by herformer boyfriend. south sudan's cabinet endorses the extension of the transitional government. the decision pushed back elections for two years. hello, i'm catherine byaruhanga. large parts of central and eastern europe are under flood alert. at least four people are dead in romania. thousands of homes are destroyed and people displaced. and in the cezch republic, emergency services are desperately trying to find a car washed away by a flooded river. it's believed three people are inside. the rain, causesd by cyclone boris, has mainly hit the eastern part of romania. authorities are creating displacement camps and sending emergency aid to those forced to evacuate their homes. the cyclone rains have also hit several other

countries in the region — including the czech republic — where 38 locations have declared the highest flood alert. authorities there say the worst rainfall and flood risk should be experienced in the coming 2a to 48 hours. poland, too, has also experienced heavy rain. our correspondent in warsaw, adam easton, has the latest. well, what this cyclone is doing, catherine, is causing extremely heavy rainfall which is leading to dangerously high river levels — water levels in the rivers across the region. many rivers have burst their banks, and that's 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 river danube delta. 5,000 homes have been damaged in the flooding and the romanian authorities have, as you said, set up displacement camps and are providing

blankets and food for people who have been 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 haven't got power at the moment. and it's disrupting transport in the czech republic and in poland. and the worst could be yet to come, catherine, because donald tusk, the polish prime minister — where i'm talking to you from now — he's visiting the worst affected areas in southern poland, which borders the czech republic, and he says it's going to be a critical night. full mobilisation is required because these river levels are not at their highest. the rainfall is expected to continue and these river levels are expected to get higher and more river banks are expected to be breached and the flooding is expected to be worse.

but what the authorities across the region are saying is, "please, everyone, co—operate with the emergency services, and when they ask you to evacuate your homes" — which is obviously a very difficult decision for people to leave their homes — they say, "please co—operate and evacuate." because the most important thing, as the romanian prime minister said, touring the worst affected areas, is to prevent more deaths. because we have seen many deaths from flooding in central and eastern europe, and many people are saying the water they're seeing, the rainfall and river levels they're seeing, reminds them of the massive floods in central europe in �*97, for example. when more than 100 people died in the czech republic and poland due to extremely heavy rainfall. and that is adam easton speaking to us from poland. we will continue covering that

developing story. just go to our website for more on those floods in eastern europe. the us national security adviser, jake sullivan, says intense conversations are still taking place among western allies on whether to let ukraine attack russia with donated long range weapons. the subject was discussed on friday at a meeting between joe biden and keir starmer, but no conclusion was announced. ukraine's president zelensky expressed frustration after the meeting. but president biden�*s top security advisor has now insisted the issue is still on the agenda. jake sullivan spoke to a security conference in kyiv by video link. he said that president biden would use the rest of his term putting ukraine in the best possible position to prevail against russia. and i think having a conversation that puts all of the pieces together, what we can offer up and what we can support you train with, and then how ukraine looks at that

in the context of a strategy for diplomacy, that is what we hope to bring together at the end of this month in new york. and president biden at that point will still have four months left on his term, and he is determined to use those four months to put ukraine in the best possible position to prevail. meanwhile, nato 5 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. admiral rob bauer is the chair of the nato military committee. the chiefs of defence of nato talked about taking stock with regards to our readiness in relation to all the plans that were agreed last year in vilnius. however, if you look at this question from a military point of view, then it is logical from the ukrainian side to ask

for this permission. because basically, if you are attacked by a nation, then the aggressor can be attacked in its own nation in accordance with the un charter and in accordance with the law of armed conflict. so this militarily a logical thing to ask. it is actually the right thing to do militarily, because you want to basically prevent the attacker to continue to attack by basically ensuring that the logistics are not coming to the front — weapons, fuel, things like that. so if you are able to not only defend yourself against the arrows that are being fired at you but also attack the archer, that is militarily the right thing to do. and admiral, president putin has pre—empted any decision like this, saying that this would be a red line — that nato countries in particular would be fighting russia. this is a warning not for ukraine but for your member countries. do you believe him when he gives this warning?

what would you say to people in your countries who would be worried about an escalation in this conflict? i think this shows that the russians are not achieving any of the strategic goals they want to achieve in ukraine. so i think they are frustrated, they are angry with their poor performance in itself there. and therefore, they are talking to us when they see that other nations, including nato allies, are helping ukraine — there's 50 nations that do this since 2022. and of course, it's not helping them if we help ukraine. so this is their frustration and their way to talk to us about this. what nato does is nothing else than basically help ukraine in accordance with the un charter and international law. and admiral, where do you go from here? this would be a big step forward in terms of western commitment towards ukraine.

