are claiming victory. we have won this election, we are in the lead. we have been surprised by mr mnangagwa has been declared, you know, the leader, because he's not! in the uk, the metropolitan police is investigating a possible data breach after "unauthorised access" was gained to the systems of one of its suppliers. hello, i'm luxmy gopal. authorities in russia have confirmed that the head of the wagner paramilitary group, yevgenny prigozhin, was killed in a plane that crashed north west of moscow on wednesday. they say that the identities of the bodies recovered correspond with the flight�*s passenger list, which named mr prigozhin. the mercenary leader had led an aborted mutiny against the russian military injune amid growing tension with commanders

over the war in ukraine. he had since relocated to belarus. in a statement released on the 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. here's our russia editor steve rosenberg on whether today's announcement draws a line under the prigozhin affair. this is the closest, perhaps, we'll get to an official confirmation that yevgeny prigozhin is dead. this is all 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 embraer plane that crashed included the head of wagner, yevgeny prigozhin, and his right hand man, dmitry utkin. i don't think... there are people who believe in conspiracy theorists who believe that perhaps somehow mr prigozhin got away. today's news will not change their minds. as for the cause of the crash, we're 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 suspicion, the widespread suspicion that mr 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. marina miron, post—doctoral researcher in war studies at king's college, here in london — and an expert on russian politics. she's currently in munich — and when i spoke to her, i began by asking if what the kremlin was saying should be accepted without any questions. well, for the kremlin, it was important to wrap up this chapter about prigozhin being alive, and to end all potential conspiracy theories about prigozhin being alive, so they wanted to close this chapter and move on, specifically because it isn't clear what will happen to the wagner group and potentially there will be a new leader. as a matter of fact, putin has suggested a different commander—in—chief for wagner back injuly who used to be, according to reuters news agency, the defacto commander—in—chief of wagner, andrey troshev —

or his nickname sedoy, which means the grey—haired one. i think it's important for the kremlin to move on and see what happens with wagner and ensure that people stop investigating and developing alternative theories. do you think this confirmation will do that? it's an official story, right? i think in the background, people will still be questioning who was on the second plane that landed safely, but in official terms, in the kremlin rhetoric, this topic will be closed. there will be no more investigations, no more questions, and that gives them carte blanche then to go on and see what they do with the wagner group. dissolving it completely would certainly undermine kremlin�*s operations in africa but now, confirming prigozhin and utkin are dead, it gives them a way to take over the operations in africa.

and what effect do think that will have not only on their operations in africa, but also on the war in ukraine? wagner was a very effective force in that. for operations in africa, i think they are more endangered than the operations in ukraine, because wagner has been very active in africa, not only in the military capacity, but making sure russia can project its power there. i do think that dissolving wagner in africa would not be beneficial for the kremlin which is why i believe this commander—in—chief, troshev, might take charge of the operations. as far as ukraine is concerned, some of the fighters signed the contract with the ministry of defence, so will be incorporated into military structures meaning they might be going to ukraine again. and as far as the operations in ukraine are concerned, wagner has redeployed from ukraine

after taking bakhmut, meaning that whatever happenened after that was, essentially, not wagner. therefore, i do not think, at least for the time being, that it will affect the war effort there. meanwhile, one of ukraine's most celebrated fighter pilots and two other airmen have been killed in a mid—air crash. captain 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 three pilots were killed when two l—39 combat training aircraft collided over a region west of kyiv. the ukrainian military called the deaths "painful and irreparable" losses. and the military paid tribute to him as a young officer with "mega knowledge and mega talent". in an address, president volodymyr zelensky acknowledged how much pilshchykov had done for the country.

translation: an investigation is being carried out _ into what happened, and of course, all circumstances will be clarified. ukraine will never forget everyone who defended the free skies of our country. well, last year, andrii pilshykov spoke to the bbc about the work he and his fellow pilots were doing, especially the difficulty of shooting down russian cruise missiles. let's listen to some of what he said. intercepting the cruise missiles, 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. andrii pilshchykov speaking to the bbc last year. that interview was carried out by our bbc ukrainian reporter zhanna bezpiatchuk. i spoke to her a little earlier and asked her for her thoughts on captain pilshchykov. he's really a unique fighter pilot and unique officer in the ukrainian army.

