elections are pushed back two years. thousands of people have attended the funeral for ugandan olympic athlete, rebecca cheptegei, who was killed by a former boyfriend this month. the service was in her family's home town, bukwo. she received 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. rebecca cheptegei's 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 and uganda. herformer partner has since died of his injuries. our correspondent

anne soy has more rebecca cheptegei was a much loved member of this community, military workers say farewell to rebecca cheptegei. back in her home she fell victim to domestic violence. thousands of local residents turned out for the funeral. they said rebecca was a much—loved member of the community and who inspired many children to take up athletics. she died in kenya after her former boyfriends poured petrol on her and set her on fire. we are guilty _ on her and set her on fire. we are guilty as _ on her and set her on fire. - are guilty as governments but also the community is guilty. it is not know even in the local community that rebecca was facing family problems.

domestic violence is endemic in the community where she lived so many are hoping her death will mark the beginning of the end of this so elite athletes like her and women in general will feel safe in their homes. we have a right to live and no one has a right to take someone's life or daughter, someone's life or daughter, someone whose family depends on. president zelensky has again stressed ukraine needs more long—range weapons and air defence capabilities. his remarks came after sir keir starmer and joe biden held talks on whether to permit ukraine to use western weapons against targets inside russia — but didn't announce a change in policy. the former us special representative for ukraine negotiations, kurt volker, says any change to missile policy might not be made public: (tx sot policy might not be made public:

some of this may get loosened up behind the scenes, you may see the us not object to the uk allowing storm shadows to go and you may see some shift in us position but just not announced as some sort of new policy. but ukrainian frustrations are palpable and i think it's justified. meanwhile, nato�*s highest military authorities have been meeting in prague, for the annual military committee conference. the final conclusion of the committee is always the highest military recommendation for the political leaders of the alliance. i spoke with admiral rob bauer, the chair of the nato military committee, about the meetings. one more development on the war between russia and ukraine — the two have exchanged prisoners of war — with mediation from the united arab emirates. the russian defence ministry said its freed servicemen were currently in belarus and receiving help. uae state media said 103 prisoners from each side were handed over and that it was abu dhabi's eighth such mediation. on friday ukraine said it had

received a further 49 captives from russia — they included former defenders of the now ruined city of mariupol. let's speak to an adviser to the minister of strategic industries of ukraine, yuriy sak. thank you forjoining us on the programme. just talk us through the big picture request from ukraine to be able to use some long—range missiles provided by western countries inside russia. what do you make of the fact there isn't much progress in terms of that permission from the us and the uk? good evenina. from the us and the uk? good evening- it _ from the us and the uk? good evening. it has _ from the us and the uk? good evening. it has been _ from the us and the uk? good evening. it has been the - from the us and the uk? good evening. it has been the case | evening. it has been the case with pretty much every weapon system that we have been requesting from our western partners and of course at this stage of the aggression of the war, we need long—range capabilities because ukraine

has constantly and relentlessly attacked —— been attacked. last night we were attacked by more than 70 iranians drones launched by russia. to be able i was listening to an interview with the former hea to �* caa i was listening to an interview with the former hea to be .a i was listening to an interview with the former hea to be able launched by russia. to be able to receive long—range missiles to receive long—range missiles to receive long—range missiles to bib to strike russia and to receive long—range missiles to bib to strike russia and destroy their airfields and destroy their airfields and launching pads, their launching pads, their ammunition, all of this will go ammunition, all of this will go towards degrading the war towards degrading the war machinery of russia used to machinery of russia used to terrorise ukrainian cities and terrorise ukrainian cities and kill ukrainian people and kill ukrainian people and continue the war. we hope as continue the war. we hope as was the case with other weapon was the case with other weapon systems that there will come a systems that there will come a time when western partners will time when western partners will reach a decision and allow reach a decision and allow ukraine to do what it's ukraine to do what it's entitled to do because it is entitled to do because it is our right to self—defence which our right to self—defence which is enshrined in un charter. i5 is enshrined in un charter. i5 is enshrined in un charter. is there a feeling of frustration? is enshrined in un charter. is there a feeling of frustration? i was listening to an interview i was listening to an interview

with the former head of caa with the former head of caa who said russia could pre—empt this decision by moving some targets further away from its border with ukraine. this might comes too late for ukraine.

