hello, and welcome to the programme. i'm frankie mccamley. ukraine's military says it's managed to break through key russian defences near the southeastern city of zaporizhzhia. general oleksandr tarnavskyi told the observer newspaper that extensive minefields had blocked troops for several weeks, leaving them vulnerable to russian shellfire and drone attacks. but the general claimed that painstaking mine clearance work has now allowed his forces to advance, and they expect to face far weaker russian defences ahead. sources in the ukrainian army have confirmed the breakthrough to the bbc. how does it change the dynamics of the war? here is the take of an adviser to president zelensky — aleksander rodnya nsky.

we've been waiting for this moment for quite some time, we've been hoping that we would pierce through the russian defence line, the first defence line, which was the hardest to pierce through, if you believe military experts when they talk about it. so hopefully now when we reach the second and third lines of defence that the russians have established, those will be easier to essentially overcome. and perhaps hopefully this is the spot, this is the place where we can actually put all the modern nato technology, the tanks that we've been getting and the training that we've been receiving put all of that to use to our advantage. and just really, really briefly, the hope from your side that ukraine's military has managed to break through these defences, how does that sit in the war across the country? is this a key moment, would you say? hopefully it's a key moment. again, we'll see what happens. it's hard to predict any at any point, including at this point. but we know what the objectives are. we have a common objective of liberating ukraine, notjust for ukraine,

but for the whole western developed democratic world, because this is a stand—off between democracies and authoritarian systems, and it's really key for everybody to chip in. so hopefully this is a key moment. hopefully we'll be able to build on that and make sure that we liberate all of ukraine in its 1991 internationally recognised borders. justin crump is a military analyst and ceo of sibylline, an intelligence consultancy. he gave us his assessment of the reports from the frontline. i think the news, as you say, it's been confirmed by your other sources. it's been confirmed on visual pictures that they are in the first actually main russian continuous defence line. there have been defences forward of that. but the thing that people are mostly thinking about with the dragon's teeth, anti—tank obstacles and the many, many, many kilometres of ditches and covered firing positions. so we know that they are into that. and it's clear as well that this is the most upbeat the ukrainians have sounded about their conduct of their offensive since

the earliest days. but the word "breakthrough" is something that many people watching might be thinking of this very dramatic action and tanks charging forward now towards the sea of azov. and i think what you have to understand, the breakthrough at this sort of pace, it's still very slow and steady. it's not a dramatic moment. it's the culmination of a lot of effort, including infantrymen almost crawling forward on their bellies to clear mines, to clear positions. so ukraine, obviously, very pleased with the achievement at this stage. i think we're still a little bit of a way away from seeing what might come to most people's minds when they hear the word breakthrough. yes, i think that that word breakthrough is key, isn't it? so really looking at the war as a whole, how significant do you think what ukraine is saying a breakthrough is, you're not necessarily calling it that, but how significant is this announcement? you know, again, it's slightly unfair to pick on the word. it is a breakthrough. whether it leads to that sort of cascading picture one

might have, and if you think back to desert storm in 1991 or the invasion of iraq 2003, or indeed the collapse of the russians in kharkiv this time last year, i think we're still some way away potentially from seeing that point where armoured formations, wheeled formations, are sort of driving tens of kilometres a day, potentially, the russian army is having to fall back at pace to new positions. i think that is the key question at this point, and that depends very heavily with the strategy ukraine has taken on how many losses the russians have taken in trying to hold the lines forward where they have done for so long and how much effort that's taken the russians to actually hold the line to keep the ukrainians from advancing for so long. and the question is, has it exhausted russia's reserves of artillery, of personnel to the extent that now they can't counter increased pressure from ukraine? or has russia got enough of a reserve in the tank to keep the pace very slow, to keep pushing back at the ukrainians and stop them

