this is bbc news. i'm sally bundock, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. russian forces step up their shelling of the recently liberated kherson region of ukraine. the city remains without power, following the withdrawal of russian soldiers. russian forces only occupied territory there on the eastern bank of the dnieper river. but this isn't after the big build—up, the 2022 men's football world cup is under way, with england and wales among the teams beginning their bids

for glory later. when the action continues, the players and the fans gather for those matches to come, their main focus, their sole attention will be on dreaming of lifting this world cup. scientists discover the true ferocity of a huge volcanic eruption off the coast of tonga, earlier this year, with debris stretching for kilometres across the sea bed. and paris becomes the city of energy—efficient lights, as it switches on its traditional christmas display, in the face of a worldwide energy crisis.

russian forces in southern ukraine have stepped up their shelling of the recently liberated kherson region. officials said the emergency services were searching for possible victims in the rubble of a residential building. the city of kherson remains largely without power or mains water, following the withdrawal of russian troops ten days ago. our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse has sent this report from there. a week on from occupation, kherson has started the long process of healing. after eight months of being cut off, this is the wait for food donations. ina in a life with little food or

water, this goes a long way. translation: we water, this goes a long way. translation:— water, this goes a long way. translation: we can manage thins translation: we can manage things without _ translation: we can manage things without power. - translation: we can manage things without power. children | things without power. children are happy, our homes are warm, we are relatively comfortable. and now we are here in the square. make it on my shoulders. you see? that is freedom. —— my kid on my shoulders. it freedom. -- my kid on my shoulders.— freedom. -- my kid on my shoulders. it is also a chance to restore. — shoulders. it is also a chance to restore, and _ shoulders. it is also a chance to restore, and reconnect - shoulders. it is also a chance. to restore, and reconnect with those who matter most. more than half of the city's 380,000 population had left. those who stayed brought closer by a common goal of survival. how are you? common goal of survival. how are ou? , common goal of survival. how are you?— are you? very well. translation: - are you? very well. i translation: things are you? very well. - translation: things are are you? very well. _ translation: things are good. we ask how _ translation: things are good. we ask how his _ translation: things are good. we ask how his week _ translation: things are good. we ask how his week of - translation: things are good. | we ask how his week of freedom has been? �*

we ask how his week of freedom has been?— has been? better than everything _ has been? better than everything else. - has been? better than everything else. even | has been? better than - everything else. even though there is no power and water, it's freedom.— there is no power and water, - it's freedom._ that's it's freedom. explosion. that's a problem _ it's freedom. explosion. that's a problem though. _ it's freedom. explosion. that's| a problem though. otherwise things are good and are going to get better. it is eggplant. good? delicious will. beautiful. _ it is eggplant. good? delicious will. beautiful. there _ it is eggplant. good? delicious will. beautiful. there is— it is eggplant. good? delicious will. beautiful. there is an - will. beautiful. there is an optimism _ will. beautiful. there is an optimism unaffected - will. beautiful. there is an optimism unaffected by i will. beautiful. there is an | optimism unaffected by the russians being 600 metres away. kherson�*s liberation means russian forces only occupied territory there, on the eastern bank of the dnipro river. but this isn't a clear boundary. they left some soldiers behind, and it is also not clear

whether you ukrainian counter offences will slow just because winter is setting in. kherson�*s recovery will carry on, regardless. james waterhouse, bbc news, kherson. we will be liable to keep shortly for more analysis of the latest in ukraine. let's get some of the day's other news. president biden says americans cannot tolerate hate after five people were shot dead at an lgbt nightclub in colorado. people at the club have been hailed as heroes for subduing the gunman and preventing a deadly shooting from being even worse. the suspect, named by police as 22—year—old anderson lee aldrich, is now in police custody. china has reported three covid—related deaths in beijing since saturday, as the city experiences a sharp rise in the number of new cases. the deaths are the first to be acknowledged in the country since may. though no official lockdown is in place, more than three million residents in one district of the capital have

been urged to stay at home, and most restaurants and shops are closed. the european—mediterranean seismological centre says an earthquake struck the greek island of crete on monday morning. initial reports say it had a magnitude of 5.4, and was at a depth of 80 kilometres. there are no reports of damage or injury. the scale of losses caused by the collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange, ftx, is becoming clearer. court papers filed in the united states reveal that it owes its 50 biggest creditors a total of more than $3 billion. the biggest single loss is more than $220 million. the leaders of french—speaking countries have held a summit on the tunisian island of djerba to discuss growing instability in francophone africa. the prime minister of the democratic republic of congo refused to pose for a group photo next to the rwandan president, paul kagame. kinshasa has accused him of supporting m23 rebels, fighting in eastern congo.

