hello, good evening. the uk steel industry has said the government has failed to offer any immediate help to deal with the rising price of gas after a meeting with the business secretary kwasi kwarteng this afternoon. the head of uk steel, which represents the industry, said he was "baffled" that mr kwarteng did not provide solutions during a meeting with leaders of energy—intensive companies which are struggling with the costs. the cost of natural gas has been at a record high, and businesses which are not protected by the price cap offered to consumers are already facing large increases in their bills. the watchdog ofgem warned that householders will see "significant "rises" in prices next spring, when the cap on domestic gas costs is due to be reviewed. here's our business editor, simonjack. it's notjust consumers feeling the heat of the gas crisis. businesses like pilkington glass rely on huge quantities of energy to keep the fires burning, but soaring gas prices recently have shocked veterans of heavy industry. i've been working at pilkington in the industry for 30 odd years, never known anything like it at all, and the impact is literally millions of pounds a month. some industries have stopped production. that's not an option here. a glass furnace runs 21w, 365 days a year for 20 years. so we literally can't turn it off. if we turned it off and it went cold, we would lose the whole of the production, and whole of the factory. the steel industry has seen production reduced or paused, but the industry warned today that, without government help, temporary shutdowns could become permanently damaging. if we don't see action now in the days to weeks ahead of us, then what we'll see is pauses in production that steelmakers are having to implement now when the price of steel is high, those will become more frequent, will become longer and then, my concern would be that we will then see job losses in the steel sector, which would be very bad news, not only for the uk steel sector, but for the economy as a whole. businesses, unlike consumers, are not protected by an energy price cap, meaning they're bearing the full brunt of a gas price shock. the uk is in a global scramble for energy. this is where we get our gas from currently, less than a half now comes from declining reserves in the north sea. 29% through a pipeline from norway, a little bit, 2%, from mainland europe and over a fifth now comes in the form of liquefied natural gas in tankers from places like the us, qatar, russia and there is a bidding war for those tankers, and the voracious appetite of china has seen manufacturs there told, to pay whatever it takes to make those tankers change course for asia. that's pushing prices up here at home where energy concerns of some small businesses are more personal than industrial. it's not as easy as just putting on anotherjumper, or putting another blanket over their knees. these people are very vulnerable. they are very poorly quite often, and they don't move very often. so they don't have the kind of lifestyle that you and i have, where we can just get up and move around a bit. we have to keep them warm, we have to keep them safe, and looking at the energy bills at the moment, it's feeling like a very scary place for us to be at the moment. intensive energy users met with the business secretary this afternoon, but no immediate solutions emerged to a crisis that has brutally exposed uk and international reliance on fossil fuels a month before a major climate summit in glasgow. simon jack, bbc news. and we'll find out how that story and many others are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30pm and 11:30 this evening evening in the papers. or guestsjoining me tonight are james moore who is the chief business commentator at the independent and katy balls who is the deputy political editor at the spectator. i know it's going to be a lively paper review, stay with us for that on bbc news. a shortage of abattoir workers has left pig farmers across the uk facing a "human disaster," according to the national farmer's union. healthy pigs are already having to be destroyed due to a backlog on farms, and the industry is blaming the pandemic and brexit. the government says it is keeping the situation under review and working closely with the sector. our correspondent, danny savage, has been following the fortunes of one pig farmer after the bbc spoke to her last week and has been giving us the latest from driffield in east yorkshire. 600 sows in this barn alone and because of the size of litters, that means it is basically 9500 pigs under this roof. this is the beginning of the process but not enough pigs are going off farm at the other end of the process. nationalfarmers union have now said this is a human disaster. that is the tone of the message that they are exchanging with each other. it is what it has felt like spending a day on this farm here today. it's been a busy week for kate moore, who is passionate about the welfare of her animals, but terrified she'll soon have to cull some of them. she's banging the drum for pig farmers. why do you say that, kate? this morning, she was outside doing a live tv interview while her mum and sisters watched in the kitchen. come and speak to me, borisjohnson. have the guts to stand up and talk to us. laughter. go girl, go girl! but behind the supportive smiles, there is a growing sense of despair. we are struggling so much, and all we are asking for is some help. did she sum up the tension? yeah, well, you can see, you can see. she did, she said