this is bbc news. i'm lucy grey. our top stories: crowds cheer ukrainian troops as they enter kherson after russia's retreat — the ukrainian president hails it as an historic day and thousands celebrate. they've been singing here for hours, singing popular songs like this, singing the ukrainian national anthem. this is the most significant victory for ukrainian forces in some time. moscow describes the troop withdrawal as a military manoeuvre but analysts call it one of the biggest failures of russia's invasion of ukraine. president biden urges countries at the cop 27 climate summit in egypt to raise their ambitions, saying the us is on track to meet its own targets.

one of the world's biggest cryptocurrency exchanges, ftx, has gone bust and its chief executive has resigned. jaunty music plays. and britain's oldest amateurfilm making club — bradford's movie makers are finally getting the red carpet treatment themselves welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. it's been hailed as an historic day by ukraine's president, after what's being seen as a humiliating withdrawal of russian forces from the southern city of kherson. thousands of russian troops have retreated across the dnipro river, leaving the way open for ukrainian special forces to entre the centre of kherson. residents waved the national flag and embraced troops in the main square,

chanting "glory to ukraine!" our international editor, jeremy bowen has been following the situation from southern ukraine. chanting. kherson's residents emerged from their homes as the first ukrainian soldiers reached the main square. chanting continues. for them, it's the end of more than eight months under occupation. plenty to celebrate, but they are not out of danger. russia's guns are only a few miles away across the river. as they left, russian engineers blew a section of the antonovski bridge over the dnipro. at dawn, long lines of russian troops seemed to be using a temporary crossing under the main damaged structure. the russian claim is that 30,000 soldiers and more than 5,000 pieces of equipment left kherson before the bridges were blown. the ukrainian forces pushed forward.

the final russian departure happened much faster than anyone expected. we received these pictures from a special forces unit, taken as they poked around a camp the russians had abandoned. here, at least, this retreat looks better organised than some of russia's others in ukraine — that's because, apart from a few dozen shells, most of what they left was rubbish and not equipment ukraine can use against them. president zelensky told ukrainians that this was an historic day — they were taking their country back. cheering. the people of kherson kept the liberation party going. what's happened deepens the ukrainian conviction that they can beat russia. ukrainians can celebrate tonight. there'll be harder times ahead. jeremy bowen, bbc news, in ukraine. while moscow has

described the troop withdrawal as a military manoeuvre, singing. this is the mood here in the centre of kyiv tonight — a night of celebration on what president zelensky describes as an historic day. look at the banners they are holding here, "kherson is ukraine," written in the colours of the ukrainian flag. they have been singing here for hours, singing popular songs like this, singing the ukrainian national anthem. this is the most significant victory for ukrainian forces in some time and certainly one of the most significant reversals for the russians. president zelensky says that ukrainian forces are now joining its special units in the centre of kherson. we've spoken to people here tonight who believe that moments like this are bringing the end of the war closer, bringing them closer to the victory they have always believed was possible. but this war is far from over.

this is a city which is suffering from power cuts because of russian strikes on the energy infrastructure. it also suffers from russian attacks. and the concern is that with this humiliation yet again for president putin's forces, it's just a matter of time before he strikes again. but that's not on the mind of these celebrations tonight. well earlier i spoke tojohn herbst who's senior director of the eurasia center at the atlantic council and a former us ambassador to ukraine. i asked was he surprised by how quickly the russian withdrawal from kherson happened. it certainly is. but the eventuality, meaning ukraine taking this city, was never in doubt. there's just the timing surprised me. and so, why did it happen so quickly? was itjust that we did not

