hello, i'm ben thompson. this is outside source. a deadly wave of missile strikes rain down across ukrainian cities, many directed at civilian buildings and facilities. it's buildings and facilities. horrible this is our life and just it's horrible this is our life and just now an abyss has opened up in our lives. president putin calls the strikes retaliation — for sunday's explosion at a bridge linking russia to occupied crimea. we'll get the latest from on the ground, and take a look at the man moscow has chosen to lead their military campaign. also in the programme. her death in police custody sparked protests across iran,

now the family of mahsa amini say they've been threatened. russia has carried out the most widespread bombardement of ukrainian cities since the begining of the war in an act of retaliation for saturday's explosion on the bridge connecting russia with occupied crimea. take a look at this. this girl was walking past taras shevchenko national university, in a cultural discrict of kyiv. she thankfully survived a near miss,

others were not so fortunate. this footage was captured close to the university as ukrainian emergency services respond to the wounded. so far 11 dead have been reported, and 64 wounded. were damaged in the explosion. it's the first time moscow has targeted downtown kyiv since the start of the war. the bbc has been speaking to residents near the blast site. translation: 0h, translation: oh, it is horrible this is our life and _ translation: oh, it is horrible this is our life and just _ translation: oh, it is horrible this is our life and just now, _ translation: oh, it is horrible this is our life and just now, i _ translation: oh, it is horrible this is our life and just now, i don't - is our life and just now, i don't know, anna bess has opened up in our life. it is terrible. the strikes in kyiv began at 0800 local time this morning. the first appeared to land in the direction of the so called glass bridge — a kyiv tourist attraction. this cctv captures the bridge taking a direct hit. the bbc�*s kyiv correspondent

was reporting live at the time about russia's potential response to the kerch bridge explosion. the fear is that this could trigger a very strong russian response, we saw yesterday that a residential area of the city of zaporizhzhia, a major city in the south of country very close the front lines was hit, more than a dozen... explosion kyiv was not alone zaporizhzhia — a city close to the front — was heavily targeted on sunday. this nine—storey apartment block was partially destroyed, levelling five other residential buildings and damaging many more. another 13 people were reported killed there, and 87 reported injured, including 10 children. in dnipro a bus driver and several passangers were injured when a missile struckjust ahead of a city bus the major western city of lviv was struck.

there local officials report that critical infrastructure — including power and water facilities — were targeted. they will do and have targeted critical infrastructure and now people are without electricity, water. today we are battling and using generations. of course we will have to get back electricity and this work will engage a lot so all services, private services... cities across ukraine were hit in the largest simultaneous barrage since the early months of the war. cities across the country were hit, with specific focus of the country's energy infratructure. power outages were reported in the front line regions of kharkiv and sumy,

and three key regions in the west — areas that have hosted significant numbers of refugees. the ukrainian ministry of energy has said it will have to stop supplying electricity to the european union from tomorrow due to today's missile strikes. according to ukrainian air defence 83 missiles were fired by the russian military against ukrainian cities they claim just over half were intercepted before reaching their targets. ukrainian president vlodymyr zelenksy gave a defiant message. this morning is difficult we are dealing with terrorists, dozens of missiles, iranian drones, they have two targets. the energy facilities throughout the country. they want panic and chaos. they want to destroy our energy system. they are hopeless. the second target is people. such a time such goals were specially chosen to cause as much damage as possible. but we are ukrainians.

we help each other and we believe in ourselves. we restore everything that is destroyed. according to the man who ordered the strikes — they will not be the last — if ukraine launches further attacks against what he claims is russian territory. this shows the moment last week when an explosion struck the strategic kerch bridge — the only link connecting occupied crimea and russia. kyiv has not taken responsibility for the attack, but western intelligence experts say a ukrainian sabotage operation is a clear possibility. mr putin pointed the finger clearly at kyiv. he also claimed russia's strikes targeted purely strategic targets... translation: it is simplyj impossible to leave crimes of this kind unanswered. this morning in line with suggestions given by the defence ministry in accordance with russian general staff's plan,

a master strike was launched with long—range high precision air, sea, and land base weapons at ukraine energy facilities. military commands, and communications facilities. if attempts to carry out acts of terrorism on our territory continue russia's response will be harsh and it will respond to threats made to the russian federation. no one should be in any doubt about that. the attack on ukraine has drawn widespread condemnation from the international community. the president of the european commission — ursula von der leyen — says, she's �*shocked and appalled' by the vicious attacks on ukrainian cities' — adding that "putin's russia, has again shown the world what it stands for — brutality and terror." meanwhile, the head of nato has tweeted about what he describes as "horrific & indiscriminate" attacks and says the military alliance "will continue supporting the brave ukrainian people to fight back against the kremlin�*s aggression for as long as it ta kes. " analysts have compared these russian tactics to the bombing of urban centres during wwii, designed to break the

morale of populations. our world affairs editor john simpson has been assessing their effectiveness... it is simply will not work. sure it does a lot of damage to the power and water supplies. and we have been told by this evening, some of those will be mended perhaps most of them will be mended perhaps most of them will be mended perhaps most of them will be amended, and will get the power and water coming back on again. so in terms of the damage it has done it is pretty minimal, even though there has been an awful lot of damage. but really happens always is people's morale rises and itjust makes ukrainians absolutely determined to keep on fighting. it was certainly another moment for the people of ukraine to show their resilience.

here civilians sheltering in a kyiv metro station look to keep up moral by singing �*oh in the cherry orchard', a ukrainian folk song one ukrainian let's go live to kyiv and speak to alexander myroshnichenko, a volunteer first responder. what saw, who could you help? today i was in my apartment spending time with my friends. then we decided to move to the centre of kyiv to assist with casualties because we have national casualties. and when we were out at the first spot which was actually the university where my friend studied,

so it was hit nearly the university and there were probably massive casualties around ten to 15 people then we decided to move straight to then we decided to move straight to the park. which is a pretty safe zone and that we hear another explosion. the head of the civilian business centre and be ran there and saw really massive casualties around 20 to 30 people were lying there. pretty hard casualties so a lot of heads, legs shrapnel. it was pretty hard for us to work with that amount of people. in the hardest part mostly it was ladies and the ladies

are around 55 plus years old. so these were civilians who were just walking around the city. and died because of the russian state decide to throw missiles into the centre of kyiv at nonmilitary objects. so it was a pretty hard and when they told me to move from to nitschke and luhanskjust to me to move from to nitschke and luhansk just to survive. me to move from to nitschke and luhanskjust to survive. before that you were damaged and exploded totally. we came to kyiv to feel more safe and we were closing to dying. more safe and we were closing to d inc. , , ., ., dying. everything you told me there suggests that _ dying. everything you told me there suggests that these _ dying. everything you told me there suggests that these were _ dying. everything you told me there suggests that these were not - dying. everything you told me there suggests that these were not in - dying. everything you told me there suggests that these were not in anyj suggests that these were not in any way the military targets. these were civilian populations, playgrounds, business interests, part of the university. tell us about the sites

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offices are there. we came there and we did not see any military people there. only later, when the people from the military started coming there to work with the casualties and to save people, then we saw a couple military people. but mostly the people who were helping civilian people. ambulances etc.— people. ambulances etc. there's a lot i want to _ people. ambulances etc. there's a lot i want to ask _ people. ambulances etc. there's a lot i want to ask you _ people. ambulances etc. there's a lot i want to ask you tell— people. ambulances etc. there's a lot i want to ask you tell me - people. ambulances etc. there's a lot i want to ask you tell me about| lot i want to ask you tell me about kyiv right now. because up until today things were getting back to some sense of normality. things were operating relatively normally despite what was going on in the east in the south of the country? yeah, about kyiv it is pretty hard because this is a city where i grew up. when the war began, not the war

but the missile strikes russian army were in kyiv the first month of the war, the city was empty from civilians. only a couple of them were here. then people started understanding that the war in the country and they continue to leave and try to do their best in kyiv to preserve the economy and people started working. and people started to understand everything was good and at times there were missile strikes in kyiv, we understand it fully. but now people are used to living with it. but today was really hard, it was a massive hit. the gas stations are full, the grocery stores there are and under normal mode people who have started to panic. mode people who have started to anic. ., ~' ,, mode people who have started to anic. ., ~' y., ., ., “

