welcome to bbc news, i'm david eades. our top stories: president putin blames ukraine for what he calls a �*terrorist attack�* on a key bridge linking russia to crimea. translation: there is no doubt that this is an of terrorism, - aimed at destroying russia's critically important civilian infrastructure. no end to the protests across iran in defiance of violent repression by the security forces. the faces of the ten victims of an explosion in county donegal in ireland, they include two teenagers and a five—year—old girl. taiwan prepares to celebrate its national day, but it's in the shadow of growing economic and military threats from china.

president putin has accused ukraine of terrorism after the only bridge between russia and occupied crimea was damaged in an explosion on saturday. he blamed kyiv�*s intelligence services for the blast on the crossing, a crucial supply route for moscow's forces in southern ukraine. meanwhile, ukrainian authorities say at least 17 people have been killed by russian missile strikes on the city of zaporizhzhia. rescuers are digging for survivors in the rubble of residential buildings that were destroyed as people slept. 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 multi—storey 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. tonight, vladimir putin directly accused kyiv. translation: there is no doubt that this is an act i 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. clearly a significant hit. our russia editor steve rosenberg has more on what president putin has been saying. the fact that we saw vladimir putin on a sunday evening, that is interesting, that is unusual and important. it suggests i think that the kremlin wants to show that president putin is in control of the situation, that he takes this attack seriously. how is he going to respond to it? let's look at what he's saying. he called this an act of terror. i wonder if he is now going to reframe he calls at the moment a special military operation into an anti—terrorist operation. there has been a lot of speculation about that in the russian press in recent days. it is unclear what difference that would make. we may get some clues about how he is going to 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 that russian state television tonight said that the world had frozen on the threshold of nuclear armageddon. but 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. state media in iran says that security forces have used tear gas to disperse anti—government protests in dozens of cities across the country. despite an internet blackout imposed by the authorities, videos are continuing to emerge of widespread unrest. the protests began last month, sparked by the death of a young woman who'd been detained by the morality police. hundreds of schoolgirls

are said to have joined the demonstrations in recent days. an iranian human rights group, based in norway, says 185 people have been killed since the unrest began. our correspondent anna foster has been monitoring events close to the iran—iraq border. they are into their fourth week now and we saw yesterday one of the most significant days so far because geographically these protests really are 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 protests but what we saw yesterday was by the holders in a round closing their shops and support and you can really see the size of these protests. i have actually been talking on the border here to some iranians that are on their way out of the country,

because of course those testimonies are so hard to get and 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 protests yesterday. they believe that ten people were killed in that protest and they say that their lives at the moment are absolutely intolerable under the arabian regime. they say it is about more than just the hijab, it is about oppression, repression, corruption and the fact that they are afraid to go onto the streets because they are afraid they could be picked up are afraid they could be picked up and killed by iranian 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. joining me now is as a —— our

reporter. joining me now is as a -- our reporter-— joining me now is as a -- our reorter. ~ . , , .,, reporter. we are seeing people from all walks _ reporter. we are seeing people from all walks of _ reporter. we are seeing people from all walks of life _ reporter. we are seeing people from all walks of life get - from all walks of life get involved but this is still largely a protests led by women and schoolgirls as well now and we are seeing as well these images and videos coming out on these protests that are going on despite internet blackouts, they are managing to show the world that this dissent still hasn't lost steam. that may be why we are still seeing images of violent clashes as well. we do know that according to one ngo there are nearly 200 people that have been killed during these clashes and that according to a state media around 20 security forces, 20 people have been killed stopping there is a reason that state media is going to be talking about the security forces and not the protesters thatis forces and not the protesters that is because it still fits their argument that these are not protest, these are riots that are destabilising the country but these protesters are making clear through their chance and their songs that

this is a fight for human rights quite and was going to say, ultimately do they know specifically what they are calling for in a sense? it is an extraordinary situation to see but these are some very young women and indeed as you say, girls. and they must know that there are people losing their lives in this. yes that there are people losing their lives in this.— their lives in this. yes and that is an _ their lives in this. yes and that is an interesting - their lives in this. yes and| that is an interesting point you make about what they are calling for because it is hard for the government to respond with a specific policy change because this is much bigger than that, this is about the ideology of the islamic republic, the mandatory hijab of course is a big symbol, it is when the country started to physically look different after the i979 physically look different after the 1979 revolution and so the government and the supreme leader are going to feel extremely threatened by this because when you are talking about the ideology, you are talking about the entire system as a whole and for schoolgirls, you've been brought up to fair authority, to follow the rules, to suddenly stand up, take off