with ukraine. this might comes too late for uk war. with ukraine. this might comes too late for uk war against of winning this war against russia? how effective with this policy be for your country? winning this war of course will consist in the end on the one hand our military operations and we are, for example our kursk operation resulted in the possibility of us replenishing our exchange of prisoners of war and we have successfully returned today 103 ukrainian war heroes, yesterday 49. militarily is one thing, the diplomatic front is the other important front where our diplomats are on a daily basis trying to impose pressure on russia to make it unsustainable to continue the war. it's not any one simple or single factor that will determine the outcome of the war but taken together

and permission to use long—range weapons will be an important factor to bring us closer to our victory.- closer to our victory. thank ou. at least four people have been killed and thousands of homes damaged in romania as heavy rainfall caused floods in eastern parts of the country. authorities are creating displacement camps and sending emergency aid to those forced to evacuate their homes. poland and the czech republic have also been affected by the rain, part of cyclone boris. let's speak to our warsaw correspondent, adam easton. thank you forjoining us on the programme. talk us through the impact of the cyclone across the region. impact of the cyclone across the region-— impact of the cyclone across the region. impact of the cyclone across the reaion.~ ., ., , the region. what the cyclone is doinu is the region. what the cyclone is doing is causing _ the region. what the cyclone is doing is causing extreme - the region. what the cyclone isj doing is causing extreme heavy rainfall which is leading to dangerously high river levels, water levels in the rivers across the region, many have

burst their banks and that is causing flooding in many countries particularly as you mentioned in romania where four people have been found dead in the east of the country by the danube delta, 5000 homes have been damaged in the flooding and the remaining authorities have as you said to set up displacement camps to provide blankets and food for people forced to evacuate their homes. in romania and in the czech republic, the floods have caused tens of thousands of people to lose power, they have no power at the moment and it's disrupting transport in the czech republic and in poland and the worst could be yet to come because donald tusk, the prime minister, he is visiting the worst affected areas in southern poland which borders

the czech republic and he says is going to be a critical night for mobilisation —— full mobilisation is required because the rainfall is expected to continue and the river levels are expected to get higher and more river banks are expected to be breached and the flooding is expected to be worse. what the authorities across the region are saying is please co—operate with the emergency services when they ask you to evacuate, which is obviously a very difficult decision for people to make, they say please co—operate and evacuate because the most important thing is the romanian prime minister said, is to prevent more deaths because we have seen many deaths from flooding in central and eastern europe and many people are saying the rainfall and river levels remind them of the

massive floods in central europe in 97 when more than 100 people died in the czech republic and poland due to extremely heavy rainfall. find extremely heavy rainfall. and how much — extremely heavy rainfall. and how much help _ extremely heavy rainfall. and how much help is _ extremely heavy rainfall. and how much help is coming to the people in the region there? all they need help from other eu countries for example? at they need help from other eu countries for example? at the moment it's — countries for example? at the moment it's just _ countries for example? at the moment it's just the - countries for example? at the moment it'sjust the nationall moment it's just the national authorities dealing with co—ordinating their own responses in each individual country and if there were to be an extreme situation in any one particular country then of course there could be some sort of european union or group of alliance to respond to help the worst affected areas. at the moment, people arejust worst affected areas. at the moment, people are just telling residents to co—operate with

the emergency services and one good thing at least is although these occurrences of rainfall and flooding becoming more and more frequent, one thing is it means many countries who have experienced it in the past have invested millions in a flood protection, dams and things like that so many countries are actually in a better position to deal with this flooding and rainfall than they were in recent years. the government of south sudan is holding an emergency cabinet south sudan's cabinet has endorsed a two—year extension of the transitional government, which means national elections will be delayed. the polls were due to take place this december. president salva kiir�*s office said the election delay was necessary in order to complete essential tasks, including writing a new constitution. some south sudanese see the postponement as further evidence of a political elite being reluctant

to give up power. they put out this statement saying simply the country is not ready to hold these elections in december, there is too much work to be done including something to do with getting the new constitution ready but also lots of electoral reform needed, registration of political parties and getting a vote sorted out so a lot of work to be done. but this is not the first postponement of elections and as you say, there many people including some in south sudan saying we've got a president who has effectively been in power since 2005 and the country became independent in 2011 and quickly went into civil war for five years and after that, he has then used postponement is to stay in power and there's this arrangement where is former fellow is one of his vice presidents so there are accusations that by kicking the elections down the road further, these politicians, we are notjust talking about those two but the entire

