consent to being kissed on the lips by luis rubiales, following spain's victory over england in sydney. rubiales has refused to resign, and now more than 80 players have said they'll boycott games until he quits. sergi forcada has more details. well, this is a story that is way farfrom dying down. quite the opposite, every day there is a new twist and turn, the latest — this statement by the spanish football federation which is, in itself a reply, an answer to a previous statement byjenni hermoso in which yesterday, she said she had been a victim of an aggression and that that kiss was not consensual. well, in this statement, spanish football federation is including four pictures, four pictures of the moment in which the spanish national team was being awarded the medals and they say these pictures prove that the president, luis rubiales, hasn't been lying and he has been telling the truth and this was a consensual moment, a consensual kiss. they say that the player has been lying and, not only this, but they are threatening with legal action so they say they will initiate the corresponding legal actions against the player herself and also the union that is representing her. they continue by saying opinions are rebutted with facts and evidence and that is why they have released those pictures that, according to them, prove that there was nothing wrong in that kiss. and they add that lies are refuted in court, so threatening legal action. sergi, unsurprisingly there's been quite a bit of reaction to this, hasn't there? yes, lots of media reaction across the world but particularly in spain. take a look at some of the front pages today. all the newspapers showing his face, luis rubiales�*, on the cover. even though he said he is not going, he is not resigning, some newspapers are assuming that one way or another, he would have to go, that he will have to resign. let's take a look at two of them in particular, sports newspaper marca saying this is a global mess, a global embarrassment and many others are saying this is like the me too movement, saying this is the me too movement for spanish football. earlier i spoke to semra hunter, a footballjournalist based in barcelona, who provided more context about the treatment of women in sport in spain. i think this is a very pivotal moment for society here in spain because for far too long, sexist behaviour, misogyny, machismo as they call it here in spain, it really has gone unchecked and it has been very normalised. there's been a very much a lack of awareness, lack of consciousness in people's behaviour and attitudes and treatment of women in certain aspects of society, actually across all spheres of society, i think we can say. and now finally, people are being called to action to do something about it. and so i think it is an incredibly important moment here that needs to be utilised properly because there has been a feminist movement that has been growing steadily over the last few years, both men and women partaking in this movement of all ages and asking, demanding, for there to be an equality of rights for men and women. and this absolutely has to be one of those turning points in which we actually can improve as a society, we can continue to reflect on everything that has been so wrong up until now and find ways to have open, healthy discourse and debate, which is actually happening here in spain right now is what we can do to make real meaningful changes going forward. countering that, how much support is there for rubiales at the moment within the football society and spanish society? within the football society, it's very evident that within the federation itself, he still has a lot of support. and i think we saw that very clearly when he was applauded, he was given a standing ovation in the assembly during his quite incredible speech while he was saying he was not going to resign. so, many people here are saying they are just as complicit, they are just as guilty in the behaviour and the attitudes that they have been exhibiting towards these women. and so, they want everyone to go, notjust rubiales, they want the whole federation to be cleared out and for there to be a proper restructure put into place and to bring in people who are actually adequate and suitable and fit for the job to actually raise the women's game and to treat them with the respect and the dignity that they deserve. he will, of course, have some supporters across society. they are not speaking out as loudly as those that are completely infuriated by him and angered by him. there is far more support forjenni hermoso and for these women, anywhere, ranging from your average person on the street all the way to the governmental levels. and in the federation's latest statement, they are threatening legal action against her, how can they prove that she is lying? it's a very good question, because, i'm not sure they actually can prove it. i think the most troubling thing about the photos that your colleague sergi was talking about, they actually look doctored, they look manipulated. of course, this will have to be properly investigated, they will have to confirm it as such, but if you compare the photos to the tv footage we have seen, they don't match. and the photos show that it is rubiales being lifted byjenni hermoso, not the other way round and that is meant to support the claim that rubiales was making in the assembly to say she was the one who instigated it and that there was consent which she has vehemently denied. so, i'm not sure how legally they can go on to claim that she's not telling the truth or he's not telling the truth. but i imagine they will have to look the television footage. now, they will have to investigate these photos as well. and see where the chips fall, i suppose. around 2,000 items are thought to have been stolen from the british museum, but some of the missing treasures have started to be recovered. that's according to the museum's chairman. the organisation is one of the uk's most prestigious cultural institutions, but