this is bbc news i'm samantha simmonds, the headlines at 8:00.. 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. president putin blames ukrainian secret services for yesterday's blast on the bridge linking russia to occupied crimea — describing it as an �*act of terrorism'. 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 8.30 — who are sport's environmental champions? — a special programme from the inaugural bbc green sports awards. 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 five—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 there are nowjust 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 been sent here and 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 targetting 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. 0thers 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. psychological blow for 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.

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. 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 telling us more. 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. nichola sturgeon in a bbc interview said today that she detested the tories, later clarifying that she detested their policies. but labour say that there 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 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 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 can hold an independence referendum without the uk governments consent. targeting both main parties of westminster, the snp have labour 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 wars i 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." andrew kerr, bbc news. well as conservative mp�*s prepare to return to westminster after the conference season — let's discuss what might lie ahead for the government. joining us is laurren mcevatt who's a former conservative special adviser to the wales office. a former conservative special let's a former conservative special start first of all on tf appeal let's start first of all on this appeal for unity let's start first of all on this appealfor unity amongst let's start first of all on this appeal for unity amongst others, the dean sahalee, how united is the party? dean sahalee, how united is the -a ? �* , ., ., dean sahalee, how united is the .a ? �* , ., ., ., , dean sahalee, how united is the party? anyone who has read the sunday times — party? anyone who has read the sunday times will _ party? anyone who has read the sunday times will see _ party? anyone who has read the sunday times will see how - party? anyone who has read the - sunday times will see how disunited various portions of the conservative party. there are some extraordinary briefings of liz truss, sticking the knife into michael gove in a slightly pronounced, slightly batty fashion. he not everybody�*s cup of

tea but he have supporters within the bubble of westminster and people will see that as an attack that was unjustified and frankly, uncouth. but the party is obviously not united on many, many fronts. liz truss has not had a good beginning to her premiership. she had no honeymoon period and what she did have she has managed to blow with a very tin eared and politically foolish fiscal event statement, which worried the markets and ran into conferences and with her being significantly on the back foot. the party within parliament is going to be looking at whether or not they are facing what is essentially an extinction level event, based on the polling we are seeing. whether they wish to have liz truss lead them into an election which could see a substantial chunk of them losing their seats. substantial chunk of them losing theirseats. i substantial chunk of them losing their seats. i don't know if she has done enough to bring about answers on how she's going to fight that election which will see them retain

their seats and the conservative retain power or indeed influence within british politics. we retain power or indeed influence within british politics.— within british politics. we heard nadeem doris _ within british politics. we heard nadeem doris say _ within british politics. we heard nadeem doris say the - within british politics. we heard nadeem doris say the tories i within british politics. we heard i nadeem doris say the tories face elect oral extinction, as you said. she has warned liz truss needs to be a unifier and not a disruptor. what do you make of her speech, was there any attempt to unify? she do you make of her speech, was there any attempt to unify?— any attempt to unify? she obviously listened and — any attempt to unify? she obviously listened and understood _ any attempt to unify? she obviously listened and understood she - any attempt to unify? she obviously listened and understood she had - any attempt to unify? she obviously listened and understood she had to | listened and understood she had to do a u—turn on the 45p tax. that tax band was not due to be abolished until april next year. it is conceivable if things are going better she can reintroduce it at a later point. but she clearly had listened to colleagues and seen what kind of danger the government was in and you turned on it, probably at the last possible moment she could do before things became, you know, quite poor. the speech was all right. it got her to next phase and

into her week of interviews after the queen's funeral. it remains to be seen how well she does this week. but a new leader who came in after frankly very well orchestrated election and who is not coming after a really popular among his parliamentary colleagues prime minister. the parliamentary party was ready to get rid of boris johnson so they should have been ready to accept and welcome the new leader the party has chosen and that is not happen. i do think she is in trouble, i am is not happen. i do think she is in trouble, iam not is not happen. i do think she is in trouble, i am not entirely certain... this is obviously a very open leadership election and a lot of people who could have been in the final two came very close and i wonder how many of them are planning further forest towards a leadership bid? 0rwhether or further forest towards a leadership

