hello. in the uk, labour is calling for an urgent audit of the concrete in public buildings, with some hospitals and courts known to contain the potential dangerous concrete known as raac. it comes as more than 150 schools in england and 35 in scotland were found to have the material, with some fully or partially closing. investigations in wales and northern ireland are continuing. with more here's harry farley. emergency classrooms being set up in bingley, west yorkshire. more schools are expected to close next week. parents are facing an anxious wait to know if it's safe for their children to return to the classroom. in one school, i have ten rooms and a staff room i cannot use. my second school, 16 rooms, the gymnasium and some toilets.

and in my third school, 12 rooms. so you can see it's quite considerable. but it's notjust schools, the department of health said 2a hospital sites like hitchin brook hospital in huntington had weak concrete, known as raac. other public buildings are also affected, like harrow crown court, which could be shut for nine months. labour is calling for an urgent audit of all public buildings. it doesn't always need an expensive inspection, but an audit. ..some of it would be a desk audit, if you like, done on paper. some of it would then require further inspection, further audits by structural engineers and others. so we do need to know the scale of the problem. this is the aerated concrete used in buildings in the 1960s, �*70s and �*80s that is causing so much concern. we don't really know the scale of the problem. there is no central record,

although individual government departments are being required to keep a log, that's not public information. so we know about that risk in schools and also in hospitals and other public buildings? have you come across it in other types of buildings as well, in your experience? the areas that i've seen it in office buildings and shopping centres tends to be in incidental parts of the building rather than the building as a whole. so a plant room or a store room or something of that nature. a non—public area. the government says it closed schools because the guidance on raac changed. but with no firm idea of the scale of the problem, there is concern this is just the tip of the iceberg. harry farley, bbc news. india has successfully launched its first observation mission to study the sun. large crowds gathered to watch the rocket carrying the aditya—li satellite blast off from the sriharikota space centre in the southern state of andhra pradesh. the probe aims to work out what drives space weather, and gather a better understanding of the dynamics of solar wind.

azadeh moshiri has more on what this latest mission entails. this was aditya—li's lift off. the launch was from sriharikota on saturday after an hour and four minutes of flight time, the indian space research agency declared it mission successful. this is india's first space based mission to study the sun. the aim is to help scientists understand solar activity, its effect on earth and near space weather in real time. a few thousand people gathered in the viewing gallery set up by the indian space research agency. it was near the launch site to watch the blast—off. now let's break down what's in store for the spacecraft itself. it has to orbit the earth several times before being launched to its destination. that's li. l1 is 1.5 million kilometres away from the earth. that's 932,000 miles. and according to scientists, the distance between the earth

and l1 is equivalent to approximately 1% of the distance between the earth and the sun. even so, according to india's space agency, the journey will take four months. once there, that's when the spacecraft can begin to orbit the sun. now, of course, this is a huge moment of pride for india. you can see here students celebrating as they're watching the live stream of the launch. and it's also only a week after india celebrated its first unmanned landing on the moon that became the world's first ever probe near the lunar south pole. and it made india only the fourth country to celebrate a soft landing on the moon. now, of course, these are big gains for india's space ambitions itself. but india's scientists also insist these will be big gains for the scientific community at large. pallava bagla is a senior science journalist and the co—author of reaching for the stars:

india'sjourney to mars and beyond. thank you forjoining us. in fact, we last spoke yacht bbc news a week ago when we were waiting for that moon landing which turned out to be successful. again, we are talking about another potentially record—breaking indian space mission. record-breaking indian space mission. . , , ., . mission. certainly. it is from a moonwalk _ mission. certainly. it is from a moonwalk to _ mission. certainly. it is from a moonwalk to a _ mission. certainly. it is from a moonwalk to a sundance. - mission. certainly. it is from a| moonwalk to a sundance. india mission. certainly. it is from a i moonwalk to a sundance. india is mission. certainly. it is from a - moonwalk to a sundance. india is now on the seventh heron having successfully soft landed on the moon near the south pole and some great scientific data has been emerging from the lunar surface by the lander. now today, india's first space—based polar observatory aditya—l1, the name relevant to india, is on itsjourney to aditya—l1, the name relevant to india, is on its journey to study the sun. it will have a view of the

