this is bbc news, the headlines... floods caused by a powerful storm in central europe have killed at least 18 people and left thousands homeless. fix, killed at least 18 people and left thousands homeless. a man has been charged _ left thousands homeless. a man has been charged with _ left thousands homeless. a man has been charged with the - has been charged with the murders of three people in a crossbow attack at their home in the uk. some british universities are asking for an increase in tuition fees in line with inflation to prevent them from sliding into decline. the public hearing into the titan submersible disaster revealed the final text messages sent by those on

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spoke to weeks ago when she spoke to that hearing. universities in england say tuition fees need to be increased in line with inflation to help prevent them from "sliding into decline," and are calling for more government support. but students say they are already paying too much. universities have recruited more international students — who pay higherfees — in recent years, to make up for the fall in income due to frozen fees for uk students. there has been a decrease in international students aplying for uk student visas for this academic year. changes to visa rules and a currency crash in nigeria mean the applications for uk study visas between january and august were about 17% fewer than during the same period last year. our education reporter vanessa clarke reports. after a quiet summer, university campuses are once again filling up. in manchester, more than 100,000 students are expected to descend on the city this month, and here at the manchester metropolitan, there will be more home students

starting than ever before. we're enormously excited to be welcoming 10,000 new undergraduates. but in england, vice chancellors are calling for help as tuition fees remain frozen and international student numbers are down. for many institutions, we're now at an inflection point. we can choose as a country what type of higher education system we want. currently, we have some of the best universities in the world. we deliver really great internationally rated teaching and research. if you want to carry on doing that, we've got to find ways of investing. it's not an easy time for universities. more than 40% are expecting to return a budget deficit this year, and they're calling for a decision about how they will be funded long term. see you tonight then. 0h, maybe another bowl of rice! in proposals due to be released in the coming days, universities uk will call for a tuition fee rise

in england linked to inflation, as well as more investment from the government. they also want to see maintenance grants go up and access to child and adolescent mental health services for students up until 25. but the idea of tuition fees going up did not go down well here. such a big chunk of money that i can sort of log in and see that i owe the government at the moment, and the idea of spending more than that... if it weren't for that, i would definitely be annoyed because i'm not, i am getting a lot of teaching, but i'm not getting like 10k worth. i wouldn't want it to go up like past 10k, i think that's... and itjust puts people off going to uni basically, and no—one will go. the department for education in england says it has inherited a challenging set of circumstances and it will create a secure future for universities. but there are no easy options. we know that there really isn't very much public money available, and if there was, i'm not sure it would necessarily go to higher education. the next option is students, but it's politically very difficult to put up tuition fees. although if tuition fees were linked to inflation,

arguably the cost isn't going up, the costs are staying the same. but making that argument is quite tricky. for many students, this week marks the start of their university experience. but outside of campus, the debate about whether the cost should be on the taxpayer or the student rolls on. vanessa clarke, bbc news, manchester. let's speak to david maguire, vice—chancellor of the university of east anglia. welcome to the programme. mr mcguire, this is a real challenge. in the report it was described as an inflection point because there needs to be more funding, but as we heard, students say they are not willing to stump up the extra cash. , , ., ., ., cash. uk universities are among the best in _ cash. uk universities are among the best in the _ cash. uk universities are among the best in the world _ cash. uk universities are among the best in the world and - cash. uk universities are among the best in the world and they i the best in the world and they are incredible uk assets. a recent piece of work by london economics shows that each year

universities add £265 billion to the uk economy. in context, the so—called black hole rachel reeves identified was less than a tenth of that. for every £1 invested by the government, by the country, universities return £14, so a major, major asset which contributes greatly to the economy. unfortunately, in recent years the amount of money coming into universities has not kept pace with inflation so now undergraduate courses are running at a loss. the deficit is about £3 billion a year in the country and we are only getting about 90% of the cost into universities, so unless that addressed universities will not be able to deliver the really high standard of education which students deserve and we will lose international competitiveness. it is a really important point that needs to be addressed. fire important point that needs to be addressed.— be addressed. are there any other ways. _ be addressed. are there any other ways, because - be addressed. are there any. other ways, because students say if the fees rise, they are

