welcome to newsday. reporting live from singapore, i'm monica miller. the headlines... for the first time in months, the ukrainian capital is bombarded by russian missiles. president biden says the us will provide ukraine with advanced air defence systems in response to the attacks. these were not military targets — the children's playground through the trees, part of the university of kyiv over there, and this is a government department — of science and education. also in the programme, the latest trial

ukraine hasn't declared any involvement. also in the programme, the latest trial of the hollywood film producer harvey weinstein has begun at a court in los angeles, where he is facing 11 further charges of abuse. and good news for sea life in britain, as the uk begins recycling fishing nets dumped at sea. a bumpy ride for the iphone m as roller coasters reportedly trigger the latest apple product to make emergency distress calls. live from our studio in singapore... this is bbc news. it's newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in ukraine, where russia has launched a wave of missile strikes

across the country. president volodymyr zelensky described the escalation as an effort to wipe ukraine off the face of the earth. president biden says the us will provide ukraine with advanced air defence systems in response. killing at least 11 people and damaging infrastructure. the capital kyiv has been targeted for the first time in months, with explosions in other cities including lviv, dnipro and zaporizhzhia. paul adams reports from kyiv. explosions. screaming. after months of quiet in the capital, the war is back. for three chaotic hours this morning, the missiles kept coming. for one young woman, already recording her own sense of shock, a narrow escape. a major city in the south of the country... my bbc colleague hugo bachega was broadcasting live

when it all began. so... translation: they want panic and chaos, they want _ to destroy our energy system, they are hopeless. the second target is people. such a time and such goals were especially chosen to cause as much damage as possible, but we are ukrainians, we help each other, we believe in ourselves. we restore everything that is destroyed. tourist locations were hit, too — this, the city's famous glass bridge. at times, it felt like a city being punished in its favourite, most iconic places. for many, it meant a hasty return to bomb shelters not used for months. they want to destroy our people, our- infrastructure, everything. i really don't know, _ i'm extremely angry, you know. when moscow decided it had done enough, it ended. the clean—up began. there are bodies lying

on the street here in this elegant, european capital. it's been almost four months since the last attack in kyiv. in three short hours, a growing sense of normality was shattered. this is the first time missiles have landed right here in the centre of kyiv, and these were not military targets — the children's playground through the trees, part of the university of kyiv over there, and this is a government department — of science and education. nearby, a huge crater in a place where children come to play. olena and valeri live around the corner. their children and grandchildren know this place well. translation: oh, it's horrible. this is our life and just now, i don't know, an abyss has opened up in our lives. it's terrible. we'll be more careful now. when the sirens sound, we'll go straight to the shelter. and it wasn't just the capital.

in the southern city of zaporizhzhia, it was another hellish night. one of many in recent days. another 14 civilians died in one apartment block. ten missiles fell around dnipro, one landing right in front of a bus. and far to the west, explosions in lviv. this city hasn't been hit since the spring. much of it is still without power. singing. in kyiv�*s famously deep metro, they gathered and sang. people lived down here for weeks when the war began. two days ago, ukraine was celebrating an attack on russia's bridge to crimea. today, that euphoria is gone. fear once again stalking the capital. pauladams, bbc news, kyiv. the russian president has said the attack on the bridge

between russia and crimea couldn't go unanswered, although ukraine hasn't declared any involvement. linking russia with occupied crimea. our russia editor, steve rosenberg, reports. after the missile strikes on ukraine, a kremlin threat to kyiv. translation: if any more | attempts are made to carry out terrorist attacks on our territory, russia's response will be harsh and will be equal to the threat posed to the russian federation. nobody should have any doubts about that. the kremlin has no doubts that it was ukrainian intelligence services that did this to the bridge between russia and annexed crimea. russia's response, the bombardment of ukraine. the missile strikes were from land, air and sea. russian state tv saw them as a turning point. "we have gone on the attack

now, on all fronts," she says. president biden condemned moscow's unprovoked aggression. but if you think the kremlin cares, think again. vladimir putin will not be distracted by international criticism of these russian attacks. he gives the impression of a leader who has long stopped caring about what the rest of the world thinks about him. his strategy, if there is one, is to keep escalating, to increase the pressure on ukraine and on the west. but escalation increases the risks, the dangers, for all sides. the conflict itself is very dangerous because neither side can afford to lose, and that means the risks of escalation is always there. of course, at least in theory, that implies under a set of certain circumstances, this escalation could go as high as a nuclear war.

and what about the russian public? surveys show that escalation is sparking growing anxiety. people here were worried about the missile strikes on ukraine and the attack on the crimean bridge. "they shouldn't have blown up the bridge," nikolai says. "it was a big mistake. "i don't support shelling civilian targets, but we had to respond. "now i worry about things escalating." it's very bad for- ukrainians, of course. i'm really sorry aboutl them and i don't know what to say — it's awful. the kremlin feels no public pressure to change course. for now, that gives president putin a free hand to act however he wants, and that means continued confrontation. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.