sun in the orbit. that will help india decide the many mysteries of the sun. —— decipher them many mysteries of the sun. when the sun gets angry, it can describe many satellites like we saw in the constellation recently. india wants to prepare and be safeguarded against solar storms. beautifully ut there. against solar storms. beautifully put there. when _ against solar storms. beautifully put there. when you _ against solar storms. beautifully put there. when you talk- against solar storms. beautifully put there. when you talk about | against solar storms. beautifully i put there. when you talk about this and getting angry. that is something that scientists have recently had to consider if you are sending a piece of very technically sophisticated equipment towards the hottest thing that we know. how do you put in place mitigations to protect it, to make sure it notjust does its job but survives? make sure it not “ust does its 'ob but survives?“ make sure it not “ust does its 'ob but survives? , , , ., , but survives? very simple. you send it all the way to _ but survives? very simple. you send it all the way to the _ but survives? very simple. you send it all the way to the hot _ but survives? very simple. you send it all the way to the hot star- but survives? very simple. you send it all the way to the hot star -- do i it all the way to the hot star —— do and set it all the way to the hot

star. the best thing is to stay away. india is sending the aditya—l1 mission only about 1.5 million kilometres away from earth. this is just about 1% of the distance between the earth and the sun. but it is not going to face that much heat. yes, it is a long distance away. it is a marathon of 125 days that this spacecraft has to survive. reaching b l one orbit is not easy and india needs to monitor that. having achieved omission to the moon, one successful mission to mars, indian scientists are very helpful that the aditya—l1 mission which has been more than a decade in the making, scientific missions take that long, and it is a very cheap

mission, under $50 million, will give great scientific insight not just for india but for the world because there are going to be very few probes which are looking at the sun on this basis. looking at it with an unobstructed view. most of the solar community is applauding india having sent a probe towards the sun. ,., ., india having sent a probe towards the sun. ., ., ~ ., i” india having sent a probe towards the sun. ., ., ~ ., ., ., the sun. good to talk to you again. thank you- — the billionaire businessman, mohamed al fayed, who went from selling soft drinks in egypt to owning harrods and the paris ritz, has died at the age of 94. his eldest son, dodi, was killed alongside princess diana in a car crash in paris, 26 years ago. never far from controversy, mr al—fayed revealed in the mid—1990s that he'd paid mps from the governing conservative party to ask questions in parliament. he also claimed that diana and dodi had been killed in a secret service plot — a theory that was rejected by the coroner and an inquestjury.

the nobel foundation has reversed its decision to invite russian and belarusian ambassadors to this year's nobel prize award in stockholm. it follows a backlash with a number of swedish mps saying they would boycott the ceremony. however, the ambassadors are still invited to the awarding of the nobel peace prize in oslo, that's organised by the norwegian nobel committee. franak viacorka is chief political adviser to exiled belarusian presidential candidate sviatla na tsihanouskaya, who campaigned against the invitation. hejoined me earlier to give his reaction to the decision. of course we welcome the decision of the swedish foundation not to invite lukashenko's ambassador and the russian ambassador to the ceremony, but still, it is upto the norwegian comittee to decide what will happen in oslo. we believe there is no place and there shouldn't be any place for lukashenko's representitives because he is an illegal president. it would be a bad message to the belarusian people and to political prisoners,

including the nobel laureate who is injail right now. it was interesting from the nobel point of view, they said it was important to try to spread those values far and wide, when it is a change of position on what they decided to do last year. do you think there is any merit in trying to bring in people who might not share those views and values? definitely. these people will not change their views. they are advocates for the devil. they are advocates of anger, hatred, war. they will be using the nobel ceremony as a forum to promote their ideas, not to build bridges. in order to do something good, nobel committees can show the example of how to behave in regard to those who violate international freedoms, human rights, who put their opponents injail. and what about the norwegians? will you continue your campaign to try to get them to change their mind as well?

