relationship post—brexit. today is really significant because we've made clear our ambition to reset the relationship. this is a very good day for ireland and the united kingdom. boeing's starliner capsule returns to earth, but without its crew. they'll have to remain on the international space station until february. protests take place across france over the appointment of michel barnier as the country's new prime minister. britain and america's top spies warn the international world order is under threat, in a way not seen since the cold war. and i am live at bbc radio 2 in the park, where will —— where i will speak to g] the park, where will —— where i will speak to 6] radio speroni and craig david.

hello. welcome to bbc news. sir keir starmer has become the first british prime minister to visit the republic of ireland in five years. downing street says saturday's visit marks a "new era of co—operation and friendship" between britain and ireland, with london looking to continue a "reset" of damaged relations with european union nations after brexit. the prime minister met with simon harris, who was only elected taioseach in april — just three months before his british counterpart — so both are relatviely new to their roles. sir keir and mr harris swapped football shirts ahead of their talks, before going on to attend the nations league match between the republic of ireland and england at the aviva stadium in dublin. they did speak earlier and the prime minister outlined his expectations from the visit.

prime minister, here we are again following on from chequers, a lot of warm words about the reset in relationship and second meeting in four weeks, but what substantive action are you in the irish government taking to cement that? ., _ government taking to cement that? ., , government taking to cement that? a, , a, , that? today is really significant _ that? today is really significant because l that? today is really i significant because we that? today is really - significant because we have laid out our ambition to reset the relationship and, today, we take that forward. we have had really significant discussions about the themes, the timetable, issue such as trade, and we have had a roundtable with businesses looking at the ways we can prove trade and grow our economy is respectively. so today is about moving that reset on, cementing it and making it ambitious. we are clear by march, we want to have a summit to show the yield from this and then annual summits after that. so this is a very good day for ireland and the united kingdom. find a very good day for ireland and the united kingdom.— the united kingdom. and in terms of — the united kingdom. and in terms of improving - the united kingdom. and in terms of improving that - the united kingdom. and in l terms of improving that trade which is already £100 billion a year, how much of an obstacle is brexit and the after—effects of brexit is still to that? we

are also of brexit is still to that? - are also resetting our relationship with the eu and i've made it very clear that i want a closer relationship with the eu. that is of course on security, and defence. but also come on trade, reducing the friction and any business here in ireland will tell you reducing the friction helps, so we want to reset the relationship. 0bviously, that is a discussion predominantly with the commission, but alongside the reset of this relationship, we also want to reset the relationship with the eu and in that way, make a significant difference to trade, growth and the economy. you are heading to the match this evening. lee carsley has said he is not going to sing the national anthem and the telegraph has called for sacking, are you happy he won't sing? i sacking, are you happy he won't sin ? , ~ ., ., ., sing? i will sink the national anthem and _ sing? i will sink the national anthem and we _ sing? i will sink the national anthem and we are - sing? i will sink the national anthem and we are having l sing? i will sink the national anthem and we are having ai anthem and we are having a fantastic reset of relations between ireland and the uk. but

the taoiseach had and i have agreed that for 90 minutes, we will suspend a reset, we will put more energy into it afterwards because we will be cheering on different sides. so i will be singing the national anthem. ~ ., ., , ., i will be singing the national anthem. ., ., , ., , anthem. what others do is reall a anthem. what others do is really a matter— anthem. what others do is really a matter for - anthem. what others do is really a matter for them. l anthem. what others do is l really a matter for them. so really a matterfor them. so you are not concerned the england manager will not sing god save the king? i england manager will not sing god save the king?— god save the king? i know i will be doing _ god save the king? i know i will be doing and _ god save the king? i know i will be doing and i - god save the king? i know i will be doing and i will- god save the king? i know i will be doing and i will be i will be doing and i will be singing it. iwill will be doing and i will be singing it. i will notjust be cheering it, iwill singing it. i will notjust be cheering it, i will be cheering them on. cheering it, i will be cheering them om— them on. the winter fuel allowance _ them on. the winter fuel allowance still _ them on. the winter fuel - allowance still controversial, still stand by stripping it away from millions of people and what will you do to any labour rebels?— and what will you do to any labour rebels? our government was elected _ labour rebels? our government was elected in _ labour rebels? our government was elected in with _ labour rebels? our government was elected in with a _ labour rebels? our government was elected in with a clear - was elected in with a clear mandate for change. we will only bring about a change we stabilise our economy. we looked at the box, that is £22 billion missing from the box and we've got to do with that. i'm not going to ignore it. we have got to take tough decisions. targeting winter fuel payments is a tough decision. we put in safeguards for many pensioners with pension credits, housing

benefit. also, by stabilising the economy, we create the conditions in which we can ensure the triple—lock is in place and that means for all state pensions, the amount of increase in the pension will outstrip any loss of the payment. it is a tough decision, but i'm determined that we will take the tough decisions because the change which improves living standards, people feel better off, better public services, dealing with crime and immigration issues like that coming that change will only happen if we fix the foundation now and that's why i am determined to do it, tough though i know it is. fin determined to do it, tough though i know it is.- though i know it is. on the issue of— though i know it is. on the issue of early _ though i know it is. on the issue of early release - though i know it is. on the issue of early release for. issue of early release for prisoners which is something else this week. the times are reporting there is a certain loophole that may still see those sent to prison for effectively domestic abuse even of domestic abuse was not mentioned in the charge, common assault, are you in any way concerned these measures, which you clearly deem necessary, could see in real affect people who have committed domestic abuse offences being released early and back on the streets?

