hello, welcome to bbc news. i'm david eades. our top stories. international condemnation of moscow as for the first time in months the ukrainian capital and other cities are bombarded by russian missiles. coming asa coming as a shock to many residents unaware of what was coming their way. these were not military targets, the children's playground through the trees part of the university of achaea here, and this is a department of science and education. the trailer but harvey weinstein has begun in la he is facing 11 further charges of abuse. growing discontent in iran, all

workersjoin protests growing discontent in iran, all workers join protests against the regime. savings you live in britain, as the uk begins recycling fishing nets dumped at sea. hello, welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. there has been widespread international condemnation of what president putin referred to as a massive strike against ten ukrainian cities including the capital, kyiv. they have all come under sustained missile attacks on the biggest bombardment by russian forces since the early weeks of the conflict. many homes were reported to be among the sites targeted, along with healthcare facilities and schools. the major areas affected by the capital, kyiv, along with dnipro, zaporizhzhia, kharkiv, and

liver. president putin said the strikes were retaliation for saturday's attack on the bridge, as the one upland link between russia and occupied crimea. our correspondent reports from the centre of kyiv where the strikes began early in the morning. explosions screaming after months of quiet in the capital, the war is back. for three chaotic hours this morning, the missiles kept coming. foi’ 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. jet roars overhead

translation: 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 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. 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. as for the explosion on the bridge, the link with crimea, ukraine has not declared any actual involvement and it remains unclear as to what caused it. russia said it was a truck bomb, some experts say

there was a massive explosion below the bridge. in any case, president putin says this act of terrorism, as he called it, did not go unanswered. our russian editor steve rosenberg has this report. after the missile strikes in ukraine, a kremlin threat to gear. translation: gean translation: . , gean translation: ., translation: if any more attempts — translation: if any more attempts are _ translation: if any more attempts are made - translation: if any more attempts are made to - translation: if any more | attempts are made to carry 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 by the russian federation. nobody should have any doubts about that. ., , ., ., , should have any doubts about that. ., ., , ., that. kremlin has no doubt that it was the _ that. kremlin has no doubt that it was the ukrainian _ it was the 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. missile strikes were from land, airand sea. russian missile strikes were from land, air and sea. russian state tv saw them as a turning point. if

you think the kremlin cares, think again. vladimir putin will not be distracted by international chrism 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 are 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, though, iworry about things escalating." it's very bad for ukrainians, of course. i'm really sorry about 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. let's move on to some other

news. the disgraced hollywood film producer, harvey weinstein, is currently serving more than 20 years in jail after he was convicted last year of a series of sex crimes in new york. a further court cases getting under way in los angeles with one stint denying ii angeles with one stint denying 11 charges of abuse, including allegations of assault and rape. we can speak to our north america correspondent peter bowes who is in los angeles. what made this amount to four harvey weinstein, peter? well, if he is found _ harvey weinstein, peter? well, if he is found guilty _ harvey weinstein, peter? well, if he is found guilty on - harvey weinstein, peter? well, if he is found guilty on all- harvey weinstein, peter? well, if he is found guilty on all 11 - if he is found guilty on all 11 charges this could result in a prison sentence of more than 100 years, so in effect it will be a life sentence on top of the more than 20—year sentence that he is, as you say, already serving. he is appealing that sentence in new york. he has pleaded not guilty to these charges here in los angeles. very similar charges, 11 and all stemming from the claims of five women who say that they

were assaulted by the former film producerfrom 2004 were assaulted by the former film producer from 2004 to 2013. this is going to be quite a long trial, a jury selection started in the past two hours, that process in itself would take a few weeks. the trial itself isn't going to come to a conclusion until the end of december.— conclusion until the end of december. ., ~ , ., , december. peter, thank you very much, december. peter, thank you very much. the _ december. peter, thank you very much, the latest _ december. peter, thank you very much, the latest on _ december. peter, thank you very much, the latest on harvey - much, the latest on harvey weinstein there. anti—government protests in iran have entered the fourth week and the unrest appears to be spreading as workers in the crucial oil industry have come out on strike as well. the protests have erupted after the death of 22—year—old mahsa amini who had been arrested by the morality police. dozens of people had been detained, doesn't have been killed. iran's ofjudiciary has said he is ready to negotiate with anyone who has any any legitimate grievances. the bbc�*s reporter has the latest. some of iran's oil workers have joint anti—government protests — a significant escalation.

crowd chanting here in 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 backing down. rana rahimpour, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news. coming up — seals threatened from all of the plastics dumped on the sea. we have a report on a development that should certainly reduce the danger. parts of san francisco least affected by the earthquake are returning to life, but in the marina area where most of the damage was done, they're more conscious than ever of how much has been destroyed. in the 19 years since he was last here, he has gone from being a little—known revolutionary to an experienced and successful diplomatic operator. it was a 20—pound bomb exploded on the fifth floor of the grand hotel, - rapping a hole — in the front of the building. this government

