hello and welcome. the funeral for ugandan olympic athlete, rebecca cheptegei, who was killed by a former boyfriend this month, has begun in eastern uganda. the service is taking place at herfamily�*s home town, bukwo. she will receive full military honours, having been a member of the ugandan armed forces. the 33—year—old marathon runner, who competed in the paris games last month, died after being doused with petrol and set alight. her body was brought overnight from kenya, where she lived and trained. her death has renewed concern about the level of violence against women in kenya. herformer partner has since died of his injuries. let's show you the live

pictures coming from rebecca's home town of bukwo. close to the kenyan border in uganda. last night, on friday, family members, friends and activists against gender—based violence viewed rebecca's coffin at the funeral home in the kenyan town before her body was brought back to her hometown. we heard her mother was wearing a souvenir bag at the time, that the athlete had received at the paris olympics where she competed in the marathon. patience akumu is a ugandan lawyer she told me what lessons needed to be learned from rebecca cheptegei's violent death. we need to reflect about the ways in which women, no matter

their social status, ways in which women, no matter theirsocialstatus, no ways in which women, no matter their social status, no matter what they have achieved in life, are still expected to bow to the expectations of society, evenif to the expectations of society, even if it kills them. domestic violence is still a reality for many women in africa, in euston africa. the statistics tell those at least 42% of women suffer some type of violence. this is perhaps a sickness because as an african woman, everyday on the road, in school, you are sexualised. there is this systematic sexualisation. in canyou in ca nyou the in canyou the other laws to protect the so—called family, reminding women if they go

astray, they will be put into their place —— in kenya. rebecca's dev reminders the society expectations, these stereotypes are still very real, very dangerous, women are suffering in silence, suffering in toxic relationships and paying for their lives. just briefl , paying for their lives. just briefly, what _ paying for their lives. just briefly, what needs - paying for their lives. just briefly, what needs to - paying for their lives. just briefly, what needs to change? if laws are in place, how much does it come down to educating boys and men? it does it come down to educating boys and men?— does it come down to educating boys and men? it comes down to 'ust boys and men? it comes down to just looking _ boys and men? it comes down to just looking inwardly _ boys and men? it comes down to just looking inwardly and - just looking inwardly and asking ourselves, what are we telling boys, how are we raising children who are in our hands? how are we raising girls? are we preparing them to be women victims, raising boys who are seeing women as their equal, who do not feel the need to dominate, to conquer to the point of killing in order to

feel like they are meant enough? we need to challenge the definition of an african man, to make it more inclusive, more empowering, more open to different expressions, different expressions, different relationships, and to let men realise that women have achieved, they have survived violence, female genital mutilation, and they should be empowered and not seek to dominate her. sir keir starmer says talks with president biden in washington have been "wide—ranging" and "productive" but wouldn't say whether he'd persuaded the us to allow ukraine to fire long—range missiles into russia. president zelensky has repeatedly called for permission to use the weapons on targets across the border. he claims it is the only way to end the war. our political editor, chris mason, sent this report from the white house.

i think the next few weeks and months could be crucial. what does president biden make of russia's threats against the west? i don't think much about vladimir putin. this is the blue room of the white house. the president, the prime minister and their teams spoke here for about an hour and a half. the war in ukraine dominated the conversation. afterwards, sir keir starmer wouldn't be drawn on whether he'd persuaded the president that authorising ukraine to fire western missiles at russia was a good idea. instead, he said... well, there's only one reason we're having these discussions, and that is because putin has illegally invaded ukraine. and the quickest way to resolve this obviously lies through, you know, what putin actually does, because it's for him to end this. but we are having the discussion. we've stood with ukraine. ukraine has a right to self—defence. and we've stood united, not just with our allies

here in the us, but across with our nato allies. that's very, very important to us. these are the long—range anglo—french missiles. ukraine would love to fire into russia, the uk making the argument to allies, it's a request that should be granted. they rely on american satellite systems to work. you might ask why the prime minister has been so keen to dash here, to visit a president who we know will be gone in just a few months' time. his answer is there are urgent issues that need addressing now, not least this question of missiles. the president has been sceptical about ukraine being able to fire them into russia, fearing it would be dangerous. this is the reality of the war grinding on in ukraine, a country desperate for ongoing help, its allies weighing up how best to do it and at what cost. chris mason, bbc news in washington.

