this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. president putin blames ukraine's intelligence services for saturday's crimean bridge explosion , calling for saturday's crimean bridge explosion, calling it an act of terror. a search for survivors after russian missiles hit residential buildings in the ukrainian city of zaporizhzhia — 13 people were killed, and 90 wounded. anti—government demonstrations continue in iran despite heavy measures by the security forces. 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.

president putin says "there can be no doubt" that crimean peninsula was conceived and carried out by ukraine's intelligence services. he called it an act of terror. meanwhile, rescue teams in the ukrainian city of zaporizhzhia have been searching for survivors in the ruins of residential buildings that were destroyed by russian missile strikes overnight. officials now say 13 people were killed, and 90 wounded. president zelensky condemned the attack as absolute evil. 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.

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. translation: there is no doubt this is an act of terrorism. _ translation: there is no doubt this is an act of terrorism. this _ translation: there is no doubt this is an act of terrorism. this was - is an act of terrorism. this was devised, carried out and ordered by the ukrainian special services. 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. andrew d'anieri, assistant director of the atlantic council's eurasia center in washington, told me about the symbolic importance of the skerch bridge to russia. this is a massive blow to putin symbolically, to him personally. in 2014, after russia illegally annexed the crimean peninsula work began on this massive ten mile long bridge, and putin personally inaugurated the bridge when it was finished in 2018, driving a truck across it. and this has become, in some sense, kind of russia's as a major power, especially among domestic audiences. so to see putin's pet infrastructure project bombed like this or with an explosion is a significant blow to putin. and it's interesting to see that putin is actually playing this

failure of russia's military up rather than russia's past failures that have been played down. well, i was about to ask, how has it been reported in russia and what's the reaction been more generally to it? this follows a similar pattern that we've seen when russia, for example, failed in the south to take nikolaev or odessa or in the east when ukrainian forces overran russian ones in the recent counteroffensive, where telegram channels and russian propaganda kind of flail around for different narratives, they're not sure exactly how they should treat the situation than we hear the official word from the kremlin and everyone straightens their story out. so to hear putin talk about ukrainian terrorists on a civilian bridge is an interesting departure from recent messaging, but is of course nonsense as well, because this is, as the package said, one of russia's main nodes of supplying military material to its forces occupying

southern ukraine. and just briefly, there is a new commander, isn't there, for russian forces in ukraine. i was hearing one analyst earlier talk about this may be sort of there may be a direct, direct link between that and the fact that civilian areas in zaporizhzia have been targeted. what do you think? this is the case to me of new russian commanders, same as the old russian commander. both were in syria, committed many accusations of war crimes. they're operated in chechnya, the previous commander devoted nikolaev, was fired for his failures. and now we see the new one sort of come in. so i do think civilian strikes will continue to be common. but this is kind of been a feature of russia's war all along that they don't have the expertise or the military manpower to defeat ukraine on the battlefield. so they're resorting to strikes on civilian areas. as the war in ukraine

grinds on, the uk is continuing to send 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 ascending to the ukraine. it is the first time since the start of the war that we have been able 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 ta ke we take off but we are not where we're going, to protect the safety of the crew. some of these boxes have brims missiles and britain have sent more than 10,000 of anti—tank missiles to ukraine. it is dark when we land and the operation to flow doesn't take long. this plane alone has brought 12 tonnes of weapons. these missions are so sensitive we have been asked not to say where we

have been asked not to say where we have landed or even what country we are in. all i can say is we are in eastern europe. we are 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. protests sparked by the death of a young woman in police custody are continuing across iran, in defiance of a violent crackdown by the security forces. an iranian human rights group based in norway says 185 people have been killed since the unrest began more than three weeks ago. the authorities say at least 20 members of the security forces have died. our correspondent anna foster has been monitoring events from near 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 shops 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 thanjust the hijab. they said it is about 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. latests report on irainian state media say the security forces have used tear gas to disperse anti—government protests in dozens of locations across the country. for more on this, i'm joined now by dr aniseh bassiri tabrizi, she's a senior research fellow in middle east security studies at the royal united services institute. thank you for coming on bbc news. what is your assessment of how widespread these protests are? clearly they are spreading, as the reporter has just said, across different cities. we know at least 80 cities that have been demonstrations. there is a lot of frustration, notjust in the main cities and notjust in the capital,

