tonight at ten, president putin accuses ukraine of terrorism for the attack on a bridge linking russia to occupied crimea. the explosion severely damaged an important supply route for russian forces in ukraine. tonight president putin said this: translation: there is no doubt that this is an act of terrorism, . aimed at destroying russia's critically important civilian infrastructure. this was devised, carried out and ordered by the ukrainian special services. meanwhile, russian missile strikes in the dead of night kill at least 13 people in the southern city of zaporizhzhia. president zelensky said ukraine's civilian population was subjected to constant terror by russia.

also on the programme... the faces of the ten victims of an explosion in county donegal — they include two teenagers and a five—year—old girl. and max verstappen reigns supreme injapan to win the f1 world championship for a second time, despite atrocious conditions. good evening. president putin has tonight accused ukraine of an act of terrorism after a key strategic bridge built by russia was badly damaged by an explosion on saturday. his comments came after russian missile strikes in the middle of the night killed at least 13 people in the city of zaporizhzhia, bringing the death toll in and around the city to more than 60 people in the past nine days.

president zelensky accused russia of waging constant terror against ukraine's civilian population. the missile strikes followed the attack on the 12—mile—long kerch bridge, which links russia to occupied crimea. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams reports from the ukrainian capital, kyiv. in zaporizhzhia, this is what escalation looks like. a gaping hole, where once there were homes. rescue workers searching for the dead — and the living. moments after the blast, in the middle of the night, stunned, furious reactions. "they destroyed a building at night, at 2am," he says. "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 civilians 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. tonight, vladimir putin

directly accused kyiv. translation: there is no doubt that this is an act of terrorism, . aimed at destroying russia's critically important civilian infrastructure, and 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. well, ukraine says moscow is targeting civilian areas because its forces are unable to respond on the battlefield. in recent weeks, ukraine has managed to regain some territory in the south and east, including the strategically important town of lyman. our defence correspondentjonathan beale reports now from the front line just beyond lyman.

distant explosion ukraine's still advancing, still hunting down russian positions. here, using a drone to spot them. ukraine's retaken another dozen miles of territory over the past week here in the east. but the retreating russians are still putting up a fight. it's quite intense, the fighting here. yeah, yeah, yeah. it's, uh... it's russian artillery work now. russian guns haven't been silenced, but this barrage seems indiscriminate. the troops say, unlike theirs. they also see a huge difference in morale.

in ukraine, we name their army, it's meat — only meat because they don't save their people. do you think they're capable of retaking any of this territory you've liberated? i'm sure that cannot. why are you sure? because they are weak. they're weak now. they're scared about us. you feel safe? yeah, ifeel safe because i'm on my land, so even the ground will help me. this is the same ground president putin recently declared forever russia. but all that's been left by russia is trash. this was a russian position, and you can see just the rubbish strewn around — rations. there's even a russian cap here. there's something for artillery shells there, just strewn across the area.

and the ukrainian forces say that's what makes them such an easy target, because they can see this rubbish when they're flying the drones and spot the russian positions, making it easier for them to attack. want to see russian helmet? it's from the future. that's a russian helmet? yeah. ukraine helmet in russia. what's the difference? army of future! but very bad future! they laugh recaptured territory, too, tells the story of a depleted russian army. ukraine's now captured more russian armour than they've been supplied by the west. dozens more vehicles lie wrecked, rusting, destroyed. the donbas is also littered with lethal mines. but liberation comes

with a costly legacy. bombed out homes and ruined infrastructure, downed bridges, stations without trains, and the remnants of a population nowjust trying to survive. the people of lyman, those who stayed behind, have now gone through invasion and liberation — and constant bombardment. now they don't even have the basics — food, electricity and water. this is just a queue for bread, and there's not enough to go around. winter is coming, and life isn't going to get any easier. katarina worries for her children's future. but more than that, she still fears what russia might do next. translation: they have a lot of power, j which is why it is scary that they might return. because the city has already suffered very badly, and if the city will be passed back and forth from hand to hand, then nothing

will remain, including people. i no longer know who to believe or not to believe. we just want silence, peace, peace and electricity, at least. help is slowly coming. here, a couple of volunteers are spraying over the pro—russian graffiti, but it'll take much more to erase the recent past. and russia is still at their doorstep. jonathan beale, bbc news, lyman. our russia editor, steve rosenberg, is in moscow. and these are president putin's first remarks about the breach explosion. what do you make of his language? explosion. what do you make of his lanuauae? , ., ., language? first of all, the fact we saw vladimir _ language? first of all, the fact we saw vladimir putin _ language? first of all, the fact we saw vladimir putin on _ language? first of all, the fact we saw vladimir putin on a _ language? first of all, the fact we saw vladimir putin on a sunday i saw vladimir putin on a sunday evening is interesting, that is unusual and it's important. it suggests the kremlin wants to show

