over safety concerns. ministers want to move hundreds more onto the bibby stockholm, some, though, have refused, launching legal challenges. this comes as the home office announced a task force to crack down on rogue lawyers who may be helping migrants to remain in the uk, under false claims. ellie price reports. the first asylum seekers move into their new temporary home off the coast of dorset. 15 arrived yesterday on day one, but not everyone who was supposed to come here did. we've had a small group of about 20, i believe, who've refused to come on board. accommodation is offered on a no—choice basis and i can't go into the details of the specific legal proceedings for each individual, but we are continuing to bring people on board later this week and then over the coming weeks as well. today will be the first full day the new residents of the barge have to get used to their new surroundings. we're told there'll be hourly buses to take them to nearby areas. but how local people feel about their arrival — well, opinions are mixed. chanting: refugees are welcome here. for some, the welcome was warm, but the opposition to the policy clear. i'm quite upset by the level of hatred that's been shown by some people, by no means all, i don't think most, in the local area towards the...what are going to be the residents of the barge — asylum seekers. charity begins at home. and for others, concerns over the impact on local services. i know more than anyone through my work with the food bank and the community fridge. there'sjust too much poverty on portland and this isn't helping. the government first floated the idea of this barge in april. now this floating idea is a reality. ellie price, bbc news, portland. let's go to portland — our reporter, harry farley, is there for us now. this has been very controversial. we've seen protesters there in recent days. have things quietened down now where you are? yes. recent days. have things quietened down now where you are?— recent days. have things quietened down now where you are? yes, it is very quiet — down now where you are? yes, it is very quiet here _ down now where you are? yes, it is very quiet here this _ down now where you are? yes, it is very quiet here this morning. - very quiet here this morning. yesterday we had a number of protesters. it's very quiet this morning so far, there are no signs of those protesters either welcoming the migrants and opposing them being housed on the barge or opposing them coming to the area, concerns about pressure on local services. we have this morning seen one coach go into the port. it's a working port so there are a number of lorries and buses coming in and out. we saw one coach go in and there is an hourly service offering the asylum seekers trips into town, offer to see local sites, so that bass might well have been to do that. as you mentioned, 15 came yesterday, 15 have just spent their first night on board the bibby stockholm. another 20 were due to come but refused and launched legal challenges for a number of reasons, one was because they were disabled, another was because they had a fear of water. that gives you a sense of how controversial and how mired in difficulties this issue has become. we mired in difficulties this issue has become. ~ ~' ., mired in difficulties this issue has become. ~ ~ ., ., mired in difficulties this issue has become. ~ ., ., ., , mired in difficulties this issue has become. ~ ~ ., ., ., , ., become. we know that a number of as lum become. we know that a number of asylum seekers _ become. we know that a number of asylum seekers have _ become. we know that a number of asylum seekers have launched - become. we know that a number of| asylum seekers have launched legal challenges. what's happening there? do we know anything more about those? , ., , ., , . those? very little, to be honest. we know that 20 — those? very little, to be honest. we know that 20 more _ those? very little, to be honest. we know that 20 more were _ those? very little, to be honest. we know that 20 more were supposed l those? very little, to be honest. we| know that 20 more were supposed to arrive yesterday, they didn't come. the campaign group care for calais launched legal challenges on their behalf. the chief executive said there were a number of reasons for those challenges, one was because one of the clients was disabled so didn't feel able to come and stay on the bibby stockholm. another had a fear of water after seeing people die at sea. the home office said it has no choice policy, no choice for accommodation policy, for asylum seekers so they aren't given any sort of say in where they are housed. that has conflicted with the home office's legal duty to make sure asylum seekers are not destitute so what we are seeing is that sort of tension worked out in practice. it's not clear what will happen to those asylum seekers who refuse to come and it's not clear whether they will be forced to or whether they will be forced to or whether they will be forced to or whether they will be given alternative accommodation. thank you for brin . in: alternative accommodation. thank you for bringing us — alternative accommodation. thank you for bringing us up-to-date _ alternative accommodation. thank you for bringing us up-to-date on - alternative accommodation. thank you for bringing us up-to-date on the - for bringing us up—to—date on the situation in portland. the home office has announced a task force to identify potential rogue lawyers who might be encouraging false claims by migrants to help them remain here in the uk. last week, the solicitors regulation authority closed down three firms accused by the daily mail of charging asylum seekers thousands of pounds in return for inventing stories of ill—treatment. mourners