more now from our correspondent in kyiv, james waterhouse, who has more on how all this has been received in ukraine. you can be sure there will be disappointment, continued disappointment, because as far as president zelensky is concerned, this is a continued pattern for ukraine. it asks the west for a certain level of support. the west says no. over fears of a russian escalation. ukraine's position worsens in the war, and then the west finally says yes. the question over how western missiles is used is merely an extension of that. now, it seems, after all of these sort of hopes and reports, that there would be the green light from washington, it seems washington is worried about its own stockpile of weapons of missiles, these atacms missiles. and they also don't believe they will make much of a difference. and despite the uk prime minister, sir keir starmer, saying they want to lead the way and give such permissions, it's the us which gives that kind of political cover for other

allies to follow suit. so it is disappointing for ukraine because it wants to use these missiles on russian air bases, where, as far as they're concerned, russian bombers take off unchallenged and repeatedly strike ukrainian cities. so i think we're going to see an extension of political disappointment, if you like. kurt volker, the former us ambassador to nato and a former us special representative for ukraine, told me whether ukraine's frustrations were justified. well, i think it is incredibly justified because they are fighting a war for survival and russia is attacking them from bases across russia. and essentially we are telling the ukrainians, don't, don't hit back. they should have sanctuary inside russia. that's an unacceptable position overall, and i think that is justified. and now what may happen here is some of this may get loosened up behind the scenes.

you may see the us not object to the uk allowing the storm shadows to go. you may see some shift in us position butjust not announced as some sort of new policy. but the ukrainian frustration is palpable and i think it is justified. but we've still got the concern of the united states and the uk. we're told that to allow the use of these, these weapons in this way to target spots inside russia would lead to an escalation. how likely is that escalation? yeah, i think that is a narrative that russia has pushed and pushed in order to influence western behaviour. if putin were able to escalate today, he would. he's not holding back because we're not doing something. he's actually trying to destroy ukraine and take over the country, and he's not able to. i don't think that he is wilfully holding back and doing only half measures.

he's trying to win this war and we need to recognise that. the second is russia is not a victim here. no one should be concerned about ukraine defending itself by striking back inside russia. we seem to have distorted the perceptions here that it's somehow not fair for ukraine to hit russia. it really makes no sense. to what extent, though, is it too late that we're told that russia will have moved some of these potential targets so that they're out of reach, even for these long—range missiles? well, there are a lot of targets that can't be moved. we're talking about air bases, airfields, fuel depots, distribution lines, logistical supply lines. these are things that are fixed. and according to the institute for the study of war, which has looked at particular targets, there's well over 200 that can't be moved. in addition to that, forcing russia to actually move things to get away from where the potential

strikes would be would be a benefit to ukraine. uh, it would make it more difficult, less predictable for how russia could conduct its attacks. so that is itself a virtue. now it's time for a look at today's sport with chetan pathak. the premier league returns today, following the international break. first game of the day is at st mary's, with southampton taking on manchester united. eric ten hag's team have lost their last two matches, including being humbled by liverpool a couple of weekend's ago. of weekends ago. they've found goals hard to come by, having scored just twice this season, but the boss insists they're creating chances and fans need to keep the faith. i know in the process where we are, what we have to do, where we are going. i have said we are still in a transition period, we have to integrate a

lot of young players also in the team. we are still dealing with injuries, we have to bring injuries back into the team. before anyone thinks about excuses, no, we have to win every game. i know that, the team knows this, and it doesn't matter who we face, we will focus on every game and in every game the mindset we have to win. the top two are in action later with liverpool at home to nottingham forest, while manchester city are taking on brentford. city have an unblemished start to the season, but guardiola is wary of the visitors, who were the last side, to beat them, at home nearly two years ago. ido i do remember against a team, person i admire unbelievable. i don't remember easy game against brentford, never, ever. since they were promoted, i don't remember. always top year

