The eastern part of romania. Authorities are creating Displacement Camps and sending Emergency Aid to those forced to evacuate their Homes. The Cyclone Rains have also hit several other countries in the region including the Czech Republic, where 38 locations have declared the highest flood alert. Authorities there say the worst Rainfall And Flood risk should be experienced in the coming 2a to 48 hours. Poland, too, has also experienced heavy rain. Our correspondent in warsaw, adam easton, has the latest. Well, what this cyclone is doing, catherine, is causing extremely heavy rainfall which is leading to dangerously high river Levels Water levels in the rivers across the region. Many rivers have burst their banks, and thats causing flooding in many countries particularly as you mentioned in romania, where four people have been found dead in the east of the country by the River Danube delta. 5,000 Homes have been damaged in the flooding and the romanian authorities have, as you said, set up Displacement Camps and are providing blankets and food for people who have been forced to evacuate their Homes. In romania and in the Czech Republic, the floods have caused Tens Of Thousands of people to lose power. They havent got power at the moment. And its disrupting transport in the Czech Republic and in poland. And the worst could be yet to come, catherine, because donald tusk, the polish prime minister where im talking to you from now hes visiting the worst affected areas in southern poland, which borders the Czech Republic, and he says its going to be a critical night. Full mobilisation is required because these River Levels are not at their highest. The rainfall is expected to continue and these River Levels are expected to get higher and more River Banks are expected to be breached and the flooding is expected to be worse. But what the authorities across the region are saying is, please, everyone, co operate with the emergency services, and when they ask you to evacuate your Homes which is obviously a very difficult decision for people to leave their Homes they say, please co operate and evacuate. Because the most important thing, as the romanian prime minister said, touring the worst affected areas, is to prevent more deaths. Because we have seen many deaths from flooding in central and eastern europe, and many people are saying the water theyre seeing, the Rainfall And River levels levels theyre seeing, reminds them of the massive floods in Central Europe in � 97, for example. When more than 100 people died in the czech Republic And Poland due to extremely heavy rainfall. That is our correspondent, adam easton. We will bring you more updates from that story as more rainfall is expected this weekend. President zelensky has again stressed ukraine needs more long range weapons and Air Defence capabilities. His remarks came after Sir Keir Starmer and Joe Biden held talks on whether to permit ukraine to use western weapons against targets inside russia but didnt announce a change in policy. The former us special representative for ukraine negotiations, kurt volker, says any change to Missile Policy might not be made public. Some of this may get loosened up behind the scenes, you may see the us not object to the uk allowing Storm Shadows to go and you may see some shift in us position but just not announced as some sort of new policy. But ukrainian frustration is palpable and i think it isjustified. Meanwhile, nato� s highest military authorities have been meeting in prague, for the annual military committee conference. The Final conclusion of the committee is always the highest Military Recommendation for the political leaders of the alliance. Admiral rob bauer, is the chair of the nato military committee. The chiefs of defence of nato talked about taking stock with regards to our readiness in relation to all the plans that were agreed last year in vilnius. However, if you look at this question from a military point of view, then it is logical from the ukrainian side to ask for this permission. Because basically, if you are attacked by a nation, then the aggressor can be attacked in its own nation in accordance with the Un Charter and in accordance with the law of armed conflict. So this militarily a logical thing to ask. It is actually the right thing to do militarily, because you want to basically prevent the attacker to continue to attack by basically ensuring that the logistics are not coming to the front weapons, fuel, things like that. So if you are able to not only defend yourself against the arrows that are being fired at you but also attack the archer, that is militarily the right thing to do. And admiral, President Putin has pre empted any decision like this, saying that this would be a Red Line that nato countries in particular would be fighting russia. This is a warning not for ukraine but for your member countries. Do you believe him when he gives this warning . What would you say to people in your country who would be worried about an escalation in this conflict . I think this shows that the russians are not achieving any of the strategic goals they want to achieve in ukraine. So i think they are frustrated, they are angry with their poor performance in itself there. And therefore, they are talking to us when they see that other nations, including nato allies, are helping ukraine theres 50 nations that do this since 2022. And of course, its not helping them if we help ukraine. So this is their frustration and their way to talk to us about