this is bbc news. tributes and angeras this is bbc news. tributes and anger as the ugandan olympian rebecca cheptegei dies after being set alight by a former olympian. we will talk late on the programme to one of her closest friends. a member of britain's royal navy dies after a crash in the channel during a training exercise. pressure for a ceasefire agreement continues to grow on israel's prime minister, who insists troops must remain in a key part of gaza. white we must remain in a key part of gaza. white— gaza. white we have been analysing _ gaza. white we have been analysing israeli _ gaza. white we have been analysing israeli activity. i analysing israeli activity. michel barnier is appointed at the next prime minister of france. and the actress gillian anderson talks about her book,

a collection of women's sexual fantasies. tributes have been paid to rebecca cheptegei, she was reportedly doused with petrol, she sustained burns on more than 70% of her body, her attacker was also injured. attacks on women have become a major concern in kenya and there have been a number of high—profile athletes who have been killed in the last two years. let's start this hour with a report by our deputy editor from africa and soy.

cheptegei's family in mourning. this was their daughter on the international stage, carrying her country's flag high across the world. but once back home, rebecca became the victim of domestic violence, it's reported. herfamily is demanding justice. translation: we urge the government to provide protection to her children and property at this time. the 33—year—old athlete was rushed to the main hospital in western kenya after her former boyfriend allegedly poured petrol on her and set her on fire at her home during an altercation over a land dispute. we've done all that we could for her. she had a severe percentage of burns, which unfortunately led to multi—organ failure. in 2021, kenyan athlete agnes tirop was found dead in the same region with multiple stab wounds in the neck and abdomen. her husband is facing murder charges, which he denies. a year later, damaris mutua

was killed and her partner identified as a suspect. he is still at large. the loss of three elite female athletes to domestic violence in as many years in kenya has raised serious concerns and discussions about their safety. anne soy, bbc news, nairobi. let's talk to a felon ugandan athlete and one of rebecca's friends. you were at the hospital earlier, give me your reaction to everything that has happened. reaction to everything that has happened-— happened. what happens is so sad and so _ happened. what happens is so sad and so shocking _ happened. what happens is so sad and so shocking to - happened. what happens is so sad and so shocking to all- happened. what happens is so sad and so shocking to all of. sad and so shocking to all of us, it's a little bit shocking i got a phone call in the

morning and i was shocked she was transferred, we have been together and i used to visit her daily, yesterday we were together and yesterday in the evening she was improving and her breathing was settled and then i came back home and i received a phone call and the doctor told us that we had lost her. it's very sad. it doctor told us that we had lost her. it's very sad.— her. it's very sad. it is quite desnerate. _ her. it's very sad. it is quite desperate, tell _ her. it's very sad. it is quite desperate, tell me - her. it's very sad. it is quite desperate, tell me more i her. it's very sad. it is quite i desperate, tell me more about yourfriendship desperate, tell me more about your friendship with rebecca, how long you have known her, what she was like. she how long you have known her, what she was like.— what she was like. she is a ugandan — what she was like. she is a ugandan athlete, - what she was like. she is a ugandan athlete, she - what she was like. she is a ugandan athlete, she is i what she was like. she is a | ugandan athlete, she is my neighbour and we have been together for quite neighbour and we have been togetherfor quite a long neighbour and we have been together for quite a long time. we have been sharing a lot. when we went to the mountains we went together. we could share when she had personal

problems with her boyfriend. we shared when we were in the races. we have never talked like, two or three months, when they had a problem with the land and they built the land and they had a dispute with who will take their share of the land, which they bought together. they had a conflict and they reported to the police station and i think it took too long for theirjudgment to take place and according to the sources the hearing was supposed to be done on monday and now the boyfriend went and assaulted her on sunday.- assaulted her on sunday. police continue with _ assaulted her on sunday. police continue with their _ continue with their investigation, i know she confided in you in everything over the years, as we see the