after all the build—up, controversy and criticism, the 2022 men's football world cup is under way. today, england and wales are among the teams beginning their bids for glory. england take on iran, and then later this evening, wales play the united states. it'll be wales' first appearance in the tournament since 1958. in the day's other game, senegal face the netherlands. our sports correspondent john watson sent this report from qatar. welcome to the khalifa international stadium where this world cup continues on day two, england taking on iran here later, and it follows the opening match of this world cup yesterday, ecuador beating the

hosts, qatar, 2—0. it followed that opening ceremony to much fanfare and fireworks, and now the action continues. we have two more games as well today. wales will be in action against the united states, that is around 20 minute drive that way, whichjust around 20 minute drive that way, which just illustrates around 20 minute drive that way, whichjust illustrates how small and condensed this world cup really is. we have another match, the netherlands taking on senegal, without sadio mane of course. he will be a big mess. then the matches come thick and fast, we will see four group games staged every day from in, in what will be a world cup like no other, with so many issues at play, so many issues, which have been well documented in the build up to one of the most controversial world cups in history, but when the action continues, the players and the fans gather for those matches to come, their main focus, their sole attention will be on dreaming of lifting this world cup. lots of lifting this world cup. lots of dreams. lots of dreams. let's go live to doha now, and speak to football

broadcasterjulien laurens. so just first of all, before we get to the games ahead today, what is the atmosphere lie? good morning. well, it's getting fair, let's put it that way. we saw a lot of fans arriving yesterday from all around the world, there are a lot of south americans for example, a lot of europeans, i haven't seen many french or english fans yet, but they might come. and you can feel that it might come. and you can feel thatitis might come. and you can feel that it is building up a little bit but again i think we need to almost kind of prepare ourselves, in the sense that i think the local people here in the middle east and the ones from south asia i may be supporting football and showing the football mind in a very different way that we do in europe, so expect the atmosphere to be different than what we are used to end england or in france, in europe, overall, but we saw the stadium being full yesterday and then people leaving at half—time in the second half, and we might see a bit more of that in the next few games now. it will be very interesting to see but

certainly they are very excited here, people from qatar or people who work here, very excited at the world cup is finally happening.- finally happening. when it comes to _ finally happening. when it comes to the _ finally happening. when it| comes to the controversies around this event, it is not just about qatar itself. for example, england plays around later, and with huge protests going on in the koran currently, the iranian football team has said it is conscious of that as it plays and represents its country. england will be making a stand about that as well, said to be taking the knee before the game. talk as to how this will all unfold as to how this will all unfold as this world cup continues. yes, because i think we have spoken as much about politics and society in the build—up of this tournament as much as football. in a way, there was a lot of questions asked in the england camp yesterday about the armband with one love on it that hurricane is going to wear tonight, about taking the knee, eric dier had strong words as well, we saw migrant workers coming into the england

training camp, playing with the players, discussing their situation with the players and they have been given tickets for the game tonight. the french took a different stance, they don't really want to talk about it, they want to focus on the football. our captain hugo lloris is not going to wear the armband, he has decided against it, arguing that when you travel to a country like qatar, you need to adapt almost to their traditions, to their rules, to their culture, and in that sense he doesn't want to wear the one love armband. i think you can see both points of view, it is very interesting they take a different stance that all of this is very important. it is our role, i see on the ground wherever you come from and whoever you are working for, to report those issues, to see how we can make the life of the people here better. but certainly it will better. but certainly it will be very interesting to see how all of this develops in the next few weeks. now we are going to talk a lot more about football than what we did in the last seven days for example, orten the last seven days for example, or ten days, the last seven days for example, orten days, but the last seven days for example, or ten days, but still we can't forget there are big issues here, in terms of human rights, in terms of lgbt plus

