attack on europe's biggest nuclear plant, the russian—occupied zaporizhzhia plant in ukraine. rafael grossi said there had been three direct hits on the plant's main reactor containment structures. he said no one could benefit from such attacks. russia's nuclear agency said three people were injured when a canteen was hit... and blamed ukraine for the attack. ukraine has denied responsibility. i'm joined now by rafael grossi, director general of the iaea do you know who was responsible for the attacks? not exactly about that. we have been focusing since yesterday when this happened stop first of all to assess the situation there. there has been in the past situations that were less clear in terms of the reality

of attacks. what worries as enormously as the fact that since november 2022 we did not have a direct targeted operation on the plant, which was the case yesterday. my plant, which was the case yesterday. my team there has a permanent deployment there of nuclear security and safety experts. they have been very busy. we have been in touch with them all day yesterday, and even now, to dry to assess what happened. as we said yesterday, there were at least three direct hits. one at one of the reactors, reactor six, and more air inside the plant with casualties, very probably. some damage some communication systems that were

taken down by these attacks. this is enormously concerning, the fact that someone is targeting the nuclear power plant, and conducts this operation. so much so that i am planning to address the united nations security council soon. we establish a set of basic principles in a few months ago at the security council, which were supported by and large by every member of the council. starting with the very simple affirmation that we don't shoot nuclear power plants. whenever you sit in a conflict. this puts the entire region at risk. this is what happened yesterday. we have to prevent this from happening again. you see you are addressing the un security council. what else can anyone do? the call by the international atomic

energy authority should be heeded by everybody, in the sense that nuclear power plants cannot be targeted. you cannot attack a nuclear power plant, in whichever way, because the consequences are indiscriminate. no one can conceivably derive any military or political advantage by targeting a facility like this. we will continue to see it. the un security council, being the primary organ to maintain international peace and security, this is why i have been briefing them. and of course my own board of governors at the international atomic energy authority, but we have to multiply the voices to make sure that military action against zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant should not be repeated. you say that this was targeted. repeated.

you sa that this was tarueted. ., you say that this was targeted. you believe that — you say that this was targeted. 7m. believe that this was deliberate? absolutely, yes. is it possible that ukraine could be behind it? i do not want to get — ukraine could be behind it? i do not want to get into _ ukraine could be behind it? i do not want to get into that. _ ukraine could be behind it? i do not want to get into that. because - ukraine could be behind it? i do not want to get into that. because if. ukraine could be behind it? i do not want to get into that. because if i l want to get into that. because if i do, i will get into a politicised discussion. everybody knows what needs to be avoided. what needs to be avoided is to put the station at risk. we know exactly what the situation is. this is a facility that belongs to ukraine, but it is under the control of the russian federation. i have been talking to both governments, to president zelinsky, on a number of occasions, very recently i was in discussions with president putin. the atomic energy authority is very present. my objective is not to get into a retribution debate, but it is to ensure that there is no accident,

there is no attack. this is why we set out very clearly that things that should be avoided, and our teams are there to inform, in this case, had we not been there present, we would be having a war of narratives, with the people they are seeing this happen, and others saying, that did not happen, it is effete, or whatever. fortunately the international atomic in as you authority is there, and we can have authority is there, and we can have a very clear idea of what happens, but this operation was not by chance. it was targeted. and in a certain sense, ironically, or perhaps regrettably, it was a successful one, because it hit the plants. there are casualties. munication systems are down. somebody may be thinking this was a good day for them. it is a very bad day for international peace and security and for nuclear security in particular. this is why the international atomic in a gf

authority and i myself will be very vocal and very present, it is not just about talking, it is about doing, and this is why we are there. thank you for your time today. now a group of former senior british diplomats and officials say the foreign office should be abolished, arguing it's "rooted in the past". they want the ministry to be replaced by a new department for international affairs, with modernised premises and "fewer "colonial era pictures on the walls". they say the new department should have a broader remit that promotes britain's prosperity and security by better co—ordinating strategy on trade and aid, development and climate change — as well as traditional foreign policy. for a reaction to this report lets speak now to former parliamentary under secretary at the foreign office, alistair burt. do you agree? there is more to the paper than what you have outlined. it is right to look forwards rather than back. but it is a headline