president putin is in control of the situation, that he takes this attack seriously. how is he going to respond to it? well he called it an act of terror. i wonder whether he will now refrain what he calls at the moment the special military operation into an aaron —— into an anti—terrorism operation. there's been a lot of speculation but it is unclear what difference that would make. we may get clues about how he will respond tomorrow because vladimir putin will be chairing a meeting of the powerful russian security council, although not everything that is said at these meetings is made public. but obviously this is a tense moment, reflected by the fact russian state television tonight said the world had frozen on the threshold of nuclear armageddon. interestingly, other pro—kremlin tv channels were trying to play down the attack on the bridge, and one of them said tonight the attackers had planned damage on a massive scale but they failed because the bridge is still

standing. failed because the bridge is still standinu. ,, ., ~ failed because the bridge is still standinu. ,, . ~' , ., failed because the bridge is still standinu. ,, ., ~ , ., ,, standing. steve, thank you. steve rosenber: standing. steve, thank you. steve rosenberg reporting _ standing. steve, thank you. steve rosenberg reporting from - standing. steve, thank you. steve. rosenberg reporting from moscow. there's more updates, news and analysis on bbc news online — that's bbc.co.uk/news and by using the bbc news app. 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. 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 reports. the youngest victim of the explosion 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 james monaghan. the other teenager who lost her life was leona harper, she was 14, a sports fan and a keen rugby player. there were five more victims. jessica gallagher, james o'flaherty, martin magill, martina martin and hugh kelly. creeslough has much mourning ahead. the grieving has just begun. it will the grieving has 'ust begun. it will take man the grieving hasjust begun. it will take many months _ the grieving hasjust begun. it will take many months and _ the grieving hasjust begun. it will take many months and years - the grieving hasjust begun. it ll take many months and years for a community to come to terms with this, but right ahead of us are the sad and difficult days of funerals and saying goodbye to loved ones. the royal reality of what has happened is taking hold in this otherwise idyllic part of ireland. county donegal is usually thought of

as being an irish haven, a place of rest and retreat. people in these closest of communities feel that one of the most valuable things they can do is simply to come together, to offer solidarity and sympathy to those who have been bereaved so suddenly. those who have been bereaved so suddenl . , ., , , ., suddenly. keep the families in your mind... suddenly. keep the families in your mind- -- in — suddenly. keep the families in your mind... inthis_ suddenly. keep the families in your mind... in this village, _ suddenly. keep the families in your mind... in this village, hundreds i mind... in this village, hundreds came out — mind... in this village, hundreds came out for— mind... in this village, hundreds came out for a _ mind... in this village, hundreds came out for a vigil— mind... in this village, hundreds came out for a vigil this - mind... in this village, hundreds| came out for a vigil this evening. among them were neil and sean martin whose mother martina died in the shop where she worked. the sense of disbelief is still deepening. everybody has their heads down, everybody feels it and everybody�*s mind is on it. thinking of the families all the time, and just people are devastated. families all the time, and 'ust people are devastated. there's never been such an — people are devastated. there's never been such an unexpected _ people are devastated. there's never been such an unexpected tragedy - been such an unexpected tragedy here. there's been speculation a gas leak caused the explosion but the

police take time. immense suffering has been inflicted on creeslough in only a split second. ten candles on the church altar are the focus of unspeakable sorrow for each person gone. chris paige, bbc news, in donegal. the snp leader and scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon says she doesn't regret saying she �*detests the tories�* in a tv interview. she was asked who would she prefer in power — the conservatives or labour. 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. let's speak to our scotland editor james cook, who's in aberdeen where the snp annual conference is being held. so, conservatives tonight questioning her choice of words. yes, that's right. among those were the conservative cabinet minister nadeem zaha we who was on the same programme of nicola sturgeon, sunday

with laura kuenssberg, and described the comments as dangerous which was echoed by some of his comments. the first minister herself said she had nothing to apologise for in her view, saying she didn't regret the comments and had not been referring to individuals or even supporters of the conservative party but to tory policies. this afternoon that theme was taken up by her deputyjohn swinney on this stage here. he talked about the conservatives being in his words a bunch of reckless hypocrites saying they were causing misery and crippling public services with a new age of austerity. his solution to that he said was for the scottish people to vote for independence. will there be a referendum on independence though? that may be up to the supreme court, which this week will hear the arguments for and against allowing the scottish parliament to pass legislation to hold one.-

