this is bbc news with the latest 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. allies of the justice secretary dominic raab have defended his conduct, after reports he behaved aggressively towards staff during his previous stint in the role. meanwhile, former health secretary matt hancock has expressed regret for his actions as health secretary during covid on the reality tv show i'm a celebrity get me out of here. what i'm really looking for is a bit of forgiveness, that's all. a petition on childcare ratios, created by the parents of a boy who died in nursery will be debated in parliament after getting more than 100,000 signatures.

and in the rugby union world cup final heartbreak for the red roses — england's women are pipped at the post by new zealand. good afternoon. the ukrainian government says recapturing the city of kherson means that 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. cheering. jubilation and tears of happiness incur sean as ukrainian special forces entered the city. people here have lived under russian occupation for more than eight months, but the fight is farfrom 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 the russians are making new fortifications on the left backside of the river and there is a likelihood of massive artillery shelling from that side on a crush on. at the moment we are quietly optimistic, but of course we understand there are future battles which we have to win. the understand there are future battles which we have to win.— which we have to win. the damage caused as the _ which we have to win. the damage caused as the russians _ which we have to win. the damage caused as the russians withdrew l which we have to win. the damage| caused as the russians withdrew is becoming clearer. they blew up the bridge, the key route over the

dnipro river, and now new satellite images show damage to the damn north of kherson. if it collapses, it could flood over 80 settlements, including kherson. the government has warned residents not to return to the cityjust yet because of landmines and unexploded munitions in the area. on the global stage ukraine is savouring its victory in kherson. but it once it needs continued international support as it heads into a difficult winter with an increased threat of retaliatory attacks. violation of orders, retaliatory attacks. violation of orders. the _ retaliatory attacks. violation of orders, the use _ retaliatory attacks. violation of orders, the use of— retaliatory attacks. violation of orders, the use of force, - retaliatory attacks. violation of - orders, the use of force, committing mass atrocities against a civilian population, if anyone in the world sees that russia can get away easily with all of this, then this someone will be tempted to follow suit. winning back kherson has boosted national morale, but a complete

victory over russia remains elusive. mykola bielieskov is a research fellow at ukraine's national institute for strategic studies in kyiv and spoke earlier about what a positive step this is for his country but that ukrainians should be cautious they don't lose the momentum. of course russians will do everything to regain the initiative so the battle for strategic initiative in general are still ongoing, but for me it is good concluding sign of the southern campaign. it is good evidence that ukraine does everything in its power for us to stop russians and laying a good defence. {iii for us to stop russians and laying a good defence-— good defence. of course this is cause for— good defence. of course this is cause for celebration _ good defence. of course this is cause for celebration and - good defence. of course this is cause for celebration and we i good defence. of course this is i cause for celebration and we have seen some of those images. how much is there a note of caution in all of

this? ~ , , ., this? well, definitely there is a lot of work _ this? well, definitely there is a lot of work to _ this? well, definitely there is a lot of work to be _ this? well, definitely there is a lot of work to be done - this? well, definitely there is a lot of work to be done first - this? well, definitely there is a lot of work to be done first of. this? well, definitely there is a l lot of work to be done first of all to look at different sides. the russians did a lot of mine planting before retreating from kherson and we need to take actions in terms of returning basic facilities and returning basic facilities and returning law and order and taking precaution because now it is kherson thatis precaution because now it is kherson that is within range of artillery and the russian started to terrorise the civilians, so maybe they won't suffer because they suffered already quite a lot. d0 suffer because they suffered already uuite a lot. ,, ~ , ., , quite a lot. do you think this does an hinu quite a lot. do you think this does anything in _ quite a lot. do you think this does anything in opening _ quite a lot. do you think this does anything in opening the _ quite a lot. do you think this does anything in opening the way - quite a lot. do you think this does anything in opening the way for. quite a lot. do you think this does. anything in opening the way for any kind of diplomatic negotiations, or do you think we are long past that? we have already passed that the 24th of february 2022 was the point of no return and putin presented the world with a choice, either we accept his

