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quentin somerville, bbc news, kupiansk.e 80th venice film festival, the show must go on. the oldest film festival in the world got under way on wednesday night. the opening film was meant to be challengers, a tennis romance, starring actress zendaya. but it was replaced at the last minute because the film's actors and writers are not allowed to participate in any publicity due to ongoing actors and writers strikes. instead, comandante, an italian war drama, got top billing. the strikes also means that red carpet watchers mostly have to make do with glimpses of directors and producers, who did their best to make up for the missing star power. thank you for watching. i'm caitriona perry and i'll be back at the top of the hour. stay with us here on bbc news take care. hello. for those of you that enjoy a big moon, there's a real treat outside at the moment — a super blue moon. what's one of those? well, the "super" bit is when the moon's closest to the earth for the year, and the "blue" bit is the second full moon of the month

quentin sommerville, bbc news, kupiansk.t by drone attacks on its own territory. overnight, ukrainian drone strikes left an airport ablaze in the northwestern city of pskov and damaged military planes. according to bbc verify, there have been over 190 suspected aerial drone attacks this year in russia and in russian—controlled territory in ukraine. our russia editor steve rosenberg reports. imagine seeing this from your window. it�*s terrifying, she says. what are thought to have been ukrainian drones had just attacked a russian airfield and destroyed military aircraft. this is pskov, hundreds of miles from ukraine. the response from the ground. overnight, six russian regions were targeted in one of the most extensive drone attacks on russian territory. here�*s a factory in bryansk. you can hear the drone... ..and the result. explosion russia�*s foreign ministry promised that attacks on russia would not go unpunished. but they have gone underreported. this bulletin boasted about russia attacking ukraine, but not a word about

quentin somerville, bbc news, kupiansk.d in ukraine. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news: the mother of the president of spain's football federation has been hospitalised on the third day of a hunger strike. angeles bejar locked herself in a church earlier this week to protest accusations against her son, luis rubiales. he's facing calls to resign after he kissed a player on the lips at the women's world cup. the uk foreign secretary has defended talks with officials in china, telling the bbc it wouldn't be credible to disengage. james cleverly is the first senior member of britain's government to visit beijing in more than five years. he insists that a pragmatic relationship with the country is necessary to tackle global issues like climate change. the biden administration is moving forward with efforts to loosen federal restrictions on marijuana. the us drug enforcement agency tells the bbc it's reviewing findings from the country's top health safety regulator

quentin sommerville, bbc news, kupiansk. the front line in ukraine.o being hit by drone attacks, on its own territory. overnight ukrainian strikes left an airport ablaze in the northwestern city of pskov and damaged military planes. according to bbc verify, there have been over 190 suspected aerial drone attacks this year in russia, and on russian—controlled territory in ukraine. our russia editor, steve rosenberg, has that story. imagine seeing this from your window. it's terrifying, she says. what are thought to have been ukrainian drones had just attacked a russian airfield and destroyed military aircraft. this is pskov, hundreds of miles from ukraine. rapid gunfire. the response from the ground. overnight, six russian regions were targeted in one of the most extensive drone attacks on russian territory. here's a factory in bryansk. you can hear the drone... ..and the result. explosion. russia's foreign ministry promised that attacks on russia would not go unpunished. but they have gone underreported. this bulletin boasted about russia attacking uk

russian soldiers occupied kupiansk for six months.unteers tell me they suspect some of those refusing to leave are staying in the hope that russia will take power again. >> we call them the --. unfortunately in these areas on the border with russia, there are such people. reporter: anna and her children arrived at the reception center in kharkiv, 100 kilometers away from kupiansk. the kids get toys, while she registers. they get places in the dormitory. they can stay here until she figures out what to do next. >> it is scary when your child says we saw a blown up tank and dead soldiers just lying on the road. the children saw all this. i don't want them to see it anymore. reporter: anna does not name what the future holds for her and her children. but for now, being away from the immediate threat thank you think safe is enough. nicole: prosecutors in uganda have charged a man with aggravated homosexuality under new laws which, mean he could face the death penalty. he is accused of having with the government considers unlawful sexual i

