especially so by the time we get to sunday. high pressure holding on towards the north. but let's take a look at the rest of today. we've still got quite a lot of low cloud, mist and murk holding on for north—east england and northern and eastern scotland. but for the bulk of scotland, northern ireland, north—west england, some sunny spells. it's further south that we've got that threat of big thunderstorms through the west midlands, wales down towards dorset and devon, for instance, as well. 16 to 23 celsius for most of us, some sunshine holding on for east anglia and the south—east for a good part of the day. always coolerjust along that north—east coast and that low cloud and mist and murk willjust drift its way further west as we move through the course of tonight. there'll also be another batch of showers moving into the far south. another mild night for most of us, with temperatures remaining in the mid—teens in the south. into single figures across the north of scotland under clearer skies. now through the day tomorrow, we start off a bit like today with quite a bit of cloud,

should thin and break with some sunshine developing, but then that threat of heavy showers and thunderstorms, hail could be mixed in and some torrential downpours through parts of the midlands, wales and the south—west of england. again, this area most prone, but there could be one or two elsewhere. temperatures about 16 to 23 degrees again on saturday, so fine in between any of those showers and some sunshine again in the north, which is going to be the picture on sunday. again for northern ireland and western scotland, sunny, warm conditions here, but cool and cloudy around the north—east coast. further south, though, those showers and thunderstorms by sunday are going to be heavier and more frequent as well. could be some frequent hail and lightning. into next week things turn cooler and more unsettled. a distinct autumnal and fairly windy spell of weather on the way. bye for now.

this is bbc news. the headlines: lawyers representing some of the women who have accused the late mohamed al fayed of sexual assault condemn the former harrods owner. ppc research has found the number of identified russian fighters has reached 70,000. domestic abuse specialist will be employed in emergency control rooms in plans to have violence against women.

hello. i'm annita mcveigh. italy is sending another of its anti—missile systems to ukraine, but with the country's foreign minister emphasising it does not want any conflict with russia. antonio tajani was speaking as the european commission president, ursula von der leyen, arrived in kyiv. she said the eu was focused on restoring energy supplies to ukraine, with much of the country's power the number of identified russian fighters killed on the front line in ukraine has hit 70,000 — according to bbc research. while official statistics may be hard to come by, an investigation by bbc russia and the independent russian media outlet, mediazona — has been collating data and identifying dead russian soldiers since the beginning of the war with ukraine. our analysis reveals volunteers are increasingly older men with lower incomes,

and are not surviving long in battle. 0lga ivshina reports. the faces of russian fighters killed in ukraine are changed. now, more and more men in their 405, 50s and even 60s are volunteering for the frontline. 62—year—old rinat khusniyarov was one of them. before he volunteered, he had two jobs. fighting for russia, he earned seven times what he did before. russian authorities have repeatedly increased sign—up bonuses to attract men like rinat. he died in february this year. we don't know where exactly, but thousands of kilometres away from his home in russia. last month, russian forces faced a ukrainian offensive in kursk — the first on russian territory. the kremlin claims this attack has encouraged more volunteers to sign up to fight. there are no official figures on the numbers of russians killed. so, since the start of the war,

the bbc and its partner mediazona have been trying to build a picture of what's happening on the frontlines. we have been using photos of graves, social media posts and news articles to uncover the scale of russian losses. so far, we have managed to verify that 70,000 russian troops have died since the start of the war. the recent figures also show that, for the first time, the largest group of men dying are volunteers, not regular soldiers or convicts, but men who have signed up after the start of the full—scale invasion in february 2022. a study from the russian ministry of defence, seen by the bbc, suggests that many of those deaths could be avoided with better first aid and medical care. they are fighting a battle where they are not prepared and might not have the needed equipment to fight. there isn't sufficient preparation and there are also equipment shortages or non—existent equipment for which there have been prepared for those few limited weeks that they have done so.

