against the russian military injune amid growing tension with commanders over the war in ukraine. he had since relocated to belarus. in a statement released on the telegram channel, the spokeswoman of russia's investigative committee, svetlana petrenko, said genetic tests had established the identities of all those on board. as part of the investigation of the plane crash in the tver region, molecular genetic examinations have been completed according to their results. the identities of all ten dead were established. they correspond to the list stated in the flight sheet. live now to marina miron, post—doctoral researcher in war studies at king's college and an expert on russian politics. thank you forjoining us. how much do you think we can take the confirmation that this was prigozhin as absolute? for confirmation that this was prigozhin as absolute?— as absolute? for the kremlin it was im ortant as absolute? for the kremlin it was important to _ as absolute? for the kremlin it was important to wrap _ as absolute? for the kremlin it was important to wrap up _ as absolute? for the kremlin it was important to wrap up this _ as absolute? for the kremlin it was important to wrap up this chapter. important to wrap up this chapter and all potential conspiracy theories about prigozhin being alive so they wanted to close this chapter and move on specifically because it isn't clear what will happen to the wagner group and potentially there will be a new leader. putin has suggested a different commander—in—chief back injuly who used to be according to reuters news agency chief of wagner under his nickname meaning grey—haired man. i think it's important for the kremlin to move on and see what happens with wagner and make sure people stop investigating and developing alternative theories. d0 investigating and developing alternative theories.- investigating and developing alternative theories. do you think this confirmation _ alternative theories. do you think this confirmation will _ alternative theories. do you think this confirmation will do - alternative theories. do you think this confirmation will do that? - alternative theories. do you think| this confirmation will do that? it's an official this confirmation will do that? it�*s an official story. in the background, people will still be questioning he was on the second plane that landed safely but in official terms, plane that landed safely but in officialterms, in plane that landed safely but in official terms, in the kremlin rhetoric, this topic will be closed. there will be no more investigations, no more questions and that gives them the opportunity to go on with the wagner group. solving it completely would certainly undermine kremlin's operations in africa but now confirming prigozhin and utkin are dead,it confirming prigozhin and utkin are dead, it gives them a way to take over the operations in africa. find over the operations in africa. and what effect _ over the operations in africa. and what effect do — over the operations in africa. and what effect do think that will have not only in africa but on the war in ukraine? wagner was a very effective force in that. for ukraine? wagner was a very effective force in that-— force in that. for operations in africa, force in that. for operations in africa. there _ force in that. for operations in africa, there more _ force in that. for operations in africa, there more dangers - force in that. for operations in africa, there more dangers in| force in that. for operations in - africa, there more dangers in africa because they've been very active not only in the military capacity but making sure russia can project its power there. making sure russia can project its powerthere. i making sure russia can project its power there. i do think that resolving it in africa would not be beneficial for the kremlin which resolving it in africa would not be beneficialfor the kremlin which is why i believe this commander—in—chief might take charge of the operations. as far as ukraine is concerned, some of the fighters signed the contract with the ministry of defence say will be incorporated into military structures meaning they might be going to ukraine again. and as far as the operations in ukraine are concerned, they have redeployed from ukraine after taking concerned, they have redeployed from ukraine aftertaking so concerned, they have redeployed from ukraine after taking so i'd think it will affect the war effort there. . ., think it will affect the war effort there. . ~' ,, think it will affect the war effort there. ., ~ i. ., think it will affect the war effort there. ., ~' i., ., i. think it will affect the war effort there. ., ., ., ., one of ukraine's most celebrated fighter pilots, and two other airmen, have been killed in a mid—air crash. captain andrii pilshchykov won fame taking part in close range aerial battles over kyiv during the early phase of russia's invasion, flying under the call—sign "juice." the three pilots were killed when two l—39 combat training aircraft collided over a region west of kyiv. the ukrainian military called the deaths "painful and irreparable" losses. and the military paid tribute to him as a young officer with "mega knowledge and mega talent". in an address, president volodymyr zelensky acknowledged how much pilshchykov had done for the country. translation: an investigation is being carried out _ into what happened, and of course, all circumstances will be clarified. ukraine will never forget everyone who defended the free skies of our country. our bbc ukrainian reporter zhanna bezpiatchuk has the latest. he was really unique in the ukrainian army. his story is extraordinary because he became the global campaigner for f—i6 fighterjets which i suppose replaced old soviet fighter jets flown now. he also campaigned for training for pilots and he managed to persuade decision—makers in the us and eu countries why ukraine needs these weapons as soon as possible. he was very clear that is not possible to carry out effective large—scale counter offensives without these kind of modernised fighterjets. he also used to repeat this message in his interviews, the interview that we did with him one year ago that ukraine needs to have f—i6 jets to protect against russian missiles and drones. they fly in the sky almost every day and every night. also, he stressed in the name of all ukrainian pilots that to have modern fighterjets in the fight with a russian army that is armed with modern fighterjets to fight with this army that the lives of pilots meant a lot and they depend on whether the ukrainian army has those fighterjets or not. also, in the interview we did with him, he said some things i remember very well. they impacted many people in this country. he said, i'm a combat fighterjet pilot and my main mission is to take tasks and come back to the base and that's it. but all these assignments are quite difficult and dangerous. but that's not enough. in the time ukraine is in such danger, when ukraine faces the russian aggression that you have to use every day, literally every single minute to help your country and he did a lot for the ukrainian army, he combined rolls and supported the pilots and military helicopters, he campaigned for the weapons because he said they are often forgotten to some extent and neglected. he did lots of things and was extremely dedicated to his job. we can listen to how he spoke about it. as you are outlining there, he was a very experienced pilot and it takes to nurture and develop and grow that. how big a loss is that death is a person and also in terms of ukraine's talent? yes, every single pilot in any army, he is very important, he played a very important role and unfortunately, ukraine's air force lost quite a number of experienced pilots already. juice, he had this reputation for one of the most professional in the ukraine air force. so obviously, this loss is felt by the ukrainian army and will be felt by the ukrainian air force every single day during this war when the country depends on it. and his friends, his comrade is, they say the first squadron of f—i6 have to carry his name, his biggest dream was to fly and f—i6. and we must not forget the other two airmen killed. a loss of three pilots there. how important is it for ukraine to have people like him as heroes to look up to in terms of morale? he was this kind of public figure notjust a fighter pilot, he was very important and heard by the public, many people outside the country, they often did interviews with him. and i know myself the examples of when people had some doubts what the chances of ukraine retaking territory if it gets f—i6 fighterjets. he was the kind of person who is able to motivate and encourage others to believe and he in fact as one of those air force officers that revived, restored the faith and trust in ukraine's air force. it is important for this country not only because of the large—scale russian invasion but we have to remember the history of ukraine. after the collapse of the soviet union, ukraine lost everything that makes the development of air force funding possible. he was able to sustain those soviet fighterjets and strategic bombardment of aviation inherited from the soviet union. and this is the generation of pilots like pilshchykov that made people in this country trust and believe in their air force and a bright future of the air force. now i can tell you, no one doubts his dreams will come true, thanks to him. let's bring you the breaking news from zimbabwe — in the past hour, the country's opposition leader nelson chamisa has claimed victory after challenging the results of the election. on saturday, zimbabwe's president emmerson mnangagwa said he had won enough votes to secure a second term. mr chamisa's party, citizens coalition for change, claims there's been widespread vote—rigging, and international observers say the vote has fallen short of democratic standards. president mnangagwa held a press conference after the results were announced where he was asked about concerns over the integrity of the vote. the elections have come and gone. i am humbled by the trust and confidence that you, my fellow countrymen and women, have imposed