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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 in 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. our senior africa correspondent anne soy has more from bukwo. you canjust see how many people are here today. in my estimation, thousands. they have dozens of tents set up behind me, but the seating space has been taken up and there are many, many more people standing
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everywhere here. 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 who was ready to help many people. herfamily has been remembering her as a pillar of their family, of their large family. she was supporting many of them, and so this is a big blow for them and also for the community in bukwo. earlier in the day, the counsellors met and passed a motion to name a road and a stadium in honour of rebecca cheptegei. so the chart is currently running the funeral programme, but this is very much also a military event. they will be honouring her. we understand with a gun salute where she will be buried not too far from here at her father's homestead. rebecca's violent death has prompted a great deal of discussion in uganda and kenya.
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what is likely to change, though, as a result of her dying this way? well, the hope is that it's going to change, um, the way the laws are implemented, because the experts say that the laws are there to protect, uh, potentialvictims of domestic violence. however, they have not been implemented in a way that protects them. in kenya, where she lived, 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. and here today, herfellow athletes are wearing black t—shirts printed with her picture and the inscription say no to domestic violence. patience akumu is a ugandan lawyer who has campaigned on gender equality issues. she told me what lessons needed to be learned from rebecca
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cheptegei's violent death. i think that in this moment of deep sorrow and mourning, we need to reflect about the ways in which women, no matter their social status, no matter what they've achieved in life, are still expected to bow to the expectations of society, even if it kills them. domestic violence is still a reality for many women in africa, in eastern africa. the statistics tell us that at least 42% of women suffer some kind of violence in their lifetime. but this is perhaps an understatement because as an african women, a woman, every day on the roads, in school, you're sexualised, you're hustled. there are laws. there is systematic discrimination against women, systematic control of women's bodies where there are laws that have been passed in public places forbidding women
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to appear a certain way. for instance, in uganda, in kenya, there are laws to protect the so—called family. there are laws that are reminding women that if they go astray, they will be put into their place and they will perish. and rebecca's death reminds us that this society expectations, these stereotypes, are still very real. they are still dangerous, and many women are suffering in silence. they are suffering in toxic relationships and paying with their lives. just briefly, patience, then. what needs to change if laws are in place? how much does this come down to educating boys and men? just briefly. it comes down to just looking inwardly and asking ourselves, what are we telling boys? how are we raising children who are in our hands, the boys? how are we raising girls?
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are we preparing them to be willing victims? are we 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 men enough? we need to challenge the definition of an african man to make it more inclusive, more empowering more open to different expert expressions, different relationships, and to let men realise that women have achieved. they have survived violence, female genital mutilation, the basics and they've grown and there's been work done and they should be able and ready to exist with the empowered woman and not seek to dominate her. the former us special representative for ukraine negotiations has told the bbc president zelensky�*s
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frustration over the use of long—range missiles against russia is "palpable and justified". kurt volker was speaking after sir keir starmer and president biden wrapped up their talks in washington with no public announcement of any change in policy on ukraine. aruna iyengar has this report. the latest attacks in ukraine, volodymyr zelensky has accused the west of emboldening vladimir putin over at hesitation of long—range missiles. prison biden and keir starmer had met to decide whether to allow kyiv to use storm shadow missiles against targets inside russia. i storm shadow missiles against targets inside russia.— targets inside russia. i don't think much _ targets inside russia. i don't think much about _ targets inside russia. i don't think much about vladimir . think much about vladimir putin. , , , , , ., putin. despite this put-down, there still— putin. despite this put-down, there still a _ putin. despite this put-down, there still a cautious - putin. despite this put-down, i there still a cautious approach and no official change in policy. and no official change in oli . , and no official change in oli _ , �* and no official change in oli. , ., policy. this wasn't a meeting about a particular _ policy. this wasn't a meeting | about a particular community, it wasn't why we got our heads down. it was to allow ourselves