are gathering in ireland for the funeral of the singer sinead o'connor, who died last month aged 56. it's taking place in bray near dublin. here's sarah girvin with just some of the tributes being paid today. what are we expecting today? i can see a lot of people gathering behind you, a lot of people have been laying flowers. you, a lot of people have been laying fumes— you, a lot of people have been la in: flowers. , . . , laying flowers. they have, and they 'ust kee laying flowers. they have, and they just keep coming- _ laying flowers. they have, and they just keep coming. it's _ laying flowers. they have, and they just keep coming. it's a _ laying flowers. they have, and they just keep coming. it's a beautiful. just keep coming. it's a beautiful day here in bray. this was sinead 0'connor�*s home for 15 years and it's this town where people gather to say their final goodbyes. people are starting to line up along this coastal road. it runs about one kilometre through the seaside town which is about 50 miles outside dublin. this is where the funeral cortege will pass by her former home behind me. that's not due to happen for another two hours or so but it hasn't stopped fans gathering throughout the morning. we've been catching up with some of them who have travelled a really long distance to be here. because she shaved her hair, she was 'ust because she shaved her hair, she was just beautiful but not traditional beauty, — just beautiful but not traditional beauty, she wasjust just beautiful but not traditional beauty, she was just amazing and she stood _ beauty, she was just amazing and she stood up _ beauty, she was just amazing and she stood up for— beauty, she was just amazing and she stood up for what real women are, and she _ stood up for what real women are, and she was— stood up for what real women are, and she was so passionate and she was so _ and she was so passionate and she was so forthright and she stood up for people — was so forthright and she stood up for people who couldn't stand up for themselves and she spoke for people who couldn't speak for themselves, and she _ who couldn't speak for themselves, and she was vilified for 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was. she was a celebrity around _ there. it absolutely was. she was a celebrity around the _ there. it absolutely was. she was a celebrity around the world - there. it absolutely was. she was a celebrity around the world but - there. it absolutely was. she was a | celebrity around the world but what we are hearing this morning is that this is where she felt safe, somewhere she could live a normal life. we heard from a council earlier this morning, he said that when paparazzi were spotted around this place, she used to phone sinead and won her. the singer's family issued a statement earlier this week that said she simply love living in bray and loved the people here. you can see the tributes that have been left outside her former home can see the tributes that have been left outside herformer home behind me and the crowd that has gathered, it seems that feeling was mutual. the funeral cortege is due to pass here in the next hour or two, then it will be onto a private burial. it's a very private end to a life that was spent so long in the public eye. that was spent so long in the public e e. . ~' that was spent so long in the public e e. ., ~ , ., y that was spent so long in the public e e. ., ~ , . that was spent so long in the public ee. ., , . ., that was spent so long in the public ee. .,~ , . ., ., eye. thank you very much for that u date eye. thank you very much for that update from _ eye. thank you very much for that update from bray. _ to ukraine now, where at least seven people have been killed in a russian missile attack on residential buildings in the eastern in the eastern ukrainian town of pokrovsk. 67 others were injured in the attacks, which came around a0 minutes apart. the head of the donetsk region said the strikes damaged a hotel as well as shops and administrative buildings. 0ur correspondent, james waterhouse, is in kyiv. he sent this update a little earlier. pokrovsk is a town in the part of the donetsk region which ukraine still controls, but it is close to the front line and we were there in may, reporting on the thousands of people returning home to live there despite authorities urging them to stay away because of the very real risks. and these images, these pictures of two missile strikes in the centre are a reminder of how enduring those hazards are. we have stayed in the hotel druzhba and eaten in the mafia—themed corleone restaurant. these are two major hubs in the middle which are widely used by civilians, they're used by soldiers, they're used by other journalists just like us. it's a real sort of unique hub in a part of the country which has seen so much fighting over the past nine years. it's possibly why we are told almost a0 police officers are among the injured. seven people are known to have been killed so far, but rescue efforts have been made all the more difficult by the risk of shelling overnight. this is the reality for locations like pokrovsk, because of how close they are to the front line, because of how close they are to russian forces, it is a place comfortable —— comfortably within range of artillery fire and shorter range grad missiles which can cause so much devastation because of the shrapnel cores. so, as i say, we were there, we met staff on both the hotel and restaurant, they were both incredibly helpful. we hope they are ok, but when you look at what we are hearing overnight, there is a good chance that they probably are not. antony blinken has warned of the danger of the russian military group wagner taking hold in kneejerk. the group is