exactly what the problem is, - and why it is so heartbreaking! i'm a really optimistic person, but, my god, this past week has really... well, longer than that. we're tired and just, ugh... we're farmers to feed people. it's a job, you know? - that's what we do, day in, day out, and we work - bloody hard for it, as well. and i am not killing pigs for no reason. | no way. sniffling. so, these pigs are averaging about 100 kilos. if they get to 105 kilos, then basically... their value of them is halved, basically. unlike beef cattle, pigs have a small window of time in which to be sold. leave it too long, and they're too heavy and too big for the retailers. the reality is that we will actually have to pay to get rid of these pigs for them to go into landfill or to be burned. we will pay for them. we will not get anything for these pigs. another key factor is that these pens are full, and there will soon be no more room to put pigs that are coming to the system. and when they run out of space, that's when they will have to start culling healthy animals. the government says it understands the challenges the pig industry is facing and says it's working closely with the sector, keeping the situation under review. but its call to make the industry more attractive to uk workers is frustrating here. everybody that works for us is local and british. i am all for borisjohnson�*s quote of getting british people in britishjobs, i'm for it, but you know what? there won't be a job, there won't be an agricultural industry for these kids to come and work into. the family on this farm says the situation must improve in the next fortnight. danny savage, bbc news. 0ur political correspondent ione wells is at westminster. a couple of interesting developments today, that meeting involving kwasi kwarteng with some of the heavy users of gas but also the prime minister, although he told a supply chain problems aren't really the government's problem but he has appointed himself supply chain advisor. . �* , , , advisor. that's right, this is in resnonse _ advisor. that's right, this is in resnonse to — advisor. that's right, this is in response to the _ advisor. that's right, this is in response to the government | advisor. that's right, this is in - response to the government facing pressure from a number of industries to do something about labour shortages and supply chain shortages —— labour shortages post we heard about the labour shortages in the peak industry leading to thousands of pigs needing to be culled because there aren't enough workers to deal with them and the backlog they are facing in this sector. in response, the chair of the nationals farm the union has called this a human disasterfor pig union has called this a human disaster for pig farmers. —— national farmer's union. disaster for pig farmers. —— nationalfarmer�*s union. stephen national farmer's union. stephen barclay, nationalfarmer�*s union. stephen barclay, the cabinet office minister and george eustice, the environment secretary, had been doing everything they can but she said she struggled to get a meeting with the home secretary, priti patel, but issues surrounding visas because we understand there are some of them government who are pushing for some kind of relaxation of the english language requirement for visas to try and get more foreign workers to come over to help in the pig industry and addressed some of those staff shortages. the problem with this proposed solution is that it is politically quite difficult for the prime minister, especially after he has just prime minister, especially after he hasjust come prime minister, especially after he has just come out of a conservative party conference where his big message was wanting business to move away from a reliance on cheaper foreign labour to what he described as a high skilled, high wage economy. interestingly, as you touched on, that very approach is something that has been criticised just today by some bosses from energy intensive industries, these are industries like the steel industry, cement and ceramics, that require huge amounts of energy to produce their goods. they have been under pressure recently because of soaring energy bills because of the rise in gas prices we are seeing across the uk and in other parts of the world. some of those business leaders met today with the business secretary kwasi kwarteng and interesting, the director of uk steel, who was at that meeting was pretty critical of the government, saying they were walking blindly into a low—wage economy and he was sane people like steel workers were paid 45% on average in other areas where steel is produced. he said at the moment, due to the rising bills, they are having to hold productions at key times and he worries if that will continue, that was not being very problematic for the sector and the kind of workers in the steel industry as well. he has been calling on the government, as have other high energy intensive industries to also intervene and provide some kind of financial supportjust to get provide some kind of financial support just to get them provide some kind of financial supportjust to get them through this period of very high gas prices. the government themselves off the back of that meeting responded, citing they have already given £2 billion to help energy intensive industries with electricity costs since 2013. it doesn't look like the government are planning to intervene any time soon. this tension we are seeing at the moment is fascinating between business and industry and the government. at the