on me once again to stand as president of your great country zimbabwe. i am so happy that the vote was won fairly in broad daylight. nelson chamisa, the opposition leader in zimbabwe is disputing the results of the election, saying it's been called too soon. we have won this election. we are in the lead~ _ we have won this election. we are in the lead. why mr mnangagwa has been declared? _ the lead. why mr mnangagwa has been declared? he is not. our correspondent shingai nyoka is in harare and has more on the result. so these election results were announced, they were announced last night. president emmerson mnangagwa won close to 53% of the votes. his main rival, the citizen coalition for change opposition leader nelson chamisa, got 44% of the votes. but he immediately rejected those results. they said that they... ..that the results were hastily put together, that they weren't validated by them. and so yesterday, when everybody was waiting for the election results, the opposition party had said it wouldn't validate those elections and now we're just waiting now to hear what their step is. the options are very difficult for the opposition. they might go to the courts. they have seven days within which to lodge an appeal at the constitutional court. but this echoes what happened in 2018, with the same two candidates, mr mnangagwa and mr chamisa, who entered the court to try to overturn the results and the constitutional court upheld mr mnangagwa's victory. and so they really don't have confidence in the court system but they said they're going to announce their next step very soon. now to some live pictures from the international space station. as you are aware if you're watching bbc news a few days ago, a space craft arrived at the international space set station to begin a six—month mission and if you hours earlier there was a welcoming ceremony. they are from the us, europe, japan and russia. they will be spending six months in orbit. the crew docked at the iss a few hours ago and parked itself at a port after is flying a wide loop around the orbital outpost. live pictures from the international space station. london's metropolitan police is investigating a possible data breach after "unauthorised access" was gained to the systems of one of its suppliers. the force said the company held names, ranks, photos, vetting levels, and pay numbers for officers and staff, and that it was working to understand what data, if any, had been accessed. the national crime agency and the information commissioner's office have been informed. our correspondentjoe inwood get us the latest about the leak. this is a company that was working on behalf of the metropolitan police, we think, issuing id and warrant cards. they had all this police data, sensitive data, the names and ranks of officers, and their security clearance and photos, and the fear is that this company was targeted by some sort of cyber attack. their systems could have been compromised. the metropolitan police haven't given us exact information on what happened, but the idea is, if this company held the data and it has been attacked, that could be out there. that could have serious implications. we will have heard before, people will have heard about the data breach in northern ireland, also a serious one. that was human error, that was accidental data released along with a freedom of information request, whereas this was a targeted attack. you mentioned the security implications. do we know about the scale and extent of them? we haven't been given that sort of information. about 30,000 people work for, or are represented by the police federation. in terms of the numbers that could have been hit here, we don't have that. the metropolitan police haven't told us. there are quite specific security implications. i was talking to a senior officer earlier, and he said that the real concern, one of the major concerns, is that, if you have got clearance level — clearance level tells you which officers are dealing with the most sensitive sort of thing. if you can combine that with the name data, and specifically people with less common names, which will often be officers from a minority ethnic background, you can combine those things and identify people working undercover, people working in counterterrorism operations, that sort of thing. there, some serious and sensitive areas could be compromised. and that is one of the big fears around this. now it's time for a look at today's sport. hello from the bbc sport centre. manchester city have made it 3 wins out of 3 after a dramatic 2—1 win at sheffield united. it was almost a frustrating afternoon for erling haaland who missed a penalty late in the first half, but later found joy with a header at the far post. sheffield united equalised late on throuthayden bogle which seemed to earn them a point. but it wasn't to be, as city found the breakthrough right before the end with a strike from rodri. aston villa made it back—to—back wins in the premier league with a 3—1 victory over burnley at turf moor. matty cash, who hadn't scored a goal for villa since