if it doesn't work, what more will you do when it stops stopping the russian forces in ukraine? how much further are you able to go from here? the decision in washington set up this command in germany, is to make sure the coordination of training has being done by nato, the coordination of all requirements that ukraine has are reaching ukraine, including logistics to the border, and working with the ukrainians on the future armed forces. that is the command, what we are going to do. and the discussions were about how we are moving towards the set—up to make sure the command becomes operational as soon as possible. one more development on the war between russia and ukraine — the countries have

exchanged prisoners of war, a move mediated by 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. yuriy sak is adviser to the minister of strategic industries of ukraine. now, 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 or this war, we need long—range capabilities because ukraine has constantly and relentlessly being attacked.

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

late for ukraine. there are still, according to our information, numerous military objects within the reach of the long—range missiles that we received from our partners, such as the storm shadow missiles from the uk and scalp missiles from the french, and of course if we get that permission, it will only be easierfor us to disrupt the logistics of the aggression and be more difficult for them to amass more weapons to attack ukraine with. of course, we always say such permissions are a bit overdue and the sooner we get them the better, but we have to make do with what we have and we hope that decision will still come and we will make the most of it. but how much does it help ukraine in terms of winning this war against russia? how effective would this policy be for your country? winning this war, of course —

will consist in the end on the one hand our military operations, and 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 heroes — yesterday 49. militarily is one thing, the diplomatic front is another important front where our diplomats are on a daily basis trying to impose pressure on russia to make it unsustainable, to make this war unsustainable for russia. 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.

that was yuriy sak. let's turn to uganda. thousands of people have attended the funeral for ugandan 0lympic athlete, rebecca cheptegei, who was killed by a former boyfriend. the service was in her family's home town, bukwo. 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. 0ur correspondent, anne soy, has more full military honours as uganda bid farewell to one of its finest ambassadors. sergeant rebecca cheptegei flew her country's flag high across the world in long—distance races. but back in her home, she fell victim to domestic violence. thousands of local residents here turned up for the funeral.

they said rebecca was a much—loved member of this bukwo committee, and who inspired many children to take up athletics. she died in neighbouring kenya after herformer boyfriend poured petrol on her and set her on fire. we are guilty as a government, but also the community is guilty. it is not true that we did not know, even in the local community, that rebecca was facing family problems. domestic violence is endemic in the community where rebecca lived, and so many people are hoping that her death will mark the beginning of the end of this vice so that elite athletes like her and women generally will feel safe in their homes. we have a right to live, and no—one has a right to take over someone's life — someone's daughter, someone who the family depends on. local leaders here say they will name a road and a sports venue in her honour. anne soy, bbc news.

we also want to take you to lima in peru. these are live pictures that we have coming in from the city where the funeral is being held for the country's former president. alberto fujimori. he was criticised for his human rights record in peru. his daughter said his father was finally free from those who had persecuted him. life pictures coming in from peru and the funeral of fujimori, former president of the country.

hello — a busy saturday of sport. let's look at the football first and the premier league, because liverpool's perfect start to the season has been halted by nottingham forest, who beat them at anfield — the first time they've won there since 1969. substitute callum huson—0doyi was the only scorer with a lovely curling goal. the win moves forest — who are unbeaten — are up to 4th. we know it's massive. since the final whistle, you could tell everyone's emotions, i think. we're happy with it now. the fans were amazing. you heard them throughout the whole game. they were buzzing, they were delighted. the morale from everybody — the whole club, the fans, is up. we are going to keep going, keep working hard on everything so that next week we hopefully do it as well. liverpool stay second behind manchester city, who managed to maintain their 100% record so far. this time with a 2—1 victory over brentford in which erling haaland just

missed—out on a third successive hat—trick. but city's manager was impressed with brentford's fight. i'm a big fan. a big fan of brentford and how they do for many years. they play long balls but they have an ability to play the keeper and make incredible build—ups. they have the speed the set pieces. it's incredibly well managed and that is why i give a lot of credit to my players. i prefer in that period to win in that way. we need that. manchester united are back to winning ways with a much needed 3—0 victory at southampton and some relief for manager erik ten hag — although they would have been a goal down if goalie andre 0nana hadn't saved a penalty. summer signing matthijs de ligt scored his first goal before marcus rashford and alejandro garnacho got the others. elsewhere — everton stay