moment, the government is holding firm, hoping their bet to essentially push business into higher wages, improving their conditions is one that will pay off, even if it does cause a bit of short—term pain politically. i cause a bit of short-term pain politically-— cause a bit of short-term pain politically. i wonder about how short-term — politically. i wonder about how short-term back _ politically. i wonder about how short-term back pain - politically. i wonder about how short-term back pain is. - politically. i wonder about how short-term back pain is. if- politically. i wonder about how i short-term back pain is. if energy short—term back pain is. if energy prices are higher and they are going to stay high, eventually that means the things made with energy will cost us more and, at some point, with energy bills going up and we are told they are going up again in the spring, when the cap is reviewed and product costs going up, people are going to start saying, it is not just lorry drivers who need to be paid more for farmers who need to just lorry drivers who need to be paid more forfarmers who need to be paid more, slaughter men who need to be paid more, it is everybody else. because if they had not paid more, in real terms their wage goes down. how worried if the government about the potential combination and the warning from the bank of england is that it warning from the bank of england is thatitis warning from the bank of england is that it is revising its potential inflation forecast? this that it is revising its potential inflation forecast?— that it is revising its potential inflation forecast? this is exactly the bet that _ inflation forecast? this is exactly the bet that the _ inflation forecast? this is exactly the bet that the government - inflation forecast? this is exactly the bet that the government is i the bet that the government is working at the moment in terms of the question being will rising inflation and costs of everyday goods that we need to buy rise quicker than wages. their hope that businesses will start to pay higher wages and that will counter some of these rising costs. that has been a criticism from both the opposition but also a number of conservative mps, some of whom are worried that, essentially, the rise in inflation has been underestimated. that new diddy food shortages and shortages of other supplies due to a lack of hgv drivers could be going on for a lack of —— could be going on for longer than estimated. government currently seems to be doubling down on a little bit but interestingly, as you picked up on, they have just appointed sir david lewis, the former tesco boss who will now be advising the government on this. he starts hisjob on monday advising the government on this. he starts his job on monday taking advising the government on this. he starts hisjob on monday taking on advising the government on this. he starts his job on monday taking on a bit of a mammoth task, given the scenario is playing out at the moment. it will be interesting to see what his advice is to government and whether there will be any more wiggle room when it comes to things like issuing visas to try and address some of the staff shortages, supply shortages we have seen on the shelves heading into winter. thank ou ve shelves heading into winter. thank you very much- _ more than a0 million people across the uk are being offered a flu vaccine this year in the nhs�*s biggest campaign against the illness. health officials are worried because this will be the first winter that covid and flu will be in full circulation at the same time. research shows those infected with both viruses are more than twice as likely to die as someone with covid alone. here's our medical editor, fergus walsh. don't forget flu. with all the focus on covid, it would be easy to underestimate influenza. so how dangerous is flu? in the past five years in england, deaths have averaged around 11,000 each winter but can be double that. health experts warn _ that this winter, we could see high levels of flu activity alongside rising cases of covid—19... - last winter, social distancing meant there was almost no flu around but there's concern that people could get the virus and be infected with covid at the same time. it is because of the significant risk to individuals of co—circulation, so the circulation together of both covid and flu, and the likelihood that will cause more serious disease and people are more likely to go to hospital. so who can get a free flu vaccine? it's more than a0 million people, a record number, including the over 50s, younger people with certain conditions, if you are pregnant, as well as health and care workers and children aged 2—16 who will be offered a nasal spray vaccine. if you're eligible for a free flu vaccine on the nhs, you can book an appointment at many local pharmacies. gp surgeries will also be contacting patients. you might feel a sharp scratch... as you can see, it's quick, easy and pretty painless. how effective is the flu jab? every year, the vaccine is updated to protect against several flu strains, but predicting which ones to choose has been hard this year, as cases have been so low. but getting vaccinated is the best way to protect yourself. well, it does take two or three weeks to build up a full immunity with the flu vaccine once you've had it so it's really important to try to get it as early in the season as possible so when you get to the peak season of flu, you will already be protected. flu jab in one arm, covid booster in the other. more than 13 