labour leader sir keir starmer said cowboys are running the country, but rishi sunak said the government has acted decisively. the department for education has today published a list of schools in england affected by the problem: 147 of them, with 19 forced to delay the start of the new school term. ellie price reports. when politicians go on visits before nine o'clock in the morning, you know they have a point to make. the labour leader keir starmer went to parkview in north london, one of 147 schools in england who have a problem with concrete. 15 problem with concrete. 113; classrooms... problem with concrete. 15 classrooms... in - problem with concrete. 15 classrooms... in the - problem with concrete. 15 - classrooms... in the commons a problem with concrete. 15 _ classrooms... in the commons a few hours later. — classrooms... in the commons a few hours later. a _ classrooms. .. in the commons a few hours later. a row— classrooms... in the commons a few hours later, a row about _ classrooms... in the commons a few hours later, a row about whether - hours later, a row about whether cuts are made more than ten years ago are to blame. the cuts are made more than ten years ago are to blame.— cuts are made more than ten years ago are to blame. the truth is, this crisis is the — ago are to blame. the truth is, this crisis is the inevitable _ ago are to blame. the truth is, this crisis is the inevitable result - ago are to blame. the truth is, this crisis is the inevitable result of - crisis is the inevitable result of 13 years of cutting corners, sticking plaster politics. it is the sort of thing you expect from cowboy builders. saying that everyone else is wrong, everyone is to blame, protesting they have done an effing good job, protesting they have done an effing goodjob, even protesting they have done an effing good job, even as the ceiling falls in. the difference mr speaker, in this case, the cowboys are running the country. but this case, the cowboys are running the country-— this case, the cowboys are running the country. but the prime minister defended his _ the country. but the prime minister defended his decisions. _ the country. but the prime minister defended his decisions. this - the country. but the prime minister defended his decisions. this is - defended his decisions. this is exactly the — defended his decisions. this is exactly the kind _ defended his decisions. this is exactly the kind of _ defended his decisions. this is exactly the kind of political- exactly the kind of political opportunism that we have... exactly the kind _ opportunism that we have... exactly the kind of— opportunism that we have... exactly the kind of opportunism that we have come _ the kind of opportunism that we have come to— the kind of opportunism that we have come to expect from captain hindsight over here. before today... before _ hindsight over here. before today... before today, he has never once raised _ before today, he has never once raised this— before today, he has never once raised this issue with me across this dispatch box. he talks about 13 years. _ this dispatch box. he talks about 13 years. lets— this dispatch box. he talks about 13 years, let's see what happen. two thirds _ years, let's see what happen. two thirds of— years, let's see what happen. two thirds of schools who are good and outstanding and now it is 90%, mr speaker _ outstanding and now it is 90%, mr seaker. , ., ., outstanding and now it is 90%, mr seaker. ., ,. speaker. this afternoon, two school union leaders _ speaker. this afternoon, two school union leaders have _ speaker. this afternoon, two school union leaders have written - speaker. this afternoon, two school union leaders have written to - speaker. this afternoon, two school union leaders have written to the i union leaders have written to the prime minister asking for an apology after telling them to get off their backsides responding to a government survey about raac. what backsides responding to a government survey about raac.— survey about raac. what we are seeinu survey about raac. what we are seeing between _ survey about raac. what we are seeing between the _ survey about raac. what we are seeing between the secretary i survey about raac. what we are seeing between the secretary of| seeing between the secretary of state, a blame game between her and the prime minister, this ought to be a time when we are reassuring parents hugely about what is happening. iii} parents hugely about what is happening-— parents hugely about what is hauuenin, ii ,., ., happening. 70 miles away from westminster, _ happening. 70 miles away from westminster, half— happening. 70 miles away from westminster, half of _ happening. 70 miles away from westminster, half of tony - happening. 