the date on the video suggests the video was filmed today — the town is near the front line of the fighting, around 20 miles from the disputed city of bakhmut. the sound, and the way the people in the street look up, suggests it may have been a missile. ukrainian officials say at least 28 other people were wounded. the attack came shortly after the us secretary of state antony blinken arrived in kyiv — the first visit by a senior american official since ukraine launched its counter—offensive against russian forces. we go live now to kyiv and our diplomatic correspondent paul adams. tell us more. this happened about three hours _ tell us more. this happened about three hours ago — tell us more. this happened about three hours ago and _ tell us more. this happened about three hours ago and as _ tell us more. this happened about three hours ago and as president | three hours ago and as president zelensky has indicated he was very quick to point the finger of blame at russia, he actually said it was a russian artillery that was responsible for this. this town is within russian artillery range, we don't know yet what the nature of the project out was but certainly the project out was but certainly the images that have suffocated subsequently of the damage done are pretty horrendous. blood inside shops. bodies lying in the street, mangled cars for some distance. this was a very considerable explosion and we think is probably one of the worst single incident of its kind since around april. ukraine has become terribly familiar with devastating attacks but it has been awhile since something on this scale occurred. we think the death toll at the moment is around 16, with at least 30 people injured. rescue workers obviously still on the scene looking for survivors, but the government here are in absolutely no doubt as to who are responsible. irate doubt as to who are responsible. we will get more details on that as the story develops. as i mentioned, this attack came shortly after antony blinken, the us secretary of state, arrived in keith and a big announcement is expected. what more do we know about that? this announcement is expected. what more do we know about that?— do we know about that? this is his fourth visit — do we know about that? this is his fourth visit to _ do we know about that? this is his fourth visit to you? _ do we know about that? this is his fourth visit to you? -- _ do we know about that? this is his fourth visit to you? -- kyiv. - do we know about that? this is his fourth visit to you? -- kyiv. every| fourth visit to you? —— kyiv. every time he comes here he bears gifts of some kind or another. there have been dozens of american pledges of the last 18 months of assistance, we believe some of the details we are likely to hear today, perhaps others later in the week, but also something in the region of $1 billion, that is pretty much parfor the course in terms of american pledges. it will be a mixture of military assistance, probably the bulk of it, but also civilian assistance because the americans are very keen to try and prop up ukraine's economy which has been devastated by the conflict over the last 18 months. for mr antony blinken, he received a warm welcome. he has a familiar face. before blinken, he received a warm welcome. he has a familiarface. before he arrived, there was the sound of war here in the capital. air raid sirens. with america's secretary of state just hours away, a fresh wave of attacks at dawn. kyiv�*s well—drilled air defences called into action once more. outside the city, a supermarket damaged by falling debris, wrecked early in the war, in the process of being repaired, now wrecked again. and a familiar welcome too. mr blinken bringing a fresh pledge, more than $1 billion in security and other assistance. every time i'm here, i'm struck by the extraordinary bravery and resilience of the ukrainian people, the ukrainian forces, ukraine's leadership. and i'm here first and foremost to demonstrate our ongoing and determined support for ukraine as it deals with this aggression. this is mr blinken's first visit since ukraine launched its counteroffensive in june. after weeks of slow progress, ukraine says the pace is picking up. the cost in men and equipment is high. president zelensky says more supplies are on the way and that ukraine will step up its own production. translation: there will be new supplies. | it is very important that there will be new production of our weapons and we have outlined several priority items with the warriors. this is what needs to be done. we will do it. at kyiv�*s wall of remembrance, yet another gesture of solidarity — denmark's prime minister paying her respects. her country among three planning to send f—16 jets by the beginning of next year. antony blinken is actually going to be spending the night here, i think thatis be spending the night here, i think that is a first and he will be holding a press conference with ukraine's foreign minister a little bit later on. we will probably get to hear some more details about the precise nature of this latest package of assistance. thank you. let's stay with that subject. we go live now to bangkok to speak to michael bociurkiw, global affairs analyst at the atlantic council. thank you forjoining us and we heard a little bit about what the meeting is going to entail from heard a little bit about what the meeting is going to entailfrom our correspondence. what do you think is the priority for both sides? i correspondence. what do you think is the priority for both sides?