bid? 0r whether or not they will let liz truss ride out this winter, which will be very difficult for a lot of people and whether or not they tag her in that difficulty. what do you think of this infighting and backstabbing and perfect the party is so disunited, given that if they don't come together and face electoral extension, so many of them may be out of a job, you would think that would be enough incentive to get behind the new prime minister? yes, if they feel that prime minister is going to get to the electoral finish minister is going to get to the electoralfinish line. if minister is going to get to the electoral finish line. if they don't believe that they have very little time to chuck her and bring someone new in who could do better at an election. liz truss and the chancellor are polling very unfavourably personally with the public. it is not like they have a leader who is popular but proposing unpopular policies. she is also unpopular policies. she is also unpopular with the public. if the conservative believe their luck

would be better held and better served by somebody else, now is the time to do it. if you run it any closer, you are too close to election. it really isn't that far away. election. it really isn't that far awa . ~ ., y election. it really isn't that far awa . ~ ., , , election. it really isn't that far awa. ., election. it really isn't that far awa. away. would they be able to bring in away. would they be able to bring in a new leader — away. would they be able to bring in a new leader who _ away. would they be able to bring in a new leader who would _ away. would they be able to bring in a new leader who would only - away. would they be able to bring in a new leader who would only have i away. would they be able to bring in. a new leader who would only have the mandate of a few thousand tory party members? wouldn't they be forced to call a general election early? i don't know, is the answer to that question. there is a credibility argument in having a second leader he was not elected by the public. having said that, i think we are dealing with a very low credibility reputation anyway. the question is whether the credibility can go any further down. if it can't, there is nothing left to lose. she could pull it out of the bag this week but she hasn't convinced many of her colleagues and she has a very tough week ahead and i'm not sure she's going to bring everybody round. really interesting to talk to, thank you for being with us on bbc news.

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. earlier i spoke to kasra naji from the bbc�*s persian service and asked him about that hacking of the state television's news bulletin and how serious it was and what we should make of it. the iranian government is quite adept at hacking too, foreign governments, foreign nations and systems, but also hackers who are targeting the iranian government. and we've seen this from this

particular group, edalat—e ali. they have done this before. i remember a few months back or was it nearly a year back? they hacked into the cameras of iran's biggestjail, evin prison. so they've done it before. but this is the most serious incident and most embarrassing incident for the government, because, after all, this is the state tv. i think this is the most serious challenge to the islamic republic since its inception in 1979. we're talking about 43 years ago. this is the most serious challenge to to the leaders of the islamic republic. we haven't seen this before because it's so widespread. it's throughout the country. and it seems that for a lot of those protesters on the street, their anger is more than the fear facing the security forces. the iranian leaders are putting up

a brave face, hoping that this will pass, but i'm not sure it will easily pass. we have to wait and see, of course. the demonstrators are very determined, they have had it up to their ears from from this government. they want this government, islamic regime gone. 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 four 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 girls 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 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 an impact on animal welfare and nutrient density of what we are actually trying 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. hundreds of people held a protest along the beachfront in kent this afternoon against southern water dumping sewage into the sea. they're calling for improved infrastructure and tougher sanctions to prevent water companies

polluting the coastline. peter whittlesea reports. it's the latest protests calling on water companies to stop releasing sewage throught the storm overflows. sewage through the storm overflows. here the campaign has barricaded the beach claiming the area was a crime scene where acts against the environment have been repeatedly committed by southern water. they need to investigate infrastructure, population is growing here we have new houses built all of the time, climate change means that when it rains it rains really hard. and if they don't upgrade the infrastructure things are only to get a lot worse not better. and we will not put up with them putting sewage in the sea like this forever. a year ago a similar protest was held but campaigners say support is growing because residents believe southern water has failed to act. here we are in 2022 and they haven't found a sensible way of dealing with sewage instead of pumping it out into the sea where all of our children and grandchildren

