the director of and joe twyman, the director of deltapoll. do stay with us because next, we arejoining deltapoll. do stay with us because next, we are joining viewers for a round up of all the day's news. tonight at ten — the scottish parliament is told it cannot hold a referendum on independence without approval from westminster. the long—awaited ruling by the judges of the uk supreme court will have potentially big consequences at the next general election. the scottish parliament does not have the power to legislate for a referendum on scottish independence. independence campaigners immediately warned that the next election in scotland would become, in effect, the referendum they want. we must and we will find another democratic, lawful and constitutional means by which the scottish people

can express their will. but at westminster, especially within government, there was undisguised relief at the court's decision. we respect the clear and definitive ruling of the supreme court also tonight... to stop paedophiles from hiding their identities.

good evening. the highest court in the united kingdom, not have the right to hold another referendum on independence without the consent of westminster. union of nations was clearly a myth. rishi sunak, the prime minister, welcomed the court's decision as "clear and definitive. " in towns and cities across scotland

tonight, rallies for independence yes, good evening from the scottish parliament were, as you say, a rally was taking place this evening. first minister nicola sturgeon addressing it, keen to generate momentum after one avenue towards her goal, a referendum on independence, was closed off. passions are running high on scotland's streets tonight. campaigners for independence are out in force, demanding a vote on their future after downing street refused to repeat the deal which set up the last referendum in 2014. that's why these five churches were considering the alternative, the scottish parliament holding a poll without the consent of westminster. —— that is why these five judges. a lawfully—held referendum would have important political consequences relating to the union and the united kingdom parliament.

therefore... the scottish parliament does not have the power to legislate for a referendum on scottish independence. this was not nicola sturgeon�*s preferred path to a referendum — and she admitted the decision was a hard pill to swallow. thisjudgment raises profound and deeply uncomfortable questions about the basis and the future of the united kingdom. her response? framing the next general election as a referendum in all but name. her opponents say that's illegitimate, and even some on her own side worry it will backfire. what do you say to those supporters of independence who worry that you are leading them into a trap? if we can't win 50% of the scottish population's support for independence, we can't be independent. that applies in a referendum, and it would apply in a de facto referendum. that is an essential prerequisite of becoming independent. so anybody who says, "oh, we can't do this

because we might not win" — well, if we can't win, we don't deserve to be independent. but the prime minister said, after a "clear and definitive ruling," it was time to move on. | i think the people of scotland want| us to be working on fixing the major challenges we collectively face — whether that's the economy, - supporting the nhs, - or indeed supporting ukraine. what right does a man with no mandate have to deny scottish democracy? mr speaker, when it comes- to scottish democracy, i'm pleased that the scottish government has one of the most powerful devolved - assemblies anywhere in the world. so is this a bleak day for democracy or a triumph for common sense? i think it's a good thing. as far as i understand it, that is not a devolved power. my personal preference is that we are part of the uk, and proud to be part of the uk. i think that people should have the right to vote about anything that they want

without being stopped by any larger powers, and u think hat goes against any form of civil rights and freedom of speech and freedom to vote, which women like myself have worked so very hard to do. i don't think scotland's ready for it. _ the last referendum debate was quite unpleasant, - the political debate i was quite unpleasant. i think most people would prefer things to settle down _ before having that again. everyone has different opinions on it, but i think them saying straight away, "no, no, you can't do it," it's not fair. for people of my age, who are just starting to learn to vote and all that kind of stuff, it's not fairfor us, you know? so today our independence movement also become scotland's democracy movement. so, scotland remains divided — defenders of the union may be quietly pleased tonight, but supporters of independence are making their voices heard.

