catherine byaruhanga joins us now. we talk about this bulging being a hijacked building, can you explain what that means and how common these types of buildings are in south africa? , . , types of buildings are in south africa? , .,, i. types of buildings are in south africa? , , , africa? yes, as you say, this is turnin: africa? yes, as you say, this is turning out _ africa? yes, as you say, this is turning out to _ africa? yes, as you say, this is turning out to be _ africa? yes, as you say, this is turning out to be one - africa? yes, as you say, this is turning out to be one of- africa? yes, as you say, this is turning out to be one of the . africa? yes, as you say, this is i turning out to be one of the most deadly fires not only in south africa's history but also in the last few years around the world. what has made it worse is the type of accommodation people were living in here. this five—storey block is called a hijacked building in south africa, that's because these are often abandoned derelict buildings, that sometimes gangs to cover, so hijacked, then the rent them out to people who are desperate for any type of accommodation. these are often undocumented workers are homeless people in south africa. once made this place so deadly for people is the fact it is not regulated. there are reports now, the authorities say they managed to find a pile of bodies by a locked gate, so that people could not get out. often there is poor access or connection to water and electricity facilities, making this place even more dangerous for people. so the searchers are still going on but it is made difficult by the fact that this place is packed, overcrowded and there are makeshift structures in this apartment. {flare and there are makeshift structures in this apartment.— in this apartment. give us an idea of what life _ in this apartment. give us an idea of what life is _ in this apartment. give us an idea of what life is like _ in this apartment. give us an idea of what life is like for _ in this apartment. give us an idea of what life is like for migrants i of what life is like for migrants and those who come to south africa from other parts of the continent. yes, the reports we are getting is that most of the people who are believed to have died in this fire were african migrants. life for them is incredibly difficult. a lot of people come to south africa hoping for a better life, it is africa's most developed economy. but when they get there, they find out they earn very little, it is hard for them to get proper documentation, so work permits or refugee status in south africa. what has happened following this fire is that we've seen a backlash on social media, people blaming the victims of this fire for the incident. part of that is because of really xenophobia against other africans in south africa. we have seen attacks against migrants in the past, even those who have proper documentation. they sometimes face a tax on discrimination. so that is really the life they face on the life they face and they often find themselves in these desperate situations leading to this fire was to give me an idea of how south africa is coping with all this. i heard you talking earlier about it and you mentioned it is the most developed country in the african continent. why is this being allowed to happen inshallah why, this building was in the business district. i inshallah why, this building was in the business district.— the business district. i think reall as the business district. i think really as far _ the business district. i think really as far as _ the business district. i think really as far as african - the business district. i think - really as far as african migrants been caught up in this fire, their relatives stood outside the building going to get information about their loved ones. this relief is to the struggles that south africa is going through at the moment. you have challenges around services, electricity and water, there is a high unemployment rate in the country, making it hard for people to make a living. there are also questions about the city authority, first of all whether the fire services were able to get there in time, if they have the resources to be able to put out the fire, also the city authorities believed to have actually owned this building on the acquisition is that they were not able to look after it. so as much as this has been a crisis affecting african migrants, it shows some of the challenges that south africa is grappling with at the moment. . ., ~ , ., , moment. catherine, thank you very much indeed- _ moment. catherine, thank you very much indeed. as _ moment. catherine, thank you very much indeed. as always, _ moment. catherine, thank you very much indeed. as always, there - moment. catherine, thank you very much indeed. as always, there is. much indeed. as always, there is more in our website. now to the us — where millions of people in florida are struggling with the aftermath of hurricane idalia. the weather system weakened to a tropical storm as it moved north—east, across georgia and south carolina. but it's still bringing dangerous winds and heavy rains. in florida, at least two people have died due to driving accidents in wet conditions, and hundreds of thousands are without power. florida's governor ron desantis says there has been significant damage throughout the big bend region of his state — but he says that people who need help are getting it, and the signs are positive. officials say dozens of people had to be carried to safety in a small motorboat in a coastal town where knee—high waters covered streets. work is being carried out to restore power to hundreds of thousands of people. our correspondent helena humphrey sent this report from cedar key. idalia has already moved on from florida but in herwake, a path of destruction. in the rural community of cedar key, hurricane winds ripped down walls with ease, some homes all but hollowed