ideafing : dealing with their own way here of dealing with it. and a visual treat — we'll be speaking to some of the winners of this year's bird photographer of the year competition. hello, i'm matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live — three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. let's start straightaway with breaking there is that we are hearing coming to us from spain. the sanish hearing coming to us from spain. the spanish media just reporting and the last little while that the spanish women's soccer team has been fired over that hole for rory and the kiss that has dominated since that evening of the world cup victory. this is the latest domino to fall

not have been so many consequences after that kiss. news coming in that jorge vilda has been fired. so much pressure on lewis row be our lawyers, who has insisted he will not resign despite all that pressure from fifa, from the team, internationally piling up. of course the team coach had stayed in place, but that news just filtering in that he has been fired in at the aftermath of this. our correspondent guy hedgecoe is there. we don't know a great deal of detail about the sacking ofjorge vilda, other than the stand and president of the spanish football federation at the moment while luis rubiales are suspended by fifa, that he told

the coach that he no longer held the post. this is something i think many people had been expecting for a while, especially since the luis rubiales scandal blew up a few days ago. he was seen as a very close ally of luis rubiales. jorge vilda also has had quite a tumultuous relationship at times with spain's women's football team. around a year ago there was a player rebellion against him and the coaching set up. there is a lot of speculation back then about whether he would hold on to his post. it seems this latest affair surrounding luis rubiales has just been too much. even now he is a world cup winning coach, he has now lost hisjob. in world cup winning coach, he has now lost his “ob. , ., world cup winning coach, he has now lost his job-— lost his job. in terms of any immediate _ lost his job. in terms of any immediate reactions - lost his job. in terms of any immediate reactions from l lost his job. in terms of any - immediate reactions from team members, further afield, have you heard anything so far? i members, further afield, have you heard anything so far?— heard anything so far? i think it is too early for _ heard anything so far? i think it is too early for that _ heard anything so far? i think it is too early for that because - heard anything so far? i think it is too early for that because the - heard anything so far? i think it is. too early for that because the news is just breaking,

too early for that because the news isjust breaking, but too early for that because the news is just breaking, but i too early for that because the news isjust breaking, but i think too early for that because the news is just breaking, but i think it's probably safe to say that there will be those within the spanish women's football team who will be happy about this. after all, that has been about this. after all, that has been a lot of tension there in the past between jorge vilda a lot of tension there in the past betweenjorge vilda and some of his players. i think certainly there will be other players he used to play for the spanish team and who have essentially been boycotting the spanish team for the last few months because they were protesting against the coaching methods, i think they will certainly be happy about this and it might open the door to some players coming back into the team again. i think in that sense, i think we are likely to see anything, possibly some approval of this decision. i think it is unlikely we will see a great deal of support for jorge vilda in the coming hours. it is extraordinary when you take a step back. we are only a few weeks on from the spanish victory there in

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some celebrations, but all of that was very much overshadowed by the luis rubiales affair, because it became so big, it became a national and political social issue first up beyond that it became an international social issue, if you like, about sexual content and other related issues. ithink like, about sexual content and other related issues. i think there is a feeling that all of that did overshadowed the sporting achievement.— overshadowed the sporting achievement. , , achievement. guy hedgecoe in madrid, we will return — achievement. guy hedgecoe in madrid, we will return to _ achievement. guy hedgecoe in madrid, we will return to you _ achievement. guy hedgecoe in madrid, we will return to you over _ achievement. guy hedgecoe in madrid, we will return to you over the - we will return to you over the course of the next few hours and get more reaction as it turning to the war in ukraine. we start with the war in ukraine, because a high—level and high—stakes meeting could happen this month between north korea's leader kim jong—un and russian president vladimir putin. according to us officials, kimjong—un is expected to make a rare visit overseas and discuss the possibility of north korea providing moscow with weapons to support its war in ukraine. the exact location of the planned meeting is not clear. in a statement, us national security officials say that arms negotiations between russia and north korea are actively advancing.

