audio loss kherson under attack — new hospital patients are being evacuated from the ukrainian city because of constant russian shelling. nurses in england, wales and northern ireland will walk out in december in a dispute over pay — the first time they've gone on strike. and the world's longest—running theatre production — agatha christie's the mousetrap — celebrates an incredible 70 years in london's west end. and it's heading for broadway. hello. if you justjoined us,

welcome to bbc news. we begin with the football world cup. england remain top of their group at the event in qatar, despite a disappointing 0—0 draw against the usa. they have been defeated in both of their last meeting is against the usa and the world cup, but a win or draw in the next match is their only way of getting through to the last 16. wales have to beat england to advance to the knockout stages after their 2—0 loss to iran today. well, in the first half of england's game, it was usa's christian pulisic who came closest to scoring with a shot that hit the crossbar. just before half—time, england had their chance with mason mount having his shot saved by the american goalkeeper. the second half wasn't too different, with both sides trying their best to score that crucial goal to go one ahead. the closest chance came from england's striker harry kane in extra time, whose header missed the target.

the bbc�*s nesta mcgregor is in doha. and he told us earlier what the match would have been like for those watching. after such an impressive game, this looked like a different england squad, and i think that will be quite concerning because gareth southgate and the team would have known that a win tonight would have all but guaranteed their place in the last 16. i think the usa surprised a few people, and what this does do, it sets up a tasty game against wales in group b where, technically, all four teams could still qualify. listen, wales were disappointing today, but you imagine gareth bale... he looked a passenger, but what redemption would it be to upset england and dump them out of a world cup in what could be one of his final games in a wales shirt? so, listen, england will know that they need a performance, especially going into the knockout stages. they looked lackluster. they looked like they needed inspiration which, as i mentioned, was so different from the first game. they might go away, reflect on this, and don't be surprised if we do see

some changes from that starting xi in the next game against wales on tuesday. we've seen some shocks in the world cup so far, but if wales were to beat england 4—0 and the usa were to beat iran and those two teams went through, i think it would be the biggest shock in world cup history. i think what it sets up nicely, though, is we're here in doha, and certainly the english and the welsh fans have been been the most vocal, and you could imagine the atmosphere in a british clash, or a united kingdom clash, should i say, between those two sets of fans on the way to the game, all the banter that we are used to seeing in domestic football, which we might be missing from some of the stadiums here. it's going to be a crescendo of noise and i think, yeah, the players will have no choice but to respond to an atmosphere like that. so, wales, can they win 11—0? never say no, but if i was a betting man, my money would be staying in my pocket. nesta mcgregor there. our correspondent tim muffett has been at a fanzone in central london.

he gave us of an —— and atmosphere of the atmosphere there. surprised, a bit disappointed, but not everyone, because, hey, cole, who is from america — along with lynette, who isn't from america — you're very happy, aren't you, with a 0—0 draw? yeah, yeah, i'm with it. i would have liked it to be like a 1—1 draw. a draw is very un—american, but we're happy with it, yeah. just as the music kicks in as well! how big is this playing in america at the moment, do you think? no, i mean, my friends have been texting me, saying they're happy with a tie. it's been all right so far, yeah. pretty happy. lynette, what did you make of that? 0k, not the result that we hoped for, but do you know what? - i'm happy with a 0—0 draw. itjust means that next match, we've got it all to play for. - i still believe in our team. i think we can do this. it'sjust going to be. that little bit harder, but, you know, - come on, england! we've got this! do you think the problem was after the first game

against iran, everyone�*s expectations went up...? there is a bit of that. i think we also probably - underestimated the usa, i think. i think we were a little bit slow to get started. - but as i say, we've i got tuesday to come. we've got tojust put iti behind us and move on. cole, are you confident that the usa can go through? yeah. i mean, i'm pretty confident. if we can do that against england, i think we can put on a good result against iran coming up. best of luck to you. and england still have yet to beat the usa at a world cup. still have not beaten the usa. thanks ever so much indeed. i'm still here for- the knockout stages! i'm ready for it! thanks ever so much indeed. there you go. there's some reaction. certainly a lot of people very, very surprised, and also it does feel quite strange to be watching a world cup england football match on a friday night in late november. we have never done that before, so quite a lot for everyone to take in. all eyes now on the england match against wales on tuesday. tim muffett and friends. our correspondent nomia iqbal was at a beer garden in washington. she said most of the fans there were proud of the us�*s performance. actually, most of them are pretty

