17 boys are known to have died. turkey condemns what they call the "murder" of a turkish—american woman shot dead in the west bank. we'll bring you the latest on this developing story. the uk home secretary chairs a meeting to tackle criminal gangs who smuggle people across the channel. ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky calls for allies to allow the use of long—range missiles in russian territory, at a defence summit in germany. and success at last for the world's lowest ranked team, after they end the longest winless run in football.

kenya's deputy president says 70 children are missing after a fire at a primary school. at least 17 boys are known to have died. the blaze tore through the school's dormitory in central kenya. let's speak to our senior africa correspondent anne soy. it is important to underscore this point that missing doesn't necessarily mean presumed dead. that is because we understand from witnesses that some children ran, somewhat taking in by neighbours because people who live nearby the score came in, early in the morning, as soon as they had the disgrace called to try and put out the

fire —— distress call. as of now, as the deputy president in adding 70 peoples are reported missing. adding 70 peoples are reported missinu. , ., , missing. the president has already been _ missing. the president has already been commenting, i already been commenting, describing it as horrific, devastating, has ordered an investigation. but what do we know about the circumstances surrounding this fire?- know about the circumstances surrounding this fire? what we know is that — surrounding this fire? what we know is that it _ surrounding this fire? what we know is that it broke _ surrounding this fire? what we know is that it broke out - surrounding this fire? what we know is that it broke out at - know is that it broke out at around midnight in the boys dormitory at this school, which is in the county which is about two hours drive to the north of nairobi. it is a boarding primary school and more than 300 pupils are boarding. 156 of those were boys in the dormitory that caught fire, the girls section that had 160 children was not affected. it is among these 156 that the

figure of 17 has been confirmed who have tragically lost their lives. ~ ~' ., who have tragically lost their lives. ~ ~ ., ., , lives. we know that “ust thousands i lives. we know that “ust thousands of i lives. we know that “ust thousands of local h lives. we know that just l thousands of local people lives. we know that just - thousands of local people came to try to help with the fire crews, tried to get some of those children out, don't we? yes, that is what we have been told by witnesses and local leader, he said that as soon as a distress call went out, the local community came in to put out the fire but we understand that part of it was made of wood and that helped to spread the flames pretty quickly. this is an area that is quite remote and we understand that even getting connectivity is a challenge there. and you can imagine, their troubles of the people there. and also of the parents, waking up to this news, travelling from different places, we have had from a relative who has travelled from a different county and has been looking for their child all

day. they say that they have had reports of those who have ran away, they don't know who ran away, they don't know who are these 17 who have lost their lives. according to the police, many of them were burned beyond recognition so it may take some time before they are identified.— are identified. thank you very much for _ are identified. thank you very much for that _ are identified. thank you very much for that latest - are identified. thank you very much for that latest update . are identified. thank you very l much for that latest update and making the point, this is a really remote area and that explains why we have only seen a limited amount of pictures. what we have also seen is an amount of disinformation surrounding the story. bbc verify have been sorting old images from new when it comes to the fire last night. richard irvine—brown has more. if you've been on the bbc news website today, you will have seen this live page on the overnight fire at the hillside endarasha primary school in nyeri, kenya, in which 17 pupils have died. now, there are several press

photographers on the scene and they have been showing what it looks like in the aftermath in daylight. the fire itself happened in the middle of the night in a countryside school which is 25km away from nyeri, a town settled among two national parks north of nairobi. so, without pictures of what happened, this has led to some people sharing old images from otherfires as if it's the same incident, such as this one from 2016. now, this has been shared on twitter and facebook today, including byjournalists. we've searched for previous versions of it and found it does date all the way back to 2016. it's actually from a fire at saint patrick's school in iten, which is about 200km from hillside endarasha. we've seen this picture used a number of times over the years. here it is in 2016. here it is in 2021. now, we've also seen examples in 2022 and 2023. it appears people are sharing the image to try to illustrate a school fire, rather than actively trying to spread disinformation. however, there's another image of several burned bodies in a charred room. we won't share it given how graphic the photo is, but we've seen it shared as if it's from the fire overnight. again, we've done what we're

calling reverse searching, and we found the same picture shared in 2008, here in naivasha and again as recently as yesterday from another story of unrest just north of nairobi in a place called kiambu. the important thing is, if you're seeing material shared online from the fire, it very likely has nothing to do with this incident. and of course, bbc verify continues to monitor in case any footage does materialise online. a 26—year—old american activist has been shot dead in the occupied west bank. aysenur eygi, who's of turkish descent, is reported to have been taking part, in a protest againstjewish settlement expansion in the town of beita near nablus. the is