political elite, remain in power. this is a country that is oil rich and there is a lot of concern about the fact that oil money is not getting to the people of south sudan. so although some people will say we don't want to rock the boat, it is a fragile country, maybe it is best to postpone the elections, there are those who will say this is for the benefit of the politicians. and what happens in terms of the security situation in south sudan? the civil war ended a few years ago but there is still quite a fragile peace. what implications have on the security situation? is hard to say when there are rebel groups are still active, at least one rebel group towards the south

still active and may not take kindly to this announcement. things are relatively calm and we have to use a word relative because things have been so bad over the last ten, 15 years, that the chance of the peace agreement unravelling because of this is always going to be there. up until now, there has been a lot of pressure from the international community, south sudan came out of the civil war thanks to a lot of pressure from different countries pushing for the water and an they have held quite a lot of sway but at the moment was so much else going on in the world with conflict, even in neighbouring sudan with the war there, i think it's unlikely there will be a lot of international pressure on politicians to change their decision about this postponement of the election. and imagine the conflict in neighbouring sudan. we want to point

viewers to situation let's speak to edmund yakani, executive director at the community empowerment for progress organisation. thank you forjoining us. talk us through your reaction to this news from the cabinet in south sudan.— south sudan. thank you. my reaction is — south sudan. thank you. my reaction is disappointment, | reaction is disappointment, it's an extension for the suffering of citizens. in this phase of the economic situation, flooding in the country, political instability in parts of the country and an extension of malpractices because they are in a transition process where citizens have no power to hold

them accountable. mps are working with thousands of dollars of medical allowances, transporting, and why they've gone on for ten months without any salaries and have families now breaking down simply because of a lack of political commitment. so i don't think the big issue is they don't have money or time, they simply don't have the will and commitment to deliver the country from the current instability.— country from the current instability. country from the current instabili . , ., instability. lets power on with the interview _ instability. lets power on with the interview even _ instability. lets power on with the interview even though - instability. lets power on with j the interview even though line is freezing. the question is whether south sudan was ready to hold elections because in terms of bureaucracy and holding these elections, the elections were far behind any expectations and it would be impossible for december.

unfortunately it seems we have lost the line, we were speaking to a member of the civil society about the decision by the country's cabinets to postpone elections for december for another two years. more on that as soon as we get it. let's get an update ontyphoon yagi which has hit several asian countries. the typhoon has now caused severe flooding in myanmar with more than 230,000 people forced to leave their homes, according to officials. the country's military has called for foreign aid to help cope with the disaster. 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. translation: 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 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. hundreds of people have attended the funeral of the american—turkish activist, aysenur ezgi eygi who was shot dead last week by israeli troops in the occupied west bank. the ceremony has been taking place in her home district of didim, in western turkey with government officials, incuding the vice president, among the mourners. the israeli army says ms eygi was most likely accidentally

killed by its soldiers during a protest. turkey says it was an intentional killing and has requested arrest warrants for those to blame. and in zimbabwe, severe drought and food shortages have led authorities to announce they will cull 200 elephants. the meat from these elephants will be distributed to people struggling to feed themselves. neighbouring namibia also carried out a wildlife cull last month because of the drought. zimbabwe is home to an estimated 100,000 elephants — the second largest population in the world after botswana. the country's previous cull was more than 35 years ago. let's speak to adam cruise, a wildlife investigative journalist in cape town. thank you forjoining us in the programme. do you think the government policy here makes

sense? people are hungry and there is a drought. does it make sense to carl excess wildlife in order to feed them? absolutely not. this is unprecedented and this is the first time they've been culling in 30 years. they have been drafts since then. there is not an excess of elephants. there are around 50,000 in zimbabwe and these aren't contained tube zimbabwe, they are transboundary so they move between several countries. the cull is probably more to do with scoring political points, it's certainly the meat provided to people not going to be enough. besides, those people don't eat elephant meat. these are livestock herders

mainly affected by the drought. those people don't eat elephant meat. so if there is a drought relief programme, there are other ways of doing it. find relief programme, there are other ways of doing it. and do ou other ways of doing it. and do you think _ other ways of doing it. and do you think part _ other ways of doing it. and do you think part of— other ways of doing it. and do you think part of the - other ways of doing it. and do you think part of the issue - other ways of doing it. and do you think part of the issue is l you think part of the issue is the contest between wildlife and humans? if there is a drought there will be a shortage of veg vegetation and water. ., ., ., . water. human - animal conflict is a real thing. _ water. human - animal conflict is a real thing. these _ water. human - animal conflict is a real thing. these are - is a real thing. these are free—roaming elephants so they often come into human settlements and destroy crops and water sources but again, a cult of 200 elephants won't solve that problem at all. we are talking 50,000 elephants so it's hardly a dent. and culling them orjust make the surviving