let me start with how frustrated i am to be in this position. the last government didn't build enough prisons. they are now full to bursting point. and if we don't do something, they will burst and we won't be able to put anybody new into prison and the criminaljustice new into prison and the criminal justice system new into prison and the criminaljustice system will collapse. so i am forced into this. i do not want to be in this. i do not want to be in this position. forfive years, i was the chief prosecutor in england and wales. the last thing i want to do is to release people who should be in prison. but i am forced into this because they are full to bursting point. as you would expect, we have safeguards in place in relation to high risk, we've also taken measures in relation to domestic violence, sexual violence, which is very important that i end where i started. no prime minister should be put in the position i have been put in by the failures of the last government. as far as you are concerned, domestic abusers will not be back on the streets of britain? we are doing everything we can to make sure high risk and domestic abusers,

domestic violence cases are not released. but we have been put in the most awful position by the last government. full to breaking point, it is a pretty fundamental duty of government to make sure we've got enough prison places for the people our courts are sentencing to prison, that has broken down and that is not a failure of the last government and no prime minister should be put in a position i have been in. i'm going to roll up my sleeves and get on and fix it now. keir starmer _ get on and fix it now. keir starmer speaking. - let's speak to our ireland correspondent, kelly bonner. i believe the two leaders are attending that football match attending that football match at the aviva stadium. however, the keywords we have heard so much, reset, reset, reset. any clearer in learning what that reset might look like? hat clearer in learning what that reset might look like? not yet. but i think— reset might look like? not yet. but i think today _ reset might look like? not yet. but i think today is _ reset might look like? not yet. but i think today is all - reset might look like? not yet. but i think today is all about i but i think today is all about trying to rebuild and reset relationships between britain and ireland. and as you say,

keir starmer is the first prime minister to visit ireland in the last five years. boris johnson was the last prime minister to visit ireland. i think it is pretty safe to say relations between britain and ireland have been somewhat frosty over the last number of years and i think brexit is the obvious factor here. the border in northern ireland was an issue and hard to avoid checkpoints in northern ireland. it was just a huge sticking point for a lot of political parties here in northern ireland and the british and irish governments. also, there has been quite a lot of tension between the two governments over the question of the conflict known as the troubles and how that should be investigated. and as you will know, ireland launched an international legal case against britain over the legacy act, which i must say, keir starmer has now said he is going, he has promised he will

repeal that. so relations have been quite frosty over the last number of years between britain and ireland. we number of years between britain and ireland-— and ireland. we heard from the taoiseach _ and ireland. we heard from the taoiseach speaking _ and ireland. we heard from the taoiseach speaking early - and ireland. we heard from the taoiseach speaking early in - and ireland. we heard from the taoiseach speaking early in the| taoiseach speaking early in the day and couching a lot of what he was saying on that peace agreement, saying that we need to harness the full potential of this gift from previous generations. they also spoke about global matters as well, didn't they?— didn't they? yes, absolutely. it was relatively _ didn't they? yes, absolutely. it was relatively sunny - didn't they? yes, absolutely. it was relatively sunny in - it was relatively sunny in dublin today, which i don't know if you have been here before, but that is quite a rarity here. both the taoiseach and the prime minister stood outside, very smiley, shaking hands and posing for photographs before the meeting took place and they did speak took place and they did speak to the media quite briefly. it was all very polite. in fact, the taoiseach welcome the prime minister with a 100,000 welcomes. and they spoke about this resetting of relations and they said as co—guarantors of they said as co—guarantors of the good friday agreement,

there was much work to do. the two countries also have pledged to hold annual summits on trades and i know they spoke to business leaders today. they also told us they would be speaking about international issues like gaza and ukraine. but it wasn't all politics because both leaders were given an irish and english football jersey and scarf, which they say they will wear tonight at the aviva stadium. england are taking on ireland in a football match tonight, which both leaders will attend. qm. match tonight, which both leaders will attend. ok, thank ou ve leaders will attend. ok, thank you very much _ leaders will attend. ok, thank you very much indeed. - boeing's starliner spacecraft has returned to earth from the international space station, but without the astronauts who were meant to be on board. the capsule suffered technical problems after it launched, making it too risky for the pair to return until next year. instead of spending eight days in space, they'll now end up spending eight months! 0ur science editor,

