live from london. this is bbc news. hezbollah retaliates after reports that at least ten people were killed in an israeli strike on a residential building in lebanon. protests in venezuala's capital after the country's opposition calls for world—wide demonstrations over president nicolas maduro�*s disputed election victory. the african union confirms more than 18,000 mpox cases have been detected in 13 countries across the continent this year. the art collection at london's somerset house safe after a blaze breaks out at the historic cultural centre. lebanon says at least ten people

were killed in an israeli strike on a residential building in the southern city of nabatieh. the lebanese state news agency says two children were among those killed. israel said it was targeting a hezbollah weapons depot. lebanese media say hezbollah have fired more than a0 rockets into northern israel in retaliation. israel says it was more than 50. also on saturday, hospital officials say an israeli strike in central gaza killed at least 15 people. they say a house and warehouse sheltering displaced people were hit. as the fighting continues, ceasefire and hostage release talks continue. wyre davies reports from jerusalem. images and reports from across the region show there are still huge obstacles to peace, despite the positive messages coming from talks in qatar. in gaza, an overnight israeli air strike reportedly killed 15 people in the central area of the palestinian territory.

although israel said it had eliminated a number of armed fighters, several women and children were also reportedly killed. translation: what happened is that i around one o'clock in the morning, i three rockets hit directly the house of this man and his family. there were many children and women inside, mainly women, around 20 in total. to the north, deep inside lebanon, the israeli air force said it had also struck hezbollah targets, including a weapons storage facility. the reports from the scene said at least ten people were killed, many of them syrian refugees, including a woman and her two children. translation: this is an industrial area - i a brick factory, slaughterhouse, metalfactory, aluminium factory and cow farm. it's an industrial and civilian area. nonetheless, president biden has welcomed the reported progress in the qatar talks. i'm optimistic. it's far from over.

a couple more issues. i think we've got a shot. are you more optimistic now than you have been in months past? yes. why? if i told you that, i'd give away what's going on. his secretary of state, antony blinken, is heading to the region to promote what has been called final bridging proposal, hopefully leading to a ceasefire in gaza and the release of hostages in exchange for palestinian prisoners being held in israeli jails. those ceasefire talks are being meditated by the us, egypt and qatar. nawaf al—thani is a former qatari director of defence intelligence and echoed president biden�*s words, that the talks are looking optimistic. we've seen progress in the past couple of days that we haven't seen, for quite a few months, which echoes what the president of the united states and the emir of qatar and also the president of egypt have made clear as an optimistic approach towards a possible ceasefire. now, the doha round of

the negotiations and the mediation has ended. the technical teams, as we understand it, have been going through and continue to go through even as we speak today and the continuing week, to iron out the bridging plans that would bridge the gaps from the original biden administration plan that was presented in may and hopefully before the end of next week in egypt, we may see something positive. now, hamas have said that they believe that the israelis have been adding new conditions. what is your assessment of that accusation? well, the nature of negotiations, obviously, is a back and forth. what we can say from what we can see, and obviously both the qataris, the americans, and obviously also the egyptians, are playing very close to the vest the details of these negotiations.

and as mediators, that is expected from them. however, back and forth is part of the game and is part of negotiations. that is the word exactly, negotiations. the end status is what is important. and the technical teams working this week and until the end of this coming week, orjust before the egyptian meeting, before the end of this week, they have the burden of working on these bridging solutions for those differences. there's something, though, that has happened this week that might appear to some onlookers to be at odds with the role that the united states is taking here in this mediation process, in that the united states has approved the sale of arms worth $20 billion to israel. and yet, at the same time, we're trying to establish a ceasefire deal. how incompatible is that, in your view? i think the role of the united states is very important, indispensable.

you can't deal with israel or the palestinians or the middle east as a whole without the people who live here and with the united states, and the europeans, to a certain extent, but definitely the united states. i think the role is a balancing act for the united states. i think it's an important balancing act. i think what we've seen is a very positive move forward and very encouraging. and focusing on what's been happening in doha here in the past couple of days is quite encouraging, but i think a lot needs to be done in the next few days, and both sides have to agree on not getting everything what they want, but release of hostages, ceasefire, humanitarian aid... over 40,000 already killed as it's been reported in gaza. this has to stop. and averting a wider war in the region, which used to be spoken of a few months ago as a possibility, it's now a very strong probability. also, as part of getting this thing done.

venezuela's opposition leader, maria corina machado, has called for both nationwide and international demonstrations on saturday, urging people to protest against president nicolas maduro's disputed election victory last month. these are pictures from protests in sydney. protesters in the australian city kicked off a global rally in support of venezuela's opposition. a group of united nations experts said that venezuela's presidential election lacked "basic transparency and integrity". experts have criticised venezuela's national electoral council for declaring the incumbent, president maduro, the winner without publishing detailed voting tallies. on friday, the organization of american states, meeting in washington, adopted a resolution calling on venezuela to publish comprehensive details of the results. ms machado said she would join a march in venezuela's capital, caracas.

