according to their results, the identities of all ten dead were established.— identities of all ten dead were established. , _, , a, identities of all ten dead were established. , _, , ., established. they correspond to the list stated in — established. they correspond to the list stated in the _ established. they correspond to the list stated in the flight _ established. they correspond to the list stated in the flight sheet. - three us marines are killed after a military aircraft crashes during training drills off the coast of australia. zimbabwe election winner president emmerson mnangagwa rejects criticism from international observers as the opposition declares the vote a gigantic fraud. hello. i'm vishala sri—pathma. we start this hour with some breaking news. authorities in russia have confirmed the head of the wagner paramilitary group, yevgenny prigozhin, died in a plane which crashed north west of moscow on wednesday. they confirmed the identities of the bodies recovered corresponded with the flight�*s passenger list,

which had named mr prigozhin. the mercenary leader had led an aborted mutiny against the russian military injune amid growing tension with russian commanders over the war in ukraine. he'd since relocated to belarus. in a statement released on telegram channel the spokeswoman of russia's investigative committee, svetlana petrenko, said genetic tests had established the identities of all those on board. translation: as part - of the investigation of the plane crash in the tver region molecular genetic examinations have been completed. according to their results, the identities of all ten dead were established, they correspond to the list stated in the flight sheet. bbc monitoring's russia editor vitaly shevchenko gave us the latest. this short announcement by russia's official investigations committee came as no surprise to anyone. yevgeny prigozhin and his right—hand

man as well as a couple of other key commanders from the wagner mercer group were presumed dead following the air crash four days ago. now the big question is what caused yevgeny prigozhin�*s plane to crash, and even though the investigations committee said on friday that it was looking at every possible version of what happened, few independent observers would trust that government agency to come up with the full and complete truth of what happened, because it is completely controlled by the kremlin, and as we know, there was a growing chorus of voices arguing that getting rid of yevgeny prigozhin would possibly be a way

for vladimir putin to reassert his authority following wagner's failed mutiny back injune, but again that is speculation, completely unconfirmed. and as i say, the russian investigations committee is hardly an independent investigative agency to look into it. and we've heard from president putin in the last couple of days about him, asking mercenaries to pledge their allegiance to russia. indeed, that is a decree that was issued with immediate effect on friday, and it can be seen as a way to strengthen government control over the proliferating number of private military companies involved in the so—called special military operation against ukraine,

but it remains to be seen whether the move will be anything more than a symbolic gesture where new recruits will be made to kneel before the russian flag and swear allegiance to the russian federation and the russian constitution. as things stand at the moment, it is difficult to see it as a bullet—proof way of making sure that whoever signs up to the fight against ukraine stays loyal to russia's official top brass, as it were. but it is clearly a concern in the kremlin that all these private groups, even though we know now that wagner was funded, there is still a concern that these

groups can have more loyalty to their commanders rather than the russian defence ministry. vitaly shevchenko there. live now to our russia editor steve rosenberg. does this draw a line, as the kremlin is hoping to do, under the issue of the wagner bass? i kremlin is hoping to do, under the issue of the wagner bass?- issue of the wagner bass? i don't know that it _ issue of the wagner bass? i don't know that it draws _ issue of the wagner bass? i don't know that it draws a _ issue of the wagner bass? i don't know that it draws a line. - issue of the wagner bass? i don't know that it draws a line. it - issue of the wagner bass? i don't| know that it draws a line. it brings confirmation that yevgeny prigozhin is dead. this is coming from an official russian body, russia's investigative committee, which said that genetic testing of all the bodies recovered from the crash site has been completed, and claims that the identities of all ten victims matches the names on the flight manifest. and of course that list of passengers and crew on the plane that crashed included the head of

wagner, yevgeny prigozhin, and his right—hand man, dmitry utkin. there are people who believe in conspiracy theories, who believe that perhaps somehow yevgeny prigozhin got away, and to date's news will not change their minds. as to the cause of the crash, we are none the wiser. lots of possible theories being put out there. was it a bomb, was it sabotage, was it a missile? the kremlin has denied being behind the crash, denied any responsibility, but that denial, you have to say, has not dispersed the widespread suspicion that yevgeny prigozhin was targeted by the russian authorities as an act of revenge for the mutiny that he organised two months ago with his wagner fighters.- that he organised two months ago with his wagner fighters. thank you for that analysis, _ with his wagner fighters. thank you for that analysis, steve _ with his wagner fighters. thank you for that analysis, steve rosenberg, | for that analysis, steve rosenberg, our russian editor. meanwhile, one of ukraine's most celebrated fighter pilots and two other airmen have been killed in a mid—air crash.

