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good afternoon. the ukrainian government says recapturing the city of kherson means victory in the war against russia is �*only a matter of time'. ukraine regained control of the southern city after officials in moscow said some 30,000 russian troops were pulled out of the region yesterday.

sources close to the ukrainian president have warned though that the kremlin�*s forces are making new fortifications on the left bank side of the dnipro river. fears have also been expressed after satellite images show significant new damage to a major dam in the area. 0ur correspondent catherine byaruhanga sent this report from the capital kyiv. jubilation and tears of happiness in kherson as ukrainian special forces enter the city. people here have lived under russian occupation for more than eight months. but the fight is far from over. retreating russian forces still pose a big threat from across the dnipro river. we have been warned yesterday by our general staff of the ukrainian armed forces that russians are making new fortifications on the left bank side of the dnipro river and there is a likelihood of mass artillery shelling from that side onto kherson.

at the moment we are quietly optimistic, but of course we understand that there are future battles which we will have to win. the damage caused as the russians withdrew is becoming clearer. they blew up the antonivsky bridge, the key route over the dnipro river. and now new satellite images show damage to the crucial kakhovka dam north of kherson. if it collapses it could flood over 80 settlements, including kherson. the government has warned residents not to return to the city just yet because of landmines and unexploded munitions in the area. 0n the global stage, ukraine is savouring its victory in kherson, but it warns it needs continued international support as it heads into a difficult winter with an increased threat of retaliatory attacks. violation of borders, use of force, committing mass atrocities against civilian populations — if anyone in the world sees

that russia can get away easily with all of this, then someone will be tempted to follow suit. winning back kherson has boosted national morale but a completed national morale but a complete victory over russia remains elusive. catherine joins us from kyiv now. what are you hearing about conditions in the city now? when kherson was under russian occupation it was pretty much cut off from the rest of ukraine, so now there is a process of reintegrating it back into ukraine. that means bringing back basic services. even the phone and internet lines had been cut off so those are going to been cut off so those are going to be reinstated. and also you have to bring back people like policemen, doctors, and nurses so that process is under way. but remember, whilst kherson was under russian occupation

it was shielded from the massive bombardments and missile strikes that much of ukraine has been experiencing. and now with the russians on the eastern side there is the prospect that the people in kherson will have to shelter and be protected from air strikes.- protected from air strikes. thank ou ve protected from air strikes. thank you very much. _ protected from air strikes. thank you very much, catherine - protected from air strikes. thank you very much, catherine byaruhanga. the mp matt hancock became emotional as he told his i'm a celebrity... camp—mates that he is looking for the public to forgive him. the former health secretary was grilled by fellow contestants on last night's show — about breaching social distancing rules during the pandemic — the event which led to his resignation from boris johnson's cabinet. what i'm really looking for is a bit of forgiveness. that's what i'm really looking for. oh, my god, i nearly cried then. 0ur political correspondent jonathan blakejoins us now. how did he defend himself? he said it was a mistake to have broken the guidance that he had set,

but it had happened, he said, because he had fallen in love with someone. as you heard fair, he asked laterfor someone. as you heard fair, he asked later for forgiveness. someone. as you heard fair, he asked laterforforgiveness. he was challenged by itv presenter charlene white also in the camp who said his apology wouldn't cut it for families like hers who had lost a loved one during the pandemic, and followed the guidance closely. he said that that was one of the reasons he regretted what he had done so much. matt hancock has been accused of cashing in on what's described as a terrible legacy by the covid bereaved families forjustice group. asked about his handling of the pandemic as a whole, he said he would defend that far more robustly, that the problems were caused not by people trying to respond to the virus but by coronavirus itself. jonathan blake, thank you very much. a petition launched against the proposed relaxation of rules on the ratio of staff to children in childcare settings will now be considered for debate in parliament. the government said it was considering changing the rules in england to reduce costs for parents and give nurseries more flexibility. ellie price reports. cheeky, funny, little terror

at times, but not too much. he wasjust a perfect baby in the sense that he only cried when he really wanted something. 0liver stepper was nine months old when his mum, zoe, got a call from the nursery to come straight away. i remember thinking at the time, well, they wouldn't have sounded so vague if something bad had happened. so i kind of got myself down there. that's when i knew that it was bad because there were two ambulances there. so i thought, hmm, this isn't good. 0liver had choked. he never regained consciousness and died a few days later in hospital. what happened that day at oliver's nursery is yet to be established. a police investigation is ongoing. but his death has turned his parents into campaigners. their petition is against proposals to increase the number of two year olds and over a member of staff can look after in a childcare setting. while there are no plans to change the ratios for the under twos, as 0liver was, they feel once one age group is changed, all could be.

