lam carl i am carl nasman. welcome to the programme. we start in pakistan, where at least 44 people have been killed in what police suspect was a suicide bomb attack at a politcal rally in the north—west of the country. more than 100 people were also injured in the blast which happened in pakistan's bajaur district, close to the border with afghanistan. here's our correspondent, caroline davis. a sunday afternoon political rally by one of pakistan's biggest religious parties, jamiat ulema—e—islam. hundreds crowded in, flags, chanting, then the explosion. explosion emraan was one of the rally�*s organisers on stage at the time it happened. his ears are still ringing from the blast. what do you remember after the explosion? translation: it was all in'ured people around, all dead h bodies and flesh. it was like doomsday.

local people tried to help the injured. there were not enough ambulances so people were taking their own cars. he says several people around him died. he isn't sure why he survived. these pictures show some of the chaos. stretchered or carried by any hands that could offer help. the district hospital declared a health emergency and a call was put out for blood donations. as the wards filled, up some were taken by helicopter to nearby peshawar. the death toll rose quickly. police have said that they have struggled to identify all of the dead. among those named is a local political leader. pakistan's prime minister shehbaz sharif condemned the attack. there has been an increase in violent attacks across pakistan, particularly in this province. the police have said they've discovered evidence suggesting the explosion might have been a suicide bomber but have not yet confirmed it. if this was an attack, it's not clear what the motive

could be and no group has claimed it. it leaves many questions about what has happened and how it could affect the build—up to pakistan's much anticipated general election, still expected later this year. caroline davies, bbc news, pakistan. and caroline davis filed this update a short time ago. we've been speaking to people who were there when the blast happened or shortly afterwards and the sort of scale of destruction and damage, it makes it clear why it took the police a while to be able to identify all those who had died in the blast. i think they now have been able to do so, but that's because some were identified have been identified through their clothes and shoes and recent images this evening of some of the funerals in the last two

minutes with things on social media of hundreds of people coming to mourn those who lost their lives in this explosion. speaking to the organiser he also said this will not stop the political party for adhering to campaign in the run—up to the election but of course the backdrop to this is the general elections. we don't know which date they will happen on. but the worries will be that even without this set election day we're already seeing political rallies being targeted. what more might we see in the coming months for pakistan? haiti has welcomed "with great interest" kenya's offer to lead a multinationalforce to restore order. haiti's foreign minister says he appreciates the expression of african solidarity. the caribbean nation is suffering from a surge in gang violence and is in a deep security, political, and humanitarian crisis. kenya says it's ready to send 1,000 police officers to help combat an epidemic of lawlessness and kidnappings. a short while ago i spoke to jacqueline charles, the miami herald's caribbean correspondent. thanks for being here again with us. we've seen a couple of times

these previous international interventions in haiti in the past decades and they haven't gone very well. what's the feeling right now in haiti about this potential intervention? there is one word that sums up the situation in haiti right now which is desperation, because we are seeing, as you mentioned,, a resurgence of violence, kidnappings, notjust foreigners but haitians, victims of kidnappings regardless of their role, their profession. a doctor is being held, a the former head of the provisional electoral council who has been held over a month now. when you talk to average haitians, they want help. they understand the police is doing the best they can but once the police go then they can't hold on to control of territory. gangs today control at least 80% of the haitian capital and we are seeing violence pop up outside port—au—prince. this week you saw the state

department basically order evacuations of nonemergency personnel from its embassy as well as us citizens in the country. what do you make of the fact that it is kenya that's volunteering to lead the mission? you mentioned the united states is evacuating most of its personnel from the country. why do you think it is kenya, not a nation that is a little bit closer geographically to haiti? it is probably what you mentioned, we have had past interventions, other countries have histories with haiti that has not always been favourable. we've seen united states support, even writing a resolution before the un security council to support the deployment of a security force to haiti but they don't want to lead it, they've gone on record to say they've asked canada but canada has not publicly said no but has not raised its hand either.

