oh, wow! nasa successfully crashes a probe into an asteroid — to test whether space rocks that might threaten earth, could be deflected out of the way. aspires we can tell, our first planetary defence test was a success and i think we can clap to that, everyone. yeah, i think that the earthlings should sleep better.

the pound remains under pressure — from market concerns about government borrowing to fund tax cuts. a state funeral is due to be held for the former japanese prime minister shinzo abe. leaders from across the world are expected to be at the service. the event will start in just under an hour but there has been growing opposition with detractors citing the cost. and honours even as engalnd and germany share six goals in their final game before the qatar, world cup.

of an asteroid travelling at 14,000 miles per hour! it's the first time it's ever been done, and it's hoped that it'll teach us how to change the speed and path of future asteroids and planets. our science editor, rebecca morelle, has been taking a look at what happened. closing in on the target. images beamed back from 7 million miles away as a nasa spacecraft approaches an asteroid. the details of the rocky world are revealed. but this probe isn't here to study it. itsjob is to knock the space rock off course by smashing into it. and this was the reaction from mission control. , , ~ the reaction from mission control. , , control. this space rock poses no threat- _ control. this space rock poses no threat. this _ control. this space rock poses no threat. this is _ control. this space rock poses no threat. this is a _ control. this space rock poses no threat. this is a test - control. this space rock poses no threat. this is a test to - no threat. this is a test to see how it could deal with one on a collision course with the earth. i definitely think that as far as we can tell, our

first planetary defence test was a success and i think we can clap to that, everyone. so yeah, i think the earthlings should sleep better and definitely i will. working here, we definitely will sleep better. ,, ., here, we definitely will sleep better. , , ., better. the mission, called dart, began _ better. the mission, called dart, began last - better. the mission, called dart, began last year, - better. the mission, called| dart, began last year, with better. the mission, called - dart, began last year, with the spacecraft starting its epic journey to its destination. the target, a twin asteroid system. a larger space rock is orbited by a smaller space rock that is about 150 metres, that is about 500 feet across. the spacecraft travelling at 14,000 miles an hour crashes into one of them, giving the asteroid kick. this changes its speed byjust a fraction, about a millimetre per second. fraction, about a millimetre persecond. but fraction, about a millimetre per second. but this is enough

to alter its orbit, and scientists can monitor this from earth to see if it has worked. from earth to see if it has worked-— from earth to see if it has worked. x . , , , worked. dart really is 'ust the start. it is i worked. dart really is 'ust the start. it is the t worked. dart really is 'ust the start. it is the first _ start. it is the first planetary defence mission. it was spectacular and now it is accomplished we will figure out how effective it was. all right, _ how effective it was. all right, we hit the is to write, how— right, we hit the is to write, how effective was it and what will that _ how effective was it and what will that mean?— will that mean? the damage asteroids — will that mean? the damage asteroids can _ will that mean? the damage asteroids can do _ will that mean? the damage asteroids can do is _ will that mean? the damage i asteroids can do is well-known. asteroids can do is well—known. the biggest ones can cause global devastation, like the space rock that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago. the challenge is to find them early enough so a mission to divert could be carried out well in advance. the dart mission is the first step in finding a solution. and in the coming days and weeks, scientists will be assessing whether the test has been successful. it is a demonstration of a technology that could one day save our planet. let's go live to los angeles now to speak to planetary scientist, emily la kdawalla.

