This playground is now the site of a deadly puzzle. Its the retrieval phase listing, identifying who or what is left. Ukraine is certain this wasnt just an act of war, but a war crime. Translation after investigation we can say it was a deliberate attack on civilians. I cant tell how they choose the targets because i dont understand their logic. The kremlin says it always targets military sites. We saw no evidence suggesting that this was one. Heres whats left of the cafe. Its a deep wound, its a picture of finality. You see the shop next door has been blown through as well. Now, locals say hroza is spared the shelling other villages have to go through. That ended yesterday. For a moment hroza, meaning thunderstorm, lived up to its name. Some reminders of what happened might be washed away, but this Small Community has already been damaged. In the evening, this woman tells us she was here, at home, when she heard the explosion. Translation i ran out of the yard and saw a plume of smoke. My husband rushed there. He came back and said our children are gone. Our son in law was found dead but our daughter was still alive when Emergency Workers arrived. She told one of them, herfriend, take me out, take me out. Thats it, those were her last words. Who would return my children to me . Who . Lyubov and her communitys pain is palpable. Her village is a darker place. James waterhouse, bbc news, hroza, kharkiv region. Former republican us House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy says hell finish his congressional term and run for re election. He denied reports hes considering resigning from congress. It comes after eight hardline republicans joined democrats in removing mccarthy as House Speaker earlier this week. Now two republicans have announced they will run for mccarthys old job congressman jim jordan on the left and Steve Scalise on the right. Lets take a closer look at these two republicans jim jordan, of ohio, is 59 years old and was first elected to congress in 2007. He currently chairs the Housejudiciary Committee where he launched several investigations into president biden, his son hunter, and the fbi. He is also a founder and former chairman of the ultraconservative House Freedom caucus and was among more than 100 republicans who voted against 300 Million Dollars in aid for ukraine. And his bid got a major boost in the last few hours as former President Donald Trump endorsed him, saying he would be a great speaker. Then theres congressman scalise of louisiana. As majority leader, hes the number two ranking republican in the house of representatives, elected to congress in 2008. The 57 year old announced in august he was undergoing treatment for multiple myeloma, a form of blood cancer. And in 2017, scalise was gravely wounded during a shooting targeting republican members during a Baseball Practice in virginia. 0n ukraine, scalisejoined more than 300 other members of Congress Voting to approve 300 Million Dollars in aid to ukraine last week. Earlier, i spoke with politico congressional reporter Anthony Adragna on how he expects this race to play out, and whats at stake for congress. The challenge right now for any candidate for speaker is trying to get to 18. We still dont see anyone with a clear path to getting the support they would need to win over the entirety of the republican conference, let alone enough votes to win a vote on the house floor, so this race remains very fluid and there is nobody who has the sufficient support locked up at this point. figs sufficient support locked up at this point this point. As we saw on tuesday. This point. As we saw on tuesday. It this point. As we saw on tuesday, it took this point. As we saw on tuesday, it tookjust this point. As we saw on tuesday, it tookjust a i this point. As we saw on tuesday, it tookjust a small tuesday, it took just a small group of republicans to oust the last speaker, Kevin Mccarthy. Whoever comes out on top of this race, whenever that may be, how vulnerable do you think there might be to something similar happening in terms of a challenge to their power . Terms of a challenge to their ower . , � ,. ,. , terms of a challenge to their ower . � ,. ,. , power . Thats a great question and one of power . Thats a great question and one of the power . Thats a great question and one of the main power . Thats a great question and one of the main ones power . Thats a great question and one of the main ones we. And one of the main ones we will have to see answered before anybody emerges from this contest. There are a number of members of the republican conference who feel really raw emotions from what happened on tuesday, they think Kevin Mccarthy was poorly treated by having this mechanism in place that allows anyone member to force a vote to expel the speaker, obviously, Congressman Matt Gates lead that pushed successfully, and this week there are dozens of republicans that want to see changes to that want to see changes to that threshold to make it at least more than one person, many would like to see a majority of the republican conference needed to trigger a similar vote conference needed to trigger a similarvote in conference needed to trigger a similar vote in the future, so i think thats one of the key questions we will have to see answered among republicans before they opt and pick who this person will be, who will lead them, figuring out