this is bbc news — these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. air raid sirens have gone off again across ukraine, a day after russia launched some of the worst attacks there for months. the head of the british intelligence agency, gchq, will say in a speech today that russian forces in ukraine are exhausted. another intervention from the bank of england as it steps in to stabilise markets — it's warning of a �*material risk�* to financial stability. the unemployment rate in the uk is at its lowest level for almost 50 years according to figures released this morning. the supreme court will begin a two—day hearing on whether scotland can call an independence referendum without the consent of the uk government.

thailand's prime minister attends the funerals of the children killed at a daycare centre last week. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. warnings of further attacks continue across ukraine this morning, a day after a wave of strikes by russia. yesterday, missiles hit cities across the country — killing at least 19 people and wounding more than 100 more. air raid sirens have sounded across kyiv and other cities into this morning. the southern city of zaporizhzhia was shelled again overnight, with authorities saying one person was killed and public buildings — including a school — were damaged.

work is under way across ukraine to restore electricity supplies damaged during monday's attacks. in his nightly address, volodymyr zelensky warned people to �*follow safety rules�*, saying �*the danger is still here, but we are fighting.�* later today the leaders of the g7 nations will meet virtually, and are expected to hear from the ukrainian president. meanwhile the head of britain�*s intelligence agency, gchq, will say in a speech later that russian forces are �*exhausted�* and suggest moscow is running out of ammunition and supplies. we�*re also expecting to hear from the secretary general of nat, ahead of a meeting of defence ministers tomorrow. paul adams has the latest. after months of quiet in the

capital, the war is back. for three chaotic hours, the missiles kept coming. for one young woman, already recording her own sense of shock and narrow escape. a major city... my bbc colleague was broadcasting live when it all began. translation: , ., . when it all began. translation: , ., translation: they want panic and chaos, translation: they want panic and chaos. they — translation: they want panic and chaos, they want _ translation: they want panic and chaos, they want to _ translation: they want panic and chaos, they want to destroy - translation: they want panic and chaos, they want to destroy our - chaos, they want to destroy our energy system. they are hopeless. the second target is people. such goals were specifically 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. we restore everything that is destroyed-— we restore everything that is destro ed. ., , ., , destroyed. tourist locations were hit, too. destroyed. tourist locations were hit. too. this. — destroyed. tourist locations were hit, too. this, the _ destroyed. tourist locations were hit, too. this, the city's - destroyed. tourist locations were hit, too. this, the city's famous l hit, too. this, the city�*s famous

glass bridge. at times it felt like a city being punished in its most iconic places. for many, it meant a hasty return to bomb shelters, not used for months.— used for months. they want to destroy our — used for months. they want to destroy our people, _ used for months. they want to destroy our people, our - destroy our people, our infrastructure, everything. i am extremely _ infrastructure, everything. i am extremely angry. _ infrastructure, everything. i am extremely angry. when - infrastructure, everything. lam extremely angry. 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 has been almost four months since the last attack here 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 over there and this is a government department of science and education. nearby, a huge crater in a place where children come to play. these two

live around the corner and their children and grandchildren know this place well. translation: , ., , translation: oh, it is horrible. this is our— translation: oh, it is horrible. this is our life _ 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 - this is our life and just now, i don�*t know, and abyss has opened up in our lives. it is terrible. we will be more careful now. when the sirens sound, we will go straight to the shelter. it sirens sound, we will go straight to the shelter-— the shelter. it was not 'ust the caital. the shelter. it was not 'ust the capital. in i the shelter. it was not 'ust the capital. in the t the shelter. it was notjust the capital. in the southern - the shelter. it was notjust the capital. in the southern city, i the shelter. it was notjust the capital. in the southern city, itj capital. in the southern city, it was another hellish mind. one of many in recent days, another 14 civilians died in one apartment block. ten missiles fell, one landing right in front of a bus. far to the west, explosions in lviv, the city has not been hit since the spring. much of it is still without power. in the famously deep metro in kyiv, 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. that euphoria is gone. fear once again stoking the capital. gone. fear once again stoking the caital. . , , capital. our correspondence but is this undate- _ capital. our correspondence but is this update. we _ capital. our correspondence but is this update. we are _ capital. our correspondence but is this update. we are here - capital. our correspondence but is this update. we are here in - capital. our correspondence but is this update. we are here in the i capital. our correspondence but is| this update. we are here in the car park because of those aerated sirens. we heard them earlier this morning. they went up across the country so i think people today are really in shelters, seeking cover after what happened yesterday with multiple cities being attacked. the capital city, kyiv, was also hit, including a location quite close to our hotel here. we had an update from the officials in the city in the south of the country close to the south of the country close to the front lines, a city that has been frequently targeted by russian

forces in recent weeks. the authorities there are saying that at least one person has been killed as a result of overnight chilling. the authorities say 12 missiles had been fired and public facilities, public buildings were hit including a school. again, at least one person has been killed. we also had an update from the emergency services about what happened yesterday and they say that 19 people had been killed as a result of the attacks yesterday. 105 were injured. the authorities said that russia had fired more than 80 styles at cities across the country. the air defence systems managed to shut down more than half of them but again, today i think the fear is that more attacks could come as russia continues to bombard the cities across the country. bombard the cities across the count . ., ., , . country. you paint a vivid picture of what is _ country. you paint a vivid picture of what is happening _ country. you paint a vivid picture of what is happening across - country. you paint a vivid picture of what is happening across the l of what is happening across the country. where you are in kyiv,

which had been relatively safe in the past few weeks and months, can you give us a picture of how people are behaving, are they walking about on the streets or are they returning to the underground bunkers? i think toda , to the underground bunkers? i think today. most— to the underground bunkers? i think today, most people _ to the underground bunkers? i think today, most people are _ to the underground bunkers? i think today, most people are just - to the underground bunkers? i think today, most people are just like - to the underground bunkers? i think today, most people are just like us. today, most people are just like us here, seeking shelter, because for quite some time, there was this sense of weird normality here in kyiv shops were open, restaurants, bars were busy, the city had not been attacked for quite some time and kyiv is away from the front line so there was a sense that life was returning to normal as much as possible. even though war was always in the background, people were talking about it, i�*m pretty sure that most people here know somebody who is fighting, who is on the battlefields, but here in kyiv, also in lviv, another city attacked yesterday, a city in the west of the country closer to the polish border, there was this feeling that life was

returning to normal and i think that feeling has been shaken at least for now because of those attacks that happened yesterday. i spoke with some residents who said, yes, they were afraid, but i think feel determined to carry on with their lives. there is this determination, this defiance from people across the country to continue with their lives and to continue to support the war effort here in this country. shashankjoshi is visiting senior research fellow at king�*s college london and defence editor at the economist. how likely are we to see more attacks in ukraine in the way that we did yesterday and does russia have the weaponry to launch those attacks? i have the weaponry to launch those attacks? ~' ., have the weaponry to launch those attacks? ~ ., ., ,., , ., attacks? i think for the reason you iml , attacks? i think for the reason you imply. rush _ attacks? i think for the reason you imply. rush it— attacks? i think for the reason you imply, rush it will— attacks? i think for the reason you imply, rush it will be _ attacks? i think for the reason you imply, rush it will be a _ attacks? i think for the reason you imply, rush it will be a fairly - imply, rush it will be a fairly judicious and how it conducts similar attacks like this. yesterday

was a very sizeable attack. just take the obvious, it was the biggest attack since the opening day of the campaign back in february. russia is, as we have heard on your bulletins from the gchq, running out of weapons, running out of specifically precision weapons, thoseit specifically precision weapons, those it launched yesterday those launched from ships and from the ground and missiles launched from planes. so, in my assessment, it has to reserve those missiles for two things. one of them is the potential escalation of the war and conflict with nato. it needs to keep enough munitions in reserve to deal with that contingency. it also needs to keep enough in reserve to deal with another response of the kind it conducted in revenge for the bridge attack. for example, if ukraine strikes the bridge again or if ukraine succeeds in striking a city

over the border inside russia proper so for those reasons i think it would have to be quite measured in how often it can do these kinds of theatrical spectacular mass air strikes. ., ., , strikes. from the other side, ukraine says _ strikes. from the other side, ukraine says at _ strikes. from the other side, ukraine says at least - strikes. from the other side, ukraine says at least 43 - strikes. from the other side, ukraine says at least 43 out | strikes. from the other side, | ukraine says at least 43 out of strikes. from the other side, - ukraine says at least 43 out of the 83 missiles were shutdown yesterday. does that sound plausible to you, that figure? it does that sound plausible to you, that figure?— that figure? it is very difficult to tell. the figures _ that figure? it is very difficult to tell. the figures i _ that figure? it is very difficult to tell. the figures i have - that figure? it is very difficult to tell. the figures i have heard i that figure? it is very difficult to i tell. the figures i have heard over the last couple of months have been that the ukrainian air defences are intercepting between 40 and six t % of russian missiles coming in so yes, that figure offered by the ukrainians of half the number of missiles would be plausible. i can believe that. but it is important to note that that is with extensive help from the west who are giving ukraine information about the lunches of russian missiles, information gleaned possibly from american infrared subtle rights and nato�*s network of long—range radar that can see over the horizon and

see these lunches will be for ukraine�*s own radar systems which were destroyed in the early days of the work and see them. if you didn�*t have that advanced warning, ukraine�*s air defence, although still operating, it would not have enough warning time to take these out with the same degree of reliability so i think the key thing is, ukraine still needs extensive help to be able to take out these weapons and it doesn�*t have enough air defence systems to cover all of its cities and all of its strategic sites. ., , . its cities and all of its strategic sites. ., . , , , sites. nato's defence blisters meet tomorrow. realistically, _ sites. nato's defence blisters meet tomorrow. realistically, is- sites. nato's defence blisters meet tomorrow. realistically, is there i tomorrow. realistically, is there anything that they can achieve that will make a difference?— will make a difference? nothing decisive but _ will make a difference? nothing decisive but of _ will make a difference? nothing decisive but of course, - will make a difference? nothing decisive but of course, the - will make a difference? nothing - decisive but of course, the weapons they are providing are indispensable for ukraine to be making the advances it is still making on the battlefield. we sometimes forget that it battlefield. we sometimes forget thatitis battlefield. we sometimes forget that it is still advancing as well. the problem for nato i think is not a short—term problem. there are some

short—term concerns like germany saying it is now rushing its air defence systems to kyiv in a number of days rather than waiting for weeks so there are going to be some accelerated shipments in response to this attack, i believe. ithink accelerated shipments in response to this attack, i believe. i think the bigger issue for nato is not a short—term issue, it is the issue of long—term supply or i should say medium—term supply because when i talk to officials, the concern i hear is that if this work goes on until the spring, and i think it will, at that stage, the ability to keep giving ukraine the same rate of an munition, the same level of guns, armoured vehicles, that will be questioned and this will become a defence industrial for nato and european states in particular at that point. european states in particular at that point-— european states in particular at that oint. ., ., that point. really good to hear your thou:hts that point. really good to hear your thoughts and _ that point. really good to hear your thoughts and insights. _ that point. really good to hear your thoughts and insights. thank - that point. really good to hear your thoughts and insights. thank you. | the head of the british intelligence agency, gchq, will say in a speech today that russian forces in ukraine are exhausted. sirjeremy fleming will suggest

that moscow is running out of ammunition and president putin is making errors ofjudgement. speaking to nick robinson on bbc radio 4�*s today programme, sirjeremy outlined gchq�*s understanding of the situation in ukraine. we believe that russia is running short of munitions. it is certainly running short of friends and we have seen, because of the declaration for mobilisation, that it is running short of troops. i think the answer to that is pretty clear. russia and russia�*s commanders are worried about the state of their military machine. they are, to use your words, desperate? the word i have used is desperate and we can see that desperation at many levels inside russian society and inside the russian military machine. the reason i press you on that is that we get former generals coming on this programme, who, i think it is fair to describe, are worried about complacency, worried that this

messaging suggests that ukraine are going to win and russia will lose. should we be wary about that? it certainly does not comply complacency. in the dreadful attacks yesterday, we can see that russia still has a capable military machine, it can launch weapons, it has deep stocks and expertise and yet, it is very broadly stretched in ukraine. the bank of england has been forced to intervene once again in the markets, warning of a �*material risk�* to financial stability. the emergency move this morning will see the bank buy a wider range of government debt, in order to restore conditions in the markets. it follows on from yesterday�*s announcement of further meaures aimed at ensuring an "orderly end" to its emergency bond buying scheme. today the institute

for fiscal studies think tank warned the chancellor will need to make "big and painful" spending cuts to put the country�*s finances on a sustainable path. it suggests the chancellor could increase working—age benefits in line with average earnings, limit public investment to 2% of national income and cut the budgets of every government department except health and defence by 15%. the iff says it is not possible to liver that by trimming the fat and it would require major cuts to puppet services. the chancellor says he once to get it on a sustainable basis. it looks to us like that will mean tens of billions of pounds of spending cuts in order to achieve that. it is hard to see what other way out of the chancellor has.

our business correspondence explained more of the financial position the uk is in. what we have seen over the last few daysis what we have seen over the last few days is the interest in government bonds, the yield, rising. that figure also affects what people will pay for fixed rates figure also affects what people will pay forfixed rates mortgages figure also affects what people will pay for fixed rates mortgages for example. this is happening because these bonds are owned a lot of the time of pension funds. the prices are following in the circumstances those pension funds find themselves in is they need to sell of government bond holdings. that is reducing the prices even further. to avoid a fire sale, what we saw two weeks ago was the bank of england�*s stepping in and saying it would start buying up these bonds to keep the market in a more orderly estate. that is supposed to come to an end at the end of this week. what the bank of doing now is saying, it will still end at the end of this week but we are going to buy more bonds on a daily basis until then and

introduce other measures to keep market volatility at a minimum. why is the market volatile in the first place? that appears to be a reaction to the chancellor of the exchequer�*s mini budget in september in which he set out plans for tax cuts and reversals of tax rises with tens of billions of pounds at a time when the government was already going to have to borrow extensively in order to pay for energy subsidies because people were facing huge increases in their energy bills and there was no idea of where this money would come from. now what we have is the chancellor has brought forward an economic statement until the end of this month, the office for budget responsibility, they will vet those figures and will have to see then whether it will adds up and what reaction we get from international investors. but at the moment we are going through a period of intense volatility and that is why the bank giving and has had to step in. is it actually the _

giving and has had to step in. is it actually the bank of england's actually the bank of england�*s problem to solve? isn�*t it the fact that the government has got to demonstrate the public finances are in a sustainable position and until they do, this market volatility is going to continue, isn�*t it? ultimately, yes, that is the line that the bank of england seem to have taken by saying its intervention as a temporary measure intervention as a temporary measure in order to intervention as a temporary measure in orderto maintain intervention as a temporary measure in order to maintain a certain element of stability but its statement today that there is a material risk to financial stability, that is a very powerful statement. it is kind of a warning to the government which, we have seen warnings from various quarters, the institute of fiscal for example, saying the government will have to raise a great deal of money if it is to achieve its target of balancing the budget in the medium—term. what we are seeing here is kind of a warning to the government which has to come out with its figures at the end of the month. those figures in some way have to add up and if they don�*t, then we could see further

volatility on the markets, we could see bond prices reacting still further and that would be a very difficult period for the government. it is a warning, yes, and it means that the government, when it comes out with those proposals at the end of the month, will either have to rein in some of its plans to cut taxes, or will have to find ways of cutting spending and that could be extremely painful. ghee cutting spending and that could be extremely painful.— cutting spending and that could be extremely painful. give me a sense of how long — extremely painful. give me a sense of how long the _ extremely painful. give me a sense of how long the bank _ extremely painful. give me a sense of how long the bank of _ extremely painful. give me a sense | of how long the bank of england can continue to intervene in this way. has it got unlimited reserves to buy what it needs to? the has it got unlimited reserves to buy what it needs to?— what it needs to? the bank of encland what it needs to? the bank of england ultimately _ what it needs to? the bank of england ultimately if - what it needs to? the bank of england ultimately if it - what it needs to? the bank of england ultimately if it needs| what it needs to? the bank of l england ultimately if it needs to come is capable of creating money, thatis come is capable of creating money, that is what central banks do. the problem is that if you do that, if you are doing it in order to stabilise a situation created by a government which is effectively spending more than it can afford, you are going to run into all sorts of problems, not least inflation

which is already at a high level, starting to run out of control. the bank giving that is in charge of keeping things stable, that is what it wants to do. it will intervene as much as necessary to avoid a crisis but ultimately, it is the government�*s job to balance but ultimately, it is the government�*sjob to balance its but ultimately, it is the government�*s job to balance its own books and the strong hints from the bank of england today is that it will keep its intervention going until the end of the week. it is giving pension funds a chance to unwind some of their more vulnerable positions so that when this help is removed, they are not in as much trouble as they were a couple of weeks ago, but ultimately, it is a policy issue, not a bank of england issue. what the bank of england is doing here is buying itself a little bit of time and buying pension funds and little bit of time to unwind the positions that are causing them problems in the first place. earlier i spoke to our uk political correspondent ian watson about why the bank of england has decided to intervene further in the country�*s fianancial markets.

the bank will be worried of course about loss of confidence in the markets. it�*s as fundamental as that. it was assumed that, actually, once they had bought those gilts, those government bonds, that they would have been in a position to wind that down. they�*re trying to do that in a way that wouldn�*t cause any panic yesterday, but a further intervention today probably will. i think what is interesting politically from this is that the government has argued, of course, that there may be some short—term difficulties but they�*re doing some things to address this. one of them is bringing forward this medium—term fiscal plan, as they call it, to get rid of the gobbledygook, an economic plan, from november 23rd to the end of this month, october 31st, and it will try to set out or address some of the things which the markets may have been concerned about. in other words, if there�*s unfunded tax cuts, what is the government doing to bring public spending under control? that�*s why we�*ve been hearing this debate from the institute of fiscal studies and others about what the government might cut

and the scale of those cuts. we�*ll get some more on that detail by the month but what is interesting, i think, is the mere fact that this statement has been brought forward hasn�*t been enough, clearly, to calm nerves hence the bank of england intervention today. it�*s also timed to come ahead of when the bank of england�*s monetary policy committee will decide on how much — and it will be a rise — but how much interest rates will go up by. and, again, it was hoped that the content of that statement might perhaps steady some nerves and we may get a smaller increase than otherwise would have been the case. so the content of kwasi kwarteng�*s economic plan is going to be absolutely crucial but the mere announcement of bringing it forward and giving people a hint that, if you like, an attempt to balance the books over time, to show, to demonstrate how public expenditure will be brought under control, despite the tax cuts, that has not been enough to put perhaps the economic ship back on an even keel.