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person, there isn't a leader of these protests who could galvanise people or in a different circumstance, be the spearhead that could lead negotiations, if that might be a thing? i could lead negotiations, if that might be a thing?— could lead negotiations, if that might be a thing? i think that is actually weakness, _ might be a thing? i think that is actually weakness, i _ might be a thing? i think that is actually weakness, i would - might be a thing? i think that is actually weakness, i would say | might be a thing? i think that is i actually weakness, i would say of the demonstrators. it is obviously very good, the demonstrations are widespread and it shows the grievances and issues are all over the place, it is notjust about the hijab, it is notjust one single issue and it covers a different level and type of society. the fact it is leaderless means it is not a social movement. it is more difficult to coordinate and present a challenge to the regime and it is more difficult to create the change that these people are hoping for. 0k, that these people are hoping for. ok, thank you very much forjoining us.

emergency services have put out a large fire that broke out at the centaurus mall in the centre of the pakistani capital, islamabad. the fire spread rapidly up the building to a hotel and apartments above. everyone was evacuated safely. pakistan's prime minister has ordered an investigation. 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 a 50—year—old man and his five—year—old daughter. 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 reports. the youngest victim was five. she was killed along with her dad, robert. the mum and her son also died together, catherine o'donnell and 13—year—old james monaghan.

there were five more victims, jessica gallaher, james o'flaherty, martin magill, martina martin and hugh kelly. this village has much morning ahead. the emergency services operation is over but the trauma will last for years. we are broken, broken _ trauma will last for years. we are broken, broken and _ trauma will last for years. we are broken, broken and hurting. - broken, broken and hurting. churchgoers this morning said the raw reality was hitting hard. in shock. what more can you say. it raw reality was hitting hard. in - shock. what more can you say. it is 'ust a shock. what more can you say. it is just a tragedy. _ shock. what more can you say. it is just a tragedy, there's no words for it. just a tragedy, there's no words for it an— just a tragedy, there's no words for it. �* . ., ., just a tragedy, there's no words for it. �* .. ., , just a tragedy, there's no words for it. ., just a tragedy, there's no words for it. all we can do is pray for the --eole it. all we can do is pray for the peeple that — it. all we can do is pray for the people that have _ it. all we can do is pray for the people that have died - it. all we can do is pray for the people that have died and - it. all we can do is pray for the | people that have died and their families and the people who were injured. families and the people who were in'ured. , , families and the people who were in'ured., , ., ., ~' �* families and the people who were in'ured.�* , ., ., 4' �* .., injured. just look we weren't caught u . injured. just look we weren't caught u- in it. injured. just look we weren't caught up in it- that— injured. just look we weren't caught up in it- that is— injured. just look we weren't caught up in it. that is what _ injured. just look we weren't caught up in it. that is what everyone - up in it. that is what everyone feels, — up in it. that is what everyone feels, just— up in it. that is what everyone feels, just lucky we were not there at that— feels, just lucky we were not there at that time. it feels, just lucky we were not there at that time-— at that time. it is thought all of those who _ at that time. it is thought all of those who died _ at that time. it is thought all of those who died were _

at that time. it is thought all of those who died were probably i at that time. it is thought all of| those who died were probably in at that time. it is 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 sudden tragedy. it is donegal has never faced such sudden traced . , . donegal has never faced such sudden traced. ,. ., ., tragedy. it is a huge impact to a small, tragedy. it is a huge impact to a small. rural _ tragedy. it is a huge impact to a small, rural community. - tragedy. it is a huge impact to a small, rural community. they i tragedy. it is a huge impact to a l small, rural community. they are 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 shopping in their local shop. all people shopping in their local sho - . all people shopping in their local sho -. ., , all people shopping in their local sho -. .,, , . all people shopping in their local sho. , . ., shop. the most unexpected and horrific of moments _ shop. the most unexpected and horrific of moments has - shop. the most unexpected and | horrific of moments has inflicted immense loss. friends, neighbours and families are seeking comfort in each other. ten candles on the church altar of the focus of unspeakable grief for each person gone from here. our ireland correspondent chris page reporting there.

