let's turn straightaway to breaking news of the last few minutes. three hill walkers have been found dead after failing to return from a walk in glen coe — that's in the scottish highlands. police scotland said the bodies were discovered during a search, which had been launched after the group failed to return. the alarm was raised shortly after 9pm on saturday and mountain rescue teams assisted with the recovery operation. a force spokeswoman said, "there do not appear to be any suspicious circumstances. a report will be submitted to the procurator fiscal." so that news just coming in, that three people have been found dead after failing to return from a walk in glencoe in the scottish highlands. when we get more on that, we will return to it. now let's move on to the row in the uk about the government use of a barge to house asylum seekers. migrants have started boarding the vessel — called the bibby stockholm — in dorset on the south coast of england. the government hopes to house up to 500 men there while they they await the outcome of their asylum applications. campaigners have raised concerns about the conditions on board but ministers insist the vessel is safe. it's believed a number of asylum seekers have had their transfers to the barge cancelled because of legal interventions. we will get more on that part of the story. protestors have gathered close to the barge in dorset. this was what they had to say a little earlier. i'm against the barge, i think it's extremely dangerous, as has been proved by the fire brigade. i don't think they should be on the barge. they... it's like a prison. and i think a lot of them will have come from prisons, and it's just appalling. weymouth, portland itself hasn't got the infrastructure — i can see that point of view. but we have to welcome them. they're here now and we have to welcome them. mikejones is executive director of migration watch uk, which campaigns for lower immigration to the united kingdom. he says the barge will be cheaper for taxpayers. well, sort of intuitively, it makes sense that it would represent better value than housing somebody in a four or five—star hotel. i mean, the statistics are quite stark. you know, you've got nearly well over 50,000 asylum seekers housed in subsidised accommodation. this cost the taxpayer about 6 million a day. the asylum system itself costs about 3.6 billion every year, and that doubled on the previous year. so, you know, obviously the government needs to find these alternative means of accommodation. it isn't a jail. they have en suite rooms, access to communal areas, laundry services provided, you know, catering services, there are primary health care services available on the barge. so, you know, i mean, this isn't a conventional prison. and at the end of the day, there are probably exceptional cases where some of these people are genuine asylum seekers but, you know, many of them clearly are illegal economic migrants who have paid organised criminal gangs vast sums of money to be here. and they've spent a considerable amount of time outside of their home country. 0ur correspondent ellie price is in portland in dorset and gave us this update a short time ago. we've seen a number of cars and vans and buses come past. i think you can see some of the pictures from our helicopter that's been filming them. the home office have been, i think it's fair to say, fairly cagey about the numbers. we had a government source confirming this morning that there were already migrants on board. and then a little later there was a press release from the home office saying, actually, they couldn't confirm that anyone was on board, but the barge was being readied. so there's a bit of, i think, confusion, you could say, or actually, just the home office being slightly, as i say, cagey, because i don't think they want to put a number on it. we understand that there could be around 50 migrants coming onto the barge within the next week or so. the capacity of the barge is 500. but i think the uk government here keen not to put a figure on it because i think they don't want to be seen to be judged. this is obviously kind of an important moment for them. this is a symbolic moment, seen, as you were hearing from your guest before, as part of the strategy of dealing with immigration here in the uk. there is concern, we heard it voiced only a short while ago, about conditions on board. but what is the government saying about that? because they, in effect, have double capacity on board, haven't they? yeah. this is a barge that's been previously used to home workers on oil and gas rigs off the scottish coast. it has also been used in other countries for migrants. what they've done here is doubled the capacity. they basically put bunk beds in previously single—occupancy rooms. now, they invited reporters onto the barge a few weeks ago. colleagues tell me that the rooms are fairly spacious. there was en suite facilities in there, showers, toilets. there's entertainment rooms with sofas and televisions. there's a space to...a quiet room to have meetings with lawyers and that sort of thing. there's access to the internet, and of course, they're not detained on this barge. they will be allowed to get on and off. there's a bus provided — one an hour, we're told — to take migrants into weymouth so they can get some time on dry land, if you like as well. but yeah, this issue of what the conditions are like, there are protesters here now protesting against what they say is inhumane. the government, of course, say it is safe, it is appropriate and it is functional. this idea, i think really this fine line the government feels it's treading between providing what it must do to people who are seeking asylum here in