revealed earlier this month that a number of treasures were reported missing, stolen or damaged. a member of museum staff suspected of involvement has been sacked and hartwig fischer, the museum director, is stepping down after saying a 2021 investigation was mishandled. former chancellor, george osborne, is now chair of trustees at the british museum and has been speaking to radio 4's today programme. on behalf of the british museum, i want to apologise for what has happened. we believe we have been the victim of thefts over a long period of time, and frankly, more could have been done to prevent them. but i promise you this — it is a mess we are going to clear up. i can tell you today that we have already started to recover some of the stolen items, and we are going to deliver the stronger leadership that the public and the dedicated staff of the museum deserve, and make sure we emerge with a stronger british museum, that is fit for the 21st century. that was george osborne speaking on bbc radio 4 earlier. there will be disruption to rail services across much of england today, as members of the rmt union take part in their latest strike over pay and conditions. there will be a reduced timetable in place for much of the country, with some journeys into scotland and wales also affected. it's on the same day as events including the notting hill carnival, and reading and leeds festivals. it's the 24th strike since last summer. 0ur reporter ellie price is at euston station. ellie, what can you tell us? well, it's getting _ ellie, what can you tell us? well, it's getting busier— ellie, what can you tell us? well, it's getting busier here _ ellie, what can you tell us? well, it's getting busier here this - it's getting busier here this afternoon, the services here at euston started a lot later than they normally would. you can see on the board behind me, there are services running, farfewer than normal. the white hand of doom, the thing that no travel ever wants to see. a lot of people we've spoken to say their booked trains may have been cancelled but they have usually been allowed onto a later service, even it is a few hours later. some frustration here but as i say, not entire disaster. this is a strike that has been, the industrial action itself has been going on for about 18 months, this is the 24th strike since last summer. the issue is around pay and conditions for the rmt. the government says it has facilitated a deal with the train operators. the train operating company say they have offered a pay deal of around 5% to those who are striking but the rmt, the union on strike today, says that is simply not enough. we want a decent pay rise, we are not greedy. we haven't had an offer, a clean pay rise without strings attached. and we're not prepared to fund these very modest pay rises through job cuts and cuts to the services that will affect our members but will also affect the travelling public, and many people who accept... ..who should expect a turn up and go, accessible, safe and secure railway. there has been disruption across the network here in england, around half the normal timetable services are running and the other half that are running and the other half that are running are subject to delay and half of them haven't been put on in the first place. england is the main issue here because that's where the strike is happening. scotland and wales, no strike but of course are affected by those cross—border services. the timing of courses the other thing that has been the big issue here. this is the bank holiday weekend here in the uk, the criticism is that there are a number of big events that many people travel to. reading and leeds music festival is amongst many others around the country, here in the capital there is an international rugby game, the notting hill carnival where several hundreds of thousands of people often travel to. criticism about the timing of all of this but the criticism also there are more strikes planned for next week. next friday and next saturday, so this isn't an issue that will go away for train travellers.- away for train travellers. thank ou. our away for train travellers. thank yom our at _ away for train travellers. thank you. our at ellie _ away for train travellers. thank you. our at ellie price - away for train travellers. thank you. our at ellie price outsidel you. our at ellie price outside london euston station. here in the uk — the expansion of london's ultra low emissions zone or, ulez — comes into force on tuesday, meaning owners of the most polluting vehicles will have to pay a charge to drive anywhere in capital. the scheme aims to improve london's air quality. while around 90% of vehicles in outer london already meet the emissions standards — the expansion has proved divisive — with some expressing concern about the potential financial impact of the daily charge for owners of vehicles which don't comply. live now to tim dexter — he's the clean air lead at the charity asthma and lung uk, which focuses on lung health. thank you so much forjoining us. how much of a difference do believe this change, this expansion of ulez will make to the health of people in and around the capital?— and around the capital? thank you for havin: and around the capital? thank you for having me- _ and around the capital? thank you for having me. we _ and around the capital? thank you for having me. we think _ and around the capital? thank you for having me. we think this - and around the capital? thank you for having me. we think this is - and around the capital? thank you for having me. we think this is a l for having me. we think this is a huge moment in terms of cleaner in london. we know there are toxic levels of air pollution right across the capital and it really does need to be a priority to bring these down. air pollution across the uk right now is a health emergency. it contributes up to 43,000 premature deaths nationwide every year. 4000 in london. if you were to compare it to drinking a glass of water, if you were to have a glass of water put in front of you that carried the same risks and you knew the possible effects it could have, there is no way you would drink it and there is no way you would give it to your children to drink so i don't see why we should accept unless from the air we should accept unless from the air we have to breathe. i we should accept unless from the air we have to breathe.