hello, and welcome to bbc news. two vintage planes have collided and crashed at an air show in the us state of texas. footage shows the two striking each other at a low altitude, breaking one of the aircraft in half. a fireball can be seen as it hits the ground. the planes, one of them a boeing b—17 flying fortress, were taking part in a commemorative air show near dallas. aviation officials have launched an investigation.

a short while ago hank coates, the president and ceo of the commemorative air force, a group dedicated to the preservation of world war ii combat aircraft, gave an update on the situation. at approximately 1:15pm today we had two aircraft flying, one was a b—17 and one was a p—63. the b—17 normally has a crew of four to five, that's what was on the aircraft. the p—63 was a single piloted fighter—type aircraft. there was an incident that is being investigated by the faa right now, so the families are being taken care of, they are receiving counselling, not just of those who actually participated in the issue but also the caf folks and any folks here who may have seen it and have issues with what they saw, and obviously with our first responders, we want to make sure that they are supported as well. in ukraine, president volodymr zelensky has said russian troops destroyed all the critical infrastructure in kherson — including water, heating and electricity — before they abandoned the city.

ukrainian officials have imposed a curfew there, because of what they say is a continuing security threat. ukraine regained control of the city, after moscow said 30,000 russian troops were pulled out of the area yesterday. but there are reports that the kremlin�*s forces are making new fortifications on the left bank of the dnipro river. fears have also been expressed after satellite images show significant new damage to a nearby major dam. the bbc�*s james waterhouse reports. 36 miles north of kherson, is a reminder that liberation is rarely simple. this is the kakhovka dam, one of the ukraine's biggest hydro electric power plants. it's not clear who did this. a section's clearly been destroyed. if it collapsed, more than 80 locations would be flooded, including kherson. for now, the city's full of relief and celebration.

the sight of ukrainian soldiers marks the end of eight months of russian occupation. recovery will take longer. translation: before fleeing from kherson, the occupiers destroyed all critical infrastructure — communication, water supply, heat, electricity. russian forces everywhere have the same goal — mockery of people as much as possible. but we will restore everything, believe me. russian forces may have retreated across the dnipro river, but they haven't gone away. we have been warned yesterday by our general staff of the ukraine armed forces that the russians are making new fortification on the left bank side of the dnipro river and there is a likelihood of massive artillery shelling. at a south—east asia summit in cambodia, a warning that other countries could follow in russia's footsteps if nothing is done.

violation of borders, use of force, committing mass atrocity against civilian population, if anyone in the world sees that russia can get away easily with all of this, then someone will be tempted to follow the suit. ukraine forcing russia out completely is still a long way off, but, in a war which brings more bad news than good, this is a country savouring kherson�*s liberation. james waterhouse, bbc news, 0dessa. let's look at some other stories in brief: at least 22 people are now known to have been killed in a bus crash in northern egypt. the vehicle came off the road in the nile delta town of aga and plunged into a canal. 35 people were on board. several people were injured, some seriously. control of the us senate remains a toss—up following the 2022 midterms.

democrats and republicans were projected to hold 49 seats each, with the last few races yet to be called. nevada's senate race remains tight, with republican adam laxalt clinging to a small lead of under 1,000 votes over incumbent democratic senator catherine cortez masto. a deal has been signed between the ethiopian military and tigrayan rebels to implement a cessation of hostilities and allow humanitarian aid to reach millions of desperate civilians. aid organisations have been awaiting permission to send in more supplies to those affected by two years of fighting. protesters have marched at the un climate summit in sharm el—sheikh calling for reparations for loss more now on the plane crash in dallas. chris kratovil was visiting the airshow with his daughter when the crash happened. it's an annual event here in dallas, called wings 0ver dallas. it involves being able to look at world war ii aircraft on the ground, and the second half of the show is those aircraft flying and putting on a demonstration. it's narrated, they played patriotic and world war ii era music as the planes fly by.