of course, we are trying to explain to the norwegian public and committee and government that it will be perceived very badly by bela rusian populations. right now, more than 1500 people are imprisoned for political reasons, half a million had to flee repressions and terror in the country, just imagine what these people will feel if the representative of the regime who conducts terror against the people is invited to represent their interest. of course there will be disappointments and frustrations. let's not give these guys, guys who sparked the war against ukraine, who continued the terror against the population, lets not give them the coverage. and she was invited last year, but that doesn't seem to be the case this time. is there any sign that that is likely to change? we did not receive any invitation yet. i think the nobel committee sent invitations to the ceremony,

but last year was spectacular. when the belarusian human rights defender received the prize. he and his friends, human rights defenders, came to the ceremony. it was a powerful and very symbolic message of support and solidarity that the nobel committee still commit to their freedoms of international human rights, so i think this year could be a repeat of the same. 0ther representatives can be invited but not lukashenko's representatives. rail passengers in england are facing a second day of disruption as thousands of rmt union members go on strike. some journeys into scotland and wales are also being affected. train drivers with aslef walked out yesterday, as both unions continue disputes with rail operators and the government over pay. our business correspondent, marc ashdown sent this update from london's euston station.

well, it looks like we've had some tentative steps forward, really, if not significant progress. it's been months since the two sides have really been talking, but now we've had a little exchange, a dialogue, some letters backwards and forwards. about a week ago, the rmt wrote to the rail company, setting out what they called a road map to try and resolve this dispute. they want things like a fresh proposal put on the table, guarantees over no compulsory redundancies and proper cooperation on planned reforms to rotas, the ways of working, that sort of thing. last night, the rail delivery group, which represents the 1a train companies, sent a reply. they said, "we agree, we need to navigate our way through this. "we're encouraged that you want to seek a way "forward and we continue crucially to be available for talks "next week to explore options." but they did lay out what they call the crippling financial challenges facing the industry. they say they can't really offer any more of a pay rise than they've already put forward. they say the union hasn't even put

that to their members for a vote yet and they'd like to see any future strike action called off or suspended as an act of good faith. so we're in a bit of a chicken and egg situation here, really. both sides say, and i quote, "ready and willing to sit down and negotiate possibly as early as next week." but both would really like to see the other side blink first, as it were. meantime, don't be fooled by how busy it looks behind me here. a lot of people, i think, are just out enjoying the sunshine, having a bit of lunch. 20,000 members of the rmt union are out on strike again today. their latest 2a hour walk—out. it means about half the services across england will run and some will be affected into wales and scotland as well. it'll be very, very patchy. so the advice is to check before you travel. it also will be probably until late into tomorrow before things get more or less back to normal. the rail network is a pretty difficult puzzle to solve once trains, guards, crews are all in the wrong places. so we could see disruption really until about monday morning. the good news is there are no actual strike dates plan now for the next few months, but the rmt union has a mandate for more, as does

the aslef union. they represent the train drivers. they were on strike yesterday and they're back to work today, but they are working to rule, refusing to do overtime. so that's contributing to this disruption. so good news, no more strike dates. but as i say, both unions have a mandate for more no talks planned as yet. we do live in hope. so there is every chance they could sit down and negotiate again. but every chance to this could escalate yet again. now it's time for a look at today's sport with gavin. hello from the bbc sport centre. to the football first — sheffield united and everton have their first points of the season on the board after playing out an entertaining 2—2 draw. arnaut danjuma's back post finish in the second half, rescued a point for everton, who had the lead but fell behind in the second half to a resurgent blades side. everton goalkeeperjordan pickford kept them in it, with a double save deep into injury time. the points shared at bramhall lane. we can't grumble. probably i think

it was the pleasing thing for me being that it was a really good game. i always talk about performance with our place. if a player like that i am happy and proud of them. it shows how tough the challenges. the margins are so fine, we are disappointed with the goals we conceded a bit big parts of our performance we are really pleased with. elsewhere, they're under way in the rest of the day's premier league games. manchester city and spurs have a chance of replacing west ham at the top of the table. it is currently goalless between city and fulham at the moment. touch and there have just equalised against burnley. 1—1 there at the moment at turf moor. later on brighton face newcastle. for the eighth time in grand slams, novak djokovic came back from two sets down to win a match, this time getting the better of fellow laslo djere, at the us open. djokovic avoided a shock as he attempts to equal the overall grand slam record of 2a, winning the deciding set in the early hours of the morning in new york, saying that he gave himself a pep talk in the mirror during a break once he'd lost the second set. djokovic then through to round four.