— we have to breathe. i think it is important _ we have to breathe. i think it is important we — we have to breathe. i think it is important we give _ we have to breathe. i think it is important we give context - we have to breathe. i think it is important we give context runl we have to breathe. i think it is. important we give context run that figure. you will know as well as i do that there has been a bit of dispute rant at 4000 figure and just to give people watching the context, it's been extrapolated from the who calculations on the likely increase the risk that taken from all the deaths from causes including respiratory and lung cancer and cardiovascular deaths. while we are on the subject of figures, tim, city hall conservatives say the expansion of ulez will only make a minor reduction in nitrogen oxide pollution levels. what's your response to that? i pollution levels. what's your response to that?— pollution levels. what's your response to that? i think what you 'ust said response to that? i think what you just said is — response to that? i think what you just said is really _ response to that? i think what you just said is really important - response to that? i think what you just said is really important to - just said is really important to consider because as much as it is also about lung conditions, we know the range of effects that air pollution has and it feels like we are learning more every day. we know that it impacts cardiovascular health, brain health, can lead to cognitive decline, increased chances of cancer, this really is a whole—body issue. as i say, we are learning more and more about how dire the health effects can be of breathing air. we know that the previous ulez and other schemes and cleaner zones and low emission zones across the country are very effective at bringing down toxic levels of air pollution. the government themselves identifies them as being the most efficient tool that quickly bring down toxic levels. by expanding this out to the whole of london, i think we can be pretty confident that we are going to see a reduction that is going to be beneficial to people's health. with city hall conservatives to be disputing the figure and saying actually it will make much more of a minor change than actually what sadik khan, the mayor, has said. do you think some of the facts around this are clouded and perhaps needs to be more research on this? 50. i to be more research on this? so, i think within _ to be more research on this? so, i think within the _ to be more research on this? so, i think within the field _ to be more research on this? so, i think within the field of _ to be more research on this? srr, i think within the field of health that are working with this on a regular basis, i think we have all the research we need. we know the impact and as i said, the government department for environment has already identified clean air zones, of which ulez is a similar scheme, as being the most efficient tool for reducing toxic levels of air pollution. when we take what i said before about knowing the health implications and also realising that we have a very efficient tool at being able to protect that and prevent the health burden, then it would be absolutely right to go ahead and start to implement those schemes that are going to bring about a positive difference. [30 schemes that are going to bring about a positive difference. do you think there — about a positive difference. do you think there is _ about a positive difference. do you think there is enough _ about a positive difference. do you think there is enough cross - about a positive difference. do you think there is enough cross party i think there is enough cross party support or support from either party really on the roll—out of the expansion? because the leader of the opposition, labour's sir keir starmer, isn't saying that he is committed to it or will scrap it, but he did urge the labour mayor of london to reflect on the impact it is having. in london to reflect on the impact it is havinu. ., , london to reflect on the impact it is havinu. , london to reflect on the impact it is havinu. .,, .., , ., is having. in the last couple of months. _ is having. in the last couple of months, this _ is having. in the last couple of months, this has _ is having. in the last couple of months, this has definitely - is having. in the last couple of - months, this has definitely become a game of political football which is really disappointing to see when we considerjust how important this is. the impact of the people in outer london, we've estimated that there are around 350,000 people living with a lung condition in this area that the ulez is going to be expanded to. we very much expect the fact that this is being expanded and bring that cleaner air will have a very quick impact on the lung health of people that are forced to breathe air pollution. i think we do need more political parties to look at this issue and take it seriously. we've been calling on the government to come and offer more support for schemes like this because the whole idea of them is that we are getting these most polluting vehicles off these most polluting vehicles off the road and therefore people are using cleaner forms of transport. to be able to do that effectively, really what we need is more investment for people to upgrade their vehicles or to have more efficient and cheaper transport options available to them. tim dexter, thank _ options available to them. tim dexter, thank you _ options available to them. tim dexter, thank you so much for your time. great to have you on. authorities in hawaii have published the names of almost 400 people who've been missing since wildfires swept the island of maui earlier this month. they're calling for any survivors on the list to come forward , so the number of people unaccounted for can be reduced. teams are still searching the charred remains of the historic town of lahaina and other areas. 