know they had started withdrawing earlier, or...? i think the reason why they're taking it today rather than, say, a week or two weeks from now is that the russians finally decided that their soldiers there were in an impossible position and they decided quickly to get them out. yeah. and because, in fact, if ukraine had attacked those forces, ukraine would've been able to capture or kill many of them. and the supply route was the big issue, wasn't it, as well? correct. talk to me about the momentum that ukraine has now, and seems to have had for the last three months. how can they capitalise on this? well, what they've done, both in the north—east, around kharkiv and in northern donbas and now in the south around kherson, is nothing short of remarkable — an extraordinary victory. but a victory made possible because of the arms that the united states and other nato members sent, starting in late june, earlyjuly. my sense is if we were to send more advanced weapons

like the ataka missiles that they have long requested and we still refuse to send, ukraine — and tanks and armoured personnel carriers, ukraine will be able to launch a significant offensive farther to the east and the south, and maybe even cut the land bridge to crimea. but we would have to help them by providing the necessary equipment. is that going to happen? i mean, the us has been talking quite a bit about wanting dialogue to play a big part in this, hasn't it? i think that that's a serious mistake by the administration. we now have the kremlin soldiers on their heels. now is the time to help ukraine make more advances, to free ukrainians who are living under terror, under russian occupation, and to talk about negotiations at this pointjust plays to putin's sense that the west is weak and he can outlast them in ukraine, so these is a serious at least tactical, not even strategic, error on the part of the biden administration. right.

and in terms of the significance of this particular withdrawalfrom kherson, do you think the people out celebrating across ukraine tonight are right to think that it has brought them one step closer to victory? it has. but there are many steps to go. and ukraine does not want there to be another ceasefire in place. moscow keeps many of the lands that it's conquered since february and then they rest and come back to take more of ukraine. that's why it's really important for ukraine to continue this counteroffensive. and to do that, they need more help from us, from the west — especially the united states. john herbst. the democratic senator for arizona, the former astronaut mark kelly, has beaten off a republican challenge for his seat in the us congress. his win means that the two parties are now neck—and—neck in the race for control of the senate, with 49 seats each. two more seats are still to be

declared, one in nevada and the other in georgia. if the democrats hold on to at least one of those seats, they will keep their senate majority. president biden has urged countries at the cop 27 climate summit in egypt to "write a better story" for the planet. he said the us had passed major climate legislation and was on track to meet its own targets, and that other countries had to raise their ambitions. 0ur climate editorjustin rowlatt sent this report from the conference in sharm el—sheikh. another hurricane smashed into florida today — yet more wild weather for the us. it has endured heatwaves and wildfires, and some epic floods. as president biden arrived in the egyptian desert, he claimed his climate policies will drive down emissions and transform the us. we're proving that good climate policy is good economic policy. it's a strong foundation for durable, resilient, inclusive economic growth.

it's driving progress in the private sector. it's driving progress around the world. nancy, have you got a moment to speak to the bbc? the american midterm election results were better for the president's party than some pundits predicted... we are less than a minute away, ma'am. ..but the democrats still look likely to lose control oh, there you are! the house speaker says she hopes the republicans but i would hope that when they have more responsibility and more opportunity, # why can't you see... like south sudan, where a drought is adding to the chaos of war.

they say the us isn't paying its fair share. we want us to be on board. we want to be all together — all countries have to be on board. that may be, but the us and china have stopped cooperating on tackling global warming. this is china's pavilion at the conference. it wants to keep its lead on renewable technologies the us uses similar language. it talks about overtaking china on clean tech. but this could be good news — it could mean cheaper renewables and maybe even generate a rush to find finance for developing nations. as president biden leaves egypt tonight, the hope is superpower competition on climate could bring progress. justin rowlatt, bbc news, egypt.

stay with us on bbc news, still to come: we'll tell you how britain's oldest amateur film—making club is finally getting its turn in the spotlight. the bombastic establishment outsider, donald trump, has defied the pollsters to take the keys to the oval office. i feel great about the election result. i voted for him because i genuinely believe that he cares about the country. it's keeping - the candidate's name always in the public eye that counts. _ success or failure depends not only on public display, j but on the local- campaign headquarters and the heavy routine workj of their women volunteers. berliners from both east and west linked hands and danced around their liberated territory. and with nobody to stop them, it wasn't long before the first attempts were made to destroy the structure itself. yasser arafat, who dominated the palestinian cause for so long, has died. palestinian authority has declared a state of mourning.

