this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at three... russia investigates how and what caused the explosion that severely damaged its state—of—the—art and well defended bridge to crimea. officials in the ukrainian city of zaporizhzia say 17 people have been killed by a russian missile strike on an apartment block. former uk culture secretary nadine dorries says prime minister liz truss needs to change course if she wants to keep the party together and avoid facing a "wipe—out" at the next general election. i'm still one of the liz's biggest supporters, but you have to put that into the context of the fact that we are 30 points behind labour in the polls. police in ireland have named the ten people who died in an explosion

at a petrol station in donegal. investigations are ongoing to establish the cause. it is a huge impact to a small rural community. they are all local people. they are all very much involved in the community. they were all people who are shopping in the local shop. in iran, protestors appear to hack into state—run television as demonstrations against the regime continue. good afternoon. welcome to bbc news. 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, pauladams, 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: they destroyed a building at night at 2am. - they simply destroyed| a multistorey building. once again, missiles struck a mainly civilian area. this was not a military target. local officials say there are a0 people being treated in hospital. this industrial southern city is used to being hit, but its civilian now bearing the brunt of russian anger. more than 60 killed in and around

the city in the past nine days. officials say missiles were fired from russian warplanes flying safely over nearby occupied territory. president zelensky called this "absolute evil perpetrated by savages and terrorists". it all came 2a hours after yesterday's attack on a key bridge linking russia with the crimean peninsula. russia 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 resume 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 have, they say, resumed. this bridge is vital to moscow's war effort. it cannot afford to lose it. pauladams, bbc news, kyiv.

as the war in ukraine grinds on, the uk is continuing for more on this let's speak now to patrick bury. the significance of the bridge. we have heard a lot about it from the russian angle. it has fared in quite nicely for their propaganda aims. how do you see at?— nicely for their propaganda aims. how do you see at? good afternoon, lukwesa. how do you see at? good afternoon, lukwesa- i — how do you see at? good afternoon, lukwesa. i think— how do you see at? good afternoon, lukwesa. i think actually _ how do you see at? good afternoon, lukwesa. i think actually it _ how do you see at? good afternoon, lukwesa. i think actually it is - how do you see at? good afternoon, lukwesa. i think actually it is very i lukwesa. i think actually it is very significant. russia relies on railways for their logistics, especially for their fuel and to get their ammunition closer to the front, then it uses trucks. as far as i'm aware, this is the main railway for supplying the troops around curse —— kherson in the south, and those areas are not being

used at capacity at all, and there is a question whether that railway is a question whether that railway is actually operational or not. the russians have claimed it is, but there was footage this morning showing them still trying to remove burned—out wreckage from it, so there is a big question over that. so the initial significance, we know that parts of the road bridge are still operational. it depends how much they can naturally bear in terms of the load. but i think it is quite significant, and if i was a russian commander especially to the north of this city, you must be looking behind you wondering how am i going to get supplied, and wouldn't it make better military sense to withdraw to the east and concentrate your forces around their where your logistics and supply lines are shorter.— where your logistics and supply lines are shorter. having heard what ou have lines are shorter. having heard what you have just _ lines are shorter. having heard what you have just said _ lines are shorter. having heard what you have just said and _ lines are shorter. having heard what you have just said and how- lines are shorter. having heard what| you havejust said and how important you have just said and how important railway links after resupplying russian troops, why hasn't ukraine targeted the railway lines more?

they have, what ukraine has done really well, with precision guided rockets that they have at the moment, what the ukrainians have done really well is target the ammunition dumps and fuel supply dumps behind the lines, and that has really turned the tide, and using clever tactics and good planning, excellent intelligence, they have managed to find weak points amongst already weak areas and punch their way through, so i think actually, the way that the ukrainians target the way that the ukrainians target the logistics, not necessarilyjust the logistics, not necessarilyjust the trains but also when they have a whole stock pile sitting in the base which has been very smart. so ukraine is being resupplied by its allies, the uk, europe, the us. who is resupplying russia? that

