visual confirmation. cheering nasa successfully crashes a probe into an asteroid — to test how any incoming space rock, could be deflected away from earth. it has been the work of over 1000 — it has been the work of over 1000 people who have put their heart _ 1000 people who have put their heart and — 1000 people who have put their heart and soul into it and to see — heart and soul into it and to see it — heart and soul into it and to see it so _ heart and soul into it and to see it so beautifully concluded today— see it so beautifully concluded today was just an incredible feeling _ the kremlin admits it made mistakes in the way it mobilised reservists to fight in ukraine — as protests against the call—up continue. a "humanitarian catastrophe" — the un's stark decription of haiti, after weeks of protests at the economic and fuel supply crises. and we report from eastern ukraine, on the latest target of constant russian shilling. in the last few minutes we have

been hearing incoming and are coming shells. it really doesn't stop. and work begins to remove the tens of thousands of floral tributes left to honour the queen, within the last few hours nasa has successfully managed to test the world's first planetary defence system by deliberately crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid. the dart mission is the first ever attempt to change the course of a large object, roughly the size of a football stadium. the probe is thought of the asteroid targetjust i7

the probe is thought of the asteroid targetjust 17 metres off the bullseye. a live camera relayed the spacecraft�*s final few seconds to nasa scientists before it crashed into the rock. there, oh, my goodness. oh, wow. four, three, two, one... oh, my gosh! whoo! oh, wow! confirming visual confirmation. cheering at a press conference following the succesful mission, the dart team spoke of their relief that the mission had been achieved. it is absolutely wonderful to do something this amazing and we are so excited to be done! we have worked on this mission for at least seven years, now, and it has been the work of over 1000 people that have put their heart and soul into it, so to see it so beautifully concluded today was just an incredible feeling, and also very tiring!

iamjoined by i am joined by a former rocket scientist, doctor keith harry. we heard there, a team of 1000 people, hugely excited by what i have achieved. what is so tough about it?— i have achieved. what is so tough about it? you mentioned the size of— tough about it? you mentioned the size of it, _ tough about it? you mentioned the size of it, you _ tough about it? you mentioned the size of it, you have - tough about it? you mentioned the size of it, you have got - tough about it? you mentioned the size of it, you have got a i the size of it, you have got a little moon orbiting an asteroid. now, this asteroid is similar to ones that might cause a problem to earth, but because we have knocked it around does not mean you make things worse, we're not going be hit by by slamming something into the small moon with just enough of a punch that it might change the orbit of the asteroid just a little bit, and that may be enough to prevent the other asteroid that we

determine to be a problem from hitting earth, but it requires a lot of precision and that 17 metres off after travelling ten months around the solar system, i think that is pretty good! we can say that. _ i think that is pretty good! we can say that, it is pretty good. what do we know now, then, from what has just been achieved? how much of the information we have gathered so far gives you the confidence to believe that they have sort of crack the system? i believe that they have sort of crack the system?— crack the system? i was on early with _ crack the system? i was on early with jonathan - crack the system? i was on early with jonathan amos l crack the system? i was on i early with jonathan amos and crack the system? i was on - early with jonathan amos and i early withjonathan amos and i said, i see rocks and i see pebbles and that is how much detail we got as we came in, rocks and pebbles. in hollywood you want to blow things up because it makes good special effects but maybe it is not the smartest thing to do if you just want to keep the asteroid away from earth, what you want to be able to push against something and if it is floppy and made of rocks, we will find out soon exactly what happened, but you may push into it or if

it is harder, how you hit it will depend on what it looks like so, having a camera on board, we were able to tell pretty much what we think it is, and it is a pile of rocks. and asteroid hitting the earth is not a good thing, we all understand that much, but how frequent might it happen? this is a big team. it is a lot of money and investment and time that has gone into this. fisse that has gone into this. five or six years _ that has gone into this. five or six years ago, _ that has gone into this. i; e: or six years ago, something smaller than this moon came in and missed a city in russia but still smashed windows and hurt some people and it landed in a lake but had it landed on that city or any other people live, the economic damage could be easily beyond any earthquake or storm because it is like a nuclear weapon so, is it worth $330 million to do another one of these to prevent a multi—billion dollar? yes, i think it is. you have to weigh the odds whether this is going

to happen or not and this is the way that you can stop it, like shoot out a spacecraft that will hit it, that is not that will hit it, that is not that expensive and we will probably have a couple of days ready to go in case we do find something out there. the exnensive _ something out there. the expensive insurance - something out there. the expensive insurance that we hope you never have to take out. keith, good to have you on the programme, thank you, and your orange and potato, of course! moving on to other news now... the kremlin has admitted it made mistakes in the way it tried to mobilise hundreds of thousands of reservists to fight in ukraine. president putin's spokesperson acknowledged that there had been cases where — as he put it — the criteria were not complied with. the call up triggered widespread protests — and there were reports that people with no military experience — or who are too old or disabled — were being handed draft papers. at a military draft office near moscow, the roll call begins.

