this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak — with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. russia launches missile strikes across ukraine. one hit an apartment block in the city of dnipro — killing at least five people. clearing operations are ongoing and will continue throughout the night. how many people are still under the rubble is still unknown. iran has executed british—iranian dual national alireza akbari on charges of "spying for the uk" — which he'd denied. britain's prime minister calls it, a "callous and cowardly act". a further 5 classified documents have been found at the delaware home of us president, joe biden. and in the uk — a 7—year—old girl is in a critical condition in hospital, following a shooting in north london. three women were also injured.

we begin in ukraine — where russia has launched missile strikes across the country, hitting residential areas — as well as energy infrastructure — plunging much of ukraine under an emergency blackout. this is the scene in the city of dnipro, where at least 5 people were killed and dozens injured when an apartment building was struck on saturday. according to the regional governor, several children were amongst those hurt. rescue workers are still combing the rubble for survivors. ukraine's president zelensky spoke earlier. translation: in the city of dnipro, | a residential building was destroyed i as a result of this russian strike.

dozens of injured and traumatised people were rescued and are being treated. clearing operations are ongoing and will continue throughout the night. how many people are under the rubble is still unknown. unfortunately the list of the dead is growing every hour. our correspondent paul adams is in dnipro with the latest. this was one of the worst attacks here in dnipro in many months. we don't know what russia was aiming at or even exactly what caused the damage, but whatever it was, a russian missile or perhaps something intercepted overhead by ukrainian air defence, it tore into this apartment building, carving a great gaping hole. as you can see, rescue workers and volunteers worked frantically for hours, trying to find survivors, but as night fell, the official number of those killed or injured began to rise inexorably. sirens did sound several times during the afternoon here in dnipro. people were advised to go to their shelters but it's been

months since something like this happened here, so it's likely that plenty of people were in their apartments not underground. this all came on a day when russia once again launched attacks all over ukraine, clearly aimed at disabling the country's power grid. with a piece of the country's energy infrastructure not that far from here, it's possible that that and not the apartment block was the target of this strike. but it's been two weeks since the last wave of russian attacks on critical infrastructure and people here and in the west had started to wonder if russia might be running out of missiles or thinking of changing its strategy. it seems there were not quite so many missiles this time, perhaps less than a0. but it's clear tonight that russia has not changed its strategy and seems intent for now on causing maximum hardship for ukraine's civilians whenever and wherever it can.

as president zelensky appealed for more weapons to stop what he described as �*russian terrror�*, britain's prime minister confirmed that following a telephone call between the two leaders — the uk would be sending around a dozen �*challenger 2�* tanks to ukraine. rishi sunak said the move would "send the right signal", however, the russian embassy in london, criticised the decision saying it would drag out the confrontation. here's our defence correpondent, jonathan beale. britain is the first western nation to confirm it will provide ukraine with modern main battle tanks. the prime minister told president zelensky in a phone call. the british army's challenger 2 is more than 20 years old, but it was designed and built to go up against russian armour. and ukraine says it needs more tanks to break the deadlock in the war and go back on the offensive. the british army's challenger 2 will provide ukrainian

tank crews with more speed and accuracy and more protection than their own russian designed tanks. but the uk is only expected to send around a dozen challengers, when ukraine says it needs another 300 tanks. it hopes others will follow. germany's leopard tank is used by several european armies. some have signalled they are willing to supply them, but that still needs germany's approval. then there is the us made abrams. america has been ukraine's biggest military backer, but so far hasn't sent tanks. but does britain's decision signal a wider shift? the provision of this small number of tanks is not a game changer in terms of whether it is going to change the course of the fighting everywhere in ukraine. it is a game changer in that it symbolises how the west, including the uk, is stepping up to provide the sort of equipment ukraine has been asking for for over a year, in order to win its country

