a man appears in court charged with attempted murder after an 11—year old girl was stabbed in london's leicester square. and banksy unveils his ninth animal artwork in as many days, this time at london zoo. hello, i'm annita mcveigh. welcome to verified live, three hours of checking out the days main stories and the facts behind them. a week after it launched its surprise cross—border offensive, ukraine says it has no interest in occupying territory in russia's kursk region. it says the incursion will complicate russian military logistics, including russia's ability to fight in the east of ukraine.

russia, meanwhile, says its forces have foiled new attacks by ukraine in its territory. russian officials also say they have opened 400 temporary shelters across the country to accommodate thousands of people evacuated from towns and cities as the ukrainian troops advance. ukraine's military says it now controls almost a thousand square kilometres of territory inside russia, the biggest cross—border incursion by ukraine since the war began. our security correspondent frank gardner has the latest. one week into ukraine's incursion into russia, the kremlin�*s forces are scrambling to push back its advance. extra units have been sent as ukraine now claims to be holding up to 1,000 square kilometres of russian territory. russian residents in the kursk 0blast are being evacuated as the fighting continues. around 180,000 civilians have so far been moved, many shocked that russia has been invaded for the first time since the second world war. in ukraine, public morale has been boosted by this unexpected turn of events.

russia still occupies nearly a fifth of the country, but president zelensky is hoping this incursion will strengthen his hand in future peace negotiations. translation: russia brought war i to others, and now it's coming home. we can see how useful this can be for bringing peace closer. russia must be forced into peace. but in moscow at this emergency meeting, there was no talk of peace, only retaliation. the government of kursk region started to describe the situation when he was cut off by a clearly irritated president putin. �*we will kick the invaders out�*, he said, calling ukraine's incursion a provocation. russians have even been donating clothes to the evacuees. few could have imagined russians would be evacuees in their own country. there are people who

have lost their homes. they need shelter, they need food, they need supplies. this russian defence ministry video claims ukraine's invading forces are being beaten back, but eight days into this operation they are still there and showing no sign yet of withdrawing. frank gardner, bbc news. let's speak to alexander lord, lead europe—eurasia analyst at the intelligence consultancy sibylline. thunder, thank you very much for joining us on the programme. —— matt alexander. when ukraine says it has no interest in occupying —— occupying fashion —— russian territory. does it make sense from a military point of view? i territory. does it make sense from a military point of view?— military point of view? i think both sides have struggled _ military point of view? i think both sides have struggled to _ military point of view? i think both sides have struggled to gain - military point of view? i think both sides have struggled to gain any . sides have struggled to gain any sort of butter forward momentum. sides have struggled to gain any sort of butterforward momentum. the betty ford have been dominated by very slow moving france and this is

an attempt —— make butterfield have been dominated by very slow moving of france. at the moment, are on the back field in the donbas, is an attempt to try and take territory and essentially force the russians had to try and divert tubes away from the dump us —— donbas, the critical place russia. this is a military address if it was to turn these lands in cuts corrects into some sort of bargaining chip. h0??? some sort of bargaining chip. how difficult is it _ some sort of bargaining chip. how difficult is it to _ some sort of bargaining chip. how difficult is it to verify what is going on there at the moment? we only had officially from ukraine at the moment that this operation was happening. how do you think russia is going to respond to it? it is very difficult _ is going to respond to it? it is very difficult to _ is going to respond to it? it 3 very difficult to confirm. 0perations that operation to go it is tantamount to the scale. ukraine have been very successful in retaining information. the fact that

the operation took russia by surprise is in and of itself a highly successful accomplishment. so, we are limited in terms of the confirmation, we can garner from the ground but it is pretty clear from a large—scale operation. it tells of russia's response, the rate of ukrainian advances has slowed, i think, as the russians have started to get a handle on the situation. we have seen additional diplomas of internal troops, particularly national guard, federal security, the sf beer, as well as the use of cost bricks, potentially quite controversial for the russian war effort. at the moment, they are deploying, and the painful counter attacks and preliminary unconfirmed reports do indicate that the russians are trying to take lots of positions. russians are trying to take lots of ositions. ., ., , ., ~ positions. how do you think ukraine's — positions. how do you think ukraine's western - positions. how do you think ukraine's western allies - positions. how do you thinkj ukraine's western allies will positions. how do you think. ukraine's western allies will be assessing what is happening and how far ukraine is going with this

