made here at sheffield wednesday were under him so in the last few weeks sheffield wednesday fans have been a bit more optimistic that the man at the helm is the man making a signings and hopefully the team stepping out onto the pitch later tonight are the ones that will see them through to glory come this season. manchester city boss pep guardiola says defenderjosko gvardiol is having a medical and should complete his move from rb leipzig "in the next hours." as i said it's the community shield at wembley on sunday when city will play last season's premier league runners up arsenal — who guardiola expects to run them close again this season. everybody knows that if you start every season send the same, that is my feeling. it is not one or two, there are lots of teams that are going to fight for everything and the challenge is massive for us. how we deal with it mentally and how we go as a team football wise and sustain that level. next to the growing questions about the future of the commonwealth games, after the canadian province of alberta announced its cancelling its bid to host the event in 2030. it follows victoria in australia who also pulled out of staging the next games in 2026. 0ur correspondent alex capstick has been following the story: it would seem to be in crisis. without a host for the next two editions. although they insist there is ongoing dialogue with potential hosts. it has been suggested india or malaysia might lodge a bid. but finding one committed and prepared to meet all of the financial demands of staging such a big multisports multisports event has become increasingly difficult. england batter alex hales is retiring from international cricket at the age of 34. he played 156 times for england across three formats but his international career has been in the wilderness following a failed recreational drugs test in 2019. last year hales was given a reprieve as a late call up to england's t20 world cup winning side and would have been a contender for their title defence next year. he'll continue to play for nottinghamshire and t20 cricket. today's matches at the hundred see southern brave play welsh fire at the agaes bowl in southampton. the women are playing first, the brave beat trent rockets in their opening match. they put welsh fire into bat and they made 165 for three from their hundred balls. so chasing 166 to win brave are 157—2 with five balls remaining. you can keep on with that on the bbc sports website. and that's all the sport for now. 0ur our main story the additional sentence for alexi novelli, he looks relaxed there was an additional sentence and it's worth highlighting that although it's been why the reports and it's a 19 year sentence, the amendment that figure was used there was a slight glitch in the sound feed that the pictures were being sent to and the press room so lots of reporters still trying to clarify and verify that figure of 19 years but the uk foreign secretary is... international reaction we have. there is his tweet referencing 19 years but going on to say it underlines russia's complete disregard for basic human rights so the uk foreign secretary repeating the uk foreign secretary repeating the source of criticism we have heard from germany france and the eu and the un in the last few hours since we heard that sentence. we will keep an eye on that story and any more bring it to you. breaking news. the tiktok influencer, mahek bukhari, and her mother, ansreen bukhari, have been found guilty at leicester crown court of the murders of saqib hussain and mohammed hashim ijazuddin in a high—speed car chase in february 2022. here's the latest from the courthouse.— here's the latest from the courthouse. , , , ., ., courthouse. this is the combination of a trial that _ courthouse. this is the combination of a trial that has _ courthouse. this is the combination of a trial that has lasted _ courthouse. this is the combination of a trial that has lasted well- courthouse. this is the combination of a trial that has lasted well over l of a trial that has lasted well over three months and it's actually a retrial that restarted late last year and it centres on what happened in february of last year. it is around a high speed car chase which led to the death of two young men in their early 20s. the focus during the course of the trial has been finding out whether eight defendants were responsible for their debts and today we heard the vertex come in. we heard seven of the defendants have been convicted over the murders, four of them for the murder and they are that tiktok influencer mahek bukhari, she has over 120,000 followers and is prominent on social media and her mother and two others have been found guilty. the focus has been the mother of mahek bukhari and her relationship with one of the men. they were in a three year relationship and a fear which was on and off and when it ended, and the aftermath of that the court that lester heard there were attempts to try and reignite and meet with her. that lent to an intent to let sexually explicit and it is at that point the mother and her daughter mahek bukhari and her mother, launched a plot to seize that material from launched a plot to seize that materialfrom his phone and brought them to lester and eats ended in a foetal car chase. today mother and daughter have been found guilty of the murder as well as to others, including the driver of the vehicle who made contact with the two vehicle victims vehicle on a high chase on the 8046 in leicester. three defendants have been found guilty of manslaughter and one has been cleared of manslaughter and murder but this has been a case that has been going on for sometime. it has been going on for sometime. it has garnered a lots of interest on social media and online because of the of mahek bukhari. she is somebody who is gained some level of fame through her videos which are makeup tutorials, showcasing her life as a social media influencer but this has obviously been a case thatis but this has obviously been a case that is broader in a great deal of infamy now and she is facing, as i say, a guilty verdict at leicester crown court and we are waiting to hear what the sentence will be. straits