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hello, welcome to the bbc news at ten. the new head of the british army has said it would probably take russian forces five more years to, as he put it, grind their way to their minimum objectives in ukraine — and that the effort could cause one and half million casualities. general sir roly walker said today the big question in the war there is whether ukraine can sustain its defences. with little movement on the front line apart from limited russian gains in pockets in the east, ukraine's use of drones has proved a vital tool in stopping the russians. our correspondent quentin sommerville and camera journalist darren conway have spent time with a drone unit at the front, near the town of lyptsi, and sent this special report. air raid sirens. russia's invasion has cast ukraine into darkness...

..and its people deep into war�*s bleak future. it's a new, deadly threat that keeps kharkiv awake at night. swarms of russian drones drove svetlana from her village, lyptsi, near the russian border. translation: things were flying over you, right over you and near you. - everything was shooting all around. everything was exploding all around. everything was banging. it was so scary there. it was impossible to even get out of the cellar. it was very, very scary. just remembering it now makes me scared. very, very scared. hidden in underground command centres in kharkiv, the national guard's drone team battled day and night to keep the threat at bay. an fp drone can take ikg or 2kg bomb that hits it directly to the enemy shelter, enemy infantry and enemy

armoured vehicle. they are cheap and devastatingly precise. here, aeneas�*s team hunts a russian soldier. there is no way to be alive, after fp drone hitting. and another threat — glide bombs, fitted with guidance systems allow russian aircraft to attack from beyond the battlefield, literally gliding onto their target. they are turning lyptsi to dust. with drone jamming equipment on their vehicle, aeneas takes us to lyptsi for a closer look. aeneas, we're going very fast. why is that? is it because it's safer? because of the drones. because of drones? because of drones, yes. it's dangerous here?

there is a lot of russian fp drones. a lot of russian fpv drones? a lot of them. that's why we're using now ourjamming system. but it doesn't stop all drones. and once out in the open, they're exposed. ten metres between us. yeah? so we have to move fast. this is what drones and glide bombs have done to lyptsi. crossing open ground can be deadly. getting to shelter, moving deep underground, is the only protection against these weapons. look at this. there's just drones everywhere. armed drones. modified drones. it's like a drone workshop. the war�*s being fought in places like this as much as on the battlefield now, because the battlefield is changing. it's still a war of

infantry, of artillery. but now it's also a drone war. and there's drones everywhere here. in fact, this front line is about ten plus kilometres long. and, at any time there are dozens of drones in the air, russian and ukrainian. and that means that fighting is a lot more immediate. it's a lot more responsive from these control centres, and it's a lot more dangerous, too. what kind of mission is this today? is it surveillance? is it attack? no, it's attacking on probable positions of the russian army in the forest. command centre. yeah _ drone after drone is sent forward to attack. we should go to the safe place. go, go, go, go, go. go, go, go, go, go! we watch in real time. they have a russian vehicle in their sights. every day, about 100 enemy die

because of these drones. only in our front line. that's an enormous number. but we have iookm of front line. so you can imagine how many enemies died every day because of drones. not because of artillery. this is a battlefield, a war, being transformed by technology. automated female voice: detection, one drone. multiple pilots. - high signal strength. unseen, but identified above, a russian drone. it's time to head for cover. so that's outgoing fire. so, along these front lines, the ukrainians have gained about 500m of territory from the russians. it's not a lot, and it's been hard fought over. the company commander here says that when it comes to drone warfare,

the ukrainians have the advantage. but as far as glide bombs are concerned, well, russia has a serious upper hand. but now we can hear the drone directly above us. everyone freezes. it's looking for any kind of movement before it strikes. eventually, we get the all clear. so that drone we heard has passed overhead, so we need to get out of here fast. drones were barely a factor in this war a year ago now, they are everywhere, always. automated female voice: detection, multiple drones. multiple pilots. - high signal strength. anyjourney over ground is nerve—racking, a game of chance. but here, even closer to the front, russian glide bombs

are a greater threat. aeneas, where are we going now? we're going to another position, to heavyweight drones. so bigger drones and bigger bombs? yes, yes. this heavy bomber squad needs to work in range of russian positions. explosion. ten kilograms bomb. russian calls it "boogeyman drone". the boogeyman is big enough to take out an armoured vehicle or a command post. it has to be launched fast, before the russians find their position. drones whirr. they fly manually, while keeping watch for russian glide bombardments. and soon they come. this is a glider bomb. you can see it in the camera. it's on the battlefield now.