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0ur diplomatic correspondent paul adams in kyiv has been speaking exclusively to the deputy head of president zelensky�*s office ihor zhovka, about monday's attacks. and he began by asking him what all this means for ukraine. the message today was to frighten ukrainians, the message today was to have panic, during rush hour, to happen in the morning, during rush hour, when people were going to their offices, from their houses, riding the car, going through the streets, fighting for ukraine. they did it deliberately in the morning to have the chaos and panics and that is what he has achieved. ukrainians are much more calm now. it felt a bit like a return to the early days of the war. is that how it felt to you?

well, this is the not the first day we are having massive attacks, massive missile attacks across the country. yes, probably today, it was a bit higher. it might resemble the first days of war but as far as the reaction of ukrainian president and people, that's where they are in their offices and start to work, looking for peace and victory. you mentioned critical infrastructure, it was quite noticeable that among the towns today it was a bit random but others seemed quite deliberately targeting particularly energy, power plants, lviv this evening still having major problems with electricity. winter is coming — is that a bit of a sign of things to come? yes, this will be the tactics to fight against civilians, rather than against soldiers, to fight against civilian and critical infrastructure rather than military infrastructure, not a single military infrastructure was hit, just civilian,

just the energy and yes, today, in the middle of october, we are ahead of winter and winter could be very difficult as my president was saying in united nations general assembly, so it's important to stand the ground now but very importantly today immediately more than half what was ruined was restored. this feels like moscow's response, vladimir putin's response to the incident at the kerch bridge on saturday. given the scale of russia's response today, are there any regrets here in kyiv about what happened ? again, i would not completely agree with you that this is a response. we are in kyiv today and this is not the first time kyiv has been hit by missiles several times, massively. does it hange anything, does it change the war in any way? no, no. the ukrainian armed forces continue with the ukrainian armed forces continue with their cou nteroffe nsive. we do understand we have quite good

dynamics along all the frontline, we are doing quite well in the kharkiv region and regions like donetsk and luhansk, kherson region is also doing fine so we will continue and definitely this will not stop us from achieving victory. it's big now to mark montgomery, a formal us rear navy admiral. he montgomery, a formal us rear navy admiral-— montgomery, a formal us rear navy admiral. he is now based at the foundation _ navy admiral. he is now based at the foundation for _ navy admiral. he is now based at the foundation for defence l at the foundation for defence of democracies which is a research institute which focuses on foreign policy and national security. mark, thanks very much indeed forjoining us. can ijust get first of all, your take on these attacks on notjust kyiv but so many cities across ukraine. is this a one—off as you see it as a retaliation for the kerch bridge? retaliation for the kerch bride? , ., ~ i. retaliation for the kerch bride? , ., ~ ., bridge? first, thank you for havin: bridge? first, thank you for having me _ bridge? first, thank you for having me and _ bridge? first, thank you for having me and i _ bridge? first, thank you for having me and i do -

bridge? first, thank you for having me and i do think. bridge? first, thank you for having me and i do think it| bridge? first, thank you for l having me and i do think it is a response. i'm not sure it will be a one—off but i'm sure it is what prudent measures as a proportionate response to the attack in crimea and i think is your previous interviewee was exactly right, this is as much about here as it is about striking critical infrastructure. i would not be surprised if there were follow—on strikes from this but i do think it is prudent�*s version of a proportionate response to the attack on a bridge in crimea. it’s response to the attack on a bridge in crimea.— bridge in crimea. it's quite interesting. _ bridge in crimea. it's quite interesting. i— bridge in crimea. it's quite interesting. i think - bridge in crimea. it's quite interesting. i think that - interesting. i think that president macron of france has described it as a fundamental shift in the way this conflict is going. it shift in the way this conflict is anoin. , , , is going. it is in the sense that in the _ is going. it is in the sense that in the past, - is going. it is in the sense that in the past, russianl that in the past, russian cruise missiles at critical infrastructure, they've hit civilian areas as collateral damage and i think it's much because of their poor performance of cruise and ballistic missiles. i think this was much more a concerted, deliberate attack to cause fear and weaken resilience in ukraine. 0bviously and weaken resilience in ukraine. obviously it's very