young and old, villagers around kupiansk are being evacuated from their homes.e. last year, they endured six months of occupation here. they refuse to again. once more on the eastern front, the advance of russian guns is casting ukrainian families apart. viktor gives his family a final hug before they separate. sophia is just five months old — too precious to remain in harm's way. why are you leaving? translation: because it's very scary to live here. - i want to safeguard my children. it's very scary not knowing if the shelling will hit or not, if we will survive or not. viktor hoped that he was done with goodbyes... ..but as russia advances, he's once again left praying that he'll see his family again. quentin somerville, bbc news, kupiansk. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's go back to one of the stories we are following. hurricane idalia has made landfall in the united states. let's show you the situation in tampa. there is a risk of flooding. some streets are reported to be flooded. bridges are closed, access to some islands are als

quentin somerville, bbc news, kupiansk.ricane idalia. this is clearwater beach in florida. as you can see, still very high winds. the storm did touch down as i category three hurricane. the national hurricane center said a catastrophic storm surge on the florida big bend reached 6.8 feet. it has since been downgraded to a category two storm, but more than 230,000 homes across the state are without power. you can see the effects on the ground. this is the view from the international space station of the storm. we are continuing to follow that story. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. the man who was chief executive of the nhs trust where lucy letby murdered seven babies wrote in a now—deleted blog about being "persuaded" to run a london trust by a senior nhs england boss. tony chambers went on to get three senior nhs jobs following the serial killer's arrest. nhs england said its london region was unaware of the murder probe. the property website zoopla says th

quentin somerville, bbc news, kupiansk.urricane idalia hit florida. these are the live pictures from clearwater beach in florida. as you can see the damage is now being surveyed. there has been a lot of flooding in many areas. we can show you pictures now from jacksonville. we are expecting some updates there from officials who are speaking. but we are also watching tallahassee, we are expecting governor ron desantis to give an update on the situation in florida. hurricane idalia has hit florida and of course is now crossing into georgia. still powerful winds and potentially life—threatening conditions. we will bring you the latest here on bbc news. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. now let's go to a story we are keeping an eye on. the property website zoopla says the number of houses sold in the uk this year is on track to be the lowest in more than a decade. around 1 million sales are set to be completed, down almost a fifth from last year. the cost of mortgages and rents have risen sharply since banks

young and old, villagers around kupiansk are being evacuated from their homes.and russia doesn't discriminate. last year, they endured six months of occupation here. they refuse to again. once more on the eastern front, the advance of russian guns is casting ukrainian families apart. viktor gives his family a final hug before they separate. sophia is just five months old — too precious to remain in harm's way. why are you leaving? translation: because it's very scary to live here. - i want to safeguard my children. it's very scary not knowing if the shelling will hit or not, if we will survive or not. viktor hoped that he was done with goodbyes... ..but as russia advances, he's once again left praying that he'll see his family again. quentin somerville, bbc news, kupiansk. let's get some of the day's other news now. the man who was chief executive of the nhs trust where lucy letby murdered seven babies wrote in a now—deleted blog about being "persuaded" to run a london trust by a senior nhs england boss. tony chambers went on to get three senior nhs jobs followi

quentin somerville, bbc news, kupiansk. extraordinary reporting from quentin.g you. it is a chaotic picture. i want to bring you some breaking news. ukrainian spokesperson in kyiv said and accident killed six servicemen, mi—8 military helicopters moving personnel around the front lines, and apparently they collided near the town of kramatorsk. six service people killed on two military helicopters. i will bring the news it once we get it. joining us now is general sir richard barrons, former commander of the uk joint forces command. sir richard, lovely to have you on the programme. can we start with the drone attacks on russian soil? one of the justifications president putin gave is that it would make russia safer. the irony is if we put the map on the russia safer. the irony is if we put the map on the screen, russia safer. the irony is if we put the map on the screen, the drone attacks across russia are becoming more dispersed. they're in the north and the south and in moscow. is it the right strategy in ukraine? it’s and in moscow. is it the right strategy in

