that was our europe regional editor for the bbc world service, danny aeberhard. about that on the bbc website. comedian and actor russell brand has made his first public statement since sexual assault allegations were made against him a week ago. in a video posted on his youtube channel, he did not directly address the claims but thanked supporters for "questioning" the media reports. he also criticised the government and technology companies. 0ur reporter simonjones has more. hello there, you awakening wonders. back on social media for the first time in a week. obviously, it's been an extraordinary and distressing week, and i thank you very much for your support and for questioning the information that you've been presented with. july 1st, 2012, was when my rape happened. this week, russell brand faced allegations of rape and sexual assault following claims by four women made in an investigation by channel four�*s dispatches and the sunday times, claims he had previously denied. he insisted his relationships had always been consensual. the bbc also heard from on

and you can you can hear more about finfluencers with business daily from the bbc world service. rvice. let's get some of the day's other news now. a bbc investigation suggests that three major water companies in the uk illegally discharged sewage hundreds of times last year on days when it was not raining. thames, wessex and southern water appear to have collectively released sewage in dry spills for 3,500 hours last year, in breach of their permits. water uk, the industry body, said the spills "should be investigated". senior doctors and dentists in new zealand will strike for the first—ever time, after pay negotiations broke down. over 5,000 staff members are expected to walk out, with the strike lasting for two hours. further strikes are planned for later this month. new zealand's health authority say they are frustrated and extremely disappointed that their latest pay offer has not been accepted. workers at chevron's natural gas project in australia plan a total strike for two weeks from september 1a. a union allied said today. that is a significant escalation on disputes ove

i talked to faranak amidi, bbc world service correspondent, who's iranian herself, about the atmosphereuntry. one of the first things that you witness and you notice, basically, is the change of the appearance of the cities across iran. what you're seeing is that the public spaces have changed because women have changed. women are appearing in these public spaces without mandatory hijab. i'm not saying all of the women, but many of the women. and it's not limited to a certain generation. we are seeing older women appearing in public spaces without hijab. we are seeing women like shop cashier people, people in banks, in different offices, without hijab. as a woman myself who grew up in iran until i was 30 years old, i never thought i would see something like this. so, it's this widespread civil disobedience that has changed the appearance of cities and public spaces. but on the other hand, there has been a lot of brutality and there has been a lot of effort by the regime and the authorities to oppress women, especially women and ethnic minorities, even further. 0ppress them physically, b

with more on this, bbc world service africa editor richard hamilton.mounting problem? the first attack and the mounting problem? tue: first attack attack and the mounting problem? tte: first attack was on a passenger boat on the river niger. islamist militants fired three rockets at the engine of this passenger boat and around 50 civilians were killed. and then after that, there was an attack on a military base also in a place called bamber, near the river as well. 15 malian soldiers were killed. the malian army said that they retaliated and killed 50 islamist militants but we haven't had any verification of that claim. but that has been a mounting problem since the beginning of this year? definitely. even in the last few minutes, we are getting breaking news of another attack of potomac vans are driven into a military army base in northern mali whether believed suicide attack. the security situation is getting much worse and we have seen these coups in west africa which have been prompted by the insecurity so we have had military regimes taking overin

earlier, the bbc world service regional editor, lipika pelham, gave us this update. of in sort of you know the india first was the campaign of mr saleh. and mr modi came to power saying that you are selling your soul to india, don't be a slave to india. and this india out campaign sort of propelled mr. moussa's campaign to the hearts of many maldivians who wanted to see a free and independent maldives that believed maldivians believed that they are being increasingly in the under the political in the, under the political and economic cloud of india, so that the campaign was used in terms of spheres of influence. why are the maldives important to both china and india? well, it sort of stands in the middle of the indian ocean, and the archipelago is also in the kind of east in the kind of east—west shipping lane. and it became important. always has been important. and when islam was brought to the archipelago in the 12th century, it became commercially connected to africa and asia. and as i havejust said, that it sits in the kind of busiest shipping lane and trade is i

