live from london. this is bbc news. andrew tate prosecution files reveal graphic claims of coercion ahead of his trial. zimbabweans go to the polls, after a campaign dominated by soaring inflation it wishes to be the first country to reach moon's south pole. and surgeons carry out the first womb transplant in the uk she is doing really well and has started her menstrual periods which means her prospects of having a baby are very high. bbc news has seen graphic evidence compiled by prosecutors in romania alleging that the social media personality, andrew tate, coerced women into sexual acts.

the case file also includes claims of sexual violence and transcripts of what prosecutors say are audio messages from mr tate's brother, tristan, in which he appears to talk about �*slaving' women. both men face trial for human trafficking and forming an organised crime group. they deny all the charges. af our correspondent lucy williamson has this report, which contains some offensive language. over hundreds of pages, romanian prosecutors outlined the testimony and evidence they say they've gathered against andrew tate. among it, transcriptions of what the prosecution says are text and audio messages detailing both the management of the alleged and abuse of women by mr tate and his co—defendants. in one transcribed exchange, andrew tate appears to coerce an alleged victim into group sex by using phrases such as, "shut up, you whore, you'll do as i say."

his brother tristan is also quoted in prosecution transcripts, allegedly telling one associate that he was going to "slave these bitches, slave work, minimum ten or 12 hours a day." the bbc can't verify whether these transcripts are accurate because the original evidence is not included in the 300 page summary that we've seen. in that summary, the prosecution also outlines heavy controls over the women it says were forced by the defendants to make pornographic content online. it alleges that some women did not control the money they made and were fined for crying or wiping their nose on camera orfor not working hard enough. the case file summary also includes graphic testimony from a woman who says she was raped by andrew tate. a spokeswoman for the tate brothers said they vehemently denied the serious allegations against them and accused the bbc of not reporting

what she said was "substantial evidence" pointing to their innocence. but she didn't provide any detail or respond to the specific allegations that we raised. defense lawyers are expected to challenge the prosecution evidence in a pre—trial hearing later this month. there's relief in pakistan following the successful rescue of all eight people trapped in a broken cable car that had been dangling over a ravine. most were extracted by local people and rescue teams using zip wires. the group were on their way to school in the north west of the country when a cable snapped, trapping them hundreds of metres in the air as rescuers battled high winds to bring them to safety. our pakistan correspondent, caroline davies joined us from islamabad to tell us more. well, we've heard so far that when they arrived and they were able to land back on solid earth, that they were given medical checks. and since then, we haven't been told of anyone being taken to hospital or additional medical attention needed. so we do believe that they are now

back safely with their families. we've actually been able to speak to one of those who was on board yesterday who talked to us about some of the terrifying experiences. he's 16 years old, and he told us that many on board lost hope after that first rescue by the army helicopter when they were only able to rescue one boy initially. the helicopters then had to stop because the light was going and they weren't able to operate in those sort of conditions. he said that the helicopter was able to drop them food, but they could only manage to provide them with one bottle of water. now, he also mentioned that everybody on board thought that they might not survive it, and that was something that was felt by everybody. so you can imagine after 15 hours of being caught up in this chassis of the cable car, hanging precariously for hours upon hours, the relief that they felt, and he said exactly that, that he had this enormous relief, of course, when he was back and able to be reunited with his family.

now, you mentioned that all of these students were on their way to school. this is because the the sort of informal cable car systems are often used in mountainous rural parts of pakistan because it's a lot faster than traveling down the roads through the valley and back up again. in fact, the route to school could have taken them about two hours by road, and minutes if they were on the cable car and it was there that they were on their way when this this incident happened. now, we've also heard that apparently that his exam results, this 16 year old, arrived during the time he was stuck in the lift. and then he's now found out since he got back to firm ground, that he did pass the ninth grade with good grades. and so he's celebrating doubly again today. well, at least that's a piece of good news on top of the good news of the rescue, of course. but as you rightly point out, it does raise some serious questions about the safety of these cable cars, which are very prevalent in the region. yes. and i think a lot of questions have been raised about how these sort of informal networks are operating, how often they're checked,

