— following the deaths of their relatives in the early days of the covid pandemic. the families argue that human rights were breached because not enough was done to protect family members from the virus. the government says it tried to safeguard care home residents using the best evidence available at the time. here's our social affairs editor, alison holt. very happy days. that's my mother and father on a cruise. for liz, these photos provide special memories of her mother, margaret. when her mum found it hard to get around, she moved to a care home but she was still sharp. and this is also i think a lovely photograph. this is my mother in her care home. margaret died there during the first wave of the pandemic, aged 95. she had always kept a diary so documented the details of her last days, big and small. this was a particularly special diary for me because it is the last one that she wrote. liz is one of the relatives taking legal action against the government and others over what she sees as a failure to properly protect care home residents like her mum, from covid. she believes the diary tells that story. this one is dated march the third, tuesday. she felt pretty good but the staff situation was bad. in march 2020, the virus took hold in the uk. care providers said they needed more government guidance and that they were struggling to get protective equipment and testing. on march the 17th, the government allowed hard—pressed hospitals to discharge patients into care homes without testing or the need to isolate people. margaret's family claim that included into her home. on march 23rd, the country went into lockdown. nearly a month later, as covid deaths in care homes were reaching their peak, margaret writes that her care staff have just started wearing masks. 20th of april, it is the first day for masks. and then 21st of april, all wearing masks. on may the fourth, after a few days of feeling breathless, margaret again writes in her diary. oh, dear, the fourth of may. the matron came 10:30 to 10:45. she just writes, "i have the virus." and that is her last entry. it kind of hits you quite hard, really. margaret died in hospital on may 1a. the following day, the health and social care secretary made this now well—known statement... right from the start, we have tried to throw a protective ring around our care homes. i felt that her care was completely lacking and when i thought about it hard, i had to take it back to the government because ultimately we all put our trust and our faith in these public servants and it seemed to me there was a lot of headless chicken action going around. where was this planning? the uk covid inquiry will examine what happened in care homes but the lawyer representing the families says it will not look at individual cases. we can ask the courts to look at whether or not the decisions taken, were they reasonable? and if not, did the decisions cause or contribute to individuals losing their lives? and i would say, that without the legal claims, the families will not get answers to their questions. the government says throughout the pandemic it tried to safeguard care home residents based on the best evidence available and that it provided billions of pounds of support. alison holt, bbc news. more now on today's announcement on energy prices in england, wales and scotland. they're to fall from october. the energy regulator — 0fgem — has set a new price cap, that's the cost paid per unit of energy for millions of households. at the moment households using an average amount of energy shouldn't pay more than just over £2,000. 0fgem today confirmed that figure will fall significantly. the unit price cap means that, from october, a typical household's annual bill would be just over £1,900. that's still a third higher than in the winter of 2021. but there will no longer be any government support for the bills. the prime minister rishi sunak has been asked about the energy price cap. this is what he had to say. actually, today is really good news forfamilies up and down the country with a reduction in the energy price cap that is going to reduce on average a typicalfamily�*s energy bill by about £150. easing the burden on the cost of living. we took decisive action after putin's illegal war to help families by imposing a windfall tax on energy companies, using that money to provide about £1500 of support to a typical household. but i know things are still tough and that is why we are working night and day to bring down inflation so that the money in people's pockets can go further. data suggest that some families will once again be struggling this winter with energy costs off the back of another difficult one. how do you target that support to help those people? it is really important that we do target our support to the most vulnerable in society, that is what we are doing. the national living wage has gone up by £1,a00 for those on the lowest earnings. pensioners are receiving an extra £300 this winter alongside their winter fuel payment and everyone on universal credit is receiving £900 in direct cost of living support because i want to make sure the most vulnerable in our society do get that extra help. even as the energy prices are coming down, we want to keep providing that help because bills are still high. let's talk to our money and work correspondent, marc ashdown. marc, just walk us through the announcement today.- marc, just walk us through the announcement today. 0fgem is the re . ulator announcement today. 0fgem is the regulator obviously _ announcement today. 0fgem is the regulator obviously and _ announcement today. 0fgem is the regulator obviously and they - announcement today. 0fgem is the regulator obviously and they set. announcement today. 0fgem is the regulator obviously and they set a i regulator obviously and they set a price cap. they have done since before the pandemic. what it does is just try to limit the amount the average household will pay. so your bill is made up of the standard charge, that doesn't change, that is effectively to hook everything up and then the amount you use, the unit price for gas and electricity. 