the uk versus being seen to deal with immigration and therefore not offering a soft touch. it's meant to be a deterrent, of course, this barge. let's speak to steve smith, chief executive of the refugee charity carelicalais. that supports refugees living in france and belgium. thank you for being here on the programme. a number of refugees you are helping have had their transfers cancelled. tell me more about that. the reason is because intervention _ tell me more about that. the reason is because intervention by _ tell me more about that. the reason is because intervention by lawyers i is because intervention by lawyers who have challenged the suitability screening that may or may not have happened from our point of view almost certainly hasn't. so it points to a fairly chaotic, kneejerk reaction to putting people on board the barge. the asylum seekers we deal with could be survivors of torture, they could have been in detention, they could have been tortured, kidnapped, shot at in war zones, watched friends drown sea crossing the mediterranean, and there is now the potential to put them on board another boat in facilities that effectively, although they are not detention facilities, look as if they might be. suitability screening should have taken place beforehand to screen out those perhaps with disabilities, those who may be traumatised by this form of accommodation. we clearly haven't seen that happen, and lawyers have therefore challenged that decision and a number of individuals have not gone to the barge today. fin a gone to the barge today. on a factual basis, _ gone to the barge today. on a factual basis, what _ gone to the barge today. on a factual basis, what are - gone to the barge today. on a factual basis, what are the - gone to the barge today. on a factual basis, what are the sorts of numbers you are talking about who have had transfers cancelled? we are onl , as an have had transfers cancelled? we are only, as an organisation _ have had transfers cancelled? we are only, as an organisation we _ have had transfers cancelled? we are only, as an organisation we have - only, as an organisation we have only, as an organisation we have only been dealing with 20 or so clients today and that is the same number effectively that have had their transfer order is cancelled. you will have heard some of the things that those in government to say about legal organisations, lefty lawyers is the phrase that gets thrown around a lot. what do you say in response to that, the central charge that lawyers are thwarting what the government wants to do here and what they say the people want the government to do? fire and what they say the people want the government to do?— and what they say the people want the government to do? are they lefty la ers or the government to do? are they lefty lawyers or is — the government to do? are they lefty lawyers or is that _ the government to do? are they lefty lawyers or is that just _ the government to do? are they lefty lawyers or is thatjust a _ the government to do? are they lefty lawyers or is thatjust a slogan? - the government to do? are they lefty lawyers or is thatjust a slogan? it - lawyers or is thatjust a slogan? it strikes us that the government is very focused on saving money but that could be a higher priority than people's lives. from our point of view, it's not about lefty lawyers trying to topple what the government does, it's about the government trying to find decent policy for the way forward. that policy must surely include getting rid of the backlog. there is an outrageous backlog of asylum claims at the moment. if we went back ten years, there would be 380 caseworkers in the home office getting through something like 14 asylum claims each per month. there are now 1200 caseworkers and they are now 1200 caseworkers and they are getting through about four asylum claims a month. the system is broken so we would want to see a system of safe passage where offshore screening is done, where those with a high likelihood of acceptance for their asylum claim are then brought in via a safe route in the same way ukrainians have been and their asylum claims massively speeded up so that we don't have this enormous backlog and therefore obviously an enormous drain on the system. obviously an enormous drain on the s stem. �* , ,., system. briefly, the government would respond _ system. briefly, the government would respond by _ system. briefly, the government would respond by saying - system. briefly, the government would respond by saying there i system. briefly, the government. would respond by saying there are pull factor is, that's what they are trying to get rid of. they are also trying to get rid of. they are also trying to get rid of. they are also trying to reduce the bill of £6 million a day on hotels. in terms of objectives, they say there is public support for all of that.