115 people are known to have died. it's the final weekend of the world's largest arts festival. throughout the past month thousands of people from across the globe have visited the scottish capital to witness the edinburgh festival fringe. and today the arts festival has announced its winners for best newcomer, panels prize and best comedy show. 0ur reporter courtney bembridge is there and speaking to winners of the awards. we are here at the edinburgh festival fringe comedy awards. we're here at the edinburgh festival fringe comedy awards, described as the oscars for comedy, and i have two winners with me — ahir shah and urooj ashfaq. now, they won, respectively, best show and best newcomer, and we will hear some of their secrets. i'll start with you, ahir. tell me about your show. it is about your family? yes, my show is called ends, and it is the story of the last 60 years of the british indian community in this country, with specific reference to my grandparents, my nanny—mum, my light specific reference to my grandparents, my nanny—mum, my late nanaji, and talking about... trying to just pull back from just seeing things through the narrow, blinkered lens of an individual life, and try to look at how progress might occur generationally, and it's considerably funnier than it sounds. you said that it was about generational sacrifice, and i saw you making a phone call as you went up to accept your reward. who was that to? i called my mother, but i did not realise that the whole thing was live—streamed, so ijust rang her and was like... i just heard my dad and my sister being like, "we know!" it was live streamed! it was live streamed. it was live? 0k. i think they knew before we did. and you won best newcomer. what was that like? there was a huge cheer when you were announced. what was that like? it was... i kind of made a mistake, but i'm really excited. i don't think i've really processed it, and i'm going to go do that in the park soon. just sit with my award and process my feelings. you talk about therapy, so maybe this is something you could talk about next time? yes, i will bring this up with my therapist. my show is about my childhood issues and therapy, and i read my diary in the end. and, yes. it is special. it's called "oh, no." what is it like? some of the people who have previously won this award had gone on to do amazing things. do you feel now that there is a pressure, or are you just happy to have been recognised, and now, you can relax a little bit? i'm really happy to have been recognised. i hope i go on to do amazing things, but that is not really in my control, because i don't trust myself with things. but i'm really satisfied with this right 110w. fantastic work. in terms of what you will do next, you were nominated several times for this award. got it this year. what will you do with it, and that prize money? well, i had forgotten that there was money until it was mentioned to me over there. i'm like, i'm getting married in october, that will be very helpful. so, after this, i get to leave the stresses of edinburgh festival for the stresses of planning a wedding that is happening very shortly, and after that... maybe in november, i will have a lie down. that might be nice. have you learned anything from the fringe that you can apply to your wedding? corralling over 100 people is harder than it looks. that's going to be useful with guests. and have you been able to enjoy the fringe festival? have you seen lots of other shows while you've been head ? i've seen at least two shows. i've been quite thorough about it. i've been making a diary about my favourite shows, so i have seen a bunch of shows. they are all amazing, and it is the biggest arts festival, so there so much to see in terms of stand up and dance. i have been around. that is dedication. dedicated, like a student. you have advice for anyone thinking about getting into comedy? oh, i mean, yes, do it. show up to an open mic and do it. you might win this someday. and would you recommend it? now you have that, you need to be advised to say off your tire. thank you both so much for talking to us. a big congratulations. these are two of the winners at the edinburgh comedy awards, the oscars of comedy. staying in scotland, hundreds of people are joining what has been described as the biggest search for the loch ness monster in more than 50 years. 200 volunteers are planning to help record natural — and any unusual — sights on loch ness from vantage points on land this weekend. and almost 300 people have signed up to monitor a live stream from the search. it's 90 years since the modern myth of nessie began. meghan rough is from the loch ness centre in drumnadrochit — i asked her if ther monster — known as nessie — really could exist. i mean, if you think about how big loch ness is and if you have any awareness of the place, this is always the first thing you are told, its that the loch ness is 23 miles long and 754 feet deep, i believe. it could swallow edinburgh castle twice, and more than that, the water is pitch black so it could be very possible that there is a large creature of sorts in the water that we just have never been able to find ourselves. that would explain how nessie has evaded any capture and sightings over the past several decades. how do you go about starting a hunt or an expedition to search for nessie, then, in those conditions? well, i have... reason being why i am drenched from the rain, i have just come off one of the first boats that were sent out today on the loch to look for nessie. so, we are using a range of technology. for example, hydrophones which will scan the loch for any sort of sounds going on underneath the water. we are also