the scottish parliament to pass legislation to hold one. james cook, thank ou. 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. in taiwan, tomorrow is national day when — despite recent threats and intimidation from china — the island will celebrate its democratic political system and open society. it comes as recent opinion polls suggest a greater number of people than ever now identify as taiwanese and want the country to remain separate from china. in response beijing is threatening war, and it's waging an economic battle — recently banning the import of some 2,000 taiwanese products. from taiwan, our correspondent

rupert wingfield—hayes sent this report. it may not look like it, but these ponds in southern taiwan are filled with gold. the huge fish thrashing around in su gou—zhen�*s ponds are called grouper. on the tables of beijing and shanghai, each one can fetch up to 2,000 us dollars. 80% of taiwan's grouper used to go to china. now it's zero. beijing's import bans are hitting taiwan where it hurts the most. so, is it working? "older fishermen like me are nervous," he says, "but the younger generation, they're not worried. they think, fine, if china doesn't want to buy our fish, we'll sell to other markets all over the world." china isn'tjust threatening taiwan's economy. since august, it's made repeated threats to take the island by force, test firing dozens of missiles across the taiwan strait.

but if taiwan people are scared, they're not showing much sign of it. it's election season here, and at nightly rallies, candidates are on stage appealing to voters. unlike in china, people here get to choose who rules them. and they're not about to give that up. taiwan is justifiably proud of its democracy. there is nothing like this anywhere else in the chinese—speaking world. but it's notjust taiwan's democracy that is threatened by xi jinping. it's all of the rights and freedoms that people enjoy here, their whole way of life. at their home in the south of taipei, mota and sitti are playing with their two year old daughter. in 2019, taiwan became the first country in asia to legalise same sex marriage. sitti is now expecting baby number two.

"being homosexual was something you had to hide," says mota. "but things have changed now." "we're out in the open and the government has accepted and recognised us." for couples like this, the stakes couldn't be higher. sitti says if china wants taiwan, it will have to invade. and if that happens, people like them will have no choice but to leave. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in taipei. with all the sport now, here's lizzie greenwood—hughes at the bbc sport centre. thanks, good evening. max verstappen sealed a second successive formula one title with four races left after winning a dramatic japanese grand prix in terrible weather conditions. but once again, his championship—winning moment was marred by confusion over the rules — as olly foster reports. lex verstappen has retained his world title fair and square, and

with plenty to spare, no final lap dramas like last year when formula one veered away from its own rules, but there was still confusion. torrential rain had shortened the japanese grand prix and he presumed as most did that despite taking the chequered flag his winning points would be halved as well. he was wrong, and when charles leclerc was bumped down to third for cutting a corner, verstappen was told mid—interview the title was his once again. mid-interview the title was his once aaain. ~ . mid-interview the title was his once aainr ., mid-interview the title was his once auain.~ ., , mid-interview the title was his once auain.~ ., . , again. what can i say? incredible. to do it here _ again. what can i say? incredible. to do it here in _ again. what can i say? incredible. to do it here in front _ again. what can i say? incredible. to do it here in front of _ again. what can i say? incredible. to do it here in front of all - again. what can i say? incredible. to do it here in front of all the - to do it here in front of all the japanese fans, incredible. the race will also be — japanese fans, incredible. the race will also be remembered _ japanese fans, incredible. the race will also be remembered for - japanese fans, incredible. the race will also be remembered for a - will also be remembered for a chaotic first lap and an incident thatis chaotic first lap and an incident that is being investigated as a matter of urgency. eight years after jules bianchi collided into a recovery vehicle and died on the same track, pierre gasly had a near miss this time. his fatherjoined the criticism saying they had no respect for the life of the drivers. as well as crowning the 2022

champion today, formula one has launched a review of the suzuka grand prix and will hope the last four races of the season are grand prix and will hope the last four races of the season are much smoother than this one. ollie foster, bbc news. match of the day 2 is on after the news with the highlights of some really good games in the premier league, but here come the results. arsenal are back on top of the table after beating liverpool 3—2 in a game that had everything. england's bukayo saka scored twice, including the winning penalty. elsewhere there were also wins for crystal palace, west ham and manchester united. wales are second in their women's rugby union world cup pool after beating scotland 18—15 with the last kick of the game in new zealand — in what could be a crucial opening fixture for the home nations. jo currie reports. it may be their opening game of the world cup, but in the tough terrain of pool a, defeat for scotland or wales would make a route through to the knockout stages an uphill battle. plenty of pressure, then, which wales rode the better in the opening minutes. before scotland bit back, their forwards forcing their way

