this was the front line with the armenian rebels holding this ridgeline overlooking their city down there in the valley. and, the men's cricket world cup is underway with england taking on new zealand in the opening game. hello, you are watching bbc news. ukraine's president zelensky has arrived in the spanish city of granada, where forty seven eu and non—eu leaders are gathered for a summit. ukraine is on the agenda and so is the nagorno—karabakh conflict. there had been hopes of peace talks but azerbaijan has boycotted the meeting, complaining of pro—armenian bias. migration is the other big topic up for discussion. prime minister rishi sunak is on his way — he wants more action on illegal migration and he'll ask for what he calls "creative europe—wide solutions".

he'll co—chair a meeting with georgia meloni, the prime minister of italy, which has already seen more than 100,000 migrants land on its shores this year, five times the number that the uk has had. live now to granada, and our diplomatic correspondent james landale. the issue of migration is hardly a new one, so how likely is it that the summit today will get anywhere close to the creative europe wide solutions that the british prime minister is calling for? the summit here in spain _ minister is calling for? the summit here in spain is _ minister is calling for? the summit here in spain is a _ minister is calling for? the summit here in spain is a loose _ minister is calling for? the summit here in spain is a loose one. - minister is calling for? the summit here in spain is a loose one. it - minister is calling for? the summit here in spain is a loose one. it has| here in spain is a loose one. it has very little agenda, there is no secretariat and no communique at the end. it simply an opportunity for leaders from the eu and non—eu countries to get together and share ideas to try to have some discussion about where they can go on the big issues of the day. as you say, ukraine is a big one. also

immigration. the british prime minister, rishi sunak, is co—chairing a meeting with the italian prime minister, and essentially their idea, they argument is to say let's lift our eyes from the symptoms of migration and tried to focus on the causes. go upstream, in other words, targeting the criminal gangs that are fuelling so much migration that is an issue here. whether or not the prime minister manages to shift the dial on that will remain to be seen, but what i think will happen is they will be lots of little side deals with individual countries where the prime minister will try to get an agreement with serbia, for example, let's share more intelligence, cooperate more at an operational level, so that they can actually target countries like serbia, which is one of those big transit countries where a lot of migrants end up coming from outside of europe and into the european borders. so thatis and into the european borders. so that is the agenda for today. add as you say it is notjust migration. it is ukraine as well.— you say it is notjust migration. it is ukraine as well. yes, and on the sub'ect of is ukraine as well. yes, and on the subject of ukraine, _ is ukraine as well. yes, and on the

subject of ukraine, i _ is ukraine as well. yes, and on the subject of ukraine, i imagine - is ukraine as well. yes, and on the subject of ukraine, i imagine an i subject of ukraine, i imagine an president zelensky �*s mind will be concerns over the supply of ammunition from western military powers. ammunition from western military owers. , ., ammunition from western military owers. , . , ,, , ., powers. yes, and the supply of ammunition, _ powers. yes, and the supply of ammunition, we _ powers. yes, and the supply of ammunition, we have - powers. yes, and the supply of ammunition, we have had - powers. yes, and the supply of. ammunition, we have had senior leaders this week warning that they are calling lee mack are looking at the bottom of the barrel. president zelensky has made it clear that on top of their agenda is the provision of air defences and missile defences and they know that as we head towards winter that is the time when they expect russia to start targeting, as they did last winter, all the key energy infrastructure targets in and around kyiv and other parts of ukraine. they consume a huge volume of missiles, destroying those incoming drones and missiles from russia. so that is their focus. but also, they will use this, they say, as a broader discussion about what they call" future european architecture". in other words, they want to discuss with leaders hear about when and how ukraine may at some timejoin nato, which is the

underlying theme. whenever you talk to ukrainian officials you will always talk about nato at some stage. james landale, thank you. and we will return to james later. rare talks between the leaders of armenia and azerbaijan were due to take place today — talks that had been backed by the eu after azerbaijan's lightning military operation in the disputed region of nagorno—karabakh led to nearly 120,000 ethnic armenians fleeing across the border. but those hopes have now been dashed, after azerbaijan's president ilham aliyev pulled out. azerbaijan still says that armenians who are willing to live under the azeri flag are allowed to stay, but it seems highly unlikely that anyone will return. 0ur diplomatic correspondent, paul adams, has this special report from inside the disputed region, on a press tour organised by the azeri authorities. the stillness after the storm, in a region torn apart by decades of conflict.