million of us, like this care worker in aberdeen, will be offered a third covid shot as well as a flu vaccine, sometimes at the same appointment, in a bid to keep both viruses at bay this winter. fergus walsh, bbc news. let's take a look at the uk's latest coronavirus figures. the government data shows there were 36,060 new infections recorded in the latest 2a hour period on average 35,185 new cases were reported per day, in the last week. 6,763 people were in hospital with coronavirus across the uk yesterday. there were 127 deaths, that's of people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test. 108 deaths were announced on average every day in the past week. 85.4% of the population aged 12 or over have had their first dose of a vaccine and 78.4% have had both doses. the headlines on bbc news... energy intensive industries have called for prompt and preventative managers from the government to help deal with the impact of soaring gas prices. at a meeting with the business secretary, kwasi kwarteng. the biggest ever flu vaccination campaign is under way and concerns about lower immunity levels this winter out of the coronavirus locked stopped flu spreading as much as normal last year. pig farmers are struggling to find enough abattoir staff to slaughter their pigs for agriculture in the uk have never suffered like this before. the right to freedom of expression has been recognised by this year's nobel peace prize, which has been awarded to two journalists known for their hard—hitting investigations, which have angered their countries' powerful leaders. maria ressa from the philippines, and dmitry muratov from russia have both faced significant threats. the committee commended their work, saying that independent and fact—based journalism served to protect against the abuse of power and lies. caroline hawley reports. for the first time since 1935, the peace prize goes tojournalists for their battle to tell the truth at great personal risk. to maria ressa and dmitry muratov, for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace. dmitry muratov is a russian journalist who has taken a stand against authoritarian rule. today, he dedicated the award to six colleagues who he said were murdered for their work. he speaks russian. the prize, he said, belonged to them. their paper has been highly critical of president putin and russia's ruling elite. its investigations have exposed electoral fraud such as the stuffing of ballot boxes as well as official corruption and police violence. translation: | don't know| what effect this nobel award will have on censorship of the media here in russia, with many investigative journalists being accused of being foreign agents. maria ressa from the philippines is the other winner, a woman described by the nobel committee as fearless. she's faced criminal charges and death threats. her work has exposed state abuses under the controversial president rodrigo duturte, in particular the extrajudicial killings that have come with his deadly war on drugs. thousands of people, mostly from poor communities, have been murdered. today, maria ressa spoke of the vital importance of telling the truth. when you don't have facts, you don't have a truce, you don't have a truth, you don't have trust. trust is what holds us together to be able to solve the complex problems our world is facing today, so when you attack the media, oftentimes it is about shooting the messenger. two messengers in the spotlight today as the nobel committee says press freedoms are necessary for both democracy and peace, but are under threat around the world. caroline hawley, bbc news. the former northern ireland secretary james brokenshire has died at the age of 53. the conservative mp for old bexley and sidcup in south east london was first diagnosed with lung cancer in 2018, and stood down from ministerial duties earlier this year when a tumour returned. his family described him as a brilliant government minister, a dedicated constituency mp, and most importantly a loving father, devoted husband and faithful friend. james brokenshire had been an mp since 2005 and served as both northern ireland secretary and housing secretary under theresa may. she paid tribute to him as "an outstanding public servant, a talented minister and a loyalfriend" and borisjohnson called mr brokenshire the "nicest, kindest and most unassuming of politicians", while also being "extraordinarily effective". tributes to the mpjames brokenshire who has died at the age of 53. the metropolitan police says baroness casey will lead an independent review into the force's culture and standards, following the murder of sarah everard. commissioner dame cressida dick announced the appointment after earlier this week setting out plans for the "independent and far "reaching review" to also look at the force's leadership, recruitment, vetting, training and communications. and another piece of breaking news. a 67—year—old man has admitted the 1987 killings and caroline pierce in tunbridge wells. david fuller accepted he killed the two women, "subject to the issue of diminished responsibility". his trial is due to start on november the 1st. it's emerged at the inquest for the four men murdered by the serial killer stephen port that he was identified early on in the police investigation into the killings as a "significa nt witness". the four young men were murdered by stephen port in 2014 and 2015. they were killed by fatal doses of a date rape drug. inquests are now examining whether the police made mistakes