russian authorities say they've recovered bodies from the site where wagner boss yevgeny prigozhin's plane crashed. more disruption to uk rail services expected today, with workers in england walking out over pay and conditions. hello. the spanish football federation has accused the women's world cup winner, jenni hermoso, of lying about a kiss by the federation�*s president. the organisation says it'll take legal action against her, after the forward said she did not consent to being kissed on the lips by luis rubiales, following spain's victory over england in sydney. rubiales has refused to resign, and now more than 80 players have said they'll boycott games until he quits.

our reporter sergi forcada is in the newsroom. tell us more about what's happening? well, this is a story that is far from dying down. quite the opposite, every day there is a new twist and turn. the latest, this statement by the spanish football federation. and this is a statement that is in itself a reply to a previous statement byjenni hermoso�*s union saying that she felt that she had been a victim of an aggression and that that kiss was totally unwarranted. this statement by the spanish football federation is showing a couple of things. first, they are including some pictures, pictures of what was the moment where the spanish national team was receiving the medal after winning the world cup and they say that four pictures they include in this statement actually back what luis rubiales said in a press conference

yesterday. when he described the sequence of events what happened between him and the player, jenni hermoso. according to the spanish football federation, these pictures show that was not an unwanted kiss, that that was consensual and part of the celebration. there is another interesting bit in this statement and its regarding legal action, threatening with legal action. they say, the football federation, will initiate corresponding legal action againstjenni hermoso, her union, or basically anyone who according to them makes false allegations against luis rubiales. face continue by saying opinions are rebutted with facts and evidence and that is why they are showing some pictures of they are showing some pictures of the moment and they say that lies are refuted in court. what more reaction has there been? quite a lot and look at this, these

are some of the front pages in spain. obviously, luis rubiales is pretty much everywhere in the front pages of in spain. and even though he says that he is not resigning, many of these newspapers are already saying one way or another, he will have to go. let's take a closer look at a couple of them. sports newspaper here saying that this is a global embarrassment, a global mess. others are comparing this to the me to movement saying this is that movement in spanish football. earlier, i spoke to semra hunter, a footballjournalist based in barcelona, who provided more context about the treatment of women in sport in spain. i think this is a very pivotal moment for society here in spain because for far too long, sexist behaviour, misogyny, machismo as they call it here in spain, it really has gone unchecked and it has been very normalised. there's been a very much

a lack of awareness, lack of consciousness in people's behaviour and attitudes and treatment of women in certain aspects of society, actually across all spheres of society, i think we can say. and now finally, people are being called to action to do something about it. and so i think it is an incredibly important moment here that needs to be utilised properly because there has been a feminist movement that has been growing steadily over the last few years, both men and women partaking in this movement of all ages and asking, demanding, for there to be an equality of rights for men and women. and this absolutely has to be one of those turning points in which we actually can improve as a society. we can continue to reflect on everything that has been so wrong up until now and find ways to have open, healthy discourse and debate, which is actually happening here in spain right now is what we can do to make real meaningful changes going forward. countering that, how much support is there for luis rubiales at the moment within the football

society and spanish society? within the football society, it's very evident that within the federation itself, he still has a lot of support. and i think we saw that very clearly when he was applauded, he was given a standing ovation in the assembly during his quite incredible speech while he was saying he was not going to resign. so, many people here are saying they are just as complicit, they are just as guilty in the behaviour and the attitude that they have been exhibiting towards these women. and so, they want everyone to go, notjust rubiales, they want the whole federation to be cleared out and for there to be a proper restructure put into place and to bring in people who are actually adequate and suitable and fit for the job to actually raise the women's game and to treat them with the respect and the dignity that they deserve. he will, of course, have some supporters across society. they are not speaking out as loudly as those that

are completely infuriated by him and angered by him. there is far more support forjenni hermoso and for these women, anywhere, ranging from your average person on the street or the way to the governmental levels. and in the federation's latest statement, they are threatening legal action against her, how can they prove that she is lying? it's a very good question. because, i'm not sure they actually can prove it. i think the most troubling thing about the photos that your colleague sergi was talking about, they actually look doctored, they look manipulated. of course, this will have to be properly investigated, they will have to confirm it as such, but if you compare the photos to the tv footage we have seen, they don't match. and the photos show that it is rubiales being lifted byjenni hermoso, not the other way round and that is meant to support the claim that rubiales was making in the assembly to say she was the one who instigated it and that there that there was consent which she has vehemently denied.