bottom without a win after losing to aston villa. and then in the late game — chelsea have just kicked off against bournemouth — it is still goalless. bournemouth missed a penalty. next, to the biggest team competition in women's golf — the solheim cup. it's day two and europe are still well behind the hosts the usa heading to the end of play in virginia. after starting the day 6—2 up, the morning session was drawn so the scores were 8—1; going into the fourballs. the latest from virginia is — the usa are up in 2, tied in 1 and down in 1. so lots to do for europe in the singles tomorrow if they have a hope of retaining the trophy. rory mcilroy will take a one shot lead into the final round of the irish 0pen. the four time major winner started with an eagle and went on to make birdies at the seventh and thirteenth to edge ahead of italy's matteo manassero. mcilroy�*s on 6 under overall, with a group of four players —

including england'sjordan smith and scotland's robert macintyre — three shots further back. formula 1's title race has swung back in favour of championship leader max verstappen after lando norris suffered bad luck in qualifying for the azerbaijan grand prix. the briton is 62 points behind verstappen with eight races to go. on his final lap in the first session, norris had to back off after seeing a yellow warning flag and ended up 17th. he's been moved up a place after another driver — gasly — was later disqualified, but verstappen is sixth on grid and likely to increase his championship lead. ferrari's charles will start from pole year in baku in a row. finally rugby union and england's women have beaten the world champions. new zealand at twickenham at the newly renamed allianz stadium. they scored four tries in the 2a points to 12 victory. elswhere, ireland beat australia and scotland thrashed fiji. and that's all the sport for now. 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. edmund yakani is the executive director at the community empowerment for progress 0rganisation — he gave us his reaction. my reaction is an extension to further suffering of the citizens in this phase of the pressing economic situation, flooding in the country, political instability in some parts of the country and as an extension of practices that some of our leaders are really enjoying. they are in a transitional process where the citizen has no power

to hold them to account. mps are working away with thousands of dollars in terms of medical allowances, transform refund. why civil servants have gone for ten months without any salaries? and they have families that are now breaking down simply because of a lack of political will and political commitment from the top leadership of the country, so i do not think the big issue is they do not have money or time. simply they do not have the will and commitment to deliver the country from the current political instability. 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". deprince was born during sierra leone's civil war, which took the lives of both her parents. she was taken to the us

as a four—year—old, where her adopted family nurtured her love of ballet. she became the youngest ever principal dancer at the dance theatre of harlem and worked with the dutch national ballet before joining the prestigious boston ballet. she spent much of her career promoting the inclusion of black dancers in ballet. she also starred in tv show dancing with the stars and beyonce's lemonade music video album. she was only 29 years old. this was announced on her instagram page last night with this beautiful picture, and the caption read, "her life was one that was defined by grace, purpose and strength, her unwavering commitment to her art, her humanitarian efforts and her courage in overcoming unimaginable challenges will forever inspire us. though her time with us was far too

brief, her brilliance and legacy will continue to shine in the hearts of all who were touched by her story for generations to come." as you said, she really was a trailblazer in making history at the dance theatre of harlem before moving to the netherlands to dance with the dutch national ballet. back in 2017, she actually spoke to our very own stephen sackur here on hardtalk. let's have a listen to that interview. i think it is very important for people not to forget about the struggles they have been through, because it creates who you are. and if i did not go through those things, i wouldn't be as strong as i am today. because i go through horrible things everything a day in my dance career, and people say things to me that maybe i would cry about. but it doesn't necessarily faze me any more because of the things

i have been said to before. you can use the things you have been through to connect with the audience, and that is what art is and that is what makes us so passionate. it means it's sometimes hard, but at the same time you have got to have the same support system, the right people who can help bring you back into reality. and in addition to that stellar dance career, she also wrote a number of books, including a memoir reflecting on her early childhood in sierra leone. as we had in that interview as well, she really dedicated so much of her time really advocating for black ballet dancers in the us. no cause of death has been reported, but it is such a sad loss for the ballet and greater arts world. catherine. the life and legacy of the ballerino there. france has bid a final farewell to the paris 0lympics — with a parade on the champs—elysees followed by a concert featuring artists from the opening and closing ceremonies. the final event of an acclaimed summer of sport saw tens

of thousands of fans gather on the french capital's most famous avenue. president emmanuel macron is set to decorate many of the medal winners with the country's top civilian awards. you are watching bbc news. stay with us, we will drag after this short break. 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. 0ur 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 is 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... central and eastern europe is under a major flood alert. romania is setting up camps for thousands of people forced from their homes. at least four people are dead. we are guilty as government, but also the community's guilty. a funeral has been held in eastern uganda for the olympic athlete rebecca cheptegei, who was set on fire and killed by a former boyfriend. the us national security