more russians mobilised and on their way to fight in ukraine. and left behind, their loved ones. for many here, this war has suddenly become very real. but at this recruitment centre, the russians we spoke to said they supported the draft. "i'm in the mood to fight," says dmitry, an hr manager. "since we've been drafted, we have to serve." this mother says, "the lads will run about a bit there, they'll lose a bit of weight, it'll be fine." not everyone is so positive. in siberia, a recruitment officer was shot and seriously wounded. the gunman reportedly incensed that his friend had been called up to fight. across russia, there's been a spate of attacks on enlistment offices.

more than a dozen have been set on fire since vladimir putin announced the call—up. and this is the russian republic of dagestan. protests against mobilisation. a sign of the anger in russia's poorer regions, populated by ethnic minority groups, where many feel they are being called up at a disproportionate rate. meanwhile, vladimir putin was shown meeting the leader of belarus, alexander lu kashenko, and demanding that the west respect russia. not a word about the protests. when the kremlin says, "your country needs you," some russians are happy to answer president putin's call, but clearly many are not and in some parts of the country, mobilisation is sparking social unrest and undermining trust in the authorities. look at the queues leaving russia. this is the land

border with georgia. many russian men of military age are trying to get out. but for their sons and husbands, a very different journey starts here. destination ukraine, and the kremlin�*s war. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. will be hearing from our international correspondent orla guerin for what that war looks like for one city in particular in eastern ukraine. stay with us for that. that is coming up shortly. meanwhile also in russia — a gunman has opened fire at a school, leaving at least 13 people dead — including students. the shooting took place at school no.88 in the city of izhevsk, in central russia. officials say seven children and six adults were killed, including two security guards and two teachers. the gunman was a former

pupil at the school. investigators said he was wearing a t—shirt with a nazi swastika. let's get some of the day's other news. russia has granted citizenship to the former us national security agency contractor, edward snowden. president vladimir putin signed the decree, some nine years after he fled to moscow. mr snowden faces charges in the us for leaking vast amounts of top secret intelligence material. britain's central bank, the bank of england, has indicated it could raise interest rates to control inflation, after the pound sterling slumped to an all—time low against the us dollar. the world's foreign exchange markets have seen a turbulent day of trading. a referendum in cuba has approved planned social reforms, including the legalisation of same—sex marriage. about two— thirds of voters supported the new family code. officials in haiti are calling the current

situation there a "humanitarian catastrophe" after two weeks of violence and looting. protests that began two weeks ago when prime minister ariel henry announced a fuel price hike, have descended into widespread unrest, with the country's gangs said to be exacerbating the violence. the country's warehouses of humanitarian aid from abroad are among sites targeted by thieves, with an estimated $5 million of goods now missing. mathias pierre is a former minister who was in charge of the elections in haiti. he is usually based in port—au—prince, butjoins us now from washington. thank you forjoining us. the simple question is what can be done to arrest the violence into which haiti is now heading? i into which haiti is now

heading?— into which haiti is now heading? into which haiti is now headinu? ~' �* heading? i think you're right, the simple — heading? i think you're right, the simple question - heading? i think you're right, the simple question is - heading? i think you're right, the simple question is how i heading? i think you're right, j the simple question is how to end what is going on in haiti now. there are two elements in the violence going on, and one is the illegal weapons and ammunition coming in the country, it must be from the united states. we need a government to negotiate with the us government to help us stop that, and to stop the process, we need that to move forward and to stop the guns, and certainly, all of those people trying to do this. and we need the government also capable of negotiating with the us government for the national police to be well equipped because there is some kind of an embargo on legal gun purchase and ammunition in united states, so that would be addressed, and the government

to declare a security emergency in the country, to help support the police, so that they could be well equipped to fight the gangs. be well equipped to fight the ans. . be well equipped to fight the iians, ., ., , , be well equipped to fight the hans. ., .,, _, be well equipped to fight the clans. ., .,, ,., , be well equipped to fight the clans, ., .,, ,., , ., gangs. that raises a couple of questions- — gangs. that raises a couple of questions. one _ gangs. that raises a couple of questions. one is _ gangs. that raises a couple of questions. one is about - gangs. that raises a couple of questions. one is about the i questions. one is about the ability and efficiency of the government in haiti to manage those sorts of negotiations. the second one, that we could start with since you are in the us, is how well that idea that the us government should be intervening to stop guns going across the border would be received in washington. i don't think, at this— received in washington. i don't think, at this point, _ received in washington. i don't think, at this point, we - received in washington. i don't think, at this point, we tried i think, at this point, we tried before, we tried again, i don't think this will be the solution. i think the haitian people need to be able to be equipped to address the problem and what is basically fuelling the situation, remember the president has been assassinated