choice or we fight for european principles, so there is no middle ground, there is no room for compromise, so are clearly stated presence is we are ready for negotiations based on the un charter, not on the imperialist agenda that putin is promoting. i agenda that putin is promoting. i want to ask you about reports of damage to a dam. is this something thatis damage to a dam. is this something that is strategically a concern? has that is strategically a concern? as far as i that is strategically a concern? is far as i understand from that is strategically a concern? sis far as i understand from footage from the satellites it is minor damage, so it is not the kind of damage, so it is not the kind of damage that we feared, which means flooding levels of water would rise, so it is minor damage. but of course we will keep in mind this risk and persuade russia not to target this dam. 0ur international editor has been reporting around the frontlines in kherson and gave us this analysis of what lies ahead in the wake of russia's retreat from kherson. the ukrainians have got a lot to

celebrate because they have scored a major victory over the russians, much more quickly and smoothly than they expected. and while the russians have left behind them a great deal of damage, for now the ukrainians are not focusing on that because they believe they have taken a giant step forward to victory. now, they will have to deal with are changed, strategic situation because by withdrawing across the river the russians have stabilised the section of the front and they say they have taken more than 30,000 troops out with them. those are troops who could have been killed fighting to stay in kherson who now can be deployed elsewhere. so that is why ukraine will continue to push nato for more and better weapons for the battles they face in the forthcoming winter months. our international

editorjeremy bowen. the government insists that the deputy prime minister dominic raab "values civil servants" after claims he was rude to staff. reports suggest staff have been anxious about his return to thejustice department and had been offered the chance to transfer out because of his behaviour. the news once again puts the spotlight on prime minister rishi sunak�*sjudgement after he appointed raab over two weeks ago. 0ur political correspondent jonathan blakejoins us now. just explain the nature of the allegations. rather than specific accusations about dominic raab poz my behaviour there is talk of him creating a culture of fear as far as sources who have spoken to the guardian put it. they talk in terms ranging from demeaning, to rude, too aggressive, to describe his behaviour. the paper reports that when he was reappointed as deputy prime minister and justice secretary by rishi sunak as prime minister, civil servants at the department of justice were given the option to be transferred elsewhere, given concerns they might have had about

working under him previously. none of that is denied by a spokesperson for dominic raab, who has issued a statement saying he has high standards, he works hard and expects a lot from his team as well as of himself. but they deny and reject any accusations of bullying. a statement from the department for justice said there was zero tolerance of bullying across the civil service and it is a place where civil servants are valued and the level of ambition is high. 0pposition parties are calling for an investigation into this. how likely is that to happen? fin an investigation into this. how likely is that to happen? on the face of it at _ likely is that to happen? on the face of it at the _ likely is that to happen? on the face of it at the moment - likely is that to happen? on the face of it at the moment are - face of it at the moment are unlikely because there has not been any formal complaint made by any individual or individuals about dominic raab's behaviour. these are general claims. but they do pose a bit of a problem perhaps for rishi sunak, there are further questions about another cabinet minister's conduct after gavin williamson had to resign. the home secretary suella braverman was appointed by rishi sunak and less then a week after she

resigned for completely different reasons, but labour are focusing on this is a question of rishi sunak, the prime minister's integrity, and want to ask him about what he knew about dominic raab or anyone else in his cabinet. the more that these instances crop up, the more difficult it will be for him. that is our political _ difficult it will be for him. that is our political corresponded jonathan blake. meanwhile, on the itv programme i'm a celebrity get me out of here former health secretary matt hancock has reiterated his regret for breaking social distancing guidelines during the covid pandemic and said he was looking for "forgiveness". it followed him facing some critical questions from his celebrity campmates about his role as health secretary at the time. let's take a look. my aunt died from covid in the first wave. we couldn't go to hospital to visit her. i had to sit by myself in the church at her funeral. we couldn't hug each other because we were following guidance yeah. and i get that you fell in love,