this graph shows how losses of russian troops were distributed since the start of the war. moscow continues to use so—called meatgrinder tactics, trying to wear down ukrainian forces. and volunteers now seem to be used at the most challenging parts of the front line. our data shows that volunteers are now dying at a faster rate than in the first two years of the war. this spike in the number killed coincides with the russian offensive on avdiivka in the east of ukraine. it was one of the deadliest confrontations in this war. having lost thousands of troops, russia was able to take the ruins of avdiivka in early 202a. as our count only includes deaths reported publicly, the true figure of losses is significantly higher. asked for comment, the russian government did not respond.

early this year, ukraine acknowledged 31,000 soldiers had been killed, but estimates from the us intelligence suggest the number is higher. moscow continues to push on, willing to exchange thousands of lives for small pieces of scattered land. 0lga ivshina, bbc news. let's speak to dr rasmus nilsson, a lecturer in the school of slavonic and east european studies at the university college london. as 0lga was saying in her report, the largest numbers of russians that, in other words thinking about the number of russians that it has to fight for it, or would be to expect this? .,

for it, or would be to expect this? . , , . this? that is exactly right. we would meet _ this? that is exactly right. we would expect volunteers - this? that is exactly right. we would expect volunteers with | would expect volunteers with limited training, limited provisions, including ammunition but also provisions for defence, we expect them to die at a higher rate. i would be careful about using the word volunteers for many of them. they may not have been press—ganged into service but they could find themselves in socio— economic situation to give them limited options beyond the military.- give them limited options beyond the military. how much is most concerned _ beyond the military. how much is most concerned about - beyond the military. how much is most concerned about the i is most concerned about the death toll?— is most concerned about the death toll? they are trying to kee it death toll? they are trying to keep it under _ death toll? they are trying to keep it under wraps. - death toll? they are trying to keep it under wraps. part - death toll? they are trying to keep it under wraps. part of. keep it under wraps. part of that has to do with their as active fighting going on in any state will do that. but they are also trying to keep it under wraps because that is what the russian state does. the kremlin wants to promote this idea that russia has unlimited resources so therefore the more you can obfuscate and play down the number of casualties the better

that story would play out at home as well as abroad. is it ossible home as well as abroad. is it possible to _ home as well as abroad. is it possible to get _ home as well as abroad. is it possible to get the _ home as well as abroad. is it possible to get the sense of russian public opinion on the number of deaths? it is russian public opinion on the number of deaths?— number of deaths? it is very difficult in — number of deaths? it is very difficult in general _ number of deaths? it is very difficult in general to - number of deaths? it is very difficult in general to get - number of deaths? it is very| difficult in general to get the feeling of russian public opinion these days. in general, people will be touched if anybody they knew or close to them gets hurt or killed in the war. but most russians these days are thinking more about their individual social and economic situation, which is becoming more difficult, rather than the grander schemes of the war and the like. the european union says it will provide $11 billion to help countries hit by severe flooding. storm boris destroyed buildings, bridges and roads across parts of central and eastern europe. at least 20 people have died. the latest country to be affected is italy, where a huge clean—up is now

under way after more than 1,000 people in the north—eastern region of emilia romagna were forced to evacuate. towns in the central region of marche also reported serious flooding and disruption. two people have been reported missing. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

it could let's go to emilia romagna in italy and speak with journalist serena biondini, who is in bagnacavallo in the ravenna province. thank you very much forjoining us. thank you very much for “oining us. ~ a. thank you very much for “oining us, ~ , thank you very much for “oining us. ~ , thank you very much for “oining us. ~ , ., us. we can see some of the flood waters _ us. we can see some of the flood waters behind - us. we can see some of the flood waters behind you. i flood waters behind you. describe the situation there. yes, this situation —— situation here is dramatic.

this is one of the places that was most affected by the massive flooding. we are in the emilia romagna area. just next to us as a river that broke its banks and flooded all these towns, 500 people here had to leave their houses, more than 50 people had to take refuge on the roofs of their houses and wait to be rescued by firefighters with helicopters in the night. in all of the emilia romagna there are more than 1,000 people who had to leave and seek refuge out of their houses because the flooding is really, really wide. the drama strikes higher, stronger, because this same area one year and four months ago was already flooded. people

