who stunned norway's olympic champion yakob ingebrigsten to take gold in the 1500 metres at the world athletics championships in budapest. kerr clocked a season's best three minutes and 29 seconds to make his first podium at the worlds. it comes a year after ingebrigsten was beaten by britain's jake whiteman in similar circumstances in eugene. oleksandr usyk defends his heavyweight belts for the first time in a year this weekend. britain's daniel dubois is his challenger in poland on saturday. during the pre—fight press conference, oleksandr usyk was awarded with a piece of art by the ukrainian military on what is ukraine's independence day. the painting, made out of wood used by the ukrainian forces, was awarded to him for his support in the ongoing war with russia. usyk is very relaxed heading into the bout but dubois is confident he can take the belts for himself. i am ready. i have spent so much time in training camp, i have done all that, i am ready now. i have prepared and left no stone and it turned. i am ready and confident and ready to go. my preparation is all good. we do wedoa we do a lot of work with swing. we do a lot of work. we play football, we are dancing. yes. fifa has opened disciplinary proceedings against spanish football federation president luis rubiales for his behaviour at sunday's women's world cup final. luis rubiales kissed forward jenni hermoso on the lips after spain beat england. he earlier grabbed his crotch as he celebrated at the final whistle. fifa will look at whether those actions constitute violations of article 13 in its disciplinary code, concerning offensive behaviour and fair play. wolves have rejected a £47 million from manchester city for midfielder matheus nunes. wolves are keen to keep him with just over a week of a difficult summer remaining in the window and would want more than city are currently offering just to get into a negotiation. however, their financial position leaves them vulnerable to a sizeable offer, especially if they want to provide new boss gary o'neil with funds to reshape his squad. nunes joined wolves for a club record £38 million 12 months ago. one player on his way out of manchester city is that man, laporte. he is on his way to saudi arabia. the sea is believed to be in the region of 27 million euros. he will now play alongside cristiano ronaldo. chelsea have signed david washington from brazilian side santos. the 18—year—old striker made nine appearances in the top brazilian league last season. it is chelsea's ninth summer signing. we need chelsea's ninth summer signing. - need at least one keeper. we have very talented keeper, you know that, but we need one more. and then, we were talking about a player with the right profile. at the copa libertadores quarterfinals, brazilian side palmeiras have all but secured their place in the last four with a convincing 4—0 win away at deportivo pereira of colombia in the first leg of the tie. palmeiras were 3—0 afterjust half—an—hour and clearly the dominant side, which showed here with the winning goal. it went from bad to worse for the home side in the second half, as palmeiras made it four. and that's all the sport for now. in the us, wednesday saw the first republican presidential debate with eight candidates clashing. the event was overshadowed by the absence of donald trump. instead, he appeared in an interview with a former fox news presenter, tackle carlson, at the same time. donald trump will travel to atlanta later today for the latest legal proceedings over election interference proceedings. rudy giuliani became the latest to report for the proceedings. this is his police mug shot. let's now head to atlanta. we will talk a little bit about what we are expecting to see any moment but first, i want to turn to the debate, the tv debate. unsurprisingly, despite his absence, donald trump was referred to many times. what was said about him by the other candidates?— the other candidates? actually, he did not come _ the other candidates? actually, he did not come up _ the other candidates? actually, he did not come up in _ the other candidates? actually, he did not come up in the _ the other candidates? actually, he did not come up in the debate - the other candidates? actually, he did not come up in the debate for. did not come up in the debate for nearly an hour and when it was raised, the topic, they were asked if they would support him as the republican primary candidate if convicted, most of them raise their hands. one or two did not and some were reluctant to raise their hands. then you had questions around his legal problems and questions around his claims that the election had been stolen. you really did not have anybody making a strong case or argument against him, you did have two former governors who have been outspoken about what they think about donald trump and qualifying for the presidential candidacy. chris christie and nikki haley, she did say she would support him, but she qualify that by telling the audience that he was one of the most unpopular politicians in the country and that the republicans would have difficulty getting a leader elected if he was the candidate. and she makes an interesting point because when you look at republican primary voters and republican voters, you see very strong support for donald trump, 75%, and that support has only increased with his indictments, criminal indictments, but when you look at the pole of the general electorate, there is a question about whether he could carry the vote. 53% of americans have said they were definitely not vote for him. 43% have said they were definitely not vote for the current present, joe biden. although he is not a strong candidate, given those numbers, it does look as though he will be a challenge for donald trump if he is the candidate. find will be a challenge for donald trump if he is the candidate.