their headscarves when you got actual security forces visiting their schools, chasing them away with phrases like get lost, a huge markup protest, thatis lost, a huge markup protest, that is going to be a big threat as it should. it is is the biggest threat the islamic republic has faced so far. thank you very much indeed. let's get some of the day's other news. north korea has released stills of leader kim jong—un overseeing his latest missile launch, when two ballistic missiles were fired in the direction of the sea of japan. state media says all of the seven recent missile tests were �*tactical nuclear�* drills and personally supervised by the leader. the latest launch came after the end ofjoint military exercises between the united states and south korea. us broadcaster cnn has apologised for filming inside a thai nursery that was the scene of a mass killing on thursday. a cnn reporter and cameraman 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. nigeria�*s president muhammadu buhari has ordered a review of safety measures on the country�*s waterways after a boat capsized amid heavy flooding in anambra state. at least 76 people are now confirmed to have died in the accident on friday. most of them were women and children trying to escape rising waters. officials say the boat suffered from engine failure and hit a bridge. 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. 0ur 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 13—year—old. james monaghan. the other teenager who lost her life, was leona harper. she was 1a, a sports fan and a keen rugby player. there were five more victimsjessica gallagher, james 0�*flaherty, martin mcgill, martina martin and hugh kelly. creeslough has much more mourning ahead. the emergency operation is over, but the grieving has just begun. it will 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 raw reality of what�*s 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�*ve been bereaved so suddenly. keep the families in your mind, in your prayers. in the village of downings, 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 just gone about with their heads down. everybody feels it and everybody�*s mind is on it. thinking about the families all the time, you know, and just people are devastated. there�*s never been such an unexpected tragedy here. there�*s been speculation a gas leak caused the explosion, but the police say the investigation

will take time. immense suffering has been inflicted on creeslough in only a split second. 10 candles on the church altar are the focus of unspeakable sorrow for each person gone. chris page, bbc news, in donegal. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: let there be light, berlin is illuminated for an annualfestival, but is it energy efficient? parts of san francisco least affected by the earthquake are returning to life, but in the marina area where most of the damage was done, they�*re more conscious than ever of how much has been destroyed. in the 19 years since he was last here, he has gone from being a little—known revolutionary to an experienced and successful diplomatic operator. it was a 20—pound bomb exploded on the fifth floor

of the grand hotel, - rapping a hole — in the front of the building. this government will not weaken! democracy will prevail! it fills me with humility and gratitude to know i have been chosen as the recipient of this foremost of earthly honours. this catholic nation held its breath - for the men they call the 33. and then... bells toll. ..bells tolled nationwide - to announce the first rescue, and chile let outi an almighty roar. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: president putin has blamed ukraine for the attack on a key bridge linking russia to crimea. anti—government demonstrations have continued in iran, despite heavy measures by the security forces.

taiwan is celebrating its national day in the face of growing threats and intimidation from china. recent opinion polls suggest a greater number of people than ever identify as taiwanese, wanting the island to maintain its democratic political system and open society. but beijing is waging an economic conflict and recently banned the import of some 2,000 taiwanese products. our correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes sent this report from taiwan. 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 us$2,000. 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 xijinping, 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 legalize 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. the united nations secretary—general antonio guterres has proposed

to the security council that an international rapid action force should be sent to haiti, which is suffering a nationwide security crisis. mr guterres was responding to a request from the haitian government for military assistance as protests and armed gangs tighten their grip on the country. a coalition of gangs has blockaded the main fuel port, paralysing the country, and stopping the delivery of bottled water amidst an outbreak of cholera. the secretary—general said a force involving one or more countries would help secure free movement of humanitarian supplies. the venezuelan government says torrential rains have caused 22 deaths after six more people were killed by landslides on sunday. the country�*s vice president delcy rodriguez has been visiting one of the worst—affected areas, las tejerias, where 52 people are missing. the el pato river, south of caracas, burst its banks and floodwaters swept away