let's cross live to miami, to speak to pascal fletcher, editorial lead for the bbc monitoring team covering latin america. how many people have answered the call in caracas? sorry, we seem to be having problems with his sound.— with his sound. hello? sorry. sorry, es, i with his sound. hello? sorry. sorry, yes. i can — with his sound. hello? sorry. sorry, yes. i can hear— with his sound. hello? sorry. sorry, yes, i can hear you. _ with his sound. hello? sorry. sorry, yes, i can hear you. just _ with his sound. hello? sorry. sorry, yes, i can hear you. just to - with his sound. hello? sorry. sorry, yes, i can hear you. just to say, - yes, i can hear you. just to say, quite a few people have come out in caracas, in the east of the city, the east of the capital. looks like at least a few hundred with flags and some of them carrying the voting tallies which the opposition are putting so much hope in, that they collected after the election. a considerable crowd and signs of protests in the west of the country and in the centre of the country. and in several capitals around the world. venezuelans in exile have

also come out. we world. venezuelans in exile have also come out.— world. venezuelans in exile have also come out. we also understand that olice also come out. we also understand that police and _ also come out. we also understand that police and soldiers _ also come out. we also understand that police and soldiers have - also come out. we also understand that police and soldiers have been l that police and soldiers have been deployed and there's an expectation that supporters of maduro will turn out. how much of a concern is that, that tensions could rise?— that tensions could rise? that's alwa s a that tensions could rise? that's always a concern _ that tensions could rise? that's always a concern when - that tensions could rise? that's always a concern when these i always a concern when these demonstrations happen. the government had made clear it considers the opposition, especially that led by maria corina machado, as they understand it, as terrorists and people who want to overthrow the government. that's what they call them. there's always a big deployment of law and order forces and we are seeing reports of tear gas being fired. we haven't seen that yet in the east where the main protest seems to be but that's always a consideration. this has happened many times over the last 20 years. in caracas 20 years ago i covered opposition marches of a million people who went to the palace and were often stopped by the

police and hugo chavez supporters, leaving the situation unchanged. i think there will be many people on the streets trying to maintain the opposition hopes and keep them alive but that doesn't necessarily change the situation regarding the election in the short—term. the situation regarding the election in the short-term.— the situation regarding the election in the short-term. indeed, protests are one thing _ in the short-term. indeed, protests are one thing but _ in the short-term. indeed, protests are one thing but what _ in the short-term. indeed, protests are one thing but what other- are one thing but what other recourse is there to have the election looked at again? i think the opposition — election looked at again? i think the opposition and _ election looked at again? i think the opposition and maria - election looked at again? i think the opposition and maria corina | the opposition and maria corina machado as its leader, very much placing their hopes on international pressure. as we've seen over the last few weeks that has been building. we have had statements from the us, the eu, many latin american countries, not all, basically calling for the release of the full results from the july election which we haven't had from the national electoral council in caracas. so that pressure has been building with statements, from the

oas building with statements, from the 0as yesterday and a meeting in santo domingo at the swearing—in of the new dominican republic president, a statement from any latin american countries, america, canada, even morocco, for the results to be released and also calling for the government not to repress protest. but we know that this government has the military behind it as far as we know and it has shown that. it is in control of the country and it is digging in and paying this as a us backed attempt to overthrow it. thank you. india's health ministry has urged doctors to return to work, after they caused non—emergency hospital services across the country to be shut down because of a 24—hour strike. the industrial action was part of ongoing protests following the rape and murder of a colleague in kolkata a week ago. tens of thousands of people have demonstrated in city streets across the country, demanding justice. the assault on the 31—year—old medic

has reignited national outrage at the chronic issue of violence against women. the most recent statistics show 445,000 crimes against women in 2022. on average that's about 51 crimes every hour. among those, there were 31,000 rapes reported, or — on average — one rape is reported every 16 minutes. our correspondent, archana shukla, has more from mumbai. now, the largest doctors grouping, which is the indian medical association, hasjoined into the protest. so today, 24 hours of nationwide strike. the first, such where both government as well as private health care institutions will stop all non—emergency services. so all your elective surgeries as well as outpatient departments in both government and private hospitals will be closed today. and that is a mark of protest and literally amping up the protest to put pressure both on the investigative agency as well as the government

to do more about safety. we know that the top crime agency is investigating the incident of the rape and murder of the 31—year—old trainee doctor in kolkata, and protesters are trying to amp up more and demand that a speedy trial and justice is given in that matter. and they are also demanding that the government come up with stricter laws to make it safer at workplace. like we heard from one of the protesters that they spend hours together at the hospital, that's literally like their second home. and if they are not safe even there, then where can women be safe? and, you know, despite laws having come into place, they are not effective on ground. most of the protesters who i have spoken to over the last few days have told me that there are laws, but they are not effective and hence they are demanding that the government come up with one, a central law that can protect doctors against any violence that is levelled at them, and secondly, is to also make it more saferfor women at workplaces and outside.

you know, despite laws, violence against women has only gone up if we go by the government statistics over the last one year, it has gone up by 4%. and this is something that the politicians, the government and the public all need to sit up and take notice of. the african union's health agency has confirmed more than 18,000 mpox cases in 13 countries across the continent this year. it says more than 1,000 of these cases were reported in just one week. the disease, formerly known as monkeypox, was declared a global emergency by the world health 0rganization this week. the latest variant of the disease has already killed hundreds of people in the democratic republic of congo. the latest travel advice is for people visiting central african countries affected by mpox to consider getting vaccinated against the virus. the world health organization is asking countries with vaccine stockpiles to donate them to nations with ongoing outbreaks.

