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. ukrainian authorities release video of what they say is the moment a key strategic bridge in russia's kursk region is destroyed. venezuela's opposition leader, maria corina machado, leads anti—government demonstrations in caracas, promising continued defiance after nicolas maduro�*s claim to have won the presidential election. and matthew perry's death brought medical use of the drug ketamine into the spotlight. we ask an expert what people who use it are hoping to achieve. we begin in the middle east, where lebanon says at least ten

people were killed in an israeli strike on a residential building in the southern city of nabatieh. strike on a residential building the lebanese state news agency says two children were among those killed. israel said it was targeting a his brother weapons depot. lebanese media say hezbollahhave 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. 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, around 1:00 in the morning, _ 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. but 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, a brick factory, _ slaughterhouse, metal factory, aluminium factory and cow farm. it's an industrial and civilian area. there's an urgency for the next round of talks to succeed amid fears that the conflicts in gaza and either side of israel's northern border could escalate into a much wider regional war. but hamas officials have already dismissed american optimism as an illusion. president biden has welcomed the reported progress

in the qatar talks. i'm optimistic. not far from over. just a couple more issues and i think we 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. i his secretary of state, antony blinken, is heading to the region to promote what is being called a 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. wyre davies, bbc news, jerusalem. as the fighting continues, so do ceasefire and hostage release talks. israel's team is reporting cautious optimism. our senior international correspondent, orla guerin, is following developments from beirut in lebanon. she gave us this analysis on the negotiations. president biden says it's closer than ever. hamas say exactly the opposite. a hamas spokesman said to the bbc today that the americans

were excessively optimistic, that they were trying to buy time, that the proposals that hamas had received from the mediators were very disappointing. now, we know that the two sides have been given a bridging proposal, an attempt to close the gap between them. antony blinken will come back to the region next week in cairo. we will have another round of talks, but i think a point is going to come and possibly quite soon, where all of these frenzied international efforts, these frantic efforts to get a deal together, cannot be sustained in the absence of some kind of real, tangible progress. neither israel nor hamas will want to be blamed if there is no ceasefire. but i think mediators fear we are coming to a cross in the road where it's either a ceasefire is agreed or there is a very real risk of all—out regional war. venezuela's opposition leader, maria corina machado, has called for both nationwide and international demonstrations, urging people to protest against president nicolas maduro's

disputed election victory last month. she addressed supporters from the back of a truck in caracas, saying that she would not abandon her protest. 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 had this message for her supporters. translation: when this | regime saw it was defeated and their scheme discovered, they chose the most cruel of all politics. we won't leave the streets.

we will use intelligence, prudence, resilience, boldness and peacefully because violence benefits them. alfredo romero is a venezuelan human rights lawyer. he spoke to us from caracas about the risks protesters were taking. we have verified and identified more than 1,400 detainees which are being detained precisely in protest and mass protests that has happened 15 days, in those 15 days. um, and before now and, um, we're verifying that and identifying different kind of situations happening in jails and everything. so of course it's an important risk because repression is being used effectively to, as you said, to crack down, um, protests. and what recourse do people have if they are arrested?

well, there are many. things happening at this point. the problem that happened is that we don't have access to detainees as far as private lawyers. right now when the families, because they have been incommunicado for about 15 days, right now, is when families have been having access to detainees and they're reporting some kind of situations. for example, there is a guy, just to tell you one thing that happened yesterday, um, there is a guy with autism in one specific prison centre, and he's beenjailed there. there are minors, for example, people from 14 years old to 17 years old. right now, we have verified and identified 126 minors from 14 to 17 years old. there is, for example, one girl named victoria. she is part of the orchestra

system here in venezuela. you know, she's a musician and, you know, there are many situations happening because this massive protest, this massive repression, i mean, the results are that everyone that is walking on the street is being detained, even if they don't participate in this protest. tell you the truth, the people are very scared right now. what i see every day. i mean, a lot of relatives of these children that are in jail are totally scared. i mean, the people are, you know, i cannot say what the expectations of the people are, but i'm totally sure that the people are waiting for a peaceful solution of this situation. of course, um, there is a political issue. there is also political expectations. but at this point, our major, i would say, focus is on solving this humanitarian problem, as that is going on right now with all the people injail.

and actually what happened is a reaction to protest. for example, today there are some protests and the reaction of the government is repression, and they're being effectively used in repression in order to, uh, to stop protests, and repression means, i mean, people, again, are being killed, people that are being jailed and etc. the ukrainian military has released video which it says shows the destruction of a key bridge inside the kursk region of russia. this video shows large explosions on the structure, about 11 kilometres from the border, in an area of kursk that remains under russian control. moscow says a bridge was destroyed on friday. russia says it is pushing back the ukrainian forces, which have captured territory in its kursk region, but ukraine's president zelensky says his forces are strengthening their positions. the russian authorities are continuing to evacuate civilians in areas near to where the fighting is taking place. according to local officials, more than 3,000 more people have been moved to safer areas in the past 2a hours.

