the pm tells the bbc the tory government "broke the nhs". everybody watching who has used the nhs know that it's broken. they know it's broken. it's unforgivable, the state of the nhs. the last government broke the nhs. protests have ta ken place across france over the appointment of michel barnier as the country's new prime minister. coming back empty, the boeing capital returns to earth but without its crew. —— boeing capsule. hello. it's five years since a british prime minister visited the republic of ireland, after tensions over brexit, but sir keir starmer is in dublin, saying the moment is right for a meaningful reset in relations. he's been holding talks with his opposite number simon harris.

our ireland correspondent sara girvin reports. after years of strained relations, this was the moment sir keir starmer was given a hundred thousand welcomes to dublin. there were smiles and handshakes as he and his irish counterpart were presented with football jerseys. this will be proudly worn in north london before too long. both leaders said this was an opportunity to renew and deepen the friendship between britain and ireland. i know as two new leaders of our respective countries, we both said we wish to really place british—irish relations on a new path, and i really appreciate the time that you've given to that since taking office. it's really important to me and to my government, and i think it is the moment for reset, and it's when we put meaning behind those words. international matters took centre stage following a roundtable business discussion. we have to be clear in the face

of russian aggression, we have to stand together to coordinate, stand with our allies and give ukraine all of the support that it needs for as long as it needs. photo opportunities are one thing, but the taoiseach and prime minister will need to decide what a reset in their relationship actually looks like. symbolism is important here, but moving forward they'll need to deliver substance over style. there have already been announcements — a yearly summit between the two countries addressing trade, security, justice and climate. both governments are keen to send the message that when it comes to the relationship between britain and ireland, this is a new ball game. sarah girvin, bbc news in dublin.

david henig has been working to map out the post—brexit future of uk trade policy in his work at the thinktank, the european centre for international political economy. it's always a good start for leaders of countries to talk to each other, to promise to work together. it gets a lot harder when they actually have to put that into some kind of detail. one of the subjects that wasn't mentioned was northern ireland, where there is clearly a large shared interest between the uk and ireland. various issues like energy, issues with the implementation of the northern ireland protocol, the windsor framework, and the wider uk—eu relations and deepening that. good optics, a good start, lots more to do. you are working out the post—brexit relationship, the uk trade policy. what do they need to focus on, how do they take it forward? as you say, still quite a lot of sticking points.

a huge agenda for the uk relations with the eu member states such as ireland. for example, trade in goods to reduce the barriers, for example food and drink agreement. the trade in services to allow people to move more easily for work. discussions around mobility, which is something the uk wants, youth mobility, something the eu wants. shared challenges in terms of energy and climate change. that affects ireland particularly. there is a shared energy market across the island of ireland. security was mentioned there, that's one of the earliest discussions that's ongoing about a security pact between the uk and the eu. we're told a lot of this won't start in real anger, the negotiations, until december orjanuary. that's because the eu's forming a new commission and they are

not all yet in place to start this. it's on details like that which will put into practice the warm words we're seeing from the leaders now. meanwhile, in his first major interview since becoming prime minister, keir starmer has told the bbc that the previous government "broke" the nhs in ways which were "unforgiveable". speaking exclusively to sunday with laura kuennsberg, he said a review of the health service to be published in the coming week finds the conservatives' changes to the nhs were "hopelessly misconceived", and austerity in the coalition years, followed by the pandemic, had left the nhs in a perilous "awful position". everybody watching this who has used the nhs or relatives who have, know it's broken. they know it's broken. it's unforgivable, the state of our nhs. the last government broke the nhs. ourjob now is to properly understand how that

came about and bring about the reforms, starting with the first steps, 40,000 extra appointments. but we have to do the hard yards of reforms. i think it's only a labour government that can do the reform that our nhs needs, and we will start on that journey. 0ur political correspondent leila nathoo told me more about labour's core mission to fix the nhs after years of conservative reforms. remember, this is one of labour's core missions, trying to fix the nhs, getting it back on its feet. sir keir starmer wants to deploy what we have become familiar with from the government since become familiar with from the government since they took charge — blaming the conservative party for the state of the nhs. this is blaming successive conservative governments, he is talking about reforms going back to the coalition government in 2010, big structural reforms led by the then health secretary andrew lansley. he's mentioning this review, that was done within days of labour taking charge by the former labour