elephants more aggressive so it will exacerbate the problem. and what you think can be done to convince the government not to convince the government not to do this? there is often pressure from conservation groups especially in western countries. do you think they are trying to get there zimbabwe and government and namibian government to change their policies? i namibian government to change their policies?— their policies? i don't think western countries - their policies? i don't think western countries should l their policies? i don't think i western countries should try their policies? i don't think - western countries should try to persuade zimbabwe and namibia, there's already animosity about western meddling. a country like any other example would probably be most suited. this is a country that protectors elephants above all else. it's also got a healthy population of elephants and does not cull them or allow trophy hunting of them. so a country like ken you could do well to say to zimbabwe, try something else. there are other means of

drought relief that we can achieve. . ~ drought relief that we can achieve-— drought relief that we can achieve. ., ~ , ., ., ., achieve. thank you for “oining us. tram drivers from across europe have gathered in frankfurt on saturday — to take part in the european tram driving championships. the drivers showcase their talents in a series of tests — including braking, starting and readying signs. each team consists of one male driver, one female driver and a team coach from the public transport company of a european city. as well as being entertaining — the organisers hope the contest will present tram driving as an attractive form of employment. 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 disappeared from his home in northeastern minnesota city in mid—july. he's now safe at home —

and expected to make a full recovery. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. well, we have had a chilly run of weather for the last few days for the time of year. we started off with a patch or two of frost, even into parts of east anglia saturday morning. but then plenty of sunshine for england and wales, and temperatures lifted to 20 in both east anglia and the south—east. for scotland and northern ireland though, all this cloud worked in, and that was associated with a weather front that brought outbreaks of rain and some quite strong gusts of wind into western areas of scotland, some rough seas there in tiree. now, the same area of low pressure is slow moving to the north of scotland. our weather front pushes the band of rain across into parts of northern england, north wales overnight — the rain quite patchy at times here.

a few showers for the north—west of scotland, staying dry towards the south where it's going to be quite cold. temperatures down to around four degrees in the coldest rural areas. for sunday, our weather front still with us across central portions of the uk. another one will begin to move into scotland through the day. so this band of rain, quite weak, quite light and patchy, really, through the day for northern england and north wales, not really moving very fast so it will be damp here. a band of heavier rain works its way from west to east across scotland with some sunshine following, and towards the south and east it should stay largely dry and sunny once again. temperatures here climbing to about 20 celsius, which is 68 in fahrenheit. heading into the start of the new week, we see an area of high pressure build right over the top of the uk, and this is going to bring quite a lengthy spell of dry and settled weather. now on monday, most areas will see sunshine from the word go, but there could be some cloud and a bit of drizzle left over from that weak weather front first thing in the south. that will clear away with time,

and then most of us will have a dry day. plenty of sunshine around, temperatures high teens to low 20s once again. perhaps a little bit cooler than that though, for the very far north of scotland. but as our area of high pressure re—orientates a little bit, we'll see some of the warmest air going into the mainland of scotland through tuesday, boosting the temperatures here. a chance for a few showers for the scottish islands for a time, but otherwise it's a fine day. any early morning mist and fog patches lifting with sunshine through most of the day. temperatures hitting about 22 in the warmest spots in scotland, otherwise about 18 to 21. feeling pleasant in that september sunshine, and there's more of that sunshine to come as we delve deeper into the week, with just a chance of a few showers developing later in the week across parts of england and wales.

this is bbc news, the headlines... we are guilty as government, but also the community's guilt. thousands of people turn out for the funeral of olympic athlete, rebecca cheptegei in uganda. she was killed by a former boyfriend, who had set her on fire. president zelensky again stresses ukraine's need for long range missiles to use against russia. his remarks come as president biden and sir keir starmer meet in washington, but make no announcement in policy changes for ukraine's use of western weapons.

sudan's cabinet endorse a two—year extension for the transitional government. the decision means decembers elections are postponed. romania is setting up camps for thousands of people forced from their homes by severe flooding. at least four people are dead. now on bbc news, it's sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday this saturday night, with me chetan pathak, coming up on the programme... a day to remember for nottingham forest and their fans at anfield — as liverpool are beaten for the first time this season. america on top — team usa hold off europe to maintain their lead at the solheim cup.

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