0f unit price for gas and electricity. of course, during or since the russian invasion of ukraine that shot up so we have seen historically huge high levels of what people would have been paying. now, it has been for the past three months at just over £2000 but we are now expecting it from october, 0fgem confirming today, that will fall to just below £2000, £1923 from october. that is the first time 0ctober. that is the first time since october 2022, that the cap is fallen below that level. that is for a typical household, it will affect 29 million bill payers across england, scotland and wales. it works a tiny bit differently in northern ireland. 0fgem seems everyone uses, at the moment 12,000 kilowatt hours of gas and 9000 kilowatt hours of gas and 9000 kilowatt hours of electricity, that is dropping slightly from october but that is what it assumes a use. if you do chuck on your thermostat all day and two day long you will pay more but i think a kind of welcome move here and the analysts expect it to stay at this level now for certainly into next year, to the end of 202a. but i should say these are historically high. go back to 2021 and we were all paying about £1200 a year, so 1900 is still pretty high. £1200 a year, so 1900 is still pretty high-— £1200 a year, so 1900 is still pretty high. and in particular, marc, pretty high. and in particular, marc. aware _ pretty high. and in particular, marc, aware of— pretty high. and in particular, marc, aware of the _ pretty high. and in particular, j marc, aware of the comments pretty high. and in particular, - marc, aware of the comments that came from citizens advice yesterday that an increasing number of people have been taken out loans or credit cards to pay for their energy. whilst this price cap is lowering, this winter they will not be the government support that we saw last winter. ., , , government support that we saw last winter. . , , , . winter. that is right. this price ca . winter. that is right. this price cap became — winter. that is right. this price cap became a _ winter. that is right. this price cap became a bit _ winter. that is right. this price cap became a bit theoretical. winter. that is right. this price i cap became a bit theoretical last year because it looked like it was going to go to 4000, 5000, £6,000 a year. but the government brought in those subsidies that capture bills at £2500, so nobly would pay more than that. on top of that, they gave every household in england, scotland and wales money so we all got about £66 a month from october until march and that helped. now that has gone but the prices have gone down slightly in effect we are all pretty much where we were. bills will stay roughly where they were, so don't expect a massive sudden saving. 0verall, expect a massive sudden saving. overall, the typical bill payable pay £151 less, that is over a year though so split that across 12 months. and i think the worrying thing really that citizens advice and other charities have found that over the summer months, so many more people are struggling to pay their bills. typically it is warmer then, everyone keeps the heating off, don't they? and we don't really turn the lights on. but the fear is that 70 people have been struggling and millions of households they found as well have either gone into arrears on average about £1700 now that vulnerable households are in arrears already with their energy bills and more and more people turning to loans and credit cards just to afford to pay those essential bills. so as we get into the winter months there is concern that lots of people really will struggle. i should say we do have plenty of advice on the bbc news website, the tackling it together page. 0fgem said today they expect supplies to do much more to help people if they are struggling with their bills. help people if they are struggling with their mus.— help people if they are struggling with their bills.— with their bills. marc, thank you for the moment. _ donald trump has become the first former president to have his mugshot taken. the photograph was released after mr trump was formally charged with election interference — in the state of georgia. he's one of 19 people accused of racketeering and attempting to overturn the state's election result in 2020. he denies 13 charges. mr trump was quick to post the image on social media — as part of his campaign for the republican presidential nomination. he remains the frontrunner. well, what impact will the mugshot have — in the us and around the world? we asked julie norman, from the centre on us politics at university college london. the optics are simply quite different this time around. in some ways it is a little bit odd that we have almost become a bit inured to seeing these indictments and almost seem like a nonevent, the fourth indictment. to some degree to some people. but this one looked a bit different, at a jail rather than a courthouse, it had this now very public mug shots coming out of it whereas previous indictments had chosen not to do that. so it is one that simply visibly is very different and trump is also using it very differently as well, sharing his mugshot on different social media platforms and i am sure we will see quite a lot in these coming weeks and months.— will see quite a lot in these coming weeks and months. yes, he has posted that imae. weeks and months. yes, he has posted that image- it — weeks and months. yes, he has posted that image. it seems _ weeks and months. yes, he has posted that image. it seems as _ weeks and months. yes, he has posted that image. it seems as though - weeks and months. yes, he has posted that image. it seems as though he - weeks and months. yes, he has posted that image. it seems as though he is i that image. it seems as though he is going to use this moment to try and galvanise more of his base, to cement more support. that galvanise more of his base, to cement more support.