mp lord darzi. an independent review into the whole state of the nhs, talking about access to health care services, the performance talking about access to health care services, the performance of the nhs, and the quality of health care — any inequalities in terms of those three aspects. so this will provide the context for a bigger, longer term look at the nhs. part of what it is calling fixing the foundations. so a really central part of what the labour government is trying to do. in addition to their first steps, the short—term fixes of their policy, thousands of new appointments, evenings and weekend appointments. you can see why keir starmer is trying to present this very bleak picture of the state of the nhs, it chimes with everything we have heard about various other parts of the public sector. prisons, for example. blaming the conservatives. the tories are trying to defend their record. the last tory government, the shadow health secretary victoria atkins, having talked about the tories putting

more doctors and nurses into the nhs and accusing them of politicising children's health. this is because we had some early findings from the report by lord darzi, which are going to be released on thursday. but early indications of the things he is talking about, for example falling vaccination rates among children, growing rates of prescriptions for adhd medications. a rise in hospital admission for children and young people with eating disorders. he is presenting this big picture to the government on thursday, and the health secretary wes streeting will take it away and that will inform a longer will inform a longer ten—year plan. given sir keir starmer was adamant and scathing about the conservatives and the state that in his words they have left the nhs, as you mentioned the tories�* shadow health secretary victoria atkins has hit back. they are defending their records. victoria atkins was the health secretary in the previous government, defending the tories record about the work force

and improvements in the nhs that they made in their view, and accusing keir starmer of politicising children's health. on a different story, but still on politics, we had the damning report into the grenfell tower fire. today, in the morning papers i believe we are getting michael gove, the former housing secretary, speaking. what has he said? obviously a huge range of actors over a number of years criticised in that report from the grenfell inquiry. in the sunday times, michael gove, the former housing secretary. many players in this. he talks about this and he starts in this piece in the sunday times with an apology to those who lost their lives in the fire, the families, relatives, campaigners and survivors, saying they were let down by successive governments including those

in which he played a part. he talks about the efforts that he tried to go through, in his view, to take action against some of the companies who the inquiry had accused of systematic dishonesty. some of the companies that made and sold the cladding which was around grenfell tower. he talks about his time as housing secretary, trying to go after them and persuade other countries too. he talks about restricting imports of some of their products and he said he ran up against bureaucracy. this is michael gove for the first time giving his response to his part in the government's response to the grenfell tower fire, which of course played out over many years. and viewers in the uk can watch the full interview with the prime minister tomorrow at 9am on bbc one, the news channel and the bbc iplayer.

a rare event took place today in london when richard moore, the head of mi6, and cia director william burns have appeared together for the first time at a public event. 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 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. 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. daniel lomas is an assistant professor at the school of politics and international relations at the university of nottingham. he told me about the significance of that first public meeting between the top uk and us spy chiefs. it's important to see a joint front between the two top uk and us spy chiefs. the message they are giving off is one that is fact—based, we do face in the west an existential threat from countries like china, obviously with russia and the invasion of ukraine, and i think it was an uncompromising message. parts of the message

they were delivering, quite pessimistic in some sense. for those in the west who believe putin is suddenly going to collapse, the essential message from both was that no significant cracks have emerged within the kremlin itself. this was a tough, uncompromising picture they were painting, essentially talking about power and the situation at the moment, the west and security situation we face. it's a bleak picture they do offer. when it comes to russia, they said they had been warning ukraine ahead of that full—scale invasion in february 2022. the kind of workings they are now doing in order to warn the rest of the population, is it alarming? are we to take this as beneficial for the international community, for lay people like us to hear this? what we are seeing is, yes,

this is a significant moment. it's the first time the head of mi6 and the cia have spoken in person in a public setting. it's part of a broader package of briefings by senior western intelligence officials on the situation both in ukraine and the security situation more broadly. it's part of a broader picture. in terms of the messaging, and why they are doing it, when we're looking for example at polling in the uk and the us, it could be argued that senior officials are seen as more trusted, let's say, to deliver some of these key lines than some of the politicians out there. so this message and the people delivering the message is one of fact—based, intelligence—led, shaped by the information western intelligence agencies themselves are collecting. this is a continuation, really. you mentioned ukraine.