of portugal and huge crowds turned out to see pope francis and we see his pulp mobile going through the streets. really slowly. i was watching the shots and just a vast amount of people gathered and there was an open air service attended by an estimated half million people and it's the first large—scale event of this world youth date that is going on and that is a week—long festival of religious and cultural events staged by the church every few years different cities around the world and there the cameras find the world and there the cameras find the 86—year—old and is always the case look at that. wonderful pictures as people just flock to see pope francis after all his health issues in recent months. he is clearly enjoying every second of this. that pulp mobile moving slowly through the streets. you see that heavy security. he had a sermon earlier. this was principally young people who gathered. he focused on the perils of the internet and urged young people to connect with each other in the real world, so interesting what he zeroed in on and he is there for five days. this is day two, but vast numbers turning out. beautiful pictures at that live scene in lisbon. some afghan refugees in the uk are facing homelessness after being ordered by the government to leave hotels — where they've been staying since fleeing the taliban. the organisation representing councils in england and wales said one in five afghans being evicted from hotels had nowhere else to live. 0ur political correspondent ben wright has more from westminster. around 20,000 afghans and their families were relocated to the uk after the taliban took over afghanistan in 2021. two separate schemes, one protecting vulnerable minorities, perhaps under threat of a route pollute religious persecution and another looking after refugees who work for the british government or uk military. the scheme is considered a success but for thousands of those refugees they are still being held in government funded hotels or temporary accommodation. the government has decided earlier this year that that assistance needed to end and those remaining afghan refugees needed to move into private long—term accommodation. that process of eviction is underweight right now. notices were handed out to people in april but the local government association which speaks for consuls in england around 150 of those still in hotels is presented as technically homeless and need further accommodation. so the local government association is calling on the government to provide more financial assistance to help bridge the journey that people make from their hotel accommodation to something more permanent. i think the worry among consuls is they don't have the capacity or resources to deal with the situation. speaking to deal with the situation. speaking to the bbc —— afternoon, the cabinet minister said the government would ensure that none of the afghan refugees ended up on the street. we have to understand what we mean by the term _ have to understand what we mean by the term holiness and homelessness. none of— the term holiness and homelessness. none of these people will end up sleeping — none of these people will end up sleeping rough. we have done huge amounts _ sleeping rough. we have done huge amounts of work to get the afghan families_ amounts of work to get the afghan families out of hotels and to long—term, sustainable, accommodation in the uk as was promised — accommodation in the uk as was promised and what is best for them and that— promised and what is best for them and that british taxpayers. | promised and what is best for them and that british taxpayers.- and that british taxpayers. i think the government _ and that british taxpayers. i think the government and _ and that british taxpayers. i think the government and british - and that british taxpayers. i think i the government and british consuls are on the same page and both agree it can't be a sustainable situation for the remaining afghan refugees to stay in hotels. so they are both working to try and find long—term accommodation but in the short term the short—term problem for counsellors is that they have such a shortage of supply in terms of temporary accommodation for the other people they are trying to house. so it will clearly be a difficult situation in the next few weeks to deal with. that difficult situation in the next few weeks to deal with.— difficult situation in the next few weeks to deal with. that was ben wri . ht. now to the tragic story of frankiejules huff, a former actress who died when her car was hit by a driver, who'd been filming himself speeding at 123 miles an hour. adil iqbal was jailed for 12 years after he admitted causing her death. frankie, who was pregnant, was killled — with her unborn child — after she pulled onto the hard shoulder of a motorway in greater manchester with a puncture. now frankie's partner calvin buckley has said the sentence was unduly lenient — as matt cole reports. thoughtless, reckless, and ultimately life—taking. driving one—handed so he could film himself at 123mph, these were the moments before adil iqbal lost control of his car, crashing into frankiejules—hough on the hard shoulder. 30 minutes before the incident, said goodbye, said i love her, which i'm really happy that i managed to do that, because we did get a proper goodbye, and then i got a phone call saying that she had been involved in a collision. frankiejules—hough, a former hollyoaks actress, who was 17 weeks pregnant, died two days later. she never regained consciousness. her eldest son and nephew, who had been with her in the car, were left with life—changing brain injuries. last month, adil iqbal was sentenced to 12 years in prison. not enough, say herfamily, who claim new sentencing guidelines brought in injune, which enabled life sentences, should have been applied. if people aren't getting tough sentences for this, they're going to keep doing it, and it is just disappointing, and also insulting to the family that, to us, thejudge has been really lenient. the ministry ofjustice says law officers are currently considering a request for adil iqbal�*s sentence to be appealed as unduly lenient, adding in