to help us understand it, let's get more from paul moss, the europe regional editor for the bbc world service 15 different republics, hence the name, the union of soviet socialist republics. in the far southwest over there were azerbaijan and armenia as neighbours. two very different countries. azerbaijan predominantly muslim, armenia predominantly christian. the two of them having very different languages with different alphabets. in 1991, the old soviet union fell apart and at that point there were particular tensions over this region, nagorno—karabakh. as you can see, it's in azerbaijan, but the population are mostly ethnic armenians. most of them wanted tojoin with armenia. there were protests, there were local acts of violence, but eventually a full—scale war broke out. and this really was an ugly war. there was shelling, there was bombing, but there were also lots of attacks on civilians, lots of suggestions of atrocities committed by both sides. the ceasefire was agreed in 1994 but this never really addressed the underlying issues, the underlying tensions. and so in 2020, once again, a

with more on this let's speak to bbc world service's regional editor lipika pelham.idate around this campaign on the basis of... he came to power saying he was selling our soul to india. don't be a slave to india. and the india out campaign fuelled the hearts of many more deviants he wanted to see a free and independent maldives. many believe they are being increasingly under the political and economic cloud of india. in under the political and economic cloud of india.— cloud of india. in terms of influence, _ cloud of india. in terms of influence, while _ cloud of india. in terms of influence, while the i cloud of india. in terms of i influence, while the multi-use influence, while the multi—use importance to china and india? it stands in the middle of the indian ocean and it's also on east—west shipping lane. it became important, has a ways been important and when islam was brought to the archipelago in the 12th century, it became commercially connected to africa and asia. and it says on the busiest shipping lane. traders important as we also know between 2013 and

live now to mimi swaby, who's monitoring this story for the bbc world service.s we mentioned, a sweeping ruling, practically speaking, what will this mean for the country and for women in mexico?— country and for women in mexico? , ., ., , . , ., mexico? this unanimous decision by mexic0's _ mexico? this unanimous decision by mexico's highest _ mexico? this unanimous decision by mexico's highest court - by mexico's highest court obliges all public health institutions to provide abortion services for anybody who requests it. this means women across mexico can access these procedures without fear of any legal repercussions or prosecutions. it also prevents medical personnel performing these procedures being criminalised so they can go through with these rather complex in some cases operations without fear of prosecution in cells. previously they could have faced up to five years in prison, so celebrations on both fronts today. prison, so celebrations on both fronts today-— fronts today. mexico is traditionally _ fronts today. mexico is traditionally a - fronts tod

and to help us understand it let's get more from paul moss, the europe regional editor for the bbc world servicename, the union of soviet socialist republics. in the far south—west over there were azerbaijan and armenia as neighbours. two very different countries. azerbaijan predominantly muslim, armenia predominantly christian. the two of them having very different languages with different alphabets. in 1991, the old soviet union fell apart and at that point there were particular tensions over this region, nagorno—karabakh. as you can see, it's in azerbaijan, but the population are mostly ethnic armenians. most of them wanted tojoin with armenia. there were protests, there were local acts of violence, but eventually a full—scale war broke out. and this really was an ugly war. there was shelling, there was bombing, but there were also lots of attacks on civilians, lots of suggestions of atrocities committed by both sides. the ceasefire was agreed in1991t but this never really addressed the underlying issues, the underlying tensions. and so in 2020, once again a war broke out. again, a very ugly

jean h lee, is the presenter of the bbc world service podcast the lazarus heist, which looks into government—sanctionedave us her reaction to today's developments. i'm sure it is a huge relief to his family and us officials and maybe even a relief to the north koreans. i cannot say how involved the us was in those negotiations because they do not have diplomatic relations but clearly, once the north koreans decided that they were going to let this soldier go, the wheels went into motion very quickly and it is an interesting lesson that we are getting today and how that happens with sweden serving as a protecting power and i wasn't pyongyang myself and it was very important to have a good relationship with sweden and they did have that relationship with they did have that relationship with the north koreans and would speak on the north koreans and would speak on the behalf of americans. thea;r the north koreans and would speak on the behalf of americans.— the behalf of americans. they have done it before, _ the behalf of americans. they have done it before, just _ the behalf of americans. they have done