allies, the uk, europe, the us. who is resupplying russia?— is resupplying russia? that is a cuestion, is resupplying russia? that is a question, china _ is resupplying russia? that is a question, china says _ is resupplying russia? that is a question, china says it - is resupplying russia? that is a question, china says it is - is resupplying russia? that is a question, china says it is not, l is resupplying russia? that is a i question, china says it is not, us intelligence says china is giving chips to help with the guided munitions, and we know that there are kamikaze drones which have seen the big effect, we have seen it used more in the last week or so, so normally russia is an arms exporter, so normally it isn't a good indicator. so normally it isn't a good indicator-— so normally it isn't a good indicator. , . ., indicator. so it is the nuclear escalation — indicator. so it is the nuclear escalation that _ indicator. so it is the nuclear escalation that everybody . indicator. so it is the nuclear escalation that everybody is | indicator. so it is the nuclear - escalation that everybody is talking about at the moment. how realistic is that threat coming from russia? i think on the one hand, if any leader of a nuclear power starts to rattle that nuclear sabre, it is worrying and has to be taken very seriously,

especially when they say i'm not bluffing. my own understanding is that when putin initially referred to this, and each time he has, he has basically been talking about strategic nuclear deterrence and the idea of keeping nato out of the direct involvement, and that has worked, and then there was some worry about the low yield, the tactical nuclear yield, especially when the battlefield, the momentum is going against it, and that is a credible worry, and i think the us has come out with the response saying, if you do use it, don't do it, you will face a massive us response against russian forces in ukraine, so they are trying to deter turner that as well. and finally what i would say is the usual way that nuclear states escalate, we know from the past, they start an exercise, may be exercising the trip would non—nuclear warheads, and then they start to move the warheads, and they start to move the warheads, and they go up another readiness level,

and they are signalling all the time that they're doing this, both states know it as they see it, and so there is an escalator reroll, and as far as i understand it at the moment, despite the rhetoric, we are still lowering off on that ladder, but i don't have access to that classified information. interesting to see what the director of the cia or the national security adviser for president biden comes out and says in the next few days. we president biden comes out and says in the next few days.— in the next few days. we will be interested _ in the next few days. we will be interested to _ in the next few days. we will be interested to see _ in the next few days. we will be interested to see what - in the next few days. we will be interested to see what they - in the next few days. we will be interested to see what they say | in the next few days. we will be i interested to see what they say as well, but for now, thank you very much indeed, thank you.- well, but for now, thank you very much indeed, thank you. 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 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. where we've landed or even what country we're in. 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. 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 ten. 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. one 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. one 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 ultimately defeat to keir starmer. we don't want to see keir starmer. with nicola sturgeon, who now talks about testing 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.

earlier i spoke to msp neil gray — who's minister for culture, europe and international development and asked him if he felt the same as his leader. i think it's no surprise to learn that the snp detest tory policies. we've just heard, in fact, that many conservative mps themselves appear to detest where the current government is going and the chaos at the wrecking of the economy that liz truss has overseen, so i think that it is no surprise to learn that the snp would have major differences with the conservatives and what they stand for. i am going tojump in there, because differences is a far more diplomatic word to use. detest is very strong language, isn't it? of course it is. when you see what the conservatives have done to our economy, you can see what they've done to our social infrastructure, the way they've left lower income families behind and ratcheting up on wallasey, so it is understandable

that they were detest what the story stand for and tory policies, and as we have seen from reports, it cost hundreds of thousands of additional deaths across the uk. so of course there are people that are looking at the conservative government from scotland that are not liking the direction of travel that they're taking. we fundamentally disagree with brexit, with the way that the conservative government has handled the economy, and that is why more and more people as the social attitudes survey has shown i'm looking to the snp to independence as being the answer to relieve ourselves of tory policies that are impacting all of our lives, our economy and our environment. and following on from what you are saying about what you can see is taking place, nicola sturgeon said that the vast majority would take part in any vote. what are the figures that you have seen that justify that?

i just quoted the social attitudes survey that came out the other week, which is one of the most respected polling and social attitudes organisations across the uk, and they show that a majority support... what is that majority? 52% support, and that has gone up substantially over the period of devolution. the momentum is with the pro—independence movement, and it will be in the coming weeks and months for the prounion camp to speu months for the prounion camp to spell out what they're going to be offering scotland. because right now all the people in scotland can see is chaos and division. whichever government is formed at the next election at westminster, whether it is labour or tory, there is little difference, certainly you look at what rachel reeves was saying on immigration the other week, looking to act tory the immigration

policies of the conservative party. at the moment, people are understanding that we need a government that works in our interest, and ensures that we get the government we vote for, and one that takes forward scotland on a europeanjourney and a journey towards greater prosperity and greater equality. the headlines on bbc news... russia investigates — how — and what caused the explosion that severely damaged its state—of—the—art — and well defended — bridge to crimea. former uk culture secretary nadine dorries says prime minister liz truss, needs to change course if she wants to keep the party together and avoid facing a "wipeout" at the next general election. police in ireland have named the ten people who died in an explosion at a petrol station in donegal. investigations are ongoing to establish the cause.

sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's chetan. good afternoon. there was chaos and confusion at a rain affected japanese grand prix today, as max verstappen was crowned formula one world champion for a second time. he and red bull have been utterly dominant this season but the talk after sunday's race centred on serious safety concerns too, as 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, 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. the fia said they would investigate why it was on the track.— why it was on the track. obviously it was scary. _ why it was on the track. obviously it was scary. and _ why it was on the track. obviously it was scary, and it _ why it was on the track. obviously it was scary, and it could - why it was on the track. obviously it was scary, and it could have - why it was on the track. obviously i it was scary, and it could have been dealt with in a different way, and thatis dealt with in a different way, and that is what we have been asking, not to see any tractors on the racetrack. not to see any tractors on the racetrack-— not to see any tractors on the racetrack. ., , ., racetrack. reminded many of the crash that caused _ racetrack. reminded many of the crash that caused jules _ racetrack. reminded many of the crash that caused jules bianchi'sl crash that caused jules bianchi's death eight years ago. bianchi's father philippe, said on social media... "no respect for the life of the driver, no respect forjules' memory. incredible. " the poor conditions meant it was two hours until a shortened race resumed. verstappen was peerless from the restart and won comfortably. unlike last year, there will be no

disputing his worthiness as champion. but there will be plenty of discussions about safety in the sport. nick parrott, bbc news. there are four games in the premier league this afteroon, two under way, two to come. crystal palace were behind early to fulham but it's curently i—i there, jarod bowen's penalty has brought west ham level with fulham, both those matches with approaching an hour played. at 4:30 arsenal kick off against liverpool knowing a win would take them back to the top of the table. everton play manchester united this evening. and hearts can move up to fourth in the scottish premiership with victory at kilmarnock. it's currently goalless there with around a quarter of an hour played. next to 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 earlier, in their opening game in new zealand. jo currie reports. it may be their opening game of the world cup, but in the tough terrain, defeat for scotland or wales would make a route through to the knockout stages an uphill battle. plenty of

pressure, then, which wales wrote of the better in the opening minutes before scotland bit back, their forwards forcing their way over the line, and lana skeldon getting their team on the scoreboard. but that won't wales up once more. they increased their lead. in a frustrating first half, few opportunities for scotland. their chance to reduce the gap before the break went begging. after the restart, though, they found a breakthrough, with wales player dan megan gaffney touching down in the corner to give her side hope. helen nelson missed all four of her kicks in this game so far. could she produce a sensational finish? she couldn't. but wales could. a last—minute penalty awarded, kira bevan shouldering the pressure. snatching match victory with the last kick of the game. the celebrations that followed worthy of winning the cup themselves. jo currie, bbc news. it was nerve—racking. at i.i

couldn't watch, i was hiding behind my hand, but so proud of the girls. they kept believing right to the end, and slotted in that penalty. brilliant kick from keira, first half— brilliant kick from keira, first half the — brilliant kick from keira, first half the momentum was with us, great attacking, _ half the momentum was with us, great attacking, slow down the attacking hubs, _ attacking, slow down the attacking hubs, so _ attacking, slow down the attacking hubs, so we have got to be disciplined, brilliant shift from the girls _ in cricket, a week away from the start of the t20 world cup, england have beaten australia by eight runs in theirfirst warm up match in perth. they were put into bat, jos buttler made 68 whilst alex hales here hit 84 off 51 balls, nobody else really got going for england, who reached 208 for six. david warner then hit a half century, but once alex hales caught him out here, thanks to the bowling of mark wood, the lower order couldn't deal with the pressure of the final three overs, australia falling just short. both teams will next meet on wednesday. head over to the bbc sport website if you want to see the full draw for the qualifying groups for the mens's european championships in 202a.

