this is bbc news. i'm samantha simmonds, the headlines at seven. as the investigation continues into an explosion at a petrol station in county donegal — police in ireland name the 10 people who died in friday's disaster 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 are all people who were shopping in their local shop. ukranian officials say 17 people have been killed by a russian missile strike on an apartment block in the south—eastern city zaporizhzia. as the war in ukraine grinds on, the uk continues to play its part in sending weapons. we'll have a special report. cabinet ministers are urging tories to rally behind prime minister liz truss, to avoid risk of defeat at the next election.

and coming up at half past seven — we'll have a round—up of the day's action in sportsday. good evening and welcome to bbc news. police in the republic of ireland have named the ten people who were killed by an explosion at a petrol station in a village in county donegal. the victims include a 39—year—old woman and her 13—year—old son, and 50—year—old man and his 5—year—old daughter. police also confirmed that a man in his 20s remains in hospital in a critical condition. seven other people who were injured in the explosion are still being treated in hospital and remain in a stable condition. our ireland correspondent, chris page has been at the scene. this has been a day when this community has been contemplating

the scale of the losses that occurred here in a split second on friday afternoon. as you could see behind me the petrol station where the explosion happened is less busy, they are now just two police vehicles there, the ambulances and fire engines have gone as the investigation moves into another phase. but the priority very much has been offering support to the grieving families, counsellors and other health workers have been here to do just that. and the names of those who died made publicjust a few hours ago. the youngest victim was shauna flanagan garwe, who was five. she was killed along with her dad, robert. a mum and her son also died together — catherine o'donnell and 13—year—old james monaghan. the other teenager who lost her life was leona harper. she was 14, a keen sports fan and a promising rugby player. there were five more victims,

jessica gallagher, james o'flaherty, martin mcgill, martina martin and hugh kelly. this village has much mourning ahead. the emergency services operation is over, but the trauma will last for years. we are broken, broken and hurting. churchgoers this morning said the raw reality was hitting hard. in shock. what can you say? it'sjust a tragedy, and there's no words for it. all we can do is pray for the people that have died and their families, and the people injured. just lucky we weren't caught up in it. - that's the way everyone feels. just lucky that we weren't there at that time. - it's thought all of those who died were probably in the garage shop or the flats above. there has been speculation a gas leak caused the explosion.

police say they don't know at this stage. there has never been an investigation like this, because donegal has never faced such a sudden tragedy. 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 were shopping in their local shop. the most unexpected and horrific of moments has inflicted immense loss on creeslough. friends, neighbours and families are seeking comfort in each other. ten candles on the church altar are the focus of unspeakable grief for each person gone from here. when those ten photographs of the victims were released that triggered a fresh wave of sympathy across the island of ireland, so many messages of condolence have been sent here in the leader of the irish government, micheal martin, he visited

the scene last night, he said he also appreciated the support he had been offered from the uk. the prime minister liz truss has tweeted that she is shocked and saddened by the tragic loss of life here in donegal. at least 17 people have been killed by russian missile strikes in the middle of the night in the city of zaporizhzhia. president zelensky condemned the attack as absolute evil. russia claimed this afternoon it was targeting a military facility. the latest strikes came hours after the 12 mile long bridge linking russia to occupied crimea was badly damaged by an explosion. president putin has blamed the ukrainian secret services for the blast describing it as an �*act of terrorism'. 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. translation: we ran out into the street. - when we left the corridor, a neighbour ran out with her eldest son and she screamed that her husband was dead. and the whole wall was torn out, their apartment fell into ours. this was a civilian area, not a military target. volunteers helped to clear the rubble. local officials say scores of people were wounded. this industrial southern city is used to being hit, but its civilian are now bearing the brunt of russia's anger. more than 60 killed in and around the city in the past nine days. officials say 12 missiles were fired from russian warplanes flying safely over nearby occupied territory. here in kyiv, president zelensky said these were merciless

strikes on peaceful people. this, he said, was absolute evil, perpetrated by savages and terrorists. it all came less than 2a hours after yesterday's dramatic 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 has resumed. the physical damage can be repaired, but this was a profound psychological blow to moscow. up above, work on the ravaged railway bridge goes on. russia says freight and passenger services have resumed. this bridge is vital to moscow's war effort. it cannot afford to lose it. pauladams, bbc news, kyiv. now we can speak to andrew d'anieri, assistant director of the atlantic council's eurasia centre in washington.