from developing what is currently a bit of a gap in the line into something which leads to the cascading failure of the russians in the south? it's still impossible really to say that, and i'm not sure either side knows fully the state and balance of forces on the ground. so it's what the soldiers are having to find out. yeah, and just like you're alluding to there, there's so much we don't know. but do you think going forward we could expect faster gains in ukrainians in ukraine's military offensive now they've broken through one key russian defence? yeah, absolutely. i think that is the question. how fragile are the russian defences once you push on them, once you push through them? and i think with any defence line, it can look fantastic on the map. it can look fantastic on the ground. it's only as good as the troops and the equipment and logistics that support it. otherwise, it's just a speed bump, literally, in some cases to attacking forces. it's only effective when trying to cross an obstacle means

you're being fired at by your enemy, you're being attacked by artillery, you can't move in the open, and suddenly you're stuck in front of an obstacle. if ukraine doesn't get stuck on these obstacles any more, that's when the russians will be in trouble. and tarnavskyi is, by background, the tank commander. i think he's waiting for that bit where he can unleash his vehicles. once again, it's notable in the interview that what he talks about is we're reaching the point that we're back in our vehicles, we're reaching the point that we're back where we can start moving again. and you can see the desire, actually, in his words, as he talks about it. so he obviously thinks this is close and that they are approaching a position where they can achieve this sort of level of success against the russians. i think, again, many unknowns. it's the fog of war. you're always going to have this.

but ukraine definitely sounding more upbeat than they have for a while. the ukrainian billionaire businessman, ihor kolomoisky, has been 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. president zelensky has promised that those who have plundered ukraine will be held accountable. he referred to the case in his regular evening address. 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. the chancellorjeremy hunt has said

the government will "spend what it takes" to make schools that have been affected by crumbly concrete, safe. it comes after more than 100 schools were forced to close buildings, because they contain the bubbly "raac" material. labour has demanded to know why this wasn't dealt with earlier, as our political correspondent tony bonsignore reports. ferryhill secondary school in county durham. corpus christi catholic primary school in brixton. and katherine's primary academy in essex. just three of the more than 150 schools that won't be fully reopening as planned this week, thanks to the presence of this, raac. a lightweight concrete used in the 50s, 60s and 70s but now often in a state of serious disrepair. it is a problem that has been known about for years. five years ago, a primary school building in kent collapsed, leading to wider concerns. good morning, sir. so the questions of many parents are now asking of government, why act only now, just days before the start of the new

school year in england? we went through this exhaustive survey of 22,000 schools after the initial incident in 2018. then in the summer months, new information came to light that suggested that some of the buildings that had previously been classified as safe might not be. and so the education secretary acted immediately on that. the chancellor said the government would spend whatever it takes to keep children safe at school, although it is not clear what that means in the long term. labour is piling on the pressure, demanding action. first, i am calling on the government to publish the full list of all the schools affected and publish the papers that are driving all of that. we don't fully know exactly what is going on, and if the government aren't prepared to do it then we will force the vote in parliament next week. we need to understand the scale of what is going on. the chickens are coming home to roost after 13 years. and i can think of are 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. educational leaders are concerned too about the impact on pupils. they think this could have been avoided. i am extremely disappointed and frustrated that there wasn't a plan in place for this happening. the government might not have known that it would happen this week but we knew the stock was in this situation. ministers will face tough questions when mps return to westminster this week, particularly as the true scale of this crisis remains unknown. and, staying in the uk, the chancellor has also hinted inflation could rise again when the next set of figures are released later this month. jeremy hunt said there may be a "blip" in inflation. but he insisted the government's plan to slow price rises is working. the prime minister has promised to halve inflation by the end of the year, from the 10.7% level it hit last autumn.

last month the consumer prices index figure stood at 6.8%. this is what the chancellor had to say to laura kuenssberg this morning. what people want from a chancellor, what people want from their prime minister, is not people who are going to take the easy decisions, but people who are going to take the right decisions for the long term of the british economy. that is what we're doing, and we can see the plan is working. inflation is coming down... well, it may go up. the bank of england thinks it has gone up in august. do you accept that? do think that is what's going to happen? i do think we may see a blip in inflation in september, but after that, the bank of england are saying it will fall down to around 5%. if we are going to put money in people's pockets quickly, the fastest thing i can do is to deliver the prime minister's pledge to halve inflation. taiwan is being battered by its biggest storm in four years. typhoon haikui has winds of up to 190 kilometres an hour.

