can you says it is prepared to lead a multinationalforce can you says it is prepared to lead a multinational force and can if there's will deploy a thousand police officers of the caribbean nation and it is subject to a mandate from the un security council. earlier this month, the un secretary general call for the creation of a multinationalforce general call for the creation of a multinational force for haiti. speaking before the announcement, the us secretary of state antony blinken voiced concerns for the situation. we have great _ concerns for the situation. - have great concerns, particularly with regard to violence and activities of the gangs. we are the largest humanitarian donor to haiti but

also very focused on working together with partners to try together with partners to try to help the people restore security. that really is a necessary foundation. the developments happen as a christian aid group says an american nurse and her child have been kidnapped in the country. it happened on thursday near the capital port—au—prince after the us advised all its citizens to leave the country because of the worsening security situation. gangs control large parts of haiti's capital port—au—prince and kidnappings for ransom are common. earlier, i spoke about the situation in haiti with harold isaac, a journalist based near port—au—prince. kenya says that it is prepared to send a multinational force to haiti — what more do we know about that and how it might work? very little at this stage. i mean, for many people here,

it came as a bit of a surprise, especially after over nine months of waiting for a word or an actual commitment with regards to foreign police or military personnel here in haiti. it's really interesting you say that it came as something of a surprise because as we've been speaking about, the un secretary—general antonio guterres was in the country and he said it's not time to forget haiti. is that the sense that people there are feeling, that the country has been forgotten? it has been a prevailing feeling in the country for a little while, although in the last week or so, there seems to have been a lot of movement including the order of evacuation from us authorities and also now is information about troops, eventually, police officers

eventually coming to haiti, so everyone is taking this for the most part with a bit of a grain of salt, a bit of cautious cautiousness with regards to what it will entail in the short—term. i want to ask you about how you think a multinational force will be accepted in haiti because, as you know, a great deal of mistrust grew with un peacekeepers after the cholera outbreak in 2010. how do you anticipate these forces being met in haiti? well, effectively, the question of foreign military or police intervention in haiti has been a polarising one over the years, especially after the minister, which is the un peacekeeping mission from 2004 to 2017, which didn't leave haiti with necessarily good memories,

especially the cholera epidemic and sex abuse scandals, so it is early to know how the population will react to this news and also what will be the terms of this intervention. this coming at a time when we've been hearing about an american nurse and child that have been kidnapped in the country. just talk to us about how dangerous it is there right now. well, this is where it is a bit nuanced and complicated because for people here, people on the street or so really. ——here in haiti, not much has changed in the last year or so really. the main highlight has been in april when a civilian vigilante movement started which shifted, pushed the fear

to change camp and led gangs to be a little bit more fearful but that said, it remains a very volatile situation, many parts of the capital remained dangerous and it's unclear where we go from here. and along with the united states ordering the departure of nonemergency personnel, we are hearing that some haitian residents have been gathering at the embassy grounds, seemingly looking for respite from gang violence. is that what you have been hearing as well? yes, as we've seen on the ground this week, dozens of folks had gathered in front of the us embassy seeking shelter seemingly from gang violence, which has been prevailing in the vicinity of the us representation. that being said, these people eventually got evacuated

by police as they were growing in number and constituted some security situation with representation but ivps, as they are called, internally displaced people, from gang violence, are numerous around town. many neighbourhoods have to be vacated by civilians running away from gang violence. harold isaacs, a journalist in haiti. harold, great to have your insight. thank you for being on. ukraine says a russian missile attack on the city of sumy in northeast ukraine has killed at least one civilian and wounded five. national police and the interior ministry say the missile struck an educational centre. meanwhile, russia's defence ministry says three ukrainian drones were downed in an overnight attack on moscow. it's happened after president zelensky visited ukrainian special forces near the city of bakhmut and as kyiv continues its counter—offensive. the city has been the scene of some of the fiercest fighting of the war.

the eu has suspended all security cooperation with niger and has refused to recognise the new leaders after the country's army took power in a coup. it comes shortly after the us declared its unflagging support for ousted president mohamed bazoum, seen as a key western ally in the fight against islamist militants. on friday, the head of the presidential guards unit, generalabdourahmane tchiani declared himself niger's new leader. he said insecurity, economic woes and corruption led him to seize power. but there are now concerns in about which countries the new leader will align with. niger's neighbours, burkina faso and mali, have both pivoted towards russia since their own coups. earlier, i spoke to cameron hudson, an analyst on african security with the centre for strategic and international studies. and i began by asking about the response to the coup from the international community. i think for a lot of western countries, the united states, european union and others, there is an almost automatic response when there is military

coups, there is a suspension of military assistance, certainly they maintain humanitarian assistance in a place like niger, which has such a large population, i would expect that to be the same. but we're also looking at many of these countries, trying to let the africans lead on this issue. there has been widespread condemnation from the regional organisation ecowas, the african union has given the coup—makers two weeks to restore civilian rule in the country and so i think as much as western nations have a playbook that they tend to follow when there is a coup, i think they are also trying to give space to let the region come together in defence of democracy before theyjump in and lead with sanctions or other tactics. in the interim, thejunta says it has dissolved all state institutions.