dr sarah pitt is a virologist from the university of brighton. she told me how difficult it would be to get access to a vaccine. i don't know how easy that is going to be, to access the vaccine. and also, i'm not sure that we... that the countries in europe and other parts of the world outside of africa, where people are travelling sort of voluntarily, should be the first priority for the vaccines. if there is a global shortage of vaccines and as the reports are saying, the african... who in africa and the centre for disease control in africa is asking countries to donate their, if they've got any, leftover vaccine, from 2022/23, to donate them to the countries where it's really needed the most. in this case, it's particularly the democratic republic of congo,

where there are hundreds of cases, as you say, and hundreds of deaths. and also it's spreading to other countries in africa. and that's really where the need for vaccines is at the moment. so, that's what i would advise. and so, i don't know how easy it's going to be to get vaccine if you're thinking about going on holiday. but really, i would say that people should just take take care, take the precautions. and if there are cases been reported in the country they're visiting, then to just be very careful, rather than trying to take vaccines away from people who really, really need it. how have we been caught out like this then, with a shortage of vaccine around the world and the vaccines that we've got potentially in the wrong place? yeah, i don't know what's happened, but i was really hoping that after the last global outbreak, which was 2022 into 2023, which did take the world by surprise, the number of cases of person—to—person

transmission outside of africa was very, very unusual. but we and we did vaccinate people, um, at that time and we did sort of improve the testing facilities that we had in countries outside of africa, including here in the uk, where i am. but i was really hoping that that would be a bit of a wake—up call to the world, because to realise that if we're actually able to help the countries where most cases are, which is west africa and central africa, to get that under control through vaccinating people routinely there, that would actually stop the spread of the virus in those countries and protect them. but it also stops something like, you know... reduce the chances of something like this happening, that that we're seeing at the moment. so i'm hoping that once this outbreak is brought under control, however long that takes, perhaps we might actually as well wake up and decide to do what i'vejust said, is offer the vaccines, routine vaccinations, to people in the areas where the virus is most mostly found in order to protect them, but also to protect the rest of the world from something

like this happening again. about 125 firefighters have dealt with a fire at london's historical somerset house. london fire brigade say 20 fire engines were deployed, when plumes of smoke were seen coming from the 18th century arts centre on the banks of the thames. 0ur reporterjack surfleet is at the scene. what's the situation now? well, just what's the situation now? well, 'ust a few moments fl what's the situation now? well, 'ust a few moments ago i what's the situation now? well, 'ust a few moments ago the i what's the situation now? well, 'ust a few moments ago the first i what's the situation now? well, 'ust a few moments ago the first few]- a few moments ago the first few members of staff who have been waiting out here all day, fire marshals and alike, were allowed back into the building. we haven't been specifically told that the fire is out but some would see that as a good sign. as you say, 125 firefighters tackling the blaze at london two house. calls katie into the london fire brigade at around

midday —— my coach calls came in. they dispatched around 20 fire engines to the site to a fire in the west wing of the building, not a traditional area that tourists may be familiar with. it is offices and storage and so on. no injuries have been reported according to the metropolitan police. today the venue was supposed to hold a free breakdancing event. no surprise to say that the event was cancelled and all events for the foreseeable short—term future have been cancelled. a gallery, the art museum here, has also been closed.— here, has also been closed. people ma not here, has also been closed. people may not recognise _ here, has also been closed. people may not recognise the _ here, has also been closed. people may not recognise the name, - here, has also been closed. people may not recognise the name, but l here, has also been closed. people i may not recognise the name, but they may not recognise the name, but they may have seen somerset house on film? ~ �* , ., ., may have seen somerset house on film? ~ �*, ., ., ., ., film? well, there's a lot of love for the building. _ film? well, there's a lot of love for the building. plenty - film? well, there's a lot of love for the building. plenty of- film? well, there's a lot of love i for the building. plenty of people here admiring it even though they can't get in and look at the inside. it used to be stately home and queen liz first lived here as a princess

before she became queen. she was mentioned —— it featured in many films, such as love actually, two james bond films and even the 2008 film, the duchess. people come here for the artwork, music gigs and at christmas time people come here for theice christmas time people come here for the ice rink. people weren't here for that today. but people wanted to get in and plenty of disappointed faces and a lot of hope that people can get a good look inside. find faces and a lot of hope that people can get a good look inside. and find out what caused _ can get a good look inside. and find out what caused it _ can get a good look inside. and find out what caused it in _ can get a good look inside. and find out what caused it in the _ can get a good look inside. and find out what caused it in the first i out what caused it in the first place. thank you. ukraine says at least two people were injured by a russian missile strike on a residential area of the border city of sumy. local authorities said two apartment buildings and a shopping centre were damaged. the attacks come as ukraine continues its offensive in russia's kursk region — where ukrainian forces have destroyed a strategic bridge — cutting a supply route. james waterhouse is in the sumy region with more

on the significance of ukraine destroying this key bridge. well, it seems that what ukraine is looking to do, alongside drawing in russian troops, is also control its logistics or frustrate supply lines. so we saw, as you saw there, in quite spectacular fashion, a major bridge crossing in the north of the kursk region. it goes over a river that flows into belarus, and that had been used by russia's military to previously feed its invasion of ukraine. but ukrainian forces also control a number of major highways from north to south, connecting to the belgorod region of russia further south, which had been used by russian forces as well. and notjust that — the town of sudzha, which ukraine has captured, is on a hill, so it is allowing ukrainian forces to control the battlefield in that respect and force russian forces to react, and that is costing them men and machinery. ukraine will be suffering losses

as well, but at the moment it's ukraine doing the dictating. and while its advances are slowing, what kyiv will point out is, look, we might be making a kilometre a day, that is still more than what the russian forces are making in a day in eastern ukraine. but crucially, those russian forces are still moving forward. it's not going to be easy, and i think we just need to look at recent history as to why. the same general who came up with this counteroffensive is a guy called 0leksandr syrskyi, he is now the head of ukraine's armed forces. he was responsible for these counteroffensives in 2022, which blindsided russia. he used misdirection by talking up offences elsewhere, and he used the element of surprise. the moment when things turned south, went badly for ukraine, is when the fighting then slowed — it became static and that favoured russia and its greater size. so we've seen that again, haven't we, in the kursk region?