pictures of her on our screens, let's go back to some of her athletic achievements, because she was an astonishing runner but friends also talk notjust about that but about her generosity for some of the younger runners, who she would buy running shoes for my little things like that, but always supporting the people around her. ,, . , supporting the people around her, ,, ., , ., , her. she was a very good runner. _ her. she was a very good runner. a _ her. she was a very good runner, a ugandan - her. she was a very good i runner, a ugandan national record holder. in 2021 before the record was broken by someone else. she was the first woman to run under 2.211. she has been so good to us as friends, we could share stories. she is lovely. she likes herfamily stories. she is lovely. she likes her family so stories. she is lovely. she likes herfamily so much, especially the girls, she has two kids. she is very friendly

and lovely and she sometimes helps us, if we need a loan or something, request and she can give it to us. she has been a good friend to anyone who knows her. ., ., her. you were telling our producer— her. you were telling our producer that _ her. you were telling our producer that everything | her. you were telling our - producer that everything she did, all those athletic challenges, the other challenges, the other challenges in her life, she would do through the prism of trying to do the best thing for her daughters. i want to go and turn to the wider questions that this has thrown up because we know that attacks on women appear almost, and as an experience in kenyon, it is alarming injust the numbers, the problem there in kenya. what i can say is that we lost

agnes as well and the lady share ideas and complain about the violence and some can come out freely and explain but most keep hiding and won't speak out. there is domestic violence among women in kenya and some of us came from other countries and train here. i hear cases of domestic violence among the ladies. especially those ladies who ran and have made money, there are sometimes, the relationship was not about love, it was about money. after the love has dropped out,...

there is that they are, it has been expressed today, people exploiting those athletes who have made money. we have to leave it there, but we are grateful for your time, speaking to us gratefulfor your time, speaking to us on a day like today, given that you started the day to day at the hospital. thank you forjoining us on the programme. thank you for “oining us on the programme.— thank you for “oining us on the programme. you are welcome. plenty more _ programme. you are welcome. plenty more on _ programme. you are welcome. plenty more on that _ programme. you are welcome. plenty more on that story - plenty more on that story through the course of two day's programme. let's turn to breaking news coming into us. we have heard from the ministry of defence saying that a member of defence saying that a member of the british royal navy has died after a helicopter ditched in the english channel during a night—time operation with the hms queen elizabeth aircraft carrier. with more on this is our defence correspondent jonathan beale who is in the newsroom for us... tell us more. this happened last night — tell us more. this happened last night but _ tell us more. this happened last night but we _ tell us more. this happened last night but we have - tell us more. this happened last night but we have now. last night but we have now been told that one of the crew, there were three crew on board,

has died of a result of this incident. the other two were rescued, safe, as we understand. they were taken to hospital. it happened at about 745 local time in the evening it is normalfor 745 local time in the evening it is normal for royal navy helicopters to carry out exercises. this was an exercise at night time to keep their hours up as that is how they are operating in combat situations, to ensure that they are qualified to do that. there were two helicopters in the air at the time, one of them came down, one of the merlins. we do not know why it came down. we don't know whether this was a mechanical problem, human error or the weather, we don't have a clear idea and won't have a clear idea and won't have a clear idea and won't have a clear idea until they do an investigation, which obviously they have started. do we know how many people on board? this is a trip carry out. it can

carry trips or heavy loads. this was the one that can carry trips. there were not marines on board, it wasjust trips. there were not marines on board, it was just the crew, along with the other helicopter when it ditched into the english channel. other helicopters from air sea rescue nearby came to help in the recovery, they rescued two of the crew and the third they recovered the body. we don't know whether it is a man or a woman. we don't know which of the crew, whether it was a navigator, the pilot... survived or didn't survive. who carries out _ survived or didn't survive. who carries out the _ survived or didn't survive. who carries out the investigation now? ., , carries out the investigation now? . , ., , ., now? the navy will have its own investigation, _ now? the navy will have its own investigation, there _ now? the navy will have its own investigation, there will- now? the navy will have its own investigation, there will be - now? the navy will have its own investigation, there will be an i investigation, there will be an air accident investigation, it will be military led because this was a military exercise, but they will have two report in public. these things take

quite a while. they will be an initial report some stage and then a full report much later. thank you for taking us through those details. let me turn to breaking news that has just come in from the us. donald trump hasjust pleaded not guilty to charges in the revised 2020 election subversion indictment. we were looking at this last week, where the special prosecutor put in a revised indictment and thatis put in a revised indictment and that is because of what we heard in thatjudgment at the supreme court, which detailed that many of the things that are done as president had immunity. as a result, their special prosecutor reside revise that indictment. that indictment. that is being discussed in the courts. donald trump pleading not guilty to

the revised 2020 election subversion indictment. around the world and across the uk. you're watching bbc news.

