king of a sikh man near vancouver. charles tours the re work king charles tours the restoration work at the notre dame cathedral, after being the first british monarch to address the french senate. sport now — and for a full round—up, from the bbc here's marc edwards. mercurial fly half marcus smith starts at fullback and captain owen farrell returns at legal. smith impressed in the position after coming off the bench in recent weeks, including in the pool d win overjapan. freddy steward is rested among the 12 changes. farrell appears for the first time at france 2023 after a four—match ban coming in for george ford, who is named as a replacement. ollie lawrence, henry arundell, and max malins also come in, with billy vunipola and jack willis in the pack.

the top two sides in the world go head—to—head in paris. ireland have named their squad to face reigning champions south africa at the stade de france in paris. head coach andy farrell has made one change to the starting 15 that beat tonga last saturday. scrum—halfjamison gibson—park returns in place of conor murray. plenty at stake, with the winner of the match likely to top the group and avoid hosts france, with a probable quarter—final against new zealand. liverpool begin their europa league campaign in a few minutes in austria, as they take on lask. that's a 5.45pm kick—off. ryan gravenberch makes his full liverpool debut following his summer move from bayern munich, while teenager ben doak earns his first start. the last time they were in this competition was eight seasons ago, losing in the final to sevilla injurgen klopp�*s first season in charge. it was a different squad, we were actually not ready but we somehow came through. but i wouldn't compare

it, it's a different time, different team, and we are better prepared for the competition. trust me, we are better prepared and we enjoy it more, to be here then we did at that time, because we have no clue what to expect. upwardly—mobile brighton are gearing for their first—ever european campaign. the seagulls flying high in the premier league, with belief flowing through the club — the new adventure starts at home to greek side aek athens. we believe in ourselves. we believe in the quality of the players, first of all, the level of the club. but we know we are brighton, and we know our level. but we have the ambition to become better, better and better, step by step in every competition, in every game. plenty more british interest in europe this evening, four other sides in action. west ham take on serbia's backa topola at the london stadium. rangers host real betis

and confirmation there of brighton's match against aek athens at the amex stadium. in the europa conference league, aston villa are away to legia warsaw, getting under way shortly. aberdeen are also an early kick—off at eintracht frankfurt. england's women have reached an agreement with the football association over bonuses and commercial opportunities. talks have been ongoing since the end of last year, but were paused injuly so the team could concentrate on the world cup. speaking ahead of friday's nations league match with scotland, england captain, millie bright, revealed that the dispute had been settled. we've come to an agreement, but i think it is bigger than just the bonus. for us, it is about being world leaders on and off the pitch — and as we know, the women's game is evolving very quickly, and conversations like this need to happen in order to make sure in all areas, we're at the top of our game, and the conversation was extremely positive and the players are very positive moving forward that the structures are now in place.

for more on these and other sports stories, including the pairings for tomorrow's solheim cup, which will also be announced shortly, europe's best women golfers against the usa, you can go to our website. that's all your support, back to you. the prime minister has defended changes to some of his key environmental policies, including delaying the ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by five years, to 2035. rishi sunak said he wanted to achieve the government's climate target in an honest and transparent way that "eases the burden on households". he insisted he wasn't slowing efforts to combat climate change. bbc verify�*s nick beake looked into some of these claims. rishi sunak insists he's still committed to delivering the uk's climate promises, reaching net zero by 2050, but says he'll be protecting families along the way, insulating them from extra costs and excessive measures. however, he's been accused of scrapping some things

which were never going to happen. so what is the reality? well, let's have a look at this tweet from the prime minister — you can see it here. "we're stopping heavy—handed measures. number one, taxes on eating meat." now, the prime minister says this proposal came from the government's own climate change committee, which urged ministers, he says, to implement an accelerated shift in people's diets. in fact, the committee recommended action to encourage a 20% shift away from all meat by 2030. so not a specific meat tax. the next one, the prime minister says, "we're stopping new taxes to discourage flying." what is the reality here? well, the prime minister has said he will protect families from further levies if they travel. and, yes, the climate change committee had recommended measures to manage passenger numbers, which could include a frequent—flyer tax. but there was no indication the prime minister was actually planning to bring one in. how about rubbish and recycling?