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the space and time to have a strategic discussion.- strategic discussion. these long-range _ strategic discussion. these long-range missiles - strategic discussion. these long-range missiles are i strategic discussion. these long-range missiles are at| strategic discussion. these . long-range missiles are at the long—range missiles are at the heart of the talks. the uk already supply storm shadows to ukraine but only for use within the ukraine. the coming weeks could see that change with them being allowed to be fired into russia at military installations. some military observers say ukraine is justified in wanting to stop the attacks at the source. what the attacks at the source. what they have _ the attacks at the source. what they have is — the attacks at the source. what they have is some _ the attacks at the source. what they have is some may - the attacks at the source. what they have is some may get - the attacks at the source. brief they have is some may get loose and behind—the—scenes, you may see the us not object to the uk allowing storm shadows to go. you may see a shift in the us position, butjust not announce as a new policy. but the ukrainian frustration is palpable and justified. palpable and 'ustified. former uk palpable and 'ustified. former ux defence — palpable and justified. former uk defence secretary - palpable and justified. former uk defence secretary ben - uk defence secretary ben wallace said this. bill uk defence secretary ben wallace said this.- uk defence secretary ben wallace said this. all of that delay and — wallace said this. all of that delay and tug _ wallace said this. all of that delay and tug of— wallace said this. all of that delay and tug of war - wallace said this. all of that delay and tug of war favours russia — delay and tug of war favours russia and allows putin to
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insert _ russia and allows putin to insert in _ russia and allows putin to insert in the delay threats and new_ insert in the delay threats and new red — insert in the delay threats and new red lines and effort to divide _ new red lines and effort to divide and rule in the international community. the russian president _ international community. tie: russian president vladimir putin chaired a meeting of his security council yesterday. russia says it restrictions are lifted, that would be an attack ijy lifted, that would be an attack by nato on russia. meanwhile, the former president of russia has upped the rhetoric and he said what arrogant anglo—saxon words failed to admit is you can only test patients for so long. there is a delicate balance for the west, weighing up balance for the west, weighing up the effects of action against the effects of inaction. added to the mix is worrying evidence iran and north korea are supplying weapons to russia. president zelensky is begging for help from the west. translation: putin and his accomplices must feel all the problems that war
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brings. the war must become significantly harder for russia. , , ., , significantly harder for russia. , , ., russia. this is the reality of war in ukraine, _ russia. this is the reality of war in ukraine, country - war in ukraine, country desperate for ongoing help. its allies are working out what is the best way to do it. i've been speaking with michael bociurkiw. he's a global affairs analyst and a nonresident senior fellow at the atlantic council's eurasia centre. i asked him how likely it is that ukraine will eventually get permission to use long—range missiles. i believe it will happen. it will take some time. the british prime minister still needs to discuss further with european allies. i believe he's going to rome after the washington visit to consult with prime minister meloni. but, you know, this is very typical of what's been happening since the start of the war. the americans have been dragging theirfeet. the europeans, the british take the lead and the lead, and eventually the americans do, uh, act upon what what is requested.
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but, look, there should be no argument about the usefulness of these missiles for ukraine. they need to have the ability to strike deeper inside russia at the launch pads, where the missiles come into ukraine almost on a daily basis, because it isn't enough to have air defence systems to protect ukraine. ukraine needs the ability to strike at the source of the russian missiles. the united states and the uk won't be naive to that fact. so why delay? um, i think there is institutional resistance in the white house and the state department to this idea of giving ukraine the opportunity, the ability to strike inside russia. i think also, you know, there's there's succumbing to putin's bluffing that he will use nuclear weapons. uh, few of us in my circle believe he will. of course he could do something careless. they do have those operational nuclear power plant, for instance. they could use that to, for example, trigger some type of accident and that could cause a lot of damage not only to the ukrainians but to everybody. so, um, there again,
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succumbing to putin threats that i don't think he'll follow through on. obviously, we've got the american presidential election in a couple of months' time. how different might the approach to ukraine be if donald trump were to be re—elected? well, i think that's the rush on the part of the british prime minister and others to push the us to approve this. it's kind of future proofing ukraine. if a trump presidency gets in and, you know, it's hard to believe, but we got a hint of what the trump plan would be for ukraine. these are basically, these are basically kremlin talking points of a demilitarised zone, of allowing russia to keep what it's taken from ukraine of a peacekeeping force that is very ill defined. so, um, it doesn't look good for ukraine. i think mr trump will follow through on his threat or his promise rather to, uh, make a deal with putin in the first few hours of
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his presidency, if not before. and that definitely will not be in ukraine's favour. 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 is under water and thousands of people are short of food and shelter. ? the floods follow the collapse of a dam during heavy rainfall this week. ? azeezat olaoluwa has the latest from maiduguri. the damage is very extensive and the state governor, babagana zulum, told me that the extent of it cannot be shouldered alone by the state government that is beyond human imagination. about two million people are said to be affected, and hundreds of thousands of people are already settled in forced settlement camps. and the state government has also set up about 20 schools as temporary shelters for more displaced persons.