so, i'm not sure how legally they can go on to claim that she's not telling the truth or he's not telling the truth. but i imagine they will have to look the television footage. now, they will have to investigate these photos as well. and see where the chips fall, i suppose. russian authorities say they have recovered ten bodies and the flight recorders, from the site where yevgeny prigozhin�*s private plane crashed two days ago. they added that tests would be carried out to identify the victims. the plane crashed exactly two months after the wagner group boss led a short—lived rebellion, but there are still questions about exactly what happened to him, as our moscow reporter will vernon explains. i don't think there's very much optimism here about those flight recorders. a lot of the russians i've been speaking to are pretty doubtful that the real truth will ever be known about what happened to that plane. you know, earlier i was on a conference call with president putin's spokesman. it's a daily call that happens

with moscow based journalists here. and you can more or less ask any question you want. and i asked dmitry peskov for his reaction to accusations from various western officials that it was the kremlin that was behind the killing of yevgeny prigozhin. and it's notjust western officials who think that — a lot of russians believe it, too. this is what dmitry peskov said to me. he said, those claims were an absolute lie. and he said, when we talk about this issue, we should only be guided by facts. we don't have many facts at the moment. they need to be clarified during the official investigation. so, a clear denial there by the kremlin. but will that be enough to convince those at home and abroad who believe that the russian authorities were somehow involved in this incident? i don't think it will. and here's why. whenever the kremlin is accused of anything and they have been accused of a lot of things, right,

from poisonings and assassinations to committing war crimes and organising coups, the standard response is always denial. and if we cast our minds back to the beginning of last year, when we saw that russian troop build—up on the border with ukraine, there were many accusations levelled against the kremlin then that russia was planning to invade ukraine. and what was the kremlin�*s response to those? yet again, a denial. our moscow reporter will vernon. meanwhile, ukraine's counter—offensive continues its creeping progress. with ground taken in and around the village robotyne on the southern front, near the city of zaporizhzhia. analysts at the us—based institute for the study of war say the advances are �*tactically significant�* as ukrainians begin to threaten the russian army's second line of defences. meanwhile, several of ukraine's western partners this week stepped up their support, with commitments from the netherlands and denmark on delivering f16 fighterjets

in the coming month, and the pentagon has promised to start training ukrainian pilots and ground crews in october. earlier, we spoke to samir puri. he is a visiting lecturer in war studies at king's college london and author of of the book russia's road to war with ukraine. he explained the challenges facing ukraine's counteroffensive. i think it's been frustratingly slow for the ukrainian armed forces given that we are fast getting through to august into september. they have a ticking clock because of the weather which will become very perilous for this sort of offensive operation later in the year. but nonetheless, robotyne, the capturing of that village is really important because of its on the route to mariupol, other really critical cities and ukraine is focusing on the south but it is also fighting in the east trying to recapture bakhmut. this has led to, i think, a little bit of concern in america,

of course, where a lot of the money and support for this is coming indirectly that actually ukraine should be focusing on south alone. about 2,000 items are thought to have been stolen from the british museum, but some of the missing treasures have started to be recovered. that's according to the museum's chairman. the organisation is one of the uk's most prestigious cultural institutions, but revealed earlier this month that a number of treasures were reported missing, stolen or damaged. a member of museum staff suspected of involvement has been sacked. and hartwig fischer, the museum director, is stepping down after saying a 2021 investigation was mishandled. former chancellor, george osborne, is now chair of trustees at the british museum and has been speaking to radio 4's today programme. on behalf of the british museum, i want to apologise for what has happened. we believe we have been the victim of thefts over a long period of time, and frankly, more could have been done to prevent them. but i promise you this — it is a mess we are going to clear up.