lots of people have opinions on this. the prime minister has said, "the proposal that we should force you to have seven different bins in your home — i've scrapped it." now, the prime minister said there was a very clear statement in consultations around the environment act of 2021, that households would need to have seven different rubbish and recycling bins. and, yes, it's true, there was due to be an announcement earlier this year on a new policy on this, but it was delayed until after the local elections in may. now councils in england, run by different political parties, had said this would have been costly, chaotic — but the conservative government had argued it would boost recycling rates. the truth, though, here is that we hadn't seen much progress on this issue. the next one, the idea of car—sharing. the prime minister points to the climate change committee's proposals and claims that, in effect, they would force people to share vehicles to reduce emissions. however, the climate change committee recommended injune

to the department for transport that there should be schemes to encourage greater use of car—sharing. so in other words, no mention of making it compulsory. and the final one here, this is insulation. rishi sunak says, "we're stopping expensive insulation upgrades." what's the reality here? well, the prime minister had said that homeowners and landlords will no longer have to upgrade homes to an energy performance certificate grade c by 2035. landlords have welcomed this, saying that they won't have to pay for expensive upgrades — but bodies representing tenants say renters will have to pay much more in energy bills if they live in poorly—insulated properties. so what can we say, having seen all of this? well, the prime minister says that he has blocked things which will help families up and down the country. a lot of the things he's blocked have come from the climate change committee — and just a quick reminder, it's an independent body, it was set up 15 years ago to give

advice to the government on climate policies to ensure the uk meets its legal commitments. and that is the key word, "advice" — it does not have the power to force through recommendations. that, of course, is the role of the prime minister and his government. now, who's responsible for doing the dishes in your home? new research suggests that although most people in the uk believe that household chores should be shared — in heterosexual couples, it is still generally women who do them. more than 6,000 people were questioned for the british social attitudes survey, and the findings reveal a significant progressive shift, particularly in the roles of women, and attitudes to sexuality. our reporter nicky schiller has more details. with more on this is professor sirjohn curtice. he's senior research fellow at the national centre for social research, natcen — they published the british social attitudes report.

we often speak to you when it's election time. let's start with this survey, how long has this been compiled and what are the main trends we've seen this year? well, this is the 40th — trends we've seen this year? well, this is the 40th year _ trends we've seen this year? well, this is the 40th year of _ trends we've seen this year? well, this is the 40th year of the - trends we've seen this year? -ii this is the 40th year of the british social attitudes survey, founded backin social attitudes survey, founded back in 1983 by the national centre for social research, and its head at the time, and one of its objectives when it was started was to be able to ascertain the long—term changes in the climate of public opinion. now to do that, therefore you have to keep asking more or less the same questions repeatedly over time — and the 40th report, which has come out today, has focused on that in particular, so we've picked up a lot of questions that have been asked pretty regularly through the course of the last a0 years, including those back to the 1980s, and the report focuses on the long—term changes. yes, one of the long—term

changes. yes, one of the long—term changes is in attitudes towards the role of women, so it might not seem rather odd, but back in the mid—19 805, nearly a half of the adult population at that stage agreed with the proposition that a woman's job was to stay at home, while it was the man's job to go out and earn money. now since the 19805, women have become far more common in5ide have become far more common inside the labour market, including women with young children — and out less than 10% of us agree with that view, and we are now likely to think of a woman with young children going out to work, that'll be harmful for the family. but of course, if we are going to make that work, and assuming the man is still indeed working and earning a living, we have dual labour market couples, that it's a matter of, who does the work at home? and not surprisingly, going back to the 19805, we tended

to think that washing, ironing, cooking wa5 women's work, and repairing bit5 cooking wa5 women's work, and repairing bits of the household wa5 men's work. now we've moved on from that and we are less likely to say that's what is the case, but actually when people are asked in mid sex couples what actually happens, we are still finding that happen5, we are still finding that the women are more likely to do the washing, cooking and ironing, and the men in the repairing, and women in particular are more likely to say, "you know what, iand in particular are more likely to say, "you know what, i and up doing more than my fair share of the household ta5k5." so those concerned about the role of women in the labour market say that in the end, ye5, labour market say that in the end, yes, we are now more accepting of women in the labour market, but they are still left with a bigger burden of the work back at home. tell me about it, john! _ of the work back at home. tell me about it, john! laughter - about it, john! laughter let's talk about changing attitudes when it comes to relationships, as well, which the survey has chronicled.— well, which the survey has chronicled. �* . ., ., chronicled. again, the world of the 19805 chronicled. again, the world of the 1980s was very _ chronicled. again, the world of the