advisor says intense discussions are continuing on whether to allow ukraine to fire western long—range missiles at russia. the subject was discussed betweenjoe biden and keir starmer but no conclusion was announced. ukraine's president zelensky expressed frustration after the meeting. south sudan's cabinet endorses a two—year extension for the transitional government. the decision means december�*s elections are postponed. hello, welcome to bbc news. the liberal democrats leader, sir ed davey, has told his party's conference that people are absolutely ecstatic after the party won 72 westminster seats injuly�*s general election. as the conference opened, sir ed made a typically unusal entry — riding in on a jet ski before speaking to waiting media. at the conference centre, chief whip wendy chamberlain

laid out the party's desire to push for changes to parliamentary procedures so the lib dems could have more influence as the third largest bloc in the commons. we can cross live now to our political correspondent damian grammaticas who is at the party conference in brighton. evening from brighton. ed davey riding on a jet ski, he is repeating what he did in the election campaign but now, a big difference, he is one of 72 liberal democrat mps, and as you can imagine, delight hair, pretty upbeat mood, it is the first time they have had the number of mps and years and years and years. one of those new mps is we've had a sort of big event this evening, 72 new mps on stage, ed davey was there, lots of glitter and

fanfare, how does it feel to be one of them?— one of them? oh, it is incredible. _ one of them? oh, it is incredible. i— one of them? oh, it is incredible. i have - one of them? oh, it is| incredible. i have been one of them? oh, it is - incredible. i have been coming to these — incredible. i have been coming to these conferences for 15 years — to these conferences for 15 years i_ to these conferences for 15 years i don't think we have ever— years i don't think we have ever had _ years i don't think we have ever had excitement like this at a — ever had excitement like this at a conference before. it is a real_ at a conference before. it is a real celebratory mood. we did a lot of— real celebratory mood. we did a lot of celebrating over the summer but it is the first time we have — summer but it is the first time we have been out to see people all of— we have been out to see people all of the — we have been out to see people all of the country, people we have — all of the country, people we have met _ all of the country, people we have met over the years, and -et have met over the years, and gel to— have met over the years, and get to celebrate in one your election. _ get to celebrate in one your election, you had a deficit the previous— election, you had a deficit the previous time, 600 odd votes behind — previous time, 600 odd votes behind the conservatives, he turned — behind the conservatives, he turned that into an 8000 majority, what do you think it was _ majority, what do you think it was that— majority, what do you think it was that delivered that success in what — was that delivered that success in what you have to do now to ensure — in what you have to do now to ensure you _ in what you have to do now to ensure you hold onto your seat? a lot _ ensure you hold onto your seat? a lot of — ensure you hold onto your seat? a lot of hard work, i was a candidate, knocking on doors, speaking to hundreds of thousands of people, lots of leaflets, if you live in liberal democrat constituency, you know you will get our message through the letterbox. the issues that led from the

front, where the right ones, the nhs, no matter how you interact with nhs or social care, it is coming up on the doorstep quite frequently. i have a local river that i live by, we have talked about the impact on the local river and the cost of living crisis. 50. the cost of living crisis. so, call liberal _ the cost of living crisis. so, call liberal democrat - the cost of living crisis. srr, call liberal democrat themes but now we see the situation, the nhs, we hear this week a report saying it is on its knees. ed davey says he wants more money for the nhs, the government says it needs to be reforms. ~ ., ., ., , reforms. we are going to be open-minded _ reforms. we are going to be open-minded by _ reforms. we are going to be open-minded by reforms . reforms. we are going to be l open-minded by reforms that open—minded by reforms that they— open—minded by reforms that they suggest but if they are saying _ they suggest but if they are saying it is going to be reforms instead of money, we think— reforms instead of money, we think they— reforms instead of money, we think they are making a mistake because — think they are making a mistake because clearly the nhs needs investment. if we need barred bets. — investment. if we need barred bets. that _ investment. if we need barred bets, that will cost money, if we need _ bets, that will cost money, if we need more staff, that will cost — we need more staff, that will cost money. if we are going to fix the — cost money. if we are going to fix the nhs, we also need the investment. in our manifesto, we set — investment. in our manifesto, we set out _ investment. in our manifesto, we set out a bunch of ideas about — we set out a bunch of ideas about how we can pay for that