has peace finally come, and at what cost? two weeks after azerbaijan's lightning operation, we're taken to bunkers and trenches abandoned by armenian rebels. the visit is heavily controlled. we're only seeing what the azeri authorities want us to see. the armenians left in a hurry. there are signs of haste here, but not fighting. the logbook records activity until ten days before azerbaijan struck. so for three years, this was the front line with the armenian rebels holding this ridgeline overlooking their city of ste pa na kert. down there in the valley and the azeri military in control in shusha, just up there on the hill. but in a matter of 2a hours, all of that changed. these frontlines simply vanished. now, everything is silent. we move on down the road used by armenian civilians as they fled in panic.

glimpses here of a terrifying exodus driven out by months of blockade and sudden fear as their would—be state collapsed around them. the armenians didn't wait for their enemies to arrive. this, azerbaijan says, was their choice. indeed, we do regret that the civilian population has decided, many of them, to leave. and of course, in this case, and we respect freedom of choice and freedom of movement and also majority of the population on the grounds, they also have an ethnic hatred against azerbaijanis. they say they cannot live under the flag of azerbaijan. is this the kind of end of this whole 30 year story, in your view? we do hope that really, finally we are coming to the final conclusion of this 200—year—old conflict between armenia and azerbaijan. azerbaijan wants peace. russia's peacekeepers are still here. but for how long? with azerbaijan finally

controlling all its territory, there's nothing for them to do, but plenty for the new authorities in areas taken back earlier. the state is investing heavily. power, roads, whole communities. this family has come back to a home seized by armenia 31 years ago and now rebuilt. today's freakish storm threatens to flood the house, but the family seems thrilled to be here. for 27 years, every day i would wake up and say, "we're going back." coming back was like a dream. thanks to our soldiers and our president, we are now here. azerbaijan feels that history is on its side. there's a real sense of pride here, but acute sensitivity to this

this was as close as we were allowed to get to the abandoned armenian city. at the centre of this whole story, stepanakert, which azerbaijan calls hahn kendi. accused of causing a humanitarian disaster, our hosts weren't ready to show us its deserted streets. paul adams, bbc news, nagorno—karabakh. live now to our correspondent rayhan demetrie who's in the armenian capital, yerevan. the peace talks have collapsed before the meeting was even able to happen. what hope is there for a resolution between the two sides? well, it was quite an unexpected pull—out by the azerbaijani president. they were supposed to meet today in granada, and the reason that was given, or reported in official media in azerbaijan, is that azerbaijan wanted turkey to be present in these talks. the other parties are france and germany and

the eu, so that did not happen. but we know that the armenian pro minister is in granada. he made a statement yesterday saying that he was ready to sign this important document and that he was disappointed that this opportunity is no longer there. find disappointed that this opportunity is no longer there.— disappointed that this opportunity is no longer there. and in terms of the situation _ is no longer there. and in terms of the situation currently _ is no longer there. and in terms of the situation currently in _ is no longer there. and in terms of the situation currently in the - is no longer there. and in terms of the situation currently in the areal the situation currently in the area where 120,000 ethnic the situation currently in the area where120,000 ethnic armenians have fled, what is the situation there now for any communities who remain? well, that's right. wejust heard in that report that he could not get access to the city, but the international committee of the red cross still have access to what looks like the deserted town. they are going round and looking forjust are going round and looking forjust a few people who might have been left behind. these are people with disabilities, orthe left behind. these are people with disabilities, or the elderly. left behind. these are people with disabilities, orthe elderly. lonely people that could not get themselves out of that territory. also today there was a statement issued by

human rights watch, urging the government that are involved in facilitating these talks between armenia and azerbaijan, to really put pressure on azerbaijan so that the president of that country can guarantee the right to return. now that it guarantee the right to return. now thatitis guarantee the right to return. now that it is more or less settling down and people are trying to understand what has happened, some of the people that human rights watch interviewed as saying we want to go back and collect our belongings. they had to run away so quickly, fearing violence. they could not really collect anything, apart from their documents. human rights watch is saying if there are some international guarantees for the safety of these people, there are those who are willing to return short term just to collect their belongings, and those who are willing to return for longer term. to live in their homes. thank you and we will return to you for more updates. us presidentjoe biden has approved

the construction of a border wall in southern texas in an effort to stop illegal immigration. around 32km will be erected in starr county, which is on the border with mexico. border officials are currently seeing high levels of illegal crossings in the area. but the move is considered a u—turn by the president, who criticised former president donald trump for the construction of such barriers. live now to daniel lippman, who is the white house reporter at politico. anyone would think that this was driven by a fear of losing the election to the republicans. i think that's a reasonable _ election to the republicans. i think that's a reasonable assumption, i election to the republicans. i thinkl that's a reasonable assumption, but there clearly is a major problem with illegal immigration into the country. this year there has been more than 2 million migrant crossings, and so there is a lot of suffering in central america, mexico, and that is leading to lots of people crossing the border. but