andrii pilshchykov won fame taking part in close—range aerial battles over kyiv during the early phase of russia's invasion, flying under the call—sign juice. the ukrainian military called the airmen�*s deaths "painful and irreparable" losses, and paid tribute to pilshchykov as a young officer with "mega knowledge and mega talent". the crash involved two l—39 training planes flying over northern ukraine. well, last year andrii pilshchykov spoke to the bbc about the work he and his fellow pilolts were doing, especially the difficulty of shooting down russian cruise missiles. let's listen to some of what he said. your mission is to save the lives on the ground, to save the city. you're not able... it's a terrible feeling that somebody will die. somebody will die in minutes, and you didn't prevent that. after school, i entered into the air force university. it was a dream from childhood, from the age of five.

it's myjob. it's my mission. face—to—face air battle, air engagement, ourjets have almost no chances to win. we were pushing them away, because they were forced to avoid us, and they were trying to get russianjets in the bubbles of our air defence, and they shooted them down. but russians are improving their tactics, and we need something more advanced than ourjets, for air defence, for interception of cruise missiles. that was andrii pilshchykov, who died in a crash earlier today. let's talk to our diplomatic correspondent paul adams, who's in kyiv. there has been an outpouring of tribute and also a great deal of sadness over the deaths of these

airmen? , ., , ,., , .,, ., airmen? yes, absolutely. he was one ofthe airmen? yes, absolutely. he was one of the most — airmen? yes, absolutely. he was one of the most visible _ airmen? yes, absolutely. he was one of the most visible and _ airmen? yes, absolutely. he was one of the most visible and best - airmen? yes, absolutely. he was one of the most visible and best known i of the most visible and best known pilots, part of a small band who played as you said in that introduction a key role in the beginning of the war, but also later on another equally important role, that of intercepting russian ballistic missiles. the other thing about him, and you heard itjust at the end of his clip there, was that he was looking forward to being one of those pilots who could sit in the cockpit had an american—made f—16 and use that to give the ukrainians and use that to give the ukrainians a bit more of an edge in the skies. as you know know, and as this week has shown, that f—16 coalition as it is dubbed here now includes promises from holland, from denmark and from norway, and also this week announced the americans are going to start training f—16 pilots, ukrainian f—16 pilots. so that is a process that is

gathering momentum. unfortunately for ukraine, juice will not be among the pipes able to take advantage of that, and it would not be until next year that we will see f—16s introduced in some form of this conflict drags on.— introduced in some form of this conflict drags on. clearly we hear of numbers _ conflict drags on. clearly we hear of numbers and _ conflict drags on. clearly we hear of numbers and dozens _ conflict drags on. clearly we hear of numbers and dozens of - conflict drags on. clearly we hear i of numbers and dozens of casualties through this war. in terms of casualties in the air, and clearly this was an exercise that was taking place, do we hear much of that happening?— place, do we hear much of that haueninu? ~ . ., , happening? the ukrainians released ve little happening? the ukrainians released very little information _ happening? the ukrainians released very little information about - very little information about casualties on the ground as well as in the air, but we know that the ukrainian air force has paid a very heavy price, as has the army, for this lengthy conflict. many pilots have lost their lives, many planes have lost their lives, many planes have been shot down. one of the most miraculous things is that the

ukrainian air force, and i remember because i was here at the time, some people had concluded had already been destroyed on the ground, continue to fight at all, and not just continue to fight but actually helped to prevent russia's advance right at the beginning of the war. they continue to fly, they continue to play an important role in ukraine's air defences, to the point where at no point during this conflict except at the very, very beginning, had the russians felt capable, able, safe enough to fly over ukrainian held territory. that is the result of a whole number of factors including air defences that is due in part with the work of people likejuice. thank you very much for that update, diplomatic correspondent paul adams in kyiv.