we've gone through such a traumatic experience. we can only sit there and think that if they do change the ratio, it makes it more unsafe than it is already. and another set of parents potentially have to go through this nightmare, what we've gone through. and we just couldn't sit there and feel comfortable with that. and that's why we had to start the petition. it received 100,000 signatures, the point at which parliament will consider a debate on the first anniversary of 0li's death in september. # the wheels on the bus go round and round...# at the moment, for every four two—year—olds in a childcare setting in england there needs to be one member of staff. the government is looking to increase that, as it is in scotland, to one adult in every five children. we need key persons for children. that's the very fundamental part of ourjob, is to make sure - that their social and emotional

needs are being met. - once a child is happy- and the environment is right, then they will learn. i if you haven't got the staff there. to even begin those conversations, that communication and interaction, . then that opportunity is missed. . according to the early years alliance, a recent survey suggested around 90% of childcare settings were against the changes. only 2% said it would lower fees for parents. the government says no decisions have been made, and it's looking at ways to improve the availability and affordability of childcare, and the welfare and safety of children remains a priority. ellie price, bbc news, new romney. let's take a look at some of today's other news. three days after americans voted in the mid—term elections, it's now thought democrat mark kelly has beaten republican challenger blake masters for the senate seat of arizona. this means us presidentjoe biden�*s democrats are a step closer to keeping control of the senate, needing just one more

seat to have a majority. votes are still being counted in nevada — georgia is expected to hold a run—off election. a holiday cruise ship carrying about 800 passengers with covid—i9 has docked in sydney, australia. about 4,600 passengers and crew were aboard the majestic princess which had sailed from new zealand, meaning around one in five had covid. those testing positive are being taken off the ship to accommodation to complete isolation. renowned graffiti artist banksy has unveiled his latest work, on a destroyed building in a ukrainian city of borodyanka. banksy posted a picture of the artwork — a gymnast doing a handstand — on instagram. borodyanka was one of the places hardest hit by russian bombardment in the immediate aftermath of the invasion. new zealand has won the women's rugby world cup for a sixth time after a dramatic victory over england at auckland's eden park. the red roses held the lead for much

of the game until new zealand scored a late try with nine minutes to go, putting them ahead by three points. 0ur sports correspondent jo currie was watching. it's an all black night in auckland. battered and bruised, the unbeatables beaten. for some of these players, the too—familiar tears of world cup heartache. fans were turning up to see the world number ones england, unbeaten in over 30 games... england! ..face a team who broke their hearts five years ago. we landed yesterday and the final is today and we fly home tomorrow. being held on the other side of the world means not many england fans have been able to make the trip across. it could feel like they're notjust taking on 15 players on the pitch but an entire stadium. and a daunting one at that. not that it stopped them raising their voices. the volume and intimidation then upped by their opposition. if england had nerves

they didn't show. a dream start, which continued as england quickly built up a healthy lead before a moment which would change the game. oh, my goodness. lydia thompson's reckless tackle, and she was shown a red card. the black ferns made use of their extra player almost immediately. but england regathered and dotted down twice. there was a change of ends but no change of pace. new zealand were straight out of the blocks to hit england twice. england looked to their driving maul and once again it proved unstoppable. amy cokayne with a hat—trick of tries as the lead changed hands once again. but the black ferns still had magic up their sleeve. the perfect kick and some quick thinking as they set up a nail—biting finish. england desperately tried to find a spark that would keep their world cup hopes alive, but as the final whistle went those hopes were over. it hurts. we've spoken in the past about how sport is pretty cruel and it doesn't always go the way you want.