but when asked about this possible summit, the kremlin spokesman said he had nothing to say on this and couldn't confirm the meeting. we go live now to andrei lankov, who is a professor at kookmin university, in seoul, and a specialist in korean studies. your assessment, first of all, of the story— did it surprise you? it sort of surprises me, because i expected that after covid restrictions period, which lasted three years in north korea, kimjong yn will play his first official visit to china, but he chose russia instead. it is a bit surprising. in terms of what both sides want, what is your sense? is a pretty transactional, moscow wants weapons, be on gang wants money? ital

transactional, moscow wants weapons, be on gang wants money?— be on gang wants money? not really. it is art of be on gang wants money? not really. it is part of the _ be on gang wants money? not really. it is part of the deal, _ be on gang wants money? not really. it is part of the deal, may _ be on gang wants money? not really. it is part of the deal, may be - be on gang wants money? not really. it is part of the deal, may be but - it is part of the deal, may be but not the major part. because shipment of weapons from north korea to russia has been reported for about a year, there have been reports of shipments, but not a single shell has been by the russian side. basically, north korea has a very small economy, a tiny economy. yes, they have stuck powers of the ammunition, but their capacity to much is highly doubtful. yes it probably will sell something but i believe it is largely about politics. after all you cannot escape an impression that both sides are do literally trying to create an impression that they're going to talk about military cooperation. even though, north korea simply

cannot produce enough ammunition to make a serious difference. if it is not that basic equation, tell me a little bit more about what you think it is. ., �* ., . little bit more about what you think itis. .,�* ., . ., it is. you're a french you thought it is. you're a french you thought it was politics. _ it is. you're a french you thought it was politics. politics _ it is. you're a french you thought it was politics. politics how? -- l it was politics. politics how? —— you referenced you thought it was politics. for you referenced you thought it was olitics. ., , , ., , ., politics. for the russian side to show that _ politics. for the russian side to show that they _ politics. for the russian side to show that they can _ politics. for the russian side to show that they can create - politics. for the russian side to j show that they can create some trouble for the americans and allies, not only in eastern europe, but in asia. by supporting north korea, may be hinting that some kind of military technology will be provided to north korea. personally i am sceptical whether it will really happen, but such hints will be very handy... really happen, but such hints will be very handy- - -_ really happen, but such hints will be very handy... when you talk about hence, be very handy... when you talk about hence. are — be very handy... when you talk about hence. are you _ be very handy... when you talk about hence, are you talking _ be very handy... when you talk about hence, are you talking potentially - hence, are you talking potentially about nuclear technology that north korea wants? is that what you're talking about or something else?

something else. i'm looking largely at ballistic missile technology. nuclear technology, probably not. once again, not sure that you have your transferable happen. there will be talks about it as a way... the russian ambassador to north korea essentially said that some kind of joint military exercises will be held soon. so, it is a kind of military activity which is much emphasised by both sides. the russian goal is to send the message to washington, and the north korean goal is to send the message to south korea that it also has russian backing, not only chinese backing, but russian backing, and it is probably getting more dangerous and north korea should be taken more

seriously. also to break through international isolation. talking about money, labour. north korea workers to russia is going to happen. that is going to be more important than weapons. just happen. that is going to be more important than weapons.- happen. that is going to be more important than weapons. just a final cuick fort, important than weapons. just a final quick fort. kim _ important than weapons. just a final quick fort, kim jong-un _ important than weapons. just a final quick fort, kim jong-un obsessed i quick fort, kim jong—un obsessed with his personal security. is this a chance that the americans have looked about this to it in some way derailed the meeting from actually happening? i derailed the meeting from actually ha eninu? ., �* derailed the meeting from actually haueninu? ., �* ~' derailed the meeting from actually haueninu? ., �* ~ derailed the meeting from actually haueninu? .,�* ~ .,�* happening? i don't think so. i don't see the americans _ happening? i don't think so. i don't see the americans taking _ happening? i don't think so. i don't see the americans taking him - happening? i don't think so. i don't see the americans taking him on i happening? i don't think so. i don't. see the americans taking him on the russian territory. i bet they be five to six it will be vladivostok. there are some rumours about north korean security team being made ready in barry bostock for a few days. ready in barry bostock for a few da s. . ~ ready in barry bostock for a few da s. ., ~ , ., ready in barry bostock for a few da s. ., ~ i. ., ready in barry bostock for a few da s. ., ~ ., ., ready in barry bostock for a few da s. ., ., ., ,., days. thank you for “oining us on bbc days. thank you for “oining us on sac news — days. thank you for “oining us on bbc news and _ days. thank you for “oining us on bbc news and for _ days. thank you forjoining us on bbc news and for your— days. thank you forjoining us on bbc news and for your time. - let's take you to ukraine now,