i can tell you today that we have already started to recover some of the stolen items, and we are going to deliver the stronger leadership that the public and the dedicated staff of the museum deserve, and make sure we emerge with a stronger british museum, that is fit for the 21st century. george osborne speaking on bbc radio 4 a few hours ago. there will be disruption to rail services across much of england today, as members of the rmt union take part in their latest strike over pay and conditions. there will be a reduced timetable in place for much of the country, with some journeys into scotland and wales also affected. it's on the same day as events including the notting hill carnival, and reading and leeds festivals. it's the 24th strike since last summer. let's get more on this with ellie price. she is outside euston station here in london. give us some more details. well, it's fairly busy _ give us some more details. well, it's fairly busy here _ give us some more details. well, it's fairly busy here and _ give us some more details. well, it's fairly busy here and trains - give us some more details. well, it's fairly busy here and trains arej it's fairly busy here and trains are running, you can see on the departure board behind me that the

white hand of doom asking people to wait but those are the services that are due to go. there have been a number of cancellations, they of course won't appear on the board. we have seen travellers turn up and look fairly disappointed looking at those boards and seeing that their train isn't there. as i say, a number of departures are indeed going and that is the picture really across england. around half of the usual timetable will not run today and the rest of them, many have started later, they did here at london euston and they will finish earlier. in scotland and wales, there is no strike but those cross—border services may be affected. this is a strike put on by the rmt union, a strike over pay and conditions. the government say it is trying to facilitate a working agreement, the rail delivery group which acts on behalf of the rail operating companies here say they do or there has been a pay offer of 5.2% to rmt members but that isn't enough. this morning, we heard from mick lynch was hardly pulling his

punches. a decent pay rise. we are not greedy. we've not had an offer for a clean pay rise without strings attached, and we're not prepared to fund these very modest pay rises through job cuts, and cuts to the services that will affect all members, but it will also affect the travelling public, and many people who should expect a turn—up—and—go, accessible, safe and secure railway. if all this is sounding rather familiar, this is the 24th strike since last summer, so passengers on the trains here in the uk kind of getting a bit used to it. and there are more strikes planned as well, for next saturday as well, rmt due to go out again. the aslef train drivers will go out next friday. two or more days of strike action next week alone. as i say, the issue being about pay and conditions, also theissue being about pay and conditions, also the issue of proposed closures to rail ticket offices and that has caused an awful lot of controversy

with both campaigning groups who say they are very important but train companies say, look, they need to make savings to their business model, if you like. the timing on all of this, the bank holiday weekend here in the uk, it is the last big summer weekend here in august so there were a number of events going on here in the capital there is an international rugby game going on at twickenham, notting hill carnival tomorrow, further afield there is music festivals. the lack of reading and leeds. there will be disruption to people who are trying to get ahead to do those leisurely events, if you like, it wasn'tjust about working commuters. obviously, here we are at the weekend. the advice here before you go anywhere, if you want to use the trains, check before you travel.— before you travel. thank you, i think you _ before you travel. thank you, i think you should _ before you travel. thank you, i think you should trademark - before you travel. thank you, i | think you should trademark the phrase blue hand of doom. ali price our correspondent outside london euston station. now it's time for a look at today's sport with huw ferris. the spanish football federation have threatened legal action

against those players who have refused to represent the women's national team while luis rubiales remains president. rubiales has refused to resign after strong criticism for kissing jenni hermoso on the lips after the world cup final with the federation releasing photos that they insist show the incident was consensual and that the players' claims that it wasn't are �*lies'. it took until their third game, but chelsea earned their first premier league win of the season on friday, beating promoted luton 3—0. raheem sterling was on the scoresheet twice, nicolas jackson's debut goal providing the other. but it was the england forward's performance that caught the eye of many, including his manager. i think raheem is really important for us, because he's a player that has the experience and the quality, scoring goals and assists and everything he can do to help the team to win games. there might have been a bit of apprehension among spurs fans

after harry kane left for bayern munich, but under their new manager, ange postecoglou, they go into the premier league's early kick off with spirits high after they beat manchester united last weekend. although with bournemouth coming up in an hour or so, postecoglou insists it's still early days. we are two games in. i'm not reading too much into anything at the moment. for me, it is about trying to establish principles and foundations for the team we want to be and it always helps when there is positive outcomes early in this phase. there are eight gold medals up for grabs on the penultimate day of the world athletics championships in hungary. the first has already been claimed in the women's marathon, which took place in the early morning to avoid the high temperatures in budapest. amane beriso finished well clear of fellow ethiopian and defending champion gotytom gebreslase to win gold in two hours 2a minutes and 23 seconds. final practice is under way ahead of qualifying for the dutch grand prix in zandvoort.