1980s was very different. - chronicled. again, the world of the 1980s was very different. at - chronicled. again, the world of the 1980s was very different. at that i 19805 was very different. at that stage, le55 19805 was very different. at that stage, less than one in five of the aduu stage, less than one in five of the adult population said, "you know what? there's nothing wrong at all with sexual relations of two adults of the same sex." and in the middle of the same sex." and in the middle of the same sex." and in the middle of the 19805 we had the scare about aids which was more prevalent amongst men who engaged in the same sex activity, and we became even more cen5oriou5. well now, as many as two thirds of us think their 5ub5 will be nothing wrong — and they are now expressing —— and now come expressing doubts about the legitimacy of same—sex activity is now considered homophobic. we now have marriage for same—sex couples, 5o have marriage for same—sex couples, so we've been through a very substantial social revolution, and indeedin substantial social revolution, and indeed in general. the big trend since the 19805, or at least the big secular trend is as a society, we probably become more liberal, attitudes towards women's sexuality,

abortion, we've become more liberal. there's a more recent exception which has caused a lot of controversy in the uk recently, and that's whether or not transgender people, people who want to change their gender identity, should be able to change it in law without having to go through any kind of medical diagnosis. on that, we've actually recently moved in the opposite direction and it looks as though so far, at least, the debate about that has not persuaded people in the way that, for example, a lot of the gradual public debate about same—sex of the gradual public debate about 5ame—5ex relationships has both changed people's opinion, as well as witne55ing young people with much more liberal views gradually replacing older people who have left the electorate. 5ir replacing older people who have left the electorate.— the electorate. sirjohn curtis, thank you _ the electorate. sirjohn curtis, thank you very _ the electorate. sirjohn curtis, thank you very much. - the electorate. sirjohn curtis, thank you very much. straight| the electorate. sirjohn curtis, i thank you very much. straight to the electorate. sirjohn curtis, - thank you very much. straight to the us, arlington, virginia, the pentagon, we can show you picture5 pentagon, we can show you pictures of the ukrainian president,

volodymyr zelensky, he's been on a trip to the united states. there he is, as defence secretary lloyd au5tin is, as defence secretary lloyd austin and the chairman of the joint chief of staff, general millie. —— general market millie. taps plays

we have ukraine's volodymyr zelensky, a5 we have ukraine's volodymyr zelensky, as part of his trip to the united states, he's now the pentagon. —— now at the pentagon. he's taking part in a service of remembrance for those who died in the 9/11 attacks. and we saw them earlier laying a wreath, and flowers

now, as well, to remember those who died. this is all part of his trip — he will also be meeting president joe biden at the white house, also attending a meeting at the national archives in washington, dc. but for now, this is a moment of remembrance. there you are, you can see president zelensky there at the pentagon, ju5t zelensky there at the pentagon, just

outside washington dc, with secretary of defence lloyd au5tin there, you can see the back of his head there, also with the chairman of the joint chief of staff, general mark milley, he was at the us congress earlier today as part of congre55 earlier today as part of another pu5h congre55 earlier today as part of another push for more international help and support, and aid for ukraine. and we will leave it there. now, king charles made history on the second day of his state visit to france. the king became the first british monarch to address the french senate from the floor of the chamber. he spoke for about 20 minutes — mainly in french. he then visited notre dame cathedral and spoke to firefighters who battled the 2019 blaze that damaged the building. let's go live to paris and our correspondent, lewi5 vaughan—jones. over to you.