the us broadcaster cnn has apologised for filming inside a thai nursery that was the scene of a mass killing on thursday. 36 people — most of them children — were killed when a former police officer broke into the school, armed with a gun and a knife. a reporter and cameraman from cnn have had their thai visas revoked , have had their thai visas revoked, and could face further charges. a spokesperson for the broadcaster said it regretted causing offence, and admitted that the film crew did not have the proper permission to enter the crime scene. scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon says she's confident a second referendum on scottish independence could take place in october next year. speaking to the bbc�*s laura kuenssberg, the leader of the devolved scottish government said she will push on with her campaign to take scotland out of the united kingdom, even if she loses a supreme court case seeking authorization to call a new independence referendum. if democracy is blocked, if the route by which it would be right to consider and decide this issue, which is unlawful, constitutional referendum, is blocked by westminster because they fear the democratic choice of the people of

scotland, then for me, the snp and people who support independence, the choice is simple, we put our case to people in an election only give up on scottish democracy. i people in an election only give up on scottish democracy.— people in an election only give up on scottish democracy. i want to be clear today. — on scottish democracy. i want to be clear today. i _ on scottish democracy. i want to be clear today, i will _ on scottish democracy. i want to be clear today, i will never _ on scottish democracy. i want to be clear today, i will never give - on scottish democracy. i want to be clear today, i will never give up - on scottish democracy. i want to be clear today, i will never give up on | clear today, i will never give up on scottish democracy. every snp conference, scottish independent has been there, it is the ultimate aim of the party, it unites all its members and activists. as you mentioned there is activists. as you mentioned there is a current plan a and the current plan be forgetting the second independence referendum. we had one independence referendum. we had one in 2014 where scotland voted to remain part of the uk. the uk government's position is it is not time for another one yes. pro—independence people want a second independence referent. there will be a court case heard this week where scottish government lawyers, the biggest governing party in

scotland will argue that politicians in scotland, members of the scottish parliament have the legal powers to hold an independence referendum. the uk government will argue that is not a matter devolved to scotland, it is a matter devolved to scotland, it is a matter devolved to scotland, it is a matter reserved to westminster and therefore no referendum can go ahead without the blessing of the uk government as i mentioned. their stances, it is not the time for another referendum. but the snp argument is if the court case goes that way and judges ruled that politicians in scotland cannot legislate for an independence referendum, the next time there is a general election across the uk, the snp are saying they would run as a proxy referendum, a de facto referendum, as they call it, essentially sing if you vote for them you are voting for scottish independence and their argument is pro—independence parties get over 50% of the vote and that would be a mandate for independence. the difficulty potentially there, the other parties would you do soon, run

on education, health care, things like day—to—day factors in any general election. and therefore that could lead to quite a convoluted vote were different people believe they are voting in a different type of election. petrol pumps have been running dry in france due to union strikes at refineries. this was the huge queue to get fuel in a petrol station in paris on saturday. drivers had to wait over an hour to fill their tanks. three out of six refineries are currently shut down in france due to worker strikes. government figures estimate that 20% of petrol stations in france are affected by shortages, especially in the north of the country. china has successfuly launched two new satellites. the authorities say they will be used to help global navigation and communication. although their launch was fairly routine, where they were launched from was a little out of the ordinary, as the bbc�*s tim allman explains. when you think of rocket launches, this is probably the sort