without question, a big milestone in this debate. let's talk to james again. let's have your thoughts on the ruling and maybe you can tell us what it means in your view for the next general election?— next general election? good question- — next general election? good question- i _ next general election? good question. i think— next general election? good question. i think to - next general election? good question. i think to be - next general election? good l question. i think to be honest next general election? good - question. i think to be honest the ruling does not come as much of a surprise for anybody. as i said, this was never nicola sturgeon�*s preferred path, it was almost something she felt she had to rule out before moving on to something else, and as we heard, that something else is the idea of the de facto referendum, a general election campaign turned into a referendum. that is tricky, there are very difficult questions for her. can she achieve 50% of the vote for the snp or the snp and other independent supporting parties. even when they swept the board in scotland in 2015

the snp did not make it past 50%. and how could she prove that was a vote for independence? would it have legitimacy? she has pushed some of those questions to the future, to the special snp conference to be held early in the new year or early in the spring, but there are big questions for the uk government and the prime minister, the most prominent, is this still a voluntary union of nations or is scotland trapped in the uk?— union of nations or is scotland trapped in the uk? many thanks, james cook _ trapped in the uk? many thanks, james cook with _ trapped in the uk? many thanks, james cook with the _ trapped in the uk? many thanks, james cook with the latest - trapped in the uk? many thanks, l james cook with the latest analysis at the scottish parliament in edinburgh. for more on the main issues surrounding scottish independence, you can listen to the newscast podcast with adam fleming and chris mason. search for newscast on bbc sounds. president zelensky has accused russia of crimes against humanity at a un security council meeting called

after the latest wave of damaging missile strikes against ukraine's energy infrastructure. there were several explosions in the capital, kyiv, after an air—raid alert was issued for the whole country. both of reports and reality on the ground. heavy bombardment in lviv meant the entire city, in the west of ukraine, reportedly lost power. it's now been mostly restored. in the zaporizhzhia region, a newborn baby was killed when a rocket hit a maternity unit overnight. the nuclear power station by which we have talked a lot about was forced to rely on diesel generators after external energy supplies were cut off, so a real crisis. moscow has recently intensified its attacks on ukraine's energy networks. 0ur europe correspondent jessica parker reports from kyiv. smoke clouds signalling destruction

has come again to kyiv. this is hundreds of miles away from the front line, but here this battle also costs lives. in a town just outside kyiv, people's homes and a nearby school felt the force of these strikes. just hours later, the fire's out, the daylight�*s gone. evacuations in the dark. translation: we heard rockets flying l and then we heard a loud explosion, l a colleague saw a red light. in our educational centre, windows and doors blew out, the ceiling fell. in these freezing temperatures homes have been left without roofs, apartments without windows, people without a place to live. translation: we are evacuating people from the building - that was damaged. those who need to sleep somewhere, we are taking them to a hotel

where they can stay as long as they need. there will be food and heating there. that bus is just leaving, taking residents who can no longer stay in their homes — perhaps because of the damage, but also there's no power here. the only reason we can see anything at the moment is because of the lights coming from the emergency vehicles, fire trucks and police cars. people here, there is a lot of activity, but they just pass you like shadows. here and in many places the light of a torch may be all they have as today's strikes forced power stations to shut down. critical infrastructure again appears to have been moscow's target. if this is an effort to break the will of ukrainians, they help each other on, but it's a painful struggle. "my windows and walls flew away," she says. "don't cry," says her grandson. "everything will be fixed,

it will be better." this is driving through a capital city in the early evening, but look around. off the road, no lights. the country's energy system had already been attacked. now the race against winter to repair itjust became even harder. jessica parker, bbc news in kyiv. universal energy support will not be extended beyond the spring of 2024, even if bills remain very high. that's the suggestion made by chancellorjeremy hunt, who warned today that people will "have to take responsibility for their energy bills" and reduce their usage. 0ur political editor chris mason is at westminster. what do you make of this? it was a fleshin: what do you make of this? it was a fleshing out — what do you make of this? it was a fleshing out of— what do you make of this? it was a fleshing out of what _ what do you make of this? it was a fleshing out of what the _ what do you make of this? it was a fleshing out of what the chancellor| fleshing out of what the chancellor said in the autumn statement last week but which had not commanded much attention because of all the focus on the tax and spending policies. he repeated what we knew,