— support for all of that. there will clearl be support for all of that. there will clearly be support _ support for all of that. there will clearly be support from - support for all of that. there will clearly be support from certain l clearly be support from certain elements of the public for that, but there will clearly also be support from members of the public for more humane, more considered, better preplanned responses. we have got a barge whereas was mentioned earlier in the programme, it was built for 220 people but they are trying to cram 306 on board. we have had challenges about the degree of fire safety. this is a barge sitting on water that will accommodate some people who have already been traumatised by their experiences on water, and two beds in each room that should only hold one person, and in some rooms are six beds. therefore massively increasing the potential transmission of diseases. it's all very well to say there are tv rooms and a gymnasium, but those facilities were built for less than half the number that are currently considered to be going on board. steve smith, we have to end it there but thank you forjoining us on bbc news. just as we were talking to steve, the latest figures are coming in. our home editor tells us the number of asylum seekers being housed in hotels has risen by 3000 since the end of march. these are interim figures released by the home office today showing a record 50,546 0ffice today showing a record 50,546 asylum seekers were in so—called contingency accommodation at the end ofjune. the daily cost of the hotel rooms is more than £6 million. the number of asylum decision makers employed by the home office was 1729 at the end ofjuly, up from 1556 a month earlier. in terms of backlog cases awaiting initial decision, thatis cases awaiting initial decision, that is 136,000, slightly down on the previous month when it was just over 138,000. the previous month when it was just over138,000. so the previous month when it was just over 138,000. so those are just some of the latest figures that have been released by the home office as we see the first of these asylum seekers arrive and go on board the barge. let's turn to the crisis in west africa over the military coup in niger. the military leaders there have closed the country's airspace and put borderforces on high alert, saying niger is ready to defend itself against any foreign aggression. the announcement came a day after the generals defied an ultimatum to reinstate the elected president or face armed intervention from other west african states. in response, the west african regional bloc says it will hold an emergency summit in nigeria's capital on thursday. meanwhile, a delegation from the military governments of mali and burkina faso is on its way to niger to express solidarity with the junta. and of course there's been extensive coverage of this story on bbc focus on africa programme, so let's go to nairobi and the programme presenter. in terms of where we are with airspace closed, it looks like the next move has got to come from this regional bloc. if i next move has got to come from this regional blee— next move has got to come from this regional blot-— regional bloc. if i had an exact answer for _ regional bloc. if i had an exact answer for you, _ regional bloc. if i had an exact answer for you, that _ regional bloc. if i had an exact answer for you, that would - regional bloc. if i had an exact answer for you, that would be | regional bloc. if i had an exact - answer for you, that would be the million dollar answer to give but all focus has been on the regional bloc since the seven—day deadline set by ecowas to the militaryjunta. it's been about 24 hours later now and we have a sense of the way forward with the announcement calling for that extraordinary summit by the nigerian president, the chair are ecowas for that meeting. priorto the chair are ecowas for that meeting. prior to that we have been trying to reach out to ecowas leaders to get a sense of the way forward and it has not been forthcoming until this announcement came out. there will be a lot to talk about at the summit. ecowas finds itself in a precarious and interesting position. 0n the one hand there is the ultimatum, the demand, reinstate mohamed bazoum. their credibility is on the line, but on the other hand there are so many other factors ecowas has to consider. do they have the full support of their members? we know nigeria, ivory coast and senegal have shown the possibility of sending their troops as part of a regional peacekeeping force into niger but on the other hand, other countries have other views. algeria say they are not interested in military action, that could destabilise the whole region. burkina faso and mali sending a delegation in solidarity. so on the one hand is ecowas united even as they meet us to mark secondly, what other factors do they have to look at? do they have the support of the people of niger? we saw the meeting in niamey in a stadium in support of the military hunter on sunday, chanting anti—france slogans. would this ecowas team have support of the people of niger as they look to make their decisions? a political timeline may have passed when the deadline lapsed but the military timeline is a different matter altogether. there is a question of logistics, how would you invade niger that would be the plan? and these are many questions that we are hoping clarity will come out of it when the summit takes place this coming thursday. still when the summit takes place this coming thursday.— coming thursday. still unclear whether there _ coming thursday. still unclear whether there will _ coming thursday. still unclear whether there will be - coming thursday. still unclear whether there will be military| whether there will be military intervention but the borders are closed. in terms of the economic isolation, what is the impact of that already? irate isolation, what is the impact of that already?— isolation, what is the impact of that alread ? ~ . , ., . that already? we have been in touch with --eole that already? we have been in touch with people in _ that already? we have been in touch with people in niger— that already? we have been in touch with people in niger since _ that already? we have been in touch with people in niger since i - that already? we have been in touch with people in niger since i last - with people in niger since i last spoke with you on monday. 0n the one hand it's spoke with you on monday. 