Pictures coming from rebeccas home town of bukwo. Close to the kenyan border in uganda. Last night, on friday, family members, friends and activists against gender based Violence Viewed Rebeccas coffin at the Funeral Home in the kenyan town before her body was brought back to her hometown. We heard her mother was wearing a Souvenir Bag at the time, that the athlete had received at the Paris Olympics where she competed in the marathon. Patience akumu is a ugandan lawyer she told me what lessons needed to be learned from Rebecca Cheptegeis violent death. We need to reflect about the ways in which women, no matter their social status, ways in which women, no matter theirsocialstatus, no ways in which women, no matter their social status, no matter what they have achieved in life, are still expected to bow to the expectations of society, evenif to the expectations of society, even if it kills them. Domestic violence is still a reality for many women in africa, in euston africa. The statistics tell those at least 42 of women suffer some type of violence. This is perhaps a sickness because as an african woman, everyday on the road, in school, you are sexualised. There is this systematic sexualisation. In canyou in Ca Nyou the in canyou the other laws to protect the so called family, reminding women if they go astray, they will be put into their place in kenya. Rebeccas dev reminders the society expectations, these stereotypes are still very real, very dangerous, women are suffering in silence, suffering in toxic relationships and paying for their lives. Just briefl , paying for their lives. Just briefly, what paying for their lives. Just briefly, what needs paying for their lives. Just briefly, what needs to paying for their lives. Just briefly, what needs to change . If laws are in place, how much does it come down to educating boys and men . It does it come down to educating boys and men . Does it come down to educating boys and men . It comes down to ust boys and men . It comes down to just looking boys and men . It comes down to just looking inwardly boys and men . It comes down to just looking inwardly and just looking inwardly and asking ourselves, what are we telling boys, how are we raising children who are in our hands . How are we raising girls . Are we preparing them to be women victims, raising boys who are seeing women as their equal, who do not feel the need to dominate, to conquer to the point of killing in order to feel like they are meant enough . We need to challenge the definition of an african man, to make it more inclusive, more empowering, more open to different expressions, different expressions, different relationships, and to let men realise that women have achieved, they have survived violence, female genital mutilation, and they should be empowered and not seek to dominate her. Sir Keir Starmer says talks with President BidenIn Washington have been wide ranging and productive but wouldnt say whether hed persuaded the us to allow ukraine to fire long range missiles into russia. President zelensky has repeatedly called for permission to use the weapons on targets across the border. He claims it is the only way to end the war. Our political editor, chris mason, sent this report from the white house. I think the next few weeks and months could be crucial. What does President Biden make of russias threats against the west . I dont think much about vladimir putin. This is the Blue Room of the white house. The president , the Prime Minister and their teams spoke here for about an hour and a half. The war in ukraine dominated the conversation. Afterwards, Sir Keir Starmer wouldnt be drawn on whether hed persuaded the president That Authorising Ukraine To Fire Western Missiles at russia was a good idea. Instead, he said. Well, theres only one reason were having these discussions, and that is because putin has illegally invaded ukraine. And the quickest way to resolve this obviously lies through, you know, what putin actually does, because its for him to end this. But we are having the discussion. Weve stood with ukraine. Ukraine has a right to self defence. And weve stood united, not just with our allies here in the us, but across with our nato allies. Thats very, very important to us. These are the long range Anglo French missiles. Ukraine would love to fire into russia, the uk making the argument to allies, its a request that should be granted. They rely on american Satellite Systems to work. You might ask why the Prime Minister has been so keen to dash here, to visit a president who we know will be gone in just a few months time. His answer is there are urgent issues that need addressing now, not least this question of missiles. The president has been sceptical about ukraine being able to fire them into russia, fearing it would be dangerous. This is the reality of the war grinding on in ukraine, a country desperate for ongoing help, its allies weighing up how best to do it and at what cost. Chris mason, Bbc NewsIn Washington. More now from our correspondent in kyiv, james waterhouse, who has more on how all this has been received in ukraine. You can be sure there will be disappointment, continued disappointment, because as far as President Zelensky is concerned, this is a continued pattern for ukraine. It asks the west for a certain level of support. The west says no. Over fears of a russian escalation. Ukraines position worsens in the war, and then the west finally says yes. The question over how western missiles is used is merely an extension of that. Now, it seems, after all of these sort of hopes and reports, that there would be the green light from washington, it seems washington is worried about its own stockpile of weapons of missiles, these atacms missiles. And they also dont believe they will make much of a difference. And despite the uk Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, saying they want to lead the way and give such permissions, its the us which gives that kind of political cover for other allies to follow suit. So it is disappointing for ukraine because it wants to use these missiles on russian air bases, where, as far as theyre concerned, russian bombers take off unchallenged and repeatedly strike ukrainian cities. So i think were going to see an extension of political disappointment, if you like. Kurt volker, the former us ambassador to nato and a former us Special Representative for ukraine, told me whether ukraines frustrations were justified. Well, i think it is incredibly justified because they are fighting a war for Survival And Russia is attacking them from bases across russia. And essentially we are telling the ukrainians, dont, dont hit back. They should have sanctuary inside russia. Thats an unacceptable position overall, and i think that is justified. And now what may happen here is some of this may get loosened up behind the scenes. You may see the us not object to the uk allowing the Storm Shadows to go. You may see some shift in us Position Butjust not announced as some sort of new policy. But the ukrainian frustration is palpable and i think it is justified. But weve still got the concern of the united states and the uk. Were told that to allow the use of these, these weapons in this way to target spots inside russia would lead to an escalation. How likely is that escalation . Yeah, i think that is a narrative that russia has