already struggling with inflation so it will make what is already a difficult challenge to be able to study and get further education even more difficult. i and get further education even more difficult.— more difficult. i entirely understand _ more difficult. i entirely understand the - more difficult. i entirely i understand the perspective more difficult. i entirely - understand the perspective of students who obviously do not want to pay more and in some cases can't pay any more. there are three groups that benefit from higher education, individual students, the state, the government and also employers. amongst those three we have to work out a formula to fund university high quality education. at the moment students are paying 16% of the cost... sorry, the government is paying 16% of the cost, but has fallen considerably, individual students are covering most of eight and employers are not paying very much at all directly, only indirectly through taxes, so we need a rebalancing of the government to put more money in through the block grant and to support the notion of increasing fees so that at least the situation gets no

words. we are not writing the fee cap to get more money, we arejust stopping the fee cap to get more money, we are just stopping the slide to the deteriorating position. but the deteriorating position. but the government has challenges in terms of public finances, as we know, and it will not necessarily write a blank cheque. is there another danger that if this becomes the case and fees go up, a university education in the uk becomes elitist? i education in the uk becomes elitist? ~ . �* , ., elitist? i think that it's a possibility. _ elitist? i think that it's a possibility, but - elitist? i think that it's a possibility, but we - elitist? i think that it's a - possibility, but we absolutely do not want to return to the situation of 30 or a0 years ago where only the wealthy and elites can go to university. it is a remarkable instrument of social mobility of allowing people to further themselves through working hard and educating themselves. i think a wider point is the government benefits greatly from students. 0ver their working life, undergraduates pay £70,000 more

tax than somebody who does not go to university, for a postgraduate student it is in excess of £150,000, for a research postgraduate student it is three times that, so a lot of money is flowing into the exchequer and the government has to think about how we will address the current problem of stubborn low levels of economic growth or skills. universities are the answer to that and we are asking for more money to support the country's wishes to improve and grow. professor david maguire from the university of east anglia, thank you very much for sharing your thoughts. a developing story in the united states. the rapper and producer sean "diddy" combs has been arrested in new york. the indictment has not yet been made public. he's been under investigation after a number of women accused him of sexual assault and abuse. let's get more on this now with cbs correspondent jarred hill. hejoins us from new he joins us from new york. what more do we know? fist

he joins us from new york. what more do we know?— more do we know? at this point, prosecutors _ more do we know? at this point, prosecutors in — more do we know? at this point, prosecutors in new _ more do we know? at this point, prosecutors in new york - more do we know? at this point, prosecutors in new york are - prosecutors in new york are saying that federal agents took diddy, born sean combs, into custody yesterday evening based on a sealed indictment. they are expected to unseal at this morning so we will learn more about why he was taken into custody but this is apparently in connection with an ongoing homeland security investigation, he has been the subject of a months long federal probe led by the department of homeland security since last year. in march, agents raided his home is in la and miami in connection to a possible sex trafficking probe. again, no knowledge at this point on exactly what this arrest is in relation to, learning more about that hopefully at some point this morning. hopefully at some point this morninu. , ., , ., ., , morning. jarred, this follows other controversies - morning. jarred, this follows i other controversies surrounding him. tell us the context of

this latest development? over the ast this latest development? over the past year _ this latest development? over the past year also _ this latest development? over the past year also he - this latest development? over the past year also he has - this latest development? or the past year also he has faced a number of allegations including lawsuits alleging things ranging from physical abuse and violence to sexual abuse and violence to sexual abuse and violence to sexual abuse and sexual misconduct. he and his legal team at this point had said he is innocent of all of these, his lawyers put out a statement yesterday saying they expect not only to move forward with this but saying he is an imperfect person but not a criminal, they say he has been cooperative with the investigation going so far and they are urging people to reserve theirjudgment until they have all of the facts. this is playing out notjust in the court of public opinion but now through the legal process. everyone here is being incredibly careful, as we are seeing, with the language regarding how they speak about this latest development in this fascinating situation.— fascinating situation. jarred hill, as always, _ fascinating situation. jarred hill, as always, good - fascinating situation. jarred hill, as always, good to - fascinating situation. jarred | hill, as always, good to talk to you. around the world and across the uk,