- galvanise more of his base, to cement more support. that is exactly riht cement more support. that is exactly ri t ht and cement more support. that is exactly right and that — cement more support. that is exactly right and that is _ cement more support. that is exactly right and that is really _ cement more support. that is exactly right and that is really what _ cement more support. that is exactly right and that is really what we - right and that is really what we have seen since the first indictment backin have seen since the first indictment back in march. each time that this happens to trump he has successfully so far been able to leverage it to get his base to double down on their support and even to attract more supporters as well. his polling numbers have really only increased since that first indictment. again, this one in particular because of the optics i think we will see trump and many of his allies and those in the party using it as further momentum for what he is calling a witch hunt, framing himself as a victim of the justice system and whatnot. 0bviously, victim of the justice system and whatnot. obviously, had the country been doing this very differently but for many trump supporters this is fuel to the fire. you for many trump supporters this is fuel to the fire.— fuel to the fire. you and i are talking about _ fuel to the fire. you and i are talking about this _ fuel to the fire. you and i are talking about this in - fuel to the fire. you and i are talking about this in london i fuel to the fire. you and i are - talking about this in london on the other side of the pond, i'm interested how you think the international community will see what is going on with the former us president? what is going on with the former us resident? ., r, r, , , president? that none of this is totally new _ president? that none of this is totally new with _ president? that none of this is totally new with trump. - president? that none of this is totally new with trump. he - president? that none of this is| totally new with trump. he has president? that none of this is - totally new with trump. he has been a deadline dilemma headline ghetto since the start. i do think the image is going out around the world this morning are a different way of seeing the us and the us president. many who were already very wary of trump it won't help that image. many people i speak to are very aware that a return of trump and trump presidency or even a trump candidacy makes us politics and world politics very different and it makes it a very different and it makes it a very different and it makes it a very different kind of playing field and a bit more unexpected than how business is done and whatnot. what business is done and what not. what we take from — business is done and what not. what we take from these _ business is done and whatnot. what we take from these processes on these indictments, notjust one but two, three, four of them now. what does it say about the health of the nation state in the us? does it say that the state is working as it can and should do or as a donald trump claims, a political witchhunt? it is claims, a politicalwitchhunt? it is a ood claims, a politicalwitchhunt? it is a good question. _ claims, a politicalwitchhunt? it is a good question. i _ claims, a politicalwitchhunt? it 3 a good question. i would say it depends on who you ask in the united states. for many i think it is a sign, as you said, that democracy was certainly challenged but in this case many would argue the institutions are holding, the courts institutions are holding, the courts in particular are holding. this idea that no one is above the law, that the president is not some kind of beyond any kind of conviction on indictment. in some ways i think it is an example of how democracy can hold, even in trying times. at the same time, trump and his allies will be trying to frame it exactly the opposite and for many i think and as an american i think it is a difficult and sad time to see the country going through this kind of crisis but again many of us just trying to be confident that these institutions will hold and as this process moves through. but it is a difficult time i think that the us, regardless of where one stands. that was doctor regardless of where one stands. that was doetorjulie _ regardless of where one stands. that was doctorjulie norman there. the national crime agency says it cannot confirm the chemical was the direct cause of the debt in uk but it is investigating potential criminal offences. with more on this is our correspondent, who joins us from the newsroom. what do we know this case so far? this from the newsroom. what do we know this case so far?— this case so far? this man was arrested in _ this case so far? this man was arrested in may _ this case so far? this man was arrested in may and _ this case so far? this man was arrested in may and is - this case so far? this man was| arrested in may and is currently accused of assisting suicide in canada but this is have affected families all over the world. he is thought to have run a number of websites sell equipment to assist suicide, including a poisonous chemical that he sent customers in more than 40 countries. the national crime agency says it cannot confirm that the chemical was the direct cause of the deaths but it is investigating potential criminal offences and police here in the uk have been very busy visiting hundreds of addresses to trace buyers from across the country. talk to us about — buyers from across the country. talk to us about how— buyers from across the country. talk to us about how the police came to find out about this.