day two of this state visit is drawing to a close, it started with that big speech, i suppose it started with the politics and ended more with the culture and sport. we will come back to that in a moment. but on that 5peech itself, lots of people listening for what themes would be emphasised in that grand political setting — he talked about climate change and the need to tackle it, he talked of course about that friendship between the uk and france, that shared history and culture, and that shared language — he spoke in english but also french. let's take a listen. translation: your long-lived . democracy can be seen in the long friendship which brings our nations and peoples together. our partnership is built on a shared experience, and it is of vital importance as we face the challenges

of the world. quite simply, the united kingdom shall always be one of the closest allies and one of the best friends of france. that 5peech that speech was very well received in the chamber there, there were politicians, despite having been pulled back from their holidays, some of which, he apologised for making them do that, a long round of applause at the end of that speech. interestingly he did talk about democracy, fighting for democracy — and there are campaigners who say actually, a head of state isn't elected to the people of the uk, they can't get rid of him, they didn't choose him isn't the best figurehead to be representing the uk abroad, talking about democracy. take a listen. i don't know that there's a lot - of merit in state visits generally — they're largely performative.

i think the problem i is that the monarchy is a bad advert for the uk, - and charles is not a good advert for our constitution. and of course, his speech that people have been talking - about was written by the government and makes very little difference, - it's very thin on substance. when it comes to talking - about things like climate change, of course, he's flown over from london to paris — i a relatively short train trip — on a private 737, and also . had his bentley car sent over. to pick him up at the other end. so you know, it's not a good advert |for tackling climate change either. | so of course, not everyone in agreement with king charles and his messages. but some of his key interests, like partisanship and craftsmanship, were reflected in his visit to notre dame, the cathedral that suffered that fire in 2019 — it is being 5lowly

that suffered that fire in 2019 — it is being slowly but surely rebuilt, due to be completed by the end of next year. king charles visited tho5e next year. king charles visited those and spoke to some of the firefighters that helped to try to stop that fire on that night, but also spoke to those stonema5on5 and people in the process of trying to rebuild it, something that the king has long felt very passionate about, those kinds of causes wa5 has long felt very passionate about, those kinds of causes was something he wanted to reflect upon. alisa he wanted to reflect upon. also toda , he wanted to reflect upon. also today. the _ he wanted to reflect upon. also today, the culture _ he wanted to reflect upon. also today, the culture in _ he wanted to reflect upon. also today, the culture in the - he wanted to reflect upon. also today, the culture in the sport— he today, the culture in the 5port— he went to a region of paris where the nationals stadium is, france is in the world cup at the moment, he met with representatives from world rugby and football. and also, the queen played table tennis against the first lady — that's not something i imagined i'd be saying, but that's what happened and i hope we can have those pictures and you can take a look. i don't know a great deal about the sport so i can't be too harsh a critic, but it

didn't seem a particularly long rally here, i don't know how high the points tally wa5. anyway, it's tough to play the sport with the pressure of the cameras, i imagine. this trip continues, bordeaux i5 pressure of the cameras, i imagine. this trip continues, bordeaux is the trip tomorrow. this trip continues, bordeaux is the trip tomorrow— trip tomorrow. thanks, louis, he looked lovely _ trip tomorrow. thanks, louis, he looked lovely where _ trip tomorrow. thanks, louis, he looked lovely where you - trip tomorrow. thanks, louis, he looked lovely where you are - trip tomorrow. thanks, louis, he looked lovely where you are in i looked lovely where you are in paris. former 5ub po5tmaster lee ca5tleton was made bankrupt by the post office after a two—year legal battle — now 17 years on, he's hoping for some answers about what went wrong. our business correspondent emma stimp5on bu5ine55 correspondent emma stimp5on spoke to him at his home in scarborough. he invested everything he had to become a 5ub—po5tmaster, but the post office soon ruined the life of lee ca5tleton and his family. my wife and i, and my two children,

we bought a post office in 2003 in bridlington, on the harbour top. we thought it was life—changing, we thought it was something that we would do for the rest of our working lives, and nine months later, it just completely changed, it was absolutely terrible. i was accused of losing £25,000, and that led onto a litigation by post office and eventually bankruptcy. right from the start, he refused to accept he was to blame. now the public inquiry is looking at his case. right from the start, he refused to accept he was to blame. now the public inquiry is looking at his case. how big a moment is it going to be hearing your story and these witnesses? it's something that i never, ever dreamed that we'd 5ee. there's a lot of flooding of emotion going on, and i can't wait, really. the only thing that i'm looking for is some accountability, somebody to actually say, "yeah, you know, that was bad, "that really was bad. "we shouldn't have done that."

