this is bbc news, the headlines... the international criminal court issues arrest warrants for israel's prime minister, it's former defence minister — as well as a hamas millitary commander, who israel says it killed injuly. there are conflicting reports over whether a russian weapon which hit dnipro in ukraine was an intercontinental ballistic missile. gautam adani — one of the world's richest men — is indicted in the us over an alleged multi—million dollar bribery scheme. and these are pictures from iceland, where lava is spewing from this volcano near the capital for the tenth time in three years. hello, i'm geeta guru—murthy. much more coming up for you including more on ukraine but let's catch up first of all with all the sport. more from the returning premier

league injust a moment. but first — we're into a deciding doubles match, at the davis cup — as australia and the usa battle it out for a place in the semi—finals in malaga. they were victorious in the deciding doubles match to win 2-1. a thriller to open the tie — between thanasi kokkinasis and ben shelton — which was ultimately decided 16—14 in a third set tie—break — the australian eventually prevailing, in a match lasting on the way to two—and—half hours. and look at what it meant. but fritz of the usa levelled up the tie with a straight sets win over alex de minaur. 6—3, 6—4 that finished. before australia went on to win the doubles. the premier league will return at the weekend but chelsea captain reece james has suffered another injury setback as his side prepare to return to premier league action. james missed much of last season with hamstring issues and had surgery which — it was hoped — would fix the problem. but he's already missed several games this season,

and his boss says he'll miss saturday's trip to leicester, enzo maresca's former club. it's a hamstring. yeah, sorry, hamstring. it is a muscle problem and we don't want to take, as i said, any risk for this weekend so hopefully it is not something long. three more sides could seal their places in the women's champions league quarterfinals after chelsea, lyon and real madrid became the first sides to seal their places in the women's champions league quarter—finals, another trio could join them in the last eight later. manchester city are through if they avoid defeat. a win for bayern munich at norwegian champions valerenga would see the german side through. and assuming bayern avoid defeat, arsenal will progress with a win againstjuventus. arsenal won back the reverse fixture for—0. formula one is back this weekend — fittingly at a city that knows how to party — las vegas — as the formula one world championship could be decided there. max verstappen�*s on the verge of a fourth successive driver's title, he holds a huge lead over lando norris with three races to go. so all eyes — including

those of the sphere — are on the race are on the grand prix which could settle things. organisers are confident the street circuit will avoid the problems of last year — including a dislodged manhole that nearly destroyed carlos sainz�* car. verstappen should be confident of another title, though he's playing it cool. three races left, you're getting close to the end of the season and it is of course looking good in the championship but we still need to score a lot of points so we will just focus on to score a lot of points so we willjust focus on that to score a lot of points so we will just focus on that and once we are doing that, then you get close to the end result which of course the target is to win the championship. australia and india are preparing to meet in a five—match test series for the first time since the early �*90s. the two sides play for the border—gavaskar trophy, with india winning the last four series 2—1. the first test gets underway on friday in perth with australia captain pat cummins saying this is the last trophy many in the aussie changing room have to tick off. they've won a slew world cups and ashes series. and they'll be up against an india side captained for only the second time byjasprit bumrah.

he's standing in for regular captain rohit sharma, who's stayed home for the birth of his second child. i don't look at it as a post, i welcome the responsibility. i have wanted the tough jobs since i was a child. you want to be in the thick of things, you want to be in tough scenarios. this will add a new challenge for me. i have always been wanting to add more and it feels good. there is no greater honour than this. as a child, i wanted to play this format and leading india in test cricket, very few people have done that, so i'm very privileged and happy to be in this position. and that's all the sport for now. we will have more later on. studio: gavin, good to see you, thank you so much. the annual cop29 climate summit is wrapping up in azerbaijan and one of the big surprises this year was the arrival of a delegation from the taliban.

they're normally shunned by the international community, but they've been allowed to attend because of the huge threat afghanistan faces from climate change. a lack of international aid means most projects in the country have stopped but one huge canal building scheme is still under way. the bbc world service's firuz rahimi has been to see it in northern afghanistan. the dry, cracked ground of a region in its third year of drought. hajji rajab looks at the fields where no crops have grown this year. translation: in the past three years, people - have been struggling. they don't have enough money. the drought has hit them really hard. afghanistan is ranked in the top ten countries who are most vulnerable to climate change. over 12 million people here have acute food insecurity. 80% of the population depend on agriculture. it is a crisis that has led to this unusual scene.