it has definitely hurt the biden administration politically, and in major cities like new york, where they have more than 100,000 migrants, they are having to address that, and make sure they can get housing and food and jobs. 50. that, and make sure they can get housing and food and jobs. housing and food and “obs. so, given that president _ housing and food and “obs. so, given that president biden — housing and food and jobs. so, given that president biden had _ housing and food and jobs. so, given that president biden had criticised i that president biden had criticised a similar approach by president trump, how does he defend his move now? 50 trump, how does he defend his move now? ., ., , ., trump, how does he defend his move now? ., ., ., , now? so far, he has not actually weiuhed now? so far, he has not actually weighed in _ now? so far, he has not actually weighed in on — now? so far, he has not actually weighed in on this. _ now? so far, he has not actually weighed in on this. it _ now? so far, he has not actually weighed in on this. it is - now? so far, he has not actually weighed in on this. it is his - weighed in on this. it is his department of homeland security who published the notice in the federal register, saying they would waive these laws, including the clean water act and other environmental laws. environmental advocates are saying, hey, this is not good, this is going to destroy a lot of wild lands and wetlands, and so this is along the rio grande river. i'm sure he will get asked this by reporters,

but he won't be eager to talk about it because, as you mentioned, he said the trump border wall was not a good idea, and was not a solution to our problems. 50. good idea, and was not a solution to our problem-— good idea, and was not a solution to our problems. so, what do you think the overall impact _ our problems. so, what do you think the overall impact will— our problems. so, what do you think the overall impact will be _ our problems. so, what do you think the overall impact will be of - our problems. so, what do you think the overall impact will be of this - the overall impact will be of this politically for him? as you say, it might damage him among some democratic supporters, but what about winning over some potential republicans? so where do you think this will leave him? i republicans? so where do you think this will leave him?— this will leave him? i think they are heping _ this will leave him? i think they are hoping this _ this will leave him? i think they are hoping this gets _ this will leave him? i think they are hoping this gets a _ this will leave him? i think they are hoping this gets a good - this will leave him? i think they | are hoping this gets a good deal this will leave him? i think they i are hoping this gets a good deal of coverage, especially in the conservative press because they want to spread the message that they are working hard to tackle this issue. immigration is a concern for a lot of people. of course, america was built on immigration. it is a melting pot. for most people here, their ancestors are not from america. so he has to balance what

his base once with american history, and alsojust address his base once with american history, and also just address some of what the swing voters care about, which is making sure that we don't have uncontrolled illegal immigration. but i don't think this border wall, you know, it is small, maybe 25 miles, is going to make a huge dent in the hundreds of thousands of people who cross, but i'm sure it would make some impact they would not do it. ., ~ ,, would make some impact they would not do it. ., ~ i. ., i. not do it. thank you for your analysis- _ not do it. thank you for your analysis. white _ not do it. thank you for your analysis. white house - not do it. thank you for your i analysis. white house reporter daniel lipman. i'm just going to show you some life images of president zelensky in granada in spain, where he is attending a european summit. among the topics on the agenda are various things, including migration levels and the conflict in nagorno—karabakh, but also,

unsurprisingly, the war in ukraine. he is there, speaking to delegates. there are 47 eu and non—eu leaders gathered for the summit. as you can see, he hasjust finished addressing some of the press. 0ne see, he hasjust finished addressing some of the press. one of the issues thatis some of the press. one of the issues that is likely to be on his mind is the level of support, being able to be given to him. we will return to that story a little bit later. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. voters are heading to the polls in scotland's first recall by—election. in rutherglen and hamilton west, the ballot was triggered after constituents voted to remove former snp mp margaret ferrier from her seat after she was found to have breached covid rules. a total of 1a candidates are standing for election to the commons.