welcome thank you for being with us. let us start with the attack on sudbury show, we are seeing these increased attacks on urban areas as ukraine makes evermore successes in gains in the east of the country, do you think we will see this kind of thing escalating as ukraine perhaps increases its successes? this thing escalating as ukraine perhaps increases its successes?— increases its successes? this has been a feature — increases its successes? this has been a feature of _ increases its successes? this has been a feature of russia's - increases its successes? this has been a feature of russia's war i been a feature of russia's war strategy at, unfortunately, i would see a russian defeat for example after ukraine counteroffensive in the east or russia's failure to take cities in southern ukraine we see strikes on civilian areas and places desperately far from the front lines. and the ironic thing about the most recent attack is this is an area that putin only last week claim for russia and his so—called annexation referendum. so the irony

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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. in the 21st century, power comes in boxes. lots of boxes. this is the first time since the start of the war the media have been allowed to film this huge and sensitive supply operation. the officer in charge says it's about showing the full—scale of the uk's help to ukraine. we stand absolutely united with ukraine in defence of freedom and democracy and a nation's right to be sovereign. it's late afternoon when we leave brize norton. we have not been told where we are going to protect the safety of the crews who fly these missions. the contents of many of these boxes are a secret, but we are told some are holding brimstone anti—tank missiles.

figures released by the ministry of defence show that the uk has now sent 10,000 anti—tank missiles to ukraine, 100,000 artillery rounds and nearly 3 million small arms rounds. for the crews, who we can't name for safety reasons, these trips are exhausting. and you can just continue on doing this, this is an open—ended thing? we're in a position at the moment where we can carry on doing this, treating this as an open—ended task. it's dark when we land. the task of off—loading is fast and efficient. this flight alone is carrying 12 tonnes of weapons. these missions are so sensitive we can't even say where we've landed or what country we're in. all we can say is that we're somewhere in eastern europe. these weapons will soon be in ukrainian hands on the front

line, something the crews say is a fight they also believe in. they should be allowed to run their country and govern their country the way that they want to. if that is being oppressed, it's important in the world that we stand up to that and as part of the uk defence mission, that's what we are tasked to do. cargo down, doors up. it's late in the night when we head back to the uk. britain has now flown more than 100 of these flights. many more will follow. duncan kennedy, bbc news. three former conservative leadership contenders — who lost to liz truss — have asked colleagues to rally round the prime minister and end the disunity affecting the party. it's being seen as a concerted effort to try to end party divisions that have seen labour open up a 30 point lead in some opinion polls. 0ur political correspondent iain watson has been explaining this is no coincidence.

a senior ally of liz truss was saying to me the fact that former leadership contenders, suella braverman, penny mordaunt, nadim zahawi, were behind these comments showed that liz truss had at very least put a cap on cabinet dissent. she has plenty of non—cabinet dissenters as well and some of them say that this need for a public declaration of support so soon into her premiership, demonstrates not strength, but vulnerability. the message from number ten to these mps is quite simply this, unless they get behind liz truss they risk putting keir starmer in downing street propped up by the snp. nicola sturgeon said in a bbc interview today that she detested the tories, later clarifying that she detested the policies but labour say that they will be no deal with the snp they believe now that they can be liz truss on their own. well as iain mentioned — scotland's first minister has clarified a comment she made about "detesting tories." nicola sturgeon made the remark during a bbc interview this morning. but later at the snp conference, she said she was speaking about policies

— not people. meanwhile, scottish labour have been defending their position on brexit — after the snp leader compared them to the conservatives. here's our scotland political correspondent, andrew kerr. debates and discussion were in full swing at conference away from the hall, comments made by the first minister made headlines. in a bbc interview a question was posed and the answer sparked controversy. who would you rather have as prime minister? that's not difficult question for me, it is whether what i prefer a labour government over a tory government, i detest the tories and everything that they stand for. 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 than a pale imitation. a senior cabinet minister, nadhim zahawi, also appeared in the same programme. he said the use of the word detest was dangerous language.