i have attended this many times and i had my 12—year—old daughter kelsie with me, who loves history and particularly world war ii history, and we were watching what they call the parade of bombers, so b—17s, b—25s, b—25s and other world war ii era bombers, going over sequentially. they also simulate the fighter aircraft escorts that would have accompanied those bombers from england to germany, and there is a narrator, an announcer, talking about the p—51 mustangs escorting the b—17s on their raids over germany. as this was happening, suddenly the b—17, an aircraft called the texas raider, was the name of this particular aircraft, burst into flames. a fireball in the air, maybe 400 or 500 yards in front of me and my daughter, over the field. and my first thought was, well, this must be

a simulation, this is part of the show, this is a pyrotechnic effect, a special effect of some sort. but as i watched that huge, historic, four—engined bomber plummet to the ground, i thought, this isn't a simulation, this is really happening. one of the last b—i7 flying fortresses in the world is crashing right in front of my eyes, and it was a horrible thing to witness, i've never seen anything like it and i hope to never see anything like it again. we have seen the footage leading up to that moment, and footage is available online that shows that dramatic incidents that you have just described, and it is a shocking tragedy. how did people on the ground react, you mentioned you had your 12—year—old daughter with you, how is she coping? she is very quiet, i think she is still processing it, as is everybody who witnessed it. the dallas police estimate of the crowd was anywhere between 5,000 and 6,000 people,

which is a lot of people to witness something like that, and i've never seen a crowd go more quiet or more still in just the blink of an eye. it went from being a fairly excited, energetic crowd of patriotic music playing, to complete silence and stillness and just one moment, i have never seen a crowd react like that, but we all knew that we were witnessing something terrible, something that we didn't want to see, and the reality of it just hits and a lot of people, including myself, turned their children towards them and away from the airfield because there was burning wreckage in the middle of the airfield. the chancellor, jeremy hunt, is expected to outline £35 billion worth of spending cuts when he delivers his autumn statement on thursday. the bbc has been told he will also freeze the thresholds on income tax and increase the levy on the profits of energy firms.

0ur political correspondent ben wright has been giving us more details about what we could expect. i think it will be the defining political and economic moment of rishi sunak�*s government. the consequences and legacy of this will last for years, in terms of taxes and public spending. we know the size of the fiscal whole, it is called, the fiscal whole, it is called, the between what the government spends and what it is getting in taxes, government reckons it is about £55 billion per year. so are the raw sums the chancellor is dealing with. he has already warned of eye watering the difficult choices is he approaches this statement. we will not know the exact details about the plan until the chancellor stands up on thursday, but sources close to the spreadsheets are giving us some sense of what is likely to be in this plan. 0n taxes, the government doesn't want to put up taxes directly, but there is a way of raising a lot more revenue from all of us by freezing tax thresholds where they currently are. so the more

that people earn, as their wages go up, if the tax thresholds are frozen they end “p thresholds are frozen they end up paying more, and that can provide billions of pounds to the treasury. we think tax thresholds will be frozen across the board. sources also indicate the highest—paid could start paying the top rate, 45p, when they earn £125,000 per year. at the moment, but kicks in at £150,000, but that threshold could come down to hundred and 25,000. so a lot of money, i think, hundred and 25,000. so a lot of money, ithink, the hundred and 25,000. so a lot of money, i think, the government is hoping to raise on the tax front when it comes to public spending, we expect a freeze to continue in terms of departmental budgets until at least 2025. now, everybody will know that the public services under a massive strain at the moment, inflation is eating away at their spending power, so a freeze to public spending will have quite an impact. the bbc has calculated that the number of people who've crossed the channel in small boats this year, has now surpassed 40,000, the highest number since

records began in 2018. just over 28,000 people made the same journey last year. our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford, has the latest. when the small boats crossings started in 2018, the number in the first year was less than 300. but if you look at this graphic, you can see that each year it's gone up and up again and up again. and as you say, last year it reached 28,500. well, by last night, we werejust less than 100 short of 40,000. and talking to witnesses and to rescuers today, it's clear that more than 100 have crossed since midnight last night. so that red line has gone over 40,000. and, of course, we're only in mid—november and last year, around 8000 crossed in the last two months of the year. so it's likely that the figure by the end of the year is going to be closer to 50,000 than 40,000 if the weather stays good. it's very, very awkward for ministers, not least of all, because it makes them look as if they're not in control of the southern coast of the united kingdom, but also because of the risk of people dying.

it was only in november last year that 27 people died in a single night when boats got into trouble on the channel. and yes, there's more talks going on with the french to try and increase patrols on the beaches, maybe put some british officers into the french control rooms. but that's not going to make a massive amount of difference to the people crossing in the short term. and, yes, while the weather's been bad for the last couple of weeks, ministers have managed to reduce the number of people being held in the manston processing centre. but as the weather's gone good again, those numbers are going to start to rise again. and they've only managed to get those numbers down by putting people out into hotels. and, of course, people are very concerned about the millions of pounds being spent every day on keeping migrants in hotels. you are watching bbc news. the headlines:

two vintage planes collide and crash at an air show in the us state of texas, breaking one of the planes in half. as people celebrate the ukrainian city of kherson being retaken after months of russian occupation, president zelensky says russian troops destroyed nearly everything. let's stay with that story now. 0ur international editor jeremy bowen is in ukraine and sent us this update from the road into kherson. the ukrainians have a lot to celebrate. they have scored a major victory over the russians, more quickly than they expected. while the russians have left behind a great deal of damage, for now, the ukrainians are not focussing on that because they believe they have taken a giant step to victory. now, they will to deal with the changed strategic situation because, by withdrawing across the river, the russians have stabilised this 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 trying to stay in kherson who now can be deployed elsewhere. that is why ukraine will continue to push nato for more

and better weapons for the battles they face in the forthcoming winter months. jeremy bowen. 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. a little terror at times — but not too much. he was just a perfect baby in the sense that he only cried when he really wanted something. 0liver steeper 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 kinda got

myself down there. that's when i knew that it was bad because there were two ambulances there so i thought, "mmm, 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 over 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 — 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 0llie�*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 number 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 the children. that's the very fundamental part of ourjob is to make sure their social and emotional needs are being met. once a child is happy and the environment is right, then they will learn. 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. keith levene, a founding member of the clash and later guitarist for public image ltd, has died aged 65 from liver cancer. levene founded the clash with mickjones in the 1970s, but left before they became successful. he then joined public image ltd, the post—punk band set up byjohn lydon after he left the sex pistols. an iranian man who lived in a paris airport for 18 years has died. mehran karimi nasseri's experience inspired the 2004 film the terminal, starring tom hanks. lacking the correct paperwork to travel, he had made a small area of charles de gaulle airport his home. emer mccarthy reports.

mehran karimi nasseri's story was stranger than fiction. an iranian exile, he lived in paris's charles de gaulle airport for 18 years after being refused entry to britain and france because he had no papers. here he is speaking, back in 1999. i think nobody can live 11 years in such a situation. i am a unique immigration case. i have appealed to two, three, four governments. and some have been successful, granted. some have been refused. but in this situation, i'm a unique immigration case. all of his possessions were stored in boxes and bags on an airport cart and he would wash and shave

in airport bathrooms. mr navorski? please follow me. his story grabbed the attention of famed director steven spielberg and inspired the 2004 film the terminal. there's a man walking around the terminal in a bathrobe. tom hanks played the role of viktor navorski, who was based on mehran and found himself stranded atjfk. despite being granted refugee status and the right to remain in france in 1999, mehran stayed at the airport until 2006. he then spent time staying in a hostel using the money he had received for the terminal. an airport official said he returned to the airport a few weeks ago, where he lived until he died of natural causes in terminal 2f. he was 76.

now, an intriguing story for you. scientists injapan have found that rats have an innate ability to move to music. the researchers from the university of tokyo fitted highly sensitive devices to ten of the creatures to record their movements and they found that they bopped their heads to a range of different genres. tom brada reports. mozart's sonata for two pianos in d major plays. moved by a bit of mozart — literally. these rats are part of an experiment to see how the rodents respond to music. with a mini sensor strapped to their heads, they were played a range of tunes at different tempos and scientists believe they've made an interesting discovery. the rats displayed innate beat synchronisation, most distinctly within the same range of humans. dancing, which is essentially the ability to move to a beat, was once thought to be unique to humans but these findings suggest otherwise.

the rats were played one—minute clips of mozart's sonata for two pianos in d major at four different tempos. historically, in this field, many people use mozart's sonata because it was, yeah, used for a long time in these kind of experiments. # another bites the dust! the cultured creatures were also treated to some modern gems. # another bites one the dust! we played lady gaga and queen, but that's not included included in the main data. rats often suffer from a less—than—stellar reputation but 20 human participants listened to the same music clips and both rats and humans bobbed their heads to the beat in a similar rhythm. some of us believe that music is special to human culture, yeah, but yeah, it's — yeah, i believe that it's already somehow inherited from our progenitors — and maybe at least from rats.