andrii's story is extraordinary, because he became the world global campaigner for f—16 fighterjets, modernised fighterjets for ukraine, which are supposed to replace old—fashioned soviet fighterjets, which are flown by ukrainian pilots now. he also campaigned for the trainings for the pilots, and he managed to persuade decision makers in the us, in great britain, in the eu countries, why ukraine needs, as soon as possible, these kind of weapons. he was very, very clear that it's not possible to carry out effective large—scale counter—offensive and retake over lands without these kind of modernised fighterjets. he also used to repeat this message in his interviews, in the interview that we've done with him one year ago, that ukraine needs to have f—i6 also

to protect civilian population from russian missiles and drones. they fly in the sky literally almost every day and every night. and also, he stressed in the name of all ukrainian pilots that to have modern fighterjets in the fight with such an army as russia that is armed with and has the modern fighterjets to fight with this army that the lives of pilots, they also matter a lot, and they depend again whether ukrainian army has or not such fighterjets as the f—i6. so this was his message. also in the interview that we've done with him, he said some things that i remember now very well. they impacted, i think,

many people in this country. he said that, "you know, i'm a combat fighterjet pilot. "and my mainjob, my main mission is to take tasks, "to go on assignment, then come back to the "base and that's it." although all these assignments are quite difficult and sometimes dangerous, but that's not enough. in the time when ukraine is in such danger, when ukraine faces the russian aggression, that you have to use every day, literally every single minute to help your country. and he did a load for the ukrainian army. he combined different rules. he also supported the pilots or the military helicopters. he campaigned for the weapons for them because he said that they are often forgotten to some extent and neglected. so he did loads of things and was extremely dedicated to his job. we can listen to how he spoke about it.

are bbc ukrainian reporter they are speaking to me earlier. i want to share with you some very dramatic footage. two people have died and nearly 60 have been injured after two explosions at an unlicensed liquefied petroleum gas station in romania. take a look at this. dozens of those wounded were firefighters who'd rushed to the scene after the initial blast, in the town of crevedia, near bucharest late on saturday. shortly afterwards, a second explosion triggered by the massive blaze created a vast fireball. some of those injured suffered severe burns. people living nearby were evacuated from their homes. an investigation into what caused the initial explosion has been launched. let's bring you the breaking news from zimbabwe — in the past hour, the country's opposition leader nelson chamisa has claimed victory after challenging the results of the election. on saturday, zimbabwe's president

emmerson mnang—gagwa said he had won enough votes to secure a second term. —— mnangagwa. mr chamisa's party, citizens coalition for change, claims there's been widespread vote—rigging, and international observers say the election has fallen short of democratic standards. let's hear from mr chamisa. we have won this election, we are in the lead. we're even surprised why mr mnangagwa has been declared the leader, because he's not. after the results were announced, president mnangagwa held a press conference where he was asked about concerns over the integrity of the vote. elections have come and gone. i am humbled by the trust and confidence that you, my fellow countrymen and women, have imposed on me once again to stand as president of your great country zimbabwe. i am so happy that the vote was won

fairly in broad daylight. our correspondent shingai nyoka is in harare, and has more on the result. these election results were announced, they were announced last night. president emmerson mnangagwa won close to 53% of the votes. his main rival, the citizen coalition for change opposition leader nelson chamisa, got 44% of the votes. but he immediately rejected those results. they said that the results were hastily put together, that they weren't validated by them. and so yesterday, when everybody was waiting for the election results, the opposition party had said it wouldn't validate those elections and now we're just waiting now to hear what their step is. the options are very difficult for the opposition. they might go to the courts.

they have seven days within which to lodge an appeal at the constitutional court. but this echoes what happened in 2018, with the same two candidates, mr mnangagwa and mr chamisa, who entered the court to try to overturn the results and the constitutional court upheld mr mnangagwa's victory. and so they really don't have confidence in the court system but they said they're going to announce their next step very soon. london's metropolitan police is investigating a possible data breach after "unauthorised access" was gained to the systems of one of its suppliers. the force said the company held names, ranks, photos, vetting levels, and pay numbers for officers and staff, and that it was working to understand what data, if any, had been accessed. the national crime agency and the information commissioner's office have been informed. our correspondentjoe inwood get us

the latest about the leak. so it seems that this is a company that was working on behalf of the metropolitan police, we think, issuing id and warrant cards. they had all this police data, sensitive data, the names and ranks of officers, and their security clearance and photos, and the fear is that this company was targeted by some sort of cyber attack. their systems could have been compromised. the metropolitan police haven't given us exact information on what happened, but the idea is, if this company held the data and it has been attacked, that could be out there. that could have serious implications. we will have heard before, people will have heard about the data breach in northern ireland, also a serious one. that was human error, that was accidental data released along with a freedom of information request, whereas this was a targeted attack. you mentioned the security implications. do we know about the scale and extent of them? we haven't been given that sort of information. about 30,000 people work for, or are represented by the police federation. in terms of the numbers that

