this is bbc news. the us director of intelligence has the tempo are fighting in ukraine is likely to reduce over the winter months. l, likely to reduce over the winter months. . , ., , ., months. that is the latest headline from ukraine. _ months. that is the latest headline from ukraine, where _ months. that is the latest headline from ukraine, where there - months. that is the latest headline from ukraine, where there is - months. that is the latest headline from ukraine, where there is a - from ukraine, where there is a slowdown in fighting. 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 is putting contingency plans in place to minimise disruption from a series of public sector strikes expected in the run—up to christmas. public sector strikes expected in the run-up to christmas. whether it's our military _ the run-up to christmas. whether it's our military personnel- the run-up to christmas. whether it's our military personnel that - the run-up to christmas. whether it's our military personnel that we i it's our military personnel that we have trained up or a surge capacity

that we can actually make things like borders safe and protected and people's lives not disrupted coming up people's lives not disrupted coming up to christmas. 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 iii's coronation next year. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. 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 correspondentjessica parker sent this report from the village of kalenivka, 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. 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's very important, but that wasn't presented as such, and the other institutions in the islamic republic of iran have not confirmed this, either. so, given this multitude, these different centres of power, from what we know of this regime, it could very easily be denied. we have to wait. but the announcement comes a day after this same person, the attorney general, said that the parliament and another important institution called the cultural revolution high security council, are jointly looking at the issue of mandatory hijab.

the morality police was tasked with enforcing mandatory hijab. now, the attorney general hasn't said that mandatory hijab is abolished, if this announcement is true and there is to be no more morality police, it necessarily doesn't mean that mandatory hijab has been disbanded. the response can be summed up as too little too late, even though mandatory hijab and the death of mahsa amini at the hands of morality police was the catalyst for the protests, but it was really an excuse for a discontented mass, upset and resentful of everything else that's also happening in the regime — you know, the foreign policy, poverty, unemployment, inequality, injustices, corruption, all those other things. so this was the catalyst, and as far as the protesters are considered, this isjust a bit too little too late, and they are all saying that they are smelling weakness in the regime, so it seems to have even further

emboldened them, because the opposition has called for a three—day strike and street protest tomorrow and two days afterwards, and it has just reinforced their call and their determination to hang in there and continue their protests. 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. david wallace lockhart. what more has he been saying? the government say they are stepping up plans to deal with strikes in the run—up to christmas. they said there are 2000 personnel being trained in variousjobs, military personnel, civil servants and volunteers, being trained to do jobs such as border

force, driving ambulances, potentially working as firefighters. 0f potentially working as firefighters. of course, very difficultjob is you don't imagine you could do fully with just don't imagine you could do fully withjust a don't imagine you could do fully with just a little training. no decisions yet on this government the government say, because they still have the unions may reassess plans for industrial action in the run—up to christmas. we've heard from the conservative party chairman nadhim zahawi this morning. he said it was unfairfor the unions to be damaging people's lives and livelihoods in the run—up to christmas and urged them to think about industrial action and even went as far as saying strikes are exactly what putin wants to see at the moment, quite provocative language, but his logic is that essentially vladimir putin invading ukraine has driven up inflation, which could be embedded if industrial action is used to try to get inflation linked pay rises. we did hearfrom the to get inflation linked pay rises. we did hear from the conservative party chairman earlier this morning, where he spells out exactly what

contingency plans have been made. whether it's our military personnel that we've 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 are not disrupted. we're coming up to christmas. it's unfair, in my view, for the unions to really damage people's and disrupt people's lives and livelihoods at a time, at christmas. they should really rethink and they should reflect on this. the labour party has been pressed quite a lot on what exactly its stance on the strikes is. we know keir starmer has been keen for frontbenchers not to be on the picket lines. when it comes to the specifics, we don't get much from labour. essentially they are saying if labour was in government they would take a much more active role in negotiations and trying to facilitate deals between unions and employers to help in that respect, but we heard this morning from the shadow education secretary, and she