our reporter nicky schiller is in the newsroom with more. the storm gathered pace as it approached taiwan, and what you can see behind me as one of the government webcams, where you can see the torrential rain pounding the lens. it is predicted in some areas that there could be at least half a metre of rain by monday. with those winds of 190 kilometres an hour, it's no surprise that trees and power lines have been brought down in several coastal towns, causing, as you can see, damage to vehicles. the state—run taiwan power company says it is working hard to restore electricity to tens of thousands of homes and businesses. all domestic flights were cancelled on sunday. roads have also been damaged, with the authorities warning that there is a risk of landslides in some mountainous districts. thousands of people have been moved to evacuation centres, whilst others are staying sheltering in their homes, although they have been told to stay away from windows in case they get broken by flying debris in those strong winds.

the military have mobilised soldiers and equipment to help with those evacuation efforts and the flood relief. taiwan has escaped any direct hits by major storms since 2019. although the typhoon is expected to cause extensive damage, it is passing over a relatively sparsely populated area of the island. it will then move, forecasters say, across the taiwan strait and into china. a red alert for heavy rain is in force in the spanish capital, madrid. the city's mayor has advised all residents to stay at home ahead of forecast torrential rain. the red alert means possible extreme danger. the national weather agency said up to 120 litres per square metre of rain could fall over 12 hours.

text alerts have been sent to residents warning them of the flood risks. israel's government is considering deporting eritrean asylum seekers who were involved in violent protests on saturday. around 160 people were injured in clashes with the police, and in fighting between rival groups supporting and opposing the eritrean government. they broke through police barriers and attacked cars and businesses nearby. israeli police used live gunfire, tear gas and stun grenades to try to push them back. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu said that chaotic scenes in tel aviv had crossed a red line. translation: the massive illegal infiltration into israel from africa l 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. these are tens of thousands of illegal infiltrators who entered israel. our middle east correspondent yolande knell told me more about how the protests unfolded. well, just a day ago, there were these really riotous scenes in the south of tel aviv. what happened is that the eritrean embassy in israel was planning to hold an event at a hall there, and there had already been warnings from eritrean activists that that should not be allowed to go ahead. they'd asked the israeli authorities to block it and said there was a risk of violence. we very much saw that. large crowds of eritrean asylum seekers opposed to the government in their native country broke through police barricades and we had these very violent scenes. the police looked like they had been caught somewhat off guard

by the scale of the crowds that were there, and they used live gunfire, stun grenades, tear gas, all different measures to try to push back the protesters. but then what we also saw, they were trying to divide groups of protesters from each other, because within the eritrean community, there is this deep division between those who are for and against the government back in eritrea. and they were wearing opposing colours, red and blue, and were fighting each other on the streets with rocks, with large pieces of metal in some cases. and there were lots of vandalism. shops were smashed up. cars were smashed. the police were on horseback as well, trying to push people off the streets. and it was several hours before they managed to bring the situation under control. so something that was really quite unprecedented. so not surprisingly, today, we have been seeing a big political fallout of that with the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, calling a special ministerial meeting to discuss what should happen next and looking

meeting to discuss what should happen next. and looking at what could happen next, of course, israel's hardline government considering tough measures, including the deportation of eritrean asylum seekers. could there be further clashes or does that hardline approach seem to have worked? have these clashes de—escalated? has tensions de—escalated? i mean, the tensions in the in tel aviv are still simmering away within the community, but i think they've also been replaced somewhat by feelings of great uncertainty because of the very strong message that has come out from the israeli government. israel is so split at the moment on this issue of the government's very highly controversial plans to pass through a judicial overhaul. some other items on the political agenda have sort of been put aside, including this one about migration and those people whom mr netanyahu refers to as illegal infiltrators, people who crossed into israel from egypt through the sinai desert in the main several years ago.