an statement that, "new laws have increased the maximum penalty to life imprisonment for causing death by driving to ensure punishments fit the severity of the crime." a week before the fatal crash, frankie and her partner, calvin, revealed their unborn child was a girl. now, without them, he's promising to campaign against dangerous driving, hoping to spare others loss like his. matt cole, bbc news. retailers are trying to tackle a surge in cases of shoplifting. its as shop assistants say they have concerns about safety and they face more violence and abuse. the welsh retail consortium is now calling for greater support from police. the home office says policing has received record investment and it expects forces to take the issue seriously. jordan davies has this report. this person is stealing from thejohn lewis store in cardiff. it's brazen. they're filling a black bag full of goods. but they've been caught by security. they were convicted. and there's been a lot more of this across wales in the last year. adrian works in the retail giant's security team. he's just dealt with an incident. ijust had an incident with a female and unfortunately the female escalated the situation and it required one of my team to intervene and escort the lady from the shop having explained to her what our policies are. how often does that happen? fairly often. more often than you would like. i would like to say daily, but we're probably not far off a daily occurrence. wales's largest retail centre cardiff saw more than 30% rise in violence and abuse towards staff from 2021 to 2022 and a nearly 70% rise in shoplifting, with one industry body saying there were more than a million thefts from shops reported last year. shops likejohn lewis are using these body worn cameras to stop people stealing from their stores and abusing their staff. but they say they've seen a huge rise across wales, across the uk in these kinds of incidents. alcohol, perfumes, cosmetics are among the most targeted items. prolific repeat offenders, organised crime and gangs and the cost of living have been cited as reasons. this is the kind of thing retail staff have to put up with. you stupid little bleep. all right. i'm going to ask you to take your stuff out of the bag and leave. retailers say people are less tolerant and patient in general after the pandemic. some shops are now training staff to predict when a situation may become violent, known as de—escalation training. so we're investing across the board in a suite of solutions, whether that be investing in our cctv, we have now rolled out body worn cameras to every single shop, both across waitrose and john lewis. we're investing heavily in training not just for our security teams, but for partners across the board. so they're able to, should they want to, take part in some de—escalation training so they'd be able to handle an incident should it arise. the losses are costing shops £1 billion a year across the uk, which may be passed on to us, the customer. sara represents retailers in wales and says she's writing to the south wales police and crime commissioner to ask for more help. we're asking for more resources. we understand the challenges that the police face and we're also asking the home office to look at some of the legislation that's in place, like the police crime, sentencing and courts act. we want that to be bolstered and better reporting around the data in that which will hopefully help our retailers in the long run. these are not victimless crimes. it affects retail staff and consumers. there's concern if it's not tackled now, it'll only get worse. now — let's turn to a one woman show — and i really do mean — one woman. georgie grier is performing at the edinburgh festival — and this is what she posted last night. well that post caught the attention of thousands online — with many sending messages of support — including this one from the comedianjason manford. hi, georgie, it's jason manford here. i don't know you, you don't know me, but your little picture and message popped up on my twitter, the "for you" bit for some reason, so i thought i'd drop you a message because you know what? it is absolutely normal, a, for one person to rock up to your show, especially at the beginning in edinburgh, and also for you to be a bit upset or annoyed or kissed off about it. that's totally fine as well. earlier i spoke to georgie grier who told me exactly what was going through her head during her performance to a one woman audience. yesterday, i did my one women play, sunsets, and i had one member of the audience there. i walked on stage and i saw the lovely sophie in the audience, and ijust decided i had to go for it. and then i posted something on social media, and since then here i am. i can't believe it. you are smiling now, but you are upset when you posted that. did you have any sort of indication that it was to be like that from, i suppose ticket sales, or anything like that? or was at that moment when you simply walked out? i had absolutely no idea that i would be sitting here with you today. i thought perhaps i might get a few messages of encouragement from fellow performers, because we know is quite hard here, and it is like running a marathon as they say. and perhaps i could help some other performers out by sharing my story, they might have been in a similar situation. but i in no way expected this reaction. it has been so lovely to receive these messages of support. it really is incredible, the tidal wave that it actually prompted. we played the clip there from jason manford. i just want to go through a couple of others. another comedian posted, "we've all done it." daniel finkelstein, the writer said i went to norwich to give a speech a fabulous story and so many others like that. what has it been like to be on the receiving end of all that love and support? completely unexpected, obviously, but reallyjust brilliant. i have love receiving the messages, it has been a lot, i honestly did not expect this. but the messages i have received from both performers here and people otherwise has just been completely unexpected, surprising, but very much appreciated. i forgot to ask at the beginning. did you