could have been hit here, we don't have that. the metropolitan police haven't told us. there are quite specific security implications. i was talking to a senior officer earlier, and he said that the real concern, one of the major concerns, is that, if you have got clearance level — clearance level tells you which officers are dealing with the most sensitive sort of thing. if you can combine that with the name data, and specifically people with less common names, which will often be officers from a minority ethnic background, you can combine those things and identify people working undercover, people working in counterterrorism operations, that sort of thing. there, some seriously sensitive areas could be compromised. and that is one of the big fears around this. the recent series of thefts at the british museum has raised questions about the security of some its most precious items. about 2,000 treasures are thought to have been stolen

by a member of staff. among the museum's treasures are the parthenon sculptures, also known as the elgin marbles — a collection of items from the acropolis in athens. greece has long campaigned for their return, and this latest incident has brought the issue back under the spotlight. 0ur reporter tom brada has more from the newsroom. in the early 19th century, a collection of ancient greek artifacts were removed from 0ttoman greece and taken over to britain. the man who oversaw this move was a man called thomas bruce, the seventh earl of elgin, which is why they became known as the elgin marbles. recent revelations about a series of thefts at the british museum have attracted considerable criticism. here is the director of the association of greek archaeologists. we want to tell the british museum that they cannot any more say that greek cultural heritage is more protected in the british museum. it is obvious that it is very well protected in greece and not in the british museum. george osborne is chair of the british museum,

and he responded to those claims on the bbc�*s today programme. we obviously have to improve security. indeed, we've already taken steps this year to increase security around the strong rooms and storerooms in which these sorts of items are held. the argument over what should happen to the artefacts has been raging for years. the greek prime minister has said that he wants them to be returned permanently. and injune, just before his re—election, he said this.... translation: if the greek people trust us again, - i believe we could achieve this target after the elections. under current uk law, the british museum is prevented from returning the marbles permanently, even if it wanted to. but mr osborne and the greek prime minister have been working on a temporary loan plan. and despite the recent crisis, the financial times has reported that mr osborne believes a historic cultural swap deal can still be pulled off. but it's not only greece which wants to repatriate items. other countries such as egypt, ethiopia and nigeria also are making claims. but there are some who defend

the value of such collections. here's mr osborne speaking again. it's a place where you can see all of the civilisations of the world together, and there are very few places like that in the world. and just because it would be impossible to assemble that collection today doesn't make it illegitimate. i would say it makes it invaluable. this latest incident has reignited the debate over who gets to keep hold of historical treasures and where it is that they truly belong. the notting hill carnival is under way in london for its 55th year. sunday is the children's day parade, a bit more relaxed than monday's main event. the carnival is europe's biggest street party and two million people are exepcted to join in to celebrate caribbean culture in the uk. let's hear from the mayor of london, sadiq khan. what you think about carnival? i love it! do you guys agree?

what you think about carnival? i i love it! do you guys agree? yeah. what have — love it! do you guys agree? yeah. what have you — love it! do you guys agree? yeah. what have you been _ love it! do you guys agree? yeah. what have you been doing - love it! do you guys agree? yeah. what have you been doing today? j what have you been doing today? we've all been dancing crazy. imilli we've all been dancing crazy. will ou car we've all been dancing crazy. will you carry on _ we've all been dancing crazy. will you carry on dancing crazy? yeah! what you like most about carnival? everybody is all.. there is nobody arguing. everyone isjust here for common peace. a lovely atmosphere. good food, good music, good vibes, positive energy. trying to bring love, everyone together. all about love and family. wa—hey! carnival! i love the vibe, i love the dancing, i love the food. ijust thought i'd bring the kids out here to experience the good vibe. absolutely love it. so amazing, honestly. what do you think? i think it's really good. and today is the kids today, isn't it? exactly, yeah. so, what have you been doing on kids' day? literallyjust got here. we've been here five minutes, so we're going to find - what is on offer, you know? we're going to dance, dance, dance, dance. do you like dancing? yes.

do you like carnival so far? it is my first time. show me your moves. staying with the celebratory vibe. for the first time ever bbc news will be live streaming notting hill carnival viewers in the uk can watch live coverage of the carnival parade on bbc iplayer, from 1pm on bank holiday monday. 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. it's the closing weekend of the festival — and our reporter courtney bembridge has been catching—up with one of this year's acts. i am here amongst the glitz and glamour of fringe. my next guests are from western australia, a very special place in the world.

