Negative adequate warnings. There are fears the true number of deaths could be close to 20,000. In britain and arrested on suspicion of murder, detectives are questioning three relatives of ten year old sara sharif. In the uk, the Prime Minister rishi sunak insists it is an absolute priority to protect in the uk from foreign state interference, including beijing. Time for a look at the sport. Hello from the bbc sport centre. If the hosts had hope for theirfirst game of the rugby world cup. The second brings significant expectation france will provide another win. After a three day break, the tournament resumes later with their match against uruguay in lille. France have made wholesale changes from the team that won that opening game against new zealand. 12 in all to take on uruguay. Who are ranked 17th in the world. Theyll be captained by anthonyjelonch, whos recovered from a serious knee injury. While uruguay are playing for the first time at this world cup after sitting out the first round of pool matches. Translation it is not that we want the main players translation it is not that we want the main players to translation it is not that we want the main players to take translation it is not that we want the main players to take a translation it is not that we want the main players to take a break, translation it is not that we want the main players to take a break, we want a defence team to be as competitive as possible. Particularly in the most challenging games, we try to balance and include all our players. Looking at the quality of the physical preparation and quality of the personal commitment the players have put forward, we are trying to make everyone participate, so for the most important games that are ahead everyone is able to perform at the highest level. Wales are another side looking to make it two wins from two when they play their next match against portugal in nice. Portugal, like uruguay, are about to enter the fray. This w this ho is back after injury. Lake and his head coach both insist their second opponents will pose a similar threat to that of their first, fiji, who they dramatically beat last weekend. Obviously not great to be removed from the field early, especially a week before the team is selected for a world cup, but a lot of work has gone on behind the scenes from medical staff and from physios, put a lot of time into me to get me ready to play. A lot of thanks to them,. Imjust looking ready to play. A lot of thanks to them,. Im just looking forward to getting into it at the weekend. Similarto fiji, similar to fiji, they play a lot of rugby. Similar to fiji, they play a lot of rugby, some exciting players. They like to rugby, some exciting players. They like to move the ball around. So we are kinda like to move the ball around. So we are kinda prepared almost in the same are kinda prepared almost in the same way are kinda prepared almost in the same way as we prepared against fii. Same way as we prepared against fiji there same way as we prepared against fiji. There wont be a lot of changes, fiji. There wont be a lot of changes, a few tweaks to the game, the way changes, a few tweaks to the game, the way that we want operate. Meanwhile south Africa Hooker malcolm marx has been ruled out of the rest of the tournament with a knee injury. He hadnt been included in the squad to play romania on saturday after going down in training on wednesday. Marx won the world cup with the springboks in 2019. Scotland have also had Injury Problems at the hooker position. And theyve called up edinburghs Stuart Mcinally to replace david cherry, whose tournament was ended by a concussion he suffered after slipping on the stairs at the team hotel. Mcnally will be playing at his second world cup. Shane lowry will attempt to continue his return to form as he defends his title at the Pga Championship at wentworth. Finish since february last week. Just days after his selectioin for europes Ryder Cup Team was criticised. He was one of the early round one starters at wentworth. And finished on three under par. Now five shots off the lead. The leader has a two shot lead over richie ramsay. Rory mcilroy one of those with an opening round even par 72. Tottenham hotspur has extended its deal to host nfl games at its stadium until 2030. The new expanded partnership will ensure a minimum of two regular season nfl games a year will be held at the spurs stadium, which will now also be designated the official home of the leauge in the uk. The nfl also has International Games this season at wembley and in frankfurt. That is all the sport for now. A nasa panel recommended in a report issued today that the Us Space Agency increase its efforts to gather information on unidentified objects in the sky, labeled unidentified anomalous phenomenon, or uap, by the government, and play a larger nasa currently doing a News Conference, the panel giving more detail to reporters. The Us Space Agency has recommended it increases as efforts to gather information on identified objects in the sky, what it calls uaps, unidentified anonymous phenomenon, and it wants to play a larger role. This was nasas Administrator A short while ago. Nasas Administrator A short while auo. ~ nasas Administrator A short while am,. ,. , nasas Administrator A short while auo. , nasas Administrator A short while ago. We nasa have taken for the first time concrete ago. We nasa have taken for the first time Concrete Action ago. We nasa have taken for the first time Concrete Action to first time Concrete Action to seriously look into uap. And this