— find out about this. well, regional olice in find out about this. well, regional police in canada _ find out about this. well, regional police in canada say _ find out about this. well, regional police in canada say they - find out about this. well, regional police in canada say they began i police in canada say they began investigating this back in april, following the sudden death of an aduu following the sudden death of an adult in the toronto area. and since mr law's arrest, the nca along with the police here in the uk started making a number of checks and what they found was that 232 people here had been identified as buying from mr law over a two year period. and as we have already heard, 88 of them later died. it isjust important though to say that the agency could not confirm at this point in time a direct link with the deaths. now, one of those who died is 22—year—old man who ended his own life in october 2021 after buying a chemical from mr locke. his father, david, is obviously angry and says there has been failures by the police and more needs to be done to prevent other families from going through the same experience —— a chemicalfrom mr law. to experience -- a chemicalfrom mr law. ., , , ., law. to solve this requires uk to take action _ law. to solve this requires uk to take action and _ law. to solve this requires uk to take action and people - law. to solve this requires uk to take action and people are - law. to solve this requires uk to take action and people are still i take action and people are still losing — take action and people are still losing their own lives, there are people — losing their own lives, there are people who have taken things from kenneth_ people who have taken things from kenneth law who unfortunately seek to take _ kenneth law who unfortunately seek to take pleasure from encouraging people _ to take pleasure from encouraging people to — to take pleasure from encouraging people to take their own lives. so we carr— people to take their own lives. so we can take action to block websites, to prosecute people, to basically— websites, to prosecute people, to basically get a grip of this situation, to make sure that suicides_ situation, to make sure that suicides are properly investigated on the _ suicides are properly investigated on the root cause of them are closed down _ on the root cause of them are closed down. he _ on the root cause of them are closed down. , ., ,., .., on the root cause of them are closed down. , ., ,., .. ., down. he is also calling for stronger— down. he is also calling for stronger action _ down. he is also calling for stronger action from - down. he is also calling for stronger action from the i down. he is also calling for- stronger action from the police and policymakers to crack down on the people selling poison online. he is also calling for online communities targeting vulnerable people to also be regulated. targeting vulnerable people to also be regulated-— targeting vulnerable people to also be reulated. ., ~' ,, i. ., be regulated. thank you. if you have been affected _ be regulated. thank you. if you have been affected by _ be regulated. thank you. if you have been affected by that _ be regulated. thank you. if you have been affected by that story - be regulated. thank you. if you have been affected by that story you - be regulated. thank you. if you have been affected by that story you can i been affected by that story you can find help and advice on the bbc action line online. the uk and us defence departments both agree that it's "likely" the wagner group chief, yevgeny prigozhin, was killed in the plane crash near moscow that killed ten people. the pentagon press secretary declined to give any details about how their department made that determination but said there isnt any indication that a surface—to—air missile took down the plane. what caused the plane crash and whether they have identified the bodies yet. president putin in his comments essentially confirmed that yevgeny prigozhin was on board. i don't think you would have said those comments unless he was sure that yevgeny prigozhin was on board. a bit of a mixed message from putin about yevgeny prigozhin. 0n the one hand he said he was a man with accommodated history who made serious mistakes in his life but he also said he was talented and achieve necessary successes. i think that last comment referring to the wagner's campaign in ukraine. i think president putin was being careful with his word. it is a bit of an understatement to say someone has a complicated history are made serious mistakes when they launched a mutiny and marched on your capital city. but interesting comments from vladimir putin. 0ver city. but interesting comments from vladimir putin. over in the us, a pentagon spokesman saying that washington has no information that a surface to air missile was responsible for bringing down the aircraft and that is several media outlets quoting sources in russian law enforcement saying that the main theory among russian investigators is that it was some sort of bomb, some sort of explosive device placed in the plane that caused the aircraft to come down but again that is unconfirmed at this stage. insight therefrom will burn. where is nadine dorries? that's the question being asked around westminster. it's more than two months after she announced she was standing down as an mp. nadine dorries hasn't spoken in the commons sincejuly last year, but insists she is "working daily with constituents". 0ur political correspondent peter saull has been to mid bedfordshire to find out what voters there think. it's been a long summer in mid bedfordshire. 