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Russian media showed damage to an Exhibition Centre in that area, west of the city centre. But it wasnt completely clear whether that damage was caused by debris from the drone falling, or whether actually, the drone hit its target. Drone attacks in areas around moscow are relatively common. In fact, we hear almost every day about drones being shot down or drones being discovered on the ground. But it is relatively rare for a drone to get this far into the city centre and this close to the kremlin itself, about three miles away was where this incident took place. You will remember at the beginning of may, the kremlin itself was attacked by two drones. Will, what can you tell us about humanitarian aid, or the corridor that was set up by ukraine after the deal ended and any further discussions didnt go anywhere . I understand that there is a ship that has got through, any more detail on that . Thats right, there are reports that a ship has made its way through that corridor, which was announced by ukraine. The russian authorities havent commented on this yet. The line from moscow very much is that this green deal that was negotiated last year was violated by ukraine and its western partners, and therefore russia was well within its rights to cancel this deal, which it did so. And that russia, likewise, has the right to inspect all shipping passing through that area in case, as moscow says, those vessels might be carrying Military Supplies for ukraine. Staying with the war in ukraine the first ship to use ukraines humanitarian corridor to cross the black sea has arrived safely in istanbul. Kyiv announced the route after the termination of a deal with russia, which had allowed grain and other exports safe passage to the mediterranean. The ship, thejoseph schulte, which is registered in hong kong, had been trapped in ukraines Port Of Odesa since the start of russias invasion 18 months ago. Moscow has not indicated whether it will respect this ukrainian shipping corridor. Law enforcement officials in the us State Of Georgia are investigating threats againstjurors who voted to indict former president donald trump. It comes after the names and addresses of grand jury members were shared online. Earlier this week, mr trump was indicted on 13 charges related to his alleged attempts to overturn the states 2020 president ial election results. Earlier i discussed these latest developments with daniel lippman, white house reporterfor politico. Georgia is a unique state in that it allows names to be shared, basically it requires, when a grand jury is indicting a person for a crime, they share the names of the grand jurors. States shield them because they dont want them to face threats from gangs, from the criminal allies of someone who was indicted. But georgias a state that says we need to have some transparency. In the case of the former president , who has millions of very hard core supporters and a small portion of them sometimes want to do violence against people who are against trump, this is a concern and so these jurors hopefully have some security or can be protected in some way. There was a recent case of a woman who threatened to kill a judge involved in all of these cases as well. Yes, and that was the judge handling another of the trump cases. Someone who was appointed by barack obama. No one really liked him on the republican side. Liked her. Most americans do not want to go to jail, they have seen what happened onjanuary the 6th where thousands of Trump Supporters who stormed the capital have been sent to jail and they have had their names and reputations hurt, rightly so. If trump gets re elected, he has promised to pardon a lot of those people who had rioted on january the 6th. Although that might be too late to get people rehired who lost theirjobs because they stormed the capitol. And such allegations, there would be a certain degree of reputational damage done, this doesnt seem to be the case when it comes to donald trump, even his court appearances. This is seen as his campaigning, positively, in fact. You dont see many of his republican critics in his own primary criticising very often. They are talking about the weaponisation of the Justice Department. They are saying the Justice Department should focus on real crime and not this election stuff. It makes it very hard for these candidates to also get any attention in the media and oxygen to raise their name id, because the story is trump, new charges, 90 plus felony charges he is facing now. For the next year we are going to see these trials, it will be hard for the republican candidates to break through. And Trump Supporters view his charges as the establishment going against our guy again, so we better support him. A developing story, train drivers, more than a dozen Train Companies will strike on friday, the 1st of september, and also refused to work overtime on saturday the 2nd of september. This has been announced by the union aslef, the latest industrial action in aslef� s long running pay dispute follows a series of six day overtime bans this summer. More on this as we get it, hoping to speak to travel corresponded here on bbc news. Saudi arabian officials have confirmed that the British Government has invited Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman to the uk in october. Theres been sharp criticism from Opposition Parties and campaigners over the gulf leaders human rights record. This report from our political correspondent, helen catt. Crown Prince Mohammed bin salman last came to the uk in march 2018. But later that same year, a journalist, jamal khashoggi, was brutally murdered inside a saudi embassy. American Intelligence Agencies concluded the killing had been authorised by mohammed bin salman, which he denied. Some say inviting him back would send all the wrong signals. What we should be doing is thinking about how we influence these countries and, as i said, rolling out the red carpet, treating them as welcome guests is not the way to do it. Saudi arabia is