welcome to the programme, emily. how ground—breaking is this? it emily. how ground-breaking is this? , ., , , ., this? it is a very big deal because _ this? it is a very big deal because this _ this? it is a very big deal because this is _ this? it is a very big deal because this is the - this? it is a very big deal because this is the first i this? it is a very big deal- because this is the first time that we have reached out and intentionally altered the path of another object in our solar system, and while this one poses no threat to us and poses no further threat to us after the impact, it does give us the first experience and understanding how we could prevent a civilisation devastating threat that was discovered in future. so that is aood discovered in future. so that is good to — discovered in future. so that is good to hear. _ discovered in future. so that is good to hear. i _ discovered in future. so that is good to hear. i would - is good to hear. i would imagine everyone listening now is relieved, but in terms of what we might find out in the weeks and months ahead, there is a lot still to process, isn't there?— is a lot still to process, isn't there? there is. the celebration _ isn't there? there is. the celebration today - isn't there? there is. the celebration today is - isn't there? there is. the i celebration today is because the spacecraft successfully navigated to the asteroid men and hit it, which is also not something that has been done before autonomously. it was very difficult because if you

imagine a spacecraft seeing a bright point of light and intentionally flying toward it, just before it impacts, the bright point of light splits into two and the spacecraft had to choose on its own which one of those two things to hit and as far as we can tell, all of the autonomous targeting from the autonomous targeting from the camera to the processor, the camera to the processor, the computer and the programming everything worked absolutely perfectly. it hit head—on onto the men office asteroid and so this part of it was totally successful. what we don't know yet is whether it successfully slowed the orbit of the asteroid moon around the main strike that is what we have wait for, to follow—up and find out if the men slowed down in its orbit. find out if the men slowed down in its orbit-— in its orbit. and how likely is it that this _ in its orbit. and how likely is it that this could _ in its orbit. and how likely is it that this could be - in its orbit. and how likely is it that this could be a - in its orbit. and how likely is it that this could be a threat | it that this could be a threat in the future?— it that this could be a threat in the future? this particular asteroid poses _ in the future? this particular asteroid poses no _ in the future? this particular asteroid poses no threat - in the future? this particular asteroid poses no threat to l in the future? this particular i asteroid poses no threat to us. there is definitely a larger strike that will hit earth some day. now, whether that is in

ten years, 100 years, 1000 years we haven't discovered yet an asteroid that is on a path that will definitely hit earth. but we are still looking. there are large areas of space that we have not even been able to look at very well, like the areas between earth and the sun, we can look at that very well because the sun is very bright. while there are plans to continue searching, we don't yet have the practical ability to prevent one of these potential disasters should we discover one and this is the very first step. it is the first step in understanding what we would need to do to divert the path of something we discovered in the future. qm. discovered in the future. 0k, well, it is _ discovered in the future. 0k, well, it is certainly _ well, it is certainly fascinating. thank you. and of course there is so much more detail on our website so do take a look. let's get some of the day's other news. the european commission has said it hopes for a constructive relationship with the new government in italy. the commission had previously warned that it could withdraw funding if italy took

an authoritarian path. the country's first female prime minister, leading italy's most right—wing government since world war two. emergency declarations have been made in six areas of cuba as hurricane ian starts to approach, evacuation plans have been prepared and homes and properties have been secureed. forecasters are warning of flash floods and mudslides and say ian will gather more strength as it heads towards florida. russia has granted citizenship to the former us national president vladimir putin signed the decree 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 finance minister, kwasi kwarteng, is under renewed pressure to restore investors' confidence, and soothe their fears about the country's financial

stability after a fall in the value of the pound. sterling's price has now steadied on the foreign exchange markets after slumping to an all—time low against the us dollar on monday. vincent mcaviney reports a new day of trading after a difficult start to the week for the pound and the ”thielii s; —— ——— isihzefiéiéggi; """ " 1" "t ' the t of sterling ' in the value of sterling to unprecedented depths against dollar impacts petrol, food the dollar impacts petrol, food mortgage the the dollar impacts petrol, food economy. 5 the the dollar impacts petrol, food economy. the the the dollar impacts petrol, food economy. the chancellor: tight—lipped. tight-lipped. - to make about going further cuts in with tax cuts in borrowing which had spooked international markets confidence in the of liz government of liz truss. the