i had to force myself to lift myself up, to lift the spirits up a little bit. i have done it a few times before in my career, it worked. a few times it didn't work, but tonight it did. i am grateful. as is the women's world number one iga swiatek, although she was only court for 50 minutes as she beat her best friend kaja juvan of slovenia. that friendship extended far enough to give upjust one game to her opponent in the whole match. and caroline wozniacki's dream comeback continues — she'll face the american sixth seed coco gauff in the last 16 after coming from a set down to beat jennifer brady. former world number one wozniacki retired in 2020 and had two children, but returned to action last month. the rugby union world cup gets under way on friday with hosts france taking on three time winners new zealand. the all blacks have had a somewhat bumpy ride in the build—up to the tournament, falling to a heavy 35—7 defeat to south africa in their final warm—up match. after arriving in france, their coach ian foster had to deal

with more questions over the effectiveness of his forward line. we are happy with the pack. but we know we have to get better. it has been an area of strength for us. you have to remember that teams have to grow through this tournament, i know we want to present ourselves at the peak of our powers at the start and we are all trying to do that, but that is how we grow. you want to be there at the end, and to do that you have to get better each day. and a big night of boxing to look forward to later — the british middleweight rematch between chris eubankjr and liam smith. defeat for eubank says would spell the end of his career. the pair meet again at manchester arena, eight months on from smith's fourth round victory injanuary. eubankjunior says this is the biggest moment in his career, and he can't afford to get it wrong. this is the most important match of my career, 100%. everything is on the line.

i have to go out there and display my dominance, i have to take this man out. i have no other choice. that is why i get my confidence. there is no other option for me but to win. and that's all the sport for now. thank you, gavin. early career scientists with dreams of one—day researching in the arctic or antarctic have started a four—year programme aimed at taking them to the polar regions. their training has begun with a week—long survival course on dartmoor with the aim of redressing the historic gender imbalance in the sector. 0ur science reporter harriet bradshaw has the story. remote, farfrom home, and conducting science in these conditions is tough. but there are other hidden challenges to this type of work. this group of early—career scientists, a cohort of largely women, are learning key survival skills on dartmoor, devon...

so we're almost at the campsite. we're going to keep going. ..so one day, they can operate in the extreme conditions of the polar regions. i really want to move into arctic exploration as a microbiologist. i study observations of atmospheric dynamics. i would absolutely love to go - to more remote places and focus on marine mammals. those running the training are trying to tackle taboos head—on. the toilet location will be the other side of this hedge behind. so, regardless of gender, all participants take part in a personal hygiene talk. what we looked at a lot yesterday was different ways of dealing with menstruation when you're in the field. so we talked a lot about, hey, using something like period underwear, the traditional tampons, using things like menstrual cups. the reason that we want to bring these topics up is because, historically, toileting has actually been a barrier. i've had so many of my friends and my peers come and say, god, i couldn't talk to anyone about this. i felt so uncomfortable. i felt scared at times.

when i was young, when i was 13 at school, you'd be like smuggling your pads to the bathroom because you didn't want people to know that you're on your period. and that's just at school. and then you think about going into the field where you don't know what conditions you're going to have, like having an open discussion about it, i think it's really important. farfrom glaciers and polar bears. so why are they starting here? i'm told it's really great for wilderness training because the weather can change really rapidly. and just look at where we are. it's so remote. making it perfect terrain to train for an emergency. both teams are now commencing search. with more women recruited, participants are hoping to redress the historic gender imbalance in polar research. the insights that we've had, especially as women on this course, have been invaluable in pushing us a bit further to the front lines of actually going on these expeditions. i think it's going to take a lot of action, both top—down and bottom—up, to really make it an equal field. what have you found? the first steps in a four—year programme aiming to take this group to polar regions,

bringing new skills for the unfamiliar territory ahead. harriet bradshaw, bbc news. the uk government's proposed shake—up of the country's cosmetics industry has been opened for public consultation. under the proposal — unlicensed providers will be banned from administering cosmetic procedures including botox and filler injections. industry heavy weights say it's the biggest overhaul in a generation. earlier, i spoke to aesthetic doctor dr shirin lakhani about the current situation in the uk's cosmetics sector. currently in the uk the sector is completely unregulated. which means that anyone can pick up a needle and inject fillers. botox has slightly more regulation in that it is a prescription only medication and must be prescribed by someone who is qualified and trained, and on the register to prescribe such as a doctor, dentist. however, it can be