dozens of firefighters in romania have been hurt while tackling a blaze at a liquefied petroleum gas station. take a look at this. an explosion in the town of crevedia near bucharest created a vast fireball. up to two people were killed and nearly 60 were injured. some suffered severe burns. people living nearby were evacuated from their homes. the authorities are investigating whether the gas station was licensed. us officials say three marines have been killed in a military aircraft crash in northern australia. 23 people were on board osprey military craft, which was taking part in exercises near the remote melville island, off the coast of darwin, in the northern territory. five marines have been transported to darwin in a serious condition. here's the australian prime minister anthony albanese. the initial reports suggest that the incident involves just us defence force personnel, that there are no members of the australian defence force involved in this incident. our focus as a government

and as a department of defence is very much on incident response and on making sure that every support and assistance is given at this difficult time. here in the uk, nadine dorries, the conservative mp and former minister, has resigned as a member of parliament with a scathing attack on the prime minister rishi sunak. ms dorries had said she would resign injune after claiming that downing street had blocked her receiving a peerage something which number 10 denied. but she remained as an mp, saying she was continuing to work for her constituents despite coming under pressure from other mps to go through with her promise to leave the house of commons. she has also released a resignation statement saying that rishi sunak has demeaned his office by whipping up a public frenzy against her. and she also accuses mr sunak of running a zombie parliament with a government which is adrift. she also claims he has squandered the good will of the nation.

zimbabwe's president, emmerson mnangagwe, has been re—elected to serve a second term with just over half of the total vote. the opposition claims there has been widespread vote—rigging, and international observers say the vote has fallen short of democratic standards. mr mnangagwe, who is known as the crocodile, which refers to his ruthless nature, faces many challenges. zimbabwe still faces high inflation — currently running at an annual rate of over 70% — as well as poverty. the electoral commission say his main challenger, nelson chamisa, secured 44% of the vote. now it's time for a look at today's sport with gavin. hello. british heavyweight daniel dubois

says he's been cheated out of becoming the world champion. he was eventually stopped by the champion, ukraine's oleksander usyk, in the 9th round in poland. early on though dubois floored usyk in the fifth, but it was deemed a low blow and didn't count. he now says he wants justice. ade adedoyin has more from wroclaw. this was a huge occasion for ukrainians, an opportunity to see a national hero so close to home. there was even a message from president zelensky before the start. credit to daniel dubois who wasn't overawed by the occasion, but it was usyk who took control early in the fight and seem to be cruising towards a comfortable victory. then came the moment of controversy in the fifth round. usyk was down, and the referee ruled it a low blow and gave him plenty of time to recover. when he did get up, he looked visibly upset and there was a change in tempo of the fight. he applied a lot of pressure to daniel dubois who eventually made down on the eighth round. he made the count but went down again in the ninth, and this time the referee waved it off. usyk delivered the fight the crowd came to see, but daniel dubois felt he was robbed of what should have been a certain victory in the fifth round.

i was thinking, what is going on? this was— i was thinking, what is going on? this was blatant. i spoke to the referee and he said it was in the stomach, he was out. that should have been a knockout. this needs to go further. it needs to be pushed, and this one needs to be corrected, because i should be world champion right now. they plan to appeal the decision. as for usyk, he says his next target is a unification bout against tyson fury. to football. premier league champions manchester city are the only team still with a100% record in the new season. they can go top with a third win from three. they face sheffield united inside the next hour. aston villa take on burnley then too, and later, the game of the day involves two teams who'll hope to push city this time around, newcastle and liverpool. super development under eddie howe, i have to say. smart business. you don't want to miss anybody,

but really good business. super intense style, massive atmosphere there. so this is a tough one. aside from manchester city, there are three other defending champions in europe who play later on sunday. harry kane will make his home bundesliga debut for bayern munich against augsburg. serie a winners napoli play sassuolo. while in spain, barcelona take on villarreal having already dropped points in their opening two matches of the new season. their manager xavi added his voice to those criticising the spanish federation president luis rubiales for his behavoiur after the women's world cup final, saying it was unacceptable. the first of the final eight gold medals of the world athletics championships in budapest has gone to uganda's victor kiplangat in the men's marathon. they were off early to avoid the worst of the heat in the hungarian capital. and kiplangat surged away in the final few miles to win in two hours, eight minutes and 53 seconds. sunday is the last day of the championships.