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they are expecting. i am inside the state specialist hospital, where the nigerian red cross, alongside other agencies, have brought some flood victims and they are currently receiving treatment. they told me that they are currently carrying out an assessment of the situation in orderfor them to be able to better understand how to support these people. they say they are carrying out a sensitisation because there are fears that there may be an outbreak of water borne diseases like cholera after the waters have receded and that is happening in some areas, but some other parts of the capital are still pretty much flooded and people are still stuck. i've seen people, you know, stranded on the rooftops of their houses because they have been submerged in water, and these people went on for days without food and access to clean water as well. and water sources have now been contaminated because the sewers have collapsed due to the severity of the deluge in the capital. the authorities are saying that all hands are on deck. the national government is also involved. international aid agencies are also involved. schools have been shut
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and they will not open until two weeks' time in order for the authorities to better manage the situation. about 30 people are estimated to have died, although there are no official figures yet. severe flooding has hit myanmar after typhoon yagi, with more than 230,000 people forced to flee their homes, according to officials. the country's military has called for foreign aid to help cope. michael bristow has more. the burmese military has become isolated from the outside world since it seized power three years ago. but such is the extent of the flooding in myanmar and it's now appealing for outside help. images show burmese people rescuing what they can, including livestock from the rising water. it's terrible to experience flooding because we cannot live our lives well when it happens. it can be ok for people who have money, but for the people who have to work day to day
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for their meals, it's not ok at all. so i'm afraid of the floods. heavy rain has also caused the mekong river to break its banks, causing flooding in areas of northern thailand and across the border in laos. typhoon yagi was the most powerful storm in asia this year. its after—effects has still been felt. michael bristow, bbc news. now it's time for a look at today's sport with chetan pathak. hello from the bbc sport centre. the international break is over, the english premier league is back and with the early game between southampton and manchester united already underway. having lost two of their first three games, united are already under pressure — can ill afford a slip up at newly promoted southampton who are yet to register a point. united in front. that came after southampton missed a
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penalty, the spot kick miss. who says it's been a collect the ffort. who says it's been a collect the spot. who says it's been a collect the spot kick marcus rashford has added a penalty, the spot kick miss. marcus rashford has added a second, so they are in injury penalty, the spot kick miss. marcus rashford ha indded a penalty, the spot kick miss. marcus rashford ha in injuryi second, so they are in injury time. 2—0 up. time. 2—0 up. the top two play later the top two play later with liverpool at home with liverpool at home to nottingham forest, whilst the champions manchester to nottingham forest, whilst the champions manchester city are taking on brentford. city are taking on brentford. city will be hoping to maintain city will be hoping to maintain their hundred percent their hundred percent start to the season, start to the season, but manager pep guardiola is wary of the visitors, but manager pep guardiola is wary of the visitors, who were the last side to beat who were the last side to beat them at home nearly them at home nearly two years ago. two years ago. i do remember against i do remember against a thomas frank team, a thomas frank team, a person i admire unbelievable. a person i admire unbelievable. a collective effort. i don't remember easy game i don't remember easy game against brentford, never, ever. against brentford, never, ever. since they were promoted, since they were promoted, i don't remember. i don't remember. always tough here and always tough here and there, so no exception. the other team who've taken maximum points from their opening three games are liverpool — who face nottingham forest later as i said. their unbeaten start has been built on a solid defence — there, so no exception. three clean sheets from three for manager arne slot — who says it's been
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ireland will be taking on australia, scotland against fiji. also in the next hour or so, a clash between the world's number one team england, and the world champions new zealand at twickenham. england warmed up for that one with victory over france last weekend, continuing their 16—game winning run but saturday's match promises to be a far tougher prospect. new zealand were the last side to beat england, securing a dramatic victory at their home world cup in 2022. qualifying for this weekend's azerbaijan grand prix has begun in baku. earlier, mercedes driver george russell narrowly outpaced ferrari's charles leclerc to record the fastest time in final practice. russell was just 0.013 seconds quicker than the ferrari. the mclarens of lando norris and oscar piastri third and fourth ahead of red bull's max verstappen. george russell narrowly ahead.
