good afternoon. at least 17 people have been killed by russian missile strikes in the middle of the night on the city of zaporizhzhia. president zelensky condemned the attack as "absolute evil". the latest strikes came hours after the 12 mile long bridge linking russia to occupied crimea was badly damaged by an explosion. our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams, reports from the ukrainian capital, kyiv. in zaporizhzhia, this is what escalation looks like. a gaping

hole, where once there were homes. rescue workers searching for the dead, and the living. moments after the blast, in the middle of the night, stunned, furious reactions. translation:— translation: they destroyed a buildinu translation: they destroyed a buildin: at translation: they destroyed a building at night _ translation: they destroyed a building at night at _ translation: they destroyed a building at night at 2am. - translation: they destroyed a building at night at 2am. they i building at night at 2am. they simply— building at night at 2am. they simply destroyed _ building at night at 2am. they simply destroyed a _ building at night at 2am. theyl simply destroyed a multistorey building — simply destroyed a multistorey buildinu. . . . ,, , building. once again, missiles struck a mainly _ building. once again, missiles struck a mainly civilian - building. once again, missiles struck a mainly civilian area. l building. once again, missiles i struck a mainly civilian area. this was not a military target. local officials say that there are a0 people being treated in hospital. this industrial southern city is used to being hit, but it civilian is now bearing the brunt of russian angen is now bearing the brunt of russian anger. more than 60 killed in and around the city in the past nine days. 0fficials around the city in the past nine days. officials say that missiles were fired from russian warplanes flying safely over a nearby occupied territory. president zelensky called this "absolute evil perpetrated by savages and terrorists."

translation: savages and terrorists. " tuna/mom- savages and terrorists. " translation: ., ., , ., translation: came 24 hours after esterda 's translation: came 24 hours after yesterday's attack _ translation: came 24 hours after yesterday's attack on _ translation: came 24 hours after yesterday's attack on a _ translation: came 24 hours after yesterday's attack on a key - translation: came 24 hours after yesterday's attack on a key bridge l yesterday's attack on a key bridge linking _ yesterday's attack on a key bridge linking russia _ yesterday's attack on a key bridge linking russia with _ yesterday's attack on a key bridge linking russia with the _ yesterday's attack on a key bridge linking russia with the crimean i linking russia with the crimean peninsula _ linking russia with the crimean eninsula. , ., , , peninsula. said this was the result of a truck bomb, _ peninsula. said this was the result of a truck bomb, others _ peninsula. said this was the result of a truck bomb, others spoke - peninsula. said this was the result of a truck bomb, others spoke of i peninsula. said this was the result. of a truck bomb, others spoke of an audacious act of ukrainian sabotage. kyiv is keeping mostly quiet. some road traffic did resumed yesterday. the physical damage can be repaired, but this was a profound psychological blow to moscow. late last night, officials tested the railway line. freight and passenger services, they say, have resumed. this bridge is vital to moscow's war effort. it cannot afford to lose it. as the war in ukraine grinds on, the uk is continuing to play its part in sending weapons. for the first time since the conflict began in february the ministry of defence has allowed the bbc on board a flight to deliver the armaments, as duncan kennedy reports. these are just some of the weapons britain is sending to ukraine.

it's the first time since the start of the war the media have been allowed to film the operation. we stand absolutely united with ukraine in defence of freedom and democracy and a nation's right to be sovereign. we take off, but we are not told where we're going to protect the safety of the crews who fly these missions. some of these boxes are holding brimstone missiles. britain has now sent more than 10,000 anti—tank weapons to ukraine. it is dark when we land, and the operation to offload doesn't take long. this plane alone has brought 12 tonnes of weapons. these missions are so sensitive, we've been asked not to say where we've landed or even what country we're in. all i can say is that we're somewhere in eastern europe. we're on the ground for less than two hours.