the us says it is urgently seeking information about the death. our world affairs correspondent injerusalem, mike thomson has the latest. she was attending what's apparently a regular demonstration against settlement expansion in the west bank, which has been increasing at quite a pace. and apparently, according to local media, israeli troops tried to suppress the demonstration. they used, it said, live ammunition, stun grenades and tear gas to try and stop what was happening. and in the midst of all this, it's thought the young american woman was hit in the head. she was then taken to hospital in nablus, but medics there were unable to save her life and she was pronounced dead. i know this has happened only in the last hour or so, in terms of the details leaking out. has there been any reaction? because only last week, for example, the us state department imposing more

sanctions because they're so concerned at some of the things happening in the west bank with settlers. indeed, that's quite right, matthew. yes, the us has taken that action because there's been growing concern about settler violence. it was only a few weeks ago in a village in the west bank, that around 100 settlers invaded the village and cars were burnt, homes were burnt down, and a local resident was killed in the clashes that followed. and these attacks have been increasing, especially since the start of the gaza war, causing quite a lot of alarm, and there have been several people killed. the uk home secretary, yvette cooper, is chairing a meeting — to look at ways of tackling criminal gangs who smuggle people across the channel. 12 migrants died on tuesday,

when their small boat came apart off the french coast. now, ministers, the national crime agency and the uk border force are discussing what more can be done, to stop the crossings. our home editor mark easton reports. the government claims the deaths of 12 migrants in the channel, just off the french coast, earlier this week, is evidence of both the moral imperative in destroying the smuggling gangs, and also that measures to disrupt the criminal networks are having an impact. the home office says it suggests the business model of the smugglers is under pressure. more people are being crammed into less seaworthy vessels, with intelligence suggesting the gangs have increased their charges, including demanding payment for children. almost 22,000 migrants have arrived in britain after attempting to cross the channel this year, more than 7,000 since the election. having scrapped the previous government's rwanda plan, the labour administration is under pressure to prove it has a plan to stop the boats. at a meeting of senior government ministers, intelligence agencies and law

enforcement bodies in london today, the home office will say a0 small boats and engines were seized in an operation in bulgaria in recent weeks, that there are currently 70 live investigations, including operations targeting gangs in libya, romania and southeast asia. yes! get in there. meanwhile, plans to house asylum seekers, including small boat migrants at raf scampton, a former ministry of defence site in lincolnshire, have been scrapped. the home office says it would have cost £122 million over three years and no longer represents value for money. even the civil servants that came to visit the site in february last year said that it was not suitable, so they already knew that. but, you know, with the investment, the history and the heritage that's here, you know, it... we couldn't just stand by and let that all get ruined. so we had to do something about it. however, critics say the government is not moving quickly enough to deal

with the small boats crisis. after promising the rapid recruitment of a border security commander to oversee the response two months ago, downing street has now said the appointment will be confirmed in the next few weeks. today's meeting, styled as a landmark operational summit, is an opportunity to demonstrate some progress in the challenge of destroying the smuggling gangs. mark easton, bbc news. a british man has beenjailed for nine years for trying to burn down a hotel housing asylum seekers. thomas birley, who's 27 and from swinton, has received the longest sentence so far for anyone involved in the unrest which swept across the country after the fatal stabbings in southport injuly. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

a rollout of the mpox vaccine is due to begin in the democratic republic of congo. the drc is currently at the centre of an outbreak of the disease and has recorded more than 19,000 cases with over 650 deaths since the beginning of the year. the first delivery of almost 100,000 doses of an mpox vaccine arrived on thursday. last month, the world health organization declared an international emergency in the country, after a surge in cases of a new, more dangerous strain of mpox. earlier i spoke to country director of save the children for the democratic republic of congo, greg ramm, who is on the ground as part of the vaccine rollout. he gave me his reaction. we are delighted that the first 100,000 doses of this much needed vaccine have now arrived in congo, and the ministry of health will be leading the effort to get these doses delivered

and in people's arms. but we're also, save the children, very, very concerned about the many thousands of children at risk of infection, at risk of death. and so while these initial vaccines come out, what we're concerned about is preventing the spread, because it's 100,000 doses will not go very far, with millions of people displaced in eastern congo with the cases rising. so what we're trying to do is prevent the control, even for those people who can't yet get the vaccine. tell me a little more, then, about the need, the numbers of people you hope to get to and the amount of vaccines you currently have in play or hope to have in play, say, by this time in a couple of weeks' time. so the ministry of health is estimating that over, you know, we would agree with this, at least 3 million doses are needed urgently for health care workers, for the nurses, the doctors and those others who are most vulnerable on the front line. but these are only a couple hundred...