polling stations close at 10.00pm. new draft health guidance says that doctors should ask people with mental health problems about their gambling habits to identify if they need help. the guidance says that gps should also discuss software that limits online gambling as well as talking therapy at an early stage. a recent review found that around 300,000 adults in the uk are problem gamblers. rents have reached their highest ever level in britain. the property portal rightmove says the average tenant pays more than £1200 a month. you're live with bbc news. now on to a developing story from east asia, and typhoon koinu has made landfall at the southern tip of taiwan, bringing record—breaking gusts of wind of more than 340 kmph —

that's around 210 mph. more than 100 flights have been cancelled, and schools have shut. many workplaces have also been closed as heavy rain and winds sweep across the region. after passing through taiwan, the typhoon is predicted to head towards southern china, and then hong kong, where it's likely to weaken. ealier, i spoke to our reporter martin yip who is following the latest from hong kong.. typhoon koinu has been weakening in the past hours, but it's been moving really slow, leaving taiwan really slowly, heading towards the southern coast of taiwan. we're talking about speed ofjust10kmph. that's roughly 6mph or five knots, really, really slow. so, the island of taiwan, the southern part of it, is still being affected by heavy rainstorms and still strong gusts. when we just mentioned about this,

a record—breaking gust of 340kmph that was recorded. and the latest reports from local media is that up to 90% of boats moored in the island's fishing harbour have either capsized or sunk, so it's pretty serious, but so far there are no serious injuries. but taiwan as a whole, the government has said they have received reports of up to 190 people being injured, although no major injuries still. so, martin, serious conditions, as you mentioned there. what's the advice being given to people? stay at home, for sure. but it's not like the entire taiwan is in a shutdown mode, mostly the southern part of it. despite major flight cancellations and land transport and ferry cancellations, the high—speed railway

is still running as normal. so, if you are in the storm, you'd better stay home. there are school closures in the southern part of taiwan as well, but not for the entire area. so, it's pretty much like partly business as usual for some parts of taiwan. here in the uk, the home office has released its figures on hate crime for 2022 to 2023 which show the number of hate crimes recorded by police forces in england and wales has fallen year—on—year for the first time since comparable figures began. live now to lauren moss in our salford newsroom. just talk us through the main headlines that have emerged from these figures. headlines that have emerged from these figures-_ headlines that have emerged from these figures-— these figures. firstly, these are these figures. firstly, these are the figures _ these figures. firstly, these are the figures that _ these figures. firstly, these are the figures that have _ these figures. firstly, these are the figures that have been - these figures. firstly, these are - the figures that have been reported to police of hate crimes over the last year, up to march 2023. a hate crime is classified as a criminal offence that is motivated by someone

�*s prejudice, or perceived prejudice, based on a personal characteristic. it breaks down into lots of different areas which i will talk you through. but like you said, the figures show an overall drop since these figures were begun to be collected since 2013, but since 2013-2023, collected since 2013, but since 2013—2023, recorded hate crimes to police in england and wales have tripled. this is the first release of hate crime figures since guidance was issued a few months ago about how hate crimes should be recorded by the police, to consider whether there is genuine hostility aimed at a person, or if it could be considered freedom of speech or thought. overall they have dropped, but we have seen some categories where the number of hate crimes aimed at certain communities have increased. if we look at transgender hate crimes, for example, that has seen the biggest rise with an 11% increase. over a500 recorded pretences in the last year. —— offences. religious hate crimes went

up offences. religious hate crimes went up 9%. race hate crimes still account for the highest number of hate crimes, over 100,000. account for the highest number of hate crimes, over100,000. but account for the highest number of hate crimes, over 100,000. but that is a drop of 6% year on year. sexual orientation accounts for the second highest number with 2a,000 offences recorded year on year. the police and the home office have said that the high numbers in some of these crimes recorded could be due to the way that police are collecting this data. people feeling more confident coming forward. significantly, this is the first release since guidance was changed in how they log these crimes, and we will be picking through these figures as the day continues. ., ., ~ , ., the men's cricket world cup starts in india today and the hosts are favourites to lift the title. the love of the sport runs deep in india. in a small village, an enthusiastic girls cricket team is breaking traditions and dreaming big. our south asia correspondent, samira hussain, reports from punjab. the pure joy of cricket.

these players are part of the gulab cricket academy. all girls, all from neighbouring villages, and all heart. in rural communities, girls don't usually get these kinds of opportunities. they are the lucky ones, playing on a cricket pitch in the heart of farm country. this girl has been on the team since it started four years ago. she plays with passion and dreams of making it big. when we are playing a match i feel like i am wearing a jersey for team india. when i play i feel only one thing, that i am not playing for india now, but i will play for india's cricket team some day. there's a lot more happening here than just girls playing cricket. they're also breaking with tradition. they are building confidence both

on and off the pitch and also changing people's mindsets in terms of what girls can do. this man wanted to be a professional cricketer but lacked opportunity and resources. so he started this plucky little team free of cost to encourage these girls to dream beyond the boundaries of the rural communities. mostly in indian villages girls are not permitted to go outside their homes. now we are also able to have matches between girls and boys. that makes them proud of themselves. now they are able to tell their parents that "i can do it". for a few hours a day, they are free from societal pressures and able to just be kids. samira hussain, bbc news. well, samira is at a viewing party for those girls. here she is with more.