this is really a continuation of that process that was happening before the invasion, where we were classifying and releasing small bits of intelligence in a public setting. both in part as reassurance that, yes, the west is doing something about the threat posed by russia, china and other states out there. but also again to act as a warning that we need to be vigilant within the west. these statements are being made at the time when support for the ukraine war remains relatively high in the west, but in terms of the news cycle, it is slipping off the front pages here. trying to bolster this image that ukraine is fighting russia and it's a story that needs to continue to be in the headlines. tens of thousands of left—wing protesters have demonstrated in paris and other french towns and cities against the appointment of michel barnier as the country's new prime minister.

president macron gave him the post on thursday, ending two months of deadlock following inconclusive parliamentary elections. mr barnier spent saturday afternoon visiting a children's hospital in paris. he was asked about protests. translation: i don't want to | waste time with controversies. i hear words like power grab, that is not the spirit we're 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'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. 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. 0ur scotland correspondent catriona renton gave us this update. it's all dispersed now, but there were two demonstrations here earlier. a pro—uk, anti—immigration protest advertised back injuly around the time of the demonstrations in england and northern ireland. it was promoted by far—right activists on social media. a counter—protest was organised in response to that by stand up to racism and the crowds were separated by police at either end of the square. this was the largest of these events so far seen in scotland. it is estimated there were around 2,000 to 3,000 at the anti—racism rally. vastly outnumbering the 300 to 400 at the other. it was noisy, with angry

exchanges between the groups. masked football supporters were contained by police and later released. there have been two arrests — a ao—year—old man for a hate crime and a 20—year—old man was arrested for carrying an offensive weapon. but it's fair to say apart from a couple of brief flashpoints, it was trouble—free and nothing like the demonstrations we saw in england and northern ireland earlier this summer. this has gone without any major incidents. spanish police looking for a british man in a mountainous area of majorca, where a british woman was found dead earlier this week, say they have found a body. both are believed to have been swept away in a flash flood. police say they had been hiking on a trail which leads through a small canyon to the sea when a storm hit the island. 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 and you've got this. bring her back to earth. good luck. picking up starliner now from its lower altitude, about 6,000 feet above.

in the night sky of new mexico, a first glimpse of the capsule. three good parachutes. looking great. its descent is slowed as it closes in. touchdown. 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. but nasa says they're in good spirits, settling into life on the space station and taking in its spectacular views. 0asis is working hard to convince their fans to let go of any anger after the disappointment caused by dynamic ticket pricing for their reunion tour.

the band has confirmed they will send out invites for a private invite—only ballot for their "final" wembley stadium dates overnight. the gallagher brothers announced they would send invites to "eligible fans" they were able to identify, adding that those who were signed into a ticketmaster account on saturday, august 31, when tickets first went on sale. 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. earlier, my colleague lola schroer caught up with sugababes, who gave us an exclusive interview.

so it is amazing to get the love we have and the day started with travis taking to the stage and the crowd filled up to around 30,000 people who saw the likes of shaznay lewis, craig david, pixie lott and sting take to the stage. we also got to speak to some artists like shaznay and some djs, and we also got an exclusive. i sat down with the sugababes and i asked them how much they have enjoyed the summer of performing at festivals like radio 2 in the park. guys, that performance was incredible, how did it feel to be impressed and performing to that many people? it was amazing, we had so much fun. it is our last show of this summer. it was a bit said. but we had a lot of fun. you had an amazing summer selling out crowds everywhere from glastonbury to preston, what is next? we have a few more shows in europe, which is what we are looking forward to. working in australia. lots of studio time to finish