iain, kwasi kwarteng will be taking questions from mps today for the first time since he announced his so—called mini—budget. what sort of reception is he likely to receive and what does he need to say? i think he needs to calm nerves, especially on his own side of the house of commons. already, we have heard there from pat mcfadden, the shadow treasury minister, rachel reeves, the shadow chancellor, has also been commenting this morning and clearly what labour are pushing for is for a reversal of not so mini—budget that they announced a few weeks ago. that said, though, it�*s a bit of an odd position because labour obviously agree with the reversal of the national insurance rise, the legislation that makes that happen is also going through the house of commons today and they say they are in favour of a cut in the basic rate of income tax, so they obviously don�*t want a complete reversal. but what they do want, i think, is to look at different ways of raising money, the windfall tax, for example, and almost going ahead

with rishi sunak�*s plan that increases taxes on big businesses, corporation tax as well. so there will be a debate across the house on those kinds of measures but on the conservative backbenches, they want to just basically know that he and liz truss have gota grip. they are concerned, again, about unfunded tax cuts, they�*re concerned about the market reaction and the want more detail about what he�*s going to do to try to tell people that there is really a plan here, notjust growth but a plan to get the public finances under control as well. so i�*m not expecting a huge mutinous rebellion on conservative backbenchers but i�*m expecting quite a few people to be shuffling in their seats and perhaps asking some of those difficult questions. the number of care workers in england has fallen for the first time, leaving more people without the support they need according to new figures. unfilled care jobs rose by 52% in a year,

the fastest rate on record. our social affairs editor, alison holt has this report. james waterhouse is settling into his new rented home in rotherham. he would not have been able to move here if he had not given up thejob he loved working in a care home with people with dementia. it was the firstjob i had where i was thinking, i am actually good at this, i am making a difference. he is one of many who according to today�*s report are leaving jobs in adult social care. he was paid the minimum wage even when he was working as the senior person in charge overnight. he only got an extra £3 for the whole 12 hour shift. working with the elderly and knowing that i have helped improve some lives somewhere and knowing that i cannot do that now unless i have to make massive personal sacrifices to do that, it is wrong. it should not be that, people shouldn�*t have to make sacrifices in their own lives

in terms of struggling to pay bills, struggling to buy food and things like that. by moving to a job working with children, he was immediately paid £2 and our more. when it comes to the shortage of care workers, it is really difficult to grasp the scale of the problem. we are here in rotherham and 110,000 people live in the town itself. that is roughly the number of vacancies there where in social care last year. this year, there are 165,000 emptyjobs. that is a record 52% increase in care job vacancies in england in one year. despite more older or disabled people needing support, the number of people actually working in care has full on for the first time, dropping by 50,000. there are particular concerns about the difficulty of recruiting young people and nurses to care jobs. behind all of those

statistics are peoples lives. so i think we need to have the conversation about what social care looks like in the future because i think it is having an impact on peoples lives today and social care does not exist without the workforce. the government says it is putting record extra funding into social care, including money for the recruitment and training of staff. let�*s cross to the supreme court now — which is just starting a two—day hearing into whether scotland can call an independence referendum without the consent of the uk government. nicola sturgeon used her speech at her party�*s conference on monday to reiterate her commitment to making scotland an independent country. she told delegates it was essential to escape westminster control and mismanagement. and return to the eu.

our scotland correspondence is outside the supreme court in london and joins as now. took us through exactly what we can expect from this hearing. exactly what we can expect from this hearini. , ., , ., hearing. this hearing is due to start any time _ hearing. this hearing is due to start any time now, _ hearing. this hearing is due to start any time now, we - hearing. this hearing is due to - start any time now, we understand. the media have been gathering for the last couple of hours here at the supreme court. they have now made their way up into the court room but also there are some supporters for scottish independence, hoping that the ruling will go in favour of the scottish government here so that would mean an independence referendum this time next year in october 2023. referendum this time next year in 0ctober2023. now, going back to 2014, just to give you some context as to why we are here, gathered at the supreme court, waiting for this to start. the 2014 referendum, the scottish government was given temporary powers by westminster to

have a legal referendum. now, scotland�*s first minister would like to have the referendum next year in october. she would like to do that the same way. she would like to see the same way. she would like to see the transfer of powers as section 30 orders. she has asked westminster for those powers on several occasions. borisjohnson made it clear several times that he did not want to have an independent referendum, echoing the words back of the snp, he said it was a once in a generation and now was not the time. the new conservative prime minister, liz truss, has also made it very clear that she will not, does not want to have another independence referendum. so, here we are at the supreme court in london. this is due to get under way anytime now. there are five judges and they will be asked the question, if the

scottish government has the legal power to go ahead and have that referendum next year, an independence referendum, without the permission from westminster, without those powers being transferred. but the union is a reserved matter and the union is a reserved matter and the scottish government cannot pass laws that relate to the union. the scottish government will argue that it would be an advisory referendum and what that means is, they will put the question to people in scotland who would have a voter. they are calling it an advisory referendum and they are saying that it would have no immediate legal impact. now, those arguments will be made by the scottish government�*s senior lawyer, the lord advocate, so it is getting very noisy here behind

me. i did not quite here what you said there, so it will be argued that that would not directly to the union. the uk government will argue that there is no such thing as a consultative referendum. the uk government�*s senior lawyer in scotland, keith stewart... i think i am being told that proceedings are under way. 50 am being told that proceedings are under wa . ._ am being told that proceedings are under wa . ., , am being told that proceedings are under wa . ._ , , under way. so it may be helpful if i exlain a under way. so it may be helpful if i exolain a few _ under way. so it may be helpful if i explain a few points. _ under way. so it may be helpful if i explain a few points. first, - under way. so it may be helpful if i explain a few points. first, this - explain a few points. first, this court _ explain a few points. first, this court is — explain a few points. first, this court is the _ explain a few points. first, this court is the highest court in civil matters — court is the highest court in civil matters for— court is the highest court in civil matters for the whole of the uk. it applies— matters for the whole of the uk. it applies the law of whichever part of the uk _ applies the law of whichever part of the uk the — applies the law of whichever part of the uk the case comes from, including _ the uk the case comes from, including scots law in scottish cases — including scots law in scottish cases it — including scots law in scottish cases. it draws itsjudges from all parts _ cases. it draws itsjudges from all parts of— cases. it draws itsjudges from all parts of the uk, including judges who had — parts of the uk, including judges who had served for many years in the

scottish— who had served for many years in the scottish courts. it is based in london _ scottish courts. it is based in london. but it is also set elsewhere in the _ london. but it is also set elsewhere in the uk, _ london. but it is also set elsewhere in the uk, including scotland. secondly, this court has a special function — secondly, this court has a special function under the devolution legislation. it is possible, in some circumstances, for the lord advocate and her_ circumstances, for the lord advocate and her opposite numbers in the other— and her opposite numbers in the other devolved governments and the uk government to refer legal questions about devolution to this court _ questions about devolution to this court for— questions about devolution to this court for decision. that is what the lord advocate has done in this case. but the _ lord advocate has done in this case. but the uk _ lord advocate has done in this case. but the uk government argues that that power cannot properly be used in the _ that power cannot properly be used in the circumstances of this case and that— in the circumstances of this case and that even if it can be used, the court _ and that even if it can be used, the court in _ and that even if it can be used, the court in its — and that even if it can be used, the court in its discretion should decline _ court in its discretion should decline to decide the question referred _ decline to decide the question referred. so the first point the court — referred. so the first point the court has _ referred. so the first point the court has to decide is whether the question. — court has to decide is whether the question, which the lord advocate was referred, is one that the court

can and _ was referred, is one that the court can and should properly answer. if the lord _ can and should properly answer. if the lord advocate succeeds on that point, _ the lord advocate succeeds on that point, the — the lord advocate succeeds on that point, the court there needs to decide — point, the court there needs to decide the answer to the question which _ decide the answer to the question which she — decide the answer to the question which she has referred, which in essence — which she has referred, which in essence is — which she has referred, which in essence is whether the powers of the scottish _ essence is whether the powers of the scottish parliament enable it to legislate for a referendum on legislate fora referendum on scottish— legislate for a referendum on scottish independence. the _ scottish independence. the third point that i should make clear— the third point that i should make clear is— the third point that i should make clear is that despite the political context— clear is that despite the political context of this reference, the question— context of this reference, the question has to decide are limited to technical questions of law. the court _ to technical questions of law. the court wiii— to technical questions of law. the court will decide them by applying le-al court will decide them by applying legal principles. for— legal principles. for three and finally, the court will require a time after the hearing _ will require a time after the hearing to prepare itsjudgment. the hearing _ hearing to prepare itsjudgment. the hearing is— hearing to prepare itsjudgment. the hearing is the tip of the iceberg. we also — hearing is the tip of the iceberg. we also have more than 8000 pages of written _ we also have more than 8000 pages of written material to consider.

therefore, as is usual, it's likely to he _ therefore, as is usual, it's likely to be some _ therefore, as is usual, it's likely to be some months before we give our judgment _ to be some months before we give our judgment. lord advocate. thank to be some months before we give our judgment. lord advocate.— judgment. lord advocate. thank you, iood judgment. lord advocate. thank you, good morning- _ judgment. lord advocate. thank you, good morning. this _ judgment. lord advocate. thank you, good morning. this is _ judgment. lord advocate. thank you, good morning. this is a _ judgment. lord advocate. thank you, good morning. this is a reference - judgment. lord advocate. thank you, good morning. this is a reference of. good morning. this is a reference of a devolution issue made under paragraph... studio: you are watching pictures with me of the uk supreme court, which is beginning today to consider whether the scottish parliament has the power to hold another independence referendum. scotland�*s first minister nicola sturgeon wants to hold a vote this time next year but has been blocked by the government in westminster, the uk prime minister liz truss has refused to transfer powers to the devolved administration in edinburgh to hold the vote on october the 19th next year. therefore, the scottish and the uk governments are making their

cases before a panel of five judges that you saw there at the supreme court in london, which as the supreme court president robert reid explained, is the highest court in civil matters for the whole of the uk. that hearing will go on for two days and we will of course bring you updates of it here on bbc news. funerals for victims of the thailand nursery massacre have begun, as families continue to mourn the death of children killed at a day care centre last week. monks have been praying for the victims. 37 people, including the attacker, died — 23 of them were children. it�*s one of the worst child death tolls in a massacre by a single killer in recent history. our southeast asia correspondentjonathan head has more from uthai sawan. i�*m actually at one of three temples, which is where these funerals are taking place. it�*s a smaller one. there are 11 victims here, including notjust children,

but also one of the teachers who stayed in the classroom with the children and died with them. and theirfamilies are here, as you can see. but there�*s a huge number of people here. this is — for this community, which is quite small, a massive event. it�*s a royally sponsored funeral. it�*s taken a bit longer than it would have done. there have been four days of mourning, but this is the last day. and in the next few hours, what we�*re going to be seeing here is the families themselves, the coffins are some way behind me, behind the awnings behind me. they�*ve been giving their kind of last prayers to those coffins, offering food to them, talking to the dead children inside. and the coffins have the pictures of the children with favourite toys, favourite clothes, you know, favourite food is given to them. in a few hours�* time, the coffins will be taken out of where they�*re being stored, inside large refrigerated units, and taken to a crematorium. in this temple, they�*ve got a portable crematorium where they will be cremated one by one. it�*ll be quite a long process. in a much larger temple nearby,

where there are 18 children and one adult being cremated, they�*re actually having a big open air cremation. the whole thing is being shared across the community and among all the families of the victims. so it�*s a big cathartic day and a very important day in thai funerals, the moment when the bodies are burnt and their spirits in a way are released from the bodies once they�*re reduced to ashes. at that point, you know, these proceedings are over. this community will have to go back to dealing with the enormous shock of what�*s happened and the loss of so many very, very young children. it�*s almost a large chunk of a generation that�*s gone. and thailand itself is going to have to look at the questions that have been raised by this. it�*s a very troubling incident. i mean, so savage, so cruel, no—one can understand it. people are asking whether it was drugs. there were drug issues with the perpetrator. was it guns? he had a gun, although he used knives on the children. was it something else or was it some freak attack which perhaps nobody could have either

predicted or stopped? those are the questions this country is going to have to start asking. we�*re already seeing the government react by saying it�*s going to get tough on drugs, it�*s going to get tough on guns. but people have heard this many times before. these are very difficult problems to eradicate. and past thai governments have made very little progress. so i don�*t think most people think that is going to be the answer to this awful tragedy. i think it�*s going to leave this country wondering and deeply disturbed by it for quite a long time. jonathan head, our correspondent in thailand. 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. now a further court case is under way in los angeles, with weinstein denying 11 charges of abuse, including allegations of assault and rape. our north america correspondent peter bowes has more. 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 the women in question were consensual and he is strongly denying the allegations against him. we�*ll hear from those women, they�*ll 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. peter bowes there. our north america correspondent. i want to bring you some news coming into us on the agencies here at the bbc. this is quoting the mayor of le vive in ukraine saying a new strike has, and i�*m quoting here, lviv. i�*m afraid i don�*t have any further details at the moment but you will remember yesterday missiles hit cities across the ukraine, including lviv, killing at least 19 people and wounding more than 100 more and air raid sirens have been sounding in lviv, kyiv and other cities into this morning. we know the west of

the southern city of zaporizhzhia was shelled again overnight, where we know that authorities say one person was killed and public buildings, including a school, were damaged. but this is the first news we have this morning of a missile strike on that western city of lviv. i willjust check, we may have some more information coming into us. the mayor of the western ukrainian city of lviv says a russian missile strike has hit critical infrastructure, causing problems with electricity. we will of course bring you more details as soon as we get them. in the meantime... the prince and princess of wales have recorded a special edition of radio 1�*s newsbeat — speaking about the importance of mental health. the royals took on roles as reporters to hear the experiences of four guests for world mental health day yesterday. they were talking to pria rai. how are you doing? no, really, how are you doing? it�*s a simple enough question

but one that can spark a really meaningful conversation. yesterday was world mental health day and as part of a special recording, we had two very special newsbeat reporters to help. thank you, it is great to be here on world mental health day. we arejoined by we are joined by four young people who are doing amazing things on mental health. i was diagnosed with schizophrenia when i was a teenager, around the age of15, 16. a lot of it came from, you know, coming from an african background, mental health isn't a topic of discussion. it wasn't something i was aware of or had any knowledge of. so we only are helped when we are at crisis point because it's a thing i call over resilience. we have been made to be so over resilient, we push away those vulnerabilities.

the last time we were here - was to launch the heads together campaign which was to get people opening up and talking _ about mental health. since then we have had the pandemic and everything — since then we have had the pandemic and everything like _ since then we have had the pandemic and everything like that. _ since then we have had the pandemic and everything like that. do - since then we have had the pandemic and everything like that. do you - and everything like that. do you think— and everything like that. do you think there _ and everything like that. do you think there has _ and everything like that. do you think there has been _ and everything like that. do you think there has been a - and everything like that. do you think there has been a shift - and everything like that. do you think there has been a shift in l and everything like that. do you . think there has been a shift in what people _ think there has been a shift in what people are — think there has been a shift in what people are speaking _ think there has been a shift in what people are speaking about - think there has been a shift in what people are speaking about around i people are speaking about around mental— people are speaking about around mental health? _ people are speaking about around mental health?— mental health? yes, and i think especially _ mental health? yes, and i think especially we — mental health? yes, and i think especially we are _ mental health? yes, and i think especially we are seeing - mental health? yes, and i think especially we are seeing the - mental health? yes, and i think- especially we are seeing the younger generation, they are definitely less scared _ generation, they are definitely less scared to _ generation, they are definitely less scared to talk about mental health and is _ scared to talk about mental health and is becoming more acceptable. i think— and is becoming more acceptable. i think through the pandemic, there was a _ think through the pandemic, there was a lot— think through the pandemic, there was a lot around feeling lonely and, you know. _ was a lot around feeling lonely and, you know. a — was a lot around feeling lonely and, you know, a lot of us were isolated in our— you know, a lot of us were isolated in our houses by ourselves. there were _ in our houses by ourselves. there were a _ in our houses by ourselves. there were a lot — in our houses by ourselves. there were a lot of— in our houses by ourselves. there were a lot of students who were literally— were a lot of students who were literally in — were a lot of students who were literally in small university accommodations by themselves through that time _ accommodations by themselves through that time and talking about feeling ionety— that time and talking about feeling lonely and what that can then lead to. i lonely and what that can then lead to ithink— lonely and what that can then lead to. i think because it's become such a universal— to. i think because it's become such a universal feeling that a lot of people — a universal feeling that a lot of people have grouped together. we all feel lonely right now, especially during _ feel lonely right now, especially during that time or we are all iaching — during that time or we are all lacking the connections that maybe

we need. _ lacking the connections that maybe we need, and i think when we are all a feeling _ we need, and i think when we are all a feeling the — we need, and i think when we are all a feeling the same thing, we start to admit— a feeling the same thing, we start to admit that and it makes it easier for more _ to admit that and it makes it easier for more people to say, me too. that was one of— for more people to say, me too. that was one of the _ for more people to say, me too. trust was one of the messages we were trying to encourage, everyone has mental health, in the same way as their physical health and we have to look after it, in the same may we go to the gym we need to look after and nurture our minds as well. you said it is really important to reach out and connect with people. some people express through music or art or otherforms of express through music or art or other forms of expression and it�*s a really great way, isn�*t it, of experiencing mental health? absolutely. self—care is about being unapologetic about what you need and it could be all these fun things like giving yourself an hour of gaming or going to the theatre, but it can also be giving yourself permission to say that you're not coping and to ask someone what to do. maybe you could touch,

i liken a lot of the work we�*ve done our mental health, everyone likes a tool box, especially for men, it�*s quite a useful analogy to use. how much in your work do you see that? you alluded to big family networks and support networks are really important but a lot of people don�*t know what they need and it actually comes along. you can be living one life one minute and something massively changes and you realise you don�*t have the tools or the experience to be able to tackle that. to have i suppose in your tool box communication would be key. - i think kind of some of the myth- busting as well, around attachment. we know now through studies that actually any parent who spends . a significant amount of time or any i caregiver with the child will also. form similar attachments and have i those similar patterns as well. . i would love to know and maybe the listeners also would be interested as well, is knowing how do you look after your own mental health? that is a big question. i know not every day will be roses and sunflowers.