and there, so no exception. the solheim cup resumes in virginia in just over an hour's time, with europe needing a big effort on day two to turn around a record breaking opening day from the americans. they really hammered home their early advantage yesterday to take a 6—2 lead at the close. world number one nelly korda and megan khang comfortably won their match against britain's georgia hall and ireland's leona maguire, followed closely by lauren coughlin and sarah schmelzel, who won the final match 3 and 2, leaving europe, with this mountain to climb now if they're to retain the cup for a historic fourth time in a row. we will just we willjust have to keep putting our best foot forward. i believe in my team. we've had a really good game plan for the week. the us came out strong today, which we expect, but there's a lot of golf left. you've got to keep doing your best, and one or two shots can make a whole lot of difference. theres a busy afternoon ahead

for women's rugby union internationals with ireland taking on australia and scotland playing fiji, and also at 2:30, a clash between the world number one team england, and the world champions new zealand. the visitors were the last side to beat england, securing a dramatic victory at their home world cup in 2022. that painful defeat has fuelled england to go on a 16—game winning run and they do have a habit of beating their great rivals outside of world cups, but not when it comes to lifting the holy grail itself. and a year out from the next world cup, england need to find a way of changing that trend. in formula one, mercedes' george russell was fastest in final practise, with championship contenders max verstappen and lando norris both off the pace ahead of qualifying for the azerbaijan grand prix. the session was red flagged twice. the first came when esteban ocon�*s alpine stopped on track, before oliver bearman — filling in for the banned kevin magnussen — hit the wall in his haas at turn one. when the session restarted, russell edged out ferrari's charles leclerc at the top of the timings, with norris three tenths back in third,

while verstappen was only fifth fastest. qualifying starts in just over two hours' time. and that's all the sport for now. the fallout of tuesday's us presidential debate between donald trump and kamala harris is still being unpicked. but when will we know how and if it affected voters opinion? anthony salvanto is polling director at our us news partners, cbs. i think it will be next week towards the end of next week. and i'll tell you why. first is contextually, if you look at post—debate immediate post—debate polls from 2016, from 2020 past years, you've mentioned there have been times when you saw winners or perceived winners of debates, including the fact that in 2016, a lot of people thought that hillary clinton was winning some of those debates. and ultimately that didn't pan out when election day rolled around.

so those polls have some value, but its limited number one. and number two, you have to remember that the audience for those debates is large, but it's often disproportionately older. and so as younger people, and we know they're getting their information from a lot of different sources, that's going to trickle out over days, there are going to be getting information from the internet, from family and friends. so that takes a while to process. and that's why i think you want to see that measurement in a few days. but finally, let me say this. you know, there isn't a lot of room to move in this electorate. in our polling, the numbers of people that we think are persuadable by even the most generous measure is less than one in ten, and it may be smaller than that. so the question is, how many of those people are really watching to be moved in one direction or another? and frankly, that number is fairly small. we'll see. but that's the context. pope francis has unexpectedly

weighed into the us election. speaking to journalists on a flight from singapore to indonesia, the pope said trump's stance on immigration, and harris's views on abortion, leave voters with a choice between "the lesser of two evils." translation: both are against live, even the _ translation: both are against live, even the one _ translation: both are against live, even the one who - translation: both are against live, even the one who chases l live, even the one who chases migrants or kill children. i cannot decide, i can't say, i'm not american and won't be voting. expelling migrants, not giving them the chance of working or welcome them is a sin, it is grey. —— it is grave. sin, it is grey. -- it is grave-— sin, it is grey. -- it is rave. . ., ., grave. that was pope francis s-ueakin grave. that was pope francis speaking to _ grave. that was pope francis speaking to journalists - grave. that was pope francis speaking to journalists on . grave. that was pope francis speaking to journalists on a i speaking to journalists on a flight between singapore and indonesia earlier. the military and emergency workers are continuing efforts to reach the areas worst affected by floods in nigeria's north—eastern

borno state. much of the state capital, maiduguri, is under water and thousands of people are short of food and shelter. the floods follow the collapse of a dam earlier this week during heavy rainfall. let's speak to azeezat olaoluwa in maiduguri. thank you very much for being year, it has been difficult for us to make contact with you. just how extensive is the problem there? it just how extensive is the problem there?- just how extensive is the problem there? it is very expensive. _ problem there? it is very expensive, and - problem there? it is very expensive, and it's - problem there? it is very expensive, and it's been| problem there? it is very i expensive, and it's been an emotional moment for the residents of maiduguri, especially the 2 million people affected by the severe flooding. thousands have been displaced, and 30 people are estimated to have died. i have seen people stranded on the rooftops of the houses and they have gone for days without food and access to clean water. i was in dead bodies floating,