using sonar equipments which, from my understanding, beams light down to the lock and throws up any sort of images. say if you were to catch something moving through the loch, that would then beam up that image and we are then going to be going up and down just to make sure that what we have captured through this imaging system is correct. and we are also going to be running these boats from 10am this morning and they are running all the way until 6pm today and tomorrow. as well as that, there are live cameras stationed all around the lock and 17 different spotting locations where we have in—person volunteers keeping their eyes on the water all day. this is the biggest hunt for the monster which has happened in 50 years. and meghan, what do you think nessie has been doing for the past 90 years because if he... assuming he, orshe, has evaded capture for this long, does that mean there has been no resurfacing by nessie? because we saw a little moment ago, that famous picture viewers will recognise of that photo of what looks like a little neck of nessie. what do you think? what do you think nessie's activities have been since then? honestly? i couldn't say for sure, but like i said, the loch is enormous so we just don't know. you were talking about evidence there, back in 2020, so not that long ago at all, there was actually a sonar scan done of the loch and it found something the size of a transit van inside. we have never been able to prove what it was, but we are hoping that today, with all of the equipment we are using and all of the efforts combined of volunteers in person and watching live around the world, we have people tuning in from canada who are watching it their time, they logged on at 5am to see what activity was happening around the loch. we hope that all of that is going to help bring up some sort of evidence, even if it is just a vetting system and it is just to then help us determine what is not nessie so then it narrows down what we should be looking for or where we should be looking. that photo turned out to be a toy so the search continues. stay whether serum bbc news. ——stay with us here on bbc news. hello. i have got a pretty changeable weekend weather—wise for you. yes, there'll be a bit of blue sky and sunshine, but there'll also be some big shower clouds producing those downpours of showery rain both today and tomorrow. could be heavy and frequent at times. i think tomorrow slightly drierfor some of us, compared to what we'll see out there today. but we've got low pressure sitting to the east of the uk — weather front wrapped around that area of low pressure. quite breezy conditions around the edge of that low pressure, so breezy for scotland, northern ireland, through the english channel, for instance, as well. you can see these showers that are peppering up through the course of the day — almost anywhere, really, but i think they'll be most frequent for central and eastern parts of england. and it's here that we're likely to see some thunderstorms. could be some hail, some lightning mixed in. cloudier skies across the northern half of scotland into western parts of northern ireland, as well. temperatures high teens or low 20s. but we are likely to see some of those showers affecting both reading and leeds festivals at times today, but there'll be some late sunshine, i think, for both those areas, as the showers gradually fade away through the evening hours. 0vernight, many of us dry with clear spells, some mist and some fog patches forming, but we will see further heavy showers rattling in across parts of wales and the south west of england, too, and then perhaps into the west of northern ireland by the early hours of sunday. a bit more cloud and rain spilling in because this weather front is slowly approaching from the west on sunday. for most of us, actually, a bit of a drier morning but, again, those showers will build through the afternoon and it'll be central and eastern england as well as eastern scotland that'll see the most frequent and the heaviest. slightly less numerous than today, i think, those downpours, but you still could catch one almost anywhere. a slight improvement for wales and for scotland, too. and sunday, of course, marks the start of the notting hill carnival, which may be a little bit damp, i think — perhaps some brighter spells at times — but it is into monday that the weather does start to improve. because we've got this area of high pressure in the atlantic that's nudging its way in from the west, so squeezing away the bulk of the showers for monday. it's a bank holiday for many of us — not everywhere — on monday, and we've got some sunshine, particularly for southern and eastern parts of the uk. a bit more cloud working in from the northwest and there could be the odd spot of showery light rain just working eastwards in the breeze through the day. temperatures around about 16 to 19 in the north, but perhaps up to 20, possibly 21 in the southeast. it should feel relatively pleasant in those spells of sunshine. a drier day for many of us, then, on monday, but the week ahead looking unsettled, pretty showery and rather cool. bye— bye. this is bbc news. i'm luxmi gopal. the headlines: spain's football federation has announced it will take legal action — after a member of the country's women's world cup squad said she did not consent to being kissed on the lips by its president following last weekend's final. 81 team members are refusing to play until luis rubiales removed. but he's refused to resign over the row, claiming he was the victim of "false feminism". rail passengers across england are experiencing disruption today, as 20,000 staff have walked out over pay and working conditions. workers from 14 train operators are taking part in the strike, which is its 24th since last summer. the dutch grand prix in zandvoort has banned formula one fans from arriving by car. this weekend's event is aiming to be the most sustainable race on the f1 calendar. those are your bbc news headlines. now on bbc news — click.