the current package of energy support will last until april next year, there would be a less generous one then until april 2024 and that is when it will end, although if necessary there will be a support package for the most vulnerable. some striking language that you just alluded to in from mr hunt, suggesting we should all be more careful in energy consumption. there is a national target to reduce consumption by 15% by 2028 and mr hunt said that could save £500 for an average household if it managed to pull that off. ministers have been reticent until now to encourage us to use less energy but we are now hearing it from the chancellor. some striking language from him today too as far as russia is concerned, saying that attempt to save energy would help us not to be blackmailed by vladimir putin. it is a sense, i

think, of how yet again war and geopolitics and household bills are all wrapped up together and are likely to be for quite some time. many thanks for the latest thoughts, chris mason at westminster. a mother who killed a man who was charged with sexually assaulting her three sons is campaigning to stop those accused of child sex crimes from changing their names to hide their identity. sarah sands was jailed for seven and a half years for the manslaughter of 77—year—old michael pleasted in 2014. our home affairs correspondent june kelly has the story. sarah sands back in silvertown in east london, where as a single mother she made a home with herfamily... took everything from me. ..and where eight years ago, she stabbed to death a neighbour accused of sexually assaulting three young boys. she'd originally befriended michael pleasted, who was 77. what we can report for the first time is that all three children

he was accused of abusing were her sons. reece, bradley and alfie have now all turned 18 and have waived their right to anonymity to speak publicly about seeing their mother go to prison. it wasjust, like, the little things you miss. when she was gone, obviously it was, like, really difficult to come to her about, like, a certain problem. like, sometimes you just want to really tell your mum a problem. sarah, did you feel remorse? absolutely, absolutely. and why did you feel remorse? i bring life into the world. it never occurred to me that i would be guilty of taking life out of the world. while he was awaiting trial for the offences against her boys, michael pleasted was allowed to live back on the estate. sarah sands was caught on cctv as she made her way to his flat. she says she wanted to appeal

to pleasted to plead guilty and spare her sons the court ordeal. she was carrying a knife. she says after he accused her children of lying, she stabbed him. she did this eight times. he bled to death. sarah sands was found guilty of manslaughter, rather than murder, on the grounds that she'd lost control. her original sentence of three and a half years was deemed to be too lenient and was increased to seven and a half years. the offender took with her- to the scene a knife which was used in the infliction of fatal injuries, when the jury was sure that - at the time she intended to cause at least seriousj grievous bodily harm. the offender, having fatally stabbed the deceased, - did nothing to assist him in that she did not call. the emergency services. they absolutely have the right

to demand answers from me. i had taken the law into my own hands. i had done that. after she killed him, it emerged that michael pleasted was already a convicted paedophile and had a long history of offending under his original name of robin moult. sarah sands has nowjoined a campaign calling for tighter controls on sex offenders who change their names. they shouldn't be able to just come out, change their name. so then, it's like, "well, i'm not the person that touched those kids any more. my name is this person..." "i'm a new man." "i'm a new man," yeah. and theyjust do it again. yeah. if he was in prison after 24 i convictions, then we wouldn't be sitting here today. and despite what happened in theirfamily, her sons also have this message. if you are being abusedj or have been abused... try and talk. the sooner you say it, _ the sooner you potentially save more people from being in the same pain that you're feeling. _ june kelly, bbc news.

you can watch the documentary killing my children's abuser on bbc iplayer now. and if you have been affected by any of the issues raised, you can find help and advice at bbc.co.uk/actionline. a 15—year—old boy has been killed and more than a dozen others injured in two explosions at bus stops injerusalem. the city hasn't seen attacks of this kind for several years, —— talmud in busy areas of the city as people were heading to work. —— it happened in busy areas. the home secretary suella braverman has admitted that the uk has failed to control its borders, but she blamed migrants and people smugglers, and said she was determined