several houses and shops. 1,000 emergency personnel are taking part in search and rescue operations. let�*s cross to maracay now and speak to localjournalist carla carrera. thank you forjoining us. hearing about the number of people still missing, i imagine the fear is the number who will have lost their lives is going to grow? have lost their lives is going to crow? , have lost their lives is going to grow?— to grow? yes, yes, we are afraid so- _ to grow? yes, yes, we are afraid so. thank _ to grow? yes, yes, we are afraid so. thank you - to grow? yes, yes, we are afraid so. thank you for i to grow? yes, yes, we are| afraid so. thank you for the contact. as a matter of fact, the official number is more than 20, the 22,25, the official number is more than 20, the 22, 25, but there are more than 50 people between kids, elders, women and men and they are still missing. you can see the line in the towns —— town�*s hospital, waiting to see the bodies and recognise their

families. they are still waiting because of the rain. the people had to go to the roof of the house and those who cannot get to their roof are still missing. there are more than 50 people who are still missing. than 50 people who are still missinu. ,, ,, �* than 50 people who are still missinu. ,, ,, ~ , , missing. crosstalk. is it still rainin: ? missing. crosstalk. is it still raining? yes. _ missing. crosstalk. is it still raining? yes, yes, _ missing. crosstalk. is it still raining? yes, yes, in - missing. crosstalk. is it still raining? yes, yes, in the - raining? yes, yes, in the afternoon _ raining? yes, yes, in the afternoon today, - raining? yes, yes, in the afternoon today, it - raining? yes, yes, in the| afternoon today, it wasn't afternoon today, it wasn�*t raining but about i think between six and seven tonight it was still raining and it�*s still raining. not that much, like one hour ago when there was thunder and lightning, but the rivers have been growing a lot. there are five who go that big that went to the roads. they got so deep, there are still so many houses that the

policemen and firemen have not been able to get in there to see if there are any survivors still and more than 15 industries have been devastated by the mud into the water. one of them was the chevy, it�*s a chinese enterprise that assembles vehicles here. crosstalk. it sounds extremely challenging for the rescue was to even get around.— to even get around. yes, yes, it is. to even get around. yes, yes, it is- and — to even get around. yes, yes, it is. and because _ to even get around. yes, yes, it is. and because of - to even get around. yes, yes, it is. and because of the - to even get around. yes, yes, | it is. and because of the roads have been, like, blocked from the trees and mud, it�*s been very, very difficult. today, the government, the governor here, she was here with some people and they are still

working. we�*re still waiting the official report. we have not received it yet. and some of my colleagues went to las tejerias and they couldn�*t have access to one of the most damages areas, it�*s called el baseball, it�*s called the baseball, it�*s one of the most damaged one. baseball, it's one of the most damaged one.— baseball, it's one of the most damaged one.- and - baseball, it's one of the most - damaged one.- and there's damaged one. right. and there's another industry _ damaged one. right. and there's another industry where _ damaged one. right. and there's another industry where it - damaged one. right. and there's another industry where it was also very damaged. crosstalk. it sounds extremely _ also very damaged. crosstalk. it sounds extremely challenging | it sounds extremely challenging and still a long way to go i would guess. we will have to leave it there, colour, but we would like to keep in touch. thank you very much. thank you very much- _ ever since russia invaded ukraine, the cost of energy has been a concern for many across europe.

in berlin, there had been calls for the annual festival of lights to be cancelled. it has gone ahead but organisers say energy consumption has been dramatically reduced. the bbc�*s tim allman explains. one of europe�*s great capitals. looking even more spectacular than normal. this festival only dates back to 2005 but it has become an annual fixture. all across the city, dozens of buildings lit up, a spectacle of colour and light. at? buildings lit up, a spectacle of colour and light.- buildings lit up, a spectacle of colour and light. # oh, you look so beautiful _ of colour and light. # oh, you look so beautiful tonight. - of colour and light. # oh, you look so beautifultonight. but| look so beautifultonight. but this year. _ look so beautiful tonight. but this year, things are a little different. i? this year, things are a little different-— different. # city of blinding liuhts. different. # city of blinding lights- how— different. # city of blinding lights. how much _ different. # city of blinding lights. how much power. different. # city of blinding l lights. how much power does different. # city of blinding - lights. how much power does it take to illuminate _