this. What nato does is nothing else than basically help ukraine in accordance with the Un Charter and international law. And admiral, where do you go from here . This would be a big step forward in terms of western commitment towards ukraine. If it doesnt work, what more can you do when it stops stopping the russian forces in ukraine . How much further are you able to go from here . The decision in washington set up this command in germany, is to make sure the coordination of training has being done by nato, the coordination of all requirements that ukraine has are reaching ukraine, including logistics to the border, and working with the ukrainians on the future armed forces. That is the command, what we are going to do. And the discussions were about how we are moving towards the set up to make sure the command becomes operational as soon as possible. And that was Admiral Robert Bauer there. One more development on the war between russia and ukraine the countries have exchanged Prisoners Of War a move mediated by the united arab emirates. The russian Defence Ministry said its freed servicemen were currently in belarus and receiving help. Uae state media said 103 prisoners from each side were handed over and that it was abu dhabis eighth such mediation. On friday, ukraine said it had received a further 49 captives from russia. They included former defenders of the now ruined city of mariupol. Yuriy sak is adviser to the minister of strategic industries of ukraine. We have successfully returned today 103 ukrainian Prisoners Of War ukrainian heroes, actually. Yesterday, 49 ukrainians have been returned home. So, militarily is one thing, the diplomatic front is another important front where our diplomats are on a daily basis trying to impose pressure on russia to make it unsustainable, to make this War Unsustainable for russia. So, its not any one simple or one single factor that will determine the outcome of this war but taken together, of course, and this permission to use long range weapons, of course, will be an important factor that will bring us closer to our victory. Before we leave this story, we have an update coming in from kio. This is the national Security Adviser to President Biden, jake sullivan, speaking in kyiv. He said the leaders of ukraine and the us would meet in late september. He added that President Biden is determined to use the four months left of his presidency to push ukraine in the best possible position to prevail. An announcement that there will be another meeting between Mr Zelensky and President Biden in late september. Thousands of people have attended the funeral for ugandan 0lympic athlete, rebecca cheptegei, who was killed by a former boyfriend this month. The service was in her familys home town, bukwo. She received full military honours, having been a member of the ugandan armed forces. The 33 year old marathon runner, who competed in the Paris Games last month, died after being doused with Petrol And Set alight. Rebecca Cheptegeis Body was brought in from kenya, where she lived and trained. Her death has renewed concern about the level of violence against women in kenya and uganda. Herformer partner has since died of his injuries. 0ur correspondent, anne soy, has more for military honours. Back in her home, she fell victim to domestic violence. Dozens of local residents here turned up for the funeral. They said rebecca was a much loved member of this committee and who inspired many children to take up inspired many children to take up athletics. She died in neighbouring kenny after her former boyfriend poured petrol on her and set On Fire. We former boyfriend poured petrol on her and set On Fire. On her and set On Fire. We are uuil on her and set On Fire. We are guilty as on her and set On Fire. We are guilty as a on her and set On Fire. We are guilty as a government, on her and set On Fire. We are guilty as a government, but l guilty as a government, but also the community is guilty. It is not true that we did not know, even in the local community, that rebecca was facing family problems. Domestic violence is endemic in the community where it rebecca lived, and so many people are hoping that her death will mark the beginning of the end of this advice so that elite athletes like her and women generally will feel safe in their Homes. Generally will feel safe in their Homes. ~. ,. , their Homes. We have a right to live, and their Homes. We have a right to live. And no their Homes. We have a right to live, and No One their Homes. We have a right to live, and No One has their Homes. We have a right to live, and No One has a their Homes. We have a right to live, and No One has a right their Homes. We have a right to live, and No One has a right to l live, and No One has a right to take live, and No One has a right to take over live, and No One has a right to take over someones life, someones daughter, someone who the family someones daughter, someone who the family depends on. Local leaders he the family depends on. Local leaders he say the family depends on. Local leaders he say they the family depends on. Local leaders he say they will the family depends on. Local| leaders he say they will name the family depends on. Local. Leaders he say they will name a road and a Sports Venue in honour. South sudans cabinet has endorsed a two Year Extension of the transitional government, which means national elections will be delayed. The polls were due to take place this december. President salva kiir� s office said