and says he's completely determined to root out any behaviour that falls below high standards the company demands. the dad of liverpool footballer luis diaz has been released by colombian rebels nearly two weeks after he was abducted in the family's home town in northern colombia. liverpool's bossjurgen klopp says diaz was really happy and the club are delighted by the news. and top gear presenter chris harris says co—host freddie flintoff is healing after his huge crash while filming for the show. the former cricketer was injured last december, but we don't know a lot about what happened. freddie was first seen back in public in september with scars on his face. and time now for ten seconds of a wavy world record. australian surfer laura enever paddled into this huge wave which was over 13 metres high,

beating the previous women's record by just a foot. you're all caught up now. see you later. as the summer draws to a close, has ukraine made the progress that people had hoped for? our world has secured unique access to one ukrainian unit to find out. loud bang as the country beds in for the long war while also trying to come to terms with profound trauma and loss, what impact is it having on ukrainian attitudes towards their enemy?

we hear how the experience of the long war is dividing families... ..and howa hardening of attitudes make some think that the only possible victory will be one secured on the battlefield. i just want it to stop and for our... ..neighbours to go away. this is the face of battle, modern war in ukraine. a grenade attached to a commercially made drone before being sent on its way.

these ukrainian soldiers from the army's 24th mechanized brigade allowed us rare access to a position several hundred metres from their enemy as they hunted them. now they're stepping up the accuracy of their attacks... drone whirs ..with custom made fpv, or first person view drones. we are aiming for big guns like automated grenade launcher and sp6. self—propelled guns. yeah, yeah, yes. self—propelled gun, something like that. and then comes in the lower priorities, so, just regular troops. two years ago, would you have ever imagined you would be doing this? oh, no, no. god's sake, no. but what can we do? we can only fight and protect our land. i just want it to stop and for our...

..neighbours to go away. 52nd year, but looks like new. it's like second world war. hey! we watched as the 24th brigade�*s drone company armed a variety of munitions ready to launch at the russians, trying to raise the pain level. they gave us clips of that day's strikes, using air drop munitions and then flying their fpv drones into trenches and windows to kill those taking cover. butjust as these men are hunters, they're also being hunted. the 24th brigade artillery

often relies on drones to find its targets but that works in reverse, too, and the guns have to be well camouflaged because the russians are hunting them. radio chatter the ukrainian battery commander is given the go—ahead to engage his target. the 152mm howitzer is loaded and its barrel trained onto the right bearing and elevation. loud bang no sooner is the shell on its way than we're told to get away from the gun position as soon as we can. we get back to our vehicle. so let's go. yeah. engine turns over past locals apparently oblivious to the fact a russian shell

will soon be heading back. where was the incoming? there, look, smoke. oh, yeah, see the smoke. it explodes about 300 metres from us. we've had a small taste of the stress these soldiers have to put up with for months, for the battle in this part of the donbas is largely about long range killing with artillery. at the brigade casualty clearing station, a soldier's been brought in. the medics do their survey, but it's apparent that he isn't physically injured. it's described as a panic attack following an artillery bombardment. he's sedated and the doctors grow nervous that our presence might attract interest to this place. we've had to leave the medical centre because the doctors were worried that our presence at the medical centre might

make it a target. loud bang at the gun position, meanwhile, it's time to reload. this howitzer is nicknamed babushka by its crew because it's getting on a bit and the shells we saw were made a0 years ago — and just as the demands of this conflict mean all serviceable weapons must be pressed into action... soldiers converse ..so the gun commander is a 52—year—old trained to do this decades ago for the soviet army, who volunteered to serve again. what was your family's reaction when you went to serve? did they say, forgive me, "you're too old. "let other people do it." how did people react? people sing

this is how the people of yavoriv showed their grief for one of their lost sons. it's a garrison town almost as far west as you can go in ukraine, almost as far from the front as it's possible to be — and yet the raw emotion of this war and its consequences could not be more stark. the family of volodymyr kamuz, an army intelligence officer, were honoured by their community, no matter that he died soon after visiting the front rather than falling in combat. dozens of its sons have been killed in battles since the russian invasion and they mostly belong to the brigade based here before this all began and in which volodymyr

started his army career. pretty much every house in this street in yavoriv has been affected by the war and service with the 24th brigade. the soldier killed back there, another seriously wounded. in this house, three members of the family are serving at the front. another lightly wounded two houses on — and in this place where i'm going, her husband is missing in action. lydia firchuk works in the brigade canteen. her husband, serhii, has been missing since march 2022.

the idea that he's not coming back is too much to bear. do you have any hope in this situation or have you lost hope now of seeing him again? serhii's comrades in the 24th brigade suggested he may have

been captured by the russians, but subsequent evidence pointed towards him having died. for the family of volodymyr kamuz, carried to the cemetery on the outskirts of yavoriv, there is at least the painful certainty of knowing what happened and having a place to grieve — and being a colonel, he was given a full military send—off... singing ..but in this time of national crisis, which has inflicted such profound loss on the ukrainian people, the grief that's followed has been enormous, and that, for many, has been difficult to process. this cemetery on the outskirts of lviv is one of the many where the 24th's fallen have been laid to rest.

we counted dozens adorned with the brigade�*s emblem among the 2,000—plus graves here. natalia nezhura visits often, bringing fresh flowers to her brother, andrii. she's wracked with regret that all of her attempts to save him failed.

like so many ukrainians, natalia has been hardened by the pain and loss endured during this conflict but asking her how the war ends, i was shocked by the answer. siren wails as we filmed, sirens warned of another possible strike on lviv. that's one more reason why so many ukrainians have concluded there can be no rest for living or dead until the war is won.

in this hospital in lviv, they put together the maimed from many different battles and units. when we visited, those being treated were casualties of this summer's fighting in the south and east of ukraine. this is one of ukraine's main centres for war wounded. given the pain and trauma that these men have been through, it was remarkable to see the upbeat way this session was run. laughter and among the patients�* teasing and banter, thoughts, too, about whether they might play any further part in the war and how their families might treat them. do you have the support of your family to go back or do

they try to persuade you, maybe, not to go back to the front? before they can go to the front, there are weeks of drills.

gunfire we watched a mixture of new conscripts... gunfire ..and wounded who are being returned to combat, being put through their paces. this training ground, at yavoriv, near the polish border, is a long way from the realfight. but it's the nearest the 24th brigade has to a home town. in 2021, the 24th brigade had around 2,000 soldiers. volunteers and conscripts have flowed in, forming new battalions and boosting the brigade�*s strength to around 7,000.

that more than trebling of numbers matches what's happened to the ukrainian army as a whole — and all the while, casualties have had to be replaced, too, so thousands of troops have been fed through to the brigade. we saw quite a few older men here. and there's also been a debate in ukraine about those who've dodged the call—up and whether willingness to fight is diminishing. but for the wounded we spoke to, there's still a determination to serve. denys lost part of his hand in shelling but, after months of treatment, he wants to get back to his mates in the brigade. i have problems with middle fingers. medicine tried to save this finger. take bones from here. but it's don't work and it's cut. but it's ok. it's not my head.

not my — any organs. vital organs. how long were you in hospital, then? 0h, from february to the may. four months — three months. and do you have to go back to the unit? no, i... or do you want to go back? i want to go back, but this finger have very bad working, and when it's make a little better, i go to the donbas. this area, around the villages of toretsk and new york, has been the scene of fighting since russia began its intervention in the donbas in 2014. jimmy commands a company — that's about 100 soldiers. it's currently holding a section of the frontline, and he offered to take us up to the trenches.

while there has recently been some ukrainian progress not far away near bakhmut, the frontline here has been stable for a long time. we'd be heading to trenches just a few hundred metres from russian lines. some airburst shells landed not far away soon after we set off. they may have been aiming at ukrainian soldiers coming back from the trenches, but they're so used to sporadic shelling that they stopped to pick figs. and, happily, the weather was on our side. as we got closer to what they call the zero line, the path through minefields got narrower and narrower. we went as far as we could go, to where they've pushed the positions forward. jimmy's survived multiple wounds, leading the men to think he's got

a charmed life. he showed us to a place where we found soldiers busy trying to improve the protection offered by their trenches. the rain was falling, reminding everyone that autumn is coming... ..with the prospect of staying put here, and the summer offensive having come and gone, without delivering a decisive result.

the men have been conscripted or volunteered for the duration. they have no idea when they'll go home. upbeat music plays away from the trenches, army officers trying to keep spirits up in imaginative ways. there was a conjurer... ..and a mind—reader, too, taking the men's minds off their daily reality — for a couple of hours, at least. cheering and applause woman sings

top of the bill was singer danielle zayushkina... ..whose lyrics about a faithful lover awaiting their return transported the soldiers to a happier place. applause but when the performances were over, the buses pulled up, and the troops returned once again towards the battle. out on the front line, jimmy took us back from his forward positions. we were happy for a lift, and no matter the state of the transport. the lines may not have changed much in this area during years of fighting butjimmy reckons the invasion has helped them win another battle — that for open—ended support

from the ukrainian public. the transformation of attitudes is a result of national mobilisation, in which the 24th brigade simply mirrors what's happened in the wider army. if peace requires difficult compromises, it could be hard to sell to these soldiers.