investment. and if you invest investment. and if you invest in the — investment. and if you invest in the nhs, you get a return on that— in the nhs, you get a return on that investment over the long run and — that investment over the long run and that needs to be heard more _ run and that needs to be heard more as— run and that needs to be heard more as well, it is not always about— more as well, it is not always about saving a penny today to cost _ about saving a penny today to cost you — about saving a penny today to cost you a _ about saving a penny today to cost you a pound tomorrow. if you do — cost you a pound tomorrow. if you do say— cost you a pound tomorrow. if you do say that pound tomorrow, you do say that pound tomorrow, you can _ you do say that pound tomorrow, you can sell — you do say that pound tomorrow, you can sell it for next week. the — you can sell it for next week. the government is saying money has been going on for years in the nhs, the budgets have been growing, reforms we have to happen otherwise this is not going to change, it isn't go to adapt. going to change, it isn't go to ada t. ~ ., ., going to change, it isn't go to adat. ~ ., ., ., , adapt. we have had reforms before, adapt. we have had reforms before. i— adapt. we have had reforms before, i am _ adapt. we have had reforms before, i am sure _ adapt. we have had reforms before, i am sure we - adapt. we have had reforms before, i am sure we will. adapt. we have had reforms| before, i am sure we will see reforms _ before, i am sure we will see reforms again but the point is our nhs — reforms again but the point is our nhs is changing what it has to deal— our nhs is changing what it has to deal with as well, we have an ageing _ to deal with as well, we have an ageing population, a lot more — an ageing population, a lot more people are needing services in a more complex way well— services in a more complex way well into— services in a more complex way well into their elder years now. _ well into their elder years now, and also we have these public — now, and also we have these public health issues that feed into the — public health issues that feed into the nhs as well, and we have — into the nhs as well, and we have done really silly things like cut— have done really silly things like cut the public health grant _ like cut the public health grant which tackles things like obesity, — grant which tackles things like obesity, to stop people turning up obesity, to stop people turning up at _ obesity, to stop people turning up at the — obesity, to stop people turning up at the nhs with those problems in the first place.

and — problems in the first place. and we _ problems in the first place. and we are saying if you keep the investment in those things, you can — the investment in those things, you can reduce the queue going on the — you can reduce the queue going on the front door. you you can reduce the queue going on the front door.— on the front door. you have a particular _ on the front door. you have a particular interest _ on the front door. you have a particular interest tied - on the front door. you have a particular interest tied to - particular interest tied to your own story. for a time, you were raised by your grandparents because your mother and father were working hard and found it difficult raising a family, is that right? that is an interest that you are wanting to push, this issue of family carers taking on family members, what is it you are wanting to achieve now as an mp?— you are wanting to achieve now as an mp? karen has been a big theme of our— as an mp? karen has been a big theme of our campaign - as an mp? karen has been a big theme of our campaign and - as an mp? karen has been a big theme of our campaign and we | theme of our campaign and we talka— theme of our campaign and we talk a lot— theme of our campaign and we talk a lot of different types of carers. yes, there are the paid — of carers. yes, there are the paid carers— of carers. yes, there are the paid carers that look after people _ paid carers that look after people and also unpaid carers, and there _ people and also unpaid carers, and there is also something called — and there is also something called kinship care and that is where — called kinship care and that is where family takes on family, so not — where family takes on family, so not the birth families but it might _ so not the birth families but it might be aunts, uncles, in my case _ it might be aunts, uncles, in my case it _ it might be aunts, uncles, in my case it was grandparents, but they— my case it was grandparents, but they don't have many defined _ but they don't have many defined rites in the uk. first of all. — defined rites in the uk. first of all. we _ defined rites in the uk. first of all, we are calling for a definition of kinship care to id definition of kinship care to go into— definition of kinship care to go into law and we are calling for them _

