despite its years many budget despite its spooking financial markets. welcome to the daily global where we bring you the top stories from across the world. london's metropolitan police receive a report of sexual assault following a media investigation into russell brand. they say there are in contact with the woman and providing her support. it's been three years in the allegations by women of rape, abuse which emerged at the weekend all of which emerged at the weekend all of which he denies. one of the women who was told the bbc that mr brand management discussed how to keep the fact she was so young out of the public eye for fear it would hurt his image. several organisations

have disassociated themselves from him and his upcoming theatre show is now being postponed. our media correspondent has the latest. i can pretend to be nice for a little bit... russell brand. on this weeekend's dispatches programme he was accused of rape and multiple counts of sexual assault. i'll sleep on the sofa... the comedian now faces further allocations. more women have come forward. the metropolitan police say a complaint has been made to them of a sexual assault in 2003. russell brand says it's all untrue, and suggests a "mainstream media" plot. what i refute are these very, very serious criminal allegations. also, it's worth mentioning that there are witnesses whose evidence directly contradicts the narrative is that these two mainstream media outlets are trying to construct, apparently in what seems to me to be a coordinated attack. a suggestion that one of the women

interviewed by dispatches says is simply insulting. it's laughable that he would even imply that this is some kind of mainstream media conspiracy. called "alice" on the programme, she says she was assaulted by him during a relationship that began when she was 16. today, on woman's hour, a chance to respond to his denials. he's not outside the mainstream, he did a universal pictures movie last year. he just happens to have a youtube channel where he talks about conspiracy theories to an audience that laps it up. yeah, i take an awful lot of precautions. what i do is i make absolutely sure that it is a woman, and then go for it! however, why is this happening now? because there have long been rumours. the investigating team were far from the first to look at brand. the difficulty with stories - like this is that they are so hard and so many news outlets have tried to do this story in _

the past and failed. no, is this andrew sachs' answerphone? well, jonathan, this is unconventional. i'll blurt something out. don't blurt something out! he has been courting controversy throughout his career. when the bbc parted company with him in 2008 over sexually offensive answerphone messages. # i do apologise for these terrible attacks # andrew sachs... there have been other stories in the papers about his conduct in the studio. his career is a showreel of moments that cross boundaries. things was getting a bit fruity out there. all right, liz? thank you. well... it's been really... don't be nervous. it starts in august, i in abu dhabi, right? you're ovulating! i'm ovulating? oh, my god. oh, wow. when we caught up today with his former agent there was, he says, over those years, nothing untoward to report. i've never had any complaints about him, other than turning up late, that kind of thing.

however, for alice, she has memories that some people close to brand did have concerns about her being 16. they said it wasn't a good look for him and for his career. and there was some kind of discussions, "well, maybe we can say she's your goddaughter." and now, with further allegations emerging, russell brand's next performance in windsor has been cancelled. david sillito, bbc news. our correspondent helena wilkinson has been following the story russell brand has been on tour and in fact on saturday hours after the allegations about him, which he denies first emerged in the times newspaper, thejoint denies first emerged in the times newspaper, the joint investigation with channel [i dispatches program. he was actually on stage on saturday

night performing one of his live shows in london. he had three remaining shows left as part of his tour, his by polarisation tour, one of which was going to be here at the theatre royale in windsor. there was also going to be one on friday in plymouth and a third and final won as part of his tour in wolverhampton. we know throughout today discussions have been taking place between theatre managers at the theatres and also the tour promoters. earlier today after they had those discussions they then released a statement, the promoters of the tours released a statement and it said "we're postponing those few remaining addiction charity shows, we don't like doing it but we know you'll understand. "interesting, they say they are postponing as opposed to canceling. those three remaining shows have now been postponed. i don't think it's a

huge surprise giving all of the allegations of it swirling around russell brand sense they emerge on saturday. as i say, these are allegations that he has denied. tell us more about this latest development from london's metropolitan police. the metropolitan _ metropolitan police. the metropolitan police - metropolitan police. tue: metropolitan police in metropolitan police. tte: metropolitan police in london have released a statement, a significant update earlier on today in which they say they have received a report to do with an allegation of sexual assault. they don't name russell brand but they do say that the report was made to police and this is all following the investigations, the joint investigation by the times newspapers and channel [i dispatchers. this report has been made to the metropolitan police by a woman. in the report dates back 20