was pressed on the laura kuenssberg programme in exactly what her brief of education and labour would be doing. if i were education secretary, i would be sat around the table trying to get a compromise. in any negotiation... but where's the compromise, then? 12%? where's that compromise? you say you would find a compromise. it's often somewhere in the middle, and that's why it's a process of negotiation. it's about pay but it's also about terms and conditions. and what teachers tell me they feel is that they are demoralised, the government hasn't had their back and they want to note that there is hope for the future. so, labour going on to hint, it was put to her specifically, if one side once 5% at the other wants to, what would you do in the negotiation? she suggested compromise could be found somewhere in the middle, so perhaps giving a hint on what labour�*s approach might be. labour reluctant to get into specifics on this issue

of the payoff as they would be giving workers, preferring to say they would be playing the role of facilitating these negotiations if they were in government. the knockout stages of the world cup in qatar are under way. the netherlands were the first team into the quarter finals, after beating the usa. they'll go up against argentina, who defeated australia. england are preparing for their match against senegal later. it's just the second time the african champions have reached the last—i6, while england are hoping to make the quarter finals 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 know this world cup has been a story of many twists and turns. despite england being ranked

above senegal, they 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 on 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 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!# let's talk to a senegal fan — mamadou n'baw — now. he is in sheffield and joins us now. how are you feeling about the match tonight? how are you feeling about the match toniaht? ~ �* . , how are you feeling about the match toniaht? ~ �* ., , ., ., tonight? well, i'm ready for that, excited because _ tonight? well, i'm ready for that, excited because we _ tonight? well, i'm ready for that, excited because we are _ tonight? well, i'm ready for that, excited because we are playing i tonight? well, i'm ready for that, excited because we are playing a| excited because we are playing a great national football, excited because we are playing a great nationalfootball, england. great national football, england. england, great nationalfootball, england. england, many of our players they know about. england, many of them have played here. they all know the british football, so it's going to be a tough game, to be honest. it

won't be easy for us, but i think the england team need to, you know, consider this team that, you know, because it won't be easy because as you see, they beat argentina as well, and last night as well you see brazil beaten by cameroon, so i'm confident, to be honest. it won't be easy game for us but hopefully we will win 2—1. easy game for us but hopefully we will win 24-— will win 2-1. your message is, beware the — will win 2-1. your message is, beware the underdog? - will win 2-1. your message is, beware the underdog? yeah, | will win 2-1. your message is, - beware the underdog? yeah, yeah. the need beware the underdog? yeah, yeah. they need to _ beware the underdog? yeah, yeah. they need to consider _ beware the underdog? yeah, yeah. they need to consider it _ beware the underdog? yeah, yeah. they need to consider it because i they need to consider it because there is no small team actually, and senegal is the actual african champion, and we have great players. cooley bali is here, our captain. ——

koulibaly. the manager is with the team since nine years now, so he knows all his players, so you know, it's not going to be easy for england. he it's not going to be easy for england-— it's not going to be easy for encland. ., , ., , england. he mentioned the history and how england _ england. he mentioned the history and how england have _ england. he mentioned the history and how england have performed l and how england have performed better than senegal. this is only the second time that senegal have reached the last 16 in the world cup. how much of a source of pride is that for the nation and for you? compared to england, senegal is a small country, a country of 15 million. it's the third time we have played in the world cup. it is something amazing because when you go back home, all fans are excited to be in this knockout stage. and playing a country like england is like something special because england is the big—name football. if delete all players around the world want to come and play in the family.

it is something special for our players because they want to show all nations that we are here and we want to, who knows, have a big club at the end of this game, and i wish that to them. at the end of this game, and i wish that to them-— at the end of this game, and i wish that to them. thank you so much for “oininu us. that to them. thank you so much for joining us- enjoy _ that to them. thank you so much for joining us. enjoy the _ that to them. thank you so much for joining us. enjoy the match. - before england take on senegal, many will tune in to watch the first match of the day when france face poland. we can speak to radoslaw, a polish sports journalist in doha. welcome, thank you forjoining us. what are you thinking ahead of this game? what are you thinking ahead of this came? . ., what are you thinking ahead of this .ame? ., ~' ,., what are you thinking ahead of this came? ., ~ i. ., what are you thinking ahead of this came? ., ~ ., �* game? thank you for inviting me. i'm cuite game? thank you for inviting me. i'm quite pessimistic, _ game? thank you for inviting me. i'm quite pessimistic, to _ game? thank you for inviting me. i'm quite pessimistic, to be _ game? thank you for inviting me. i'm quite pessimistic, to be honest. - game? thank you for inviting me. i'm quite pessimistic, to be honest. we l quite pessimistic, to be honest. we know the power of france, we know they are the current world cup holders, so we do not see ourselves as the favourites in this game, especially after quite a tough group stage for our team, but i believe we