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he's beenjailed twice, once after soldiers under his command killed demonstrators in moscow, and again for allegedly selling weapons. injune of this year, he became the commander of the russian army group "south" in southern ukraine. he's had a long military carrer, having also previously served in tajikistan, chechnya and afghanistan. sergey sukhankin is senior fellow at the jamestown foundation, that's a defence policy think tank. hejoins us from edmonton in canada. thank you for being with us on outside source. talk to us first of all about what we know about russia's new general. he is credited widely with ordering the strakes in being responsible as a how you see this? , , ., ., being responsible as a how you see this? , ,, ., ., , , this? yes indeed you are absolutely correct. this? yes indeed you are absolutely correct- army _ this? yes indeed you are absolutely correct. army general _ this? yes indeed you are absolutely

correct. army general sergey - correct. army general sergey surovikin starting from the early 19805, surovikin starting from the early 1980s, he took part in the majority of military and armed conflict that were waged by the russian federation including the war and chechnya and then in syria. he was also known as a ruthless general who basically took part in destroying the protesters in december 1990, august 1991 in moscow that caused the death of at least three protesters. in addition to that he was also appreciated by russia's first president yelton perhaps for his ruthlessness and decisiveness. and he was appointed as the single commander of the russian armed forces in ukraine. he also served in ukraine, he was in charge of the

southern direction of the russian advancement injuly southern direction of the russian advancement in july 2022. southern direction of the russian advancement injuly 2022. so basically he is not a new person. he already participated in the war in ukraine. figs already participated in the war in ukraine. �* , already participated in the war in ukraine. a , ukraine. as you said, he has been described as _ ukraine. as you said, he has been described as ruthless. _ ukraine. as you said, he has been described as ruthless. he's - ukraine. as you said, he has been described as ruthless. he's been l described as ruthless. he's been described as ruthless. he's been described as ruthless. he's been described as brutal. what does his involvement in this war mean? his involvement in this war mean? h 3 involvement in this war mean? h 3 involvement in this war mean? h 3 involvement in my opinion, for military point of view russia does not have much spare capacity to change the course of the work, the tighter the work. so what russia will be doing most probably, with him in charge it will concentrate its forces on the destruction of military and most importantly, civilian infrastructure in ukraine to terrorise the ukrainians and to disable any populations and civilian

normal life in ukraine. so basically what we need to expect is ukrainian cities both in the centre and in the south and in the western part of the country being bombed.— country being bombed. there have been a lot of— country being bombed. there have been a lot of changes _ country being bombed. there have been a lot of changes to _ country being bombed. there have been a lot of changes to the - been a lot of changes to the military leadership particularly as part of this were in ukraine, the kremlin very keen to make those changes to props in the message that this war is going the way that they want. what does it tell us, the fact that they are having to change leadership so often in different parts of the country, about how successful this is being seen back in moscow?— successful this is being seen back in moscow? 1, , , ., ., in moscow? basically there are two main conclusions _ in moscow? basically there are two main conclusions that _ in moscow? basically there are two main conclusions that we _ in moscow? basically there are two main conclusions that we can - in moscow? basically there are two| main conclusions that we can make. first, so far the russian political leadership is not satisfied with the actual performance of the russian armed forces. which is clear and visible based on the ukrainian

counteroffensive. in the southern part of ukraine. the second thing is more interesting. why am i saying this, the candidature of sergey surovikin was supported by those who are are associated with the group that has confessed who organised the other group. so this shows the conflict between interest groups in the russian ruling elite. it is ongoing and the war is taking place is taking precedence over other forces. ., ~' , ., is taking precedence over other forces. ., ~ , ., ., is taking precedence over other forces. ., ~ ., , forces. thank you for your insight interesting _ forces. thank you for your insight interesting to _ forces. thank you for your insight interesting to get _ forces. thank you for your insight interesting to get that _ forces. thank you for your insight interesting to get that on - forces. thank you for your insight interesting to get that on the - interesting to get that on the programme. thank you for being with us.

now to iran, where workers in the country's crucial oil industry have come out on strike, in support of anti—government protests over the death of a young woman in police custody. the family of 22—year—old mahsa amini say they have received death threats and have been warned not to get involved in demonstrations. we'll have more on that in a moment. first the bbc�*s rana rahimpour reports on the oil workers joining the protests. some of iran's oil workers have joint antigovernment protests. a significant escalation. here in this city in the heart of iran's oil industry they are chanting, this is the last year of harmony. referring to the supreme leader.

when oil workers came out during the revolution in 1979 they helped bring down the shah. over the weekend an influential group of shop owners also showed their anger with the authorities. the businessmen in the bazaar in the centre of the capital tehran kept their shutters down. the protests started when a kurdish woman called mahsa amini was arrested by the morality police and later died. the authorities say she had a heart condition. her family say she was beaten up in custody. as the death toll rises, the authorities are struggling to control the street movement which has no leader. students continue to march despite the risks they face. and women are claiming their place on the streets of tehran without wearing the mandatory hijab. neither side is back down. the latest demonstrations have been met by tear gas,

that's according to state media. at least 185 protestors have been killed by the security forces so far according to one human rights group says, and hundreds have been arrested. in response to iran's crackdown, the uk announced new sanctions today targeting the so—called morality police, which enforces dress codes for women, as well as senior iranian security officials. including gholamreza soleimani, the head of the islamic revolutionary guard corps�*, basij force, who's responsible for internal security in iran and hossein ashtari, the chief commander of the iranian police. british foreign secretary james cleverly said the sanctions would "send a clear message to the iranian authorities" that the uk would hold them accountable for what he called their "repression of women and girls" and "shocking violence." over the weekend, hackers briefly took over the state—run tv channel, to broadcast a protest against the country's government and supreme leader. here's what viewers saw...

as their regular programming was suddenly interrupted by these by these images, showing the ayatollah ali khamenei with a target on his head. the hackers also aired pictures of women said to have been killed by police — and captions encouraging people to join demonstrations, for a few seconds before they were removed. now while the bbc is not allowed to report inside iran, our correspondent anna foster has been reporting from the iran/iraq border. she's been speaking to mahsa amini's family who say, they've been receiving death threats. this is one of the few places where you can actually speak to the iranians as they come through this border crossing. which they are doing in small numbers, but what is noticeable is how scared is everybody. about speaking out about what is happening in iran at the

moment. i was at the bus station here this morning at a place where people arrived by taxi moving further into iraq. and they said if they spoke about what they had seen they spoke about what they had seen the demonstrations, the protest, the fear they would be picked up and killed by iranian intelligence. one person i had been able to speak to is the cousin of mahsa amini. he is here in iraq. he is a member of an anti—ringing political party here and he says he and his family have received death threats. translation: received death threats. tuna/mom- received death threats. translation: ,, . , ., translation: since the first day of her ”assin translation: since the first day of her passing our _ translation: since the first day of her passing our family _ translation: since the first day of her passing our family have - translation: since the first day of her passing our family have been i her passing ourfamily have been under immense pressure from the islamic republic roof officials that we don't talk to the human rights organisations or channels outside of iran so that we don't tell anyone outside of iran outside of her passing. my own family are under the islamic republic of torture. irate

passing. my own family are under the islamic republic of torture.— islamic republic of torture. we will be back with _ islamic republic of torture. we will be back with the _ islamic republic of torture. we will be back with the headlines - islamic republic of torture. we will be back with the headlines very - be back with the headlines very shortly see you soon. a pretty mild day with temperatures reaching 17 degrees across the south of wales 2 degrees above the october average. there has been a lot of sunshine to go around as well. following the clearance of this weather front that brought rain south across these to quite a been working into the north with shower clouds that we have been seeing in passing here for example in highland. overnight tonight though shoppers continue for the north coast of ireland wanted to isobars for the wales. with clearing skies across the bulk of england and wears it will be a cold night and touches the frost around so for gardeners

you might want to take note of that i have certainly have a plants that would not like it that cold you would not like it that cold you would need to take tilly not protect those plans. chilly start for england and wales cloudy weather for scotland and northern ireland with a few morning showers and early in the afternoon more general research work in. tickly for western scotland. temperature is about 13—16 c so similar temperatures to what we have had today. for wednesday we have another weather front that will be moving in off of the atlantic a band of rain it's a feather moving in off of the atlantic a band of rain it's a feathe— of rain it's a feather brisk winds as the brain _ of rain it's a feather brisk winds as the brain perceives - of rain it's a feather brisk winds as the brain perceives words i of rain it's a feather brisk winds as the brain perceives words it | of rain it's a feather brisk winds i as the brain perceives words it will begin _ as the brain perceives words it will beuin. ., , as the brain perceives words it will be. in, ., , ., as the brain perceives words it will beuin. . , ., as the brain perceives words it will beuin. . , . ., ., begin. heavy that teacher again comes dry _ begin. heavy that teacher again comes dry with _ begin. heavy that teacher again comes dry with more _ begin. heavy that teacher again comes dry with more sunshine l begin. heavy that teacher again i comes dry with more sunshine and coming back to scotland and northern ireland through wednesday afternoon. temperatures about 14—80 . thursday is the day that we see some heavy rain across the south. from this area of low pressure that we will move eastwards. southern parts wales

as well. if this area of low pressure manages to get a little bit further north than it could commit a little bit more strongly and we could get some stronger winds affecting southern parts of england. so something to bear in mind. the winds will also pick up there wednesday evening through some have your rain. that coming through as we go through thursday night. for friday and the weekend it is a familiar rather unsettled theme to our weather picture. west of south—westerly winds bring plenty of showers and the temperature is not really changed very much bye—bye.

hello, i'm ben thompson. this is outside source. a deadly wave of missile strikes rain down across ukrainian cities — many directed at civilian buildings and facilities. translation: it's horrible. this is our life. translation: it's horrible. this is our life- and _ translation: it's horrible. this is our life. and just _ translation: it's horrible. this is our life. and just now, _ translation: it's horrible. this is our life. and just now, and - translation: it's horrible. this is our life. and just now, and abyss i our life. and just now, and abyss has opened up in our lives. we will look at the commentators on russian television and social media calling for tougher action against ukraine.

the we'll took at the commentators on russian television and social also in the programme: concern about the global economy grows — the world bank and the imf both highlight the risk of recession. and a royal broadcast with a difference — the prince and princess of wales turn reporters to mark world mental health day. we start with today's widespread russian strikes on cities across ukraine. the capital kyiv has been targeted for the first time in months. the attacks follow saturday's explosion on the kerch bridge, linking russia with occupied crimea. in recent weeks, moscow has suffered humiliating setbacks on the battlefield, losing swathes of territory to ukrainian counter attacks. here's our security correspondent frank gardner. russia's military has a lot of missiles and they're using them, notjust on the battlefield, but to hit cities all over ukraine. this morning, strikes in kyiv have brought the war back to the capital after months of calm.