there's now a big borderfence that prevents large numbers of people from crossing in the same way. and really, there are members of the far right, the cabinet ministers, who have long wanted to tackle this issue of about 30,000 sub—saharan africans who remain in israel. about 20,000 of them come from eritrea. the figures aren't exactly clear. now, mr netanyahu is saying he wants to see the immediate deportation of those who were involved in the latest violence. and there are about a0 people that we already know of that are being kept now in administrative detention who were rounded up by the police a day ago, mainly for public disorder offences. but he's asked ministers at his meeting earlier as well if they can come up with other plans to deport people en masse. and that is something that would be very worrying for asylum seekers and migrants here in israel.

now it's time for a look at today's sport, with chetan. despite being linked with a big money move to saudi arabia, mohammed salah was one of the goal—scorers for liverpool as they comfortably beat aston villa at anfield to continue their impressive start to the english premier league season. new summer signing dominik szobozlai scored his first goal in english football. salah added a third after a matty cash own goal. a first clean sheet of the season for alisson. liverpool are joint second, two points behind the leaders manchester city. elsewhere, crystal palace beat wolves 3—1 at selhurst park. odsonne edouard gave palace the lead in the second half before hwang hee—chan equalised. but, goals from eberechi eze and a second from edouard sealed the win for roy hodgson�*s side who move into the top half. arsenal take on manchester united at the emirates stadium in the next 15 minutes. mikel arteta's side have had

the better of the rivalry in recent years, including winning four of the last five games at home: we know the history between the two clubs and the we know the history between the two clubs and the games we know the history between the two clubs and the games we we know the history between the two clubs and the games we have we know the history between the two clubs and the games we have had we know the history between the two clubs and the games we have had in the past are a really good example, so it is going to be an extreme the competitive match, a big battle on sunday, and obviously we are going to come away with that with three points. —— we want to come away with that three points. always great games, intense games. two teams _ always great games, intense games. two teams who play offensive football, _ two teams who play offensive football, the right intensity, i would — football, the right intensity, i would say. the audience is always the big _ would say. the audience is always the big winner of that game, so really— the big winner of that game, so really looking forward to have that game _ really looking forward to have that came. . ~ ., ' really looking forward to have that came. . " ., ' , really looking forward to have that came. ,., in scotland, the first old firm derby of the season

went celtic�*s way. they beat rangers 1—0 at ibrox with kyogo furuhashi's brilliant goal on the stroke of half time proving to be the difference. at the us open tennis later — the world number one iga swiatek, caroline wozniacki and the 23 time grand slam champion novak djokovic will all be playing on sunday in new york. last year's runner up and fifth seed ons jabeur produced another gutsy display to reach the last 16 with a three—set win over marie bouzkova that took almost three hours. she's been struggling with illness, but has now set up a match with the chinese 23rd seed zheng qinwen. third seed daniil medvedev overcame argentina's sebastian baez in three sets as he continued his bid to win a second us open title in three years. he'll face australia's alex de minaur next. max verstapppen has made formula one history, winning sunday's italian grand prix to become the first driver to win ten consecutive races. the two—time world champion overtook pole—sitter carlos sainz on lap 15 and never looked back. cruising to victory to overtake sebastian vettel�*s previous record

of nine consecutive wins. verstappen�*s red bull team—mate sergio perez was second, with sainz fending off his ferrari team—mate charles leclerc for third. former zimbabwe captain heath streak has died at the age of 49 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, he had been serving an 8 year ban from cricket for corruption offences. before that he also had a three year spell as zimbabwe coach. england are looking to complete a series victory against new zealand in the third t20 international at edgbaston. jos buttler�*s side lead the four match series 2—0, with chrisjordan and mark wood recalled to the side today. new zealand won the toss in birmingham and they made 202 for 5 from their 20 overs. finn allen and glenn phillipps making half centuries. chris eubankjunior says he has