young and old, villagers around kupiansk are being evacuated from their homes.and russia doesn't discriminate. last year, they endured six months of occupation here. they refuse to again. once more on the eastern front, the advance of russian guns is casting ukrainian families apart. viktor gives his family a final hug before they separate. sophia is just five months old — too precious to remain in harm's way. why are you leaving? translation: because it's very scary to live here. - i want to safeguard my children. it's very scary not knowing if the shelling will hit or not, if we will survive or not. viktor hoped that he was done with goodbyes... ..but as russia advances, he's once again left praying that he'll see his family again. quentin somerville, bbc news, kupiansk. we will head straight to washington, dc. presidentjoe biden is speaking right now. dc. president joe biden is speaking riaht now. ., , , right now. governors cooper, about the _ right now. governors cooper, about the impacts _ right now. governors cooper, about the impacts of _ right now. gove

he posted this image, he said it is a blood transfusion centre in kupiansk. he mean by the clean, the targeting of a medical area, orthe clean, the targeting of a medical area, or the civilian dealer itself. this is cold a non—residential building. we do not know how many people were inside. these vocations were occupied last year by russian forces, subsequently liberated. this period is within missile range. —— this place. we have been to hospitals that have been struck in the past. despite evidence that russia never admits to committing war crimes this week, but serious allegations from president zelensky over the weekend, but not much detail as yet. ukraine's air force says it destroyed 30 out of a0 russian cruise missiles fired overnight, as well as 27 drones. meanwhile, the mayor of moscow claims that russian air defences have shot down a drone on the approach to the capital. it's the third time in a week that moscow has been targeted. earlier, a skyscraper in the city's business district was hit twice, by what russia claims were ukrainian drones. saudi

but from kupiansk to lyman further south, russia is resurgent.e serebryansky forest, it's especially fierce. we're heading deep into this forest. there's been a lot of fighting here. yes, an artillery strike this morning, maybe a couple of hours ago. you can see it is still burning. all this road is shelled by drones and missile systems. can you see — no tops of the trees? the men compare of the artillery barrages to the first world war�*s verdun. but there is a new and lethal threat to contend with here — kamikaze drones. explosion. bleep. got to take some cover now. the gunner has fallen inside. he's unhurt, he signals. that was a drone attack against our car. that was a drone, a russian drone. so they saw us. they sent a drone and now they are seeking us and hunting us. so we need to go faster. we're just a couple hundred metres from our position. the drones work in pairs. a surveillance drone is still up above, so they get off the road. so we've had to stop going forward because the danger here is the deeper you get into the forest, cover doe

and just today we're getting word from the east here that the area around kupiansk.vancing once again on this region. how do you explain that? >> sure. that front line is 600 miles long. the russians have their main efforts. the ukrainians have their main efforts, and kupiansk you're seeing, that's a ukrainian secondary effort. they'll certainly do what they can to keep the russians from advancing. but that's not their primary focus. and if the russians do advance clawback a little bit of territory, ukrainians will be sure to reclaim that at some point or target it. but they are really focused on trying to get that breakthrough. that's where the majority of their forces have to go, and that's where they've got to focus their efforts and they'll deal with the secondary front as it comes up. >> now, we've got some pictures here of some of the drones that you've helped provide to the ukrainian forces here. what is it that the troops on the front lines need the most right now? >> sure. they need a lot of vital equipment. we all know governments are providing vast amounts

russia had occupied kupiansk until last september, when ukraine recaptured it.rican bloc ecowas announced today that it's activating a standby force to restore democracy in niger after a military coup there. but the group gave no details on when that might happen. ecowas members held a summit in nigeria. the president of nigeria, who chairs the bloc, urged diplomacy, but left the door open to military action. >> no option is taken off the table, including the use of force, as a last resort. amna: also today, the associated press reported that coup leaders in niger have threatened to kill the ousted president if there's any military intervention. back in this country, the cdc reports there were 49,500 suicides last year, the most ever recorded. that was up 3% from the year before. older adults and white men had the highest rates. suicide experts cite the availability of guns and higher rates of depression. on wall street today, stocks managed a small advance after the inflation report. the dow jones industrial average gained 52 points to close at 35,176. the nasd