the Election Delay was necessary in order to complete essential tasks, including writing a new constitution. Some south sudanese see the postponement as further evidence of a political elite being reluctant to give up power. Edmund yakani is the Executive Director at the Community Empowerment for progress 0rganisation. He gave us his reaction. My my reaction is an extension to further suffering of the citizens in this phase of the present economic situation in the country, political instability in some parts of the country and as an extension of practices that some of our leaders are really enjoying. A transitional process for the citizen has no power to hold them to account. Mps are working away with thousands of dollars in terms of medical allowances, transform refund. For ten months without any salaries. And they have families that are now breaking down simply because of a lack of political will and political commitment from the top leadership of the country, so i do not think the big issue is they do not have money or time. Simply they do not have the Will And Commitment to deliver the country from the current political instability. Now its time for a look at Todays Sport with Lizzie Greenwood hughes. Hello a busy saturday of sport. Lets look at the football first and the premier league, because liverpools perfect start to the season has been halted by Nottingham Forest who beat them at anfield the first time theyve won there since 1969. Substitute Callum Huson 0doyi was the only scorer with a lovely curling goal. The win moves forest who are unbeaten are up to 4th. We know it is massive. Since the Final we know it is massive. Since the Final whistle, you could tell everyones emotions, i think tell everyones emotions, i think. We are happy with it how think. We are happy with it how the think. We are happy with it now. The fans were amazing. You heard now. The fans were amazing. You heard them now. The fans were amazing. You heard them throughout the whole game heard them throughout the whole game. They were buzzing, they were game. They were buzzing, they were delighted. The morale for everybody, the whole club, the fans. Everybody, the whole club, the fans. Is everybody, the whole club, the fans. Is up everybody, the whole club, the fans, is up. We are going to keep fans, is up. We are going to keep going, keep working hard on everything so that next week we hopefully do it as well. Liverpool stay second behind manchester city, who managed to maintain their 100 record so far. This time with a 2 1 victory over brentford in which Erling Haaland just missed out on a third successive hat trick. But Citys Manager was impressed with brentfords fight. Lama big i am a Big Fan. A Big Fan of brentford and how they do for many brentford and how they do for many years. They play long balls many years. They play long balls but many years. They play long balls but they have an ability to Play Balls but they have an ability to play the keeper and make incredible build ups. They have the skills. Incredible build ups. They have the skills, the set pieces. It is incredibly well managed and that is is incredibly well managed and that is why i give a lot of credit that is why i give a lot of credit to that is why i give a lot of credit to my players. I prefer in that credit to my players. I prefer in that period to win in that way in that period to win in that way we in that period to win in that way. We need that. Manchester united are back to winning ways with a much needed 3 0 victory at southampton and some relief for manager erik ten hag although they would have been a goal down if Goalie Andre 0nana hadnt saved a penalty. Summer signing matthijs de ligt scored his first goal before Marcus Rashford and Alejandro Garnacho got the others. Elsewhere everton Stay Bottom without a win after losing to aston villa. And then in the late Game Chelsea have just kicked off against bournemouth. It is goalless at the moment. Next to the biggest Team Competition in Womens Golf the solheim cup. Its day two and europe are still well behind the hosts the usa after the going into the afternoons fourballs. After starting the day 6 2 up, the Morning Session was drawn so the scores were 8 1; going into the fourballs. The usa are up in 2 and tied in 2. Rory mcilroy will take a one Shot Lead into the Final round of the irish 0pen. The four time major winner started with an eagle and went on to make birdies at the seventh and thirteenth to edge ahead of italys matteo manassero. Mcilroy� s on six under overall, with a group of four players including englandsjordan smith and scotlands Robert Macintyre three shots further back. Formula 0nes Title Race has swung back in favour of Championship Leader Max verstappen after Lando Norris suffered bad luck in qualifying for the azerbaijan grand prix. The briton is 62 points behind verstappen with eight races to go. On his Final lap in the first session, norris had to back off after seeing a yellow Warning Flag and ended up 17th. Hes been moved up a place after another Driver Gasly was later disqualified, but verstappen is sixth on grid and likely to increase his championship lead. Ferraris charles will start from pole for the fourth year in row. Finally, rugby union, and englands women have beaten the world champions New Zealand at twickenham at the newly renamed allianz stadium. They scored four tries in the 2a points to 12 victory. Elswhere ireland Beat Australia and scotland thrashed fiji. And thats all the sport for now. Thank