community. in rights, in terms of lgbt plus community-— rights, in terms of lgbt plus community. rights, in terms of lgbt plus communi . ., ., ., , community. in one word, who is auoin to community. in one word, who is going to win _ community. in one word, who is going to win the _ community. in one word, who is going to win the world - community. in one word, who is going to win the world cup? - going to win the world cup? france. if it's not france, it could be england. i'm kidding. i think argentina or brazil have to be the big favourites. thank you so much. thousands of protestors in iran are risking their lives in the name of change. as we were just discussing. on saturday, a leading actress was arrested, after she filmed herself discarding her hijab, and the head of iran's boxing federation has announced that he won't be returning home from a tournament in spain. the demonstrations were sparked by the death of mahsa amini in police custody, more than a month ago. roya boroumand is executive director of the human rights group, the abdorrahman boroumand foundation, and shejoins me now from geneva. great to talk to you on the programme. we werejust

great to talk to you on the programme. we were just talking about the football team in iran and what it has been saying, ahead of its match today. we have now got two very high—profile names, actresses, who have been detained in iran, who have been detained in iran, who say they are supporting the people who are protesting. talk us through the significance of these latest events.— these latest events. well, these latest events. well, these are _ these latest events. well, these are all— these latest events. well, these are all a _ these latest events. well, these are all a chain - these latest events. well, these are all a chain of. these latest events. well, - these are all a chain of events that follow the fact that these protests have lasted now for more than two months, despite the fact that close to 60 children have been killed, based on available information, that more than 400 people have been killed, that 17,000 people at least have been arrested, that the state has not been able to wrap this protest up,

and so as this protests lasts and so as this protests lasts an international solidarity with it lasts, you know, the hashtags have been trending for two months, so you are going to see athletes and high—profile, we also have high profile reporters who have joined the movement, orat least reporters who have joined the movement, or at least expressed some solidarity. so the tide has turned, for sure.- some solidarity. so the tide has turned, for sure. what do ou has turned, for sure. what do you think _ has turned, for sure. what do you think may _ has turned, for sure. what do you think may happen? - has turned, for sure. what do you think may happen? will l you think may happen? will these protests that are becoming more widespread and more difficult to counter come on the part of the clerics, will they succeed this time, do you think?— will they succeed this time, do you think? well, look, we have had countrywide _ you think? well, look, we have had countrywide protests - had countrywide protests before, but these protests now have reached perhaps more than 142 cities and locations. the

same number of universities are involved, schools are involved. this is the beginning of the end. how and when this will happen, i can't speculate, i think that the fact people child slogans like, we don't want child killing regime, or clerics, get lost, orare we will fight, we will die, we will fight, we will die, we will take around back, that the country his solidarity with kurdistan, that is really under fire or with the balouch really persecuted with live ammunition rather than shotguns and a high number of people have been killed means that we have something new, and that this is

the beginning of the end. how this will end is hard to tell. the army under the shah declared neutrality, that is how the raging fell, here the army has been encouraged and kept underfor 40 years, i'm not sure what they can do, but i think the fact that the movement appears leaderless, as in some sense positive, because the regime can't arrest one person, and then not the movement.— person, and then not the movement. thank you for exoiaining _ movement. thank you for explaining how _ movement. thank you for explaining how that - movement. thank you for i explaining how that protest movement is panning out currently. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: these twinkling paris christmas lights may be more energy efficient

than you might think. president kennedy was shot down and died almost immediately. the murder ofjohn kennedy is a disaster for the whole free world. he caught the imagination of the world, the first of a new generation of leaders. margaret thatcher is resigning as leader of the conservative party and prime minister. before leaving number 10 to see the queen, she told her cabinet, "it's a funny old world". angela merkel is germany's first woman chancellor, - easily securing _ the majority she needed. attempts to fly a hot—air balloon had to be abandoned after a few minutes, but nobody seemed to mind very much. as one local comic put it, "it's not hot air we need, it's hard cash." cuba has declared nine days of mourning following the death of fidel castro at the age of 90. castro developed close ties with the soviet union in the 1960s. it was an alliance that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war with the cuban missile crisis.

