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. trusts 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 know 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 changing guidance that means some schools are shut — why did that only happen 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 utmost caution for pupils�* 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, on this issue of raac, this particular set 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, sunday with laura kuenssberg. 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, and if the government are not prepared to do it, we will force 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, 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 than children being sat in classrooms under metal props to prevent the ceilings 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. labour potentially planning to force a vote to get the government to 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. but it is an issue for children. many of whom will have been affected deeply by home schooling during covid. gillian keegan is not out doing the broadcasts this morning, but she 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. but there clearly is frustration. have a listen to this. this is the children's commissioner for england, rachel de souza. we are now in this mess and we need safety for absolutely every child. i am particularly concerned about children in special schools, children who are looked after, making sure they are communicated with. and 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 knew the stock was in this situation. "extremely disappointed" was the key phrase you heard there, that 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. concerns have been raised following reports that a company working for some of the ministry of defence�*s most sensitive sites has been hacked. the mirror newspaper reported that historic security details relating to the government's porton down chemical research establishment and the nuclear submarine base

at faslane have been leaked by criminals onto the dark web. 0ur security correspondent frank gardnerjoins me now. what more do we know about this? it's quite a detailed report by the mirror. it hasn't so far been reproduced in any of the other newspapers, and the government is saying, simply, we do not comment on security matters, which isn't strictly true, but they are certainly not commenting on this, so there was no official confirmation of it, but then again, there aren't any denials, either. a company which makes the security perimeter is for some of the very sensitive sites, and the report says that, as you mentioned, the porton down defence scientific research establishment in wiltshire, which basically researches some of the most dangerous pathogens. it's not a chemical weapons lab, as the mirror calls it. it doesn't produce weapons and hasn't done since the 19505, but they look into things like ebola and

other diseases, some of the really dangerous things. the problem here, i think, is that there is a generic, 5y5temic ri5k, i think, is that there is a generic, 5y5temic risk, and certainly this is something that is echoed by tobias ellwood mp, the chairman of the defence select committee, that where you have got these very sensitive 5ite5, you have got these very sensitive sites, such as the royal naval base clyde, where the trident 5ubmarine5 come in and out of, and porton down chemical establishment, and other sensitive 5ite5, chemical establishment, and other sensitive sites, the ministry of 5en5itive sites, the ministry of defence 5ubcontract to companies which may not have such tight security protocols as the government itself has, and even the government of course, there have been plenty of cases of hacking there, and leaks. so what tobias ellwood says, and i spoke to him earlier today, is that there are thousands of mod contractors who are potential targets for hackers, some of whom are linked to russian intelligence

agencies, who of course would love to get a hold of the details of the sensitive ba5i5. to get a hold of the details of the sensitive basis. i should just say 5en5itive basis. i should just say straightaway that in the case reported by the mirror, the5e straightaway that in the case reported by the mirror, these are hi5toric document5, reported by the mirror, these are hi5toric documents, and we are told nothing classified has been leaked. neverthele55, nothing classified has been leaked. nevertheless, the fact that this stuff is appearing on the dot web allegedly i5 stuff is appearing on the dot web allegedly is pretty worrying. indeed it is. frank. — allegedly is pretty worrying. indeed it is. frank, thank— allegedly is pretty worrying. indeed it is. frank, thank you _ allegedly is pretty worrying. indeed it is. frank, thank you very - allegedly is pretty worrying. indeed it is. frank, thank you very much i it is. frank, thank you very much for those details. 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 u5ing bank5 he controlled. his lawyer5 say he will appeal against the court order. mr zelensky made reference to the case in his regular evening addre55, 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, _ freedom is 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 5howca5e than to have criminal charges pressed against one of the ukraine's top oligarchs? however, we are 5u5piciou5 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 pre55ed 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 5tunt 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 nece55ary 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. israel's hard—line government is considering tough measures