the fighting also continues inside ukraine. these pictures show the aftermath of what ukraine says was russian shelling of the city of sumy about 35 kilometre from the border with russia. two people are said to have been injured. and we have one other set of images to share with you. ukraine released these pictures of what it says was the moment its forces crossed into russia into the kursk region on the 6th of august — the beginning of their incursion. they appear to show a heavily damaged border post and no further resistance from russia forces. 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 or if it should pull

out because losing men is something ukraine can especially not afford to do, unlike russia. the un's atomic energy agency says that the nuclear safety situation at ukraine's zaporizhzhia power plant is continuing to deteroriate. the nuclear station has been occupied by russian forces since shortly after the invasion. it has occasionally been damaged by fighting and a un team says there has been intense military activity in the area over the last week. that includes a drone explosion just outside of the plant near to the essential cooling water sprinkler ponds. the director general of the international atomic energy agency, rafael grossi, said he was extremely concerned that there had been another escalation of security dangers at zaporizhzhia. now it's time for a look at today's sport with 0llie foster. hello from the bbc sport centre. we've had six games in the premier league. last season's runners up arsenal have started their campaign with a win, 2—0 at home to wolves. the arsenal amanger says

they should have scored more at the emirates stadium. kai havertz got the opener with a header from a bukayo saka cross midway through the first half, and saka added a second after the break, a 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 consistency, especially defending deeper, and, yeah, we had some giveaways especially in the first phase that were very, very tricky. bournemouth came from behind to draw i—i at nottingham forest. chris wood had given forest the lead in the first half but antoine semenyo equalised late on. the match was stopped for 10 minutes early in the first half, with forest's brazilian defender danilo treated on the pitch after breaking his ankle.

he has broken his ankle, so it is serious, going to miss him, not only on the pitch but he is a wonderful boy, he is always smiling, always withjoy, wishing him the best. i think he's leaving the hospitaljust now and then he will be assessed tomorrow and after tomorrow, but it is serious, but the good news is he is stable, he is speaking and aware, sojust need time. arne slot has made a winning start as liverpool's new head coach. they won 2—0 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. people told me there is no easy game in the premier league and today showed this. and they can give you

so much resistance as they did in the first half, it shows you how tough it is to win games. in the end, it was a good win. 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. brighton's new manager fabian hurzeler also had a win in his first game, 3—0 at everton. ashley young was sent off for the toffees. ten—man newcastle beat southampton i—0. joelinton with the goal. and jhon duran scored aston villa's winner at west ham. it finished 2—i. elsewhere in europe and first to spain where 0sasuna against leganes finished i—i. barcelona are in action against valencia. barca finished ten points behind champions real madrid last season, who have strengthened their team with the arrival of kylian mbappe. 0n the opening day of serie a, defending champions inter milan conceded in the 95th

minute to draw 2—2 at genoa. parma also drew with fiorentina. two matches under way. ac milan 0, torino i. empoli 0, monza 0. lauren coughlin has a one—shot lead going into the final round of the women's scottish open at dundonald links near troon. the american carded a flawless 6—under par 66 to sit at the top of the leaderboard on 12 under. her compatriot megan khang is a shot behind on ii—under while german esther henseleit and england's charley hull are two shots further back. and that's all the sport for now. when friends actor matthew perry was found dead in a hot tub at his los angeles home last year, it seemed to have been an accident. he had been treating depression with ketamine and no foul play was expected. but the arrest of five people, including medical doctors, perry's assistant and an alleged dealer, shed light on a suspected

underground distribution network and cast doubt on the use of ketamine to treat depression. rachel feltman is a science journalist specialising in psychedelic drugs and ketamine therapy. i asked about the prevelance of ketamine use in therapy. it's definitely exploded in recent years. back in 2021, i wrote a feature for popular science magazine about the use of ketamine and actually about my own experience using it as a treatment for ptsd. and at that time, it was estimated that there were around 75 clinics offering it in the us. recently, one outlet estimated that that's now closer to 750 clinics. so clearly there's been a big surge in demand for it. and explain to us what it does to humans because it's more generally known as a horse tranquilliser. and presumably the dosage is important. sure, absolutely.