i understand all of those things, but sorry for a lot of families like mine doesn't really cut it. well, there you go, that is one of the reasons that i,um that i regret it as much as i do. do you have any regrets regarding the way that as health minister you dealt with the pandemic as a whole? so the pandemic as a whole, no, i'm much, much more robust in my defence of it. even with ppe and with carers? and with old people's hoees? yeah. yeah, ppe for instance, of course i know, i saw it happen, but that's because we suddenly needed much more ppe and so did everybody else in the world and care homes, the reasons for the decisions that were taken and ultimately those problems were caused by the virus, not the people who were trying to solve the problem. well, earlier i spoke to a member of the covid—i9 families

forjustice group who lost her uncle during the first wave of the pandemic, helenjeffries, for her reaction to matt hancock's latest comments on the programme. i haven't watched i'm a celebrity, deliberately because of matt hancock, butjust hearing that really hurts and my experience was similar. i lost my uncle at the peak of the first wave and could not go and see him. he saw nobody close to him in the ten days before he died. and his funeral was on may the 20th, which was the day of the infamous party in the rose garden at downing street. again, ourfuneral was very much socially distance. i did not hug my dad. it is still there, it still hurts and i watched a little bit of the jungle for this piece now and chris is right, what does he want forgiveness for? i don't care.

did that change your view of him even slightly, the fact that he has expressed a wish for forgiveness? has that changed your view on him at all? if we leave aside the fact that it was on i'm a celebrity, and there are questions around the fact he went on reality tv to do that rather than expressing it in any other forum, but does his wish for forgiveness change your view? ida. forgiveness change your view? no, not at all. forgiveness change your view? no, not at all- in _ forgiveness change your view? no, not at all. in fact, _ forgiveness change your view? no, not at all. in fact, it _ forgiveness change your view? iiif7, not at all. in fact, it almost makes me more, it refreshes all of that anger and upset that ebbs away over time, and then itjust comes back up. forgiveness is not helpful at this stage. he has also said in there that he is committed to the right answers coming out as a result of the inquiry. i think as far as

the bereaved families are concerned, the bereaved families are concerned, the right thing for him to do would be to engage fully with the inquiry. helenjefferies from be to engage fully with the inquiry. helen jefferies from the covid—i9 helenjefferies from the covid—i9 families forjustice group speaking earlier. the headlines on bbc news... the ukrainian government says national morale has been given a huge boost by the recapture of the city of kherson after months of occupation. allies of the justice secretary dominic raab have defended his conduct, after reports he behaved aggressively towards staff during his previous stint in the role. meanwhile, former health secretary matt hancock has expressed regret for his actions as health secretary during covid on the reality tv show i'm a celebrity get me out of here. sport and a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre. it isa it is a very busy saturday in sport. there was heartbreak for england's

women, as new zealand won the rugby world cup for a sixth time after a dramatic final at auckland's eden park. the red roses led for much of the game until the black ferns scored a late try with nine minutes to go, putting them ahead by three points. 0ur sports correspondent jo currie was watching. it jo currie was watching. is an all black night in auckland. it is an all black night in auckland. battered and bruised, the unbeatable is beaten. for some of these players are too familiar tiers of world cup heartache. fans were turning up to see the world number one, england, unbeaten in over 30 games... one, england, unbeaten in over 30 names... . one, england, unbeaten in over 30 games- - -- face _ one, england, unbeaten in over 30 games. . .- face a - one, england, unbeaten in over 30 games. . .- face a team . one, england, unbeaten in over 30. games. . .- face a team who games... england! face a team who broke their — games... england! face a team who broke their hearts _ games... england! face a team who broke their hearts five _ games... england! face a team who broke their hearts five years - games... england! face a team who broke their hearts five years ago. i broke their hearts five years ago. we landed yesterday and the final is today and we fly home -eee “bee is not been-to been to make the trip have been able to make the trip across — have been able to make the trip across it — have been able to make the trip across. it they across. it could feel like they are not - on_ across. it could feel like they are not - oniust _ across. it could feel like they are not onjust15 across. it could feel like they are not on just 15 players across. it could feel like they are not onjust15 players on across. it could feel like they are not on just 15 players on the not taking on just 15 players on the pitch. _ not taking on just 15 players on the pitch. but— not taking on just 15 players on the pitch, but an entire stadium. if pitch, but an entire stadium. england pitch, but an entire stadium. if england had nerves, they did not fengla nclhad nerves- they did. not a dream eengla nclhad nerves- they did. net a dream start, eenglanslhad nerves-they did-net