after 17 years of discussion, the result was greeted | with an outburst ofjoy. this is bbc world news. the latest headlines: crowds cheer ukrainian troops as they enter kherson after russia's retreat. the ukrainian president hails it as an historic day and thousands celebrate. president biden urges countries at the cop27 climate summit in egypt to raise their ambitions, saying the us is on track to meet its own targets. france and italy have been trading criticism over the handling of a migrant rescue ship. the ocean viking, which had 230 people on board, has been allowed to dock in the french port of toulon after being refused entry to italian ports. mark lowen reports from rome. arriving into safe harbour but sailing into a diplomatic

crisis between france and italy, the ocean viking, which rescued migrants coming from libya but whom italy refused to take in. and so, france agreed to welcome the ship instead. the migrants on board had been blocked for days. italy finally allowed three other vessels to dock, declaring france would take this one, but it seems paris hadn't agreed, seeing italy's announcement as a way of forcing a deal — behaviour it called "reprehensible". translation: many | people were very sick. italy has been very inhumane in handling this situation. the italian authorities were not professional. they left this boat there for 20 days without making any decisions. italy's new prime minister, giorgia meloni, hit back. the country has long argued it unfairly bears the migration burden. but there's also domestic politics here, with a far—right leader wanting to please her base. translation: i was struck by the aggressive reaction l from the french government — which, from my point of view, is incomprehensible

and unjustified. what exactly makes them so angry that italy must be the only possible port of disembarkation for migrants in the mediterranean? i don't think that's right. some on board had to be flown to a french hospital. italy says almost 90,000 migrants have arrived here this year, while the ocean viking is the first ngo boat france has accepted. but the french far—right still seized the moment, condemning president macron's move. translation: he makes people believe that he is opposed - to massive and illegal immigration when, in reality, he is its defender, its promoter and, if i may say so, this act, this decision that has just been taken is the greatest symbol of it. this was the moment the migrants heard they'd be allowed into france after a treacherous journey

and days blocked at sea, the latest pawns in the migration battle dividing the eu. theirjourney for now may be over but the storm between two eu allies is whipping up. mark lowen, bbc news, rome. the cryptocurrency platform ftx has gone bust and its chief executive sam bankman—fried has resigned. worries about ftx have caused huge problems for crypto investors recently. ftx is one of the biggest and has gone under despite attempts by another huge exchange, binance, to rescue it. tom brada reports. once a star of the crypto world, its reputation is now in tatters. the cryptocurrency exchange ftx has filed for bankruptcy in the us, shaking confidence in the sector and leaving thousands of customers worried about their money. i think it's undeniable that this is a black eye on the crypto industry.

this was seen as an incredibly established, blue—chip company — to the extent they exist in crypto. the problems began last week with questions raised about the compa ny�*s financial structure. that uncertainty led to a run on the exchange — similar to a run on a bank, where people race to take out their money. there is a panic that customers — people who have money or have assets with — in ftx would not be able to withdraw it and so, they all rush for the withdrawal window at the same time. within 2a hours, about $5 billion was withdrawn. attempts at a bailout failed and so, on friday, the ceo of ftx announced they are filing for bankruptcy. sam bankman—fried has now stepped down as chief executive. before this meltdown, he'd been something of a cult hero of the crypto scene. atjust 30 years old, he'd built a net worth of around $15 billion.

