thank you, iain watson. stay with us _ iain watson.ered cumulus clouds with a few showers. overall, not a bad day and for many of us, skies like this, so a fine day. however, tomorrow we are expecting some thicker cloud and rain in one or two places. here is the forecast for the rest of the day. you can see just a scattering of showers here and there. these are the temperatures at the end of the afternoon. it�*s just a fraction below the average. tonight, we have the super blue moon on the way. why is it a super blue moon? super because it�*s very close to the earth, and it will appear large, and it�*s a blue moon because it�*s the second full moon of the month, which happens once in a blue moon. so we want some clear weather tonight. it won�*t be completely clear, there is a weather front approaching on the satellite picture. we are just ahead of this weather system, and there is enough of a weather window to catch that super blue moon. let�*s look at the forecast for this evening. here is that weatherfront approaching ireland. at thi

iain watson, bbc news.e edinburgh festival fringe. acts from across the globe have been performing in the scottish capital, attracting thousands of visitors. live now to our reporter courtney bembridge who is there. iam here i am here amongst the glitz and glamour of fringe. my next guests from western australia. georgia, tell us about your show. we from western australia. georgia, tell us about your show.- from western australia. georgia, tell us about your show. we are so excited to be _ tell us about your show. we are so excited to be here _ tell us about your show. we are so excited to be here back— tell us about your show. we are so excited to be here back at - tell us about your show. we are so excited to be here back at the - excited to be here back at the edinburgh fringe. we are an all—female circus company, so we have got comedy and acrobatics, and we are all together on stage. tell us about the _ we are all together on stage. tell us about the name yuck circus, where does that come from? the us a

iain watson, bbc news.n all employees of wagner and other russian private military contractors, to swear an oath of allegiance to the russian state. the decree applies to anyone participating in military activities in ukraine, assisting the army, and serving in territorial defence units. he signed the order on friday, with it taking immediate effect. it comes two days after wagner leaders were presumed killed in a plane crash. in a separate development on saturday, a far—right sub—unit of wagner, known as rusich, said it was stopping military operations in ukraine. joining me now is a retired colonel from the united states marine corps, brendan kearney. his last assignment was as chief of staff of us marine corps forces europe in stuttgart, germany. welcome and thank you for being with us. what impact do you think this demand for all wagner troops to swear allegiance to putin will have? i think it will have limited impact, to be honest with you. i think there will be some who will sign allegiance but i thin

iain watson, bbc news.helen catt said that the letter attacking the prime minister didn't come as much of a shock. it's always a problem when you've got a formerly senior member of your party attacking you in public. it looks like you have a divided party. and certainly that's something the leader of the liberal democrats this morning has been seizing on in his broadcast interviews, he has been talking about it showing division within the party. quite how representative she is of the party as a whole, i think is debatable. as i said, she was very closely tied to borisjohnson, the former prime minister, and those who supported him within the party. so i think to that extent, she reflects some of the anger that came off the back of him stepping down as prime minister, two prime ministers ago now. so there is that, but is it an indication of broader discontent within the party? i think we should be a bit wary of seeing it as that so much. i mean, certainly it seemed before they all broke up for the summer rece

iain watson, bbc news.mnangagwa, has been re—elected to serve a second term with just over half of the total vote. the opposition claims there has been widespread vote—rigging, and international observers say the vote has fallen short of democratic standards. but this was the announcement from zimbabwe's election commission. 2,350,711 votes out of 4,468,730 valid votes cast, which are more than half the number of valid votes cast in the presidential election. therefore mnangagwa, emmerson dambudzo of zanu—pf party is declared duly elected president of the republic of zimbabwe. well mr mnangagwa, known as "the crocodile" — which referes to his ruthless nature — faces many challenges. zimbabwe still faces high inflation, currently running at an annual rate of over 70%, as well as poverty. the electoral commission say his main challenger, nelson chamisa, secured 44% of the vote. live now to harare and our correspondent shingai nyoka. how are people feeling after this election. — how are people feeling after th