a dream start, which continued show, a dream start, which continued as england quickly built up a healthy lead before a moment which would change the game. 0h, healthy lead before a moment which would change the game. oh, my goodness. lydia thomas and'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. ah. change of ends but no change of ace. �* ., ~ ., , pace. a huge moment in the world cup final. pace. a huge moment in the world cup final- england — pace. a huge moment in the world cup final. england look— pace. a huge moment in the world cup final. england look to _ pace. a huge moment in the world cup final. england look to their _ final. england look to their driving maul and once _ final. england look to their driving maul and once again _ final. england look to their driving maul and once again it _ final. england look to their driving maul and once again it proved - maul and once again it proved unstoppable. amy 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 cake and some quick thinking as they set up a nail—biting finish. but as the final whistle went at those hopes were over.— the final whistle went at those hopes were over. sport is pretty cruel and it _ hopes were over. sport is pretty cruel and it doesn't _ hopes were over. sport is pretty cruel and it doesn't always - hopes were over. sport is pretty cruel and it doesn't always go i hopes were over. sport is pretty. cruel and it doesn't always go the way you want. it is won or lost and fine margins and that is what happened this evening. england came to new zealand _ happened this evening. england came to new zealand as _ happened this evening. england came to new zealand as heavy _ happened this evening. england came to new zealand as heavy favourites, l to new zealand as heavy favourites, but they leave with only questions about how this trophy got away from them once again. joe currie, bbc

news, auckland. there are also five autumn internationals in men's rugby union today. ireland have beaten fiji 35—17 in dublin. ireland didn't have it all their own way, but were helped that fiji had a man sent off and eventually ran in five tries, including this from mack hansen. there was also a big shock as italy beat australia 28—27. that is the first time the yet italians have ever beaten australia, so a good result for them. just getting under way right now at twickenham england are up against japan and it is scurrilous so far. wales face argentina at half past five. it's a huge day for england's men's rugby league players. they're currently in action in their world cup semifinal against samoa. england found themselves behind for the first time

this tournament with just five minutes on the clock tim lafai went over to put samoa ahead. england had a kallum watkins' try disallowed before elliot whitehead scored to get them back on terms. tommy makinson added the extras to put them 6—4 ahead. it is samoa who are leading 10—6 at the moment. with nine minutes to go until half time ligi sao powered them back into the lead. that try was converted so samoa lead 10—6. brentford pulled off a shock victory at the etihad to beat manchester city 2—1. ivan toney gave the visitors the lead after 15 minutes but city found the equaliser early in the second half through phil foden. an injury to aymeric laporte meant there was ten minutes of stoppage time, enough for toney to double brentford's lead and secure all three points.

plenty of football this afternoon i had of the world cup beginning next week. there are five three o'clock kick—offs today. bournemouth are hosting everton 0—0. it's nathanjones' first game in charge of southampton, they're at anfield playing liverpool and are tied i—i. roberto firmino, che adams with the goals. goal is between forest and leeds. leicester is leading at west ham. celtic could extend their lead at the top of the scottish premiership to nine points this afternoon. that's after rangers were held to a 1—1 draw at st mirren. the home side took the lead just after half time from declan gallagher's long throw. jonah ayunga scored at the second time of asking. rangers equalised with six minutes to go after ryan kent was brought down. captain james tavernier put away the resulting penalty.

celtic are looking to stretch the lead, but it is cholas against ross county and it is goalless in all the other games. you can stay up—to—date with the football on the bbc website. harriet dart has levelled great britain's semi—final against australia at the billiejean king cup in glasgow. heather watson lost the opening singles, but british number two dart beat ajla tomljanovic in straight sets in under two hours to set up a doubles decider. it's great britain's first semi—final in this competition since 1981. it is live on the bbc right now. if you head to the website, you will find the link to that. 0livia nicholls and alesiha barnatt versus storm sanders and sam stosur. australia are leading there in the first set, 2—1. that is all the