years to 2003, the alleged incidents of sexual assault, allegedly took place in soho in london. the met police say they are now in touch with pete woman and what will be happening now is they will have specialist officers speaking to the women, it will clearly be a very sensitive and difficult conversation for her, no doubt to have. but the police will be talking to her to try and get to the bottom of what the allegation is. a significant update from the metropolitan police, the bullies are now involved important to point out that they have not started a criminal investigation but they are looking into or have received a report of sexual assault made by a woman.— received a report of sexual assault made by a woman. russell brand has denied the allegations _ made by a woman. russell brand has denied the allegations and _ made by a woman. russell brand has denied the allegations and said - made by a woman. russell brand has denied the allegations and said that l denied the allegations and said that his relationships have always been consensual. we have more on that story on the bbc news website where

we have a life page with the latest developments and lots of analysis on bear. —— life page. do you go to the bbc news website for more on that. our other main story today... five americans jailed for years in iran are flying back to the united states, after being freed in a controversial prisoner swap. the former captives stopped briefly in qatar before getting on a plane home. the us is releasing five iranian prisoners in return, and has allowed the transfer of six billion dollars of frozen iranian funds. they haven't been allowed to leave the country until today. once the americans were free, president biden announced new sanctions, saying the us would continue to impose costs on iran for what he called its provocative actions. in the last couple of minutes it's been announced that mr biden is what is described as an emotional call

with the families of the freed americans. our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, is in doha. she told us more about the details of the deal. this moment here on the tarmac is above all a very personal moment for the five american citizens who are now free. and the relatives who travelled with them on this chartered plane which left the iranian capital tehran. the most high profile of the american siamak namazi said in a statement that he dreamed of this day for every single one of the 2898 days he was held in iran. most of that time behind bars in iran's notorious prison. they are a nightmare is not over. and siamak namazi thank president biden for putting the lives of americans about politics. they only secure their

freedom through this very political deal which is highly complex and deeply controversial. so when these five americans and relatives returned home to the united states they will be reunited with their loved ones. but they will also face the criticism of leading republicans in the us to say that president biden is simply paving the way for more hostage taking. but the united states says they have done everything possible in this very difficult negotiation to ensure it was the best deal possible for the best result. nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe was held in an iranian prison for six years from 2016. her husband richard ratcliffe reflected on the momentjust before his wife finally returned home. my my memory of this moment as a family of course is that you just are on tender hooks you're so nervous, you have so many messages coming in then to stay away from too much. until

it's left iranian airspace i'm sure they're not quite letting themselves dream and believe, i know i didn't until actually i went to the airport in the taxi that was really can happen. you've so long been battling and having had all these ups and downs that it takes a while to just really believe that it is over. a short while ago i spoke to ali vaez, crisis group's iran project director and senior adviser to the president. iam i am overjoyed because siamak namazi it is one of my old friends. he was the longest held american hostage in iran and i am elated for him and his family and very happy to see them coming home. are you surprised? know because this is a deal that was in the making for the past two years. and the negotiators on both side experience a lot of ups and downs. this was really the last opportunity

to make it happen before the us enters into a cycle in a way that it would be prohibitive for the biden administration to be willing to pay the political price of doing this deal. it wasn't a surprise. also the initial phase of this when the detainees were moved from the notorious evan prison to a hotel and the house arrest happened about five months ago. this was not a surprise, it was expected. tell months ago. this was not a surprise, it was mated-— months ago. this was not a surprise, it was “pasted-— it was expected. tell us more about our it was expected. tell us more about your friend — it was expected. tell us more about your friend and _ it was expected. tell us more about your friend and how _ it was expected. tell us more about your friend and how he _ it was expected. tell us more about your friend and how he ended - it was expected. tell us more about your friend and how he ended up i yourfriend and how he ended up being held in an iranian president in the first place.— being held in an iranian president in the first place. siamak namazi it is now 51, when _ in the first place. siamak namazi it is now 51, when he _ in the first place. siamak namazi it is now 51, when he was _ in the first place. siamak namazi it is now 51, when he was imprisonedj in the first place. siamak namazi it i is now 51, when he was imprisoned he was 43 and he had lost eight of his best years for no good reason, he was in tehran to visit family in 2015. and was arrested on completely wrong charges of him being a spy for