to address the issue. she told a parliamentary committee she wanted to quadruple the rate at which decisions on asylum cases were being made. and as our home editor mark easton reports, the session also saw the home secretary struggling to explain the legal routes available to refugees who can't be part of official relocation schemes. choppy waters have stopped migrants making the hazardous crossing to the kent coast recently, but the sight of more than 40,000 asylum seekers arriving uninvited this year continues to cause a political storm. can i welcome the home secretary... today, the home secretary appeared before a committee of mps and was asked about one of the key promises of the brexit campaign she supported. we have failed to control our borders, yes, and that's why the prime minister and myself are absolutely determined to fix this problem. the problem isn'tjust at the borders, though. thousands of migrants are being housed in home office acquired hotels around the country. most are waiting an initial asylum decision. the daily cost had been put at £7 million a day —

now, with more hotels being used, the cost will be even higher. this iraqi asylum seeker, his wife and daughter have been living in a single room in a home office hostel in west yorkshire for 11 months. he says the conditions have put a huge strain on the family. translation: when i first came to the uk i was happy. _ i arrived and felt safe. since that time it's got worse. my mental health and my family's mental health is degrading. the home secretary was asked what she intended to do about an asylum system where caseworkers seemed unable to respond to demand. we want to deliver sustainable changes to reach a minimum of three decisions per decision—maker per week by may of next year. is that feasible? if we look at the most recent published figures on the asylum system and compare the year 2015—16 with the last financial year, in both, a little over 20,000 asylum cases were completed by home office staff.

but the number of caseworkers has increased significantly, from 260 seven years ago, to 614 last year. that means back in 2015, the average caseworker completed 1.5 cases a week. now productivity has more than halved, atjust 0.6 cases per week. when suella braverman suggests each worker should be completing three orfour cases per week, she is envisaging a level of speed and efficiency never before seen. refugee agency said the key to providing small boat services. but when challenged on how 116 or old leaving africa might need to join a sibling the non sequitur was fostered.

that would, er, be the process that you enter. how could i arrive in the uk if i didn't have permission to get onto an aircraft legally to arrive in the uk? let me just invite other colleagues, if there's anything they want to add. the weather is currently giving the home office a welcome respite in small boats crossing the channel. but when they resume, which they will, the challenges of a broken asylum system will become all too evident once again. mark easton, bbc news. to the world cup now and another shock result today as japan beat germany, the four time winners and one of this year's favourites. before the match, the germans became the latest players to unite in their own form of protest at the fifa clampdown on the right of players to speak out and show solidarity with lgbtq+ communities. our sports correspondent, natalie pirks, is in doha.

sometimes no words are needed to make the most powerful of statements. feeling silenced by fifa, germany's team photo before their match with japan said plenty. seven nations, including england and wales, had wanted their captains to war this onelove armband in qatar, a gesture of solidarity with the lgbtq+ community for a tournament held in a country where homosexuality is illegal. but the threat of sporting sanctions from football's world governing body saw them all back down just before england kicked off against iran on monday. harry kane instead wore the fifa approved catch—all "no discrimination" armband. and were all the squad included in discussions around that? i think as a squad, we have all had conversations, we all stand for it, we all wanted harry to wear it but i think the decision got took out of our hands as a squad

and as players. i think it went higher up than that really. onelove did make it onto german arms today. the interior minister sported it in the stands and pointedly, she was sat next to the fifa president. on social media, the germans sent another clear message. the danish fa is equally angry at the press backlash the seven nations have received. it is actually those nations who have been trying to make a message, trying to make a difference who are now getting hammered the most. i think the hammering should be on fifa for not allowing what is a very simple message. at wales' training session today, the rainbow flag flew proudly. they and the others say fifa's threat of

sporting sanctions are unprecedented. that raises questions about whether they are doing this to keep their hosts happy. fifa as an organisation, - they are supposed to support and understand the views of all different nations, . but at the minute i'm only seeing - them kind of understand one nation's view, which is a little bit disappointing. - six germans sported rainbow colours on their boots today but it is this one gesture of silence that is proving to be golden. for germany, the strong message they set off the pitch did not quite translate to matters on it as they were humbled 2—1 by low ranked japan, another world cup shock, as jane dougal reports. this tournament has been overshadowed by many issues. but under the hot sun, germany had to let their football do the talking. no one knows more about them thanjapan. eight of their squad play for german clubs. just seven minutes in, they thought they had an advantage. looked as though he might be offside, though, maeda. but a clumsy collision by the japan