the first minister later clarified her comments. i was not referring to individuals or certainly not to people who vote tory, but i was referring to tory policies and values that do a lot of damage. before the clarification, the scottish conservatives expressed their view. i think the onus is on all politicians to choose their language carefully. and not to add to the heat that we see all too sadly in scottish politics today. meanwhile the supreme court will start to consider on tuesday if hollyrood could hold an independence referendum without the uk governments consent. targeting both main parties of westminster, the snp have labour in their sites at this conference. the scottish labour leader said he would not be lumped in with the conservatives about the issues on brexits. the reality is the choice the next election is going to be _ a uk tory government that has| deliberately been picking fights with the european union in order l to cover for their own failures i and fight the culture warsl or a uk labour government

that is proactively willing to work with european and the _ national interest. nicola sturgeon will address delegates here at conference tomorrow afternoon. a chance to rally the troops ahead of that all—important supreme court hearing. a former scottish judge at the court said today "that result could come within weeks." 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 the images show ayatollah ali khamenei with a target on his head — along with pictures of women said to have been killed by police — and captions encouraging people tojoin demonstrations. yagoda grondetzka is a freelance foreign correspondent, who's worked extensively from iran — she's currently based in kabul. welcome. what is your view if we are seeing a shift, change in the process in the way, the response to

the killing of this young woman three weeks ago in the shift that we have seen over those three weeks, is it not morphing into something else? so the process that we have been observing and i run in the last four weeks, definitely have had an unprecedented scale when compared to other things in recent years. as you have said they were put on by the death of a woman who had been killed by security forces who said she had been wearing her hijab improperly. and that we are talking about a woman from kurdish minority who have long been marginalised. and throughout the country have seen in the made big cities we have seen in

curtis in —— curtis stan. even though the protests are led by a woman and young people we also see a man, and other generations of iraniansjoining them. which man, and other generations of iranians joining them. which shows that first of all, they have gotten under the skin of iranians which have been held by the morale police and many other of them have felt their own humiliating experiences with this police," policing". the way they are in public. second of all we have been witnessing a crisis of confidence in the islamic republic. iranians are aware of sanctions, widespread corruption,

inflation, and prices of basic grocery items swelling. they blame the government for that. even though the government for that. even though the iranian regime are trying their best to say that this is the fall of the west international sanctions but according to posts iranians are actually blaming the regime. with their management and corruption of that. and the so—called generation z who have been born and raised in very isolated, secure and these protests are attacking the pillars of the islamic. 0n how to dress and behave for women. you

pillars of the islamic. on how to dress and behave for women. you go to these protests _ dress and behave for women. you go to these protests and _ dress and behave for women. you go to these protests and they _ dress and behave for women. you go to these protests and they are - to these protests and they are unlike anything the scale of what we have seen before since the islamic republic had come to power there, but what would it take for the regime to come to the end for the overthrow of the regime? first regime to come to the end for the overthrow of the regime?- overthrow of the regime? first of all, not overthrow of the regime? first of all. not all _ overthrow of the regime? first of all, not all of _ overthrow of the regime? first of all, not all of the _ overthrow of the regime? first of all, not all of the iranians - overthrow of the regime? first of all, not all of the iranians what i overthrow of the regime? first of all, not all of the iranians what a | all, not all of the iranians what a violent overthrow of the regime, but definitely many of them are completely fed up. not only a crisis of competency like in the past two years but a crisis of the very legitimacy of the regime. but so far unfortunately, we cannot see any leader of the protests, of the protesters unionis? in some way. sometimes in the past such unions bus drivers, teachers were going on strike to protest. if that were possible to manage by the protesters

that would actually shake the regime. actually i am pretty sure that it has already been shaken, especially seeing young girls absolutely fearless iranian teenagers. we have not seen it ever in iran openly taking off their hijab, openly protesting about the iranian or military force. so if the protesters managed to somehow make their efforts more collective and if they can manage to find any proper leadership for the protests, then the islamic republic would be in a very serious trouble. it also depends on the successfulness of many external factors. for a depends on the successfulness of many externalfactors. for a long time that we have been hearing the supreme leader ali khamenei who is 83 years old has been having some serious health problems. in case he dies anytime soon then we might see

some serious crack in the regime. it might not be able to grip the power before it completely collapses. inc. you very much _ before it completely collapses. inc. you very much for— before it completely collapses. inc. you very much forjoining us. a 22—year—old woman has died after being struck by a car which mounted the pavement outside a takeaway in shropshire. it happened in the early hours of this morning in in 0swestry in. another person was also seriously injured in the incident and is in hospital. west mercia police have arrested a 28—year—old man on suspicion of murder and attempted murder. there's been a mixed reaction to plans by the government to bring in a lockdown for birds. in norfolk, suffolk and parts of essex later this week. from wednesday bird owners will be legally required to house them indoors. to try to stop the spread of bird flu.