russia's president is promising more to come. translation: if attempts to carry out terrorist attacks on our- territory continue, russia's response will be severe and in scale will correspond with the level of threats to the russian federation. no one should have any doubts about this. today's missile strikes right across the country are a strategic escalation. they are aimed primarily at punishing ukraine for what president putin calls a terrorist attack. he is referring to saturday's explosion on the kerch bridge, linking russia to illegally occupied crimea. that triggered outrage in moscow from hardliners, who want to see putin escalate this war. there has been mounting criticism there of russian defence minister, sergei shoigu, for the poor performance of the russian army. ukraine's forces are pushing the russians back on several fronts. they are better equipped, better led and better

motivated than the russians. but they are heavily dependent on western weapons. president putin wants to scare the west into stopping that supply line. the sort of action we've seen today with these missiles which are much more for psychological than practical effect, is a way of putin trying to reassert the initiative and encourage his supporters and indeed those people who are against him, that they can still win this war. and this is not going to happen. ukraine on the current path will eventually win this war. but for now, there is still a lot more damage russia can inflict on ukraine's population, hitting homes and energy supplies to make them suffer for resisting its invasion. frank gardner, bbc news. let's get more now on those calls by hard—line commentators on russian television and social media for tougher action against ukraine. journalist anton krasovsky from russian state—funded

broadcaster rt took to telegram to say: in this situation, there can be only one answer: the direct elimination of the entire leadership of so—called ukraine. in his weekly news programme on rossiya 1, presenter dmitry kiselyov ramped up his rhetoric on the possible use of nuclear weapons. he said: we are "on the verge of nuclear armageddon" in a world where anything goes. and �*until recently, we thought that a nuclear weapon could not be used in europe," bbc monitoring�*s russia editor, vitaliy shevchenko, is with me now. interesting when we see that rhetoric and we also see what is playing out on the ground. things feel very different today than they did just a few days ago. this feel very different today than they did just a few days ago.— feel very different today than they did just a few days ago. this is the whole point _ did just a few days ago. this is the whole point made _ did just a few days ago. this is the whole point made by _ did just a few days ago. this is the whole point made by president - did just a few days ago. this is the i whole point made by president putin. he has been feeling the heat for a while now. he has been embarrassed and humiliated on the battlefield,

most recently on saturday morning, when the bridge linking annexed crimea to russia was blown up. you could call it putin bridge. he opened it personally, so when it was attacked, it was a massive humiliation for putin. you had to respond, had to make sure he didn�*t look weak or vulnerable, so this is what he did. it is difficult for him to achieve much progress on the battlefield. that is why he has targeted all the cities across ukraine. this is the most wide—ranging missile attack on ukraine for a while. we are talking from east to west and north to south, targeted in a very obvious and visual way during rush hour, central parts of the city targeted, and the messages seem to be that, you must be afraid of us. the impact of this is also — you must be afraid of us. the impact of this is also clear, _ you must be afraid of us. the impact of this is also clear, isn't _ you must be afraid of us. the impact of this is also clear, isn't it _ you must be afraid of us. the impact of this is also clear, isn't it quiz - of this is also clear, isn�*t it quiz like we were hearing from a first

responder in kyiv about a city that had felt safe for so long suddenly feeling vulnerable. we are also hearing, for example, there will be no more exports of energy from ukraine. we get a sense of what this means for ukrainian infrastructure and their ability to power what they need to do, for example. this and their ability to power what they need to do, for example.— need to do, for example. this is bad, and — need to do, for example. this is bad, and it _ need to do, for example. this is bad, and it is— need to do, for example. this is bad, and it is new _ need to do, for example. this is bad, and it is new territory. - need to do, for example. this is | bad, and it is new territory. until now, the ukrainian economy infrastructure was capable of coping with the impact of the war. for the first time since russia invaded ukraine in february, the authorities in ukraine are limiting electricity supplies. they have called on ukrainians to use less electricity. they have urged them to stock up on water. this is new, very alarming, because it�*s getting cold in ukraine, getting dark, winter is

approaching. it�*s ukraine, getting dark, winter is approaching-— ukraine, getting dark, winter is amroachin, �*, ., ., approaching. it's about morale as well, approaching. it's about morale as well. isn't — approaching. it's about morale as well, isn't it? _ approaching. it's about morale as well, isn't it? absolutely, - approaching. it's about morale as well, isn't it? absolutely, and - approaching. it's about morale as| well, isn't it? absolutely, and this is what president _ well, isn't it? absolutely, and this is what president putin _ well, isn't it? absolutely, and this is what president putin is - well, isn't it? absolutely, and this is what president putin is trying i well, isn't it? absolutely, and thisj is what president putin is trying to achieve, to undermine the fighting spirit in ukraine and intimidate the people, some of whom are hundreds of miles away from the front line, living in what seemed to be the relative safety of cities like kyiv or in the west of ukraine. now that has all gone. has it worked? not really. we have seen videos of ukrainians singing in underground shelters on the metro in kyiv, singing the ukrainian anthem, folk songs, defiantly, as if to say, look, you can try and kill us but we are refusing to give up. good look, you can try and kill us but we are refusing to give up.— look, you can try and kill us but we are refusing to give up. good to see ou. are refusing to give up. good to see you- thanks — are refusing to give up. good to see you- thanks for— are refusing to give up. good to see you. thanks for explaining - are refusing to give up. good to see you. thanks for explaining that. - are refusing to give up. good to see | you. thanks for explaining that. bbc monitoringrussia thank you. —— bbc

monitoring�*s russia editor. thank you. the family of 22—year—old nasser amini say they have received death threats and have been warned not to get involved in the demonstrations. in iran, it can be dangerous to take a stance against the government. a university professor has been stopped from teaching a course after making comments in support of those protesters. he is the professor of political science at tehran university and joins me now on the phone. thank you for being with us on the programme. tell me a little bit about what you were told over the course you are wanting to run but you have been told you can no longer run and teach to those students. ,., ., longer run and teach to those

students-— longer run and teach to those students. ,., ., ., , ., students. good evening. it was a olitical students. good evening. it was a political science _ students. good evening. it was a political science subject - students. good evening. it was a political science subject at - students. good evening. it was a| political science subject at tehran university, and about a0 students had taken that subject and i was supposed to start my lectures about three weeks ago. i was told by the dean of the faculty of law and political science that, sorry, sorry, sorry, but we have been told by the security establishment of tehran university that you mustn�*t teach that. that�*s all there is to it. the decision didn�*t come from the university chancellor or the academic part of the university, it came from the intelligence part of the establishment, because in iran, we do have these institutions to

uphold government institutions, including universities, and they are much more powerful than the chancellor or the head of that department. in chancellor or the head of that department-— chancellor or the head of that de artment. , , ., ., department. in the past, you have been outspoken, _ department. in the past, you have been outspoken, critical— department. in the past, you have been outspoken, critical of- department. in the past, you have been outspoken, critical of the - been outspoken, critical of the regime. do you continue, though, to speak publicly, despite immense personal risk to yourself. do you worry about what the authorities may try to do, may coerce you into doing, or maybe stop you speaking out? flit doing, or maybe stop you speaking out? . ., , . doing, or maybe stop you speaking out? , ., ., ., out? of course, i am always fearing that i out? of course, i am always fearing that i might — out? of course, i am always fearing that i might receive _ out? of course, i am always fearing that i might receive a _ out? of course, i am always fearing that i might receive a telephone - that i might receive a telephone call. there are anonymous telephone calls from the authorities, intelligence authorities. they dial

your mobile and there is no number. it says private number, and you are certain that it is from those people. they say, you have to come and talk to us on such and such date, all you have to do this all you have to do that, and usually it is trouble when these private numbers appear on your cell phone, and obviously i either have to keep quiet and don�*t say anything, or else i feel the consequences, such as the one that happened three weeks ago, and i was told that after 30 years of teaching at the university that you are not allowed to teach any longer. of course, i am worried. ifear. but any longer. of course, i am worried. i fear. but that�*s any longer. of course, i am worried. ifear. but that�*s part any longer. of course, i am worried. i fear. but that�*s part of the life for someone like me in iran. it�*s

for someone like me in iran. it's aood to for someone like me in iran. it's good to talk— for someone like me in iran. it's good to talk to you, and thanks for explaining what�*s happening right there on the ground. thank you for being with us on outside source. as we were discussing, those are those oil workers who have joined the protests and strikes, going out on strike in solidarity. those protests continuing despite that crackdown from the security forces. stay with us on outside source... the prince and princess of wales take to the airwaves for world mental health day. criminal barristers in england and wales have called off their strike after a 15% pay offer from the government. almost six months of

unprecedented industrial action, barristers ratcheting up pressure on ministers to pay them more, leading to a total out walk —— walk out last month. trials across england and wales have been put back, justice delayed, victims in limbo. now, weeks after a change at the top of government, a breakthrough leading to the criminal bar association suspending its action. barristers have narrowly accepted a new government package that pays for most criminal trials. there will be a 15% increase in fees for defence work which also applies to the backlog of 60,000 cases. there will also be talks on a formal pay review body to stop future disputes. the deal ends a freeze in legal aid that has led many barristers to quit criminal law. this action has neverjust been about barristers. it has been about people in the criminal justice system, the wrongly accused, the victims, the witnesses. it is about delivering justice. this is a first step. the onus now is government