happy that they held their own, and it's actually quite a party mood here. and i'm going to speak to a few people that we spoke to earlier. dress up in an american flag. so i'm going to go to patricio. patricio, come, come! so, how are you feeling? because i spoke to you earlier and you were feeling pretty confident that the us could win it, but you held your own. yeah, i think we really fought for this tie. i know it was a win to get into the round of 16, but the fact that against england, we would hold our own this entire game and the fact that we were very aggressive towards the end, i think we really won that tie. yeah. you would have liked a victory, no? obviously. this whole bar would have exploded. i would've loved the energy. but the energy the entire game was great. i think the "usa, usa, usa" cheers really drowned out the england ones, right? yeah, no, i led a few of those a few times. tom, how are you doing, tom? i'm ok with that, to be honest. a draw's fine.

we'll top the group. should win that. should, yeah, yeah. what do you think went wrong for england? because they were the team to win it? and, you know, the dynamic changed when henderson and grealish came on, and i thought maybe we might sneak one, but a 0—0... and fair play to usa. they did a greatjob. they were strong. they held it together. do you think gareth southgate could have made changes a bit earlier on, better changes? yeah... yeah, maybe. i mean, you go into a game like that where you're stronger, usa's the underdog, you kind of expect us to perform. maybe he was resting the stronger players, grealish and henderson. perhaps he could have, but i don't know. you've got to trust the manager at the end of the day, don't you? and how's family feeling? jordan is tom's girlfriend, who supports america. eleanor, eleanor, you said that england was going to win! who are you cheering for? erm... was it england or usa? england! and how are you feeling, jordan?

i feel great. i think that it was a good draw and we will live to see another day. next tuesday. and we lost our england supporters, but there is more americans here, obviously, but obviously for the usa now, it's facing iran next tuesday. and they have to beat iran if they want to avoid being eliminated. nomia iqbal there. let's turn to ukraine now. the regional governor of kherson, which has recently come back under ukrainian control, says that due to relentless russian bombing, the city's hospital is being evacuated. 15 people have been killed in strikes on friday. after their withdrawal from kherson, russian forces appear to be concentrating their efforts towards the east of the country. in particular, they are trying to capture more territory near the city of donetsk — which pro—russian forces have controlled since 2014 and which russia now claims has joined its federation. it's meant heavy damage to the ukrainian—held town of avdiyivka — now effectively on the front line

of the military battle. our correspondent abdujalil abdurasulov has been there and sent this report. this is what the front line looks like. because of constant shelling. and it's really quiet here. the only sound we can hear is the sound of artillery fire — both outgoing and incoming. people come out from their shelters when humanitarian aid is delivered. translation: to go to a shop or to take garbage out - is an act of bravery now. you never know whether you would come back.

there are about 2,000 people remaining in avdiyivka. they try to survive without gas, electricity, heating and running water. 14 people stay in this basement. they've got christmas decorations to light the shelter and use an old stove for heating. "our main invention is a bucket, which we use as a toilet," he tells me. local authorities, however, call people to leave the town. they warn that many will not survive the coming winter. translation: we will not be able| to provide food, we will not be able to evacuate people — even if someone decides to leave, because the roads will be blocked with snow. this winter, we won't be able to do that at all.

we tell people, do you understand that even if you don't starve to death, you may simply freeze to death? elena may follow his advice and get evacuated. she's making a pea soup outside of her apartment block. the building is severely damaged and cannot be used as a shelter in freezing weather. translation: maybe i will leave. if they shell this place again, they can blow up the whole building. all those flats below mine are destroyed. the floor in my apartment still holds up, though. explosion as elena waits for her soup to be cooked, an artillery shell flies over and lands a few hundred metres from us. we have to go inside to take cover. the sounds of explosion and gunfire remind everyone that the winter here is going to be deadly. abdujalil abdurasulov, bbc news, avdiyivka.

as russia's war in ukraine heads into a harsh winter, president zelensky has repeatedly called for the world's help in his nightly address. now, his first lady, olena zelenska, is taking on a more public role. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet has been speaking to mrs zelenska and began by asking how ukrainians will cope with the added pressure of power blackouts. president and first lady. war ripped their lives apart but brought their work closer together. as this war grinds on, lives lost, cold winter closing in, with blackouts provoked by aggression strikes, olena zelenska is speaking out for ukraine. translation: we've had so many challenges during these months, l such trying challenges, so many victims, so much destruction that, if i'm honest with you, blackout is not the worst thing that can happen to us.