the developments we're to help us understand it we get more from paul moss the editor for the bbc world service a collection of 15 different republics, hence the name, the union of soviet socialist republic. in the far southwest over there were azerbaijan and armenia's neighbours. two very different countries. azerbaijan predominantly muslim, armenia predominantly muslim, armenia predominantly christian. they have different languages with different alphabets. in 1991, the old soviet union fell apart and that that point there were particular tensions over this region, nagorno—karabakh. as you can see, it is in azerbaijan but the population there were mostly ethnic armenians. most of them wanted tojoin with armenia. armenians. most of them wanted to join with armenia. there were protests, there were local acts of violence, but eventually a full—scale war broke out. and this really was a very ugly war. there was yelling, there was bombing, there were also lots of attacks on civilians, lots of suggestion of atrocities being committed by both sides. a ceasefire was agreed in 1994. at this never real

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bbc news. let's get more now from our world service africa editor camilla mills.nk you for coming talk about the this. this is very much the impact of storm daniel, isn't it? it had continued to roll across the whole region. what accounts for the catastrophic level of damage and loss of life we have seen in libya? figs life we have seen in libya? as ou life we have seen in libya? as you say. _ life we have seen in libya? sis you say, son life we have seen in libya? is you say, son daniel, it's a mediterranean storm which hit greece, turkey and bulgaria, but there we saw just greece, turkey and bulgaria, but there we sawjust over a dozen deaths, but here the death toll is in the thousands. so the only thing we can ascertain from this is libya has poor infrastructure. the two dams collapsed, a free client as a result of storm daniel... the lack of infrastructure. —— a freak flood as a result. it comes from the lack of public services as a result of these two governments, both backed by their own militia, and a lack of communication. a lack of communication ahead of t

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bbc news website. tonight, world cup shirts for sale and 1102 year old abseil. england's only nhs helpline to come off antidepressants is to close after the health service withdrewaround the country is to shut and the closure means there is no nationwide service to help people. the nhs says local services should be offered. some other stories now. there are fears 20,000 people have died in libya in a catastrophic flooding that struck the city of derna. the leading weather watcher has had many deaths could have been avoided if the weather service in libya had been working properly. a woman arrested over the sarah everard vigil in 2021 say she has nightmares over the how police dealt with her. patsy stevenson said the last few years have been really overwhelming. the met police has paid damages to her and another woman after they sue the force over their treatment. and, football shirts bought up by an ex england player during the 1990 world cup have gone on sale. they were collected during england's seven games in the tournament. time to leave you with ten seconds of abseiling. 102—year—old colin bell, an raf air veteran has abseil 280 feet down the royal london h

bbc news. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. mps have set the government nine of tests over its controversial new law on minimum servicee says services should be at least as good as on previous strike days and safety must be the primary consideration. unions strongly oppose the law, saying it's unworkable and could lead to workers being sacked. bee—killing pesticides are being found at wildlife—threatening levels in rivers around the country. campaigners say the presence of largely banned pesticides in more than1 in 10 of the rivers it analysed across the uk is hugely concerning. it's as the government's considering whether to allow emergency use of one of the chemicals for a fourth year running. councils should be given more power to decide the way local bus services are delivered, according to new report by the local government association and the urban transport group. they say making buses part ofjoined up transport networks would meet the needs of local communities and end a "spiral of decline" of services. you're live with bbc news. ukraine's president zelensky has arrived in canada on an unannounced visit to the