and i've seen people wading through the murky water, some forced to swim across it, washing their close. it is very huge catastrophe that the state government says it quite helpless and has been calling for support from the national government and even international agencies. as of today, the red cross is carrying out search and rescue effort and are still offering medical treatment to those injured so far. i have spoken to displaced people in for settlement camps and they've told me the immediate problem now is hunger and where to lay their heads, take care of their children. i have spoken to those who been separated from their loved ones, because it was a trying moment for them when the dam busted and went through the entire capital. thank you very much.

two us astronauts stranded in space have said it was hard to watch their malfunctioning craft depart the international space station without them. barry �*butch�* wilmore and sunita williams have been on the station for three months — and could be there for several more — but say they were trained to "expect the unexpected". pallab ghosh reports. ignition and lift—off - of starliner and atlas v. butch and suni blasted off for the international space station at the beginning ofjune. it was an eight—day mission. but three months on, they're still in space. we have you loud and clear. this is their first press conference to answer questions about how they feel about being stuck in space. you asked what we miss, right? of course, you know the things that we always miss — our families. i miss my two dogs. i miss my friends. but you know what? like butch said, there are so many people on earth that are sending us messages and it makes you feel just right at home. butch and suni left earth with leaks in the propulsion system.

some of the thrusters cut out during docking. they arrived safely, greeted with the usual hugs, but engineers wanted to get to the bottom of the thruster problems before bringing them home. they never did. so do they feel let down by boeing, who made the starliner spacecraft? let down? absolutely not. we are pushing the edges of the envelope in everything that we do, and it is not easy. starliner is now backingl away from the station... starliner returned to earth last week without butch and suni. boeing said it would be completely safe for them, but nasa overruled them. and the astronauts said for the first time that they agreed. we found some things that we just could not get comfortable with putting us back in the starliner when we had other options. we could have gotten to the point, i believe, where we could have returned on starliner, but we just simply ran out of time.

butch and suni seemed to be enjoying life on the space station. this is my happy place. i love being up here in space. it'sjust fun. you know, every day you do something that's "work", quote—unquote. you can do it upside down. suni and butch are working with the rest of the space station crew with experiments, maintenance and having fun. let's return to our main story, the funeral having begun for the funeral having begun for the ugandan marathon runner rebecca cheptegei, who died after she was set on fire by herformer boyfriend. let's speak to our senior africa correspondent, anne soy. she is in bukwo, where the ceremony is taking place. how is rebecca being honoured today question is a very much loved member of the community. you

can see how— member of the community. you can see how many _ member of the community. 7m. can see how many people are here. my estimation is thousands. dozens of tents are set up behind me, but the seating space has been taken up. many more people are standing everywhere. this is a very sad day for this community. they have remembered her as a humble member of this community, who inspired many children to take up athletics and was ready to help many people. herfamily has been remembering her as a pillar of theirfamily, of their large their family, of their large family. theirfamily, of their large family. she was supporting many of them, so this is a big blow for them. and also for the community in bukwo. earlier today the councillors met and passed a motion in honour of may, so the charges currently running the funeral programme —— honour of may. it is a military event, honouring her.

she will be buried not too far from her at her father's she will be buried not too far from her at herfather�*s home state. from her at her father's home state. , uv from her at her father's home state. , ., ., ., state. rebecca's violent death has prompted _ state. rebecca's violent death has prompted a _ state. rebecca's violent death has prompted a great - state. rebecca's violent death has prompted a great deal- state. rebecca's violent death has prompted a great deal ofl has prompted a great deal of discussion in uganda and kenya. what is likely to change as a result of her dying?- what is likely to change as a result of her dying? well, the ho -e is result of her dying? well, the hope is it _ result of her dying? well, the hope is it will _ result of her dying? well, the hope is it will change - result of her dying? well, the hope is it will change the - result of her dying? well, the hope is it will change the way| hope is it will change the way the laws are implemented, because the experts say the laws are there to protect potential victims of domestic violence. however, they have not been implemented in a way that protects them. in kenya, one in three women have experienced some form of domestic violence in their lifetimes, and therefore it is something that is being described as endemic. here today, herfellow described as endemic. here today, her fellow athletes are wearing black t—shirts printed with her picture and the inscription say no to domestic

