hello, i'm catherine byaruhanga. we start this hour with the news that eight people have drowned while trying to cross the channel from france to england. their rubber boat was overloaded, with more than 50 people on board, including eritreans, sudanese, syrians and iranians. it comes as sir keir starmer heads off to italy to meet his italian counterpart, giorgia meloni, tomorrow. the two leaders are expected to discuss illegal migration, and to see what lessons can be learned from italy's scheme of sending migrants to albania. so far this year, 45 people have died trying to make the journey across the channel. that's the highest number since 2021 and nearly four times last year's figure. the boat got into difficulties off the french town

of ambleteuse and was driven onto rocks where it came apart. the rocky shore made the french rescue effort difficult. just yesterday alone, around 800 migrants crossed the channel on 14 boats. for the very latest, let's cross live to our reporter simonjones whojoins us from the french side of the channel. what more urban learning about yesterday's tragic events? this ha--ened yesterday's tragic events? this happened in — yesterday's tragic events? this happened in the _ yesterday's tragic events? ti 3 happened in the very airy hours of this morning, just after midnight french time. a dangerously overloaded boats carrying around 60 people set off from the beach near here, and it actually didn't get very far. because it ended up on the rocks, and they boats effectively broke up. of the people on board, eight people lost their lives, the others were rescued. some needed treatment here on the quayside, and some people were taken to

hospital, including a ten—month—old girl with hypothermia. and we saw pictures of the boats, or what remains of it, when it was brought back to shore. it was a crumpled mess, a dinghy. it is hard to imagine so many people on board it. and alongside the dinghy, there was basically a child's rubber ring, the kind of thing you might use in a swimming pool, which was being used as a makeshift life jacket. it is thought that of the 60 people on board, only around actually had any life jacket can also chose the risk once again that people are prepared to take to try to get from the coast of northern france across to the uk. find france across to the uk. and the focus _ france across to the uk. and the focus is _ france across to the uk. and the focus is always _ france across to the uk. and the focus is always on - france across to the uk. and the focus is always on the . the focus is always on the response of the french authorities. what are they seeing? authorities. what are they seeinu ? ., . seeing? for the french authorities, _ seeing? for the french authorities, i— seeing? for the french authorities, i think - seeing? for the french authorities, i think it i seeing? for the french authorities, i think it isj seeing? for the french i authorities, i think it is a case of not again, and they are pointing the fingers at the people smugglers, who are organising these crossings,

packing people into these dangerously overloaded boats come and launching those spots in of the morning. the french authorities say they want to go up authorities say they want to go up to the criminal gangs organising thejenner�*s command organising the jenner�*s command that organising thejenner�*s command that will very much a with what the british government have been sent. keir starmer has been sent. keir starmer has been saying that the key to this is time to put those gangs out of business. this is a lucrative trade in human misery. he believes it can be done. some people point out that because it is so lucrative, they minute you take out one gang another gang is quick to pop up. they describe it as a game of a vacuum. that is very challenging, but both sides are talking about their determination to do that, but interesting, the cross is having scans might continue. another several boats made it halfway across the channel into uk waters, and those paperwork picked up by the border force

and taken to dover. the desire to get to the uk despite all the risks remains undiminished. —— eight game of whac—a—mole. let's speak to steve smith, ceo of care 4 calais, the refugee charity. thank you forjoining us on the programme. just doctors about the impact of the tragedy that we have seen overnight. what impact does it have on the communities, the people who are still trying to make it over to the uk? it still trying to make it over to the uk? , , still trying to make it over to the uk? , i, ~ the uk? it is truly shocking and tragic _ the uk? it is truly shocking and tragic but _ the uk? it is truly shocking | and tragic but unfortunately i'm not surprised. because we are clearly seeing that deterrent doesn't work. the impact on the communities, the communities will be torn apart, as will some of our staff that are working with those communities in calais. i'm sure there will be a memorial for those who died over the next 2a is. these are really desperate people. they are fleeing war,