our political correspondent iain watson told us that this has come in the wake of lucy letby refusingtend her sentencing hearing and also refused to listen to the statements by the victims�* families, and people felt she should have listened to the impact that her actions had had. there was anger and disgust. you heard from the prime minister, who said he was appalled when people don't take to the dock in court and listen to the sentence being passed down to them by the judge or listen to the victims or their families. that said, at the moment, judges can compel offenders to attend and listen to the sentencing because if they don't, they can be found to be in contempt of court, and judges do have the power to increase the sentences. in addition, there are guidelines which allow prison officers to use reasonable force to try to compel people to attend. the only thing that is really likely to change is that these powers are going to be enshrined unequivocally in law. basically, the ministry ofjustice, which will be responsible for this legislation, is saying thatjudges are not using the

let's bring in our political correspondent, iain watson. far, iain? perhaps unsurprisingly, the prime minister has welcomed this. he thinks that the prices are now going on the right direction. he had a pledge to halve inflation so he thinks this is contributing to it. he is fairly upbeat when he talked about the new price cap ending this morning. about the new price cap ending this morninu. ., ., , about the new price cap ending this morninu. ., , , ., morning. today is good news for families on _ morning. today is good news for families up and _ morning. today is good news for families up and down _ morning. today is good news for families up and down the - morning. today is good news for| families up and down the country with a reduction in the price cap today is really good news for families up and down the country and down the country with a reduction in the energy price cap that's going to reduce, on average, a typical family's energy bill by about £150, easing the burden on the cost of living. and we took decisive action after putin'

live now to our political correspondent iain watson. what is the political reaction?ypical bill will be falling from october the 1st because of the new price cap proposed by 0fgem. some people will find it tough, but there will be held for the most vulnerable. i think the political snack for him is this. people who are perhaps not considered vulnerable are also feeling the pressure of high energy costs. they will not be giving a political benefit from less because bills will still be very high. because of massive government intervention last year as energy prices went up, bills were capped at 2500, further reduced by a payment of £400 to all households, £2100. a price cap of 1900 will not feel dramatically different, especially when the energy prices are being capped, standing charges are not. an element of people's bills will still be going up. i do not think necessarily people will feel as enthused as the prime minister when you look at the bills. from his point of view, politically, with prices going on the right direction, he is making progress in his battle again

iain watson, bbc news. on this story that just keeps running and running, involving the spanish footballer, here is ben with the rest of the news. spain's world cup—winning coach, jorge vilda, has condemned the behaviour of the country's football federation president. luis rubiales has been suspended by fifa for kissing the player jenni hermoso on the lips at their world cup victory last week. zoe conway reports. luis rubiales is looking increasingly isolated. his kiss ofjenni hermoso has led to his suspension by fifa, and now the team's coach, jorge vilda, has condemned his behaviour, saying in a statement: only on friday, jorge vilda was in the audience applauding as luis rubiales told an emergency meeting of the country's football federation that he would not resign. he speaks spanish he continues to insist the kiss was consensual and has vowed to defend himself until the truth prevails, but within the game, pressure is mounting. growing numbers of players and managers are taking the side ofjenni hermoso

our political correspondent iain watson gave me the details.e dorries said she would resign back on june the 14th. she said she would resign with immediate effect. it's well known that nadine dorries is a close ally of the former prime minister borisjohnson. she was culture secretary, of course, in his administration. she was not at all pleased at the way in which she was ejected from office and none too chuffed about the short lived nature of his successor, liz truss, this time at number ten downing street either. so therefore it is unsurprising that she's taking a swipe at the current prime minister, rishi sunak, in her resignation statement. now, first of all, let's take a look at the timing of what she's done. she says this will allow for a by election to be called when parliament resumes in september. in other words, she is quite keen to see her mid bedfordshire parliamentary seat be contested around the time of the conservative party conference, putting maximum pressure again on rishi sunak, although he may try to of course delay the date