the united states. he was a businessman at that point, had no access to any kind of confidential information and was then cruelly used as a bargaining chip, notjust him but also his father, 80—year—old who himself was imprisoned for more than five years, only because he went back to visit his son. this family has gone through a lot. we have to i'll remember although this is a political and geopolitical story but at its core is a human story. qt story but at its core is a human sto . .., , , story but at its core is a human sto . _, , , ., story but at its core is a human sto. , , ., story. of course. tell us more about the deal and — story. of course. tell us more about the deal and what _ story. of course. tell us more about the deal and what went _ story. of course. tell us more about the deal and what went into - story. of course. tell us more about the deal and what went into it. - story. of course. tell us more about the deal and what went into it. it's l the deal and what went into it. it's not necessarily typical of her money to be exchanging this way, is it? sometimes it is. what i would say is unique in this case is the amount of strings that are attached to these funds. the biden administration spent months and months negotiating with the treasury department with banks to make sure that they put in

a financial mechanism that is airtight. and they can make sure the assets are only used for humanity eight two humanitarian trade which is exempt under us law. basically with all the sanctions in place around should have been able to use its assets to buy food and medicine and medical equipment anyway. this wasn't possible because of the over compliance of banks in south korea. all the biden administration has done is move those assets from soul into restricted accounts in doha two views for humanitarian trade. in addition there is a swap, five iranians were released from us jails and five american hostages were released from iran. this is happening also in the context of a d escalatory understanding that is already brought down the temperature between iran and us. i run slow down its nuclear programme and stopped attacking us forces in syria and

iraq. the us is also eased up on enforcement of sanctions on iranian oil transports to china. it has created a more stable context even though it hasn't really resolved any of the main issues. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's now take a look at some other stories making news, here in the uk. a woman has appeared in court charged with murdering her parents. their bodies are yet to be found. virginia mccullough is accused of killing them some time between august 2018 and september 15 this year. the 35—year—old was arrested on wednesday. people in england aged 65 and over are being urged to get a top—up covid booster vaccine. an increasing number of people are attending hospital with the virus , but while hospital numbers are up, intensive care admissions are low. the roll—out�*s been brought forward as a precaution against a highly—mutated

new covid variant called ba—two—point—eight—six. the cost of renting a home in the uk rose by 12—percent in the year to august, that's according to estate agency hamptons. the group says it's the highest rise since it started its survey in 2014. the uptick in the past 12 months is greater than the increase experienced over the four years to 2019. you're live with bbc news. her time as uk prime minister was brief and controversial. for some, liz truss's economic policies set the british economy on a downward path, but today she defended last year's mini budget, saying she was trying to get it on a better trajectory. in a speech this morning, ms truss urged the government to cut taxes, shrink welfare spending and raise the retirement age. we can go live to west minister and speak to our political

correspondent. she travelled the world, perhaps as his most significant since leaving office. she's kept largely quiet but a major speech marking almost a year to the days since the not so many budget, a rather infamous event in british political history. her gently two chants are setting out a series of unfunded tax cuts which sent the financial markets reeling in almost overnight lead to peoples mortgage rates going up. she had to roll back on a lot of those policies, authority quickly turned away and she had to resign ultimately on the steps of downing street in record time. little sign of remorse today from liz truss, still talking up her ideas for that what was quite interesting from what we learn today is how different her approach would be had she stayed in office compared to the current prime minister, rishi

sunak. she didn't mention him by name but she talked about the windfall tax that is introduced on the populace of gas and oil giants and she said that removed investment from the uk. she talked about how she would have decreased corporation tax, rishi sunak has put it up. she talks about how she would abolish the top rated tax. rishi sunak has increase that scope. have a listen to what liz truss had to say earlier. levels of tax and regulation are now too high to generate the amount of economic activity we need to help people's incomes get bigger and to fund government services. and that means our economy is now stagnating. people talk about the productivity puzzle, but it's really not a puzzle. if there's not enough incentive to go out and set up a business to take risks, to compete or even work. that's a problem.

