this is bbc news. the headlines in the uk and around the world. a massive fire has severely damaged the strategically important road and rail bridge connecting occupied crimea to russia. the un nuclear watchdog calls for the urgent protection of the zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in ukraine, after shelling cuts its external power. ten people have been killed and eight injured in an explosion at a petrol station in county donegal — police say it appears to have been a "tragic accident". our information at this point in time is pointing towards a tragic accident. that said, being a garda, i have to take a holistic and overall viewpoint.

ceremonies have been taking place in thailand to mark the start of a four—day funeral for victims of a mass killing at a nursery. strike action leaves just 20% of regular rail services running across england, scotland and wales today — as workers walk out for the 11th time this year. hello and welcome to bbc news. president putin has suffered an embarrassing setback in the war with ukraine, after a huge explosion on the only bridge linking russia with the crimean peninsula. the bridge partially collapsed, but has now reopened to light traffic.

russia annexed crimea in 2014, and after occupying these regions in red, it's managed to establish a corridor up through southern and eastern ukraine. the kerch bridge, connecting russia to the crimean peninsula in the black sea, was an important supply route for sending russian in the black sea, was an important supply route for sending russian troops and artillery into ukraine. the blast there is another humiliation for the kremlin, as our russia editor, steve rosenberg, reports. it is the bridge the kremlin built. and it was under attack. an explosion at dawn. this was the result. russian officials claim a lorry had been blown up here and that the fire then spread to a fuel train. whatever the cause, you can see the damage. this is the bridge that links russia to annexed crimea, and parts of the road had collapsed

into the sea. later, investigators announced that three people had been killed. they have opened a criminal case. the 12—mile long road and rail bridge is not only strategically important to the kremlin as a supply route, it is also a symbol of the russian annexation of crimea. vladimir putin opened it in 2018, getting behind the wheel to show that, as far as he was concerned, russia and crimea were joined forever. very different scenes today. pro—kremlin commentators have blamed ukraine for the explosion, but there has been no claim of responsibility from kyiv. it is noticeable how the situation has changed here, and the messaging. a few months ago, russians were being told — by their leaders and by the state media — that the so—called special military operation would be

relatively brief and victorious. now they're being told that there are problems, that russia is losing ground. and today, they learned about the attack on a hugely symbolic location — the crimean bridge. news of the attack has sparked concern amongst the public here. but the russians we spoke to had different ideas about how the kremlin should react. "it's worrying," stas says. "war is always bad. they should have done this differently, with negotiations." but olga says, "putin must respond. "what a birthday present they gave him! we should blow up the train lines ukraine uses to get its military aid from america. this is nato�*s fault." but from vladimir putin, there's been no reaction yet to what happened here. no hint as to how he will respond. steve rosenberg,

bbc news, st petersburg. paul adams is in kyiv and told us how the ukrainians are responding to this. ukrainians in general are absolutely cock—a—hoop. forthem, ukrainians in general are absolutely cock—a—hoop. for them, this is like the sinking of the russian flagship of the black sea fleet back in april. this is a real moment of national delight. just to give you a bit of an indication, the ukrainian post office has already announced that it plans to issue a postage stamp celebrating the hit on the bridge over the kerch straight. the symbolism of that attack is enormous here, too. now, experts i have spoken to have said that they think this was probably a result of an extremely expertly executed sabotage operation, almost certainly by ukrainian special forces. operation, almost certainly by ukrainian specialforces. but operation, almost certainly by ukrainian special forces. but a presidential adviser about an hour

orso presidential adviser about an hour or so ago said, no, this was actually the result of infighting in moscow. was he trolling the russians, playing on signs of division within the russian defence establishment? we simply don't know. it seems, though, this was a very good day, though, for ukraine. find good day, though, for ukraine. and that was paul _ good day, though, for ukraine. and that was paul adams. we are just going to take you to county donegal and the gentleman you can see being spoken to to the left, that is the taoiseach, micheal martin, visiting the scene of the explosion that took place yesterday, just after three o'clock, about 20 past three. in creeslough, at a petrol station. it was an applegreen petrol station, the latest tragic event, being described as a tragic accident so far in terms of the investigation by local police. but there was an

