tonight at 10... the home secretary says the government is determined to stop what she calls "an invasion of migrants". we "an invasion of migrants". need you we "an invasion of miarants'. need ou , children cry for help at an overcrowded migration centre in kent. suella braverman acknowledges the government has failed to control the number of migrants. we need to be straight with the public. the system is broken. illegal migration... illegal migration is out of control. how big does the crisis need to get, home _ how big does the crisis need to get, home secretary? and she is accused of potential breaches of security after sending six official government emails

from her private account. with the home secretary under huge political pressure — we'll be asking whether she's done enough to ward off her critics. also tonight... a special report from the frontline of the fighting in ukraine — and the devastation it leaves behind. look at it. desolation. this is what months of attritional warfare does to a town. a political comeback in brazil for the left—wing former president who's won power by a narrow margin. and how our unseasonably warm autumn may look beautiful but is jeopardising ecosystems and confusing plants and animals. coming up in sport on the bbc news channel, wales' rugby league world cup comes to an end after they are beaten by papua new guinea who will now play england in the quarterfinals.

good evening. the home secretary suella braverman has spoken of an "invasion of migrants" into england and says that the immigration system in the uk is "broken" and illegal migration is out of control — that's despite the conservatives being in government for 12 years. she was speaking in the house of commons, as she faces growing pressure to resolve overcrowding at a migrant processing centre in kent. the bbc has been told that ms braverman failed to agree measures which could have eased pressures there — despite being warned that the government was acting outside the law. she insisted that she would never ignore legal advice. the number of migrants arriving in the uk across the channel is increasing. as you can see, in 2018 there were about 2,000 people arriving in small boats. compare that to this year — almost 40,000.

part of the increase is down to the increasing number of albanian men now making the crossing. the migrant processing centre, on a disused airfield near ramsgate, is designed to process up to 1,000 migrants who are only meant to spend a few hours there. there are currently thought to be about 4,000 migrants there, with some — including mothers with children — being there as long as five weeks. our home editor mark easton has spent the day there. "freedom, freedom," they chant, the voices of children recorded by activists this weekend among thousands housed at what is supposed to be a short term migrant processing centre at manston in kent. they should be here for a few hours, a day or two at most, but some families have been detained for more than a month. conditions are described by inspectors as wretched. there is currently an outbreak of scabies and there have been cases of diphtheria and mrsa. most are now living in tents

and sleeping on camping mats on the floor, so what has gone wrong, and should the crisis at manston have been prevented? home office officials warned ministers last year that 60,000 migrants could cross the channel in small boats this year and the busiest months were likely to be october and november. at around the same time the inspector of prisons told the government they needed to have plans for a surge in migrant numbers at places just like manston. yesterday the immigration minister robertjenrick visited manston and has been desperately trying to find alternative accommodation for those stuck there, but when a coach left this afternoon it was largely empty. some might have come here — the humber view hotel in north ferriby, east yorkshire. it was on the home office's list to take asylum seekers, but local people have secured an interim high court injunction, claiming the village is entirely unsuitable. in the commons this afternoon the shadow home secretary said failures at manston signalled that government decision—making has collapsed.

there are very serious allegations now being reported that the home secretary was warned by officials and other ministers she was acting outside the law by failing to provide alternative accommodation. on no occasion did i block hotels or veto advice to procure extra and emergency accommodation. actually, the data and the facts are that, on my watch since the 6th of september, over 30 new hotels were agreed. yesterday saw almost 1,000 migrants arrive. today, none, the tides not conducive despite calm weather, but more will be brought ashore beneath the white cliffs and many people locally are exasperated. eight days ago two migrant boats pulled up onto a beach near dover harbour, the occupants disappearing into nearby woodland. a short time later a desperate 16—year—old albanian boy, one of 12,000 who have come from that country this year,