are desperate exasperated. more than anything, they ask for prevention. there is a strong controversy now in italy between the national government and the local government, accusing each other of having done not enough to prevent this. people are suffering and asking for help, asking for money, asking for structural solutions to all of this. we are out of— solutions to all of this. we are out of time, _ solutions to all of this. we are out of time, but - solutions to all of this. we are out of time, but thank you very much for setting the scene for us there in emilia romagna, where you are. domestic abuse specialists are to be employed in some 999 control rooms in england and wales. almost 100 domestic abuse—related offences were recorded by police on average every hour last year, according to government figures. the new measure is part

of raneem's law, in memory of raneem 0udeh and her mother, khaola saleem, who were murdered by ms 0udeh's estranged husband. let's speak to ellen miller, the ceo of safelives. what difference do you think this will make to domestic abuse victims? we this will make to domestic abuse victims?— this will make to domestic abuse victims? we hear again and again _ abuse victims? we hear again and again from _ abuse victims? we hear again and again from survivors, - abuse victims? we hear again | and again from survivors, their experience when they try to make contact. it is the impact. they talk about feeling that they are not believed. they talk about how this makes them feel and how it makes them discouraged. we have experience who are there at this desperate moment in their lives,

traumatised, crying out for help but it is like a pit bull, they cannot get the help they need. if this is one thing that would help that to happen, hallelujah, it will save more lives. hallelu'ah, it will save more lives. , , lives. of course sometimes men are the victims _ lives. of course sometimes men are the victims of— lives. of course sometimes men are the victims of domestic - are the victims of domestic abuse, as well, but the vast majority are women. do you think these domestic abuse specialist will be able to say to police who are about to be dispatched or have the message passed to police who are about to be dispatched, to give them more information about what to do when they get there? yes. more information about what to do when they get there?- do when they get there? yes, i think it is _ do when they get there? yes, i think it is about _ do when they get there? yes, i think it is about two _ do when they get there? yes, i think it is about two bits, - think it is about two bits, really. the ability to give more information and the ability to build trust from the very start. 0nly ability to build trust from the very start. only a fifth to a quarter of people who experience abuse ring the police anyway. when they do make that call there needs to

be the understanding that they are hugely traumatised. they will not be presenting their best selves. there will be in the state of desperation. they need someone who can understand them. this is a great start. up when you look at the volume of calls, everybody in the control room needs both the knowledge and skills, but also the attitude and belief those people are listening to them. this is a pilot, because it is not possible to get the numbers of domestic abuse specialist into control rooms overnight. how long do you think it will get to that point from piloting to a place where there are the specialists everywhere that is needed? ., ., , needed? you can have things cheal , needed? you can have things cheaply. you _ needed? you can have things cheaply. you can _ needed? you can have things cheaply, you can have - needed? you can have things cheaply, you can have things| cheaply, you can have things cheaply, you can have things cheaply, or you can have the quality. the more money that is spent on this the more quickly

it'll be something that happens. we also need to be the right people so that they have the right value set. believing somebody is not something that takes a one—day training course to do, and respecting somebody is not something that a one—day course can do. it is about your core values and attitudes to people who are crying out to you in moments when they need help. we need to see those people who do not have those values and beliefs exiting those forces because we can't have a situation where one force will suspend everybody and the other force doesn't suspend people when there are allegations. it is a whole set of actions that needs to be taken. ., ~' ,, , . of actions that needs to be taken. ., ~ i. , . ., taken. thank you very much for our taken. thank you very much for your time- _ your time. here is the scene on the

x—trial — lebanon border. there is the picture across the border as we continue to follow developments there. more responses from hezbollah across that border. you're watching bbc news. the thwaites glacier which is the largest in the world is continuing to retreat and could almost entirely disappear by the 23rd century, according to scientists meeting here in the uk. the two—kilometre thick ice sheet, which is the size of great britain, is one of the leading contributors to rising sea levels. experts have heard that thwaites has been retreating for more than 80 years but the rate has accelerated in the past 30. let's speak to dr peter davis who is a physical 0ceanographer in the polar 0ceans group at the british antarctic survey first of all, put into context a little bit morejust