where footage has emerged on social media, showing a british—made challenger 2 tank apparently destroyed on the ukrainian front line. here it is. it's believed to be the first sighting of one of the 14 challengers since they were sent to kyiv earlier this year. the location is reported to be near robotyne, in the zaporizhzhia region, where heavy fighting has been taking place. here are the pictures again. this is thought to be the first time a challenger tank has been destroyed in combat since they were introduced in 1994. it was crewed by ukrainian soldiers, and it's not known if any were injured. europe's biggest local authority — birmingham city council — has effectively filed for bankruptcy. it's issued something called a section 114 notice — which prevents all but essential spending. earlier this year, the council began talks with the government, after revealing it was struggling with outgoings including equal pay claims and the implementation

of a new it system. let's go lie down to our correspondents, alex forsyth. this is effectively _ correspondents, alex forsyth. this is effectively a _ correspondents, alex forsyth. “m 3 is effectively a process that some of the councils have a ready gone through. but as you set this is the largest council in europe. excuse the noise. what they have done is essentially issue a section iii —— one when which means they cannot pay their bills, cannot balance the books. there are a couple of issues here, one is an outstanding equal pay claim which has landed the council with a really big bill. there is another issue around an it system here which is of control and cost the council a lot of money. there are issues with providing

services, things like social care when there is a real crew into mind. the council has been sounding warnings about this for some time, but they have got to a point were they are saying they cannot keep the books balance. it does not mean that council services. running. books balance. it does not mean that councilservices. running. councils council services. running. councils cannot councilservices. running. councils cannot officially go bankrupt. things like social care for the most vulnerable, then collection, recycling services, they will also function. but the council will have to get together and work out where it is going to make cuts to the nonessential, non—legal services that it has to provide to try and get its books in order. it is a real sign ofjust how bad things are for birmingham city council. presumably all buduets birmingham city council. presumably all budgets could _ birmingham city council. presumably all budgets could be _ birmingham city council. presumably all budgets could be slashed. - birmingham city council. presumably all budgets could be slashed. what . all budgets could be slashed. what about any sort of bailout from central government? find about any sort of bailout from central government?- about any sort of bailout from central government? and it looks unlikel . central government? and it looks unlikely- no _ central government? and it looks unlikely. no 10, _ central government? and it looks unlikely. no 10, the _ central government? and it looks unlikely. no 10, the prime - central government? and it looks i unlikely. no 10, the prime minister a's official spokesperson was asked

about it this morning and said they were aware of the difficulty is that birmingham city council is fine saying. but it pointed out to the fact that increase the funding received this year. they effectively are looking at how they have managed to get themselves into the situation. across the board, despite the fact that local funding has increased for this year and next year, local authorities had been warning for some time that because of inflation, the cost of providing services as well as the man, that other councils are saying that they too are facing budget shortfalls. it does not mean that we get to the same city council that birmingham city council is in. that has long been a call for another look at the way that local authorities are funded. during that period of austerity, local authorities were hit pretty hard, a lot of their services already. when it comes to making cuts, that can be quite difficult. also worth mentioning

that across councils in england, there have been questions about whether councils have manage their money properly. that is what the government is saying, it is up to local authorities to balance their budget. bring him at this point is we can't. around the is we can't. let's look at some other stories making news. a mid bedfordshire by—election has been called for october 19, after conservative mp nadine dorries resigned. the former culture secretary ms dorries was elected five times in the historically safe seat. despite that, both the labour party and the liberal democrats hope to take the seat, with the government trailing in the polls. 200 women in the uk who claim they were left in pain after having a permanent contraceptive device fitted have been given the go—ahead to take a "group legal action" against the manufacturer.