iamon i am on the cricket pitch that you saw in that package whether girls get to practice, and they have put up get to practice, and they have put up a screen just behind me so they can watch the first match of the men's cricket world cup. it is really incredible for them to be able to watch this on the big screen with their team, on the pitch that they practice, to see the way professionals play. as we heard, some of them already have professional aspirations when it comes to playing cricket. yes. professional aspirations when it comes to playing cricket. yes, and as a mirror. _ comes to playing cricket. yes, and as a mirror, cricket _ comes to playing cricket. yes, and as a mirror, cricket is _ comes to playing cricket. yes, and as a mirror, cricket is in _ comes to playing cricket. yes, and as a mirror, cricket is in the - as a mirror, cricket is in the blood, really, in india, isn't it? how big are the crowds that we are expecting? 50 how big are the crowds that we are exectin: ? how big are the crowds that we are exectina? . ., , ., ., expecting? so the crowds that are exected expecting? so the crowds that are exneeted are _ expecting? so the crowds that are expected are pretty _ expecting? so the crowds that are expected are pretty big. _ expecting? so the crowds that are expected are pretty big. we - expecting? so the crowds that are expected are pretty big. we are i expected are pretty big. we are already hearing reports about how difficult it is to get tickets to see these games. for this first match between new zealand and england, they have actually reserved some a0,000 seats for only women as part of the country's push to have

more female representation, not only when it comes to the stands, but also in other parts of government as well. what's also important to note is that india also started a women's cricket team stop it is already a very popular sport in this country for both men and women, but this new league is really popularised women's cricket and really brought it to the mainstream, which makes it even more influential for some mainstream, which makes it even more influentialfor some of mainstream, which makes it even more influential for some of these girls behind me. we will be returning to that in the next hour or so, and your headlines are coming up soon.

hello again. for many of us, it's been a pretty wet start to the day. some heavy rain has been sweeping in from the west, pushing eastwards and it's also rather breezy as well. further south, though, after this morning, showers and drizzle, the rain moving away, brightening up across central and eastern parts of england, the rain moving out of northern ireland. so it'll brighten up for you later as well. but still some rain pushing across parts of wales, northern england and scotland. the wind will pick up through the day, particularly across the irish sea and also into western scotland through this evening and overnight the rain continues into the northern isles. we've got this trailing front across parts of england, wales and northern ireland, clipping southern scotland at times. but on either side of that, there will be variable amounts of cloud. it's not going to be as cold a start to the day tomorrow across northern scotland as it was this morning when temperatures were very close to freezing in places. so, a mild start to the day tomorrow.

we still have this trailing front. if anything, moving a little bit north with its rain. but either side of it, there will be some sunshine, and windy across the far north of scotland with temperatures in lerwick 13 degrees, but creeping up in the southeast to about 22. now, as we move from friday into saturday, this weather front has been giving us a real headache as to its position all week. this is what we think at the moment. it will be bringing rain steadily northwards across scotland and for the rest of england and wales and northern ireland and later in the day, southern scotland, it will be a dry day with a fair bit of sunshine and feeling warm the furthest south that you are — temperatures up to 25 or indeed 26 degrees. all this warm air is coming up from the near continent. high pressure trying to build in and push this rain away as we head in through sunday and into monday. how successful it is? well, it will be across the far north of scotland, but it will also be windy on sunday. but for the rest of us, we're looking at a dry day, a fine day, a fair bit of sunshine around.

temperatures in aberdeen, 1a degrees, into the mid twenties, possibly 26 in the southeast. so you can see well above average for the bulk of the uk for the time of year. but how long does it last? well, in southern areas it will last right the way into next week. but we do have a weather front sinking south and behind that we'll see some fresher conditions return with some rain.

this is bbc news. the headlines... prime minister rishi sunak plans to ban smoking for younger generations by phasing out the sale of cigarettes in england. his plans are similar to the anti—smoking measures brought in by new zealand last december. welcome to the programme. if you were watching yesterday, you will remember in his conservative party conference speech in manchester, the prime minister rishi sunak announced a plan to phase out smoking, saying it was the biggest public health intervention in a generation. mr sunak said he had to choose between sitting back or saving lives.

his plan seeks to raise the legal age of smoking every year by a year