the team now plans to investigate how musical properties like melody and harmony impact the brain. in the meantime, these rodents with rhythm suggest it's not just humans who have an urge to move to the groove. tom brada, bbc news. well, all eyes are on the weather in melbourne, ahead of sunday's t20 world cup final. —— ahead of sunday's t20 world cup final. england take on pakistan, hoping to add the title to their 50—over victory three years ago. but there is likely to be more support for pakistan amongst the 90,000 fans inside the melbourne cricket ground. i spoke to the chief executive officer of the melbourne cricket club, stuart fox, for a preview. there are some storms expected, so we do have some contingencies in place to be able to cope with that. what contingencies to cope with the weather? a roof, maybe? well, we can actually play till later into the evening,

so that's one option, but we also have tomorrow as a backup day. so, if the weather came in and ruined the game, then we can default till monday, which isn't ideal — we'd like to get it away tonight — and fingers crossed, we — the skies are kind to us. because you've made rule changes to kind of accommodate and mitigate against the weather. just exactly what have you done in that respect? oh, basicallyjust allowing for the game to go across a longer duration, so if we had a delayed start, we can go 90 minutes later into the night, and the same for the backup day tomorrow. so, look, we're confident we'll get it away — it's just unfortunate that the storms are on their way. now, cricket comes in many forms, as everything from the ashes — which, as a brit and australian, we're well versed in — five tests, five days long, goes for five weeks, but this is t20. it's a different form of the game. for those who are not fans or experts in cricket, what should and could they expect to see?

oh, look, it's an exciting format and we had some — you know, look, we had two games here already that have exceeded 80,000 fans in the stadium, so it's a great atmosphere. obviously, big—hitting — you know, there's no time to pause and play the ball and just go for singles. it's such a great game to watch and particularly in, you know, one of the biggest stadiums, the mcg, it's going to be pretty good tonight, i think. who's your money on? what's the odds at the moment? oh, look, ithink it's even money. both teams — england and pakistan have been in great form leading up and, you know, we've got strong contingents of fans from both sides so, look, i think england are probably slightly favourites but i would not be surprised if pakistan can win this, and they'll have a very strong following tonight at the stadium. and this is the final, but it's obviously been a longer tournament. what have your personal standouts and highlights been from the last few games? oh, look, india have

been unbelievable — more so from bringing a huge number of fans to the games. one of the games — our first game of the mcg a few weeks ago, we had just under 91,000 fans. absolutely incredible. so, i think the indian community have really got behind their team. unfortunate they didn't make it but again, we're looking forward to a really, really exciting game tonight. some breaking news to bring you now, democrats have retained majority control of the us senate with a win in nevada, that's the democratic senator catherine cortez masto, according to projections from cbs news which is the bbc�*s partner in the us and you can read all of the details on our website. this means that for the next two years of president biden�*s term in office, will

have majority control of the us senate. more details online. and you can find me online as well. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @garethbarlow. thank i'm @garethbarlow. you for watching. hello there. for some of us, it's going to be a murky start to remembrance sunday. some areas of low cloud and fog, much of which should life and clear through the morning to leave some sunny spells. it is going to be another exceptionally mild day. high pressure dominates over much of continental europe. this frontal system will eventually bring rain into northern ireland later in the day but before that, many of us are starting with some rather murky conditions. some patches of mist and fog up through the west country, east wales, but more especially through the midlands, into eastern england. could be quite poor driving conditions through the first part of the morning. also very murky close to some of these north sea coasts of north east england, eastern scotland. shetland starting off with some low cloud and some fog as well.

now, some of that will lift and clear to leave sunny spells but it may be that across parts of the east midlands, lincolnshire, up into yorkshire, it could stay quite grey and murky for much of the day. elsewhere, though, we will see some spells of sunshine. starting to turn quite breezy across western parts ahead of this weather front, this band of cloud and rain. temperatures at this time of year through the afternoon should get to between eight and 13 degrees. for sunday, we are looking at highs of 12 to 18 degrees, so still well above where we should be. and then, through sunday evening, we'll see this band of rain pushing across northern ireland into west wales, far south—west of england, eventually western scotland. for the eastern half of the uk, we will again see some areas of low cloud and fog. a little bit chilly for some eastern parts but generally, it is another mild night. and then, for monday, we bring this band of cloud and rain eastwards. it will tend to weaken as it goes. ahead of that, still quite a lot of mist and murk

and low cloud. but behind the rain band, we should see clearer skies, more sunshine for northern ireland, wales, the south—west of england. still 16 degrees in london but most places a little bit less mild by this stage. then through tuesday, this frontal system will bring some heavy rain for many and the middle of the week brings further weather systems running in from the atlantic. the chance for some wet and potentially some quite windy weather, so an unsettled week ahead but we lose some of that mild feel — temperatures closer to where they should be.

this is bbc news, the headlines: democrats have retained control of the us senate in a remarkable election results that defied predictions of a republican red wave over both houses of congress. us networks have called the key senate race in nevada for democrat republican incumbent catherine cortez masto, giving them an effective majority with munro still undecided. two vintage planes have collided and crashed at an air show in the us state of texas.

footage shows the planes striking each other at a low altitude, breaking one of the aircrafts in half.