our correspondent james landale reports. paul james landale reports.rom warrington who came to ukraine to try to help. but it was a journey that ended in his death. the a5—year—old briton was detained in april near here. he was detained in april near here. he was trying to rescue a family from a village nearby but was held at a checkpoint as he tried to enter russian —controlled territory. i begged him not to go and he said, i'm stopping him doing what he wants to do. his i'm stopping him doing what he wants to do. , ., ., ., to do. his mother linda worried about his poor— to do. his mother linda worried about his poor health _ to do. his mother linda worried about his poor health and - to do. his mother linda worried j about his poor health and wants to do. his mother linda worried i about his poor health and wants to know why he hadn't been released as part of the prisoner exchange. you would think _ part of the prisoner exchange. hunt, would think they would say, they go, he's no good to us, he's half dead and let him go. they didn't, they let him d

that was james landale reporting on that story for us. let's leave sri lanka and go to the uk. who will be the next prime minister of the uk has reduced the field to six candidates, without throwing up a clear favourite. with the latest, here's our political editor, chris mason. the first moment of decision in determining who might be our next prime minister... ..and who definitely won't be. two candidates will be eliminated, jeremy hunt and nadhim zahawi. the chancellor and the runner—up in the last conservative leadership race out. beaten by boris johnson. you won't be our _ beaten by boris johnson. you won't be our next _ beaten by borisjohnson. ym. won't be our next prime minister. who should be? i support rishi sunak, someone who has a formidable ability and has been thinking about the right thing to do for our economy. right thing to do for our economy-— right thing to do for our econom . . .. economy. earlier the campaign launched the _ economy. earlier the campaign launched the campaign - economy. earlier the campaign launched the campaign up - economy. earlier the camp

james landale the. the background of how this was building up on our website as well. in an increasing sign of thawing relations between the united states and cuba, it's been confirmed that american airlines will soon resume flights to several cuban airports. until last month, passenger flights were only allowed into havana. but president biden has reversed some of the tough restrictions introduced by the trump administration, saying it was in the interests of cubans. let's discuss this change of policy with richard feinberg. he's a professor at the school of global policy and strategy at the university of california in san diego. very good have you to talk to us about this. is this, how do we read this decision? this a complete change in relations or what's the thinking behind this? ., ., ., this? thanks for having me. so when bidon _ this? thanks for having me. so when bidon was _ this? thanks for having me. so when bidon was elected, - this? thanks for having me. so when bidon was elected, the i when

james, many thanks, james landale, our diplomatic correspondent. let's talk about westminster.t ballot for the conservative leadership following borisjohnson's resignation last week, the former chancellor rishi sunak has topped the poll, 0ut go the current chancellor, nadhim zahawi, and former health secretaryjeremy hunt and that leaves 6.0 they failed to get enough support to go through to the next round. the results are as follows. rishi sunak with 88 votes, the trade minister penny mordaunt was second with 67 votes, her supporters say that proves that she has enough momentum to win. and the foreign secretary liz truss was third with 50 votes. kemi badenoch, suella braverman and tom tugendhat are also among the remaining six candidates going through to the next ballot tomorrow. during the day, borisjohnson praised the quality of candidates to succeed him. he hinted it might have been his last question time as prime minister. from westminster, here's our political editor, chris mason. the first moment of decision in determining who might be our next prime minister, and who def

james landale, bbc news, at the foreign office.gh the pandemic, should not now be paying the price of inflation. the government says action like strikes on the railways are only creating misery for passengers across the uk. our economics editor faisal islam reports. injune, in june, thousands injune, thousands of rail workers walked out in a national strike, workers walked out in a nationalstrike, now workers walked out in a national strike, now more announced forjuly and august. and rail isn't the only industry affected by strike action. workers are increasingly willing to walk out to help push—up pay in tough times. as the chief of the biggest private sector union, unite.— the biggest private sector union, unite. ., ~' , , union, unite. the workers, they have had a _ union, unite. the workers, they have had a spring, _ union, unite. the workers, they have had a spring, summer, i have had a spring, summer, autumn, winter of discontent for years. and honestly if what that means is an employee who can pay, an employer who has made p

here's our diplomatic correspondent, james landale.f zaporizhzhia. he was trying to rescue a family from a village nearby, but was detained as he tried to cross a checkpoint into russian—controlled territory. i begged him not to go and he said, i'm stopping him doing what he wants to do. his mother, linda, had worried about his poor health and wanted to know why he'd not been released as part of a prisoner exchange. you would think paul would be — there you go, he's no good to us, he's half dead, and let him go, and let him get there. but they didn't, they let him die there, and i want to know, why they let him die? why did they let him die? mr urey was held by pro—russian separatist forces and accused of being a mercenary, but he had type one diabetes and other chronic conditions, and his captors said this led to his death. a spokeswoman said... but one humanitarian group seeking mr urey�*s release told me he'd clearly been mistreated. he wasn't being looked after, as they said he was being looked after, and we know that he wasn't get

james landale, bbc news, at the foreign office.e aged 50 and over will be offered a covid booster vaccine this autumn to top up their immunity. the announcement comes amid a continuing rise of covid cases across the uk, with some parts of the country nearing the record levels seen during the spring. our health editor hugh pym has all the details. yes, reeta, there was confirmation of those groups who are set to get another covid boosterjab in the autumn, including those more vulnerable who were offered a fourth dose in the spring. now they will qualify for a fifth. health experts say everyone aged 50 and over should be offered a booster in the autumn. previously, it was suggested it would be the over—65s. in addition, these groups, like health and care workers and other younger age groups with health conditions, will be eligible for an autumn booster. the expert committee, thejcvi, has explained the latest decision on the next vaccine roll—out. well, there's always a risk of another variant. we are undergoing a wave of baa and ba.5