may 2022, scored the opening two goals for unai emery�*s side. lyle foster gave burnley hope with a goal two minutes after half—time but moussa diaby�*s second goal of the season ensured the points went the way of the visitors. vincent kompany�*s side are yet to register a point this season after two home defeats. kick off between newcastle and liverpool in the next 15 minutes. both sides with title ambitions — and liverpool bossjurgen klopp is wary of the threat today's opponents pose.. and says their improvement has been remarkable. super development under eddie howe, i have to say. smart business. you don't want to miss anybody, but really good business. super intense style, massive atmosphere there. so this is a tough one. an internal investigation has been launched at the spanish football federation, over the now suspended president luis rubiales — following the kiss on forward jenni hermoso after spain's women's world cup win. the federation's sexual violence protocol was activated, after a complaint was submitted — which means an investigation is triggered, to send findings to the sexual violence advisory committee. hermoso has said the kiss after last sunday's game was not consensual. on saturday, the federataion threatened legal action against hermoso and despite widespread criticism to resign, and his suspension by fifa, rubiales has vowed to fight till the end. germany have made it two wins from two at the fiba basketball world cup after a narrow victory over australia. it was a hard—fought affair between two evenly matched teams. josh giddy�*s jump shot tying things up at 79 apiece with just over two minutes of the fourth quarter remaining. and with the game in the balance, this lay up from maodo lo with just seconds left on the clock was enough to secure the victory for the germans. there was also a record—breaking performance by canada as they thrashed lebanon 128—73 in jakarta. the canadians dished out 43 assists — the most in a world cup game since records began in 1994 — breaking their previous record of 37 set five years ago. nine canada players scored double figures in the victory. in the other games, the dominican republic, lithuania and montenegro both registered their second wins of the world cup from their opening two matches against italy, mexico and egypt respectively. elsewhere, there were wins for angola and japan while france and latvia are into the closing stages. history at the 2023 badminton world championships as an se—young became south korea's first ever singles world champion. the world number one continued her dominance of the sport in 2023 as she beat three—time former world champion carolina marin in straight games in copenhagen. the 21—year—old has now won eight bwf titles in 2023 while there was further success for south korea in the mixed doubles on the final day of competition. and there's a delayed finish to the f1 in the netherlands — the dutch grand prix was stopped with less than 10 laps left. the red flag was brought out, after a crash for zhou guanyu hitting barrier at turn one. about to get back under way, though, as max verstappen chases a record—equalling win. that's all the sport for now. throughout the past month, we've been reporting from the largest arts festival in the world — the edinburgh festival fringe. acts from across the globe have been performing in the scottish capital, attracting thousands of visitors. it's the closing weekend of the festival — and our reporter courtney bembridge has been catching—up with one of this year's acts. throughout our time at fringe, we've been meeting acts from all over the world. my next guest comes all the way from iceland. how did i go with the pronunciation there? i did have to practice quite a few times. now, your show i managed to see. absolutely incredible. you're reading your diaries from spanning tens of years. decades. yeah, tens of years. and it's also a musical, tell me a little bit about the show. i've seen it, but tell everyone else about the show. yeah, it's basically based on my diaries, as you said, from when i was a kid, teenager, a young man, and newer diaries as well. and it's a reckoning with my history of coming out as a gay man in iceland and being brought up in a very heteronormative, patriarchal society. and yeah, and kind of like how i basically had a nervous breakdown writing the show and learning why that happened to me. it's a very emotional show. it's one of those ones where i laughed, i cried. i walked out feeling lighter, but also heavier in a way. there's so much that you fit in, and i guess it's a universal experience as people look back and you said that you felt that you'd had a fantastic life. and then when you looked back, you saw some of the things that you had been grappling with. but one of the other things that you've done with this show is it was written in icelandic. all of the songs are in icelandic and originally and somehow you converted them all into english. so, so simple. i could understand them when i came to see it. how did that process go? because they're very different languages, as you can see