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for the first time, the family told the bbc about their fight for an apology from the governing body gymnastics ireland. they've been speaking to our world servicet once, but twice. it is ainful our over not once, but twice. it is painful to — our over not once, but twice. it is painful to actually _ 0ur over not once, but twice. it 3 painful to actually state and know the obvious. my daughter was the only black child in a competition. she stood out well. there was no excuse for what happened. at ten years old, did she feel that this was racist? yes. and that is such a trauma to push through a ten—year—old. like i said, she is the only black girl there. it's like they almost blamed her for being black. a, they almost blamed her for being black. �* , ., , black. a day after the event, they complained _ black. a day after the event, they complained to _ black. a day after the event, they complained to gymnastics - black. a day after the event, they complained to gymnastics island. | complained to gymnastics island. what we wanted was a formal apology to show us, yes, we know what happened, and we make herfeel supported. ads, happened, and we make

services will be disrupted. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.tton and laurence fox, after comments fox made on wootton�*s programme tuesday night about a female political journalist which the channel said were completely unacceptable. wootton apologised for what he called "a very unfortunate lapse injudgement." the reporter ava evans said she feared for her safety. the channel has opened an investigation. in the iraqi city of hamdaniya, mourners gathered to bury the people killed in a fire at a wedding. more than 100 people died in the country�*s biggest christian town. the fire started when flares ignited a ceiling decoration. the red crescent says hundreds more were injured. storm elias flooded parts of central greece wednesday. heavy rain in the city of volos flooded several roads near the port there. video shows vehicles trying to manoeuvre through the floods, as emergency crews patrol the area rescuing people trapped. landslides and poweroutages have also been reported. it comes just weeks after deadly flooding from storm daniel in the regi

world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. and 6reek emergency servicesountry. a government spokesman has described the flooding bought by storm daniel as a phenomenon unlike any other seen previously. some areas saw a year's worth of rainfall in 2a hours. a teenager has been arrested in connection with an alleged homophobic attack outside a pub in south london. the two men, in their 20s and 30s, were attacked last month. a 19—year—old male has now been arrested on suspicion of two counts of grievous bodily harm and remains in police custody. hurricane lee has strengthened to a category 5 storm with winds that can exceed 250 kph — or 157 mph. the us national hurricane center forecasts dangerous beach conditions around the western atlantic through early next week. puerto rico, hispanola, turks and caicos, and the bahamas are being warned of "life—threatening" rip currents. you're live with bbc news. king charles has remembered his late mother, queen elizabeth let's turn to australia — planned strike action at two major liquefied natural gas plants in austr

helps government decide how much it can spend on public services and how much it needs to raise in taxes. around the world and across the uk, this is bbcnews. an anti—monarchy protester arrested on the day of king charles' coronation is taking legal action against the metropolitan police. graham smith, who's head of the campaign group republic, held discussions with officers ahead of the demonstration and claims there was no justification for his arrest. mr smith has applied for a judicial review on the arrest of him and five other demonstrators. mps will investigate the sexual harassment and sexual assault of female surgeons taking place within the nhs. it comes after bbc news reported on women being sexually assaulted, including while surgery was taking place. the commons health and social care committee have said it will look into the issue. its chair, steve brine, said the revelations were "shocking". the head of oil giant bp has resigned as chief executive amid a review of his personal relationships with colleagues. the firm said bernard looney, who had led the company since 2020, was stepping down with immediate effect. you're li

world and across the uk. this is bbc news. here in swindon the council and police are trying a new way of intervening early with teen pages identified by social servicesdentified challenges _ memberships. were identified challenges for _ memberships. were identified challenges for the _ memberships. were identified challenges for the young - memberships. were identified i challenges for the young children memberships. were identified - challenges for the young children in swindon and inefficiencies we get to them too late and we want to definitely identify children at risk of substance misuse and substance misuse of their parents and try to find interventions that fundamentally change how they think and feel about themselves. thea;r fundamentally change how they think and feel about themselves. they have fundin: for and feel about themselves. they have funding for 400 _ and feel about themselves. they have funding for 400 of _ and feel about themselves. they have funding for 400 of these _ and feel about themselves. they have funding for 400 of these passes - and feel about themselves. they have funding for 400 of these passes and l funding for 400 of