it has been used as a sedative for humans as well since, i believe, the 19705. and that is what it has fda approval for. it doesn't have fda approval for anything else, but it's very easy to get it off label, as is the case with many drugs, which is sometimes a good thing. you know, it does have these therapeutic uses. it's one of many psychedelic drugs that are being researched for their potential to treat depression in humans. but in terms of what it does, it's known as a dissociative anaesthetic at very high doses. um, it anaesthetises the patient. at lower doses, it can induce anything from relaxation to sort of deep meditation or trance—like state and, you know, into an actual hallucinatory psychedelic state as well. i mean, clearly, the investigations have found that the police said on thursday that their investigation launched in may, uncovered what they called a broad underground criminal network of drug suppliers who distributed

large quantities of ketamine. so has it become... you said it's used off label. how easy is it to to obtain it now, do you think? well, so that's an interesting question because people have used ketamine recreationally and illegally for as long as it's been used as an anaesthetic. so the use of ketamine as a recreational drug and in high quantities and illegally is not new. what is new is that it's now quite easy to access it through these clinical settings. and as you said, these are much lower doses than matthew perry had in his system. the doses that matthew perry was getting from these people who were very clearly exploiting him were truly like an order of magnitude higher than what you see in psychedelic assisted therapy. the london fire brigade says a fire that broke out at the historical somerset house is under control and final checks are being made to ensure it doesn't reignite. 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. there were no reports of any injuries, and none of the valuable works of art were in the part of the building which was damaged. speaking outside somerset house, keeley foster, deputy assistant commissioner of the london fire brigade provided an update on the fire. just before midday, the brigade took the first of over 30 calls reporting a fire at somerset house. 20 fire engines and around 120 firefighters have been working since then to bring the fire under control and protect this historic landmark. the fire was located in part of the building's roof space. the age and design of the building proved a challenge for crews as they initially responded. as a result, four of the aerial ladders including a 64—metre turntable ladder were deployed to support firefighters as they carried out a complex

and technical response. this included creating fire breaks in the roof, which has now limited the spread of flames. jonathan reekie, the director of somerset house, also gave his thanks to the emergency services for their response. further to the statement of the london fire brigade on behalf of somerset house trust i would like to say a sincere thank you to the emergency services, all the amazing staff at somerset house and the visitors who responded so quickly and so diligently to ensure that everyone is safe and well. mil and so diligently to ensure that everyone is safe and well. all of the messages — everyone is safe and well. all of the messages we _ everyone is safe and well. all of the messages we have been - everyone is safe and well. fill rrf the messages we have been receiving show us how loved somerset house is and we really appreciate that support. it is too early to comment on the building's condition, but i think thanks to the efforts of the emergency services i am confident that the damages to one small part of the building. as the london fire

brigade continue their investigations and operations, somerset house will remain close to the public until further notice but i am happy to say that the art gallery and institute will remain open from tomorrow. 0ur correspondent, noor nanji, was outside somerset house with more. well, the london fire brigade, as we were hearing there, said that they first received reports about this fire at around midday. crews were sent to the scene and have been tackling the blaze ever since then. and as we just heard there, they are still working to extinguish the final pocket of the fire and the cause of the fire is not yet known. now, when i arrived here several hours ago, there were thick clouds of smoke. you could see it several several streets away and you could also see it in some of the social media videos that have been posted of the fire, including over the river thames. the building itself had been evacuated and there were no reported injuries. we also know that the artwork is believed to be safe. now, don't forget, somerset house is an historic institution.

it dates back centuries. it is now used as an arts venue. it is home to the courtauld gallery, which houses several priceless pieces of art, including by van gogh and monet, amongst others. but we were speaking to the director of the somerset house trust, who told us that the area in which the fire broke out, that was actually different to where the artwork is housed. so those concerns have been allayed. but as you say, the efforts are still going on to contain this fire. and for now, somerset house remains closed to the public. for a third day, firefighters in turkey are battling a strong forest fire in the resort city of izmir. ii helicopters and two water bomber planes are dousing hot spots, trying to contain the fire, which has burnt across 1,600 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. hurricane ernesto is passing over the island of bermuda in the north atlantic, bringing a risk of serious flooding.

the category1 storm was downgraded from the more serious category 2 but is still carrying powerful winds, with the potenial of a dangerous storm surge and up to 30 centimeters of rain. 60% of the population is reportedly without power. a cargo spacecraft has arrived at the international space station to deliverfood, fuel and other supplies for those on board, including two nasa astronauts stuck there for several months. the unpiloted spacecraft, named progress 89, successfully transferred about three tonnes of supplies. 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. stay with us here on bbc news.

