china have captured the attention of the nation — greatly boosting local tourism. and, david beckham joined mourners at the funeral of former england football manager sven—goran eriksson in sweden. welcome to bbc news. hello i'm kasia madera. we start this hour with news from the war in ukraine, where reports from the northern region of sumy say that a russian guided bomb has killed two people and injured six others, including a child. the attack comes as the kremlin warned that the use of western—suppled long—range missiles — by ukraine — against targets inside russian territory — would escalate the conflict to a new level. in moscow, kremlin officials have today revoked the accreditation of six british diplomats, accusing them of spying. russia's state security service, the fsb, said their activities had threatened

national security, but did not name any of the diplomats. it said the move was a measure against "multiple unfriendly acts". it's not clear whether the diplomats are currently in russia. in response, the foreign office here in london says that russia had revoked the staff members�* diplomatic accreditation last months — and that russia's accusations against them were "completely baseless". the statement adds that the uk was "unapologetic about protecting its national interests�*. for the very latest on this developing story, i spoke to our eastern european correspondent sarah rainsford. i think the timing of this is key, it's not accidental that this has been released, that this is happening precisely as those discussions are taking place in washington about whether or not ukraine can use western long—range missiles to strike inside russia. they are absolutely connected. it's interesting looking of a statement from the fsb, the russian security agency, talking about expelling

essentially six members of the british embassy, accusing them of espionage and subversive activity. it is interesting, they also go on to talk about britain being responsible for escalating what they describe as the military political situation right now, they say britain is coordinating all of this and claiming that there is a department of the foreign office which is specifically dedicated to the strategic defeat of russia. i think all of this needs to be seen in the context of two things. one is about threat, it is about russia saying, look what we can do if you go ahead with this. it is also about the narrative within russia. this is about vladimir putin and his system essentially painting the west as enemies and making sure that russians see what is happening, as russia is the victim in all of this, with western agents supposedly plotting subversion and trying to undermine and to weaken russia, and russia therefore

acting in self defence. of course, that is absolutely the reverse position that is presented by western politicians, western diplomats, who quite clearly say this is about ukraine's right to self defence. this is about protecting ukraine from a war of aggression which was started quite clearly by vladimir putin and which he has the power to stop. that was the robust line from keir starmer, the british prime minister, just yesterday on his way to washington. paul knott is a writer and former british diplomat to ukraine and russia. he gave his perspective on the timing of this move by russia. it is possibly an indication of lack of options russia has if it is possibly an indication of the lack of options russia has to express its displeasure at this possibly significant change in policy, if that is what actually happens. it doesn't appear to be to do with what the diplomats

are actually doing. and we heard from our colleague who was describing how quickly russian media were to jump on this story. it all felt a little bit staged. is that, from your experience as a diplomat in ukraine and russia, is that something the russian media and state are capable of doing? oh, yeah. the russian state has taken complete control over the last, let's say decade of all of the media in russia, and any kind of independent media has basically been crushed. often quite brutally and violently. so what media is left in russia is purely state directed propaganda. so, yes, they are directed and essentially controlled by the kremlin. president putin was saying this idea that if ukraine is given this allowance, if it is permitted to use these long—range missiles within russian territory, that it is a direct threat, that it means the west is at war with russia.

who is he talking to, is he talking to the west or his own domestic audience? i think in the main he is talking to his own domestic audience. he had to almost come up with an explanation to the russian people as to why this appalling war was launched in the first place, and why the russian armed forces have been so utterly incapable of winning it against a much smaller country, and take on such heavy losses. so, i think they used that to try to justify to their own people that they are actually fighting against a much bigger force than ukraine alone, which isn't the case. it's interesting to note that he doesn't really explain what moscow would do if this actually does go ahead? no, because i honestly think they like options, really.

no, because i honestly think they lack options, really. as i've just said, they thought they were going to roll over the much smaller neighbouring country of ukraine really quickly and have totally failed to do that, thanks to a mixture of their own incompetence and corruption, and the resistance of the ukrainians. it's very difficult to conceive that they would actually want to, struggling as they are, sort of pick a fight with much biggerforces, which with nato is the us, canada, pretty much the rest of europe. they are talking about that, but it is hard to see what they would really seriously do. give us an insight. what on earth is going on in the kremlin? is president putin at risk? you know, i think with systems like president putin, these sort of all—powerful dictators, they always look