do you feel they wanted to make an example of you? i think that they needed to make an example of me. i think it made their going forward with other po5tmaster5 5ub5equently a lot easier. it 5cared other postma5ters? it did. are you hoping for an apology? it would be nice, but i doubt it. it doesn't really matter. it's never been personal to me. but for lee, now 5a, it's been a long and difficult road for compensation... ..and the truth. there's been so many people, you know, that could have stopped this all the way through. there's been so many people that have just walked away and got on with their lives that could have stood up and probably done something in the past, where they knew, and they've always known, that there's been issues there. what will give you some sort of peace now? just the end, really.

it's been the first thought on a morning, the last thought when you go to bed, and it would just be wonderfuljust to say, never again. that's it for this hour, 5tay that's it for this hour, stay with us. on the whole, the weather 5till unsettled. we have further showers to come, in fact we already had rumble5 of flooding fla5h to come, in fact we already had rumble5 of flooding flash and lightning. this gave a good 30—a0 mil metres for most. more rain today for the north and intense showers i have been pushing their way or developing further north and east it won't be for all, but when they do occur, there will be some lively downpours, we've already mentioned a better afternoon acro55 northern ireland, the evening ru5h better afternoon acro55 northern ireland, the evening rush for southern part5 ireland, the evening rush for

southern parts of scotland and 5outhern parts of scotland and showers developing towards the late evening acro55 showers developing towards the late evening across southern and eastern areas, and it is a fresher feeling day out there, still late teens and southern and eastern areas. some have your showers potentially pushing back in the eastern parts of england, the rain for north pushing southwards and fragmenting, but the big talking point about tonight is it will feel notably fresher acro55 it will feel notably fresher across southern and eastern areas. a chilly start to our friday morning, and that chill accentuated by this brisk northerly wind, or northwesterly blowing acro55 northerly wind, or northwesterly blowing across scotland, northern ireland and down acro55 blowing across scotland, northern ireland and down across england and wales, particularly around the irish wale5, particularly around the irish 5ea wale5, particularly around the irish sea coasts, pushing tho5e wale5, particularly around the irish sea coasts, pushing those so democrats are southwards. scattered shower5, that when coming down from the north and northwest, a brisk affair which will make it feel a little cooler 5till than the 15—18 would suggest in the south. but with some shelter from the breeze and that sunshine, 18, pleasant for the summer. a brief ridge of high pressure before the atlantic weather

system means it'll be a chilly start on saturday morning, could be close to freezing in the glens of scotland, 1—2 patches of mist but for the most part a decent day. you can see for northern ireland it turns wetter towards the evening, but actually with the lighter winds further east, 15—16, feeling quite pleasant. and a sunday, our next atlantic low rolls in. in here, some tropical moisture from the remains of hurricane nigel, which means again, there could be some wet weather in the west and north with some strong winds, but with it some warmer air as well. but he generally unsettled picture into next week, as well. more online.

at 6:00 — a woman tells the bbc that russell brand exposed himself to her, then laughed about it minutes later on his bbc radio 2 show. i've been talking to the woman who's decided to come forward about the alleged incident which happened in an office shared with the bbc. also tonight: for the first time in almost two years — the bank of england has decided not to raise interest rates. they remain at 5.25%. five bulgarians living in the uk have been charged with spying for russia. succession — after decades at the helm the 92—year—old media mogul rupert murdoch stands down

as chairman of newscorp and fox. and the first lady of france takes on the queen at ping pong in paris, and seems to win. and on bbc london: it's the end of the road for low traffic neighbourhoods good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. a woman in los angeles has decided to speak publicly for the first time about an incident in 2008 involving russel brand that she says happened in an office building shared with the bbc. the woman, who worked for another media company, says russell brand exposed himself to her and then laughed about it on his radio 2 show.