grabber, to talk about the abolition of the ministry, and talk about the building. there is more to the paper than that. some interesting thoughts have come forward about looking forward to britain's new place in the world. is forward to britain's new place in the world-— forward to britain's new place in the world. , ., , , the world. is that i diminish place in the world. _ the world. is that i diminish place in the world, as _ the world. is that i diminish place in the world, as many _ the world. is that i diminish place in the world, as many who - the world. is that i diminish place in the world, as many who are . in the world, as many who are opposed to brexit have said? it would be wrong to see it's just as diminished. the united kingdom remains with a seat on the un security council, a leading member of nato, a key player in the commonwealth. it is very easy to be oversensitive in relation to the eu. i did not agree with leaving the eu. i did not agree with leaving the eu. i think it has changed britain's relationship and it has changed how britain is seen. but that is done. what we now have to do, as the paper argues, is look at new alliances, because that is much more going on in the world than just issues concerning the uk and the eu. look at the global south, the way in

which the global south has reacted in relation to ukraine. countries are not looking at resolving problems as if it was 1945 with a handful of great powers. i think the paper seriously addresses that and wants a new government, whether it is a continuation of conservative government, ora is a continuation of conservative government, or a new labour government, or a new labour government, to look afresh at how we might deal with these matters. hasn't the foreign office evolved, hasn't government evolved, to look at the hugely growing power of asia already? is this a cliche to say that the foreign office is elitist? recruitment across government has changed enormously. it recruitment across government has changed enormously.— recruitment across government has changed enormously. it has. i would not overemphasise _ changed enormously. it has. i would not overemphasise that _ changed enormously. it has. i would not overemphasise that element - changed enormously. it has. i would not overemphasise that element of. not overemphasise that element of the paper. one of the fascinating thing is the author did some years ago was to have the merit challenge, to set up a gallery of mirrors and ask women diplomats to imagine themselves in positions where they

have not been, until only a generation ago. that is now being fulfilled. looking through that lens, you are right, the foreign office continues to evolve, and will continue to do so. and in looking ahead, as the uk has been doing in this past couple of years, two new alliances, australia, asia, continues to do so. however, the paper makes a wider point about involving much more of the government rather than just the foreign office in evaluating britain's future. setting up a series of objectives. it wants to think over a longer period about evolution and avoid what we saw was a rushed mergerfor political purposes between didid and the old fco. -- purposes between didid and the old fco. —— difid and purposes between didid and the old

fco. -- difid and fcc. there was one fco. —— difid and fco. there was one sentence fco. -- difid and fcc. there was one sentence in a 14 page paper, i would there was one sentence in a 14 page paper, iwould not there was one sentence in a 14 page paper, i would not overemphasise that. it does remind people of the uk's past, and it is a past that is given as our history and heritage, but sets us with new challenges and looking at the world as it is, in a world which is recognised britain's role in it, the good bits and the less than good bets, the paper addresses that fairly. to sum it is very important, to others it is a reminder we need to constantly look forward, recognise our past, and recognise the position that we are in now, and the new challenges facing the world through climate change, diverse —— biodiversity loss, problems that were not thought of at the end of the second world war, the paper makes a good stab at trying to assess how these might be considered. it is certainly a very grand office, that of foreign secretary, as

anybody who has seen its will testify. tha nk testify. thank you. the search continues off the coast of mozambique for survivors from a boat that sank with about 130 people on board. almost 100 passengers are known to have drowned, including many children. we can speak to our correspondentjenny hill, who's in johannesburg. what more do we know about this? officials see that 130 people were crammed onto what they have described as a converted fishing boat, which they say was overcrowded and unsuitable for the transport of passengers. it is not yet clear what led the boat to sink. nor do we know why there were so many people on board. one local politician has said that at least some of those passengers are believed to have been fleeing the mainland for the silence because they were concerned about cholera. there has been a big outbreak of the disease in a number of southern african countries in

recent months. this particular part of mozambique has been one of the worst affected, something like 30,000 cases, sorry, 15,000 cases, 30,000 cases, sorry, 15,000 cases, 30 days. that is one line of inquiry although at the moment this is very much on search and rescue. as you would expect. people in the area have been reacting with shock, not least because of the high number of the victims aren't so many children said to be among the dead. i think that this will perhaps increase some pressure on the authorities. local journalist told the bbc that there have been concerns in recent times about boat safety, and ferry operators coming under calls to try to improve standards. no doubt this particular tragedy will serve to strengthen those demands. thank you. around the wor thank you. this is bbc news.