active in neighbouring countries and its leader welcomed the military takeover indonesia —— in niger. she had conversations with thejunta in niger's capital. they said they are ready to defend themselves from the threat of outside military intervention after the expiry of a sunday deadline from the expiry of a sunday deadline from the western african regional bloc ecowas. the group now plans to hold an emergency summit on thursday. meanwhile, the us is suspending aid payments to niger but officials insist there is still time to resolve this crisis. the window of opportunity is definitely still open. we believe that the junta should step aside and allow president bazoum to resume his duties tomorrow, today, tomorrow, any time in the near future. i don't want to put an assessment on when that window would be closed, other than to say that using diplomacy to achieve this objective is our top priority in respect to niger. bisa williams is a former us ambassador to niger. she told us more about the meeting between the us state department official, victoria nuland and the coup leaders. my understanding was that the acting deputy secretary left the door open for continued discussions and that basically the united states, in what i considered a rare move, offered its good offices to try to help move towards a diplomatic solution. that would be my interpretation of that experience. why do i think this first encounter with the acting head of this junta was not more compliant or didn't seem to be all embracing? i think it is because it is the first encounter. i also got the impression from reports i've heard that may be the deputy secretary really did not see the whole junta, so i'm not sure if there is still unity within that group right now. 0ur africa correspondent, catherine bieru hanga, has more. what we've had from the crew leaders and the new regime in niger is that they blame western interference, particularly from france, for hampering the country's security situation. they said it's been one of the reasons why niger has not been particularly affected in their assessment and fighting the islamist insurgency in the country. but when you look at the facts on the ground, niger has been doing better compared to neighbours like burkina faso and mali, and that in large part is due to the french president, american —— the french and american military presence in the country. both countries have thousands of troops in the country. they really rely on american and french funding. the military in niger, to be able to counter islamist insurgency in the country. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. three hill walkers have been found dead after failing to return from a trek in glen coe. the bodies of two men and a woman were discovered during a search of a ridge, in an area popular with climbers. a police spokeswoman said there do not appear to be any suspicious circumstances. a man is due in court over the death of a 12—year—old boy who was hit by a car while crossing a motorway. callum rycroft died on the m62 in west yorkshire on saturday. 36—year—old matthew rycroft will appear at leeds magistrates' court today charged with causing or allowing the death of a child. july's wet weather caused a slowdown in uk retail sales, new figures suggest, with demand for clothing falling as people felt less need to restock their summer wardrobes. 0verall retail sales grew by1.5% injuly, down from 2.3% the year before, according to the british retail consortium. the group also said rising interest rates were squeezing shoppers' budgets. you're live with bbc news. i'd like to show you some live pictures in ireland in bray where the funeral of sinead o'connor is due to take place in the coming moments. you can see the vehicle... so many people lining the streets. a vehicle that has been dressed in lgbtq+ flags. she was a big campaign in the area. she lived in the area for 15 years. we are expecting thousands of people to line the streets ahead of that private funeral due to take place in ireland and we will be following that live here on bbc news so do stay with us. since the pandemic, millions of people have been using zoom to communicate remotely. now the company has ordered its staff to get back to the office for at least two days a week if they live within 50 miles of any of them —— within 15 miles. it believes the structured hybrid approach was most effective but what does this mean and how could it impact the employees? live now to drjane parry, associate professor of work and employment at the university of southampton. we are looking at this hybrid approach and we are seeing zoom, the company itself that allows these working and meetings from home, do you think we're going to see this and other companies, this hybrid working? is the future? we and other companies, this hybrid working? is the future?- working? is the future? we are seeinr it working? is the future? we are seeing it in _ working? is the future? we are seeing it in all— working? is the future? we are seeing it in all companies - working? is the future? we are seeing it in all companies that l working? is the future? we are - seeing it in all companies that used to be office based. we've seen this big transition so obviously during the pandemic we all had to work from home all the time, there was no option otherwise. then after the pandemic, organisations have the opportunity to hold onto what had been good about working remotely and to mix it with the way we used to work so technology has given us the opportunity to do that and for the past 18 months or so, organisations have been going through an experimentation period. what works best for their organisation. now they are getting to the point where they are getting to the point where