good evening. although the sun wasn't out for all of us today, we did have a good deal of dry weather and that's the way it will continue this evening. if anything, the cloud may break up to reveal a little bit more sunshine and hopefully there'll be a bit more around tomorrow, but there'll still be a few showers. we've had those pushing through on the brisk wind in the north and west. that continues this evening. the odd one elsewhere, even possibly in east anglia and the southeast, where we've had the lion's share of the day's sunshine. the cloud melts, though, through the night, the winds ease further and it'll be another coolish start on sunday morning. perhaps a little bit of fog if you're up early enough because actually the winds are falling lighter through sunday as the azores high ridges closer to our shores, but still that westerly breeze in the north. although a notch down on those of today, the winds, there's still enough to carry a few showers in, possibly the odd one. northern ireland, northern western parts of england and wales. but after the morning mist,

it should be a largely dry, bright day with good spells of sunshine. it will feel pleasantly warm, as it did during the day today. temperatures mightjust be a degree down in the north, but, with lighter winds, that will compensate. however, it is all change as we go through the new week, so high pollen levels again through monday, as you can see. but into the new week, we've got wind and rain coming in. monday, i think, mostly fine and dry. so sunday into monday out of the ridge of high pressure producing some mist and fog across central and eastern areas, possibly further west with some sea fog. but that rain coming in looks quite intense, particularly the second part of the day across northern ireland, western scotland, northern scotland as well. there'll be cloud piling in around the irish sea coast, some sea fog here, but further east we've switched our wind direction, picking up more of a southwesterly, so we could again see temperatures nudging above 25 in some spots. it will be warm for all and a warm night monday into tuesday. warm and wet. as you can see. as that weather system carries its way eastwards

behind it on tuesday. lots of showers, heavy thundery showers during monday night and into tuesday as well because its warm air so we'll still see temperatures in towards the mid 20s in the south and the east, but closer to average further north and west following our rain. but if ijust show you that rainfall as it piles up through the week, mostly in the north and west, but, anywhere, really, seeing some rainfall tuesday. but the heaviest falls likely in the north and west, perhaps cumbria and north wales, with some more wet and windy weather midweek on.

this is bbc news, the headlines. israel says negotiators are "cautiously optimistic" about the gaza ceasefire talks. but hamas has described suggestions of progress as an illusion. we'll hear why actors say they're increasingly worried about being asked to perform graphic scenes for video games. 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. hello. let's return to our main story. the israeli prime minister's office says its negotiators are cautiously optimistic about a possible ceasefire and hostage deal on gaza. it said it hoped international pressure on hamas would remove its opposition to the us proposal. senior hamas figures have already dismissed such optimism as "an illusion".

0ur correspondent wyre davis gave us this update on the diplomatic efforts. after two days of preliminary talks in qatar there was a very positive communique issued talking about a framework for a future agreement and the americans responded saying this was the best chance we've had in some time for peace. antony blinken, the secretary of state, is due to arrive in the region at the end of the weekend to try and hammer out a potential deal for a ceasefire and also of course the release of hostages. but the reality of what's happening on the ground, we've had attacks in gaza and southern lebanon. hamas, who weren't part of the talks, have dismissed talks of optimism as fanciful and an illusion. that's the reality on the ground. there's a lot of pressure on both sides to try and achieve a peace deal. tell us about the diplomatic push and how it plays out over the next few days. you mentioned antony blinken arriving.

what else is happening? it isn'tjust secretary blinken. the european governments, the british, french and germans have also been here and they are putting a lot of pressure especially on the israelis, who they can talk to directly. benjamin netanyahu is thought to be more reluctant than some others in his government. his defence minister said the idea of a complete victory against hamas is fanciful. netanyahu and other members of the government, especially those on the far right, dismissed the idea of a peace agreement with hamas while it is still a viable fighting force. so there is a diplomatic push, a huge one. american optimism is driven by domestic considerations because there is an election in the us and for the democratic party and kamala harris, it would suit her purposes if there was a peace agreement in the middle east. we have had ten months of war and 40,000 people reportedly killed in gaza and there is still no immediate end in sight

to what is happening gaza nor in lebanon. you mention southern lebanon, the exchange that happened today, more significant than they had been in the last few days? i think there's a real danger that is one place where the war could escalate if it was going to become a bigger issue. the iranians, after the high—profile assassinations in iran and southern lebanon, have threatened to retaliate against israel. everyone in the region is sort of expecting that and one way that could happen is if hezbollah were to step up its campaign against israel, which has been ongoing since october the 8th as well. in the early days of that conflict on israel's northern border, it was confined to a five kilometre stretch along the border but in recent months both sides have attacked targets deep in each other�*s territory.

in the bekar valley and also in beirut, there was the attack in nabatieh and the israeli air force admitted it had killed a senior hezbollah commander near the city of tir. hezbollah responded with rockets into israeli territory and if that war were to expand we could have a repeat of the very big war between israel and hezbollah in lebanon in 2006 which lasted for over a month and claimed 1000 lives. thank you. the reform uk leader, nigel farage, has declared large earnings from work other than his job as the mp for clacton. the details came out in the latest register of members' financial interests, which is published by parliament. it includes payments running into hundreds of thousands of pounds for his work as a presenter on gb news. mr farage issued a comment on social media saying... 0ur political correspondent helen catt is here.

explain to us why this has all come out now? , ~ ., , ., explain to us why this has all come out now? , ~ .,, ., . ., out now? every mp has to declare their financial _ out now? every mp has to declare their financial interests. _ out now? every mp has to declare their financial interests. when - their financial interests. when there is a new parliament, they have to do that within 28 days of it starting. last night, the register of mps interests was published which for all mps shows what they have earned outside, what they have had in terms of hospitality, gifts, paid for travel, anything that needs to be declared. for the first time, we are getting the newly elected mps on it which is why nigel farrow is's expenses are on it because he was elected at the general election on the 4th elected at the general election on the 11th ofjuly. what came out this morning were a number of sons that he has declared that he has earned, things like £4000 per for writing for the daily telegraph, a payment of £16,500 roughly for recording personalised video messages like birthday greetings using an online service for individuals. but there was one particularly big sam in his declaration which said that his

company, thorn in the side limited was being paid £97,000 more than —— 90 £7,000 and more a month for working in tv news, that would make him earning over £1 million and a highest earning mp in parliament. bearin highest earning mp in parliament. bear in mind the register is drawn up bear in mind the register is drawn up from information that mps and their offices provide to the house of commons. mr faraj has sits, as you saw there in his post on social media, said that this is wrong, it is not the right sum at all. he has told us that the sum that was paid, an invoice that was paid injuly but it covered work being done for the 1st of april onwards, he also said it includes services like media consultancy as well as presentation. he says it is not quite the same thing. he says it is not quite the same thin. , . , , he says it is not quite the same thin. , ., , , , , , thing. presumably this will bring up the whole issue _ thing. presumably this will bring up the whole issue of— thing. presumably this will bring up the whole issue of what _ thing. presumably this will bring up the whole issue of what mps - thing. presumably this will bring up the whole issue of what mps do - the whole issue of what mps do outside the commons and whether the share of what they are doing at the office at work for their constituencies is good in relation to what they are earning outside,

thatis to what they are earning outside, that is the discussion out there. it is and it flares up as a discussion from time to time because it is not unusualfor from time to time because it is not unusual for mps to have second jobs, quite a few do, it is not even unusualfor quite a few do, it is not even unusual for them quite a few do, it is not even unusualfor them to be broadcasters. the foreign secretary david lammy used to have a radio talk show for which he was paid £50,000 per year. this is something that happens but every so often there is a look at this taken by mps and authorities about whether mps should have these outside earnings and we know it is likely to come up again in this parliament because labour in its manifesto said it wanted restrictions potentially to be looked at on mps having second jobs. helen, thank you. performers working in the games industry have spoken of their distress at being asked to work on explicit content without notice, including scenes featuring sexual assault. sex scenes are common in modern games and are often made by filming human actors who are then digitised into game characters. let's speak to robbie taylor hunt, who is an intimacy director and coordinator for both stage and screen.

thank you forjoining us. were you surprised to hear about some of the situations that have found themselves in when they are suddenly confronted with having to scenes without any notice, that might be intimate or sexual?— intimate or sexual? yes, it is really sad — intimate or sexual? yes, it is really sad and _ intimate or sexual? yes, it is really sad and shocking - intimate or sexual? yes, it is really sad and shocking to . intimate or sexual? yes, it is| really sad and shocking to see intimate or sexual? yes, it is - really sad and shocking to see that these kind of things are happening. 0bviously, actors want to be able to turn up and do theirjob and do it well and not having the information available, being put on the spot, means that they are not able to do that job means that they are not able to do thatjob meaningfully and also, leaving work feeling potentially exploit or harassed in that situation. so you know, iam exploit or harassed in that situation. so you know, i am shocked to hear it but also unfortunately, this was a common thing in the tv and film industry not too long ago, and film industry not too long ago, and now we have intimacy coordinators and a better process but it looks like we are not quite there yet in the video game industry. there yet in the video game indust . ~ , ., there yet in the video game industry-— there yet in the video game indust . ~ , ., ~ ., there yet in the video game indust . ~ , ., ~' ., , industry. why do you think that is, that the video _ industry. why do you think that is, that the video game _ industry. why do you think that is, that the video game industry - industry. why do you think that is, that the video game industry is - that the video game industry is lagging behind film and tv on the intimacy issue?— lagging behind film and tv on the intimacy issue? yeah, i imagine it is artl intimacy issue? yeah, i imagine it is partly the _

intimacy issue? yeah, i imagine it is partly the element _ intimacy issue? yeah, i imagine it is partly the element of _ intimacy issue? yeah, i imagine it is partly the element of it, - intimacy issue? yeah, i imagine it is partly the element of it, it - is partly the element of it, it feels a bit more abstract did and like, we are not really asking you to do it, you are in a suit, there is that element but of course they are being asked to do these things, they are simulating sex, there is intimacy being performed with another person and it is still happening and so we need all the same processes in place as for tv and film and for the voice side of things can act has been asked to come in and perform vocal performances to voice these characters in video games, i think people think of intimacy and intimacy coordinators being brought onjust for the physical side intimacy coordinators being brought on just for the physical side of things, if there is nudity or simulated sex being acted out physically with another person, and if they are by themselves in a buscomb it is fine but it is still asking someone to perform something very intimate, asking them to voice a sex scene or erotic talk or performing an organism or something at a microphone in front of people they don't know at work. so intimacy coordinators give that process for people to be able to do that work in a way that they can feel proud of the work and that brings better performances and better use of the

script and characters and stories for a video game.— script and characters and stories for a video game. aside from the use of intimacy coordinators, _ for a video game. aside from the use of intimacy coordinators, what - for a video game. aside from the use of intimacy coordinators, what about| of intimacy coordinators, what about the side of things where people are obliged to sign nondisclosure agreements and they only find out at the last minute, is that something which is also lagging behind the film industry, do you think? absolutely, for consent to be really can set, people need to be informed that something is going to happen, that something is going to happen, thatis that something is going to happen, that is a huge pillar of consent. if you are not letting people know what they are going to do until the moment they are going to do it, you can't really say that they are freely consenting to something. we need to make sure come like in tb guidelines, people need to be aware at least in general terms of what the scene is going to be. it does not mean that they need to have the script or a real sense of the intimate act expected and that is where we work with tv and film now, on the whole, if you are accepting a role on a tv show and there is a sexy or nudity required for the role, then at the point of casting, at the point they are engaged in the

production, we say that this requires this, it is really desirable that this element is part of this role and we want to see the same in the video game industry. i understand there was one game that did high intimacy coordinators and that was unusual.— that was unusual. yes, so the intimacy _ that was unusual. yes, so the intimacy coordinators - that was unusual. yes, so the intimacy coordinators who - that was unusual. yes, so the - intimacy coordinators who worked on that game, i know them, and firstly, the actors who played the lead roles, the romance characters seem to be proud of working on the game, you see them talking about their involvement in it quite openly but you also see that fans of the game love the romantic storylines which have central and intimate romantic storylines and that has become a really exciting part of the game, a really exciting part of the game, a real success story for the studio and the game. it also goes to show that for the studios, if they meaningfully engage with intimacy coordinators, that will mean it is also better content and the fans will like it more.—

also better content and the fans will like it more. you mentioned in -aassin , will like it more. you mentioned in passing. the _ will like it more. you mentioned in passing, the issue _ will like it more. you mentioned in passing, the issue of _ will like it more. you mentioned in passing, the issue of the _ will like it more. you mentioned in passing, the issue of the suits - will like it more. you mentioned inj passing, the issue of the suits that people wear and people sometimes use that as an excuse for not having that as an excuse for not having that kind of protection for the actors, tell us how the suits work or how they film it and what you then do to say, these are the kind of safeguards we would put in place in order to protect people. i of safeguards we would put in place in order to protect people.- in order to protect people. i think with the suits, _ in order to protect people. i think with the suits, because _ in order to protect people. i think with the suits, because largely i with the suits, because largely people are in full lycra suits so there is no nudity, right, people think about something is really simulating sex if there is nudity, if there is something in the way, a lycra suit, there is technology there so i think that means there is a sense of, there is a sense of detachment from it being something more exposing but when the suits are worn, they are trying to capture the movements of the performers and so they want as realistic and characterful and dynamic choreography as possible and that means really trying to get performers to simulate sex as closely and realistically as possible for the characters. the only real difference from what we are saying that to what we see on a