i've watched kenya at the un security council when it was a nonpermanent member last year, speaking of nations taking while leading role, but we also have to wait and see. as the haitian former minister said, it's a positive step, 1,000 police officers for the gander while today, the type of gang violence, heavily armed weapons they have also warrant military muscle. we'll watch closely to see whether other nations will now stepped forward. those with military muscle to say yes, will be part of a multinational intervention for haiti to start to bring some sort of relief. we also head canada, speaking of other nations, has offered to fund the creation of essentially a green zone or safe space for the of police officers in haiti. give us a sense of how difficult the logistics of this kind of trading mission might be in a place where, as you mentioned, so much of the country is now controlled by gangs? the training is ongoing. france is doing training, the united states, i visited a training

session earlier this year. but the reality is that people are leaving. we are interested in finding out how many haitian police officers are seeking to take advantage of this biden programme. we know by the un numbers that you only have 3500 active, ready to go police officers on active duty at any given day throughout the country and this is a country of 12 million people. while you're doing the training you also face the challenge of how you convince the very people in charge of security in the country to stay and it's worth staying. the only challenge you have here, on one hand you have a gang violence, police officers being targeted, dozens of cops have died this year alone, and officers who are leaving to get to the united states, to get to canada, because they can't manage any more. is there any sense of a longer term strategy in haiti, this plan by kenya eventually,

this international force would leave? is there a plan in place that might try to get the country back on track? the assistant secretary who i spoke to on friday and testified before the senate foreign relations committee talked about how they said we need a national force, it needs to be right now. there needs to be a long—term plan and you need to take this country to election, two years after the assassination of the haitian president, not one elected president in the country, sorry, one elected leader, no parliament, no president, so how do you go to elections when you have insecurity, when you have gang violence, when you have kidnappings? then you have to sit down with haiti and its international partners to figure out how you get the country back to democracy, how to address the problems in the justice system because it's notjust policing, when police make arrests, you need a justice system that works.

you have to be able to go to disenfranchised communities because today you kill one gang leader, you kill one, but there are other dozens of young children are also part of the gangs, so you have to address that issue. we have to take this step—by—step. i'll watch to see what comes next. kenya's assessment team are going to haiti and in the following weeks it'll be interesting to see what they come back with and whether they feel 1,000 police officers is enough or if they will ask for more resources and other countries to contribute to make sure this is something that will work. jacqueline charles, the miami herald's caribbean correspondent. thanks for your insight. thank you. demonstrations in favour of the coup in niger turned violent sunday as supporters of the junta attacked the french embassy in the capital, niamey. protestors shouted "down with france," setting fire to the embassy�*s outer walls and also waving russian flags, shouting, "long live putin". the generals claiming to run the country say members

of the toppled government are now hiding out in western embassies. meanwhile, a group of west african countries has issued an ultimatum to the military leaders. the bloc, known as ecowas, has met and now warns it'll launch a military intervention if niger's elected president isn't restored to power within a week. the group agreed to sanctions saying it has zero tolerance for coups. niger's democratically—elected leadership has welcomed the support of its neighbours. the country's ambassador to the united states spoke earlier to the bbc world service. i will support anything that will restore the legitimately elected institution. we have to learn to defend our institutions. it doesn't work this way, simply because you have the power you decide you are the one to rule. people select who should rule them. that's democracy and that's the will of the people that goes by the ballot, not by the bullet.

ukraine's president zelensky is warning, "war is coming to russia". that's after three drones were shot down over moscow. this comes as vladimir putin inspected russian naval forces during an annual parade in st petersburg. there is a growing sense of insecurity in russia, as our russia editor, steve rosenberg, reports. it was early morning in moscow when this happened. russia says it downed three ukrainian drones that were targeting the capital. two of them smashed into skyscrapers. though no—one was killed, it added to the sense of insecurity here. but the president was upbeat, marking navy day in st petersburg. russia's war in ukraine has not gone at all to plan, but there's nothing like a parade of warships and submarines to project

an image of russian power. translation: in the name of russia, our sailors - are devoting all their energy. they are displaying true heroism. they are fighting valiantly, just like our ancestors did. ancestors. it's the key word. for it is by referencing past heroes and history that those in power here today try to nurture love for the motherland. we saw just that this weekend near moscow. they were re—enacting a 16th century battle, when the army of ivan the terrible crushed invaders from the south. russians are being told more and more that they have a glorious, victorious past. the organisers here say russians can learn from this battle how to be victorious again today. in russia, now, the past dominates the present.

this is a country which lives in the past, which is constantly referring to the past, to try to justify what it is doing now, to portray russia's actions today as right and just. konstantin malofeev is the oligarch who organised this event. the us and the eu sanctioned him for his ties to separatists in eastern ukraine when the conflict began in 2014. recently, the us seized $5 million of his assets over alleged sanctions violations. they'll be transferred to ukraine. translation: 2014 is - when russia woke up and i'm proud to have played a part in this. no country, including the us and britain, has the right to punish me. i am a citizen of russia. western sanctions are a scam, a criminal act, and criminals should be arrested and jailed. i don't know how long it