ended up in sue doyle's living room until police eventually arrived. she's been left terrified. they're basically saying that we have to keep all windows and doors shut, so next summer we've got to live in a prison, we've got to keep all of our windows and doors locked which... ..i don't think we should have to. the government hopes to deter asylum seekers by prosecuting arrivals and threatening to send some to rwanda, but the courts may yet have a say on such measures and ministers must know there can be no quick fix to the uk's deepening asylum crisis. mark easton, bbc news, dover. so as the home secretary was forced to defend the overcrowding at manston in the commons today, she also came under pressure from opposition mps on anotherfront. they accused her of a potential breach of security after she revealed today that she had sent official government information via her private email six times. she had to resign under liz truss for doing so just once and therefore

breaching the ministerial code — before she was reappointed a week later by rishi sunak. here's our political editor, chris mason. are you the right person to get this crisis _ are you the right person to get this crisis under — are you the right person to get this crisis under control? _ are you the right person to get this crisis under control?— crisis under control? suella braverman _ crisis under control? suella braverman facing _ crisis under control? suella| braverman facing questions crisis under control? suella - braverman facing questions over crisis under control? suella _ braverman facing questions over what she hasn't done, it has done, and what you will do, about those arriving in small boats. in the commons this evening the home secretary was a blunt, describing those arriving over the english channel using a word with wartime connotations, invasion. the channel using a word with wartime connotations, invasion.— connotations, invasion. the british eo - le connotations, invasion. the british peeple deserve — connotations, invasion. the british people deserve to _ connotations, invasion. the british people deserve to know— connotations, invasion. the british people deserve to know which - connotations, invasion. the british| people deserve to know which party is serious about stopping the invasion of our southern coast and which party isn't. let's stop pretending that they are all refugees in distress. the whole country knows that that is not true. and listen to this next bit, a candid assessment of government

failure. irate candid assessment of government failure. ~ ., , candid assessment of government failure. ., , , ., failure. we need to be straight with the ublic, failure. we need to be straight with the public. the _ failure. we need to be straight with the public, the system _ failure. we need to be straight with the public, the system is _ failure. we need to be straight with the public, the system is broken. . the public, the system is broken. illegal migration... is out of control. �* . ., ., ., control. but the charge tonight from her critics including _ control. but the charge tonight from her critics including on _ control. but the charge tonight from her critics including on her _ control. but the charge tonight from her critics including on her own - her critics including on her own site is since becoming home secretaryjust site is since becoming home secretary just last site is since becoming home secretaryjust last month, she has made things worse at the migrant centre in manston in kent. that facility operated _ centre in manston in kent. that facility operated very _ centre in manston in kent. trust facility operated very efficiently indeed until five weeks ago. when, i'm afraid, the home secretary took the policy decision not to commission further accommodation. and it is that which has led to the crisis at manston. on no occasion did i block hotels or veto advice to procure extra emergency accommodation. multiple sources have told the bbc

that officials warned the government was acting outside the law by failing to provide alternative accommodation. suella braverman said she never ignored legal advice. the home secretary has also been trying to clear up what she did and did not do less than a fortnight ago when she found herself resigning from the veryjob she is now back doing again. she stood down because she twice broke the ministerial code. in a letter to mps she said on the morning she ended up out of a job, she'd been on a car journey to the home office. "i only had my personal phone and e—mailto hand." she used that phone and account to send a government document to a backbench mp and his secretary, but sent it to someone else in parliament by accident. after that, she said, she went straight into back—to—back meetings with officials but concluded within hours, that "i would inform my officials as soon as practicable". she also admitted that,

in her six weeks in the job, "i had sent official documents from my government e—mail to my personal e—mail address on six occasions." the prime minister insists he has full confidence in his home secretary, who confronts ongoing questions about her own conduct while dealing with an issue, those arriving on small boats, loaded with moral, political those is riving on small boats, that i; and to i; and if,” to about the home secretary's language tonight is she is setting the bar quite high for herself, she acknowledges there has been ongoing government failure and so 77 enough a she be as to whether can situation, short—term she is to and her short—term future? she is to and she was challenging her critics to say, try to rid of

of commons, and she's o�* she's nons, and she's staying secretary, but throuh the back 2 .m,,_,,, way through the back benches, there are her way through the back benches, there wondering her way through the back benches, there wondering he she judgment i'm wondering whether she has the competence and the great in the job to be able to continue —— the job to be able to continue —— the grit. studio: chris mason, thanks forjoining us. we've a special report from ukraine tonight as russia has again targeted ukraine's energy infrastructure in a wave of missile strikes across the country — including the capital kyiv where the mayor says four out of five people have been without running water. ukraine says russia fired at least 50 missiles but it was able to shoot most of them down.