— the priority for both sides? i think a coule the priority for both sides? i think a couple of _ the priority for both sides? i think a couple of things, _ the priority for both sides? i think a couple of things, antony - the priority for both sides? i think| a couple of things, antony blinken wanting to give the ukrainians a big pat on the back for their successes so far but also i think the meeting is very carefully timed ahead of the 620 but is very carefully timed ahead of the g20 but also the un general assembly at the end of september. while this story was breaking, a ukrainian telegram channel started to report that mr zelensky will be going to new york at the end of september for those un meetings, including a meeting of foreign ministers. i think when you put all this together, it is time to counter weakening support in western capitals especially for the war in ukraine. 0n everyone's mines, especially the ukrainians, next year as the presidential elections in the us when the white house will very likely flip to the republican side. how much support domestically is therefore continued support? this is a big problem- _ therefore continued support? this is a big problem. you _ therefore continued support? this is a big problem. you know, _ therefore continued support? this is a big problem. you know, a - therefore continued support? this is a big problem. you know, a lot - therefore continued support? this is a big problem. you know, a lot of. a big problem. you know, a lot of americans with these natural disasters happening, economic crisis, cost of living crisis, all of that, they are questioning why money is going to the wars in ukraine, but the discussion if the russians are not pushed back, it will come to our doorstep, in terms of higher costs, higher fuel will come to our doorstep, in terms of higher costs, higherfuel prices. another important aspect of this is about as the americans look on the brink of announcing new weaponry for ukraine, uranium rounds. these are really effective in terms of piercing the heavy russian tank armour. a bit controversial because they could use some fire hazards in they could use some fire hazards in the environment that might leave some bio hazards. but it goes to show the americans are following the lead of the united kingdom and giving them everything the ukrainians are asking for to bring this work to a finish line. we heard in the past — this work to a finish line. we heard in the past hour, _ this work to a finish line. we heard in the past hour, then _ this work to a finish line. we heard in the past hour, then use - this work to a finish line. we heard l in the past hour, then use emerging of that horrific explosion in ukraine. do you think that is connected to his visit and do you think it will affect it? at this stage, it is all very early in the development of this news story. it will be interesting to get your thoughts. will be interesting to get your thou~hts. , ,, . ., ., thoughts. this is straight out of the russian _ thoughts. this is straight out of the russian playbook. - thoughts. this is straight out of the russian playbook. they - thoughts. this is straight out of the russian playbook. they did| thoughts. this is straight out of. the russian playbook. they did it with the un secretary—general was there. as i've said many times, as soon as we have thought the absolute bottom of russian inhumanity, they surprise us and do something even more heinous. this one in kostyantynivka, paul reported the numbers are 16 dead, 30 or so injured, but kostyantynivka in eastern ukraine has suffered disproportionately previous to this strike, ten people at least died in other straits. they have had about three major ones so far and this is on a civilian target, a marketplace during the daytime, absolutely terrible. that during the daytime, absolutely terrible. �* . , during the daytime, absolutely terrible. �* ' ~ during the daytime, absolutely terrible. �* '~ , during the daytime, absolutely terrible. �* ~ terrible. at least 16 people killed there which _ terrible. at least 16 people killed there which is _ terrible. at least 16 people killed there which is the _ terrible. at least 16 people killed there which is the latest - terrible. at least 16 people killed there which is the latest we - terrible. at least 16 people killed there which is the latest we have had from that. thank you so much, it is good to get your analysis. the uk prime minister has insisted he's acting as quickly as possible after ministers published a list of nearly 150 schools in england made of concrete which is liable to collapse. more than 100 schools were ordered to fully or partially shut buildings due to concerns about raac. 19 were forced to delay the start of the new term. analysis by the bbc has found that 13 schools in england containing raac had their rebuilding plans cancelled in 2010. in the commons, the labour leader sir keir starmer said cowboys were running the country. ellie price reports. well, mr speaker, they want more, so let me continue. ferryhill school, in county durham, was on labour's building list in 2010. they scrapped it and now children there are in a crumbling school. the truth is, this crisis is the inevitable result of 13 years of cutting corners, botched jobs, sticking—plaster politics. it's the sort of thing you expect from cowboy builders, saying that everyone else is wrong, everyone else is to blame, protesting that they've done an effing good job, even if the ceiling falls in. the difference is that in this case, the cowboys are running the country. isn't he ashamed that, after 13 years of tory government, children are cowering under steel supports, stopping their classroom roof falling in? that was keir starmer and rishi sunak till the commons