and it's won and lost on fine margins, and that's certainly what happened this evening. england came to new zealand as heavy favourites and looking for redemption. but they leave with only questions about how this trophy got away from them once again. jo currie, bbc news, auckland. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. the next news on bbc one is at 5.10 — bye for now. good afternoon. as you've been hearing, england women lost the rugby world cup final this morning. we'll have more on that in a moment, but focus is now

turning to england's men at the rugby league world cup. kick—off in their semifinal against samoa is just over an hour away at the emirates stadium, and our reporter adam wild is there for us. it was an incredible match last night between australia and new zealand. can we expect something similar today? i certainly hope so. both sides now know the price. australia in the world cup final awaits one of them next weekend at old trafford. either england or samoa will be thinking that far ahead just yet. i've watched england arrive and get off their coach. they already have their game faces on, steely determination. they got nine tries in the first four games of this world cup. 0ne they got nine tries in the first four games of this world cup. one of the standout performers. early in the standout performers. early in the tournament, we saw him watching his brother alex play forjamaica.

he has been telling me this afternoon he's really looking forward to having his family here at the emirates watching him at england. it made me really proud and i enjoyed watching his games as well and it's nice that he can watch mind. there are already proud and they let us know that and hopefully i can make them proud by winning the whole thing. something the incan staff have been at pains to point out as they are not thinking about that opening day match against samoa at all. they beat samoa on the opening day of this competition at st james' park by 60 points. samoa are a different prospect today. the first of three semifinals of this rugby league world cup that feature home nations. it begins at 2:30pm. there was heartbreak for england at the rugby world cup as they lost to new zealand in a nail biting final — a repeat of 2017. the match at eden park was watched by a record crowd of 42

and a half thousand. it was a strong start for the red roses who were leading at half time but at the final whistle the score was 34—31 to the defending champions. england saw out much of the match with 1a players after losing wing lydia thompson for a high tackle in the 18th minute. we have got her. we are with her. i've told her to stop saying sorry. definitely not the reason we didn't win this game and she needs to know that. she is the most amazing person, a brilliant player, and she doesn't need to have that guilt associated with her. knowing her, she will do, but we are with her and we will pick her up make sure she is all right. we will pick her up make sure she is all riuht. ~ . ., ., we will pick her up make sure she is allriuht. ~ . ., ., ,, the autumn internationals continue this weekend — and in dublin ireland are hoping

to make it five wins from five over fiji this afternoon. head coach andy farrell made nine changes from the team that beat world champions south africa last weekend — prop tadhg furlong is wearing the captain's armband for first time. it's currently 0—7 to fiji. they are 1a minutes into that game. great britain are in their first billiejean king cup semifinal since 1981 — they're up against australia now in glasgow in a best—of—three. but it's the aussies who've taken the first step towards the final. storm sanders has beaten heather watson in the first match of the day, winning in straight sets 6—4, 7—6 to give australia the early advantage. let's check in on the live pictures. this is on bbc two. you can follow harriet dart against ajla

tomljanovic. 5—2 at the moment to great britain. they need to win this one to put it to the doubles later and see if they can get through to the finals and the second semifinal is between the czech republic and switzerland from apm. it's final weekend of fixtures in the premier league before the world cup in qatar. in the early kick—off manchester city are at home to brentford. erling haaland has started for city — the only starting player in the side not to be travelling to qatar. ivan toney put the visitors ahead early in the first half. it's currently 1—0 brentford. in the scottish premier league, st mirren are aiming to end run of three games without a win, whilst rangers are hoping to narrow the gap between them and celtic. and that game is currently 0—0. south korea have named son heung—min in their 26—player world cup squad after the tottenham forward declared

himself fit for the tournament. son had surgery earlier this month on a fractured eye socket. it's not yet clear when he'll return to training or whether he'll need to wear a protective mask during the tournament. a busy day of sport and we will have all the updates through the afternoon. and ireland have equalised against fiji. i will be here with all your updates throughout the afternoon. that's all the sport for now. more now on russia's withdrawalfrom kherson. the us says ukraine achieved an "extraordinary victory" after its military forces regained control of the key southern city. some 30,000 russian troops were pulled out of the region, moscow officials say. the bbc cannot verify this figure. let's talk to alexander lord, senior eurasia analyst at the geopolitical risk analysis firm sibylline.