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from the eastern regions of donetsk and luhansk, and the southern regions of kherson and zaporizhzhia, are being asked to attend polling stations and vote in referendums onjoining russia. 0lga aivazovska is head of the civil network 0pora, an international expert in electoral matters. she's in kyiv. your take on this process that is under way in eastern parts of ukraine?— is under way in eastern parts of ukraine? , ., , . of ukraine? yes, of course. we are watching — of ukraine? yes, of course. we are watching this _ of ukraine? yes, of course. we are watching this process. - of ukraine? yes, of course. we are watching this process. this | are watching this process. this process has not been free or legal at all. voting began after the announcement of a referendum by officials in russia, personally by putin. it takes place under the pressure

of armed soldiers of the russian army, who would go to apartments of regular citizens and for them to vote at home, choosing between a box on the ballot and their lives. so we many videos day by see many videos day by day that russian soldiers, showing that russian soldiers, so—called representatives of the pseudo— referendum, came to people and did the pressure just for the so—called voting. simultaneously with the voting, the collection of personal data of citizens will be used against civilians. first of all, i am talking about mobilisation of men to the russian army out of end of mobilisation of men to the russian army referendum nd of mobilisation of men to the russian army referendum and f russia going to make a then russia is going to make a decision annexation. it decision about annexation. it is for regions of ukraine. and russia doesn't have the power

to occupy these areas but they are producing questions about annexation and joining it to russia. according to the kremlin, a fake referendum would create legal grounds for russia to announce this. the celebration of such process is linked to the successful counteroffensive effort of the armed forces of ukraine. it is also related to russia's fear of losing the gains of the army during the first months of the full—scale aggression. pseudo— referendums are new from the legal point of view. they will not be recognised in civilised countries of the western world but still create new challenges for citizens and for the government of ukraine because russia will use the argument that people voted for

annexation, tojoin it to russia, these territories just for using so—called military doctrine or nuclear tactical weapons against ukraine. that is why police don't call this process a referendum because it is a pseudo— referendum. i believe that uk, usa and other western countries know why it is impossible to organise any referendums during martial law, during war orto be referendums during martial law, during war or to be ready to organise voting two days after the announcement of this pseudo— referendum. the announcement of this pseudo- referendum. you have raised some — pseudo- referendum. you have raised some very _ pseudo- referendum. you have raised some very important - raised some very important points and just from a practical point of view, as you have said, it is very difficult to pull off a free and fair referendum in such a short space of time. but without independent verification of what is going on, without journalists there to say what is happening, it is very difficult to know what is going on on the ground and yet russia

is using these referendums, as you have said, to take this conflict to the next level. yes. that is why we have to be aware of what is going on but we can't produce reports of an observation mission because none of the organisations will be able to participate in such processes as what happened in crimea. at the same time, i believe that there is a connection between crimea and the current stories because in 2014, i didn't see personally — i did see personally a very powerful reaction —— my eye did not see personally a very powerful reaction from the western world. it happened during a very long process but we were not ready to react somehow. now it is a new reality but russia is not the

tory — russia is an authoritarian regime and has organised against democratic countries and has tried to use democratic countries as a referendum or an election against democracies so we have to be as loud as possible now that pseudo— referendums will not produce any legal base for annexation.— not produce any legal base for annexation. 0k, we have heard ou. annexation. 0k, we have heard you- thank _ annexation. 0k, we have heard you- thank you _ annexation. ok, we have heard you. thank you for— annexation. 0k, we have heard you. thank you for your - you. thank you for your contribution. thank you. from kyiv. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: the nation's destiny.

a grandstand audience. 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. of europe's biggest and richest nation.

