this is bbc news. the headlines: i'm david eades. 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 1a people. a further trial for 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 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. now on bbc news, in an interview recorded last week before the renewed russian strikes across ukraine, president volodymyr zelensky talks to the bbc�*sjohn simpson about russia's threat to employ nuclear weapons, the advances ukrainian forces have made into russian occupied territories and ukraine's bid tojoin nato. 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 a pre—emptive strike on russia, to stop moscow using tactical nuclear weapons, but he told me he wasn't talking about a nuclear strike. he said he was referring to pre—emptive sanctions. and he said it in english to make sure people got the point about the russian threat. they begin to prepare their society. that is very dangerous. they are not ready to use it, but they begin to communicate. what, you mean prepare society for using a nuclear weapon? it's... you know, it's. .. they don't know if they will use or if they will not use. i think that is dangerous even to speak about it. then i said, "you have to do preventive kicks," not attacks. we are not ready to kill people

like russians do it. then he switched into ukrainian. this is a very dangerous time, isn't it? because russia could — they've been warning that they might — use some form of nuclear weapon, if not a large—scale one, then a localised one. and president biden is talking about armageddon if that happens. what's your feeling? is this a particularly dangerous moment, do you think?

including the possibility of nuclear weapons?

do you think that president putin is capable of launching nuclear weapons, of using them? do you think that president putin might actually want to do that?

now, you've put an accelerated bid in tojoin nato. doesn't that also run greater risks for ukraine, for nato, for the world?

now, the ukrainian forces that are starting to do very well — both down in the south, around kherson, and also up in the north—east — why do you think now they are doing well? what's gone wrong with the russian strategy and the russian way of fighting? why aren't they putting up a stronger fight against you?

you're talking about the finishing line. by that you mean all the territory that russia has occupied of ukraine in 2014 as well as now? crimea?

there is a danger, isn't there, now that russia claims to have annexed four major areas of ukrainian territory and says

that they're russian, they belong to russia, they're part of russia, they're russian territory, russian soil. there is a danger, if you keep on fighting in those areas, they'll say you're attacking russia itself.

now, you made it clear earlier that it is western support, in particular with weapons, but also with economic support,

that's helping you do so well at the moment in the war. but this is going to be a difficult winter in europe, and there are political changes happening all over the place, including in the united states. are you worried that the western world will start to lose the kind of interest and intensity of support that it's been giving you up to now?

how is this going to end, this whole war?

and if you do win, will vladimir putin survive? you don't care whether he's still in power, whether he's thrown out?

president putin's leadership of this war is coming under increased pressure. his generals are being criticised all the time. do you think that he might actually be pushed aside?

what sort of ukraine will come out of this war? you'll still be neighbours with russia. you'll still have quite a sizeable population of people who speak russian. how are you going to create a new relationship in this entire area?

thank you so much.

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. i'm sally bundock with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. president biden promises ukraine advanced air defence systems after moscow launched its biggest aerial assault since the beginning of the war. and captured on camera — the terrifying moment this resident realised her city was once more under attack. running out of ammunition and exhausted — that's how the head of britain's gchq intelligence agency will describe russian forces in a speech later today. the latest trial of hollywood film producer,