england are in the same qualifying group as italy, scotland have spain in their group. wales will face croatia and northern ireland, denmark. all the euro 2024 groups are up there. i'll have more for you later. police in ireland have named the ten victims of the explosion at a village petrol station in county donegal on friday. superintendent liam geraghty said, "they are all local people, they are all very much involved in the local community, they were all people who were shopping in their local shop," and that the incident had had a "huge impact" on the small rural community. the victims include 39—year—old catherine o'donnell and her 13—year—old sonjames monaghan, and 50—year—old robert garwe and his five—year—old daughter shauna flanagan garwe. we continue to investigate

all the circumstances into the cause of a fatal explosion at a premises in creeslough, county donegal, on friday the 7th of october 2022. the investigation is being coordinated from an incident room. the garda 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, and traffic diversions on the m56 around the incident remain in place. a total of ten fatalities have been confirmed arising from this explosion. the remains of the deceased are at the university hospital, where postmortems have commenced under the direction of the assistant pathologist. the work will continue over the next few days, and the results will not be released for operational reasons. one male in his 20s remains

in a critical condition in stjames hospital in dublin, and the seven other surviving casualties also continue to receive treatment and remain in a stable condition. the ten fatalities include four men, three women, two teenagers, one male and one female, and one younger female child. our ireland correspondent, charlotte gallagher, reports from creeslough. this is a village ofjust 400 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 who said the whole island is in shock by what happened on friday. these were people popping out to the shop on friday to get a newspaper, a packet of crisps after school, and then the unthinkable happened. and as you said, 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. leonie harper was 14, she was into sports, lots of pictures of her playing her favourite sports. and of course that five—year—old girl we saw the picture ofjust then, shauna, in her school uniform with her backpack. the tragedy is unthinkable, as one person said earlier, and the local priest said it feels so unreal, and so unfair. that was charlotte gallagher there. in iran, the state—run television channel was hacked and a protest broadcast against the country's government and supreme leader. viewers saw the usual live programming interrupted without warning. 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. our correspondent, anna foster, is on the iran—iraq border. they are into their fourth week, and we saw yesterday one of the most significant days so far, because geographically these protests are really spreading, and we are also seeing new demographics getting involved as well. they have been very much driven by young women like mahsa amini, the 22—year—old who died in police custody, and schools and universities have been at the forefront of the protest. but what we saw yesterday was bazaar holders closing their stores in support. you can really see the size of these protests. i have been talking to some iranians on their way out of the country, because of course those testimonies

are so hard to get an so hard to hear because of the situation in the country, but they were telling me that they came from one of the cities that saw protest yesterday, they believe that ten people were killed in that protest, and they said that their lives at the moment are absolutely intolerable under the iranian regime. they said it is about more than just a hijab. oppression, repression, corruption, and the fact that they are scared to go onto the streets because they fear they could be picked up and killed by iranians intelligence. and what they are hoping is that these protests spark some sort of change, and they want the international community to try and speed that along, because they believe that it might not happen within iran based on these protests alone. that was anna foster. it's not every day music fans have the opportunity to go back in time and re—live some of theirfavourite band's best moments. but with a little help from virtual reality technology, that's exactly what fans of the who get the chance to do at a new exhibition in hastings, on the south coast in england. our reporter, piers hopkirk,

went to have a look. # i can see for miles and miles...# on the day neil armstrong stepped foot on the moon, ten shillings would have bought you a front—row seat to see a moon of a different kind. on that remarkable day in history, the who were playing on hastings pier. it's the step—off point for an exhibition dedicated to the band and what was arguably the lift—off to their creative zenith. this is the sort of the emergent room. this is their early years. but then it takes the story of the who from the last time they performed in hastings as they launched themselves into superstardom up to the creation of the album who's next. and it's that three—year period that we really tell. the exhibition combines archive film and photographs with contemporary artworks dedicated to the band. this is the chorus to the song who are you?

# well, who are you? # who are you...# i have taken the aspect of the who colours. it's the red, it's the white, it's the blue. and i've programmed it in a way so therefore the content will never do the same thing twice. so you're taking down the story, you're seeing a reflection of the music, the sort of intensity, the energy that the who brings. this exhibition, though, is in many ways just a foretaste for some extraordinary and immersive new technology that could transform the way we see art and music in the future. in a neighbouring room, i get a glimpse of the world's first 3d single. grab a headset. one of these? yep. a virtual reality take on the song baba o'riley. let's go for it. 0h, 0k. # i fight for my meals... oh, wow.

# i get my back into my living...#