violence. ., ., ., ~ violence. for the moment, thank ou ve violence. for the moment, thank you very much- _ violence. for the moment, thank you very much. our— violence. for the moment, thank you very much. our senior - you very much. our senior correspondent reporting from bukwo in uganda. there is much more coverage of the funeral on the bbc website, and the bbc news app. stay with us on bbc news. plenty more in the hours ahead. hello. today certainly dawned on quite a chilly note — across some southern areas, we had temperatures down in the low to mid single figures. but gradually through the course of the weekend we're going to be seeing those temperatures on the rise, so it will turn a little bit warmer. still some rain across some northern areas, particularly so for northern ireland and scotland today, down to the fact that we've got low pressure sitting out towards the north—west. that will push this cold front gradually further east but high pressure holds on further south, so plenty of dry, sunny weather for central and southern england, much of wales, too. that cloud that we had this morning tending to break up into the afternoon.

eastern scotland holding on to some dry weather into the afternoon. but this band of rain will arrive across northern ireland and western scotland. the winds are going to pick up here too. and we're going to see temperatures generally in the mid to high teens in the north, could be i9, 20 degrees down towards the south and east. into the evening hours, then, still dry towards the south. we've got this band of cloud and patchy light rain clearing out of scotland and northern ireland, but that's going to be slow moving across northern england and north wales to start the day. most of us reasonably mild, still a little bit chilly overnight in the south. we're getting down into single figures again, but not quite as cold as it's been over the past few nights here. so sunday's weather, then, band of cloud and slow moving on and off. patchy rain across northern england, north wales at times. to either side of that, things are looking drier and brighter. there'll be a rash of showers just drifting gradually eastwards across scotland, but they should clear away fairly quickly. so an improved day compared to today. more sunshine here and in the sunshine down towards east anglia and the south—east, 20 or 21 degrees. but for most of us, i think we'll be in the high teens. now, heading on into the new working week,

and high pressure very much going to be dominating our weather right across the british isles. so monday, not much weather on the map, as you can see. we will have a little bit of mist, cloud and low fog here and there, but that should gradually lift and clear away. so some long spells of blue sky, lighter winds than it has been as well, so it's going to feel really pleasant. 20—21 degrees in the south. further north, we're still looking at the mid to high teens on monday, but those temperatures will increase into the middle of the week as weather fronts are kept at bay. and we're going to be seeing the winds increasingly coming in from an easterly direction, bringing us these orange colours. you can see this milder air mass, especially for central and southern areas. so looking ahead then, we're going to see temperatures in the south up to possibly the mid 20s through the middle part of the week, typically the high teens, low 20s further north. but for all of us, a largely dry, settled spell of weather with some sunshine on the cards. bye for now.

this is bbc news. the headlines: the leaders of the united states and britain speak of the importance of ukraine winning its war with russia during talks at the white house. but president biden and keir starmer give no sign of changing their policy not to allow kyiv to fire western long—range missiles into russia. a former chief executive of the us fashion chain, abercrombie and fitch, faces further allegations of sexually exploiting men at events he hosted around the world. the funeral for olympic athlete rebecca cheptegei is being held in uganda. she was killed after being set

on fire by a former boyfriend. there are calls to name a road and sports venue after her. the liberal democrat party conference begins here in the uk. it's the first time party members have come together since winning 72 westminster seats injuly�*s election. now on bbc news, talking business. hello. welcome to talking business weekly with me, tadhg enright. let's have a look at what's on the show. the crypto crunch is coming. with opinions divided, just how important is the us presidential election for the future of cryptocurrency? the democrats have spent years cracking down on rogue crypto firms. so will that continue with kamala harris, or can donald trump fulfil his promise to make america the crypto capital of the planet? i'm going to be discussing all of this with these two. the chief legal officer of one

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