out, leaving the storm surge to pour in, washing away the everyday trappings of life. i don't think anybody can deny the impact of the climate crisis any more. just look around. historic floods. i mean, historic floods. more intense droughts, extreme heat. significant wildfires have caused significant damage like we've never seen before. federal authorities have promised whatever it takes to get the state back up and running. but in florida and in georgia, nearly half a million people were without power. here, in cedar key, one of the hardest hit areas, people have escaped with their lives, but not their livelihoods. hotels have been destroyed, shops have been submerged. and some residents i've been speaking to have been telling me that they've only just recovered from other hurricanes in florida. and now this. and even as this storm weakens moving north, the warning from authorities is that the danger isn't over. this indicates where the highest risk of flooding is. all of this tropical moisture is wrapping around, then there is a front right here, it has been piled up in this narrow red place, so jacksonville, wilmington, myrtle beach and columbia south carolina are all in that square with a very heavy rain. as residents of the big bend in florida recoverfrom the strongest storm in over a century, they're also having to get to grips with a new reality — that disasters like this one are unlikely to be a once—in—a—lifetime event. helena humphrey, bbc news, florida. the british government has joined a number of other western nations in condeming wednesday's coup in gabon. the country's military has named one of its generals as the new transitional leader. the country's long—time president, ali bongo, has been put under house arrest and a curfew is in place. the military takeover in gabon is the eighth in west and central africa since 2020, and the second — after niger — this year. our correspondent mayeni jones in lagos gave us her analysis of events in gabon a little earlier. his name is brice oligui nguema, and he heads the republican guard in gabon. that's the unit of the military that was in charge of ensuring the protection of president bongo just before they deposed him. so he was one of the most powerful men in the gabonese army. he was in a position of privilege. he was in charge of security. he beefed up the republican guard when he was appointed not too long ago. increased the number of personnel that was there. made sure that they were better trained. and many people would have seen him as an intrinsic part of the bongo kind of power apparatus. but it seems that he was at the forefront of the army generals that decided to overtake the country after this weekend's elections, which were disputed by the opposition, which the army has now also said they think were fraudulent. a lot of international observers weren't allowed then. journalists weren't allowed in. so it's really hard to find out how clear they were. but this is a family that has been in power for over 50 years. this coup has been condemned by france, by the united states and by the african union. they've all asked for a return to a democratically elected government. i think the the situation in gabon is different. tunisia, i think thejunta here clearly has a lot of support within the gabonese population, many of whom were frustrated by the bongo's long rule. this family has been in power, as i said, for more than 50 years, and for a lot of people i think they would rather see the military takeover than the continuation of that. the goalkeeper in spain's world cup winning women's football team has spoken of her disappointment that a contentious kiss has overshadowed their victory. catalina coll said people who stop her on the street want to talk to her about the kiss rather than offering congratulations. during televised celebrations, the president of the spanish football federation, luis rubiales, kissed one of coll�*s team—mates on the lips. let's go to madrid. jose carlos cueto lopez of bbc mundo is there. good to talk to you, what exactly did katrina call say to you? see expressed _ did katrina call say to you? see expressed mixed _ did katrina call say to you? controversy about that kiss that rubiales gave tojenny her mouth so ——jennifer her moser. rubiales gave tojenny her mouth so —— jennifer her moser. they don't know what is happening with this controversy. know what is happening with this controversy-— know what is happening with this controvers . , ., , ., ., controversy. tummy a bit more about lewis rubiales _ controversy. tummy a bit more about lewis rubiales because _ controversy. tummy a bit more about lewis rubiales because the _ controversy. tummy a bit more about lewis rubiales because the last - controversy. tummy a bit more about lewis rubiales because the last i - lewis rubiales because the last i heard there was no sign of him coming out and saying he's going to step down. what is the latest with him, what more do we know? the last news we had — him, what more do we know? the last news we had actually _ him, what more do we know? the last news we had actually is _ him, what more do we know? the last news we had actually is more - him, what more do we know? the last news we had actually is more about i news we had actually is more about his mother, she has been released from hospital after receiving medical attention, let's remember that she declared herself on hunger strike and locked herself inside a church because it was a way of protesting about the situation of what is happening with her son and as an attempt to try to getjenni hermoso to change her stance so at the moment there's not much news about rubiales, he is still suspended by fifa, stra still under investigation by spanish prosecutors, and it remains the possibility also open for the spanish sports authorities to open investigations on him as well what's up investigations on him as well what's up and finally there was a video going around ofjenni hermoso laughing and joking about the case. that video was used by lewis rubiales as a sign, if you like, to try and put forward an argument, tell me about that.