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can come back, i�*ve kept this seat warm, you�*ve done a very good job, you can come back. $5 warm, you've done a very good “ob, you can come backi warm, you've done a very good “ob, you can come back. as we said at the start of the — you can come back. as we said at the start of the special— you can come back. as we said at the start of the special newbeat, - you can come back. as we said at the start of the special newbeat, this - start of the special newbeat, this is about— start of the special newbeat, this is about having meaningful conversation on mental health but it shouldn't— conversation on mental health but it shouldn't stop here.— shouldn't stop here. absolutely, talkini shouldn't stop here. absolutely, talking about — shouldn't stop here. absolutely, talking about mental _ shouldn't stop here. absolutely, talking about mental health - shouldn't stop here. absolutely, talking about mental health is i shouldn't stop here. absolutely, | talking about mental health is so important and it is the first step before it�*s all, to keep talking having those conversations and reaching out for help. that having those conversations and reaching out for help.— having those conversations and reaching out for help. that was the prince and princess _ reaching out for help. that was the prince and princess of _ reaching out for help. that was the prince and princess of wales - reaching out for help. that was the prince and princess of wales on - reaching out for help. that was the l prince and princess of wales on bbc radio 1�*s newbeat. a little bit of british history now and a series of events and activities have been planned to celebrate the dramatic, raising of the remains of the mary rose — 40 years ago this week. it was henry viii�*s favourite ship and it had remained lost and forgotten sincejuly 1545 — when it was sunk in battle close to england�*s southern coast. the remains are now on display in a museum in portsmouth. john maguire reports. now, there is the wreck of the mary rose. it has come to the surface. there is the first sight of this

flagship of henry viii. it's the first time we have seen this in 437 years. inch by inch, the ship that was the pride of henry viii�*s mighty navy peeked above the waters of the solent and began to reveal her secrets. alex hildred was part of the original dive team and says, 40 years on, we�*re still learning about life on board. we can reconstruct their faces, we can reconstruct their lives. with dna technology, we can learn about where they were born and what colour their eyes would be if you process it enough. and our problem is, there�*s so much we can learn, we�*ve got to save some things for when technology gets better so that you don�*t have to destroy anything. the then prince charles was present to witness his ancestor�*s flagship return to the surface. i believe she's in marvellous condition. and he was right. the half of the ship and a huge number of artifacts were preserved by centuries cocooned in mud

and silt on the sea bed. can you guess what�*s in here? no, exciting! look at the shape of the drawer. so these are some of our tudor long bows. this is actually one of... the ship was listed with 250 long bows. so these are some of them. we�*ve got 130 odd that are complete out of the 250 and fragments of a bit more. when the ship was first raised, she was kept wet by spraying her timbers. but in recent years, technology has allowed for dry preservation. drying out, it can shrink by up to 50% without treatment. so it was sprayed with water for the first 12 years until we came up with a treatment, using research to be able to then preserve the ship for the future. 500 souls were lost when the ship sank during a battle with the french in 1545. and the work goes on today to help tell their stories, alongside the history of the mary rose, providing precious insight into life

almost 500 years ago. that wasjohn that was john maguire that wasjohn maguire reporting. the world�*s biggest flower show, held once a decade, has largely failed to blossom. figures show the floriade, which has just closed, made a loss of approximately 100 million euros for the local authority in the netherlands. dutch media is referring to it as the �*flopped floriade�*. reviews have been dismal, the cost—of—living crisis and covid have kept a cautious public and tourists away. our correspondent anna holligan has been speaking to those behind the scenes who, despite the disappointing turnout, are trying to focus on the bright side. the forecast was for 2 million visitors. in the end, not even half that number came. i�*m visitors. in the end, not even half that number came.— visitors. in the end, not even half that number came. i'm judith, we desiined that number came. i'm judith, we designed part _ that number came. i'm judith, we designed part of—

that number came. i'm judith, we designed part of the _ that number came. i'm judith, we designed part of the main - that number came. i'm judith, we i designed part of the main structure of the floriade. i5 designed part of the main structure of the floriade.— of the floriade. is there anything ositive of the floriade. is there anything positive to _ of the floriade. is there anything positive to say — of the floriade. is there anything positive to say in _ of the floriade. is there anything positive to say in regards - of the floriade. is there anything positive to say in regards to - of the floriade. is there anything positive to say in regards to this | positive to say in regards to this flower show?— flower show? there are lots of experimental _ flower show? there are lots of experimental displays - flower show? there are lots of experimental displays of - flower show? there are lots of - experimental displays of materials. it's experimental displays of materials. it�*s important to show people what they can do in their own lives in they can do in their own lives in the climate to create a comfortable microclimate in the city. europe, with the decreasing of insects and bees, we need them for keeping our fruit and vegetables. we have a the hotel that has a restaurant, so you have to make sure they have a lot of food in the city. so it�*s always the whole system you have to take care of. .,. whole system you have to take care of. ., . ., whole system you have to take care of. ., ,., of. each pavilion has its own purpose- — of. each pavilion has its own purpose. their _ of. each pavilion has its own purpose. their son - of. each pavilion has its own - purpose. their son demonstrates how plant —based diets can be used to detoxify the fashion industry and how they can serve a multitude of functions, including as an insulating material. essentially helping people to look at nature from a new perspective. shipping containers, up cycled into office space. nations are sharing

their innovations.— office space. nations are sharing their innovations. from my point of view, their innovations. from my point of view. floriade _ their innovations. from my point of view, floriade can _ their innovations. from my point of view, floriade can impetus - their innovations. from my point of view, floriade can impetus by - their innovations. from my point of view, floriade can impetus by a - view, floriade can impetus by a people, countries and governments to do more and to take this kind of climate crisis very seriously to stop the theme at the topic of regenerative energy is vital at this time, especiallyjust want regenerative energy is vital at this time, especially just want to showcase solutions for future and also cooling problems. but showcase solutions for future and also cooling problems.— showcase solutions for future and also cooling problems. but at a time in the netherlands _ also cooling problems. but at a time in the netherlands is _ also cooling problems. but at a time in the netherlands is among - also cooling problems. but at a time in the netherlands is among so - also cooling problems. but at a time| in the netherlands is among so many countries encouraged to tighten their belts, spending is under scrutiny and much focus has been on the fact that floriade has gone over budget for the fourth decade running. heading overthe budget for the fourth decade running. heading over the floriade in one of the cable cars that allow visitors to get a bird�*s eye view and this year, the plan is for some of these innovations to remain in place in the hope they can have a positive impact on the urban district they�*ve occupied for the last six months. a new distraction

eventually arise from this fertile ground, although there is still debate over the car stand when construction can actually start. rollercoasters are apparently triggering new iphones to make emergency calls. the wall streetjournal reports that a crash detection system on the new iphone 14 can be activated by plummeting rides at amusement parks. apple told the paper the technology is supposed to provide "peace of mind". i want to just end by reminding you of our breaking news this hour, that there has been a new russian missile strike which has a hit critical infrastructure in the ukrainian city of lviv. let me bring you up—to—date with what we know so far, details are still coming into us here at the bbc. we understand that a russian

missile strike on lviv, which of course is in the west of ukraine, left part of that city without power. now that is according to the mayor of lviv, who has been writing on the telegram messaging app. a witness from the reuters news agency has reported three explosions in the city shortly after noon local time and of course the city previously suffered blackouts and problems with water supply after the russian missile strikes yesterday. you will remember, of course, that there were a series of russian missile strikes on cities across ukraine yesterday, with missiles killing at least 19 people and wounding more than 100. we know that air raid sirens have been sounding across the capital of ukraine, kyiv, and other cities into this morning and that the southern

city of zaporizhzhia was shelled again overnight. you are watching bbc news. hello again. some of us started on a chilly note this morning, with a little bit of mist around. but where we�*ve had the clear skies is where we�*re hanging onto the sunshine. and that�*s under this area of high pressure — a lot of settled weather around. but you can see two weather fronts in the north. they�*re producing some rain. it�*s not particularly heavy, but it will turn a bit heavier as we go through the afternoon, and breezy conditions with the breeze actually picking up. so a lot of dry weather, a fair bit of sunshine, more cloud in the west. you could catch the odd shower in eastern scotland. you could also catch the odd shower across the pennines and the north west of wales. but generally speaking, these are the sustained wind speeds. so not particularly windy, but as i mentioned, in the northwest, the wind will pick up a touch as we go through the day. these are our temperatures,

11 to about 16 celsius. now, as we head on through the evening and overnight, we hang onto some clear skies, especially in southern and eastern parts of england. this is where we once again will see the temperatures fall away and in some rural areas, low enough for a touch of frost and some patchy mist and fog. but out towards the north and the west, there�*ll be more cloud and some rain and that�*s going to be slipping southeastwards, and for a time, it will be pretty windy across the outer hebrides. so tomorrow, all this cloud and rain continue to push southeastwards as a narrowing, fragmenting band. so after that bright start in the southeast, we�*ll see the cloud build and one or two showers develop. but for the other side of that weather front, for northern england, for scotland and northern ireland, it will brighten up through the afternoon. the wind will ease. you could catch just the odd shower, but not much more than that. so during wednesday evening you can see how the weather front pushes south, eventually on thursday clearing away. then we�*ve got this complex area coming in from the atlantic, lots of weather fronts coming our way and how they interact

with each other will determine who and when sees the rain. so it looks like we�*re going to have rain coming in across northern ireland, pushing northwards across scotland, rain coming in across the south of england. at the moment, it looks like it will stay largely south of the m4, but that could change. and in between, something drier and brighter with some sunshine. temperatures 11 to 17 celsius. as we head through friday and into saturday, it�*s really a mixture of sunshine and showers. the wind will strengthen, though, across the north of scotland, where there�*ll be gales at times and temperatures up to 16.

this is bbc news. the headlines at 11am: another intervention from the bank of england as it steps in to stabilise markets — it�*s warning of a "material risk" to financial stability. the unemployment rate in the uk is at its lowest level for almost 50 years, according to figures released this morning. air raid sirens have gone off again across ukraine, a day after russia launched some of the worst attacks there for months. the head of the british intelligence agency, gchq, will say in a speech today that russian forces in ukraine are exhausted. a hearing is under way as to whether scotland can call an independence referendum without the consent of

the uk government. the number of care workers in england falls for the first time, with 165,000 jobs vacant across the country. there is the wreck of the mary rose. it has come to the surface. and it�*s exactly 40 years since henry viii�*s flagship, the mary rose, was raised from the bottom of the solent after 437 years under the sea. the bank of england has warned of a material risk to the uk�*s financial stability and has once again intervened to try to calm markets. the emergency move this morning will see the bank buy a wider range of government debt, in order to restore confidence among investors.

the bank first intervened after last month�*s mini budget. today it�*s announced it will buy more government bonds — also known as gilts — allow the government to raise money to pay for spending by borrowing from investors. the government�*s borrowing costs have been surging, which has prompted the action from the bank of england. but there was a glimmer of good news for the economy this morning, as the uk�*s unemployment rate fell to 3.5% - the lowest quarterly rate since 1974. however the squeeze on pay remains, with rises in regular wages failing to keep up with the rising cost of living. inflation — which measures the rate of price rises — is at the highest level for decades. and today the think tank the institute for fiscal studies warned the chancellor will need to make "big and painful" public spending cuts — of around £60 billion — to put the country�*s finances on a sustainable path.

the ifs says it�*s not possible to deliver cuts on that scale through "trimming the fat" and that it would require major cuts to public services. the chancellor says he wants to get finances on a stable basis. that will mean billions of spending cuts to achieve that. it is hard to see what other way out the chancellor has. let�*s get more now on our top story, that the bank of england has been forced to intervene once again in the markets, warning of a "material risk" to financial stability. let�*s talk to our business correspondent, theo leggett. good morning. just explain for us again what bonds or gilts are, and what is this action that the bank is taking today?— what is this action that the bank is takini toda ? �*, .,~ ., ., _ taking today? let's take that one by one. taking today? let's take that one by one- ltonds — taking today? let's take that one by one- ltonds or— taking today? let's take that one by one. bonds or gilts _ taking today? let's take that one by one. bonds or gilts are _ taking today? let's take that one by one. bonds or gilts are a _ taking today? let's take that one by one. bonds or gilts are a form - taking today? let's take that one by one. bonds or gilts are a form of. one. bonds or gilts are a form of government borrowing. you give some

money to the government, you buy a bond,it money to the government, you buy a bond, it is basically an iou. the government will pay you a certain amount of money, known as a coupon, over a set amount of time. when the bond comes due in five years, ten years, even 100 years, you will get your money back. they are held in a lot of pension funds. what we have seen since the budget speech is a sell—off in government bonds, because the government is seen as being a bit less creditworthy. the problem for that is that a lot of pension funds have found that they have been forced to sell assets in order to meet calls for extra collateral on their investments, caused by the wider situation. they hold a lot of government bonds, so they are selling those, which provoked a situation where the prices of government bonds were

plummeting downwards. the effect that has is it puts the yield up, which is the effective interest rate that the government pays for its own borrowing. it also affects how much you and i might pay for a fixed term mortgage. so there are all sorts of knock—on effects. with this situation developing momentum, the bank of england launched an emergency programme where it would buy bonds on a secondary market, which would calm the markets. that works for a while. that programme is due to come to an end on friday and bond prices have been falling, yields have been rising, so the bank of and has intervened again because it is worried about these pension funds. so it is widening the range of assets is prepared to and the amount it is prepared to buy every day. but it is still due to bring that situation to an end on friday. so we don�*t know what will happen after that. so we don�*t know what will happen afterthat. it so we don�*t know what will happen after that. it is almost as though the bank is saying, we will deal with the situation now, but the onus

is on the government to do something about the causes of it in the longer term. 50 about the causes of it in the longer term, ., about the causes of it in the longer term. ., , . ., about the causes of it in the longer term, ., , . ., term. so a stopgap measure. what has the market reaction _ term. so a stopgap measure. what has the market reaction been _ term. so a stopgap measure. what has the market reaction been today? - the market reaction been today? well, the prices of bonds have risen a little bit, the yields have gone down a little bit. but it is still in a situation where the government�*s cost of borrowing is higher than it would normally be, there is still a risk to pension funds and so on. the question really is what happens as we get later into the week, beyond friday, when the bank of england�*s intervention is due to stop. will be get more intervention from the bank in the next couple of weeks, or is the anchor willing to stand back and say, we have done our bit, we will see what happens now. it will be interesting over the next few days. thank you. let�*s talk to our

political correspondent. the bank of england has intervened for a second time, it is now over to the government.— the government. yes, and not an ideal backdrop _ the government. yes, and not an ideal backdrop for _ the government. yes, and not an ideal backdrop for the _ the government. yes, and not an| ideal backdrop for the chancellor, kwasi kwarteng, to take to the floor of the house of commons and face questions from mps as they return to westminster today. that, added to the warning from the institute for fiscal studies that there is a £16 billion black hole potentially in the government�*s calculations, which needs to be filled with potentially what they describe as big and painful cuts to government spending. what those two things do, the intervention have the bank of england and the warning from the ifs is it exposed the fact that the government has not yet come forward with a plan for how it plans to pay for the sweeping tax cuts that the chancellor announced in his mini budget a few weeks ago, and also the

impact that that budget and resulting fallout has had on the financial markets. there is a good deal of uncertainty there, and it seems investors are not yet convinced that the government is going to put the uk economy on a stable and sustainable footing. so it will be a tricky session for kwasi kwarteng this afternoon. there will be questions about how the government plans to pay for its moves. i don�*t think we will get a huge amount of detail on that, because the chancellor has now confirmed that he will bring forward his medium—term fiscal plan, as it is called, and economic statement, effectively, where he will potentially fill in the gaps and explain how the government plans to fund those tax cuts. the amount of borrowing it intends to embark on. and when and by how much it plans to reduce the overall debt that the uk has. we will also, i�*m sure, here

criticism from labour and other opposition benches for the plan this morning. the shadow chancellor saying that they need to reverse their damaging budget. but the party does back, or has said it will support the reversal in the national insurance rise and the cut to income tax. �* , ., ., tax. let's get to the view of the liberal democrats _ tax. let's get to the view of the liberal democrats now. - i�*m joined now by sir ed davey. it is about whether the government�*s own backbenchers and wider party are convinced, because we have seen some of the u—turns it has done in the last few weeks done under pressure from within the ranks of the conservatives.— conservatives. that's right. government _ conservatives. that's right. government economic - conservatives. that's right. | government economic policy conservatives. that's right. - government economic policy is in a total mess and it is the millions of

families and pensioners and businesses out there who are taking the hit. the news today from the ifs that the government would have to cut public spending by £60 billion is deeply alarming. if the government were to do that, they are completely out of touch with what is happening in our society. the nhs needs more money, not less. schools are struggling. people on low incomes, pensioners, disabled people, people who are on low incomes in work that need universal credit, they are struggling, they need more support, not less. would it be sustainable _ need more support, not less. would it be sustainable for _ need more support, not less. would it be sustainable for any _ need more support, not less. would it be sustainable for any political - it be sustainable for any political party to make spending cuts at a time of a cost of living crisis? i think it wouldn't be. but i'm think it wouldn�*t be. but i�*m worried that some of the people around liz truss and the chancellor, kwasi kwarteng, are so out of touch with what is happening, as we saw in their mini budget. they might take these incredibly damaging measures.