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to india next, where the country's supreme court has said states cannot demolish homes of people accused of a crime, a tactic plaintiffs in court hearings called bulldozer justice." it is a practice that is increasingly used throughout the country. critics say it unfairly targets minority communities, especially muslims. the supreme court will now issue new guidelines on property demolitions. 0ur south asia correspondent samira hussain reports. 0vercome with grief. this was once her home. now a pile of broken dreams. three months ago, police accused her husband and ten others — all muslim — of having beef, prohibited in most indian states. the next morning, authorities bulldozed their homes, claiming they were illegal, built on public land. translation: what pains me the most is that - i lost my daughter too.

16—year—old zeenath died of pneumonia just weeks after their home was demolished. after their house was broken down, they were reduced to sleeping in here. they would cook food over on this side. they would sleep on this side. and when it rained and there was too much water coming in, they would go and find shelter somewhere else. translation: they already took my husband to jail. - why did they have to break my home? if they hadn't, my daughter would be alive. convinced zeenath died because she had no protection from the monsoons. not a one off — recently, there's been a rise in demolitions... ..critics say without prior notice and often targeting muslims. none of the due process is actually followed, which is why the supreme court has taken an interest in this.

there is a system that the government must follow. there is a due process which it doesn't actually respect. they go about razing people's homes for no reason other than the fact that these people are muslim. the government did not reply to our requests for comment, but has consistently rejected accusations it targets muslims. translation: show me one muslim who can say| "i was innocent" and has been a victim of injustice. show me one. nobody can say this. this social media video went viral last year — muslim boys allegedly spitting on a hindu procession. two days later, an announcement for the neighbourhood. "the police will use the harshest punishment against them." their home reduced to rubble. their father bewildered.

translation: they put up a notice saying the building is structurally unsafe and will be demolished. "take what you can, you have an hour." his sons merely accused of a crime, but the entire family pays the price. it's why the supreme court is now stepping in to issue guidelines for the entire country to follow. samira hussain, bbc news, madhya pradesh. a public hearing into the titan submersible disaster has revealed the final text messages sent by those on board as they headed towards the wreck of the titanic. 0ne read, �*all good here' — before the craft imploded and killed all on board. the communications were between the sub and the mother ship on the surface, as titan made its descent in june last year. the hearing was also shown this image show the wreck of the submersible seen on the sea bed for the first time. the us coast guard, will assess what went wrong and whether the accident

could have been prevented. here's rebecca morelle. the wreckage of 0ceangate's titan sub, its tail cone lying nearly 3,800 metres down on the atlantic sea floor. it was taking passengers to the titanic when it imploded, killing all five people on board. those who died were british explorer hamish harding, suleman dawood and his father, british pakistani businessman shahzada dawood, french diver ph nargeolet and stockton rush, 0ceangate ceo. i would like to ask that everyone present please stand for a moment of silence in respect to those persons who perished as a result of this casualty. now a public hearing has started to establish exactly what went wrong. this is a full—scale model of 0ceangate's titan sub. we've heard more about its previous expeditions. it went to the titanic wreck site 13 times in 2021 and 2022. and during those two years, there were 118 things that went wrong with the sub,

including the front dome falling off when it was brought out of the sea, its thrusters, which steered the craft failing at 3,500 metres and its batteries died on one dive, leaving the passengers stuck inside for 27 hours. we also learned the timeline of its final dive and the last few text messages sent between the sub and the surface. titan began its dive at 9.1a in the morning local time. at 9.18, there was a communications check. after that, comms were patchy. about an hour into the dive at 1016, titan sent a message saying, "all good here". and at 10.25, at a depth of 2,600 metres, it said it was to the south east of titanic�*s bell. the last message was sent at 10.a7 at a depth of 3,3a6 metres. titan said it had dropped two weights. after that communication was lost, the sub had imploded, but there's nothing