— if he is the candidate. and even thou:h of if he is the candidate. and even though of course _ if he is the candidate. and even though of course they - if he is the candidate. and even though of course they are... . if he is the candidate. and even though of course they are... a. if he is the candidate. and even - though of course they are... a long way further behind in opinion polls, were there any standouts among the other candidate in a tv debate? yes. other candidate in a tv debate? yes, civen the other candidate in a tv debate? yes, given the vacuum _ other candidate in a tv debate? 133 given the vacuum created by the absence of donald trump, we were expecting someone else to fill it. it was the man pulling second, ron desantis, who was expected to fill it, but it was the younger and a date, vivek ramaswamy, and in a way, he was like a donald trump surrogate. he had a list of populist lines that he liked to throughout. he was asked who would pardon donald trump if convicted and he said definitely he would. he said donald trump was the best president in 21 years. he was at the centre of all the main clashes over donald trump and also over policy. and the other candidates... and we turn out what we are excited to see later on. donald trump received different treatment from your average person in previous arrests, in new york and florida and washington, dc. it might be different this time, mightn't it? the county sheriff has said that it will be. he said everyone will be treated the same as any other defendant. we are expecting donald trump to surrender, hand himself in, at the fulton county jail later today. he has handed himself in in this way and three other cases but never at a jail, this is the first time for that. the main entrances around the corner. that is the public entrance. that is where the other defendants in this case sweeping criminal indictment, alleging a criminal —— conspiracy to overturn the election results. this is a more limited entrance. he will probably be going on here. he will be fingerprinted and may have a mugshot taken. that would be a first. he has managed to avoid that in the other three cases was he would have to pay a $200,000 bail with conditions attached to be released. he is prohibited from intimidating any witnesses, any victims of the case, any other co—defendants. there is some difference between this booking than the others. it is the fourth time he has —— he will be arrested and present himself to the police, the authorities, in a criminal case, in five months. authorities, in a criminal case, in five months-_ authorities, in a criminal case, in five months. thank you very much. and we will — five months. thank you very much. and we will of _ five months. thank you very much. and we will of course _ five months. thank you very much. and we will of course keep - five months. thank you very much. and we will of course keep you - and we will of course keep you updated with the developments on that from atlanta, georgia. now more from russia, where as we have been hearing, the leader of the wagner mercenary group is presumed dead after a plane crash near moscow. he rose from obscurity to a position of significant power in russia, commanding thousands of groups, financed and supported by some of the country's most powerful politicians. we have been looking at his movements since the failed mutiny by wagner mercenary is back injune. yevgeny prigozhin was meant to keep a low profile, but this is what we know. when his mutiny failed, he was meant to move to belarus, and yet nearly two weeks later, the leader of belarus, alexander lukashenko, said he was in fact in russia. at the same time, photos started circulating of what officials said was a raid on his mansion in st petersburg. things were supposedly found like gold bars, guns, and a photo started circulating of a cupboard full of wigs. some bizarre picture started circulating at the same time as well of what was reportedly yevgeny prigozhin various disguises. if we move forward, this is the first video we see of him on telegram channels linked to the wagner group, on the 19th ofjuly, suggesting he is in belarus. we were not able to confirm this video, but bbc verify did look at various elements and said it was in fact in belarus. this is the first confirmed sighting of him in russia, it is on the 27th ofjuly, when an africa summit was happening there, an africa—russia summit, and bbc verify data confirmed via facial recognition software that this is the presidential adviser to central african republic and several elements in the back of this photo and the interior match a hotel that is supposedly owned by yevgeny prigozhin, according to russian media. if we move forward, this is only few days ago, he appears in his first video address. it suggests that he is in africa. we were not able to confirm this, but we do know that the wagner group does have several operations in countries there. that takes us to the events of the 23rd of august, when there was that plane crash, and what is clear is that when it comes to the name yevgeny prigozhin, there are more questions than answers. as was said in that report, there are questions about the plane crash and the likely death of yevgeny prigozhin but in russia it seems there has been very little detailed reporting on the main tv channels. why is that? tell us a little bit about how russian tv viewers will have seen this unfold.