the taliban are largely shunned by the international community, but they have been allowed to attend the cop29 climate talks in azerbaijan. foreign funding for climate relief projects was suspended when they seized power. they want to see it restored. but not all work in afghanistan has stopped. this huge scheme will stretch for almost 300km and is being built and funded solely by the afghan government. the qosh tepa canal is expected to cost over half—a—billion dollars. it will help deal with the problems brought by climate change and also allow new areas to be farmed. the canal will be fed from one of the region's largest waterways. this is the starting point of afghanistan's ambitious project to divert a massive amount of water from amu river to revitalise

agriculture and tackle drought. but uzbekistan and other countries downstream warned that taking too much water will upset the delicate regional balance. the project is being self—funded and built without any experienced foreign contractors. industry experts say poor design and construction could lead to much of the water being lost before it reaches the right areas. but farmers like abdul mubeen are still optimistic. even before the canal is completed, he is using some of the groundwater it has collected to farm this once dry land. translation: i want to build a house here for my family i because we will have water. we plant and cultivate everything we need in this land, from tomatoes to fruits and even oilseeds.

whether it is a success orfailure, this massive project will have a huge impact on abdul mobin and many people like him across the region. firuz rahimi, kaldar district in northern afghanistan. let me take you back to our top story and the icc arrest warrants for senior israeli leaders including benjamin netanyahu and his former defence secretary yoav gallant and a hamas commander who israel say they have killed. the reaction we have just had from the us from the embassy national security council is saying the united states fundamentally rejects the court's decision to issue arrest warrants for senior israeli officials. we remain deeply concerned by the prosecutor's rush to seek arrest warrants and the troubling process errors leading to this decision. the united states has been clear that the icc doesn't have jurisdiction over this matter

in coordination with partners including israel, we are discussing next steps. we have had that from our dc bureau with the us government, thejoe biden government, fundamentally rejecting the decision of the icc to issue arrest warrants for benjamin netanyahu and yoav gallant, the former defence minister and the united states in any case is not actually a signatory to the international criminal court. we are going to get more reaction of course on that story in the next hour. one of the world's richest men — indian billionaire gautam adani has been charged with fraud in the us, adani has been accused him of orchestrating a $250 million bribery scheme and concealing it to raise money in the us. shares in adani group companies have fallen sharply our business correpsondent in india, archana shukla, gave us her analysis. $200 billion ports to renewable energy to coal company with businesses spanning across and, in fact, adani is one of the important

players and big players in the green energy space, with the indian government's ambitions to take the green energy, you know, targets ahead for india. so certainly all the eyes are there. but at the same time, it's a company that has been under a lot of criticism and question for its proximity to prime minister narendra modi, where political opposition has been calling for a joint parliamentary probe into some of the scams that have, you know, been named, of the adani group. also including the hindenburg report and definitely this, you know, the additionalfraud charges coming in now are adding to the political storm in india. so both on the economic and the market side as well as on the political side, this news is, you know, is creating a lot of ripples in india. let's get more now on the news from ukraine, us official has told cbs news that the missile

fired overnight that it dnipro was a ballistic missile but not an intercontinental ballistic missile. the force said dnipro was targeted bya by a russian intercontinental listings which would have been the first time such a weapon was used in the war. amidst this confusion coming after ukraine used us long—range missiles as well as reports of british supplied missiles to strike targets inside russia, something moscow had warned it would consider as an escalation. with me is our reporter olga malchevska, who's been looking at the response from both ukrainian and russian media. just tell us first of all how the events are being reported in the ukrainian media? firstly, in ukrainian media, they started to report about a quite early in the morning, around 8am uk time, there were articles in ukrainian media if we can show it on screen. one of the key ukrainian media outlets reported there was an

attack, that russia used intercontinental ballistic missiles and that they were referring ukraine defence forces. the ukraine defence forces, we can also see them on their official telegram channel, saying exactly the same, that it was that type of missile and that russia used it to target ukrainian city of dnipro. the media were also discussing it with the angle that that missile was capable of carrying the nuclear weapon and that part of the sentence was also quoted in ukrainian media quite high because people obviously are worried about it and a day earlier, ukrainian media also published a lot of analyses anticipating something like that might happen and what to expect and what kind of missile is that. now, if we

look at the russian media, first i want to emphasise that both ukrainian and russian media say that that missile, whatever it was, was launched from the russian region we can show on the map. that it was launched there but then russian media are saying that official kremlin isn't commenting and one of the russian media is saying that the spokesperson for the russian president said that the kremlin reacted but basically what they say is that this question should be asked to the russian ministry of defence and obviously there was no reaction from the russian ministry of defence. what also we noticed, while i was going through the russian media, there were also some reports about the briefing of the russian spokeswoman of the russian spokeswoman of the russian ministry of foreign