rebecca morelle, has the story. mission control: starliner is now backing away - from station and starting its return to earth. boeing's starliner capsule on its way home, beginning its six—hour voyage with a blast of its engines. and you're seeing the light show there on your screen. but the spacecraft is empty, without the astronauts it was supposed to carry. nasa's suni williams and butch wilmore will now stay on the international space station. technical problems with starliner meant nasa said it wasn't safe enough to take the pair home. suni williams spoke to mission control as the spacecraft, which she nicknamed calypso, departed. it is time to bring calypso home. we have your backs we have your backs and you've got this. and you've got this. bring her back to earth. bring her back to earth. good luck. good luck. picking up starliner now picking up starliner now from its lower altitude, from its lower altitude, about 6,000 feet above. about 6,000 feet above. in the night sky of new mexico, in the night sky of new mexico, a first glimpse of the capsule. a first glimpse of the capsule. three good parachutes. three good parachutes. looking great. looking great. its descent is slowed its descent is slowed

as it closes in. as it closes in. touchdown. touchdown. starliner is back on earth. starliner is back on earth. the landing's a success, but it's a bittersweet moment for the mission team. from a human perspective, all of us feel happy- about the successful landing. but then there's a piece of us, all of us, that we wish it - would have been the way we had planned it. - we had planned to have the mission land with. butch and suni on board. the astronauts are to remain in space until february next year, their eight—day mission extended to eight months.

parliamentary elections. mr barnier spent saturday afternoon visiting a children's hospital in paris. translation: i don't want to | waste time with controversies. i hear words like power grab, that is not the spirit we are after here. the spirit is to bring together as many mps as possible for a government of action, with a project and with a spirit of cooperation. it's not about a power grab, and we'ill see that those mps and we'll see that those mps who express their views and give us their confidence will be a very important part of an assembly that is very divided. but i repeat, i do not want to get into controversy. let's speak to our paris correspondent, hugh schofield. hello there. joining us from paris. he doesn't want to get involved in controversies. the problem is he is a controversial figure himself.

problem is he is a controversialfigure himself. i wouldn't say he is a controversial figure, wouldn't say he is a controversialfigure, but his nomination is controversial, that's for sure. he is a fairly considered sure figure, he has no extremes by any means, —— consensualfigure. but he is macron�*s nominee. he is from the centre—right and the left who have been processing today are furious because they won the election. the biggest ever seats in parliament because so it should be they who have the choice to form a government and their nominee should be prime minister. macron has said no, the constitution says i can choose. if i named a left—wing prime minister, there is no way that person would have survived a vote of confidence in parliament, whereas with michel barnier, there is a chance he will survive a vote of confidence in parliament. that is because we think that the populists and marine le pen for the moment will put up with him and won't vote him out. so that

is where we are at. the prime minister, mr barnier is a very precarious position, but he is holding on and that is what has incensed the left and brought them on the street today. could this backfire _ them on the street today. could this backfire on _ them on the street today. could this backfire on mr _ them on the street today. could this backfire on mr macron? - this backfire on mr macron? well, it is not a question backfiring, it is a question of whether it is sustainable. we know that he does not have any majority in parliament. the parliament famously is divided into three blocks. the left, the centre and the popular straight. he is from the centre and the conservative right. he can only survive one or other of the blocks and abstains. but there is no guarantee that that situation will last. the populists under marine le pen are for the moment saying that they will see how it goes. but at any moment, they can foreclose the entire thing and

shut him down. so it is all on borrowed time, it is a very precarious position in which he finds himself.— finds himself. and police were oriainall finds himself. and police were originally expecting _ finds himself. and police were originally expecting around . originally expecting around 2,000 protesters. that is now swollen, expectations of around 4,000 to 8,000. how are those approach is going on and security ways, how are the police coping?— police coping? -- protests auoin police coping? -- protests going on- _ police coping? -- protests going on- it _ police coping? -- protests going on. it has _ police coping? -- protests going on. it has all- police coping? -- protests going on. it has all been i going on. it has all been peaceful so far. 0ver going on. it has all been peaceful so far. over the country, there is far more than a few thousand, it is tens of thousand. —— tens of thousands. in paris, organisers are saying 150,000, that is certainly an exaggeration. but there has been a big turnout. but this is the start, an opening salvo for the start, an opening salvo for the left. i can foresee this extending into the autumn. we will have a big budget debate in october, which will certainly reveal the big fault lines between the prime minister and the opposition, the oppositions. so this is the

beginning. it has been peaceful today. clearly, the worry over the long is if there are more and more of these protests, what tends to happen is on the fringes, they tend to break down into violence. hugh schofield. in paris, thank you very much indeed. a spokesman for the kenyan government says that more than 40 students are still missing, after a fire at a school. at least 21 people died when the blaze swept through a dormitory in the central county of nyeri. officials say dna tests need to be carried out to identify some of the bodies, but they have been able to establish that 100 other students have now been accounted for. 0ur correspondent barbara plett usher has the latest on the search from nyeri, where the school is located. efforts are continuing to trace the children who are still missing. it's thought that some parents may have picked up their children without reporting it. it's also been suggested that some children may have taken refuge with members of the community, who came to try and help put out the fire. we spoke to one woman