they are hitting the trenches with soliders. now we can hear the sound. explosion. i felt that. the window shook. what happens if russian glide bombs strike this area? hm, i think we will die. ok, let's go. and now russia responds with drones too. fast, fast, fast, fast, fast! should move fast, because drone is coming back. on ukraine's battlefield, the rules of war are being rewritten. and here they say all wars will soon be fought this way. go, go, go. quentin sommerville, bbc news, lyptsi, northeastern ukraine. well, at sir keir starmer�*s first pmqs as prime minister, the leader of the opposition rishi sunak tried to find common ground and focused on the war in ukraine. our political editor chris mason is here. a new government, but the same

foreign policy issues? absolutely. i have been at the summits of the nato defence alliance the last couple of years and there is that consistent theme, including when keir starmer was in washington a couple of weeks ago, iran maintaining western support for ukraine as the war continues. —— around maintaining western support for ukraine. the cranie government is trying to maintain the case that they are worthy of support. zelensky was here in the uk last week making that case. i spoke to him and he said when he looked in on uk politics over the last few years he had seen the turbulence, four different prime ministers, four characters from two political parties, but there was a consistency of uk support for ukraine, so perhaps we should not be surprised that in the first prime minister's questions where rishi sunak had to ask questions rather than answer them, he picked a topic where he and

them, he picked a topic where he and the new prime minister would agree. for weeks, the house of commons stood empty while you decided who to send here — a chamber that has witnessed so many moments, benches that have hosted so many figures of our history. now they are full again. new people in new places. plenty divides many in here, but on the war in ukraine there is much agreement. the uk has consistently been the first country to provide new capabilities to ukraine, such as the long range weapons that have been used so effectively in the black sea. now, those decisions aren't easy, and i was grateful to the prime minister for his support as i made those decisions in government, and in opposition i offer that same support to him. so can i ask that he continues to be responsive to ukraine's new requests so that they don'tjust stand still, but can decisively win out against russian aggression? can i thank the leader of the opposition for not only raising the question of ukraine,

but doing it in a way which can maintain the unity across this house, which has been so important to the ukrainian people? and i can assure him that we are, of course, talking to ukraine about how they deal with the russian aggression that they are facing, have been facing for many, many months. and i will continue to try to do that in the way that he did, which is to reach out across the house to share such information as we can to maintain the unity that is so important. but beyond ukraine, there was disagreement, even anger here today, after the suspension of seven labour mps who defied the government. they voted, along with the scottish national party, to scrap a restriction on child welfare payments to the first two children in most families. poverty campaigners are furious with the prime minister. is his honeymoon over before it's even begun? labour say scrapping the cap isn't

affordable right now. westminster�*s third biggest party is the liberal democrats, so expect to see a lot more of this man. after a once in a century election, does he not think there's an opportunity for a once in a century chance to fix social care? the prime minister said he wanted to set up, in time, a national care service. there were questions, too, from reform uk and the green party. the new look house of commons... speaker: that completes questions, we'll let the front _ benches change over. ..a new debate to listen to and it's just beginning. chris mason, bbc news, at westminster. and victoria derbyshire will have more on who might replace rishi sunak on newsnight on bbc two shortly. that is one of the things we will talk about, because the tory

leadership race officially kicked off at 7pm tonight. shoplifting hits a 20 year high, we will speak to a shop owner losing hundreds of pounds every week who has been spat at and his shop bottled. greater manchester police has referred itself to the independent office of police conduct, and one officer has been removed from operational duties, after video emerged of an arrest at manchester airport. in the footage, an officer is seen kicking a man who's on the ground, and stamping on his head. a warning — you may find the footage which we're about to show you disturbing. the incident happened after reports of an altercation between members of the public. the police force said that while trying to arrest a suspect in the original altercation, three officers were violently assaulted. a female officer was taken to hospital with a broken nose. our correspondentjudith moritz is at police headquarters in manchester. what more are they saying tonight?

we have learnt a little more about the circumstances, as we understand it, before that video. we are told that happened just before 8:30pm last night at terminal two of manchester airport. there had been a fight between members of the public which caused the police to be called, when officers got down there and so on cctv that one of the people involved at that fight was at one of the car park ticket machines, when they got down there, greater manchester police say their officers were attacked, one female officer had her nose broken in two others were taken to hospital. they said that by context those officers were firearms officers and there was a clear risk of their firearms being taken during the process of the arrest. but in terms of the conduct of the officers involved, the force had said tonight they know that people are rightly extremely concerned about the video, which

they have acknowledged is extremely shocking. they say it is very unusualfor shocking. they say it is very unusual for such a force to be used during an arrest of this nature and they said one of the officers has been taken off operational duty, he has not been suspended but as you said the force has referred itself to the iopc police watchdog and four men have been arrested on suspicion of affray and assault.— of affray and assault. thank you, judith of affray and assault. thank you, judith moritz — a man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, and a number of knives have been seized, after a soldier was stabbed near army barracks in kent. the head of the army has called the attack in chatham horrific and unprovoked. the victim, who's in his 40s, is in hospital in a serious but stable condition. the attack isn't believed to be terrorism related. five people have been arrested and police have used pepper spray on protesters who gathered in washington dc. thousands took to the streets as israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu told a joint session of the us congress that israel