so solid and secure, don't they, until all of a sudden it collapses. there is not really any way that anybody from the outside can get a great insight into what is actually happening, it is such a tightly controlled and small team. but you look at the situation, you look at the problems they have had, you look at the problems it is causing for russia, you would think there must be people in the system somewhere sort of saying, what is he doing and why are we doing this? it is doing so much damage to all of us. what it would appear is most of those people who are left in the system have gone on by grovelling to putin. they probably don't have the capacity or the courage to do much about it right now. paul not, a former diplomat to ukraine and russia. going back to that line about ukraine

using the long—range missiles and put in saying that will mean nato countries, the usa and europe, are fighting with russia. wejust and europe, are fighting with russia. we just had a statement from dmitry peskov, from the kremlin, who says the statement made yesterday is a very important one, it is extremely clear and unambiguous. we are in no doubt this statement has reached its addressees. to the west ought to the own domestic audience is another matter. a few lines coming from that on our website. there is life age we will come back to you through the day here on bbc news. now, let's turn to sweden. to sweden next, where the funeral has taken place of the former england football manager sven—goran eriksson, who died last month, aged 76. david beckham, who served as captain under eriksson, is among the mourners at the service, which was held in erikkson�*s hometown of torsby. as england's first foreign coach, between 2001 and 2006, he led the team to the quarter finals of two world cups.

footballjournalist henry winter, who's in torsby, told us how some of the greats of the game had gathered to pay tribute. the world of football is gathering here and representatives from the football association, former england managers like roy hodgson, as you say, sven�*s former captain david beckham is flying in. local tv have literallyjust had a camera pointed at the runway at karlstad waiting for beckham'sarrival. waiting for beckham's arrival. but it's also a big family event. lina and johan, sven�*s children, were going round the hotels last night, seeing old friends and relatives, and just sort of welcoming everyone to say farewell to their father. you mentioned david beckham, and he went to visit sven before he died because sven played a huge part in beckham's redemption, didn't he? he did.

i mean, petertaylor was the one, as caretaker before sven, who appointed david beckham as captain in turin. but absolutely, eriksson and beckham's careers with england are pretty much intertwined. i thought it was very beautiful the way that david beckham flew out here a few months ago to say a sort of private farewell to sven. and in a typical gesture from beckham, he brought wines of a vintage of the years that meant so much to sven. so i thought that was very thoughtful. but also, it shows the type of respect and affection that sven engendered in his players. you saw it with the outpouring of grief from his former players, gerrard, lampard, gary neville, players like that, but also from the public generally. because even though sven wasn't england's greatest manager, three quarter—finals, possibly could have done more but for metatarsals and penalties, and one or two tactical decisions, but he was loved by the public because he was a man who enjoyed life. he also transcended past football, because of

the headlines that often a lot of the tabloids did, but he was one of those people you just knew by the name sven? well, absolutely. i mean, maybe not quite pele level, but absolutely the name sven, or svennis, as they call him here in remote sweden, absolutely. he was loved. i think it was because of his grace under pressure. when you've got people like me in the media throwing hand grenades at him in press conferences, hejust dealt with it and was just very calm. as he always used to say to his players, if he got sacked or had some adversity or some headline on the front page, he would just open the bottle of champagne and toast life. henry winter remembering sven—goran eriksson whose funeral is happening today. he was speaking to my colleague, nicky schiller. let's get some of the day s other news now. north korea has given a rare public glimpse

inside its nuclear programme — releasing pictures taken during a visit to a facility by the country's leader, kim jong un. state media showed these photos of mr kim walking between long rows of what appear to be uranium enrichment machines as he toured the nuclear weapons institute. thousands of boeing workers have begun the first strike at the us plane maker in sixteen years. the stoppage is expected to bring operations to a halt at plants in seattle and portland, home to most of the company's commercial plane manufacturing. union members at the firm's west coast factories overwhelmingly rejected a contract offer from the firm, which included a twenty—five percent pay rise over four yea rs. firefighters in california are still battling three major wildfires which have been raging near los angeles for the past six days, burning more than ioo—thousand acres of land. a state of emergency was declared earlier in the week, while thousands of homes have been evacuated. twelve people have been injured, most of them firefighters. around the world and across the uk.