77 days have passed since this area's mp said she was resigning. but nadine dorries is still in the job. i'm aware she's not a very popularfigure. her constituents aren't quite tearing their hair out, but they're not best pleased either. i think she should be sacked. i assume she's still getting paid for doing what she's supposed to be doing. i went looking for traces of the mp�*s presence here. if you run an internet search for nadine dorries' constituency office, this building is the only thing that comes up. but it's been a dance studio since 2018. borisjohnson will be found guilty by this kangaroo court. while nadine dorries has a regular tv show and newspaper column, this was the last time she spoke in parliament well over a year ago. and it's certainly not a scientific poll, but no—one we spoke to in flitwick has seen her here recently. it's disappointing that she hasn't done more for the community around here. she's been absent for so many years. maybe not a lot is happening or a lot is being done, and there's probably some things that she's promised or talked about that we've not seen progress on yet. a short drive away, the pretty market town of ampthill. and it's a similar story here. she used to live around here, so she was always in flitwick. and i think she helped one of ourfriends. she was an ex nurse. she helped his son when he was poorly. but since then, we've seen nothing of her. nadine dorries reportedly told the news agents podcast this week that she and her team were working daily on casework for constituents. we've sent her multiple messages, but she's so far declined to comment to bbc news. i tried giving her another call — again, no answer. injune, nadine dorries said she wanted to see the correspondence relating to the decision not to give her a place in the house of lords before she would formally tender her resignation. but it's all gone quiet since then, and no—one really knows when or indeed if she will eventually step aside. the ongoing uncertainty has become a major story in mid bedfordshire. a local news site is running a blog asking the same question every day. has she resigned yet? our blog has been running for the last, well since the 29th ofjune, which is 20 days after she originally said she resigned. and the reason we started it is because it's something that should take a matter of days to be resolved, not months. in fact, she's been resigning for longer than liz truss was actually the prime minister for. and the saga has prompted some creative treatments on social media. from this, based on where's wally? to this featuring the prime minister. officially, there is no byelection here, but all parties have been campaigning for months. while on paper, it's a safe conservative seat, their opponents smell blood. labour activists have been knocking on doors, and the liberal democrat leader has made three visits and counting. local tories have selected a candidate to speak of their frustration, the sense of limbo. only one woman really knows when mid bedfordshire will get to choose a new mp. peter saull, bbc news. india's moon rover has begun exploring the south pole of the lunar surface. here's the moment the vehicle rolled out from the chandrayaan—3 spacecraft. it will now start to conduct experiments, including taking samples to check for the presence of frozen water or other potentially useful substances in the region. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. hello again. as we go through the next few days, the forecast is sunshine and also some scattered showers, some of which will be heavy and thundery. and that certainly is the case today. the other thing about today's forecast is we are losing the humidity levels that we have had in the far south—east of england. so variable amounts of cloud, some sunny spells and some showers. more showers developing as we go through the course of the afternoon. the driest conditions will be in the south—eastern quarter of the country. we can't totally rule out a shower here, but the heaviest ones with potentially a rumble of thunder will be across the north of scotland. temperatures, 14 to 21 degrees, feeling fresher in the south—east than it has done in the last few days. if you are off to the reading or leeds festival, there is the chance of a shower today. if you catch one, it could be thundery more particularly in reading, but we can't rule out showers even through the next few days in both festivals. so into this evening and overnight, we hang on to the showers in the north and the west where they could be heavy and thundery, we'll see some sharp showers moving along the south coast of england. in between, some clear skies and a cool night, in fact, in sheltered glens, temperatures fall away to about 7 degrees. so, into tomorrow, we lose the showers quite quickly from the south—east. we'll hang on to the showers across scotland and northern ireland. more showers will develop more widely across england and wales and some of those will prove to be heavy and thundery. in between, again, we are looking at bright spells and sunny skies. highs, 15 to 21, north to south. that leads us into sunday. we start with some showers across central and eastern areas, a lot of dry weather, some sunshine, a weak weather front will bring more cloud with some spots of rain into northern ireland through the day. potentially getting as far east as western scotland. these are the temperatures, 14 to 20 degrees. and for monday, if you have the day off, our weak weather front continues to drift steadily eastwards, not much more on it than a band of cloud and the odd spot of rain. 0n either side of it, we are looking at some brighter skies and highs between 14 and 21 degrees. and, of course, the notting hill carnival is on this weekend as well. the forecast for that, well, during the course of sunday, we are not immune to a shower, but it is looking much drier as we head on into monday with highs of 21 degrees. live from london. this is bbc news. after his arrest in georgia donald trump becomes the first former us president to have his mugshot taken. he insists he's done nothing wrong: what they're doing is election interference, they are trying to interfere with an election. there's never been anything like it in our country before. this is their way of campaigning. energy bills in england, scotland and wales are to fall from october under a new price cap. and the head of the spanish football association is expected to step down after his behaviour at the women's world cup final. after his behaviour at the women's world cup final. hello, i'm gareth barlow. you're watching bbc news. we start in the us — where donald trump has become the first former president to have his mugshot taken. the photograph was released after mr trump was formally charged with election interference — in the state of georgia. he's one of 19 people accused of racketeering and attempting