troops are concentrated to try to stop a ukrainian offensive. i should warn you his report contains some deeply distressing details. for ukrainians, this is a fight for national survival. it upends every life. at the moment, the centre of the artillery war in donbas. more than 70,000 people used to live here. almost all of them have left. when i was last in bakhmut

in the summer, there was shelling, but it was still more or less functional — some buses desolation. this is what months of attritional warfare does to a town. bakhmut�*s war hospital is a short ride from the mud and blood of the front line. the invasion, the casualties, the terrible cost of president putin's attempt to subdue a people he says are the same as russians, all of it has sharpened ukrainians' sense of nationhood. this soldier had a lucky escape from a sniper. the bullet hit his hand. "this is going to hurt", the doctor warns.

the pain so far has deepened the ukrainian will to fight. but in wars, resilience has its limits. sustaining it needs victories, not just sacrifice. at the deadliest times, the medics work for two days straight, with almost no rest. translation: terrible, - to see the pain of our soldiers. to see what kind of traumas they get in this war. the most terrible thing is to see the suffering of our country. this is the most terrible. the rest is just ourjob. here i see how our boys fight. the wounds they receive ruin their lives. it depresses me more than anything else. just behind the front line, near bakhmut, this is a ukrainian artillery unit's daily routine. first, reloading their missile launcher, a 50—year—old soviet grad b21

that is a tried and trusted killing machine. ukraine's autumn mud has slowed down generations of armies. mobile warfare will be easier when it freezes over. the russians saw them coming. incoming. memories of peace receding, pushed away by the debilitating routines of war. translation: i was woken up at 4.20am february 24th. - since then, i am fighting. i don't feel this counter— offensive is somehow special. it's the same as in the beginning. of course, everyone is scared, but we overcome our fear and go fight. there was shelling.

nothing dramatic, we escaped the shelling. our old lady helped us, we escaped. i don't feel the difference. at the other end of the front line, a long day's drive south—west from donbas, is the district of kherson. it includes the village of myroliubivka, recaptured by ukraine after days of hard fighting in september. we went there because residents said the russians had terrorised them in six months of occupation, and because of what happened when a soldier came to this house at 11.30 on the night of 13thjuly. he dropped this bullet during the next six terrible hours, say these women. now with her daughter, in a safe place, that night, lyudmila, a 75—year—old great grandmother, was alone, until, she says, the man forced his way in and raped her.

translation: when i opened the door, he immediately punched me _ in the face, knocked out two of my teeth and broke my nose. i was covered with blood. he started beating me in the chest with his rifle butt. he was hitting me body and my head. i didn't understand, what had i done wrong? he pulled my hair, threw me on to the sofa and began to strangle me, so much i couldn't swallow water for two weeks. then he began to undress me, and after he raped me. he cut my stomach. until now i have scars on my stomach, the deep ones still haven't healed. putin and the russians will never be forgiven until the end of the world for what they did to the ukrainians. there will be no forgiveness. as the seasons change,

the war is at a critical point. ukrainians need a victory this winter in kherson. russia cannot afford another defeat. that is a formula for a battle that shapes the course of the war. jeremy bowen, bbc news in ukraine. in south korea a memorial to the victims of saturday's halloween crush has opened in the capital seoul. the country's president laid a single white chrysanthemum, a symbol of grief in south korea, at the memorial altar. 154 people are reported to have died in the crush in a narrow alley in the popular itaewon district of seoul. police in india have arrested nine people in connection with the collapse of a bridge in gujarat, which resulted in the deaths of at least a 140 people yesterday. they said those arrested included employees of a private company involved in the maintenance and management of the bridge. our correspondent yogita limaye has the latest. there was barely any chance