0n the one hand its apparent the prices of certain foodstuffs have begun to rise, specifically rice and cooking oil. it is not clear if this is because of speculation or because of an actual shortage. there could be an actual shortage. there could be an attempt by some to profit from the situation. rice is a key starch, part of a major meal in the country which has got some people we spoke to rather concerned. in addition it's unclear if economic activities have been happening at a normal rate with the uncertainty around this stand—off. the central bank of the region had a plan to float a bond within the last week or so, that has been put on hold. we also know that aid from western countries which fund is about 40% of the country's budget has also been put on hold. this clearly shows that for already nigerians with 4.4 million of them in need of humanitarian assistance already in trouble, there could be tougher days ahead.— already in trouble, there could be tougher days ahead. thank you. do tougher days ahead. thank you. do t to joan tougher days ahead. thank you. do try to joan -- _ tougher days ahead. thank you. do try to joan -- tune _ tougher days ahead. thank you. do try to joan -- tune into _ tougher days ahead. thank you. do try to joan -- tune into bbc - tougher days ahead. thank you. do try to joan -- tune into bbc focus i try tojoan —— tune into bbc focus on africa. live from nairobi at 1630 gmt, for our international viewers here on bbc news. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. new figures from the mortgage lender halifax says uk house prices have dropped for the fourth month in a row. they were down 0.3% between june and july. the cost of a typical home is now just over 285,000 pounds. a law charity has called for any deductions for living costs taken from compensation paid to wrongly convicted people to be returned retrospectively. appeal, which last month helped quash the rape conviction of andrew malkinson, said all people who've been forced to pay should get the money back. the nhs system for seriously ill people requiring care at home is struggling to provide sufficient support. that's according to families of people with complex medical needs and it comes despite a significant increase in spending on so—called "continuing healthcare". the government says it's putting billions of pounds into extra funding. we will have more on that story in about an hour. you're live with bbc news. now, it's been more than a year since the ukrainian city of mariupol was largely destroyed in a russian siege. now bbc verify has uncovered how moscow is rebuilding and �*russifying' the city — and even encouraging russians to buy homes there. 0lga robinson explains more. this is the ukrainian city of mariupol a year ago. soon after, the russian forces largely destroyed and captured it. since then, the russian authorities have been trying to russify the city by introducing, for example, russian passports for the locals. and fresh satellite imagery shows just how much the russians have been trying to transform the city, for example, by building new neighbourhoods in the place where the work used to be largely fields. we also know from satellite footage that russians have been demolishing quite a big number of flats, in this particular the entire neighbourhood in the east of the city, because they were reportedly deemed beyond restoration after the russian siege. now, this kind of work goes hand in hand with glowing reporting in pro—kremlin media. and we know that some russians are already trying to move in to the occupied city of mariupol. we found dozens of adverts like that, posts like that on the russian equivalent of facebook, where people are looking for property to buy with a sea view in mariupol. and that's because the city is widely seen as a resort city, because it's located on the sea of azov, which is quite warm. some people refuse to talk to us about it, but others suggested that they wanted to get in quite quickly and quite early on, while the house prices are still low. but what about the ukrainians who remained in the occupied city of mariupol? well, life seems to be quite different for them. officially, the people who lost their property can apply to get a flat in one of these developments that russians have built over the past year. but locals say that the process is agonisingly slow and also fraught with multiple restrictions. one woman told us — and she did not want to be named for name for safety reasons — so that her elderly grandmother has been waiting for keys to a new flat for months on end. and is still waiting and people are put on some waiting lists and don't know where they will get the flat, she said. as for russians that we've been speaking to, well, they seem to be undeterred by any of this. russia will raise the city up from the ground and it will be even better than it was as part of ukraine, one of the residents of the arctic city of murmansk told me. the past few days have been torrid ones for the world scout jamboree in south korea, which has faced issues ranging from extreme heat, to reports of poor sanitation, rotten food and swarms of mosquitoes and flies. now it's been announced that the entire event will end early, due to a typhoon warning. it comes after the uk association relocated four and a half thousand members to hotels over safety concerns at the site. 0ur correspondent in seoul, jean mackenzie, has been speaking to the chief executive of uk scouts, matt hyde. we are both disappointed and feel let down by the organisers, because we repeatedly raised some of these concerns before we went, during when we went, we were promised things were going to be put in place and they weren't. if you can imagine toilets that are being used by thousands and thousands of people that are not being cleaned with the regularity you'd