live from london. this is bbc news. let's start in thailand — where the former prime minister, thaksin shinawatra, has been taken to prison — just hours after returning from 15 years of self—imposed exile. a uk cabinet minister says the inquiry into the serial baby killer, lucy letby, should consider whether nhs managers need to be regulated in the same way as medical staff. president biden pledges long—term government support for hawaii, after touring the wildfire damage in maui. a new study says mri scans are a more reliable way for screening men for prostate cancer. hello, i'm frankie mccamley.

let's start in thailand — where the former prime minister, thaksin shinawatra, has been taken to prison — just hours after returning from 15 years of self—imposed exile. mr thaksin, who fled the country after the military seized power, has long argued that corruption charges imposed in his absence were politically motivated. it's widely believed that a deal has been agreed that will allow mr thaksin to serve only a short portion of his eight year sentence. a political party closely linked to his family — pheu thai — is poised to form a new government. straight to bangkok. mps are sitting to vote in a new pm.

our south east asia correspondent — jonathan head — is there. there are talks of a deal but how much more do we know? this all happening as thailand's politics are realigning — we've got the radical young move forward party, which won the most seats — they're trying to create a coalition and appoint a new prime minister? this is the third attempt since the election in may to form a government. the prime minister has to be approved by parliament, not just the elected 500 seat lower parliament, but the 250 unelected senators who are all appointed under military rule, they are very conservative, have already blocked a reformist coalition involving the party that actually came first in the election, so this is the third attempt, and thaksin shinawatra's party, the second—largest party, is hoping they will get enough votes for their candidate for prime minister, property tycoon, and that by forming a government, that will

also improve. i think they hope his chances of treatment, no doubt he timed his return after 15 years with the hope that the climate was a lot more congenial for him the hope that the climate was a lot more congenialfor him now the hope that the climate was a lot more congenial for him now and that he won't have to spend too long of those eight years he was given today. those eight years he was given toda . . , those eight years he was given toda. ., w, those eight years he was given toda. ., .,.,., today. that is the speculation at the moment. — today. that is the speculation at the moment, that _ today. that is the speculation at the moment, that a _ today. that is the speculation at the moment, that a deal - today. that is the speculation at the moment, that a deal has - today. that is the speculation at l the moment, that a deal has been struck, and do we know if one has been struck? if there are any further details about that? absolutely not. officially the legal system takes its course, thaksin shinawatra saying he is willing to accept the consequences although the prison sentences for the reason he did not come back before now in the 15 years really badly want to do, but we are not the legal system can be very flexible here when it comes to powerful people and politically important decisions. taxation still is the most important person in this

party —— thaksin shinawatra. composing the coalition government we think we may get by the end today. if his party controls key ministries like the ministry of justice, there is no doubt that will influence his treatment. with people voting for reform in the election and so many people of thailand switching their vault, watching the somewhat unseemly deal between this party many of the harding conservatives and royals who have been bitterly opposed to thaksin shinawatra over the years, watching them all come together in the sort of rather grubby coalition is a very disheartening end to what has been a rather drawn—out political process. backin rather drawn—out political process. back in may after the election i think a lot of people from thailand hope that they could be a tie—up that would bring in genuine reforms and change thailand and make it more modern or democratic, and those hopes have long since been dead, what is being hammered out parliament is very much a pragmatic, cynical deal.