we'll have more from ukraine later in the programme. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. industrial plants in iran have been hit by strike action as workers support protests sparked by the death in custody last month of mahsa amini. videos show striking employees burning tyres outside a petrochemical site in south—west iran. venezuela's government says the death toll from torrential rains has risen to at least 36. at least 56 other people are reportedly missing. the area has been declared a natural disaster zone after hurricane julia's passaged. in guatemala, where three people died, the president has declared a state of national emergency. airbus and air france have denied involuntary manslaughter at the start of a trial over a plane crash off brazil more than a decade ago, which killed everyone on board. the names of all 228

victims were read out at the court in paris. the mexican government has filed another lawsuit against us companies it blames for the flow of illegal weapons into mexico. it names five prominent us gun dealers for their alleged part in trafficking weapons into mexico for use by the country's powerful drug cartels. kwasi kwarteng, the man charged with looking after the uk's finances, has now agreed to set out his plan for balancing the government's finances on the 31st of october. that's nearly a month earlier than originally planned. the economic statement is expected to give details of plans to pay for £43 billion worth of tax cuts. the latest trial of the disgraced hollywood film producer harvey weinstein is beginning in los angeles. weinstein denies 11 charges of abuse, including allegations of assault and rape.

he's already serving more than 20 years injail after being convicted of a series of sex crimes in new york. i'm joined now by her north america correspondent, peter bowes, in los angeles. he's already serving at 23 or descendents. what kind of prison time is he looking at if he's found guilty —— 23 year sentence? if he's found guilty -- 23 year sentence?— sentence? if he has found uuil sentence? if he has found guilty on _ sentence? if he has found guilty on these _ sentence? if he has found guilty on these new- sentence? if he has found i guilty on these new charges, sentence? if he has found - guilty on these new charges, he could be looking at more than 100 years in terms of a sentence, so in reality, the rest of his life in prison. already serving a 23 year prison sentence in new york. a convention which he is appealing, and the proceedings that are starting right now in los angeles were put on hold for a while while the case in new york was completed. this is a completely separate case, and as you say, 11 charges stemming

from the allegations of five women. harvey weinstein has pled not guilty, he says any encounters with women in question were consensual. and he is strongly denying the allegations against him. we'll hear from those allegations against him. we'll hearfrom those women. allegations against him. we'll hear from those women. they will be referred to as jane dough, not their real names, and this will also hear from other women who say they also were victims of sexual assault —— jane doe. were victims of sexual assault ——jane doe. this is likely were victims of sexual assault —— jane doe. this is likely to be quite a long trial. the jury selection could take a couple of weeks. we don't expect the trial itself to finish until the december.- trial itself to finish until the december. ., ~ the december. peter, thank you very much _ the december. peter, thank you very much for— the december. peter, thank you very much for that _ the december. peter, thank you very much for that update. - you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme — a bumpy ride for the iphone 14 as roller coasters are reportedly triggering the latest apple product on the market to make emergency distress calls.

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this is bbc news. i'm monica miller in singapore. our headlines... for the first time in months, the ukrainian capital is bombarded by russian missiles. president biden says the us will provide ukraine with advanced air defence systems in response to the attack. let's stay with events in ukraine. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams has been speaking exclusively to the deputy head of president zelensky�*s office about monday's attacks. the message today was to frighten ukrainians. the message today was to have panic — or at least that's what was

happening in the morning — in the rush hours when people were going to their offices, their houses, riding the car, walking on the streets. they did everything in the morning to cause panic, and that's what he has not achieved. ukrainians are much more calm now. it has not achieved. ukrainians are much more calm now. it felt a bit like a _ are much more calm now. it felt a bit like a return _ are much more calm now. it felt a bit like a return to _ are much more calm now. it felt a bit like a return to the - a bit like a return to the orderly days of the war. is that how it felt to you? == that how it felt to you? -- early day- _ that how it felt to you? -- early day. this _ that how it felt to you? -- early day. this is - that how it felt to you? -- early day. this is not - that how it felt to you? » early day. this is not the first day we have had massive missile attacks across the country. probably today, the intensity was higher. it might resemble the first days of war, but again, as far as the reaction of ukrainian president, looking for peace in ukraine. ., ., . ukraine. you mentioned critical infrastructure. _ ukraine. you mentioned critical infrastructure. it _ ukraine. you mentioned critical infrastructure. it was _ ukraine. you mentioned critical infrastructure. it was quite - infrastructure. it was quite noticeable that among the targets today, some were a bit