i am still really worried that they are not getting this right. there is no confidence, so that is increasing the rates. the cause of the increase is the fact that no one that this government has a grip on the economy. the markets are signalling this in the foreign exchange markets, with the pound sterling, and the bond markets. the investors around the world and in our country are signalling that they don�*t trust this government, they haven�*t got confidence in it. that is hurting ordinary people, especially mortgage holders. the government have to get a grip, they have to u—turn on some of their policies. for example, the liberal democrats think that the government should have a win for tax

on the oil and gas companies to help afford the energy package we saw. we think they shouldn�*t press ahead with the corporation tax cut, which is worth £18 billion going to big multinationals and banks was that we need that money for the nhs. the liberal democrats think we should reverse the cut in the bank levy and use that money to make sure we have fiscal responsibility. we have an eternity programme, the government don�*t seem to have a plan. iloathed don't seem to have a plan. what would you _ don't seem to have a plan. what would you do — don't seem to have a plan. what would you do to _ don't seem to have a plan. what would you do to promote - don't seem to have a plan. what would you do to promote growth? first full, we would do the things i have talked about. if you are ensuring the economy is supported and you get back confidence in economic policy, that would reduce interest rates, they wouldn�*t have to go as high. therefore that would support people. that would really bring back that confidence. confidence is so important for economic growth. i�*m worried that the government will make some cuts,

whether to the nhs or our capital spending programmes, our transport infrastructure and our energy infrastructure, which would damage the long—term growth of our country. the things they have said about promoting growth just don�*t bear analysis. they have really gone to the right. this is quite ideological politics, not a plan. what the country needs is a long—term economic plan that supports people, that supports businesses and gets the growth that really would be sustainable.— the growth that really would be sustainable. ., ., ., ., sustainable. you have alluded to it briefl , sustainable. you have alluded to it briefly. but — sustainable. you have alluded to it briefly. but in _ sustainable. you have alluded to it briefly, but in the _ sustainable. you have alluded to it briefly, but in the first _ sustainable. you have alluded to it briefly, but in the first instance, i briefly, but in the first instance, what do you think it will take to bring stability and to promote confidence in the uk�*s economy? i do confidence in the uk's economy? i do welcome the — confidence in the uk's economy? i if welcome the fact that the government have brought forward what they are calling their medium—term financial plan. when we saw that mini budget and those unfunded tax cuts, we saw

the lack of economic grip. it is good they have brought it forward from the end of november to the end of october. we now need to see that plan, we need to see a reversal of some of their damaging measures. the government have to eat some humble pie here and change tack completely. if they do that, if they listen to the liberal democrats and other people who are putting forward a more positive alternative, then i think we could turn the corner. thank you very much. joining me now is anand menon — he�*s director of the thinktank the uk in a changing europe, which describes itself as providing independent research on brexit and its impact. good to have you with us today. i guess now the big question is, will the markets believe that the government can balance its books? yeah, that is one of the questions

and we will have to wait and see. there is no doubt that what the government has done by sacking the senior civil servant, government has done by sacking the senior civilservant, by government has done by sacking the senior civil servant, by not getting the 0b art to give a report, has spooked the markets, which are dire. whatever course of action the government takes, it will be whether it is acceptable to their own members. the party is divided on these choices.— members. the party is divided on these choices. something i raised with ed davey. — these choices. something i raised with ed davey, a _ these choices. something i raised with ed davey, a lot _ these choices. something i raised with ed davey, a lot of _ these choices. something i raised with ed davey, a lot of the - with ed davey, a lot of the reversals we have seen so far have been absolutely pushed from within the conservatives�* own ranks. will we see more of that given that a lot of these mps in various constituencies up and down the uk looking at their inboxes, constituents talking about the cost of living crisis, and they will be thinking about their chances come the next election?—

thinking about their chances come the next election? absolutely. the current economic _ the next election? absolutely. the current economic climate, - the next election? absolutely. the current economic climate, in - the next election? absolutely. the current economic climate, in a - current economic climate, in a sense, mitigates against the kind of cuts ifs might think i�*m necessary. beyond that, the more profound question is that you have different kinds of conservative mps. the conservative mp you might find one of those read all seats has public got a different economic wish list to your traditional shire conservative. reconciling those different groups with different interests will be difficult. the treasury has _ interests will be difficult. the treasury has been _ interests will be difficult. the treasury has been arguing that its tax cuts and reforms will deliver sustainable funding for public services through the growth they say this will generate. but, given the cost of living crisis, is it sustainable for this government right now to even begin to think about taking that course of action, given the crises that sony people are in? i given the crises that sony people are in? , , given the crises that sony people arein? , , , given the crises that sony people arein? , , are in? i suppose it depends on whether the _ are in? i suppose it depends on whether the chancellor - are in? i suppose it depends on whether the chancellor can - are in? i suppose it depends on whether the chancellor can put | whether the chancellor can put forward a compelling case on the

3ist forward a compelling case on the 31st of october or not. one of the interesting things about the ifs report is they caution against, for instance, cutting investment. if you do that, it might reduced debt but it will reduce growth. so there are a number of difficult trade—offs that the government will face. it is not clear they will be successful in making them, to be honest. what the ifs report underlined is that they do face a tricky situation at the moment. to do face a tricky situation at the moment. ., . ~' . , , do face a tricky situation at the moment. ., ., ,, ., , , . ,, moment. to take a step back, the re ort of moment. to take a step back, the report of a — moment. to take a step back, the report of a material— moment. to take a step back, the report of a material risk _ moment. to take a step back, the report of a material risk to - report of a material risk to financial markets, how unusual is it to hear a description like that? it is unusual and it is sort of thing that makes people reach for their reports from 2008 and the financial crisis. there is a degree of volatility and instability. the bank is acting quickly to try to calm the markets, but the second part of that equation is to regain credibility in our government and the decisions it

takes. . ~ our government and the decisions it takes. ., ,, , ., our government and the decisions it takes. . ~' , ., , our government and the decisions it takes. ., ,, , ., , . in the last hour, we�*ve had reports that the western ukrainian city, lviv, has been hit again by russian missiles, leaving part of the west of the city without power, according to lviv�*s mayor. the news agency reuters reports that there were three explosions in the city about two hours ago. lviv was also one of the cities that suffered missile attacks yesterday , when russia targeted locations across the country, in a wave of strikes that killed at least 19 people and wounded many more. homes, health care facilities and schools were struck, with towns and cities experiencing power outages and problems with water supply. our correspondent hugo bachega sent this update on the situation in kyiv. ukrainians have gone to underground shelters across the country as the air raid signer —— sirens went off

early this morning. there was an alert is sent to people�*s phones, telling them to stay in shelters and do not ignore air raid alerts. this happened a day after russia carried out the biggest air strikes across the country since the early days of the country since the early days of the war. here in kyiv, the city centre was set for the first time in this war. civilian infrastructure across the country was hit. many other cities were also attacked. these strikes had the intention to shake the feeling of normality in many places, including here in kyiv. overnight, officials in one city said it was again attacked by russia. the officials said 12

missiles hit public facilities, a school was attacked. officials say at least one person was killed. president zelensky is expected to address a virtual meeting of the g7 later today. address a virtual meeting of the g7 latertoday. he address a virtual meeting of the g7 later today. he is expected to urge countries to send more weapons to ukraine, but he is also expected to say that air defence systems are the country�*s number one priority. last night, he visited one of the sites attacked here in the capital. he said this was an attack that russia carried out in the morning rush—hour on purpose, to hit as many people as possible, saying it was a typical terrorist tactic. but he said ukrainians would not be intimidated. a few lines to bring you with the war. the russian foreign minister is saying that the us have long been de

facto involved in the war in ukraine. he said that the united states says it is open to negotiations with russia, but this is a lie, they haven�*t received any serious offers of contact. that line coming into us from the news agencies right now. some more comments about what he has been saying, commenting on remarks by the ukrainian president zelensky, suggesting nato should launch preventative strikes on russia. those comments which are brought to you were a response to what volodymyr zelensky had to say. we are also hearing that more than 60 ukrainian soldiers, the bodies have been returned to ukraine by russia.

and another condemnation of the attacks on ukraine, this time from italy, saying the attacks were brutal, confirming italy�*s closeness to the ukrainian people. the head of the british intelligence agency, gchq, will say in a speech today that russian forces in ukraine are exhausted. sirjeremy fleming will suggest that moscow is running out of ammunition, and president putin is making errors ofjudgement. speaking to nick robinson on bbc radio 4�*s today programme, sirjeremy outlined gchq�*s understanding of the situation in ukraine. we believe russia is running short of munitions. it is certainly running short of friends was to we have seen, because of the declaration of mobilisation that it is also running short of troops. i think the answer is that it is pretty clear, russia and its commanders are worried about the

state of their military machine. they are, to use your words, desperate?— they are, to use your words, deserate? ., ., , , desperate? the word i have used is deserate desperate? the word i have used is desperate and _ desperate? the word i have used is desperate and we _ desperate? the word i have used is desperate and we can _ desperate? the word i have used is desperate and we can see - desperate? the word i have used is desperate and we can see that - desperate? the word i have used is desperate and we can see that at i desperate and we can see that at many levels inside russian society and inside the russian military machine. ., ,., and inside the russian military machine. ., , ,, ., machine. the reason i press you on that is we get _ machine. the reason i press you on that is we get former _ machine. the reason i press you on that is we get former generals - that is we get former generals coming on this programme, who i think it�*s fair do describe are worried about complacency, are worried about complacency, are worried that this messaging suggests that ukraine will win and russia will lose. do we have to be wary of that? it will lose. do we have to be wary of that? ., , �* will lose. do we have to be wary of that? ., , i , , will lose. do we have to be wary of that? ., ,�* _ that? it doesn't imply complacency. russia, as that? it doesn't imply complacency. russia. as we _ that? it doesn't imply complacency. russia, as we have _ that? it doesn't imply complacency. russia, as we have seen, _ that? it doesn't imply complacency. russia, as we have seen, as - that? it doesn't imply complacency. russia, as we have seen, as a - russia, as we have seen, as a capable military machine, it can launch weapons, it has deep stocks and expertise yet it is very broadly stretched in ukraine. let�*s get more with our security correspondent, gordon corera.

we are hearing that with little internal challenge to vladimir putin, his decision—making is flawed, and it points to dangerous moments for those russia perceives to be its enemies, but also potentially a danger for putin himself got a mac that is the question everyone is asking, is there some kind of rift or potential rift at the top of the kremlin? particularly the impact of mobilisation has caused ructions in russian society. we have heard rumblings that there might be some voices within the top who are expressing the fact that things are not going well to vladimir putin. but it is hard to get a real sense of that, all that it is that significant yet. 50 of that, all that it is that significant yet. of that, all that it is that siinificant et. ., significant yet. so maybe hinted at in this speech. _ significant yet. so maybe hinted at in this speech. it _ significant yet. so maybe hinted at in this speech. it may _ significant yet. so maybe hinted at in this speech. it may be _ significant yet. so maybe hinted at in this speech. it may be one - significant yet. so maybe hinted at in this speech. it may be one that| in this speech. it may be one that british intelligence _ in this speech. it may be one that british intelligence is _ in this speech. it may be one that british intelligence is trying - in this speech. it may be one that british intelligence is trying to - british intelligence is trying to encourage, by talking about the flaws in hisjudgment, by trying to

push that narrative and encourage it. but it is very hard to know what is going on within the tight confines of the top of the kremlin. even british intelligence and western intelligence agencies struggle to predict what might happen at the top. in struggle to predict what might happen at the top.— struggle to predict what might happen at the top. in terms of what has been happening _ happen at the top. in terms of what has been happening in _ happen at the top. in terms of what has been happening in the - happen at the top. in terms of what has been happening in the last - happen at the top. in terms of what has been happening in the last 24 i happen at the top. in terms of what| has been happening in the last 24 or 36 hours and the days ahead, when we have seen these renewed attacks in russia in a number of locations in ukraine, yet we are hearing from gchq that their estimation of the russian forces is that they are exhausted, where is that coming from? it exhausted, where is that coming from? ., , ., ., from? it does sound strange, having 'ust seen from? it does sound strange, having just seen this _ from? it does sound strange, having just seen this terrible _ from? it does sound strange, having just seen this terrible barrage - from? it does sound strange, having just seen this terrible barrage of- just seen this terrible barrage of missile strikes hitting many targets yesterday and today. to hear that they are running out of ammunition and they are exhausted. the two are not necessarily contradictory. i think what the suggestion is that what we have seen with the strikes is moscow feeling it has to do

something, it has to respond to the attack on the bridge. it has to be seen to do that. and lash out, if you like. but it doesn�*t fundamentally have the resources for a long, sustained campaign, because it is running short on the kind of missiles it has been using, it is running short of ammunition, it is running short of ammunition, it is running short of soldiers. we know that because they have had to mobilise. they are perhaps not getting the support from china they will have wanted. so there are real tensions therefore the russian military. they are clearly aware of those, but it doesn�*t mean it isn�*t dangerous was that the risk is then that they could escalate into other types of warfare, which could mean cyber warfare, types of warfare, which could mean cyberwarfare, it types of warfare, which could mean cyber warfare, it could mean attacks on the west, sabotage of supply routes to neighbouring countries for some the worst extreme, it could mean a tactical nuclear weapon. just because those forces are exhausted and putin is any difficult position doesn�*t mean there isn�*t danger or risk of escalation. you doesn't mean there isn't danger or risk of escalation.— risk of escalation. you mentioned china and i _ risk of escalation. you mentioned china and i believe _ risk of escalation. you mentioned china and i believe that _ risk of escalation. you mentioned china and i believe that sir - china and i believe that sir jeremy�*s speech will focus as much

on china as it does on the situation in ukraine. mortgaging the future by buying chinese equipment with hidden costs is something he will say. does he see this as a defining moment for the world in terms of its relationship with china? it�*s relationship with china? it's interesting. _ relationship with china? it�*s interesting, most of the speeches about china, not russia. he makes clear that he sees china as a long—term strategic challenge when it comes to britain�*s national security, particularly because his view, his argument is that this is a crucial moment, that whoever wins some of the technological and scientific races right now, and whoever sets the standard for technology, whoever exports it or develops artificial intelligence, develops artificial intelligence, develops new systems, if those become embedded, they will give a country a huge strategic advantage. if it is china, it will put other countries at risk of being in debt to china, but also being subject to

violence and being controlled by china. his argument is that these are the crucial moment. because they are the crucial moment. because they are being sold around the world, if action isn�*t taken, if the west at the uk do not think about this more coherently, they will find themselves in a more vulnerable position in ten or 20 years. thank ou. the uk�*s highest court will hear arguments today on whether holyrood can set up a scottish independence referendum without the agreement of westminster. scotland�*s first minister, nicola sturgeon, wants to hold the vote in october next year, but downing street has opposed this. the scottish and uk governments will make their cases to the supreme court in london as part of the two—day hearing. but it could take weeks or months for a judgment to be reached. in the last hour the hearing has began, leading with dorothy bain, lord advocate of scottish government and we can hear from her now.

the issue of scottish independence is alive and significant in scottish politics. the scottish government wish to introduce a bill in the scottish parliament to provide a referendum. as is well understood, the question of whether such a bill would be within the competence of the scottish parliament is contested. and it has been contested since the advent of devolution. the history of that question is summarised in my case. the question of the competence of an independence referendum was considered in the uk parliament during the passage of the scotland bill. i make reference to that in my case at length. and on the electronic pages. there is also

references made and comments made by other academic and other commentators in paragraphs 24, an electronic 44 of my case. it was predicted that it would become a festering issue. in my submission, that has been proved right. it is an issue that i invite this court to finally resolve. let�*s get more on this with our scotland correspondent, alexandra mackenzie, who�*s outside the supreme court in london. what has happened since the case started? , , , , ., started? yes, supporters have cathered started? yes, supporters have gathered outside _ started? yes, supporters have gathered outside the - started? yes, supporters have gathered outside the court. i gathered outside the court. proceedings are going on inside the court. you heard from the scottish government�*s senior lawyer. she has been speaking since the start of proceedings. she opened for the

scottish government. she said it is well—known that the scottish government policy is for a local referendum. nicola sturgeon wants to hold a referendum in october next year. the question that has been put to the five judges inside the court here over the two days is, can the scottish government hold that independence referendum next year without getting a transfer of powers and permission from the uk government. the union is a reserved matter, and the scottish government cannot pass laws which relate to reserved matters. but the lord advocate has argued that a referendum in itself is not a reserved matter. she also said she would not be able to clear a referendum bill. she would not have the necessary degree of confidence

to do so. she said only the supreme court could provide that certainty and clarity that is needed to do so. this is only the beginning of two days of legal argument and debate. the uk government will also give its position. it says the scottish parliament cannot legally hold a referendum without permission from westminster. opening proceedings here, lord reid, the supreme court president said that the hearing is just the tip of the iceberg. he said that thejudges have just the tip of the iceberg. he said that the judges have 8000 pages of material to go through. he said it is likely to be months before we get a judgment. is likely to be months before we get a 'udiment. . ~ is likely to be months before we get a judgment-—

england have named the players who have been awarded a central contract, with test wicket keeper ben foakes and white ball all rounder liam livingstone being given deals for the first time. opener alex lees isn�*t on the list though. jofra archer is. despite being injured for more than a year, the fast bowler was expected to come back from an elbow injury at the start of the summer. but then suffered a stress fracture in his back. archer hasn�*t played an international match since march 2021. but england�*s decision to give him a contract suggests they�*re hopeful he�*ll contribute in the next year. 380 players and coaches across english grassroots football were handed bans last season for attacking or threatening referees and match officials. football association disciplinary reports show a catalogue of abuse against officials in youth and adult football. fixtures in the merseyside youth football league have been cancelled this weekend in a protest at what they call "multiple incidents of inappropriate and threatening behaviour" towards officials. sanctions for last season�*s incidents ranged from 112 days bans to eight years.

both wales and scotland sit on the verge of a place at the women�*s world cup in australia and new zealand next year. for wales, they�*ve faced two matches already which manager gemma grainger called the biggest in their history — the first to reach the play—offs and the second was last week as they won in extra time to face switzerland in zurich this evening. it�*s a complicated qualification process — but a two—goal win in normal time should be enough for them to reach their first ever world cup. if we do win this game and qualify for the next stage, that is an incredible moment for us. we have made history already. but it is almost important to know that if we don�*t and we are not successful, this campaign isn�*t a failure. we are really clear why we do what we do and how we have inspired the crowd, the attendances and everyone that has growing the game. we have to be proud of that. but we are on

track to qualify for a major tournament. if not this time, the next time. and it�*s a similar story for scotland as they look to reach their second world cup. they are also potentially 90 minutes away from the world cup.. the scots host republic of ireland at hampden with the winners in the frame to go straight to next year�*s tournament in australia and new zealand. it isa it is a notch opportunity for all of us to— it is a notch opportunity for all of us to play— it is a notch opportunity for all of us to play in a world cup. it has inspired — us to play in a world cup. it has inspired a — us to play in a world cup. it has inspired a generation of players. that is— inspired a generation of players. that is a — inspired a generation of players. that is a challenge, that is how we see the _ that is a challenge, that is how we see the game. contrasting expectations for the three british clubs involved in the champions league tonight. manchester city will expect to seal qualification. celtic are fighting to stay in the hunt. while chelsea are in the middle of the tightest of all the groups. they�*re in italy to play ac milan having comfortably beat the italian champions last week. both teams are behind the leaders salzburg, so a slip up by either side could be costly with only two more matches to follow.