persecution, trafficking, modern day slavery, you name it. the thought that they may lose a louse in the channel want to tell because they seek safety somewhere and understand that the uk has a reputation for compassion, for kindness, for compassion, for kindness, for a being international humanitarian law. —— to lose a life in the channel. it humanitarian law. -- to lose a life in the channel.— life in the channel. it appears we have lost _ life in the channel. it appears we have lost the _ life in the channel. it appears we have lost the link - life in the channel. it appears we have lost the link to - life in the channel. it appears we have lost the link to steve smith. i wanted to ask him about sir keir starmer�*s visit to italy where he will be meeting his italian counterpart, giorgia meloni. we will try and get you more on that story as soon as we can. countries across central and eastern europe are facing extreme flooding as storm boris wreaks havoc across the continent. more torrential downpours are forecasted until at least the end of monday. at least five people have died in romania,

one person drowned in poland, while in austria, a fire fighter died tackling the floods there. several people remain unaccounted for in the czech republic. some parts of poland have faced the worst flooding in almost three decades and a bridge collapsed in this historic polish town near the czech border. polish prime minister donald tusk has said his government will declare a state of natural disaster. these are some of the latest pictures we've had from the czech army, showing their rescue operation in some of the worst hit parts of the country. they have been winching people to safety in helicopters in the northen east of the czech republic around jesenik — the mountainous spa town of is totally cut off. houses have been swept into a raging river. the czech interior minister and deputy prime minister, vit rakusan, has told the bbc the situation in the country is extremely serious. now the situation, it is extremely serious, because we had to provide some

evacuation in these cities, and we also have some isolated villages and the people there are waiting for help of rescue system, so we are really now on the top of the crisis management in the czech republic. i have to say, compared to 2002 and 1997, we are really much better prepared, and also we really had really good, well—prepared meteorological data, and we have invested, as the czech republic, in anti—flooding measures in the last 25 years, so we really hope that the destroyed homes that we don't want to have such high numbers as we had before. firefighters and police are now

in the towns and villages, and we have great cooperation with the regional governments, and so far they are handling it very well, and we can see that our crisis manages in the region, that they have that our crisis managers in the region, that they have huge experience, but with a huge commitment of manpower and technology. let's speak to our eastern european correspondent sarah rainsford. there real concern about the situation where you are. talk us through what is happening to thatis us through what is happening to that is five military trucks just rolling by, as the local mayor and nysa has ordered the evacuation of the term. as you

can see, this is one of the main streets through the town of nysa and it is completely flooded. the hospital isjust up flooded. the hospital isjust up there, we have seen pictures from inside it, we can't get anywhere near, but inside the ground floor is totally flooded, the emergency care patients are being evacuated. and the problem is we are told that a dam has a breach some miles away from here, but in such a position that the danger is a wall of water is heading this way, and that the water levels in this town could rise even higher still. just up that way, we havejust been even higher still. just up that way, we have just been looking at the river here, the water is extremely high, and it is moving extremely fast. there is a bridge under pressure. this is basically the scene right across this region, the border region with the czech republic. we are close to the mountains, the water has been gushing down the water has been gushing down the mountainside, and rivers here in southern poland and the czech republic, and i know too, have been bursting their banks. reservoirs have been over the consequences are extremely

serious. lots of people trapped in your homes, lots of people having to be rescued across this region. some of them by helicopter. we have seen a dramatic purchase from the czech republic in particular people being winched to safety on two helicopters from the roofs of their homes. it is predicted _ roofs of their homes. it is predicted that _ roofs of their homes. it is predicted that the - roofs of their homes. it is predicted that the rents l roofs of their homes. it is predicted that the rents will continue up until monday. however the authorities getting people ready for what is still to come?— to come? -- how are the authorities? _ to come? -- how are the authorities? as - to come? -- how are the authorities? as you - to come? -- how are the authorities? as you can l to come? -- how are the i authorities? as you can see here in nysa and as we were driving around, there is no rain at the moment. the forecast is for more rain tomorrow, and i think that is why the focus is very much on the fact that more rain is to comforter and just because all the water that has to come down the water that has to come down the mountains has made here yet, so it breaks of, rivers of reform, reservoirs extremely hire flooded already, i think the picture is pretty critical. it has been described as catastrophic across the area for some time to come. certainly, the worst has not passed. as we have been

