this is bbc news. i'm joanna gosling, with the headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. a slowdown in the fighting in ukraine — us intelligence say they expect the intensity of the war to decrease as the country heads deeper into the winter. it's minus four degrees celcius here in kyiv, where i've been speaking to people with no power or shelter as conditions worsen. lam i am jessica parker i amjessica parker in kyiv, where temperatures are sub zero while some families struggle with power cuts and may not have proper shelter shelter this summer. authorities in iran say they are moving to dismantle the police unit that enforces the islamic dress code, after a wave of anti—government protests engulfed the country. the uk government says it's putting contingency plans in place to minimise disruption, from a series of public sector strikes expected in the run—up to christmas.

whether its our military personnel that we have trained up, or a surge capacity that we can actually make sure things like borders are safe and protected, and of course people's lives. england prepare take on senegal in the last 16 of the world cup, with the winners facing either france or poland in the quarterfinals. and, a crown fit for a king — the historic centrepiece of britain's crownjewels is removed from the tower of london, so it can be resized for charles the third's coronation next year. hello and welcome to bbc news. the us director of intelligence says the tempo of fighting in ukraine is likely to reduce over the winter months. avril haines added that since russian forces withdrew from the west of the kherson area, most of the conflict is now

in the east of the country. while many millions of ukrainians continue to be affected by power cuts, fears are now growing for those without proper shelter. our correspondent, jessica parker, sent this report from the village of kalynivka, just west of kyiv, which was occupied by russian forces, at the start of the war. the pain of hearing your home is destroyed. inna still feels it months on. earlier this year, fires raged across this area. russia's brief and failed advance left scenes of devastation. now clues from that time lie hidden. inna's makeshift home is built where her old one used to be. but the kitchen is freezing and damp. icy water drips from the roof.

her swollen hands hurt from the cold, but she looks far beyond her own worries. translation: | want us| to win as soon as possible so that there is peace and tranquillity, so that all soldiers return home alive and well. for inna, help is on the way this winter. she's the first in her village to get a prefab home. but others will have to wait. including nadiya. in this one room, she cooks and sleeps in a bed she is sharing with her son and his girlfriend, sofia. a plastic sheet stops the floor getting wet when they wash. they even go to the toilet in here if it's too cold outside. for 19—year—old sofia, it's suffocating. translation: i'm very anxious.

i can't wash or go to the bathroom alone. i had to do that in front of everyone. ijust want some personal space. as the cold bites, russian strikes mean power cuts too. it's an exhausting existence for nadiya as she sits on the steps of her former, now wrecked, home. translation: it's hard for everyone. i i want my house. i want to live in peace, and for my son and his girlfriend to have a place to live. because now, they have no life. it's not life. oh, god. 63 years old, she walks through the rooms and ruins. the shadows of the past all around. so many have been left haunted, now hunted by the winter too. jessica parker, bbc news. and jessica joins us live now

from the ukrainian capital, kyiv. jessica, as we were seeing in your report, the bitterly cold weather obviously having an enormous impact on the people. also having an impact on the people. also having an impact on the people. also having an impact on the fighting, according to us intelligence.— on the fighting, according to us intelliaence. ~ . , , ., ., intelligence. what is the situation there? yes. _ intelligence. what is the situation there? yes, hearing _ intelligence. what is the situation there? yes, hearing from - intelligence. what is the situation there? yes, hearing from a - intelligence. what is the situation there? yes, hearing from a very l there? yes, hearing from a very senior us official, intelligence official, overnight, avril haines. to some extent what he said comes as no surprise. she did publicly state some interesting points about what may be happening and what may happen over the coming months. she said following the russian retreat out of her son mike, the fighting has slowed down. —— kherson. now it seems too focused around don yee axed. —— it now seems to be focused around donetsk. russia seems to be focused on taking the time, even though it might be of limited

operational value. though it might be of limited operationalvalue. it though it might be of limited operational value. it might allow them to attack other places nearby. maybe it has become something of a politically symbolic thing for russia after they suffered a number of setbacks on the field. on critical infrastructure, avril haines was saying that despite those attacks that moscow has been making on the energy bridge year, leading to ongoing power cuts, including in kyiv, she was saying from what she could detect it was not breaking the will of ukrainians to resist. the us one of ukraine's main backers in terms of financial aid and weapons. on the financialfront, terms of financial aid and weapons. on the financial front, the g7 has agreed a price cap on imports of russian oil to try to impact on russia's ability to continue to fight the war. what impact might that have there?— fight the war. what impact might that have there? yesterday, as news was emerging _ that have there? yesterday, as news was emerging about _ that have there? yesterday, as news was emerging about this, _ that have there? yesterday, as news was emerging about this, the - was emerging about this, the president's officer in kyiv were giving a lukewarm reaction. overnight that has turned into something like a strong reaction,

