Powerful high mark rocket systems. More abrams tanks which will be on the ground in ukraine. We now understand from next week. Specifically it did not include the longer range missiles and remember president zelensky has been calling for them saying they would be necessary with regards to efforts to retake any land in crimea. Lets hearfrom our ukraine correspondent, james waterhouse, who spoke to us from kyiv. I think the main prize is behind president zelensky in the us because it is america which spearheads the Western Allies in terms of military support, humanitarian aid and financial packages. Yes, it is right that there is a sizeable Ukrainian Community in canada. Prime Ministerjustin Trudeau is also a loyal ally to ukraine. Weve seen him here in kyiv make several visits, and canada itself provides its own packages, but they are dwarfed in comparison to what the us can and is able to provide. And i think, yes, the receptions you are seeing outwardly at least are warm. Well see that in canada. We saw a warm embrace with his american counterpart, joe biden yesterday in the oval office. But i think were seeing ukraines president engaging in some quite difficult diplomacy now. There are negotiations which are having to be thrashed out. He was meeting some members of the Republican Party where there are hardline members really questioning what a ukrainian victory could look like. They are frustrated with the the pace and scale of ukraines Counter Offensive. And as youve heard there, they are increasingly sceptical as a blank cheque. Now, ukraine, frankly, is hugely reliant on the wests continued support as it continues to fight for its continued existence, frankly. And i think its becoming really high stakes now as we close in on the us elections roughly this time next year, it really does feel like a diplomatic business end. So zelensky is obviously engaging in direct diplomacy, meeting with kevin mccarthy, for example. But what does zelensky and what do the ukrainians need to show that theyve achieved on the battlefield in order to show that they are making use of this continued aid or the aid that theyve received so far . Theres an interesting tension here because president zelensky has said that we will not be rushed by our Western Allies, even though we are grateful for the support they are providing. Were not going to be rushed in this Counter Offensive. I think we saw ukraine get caught out a little bit at the start of their counteroffensive in june, where maybe they push too hard because they lost a lot of men and Western Supplied Equipment early on. When youre the underdog in this conflict, that is a tactic you cant really adopt, unlike russia, which is the much bigger beast in this fight. But what we are seeing now is a direct correlation between the pace of the Counter Offensive and how that is affecting some pockets of Political Support in the us. It is a real test at the moment of how departed from each other the military movements are as well as the continued political lobbying. One of the worlds most influential media bosses, Rupert Murdoch, is stepping down from his news and sports empire. The 92 year old will be succeeded as chairman of News Corporation and fox by his eldest son, lachlan. The companies own hundreds of local, national and International Media outlets including the times, the sun, the wall streetjournal, fox news and fox entertainment. Mr murdoch will become chairman emeritus of both firms in mid november. Our Correspondentjohn Sudworth has this update from outside the corporations headquarters in new york. From that First Australian newspaper, mr murdoch has built up an extraordinary global empire and although at the age of 92 there has long been speculation about this moment. Now that it is here, there is still a sense of shock, notjust from his employees, like those here at fox news, but around the world because of the huge political, cultural and social influence he was able to wield for so many decades across so many publications. In a statement sent to staff, he described his son lachlan as a passionate and principled leader who would take the companies into the future. His brand of right wing populist content, as well as his revolutionising approach to the media industry, made him a hero to some and the opposite to others, reinforced in recent years as a result of those scandals, the Phone Hacking Scandal in the uk, as well as those claims of a rigged election here in america, for which fox news eventually had to settle for almost 800 million. Although mr murdoch steps down formally from the post of chairman, he stays on in an advisory role. And although this marks undoubtedly the beginning of the waning of his influence, it will not be gone entirely. Something hinted at by todays statement. My companies are in robust health, he said. And so am i. To melbourne now where we can speak to stephen mayne. Hes a Former Murdoch journalist turned Shareholder Activist. Can you tell us a bit about your experience with rupert and Lachlan Murdoch . , , ,. , murdoch . Yes, i spent seven years as a Business Journalist murdoch . Yes, i spent seven years as a Business Journalist and murdoch . Yes, i spent seven years as a Business Journalist and chief murdoch . Yes, i spent seven years as a Business Journalist and chief of a Business Journalist and Chief Of Staff on the big