to show what it can do. thejustice secretary brandon lewis has said the deal is the restart of a constructive relationship. he met barristers within days of his appointment, unlike his predecessor, who had refused to negotiate. but the challenges he faces are far more complicated than barristers�* pay. he is under pressure to slash backlogs which now means some trials take more than two years to be heard. the government attempted to claim this was a consequence of the barristers�* strikes but that is simply not true. the global covid—19 pandemic exasperated the court delays. however, court delays have been around for nearly 20 years. this is outside source, live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is: a wave of russian missile strikes

have hit on cities across ukraine, sparking international outrage. the heads of the two big global financial institutions — the world bank and the international monetary fund — have warned of a growing risk of global recession, with inflation an ongoing problem, following russia�*s invasion of ukraine. now this is the imf�*s current forecast for global growth in 2023: 2.9 percent. but that�*s expected to be slashed at this week�*s annual meetings in washington of both the imf and world bank, due to shocks caused by the covid pandemic, the war in ukraine and climate disasters on all continents. this is what the world bank president had to say at the opening discussion with the imf chief about this year�*s gathering. we have to put it in the context of the severity of the problem, so the risk and the real danger of a world

recession next year. the advanced economies are slowing in europe, so we will see where it goes into next year, but the currency depreciation means that the debt levels for the developing countries are getting more and more burdensome, the rising interest rates puts added weight on it, and inflation is still a major problem for everyone, but especially for the poor. the imf chief said all three key economies of the world are starting to see a slowdown. let�*s have a listen: the eurozone, because primarily of -as the eurozone, because primarily of gas prices — the eurozone, because primarily of gas prices shooting up. china, because — gas prices shooting up. china, because of things like disruptions, and the _ because of things like disruptions, and the vulnerability —— volatility of the housing sector. we see a very significant _ of the housing sector. we see a very significant problem in china, dragging down growth. and in the

united _ dragging down growth. and in the united states, still very strong labour— united states, still very strong labour market, but also losing a bit of momentum because interest rates are starting _ of momentum because interest rates are starting to bite. we can cross live to new york and our north america business correspondent samira hussain. lots of forecasts. as we said, the imf expected to good that dash might downgrade the forecast for growth next year. so much uncertainty right now — what does that tell us about what happens next? now - what does that tell us about what happens next?— now - what does that tell us about what happens next? what happens next will really depend _ what happens next? what happens next will really depend on _ what happens next? what happens next will really depend on the _ what happens next? what happens next will really depend on the actions - will really depend on the actions taken by world leaders, whether it be monetary policy or whether it be fiscal policy. in terms of monetary policy, we are talking about interest rate rises, and that is certainly happening. in new york, you can see that, based on the jobs numbers that came outjust last week, interest rates are going to be good going up. it is the same story

in parts of the uk, that the cost of living has gotten so big, it is increasingly more costly to buy everything, from fruit and vegetables to heating homes. many economists believe the best way to try and get at that is by raising interest rates, but as you heard from the head of the world bank, the impact of those rising interest rates really hurts developing countries quite a bit. the world bank is asking _ countries quite a bit. the world bank is asking for _ countries quite a bit. the world bank is asking for central - countries quite a bit. the world bank is asking for central banks around the world to talk to each other, not to all raise rates quickly, to do too much too soon, because that could stifle growth. how realistic is it to expect that those banks will try and look at the bigger picture rather than just protecting their own domestic economy? i protecting their own domestic economy?— protecting their own domestic econom ? ., , , ~ ., economy? i would suggest the world bank is economy? i would suggest the world itank is probably _ economy? i would suggest the world bank is probably setting _ economy? i would suggest the world bank is probably setting the - economy? i would suggest the world bank is probably setting the tone - bank is probably setting the tone for these upcoming meetings. remember, as part of these meetings,

the financial leaders of world economies will be gathered in washington, so i think this is in some ways an effort to try and get everyone talking. in some ways, you have the developed economies that do speak to each other somewhat, just because, especially here in the united states, the actions taken by the united states, with so many currencies pinned to the american dollar and so much trade happening in the us currency, a lot of people do pay attention to what is happening in the us. thanks very much. the uk chancellor, kwasi kwarteng, has brought forward the government�*s economic plan by almost a month to 31st of october. he is expected to give details of how he intends to pay for £a3 billion of tax cuts unveiled in his mini—budget last month, which prompted turmoil on the financial markets. the move was welcomed by the conservative mp mel stride, who is the chair of the treasury select committee, a parliamentary group that examines the government�*s spending

and budget plans. i�*v e i�*ve been watching for it for some time now, and it�*s important for a couple of reasons. firstly, it gives the chancellor the ability to come out and settle the markets with a sensible plan that the obr feels fiscally stacks up. that�*s very important. secondly, it will come before the monetary policy committee, when they will be putting up committee, when they will be putting up rates. to the extent that plan land well with the markets, it will actually soften the likely level of increase that the monetary policy might otherwise come outwith, and that will be very important for millions of mortgage holders up and down the country. the opposition labour leader, sir keir starmer, also welcomed the announcment. but he was still critical of the government�*s mini—budget. i'm pleased that they've brought forward — i'm pleased that they've brought forward this date to begin the process, _ forward this date to begin the process, but what i want to see and what _

process, but what i want to see and what i _ process, but what i want to see and what i would do now is reverse that kamikaze _ what i would do now is reverse that kamikaze mini budget. that's got to be reversed. we need a windfall tax on the _ be reversed. we need a windfall tax on the oil_ be reversed. we need a windfall tax on the oil and gas companies to help pay for— on the oil and gas companies to help pay for the _ on the oil and gas companies to help pay for the energy price freeze, and what that _ pay for the energy price freeze, and what that will do, most important of all, what that will do, most important of all. is _ what that will do, most important of all. is to— what that will do, most important of all, is to stabilise the economy, because — all, is to stabilise the economy, because this chaotic, irresponsible approach _ because this chaotic, irresponsible approach is — because this chaotic, irresponsible approach is all of the government to post my— approach is all of the government to post my own making, and what a labour _ post my own making, and what a labour government would bring is stabilising — labour government would bring is stabilising the economy and planning sensibly— stabilising the economy and planning sensibly for the future. but the chancellor�*s new, fast—tracked plans have failed to reassure the markets. government borrowing costs rose sharply — yields have soared close to the levels seen at the height of the market turmoil, when the bank of england was forced to intervene. here�*s the view of one political economist. the big question in the air at the moment is, how is he going to pay for this plan, given that it is claiming to both deliver 2.5% growth and cut taxes and regulations and note lower the national debt quiz might be interesting thing is the

question of one pays for it, the plan, is tightly connected to it if the policy measures he proposes can in fact sparked the growth he is hoping they will. if they can spot that growth, massive spending cuts to the existing programme may not be necessary, but if it can�*t spot that growth, and if you even if it sparks some but not enough, economists point out that achieving the declared aim is in terms of debt reduction will require major cuts to existing spending, so quite severe austerity. here�*s our political editor chris mason. i think we can call this project reassurance, my words, not theirs, but this— reassurance, my words, not theirs, but this amounts to the government trying _ but this amounts to the government trying to— but this amounts to the government trying to convince the markets and the country — trying to convince the markets and the country that it knows what it is doing. _ the country that it knows what it is doing. that — the country that it knows what it is doing, that the numbers can add up, all on _ doing, that the numbers can add up, all ona— doing, that the numbers can add up, all on a day— doing, that the numbers can add up, all on a day when we learned that the cost _ all on a day when we learned that the cost of— all on a day when we learned that the cost of government borrowing continues— the cost of government borrowing continues to rise, which has implications when the government is

borrowing _ implications when the government is borrowing lots of money, and also for the _ borrowing lots of money, and also for the cost — borrowing lots of money, and also for the cost of new mortgages. on that theme of reassurance, more today— that theme of reassurance, more today from — that theme of reassurance, more today from the treasury with news of a top _ today from the treasury with news of a top new _ today from the treasury with news of a top new team of civil servants being _ a top new team of civil servants being hired and the government emphasising that they all have loads of experience of the treasury. why is that _ of experience of the treasury. why is that striking? only a couple of weeks _ is that striking? only a couple of weeks ago, this new government was talking _ weeks ago, this new government was talking about trying to smash the treasury — talking about trying to smash the treasury orthodoxy, the way things are done _ treasury orthodoxy, the way things are done. now they seem to be seeking — are done. now they seem to be seeking a — are done. now they seem to be seeking a virtue out of pointing to experience — seeking a virtue out of pointing to experience from the building. the prince and princess of wales have recorded a special edition of newsbeat on the bbc�*s radio 1 station to mark world mental health day. they became newsbeat reporters for the day to lead a discussion with experts and campaigners in the field of mental health. pria rai told us more. this was recorded on the radio one

live lounge here. somewhere that is usually the backdrop for a list pop stars, but today the stage was set for something very different — candid conversations about mental health. from the off, you could tell they were both eager and cared personally about the topic. they came in, chatted to the guests that were part of our panel for the show, and then it was lights, camera, action. i handed the microphone to them and the prince and princess of wales became newspeak reporters. this wasn�*t about sticking to script for them. this wasn�*t about sticking to script forthem. —— news this wasn�*t about sticking to script for them. —— news beat reporters. you could tell that they thought about the questions that they wanted to ask. the prince, about the pressures of social media. the princess spoke about how we teach and encourage young people to speak