strongly critical reaction. president zelensky basically saying that the rate that has been set at $60 a barrel is weak. ukrainians would like to see and at half that amount. having said that, there are countries within the eu, which of course is about to bring in its own partial embargo on russian oil, they were pushing for a lower cap. i think you will see an argument continuing on this issue because there is a clause in their to say they will keep looking at this. countries like poland, the baltic states, generally pretty hard line when it comes to trying to sanction russia, they were trying to push for a lower price cap and basically saying publicly they think it has been inadequate. i think you can see a debate continue on this. the been inadequate. i think you can see a debate continue on this.— a debate continue on this. the un heiuht it a debate continue on this. the un height it in _ a debate continue on this. the un height it in for _ a debate continue on this. the un height it in for human _ a debate continue on this. the un height it in for human rights - a debate continue on this. the un height it in for human rights is - height it in for human rights is going to be starting a four—day visit to ukraine today. going to be starting a four-day visit to ukraine today.- visit to ukraine today. what is either to do? _ visit to ukraine today. what is either to do? yeah, _ visit to ukraine today. what is either to do? yeah, we - visit to ukraine today. what is

either to do? yeah, we have l visit to ukraine today. what is - either to do? yeah, we have been hearing that the un commissionerfor human rights is doing this four day visit. we have not had loads of details yet, to be honest, in terms of what he might do. but i'm sure his visit might attract some attention because of those ongoing attacks on energy infrastructure. of course, allegations of war crimes as well. we know he is going to be meeting senior officials, but also people affected by this war, including the families of prisoners of war. . ~' ,, , including the families of prisoners of war. . ~ ,, , . including the families of prisoners ofwar. ., , . g of war. thank you very much. jessica parker. iran's attorney general says the authorities are taking steps to dismantle the religious police force that enforces an islamic dress code. anti—government protests swept iran after a young woman died after being arrested by the so—called morality police for allegedly wearing her headscarf improperly. siavash ardalan from the bbc persian service has been following all the developments on this story, and has more now on the significance of this announcement.

it wasn't a big press conference. it wasn't a huge announcement by the government. you would think it is very important. but it wasn't presented as such. and the other institutions in the islamic republic of iran have not confirmed this either. so given the different centres of power, and for what we know of this regime, it can be very easily denied. we have to wait. but the announcement comes a day after the announcement comes a day after the attorney general said that the parliament and another important institution called the cultural revolution high security council, are jointly looking the issue mandatory hijab. the morality police was tasked with enforcing mandatory hijab. the attorney general has not said mandatory hijab is abolished if this announcement is true and there is to be no more morality police, tnecessarily doesn't mean that the mandatory hijab has been abolished.

it can be summed up as too little, too late. the death of... it was an excuse for a discontented mass upset and resentment of everything else thatis and resentment of everything else that is happening in the regime. the foreign policy, poverty, unemployment, inequality, injustice, corruption. all those other things. this was just a catalyst. as far as the protest is concerned, this is a little too little too late. they say they smell weakness in the regime. that seems to have further emboldened them because the opposition has called for a three—day strike tomorrow and two days afterwards. it is just enforced and reinforced their call and determination to hang in there and continue their protest. the chairman of the uk's conservative party, nadhim zahawi

has said the government is putting contingency plans in place to minimise disruption from a series of public sector strikes. mr zahawi said the military could be involved in driving ambulances and securing the country's borders. let's talk to our political correspondent david wallace lockhart tell us more about what he has been saying? tell us more about what he has been sa im? tell us more about what he has been sac, , saying? basically, the government is ste - - in . saying? basically, the government is ste -|n~ u- saying? basically, the government is stepping up contingency _ saying? basically, the government is stepping up contingency planning - saying? basically, the government is stepping up contingency planning for| stepping up contingency planning for a range of strikes that could be happening in the nearfuture. a bit more detail to doubt that there will be around 2000 military personnel, more detail to doubt that there will be an trained 30 military personnel, more detail to doubt that there will be an trained in military personnel, more detail to doubt that there will be an trained in a 1ilitary personnel, more detail to doubt that there will be an trained in a range personnel, more detail to doubt that there will be an trained in a range of arsonnel, �* force services, ranging from border force to the ports, even coming to driving ambulances or working as firefighters, jobs i would imagine would fall to military personnel. there have not been any decisions on that yet. the government hoping there will be dialogue with the unions. nadhim zahawi was on laura