recently, an opinion poll was published. ukrainians were asked, how much longer can they endure in these conditions? the majority of ukrainians, over 90%, said that they are prepared to endure this for two to three more years if they can see the prospect of our membership in the eu. two to three more years? translation: at times, it is extremely hard, - but then we find new emotions which help us to keep going. so you work here and he works there? they both work in this heavily guarded compound in kyiv. but he now has to live where he works — separate from her and their two children. when he first ran for president in 2019, she told him it was a life she didn't want. he won by a landslide

with her support. the high school sweethearts filmed this on valentine's day, just ten days before russia invaded and everything changed. he can't travel, so she does. brussels, the eu parliament — a standing ovation for a woman who once said public speaking scared her. washington, the us congress — the first foreign first lady to address this house, even more to ask for weapons. you crossed the line into politics. translation: that was not politics. that was something i had to say. i was asking for weapons, not for an attack. i was asking for weapons to rescue

us, so that our children would not be killed in their homes. now she calls other first ladies her colleagues. the us's, drjill biden, came to see her, both focused on education, children, families torn apart. ukraine's mourners in chief, public faces of its pain and prayer. translation: for all ukrainians, peace equates to victory, - because we all understand that without victory, there will not be peace in our country. for now, they know peace isn't in sight, just a long cold winter of little light. lyse doucet, bbc news, kyiv. the full interview with ukraine's first lady olena zelenska and bbc chief international

correspondent lyse doucet will run on bbc world news this weekend. definitely worth a watch. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: celebrating 70 years of the mousetrap — the world's longest—running theatre production. it has been in the same theatre that entire time and it is now heading to broadway. 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." after a few minutes, _

but nobody seemed to mind very much. 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. welcome back. you are watching bbc news. here are our headlines. nurses in england, wales and northern ireland are to stage their biggest walk—out in the history of the royal college of nursing in a dispute over pay. the union has announced strikes in the run up to christmas, with its general secretary saying nurses "have had enough of being taken for granted." routine services will be hit, but emergency care will continue. our health editor hugh pym reports. it's a month till christmas, but before then, not one but two

strikes by nurses at a busy time for the health service. nurses martha and tom say it hasn't been an easy decision. i think it's a difficult one because you have to be organised to strike, so there's a lot of preparation that goes into it, so i think it's a good thing. yeah, keen to do it. if we were given a decent pay rise, it would immediately go away. there just wouldn't be a strike. yeah. i don't think it's anything necessarily anyone wants to do. but the prime minister today visiting a gp practice said in respect of england, money was a problem... ..with the royal college of nursing calling for 5% above inflation. what the unions are asking for, i think, is a19% pay rise, and i think most people watching will recognise that that's obviously unaffordable. and that's why i'm pleased that the health secretary is sitting down, talking to the union, and hopefully we can find a way through this.

ballots at most but not all health organisations reached the required threshold to allow nurses to strike. the royal college of nursing has yet to spell out where there will be walk—outs. the dates may have been set, with strikes beginning at 8am in the morning and lasting 12 hours, but what's not clear yet is the precise definition of emergency care which will continue on those days and planned treatments and appointments where there will be widespread postponements because of the walk—outs. we really are sorry that there will be any disruption to services, but the government needs to talk to us to avoid this disruption. but what we do say is that services are already disrupted. every single day, people are waiting too long for surgery, they're waiting too long for ambulances. employers are still uncertain about the implications of the strikes. we know that emergency services will be protected and we know that cancer services will be protected, but when we don't have nurses in their roles, it has a knock—on effect across the whole of a hospital or another service.

they really are the lifeblood of hospital services, so when they're not there, it can get very difficult. fair pay! when do we want it? now! nurses in scotland have suspended strike plans after the scottish government made a higher offer, an increase of around 8%. one health union, unison, says it will recommend that to members. elsewhere in the uk, the public will have to face strikes in the nhs and other public services as christmas gets nearer. hugh pym, bbc news. let's bring you some of the day's other stories in brief. the president of peru, pedro castillo, has appointed a new prime minister amid an ongoing dispute with congress, which is controlled by right—wing opposition parties. betssy chavez, who served as culture minister, has become peru's fifth prime minister since mr castillo took office in july last year. in australia, an official inquiry