in the messages to suggest that the passengers on board had any idea that anything was wrong. the meeting, heard by stockton rush, didn't want an independent safety assessment. stockton's first issue was it was time and cost could take too long and way, way too expensive. this is ridiculous, in his words, it stifles innovation. i said, well, you know, you can still be innovative. the hearings into the titan disaster continue for two more weeks. rebecca morelle, bbc news. it could be a line out of the tv show succession. a court battle to determine the future of rupert murdoch's media empire began in the us on monday. the case will pit 93—year—old mr murdoch against three of his eldest children over who will gain major voting rights in his company when he dies. the billionare is reportedly

seeking to alter the terms of a trust to ensure that his eldest son, lachlan murdoch, retains full control over news corp's portfolio of newspapers and television networks. the frenchman accused of dragging his wife and recruiting dozens of strangers to rape — recruiting dozens of strangers to rape her has admitted provides to the various criminal— provides to the various criminal charges he faces. dominique pelicot was due to testify— dominique pelicot was due to testify last week in the case which — testify last week in the case which has shocked france and the world _ which has shocked france and the world but his appearance was delayed due to health issues _ was delayed due to health issues. . ., , ., issues. prosecutors had said dominique _ issues. prosecutors had said dominique pelicot _ issues. prosecutors had said dominique pelicot offered i issues. prosecutors had said l dominique pelicot offered sex with his wife, seen here entering college, on a website and still be at peace. in addition to dominique pelicot 50 other men accused of taking part are on trial in the southern french city of avignon. the other men so far have not commented on their charges.

the us secretary of state antony blinken is due to arrive in egypt shortly as efforts continue to secure a ceasefire deal, and the release of hostages in gaza. mr blinken met israel's opposition leader, yair lapid in washington on monday. mr lapid hasjoined other world leaders in calling for israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu to secure an immediate truce with hamas. more on that throughout the day on bbc news. the union representing delivery drivers says the pay model used by some companies encourage some careers to ride on the pavement and illegally modify electric bikes to travel at dangerous speeds. the city of london police says it has seized more than 300 illegally modified e—bike since launching a crackdown last year. tim muffett has more. it's ridiculous, they don't care. as long as they're getting their delivery done, they don't care. sometimes they got things in their ears. they've got earplugs in their ears. so they don't always hear you when you say, "excuse me, be careful, because there's pedestrians and elderly people. "

when you're paid perjob, it pays to be quick. but breaking the rules can be dangerous. i was walking along _ the pavement and somebody came on the pavement with a bike. they caused quite a lot i of disturbance, you know. it's like the bikes have taken over. | i received an order. dior is a delivery rider. so, yeah, £3.21, so then i have to accept it. he does not condone riding on the pavement or riding too fast. but he does think delivery riders are underpaid... that was five minutes. ..under appreciated... the hourly rate that we get paid. ..and often under pressure. if we're not quick we can lose ourjobs. we need to do four deliveries an hour to get the minimum wage. and how possible is that? it's not, it's not that easy. sometimes you get paid less than £1 a mile. dior used to use an electric bike for his deliveries, but now uses a moped.

he can travel further and hopefully earn more money. sometimes then i get to the customer, the customer doesn't pick up the phone and then i have to wait ten minutes. the customers think we earn enough, but we don't earn enough. we get shouted at, and i've heard of people that got spat on. we want to continue to do our jobs, but we also want to be treated with respect. at the moment we're making like six or £7 an hour, max. lewis delivers using his electric bike. sometimes i spend more money out than i'm making at the moment. there's never an excuse, is there, for riding on a pavement or for going too fast? for my safety and for the safety of the people, do not ride on the pavements, no. do you think they're giving everyone a bad name? for sure, yeah, they shouldn't go on the pavement. to be ridden legally on a public road the motor on an electric bike must cut out when the speed reaches 15.5mph. you can travel faster, but the rider then needs