he wanted to reassure parents the government was doing what it could to resolve the problem. mr speaker, i know how concerned parents, children and teachers are and i want to start by assuring them that the government is doing everything it can to fix this quickly and minimise the disruption to children's education. we make no apology for acting decisively in the face of new information and let me provide the house with an update on where we are. of the 22,000 schools in england, the vast, vast majority won't be affected. in fact, in two thirds of inspections of suspected schools, raac is not actually present. and to tackle the 1% of schools that have been affected so far, the 1%, we are assigning each of those schools a dedicated caseworker and providing extra funding to fix the problem. in the majority of cases, children will attend school as normal and the mitigations take typically just days or weeks to complete. we will do everything we can to help parents, support teachers, and get children back to normal school life as quickly as possible. that was the prime minister rishi sunak speaking a little earlier. we go live now to leicester to speak to geoff barton, general secretary at the association of school and college leaders. from what you are hearing from school leaders, how is this affecting the start of the school term and pressure on teaching staff. it is a pretty mixed picture but it is a pretty bad way to start a new school year, a new school year should be about the optimism of young people, either starting school, having new classes, new teachers, new uniform. we have lost the sense of that in some schools because of the uncertainty. we have had the uncertainty for parents over the weekend, was their school going to be affected? they were told by the government they should hear from the government they should hear from the school directly because the government at that point wasn't going to post the list. i think that has added to the uncertainty because if i didn't hearfrom my child's school, i might be spending my time thinking did i miss the e—mail? we have now got the list. it also means that head teachers, rather than just welcoming young people back into school, time scrabbling around, trying to identify certain types of concrete and getting surveyors to come into the school, trying to have a sense of normality for young people but the reality some young people but the reality some young people is either they are not in school today, or in school in pretty difficult conditions and frankly, since we have known about this type of concrete for years and years, we shouldn't be where we are. more? of concrete for years and years, we shouldn't be where we are. now that list has been — shouldn't be where we are. now that list has been published, _ shouldn't be where we are. now that list has been published, a _ shouldn't be where we are. now that list has been published, a few- shouldn't be where we are. now that list has been published, a few hours| list has been published, a few hours ago, the list of schools affected, how do you think that changes things? earlier it was the issue of uncertainty. do you think this is helped by providing that? what more do you want to see done? there helped by providing that? what more do you want to see done?— do you want to see done? there is a difference between _ do you want to see done? there is a difference between publishing - do you want to see done? there is a difference between publishing a - do you want to see done? there is a difference between publishing a list| difference between publishing a list and publishing a plan, and what we haven't got is a plan, despite the warm words from the prime minister. we don't know where the funding comes from. the list itself, i noticed the bbc raising some questions about it and other newspapers raising questions about the accuracy of the list, and the people i represent, school and couege people i represent, school and college leaders, in some cases received a letter from one of the school's ministers baroness baron criticising them, wrapping their knuckles because they haven't failed in the questionnaire which is used to provide the information for this list, and far too many of them had provided that information, some of them had provided it three times for 15 schools in their trust. all of it raises questions about the accuracy of that list and therefore i think we need to not take too seriously some of those reassurances from the prime minister. i think what we would be better off doing is having a clear sense of what is going to happen, to make sure the most important part of this is that children are safe. i important part of this is that children are safe.— important part of this is that children are safe. i want to put to use the response _ children are safe. i want to put to use the response from _ children are safe. i want to put to use the response from the - children are safe. i want to put to - use the response from the department for education. they said to us they are on track to rebuild the target of 500 schools of the next decade as part of the schools rebuilding programme, which is on top of the 520 schools already delivered since 2015. that is what they said, that doesn't necessarily address the concerns people might still have over safety. what is your reaction to that response? i over safety. what is your reaction to that response?— to that response? i think i would make two points, _ to that response? i think i would make two points, we _ to that response? i think i would make two points, we are - to that response? i think i would make two points, we are a - to that response? i think i would make two points, we are a treat| make two points, we are a treat union but we are not political or affiliated to the tuc so i am saying this independently. in 2010 the building schools plan for the future, the labour plan, was supposed to rebuild all secondary schools in england between 2010 and 2020. there were problems, it was going to be very expensive, but there was a sense that children and young people mattered to the government and they needed 20% rebuilding. what we hearfrom government and they needed 20% rebuilding. what we hear from the government as they gleefully got rid of that plan back in 2010. i remember michael gove doing that with a certain sense of relish and out what they are talking about is a boost of 500 schools a year for a decade. we have got 22,000 schools in england, so 500 schools a year for a decade, in england, so 500 schools a year fora decade, if in england, so 500 schools a year for a decade, if that was to continue it would take us 440 years of my maths is correct before we would be able to say every child would be able to say every child would be able to say every child would be in a school that is fully fit for purpose, does that really speak of ambition for children and young people? and shouldn't parents be able to say here is a government that thinks children and young people matter in the places where they learn mattered just as much. thank you very much, great to get your thoughts on it. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. saturday is expected to be the hottest day of the year as september's warm weather reaches its peak. the met office says areas of west yorkshire, cornwall, devon and wales met the heatwave criteria today but the temperatures didn't passjune's 32.2 high. heat—health alerts have been upgraded to amber for much of england, with only the north east under a yellow one. a former adviser to birmingham city council has said the hosting of the commonwealth games was a mistake, given its legacy of financial problems. max caller said last summer's event had been a "challenge too far" for the council. urgent talks are taking place following tuesday's announcement that the labour—run council was effectively bankrupt. the 52 wilko shops set to close next week due to the chain's collapse have been named. administrators pwc said 24 shops would close next tuesday, with a further 28 to shut a week tomorrow. more than a thousand staff are being made redundant. you're live with bbc news. the bbc has been sent a video message from the father and stepmother of sara sharif, the ten—year—old girl who was found dead at her home in surrey last month. they left the uk for pakistan the day before her body was found, and they say they're in hiding because they fear pakistani police will torture and kill them. our pakistan correspondent caroline davies reports. we are coming forward and presenting ourselves... four weeks to the day after they left the uk, this is the first time we've heard from urfan sharif and beinash batool. they're wanted for questioning about the death of sara sharif, urfan's ten—year—old daughter. she was found dead the day after they left for pakistan. firstly, i would like to talk about sara. sara's death was an incident... in the 2:36 video, this is the only mention of sara. ourfamily in pakistan are severely affected by all that is going on. they are harassing my extended family. they have also illegally raided many more of my family members' homes. most is about the harassment the couple say their family are facing as the police search for them. police have previously admitted detaining some family members for questioning and conducting raids. my main concern is that the pakistani police will torture or kill us, that is why we have gone into hiding. on the latest allegation of torture, the police have been adamant, saying this is totally baseless. we don't know where this was filmed or the conditions it was filmed under but some details help us to date it. the next court hearing is on 19th september 2023... there, that's important because that decision was only made yesterday in court in rawalpindi, our team was there. that means this video must have be made in the course of the last day. most crucial is this element. lastly, we are willing to cooperate with the uk authorities and fight our case in court. pakistan police say they still do not know where the family is. the spanish football player, jenni hermoso, has filed a legal complaint against the head of the country's football federation, after he kissed her following the spanish team's victory in the women's world cup. ms hermoso alleges that luis rubiales's kiss on her lips was unsolicited , something he contests. mr rubiales faces an investigation by spain's national sports tribunal and by football's governing body, fifa, which has suspended him. live now to guy hedgcoe our madrid correspondent. tell us more. we seem to have lost our connection but we will try and return to him a little bit later when we can. there has also been extreme weather in greece where at least one person has died after severe rainfall triggered flash floods. the coastal port city has seen the same amount of water falling in 24 hours than it usually gets for the whole of bottom. —— bottom. first wildfires, now this — floodwaters sweeping through volos in greece, causing widespread damage. more misery for a country already ravaged by extreme weather this summer. the storms have left one man dead, with the same amount of rain falling in 24 hours in some areas as typically comes in the whole of autumn. in volos, the mayor is pleading with people to stay indoors, translation: in a little while, it will overflow onto the street. | look, it will be sweeping people up. look at the bridge! please stay in your homes. the nearby island of skiathos is popular with tourists. but just look at this. that was our swimming pool. happy holidays, clive! sun—seekers have been making their way through rivers rather than roads. some tourists are stuck in hotels, struggling to get to the airport. others have had flights cancelled. eyewitnesses have told the bbc they've been urged to stay inside, with text alerts sent out. and this, the scene in istanbul in neighbouring turkey. the weather is expected to calm from midday today, but this level of damage will continue to cause severe disruption for those caught up in the storms for days to come. louisa pilbeam, bbc news. three men have been rescued after sharks started tearing chunks of their inflatable boat as they try to sail to australia. the two russians and a french man were picked up by a cargo ship in the coral sea, around 490 miles southeast of cairns. they'd planned to sail to the city from the pacific archipelago of vanuatu — a distance of 1,200 miles. but they were forced to activate an emergency distress beacon early on wednesday after both hulls of their vessel were damaged by several shark attacks. the australian government says the coral sea is home to more sharks "than almost any other survey site in the world". hello, the heat wave is continuing into its fourth day today. much of the uk hot and sunny out there. this was the picture in gwyneth a little bit earlier on. beautiful blue skies there. some of us have had a little bit more cloud, but the temperatures are the real talking point. the hottest day of the year so far was way back injune at 32.2 celsius. but today we're likely to see one or two spots getting up to 32 celsius once again. so potentially the warmest day of the year so far. meanwhile, storm daniel sits in the central mediterranean. now that has brought some really heavy rain to parts of greece, some torrential flooding, for instance, there. but here it is high pressure that's driving our weather. we've had a bit of low cloud just lingering around some of these east coasts, but that's tending to burn back towards the coast through the rest of the afternoon. so, temperatures between around the mid 20s to possibly the low 30s down towards the southeast, but well above average. a little bit cooler perhaps around the east coast of scotland where you keep the cloud through this evening and overnight, most of us dry and muggy, but you can see a bit more cloud and a few showers just moving into western areas. so you might hear the odd rumble of thunder for southwest england, wales, towards the isle of man by the end of the night. so it's warm, it's muggy out there tonight, particularly in the south. temperatures not falling much lower than 20 degrees for a few spots. and we're looking at the mid—teens further north. thursday then against the mist and some fog patches here and there, particularly close to the east coast with that onshore breeze tending to burn away again through the day. another hot, dry day for many areas. but again, the threat of a few coastal showers and thunderstorms around these irish sea coasts. inland, though, again, it's hot, similar to today, temperatures up to around about 30 degrees, perhaps even a little bit higher than that and spot the difference again into friday. we start with some low cloud and fogginess, especially close to the east coast, which tends to burn back through the day. many of us dry and sunny. but again, the chance of the odd rogue shower in the far west. top temperatures, high 20s, possibly low 30s once again on friday. so another hot day. now, the weather doesn't change in a hurry. but let's just fast forward through the weekend, and then sunday night into monday, we'll start to see the arrival of low pressure areas bringing potentially a bit of a breakdown in the heat and the dry weather that we've been seeing. so, sunshine holds on through the weekend for most, perhaps a few showers in the north west, does turn a little bye—bye. west, does turn a little bit cooler. bye— bye. this is bbc news. the headlines... ukraine's president says 16 people have been killed in a russian strike on a market in the country's east. the news of the attack comes as the us secretary of state antony blinken made an unannounced visit to kyiv. prime minister rishi sunak insists he's acting as quickly as possible, as the government reveals nearly 150 schools across england contain concrete that is liable to collapse. in the commons, the labour has likened the government to cowboy builders for the way it has responded to the crisis. # underhook... and the rolling stones have unveiled their first new album in 18 years, called hackney diamonds, at an event in east london. the album will be released commercially next month. sport now, and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's chetan pa rtek. thank you. starting with some football related news. we've been told that spanish footballer jenni hermoso has filed a complaint with the prosecutor's office over what's been described as an "unsolicited kiss" by the president of spain's football federation luis rubiales. hermoso was kissed on the lips by rubiales after spain's 1—0 win over england at the world cup final in sydney — and has since said it was not consensual. rubiales denies that and has refused to resign, despite being provisionally suspended by football's world governing body fifa. an air accicident report into the helicopter crash that killed the leicester city chairman vichai srivaddhanaprabha in 2018