has strongly criticised the former prime minister scott morrison. it's after he secretly appointed himself to five cabinet posts during the coronvirus pandemic. a report said his actions had corroded trust in government. an agreement has been reached at a global conservation summit in panama to substantially reduce the trade in shark fins. environmental groups say tens of millions of sharks are killed every year for their fins. the market is estimated to be worth half a billion dollars annually. if you have ever been to theatre land in london, you will have almost certainly seen signs telling you agatha christie's the mousetrap is the longest—running play. the audience will know who done it, but

they are sworn to not tell anyone else. and next year it will cross the atlantic and open on broadway. our entertainment correspondent david sillito reports. good afternoon. welcome to today's performance of the mousetrap. agatha christie's the mousetrap. and today's performance, number 28,915 — a special anniversary reunion for former cast members. this is more than a play, it's a must see on the london tourist trail. they got out their map and everything, and they were saying, "what shall we do? we must see buckingham palace, we must see the tower of london, we must see the mousetrap." and you just thought, "there you are." backstage, little has changed. this, the wind machine. this is the original from 1952? the originalfrom 1952, the original production. and to make it really wintry, actors step into the snow room. but what makes it remarkable is the history.

it was setting records even in the �*50s. do you think it's the best play you've written? i don't know. other people seem to, anyway! and since then, it's been a fixture on the west end, it's a very important moment, but one thing i will tell you about this anniversary, it will not be the last. and to mark the landmark, there is going to be a second mousetrap on broadway. each summer, we have thousands of american tourists coming to the show during the summer season, and i think it's time we got on the front foot and took it there. and part of the mystique of this is there's never been a film of it. there are film rights, but they came with a clause — they had to wait until the london production closed. 70 years on, they're still waiting. david sillito, bbc news, in london's west end.

who done it? i'm not telling you! you have to go and see it, whether you're in the uk or the united states or anywhere else in the world. that is bbc news. hello. after a turbulent week of weather, many of us had a much drier friday. and there's some dry weather at the end of this forecast, too — but before we get there, more rain to come through the weekend, particularly on saturday, some of it'll be heavy, most of us having a drier day on sunday. and that rain is all tied in with this atlantic system, gradually pushing its way eastwards through saturday, some of that rain is going to be heavy. also, notice the isobars are close together, so we'll see some gusty winds, especially for western areas. so this is how saturday shapes up — this band of rain gradually pushing north and eastwards, through southwest england, wales, northwest england, western scotland, northern ireland — though drier here through the afternoon, although still likely to see a few heavy showers. further east, less sunshine through the morning — in fact, east anglia, south east england could stay dry for much of the day. northeast england, perhaps, too, but some gusty winds,

especially for irish sea coasts and the western isles, though gusts perhaps reaching 45—50mph. but they're south or south—westerly winds. so mild airflooding across the uk, with highs of 11—14 celsius. now through saturday night, we see that band of rain continuing to push its way eastwards — again, some of that will be heavy, the strongest winds extending to eastern coast. behind it, something clearer across many western areas, though a few showers starting to push in from the west. it will be a very mild night, with temperatures for some holding up to 10—11 celsius, and not much lower than 6—7 at their lowest. so, as we head into sunday, here's our frontal system — but notice how it's lingering very close to the southeast of england. so we'll keep a hang—back of cloud, and also potentially some outbreaks of rain across parts of southeast england, maybe east anglia, too, through the morning. behind it, for many, some good spells of sunshine, but further showers will be pushing into western areas, and those are likely become quite blustery again with some strong winds for irish sea coasts.

the winds should start to ease through the day across eastern areas. not quite as mild as it would have been on saturday, but temperatures still quite widely in double figures for most. and actually, for many, sunday looks to be the drier day of the weekend. and as we head into next week, we actually see this area of high pressure starting to take charge, and just keeping these frontal systems at bay for most of us. so as we move into next week, things are looking mostly dry — although there will be a lot of cloud around, could also see some problems with overnight mist and fog. that's all from me, goodbye.

this is bbc news, the headlines... in world cup football, england have been held to a goal—less draw with the united states, in their second world cup match in qatar. england started brightly, but the americans soon grew in confidence and were the better side for most of the game. the governor of kherson, in southern ukraine, says hospital patients are being evacuated because of constant russian shelling. he said some children had been taken to mykolaiv, 100 other patients were being moved to odesa. president vladimir putin has urged families of russian servicemen not to believe what they read online about the war. he made the comment during a televised meeting with a group of women described as mothers of service personnel. nurses in england, wales

and northern ireland will walk out on 15 and 20 december in a dispute over pay.