— about how russian tv viewers will have seen this unfold. russian tv, state tv, have seen this unfold. russian tv, state tv. has _ have seen this unfold. russian tv, state tv, has very _ have seen this unfold. russian tv, state tv, has very much _ have seen this unfold. russian tv, state tv, has very much soft - state tv, has very much soft pedalled the whole thing. when the news broke last night, it initially came out on a rolling news channel, that an aircraft had crashed, there was no mention of his name. several minutes later, yevgeny prigozhin was mentioned as being one of the passengers in the crash but they was no context given. his name was just given as someone who was on the manifest of this plane that had crashed, no mention of wagner or his involvement in the actions to months ago. we are going back to the urgent news that there _ we are going back to the urgent news that there was a plane crash. it is known _ that there was a plane crash. it is known that— that there was a plane crash. it is known that a jet has crashed. they were _ known that a jet has crashed. they were ten— known that a jet has crashed. they were ten people on board and according _ were ten people on board and according to the emergency ministry, all of them _ according to the emergency ministry, all of them have been killed. an investigation has been started. it has been — investigation has been started. it has been reported that among the names— has been reported that among the names of— has been reported that among the names of the prussian passion is women _ names of the prussian passion is women grow passengers was yevgeny prigozhin _ women grow passengers was yevgeny prigozhin. the plane was en route to saint— prigozhin. the plane was en route to saint petersburg.— saint petersburg. almost two hours later on channel— saint petersburg. almost two hours later on channel one, _ saint petersburg. almost two hours later on channel one, the _ saint petersburg. almost two hours later on channel one, the most - later on channel one, the most watched tv channel, on the flagship news programme, we saw another news broadcaster essentially saying the same thing, a0 seconds, and this was the iath same thing, a0 seconds, and this was the iath out of 17 items in that news programme. translation: private plane crashes, ten people have been killed. the first information from the emergencies ministry came about two hours ago. the aircraft belonged to a company specialising in business flights and was heading from moscow to st petersburg. there were seven passengers on board and three krill. the name of yevgeny prigozhin was listed as one of those on board. i suppose the question is, how challenging will it be to confirm the fact of this case, given what we know about the nature of the russian state? , ,, ., state? hugely. the russian state-owned _ state? hugely. the russian state-owned one _ state? hugely. the russian state-owned one any - state? hugely. the russian state-owned one any of- state? hugely. the russianj state-owned one any of the state? hugely. the russian - state-owned one any of the facts of state—owned one any of the facts of this confirm. as far as they are concerned, yevgeny prigozhin, they want the public to forget about him as quickly is possible before the presidential elections in march. they want the public to forget president putin was humiliated by this man. the only people they want to remember this is the russian elite, who might be thinking of doing the same thing. the message has gone out to them, if you try and entertain the idea of doing anything similar, you are going to end up dead. . ~ similar, you are going to end up dead. . ,, ,., similar, you are going to end up dead. . ~' ,. , similar, you are going to end up dead. . ,, y., , . dead. thank you very much. around the _ dead. thank you very much. around the world _ dead. thank you very much. around the world and - dead. thank you very much. j around the world and across dead. thank you very much. - around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. it has been quite a transformation from how it looked when it shut in the 1980s to its beautiful sparkling swimming pool and restored buildings. but it is a difficult side to transform with the river on one side and a grade two star listed building. at the albion docs in bristol, they are making the pontoon which will carry the pipes that will help the heat pumps transfer power from the river. but time to dip the toes in the water and it was very president. —— pleasant. this is your new local summing paul. command use it. a history tour. there is a lot to enjoy here. a few lucky ones had the chance to swim last year but now it will be open to everyone. in its heyday, it was the meeting place for everyone. it is hoped it will still be the place to go once more. you are lively bbc news. protests have been taking place afterjapan started releasing more than a million tonnes of waste water from a destroyed fukushima nuclear power plant into the pacific ocean. there have been demonstrations injapan and south korea. what you are seeing now are pictures from south korea, where protesters tried to storm the embassy. butjapan insists it is safe. officials say the water is being diluted and filtered to remove more than 80 substances. it will still contain try tm, a radioactive isotope, but they say concentration levels will be within international standards. let's talk now tojim smith, a professor of environmental science at portsmouth university. we have to make it clear that it is not all —— at all unusual to release treated waste water like this. he. treated waste water like this. no, nuclear sites _ treated waste water like this. no, nuclear sites all _ treated waste water like this. firm nuclear sites all over the world, this water is released at a much higher concentration that will —— than will be released at fukushima. there are nuclear sites in south korea and china that emit three, four times the amount than this, release from fukushima. this is not at all unusual and has been going decades. actually, the plant in northern france is a processing plant and they emit around a50 times more tritiated water into the english channel than this fukushima release will doing into the pacific ocean. and that has been going on for decades and we have not seen any significant radiation doses to people or the environment. if that is the case. _ people or the environment. if that is the case. why — people or the environment. if that is the case, why have _ people or the environment. if that is the case, why have we - people or the environment. if that is the case, why have we seen - people or the environment. if that| is the case, why have we seen such protest like this? i is the case, why have we seen such protest like this?