bloomberg is now estimating that's dropped to just 3. not $3 billion, but $3. his fall from grace marks a perilous moment for the crypto world. other exchanges have failed before, but nothing on this scale. ftx is reportedly under investigation by several financial authorities, but that will be of limited satisfaction to its thousands of customers who are anxiously waiting to know where their money has gone. tom brada, bbc news. for more on what's gone wrong at ftx, i've been speaking to techcrunch reporter anita ramaswamy. i mean, it's is a complicated story but their balance sheet was revealed, essentially, and that report led to the ceo of a rival exchange, binance — which is the biggest crypto exchange in the world — firing off a bunch of tweets that basically raised questions about ftx's solvency. 0vernight, the company essentially went from a darling of the crypto industry,

that everyone thought was very stable, to being something which came underfire and under question because of close ties that it had to its sister entity alameda research, and essentially, they had a lot of its value was locked up in its own token. so, ftx had created this token called ftt. turns out a lot of its value was just based on the value of ftt, which is not really backed by anything. well, this is the issue, isn't it? and it is extraordinary how quick this all happened, isn't it? it shows you how vulnerable it is. yeah, it happened so fast, and it goes to show — i mean, nothing is ever as it seems in crypto. this happened seemingly overnight and sam bankman—fried, the ceo and founder of ftx, was held in very high regarding the crypto industry. he was lobbying washington. he was seen as a figurehead for the entire sector and so, to see his company fall from grace so quickly and to know that they have these underlying issues this whole time and didn't reveal that to the public is very troubling. so, what was it? did he just stretch himself too thin, then?

did he try to do too much? what was the problem? i believe that there was a little bit more intent behind it than that. you know, new information is sort of coming to light every single day on this topic at this point, but they had raised, i mean, an evaluation of $32 billion as recently as september. so, they were not being honest or transparent with customers about their liquidity position and, furthermore, there's been some evidence to show that they might have improperly used customer funds to cover some of that shortfall. right. and to the important issue of customers and what happens to them, and in terms of getting their money back? yeah. i mean, right now, it's uncertain and it's unclear. ftx halted withdrawals and their us entity also did the same today, so people can't get their money out, and there were some anecdotes because the one jurisdiction that people were able to get their money out today after withdrawals were frozen was in the bahamas, where they actually are headquartered, so some people were sending requests and doing these complicated transactions when they were

located outside of the bahamas, getting people in the bahamas to take out the crypto and the funds on their behalf. so, withdrawals have been all but halted for people around the world and it will be really tough and only time will tell whether that ftx is actually going to be able to return this money to customers, especially if they go through bankruptcy. i suppose, what can crypto firms do to try and restore confidence, because this is going to do huge damage, won't it? it already has but, at the end of the day, it comes down to transparency. you see a lot of firms in the coming weeks release their proof of reserves. a lot of exchanges will try to show they have enough liquidity, that they are in a strong financial position. but there are still a lot of private companies in this space and transparency is really lacking. so, that is what is going to differentiate customers who are going to win over customer trust versus those

who cannot — people who are providing the most information disclosure as possible. but even then, it will be very hard for the public to regain their trust in crypto after a huge event like this. anita ramaswamy there. twitter has started removing fake accounts that have multiplied since elon musk�*s takeover, suspending sign—ups for a new paid checkmark system and reinstating a grey "official" badge on some accounts. us regulators say they're concerned about staff upheavals at twitter as top officers for privacy and compliance are among the latest executives to resign. the federal trade commission warned musk that he was not above the law. after more than 90 years of showcasing other people's stories, britain's oldest amateur film—making club is finally in the spotlight itself. a documentary about the bradford film—makers' work has made it to the big screen, and to rave reviews. 0ur arts correspondent david sillito went along to meet them. we are a group of keen amateurfilm—makers. jaunty music plays. the bradford movie makers. they've been making films since 1932 with lots of enthusiasm, but not a lot of success. however, things have changed.

i would like to remake 0klahoma, where i'm riding a white stallion. the film a bunch of amateurs is a documentary about the club. it tells the story of people like harry. # oh, what a beautiful morning... here doing his version of oklahoma. and the documentary has been getting rave reviews. harry's been all over. you've been to bafta? i've been to bafta. i've been to london twice in this last week. are you getting used to this show business lifestyle? laughs. colin has been a member for more than 50 years, and this is his first premiere. this is more my line, you know? it's cine, you know? 0oh!