openly and express their feelings in mental health themselves as they are growing up, and they were both quite keen to know what our listeners have said to us in the past about their own mental health. and i got the impression that they wanted to spark a meaningful conversation, really, and discussions that can keep going about mental health. i told them that i am just keeping the present to chair warm for their next visit. american rapper can yea west has been suspended by twitter and instagram following a series of anti—semitic posts. the companies said his comments violated their policies against hate speech. it comes after he drew criticism for wearing a white lives matter tee shot during paris fashion week. an update from the mayor of kyiv, vitali klitschko, who has posted on

instagram saying that a5 residential buildings were attacked, five objects of infrastructure, after—school clubs and health care institutions. the latest for you at the top of the hour. hello. a pretty mild day across the south of the uk, temperatures reaching 17 celsius across the south of wales. about two degrees above the october average. a lot of sun to go around as well, following the clearance of this weather from the brought rain to start the day across eastern england. cloud working on to the north—west, shower clouds, and we have seen passing showers, for example, here in highland. showers, go overnight, one or two for scotland in the north coast of northern ireland, isolated showers possible in the north west of england and wales. a cold night for the bulk of england and wales,

patches of frost around. got take note. i have a few plants that wouldn�*t like it that cold. you might need to protect those tender plants. a chilly start tomorrow for england and wales, but plenty of sunshine. cloudy for scotland in europe and ireland, with a few morning showers, and general rain in the afternoon, particularly in western scotland, turning wet for the hebrides in the highlands. temperatures of 13—16 c, similar to today. on wednesday, another weather front moving in off the atlantic. a band of rain and brisk winds on this, but as the rain pushes used it will weaken, so no great amounts of rain across the midlands, east anglia and the south—east. behind that, it becomes dry with more sunshine. temperatures 1a—18 c. thursday is the day we see heavier rain across the south, from this area of low pressure moving east.

the wettest weather looks set across southern england, southern parts of wales as well. if this low pressure manages to get further north, it could come in more strongly and we could come in more strongly and we could get some stronger winds affecting southern parts of england, something to bear in mind. the wind will also pick up through wednesday night, and with heavier rain, windy weather working in. for friday on the weekend, a familiar, unsettled theme to the weather picture. west to south—westerly winds bringing plenty of showers, and temperatures not changing very much. goodbye.

hello, i�*m ben thompson. this is outside source. a deadly wave of missile strikes rain down across ukrainian cities, many directed at civilian buildings and facilities. translation: it's horrible this is our life and - just now an abyss has opened up in our lives. president putin calls the strikes retaliation — for sunday�*s explosion at a bridge linking russia to occupied crimea. we�*ll get the latest from on the ground, and take a look at the man moscow has chosen

to lead their military campaign. also in the programme... her death in police custody sparked protests across iran, now the family of mahsa amini say they�*ve been threatened. a wave of russian missile strikes on cities across ukraine has sparked international outrage. the most widespread bombardment since the beginning of the war is in retaliation for saturday�*s explosion on a bridge connecting russia with occupied crimea. take a look at this. this girl was walking past taras shevchenko national university, in a cultural discrict of kyiv. she thankfully survived a near miss. others were not so fortunate. this footage was captured close to the university as ukrainian emergency services

responded to the wounded. so far 11 dead have been reported, and 6a wounded. the district is also home to this playground. it and several museums, galleries and government buildings were damaged in the explosion. it�*s the first time moscow has targeted downtown kyiv since the start of the war. the bbc has been speaking to residents near the blast site. translation: oh, it's horrible, this is our life and just now, - it i don�*t know, an abyss has opened up in our life. it�*s terrible. the strikes in kyiv began at 0800 local time this morning. they first appeared to land in the direction of the so—called glass bridge — a kyiv tourist attraction. this cctv captures the bridge taking a direct hit. the bbc�*s kyiv correspondent was reporting live at the time about russia�*s potential response to the kerch bridge explosion. the fear is that this could trigger a very strong russian response,

we saw yesterday that a residential area of the city of zaporizhzhia, a major city in the south of country very close the front lines was hit, more than a dozen... explosion kyiv was not alone. zaporizhzhia — a city close to the front — was heavily targeted on sunday. this nine—storey apartment block was partially destroyed, levelling five other residential buildings and damaging many more. another 13 people were reported killed there, 87 reported injured, including 10 children. in dnipro, a bus driver and several passangers were injured when a missile struckjust ahead of a city bus. and the major western city of lviv was struck. there local officials report that critical infrastructure —

including power and water facilities — were targeted. they will do and have already targeted critical infrastructure and now people are without electricity, water. today we are battling and using generations. of course we will have to restart electricity and this work will engage a lot so all services, private services... cities across ukraine were hit in the largest simultaneous barrage since the early months of the war. cities across the country were targeted, with specific focus on energy infrastructure. power outages were reported in the front line regions of kharkiv and sumy, and three key regions in the west — areas that have hosted significant numbers of refugees. the ukrainian ministry of energy has said it will have to stop supplying electricity to the european union from tomorrow due to

today�*s missile strikes. according to the ukrainian air defence, 83 missiles were fired by the russian military against ukrainian cities. it claims just over half were intercepted before reaching their targets. ukrainian president vlodymyr zelenksy issued a defiant message. translation: this morning was difficult, we are - dealing with terrorists, dozens of missiles, iranian drones, they have two targets. the energy facilities throughout the country. they want panic and chaos. they want to destroy our energy system. they are hopeless. the second target is people. such a time such goals were specially chosen to cause as much damage as possible. but we are ukrainians. we help each other and we believe in ourselves. we restore everything that is destroyed. according to the man who ordered the strikes — they will not be the last — if ukraine launches further attacks against what he claims is russian territory.

this shows the moment last week when an explosion struck the strategic kerch bridge — the only link connecting occupied crimea and russia. kyiv has not taken responsibility for the attack, but western intelligence experts say a ukrainian sabotage operation is a clear possibility. mr putin pointed the finger clearly at kyiv. he also claimed russia�*s strikes targeted purely strategic objectives. translation: it is simplyj impossible to leave crimes of this kind unanswered. could this morning, in line with suggestions given by the defence ministry in accordance with russian general staff�*s plan, a mass strike was launched with long—range high precision air, sea, and land base weapons at ukraine energy facilities. military commands, and communications facilities. if attempts to carry out acts of terrorism on our territory continue, russia�*s response will be harsh and it will respond to threats made to the russian federation. no—one should be in any doubt about that. the attack on ukraine has drawn

widespread condemnation from the international community. the president of the european commission — ursula von der leyen — says she�*s "shocked and appalled" by the vicious attacks on ukrainian cities�* — adding that "putin�*s russia, has again shown the world what it stands for — brutality and terror. meanwhile, the head of nato has tweeted about what he describes as "horrific and indiscriminate" attacks and says the military alliance "will continue supporting the brave ukrainian people to fight back against the kremlin�*s aggression for as long as it ta kes. " analysts have compared these russian tactics to the bombing of urban centres during wwii, designed to break the morale of populations. our world affairs editor john simpson has been assessing their effectiveness. it is simply will not work. sure it does a lot of damage to the power and water supplies. and we�*ve been told by this evening, some of those will be

mended, perhaps most of them will be mended, and will get the power and water coming back on again. so in terms of the damage it�*s done, it�*s pretty minimal — even though there has been an awful lot of damage. but really happens always is people�*s morale rises and itjust makes ukrainians absolutely determined to keep on fighting. alexander is a first responder. we alexander is a first responder. - decided to move to the alexander is a first responder. we alexander is a first responder. - decided to move to the centre of kyiv to assist with the casualties because we understand there will be mass casualties. when we arrive to the first spot, which was actually the first spot, which was actually the university where my friend studies, so it was near the university and there were probably

massive casualties, around 10—15 people. then we decided to move straight to the park which is a pretty safe zone, and then we hear another explosion. it was the hit of the civilian business centre, and we rapidly ran there, so really massive casualties, around 30 people were lying there. it was pretty hard for us to work with that amount of people. and the hardest part, most of them, there were ladies, and the ladies were 55 plus years old. these were civilians who were just walking

around the city, were so close to dying because russian terrorists decided to throw a muscle into the centre of kyiv. so it was pretty hard. but the civilian told me, that they move from donetsk and luhansk just a few days ago to survive because the places where they used to live before are damaged and exploded totally, unfortunately. and they say they came to kyiv to feel more safe and we were close to dying if you don�*t save us. more safe and we were close to dying if you don't save us.— if you don't save us. everything you have told me _ if you don't save us. everything you have told me there _ if you don't save us. everything you have told me there suggests - if you don't save us. everything you have told me there suggests that l have told me there suggests that these were not in any way military targets. these were civilian populations, they were playgrounds, business centres, part of the university. tell us a little bit about the sites themselves that seemingly were targeted here. the first one is

seemingly were targeted here. tue: first one is university. seemingly were targeted here. tts: first one is university. the university were students, i think the closest military object from there is probably 15 minutes by car. yeah, and the hit was straight in the middle of the road where only civilians were driving. the second hit was the business centre. i remember some companies, worldwide companies�*s businesses are there. we came there and we were not seeing any military people there. only later, when the people from the military start coming their to work with the casualties and to save people, then we saw a couple of people, then we saw a couple of people from the military. but most of the people who were helping the civilian people. the of the people who were helping the civilian people-— of the people who were helping the civilian people. the view there from one first responder— civilian people. the view there from one first responder in _ civilian people. the view there from one first responder in kiel. - civilian people. the view there from one first responder in kiel. stay - one first responder in kiel. stay with us here on outside source. still to come... a professor at

tehran university tells us why he has been censored by the authorities.