offensive? i far ukraine is going with this offensive?— offensive? i think that is potentially _ offensive? i think that is potentially one - offensive? i think that is potentially one of - offensive? i think that is potentially one of the i offensive? i think that is - potentially one of the objectives offensive? i think that is _ potentially one of the objectives of the operation, to actually indicate to ukraine's western partners that ukraine can stage large scale offensive operations. the 2020 23 counter offensive failed to achieve any of its objective so the fact that this objective —— 23 can't affect the offensive failed to achieve its objective. i think it is highly important for the ukrainian narrative in terms of continuing to collect support from its western partners. but, of course, they will be considered among certain western decision—makers as to potential escalation. that i think is a while, we have not seen much in all the way of the shift in western policy and allow ukrainian to use storm shadow long—range cruise missiles inside

russia. that could change, but that is probably what the ukraine wants to encourage their western allies to allow. . ~ to encourage their western allies to allow. ., ~' , ., , . it was a conversation delayed by technical problems, but the world's richest man, elon musk, eventually had a two—hour public chat with former us president donald trump. it was streamed on mr musk�*s social media platform, x, around what's known as prime time in the us on monday evening. the discussion, which was not on camera, touched on many topics including immigration and global politics as well as the attempted assassination of mr trump, which he said had made him more of a believer in god. he was also sharply critical of his democratic presidential rival, kamala harris. what i can tell you is this, we cannot have a democrat... we cannot have her, she's incompetent. she's as bad as biden in a different... yeah. she hasn't done an interview since this whole, uh, scam started. and say what you want,

this was a coup. this was a coup of a president of the united states. he didn't want to leave. and they said, we can do it the nice way, or we can do it the hard way. what was happening sort of overnight is they're rewriting history and making kamala sound like a moderate, when in fact she is far left, like far, far left. worse than bernie sanders. she is considered more liberal by far than bernie sanders. she's a radical left lunatic. i also heard people shout, "bullets, bullets," and, you know, "get down, get down". because i, you know, i moved down pretty nicely, pretty quickly. and we had bullets flying right over my head after i went down. so i'm glad i went down. the bigger miracle was that i was looking in the exact direction of the shooter, and so it hit... ..it hit me at an angle that was, uh, far less destructive than any other angle. so that was the miracle. that was for those people that don't believe in god, i think we got to all start thinking about that. you have to, uh, you know,

i'm a believer now. i'm more of a believer, i think. and a lot of people have said that to me. a lot of great people have said that to me, actually. mr trump also discussed his relationships with controversial world leaders. he said he warned russia's vladimir putin not to invade ukraine. well, i know putin, i know president xi, i know kimjong—un of north korea, i know every one of them. and let me tell you, people will say, "this is terrible, he said..." i'm not saying any good or bad, they're at the top of their game. they are tough, they're smart, they're vicious and they are going to protect their country, whether they love their country, they probably do, it's just a different form of love, they're going to their country. but these are tough people at the top of the game. i got along well with them, i hope to get along well with them again. you know, getting along well with them is a good thing, not a bad thing. i got along well with kimjong—un. i know putin very well, i got along with him very well, he respected me and it'sjust

one of those things. we would talk a lot about ukraine. it was the apple of his eye. but i said, don't ever do it, don't ever do it. following the conversation, there was much discussion on social media about donald trump's voice. including from kamala harris's campaign, which made reference to apparent slurring, you as he discussed climate change. when asked about it, trump campaign spokesperson steven cheung said: "must be your hearing". here in the uk, a 32—year—old man has appeared in court charged are with attempted murder and possession of a knife, after an 11—year—old a girl was stabbed in london's leicester square yesterday. 0ur reporter nick johnson was in court. opens at leicester square at the heart of the west end. here, usually the sight of hollywood film premieres. but yesterday a crime scene at around 1130. police were called to reports of a stabbing in leicester square. the prosecutors said in court this morning that they allege

that a 32—year—old man, johann pentru, a romanian national, allegedly approached two people, two tourists, an 11—year—old girl and her mother, before placing that 11—year—old girl in a headlock and then stabbing her eight times. the court then heard that members of the public detained the suspect, thereby stopping him continuing his attack before police arrived. the court then say that it was on the police's arrival that they allegedly found this knife that mr. pintero had been allegedly carrying. now that 11—year—old girl remains in hospital, we understand that she sustained serious but non—life threatening injuries. the court said that it's very likely she's going to have to undergo plastic surgery as a result of those injuries. now, johann pintero appeared dressed in a grey tracksuit. he spoke through an interpreter, only to confirm his name, his date

of birth and the fact that he is of no fixed abode. he actually spent most of the hearing while those details were being read out, looking away from the courtroom. he's been remanded in custody and is due to appear at the central criminal court, the old bailey, in central london, next month. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