murdoch tabloids in australia and saw how they exercised power over politicians and censored coverage on their own affairs and then i went out and got into the Shareholder Activist game and over the past 2a years ive been to 15 of ruperts annual general meetings in adelaide, new york and ive seen it all and how he suppresses free speech at the agm. When i ran for his board in 2002 he completely censored the platform and would not tell the shareholders how old i was. Ive seen him Call Security and take the microphone away and only let you ask one question in a minute and control the company by gerrymandering where he owns 40 of the votes but only about 16 of the shares on issues. His complete hypocrites in intensity and lectures everyone else about free speech and democracy in his own company he is a Control Freak, nepotistic fanatically dynastic. So Control Freak, nepotistic fanatically dynastic. So you have seen in your fanatically dynastic. So you have seen in your words fanatically dynastic. So you have seen in your words a fanatically dynastic. So you have seen in your words a complete l seen in your words a complete Control Freak runs the media empire, so how do you think it will change that he is stepping aside and Lachlan Murdoch is set to take the helm . I Lachlan Murdoch is set to take the helm . ~ , Lachlan Murdoch is set to take the helm . ~ ,. ,. ,. , helm . I think he is a bit of chip off the old helm . I think he is a bit of chip off the old block, helm . I think he is a bit of chip off the old block, certainly helm . I think he is a bit of chip off the old block, certainly in i off the old block, certainly in terms of the politics, so you wont see any change in terms of maggot republicanism, fox news, client denial, those sorts of things and rupert wants to hand over to somebody like him and lachlan is the only Adult Child Standing who is prepared to continue on what rupert has done but theres only one Rupert Murdoch, so at one level its quite unfair to murdoch, so at one level its quite unfairto think murdoch, so at one level its quite unfair to think one of his kids can sit there and become chairman of two enormous global Media Empires and running from sydney where he has moved back to a couple of years ago. So i think its a bit of a Poison Chalice but he wants to be able to prove he can make decision and run the Company Without his father sitting there, so he will have a chance to see how it goes without dad. If chance to see how it goes without dad. , ~. , , dad. If Rupert Murdoch really is in aood dad. If Rupert Murdoch really is in good health. Dad. If Rupert Murdoch really is in good health. Icy dad. If Rupert Murdoch really is in good health, icy claims dad. If Rupert Murdoch really is in good health, icy claims and dad. If Rupert Murdoch really is in good health, icy claims and the i good health, icy claims and the company claims, do you think he will be able really disentangle himself from this empire he has been involved with for most of his life . What happened was, when his father died in 1952 he became the Chief Executive of Public Company and for 70 years eve hes either been Chief Executive of the chair. In november he will resign executive of the chair. In november he will resign from executive of the chair. In november he will resign from the executive of the chair. In november he will resign from the Board Executive of the chair. In november he will resign from the board of he will resign from the board of both companies so he wontjust be a nonexecutive director or chairman, he is resigning from the board entirely, so this is a massive change and i think it will be challenging for Rupert Murdoch to do that and i think the reason is properly done this is to give lachlan a chance to see how he can go but also, at 92, he is struggling to perform the public facing roles. He didnt want to get cross examined in court over the dominion matter and they gave 1. 2 billion to settle it almost to stop this old man having to stand up and give evidence for hours and hours on this embarrassing fox news stolen election narrative. So he would have had to Front The Agm Meetings In November and ive spent three or four hours over 15 meetings and he doesnt like it and these shareholder rips coming in and more litigation and i think its getting too hard. fix, litigation and i think its getting too hard. �. ,. , litigation and i think its getting too hard. ,. ,. , litigation and i think its getting too hard. �. ,. ,. ,. , too hard. A lot more to what with the fox news too hard. A lot more to what with the Fox News Empire too hard. A lot more to what with the Fox News Empire and too hard. A lot more to what with the Fox News Empire and the too hard. A lot more to what with the Fox News Empire and the handover taking place. Thanks for speaking to us. The bbc is investigating a claim that comedian Russell Brand exposed himself to a woman before joking about the incident on his bbc radio 2 show. Its alleged to have happened in 2008 in los angeles. The woman did not work for the bbc but was employed in the building where the presenter, who has denied any wrongdoing, recorded his show. Graham satchell reports. Russell brand is facing a series of Sexual Assault allegations, including rape and emotional abuse. The latest is said to have happened in this building in los angeles in 2008, where the