welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines... evacuations in the dark as large areas of ukraine are left without power following another wave of damaging missile strikes by russia against the country's energy infrastructure. rescuers in indonesia continue their efforts to find trapped survivors after one day's earthquake in west java. many people known to died were children. we'll have the latest on the rescue effort. sheerjoy in tokyo after japan beat one of the pretournament favourites, germany. and a british paralympian

could become the world's first disabled astronaut after being chosen for training by the european space agency. live from our studio in singapore... this is bbc news. it's newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin in ukraine, where president zelensky has accused russia of crimes against humanity at a un security council meeting after strikes on key energy infrastructure. there were several explosions in the capital kyiv, after an air—raid alert was issued for the whole country. the western city of lviv was reported to be without power. it's now been mostly restored. and in the zaporizhzhia region, a newborn baby was killed when a rocket hit a maternity unit. moscow has recently increased its attacks on ukrainian energy networks, but president zelensky said ukrainians would get through it all and restore it all. our 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. 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. but 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 people here, there's 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 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. jessica parker, bbc news, in kyiv. rescuers in indonesia are continuing efforts to find survivors trapped after monday's earthquake in west java. the latest official figures say 271 people were killed — many of them children — and a0 are still missing. hundreds of others were injured. damaged roads and the vast size of the affected area are making it difficult to locate and help victims. the national disaster mitigation agency said on tuesday that 22,000 houses had been damaged, and that more than 58,000 people were displaced and have taken

shelter in several locations in the region. for the latest on that, i'm joined now by alex park. he's the international programmes representative for mercy relief, a charity that specialises in providing urgently needed aid in areas of natural disasters. he was recently in pakistan and bangladesh to provide relief to the flood victims, and is now preparing to head to cianjur. thank you for taking time to speak with us today. you've been to multiple disaster zones. what are some of the biggest challenges faced by eight agencies when they get on the ground? == by eight agencies when they get on the round? . by eight agencies when they get on the ground?— by eight agencies when they get on the round? . . . , ., the ground? -- aid agencies. one of the ground? -- aid agencies. one of the biggest — the ground? -- aid agencies. one of the biggest challenges _ the ground? -- aid agencies. one of the biggest challenges we _ the ground? -- aid agencies. one of the biggest challenges we face - the ground? -- aid agencies. one of the biggest challenges we face is - the biggest challenges we face is really the changing needs. whenever we evaluate what we want to do and how we want to support the communities affected, firstly, there

is so much need and so much people —— many people are requiring food and water. in cianjur right now, they are in need of urgent shelter. whenever we are on the ground, the changing needs are constant. when our people are leaving food of water, whenever we leave the ground, we hear another has given food and water and now we need a shelter. i guess what we have to do as a disaster relief agency is to be nimble as possible and to be ready to change our mode of assistance and to change our mode of assistance and to be able to adapt to the changing needs on the ground. another challenge that we are also facing is also with the covid—i9 pandemic,

truth be told, are found raising at first has gone down —— fundraising. it's affected the amount of families that get support. it also affects how much we can actually provide support to these communities. if our funds are limited, we can only give up funds are limited, we can only give up toa funds are limited, we can only give up to a couple. has funds are limited, we can only give up to a counte— up to a couple. as you've talked about that _ up to a couple. as you've talked about that duplication _ up to a couple. as you've talked about that duplication of - up to a couple. as you've talked about that duplication of efforts | about that duplication of efforts that sometimes comes into play when various aid agencies are trying to help, how do you navigate that? as you head out to cianjur, what are some of the key concerns for you and your colleagues when they're trying to help people who are most in need? i think the first thing that we have to do on the ground is find out what is leading international ngo that

has taken charge of relief in the area. how we work is really understanding the importance of pandering with a local ngo. we would immediately link up with local indonesian ngo because they have the knowledge of the community, they have the connections of the local government, they have the connections to the community leaders. we provide relief to the people who need it and the preventive location and so that the relief is an computer duties that may be neglected. —— communities. we want to make sure that the outskirts of the communities are also supported as well. the n60 will