this is outside source, live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is... a wave of russian missile strikes have hit cities across ukraine, sparking international outrage. now to iran, where workers in the country�*s crucial oil industry have come out on strike, in support of anti—government protests over the death of a young woman in police custody. the family of 22—year—old mahsa amini say they have received death threats and have been warned not to get involved in demonstrations. we�*ll have more on that in a moment. first, the bbc�*s rana rahimpour reports on the oil workers

joining the protests. some of iran�*s oil workers have joint anti—government protests. a significant escalation. here in this city in the heart of iran�*s oil industry, they�*re chanting, "this is the last year of harmony." referring to the supreme leader. when oil workers came out during the revolution in 1979, they helped bring down the shah. over the weekend, an influential group of shop owners also showed their anger with the authorities. the businessmen in the bazaar in the centre of the capital tehran kept their shutters down. the protests started when a kurdish woman called mahsa amini was arrested by the morality police and later died. the authorities say she had a heart condition. her family say she was beaten up in custody. as the death toll rises,

the authorities are struggling to control the street movement which has no leader. students continue to march despite the risks they face. and women are claiming their place on the streets of tehran without wearing the mandatory hijab. neither side is back down. the latest demonstrations have been met by tear gas — according to state media. at least 185 protestors have been killed by security forces so far, according to one human rights group. they say hundreds have been arrested. in response to iran�*s crackdown, the uk announced new sanctions today, targeting the so—called morality police, which enforces dress codes for women, as well as senior iranian security officials. including gholamreza soleimani, the head of the islamic revolutionary guard corps�* basij

force, who�*s responsible for internal security in iran, and hossein ashtari, the chief commander of the iranian police. british foreign secretary james cleverly said the sanctions would "send a clear message to the iranian authorities" that the uk would hold them accountable for what he called their "repression of women and girls" and "shocking violence." over the weekend, hackers briefly took over the state—run tv channel to broadcast a protest against the country�*s government and supreme leader. here�*s what viewers saw as their regular programming was suddenly interrupted. these images showing ayatollah ali khamenei with a target on his head. the hackers also aired pictures of women said to have been killed by police — and captions encouraging people to join demonstrations, for a few seconds before they were removed. now, while the bbc is not allowed to report inside iran,

our correspondent anna foster has been reporting from the iran—iraq border. she�*s been speaking to mahsa amini�*s family, who say they�*ve been receiving death threats. this is one of the few places where you can actually speak to iranians as they come through this border crossing. which they are doing in small numbers, but what is noticeable is how scared everybody is — about speaking out, about what is happening in iran at the moment. i was at the bus station here this morning at a place where people arrived by taxi moving further into iraq. and they said if they spoke about what they had seen the demonstrations, the protest, the fear, they would be picked up and killed by iranian intelligence. one person i had been able to speak to is the cousin of mahsa amini. he is based here. he�*s a member of an anti—ringing political party here and he says

he and his family have received death threats. translation: since the first day i of her passing, our family have been under immense pressure from the islamic republic officials that we don�*t talk to the human rights organisations or channels outside of iran so that we don�*t tell anyone outside of her passing. my own family are under islamic republic torture. we heard overnight further protests, further violence. people who live in that area say the number of arrests and deaths are being far underreported and the question still remains, at what point will these protests be contained by the iranian regime or start to weaken its foundations in some kind of significant way? in iran, it can be dangerous to take a stance against the government, and one university professor has

just been stopped from teaching a course, after making comments in support of the protestors. sadegh zibakalam, professor of political science at tehran university. he says he will continue to speak out despite the immense personal risk. it was a political science subject at tehran university, and about a0 students had taken that subject. i was supposed to start my lectures about three weeks ago and i was told by the dean of the faculty of law and political science that, sorry, sorry, sorry but we have been told by the security establishment of tehran university that you mustn�*t teach. that�*s all there is to it. the decision didn�*t come from the university chancellor

or academic parts of the university, but it came from the intelligence part of the establishment, because in iran we do have these institutions throughout all the government institutions, including universities. and they are much more powerful than the chancellor or head of that department. you in the past have been outspoken, you have been critical of the regime. you continue, though, to speak publicly, despite immense personal risk to yourself. do you worry about what the authorities may try to do, may coerce you into doing, or maybe stop you speaking out? of course i am always fearing that i might receive a telephone call.

an anonymous telephone call from the authorities, the intelligence authority. they dial your mobile and there�*s no number. it says private number. and you�*re certain that it is from those people. and is from those people. they say that you have to cor and and they say that you have to come and talk to us on such and such date or you have to do this or you have to do that, usually it is trouble when these private numbers appear on your cell phone. and obviously i either have to keep quiet and don�*t say anything or else feel the consequences, such as the one that happened three weeks ago. i was told that after 30 years of teaching at tehran university that you are not allowed to teach any longer. of

course i am. i am worried, ifear. but that is part of the life for someone like me in iran. 50 but that is part of the life for someone like me in iran. so that is the view there _ someone like me in iran. so that is the view there from _ someone like me in iran. so that is the view there from iran. _ someone like me in iran. so that is the view there from iran. let's - the view there from iran. let�*s return to russia�*s war in ukraine and focus on moscow�*s general who was appointed on the day of the attack on the only bridge that links russia with occupied crimea. it is the first time the kremlin has named a single overall commander. experts have credited him with turning the tide for president assad�*s forces, but he was also accused of the indiscriminate bombing. he has beenjailed twice.

injune of this year, he became the commander of the russian army group in southern ukraine. he has had a long military career having previously served in chechnya and afghanistan. sir. he previously served in chechnya and afghanistan. sir.— afghanistan. sir. he has been servin: afghanistan. sir. he has been serving in _ afghanistan. sir. he has been serving in the _ afghanistan. sir. he has been serving in the soviet - afghanistan. sir. he has been serving in the soviet armed i serving in the soviet armed services, so basically from 1983. and he took part in the majority of military and armed conflicts that were waged by the russian federation, including the war in tajikistan, in chechnya and in syria. he is still also known as a ruthless general who basically took part in destroying the protesters in

december 1990, august 1991 in moscow, that caused the death of at least three protesters. he was, in addition to that, also appreciated by boris yeltsin, perhaps for his ruthlessness and his decisiveness. and now he was appointed as the single commander of the russian armed forces in ukraine. he also served in ukraine, he was in charge of the southern direction of the russian advancement injuly 2022. so basically he is not a new person, he already participated in the war in ukraine. this already participated in the war in ukraine. �* , already participated in the war in ukraine. a , ukraine. as you said, he has been described as _ ukraine. as you said, he has been described as ruthless, _ ukraine. as you said, he has been described as ruthless, he - ukraine. as you said, he has been described as ruthless, he has - ukraine. as you said, he has been | described as ruthless, he has been described as ruthless, he has been described as ruthless, he has been described as brutal. what is his involvement in this war now mean? well, his involvement in my opinion,

i think from a military point of view, russia does not have much spare capacity to change the course of war, to change the tide of war, so what russia will be doing the micro russia concentrated forces on the destruction of military and most importantly civilian infrastructure in ukraine, to terrorise the ukrainians and to disable any operations and civilian normal life in ukraine. so basically what we need to expect as all major ukrainian cities, both in the centre, the south, and in the western part of the country, being bombed. a reminder of our top story.... ukraine says it shut down more than half of russia�*s missiles but they have left large parts of the country without power or water. authorities say a critical infrastructure sites were hit in 12 regions. they have

asked people to reduce electricity consumption during monday evening. you are up—to—date. we will see you very soon. goodbye. it has been a pretty mild stay across the south of the uk with temperatures reaching 17 degrees across the south of wales. those temperatures about 2 degrees above the october average. there�*s been a lot of sunshine to go around following the clearance. shower clouds, and we have seen some of those passing showers. here for example in highland. scotland, one or two for the north coast of northern ireland, one or two isolated ones possible for the north—west of england and wales. but otherwise, with clearing skies across the bulk of england and wales, a cold night with patches of rust around. regardless, you might

want to take note of that. you might need to take some action to protect those tender plants. tomorrow, a chilly start to the day for england and wales but plenty of sunshine here. cloudy weather for scotland and northern ireland. if you morning showers. in the afternoon, general rain starts to work in across scotland. temperature is about 13-15 c, scotland. temperature is about 13—15 c, so similar to what we have had today. for wednesday, another weather front is going to be moving in of the atlantic. a bad abre and fairly brisk winds, but as the rain pushes eastwards it will weaken so there won�*t be any great amount of rain across the midlands, east anglia and the south—east of england. the afternoon becomes drier with more sunshine. temperatures about 1a—18 . thursday is the day that we see some heavy rain across the south. it is from this area of low pressure that is going to be moving its way eastwards. the wettest weather at the moment looks

set across southern england, southern parts of rain eid wales as well. if this manages to get a little further north, it could come in more strongly and we could get some stronger winds affecting southern parts of england. something to bear in mind. the winds will pick up to bear in mind. the winds will pick up through wednesday evening and night time, some windy weather working into the north—west of the uk. really as we go through thursday night. for friday at the weekend, a rather unsettled theme to that picture. west— south—westerly winds bringing plenty of showers and the temperature is not really changing very much. goodbye.