there's been another 4 confirmed outbreaks in the region this weekend. jenny kirk reports. 300 chickens roam around this farm south of norwich but this year the uk has seen the largest ever outbreak of bird flu with the east particularly badly affected. so from wednesday these gals will have to stay indoors. it was fairly clear from previous years that lockdown, or flockdown as we call it was going to happen. i am not looking forward to it. that chickens hated it last time, because these girls move around so much being stationary for any period of time is completely unnatural to them. so we will have to do a lot of work maintain their high level of animal welfare that they are used to. so what will actually change? well regardless if you have just a couple of hens in your back garden or if you are a commercial poultry producer, as of wednesday you are going to be legally obliged to keep all of your birds indoors. and follow strict bio—security measures. that means lots of disinfecting

and limiting people on—site. and as of yet, defra are unable to say when that lockdown will lift. but for some, it doesn't go far enough. the nfu says "the number one priority for poultry some farmers are the health and welfare of their flock." and it is urging defra to consider expanding regional housing measures on a national basis. wild birds are bringing this in. it is very reductionist thinking that we could just keep locking birds down for months and months at a time, more than half a year and expect their not to be a negative impact on animal welfare and nutrient density of what we are actually turned to produce. which is fantastic free range eggs. so i would like to know what the long term plan is. we can't keep doing this. experts say the threat of bird flu will increase as more wild birds migrate here for the winter. and while these birds should be safe indoors from that disease, a winter unable to roam will be tough and many other ways. jenny kirk, bbc look east. a tiger known as the �*man—eater

of champara' after it killed at least 9 people has been shot dead in eastern india. a major operation involving trained elephants and over 200 people was launched after the big cat which is on he endangered list — mauled to death a mother and her 8—year—old son on saturday. conservationists blame habitat loss due to rapid expansion of human giving out free roasts in camborne

today. josh was a bus driver noticed people needing locally. a lot of us might have been preparing a roast today but i am sure not as many asjosh and his family are doing, just tell me what you are up to? i am making 90 roasts for people today who can't otherwise afford a sunday meal themselves. how much food are we talking about? we are talking four chickens, three bags of potatoes, five bags of vegetables and lots of gravy and 90 yorkshire puddings. and you will be handing these out in camborne, tell me why you were doing it? i am doing it because a lot of people struggle to feed themselves these days and i think that is really sad. we are in times where things, prices of things a going up, fuel, food, heating. so ijust cannot see children are specifically go hungry but it's

when you hear about the children damning stories of children they go to bed hungry and then they have to go to education or their school meals are their only food, that really upsets me. it's my part to give back. mine and my family is part to give back. just so they can at least get a meal. that is the main thing. you haven't had to even use your oven to prepare it and use the electricity but you know you have home—cooked wholesome food and that isjust really nice and just the fact that someone is giving something back makes you feel nice in this time. mikejosh says he is now planning to do this around once a month. now it's time for a look at the weather with helen willets. sunday's weather has been a tale of two halves the sunshine has held on for many in southern areas sunshine is held on for many southern areas, scotland and northern ireland have had some wet and windy weather,

it is now moving its way in across northern and western parts of england and that progress will continue through the night. a little bit of transient fog ahead of the system by the chilly as will be further north and west, compared with last night into bridges in the glens down to 3 orfour celsius. in contrast a mild night to come in the south. but quite wet, potentially quite blustery across parts of east anglia, before the clears away, a scattering of showers to the north and west and throughout the night of the night in december tomorrow it will be windy across northern scotland and some local gales here blowing the showers in and just tempering the feel of the day. 11 and 12. the south temperatures will be lower as well. looks like another dry over many on tuesday.

hello this is bbc news. the headlines: as the investigation continues into an explosion at a petrol station in county donegal — police in ireland name the 10 people

who died in friday's disaster.