from my pronunciation of your name. yeah, it was a lot of work, i can just tell you that. and we were... we're like a whole team working on it. we had like the three of us who are doing the show and then we had, you know, an american friend who is a drag queen and an artist and, you know, another guy who studied in england. and so we had like a big team doing all the translations and it was a lot of work. and it's just the same when we translate, you know, song lyrics and like in english musicals into icelandic, it'sjust there's a lot of thought that goes into every each and every syllable, you know, just like the lyricists do it as well. they think about every syllable really, and they are fantastic songs in their own right. so being able to land both the joke but also the music sounds fantastic. staying with the lighter side of things, it can be seen for miles but every year, the white horse on the hill needs a revamp. volunteers are being asked to roll up their sleeves and join the annual clean—up of the iconic prehistoric torque figure this weekend before reachable king can begin to keep it fresh and white. headlines coming up injust a moment. if you'd like to reach us on social media. stay with us here at bbc news. hello there. part two of the weekend is looking pretty similar to how it was yesterday. sunshine and showers, but i don't think the showers will be quite as heavy or certainly not quite as widespread as what we had yesterday. but again, eastern parts of the uk will see some of the heaviest of the thunderstorms and showers today, whereas further west, we've got this weather front bringing light and patchy rain to northern ireland in between some good spells of sunshine. so for the rest of the day it will stay rather cloudy with outbreaks of rain across northern ireland, skies brightening up from the west, later. western scotland, western parts of britain seeing some sunshine. most of the heavy showers will be affecting eastern scotland and eastern parts of england. again some torrential downpours in a few places. and top temperatures 21 or 22 degrees here. high teens further north and west. so for the reading and leeds festival today, i think the better chance of staying dry will be across reading. for the leeds festival, i think you could pick up a few showers, which could be on the heavy side. same too for notting hill carnival. i think today is a greater risk of seeing showers than what we'll see tomorrow. i think it could stay largely dry with good sunny spells. now, as we move through this evening, overnight, the showers mostly fade away. that weather front, a weakening feature, spreads across central and eastern england. just a band of patchy cloud on it. and it will be quite a cool night to come again, particularly out of town under those clear skies, single digits likely for many of us. now for monday, and — of course, monday is a bank holiday for most of us — it's looking like being a fairly good day. i think quite a bit of sunshine around into the afternoon. the shower clouds may bubble up. you could see the odd light shower here and there, but most places should stay dry. and top temperatures, 21 degrees. it's the high teens further north and winds will be light as well. as we move out of monday into tuesday, things change again. the low pressure starts to push into the north of the uk. that's going to bring stronger winds, blustery showers certainly to scotland. some of these showers could be quite heavy. elsewhere, some good sunny spells. but this weather front will be spreading across england and wales, bringing a band of showers, but it will become confined to southern and eastern areas by the end of the day with quite a bit of sunshine, ithink, developing behind it. top temperatures around 22 degrees. cooler than that, though, further north where it will be quite blustery. wednesday at this stage, not too bad thanks to a ridge of high pressure, but then it turns more unsettled for thursday and friday. could be quite wet in places particularly across england and wales. this is bbc news. the headlines: russian officials say wagner mercenary boss, yevgeny prigozhin, is dead after being involved in a plane crash. the kremlin has denied ordering the assassination of mr prigozhin, who was a former close aide of president putin. one of ukraine's most celebrated fighter pilots has been killed in a mid—air collision during a training exercise. andriy pilshchykov became a national hero for his record in close—range aerial battles during the early phase of russia's invasion. the metropolitan police is investigating a possible data breach after "unauthorised access" was gained to the systems of one of its suppliers. the force said the company had access to names, ranks, photos and pay numbers for officers and staff. zimbabwe's opposition leader nelson chamisa claims victory after labelling the election a �*gigantic fraud'. president emmerson mnangagwa has rejected criticism about the results — after being re—elected. now on bbc news — ukraine: women at war what does it take to be a female sniper in a modern war? gunshot