— protest like this? i think there has been a lot of— protest like this? i think there has been a lot of misinformation - protest like this? i think there has been a lot of misinformation and i j been a lot of misinformation and i am not a politician but i think there has been some political backlash against japan there has been some political backlash againstjapan and it there has been some political backlash against japan and it seems highly hypocritical to me because south korea are doing it, china are doing it, countries all over the world are doing the same thing, it has been found not to have significant impacts on the marine ecosystem or people and as a scientist, i don't understand this huge backlash. but scientist, i don't understand this huge backlash.— scientist, i don't understand this hue backlash. �* , ., huge backlash. but there is a degree of concern because _ huge backlash. but there is a degree of concern because we _ huge backlash. but there is a degree of concern because we have - huge backlash. but there is a degree of concern because we have heard i of concern because we have heard that fishermen are concerned and so what is the balance between undue alarm and very legitimate concerns? scientifically, in terms of risk, so the radiation dose has been estimated by sophisticated models and models which make sense to me by three different organisations, including independent scientists, and it is found to be even for high consumers of seafood from that area, it is found to be more than 2000 times less than the natural radiation dose that we all get worldwide, which does exactly the same sort of dna damage, at a lower level, and this release will cause even more damage, so you need an awful lot of this tritiated water to do any significant damage to organisms. do any significant damage to organisms-— do any significant damage to oruanisms. , , , ., , do any significant damage to oruanisms. , , , . , ., organisms. very briefly, and 'ust a sentence, organisms. very briefly, and 'ust a seneneet jinn. fl organisms. very briefly, and 'ust a sentence, jim, what i organisms. very briefly, and 'ust a sentence, jim, what can h organisms. very briefly, and just a sentence, jim, what can people i organisms. very briefly, and just a sentence, jim, what can people do organisms. very briefly, and just a i sentence, jim, what can people do to mitigate, what should be fishermen concerned do? i mitigate, what should be fishermen concerned do?— concerned do? i think we can only ex-lain. concerned do? i think we can only exnlain- thev _ concerned do? i think we can only explain. they are _ concerned do? i think we can only explain. they are concerned i concerned do? i think we can only i explain. they are concerned because the perception of the risk and not of the risk itself. and i understand that. and all we can do is try and explain our scientists what the real risk is, which is absolutely negligible. risk is, which is absolutely negligible-— risk is, which is absolutely nennliible. ., . ., negligible. thank you so much for s-neakin negligible. thank you so much for speaking to _ negligible. thank you so much for speaking to us- — negligible. thank you so much for speaking to us. that _ negligible. thank you so much for speaking to us. that is _ negligible. thank you so much for speaking to us. that is professorl speaking to us. that is professor james smith from the university of portsmouth. students in england, northern ireland and wales have been receiving their gcse exam results. the pass rates have fallen for a second year running, bringing them close to where they were in 2019. let's talk now to karl harrison, a hate —— a head teacher in greater manchester and a member of the national association of head teachers. thank you forjoining us. we know that this cohort has, like many in the past couple of years, been affected by disruption from the pandemic. how do you feel they have been treated? i pandemic. how do you feel they have been treated?— been treated? i think there has been extreme challenges _ been treated? i think there has been extreme challenges for _ been treated? i think there has been extreme challenges for this - been treated? i think there has been extreme challenges for this cohort i extreme challenges for this cohort and i am glad you mentioned the pandemic because it is something thatis pandemic because it is something that is quite distant in our memories in some sense and many others have moved on from the pandemic but it affected this particular cohort quite acutely when they were in second and third year of secondary school. it was a huge disruption for them and then when you couple without the fact that their grades are now going to be lower across the country, they are going to be lower than students back in 2022 and 2021, they have got the combined challenge of that, so they have been through the pandemic and has coped magnificently well with the challenges presented. their grades will actually be lower than the year previous. they have had it very tough but they have responded incredibly well. it very tough but they have responded incredibly well.