go into law and we are calling for them to have similar rights to people _ for them to have similar rights to people like foster carers, so having _ to people like foster carers, so having an allowance per week and getting paid leave from work— and getting paid leave from work so _ and getting paid leave from work so they can get paid respite _ work so they can get paid respite as well, recognising that— respite as well, recognising that family that are stepping up that family that are stepping up and — that family that are stepping up and taking on children deserve _ up and taking on children deserve support as well. your grandparents. _ deserve support as well. your grandparents, what _ deserve support as well. lj’f7l.“ grandparents, what difference would that have made? what sacrifices did they make in your case that they could have benefited from help with? we never went — benefited from help with? we never went through any legal process— never went through any legal process so it was always an informal _ process so it was always an informal relationship, it was tough — informal relationship, it was tough for them, my grandparents were _ tough for them, my grandparents were in— tough for them, my grandparents were in a — tough for them, my grandparents were in a council home on a basic— were in a council home on a basic state _ were in a council home on a basic state pension and had a hungry— basic state pension and had a hungry teenager to feed and rise. — hungry teenager to feed and rise. and _ hungry teenager to feed and rise, and it would have been great — rise, and it would have been great if— rise, and it would have been great if they had better support the local authority but also in — support the local authority but also in terms of funding and the opportunity to engage me, things— the opportunity to engage me, things like mental health services. people will require that— services. people will require that later on in life if they io that later on in life if they go through an experience like that, — go through an experience like that, being separated from their— that, being separated from their family. that, being separated from theirfamily. so that, being separated from their family. so we are calling for that— their family. so we are calling for that to _ their family. so we are calling for that to be recognised. good luck with your _ for that to be recognised. good luck with your campaign - for that to be recognised. good luck with your campaign and i luck with your campaign and thank you for taking the time

tojoin us. we will be hearing much more over the next few days. tomorrow, lib dems leader ed davey will be laying out what he wants to do about with the nhs. that was damien at the lib dems conference in brighton. government analysis suggests that over three quarters of a million pensioners in england and wales who should be eligible for the winter fuel payment will lose it because they may not apply for benefits they're entitled to. their research also indicates that seven out of ten pensioners with a disability would lose the payment. ministers say they have to target support to those who need it most. here's our business correspondent, marc ashdown. since 1997, the winter fuel allowance has been a lifeline for many pensioners. anyone aged over 66 gets £200 a year, £300 for those over 80 to help towards paying their energy bills every winter. sandra lives alone in durham in the north east. i have been known to sit

here with my hat and scarf and fingerless gloves and a blanket over my lap. without this extra money? yeah, it's going to make it quite a difficult winterfor me. the nos to the left, 348. earlier this week, the government won a vote in parliament to restrict the payment to those receiving certain benefits like pension credit. now, underfreedom of information laws, the department for work and pensions has had to publish its analysis of who might miss out. last year, 10.8 million people got the winter fuel allowance. but under the government's new policy, around nine in 10 people will not now be eligible. this analysis also shows that 780,000 pensioners who could qualify are, for various reasons, expected not to claim the benefits they are entitled to, which means they won't qualify to receive the winter fuel payment either. now, overall, the prime

minister expects to save around £1.5 billion every year because of these changes. the findings also reveal that 71% of those with a disability will lose their entitlement. charities warn that millions of pensioners will really struggle this winter without the extra financial help. if you're someone who's living with a heart condition or a lung condition, then getting cold is really bad news because it can make it more likely that you have a stroke or a heart attack, or if you get a cold or flu that that turns into a chest infection and then pneumonia. sir keir starmer has said the decision to cut winter fuel payments was necessary to stabilise the economy, and that mitigations would be put in place. but by its own admission, the government hasn't carried out a full assessment of how this policy might impact millions of vulnerable people this winter. mark ashdown, bbc news. the winter payments have become a headache for the new government. 0ur poltical correspondent helen catt says it doesn't look like ending anytime soon.

the chancellor announced this back injuly. here we are in mid—september, and it's still making almost daily headlines and it's not likely to stop. today, we've learned that the union unite is trying to put a motion on the labour party conference agenda next week to reverse these cuts in the budget in october, and more widely attacking the government's approach to the finances. now, you heard mark say in his piece there that sir keir starmer has talked about mitigations. and by that the prime minister seems to mean things like the increase coming to the state pension next year and a push to try and get more people signed up to pension credit so that they will qualify. but there are concerns among labour mps, even amongst those who in principle support the idea of means testing winter fuel payments and the latest suggestion for further mitigations that's come from the labour backbenchers has come from the mp rachael maskell today, who says it should be delayed by 12 months. now that doesn't seem likely either, because the £1.5 billion that the chancellor says this will raise, she says, is part

of £22 billion that she says also needs to be found in this financial year. so the mood music about next month's budget at the moment seems, if anything, that there are likely to be more uncomfortable decisions, not a softening of current ones. let's get an update on typhoon yagi. it has caused severe flooding in myanmar with more than 230,000 people being forced to leave their homes. the country's military has called for foreign aid to help cope with a disaster. typhoon yagi has caused severe flooding in myanmar with officials saying more than 230,000 people have been 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. the ceremony has been taking place in western turkey with government officials including