kuenssberg this morning and the chair of the conservative party said he felt it was unfair for unions to damage lives and livelihoods in the run—up to christmas. i'm not sure how well that will go down with the unions, who say that is not what they are trying to do, they are trying to get pay rises for their members that reflect the rising cost of living we are seeing at the moment. but nadhim zahawi said if you give inflation light wage rises at the moment, what could happen is you embed inflation and it takes longer to get those numbers down. he gives a more detail on the contingency plan going on. whether it is our military personnel that we _ whether it is our military personnel that we have trained up, or a surge capacity— that we have trained up, or a surge capacity that we can actually make sure things like borders are safe and protected, and of course pe0ple's_ and protected, and of course people's lives not disrupted, coming and protected, and of course per the s lives not disrupted, coming and protected, and of course per the unions not disrupted, coming and protected, and of course per the unions tot disrupted, coming and protected, and of course per the unions tot disi�*l damage ning for the unions to really damage pe0ple's— for the unions to really damage people's and disrupt people's lives and livelihoods at a time, christmas. they should rethink and

reflect_ christmas. they should rethink and reflect on_ christmas. they should rethink and reflect on this. nadhim zahawi also reflecting on the fact that the conservative party, by current polling suggestions, seem to be going through a very difficult period. result of the by—election last week. he was stressing he believes rishi sunak is the right man to be prime minister. and that those opinion polls go to turn around in the nearfuture. also heard from the labour party this morning. labour has been quite coy on the specifics of what they would do about strikes and government. but the shadow education secretary, bridget phillipson, stressed the government may be taking a much more active role if it was a labour government, getting around the tables with the unions to see if compromise can be found. she was put on the spot when it came to run brief about pay rises for teachers, given the scenario of, if you have got a 5% offer, but teachers want 12%, got a 5% offer, but teachers want i2%, what would you do? she said compromise can sometimes be found in the middle. perhaps a hint of the kind of approach we would be seen from a labour government. thank

kind of approach we would be seen from a labour government. the head of the police watchdog has been forced to resign, after becoming the subject of a police investigation. michael lockwood has been director general of the independent office for police conduct since 2018. the home secretary, suella braverman, said she had asked him to step down because of a historical allegation. people living near the semeru volcano in indonesia have been warned to stay away from the area after it erupted, spewing one mile of ash into the air. the volcano started to erupt in the early hours of the morning, with grey ash clouds said to have spread to nearby areas, the volcano had a deadly eruption last year. many in surrounding areas were affected. meanwhile, japan's meteorology agency said today it was monitoring for the possibility of a tsunami there after the eruption. the israeli military has launched airstrikes on targets in gaza, after palestinian militants fired a rocket into southern israel. the iraeli defence force said it had struck a weapons factory belonging

to gaza's hamas rulers. palestinians said two military training centres had been damaged. south africa's president cyril ramaphosa will not resign, despite a scandal over money stolen from his farm, his spokesman says. the row centres on claims he kept large sums of cash on his property then covered up its theft. a panel of legal experts concluded that he has a case to answer, but the president's spokesman suggested he will not quit, and will seek a second term as leader of the anc. clean—up efforts are underway in southern brazil after days of heavy rainfall. hundreds of people have been evacuated in recent days as residents begin to count the cost. emer mccarthy reports. after the deluge, the clean—up is under way in southern brazil. for some, it was a lucky escape. carolina says her house wasn't hit because it's in a high area.

but keila, who's pregnant, wasn't so fortunate. translation: the situation is very complicated - because we lost our house. we lost everything. everything. what we have is what they gave us here. we lost our clothes, we lost the kitchen, the fridge, everything. everything, everything. nearly 900 people have been evacuated in recent days in the state of santa catarina. flooding at this time of year around brazil is common and has caused devastation for decades. but that's little consolation for victims. translation: it's been a long time since i've cried so much. l we don't even know where to start. the enormity of the task ahead almost too much to bear. emer mccarthy, bbc news.