broadcaster was recording an episode of his radio 2 programme. A woman, who the bbc is calling olivia, claims brand exposed himself to her in this bathroom. Brand then laughed about the alleged incident minutes later on his show with his co host, matt morgan. What made the bbc think that was appropriate to go out like that . Ijust dont understand why they didnt investigate this much sooner, given the raunchy, outrageous bits. In a statement, the bbc said. Russell brands co presenter at the time, matt morgan, has also issued a statement. He says. Its the Russell Brand show and heres your host, i am. The latest claims follow an investigation by The Sunday Times and channel 4s dispatches programme, in which four women allege they were sexually assaulted by Russell Brand between 2006 and 2013. He has denied those claims but has not responded to this latest allegation. Graham satchell, bbc news. Lets hearfrom our Entertainment CorrespondentColin Paterson who gave us an update on the bbc� s investigation. So the bbc say these new allegations will be part of the investigation that they had already launched into Russell Brands behaviour when he was a bbc Radio Presenter between 2006 and 2008. This investigation is trying to answer a number of questions what concerns and complaints were raised within the bbc when Russell Brand was a Radio Presenter . And if they were raised what was done with it . And other developments within the last 2a hours. So this happened in 2008. This incident with new allegations of come from but a bbc employee who heard about it in 2019 over in los angeles referred it up to their boss and says nothing was done about it at the time. It is also worth reminding people this is becoming a wider industry issue, with investigations being run by channel 4 and the Production Company also into Russell Brands behaviour. And in the last few days we have seen the likes of Russell Brands uk stand up tour, which was supposed to be taking place tonight in plymouth in the south coast of england, those three dates were all postponed. Hes been removed as the main speaker in an australian Wellness Festival next year. And we should remind people that Russell Brand does deny all allegations and said that any sexual relations were absolutely, people were accepting of them at the time. Around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. Lets look at some other stories making news. A man has been arrested on suspicion of child abduction, as a hunt was launched for a missing mother and two children. Police say Jamie Leigh KellyLeft A Centre for vulnerable mothers and children in north west london, with her newborn son and three year old daughter on tuesday. The children are under Care Protection Orders and were taken from the centre against staff wishes. Natwest says its looking into a glitch with its cash Deposit Machines after customers reported money was missing from their accounts. The bank said some payments were delayed but the issue has been resolved and no customer will be left out of pocket. It is unclear how many people were affected by the issue. Bee killing pesticides are being found at wildlife threatening levels in rivers around the country. Campaigners say the presence of largely banned pesticides in more than one in ten of the rivers it analysed across the uk is hugely concerning. Youre live with bbc news. The king and queen will continue their tour of france with a visit to the bordeaux region later. On thursday king charles received a Standing Ovation for his speech in the french upper house of parliament, the senate. And there was also time for a bit of sport, with Queen Camilla taking on the french first lady at table tennis. biv our correspondent Daniella Relph has more state visits can be a funny mix. Moments of nostalgia, as royal trips of old are remembered and memories shared. Applause. And serious messages of countries united, of enduring friendship, of positive alliances to tackle the worlds global challenges. He speaks french. And the more informal stuff. Meeting sports stars in france for the rugby world cup. And all the praise if it goes right. And amidst all the unity, a little rivalry at table tennis, where the french came out on top. Today, the focus shifts as the attention of the royal couple moves away from frances capital city. Despite a tricky few years for the relationship between france and the uk post brexit, the mood around this trip has been positive and optimistic. Today, the king and queen leave paris and head south to bordeaux for the final day of the state visit. And there is something distinctly british about the Weather Forecast for bordeaux, as a city which is twinned with bristol prepares for its starring role in the state visit today. It will include a reception on board a Royal Navy Frigate to highlight defence ties between the uk and france, plus a visit to an organic, sustainable vineyard. Whats been noticeable during the week has been the obvious warmth and ease in the relationship between the king and the queen and president and brigitte macron. Last night, they said their goodbyes at the elysee palace, after a state visit where friendship and shared values have been the focus. Daniela relph, bbc news, paris. Lets get an update from libya now and the efforts to help people who were affected by a flood caused when two dams collapsed, after storm daniel bought torrential rain to the area. Its been difficult to get precise figures on the number of people affected but while the official number of deaths stands at more than 3,300, some International Aid groups say that could be as high as 10,000. And now, the International Organisation for migration says that an estimated 43 thousand people have been displaced by the floods with a lack of Water Supply Driving people out of derna the worst affected city. Were following developments from neighbouring tunisia, and our north africa correspondent Bassam Bounenni joins me now from tunis. Can you tell me more about this gap between the official death toll and the estimated death toll . Do you think that gap will close over time, or will we always have to accept that we dont know the true number of people who have died because of this collapse . £31 of people who have died because of this collapse . This collapse . Of course, the main reason is having this collapse . Of course, the main reason is having rival this collapse . Of course, the mainj reason is having rival governments meaning Rival Institutions and bodies on the ground. So both parties have been releasing separate statements with different figures and statistics, even regarding the appreciation and assessment of the situation on the ground that that would be quite different from one statement to another. We and the absence of a reliable source we are overwhelmed by fake use of the absence of a rival source about a fresh disaster, a daniel like disaster and the other point. And this could look very vague, but the tobruk government has called for the reconstruction of derna and the question is who will attend and who is recognising this government, so the kit situation is chaotic and in the absence of a Crisis Management. A unified Crisis Management. A unified Crisis Management management. A unified crisis manauement. , ~ management. A unified crisis manauement. ,. ~. , management. Tell me more. We know that tens of management. Tell me more. We know that Tens Of Thousands management. Tell me more. We know that Tens Of Thousands of management. Tell me more. We know that Tens Of Thousands of people management. Tell me more. We know that Tens Of Thousands of people are l that Tens Of Thousands of people are on the move at the moment away from the affected area. Weve already mentioned the Patchwork Network of government that governs libya, so what support is there and what support awaits those people who have decided they simply cannot stay near derna . �. , decided they simply cannot stay near derna . �. ,. , decided they simply cannot stay near derna . ~. ,. , derna . Actually there are figures from the international derna . Actually there are figures i from the International Organisation for migration, the iom, speaking of more than 43,000 people displaced including 24,000 on derna but the situation is really vague, as we dont know much in the absence of our media and Even InternationalRescue Workers yesterday, amnesty international, has called on an armoured group to lift restrictions imposed on the media. Irate armoured group to lift restrictions imposed on the media. Armoured group to lift restrictions imposed on the media. We have to leave it there, imposed on the media. We have to leave it there, im imposed on the media. We have to leave it there, im afraid, imposed on the media. We have to leave it there, im afraid, but leave it there, im afraid, but thank you for taking us through what we know. Thank you very much. Scientists and star gazers will have their eyes on the skies above the us state of utah this weekend. A capsule is due to plummet from space at more than 15 times the speed of a rifle bullet. It contains rocks and dust from an asteroid, which took four years to reach from earth. Those samples could give vital clues about the formation of our planet, more than four billion years ago. Our science editor Rebecca Morelle has the details. Asteroid bennu, a 500m wide rock hurtling through space. With its boulder strewn terrain, it tops nasas list of space rocks that pose a danger to our planet. But it could also shed light on our very beginnings. So nasa decided to get up close and personal with it. After a two year journey captured on camera, this was the moment the osiris rex spacecraft collected a sample in a smash and grab that lasted just five seconds. These bits of bennu were safely stowed in a capsule, and now theyre heading back to earth. Were looking at material that existed before our planet did, before the origin of life. In fact, some of it may have been from even before the solar system formed. So were looking at the beginning of our story. How did our solar system form, how did asteroids come together . And did asteroids like bennu literally make the earth a habitable world . For the landing site, theyve chosen a vast wilderness. After travelling for billions of miles through space, the capsule is going to land somewhere over here in the utah desert. Scientists think theres about 250 grams of rock and dust inside. It doesnt sound like much. Just a handful or so. But every single grain of this is precious. And scientists will study it to reveal the story of our solar system. The return wont be easy. The capsule will speed through the earths atmosphere at more than 27,000 mph, experiencing temperatures of 3,000 degrees, before descending down to the ground slowed by parachutes. Beeping. The nasa team has been practising in the desert, working out the best way to recover the craft after it comes down. The most important thing is to keep the extraterrestrial material inside free from contamination. Of course, we study meteorites here on earth and theres a lot we can learn from those meteorites. But they have gone through earths atmosphere and potentially had some contamination from earth. So thats why we need a pristine sample from an asteroid. Bennus already thrown up some surprises its not a solid rock, its a loosely held together pile of rubble. And some surprising people have also been involved in the mission along the way. Sir brian may helped the team to choose the best place to take a sample, by Making Stereoscopic 3d images of bennu. I think originally 30 different sites were selected as possibilities, but some were rejected because the boulders were too big, some were rejected because it was actually too small to navigate into. Some because the materials you were going to get werent going to be nice enough. Interesting. And the material that we were able to supply, i think, just enabled them to tip the balance to actually make those final decisions. All eyes are now on this patch of utah desert, ready for the landing. The hope is this mission could answer that most profound question where did we come from . Rebecca morrelle, bbc news, utah. Some Breaking News on a University Student abductions in North West Nigeria coming up in a few moments. Hello. We have a largely fine start to the day across many parts of the uk with sunny spells but showers have gathered towards northern and Western Areas and weve seen a few rainbows already from our weather watches this morning as the showers pass through. If we look at the Satellite Image we can see todays weather is linked with a swell of cloud here, sunny spells and showers and saturday is the clear a and this is sundays weather, a period of wet and windy weather on its way. For the rest of the day, showers continuing towards northern and Western Areas and those will drift towards the south and east, so all of us at some point this afternoon catching a shower. Strong winds in the north east of scotland, gail sia, and maximum temperature is generally up to 14 or 18 degrees. It will feel quite fresh in the brisk north westerly wind but through tonight we have a ridge of High Pressure moving in and that ridge means that the air is descending in the atmosphere and clears the moisture so the showers disappear, the cloud breaks up and there will be clear spells and that will allow temperatures to fall away, three or four celsius in central areas of scotland, even down in the capital temperatures in single figures. So a chilly but sunny start to your weekend. Yes there will be one or two showers around norfolk and suffolk but generally clearing away. Lots of sunshine for many others but the cloud will increase across northern ireland, west wales on the far South West Of England late in the day and if you spots of rain and temperatures between 14 and 18 degrees, similar to today. As we go into the weekend or the second half of the weekend, on sunday, we will see this deep area of low pressure and this will contain the remnants of hurricane nigel, so the white lines, the isobars close together and the winds are strengthening on the Weather Front bringing outbreaks of rain. That reign particularly heavy across parts of wales, northern ireland, the isle of man and up into scotland as the afternoon goes on and gales around the irish sea coast. Towards the midlands, eastern and south east of england, is looking mostly dry and there will be some sunshine around as well. Temperatures for many of us on sunday up a little bit, 18 to 20 celsius with a south westerly wind and its the south westerly wind that will keep temperatures between 18 and 23 degrees through the week ahead with a mixture of sunny spells and showers. This is bbc news, the headlines ukraines president makes a suprise visit to canada as he continues to rally support for his country in north america. More questions for the bbc following a claim that Russell Brand exposed himself to a woman before laughing about it on his bbc radio two show. An eight Year Old Girl becomes the first person in the uk to have a Kidney Transplant without the need to take drugs for life after the operation. And seven years after blasting off a rocket will be delivering what scientists hope will be the secrets to how life began on earth. The king and queen will continue their tour of france with a visit to the bordeaux region later. On thursday, king charles received a Standing Ovation for his speech in the french upper house of parliament, the senate. And there was also time for a bit of sport, with Queen Camilla taking on the french first lady at table tennis. Earlier i spoke to our correspondent Hugh Schofield who gave us the latest in bordeaux. Well, hes coming here. Im in bordeaux wine country, a very rainy morning, cold. But the harvest is getting under way here at the chateau and hes coming here with Queen Camilla this afternoon, because this vineyard is implemented of his efforts to get, convert the world to organic farming. This is a vineyard, a very, very prestigious vineyard, very expensive reds and whites, which is based on his wine