world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. an initial report from the air traffic services reasons on the august bank holiday weekend, because it detected a rare error. hundreds of flights were cancelled, and some people were stranded abroad for days. the report by nats said it had been a "one in 15 million" event. in the uk, parts of the country have hit 32 degrees celsius as an unseasonal heatwave sweeps across the country. usually september marks the start of autumn and cooler weather but forecasters say the mercury could hit levels higher than the middle of summer. heat—health alerts have been upgraded to amber for most of england. a former adviser to birmingham city council has said the hosting of the commonwealth games was a mistake, given its legacy of financial problems.max caller said last summer's event had been a "challenge too far" for the council. urgent talks are taking place following tuesday's announcement that the labour—run council is effectively bankrupt. you're live with bbc news. the global cost of living crisis, and the impact of the war in ukraine on

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bbc news, russia. just some breaking news. we are getting reports a coach has overturned on the m 53 in the world. all emergency serviceson. there are unconfirmed reports that this could be a school coach. that is not confirmed. it could be a school coach that has overturned on the m 53 in the world. we will be bringing you more on that as soon as we get it here. and finally, a famous tree that stood for hundreds of years has been chopped down, in an apparent act of vandalism. a 16—year—old boy has been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage. the sycamore gap tree, on hadrian's wall, featured in the 1991 film, robin hood: prince of thieves. alison freeman reports the word iconic can be overused. but this tree at sycamore gap in northumberland most definitely was. gracing many a photo taken at hadrian's wall, it was the perfect model to show off the northern lights. and it became truly famous when it featured in the 1991 film robin hood: prince of thieves. asim, the great one, i am home! but last night, the tree was felled. and the reason — it clearly wasn't an accident or a result of last night's storm agnes, is the v

and the government could buy public service broadcasting if it wished, and it could offer the bbc a contract to run the worldother things that it thought were right for pubuc that it thought were right for public subsidy. that it thought were right for public subsidy . and the rest of public subsidy. and the rest of the bbc would make its way in the bbc would make its way in the world media industry, it's got a great backlog of programmes and copy and old news and so forth. it ought to commercialise that more and sell it more on a worldwide franchise. >> but the worry is then for the commercial entities that they would have to, in a way compete with the bbc, which will be very difficult surely if the commercial side of the bbc it will capitalise quite heavily and make quite a bit of money because they do still have elements that are private parts of would all that of the bbc. would all that be part of it as well? well at the moment they're competing with you all with great advantage you all with the great advantage of , the licence fee. of a big tax, the licence fee. >> i would phase out the >> and i would p

joining me live now is konul khalilova from the bbc�*s azeri service and alex lord who's the lead europe—eurasia analyst at sibylline. this is a part of the world not be familiar with and that there has been a blockade in nagorno—karabakh in the last nine months. now we have news of a ceasefire. 0f months. now we have news of a ceasefire. of what is happening on the ground. == ceasefire. of what is happening on the ground-— the ground. -- is a picture of what is happening _ the ground. -- is a picture of what is happening on — the ground. -- is a picture of what is happening on the _ the ground. -- is a picture of what is happening on the ground. - the ground. -- is a picture of what is happening on the ground. theyl is happening on the ground. they have achieved our ceasefire agreement and will meet tomorrow and one of the main petitions to the karabakh armenians is that there is a solution that dissolution of the armed forces and surrounding. karabakh millions have not accepted this offer and suggested to meet somewhere outside, not azerbaijan but since the operation started yesterday which azerbaijan calls on anti—terror operation we now hav

bbc news, the travel show. from tiny fairy penguins to taking the show on the road — one of the world's most spectacular ecosystems, and maybe the worst customer serviceerience you might ever endure, all in the name of fun. what is this? i'm not playing charades right now. use your big girl words. this week, we're in australia. it's been a while now since australia officially reopened its borders to tourists and it's been so good to see so many people heading there. and today, we'll be looking back at some of my favourite travel show moments from the country i still call home. of course, australia is a vast country and we can't possibly attempt to cover the whole nation injust this one programme, but hopefully, we'll give you a flavour. one of my favourite stories saw me back in my home state of victoria way back in 2016, when i headed to phillip island to see the efforts that were being made to look after what were undoubtedly some of the cutest penguins i've ever seen. it's a place that attracts millions of tourists every year and this year marks the 185th anniversary of a sea voyage that changed the world. it was december 1831 when charles darwin s