including the immediate deportation of eritrean asylum seekers who were involved in violent prote5t5 on saturday. about 160 people were injured in clashes with the police and in fighting between rival groups for and against the eritrean government. the protest began with a large crowd of eritrean5 oppo5ed to the authoritarian government in their native country trying to stop an event organised by the eritrean embassy in israel. they broke through police barriers and vandalised the hall and cars and businesses nearby. israeli police used live gunfire, tear gas and stun grenades to try to push them back and stop 5treet battles with pro—regime eritrean5. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu said that chaotic scenes in tel aviv had crossed a red line. translation: the massive illegal infiltration into _ translation: the massive illegal infiltration into israel _ translation: the massive illegal infiltration into israel from - translation: the massive illegal infiltration into israel from africa l infiltration into israel from africa po5e5 infiltration into israel from africa poses a real threat to israel's

future as a jewish and democratic state. we stop this threat by building the fence. there remains the problem of those who had already entered before the completion of the fence. the5e entered before the completion of the fence. these are ten5 entered before the completion of the fence. these are tens of thousands of illegal infiltrators who entered israel. the governmentju5t announced that on saturday, 872 migrants crossed the channel and arrived into the uk, on board 15 boats in total. this is the highest number on a single day so far this year. this takes the total, according to government figures, above 20,000. the total for the year so far is still lower than this time last year, when 25,000 people had already made the journey. 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. no amount of product 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 this real increase in youth gang violence, where large amounts of youths are going into stores and rushing stores and committing crime, disruption and violence.

there is very little we can do about that, really. the reality is the police have never really had a retail crime 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. i think people are more accepting of violence in society today, 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 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 or so 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 weren't 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. 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.

those are the live pictures from taiwan. thousands of people in rural areas are in evacuation shelters and hundreds of domestic flights and ferries have been cancelled. almost a year on from the death of queen elizabeth ii, plans for a permanent memorial are under way. a committee will choose the most appropriate tribute to britain's longest—reigning monarch, which will be unveiled in 2026 to mark what would have been the year of her 100th birthday. 0ur royal correspondent daniela relph has more. back in 1955, on a gloomy day on the mall in london, the young queen elizabeth unveiled a statue to her own father, king george vi. it was a public memorial to him. a tribute to his reign where his daughter praised his wartime service. he was the living symbol of our steadfastness. he never wavered in his faith that with god's help, the cause of freedom would prevail. there are tributes to kings and queens across the country.

the traditional imposing statue remains the most common memorial, but marking the reign of britain's longest—serving monarch may require something special. the queen's former private secretary, lord janvrin, will lead the new memorial committee. he says he now faces a unique challenge getting this project right. the committee will consult the royal family, the government and the public to find the best way to remember queen elizabeth ii with both a memorial and what's described as a national legacy programme. it is the first anniversary of her death this friday. the royal family will spend the day privately. in 2009, queen elizabeth unveiled a statue to her motherjust below the one of her father from 1955. now, the country she served for so long will look for a fitting way to remember her. daniela relph, bbc news.

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. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. 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 and clear away. and for many of us, we've got some sunshine out there. this was the scene a bit earlier on in cheshire, some lovely blue skies, a bit of cloud over the hills in the distance. and its higher pressure which is going to keep things settled and drier today for most of us, just this weather front affecting the far north of scotland. some outbreaks of rain at times and a rather brisk south—westerly wind here as well. the rain will continue on and off across the far north and north west of scotland into the afternoon. elsewhere, though, lots of blue

skies and sunshine, just a bit this 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 205, 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 205, perhaps 30 celsius in some parts, where scotland and northern ireland are still fine with some sunshine and temperatures in the low 205. bye— bye.

this is bbc news. the headlines... 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. 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. 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, hardtalk�*s stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. whatever we call them — extreme right, far right or ultra nationalist — it's clear parties far to the right of the conservative mainstream are gaining ground across europe. perhaps most significant, and to many europeans, most alarming, is the rise of the afd — alternative for deutschland — in germany. they're running second in national

polls and winning local elections. my guest is peter boehringer, vice chairman of the afd.