this is bbc news. the latest headlines: russian forces step up their shelling of the recently liberated kherson region of ukraine. the city remains without power following the withdrawal of russian soldiers. there's been renewed shelling at the site of europe's largest nuclear power plant in ukraine. experts from the international atomic energy agency stationed at the zaporizhia plant reported that more than a dozen blasts were heard within a short period of time on sunday morning. russia and ukraine have blamed each other for the shelling. peter zalmayev is the director of the eurasian democracy initiative in ukraine and joins us now from kyiv.

peter, and joins us now from kyiv. always good to talk to you, peter, always good to talk to you, good to see you are well. tell us what you may have heard or maybe in more detail about that situation at the nuclear power plant on sunday morning? sorry i'm sitting in darkness here, another blackout kyiv, there is obviously a situation both sides framing as usual each other, so far, ukrainian side has been sitting quietly, not commenting on this. we understand this has been the most serious recent shelling of this area. also i have to say overall we say disarray of the occupied forces in the area because that will be next recently the mayor of that region where the nuclear plant is sitting has been fired, the fourth of such dismissal in the

eight months of occupation, tells you this significant chaos and disarray in the occupied authorities. whatever we are seeing now we have to put it into the larger context, whatever happens with the missile that landed on poland's territory, no matter whose missile that was, the secretary general of nato and joe biden and other western leaders say the ultimate responsibility lies on the shoulders of the occupying forces. the fact that situation, as the one we have here. ., , , ., ., ., here. to just explain to our international _ here. to just explain to our international audience, - here. to just explain to our| international audience, this nuclear plant is the biggest, it's supplied 20% of electricity across the whole country?— electricity across the whole count? , , country? exactly, its ma'or try to knock us i

country? exactly, its ma'or try to knock us back * country? exactly, its ma'or try to knock us back to h country? exactly, its ma'or try to knock us back to the h country? exactly, its major try to knock us back to the stone | to knock us back to the stone age, and cast all of ukrainians into darkness, and cold, with the winter coming, now we are already blanketed in snow, this is a significant chunk of electricity we have lost as a result. by all accounts russia has been trying to integrate that powerplant into their own grid to supply crimea stop this is racketeering and extortion, this is the plain and simple in the middle of europe in the 20th century.— the middle of europe in the 20th centu . ., , 20th century. good to see you, safe and well. _ 20th century. good to see you, safe and well. thank _ 20th century. good to see you, safe and well. thank you - 20th century. good to see you, safe and well. thank you for. safe and well. thank you for talking to us on the bbc. scientists have discovered the true ferocity of a huge volcanic eruption off the coast of tonga in january. research ships found flows of debris stretching at least 80 kilometres across the sea bed, and scientists say the force of the eruption displaced an amount of material equivalent to 4,000 egyptian pyramids. tom brada reports.

a monstrous eruption which has left its mark on our planet. when this blew its top in january it scattered water and vapour halfway into space and sent waves swelling out across the world. a new survey offers a fresh picture of the scale what happened. scientists have fully met the area around the volcano, showing just how badly the sea floor has been sculpted and scarred. we the seafloor has been sculpted and scarred-— and scarred. we didn't map enou:h and scarred. we didn't map enough this _ and scarred. we didn't map enough this volcano - and scarred. we didn't map i enough this volcano exceeded our maximum expectations about how far the eruption was on the seafloor, it was an absolutely outstanding event stop the eruption. outstanding event stop the eru tion. ., . outstanding event stop the eruption-— outstanding event stop the erution. ., . ., ., eruption. produced one of the bi est eruption. produced one of the biggest atmospheric - eruption. produced one of the i biggest atmospheric explosions in history and the impression on the seafloor gives a sense of violent energy. scientists

calculating ten cubic kilometres of material have been displaced, equivalent to the volume of 4,000 egyptian pyramids. two—thirds of that was the ash and rock ejected out through the opening of the volcano, but the other third was material scraped off the side of the volcano is the brief fell out of the sky and tumbled across the bottom of the ocean. tumbled across the bottom of the ocean-— the ocean. the plume rose 53 kilometres — the ocean. the plume rose 53 kilometres into _ the ocean. the plume rose 53 kilometres into the _ the ocean. the plume rose 53 i kilometres into the atmosphere, this was truly the most dramatic event, and volcanic history, since possibly krakatoa in 1883.- history, since possibly krakatoa in 1883. , , ., krakatoa in 1883. this eruption was extraordinarily _ krakatoa in 1883. this eruption was extraordinarily powerful i was extraordinarily powerful but there are similar volcano lurking under water, of coastlands around the world. by understanding what happened and why, there may be lessons to help us prepare, in the future. tom brada, bbc news.