internally what sort of changes need to be made to make whoever comes next less vulnerable to a lot of these challenges. Lot of these challenges. Some eole, lot of these challenges. Some peeple. Some lot of these challenges. Some people, some observers lot of these challenges. Some people, some observers think this could be a very drawnout contest to decide who the next speaker of the house might be. How without delay affect all the business the house needs to get done . We are talking about potentially the ukraine funding bill in several different bills that would be needed to keep the government open beyond mid november . The government open beyond midnovember . The government open beyond midnovember . Another great. Uestion midnovember . Another great question and midnovember . Another great question and in midnovember . Another great question and in all midnovember . Another great question and in all depends midnovember . Another great question and in all depends on | question and in all depends on how long this process takes. There are many people who think this could take the better part of a month and Congress Just past a short term Continuing Resolution that extended funding into mid november, but if the speaker race takes a protracted period of time that will make it a lot harderfor the house to come in and weigh in as they want on how to keep the government funded. Ukraine is obviously a big part of that as well. I think there is no question that speaker mccarthy, being booted earlier this week will make it harder and harder, it was probably already going to be pretty hard to get additional ukrainian funding approved this year, there is no question in my mind that that action this week will make it all the more harder to get additionalfunding all the more harder to get additional funding approved. The House Republican conference is not super amenable right now to providing additional aid, certainly not without major conditions and the fact that there is so much uncertainty around the leadership right now, and only adds to that sense of uncertainty moving forward with regards to ukraine in particular. Politico congressional reporter Anthony Adragna speaking to me a little earlier. At least 18 people have died, including three children, when a Bus Carrying Migrants crashed in the Southern Mexican State of oaxaca. Pictures showed the bus tipped over on a tight mountain turn. Officials say the 55 passengers on board were venezuelan and haitian nationals Travelling North towards the border with the united states. The ongoing conflict in syria has slipped from the headlines in recent months, but Government Forces have now launched a massive bombardment of an area of the country, controlled by islamist rebels. Its in response to a drone attack on a military Graduation Ceremony yesterday that killed more than a hundred people, and was one of the deadliest attacks on the syrian armed forces, in the ongoing 12 year civil war. The funerals of those who died, have been taking place in the city of homs, as Frank Gardner reports. A funeral for the fallen after a devastating drone attack on a military academy. One of the worst single attacks in syrias 12 years of civil war, it killed over 100 and injured hundreds more. Amongst the mourners, this man, who lost his brother. And this young officer. His mother had come to watch him graduate. She died in the drone strike. Translation my mother came to celebrate my graduation. Its the worst day. Children, students, my friends, they all died. Witnesses say the attack came out of nowhere, with multiple iranian made explosive drones. Most of the pictures are too graphic to show. Syrias government blames what it calls terrorist groups. Syrias Defence Minister was at the funeral, telling people that sacrifices had to be made for the sake of the nation. He had left the ceremonyjust minutes before the attack. After years of civil war, syria is a fractured nation. President assad here controls only part of his country, thats the area shown in purple, which includes homs, the city where the attack took place. Islamist rebels still hold out in the orange area right up in the north west in idlib province, while kurdish militias operate in those green areas. And to complicate matters even further, several nations have a Military Presence in syria, including the us, russia, turkey and iran. Within hours, the Syrian Government hit back, targeting civilians and rebels alike, in areas beyond its control. Yet there has been no immediate claim of responsibility for the homs drone attack. With so many competing factions in this country, its hard to tell who or what was really behind it. Frank gardner, bbc news. The former Chief Executive of the Global Fashion brand Abercrombie Fitch and his british partner are facing allegations of exploitation from men recruited for sex events they hosted around the world. A bbc investigation has found a highly organised operation running the events, with a Middleman Finding Young Adult men for mikejeffries and his partner matthew smith. Eight men told the bbc they attended these events; some of them allege they were exploited or abused. Mrjeffries and mr smith have not responded to requests for comment. Rianna croxford has the story. In early 2000, Abercrombie And Fitch became one of the hottest labels in the us and around the world. Sexualised imagery and provocative