parliament is very much a pragmatic, cynical deal-— cynical deal. that's what i want to delve into a _ cynical deal. that's what i want to delve into a little _ cynical deal. that's what i want to delve into a little bit _ cynical deal. that's what i want to delve into a little bit as _ cynical deal. that's what i want to delve into a little bit as well, - delve into a little bit as well, thaksin shinawatra has arrived back, a number of people outside the airport were cheering, could be heard, what has been the response to his return? has it been different depending on different people in the country, different groups of people? how has his return gone down? you're absolutely right. _ how has his return gone down? you're absolutely right, if— how has his return gone down? you're absolutely right, if you _ how has his return gone down? you're absolutely right, if you looked - how has his return gone down? you're absolutely right, if you looked at - absolutely right, if you looked at the people outside the airport, these were all the people from the north east of thailand, a real stronghold of thaksin shinawatra's party, those people, i asked them today, they all remember thaksin shinawatra 20 years ago when they say his populist policies and things like the national health care scheme, the village microphone scheme, the village microphone scheme really change their lives, and these are all people who feel intensely loyal to him, but he does not enjoy the same support that he did in the past, his party is not performing as well in elections and i think a lot of people from thailand feel he is a very rich

businessman, wanted to come home and in a tie democracy is being compromised in this deeling that is going on that helps enable him to come back and that they are not getting the kind of slightly higher level politics many had hoped they would get at the election. like my thank you forjoining us for your insight and analysis and we just go to bangkok, to parliament, where mps are voting. voting for a new prime minister. you mayjust be able to hear some of it now. one party has 314 pledged votes and it's a total of 375 to become prime minister, so we're going to keep an eye on that closely as oppose to con men. you are looking

at live pictures there of bangkok parliament and thailand dawn the support of 61 centres one by one but the law has pledged 314 votes. here, the lead consultant on the neo natal unit where the child killer lucy letby worked — has told the bbc that health service managers should be regulated — in the same way as doctors and nurses. letby will spend the rest of her life in prison — after she was sentenced yesterday — for murdering seven babies and attempting to kill six more — at the countess of chester hospital. dr stephen brearey said his initial concerns about the nurse were not immediately acted upon — and his experience is not unusual. you go to senior colleagues with the

problem and you come away confused and anxious because that problem is being turned away in which you start to realise that they are seeing you as a problem, doctors and nurses will have the regulatory bodies that we have to answer to and quite often and see senior managers who have no apparent accountability for what they do in our trusts and you worry about their future actions and there doesn't seem to be any system to make them accountable and for them to justify their actions. the bbc put dr brearey�*s comments to nhs england and they pointed — to their updated freedom to speak policy every trust is expected to adopt. a spokesperson said:

"it is absolutely vital that everyone working in the nhs feels they can raise concerns — and that these are acted on — and we have reminded nhs leaders about the importance of this following the verdict last week." us presidentjoe biden has visited the hawaiian island of maui — and offered government support — following the deadly wildfires there. nearly two weeks after the disaster which has killed at least 114 people —— he's named a federal response co—ordinator —— and says the island's critical infrastructure will be made more resilient. our north america correspondent peter bowes reports. almost two weeks after wildfires swept through this hawaiian island, a scene of utter devastation

to greet the president. after a helicopter tour of the burnt—out areas, mr biden and the first lady were introduced to some of the victims, and saw for themselves what's left of the old city of lahaina. the president has been criticised for his and the federal government's response to the disaster — with some local people saying it had been inadequate and uncoordinated. but mr biden appeared to be visibly moved by the scale of the tragedy, and promised long—term support for the island. we're focused on what's next. that's rebuilding the long term, rebuilding for the long term, and doing it together to help get us back on our feet, to rebuild the way we want to rebuild — by making sure your voices are heard. by respecting your traditions. by understanding the deep history and meaning of this sacred ground and establishing your community — not to change it, its character, but to re—establish it. the president was speaking near a historic banyan tree, which was damaged

but survived the fires. today it's burned, but it's still standing. the tree survived for a reason. i believe it's a powerful — a very powerful symbol of what we can and will do to get through this crisis. and for this, for as long as it takes, we're going to be with you — the whole country will be with you. this was a visit for hugs, empathy, and a promise not to forget. but for this island, there's a long road to recovery ahead. the hawaiian authorities have said it could be months, even years before the remains of all the victims are identified, and 850 people are still unaccounted for. peter bowes, bbc news. a clean—up under way in the us due to tropical storm hilary. the latest coming in from cathedral city outside of palm springs. torrential

rain has covered much of the saviour, and she can see, in march. many cars are on the roads. here is at least two people still in a vehicle calling for help on the outskirts of the city. in los angeles, a record broken for the most rain ever on an august day. california's governor has declared a state of emergency. meanwhile — the education secretary gillian keegan — has said the inquiry into letby�*s murders should consider how nhs managers are regulated. so let's bring in our political correspondent, damian grammaticas.

