paul urey was held by pro-russian _ let him die?ces in _ let him die? paul urey was held by pro-russian forces in the - pro—russian forces in the self—declared republic of donetsk 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, on our part, despite the severity of the alleged crime, paul urey was provided with appropriate medical care. but one humanitarian group that had been seeking his release told me he had clearly not been treated properly. he wasn't being looked after as they said he was being looked after and we know he wasn't getting the medication he needed. the foreign office has long _ medication he needed. the foreign office has long condemned - medication he needed. the foreign office has long condemned the - office has long condemned the exploitation of british civilians and prisoners of war being held by pro—russian forces in ukraine but the kremlin sees them as diplomatic pawns who can be used to put pressure on

paul urey and another man. — tell us what you know.ou know. paul urey and another man, dylan healy, _ tell us what you know. paul urey and another man, dylan healy, were - another man, dylan healy, were captured by russian forces back in april trying to cross into russian occupied territory supposedly on a humanitarian mission to rescue a family and obviously went disastrously wrong and he's been in captivity ever since. the only thing we've seen of him as a single video put out by the authorities and we found the news today that he is reportedly died, as you say, of health conditions and stress while in captivity. his mother has put out a statement saying she is absolutely devastated, she is in shock and she blames the russian authorities for what has happened. interestingly the russians say paul urey was there as a mercenary. that's something that strenuously denied by both his family here, the presidium network who have been working with him, and the british foreign office. they've not confirmed the death officially but it's thought

but one humanitarian group seeking mr urey�*s release told me he'd clearly been mistreated.summoned the country's ambassador to the foreign office.

what you tell us i about the work that urey was doing? was also captured at the same time and we know that he was working with formal groups through facebook and based in the uk to help evacuate individuals and children, women that were deemed to be allowed to come to the uk and what we do know is that before they captured one of these groups gave them the location and name of a lady and children they needed to be evacuated and they were based on the region within the russian territories and we know that paul and deliver captured around the first checkpoint going into the russian territory and they were detained by the 25th of april. ididihat detained by the 25th of april. what ou think detained by the 25th of april. what you think of _ detained by the 25th of april. what you think of the _ detained by the 25th of april. what you think of the decision to try to get into russian how territory? 50. get into russian how territory? so, --eole get into russian how territory? so, people who — get into russian how territory? srr, people who are

paul urey was taken prisoner along with another man in april. second day of the open. let's get a look at the sports news now and for a full round—up from the bbc sports centre here is hugh. we will talk about tiger woods in a moment. england manager sarina wiegman will miss their final group game of the women's euros tonight against northern ireland after testing positive for covid. the fa announced that wiegman will now isolate and recover at the team's base camp with assistant arjan veurnik leading the team for the match at st mary's. as yet none of the squad have been ruled out with england already having secured their place in the quarterfinals. meanwhile a significant transfer in the men's game has just been completed. brazilian forward raphinha has signed for barcelona from leeds. the deal is worth more than £50 million. dustinjohnson is the new clubhouse lead at the open, he shot a 67 to go one clear on nine under par at st andrews but it is pretty tight at the top. behind me as ben can tell us who is there, dustinjohnson one of those wh

but one humanitarian group seeking mr urey�*s release told me he'd clearly been mistreated.nd summoned the country's ambassador to the foreign office. the foreign office has long condemned the exploitation of british civilians and prisoners of war being held by pro—russian forces in ukraine, but the kremlin sees them as diplomatic pawns who can be used to put pressure on the west, and officials here don't expect that strategy to change soon. james landale, bbc news, at the foreign office. the leader of britain's biggest private sector trade union is warning of a 'summer of discontent�* with widespread strike action. sharon graham of the union unite says that workers, and particularly those who got us through 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

paul urey and how he was taken ca tive? ., , paul urey and how he was taken cative?e —esque people's republic, the 45—year—old died in detention apparently of chronic health conditions and stress. this is devastating news for the family. the network that has been managing this process throughout and helping the family, says apparently his mother is in shock and devastated. as you say, the news has been confirmed to the family by the foreign office, who say they have confirmed themselves.— who say they have confirmed themselves. , ., , ., themselves. the people who were holdin: themselves. the people who were holding him _ themselves. the people who were holding him took _ themselves. the people who were holding him took a _ themselves. the people who were holding him took a very _ themselves. the people who were holding him took a very different i holding him took a very different view of why he was there. yes. they have said that _ view of why he was there. yes. they have said that he _ view of why he was there. yes. they have said that he was _ view of why he was t