can make some kind of surprise for us. it could be extra time or penalties, in which, as we have seen that the world cup, we have quite a good specialist in our goal, the former goalkeeper of arsenal. he already has saved two penalties in the group stage and he is definitely by far our best player at this tournament.— by far our best player at this tournament. , ., , , ., . ., tournament. this has been a world cu of tournament. this has been a world cun of surprises — tournament. this has been a world cup of surprises and _ tournament. this has been a world cup of surprises and upsets - tournament. this has been a world cup of surprises and upsets on - tournament. this has been a world cup of surprises and upsets on the | cup of surprises and upsets on the pitch. cup of surprises and upsets on the itch. , . , cup of surprises and upsets on the . itch, , ., , , cup of surprises and upsets on the itch. , , ., �*, pitch. yes, it has been. that's true, pitch. yes, it has been. that's true. but _ pitch. yes, it has been. that's true. but to — pitch. yes, it has been. that's true, but to be _ pitch. yes, it has been. that's true, but to be honest, - pitch. yes, it has been. that's true, but to be honest, for. pitch. yes, it has been. that's| true, but to be honest, for us, pitch. yes, it has been. that's - true, but to be honest, for us, the only win we had was against saudi arabia. we weren't able to make a surprise against argentina. we were very defensive, and in this game our approach was quite boring, as i'm hearing from otherjournalists from other countries who are not very keen on our style of play. but we have done it and we are through to

the knockout stage, which for us is the knockout stage, which for us is the first time since i believe 36 years, since 1986. so we have our goal achieved, years, since 1986. so we have our goalachieved, now years, since 1986. so we have our goal achieved, now we can relax, we can play with more freedom and joy and fun and be more brave. and that's what we expected a. that's what we believe in today. that such an interesting _ what we believe in today. that such an interesting perspective - what we believe in today. that such an interesting perspective becausel an interesting perspective because as teams go on and do better, the stakes get higher, but you are saying that there will be a more relaxed view because of having already exceeded what has gone before. do you think the fans will before. do you think the fans will be feeling that all the players? in reality, do you think that will be the case when it is going on? this the case when it is going on? as fans, the case when it is going on? sis fans, journalists, public opinion, we wanted from our players. we have a generation of players starting from the goalkeeper, the central defender, the central midfielder,

even our main star and centre forward, we believe that for most of them it is the last world cup and in their entire careers they have never made it through the group stage, so for them, made it through the group stage, so forthem, it made it through the group stage, so for them, it is like a goal achieved. they have done what they planned for this tournament, so everything from now is something extra. we managed to be higher in the group than mexico which, for example, has gone through the group stage in the last seven world cups, so for us it's quite a big success. and now everything we make more is something good, something extra, something good, something extra, something that is kind of a surprise. of course, we don't see us as the favourites in this game but we simply believe that we play with fun and our style is more nice to watch because we cannot say this about our especially first and third

group stage games, against mexico and against argentina, in which we only put ourselves in the position of the viewers. we didn't even play the ball. argentina controlled the game totally, especially in the second half, and we don't like it shows how difficult how difficult the road —— it shows how difficult the road —— it shows how difficult the road —— it shows how difficult the road to the last 16 was. it the road -- it shows how difficult the road to the last 16 was. it will be a bonus- _ the road to the last 16 was. it will be a bonus. good _ the road to the last 16 was. it will be a bonus. good luck, _ the road to the last 16 was. it will be a bonus. good luck, enjoy - the road to the last 16 was. it will be a bonus. good luck, enjoy the| be a bonus. good luck, enjoy the match. people living near the semeru volcano in indonesia are being evacuated and authorities have issued the highest warning level after it started erupting. the volcano began erupting in the early hours of this morning, with grey ash clouds said to have spread widely. it follows a deadly eruption last year. japan's meteorology agency say they see no possibility of a tsunami from indonesia following the eruption despite a previous alert. let's talk to mike burton, professor of volcanology at the university of manchester.