billboards turned the teen retailer into a multibillion dollar sensation. The man behind the vision was then ceo mikejeffries. Mike then ceo mike jeffries. Mike was tireless. Then ceo mike jeffries. Mike was tireless. He then ceo mike jeffries. Mike was tireless. He was then ceo mike jeffries. Mike was tireless. He was very. Was tireless. He was very energetic and boisterous, he was an incredibly big personality, he would explode into a room. Personality, he would explode into a room. Bbc panorama has uncovered into a room. Bbc panorama has uncovered a into a room. Bbc panorama has uncovered a highly into a room. Bbc panorama has uncovered a highly organised i uncovered a highly organised International Operation recruiting young adult men for sex with mikejeffries over several years, when he was the ceo of the brand. This experience ceo of the brand. This experience broken ceo of the brand. This| experience broken me, ceo of the brand. This experience broken me, and ceo of the brand. Ti 3 experience broken me, and it mentally messed me up. To man have agreed mentally messed me up. To man have agreed to mentally messed me up. To man have agreed to tell mentally messed me up. To man have agreed to tell me mentally messed me up. To man have agreed to tell me their have agreed to tell me their accounts on camera, they attended separate events in 2010 and 2011. Both men say they were recruited and auditioned by a middleman, james jacobson, known to the men asjim. David says mr jacobson led him to believe he was pursuing a Modelling Opportunity. I was pursuing a Modelling Opportunity was pursuing a Modelling Opportunity. I was made to believe this opportunity. I was made to believe this is opportunity. I was made to believe this is where opportunity. I was made to believe this is where everybody gets their start, this is where you want to get your start, it was like he was selling fame. And the price was compliance. David says compliance meant engaging in a sexual act with mrjacobson. Seven more men i have spoken to said they also met withjim. The men say mr jacobson was part of a Well Oiled Machine which included recruiters, drivers and other staff. Mrjacobson told the bbc any encounters were fully consensual, not coercive. He said he had no recollection of making promises of Modelling Opportunities and that everyone who he came into contact with who he came into contact with who attended these events went in with their eyes wide open. This is the route that the men would have taken on the way to the hamptons. Wants through really audition the men would then go to an event hosted by mrjeffries and his british partner matthew smith. Somewhere held at their home here in the exclusive new york coastal community, the hamptons. Barrett said he was introduced to mrjacobson by an older model who he felt indebted to. He knew that would be some kind of sexual activity. David says he was not expecting sex to take place at the hamptons. I expecting sex to take place at the hamptons. The hamptons. I was taken, chaperoned the hamptons. I was taken, chaperoned over the hamptons. I was taken, chaperoned over to the hamptons. I was taken, chaperoned over to the the hamptons. I was taken, | chaperoned over to the main house to the doors that entered into the bedroom where everything was happening. Then, told to disrobe. He everything was happening. Then, told to disrobe. Told to disrobe. He says he engaged told to disrobe. He says he engaged in told to disrobe. He says he engaged in intimate told to disrobe. He says he engaged in intimate act told to disrobe. He says he l engaged in intimate act with another man. David says mr jeffries had sex with him. I did not feel safe to say no i dont feel comfortable with this, i dont know what would have happened, i didnt feel like i had any choice. Like i had any choice. Rosa mendes like i had any choice. Rosa mendes felt like i had any choice. Rosa mendes felt leaving like i had any choice. Rosa mendes felt leaving was i like i had any choice. Rosa l mendes felt leaving was not like i had any choice. Rosa mendes felt leaving was not an option because mrjeffries private staff was supervising the event, including in the bedroom. They also say they were asked to sign Nondisclosure Agreements beforehand and were not given any copies to take away. I beforehand and were not given any copies to take away. Any copies to take away. I feel like they were any copies to take away. I feel like they were trying any copies to take away. I feel like they were trying to any copies to take away. I feel like they were trying to scare l like they were trying to scare us, thats what it felt like, intimidation. Us, thats what it felt like, intimidation. Both men were aid intimidation. Both men were paid around intimidation. Both men were paid around 2500 intimidation. Both men were paid around 2500 after intimidation. Both men were paid around 2500 after the | paid around 2500 after the event they attended, still hoping it may lead to modelling work, david went to further events with mrjeffries and smith, both in the us and around the world. Two us lawyers who reviewed evidence uncovered by the bbc said prosecutors should investigate whether the allegations could amount to sex trafficking. The bbc has made repeated attempts to contact mrjeffries and mr smith, they have not responded. Abercrombie and french told us it is appalled