independent study team is exactly that. It is independent. They work to develop recommendations about how nasa could better examine them from a scientific perspective. And the top takeaway from this study is that there is a lot more to learn. The nasa independent study team did not find any evidence that uap have an extraterrestrial origin. But we dont know what these uap are. Live now to seattle to join nick pope, former ufo investigator for the Ministry Of Defence. Thank you forjoining us. What do you make of the nasa report like this . Not that long ago people perhaps would have laughed at any sort of attention like this. Absolutely, this is a welcome move and long overdue. Yes, if you years ago nasas position was they were not interested in ufos, not studying them, and now here they are saying that they are looking at how to best h nasas scientific resources and capabilities on this great mystery. It is a good day for anyone interested in this topic. Exactly what do you interested in this topic. Exactly what do you anticipate interested in this topic. Exactly what do you anticipate in interested in this topic. Exactly | what do you anticipate in terms interested in this topic. Exactly i what do you anticipate in terms of nasas effect, influence, take on this will be . L nelson, he is personally really interested in this staff bill nelson. Personally really interested in this staff bill nelson. Staff bill nelson. Yes, what is fascinating staff bill nelson. Yes, what is fascinating about staff bill nelson. Yes, what is fascinating about that staff bill nelson. Yes, what is fascinating about that is staff bill nelson. Yes, what is fascinating about that is he fascinating about that is he previously sat on the Senate Armed Services committee, and he got a classified briefing on uap. That makes one wonder what he was told in that briefing that has made him so keen to take this forward. What we will get in concrete terms is probably a lot of leveraging on existing satellite capabilities. Nasa can do a lot in terms of using satellites that they have but also using Imagery Analysis resources and capabilities. There is a role for the public also, add a talk in their report about crowdsourcing through smartphones and using apps to gather information from citizen scientists. It is interesting because they are describing this as a starting point, in a sense they will not look back but look forward, more research, more investigation. Argue disappointed personally it is that way around, that perhaps some of the things that have mystified people are not being taken into the equation . Equation . Yes, that is a disappointment, equation . Yes, that is a disappointment, but. Equation . Yes, that is a disappointment, but i l equation . Yes, that is a disappointment, but i understand equation . Yes, that is a disappointment, but i understand it completely. Resources are finite and i would rather that they in that situation concentrate on new data, where for example with some of the historic sightings we just dont have good enough sensor data. But now with the technology we have and also with artificial intelligence, which will play a role, so, yeah, slightly disappointed but i am looking ahead. Slightly disappointed but i am looking ahead. Final question, because we looking ahead. Final question, because we have looking ahead. Final question, because we have seen looking ahead. Final question, because we have seen a looking ahead. Final question, because we have seen a sort l looking ahead. Final question, | because we have seen a sort of flurry of congressional hearings in america on this over the last 12 months, it seems the uk not as interested. Is that a mistake, or perhaps a good call . It is interested. Is that a mistake, or perhaps a good call . Perhaps a good call . It is a mistake. Perhaps a good call . It is a mistake, it perhaps a good call . It is a mistake, it is perhaps a good call . It is a mistake, it is time perhaps a good call . It is a mistake, it is time to perhaps a good call . It is a i mistake, it is time to reopen investigations into uap for the Ministry Of Defence to get involved again, as they were back when i was doing thatjob. We again, as they were back when i was doing that job doing that oh. We will leave it there, doing that ob. We will leave it there. But doing that job. We will leave it there. But a doing that job. We will leave it there, but a fascinating there, but a fascinating development, we will keep an eye on that News Conference match if there is any more detail we will return to that. Thank you. Explosions have been reported in the west of the russian occupied Crimean Peninsula in ukraine. A source in Ukraines Security Service told the bbc that a Russian Air Defence system was destroyed. Russias Ministry Of Defence says 11 ukrainian drones were shot down, it also said five ukrainian maritime drones were destroyed in an attack targeting a black sea naval patrol ship. Lets go to kyiv and speak to our Diplomatic Correspondent paul adams. Tell us more. Over the last few weeks, increasingly the ukrainian seem to be targeting that whole Crimean Peninsula. Crimean peninsula. Yeah, it definitely Crimean Peninsula. Yeah, it definitely seems Crimean Peninsula. Yeah, it definitely seems to Crimean Peninsula. Yeah, it definitely seems to be Crimean Peninsula. Yeah, it definitely seems to be a Crimean Peninsula. Yeah, it. Definitely seems to be a step Crimean Peninsula. Yeah, it definitely seems to be a step up in ukrainian activity. Ukraine has been attacking targets in crimea for a