you know, even if everything goes to plan, there will only be a couple hundred thousand doses there. so in addition to the vaccines, which are a critical measure and many more are needed, we must also be taking other measures to get the key messages out. how do you prevent the spread? how do you keep children safe? as they go back to school this week, how do we make sure that there's water and soap and other basic hygiene things in place to make sure that children can stay safe, that people understand how you get this disease and how you prevent it? and how fast is it spreading? and are the vaccines that you're getting delivery of, do they cover all of the strains? so, in the first instance there, as you mentioned at the beginning of the story, 19,000 cases reported so far, we think there are many others unreported. cases are going up, 650 deaths, most of those are children. there's the new strains are complicated and there's still medical research

going on to try to better understand how effective the vaccines that are being delivered are against the emerging strains. i think it's still too early to tell. we know it will make a difference. we hope it makes a very big difference. i was reading that the danish vaccine has to be stored at —20. so do you have the sufficient storage facilities and also then the transportation facilities to keep a vaccine at those temperatures? so the ministry of health and their partners do, and i mean, there are other vaccines out here that have required that cold chain. it is a critical factor. getting those out to the last mile where they're most needed is a challenge. it's why the initial focus is on health centres, where there already is a cold chain and storage available. while we're working, you know, while the first focus, the first priority are the community health workers and others in greatest need. but keeping the vaccine safe and still effective is a critical challenge. in the midst of a humanitarian crisis, with 7 million people displaced, it is not easy to do this work here.

a breaking deferment on that story we were bringing you from the west bank. the news that a 26—year—old american citizen has been shot dead the on the west bank. we have had word from the white house, let me take you through a couple of lines was up the white house national security spokesman has said they are dp disturbed by the death of an american citizen in the west bank and goes on to say that they have reached out to israel to ask for more information and to request an investigation into the incident. so a couple of lines, deeply disturbed, they say, after hearing this news. they have reached out to israel and they want to more information and have requested an investigation into the incident. we have a learning in the last hour or so more of the details, the 26—year—old has been identified as aysenur eygi

of turkish descent. this is a recent picture of her. she is reported to be taking part in that protest againstjewish settlements. the israeli military said shots were fired at someone they described as essential instigator, that is the quote they used, who had been throwing stones at its troops and saying the investigation is being investigated but they open fire and we have had more those details coming in about the death of this 26—year—old. but thatis death of this 26—year—old. but that is the first response from the white house, just in the last couple of minutes. the 14—year—old boy accused of shooting dead people at a high school in georgia has appeared at court for the first time. he did not enter a plea. at court for the first time. he did not entera plea. his

father also appeared in court after being charged over the shooting. investigators allege the 54 al shooting. investigators allege the 5a al davis a weapon, despite knowing that he was a threat to himself and to others. here is what the judge had a say in the further�*s hearing today. murder in the second degree. the maximum penalty for each count is up to 30 years imprisonment. for felony involuntary manslaughter, of course, again, there are four counts. the maximum penalty for each of those offences is ten years imprisonment. for the eight felony cruelty to children counts, the maximum penalty under the law for each of those eight counts is ten years of imprisonment, for a maximum total of possible penalty for the charges that you currently are facing of 180 years imprisonment.

president zelensky has urged ukraine's military backers to authorise the use of long—range missiles to attack targets within russia. president zelensky said this was the only way to bring about an end of the war. the us has announced a new package of aid, and the uk says it will provide ukraine with 650 new lightweight missiles, in a package worth £162 million. let's hearfrom president zelensky — here he is at the start of the conference. we do want to end this war. we want peace. we want to save our people first of all. our country. it is putin who does not want peace and is obsessed with territorial conquests. he wants our cities or the ruins that remain of them and that is why we need strength. we need to force russia to seek peace. we need to make russia citizens

and even russian soldiers think about what they need — peace or putin? we will talk more in terms of what has been decided at that conference, there are growing calls for ukraine to be allowed to use those long—range missiles to hit targets in russia itself because president zelensky making that appeal a number of times in recent days. more on that coming up on the programme. the world's lowest ranked team have ended the longest winless run in football. san marino won a nations league match — beating liechtenstein 1—0 — 20 years since their only other victory — also against liechtenstein. the two countries have a combined population of around 70,000 people. in case you missed the result — here's the stadium announcer. san marino1!