will take the russian police to get their hands on president biden. but when they do, i'd like my money back. "russians forward," they cry. re—enactment over, the next battle. russian fist—fighting — an ancient sport that comes with a message. russians are determined to win. steve rosenberg, bbc news, near moscow. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. voice-over: bbc news, bringing you different stories from across the uk. safe and sound asleep. these puppies are lucky to be here. their mum was a stray, rescued from the streets, heavily pregnant, clearly traumatised. when she arrived with us, she was so nervous to the point where she did not walk for the first week. she wouldn't stand. she was so nervous,

she wouldn't go anywhere, particularly with men but with everyone, basically. staff at the rescue centre named the nervous collie roo and the next stage will be keep feeding and growing the puppies and when they are old enough we will find them all homes. and roo as well. but for now, she is really happy here, she has settled well. with tens of thousands of dogs in uk rescue centres, the national animal welfare trust says roo's story is an important reminder to think before getting a pet. voice-over: for more - stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. a third firefighter has died in canada while battling the country's worst wildfire season on record. so far this season, the blazes have burned about 30 million acres of land. these timelapse images were filmed in the western province

of british columbia. they show wildfires raging around the town of osoyoos. some in the region are being evacuated, as the fires burn out of control. with the women's world cup well under way in australia and new zealand, the amount of money female players receive for playing in the elite tournament is being put under the spotlight. before it started, fifa announced just under half of the tournament's $110 million prize pool would go directly to players. each would receive at least $30,000 for participating, and those on the winning team would get $270,000 each. but the figures pale in comparison to the money awarded in last year's men's world cup. in fact, a recent analysis by us media found female soccer players will earn just 25 cents in this year's tournament for every dollar a male player makes. to discuss this further i spoke with sports journalist and author macaela mackenzie. thank you for being here.

we have been hearing about this gap in prizemoney with women earning, on average, 25 cents for every dollar that the men make in their world cup. what is behind that discrepancy and what is the reaction being among women players? a fantastic question because so much progress has been made in terms of reaching equal pay agreements around the world and that is dominated many headlines, that is great and is progress that should be acknowledged but there is still a $330 million pay gap in prizemoney from fifa at the world cup level. it is still a huge amount of ground to be made up. there is a lot that goes into that. it is an incredibly complicated equation but it speaks to the investment in the women's game versus the men's game. the women's game, obviously, historically has been under invested in and we see that in broadcast rates which for the first time this year was sold separately

as opposed to being bundled with the men's tv rights which essentially meant that broadcasters were getting the women's tournament for free. up until this year. that kind of attitude has really absolutely spread over the game so we see many games and that is exciting but there is still a huge amount of ground needs to be made up. in your recent reporting you pointed out another statistic. that the us women's national team this year has a record—tying number of mothers, there are three on the squad. why is that number so significant? they are tied with the 2015 roster which shows great continuity from the uswnt. what is even more exciting here is that there is an actual record in training camps in the spring training camps leading up to the final roster selection, there were five mothers included in those camps which is the most that the uswnt has ever seen and that

speaks to the idea that this is notjust accommodations that are being made for one or two star players, this is deeply embedded into the culture of us soccer, with the support for mothers and that is thanks to decades of advocacy by these place. you wrote that pregnancy can be treated like a career—ending injury. what are some of the barriers that female athletes face when it comes to having children? this is a bias that exists in many, if not most industries. we see that in the lack of paid leave programmes and the lack of child care benefits and most glaringly between working between between working mothers and working fathers. sports takes that bias and makes it extremely explicit. this is an industry that actually says aloud that we think you are going to be worth less once

you become a mother and on the surface i think can seem sort of logical, you know, this is a job where your body is extremely relevant to your performance professionally which makes pregnancy relevant. so for decades, you know, we have had women athletes speaking out about the fact that they felt pressured to either retire or become a parent but could not do both at the same time. we are starting to see that change thanks to support from sponsors and others but the shift has recently, only recently we have been able to see what happens after a woman gives birth. is she really going to be worth less as a competitor? we see so many examples ofjust why that is not true. how does the us women's team support mothers? alice morgan is a big star and she is a mother. julie eerts as well. what is going on with the team to be able to make sure that they can still compete?