to test whether space rocks that might threaten earth, could be deflected out of the way. political leaders from across the world are gathering injapan where a state funeral for former prime minister shinzo abe is being held. mr abe, japan's longest—serving leader, was shot dead during an election rally injuly. in the last few weeks opposition to the state funeral has been growing. lets go live there now. this tell us about the day so far. well, i am standing outside the building with the light green

roof behind me which is as close as we can get. that is where the state funeral for shinzo abe will start in just under an hour, so you can imagine very tight security surrounding that venue. we are expecting some 4500 guests to attend, including some 700 overseas visitors including foreign ambassadors to japan as well, including kamal harris, us vice president as well as the rendering modi and we have james cleverly from the uk. among the japanese public, there has been growing opposition to this state funeral. there have been many state protests throughout the week. many are being held even today and people are questioning the legitimacy of holding this as a state funeral which is usually for the imperialfamily which is usually for the imperial family members. which is usually for the imperialfamily members. he is only the second prime minister to have a state funeral. the last one 55 also

the cost because the japanese government is some $11 government is spending some $11 million to hold this event. of course, they are spending quite a lot of money on security as well as hosting those overseas visitors being as visitors being dubbed as funeral diplomacy over three days. but time, days. but atethe same time. is a days. but atthe same time. is a of people to? 7 z: 7 to pay to pay to “gee l” is abee e—ee is a table shinzo abe. there is a table for flowers shinzo abe. there is a table forflowers and shinzo abe. there is a table for flowers and the table has every ten minutes to be cleared every ten minutes because people are up because people are queueing up and they have to start early because so many people were already waiting. as you can see, he was a very divisive politician. even when he was alive and even after his death opinions are very much split about this state funeral. 0k, thank you. and the official ceremony will start in around 40 minutes' time there. here's the latest sports news.

hello, this is your sports update. england and germany shared a thriller in their group match on monday. already relegated england went to— see behind. this then a remarkable turnaround inspired by luke shaw, mason mount and harry kane. england went ahead with a few minutes remaining. 3—3 late on. england are on their worst run since 1993 but their manager says there is plenty to take away. manager says there is plenty to take away-— manager says there is plenty to take awa . ., , . take away. the whole experience has been one _ take away. the whole experience has been one we _ take away. the whole experience has been one we needed, - take away. the whole experience has been one we needed, i - has been one we needed, i think, to grow to the next part as a team because you are going to have pressure in a world cup and you can try and avoid pressure, but it is coming. maybe it is the third group game, maybe it is a quarterfinal, whatever it might be, it is coming. so better that we feel it and we learn how to deal with it. elsewhere, ital won how to deal with it. elsewhere, italy won the — how to deal with it. elsewhere, italy won the group _ how to deal with it. elsewhere, italy won the group and - italy won the group and progressed to the finals of the competition after beating hungary 2—0. italy finished top

with 11 points from six games. 0ne with 11 points from six games. one point above hungary. relegated england in fourth. spain head coach lewis enrico says that he and his players are treating their crucial tie with portugal like a world cup quarterfinal. they are second behind their rivals two quarterfinal. they are second behind their the ls two points, with the winner to the final four. progressing to the final four. a draw will be enough for portugal. dominic thiem reached the second round. he is continuing his return after a wrist injury. he is showing signs of better fitness after fighting back from losing the opening set. the tough test awaits. he will play marin cilic in a battle of the two former us open champions. tyson fury says his proposed heavyweight showdown with anthonyjoshua is of after his self—imposed deadline expired.