you. Severe Drought And Food shortages in zimbabwe have led authorities to announce they will cull 200 elephants. The meat from these elephants will be distributed to people struggling to feed themselves. Neighbouring namibia also carried out a Wildlife Cull last month because of the drought. Zimbabwe is home to an estimated 100,000 elephants the second largest population in the world after botswana. The countrys previous cull was more than 35 years ago. Adam cruise, a Wildlife Investigative Journalist based in cape town, south africa, argues there are better ways to tackle Drought And Food shortages than by culling elephants. This is unprecedented and this is the first time theyve been culling in 30 years. There have been droughts since then. Theres not an excess of elephants. There are around 50,000 in zimbabwe and these arent contained in zimbabwe, they are transboundary so they move between several countries. The cull is probably more to do with scoring political points, certainly the meat provided to people is not going to be enough. Besides, those people dont eat elephant meat. These are Livestock Herders mainly affected by the drought. So if there is a drought relief programme, there are other ways of doing it. Many other ways of doing it, and not killing elephants, which are endangered. And do you think part of the issue is the contest between wildlife and humans . If there is a drought, there will be a shortage of vegetation and water. Human animal conflict is a real thing. These are free roaming elephants. So they regularly come into Human Settlements and destroy crops and water sources. But again, a cult of 200 elephants wont solve that problem at all. Were talking 50,000 elephants so its hardly a dent. And culling them orjust make the surviving elephants more aggressive so it will exacerbate the problem. The trailblazing ballerina, michaela deprince, has died at the age of 29. A Family Statement said she was an inspiration to everyone who heard her story. Deprince was born during sierra leones civil war, which took the lives of both her parents. She was taken to the us as a four year old, where her adopted family nurtured her love of ballet. She became the youngest ever principal dancer at the Dance Theatre of harlem and worked with the Dutch National Ballet before joining the prestigious boston ballet. She spent much of her career promoting the inclusion of black dancers in ballet. She also starred in Tv Show Dancing with the stars and Beyonces Lemonade Music video album. With me is reporter emer mccarthy. Emer, this is incredibly sad news. She was only 29 years old. This was announced on her Instagram Page last night with this beautiful picture, and the caption read, her life was one that was defined by grace, purpose and strength, her unwavering commitment to her art, her humanitarian efforts and her courage in overcoming unimaginable challenges will forever inspire us. Although her time with us is far too brief, her Brilliance And Legacy will continue to shine in the hearts of all who were touched by her story for generations to come. As you said, she really was a trailblazer in making history at the Dance Theatre of harlem before moving to the netherlands to dance with the Dutch National Ballet. Back in 2017, she actually spoke to our very own Stephen Sackur here on hardtalk. Lets have a listen to that Interview. I hardtalk. Lets have a listen to that Interview. To that Interview. I think it is very important to that Interview. I think it is very important for to that Interview. I think it | is very important for people not to is very important for people not to forget about the struggles they have been through, because it creates who you are through, because it creates who you are. And if i did not go through you are. And if i did not go through those things, i wouldnt be as strong as i am Today Wouldnt be as strong as i am today. Because i go through horrible today. Because i go through horrible Things Everything a day in horrible Things Everything a day in my dance career, and People Day in my dance career, and people say things to me that maybe people say things to me that maybe i people say things to me that maybe i would cry about. But it doesnt maybe i would cry about. But it doesnt necessarily faze me any more doesnt necessarily faze me any more because of the things i have more because of the things i have been said to before. You can use have been said to before. You can use the things you have been can use the things you have been through to connect with the audience, and that is what art is the audience, and that is what art is and the audience, and that is what art is and that is what makes are so art is and that is what makes are so passionate. It means sometimes hard, but at the same time sometimes hard, but at the same time you sometimes hard, but at the same time you have got to have the same time you have got to have the same support system, the right people same support system, the right people who can help bring you track people who can help bring you back into people who can help bring you back into reality. And people who can help bring you back into reality. Back into reality. And in addition back into reality. And in addition to back into reality. And in addition to that back into reality. And in addition to that stellar. Back into reality. And in| addition to that stellar a dance career, she also wrote a number of books. Including a memoir reflecting on her early childhood in sierra leone. As we had in