the chief prosecutor of the international court has told the bbc thatjustice must be seen to be done. he made the comments when he was speaking to nick robinson on political thinking. to nick robinson on political thinkina. ~ ., to nick robinson on political thinkina. . ., _, ., thinking. what could i have done? if— thinking. what could i have done? if one _ thinking. what could i have done? if one had _ thinking. what could i have done? if one had applied . thinking. what could i havel done? if one had applied for warrants for hamas and not against, looked at the evidence, if the evidence compelled action in israel when at that time 30-40,000 compelled action in israel when at that time 30—40,000 people had been killed in gaza, to say this is a weak court that is

influenced by power dynamics, if one had applied for warrants in relation to israeli officials are not for gaza, they would say, this is an obscenity, how on earth is that possible? i think we did what was right. we had evidence. we need to apply the law. you can't have one approach for countries where there is support, where there is nato support, where there is nato support, european support, powerful countries behind you, and a different approach where you have clearjurisdiction, because of a stormy result. hamas says israel's refusal to withdraw from a strategically important strip of land in southern gaza is thwarting any agreement to end the war. israeli prime minister has insisted that israeli forces will not leave the philadelphia corridor, a piece land in southern gaza on the border

with egypt. israeli troops must remain in a buffer zone according to netanyahu to prevent hostages being smuggled across the border. why is there across the border. why is there a strip of land so contentious? bbc verify has more.- a strip of land so contentious? bbc verify has more. israel has been paving _ bbc verify has more. israel has been paving a _ bbc verify has more. israel has been paving a road _ bbc verify has more. israel has been paving a road in _ bbc verify has more. israel has been paving a road in gaza - bbc verify has more. israel has been paving a road in gaza in i been paving a road in gaza in an area where their continued presence is a major sticking point in cfire presence is a major sticking point in c fire negotiation. construction is happening here, codenamed the philadelphia corridor. it is important because it is the only land border with egypt. the rest of garda boys borders israel. the corridor is about six kilometres long. we have been mapping the paving of a road along this corridor. look at this from august the 24th, when we believe the recent paving began. two days later, you can see this dark road slowly

extending south along the corridor. on the 1st of september you can clearly see how far the paving has advanced. this is what that looks like on the ground. we verified this video posted on x at the end of august that shows what looks like a newly paved road. you canjust about what looks like a newly paved road. you can just about make out a border fence at the end of this video, on the right here. over the last few months, the israeli army have cleared large areas near the corridor, destroying hundreds of buildings like this one. from satellite imagery, their destruction is stark. this is from earlier this year and you can see the corridor here. this is from late last month. we asked the idf about the construction of the road and they did not respond to us. netanyahu is has said control of the corridor is non—negotiable. hamas has rejected any israeli presence

in gaza. the paving on this road is said to put pressure on cease fire negotiation and suggests that israel is not going to withdraw entirely from the gaza strip any time soon. lets continue with this and speak to the international negating negotiator. welcome to bbc news, what is your analysis of netanyahu doubling down on this strip of land? i of netanyahu doubling down on this strip of land?— this strip of land? i think it is crystal — this strip of land? i think it is crystal clear— this strip of land? i think it is crystal clear that - is crystal clear that netanyahu, is crystal clear that neta nyahu, the is crystal clear that netanyahu, the israeli prime minister, is doing all he can to ensure that a ceasefire deal is not going to happen, prioritising the corridor over the lives of hostages and many lives of palestinians in gaza, thatis lives of palestinians in gaza, that is not the right thing to do, but it is a political move and not a military necessity. you point the finger at