fairto fair to say they were global factors behind the financial disarray in the uk in the aftermath and during liz truss his tenure in downing street. fair to say today quite a lot of people scathing of the speech, liberal democrats said listening to liz truss talking about the economy is like an arsonist talking about fire safety. she says the political and financial establishment almost pulled rank to undermine her. this is why her message still matters because at the moment the polls suggest that the labour party are on course to win the general election, which is due at some point next year. we may be having a debate about who may be the next conservative leader beyond that point. certainly some of these ideas about free market, low tax, that kind of income they're very much going to be part of that debate. certainly the ideas of liz truss, it is not her as an individual will frame part of that debate. eta? frame part of that debate. stay with us was a plenty _ frame part of that debate. stay with us was a plenty of — frame part of that debate. stay with us was a plenty of news _ frame part of that debate. stay with us was a plenty of news to - discuss out of west minister today.

it's emerged that senior government officials spoke to buckingham palace during the pandemic to express their concern about borisjohnson's conduct in office. they discussed whether the queen should raise the issue during her private meetings with mrjohnson. the revelation emerged in the television documentary series, state of chaos, presented by our former political editor, laura kuenssberg. speaking in the documentary, the former deputy cabinet secretary, helen macnamara, refused to discuss the calls to buckingham palace. i can't talk about conversation with the palace. i'll get into trouble. but what was it that was that you were worried about in government? there were definitely times after the prime minister came back from his illness when the kind of the perception amongst the political team in number ten about the kind of failings of the system and the failings of the civil service and the failings of different institutions was so extreme. and the way that they articulating that they were in absolutely kind of smash everything up,

shut it all down, start again. we were systematically in real trouble. and you can watch laura's documentary on the bbc iplayer. and staying in westminster, the labour leader sir keir starmer has said he'll seek a "much better" brexit deal with the eu, if labour wins the next general election. the opposition leader told the financial times newspaper that the current deal — due for review in two years is "too thin". he said he would make closer relations with the eu a priority in order to bolster britain's economic growth. he said there were improvements to be made in areas such as security, innovation and research. the conservatives have accused sir keir starmer of wanting to take britain back to square one on brexit. live now to political correspondent peter saull. what more can you say about those comments from keir starmer when it comes to brexit? t comments from keir starmer when it comes to brexit?— comes to brexit? i think this is a sin that comes to brexit? i think this is a sign that keir— comes to brexit? i think this is a sign that keir starmer _ comes to brexit? i think this is a

sign that keir starmer is - sign that keir starmer is increasingly confident of his position. i mention polls in the labour party are ahead at the moment. brexit has been a very thorny issue of the past three years for labor. a lot of those traditional voters and parts of the midlands and north of england and the 2016 referendum went into the just —— promising a second referendum on brexit which he did not go down well in those areas was that was it big contributing factors behind the conservatives winning such a big majority. the polls at the moment in the uk suggests that actually the clear majority of people think that brexit was a mistake. generally politicians do not want to go there for them it was a real period of turbulence, a lot of voters are fed up with the subject. interesting that keir starmer is talking about it today, i admit i want him but is not going back, the uk's market to rejoin either the eu single market of the customs union. he wants to do a better deal with the eu than the one that was negotiated by boris johnson. he described that deal as being very thin. since rishi sunak

has got into office he would argue that he has already made some improvements, not least to do with the trading arrangements with northern ireland for the windsor framework and also more recently the negotiation of uk access to the horizon programme, for science and development. keir starmer actually is in paris tomorrow for talks with the french president emmanuel macron where he no doubt will see this as an opportunity to deepen those ties with our closest neighbours on the continent. ., ~' , ., with our closest neighbours on the continent. ., ,, , ., , . the us military has lost one of its f—35 fighterjets — and want people to help them find it. they're asking for the public�*s assistance in locating thejet, which crashed over the weekend, somehwere in the southern state of south carolina. courtney bembridge has more from our newsroom. the f 35. the f 35 is