they've moved in, they are expanding at quite a rate. they've taken quite a lot of territory very quickly. but russia will gradually divert more and more resources to slowing that advance. and once you have defensive positions firmly in place, which russia has been building, then that really will be a test for ukraine. and also it will present it with a difficult decision as to when, when or if, it should pull out, because losing men is something ukraine can especially not afford to do, unlike russia. a cargo spacecraft has arrived at the international space station, to deliverfood, fuel and other supplies for those onboard — including two nasa astronauts stuck there for several months. the unpiloted spacecraft, named progress 89, successfully transferred about three tons of supplies. nasa says it will remain docked for approximately six months before returning to earth. two nasa astronauts, butch wilmore

and suni william, are stuck on the international space station because of safety concerns over the boeing starliner capsule that was meant to take them home. they were originally expected to return home after eight days. the us space agency has delayed a decision on how to bring them home, saying it will make a call by the end of the month. taylor swift mania is sweeping across london for another night — her eras tour is in full swing at wembley stadium. you can probably hear them if you listen hard enough! superfans will soon flock to exchange friendship bracelets and scream along to her oh—so—famous lyrics. well, our very own lola schroer is among the first people let in early into wembley stadium. let's take a little behind the scenes peek of all the action. it has been a long time coming but i am officially at the eras tour at wendy stadium. it is a sold—out show, thousands are expecting. this

is the sixth night out of seven. 0n is the sixth night out of seven. on tuesday night will be the end of the european leg before she goes back to the us and canada to continue the tour later in the year. you are power be wondering what time i got here because the stadium is filling up. i got here at 12:30pm with my friends and my mum. we wanted to get a good space to see her from. friends and my mum. we wanted to get a good space to see herfrom. we friends and my mum. we wanted to get a good space to see her from. we are right at the front. we just can't wait. we have been exchanging friendship bracelets with people from all over the world, such as melbourne and even the security guards. a great atmosphere. people are being really positive. tonight we expect two bands to open for taylor swift. it is loud! let me take you to the venezuelan capital of caracas where opposition supporters are gathering to protest against nicolas maduro's disputed victory in last month's

presidential election. he insists he won a 36 year term but there has been criticism of how the election was run. hello there. it's fairly settled weather for the weekend. it's not altogether dry — as we've seen this morning, there have been a scattering of showers, because we are still under this dominant low to the north of the uk, with its west north—westerly winds bringing in the showers off the atlantic. and those winds are fairly brisk, not as strong as they were yesterday, but still strong enough to push the showers across scotland. many places still escape them, as we'll see in northern ireland. we've had 1 or 2 for england and wales. they could even be the odd one where we see the lion's share of the sunshine in east anglia and the south east, but warmest here 24, 25. 19 to 20 in the north. the temperatures are around about average for the time of year, perhaps just a little bit above in the south. but it means, again, that we've got some high levels of pollen if you're out and about,

stretching right the way up into scotland now, and with more sunshine on offer tomorrow, i'm sure a similar case. but the cloud does melt a little overnight. the winds start to ease, the showers start to fade under the influence of that ridge of high pressure. so again, i think it'll be quite cool or even quite fresh as we get towards sunday morning. temperatures will be in single figures in rural areas — as low as 5 or 6 in the north. and that's under the extending influence of the azores high, where we get a lot of our dry and settled weather from at this time of year. but again, yes, it's promising to be quite sunny first thing. the cloud bubbles up. there'll be a few showers developing — probably fewer than today on balance. a scattering for scotland primarily, and one or two in northern ireland and not as brisk a wind as today, but temperatures might be a degree or so down, but it'll still feel warm in the strong august sunshine, and we'll still see some of that as we go into next week, but increasingly it turns unsettled. later on monday, this next area of rain starts to move in from the atlantic. the next area of low pressure. it's going to pull in more of a southerly wind ahead of it, so we'll find that our dew points or our humidity rises.

so monday night will actually be quite uncomfortably warm for sleeping once again. and by the end of play monday, we've got that heavyish rain coming into northern ireland, western and northern scotland, the western fringes of england and wales. but we stay largely fine further east. we could just have some fog first thing under the clearer skies and some sea fog as that humidity increases further west. and then, i think, for the rest of the week, a very unsettled looking picture — showers or longer spells of rain. we will of course put the detail on as we get closer to the time.

this is bbc news. the headlines. hezbollah fires a barrage of rockets into northern israel, after an israeli strike on a residential building in southern lebanon kills ten people. the israeli army says about 55 rockets were fired across the border — no casualties have been reported. protests in venezuala's capital after the country's opposition calls for world—wide demonstrations — over president nicolas maduro's disputed election victory. police and soldiers aredeployed on the streets with maduro supporters planning their own demonstration. more than half of this years' premier league clubs have betting company logos on the front of shirts — despite clubs agreeing the gambling sponsorships would be removed by the end of next season. and too much of a good thing —

why authorities at one of wales most popular tourist spots are asking people to stay away, this summer. now it's time for a look at today's sport. hello from the bbc sport centre. we've had five results so far in the premier league on saturday. last season's runners up arsenal have started with a win, 2—nil at home to wolves. kai havertz scored with a header from a bukayo saka cross midway through the first half, and saka added a second after the break with trademark finish, cutting inside from the right and beating the wolves keeper jose sa at his near post. i think we should have opened the gap in terms of the squad line much earlier. especially in the first half. but then i liked that we showed some grit and some consistency, especially, yeah, we