ceremonies have taken place in both england and france to mark the 120th anniversary of the entente cordiale — which paved the way for strong diplomatic co—operation between the countries. this was the scene in paris as british troops joined their french counterparts in a parade outside the elysee palace. and not too long after, members of the french guards took part in the changing the guard outside buckingham palace, before being inspected by the duke and duchess of edinburgh. it was the first time a non—commonwealth nation had joined the ceremony. our paris correspondent, hugh schofield, was at the ceremony outside the elysee palace and gave us his thoughts. it was brief, but very colourful and very unusual. never before have bearskins been seen on the boulevards. we saw a troop of 16 members of the coldstream guards, accompanied by the republican guard, which guards the president, process down the street behind me from the british embassy, which is down the street, to the elysee, which is here.

president macron came out onto the street with the ambassador to watch them. and then they stopped outside the gates here. and the choir of the republican guard sang the british national anthem and then the french national anthem. and then they marched together into the corps, where there was a kind of changing of the guard ceremony. the two sides have had to train and practise a little bit because their marching styles and the orders are slightly different. but the kind of symbolic sign of how the two armies cooperate, they cooperated, they got it right, and it worked very well. hugh schofield there — and he's been speaking to the uk ambassador to france, menna rawlings, about the importance of the ceremony. it isa it is a big anniversary, a big birthday, the 120th anniversary of the entente cordiale, which is done so much over the decades to cement a new friendship. friendship between the british and the french. at this moment, given everything happening

in europe, in ukraine, it is really important to showjust how in europe, in ukraine, it is really important to show just how solid in europe, in ukraine, it is really important to showjust how solid and firm and deep the alliance between our two defence systems, between our military is, it really is. that is an important message as well for the world to see. people don't realise that despite brexit, defence cooperation is written into bilateral relationship between the countries. a long time ago, from 2010. that was unaffected by brexit. exactly. the lancaster house treaty, signed a 2010, between the president and the prime minister have relaunched that defence relationship for the modern times. we think bit like the channel tunnel. whatever is happening on the surface, of uk — france relations, which can be turbulence, the defence relationship is like the channel tunnel, it is underneath the surface, it is not always seen, apart from events like today, but it is incredibly

important and very solid. all the more so now because of ukraine. , ~ . ukraine. exactly right. we are workin: ukraine. exactly right. we are working together, _ ukraine. exactly right. we are working together, hand - ukraine. exactly right. we are working together, hand in - ukraine. exactly right. we are i working together, hand in hand, ukraine. exactly right. we are - working together, hand in hand, in terms of supporting ukraine for as long as it takes. we have both provided long—range missiles, for example through our collaboration with the big defence company. we are training pilots together, to make sure that new ukrainian pilots can be ready to fly future generations of jets. be ready to fly future generations ofjets. there is a lot of other stuff going on as well which is incredibly important to support ukraine for as long as it takes so that ukraine will win. the uk ambassador to france speaking there. now to myanmar, where hundreds of muslim ethnic minority rohingyas have been conscripted to fight for the country's embattled military junta, the bbc has learned. this is despite the fact that rohingyas are denied citizenship, and are subjected to a range of discriminatory restrictions, including a ban on travel outside their communities.

our south east asia correspondentjonathan head is following the story — and sent this update. it's pretty shocking and some would say grotesque that there are injured people who are not recognised as as legal residents of myanmar and have been subjected to appalling attacks in the past. i mean, the un categorised it as a possible genocide, are now being recruited in this fashion. now the myanmar military imposed conscription or has been imposing it for the past month or so because it's being defeated in many different parts of the country by an increasingly confident armed opposition. its morale is very low. it's struggling to recruit troops. it's suffered particular reverses in western rakhine state, where the remaining rohingyas, who were not driven out in 2017, still live in very difficult conditions. a quarter of them are confined to camps there. as you said, their movements are restricted. they have all sorts of restrictions. but the military is now resorting to going to them, going to these camps that they can't leave and telling them they have to provide recruits to fight the military�*s battles

against a very successful insurgent army. an army backed by the other community in rakhine, the rakhine buddhists. and so they don't have a choice in this. and they've described how they've been sent off for two weeks of training, learning how to shoot guns and were then shipped upriver to go and fight in some really pretty fierce battles. i mean, one man described fighting for 11 days in a battle where he ended up injured on both legs and he saw other rohingya neighbours killed and was then sent back for treatment. and a lot of them are now going into hiding because they don't want to be sent back. and the military is sending in demands for more lists of more recruits. it's a sign both of the contempt the military has for the rohingyas that they would put them through this, even though they're not recognized as citizens, and perhaps of the military�*s desperation too for recruits. if it needs to resort to pulling the rohingyas out of camps, it tells you how hard it is to get people to come andjoin theirwars, their fight for survival, really, because this militaryjunta is facing opposition right across the country.