good long while, largely with drones. But what we have seen in recent weeks and in particular in recent weeks and in particular in recent days is a real upping of the tempo of those attacks and perhaps also an increase in the type of weapons being used. We are seeing combinations of maritime drones, aerial drones, and missiles, both produced here in ukraine but also missiles supplied by britain and france, cruise missiles. The target this morning was an s 408 defence system, a hugely sophisticated, very advanced Russian Air Defence system, involving a Radar Component but also the air defence missiles, all of which the ukrainians say was destroyed. The evidence in terms of videos overnight showed these huge explosions. What were seeing here is a concerted effort to deprive the Crimean Peninsula of its defences, its russian defences, to blind the russians wherever they can. We have seen multiple attacks on radar stations, on radar is placed on those Gas Platforms out in the nearby waters of the northern black sea. It is all designed to send a message to moscow that we have our sights set on crimea, there is no target in crimea that is off limits. Of target in crimea that is off limits. Of course we saw the attacks on the Black Sea Fleet in sebastopol only yesterday. Ultimately of course we are going to retake the peninsula altogether. It are going to retake the peninsula altoaether. ,. , ,. , altogether. It is obviously a multilayered altogether. It is obviously a multilayered war altogether. It is obviously a multilayered war in altogether. It is obviously a multilayered war in the altogether. It is obviously a multilayered war in the last altogether. It is obviously a multilayered war in the last hours so i was reading the latest from the ukrainians saying they had taken a certain area in the east, so it may be slower than many people want, the counteroffensive, but the ukrainians very keen to underline the advances they are making. Very keen to underline the advances they are making very keen to underline the advances they are making. Yeah, interestingly there is a bit they are making. Yeah, interestingly there is a bit of they are making. Yeah, interestingly there is a bit of an they are making. Yeah, interestingly there is a bit of an argument they are making. Yeah, interestingly there is a bit of an argument going l there is a bit of an argument going on among officials about exactly what is going on in that Little Village just south of the city of bakhmut. The Deputy Defence minister saying that it was in ukrainian hands, the unit involved saying that has not yet happened. Not quite clear what exactly the situation on the ground is. But these are tiny, tiny incremental ukrainian advances. Looking at a big map, you can barely see any of these, you really have to look closely. That makes a point which is that in terms of the front lines in the east and south, it is very slow and hard going. But behind thatis very slow and hard going. But behind that is this battle, often unseen, sometimes spectacular, as We Saw Yesterday and this morning, but it is a constant effort by the ukrainians to deprive the russians of their missile systems, their logistics, their commander control centres, their transport links, all of that is an absolutely key part of ukraine because � s counteroffensive. Thank you. Ukraines counteroffensive. Last year in road russian Fighter Pilot attempted to shoot down a bit to Surveillance Aircraft carrying dozens of military personnel. The russian su 27 jets were similar to these ones on the screen. The kremlin blamed the incident, which happened over the black sea, on a technical malfunction. The bbc� s defence corresponded explained more about what actually happened. The official about what actually happened. Tie official information about what actually happened. Tte official information from about what actually happened. Tt2 official information from the russians was a technical malfunction, and that was indeed what officially they Ministry Of Defence in the uk accepted from the russians. Actually i8 defence in the uk accepted from the russians. Actually 18 you much more. I have learned that two fighterjets were sent to intercept this Arius Biplane that can suck up communications raf spy plane. It could have listened into communications which could have led to their deaths. One of the pilots of the two russian jets thought he had been given permission to open fire. He lost an air to air missile but he didnt give a lock on the british biplane and it missed. There was then a row between the two pilots, the second pilot did not think they had been given permission to fire, and there was a row between the two of them. Then the first pilot fired or released a second missile, simplyjust fell off pilot fired or released a second missile, simply just fell off the wing of the aircraft and did nothing. The expedition from the russians was it was a technical malfunction, from the uk they accepted that, they called it potentially dangerous. I think the us, those leaked documents from the us, those leaked documents from the Us Intelligence officials show that dated was a near shoot down and very scary, in the words of a us defence official. We havent been told the whole story here, a number of reasons probably, first of all, does britain want to give rusher all its details about how it gathers intelligence . I think the more important point is nobody here wanted an escalation, because this is the kind of mishap, the miscalculations that could cause a wider conflict. Miscalculations that could cause a wider conflict. Starting detail. New hero russian wider conflict. Starting detail. New hero russian aircraft wider conflict. Starting detail. New hero russian aircraft buzzing hero russian aircraft buzzing Western Aircraft and military aircraft, but very rare. 