standing here for the past 20 minutes, the water level here has been rising. the water has come forward several metres just in the last few minutes. donald tusk said that he is preparing to declare a state of a natural disaster, an emergency situation. nobody is underestimating what is happening here. it is the worst floods in since 1997, when exactly the same region was very badly affected. at that time, more than 100 people in the czech republic and poland lost their lives. this time the authorities are saying they're much better prepared, they are telling people not to panic but they are urging people to evacuate from the most effective areas.- evacuate from the most effective areas. -- the most affected _ effective areas. -- the most affected areas. _ effective areas. -- the most affected areas. how - effective areas. -- the most| affected areas. how effective have the authority is being? here in pollok but we have seen has been effective. military trucks, and a lot of fire teams have been out and about but we have been out and about but we have some local people pumping water out of the basement and

trying to cope with the scenarios. we have seen people rolling their trousers upon reading through this floodwater to reach their homes to get to their belongings. you have heard voices from romania complaining that they have been left there to fend for themselves, but the czech republic, helicopters, the military being deployed to try to get to people. but the message that the polish authorities are giving to people is that when the rna risk area, they should get out before they are in a situation where they have to get evacuated by helicopter. in the situation could get worse before it gets better in this particular area. before it gets better in this particular area. and we have a live page running online with the latest on the catastrophic flooding that is sweeping through central europe. you will find that on the bbc news app and our website. to the middle east now. israel's prime minister,

benjamin netanyahu, has warned the houthis in yemen of a "heavy price" after a ballistic missile managed to enter israeli airspace. the missile, launched from yemen, fell in an open area. there were no casualties. a spokesman for the houthis in yemen said the operation involved what he called a new hypersonic missile, which travelled more than 2,000km in less than 12 minutes. israel has said it is investigating how the missile was not shot down before entering the airspace. 0ur diplomatic correspondent paul adams has the latest on this attack. this is an interesting attack. as you say, it didn't cause any damage, but it does not appear to have been intercepted by israel's extremely sophisticated and multilayered air defence system. in fact, the israeli army in its statement said that there had been multiple efforts to shoot it down. it appears to have broken up, and the damage caused on the ground seems to have been caused by israel's own interceptor missiles.

the question is, how did a ballistic missile fired from yemen reach israel, so far into israel, the furthest any yemeni ballistic missile has reached, without being intercepted ? the yemenis, in a statement this morning, the houthi rebels say that they fired a new type of hypersonic missile. they say that it travelled more than 2,000km in 11—and—a—half minutes. now, there have been claims in the past that the yemenis either had or were developing such missiles. and clearly, if such a thing has been proven today, then that is an additional challenge for the israeli military, as it figures out how to deal with this occasional threat. as for mr netanyahu, well, he has, as you say, threatened retaliation, and he has said, in his words, "those who need a reminder in this matter are invited to visit the port of hudaydah."

that is a reference to israel's extremely dramatic air attack on the port of hudaydah back at the end ofjuly, which caused a huge fire in an oil storage depot and was designed to be a major signal by the israelis to the houthis not to launch any further attacks against israel. next to the war in ukraine. the foreign secretary, david lammy, says "careful discussions" are taking place about whether ukraine will be allowed to fire long—range western missiles into russia. ukraine has repeatedly urged britain and the united states to let it use weapons like the british storm shadow missile to hit targets in russia. mr lammy told bbc news today more talks involving the united states will take place later this month. this request from zelensky for long—range missiles is a long—standing request,

he's been making it for well over a year. what is important is that allies are able to come together with president zelensky and ukrainians to assess what is needed now, and given the advances in kursk, clearly, ukraine has taken back half of the territory that russia took in the donbas region, again a major advance, we want to put ukraine in the strongest position going forward. i can't tell you operationally on air what we will or won't do, and i particularly won't do that at a time when russia is buying ballistic missiles from iran and escalating further. but please understand this is under careful discussion with the ukrainians, as we assess what they need as they head into that winter. a spacex capsule carrying the crew who undertook the first spacewalk by private astronauts has

returned to earth. standing by for splashdown. .. cheering it splashed down off the coast of florida. the four people on board had travelled further into space than anyone for more than 50 years. 0ur science correpsondent, pallab ghosh, reports. you can hear the crowd here in hawthorne getting excited. hurtling towards the earth, the four—person crew seems relaxed just after the dragon capsule re—enters the atmosphere. arriving in the early hours of the morning. this thermal camera view shows the smaller parachutes open to start to slow down and then stabilise the capsule. then the main chutes open, slowing the astronauts down to 15mph. they drift down to splashdown off the coast of florida.