of finding survivors. but they scoured the waters for hours, hoping to at least find answers for some families. "please, sir, my sister is missing," this man told officials. a labourer, he'd brought his six—year—old sibling to the bridge on his day off. they were taking a selfie when the bridge collapsed. the terrifying moments as it happened, caught on the cctv mounted on the suspension footbridge. it destroyed families. in this home, they can barely comprehend what has hit them. kantaben mucchadiya has lost all her children, three sons.

chirag was 20. dharmik, 18. the youngest, chetan, 15 years old. translation: what's left for us now? my husband and i are all alone. the people responsible for my sons�* deaths should be punished. her husband, rajesh, spent a painful night going from one hospital to another, searching for their children. translation: all my sons| were so good and talented. now they are gone. i want justice for them. this is the debris of the bridge. the metal part is actually the bottom walkway of the suspension footbridge. the net there is what used to be on the sides of it. this bridge was built back in the 19th century, but it had been closed for repairs for months, and only reopened about a week ago. lots of questions are being asked about whether safety checks

were done before it was thrown open to the public. nine people have been arrested, but many are asking if all those responsible will be caught. yogita limaye, bbc news, morbi. the covid public inquiry has asked to see borisjohnson�*s whatsapp messages during his time as prime minister, as part of an investigation into his decision—making. this part of the inquiry is focused on how decisions to impose lockdowns and restrictions were taken. luiz inacio lula da silva has been voted in as brazil's next president. it was a tight race — the former leftist leader took nearly 51% of the vote and far—right incumbent jair bolsonaro won 49%. world leaders welcomed the election of lula with his commitment to restore protection of the amazon rainforest. our south america correspondent katy watson now reports.

this is a comeback like no other, 20 years since first becoming president, luna is returning to the top job. there was celebration and tears among his supporters. "everything i achieved happened under lula's government," this man tells me. "i went to university, my life totally changed." this has been quite the journey. a man who left powerjust 12 years ago with a sky—high approval rating after lifting millions out of poverty, but who then fell from grace, spending time injailfor corruption — his charges were annulled but still, his legacy is mixed. and lula's job to unite brazil almost impossible. translation: from the 1st of january there won't be two brazils. _ we are one, we don't want to fight any more. it's time to lay down our weapons that should never have been raised in the first place. for those who wanted bolsonaro, devastation. their legend, as they call him,

is no longer their leader. translation: it's a fraud. we need the army to intervene. communism will not come here to brazil. these are new beginnings for brazil but with that comes a great deal of uncertainty. just over half a brazil's electorate will have woken up today feeling elated, the other half are seething. jair bolsonaro is a man who stirred huge amounts of criticism but so, too, has lula. what is hard to dispute, though, is how significant this moment is for brazil. the return of a man who president obama once called the most popular politician on earth. jair bolsonaro is yet to respond. these pictures, the only proof of life since lula's victory. his son flavio, also a politician, acknowledged the support of fans, but everyone is waiting for the president. the silence, it is not a good sign.

i don't know what those guys are thinking. we need to give him the time to absorb the impact of the loss yesterday. with or without bolsonaro's blessing, the hard work starts now for lula, bringing the two sides together for a reunited brazil. lula's victory is also a return to the world stage for brazil. nowhere is that more important than the amazon. he will want to deliver on his promises to end illegal deforestation, and wants to open up communication, rather than cutting of the conversation and it comes to climate change. all poultry in england must be kept indoors under new restrictions to fight the country's largest ever bird flu outbreak. 5.5 million birds have died or been culled since last october. as the government announced the order, free range turkey farmers warned there could be shortages

