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. feeling betrayed — prince harry says buckingham palace failed to defend him and meghan before they stepped down as working royals. and back where it belongs — the looted egyptian treasure that's been returned to cairo.

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 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 gave us an update from kyiv and said this assault could impact the next stage of the war. 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. in his nightly video address, president volodymyr zelensky said russia's goal was to exhaust the ukrainian population. translation: we have information that russia | is planning a protracted attack using shahed drones, it is probably banking on exhaustion — exhausting our people, our anti—aircraft defences, our energy. but we have to do everything so the terrorists fail in their aim as all the others have failed. retired lieutenant general david deptula is dean of the mitchell institute of aerospace studies. he was the designer of the desert storm campaign in 1991 and commander of the air operations over afghanistan and iraq after 9/11. he's in washington. general, tell us a bit more about the himars, are you surprised about the damage they

were able to inflict? figs surprised about the damage they were able to inflict?— were able to inflict? as you alluded to _ were able to inflict? as you alluded to in _ were able to inflict? as you alluded to in your - were able to inflict? as you alluded to in your previousl alluded to in your previous segment, macro to stands for high mobility rocket system, a very accurate weapons system and can carry six guided multiple launch rocket, that have a range of about 90 kilometres and they have global positioning satellite aided guidance. currently ukraine has 20 of these systems, plus 80 more in production, which will be delivered later. they are very accurate. they are mobile, so after they shoot, they move relatively quickly, so that the counter battery fire radars the russians might use can't we target them. clearly, there was a very large explosion, and i think as has been reported, that in this garrison that was

attacked it was co— with ammunition storage that detonated because the ukrainian rocket attack and that caused destruction disproportionate to what the rockets alone could have achieved.— what the rockets alone could have achieved. russians have been criticised _ have achieved. russians have been criticised for _ have achieved. russians have been criticised for allowing i have achieved. russians have been criticised for allowing so many soldiers to be stationed near to their ammunition, many soldiers to be stationed nearto theirammunition, how near to their ammunition, how was nearto theirammunition, how was that allowed to happen? well, the russians have not evident the most insightful leadership to date, and itjust may simply be a lack of training, a lack of preparation, oran training, a lack of preparation, or an oversight, or the fact that the russians have been operating from sanctuary, they have been operating from the sanctuary of russia, so even while this particular garrison that was attacked was in occupied

ukraine, they might have become complacent, and allow their troops to be stationed right next to their ammunition storage. just briefly, how crucial do _ storage. just briefly, how crucial do you _ storage. just briefly, how crucial do you think - storage. just briefly, how crucial do you think us i crucial do you think us supplied military aid will be for ukraine? it’s for ukraine? it's extraordinarily l for ukraine? it's - extraordinarily critical, i would go one step further and tell you for ukraine to prevail these kind of precision attacks need to be replicated across the russian front, and that means ukraine needs to be provided modern fighter aircraft to be able to destroy russian troop concentrations, where ever they are located. i know there are concerns over escalation but we need to remember russia is the aggressor in this war and there is no reason they should be allowed sent very, and what modern airpower would do is give ukrainians the advantage they to move this fight you want a stalemate.- want a stalemate. retired lieutenant _ want a stalemate. retired lieutenant general - want a stalemate. retired lieutenant general david l lieutenant general david deptula.

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. many of those paying their respects are wearing the black and white colours of the club for which pele played for nearly two decades. 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 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 2a hours of a wake, the coffin will then be paraded through the city of santos, followed by a family burial later on tuesday. kevin baxter is a sports writer for the la times and interviewed pele on two occasions. hejoins me now. you have met pele, what made him as a footballer such a great man?— him as a footballer such a great man? him as a footballer such a ureat man? ., , ., great man? he transformed the name great man? he transformed the game there _ great man? he transformed the game there have _ great man? he transformed the game there have been - great man? he transformed the game there have been global. game there have been global superstars afterward but

has had the effect on transforming the game he did, we talked about the beautiful game, pele invented the beautiful game.- game, pele invented the beautiful game. you don't believe he _ beautiful game. you don't believe he was _ beautiful game. you don't believe he was the - beautiful game. you don't i believe he was the greatest footballer of all time? i4541431111 footballer of all time? well no, ou footballer of all time? well no. you have _ footballer of all time? well no, you have to _ footballer of all time? well no, you have to qualify - footballer of all time? well| no, you have to qualify that footballer of all time? .11 no, you have to qualify that in his time he was if he were to come back today the game has changed so much, he played with different balls and there were no red cards and yellow cards, we have lionel messi and maradona and rinaldo because of pele, he made all those guys possible he made the game improvisational and creative, he used to be a stodgy and boring game and pele changed it he invented the beautiful game, so if he were to come back today and play in his prime this game it would be a very good player but i don't know if he would be the best but the best we have today are because of pele and what he did changed the game. of pele and what he did changed the name. ., .,, .,,