speaking in his night—time address, mr zelensky said rescuers at the scene in the town of kupiansk inad reported dead and wounded. kyiv also said missiles had hit a facility which manufactures engines for aircraft and helicopters in the west of the country. 0ur ukraine correspondent, james waterhouse is in kyiv. if there is accuracy to president zelensky�*s claim, it appears once again a medical building has come in harm's way. we've seen it before with a maternity hospital in the besieged city of mariupol last year. we've seen it in a mental health hospital in dnipro just a few months ago. this is a war that is synonymous with civilian areas, with cities being directly targeted. now, in president zelensky�*s tweet, he says, "this war crime alone says "everything about russian aggression." he says "defeating terrorists is a matter of honour for everyone "who values life". now, this is typical rhetoric you get from president zelensky as he tries to boost his country's morale under this sustained kind of attack. we're told there are dead and wounded, but we don't know much outside of pr

mr zelensky said rescuers at the scene in the town of kupiansk in eastern kharkiv had reported dead andhad hit a facility which manufactures engines for aircraft and helicopters in the west of the country. saudi arabia is hosting talks to try to find a peaceful settlement to russia 5 war in ukraine. senior officials from some a0 countries, including china, are attending. russia, though, has not been invited. 0ur middle east correspondent, sameer hashmi, is following developments from dubai. talks started on saturday and it continues on day two. but the real objective of these talks is not to find any solution, but rather to build a consensus around ukraine's ten piece point, a point piece formula, which has been presented by president zelensky. now, what is interesting from ukraine's point of view, or rather, a positive thing for them, is that this meeting has been attended even by those countries which have until now adopted a neutral stance in this war or have close ties with russia. so countries like saudi arabia, india, turkey and china, and they have decided to come and be part of

distract the defense forces from the bakhmut and other directions, the russians want to advance to kupiansko, said the spokesman of the eastern group of troops, serhiy cherevaty, in the liman direction, the enemy

russians had created several such assault units there, e.e. storm zed, which were aimed at capturing kupianskough during this time the ukrainian armed forces had carried out a certain redeployment send artillery to this area, so i thought that all these efforts of the enemy would be useless , but we understand that the main emphasis here is that the enemy is trying to get us to distribute our forces in the kupyan teleman direction, to overturn the entire area and thus what well, they eased the pressure on the enemy in other areas, in particular around bakhmut . if we are talking about the south, then there are two such important areas in our country, where the fighting continues for the staromajorskoe, this is precisely from the berdyanskyi direction, and in particular for the harvest and the capture of the shelter . there are no changes to the front line here, but the enemy has made every effort to keep the shelter. it is on the hill there in front of this settlement there are a number of such water obstacles, and there the enemy has clung to our land and is holding on quite firmly , and wit

general staff of the armed forces of ukraine, the russian military launched an artillery strike on kupianskst, one man was killed and another received a shrapnel wound , the head of the region oleg wrote about this in a telegram in sinogubov, multi-apartment and private houses were damaged, as well as buildings of a meat processing plant in the kherson region, a tractor blew up on a russian mine, the regional administration informed about this in a telegram , the tractor driver was doing field work in the novopetrivka area from the received herbs, he died , a car with a spouse and two children blew up on a mine on a forest road in the border community of chernihiv oblast, it happened the night before, as the spokeswoman of the regional police department natalya sloboniak told the public, policeman vyacheslav was driving obytskyi, he and his wife died, both daughters, nine and five years old, are in the hospital, the girls are in the orthopedics trauma department, their condition in the morning is of medium severity, well, the girls are undergoing examination, especially the older girl , the

president, volodymyr zelensky, says there has been a russian attack on a blood transfusion centre in kupianskry. three people have reportedly died in the attack. and also in president volodymyr zelensky address, he said that russian missiles have hit the motor sich aircraft engine manufacturer in the southeastern city of zaporizhzhya. president zelensky made the annoucement in his regular evening address. earlier, the head of the zaporizhzhya military administration said that missiles had struck around zaporizhzhya and said there were no reports of casualties, and that the extent of damage was still being established. live now to james waterhuse in kyiv. president zelensky gives updates like this every evening. and, he claims tonight that a blood transfusion centre has been hit by a russian guided missile. there are unconfirmed reports that it was close to a village that was near to the front line. and there is a reality here, whether you're talking about cities like separation of villages in the region. even when russian forces retreated from their late last year, if you live close to the ru