daniel ricciardo is missing after breaking his hand in this crash in friday practice. new zealander liam lawson has taken his seat at alpha tauri this weekend. the 21—year—old has never raced in formula one before. lando norris is top of the time sheets at the moment. the build up to next month's rugby world cup has not been plain sailing for england. they have lost four of their last five games and the squad has been hampered by injuries and suspensions. today's final warm—up match against fiji at twickenham will be courtney lawes' 100th cap for his country and he believes the side can raise their level for when it matters. we just want to play how we know we can for each other, and we know we'll get there. so, you know, we're not... we're not too worried. we don't listen to a lot of the noise because...you know, when... when... when it matters, i think... i think we'll, you know, we'll start

performing how we know we can. scotland and ireland also have theirfinal warm up matches. for scotland, it's georgia at murrayfield, and like all those teams playing their last match before the tournament in france. perhaps an understandable one eye on what's around the corner. i mean, you'vejust got to go flat out. it's a test match game, an opportunity to represent your country and give it everything you've got, and that's all we're thinking about. obviously it's a contact sport and there are risks in this game, but you can't really afford to think like that. you've just got to go flat out, play for your country, and hope that you come out the other side. the premier league football programme starts injust the premier league football programme starts in just over one hour's time in england so you can follow it on our website and app of course. and that's all the sport for now. authorities in hawaii have published the names of almost 400 people who've been missing since wildfires swept the island of maui earlier this month. they're calling for any survivors on the list to come forward,

so the number of people unaccounted for can be reduced. teams are still searching the charred remains of the historic town of lahaina and other areas. 115 people are known to have died. our correspondent, david willis, has more. on thursday, hawaiian officials released a list of 388 names of people who were known to have been living in the town but were still unaccounted for, in the hope that it would prompt some who had survived to register with the authorities so they could be eliminated from the search. well, last night at a news conference, it was revealed that more than 100 people who were on that list or their relatives of people on that list, had got in touch to say that those people, those 100 or so people were, in fact, safe and sound. and the authorities in hawaii are still now trying to verify those claims. the search operation is almost at an end around the town of lahaina.

but officials say that whilst the death toll still remains at 115, it is expected to rise. meanwhile, maui county has announced that it has filed a lawsuit against the local power generator, hawaiian electric, alleging that the company ignored warnings of high winds, which brought down power lines and sparked fires. they're seeking undisclosed damages and say that the worst wildfires in america's history in more than 100 years could have been avoided had those warnings been heeded. meanwhile, hawaiian electric is facing a separate lawsuit filed by some of its shareholders. our correspondent david willis. at least nine people have been killed and nearly 50 injured

after a train carriage caught fire in southern india. the carriage was detached from the train and stationed at the madurai railway yard in the southern state of tamil nadu. authorities say the fire broke out before dawn when a passenger tried to make tea. india has one of the world's largest rail networks and has seen several disasters over the years. the streets of west london will come alive with colour, costumes and, of course, music this weekend — as the notting hill carnival returns. organisers have been hard at work preparing for europe's largest street party — with millions expected to attend. wendy hurrell has more. music soon, these streets will be filled with feathers and sequins, delicious wafts of food, vibrant music... ..and two million people. so provision must be made. many local businesses decide to shut and board up — so a busy day for the builders. every year we come up here, sort of day before, get it boarded

up and then normally it's the tuesday after. so, yeah, it's pretty full—on. it was already graffitied last night. we had to clean some off. so, yeah, it'sjust to stop — just to stop damage. private and council housing gets a similar protection — not least to stop front gardens becoming, well, public latrines. it's a pretty basic system, but these compost loos are unique to the notting hill carnival, as they're built on site. so we're building a95 across 47 locations, and then an additional 39 accessible units. we have four days to build, which isn't too bad — it's about 120 a day, which is fairly achievable with a team of about 12 of us. 2a hours to pack it all down afterwards. so that's the harderjob. as is the policing of such an event. the met works for months with other authorities and partners to make sure carnival is safe. they will be closely monitoring crowd density in particular. we have briefed stewards