thank you for being with us. how do you interpret this decisions by the russians? it's fair to say they were kind of chased out of the city in fear of their lives. they made a judgment about and work to go. what do you think lies behind it? i think the russian _ do you think lies behind it? i think the russian military— do you think lies behind it? i think the russian military are _ do you think lies behind it? i think the russian military are behind i do you think lies behind it? i think| the russian military are behind the decision to withdraw, it's pretty sound, and i think their commander is clearly following an overall strategy to conserve as much russian force as possible, short lines to be able to hold ground over the winter in anticipation of bringing in potentially hundreds of thousands of freshly mobilised forces for new offences in 2023, so i think that's their strategy, and ultimately i think it is a vindication of ukraine's strategy in the south, to continue interdict russian grand lizard into communication, justice and command and control centres, to

make russia's position on the right bank of these dnieper river untenable. the ukrainian strategy has been vindicated and has prevented the need for a ukrainian frontal assault engaging with pretty heavy street to street urban fighting. this has been avoided. so if indication of russian strategy and a coherent strategy. i suppose it de ends and a coherent strategy. i suppose it depends what _ and a coherent strategy. i suppose it depends what opportunity - and a coherent strategy. i suppose. it depends what opportunity ukraine takes from this.— takes from this. absolutely. i think both sides will _ takes from this. absolutely. i think both sides will see _ takes from this. absolutely. i think both sides will see this _ takes from this. absolutely. i think both sides will see this as - takes from this. absolutely. i think both sides will see this as an - both sides will see this as an opportunity to consolidate and stabilise front line along the do dnieper river, a formidable natural barrierfor both sides, dnieper river, a formidable natural barrier for both sides, and dnieper river, a formidable natural barrierfor both sides, and i don't anticipate either side launching fresh offences across the river soon filled up i think both sides will see this as an forces to the east to support offensive and counter offensive operations. the russians already launching a significant intensification of their offences in

the donbas this week, and i think thatis the donbas this week, and i think that is their strategy. for the ukrainians, it willallow that is their strategy. for the ukrainians, it will allow them and theirforces to ukrainians, it will allow them and their forces to potentially create a new front and support efforts to retake northern luhansk, and south of the preacher is potentially what the ukrainians will look at next, to put pressure on russia's southern operations and potentially cut off that crucial land bridge connecting russia to occupied crimea. i think thatis russia to occupied crimea. i think that is probably more likely but, as winter sets in, there will be difficulties.— winter sets in, there will be difficulties. ~ ., ., difficulties. we get in a position to imagine a — difficulties. we get in a position to imagine a scenario _ difficulties. we get in a position to imagine a scenario where - to imagine a scenario where this war comes to an end? i to imagine a scenario where this war comes to an end?— comes to an end? i think we are far from that- — comes to an end? i think we are far from that. while _ comes to an end? i think we are far from that. while the _ comes to an end? i think we are far from that. while the russian - from that. while the russian withdrawal from from that. while the russian withdrawalfrom kherson is significant, i don't see it as an indicator that the war will end soon stop i see it more as a reinforcement of the overwritten strategy, which is more, i think, to

fight a protracted conflict well into 2023, potentially beyond. the russians are holding ground and waiting for mobilised forces to come on stream early next year to launch fresh offences. the kremlin has reiterated this week that kherson will continue to be considered russian territory, so the russians show no indication of abandoning their territorial ambitions in ukraine, buti their territorial ambitions in ukraine, but i think it's more of a longer term strategy as part of that strategy would be waiting out, hopefully for the russian perspective, that western support for ukraine will steadily ebb away, and that why i think that, while the bitter is significant, a huge morale boost for ukraine, one must be careful of complacency and ukraine is still heavily reliant on western arms, western military aid, and the continuation of that eight will be vital for ukraine to be able to continue operations next year, particularly when potentially hundreds of thousands of mobilised

forces enter the battlefield. thank ou for forces enter the battlefield. thank you for giving _ forces enter the battlefield. thank you for giving us — forces enter the battlefield. thank you for giving us your _ forces enter the battlefield. thank you for giving us your analysis - forces enter the battlefield. thank you for giving us your analysis on | you for giving us your analysis on the latest situation in ukraine. twitter has halted its new $8 blue tick subscription in a u—turn by the social media platform's new billionaire owner elon musk. it comes as a number of accounts impersonating big brands received the blue tick, which was previously a signal that the firm had verified the user as being real. the firm's shares fell ii% on friday amid the confusion. marcus gilroy—ware is a lecturer in creative digital media at soas, university of london. thank you very much for being with us. can i first ask you, in terms of what is now happening on the ground, the changes that elon musk is introducing, are they changes that look to make the company more