currently spending very big money trying to shift its economy away from oil. Its also investing heavily in sport, including buying newcastle united. The uk is keen to encourage more trade and investment between the two countries, particularly in cutting edge industries, and to get a trade deal with a group of countries in the gulf of which saudi arabia is a member. Those six countries, of which saudi arabia is by far the largest and most important, represent a significant opportunity for the uk. We already have £60 billion in two way trade and were hoping to sign a trade deal with them and, given our departure from the european union, its important that we tie in these other trade deals. A government source said the government view was that it would be in a stronger position to talk about what they are doing if it was working with them, not lecturing them from the outside. Labours deputy leader, angela rayner, said there needed to be a dialogue, but said the Prime Minister had to raise human rights issues on the visit. Some believe that wont have an effect. I would be very worried and am very worried by an invitation for a visit where it appears that the uk government is sending a clear message that uk leadership on human rights, which is something that we should be proud of, is now taking a back seat when it comes to saudi arabia. Downing street has not yet confirmed an invitation has been issued and the saudis havent said if its been accepted. But in a phone call yesterday, rishi sunak said he looked forward to meeting the crown prince in person at the earliest opportunity. Either way, any visit is likely to have to be carefully managed. Helen catt, bbc news, westminster. In hawaii, mauis Emergency Management chief has announced his resignation over the islands response to the recent wildfires. Herman andaya has been heavily criticised for deciding not to activate a siren Warning System in the midst of the wildfires. Meanwhile, the search for victims continues at least 111 people are now confirmed dead. Crews are searching some 2,000 burnt businesses and homes, but thejob is not even 50 complete. Whilst the exact cause of the wildfires is being investigated, mounting evidence shows downed power lines could have played a role. 0ur correspondent in maui, sophie long, sent this update. Ever since this tragedy happened and we started to learn about the loss of life, weve heard from people who escaped that night and how they had no warnings. Everyone has demanded to know why they didnt get more warning. They knew that a fire was burning, they knew that there were very high gusts of wind and yet maui has a very good outdoor alert system and those sirens were not used. Theyre in place to alert people to wildfires and tsunamis, mainly. Those sirens were not sounded on the day. Instead, we heard harrowing tales from survivors as they fled with heat burning their back. Now, yesterday, on wednesday, the head of mauis Emergency Management agency defended the decision not to sound those sirens. He said that people could have gone mauka. Now mauka is a hawaiian directional term. It means into the mountains or inland. He was implying that people may have been panicked and gone in the wrong direction. Well, youll find very few people here in maui who will agree with that. A search and recovery effort is still ongoing. The search and recovery teams have now recovered iii bodies. Only six of those have been identified, so its still in its early phases, really. A mobile morgue has arrived in maui with extra coroners to help with the painstaking task of identifying those who lost their lives. The investigation into exactly how the fire started is ongoing, but as soon as it happened, really, there were lots of criticism of the main Power Company here in maui. People say the power lines should have been preemptively shut off. Now, that didnt happen. There is a class lawsuit thats been launched, alleging that the Power Company is responsible, therefore, for loss of life. The investigation into how the fire started is ongoing, as is an investigation into the Emergency Management agencys handling of the fires once theyd started. I think theres lots of speculation as to exactly how they started, but certainly the power lines is one line of investigation. Wildfires are also causing major problems in canada where thousands of people are rushing to leave a city in the countrys north west. Fires have been spreading but in recent days theyve threatened the territorys capital, yellowknife. It has a Population Ofjust 20,000. The next largest city lies 1,000 kilometres away. That makes the Emergency Response much more difficult. The order to leave came when the fire reached yellowknife� s boundaries. 0llie Williams is a journalist from yellowknife who, like thousands of other residents, has fled the city. Im now in a small village called fort simpson, which is about 630 kilometres west of yellowknife. Probably sounds like a huge distance. It really isnt in Northwest Territories terms this place is twice the size of france. Its got 115,000 people in it. So vast scales that were talking about. This is essentially three communities to the left of yellowknife. You can just hear a float plane in the distance, by the way. This is the Mackenzie River behind me. Yellowknife is under a full Evacuation Order, as youve probably heard yesterday. We came out here a day before because, to be frank, the writing has been on the wall for days that that wildfire was going to pose a grave threat. Theres a huge lake called great slave lake. Yellowknife is on the top of it. Then, at the other side of that lake, its a very large lake, you have two communities called fort smith and hay river. Together theyve got about 7,000 people in them. On saturday and sunday last weekend, they were both told to evacuate. Thousands of people fleeing down the highway to alberta, where they still are. We have no timeline for when people might be able to get back to those communities. There hasnt even been any communications in those communities. Theres no internet, no