our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford has been detailing what was said in court today. thejury have been hearing that the first of stephen port�*s four victims was found dead just after four in the morning on the 19th ofjune 2014 outside the block of flats where port lived, about 200 metres from where these inquests are being held. and very quickly, they identified the anonymous caller to the ambulance service as being stephen port and that he lived in that block. and in the records that are being shown to the jury in the police investigation, one of the first officers on the scene, inspector gary learmonth is recorded as saying, "we need to find out where he is so we can go and speak "to him straightaway. he is a significant witness." the london ambulance service had told the metropolitan police after that call that the male caller had sounded unsure and apprehensive. and then in a handwritten note made that morning by the borough commander, chief superintendent andy ewing, he wrote down, "caller, previous sexual assault". and that is because there was a record on the police national computer that a man had made a complaint against stephen port 18 months earlier that he had used a drug against him and had raped him. but stephen port was not arrested on suspicion of murder. he was eventuallyjailed for lying to the police because he said he didn't know anthony walgate, though in fact he had spent the night with him. but before he was jailed for lying to the police, he managed to kill two more men and after he was released from prison, he managed to kill a fourth man and it was only after that that he was eventually arrested on suspicion of murder and convicted by a jury and he is now serving a whole life order. some . instagram is, .instagram is, again, off line. facebook, which owns instagram has confirmed there is a problem with its service mainly confined to instagram itself. in a statement, they said we are where some people are having trouble accessing our apps and products. we are working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible. we apologise for any inconvenience. there was a major outage a week ago affecting a number of social media apps. and instagram was one of those then and, for now, it looks like instagram is having some troubles again now. we will update you when we get more from the owner, facebook. the bbc has reached a financial settlement with a graphic designer who was asked by reporter martin bashir to produce fake bank statements for his interview with princess diana in 1995. matt wiessler was sidelined by the bbc after raising concerns about the fake documents. in a statement, the bbc apologised to mr wiessler and his family, and said he had acted "with complete integrity". the russian authorities have designated a number of journalists as foreign agents, among them andrei zakharov from the bbc. the bbc has issued this statement: "the bbc strongly rejects the decision by the russian "authorities to designate andrei zakharov from our moscow "bureau as a �*foreign agent'. "the bbc is a trusted and independent source of news "in russia and globally. "bbc news russian has been a vital source of accurate and impartial "news to russian speakers for 80 years. "we have an outstanding team ofjournalists in moscow "and elsewhere in russia. "0ur priority right now is to support andrei and to ensure "that he and his colleagues are able to continue reporting the country". doctors are being warned to look out for a dangerous work out trend called dry scooping that some gym goers are doing. it involves eating protein rich powder supplements neat, rather than diluting them in water, as recommended by manufacturers. researchers, who are giving a talk at a us medical conference, are worried young teens may try it, spurred on by a flurry of internet videos of the fad. let's speak to one of the researchers, hannah rosenthal, is a visiting scholar at cohen children's medical center of new york. thank you forjoining us. it is a real pleasure to talk to you but not a particularly pleasant subject. firstly, why are people doing this and what are the potential risks? right, consuming pre—workout powder is not new, it has probably been going out for a year but what is new is consuming it as a dry powder without diluting it at all. the risks of this really, the main concern is choking, inhaling a dry powder could cause respiratory damage. as well as potential pneumonia. we are also worried about consuming a large amount of caffeine in a short period of time, it could cause cardiac problems or even a potential heart attack. it is a very popular trend going around with children and teens. we need to bring awareness to this issue. fits children and teens. we need to bring awareness to this issue.— awareness to this issue. as always, these things _ awareness to this issue. as always, these things are _ awareness to this issue. as always, these things are spread _ awareness to this issue. as always, these things are spread very - awareness to this issue. as always, these things are spread very fast, l these things are spread very fast, once you see them as a kind of little video on social media or maybe maybe somebody does tik tok or whatever it might be. how do you match that and getting information out to counteract that? there is plenty of evidence some researchers have identified a number of examples you can find on social media, there is less evidence anyone is on social media doing anything to kind of push back against it.