to provide all the power. it is, though, pretty easy to buy conversion kits that will transform an electric bike. it's going up to 72.5mph. this is what we're dealing with. it's very, very dangerous. the city of london police is cracking down on e—bikes that break the law. so if i lift the back wheel up, turn the throttle, this will go up to probably 25, 30 miles an hour. that gives us the power, then to seize it, take it off the road. we started in july last year. since we started it, i can tell you now, this is the 326th illegal e—bike scooter that we've seized. and we changed the category. i think people are doing this because it's easy. the kit, the batteries, the rear wheel on the hub, and this throttle that has been fitted is a kit he would have bought online. it's turned it into like a moped. modifying an e—bike to go very fast isn't itself illegal, as long as it's ridden on private land, not on a road. we're finding a lot of the food delivery guys, we're

starting, they're starting to get the message. in a statement to the bbc, just eat said it does not incentivise couriers to speed or take risks. a spokesperson for uber eats told us... a deliveroo spokesperson said...

dior�*s back from his delivery. basically, i earned £3.21 and it took me like, i think 30 minutes. he's a member of the iwgb union, which represents delivery riders and is calling for better pay and conditions. we were the key workers in the pandemic. so we risked our lives so people would receive their groceries and everything, and now we get treated like dogs. dior is convinced that better pay would reduce the need for speed, and remove the temptation felt by some riders to be risky and reckless. tim muffett, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. -- matt —— matt taylor. fine and quiet conditions continue in the uk for at least

a few days. we started chilly with mist and fog and even some thicker fog with mist and fog and even some thickerfog in the north with mist and fog and even some thicker fog in the north and west of scotland, but at the bigger picture we see residual flooding for the next few days across central and eastern europe but the focus of the heavy rain is restricted to italy. high pressure keeps things generally dry. we saw the cloud to the north and west of scotland which will break up more through the afternoon, so some sunny spells, more cloud through east anglia and the southeast and more breeze compared to yesterday, which is here at if not know little yesterday but warmer for the north of scotland and west of northern ireland, getting up to 22 or 23. the cloud in northern scotland continues to sing and break but across east wales, central and break but across east wales, said charges to think that we will see more misty local developing, meaning it will not be as cold tonight across southern areas compared to last night. they were skies and chilis conditions in southern scotland and northern england but lots of sunshine to

start tomorrow, a few mist and fog patches gradually clear. an list and low cloud will gradually break through the morning and early afternoon, one or two patches remaining but a sunny afternoon on the way for wednesday and an even warmer one, up to 2a degrees potentially in the north of scotland 25, our some southern counties with temperatures widely in the low to mid 20s. into thursday more low cloud extensively, central and eastern areas particularly, lingering more across eastern parts for thursday afternoon. west of that, sunshine develops, not as warm in scotland but still 22 in the west, 20 degrees at northern ireland, 2a or 25 in the south—east of england. from thursday night and into friday at the weekend things start to change, develops in the bay of biscay, drifting northwards. slow progress, foremost on friday it will still be reasonably dry, sunny spells

around, showers breaking out across england and wales later. showers and thunderstorms likely more widely across the weekend and temperatures drop a little. see you soon.

vaidyanathan live from vaidyanathan london, this is bbc news. the frenchman at the centre of a high—profile mass rape trial has admitted to all charges in his first testimony in court. floods caused by a powerful storm in central europe kill at least 18 people, and leave thousands homeless. a man has been charged with the murders of three people in a crossbow attack at their home in the uk. donald trump praises his security team after agents help foil sunday's apparent assassination attempt.

i , i ,iam , i am rajina vaidyanathan, welcome to bbc news. a desperate operation to shore up flood defences is taking place in poland, as catastrophic flooding threatens to engulf a city. the mayor of nysa has asked all aa,000 residents to leave — with 500 soldiers now being drafted in. at least 16 people are now thought to have died in the flooding, caused by a powerful storm moving across central europe. thousands have been left homeless and yet more bad weather is forecast. slovakia and hungary are bracing for floodwater moving down the river danube and its tributaries. these are the latest pictures from nysa in poland where the river threatens to burst its banks. sarah rainsford reports. i am in nysa, a few miles from where we made that report. it was a pretty dramatic night here.

the mayor had given an emergency evacuation order and