the essure coil, made by the german company, bayer, was withdrawn from sale in 2017. the manufacture says it will defend itself vigorously. an original proof of harry potter and the philosopher's stone that was discovered at a primary school could be worth thousands of pounds. the book was found at st kenelm's primary school, in oxford. it was bought for e1 in 1997. it is expected to fetch up to £20,000 at auction. you're live with bbc news. the un secretary—general has called on the world to make africa a renewable energy superpower. his comments came on the second day of the africa climate summit in the kenyan capital, nairobi. antonio guterres said developing the huge potential for renewable energy on the african continent would bring many benefits. with adequate access to financial resources at reasonable cost and technological support, renewables could dramatically boost economies, grow new industries, create jobs and drive development, including by reaching the over 600 million africans living

without access to power. renewable energy could be the african miracle, but we must make it happen. we must all work together for africa to become a renewable energy superpower. i'm joined by muhammed lamin saidykhan — an environmental activist and the head of climate action network international. you are one of the signatories of a report critical of this summit. tell me why. it report critical of this summit. tell me wh . , . report critical of this summit. tell mewh. ,. .,~ ., me why. it is critical for africa to build renewable _ me why. it is critical for africa to build renewable energy - me why. it is critical for africa to | build renewable energy systems, infrastructure and technology that is required to serve the citizens with the energy needs. over 600

million africans are faced with energy poverty. there are serious concerns around false solutions that have been driven by some of the western partners in this africa climate summit, and it is a critical concern for many of us climate activists on the continent, and it really draws critical attention around for this solutions. we felt that carbon credits are not really the benefits of african people. you describe those as false solutions. they are much talked about. why do you think they are not the answer? you cannot have the communities in the benefit of polluters, when

communities are not allowed to utilise the natural resources, their plants that they have come in at the benefit of polluters to cut down the carbon emissions that are making. for me, i see it as an injustice to communities, using those solutions. should the content be doing more around renewable energy resources, just as we were hearing from antonio guterres? the just as we were hearing from antonio guterres? . ., , ., , ., guterres? the continent is has all the required _ guterres? the continent is has all the required natural _ guterres? the continent is has all the required natural resources - guterres? the continent is has all| the required natural resources and minerals to go into 100% renewables. it needs political will, it needs international partners to invest in technology and capacity to deliver renewable energy for all. by,

technology and capacity to deliver renewable energy for all.- renewable energy for all. a really im ortant renewable energy for all. a really important summit. _ renewable energy for all. a really important summit. thank - renewable energy for all. a really important summit. thank you - renewable energy for all. a really important summit. thank you for| important summit. thank you for joining us and taking us through some of the issues from your perspective. staying with the environment, and a bbc investigation suggests that three major water companies in the uk illegally discharged sewage hundreds of times last year on days when it was not raining. the practice, known as "dry spilling" is banned because it can lead to higher concentrations of sewage in waterways. raw sewage can legally be discharged if the system is overwhelmed, but only after heavy rain or snow. live now to our environment correspondent, jonah fisher at langstone harbour. in turn in terms of what you found in this investigation, tell us more. this was quite a long and complex investigation done by various different parts of the bbc. but we effectively dead is requested details from all nine english water

companies into exactly when they had been spilling sewage, either into rivers and into seas. three of the water companies provided us with that information, thames water, wessex and southern water. we then took a huge amount of data and crunched it with weather data to try and find out when those spills took place during dry weather. as you mentioned, it is legal, but clearly undesirable for water companies to spill raw sewage during wet weather, when they are overwhelmed, when there is too much water in the system, but it is illegal if they do it during dry weather. we crunched all the numbers, we put the data alongside weather data from the met office. we discovered from just from these three companies, something in these three companies, something in

the region of 400 potentially illegal spills took place last year. in terms of solutions, that has been so much focus on water companies, the bonuses paid out, the dividends over the years. what are they saying about potential solutions to all of the schools that is consensus that something has to be done and that it is going to involve a lot of money. i have been speaking to the water companies over the last few days, they are pretty clear that it is going to take billions of pounds of investment to try and modernise the sewage system here so that we don't get these spills, legal or illegal, any more. there are proposals put forward that would cost huge amounts of money to do that. campaigners say at the water companies have taken profits and dividends from customers for a long time but are not doing a particularly good job. what a company should pay for it. i don't

think that is going to happen. from speaking to the government and the water companies, it is clear that the huge cost of this will be passed on to customers through their water bills. people here in in the uk should really expect their water bills to rise if they want this problem solved. a number of freddie mercury's personal belongings are set to go under the hammer this week at an auction at sotheby�*s in london. the sale will include the queen frontman's baby grand piano, on which he composed hits including bohemian rhapsody, killer queen and don't stop me now. a huge range of items will be on offer, from early drafts of his songs, to costume pieces like his infamous crown and cloak. in a statement about the auction, fellow musician eltonjohn said, "i miss freddie to this day". proceeds from the sale of six items will be donated to the eltonjohn aids foundation.