— back against it. right. in our research _ back against it. right. in our research study, _ back against it. right. in our research study, we - back against it. right. in our research study, we found . back against it. right. in our research study, we found an j research study, we found an overwhelming majority, hundreds of millions of likes on videos of people consuming pre—workout as a dry powder. 0ur people consuming pre—workout as a dry powder. our team is trying to raise awareness of this trend is trying to spread the word to paediatricians, parents, to look out for their children conducting this behaviour. talking to their children about the risks of consuming pre—workout powder. we want to get the word out. pre-workout powder. we want to get the word out-— the word out. presumably, because ou and the word out. presumably, because you and your _ the word out. presumably, because you and your team _ the word out. presumably, because you and your team are _ the word out. presumably, because you and your team are relatively - you and your team are relatively young, and, iassume, iam making the assumption, tell me if i'm wrong, some of them are pretty active on social media? you try and do a bit of that yourselves, do you? yes, we are all pretty young and we are very close to these trends because we had just recently graduated from college. we are right on it, we are trying to get the word out to paediatricians, so they know that the trends that are going on in people our age. i5 that the trends that are going on in people our age-— people our age. is there any... is this kind of _ people our age. is there any... is this kind of aping _ people our age. is there any... is this kind of aping what _ people our age. is there any... is this kind of aping what is - people our age. is there any... is i this kind of aping what is happening amongst some adults use these supplements as well? fir amongst some adults use these supplements as well?— amongst some adults use these supplements as well? or is really somethin: supplements as well? or is really something that _ supplements as well? or is really something that is _ supplements as well? or is really something that is just _ supplements as well? or is really something that isjust driven - supplements as well? or is really something that isjust driven by l something that is just driven by youngsters? we haven't really seen many adults using pre—workout powder, it is most common amongst the age group are probably 18—30, mainly around fitness influences, fitness bloggers. it has become popular amongst teenagers, fitness bloggers. it has become popularamongst teenagers, children popular amongst teenagers, children and popularamongst teenagers, children and we're looking at student athlete and we're looking at student athlete a potential group as group as well as any child that is interested in getting involved in weightlifting or exercising. they might be influenced ljy exercising. they might be influenced by this behaviour and carry it out themselves and that is incorrect. thank you very much for coming on and getting the word out with us and our viewers as well, thanks so much. thank you so much. now it's time for a look at the weather. hello, again, another mild day with temperatures reaching the low 20s in the warmest spots. quite a bit of cloud but some sunny spells across parts of northern england. scarborough bathed in sunshine. gaps in the cloud across parts of north—east wales and northern areas of scotland. we have some clearer skies edging into parts of kent. this evening and overnight, the clearer skies will become more widespread across south—east england, the midlands, east anglia. mist and fog patches likely across wales, northern england and the south—west of england. 0utbreaks wales, northern england and the south—west of england. outbreaks of rain turning increasingly heavy for northern ireland and west scotland could see localised flooding in parts of the highlands. saturday, this weather front that has been with us for a few days will finally start to move south. the rain clearing from the far north—west but for a time rain pushing into the far north of england and wales. lots more sunshine for the midlands, eastern and southern england and very mild for all of us again. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... producers want government action to protect energy intensive industries against rising gas prices. forces are meeting with the business secretary. i are meeting with the business secreta . ~ ., ., ., secretary. i think we are headed to a very dark — secretary. i think we are headed to a very dark place — secretary. i think we are headed to a very dark place and, _ secretary. i think we are headed to a very dark place and, if _ secretary. i think we are headed to a very dark place and, if the - a very dark place and, if the government doesn't step in now, like other countries in europe have already stepped in. 14,000,000 eo - le already stepped in. 14,000,000 people will _ already stepped in. 14,000,000 people will be — already stepped in. 14,000,000 people will be offered _ already stepped in. 14,000,000 people will be offered a - already stepped in. 14,000,000 people will be offered a flu - already stepped in. 14,000,000 people will be offered a flu jab . people will be offered a flu jab this winter in the biggest roll—out in nhs history. medics warned of the impact it could have. pig farmers who don't have enough avatar staff to slaughter their pigs say the uk has never suffered like this before. despite journalists have been awarded the nobel peace prize for their