the knockout stages of the world cup in qatar are underway. the netherlands were the first team into the quarter finals, after beating the usa by 3—1. they'll go up against argentina, who defeated australia 2—1. england are preparing for their first knockout stage match against senegal on sunday. it's just the second time the african champions have reached the last—i6, while england are hoping to make the last eight in consecutive tournaments for the first time since 2006. the bbc'sjohn watson is in doha, and has more now on the two games being played later. hello from doha, ahead of the second day of last 16 matches today. we have got england against senegal. senegal no strangers to performing an upset at a world cup. back in 2002, they beat then hold as france to cause a real upset. we now this world cup has been a story of many twists and turns. despite england

being ranked above senegal, will want to try and avoid an upset when they play later. we will also see france in action against poland. a battle of two superstars in many ways in football as we see kylian mbappe going against poland striker robert lewandowski. the winner of that match will play england or senegal in the quarterfinals. as well as that, we saw lionel messi's argentina beat australia yesterday in the last 16. argentina progressing. many saying this could be lionel messi's last chance of winning the biggest prize of all in the world stage, a world cup, as he reaches the latter stages of career. the netherlands also progressed yesterday, beating the united states. so much to play for once again at this world cup. with so many twists and turns, you certainly won't want to take your eyes of eight. —— off it. that was our corrrespondent john watson there, who has also been speaking to england fans at the red lion pub in doha.

here's what they had to say as they gear up for the game. # it's coming! #football�*s coming home!#. this is my sixth world cup in a row, this is his first. it's been very different, but it's been great having all the nationalities in one city. what would it mean if england actually went on and won the world cup? what would it mean to you? well, it would just be amazing. my first cup, my first - world cup and england wins. we're full, fans having a good time, fans for the next game coming in, getting ready to go out but, yeah, it's fantastic. you know, it's what we expected and wanted the world to see. and will the english fans be bringing the noise when they play senegal? how lively is it going to be in here? it will be maximum crescendo, i dare say. yeah, it's going to be to the limit. i came to doha four years ago wanting to be here during the world cup. that's what brought me to qatar. there are other countries i could have chosen so, yeah, it's something that i've always believed, almost believed it's in my destiny to be here to see harry kane lift

the world cup. look back to when the women won and, you know, straightaway you could see happy, smiling faces everywhere, so i think if england, if the men could, you know, reciprocate that, i think it'd be absolutely fantastic. # football's coming home!# we spoke earlier to our west africa correspondent, mayenijones. she told us more about senegal team and the national feeling towards football. they won the africa cup of nations. a couple of their players play for british teams, including chelsea and some european ones. it is a nation very much obsessed with football. on a round of the capital you can see young people playing football every evening on the streets. —— all around the capital. everybody follows every game avidly. when senegal won its last game in the group stages against ecuador, the streets erupted in celebration. they are very excited. in 2002 made the

quarterfinals of the world cup for the last time. at the time the coach now was part of that team. they hope he will be their good luck charm. a british farmer in the uk who's lost his entire flock of turkeys and geese to bird flu, says it's destroyed his business. steve childerhouse has lost more than 13 thousand birds, meaning he can't supply his local community this christmas and it's not looking good for next year either — as alex dunlop reports. great grove poultry should be a hive of activity as steve prepares for christmas, but it resembles a ghost town. bird flu has wiped out his business. emotionally and mentally, it has been very hard, especially the last week, you know? yeah, this must break your heart. oh, totally. my name's steve, i'd like to introduce you to my business, great grove poultry. this award—winning free range farm has been brought to its knees by the deadly virus. it's killed half of his 11,000 turkeys and almost his entire flock of 2,500 geese.

it was really hard. anyone who said to me, "i'm really sorry to hear what's happened, steve," i just have to walk away and, you know, the tears and you just well up, and it wasjust... it was just a horrible experience. so we'll just let you do the filming. no problem. bird flu restrictions prevent us from filming in the sheds, so we gave steve a camera to show us inside. so as you can see here, this is one of our rearing sheds. normally, there would be probably about 1600 birds in here, but nothing at all. you're not going to give up the business? no, absolutely not. i'm determined to get back, back again. will you go free range? very difficult to say at the moment. i think...i would love to. i mean, this is our... this is what we do. i mean, the free range, i love seeing the birds outside. however, with what's going on right now, i think there's going to have to be some serious, serious talking done after christmas. there's already been serious talking in parliament this week, with an essex turkey producer highlighting steve's plight. i know one guy in norfolk,