back on the battlefield. so far, in ukraine, tanks on their own have proven to be relatively easy targets, for drones and shoulder launched missiles. ukraine claims to have destroyed or damaged more than 1,000. but western military experts say tanks, combined with infantry, artillery and air support, will be essential to take back territory, with a shift from defence to offence. jonathan beale, bbc news. the us and the uk have condemned iran, after it executed a british—iranian citizen, accused of spying. washington says it's �*horrified' by the execution — whilst the british prime minister, rishi sunak, described the hanging of alireza akbari, as �*callous and cowardly�* — and that �*it would not go unpunished�*. the uk has imposed sanctions on iran�*s prosecutor general — accusing him of being at the heart

of iran�*s use of the death penalty. 0ur diplomatic correspondent, caroline hawley, reports. news of the execution came on state—run television early this morning, despite repeated last—minute appeals from the uk. alireza akbari is thought to have acquired british citizenship after investing here and to have lived in the country for several years. his brother told bbc persia he had been enticed back to iran by his former boss, under whom he once served as deputy defence minister. the government responded swiftly, the prime minister saying he was "appalled by a callous act carried out by a barbaric regime." and we have made it absolutely clear that the actions of the iranian regime has taken are completely unacceptable and that is why we have taken the response that we have done today. on thursday, state—run media aired a heavily edited video featuring alireza akbari in which he appears to confess to working for britain. he has told his family he was tortured into doing this.

for the past few months, iran has been cracking down on protests sparked by the death of a young woman in police custody, mahsa amini. in response, britain had already imposed sanctions, with plans to declare iran�*s powerful revolutionary guard corps a terrorist organisation. this could help explain the timing of the execution. mr akbari�*s nephew also sees it as part of an internal power struggle. it has been a difficult few days. the character that i knew, the person that was devoted to the country and the regime itself, the person i knew that was involved with the system from the very beginning of its foundation, would not contemplate to do anything that would jeopardise or harm either... ..the regime, nor the population. whatever the exact motive, the execution sends a chilling message and marks a dramatic new low in relations between britain and iran.

caroline hawley, bbc news. the white house has confirmed five additional pages of classified information were found at us presidentjoe biden�*s family home in delaware. his legal team acknowledged it had uncovered the documents relating to his time as vice president hours after a statement citing the discovery of one document in a storage area at his wilmington home. additional classified materials were identified at a former office used during 2020 presidential campaigning. an independent lawyer has been appointed to investigate. 0ur north america correspondent, david willis has more. as far as republicans are concerned, the gift that keeps on giving, it really is. and further revelations today of five additional documents found atjoe biden�*s delaware home, in addition to one that was discovered in the garage of that

home earlier in the week, in addition to the ten or so that were found at an office that the former vice president occupied when he was serving as vice president under barack 0bama. it�*s all terribly embarrassing. joe biden has said he wants to be open, that he has full respect for classified documents, but under the presidential records act, it is against the law for individuals who are not authorised to actually retain possession of these sorts of documents. these sorts of documents have to be referred to the national archives, that�*s the law. so president biden finds himself bogged down with questions about why they didn�*t declare the initial ten or so documents earlier. they date back, you may remember, to the 2nd of november last year, the day before the mid—term elections and to make life all the more embarrassing for the biden administration,

so it is, as i say, for republicans the gift thatjust keeps on giving. i know this is going to be a tricky one and i understand, but one of the things that has just popped into my mind is there are lots of gaps in this timeline, but do we know why they are searching for the documents in the first place? that�*s a very good question. i don�*t think they were so much searching for them as they stumbled upon them and then rather unfortunately, it made the error of instead of fessing up immediately, to keeping it under wraps for more than two months in actual fact, in regard to the first trove of documents. and such was the alarm, understandably, about that revelation that it prompted a search for other documents in places that joe biden is known to have inhabited, for example, that office building in washington, dc which used to be the headquarters of a think tank named after him. they found as i say about ten or so documents there, stashed away, locked in a cupboard,