had to —— had some giveaways especially in the first that were very, very tricky. arne slot has made a winning start as liverpool's new head coach. they won 2—nil at newly promoted ipswich town. diogojota, and mo salah both scoring in the second half at portman road. a reality check for ipswich in their first game back in the top division for 22 years but a solid start for slot . in the end, it was a good win. we scored some nice goals. they can give you so much resistance in the first half, it shows you how tough it is to win games over here. in the end, we managed to win it, and it was a good way to start the season, because in the first half, we didn't give away many chances, but we didn't create as well, it led to the win in the second half. also a winning start for the new brighton manager fabian hurzeler, 3—nil at everton, ashley young sent off for the toffees

in the second half. ten man newcastle beat southampton 1—nil — joelinton with the winner. the game between nottingham forest and bournemouth was delayed by ten minutes, with forest's brazilian midfielder danilo breaking his leg inside the first ten minutes. it finished 1—all. they have just kicked off at the london stadium west ham they have just kicked off at the london stadium. west ham facing aston villa. no goals yet. across europe the big leagues are getting under way. psg won in france on friday. inter start the defence of their serie a title later on saturday, while in spain they've been going since thursday just two games later, including barcelona trip to valencia, barca finished ten points behind champions real madrid last season, who have strengthened their team with the arrival of kylian mbappe. barcelona's new boss knows the size of the task. when i signed my contract here, i know that it was not so easy, but i totally trusted and believed in the club. but at the moment,

i am happy with this, what the team shows and, you know, when you see other players, we have players coming back, i think we have a really strong team. this years french open and wimbledon champion carlos alcaraz has called his defeat in the second round of the cincinnati 0pen the worst match of his career, and his temper got the better of him. his racket, bearing the brunt of his frustrations — during his defeat to gael monfils. the match had been suspended because of rain the previous night in the middle of a second set tie break, with alcaraz a set up, but monfils, who is 37 won that and then took the decider 6—4 the belgianjustine she—kiere won the penultimate stage of the tour de france femmes. stage seven was the longest of the race — 166 kilometres to the finish on la grand bornand, sunday's final stage is another summit finish on the famous alpe d'huez.

kasia newviadoma of poland retains the race leaders yellowjersey and has a 27 second lead over the netherlands puck pieteser. and that's all the sport for now. there has been a goal in that late kick off in the premier league. scoring on his debut for aston villa. they lead west ham 1—0. i will be back with another update a little bit later. as we just heard in sport, it's the first weekend of the new premier league season. for many people placing the odd bet on a game is part of the fun. but for others, betting can become a life—altering addiction — including for some footballers themselves. last year, the premier league clubs agreed that, by the end of next season, all gambling sponsorships would be removed from the front of match shirts. during the 2022—23 season, eight clubs had betting logos on their kit, representing deals worth about 60 million pounds a year. but this season, it's increased to 11 — or more than half

the clubs in the premiership. let's speak to dr matt gaskell, he's the head of the nhs north west gambling service and a consultant psychologist. thank you very much forjoining us here on bbc news. how much of a problem do you believe bedding in football is? it’s problem do you believe bedding in football is? �* , ., problem do you believe bedding in football is? �* , . , a, football is? it's a significant problem- — football is? it's a significant problem. football- football is? it's a significant problem. football and i football is? it's a significant i problem. football and gambling. football is? it's a significant _ problem. football and gambling. with the liberalisation of our laws in 2005, it's now very different relationship between football and gambling. we've got very high prevalence rates of a week or two ago, the regulator published a new survey with some new methodology, which needs to continue to get some testing, but that seems to show that there is a significant gambling problem and eight fold increase in

the numbers of people who are experiencing significant gambling harm. when you add those who are also suffering as a result of somebody�*s gambling difficulty, you start to see that we have actually got a significant public health concern on our hands. we got a significant public health concern on our hands. we will come back to that — concern on our hands. we will come back to that of _ concern on our hands. we will come back to that of an _ concern on our hands. we will come back to that of an impact _ concern on our hands. we will come back to that of an impact on - back to that of an impact on individuals in a moment, but how can you be sure that the removal of bedding logos from sponsorship deals on football shirts is going to make that much of a difference when it comes in next year? unfortunately, i don't think it's _ comes in next year? unfortunately, i don't think it's going _ comes in next year? unfortunately, i don't think it's going to _ comes in next year? unfortunately, i don't think it's going to make - comes in next year? unfortunately, i don't think it's going to make a i don't think it's going to make a difference, so front of shirt is a voluntary measure, so that in and of itself is potentially problematic. it self—regulation which in this case is in perhaps the best way forward. we can already see clubs looking at sponsorships on the back of their shirts to replace that. and the university of bristol publish research to look at what the effect might be if this and only 7% of

gambling logos would not be seen by this voluntary measure. the vast majority of logos, 93% would continue to be seen by the public, continue to be seen by the public, continue to be seen by children and young people and we know already that gambling operators are looking at continuing logos on the back of shirts and elsewhere. so unfortunately, it's typical of the way in which we approach these public health concerns when there is a proper motive invested in interest and lobbying at the centre of this, unfortunately, the white paper that was published by the government last year, it is a start, but unfortunately there's an awful lot to go before we target the real areas of concern that need to be addressed. 50 areas of concern that need to be addressed-— areas of concern that need to be addressed. ., ., ,, , , .,, addressed. so how do you help people with addiction? _ addressed. so how do you help people with addiction? what _ addressed. so how do you help people with addiction? what part _ addressed. so how do you help people with addiction? what part might i addressed. so how do you help people with addiction? what part might the i with addiction? what part might the football world play in that? i think the football _ football world play in that? i think the football clubs _ football world play in that? i think the football clubs really _ football world play in that? i think the football clubs really listen i football world play in that? i think the football clubs really listen to i the football clubs really listen to supporters when they are surveyed. the polls show very clearly that