at the school, who said that she had been attending a late—night vigil at a church nearby, and the congregation heard the screams from the school, and some of them went there and found out what was going on. so you can imagine the chaos there. she also said, though, that she had not been able to find her 11—year—old nephew. the family had checked at the various hospitals, and they were very afraid that his body might be one of those that had not been able to be identified, because that's another thing that's going on. the dna testing of the remains that have been too burnt to be recognised. and there is also an investigation into why this happened. we don't know what the cause of it was. the president has promised a thorough investigation. it is true that fires at schools are common in kenya. over the past years, for various reasons. one of them would be poor safety standards, overcrowding. another would be arson. some of the fires have been attributed to students who lit them themselves, sometimes because they're angry at the teachers, sometimes because they're angry at the workload

or the living conditions. so those are the reasons schools have burned in the past, but we don't know what happened here. and that is very much a focus of what's going on now, alongside those efforts, of course, to try to find the children who are still unaccounted for. police searching for a british man believed to have been swept away by flash floods in majorca say they have found a body, it comes after a british woman was found dead in a popular tourist destination this week. spain's civil guard say the pair had been hiking on a trailfrom a canyon to the mediterranean sea when they went missing following a storm that hit the island on tuesday. rescuers have been searching the canyon area in the mountain range since wednesday. there have been tense scenes in the centre of glasgow, with rival demonstrations facing off against each other across george square. around 2,000 people

are reported to havejoined a stand up to racism rally. 0n the other side of the square, a smaller, anti—immigration protest took place. both groups shouted and chanted at each other. there were some scuffles, when a group of men wearing masks arrived and tried to join the anti—racism protest, with police trying to keep them away. police officers had also erected barriers to keep the rival demonstrations apart. let's speak to our scotland correspondent catriona renton. hello. are the protests ongoing? _ hello. are the protests ongoing? hello. - hello. are the protests ongoing? hello. you i hello. are the protests i ongoing? hello. you will hello. are the protests - ongoing? hello. you will see now that it is a sunny evening here in george square and people are out enjoying the evening. but earlier on today, there was a pro—uk anti—immigration protest that was advertised for today back in july was advertised for today back injuly around the time of the demonstrations in england and northern ireland. it was promoted by the far—right activist tommy robinson on

social media. a counter—protest was organised in response to that for today by stand up to racism. both of these events took place simultaneously at other ends of george square, separated by the police. this was the largest type of this sort of event in scotland seen since the demonstrations in england and northern ireland. the anti—immigration protest was vastly outnumbered by the antiracism demonstrators. it is estimated there were around 2,000 3,000 people here earlier at the antiracism rally, while there were about 3,000 —— 300 400 at the other. it was noisy, with angry exchanges between the two groups. a group of amassed football supporters were contained by police. they were contained by police. they were later released. and i have to stress apart from a couple of brief flashpoints, it was trouble—free here. there were two arrests in the vicinity of george square. the 40—year—old

man was arrested for a hate crime and a 20—year—old man was arrested for carrying an offensive weapon. but it is absolutely fair to say there has not been the trouble seen at demonstrations in parts of england and northern ireland earlier this year. and you will see that people have disperse now and there have been no major incidents.— now and there have been no major incidents. thank you very much. some business news now, and it looks like the body shop has been saved. the chain has been taken out of administration — after being bought up by a consortium. it's reported that means that its remaining 113 stores across the uk will stay open — although the administrators have already closed 85 outlets, and cut more than 750 jobs from the company. our business correspondent marc ashdown told me more about the origins of the company, 48 years ago. founded by anita roddick, the late environmental campaigner, human rights campaigner. it was

very much the embodiment of her sort of values. it was all about ethical products. you went there because of her. against animal testing, that sort of thing. it really captured the imagination in the 19805 captured the imagination in the 1980s and 1980s on the high street. fast—forward the last couple of decades and competition from other businesses. the roddick sold out in 1996 and it has since changed hands a couple of times. it was bought in late 2023 at the back end of last year. they pay 270 million for it and realised they couldn't change its fortunes, so they put it into administration in february this year. as you say, since then, 85 stores went. a lot of jobs with since then, 85 stores went. a lot ofjobs with that, about 770. now this rescue deal is finally happening. 50 770. now this rescue deal is finally happening.— 770. now this rescue deal is finally happening. so in terms ofthe finally happening. so in terms of the deal. — finally happening. so in terms of the deal, is _ finally happening. so in terms of the deal, is there _ of the deal, is there confidence that this time, it will work?— will work? yes, months of negotiations _ will work? yes, months of negotiations while - will work? yes, months of negotiations while they i negotiations while they hammered this out. the firm

behind it is a private equity firm run by mikejatania, a well—known tycoon in this industry, called antalya. they have said they have no immediate plans to close any of the 130 stores which remain, so thatis the 130 stores which remain, so that is good news for the staff who still work for the company. and they get control of macomb's assets across the world, mainly australia and north america. these are pretty big players involved. mike jatania has 39 years experience in the industry. charles denton, former ceo of molton brown, also coming on board, he will take the helm to steer this on to happier waters. they say the plan is to revive the brand, reclaim its global leadership, as they say, in the ethical and beauty sector. so it sounds like they are committed and they have a big plan to turn things around. that was more —— and speaking to me earlier. weather news, the most powerful storm in asia this year super typhoon yagi is