the doors are shut, and we head back to the uk. there will be many more flights like this to come. duncan kennedy, bbc news. in the last half hour, police in ireland have named the ten victims of the explosion at a village petrol station in county donegal on friday. they include 39—year—old catherine o'donnell and her 13—year—old son james monaghan, and 50—year—old robert garwe and his five—year—old daughter shauna flanagan garwe. we can speak to charlotte gallagher, who's in creeslough for us this lunchtime. charlotte. this is a village ofjust a00 people. ten people have died. they were locals, so everybody here knows these victims. everyone has been affected by this. and it is notjust this village. i spoke to someone earlier said that the whole island is in shock from what happened on

friday. these were people popping out of the shop on a friday to get a newspaper, packet of crisps, after school, and then the unthinkable happened. the irish police have given the names of the victims, four men, three women, two teenagers, and a girl ofjust five years old. we are already getting tributes for the victims from right across ireland, leone harvey was ia, keane, into sports, lots of pictures of her playing herfavourite sports, lots of pictures of her playing her favourite sports, sports, lots of pictures of her playing herfavourite sports, and of course that five—year—old girl besoyen picture ofjust then, shauna in her school uniform and backpack. the tragedy is unthinkable, as one person said earlier, and the local police said, it feels so unreal and so unfair. . ~ police said, it feels so unreal and so unfair. ., ,, , ., ., ., one of liz truss's former cabinet colleagues, nadine dorries, has called on the prime minister

to act as a "unifier" rather than a "disruptor" if the conservatives are to have any hope of overturing labour's huge lead in the opinion polls. cabinet minister nadhim zahawi has warned that continued division within tory ranks, will only increase the chances of sir keir starmer reaching number 10. that's a scenario that scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon has said that she would prefer — saying she "detests" the conservatives. here's our political correspondent david wallace—lockhart. it was just last month that liz truss became conservative leader and prime minister. since then, a humiliating tax u—turn and a disastrous set of opinion polls. 0ne former cabinet colleague who backed liz truss for leader urged her this morning to be a unifier, not a disruptor. i think when the conservative party is in such a dangerous position, it is incumbent upon mps to discuss with number 10 and with the leader what we think is the right way forward. and what i would say is it's time now for number 10 and for liz truss to start sitting down

with conservative mps and discussing what it is that we need to do to move the party forward to reduce that poll deficit. 0ne party with very little internal division is the snp. they're halfway through their party conference here in aberdeen, but when it comes to a uk election, who would nicola sturgeon rather see in number 10, liz truss or sir keir starmer? who would you rather have as prime minister? that's not a difficult question. if the question to me is would i prefer a labour government over a tory government, i detest the tories and everything they stand for, so it's not difficult to answer that question. so, yes, you want to see keir starmer in number 10. two things. firstly, you know, being better than the tories is not a high bar to cross right now. i think we need to see more of a radical alternative from labour rather thanjust a pale imitation. uk ministers know they need to repair the damage done in recent days. the prime minister's allies are calling on her mps to get behind her. division will cause delay, delay is our enemy and l ultimately defeat to keir starmer. we don't want to see keir starmer.

with nicola sturgeon, who now talks about detesting the conservatives. i think that language is really dangerous. i i prefer to work with my colleagues in scotland. i but for another former chancellor, speaking in scotland today, neither the uk or scottish administrations inspire confidence. you've got two governments north and south of the border and frankly, i'm very depressed at the picture they're painting. the ultimate beneficiary of conservative infighting could be sir keir starmer. all tory mps want to avoid this, but will they be able to agree on how to do so? david wallace lockhart, bbc news, aberdeen. in iran, the state—run television channel has been hacked to broadcast a protest against the country's government and supreme leader. viewers saw the usual live programming interrupted without warning... ..with images showing ayatollah ali khamenei — with a target on his head —

accompanied by captions encouraging people to join the current wave of demonstrations, and pictures of women said to have been killed by police. max verstappen has become formula i world champion for the second year in a row after securing his 12th win of the season at the japanese grand prix. the race was affected by heavy rain causing incidents that left many drivers questioning the safety of the sport. nick parrott reports. when max verstappen crossed the finish line at suzuka, he wasn't world champion. in a desperate bid to finish second, his rival, charles leclerc, cut a corner and was demoted to third. that handed the dutchman the title, the news given to him after his initial post race interview. charles got a five—second penalty, there. after the little sort of race we had with sergio. world champion. oh, what can i say?! incredible! — very special also to do it here. in front of all the japanese fans. incredible, yeah. how he got there was farfrom simple.

the race was red—flagged after crashes on the opening lap. pierre gasly then had a near miss incident with echoes of the crash with the recovery vehicle that ended jules bianchi's life, there, in 201a. the french driver told his team, "what is this tractor on track? "this is unacceptable! can't believe this" bianchi's father philippe, said on social media... "no respect for the life of the driver, no respect "forjules' memory. incredible. " but, poor conditions meant it was two hours before a shortened race resumed. nick parrott, bbc news. that's it for now the next news on bbc one is at five to five this afternoon — bye for now.

hello. you're watching the bbc news channel. sport now and a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. we start at the women's rugby union world cup and a dramatic home nations match—up on the other side of the world. wales beat scotland 18—15 in their opening match in new zealand. jo currie reports. 0ur our home nations clash on the other side of the world. it may be their opening game of the world cup, but defeat for scotland or wales would make a breakthrough to the knockout stages an uphill battle. plenty of pressure, then, witts wales wrote the better in the minutes. the contest was under way. a penalty kick was added minutes later. these are the moments which will come to matter in a game of fine margins. scotland bit back. the forwards force their way over the line. that will quilt up once more. katie powell on the end of this well

worked try as they increase their lead. in a frustrating first half, few opportunities for scotland. a chance to reduce the gap before the break went begging. after the restart they find a breakthrough. megan gaffney touched down in the corner to give her side hope. minutes later she was in again to set up a huge final few minutes. a last—minute penalty awarded. victory snatched with the last kick of the game. celebrations that followed worthy of winning the cup itself. wales now head into those games with the all important wins on the board and much—needed confidence. away from new zealand, in perth england's cricketers are warming up for the t20 world cup which begins later this month. following on from their series win in pakistan, they'vejust beaten austrlia in the first of their three

match t20 series. england were put into bat. jos buttler made 68, whilst alex hales here top scored with 8a. nobody else really got going with the bat. 208—6 the total. david warner then hit a half—century, but once he was gone for 73 england did away with the rest. australia falling just short and losing by eight runs. both teams will next meet on wednesday. as you've been hearing, the japanese grand prix should have been all about max verstappen retaining his formula one drivers title, which he did by winning a chaotic race earlier, but there's now a row about safety after officials sent a recovery vehicle on to the track while cars were still going around. eight year ago, on the same track, driverjules bianchi was killed after crashing into a recovery vehicle. many drivers and team bosses have strongly criticised what happened earlier. mclaren's lando norris has tweeted: "how has this happened? we lost a life in this situation years ago. we risk our lives, especially in conditions like this. we wanna race.

but this is unacceptable." red bull team principal christian horner said, " it's totally u na cce pta ble. we lostjules bianchi here and that should never, ever happen, so there needs to be a full investigation as to why there was a recovery vehicle on the circuit." pierre gasly passed the truck at high speed and later said, "i'm just extremely grateful that i am here." race stewards have punished him for speeding under red flag conditions. he was given a 20 second penalty and two penalty points. they say they took into account "the shock the driver experienced on seeing a truck", but the sport's governing body, the fia, has not yet said whether the deployment of the recovery vehicle will be investigated. england have been drawn in the same group as italy, the team that beat them in the euro 2020 final, in qualifying for euro 202a. the home nations have found out today who they'll play if they're to reach next summer's finals in germany. england are in group c with the champions, italy.

ukraine are also in the that group along with north macedondonia and malta. scotland are in group a along with the three—time european champions spain, as well as norway, georgia and cyprus. wales, in group d, will play croatia, armenia, turkey and latvia. in group h, northern ireland arejoined by denmark, finland, slovenia, kazakhstan and san marino. the republic of ireland face a tougher task, they're in a group with the netherlands and france, plus greece and gibraltar. the draw in full is on the bbc sport website, where you can also follow today's football. four games to come in the premier league, with arsenal able to go top if they beat liverpool at the emirates. i'll keep you updated with all of that back to you. as we've been hearing, police in ireland have named the ten victims of that explosion at a village petrol station in county donegal on friday.

let's listen to the police update on this. we continue to investigate all of the circumstances into the cause of the circumstances into the cause of the fatal explosion at the premises at creeslough on friday. the investigation is being coordinated from an incident room at milford garda station. the garda technical bureau, with assistance from other agencies, will continue to examine the scene, which remains cordoned off. these examinations are likely to continue over the coming days. traffic diversions on the road at the scene of the incident remain in place. a total of ten fatalities have been confirmed. the remains of the deceased athletic amity university hospital where state postmortems have commenced. the postmortems have commenced. the postmortems will continue over the next few days, results will not be

released for operational reasons. one male in his 20s remains in a 0ne male in his 20s remains in a critical condition in stjames critical condition in st james hospital, critical condition in stjames hospital, dublin, and the seven other surviving casualties also continue to receive treatment at letter committee —— letterkenny university hospital and remain in a stable condition. the ten fatalities included four men, football macro women, two teenagers, and one younger child. liaison officers have been appointed to the families and continue to support and provide them with information. with the consent of the families, we can confirm the identities of the deceased as follows. james 0'flaherty, a8. jessica gallaher, 2a. martin magill, a9 years. catherine 0'donnell, 39 years, and her son, james a9 years. catherine 0'donnell, 39 years, and herson, james monaghan, 13. hugh kelly, 59. martina martin,

a9. robert garwe, 50 years, and his daughter, shauna flanagan garwe, five years. and leona harper, 1a years of age. thank you very much. i'll take a few questions. as i stated earlier, the investigation has now commenced following the completion of the search and recovery operation. that investigation will take a period of time. the technical bureau will be on the scene assisted with other agencies, so the investigation will take a period of time, but the investigation is there to identify the cause of this fatal explosion. do you have any indication yet of where the blast originated? we are not auoin where the blast originated? we are not going to _ where the blast originated? we are not going to go _ where the blast originated? we are not going to go into _ where the blast originated? we are not going to go into specific- not going to go into specific details. that will be the purpose of the investigation.—

details. that will be the purpose of the investigation. could you explain to us our the investigation. could you explain to us your take _ the investigation. could you explain to us your take on _ the investigation. could you explain to us your take on the _ the investigation. could you explain to us your take on the impact - the investigation. could you explain to us your take on the impact of- to us your take on the impact of this, _ to us your take on the impact of this, given _ to us your take on the impact of this, given the names and ages of the individuals you have just given us? if— the individuals you have 'ust given us? , ., ., the individuals you have 'ust given us? ,., ., ., the individuals you have 'ust given us? ., us? it is a huge impact to a small rural community. _ us? it is a huge impact to a small rural community. they _ us? it is a huge impact to a small rural community. they are - us? it is a huge impact to a small rural community. they are all- us? it is a huge impact to a small. rural community. they are all local people, all very much involved in the community, all people who were shopping in their local shop. we have very young children. the schools will be impacted, the gaa clubs will be impacted, the churches, in general the local community will be impacted by this. but it is a very strong community. we saw that on friday afternoon with the responsive family, friends and neighbours who came to the rescue people. i'm sure of the community will come together and support each other and we are here to support them, as are the other state agencies. we will be supporting the local schools over the coming weeks. it will take time. can local schools over the coming weeks. it will take time.— it will take time. can you give us

an update _ it will take time. can you give us an update on _ it will take time. can you give us an update on what _ it will take time. can you give us an update on what is _ it will take time. can you give us an update on what is happeningl it will take time. can you give us. an update on what is happening at the moment?— an update on what is happening at the moment? .., , the moment? over the coming days, there will be — the moment? over the coming days, there will be technical _ the moment? over the coming days, there will be technical examinations | there will be technical examinations that will be continuing, forensics and photography examinations taking place. as the experts determine what they need to do a may see other activities. aha, they need to do a may see other activities. �* , ' . ,. activities. a very difficult scene for the emergency _ activities. a very difficult scene for the emergency response i activities. a very difficult scene - for the emergency response workers. it was a very dramatic scene here on friday afternoon. the emergency responders from across county donegal and our colleagues in northern ireland responded to dramatic scenes, then processed into dealing with recovery of fatalities at the scene. we have a wide range of support for our members from peer supporters, local colleagues trained to deal with these incidents, right through to the chief medical officer

and a 2a—hour counselling service. this does have an impact on members of the garda who have young children and family themselves and most of the guards here are local guards, these are the people they work with and meet on a daily basis. at least seventeen 17 have been killed by russian missile strikes in the middle of the night on the city of zaporizhzhia. president zelensky condemned the attack as absolute evil. the latest strikes came hours after the bridge linking russia to occupied crimea was badly damaged by an explosion. earlier, i spoke to dr samir puri, a security expert and former ceasefire monitor in ukraine about these attacks president putin will be livid. it was just president putin will be livid. it wasjust a president putin will be livid. it was just a day after his 70th birthday. this is a direct blow that contradicts his sense that this is going well, something we can

recover, but the other point with regard to crimea in particular is the attack on the bridge and the partial collapse of all of its actions, don't forget in april the cruiser was sunk there was the flagship of the black sea, reinforcing the crimean peninsula were an enormous number of russian soldiers were positioned, is becoming more of a strategic dilemma for the russians as well. it is becoming more of a strategic dilemma for the russians as well.— for the russians as well. it is also something _ for the russians as well. it is also something that _ for the russians as well. it is also something that cannot _ for the russians as well. it is also something that cannot be - for the russians as well. it is also j something that cannot be glossed overin something that cannot be glossed over in terms of what is happening and what the russian military are saying and what russian civilians will be aware of.— saying and what russian civilians will be aware of. you're absolutely riuht. will be aware of. you're absolutely right. something _ will be aware of. you're absolutely right. something worth _ will be aware of. you're absolutely right. something worth reflecting l right. something worth reflecting on, the symbolic aspect of striking the bridge and putting it of commission. there are numerous internet memes, pro—ukrainian showing images of this bridge collapsing, animations of a collapsing, animations of a collapsing into the water. that is something that people will have on

their minds when they see these images. russians who don't see that will see a very visual symbol of putin because my claim to be an imperial master. from 201a, under real threat injeopardy, imperial master. from 201a, under real threat in jeopardy, that annex and crimea in 201a being more jeopardised. we and crimea in 2014 being more jeopardised-— jeopardised. we have seen increasingly _ jeopardised. we have seen increasingly civilian - jeopardised. we have seenj increasingly civilian targets jeopardised. we have seen - increasingly civilian targets being hit in ukraine, most recently zaporizhzhia with at least 12 people killed when several residential buildings were destroyed overnight. do you think this is a sign of russia coming under increasing pressure? russia coming under increasing ressure? , ., , russia coming under increasing ressure? , ., pressure? yes, and it is something we have seen _ pressure? yes, and it is something we have seen intermittently - pressure? yes, and it is something we have seen intermittently ever. we have seen intermittently ever since russia failed to capture kyiv backin since russia failed to capture kyiv back in february and march, intermittent missile strikes against

other cities. for russia, it is a demonstration of its military impotence. it is said that it wants to annex the entirety of zaporizhzhia. the city is not under russian control. we know the power station in the southern parties. what else can russia do other than launch munitions blindly, killing civilians as we have seen? hagar launch munitions blindly, killing civilians as we have seen? how soon will we see — civilians as we have seen? how soon will we see our— civilians as we have seen? how soon will we see our response _ civilians as we have seen? how soon will we see our response from - civilians as we have seen? how soon | will we see our response from russia to what has happened with the bridge? to what has happened with the bride? , ., to what has happened with the bride? ,., .., , to what has happened with the bride? ,., , , , bridge? this of course is the very precarious _ bridge? this of course is the very precarious situation _ bridge? this of course is the very precarious situation that - bridge? this of course is the very precarious situation that ukraine | precarious situation that ukraine and russia are in, is each other�*s moves, counter moves and reactions. work is characterised by deception and surprise. the ability of russia's military to pound burger surprises, which is to know what the

next steps will be. vladimir putin's best option is to play for winter to start and then there to be a lull in the fighting, because the russian offensive has run out of steam in the last few weeks and months. let's get more now on the situation in iran, where two members of the security forces have reportedly been killed in the wave of demonstrations sweeping the country. it came as the state run broadcaster appeared to be interrupted by a hacking protest against the country's leader. for more on that, we are joined now by our correspondent anna foster, who is in penjwen, near the iraq—iran border. welcome, anna. tell us more about these protests and how extraordinary they are. these protests and how extraordinary the are. ~ , ., ., they are. well, they are into their fourth week _ they are. well, they are into their fourth week now. _ they are. well, they are into their fourth week now. we _ they are. well, they are into their fourth week now. we saw- fourth week now. we saw yesterday one of the most significant day so far because geographically these protests are spreading. we are also seeing new demographics getting involved, as well. they have been driven by young women, like mahsa