explosion and confirmation this afternoon that ten people, you can see him there on the right shaking hands with some of the personnel from the emergency services. ten people were confirmed to have been killed in that incident. eight people were injured, one person has been described as critically ill and has been transferred to a specialist burns unit in the region. what we do know so far is that of the ten people that have died, there were four men, three women, two teenagers and a girl, a young girl of primary school age. so micheal martin is visiting the scene of that donegal petrol station explosion. and we are not sure if he is going to speak later, but meeting some of the emergency services that responded in under ten minutes, we were told, to

that incident. chris page has the report. this small community has been caught up in a wave of devastation and desperation. the rescue effort gave way to a recovery operation as the day went on. the sight of ambulances leaving — a sign that there was no expectation anyone else would be found alive. from the moment it happened, blown—out walls, a crumpled roof and tonnes of rubble showed this was a lethal explosion. like a bomb going off and a sonic boom accompanying it that shook us to the core. and immediately, we just... the people who were there, we alljust waited to try and help and try and get people out of the building. the building was very precarious, it was very, very dangerous. there were flats above the garage shop, which largely collapsed. several times, the emergency

services asked for complete silence, so they would be able to hear people who were trapped. eight patients were taken to hospital. one is in a critical condition. what's really striking in the village is the quietness, the stillness, even. the emergency services are continuing to carry out their search and people have gathered to watch, wait for news, but you get the sense they can't really take in that some of their friends, relatives, neighbours went to the local shop on a friday afternoon and lost their lives so suddenly. all those who were killed were from the area. there are no outstanding reports of unaccounted—for persons. the ten casualties are four men, three women, two teenagers, a boy and a girl, and a younger girl. many of the 400 people who live in creeslough went to a special church service this morning. the leader of the irish government sent his condolences. i think the entire nation is shocked at what has happened. it's an unspeakable tragedy. our thoughts and our prayers, our hearts go out to

the people of creeslough. rural county donegal is often thought of as the essence of tranquillity, an idyllic retreat. tonight, widespread grieving has begun, coupled with an intense feeling of disbelief. people here say they are taking some comfort from the messages of sympathy and the practical offers of support they have received from right across the island of ireland. as you can see, the emergency services are bringing down their search now. police, of course, will be investigating how this explosion happened. and at this early stage, they are suggesting that a crime is not suspected. and that was chris page. the headlines on bbc news... a massive explosion has severely damaged the strategically important road and rail bridge connecting occupied

crimea to russia. ukrainian officials say they've found two mass burial sites in the recently liberated town of lyman — one with around 200 graves. police say ten people have been killed and eight injured, following an explosion at a petrol station in county donegal, in the republic of ireland. only around a fifth of the usual rail services across england, scotland and wales have been running today, as 40,000 members of the rmt union took part in their eighth strike day this year. around half of the network has been completely closed, with trains only operating until early evening on most remaining lines. the industrial action is part of a long—running dispute about pay, jobs and conditions. we don't want to disrupt anyone, we want people to use the railway services and go about their lives. but virtually we are in this very serious dispute, we haven't got any movement from the companies and we haven't got any new offer is that we

can report back to you, the public, or even our members. the scottish national party conference has begun in aberdeen, in person for the first time since the pandemic. the party's deputy leader, keith brown, used his opening speech to criticise the prime minister, liz truss, telling delegates she was a "symptom of the dysfunction at westminster". at its party's conference, the dup leader has warned power sharing in northern ireland won't be restored unless his party's demands on the northern ireland protocol are met. sirjeffrey donaldson said the protocol was contributing to the cost—of—living crisis. the dup is refusing to rejoin power—sharing until changes are made to the part of the brexit deal covering trade in northern ireland. one of britain's most notorious serial killers, peter tobin, has died afterfalling ill in prison. the 76—year—old, who was serving