that Interview as well, she really dedicated so much of her time really advocating for black Ballet Dancers in the us. No cause of death has been reported, but it is such a sad loss for the ballet and greater arts world. Catherine. Incredibly sad news, but a wonderful legacy that she has left behind as well. France has bid a Final farewell to the Paris 0lympics with a parade on the Champs Elysees followed by a concert featuring artists from the Opening And Closing ceremonies. The Final event of an acclaimed summer of sport saw Tens Of Thousands of fans gather on the french capitals most famous avenue. President Emmanuel Macron is set to decorate many of the medal winners with the countrys top civilian awards. And tram drivers from across europe were in frankfurt on saturday to take part in the European Tram driving championships. The drivers showcase their talents in a series of tests including braking, starting and readying signs. Each Team Consists of one male driver, one female driver and a Team Coach from the public Transport Company of a european city. As well as being entertaining, the organisers hope the contest will present Tram Driving as an attractive form of employment. And before we go, lets leave you with these pictures. This is a drifter, ostensibly an indoor cat, being rescued after being trapped in a sewer for nearly eight weeks. The three year old tabby disappeared from his home in mid july. Hes now Safe At Home and expected to make a full recovery. Stay with us here on bbc news. Hello there. Well, we have had a chilly run of weather for the last few days for the time of year. We started off with a patch or two of frost, even into parts of East Anglia saturday morning. But then plenty of sunshine for england and wales, and temperatures lifted to 20 in both East Anglia and the south east. For scotland and Northern Ireland though, all this cloud worked in, and that was associated with a Weather Front that brought outbreaks of rain and some quite strong gusts of wind into western areas of scotland. Some rough seas there in tiree. Now, the same area of low pressure is slow moving to the north of scotland. 0ur Weather Front pushes the band of Rain Across Into Parts of northern england, North Wales overnight The Rain quite patchy at times here. A few showers for the North West of scotland, staying dry towards the south where its going to be quite cold. Temperatures down to around four degrees in the coldest rural areas. For sunday, our Weather Front is still with us across central portions of the uk. Another one will begin to move into scotland through the day. So, this band of rain, quite weak, quite light and patchy, really, through the day for northern England And North wales, not really moving very fast so it will be damp here. A band of heavier rain works its way from west to east across scotland with some sunshine following, and towards the south and east, it should stay largely dry and sunny once again. Temperatures here climbing to about 20 celsius, which is 68 in fahrenheit. Heading into the start of the new week, we see an area of high Pressure Build Right over the top of the uk, and this is going to bring quite a lengthy spell of dry and settled weather. Now, on monday, most areas will see sunshine from the word go, but there could be some cloud and a bit of drizzle left over from that weak Weather Front first thing in the south. That will clear away with time, and then most of us will have a dry day. Plenty of sunshine around, temperatures high teens to low 20s once again. Perhaps a little bit cooler than that, though, for the very far north of scotland. But as our area of high pressure re orientates a little bit, well see some of the warmest air going into the mainland of scotland through tuesday, boosting the temperatures here. A chance for a few showers for the Scottish Islands for a time, but otherwise its a fine day. Any early Morning Mist and fog patches lifting with sunshine through most of the day. Temperatures hitting about 22 in the warmest spots in scotland, otherwise about 18 to 21. Feeling pleasant in that september sunshine, and theres more of that sunshine to come as we delve deeper into the week, with just a chance of a few showers developing later in the week across parts of england and wales. This is bbc news, the headlines. Central and eastern europe is under a major flood alert. Romania is setting up camps for thousands of people forced from their Homes. At least four people are dead. We are guilty as government, but also the communitys guilt. A funeral has been held in eastern uganda for the olympic athlete rebecca cheptegei, who was set On Fire and killed by a former boyfriend. President zelensky again stresses ukraines need for long range missiles to use against russia. His remarks come as President Biden and Sir Keir Starmer meet in washington, but make no announcement in policy changes for Ukraines Use of western weapons. South sudans cabinet endorses a two Year Extension for the transitional government. Now on bbc news, newscast. Hello, it is paddy. And laura. And we will hello, it is paddy. And laura. And we will talk hello, it is paddy. And laura. And we will talk about hello, it is paddy. And laura. And we will talk about the hello, it is paddy. And laura. | and we will talk about the trip to washington, dc and what was decided and not decided. Also, i have been delving into things that politicians dont like to say, an informal collection i
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