administered by anyone. the situation in the uk at the moment is being compared to the wild west. there is no controls or regulations at all. and that puts the public at harm. do we have any idea how many people are working in an unregulated or unlicensed way? people who if there were qualifications that were needed would have to stop doing this altogether? it's really difficult to say because of the complete lack of regulation. there is a lack of a register of practitioners. it is so hard to say how many people are actually performing the treatments. there has been an explosive growth in the sector over the last decade or so, so more and more people are getting involved and injecting people's faces and other parts of their bodies. with the licensing, there will be a mandatory register so you wouldn't be allowed to perform the procedure if you weren't licensed. and if you didn't have appropriate qualifications or training.

we welcome that. ecuador�*s national prison service says that fifty— seven guards and police officers who were taken hostage by prison inmates on thursday have been released unharmed. the government believes the prison riots were coordinated by criminal gangs angry at attempts to curb their power. it's also blamed the gangs for two car bombs, that went off near police buildings in the capital, quito. experts say the latest attacks show the increasing power of the country's drug trafficking gangs, and raise fears of further violence ahead of 0ctober�*s presidential election. finally this half hour we wanted to show you some pictures of a sea otter showing off some unusual skills. juno, who lives in oregon zoo, is a big fan of basketball. she loves, as you can see her, practicing her slam dunks. her keepers taught the 9 year old how to put the ball through a hoop to help keep herjoints moving as she gets older. juno can also dribble the ball

pushing it with herflippers. i could watch that all day. she maybe a pro in the otter world, but we're not sure she's ready for the nba yet though. stay with us here on bbc news. this was the highest temperature over the summer season. in the grand scheme of summer temperatures that is not really that hard. in the week ahead, temperatures are not going to get far too far away from that kind of figure. it is a day of the sunshine burning through the early morning cloud and for most of us this afternoon is looking fine and settled with lots of sunshine. the

one exception really would be further north—west in scotland where the thicker cloud will bring a few patches of light rain from time to time. 0therwise, with the sunshine out, it feels warm in that sunshine with temperatures in the low to mid 20s widely. 0vernight tonight, rain turns heavier and more widespread across the far north—west of scotland, otherwise it is a dry night with clear spells and one or two missed patches. certainly not a cold night, temperatures around 12 to 15 degrees. the next few days sees this area of high pressure across or near to the uk. that is what is going to be bringing us lots of sunshine and will be boosting the temperatures day by day as well. sunday morning might see a bit of mist and fog first thing in the morning but that luckily and most of us will have a fine and sunny day. again the exception is the far north of scotland where the weak weather front moves through bringing thicker cloud and patches of rain. temperatures in scotland and ireland for the most part will be 20 to 23 degrees. england and wales will be

2325 degrees. there is to build as we as we head into the new week as well. as you can see, plenty of sunshine and the charts. the exception with weather fronts never too far away from the far north of scotland. the top temperature on monday is set to hit 27 celsius. we are talking about those temperatures getting into the early 80s in terms of spur and hide. getting into the early 80s in terms of spurand hide. heading into tuesday, most of is keeping a fine and dry weather with the adam early morning mist patch but it should be dry and bright for the north of scotland on tuesday. the stem will continue to rise 25 in glasgow. we could see 2627 towards east anglia and south—east england. temperatures will probably hit about 29 celsius in the hottest parts of the uk towards the little part of the week. probably a change at next weekend.

this is bbc news. the headlines... ministers in england are facing calls from labour to arrange assessments of public sector buildings potentially at risk because of a lightweight concrete. more than 100 schools and colleges have been forced to shut or partially close because of concerns about collapses. india launches its first observation mission to the sun, just days after the country made history by becoming the first to land near the moon's south pole. the studies will help scientists understand solar activity.

the billionaire businessman, mohamed al fayed, who went from selling soft drinks in egypt to owning harrods and the ritz hotel in paris, has died at the age of 94. his eldest son, dodi, was killed alongside princess diana in a car crash in paris, 26 years ago. now on bbc news, the last of albania's sworn virgins.