— try and put forward an argument, tell me about that. spanish media have not drawn _ tell me about that. spanish media have not drawn relevant _ tell me about that. spanish media have not drawn relevant attention| tell me about that. spanish media i have not drawn relevant attention to it and the overall feeling is that the video doesn't really change the situation. the bbc could not verify the video yet, and rubiales as you said, there are reports he could be using it as a way to defend himself against allegations. i using it as a way to defend himself against allegations.— using it as a way to defend himself against allegations. i was a common aood to against allegations. i was a common good to talk — against allegations. i was a common good to talk to _ against allegations. i was a common good to talk to you. _ against allegations. i was a common good to talk to you. around - against allegations. i was a common good to talk to you. around the - good to talk to you. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. bbc news bringing you different stories from across the uk. meet bill kuechly. he's 102 and he's attempting to become the oldest person to ever complete the great north run. he's no stranger to a challenge. when he turned 100, he walked a hundred miles in ten days, and after his ioist birthday, he cycled 1000 miles on his tricycle. but given his age, the great north run organisers requested that he do the walk accompanied by two carers. just fancy doing the great north run, really help us. and itjust really took off from there. so i couldn't say no really. one thing i hope comes out and encourage other people to try the same thing, because very often you get to a certain age and they say, well, that's it, i'm not supposed to be able to do this, but ijust didn't do that. ijust carried on the normal. i used to continue to do so until i forced to stop. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. some breaking news regarding the uk chain cow. if you remember, not long ago, the company announced —— wilko, it was trying to find a buyer for its business, it was cash going into administration. 12,500 jobs at risk, 400 stores across the country. pwc has been looking for a buyer for wilko, there were signs may be something was going to happen, there would be a buyer, i would buy the company but we've heard in the last couple of minutes or so from the gmb union that they only bid to buy the entirety of the collapsed retailer wilko has fallen through and that staff redundancies are due to start next week. pwc also says that it is now clear that no viable fare structure was put forward, that includes the wilko group in its entirety, which probably means whoever was trying to buy the company couldn't afford to buy the whole thing. it also says that a decision has had to be taken to make 269 support centre team member roles redundant at wilko. just to bring you up—to—date with that, this is a really big uk retailer, it has 400 stores around the uk, they sell homeware and different items like that. it had been in trouble for a little while and business had been dwindling so we know the administrators have now said that the deal or the potential deal they were talking about to buy wilko has fallen through. this could mean very bad news for many of the 12,500 people who work for wilko. of course there might be something that can be done, we are waiting to hear from wilko itself, but that is the news for now. more on this story as and when we get it. the former conservative mp antoinette sandbach has asked to be removed from an academic�*s research that connects her to a slave—owning ancestor. malik al nasir named ms sandbach as a descendant of samuel sandbach, a liverpool merchant who had a stake in plantations in the west indies in a 2021 video. she argues the links are not in the public interest. and that they breach her right to privacy. well, we can now speak to the poet, author and researcher who outlined the ancestral connection between antionette sandbach and samuel sandbach — malik al nasir. why did you decide to conduct this research? i why did you decide to conduct this research? . , , why did you decide to conduct this research? ., , , ., why did you decide to conduct this research? . , , ., , research? i was trying to find my own ancestry- — research? i was trying to find my own ancestry. my _ research? i was trying to find my own ancestry. my father, - research? i was trying to find my l own ancestry. my father, reginald wilcox watson, was born in 1918 in demerara in what was then the colony of british guyana and he died when i was very young. so i didn't know my own ancestry. there was a footballer that was discovered, andrew watson who had the same family name as my father, and he had played for scotland in the 1880s, and he looked just like me, my name was mark watson, became a muslim and change my name. he was from the same place in demerara when my father came from so i started this research will be to try and find my connection to what became the world's first black international footballer, who captained the scottish national side in the 1880s, andrew watson. in the course of my research i uncovered letters from his father, who was a white scottish sugar planter called peter miller watson, was a save trader, and he married a free woman called hannah rose who was born enslaved but her mother was freed by her father who was also a white save trader. so this family connection was essentially a genealogical study and then what happened was the research continued while more names started to emerge within the family tree and because the save traders or had exploited the black women and had exploited the black women and had black children. as a consequence, it became