three life sentences, was taken from hmp edinburgh to hospital on wednesday. david cowan reports. a schoolgirl waiting for a bus on a winter's night. as each day goes past, i lose a bit more faith that she's still alive. i pray to god that she is. an 18—year—old hitchhiking home from a music festival. 1% of me thinks she's alive. the other 99% thinks she's dead now. a young woman living at a church. we are very worried about it. it's totally out of character. three lives brutally cut short by one man, and no—one doubts there were more. born injohnstone in renfrewshire, peter tobin led a nomadic life and used numerous aliases. he was violent and abusive towards his three ex—wives and, in the early—1990s, was jailed for a horrific sex attack. this is peter tobin. hampshire police wish to talk to him after two schoolgirls were sexually assaulted and imprisoned

in a flat in havant. tobin was behind bars for ten years and returned to scotland in 200a. after attacking another young girl, he went on the run. fears are growing for the safety of a young polish woman who has been missing for three days. angelika kluk was living and working at st patrick's in glasgow. tobin was the church handyman, hiding there under a false name. he bludgeoned, raped, and stabbed the 23—year—old, before concealing her body under the church floorboards. tobin was 60 at the time. the brutality of the murder convinced police he'd killed before. based in glasgow, operation anagram was a uk—wide investigation into his past. around the country, police re—examined cold cases and, soon,

tobin was linked to one of scotland's longest mysteries. my colleagues in west lothian are now gravely concerned for vicky hamilton, a schoolgirl who disappeared nearly five weeks ago. vicky hamilton went missing in bathgate. her mother appealed for help, but the 15—year—old had vanished without trace. she just refused to go out and refused to leave in case vicky showed up. that broke my mum's heart. she just became a shell of a person and, two years later, she died. she was another one of peter tobin's victims. yeah, you could look at that, indirectly, yes, definitely. if vicky hadn't went missing, i'm sure my mum would still be with us today. detectives discovered tobin was living in bathgate when vicky went missing. they searched his former home and found this — a knife bearing traces of her dna. there he is, the man... tobin was charged with vicky's abduction. is there any way that you can assist us in finding this girl now? no. as i say, i've never met her. three police forces are combining

resources to search common land in hampshire for a missing essex teenager. operation anagram then linked him to dinah mcnicol, the daughter of a scottish jazz musician who disappeared in august 1991. the police searched tobin's former home in margate and, to their astonishment, found vicky buried in a shallow grave. no—one had expected her to be there. days later, they discovered a second body. it was dinah. after 16 years, the horrifying truth emerged. tobin had murdered vicky in bathgate, dismembered her body and, five weeks later, taken her remains with him when he moved to a new home 500 miles away in margate. five months after that, he murdered dinah. now a convicted serial killer serving three life sentences, the scot was linked to other missing girls. 18—year—old louise kay from eastbourne disappeared in 1988, but more searches in the south of england brought no closure for herfamily, orfor any others. we want anyone that was

in the church for any reason to come forward. the detective behind operation anagram is convinced he had other victims. as far as i'm concerned, peter tobin is evil. he's pure evil. this is someone who had no respect for humanity. i have no doubt that peter tobin has killed other people, but this is a coward that has taken the secrets to the grave. and he may speak of his strict religious upbringing and make reference to the bible. over the years, there was speculation peter tobin committed the so—called biblejohn murders in glasgow in the late 1960s, but dna evidence found on one of the victims doesn't match tobin's. it's often reported that he bragged of killing 48 women. police say that story is an urban myth. the truth unembellished is bad enough. vicky hamilton's sister hopes he will now be forgotten. we always wanted vicky to be remembered, not tobin. vicky was the victim. just his dark shadow that's over you for the rest of your life,

so we were hoping that now tobin's gone, that that shadow can eventually just clear and we canjust remember vicky as the sweet loving sister that she was. funeral services are being held for dozens of victims of a knife and gun attack on a nursery school in northern thailand. 2a children and 12 adults were murdered by a former policeman on thursday. our south east asia correspondent, jonathan head, sent this report. all these young faces. as they were in life. as their families would like to remember them. one wall of the temple has been turned into a shrine to what is now a lost generation for this village. with loved toys, stuffed animals and, for this boy, a school uniform he had onlyjust begun wearing. they are