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service people dead. now it's time for a look at today's sport. hello from the bbc sport centre. the defending champions will enter the fray at the rugby worldhe tournament in france has provided a win forjapan. they actually went behind to chile in pool d, but the deficit didn't last long. japan eventually winning a2—i2 in toulouse. later, it's wales v fiji in pool c. but between the two, scotland take on south africa in marseille. and that's an intriguing game, partly because only two of scotland, south africa and ireland can make it out of pool b and into the quarter finals. the boks have won the last seven meetings, but scotand have one of the most dangerous attacks in the world at the moment, as they showed with convincing wins over england and wales in the six nations earlier this year. it's the biggest opportunity you'll get, a world cup game playing the world champions. we believe we've been building to our best performance, and i know that's a continualjourney. we will see it again as we go into the tonga game. this is where it all counts for our players to deliver what they've been delivering in training and in other games we've pl

service. and the team that they fight the bbc is team world fight for. we are team britain and we should stop. this has got nothing to do with globalisation. it totally has to do with globalisation. >> to do with this issue >> this is to do with this issue of protecting women's rights. >> it has to do . it's about it's of protecting women's rights. >> it it's to do . it's about it's of protecting women's rights. >> it it's about. it's about it's of protecting women's rights. >> it it's about the; about it's of protecting women's rights. >> it it's about the acceptance about it's about the acceptance of a wide range of lifestyles and characteristics . okay? it's and characteristics. okay? it's about acceptance. and but they're not accepting, they're not accepting tariffs. >> they're accepting women >> they're not accepting women who oppose gender ideology anyway , moving on, got the anyway, moving on, we've got the express and phillip schofield is coming to tv with this coming back to tv with this show. probably won't be going out at a.m. out at 10 am. >>

bbc news. 27 climbers and walkers have died on scottish mountains and hills this year. the beautiful landscape there attracts visitors from around the world — but mountain rescue teams say demand for their services alexandra mackenzie, joined some of the volunteers who risk their own lives to save others. glencoe is breathtaking, but can be bleak and hazardous. when people get into difficulty, volunteers sacrifice their time and often risk their lives to help. at the weekend, a team of around 25 people with the aid of the coast guard helicopter scoured the hillside for 56—year—old charlie kelly from clackmannanshire. quite good weather today, but i would imagine quite challenging terrain. yeah, it certainly can be. the terrain is very, very steep. just look around you. a lot of steep crags and lots of gullies. and so it's quite, quite challenging terrain and very complex. this search has been ongoing for more than a week. the teams now are heading off to a more remote part of glencoe at the other side of these hills. the area is extensive, inaccessible for many, but the highly—trained volunteers continued the search in often dangerous conditions. spit is a builder but drops everything when he ge

services instead. navteonhal, bbc news, birmingham. now to the crisis engulfing the management of spain's women's football team. the country's football federation has sacked jorge vilda, the coach of its worldsidered a close ally of luis rubiales, the suspended president of the federation who has been underfire for kissing the playerjenni hermoso on the lips without her consent as the team celebrated winning the tournament. it's named montse tommay to replace him, becoming the first female coach of the national team. here's our sports correspondent katie gornall. 16 days ago, george a seemed on top of the world. little could he have known what was to unfold. the fallout from louis rubiales is now infamous kiss onjenny hermosa today taking a new turn. the writing had been on the wall after he was seen applauding rubiales at a federation meeting on friday when instead of resigning, rubiales announced he was going nowhere. vilda later distanced himself from the spanish fa president, but stopped short of calling for him to go. the spain coach was already a controversialfigure. last year 15 of his players went on strike, accusing the leadership of poor treatment. the federation supported him bac