whether they're safe to do so. and some people have also pointed out that for the cost of this rescue operation, which obviously involves a large amount of army helicopters, lots of different people on the ground, that actually that money could have been used instead on actually installing a cable car system that was far more stable, reliable and professional rather than something that had just been put together by a local mechanic. you've seen some of the images of these cable cars. this is not something that you might see in, say, a ski resort in switzerland. instead, it really is something that's been sort of put together, welded together, some metal that was hanging from these two cables. so a lot of questions, i think now, now that all eight are now back and safe about what will happen in the future with these cable cars. will anything change? step mother, father and uncle flew out of the uk

before the body was found and they've not been located with three other members of the family have. polling stations have opened in zimbabwe for closely watched presidential and legislative elections. many citizens are desperate for change after two decades of economic chaos but sceptical that the ruling zanu—pf party will allow a credible election. today's vote will see president mnangagwa, the candidate of the party, being challenged by nelson chamisa of the ccc — the citizens coalition for change — and nine other contenders. the zanu—pf party has been in power for almost as long as the 45—year—old opposition leader has been alive. over six million registered voters are also choosing mps and local councillors. our correspondent shingai nyoka is in the capital harare and has more now on what we can expect today and in the coming days as votes are counted. we understand from a government spokesperson there was a delay in delivering some local government ballot papers caused by delays in

litigation but we understand that the polling stations will be open for 12 hours regardless of what time they open but there is a lot of excitement and the people i spoke to said they were excited and wanted to exercise their right to vote and they are waiting to see the outcome and whether the election will deliver the change they want, this is an opposition stronghold. after each polling station has finished the count, by law they are supposed to post the results, the ve ii to post the results, the ve 11 forms, and the outside of the polling stations and those results will be transmitted to a central point with the zimbabwe electoral commission which will begin to announce the results. the presidential vote will need to be announced within five days, that is what the law says, and if the opposition or the ruling party or anybody has a problem with the results, they can approach the courts within seven days and then the courts have two weeks to decide

on that particular case so if the election goes to a run—off and the presidential candidate fails to get above 50% of the vote they will go to a run—off which will be held on october the 2nd but many people are expecting a result in the next couple of days. excitement is building in india as it hopes to become only the fourth country to land on the moon, and the first to reach the lunar south pole. the unmanned chandrayaan—3 lander is on course to touch down later today, in a region that scientists hope will contain enough ice to support a future human settlement. this russia had been hoping to beat india to the south pole of the moon over the weekend. but its luna—25 spacecraft crashed into the moon after spinning out of control on sunday morning. we've been speaking to britain's first astronaut, helen sharman, who says this is an incredibly exciting time for india and also outlined the complexities about the landing on the moon.

the south pole of the moon has what we think it has, at least lots of ice. ice, of course, really useful if you're going to send people to the moon because they'll want to drink. they'll want to perhaps split the water into hydrogen and oxygen and breathe the oxygen. and you can make rocket fuel from it as well. so ice is really good. but also that crater on the south pole of the moon, has a really high rim and there are parts of that rim that are in constant sunlight, more or less constant sunlight. so if you put your solar power generator, for instance, up there, you're always going to be generating some power. and what's more, we think that possibly whatever created that great big impact, at the time of the impact, it would have made some of the lunar crust and the upper mantle more come to the surface, let's say, of that crater down below.