we were expecting further fallout from this, inquiries are going to be launched, just talk us through the latest. launched, 'ust talk us through the latest. , , ., , , ., launched, 'ust talk us through the latest. , , latest. yes, this, as you say, i call that _ latest. yes, this, as you say, i call that has _ latest. yes, this, as you say, i call that has come _ latest. yes, this, as you say, i call that has come from - latest. yes, this, as you say, i | call that has come from various quarters in the wake of this terrible case and as you say, the lead doctors at the hospital where lucy b was a nurse —— lucy letby was a nurse, where she murdered those babies, those league doctors came out in the trial saying how they are alerted managers with said managers were reluctant to take action against the nurse and the doctors have now said they believe managers of hospitals should be regulated, so have the valves sort of professional regulation, professional accountability, the same way that doctors in the city. they should be something brought in. that is something brought in. that is something that i was speaking a little earlier to the education secretary here, i put that to her, i

said do you think that should be the case? heranswerwas said do you think that should be the case? her answer was this is something she said that the inquiry that has been set up by the government into this case, this nurse's actions should look at the round, what lessons should be learned, what changes should be rotten to notjust nhs management, if needed, but also the legal system, so it's important that that is considered by inquiry, so that is, the minute, it seems, certainly were one senior government minister is on this question in the uk. thank ou for is on this question in the uk. thank you for the — is on this question in the uk. thank you for the update. _ thank you for the update. former president donald trump says he will head to georgia on thursday to turn himself in — after his indictment for trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election results in the state. mr trump is expected to be booked, fingerprinted and photographed when he surrenders in atlanta. posting on his truth social platform, the former president described the case as a politically motivated witch hunt. earlier, a judge set mr trump's bail

at two hundred thousand dollars — and placed strict conditions on his use of social media. anthony zurcher reports. well, i think it is significant in that it sucks a lot of the oxygen out of the room here in milwaukee, the debate hall is just over my shoulder here, this basketball arena. and the audience for the debate is just not going to be as great without donald trump on the stage, and a lot of the media attention is going to be shifted from here in milwaukee to atlanta, georgia, where a very visible drama is going to play out, donald trump reporting to a jail, being booked, having his mugshot taken, all of this is going to capture a lot of the public�*s attention. and so there is a pretty major distraction away from the candidates who are coming here and hoping that this could be their moment to break out and get some momentum going in the months ahead, to position themselves as the prime challenger of donald trump when it comes to voting starting next january.

around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. in england, a children's charity says the fall in the number of hours young people spend doing sport is a matter of national concern. new data shows a further 4,000 hours of physical education have been lost from the curriculum in state—funded secondary schools in the last academic year. the youth sport trust says the figures reveal a "further threat to the wellbeing of young people". analysis suggests that the bosses of britain's 100 biggest companies saw their pay increase by an average of 16% last year —— as many workers' wages struggled to keep up with inflation. the figure is a median value based on earnings disclosed to the think tank,

the high pay centre. the theft of jewellery from the british museum has been under police investigation since the start of the year. the bbc understands the police requested the case be kept from the public during its inquiries. one member of staff has been sacked and some of the stolen items were found for sale on ebay. you're live with bbc news. some breaking news —— eight people including six children are stuck in a cable car that is dangling above a river bed in pakistan. the cable car is in a mountainous province. military helicopters have reached the car but it is unclear if a rescue is under way. the children were on their way to school, when two cables of the aerial trolley snapped. officials say the cable car