young and old, villagers around kupiansk are being evacuated from their homes.f russian guns, and russia doesn't discriminate. last year, they endured six months of occupation here. they refuse to again. once more on the eastern front, the advance of russian guns is casting ukrainian families apart. viktor gives his family a final hug before they separate. sofiya is just five months old, too precious to remain in harm's way. why are you leaving? translation: because it's very scary to live here. - i want to safeguard my children. it's very scary not knowing if the shelling will hit or not, if we will survive or not. viktor hoped that he was done with goodbyes. but as russia advances, he's once again left praying that he'll see his family again. quentin sommerville, bbc news, kupyansk. the uk's foreign secretary james cleverly has defended talks with chinese officials in beijing, the first such visit in more than five years. this is the moment he was greeted by vice president han zheng — the body language seemed to be warm enough, despite some recent tensions bet

guided bomb has hit a blood transfusion centre he says rescuers are at the scene in the town of kupiansk are quote dead and wounded. the reported strike came shortly after kyiv said missiles had hit a facility which manufactures engines for aircraft and helicopters in the country s west. in a tweet, president zelensky said: �*this war crime alone says everything about russian aggression. beasts that destroy everything that simply allows to live. defeating terrorists is a matter of honour for everyone who values life.�* so far, there's been no comment from russia. our ukraine correspondent, james waterhouse is in kyiv if there is accuracy to president zelensky�*s claim, it appears once again a medical building has come in harm's way. we've seen it before with a maternity hospital in the besieged city of mariupol last year. we've seen it in a mental health hospital in dnipro just a few months ago. this is a war that is synonymous with civilian areas, with cities being directly targeted. now, in president zelensky�*s tweet, he says, "this war crime alone says everything about russian aggres

he says rescuers are at the scene in the town of kupiansk, saying there are "dead and wounded".y after ukraine says missiles hit a facility which manufactures engines for airplanes and helicopters in the country's west. president zelensky gives updates like this every evening. and he claims tonight that a blood transfusion centre has been hit by a russian guided missile in the kharkiv region. there are unconfirmed reports that it was close to a village that was near to the front line, and there is a reality here, whether you're talking about cities like zaporizhzhia or villages in the kharkiv region. even when russian forces retreated from there late last year, if you live close to the russian border, or if you are close to the front line, you are typically in range of missiles and artillery fire, and it is a daily occurrence where strikes like these take place. now, if there is accuracy to president zelensky�*s claim, it appears once again a medical building has come in harm's way. we have seen it before with a maternity hospital in the besieged city of mariupol last year. we s

the defenses of our troops in various directions every day, the goal is to block and later capture kupianskeported by the commander of the ground forces of the armed forces of ukraine oleksandr syrsky bat , intense fighting is going on in the direction of bakhmut , in the direction of bakhmut, the situation is difficult, but controlled, the enemy counterattacks, carries out mining, intensively fires and uses aviation. at the same time, in such difficult conditions our troops are gradually moving forward with the brigade commanders who are fighting in the direction of bakhmut. we discussed the urgent issues of increasing the effectiveness of offensive actions against the enemy by fire and a number of other measures aimed at achieving victory over the enemy. and mykolaiv oblasts. this was reported by the air force of the armed forces of ukraine. according to their data, the russians launched drones in a few waves from the russian primorsky aktarsk aimed at the port infrastructure of odesa and yuriy ignat, the spokesman of the command of the air forces of the armed forces of ukraine , are alre