fury set them an ultimatum on friday night, insisting that if the deal could not be done on time, he would work away. here's what he had to say on social media. it here's what he had to say on social media.— social media. it is after 5pm on monday- _ social media. it is after 5pm on monday. no _ social media. it is after 5pm on monday. no contract - social media. it is after 5pm on monday. no contract has social media. it is after 5pm - on monday. no contract has been signed _ on monday. no contract has been signed it— on monday. no contract has been signed. it is officially over forjoshua. he is now out in the — forjoshua. he is now out in the cold _ forjoshua. he is now out in the cold with the wolfpack. idiot — the cold with the wolfpack. idiot. always knew it. always knew — idiot. always knew it. always knew he _ idiot. always knew it. always knew he did not have the minerals to fight the gypsy king — minerals to fight the gypsy king. good luck with your career_ king. good luck with your career and king. good luck with your careerand your king. good luck with your career and your life. king. good luck with your careerand your life. end king. good luck with your career and your life. end of. this— career and your life. end of. this guy— career and your life. end of. this guy is _ career and your life. end of. this guy is not the limit for lewis view go. you challenges remain for a lewis view go. you challenges remainfora man lewis view go. you challenges remain for a man who has played for both barcelona and real madrid, so how about a world record for the highest football game. they floated around at zero gravity or that special pitch on an aircraft an pitch on an aircraft at an altitude of more than 20,000 feet. that is just about it. you can get all of the sports news on our website. from me and the rest of the sport team,

we will see using. we will indeed. 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. as we have mentioned, the value of the pound sterling is having around £1 to $1 and almost 8 cents. what does that mean? well, if we look at some of the imprecations. mortgage lenders are halting some deals on new products. they have actually withdrawn semi products

following the fall in the value of the pound. that is just one of the pound. that is just one of the pound. that is just one of the implications and we will be talking through all of the latest on this and the other top business stories next year on bbc news, so do stay with us. i will be back in a moment. hello. the start of the week almost felt like the start of a new season, especially when the dark clouds rolled in. another showery day to come on tuesday. the showers will be focused on certain areas. the weather chart is similar. north—westerly winds, a little more westerly. this sliding weather system just more westerly. this sliding weather sys south—west. gee... 77777777 more westerly. this sliding weather sys south—west. be... “777777 more westerly. this sliding weather sys south—west. i will 77777777 towards the south—west. i will show where the showers will towards the south—west. i will show where the shc in rs will towards the south—west. i will show where the shc in the iill scotla nd. i” ,, scotland. frequent 12” ,, scotland. frequent hails??? ,, scotland. frequent hailand ,, of scotland. frequent hail and thunder. another zone of for the of ireiiand. stand ireiiand. find them northern ireland. and then there is that weather system i

mentioned down towards the which will slide south—west which will slide into parts of devon and cornwall. more in the way of grey skies and further persistent rain as we go into the afternoon. either side of those rain areas, fewer showers around and more in the way of dry weather. some showers cropping up later particularly for north—east england. in the sunshine, it will feel pleasant enough. of it, 11—16. thewind gtheéi/viénd will distinctly cool. the wind will again be more northerly again over the into the night into wednesday. showers for the north and east of the country more likely. temperatures here maybe not as temneratures bee mabe "bet ere. as temneratures bee mabe "bet bee as they were temner3tures bee r“3be aat 33 as they were to take as low as they were to take as into tuesday. a little bit lower compared to tuesday morning. 0n lower compared to tuesday morning. on wednesday morning out towards the west. more of a northerly air flow and pressure pushing in from the north sea on wednesday. that will change the focus from where the wetter weather is more

wednesday. more particularly into yorkshire, lincolnshire and east anglia. fewer showers on the west compared with tuesday. more dry and sunny weather and so feeling a little less cold, especially as the wind starts to ease. going through into thursday, the outbreaks of rain will have pushed their way to the south. gradually clearing away. a few showers dotted around but overall the quietest day of the week. wins should be lighter. more sunshine and showers and mere eebsbibeebdeebeetem 3a3 on up. mere eebsbibe—3a3e3beeter3 3a3 on up. as we to mime imam; mm imam of highépressure but the more- spells of rain prolonged spells of rain sweeping across the country with strong to gale force winds. a big change and still an autumn peel to

this is bbc news with the latest business headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the pound remains in the doldrums despite efforts from the bank of england and the treasury to reassure markets. france to borrow a record $260 billion next year to finance a budget that puts a cap on energy prices. and green energy — with soaring prices and the war in ukraine how does europe wean itself off coal and gas?