netanyahu, you know what he says, and what the americans says, and what the americans say when they talk about this and talk about say when they talk about this and talk abou— say when they talk about this and talk about- the - say when they talk about this i and talk about- the think and talk about mass. the think tank in tel _ and talk about mass. the think tank in tel aviv _ and talk about mass. the think tank in tel aviv said _ and talk about mass. the think tank in tel aviv said that - and talk about mass. the think tank in tel aviv said that more | tank in tel aviv said that more should be done and they were very clearly pointing the finger at netanyahu, saying finger at neta nyahu, saying that finger at netanyahu, saying that it finger at neta nyahu, saying thatitis finger at netanyahu, saying that it is not essential for the israeli army to be on the corridor and that a deal must be prioritised. it is also possible that the americans will bypass the israeli hamas channel and try to get out the american hostages, the ones that hold dual citizenship because they are seriously fed up because they are seriously fed up with netanyahu obstructing the deal. that doesn't mean that the leader of hamas hasn't

been obstructing the deal, but focusing on netanyahu, i think the americans are totally fed up the americans are totally fed up and joe biden said so. the americans are totally fed up and joe biden said so. going back to the _ up and joe biden said so. going back to the corridor, _ up and joe biden said so. going back to the corridor, there - back to the corridor, there were leaks of that meeting of israel's prime minister and the defence minister last week which apparently ended up in a shouting match. do you think thatis shouting match. do you think that is an an acknowledgement from those closely around netanyahu, those others, the defence minister, that doubling down on that would jeopardise everything else? down on that would 'eopardise everything else?— everything else? netanyahu is doinu everything else? netanyahu is doing everything _ everything else? netanyahu is doing everything he _ everything else? netanyahu is doing everything he can - everything else? netanyahu is doing everything he can to - everything else? netanyahu is doing everything he can to try| doing everything he can to try to oust the defence minister from office. he doesn't want any opposition within his parliament shot his cabinet. their defence minister, who is not known to be... he is the only one who's been standing up to netanyahu and voted in the

cabinet meeting against israeli troops laying on the corridor and he was the only one who voted in that way. there was a screaming match, unfortunately they are going to matches all they are going to matches all the time, that is the way the cabinet and the parliament function or dysfunction in this case. it is very clear that the defence establishment, not only the defence minister, but also the defence minister, but also the chief of staff and the head of mossad, they are all of the opinion that at the moment, one needs to prioritise the lives of the hostages and the corridor issue is not really an issue. �* .. , ., corridor issue is not really an issue. ~ , ., ., issue. the americans want a three phase _ issue. the americans want a three phase tend _ issue. the americans want a three phase tend to - issue. the americans want a three phase tend to do - issue. the americans want a three phase tend to do this, | issue. the americans want a i three phase tend to do this, do you think that is going to happen in the next two weeks? i think they're going to push very hard and they are saying next week they will come up with a take it or leave it deal and they are going to do everything they can to try to get a deal and netanyahu is going to try to not get a deal,

which he hopes will mean that donald trump will end up in power, so he is trying to obstruct biden and harris from getting a deal, whether the us will do something to make this happen, remains to be seen. thank you so much forjoining us. within the past hour it's been announced that the next prime minister of france will be the eu's former brexit negotiator, michel barnier. he's been asked by president macron to form a new government in an attempt to end weeks of deadlocked negotiations between rival parties. mr macron called snap elections nearly two months ago that failed to produce a clear winner. the french parliament could still veto mr macron's choice with a vote of no confidence. our paris correspondent, hugh schofield, told me that about the reaction to this news

and whether he'll be able to form a government. the prospects _ form a government. the prospects are _ form a government. the prospects are not - form a government. the prospects are not good i form a government. tia: prospects are not good because of this arithmetic fact which is that there are three blocs in parliament, he represents one of them, the centre and centre—right around macron and the gaullists. there are other groups, the left and the populist right. the left and populist right. the left and populist right. the left and populist right have no need to do any favours to macron or barnier. they could bring him down. the slim chances he has of surviving are based around the fact that the populists on the fact that the populists on the right are slightly more ambiguous towards him than they were towards other potential nominees and it could be that they will keep him hanging on, give him a stay of execution, for a few weeks or months. they are the deciders in all of this, if marine le pen and her party decide they have had enough of him then he will go. the left will always vote