wonderful little business — geese, ducks, turkeys, supplied the butchers, the restaurants locally — his whole flocks gone and he hasn't got a business. we're working day and night to try and make sure this system works. i think we have improved. i think people in the industryl recognise that that is a better place than we were at at the beginning of this - terrible disease. back on the farm, under bird flu restrictions, steve now cannot restock these rearing units in time for christmas next year. many free range farmers in the east are small scale and many of them have got these older, more traditional sheds. now, the problem with them is they can'tjust be quickly scrubbed down and then restocked. steve will have to keep these empty until next october. this is a problem that needs to be looked at because i'm not sure where the scientific evidence is for all this, but it certainly needs addressing because 12 months out is just... itjust puts us out for next christmas as well. but the big hope for steve and fellow poultry

farmers is for a vaccine — the best weapon, they say, against bird flu, and that won't happen soon. so for now, his processing units and sheds remain empty. he's looking forward to christmas in 202a. alex dunlop, bbc news. jewellers have begun re—sizing the crown which will be used for the coronation of king charles, next may. the st edwards crown weighs nearly four and a half pounds and is normally on display with the rest of the crown jewels at the tower of london. here's our royal correspondent, daniela relph. the st edward's crown marks the actual moment of coronation, used here by queen elizabeth in 1953. the crown dates back to 1661, made for king charles ii. now, it is being altered to fit king charles iii, ready for his coronation next year. the operation to move the crown from the tower of london happened

at night and under tight security. it is now being altered at a secret location by the crown jeweller. the st edward's crown has a solid gold frame and is set with rubies, amethysts and sapphires. it is the centrepiece of the crown jewels. plans for the king's coronation on the 6th of may next year at westminster abbey, are well underway. buckingham palace says the ceremony will reflect the monarch's role today, and look to the future. but some things will remain unchanged and rooted in long standing traditions and pageantry. the st edward's crown is one of them. daniela ralph, bbc news. britain's world heavyweight champion tyson fury has beaten his compatriot derek chisora to retain his world boxing council title. fury — who's still unbeaten as a professional — dominated the contest from the start. the referee stopped the fight shortly before the end of the tenth round.

thanks for your company. you're watching bbc news. hello again. for many of us the weather is going to be similar to what we had yesterday. a chilly easterly winds bringing plenty of showers to ease the importance of the uk. on the satellite picture we can see those shower clouds. forming across the north sea. the easterly winds move in. it is eastern scotland and eastern england that will see the majority of the showers. unlike yesterday, the showers. unlike yesterday, the showers will be going across the pennines into north—west england, the northwest midlands and north wales. south of that it is largely dry but often cloudy. in the north—west, that is where the best of the dry and bright weather is with some sunshine. wherever you are it will feel chilly. below average

for the time of the year. you have to factor in those cold easterly winds. over night to night the winds will continue to bring showers to eastern areas. the risk of a few icy stretches in scotland where we will have a frost. otherwise, we just about escape a frost. temperature is holding a few degrees above freezing. monday's forecast, the winds will change direction a little bit. instead of an easterly, they will come round to more of a north—easterly. that is only significant in that it changes where the showers are going to be pushed. it is eastern areas that will see the showers. a greater chance of seeing showers in east anglia and south—east england. fewer showers in eastern scotland. the best of the sunny weather across north—western areas of the country. temperatures not changing very much for most, but perhaps coming up the degree in east anglia and the south east abingdon. on tuesday and wednesday, high—pressure and green and we'll be sending cold northerly winds across

all parts of the uk with temperatures set to plunge. the northerly winds will bring the risk of snowfall, particularly to parts of snowfall, particularly to parts of northern scotland, with some accumulations building in here. you can get some snow for a time in edinburgh. and further south in england and wales. the risk of seeing some snowfall later in the week. the thing most of you will notice is that is going to be very cold. temperatures barely getting above freezing. certainly some sharp frosts. by wednesday we are looking at the risk of some disruptive snow in scotland. two to five centimetres at low elevations. up to ten over the hills. strong winds bringing blizzard conditions.

this is bbc news, i'mjoanna gosling. the headlines... a slowdown in the fighting in ukraine — us intelligence say they expect the intensity of the war

to decrease as the country heads deeper into the winter. iran's attorney general says the country could move to dismantle the police unit that enforces the islamic dress code, after a wave of anti—government protests engulfed the country. the uk government says it's putting contingency plans in place to minimize disruption, from a series of public sector strikes expected in the run—up to christmas. now on bbc news, unspun world withjohn simpson. hello, and thanks forjoining me for unspun world here at the bbc�*s headquarters in central london. we've been seeing the fiercest demonstrations against

the chinese communist party since tiananmen square,