before we take a break, it is worth returning to the news that emerged from spain that is being widely reported there, that the spanish women's soccer team coach, plug one, has been fired from his job. women's soccer team coach, plug one, has been fired from hisjob. —— jorge vilda has been fired from his job. another consequence of the kiss from the president, luis rubiales, on the evening of that world cup victory. there is developing that the coach of the side has now been removed. of course we were hearing earlier from removed. of course we were hearing earlierfrom guy removed. of course we were hearing earlier from guy hedgecoe there has been over the years tension between the team and the couch. but it has flared, another consequence of what we saw with that kiss on the lips of the player, jenni hermoso, about the president. he has been suspended by

fifa as the investigation continues. but the latest domino to fall, the team coach has now been fired. but we keep an eye on that story, there is bound to be more development and reaction on bbc news. down to go away. hello, there. temperatures are going to continue to build over the next few days. we could see the peak of the heat around wednesday and thursday — the low 30s celsius across central and southern areas. with the heat and the sunshine, we're also going to see the humidity increasing, as well, so that will make it feel more uncomfortable both by day and by night. we have low pressure parked to the far south—west of the uk out in the atlantic. high pressure is dominating the scene across most of the continent and that's allowing us to tap into this hot air, particularly across france, which will be driven up on a south—easterly breeze. for the rest of this afternoon it's going to stay sunny and very warm or even hot across southern areas again. temperatures reaching around the 30 celsius mark in one or two locations. a little bit of mist and murk hugging some

north sea coasts of scotland, but some good sunshine for shetland. cloudier, though, for orkney. through tonight, it looks like we'll see low cloud, mist and murk become a bit more widespread across eastern scotland, eastern england and a few patches into the irish sea. for most, though, it is clear skies and a fairly warm and muggy night to come — temperatures around the mid—teens. it starts off rather gray across eastern scotland and eastern england. that mist and low cloud will burn back to the coast. it could linger across some irish sea coasts, as well. for most, again, it's another dry, sunny and a hot day. probably the peak of the heat up to the low 30s. 32 celsius or so across the south—east, mid to high 20s further north. with the heat and humidity in place, thursday is going to be another dry and sunny day, but there could be an increasing chance of some thundery showers developing because of the humidity across northern and western areas. it will be very hit and miss, most places to stay dry. again, it's going to be another very warm or hot day with plenty of sunshine again. again, temperatures in the low 30s across the south—east. little change as we head into friday.

high pressure continues to hold on, so anotherfine day for most of the uk. again, there will be that low cloud, mist and murk to start off with, certainly across central and northern areas. then most places will see the sunshine become widespread, certainly into the afternoon. again, temperatures low 30s across the south—east, mid to high 20s across scotland. signs of a bit of a change taking place across scotland, northern ireland this weekend. it turns a bit cooler, an increasing chance of showers, but it stays hot and sunny for england and wales, with temperatures coming down here into next week.

aria this is bbc news, the headlines the spanish fa havejust the spanish fa have just sacked the women's team coach us officials say north korea's leader kim jong—un plans to travel to russia this month to meet president vladimir putin. unicef has warned we're now in a �*critical moment�* with the global cost of living crisis, we bring you the latest in our series on how children around the world are being affected. and — a visual treat — shortly we'll be speaking to some of the winners of this years bird photographer of the year competition.

sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre. we're gonna start with developments in spain and the fallout from the behaviour of its suspended president luis rubiales following their victory at last months women's world cup. reports in the spanish press in the last few minutes are suggesting the wolrd cup winning coachjorge vilde has been dismissed. in the last hour, the spanish football federation has apologised for the "enormous damage" caused by the actions of its suspended president luis rubiales. success success of that team was overshadowed. the man at the centre of the controversy was louise robbie alice. rubiales has refused to resign over the matter. these were the scenes in barcelona yesterday where hundreds of supporters called for him to be removed from hisjob. this supporters called for him to be removed from his job. this afternoon the spanish football federation

apologise for the enormous damage