one of the most advanced. each one costs about 80 million us dollars, so it is a big thing to lose. on sunday afternoon, one fighterjet lost contact over south carolina. we don't have any information over what happened, but officials said there was some kind of mishap. it happened over the southern state of south carolina. if we zoom in on the map you have the city of charleston here and just north of it you have these two lakes. these are the focus of the current search for that aircraft. they've asked the public to try and help them in that search. were also told the jets help them in that search. were also told thejets transponder which would usually help people to find it is not working. lots of questions around the story. articulated best buy republican nancy mays who asked... the airbase coordinating

the search at charleston has described the aircraft as being stealthy and says it has different coatings and different designs that make it more difficult than a normal aircraft to detect. perhaps this is aircraft to detect. perhaps this is a case of it being a little too stealthy. the search for that jet does continue. so does the news. stay with us here on the bbc. hello again. although not on the same scale as the severe thunderstorms we had last night, we have had some pretty heavy downpours across parts of east anglia and cambridgeshire through the day to day. these storms produced around 11 millimetres in the space ofjust one hour, which is a pretty hefty downpour of rain. the weather picture this week is looking very unsettled. it's all down to a strong jet stream across the atlantic, 150 mile an hour winds high up in the atmosphere. and it's this trough that makes areas of low pressure.

they are going to get steered one after the next across the uk with tightly packed ice bars. with tightly packed iso ars. well, that tells you it's going to be windy because it's the, i suppose the pressure gradient that makes the wind blow in the first place. now, overnight, it's nice. initially we've got a few showers, but later in the night we'll see a band of heavy rain spread across northern ireland before getting into parts of scotland, england and wales. mild in the south, cooler air in the north, the winds picking up all the way through the night. and then for tomorrow, a wet and windy day on the cards. the rainfall totals really building up over the high ground of wales and north west england where over the next couple of days we could be looking at some localised flooding. this strong zone of winds will push the band of rain northwards across northern ireland, northern england and into scotland with a peak winds probably working into north west wales where around the coast and hills gusts could reach 60 odd miles an hour. but for most of us, it will be a very windy day, windy enough to bring down a few tree branches. there could be some localised disruption in just one or two areas.

now about five days ago, hurricane lee was spinning around out in the tropical atlantic. since then, it turned into a normal area of low pressure that brought wet and windy weather to eastern canada over the weekend. and well, what's left of that hurricane is tied in with this area of low pressure. so we've got some wet and windy weather moving its way eastwards across the country for wednesday. a cold front moving across england and wales, bringing a short lived but intense spell of rain. some very strong wind gusts just on and ahead of this weather front and to the western side of scotland, we could also see a zone of very strong winds with gusts maybe reaching as much as 60 or 70 miles an hour. however, there is still uncertainty about the exact strength of those winds for west scotland. itjust depends on the shape and the depth of that area of low pressure. it will stay wet and windy though into thursday. friday, quite a few showers around saturday, probably dry, but more rain on the way for sunday. that's latest.

this is bbc news, the headlines a controversial anti—migrant group registers as a south african political party ahead of next year's crucial elections. ukraine says it has penetrated russia's first line of defence in the south of the country. it's part of of the counter—offensive that began in june. and how the social

media platform snapchat is being used for online grooming in england and wales. a controversial anti—migrant group has registered as a south african political party in time for next year's general election. operation dudula — which means operation "force out" in zulu — has vowed to take its campaign against undocumented foreign nationals to the country's parliament. bbc africa eye's ayanda charlie reports from johannsesburg. these men are on a mission to confront a local shopkeeper who is in dispute with his landlady over rent. where is the papers of this business? bring the papers — put the papers here and we will talk. they say they are here to engage with him but within minutes, the situation turns ugly. yelling. without papers to prove his residency, shopkeeper from mozambique is forced out of his business.