spacex has done this many times before, but there was nothing routine about the polaris dawn mission. it's gone higher than the spacex has ever taken astronauts before. um, it actually went up three times higher than the the orbit of the international space station so that it could dip into the radiation belts to understand the effect of that on the human body. um, it then came down a little bit in orbit and then performed this most amazing spaceflight, in which all four astronauts were actually exposed to the vacuum environment. billionaire jared isaacman became the first private sector astronaut to have carried out a spacewalk on thursday, followed by his crew member sarah gillis. the crew went higher than any other since the apollo astronauts of the 19605 and �*705. mr isaacman has paid for two further missions in which he's likely to push the boundaries

of human spaceflight even further. pallab ghosh, bbc news. it's one of television's big nights later, with the emmy awards taking place in los angeles. shows including hits like baby reindeer and the crown are vying for recognition. before that, though, is was the traditional bafta red carpet tea party and a chance to celebrate the nominations. 0ur los angeles correspondent, emma vardy, went along. no way. trust me, that's random. 0h. thank you. take a five—star rooftop in beverly hills, some famous faces, and you have the baftas tea party. but no—one's drinking much tea. it's the emmys weekend, and at the warm up, everyone's a winner. this is where all the stars get to rub shoulders and let their hair down a bit. all right, make this quick. i've got underlings to bully. i'm busy. the spy series slow horses,

starring gary 0ldman, has nine nominations, including for best drama. 0h, now you get it. there's another game being played that will probably leave me worse off. first i thought, really, gary 0ldman�*s performance, really? and he'sjust mastered it. it's just perfect. it's an honour to be - selected for field work. shut up. the royal drama the crown marks its final series with 18 nominations. all over the world, in their thousands. i think one of us is going to have to die now. but it's the controversial netflix series, baby reindeer, that really got people talking. the drama about stalking and sexual abuse became a massive hit. got really manly hands, haven't you? but the show, which claims to be a true story, is now the subject of a legal battle after audiences tried to identify the characters they believed the show was based on. it's been a whirlwind and i'm still kind of catching my feet. i'm still trying to,

like, figure it all out. anything you wish had been done differently? i can't really answer that right now because you can't change the past. the uk press, there's an incredible focus on the kind of negative, but you can't ignore the positive impact that baby reindeer has had. the fallout from baby reindeer could have repercussions for the tv industry in the future, in terms of how it deals with drama that involves characters in real life. but right now, they're here to enjoy their success. enjoy, ladies. enjoy. then it'll be down to the serious business of seeing who will walk away with a new piece of metal for their mantelpiece. emma vardy, bbc news, los angeles. for more on what we can expect from tonight's ceremony, let's speak now to the co—editor of variety, cynthia littleton, who is in los angeles. thank you forjoining us on the programme. i want to start by talking about today show that has the most nominations,

shogun, which is historical japanese cities.— shogun, which is historical japanese cities. there is no question — japanese cities. there is no question that _ japanese cities. there is no question that shogun, - japanese cities. there is no| question that shogun, given that it got a new record 25 nominations goes into this night as the front runner, the big winner. coming out of last week where there were some preliminary awards handed out, it won the most, so it really seems like emmy voters are backing this incredible, intense drama of 16th century feudaljapan. it has all the elements that voters like an awards situation. the show took almost ten years to make it had many setbacks. it is ground—breaking in many weighs in terms of presenting a programme a great deal of it in japanese with subtitles. for american viewers, that is still new. they are showcasing a lot of japanese talent that otherwise wouldn't have had this kind of incredible shortage. it has been a

breakthrough on a number of levels and it really feels like the television academy is going to reward shogun and its platform, which is fx in the united states.— platform, which is fx in the united states. ., ., , ., ~' united states. how do you think we should be — united states. how do you think we should be looking _ united states. how do you think we should be looking out - united states. how do you think we should be looking out for - united states. how do you think we should be looking out for in l we should be looking out for in the best actor stages?- we should be looking out for in the best actor stages? there is an incredible _ the best actor stages? there is an incredible array _ the best actor stages? there is an incredible array of— the best actor stages? there is an incredible array of talents. l an incredible array of talents. acting, emmy voters tend to look for the smaller shows, which didn't have the gigantic marketing budgets and didn't rack up the ratings butjust delivered incredible talent. a perfect example i would say, gary 0ldman and the apple tv show slow horses. she is... that show had a very low profile in the vast expanse of television, but that show, great actor, great performance, and that is a perfect example of somebody who just by the strength of that incredible performance is seen as a front