georgia deguara is with me from yuck circus. tell me about what your show is. yeah, we're so excited to be here back at edinburgh fringe, here at the assembly george square gardens. 0ur show is an all—female circus company, so we've got high—flying acrobatics, rippercomedy and yeah, just all tied together to celebrate the strong women on stage. and we're seeing some of the strong women behind you. tell me about the name yuck, where did that come from? yeah, so this is our original show and the things that we talked about were things that we thought were really relevant and important to us at the time. so the "yuck" things like periods and catcalling and binge drinking, you know, things that are a part of growing up as a woman. and so we take those ideas and those topics and we kind of make fun of them. you know, proper australian larrikin humour. you probably know what i mean by that, a bit cheeky. i happen to understand that. and in terms of being all—female in this space, how have you found that in the circus space? yeah, it's been really exciting, i guess just to create a company that you can look after each other and you can find skills that work well with your body, can find things that,

you know, actually men can't do because they don't have the bits for it. it's been really nice to support each other and just be in a festival that, you know, people want to celebrate this kind of work. and you guys all do this full—time. you travel around australia and around the world doing this kind of stuff. how is that, how do you keep the energy up? it's such physical work. yeah, i guess, i mean, people have this idea of, you know, prime—time athletes and doing the gym and doing all that sort of stuff. we definitely, you know, eat more pad thai than i think we have training sessions. but as far as energy and i guess, lik,e skills in the space, we'rejust happy to be here, happy to be back now that we can come back overseas. well, i think now i want to get involved, just while we have a little bit more time. yeah! women lifting up women. you got it. easy! this is bbc news. you are live with yuck circus at edinburgh, performing here for one more day in the final weekend of fringe.

and ijust... oh, so comfortable here. i could sit here all day. and she's still there, believe it or not. 0ur reporter courtney bembridge reporting earlierfrom the edinburgh fringe festival. now a rather magical record—breaking event which took place in hamburg, in germany where more than 1,700 harry potter fans gathered in costume to celebrate the fictional wizard. there were plenty of wands on display — plus of course the scar on the forehead — at the event which celebrated the 25th anniversary of the publication of the first harry potter book in germany. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. part two of the weekend is 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 widespread as what we had yesterday. but again, eastern parts of the uk will see some of the heaviest of the thunderstorms and showers today, whereas further west we've got this weather from bringing light and patchy rain to northern ireland in between some good spells of sunshine. so for the rest of the day, it will stay rather cloudy with outbreaks of rain across northern ireland, skies brightening up from the west later. western scotland, western parts of britain seeing some sunshine. most of the heavy showers will be affecting eastern scotland and eastern parts of england, again, some torrential downpours in a few places. and top temperatures 2i—22 celsius here, high teens further north and west. so for the reading and leeds festival today, i think the better chance of staying dry will be across reading. for the leeds festival, i think you could pick up a few showers, which could be on the heavy side. same too for notting hill carnival. i think today is a greater risk of seeing showers, and what we'll see tomorrow, i think it could stay largely dry with good sunny spells. now, as we move through this evening, overnight, the showers

mostly fade away. that weather front, a weakening feature, spreads across central and eastern england. just a band of patchy cloud on it. and it will be quite a cool night to come again, particularly out of town under those clear skies, single digits likely for many of us now for monday. and of course, monday is a bank holiday for most of us, it's looking like being a fairly good day, i think, quite a bit of sunshine around into the afternoon. the shower clouds may bubble up. you could see the odd light shower here and there, but most places should stay dry. and top temperatures, 21 celsius. it's the high teens further north and winds will be light, as well. as we move out on monday into tuesday, things change again. the low pressure starts to push into the north of the uk. that'll to bring stronger winds, blustery showers certainly to scotland. some of these showers could be quite heavy. elsewhere, some good sunny spells, but this weather front will be 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

with quite a bit of sunshine, ithink, developing behind it. top temperatures around 22 celsius. cooler than that, though, further north where it will be quite blustery. wednesday, at this stage, not too bad thanks to a ridge of high pressure, but then it turns more unsettled for thursday and friday. could be quite wet in places particularly across england and wales.

this is bbc news. the headlines: russian officials say wagner mercenary boss, yevgeny prigozhin, is dead after being involved

in a plane crash. the kremlin has denied ordering the assassination of mr prigozhin, who was a former close aide of president putin. one of ukraine's most celebrated fighter pilots has been killed in a mid—air collision during a training exercise. andrii pilshchikov became a national hero for his record in close—range aerial battles during the early phase of russia's invasion. the metropolitan police is investigating a possible data breach after "unauthorised access" was gained to the systems of one of its suppliers. the force said the company had access to names, ranks, photos and pay numbers for officers and staff. zimbabwe's opposition leader nelson chamisa claims victory after labelling the election a �*gigantic fraud'. president emmerson mnangagwa rejected criticism about the results, after being re—elected. now on bbc news — talking business. hello, everybody. a very warm welcome to talking business weekly with me, aaron heslehurst. let's go and take a look at what's on the show.