will keep security control over gaza for the foreseeable future. his speech comes nine months into the war there, in which the hamas—run health ministry says 39,000 people have died. mr netanyahu was given a standing ovation by many lawmakers in the chamber, though some democratic politicians boycotted the event. our correspondent tom bateman reports from washington. a short walk back into the american limelight, after months or fraught ties between the us leadership on the israeli prime minister. here, among friends, many republicans — but some notable absences from joe biden�*s democrats — benjamin netanyahu started by thanking the president. he rightly called hamas "sheer evil". he dispatched two aircraft carriers to the middle east to deter a wider war. and he came to israel to stand with us during our darkest

hour, a visit that will never be forgotten. applause. he quickly turned to the issue of hostages still held by hamas, with families and one of those freed watching, trying to point to his accomplishments. israel has already brought home 135 of these hostages. including seven who were freed in daring rescue operations. applause. chanting: not another dime! not another nickel, not another dime! i outside, the protesters came in their thousands, headed to the heart of us democracy — or as close as they could get. anger has raged over the huge numbers of civilians killed in gaza. it's shameful that he's been invited to speak before congress. it's shameful what our government has been allowing to happen, and aiding, and funding. you can see how the pressure has been building on benjamin netanyahu, and then there are his critics at home, some of whom have accused him of not gripping

a ceasefire deal hard enough, because of his own political problems. and so, arriving here at the us capitol, for him, is the big prize, as he tries to face off his opponents. the israeli leader castigated the demonstrators. but there was more to come inside the chamber. a silent protest from rashida tlaib, the first palestinian american woman to serve here. roughly half the elected democrats in congress are believed to have stayed away. the vice president kamala harris also absent, her office said due to a schedule clash. mr netanyahu addressed the move by the prosecutor of the international criminal court, who is seeking an arrest warrant against him. the icc is trying to shackle israel's hands and prevent us from defending ourselves. deafening praise in congress, but there may be less behind closed doors tomorrow, as mr netanyahu meets president biden, an alliance backed by arms but blighted by the fraught politics between its leaders. tom bateman, bbc news, washington.

our middle east editor jeremy bowen is here. your thoughts on what benjamin netanyahu is trying to do there, and what the impact of this is? this netanyahu is trying to do there, and what the impact of this is?— what the impact of this is? this was the view of — what the impact of this is? this was the view of the _ what the impact of this is? this was the view of the war _ what the impact of this is? this was the view of the war according - what the impact of this is? this was the view of the war according to - what the impact of this is? this was the view of the war according to mr| the view of the war according to mr netanyahu, someone who says adamantly that the objective is total victory for israel. something that many israelis, not least hostage families, believe it is absolutely not possible. so, he selectively used evidence, and sometimes he actually went into the territory of outright falsehoods. he said that those protesters were quite possibly being paid by iran, that they were certainly the dupes of iran, americans exercising their

democratic right to protest. he said israel was not responsible for the catastrophic humanitarian crisis in gaza, there is evidence that is not the case, that the israeli chokehold on supplies is what is doing. he said that israel respects humanitarian laws like no other country, but the damage done in gaza and the vast numbers of civilians killed shows that is actually not what he says it is. he said in rafah in the south, that israel saved civilian lives there, no mention that the americans actually put them under a great deal of pressure to do that. and his praise of president biden, in fact, that. and his praise of president biden, infact, he has that. and his praise of president biden, in fact, he has actually defied the wishes of president biden repeatedly, and president biden has continued to back him. so, the world according to netanyahu. he said barbarism versus civilisation. but don't forget, outside there were all

of those protesters, and in other places around the world saying, no, actually you are talking about the killing of civilians and perhaps even genocide.— killing of civilians and perhaps even uenocide. .,

lame duck president _ what more might we expect? well, a lame duck president is, _ what more might we expect? well, a lame duck president is, of— what more might we expect? well, a lame duck president is, of course, i lame duck president is, of course, somebody who has lost power and influence because everybody knows he is about to be replaced. but it can also be an opportunity to do big things that might be unpopular because you know you don't have to get re—elected. i suspect this evening from joe biden we will hear in a vicious list of stuff he wants to get done in his last few months in office. he cares passionately about his legacy, about being seen as a consequential president, even though he will only have served one term. there will be a lot he still wants to get done. top of the list, a peace deal between israel and hamas that would achieve a ceasefire in gaza and see the return of israeli hostages. he still seems optimistic about that. he has also talked about significant reforms to the supreme court and he would love to get a policing reform bill is passed as well. but it's notjust his ambitious plans that he will talk about. he needs to explain very carefully to the american people why it was, after weeks of saying he was determined he would run again, he changed his mind at the weekend and