and disgusted by the allegations about their former ceos behaviour. It set a new executive Leadership Team has in reformed the companys brandon coulter, adding the country down a company has Zero Tolerance for abuse, harassment or discrimination of any kind. Earlier, my colleague Sumi Somaskanda spoke with one of the men featured in the documentary, barrett pall. Barrett, great to have you. What has the reaction been since the documentary� s release . Since the documentarys release . Since the documentarys release . ,. Release . Since the document ous release . Since the document yous release release . Since the document yous release it release . Since the document yous release it seems release . Since the document yous release it seems that i release . Since the document i yous release it seems that the general reaction is people are not surprised, which im grateful for, not surprised, which im gratefulfor, which not surprised, which im grateful for, which ultimately means that people are believing me, which i think is any survivors greatest fear when coming forward. But, as a whole, i think i have stepped into a Survival Technique to does not look out what people are saying, because while a lot of people believe me and there has been a lot of support, there are also still people who are shaming and making an educated and ignorant comments. What do you think this might mean for other men . 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Since the bbc started reporting this investigation, mike jeffries� s lawyer issued a Statement Saying mikejeffries is 79 years old and retired. In years past, he has chosen not to comment on media reports, documentaries and stories of any kind as they relate to his personal life and does not plan on doing so now. The Abercrombie Guys The Dark Side of cool is available in the us on bbc select and the seven part podcast, world of Secrets Season 1 the Abercrombie Guys, is out now on bbc sounds or wherever you get your podcasts. The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to a jailed iranian human rights activist. Narges mohammadi is being honoured for herfight against the oppression of women in iran where shes played a leading role in criticising the mandatory wearing of hijabs for women. 0ur Diplomatic Correspondent Caroline Hawley has more on the nobel prize winner, and the Human Rights Situation in iran. Narges mohammadi is a woman, a human rights advocate and a freedom fighter. Her brave struggle has come with tremendous personal cost. Altogether, the regime has arrested her 13 times, convicted her five times and sentenced her to a total of 31 years in prison and 154 lashes. Ms mohammadi is still in prison as i speak. She hasnt seen her husband and children, now in exile in paris, in years. Her son told the bbc shes always in his heart. Translation i wasjust happy and proud of my mum, just like im always, like yesterday and the day before that. This award belongs to iranian people. The Nobel Committee said the prize was also for the hundreds of thousands of iranians whove demonstrated against the theocratic regimes oppression against women. This uprising, spearheaded by women, began last september after the death in Police Custody of a young woman detained for allegedly not wearing her headscarf properly. 20,000 people were detained in a brutal crackdown which Narges Mohammadi condemned from behind bars. Nazanin zaghari ratcliffe, who was held with her, welcomed the award, saying it was for all women facing injustice. Bbc persian has been monitoring the wider response on social media to todays announcement. After a year of protests and according to Rights Groups over 500 people were killed, bad news after bad news, this nobel prize was the first piece of good news that iranians heard in over a year. And that is probably going to embolden iranian women in theirfight for democracy and freedom. But the fate of this 16 Year Old Girl underlines the frightening reality for women taking a stand in iran. Earlier this week, she bravely tried to get on the tehran metro with her hair uncovered. Allegedly beaten by irans morality police, shes now ina coma. The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Narges Mohammadi sends a very strong message that the world is watching the iranian regime. Caroline hawley, bbc news. A tropical turtle that was found washed up on a Beach In Scotland Last Year has been released into the atlantic 0cean. When the turtle was found off the island of iona, she was malnourished and dehydrated and not expected to survive. Graham satchell tells her remarkable story. Iona the turtle these herfinal moments in captivity before being released into the wild. She is alive today because of the kindness of strangers and has come on a remarkable journey to get to this point. The Loggerhead Turtle was found in january last year. Covered in sand, she was dehydrated, malnourished, barely alive. Jane kindlen, who found her, gave her the name iona. Its the island off the west coast of scotland where shed landed. Iona was taken to the Sea Life Centre in loch lomond, where a team of experts started her recovery. She was then moved to scarborough, where she made gradual and steady progress, putting on more than ten times the weight she had when she was found. Most Loggerhead Turtles start their life in the gulf of mexico. Its thought iona may have been carried on the gulf