John Boyega, who was friends with Damilola, speaks in this moving programme. Plus: David Harewood’s superb new legal drama. Here’s what to watch this evening

9pm, BBC Two
It’s been 26 years since 10-year-old Damilola Taylor was killed by teenagers. For the first time, the last people to see him alive create this essential account: from the actor John Boyega and Boyega’s sister Grace (Damilola’s mates who were at the library with him) to Guillermo Casal (the North Peckham Estate caretaker who found Damilola and cradled him as he died). His brother Tunde and the former Met officer Leroy Logan also revisit events, which eventually led to the conviction of two brothers, and take a wider look at why there were so many similar killings. The trauma and sadness remain palpable, but there is also a lot of love and even hope to be found in Damilola’s legacy. Hollie Richardson

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Exclusive: Cop31 leader calling for global curbs on climate-heating gas has landfills producing some of world’s worst plumes

Two or three nights each week, the smell descends. Residents of villages on the rural outskirts of Istanbul don’t know what the smell is, but they have been plagued by it for years: a smell so bad they have to sleep with their windows closed even during hot summer nights. They know the source, too: the huge Silivri municipal waste dump a few miles away that is belching out stinking gases as food and other organic waste rots.

“The smell is not subtle. It suffocates you,” said Kemalettin Özenç, sitting outside a tea shop in the village of Yolçatı. “It’s worse when the air is still: sometimes families linger until midnight out here. Even when you go inside it’s inescapable.”

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Plans to shed as many as 2,000 employees have been announced in stages, and staff fear further cuts in 2027

Morale at the BBC has been severely dented by a gradual “bloodletting” that has seen plans to shed as many as 2,000 staff slowly announced over several weeks, members of the corporation’s staff have warned.

More internal meetings have been called for this week to discuss further details of the cuts, which aim to save £500m. Some staff already fear that further waves of cuts will follow soon after in the new year.

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Abuse material monitor says number of AI images assessed this year is already 40% higher than last year’s total

AI-generated child sexual abuse material is proliferating online, with the amount of illegal material investigated this year already exceeding the total for 2025.

Analysts at the Internet Watch Foundation have found more photorealistic child sexual abuse material in the first half of 2026 than for the whole of the prior year. The UK-based IWF, which monitors abuse material globally, said it had assessed 6,310 AI images that met the legal definition of child sexual abuse, 40% higher than last year’s total of more than 4,500.

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A spice-rich twist on a classic soup, and poached eggs with garlic yoghurt and green chutney

While purists might scoff and find the combination of spices in my French onion soup a little blasphemous, do give it a shot. Nigella seeds are the best flavour-enhancer for onions, while using ghee instead of butter adds a warm, nutty, caramel flavour. Then, my Indian-inspired twist on çılbır, the classic Turkish breakfast of poached eggs with yoghurt. It features my go-to poached egg method, which I learned from Nigella Lawson.

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Natural History Museum and British Museum among cultural institutions leveraging collections and exhibitions

They are often free to visit but museums are bolstering their finances by putting their stamp on everything from upmarket hotel suites to trendy jumpsuits and virtual reality experiences.

Forget buying a T-shirt. If you can afford the “from £724” price tag, you can spend the night in the Natural History Museum family suite at the Park Plaza London Riverbank hotel, which has an interior inspired by the museum’s founder, Sir Richard Owen, complete with Tyrannosaurus rex bunk beds.

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The planet looks like a moderately bright, creamy-white object and is easily visible to the naked eye

This week offers an excellent opportunity to track down Saturn. The giant planet, situated about 10 times further from the sun than the Earth, reached opposition on 4 October. In this configuration, Earth is passing almost directly between the planet and the sun.

This makes opposition an excellent time to see a planet: the distant world rises as the sun sets, remains visible throughout the night and sets around sunrise. It is also at about its closest point to Earth for the year.

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Weer voor Rotterdam 🌕 - 05-10-2026 07:15 CEST

In één oogopslag:
• 15.2°C · Helder 🌕 | Min 15.2°C / Max 21.0°C

Verwachting voor vandaag:
• Min 15.2°C, Max 21.0°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1023.1 hPa ↘️ -1.2 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 16.9 km/u (4.7 m/s), richting: ↗ 237°

Uurlijkse voorspelling voor de komende 12 uur:

• 08:00: 15.5°C (Zonnig) ☀️, 🧭 1024.3 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 10.8 km/u (3.0 m/s), richting: ↗ 222°
• 09:00: 16.0°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1024.5 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 11.9 km/u (3.3 m/s), richting: ↗ 225°
• 10:00: 16.8°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1024.7 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 13.3 km/u (3.7 m/s), richting: ↗ 227°
• 11:00: 18.0°C (Zonnig) ☀️, 🧭 1024.7 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 12.2 km/u (3.4 m/s), richting: ↗ 230°
• 12:00: 19.6°C (Zonnig) ☀️, 🧭 1024.4 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 12.6 km/u (3.5 m/s), richting: ↗ 239°
• 13:00: 20.7°C (Zonnig) ☀️, 🧭 1024.0 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 13.7 km/u (3.8 m/s), richting: → 255°
• 14:00: 21.0°C (Zonnig) ☀️, 🧭 1023.5 hPa ↘️ -0.5 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 16.2 km/u (4.5 m/s), richting: → 252°
• 15:00: 20.6°C (Zonnig) ☀️, 🧭 1022.9 hPa ↘️ -0.6 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 16.9 km/u (4.7 m/s), richting: → 249°
• 16:00: 20.4°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1022.5 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 15.1 km/u (4.2 m/s), richting: → 252°
• 17:00: 19.9°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1022.2 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 13.7 km/u (3.8 m/s), richting: → 257°
• 18:00: 19.2°C (Zonnig) ☀️, 🧭 1021.9 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 13.0 km/u (3.6 m/s), richting: → 261°
• 19:00: 18.3°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1022.0 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 11.5 km/u (3.2 m/s), richting: → 266°