of thing you have in mind. a big, controlled explosion and tonnes of metal heading into space. but when it comes to slipping the surly bonds of earth, the earth bit has always been a fairly important part of the equation. tell that to the chinese, who are now launching rockets from on board a ship. this giant vessel heads out to the yellow sea, a few kilometres off the coast, providing both innovation and flexibility. translation: there are different launch sites to choose _ from for a seaborne launch, making it easier to find a safe area for rocket debris. therefore, it's more convenient than launching from land. it also helps that the launch site is not a fixed point. taking off from different

latitudes means you can choose different orbits, which saves costs on fuel. the sea has long been an important part of the space exploration journey, with splashdown often the final chapter of each mission. but now, china has turned that on its head — from the high seas to outer space. tim allman, bbc news. it's not everyday music fans get the chance to �*go back in time' and re—live some of their favourite bands best moments. but with a little help from virtual reality technology, that's exactly what fans of the who get to do at a new exhibition in hastings, on the south coast of 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...# all of the assets you see in this immersive single are real assets, real things. - everything you see is real. we've just made - a virtual version of it. as we develop it, there'll be touch, taste, smell, sound, temperature. so it's aiming to sort of really

mince your head over time. pioneered here, the world of art and performance may never be the same again. piers hopkirk, bbc news, hastings. max verstappen has won his second formula 1 world championship after winning the japanese grand prix in a race full of drama. there was a delay in awarding the red bull driver the title following some confusion about whether he'd actually earned enough points. the race was hampered by poor conditions and there was controversy about a safety vehicle being allowed on the track while one driver was still at speed. a reminder of our top story. president putin blames ukraine's intelligence services for saturday's crimean bridge explosion — calling it an act of terror. plenty more of those stories on our website. you can reach me on twitter —

i'm @lucyegrey what a difference a day makes. it's been thoroughly wet across parts of scotland, northern ireland, not only wet but very windy as well with gales and gusts around 60 mph. it's all tied in with this deep area of low pressure, the tightly packed isobars, this massive cloud bringing you the rain southwards as we go through this evening and overnight. so it will arrive across much of northern england and wales through this evening and push its way gradually south and eastwards. ahead of it still some lightish winds, a little bit of transient fog, but the wind picks up the most, cloud increases, so it will be milder overnight across southern and eastern areas. in contrast a chillier night further north and west. still quite a blustery wind blowing in showers and it will remain pretty

windy across scotland, northern scotland in particular throughout this evening overnight and tomorrow with that low pressure close by. but elsewhere a little ridge of high pressure is building, pushing that wetter weather through the rush—hour away from southern and eastern areas and allowing sunshine to return. but there will be some showers in the north and west, it is a north—westerly breeze, temperatures will be a little bit down on those of the weekend, notably in the south, still feeling pleasant in the sunshine. of course it will be much drier and brighter for scotland and for northern ireland as well compared with today. then tomorrow evening and overnight, cloud gathering in the north and the west, looks quite chilly, particularly across england and wales. in southern areas we could have touch of frost to start the day on tuesday morning, and also with a ridge of high pressure just nudging in the south, some mist and some fog. bot later in the day and into wednesday but later in the day and into wednesday and the middle of the week, another weather front coming in,

stalling somewhat, then later in the week we could have some appreciable rain in the southern areas as well. the tuesday that a chilly start, mist and fog around too, for tuesday that a chilly start, mist and fog around too, taking time to clear with the light winds in the south. if anything we will have cloudier skies coming across scotland, some patchy rain here, northern ireland, compared to monday. temperatures perhaps a degree down as a result from a cloud around. tuesday night brings the cloud and the rain across much of scotland and northern ireland, it won't be as chilly as you can see, temperatures into double figures, but still quite a cool night under the clear skies further south, even a little bit of mist and fog first thing wednesday morning. eventually, that rain will affect all parts sometime on wednesday.

this is bbc world 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. it isa it is a huge impact to us all in the 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. 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