the formula i world champion max verstappen has put himself in the perfect position to keep the home fans happy at the dutch grand prix. he's on pole again in his red bull, qualifying half a second quicker than mclaren�*s lando norris. verstappen is chasing a record equalling ninth grand prix win in a row. mercedes�* george russell will start third. it is never easy, you know, when the track is still drying to get the best out of it, but that lap felt quite decent, and you could just feel it, the adrenaline is going through your body, and of course the fans all expected to put it on pole, but it is never that straightforward, and especially not in qualifying like this. and rory mcilroy�*s hopes of back—to—back fedex cup victories look over. he trails norwegian leader viktor hovland by eleven shots. hovland will take hefty advantage into sunday's final round of the tour championship. he's six ahead of the field — after shooting a four—under—par third round of 66, leaving him 20—under overall. the winner also taking home

$18 million in prize money. and that's all the sport for now. thank you, gavin. we are going to stick with sport. the spanish football association has activated its sexual violence protocol, launching an internal investigation into the federation president, luis rubiales for kissing the player jenni hermoso on the lips after spain's win at the women's world cup. ms hermoso said the kiss was not consensual. the acting president of the spanish football federation has called an urgent meeting for monday to discuss the situation with heads of spain's regional football associations. let's return to the story that we mentioned earlier — here in the uk, labour and the liberal democrats are vying to snap up nadine dorries' seat in a by—election this autumn, triggered after she quit on saturday. our correspodndent iain watson has this report.

last year she was a cabinet minister, but now nadine dorries has said she'll be leaving parliament for good. if you think you've heard that before, well, she initially announced she'd go back injune, but then decided to stay on to try to find out why she'd apparently been blocked from taking a seat in the house of lords. she's no stranger to controversy. she upset many in her own party a little over a decade ago when she got out of westminster during parliamentary time and went down under to take part in this reality tv show. but now she is finally leaving the politicaljungle and taking a swing at the current prime minister. in her resignation letter to rishi sunak, she tells him: she warmed to her theme in a mail on sunday interview. rishi sunak became prime minister without a single members' vote or a vote from the public. no—one has voted for him to be in thatjob — nobody. and he immediately abandoned the manifesto that the british people in 2019 went out

and voted for. they went out and they voted for borisjohnson, and they voted for a manifesto. both have gone. three short years, both have gone. nadine dorries was a close ally of the former prime minister borisjohnson, and she has denounced mps who ousted him as stupid, so her criticism of the current prime minister is not exactly a surprise. pressure from some of her colleagues at westminster and in mid—bedfordshire to quit have been increasing, and earlier this week some of her constituents told the bbc they also wanted her to go. she's been absent for so many years, and perhaps she should go. i but i'm totally disappointed, andi she should have resigned and left. she denies letting her voters down. opposition parties haven't waited for her formal resignation to start preparing for a by—election. she said she was going to resign two months ago and she has failed yet again the people of mid—bedfordshire,

as have the conservative party for allowing her to stay in place without any discipline. i think it's a real relief for the people of mid—bedfordshire because they desperately need an mp who will be focused on them full—time. the conservatives, too, have a candidate ready to go, and you do get the impression that nadine dorries sees some in her own party as her true opponents. iain watson, bbc news. throughout the past month, we've been reporting from the largest arts festival in the world, the edinburgh festival fringe. acts from across the globe have been performing in the scottish capital, attracting thousands of visitors. live now to our reporter courtney bembridge who is there. iam here i am here amongst the glitz and glamour of fringe. my next guests from western australia. georgia, tell us about your show. we

from western australia. georgia, tell us about your show.- from western australia. georgia, tell us about your show. we are so excited to be _ tell us about your show. we are so excited to be here _ tell us about your show. we are so excited to be here back— tell us about your show. we are so excited to be here back at - tell us about your show. we are so excited to be here back at the - excited to be here back at the edinburgh fringe. we are an all—female circus company, so we have got comedy and acrobatics, and we are all together on stage. tell us about the _ we are all together on stage. tell us about the name yuck circus, where does that come from? the us about the name yuck circus, where does that come from?— does that come from? the things that we talked about _ does that come from? the things that we talked about all— does that come from? the things that we talked about all the _ does that come from? the things that we talked about all the things - does that come from? the things that we talked about all the things that. we talked about all the things that we talked about all the things that we thought were relevant and important to us at the time, so things like periods and catcalling and binge drinking, things that are part of growing up as a woman, so we take those ideas and topics and we make fun of them. proper australian humour. you probably know what i mean by that. i happen to understand that. mean by that. i ha en to understand that. �* i happen to understand that. and in terms of being _ i happen to understand that. and in terms of being all-female, - i happen to understand that. and in terms of being all-female, how - i happen to understand that. and in | terms of being all-female, how have terms of being all—female, how have you found that in this space? it is great in company that you can look after each other and find skills that work well with your body, things that men can't do because they don't have the bits for it. it

