hello and welcome. to the uk now, and headteachers in england are in a race this weekend to find ways to reopen their schools after being told to shut buildings made with unsafe concrete. many from the 104 affected schools are busy rejigging timetables, seeking alternative classrooms and trying to rent temporary toilets. frances read reports. the crumbling of a concrete that simply wasn't made to last. raac was a post—war solution, now causing a headache for 21st—century britain. more than 100 schools in england have been told they need to close. labour has announced it will force the government to reveal a complete list of affected schools. and now calls for transparency on the scale of the problem and for fast solutions.

it's been known for a while. what we've also known for a while is that there's been a real squeeze on school funding. my committee, again, has highlighted that repeatedly. and when you don't invest in maintenance and improvements in schools, you get these problems arising. but with raac, it's a systemic failure of the actual material used to build them. court buildings and hospitals too among those impacted. and internal nhs documents obtained by the sunday times suggest hospitals could be at risk of catastrophic collapse. the concerns about this have been swirling around for so long. truss had been trying to cope with the safety risks associated with raac for a long time. and, really, to remedy the situation, action can't come too soon. the department for education said it was vital that schools are given time to inform parents and consider their next steps, and that it was grateful to school and college leaders for their work

to make sure that disruption is kept to a minimum. the department of health and social care also said that the nhs has a mitigation plan in place for hospital buildings with confirmed raac and that it remained committed to eradicating raac from the nhs estate entirely by 2035. schools in scotland, wales and northern ireland are also being assessed. in scotland, raac has been detected in 35 schools, but first minister humza yousaf said he has no plans to close any schools in the short term. the problem is, there's no exact record of where raac was used. it's this failure, some argue, that means some buildings remain unsound. frances read, bbc news. 0ur political correspondent tony bonsignore has more on the story, with political reaction from this morning. this is obviously a deep concern for millions of parents, wondering whether their children are going to go back

to school this week. the government telling us this is only a minority of schools and pupils that were affected. but it is clear we don't have the full scale of this. there are big political questions for the government to answer. not least, given that this is a problem that has been known about for many many years, the immediate prompt for this was a problem at a school back in 2018. but given this has been known about for so long, why is it the key question now, this only changing guidance that means some schools are short, why did that only happened a few ——means some schools are shut, why did that only happened a few days ago, just days before pupils return? that was a question that we put tojeremy hunt, the chancellor, who was on sunday with laura kuenssberg just about an hour ago. here is what he had to say. what i also want to say, as chancellor, to parents is that we will spend what it takes to sort out this problem

as quickly as possible. so do you commit to covering whatever costs are required to remove all of this dangerous concrete from schools around the country? we will spend what it takes to make sure that children can go to school safely, yes. and parents should know that. they should also know that we won't take any risks with their children's safety. so when new information comes to light, however awkward or difficult it is, we will act to make sure their children are safe. and this problem is currently affecting around 100 schools, but the majority of those are able to operate face—to—face. we will deal with them extremely quickly, i know this is what the education secretary is doing, but also, parents need to know we won't take risks, because this is too important. so the argument there is that as soon as he became aware of these particular problems, we acted, we acted out of a utmost caution for people's safety.

but as i say, this has been known about for a while. if you look at the houses of parliament website, you will see that this has been brought up dozens of times. there was a debate on it in just may, on school building safety. and this issue of raac, this particular sort of concrete in particular. now, labour going on the attack on this, they are saying this is the result of 13 years of underinvestment. and also, casting questions about the competence of this government. these were points made on the same programme. with the shadow education secretary, bridget phillipson, again, about an hour ago. first i'm calling on the government to publish the full list of the schools that are affected. we don't fully know what is going on under the covenant are prepared to do it, we will first the vote in parliament next week. we need to understand the scale of what is going on, and it is all very good and well the chancellor saying

that he will put in place financial support of these mitigations, that is the bare bones of what is required. what we saw under the conservatives was one of the very first acts of that incoming conservative government in 2010 was to cancel labour's building schools for the future programme. that has had a big impact and the chickens are coming home to roost after 13 years. there is no more defining image of the last 13 years of conservative government and children being sat in classrooms under metal props to prevent the ceiling is literally falling in on their heads. it is scandalous. you can see there where labour are going with this. mps returning to parliament tomorrow to the commons, this is going to be top of the intray. you heard today from bridget phillipson, the shadow education secretary. she is planning to force a vote to get the government come up with the details, the full list of buildings affected. what the evidence is. why they acted when they did. they have a series of attack ads