would you believe? in a file just kind of lying around there. documents, which as i say, are state secrets in a way. we don�*t know exactly how classified, how important they actually are, but nonetheless the sort of documents that need to be part of the national archive. so a special counsel has been appointed to look into this under the view of the usjustice department. i might also add that special counsel has also been appointed to look into the trove of documents, more than 100 classified documents, that were retrieved from donald trump�*s mar—a—lago florida residence last august. the difference between these two cases that the white house has been cooperating at least with thejustice department in handing over the documents, once they came to light. that was not the case, of course, with the former president. climate activist greta thunberg hasjoined protesters in western germany protesting against plans to expand a coal mine.

energy company rwe wants to demolish a village it owns, luetzerath, so it can extend a huge, open—cast, lignite mine. the bbc�*s emer mccarthy reports. they came in their thousands, with a familiar face among the crowd. the fact that all of you are here is a sign of hope. this is only a part of a much larger global climate movement, a movement for climate and social justice and racialjustice. luetzerath, what happens in luetzerath doesn�*t stay in luetzerath. germany as one of the biggest polluters in the world has an enormous responsibility. but scuffles quickly broke out with police clad in riot gear wielding batons on demonstrators. the village of luetzerath is set to disappear to make way for the extension of an adjacent

coal mine owned by energy firm rwe. coal is the single biggest contributor to climate change. the protesters�* battle has been a long one. with demonstrators occupying the hamlet for almost two years. but it has recently intensified with the german government arguing that coal is needed in the short term to replace lost energy supplies from russia. because we want to have sanctions effective enough that leads us to foregoing gas and oil supplies from russia. we need to replace that. and how to replace it if not by coal? unfortunately, the kind of coal germany mostly has is lignite. which is the most polluting of all the kind of coals that you have. germany�*s economy minister has called luetzerath the final frontier and says it is the last place that ground coal will be made in germany. but for some that

are still not enough. the carbon is still in the ground, we are still here. luetzerath is still there. and as long as the carbon is in the ground, the struggle is not over. emer mccarthy, bbc news. thousands of israelis have gathered in tel aviv to protest against plans by the new right—wing coalition government to overhaul the judiciary. the change would give ministers control over the appointment ofjudges and limit the high court�*s ability to stop legislation it considers unconstitutional. rallies are also being held injerusalem and haifa, and the former israeli prime minister, ehud barak, is expected to attend. a seven—year—old girl is in a life—threatening condition after a shooting close to a church in north london, which left three other women injured. the three women —

aged between 41 and 5a — were taken to hospital following the incident, which happened during a funeral in the euston area on saturday afternoon. police say one woman has potentially life—changing injuries. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here�*s 0lly foster. hello and thanks forjoining us. there are some fascinating derby games in the english premier league this weekend and attention was on old trafford first on saturday with manchester united hosting manchester city. a dramatic afternoon unfolded with city, aiming to reduce arsenal�*s lead at the top of the table, and they scored first. but united drew level with a contentious goal from bruno fernandes before marcus rashford gave united a 2—1 win. i thought that i went to bed early, so ijust didn�*t run. you know, if i would have run for the ball, i would have just taken it and try to score or tried to pass to bruno, but i thought i was offside, so it stopped, i didn�*t touch the ball.

so yeah, that is all i could do in that situation, really, it is up to the referees and the linesmen and how they see it, but yes, you know, from my point of view i wasn�*t involved in the play. if i wanted to be involved with the play, then i could have easily taken the ball. so yeah, ifeel like it should have stood. it was a frustrating afternoon for everton and their fans with banners displayed in protest against the club�*s owners after they were defeated 2—1 by southampton. james ward prowse scored twice as the saints came from behind to beat everton who are in 19th place. protestors against the board made their feelings clear and the board was not at the match after being advised to stay away, following what the club described as "a real and credible threat to their safety and security". the off field noise is there and