runner. but of course there is a lot of competition from shogun, the crown has some strong contenders. the acting races are very, very competitive, and they tend to be... in the race for best comedy, drama, that tends to be a frontrunner commuting to feel like you know which one will win, the acting battles, the acting races, because there is such a wide field that they can pull from and because the voting on those races is so wide from actors, those are the ones that are really... you really want to know the envelope was opened. aha, really want to know the envelope was opened. a question about baby _ envelope was opened. a question about baby reindeer, _ envelope was opened. a question about baby reindeer, which - envelope was opened. a question about baby reindeer, which is - about baby reindeer, which is found itself caught up in some legal challenges. do you think that will affect its ability to win tonight? i that will affect its ability to win tonight?— that will affect its ability to win tonight? i really don't. i thinkthat... _ win tonight? i really don't. i think that. .. hollywood - win tonight? i really don't. i. think that. .. hollywood voters, think that... hollywood voters, the people voting on the emmy awards are very aware of the increasingly complicated legal issues around turning true stories, and how do you involve and how do you not? who has a

say in that narrative and what rights? it is very complicated. i think people are very clear on... �* ., , i think people are very clear on...�* . , , ., on... i'm really sorry, we have about ten _ on... i'm really sorry, we have about ten seconds _ on... i'm really sorry, we have about ten seconds until - on... i'm really sorry, we have about ten seconds until the . on... i'm really sorry, we have| about ten seconds until the end of the programme, but thank you for giving us a taste of tonight's awards. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. a couple of bands of rain across the uk, and a heavier pulse of ring that bought into scotland as well. what is weather front as it pushed into lancashire, sings a thanh market for a time. certainly a lot of low cloud associated with that front. the front in scotland go away very quickly overnight, the one in england and was sinks southwards, but

it could be bringing on our patch of weather, drizzle through the night. quite mild underneath that, but for most of the uk it is quite a chilly night, with temperatures dropping well down into single figures. we have still got trouble ahead with storm boris are bringing torrential rain in central europe. it is going to be days before this floods ever wind. high pressure boarding through monday and that would be around where most of the weekend, bringing some fine weather. the main hazard is that we could seat mist and fog patches. monday morning be republican to start off with mr and fog across the north and west of the uk, with poor visibility. through the day, most areas will brighten up with plenty of sunshine, and the temperature is running quite close to average at this time of year. average in edinburgh is 17, london is 20. choose to, the area of high pressure will reorientate a little bit, sending some milder air than authors. the week the

front could bring cloudy weather with patchy rain across the north and others, but another fine and dry day with mist and fog patches clean, sunny spot to look forward to and rising temperatures. up to 21 degrees in glasgow, 21 for london as well. by wednesday, if you do to submit and fog patches, most likely across the north and west of the uk. continuing to get a little bit warmer with top temperatures up to 22 in northern areas of scotland. 2a western counties of northern ireland. up to 2a to watch parts of south—east england, one for the time of year. we will hang on the dry and relatively sunny weather through most of the rest of this week. bye for now.

a rubber boat taking migrants across the channel from france to england has sunk off the french coast, killing 8 people. forty—five migrants have now died in the channel this year. heavy rain is still lashing parts of central and eastern europe and has killed at least 5 people in romania and — one each in austria and poland.

israel's prime—minister warns the houthis in yemen of a "heavy price", after a ballistic missile managed to enter israeli airspace. the missile launched from yemen and fell in an open area. the houthis said their attack was only the beginning. and a successful end to the polaris dawn mission — whose four member team completed the first ever commercial spacewalk on thursday. now on bbc news, it's sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. north london is red again, grabriel heads the gunners up to second in the table with the winner against spurs the usa are looking to put more red on the board at the solheim cup, they need just a point and a half for victory against europe.