her talent was indisputable. now, the life and music of amy winehouse are the subject of a new film, back to black. it follows her journey to becoming a star — as well as her later struggles with addiction. before this evening's premiere, our culture correspondent, charlotte gallagher, sat down with the film's director and its star. # tried to make me go to rehab, isaid no, no, no... # amy winehouse, a music legend. # yeah, baby, and the rest # they tried to make me go to rehab.... # now a new film is telling her story. i was so excited by the idea of, you know, playing and getting in touch with amy the girl, and then amy the singer, as well as, like, you know, the woman before the icon.

when she first came on the scene we were blown away by this girl from camden. it is difficult to go through the highs and lows of someone's life. it is about dealing with this with as much sensitivity as a person as possible and figuring out exactly what is happening. i don't write songs to be famous. i write songs because i don't know what i would do if i didn't. how hard was it to find your amy, someone that can physically resemble

amy, but can also sing like her? it was important that i could find someone — was important that i could find someone that wasn't going to impersonate amy. there were many brilliant _ impersonate amy. there were many brilliant impersonators and people that looked like her or sounded like her. that looked like her or sounded like her~ but— that looked like her or sounded like her. but morita came on as herself. the only— her. but morita came on as herself. the only one — her. but morita came on as herself. the only one in the audition process who did _ the only one in the audition process who did not — the only one in the audition process who did not try to look like her in any way — any way. amy's grandmother and any way. — amy's grandmother and her mum and dad are depicted in the film at the family were not involved in making it. i family were not involved in making it. ., ., , ., ., it. i went to the family out of resect it. i went to the family out of resnect that _ it. i went to the family out of respect that i _ it. i went to the family out of respect that i was _ it. i went to the family out of respect that i was making . it. i went to the family out of respect that i was making a i it. i went to the family out of. respect that i was making a film about— respect that i was making a film about their daughter and i wanted to sit with_ about their daughter and i wanted to sit with them and hear their stories _ sit with them and hear their stories. and then go off and make the film _ stories. and then go off and make the film that i wanted to make. they did not— the film that i wanted to make. they did not have — the film that i wanted to make. they did not have involvement as in they could _ did not have involvement as in they could see _ did not have involvement as in they could see what i could and could not do but _ could see what i could and could not do but i _ could see what i could and could not do but i wanted them to be able to come _ do but i wanted them to be able to come and — do but i wanted them to be able to come and visit the set and see what we were _ come and visit the set and see what we were doing and just to have a sense _ we were doing and just to have a sense of— we were doing and just to have a sense of respect that i was making a film about— sense of respect that i was making a film about their daughter. a big _ film about their daughter. a big part of the film is any's

troubled relationship with blake fielder civil. i troubled relationship with blake fielder civil.— troubled relationship with blake fielder civil. ., �* ., ~ fielder civil. i did not meet blake. i wanted to _ fielder civil. i did not meet blake. i wanted to meet _ fielder civil. i did not meet blake. i wanted to meet blake. _ fielder civil. i did not meet blake. i wanted to meet blake. i - fielder civil. i did not meet blake. i wanted to meet blake. i set - fielder civil. i did not meet blake. i wanted to meet blake. i set out| fielder civil. i did not meet blake. i i wanted to meet blake. i set out to make _ i wanted to meet blake. i set out to make the _ i wanted to meet blake. i set out to make the film through her perspective. her love of him had to be palpable, it had to feel real, and we — be palpable, it had to feel real, and we had to understand why she fell in _ and we had to understand why she fell in love — and we had to understand why she fell in love with him. it wasn't about— fell in love with him. it wasn't about making a one—dimensional villain _ about making a one—dimensional villain we — about making a one—dimensional villain. we had to fall in love with him to— villain. we had to fall in love with him to understand why she wrote one of the _ him to understand why she wrote one of the greatest albums about their love _ of the greatest albums about their love and — of the greatest albums about their love. and the villains of the film is addiction. love. and the villains of the film is addiction-— love. and the villains of the film is addiction. and paparazzi. when ou look is addiction. and paparazzi. when you look back _ is addiction. and paparazzi. when you look back at _ is addiction. and paparazzi. when you look back at headlines - is addiction. and paparazzi. when| you look back at headlines written about her. i was using one that says, amy goes to see blake in court that she cannot hide their state of her shocking skin. she was of the unwell. would this happen now?