sport, a busy saturday afternoon, but you can stay up—to—date on the bbc sport website and i will be back again in the next hour. thank you, sarah. 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 0liver�*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. i 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. the us envoy, john kerry, has confirmed that a small number of countries at the un climate summit in egypt have proposed dropping the target of keeping the rise in global temperatures below 1.5 celsius. mr kerry told reporters in sharm el—sheikh there could be no going back. scientists have warned that a rise beyond 1.5 celsius above pre—industrial temperatures could have a severe impact in many parts of the world. there are very few countries, but if you, that have raised the issue of not mentioning this word or that word. but the fact is that in glasgow that was adopted. the language is there and i know that the president has no intention of

being the president of a cop, and egypt's president that hosts a retreat from what was achieved in glasgow. so we will have those discussions during this week, but thatis discussions during this week, but that is the adopted language of the un fcc, and most countries who have no intention of going back on this. us climate envoy, john kerry, there. 0ur climate editor, justin rowlatt, managed to grab a moment with him, and spoke to him about the money needed to tackle climate change. we put cash in on the table. we put billions of dollars into various efforts to help countries. $100 million in cash just like efforts to help countries. $100 million in cashjust like president biden and the united states and the american people to the people of pakistan, no strings attached. it went as help. united states is the largest humanitarian donor the world. so we are proud of our record of stepping up. the american people care about this and they have supported these kinds of efforts

around the world for years and years now. we will continue to do what president biden announced yes today. you promised 11 billion. it will be more than that. we just raised 94 billion for global research and development in terms of energy. we just did that in pittsburgh about five weeks ago. that doesn't get counted against the 100, but 94 billion additional, 12 billion additional, we will get there. john kerry speaking — additional, we will get there. john kerry speaking to _ additional, we will get there. john kerry speaking to us at the climate summit. the democratic senator for arizona, the former astronaut mark kelly, has beaten his republican rival for his seat in the us congress. his defeat of blake masters means the two parties now have 49 seats each in the senate. there are two races still to call, georgia and nevada — if the democrats win either, they will retain control of the senate. 0ur north america correspondent, david willis, has the details. this is very, very good news for the democrats. they'll be extremely pleased

with this result from arizona, given that inflation here is at a 40—year high and joe biden's approval ratings have sunk to a very low level, many people were predicting there will be some sort of rout on the part of the republicans, but it didn't materialise. and the democrats are on course to retain their majority in the upper house or maybe even enhance it. it comes down to two outstanding senate states. those are nevada and georgia. nevada is said to be neck and neck. georgia, of course, we know, was so close that it's already gone to a runoff. so it may not be until the 6th of december when that runoff takes place that we know the full complexion of the upper house. but this is very good news for the democrats. they also, of course, have been widely predicted to lose a lot of seats in the house of representatives. and it appears that that's not

been the case either. 0ur north america correspondent david willis. the anonymous street artist banksy has confirmed that he's been at work in parts of ukraine that have been ravaged by the war. he's posted images on his instagram account of a mural on a building damaged by shelling in the town of borodyanka, west of kyiv. it features a gymnast doing a handstand. various murals in banksy�*s signature spray—painted style have been spotted around the capital in recent days. a really striking image. now it's time for a look at the weather with susan powell. hello, it is unusually warm across the uk at the moment, yesterday was the warmest armistice day on record, tomorrow for remembrance sunday we may see temperatures higher still. it is going to be very mild through the remainder of the day, southerly winds bringing air to us from a long way south. generally drying out, patchy cloud around in the west, low cloud coming in from the north sea, mist and fog potentially down the eastern side of scotland,

for the north—east of england and east anglia, these overnight lows more like the daytime highs we would see at this point in november. remembrance sunday could see some low cloud, mist and fog persisting across easternmost areas, rain in the west, winds picking up later, rainfall arriving into northern ireland and the south—west by nightfall. take a look at the temperatures — highs widely16—18 celsius, potentially even 19 in the south.

hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... people take to the streets in celebration as the ukrainian city of kherson is recaptured after months of occupation. while the russians have left behind a great deal of damage, finality ukrainians are not focusing on that because they believe they have taken a giant step forward to victory.