of bits we really love. - the new record. hopefully, soon. talking about the new record, i heard you say on stage you were talking about uk garage, can we expect any of that in the new record or is it a new direction? we feel our music is without genre and we touch on a lot of things which we are influenced by and it is all a bit top—secret. we definitely touch on it, though. - it is something we have all grown up with and it| will always be in our roots, the influence, i guess. - keisha, you said you have been performing all known each other since you were 11 or 12. how does it feel, are you proud of where you have got in the crowd you are selling out, how does it feel to be together now? it feels so good because we are enjoying ourselves. it is different when you are a bit older, you can take it all in. it feels really good because it hasn't happened overnight, we have been working on where we are today for the last 12 years. so it is amazing to get the love we have and support from our fans. to be honest, it'sjust really lovely to work with two lovely ladies i have known all my life.

to be honest, probably they are the longest friends i've had. each other's oldest friends. and we genuinely love . working with each other. we make sure that we make the most out of every day i no matter where we are, - get out and see everywhere. and we want to enjoy what we do. - we are just taking it all - in and making the most of it. you can catch the sugababes on bbc iplayer and bbc sounds. the king and queen have attended the annual braemar gathering highland games in aberdeenshire today. the royal couple are staying in balmoral and enjoyed an afternoon of traditional sports, such as caber tossing and tug of war. the king's also presenting trophies to the champions. you are watching bbc news. it's been a cool and misty

start. scotland and northern ireland enjoyed a lot of sunshine on saturday, temperatures into the mid 20s. england and wales, the weather is changing, the area of low pressure moving up slowly from the south, bringing new threat of rain, which could be heavy and thundery for a while. wet weather developing in the midlands, heading northwards, with rain in wales and the south—west. the midlands and eastern england brightening up with sunshine, some showers mind you. some rain in the south—east of scotland and more cloud in scotland and northern ireland, so temperatures not as high. a noticeable change in the northerly wind for northern ireland, much cooler here, where we get some sunshine in england, temperatures not bad for the time of year. the area of low pressure bringing the threat of rain, starts to move away overnight into monday. we are left with a lot of cloud to begin the day in eastern england, a little rain, retreating towards the south—east. 0ther

retreating towards the south—east. other areas are seeing sunshine for a while before we have some cloud and patchy rain in the far north of northern ireland and western scotland later in the day. it is cooler and fresher air, it won't feel as humid, temperatures lower across the board to start the week. if anything, the winds strengthening, it will feel cooler still into tuesday. this deeper area of low pressure just running to the north of scotland, bringing some wet weather into here, through much of the day. a weather front sweeping down across england and wales on tuesday, a short speu and wales on tuesday, a short spell of rain here, followed by sunshine and showers towards the north—west. the winds stronger on tuesday, the strongest in scotland, the north and north—east of the country, could be 50—60 mph. that will add to the cooler fresher feel. that will add to the cooler fresherfeel. around that will add to the cooler fresher feel. around 18 degrees. the north—westerly wind once it lives will be with us through much of the week ahead. —— once it arrives. it

will bring an autumn chill and snow over the top of the scottish mountains. a huge change from the mid 20s we have seenin change from the mid 20s we have seen in scotland and northern ireland, and the colder air moves further south across england and wales.

this is bbc news. the headlines: sir keir starmer has been holding talks with

the irish prime minister, simon harris, in dublin. both men have stressed that the meeting is an opportunity to re—set the relationship between the uk and the republic of ireland, which has been strained since britain left the eu. in his first major interview since becoming pm, sir keir starmer told the bbc that the previous government "broke" the nhs in ways which were "unforgivable". he said a review of the health service — to be published this coming week — finds the conservatives' changes to the nhs were "hopelessly misconceived". tens of thousands of left—wing protesters have demonstrated in paris and other french towns and cities against the appointment of michel barnier as the country's new prime minister. president emmanuel macron gave him the post on thursday, ending two months of deadlock, following inconclusive parliamentary elections. that is it from me, i'll be back at the top of the hour.

now on bbc news, political thinking, with nick robinson.