oh, it's dropped out again. this is a special day for you. yeah — oh, yeah. i'm looking forward to it, yeah. but this is about more than just a hobby — a lot of the members are carers. the idea of the film began whenjoe, a disability support volunteer, posted a message online about loneliness and isolation. you talk about very personal things in this, depression and... oh, yeah. i've had that for many years, you know? for my sins, yeah. it's filming that i can actually show the story of my life on film if i wanted. i think what happens in this film, we're all going to get old, we're all going to be looking for something to do with our minds, we're all going to be looking for a community, we may lose our loved ones, and i think this club is like an amazing alternative family.

big smiles, everybody! and then, there was the main event — the home town gala premiere. applause. 90 years of movie—making. there have been no glamorous premieres, many ups and downs. so, today for the bradford movie makers, it's quite a moment. applause continues. david sillito, bbc news, bradford. kevin conroy, who was best—known as the voice of the caped crusader in batman: the animated series, has died at the age of 66. he first took on the iconic role of bruce wayne 30 years ago, and went on to appear in a number of tv shows, feature films and video games. his agent steven neibert told the bbc: "the voice—over community has lost one of the greats." and dc comics said they were "deeply saddened" by the news.

you can reach me on twitter. i'm @lucyegrey. that's all from me for now. thanks. goodbye. hello. this exceptionally mild weather is producing some remarkable temperatures — 19.5 degrees celsius at myerscough in lancashire on friday, 19.1 at lossiemouth in moray. so, what's going on? we've got a big dip in thejet stream to the west of the uk and it's around the base of this dip we're drawing up close to the azores some of this exceptionally mild airourway. so, temperatures are so far above average for the time of year. in fact, on thursday night, provisionally, according to the met office, both scotland and northern ireland had their warmest november nights on record. and, of course, climate change is notjust about those big, headline—grabbing daytime temperatures, it's how far we keep warmth overnight as well. very windy on friday across northern areas and yet more rain in the highlands —

in fact, achnagart, since monday, has had 258 millimetres of rain — some months' worth of rain in a week. a lot of that rain has gone this weekend, keeping the very mild weather. not as windy, though, and that does increase the risk of seeing some mist and some fog. and actually, a cooler start to the day for saturday. in fact, under the clear skies in north—east scotland, low single figures in some spots, six or seven degrees in east anglia. with a lot of low cloud and mistiness across a large part of wales and england, northern ireland seeing some overnight rain clearing away as that trundles north across scotland. behind it will brighten up, though. still the cloud thick enough in a few spots for a bit of drizzle. some eastern parts of england may stay with some low cloud, whereas for much of england and wales, it will turn sunnier. a cooler day but still very mild for scotland, northern ireland, northern england. through much of england and for wales, we're talking 16 to 18 degrees celsius. and, yes, those lighter winds, allowing more in the way of low cloud and mist and fog to form as we go overnight and into sunday morning.

thick enough for some drizzle in places, particularly through eastern scotland, central, eastern parts of england. a milder start to the day on sunday. so, for remembrance sunday, then, a grey, misty, murky start in many places and although for many places it will brighten up and get to see some sunshine, there'll be some spots from eastern scotland and down through central and eastern parts of england that could well hold on to some grey conditions, maybe quite widely into yorkshire. another very mild day out there. wind freshening in the west, some rain to northern ireland as we go on into the evening and the main feature of the weather for the week ahead is that temperatures are going to come down much closer to average. spells of strong winds and heavy rain at times.

this is bbc news. the headlines: crowds have cheered ukrainian troops as they entered kherson after russia's retreat. the city had been occupied by russia since march. it's been hailed as an historic

day by the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky. thousands of russian troops have retreated across the dnipro river.