causing damage to northern vietnam. the storm uprooted trees and lifted rooves from buildings, roads and airports have also reportedly been shot. residents have been told to stay at. earlier, yagi brought devastation to the chinese island of hainan, where four people were killed and 800,000 people were killed and 800,000 people were killed and 800,000 people were left without power. to stay with us because after the break, we are going to be talking about an unprecedented meeting, public meeting that was held between the two biggest spy chiefs. the mi6 sir richard moore and caa's william burns. what does it all mean and what did they say? you can find out more on the website. we will be back with that shortly. this mixed weather pattern

continued throughout the weekend, a thundery load to the south of the uk continues to push northwards over england and wales tonight to bring heavy rain and may be thunderstorms, the risk of localised flooding. staying dry across scotland and northern ireland. this is the low pushing northwards into the evening and overnight, sending a band of rain northwards. some of this is rain —— heavy and thundery in places. journeying across the midlands into northern and eastern england and wales as the night progresses. in the middle of the low, we could see clearer spells for a time across the midlands and south east. but thundery showers may return to the south east by dawn. scotland and northern ireland, much quieter here with clear skies. low cloud and mist hugging north sea coasts and generally, the low to mid—teens. sunday could be thundery across england and wales. heavy rain for northern and eastern england. down into western england under way. elsewhere, lots of sunshine, which sets off slow—moving slow moving thundery downpours. much

of scotland claudia, but still sunshine in the west and the same for northern ireland. not as one generally, temperatures high teens and low 20s. wet and cool and breezy for the great north run. across north east england on sunday. that may be better for many people competing in the run. but as we head into the evening and overnight, that rain pushing northwards could start to return eastwards again. some of it will be heavy across the north east, but light and patchy affair the south. clear skies for scotland and northern ireland. cooley here, slightly fresher in england and wales and southern scotland, but still a lot of cloud around. —— cooler here. monday, low pressure pulls out into the near continent, taking the weather front with it. near continent, taking the weatherfront with it. the breeze, the cloud, the rain easing slowly from eastern areas. skies brighten up the large parts of england and wales. scotland and northern ireland see another weather front moving in, another weather front bringing front moving in, another weatherfront bringing rain. we have lost the humidity, high teens for most. temperatures

down even more deep into the week. we open the floodgates to an optic northerly. so after having their record—breaking early september temperatures we are going to go below the seasonal norm for this upcoming week. it will feel chilly both by day and by night.

this is bbc news — the headlines... sir keir starmer meets with his irish counterpart in dublin — aiming to forge a new relationship post—brexit. britain and america's top spies warn the international world order is under threat in a way not seen since the cold war. boeing's starliner capsule returns to earth — but without its crew. they'll have to remain on the international space station until february. and — the prime minister confirms a memorial to the queen will be built in stjames' park. hello, i'm lukwesa burak. now it's time for a look at today's sport with 0lly foster. another busy day in the nations league, four matches are under way, including england's game in dublin against republic of ireland. both managers are taking charge of their first matches, heimar hallgrimsson with the irish and lee carsley , in his

interim role with england. 2-0 at 2—0 at the aviva, they rice didn't celebrate, and jack grealish, both represented ireland, jack grealish at age groups. left out of the euros. scored a beauty. 2—0. —— declan rice. groups b after being relegated last time, england. the faroe islands are beating north macedonia. it's the penultimate day of competition at the paris paralympics, 24 hours after winning doubles

gold, alfie hewitt came up short in his singles final in the wheelchair tennis (00v)it was a fantastic match, hewitt came from a set down against japan's takita 0da, who was also on the other side of the net in his doubles match. it went to decider and hewitt was serving for gold, but 0da, who is only 18 , broke back and took the set 7—5. heartbreak for hewitt , paralympic singles gold is the only title he's missing after completing the set of grand slam singles titles at wimbledon this year finlay graham took gold in the men's c1—3 road race, his second medal of the games. graham, who has extremely limited movement in his ankles, overtook france's, thomas peyroton—dartet on the home staright to win by less than a second, elsewhere, emma wiggs and charlotte henshaw took para canoe gold... there have been lots of wickets on the second day of the final test bewteen england sri lanka at the oval, england skipper 0llie pope made 154 but they collapsed from 290 for 4 to 325 all out.

and sri lanka have lost 5 wickets in reply, pace bowlerjosh hull picking up a wicket on his debut, opener pathum nissanka, kamindu mendis and dananjaya da silva are putting on a useful partenerrship for the sixth wicket. sri lanka100 behind, just more. in rugby union, england's women are ceelbrting a 14th straight victory over france, a convincing 38—19 win in gloucester. the red roses led 19—0 at the interval thanks to tries from captain marlie packer, jess breach and helena rowland. they added three more after the break although the visitors scored three of their own in a much closer second half. england face world champions new zealand in their next test at twickenham on saturday asjohn mitchell's side gear up for the wxv1 tournament in canada.