amin, who died in police custody. schools and universities have been at the forefront of the protest. what we saw yesterday is bizarre holders in tehran closing their shops in support. you can see the size of these protests. i have been talking on the border here to some iranians on their way out of the country. those testimonies are so hard to get on so hard to hear because of the situation in the country. they were telling me that they came from one of the cities that saw protest yesterday. they believe that ten people were killed in the protest and they said that their lives at the moment are intolerable under the iranian regime. they said it is more than just the hijab, it is about corruption and the fact that they are scared to go onto the streets because they fear they could be picked up and killed by iranian intelligence. what they are hoping is that these protests back some

sort of change. they want the international community to try to speed that along because they believe it might not happen within iran based on these protests alone. when they talk aboutj do they think it is possible that the leadership to change its approach or are they talking about regime change? timer;r talking about regime change? they are certainly _ talking about regime change? tie: are certainly hoping that. talking about regime change? ti9:1: are certainly hoping that. what talking about regime change? ti91 are certainly hoping that. what is interesting is that there were young and old i was talking to. old members of the community, younger women as well saying that they hoped for regime change, but they were far too scared to speak on camera. they told me their thoughts and feelings but in no way did they want that recorded because they were terrified. they said even if their identities were disguised they fear that they could still be traced and killed by iranian intelligence. that demonstrates why they want change, but why they think it might not be as easy to achieve as many would hope. 1 as easy to achieve as many would ho e. , ,:, ~' as easy to achieve as many would hoe, , :, as easy to achieve as many would hoe. , :, :, as easy to achieve as many would hoe. :, :, , :,

hope. i spoke to an expert earlier and he said _ hope. i spoke to an expert earlier and he said that _ hope. i spoke to an expert earlier and he said that as _ hope. i spoke to an expert earlier and he said that as the _ hope. i spoke to an expert earlier and he said that as the protests l and he said that as the protests increase in terms of geography and increase in terms of geography and in numbers, the security forces are getting increasingly stretched. is there a sense of this reaching some critical mass?— critical mass? that is a very good oint. critical mass? that is a very good point- we — critical mass? that is a very good point- we saw— critical mass? that is a very good point. we saw some _ critical mass? that is a very good point. we saw some social- critical mass? that is a very good point. we saw some social media videos coming out yesterday that suggested that security forces were in retreat from the protesters and the protesters were controlling pockets of that city during the demonstration yesterday. there will only be a certain amount of time that these protests can continue for and you are right, the regime, while managing to do things like control access into iran, controlled the kind of access to people within iran have to the outside world when it comes to things like television, social media, in terms of manpower are limited to how much they can contain these demonstrations. the question is, how much energy and

staying power to the protesters have. we have to bear in mind what kind of tactics the security forces might use if they choose to become increasingly violent and upper —— authoritarian. this is potentially a turning point in the protest. protest on the scale have happened before and have been contained by the iranian regime before, as well. at this stage, things could go either way. rugby league's kevin sinfield has repeatedly made headlines for his heroic fundraising efforts for motor neurone disease, inspired by his friend and former leeds rhino teammate rob burrow, who has the condition. in the past two years, kev has run seven marathons in seven days and in november, he ran 101 miles injust 2a hours. hejoined lauren laverne on radio a's desert island discs to chat about his next big challenge. alice key reports. he is widely regarded as one

of the greatest players in rugby league history. he has captained england, won a golden boot and led leeds rhinos to win three consecutive super league titles, but speaking on radio a's desert island discs, kevin sinfield says his greatest achievement is something much more personal. certainly proud of that finalseason, probably all the trophies i was involved in, they are special, but the nice thing, because we had the perfect ending, and there were two other players who were great friends, it allowed me to close the book on my playing career and i won't say satisfied, but content from that 11—year—old kid who decided he would love to be a rugby player for his career, to be able to live that dream, and then be able to close the book, how it finished was incredible, and the thing they are most proud

of is the friendships,