was built by locals to cross a river, as there were no roads or bridges. the eight passengers are stuck about 300m above the ground. more breaking news from thailand, they voted for the candidate to be pm. they won a majority of the folks in a joint session of the elected lower house and an elected senate. he heads a coalition which includes conservative military line parties from the outgoing administration which in the past have been staunch

opponents of the party. in the next few hours we bring insight and analysis on that full thailand. world leaders have started arriving injohannesburg for a meeting of the group known as brics — brazil, russia, india, china and south africa. these are pictures of china's leader xijinping touching down. the summit will shine a light on the member nations�* links with the kremlin. the russian president, vladimir putin, will be attending by video link. mr putin has sent his foreign minister — sergei lavrov — who was welcomed by a troupe of traditional dancers at the airport. so — could brics become a rival to the g7 group of nations? here's our africa correspondent, nomsa maseko: 40 countries have also applied

to be members of brics, because this bloc wants to be seen as a geopolitical force that can stand up to the west. however, with russia's vladimir putin not attending, there is a little bit of disappointment, particularly from his supporters and those that do support the war in ukraine. but s you said, he will be attending virtually and his speech, which is expected to take place tomorrow morning, is highly anticipated. but today, what is indeed happening is a state visit, an official state visit by china's president xi jinping, who is actually meeting with president ramaphosa, earlier, in fact this morning in pretoria, where there will be discussions in terms of trade relations and also some agreements will be signed. researchers say using mri scans to screen men for prostate cancer

could reduce deaths "significantly". mri scans have been found to be more effective than the current blood tests which can be unreliable. it's hoped thousands of lives could be saved. our medical editor fergus walsh has been finding out more. paul rothwell�*s prostate cancer was caught early and successfully treated. it was diagnosed here at london's university college hospital when he took part in a trial using mri scans. the 62—year—old's cancer would have been missed if he'd only had the standard psa blood test, which came back as normal. if ijust had the blood test, i would be carrying on life as normal, walking around unaware that there was some sort of ticking time bomb inside me of a cancer slowly growing. so by the time i then did find out, presumably it would have been much harder to treat, and much more dangerous to me. so you feel fortunate? yeah, very fortunate.

i'm, you know, thrilled that i was diagnosed so early. we don't see any sign of cancer recurrence there... paul was among 300 men aged 50 to 75 who took part in the trial led by university college london. of the 25 men whose aggressive cancers were picked up via mri, over half — like paul — had negative blood tests. we think these are really significant results. what we see is that a short ten—minute mri scan used as a screening test can selectively pick up significant cancers in a much more effective way than the psa blood test alone. that'll help us to diagnose the important cancers early, when they're curable. the prostate is a walnut—sized gland which sits below the bladder. it's the uk's most common male cancer, with 52,000 new diagnoses every year. this is what men over 50 can request from their doctor — a blood test for the protein psa. high levels can indicate cancer, so it's a useful test,

but unreliable as it's not always accurate. thank you. black men have a one—in—four risk of getting prostate cancer — double that of white men — but are less likely to come forward for testing. after he developed prostate cancer, errol mckellar started offering men discounts on their mot if they got themselves checked out. and he now runs a charity to raise awareness of the disease. when prostate cancer turns up at your front door, it doesn't care, right, whether you're black, whether you're white. it doesn't care about your wealth. it doesn't care about you. what it will do if you ignore it, it will kill you. 0k, paul. nice and still. larger trials will be needed to confirm the value of mri scans