it's it�*s an incredible place here. completely different game. ac milan will try to use the home advantage, like we did. two good teams, two quite evenly matched teams, i think. so it will be a fantastic game. really looking forward to it. meanwhile, celtic have been fined by uefa for anti—monarchy banners displayed by their fans at a champions league match last month. it came less than a week after the queen�*s death. banners were seen in the away section at their match with ukrainian side shakhtar donetsk in poland in september. the scottish champions have been fined 15,000 euros for what uefa called a "message not fit for a sporting event". that�*s all the sport for now.

the number of care workers in england has fallen for the first time, leaving more people without the support they need according to new figures. unfilled care jobs rose by 52% in a year, the fastest rate on record. our social affairs editor, alison holt has this report. it was the first job it was the firstjob i had where i was thinking, i could make a difference. he is one of many who, according to today�*s report, are leaving jobs in aduu today�*s report, are leaving jobs in adult social care. he was paid the minimum wage, even when he was working as a senior person in charge overnight. he only got an extra £3 for the whole 12 hour shift. working with the elderly _ for the whole 12 hour shift. working with the elderly and _ for the whole 12 hour shift. working with the elderly and knowing - for the whole 12 hour shift. working with the elderly and knowing that l with the elderly and knowing that i�*ve helped improve some live somewhere, and knowing that i can�*t do that now unless i have to make massive personal sacrifices to do that, is wrong. it shouldn�*t be that, is wrong. it shouldn�*t be that, people shouldn�*t have to make sacrifices in their own lives, in

terms of struggling to pay bills, struggling to buy food and things like that. big struggling to buy food and things like that. �* , ., ., ., ., , like that. by moving to a 'ob workin: like that. by moving to a 'ob working with d like that. by moving to a 'ob working with children, i like that. by moving to a job working with children, he i like that. by moving to a job. working with children, he was immediately paid £2 and evermore. when it comes to the shortage of care workers, it is really difficult to grasp the scale of the problem. we are here in rotherham, and 110,000 people live in the town itself. roughly the number of vacancies they were in social care last year. this year, there are 165,000 emptyjobs. that is a record 52% increase in carejob 165,000 emptyjobs. that is a record 52% increase in care job vacancies in england in one year.— 52% increase in care job vacancies in england in one year. despite more older or disabled _ in england in one year. despite more older or disabled people _ in england in one year. despite more older or disabled people needing i older or disabled people needing support, the number of people actually working in care has fallen for the first time was not there are concerns about the difficulty of recruiting young people and nurses to care jobs.

recruiting young people and nurses to care jobs-— to care jobs. behind all of those statistics are _ to care jobs. behind all of those statistics are peoples _ to care jobs. behind all of those statistics are peoples lives. i to care jobs. behind all of those statistics are peoples lives. we | statistics are peoples lives. we need _ statistics are peoples lives. we need to— statistics are peoples lives. we need to have a look at it. the government _ need to have a look at it. the government says _ need to have a look at it. the government says it _ need to have a look at it. the government says it is - need to have a look at it. tis: government says it is putting extra funding at a social care, including money for their agreement and training of staff. 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 underway in los angeles, with weinstein denying eleven charges of abuse, including allegations of assault and rape. our north america correspondent peter bowes has more. if he is found guilty on these new charges, he could be looking at more than 100 years in terms of a sentence. in reality, the rest of his life in prison. as you say, already serving a 23 year prison sentence in new york, a conviction

which he is appealing. . proceedings are starting right now in los angeles. they were put on hold while the case in new york was completed. this is a completely separate case. as you say, 11 charges stemming from the allegations of five women. he has pledged not guilty. he says any encounters with women in question were consensual. he strongly denies the allegations against him. we will hear from those the allegations against him. we will hearfrom those women. the allegations against him. we will hear from those women. they will be referred to in court as jane though, not their real names. this trial will also hear from other women not their real names. this trial will also hearfrom other women who say they were victims of sexual assault at the hands of harvey weinstein. this is likely to be quite a long trial. thejury selection could take a couple of weeks. we don�*t expect the trial itself to finish until december.

unrest in iran over women�*s rights appears to be spreading. the protests erupted after the death of 22 year old masa amini, who�*d been arrested by the morality police. thousands have been detained — and dozens of people are reported killed. let�*s get more with parham gobadi from our persian service. let�*s begin with the protests but the presenter appears to have spread to kurdistan. the presenter appears to have spread to kurdistan-— to kurdistan. yes, in the past few da s we to kurdistan. yes, in the past few days we have _ to kurdistan. yes, in the past few days we have seen _ to kurdistan. yes, in the past few days we have seen intense i to kurdistan. yes, in the past fewl days we have seen intense fighting on the streets of kurdistan, especially the capital of the province. the videos we have obtained show intense shots being fired, which is unlike the other cities in iran. one of the reasons is that iran has always tried to show that kurdistan and baluchistan province on the other side of iran, neighbouring pakistan, they are separatist groups, so through showing that these are separatist groups, they can first so division and on the other hand, they can gain

some sympathy from the iranian people by showing that iran�*s sovereignty is in danger. however, this time around, this has not been successful because two weeks ago when they killed protesters in baluchistan, people in kurdistan chanted expressing their unity and this time, people across iran are chanting slogans expressing their unity with the people of kurdistan so we don�*t see any division among the protesters despite the raging�*s strategy. thud the protesters despite the raging's strate: . �* ., ., ., , strategy. and what are the latest comments from _ strategy. and what are the latest comments from the _ strategy. and what are the latest comments from the regime i strategy. and what are the latest| comments from the regime about strategy. and what are the latest i comments from the regime about all of this? we comments from the regime about all of this? ~ ., ., ., ., of this? we have heard the iranian 'udicia of this? we have heard the iranian judiciary chief _ of this? we have heard the iranian judiciary chief having _ of this? we have heard the iranian judiciary chief having a _ of this? we have heard the iranian judiciary chief having a kind i of this? we have heard the iranian judiciary chief having a kind of i judiciary chief having a kind of conciliatory tone, saying they want dialogue with the protesters but what we see on the ground is nothing, is far, farfrom what we see on the ground is nothing, is far, far from that. what we see on the ground is nothing, is far, farfrom that. for example, recently, in the past two or three days, we see that plainclothes guards and security forces have been raiding schools, like, primary schools and secondary schools, in some cases arresting children, in some cases, with plain clothes, these are militia, basiji

militant as they are known, going with fans, trying to arrest the students that have shown some descent. the videos we are obtaining from the streets shows still direct shooting since saturday at protesters in tehran and other places. 50 protesters in tehran and other laces. .,. ., protesters in tehran and other laces. ., ., ., places. so the action on the ground is not matching _ places. so the action on the ground is not matching the _ places. so the action on the ground is not matching the tone _ places. so the action on the ground is not matching the tone at - places. so the action on the ground is not matching the tone at all? i places. so the action on the ground | is not matching the tone at all? and how is the government�*s narrative different from what the families of those who have been killed at saint? i interviewed the mother of the 16—year—old protester who became really famous. fiur 16-year-old protester who became really famous-— 16-year-old protester who became really famous. our viewers may have seen the video _ really famous. our viewers may have seen the video of— really famous. our viewers may have seen the video of her— really famous. our viewers may have seen the video of her singing. i seen the video of her singing. exactly. i interviewed her mother yesterday. iranian state tv showed a video of her entering the building which they claimed later on she fell off a which they claimed later on she fell offa building. she which they claimed later on she fell off a building. she said that girl in that video is most probably not her daughter. she also said that what her brother and sisters said on iranian state tv was a false

confession obtained under coercion, and, you know, brutal interrogation techniques. she even said that what her brother said was because they threatened to arrest his four—year—old child. threatened to arrest his four-year-old child. threatened to arrest his four- ear-old child. ., ,, ., four-year-old child. thank you for 'oinin: four-year-old child. thank you for joining us- — the headlines on bbc news... another intervention from the bank of england as it steps in to stabilise markets, it�*s warning of a "material risk" to financial stability. the unemployment rate in the uk is at its lowest level for almost 50 years according to figures released this morning. air raid sirens have gone off again across ukraine, a day after russia launched some of the worst attacks there for months. just going back to the top story. we

are seeing some lines coming out from a spokesperson for the prime minister, liz truss, saying that the government is committed to the growth measures set out by the chancellor, kwasi kwarteng. the spokesperson also said that the additional bank of england measures announced today, so this is the bank of england buying up more government debt in order to try and give confidence to investors and stabilise the markets, the government is saying that these additional measures will support an orderly end of its temporary purchase scheme because this action ijy purchase scheme because this action by the bank of england is finite, but we don�*t know whether the bank may make further interventions but for the moment, it is meant to be a stopgap measure and the government is now meant to try to do its job of increasing confidence in the markets but the spokesperson saying the government is committed to growth measures set out by the chancellor. of course, we have heard from the

of course, we have heard from the institute for fiscal studies, saying today that actually, we are talking about £60 billion of public service spending cuts, in their estimation, in order to balance the books and there is likely to be a lot of challenges to that, including from within the conservative party, if thatis within the conservative party, if that is what the government needed to do to balance the books. a lot still in play, here, for the government and indeed for the economy. for many years, medical professionals from around the world have come to work in the uk — including people trained in some of the poorest countries. but now a bbc investigation has found that some doctors from nigeria are being recruited by a british health care company — and then asked to work in private hospitals under conditions which are not allowed in the state—funded national health service. paul kenyon from the bbc�*s newsnight programme has this report. so we are close, guys. this is the art so we are close, guys. this is the part where _ so we are close, guys. this is the part where i _ so we are close, guys. this is the part where i feel _ so we are close, guys. this is the part where i feel really _ so we are close, guys. this is the

part where i feel really tense. i part where i feel really tense. like, i am coming part where i feel really tense. like, iam coming back part where i feel really tense. like, i am coming back to this prison because it was like a prison, to be fair, coming back into this place. draugustin to be fair, coming back into this place. dr augustin is a nigerian doctor who came to the uk two years ago. his recruitment by a british company called nes health care meant working extremely long hours in a private hospital, with potential consequences, he says, for patients�* hell. today, he is taking me back to that hospital in the uk that he says almost broken. it that hospital in the uk that he says almost broken.— that hospital in the uk that he says almost broken. it was on the fourth floor. u- almost broken. it was on the fourth floor. up there? _ almost broken. it was on the fourth floor. up there? you _ almost broken. it was on the fourth floor. up there? you can _ almost broken. it was on the fourth floor. up there? you can see i almost broken. it was on the fourth floor. up there? you can see the i floor. up there? you can see the windows are _ floor. up there? you can see the windows are open _ floor. up there? you can see the windows are open so _ floor. up there? you can see the windows are open so there i floor. up there? you can see the windows are open so there is i floor. up there? you can see the windows are open so there is a i windows are open so there is a doctor up there right now doing the samejob i was doing. i still feel anxious because you know, i can�*t explain what it means, like, just being confined to this place for seven days, 24 hours a day. everyday i worked in his hospital, i always thought that something could go wrong. thought that something could go wroni. �* , thought that something could go wroni. ~ , , ., thought that something could go wroni.~ , ,., ., thought that something could go wroni. , ., ' :::: wrong. augustin is one of 9500 ni . erian wrong. augustin is one of 9500 nigerian doctors _ wrong. augustin is one of 9500 nigerian doctors licensed i wrong. augustin is one of 9500 nigerian doctors licensed to - wrong. augustin is one of 9500 i nigerian doctors licensed to work wrong. augustin is one of 9500 - nigerian doctors licensed to work in the uk. recruitment from abroad has

never been higher, with 40% of doctors trained overseas. i never been higher, with 4096 of doctors trained overseas. i would wake u- doctors trained overseas. i would wake up at _ doctors trained overseas. i would wake up at 6:30am _ doctors trained overseas. i would wake up at 6:30am and - doctors trained overseas. i would wake up at 6:30am and be - doctors trained overseas. i would wake up at 6:30am and be on - doctors trained overseas. i would| wake up at 6:30am and be on the doctors trained overseas. i would - wake up at 6:30am and be on the ward at 7am and it was an 80 bed hospital. 50 i was looking after all of the patients on the ward, outpatients, the ctn, x—ray, and i would be working from 7am until 11pm. would be working from 7am until "pm. at would be working from 7am until 11m. �* would be working from 7am until 11-m. �* at would be working from 7am until 11pm-_ at night. - would be working from 7am until 11pm._ at night, and . would be working from 7am until. 11pm._ at night, and then i 11pm. at night? at night, and then i would think— 11pm. at night? at night, and then i would think to _ 11pm. at night? at night, and then i would think to go _ 11pm. at night? at night, and then i would think to go to _ 11pm. at night? at night, and then i would think to go to bed _ 11pm. at night? at night, and then i would think to go to bed and - 11pm. at night? at night, and then i would think to go to bed and get. would think to go to bed and get some rest but when you go to bed, you get a call that a patient is complaining so your sleep is ruined and i could not sleep, and up at seven again, and the cycle continues for a week. but seven again, and the cycle continues for a week-— seven again, and the cycle continues for a week. �* ., ., ,., ., , for a week. but how do some of these doctors aet for a week. but how do some of these doctors get here? _ for a week. but how do some of these doctors get here? newsnight - for a week. but how do some of these doctors get here? newsnight has - for a week. but how do some of these | doctors get here? newsnight has been investigating the story for months. we have discovered a scandal about large—scale recruitment and exploitation of foreign doctors in the uk that reaches as high as the british government. nigeria's

economic hub, lagos, is a mix of oil driven wealth and life shortening poverty. most here don't live beyond 54. poverty. most here don't live beyond 5a. just five miles from the centre, the cocoa, a floating city where some people have never seen a doctor. it isa it is a brain drain that is worsening each year and the world health organization has stepped in, compiling a list of all countries with health—care shortages from where the rest of the world should never actively recruit doctors. the british government incorporated that list into its own code. they call it the red list. effectively, it makes nigeria a no—go area for british medical recruiters. however, here in

this city, we found hundreds of young doctors queueing for what is called the professional and linguistic assessment board test, a first step to practice in the uk. and here is the thing, the exam is set by the general medical council in london, and the people you see in blue bibs work for the british council, which is sponsored by the foreign office, and is overseeing the exam. it was made clear we were not welcome. we havejust the exam. it was made clear we were not welcome. we have just been thrown out of the car park of the examination hall, and it was the british council who threw us out. they said it is just not good to haveit they said it is just not good to have it here. they said it is about the candidates' privacy, but i wonder if it is also to do with the fact that they know that nigeria is on the red list and theyjust don't want to be associated with the brain drain. three hours later, the candidates emerge into the nigerian sunshine. where do you want to go if you succeed? i sunshine. where do you want to go if you succeed?—

you succeed? i want to go to the uk. the uk. i you succeed? i want to go to the uk. the uk- i want— you succeed? i want to go to the uk. the uk. i want fulfilment _ you succeed? i want to go to the uk. the uk. i want fulfilment in - you succeed? i want to go to the uk. the uk. i want fulfilment in my - the uk. i want fulfilment in my craft _ the uk. i want fulfilment in my craft i— the uk. i want fulfilment in my craft. i mean, the nhs has a walk—in system _ craft. i mean, the nhs has a walk—in system and — craft. i mean, the nhs has a walk—in system and that is what i want. in system and that is what i want. london, we system and that is what i want. in london, we described what we system and that is what i want. in london, we described what we had seen to the british medical association, the trade union for doctors in the uk. is the british government complicit, do you think, in active recruitment?— in active recruitment? certainly, the will in active recruitment? certainly, they will be _ in active recruitment? certainly, they will be aware, _ in active recruitment? certainly, they will be aware, if _ in active recruitment? certainly, they will be aware, if the - in active recruitment? certainly, they will be aware, if the british | they will be aware, if the british council is enabling mass scale taking of the exam, it would be i think are misleading for the department of health and social care to say that they did not know about this. indeed, they are trying to take some active steps with the code of practice to discourage it. but they know _ of practice to discourage it. but they know this is a red list country, don't they? and country, don't they? absolutely. and et, this is country, don't they? absolutely. and yet, this is overseen _ country, don't they? absolutely. and yet, this is overseen by _ country, don't they? absolutely. and yet, this is overseen by the - country, don't they? absolutely. and yet, this is overseen by the british i yet, this is overseen by the british council which is funded by the foreign office?— council which is funded by the foreign office? council which is funded by the foreian office? ~ , , foreign office? absolutely, so there is an element _ foreign office? absolutely, so there is an element of— foreign office? absolutely, so there is an element of one _ foreign office? absolutely, so there is an element of one hand _ foreign office? absolutely, so there is an element of one hand giving - is an element of one hand giving with the code of practice and the

other hand taking away. the department _ other hand taking away. the department of _ other hand taking away. the department of health and social care rejects that, and says responsibility for arranging the exams lies with the gmc, which is independent of government. remember augustin, the doctor from the start of this report? well, it was whilst he was studying for the second part of those exams here in the uk that he was approached by nes health care, the company behind me, and later offered visa sponsorship and a potentialjob. it sounds like that is a breach of the government's code of practice on no active recruitment from red list countries. nes says it is not because the company is not a recruitment agency and the doctors it engages with have already committed themselves to working in the uk anyway. but a spokesman for the uk anyway. but a spokesman for the department of health and social care told us that the code does apply to nes, and so it is in breach of it. augustin had signed a

contract with nes that opted him out of the working time directive. do you think that you were so tired that there was a potential that you were not doing the best or were not delivering the best care for patients?— delivering the best care for atients? , , ., ., , delivering the best care for atients? , , ., , patients? yes. yes, that was my wor , patients? yes. yes, that was my worry. because _ patients? yes. yes, that was my worry, because all— patients? yes. yes, that was my worry, because all that - patients? yes. yes, that was my worry, because all that working | worry, because all that working tired puts the patients at risk and puts myself also at risk as well of litigation and things. so i was really, really worried. if litigation and things. so i was really, really worried.- litigation and things. so i was really, really worried. if he was too tired to _ really, really worried. if he was too tired to work, _ really, really worried. if he was too tired to work, his _ really, really worried. if he was too tired to work, his contract i too tired to work, his contract permitted deductions from his salary. nes says that is to cover the cost of a back—up doctor. it salary. nes says that is to cover the cost of a back-up doctor. it was wronu. i the cost of a back-up doctor. it was wrong- i knew _ the cost of a back-up doctor. it was wrong. i knew it _ the cost of a back-up doctor. it was wrong. i knew it was _ the cost of a back-up doctor. it was wrong. i knew it was wrong. - the cost of a back-up doctor. it was wrong. i knew it was wrong. i - the cost of a back-up doctor. it was wrong. i knew it was wrong. i knew| wrong. i knew it was wrong. i knew everything was wrong. and that is why i raised concerns it wasn't right. why i raised concerns it wasn't riuht. , .,. why i raised concerns it wasn't rirht. , why i raised concerns it wasn't riuht. , ., why i raised concerns it wasn't riuht. , , . right. did it act as a disincentive when ou right. did it act as a disincentive when you knew _ right. did it act as a disincentive when you knew you _ right. did it act as a disincentive when you knew you were - right. did it act as a disincentive when you knew you were going l right. did it act as a disincentive i when you knew you were going to right. did it act as a disincentive - when you knew you were going to lose money, if you are doing the right thing and getting a replacement to come in? . thing and getting a replacement to come in?- you _ thing and getting a replacement to come in?- you are _ thing and getting a replacement to come in? yeah. you are being penalised _ come in? yeah. you are being penalised for— come in? yeah. you are being penalised for that. _ come in? yeah. you are being penalised for that. get. -

come in? yeah. you are being penalised for that. get. this i come in? yeah. you are being| penalised for that. get. this is come in? yeah. you are being - penalised for that. get. this is who nes doctors _ penalised for that. (get this is who nes doctors often come penalised for that. (ist this is who nes doctors often come to for help. drjohnny vaughan from the doctors association. i asked drjohnny vaughan from the doctors association. iasked her drjohnny vaughan from the doctors association. i asked her if these long hours could be excused in any way, at night, for instance, when doctors are only on call, not actually on the ward unless needed. if you are on duty, you are on duty and you _ if you are on duty, you are on duty and you are — if you are on duty, you are on duty and you are in— if you are on duty, you are on duty and you are in a hospital room. you could _ and you are in a hospital room. you could he _ and you are in a hospital room. you could be called at any time. that is a basic_ could be called at any time. that is a basic understanding of a doctor who is_ a basic understanding of a doctor who is on— a basic understanding of a doctor who is on duty. that is why no doctor— who is on duty. that is why no doctor in— who is on duty. that is why no doctor in the nhs, on the nhs contracts. _ doctor in the nhs, on the nhs contracts, does more than four nights— contracts, does more than four nights consecutively, because we know _ nights consecutively, because we know that — nights consecutively, because we know that it is frankly not safe. she is — know that it is frankly not safe. she is particularly concerned that nes doctors are not allowed to leave their contracts without three months' notice, orface more deductions from their salary. this is a slave type — deductions from their salary. this is a slave type work, with no pay and excess — is a slave type work, with no pay and excess hours —— low pay. the like of _ and excess hours —— low pay. the like of which _ and excess hours —— low pay. the like of which we thought had been gone _ like of which we thought had been gone 30 _ like of which we thought had been gone 30 years ago. it is not acceptable. for patient safety

reasons. _ acceptable. for patient safety reasons, it is not acceptable for doctors — reasons, it is not acceptable for doctors. 1. . ~ reasons, it is not acceptable for doctors. �* ., . ~ ., reasons, it is not acceptable for doctors. 1, . ~ ., ., reasons, it is not acceptable for doctors. ., ., , ~ doctors. back in nigeria, more gmc exams are organised _ doctors. back in nigeria, more gmc exams are organised for _ doctors. back in nigeria, more gmc exams are organised for the - doctors. back in nigeria, more gmc exams are organised for the new. exams are organised for the new year, and britain will continue to recruit doctors here because it is cheaper than training them at home. it raises an uncomfortable question. how can we be serious about honouring the red list and thereby helping protect some of the voice nations on earth when our own system can't function without shopping for doctors abroad? scientists say mars may once have been teeming with microscopic organisms that alter the atmosphere so completely that they brought about their own extinction. the study published in the journal nature astronomy suggest even simple organisms have a significant impact on the climate that they depend on for their survival. a volcano on the italian island of stromboli has erupted after the partial collapse of part of its crater. this video

captures the lava flowing down the side of the volcano into the sea with huge plumes of smoke across the sky. stromboli is one of the most active volcanoes on the planet. the italian civil protection agency has raised the alert from yellow to orange and advised people on the island to stay indoors. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol. hello, some of us started on a chilly note this morning with a bit of mist around but where we have had clear skies, that is where we hang on to the sunshine and that is under the area of high pressure. a lot of settled weather around but you can see two weather fronts in the north producing some rain. it is not particularly heavy but it will turn a bit heavier as we go through the afternoon. breezy conditions, with the breeze picking up. a lot of dry weather and a fair bit of sunshine. more clout in the west. you could catch the odd shower in eastern scotland. you could also catch the odd shower across the pennines and the north—west of wales. but generally speaking, these are the

sustained wind speed so not particularly windy but as i mentioned, in the north—west, the wind will pick up a touch as we go through the day. these are our temperatures, ii—i6. as we head through the evening and overnight, we hang on to some clear skies, especially in southern and eastern parts of england. this is where we once again will see the temperatures fall away and in some rural areas, low enough for a touch of frost and some patchy mist and fog. out towards the north and west, more clout and some rain and that is going to be slipping south—eastwards. fora going to be slipping south—eastwards. for a time, going to be slipping south—eastwards. fora time, it going to be slipping south—eastwards. for a time, it will be pretty windy across the outer hebrides. tomorrow, all of this cloud and rain continue to push south—eastwards as a narrowing, fragmenting band. after the bright start in the south—east, we will see their cloud bills and one or two showers developed but for the other side of that weather front, the northern england, scotland and northern england, scotland and northern ireland, it will brighten up northern ireland, it will brighten up through the afternoon and the wind will ease and you could catch the odd shower but not much more. during wednesday evening, you can see how the weather front pushes

south, and eventually on thursday, clearing away and then we have a complex area coming in from the atlantic. lots of weather fronts coming our way and how they interact with each other will determine who and when scenes the rain. it looks like we will have rain coming in across northern ireland, pushing northwards across scotland. rain coming in across the south of england. at the moment, it looks like it will stay south of the m4 but that could change and in between, something drier and brighter with some sunshine. temperatures, ii—i7. as we head through friday and into saturday, it is a mixture of sunshine and showers. the wind will strengthen across the north of scotland where there will be gales at times and temperatures up to 16.

this is bbc news. the headlines: another intervention from the bank of england as it steps in to stabilise markets — it's warning of a "material risk" to the uk's financial stability. the unemployment rate in the uk is at its lowest level for almost 50 years, according to figures released this morning. in ukraine, russian missiles hit the southeastern city of zaporizhzia, and we're hearing reports of lviv being hit for the second day too. the head of the british intelligence agency, gchq, will say in a speech today that russian forces in ukraine are exhausted. protests continue to spread across iran, over the death of 22—year old woman who'd been arrested by the morality police.

there arrested by the morality police. is the wreck of the it there is the wreck of the mary rose. it has come to the surface. and it's exactly a0 years since henry viii's flagship, the mary rose, was raised from the bottom of the solent, after 437 years under the sea. the bank of england has warned of a material risk to the uk's financial stability and has once again intervened to try to calm markets. the emergency move this morning will see the bank buy a wider range of government debt, in order to restore confidence among investors. in the last few minutes, downing street says that liz truss is

committed to the mini budget, despite the fresh intervention by the bank of england. the bank has announced it will buy more gilts. they allow the government to raise money to pay for spending by borrowing from investors. the government's borrowing costs have been surging which has prompted action from the bank of england, and the value of the pound against the us dollar has been falling, but there was a glimmer of good news for the economy this morning as the uk's unemployment rate fell to 3.5% — the lowest quarterly rate since 197a. however, the squeeze on pay remains, with rises in regular wages failing to keep up with the rising cost of living. inflation, which measures the rate of price rises, is at the highest level for decades. and today the think tank the institute for fiscal studies warned the chancellor will need to make "big and painful" public spending cuts — of around £60 billion — to put the country's finances

on a sustainable path. the chancellor says once to get the finances on a sustainable basis. it finances on a sustainable basis. it looks like that will mean tens of billions of pounds of spending cuts in order to achieve that. it is hard to see what other way out the chancellor has. earlier i spoke to our business correspondent, theo leggett, and he started by explaining to me what bonds and gilts are. bonds or gilts are a form of government borrowing. you give some money to the government, dubai a bond. it is basically an iou. the government will then pay you a certain amount of money known as a coupon over a set period of time, and then when the bond comes due, in five, ten, 30 even 100 years, you get your money back. that is how it works. they are investments that can

be bought and sold on a secondary market. they are held by a lot of pension funds. that is where the problem comes from. what we have seen since the mini budget speech is a sell—off in government bonds because the government is seen as being a bit less creditworthy. the problem for that is that a lot of pension funds have found that they have been forced to sell assets in order to meet calls for extra collateral on their investments. caused by the wider situation. what they hold is a lot of government bonds, so they are selling off government bonds, provoking a situation where the prices of bonds were plummeting downwards, which puts the yield up, which is the effective interest rate that the government pays for its own borrowing. it also affects how much we might pay for a fixed term mortgage. there are all sorts of knock—on effects. with this situation developing momentum, the bank of england launched an emergency programme where it said it

would buy bonds on the secondary market, to calm the markets will stop it works for a while, but the programme is due to come to an end on friday. bond prices have been falling, yields have been rising over the past week, so the bank of england has intervened again because it is still worried about the pension funds, so it is widening the range of assets that it is prepared to buy and the amount it is prepared to buy and the amount it is prepared to buy and the amount it is prepared to buy everyday. but it is still due to buy everyday. but it is still due to bring that situation to an end on friday. so we don't know what will happen after that. it is almost as though the bank is saying, we will deal with this situation now, but the onus is on the government to do something about the causes of it in the longer—term. 50 something about the causes of it in the longer-term.— the longer-term. so it is a stopgap measure. what _ the longer-term. so it is a stopgap measure. what has _ the longer-term. so it is a stopgap measure. what has the _ the longer-term. so it is a stopgap measure. what has the market - measure. what has the market reaction been today? the measure. what has the market reaction been today? the prices of bonds have _ reaction been today? the prices of bonds have risen _ reaction been today? the prices of bonds have risen a _ reaction been today? the prices of bonds have risen a little _ reaction been today? the prices of bonds have risen a little bit, - reaction been today? the prices of bonds have risen a little bit, the l bonds have risen a little bit, the yields have gone down a little bit. but it is still any situation where the government's implied cost of

borrowing is higher than it usually would be. there is still a risk to pension funds and so on. the question really is what happens later in the week, beyond friday, when the intervention is due to stop. we'll be get more intervention from the bank over the next couple of weeks or is the bank willing to stand back and say, we have done our bit, let's see what happens now. that will be interesting over the next few days. so does the market believe the government can balance its books? i put this to anand menon — director of the thinktank 'the uk in a changing europe'. there is no doubt that what they have _ there is no doubt that what they have done — there is no doubt that what they have done has spooked the markets above _ have done has spooked the markets above and _ have done has spooked the markets above and beyond. the other issue is, above and beyond. the other issue is. whatever— above and beyond. the other issue is, whatever course of action they take, _ is, whatever course of action they take. will— is, whatever course of action they take. will it — is, whatever course of action they take, will it be acceptable to their

own mps? — take, will it be acceptable to their own mps? they are a governing party that are _ own mps? they are a governing party that are divided on these issues. a lot of that are divided on these issues. lot of the reversals we have seen so far have been absolutely post from within the conservatives' own ranks. will bc more of that, given that a lot of these mps in various constituencies up and down the uk will be looking at their inboxes, constituents talking about the cost of living crisis, and they will be thinking about their chances come the next election?— thinking about their chances come the next election? absolutely. the current economic _ the next election? absolutely. the current economic climate - the next election? absolutely. the| current economic climate mitigates against _ current economic climate mitigates against the kind of cuts the ifs speculates might be necessary. beyond — speculates might be necessary. beyond that, the more necessary question— beyond that, the more necessary question is, to supervise dramatically, you have different kinds _ dramatically, you have different kinds of— dramatically, you have different kinds of conservative mps. one in one of— kinds of conservative mps. one in one of the — kinds of conservative mps. one in one of the redwall seats has probably got a different economic wish list — probably got a different economic wish list to your traditional shire

conservative. reconciling those different — conservative. reconciling those different groups that have different interests _ different groups that have different interests will be pretty difficult. the treasury has been arguing that its tax cuts and reforms will deliver sustainable funding for public services through the growth they say it will generate. but given they say it will generate. but given the cost of living crisis, is it sustainable for this government right now to even begin to think about taking that course of action, given the crises that so many people are in? j given the crises that so many people are in? , , given the crises that so many people are in? , ., given the crises that so many people arein? , ., , , given the crises that so many people arein? , ., , are in? i suppose that depends on whether the _ are in? i suppose that depends on whether the chancellor _ are in? i suppose that depends on whether the chancellor can - are in? i suppose that depends on whether the chancellor can put. whether the chancellor can put forward — whether the chancellor can put forward a — whether the chancellor can put forward a compelling case on the 3ist forward a compelling case on the 31st of— forward a compelling case on the 31st of october or not. one of the interesting — 31st of october or not. one of the interesting things about the ifs report— interesting things about the ifs report is— interesting things about the ifs report is they caution against cutting — report is they caution against cutting investment, because if you do that. _ cutting investment, because if you do that. it — cutting investment, because if you do that, it might help reduce debt but will— do that, it might help reduce debt but will reduce growth. so there are a number— but will reduce growth. so there are a number of— but will reduce growth. so there are a number of difficult trade—offs that the — a number of difficult trade—offs that the government will have to face _ that the government will have to face it— that the government will have to face it is— that the government will have to face. it is not clear they will be successful— face. it is not clear they will be successful in making them, to be honest _ successful in making them, to be honest. what the ifs report

underlines is they will face a tricky— underlines is they will face a tricky economic situation. to underlines is they will face a tricky economic situation. to take a ste back, tricky economic situation. to take a step back. that _ tricky economic situation. to take a step back, that statement - tricky economic situation. to take a step back, that statement from - tricky economic situation. to take a step back, that statement from the j step back, that statement from the bank of england talking about a material risk to the uk financial markets, how unusual is it to hear a discussion like that? it is markets, how unusual is it to hear a discussion like that?— discussion like that? it is unusual. it is a sort — discussion like that? it is unusual. it is a sort of _ discussion like that? it is unusual. it is a sort of thing _ discussion like that? it is unusual. it is a sort of thing that _ discussion like that? it is unusual. it is a sort of thing that makes - it is a sort of thing that makes people — it is a sort of thing that makes people reach for their reports from 2008 _ people reach for their reports from 2008 at _ people reach for their reports from 2008 at the financial crisis. there is a degree — 2008 at the financial crisis. there is a degree of volatility and instability. the bank is acting quickly— instability. the bank is acting quickly to try to calm the markets, but the _ quickly to try to calm the markets, but the second part of that equation is to regain— but the second part of that equation is to regain credibility in our government and the decisions it takes _ we will go to the ukrainian capital, kyiv. it comes as the western ukrainian city of lviv has been hit again by russian missiles, leaving part of the city without power. lviv�*s mayor says the strikes,

which came around three hours ago, targeted energy facilities, with three explosions causing widespread outages. lviv was also one of the cities that suffered missile attacks yesterday, when russia targeted locations across the country in a wave of strikes that killed at least 19 people and wounded many more. homes, health care facilities and schools were struck, with towns and cities experiencing power outages and problems with water supply. we can speak now to our correspondent, paul adams, who's in kyiv. what is the situation like there in the capital? mil what is the situation like there in the capital?— what is the situation like there in the caital? �* . ., the capital? all quiet here. we had air raid sirens _ the capital? all quiet here. we had air raid sirens this _ the capital? all quiet here. we had air raid sirens this morning, - the capital? all quiet here. we had air raid sirens this morning, but. the capital? all quiet here. we had air raid sirens this morning, but in | air raid sirens this morning, but in the last hour or so, we have been told it is all clear. it is an absolutely gorgeous day and the city is gradually going about its business after the shock at received yesterday. but you are right to highlight that situation out of the west, because lviv has had another difficult day. this is a city close to the polish border that really

felt that the war had gone away, as far as the people there were concerned. but it was hit yesterday and was without power for quite a long time yesterday. once again, it has been hit today, with problems with water and electricity. this is indicative of the kind of phase we are in now, because that was very much a common feature of yesterday's much a common feature of yesterday's much more widespread attacks, they seemed to be targeting civilian infrastructure, in particular power. it is a gorgeous day, people are not huddled around their stoves today. but in a few weeks, they may be. the intention from moscow seems to be to give them as difficult a time as possible when winter actually arrives. �* , ,., ., possible when winter actually arrives. ., , arrives. and the message for people around ukraine _ arrives. and the message for people around ukraine is _ arrives. and the message for people around ukraine is to _ arrives. and the message for people around ukraine is to pay _ arrives. and the message for people around ukraine is to pay attention i around ukraine is to pay attention if they hear a warning sound, to get to shelters. how much concern is there that there will be more of what we have seen over the last couple of days from russia? i