liechtenstein 0! tancredi palmeri, a football correspondent at sport italia, told us that interest in the game wasn't immediate — but grew as san marino turned their losing streak around. me, as i think some few thousands of football fans, we weren't watching at the beginning of that match. now, you know, there is the simulcast that is giving you the chance to watch all the uefa qualifying games that are ongoing at the same time, because the tvs are switching from one game to the other, showing you goals or other actions. but i think in italy it's also in the other countries, what happens is that the san marino, liechtenstein, that was like, yeah, then there is another goal against san marino,

that was the last game where to put some attention on. well, along the night, it became the main ground to watch because it was like, wow, hold on, san marino scored and san marino are one goal up. and as the minutes were passing by, actually, everybody everybody was caring about, wait a second, really, san marino is going to win tonight? it was 20 years since the last game and it is the very first competitive game that san marino is winning. so it really became the news of the night. i can tell you that also the whatsapp chats with friends, obviously all football fans, well, the news that we're talking about wasn't the results of the night was like, oh, san marino is winning. so that i would say that is a social media event it turned into. so everybody was talking about it. it is incredible, isn't it? because you can remember, you know, england beating san marino10—0 and you have so many other results like that. but it is great for fans,

but also for those players because these players, for some of them, it's their second job, their third job, isn't it? indeed, indeed. and actually, normally a job is somewhere where you are paid for. and they are not always paid for playing football because they are from the amateur division. some are in a lower division, like fourth orfifth. but as you mentioned, that first job or second job is the work. normaljobs, offices, industries, whatever it is. 800 people were there at the stadium. san marino, you have to think about, it's not like a different entity in a country county like, i don't know would be, for example, gibraltar in spain or andorra. san marino and italy, they are quite mixed. 0bviously, language is the same,

habits are obviously the same. so sometimes it feels like, yeah, ok, it's neighbourhood, but still there is... there are people that are going to watch that and they are imagining that there is the main fans union is called never ajoy because they never experienced the joy. that's so funny you should say that, because i've got, as my next question was going to ask you, what it's like supporting san marino over the years because, you know, fans go all around the world and they're so used to being thumped 7—0, 10—0, all of the rest of it briefly. i think the best resume of this story is what the chief of the fans has been saying after because he was asked about and he said, well, all our chants are about us losing. when we were winning, we didn't know what to sing because we don't have a song

about winning. history being made for san marino. we will take a short break but when we are back, we will have all the latest headlines and more on the meeting going on in germany with ukraine's president and the various pleas and commitments for new arms and more aid for ukraine. so more on that and the rest of our stories here on bbc news. many of you saw some warm afternoon spells of sunshine. if that quite humid and amateur surged as high as 28 celsius in cambridge. it was pretty hot elsewhere and he sang there but also the north—west of the uk, 10 degrees above average and 27 degrees above average and 27 degrees here set any temperature record for september at this particular

site. in the south, different story, cloud and rain once again worked its way in and those rainfall totals, in farnborough in hampshire, we have recorded 56 metres of rain. that is only three millimetres away from the entire average rainfall for september we would average expect so it has been nearly a months worth of rainfall. looking at the weather picture overnight tonight, turns murky again with locale becoming extensive. spots of drizzle, but finally the weather front in will give up the up the ghost, the rain more ease off in intensityjust a few parts of damp and drizzly weather left over. still the fact of thundery showers to england and wales. it is going to be a murky start to the day for many. watch out for the showers as they work into parts of eastern england. they can be quite heavy for the morning. elsewhere, if you find a couple

up elsewhere, if you find a couple up into the afternoon. head and mess in nature but one or two of those could be quite intense. sunshine coming through and it should stay dry here. we will have some of the highest temperatures in the uk across north—western areas. sunday, it is a day of showers on longer spells of rain. thunderstorms mixed in. again, hit is a nature in terms of how much rain we get from the system. scotland and northern ireland having the drier weather and probably turning a bit cloudier. thejet weather and probably turning a bit cloudier. the jet stream next week is going to change. it will pull in a slab of cold airfrom the it will pull in a slab of cold air from the north—west and with that, will come some rather un—and showery weather conditions. tebbit is dropping across the board were simply not developing —— and some chilly nights developing from midweek on.

welcome back. let's turn to the main headlines this half hour, 70 children are missing after a fire broke out at a primary school in central kenya, 17 boys are known to have died. ukraine's president zelensky calls for allies to allow the use of long—range missiles inside russian territory saying it is the only way to end this war. ahead of a new early release scheme to release

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