14 president has been assassinated 11! months ago. the mandate of the actual government according to article 149 of the constitution was one that it took 20 days to organise an election and since then it is clear that nothing serious has been done to organise elections, so that we could have the legitimate government in charge of the country. the second aspect, nothing has been done with regard to negotiation. the gangs in the country. and on top of this... sorry to interrupt again, there is a slight delay on the line. we have the us looking to establish a un security council resolution sanctioning these gangs, would that make any difference or is thatjust words? difference or is that 'ust words? . , difference or is that 'ust words? ., , ., ., words? the gangs, how are you iioin to words? the gangs, how are you going to sanction _ words? the gangs, how are you going to sanction the _ words? the gangs, how are you going to sanction the gangs? it| going to sanction the gangs? it is more going after those who

are supporting the gangs, the gang chiefs in haiti are buying ammunition and guns from united states, so we need to target those who are financing that chaos. we have haiti in total chaos, and in the last days we have seen, on top of all of theseissues have seen, on top of all of these issues and problems, and economic crisis, the government went and increased the price of gas, 100%, and that is what has enraged the people today, and thatis enraged the people today, and that is what created the chaos that is what created the chaos that they are living with in the country today. it that they are living with in the country today.- that they are living with in the country today. it is easy to understand _ the country today. it is easy to understand where - the country today. it is easy to understand where the . the country today. it is easy i to understand where the rage comes from, we have to leave it there, thank you very much indeed. . ~ there, thank you very much indeed. ., ~ , ., ., there, thank you very much indeed. ., ~' , ., ., ., indeed. thank you for having me here. stay with us on bbc news, still to come... we find out, what's

going to happen to the tens of thousands of floral tributes left to honour queen elizabeth. in all russia's turmoil, it has never quite come to this. president yeltsin said today would decide the nation's destiny. the nightmare that so many people have feared for so long is playing out its final act, here. russians are killing russians in front of a grandstand audience. it was his humility that produced affection from catholics throughout the world. but his departure is a tragedy for the catholic church. this man, israel's right—winger ariel sharon, visited the religious compound, and that started the trouble. he wants israel alone to have sovereignty over the holy sites, an idea unthinkable to palestinians. after 45 years of division, germany is one. in berlin, a million germans

celebrated the rebirth of europe's biggest and richest nation. this is bbc news, the latest headlines. i'm david eades. nasa has successfully crashed a probe into an asteroid, to test how any incoming space rock could be deflected away from earth. the kremlin admits it made mistakes in the way it mobilised reservists to fight in ukraine, as protests against the call—up continue. ukrainian troops have been making gains in the donbas region in recent weeks.

our senior international correspondent orla guerin and camera journalist goktay koraltan have been to the front line at the city of bakhmut. residents there into constant shelling and the destruction of their homes. —— endure constant shelling. i should warn you her report contains some distressing images. shelling. inside a city under relentless attack. this is bakhmut. pounded by russian air strikes, and shelling. ukrainian forces still hold the city but the russians are at the eastern edge. it's hard for us, says ludmila, one of the few venturing out. have you thought about leaving? i don't want to. this is my homeland, she says. i wish you well, she adds.

others are desperate to go. but facing a dangerous wait. irina flinches at this all—too—familiar sound. shelling her 14—year—old daughter, yelizaveta, is the main reason she wants to get away from her birthplace. which is now a battleground. as we wait with them, we lose count of the shells. what a memory for a teenager to take away from home. it's easy to see and to hear what people need to get away from. in the last few minutes, we've been hearing incoming and outgoing shells, every 30 seconds or so.

it really doesn't stop. this city is in the centre of a fierce fight now between russian forces and ukrainian forces. everything is ok, irina says. trying to reassure yelizaveta. it's very hard to go, she tells me. it's only because of the war. the main thing is to save my daughter's life and to take our cats and kittens so that we all survive. rushing in to get them out, sergei ivanof, a volunteer with a van, and a tattoo that says, "seize the day." he's been doing just that for months. evacuating front line areas. i feel happy when i see the smiles on faces and hear the thanks. it's perfect.

it's why i'm here. it's like my main mission, like my life, for these people. and you are risking your life every day? i think its usual for me and usualfor any ukrainian people, any ukrainians. loading up the essentials, yelizaveta has the pet carrier and irina grabs the final bags. they are beginning a journey to the relative safety of the capital, kyiv. nearby, we come across a victim of the morning shelling, called andrei. there's no letup. for over an hour, his body can't be moved. the living keep walking.