and officers to look out for any signs that those crowds are getting quite dense. we also have the mounted branch in place this year — officers on horses who can see quite far ahead. and so we'll be monitoring as we go and constantly to ensure that we can pick up any sign that things are getting too crowded, and then we can take the necessary action. and there will be areas where people can retreat, run in partnership with the charity safer spaces. carnival still divides opinion — i spoke to one resident who says it's too big, too disruptive and has lost its essence. but for many, it remains a deeply significant celebration of caribbean culture. wendy hurrell, bbc news. to cape canaveral in florida, where nasa's spacex crew—7 is on its way to the international space station. the endurance is carrying four astronauts on board — representing four nations and space agencies across the globe.

the astronauts will spend about five days taking over operations from the spacex crew—6 astronauts. the mission is part of a commercial crew programme and is expected to last more than six months. from space to scotland where hundreds of people willjoin what has been described as the biggest search 200 volunteers are planning to help record natural — and any unusual — sights on loch ness from vantage points on land this weekend. and almost 300 people have signed up to monitor a live stream from the search. it's 90 years since the modern myth of nessie began. it'll be interesting to see what they find if anything at all. stay with us on bbc news, headlines coming up. hello. i have got a pretty changeable

weekend weather—wise for you. yes, there'll be a bit of blue sky and sunshine, but there'll also be some big shower clouds producing those downpours of showery rain both today and tomorrow. could be heavy and frequent at times. i think tomorrow slightly drierfor some of us, compared to what we'll see out there today. but we've got low pressure sitting to the east of the uk — weather front wrapped around that area of low pressure. quite breezy conditions around the edge of that low pressure, so breezy for scotland, northern ireland, through the english channel, for instance, as well. you can see these showers that are peppering up through the course of the day — almost anywhere, really, but i think they'll be most frequent for central and eastern parts of england. and it's here that we're likely to see some thunderstorms. could be some hail, some lightning mixed in. cloudier skies across the northern half of scotland into western parts of northern ireland, as well. temperatures high teens or low 20s. but we are likely to see some of those showers affecting both reading and leeds festivals at times today, but there'll be some late sunshine, i think, for both those areas, as the showers gradually fade away through the evening hours. overnight, many of us dry with clear spells, some mist and some fog patches forming, but we will see further heavy showers rattling in across parts of wales and the south west of england, too,

and then perhaps into the west of northern ireland by the early hours of sunday. a bit more cloud and rain spilling in because this weather front is slowly approaching from the west on sunday. for most of us, actually, a bit of a drier morning but, again, those showers will build through the afternoon and it'll be central and eastern england as well as eastern scotland that'll see the most frequent and the heaviest. slightly less numerous than today, i think, those downpours, but you still could catch one almost anywhere. a slight improvement for wales and for scotland, too. and sunday, of course, marks the start of the notting hill carnival, which may be a little bit damp, i think — perhaps some brighter spells at times — but it is into monday that the weather does start to improve. because we've got this area of high pressure in the atlantic that's nudging its way in from the west, so squeezing away the bulk of the showers for monday. it's a bank holiday for many of us — not everywhere — on monday, and we've got some sunshine, particularly for southern and eastern parts of the uk. a bit more cloud working in from the northwest and there could be the odd spot of showery light rain just working eastwards in the breeze through the day. temperatures around about 16 to 19

in the north, but perhaps up to 20, possibly 21 in the southeast. it should feel relatively pleasant in those spells of sunshine. a drier day for many of us, then, on monday, but the week ahead looking unsettled, pretty showery and rather cool. bye— bye.

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the headlines: spain's football federation has announced it will take legal action, after a member of the country's women's world cup squad said she did not consent to being kissed on the lips by its president following last weekend's final. 81 players are refusing to be called up again for spain's women's team until he's removed. yesterday, luis rubiales refused to resign over the row, claiming he was the victim of "false feminism". rail passengers across england face disruption today, as 20,000 staff begin a walkout over pay and working conditions. workers from 1a train operators are taking part in the strike, which is its 24th since last summer. four astronauts from four different space agencies are on a spacex rocket en route to the international space station. they'll spend about five days taking over operations from the current team, who have been on the space station since march. now on bbc news — talking business.

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