in the last few minutes — senior health officials in africa have declared a continental public health emergency over a new outbreak of mpox. cases of the highly infectious disease — previously known as monkey pox — have spread quickly this year. data released in recent days by the africa centers

for disease control and prevention show at least 887 new confirmed and suspected cases of mpox have been reported in the past week. that takes the total for the year to 15,132. sixteen african countries have reported cases, including the democratic republic of congo, which has more than 90% of the recorded infections. and the disease can lead to fatalities, 461 people in africa have died from mpox this year. burundi, kenya, rwanda and uganda have reported their first cases of the disease and the world health organization is considering whether to declare a global emergency. mpox was first recorded in humans in 1970. it's a viral disease and causes painful rashes and flu—like symptoms such as fifa, headaches and body aches. we can speak now to simi jolaoso who joins us from lagos. what are health authorities say about this new strain and what how it differs from other strains? monkey box, it is highly infectious,

easily passed on from person to person through skin contact and droplets as well. it causes skin lesions, it causes rashes and flu—like symptoms, usually these symptoms can be contained within two to four weeks, but it is fatal. for in 100 cases tend to lead to death and that is why the africa centre for disease control has today declared that public health emergency. they say what concerns them is the high fatality rate this time around and how quickly it spreads. it was first discovered in the democratic republic of con, where cases —— of congo, where cases... 90% of cases have been identified so far, but it spread to other countries to burundi, uganda and kenya. figs other countries to burundi, uganda and ken a. �* , , ., , and kenya. as i understand it, they are not enough _

and kenya. as i understand it, they are not enough doses _ and kenya. as i understand it, they are not enough doses to _ and kenya. as i understand it, they are not enough doses to meet - and kenya. as i understand it, they. are not enough doses to meet demand so how are health officials doing to actually contain this? the so how are health officials doing to actually contain this?— actually contain this? the africa cdc have said _ actually contain this? the africa cdc have said that _ actually contain this? the africa cdc have said that they - actually contain this? the africa cdc have said that they require | actually contain this? the africa l cdc have said that they require 10 million doses of the vaccine is available and only 200,000 are currently available to them. the director—general did say that they are discussing with international bodies to increase that amount eminently as well. but this is why they made this declaration today, to encourage african governments to do what they can to mobilise their resources and to coordinate their response. measures including increasing public health awareness, through public health campaigns, and increasing surveillance at airports and also make sure that the available medical supplies available medical aid is in adequate availability within areas that have been affected so far.—

availability within areas that have been affected so far. thank you for that undate- _ let's turn to the continuing tension in the middle east now and in the last hour, the military wing of hamas said it targeted the israeli city of tel aviv with two rockets overnight. explosions were heard but there were no casualties reported, according to israeli media. it was the first attempt to hit tel aviv since may. meanwhile, the uk prime minister, sir keir starmer, has urged iran to refrain from attacking israel. his comments — in a phone call with the new iranian president, masoud pezeshkian are part of a wider diplomatic push to prevent any escalation of violence. america's top diplomat antony blinken is also travelling to the region. the white house has warned that iran could launch what it describes as a �*significant attack�* on israel as soon as this week. it's rushing an aircraft carrier strike group and a guided missile submarine to the middle east in a show of support for israel. iran and the group it backs in lebanon, hezbollah,

have both vowed to avenge last month's killings of the hamas political leader, ismail haniyeh, and a top hezbollah commander. the reuters news agency said iranian officials have said only a gaza ceasefire which will take place this week, will hold it back from direct retaliation against israel. let's speak to mehran kamrava professor of government at georgetown university in qatar. professor, thank you very much for joining us on bbc news today. ijust want to get your thoughts on that first comment we mentioned in the introduction. once a news agency quoted iranian sources, saying a permanent gaza ceasefire would be needed to delay any retaliation from iran. ~ ., ., ,, needed to delay any retaliation from iran. ~ ., ., i. ., ~ needed to delay any retaliation from iran. ~ ., ., .w ., ., iran. what do you make of that? clearl , iran. what do you make of that? clearly. iran _ iran. what do you make of that? clearly, iran has— iran. what do you make of that? clearly, iran has been _ iran. what do you make of that? clearly, iran has been reluctantl iran. what do you make of that? l clearly, iran has been reluctant to live reluctant to escalate the war. i think it is fair to say that all