his sister, in red, can only take cover. andrei spent his life saving others. he worked as an ambulance driver. as russia tries to take the city, it appears ready to destroy it. a pattern that we have read before in the ruins. shell, kill, repeat. the russian army way. orla guerin, bbc news, bakhmut. let's turn to japan now, where, in just a few hours, a state funeral will be held forformer prime minister shinzo abe. political leaders from across the world will gather to remember mr abe, who was shot dead during an election rally injuly. us vice—president kamala harris and india's prime minister narendra modi are expected to be at the service.

the cypher of king charles iii has just been revealed by buckingham palace. it was personally chosen by the king, from a range of designs produced by the college of arms. the monogram will appear on government buildings, state documents and on some post boxes in the coming months and years. there is a separate version of the cypher for scotland, which features the scottish crown. work has started to remove the tens of thousands of floral tributes left to honour queen elizabeth in green park and hyde park in london. they'll be taken to kensington palace gardens, where they'll be used as compost. luxmy gopal reports. an outpouring of grief and love for the queen. a carpet of flowers in tributes. a week on from her majesty's funeral this fragrant shrine at green park will in turn give new flowers life after a fitting final horse—drawn journey.

what all of our green waste in the royal parks tends to get composted, shredded and composted, then you reused in all of ourflower and shrub beds across all of the royal parks. we thought it would be a fitting tribute that all of these floral tributes would be used all across the royal parks. indeed in front of the flower beds in front of buckingham palace as well. the first step of sorting the flowers from the rest. a team of around a hundred volunteers carefully separates non—floral tributes. i am just cleaning up all of the bits of paper that had been left with all of the cards. all of the toys as well. i think one of the sweetest things is of boots and a little paddington bear. those items are taken aside and stored until it is decided how best to use them. for alessandra from battersea joining the volunteer effort helps to honour the queen's memory. i think the outpouring for the queen during this time has been so, so beautiful.

there is so much kind energy amongst the people here. the next step is carried out by two shire horses, heath and nobby. they appeared at the royal windsor horse show for the platinum jubilee earlier this year. they will be pulling a flat bed dray, a traditional open cart. these shire horses are often seen helping plough the land at the royal parks, helping to manage the wildflower meadows. they are better for the environment than machinery as they have less of an impact on the earth but today they have a slightly different task — transporting the flowers on to the next stage of their journey. more details of that story on our website, as we have for all of our main stories. you're watching bbc news with me, david eades. thank you for watching. hello.

the start of the new week almost felt like the start of a new season, especially when the dark clouds rolled in, the rain started to fall and the wind picked up and another showery day to come, much like we had on monday, on tuesday. now the showers will be focused in certain areas. the weather chart is a fairly similar one. still got north—westerly winds, but they're actually going a little bit more westerly and allow this little sliding weather system just down towards the south west. but i'll show you where the showers will be mainly focused, particularly in the morning in northern parts of scotland, frequent here with hail and thunder. we'll see another zone of frequent showers to the north and east and northern ireland, isle of man, into north west england, north—east wales and also the north west midlands. and then there's that weather system i mentioned down towards the south west, which will slide its way in bringing devon, parts of cornwall and the channel islands more in the way of greyer skies and further persistent rain as we go through into the afternoon. now, either side of those certain rain areas, fewer showers around, more in the way of dry weather. although, we'll see a few showers crop up later,

particularly south east scotland and north east england. but in the sunshine, like on monday, it will feel pleasant enough. out of it in the breeze, 11 to 16 degrees, distinctly cool. now the wind goes a little bit more northerly again as we go through the night and into wednesday, clearing away the rain from the south west. there should be showers, the north and east of the country, more likely, in fact, as we go through. and so temperatures here maybe not as low as they were to take us into tuesday, a little bit lower compared to tuesday morning, on wednesday morning out towards the west. so we've more of a northerly airflow and an air of low pressure pushing in off the north sea on wednesday. that's going to change the focus for where the wetter weather is more likely to be on wednesday. this time, more like down through east of scotland, particularly later into northeast england, parts of yorkshire, lincolnshire, maybe east anglia. it does mean further west, fewer showers compared with tuesday, lot more in the way of drier and sunnier weather. and so maybe feeling a little less chilly in these areas, especially as the wind starts to ease. as you go through into thursday, the outbreaks we see in eastern england on wednesday will have pushed their way southwards overnight, gradually clearing away, a few showers dotted around, but overall, the quietest day of the week,

winds should be lighter, more sunshine, fewer showers and temperatures on the up. now, as you go through then into friday, well, we start on a cool note, a ridge of high pressure, but a more prolonged spell of rain set to sweep across the country with strong to gale—force winds. a big change, but still an autumn feel to end the week.

successfully managed to test this is bbc news, the headlines. nasa scientists have

the world's first planetary defence system by deliberately crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid.