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. it comes 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 kyiv over there, and this of the university of kyiv over there, and this is a department of science and education.

the latest trial of hollywood film producer, harvey weinstein, has begun in la. he's facing 11 further charges of abuse. saving sea—life in britain, as the uk begins recycling fishing nets dumped at sea. and a bumpy ride for the iphone m, as roller coasters reportedly trigger emergency distress calls. there has been widespread international condemnation of what president putin referred to as a mass strike against ten ukrainian cities including the capital kyiv. they have all come under sustained missile attacks in 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 were the capital kyiv along with dnipro, zaporizhizhia, kharkiv and lviv. president putin said the strikes were retaliation for saturday's attack on the kerch bridge, the one land link between russia and occupied crimea. our correspondent paul adams reports from the centre of kyiv, where the strikes began early this morning. 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. jet roars overhead so... explosion 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. 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. solemn 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 kerch bridge, ukraine has not declared any actual involvement. and it remains unclear as to what actually caused it. russia has said it was a �*truck bomb�*, while some experts say there was a massive explosion below the bridge. in any case, president putin has said this act of terrorism, as he called it, couldn't go unanswered. 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 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. russian state tv saw them as a turning point. "we've 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 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.

we can now speak to ukrainian american alyssa demus who's an associate international defence researcher at the rand corporation. she joins us from los angeles. thanks very much for your time. there is a lot of concern about this talk of acceleration and what comes next. i saw emmanuel macron talking about this being a profound change in the nature of this walk. how do you view it? ~ , , ., , of this walk. how do you view it? ~ , y , of this walk. how do you view it? ~ y , ., ~ it? absolutely, first, thank ou for it? absolutely, first, thank you for having _ it? absolutely, first, thank you for having me. - it? absolutely, first, thank you for having me. after. it? absolutely, first, thank. you for having me. after your question, i think in some ways it is a change of character, and in some ways not. anything in some ways the russian regime has long targeted civilians in the conflict and in that respect it isn't a change in the nature of the conflict, but the nature of the conflict, but the fact that for the last six

months the fighting has largely been protracted on the battlefield, largely relegated to eastern and southern ukraine, the fact that the russian regime is now targeting ukrainian cities and an infrastructure that itself seems like some difference. that seems like, if you will thump me, i will bump you even harder, a putin type response, or do you think this is more strategic? it or do you think this is more strategic?— or do you think this is more strateaic? _ , strategic? it could possibly be both. on the _ strategic? it could possibly be both. on the one _ strategic? it could possibly be both. on the one hand - strategic? it could possibly be both. on the one hand it - strategic? it could possibly be | both. on the one hand it could be a tit—for—tat, as you mention, but on the other hand it is entirely possible that this is an effort to put pressure on ukrainian public in a way to create chaos and fear, much like the lanskey said in his speech, to put pressure on the ukrainian public and then conversely for the ukrainian public to put pressure on the authorities and gave to push

back. sorry, pullback, or cease fighting. in back. sorry, pullback, or cease fiuuhtin. fighting. in the medium-term, president zelensky _ fighting. in the medium-term, president zelensky has - fighting. in the medium-term, president zelensky has an - president zelensky has an opportunity to address the g7 virtual summit opportunity to address the g7 virtualsummit in opportunity to address the g7 virtual summit in the hours ahead, and i'm sure he is calling for more hardware, more support, and presumably, given everything that has happened in the past 2a hours or so, he get mad. i the past 24 hours or so, he get mad. ., ., ., mad. i would imagine that he has already — mad. i would imagine that he has already seen _ mad. i would imagine that he has already seen president i has already seen president biden has come out and pledged advanced missal defence systems that will be sent to ukraine, so i expect given the outrage shown from a world leaders on social media and public rhetoric that he will probably get the support he is asking for, maybe not to the tune he would like but certainly i think folks will be on—board. one of the awful realities of what has happened in the past couple of days is the incredible vulnerability that the country has, that civilians

have, and how easy it can be to disrupt what they think is a return to some hint of normality. i have people i speak to in kyiv who have come used to living the life again, and it is shattered in a split second, isn't it. and the powers that putin's disposal are considerable. we are heading towards winter. presumably the thread and fear of more attacks, perhaps on power stations and the like is only too evident? absolutely. there is an — only too evident? absolutely. there is an interesting - there is an interesting dichotomy here. on the one hand we are seeing zelensky and the ukrainian women coming out and telling the ukrainian public to get used to conserving power in anticipation of additional strikes on infrastructure, critical infrastructure. on the other hand we are seeing videos of ukrainians, as you mentioned in the preamble, seeing videos of ukrainians singing on subway

stations, we are seeing pictures of ukrainians returning to cafes moments after missile strikes, so that in a sense seems the morale is really unbroken.— really unbroken. thank you. industrial— really unbroken. thank you. industrial plants _ really unbroken. thank you. industrial plants in - really unbroken. thank you. industrial plants in iran - really unbroken. thank you. industrial plants in iran had| industrial plants in iran had been hit by strike action, 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 an abadan and kengan. the death toll from torrential rains has risen to at least 36. at least 56 others are reportedly missing. areas have been declared a natural disaster run after hurricane julius pull through. in guatemala, three people died. the president has declared a

state of national emergency. abbas and air france have denied involuntary manslaughter at the start of a trial over a plane crash of brazil more than a decade ago which killed everyone on—board. the names of all 228 victims were read out in the court in paris. the mexican government has filed another lawsuit against us companies it blames for the flow of illegal weapons into the country, naming five prominent us gun dealers for their alleged part in trafficking weapons into mexico for use by the country's powerful drug cartels. the disgraced hollywood film producer, harvey weinstein, is currently serving more than 20 years injail after he was convicted last year of a series of sex crimes in new york. now a further court case is under way in los angeles, with weinstein denying 11 charges of abuse, including allegations of assault and rape. earlier, i spoke to our north america correspondent

peter bowes. if he is 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. but as you say, already serving a 23—year prison sentence in new york. a conviction which he is appealing and the proceedings that are starting right now in los angeles were actually put on hold for a while while the case in new york was completed. so 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 women, they will be referred to in court as jane doe, not their real names. and this trial will also hear from other women who say they too were victims of sexual assault at the hands of harvey weinstein. this is likely to be

quite a long trial. thejury selection, which isjust getting under way, could take a couple of weeks. we don't expect the trial itself to finish until december. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: are plummeting roller coasters causing the new iphone to activate its crash detection system? parts of san francisco least affected by the earthquake are returning to life, but in the marina area where most of the damage was done, they're more conscious than ever of how much has been destroyed. in the 19 years since he was last here, he has gone from being a little—known revolutionary to an experienced and successful diplomatic operator. it was a 20—pound bomb exploded on the fifth floor of the grand hotel, - rapping a hole — in the front of the building. this government will not weaken! democracy will prevail!

it fills me with humility and gratitude to know i have been chosen as the recipient of this foremost of earthly honours. this catholic nation held its breath - for the men they call the 33. and then... bells toll. ..bells tolled nationwide - to announce the first rescue, and chile let outi an almighty roar. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: international condemnation of moscow as, for the first time in months, the ukrainian capital and other cities are bombarded by russian missiles. the latest trial of hollywood film producer harvey weinstein has begun in la — he's facing 11 further charges of abuse.

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 recycled 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. 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's 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, yes. 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 edition of bbc radioi newsbeat, to mark world mental health day. william and kate became newsbeat reporters for the day to lead a discussion with a panel in the field of mental health. william said part of what they'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 mint to mark the bbc�*s 100th anniversary. the coin pays tribute to the bbc�*s global reach. the reverse side of the coin is inscribed with "inform, educate, entertain" — those are the values set out by lord reith when he founded the bbc in 1922. the coins were produced before the queen died, which is why they do not bear the image of king charles. no matter how much you hate roller coasters, you've probably never called the police

during a loop—the—loop. but several people say their own iphones contacted emergency services and sent an sos message to their families after apple's new crash detection system was activated on the theme park ride. let's get more on this story now with our reporter stephanie prentice. tell us what's been going on with this tech? what some iphone users are staying online as phones are using the new technology which came with the latest update, intricate incorrectly by things like rollercoaster �*s, is designed for things like serious car collisions, then what is happening is incorrect alerts are being sent to loved ones as well as to emergency services, you take a quick backtrack on this, around a month ago, it is all based on sensors the update and if it is

detecting some unusual activity you will be sent a message saying it seems like you may be in cash, i will alert emergency if you don't respond. they have 20 seconds to respond, if you are on a big depot you won't get to that. if are on a big depot you won't get to that-— get to that. if you are screaming _ get to that. if you are screaming on - get to that. if you are screaming on the - get to that. if you are screaming on the big | get to that. if you are - screaming on the big dipper. rollercoaster �*s other perfect storm for this technology because it is looking at motion, speed and noise changes. motion, speed and noise changes-_ motion, speed and noise chances. ., ,, ., changes. perhaps not impact, it is therefore _ changes. perhaps not impact, it is therefore a _ changes. perhaps not impact, it is therefore a purpose, - changes. perhaps not impact, it is therefore a purpose, isn't - is therefore a purpose, isn't it? ~ , is therefore a purpose, isn't it? ~ y , is therefore a purpose, isn't it? y , it? absolutely it is based around advanced - it? absolutely it is based around advanced sensor| around advanced sensor technology but using an algorithm so it is computerised information as you can imagine rollercoaster to a computer could seem like a car crash. we had some one tweet they are putting up signs at a park saying this could happen if you use this ride and emergency alert could be sent, they are

saying put your phone on here plain road to avoid this.- plain road to avoid this. apple watchers. _ plain road to avoid this. apple watchers, they _ plain road to avoid this. apple watchers, they do _ plain road to avoid this. apple watchers, they do not - plain road to avoid this. apple watchers, they do not want i plain road to avoid this. apple watchers, they do not want to j watchers, they do not want to keep them behind while they use the rollercoaster �*s. and before we go — 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. these are live pictures. 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.

now for the second year running president biden is honouring both indigenous peoples day and columbus day, new york city has traditionally posted the largest columbus day parade and the crowds were out in today is the crowds were out in today is the italian—american community celebrate the explorer christopher columbus and his discovery of the americas. in recent years the focus of the holiday shifting to the plight of indigenous people exploited by european settlers, a lot of cities across america now marked indigenous peoples day rather than columbus day, you go back to last year president biden to declare an official indigenous peoples day long side columbus day, the very first time. let me remind you of the top story the sour. president lenski has said ukraine won't be intimidated by the wave of russian strikes across this country, in his nightly address consisting

ukrainians were now even more united and convinced russian aggressors must be neutralised. those are the latest on our main stories here on bbc. 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 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 kyiv 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 ukraine, on monday, killing at least 14 people. a further 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. industrial plants in iran have been hit by strike action, as workers support protests sparked by the death in custody last month of 22—year—old mahsa amini.