parties have been reluctant to escalate the war, except perhaps prime minister netanyahu. the iranians really have shown over the last week now remarkable restraint in terms of not having a tax yet and so, i think they are looking for a way to de—escalate but at the same time, save face. but way to de-escalate but at the same time, save face.— time, save face. but there aren't an hue time, save face. but there aren't any huge expectations _ time, save face. but there aren't any huge expectations around i time, save face. but there aren't any huge expectations around to | time, save face. but there aren't i any huge expectations around to the new talks, are there? that they could achieve some sort of breakthrough that has not happened in the month of october seven last year. in the month of october seven last ear. . , in the month of october seven last ear. ., , .., . year. that is correct, unfortunately, i year. that is correct, unfortunately, we i year. that is correct, l unfortunately, we have year. that is correct, - unfortunately, we have been year. that is correct, _ unfortunately, we have been here before, we have been on the verge of a breakthrough in terms of negotiations for many times in the past several months. but those discussions have come to none and so, we need to be cautiously optimistic but also, we need to be realistic in the sense that we are not necessarily anywhere within, as

he is right is not necessarily within reach. he he is right is not necessarily within reach.— he is right is not necessarily within reach. ., ., ., ., within reach. he said a moment ago that she thought _ within reach. he said a moment ago that she thought the _ within reach. he said a moment ago that she thought the israeli - within reach. he said a moment ago that she thought the israeli prime i that she thought the israeli prime minister was the only person who was escalating the situation. there is a bit escalation from various groups though, hasn't there? but how to break that cycle?— break that cycle? that is right. there has _ break that cycle? that is right. there has been. _ break that cycle? that is right. there has been. you _ break that cycle? that is right. there has been. you know, i break that cycle? that is right. i there has been. you know, today, break that cycle? that is right. - there has been. you know, today, new documents were released and reported by the new york times, showing that in previous negotiations, netanyahu has been upping the anti and within his own inner circle, there's been a lot of discontent over that. you're absolutely right, we have multiple parties, each with very different agendas. there is haswell world, there are the iranians, there is a hamas —— mike les has below world.

there are multiple parties each with their own agenda and we have quite frankly a us diplomatic establishment that has proven incapable or unwilling to force a ceasefire and source of these different parties to come to substantive negotiations. thank you ve much substantive negotiations. thank you very much for— substantive negotiations. thank you very much for your _ substantive negotiations. thank you very much for your thoughts - substantive negotiations. thank you very much for your thoughts on i substantive negotiations. thank you very much for your thoughts on thatj very much for your thoughts on that story. a breaking news update, egypt has condemned the visit by israel's far right national security minister tojerusalem's far right national security minister to jerusalem's holy far right national security minister tojerusalem's holy mount, calling it irresponsible and provocative. he led hundreds ofjewish israelis to do it in�*s most contested holy site. they much saw hundreds openly display israeli flags and pray at the perimeter of the mask, also known as the temple mount whilst

non—muslims are allowed to visit the site, a ban on openly praying and displaying religious symbols is in place. this move has been condemned by palestinian and jordanian leaders as well as a provocation. this was also condemned by egypt which is of course, one of the country is trying to get a new round of peace talks going, possibly this week. here in the uk: a review into the care of a man who killed three people in nottingham last year has found what it called �*a series of errors, omissions and misjudgements' in the way he was treated. valdo calocane was psychotic and suffering from paranoid delusions, and the care quality commission says if the system doesn't change, there's still a risk to public safety. our social affairs editor alison holt reports.

for the families of those killed today's will finally sets out their failures in his care that led to that terrible day and in nottingham injune that terrible day and in nottingham in june last year. the that terrible day and in nottingham injune last year. the morning where valdo caldocane go to these 19—year—old students and 65—year—old caretaker ian coates, cctv picked up valdo caldocane walking the streets for hours beforehand. the report found that he was acutely unwell with paranoid schizophrenia but mental health assessments miss key details and minimise the risk that he prayed to himself and others. one of the victim's mother said the report shows a group greater systemic failings. there is so clear that there are many so many missed opportunities so much bad decision—making. i would say that it is inevitable that the hard people done theirjobs properly, numerous stages, not evenjust done theirjobs properly, numerous stages, not even just all of them,

evenjust one there stages, not even just all of them, even just one there is a very strong chance that barnaby would be alive today. the care quality commission says over the two years that he was in the care of not even just all of them, evenjust one in the care of not even just all of them, even just one there is a very strong chance that barnaby would be alive today. the care quality commission says over the two years that he was in the care there were difficulties getting him to take his medication, his to start back to his appointments, the risk were not considered properly.— appointments, the risk were not considered properly. while it is not ossible to considered properly. while it is not possible to say _ considered properly. while it is not possible to say that _ considered properly. while it is not possible to say that the _ considered properly. while it is not| possible to say that the devastating of —— that the devastating events of last year would not have taken place had valdo caldocane received the support, what is clear, the risk that he presented to the public was not manage well. the opportunities to mitigate that risk were missed by the team. i to mitigate that risk were missed by the team. , , , to mitigate that risk were missed by theteam. , , , ., . , the team. i present my condolences and my suoport- _ the team. i present my condolences and my support. circuits _ the team. i present my condolences and my support. circuits done i and my support. circuits done momentum — and my support. circuits done momentum of _ and my support. circuits done momentum of the _ and my support. circuits done momentum of the families i and my support. circuits donel momentum of the families and committed to a public inquiry. indie

committed to a public inquiry. we have had 19 years of emotional investment. have had 19 years of emotional investment-— have had 19 years of emotional investment. , , �* ., �*, investment. grace malley-o'kumar's famil have investment. grace malley-o'kumar's family have told _ investment. grace malley-o'kumar's family have told the _ investment. grace malley-o'kumar's family have told the prime _ investment. grace malley-o'kumar's family have told the prime minister l family have told the prime minister that they are committed to a judge led inquiry as it is important in holding people to account. $5 of holding people to account. as of et, the holding people to account. as of yet. the scope — holding people to account. as of yet, the scope and _ holding people to account. as of yet, the scope and nature i holding people to account. as of yet, the scope and nature of- holding people to account. ff: rrf yet, the scope and nature of the inquiry has to be confirmed with us and i suspect that it might depend on some of the outcomes of ongoing investigations and inquiries. indie investigations and inquiries. we would like this scope to be as wide as possible — would like this scope to be as wide as possible and we would like it to be a statutory public inquiry, led liy be a statutory public inquiry, led by a judge — be a statutory public inquiry, led by a judge and one that has a real chance _ by a judge and one that has a real chance to — by a judge and one that has a real chance to make a difference. nottingham says it accepts the report and is doing everything in its power to improve. stay with us here on bbc news.

hello. good afternoon. we've got quite a bit of cloud around today, particularly across the north and the west of the uk. a weather front and even following a few showers, the east stays mostly fine and dry, but actually even here it'll be a little cooler as we go through the rest of the week. this is the rain band i talked about, our weather front quite tightly packed isobars giving some unusually windy weather for the time of year across the north and west. but we've actually had some fog in shetland through the morning. it's lifting now, but you can see the rain. it's only moving slowly eastwards, but nevertheless it's going to give quite a damp afternoon through wales, the south west northern england clearing scotland, but showers follow on here. a scattering of showers as well for northern ireland. some sunshine too and a fresher feel, but still very warm where we keep the sunshine in the midlands. east anglia, the south east 28, possibly 29. but as we go through this evening and overnight, that rain band slowly pushes eastwards. so less chance of seeing the aurora borealis or indeed the perseid meteor shower here, but clearer skies further north

and west, and a better chance here. and a fresher night. actually, it'll be a slightly warmer night than last night for the south and east because of the cloud cover, which will still be with us tomorrow morning. could be a bit misty and damp as well underneath this rain band. a few showers there could be sharp or thundery through this evening and overnight. easing away tomorrow. but the cloud takes its time. much, much drier though, as you can see for scotland, northern ireland, northern england, wales and the southwest. yes, a fresher feel, but in that sunshine feeling pleasant enough, quite warm despite the cloud further south and east. now, as we go through wednesday, there's that ridge of high pressure that starts to topple away. so it's a dry spell in the north just for a day, because more rain on this weather front is coming in for thursday. so it does look really quite wet for parts of scotland, northern ireland, northern england again, parts of wales, pulses of heavy rain along that weather system. it does brighten to the north later and it may well stay mostly dry, bright but increasingly cloudy further south and east and warm still.

again, we'rejust tapping into some warmer southwesterly winds rather than the atlantic westerly, and that rain could still hang around across southern areas into friday. in fact, we could see some heavier rain, a few showers to the north, but actually again further north. mostly fine and dry on friday and feeling pleasant enough in the sunshine as ever. you can find out more on the website. but from me, bye bye for now.

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ukraine says its week—long military offensive into russia will end when vladimir putin agrees to peace. firefighters and soldiers battle the flames in greece around the capital, athens. and treasures from the deep — the bbc gets rare access to a trove of titanic artefacts recovered from the ship. hello, i'm annita mcveigh. now with all the latest sport here's anne—marie batson. hello from the bbc sport centre. team gb's amber rutter says "some accountability needs to be taken" following a controversial end to the women's skeet final at the olympics. the 26—year—old was tied with chile's francisca crovetto chadid after three rounds of the four—round shoot—off, but she was called to have missed a shot which slow—motion replays appeared to show she hit.

an absence of a video assistant referee at the olympics meant