70 miles away from | westminster, half of tony wood school in colchester has had to close because of raac, leaving half the students to learn remotely. it is a problem that will not go away anytime soon. it is a problem that will not go away anytime soon-— anytime soon. it is going to take six months _ anytime soon. it is going to take six months to _ anytime soon. it is going to take six months to get _ anytime soon. it is going to take six months to get everything - anytime soon. it is going to take l six months to get everything back anytime soon. it is going to take - six months to get everything back to normal. that is unacceptable when it comes to looking at the situation we have got with remote learning. that is equivalent of two lockdowns. the row over raac will continue to dominate in westminster in the coming days. the impact on affected schools could last our chief political correspondent henry zeffman last much longer. is in westminster. we have seen a commons clash in the last hour, how damaging is this for the government and the prime minister? if i the government and the prime minister? ., , ., ., ~ ., ., minister? if i told you a week ago the first prime _ minister? if i told you a week ago the first prime minister's - minister? if i told you a week ago l the first prime minister's questions after the summer break would be taken up with questions about concrete, i think you would have been pretty surprise. in the event it was completely unsurprising that keir starmer used all of his time on the issue. i was in the house of commons and i can tell you the roar of approvalfrom commons and i can tell you the roar of approval from conservative mps as rishi sunak fended of approval from conservative mps as rishi sunakfended off keir starmer�*s attacks on the issue was quite loud. but there are dangers for the prime minister. firstly, he finds himself spending time answering questions, notjust about previous conservative governments, who he has tried to define himself against, but also his own record when he was chancellor. that is a bit dangerous for him. secondly, after keir starmer was done they were tricky questions from conservative backbenchers. which suggest that while rishi sunak has soothed fears, there might be some difficulty in the details.— difficulty in the details. henry, thank you _ difficulty in the details. henry, thank you very _ difficulty in the details. henry, thank you very much. - the bbc has been sent a video message from the father and step mother of sara sharif — the ten—year—old girl who was found dead at her home in surrey last month. the couple left the uk for pakistan the day before her body was found, and now say the reason they are in hiding there is because they fear pakistani police will torture and kill them. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports. four weeks to the day after they left the uk, this is the first time we have heard from urfan sharif and beinash batool. they wanted for questioning over the death of sara sharif, she was found dead the day after they left for pakistan. i would like to talk about sara. in the two minutes 36 second video, this is the only mention of her. fiur this is the only mention of her. our famil in this is the only mention of her. oi" family in pakistan are severely affected. they are harassing my extended family. they have illegally raided more of my family members' homes. ~ .,, , raided more of my family members' homes. ~ , ., raided more of my family members' homes. ,., ., homes. most is about harassment the coule sa homes. most is about harassment the couple say their— homes. most is about harassment the couple say their family _ homes. most is about harassment the couple say their family are _ homes. most is about harassment the couple say their family are facing - couple say their family are facing as the police search for them. police had previously admitted detaining some family members for questioning and conducting raids. mr; questioning and conducting raids. ii main questioning and conducting raids. iii: main concern is questioning and conducting raids. ii: main concern is that the questioning and conducting raids. iii main concern is that the pakistani police will torture or kill us. that is why we have gone into hiding. fin is why we have gone into hiding. on the latest allegation of torture, the latest allegation of torture, the police have been adamant, saying this is totally baseless. we don't know where it was filmed of the conditions it was filmed under, but some detailed help today it. the next court _ some detailed help today it. iiie: next court hearing some detailed help today it. tie: next court hearing is some detailed help today it. “ii2 next court hearing is on some detailed help today it. i“i2 next court hearing is on the 19th of september 2023.— september 2023. there, that is im ortant september 2023. there, that is important because _ september 2023. there, that is important because that - september 2023. there, that is| important because that decision september 2023. there, that is - important because that decision was only made yesterday in court in rawalpindi. ourteam only made yesterday in court in rawalpindi. our team was there. that means that this video must have been made in the course of the last day. most crucial is this element... lastly, we are willing to cooperate with the uk authorities and fight our case in court. pakistan police say they still don't know where the family is. caroline davies, bbc news, islamabad. joining me now is our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford, and we were hearing there in that video from sara's a father and stepmother. but we've also heard from her biological mother today? yes, she is the natural mother of sara sharif. the couple separated and she is the only member of the family in the country. in the interview with polish television she described what it was like going to see her daughter in the mortuary. they had dressed her in mickey mouse pyjamas and she had a cult over her. but no mother should see something like that. one of her cheeks were swollen and the other side was bruce. even now, when i close my eyes, i can see what my baby looked like. it eyes, i can see what my baby looked like. ., , �* eyes, i can see what my baby looked like. . , i ., ,, ., , like. it wasn't sara. she was entirely changed. _ like. it wasn't sara. she was entirely changed. and - like. it wasn't sara. she was i entirely changed. and bruised. like. it wasn't sara. she was - entirely changed. and bruised. if someone — entirely changed. and bruised. if someone hadn't told me it was sara, i someone hadn't told me it was sara, iwouldn't _ someone hadn't told me it was sara, i wouldn't have believed it. that was sara's _ i wouldn't have believed it. “iisgi was sara's grandmother saying how bad the bruising was on sara's face. also in the video there have been allegations of mistreatment by urfan sharif, but we haven't been able to talk to him so he can put his details. an sara's grandmother makes a plea that sara's older brother should be able to return and live with his mother. but that would require him also to be found, because he is missing in pakistan. daniel, thank you very much indeed. it's being claimed the uk's air traffic control system collapsed on last week's bank holiday because of a �*one in 15 million' event which cannot happen again. hundreds of flights were cancelled, with some passengers stranded abroad for days. a preliminary report says air traffic control shut itself down in seconds after receiving a highly unusual flight plan. our transport correspondent katy austin reports. from holiday bliss to airport misery, thousands of people's plans were thrown into chaos amid hundreds of cancellations. we tried to process through that... peter's flight from manchester to belfast was delayed by 30 hours. my wife was down to her last few tablets that she needs for ongoing medical issues, and i had my cousin with me who, again, he has serious medical issues. but if he'd been travelling on his own, he literally would have been absolutely lost there. with planes and crew out of position and most flights already booked up, many people found themselves stuck abroad, facing long waits to get home. behind it all, a problem at air traffic provider nats. a newly published report says there was an extremely unusual error with the system it uses to process flight plans last monday morning. it happened after one was received containing two markers with the same label, but in different locations. it was so unusual. in fact, one in 15 million unusual, that the system decided the safest course of action was to stop and allow manual intervention so that we could then continue to safely control aircraft. the back up system also shut itself down. this all happened in just 20 seconds. nats says the situation had never happened before in the five years the system had been in use. fewer flights could be handled while controllers were working manually. that had big consequences. at least 1500 flights were cancelled on the monday alone and 575 more were delayed. the average delay was an hour and 50 minutes. as last week went on, airlines put on extra planes to clear the backlog and get people home. the boss of ryanair isn't impressed by nats's explanation. they're clearly trying to cover up or do a whitewash with this frankly rubbish report today, which understates the scale of the impact and fails to explain why the backup system didn't back up. the aviation regulator has said it will launch a review into the system failure and how nats responded. airlines are seeking legal advice on whether they can claim back their costs. nats says it has come up with a fix which means the system will not do the same thing again. it is fair to say airlines are not fully satisfied. easyjet said some questions were unanswered and the trade body said it was concerning a small fault with data could lead to such a dramatic impact and that it took so long to rectify. airlines also want to be reimbursed for the tens of millions of pounds in costs they have had to pay to affected passengers. and tomorrow, the transport secretary is due to have another meeting with nats and the regulator and the airlines to discuss this report and the airlines' feedback so far. katie, thank you. the us secretary of state antony blinken is on visit to kyiv today — the first by a senior american official since ukraine launched its counter offensive against russian forces. mr blinken is expected to announce a new package of us aid worth more than a billion dollars. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams has the latest from kyiv. with america's secretary of state just hours away, a fresh wave of attacks at dawn. kyiv�*s well drilled air defences called into action once more. outside the city a supermarket damaged by falling debris, wrecked early in the war, the process of being repaired now wrecked again. and a familiar welcome, too. antony blinken bringing a fresh pledge, more than $1 billion in security and other assistance.— other assistance. every time i am here i other assistance. every time i am here i am — other assistance. every time i am here i am struck _ other assistance. every time i am here i am struck by _ other assistance. every time i am here i am struck by the _ here i am struck by the extraordinary bravery and resilience of the ukrainian people. the ukrainian forces, ukraine's leadership. and i am here first and foremost to demonstrate our ongoing and determined support for ukraine as it deals with this aggression. this is mr blinken's first visit since ukraine launched its counter offensive injune. after weeks of slow progress, ukraine says the pace is picking up. the cost in men and equipment is high. president zelensky says more supplies are on the way and that ukraine will step up the way and that ukraine will step up its own production. translation:- up its own production. translation: , translation: there will be new su - lies. translation: there will be new supplies- it _ translation: there will be new supplies- it is — translation: there will be new supplies. it is very _ translation: there will be new supplies. it is very important - translation: there will be new| supplies. it is very important that there will be new production of our weapons and we have outlined several priority items with the warriors. this is what needs to be done. will do it. at ki have's wall of remembrance, yet another gesture of solidarity. denmark's prime minister paying her respects. the country among three planning to send f—16 jets at the beginning of next year. will the time is 13:15. our top story this afternoon. the prime minister defends his record on schools with potentially dangerous concrete after the government publishes a full list of the schools in england affected by the problem. and coming up... the latest big release in gaming, starfield, hits the shelves today. coming up in sport on bbc news. 20—year—old ben shelton beats frances tiafoe to become the youngest american us open semi—finalist in 30 years, where the world number one novak djokovic will await. the global cost of living crisis, and the impact of the war in ukraine on food prices has hit families around the world hard. none more so than in bangladesh, which last year hiked fuel prices by 50% overnight. it led to a steep rise in the cost of basic food items — such as rice and vegetables — and it's having an impact on some of the country's most vulnerable — who were already struggling. our correspondent rajini vaidya nathan reports from bangladesh — a warning — some of what you are about to see is distressing. ezrut is more than a year old, but she's severely underweight. half of what she should be for her age. her mother can't afford rising food prices and fears she'll have to beg soon. the family gets some rice rations from the government, but it's not enough. translation: i am hungry. my children cry because they are hungry. we don't eat meat or fish anymore. even fresh vegetables are so costly. what can we do? every third child here injamalpur is malnourished. already one of bangladesh's poorest districts, deeper in poverty. after the pandemic, floods, and the impact of rising oil prices since the war in ukraine. ezrut�*s father works these fields. it costs more to farm here. the land that fed his family now threatens to starve them. translation: i am struggling to support my family now. - i don't earn that much, but still i have to spend a large amount of my earnings just to buy fuel for irrigation. we are growing rice here, but we can't even afford it. from villages to cities, similar struggles. bangladesh was forced to go to the imf this year after its economy faltered. the cost of rice has risen by more than 50% since pre—covid times in bangladesh. in fact, the prices of many basic food items continue to increase. take the broiler chicken, a staple in many low income households. in one month alone this year, it rose by a third. at this hospital in the capital, dakar, mums are taking part in a healthy eating workshop. but with the price of a potato now up by 75% on last year, basics they could once afford are now luxuries. and at the ward, we see just how bad things can get when children aren't fed a proper diet. bed after bed, young patients severely malnourished. yassin's nearly two. he has stunted growth and is very sick. translation: doctors | advised me to give more nutritious food to my son, but i can't afford nutritious food. so how does my baby boy get nutrition? life nowadays is really hard for people like me. a few days later, and yassin's doing a little better. but once home, he'll return to a life of hunger and hardship. it's a cycle of desperation. in the cost of living crisis in bangladesh, the youngest are paying a high price. rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news, dhaka. there have been more extreme weather events, causing havoc around the world. torrential rain and winds caused by a cyclone have left at least 21 people dead in southern brazil, with more flooding expected. the governor of rio grande do sul said it was the state's worst—ever weather disaster. in turkey and greece the search for survivors continues after torrential rain triggered flash floods in parts of the region. the greek coastal port city of volos has seen the same amount of water falling in 24 hours that it usually gets for the whole of autumn — according to local experts. the city is living a tragedy, this was the epicentre of the storm and no one can remember anything quite like it. for the city to find its feet again will take a long time. and the bad weather is forecast to continue. an investigation into the helicopter crash five years ago at leicester city's stadium has found there was nothing the pilot could have done to stop it happening. five people were killed in the crash outside the king power stadium, including the club's billionare owner. the aviation accidents investigation bureau blames catastrophic mechanical failure and rules out pilot error. our midlands correspondent phil mackie reports. this was the aftermath of the accident in october 2018, and the start of an investigation into what led to the loss of five people's lives. we now know what caused the crash. the leonardo aw169 was leaving the king power stadium when the rear rotor blade failed. it caused the helicopter to spin out of control. it crashed and caught fire. everyone on board was killed — leicester's billionaire chairman vichai srivaddhanaprabha, employees nusara suknama and kaveporn punpare, as well as the experienced pilot and instructor eric swaffer, and his partner, izabela roza lechowicz. investigators say all safety checks had been properly carried out and mr swaffer couldn't have done anything to prevent the accident. it was a very serious failure, and what happened was the tail retractor, drove the tail rotor blades to their full negative pitch, and that spun the aircraft around very rapidly. it was spinning once every two seconds, and that made the helicopter impossible to control. so there's little more he could have done. the crash led to an outpouring of grief from football fans in leicester and around the world. this is where the helicopter crashed, and players and staff did their best to pull people out of the wreckage. a year later, it was opened as this beautiful memorial garden. so there's a permanent reminder for the club and its supporters of what happened. the aaib has made a number of recommendations because of what it called weaknesses in safety regulations. in a statement, mr srivaddhanaprabha's son, said, "my father trusted that he had bought a safe helicopter from a world renowned manufacturer. had he known what we know now, he would never have risked his life in this machine." along with those of the pilot and his co—pilot, his family are now considering legal action. phil mackey, bbc news, leicester. now a look at some other stories making the news today. the 52 wilko shops due to close have been saved. they were due to close because of the absence of viable offers. more than a thousand staff are being made redundant. the former leader of the far— right proud boys group in the us has been jailed for 22 years for orchestrating the capitol building riot of january 2021. enrique tarrio's prison term is the longest sentence yet for anyone involved. mr tarrio wasn't in washington during the riot but helped to organise the mob which was protesting donald trump's election defeat. the russian mercenary force, the wagner group, is to be officially classed as a terrorist organisation in the uk. it makes membership or support of the group illegal. the defence secretary grant shapps says the group's activities in ukraine and africa pose a threat to global security. a man has been arrested in the us after he was caught trying to cross the atlantic in this vessel resembling a human—powered hamster wheel. reza baluchi was found 70 miles off the coast of georgia last month. court papers filed in florida detail a three—day standoff with the us coast guard. fewer video games were created after the pandemic — but that all changed this year. blockbuster releases like hogwarts legacy, the legend of zelda and final fantasy 16 show the industry is bouncing back. and another big release hits the shelves today, as our gaming correspondent steffan powell reports. starfield. a sprawling space epic. it's the big hope for xbox in 2023. you're part of constellation now. exclusive to that console, bosses hope it will be popular enough to help them claw back the gap on the sony playstation 5, which is outselling the competition. it's notjust how the ship looks... it's the brainchild of todd howard, game director of some of the most critically acclaimed titles of recent history — skyrim and fallout. was the game in your head as ambitious as the game has ended up becoming? i always start with a tone. ok, we're going to go out in space. you