tv and film set is that may be on a tv and film set is that may be on a tv and film set, people will be performing with a higher level of nudity but in terms of the performance happening, it is exactly the same and it should be treated as such. ., ., , ., . ., , the same and it should be treated as such. ., ., . ., ,, such. have other protections been ut in such. have other protections been put in place _ such. have other protections been put in place in _ such. have other protections been put in place in the _ such. have other protections been put in place in the film _ such. have other protections been put in place in the film and - such. have other protections been put in place in the film and tv - put in place in the film and tv industry because of union involvement and is much different in the gaming side of things? it is treat to the gaming side of things? it is great to see — the gaming side of things? it is great to see that _ the gaming side of things? it 3 great to see that the gaming industry is getting more involved with these guidelines and the use of intimacy coordinators and giving that warning. i am involved with bectu, the intimacy coordinators branch and we have created guidelines on how tv and film professionals should be working on intimate content, when you need to bring in an intimate coordinator, how it works with you. we are trying to make it easy for the companies to engage with us. we are not going to turn up and shut everything down and say everyone is doing everything terribly. we want people to enjoy the process of working with us and we want to be able to do ourjobs and make working lives betterfor the actors and crew and everyone involved. i think union involvement

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and a consultant psychologist. he explained how much of an issue betting in football is. a significant problem. football and gambling has long had an association but with the liberalisation of the laws in 2005, it is now a very different relationship between football and gambling. we have got very high prevalence rates, so just 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 those with significant gambling problems, we have an eightfold increase in the numbers who are experiencing significant gambling harm. then 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. 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. 0ur 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. returning to the uk now and private renters across the country have faced an increasingly difficult environment in the past few years, with the cost of renting rising by nearly a quarter since the end of 2019 and the number of available homes dropping. the government has promised to improve the situation, including by abolishing no—fault evictions — but the threat of those evictions remains for many tenants. one of those people is carly.

she's a mother of six and was given just two weeks' notice before being evicted from her home of six years. tara welsh went to meet her. i don't even know how to prioritise what to take, because i don't think we'll get a place to stay immediately. it'll be emergency accommodation. it's 9am, just an hour until carly gets locked out of her home for good. look around you. i've got six children. today she's being evicted. there's a lot. it's mostly in the living room when you go straight ahead. yeah. a removal van will take her things to storage, but she has no idea when she'll see them again or where she'll be sleeping tonight. where are you going to be sleeping tonight? i don't know. i might have to sofa surf. or if i'm lucky, the council might find me somewhere to stay tonight. carly has lived in this four—bedroom home since 2018 with her six children.

the rent was £1,900 a month, but she says last year, the landlord wanted to put the rent up by another £100. i said, i'm really sorry, i'd like to pay it, but ijust can't afford it. she says her landlord said he wanted to move into the house, something he's entitled to do, and a court order was issued for her to leave last november. and what do you say to those landlords i guess that would say, well, actually, they're entitled to put their rent up. they're entitled to kind of claim back their property if they want to. yeah. you're entitled to claim your property, but morally, um, how do you feel going to sleep at night knowing you've made people homeless? carly�*s children are aged between seven months and 16 years old and want to know where they're going to live. wouldn't it be nice to be somewhere a bit more longer term, though, lewis? wouldn't you like to be more settled? yes. me too. but i think it was packing my children's stuff up that really hurt the most because of the memories that come with it.

are you taking out everything, sir? yeah. at 10am, the bailiffs arrive and the locks are changed. the distress alone, just unfathomable. i wouldn't have put this on anyone, really. put the straps. the removal men tell us that they're seeing more people who have been evicted. i believe so that the reason is actually the prices, the rent prices that's going to be ridiculously high in these days. according to a campaign group that has analysed government data, homelessness following the end of a private tenancy is rising. in the first three months of this year, 4,600 households claimed homelessness support, a 12% increase on the same period last year. we know that things have been difficult for renters for some time now. many councils say they simply don't have the properties to house everyone that needs a home. and in the private sector, there's been real competition for homes,

of course, exacerbated by the cost of living and interest rates rising in the last couple of years, where some landlords have put up rents and others have sold altogether. carly is now officially homeless, and she's heading into the council offices to wait, hoping that she'll get somewhere tonight and more permanently for herfamily. 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. dorian thomas is a mountain leader at trigpoint adventures, who frequently heads up to bannau brecheiniog. he described the impact it was having on the environment. first of all, in environment, obviously, you know, you are seeing that the footpaths are being worn out much more quickly and these footpaths are being designed

and built to kind of cover a lot of footfall. you are seeing lots more rubbish, i also saw an abandoned tent up there last week which has been pulled off by the national trust wardens. so you know, there is a massive impact on it. it is not very nice for other people to have to look at as well, when you take people around, just seeing the mess left by other people. we want people to come and visit and enjoy our beautiful areas but obviously, we don't want them to go and spoil it. so, yes, come and visit. plan your visit. come on a bit of a quieter day, midweek maybe, rather than the weekends. and leave it as you find it or maybe even better still, leave it in a better condition than you find it. arcade game fans are preparing to compete in what's being described as the uk's only dedicated pin—ball event this weekend. pinfest uk will see some of the best compete in the three—day tournament. 0ur reporter laura foster met one of the regional champions who'll be taking part. a warning, her report