landline, no cell phones. There hasnt been for days and days now. Weve just heard in the last couple of hours here that a tiny community, its only 36 people, but theyve been told theyve got to flee, as well. The Evacuation Order getting them west to this community, actually, fort simpson, which will be an Evacuation Centre for them. So weve got seven or eight different communities under Evacuation Orders right now. More than half the territorys population is out of their homes. Around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. Lets look at some other stories making the news. Banks face fines if they fail to provide free access to cash withdrawals for consumers and businesses thats according to the treasury. A new policy will state that free cash withdrawals and deposits must be available within one mile for People Living in urban areas. In rural areas, the maximum distance is three miles. A planned strike at Gatwick Airport over the weekend which could have affected more than 40,000 passengers has been suspended. Members of the Unite Union Working for a Ground Handling company were due to walk out today. The companys tabled an improved pay offer. If members reject it, a strike will go ahead over the bank holiday weekend. Annual energy bills for a typical household are expected to fall slightly from october. Consultancy Firm Cornwall insight predicts bills could drop by £1118 under a new Price Cap Set to be announced by 0fgem. The Energy Price Cap limits how much suppliers can charge households for each unit of energy they use. But bills remain far higher than before russias invasion of ukraine. Youre live with bbc news. Police in pakistan have arrested 2 christians accused of blasphemy. It comes 2 days after muslim crowds burned churches and vandalised the homes of Christians Injaranwala saying the two men had desecrated the koran. More than 100 arrests were made over the attacks. 0ur pakistan correspondent, caroline davies, has more details. Narrow streets with destruction at every turn. You can see the. The enormous damage that has been done here. This is jaranwalas christian quarter. Yesterday, angry protesters stormed these homes, including sonams. We lost everything, she tells me. Inside, blackened, overturned, smashed. She describes how her bed was thrown from the window and on her roof, how she heard an announcement from the mosque calling for people to come out to protest. Translation people came l to our houses with their sticks. We were scared and we ran. We had small kids. If they had gotten hurt, what would we have done . The protest was called after two christians were alleged to have ripped pages from the koran, Writing Obscenities on them. Thousands gathered. It turned violent. Churches around the city burnt, homes ransacked. When we first got here, people were in a real State Of Shock but now, quite clear that that is turning to anger. Minorities, including christians, are protected by law in pakistan but many we spoke to felt that not enough was done to stop this. Translation when protesters came here, they chanted slogans and i saw the police leaving from the other side. Then the protesters destroyed it all. The police argue they stopped the situation deteriorating. If we had charged or started fighting, it could have subsided but it would have swept all over the country, and the most important thing, if we had killed any of the protesters, that would have created a ripple effect. The police have said they believe the violence was planned and arrested some individuals from two hardline religious parties. In stjohn� s church, tears for what is lost and for how quickly their fragile peace was fractured. Caroline davies, bbc news, jaranwala. The womens World Cup Final is only two days away, with englands lionesses getting ready to face spain. England striker Alessio Russo told a Press Conference how grateful the team were for all the support back home. When asked how the team is feeling ahead of what could be the biggest day of their football careers, she said the team remained focused and relaxed. Take a listen. 0bviously obviously we are all aware it is the World Cup Final and there is that on the line, but as soon as you cross the line, but as soon as you cross the white line and the first whistle goes, it isjust the white line and the first whistle goes, it is just a the white line and the first whistle goes, it isjust a normal game. That is what we love to do, what we want to be doing. Yeah, it is 11 versus 11, you have to win, so i think the sooner we step out on the pitch, we know what we need to do. Of course, we are aware it is a World Cup Final but were just we are aware it is a World Cup Final but werejust going we are aware it is a World Cup Final but were just going to play our game. After surviving the challenges of covid, nightclubs in the uk have recently been struggling with a new challenge rising Running Costs and The Cost Of Living. Many are being forced to close their doors. 0ur News Corresponent ben boulos has been finding out more at the Meraki Nightclub In Liverpool in the north of england. This time in the morning, normally we would have club are streaming out after a night of dancing and enjoying themselves. As i said, we have the place to ourselves this morning. I am taking a look at the state of nightlife in the uk. They have had a really tough time, venues like this. They have been through the pandemic, we had the National Lockdowns in the uk and just as they were recovering from that, The Cost Of Living crisis, rising prices, people had less money to spend on energy bills for venues getting more expensive. They have had a tough time, and many venues around the country have had to shut their doors for good. One in three nightclubs have closed permanently over the past three years and it is independent and smaller venues like this one that have had the toughest time. 35 of them have closed since 2020, and in the last year alone, 100 have gone out of business. The pressures are really on, it is a far cry from the � 80s and � 90s, the heyday of the