paul urey who was volunteering was taken prisoner alongside another man early after the invasion.ures show covid—19 cases have risen by 29% in a week and three and a half million cases were recorded. more struggles with tiger woods on the second day of the open. coming up in half an hour, we arejoined of the open. coming up in half an hour, we are joined what by a panel of correspondence to give an outside view ofjoe biden his visit to the middle east and the leadership contest. we begin with this intense heat wave and it's so hot in some areas that it is threatening human health. declaring a national emergency and it could hit an unprecedented a0 degrees and parts of england in early next week. the met office is put out a red weather warning for extreme heat and it's the first time it's ever issued one. so, next monday and tuesday, there's a risk for even healthy people in parts of the uk. the areas covered are london and the midlands and also as far north as manchester and york. and an amber alert covers the rest of england, and parts of southern scotland. the bbc climate editor

but one humanitarian group seeking mr urey�*s release told me he'd clearly been mistreated.wasn't being looked after, as they said he was being looked after, and we know that he wasn't getting the medication that he needed. the government said russia should bear full responsibility for mr urey�*s death and summoned the country's ambassador to the foreign office. the foreign office has long condemned the exploitation of british civilians and prisoners of war being held by pro—russian forces in ukraine, but the kremlin sees them as diplomatic pawns who can be used to put pressure on the west, and officials here don't expect that strategy to change soon. james landale, bbc news, at the foreign office. everyone 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 anot

joe, what do we know about the circumstances surrounding paul urey�*s death?. what are you learning? hate a strike in the dnipro. what are you learnina ? ~ , ., ., ., learning? we understand one of the most sophisticated _ learning? we understand one of the most sophisticated rocket _ learning? we understand one of the most sophisticated rocket and i most sophisticated rocket and satellite factories, possibly the most in the country, was destroyed or hitting the strike with a number of advanced russian cruise missiles landing yesterday with three people killed but what was interesting is this is a facility that has produced the first satellite ukraine have put into orbit for many years and an interesting aside is it was launched by spacex, the company of elon musk. elon musk has been involved in this conflict by providing satellites to ukrainians which was not his facility here but it was an advanced one that was hit.— one that was hit. quite a significant _ one that was hit. quite a significant target, i one that was hit. quite a significant target, one i one

a british man, paul urey, has died while being detained by russian—backed separatists in eastern ukraine

stephanie: geoff was on the front of the boat with american lauren urey.n with her husband matthew. they were both seriously injured but survived. geoff: she was in so much pain. she was burnt pretty much across most of her body. she was then starting to drift in and out of consciousness. she really became my sole focus. she asked me not to leave her, and i promised i wouldn't, and that became--i wasn't going to break that promise. that's where i stayed. aline: there were the moments that everyone was feeling so cold. i gave all of the clothes, the tops, the jackets we could to keep them warm, but there was a moment that it wasn't enough, it wasn't enough. they were feeling so cold, they were losing temperature. so what we could do was hug them, trying to warm up with hold the arms and their body. and i think it may make them alive maybe. stephanie: another victim brought onto the phoenix was 72-year-old australian man john cozad, who had been on the volcano tour with his son chris. aline: i remember this elderly guy, and he was really worried with his son

paul urey, who was believed to be volunteering in ukraine, was taken prisoner in along with another mannd next week. let's speak to bob ward, the policy and communications director of the grantham institute, part of part of london's imperial college and they focus on climate change and the environment. thank change and the environment. you very much for be us thank you very much for being with us on bbc news, you have said this should be treated not as a natural disaster about very much as an unnatural one. in what way do you think that we change our response? we have to recognise that these heatwave periods are becoming more intense and more frequent because of climate change. ultimately, we want to stop this trend, then we're going to stop this trend, then we're going to need to reach net zero emissions of greenhouse gases. also, many people are going to die, and we're going to see hundreds of people die unfortunately over the few days. they're going to die in overheated homes, because we have buildings that are poorly designed, that suck up that are poorly designed, that suck up the