hello, i�*m ben thompson. this is outside source. a deadly wave of missile strikes rain down across ukrainian cities — many directed at civilian buildings and facilities. translation: it's horrible this is our life and - just now an abyss has opened up in our lives. we�*ll look at the commentators on russian television and social media calling for tougher action against ukraine. also in the programme. lucy letby goes on trial — she pleads not guilty

to the murder of seven babies — and the attempted murder of ten others — at a hospital in chester. and how councils across the uk are supporting "warm hubs" where people can keep snug at a time of rising energy bills. we start with today�*s widespread russian strikes on cities across ukraine. the capital kyiv has been targeted for the first time in months. the city�*s mayor vitali klitschko says buildings damaged to varying degrees include a5 residential buildings. five "objects of critical infrastructure and communal services". three schools, one kindergarten, and two after—school clubs. and five healthcare institutions. the attacks follow saturday�*s explosion on the kerch bridge, linking russia with occupied crimea. in recent weeks, moscow has suffered humiliating setbacks on the battlefield, losing swathes of territory to ukrainian counter attacks.

here�*s our security correspondent frank gardner: russia�*s military has a lot of missiles and they�*re using them, notjust on the battlefield, but to hit cities all over ukraine. this morning, strikes in kyiv have brought the war back to the capital after months of calm. russia�*s president is promising more to come. translation: if attempts to carry out terrorist attacks _ on our territory continue, russia�*s response will be severe and in scale will correspond with the level of threats to the russian federation. no one should have any doubts about this. today�*s missile strikes right across the country are a strategic escalation. they are aimed primarily at punishing ukraine for what president putin calls a terrorist attack. he is referring to saturday�*s explosion on the kerch bridge, linking russia to illegally occupied

crimea. that triggered outrage in moscow from hardliners, who want to see putin escalate this war. there has been mounting criticism there of russian defence minister, sergei shoigu, for the poor performance of the russian army. ukraine�*s forces are pushing the russians back on several fronts. they are better equipped, better led and better motivated than the russians. but they are heavily dependent on western weapons. president putin wants to scare the west into stopping that supply line. the sort of action we�*ve seen today with these missiles which are much more for psychological than practical effect, is a way of putin trying to reassert the initiative and encourage his supporters and indeed those people who are against him, that they can still win this war. and this is not going to happen. ukraine on the current path will eventually win this war.

but for now, there is still a lot more damage russia can inflict on ukraine�*s population, hitting homes and energy supplies to make them suffer for resisting its invasion. frank gardner, bbc news. let�*s get more now on those calls by hard—line commentators on russian television and social media for tougher action against ukraine. journalist anton krasovsky from russian state—funded broadcaster rt took to telegram to say: in this situation, there can be only one answer — the direct elimination of the entire leadership of so—called ukraine. in his weekly news programme on rossiya 1, presenter dmitry kiselyov ramped up his rhetoric on the possible use of nuclear weapons. he said, "we are on the verge of nuclear armageddon in a world "where anything goes." and, "until recently, we thought that a nuclear weapon "could not be used in europe."

bbc monitoring�*s russia editor, vitaliy shevchenko is with me now. he has been analysing the domestic political pressure on vladimir putin. , , ., ., putin. this is the whole point made by vladimir — putin. this is the whole point made by vladimir putin. _ putin. this is the whole point made by vladimir putin. he's _ putin. this is the whole point made by vladimir putin. he's been - putin. this is the whole point made| by vladimir putin. he's been feeling by vladimir putin. he�*s been feeling the heat for a while now. he feels embarrassed and humiliated on the battlefield. most recently on saturday morning when the bridge linking annexed crimea to russia was blown up. he opened it personally, so when it was attacked it was a massive humiliation for vladimir putin. he had to respond. he had to make sure he didn�*t look weak or vulnerable. this is what he did. it's vulnerable. this is what he did. it�*s difficult for him to achieve much progress on the battlefield. that�*s why he has targeted all of these cities across ukraine. this has been the most wide—ranging missile attack on ukraine so far. we

are talking about cities from east ukraine, west ukraine, north to south, targeted in an obvious and visual way, during rush—hour, central parts of cities targeted, and the message seems to be, you must be afraid of us. fight! and the message seems to be, you must be afraid of us.— and the message seems to be, you must be afraid of us. and the impact of this is clear, _ must be afraid of us. and the impact of this is clear, too, _ must be afraid of us. and the impact of this is clear, too, we _ must be afraid of us. and the impact of this is clear, too, we were - of this is clear, too, we were hearing from a first responder in kyiv who felt that the city had been safe for so long and suddenly feeling very vulnerable. we�*re also hearing that there will be no more exports of energy from ukraine. we get a sense of what means for ukrainian infrastructure and to power the things that they want. this is bad. it�*s new territory. up until now the ukrainian economy infrastructure was capable of coping with the impact of the war. for the first time since february when russia invaded ukraine, the

authorities were limiting electricity supplies. they�*ve called on ukrainians to use less electricity. they have urged them to stock up on water. and this is new, and this is very alarming because it is getting cold in ukraine. it is getting dark. winter is approaching. and it is morale, as well, isn�*t it? absolutely. that�*s what vladimir putin is trying to achieve, he wants to undermine the fighting, he wants to undermine the fighting, he wants to intimidate people... some of them are hundreds of miles away from the front line, living in what is seen to be the relative safety of cities like kyiv or lviv in the very west of ukraine. that�*s now all gone. has it worked? not really. we�*ve seen videos of ukrainians singing in underground shelters. on the metro

in kyiv, singing the ukrainian anthem, folk songs, defiantly, as if to say, you can try and kill us but we are refusing to give up. let�*s we are refusing to give up. let's assess where — we are refusing to give up. let's assess where all _ we are refusing to give up. let's assess where all of _ we are refusing to give up. let's assess where all of this - we are refusing to give up. let's assess where all of this leaves l we are refusing to give up. let's assess where all of this leaves us. dr hanna shelest, a security analyst and the editor in chief of ukraine analytica isjoining us from brussels. thanks forjoining us. let�*s talk about the strategy. the choice of these targets, the message being sent, this is vladimir putin putting on a show, isn�*t it? sent, this is vladimir putin putting on a show, isn't it?— sent, this is vladimir putin putting on a show, isn't it? definitely. not 'ust a on a show, isn't it? definitely. not just a show— on a show, isn't it? definitely. not just a show but _ on a show, isn't it? definitely. not just a show but also _ on a show, isn't it? definitely. not just a show but also the _ on a show, isn't it? definitely. not i just a show but also the punishment. we have a premonition that these attacks were prepared before the bridge was targeted. we cannot say thatis bridge was targeted. we cannot say that is a response. at the same time, predominately the energy and heating of stations. we are in the middle of october. for many of the

regions targeted comments cold weather already. regions targeted comments cold weatheralready. it regions targeted comments cold weather already. it means that immediately the civilian population will feel it. like whole cities. lviv was without electricity today, 90% of buildings were without electricity. also they are targeting symbolic places. the monument of the first president was targeted. the university was. and the second one was close to a spiritual place for all orthodox christians. these are highly precise missiles. so we imagine they didn�*t miss. they had meant to target these places. brute meant to target these places. we know ukraine says it was able to intercept a large number of these missiles before they were able to strike their targets. what do we know about ukraine�*s ability to maintain that sort of defence?

official numbers is that there were 83 missiles of different types. a3 of them were intercepted. we had more than 20 drones. and something like 90 intercepted. —— 19 intercepted. forthose like 90 intercepted. —— 19 intercepted. for those regions that had individual attacks like odesa where we had three missiles and five drones, ourair defence where we had three missiles and five drones, our air defence strategy intercepted all of that. but for kyiv, even though they have a better air defence than other regions, it was a massive attack. it was the missile capabilities, for ukraine it wasn�*t enough, even the iron dome in israel cannot intercept all missiles. with this, you —— ukraine needs more air defence so we will be

able to cover the territories. goad able to cover the territories. good to have your _ able to cover the territories. good to have your thoughts. _ able to cover the territories. good to have your thoughts. thanks for being with us. the trial has started of a nurse charged with the murder of seven babies — and an attempt to kill ten others — at the countess of chester hospital - in 2015 and 2016. lucy letby has pleaded not guilty to all the charges. our north of england corrrespondent judith moritz reports. lucy letby worked with particularly vulnerable babies, those born prematurely or with illnesses. herjob was to give them the most tender care. now she is accused of murdering seven and trying to kill another ten who survived. in the year betweenjune 2015 and june 2016, the babies

were all patients in the neonatal section of the countess of chester maternity unit. the prosecution said it is a hospital like many others in the uk, but unlike those there was a poisoner at work. lucy letby entered not guilty pleas to all the charges before the trial got underway. the jury was told that the babies�* deaths and collapses were not naturally occurring tragedies, they were the work of the woman in the dock, who was the constant malevolent presence when things took a turn for the worse. the prosecution said the methods by which the 17 babies were harmed or killed varied. sometimes they were injected with air, sometimes with milk or anotherfluid, sometimes it was insulin. the jury was shown a list which compared the times that staff were on shift with the times it is alleged the babies were attacked. they were told by a process of elimination, only one person was present every time. lucy letby. the court heard that initially

the babies were thought to have fallen ill or died as a result of natural causes, referring to two who were alleged to have been poisoned nicholasjohnson said: the police were eventually called in when the nurse was first arrested in 2018 more than three years after the first death. the house that she lived on at the time was searched on the court heard that paid work related to some of the babies was discovered. the families of many of the babies have been at court and lucy letby�*s parents have been watching proceedings. the case against her continues. it is expected to last for six months. the king has sent his condolences to those who lost relatives and friends in the village of creeslough in county donegal — where an explosion at a petrol