already running today. this is becoming deeply political. it is an issue for children. many of whom will have been affected deeply by home schooling during covid. the government has said this isn't like covid at all. even though a small number of children are affected, they will only be home—schooled for a number of days. there clearly is frustration. have a listen to this. this is of the children's commissioner for england. we are in this mess and we need safety for every child. i am concerned about children in special schools, children who are looked after, making sure they are communicated with. making sure they can start school. we have learned from the covid pandemic, the worst thing we did was keep children away from school. we need children to be in school and i am sure we will be looking

back on what has happened and i am extremely disappointed and frustrated that there wasn't a plan in place for this happening. they might... the government might not have known that it would happen this week, but we know the stock was in this situation. "extremely disappointed" was the key phrase there. there wasn't a plan in place. and those sorts of questions will be asked in the coming days in the house of commons. given, as i say, that this is a problem that was well known that mps had been talking about. so as well as the practical difficulties and issues that the government will have to deal with very urgently, there are political questions to be answered as well. earlier i spoke tojon richards, from the trade union unison who told me about the concerns he heard from some of his members in schools. we were caught off—guard, we weren't expecting the announcement, it seems

to be linked to yet another collapse ever building. this is a long—term problem. the government have known this for awhile. the for education said that it should be taking back £7 billion to do the necessary work to improve schools. we know that they eventually put in but the treasury didn't give them enough. we have run a quick survey of school members out on friday and some of their reactions were shocked, we have had a huge increase... these are people who in school to eric affected. increased workload to different sites. my office was declared safe by the head teacher but are they now said it isn't. there is still quite a lot of confusion out there. i don't understand why the government haven't actually announced the list. we talked about the nhs, and at the government talked about the plans they had put in place, but we also know that the government's building plans from borisjohnson that have

been delayed and delayed. it is concerning that we won't be able to meet the targets there. we don't know the effects elsewhere. we're just hearing that there will be a statement in the commons from the education secretary gillian keegan this week about the steps the department of education is taking to support the education sector to respond to raac risk. parliament does return tomorrow but it's not yet confirmed which day the statement will be. we will bring you the latest as and when we have it. president volodymyr zelensky has promised that those who have plundered ukraine will be held accountable after the ukrainian billionaire businessman ihor kolomoisky was held on suspicion of fraud and money laundering. a ukrainian court ruled on saturday that kolomoisky will be held in custody for two months. the businessman is alleged to have

transfered14 million dollars abroad using banks he controlled. his lawyers say he will appeal against the court order. mr zelensky made reference to the case in his regular evening address, although he did not name mr kolomoisky outright, and it's understood that the tycoon was once a powerful backer of the president. translation: achieving democracy will no doubt be difficult, _ one of the greatest values in europe, but without a doubt, we will no longer tolerate what have been decades of business as usual for those who have plundered ukraine and put themselves above our laws. and i thank the law enforcement officers for their determination to bring cases, that have stalled for decades, to a just conclusion. the law must work. it is so. it must be so. glory to ukraine. ukraine's anti—corruption action centre is concerned about the transparency of the process. this is a ukrainian ngo aiming to oppose corruption in the country. i spoke earlier to its head of international relations, tetiana shevchuk, in kyiv.

first of all, we believe that it aims to achieve publicity because kolomoisky is the big name. it's known in ukraine and abroad. and for president zelensky, it's very important to show that the anti—corruption drive is there. and what would be better showcase than to have criminal charges pressed against one of the ukraine's top oligarchs? however, we are suspicious whether this complete criminal investigation will be successful, because in the years—long career of mr kolomoisky, there were a lot of different allegations. the most famous one is actually concerning his previously owned bank, private bank, where the amount of the fraud is around $5 billion. and now we have charges pressed only for $15 million in the case of oil company.

so we are watching very carefully whether we will have more allegations and more good criminal investigations against kolomoisky, or whether it's just a pr stunt to prove that corruption fight is going on. and just briefly, if i could ask, what do you see about the relationship between president zelensky and kolomoisky? kolomoisky was instrumental in helping president zelensky to come into power because he gave him necessary media coverage at the time and necessary political support, but in four years of term kolomoisky became toxic for zelensky because of his history of misappropriation of state funds, because of, as it was told, he's wanted by the us. so it's not very good for zelensky being connected to kolomoisky�*s name.