there are three really important ways that us soccer supports their athlete and it starts with paid leave so they are given six months of paid leave around pregnancy and support for their return to competition during the postpartum period. then there is child care benefits. the team brings in a nanny for competitions and that allows parents to be able to show up as their full selves without sacrificing time with the children. i want to ask you, this women's team, of course, they famously sued for equal pay and better working conditions. what kind of message do you think the us women's national team is sending beyond just sport? this team have always understood that their fight is bigger than just them. they know the outsize influence that sport has on culture and i think as it comes to equal pay and when it comes to the support for mothers in particular, you know, for us soccer to be able

to find a way to support mothers throughout this transition but, more importantly, to see the value in doing that speaks volumes. i do not think us soccer does this because they have a soft spot for mothers or because they think it is the right thing to do, they understand that as a business supporting women throughout the many stages of their career has a huge benefit to them. macaela mackenzie, journalist and author, thank you so much for your insight. the old ways of making newspapers, the hot—metal typesetting and the rotary presses, were abandoned with the arrival of computers back in the 1980s. in northern france, they're still printing their local paper using machines that were familiar 100 years ago. hugh schofield has been finding out more. it is like something out of the

19305 it is like something out of the 1930s movie. the clanking press churning out leaders headlines. rolls of paper transformed into news. the machine indeed dates from 192a but this is today. and this is the staff of the and democrat, casting a critical eye over a test run for the latest edition. as always with technology this old, minor problems. since 1906 they have been serving the news this way when the great switchover came to computers and new technology they stayed put and if they did not exactly thrive, they survived. translation: m thrive, they survived. translation: . ., translation: al production method is — translation: al production method is different. - translation: al production method is different. when i translation: al production | method is different. when the other newspapers changed we stayed with the old methods. it means we have a very small circulation and we just about keep our heads above water. the typesetting. _ keep our heads above water. the typesetting, the composition of the pages is also all done

either manually or using the hot metal linotype machine whether letter moulds are dipped in molten lead. you can look at it and _ dipped in molten lead. you can look at it and understand - dipped in molten lead. you can look at it and understand what | look at it and understand what it is doing it. when you look at a computer you don't know what it is doing and if something goes wrong you don't know where to look at this you can see where it goes wrong and what it is doing. it is all transparent.— what it is doing. it is all transparent. what it is doing. it is all transarent. ,, ., transparent. upstairs are the rudimentary _ transparent. upstairs are the rudimentary archives, - transparent. upstairs are the rudimentary archives, only . rudimentary archives, only three times in its 170 years has the paper stopped printing, in the two world wars and are under covid. horse for sale. an english car. wow. at the end of the process, the paper has been printed, cut and folded and 2000 copies are ready for distribution. so what is the latest from this part of the world? we have a hiking

organisation organising something in a local town and a farm show on the 14th of may. a wonderful unchanging world of local news. fleet street it is not but who cares. the good people are getting their news fix old—style. plenty more television news on the way for you at the top of the way for you at the top of the hour. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. july has been a very wet month across the uk. and as we look towards the very end of the month, and, indeed, into the start of the new one, well, there's more rain on the way. spells of wind and rain this week, rather cool as well. now, looking back at the rainfall we've had so far, these figures are valid up to 10am on sunday. can see that in preston 285% of the averagejuly rainfall. that means preston has had

close to three times the rainfall we would expecting in a typicaljuly. and those figures got a further top up as sunday went on because we saw a band of heavy rain pushing northwards and eastwards in association with this frontal system still with us for monday morning. all tied in with this area of low pressure, which will be wobbling its way eastwards through the day. so a band of rain pushing northwards across scotland, some sunshine, at least for a time in the north of scotland, and then to the south of that, for northern ireland, for england and wales, large amounts of clouds and mistand murk, some splashes of rain and, actually, some really heavy and persistent rain across the channel islands that mayjust graze into southern counties of england at times. temperatures 17—21 degrees in most places. so at the 0val for the cricket, i think we are going to see some showers at times. i'm hopeful of some lengthy dry spells as well to allow some play to take place. and then as we move through monday nights, well, quite a mishmash of weather. some areas of clouds,

a bit of mist and murk, some splashes of rain. we mayjust see a few more clear spells working into the mix by the end of the night, temperatures of 12 or 13 or 1a degrees. now, tuesday looks set to be one of the drier days of the week. i can't promise it's going to be completely dry. there'll still be some bits and pieces of rain, some showers around. but we should at least get to see some spells of sunshine and some decent dry gaps between the showers. rain, though, you'll notice, returning to the far southwest of england later in the day. and temperatures at best 17—21 degrees, not particularly impressive for the first day of august. and then for wednesday, well, this deep area of low pressure pushes eastwards. this is a very autumnal looking weather chart. there will be some really strong winds, particularly on the southern flank of this low around the southwest of england, also through the channel islands can be very windy indeed. some outbreaks of rain, and then it looks like staying decidedly cool towards the end of the week.

v0|ceover: 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. butjust one single episode exposed how he operated inside the ira while on the state's books.

this is a story of a spy who got away with murder.