paris has switched on its traditional christmas light display — this time, with an energy—efficient twist. it's part of a national effort to consume less electricity, as naomi choy smith reports. the countdown to christmas is on at the champs elysee. but this year the city of lights is shining just a little less brightly. these energy efficient champagne current led bulbs will be turned off earlier every night and run a week shorter than usual, consuming half the amount of electricity as last year's display. i electricity as last year's display-— electricity as last year's disla. ., ,. . display. i saw on the science they are _ display. i saw on the science they are using _ display. i saw on the science they are using less - display. i saw on the science| they are using less electricity this year which is cool. they also closed the road which is incredible. they are making strides towards a greener future which is good to see. it is part of what the french government calls sobriety

measures aimed at reducing electricity used to avoid blackouts or shortages this winter, and meet its climate targets. winter, and meet its climate taraets. , ,. , targets. these new schedules are away for _ targets. these new schedules are away for us _ targets. these new schedules are away for us to _ targets. these new schedules are away for us to show - are away for us to show solidarity, to be threatened, to be sustainable and environmentally friendly. it’s environmentally friendly. it's a similar subdued picture across europe. as russia's war ukraine squeezes energy supplies and since prices soaring. shops are also diamond displays and citizens are encouraged to turn down the heat as europe tries to conserve energy without dimming the magic of christmas. naomi choy smith, bbc news. it has been a successful night for taylor swift at the 50th american music awards in los angeles, she swept the board winning all six of the awards nominated for including artist of the year. lionel richie was

honoured with the award for his contributions to the music industry, and machine—gun kelly were an eye—catching purple suit one favourite rock artist. all the top business stories here next, i'll see you in a moment. hello, there. over the next few hours, we're going to see some frost and fog forming. it is going to be a chilly start to our monday morning. some of that will be slow to lift away and then, as we go through the day, some wet and windy weather will start to dominate from the south—west. but temperatures could be as low as minus four or minus five degrees in a few spots first thing this morning. the wet weather, though, starting to show its hand and that will gradually drift its way north and east as we go through the day, not really getting into northern england and scotland, however.

gusts of winds in excess of 70 to 80 miles an hour first thing, so a very stormy start to the day in the south—west. some of that rain really torrential as it pushes its way steadily north—east, moving into northern ireland, across parts of wales, the midlands, eventually into south east england and east anglia as we go through the afternoon. that means northern england and the bulk of scotland after that cold, frosty and foggy start will see some sunshine coming through. a few isolated showers and where it's cool to higher ground, some of these could be wintry in flavour. six or seven degrees the high here, top temperatures of 11 celsius perhaps, but it looks likely that we see the cooler air clinging onto the far north of scotland. further south, we'll see a few weak weather fronts and producing some milder, showery weather first thing on tuesday morning. the showers in the north of scotland still have the tendency perhaps to be of rain, sleet and snow. elsewhere on tuesday, not a bad day — dry with some sunshine coming through, a few scattered showers, temperatures around six to 11

celsius, so on the cool side, really. now, as we move out of tuesday into wednesday, the next batch of wet and windy weather starts to push in from the atlantic, the isobars once again squeezing together, and the rain could be quite heavy at times. this time, it is going to push its way into the north of england and across to scotland, so there will be some more rain potentially for the north—east of scotland, maybe some snow to higher ground here. behind it, we'll see sunny spells and a few scattered showers being driven on along those west coasts. again, those temperatures around nine to 12 celsius. it looks likely that we will see slightly drier weather thursday into friday before more wet and windy weather returns into the weekend.

this is bbc news, with the latest business headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. a landmark deal struck, but huge disappointment following cop27. we assess what's been achieved, and who are the winners and losers. britain's biggest voice for business says the government has no plan for growing the economy. the boss of the cbi and the prime minister address delegates in birmingham today. and — work and play — will you be taking a sneaky peak at the football whilst you are at work?

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