viable? i look to make the company more viable? ~ ., , look to make the company more viable? ~ . , ., ., viable? i think what they are are sins viable? i think what they are are si . ns that viable? i think what they are are signs that running _ viable? i think what they are are signs that running a _ viable? i think what they are are signs that running a digital - signs that running a digital platform in this moment is an incredibly complicated and difficult thing to do and, just because you can buy a platform like this, albeit with some heavy financing behind you, it doesn't mean you are qualified to be able to neck a navigate those issues, and the proof is that, of all the things that could have been monitored by twitter, that you have some value on the platform, at a time when there is so much misinformation online and it's such a problem, to take the symbol we need of verification, that tells us we are dealing with a real person, and to make that the thing thatis person, and to make that the thing that is monetised indicates there is not really a thinking through of this, and that is supported also by firing a huge number of the workforce and try to hire some of them back, isense workforce and try to hire some of them back, i sense that there are some very rash not strategic

approaches we have seen elon musk use in past in other contacts. he is a use of social _ use in past in other contacts. he is a use of social media _ use in past in other contacts. he is a use of social media himself, - a use of social media himself, particularly this platform. there have been suggestions he might actually look to put the company into bankruptcy proceedings to give him the freedom to make some quite radical changes. in the end, regardless of how he uses the company, isn't it sort of, does it feel to you as if it's a secondary issue to him, compared to its power to amplify his own voice? you issue to him, compared to its power to amplify his own voice?— to amplify his own voice? you know what, i to amplify his own voice? you know what. i want _ to amplify his own voice? you know what. i want to _ to amplify his own voice? you know what, i want to be _ to amplify his own voice? you know what, i want to be careful— what, i want to be careful about speculating about that, but he obviously, he is a huge beneficiary personally in terms of his other business interests of the infamy and increase profile twitter has given him controversial mechanisms or whatever, and there are already accounts, from twitter that he has

used the control of the platform he now has shut down some of the criticism of him, so i think that is something we would want to be careful about. as far as bankruptcy, it sounds dramatic, but in the us go into bankruptcy would mean being able to continue to run the company but not having yet to pay the debts and to do so with court supervision, so it might mean the end but it doesn't have to mean the end. it's meant to provide a bit of breathing space, that particular law. the reason this question is important is because we are seeing something that could possibly be the end of twitter. if it continues to be run in this short—sighted way, many of the big problems that were already facing online platforms across the board will be especially punishing twitter and its own trajectory. there is lots of competition, lots

of upcoming platforms want to take a bigger slice of the pie and any chance they get, users will flock to new places. we saw that last year when facebook announced changes to whatsapp, people moved to signal, and the same is now true with twitter and mastodon. there is no guarantee foot will survive and it will never go back to its former glory, so to speak. fascinating to talk about this. it's an evolving story and i hope we will speak to you again about it in the coming weeks. ., ~ , ., you again about it in the coming weeks. ., ~' , ., , you again about it in the coming weeks. ., ~ i. , . now it's time for a look at the weather with louise. hello there. it really is shaping up to be quite a nice saturday out there. lots of sunshine around for many. let's take a look at bradford from just a few hours ago. we did see some early morning low cloud and mist in some places, but that's breaking up quite nicely.

we could be chasing a little bit of fairweather cloud around favoured spots through the midlands and running up into northeast england. and at the same time rain will gradually continue to retreat north and west across the northern and western isles. lighter winds as well in comparison to yesterday. it's going to feel very mild out there. temperatures ranging between 11 and 17 or 18 celsius as a high. tomorrow, remembrance sunday could once again start off with some low cloud, some mist and fog around. slow to ease away from eastern england, the best of the sunshine further west and by the middle of the afternoon, we'll see cloud and rain gradually starting to make its presence felt into northern ireland. top temperatures, though, 12 to 18 celsius. take care. hello this is bbc news. the headlines. the ukrainian government says national morale has been given a huge boost by the recapture of the city of kherson after months of occupation.

in the us, the democrats have taken a step closer to retaining