and price rises this christmas. so what is bird flu? it's a potentially fatal infection that spreads among birds through direct bird—to—bird contact. the virus can very occasionally spread to humans, but only through touching an infected bird or droppings. the risk to the general public is extremely low, but people are advised to thoroughly cook chicken and eggs. our environment correspondent jonah fisher reports. if you're already dreaming of christmas dinner... ..listen up. it is devastating. it really is. paul kelly is a turkey farmerfrom essex. morning, boys. in good times, he's a proud promoter of his free—range flock. it's justjoyous to me to come down here in the morning. now, under the new housing order, farmers will have to choose whether to bring their turkeys inside, or slaughter them early. i've seen farms that have gone down with it. i've got close friends that have lost their businesses this christmas, doing

their christmas poultry. it gets there, and, you know, once it's in, you'll have a bit of mortality on maybe thursday afternoon, and by sunday or monday the entire flock will be dead. bird flu has meant more than five million birds dying or being culled in the last year. a staggering 2.3 million of them were in october alone. one of the reasons why this outbreak is proving so hard to contain, is because it's being spread from farm to farm, by wild birds. all it takes is for one of them to land in a field of free—range turkey and infect them, and then the whole flock has to be destroyed. with so many wild birds carrying the disease, many farmers are now calling for a change in strategy that accepts that bird flu is here to stay. is it time for us to move away from culling birds, to vaccinating birds? there is a huge amount of work, and now global discussion going on, on what effective vaccination

and effective surveillance will look like. certainly, at this time last year that conversation wasn't happening, now it is, which is a really good step. so what does it mean for those making plans for christmas dinner? free—range turkeys may be more expensive, but it really depends on where you are in the country and the producer you are buying from. bird flu cases have been reported in wales, scotland and northern ireland. but, for now, this housing order only applies to england. at poultry farms across the uk, strict bio—security measures remain in place. jonah fisher, bbc news. the current warm autumn temperatures may be lovely for some but they're confusing nature and jeopardising fragile ecosystems, according to wildlife experts. as temperatures remain well above average for this time of year, britain's rare chalk grasslands, and wildlife such as hedgehogs

and dormice are among those under threat, with some summer plants continuing to flower into the autumn. duncan kennedy reports from east sussex. it may look like autumn is in full flow. but when you see berberis darwinii, or gunnera tinctoria, or even rhododendrons in full bloom, well then you know something is not quite right. lovely beautiful flower out on it at the moment, but we wouldn't normally expect to see that until may next year. chris skinner, a horticulturalist for 15 years, says the recent mild weather is confusing the plant world. why does it matter that all these flowers and all this change is going on right now? it matters because it means that the plants are wasting a lot of their valuable energy. the spring flowering plants flowering at the wrong time of year, so that wastes their potential for next year, and it also means that some of our trees

are really confused. but it's notjust plants and trees being thrown off by this topsy—turvy autumnal weather. wildlife, too, is also being confused. this one we would expect to be hibernating this november—december time. hedgehogs are just one species being fooled by the climate. we've got birds that are not nesting because it is either too hot or too cold. we've got hedgehogs that are not hibernating because it's too warm, when it is supposed to be nice and cold, and of course it's having a big impact op on our baseline food chain, with insects not being there as part of the food source. so it's having a major impact. when autumn is squashed by summer, wildlife and plants get squeezed too. fragile ecosystems, being caught out by the fickle climate. duncan kennedy, bbc news.

it feels like the right time to look at the weather. it has been fantastically warm in many parts of the country. any sign this will come to an end? there are signs we will return to normal later in the week, but it has been a remarkable year so far. this is the oldest instrumental temperature series in the world. the green bars show how the temperature usually varies throughout the year. this is the average. let me put on what has happened so far this year. every single month so far has been warmer than normal. you can see by the size of some of those orange bars, by a considerable degree as well. as we have just mentioned to fiona, there will be some changes later this week. notice on the chart, this is how temperatures compare to normal. we have had orange on the chart for the last few weeks, but blue colours arrive, temperatures could be at or a little bit lower than normal. wet weather to go with it, a really wild night across the english channel. 60 or 70

mph for some. heavy rain around across many areas, there could be