championing of freedom of expression. and coming up we will hearfrom kristen expression. and coming up we will hear from kristen stewart about taking on the role of diana princess of wales in the new film spencer. used by members... incident happened during friday prayers, used by members... incident happened during friday prayers, at used by members... incident happened during friday prayers, at least used by members... incident happened during friday prayers, at least 50 people died in the bombings. second, are commodity reports from neighbouring pakistan. this blast took lace neighbouring pakistan. this blast took place at _ neighbouring pakistan. this blast took place at 1:30 _ neighbouring pakistan. this blast took place at 1:30 pm _ neighbouring pakistan. this blast took place at 1:30 pm in - neighbouring pakistan. this blast took place at 1:30 pm in the - took place at 1:30 pm in the northern city of conduce as worshipers were gathering for friday prayers, and the most was very busy, we understand there were about 300 people inside the mosque at the time the suicide bomber blew himself up, causing utter devastation. as you say, it's believed that more than 50 people were killed. now in the last hour or so, the local branch of the islamic state group, is k, have claimed responsibility for the bombing. they've repeatedly launched attacks in the past, as was this one targeting afghanistan's she a minority. now is are also fierce rivals of the taliban recent weeks, although is is still much less powerful than the taliban, they've launched a campaign of bombing attacks targeting taliban fighters. that's largely in the east of the country at times, as well, in and around kabul. this attack in the north of afghanistan, apparently committed by a member of the uighurs ethnic group, represents a warring escalation and suggest their influence is expanding. nine people in northern ireland are now facing charges in connection with the death of the journalist lyra mckee, who was shot by the republican paramilitary group the new ira in londonderry during rioting in 2019. those charged have been linked to a hardline political party called saoradh. police say it is the political voice of the new ira, which was formed in 2012. they've warned of its attempts to recruit and radicalise young people. 0ur ireland correspondent emma vardy has this report. this is the public face of what remains of militant dissident republicanism in northern ireland. a march organised by the political party, saoradh, who reject the peace agreement which brought an end to decades of violence and see themselves as the true continuation of a radical struggle to bring about a united ireland. police investigating the death of lyra mckee have recently arrested a number of their members. whilst it's not true to say that everybody who is associated with saoradh is associated with the new ira, there is a crossover in terms of some of that membership. this paramilitary style kind of display, you may think looks more like a throwback to northern ireland's past, but for many supporters of saoradh, in their eyes, the conflict continues. they also hope to inspire the next generation to continue the fight. at least a dozen people linked to saoradh are now facing charges for rioting, bomb—making, and murder. security sources have previously told the bbc the man seen here in the green jacket, tomas ash mallon, is in the new ira's leadership. lyra mckee was shot when a new ira gunman fired towards police during rioting in derry. the dissident group believes the use of violence is justified to resist what it sees as british rule in northern ireland. and continues to try and carry out gun and bomb attacks. some of those charged in connection with the death of lyra mckee have been linked with saoradh's youth wing, known as eistigi. how do you think these groups attract young people? in terms of how they continue to attract people to this cause, i think what they do is they give young men in particular a place to belong. and i think that sense of belonging is attractive to young men that have few other opportunities in life, almost to prove themselves. over the past year, the group has held protests in support of new ira prisoners in jail and stepped up its efforts to attract young people through recruitment videos on social media — aiming to appeal to a generation born long after northern ireland's darkest days of violence. many of those who joined the old provisional ira during its armed campaign turned away from violence with the good friday agreement in the 1990s. some of these guys that are in the new ira would've been in the provisional ira with you 30—40 years ago. what motivates them to continue? there is no semblance of strategic thinking there, but there is a belief in the tradition that any irish person has a right to take up arms against the british while the british are here. it's a very marginal ideological niche, but it exists. how do you feel when you see young people today attracted to that cause that you once supported? i think it's very sad. they are guided by antiquated ideology, which has no relevance in today's world. the people going to jail today will be in for a very long time. saoradh has always denied any involvement with violence. in a statement, the group told us it believes the recent arrests and charges of its members is an attempt to suppress republicanism and that it will not be deterred from pushing forward its ideology. police say those in the new ira continue to pose a serious threat, particularly to their own