welcome to bbc news, i'm anjana gadgil. our top stories: russia acknowledges 63 of its soldiers died in a ukrainian attack in donetsk. kyiv claims the actual number is in the hundreds. in santos, brazil, thousands are queueing to pay respects to footballing legend pele. this is the scene there live. the european union takes steps to remove parliamentary immunity from two meps implicated in an ongoing corruption scandal. feeling betrayed. prince harry says buckingham palace failed to defend him and meghan before they stepped down as working royals.

welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. russia has made a rare acknowledgement that 63 of its soldiers were killed in a new year's eve attack by ukrainian forces. the strikes were carried out with himars rockets supplied by the us and destroyed a former school in the donetsk region, where the soldiers are said to have been temporarily deployed. several russian politicians have said commanders must be held to account for allowing such a large number of troops to be concentrated in an unprotected area. in ukraine, the country's armed forces say the strike killed "hundreds" of russian soldiers, as our correspondent in kyiv, hugo bachega reports. in a town in eastern ukraine, rubble and many questions. this used to be a school, apparently turned into a base for russian soldiers. at around midnight on

new year's eve, ukraine struck. how many were killed remains unclear. in moscow, the army claimed the attack was carried out with rockets supplied by the americans, but there was also a rare admission of casualties. translation: as a result | of the strike by four rockets with high explosive warheads against the temporary deployment point, 63 russian servicemen were killed. in russia, military bloggers were furious. they accused the army of failing to hide its troops and of housing them near ammunition stores. one report said the use of mobile phones by soldiers allowed the building to be located. and here in kyiv, there were more conflicting reports. first, the military claimed that 400 russian troops had been killed, but now it says the number is still being investigated.

eastern ukraine has seen some of the fiercest battles in recent weeks. the latest ukrainian attack could be one of the deadliest on russian forces since the start of the war. hugo bachega, bbc news, kyiv. and hugo sent us this update from kyiv explaining the significance of this assault. it's quite significant because of the extent of the losses. moscow decided it couldn't stay silent and had to acknowledge the attack. it's also significant because it could suggest a new strategy by the ukrainians. up to now, ukraine has used the long—range rockets supplied by the americans to target russia's military logistics and supply lines. but in recent weeks, they have been attacking bases and troop concentrations. since the ukrainians recaptured kherson in november, the front lines haven't changed and the ukrainians have been saying the weather conditions need to improve so they could take back territory.

the latest attacks could give a suggestion of where this counter offensive is likely to go next. retired brigadier general mark kimmitt served in a variety of senior roles in the us army and was a deputy assistant secretary of defense in the george w bush administration. he's in washington. you are very experienced with these himars missiles used in this attack, we use the amount of damage that was done? not really, they are very lethal and very accurate. four were fired _ lethal and very accurate. four were fired and _ lethal and very accurate. four were fired and hit _ lethal and very accurate. four were fired and hit an - were fired and hit an ammunition dump that would explain the large amount of explosions and casualties. russian a lot of criticism at home for allowing these mint located so close to the ammunition stump

referred to. why do you think that was allowed to happen? this is the pace of war you are bringing replacement troops as quickly as you can, you want them to be near their ammunition, encased they are going to need it if these were artillery units for example, in this case these replacements units were far too close, probably being garrisoned for onward movement, and there was an opportunity there, the ukrainians took it. do you exect ukrainians took it. do you expect ukrainians - ukrainians took it. do you expect ukrainians to - ukrainians took it. do you expect ukrainians to use | ukrainians took it. do you - expect ukrainians to use himars missiles more and more? i really do, especially when we are in wintertime, it self—promotion here i wrote about this for the wall street journal a month ago, advocating the use of the himars against the use of the himars against the ammunition dumps and personal holding areas and supply depots, so start reducing the strength of the russian troops and russian

capabilities overwinter russian troops and russian capabilities over winter time so when the comes, they are not nearly as strong as they would have been otherwise. fix, strong as they would have been otherwise-— otherwise. a bit of self promotion _ otherwise. a bit of self promotion is _ otherwise. a bit of self promotion is fine. - otherwise. a bit of self promotion is fine. we l promotion is fine. we appreciate you joining us with your expertise, what else should ukraine be doing to win the war? ., ., , ., ., the war? nato needs to get more and more equipment and there the patriots in there as quickly as possible, they need to refit, they need to rearm and do some training on the new equipment coming in. as we are trying to see the ukrainians reduce capabilities of the russians during wintertime they want to enhance and increase their abilities so they are at a decided advantage when spring offensive scum. president zelensky says russia has been trying to exhaust the russian people with drone attacks. �* , russian people with drone attacks. 3 , russian people with drone attacks. �*, , ., attacks. it's exactly what you have seen —

attacks. it's exactly what you have seen 1940 _ attacks. it's exactly what you have seen 1940 in _ attacks. it's exactly what you have seen 1940 in great - have seen 1940 in great britain, attacking london and the major cities for the purposes of breaking the world of the british people. president putin is doing the same thing with kyiv, he realises he can't win on the ground so he is trying to break the well of the ukrainian people but you see with president zelensky as with winston churchill he is keeping the people on his side, and willing to pay the price. thank ou for willing to pay the price. thank you for your — willing to pay the price. thank you for your time. _ willing to pay the price. thank you for your time. brigadier i you for your time. brigadier general mark kimmitt. brigadier general mark kimmitt. in brazil, a stream of people are continuing to file past the coffin of the brazilian football legend pele, which has been placed in the middle of his former club's stadium in santos. this is the scene there live, where its past 11 o'clock at night — many of those paying their respects are wearing the black and white colours of the club for which pele played for nearly two decades.

people spend the night outside the stadium, hoping for a chance to go past. from inside the stadium, our correspondent katy watson sent this update. people have been queueing here since dawn and they will be queueing throughout the night. it has been a really hot day in santos, it is peak summer here, but that has not put people off, and the queues have been getting bigger and bigger outside. now i've seen people here, they've been crying, they have been clapping, people have even been getting on the ground and worshipping pele. the casket is open, there is a brazilian flag draped over it. i think there's a sense of reflection here. certainly, people have travelled from across brazil, young and old, people who remembered him playing but also parents, grandparents bringing children because they want to show the importance of pele, notjust for football but for brazil and brazilian culture, too. i spoke to one person who said that it is not pele who has died, it is edson, which was his real name, pele will endure. another one said that we don't have a monarchy but pele

was our king. and i think thatjust shows how important pele was and still is for so many brazilians. now, after 24 hours of a wake, the coffin will then be paraded through the city of santos, followed by a family burial later on tuesday. tens of thousands of people have been paying their respects to the former pope, benedict xvi. following his death at the weekend, his body is now lying in state in st peter's basilica at the vatican. mourners will be able to file past the casket until the funeral on thursday. our religion editor aleem maqbool reports. at dawn, the late pope was moved from the monastery in the vatican where he died, for the short, solemn private procession to st peter's basilica. # santa maria...#. there, he was taken through the nave to be placed in front

of the altar. outside, while the ceremony was taking place, thousands had formed a queue that snaked around st peter's square. in through the doors to pay their respects. in just the first five hours, vatican police say 40,000 people filed past benedict xvi, and they came from all over the catholic world. it's just one of those once in a lifetime moments where you kind of feel more and more emotional as you get closer to viewing, you know, the pope's body and realise the impact that he's had, i guess, on everybody. so there was a kind of a sombre mood as the walk progressed. what was that moment like for you when you were paying respects? that moment, ifeel so honoured because pope benedict was a servant of god. we honour him. we follow his example. there's been much discussion

about the failings of pope benedict, particularly in dealing with abuse perpetrators. but those here today were paying tribute to a man they felt was a great theologian, who devoted his life to the church. aleem maqbool, bbc news, at the vatican. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: back where it belongs. the looted egyptian treasure that's been returned to cairo. the most ambitious financial and political change ever attempted has got under way with the introduction of the euro. tomorrow in holland, we're going to use money we picked up in belgium today and then, we'll be in france and again, it'll be the same money. it's just got to be the way to go. crowd yelling george harrison,

the former beatle, is recovering in hospital after being stabbed at his oxfordshire home. a 33—year—old man from liverpool is being interviewed by police on suspicion of attempted murder. i think it was good. just good? no, fantastic. big ben bongs this is bbc world news, the latest headlines. russia says 63 of its soldiers died in a ukrainian attack in donetsk — the biggest death toll acknowledged by moscow

for a single incident in the war. but ukraine says the strike killed hundreds of russian soldiers. and thousands continue to queue to see pele lying in state in santos, ahead of his funeral on tuesday. the eu has announced it has launched "an urgent procedure" to strip two meps of immunity, amid a corruption scandal. the scandal has rocked the european parliament, after several people were arrested last month. prosecutors say they've found more than 1.5 million euros in cash, stashed in various properties, which had been given as bribes, allegedly by qatar. but the gulf state denies any wrongdoing. our news reporter azadeh moshiri joins us now. what does the scandal entail? watchdogs have called this one of the scandal to hit the european parliament in its history, what prosecutors say is that age individuals have allegedly been accepting bribes in exchange for political or economic influence within the

european parliament and that this has been apparently going on for several months, eu sources have said is qatar is behind all of this but they firmly deny any wrongdoing, they say in assumption of any wrong misconduct is gravely misunderstood. what's really interesting is the details of this case, they are astonishing, the fact bags of cash even a briefcase full of hundreds of thousands of euros in found in places like hotel rooms and a meps apartment, officials say a greek mep was caught red—handed suggesting she was found with bags of cash on here, even though she denies any wrongdoing as well she was one of the 14 elected vice presidents of the european parliament, that's how high this investigation goes, and she and several others were arrested this month and arrested this month and arrested —— charged with things

like money laundering. anti—corruption. like money laundering. anti-corruption.- like money laundering. anti-corruption. like money laundering. anti-corrution. ., ., anti-corruption. now some have been stripped — anti-corruption. now some have been stripped of _ anti-corruption. now some have been stripped of their _ anti-corruption. now some have been stripped of their duties? i been stripped of their duties? all meps allow them some fear of immunity without fear of political persecution but as one spokesperson put it this is to allow parliament to work not allow them to break the law, so there are proceedings that are confidential and by these two meps aren't named and during these proceedings they can present evidence and defend themselves, doesn't really help themselves, doesn't really help the greek mep who is already arrested and in pre—trial detention. the european parliamentary president she says she wants all of this concluded in ten days and the need for urgency is clear because as she said the idea of an open, free democracy has taken a big hit but trust in the european union, the trust placed by the public and meps

watching these proceedings very closely. watching these proceedings very closel . ., ~ watching these proceedings very closel. ., ,, watching these proceedings very closel . ., ,, ., closely. thank you for the update — let's get some of the day's other news. year ahead for the global economy. it notes that the united states, the european union and china are slowing down simultaneously, with china likely to be a drag on global growth for the first time in 40 years. a legend of women's tennis, martina navratilova, has been diagnosed with both throat and breast cancer, but says her prognosis is good. the 18—time grand slam singles champion, who's 66, will start treatment in new york, later this month. two of the four people who died, aftera mid—air collision, involving two helicopters in australia, were british. the accident happened near sea world, on the country's gold coast. queensland police say initial investigations suggest the crash happened as one helicopter was taking off and the other was landing.

two senegalese opposition mps have each been added six jail sentences, after they physically assaulted a pregnant colleague from the ruling party. fix, colleague from the ruling .a _ �* ., colleague from the ruling party. a warning, the following -ictures party. a warning, the following pictures show _ party. a warning, the following pictures show violence - party. a warning, the following pictures show violence that - party. a warning, the following j pictures show violence that you may find it distressing. the incident occurred during a budget row in parliament last month. the two were found guilty of slapping and kicking amy and dernier in the stomach. the incident was widely declaimed. detectives in northern ireland are investigating alleged abuse and unlawful adoptions, at institutions for unmarried mothers during the last century. so far, 80 people have made statements, some of which contain allegations that they were moved across the irish border illegally. our correspondent, chris page, has been hearing some of their stories. i was born to be neglected, neglected and that was by every authority figure that came into my life. the girls was something that had to be dealt with. they were a problem, and we were the embodiment of theirsin. for decades these

institutions across ireland were symbols of shame. becoming pregnant outside marriage was regarded as a moral disgrace. women and girls were often sent to do exhausting work in laundries. the legacy is generations of trauma. and i went to the wee school down behind it. up here creggan, st mary's chapel. i lived with a foster family about three streets away from there. marie's experience in londonderry in the 19605 shows how fostering was open to abuse. she says a woman went to a children's home and asked this. "there's a girl there and her wee brother, can i have them?" like we were buy one, get one free items. she was getting paid to look after us, but we were doing all the housework. and, mentally, she was torturing me. she would lock me in a coal shed and that.

when marie was 18, she became pregnant and was sent across the irish border to an institution in dublin. one moment stands out in her memory. when i was going to see my son after he was born and i was brought back into the home, the nun�*s telling me that i couldn't cuddle him and i couldn't kiss him, that he wasn't mine anymore. mark was one of the children born into the system. he was moved from northern ireland to the republic of ireland as a baby. he found out who his birth mother was after she died. kathleen maguire had been searching for mark, using the name she had given him. when kathleen would come looking for a paul anthony maguire, he didn't exist. my name was now mark mccollum. so this is the way the systems were set up to keep people apart. nobody would actually say, we are going to stop you, we are going to prevent you, but they put up so many barricades and brick walls,

almost to thwart you and to deter you, to make it as difficult so you would just go, i'm going to give up. the devolved government in belfast had commissioned an investigation, but a political crisis has put ministers out of power. one of the inquiry�*s designers is concerned by delays. i'm very disappointed at the slowness in the process. the actual taking of people from their birth mothers without any knowledge of where they were going, it is one of the greatest scandals of our time. officials say there has been significant progress and an inquiry panel will be recruited this month. survivors want answers and action from the church and state. you know, we need the momentum and their willingness to push this forward. if it's not going to come from stormont it has to come from westminster. what would you like the outcome of this whole process to be? accountability — that they put their hands up and they say, "yes, this should never have happened." marie arbuckle, ending that

report, from chris page. prince harry says the royal family has shown "absolutely no willingness to reconcile" with him and his wife meghan, in a new tv interview. the duke of sussex also spoke of his strained relationship with king charles and prince william, saying he wanted to "get his father back", and to "have his brother back". our royal correspondent, daniella relph reports. they are the first hints of what this book will offer. the trailers from itv and cbs in america, released ahead of the publication of spare, point to a bitter family fallout. it never needed to be this way. the leaking and the planting. i want a family, not an institution. they feel as if it is better to keep us as somehow as the villains. they have shown absolutely no willingness to reconcile. i'd like to get my father back, i would like to have my brother back. getting his father and his brother back won't be easy.

the royal family presented a united front without harry and meghan this christmas, but harry has repeated his claims that the family is an institution that didn't support him, with the media set against him. these new interviews have both been done by experienced journalists, and there is a sense that they may be more challenging. one of the criticisms that you have received is, ok, fine, you want to move to california and you want to step back from the institutional role — why be so public? you say you tried to do this privately. and every single time i've tried to do it privately, there have been briefings and leakings and plantings of stories against me and my wife. the family motto is "never complain, never explain," but it is just a motto. it is hard to see how these interviews will help a family reconciliation. prince harry has again voiced his anger, sadness and frustration, and buckingham palace has again made no comment. an assessment ofjust how damaging these new interviews

will be can be made when they are broadcast next weekend. daniela relph, bbc news. ago, has been returned to cairo. the so—called "green coffin" is nearly three metres long and dates back more than 2,000 years. it had recently been on display at a museum in texas. it's one of thousands of items recovered by the egyptian authorities. the bbc�*s tim allman reports. ancient, mysterious, and now finally back home. if the green coffin predates christ, a brightly painted wooden sarcophagus belonging to an egyptian priest. it's from the country's late dynastic period which spanned the seventh to the 4h century bc, its return a significant source of cultural and national pride. translation: recovering this sarcophagus and bringing it - back to the country is a new step in the success

of the foreign ministry to protect egypt's national heritage. it is a reflection of the spirit of cooperation between egypt and the united states. the green coffin has been on quite a journey. it was looted from the abu sir necropolis, north of cairo, in 2008. smuggled by a global art—trafficking network, its first destination was germany, then it was taken to the us, a collector loaning it to a museum in houston in 2013, and all those air miles have taken quite a toll. translation: a big part of | the sarcophagus unfortunately is in bad shape as a result of being smuggled illegally. we plan to take it to the egyptian museum to conduct something like first aid, some meticulous restoration. this is only one of nearly 30,000 smuggled artefacts recovered over the last ten years, and there are believed to be many more still out there. the green coffin is back home, but the hunt for egypt's stolen

treasure goes on. tim allman, bbc news. the former drummer of earth, wind and fire — fred white — has died at the age of 67. music. the american featured on some of the band's biggest hits in the 19705 and �*80s, including september, and boogie wonderland. in a statement, his brother and bandmate verdine white said he was "now drumming with the angels". a reminder of the top story, russia has made a rare acknowledgement that 60 soldiers were killed in an attack_ soldiers were killed in an attack by ukrainian forces. kyiv maintains the number runs into the hundreds. several russian politicians have said military commanders must be held to account for allowing troops to congregate in and

unprotected area. thank you watching. stay with us. more to come. hello. tuesday is going to be a wet and windy day, right across the uk. we will have had some clear skies and even a touch of frost earlier on in the night across northern and eastern areas of the country, but the rain—bearing clouds and this weather system is racing in our direction, you can see that clear gap here, the clearer skies earlier on, and, really, over the next 24 to 48 hours, and beyond, we will see very mild air spreading all the way from the azores, from the subtropics in fact, so temperatures could reach the mid—teens in the south of the country. so here's the forecast, then. by 3am, rain across western areas, still clear for a time, with a touch of frost further east, but a big temperature contrast across the uk, and then watch how that weather front, or actually multiple weatherfronts, spread across the country

through the morning, into the afternoon, temporarily some mountain snow there in scotland. it's not going to be raining all the time, i think the rain will come and go. in fact, there could even be a little bit of brightness to the east of the pennines for a time, but it won't last for very long. wales and northern ireland, a bit colder there, the other side of the weather front in northern scotland, and then more of the same through the course of tuesday evening and really quite blustery around coasts, 40, maybe even 50 miles an hour, and i think most of the rain will fall around south—western and western parts of scotland, perhaps central areas, as well, could be 50mm of rain here, perhaps some local disruption to transport. now, here's wednesday, we are still in the wake of that area of low pressure, a lot of isobars there, and wednesday really will be a very blustery day. here are the gusts in the morning, perhaps in excess of 50 miles an hour around some coastal areas, blustery inland, but, again, not raining all the time. on wednesday, we are forecasting sunshine and showers, but the showers will be moving swiftly on, because of that strong wind.

and look at the temperatures — 15 in london, my goodness, we are injanuary — ten degrees expected in glasgow, and then the rest of the week, just multiple weather systems barrel across the atlantic and head towards us, but it does look as though friday might actually bring some decent weather, sort of a gap in between the weather systems. but look how mild it is in the south, temperatures relatively mild in the north, as well. that's it from me. bye— bye.

this is bbc news. the headlines: russia has made a rare acknowledgement that 63 of its soldiers were killed in an attack by ukrainian forces. kyiv claims the numbers actually run into the hundreds. several russian politicians have said military commanders must be held to account for allowing troops to be concentrated in an unprotected area. thousands of brazilians have been filing past the coffin of the football legend pele, which is on display in the santos stadium where he scored many of his goals. president lula is expected to attend the wake on tuesday before the funeral procession. pele died on thursday aged 82. and the vatican says tens of thousands have already filed past the body of the pope emeritus, benedict the 16th,

on the first day of his lying—in—state.