so we think we might be able to see some minerals there that we might not see anywhere else on the moon. so yeah, a really exciting part of the moon to go to. i think for the indian space agency. i mean, they've been going into space, let's say, with satellites for a long time now, in decades. they had an indian astronaut a0 years ago, but have had no other astronauts since. however, this really now is a really big push for them. they've decided, yes, they want to have their own astronaut corps. and it's very recently been announced that actually next year there'll be an indian astronaut or two fly to the international space station. and that's probablyjust a bit before they get their own space station going. so it's all very, very sort of exciting and ramping up for human space flight. but for the indians to be able to land something without humans in it, on the moon, i mean, landing without humans on the moon is, most people would say, more difficult than landing with a crew.

because, i mean, apart from the fact that whether you've got a crew or not, you've got no atmosphere to help you to slow down. and there's no gps, of course, on the moon to give you that absolute, precise location. but without a crew there, you've got to, you know, your systems have got to work just perfectly. you've got very limited fuel to be able to have a second attempt, for instance. and the south pole is loads of hills and loads of craters. so, really tricky if you don't have that somebody there to actually be able to guide something in real time. of course there is a small time lag, so the systems have to think quickly. the dust can be a problem, so really difficult. if india can do this, they will have pulled off something that only china and america has managed to do before, so very exciting for them. surgeons have successfully carried out the uk's first womb transplant, giving hope to dozens of women who are currently unable to have a baby. this kind of life—changing surgery, could help women born without a womb

and those who lose their organ to cancer or other conditions, as our medical editor fergus walsh reports. a uk first as surgeons transplant a womb into a 34—year—old woman, donated by her ao—year—old sister. the surgery in next door operating theatres at the churchill hospital in oxford in february lasted around 17 hours. it was an amazing day, absolutely amazing. these two surgeons led a team of more than 30. they recall the reaction of the younger sister when she came round. she was absolutely over the moon. there were a lot of tears, a lot of emotion. she was very, very happy. and the donor probably was even happier, because she had some time to recover from the anesthesia.

so it was a veryjoyous moment for everybody. the recipient was born without a normal uterus, but with functioning ovaries. with her husband, she already has eight embryos in storage and could go on to have two pregnancies, after which, her sister's womb will be removed so she can stop taking powerful drugs which prevent her body rejecting the transplant. so she's doing really, really well. she has started having menstrual periods and that means her prospects of having a baby are very high. she needs to stay on immunosuppressive therapy and to be closely monitored. and we hope to be doing an embryo transfer in the autumn. in 2014, a woman in sweden became the first to have a baby after a womb transplant. since then, around 100 transplants have been performed worldwide with 50 babies born. the surgical team here is funded by a charity, womb transplant uk,

and has permission to carry out the procedure with both live and deceased donors. there are a dozen women with embryos in storage or who are going through ivf who are hoping for a womb transplant. for now, the charity has funding forjust three more operations. i'm really excited, yeah. it's nice to feel that it's finally happening. and the demand here could be significant. around one in 5000 women is born without a functioning womb, but many more, like lydia, lose theirs due to cancer. she says a transplant would feel miraculous. since getting diagnosed with cancer and the hysterectomy, the infertility was such a huge part of that. and you grieve, you really do. hopefully, being on the waiting list for a transplant would mean everything. being able to carry my own child and have that experience of feeling

it, being able to breastfeed and being able to have a newborn baby at least once. the charity womb transplant uk has paid £25,000 to cover nhs costs. and all the staff involved gave their time for free. but they will need a big injection of funds if many more women are to benefit. fergus walsh, bbc news. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news here in the uk. the uk's biggest mortgage lender — the halifax — says housing is now more affordable than a year ago. it said a typical home cost 6.7 times the average annual earnings of a full—time worker — down from 7.3 times last year. but a typical home is still less affordable than it was near the start of the pandemic. the government says it'll guarantee a finance deal for ukraine to buy nuclear fuel.