lights. how much power does it take to illuminate floodlights, l take to illuminate floodlights, laser beams and thousands upon thousands of led bulbs? in an age of sky—high fuel costs, the organisers have cut their cloth accordingly. the number of venues with —— where the lights are on display have been more than halved. organises the energy consumption will drop by 75% and it will all come from renewable sources. they are even turning the lights off an hour earlier. it even turning the lights off an hour earlier.— even turning the lights off an hour earlier. # what happened to the beauty _ hour earlier. # what happened to the beauty i _ hour earlier. # what happened to the beauty i had? _ hour earlier. # what happened to the beauty i had? as - hour earlier. # what happened l to the beauty i had? as germany has carried _ to the beauty i had? as germany has carried out _ to the beauty i had? as germany has carried out various _ has carried out various energy—saving measures in the past month, including the elimination of public buildings. despite those restrictions, the berlin festival of lights got the go—ahead and will continue until next sunday. after all, if you are going to make an exception, you may as well do it in style. tim allman, bbc news. certainly style, i think you could agree with that, and they were writing those bikes extremely hard to keep those lights on. great pictures from

berlin and to say if you want more on that or any of our stories, go to our website. you can reach me on twitter. goodbye for now. you can reach me on twitter. i�*m @bbcdavideades. sunday was a tale of two halves, weather—wise. we had nearly 19 degrees and nine hours of sunshine in southern and eastern areas but we had heavy rain and strong winds in northern ireland and scotland. places like tyndrum in stirlingshire had another 40mm or so of rain, adding to what has been a very wet first week of october. in fact, that�*s not far away — it�*s about three quarters of the average october rainfall — and that rain still heading its way southwards. it�*ll drag its heels before clearing southern and eastern areas, so much milder here overnight. a little bit of mistiness ahead of it. chillier to end the night further north, and still windy, those winds buffeting the northern isles and far north of scotland in particular. that rain giving a lot of spray and standing water on the roads

as it continues itsjourney southwards and eastwards, particularly on the faster routes. once it clears away, it�*s a day of sunny spells and showers but much brighter for scotland and northern ireland. still quite a rash of showers in the north and west but not many, really, reaching east of the grampians or through central lowlands and, again, eastern parts of northern ireland. and not that many at all across england and wales. but temperatures will be a degree or two down because the wind�*s coming from the north—west instead. but the wind then falls a little lighter as we go through monday evening and overnight. we may pick a little bit more cloud up towards the north and west but it�*s not going to stop our temperatures falling much and it looks like a chilly night. quite widely, a touch of grass frost, could be close to freezing in some rural parts of england and wales in particular. and with a ridge of high pressure overhead here as well, there�*s more likely to be some mist and fog issues and at this time of year, without that strength in the sunshine, they can linger till mid morning and cause a hazard on the roads. but otherwise, lots of dry and bright weather. plenty more sunshine

but more cloud in the sky. for scotland and northern ireland, some drizzly rain coming in later in the day, particularly to the north and the west, and that takes shape, then, through the night tuesday and into wednesday. not for england and wales again. a few issues with mist and fog. quite chilly in rural parts. much milder with that cloud and rain further north, which will then meander its way southwards during the day on wednesday to most areas but we look towards the atlantic, some uncertainty as to where exactly this next batch of wind and rain is going to go but it looks like southern areas could see some significant rain. and then some strong winds, even some gales and more rain for the northern half of the country on friday. so, it looks more unsettled laterfrom midweek on, really.

and chile let outi an almighty roar. this is bbc news, the headlines: president putin has said ukrainian intelligence services planned and carried out saturday�*s explosion that damaged the only bridge to the occupied crimean peninsula. he described it as a terrorist attack aimed at destroying critically important civilian infrastructure. elswehere ukrainian authorities say at least 17 people have been killed by russian missile strikes on the city of zaporizhzhia. anti—government demonstrations have continued in iran despite heavy measures by the security forces. state media there says the security forces used tear gas to disperse protests in dozens of cities across the country. despite an internet blackout imposed by the authorities,

videos are continuing to emerge of widespread unrest.