contains flashing images. in nathan's childhood home, there's a room dedicated to his favourite hobby. to those who love it, pinball has all the rules and strategy of video games, mixed with the timing, precision and skill of sports such as pool and snooker, and it's becoming more and more popular. # sure plays a mean pinball. there's nothing else like it. it's just really, really enjoyable to do. in east anglia, we've had our own league this year. that's never happened before, because there's never been enough venues, enough collectors, enough games in order to do it. he's been playing since he was a kid and they've even got their own electronic scoreboard. it's great. it means i get to spend a lot of time with him. he beats me. he beats lots of people. he's very good. i think it's given nathan a big, big field of friends over the years as well. so it's a good thing.

this weekend, nathan will be competing at pin fest, the uk's biggest pinball contest, in daventry. but there will also be hundreds of machines for members of the general public to play on for free. and there's already some talk in the community about competitions getting even more prominence in the future. i think people would be surprised by how entertaining it is to watch because, you know, people stream these tournaments, you can watch them online, on twitch and things. sadly, there wasn't enough time in ourfilming schedule to capture my very high final score. laura foster, apparently at the bottom of the leaderboard, bbc news, in ipswich. good for laura for having a go. i'm not sure _ good for laura for having a go. i'm not sure how— good for laura for having a go. i'm not sure how well i would be doing! no one _ not sure how well i would be doing! no one in_ not sure how well i would be doing! no one in the gallery seems to think they can play either. you can catch up they can play either. you can catch up with all of the stories we are covering by checking out the website, with pages on ukraine and also the israel gaza war. stay with

us on bbc news. good evening. although the sun wasn't out for all of us today, we did have a good deal of dry weather and that's the way it will continue this evening. if anything, the cloud may break up to reveal a little bit more sunshine, and hopefully there'll be a bit more around tomorrow, but there'll still be a few showers. we've had those pushing through on the brisk wind to the north and west. that continues this evening. the odd one elsewhere, even possibly in east anglia and the southeast, where we've had the lion's share of the day's sunshine. the cloud melts, though, through the night, the winds ease further and it'll be another coolish start on sunday morning. perhaps a little bit of fog if you're up early enough, because actually the winds are falling lighter through sunday as the azores high ridges closer to our shores, but still that westerly breeze in the north. although a notch down on those of today, the winds, there's still enough to carry a few showers in, possibly the odd one in northern ireland, northern and western parts of england and wales. but after the morning mist,

it should be a largely dry, bright day with good spells of sunshine. it will feel pleasantly warm, as it did during the day today. temperatures mightjust be a degree down in the north, but with lighter winds that will compensate. however, it is all change as we go through the new week. so high pollen levels again through monday, as you can see. but into the new week we've got wind and rain coming in. monday, i think, mostly fine and dry. so sunday into monday, out of the ridge of high pressure producing some mist and fog across central and eastern areas, possibly further west with some sea fog. but that rain coming in looks quite intense, particularly the second part of the day across northern ireland, western scotland, northern scotland as well. there'll be cloud piling in around the irish sea coasts, some sea fog here. but further east, we've switched our wind direction, picking up more of a southwesterly, so we could again see temperatures nudging above 25 in some spots. it will be warm for all, and a warm night monday into tuesday. warm and wet, as you can see, as that weather system carries its way eastwards. behind it on tuesday,

lots of showers, heavy thundery showers during monday night and into tuesday as well, because its warm air, so we'll still see temperatures towards the mid 20s in the south and the east, but closer to average further north and west following our rain. but if ijust show you that rainfall as it piles up through the week, mostly in the north and west, but anywhere, really, seeing some rainfall tuesday. but the heaviest falls likely in the north and west, perhaps cumbria and north wales, with some more wet and windy weather midweek on.

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. venezuela's opposition leader, maria corina machado, leads anti—government demonstrations in caracas, promising continued defiance after nicolas maduro's claim to have won the presidential election. ukrainian authorities release video of what they say is the moment a key strategic bridge in russia's kursk region is destroyed. and matthew perry's death brought medical use of the drug ketamine into the spotlight. we ask an expert what people who use it are hoping to achieve. hello, i'm lauren taylor. there's cautious optimism amongst israeli negotiators about the possibility of reaching

a deal on gaza — that's according to the office of the israeli prime minister.