the deciding that operating models —— deciding what operating models work and how to formalise that. in 2021 if they had said that you can work from home three days a week, we would have thought it was amazing, but now because there are so many possibilities, it's been kind of refrain something quite surprising but it's just the kind of natural progression of a new way of working thatis progression of a new way of working that is going to be so different for different parts of your work forces depending on thejob different parts of your work forces depending on the job you do, depending on the job you do, depending on the job you do, depending on your personal circumstances. organisations are trying to put some kind of number on it in reality they will probably be more flexible than that if they are going to get the best out of their workforces. for going to get the best out of their workforces-— going to get the best out of their workforces. ., , ., , ., ,, workforces. for some people, working from home can — workforces. for some people, working from home can be _ workforces. for some people, working from home can be fabulous, _ workforces. for some people, working from home can be fabulous, you - workforces. for some people, working from home can be fabulous, you can l from home can be fabulous, you can wear your pyjamas on your bottom half and wear a shirt on the top half, we've seen so many pictures of that especially during lockdown, but there are others who might have children at home. overall, do you think people are better off with hybrid working? i think people are better off with hybrid working?— think people are better off with hybrid working? i think there are lots of different _ hybrid working? i think there are lots of different groups. - hybrid working? i think there are lots of different groups. people | hybrid working? i think there are . lots of different groups. people who are able to work who might not have been able to five days a week in the office like parents or carers, people with long—term conditions, not people sitting at home in their pyjamas, they are people who are able to balance it with their lives better, but there are also people who want to be in the office more for him working from home all the time is not conducive to their careers. young people who want to get on and make networks, their homes want to be as suitable for homes want to be as suitable for home working as people who have had houses for 20, 30 years. so the challenge for employers is configuring workplaces where people can come in different amounts of time according to their needs but most importantly, getting people in work at the right time so they can do the meaningful collaboration together. it's no good if you say, you must be in the two days but you don't know which two days teams are going to be in. that needs to happen in meaningful ways. you going to be in. that needs to happen in meaningfulways._ going to be in. that needs to happen in meaningfulways. in meaningful ways. you are saying a lot of it is about _ in meaningful ways. you are saying a lot of it is about structure _ in meaningful ways. you are saying a lot of it is about structure and - lot of it is about structure and knowing where you are, which of course can help, and it could help mental health as well. how much does this impact mental health and that commute, so many of us were commuting one hour into the office, that was quite normal whereas now they are not. talk me through the impacts on mental health that you might be seeing.— impacts on mental health that you might be seeing. there were some im acts might be seeing. there were some impacts on — might be seeing. there were some impacts on mental— might be seeing. there were some impacts on mental health - might be seeing. there were some impacts on mental health during i might be seeing. there were some. impacts on mental health during the pandemic. it was a huge number of things feeding into that. obviously the pandemic is going to be something that drives anxiety anyway but people who lived alone, who didn't have that kind of support network on a day—to—day basis but also uncertainty can play into mental health difficulties, not knowing what your employer is doing, so that can be when it is helpful for your manager to sit down and talk to you about what their expectations are and how they can make that work for you. the huge amount of work and i was going on to managers to make a success out of this, we are perhaps going to be valuing different kinds of managers, people who are good at communicating, very open about what's going on in the organisation. it creates an environment where people are comfortable to talk about their circumstances and how they can work in the most productive way and make that work for the organisation. thank you very much forjoining us on bbc news. leaders from south america that share the amazon are meeting in the northern city of belem to discuss regional measures to save the rainforest, this as the latest figures show deforestation has fallen a whopping 66% since lula came to power. lula has promised zero deforestation by 2030, but is that a realistic goal? our south america correspondent katy watson now reports from par , the most deforested state in brazil. virgin forest still exists here in the amazon but every day the illegal loggers get closer. for those living under the rain forest�*s canape, it's been a difficult few years. you under the rain forest's canape, it's been a difficult few years. you have no idea how — been a difficult few years. you have no idea how much _ been a difficult few years. you have no idea how much pressure - been a difficult few years. you have no idea how much pressure there i been a difficult few years. you have l no idea how much pressure there was in our community and the bolsonaro government. farmers wanting to buy the land to deforest it. for government. farmers wanting to buy the land to deforest it.