what we have seen over the last couple of days from russia? i think there is genuine _ couple of days from russia? i think there is genuine concern, - couple of days from russia? i think there is genuine concern, there - couple of days from russia? i think| there is genuine concern, there has to be. yesterday was a pretty shocking return to the kind of feeling of the early days of the war. but i think there are two things, the ukrainian population, those who have stayed here throughout, are pretty resilient. those who felt fearful, didn't really feel they could cope, they left. some of them have come back. but those who remained are pretty tough. the other thing to remember isjust how many tough. the other thing to remember is just how many more weapons does vladimir putin have at his disposal to inflict precisely this kind of damage? it does require pretty precise targeting. if you want to deprive this vast country of the ability to heat itself, you have to go after the energy infrastructure and you have to do it precisely. some of the attacks we saw yesterday appeared to be targeting a power station in the southern region of

the city here. it didn't seem to work. so how much more of that does russia have at its disposal? some western experts would say not so much. mil western experts would say not so much. �* , , ., , western experts would say not so much. �* , , " , much. all the while, beyond its key allies, much. all the while, beyond its key allies. more — much. all the while, beyond its key allies, more voices _ much. all the while, beyond its key allies, more voices joining - much. all the while, beyond its key allies, more voices joining the - allies, more voices joining the opposition against russia, group of central and eastern european presidents the latest to voice their opposition, calling what has happened a war crime. i opposition, calling what has happened a war crime. i think we are seeinr , happened a war crime. i think we are seeing. slowly. _ happened a war crime. i think we are seeing, slowly, some _ happened a war crime. i think we are seeing, slowly, some fracturing - happened a war crime. i think we are seeing, slowly, some fracturing in i seeing, slowly, some fracturing in the kind of russian orbit, if you like. it was interesting today that uzbekistan has recommended that its citizens leave the country. another central asian embassy announced it was going to close. these are interesting indications of anxiety thatis interesting indications of anxiety that is perhaps creeping through the russian orbit as this war goes on

and does vladimir putin appears to be escalating. and does vladimir putin appears to be escalating-— and does vladimir putin appears to be escalating. thank you very much, paul adams. — be escalating. thank you very much, paul adams, our _ be escalating. thank you very much, paul adams, our correspondence i be escalating. thank you very much, paul adams, our correspondence in l paul adams, our correspondence in the ukrainian capital, kyiv. we will say goodbye to viewers on bbc two now. you're watching bbc news. let's return to the economy. a busy day. the bank of england announced it was buying more government bonds or gilts, in other words more government debt. in order to try to calm the markets. i was speaking to our political correspondent, jonathan blake, who gave this assessment of the impact at westminster. it is not an ideal backdrop for the chancellor, kwasi kwarteng, to face questions from all sides of the house as they return to westminster today. that, added to the warning

from the institute for fiscal studies that there is a £16 billion black hole in the government's calculations that needs to be filled with potentially what they describe as big and painful cuts to government spending. what those things do, the intervention from the bank of england and that warning from the ifs is exposed both the fact that the government hasn't yet come forward with a detailed plan to explain how it plans to pay for the sweeping tax cuts that the chancellor announced in his mini budget a few weeks ago. also, the impact that that budget and the resulting fallout has had on the financial markets. there is a good deal of uncertainty out there. it seems investors are not yet convinced that the government is going to put the uk economy on a stable and sustainable footing. so it will be a tricky session for

kwasi kwarteng this afternoon. there will be questions about how the government plans to pay for its moves. i don't degree will get a huge amount of detail on that, because the chancellor has now confirmed that he will bring forward his medium—term fiscal plan, as it is called, and economic statement, effectively, where he will fill in some of the gaps and explain how the government plans to fund those tax cuts, the amount of borrowing it intends to embark on, and when and by how much it plans to reduce the overall debt that the uk has. we will also, overall debt that the uk has. we willalso, i'm overall debt that the uk has. we will also, i'm sure, overall debt that the uk has. we willalso, i'm sure, hear overall debt that the uk has. we will also, i'm sure, hear plenty of criticism from labour and other opposition benches for the plan. the shadow chief secretary to the treasury saying this morning that the government needs to reverse its damaging budget. but the party does back the reversal in the national

insurance rise and the cut to the basic rate of income tax. jonathan blake. sport now, and a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. england have named the players who have been awarded a central contract, with test wicketkeeper ben foakes and white—ball all—rounder liam livingstone being given deals for the first time. opener alex lees isn't on the list, though. jofra archer is, despite being injured for more than a year. the fast bowler was expected to come back from an elbow injury at the start of the summer but then suffered a stress fracture in his back. archer hasn't played an international match since march 2021, but england's decision to give him a contract suggests they're hopeful he'll contribute in the next year. 380 players and coaches across english grassroots football were handed bans last season for attacking or threatening referees and match officials. football association disciplinary reports show a catalogue of abuse against officials in youth and adult football. fixtures in the merseyside youth

football league have been cancelled this weekend in a protest at what they call "multiple incidents of inappropriate and threatening behaviour" towards officials. sanctions for last season's incidents ranged from 112 days bans to eight years. both wales and scotland sit on the verge of a place at the women's world cup in australia and new zealand next year. scotland are hoping for a second successive qualification, and they could be there if they beat the republic of ireland. for wales, they've faced two matches already which manager gemma grainger called the biggest in their history — the first to reach the play—offs and the second was last week as they won in extra time to face switzerland in zurich this evening. it's a complicated qualification process, but a two—goal win in normal time should be enough for them to reach their first ever world cup. if we do with this game and we qualify for the next stage, that is an incredible moment for us. we have

made history already, but it is almost important to know that if we are not successful, this campaign is not a failure. we are really clear about what we do what we do and off the pitch how we have inspired the crowd, the attendances, and every thing that has grown in the game. we have to be proud of that. but we are on track for a team who will qualify for a major tournament. on track for a team who will qualify fora majortournament. if on track for a team who will qualify for a major tournament. if it is not this time, it will be next time. celtic have been fined by uefa for anti—monarchy banners displayed by their fans at a champions league match last month. it came less than a week after the queen's death. banners were seen in the away section at their match with ukrainian side shakhtar donetsk in poland in september. the scottish champions have been fined 15 thousand euros for what uefa called a "message not fit for a sporting event". that's all the sport for now.

the head of the british intelligence agency, gchq, will say in a speech today that russian forces in ukraine are exhausted. sirjeremy fleming will suggest that moscow is running out of ammunition, and president putin is making errors ofjudgement. speaking to nick robinson on bbc radio 4's today programme, sirjeremy outlined gchq's understanding of the situation in ukraine. we believe that russia is running short of munitions. it is certainly running short of friends. we have seen, because of the declaration for mobilisation that it is also running short of troops. i think the answer to that is pretty clear. russia and its commanders are worrying about the state of their military machine. they are, to use your words, desperate?— they are, to use your words, deserate? ., ., , , desperate? the word i have used is deserate desperate? the word i have used is desperate and _ desperate? the word i have used is desperate and we _ desperate? the word i have used is desperate and we can _ desperate? the word i have used is desperate and we can see - desperate? the word i have used is desperate and we can see that i desperate and we can see that desperation at many levels inside russian society and inside the military machine. the russian society and inside the military machine.— russian society and inside the military machine. russian society and inside the milita machine. , ,, military machine. the reason i press one that is we _ military machine. the reason i press one that is we get _ military machine. the reason i press one that is we get former _ military machine. the reason i press one that is we get former generals i one that is we get former generals coming on this programme, who i think it is fair to describe as

being worried about complacency, that this messaging suggests that ukraine will win and russia will lose. do you think we have to be wary of that? it lose. do you think we have to be wary of that?— wary of that? it certainly doesn't iml wary of that? it certainly doesn't imply complacency. _ wary of that? it certainly doesn't imply complacency. russia, i wary of that? it certainly doesn't imply complacency. russia, as l wary of that? it certainly doesn't. imply complacency. russia, as we have seen in the triple attacks yesterday, still have a capable military machine. they can launch weapons, it has a deep stock and expertise. but it is broadly stretched in ukraine. we can speak now to rear admiral dr chris parry, a former naval officer and now a strategic forecaster and risk expert. thank you forjoining us. i wonder, do you broadly agree with the comments that sirjeremy was making in that interview? yes, i think he was speaking out of both sides of his mouth, to tell you the truth. on the one hand, he was saying that the russians are on the back foot, and he was also saying

they have lots of material and manpower available to them. i think both of those statements are true. what the russians are doing right now is stalling for time. they are not doing very well on the battlefield, they are trying to stabilise their front line ahead of winter. the ukrainians will continue to press them until the time when it becomes very muddy and wet. what the russians are trying to do is get a lot of manpower, regroup some of their material by about winter time so they can get into offensive operations themselves. i agree that their precision weapons, the missiles that you from their warplanes, are running short. i think what we have to recognise is a lot of the parts come from countries that are currently sanctioning russia, so that is where the problem lies. ~ . .. . russia, so that is where the problem lies. ~ . ., , ., ., , lies. which leads me onto my next cuestion. lies. which leads me onto my next question- if— lies. which leads me onto my next question. if president _ lies. which leads me onto my next question. if president putin - lies. which leads me onto my next question. if president putin wants| question. if president putin wants to attack key infrastructure with precision strikes on power plants

and water plants, it sounds as though he doesn't necessarily have the capability to do more of that if he wanted to bring that sort of level of chaos into the lives of everyday ukrainians. i level of chaos into the lives of everyday ukrainians.- level of chaos into the lives of everyday ukrainians. i think we have to be careful- _ everyday ukrainians. i think we have to be careful. he _ everyday ukrainians. i think we have to be careful. he doesn't _ everyday ukrainians. i think we have to be careful. he doesn't have i everyday ukrainians. i think we have to be careful. he doesn't have the i to be careful. he doesn't have the precision weapons, but he has a lot of weapons, what i called don weapons. that will increase the collateral damage when he aims for this infrastructure and control centres, which was what they seem to have been aiming for in the last few days. we shouldn't have any illusions about the attack on monday. that was planned a good week ago, it wasn't really in retaliation for the bridge attack. we have to be very careful, i think, how we analyse russian intelligence and what they do on the ground. 50 analyse russian intelligence and what they do on the ground. so why are ou what they do on the ground. so why are you saying _ what they do on the ground. so why are you saying it _ what they do on the ground. so why are you saying it wasn't _ what they do on the ground. so why are you saying it wasn't a _ what they do on the ground. so why are you saying it wasn't a revenge i are you saying it wasn't a revenge attack for what happened at the

bridge? what we have seen over the last few days in terms of the russian from botman is, why was that not, in your opinion, a revenge attack for what happened at the bridge? j attack for what happened at the brid . e? ~' , . ., attack for what happened at the bride? ~' ,.., ., attack for what happened at the bride? ~ ,.., ., ., bridge? i think the scale and range ofthe bridge? i think the scale and range of the attacks _ bridge? i think the scale and range of the attacks indicates _ bridge? i think the scale and range of the attacks indicates that - bridge? i think the scale and range of the attacks indicates that that i of the attacks indicates that that would have been planned a long time ago. the timing of it, which i think was during rush—hour in most ukrainian cities, was time to create the maximum damage both to the infrastructure and to people. we have to understand that the russians were sending a message. look, you hurt us there, so we will hurt you now. i think it is the timing. i think it was always going to happen, but the precise timing was designed to hurt. irate but the precise timing was designed to hurt. ~ .. but the precise timing was designed to hurt. ~ ., , , . ., but the precise timing was designed tohurt. ., . to hurt. we are respecting a speech from the nato _ to hurt. we are respecting a speech from the nato secretary-general. from the nato secretary—general later. we had a statement from the group of central and eastern european presidents, calling the actions of the last couple of days war crimes. in one sense, president

putin is boxing himself further in, how much support do you think he still has in his immediate circle? i still has in his immediate circle? i think the way they have become more vicious in their application of force is that he is being pushed by the right—wing nationalists in his grouping. that is about 20% of the population as well, by the way. we shouldn't forget that the vast bulk of russian population is behind putin and his war in ukraine here. but there is a hardline group. what we have to recognise as we have presidential elections coming up in 2024, at my hunch is that president putin is looking for a way out himself, but he will need to have a successor who will look after him and make sure that the racket, frankly, that is the government in russia continues to the advantage of those people who are invested in it.

so i think we will be seeing an interesting succession crisis occurring over the next six months or so. there are some runners and riders who will fancy their chances of succeeding putin, but they will only be allowed to do that if they continued the current regime's policies. continued the current regime's olicies. �* ., , , . policies. and there has been much speculation _ policies. and there has been much speculation about _ policies. and there has been much speculation about whether - policies. and there has been much i speculation about whether president putin might order the use of nuclear weapons, a tactical nuclear weapon. what is your view?— weapons, a tactical nuclear weapon. what is your view? there has been a lot of validation _ what is your view? there has been a lot of validation of _ what is your view? there has been a lot of validation of that _ what is your view? there has been a lot of validation of that sort - what is your view? there has been a lot of validation of that sort of i lot of validation of that sort of policy by putin by commentators in the west. what we need to do is recognise realities of that. if you cross the nuclear threshold in the world today, that opens a pandora's box which leads to everything from tactical nuclear weapons to the strategic missiles that are deployed by the main powers in the world today. it would be wary of that. he

has a lot of chemical weapons and he does have this mass mobilisation and the ability to regroup before christmas time, so he can confront ukraine, stabilises front line and see what his options are going forward after that. so i wouldn't think he will rush towards using a nuclear weapon. think he will rush towards using a nuclearweapon. i think he will rush towards using a nuclear weapon. i think it is fair to say we haven't seen any indication that russian nuclear forces are being put on any sort of alert. if we see the whole nuclear chain being mobilised or put on a higher alert state, we need to get worried. .. ~ higher alert state, we need to get worried. ., ~ , ., , . ., worried. thank you very much for our worried. thank you very much for your thoughts _ worried. thank you very much for your thoughts today. _ the uk's highest court is hearing arguments today on whether holyrood can set up a scottish independence referendum without the agreement of westminster. scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon, wants to hold the vote in october next year, but downing street has opposed this. the scottish and uk governments will make their cases

to the supreme court in london as part of the two—day hearing. but it could take weeks or months for a judgment to be reached. the hearing began earlier this morning, which was lead by dorothy bain, lord advocate of scottish government. the issue of scottish independence is alive and significant in scottish politics. the scottish government wish to introduce a bill in the scottish parliament to provide for holding a referendum. as is well understood, the question of whether such a bill would be within the competence of the scottish parliament is contested. it has been contested since the advent of devolution. the history of the debate on that question is summarised in my case. the question of the competence of independence referendum was considered in the uk parliament during the passage of the

scotland bill. i make reference to that in my case at length, at paragraphs 48 and electronic pages 53 through 56. there is also references made and comments made by other academic and other commentators at paragraph 24, electronic 44 of my case. it was predicted that it would become a festering issue to stop in my submission, he has been proved right. it is an issue that i invite this court to finally resolve. our scotland correspondent alexandra mackenzie had the latest developments outside the supreme court in london. some independence supporters have weathered outside, the proceedings are under way inside. you heard from the lord advocate, dorothy bain. she

has been speaking since the start of proceedings. she opened for the scottish government. she says it is well—known that the scottish government policy is for a local referendum. nicola sturgeon wants to hold a referendum next year. the question put to the five judges inside the court here over the two days is, can the scottish government hold that independence referendum next year without getting a transfer of powers and permission from the uk government? the union is a reserved matter and the scottish government cannot pass laws which relate to reserved matters. but the lord advocate has argued that a referendum in itself is not a reserved matter. but she also said she would not be able to clear a referendum bill through the scottish parliament. she said she would not have the necessary degree of confidence that the bill would be

within the competence for her to do so. she said that only the supreme court here could provide that certainty and clarity that is needed to do so. this isjust certainty and clarity that is needed to do so. this is just the certainty and clarity that is needed to do so. this isjust the beginning of two days of legal arguments and debate. the uk government will also give its position. it says the scottish parliament cannot legally hold a referendum without permission from westminster. opening proceedings here, the supreme court president said the hearing isjust the tip of the iceberg. he said he, along with the four otherjudges, have 8000 pages of material to go through. he said it is likely to be months before we get a judgment. time for a look at the weather. how appealing does it go for a nice

gentle walk in the sunshine down the track. .. gentle walk in the sunshine down the track. ., ., . , ., track. the weather watchers have sent in beautiful— track. the weather watchers have sent in beautiful images - track. the weather watchers have sent in beautiful images and i track. the weather watchers have sent in beautiful images and we i track. the weather watchers have i sent in beautiful images and we had some great pictures capturing the early frost and with the sunshine we are picking up some of the change in our leaves. it was so quiet over night with light winds and clear skies and we saw frost developing and it's picking up a bit with the wind in the west of the uk are more cloud coming in and we will see rain ushered into parts of scotland and northern ireland through the afternoon with the odd shower possible across northern england and north wales but to the south, still looking fine with sunshine and an afternoon high of 16 degrees. through the evening and overnight, thick cloud works across scotland, some heavy rain perhaps to the west and south, into northern ireland as well the wetter conditions also getting into lancashire but still quite clear for east anglia and the south—east. we could get close to a frost again here on early wednesday. wednesday daytime, more cloud drifting across england and wales

and the weather front diminishing into patchy showers by the afternoon and looking brighterfor scotland and looking brighter for scotland and looking brighterfor scotland and northern ireland behind that front. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. another intervention from the bank of england as it steps in to stabilise markets and warns of a material risk to the uk's financial stability. the unemployment rate in the uk is at its lowest level for almost 50 years according to figures released this morning. in ukraine, russian missiles hit the

south—eastern city of zaporizhzhia and we here report that lviv has been hit for the second day in a row. the head of the british intelligence agency will say in a speech today that russian forces in ukraine are exhausted. protests continue to spread across iran over the death of 22—year—old mahsa amini, who had been arrested by the morality police. amini, who had been arrested by the morality police-— morality police. there is the wreck ofthe morality police. there is the wreck of the mary _ morality police. there is the wreck of the mary rose _ morality police. there is the wreck of the mary rose that _ morality police. there is the wreck of the mary rose that has - morality police. there is the wreck of the mary rose that has come i morality police. there is the wreck of the mary rose that has come to the surface. of the mary rose that has come to the surface-— the surface. and it's exactly 40 ears the surface. and it's exactly 40 years since _ the surface. and it's exactly 40 years since henry _ the surface. and it's exactly 40 years since henry viii's - the surface. and it's exactly 40 | years since henry viii's flagship the surface. and it's exactly 40 i years since henry viii's flagship of the mary rose was raised from the bottom of the solent after 437 years under the sea. u nrest unrest in iran over women's rights appears to be spreading. the protests erupted after the death of 22 year old mahsa amini, who'd been arrested by the morality police.