saeid mollaei to their only child. the three—year—old was one of the youngest victims. they rushed back here on use of the attack from another province, where they have been working. translation: ., , ., , been working. translation: ., , . translation: he was a very cheerful bo , translation: he was a very cheerful boy. everyone — translation: he was a very cheerful boy, everyone admired _ translation: he was a very cheerful boy, everyone admired him. - translation: he was a very cheerful boy, everyone admired him. i- translation: he was a very cheerful boy, everyone admired him. i see - translation: he was a very cheerful boy, everyone admired him. i see youj boy, everyone admired him. i see you have been holding _ boy, everyone admired him. i see you have been holding this _ boy, everyone admired him. i see you have been holding this blanket - boy, everyone admired him. i see you have been holding this blanket ever . have been holding this blanket ever since we first soy you, tell us about the blanket. translation: , , , ., ~ translation: this is the blanket he really loved. — translation: this is the blanket he really loved. it _ translation: this is the blanket he really loved, it always _ translation: this is the blanket he really loved, it always had _ translation: this is the blanket he really loved, it always had to - translation: this is the blanket he really loved, it always had to be - translation: this is the blanket he really loved, it always had to be a . really loved, it always had to be a red blanket. he loved the smell of it. ., , , ., red blanket. he loved the smell of it. ., , red blanket. he loved the smell of it. for tributes have come from all over the country. _ it. for tributes have come from all over the country. arranging - it. for tributes have come from all over the country. arranging them | over the country. arranging them probably is one of the manyjobs taken on by volunteers in the village. then the start of a funeral which is expected to last for four days. this is a holy water pouring ceremony for which people queued on their knees inside. and under a fierce tropical sun, outside.

funerals in thailand are always a community affair and it seems that pretty much all the residents of this village have come to be a part of this one. it is a way of sharing the grief, of course, of consoling the grief, of course, of consoling the parents, but also of acknowledging that these dreadful killings have affected everyone. then it was the turn of this young couple who left their village in search ofjobs they hoped provide a better life for their son. those hopes have been cruelly shattered by an attack no—one could have foreseen and which can understand. the latest concerning a main story in the uk, this is the scene live in creeslough in county donegal. it was yesterday afternoon, just around the

school run, at about quarter past three local town —— local time, there was an explosion at a petrol station. the gentleman on the screen is the prime minister, the irish prime minister micheal martin. and we are expecting to hear from him, prime minister micheal martin. and we are expecting to hearfrom him, i think we havejust we are expecting to hearfrom him, i think we have just had a we are expecting to hearfrom him, i think we havejust had a microphone placed on him. so let's hear what he is going to say. he is visiting the scene of this tragic accident where, just to remind you, ten people died in that explosion and eight were injured, one critically. more on that as we get it and as the prime minister speaks. the school district in uvalde, texas, has suspended its police force that provides security for schools five months after a mass shooting that killed 19 students and two teachers. the police department has been under investigation for its response to the shooting, including delays by officers in reaching the gunman while he was holed up

in a classroom. the bbc�*s azadeh moshiri has this report. as families try to make sense of the sudden violent loss of their children, with the uvalde school shooting, there was something they couldn't let go of — the police district response. this was the cctv footage that showed a police force simply waiting in the wings as an 18—year—old gunman killed children and staff in the robb elementary school. it was over an hour before police confronted the shooter. in the meantime, they stood by and periodically used hand sanitiser. during that time, 19 students and two teachers were killed. now, after months of pressure from grieving families, the district has suspended their entire police force. since more and more information has come out as a result of the investigation into this, it really has shown there has

really been a lax approach to a lot of these safety protocols, and really, everyone needs to be retrained and new protocols need to be put into place. the chief of the police department, peter arrendondo, had already been fired, but for the victims' families, this is only the beginning. they are still demanding accountability by the local government, as well as state and federal agencies. nobody wins in this case, there are no winners. the children can't come home. you know, people who have to retire early. people get suspended. there is something called transparency, there is something called accountability, so we are pleased with this, but it isn't over yet. the district has asked the texas department of public safety for more officers to fill in, as families continue to pressure officials for answers and reform, because the question still hangs over them — could the deaths of their loved