communities. emma vardy, bbc news. the riba stirling prize, for britain's best new building, will be announced next week in a live programme here on the bbc news channel. the shortlist includes a footbridge in tintagel, a boat museum in the lake district, and a university building in south west london. we've been looking at each of the six buildings on the shortlist. today is the turn of housing for key workers in cambridge. let's take a look. we created a place that has a real sense of community and where the residents can feel they belong to. i'm kaori 0hsugi, a director at stanton williams. we are the architects for the key worker housing at addington, north west cambridge. the project consists of ten buildings, containing 264 apartment buildings. the focus was on, sort of, creating spaces between the buildings, rather than the buildings. we created a network of interconnecting courtyards, a sequence of spaces of varying character and size responding to the social functions, starting from the public urban space of market square through to the much more community—focused landscape court. so, the buildings are arranged to frame these spaces. the positioning and the, kind of, undercuts that were introduced are intended to create moments of intimacy and a sense of a discovery. this project is key worker housing for the university of cambridge's staff and researchers. addington is a mixed—use development. we have accommodation, housing, retail, community centre, school, hotel. the university set out to establish and develop an extension to the city of cambridge which gives an opportunity for all staff and students to live and come and join and be part of the success story of the university of cambridge. the development is one of the largest storm water recycling schemes within the world. all water on the roof is stored and collected and then carried through into the attenuation point within the communal landscape court. to achieve the high demands for the daylight meant that the buildings become quite far apart and the building form quite simple. one of the challenges was, really, for us to create a kind of intimacy and sense of place. addington overall is a fabulous concept. | i'm always bowled over. by the fact the university's undertaken this project. the units are well—spaced, - well thought—out, love the design, love the feel of it. it's actually quite a bit - of a luxury to come every day. when i visited a few months ago during the summer, i saw that people actually inhabiting these spaces. there's a picnic happening in the landscape court, the children's toys on the ground. there must�*ve been a sense of security there and people really inhabiting the spaces. that was the main focus for this project, but also, that's what it gives this project a meaning. one of the contenders for the riba stirling prize. and there will be live coverage of the award ceremony here on the bbc news channel on 14 of october. dojonas or that on bbc news. just join us. she was one of the most photographed figures of the late twentieth century. diana, princess of wales remains a continuing source of intense fascination, nearly a quarter of a century after her death. now a new film spencer has just had its uk premiere at the london film festival. it looks at the strained relationship between the late princess, her husband prince charles and the royal family. 0ur entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba spoke to the star of the film kristen stewart. three days, that's it. it's set over christmas 1991, a period where diana felt trapped by the royal family. taking on the role was empowering, says kristen stewart. to play her, even though it was sad and tumultuous, ironically, i felt taller. i felt like somebody who could lead with love and make people feel good, and it's really contagious. it comes right back at you. do you think i got delayed by someone? oh come on, come on. they are circling us. it seems they are circling just me. performers always feel pressure playing real—life figures. it is an even greater sense of responsibility for someone like diana. i've felt such love for her and still do and, um... you know, in a way that isn't... without implying like a kind of developed spirituality, i felt her. i wanted to protect her. there is no future. the past in the present are the same thing. she is someone who many feel was exploited throughout her life and now there are still things that are making money from her. do people who think that a film like this is perhaps at best unnecessary and at worst exploitative have a point? we came to this with love. like, we truly... first foot forward is always trying to understand somebody that we love. the negotiation between art and commerce is a vast subject. i believe in art. i believe in trying to get closer to other people through it. they know everything. they don't. there's still almost six months to go, but kristen stewart is already striding well ahead of her 0scar best actress rivals. lizo mzimba, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news... industries have talked for a prompt and preventative measures from government to help deal with the impact of soaring gas prices and a meeting with the business secretary today. nhs flewjab campaign has concerns... stop flu spreading as much is normal last year. facebook says it's working to get things back to normal after reports of some users on instagram trying to access their accounts following major outages earlier this week. i'll be back at 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