against them because they are furious that they say they won the election and they did as an alliance, they got the biggest number of seats in parliament. they say they should have the prime ministership. we have a man very much from the establishment, from the centre, centre—right and the left will always vote against him. it is the far right populist group which might give him a stay of execution. if which might give him a stay of execution-— execution. if he stays in post, we know _ execution. if he stays in post, we know that _ execution. if he stays in post, we know that keir _ execution. if he stays in post, we know that keir starmer - execution. if he stays in post, i we know that keir starmer wants to have a closer working relationship with the eu pays brexit to make things work better, barnier knows brexit better, barnier knows brexit better than anyone else, if he were to stay, would it help with trying to make brexit work in a number of areas which helps the eu and france as well as the uk. it helps the eu and france as well as the uk-_ as the uk. it would up to a oint, as the uk. it would up to a point. you _ as the uk. it would up to a point, you have _ as the uk. it would up to a point, you have to - as the uk. it would up to a i point, you have to remember that it point, you have to remember thatitis point, you have to remember that it is still present in

macron who calls the shots on foreign affairs. he will be a weakened president and so the prime minister is an important figure and traditionally has a tense relationship with the president. it might be that barnier will try to encroach on european matters. the point is broadly that macron and barney i do see item y, they are much of a muchness. there is no dispute between them particularly. that is why barnier is going to be unpopular on the left. by his nature he has a calm, unruffled, patient man, all of which is good in those negotiations. he is also not a particularly politically interesting person, he doesn't interesting person, he doesn't in sight passion. maybe that's what we need. we are not doing it for the conservative government any more we are dealing with a labour

government and that is more positive. government and that is more ositive. ., , ., , positive. one more story there is half an _ positive. one more story there is half an hour. _ the competition and markets authority has launched an investigation into ticketmaster uk over the sale of oasis tickets for the band's upcoming reunion tour, including how so—called 'dynamic pricing' might have been used , where a business adjusts its prices according to changing market conditions including high demand. the cma is looking at whether consumer protection law was breached, and asking fans to submit evidence from their experience to the purchase or attempted purchase of tickets. dynamic pricing is where a business adjusts its prices according to changing market conditions including high demand. coming up in the next half hour we have the latest on grenfell and we will also get the latest on the town hall that donald trump did overnight. we will talk to democrat strategists and a republican strategist. all of that is coming up. don't go away.

hello there. a real mix of weather around this afternoon. we could have a few flooding problems to come across southern parts of england, but for northern ireland and west scotland, the skies look like this. no chance of flooding here. it's a beautiful, warm and sunny day. it's across the south of england that we've already seen some rain, and the rain is set to get a lot heavier over the next few hours because this area of rain that's been across northern france, that's brought 24mm of rain in just the space of one hour. and that intense zone of rain is rotating in now across southern england. so coastal parts of sussex, isle of wight, hampshire, into parts of wiltshire, somerset and perhaps gloucestershire as well, these areas i'm most concerned about, with that torrential rain potentially bringing some localised flash flooding, where we see that very intense rain over the space of a few hours. so there could be some problems this afternoon. now there will be some rain across southern parts of wales too, further northwest for west scotland and northern ireland, it stays beautiful, fine, settled and sunny, probably seeing the weather

brighten up across east anglia for a few as we go through the afternoon. but underneath that rain in the south, for some temperatures just around 14 or 15 this afternoon. overnight tonight more rain is forecast across these southern areas. elsewhere it will turn quite humid. that humidity will build in some areas of low cloud. bit of drizzle, some mist and fog patches. so for some for east scotland and eastern areas of england could be quite a murky start to the day tomorrow. slow improvements as well. eventually most of us will see some warm spells of sunshine, but not in the south. here we've got further outbreaks of rain and again, that rain is set to be heavy and potentially thundery. away from the far south, though overall it's a much warmer day tomorrow. temperatures quite widely between around 22 and 27 c. the weekend, same area of low pressure still on our weather charts. the system is weakening somewhat, so rather than the persistent rain, we are looking at showers. the showers could be heavy and thundery and won'tjust be affecting southern portions of the uk, the risk extends

across the midlands, north wales and into northern england, to the north west of scotland and northern ireland, probably having the driest and the brightest of the weather both through saturday and sunday. but that said, most of us, i think, will see at least some sunshine at times, but still hefty downpours around for england and wales into sunday. the main risk, though, over the next few hours. watch out for that very heavy rain in the south.