pushed and pushed in order to influence western behaviour. If putin were able to escalate today, he would. Hes not holding back because were not doing something. Hes actually trying to destroy ukraine and take over the country, and hes not able to. I dont think that he is wilfully holding back and doing only half measures. Hes trying to win this war and we need to recognise that. The second is russia is not a victim here. No one should be concerned about ukraine defending itself by striking back inside russia. We seem to have distorted the perceptions here that its somehow not fair for ukraine to hit russia. It really makes no sense. To what extent, though, is it too late that were told that russia will have moved some of these potential targets so that theyre out of reach, even for these long range missiles . Well, there are a lot of targets that cant be moved. Were talking about air bases, airfields, fuel depots, distribution lines, logistical supply lines. These are things that are fixed. And according to the institute for the study of war, which has looked at particular targets, theres well over 200 that cant be moved. In addition to that, forcing russia to actually move things to get away from where the potential strikes would be would be a benefit to ukraine. Uh, it would make it more difficult, less predictable for how russia could conduct its attacks. So that is itself a virtue. Now its time for a look at Todays Sport with chetan pathak. The Premier League returns today, following the international break. First game of the day is at st marys, with southampton taking on manchester united. Eric ten Hags Team have lost their last two matches, including being humbled by liverpool a couple of weekends ago. Of weekends ago. Theyve found goals hard to come by, having scored just twice this season, but the boss insists theyre creating chances and fans need to keep the faith. I know in the process where we are, what we have to do, where we are going. I have said we are still in a transition period, we have to integrate a lot of young players also in the team. We are still dealing with injuries, we have to bring injuries back into the team. Before anyone thinks about excuses, no, we have to win every game. I know that, the team knows this, and it doesnt matter who we face, we will focus on every game and in every game the mindset we have to win. The top two are in action later with liverpool at home to nottingham forest, while Manchester City are taking on brentford. City have an unblemished start to the season, but guardiola is wary of the visitors, who were the last side, to beat them, at home nearly two years ago. Ido i do remember against a team, person i admire unbelievable. I dont remember easy game against brentford, never, ever. Since they were promoted, i dont remember. Always top year and there, so no exception. The Solheim Cup resumes in virginia in just over an hours time, with europe needing a big effort on day two to turn around a record breaking Opening Day from the americans. They really hammered home their early Advantage Yesterday to take a 6 2 lead at the close. World Number One nelly korda and Megan Khang comfortably won their match against britains Georgia Hall and irelands leona maguire, followed closely by Lauren Coughlin and sarah schmelzel, who won the final match 3 and 2, leaving europe, with this mountain to climb now if theyre to retain the cup for a historic fourth time in a row. We will just we willjust have to keep putting our best foot forward. I believe in my team. Weve had a really good Game Plan for the week. The us came out strong today, which we expect, but theres a lot of golf left. Youve got to keep doing your best, and one or two shots can make a whole lot of difference. Theres a busy afternoon ahead for womens rugby union internationals with ireland taking on Australia And Scotland playing fiji, and also at 2 30, a clash between the World Number one team england, and The World champions new zealand. The visitors were the last side to beat england, securing a dramatic victory at their Home World Cup in 2022. That painful defeat has fuelled england to go on a 16 game winning run and they do have a habit of beating their great rivals outside of world cups, but not when it comes to lifting the Holy Grail itself. And a year out from the next world cup, England Need to find a way of changing that trend. In formula one, mercedes George Russell was fastest in final practise, with championship Contenders Max verstappen and Lando Norris both off the pace ahead of qualifying for the azerbaijan grand prix. The session was red flagged twice. The first came when esteban ocon� s alpine stopped on track, before Oliver Bearman Filling in for the banned Kevin Magnussen hit the wall in his haas at turn one. When the session restarted, russell edged out ferraris Charles Leclerc at the top of the timings, with norris three tenths back in third, while verstappen was only fifth fastest. Qualifying starts in just over two hours time. And thats all the sport for now. The fallout of tuesdays us president ial debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris is still being unpicked. But when will we know how and if it affected Voters Opinion . Anthony salvanto is Polling Director at our us news partners, cbs. I think it will be next week towards the end of next week. And ill tell you why. First is contextually, if you look at Post Debate immediate Post Debate polls from 2016, from 2020 past years, youve mentioned there have been times when you saw winners or perceived winners of debates, including the fact that in 2016, a lot of people thought that Hillary Clinton was winning some of those debates. And ultimately that didnt pan out when Election Day rolled around. So those polls have some value, but its limited Number One. And number two, you have to remember that the audience for those debates is large, but its often disproportionately older. And so as younger people, and we know theyre getting their information from a lot of different sources, thats going to trickle out over days, there are going to be getting information from the internet, from family and friends. So that takes a while to process. And thats why i think you want to see that measurement in a few days. But finally, let me say this. You know, there isnt a lot of room to move in this electorate. In our polling, the numbers of people that we think are persuadable by even the most generous measure is less than one in ten, and it may be smaller than that. So the question is, how many of those people are really watching to be moved in One Direction or another . And frankly, that number is fairly small. Well see. But thats the context. Pope francis has unexpectedly weighed into the us election. Speaking to Journalists On a flight from singapore to indonesia, the pope said trumps stance on immigration, and harriss views on abortion, Leave Voters with a choice between the lesser of two evils. Translation both are against live, even the translation both are against live, even the one translation both are against live, even the one who translation both are against live, even the one who chases l live, even the one who chases migrants or kill children. I cannot decide, i cant say, im not american and wont be voting. 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Just how extensive is the problem there . It jus