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max verstappen has work to do. in tennis, britain's sonay kartal is set for a new career—high ranking after reaching herfirst wta tour semi—final. the 22—year—old beat ukraine's yuliia starodubtseva at the jasmin open in tunisia to set up a meeting with germany's eva lys in the last four. brighton's kartal, the british number four, reached the third round of wimbledon earlier this year and her run in monastir means she will move inside the world's top 130. it is half time out southampton, they trail to— zero. i will have more sport later. the trailblazing ballerina michaela deprince has died at the age of 29. a family statement said she was an "inspiration to everyone who heard her story". who heard her story". deprince was born during deprince was born during sierra leone's civil war, sierra leone's civil war, which took the lives which took the lives of both her parents. of both her parents. she was taken to the us she was taken to the us as a four—year old where her as a four—year old where her adopted family nurtured her adopted family nurtured her love of ballet. love of ballet. she became the youngest she became the youngest ever principal dancer ever principal dancer
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at the dance theatre of harlem at the dance theatre of harlem and worked with the dutch and worked with the dutch national ballet before joining national ballet before joining the prestigious boston ballet. the prestigious boston ballet. she spent much of her career she spent much of her career promoting the inclusion promoting the inclusion of black dancers in ballet. of black dancers in ballet. she also starred in tv show she also starred in tv show dancing with the stars dancing with the stars and beyonce's lemonade and beyonce's lemonade music video album. music video album. the fallout of tuesday's the fallout of tuesday's us presidential debate between donald trump and kahmala harris is still being unpicked. us presidential debate but when will we know how and but when will we know how and if it affected voters opinion? if it affected voters opinion? anthony salvanto is anthony salvanto is polling director at our us polling director at our us news partners, cbs. news partners, cbs. if you look at media debates, you have mentioned there have been times when you saw
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of the question is, how many of those already watching to be moved in one direction, and frankly that number is very small. we will see, but that is the context. 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?
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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
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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. before we go, let's leave you with these pictures. this is drifter — ostensibly an indoor cat — being rescued after getting trapped in a sewer for nearly eight weeks. the three—year—old tabby went missing from his home in northeastern minnesota city in mid—july.
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he's now safe at home — and expected to make a full recovery. how many of his nine lives has that cut used up? just a reminder, all of our top stories are on the bbc news website, and the bbc news app. stay here on bbc news. 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.
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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
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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.
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this is bbc news. the headlines: the funeral for olympic athlete rebecca cheptegei is being held in uganda. she was killed after being set on fire by a former boyfriend. local leaders praise herfor inspiring children in the area to join athletics programmes. a former senior us official tells the bbc president's zelensky�*s frustration over the use of long range missile against russia is 'palpable and justified'. kurt volker was speaking after us and uk leaders wrap up talks in washington with no public sign of changing their policy over ukraine.
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two us astronauts stranded in space for eight months have said it was hard to watch their malfunctioning craft depart the international space station without them , but they were happy and trained to "expect the unexpected". they have been speaking for the first time about the challenges of living in space. now on bbc news — talking movies: festival review. hello from the telluride film festival in colorado's rocky mountains. i'm tom brook. in today's programme, our talking movies festival review special.
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