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welcome back. the decision to grant planning permission for what would have been the uk's first new coal mine in 30 years has been quashed in the high court. the judgment in the case was described by friends of the earth as "fantastic news and a huge victory for our environment". judge mrjustice holgate said in his ruling that the earlier go—ahead for the development at whitehaven in cumbria had been "legally flawed". let's speak to our north of england correspondent, rowan bridge. bring is up—to—date with what has been decided today or has been revoked.— been revoked. what has been revoked as — been revoked. what has been revoked as the _ been revoked. what has been revoked as the planning - revoked as the planning permission for this mine it to

be given the go—ahead. this has been a very long, almost tortuous saga. it began in 2017 when west cumbrian mining applied for planning permission to build this mine in whitehaven in cumbria, the first new man in the uk for 30 years. since then, it has gone through several rounds of planning permission applications, cumbria county council level, and ultimately went to a public inquiry in a planning inspectors report which landed on the desk of the secretary of state two years ago. at that point it was michael gove, and he ultimately decided to give the minor planning permission to allow it to go ahead. that was controversial even at the time, there were several high—profile critics of the idea, including the government because my own climate advisory committee. subsequent to that decision, there was a legal challenge launched by two environmental campaign groups, friends of the earth and a group based in

cumbria called slack who opposed the decision and believed it had been legally flawed in the way it was carried out. and then today, we had thejudgment as carried out. and then today, we had the judgment as you said from the high court which backed friends of the earth and environmental campaigners, who said the decision to allow planning permission for the mind to go ahead was legally flawed. what that means in the chain of events is that this will now go back to the secretary of state, now angela rayner, the deputy prime minister, and community secretary, where she will have to decide whether to give it planning permission again. now, it is also possible that west cumbrian mining could decide they want to try and challenge of this legal decision at a higher court in the uk, but west cumbrian mining are not saying at the moment what their next move is going to be. they say that they will consider the verdict today before they decide what the next step will be. . ~' , ., , decide what the next step will be. . ~ , ., , . decide what the next step will be. . ~' i” , . ., be. thank you very much for brinuain be. thank you very much for bringing us _ be. thank you very much for bringing us up-to-date. - now for the latest on the race for the white house.

and donald trump says he will not take part in another televised debate with vice president kamala harris in the run—up to the presidental election in november. this he claims to have won tuesday night's debate — although several opinion polls suggest his rival performed better. our correspondent jenny kumah sent this report from washington. # from the lakes of minnesota... donald trump back on the campaign trail. speaking to supporters in the key battleground state of arizona last night, he confirmed something he'd posted on social media a few hours earlier. so because we've done two debates and because they were successful, there will be no third debate. this decision came just a few days after his first live presidential debate with kamala harris. he's claimed victory, even though several snap polls suggest his rival did better. when a prizefighter loses a fight — you've seen a lot of fights, right? — the first words out of that fighter's mouth is, "i want a rematch! i want a rematch!" and that's what she said.

"i want a rematch." polls clearly show that i won the debate against comrade kamala harris. donald trump's not normally one to back off a fight, but he's decided there'll be no more tvjousts with his political opponent. kamala harris, at her own rally last night, said she was ready for round two. two nights ago, donald trump and i had ourfirst debate. cheering. and i believe we owe it to the voters to have another debate. cheering. the abc news - presidential debate. some 67 million viewers tuned in to watch tuesday night's debate — the first time the pair went up against each other — and now we know it will be the last. she's a marxist. everybody knows she's a marxist. people start leaving his rallies early out of exhaustion and boredom. it was a debate that sparked

some interesting moments. in springfield, they're eating the dogs, the people that came in, they're eating the cats. they're eating... polls suggest the two candidates are in an extremely tight race, with just two months to go before november's election. jenny kumah, bbc news, washington. oui’ our bbc verify team have been looking at those claims. that is on our website. in nigeria, the governor of borno state has told the bbc that up to two million people have been affected by major flooding in the region. borno, in the north—east of the country on the border with cameroon, has seen thousands of homes destroyed by flooding. in neighbouring chad, at least three hundred people have died as a result of weeks of unusually heavy rain. these are some of the latest drone pictures from the floods which followed the collapse of a dam earlier this week during intense rainfall. thousands of people are desperately short of food and shelter. the state governor...

state governor babagana zulum told our reporter azeezat olaoluwa that half of the region's capital, maiduguri, was under water. i can remember more than 300,000 people who were killed in borno state. thousands of thousands of classrooms were destroyed. hundreds of facilities were destroyed by the insurgency. we are just trying to get out of this problem, and now we witness another disaster. a very serious calamity. another serious humanitarian crisis, which the state government cannot shoulder. and we understand that the flood also affected prisons, and there are reports that some boko haram leaders might have escaped. are you worried? i'm worried, yes. i'm seriously worried. but you also have to bear in the mind that borno state government established what we call a borno model of rehabilitation, that has allowed many

insurgents to repent. within the last two years over 200,000 boko haram members have repented. and i think that's also yielded positive results in ensuring the return of peace and stability to borno state. the governor of borno state speaking to my colleague. is it possible for a sport like football to lift a poor region? well, that's what seems to be happening in the remote mountains of south—western china where a competition between villages has captured the attention of the entire nation. it's even boosted tourist revenue by nearly 75%. our correspondent stephen mcdonell went there to meet the players and their fans. these are the farmers, shopkeepers and students who've become the stars of the guizhou village super league. a weekly grassroots spectacle which has drawn