football fans want their clubs to move away from gambling sponsorship and it's notjust the parents coming clearly the parents would want that, but it's all football fans. they don't like it, and when you see a football club announcing a new gambling partner and you have alluded to that this year, that more than last year, football fans are up in arms about it. so football has got a duty it is very responsible role to play of their community. they've done a fantastic work with mental health, for example and of course helping local people in all sorts of ways. they do fantastic work but they've got a major blind spot when it comes to gambling and the harm it has on their communities.— the harm it has on their communities. ., ., communities. doctor, from the northwest _ communities. doctor, from the northwest gambling _ communities. doctor, from the northwest gambling service, i communities. doctor, from the i northwest gambling service, thank you very much for talking to us. pleasure. for a thurd day, firefighters in turkey are battling

a strong forest fire in the resort city of izmir. 11 helicopters and two water bomber planes are dousing hot spots — trying to contain the fire, which has burnt across 16—hundred hectares of land. hundreds of people were evacuated during the night as the blaze spread to residential areas. there are six other fires in cities across turkey. the reform uk leader and clacton mp, nigel farage, has declared earnings of more than a million pounds a year from work he does outside of hisjob as an mp. the latest register of members' financial interests published by parliament show he is paid more than 97,000 pounds a month to present on gb news. 0ur political correspondent helen catt was in the studio earlier with more on this. all mps have to declare any earnings they have outside of theirjob as an mp, and so if we start with what they earn as an mp, they get an annual salary of £91,346, plus you get some expenses for things like living in your constituency or living in london, one of the other. if you are in anything outside of that, you have to declare it as an mp, and nigel farage has declared his, and among the things he is listed

is thatjob presenting on gb news, for which he gets £97,000 to declare it as an mp, and nigel farage has declared his, and among the things he is listed is thatjob presenting on gb news, for which she gets £97,000 928 per month, and he also gets money from writing articles for the telegraph, and on top of that, he gets some payments from other sources, for example the website cameo, where you can record personalised video messages. he has been an app some time, and declared he had earned £16,597 from that since he was elected. the amount of time this adds up to, they have to estimate or say how much time they spend on these, is that it is nine full working days per month, 72 hours. nine full working days per month. mps can have second jobs and can do this, i know we have the detail of this breakdown, because he has

had to declare because of his role as an mp. it is not that other mps do not have broadcasting jobs as well, but the difference the scale of payment. if you look at his fellow reform mp, lee anderson, he also presents on gb news begets £100,000 per year. if you look back a bit, david lammy, the foreign secretary, he used to have a radio show on lbc, for which he got about £50,000 per year. it is not unusual to have this job, the scale of payment makes it look like nigel farage is the highest earning mp by quite some margin. the question is how much time does it take for someone who has been elected to serve a constituency? that will come up again in the coming months. it has previously been discussion about whether there should be limits to how much mps can earn at second jobs or how much time they can spend on second jobs. borisjohnson was talking about this when he was prime minister, but that never happened. they saw that as being a bit impractical, but labour,

in its manifesto, said it was going to stop mps taking roles which stop them serving their constituents and the country, in their words. this is an issue that will come back up in the coming years, we expect. in the nick of time, nigel farage, mp, has posted a comment on x, formally known as twitter, he says, "to be clear, the gb news some paid to me includes vat, which is 20% and was for several months of work. it was for several months of work. it was paid to my company which has significant expenses, sorry to disappoint the media." one of the best—known tourist destinations in wales has become too popular. bannau brecheiniog — formerly known as the brecon beacons — has attracted large numbers of people taking pictures

of themselves to put on tiktok or instagram. authorities in the park are now urging people to visit outside of the summer months to ease congestion. let's speak to dorian thomas, a mountain leader at trigpoint adventures, who frequently heads up to bannau brecheiniog. i'v e i've tried to deploy my best welsh. i'm not sure how i got on, but thank you forjoining us. just how busy has it been today?— you forjoining us. just how busy has it been today? yes. it was very bus , has it been today? yes. it was very busy. despite _ has it been today? yes. it was very busy, despite the _ has it been today? yes. it was very busy, despite the poor— has it been today? yes. it was very busy, despite the poor weather- has it been today? yes. it was very busy, despite the poor weather we | busy, despite the poor weather we had at the top, people were queuing to take a picture of the placard, which kind of signifies the top. so it is weekend, bad weather, and there are cues on top.— it is weekend, bad weather, and there are cues on top. what impact does it having _ there are cues on top. what impact does it having on _ there are cues on top. what impact does it having on the _ there are cues on top. what impact does it having on the environmentl does it having on the environment and your ability to do yourjob? well, first of all, in the environment, honestly you know, you see it at the foot paths, i've been worn down much more quickly and they have been designed and built to kind of cover a lot of football, we have