eu is suspending cooperation. some aid is being pulled out. what could this mean for the people of niger? i think the people of niger, they will suffer the most and immediately. the western contribution to niger's budget is more than half so whether it is maintaining the doors of ministries open, schools open, clinics open, all that depends on western donor assistance coming in to the government. in addition, if they are not able to export their principal exports which mostly go to europe, so uranium, which goes almost entirely to france, then again, they are going to see a cut—off of their export earnings in a massive and very quick way, so the government is going to see their earnings dry up very quickly and if we can't continue

to support citizens in the country, they are going to feel the effects of this very, very soon and let's not forget, they are still trying to recover from the covid downturn, the effects of climate change and the ukraine war costs which continue to pound that economy. president bazoum has been a key ally for the west in its fight against islamist extremists. do you envisagejihadist organisations in the region looking to move in on niger and do you see increased risks outside the region as well? thosejihadists are already targeting niger, they have been encroaching on the capital. for upwards of two years and we have seen an uptick in terrorist attacks inside of niger so if you see western military aid and support, assistance, training suspended to niger, you're going to see a further encroachment and certainly those jihadists will see this as a new opportunity to expand their territory. so i think it's very likely,

in fact, that we see rather quickly a degradation of the security environment in the country but again, i think this is the irony of this coup, and the coups in mali and burkina faso, what you find is military leaders who simply don't believe that civilian rulers can manage security threats in the country and so this is the same playbook they are playing from right now, but what has resulted in mali and burkina faso since those coups is a degradation of security, not an improvement, so i would expect to see the same in niger. i'm glad you brought up those two countries as well, burkina faso and mali, because what we have seen is them pivot towards russia since their own coups. do you see a possibility for this happening with niger? i think it's a concern that we have to have.

we haven't seen the same level of anti—western, anti—french sentiment within the public. it's certainly there, there is no denying that. but i think that the nigerien public had understood that because bazoum was doing the right thing and his predecessor was doing the right thing in terms of transparency and anti—corruption and democratic principles, there was a great deal of benefit to the country from western donors so i think that we will see that there is pressure on this new regime. we've seen protests both for and against the coup in niger, so i think it's really, how does russia try to take advantage of this and are they able to take advantage of it, using the tactics we know they've used in mali and burkina faso — disinformation, propaganda, corruption, those kind of things. it will be something we have to watch very closely, for sure. so, cameron, what comes next? because we have calls today from the african union for the coup leaders

to return to their base. as you say, they've given that deadline of within 15 days. ecowas, also due to meet. do you see this coup has a done deal? i'd like to not see the coup as a done deal and using the words of anthony blinken, there is still time for diplomacy and that seems to be the message we're certainly getting from washington. i think there is a lot of behind—the—scenes diplomacy at work right now with countries in the region. the nigerian president has come out very forcefully as the head of ecowas, trying to walk this back, so i think there is no small amount of effort under way right now trying to walk this back. will it be successful? i don't know, but i certainly don't think that 48 hours after the coup we can abandon the billions of dollars and the tens of millions of people that we have been engaging with and supporting in niger, just because some very small group of disgruntled army officers decides that they don't want to lose

theirjobs and they're going to take this entire country hostage. i think that would set a very bad example for the rest of the region. cameron hudson, an analyst on african security with the centre for strategic and international studies, as always, great to get your insights, cameron, thank you. thanks. protests are taking place across israel against the government's planned judicial overhaul for the 30th week in a row. it's the first saturday of mass demonstrations since the first bill in the overhaul was passed by the israeli parliament earlier this week. the new law limits the supreme court's ability to nullify legislation it deems unreasonable. on friday, israeli media reported military intelligence officials had warned prime minister benjamin netanyahu that israel's enemies viewed the current crisis as an historic weak point that could be exploited. let's take you to germany now, where the country's minister says it's time to review student exchange practices with china due to an increased risk

of scientific espionage. bettina stark—watzinger says china is becoming increasingly competitive and is a systemic rival in the domain of science and research. the senegalese opposition leader, 0usmane sonko, has been charged with planning an insurrection, taking part in a criminal conspiracy, and other offences. prosecutors say the charges are linked to comments he made in in 2021 and 2022. wnba player and two—time olympic gold medallist brittney griner has announced she will not be joining her team, the phoenix mercury, for a two—game trip to chicago and indiana. her team said griner will miss the games to focus on her mental health, adding: griner returned to professional basketball playing for the phoenix mercury this season after being detained by russia on drug charges for ten months. she was released in a prisoner exchange in december.