south africa are beating the men's team, the all blacks, new zealand. legendary formula 1 designer adrian newey, who left red bull in april willjoin aston martin next year. an aston martin source told bbc sport that newey has made a long—term commitment to the team, said to be a five—year contract worth up to a possible £30m a year, including bonuses and add—ons. the deal will be announced on tuesday. belgium's thierry neuville leads greece's acropolis rally with one stage left to compleet on saturday neuville, who won the first stage of the day, took the overall lead of the race on stage nine after he finished second behind france's sebastien 0gier but comfortably ahead of spaniard daniel sordo who was the race leader. sordo slipped further behind the belgian overall in stages 10 and 11 and now trails him by 40 seconds. and that's all

the sport for now. a rare event took place today in london — when richard moore — the head of m16 and cia director william burns — have appeared in public together for the first time at a security conference in london. mr burns, who has been central to efforts to reach a ceasefire in the middle east, said the us was working with other mediators to "refine" the existing framework for a deal. also discussed, ukraine's seizure of the russian territory in kursk, which was described as a "significant tactical achievement". let's have a listen. it's absolutely critical that we do sustain our support to ukraine. and it's really difficult. it's hard. and particularly in

eastern ukraine, this is attritional warfare where there is a huge amount of suffering on both sides. and putin is pushing forward in a sort of attritional pyrrhic campaign of taking village by village as he goes forward. when he takes those, there's nothing left. and that's why i used, deliberately used the term pyrrhic. there is nothing left because everything is utterly destroyed. but that is the kremlin way of war. that's what they did in grozny. it's what they did in aleppo. and it's what they're now doing in here. so it is tough, but it's also important to remember that our ukrainian friends have an absolute will to fight. and it's important to remember how this started. it started in this phase with putin mounting a war of aggression in february 2022 and two and a half years later that failed. it continues to fail. ukrainians will continue to fight. we will continue to

help them to fight. we have to all remember that despite all of that work that needs to be done, this is ultimately a question of political will. and this gets to your question — whether or not leaders on both sides are prepared to recognise that enough is enough, and that the time has come, finally, to make some hard choices— and some difficult compromises. i hope, i hope profoundly, that both of those leaders are going to make that decision because, as i said, there's an enormous amount at stake here. burns from the caa, third... i am joined by tim ripley, tim is an expert military analyst and an editor of the defence eye. 0bviously obviously you have been

following the conference, what stood out the most about what they had to say for you? the? they had to say for you? they make came — they had to say for you? they make came across _ they had to say for you? they make came across very - they had to say for you? iie: make came across very polished, very urbane, very aware of what is going on in the world, as you would expect. but they were definitely very comfortable being in the public eye, they did not give any impression of being embarrassed or struggling to talk or mention stuff, they were very comfortable in their skins at this public event. you would imagine they would crave secrecy but these two gentlemen were happy to talk in public which was quite interesting. it is interesting you say awareness. as part of the conference and what they said, they said they knew russia and ukraine was coming, they saw

the signs, warned international leaders. would it appear to you that something was done, enough was done ahead of what russia did next? , , ~ did next? they were very keen to net did next? they were very keen to get the _ did next? they were very keen to get the message _ did next? they were very keen to get the message across - did next? they were very keen| to get the message across that they put the intelligence out there, in an unprecedented way they told us the russians were preparing to attack, told political leaders, give them time to prepare, diplomatic grant to build and support ukraine. they did not say that was used to arm ukraine. sent a few anti—tank missiles is the fact that but wasn't the big armaments campaign at that point, nothing like we have seen since. certainly there was no deployment of british, american troops to put boots on the ground, that was not on the cards and president biden and borisjohnson at the time didn't want to do that even though some people said that

was the way you were to stop the russians, draw the line and say if you attack ukraine, you attack america, but that is history. it attack america, but that is histo . , , ., , history. it seems as if the intel is out _ history. it seems as if the intel is out there, - history. it seems as if the intel is out there, and - history. it seems as if the intel is out there, and it | intel is out there, and it really comes down to political well as they said, leaders are saying enough is enough. if they ever get to that point, let's say with what is happening in the middle east, ukraine, russia, what sort of options would leaders have to say, right, enough? you options would leaders have to say, right, enough?— say, right, enough? you are talkin: say, right, enough? you are talking about _ say, right, enough? you are talking about the _ say, right, enough? you are talking about the guy - say, right, enough? you are talking about the guy is - say, right, enough? you are talking about the guy is a i talking about the guy is a thing which is what mr burns is heavily involved in, trying to negotiate a ceasefire. and how the americans manage that is obviously a topic for president biden and his secretary of state antony blinken. how much pressure do they put on benjamin netanyahu and israel to stop the war? that is the nub of this. certainly up until

now mr burns has been there on numerous occasions and so far the american leverage or pressure has not had the desired effect.— pressure has not had the desired effect. there were obviously _ desired effect. there were obviously other _ desired effect. there were obviously other threats, . desired effect. there were i obviously other threats, the unprecedented array of threats, china and iran making the list, they discussed china reorganising, according to their priorities, highlighting technology, israel in warfare, what did they say?— what did they say? they were keen to talk _ what did they say? they were keen to talk about _ what did they say? they were keen to talk about how - what did they say? they were keen to talk about how the i keen to talk about how the russians, the chinese, the north koreans, the iranians had this alliance that was opposing britain, america, the west, and how technology, suited that technology and the new cold war, rivalry, shadow war is the race for the future. this is

gaining a technological advantage in the race between the two new emerging blocs, the defining issue of the coming decades. they are seeing the armed forces, intelligence agencies of the west after engage more with technology companies to exploit advantages, get them into service quicker, leverage better, assert dominance over our new rivals in the east. tim rile , our new rivals in the east. tim ripley. thank— our new rivals in the east. tim ripley, thank you. _ to algeria next — where the country is voting in the presidential election. the incumbent, abdelmadjid tebboune, is expected to receive enough backing for a second term in office.

with young people making up over half the population, the three main candidates — including a moderate islamist and a socialist — are targeting their votes with promises to improve living standards and to reduce dependency on hydrocarbons. preliminary results could be made public as early as saturday night, with the electoral authority required to announce the official results on sunday. 0ur arabic correspondent sally nabil, is at a polling station in algiers. voters are choosing a new president. it has been pretty quiet, i haven't seen many coming here to cast a vote, secure the site is very heavy. lets us explain how this whole process goes. the voter walks in, hence his id card locally to the ladies in charge, three pictures for the three candidates running in the race this year, on top of them mr

abdelmadjid tebboune, the current president aiming to secure a second term. then socialist... diverter picks three cards, purses favoured or preferred candidate inside the envelope, places the envelope inside the transparent box. this election is not mainly about who is going to win but rather about the turnout. a lot of people we have talked to over the past few days told me it is highly expected that another five years in power is on the boards. the turnout was as low as 40% because a lot of young men and women decided to boycott. the big question now is not he is going to win but whether or not voters will be

excited enough to show up at polling stations. the horrific death of the ugandan athlete, rebecca cheptegei, after being doused in petrol and set on fire by a former boyfriend, has triggered widespread condemnation across eastern africa. there have been reports that the two had been involved in an argument over land which rebecca had bought near her training base in kenya, from her earnings as an elite runner. athletics is one of the ways in which women from the region can become relatively wealthy — and some women feel that can put them at risk. here are the thoughts of one resident of nairobi. she is an icon. young girls were looking up to her. now they will actually have that fear that, if i am an athlete like her, at the end of the day maybe my boyfriend will kill me. is it because of the money orjustjealousy or is it the exposure for women? ugandan sports minister peter 0gwang spoke

to us earlier. well, first of all i would like to begin by thanking the entire world for coming strongly to the condemn these actions, it is really regrettable, i think for the future it is important that strong actions are taken against the perpetrators so that such occurrences do not re—occur again. as far as uganda is concerned, i want in a special way, on behalf of our government and the sports fraternity of uganda, the entire region, to condemn the actions which the boyfriend took that has led to her death. we have taken note of those expressions of regret but it really is key for so many people now to make sure that this doesn't happen in the future so i wonder if we could

concentrate on that. what conversations have you had with your counterpart in kenya? first, i want to confirm the republic of kenya has been in touch with us in terms of addressing some of the issues, number one condemning the actions, promised a full investigation, number three making sure it doesn't re—occur again in these communities. we are making it a joint regional effort between the east african community, it is important to concentrate on the issue of domestic violence. from the ugandan side i want to confirm we are formally dealing with that and personally i have promised and i am going still to the community around that area.

peter 0gwang. more now on the return of the boeing starliner to earth — nasa is investigating what went wrong with boeing's faulty spacecraft which was supposed to return from space with its crew. the space agency decided it was too risky for the astronauts to make the journey from the international space station after some of the capsule's thrusters failed. former nasa engineer keith cowing helped build the international space station and is a close friend of one of the stranded astronauts, sunita williams. it worked nearly flawless, when you get a spacecraft that goes through all these steps as perfectly as it did, i can understand why they are thinking i wish we could have had them inside.

suni a good friend, how will she and butch be coping? suni has been up there before, is used to doing this. goes with the flow, as is butch. you know you might not come home right away. they are smiling every time i see them, i assume it is going well. you are a former nasa engineer, boeing said it was safe enough for the two astronauts to return, nasa said no thank you. what was the thinking

of nasa on this, what were they weighing up? i'm wringing my hands to of what to say. losing spaceships with crews had a fundamental change in the safety culture. on one hand, they are more cautious than maybe we think they should have been, it is not a bad thing. before maybe they rushed it and said we will be fine. 0n the other hand spacecraft showed it is reliable, whether they will be formally certified as such remains an open issue. why did the thrusters not work when it first approached the space station? everything but the exception of one little blip worked yesterday. i think that is something boeing has to pay for, it is late, it is overbudget, the competitor spacex are flying like a regular bus service. they have done well, spacex.

boeing only have till 2030, before that essentially, the iss will be re—entering the atmosphere of earth, that will be over and done with. let's look at some of the issues with boeing. how dangerous, space travel is dangerous, but if we are talking about multiple thruster failures, how dangerous is that and the other issue was the propulsion system helium leak — how dangerous is that? here is the thing, i am going to grab a prop. if this is the spacecraft, the front part is where the crew is, that is what comes back to earth, the service module, the back part, does most of the firing of engines. you lose it on re—entry. one of the reasons why they were studying this, they were reaching around the corner sort of, they won't get that thing back but they want to know what has gone wrong with it. the fact the third flight they still have this problem, i would be suspicious

having worked there. one of the issues that has arisen, did nasa keep a close enough eye on boeing? full commercialisation, a bad idea? build this thing, bring it to us. do we need to have some adjustments in the interaction? that is what the discussions would be. keith cowing. summer may be over but festival season isn't. the bbc is staging its �*radio 2 in the park�* over the weekend in preston. it kicked off last night and will see live music performances from some of the world s most loved pop stars. headline acts will feature the likes of sting, the sugababes and the pet shop boys. 0ur reporter lola schroer is there.

i'm at radio 2 in the park in moor park in preston, and i'mjoined by 0j borg, and he presents midnight to 3am on the station. so, 0j, how are you finding preston so far? i'm finding it amazing. i think it's amazing up here. i've only been here a few hours. when i wrote this song, i vocally wanted to put a good friend of mine in it,, the opportunity never came up, once wrote good morning, i wanted shola ama. she has done a few shows with become performed with me, a great experience. your second survival, what is different about it this time round? i different about it this time

round? ~ ., , round? i think what is different _ round? i think what is different is _ round? i think what is different is probably i round? i think what is - different is probably growth. when i wrote my first album i was still tied to a record deal. new labour was going through so many changes. it took me four years to get that album together. i was probably exhausted and unsure where i was as an artist, how i sat within the industry. that was as much as it was obviously a great first solo album for me, there was a lot of stuff that came along with that whereas with 20 years later, i created my own album, rooted with no artist and repertoire, quietly went away and had the best time writing it with musicians i hadn't worked with before. i didn't know where it was going to lead me but i knew i felt

inspired to go in the studio and create new stuff and everybody seems to be on the same page, everybody was excited even though we didn't know what was going to come of it. it was very freeing. king charles and queen camilla have attended the braemar highland games in scotland. it's one of the first times charles has appeared in public since being diagnosed with cancer. the event is held near the royal summer residence in balmoral, in the north east of scotland. it's been attended regularly by the reigning monarch, and other members of the royal family, since 1848. king charles gave out prizes to the winners of competitions, including the tug of war, tossing the caber, and performances by bagpipers, drummers and dancers. stay tuned.

i thundery lows sitting to the... thunderstorms for some of us, staying dry across scotland and northern ireland, the low push northward sending a band of rain northward, some heavy and thundery in places, continuing to journey across the midlands into northern and eastern england and wales as the night progresses. in the middle of the low we could see quiros pose for a time across the midlands and south east. thundery showers may return to the south east by around dawn. scotland, northern ireland, quieter night with clear skies, loquat, mist hugging north sea coasts, temperatures generally mid to low teens. heavy rain for northern and eastern england down into western england down into western england and wales. elsewhere lots of sunshine, setting off slow—moving thundery downpours

into the afternoon. part of school and college, still some sunshine in the west, same in northern ireland, not as warm, high teens, low 20s. wet, cool and breezy for the great north run across north—east england for sunday. that might be better for many people competing in the run. as we head into the evening and overnight it looks like the rain will start to return eastwards, some will be heavy across the north—east, lighter and patchierfor south, clearer and patchier for south, clearer skies and patchierfor south, clearer skies for scotland and northern ireland, turning colour, fresh night for england and wales, southern scotland, still a lot of cloud. and on monday the area of low pressure pose out into the near continent, taking its weather front with it. bree's, cloud, rain easing from eastern areas, sky is bright and on monday the area of low pressure pose out into the near continent, taking its weather front with it. bree's, cloud, rain easing from eastern areas, skies brighten up for come down

even more later in the week, an arctic northerly, near—record breaking early september temperatures, we are going to be going below the seasonal norm for the upcoming week, chilly by day and night.

live from london, this is bbc news. sir keir starmer meets with his irish counterpart in dublin, aiming to forge a new relationship post—brexit.

in his first major interview since becoming pm, sir keir tells the bbc the tories broke the nhs. everybody watching who has used the nhs know that it's broken. they know it's broken. unforgivable, the state of the nhs. the last government broke the nhs. britain and america's top spies warn the international world order is under threat in a way not seen since the cold war. protests take place across france over the appointment of michel barnier as the country's new prime minister. and i'm at bbc radio 2 in the park, where snow patrol have just taken to the stage. hello, i'm kasia madera. it's five years since a british prime minister

visited the republic of ireland, after tensions over