the vice president among the mourners. the israeli army says she was most likely accidentally killed by soldiers during a protest. turkey says it was an intentional killing and has requested —— arrest warrants for those to blame. severe drought and food shortages in zimbabwe 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. earlier, i spoke to the investigative journalist adam kroos who is based in cape town south africa. i mean, this is unprecedented. and like you said, i mean,

this is the first time they started culling in 30 years. and this includes all the southern african countries. so and there's been droughts since then. um, there's not an excess of elephants, 100,000, that figure thrown around in the news is not true. we were talking more like 50,000 elephants in zimbabwe. and these elephants aren't contained in zimbabwe. they are tra nsboundary elephants. so they move between botswana, zimbabwe, zambia, namibia and mozambique. all those countries. um, the cull, i think is probably more to do with scoring political points. um, it's certainly the meat provided to to people is not going to be enough anyway. and besides, those people don't eat elephant meat. i mean, these are, these are livestock herders mainly that are affected by the drought. these are people that traditionally eat cattle and goats and things like that. meat is not part of the thing. so if there is supposedly a drought relief programme, there are other ways of doing it, many other ways of doing it, and not killing elephants,

which are endangered. and do you think part of the issue is the contest between wildlife and humans? of course, if there is a drought, there'll be a shortage of vegetation, of water. is that some of what's playing out at the moment there? yeah. look, human elephant conflict is a real thing in places like zimbabwe. these are free roaming elephants. even in national parks they don't have fences, so the elephants regularly come over into human settlements and destroy crops and water sources. but, again, a cull of 200 elephants is not going to solve that problem at all. i mean, if we're talking 50,000 elephants, it's going to make hardly a dent. and in actualfact, culling elephants will just make the surviving elephants more aggressive. so it's in fact exacerbating the problem. and what do you think can be done to try and maybe, perhaps convince the government not to do this? there's often pressure from conservation groups, especially in western countries. do you think they're trying to get the zimbabwean government

not only the zimbabwean government, but the namibian one as well to change their policies? yeah, ithink, look, idon't think western countries should try and attempt persuading zimbabwe and namibia. there's already animosity about, you know, western meddling. a country like kenya, for example, would probably be most suited. this is a country that protects its elephants above all else. it's also got a healthy population of elephants. it does not cull elephants. it does not allow trophy hunting of elephants. it doesn't allow the destruction and exploitation of elephants at all. so, you know, a country like kenya could do well to sort of say to zimbabwe, listen, try something else. um, you know, there are other means of, uh, drought relief and poverty relief programmes that zimbabwe can look to. that was the wildlife journalist adam cruz. one of england's largest school academy trusts wants to ban mobile phones for students during the day. the 0rmiston academies trust says it's started phasing out

access to smartphones for its 35,000 students because of what it calls the catastrophic impact on children's mental health and learning. some parents in england's west midlands are concerned smartphones could be bad for their children's development so they've decided to test out phones that have no access to the internet. 0ur reporterjoanne writtle has been to meet them. in the �*80s, yuppies posed with huge mobile phones. but no—one was glued to screens. in fact, their phones didn't even have screens, they were purely for making calls. imagine that! fast forward to today and ten—year—old twins imogen and toby and their pals are going retro. they have feature phones which are basically a smaller version of the old brick phone with no access to the internet. we can call and text loads and it's really good. there are games and you can call and you can text, but there isn't any internet. at first, ijust generally didn't want one because i

thought everyone was going to make fun of me. everyone is going to think i'm just weird for having one. at first, i was a bit, like, - really angry at mum but now i really like it as now basically all my- friends have one. when i found out that my friends got one, that made me happy because i knew i could... i said to my mum, "0h, can i have one?" and she was like, "sure." so, instead of scrolling through social media, they spend more time playing at home in shrewsbury. their parents are part of a growing movement called smartphone free childhood. this movement is not aboutjudging parents who have made decisions in the past when they didn't have enough information available to them. harry has a feature phone and it's worth about £50. rather than an iphone which is six or £700. the group wants parents to sign a pact not to buy their children smartphones until they are 1a. there are more than 120,000 members across the country. you don't want them to be bullied for not

having a smartphone, but, at the same time, you don't want to expose them to all of the risks that come with smartphones. it is the exposure to harmful content, it is the addictive element of smartphones. the children here are happy with their internet free—phones, but tess admits the reaction wasn't great initially. because nobody else had a feature phone at that time and it was, "mum, "it's not fair." her hope is that simpler phones will become a social norm for children under 1a. during the covid lockdown, it became more common to order food shopping online and the trend has continued, whether it's for convenience, health reasons or transport issues. but it seems some supermarkets are keeping the costs higher for online shoppers, making own—brand items unavailable, and charging them more than those who head in—store. 0ur reporter