seen lots more rubbish. also attend, an abandoned tent up there last week which has been pulled off by the national trust wardens. so, you know, there... it's not very nice for the people to have a look at as well when you take people around and just seeing the mess left by other people. is just seeing the mess left by other --eole. , ., i, , just seeing the mess left by other aneole, , ., ., , ., , ., people. is it fair, really to blame --eole people. is it fair, really to blame people who _ people. is it fair, really to blame people who just _ people. is it fair, really to blame people who just want _ people. is it fair, really to blame people who just want to - people. is it fair, really to blame people who just want to take i people. is it fair, really to blame people who just want to take a i people who just want to take a nice picture? because we are trying to encourage people to take exercise and to enjoy the outdoors. yes. encourage people to take exercise and to enjoy the outdoors.- and to en'oy the outdoors. yes, i know. and to enjoy the outdoors. yes, i know- it's _ and to enjoy the outdoors. yes, i know. it's one _ and to enjoy the outdoors. yes, i know. it's one of— and to enjoy the outdoors. yes, i know. it's one of those _ and to enjoy the outdoors. yes, i know. it's one of those slant i know. it's one of those slant problems. we want people to come and visit and enjoy our beautiful areas. but obviously we don't want them to go on and spoil it. so, yes, come and visit. plan your visit. come on and visit. plan your visit. come on a quieter day, midweek, may be, rather than the weekend, and leave it as you find it, or maybe even better, leave it in a better condition than you found it. mini; better, leave it in a better condition than you found it. why do ou think condition than you found it. why do you think it's _ condition than you found it. why do you think it's become _ condition than you found it. why do you think it's become such - condition than you found it. why do you think it's become such a i condition than you found it. why do | you think it's become such a popular destination? i mean, it looks very beautiful, but sometimes it can be a

quite inhospitable place when the weather turns bad. it quite inhospitable place when the weather turns bad.— weather turns bad. it is. unfortunately, - weather turns bad. it is. unfortunately, the i weather turns bad. it is. i unfortunately, the majority of weather turns bad. it is. - unfortunately, the majority of the pictures you see on instagram or tiktok and the like is when the weather is beautiful, it can either be the blue skies with the sun shining or that will attract people to begin with. you cannot guarantee the weather up there. like today, the weather up there. like today, the forecast was for nice, sunny weather. we got to the top of the mist was down below in the rain was down as well. it was kind of horrible. no views whatsoever. again, people expect to see what they visit. it again, people expect to see what the visit. ., , ., ., , again, people expect to see what the visit. ., , ., ., they visit. it does look gorgeous on a iood they visit. it does look gorgeous on a good day- — they visit. it does look gorgeous on a good day- you — they visit. it does look gorgeous on a good day. you need _ they visit. it does look gorgeous on a good day. you need to _ they visit. it does look gorgeous on a good day. you need to know- they visit. it does look gorgeous on j a good day. you need to know what you're doing, though, when it is slippery. thank you very much for talking to us. slippery. thank you very much for talking to na— talking to us. thanks very much. cheers. talking to us. thanks very much. cheers- you _ talking to us. thanks very much. cheers. you are _ talking to us. thanks very much. cheers. you are watching - talking to us. thanks very much. cheers. you are watching bbc. talking to us. thanks very much. i cheers. you are watching bbc news. it's been described as the worst unsolved attack on the british mainland and this november marks 50 years since the birmingham — pub bombings.

21 people were killed and more than 200 others injured. now, campaigners are hoping the city will come together for a minute's silence to remember the victims. 0ur reporter, rebecca wood has the story. forjulie hambleton, whose sister maxine was killed in the bombings this is a really important part of the city. it catches all of the traffic, and it means that anyone who passes it, who reads it, will know of who our loved ones were. these trees are a memorial to the 21 people killed and hundreds injured when two bombs destroyed the tavern in the town and the mulberry bush on the 21st of november, 1974. 50 years on, julie's calling for the whole community to come together to remember that day. this year, we are asking the community of birmingham to come together at 3:00 for one minute's silence. that's all we ask. in those 60 seconds, julie, what will you think of? 60 seconds.

i will think about what i always think about my sister, maxine. i think of her every day. there's not a day that passes i don't think of her. and the other 20. and the survivors. they too, need our community to come together for them, because it is the community who gives us the strength to carry on. she's written to the city council and is also hoping for the support of the city's football clubs and businesses, with the aim of bringing everyone together to give one minute to pause, reflect and remember. six men have beenjailed for taking part in what a judge described as "12 hours of racist, hate—fuelled mob violence" in hull. the city was one of several affected by a wave of disorder throughout england and northern ireland this month. jo makle reports.

get out! he was part of a mob which targeted a car, terrifying the eastern european men inside. he looted stores, filling a bag at lush like he was on a shopping spree. you can see him mouthing merry christmas as he hands out stolen goods. good lad. and this isjohn honey trying to smash the window of shoe zone. the 25—year—old certainly stood out in his white shirt with its red st george's cross. the judge at hull crown court said he was front and centre of events on august the 3rd. in sentencing, his honour judgejohn thackeray kc called august the 3rd 12 hours of racist, hate—fuelled mob violence which had caused immeasurable harm. he added that he found watching the footage was depressing and horrifying and called it utterly deplorable public disorder. honey received 56 months in jail. that's more than four and a half

years after pleading guilty to six offences, including racially aggravated criminal damage, violent disorder and burglary. his defence barrister told the court he was on the autistic spectrum which influenced his behaviour. bleep. honey's sentence was not the longest. david wilkinson, seen here in the light cap and black t—shirt, was also part of the mob attacking the bmw car. get him out of here! he repeatedly strikes the windscreen. the 48—year—old got six years for this attempted arson and violent disorder. the court heard the grandfather realised he'd ruined his life. jo makel, bbc news. a new study has found that the number of children and young adults being diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease — or ibd — has more than doubled in the past ten years. it's a condition that can cause severe stomach pain and diarrhoea. doctors at southampton children's hospital, where the study took place, say that, while genetics play a part, our changing diets may also be a factor in the rise.