energy minister, grant schapps, made the announcement during a visit to kyiv. ukraine's energy system was severely damaged by russian air strikes last winter, making it more reliant on its ageing nuclear power stations. a leading greek archaeologist has claimed historic artefacts from her country are not safe in the british museum, after it emerged managers were warned two years ago that some of its items were being offered for sale. last week, the museum said it had sacked a staff member after items were reported "missing, stolen or damaged". you're live with bbc news. president putin has addressed a summit of the brics group of emerging economies — that's brazil, russia, india, china and south africa — praising the group and saying it would meet the aspirations of the majority of the global population. mr putin didn't travel tojohannesburg where the summit is taking place but rather attended remotely,

due to a threat of arrest for alleged war crimes. lets look at the pictures live from johannesburg. there has been discussion about so—called d dollarisation as many of the economies have talked about getting the removal of the dollar or decreasing the significance of the dollar in the economies. there's also been talk about setting up their own currency which many economists have dismissed at this stage is not being viable. however it does suggest perhaps a politicisation of trade and a growing interest in trade between the economies at a time when we see quite significant global trade strains. earlier i got the latest on the summit with our south africa correspondent nomsa maseko well, it's day two of the three—day

brics summit today. it will mostly be closed to the media, but we do expect that there are going to be discussions around the possible expansion of the brics bloc. there are already some disagreements in terms of the criteria that is going to be used to ensure that applicants are allowed. we do know also that at least 20 other countries have applied formally to be part of the brics bloc, and that includes countries like nigeria, saudi arabia, argentina, and the uae. and we also know that the president of russia, vladimir putin, is going to be delivering another speech via video link at around 11 o'clock this morning. he spoke yesterday about the de—dollarisation of the brics bloc and also spoke about a possible use of a single currency within the region or the brics

bloc itself or the use of the different currencies in all of these countries to ensure that the dollar is not used in these countries. and of course, it remains to be seen in terms of how this is actually going to be working and also how other countries, like brazil and india, who have close ties to the us, how they are going to be, you know, working around ensuring the de—dollarisation that president putin is talking about. social rain has caused flooding in chile and the sports stadium has been up —— torrential rain. the chilean president has declared a state of emergency in four regions. officials estimate 25,000 people are cut off by the floodwaters. the southern texas coast has been hit by a tropical storm leaving thousands of homes without power. storm harold

came ashore near the coastal city of corpus christi. the storm brought more than 15 centimetres of rain in just a few hours. there were no reports of major damage or injuries. online adverts for boots promoting formula on google broke advertising rule says the watchdog in the uk. it is against the law to advertise infant formula for babies up to six months because it might discourage breast—feeding. boots has apologised and said the adverts, which were automated, had been removed. do you say hello to your bus driver? a new report saying just one in five people in the uk acknowledge them when boarding, and only one in ten say thank you when getting off, but if more people did say hello and thank you it could have a positive impact on the well—being of both the driver and the passenger. we sent fiona landing to investigate.

good afternoon, good afternoon. a return to keynsham, please. certainly, there you go. brilliant, thanks so much, see you. well, apparently, according to a new study, only two in ten of us, that's 23% say hello to the driver, while only one in ten of us, that's 8%, say goodbye. mark's been driving buses for six years. what does that feel like to you when a customer engages? one could say endorphins, but the... having somebody smile, especially when somebody gets on in the morning and you can tell they're not quite awake, you know. and you've smiled at them and said good morning to them as the bus driver. and you can see they're kind of not quite ready to smile but then that smile comes out because smiling is infectious. but when passengers don't acknowledge him, it actually ruins his day.

there is this slightly hollow feeling in yourself, but i think that would be common to anybody welcoming anybody into any establishment or anything else. the difficulty, you know, for us as bus drivers is that, you know, you're responsible for priceless cargo, absolutely priceless. you could be carrying gold bullion and it wouldn't be as valuable as what we carry on our bus. thank you. good afternoon, sir. always make a point speaking to the driver. i think it's nice to be polite and it makes their day as well. i lived in london before i moved to bristol, so we just tap on the bus and and get on. so when i moved to bristol and people were saying, hi, or, like, "cheers, driver" when they got off, i was like, "oh, ok, this is how it goes then." so yeah, i think it's quite important. my priority is just service, really. so ijust get on the bus. they don't say hello to me, i don't say hello to them.