affairs who does those briefings quite regularly and as i was looking whether she would be asked anything about that, there was an interesting piece that in the middle of her briefing in russian, she suddenly received a phone call, hopefully we can sit on the video, and you can hear also on that video that the sound told her, i will say exactly what was said in russian, that there was said in russian, that there was a ballistic missiles attacks which is forbidden, this is a quote, which is forbidden to speak about so please don't comment on it. then she said thank you and finished the call and carried on with the briefing. obviously changing the topic to other questions. changing the topic to other question— changing the topic to other cuestions. ., questions. 0k, olga, we will leave it questions. ok, olga, we will leave it there _ questions. ok, olga, we will leave it there but _ questions. ok, olga, we will leave it there but there - questions. ok, olga, we will leave it there but there is . leave it there but there is still confusion at the moment. as we are speaking about what kind of missile was used but it is very good to get a sense of what the ukrainian and russian media are talking about at the

moment so thank you very much indeed for checking all of that for us. 20 people have been arrested as part of an international operation targeting a criminal gang alleged to have smuggled at least 750 syrian migrants into the uk and germany. the national crime agency has described the gang as one of europe's most significant people—smuggling networks. the group is believed to have been active in more than 20 countries, charging migrants up to £10,000 to get them from syria to the uk or germany. six people have been arrested in serbia, six in austria, four in germany, and three in bosnia and herzegovina. an iraqi man was detained in wolverhampton. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

now you might remember the piece of artwork which was a banana duct—taped to wall. it's now been sold at auction in new york for more than $5 million. let's have a listen to the auction as it approached

it's record breaking price at $5 million. don't miss this opportunity. it's going to go and it's going to go fast. at $5 million. here it is. are you bidding, madam? at $5 million for the banana. here it is. only at sotheby�*s. these are words i never thought i'd say. $5 million for a banana. it's your expensive banana, and the hammer is coming up. this is it. final time. carly... ..don�*t let it slip away. let us know what you think about that. the longlist for the bbc�*s sound of 2025 has been revealed, showcasing some of the biggest new names in music. now in its 23rd year, the list has predicted success for artists including adele, billie eilish, stormzy, lady gaga and sam smith. with me is lola schroer, the presenter of the catch up on bbc three. who should we be looking at on the list?

what does this celebrate? celebrates rising artists which bbc radio i celebrates rising artists which bbc radio 1 i celebrates rising artists which bbc radioi i think celebrates rising artists which bbc radio i i think is going to have the most mainstream success in the next year so as you said, past winners have included adele, sam smith, so they really do get it right because those artists are people we are still talking about today. on this list this year there are 11 names and it is in its 23rd year and 180 music industry experts come together to decide who is going together to decide who is going to be on this long list. from representatives from spotify, to glastonbury, to icons like sir eltonjohn. they all have a say so it is real music industry decisions. say so it is real music indust decisions. , ., , , industry decisions. presumably the can industry decisions. presumably they can potentially _ industry decisions. presumably they can potentially help - industry decisions. presumably they can potentially help the i they can potentially help the winners and that explains perhaps some of the success we have seen from these massive names that have won in the past. who are you looking at this year?— past. who are you looking at this ear? , this year? everyone is looking at chappell — this year? everyone is looking at chappell roan _ this year? everyone is looking at chappell roan who - this year? everyone is looking at chappell roan who has - this year? everyone is looking at chappell roan who has had j this year? everyone is looking i at chappell roan who has had an electrifying year. she actually has six grammy nominations

which has only been announced within the last couple of weeks. this is all focused around her debut album which is the rise and fall of a midwest princess. interestingly, she used to sing backing vocals on olivia rodrigo's music so she has had an amazing year so far going from that to being incredibly successful, getting all these grammy nominations. another hotly —tipped pick is the jazz collective ezra collective, they won the mercury prize in 2023 for their album where i am meant to be, two big names you may have heard of before. the one you might not have heard of is doechii, you not meant to have favourites but i love a bit of doechii, she has a mix tape at the moment. she has really cemented her rise as a hip—hop's brightest new star, been on tour with scissor and

doja cat. been on tour with scissor and do'a cat. �* been on tour with scissor and deli! cat-— doja cat. i'm hoping my children _ doja cat. i'm hoping my children know _ doja cat. i'm hoping my children know some - doja cat. i'm hoping my children know some of. doja cat. i'm hoping my - children know some of these people, i am slightly behind you. there's been some criticism of this list what is that about? this criticism of this list what is that about?— criticism of this list what is that about? as we discussed there are — that about? as we discussed there are some _ that about? as we discussed there are some names - that about? as we discussed there are some names on i that about? as we discussed i there are some names on there that some of our audience may have heard of it like ezra collective and chappell roan, there has been some chatter online and music magazines have been saying that perhaps this poll is a bit broken because it is all about rising stars and these are names we know of. more established than in previous years?- more established than in previous years? more established than in revious ears? , ., ., previous years? they are more established _