dangerous heat that began in the us southwest is now being felt across the central and eastern regions, now more than 20 states across the us are under heat advisories. we're seeing record breaking temperatures in arizona, illinois, and texas. heat indexes are expected to hover around 100—110 degrees fahrenheit, which is over 43 degrees celsius. the ongoing heatwave is also threatening our health. the centers for disease control and prevention is projecting a steep increase in cases of alpha—gal syndrome. that's because the tick that carries it has been moving north as temperatures warm. what is alpha—gal syndrome? it is a rare meat allergy from tick bites that may have already impacted as many as 450,000 americans. symptoms vary from person—to—person but according to the cdc can include include stomach cramps,

diarrhoea, hives or itchy rashes, and shortness of breath that could trigger fatal anaphylaxis. mosquito—borne disease cases are also of concern in the us. just last month, the cdc said they identified a handful of cases where malaria was transmitted locally from mosquitoes in texas and florida. that's the first time that has happened in 20 years. for more on the links between climate change and our health, my colleague carl nasman spoke to dr vanessa kerry, the world health organization's first special envoy for climate change and health. first of all, we heard earlier the shocking number — 200 million americans under some sort of a weather warning today in the us. we have seen record—breaking temperatures. how have you been seeing this extreme heat impacting our public health during this crisis? thank you very much for having mejoin you. the reality is the climate crisis is a health crisis and we are seeing people's

health impacted in every possible way — whether it is in an increase in vector—borne diseases, you talk about the alpha—gal and the lone star tick and malaria and our mental health is being impacted. we are seeing this across the board. extreme heat has actually killed 60,000 europeans last year, and as you mentioned is affecting hundreds of millions of americans but it is affecting our health. it is also affecting our ability to go to work and our productivity, and we are seeing more and more of this. the reality is we need to take climate change immensely seriously because it is impacting our ability to be well and to be a part of our lives on a daily basis. we saw some steps being taken by the white house on thursday — some climate—related and heat—related steps, including temperature alert inspections for workplaces that are outdoors and very susceptible to high heat. in your opinion, has the white house, has the biden administration, been doing enough to adapt the country to the extreme temperatures we have been seeing?

i fully agree with the president that climate change is an existential threat to our time and to our population and to this world right now, and i think the reality is that we as a global community have to look very seriously at whether we are making enough and quick enough and bold enough progress to reduce greenhouse gases and to protect ourselves and our well being going forward. one person dies every five seconds from air pollution. that means 7 million people a year. that is more than died in the entire covid pandemic globally throughout that time. further, the us and extreme heat for example is expected to lose 100 billion a year in productivity, lost labour, in all of these pieces. we are experiencing an existential crisis of health, of our ability to have economic growth and well being.

1.2 billion people are expected to be displaced between now and 2050, so we are facing a crisis of migration and we are not on track to meet the paris goal of 1.5. we are looking at a 2.4—2.6 increase in degrees celsius at the rate that we are going by the deadline, and that is going to have massive and even unforeseen complications. so, we have to get very serious about this now and today and we need to be bolder and we need to really understand the profound implications of climate change on every aspect of our lives, but especially our health, which really is the human face of climate change. i want to ask about — we heard earlier about the mosquito and tickborne diseases. ten people across the united states are believed to have contracted malaria in the united states and this was a disease all but eradicated for many decades. what is it the link here between the climate change

and now something like malaria? well, so climate change is changing our habitats with the warming of temperatures and the changes in ocean currents and winds and all these pieces what we are happening as we are seeing the warming temperatures, the vectorborne diseases are able to move into new places they haven't been for a long time. dengue fever is now expected to impact over half the world, for example. so we are seeing a real change and where text live, where mosquitoes live, and where we are able to contract some of these diseases and it's going to have very, very profound impacts again on our health but also on the economic burdens of our ability to go to work, earn a living, take care of our family and all of these pieces as we get sick. so i think that we are just at the tip of the iceberg on this at this point, but it's really a reflection of how changing weather patterns are making it easier