thousands of people have been detained — and dozens are reported killed. anna a n na foster anna foster had this assessment from the iran and iraq border. this anna foster had this assessment from the iran and iraq border.— the iran and iraq border. this is the iran and iraq border. this is the fourth _ the iran and iraq border. this is the fourth week— the iran and iraq border. this is the fourth week of— the iran and iraq border. this is the fourth week of protests i the iran and iraq border. this is i the fourth week of protests across the fourth week of protests across the country. the last significant day we saw was at the weekend where geographically the demonstrations spread out to cities across iran. but what we are seeing now is the continuation in certain areas, a kurdish, western city, one of the places where the protest began in the first place and last night we saw again social media videos showing tires being burned on the streets, showing protesters, but significantly also showing the security forces appearing to open fire on those protesters. it is certainly one of those cities where the anger and frustration remains high and where there is a strong iranians security presence to try and contain the demonstrators in that area. we are also still seeing

social media videos of more peaceful demonstrations, particularly at university students who are chanting slogans. there is still no sign that these protests are going away. no sign that people within iran feel like their demands have been listened to and that things might be about to change. let's get more from our bbc worldwide correspondent. everybody looking at how these protests are spreading. what are you hearing about them and the response, or if there has been a specific response from the regime? $5 there has been a specific response from the regime?— there has been a specific response from the regime? as anna mentioned, the caital from the regime? as anna mentioned, the capital city — from the regime? as anna mentioned, the capital city of _ from the regime? as anna mentioned, the capital city of the _ from the regime? as anna mentioned, the capital city of the kurdish - the capital city of the kurdish region which historically has seen a lot of uprising. i think the difference this time around is there is a unity crush the country and solidarity for the city and the videos i've seen on the contact i had in the city last night, some of

them were horrified because the security forces were indiscriminately firing tear gas into peoples house and windows and even one resident centre safe video showing a bullet fired at a double glazed window with a hole in it which then made a hole in the wall and hit a chair. which then made a hole in the wall and hita chair. irate which then made a hole in the wall and hit a chair.— which then made a hole in the wall and hit a chair. we are showing our view is this — and hit a chair. we are showing our view is this right _ and hit a chair. we are showing our view is this right now. _ and hit a chair. we are showing our view is this right now. exactly. it i view is this right now. exactly. it shows that _ view is this right now. exactly. it shows that it _ view is this right now. exactly. it shows that it was _ view is this right now. exactly. it shows that it was a _ view is this right now. exactly. it shows that it was a 50 _ view is this right now. exactly. it shows that it was a 50 calibre i shows that it was a 50 calibre semiautomatic machine gun being used, and we have seen this and people are telling us there was mass firing and they were hearing shooting across the city, and so many people have been ousted and many people have been ousted and many were injured, but we don't know how and what is going on inside the city because the internet has been completely cut off.— completely cut off. despite the resonse completely cut off. despite the response from _ completely cut off. despite the response from the _ completely cut off. despite the response from the security i completely cut off. despite the i response from the security forces, these protests grow. the movement is

refusing to be stopped. you've also been hearing from doctors about the conditions inside prisons where people are many protesters have been detained. , , , people are many protesters have been detained. , , detained. many prisons across the country for — detained. many prisons across the country for example _ detained. many prisons across the country for example in _ detained. many prisons across the country for example in the - detained. many prisons across the| country for example in the kurdish region, they say the normal prison don't have those new young women and men who have been arrested so one particular prison, a doctor got in contact with us and it is in greater tehran and he said hundreds of young men and women have been camped in small rooms and some of them with severe injuries and they need urgent care. they need to be in intensive care. they need to be in intensive care but officials are refusing to offer them the medical treatment they need. they have been beaten severely and most of them are teenage or very young and in their early 20s. the message we hear is that we have heard this in other places, for example a couple of days

ago, in another prison in northern iran, there was an uprising and a fire and many people were fearing that prisoners might be massacred by security forces. fight! that prisoners might be massacred by security forces-— security forces. and different narrative we _ security forces. and different narrative we are _ security forces. and different narrative we are hearing i security forces. and different | narrative we are hearing from government officials, presidential officials compared to the narrative officials compared to the narrative of the families.— of the families. absolutely. yesterday. _ of the families. absolutely. yesterday, for _ of the families. absolutely. yesterday, for example, i of the families. absolutely. | yesterday, for example, the of the families. absolutely. i yesterday, for example, the head of the families. absolutely. - yesterday, for example, the head of thejudiciary, said we yesterday, for example, the head of the judiciary, said we should yesterday, for example, the head of thejudiciary, said we should come and sit and talk and we are willing to hear your voices. but what we are seeing on the ground, people feel walking and being beaten up by the security forces. they are breaking the windshields of cars just because they are driving down the street. what we are seeing is completely different than the version the government and media, which is controlled by the state is offering. but everything is out there to be judged and i think it is quite different than what they say. judged and i think it is quite different than what they say. thank ou ve different than what they say. thank you very much _ different than what they say. thank you very much for _ different than what they say. thank

you very much for that. _ more on the economy now and the news that the bank of england has warned of a material risk to the uk's financial stability and has once again intervened to calm markets. the emergency move this morning will see the bank by a wider range of government debt in order to try to restore confidence among investors. meanwhile, downing street says liz truss remains committed to the economic plans set out in last month's mini budget. the leader of the liberal democrats has accused the liberal democrats has accused the government of being out of touch. ,., the government of being out of touch. .., _, ., . the government of being out of touch. ., . . , touch. government economic policies and a total mess _ touch. government economic policies and a total mess and _ touch. government economic policies and a total mess and it's _ touch. government economic policies and a total mess and it's the - and a total mess and it's the millions of families and pensioners and businesses out there who are taking the hit. the news today from the iss that the government would have to cut public spending by £60 million is deeply alarming and if the government were to do that then they are completely out of touch with what is happening in our society. the nhs needs more money,

not less. schools are struggling. people on low incomes, pensioners, disabled people, people on low incomes in work but needing universal credit, they are struggling. they need more support, not less. ~ ., , , , ., not less. would it be sustainable for any political _ not less. would it be sustainable for any political party _ not less. would it be sustainable for any political party to - not less. would it be sustainable for any political party to be i not less. would it be sustainable l for any political party to be making public spending cuts at a time of a cost of living crisis? it public spending cuts at a time of a cost of living crisis?— cost of living crisis? it wouldn't be, buti cost of living crisis? it wouldn't be. but i worry _ cost of living crisis? it wouldn't be, but i worry that _ cost of living crisis? it wouldn't be, but i worry that some i cost of living crisis? it wouldn't be, but i worry that some of. cost of living crisis? it wouldn't| be, but i worry that some of the people around liz truss and kwasi kwarteng are so out of touch with what is happening, as we saw in their mini budget that they might take these incredibly damaging measures. i am still really worried that they are not getting this right and there is no confidence in our economic policy and because there is no confidence that's pushing up mortgage rates. i keep talking to people my constituency who are so worried that they are going to see the cost of their mortgages go up

and up and up, and because of that is the fact that nobody believes this government have a grip of the economy and the markets are signalling with the pound and stirling and whether it is in the government bond markets, often called the gilts market, the investors around the world and in our country are signalling they don't trust this government and don't trust this government and don't have confidence in it. the liberal democrat _ don't have confidence in it. the liberal democrat leader sir ed davey. the number of care workers in england has fallen for the first time, leaving more people without the support they need according to new figures. unfilled care jobs rose by 52% in a year, the fastest rate on record. our social affairs editor, alison holt has this report. james waterhouse is settling into his new rented home in rotherham. he wouldn't have been able to afford to move here if he hadn't given up thejob he loved working in a care home with people with dementia.

it was the firstjob i had where i was thinking, you know, i'm actually good at this. i'm making a difference. he is one of many who, according to today's report, are leaving jobs in adult social care. he was paid the minimum wage. even when he was working as the senior person in charge overnight, he only got an extra £3 for the whole 12—hour shift. working with the elderly and knowing that i've helped improve some lives somewhere and knowing that i can't do that now unless i have to make massive personal sacrifices to do that is wrong. it shouldn't be that, people shouldn't be having to make sacrifices in their own lives, you know, in terms of, you know, struggling to pay bills, struggling to buy food and things like that. by moving to a job working with children, he was immediately paid £2 an hour more. when it comes to the shortage of care workers, it is really difficult to grasp the scale of the problem. well, we're here in rotherham and 110,000 people live in the town itself.

that is roughly the number of vacancies there were in social care last year. well, this year there are 165,000 emptyjobs. that is a record 52% increase in care job vacancies in england in one year. despite more older or disabled people needing support, the number of people actually working in care has fallen for the first time, dropping by 50,000. and there are particular concerns about the difficulty of recruiting young people and nurses to care jobs. behind all of those statistics are people's lives, and so i think we need to have the conversation about what social care looks like in the future because it's having an impact on people's lives today and social care doesn't exist without the workforce. the government says it is putting record extra funding into social care, including money for the recruitment and training of staff. alison holt, bbc news.

more missile strikes on lviv this morning and it is months since there was a direct hit there from russia. the bbc has just been hearing from the mayor of lviv, who says one person has been wounded and parts of the city are without power after those further missile strikes today. a very tough situation. yesterday russian missiles attacked the lviv region and together 15 missiles, and today there were four missiles attacking. yesterday after the attacking. yesterday after the attack we had a tough problem because the city was without electricity and without water, but until morning we renewed the

situation and one hour before the next russian attack destroyed for electrical stations in the region and we have a problem today, at this moment with water and electricity and other serious situations here. but the ukrainian people will get stronger, more powerful and resistant. this war is not eight months, it is not eight years, it is 100 years, and a strong situation and i believe in our victory and i believe in our victory and you must believe in our victory and you must believe in our victory.

a series of events and activities have been planned to celebrate the dramatic, raising of the remains of the mary rose — 40 years ago this week. henry viii's favourite ship had remained lost and forgotten sincejuly1545 — when it was sunk in battle close to england's southern coast. the remains are now on display in a museum in portsmouth. john maguire reports. now, there is the wreck of the mary rose. it has come to the surface. there is the first sight of this flagship of henry viii. it's the first time we have seen this in 437 years. inch by inch, the ship that was the pride of henry viii's mighty navy peeked above the waters of the solent and began to reveal her secrets. alex hildred was part of the original dive team and says, 40 years on, we're still learning about life on board. we can reconstruct their faces,

we can reconstruct their lives. with dna technology, we can learn about where they were born and what colour their eyes would be if you process it enough. and our problem is, there's so much we can learn, we've got to save some things for when technology gets better so that you don't have to destroy anything. the then—prince charles was present to witness his ancestor�*s flagship return to the surface. i believe she's in marvellous condition. and he was right. the half of the ship and a huge number of artifacts were preserved by centuries cocooned in mud and silt on the sea bed. can you guess what's in here? no, exciting! look at the shape of the drawer. so these are some of our tudor long bows. this is actually one of... the ship was listed with 250 long bows. so these are some of them. we've got 130 odd that are complete out of the 250 and fragments of a bit more. when the ship was first raised, she was kept wet by spraying her timbers. but in recent years, technology has allowed

for dry preservation. drying out, it can shrink by up to 50% without treatment. so it was sprayed with water for the first 12 years until we came up with a treatment, using research to be able to then preserve the ship for the future. 500 souls were lost when the ship sank during a battle with the french in 1545. and the work goes on today to help tell their stories, alongside the history of the mary rose, providing precious insight into life almost 500 years ago. the prince and princess of wales have recorded a special edition of radio one's newsbeat — speaking about the importance of mental health. the royals took on roles as reporters to hear the experiences of four guests for world mental health day yesterday. they were talking to pria rai . how are you doing? no, really. how are you doing?

it's a simple enough question, but one that can spark a really meaningful conversation. yesterday was world mental health day, and as part of a special recording, we had two very special newsbeat reporters to help. thanks, priya. it's great to be here on world mental health day. we'rejoined by four young people who are doing amazing things on mental health. i was diagnosed with schizophrenia, and emotional unstable personality disorder when i was a teenager around the ages of15,16. a lot of it came from, you know, coming from an african background, mental health isn't a topic of discussion. it's not something i was aware of or had any knowledge of. and so we are only sort of helped when we are at crisis point because it's a thing i call over—resilience. we've been made to be so over resilient that we push away those vulnerabilities and those weaknesses. the last time we were here was to

launch the heads together campaign, which was to get people to start opening up and talking about mental health. since then, obviously we've had the pandemic and everything like that. do you feel that there's been a sort of a shift in what people are speaking about around mental health? yeah, and i think especially we're seeing the younger generation, my generation and younger coming up, definitely less scared to talk about mental health and it's becoming more acceptable. and i think through the pandemic, there was a lot around feeling lonely, and, you know, a lot of us were isolated, in our houses by ourselves. there was a lot of students who were literally in small university accommodations by themselves through that time. and talking about feeling lonely and what that can then lead to, i think because it's become such a universal feeling that a lot of people have grouped together, you know, we all feel lonely right now, especially during that time, or we're all lacking the connections that maybe we need.

and so i think when we're all feeling the same thing and we start to admit that, it makes it easier then for more people to say, "oh, yeah, me too." that's one of the messages we were trying to encourage, this fact that everyone has mental health. absolutely. and in the same way as their physical health, we have to look after it. in the same way we go to the gym, we need to look after and nurture our minds as well. as you were saying, it's really important to reach out and connect with people. some people actually express it through music or through art or through other forms of expression. it's a really great way, isn't it, of experiencing mental health? absolutely. self—care is being unapologetic about what you need, and it could be all these fun things, like giving yourself an hour of gaming or going to the theatre. but it can also be giving yourself permission to say that you're not coping and to ask someone what to do. and abigail, just maybe we could touch on... i liken a lot of the work we've done

on mental health and listened to lots of people talk about is everyone likes a tool box, particularly for men. a tool box is quite a useful analogy to kind of use. how much in your work do you see... because you alluded to the fact that big family networks and support networks around people are really important, but a lot of people don't realise what they need until it actually comes along. you can be living one life one minute and something massively changes and you realise you don't have the tools or the experience to be able to tackle that. i to have, i suppose, in your tool. box, communication would be key. and i think some of the myth—busting as well around attachment. _ we know now through studies that actually any parent who spends i a significant amount of time, i or any caregiver, with the child will also form similar attachments and have those similar— patterns as well. i'd love to know, and, priya, maybe the listeners also would be interested as well, is knowing, how do you look after your own mental health? that's a big question. i know not every day is going to be

roses and sunflowers. i know some days i'm going to have to push against the clouds to see that sun again. and, you know, i know that when you have a bad day, it doesn't mean it will be a bad week or a bad month. so that's the type of awareness i'm talking about, you know, coming to accept these things. because when you can accept these things and you know, on your bad day, what you have to remember is to remain humble and, you know, stay hopeful. you know, you can't always run away from it. it'sjust sometimes you have to really face them and conquer them. and so, you know, with practice, there's progress. and that's, i guess, in a nutshell, that was a big question... sorry! there's no right or wrong, that's the thing as well. different things will work for different people and it's just sometimes trying, isn't it, as well? that's it, yeah. different methods, different opportunities that arise as well to help best support you. exactly. i'm conscious we might run out| of time and priya might say this is the worst newsbeat production i by two interviewers she's ever seen! do you know what, you can come back! this seat, i've kept it warm,

i think you've done a very good job. you can come back, carry on! well, as we said at the start of the special newsbeat, i this is all about having i a meaningful conversation on mental health. but it shouldn't stop here. yeah, absolutely. because talking about mental health is so important. and it's definitely the first step for us, all of us, to keep talking, having those conversations and reaching out for help. a volcano on the italian island of stromboli has erupted, after the partial collapse of a part of it's crater. 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. time for a look at the weather. we

are off to a — time for a look at the weather. s are off to a chilly start this morning and particularly in parts of herefordshire and oxfordshire there was a touch of frost. thanks to the clear skies and light winds overnight and under the air of high pressure but that is off towards the continent and for this evening and overnight we will see weather fronts increasingly trying to advance upon us from the west. but not getting into east anglia and the south—east. he is still there is the chance of frost through the small hours of wednesday but generally much milder as we get across the welsh border with overnight lows of eight or 9 degrees and in double figures for scotland and northern ireland, keena wins, thicker cloud and some rain to take us through the night and to start the day on wednesday. looks like it will brighten up quickly across north—east scotland and generally for northern scotland increasing amounts of sunshine through the day and will take until the afternoon to brighten up further south. a fine afternoon to come for northern ireland after the early rain and we see the remnants of the weather front across northern england coming down into wales and

the midlands through the afternoon but increasingly turning showery and sporadic outbreaks of rain rather than heavy and persistent falls so may be some heavy rain for the south—east of england through wednesday evening and into the early parts of thursday night. thursday, bit of a question around it. two other systems, one pushing north and one pushing south and at the moment it looks like we will get off to a fine start and current thinking is we will see rain running across southern counties of england through the day but we are more confident about the fact we will see some quite hefty showers pushing across scotland and northern ireland. these two systems will continue to work east overnight thursday into friday and as it pulls to the south could leave winds light enough and moisture on the ground to produce patches of fog across parts of finland and wales first thing on friday but to end the week it looks like much of england and wales will be fine with relatively light winds. for scotland and northern ireland, more showery prospects and a deep low to the far north of scotland

which could mean gales across the northern isles and the far north of the mainland and certainly looking at wetter weather around here. as for the weekend, set to stay pretty breezy throughout saturday and sunday and that should mean any chance of frost is limited but overall, slightly cooler field for many with the chance of showers at times. —— coolerfield.

the bank of england intervenes again to buy more government debt in an attempt to calm investors. the bank said it acted because of a material risk to financial stability — as the fall—out from last month's mini—budget continues. as unemployment drops to its lowest level for 50 years, some businesses are asking — where's the staff? we were 30—40% short of people in may, and that resulted in us losing some of our asparagus crop, and also some of our spring onions, which actually cost us, as a business, quarter of a million. we'll be asking what's going on in thejobs market and the financial markets — as mps return to westminster today. also on the programme... a second day of long—range air strikes by russia on ukrainian cities and infrastructure.

the supreme court considers whether the scottish government