super clubs. First, lets have a chat to the Venue Manager here. Maxim, the patterns you are seeing, what are the pressures you face as a venue, as a business . It is quite tough at the moment. We came out of covid, there was this big return to rave, a month or two, and then there was a big crash. There was a steady trudge to try to get people back through the doors to where it was before covid. I think this is partly to do with our audience base, 60 students, very heavily student base. The two year hiatus that there wasnt students going physically into university, it left a gap socially, so the older students didnt trickle down where the cool, live events spots are, like meraki. When you are competing with the bigger venues, bigger clubs, chains that can absorb costs more easily, how much of a challenge is that for small venues like this . There is big venues that hold up to 5,000 people in our area. Basically, if they put a show on the same night as a show we have, that really makes it hard to predict how many people will come to our show, because it sucks up a massive portion of how many people will be attending an event in the city that night. Maxim, thanks very much, and thank you for having us down here this morning. Part of the strategy for venues is getting in big names to draw in the clubbers and partygoers to try and get them in, spending money. We have djs like this with us. Thank you for having us down here. You play at clubs, festivals and venues all over the world, how does the uk compare with how good a shape nightlife is in here . Speaking completely transparently and having raved in the uk and raved abroad, but also from a Dj Perspective in terms of really preserving club culture, i think europe, particularly the likes of germany are really advanced and there seems to be a real level of care and dedication when it comes to really nurturing club culture from venues, from the consumers and the customers that go. I was saying early, playing at five oclock in the morning in germany is like playing at one oclock in the morning in the uk. There seems to be a resistance, particularly in the european countries. I dont think the uk is there yet, in terms of prioritising nightlife and prioritising and championing club culture. Do you think people are saving money to go to festivals rather than regularly every week going to a club like this . Yes, it has reflected in my friendship group. A lot of friends want a short burst during the holidays and during the summer of a couple of days festivals, rather than splashing out midweek or weekend smaller scale events, which is really unfortunate. There is so much happening which is really exciting, and promoting at the moment is really difficult. Stay with us here on bbc news. More coming up on bbc news, in the meantime head to our website to find out more on one of our top stories there, those wildfires threatening there, those wildfires threatening the city of yellowknife. Hello again. Weve got a north south split in the country today. A deep area of low pressure coming our way later as storm betty. This area of low pressure, head of it we have a Weather Front that is introducing a heavy, thundery downpours in a very small amount of time. A lot of water and spray on the roads. We also have gusty winds around the coast of wales, especially with exposure. Sunshine across western scotland, north west england, into the midlands and far south east. Muggy in the south, fissure in the north. The rain will be steadily coming in through the afternoon across the south west and also into wales. Storm betty continuing to push steadily northwards as we go through the course of the night. 16 millimetres locally, on Higher Ground in parts of Northern Ireland as much as 18 millimetres, the risk of localised flooding, a lot of Surface Water and spray. Very windy across south west england, wales and areas adjacent to the iris, and through the north channel. Muggy nightfall, and the rain continues to drift northwards and eastwards across scotland, the strongest winds. When they cross Northern Ireland with a fair few showers packing into western areas. Central and eastern parts getting away with a dry day with a fair bit of sunshine. Tomorrow, feeling fresher than we are today, highs of 1625 c. Fresher than we are today, highs of 16 25 c. Sunday, low pressure anchored to the north west, where we see the challenge more likely to be in the north and west. Dry weather as we push further into central and eastern areas, a fair bit of sunshine, feeling pleasant. Top temperatures 24 26 c. Monday, we still have low pressure close by, some showers getting in across scotland and Northern Ireland. If you into wales and the south west, again central and eastern areas where we have the highest chance of staying dry. Temperatures up to the mid 20s. Beyond that, we are looking at a lot of settled conditions, not bone dry, some showers at times, heavy and thundery. A fair bit of sunshine and feeling pleasantly warm in the sunshine. Chinas Evergrande Files for bankruptcy in new york. Well have the latest on the collapse of the worlds most indebted developer. Blame it on the rain july turns out to be a wash out for british retailers. Welcome to World Business report, im aaron heslehurst. We begin with Chinas Evergrande because the slow motion collapse of the worlds most indebted Property Developer has entered a new stage. Evergrande has filed for Bankruptcy Protection in the us as the Company Pursues a prolonged Restructuring Agreement with International Creditors that hold billions of dollars in bonds. According to the financial times, evergrande has liabilities of 3110 billion. Last month, it unveiled losses of 81 billion over 2021 and 2022 period. Meanwhile, another major developer, country garden, has warned it may not be able to make Interest Payments on bonds as it struggles to find the cash to finish projects around the country. Duncan wrigley is chief China Economist at pantheon macroeconomics. Always a pleasure to see you

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