in my case are swimming. it isjust appalling and unacceptable. and that is why they are protesting and i backed them 100%. in the statements of the water said it understands the concerns of protesters, storm overflows prevent homes from being flooded and it is leading the industry in producing the liens on permitted storm overflows and discharges. but the local mp said that is not good enough. it is a terrible - instance in 2017 and i increased every single year in lastl year they increased by 130%, so i'm afraid i don't believe it. but southern water says it has set an ambitious target of significantly reducing storm overflows by 2030. peter whittlesey, bbc south—east today. a family from cornwall are doing their bit to help others struggling with the cost of living crisis. josh formby hugh posted a message a local facebook page

to say his family would be cooking and giving out free roasts in camborne today. josh— who is a bus driver — says he's noticed people locally needing some help. tamsin melville's been to meet him. a lot might be preparing a roast today but not whatjosh and his family are doing. i today but not what josh and his family are doing.— today but not what josh and his family are doing. i am making 90 roasts today _ family are doing. i am making 90 roasts today for _ family are doing. i am making 90 roasts today for people _ family are doing. i am making 90 roasts today for people who - family are doing. i am making 90| roasts today for people who might not be to afford a sunday roast for themselves. we are talking for chickens, three bags of potatoes, five bags of veg, lots gravy and 90 yorkshire puddings. you will be handing these out in camborne, why are you doing it? i'm doing it because a lot of people struggle to feed themselves these days and that is really sad. you know, we are in times when the price of things have gone up ten fuel, food, heating. i just can't see children specifically go hungry. i know there is other people who go hungry as well but when you hear the stories of children who go to bed hungry and that they have to go to education,

other school meal is the only food. it really upsets it is my part to give back to people so they can at least get a meal. that is the main thing. least get a meal. that is the main thin. ., . �* ., ., least get a meal. that is the main thinu. ., ., �* ., ., , thing. you haven't had to even use our oven thing. you haven't had to even use your oven to _ thing. you haven't had to even use your oven to prepare _ thing. you haven't had to even use your oven to prepare it _ thing. you haven't had to even use your oven to prepare it and - thing. you haven't had to even use your oven to prepare it and use - thing. you haven't had to even use | your oven to prepare it and use the electricity, but you know you have a home cooked and wholesome food. it is really nice and someone is giving something back, it makes you feel nice in this time. josh says he is planning to do this around once a month. tamsin melville, bbc spotlight, camborne. now it's time for a look at the weather with helen willetts. sunday's weather has been a tale of two halves a fine weather. the sunshine has held on for many southern areas, but it's been a very different story. scotland and northern ireland have had some wet and windy weather. it's now moving its way in across northern and western parts of england and wales and that progress south east will continue through the night. a little bit of transient fog ahead of the system, but the chilliest weather will be

further north and west compared with last night with temperatures in the glens down to three orfour degrees celsius. in contrast, a milder night come in the south, but quite wet, potentially quite blustery through the rush hour across parts of east anglia in the southeast. before that clears away that weather system, a scattering of showers following to the north and west and throughout the rest of the night into tomorrow. it will be windy across northern scotland. some local gales here blowing the showers in and just tempering the feel of the day. 11 and 12 on that north westerly and further south, temperatures will be a little lower as well as we've changed the wind direction. but it looks like another dry day for many on tuesday. hello this is bbc news, i'm samantha simmonds. 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. ukranian officials say 17 people have been killed by a russian missile strike on an apartment block in the south—eastern

city zaporizhzia. president putin blames ukrainian secret services for yesterday's blast on the bridge linking russia to occupied crimea — describing it as an "act of terrorism". cabinet ministers are urging tories to rally behind prime minister liz truss, to avoid risk of defeat at the next election. now on bbc news — the bbc green sports awards.