keeper gave the four time champions their chance. they tend to be good at these. germany, penalty, world cup? this should go in. and gundogan�*s spot kick does go in. the manchester city midfielder making it 1—0. japan made some changes and they paid off. substitute ritsu doan with the equaliser. they had confidence now. a beautiful long ball found takuma asano, who buried it. what a wonderfully well taken goal! unbelievably, japan were ahead. a last chance for germany, but this was an historic day forjapan and another shock result in the tournament. in the same group, spain outclassed costa rica, winning 7—0 to go top. 18—year—old gavi getting the fifth and becoming the youngest to score for spain at a world cup. just outside of doha, canada men were playing theirfirst world cup match in 36 years against one of the tournament favourites.

despite the famous faces, belgium almost went behind in the first ten minutes. a penalty, the first of many canada chances, but it was a poor shot from alphonso davies. saved by courtois! just before half—time, belgium woke up. michy batshuayi with the goal. and wholly against the run of play... frustration for canada but a let off for belgium, _ play... frustration for canada but a let off for belgium, in _ play... frustration for canada but a let off for belgium, in a _ play... frustration for canada but a let off for belgium, in a world - play... frustration for canada but a let off for belgium, in a world cup| let off for belgium, in a world cup where we have seen anything can happen. jane dougall, bbc news. the european space agency has chosen the british paralympic sprinterjohn mcfall to be the first disabled astronaut to join the space training team. he will work with designers and engineers to see if he can be the first disabled person to go into space. john mcfall was named as part of the class of 2022, which also includes british astrophysicist rosemary coogan. our science editor rebecca

morelle has the story. it is the job of dreams, with an office that has got spectacular views, offering an out of this world experience. many would love to be an astronaut but very few make the cut. now in paris, the european space agency has added some new names to the roll of honour. selected from more than 22,000 applicants, this is the astronaut class of 2022. but for the first time, esa is widening its pool of talent by recruiting the first ever para astronaut. i think being an amputee, being an astronaut was never really on my radar. john mcfall is a paralympian sprinter. his right leg was amputated above the knee after a motorbike accident. he has been selected using exactly the same criteria as all european astronauts. the only difference is he has a disability. i thought i would have the skills, the mix of skills and scientific

background that i could really help them answer this very aspirational question of, can we get someone with a physical disability into space, to work in space safely? all astronauts have to undergo rigorous training. part ofjohn�*s job will be to test how the kits like spacesuits and spacecraft need to be adapted. his selection doesn't mean he will definitely get to go into space, but esa wants to pave the way to make it happen. the people who have lived with disability, who have overcome challenges throughout their life, the challenge of going into space, they bring something, well, extra compared to the rest of the crew and that is what we really want to bring through this project. the last time a british astronaut got one of the jobs was more than a decade ago. that was tim peake, who got his trip to the international space station in 2016. now two more brits may get the chance of a mission — meganne christian, who is in the reserve squad, and rosemary coogan, an astrophysicist, who is part

of the professional astronaut corps, and will start her newjob soon. how are you feeling about the training that is ahead? today is just the beginning, really, isn't it? yeah, absolutely, today isjust the beginning. i it is the end of a veryl long selection process and in no way an end. it is the beginning - of a whole new chapter. i think the training is going to be incredibly exciting. _ i can't wait to spend more time with my colleagues, | and we will all be in it together. there will soon be many opportunities for these new astronauts, including trips to the moon with the artemis mission. the hope is this marks the moment we open up space to everyone. rebecca morelle, bbc news, paris. time for a look at the weather. here's ben rich. maybe stay at —— you have made me stay up late tonight. it has been a 5°99y stay up late tonight. it has been a soggy november so far, some places have already seen double the rain they would normally see in november and the storm clouds gathered once again today. we had quite a lot of

rain, a band of heavy rain pushing