first of all, put into context a little bit more just how huge this glazier is, how important it is to the levels of the seas. ~ , , ., y it is to the levels of the seas. ~ , , ., , , it is to the levels of the seas. ~ ,,., , , ., seas. absolutely. it is an enormous _ seas. absolutely. it is an enormous piece - seas. absolutely. it is an enormous piece of - seas. absolutely. it is an enormous piece of ice. i seas. absolutely. it is an - enormous piece of ice. imagine a block of ice the size of great britain, 2,000 metres thick, it is very difficult to picture what that looks like, but we have known for some time is that this block of ice is slowly flowing into the ocean and every bits of ice that comes off the landing goes into the sea is causing sea levels to rise. the thwaites glacier could raise sea levels by 65 centimetres if it collapsed entirely. that would be catastrophic changes around the whole planet. catastrophic changes around the whole planet-— whole planet. what is the latest data _ whole planet. what is the latest data that _ whole planet. what is the latest data that you - whole planet. what is the j latest data that you have, whole planet. what is the - latest data that you have, what is it telling you about the state of the glazier and the rate at which it is melting? what we have seen is the ice shelf, the part of the glazier that floats out over the ocean, is likely to collapse within the next decade or so. this is

a clear indication of how the change of climate is affecting antarctica. what are results also show is that when that ice sheh also show is that when that ice shelf collapses, the worst case scenario for future sea—level rise are unlikely to occur over the next century, but into the next two or 300 years, if we can cut our carbon emissions dramatically will see these large—scale collapses of la rge—scale collapses of antarctic large—scale collapses of antarctic ice shelves and that will drive a significant increase in sea level. so some bad news. _ increase in sea level. so some bad news, but _ increase in sea level. so some bad news, but potentially - increase in sea level. so some | bad news, but potentially good news here, that there is hope and a reminder that people need to do something to stop this getting worse?— to do something to stop this getting worse? yes, absolutely. that is the _ getting worse? yes, absolutely. that is the key _ getting worse? yes, absolutely. that is the key point. _ getting worse? yes, absolutely. that is the key point. there - getting worse? yes, absolutely. that is the key point. there is i that is the key point. there is still hope. we can change the course of human carbon emissions and reduce the impact of the worst effects of climate change. we still have time available. if we continue to

carry on without reducing these omissions we will face significant consequences in what may be longer than a human lifetime, but will come around very quickly. lifetime, but will come around very quickly-— very quickly. you have been spending — very quickly. you have been spending months _ very quickly. you have been spending months are - very quickly. you have been spending months are quitel very quickly. you have been| spending months are quite a very quickly. you have been - spending months are quite a few years studying this case here. what is it like to be in this environment? it what is it like to be in this environment?— what is it like to be in this environment? it is incredible, privilege- _ environment? it is incredible, privilege- it — environment? it is incredible, privilege. it is _ environment? it is incredible, privilege. it is hard _ environment? it is incredible, privilege. it is hard to - privilege. it is hard to express how amazing it is to be in this environment, its vastness, its whiteness, its quietness. you may be with a team of eight or 11 people, and there could be nobody around you for 500 kilometres. imagine driving up the m1 for that distance and seeing nobody. it is amazing. it is a privilege to be involved in this research, trying to understand these fundamental questions and how they affect us back here in the uk. ., , the uk. doctor peter davies from the — the uk. doctor peter davies from the british _ the uk. doctor peter davies from the british antarctic i from the british antarctic survey, thank you very much for your time.

what's more than 75 feet long, green and lived a 150 million years ago? the only green dinosaur skeleton in the world will soon be on display at the natural history museum in los angeles. cbs's danya bacchus gives us an inside look at how the dinosaur fossils were found and recreated. when palaeontologists set out to find jurassic fossils in the badlands of utah back in 2007, they weren't sure what to expect. but buried in what was a riverbed150 million years ago was something so rare. this is really exciting because we didn't know what we had. it kept the team from the natural history museum of los angeles county's dinosaur institute coming back for more than a decade. the careful pounding of rock unveiled fossils of a green—hued jurassic giant scientists named gnatalie, a diplodocus—like dinosaur that got its colour from minerals found in the riverbed. palaeontological imaging specialist stephanie abramowitz created visual documents and