over the line and lana skeldon getting her team on the scoreboard. and that woke wales up once more. kayleigh powell on the end of this well—worked try as they increased their lead. in a frustrating first half of 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 a player down, megan gaffney touched down in the corner to give her side hope. and minutes later, she was in again to set up a huge final few minutes. helen nelson had missed all four of her kicks in the game so far. could she produce a sensationalfinish? she couldn't. but wales could. a last—minute penalty awarded. keira bevan, shouldering the pressure, snatched victory with the last kick of the game. the celebrations that followed worthy of winning the cup themselves. jo currie, bbc news. and ahead of cricket's t20 world cup, england beat australia in perth — it's all on the bbc sport website. back to you, reeta. thank you very much. time for a look at the weather.

here's helen willetts. it's been lovely here, but that looks miserable.— it's been lovely here, but that looks miserable. absolutely, a tale of two halves _ looks miserable. absolutely, a tale of two halves today. _ looks miserable. absolutely, a tale of two halves today. 19 _ looks miserable. absolutely, a tale of two halves today. 19 degrees - looks miserable. absolutely, a tale of two halves today. 19 degrees forj of two halves today. 19 degrees for parts of england and wales. scotland, northern ireland, it was rather wet once again. a0 millimetres fell in stirlingshire today adding to what has been a very wet week. some of these values are equating to three quarters of the average october rainfall for parts of scotland and northern ireland in the space of a week. it is clearing now. this was a weather watcher picture sent in from nairn around half an hour ago. the weather front is still active, we have had gales in the wind still buffeting and it's heading into england and wales. some miserable conditions if you are travelling through the rest of the evening and overnight, tomorrow morning's rush hour because it will drag its heels to clear from the south and east. quite blustery winds, but it will be milder as a consequence. chilly further north

and that's despite the strong gale force winds buffeting the northern isles and the north of scotland, for much of the day actually throwing in some showers, but in contrast to today's much brighter for scotland and northern ireland. largely dry day with sunny spells and the odd shower. the winds from the north—west, so a slightly fresher feel, and temperatures a degree or two down. noticeably for england and wales. as we go through tomorrow night, again it looks dry but increasingly clear. more likely we will have some fog problems and a touch of frost for parts of england and wales in particular under the starry skies, which means another fine day on tuesday. but the fog will be slow to clear, taking until mid—morning at this time of year to clear. by the time we get to wednesday, the weather fronts are back and it looks much more active as we head towards the middle and end of the week. we will keep the

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hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are benedicte paviot, uk correspondent for france 2a and adam payne, political editor of politics home. tomorrow's front pages starting with... the metro lead is the attack on a residential block in ukrainian city of zaporizhzhia by russian forces with the warning it was the "wrath of putin." the financial times focusesu on the oil production cut by opec, the oil producing nations, with the us treasury secretary saying it was unhelpful and unwise. it also features a photograph of ukrainans taking selfies in front of a poster showing the explosion on russia's bridge to crimea this weekend. the indie leads with more mass graves being found in the recently liberated town of lyman in the donetsk region of ukraine — it says entire families have been found buried together. the internal battles in the conservative party are the lead in the "i" with the pm said to be scrambling

to save her premiership as tories warn of a wipe—out. the express sticks with the unrest in the tory party urging rebels stop plots and show loyalty. the guardian lead with another possible u turn from the prime minister over not increasing benefits in line with inflation — rebels pile on pm over benefits as nearly a50,000 face poverty. so let's begin. we will start with the metro benedicte the wrath of putin here this is after people were killed in a residential building in separation.— a residential building in searation. ., ., ., , separation. and what a wrath it is clearly again _ separation. and what a wrath it is clearly again it — separation. and what a wrath it is clearly again it is _ separation. and what a wrath it is clearly again it is wreaking - separation. and what a wrath it isj clearly again it is wreaking havoc, killing ukrainian civilians so the metro talks about a furious vladimir putin who has ceased revenge on ukraine i killing at least 13

civilians including a child. and this is with a missile strike during the night on a building in flats. and of course this comes 2a hours after that attack on that vile route to crimea which was partly blown up and we were just hearing for moscow that it was being played down by the russians but clearly has done some serious damage to what is a vital bridge, whether it is military supplies, troops, equipments, russian missiles you can making it into ukraine. for example had there not been the queen step we had maybe would have been covering whether a in the uk or across the world the huge advances that ukrainians have been making. in clearly mr putin said that this attack was due to ukrainian terrorists and they are now blaming ukrainian secret agents.

and adam lets have a look at the