station left ten people dead. the youngest of the victims was a five year—old girl — who�*d gone to the shop at the petrol station with her father — to buy a birthday cake for her mother. our correspondent chris page has spent the day there. people here will always find it hard to believe that ten of their own lost their lives in this place. just as in many villages, the petrol station shop was like a community hub. local residents who went immediately to help after hearing the blast have been recounting what they found. there was water coming out of everywhere, there were wires hanging everywhere and sparks. people crying for help. people who were trapped behind shelving, we were fortunate to be able to rescue them. we started to try and handle stuff,

pick stuff up and get debris and try to access the other people who were trapped. one of the teenagers who died had gone into the shop to buy an ice cream. leona harper was an enthusiastic sportsperson who played for the under 1as at letterkenny rugby cup. she had a great sense of humour, a great sense of competition. above all, she was a pleasure to spend time with. the collective grief is all the more immense given it seems everybody in the area knew somebody who was killed. but the global messages of sympathy are bringing some comfort. it is like as if the whole world in a way has put their arms around us and they are carrying us, just the support, it is so important and we thank everyone for it. work has been going on today to shield what is left of the petrol station from the road so that investigators can carry on trying to find out what caused the explosion. a gas leak is one theory, but at

this stage nobody can be sure. the rest of this week will be purely a time to mourn. many people will be going to more than one funeral a day. donegal is still and sombre in preparation. chris page, bbc news, creeslough. the uk chancellor, kwasi kwarteng has brought forward the government�*s economic plan by almost a month to 31st of october. he is expected to give details of how he intends to pay for £a3 billion of tax cuts unveiled in his mini—budget last month, which prompted turmoil on the financial markets. the move was welcomed by the conservative mp mel stride who is the chair of the treasury select committee, a parliamentary group that examines the government�*s spending and budget plans.

i�*ve been watching for it for some time now, and it�*s important for a couple of reasons. firstly, it gives the chancellor the ability to come out and settle the markets with a sensible plan that the obr feels fiscally stacks up. that�*s very important. secondly, it will come before the monetary policy committee, when they will be putting up rates. to the extent that plan land well with the markets, it will actually soften the likely level of increase that the monetary policy might otherwise come out with, and that will be very important for millions of mortgage holders up and down the country. here�*s our political editor chris mason. i think we can call this project reassurance, my words, not theirs, but this amounts to the government trying to convince the markets and the country that it knows what it is doing, that the numbers can add up, all on a day when we learned that the cost of government borrowing continues to rise, which has implications when the government is borrowing lots of money, and also for the cost of new mortgages. on that theme of reassurance, more today from the treasury

with news of a top new team of civil servants being hired and the government emphasising that they all have loads of experience of the treasury. why is that striking? only a couple of weeks ago, this new government was talking about trying to smash the treasury orthodoxy, the way things are done. now they seem to be seeking a virtue out of pointing to experience from the building. scotland�*s first minister has said £20 billion — that�*s $22 billion — will be invested in the first decade — if scotland were to become independent — giving a glimpse into economic proposals being set out next week by the scottish government. nicola sturgeon hopes to set up an investment fund using remaining oil revenues and borrowing — to support renewable energy, reduce bills and fuel poverty. the snp leaderhas been addressing her party conference in aberdeen — from where our scotland editorjames cook reports.

nicola sturgeon has been dreaming of independence since she was a teenager and now insists her dream is closer than ever despite losing a referendum eight years ago. back in 201a, the westminster establishment told us that it was a uk�*s standing in the world, its economic strength and its stability that made independence impossible. now they say it is the uk�*s isolation, its weakness and instability, the very conditions they created, that means change cannot happen. as far as westminster is concerned, it is heads they win and tails we lose. but this time, it will not wash. she said the tories were guilty of pursuing a damaging and aggressive unionism, but labour, rising in the polls, were not much better. bluntly, they are willing to chuck scotland under borisjohnson�*s brexit basta gets

the keys to downing street. the answer, she said, was simple. to make sure we get the government that the large number of us vote for, always, not just occasionally. for that, my friends, we need scotland�*s independence. they liked that, and a promise that she wouldn�*t be standing down as leader any time soon. nicola sturgeon has set out her case but delbert and next week she will flesh out the argument with a paper on the economics of independence, and it may be that document is even more significant than this speech.

it will be a positive message. it has been said we are the generation of independence, what we are all fighting for her. but how did this speech go down outside the hall with these pensioners in glasgow? i think the problem is, we have got to start believing in ourselves. i tell you something, _ what nicola sturgeon hasjust said, it's all fine and great in the real. world, we have to have the money to pay for it all. i have lived in scotland all my life and i would back us the full way. independence, i would like that myself. i don't know where she will get money from. i was very for an independent . scotland and probably a big part of me still has that yearning, but at the same time, - i haven't got the answers i but i want to my questions.

we are the independence generation, said nicola sturgeon here, but not yet at least a generation with independence. many local authorities across the uk are planning to create warm spaces this winter to help people keep warm as the cost of energy rises. the so—called �*warm hubs�* are free to use — and many will be in public buildings which are already being heated — such as libraries and art galleries. our correspondent ellie price reports. i�*m really looking forward to my lunch today. i think everybody enjoys that, don�*t they? it is tuesday club in stocksfield. i'll open the door. this so—called warm hub isn�*t new, it�*s been running for the last seven years. and it�*s more thanjust somewhere warm to be.

thank you. here, there is a two course meal and a good catch up with friends. is it useful to have someone like this to come? it is, it is. i turned my heating off this morning when i came out. with the price of the fuel and everything, it isjust with the price of the fuel and everything, it is just somewhere nice and warm to come. there are 30 warm hubs like this around northumberland, with another ten planned. it is a model other areas are looking to replicate. my advice would be to open this as long as possible, because if people come out for a short time, especially senior residents, they can get cold very quickly. safeguarding is going to be an issue. people are going to be aware that there will perhaps be vulnerable people and these warm places. the bbc has heard from 1a5 councils across the uk and at least 60 say they already have, or will, set up some kind of warm space provision this winter. they are mainly in buildings that are already being heated, like the library in the centre of

oxford. i think it�*s pretty shocking that we are where we are, but we know that people have been struggling for some time with their energy bills and theirfood bills. we have seen an increase in the number of foodbanks around the county. oxfordshire is considered to be an affluent county and it�*s extraordinary that we should be in this situation. councils told us they will meet demand this winter, but this should not become the norm. i look at my smart meter every day and see how much it's increasing week by week, and yeah, the thought crosses my mind that maybe i should go somewhere else, turn off the power, go and stay somewhere else for a few hours a day. we are fortunate enough to not need it but we know people who might. and there are plenty of people who are in need around here who will use it, i am sure. back in stocksfield, the organisers of this warm hub say people in need wouldn�*t come if it was simply about not being cold. the warmth here comes from the good company as much as the radiators. ellie price, bbc news, stocksfield.

that is it from us. we will see you very soon. it has been a mild day across the uk. temperatures 2 degrees above the october average. uk. temperatures 2 degrees above the octoberaverage. lots uk. temperatures 2 degrees above the october average. lots of sunshine to go around as well. following the clearance of this weather front which brought rain at the start of the day for eastern england. cloud working into the north—west. they are shower clouds. we�*ve seen some of those passing showers. those showers continue to come and go overnight. one or two for the coast of northern ireland, a couple of isolated ones possible for the north—western areas of wales. clear skies across the bulk of england and wales. it�*ll be a cold night. patches of frost around. gardeners

might need to take some action to protect those tender plants. tomorrow, tilly start to the day, but plenty of sunshine for england and wales. —— tilly start. cloudy for scotland with some showers in the morning then general rain starts to work in for the afternoon, turning wet for the hebrides and highlands. temperature is about 13 to 16 celsius. similar temperatures to 16 celsius. similar temperatures to what we have had today. wednesday, and weather front coming in off the atlantic. a band of rain and fairly brisk winds on this. as the rain band pushes eastwards a little weak and so there won�*t be great amounts of rain across the midlands, east anglia, and south—east of england. then things get drier with more sunshine. coming back into scotland and northern ireland through wednesday afternoon. temperatures between 1a to 18. thursday we see heavy rain across the south. it�*s from this area of low pressure that will be moving its way eastwards. the wettest weather looks set across southern england.

southern parts of wales as well. if this area of low pressure manages to get further north it could come in more strongly, and we could get stronger winds affecting southern parts of england. that is something to bear in mind. the winds will pick up to bear in mind. the winds will pick up through wednesday evening with heavy rain, windy weather working into the north—west of the uk. that is coming through over thursday night. friday and the weekend, a familiar unsettled theme to our weather picture. west are south—westerly winds bringing plenty of showers. temperatures are not really changing very much. —— west to south—westerly winds. goodbye.

hello, i�*m christian fraser. you�*re watching the context on bbc news. the worst day of bombing in kyiv since the early weeks of the war. vladimir putin says he personally ordered the strikes on the ukrainian capital, in retaliation for the attack on the kirch bridge. the russians targeted cities all across ukraine, firing cruise missiles into residential areas, and amid the morning rush hour. president zelensky says moscow is trying to wipe his country off the map. the belarusian president, alexander lukashenko, orders a joint force — including russian troops — to new positions on the western border. poland advises its citizens to leave belarus immediately. we will speak to poland�*s deputy foreign minister.