ones have been avoided? azadeh moshiri, bbc news. in iran, at least three people shot dead by security forces. our correspondent from the bbc persian servicejoins me now in the correspondent from the bbc persian service joins me now in the studio, what could you tell us about what details you have? it what could you tell us about what details you have?— what could you tell us about what details you have? it has been a day of action in — details you have? it has been a day of action in iran, _ details you have? it has been a day of action in iran, protesters - details you have? it has been a day of action in iran, protesters out - details you have? it has been a day of action in iran, protesters out on | of action in iran, protesters out on the streets in at least a dozen cities, probably two dozen cities, and in some cities, there has been violence, at least three people have been killed. we are getting a lot of videos on social media showing various areas and places where there has been action, there has been violence and all that. in one video critically shocking, a young woman is shot in the neck on the pavement.

we don't know where it is, we think it is north—east iran. we also have many videos from western iran, a kurdish area, the first city to join one, the first to join the protest three weeks ago, we have just entered into a fourth week. and there are scenes of violence there. at least three people have been killed there, including the driver of a car shot dead at close range by a plainclothes security agent who was angry with him because he was sitting in his car sounding his horn in support of nearby protesters. and the pictures are shocking. also, there have been demonstrations in tehran, protests. and significantly, these protests getting close to the bazaar in tehran which is a base for

the conservative islamic government in tehran and is very significant. thank you very much for that update, we are watching events closely. you are watching bbc news. can you just stay with me on this is to mark the pictures we were showing viewers a short while ago, there were pictures from yesterday, friday. just talking about the nature of these protests, they mainly being led by women? thea;r mainly being led by women? they bean to mainly being led by women? they began to be _ mainly being led by women? they began to be led _ mainly being led by women? they began to be led by _ mainly being led by women? tia: began to be led by women and mainly being led by women? ti2 began to be led by women and they still are, began to be led by women and they stillare, in a began to be led by women and they still are, in a sense, there are many women amongst the demonstrators, but it has gone beyond that. it is young people and other people, women, all over the country. and of course, women are still a major component of this because a lot of slogans are being

shouted on the streets and during these protests, they are slogans of women, life, liberty. which is what the slogan for the women demonstrators is. so, yes, women pretty much the main component of this. and this is significant because i think it is the first time that women are getting out on the streets to oppose what has been imposed on them in terms of the hijab. and i'm sure this is going to have repercussions beyond iran, in a sense,in have repercussions beyond iran, in a sense, in the region, and i'm sure a lot of women are going to be inspired by that in other countries inspired by that in other countries in the region. we inspired by that in other countries in the region-— inspired by that in other countries in the reuion. ~ . . . , , in the region. we have already seen it on the global _ in the region. we have already seen it on the global stage _ in the region. we have already seen it on the global stage on _ in the region. we have already seen it on the global stage on social - it on the global stage on social media, some supportive action has been taking place. thank you very much. from the bbc persian service. you're watching bbc news.

now it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller. hello. some wetter, windier weather comes back into scotland and northern ireland tomorrow. for the rest of today, though, it's a ridge of high pressure, so the vast majority continue to be dry with well broken cloud. a scattering of showers into western scotland. we're seeing an area of thicker cloud in the far north of mainland scotland, more especially into the northern isles, producing some patchy rain. temperatures topping out at around 1a to 17 degrees celsius. tonight, the cloud and the breeze will pick up across western parts. it mayjust squeeze out a bit of drizzle towards the welsh hills, maybe north—west england. for many places, though, it continues to be dry, and where skies are clear and the winds are lightest, to east anglia and the south—east, there will be some spots in the countryside not too far away from freezing as we start the day tomorrow, so it will feel quite cold but there will be a lot of sunshine that will continue during the day, whereas for northern ireland and for scotland, rain will move on through with strong winds too, some gales, even severe gales in the western isles. some of that rain reaching towards cumbria, anglesey in the afternoon. ahead of that, though, most of england and wales will stay dry.

it will be a touch milder here. bye— bye.

now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello this is bbc news with lukwesa burak. the headlines: the un nuclear watchdog calls for the urgent protection of the zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in ukraine after shelling cuts its external power. strike action leftjust 20% of regular rail services running across england, scotland and wales today, as workers walked out for the eleventh time this year. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday.