this is bbc news i'm david willis. our top stories: a deadly wave of russian missile strikes hits multiple targets right across ukraine. at least three people are dead. residential areas and power stations are badly hit. translation: whatever the missile worker —— worshippers from russia hoping, it would change this war. a rough ride for ramaphosa — the south african president is heckled at the anc�*s party conference, but he's still hoping to be re—elected despite last week's impeachment proceedings. elon musk suspends several journalists�* accounts — we'll be talking to one

of the reporters affected. you have to be extra careful with white people, you can't risk looking at them the wrong way. i know. and, a film about the racist murder of a black teenager in segregated america with the power to heal. i think that films have the opportunity to reawaken opportunity to reawa ken people's opportunity to reawaken people's understanding of critical moments in history. and, there's something fishy going on in berlin — a giant freestanding aquarium full of exotic fish has exploded. hello and welcome to bbc news. russian forces have launched a huge wave of missile attacks on ukraine, damaging electricity and water supplies across the country. at least three people are

reported to have been killed. the capital, kiev, was hit, as was president zelensky�*s home town of kryvyi. in his nightly address, he warned that russia was capable of further massive strikes. the mayor of kharkiv described the destruction there as colossal and said that thousands of people were without heating in freezing temperatures. our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford sent this report. distant rumble. the rumble of a russian attack, as kyiv was woken by more missile strikes. the danger drove people underground. the metro is the safest place to huddle here when the city's under fire. but as russian missiles hit the power grid, the trains all stopped. i've sat here about three hours. i want to go home.

but in southern ukraine, it was homes that were hit. hours later, rescuers were still searching for people trapped in the ruins. a child is missing here. this strike was on president zelensky�*s home town. translation: whatever the missile worshippers l from moscow are hoping for, it won't change the balance of power in this war. they have enough missiles left for mass strikes, but we have enough determination and self—belief to return what belongs to us. in northern kharkiv, the day turns dark, as the power went down right across the town. this country now copes with what was once unimaginable. handing out hot food... ..keeping people warm. and even in kyiv, queuing for water in the street, defying russia's efforts

to wear them down. but these attacks affect even the most vulnerable. we found this old people's home without heat, light or water. it's running on sheer resilience. nella's children just brought her here from the south, thinking she'd be safer. translation: we're all waiting for peace, really waiting. - putin says, let's be friends, but who is the unfriendly one here? he attacked us! our situation here is really miserable. the staff are doing their best to keep things normal, but it's anything but that. they even have to store water now to flush the loo. "it is pretty hard," olga tells me, "but we will get through."

tonight, there's no traffic lights in much of kyiv, no lights at all in large parts of ukraine's capital, as russia tries to force his country into surrender, but somehow, life goes on. sarah rainsford, bbc news, kyiv. earlier, mitchel wallerstein, a senior foreign policy fellow at the chicago council on global affairs gave us his analysis of the situation. well, i think this is part of a concerted strategy to terrorise and intimidate ukrainian people. since the russian forces have not succeeded in their main aim, which of course originally was to take kyiv, and now are falling back in some parts of the donbas, the strategy now appears to be just keep firing missiles into the cities and hope that the people eventually put pressure on the government

to capitulate. will there are countries that do have capabilities, air defence capabilities that could be very useful to ukraine, including israel that has the iron dome and the arrow anti—missile system. of course, a lot of this is coming in the form of drones, drones are very hard to shoot down because they fly very low but there are various systems that can take out drones. the ukrainian military is reporting a high percentage success in shooting down these incoming missiles and drones. whether the reports are accurate remains to be seen. two ministers have resigned from peru's new government as deadly protests there continue following the ousting of president pedro castillo. about 20 protestors demanding mr castillo�*s reinstatement and the resignation of new president dina boluarte, have been killed in clashes with the security forces.

the south african president has been heckled during an address to his own anc party conference. cyril ramaphosa, who's hoping to be re—elected as party leader, struggled to make himself heard over chants of "step aside". i want to appeal to everyone who wants to ever dissatisfaction, to do so in an orderly manner in the way that we do things here in the african nation of congress. we beenin african nation of congress. we been in existence for 110 years and this is not the time to display this type of orderly behaviour. the chanting began when the president's predecessor, jacob zuma, entered the venue to loud cheers. mr ramaphosa avoided

impeachment proceedings earlier this week over a scandal involving millions of dollars that were found hidden in a sofa at his farm. our reporter injohannesburg nomsa maseko has more details. well, there was a lot of heckling and chanting of anti ramaphosa songs as president ramaphosa started delivering his political report to the anc delegates who had gathered here for the national conference. even his speech was drowned when he tried to speak but the speech was even further disrupted when former presidentjacob zuma arrived at the venue fashionably late to the appeasement of the delegates from his home province of kwazulu—natal. we have seen this kind of heckling and booing and things like that take place in previous anc conferences. as you know, the anc is deeply divided so the more than 5,000

delegates who've gathered here are chanting and singing for their own preferred presidential candidate and also to drown out the others who are singing because they want their preferred candidate to take over as anc president. presidentjacob zuma and president ramaphosa have a long rivalry that spans over many years. however there is a delegate, dr zweli mkhize, who is the country's former health minister who is president ramaphosa's competitor in this election, which is why this is what happened because even the delegates from kwazulu—natal, jacob zuma's home province, which is also zweli mkhize's home province so that is why they were so much heckling and things like that. however, the anc delegates from kwazulu—natal are still angry that former presidentjacob zuma was jailed last year after he did not testify at a commission

of inquiry investigating corruption while he was president, and that is why we saw lots of violence and looting lastjuly and the riots that saw more than 300 people dying in that province. a row is brewing in west africa over the increasing involvement of a russian mercenary group in the region. ghana has accused its neighbour, burkina faso, of hiring troops from the wagner group — a private russian military organisation, which is also believed to be involved in fighting alongside russian forces in ukraine. ghana says the mercenaries are operating close to its northern border. burkina faso has responded by summoning ghana's ambassador. 0ur correspondent in the region, lalla sy, sent us this update. the russian security group already had presence in the sahel region of west africa, in countries like mali where it is said to be aiding in the fight againstjihadist militants,

and also in the central african republic. so far, there is no official information about an agreement between the wagner group and burkina faso. even though the prime minister recently visited russia. burkina faso has had two coups in one year, the current transitional government are trying to regain control of security of in areas caught in escalating violence from militants who are allied to both al-qaeda and isis. the security which began in 2015 has left thousands of people had been killed and millions have been displaced. the united nations has added its voice to the many critics of twitter�*s suspension ofjournalists' accounts. a spokesperson said the action set "a dangerous precedent" at a time when press freedom was widely under threat. earlier, the european union warned twitter�*s owner elon musk that the social media platform could be hit with sanctions, after he personally ordered

the suspension of several journalists. on twitter, vera jourova said that eu laws respect "media freedom and fundamental rights", and elon musk "should be aware of that". and she added: "there are red lines. and sanctions, soon." reporters from outlets including the new york times, cnn and the washington post have been locked out of their accounts. many of those suspended had criticised musk�*s twitter takeover, or had commented on an account that tracked the movement of the his private jet. we can speak now to micah lee. he's director of information security at the intercept, and is one of the journalists that's been banned from twitter. took us through how you found out you had been suspended. i

had just posted a tweet and i was following the news of a bunch of accounts getting suspended and about 20 minutes' after my tweet i got a notice inside twitter that my account is suspended and i can't post any more tweets.— is suspended and i can't post any more tweets. was it a shock or did you _ any more tweets. was it a shock or did you see — any more tweets. was it a shock or did you see this _ any more tweets. was it a shock or did you see this coming? - any more tweets. was it a shock or did you see this coming? i - or did you see this coming? i kind of saw it coming. i'm not in any way surprised that this has happened, especially because of the reporting that i have been doing on elon musk�*s takeover of twitter over the last month. i think that this is the highest profile time where he is —— he has arbitrarily banned some prominent journalists that arbitrarily banned some prominentjournalists that he has been doing this since he took over. there has been several arbitrary censorship of all sorts of different accounts.— all sorts of different

accounts. , ., ~ ., ., accounts. does elon musk have a oint, accounts. does elon musk have a point. though. — accounts. does elon musk have a point, though, when _ accounts. does elon musk have a point, though, when he - accounts. does elon musk have a point, though, when he says - point, though, when he says that knowing the location of his private jet is a threat to the security, not only of his own security but the threat to the security of his family as well potentially? i the security of his family as well potentially?— well potentially? i mean, i don't actually _ well potentially? i mean, i don't actually buy - well potentially? i mean, i don't actually buy that. - well potentially? i mean, i don't actually buy that. i l don't actually buy that. i think there is some room for discussion. i think that knowing which airport his plane lands at and flies out of at which times, i think it is already public information and it is perfectly reasonable for people to learn less about the private jets of billionaires and i think the even bigger issueis and i think the even bigger issue is everyone who posted anything related to that you got suspended, they get their account suspended which is kind of extreme but also a lot of us are journalists who won't actually, like, posting the links to this website, we were reporting on other things getting suspended. this isjust

part of our reporting process. what would you say to people who argue welcome as far as elon musk is concerned, it is his company, he can do it it does make do with it what he likes. i does make do with it what he likes. ~ ., ., , likes. i think that that is true because _ likes. i think that that is true because of- likes. i think that that is true because of twitter | likes. i think that that is l true because of twitter is likes. i think that that is i true because of twitter is a private company and it has always been a private company and it is one of the reasons why, you know, a lot of the previous criticism of twitter banning conservative accounts, thatis banning conservative accounts, that is one of their responses is that twitter is a private company and it is allowed to ban staff and it is true that now that elon musk has taken over as well. i think the big difference is that he has been very actively extremely hostile to free speech which is kind of ironic which —— because his whole plan has been to restore free speech was up he has brought back some prominent right—wing figures, like donald trump, who was originally

banned for inciting violence and inciting and in violent —— and inciting and in violent —— a violent insurrection. marjorie taylor greene who is a member of congress in the us who was banned for repeatedly saying covid—i9 misinformation. so he has brought all of these far right accounts back but in my reporting there are accounts that aren't far right that have also been bands that have not been brought back at all that he is just refusing to stop a good sample of this is distributed denial of secrets. this is an account that was banned during the black lives matter protests of 2020. it is a non—profit and it published a bunch of police documents that had a lot of evidence of misconduct and police spying on activists. twitter banned the account since then and elon musk isjust account since then and elon musk is just refusing to restore it. musk isjust refusing to restore it.— musk isjust refusing to restore it. ., ., ., ., restore it. you have now gone to mastodon, _ restore it. you have now gone to mastodon, a _ restore it. you have now gone to mastodon, a rival- restore it. you have now gone to mastodon, a rival social- to mastodon, a rival social media platform to twitter. how

much of a threat to twitter does it pose? it much of a threat to twitter does it pose?— does it pose? it is hard to tell. there _ does it pose? it is hard to tell. there is _ does it pose? it is hard to tell. there is a _ does it pose? it is hard to tell. there is a learning i tell. there is a learning curve. it is a lot harder to use but i have been looking at the numbers and millions of people have beenjoining it. it is a different thing. i think in a lot of ways it is the fact that it in a lot of ways it is the fact thatitis in a lot of ways it is the fact that it is decentralised and all not profit. it is very resilient from the type of problems that twitter is facing. nobody canjust problems that twitter is facing. nobody can just buy this and drive it into the drowned like mask has been doing it with twitter. does make drive into the ground. we must leave _ make drive into the ground. we must leave it there. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. thank you so much. a reminder of our top stories. a deadly wave of russian missile strikes has hit multiple targets in ukraine killing at least three people. residential areas and power stations were badly hit. and a rough ride for ramaphosa: the south african president

was heckled at the anc�*s party conference, but he's still hoping to be re—elected despite last weeks' impeachment proceedings. a giant aquarium installed in the lobby of a luxury german hotel has exploded, sending 1,500 exotic fish cascading across the floor. the iii—metre—high tank had become a well—known tourist attraction in berlin. from there, jenny hill has the story. this aquarium was built to impress — a million litres of water, more than 1,000 tropicalfish — there was even a lift in the middle. all towering over the lobby of a berlin hotel. my god! but early this morning, it seems the tank simply shattered. glass and metal ripped through the building. water and fish gushed out onto the street.

sirens wail extraordinarily, just two people were hurt, neither of them seriously. the hotel actually shook inside. i could describe it as a... imitates explosion. and ijolted out of bed and turned around... i didn't see any movement so i didn't know what the heck was going on. i looked outside the window, i saw a lady running. investigators are trying to establish what went wrong. look at this footage, taken when the aquarium was first built. "you could fire a gun at the tank," says this architect, "and it would only cause "a small hole, not burst the whole cylinder. "such a hollywood scenario is impossible." the authorities suspect material fatigue may be to blame, but they're not yet sure. there is a sense, i think, of relief amongst many here that this happened when it did. an hour or so later and that lobby, the street outside the hotel, would've been packed with visitors,

many of them children. there's shock at the destruction, regret at the loss of so many fish, but an acknowledgement, too, that this could have been so much worse. jenny hill, bbc news, berlin. exploding fish, we have it all for you here on bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news. the leader of the uk rail union, the rmt, has said a deal to avert further rail strikes is "achievable". mick lynch made the comment as his members took part in another 48 hour walkout. services in england, scotland and wales have been severely hit, and more industrial action is planned between 24—27 december and again in earlyjanuary. nurses who went out on strike in england, wales and northern ireland on thursday are warning that there could be more walkouts next month. the british prime minister rishi sunak has suggested that the government won't budge on its view that nurses should be paid what the independent

review body recommended. workers at amazon's warehouse in coventry have voted to strike in the new year in a dispute over pay. the gmb union says more than 98% of balloted employees voted in favour of industrial action. union reps say "amazon can afford to do better" and that it's "not too late" to avoid the walkouts next year. the savage murder of emmett till in 1955, and his mother's subsequent fight forjustice, has been made into a movie which is due to be released next month. till is the story of mamie till mobley, who insisted on having an open casket for her son's funeral, to show how badly the 14—year—old's face had been disfigured when he was beaten and tortured by two white men. the film is produced by barbara broccoli, who's behind the bond films and stars,

danielle deadwyler as mamie, who's been speaking to our culture editor katie razzall. 14—year—old emmett till. they have a different set of rules down there. his brutal murder in mississippi in 1955 galvanised the civil rights movement. the body of emmett louis till has been found dead... driven by his mother, mamie. be small down there. you have to be extra careful with white people, you can't risk looking at them the wrong way. i know! i wondered how much you felt the weight of responsibility, the weight of the civil rights movement on you, as you made this movie? oh, i felt every inch of it. and i knew that i had to honour it, i had to give it that kind of reverence. we have to tell these stories. if we don't recognise our history, we're doomed to repeat it. emmett was lynched for whistling at a white female shopkeeper

in this segregated part of america. but the film deliberately doesn't show the violence he suffered at the hands of the woman's husband and another relative. i think we're overjust the grotesque nature of witnessing violence on black bodies. it shouldn't take that kind of visual to ignite folks to resist the kind of atrocities that are happening — that had happened in 1955, that continue to happen to black people or any oppressed group of people. back in 1955, mamie till—mobley had her son's violated body photographed, and insisted on an open casket at his funeral. many thousands filed past it. that smell is my son's body reeking of racial hatred. come with me, please. she was one of the first people to recognise how vitally important the image would be to the world. and i think when you see what happened with george floyd, that young woman who kept

filming that horrendous murder, we all saw it — we wouldn't have believed it if we hadn't seen it. the two men accused of killing emmett till were put on trial. and i do think that the trial will be carried on fairly, and that we're alljust praying for the best to happen. a white male jury found the men not guilty. they later admitted the murder but couldn't be tried a second time. though they're dead, emmett�*s female accuser isn't. do you think thatjustice will ever be served? good question. we hope. i think that films have the opportunity to reawaken people's understanding of critical moments in history. that troubled history now being told on screen nearly 70 years on. katie razzall, bbc news. and that film is due out next

month. christmas preparations are in full swing around the world. let's take a look at santa beginning his annual rounds. and you can find out more about santa's progress on our

website. it is bbc.com/ news. thanks for watching. hello. some very big changes in our weather over the next 48 hours. saturday, still a very cold day with a very frosty start. but then thaw begins on sunday in the morning. when i say "begins", because for some of us it will be a slow process. particularly in the north of the country. so, here's the weekend. this is the air mass showing where the warm air is just to the south—west of us. ahead of it this weather front will sweep in across the uk. ahead of it still cold air, but the cold air will be deflected towards the east of the continent, hence that milder air will eventually arrive. we'll talk about the rest of that in just a second.

here's a look at the here and now. so, still some snow showers around across the highlands, the pennines into northern wales. the inner—city temperatures well below freezing first thing on saturday morning. outside of town it's going to be even colder than that. so, the weather for saturday itself and some western parts will be cloudy at times. wintry showers are certainly on the cards. most of the rain around the coasts, snow and sleet inland. and already starting to feel a little less cold. 5 in london, 4 in glasgow and 8 degrees in plymouth. so, quite a change. now, that big change arriving saturday night into sunday. so, the weather fronts sweep in, a lot of isobars, gale force winds around the coast. but for a time in the morning, with a lots of cold air about, early on sunday there could be freezing rain, icy conditions and hill snow. for example, in wales, hill snow is possible around the pennines and certainly in scotland. so, for a time in the morning on sunday it could be

icy for some of us. but those winds are strong, the air is mild, it will sweep in and by the early afternoon these are the sort of temperatures we will be getting. so, 10 in plymouth, still cold in the north. but those temperatures will continue to rise through the course of sunday night into monday. look at that — by monday morning we are talking about the mid—teens in cardiff and plymouth. and this is the outlook as far as the week ahead is concerned. it's going to be changeable, turbulent, windy at times. back to the sort of a normal weather we would expect around our shores. bye— bye.

this is bbc news, the headlines: ukrainian officials say that one of the biggest barrages of russian missile strikes has badly damaged electricity and water supplies across the country. at least three people are reported to have been killed. south africa's president, cyril ramaphosa was heckled when he addressed his own anc party conference. mr ramaphosa avoided impeachment proceedings earlier this week but is still hoping to re—stand as party leader. the united nations and the european union havejoined the chorus of criticism of twitter�*s billionaire owner, elon musk, after he closed the accounts of several

journalists who covered stories about him.