typically cover the communities that have been shown on the news because there's plenty of media coverage, but there are definitely villages on the outskirts that have not been supported, so this is where we want to make sure everyone is really involved. �* ., ~ to make sure everyone is really involved. �* . ~ ., ., ., involved. alex parker, international programmes _ involved. alex parker, international programmes representative - involved. alex parker, international programmes representative for - involved. alex parker, international. programmes representative for mercy relief, best of luck as you head out. let's focus now on the world cup in qatar. and another shock — we've seen saudi arabia beating argentina, and this time it was japan's turn. these fans in tokyo celebrating after the national team beat germany 2—1. it means germany lost their opening world cup match for the second tournament in a row. morocco and croatia played out a goal—less draw — the third of this tournament so far. and the 2010 world cup winners — spain thrashed costa rica 7—0, and the 2010 world cup winners spain thrashed costa rica 7—0,

whilst canada lost 1—0 to belgium. but there were also more protests. german players covered their mouths before their opening fixture, following fifa's clamp—down on plans to wear rainbow armbands to support lgbt rights. 0ur correspondent shaimaa khalil in doha has more details. before kick—off, germany's team, the players covered their mouths in the team photograph in response to fifa not allowing seven captains of seven countries to where the one love armband. this was the stance they wanted to make their voices heard by saying that they weren't allowed to voice their position on their support for the lgbt cause. in a statement on twitter, they said said it... . what's interesting is if you

look at the twitter sphere, the arabic twitter sphere, look at the twitter sphere, the arabic twittersphere, germany look at the twitter sphere, the arabic twitter sphere, germany and japan is trending for their own reasons, because it's almost unanimously negative towards the german team. it's almost like there is a parallel universe when it comes to how this world cup is seen in the arab world and the majority muslim world and the west. one tweet says, "hunger, poverty, watershortages "hunger, poverty, water shortages and "hunger, poverty, watershortages and you have only chosen this one as your cause." another one says "you come to us, you respect our religion, our culture, our norms and our laws." i think this is really emblematic of the tension that is the undercurrent of this tournament. backlash of how the world cup has seenin backlash of how the world cup has seen in the west and here in the arab world. for advocates, for act for this, for players of those

countries he wanted to wear the armband, this is about a human rights issues that they don't want to compromise on. for the host and all the spectators that have come from all parts of the world, especially the muslim world, this is about respect which they don't feel they've been getting from the west and other cultures. and it's all really playing out here in the world cup on the world's biggest of stages. that was shaimaa khalil reporting. i want to tell you about a story in israel now — where 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, but the past few months have been marked by a steady escalation in violence involving israelis and palestinians. israeli officials blame palestinian militants for the attacks. 0ur middle east correspondent tom bateman reports. they prayed for a 15—year—old who

left for his religious class this morning and will never come home. his mother, the latest among mourners whose numbers are only growing a year as violence reaches levels unseen in years. we growing a year as violence reaches levels unseen in years.— growing a year as violence reaches levels unseen in years. mantis to stop —— madness. innocent boy should not be dying, i6—year—olds. he played ball with my grandson. very sad day. the exalosion — grandson. very sad day. the explosion struck _ grandson. very sad day. the explosion struck in - grandson. very sad day. the explosion struck in the morning rush hour, one ripping through packed bus stop. the sound of the second caught on a driver's dashcam. "i think there was an attack," says the scholar. both targeted people waiting for buses. israeli police described them as coordinated attacks by palestinians thought to involve devices left at the scene. one person told me that his building

shook. since then, more and more people have been turning up. there's been quite a bit of anger and emotion and protests, and already signs that the returned bomb attacks affecting these... with the switch of government, and ultranationalist do to become a cabinet minister turned up, calling for tougher action on attackers. while protesters call for revenge. violence has been spiralling. also buried today was a 16—year—old palestinian. palestinian officials say he was shot dead by israeli troops during clashes with the army. �*s mother says she felt anxious every time he left the house. he was a special boy. israeli military raids into palestinian cities in the occupied west bank are happening

nearly every night. the mounting death toll for all is reviving memories and fears of some of the worst years of this conflict. in this time, politics and diplomacy are a distant memory. tom bateman, bbc news, jerusalem. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme... the scottish parliament does not have the right to hold another referendum. 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 ten 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. l 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 this is newsday on the bbc. i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. 0ur headlines... large areas of ukraine are left without power,

after the country's military says russian missile strikes targeted energy infrastructure. rescuers in indonesia continue efforts to find survivors after monday's earthquake in west java. many of the 271 people known to have died were children to the uk now, where the highest court in the united kingdom , the supreme court, has ruled that the scottish parliament does not have the right to hold another referendum on independence, without the consent of the uk government in westminster. scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon, says 0ur scotland editor, james cook has more. 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 judges were considering the alternative — the scottish parliament holding a poll without the consent of westminster. 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 that it will backfire. 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 i 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. _ 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. james cook. the united nations will hold a special session in geneva on the deteriorating human rights situation in iran. hundreds have been killed, and thousands injured in a deadly crackdown by security forces on protestors. demonstrations have been taking place for two months following the death of a 22—year—old woman in police custody. the bbc�*s alastair lynn has more. bloodied but alive — this law student makes a hand gesture for peace after being shot in the face at close range. she was on her way home from work in the southern city of bandar abbas. the last thing she saw with her now

blinded right eye, she says, was a smiling islamic republic security agent pulling the trigger. 0vernight, protests and reports of shootings in the southwestern province of khuzestan and in cities in sistan and baluchestan province in the east. in the capital, tehran, fires burning in the streets. thousands had been injured in bloody crackdowns since protests began over the death in custody of 22—year—old kurdish woman mahsa amini. more than 17,000 people had been detained throughout iran, according to human rights activist news agency. the united nations human rights office has put the death toll at more than 300, warning the situation is critical. 0ver a0 people have been killed in mainly kurdish cities in the past week alone.

significant numbers of security forces have also been deployed in recent days. sources close to families of people shot dead at protests have alleged security officials are refusing access to their bodies. of particular concern is the authorities' apparent refusal to release the bodies of those killed to their families or making the release of their bodies conditional on the families not speaking to the media or agreeing to get a false narrative on the cause of death. the un will hold an urgent meeting on thursday to consider launching an international investigation into the deadly crackdown. but even if a resolution is passed, it's unlikely to quell the violence defining iran's next generation. alastair lynn, bbc news. let's take a look at some other

stories in the headlines. the european space agency has chosen the british paralympic sprinter, john mcfall, as the first astronaut with a disability tojoin the space training team. he will work with designers and engineers to see if it's possible for him to go into space. john mcfall was named as part of the "class of 2022". 0ur science editor, rebecca morelle has the story. it's the job of dreams, with an office that's 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, 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's 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. 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. remarkable stuff. a quick look before we go. an american holiday tradition — the macy's thanksgiving day parade takes place tomorrow in the united states and the pollutes will parade to manhattan —— the floats will parade through. take a look at that. with classic characters from films and tv take to the skies. we understand that this year, the new giantsjoining the line—up may even include blue we from bbc studios. —— bluey. to stay

with bbc news. ——do stay with bbc news. hello. there is no doubt it has been a soggy november so far. some places have already seen twice the amount of rain they would normally expect in the whole month. wednesday really added to those totals with this band of wet weather pushing northwards in eastwards. lots of heavy, thundery showers with squally, gusty winds following on behind, and all of those weather elements also feature in thursday's forecast — another frontal system pushing in from the atlantic, more heavy rain, more squally winds already showing its hand in the western side of northern ireland first thing. most other areas starting day dry, but this rain is on the move eastwards. it's moving pretty quickly, so it will be a short, sharp burst of torrential rain and strong winds for northern ireland, southwest scotland — wind gusts widely 40—50 mph, maybe gusting up to 60—70 mph in exposed spots.

the bright colours showing up there across wales, the southwest of england — a really squally band of rain, so as it pushes through, you'll notice the torrential rain, the very gusty winds, but then it clears to a mix of sunshine and heavy, perhaps thundery showers. highs of 9—13 degrees, northeast scotland, eastern england staying dry until after dark, but the rain will eventually work its way through. and overnight, into the start of friday, we will see further showers, particularly up towards the north and west, but more in the way of dry weather, some clear spells. temperatures generally 5, 6, 7 degrees — wouldn't surprise me at all if some places gotjust a little lower than that. but friday should be a somewhat drier day with some spells of sunshine. now, there will still be some showers around western coasts across northern ireland, northwest scotland. not many of those showers getting across into the east of the uk. temperatures 9 degrees for aberdeen, maybe 1a there in cardiff, so quite mild for the time of year. that quieter friday

is thanks to this ridge of high pressure, but this frontal system pushing in from the west will bring rain on saturday. eastern areas starting off dry and bright, but we see increasing amounts of cloud, and for the western side of the uk, outbreaks of rain splashing quite erratically northwards, perhaps some heavy rain into the southwest later on. but it will be mild, 10—14 degrees, very mild on saturday night, and then that rain may take a wild to clear eastwards on sunday, but it will leave behind it some spells of sunshine. bye for now.

hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. "referendum indy bin" is how the metro has summarised nicola sturgeons's failed bid to hold a second scottish independence referendum. the scotsman also leading with this

story with reports that sturgeon