have a ship you can land on planets, and it has this kind of science fiction vibe. and it wasn't till later, after we finished fallout 4, we really start designing where you realise how much you have to design, how much... space is big! ..how much space is in space! it ended upjust, you know, so much larger than anything we had ever done. and there were periods where you're, "are we in over our heads?" what do you say to those people that might argue that games have got too big? we found two things. one, they do play it for a really, really long time. but even if they play it, say, for 10 hours or 20 hours and they finish the main quest and they save the world, whatever, that they see all the other choices. that that experience, those 20 hours were different because they had so much choice. some critics have been impressed by this scope and grandeur. others have found it a little underwhelming and disjointed. we are not stopping... as an exclusive release, its only available to xbox and pc players. talking about audiences and who plays your game, eo you think there is still a place in the industry for exclusive games like this? when you're making something, the more you can focus, the more you know this is the hardware or the thing people are going to play on, you know, your ability to focus on that always yields a better product. i love this part! having spent £5.5 billion in 2020 on buying the studio that made the game, microsoft is waiting to see if starfield can blast away at playstation's lead. this is where we belong. steffan powell, bbc news. the bbc crime drama happy valley won best returning drama at the national tv awards last night. its star, sarah lancashire, was given this year's special recognition award and beat her co—star james norton to win the best drama performance prize for her portrayal of no—nonsense police officer catherine cawood. we came back together again after such a long time, and that was very exciting in itself. when knew where the story was leading. so this is kind of, it's a real cherry on the cake, really, isn't it? a full weather forecast is coming up injust a moment, but first — it is likely to be the hottest day of the year in the uk. temperatures could reach well over 32 degrees celsius in parts of the country — an amber heat health alert has been issued for almost all of england. well our correspondentjoe inwood is at a lido in south london. i think you can probably see just how easy it is down here at brockwell in south london, this place is fully booked until sunday because we are finally having the summer arrive! because we are finally having the summerarrive! look because we are finally having the summer arrive! look set to be the hottest day of the year, 32 degrees is what it could get up to. currently it is about 28 around the country but it is going to get warmer through the day. as a consequence there is an amber weather warning which means a widespread risk to people, the nhs could be disrupted as could transport but as you can see for the most part people are just enjoying what is the first taste of the summer that they've had. and we've had a pretty unsettled summer in the uk, not much to really enjoy. compare that to europe where they had record—breaking heat waves, more than 45 degrees, it has been a summer of weather chaos across the continent because of the shifting growing concerns around climate change but for today as you can see the crowds are out enjoying the heat and having an ice cream and a swim. all right for them that they are allowed to wear shorts! and they are enjoying the last few days of the summer holidays. time for a look at the weather. here's sarah keith lucas. how hot is it going to get? it could be the hottest day of the year, already 29 degrees and still time for things to warm up more. this is the picture this afternoon with beautiful blue skies and long spells of sunshine. yesterday, the hottest temperature so far was back injune hottest temperature so far was back in june and hottest temperature so far was back injune and today we expect temperatures to get around 32 selt with had to wait a while to see the heat returning. but that is not the picture across all of europe because we have stormed daniel which has brought torrential rain across parts of greece in the past couple of days. we had about two years worth of rainfall in athens in just 24 hours. further north high pressure is dominating the weather here and with that combination of high pressure for us and low pressure further south across europe that is going to draw in these southerly winds so they are coming up from north africa bringing that heat and humidity and somejust north africa bringing that heat and humidity and some just as well. we have some cloud towards the east which is burning back gradually towards the coast so for most of us long spells of blue skies and sunshine. just some cloud around this afternoon. but out there temperatures mid to high 20s widely, perhaps 31, 30 2 degrees down towards the south east. through this evening and tonight subtle changes, we could see some heavy showers and perhaps some thunder moving in. you may