stream to the inner hebrides. After spending time at Sea Life Centres in scotland and then in scarborough, this week she was flown to the azores in the atlantic to be released into the wild. 0n the quayside, time for one last quick clean before being taken on to a small boat and fitted with a tracking device. When everybody� s ready. And then, finally, the moment of freedom. The second it went back in the water, in the ocean, it was back to doing its absolutely natural behaviour, and that was. We were ecstatic to see that, to see how well it adapted instantly. It was a really lovely feeling to see her kind ofjust go off into the big blue. And i think the biggest thing, that apprehension really of kind of whats going to happen to her wheres she going to go now. But i know that the part that weve all played has given her the best chances that we can do in the wild. Iona was the smallest turtle to be found alive in the uk. Today, thanks to a small army of helpers, she is fully grown and back in the wild. Graham satchell, bbc news. Scientists say this year is seeing a Record Number of days with average World Temperatures passing a key threshold linked to dangerous effects of global warming. So far in 2023, around one in three days have had Global Temperatures above of the 1. 5 degrees celsius or 2. 7 degrees fahrenheit limit above pre industrial level. Although this isnt classified as a breach of the goal set in the paris climate treaty, Officials Say it is a worrying sign of things to come. A report out this week showed that septembers temperatures across the world were the warmest on record for that month. The american simone biles has become the most decorated gymnast in the history of the sport, after winning her sixth all around gold medal at the World Championships in belgium. Her total of 3a world and olympic medals is more than any other gymnast, male or female. The latest victories in belgium come two years after simone biles took a break for Mental Health reasons following the tokyo 0lympics. Im carl nasman. Stay with us here on bbc news. Hello. This weekend is going to bring us some huge weather contrasts. For many parts of the uk, it is going to be an exceptionally warm weekend for october that warm air pushing up from the south around this area of High Pressure but colder air digging down from the north and along the battleground between those two air masses, an active and slow moving Weather Front which is going to bring heavy and persistent rain of parts of scotland. We have this met Office Amber Warning the potential that some places could see close to 180mm of rain, especially up over higher ground. Certainly enough rain across the warning area to give some issues with flooding and travel disruption. And as you can see, a wet start to saturday across many parts of scotland and that band of rain very slow moving through the day. Whereas for northern ireland, Western Parts of england and wales, a bit of a murky start. That should tend to lift and clear to give some spells of sunshine. Certainly, central and eastern parts of england seeing some spells of hazy sunshine through the day. But all the while, the rain continues across those central and some northern parts of scotland, where it will feel decidedly chilly just nine degrees in aberdeen. Compare that with 2a or 25 degrees across parts of south east england. Now, during saturday night, the rain continues. I think the heaviest rain will tend to pull northwards across scotland. Something a little bit drier developing for some of those central and southern parts. Further south, some clear spells. Therell be some mist and fog patches, too. A mild night for many but quite cold in the far north of scotland, particularly shetland, just to the north of this Weather Front. As we head into sunday, this front will still be plaguing some northern parts of the uk but the heaviest rain this time will be across the far north of scotland and into orkney. Further south, just that little bit drier. And for northern ireland, england and wales, any early mist and fog should tend to clear. It could stay a bit murky for some coasts but we will see some spells of sunshine. Not quite as warm on sunday still up to around 23 degrees, 12 for stornoway and for aberdeen. Now, the new week starts on a warm note, particularly down towards the south, but as we head through the middle part of the week, this active Weather Front is set to push southwards and that will introduce north westerly winds and something more typical, really, for this time of year. So, temperatures by the end of the coming week back down closer to where wed expect them to be at this time of year. Voiceover this is bbc news. We will have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. Wailing farewell to mother. She sighs an act of defiance, rage and anger reflected in the daughters grieving eyes. One of the Iconic Images that shed light on the brutal crackdown on iranian protests. In early september, mahsajina amini, a 22 year old woman, and her younger brother travelled from saqqez, a kurdish city in western iran, to visit the capital city, tehran, for the first time. But theirjourney takes an ominous turn. As soon as they get out of the metro station, mahsa faces two morality police, a force tasked with enforcing strict islamic dress code on women in public
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