simon spark has more. totally disappeared. lee is a loyal asda shopper. he pays for their annual delivery pass so he can order his shop online and get it to his door, something he needs to do for his family. i'm a full—time carer. i look after my wife and son so it's very difficult for us to get out. but recently he's been forced to pay more. for baked beans, about 27p per tin for the essentials. totally disappeared. next one is a2p or heinz. these are the items lee couldn't get online. lee's list includes apple sauce, in—store price 72p. cheapest online £1.70. baked beans in—store 27p. 0nline 42p. baked beans and sausages in—store 50p. 0nline 56p. instant coffee in—store 99p. 0nline £2.25. garden peas in—store 28p. 0nline 55p. new potatoes 38p in—store, online 75p.

so what should have cost £3.14 in store actually costs £6.23 online. multiply that out by everything you can see in this picture. and that's a difference of over £29. it's affecting a lot of families, and other people out there with low incomes are forced to pay them bigger prices and we just can't afford it. but it seems asda are not the only supermarket being selective with what goes on their website, we've found that morrisons saver range has also gone missing. so we've brought lee's list and again, it was a similar story with all saver ranges in store, but not on the website, this time on five items. what should have cost £2.50 in store would cost customers £5.69 online, more than double. we also checked lee's list against tesco's and sainsbury�*s, but they did list their budget range online. in response, asda says they have one of the largest value ranges on the market and like any retailer,

we regularly review and adjust that range to reflect customer shopping habits. as a result, we removed some just essentials products from asda online earlier this year and morrisons told us they offer online customers great value through our aldi and lidl price match and more card offers. 0ur minimum online order is also one of the lowest in the market at £25. normally our shopping budget is about £50 a week, but that's gone up to £70, £80 now. it's completely unfair. simon spark, bbc news. when thinking of unique things to do at the weekend, surrounded by rolling green hills and overlooked by a 13th century palace, a tiny village here in the uk has been named one of the best secret villages to live in by the times newspaper. its beautiful setting and community spirit earned bishop wilton fifth place on the list of most desirable areas to move to. but the current residents would rather you didn't. sarah—may buccieri has

been to find out why. it is pretty horrible, really. this place here... the prices are extortionate. once you've been here for an hour there is not much left to do. the pub is closed. people can be nosy. you cannot really do anything without everyone knowing what you're up to. do you always wanted to be hidden? people of scunthorpe you mean? yes! so the locals would like to put us off. this is how they really feel. wherever you look there is always a nice vista. is it a hidden gem? oh, yes. would you rather it were kept quiet? i'm a bit annoyed with the times for release on that! would you rather it was kept quiet? yeah, absolutely. that view there, the

people, the green... the whole place. i came here nine and a half years ago and it made me better. it was amazing. i would just stand there and think how lucky i was. one of the very precious things about the village is the church which is a grade one listed building. a fantastic floor which is a copy of a mosaic in the vatican. perhaps the biggest fans of this place are the kids at this village school. there is a lot of wildlife and it is very out in the open. it does not have a lot of big tower blocks. it is also very secret so it is very nice. would you rather keep it a - secret?— don't come here, it's not very nice!

maybe not move there but you can visit. tram drivers have taken part in the european tram drivers championship. the drivers championship. the drivers showcase their talents in a series of test, including breaking, starting, and reading signs. this is 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. 0ur 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 is 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.

live from london. this is bbc news. central and eastern europe is under a major flood alert. romania is setting up camps for thousands forced from their homes. at least 4 people have died. the us national security adviser says discussions are continuing on whether to allow ukraine to fire western long—range missiles at russia. a prisoner freed under the a prisonerfreed under the uk government early release scheme accused of sexually assaulting accused of sexually assaulting a woman on the same day.

a funeral has been held in uganda for the olympic athlete, rebecca cheptegei, who was set on fire and killed by a former boyfriend. large parts of central and eastern europe are under flood alert. at least 4 people are dead in romania. thousands of homes are destroyed and people displaced. and in the czech republic emergency services are desperately trying to find a car washed away by a flooded river. it's believed three people are inside. the rain, causesd by cyclone boris, has mainly hit the eastern part of romania. authorities are creating displacement camps and sending emergency aid to those forced to evacuate their homes. the cyclone rains have also hit several other countries in the region — including the czech republic — where 38 locations have declared the highest flood alert. authorities there —

say the worst rainfall and flood risk should be experienced in the coming