kupiansk region of ukraine.e have been killed and injured after it was struck by a russian guided bomb —— kharkiv region. russia has not survived publicly commented, but in a tweet resident zelenzky declared this war crime alone says everything about russian aggression. de beers gives only a few kilometres from the frontline, comfortably within russian ms gale reince comey is not diverse in their stock medical buildings —— kupiansk. the strike comes after moscow accused ukraine of hitting a russian tank with 11 ukraine of hitting a russian tank with i! crewmembers in the black sea on saturday. russian maritime official said the engine room of the tanker was damaged by the ukrainian drone, but no—one was injured. it was the second such seizure and attack in as many days after a russian naval ship was damaged on freight anyone of the ports. the erroneous claimant suffered a serious breach, with images showing it listing to one side. president zelensky is currently in saudi arabia for a meeting of senior officials

the advance of moscow's forces east of the city of kupiansk has already lead to civilian deaths and the

ukraine has ordered an evacuation of civilians from the city of kupiansk which is under russian militarye. in the south the front lines are holding despite reports of heavy fighting amid ukraine's counteroffensive. moscow's rushing reinforcements from crimea. for more on this we are joined by stuart crawford defense analyst and former lieutenant colonel in the british army, he's speaking with us from andorra. thank you so much for being here with us. we have been reporting that officials both inside and outside ukraine now have made advances in the offenses, and they are coming more slowly than they had hoped. what are some of the challenges that they are facing out there? >> as, good morning the offenses are very, very slow, indeed. basically the ukrainian armed forces in simple terms aren't strong enough yet and the russian forces have had a considerable amount of time to prepare the defenses. and if you look at the map, we're talking about prepared defenses which in some cases are 30 kilometers deep, it is a major difficult operation of war to breach those defenses, particularly when

you also mentioned kupiansk, closer to the russian border, there over the past days we've seen a mandatoryn order for children because of the intensity of russian shell fire, again, against that particular city, liberated like kherson was as long, still repeatedly hit at one point in one day by over 500 shells, say ukrainian officials. at the same time, yes, russia itself suggesting their regions are being attacked by unmanned artillery vehicles fired by ukraine, but also intercepted, too. they've also just yesterday were dealing with what they say was a foiled ukrainian missile attack on the kerch bridge that links the russian main land to the occupied crimea peninsula that legally is part of ukraine. so russia's losses here are very much about drones or missiles being intercepted. ukraine's losses about children, some as young as -- just over 3 weeks old, being killed by indiscriminate russian artillery fire. >> absolutely horrible. nick paton walsh, thank you so much, in ukraine. >>> still ahead, the republican race playing out at the fairgrounds in iowa. donald trump didn't spend a lot

at the same time, the russians have a major counteroffensive going, coming toward kupiansk in kharkivconcern. we're not seeing that much. occasionally, the ukrainians say, we're holding some troops back. the russian plan, obviously, was to thin out their defenses in the south, absorb the ukrainian push with their minefields and fortifications. and build up forces in the northeast. and try to breakthrough toward kharkiv and then kyiv. because kyiv is ukraine. ukrainians know this. they are on guard against, it they're working it really hard. so, i think we've got to understand what the dynamics of this battlefield are. this is a tough fight. it's an infantry fight in the south to clear those minefields. they've got to do, that they've got to hold in the north. by the way, wolf, we can't be saying, oh, this has to be finished by the middle of october, because if it rains, that's the end of the offensive. not true at all. ukrainians are moving on foot. they're going through forest and so forth, and really, the worst of the weather, the better for the ukrainians. it keeps the russian heli

its gains are modest, but from kupiansk to lyman further south, russia is resurgent. it's especially fierce. we are heading deep into this forest. there has been a lot of fighting here. this is an artillery strike this morning, maybe a couple of hours ago. you see it's still burning. all this road, bad roads and missile systems, can you see, no tops of the trees. the men compare the artillery barrages to the first world war�*s verdun. but there is a new lethal threat to contend with here, kamikaze drones. bleep! the gunner has fallen inside. he is unhurt, he signals. that was a drone attack against our car, that was a ppd drone, a russian ppd drone. so, they saw us, they send a ppd drone and now they are seeking us, hunting us. so we need to go faster. we are just a couple of hundred metres from our position. the drones work in pairs. a surveillance drone is still up above so they get off the road. so, we've had to — we had to stop goping forward. the danger here is, the deeper you get into the forest, the cover doesn't get better. it's constant russian artillery, it'