— incredibly well. it feels like they had the worst _ incredibly well. it feels like they had the worst of— incredibly well. it feels like they had the worst of both _ incredibly well. it feels like they had the worst of both worlds. i l incredibly well. it feels like they i had the worst of both worlds. i want to ask you know about the north—south divide because that is something that has emerged from the results but that is not anything new, it is similar to the picture in 2019. how concerned are you by that divide? i 2019. how concerned are you by that divide? ., , 2019. how concerned are you by that divide? ,, , ., divide? i think it is something that has been prevalent _ divide? i think it is something that has been prevalent for _ divide? i think it is something that has been prevalent for a _ has been prevalent for a considerable number of years. as a head teacher, working very much in the north, i do look very carefully at that. our school's results are strong, we perform very well. but when you look across the country, there are real differences. in the south—east of england in particular, it has much more stronger outcomes and some of that is economic, in terms of affluence and things like that, it is a reflection of the fact that, it is a reflection of the fact that there was a cure —— geographical divide still, in terms of the economy and that is sometimes reflected in education as well. the education secretary has said today that progress to close the gap between disadvantaged students and others has taken a back step in recent years. she has admitted it. what would you like to see done to tackle this? it what would you like to see done to tackle this?— tackle this? it is about investment and naivin tackle this? it is about investment and giving schools _ tackle this? it is about investment and giving schools autonomy i tackle this? it is about investment and giving schools autonomy to i tackle this? it is about investment j and giving schools autonomy to be able to take responsibility for this. one of the problems and the challenges of the intervention programme was it was only part covered. schools had to fund that across the country, a substantial portion of it, and schools had restrictions on the way they could operate that. it is about investment in those areas, whether it is high levels of disadvantage, and putting that investments and dash into schools and giving them the additional money. there needs to be more. it is acute now, given the fact this gap continues to widen across the country. it is about investment and giving schools autonomy. investment and giving schools autonomy-— investment and giving schools autonom . . , ., , , autonomy. that is really helpful, useful information _ autonomy. that is really helpful, useful information to _ autonomy. that is really helpful, useful information to hear. i autonomy. that is really helpful, | useful information to hear. thank you for your analysis on that. that was a really interesting discussion. there is a lot more we could talk about it. but for now, we will leave it. what springs to mind if i say the words, duffel coat, floppy hat and marmalade sandwiches? you might think correctly of panting them barefoot the royal mail has issued a new set of stamps detecting the proper fictional character to mark city five years since the publication of the first book written of course as you will know by michael bond. there are six stamps in the set, ideal for sending postcards to deepest darkest peru. they are very, very sweet. stay with us on bbc news. lots more still to come, including the headlines and the rest of the news. hello there. we are into the last week of summer, meteorological speaking at least. and unfortunately, it looks as though it is going to be staying unsettled. it will not be a wash—out but keep an eye on for scattered showers over the next few days they have the potential to be heavy with thunder and lightning. low pressure towards the north—west of the uk at the minute. it has been bringing rain to some parts of scotland through today. elsewhere, largely dry and still warm. temperatures have reached 25, 20 6 degrees in the south—east. over the next few days, those temperatures are going to fall back to closer to what they should be for the time of year. this evening and overnight, we continue to see wet weather for central areas of scotland. largely dry elsewhere. a lot of clear sky developing tonight. a cooler night. last night we saw temperatures for many staying in the low teens. tonight, we could see temperatures dipping into the single figures. a cooler start but with clear skies, not a bad start for many. largely dry with sunshine first thing tomorrow. some patchy rain into scotland, drierfurther south. scattered showers popping up across northern ireland, northern england and. —— wales. temperatures falling back closer to what they should be at 21 degrees. into saturday, holding onto the low pressure system. it continues to bring northerly winds towards the north and west of the uk. a fair amount of dry weather to begin with. scattered showers will develop through the day almost anywhere. and there will be a risk of some thundery downpours as well. but sunshine in between. it will not be a complete wash—out. temperatures for many of us pretty standard for the time of year. another area of low pressure coming in from the atlantic on sunday. cloudy and wet weather for northern ireland. staying any and largely dry towards the south—east of england. not a bad picture. sunshine in london on sunday. bank holiday monday for most of us. a fair amount of dry weather. live from london. this is bbc news. yevgeny prigozhin — the wagner mercenary group leader who led a failed mutiny in russsia — is presumed dead after a plane crash near moscow. the backlog of asylum cases in the uk rises to a record high. we're live in georgia where donald trump is expected to surrender himself after being indicted in an election interference case. a catastrophic die—off of emperor penguin chicks has been observed in the antarctic after major sea ice losses where they live. hello, i'm luxmy gopal. welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. we start with that major story in russia, where the founder of the wagner mercenary group, yevgeny prigozhin, is presumed dead after his plane crashed in the north west of the country. this footage — which has been cleared by the bbc verify team —