the new research found it's also good for the passenger. lovelyjob, thank you very much. humans just have this fundamental need to belong, to feel connected. and so these tiny little moments, whether it's a little chat or saying hello or even just simply making eye contact, can really make someone feel more connected and make a big difference. all their research was carried out on bus routes in london. they found signs on buses encouraged 7% more people to greet the driver. if you saw this sign, would it remind you, encourage you to be friendly to the bus driver? yes, i think so. are you normally friendly? yes, we try to be, yes. sometimes theyjust walk on, obviously everyone's on their phone now, theyjust walk on, scan it and that's it. they don't even walk off and say thank you. thanks a lot, have a nice afternoon. during myjourney today, i found the majority of passengers wanted to engage with their driver. but maybe that's because we're in bristol, a city synonymous with this saying — "cheers, drive," when passengers are getting off the bus.

this phrase is so well known they've even named a street after it. fiona lamdin, bbc news. let me show you a driver in her 90s who reportedly lost control of her car and ploughed into an arizona hair salon lobby, narrowly missing the customers. amazingly the driver was not seriously injured, nor, indeed, was anyone else in the salon, which is a pretty lucky escape for everyone involved. the salon said it could take months to restore the damages and added it is asking for funds online to help repair the shop. i think that is what you call a close shave. stay with us on bbc news.

a mixed looking where the next few days and for the weekend some uncertainty. you have plans, may be heading to some of the festivals, outdoor plans, stay tuned to the forecast. we will most of us see a few more showers and the coming few days and the warmth in the south will linger but it will ebb away tomorrow. south of the weather from that you see today meaning we have that you see today meaning we have that humidity and heat still with us but low—pressure drives in the showers to scotland and more so than we saw this morning and showery for northern ireland, but on the whole we will cloud over and the grampians and also more cloud creeping in across wales and northern england, so it's across east anglia and south—east england where we see the best of the sunshine and the highest

temperatures of 25 or 26. overnight tonight we keep a lot of cloud so it will be warm and quite uncomfortably close in southern areas but we might see some thundery showers creep across the channel but you can see some wetter weather and the showers merging to longer spells of rain for scotland and possibly northern england, so temperatures higher than we had last night, dipping down to 11 in northern ireland behind the weather front. 11 in northern ireland behind the weatherfront. the 11 in northern ireland behind the weather front. the low pressure is still with us on thursday with the weather fronts around so a greater chance of more showers around and they are with us across the north—east of scotland and then circulating into the area of low pressure with heathery and thundery showers through the day and we will see some of those on the day and will sweep away the humidity but we are talking 2324 between those heavy and potentially thundery showers tomorrow. then it is all change as we going to friday because of the weather front sweeps out the way the low—pressure drifts into the north sea and allows the wind direction to

change, quite a brisk wind and coming down from the north from the arctic, so a caller direction and temperatures will ease away as will the humidity and as you saw on the chart, showers dotted around and throughout the weekend there is a chance of some showers popping up and it won't be a wash—out, but if you are having outdoor plans it's best to stay tuned to the forecast and we will keep you up—to—date as best we can but it looks cooler with some sunshine but also some showers.

this is bbc news, the headlines. andrew tate prosecution files reveal graphic claims of coercion ahead of his trial and surgeons carry out the first womb transplant in the uk and we will talk about the big dipper roller—coaster which celebrates its centenary. the world—famous big dipper rollercoaster at blackpool pleasure beach is celebrating its centenary today. thrill seekers have enjoyed the classic wooden ride since it opened in 1923, and despite a world war and a serious fire — it's survived to help create a 100 year of memories. our breakfast colleaguejayne mccubbin has more on the story. she's been thrilling holidaymakers for 100 years.