actually get through the whole of the act? yesterday, yeah, i managed to. there was a point where i was like, "oh, goodness, what is going to happen here"? my first thought was that i felt a bit sorry for her having to make eye contact with me for an hour. how awkward was that? yeah, quite awkward. i think it was probably more awkward for her, bless her. she has been so lovely about it. she posted a tweet... i think i am right in saying that you have had another show today. how did that go? how many people were in the audience today because. it went really well, there was more than one, so i'm so happy with that. it was so nice to have people's smiling faces there and i'm so grateful to each and every person that came. i assume you're at the start of doing this. in terms of the words of advice and support, so many performers have had car crash events, do you hold out hope and think perhaps that's part of the learning curve? as i said before, it is a marathon. this whole thing is going to be a big learning experience. just because i have received this amazing amount of support, i am not in any way thinking that tomorrow i might not still have one. but it is all part of the experience. we all know it is quite difficult here but we all know that we are lucky to be here and hopefully we can just support each other. straight from that to the latest news coming from niger, those west african leaders who were there trying to see if they could move the diplomacy forward. ecowas commissioners said, we want diplomacy to work, we are given at the niger coup plotters to reverse what they have done. we are not going to tell the plotters when and where we will strike but that the student will be taken by heads of state. remember, that group give that cool plotters in niger a deadline and that was seven days, and they did that over the weekend so we are ticking down to that deadline but that is really interesting. we want to have the cool plotters when we was straight, that decision would be taken by heads of state. you can see, real tension so there with the military coup in nigeria. that brings us to the end of verified live, thanks for watching see you next time. hello there. earlier today, we had a big line of thunderstorms that developed across parts of eastern england, and they brought some very heavy rain, like here in suffolk. further south, in parts of essex, they saw 9mm in just the space of one hour. so a really hefty downpour. and talking about rain, we've got more of that to come for saturday, i'm afraid, thanks to this area of low pressure that has been named by the met office as storm antoni. now antoni will bring outbreaks of rain quickly into northern ireland. the rain heavy and persistent here. some wet weatherjust edging into south west scotland, wales and western england. 0ur temperatures overnight holding up into double figures. but antoni could cause a few impacts weather—wise on saturday, accumulating rain for northern ireland, first of all, 20—40mm, maybe a bit more than that over the high ground in the mournes. it's enough to cause some localised flooding. and as our wet weather extends into england and wales, it comes with a punch. some very strong gusty winds affecting wales and south west england, where gusts could reach 50—65mph, strong enough to blow down a few trees. and given there's a lot of people out and about at the moment, given the summer holidays, well, there could be a few impacts, some disruption out and about. the wet weather extends eastwards through the day. the weather brightens up for scotland and northern ireland. just a few showers here. for some, it won'tjust be wet and windy, it'll be really cold for august as well, with temperatures around 14—15 celsius. that really is rubbish. 0n into sunday, it's a better day weather—wise, as the storm system moves offshore. we're looking at a day of sunshine and showers. the greatest risk of seeing showers and a few thunderstorms for scotland and eastern england, probably drier for wales and south west england with the best of the day's weather. temperatures still a little bit below average for the time of year. now heading beyond that and into monday, it's a better day again. there's a weak ridge of high pressure building in, and so a lot of fine weather for england and wales. fine start in northern ireland, but rain to end the day and in scotland, you'll get some fairly heavy showers, particularly across northern and western areas. the south and east of scotland probably staying dry with some sunshine. temperatures generally high teens to low 20s. but as we get towards the latter part of the week, an area of high pressure is going to be across the uk for the first time in some seven weeks, and that is set to bring some drier, sunnier and warmer weather. and for some of us, temperatures late in the week could reach at least the mid—20s, maybe the high—20s. today at six — the world's oceans have hit their highest average temperature, as they soak up heat from climate change. scientists say they're worried that the average surface temperature has reached nearly 21 celsius — significantly above what's expected at this time of year. the ocean itself is what regulates the temperature of the globe so when we see the very thing that regulates the temperature of the globe increasing in temperature, that should be cause for concern. we'll be asking what the impact will be for us and our planet. also on the programme... a tiktok influencer and her mother accused of killing two men during a high—speed car chase are found guilty of murder. the russian opposition leader alexei navalny, already in prison, is handed a furtherjail term, accused of setting up an extremist network. the world scout jamboree camp in south korea — 4,000 youngsters from the uk are moved after other scouts are treated for heat—related illnesses. and, on the eve of the knock—out stages of the world cup, we look at preparations for the lionesses' next match. and coming up on bbc news... we living the latest action to make interviews and discussed that a's biggest talking points, all from the the world's oceans have hit their highest average surface temperature on record, as they soak up warmth