of pele and what he did changed the name. ., ., .,, ., the game. how was he able to brina bring notjust brazil together but appealed to so many people around the world? his background, - around the world? his background, he - around the world? his background, he was i around the world? h 3 background, he was a man of the people and came from humble beginnings, nevertook for granted what he have used to use rolled up socks and fruit as a football ball when he was growing up, he played barefoot like a lot of brazilian kids, the opportunities football gave them he neverforgot we came from and that came across with a talking to a king or president or talking to a kid from a slum, it was the same guy, that's why people loved him and gravitated to him because he was such a humble, thankful type of player and person. thankful type of player and erson. ~ . y ., thankful type of player and erson. ~ . .,~ ., person. what did you make of him as a man _ person. what did you make of him as a man when _ person. what did you make of him as a man when you - him as a man when you interviewed him? if him as a man when you interviewed him? , ., ., interviewed him? if you told me i was talking _ interviewed him? if you told me i was talking to _ interviewed him? if you told me i was talking to the _ interviewed him? if you told me i was talking to the greatest - i was talking to the greatest football player of his generation i would not have believed you, he was just another guy, you could joke with him, you could makejokes about him, he was very humble and self—deprecating, just a

really, i've talked to a lot of great footballers, and today's generation is a little different, pele wasjust generation is a little different, pele was just a guy, a normal human being, and again i think that is a big part of his legacy, because people could relate to him as just another guy. could relate to him as 'ust another guy-i could relate to him as 'ust another guy. thank you, you must count _ another guy. thank you, you must count yourself - another guy. thank you, you must count yourself very - must count yourself very fortunate as having an opportunity to meet him. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: the painful search for answers by the children of unmarried mothers sent to controversial institutions in northern ireland in the 1960s. 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 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 tennis legend martina navratilova has revealed she's been diagnosed with throat and breast cancer. the 18—time singles grand slam champion says her prognosis is good as both cancers have been detected early. she will start treatment in new york later this month. let's now speak to nimi vashi, a lead scientist of therapeutics at epinoma — focused on cancer diagnostics and therapeutics. martina navratilova has said it is —— that these cancers were caught early, how important is that in her prognosis and treatment?— that in her prognosis and treatment? thank you for having me, she treatment? thank you for having me. she is _ treatment? thank you for having me, she is right, _ treatment? thank you for having me, she is right, cancer- treatment? thank you for having me, she is right, cancer is- me, she is right, cancer is always bad news but the good

part of her is how fast we captured, and it is not as though diagnosis for both cancers... it is very early, it is about two centimetres, the limp node —— lymph node, so it is very early, so that is great news because our bacon operate easily. what they will do is, they will go in surgically, so it can be stopped. and with 100% efficiency, so that is very good news. and even her breast cancer, although... i was in shock with this news earlier today, the stage of her breast cancer, there is no precise information on what stage it is, but she has had breast cancer before, and it is the same thing, it is also

non—invasive, the breast cancer is very localised in one region and it does not look like it has spread to the nearby regions. and the greatest problem with cancer is when its brands to the nearby region, when you catch it only you can kill it. so that is a good part about her diagnosis, and therefore it is not a cause of great concern, the doctors will be able to treat this. find great concern, the doctors will be able to treat this.— be able to treat this. and how important _ be able to treat this. and how important is _ be able to treat this. and how important is it _ be able to treat this. and how important is it that _ be able to treat this. and how important is it that somebody| important is it that somebody of her profile, known throughout the world, should talk about her disease and talk about her treatment so openly? very important actually. because when i started reading about her earlier diagnosis with cancer, and breast cancer and how she battled and how she herself was so cautious about discussing it, but then she found a lot of support and now she continues to support those groups, especially the women minority and immigrants who sufferfrom

minority and immigrants who suffer from diseases like this, i think it is extremely critical, because cancer is not just a journey where the patient goes through treatment and then you pop up in five days and it is ok, it journey with strong emotions and it is important for people to discuss this and we really see our heroes talk about it it gives strength to the rest of the people, so that if they or their loved ones get diagnosed early, it means there are supportive communities and people talking about it, and that leads to more funding for cancer which is very critical for us. ~ , , ., , cancer which is very critical forus. , , for us. absolutely, nimi vashi, lead scientist _ for us. absolutely, nimi vashi, lead scientist at _ for us. absolutely, nimi vashi, lead scientist at epinoma, - lead scientist at epinoma, thank you, and i know martina navratilova has said she is able to work through the australian open which is starting very soon, great news for us all. 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, and that was by every authority figure that came into my life. the girls were 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 nuns telling me that i couldn't cuddle him or 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 the 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 though it is better to keep us 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, 0k, 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's 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. some breaking news to bring you, the national league game between the buffalo bills in sincerity bengals has been postponed after a player collapsed on the field. the player was given cpr and taken from the field in an ambulance.

the bills say he is in a critical condition. we will bring you more as we have it. an ancient egyptian sarcophagus that was looted 15 years 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. 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 11th 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. the green coffin has 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.

thank you forjoining us, you're watching bbc news. 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 2a 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. temperatures widely into double figures across england, wales and northern ireland, a bit colder there, the other 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 acknowledgment 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 his former club's stadium. president lula is expected to attend the wake on tuesday before the funeral procession. pele died on thursday, aged 82, the tennis legend martina navratilova has revealed she's been diagnosed with throat and breast cancer.

the 18—time singles grand slam champion says her prognosis