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Here in the uk, the government says its updated its approach to china, to take account of criticisms, contained in a report by the intelligence and Security Committee. The report was highly critical, saying the government had failed to develop a coherent strategy to deal with the National Security risks emanating from china. The response comes after it emerged a parliamentary researcher was one of two people arrested earlier this year accused of spying for china. Lets get more on this with our security correspondent gordon correra. Just tell us a little more about this tweak, this new change perhaps that we are seeing. What this tweak, this new change perhaps that we are seeing. That we are seeing. What we got toda was that we are seeing. What we got today was the that we are seeing. What we got today was the government that we are seeing. What we got today was the government has l that we are seeing. What we got today was the government has might respond to this highly critical report from the intelligence and Security Committee over the summer which basically said that the uk had been slow to develop a china strategy, hadnt really taken account of the risks, whether they were to universities, companies are government itself. As you said, this response comes days after it was alleged that a parliamentary researcher might have been spying for china. That researcher has denied that they were involved. It has raised the heat on the subject. What you got from the government in its report, its response was effectively saying, we are doing things, we have been engaged with updating our legislation, taking into account in these things. It is interesting, specific references to attempts by china to actively recruit current and former uk government of features, and that there is work going on to try and prevent that happening, whether it is overtly to give them jobs, or covertly to try and engage them as spies. But clearly the government also acknowledges more work needs to be done. A row with the Committee Chair because the government is saying, we are doing lots of things, dont worry, this report may be critical but we have this in hand. And it implies that the report might be out of date because it took evidence a few years ago, but the chair of the intelligence and Security Committee responded today in a statement saying, the report was kept up to date just before it was kept up to date just before it was released with Government Policy and how it had evolved, and said it was not hard to keep it up to date because policy was evolving at what he calls a glacial pace. You get a sense of this tussle between government and its critics, including the intelligence and Security Committee and backbenchers, about whether it is doing enough on china and in doing it fast enough. When you say the government says, and underlines they have their say in hand, are they giving any sort of information as to what they are actually doing, changing, because you will know that there are backbenchers, people among the governments own party that want to see beijing described as a threat . The government has resisted that so far but if there was to be that change, what does allocating that title change in practice . fine change, what does allocating that title change in practice . Change, what does allocating that title change in practice . One of the thins title change in practice . One of the thin. S the title change in practice . One of the things they are title change in practice . One of the things they are saying title change in practice . One of the things they are saying they title change in practice . One of the things they are saying they are things they are saying they are doing is putting in place new legislation like a National Security act which has passed this summer which give new powers to investigate espionage and a register for people trying to lobby, influence on behalf of other states. It is noticeable that those powers are not yet in place, not taking effect yet. The Espionage Powers not to later this year, registration not until next year, registration not until next year, and with the registration powers there is an important aspect because our country can be placed in what is called an enhanced tier, requiring much more stringent and wider checks for people to make, so one of the things that critics of the government want is for china to be designated much more clearly a threat and to be placed on the enhanced tier. The government in its response still talks about china is in the park defying channels but not as a threat, not using that language and that some of its critics on its own conservative backbenchers would like to see. ,. ~ ,. , detectives are questioning the three relatives of sara sharif who were arrested yesterday on suspicion of murder after they arrived back in the uk from pakistan. They left britain last month, a day before the ten year old was found dead in surrey. Live now to to our correspondent Helena Wilkinson in guildford. Bring us up to date. Bring us uptodate. That development bring us uptodate. That Development Last bring us uptodate. That Development Last night i bring us up to date. trngt Development Last night when sara sharif� s father urfan sharif, her stepmother