now it's time for a look at today's sport with hugh ferris. it's another big day at the us open, with world number one iga swiatek, caroline wozniacki and 23—time grand slam winner novak djokovic all in action later at flushing meadows. the man widely tipped to potentially face djokovic in the final at the end of the tournament is carlos alcaraz. the top seed and defending champion eventually had too much class for britain's dan evans on saturday. the british number two paid for a slow start although he did manage to win the third set before alcaraz won the next to seal a meeting with italy's matteo arnaldi in the last 16. i think ithink i'm i think i'm playing at a great level. i'm feeling really, really well on court, really comfortable. i would say that i can be better, but for right now i'm really happy with the level i am playing. third seed daniil medvedev overcame argentina's sebastian baez in three

sets as he continued his bid to claim a second us open title in three years. the russian next takes on australian alex de minaur. last year's runner up and fifth seed 0ns jabeur produced another gutsy display to reach the last 16 with a three—set win over marie bouzkova that took almost three hours. jabeur has been struggling with illness in new york but won to set up a meeting with chinese 23rd seed zheng qinwen. former zimbabwe captain heath streak has died at the age of 49 after suffering from colon cancer. streak is zimbabwe's all—time leading wicket—taker and once took 6—87 in a test against england to earn a place on the lord's honours board, but since 2021 had been serving an eight—year ban from cricket for corruption offences. before that, he also had a three—year spell as zimbabwe coach. his wife nadine wrote on social media: "he was carried to be with the angels" the big match in the premier league is in north london later, with arsenal taking on manchester united.

the gunners have had the better of the rivalry in recent years, including winning four of the last five games at home. we know that the history between the two clubs and the games that we had in the past as well and it was a really good example, so it's going to be an extremely competitive match really, a big battle on sunday, and obviously we want to come away from that with three points. it's one of the biggest games in the premier league. always interesting games, intense games. i think it's two teams who really play offensive football, the right intensity, i would say. the audience is always the big winner of that game, so yeah, really looking forward to have that game. max verstappen will be aiming to win a record—breaking tenth formula one race in a row later, when he takes to the grid for the italian grand prix. but he won't be on pole. instead that position was taken by ferrari's carlos sainz qualifying — much to the delight of the monza crowd.

sainz snatched top spot from verstappen byjust one hundredth of a second. amazing, one of the best feeling is that i've had as a racing driver in my career, just putting such a good lap together and making that lap of honour afterwards, to celebrate after i win, i think it was an exciting qualifying session, with charles and max pushing to the limit. it felt great to be riding from pole. england's matt fitzpatrick will take a two—shot lead into the final day of the european masters golf. should he hold on to win, it'll be his first victory since being crowned us open champion last summer. fitzpatrick will also replace tommy fleetwood in one of the two remaining automatic qualifying places for europe's ryder cup team if he finishes sixth or higher. much to follow on our website,

including the football and a goal. a huge match in scotland kicks off in the next our — rangers against celtic, the first old firm derby of the league season at ibrox. a midday stock for then their time. —— start for them. and that's all the sport for now. the boss of the uk's biggest supermarket chain, tesco, has called for the law in england and wales to be toughened to protect shop workers from increasing attacks. ken murphy told the mail on sunday newspaper that physical assaults against his staff were up a third on the same time last year. earlier, i spoke to tom richmond, managing director of a risk management consultancy and former operation operational security manager for asda. he told me about how concerning is this rise in attacks. i think people are more accepting of violence in society today, i think with the economic situation, more people are desperate, so they are willing to use violence to get the items that they need.

i think retail stores have got a stand—off policy which means that if faced with violence, you must back off. shoplifters know this so they will act violently to get you out of the way. and rightly so. there is not a product that is worth getting hurt for. there is an organised crime element as well. they will do anything they need to get the products that they want. and then, to make it even more complex, recently we are seeing a real increase in youth gang violence, where large amounts of youths are going into stores and rushing stores and committing crime, disrupting and violence. there is very little we can do about that. the reality is, the police have never really had a retail crime is as a priority, and the problem is when you think about retail crime, you think about supermarkets and businesses, but what we are actually talking about here is violence towards people. and the police are struggling for numbers anyway, so to try and get them to increase the policing to the retail environment would be difficult.

in the us, more than 70,000 people have been stranded at the famous burning man festival in the desert state of nevada, due to rare rainstorms that turned the event into a mudbath. slippery conditions in nevada's black rock desert prompted a ban on people leaving the site due to dangerous driving conditions. they've have been warned to shelter in place. david willis is there and sent this update. well, early entry to this festival was delayed because of the remnants of hurricane hilary, and now after 2a hours of rain, it has been turned into a muddy morass, just as people were preparing to leave at the end of the burning man festival. that has left tens of thousands of people mired in mud. the organisers are urging people to conserve water and fuel, and of course food, because they could be stuck

here for several days. the entry and exit gates have been locked and are likely to remain that way, we are told, until the weather conditions improve. and that could be several days, given the inclement weather forecast. the motto of burning man is "radical self—reliance", and many people here feeling that this is being put to the test right now in conditions that very few people here can remember for quite some time. ashley smith managed to escape the festival by traipsing for hours across the muddy nevada desert. he told me about his ordeal earlier. basically it has been raining i don't know how long. last night it rained all night. today a bit more. i woke up this morning and the entire desert is probably two inches deep of water, and then below that, three inches of mud. no car can get out,