— the land to deforest it. for hobson and his trees _ the land to deforest it. for hobson and his trees -- _ the land to deforest it. for hobson and his trees -- hobson _ the land to deforest it. for hobson and his trees -- hobson and - the land to deforest it. for hobson and his trees -- hobson and his i and his trees —— hobson and his trees stood firm. he is buying into a booming carbon credit industry, taking part in sustainable farming projects that sell carbon credits to companies wanting to offset their emissions. it's become so popular in this part of the amazon that authorities have accused carbon credit companies of harassment, pressuring community to sign contracts. bianca and herfamily, like many in the region, want better services like schools and health centres that they are suspicious of these newcomers offering to help. it's not that transparent. we cannot see how we would get a secure life. we are always on the back foot, fearing the consequences. because of the stories we heard, we decided not to sign a contract. haifa the stories we heard, we decided not to sign a contract.— to sign a contract. how to ensure the amazon's — to sign a contract. how to ensure the amazon's future _ to sign a contract. how to ensure the amazon's future and - to sign a contract. how to ensure the amazon's future and provide | to sign a contract. how to ensure i the amazon's future and provide for its people is the biggest dilemma facing leaders at this week's summit. lula is ambitious but it is no easy task. just to get to this part of the amazon, it took 13 hours overnight on a riverboat. now this smaller boat to get to the communities here. if you look on a map, it all looked so close together and itjust goes to show how vast the amazon is but also how difficult it is to navigate and ultimately how difficult it will be for lula to achieve his zero deforestation by 2030. this is hernandez�*s plantation, the tools and training funded by a carbon credit company. last year, the community had to drive out five illegal sawmills felling trees from the land. but defending their territory from loggers is an impossible task on their own. partnering with those who have the funds is the only option. for the company, empowering the community is key. so too is empowering the region as a whole. when global north comes to global south and says, i have a solution, we are like, really? have you been to the amazon? how do you know what's good for them? have your boots on the ground. so it's very easy to say i have the solution. people here want south america's voice heard before it's too late. stay with us on bbc news. over the next few days, our weather is changing. it's going to turn warmer across the odd. initially from the south on wednesday then all of us will feel the benefit of that on thursday. today we got this clutch of weather fronts crossing southern parts of england and wales, introducing a lot of cloud, some murky conditions, some patchy, light rain and drizzle. it might brighten up rain and drizzle. it might brighten up later in the afternoon like in somerset but for most it will remain cloudy. improving with sunny spells in northern england, northern ireland and scotland but a few showers peppering the far north of scotland but it's going to be pretty windy, gusting up to 50 mph. these are the temperatures, 12 celsius in lerwick to 21 towards hull. through this evening and overnight, the rain eventually clears away from the southeast. clear skies following on behind but it will still be windy across the northeast of scotland and by the end of the night, more cloud and spots of rain will be coming in across northern ireland and quite murky and humid across parts of wales and southwest england, especially on the coast. through the course of tomorrow, a lot of dry weather, sunshine around, still windy across the northeast, especially in shetland. towards the west, there will be a bit more cloud at times, sticking up for the odd spot of rain but temperatures climbing, 2a in london, 22 in hull, 20 in newcastle. then as we move from wednesday into thursday, all of us will really be feeling the benefit of that warmth is the wind travels further north, taking the warm continental air with it. these are the kind of temperatures we could see, 25 in northwest scotland, 27 in london for example. what is going to happen during thursday is there will be a fair bit of cloud in some western areas. through the day, some western areas. through the day, some of that could be thick enough for the odd spot of rain but it should stay dry for most with bright skies are indeed sunny spells. these are the temperatures in towns and cities but we could get a little bit higher than that, 26 in london. as we move forward from thursday towards the latter part of the week, this weather front sweeps in. it's a cold front. it will bring rain with it but as well as that, it's going to introduce some fresher conditions so you can see how the temperature slides in the ensuing few days. this is bbc news. the headlines... 15 asylum seekers spend their first night on board a barge off the south coast of england as 20 others refused to board. a last goodbye to sinead o'connor as fans gather ahead of her private funeral. and live at the edinburgh fringe festival where comedians, performance and other creators from around the world descend on the city. a small group of asylum seekers have spent their first night on the government's new accommodation barge in dorset. ministers want to move hundreds more on to the bibby stockholm this week,