national attention largely through social media. it's free to attend, but a bit of a hike to get here. the mountains of guizhou have been isolated for centuries. and, until recently, all they had was farming. now, poor communities are getting a boost from the millions of big city tourists who've come through in just over a year to watch the football. translation: it has improved our economic prospects, - like for vendors where families have small businesses, it has increased their income. shen yang is a hospital maintenance worker — after pulling an all night shift, he's still in high spirits, preparing to run on for dongmen village in this year's final. his friend on the other team is the son of itinerant labourers.

lu jinfu just finished high school, but he's been kicking a ball since he was 11. translation: when i started playing footy, i didn't - expect us to have such an amazing football atmosphere. that fans dress up in traditional ethnic costumes has added to the allure of the matches, played over many months. translation: when we watch the game, it's so exciting. - we are really nervous, you feel your heart pumping and when we win we are so happy. we sing and dance. and their teams certainly give it all. the secret of the success here is the combination of football and local culture, all presented in a pretty raucous fashion. no wonder it's so popular, and it's all done in a pretty good spirit.

in the most important game of the year, lu jinfu scores twice and his younger, faster dongsheng village win the final. my team—mates and i have played together since primary school. we are like brothers. but the second team also gets a prize. we won two pigs. that's not bad. and you wouldn't know from the party of the losers that they're not champions. to their neighbours, the players from dongmen village are still their heroes. and there's always next year. stephen mcdonell, bbc news, guizhou province. who needs ryan reynolds to transform the fortunes of the local football team?

here in the uk 47—year—old larry fraser and 53—year—old james love have been charged with burglary after a painting by banksy was stolen from a gallery in london on sunday. police say the artwork, called "girl with balloon", has been recovered and will be returned to the gallery. lots more on our website. thank you for watching bbc news. hello again. you may have noticed it was pretty cold this hello again. you may have noticed it was pretty cold this morning, the earliest september frost across england and the temperature down to —2.7 degrees in yorkshire this morning. through the next few days, that colder air disappearing. you notice on this air mass picture, we switch to a southwesterly by saturday and into sunday, so the temperatures rising, we won't see that frost again for a while.

for today, staying pretty sunny for the rest of this afternoon. a few showers affecting northern scotland, perhaps some down the north sea coast as well. more cloud across northern ireland later but otherwise, with light winds and that sunshine, feeling pleasant, milder than the last few days. through tonight, the cloud increasing across scotland and northern ireland. the southwesterly wind picking up with rain pushing in and, crucially, because of the southwesterly wind and that cloud, temperatures perhaps staying in double figures, so a much milder night compared to last night. whereas, for england and wales, with clearer skies, perhaps chilly but not as cold as this morning. sunshine to greet us first thing across england and wales. the cloud increasing across scotland and northern ireland with rain and turning gusty here as well. temperatures up a little, up to 19 celsius, but in that sunshine in the south east, feeling pleasant. sunday, the wet weather

across northern areas moving southwards gradually on this weather front. during the day, rain in scotland, northern england into wales. it will take a while but will eventually push into the far south. for much of a day, dry with sunny spells. as rain clears northern areas, some sunny spells and temperatures up by a degree or so with that milder air pushing in from the atlantic, up to 20 degrees. next week, high pressure becomes dominant and that keeps the weather settled through the week. there will be sunny spells, dry weather around and temperatures up to 23 celsius, more typical for the time of year in september.

fears boeing and its suppliers could lose billions as its workers go on strike, halting production of the triple seven and 737 max aircraft. as the war in ukraine continues, how is the russian

economy soldiering on amid central bank fears of spiralling inflation? welcome to business today. boeing workers have voted to strike after rejecting a pay offer backed by their own union. the deal they rejected was a 25% pay rise over four years. that fell short of their original target of a0%. so now more than thirty thousand workers are downing tools in washington state and oregon, closing assembly plants for the 737 max and triple seven. the move further delays the company's turnaround efforts. speaking at a news conference, jon holden, who led the negotiations for the iam union, explained why members had rejected the proposed contract and voted for strike action. he while there were many important things that were in this offer, it didn't make up, it didn't bridge the gap for sixteen years from 2008 and going through two extensions and the threats ofjob loss, you know, stagnated wages, cost shift on healthcare and many other issues and especially relocation

of thousands ofjobs for other programmes leaving the state.