records of every bone. i'm taking those bits and pieces and scaling them into an illustration that reconstructs her skeleton as it would have been in life, and then, using that skeleton. her fleshed—out illustrations help to reconstruct gnatalie's nearly five— tonne composite skeleton. national geographic provides an inside look at the excavation and reassembly in its september 2024 issue. we're getting a behind the scenes look at the more than 75ft long—necked green dinosaur. long—necked green dinosaur, gnatalie, before it's open to the public, gnatalie spelled with a g, because of the stinging gnats that pestered excavators from sunrise to sundown. these little biting gnats would attack us. we'd get a little red dot on our skin and it would lump up instantly. palaeontologist preparator erika durazo also exhumed the fossils and worked in the museum's lab to expose the fine details of the bones. gnatalie is in the process of being mounted

for display in the museum. what is it like for you to walk in here and now see gnatalie on display? well, it's truly an amazing experience. i feel very much connected to it, so it feels like the end of an era. an era that leaves a tangible piece of thejurassic period for all to see. danya bacchus, cbs news, los angeles. if your child is a picky eater, we might have some good news for you. santas is a point of being fussy about food has less to do with parenting skills and more to do with genetics, but having family meals together and offering children a variety of fruit and vegetables could help, particularly during the toddler stages. the bad news is that the fuzziness can last well into their teenage years. as most parents will tell you! to stay with us here in bbc news. much more to come.

hello. after our recent spell of summer—like sunshine and warmth, for some of us, things are about to change, especially across the southern half of the british isles, because the next few days brings the threat of some big showers and some thunderstorms. quite cool and cloudy across the north—east, but warm sunshine for the northwest of the uk, so three distinct zones of weather as we head through the course of today and into the weekend as well. let's take a look at the rainfall accumulation between now and the end of monday. some areas could see over 80mm of rain, particularly so for parts of east wales, the midlands, perhaps central and southern england as well, close to a month's worth of rainfall on the way for some areas, but not everywhere. low pressure is going to start to move its way in from the bay of biscay, across the southern of biscay, across the southern half of england and wales, half of england and wales, especially so by the time especially so by the time we get to sunday. we get to sunday. high pressure holding high pressure holding of low cloud, mist and murk on towards the north. on towards the north. but let's take a look but let's take a look at the rest of today. at the rest of today. we've still got quite a lot we've still got quite a lot

of low cloud, mist and murk holding on for north—east england and northern and eastern scotland. but for the bulk of scotland, northern ireland, north—west england, some sunny spells. it's further south that we've got that threat of big thunderstorms through the west midlands, wales down towards dorset and devon, for instance, as well. 16 to 23 celsius for most of us, some sunshine holding on for east anglia and the south—east for a good part of the day. always coolerjust along that north—east coast and that low cloud and mist and murk willjust drift its way further west as we move through the course of tonight. there'll also be another batch of showers moving into the far south. another mild night for most of us, with temperatures remaining in the mid—teens in the south. into single figures across the north of scotland under clearer skies. now through the day tomorrow, we start off a bit like today with quite a bit of cloud, should thin and break with some

again in the north, which is going to be the picture on sunday. again for northern ireland and western scotland, sunny, warm conditions here, but cool and cloudy around the north—east coast. further south, though, those showers and thunderstorms by sunday are going to be heavier and more frequent as well. could be some frequent hail and lightning. into next week things turn cooler and more unsettled. a distinct autumnal and fairly windy spell of weather on the way. bye for now.

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the time forjustice is now — women who were sexually abused and raped by mohammed al fayad call for accountability. lawyers are representing 37 survivors — and have been contacted by more — who worked at harrods and were attacked by its late chairman. he told me in no uncertain terms that i was never to breathe a word of this to anyone. if i did, i would never work in london again, and he knew where my family lived. also on the programme... israel strikes more than a hundred hezbollah targets in southern lebanon, again raising fears of an escalation in the conflict. only half of patients with head, neck and bowel cancers get treatment in the target time — a leading charity says it's putting lives at risk. shoppers' confidence in the economy drops sharply, with nerves about spending ahead of 0ctober�*s budget. my son says to me," don't you dare sing. "i'm telling you, i'm walking out."