kind of a jigsaw puzzle to put it together who was who, and what the relationships were an oligomer documents i started to discover that they all worked for a series of companies that were interlinked with a main company called sandbach, the founders of which was samuel sandbach and i think samuel sandbach is i think a fort times group grandparent of antoinette sandbach the tory mp who was in borisjohnson poz michael miller. was in boris johnson poz michael miller. ~ ., ~ ., was in boris johnson poz michael miller. ., ~ ., , miller. what antoinette sandbach is sa in: is miller. what antoinette sandbach is saying is that _ miller. what antoinette sandbach is saying is that she _ miller. what antoinette sandbach is saying is that she is _ miller. what antoinette sandbach is saying is that she is unhappy - miller. what antoinette sandbach is saying is that she is unhappy with i saying is that she is unhappy with her name being in this research. she basically is saying it's not in the public interest to identify her as his descendant. can you understand why she would be upset about this? i understand, there are a number of other people, there is a woman doing a phd at edinburgh who is from this family. i have otherfamily members who have come forward and can be exchanged —— research materials and at the beginning i offered to do that with a nternet as well but she took a different approach to this. but potentially not everyone takes the same approach.— but potentially not everyone takes the same approach. that's true, but she decided — the same approach. that's true, but she decided to _ the same approach. that's true, but she decided to move _ the same approach. that's true, but she decided to move down - the same approach. that's true, but she decided to move down a - the same approach. that's true, but she decided to move down a path i the same approach. that's true, but| she decided to move down a path of, you know, professing the and desire —— but the desire to pursue litigation for she was arguing on the grounds of gdpr, which is to do with data control, and that went betwee her in cambridge, there wasn't a debate that happened with me, i was outside that debate so i stepped back and allowed that investigation to take place with cambridge. she was unhappy with the outcome of the investigation. she threatened me with legal action. where do you want to take this research? i know you're working at cambridge, from vokins university. i'm in the final year of my phd, and writing my thesis at the moment on the market impact of this company, we are not talking about the odd slave trader, we are talking about a mercantile density that essentially ran major sections of the british empire and they have slipped into obscurity in history. samuel sandbach was the mayor of liverpool in 1831, he was one of the founding shareholders of the bank of liverpool, which became big and it's sold out to parties in 1969, the sixth largest bank in the uk. they formed a bunch of institutions, many of which still exist today, they liverpool have the royal institution, a whole range of different things and many other family members were politicians. one of the family members was william gladstone, prime minister of england, and john gladstone, the demerara sugar baron who is the father of promised gladstone so she's not the only politician in the family. she's not the only politician in the famil . �* , , she's not the only politician in the famil . �*, , ., ., ., she's not the only politician in the famil. �*, , ., ., ~ she's not the only politician in the famil . �*, , ., ., ~ ., family. it's been good to talk to ou, family. it's been good to talk to you. thank— family. it's been good to talk to you. thank you _ family. it's been good to talk to you, thank you for _ family. it's been good to talk to you, thank you for coming - family. it's been good to talk to you, thank you for coming on i family. it's been good to talk to l you, thank you for coming on the programme and answering our questions, we do appreciate that. i sent for academic freedom, i'm glad to be here, thank you. == i sent for academic freedom, i'm glad to be here, thank you.— two more czech banks are reporting technical problems just a day after reports that russian hackers opposed to czech support for ukraine were behind attacks on five other banks. austrian—owned raiffeisenbank and moneta both reported technical problems this morning, although it's not clear whether the attacks were the same as those carried out on wednesday. live now to our prague correspondent, rob cameron. what more do we know? well, the national cyber _ what more do we know? well, the national cyber security _ what more do we know? well, the national cyber security centre - what more do we know? well, the national cyber security centre to l what more do we know? well, the| national cyber security centre to in this country has confirmed that these attacks on these banks and the prague stock exchange event at their second day, she said, one of the country's biggest bank and the south and one have experienced the same problems as the five banks experienced on wednesday. customers complaining they can access their accounts, couldn't use their mobile banking and also these banks' websites were down. the banks have said they are to resolve the problems and that the accounts themselves were not accessed and they asked for patience, but to several leading antivirus companies, they say that behind these attacks, these are fairly crude attacks, dg os, distributed denial of service attacks, where hackers flood servers, inundate servers with requests and paralyse them, they come from russia, they claim that a russian activist group called no name zero 57 is behind the attacks and has claimed responsibility for them on telegraph is cyber security experts that they are doing this as a response to the very strong support in this country for ukraine's war effort as it battles