Voorspelling voor de komende dagen:

• dinsdag 06 oktober: Min 16.9°C, Max 21.3°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 21%, 🧭 1019.3 hPa ↘️ -3.8 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 12.2 km/u (3.4 m/s), richting: ↖ 134°
• woensdag 07 oktober: Min 13.2°C, Max 21.0°C (Lichte buien) 🌧️, Neerslag 4.6 mm, Kans op neerslag 22%, 🧭 1012.1 hPa ↘️ -7.2 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 18.1 km/u (5.0 m/s), richting: ↙ 58°
• donderdag 08 oktober: Min 10.8°C, Max 14.4°C (Lichte buien) 🌧️, Neerslag 8.2 mm, Kans op neerslag 73%, 🧭 1013.2 hPa ↗️ +1.1 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 19.1 km/u (5.3 m/s), richting: ↘ 328°
• vrijdag 09 oktober: Min 11.0°C, Max 15.9°C (Matige motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 8.9 mm, Kans op neerslag 47%, 🧭 1015.7 hPa ↗️ +2.5 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 23.7 km/u (6.6 m/s), richting: ↗ 242°
• zaterdag 10 oktober: Min 12.3°C, Max 15.0°C (Matige motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 3.2 mm, Kans op neerslag 44%, 🧭 1011.7 hPa ↘️ -4.0 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 19.2 km/u (5.3 m/s), richting: → 266°
• zondag 11 oktober: Min 10.7°C, Max 15.4°C (Lichte buien) 🌧️, Neerslag 7.5 mm, Kans op neerslag 31%, 🧭 1014.1 hPa ↗️ +2.4 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 26.0 km/u (7.2 m/s), richting: ↗ 209°

Details:
• 🌡️ Huidige temperatuur (om 07:15): 15.2°C (Helder)
• 🤚 Gevoelstemperatuur: 14.8°C (-0.4°C)
• 💨 Windsnelheid: 10.4 km/u (2.9 m/s), richting: ↗ 223°
• 🌬️ Windstoten: 19.4 km/h (5.4 m/s)
• 💧 Luchtvochtigheid: 84%
• 🧭 Luchtdruk: 1024.3 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/3h
• 👁️ Zichtbaarheid: 12.3 km
• ☀️ UV-index: 0.0
• 🌅 Zonsopgang: 07:49 · 🌇 Zonsondergang: 19:10

Luchtkwaliteit:
• AQI: 78 🟡 (Matig)
• PM2.5: 33.1 μg/m³
• PM10: 35.1 μg/m³

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Founded in 1847 by Spanish Benedictine Monks, the town has had many purposes; a mission, a monastery, a provider of education and now as a place of spiritual retreat.

AMSTERDAM (ANP) - Alle Nederlandse bioscopen die de veelgeprezen Gaza-documentaire NAZA draaien, geven gehoor aan de oproep van de makers om de film niet op 6, 7 en 8 oktober te laten zien. Dat heeft distributeur Cherry Pickers laten weten. De film draait momenteel in meer dan zestig theaters en trekt zowel in Nederland als in andere Europese landen, zoals België en Italië, volle zalen.

In NAZA vertellen soldaten van het Israëlische leger dat Israël bij aanvallen in Gaza bewust burgers als doelwit kiest. Regisseurs Yuval Abraham en Rachel Szor spraken met 24 soldaten en medewerkers van de inlichtingendienst die hun verhaal doen over de aanvallen in Gaza. De titel NAZA betekent 'nevenschade', wat verwijst naar de Gazaanse burgerslachtoffers die vallen bij aanvallen op vermeende Hamas-strijders.

De documentaire, die op het festival van Venetië werd bekroond met de Grote Juryprijs, leidde tot woedende reacties van de Israëlische regering. Premier Benjamin Netanyahu dreigde de makers hun staatsburgerschap af te pakken en de regisseurs te vervolgen voor laster. Het Israëlische leger trekt de interviews in twijfel, zonder daar bewijs voor te leveren.

De regisseurs vroegen vorige week alle bioscopen de film niet rond 7 oktober te draaien, de dag waarop Hamas drie jaar geleden aanvallen op Israëlische burgers uitvoerde. "De familie van de makers is bedreigd", zegt een woordvoerder van de Nederlandse distributeur. "De woede richtte zich met name op het uitbrengen van de film rond 7 oktober. Dat werd als een belediging opgevat voor de nabestaanden van de slachtoffers." Ook in Nederland leidde de release van de film vooral online tot "hele sterke reacties", meldt de zegsman.