for these diseases to spread and to go into new environments that they haven't been in before. given what we have seen, notjust in the united states but also you mentioned that statistic, 60,000 or something people dying last year in europe during the heat wave, how prepared you think the world is for these heatwaves which scientists say will only become more extreme and more frequent in the future? it's notjust heatwaves though. it is extreme weather events, it is flooding and monsoons, there are going to be rising sea levels, it will be a change in vectorborne diseases, is the air pollution that again is killing someone every five seconds. we are getting hammered across every number of, you know, different aspects of our health by climate change and we have not done enough to prepare ourselves for this moment. the covid pandemic shows us that. despite all of the money that we put into various aspects of health all that was spent on health like in the united states,

we still were stopped in our tracks by covid. the reality is we need to be investing in strong preventative care systems and primary—care systems in a strong health workforce that is able to manage all of these different disease burdens and if we make those investments today we actually will have savings in the long run. we spend so much more reacting to disease than we do on the front side prevention. all right, dr vanessa kerry, the world health organization's special envoy for the climate change and health, thank you so much for being here. thank you. to the uk now, where the city of liverpool has been hosting ukraine's biggest pride march, kyiv pride. 0rganisers hope it'll cement the city's links with the country, after hosting this year's eurovision song contest on its behalf. 0ur correspondentjosh parry has more from liverpool.

in this rainbow, the yellow and blue takes centre stage. thousands of people, including hundreds of ukrainians, marched through liverpool's streets, as the city played host to kyiv pride. we understand that people are kind of tired about... of the war, but you cannot be tired because people are dying on the front line. 0urfriends and loved ones. queer people are dying on the front line to protect freedom. liverpool and ukraine already have a special relationship after the city stepped in to host eurovision back in may. # stefaniya, mamo, mamo, stefaniya... # 0rganisers see this march as a chance to continue that legacy. those marching carried messages of support for those on the front line back home, like combat medics boris and elena. are you looking forward to the day that you could both march together? yeah, because when pride will happen in kyiv, it means, like, the war is over and we...we can,

like, back to... some kind of normality to our life. stay with us here on bbc news. thats all from us here in washington, we leave you with these live pictures of london as we hand off to our colleagues there. thanks for your company. i will see you soon. goodbye for now. hello. for the third weekend in a row, low pressure is in charge of our weather. it has already brought us some rain during saturday. much of that rain came in the form of some sharp showers. some sunny spells in between. for sunday, we will see more general rain spreading from the south—west as we go through the day. 0n the earlier satellite picture, you can see the swirl of cloud. that's the area of low pressure that brought the showers on saturday. then behind me, this shield of cloud rolling in from the atlantic — already bringing some rain

into the south—west of england through the first part of sunday morning. further north and east, sunny spells, scattered heavy showers. through the day, our band of rain pushes northwards and eastwards, getting into parts of northern ireland, wales, the midlands, down into the south—east of england by sunday afternoon. and with that, quite a strong wind at times as well. it will also turn really quite misty and murky for some coasts and hills in the west. temperature—wise, i think the highest values will be in eastern england, up to around 23 degrees. so, for the cricket at the 0val, i think there is the increasing chance of rain as we go through the day. some disruption to the day, certainly through the latter part of the afternoon, is quite likely. as we head through sunday evening, our band of rain continues to make further progress northwards and eastwards, certainly getting up into southern and some central parts of scotland. a lot of cloud further south and west. a bit misty and murky in places. and very, very warm and quite muggy in the south —

16 or 17 degrees. we head on into monday — our first band of rain pushes a little bit further northwards across scotland. could well see some further very wet weather moving across the channel islands and fringing into some southern counties of england. elsewhere, quite a lot of cloud. some showers at times. temperatures between 17 and 22 degrees. as we head deeper into the week, this area of low pressure is going to push away eastwards. it may be that another one pushes in from the west around the middle part of the week. the general pattern, though, through the week ahead is bringing ourair in from the north. that is going to make it feel really rather cool at times. temperatures as we move into the start of august generally below the average for the time of year. there will continue to be some heavy showers around at times — some dryer interludes.

this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. freddie scappaticci — one of britain's top spies in the ira.

code name — stakeknife. the famous sta keknife. he was obviously someone who had access to the higher levels of the ira. an ira spy catcher skilled at interrogating suspected informers. an ira enforcer and executioner. there's not one killing that freddie scappaticci was involved in that the ira did not sanction. freddie scappaticci denied his double life when exposed. i am not guilty of any of these allegations. his death was announced while a multimillion pound police investigation into his activities is ongoing. much is unknown about freddie scappaticci's life in the shadows.