answered his critics after gaining revenge over liam smith, beating him by a technical knockout in round 10 of their middleweight rematch. eubank knocked smith down in the fourth round at the manchester arena, and although he wasn't able to capitilise immediately, the referee stoped the fight when eubank did it again in the tenth. smith won the first fight between the two back injanuary. i was the underdog. they really thought— i was the underdog. they really thought i— i was the underdog. they really thought i was going to get knocked out. everyone thought i was finished _ out. everyone thought i was finished. i saw people online saying i'm shocked, i'm too old, i don't want _ i'm shocked, i'm too old, i don't want it— i'm shocked, i'm too old, i don't want it any— i'm shocked, i'm too old, i don't want it any more. i couldn't let that — want it any more. i couldn't let that i— want it any more. i couldn't let that... i couldn't let that be. i that... icouldn't let that be. i coutdh't— that... i couldn't let that be. i couldn't tet _ that... i couldn't let that be. i couldn't let that slide. for more on these and other sports stories, including all the reaction from the premier league and the latest from that t20 international as england begin their chase, you can go

to our website. they will look to win that series out right. back to you, frankie. activists in sudan say at least twenty civilians are known to have been killed in an airstrike in the capital khartoum. two children were among the victims. witnesses said the air strike was followed by artillery and rocket fire. the sudanese armed forces appear to be targeting positions held by their opponent, the paramilitary rapid support forces. correspondents say the army controls the skies, while the rsf is dominant in khartoum. thousands of people have been killed since the conflict began in april. in the us, thousands of people remain stranded at the famous burning man festival in the desert state of nevada — due to rare rainstorms that turned the event into a mudbath. police have confirmed one person has died during the torrential rain at the event. slippery conditions

in nevada's black rock desert mean roads in and of out of the event are closed. festivalgoers have been warned to shelter and conserve food. more on our website and the bbc news app. the headlines are next. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. we've got a september heat wave building over the next few days. lots of dry, sunny, very warm, if not hot weather with temperatures probably peaking wednesday, thursday into the low 30s in the very hottest parts of the country. now, looking at the weather picture today, we did start off with a bit of morning mist and fog that all cleared out of the way to reveal these blue and sunny skies. and it's been like that pretty much for the whole of the day. the exception has been the far north of scotland, where we have had some thicker cloud and that's

been bringing few patches of rain to the hebrides, parts of highland, orkney and shetland as well. temperatures with that cloud and rain being a little bit suppressed across the far north of scotland. but otherwise it's been warm for the rest of scotland and northern ireland. england and wales, mid—to—high 20s for some. now overnight tonight, we'll keep the clear skies going. again, there could be a few mist and fog patches developing later in the night with temperatures slowly drifting down to between 12 and 16 degrees for most of us. and the weather over the next few days is dominated by this area of high pressure that's overalljust to the east of the uk. and it's this that's going to be bringing us a long spell of dry, sunny, very warm, if not hot weather. now for the details on monday. mist and fog, patches clearing plenty of sunshine for the vast majority. a brighter day for the hebrides and the highlands. orkney, too. but shetland could continue to see some thicker cloud and occasional spots of rain. temperatures rising, probably mid 20s and the very warmest parts of scotland and northern ireland. but highs are set to hit about 27

into parts of england and wales. we've got more of that very warm, sunny weather to come on tuesday as well. probably some thicker cloud just for a time working across the northern isles. so probably bright if not sunny here. but for most of us, the sunshine back out in full force. and again, another very warm day. those temperatures are set to rise a bit further as we head towards the middle part of the week. but again, could see a bit of mist and fog first thing in the morning. the hottest weather towards eastern england where we could see temperatures on wednesday afternoon hitting 30 degrees celsius, which isn't too far away from the highest temperature of the year, which currently stands at 32.2. and the dry, sunny, very warm weather last for most of us into the first part of next weekend. probably a change on sunday with rain returning.

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. ukraine's military says it has managed to break through key russian defences near the southeastern city of zaporizhzhia. a high ranking ukrainian general has told a british newspaper that extensive minefields had blocked

advancing troops for several weeks. 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 a 150 people were left injured. now on bbc news, the briefing.