we need _ bombing our streets everyday. we need this— bombing our streets everyday. we need this opportunity to speak about the war— need this opportunity to speak about the war that we are fighting right now, _ the war that we are fighting right now. to — the war that we are fighting right now, to speak that the war is not oven _ now, to speak that the war is not oven that— now, to speak that the war is not over. that you still have to support ukraine _ over. that you still have to support ukraine and — over. that you still have to support ukraine and stand with ukraine because — ukraine and stand with ukraine because we are protecting the whole of europe _ because we are protecting the whole of europe from russians. what because we are protecting the whole of europe from russians.— of europe from russians. what is it that ou of europe from russians. what is it that you will _ of europe from russians. what is it that you will be _ of europe from russians. what is it that you will be marching _ of europe from russians. what is it that you will be marching for? - of europe from russians. what is it| that you will be marching for? what are you hoping to call for? this i are you hoping to call for? as i said, are you hoping to call for? as i said. we _ are you hoping to call for? as i said. we call— are you hoping to call for? as i said, we callfor— are you hoping to call for? as i said, we call for people to stand with ukraine, to continue supporting ukraine. _ with ukraine, to continue supporting ukraine. to — with ukraine, to continue supporting ukraine, to speak about ukraine. because — ukraine, to speak about ukraine. because we understand that people are kind _ because we understand that people are kind of tired of the war, but you cannot _ are kind of tired of the war, but you cannot be tired because people are dying _ you cannot be tired because people are dying on the front line, our friends — are dying on the front line, our friends and _ are dying on the front line, our friends and loved ones queer people are dying _ friends and loved ones queer people are dying on the front line. to protect— are dying on the front line. to protect freedom, to protect europe from conservative values which russia — from conservative values which russia provides, not only bombs and rockets _ russia provides, not only bombs and rockets. ,, w' , russia provides, not only bombs and rockets. ,, w , ., russia provides, not only bombs and rockets. ,, , ., , , . ., rockets. quickly tell me how special that relationship _ rockets. quickly tell me how special that relationship is _ rockets. quickly tell me how special that relationship is between - that relationship is between liverpool and kyiv. taste that relationship is between liverpool and kyiv.- that relationship is between liverpool and kyiv. we are very ha - to liverpool and kyiv. we are very happy to see —

liverpool and kyiv. we are very happy to see you _ liverpool and kyiv. we are very happy to see you having - liverpool and kyiv. we are very - happy to see you having eurovision here as. _ happy to see you having eurovision here as. it— happy to see you having eurovision here as, it was an amazing party. right _ here as, it was an amazing party. right now— here as, it was an amazing party. right now we are protesting together, protesting the war which is happening, we are protesting the war on— is happening, we are protesting the war on human rights and trans rights and lgbto _ war on human rights and trans rights and lgbtq rights. 3515 war on human rights and trans rights and lgbtq rights.— and lgbtq rights. as we have seen, eurovision united _ and lgbtq rights. as we have seen, eurovision united liverpool - and lgbtq rights. as we have seen, eurovision united liverpool and - eurovision united liverpool and ukraine. together in music. but todayis ukraine. together in music. but today is a matsuda streets of liverpool, pride will unite them in protest. —— as they march through the of liverpool. well since russia's invasion of ukraine, the bbc s russia editor steve rosenberg has been charting the dramatic events — notjust in words and pictures, but also in music. in those rare moments away from work, in moscow steve has been writing a piece for the piano that expresses what he s experiencing in a country transformed by the war it started. here is steve to play us, and tell us about a composition born of the disharmony in his daily life.?

ina in a world that feels as if it has been turned upside down, writing music has become my way of charting what is happening around me. music plays. i wrote isolation a few days after russia's full—scale invasion of ukraine. after russia embraced war and faced international isolation. the months pass, the war drags on, the second movement. parallel reality.

from morning till night, the state media in russia declares, we didn't invade ukraine, russia never starts wars, it is the west waging war on russia. the picture presented here is back in front, inside out. a parallel reality. after 16 months of war, you could feel the instability in russia. armed mercenaries have mutinied and marched on moscow. and so the third

movement... time of troubles. that russian word refers to a murky time of turmoil, chaos and coups. it is a recurring feature of russian history. where will my piece go from here? how many more movements, how will they sound? it is impossible to

predict. just like russia's future. well worth following steve on social media for his occasional musical interludes. more on our stories on the website and app, see you in a moment. hello there. this weekend is not as wet as it was last weekend where we had a month's worth of rain in places, but it's not completely dry either. now we are seeing some spells of sunshine but will continue to see a scattering of showers as well. later in the weekend, this weather system here will bring some rain in from the atlantic, but it's that first area of low pressure that's dominating at the moment. and around it, we have these showers coming in on that stronger breeze as well.

mostly showers closer to the low. so scotland and northern ireland seeing heavier, more frequent showers with some thunder. some heavy showers could push into the far north of england. but further south, the showers will prove to be rather hit and miss. it will be quite breezy. so the showers will move through fairly quickly, but the temperatures will be limited to 18 or 19 in the west, up to around 21 or 22 in eastern areas. for the test match today, the greatest risk of showers will be early on through the morning session, perhaps around lunchtime. the weather should improve, the cloud breaking up more, and more sunshine coming through. and for many parts of england, wales late afternoon into the evening will be dry and sunny. but further north, those showers will continue. they'll still be around overnight, maybe even longer spells of rain for scotland, northern ireland increasing into northern parts of england. temperatures come the end of the night, first thing on sunday morning, typically 12 or 13 degrees. but we start with a lot of showers in scotland, northern ireland and northern england. now through the day they should become fewer. there'll be some spells of sunshine for a while, but the cloud comes

in from the atlantic, that brings patchy rain into wales, the south west through the morning, perhaps extending through parts of the midlands into south east england in the afternoon. so too across northern ireland. that of course will limit the temperatures and on the whole temperatures may be slightly lower even than what we are seeing today. now we're seeing this cooler, wetter weather because the jet stream is further south than it would normally be at this time of the year. and the jet stream is pushing in those areas of low pressure from the atlantic, bringing more wind and rain. now, eventually, the next area of low pressure will move away out into scandinavia and that will introduce a northerly breeze which will bring even cooler air. so as we head into the start of august, you'd expect it to be turning a bit warmer and a bit drier, but that is not going to be the case. temperatures, if anything, may be dropping a little bit further and we've got showers or longer spells of rain never too far away.

live from london, this is bbc news. much of britain's railways are at a standstill again in a long—running dispute over pay, jobs and working conditions. around half of the usual surfaces are expected to run across the

network. donald trump tells republicans he's the only candidate who can win the next presidential election, even as his legal troubles mount. he suggested this is a reason he faces criminal charges. and in australian military helicopter has crashed into the sea off the country's eastern coast. the defence minister says a search is under way forfour missing minister says a search is under way for four missing crew minister says a search is under way forfour missing crew members. the helicopter came down off the state of queensland. hello, everybody. a very warm welcome. talking business weekly with me, aaron heslehurst. let's go take a look at what's on the show. fires, floods and war events which are threatening lives around the world, but also threatening the return of higher global food prices.