expect, you can imagine the sort of things that people were seeing. it wasn't just that. it was actually the lack of soap as well. so again, it's the compounding impact of all these things together. but like all of these things, when you're put in a position where you have to make difficult decisions, there are choices. we have at this point had to make the difficult choice of investing our money to ensure that young people are safe. that is the right thing to do. and the board took that decision and stand by it 100% unanimously. what sort of sum are we talking about here? well, we're assessing that at the moment. but you can probably imagine you're dealing with, as i say, 4,500 people plus, times number of rooms, travel, food. we must be talking hundreds of thousands of pounds? yes, many. now to the women's world cup where england have beaten nigeria on penalties to secure a place in the quarterfinals. this was the moment england sealed the victory in a nail—biting penalty shoot out — chloe kelly scoring the winning goal for england. in the other last 16 game, australia beat denmark 2—0. the matildas scored a goal in each half. they will face either france or morocco in quarter—finals. 0ur reporter emily brown was with some fans in derbyshire at defender milly bright's former club and captured the moment england clinched victory. lots and lots of cheering. cheering and there we go. it's hard to hear anything over the cheers here! so, jubilation for the fans in derbyshire, but what's the view from australia? 0ur correspondent in brisbane —jane dougall — was following the action. the star of the england squad, laurenjames, was shown a straight red card. what had happened was she was entangled with one of the nigerian defenders, and it looked as though as she got up, she looked to have stamped on michelle alozie and was sent off, so england had to play for the whole of extra time and the remainder of normal time with ten players. it means also that james will now miss the quarterfinals and could face a longer suspension if fifa deem it worthy. as i said, no goals throughout that so it went to penalties and it was nail—biting. georgia stanway missed the first one for england, however nigeria then missed their first two penalties. england will face stiff competition... in particular, from australia, who were the other team to progress today. they gave an assured performance to beat denmark 2—0 and make it through to the quarterfinals. a standout moment in the game was when matilda's superstar sam kerr came on. she's one of the poster girls of the tournament. but this has been herfirst appearance after coming back from injury. i am appearance after coming back from injury. iam back appearance after coming back from injury. i am back with the headlines injury. i am back with the headlines injust a moment. stay injury. i am back with the headlines in just a moment. stay with us on bbc news. for a time this week, the weather is set to feel more summer—like than it has of late. already looking like summer for this weather watcher in hertfordshire but we will see drier and warmer weather developing this week, but perhaps only for a short time. 0n the satellite picture you can see this big swirl of cloud, a potent storm system currently battering parts of northern europe. that will get close enough to strengthen the winds across the far north—east of scotland, particularly shetland. quite windy here over the next few days. at the other end of the uk, we have this zone of cloud and patchy rain pushing on across the far south—west of england and the far west of wales, turning quite misty and murky for some coasts and hills, and overnight we will push that weather a little bit further eastwards. further north, clear spells. that strengthening wind in the north—east of scotland, and turning chilly again for a good part of scotland down into northern england, whereas further south with more cloud and splashes of rain not as chilly. in fact, turning quite humid as the system rolls in tomorrow. so that will bring a zone of cloud, outbreaks of patchy rain, some mist and murk around the coasts and up over the hills. from northern england into northern ireland and scotland, we will see some sunshine. scattered showers in the north—east of scotland, where it will be turning increasingly windy, winds reaching 50 mph or more. just 12 degrees for lerwick, more generally 17—20 degrees. on wednesday, increasingly humid air spreading in from the south—west, with it some mist and murk, bits and pieces of drizzle. the best of the sunshine across a good part of scotland. still windy and chilly in shetland, 12 degrees here, but further south highs of 24 and thursday looks warmer still. everyone just about getting into this southerly wind, lifting temperatures into the mid 20s celsius. notice it will always stay that little bit more chilly in the far north—east of scotland. but where we do see the warmth, it probably won't last all that long. a frontal system will push eastwards on friday, turning things cooler and more unsettled again into the weekend. this is bbc news, the headlines. the first asylum seekers to be housed on a barge off the south coast of england arrive, with more expected later in the day. three hillwalkers have been found dead after failing to return from a walk in glen coe in the scottish highlands. in pakistan, after the jailing of the former prime minister imran khan, we talk live to his lawyer. and we're live at the world's biggest arts festival with hundreds of performers in edinburgh. time for a look at the business news now with victoria valentine. one of the world's biggest companies has reported a sharp drop in profits. that company is the saudio oil giant saudi aramco,