random, but others seemed quite deliberately targeting, particular energy power plants, leave eve this meanings still have a major problem. —— lviv this evening. i have a major problem. -- lviv this evening.— this evening. i think this will be the tactics _ this evening. i think this will be the tactics to _ this evening. i think this will be the tactics to fight - this evening. i think this will| be the tactics to fight against civilians rather than against soldiers. to fight against civilians and infrastructures and other infrastructure. not a single military infrastructure was hit today, just the civilians. today in england, we are ahead of winter and winter will be very difficult.— importantly, more than half what was restored. this feels like vladimir putin's response to the incidents at the bridge

on saturday. given the scale of the response today, are there any regrets here about what has happened?— happened? again, i would not completely — happened? again, i would not completely agree _ happened? again, i would not completely agree with - happened? again, i would not completely agree with you. i happened? again, i would not| completely agree with you. we are in kyiv today, kyiv is not the first town hit by missiles. several times today, massively per day. several times today, massively er da. , �* several times today, massively .erda. ,�* . ., several times today, massively erda. ,�* . ., ., per day. doesn't change the war in any way? _ per day. doesn't change the war in any way? no. _ per day. doesn't change the war in any way? no, ukrainian i per day. doesn't change the warl in any way? no, ukrainian armed forces will— in any way? no, ukrainian armed forces will go _ in any way? no, ukrainian armed forces will go on _ in any way? no, ukrainian armed forces will go on with _ in any way? no, ukrainian armed forces will go on with the - forces will go on with the counteroffensive. we do understand we have quite a good dynamics on all of the front line. we are standing in the doughnuts, luhansk, kherson —— —— donetsk. doughnuts, luhansk, kherson -- -- donetsk-_ -- donetsk. deputy had a president _ -- donetsk. deputy had a president zelensky's i -- donetsk. deputy had a i president zelensky's office. we often hear

about the damage that plastic does to our oceans and our wildlife — and it turns out that fishing nets are the hardest plastic of all to recycle. trawler nets are especially difficult to process because they fill up with debris when they're pulled along the sea bed. now, they'll be recyled in the uk for the first time. our environment correspondent, jonah fisher, has the story. our seas are filling up with plastic. much of it are the bottles and bags that we throw away every day. but about 10% comes from the fishing industry, and the problem with abandoned nets is that they keep catching things. on the cornish coast, that means seals. basically, seals are very curious creatures, these were spotted with cards of all next around their nets. basically, seals are very curious creatures, and they will come up and look at the lost fishing gear. it's the most exciting thing they've seen all day

and they'll play with it. and that entanglement is unfortunately life—threatening. so, how does all that fishing gear get there? well, some of it's lost, but for years, the fisherman's dirty secret was that the easiest way of getting rid of an old net was to dump it at sea. adam is a sp skipper working here. at brixham harbour, we're told that things have changed. fishermen now bringing in their own nets. as well as any debris and plastic they find out in the open sea. so, if you imagine, everybody was dumping their nets, after 6—12 months, you can imagine what would be out there. now nobody's doing it and now we're trawling it all up. it's a massive difference, we're doing. see if it's ok. for the last few years, keep britain tidy has been running a scheme has been which takes away the fishermen's old nets once they've been brought to shore. part of the reason why recycling fishing nets

is so complicated is because they're made up of all sorts of different materials. there's metal in here. there's different sorts of plastic. and that all has to be sorted out, and that's what neil's doing here, before the plastic parts, the recyclable bits, can be sent off to be processed. this new facility in the cotswolds means that nets from british trawlers can, for the first time, be recycled here in the uk. they're usable in a variety of different applications. for example, our footwear components here contains the fishing nets. so, these are in people's shoes? these are in people's shoes, yes, so people walking around with some of our customers' shoes on, they will have some fishing net in them. it's a small step forward in what will be a long journey — cleaning up our polluted oceans. jonah fisher, bbc news, in brixham harbour.

the prince and princess of wales have recorded a special addition of news beat him mark world mental health day. william and kate became reporters for the day to discuss with a panel on the field of mental health. william said part of what he'll do is talk about coping skills and other resources to help alleviate anxiety and depression. a commemorative 50p coin has been unveiled by the royal meant to mark the bbc�*s 100 anniversary. point pays tribute to the bbc�*s global reach. inscribed with "inform, educate and entertain,". the coins were produced before the queen died, which is why they don't have the image of king charles on them.