0ur reporter, james ingham, has more. 14—year—old imogen is now fit and well following months of intense pain. she was going to the toilet frequently after eating, she lost significant weight and felt exhausted all the time. over the period of time that i was ill, i lost about three and a half stone. and ijust didn't look like myself and i didn't feel like myself, either. it got to the point where the pain made me actually not want to wake up and not want to be here. imogen was diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease. but various treatments had no effect, so doctors had to resort to surgery. she needed a colectomy — her large bowel removed. i woke up from the surgery and the pain, it was just completely gone. i didn't feel any any pain in my stomach at all.

and, um, it felt like a miracle. and i couldn't thank the doctors more for what they did to me, because it was like my life was taken away when i was ill, and they gave it back to me as soon as i woke up from my surgery. hi, imogen, come on in, take a seat. how are you getting on? a lot better. 1,750 children and young people like imogen are diagnosed with ibd every year in the uk. around one in 16 is treated at southampton children's hospital. they all have an underlying genetic risk, but doctors believe changing diet may also be a factor in the doubling of cases in ten years. this includes things like highly processed foods and increased meat consumption and, possibly, just eating less healthily than parents' generations would have. and whilst this isn't going to be a trigger for an individual person, at a societal level, that's been a definite shift that

has correlated with the increase in inflammatory bowel disease in children. we can't infer causation from that, but it's really important to note that as a possible trigger. imogen now uses a stoma bag, which was daunting at first, but she says she now wants to talk about it to help others. my bag did save my life and i'm not going to be ashamed of something that isn't something to be ashamed of. and my friends, they assure me that i'm just like them and i'm no different and i never will be, no matter what. and now you've got a good future ahead of you. yeah. i can see the future, whereas before, i couldn't. james ingham, bbc news. if you remember the 80s tv series brideshead revisited, you might recall a teddy bear who stole the spotlight. well, aloysius is now up for auction as part of a world—famous collection of plush toys. the 114—year—old bear is expected to fetch more than 30,0000 pounds, as sophie law reports.

you don't need to go down to the woods to get your hands on these bears, but you will certainly need more than pocket money. some very rare bears from teddy bears of witney, a shop in 0xfordshire, are going under the hammer, although owner ian admits some of them will be hard to part with. i've been collecting since 1985, slightly before 1985, when we opened the shop, and i have really enjoyed collecting everything together and i've tried to find things i love and i must say i bought things with my heart and it's going to be a big, big wrench to see them go, but i am 80 next year, so ijust have to be realistic. you may recognise the most famous beer in the collection, aloysius, who starred in the classic drama brideshead revisited, in the early �*80s. and aloysius is always in a good temper. the bear is over 100 years old.

auctioneer thomas forrester expects it to sell for higher than the £30,000 asking price. ithink it will, if i'm- being completely honest. aloysius is an historicl bear with provenance, which is unattainable in any other walk of life — it's been on a film set and it's much loved around the widerl community of brideshead fans. what do you think it is about teddy bears that people so much? i think one of the things is it is intangible, you just don't know. but the extraordinary thing is that one of the wonderful things about teddy bears is they seem to improve with love. you have a doll and it breaks. that's the end of a doll. not so teddy bears. the more you love it the more it seems to acquire character and so i think that's one of the things. you can still see the bears and ian's shop, teddy bears 0f witney, until october.

they will go under the hammer at christmas. sophie reporting. this is bbc news. hello there. it's fairly settled weather for the weekend. it's not altogether dry — as we've seen this morning, there have been a scattering of showers, because we are still under this dominant low to the north of the uk, with its west north—westerly winds bringing in the showers off the atlantic. and those winds are fairly brisk, not as strong as they were yesterday, but still strong enough to push the showers across scotland. many places still escape them, as we'll see in northern ireland. we've had 1 or 2 for england and wales. they could even be the odd one where we see the lion's share of the sunshine in east anglia and the south east, but warmest here 24, 25. 19 to 20 in the north. the temperatures are around about average for the time of year, perhaps just a little bit above in the south. but it means, again, that we've got some high levels of pollen if you're out and about, stretching right the way up into scotland now, and with more sunshine on offer tomorrow, i'm sure a similar case.

but the cloud does melt a little overnight. the winds start to ease, the showers start to fade under the influence of that ridge of high pressure. so again, i think it'll be quite cool or even quite fresh as we get towards sunday morning. temperatures will be in single figures in rural areas — as low as 5 or 6 in the north. and that's under the extending influence of the azores high, where we get a lot of our dry and settled weather from at this time of year. but again, yes, it's promising to be quite sunny first thing. the cloud bubbles up. there'll be a few showers developing — probably fewer than today on balance. a scattering for scotland primarily, and one or two in northern ireland and not as brisk a wind as today, but temperatures might be a degree or so down, but it'll still feel warm in the strong august sunshine, and we'll still see some of that as we go into next week, but increasingly it turns unsettled. later on monday, this next area of rain starts to move in from the atlantic. the next area of low pressure. it's going to pull in more of a southerly wind ahead of it, so we'll find that our dew points or our humidity rises. so monday night will actually be

quite uncomfortably warm for sleeping once again. and by the end of play monday, we've got that heavyish rain coming into northern ireland, western and northern scotland, the western fringes of england and wales. but we stay largely fine further east. we could just have some fog first thing under the clearer skies and some sea fog as that humidity increases further west. and then, i think, for the rest of the week, a very unsettled looking picture — showers or longer spells of rain. we will of course put the detail on as we get closer to the time.

live from london. this is bbc news. hezbollah retaliates after reports that at least 10 people were killed in an israeli strike on a residential building in lebanon. protests in venezuala's capital after the opposition calls for worldwide demonstrations, over president nicolas maduro's disputed election victory. ukrainian authorities release video of what they say is the moment a key strategic bridge in russia's kursk region is destroyed. and new figures reveal that nigel farage has the highest earnings outside of parliament of any mp. hello, i'm lauren taylor. lebanon says at least ten people were killed in an israeli strike on a residential building

in the southern city of nabatieh.