and nowadays, you ve got something called a calculator, and these are just marvellous things. anybody that gets one of these, it does all the work for you. in other news. the investigation into the murder of nine year old olivia pratt korbel continues police are questioning a former drug dealer, who was the intended target of the attack. a think thank campaigning on behalf of low and middle income families has warned that a catastrophe is coming this winter , unless the government steps in to help with energy costs. search and rescue operations are under way in eastern ukraine, after russian missile strikes killed at least 20 people. and coming up this hour. we hear the remarkable story of the 66 year old man running inside a nine foot dragon costume in shropshire. good morning from denbigh high school in luton. we are here all day finding out how pupils at the school have got on in their gcses. like many others across their gcses. like many others across the country, tho
a national emergency as labour is to call for the energy price cap to be frozen in october. the energy minister says their plan won t work. the son of author sir salman rushdie says his injuries are life changing but that his feisty and defiant sense of humour remains intact after he was stabbed at an event in new york state. egyptian health officials say at least 41 people have died and forty injured in a fire at a coptic church in north west cairo. warnings in the uk over the use of disposable barbecues as tinder dry conditions continue after a weekend of wildfires in parts of england. at least 3,000 people have been evacuated from their homes in southern france as wildfires continue in a summer of historic drought and a series of heatwaves. now it s time for sportsday with 0lly foster. hello, and welcome to sportsday. here s what s coming up for you this evening. there s another battle at the bridge as conte and tuchel refuse to shake on a draw. it s home sweet hom
emergency over energy bills, labour will call for the price cap to be frozen. and erin kennedy coxes britain to a rowing gold in munich just three months after being told she has breast cancer. good evening. it will be a year tomorrow since the taliban swept back into the afghan capital, kabul, marking their takeover of the country and sparking scenes like these at the airport thousands trying to leave in fear at what could lie ahead. one year on life for women and girls is very different with harsh rules, including restrictions on education and employment. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet, who was in kabul last august, has returned there for this special report. it s a man s world. afghanistan is a conservative country. but the rules are now set by the ultraconservative taliban. spaces which had opened up for women have now been slammed shut. we met three generations of women whose lives speak loudly about their world. many are afraid. they don t wan
sunshine. and that will lift the temperatures, 17 in cardiff. temperatures still below par for the time of year. into wednesday, yes, still some showers in the forecast. again some heavy thundery ones. but these western areas seeing more dry weather and more sunshine and temperatures nudging up a little. that is a sign of things to come. as we led into the long weekend, we have this area of high pressure that means plenty of dry weather. but one little feature pushing in from the north could introduce some showers and this low to the south again brings the threat of one or two be showers. particularly in southern parts as we head through into sunday. but to sum up it will be often be dry through the weekend. spells of sunshine, but the chance of showers and a bit of uncertainty how many there will be. that s all from the bbc news at six. so it s goodbye from me and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc s news teams where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday i m gavin ramjaun. in
of a black man being asphixiated in the back of a police car causes shock and anger. real madrid win the champions league final, after a 1 0 victory over liverpool in paris. the spanish football side take the title for a record 14th time. the kick off was delayed by 30 minutes, as police used tear gas on some fans struggling to get into the stadium. more than 60 people were arrested. and the top prize at this year s cannes film festival has been awarded to sweden s ruben 0stlund. his movie, triangle of sadness, received the palme d or for outstanding film. hello and welcome to bbc news. the leaders of france and germany have made a joint appeal to president putin to hold serious talks with the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky, as russia claims to have made strategically significant gains. ukraine has warned it may have to withdraw from severodonetsk, the easternmost city it still controls. it comes as the russian ambassador to the uk told the bbc that moscow will not u