bbc news — bringing you different stories from across the uk. it may look like a trip to the science museum, but believe it or not, this is gatwick. it's a new centre with hands on experiments with the hope of inspiring schoolchildren to considerjobs in stem. otherwise known as science, technology, engineering and maths. fundamentally, it is about our future pipeline of talent. we're hoping that they might be some of them might be the workforce for the future, with gatwick. featuring a mock up runway lighting rig, among this group, many were keen to see the opportunities on offer. when i grow up, i want to be an engineer. i think something to do with electronics, something to do with biotechnology, something to do with stem. when i'm old, i want to be| an aircraft carrier designer.

i like a plane that can. hold about 8000 people with over a kilometre long. when i grow up, i want to be an engineer. i love the idea of creating planes and making them go faster. so i think it would be really cool to build a plane and then have the chance to go on it yourself. the specially adapted space will be here for a year as part of a pilot and will get feedback from schools and students with the aim of attracting a host of new and enthusiastic talent to the airport's workforce. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. hello there. the weekend is just around the corner and it could be cooler, but quieter. more details on that injust a moment. but for friday, we still got some showers around and they'll be a real nuisance first thing in the morning across wales and south west england, driven along by some strong to gale force gusts of winds on exposed coast. the good news is that'll push those showers through at quite a pace, moving south of the m4 corridor during the early

morning and probably clearing the kent coast before lunchtime. behind it quite a clearance, some sunny spells coming through. the winds still coming from a northerly direction, that'll drive in a few showers across exposed coasts of scotland, northern ireland and maybe running down through the irish sea. but temperatures generally a little bit more subdued than of late. we're looking at 7—12 degrees as the overall high. now, into the start of the weekend, it looks likely that saturday will be mostly fine and dry — there'll be some sunshine around. there will be some rain on sunday, but into the west and it will take its time. frost and fog could be an issue, too. so with this little ridge of high pressure building on saturday, hence the reason the quiet start, the wind direction still coming from the north — a cooler source. so temperatures are going to be struggling a little, but there will be plenty of sunshine. early morning fog will lift, sunshine come through and highs again peaking between 6—11 celsius, generally, across the country. now, as we move out of saturday

into sunday, that frontal system starts to push in from the atlantic. it's going to take its time in doing so, but it will throw in a little bit more moisture into the atmosphere. so there's a greater chance of some more dense fog which could linger. so early on sunday morning, if you're heading out for remembrance services, it's certainly worth bearing in mind that it could be chilly and it could be pretty murky. widespread fog, some of that pretty stubborn to clear away. and if that does happen, the temperatures really will be impacted. there will be some rain by the end of the afternoon out to the west as well, highs of 6—11 degrees once again. now, as we move into monday and tuesday, we're back to more of a south—westerly wind and more frontal systems pushing in from the atlantic, which means it will get that little bit milder once again. but unfortunately, there's going to be showers or longer spells of rain returning for most of us. that's it. have a great weekend.

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welcome to the show. we begin with the unfolding violence in the middle east, and israel's closest ally, the us, says there will be a daily four—hour military pause in northern gaza to allow civilians to flee to safer areas. to allow civilians to flee to saferareas. president to allow civilians to flee to safer areas. president biden said he pressed israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu for the pause. did minister ben'amin netanyahu for the ause. , ,, minister ben'amin netanyahu for the ause. , ., ., the pause. did you ask him to -ause the pause. did you ask him to pause for _ the pause. did you ask him to pause for three _ the pause. did you ask him to pause for three days? - the pause. did you ask him to pause for three days? yes, i l pause for three days? yes, i asked for— pause for three days? yes, i asked for even _ pause for three days? yes, i asked for even longer. - pause for three days? yes, i asked for even longer. the | asked for even longer. the israel defence _ asked for even longer. the israel defence force - asked for even longer. the israel defence force insists this doesn't amount to a ceasefire, and these pauses are intended to allow in humanitarian aid and help civilians flee south along the evacuation route, escaping the intense bombardment of air strikes in the north. the state department said there would be two humanitarian quarters for people to flee to. people are leaving gaza on foot, arriving at refugee camps in the south. talks continue to free more than 240 hostages held in gaza.

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