the police are stopping everybody. but it is an open desert, so me and five friends we needed to get to work tomorrow and so we just packed up all of our things and put on some boots, some of us put on plastic bags around our boots and just got walking. we walked about six miles to the nearest road and from there it was another ten miles also to the nearest town. that is extraordinary. i am just wondering, that is a really long walk, it is not something you were prepared for, obviously you went expecting this when you went to burning man. did you have supplies, what did you take with you, did you even know how long it was going to take you? yes, the idea of burning man is you bring everything you need for your stay. i think we wouldn't have been able to stay much longer with the things we brought. we packed all we could, passports,

water, protein bars and just got going. wow. tell us what happened after you got out of the site, did you get a ride, did you get any help? yes. there were people offering rides. local law enforcement have been pretty helpful. we managed to get a ride all the way back to san francisco and we just got here five minutes ago. what was the situation like for other people, were there others trying to do what you did, people desperate to get back and not able to drive? yes. i don't know if there was panic, people were pretty relaxed, people have done this before, i suppose for the next couple of days, people will have enough supplies, most people would have left on monday or tuesday. if the rain continues,

they were saying it would be another five or six days, so thursday or friday. but people were saying the portaloos are no longer being emptied, they were being told to stay where they were, ration food, ration water, so high spirits today but i am not so sure as it carries on. some live pictures from taiwan. the biggest storm to hit taiwan for four years has just made landfall on the island's east coast. typhoon haikui is blasting the coast with wind speeds of up to 190 kilometres an hour. the typhoon is expected to dump up to half a metre of rain in some areas in just 2a hours. thousands of people in rural areas are in evacuation shelters and hundreds of domestic flights and ferries have been cancelled. a meteor has been filmed streaking across the night sky in turkey.

the green shafts of light were caught on camera as it passed over the city of erzurum and gumushane province in the east of the country. quite a sight. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. it was a rather misty and murky start to the day. we had some quite dense fog patches first thing this morning, but much of that has tended to lift up or clear away, and for many we have sunshine out there. this was the scene earlier in cheshire, lovely blue skies, a bit of cloud over the hills in the distance, and it is high pressure that will keep things it settled and dry out today for most. just this front affecting the far north of scotland, some outbreaks of

rain is that it might rain at times. elsewhere, though, lots of blue skies and sunshine, just a bit of cloud around the irish sea there lapping into the coast there of cumbria, lancashire, a bit of cloud also around the english channel. but for most, dry, sunny and warm. temperatures, 23 to 26 celsius, a bit cooler further north and west, 16 to 18 degrees in north western scotland. and that's where the cloud will continue overnight tonight. elsewhere, though, with the clear skies, the light winds, we will once again see some dense fog patches developing across central and southern areas. temperatures, generally speaking, in double figures. but it could be a bit chilly, i think, to start off on monday morning across northern areas of england. but as we start the new working week, more dry, more sunny weather in the forecast. the mist and fog will clear away. lots of blue skies and sunshine. still, though, that cloud affecting the far north west of scotland, still a bit breezy here. a few spots of rain into the northern isles i think into the afternoon. a warmer day, though, temperatures 25 degrees in aberdeen,

25 to 28 celsius quite widely across england and wales. tuesday, more of the same, but perhaps that cloud across northern scotland is reduced slightly. so there will be a bit more in the way of sunshine coming through here and it will be a drier day. lots of sunshine elsewhere and again, temperatures widely in the mid to high 20s, although with a change in wind direction across scotland, not quite as warm or hot across eastern scotland. but as we go into the middle part of next week, even warmer air will start to move its way in from the near continent, the humidity rising with that as well. so there will be some fairly uncomfortable nights going into next week. but widely across england and wales, temperatures mid to high 20s, perhaps 30 celsius in some parts, where scotland and northern ireland are still fine with some sunshine and temperatures in the low 20s. bye— bye.

this is bbc news. the headlines... president zelensky declares war on corruption. he promises to hold to account those who have plundered ukraine. it follows an investigation into the billionaire businessman ihor kolomoisky, held in custody on suspicion of fraud and money laundering. the oligarch is alleged to have transfered $14 million abroad using banks he controlled. police in israel open an investigation into the use of live fire by officers

during clashes in tel aviv between rival groups of eritrean asylum seekers, nearly 150 people were left injured. the violence broke out as eriteans protesting against their government clashed with supporters of the regime. and 70,000 people are stranded at nevada's famous burning man festival. slippery conditions in nevada's black rock desert prompted a ban on people leaving the site due to dangerous driving conditions. now on bbc news... women in beirut: hitting the mark. hello, and welcome. i'm kim chakanetsa. and today, i'm in beirut, the capital of lebanon, to meet two athletes who help promote women's participation in sports. in 2012, ray bassil became the first arab woman to compete