has been really nice and supportive, and just being at a festival that people want to celebrate this kind of work. �* , ., people want to celebrate this kind of work. �* i. , , ., people want to celebrate this kind ofwork. �* i, ., , of work. and you guys do this full time, of work. and you guys do this full time. you — of work. and you guys do this full time, you travel— of work. and you guys do this full time, you travel around _ of work. and you guys do this full time, you travel around australia| time, you travel around australia and around the world. how do you keep up the energy with such physical work?— keep up the energy with such physical work? physicalwork? people have this imaue of physicalwork? people have this image of prime _ physicalwork? people have this image of prime time _ physicalwork? people have this image of prime time athletes i physical work? people have this i image of prime time athletes and going to the gym, and i think we definitely eat more food than we have had training sessions, but as far as skills in the space, we're just happy to be here, happy to be back now that we can back overseas. i want to get involved while we have a little bit more time. women lifting up women. this is bbc news, you are alive with yuck circus at edinburgh, performing here for one more day in the final weekend of

fringe, and i amjust more day in the final weekend of fringe, and i am just so comfortable, i could sit here all day. courtney bembridge, our reporter flying high at the edinburgh fringe. there is lots more on the acts and all the kinds of different performances on our website, as well as the app, and all our stories on the including that top story on yevgeny prigozhin confirmed as one of the people on that plane crash that happened just a few days ago. stay with us here on bbc news. we will have all the latest in the next hour. hello there. part two of the weekend looking pretty similar to how it was yesterday, sunshine and showers, but

i don't think the showers will be quite as heavy, or certainly not quite as heavy, or certainly not quite as heavy, or certainly not quite as widespread as what we had yesterday. again, eastern parts will see some of the heaviest thunderstorms and showers today whereas further west we have this weather front bringing patchy rain to northern ireland. in between some good spells of sunshine. for the rest of the day it will stay rather cloudy with outbreaks of rain across northern ireland, the sky brightening up later. western parts of britain seeing some sunshine, most of the heavy showers affecting eastern parts of scotland and england, some potential downpours in places and top temperature 21 or 22. for the reading and leeds festivals, the best chance of staying dry will be across reading, i think it leads you could pick up a few showers which could be on the heavy side. same for notting hill carnival today, a greater risk of showers today, a greater risk of showers today than tomorrow, it could stay

largely dry. showers mostly fading away tomorrow, the weakening weather front spreads across, and it will be a cool night to come again, particularly out of town, single digits likely for many of us. monday is a bank holiday for most of us, and it is looking like being a fairly good day. quite a bit of sunshine around. into the afternoon, the cloud may bubble up, the odd light shower here and there, but most places should stay dry, top temperatures 21 degrees, the high teens further north and wins light as well. as we move out of monday into tuesday, low pressure pushes into tuesday, low pressure pushes into the north of the uk, bringing stronger winds, blustery showers, and some of them could be quite heavy. elsewhere, sunny spells but the weather front spreading across england and wales, bringing a band of showers, but it will become confined to southern and eastern areas by the end of the day. quite a bit of sunshine developing behind

it. top temperatures 22 degrees, cooler than that further north where it will be quite blustery. wednesday not too bad thanks to a ridge of high pressure but then it turns more unsubtle for thursday and friday, could be quite wet in places particularly across england and wales.

this is bbc news. the headlines: russian investigators say genetic testing has confirmed that the wagner mercenary boss,

yevgeny prigozhin, was among those who died when their plane came down on wednesday. the kremlin has denied ordering the assassination of mr prigozhin, who was a former close aide of president putin. us officials say three us marines have been killed, and at least 20 injured, after a military aircraft crashed during exercises in australia's northern territory. 23 people were on board. five people have been transferred to darwin for treatment. firefighters in greece are tackling three major outbreaks, two of which have been burning out of control for several days. helicopters and aeroplanes are being used on the island of andros, where ground—based teams were unable to contain the flames. now on bbc news — the travel show. from historical landmarks...

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