i thought we maybe had evolve this place _ i thought we maybe had evolve this place that _ i thought we maybe had evolve this place that that would not happen now, _ place that that would not happen now. but — place that that would not happen now, but it feels like it happening now _ i'iow. # i now. # we only now. - # we only said now. — # we only said goodbye with now. # we only said noodbye with words # # we only said goodbye with words # i dyed 100 times. what # we only said goodbye with words # i dyed 100 times.— i dyed 100 times. what do you think she would make _ i dyed 100 times. what do you think she would make of _ i dyed 100 times. what do you think she would make of the _ i dyed 100 times. what do you think she would make of the film? - she would make of the film? i think she would feel the fact we have sort of gift as her her music back again in a different light, having seen the film. and people feeling like they want to go and listen to it immediately afterwards. and being more remembered for her music than for her tragedy. i feel like hopefully she would feel proud of it. �* ., , ., like hopefully she would feel proud ofit. ., , a like hopefully she would feel proud ofit. ., , of it. and of herself also. as a catalogue _ of it. and of herself also. as a catalogue of _ of it. and of herself also. as a catalogue of her _ of it. and of herself also. as a l catalogue of her achievements. of it. and of herself also. as a - catalogue of her achievements. and what it— catalogue of her achievements. and what it was— catalogue of her achievements. and what it was that she was able to create _ what it was that she was able to create as — what it was that she was able to create as a _ what it was that she was able to create as a very young women, i hope that she _ create as a very young women, i hope that she would watch it and feel proud _ that she would watch it and feel proud of— that she would watch it and feel proud of everything that she

created _ back to black is in cinemas here in the uk from friday. stay with us here on bbc news. low pressure is not far away. moving from west to east. over the next few days low pressure remains close by. another —— an unsettled theme to our weather. it will turn it was a bit cooler than it has been. this area of low pressure has been pushing towards the south—west of the uk. a couple of weather fronts with as. a lot of cloud. for the rest of the day, outbreaks of rain for some, especially heavy in parts of northern ireland into south west of scotland and far south—west of england. few showers elsewhere for

northern and western areas. towards the south—east, 17, 18 celsius, some sunshine across england and scotland. in the evening hours if you are hoping to get a glimpse of the partial solar eclipse, your best bet would be across the north—west of scotland, particularly towards their western isles. perhaps a few clearer spells are parts of northern ireland in the west, but for most of us it will be cloudy and wet. rain continues through the evening and tonight. it becomes particularly heavy for parts of southern and eastern scotland as well. a reasonably mild night out there with temperatures between seven and nine celsius. tuesday starts with a lot of cloud. outbreaks of rain. it will be a windy day for most particularly towards the south—west. this rain will be quite heavy, particularly to a southern and eastern scotland. there is a risk of some funding there. winds will be a feature, 40 mph gusts inland. 65 mph towards the

south—west. a blustery and cooler day. 8—12 c, add on that winter, it will feel cooler. choosing night into wednesday, a chilly night, this ridge of high pressure before their next weather system arise from the west on wednesday. attach a frost towards the east, through the day on wednesday another breezy day with a lot of cloud, outbreaks of rain pushing eastwards, heaviest towards north—west of the uk. temperatures where they should be for this time of year, perhaps a little below for some others. 10—15 c. things were one up in the south. 20 celsius or even higherfor friday one up in the south. 20 celsius or even higher for friday and saturday. it stays unsettled in the north—west.

today at one — a rare total solar eclipse over north america. millions of people are gathering to watch. it happens when the moon is in perfect alignment in front of the sun — and we might see some of it here, too. millions of people are hoping, including us, that there will be clear skies as this historic eclipse gets ready to travel across america. and we'll bring you the science behind today's special cosmic phenomenon. also on the programme... a nationwide man hunt is under way for habibur masum, wanted in connection with the fatal stabbing of a woman in bradford.

the state pension goes up today by 8.5%, keeping it in line with rising wages. # they tried to make me go to rehab. # but i said no, no, no... and a new film on the life and troubled times of the singer amy winehouse — we speak to its star and director. and coming up on bbc news... defending champions manchester city and 14—time winners real madrid get ready to cross paths once again in the champions league. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. millions of people across mexico, the us and canada are gathering in the hope of witnessing a rare total solar eclipse taking place later today.

an eclipse happens when the moon moves between the earth and the sun,