the russian invasion. rab ukraine's war effort as it battles the russian invasion. rob cameron, aood to the russian invasion. rob cameron, good to talk — the russian invasion. rob cameron, good to talk to _ the russian invasion. rob cameron, good to talk to you, _ the russian invasion. rob cameron, good to talk to you, thank— the russian invasion. rob cameron, good to talk to you, thank you - the russian invasion. rob cameron, good to talk to you, thank you veryl good to talk to you, thank you very much. five railway workers have been killed in northern italy after being hit by a train. they were conducting overnight maintenance works. it happened near brandizzo, on the outskirts of turin — on the line between turin and milan. the workers were said to have been dragged for several metres. two of their colleagues working nearby escaped. the mayor of brandizzo says an investigation has begun and a communication error appears to be to blame. north korea says it's fired two short range ballistic missiles, as part of a tactical nuclear strike drill. state media released these images, and says the missiles flew about 360 kilometres before landing in the sea off the east coast of the korean peninsula. it said the operation, which it described as a �*tactical nuclear strike drill simulating scorched earth strikes at major command centres and operational airfields', presumably in south korea, was a success it said. we should stress there was no damage reported, and no suggestion that actual nuclear weapons were used. pictured here is perhaps one of the reasons why pyongyang is making its point so strongly the annual military exercises which south korea holds with us forces. officials in seoul say they are a way of enhancing a response to any nuclear or missile threats from north korea. how many moons can you think of? well — there's a full moon, a crescent moon, a harvest moon — to name a few — and every so often you get to see a blue super—moon. that was the case last night — as the rare astronomical event took place for the first time since 2009. it only occurs when the moon is at its closest point in its orbit around the earth. it looked a little bit like this! take care, see you in a minute. hello again. looking promising this weekend and into next week, high pressure building to build subtle, sunny and dry weatherfor most building to build subtle, sunny and dry weather for most of us. but back to the here and now, the pressure continues to bring more clout, outbreaks of rain for southern and western areas courtesy of these weather fronts, western areas courtesy of these weatherfronts, the western areas courtesy of these weather fronts, the heaviest of the rain through the channel later this evening and overnight. this is how it is looking for the rest of today. northern ireland, wales, central and southern england seem to crowded outbreaks of rain but large parts of scotland, north—east and east england will stay dry with good sunny spells. variable could come up to 21 celsius in the east with some sunshine. generally the mid—teens for the south where we have the rain. this evening and overnight, an area of thundery rain move through the channel, certainly for the channel islands, scraping along the south coast. further north rather cloudy, outbreaks of light patchy rain. what are mild and muggy night in the south, a bit fresher across cotton where we have clear skies. friday, we have at front line across southern scotland and northern ireland, northern england. to the north of it, more sunny with showers and an improving picture for the rest of england and wales, we should see the sunshine emerging in the afternoon. good sunny spells around and monitor showers, the odd heavier one thought of feeling warm and 22 celsius across the south—east. as we head through the weekend, high pressure builds, it will be largely dry and sunny for most of us. we lose the weather front as we move through friday night. saturday and sunday, high pressure with us but these weather fronts will continue to flirt with the north—west of the uk to bring stronger and outbreaks of rain especially on sunday. saturday, we have some mist and fog to contend with, they should melt away, lots of champagne, more cloud and peace across the north of scotland. we have the high teens here but it's warming up for the south come up to 23 celsius. sunday, summer story, south come up to 23 celsius. sunday, summerstory, on south come up to 23 celsius. sunday, summer story, on the mist and fog clears, plenty of century, then we see a sovereign, stronger for the highlands and islands but elsewhere plenty of senchenko top temperature 2425, it will be warming up. as we head into next week, high pressure continues to bring a lot of dry and settled weather particularly in southern and western areas but increasing threat of showers and longer spells of rain as we move deeper into the week. today at one, more than 70 people are killed as fire rips through an apartment building injohannesburg. the actual fire escape was closed, and so there was a lot of people, you know, a lot of people with smoke, people were suffocated, a lot of people died because of this. we'll be live injohannesburg. also on the programme: after the conviction of serving police officers for rape and murder, police chiefs are to get new powers to sack officers. grant shapps is appointed defence secretary, replacing ben wallace in one of government's most high—profile jobs. he pledges to continue supporting ukraine. extending the lives of people with cancer — we have an exclusive report following the fast—reaction team tackling spinal cancer. and remembering lawrence churcher — the funeral is held for the man believed to be the last member of the royal navy to have served in the dunkirk rescue of world war ii. and coming up on bbc news, andy murray takes on 19th seed grigor dimitrov on another a big day for british players in the second round at the us open.