late in the procedure, ten months in, to begin to try to think about breaking the resilience of the ukrainian people but i do think, i think it's escalatory, i agree with president macron but i think putin believes it's a proportionate response. i said in introducing _ proportionate response. i said in introducing you, _ proportionate response. i said in introducing you, mark, - proportionate response. i said in introducing you, mark, thatj in introducing you, mark, that you are nuclear trains. 0ur viewers will think there is a reason for talking to mark montgomery in that case. i mean, there are steps that can be taken, many steps presumably which are certainly for civilians like today, pretty terrifying but they seem to be, as you put it, escalate read before we have to start talking once again presumably about that nuclear option. —— escalatory. i that nuclear option. -- escalatory-_ that nuclear option. -- escalatory. i think you are ritht, escalatory. i think you are right, there _ escalatory. i think you are right, there is _ escalatory. i think you are right, there is going - escalatory. i think you are right, there is going to . escalatory. i think you are right, there is going to be j right, there is going to be significantly more attacks on critical infrastructure before that. in addition, a kind of twist on the nuclear option is the idea of attacks on critical infrastructure of zaporizhzhia again and potentially causing a radioactive incident which would be equally challenging

and deadly for locals in the area and have long—term impacts on health and safety of ukrainian cities in the region. i'm presuming, i understand we are going to hearfrom president zelenskyy, he will be addressing the g7 virtual summit on tuesday and inevitably calling once again for more support, more military support as well. given all that's happened in the last 48 hours or so, it would be extraordinary not to hear further voices of absolute support at this stage for ukraine. i support at this stage for ukraine-— support at this stage for ukraine. . ., ~ ukraine. i agree, and i think we will see _ ukraine. i agree, and i think we will see very _ ukraine. i agree, and i think we will see very explicitly. l we will see very explicitly. the us has promised eight national advanced surface and missile systems, called nasams, two of them should be delivered by the end of november. i'm not sure how exhilarated that can occur because there is training going on right now. slight exhilaration is, maybe it gets here early in mid—november, and

that would be two systems you can put in kyiv. the other six systems are months to about half a year away so there is going to be a push for, how do we get air defence capable systems? i'm not sure there is an easy answer to that, but i do believe the united states and its european partners had to continue this persistent drumbeat of $1 billion to $1.5 billion every two weeks for military assistance in terms of howitzers, rounds, things like that. ., ,. howitzers, rounds, things like that. , that. the global support. there is another _ that. the global support. there is another question _ that. the global support. there is another question difficult - is another question difficult to answer, i know, but what does this mean for the duration of the conflict? i does this mean for the duration of the conflict?— of the conflict? i think that we are heading _ of the conflict? i think that we are heading into - of the conflict? i think that we are heading into a - of the conflict? i think that | we are heading into a time. where we going to get into a stalemate on the front lines over the next month, if you listen to american army observers, they will tell you that. and then you get into these infrastructure attacks. i think you are in for a painful winter in ukraine. but they

should be reassured by the fact that the united states and europe will continue to rearm them and we will give them significantly more longer range rounds, howitzers, artillery rounds, howitzers, artillery rounds and just keep pouring that stuff in, 19 the balance on the ukrainian side in conduct. on the ukrainian side in conduct-— on the ukrainian side in conduct. ~ ., , on the ukrainian side in conduct. ~' ., , . ~' conduct. mark montgomery, thank ou ve conduct. mark montgomery, thank you very much _ conduct. mark montgomery, thank you very much indeed. _ 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. 0ur environment correspondent jonah fisher has the story. 0ur 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. 0n the cornish coast, that means seals. these were spotted with parts of old nets around their necks. 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? we'll just change this and change that. some of it is lost, but for years, the fishermen�*s dirty secret was that the easiest way of getting rid of an old net was to dump it at sea. adam is a skipper working out of brixham harbour, and he says things have changed, with fishermen now bringing in their old 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, a massive difference we're making. see if it's ok. for the last few years, a scheme has been in place which takes away the fisherman�*s old nets once they have been brought to shore. part of the reason why recycling fishing nets is so complicated is because they are 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 is what neil is doing here, before the plastic parts, the recyclable bits, can be sent off to be processed. this is the new processing facility in the cotswolds, which 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'll have some fishing net in them. incredible, so it's gone from being a net to footwear. yeah, absolutely, yeah. 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. a volcano on the italian island of stromboli has erupted after the partial collapse of a crater terrace, triggering a 3—minute seismic signal. this video just 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. and that is bbc news. thanks for watching. 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. however, clear skies by day lead to a chilly night, and we could see a touch of frost 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 few scattered showers. friday into the start of the weekend turns unsettled once again, with showers or longer spells of rain and the winds will be a feature.

this is bbc news. the headlines: president biden has promised to provide advanced air defence systems after the worst russian attack on ukrainian cities for months. his comments come after russia launched more than 80 missiles at sites across the country on monday, killing at least 14 people. industrial plants in iran have been hit by strike action as workers support protests which were sparked by the death in custody last month of 22—year—old mahsa amini. there have also been strikes at a number of other refineries, including in abadan in the west and kengan in the south. a further trial for the disgraced hollywood film producer, harvey weinstein,

is beginning in los angeles. weinstein denies 11 charges of abuse, including allegations