Beinash Batool and Uncle Faisal Malik made their way from pakistan back to the uk and were quickly arrested once the plane touched down and the doors of the plane opened. They are being questioned because the Questioning Process has now begun, we know that because we have spoken to solicitor who said he is representing all three of them. We spoke to him in the last ten minutes or so. He has been inside the Police Station for much of the day but he has said the process of questioning them has begun. Confirmation that that is taking place but we understand that sara sharif� s father is here at this Police Station as his her Uncle Faisal Malik, her stepmother Beinash Batool has been taken to a different Police Station, we understand that is simply because of logistics. Police have 24 hour set in which they can either charge them or release them, but they can also apply for more time, and that can be 36 or 96 hours. The questioning continues, a Big Development in this case, which has seen many twists and turns over the last five weeks. It is five weeks since sara sharif, ten years old, was found dead on alone in herfamily home in woking. Police will be wanting to question her father, her uncle and to stepmother about what they might know about her death. A british athlete has from the hudson river in new york, spending 30 days in it, swimming from its source to this end, wearing only speedos and goggles, he told reporters that 50 years ago his swim would have been impossible because of the level of pollution. T pron; of the level of pollution. I pray that people of the level of pollution. I pray that people will of the level of pollution. I pray that people will look of the level of pollution. I pray that people will look at of the level of pollution. I pray that people will look at the i of the level of pollution. I pray i that people will look at the hudson, around the world, whether asian, african, south american, and europe where some of the methylated winners, and it will look at the hudson and seated themselves, get what happened in the hudson . 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Between, for wales and the midlands into parts of lincolnshire, weve got this Weather Front bringing outbreaks of rain and the front trails all the way out into the atlantic to a developing area of low pressure that is then set to strengthen and move towards spain and portugal, bringing some severe storms there. At the same time, it will flick some warmer air across england and wales for tomorrow and will also control how much rain that we see into the week and beyond. Back to todays weather, though. This Weather Front stretching across wales, the midlands, lincolnshire. It will turn the rain a bit heavier as we go on through the afternoon, potentially getting across north wales into north west england. Sunny spells and showers for scotland and Northern Ireland, south of england, parts of east anglia, warm sunshine, perhaps feeling a little on the humid side as well. Now, as that low pressure starts to develop overnight and works towards portugal, we start to get some milder air moving in across england and wales. So temperatures about 11 to 14 degrees. But at the same time, well see the rain band extend across Northern England, reaching further northwards into parts of Northern Ireland and southern scotland. That process continues. On friday the rain could be quite heavy at times as well. To the south of that, its largely dry and sunny. But this Weather Front also separates what will be relatively cool air across the north of the uk, with temperatures about 13 to 15 degrees from the increasingly warm air that well have across england and wales, 22 to 25 degrees celsius with a rather humid feel to the weather as well. Into the weekend, that low pressure will start to throw a few showers in across southern areas of england, perhaps into parts of wales too. A few of the showers could be heavy and thundery. Start off with some damp weather across scotland and Northern England that should ease through the day and the weather will turn brighter and drier through the day across scotland and Northern Ireland. Temperatures here still a little bit below par, 14 to 16 degrees. Potentially pretty warm across the southeast 26c. By sunday were looking at showers and thunderstorms probably merging together to give some longer spells of heavy rain. The question is just how far north that gets. It could even reach as far north as parts of scotland through sunday. So well keep a close eye on that. Could be heavy enough to cause a few issues as well. Live from london, this is bbc news. In libya, the mayor of derna says 20,000 people may have been killed by the devastating flood that hit the city. It comes as a un body says thousands of deaths could have been avoided with evacuation warnings. Fresh aftershocks shake morocco after fridays earthquake. More aid is on standby to enter the country. The bbc learns new details about a Rogue RussianFighter Pilot who tried to shoot down an Raf Aircraft Last year. Rishi sunak insists it is an absolute priority to protect the uk from foreign state interference, including beijing. Hello, im matthew amroliwala. Welcome to verified live, the un has described it as a calamity on an epic scale and every new detail and picture from libya, bears that out. The mayor of derna said the flooding may have killed up to 20,000 people, based on the amount of the city thats been destroyed. He said they desperately need teams that specialise in recovering bodies, saying he feared the city risked