explain why, if he is not well enough to run a second time, how could they have confidence he is fit to be their president for the next six months, until his successor is elected and sworn in?— six months, until his successor is elected and sworn in? thanks, sarah. sarah smith- — amanda abbington said she's been under pressure from "brutal, relentless and unforgiving" threats from fans of strictly come dancing. the actor has previously made accusations about the teaching methods of her strictly partner, giovanni pernice, who has since left the bbc one show. he has strongly denied her claims of "unnecessary, abusive, cruel and mean" behaviour. let's talk to our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba: tells more about what she has been saying. tells more about what she has been sa inc. �* . . tells more about what she has been sain.�* . ., ., tells more about what she has been sa in. �* . ., ., tells more about what she has been sain.�* . ., ., , saying. amanda abbington has been s-ueakin on saying. amanda abbington has been speaking on camera _ saying. amanda abbington has been speaking on camera for— saying. amanda abbington has been speaking on camera for the - saying. amanda abbington has been speaking on camera for the first - speaking on camera for the first time since she complained about her time since she complained about her time on the show. she told channel 4 news that she went on to strictly thinking it would be hard work, but fun. in a sometimes emotional interview, she said she could not speak in detail about her

experiences with her professional dance partner, giovanni pernice, because of the ongoing bbc investigation. but she did describe it as bullying, aggressive and upsetting, and said her time in the training room had left her post—traumatic trust disorder. i'd been triggered in that room by past experiences, and it has... still has a lasting effect on me. like, i still can't talk about certain things that happened in that room... ..because of... because it immediately triggers... ..a feeling of anxiety. and that's not right. this is a bbc show on a saturday night. this response shouldn't happen from a bbc show. that's crazy. giovanni pernice has denied any allegations of abusive or threatening behaviour, and has said that he has provided the investigation with substantive

evidence, and remains confident of clearing his name. the bbc has said it takes issues like this extremely seriously and it has already provided additional safeguarding measures for the new series of struggle come dancing. the corporation's investigation into amanda abbington�*s complaints is expected to be concluded soon. uk sport has withdrawn funding from the olympic gold medallist charlotte dujardin after footage was made public of her repeatedly whipping a horse during a training session. two of her sponsors have also said they will no longer work with her. she'd previously called the incident an error ofjudgment and withdrew from competing in the paris olympics. a dutch lawyer, representing the person who filmed the video, was given permission by his client — who's remaining anonymous — to provide it to the bbc. here's our sports news correspondent laura scott. this is the video that has rocked the sporting world. it shows dressage star charlotte dujardin on foot, whipping a horse repeatedly during a coaching session.

she says she is deeply ashamed of what is seen here, calling it "completely out of character, and an error ofjudgment which does not reflect how i train my horses." it was taken several years ago, but surfaced this week, days before the start of the olympics. if the protection of animal welfare was the primary motivation of your client, the whistle—blower, why did it take them several years to come forward? first of all, my client was not really aware this could be animal abuse, because it was the superstar who did it. secondly, she had spoken with several people in the dressage scene, and they all warned her. she is so afraid of victim blaming. dujardin voluntarily withdrew from the games and was later suspended from all dressage pending the outcome of an investigation by the world equestrian federation. but she won't be the only rider absent from paris after footage emerged of what have been described as concerning training methods.

two danish riders were both excluded before selection. so is this a widespread issue? i have watched charlotte train here, abroad, competed alongside her. that is totally out of character from any of the work that i have ever seen charlotte do with a horse. that is not dressage training, that is not any sort of training. a horse can't understand that. this is the arena where dujardin was expected to make history this summer. her absence isn'tjust a blow for team gb — it has left the sport reeling, and has prompted uncomfortable questions about its commitment to equine welfare. the whip can be a tool to extend the information you want to give to the horse, but it has to be in a very mild way. it has to take into consideration the learning process of the horse. but if it is used as punishment or in a violent way,

stressing the horse, it is absolutely unacceptable. charlotte dujardin! the fei hope their actions so far show no—one is beyond reproach, but this case has once again put the spotlight on the use of the whip. dujardin said there is no excuse for this video, but many have been left wondering and worrying how common this is. laura scott, bbc news, paris. eluned morgan is the new leader of welsh labour, and is set to become the next first minister of wales. she'll be the first female first minister, replacing vaughan gething who announced his departure last week only four months into the job. ms morgan won't be made first minister until the senedd has returned from recess. this programme continues on bbc one.