welcome. how serious is this volcano and what are you reading into what you are seeing? it’s and what are you reading into what you are seeing?— you are seeing? it's a very serious volcano. indonesia _ you are seeing? it's a very serious volcano. indonesia is _ you are seeing? it's a very serious volcano. indonesia is full - you are seeing? it's a very serious volcano. indonesia is full of - you are seeing? it's a very serious volcano. indonesia is full of active | volcano. indonesia is full of active volcanoes, and simmer route is the tallest of a range of volcanoes. it has been very active for the last hundred years at least. we have seen predominantly pyroclastic flows, an avalanche of hot rock which on trains cooler air and can travel up to 100 kilometres per hour. that is the video footage that has come out today. they can extend, the ones that happen most recently, have gone up that happen most recently, have gone up to ten kilometres away from the area. they are truly deadly travel at such speed that there isn't much you can do apart from evacuate people, which is the very experienced risk managers in indonesia have done. there is another threat, another hazard posed

ljy another threat, another hazard posed by semeru in particular. because it is so tall and because there were so much rainfall in such frequent eruptions depositing fine material on the slopes, you can get very frequent mod flows which can extend even farther than the pyroclastic flows, up to 20 kilometres away. to the risk we have now is a combination of both pyroclastic flows and the mud flows, particularly to the south—east of the volcano. particularly to the south-east of the volcano-— particularly to the south-east of the volcano. the pictures we are seeinr the volcano. the pictures we are seeing are _ the volcano. the pictures we are seeing are absolutely _ the volcano. the pictures we are - seeing are absolutely extraordinary. we are seeing homes with that huge ash cloud looking extremely close. how active is this volcano, and if it is very active on a repeated basis, is it surprising people live so close? it’s basis, is it surprising people live so close? �* , , so close? it's extremely active. one ofthe so close? it's extremely active. one of the realities _ so close? it's extremely active. one of the realities of _ so close? it's extremely active. one of the realities of volcanoes - so close? it's extremely active. one of the realities of volcanoes is - of the realities of volcanoes is that when there was a period of repose, the soils which surround them tend to be very fertile, so they are idealfor agriculture.

indonesia, because there are so many volcanoes, there hardly any place which is completely free of volcanic risk, so there isn't much you can do. the main thing you can do is to have very good monitoring systems, so hazard maps to assess what the risks are and then to react as quickly as possible when things start to happen. that's exactly what the indonesian authorities are doing now. they have enacted the evacuation of the area, which will be a well—planned and well communicated system to make sure the risks are minimised. even with those systems, and there was a good example in 2010, where thousands of lives were saved by an efficient and widespread evacuation. even with that, last year, as you mention, exactly a year ago today there was another eruption and more than 60 people were killed in that event will stop its possible that semeru is going through a more active phase than has previously been seen and that these eruptions are going to go through a period of time when we see

them more frequently and for a potentially more violently —— and potentially more violently —— and potentially more violently —— and potentially more violently. they should evacuate and get people as far away as possible. jewellers have begun re—sizing the crown which will be used for the coronation of king charles, next may. 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. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. hello again. for many of us the weather is going to be similar to what we had yesterday. chilly easterly winds bringing plenty of showers to eastern portions of the uk. 0n 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 will be going across the pennines

into north—west england, the north—west 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. 0vernight tonight 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. 0therwise, wejust about escape a frost. temperatures 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 most of 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 odd degree in east anglia and the south—east of england. on tuesday and wednesday, high pressue in greenland will 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 northern scotland, with some accumulations building in here. could even 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, the big interviews: nick cave.