before a national screening programme for prostate cancer could be set up — which may take up to a decade. fergus walsh, bbc news. earlier i was joined by professor caroline moore — the study�*s lead author and head of urology at university college here in london. she told me more. we invited men to come forward for a short mri scan and a prostate cancer and we found that the mri scan was much more effective at finding no significant cancers which need treating. significant cancers which need treatinu. ~ . , treating. what impact could this have for men — treating. what impact could this have for men and _ treating. what impact could this have for men and for— treating. what impact could this have for men and for those - treating. what impact could this have for men and for those that | treating. what impact could this - have for men and for those that may develop cancer later on in their lives? ~ ~' ., develop cancer later on in their lives? ~ ~ ., ., ., lives? we know that we diagnose rostate lives? we know that we diagnose prostate cancer _ lives? we know that we diagnose prostate cancer early _ lives? we know that we diagnose prostate cancer early it _ lives? we know that we diagnose prostate cancer early it is - lives? we know that we diagnose | prostate cancer early it is curable, but we diagnose it late, it isn't. so what we hope is that we will be able to really reduce the late diagnosis of men with prostate cancer so that we find that at curable stage. taste

cancer so that we find that at curable stage.— cancer so that we find that at curable stage. we know prostate cancer charities _ curable stage. we know prostate cancer charities want _ curable stage. we know prostate cancer charities want all - curable stage. we know prostate cancer charities want all men - curable stage. we know prostate | cancer charities want all men over 52 go for a psa test in the uk but not all doctors have the capacity to meet that demand. could the mri scan instead of a blood test change it could do. we have to spend money wisely, but screening programmes are are usually run in a slightly separately to your local gp surgery, sophie was put into screening programme in due course it's likely you put a special screening centre, and this approach had less overdiagnosis than a single standard blood tests. it overdiagnosis than a single standard blood tests. , ., ., ., blood tests. if you want to find it more and all _ blood tests. if you want to find it more and all the _ blood tests. if you want to find it more and all the studies - blood tests. if you want to find it more and all the studies we've . blood tests. if you want to find it. more and all the studies we've been covering here on bbc news, you can head to our website. plenty more on lucy letby and donald trump, who will be handing himself in to authorities that are in the week.

we'll be back in a few minutes. stay with us here on bbc news. hello, again. over the next few days pollen levels will be high across parts of england and wales, and the weather over the next few days is going to be very the same as well. sunshine and showers, a lot of which will be across the north and west, warmer and drier with sunshine in the south. but all changes at the end of the week. what we have is low pressure anchored to the north, high pressure anchored to the north, high pressure to the south and the weak front in between, and that we crown has been producing some cloud and some showers in the northern half of the country through the day, and the westerly breeze blowing in some showers across western scotland and northern ireland, so the driest conditions across southern england and this is also where we are going to have the highest temperatures. yesterday in parts of suffolk it reached 20 6 degrees and could

easily do that again today but generally speaking the ranges up to mid 20s. overnight a lot of showers will fade, not all of them, week by the front coming in across wales, bringing thicker cloud and some splashes of rain and that can head over towards the the end of the night, clearskies over towards the the end of the night, clear skies with overnight lows, 10—14 greece but cooler than last night in parts of scotland. as we head to tomorrow, weather front still very much with his but it is weakening all the time as it moves across the area of high pressure, so it we start with some rain across wales and also in cheshire, for example, that will tend to give way to cloud through the afternoon and there will be a lot of dry weather still some showers in the north and west and the north and western highs seen highs of 15—19. west and the north and western highs seen highs of 15—19 . moving through the latter part of the week, low pressure starts to drift eastwards, ending up in the north sea, this

weather front sync south, cold front, pressure conditions will pull in behind that as we head through the weekend. friday, you can still see the end of the oranges before on saturday the cold front moves away and killed in fresh conditions move into all those behind that. as we head onto the latter part of the still are looking at that mixture of sunshine and showers, some will be heavy and thundery during the course of their stay, but is also going to pull down a bit with highs of about 20.

this is bbc news, the headlines... after scotland's government proposes decriminalising personal drug use, we look at how a similar approach is working — in portugal. saudi's football revolution gets into full swing — analysts say the pro league is shaking up the global football industry. new claims of corruption are levelled in ukraine — against defence officials running army recruitment — we have a special report. hello and welcome back with me frankie mccamley. some breaking news. thailand's parliament has voted for the candidate of the pheu thai party, businessman srettha thavisin,