if you've been on a roller coaster recently, you may have already experienced a new feature on the iphone14 and match, which is designed to bring "peace of mind", but seems to be having the opposite effect. let's get more on this story now with stephanie prentice, our reporter in the london newsroom. stephanie, tell us exactly what's been going on with this tech. ~ ., .., what's been going on with this tech. a, .. ., ,., what's been going on with this tech. ., , , tech. monica, what some users have been _ tech. monica, what some users have been saying _ tech. monica, what some users have been saying online - tech. monica, what some users have been saying online is i tech. monica, what some users have been saying online is that| have been saying online is that the new technology on the iphone that's designed to detect serious collisions like car crash is in fact being triggered by roller coasters. what they've been saying is it has been sending out alerts alarming their loved ones, and sending alerts to local emergency services incorrectly logging a car crash. so, if we take a quick backtrack to that technology, the iphone14 launched around a month ago, and if that technology as well as the latest iwatches. what

happens is a series of sensors within that technology detect unusual movement. it triggers an alert saying, "have you been in a crash? please respond." if you don't, it will trigger an ios alert. now, users only have around 20 seconds to disable that alert, and of course, if you're on a big differ, you probably won't do that. roller coasters do deliver the perfect storm for this technology because it's an algorithm that looks at sound, at speed, at pressure. so you can see how this is been coming about. we have seen some signs on trader from amusement parks, and they've been warning users before they go on rides to disable their phone —— on twitter. we also note in that one ohio amusement park has said around six calls have been

made to emergency services from iphones. ., made to emergency services from iphones. . , , ., ., iphones. that must be a great shock to first _ iphones. that must be a great shock to first responders i iphones. that must be a great shock to first responders on i shock to first responders on the scene. has there been any sense of if it actually works in real car crash?— sense of if it actually works in real car crash? yes, and no. we know— in real car crash? yes, and no. we know that _ in real car crash? yes, and no. we know that for _ in real car crash? yes, and no. we know that for example, i we know that for example, another person on twitter said he dropped his iphone while in transit, and it sent out an alert. i think we have is sweet to look at. he said, "i was on a motorcycle ride today and my new iphone 1a flew off my handlebars and onto the highway. i drove to apple to get a new phone. so, he went on to say his mother and his girlfriend, were in a complete state of panic. however, we know around a week ago, in nebraska, there was a real car crash, and one person did have the new technology and

it correctly sent first responders to the scene. the wall streetjournal did speak wall street journal did speak to wall streetjournal did speak to apple about these alleged alerts. apple said to them this tech was designed to bring peace of mind, not panic, and so it will be interesting to see how and if they adapt the technology going forward. sounds like some major glitches and still need to be figured out. thank you very much, stephanie. a volcano on the italian island of stromboli has erupted after the partial collapse of a crater terrace triggering a three—minute seismic signal. this video captures the lava flowing down the side of the volcano into the sea and the huge plumes of smoke across the sky. stromboli is one of the most active volcanoes on the planet. the italian civil protection has raised the alert from yellow to orange and advised people on the island to stay indoors.

for more on... that is it for now with bbc world news. if you would like to keep abreast of the news, visit us at bbc .com/. hello there. despite a few isolated showers in the far northwest, on the whole, monday was a glorious autumnal day with a lot of sunshine — a great opportunity to get out and enjoy those late—summer flowers. however, clear skies by day lead to a chilly night, and we could see a touch of frost as temperatures hover around freezing early on tuesday. these are favoured spots across central and southern areas of england. a little more cloud further north and west, and here, we keep the threat of some showers. so, the showers there from the word go during tuesday and they will become a little bit more frequent as we move into the afternoon. elsewhere, clouding over a little into the northwest of england and northern ireland.

a little of fairweather cloud generally, but it will be largely fine, settled and pleasant, with 16 degrees the afternoon high. now, as we move through tuesday evening and into overnight, this weather front here will continue to drift its way steadily south and east. there'll be more isobars on the chart. the further north you are, the stronger the winds, and that will drive that rain steadily south. so, to begin with on wednesday morning, it's going to be a showery story with some heavy rain out to the west, but still, the clearest skies perhaps in east anglia and southeast england. now, that wet weather will gradually drift its way steadily south and east. it's going to take its time doing so and weaken off considerably as it moves its way down through the north of england and into south wales, staying fine and dry with highs of 18 celsius ahead of it. behind it, again, the sunshine comes through and temperatures at around 12—15 celsius. as we move into thursday, there's a better opportunity of seeing some more heavy

and persistent rain across south wales and southern england. the position and the timing of that weather front still subject to question, so it's best to keep an eye on the forecast. but on thursday, we could start off with some wet weather in the southwest, gradually drifting through wales and gradually pushing towards the london area towards the end of the day. north of that, it will be largely fine and dry away from the north—west of the great glen, where we could still see a a few scattered showers. friday into the start of the weekend turns unsettled once again, with showers or longer friday into the start of the weekend turns unsettled once again, with showers or longer spells of rain and winds will be a feature.

this is bbc news. we will have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hours straight after this programme. hello... i sat down with president zelensky on friday evening, just before the renewed russian strikes on the capital kyiv. moscow has incorporated four partially occupied regions of ukraine, a move that has no legitimacy under international law.

president putin has suggested that nuclear weapons could be used to defend these areas. president zelensky reportedly called on nato to stage