things we can control is to prepare right and do the right thing and not be beaten in the game. home right and do the right thing and not be beaten in the game.— right and do the right thing and not be beaten in the game. none of the board were — be beaten in the game. none of the board were here _ be beaten in the game. none of the board were here today _ be beaten in the game. none of the board were here today because - be beaten in the game. none of the board were here today because of. board were here today because of safety concerns. what was your reaction to that news? i safety concerns. what was your reaction to that news?- safety concerns. what was your reaction to that news? i spoke about it before the — reaction to that news? i spoke about it before the game. _ reaction to that news? i spoke about it before the game. it's _ reaction to that news? i spoke about it before the game. it's a _ reaction to that news? i spoke about it before the game. it's a difficult - it before the game. it�*s a difficult period. there is so much passion at this club, everybody here wants the best for the club and over the years, we have come in this direction and were in a relegation battle with this year, that�*s as much as i need to say tonight. jurgen klopp admitted he couldn�*t "remember a worse game" during his career after liverpool were beaten 3—0 by brighton who move into seventh place, above their opponents in the table. two from solly march and a late danny welbeck goal gave brighton the three points. nottingham forest continue their impressive form. brennanjohnson scored both goals in their win against leicester. wolves are out of the bottom three after beating west ham who drop into the relegation zone and brentford beat bournemouth 2—0.

andy murray says he is ready to make a statement in the men�*s draw of the australian open. a three time grand slam winner, he�*s been runner up five times in melbourne and has a particularly tricky first round match against the 2021 wimbledon finalist and world number 1a matteo berrettini. my movement and stuff was significantly better than what it would have been at this stage last year, so... you know, when i move well, i tend to play well and that is really important for me. and that it�*s probably been the thing i have been happiest about since i got here. that�*s all the sport for now. a funeral mass has been taking place in the vatican for cardinal george pell, who died of heart failure after hip surgery this week, at the age of 81. cardinal pell was jailed in his native australia on child abuse charges in 2019

but the convictions were quashed the following year. preparations for his funeral were overshadowed by the revelation that he was the author of a previously anonymous memo that described the leadership of pope francis as a catastrophe. earlier we spoke to 9 news australia�*s europe correspondent brett mcleod — who gave us his assessment of the service. in many ways, it was just the standard service for a cardinal, as was carried out in previous times when cardinals have been farewelled, but of course there was one major difference. no other cardinal has ever been convicted of child sex abuse charges. of course, as you mentioned, those were overturned, but it was mentioned in the homily by the dean of the college of cardinals. he saw it as completely unfair and unjust, he called it "the persecution of cardinal pell," saying that "he bore it with great reverence and showed great strength" in how he bore his time in prison,

about 1k months. it was notable as well that the pope did arrive at the end in a wheelchair, again looking frail, but he stood to deliver the final word to send off george pell and it was here quite a different scene to what we are seeing in australia. he had george pell lionised and of course for many church sex abuse survivors in australia, he is demonised. it is yet to be determined when there will be the repatriation of george pell�*s body. there will be another funeral mass to be held at st mary�*s cathedral in sydney. the latest we are hearing from those organising it say it will probably take place in february. there are those who speak very highly of george pell for his efforts to reform finances here at the vatican, as well as send the church, in many ways, what some people saw as backwards when it comes to the issues such as the ordination of women, issues such as homosexuality, and there are those who are survivors of church sexual abuse who say that he deliberately turned a blind eye, was involved

in moving around priests and ignoring evidence presented to him directly that priests were abusing children. and that as well was the finding of the royal commission into institutional sexual abuse. so for many people, news of his death has actually triggered deep feelings of anger at their own treatment by the catholic church. new research suggests hormone replacement therapy — which helps control menopause symptoms — could reduce the risk of alzheimer�*s in women. the study found hrt was linked to improved memory and cognitive function in the 25% of women who carry a particular gene linked to alzheimers. simonjones reports. hrt, taken to help control symptoms of the menopause. but could the therapy also have another benefit? that�*s what researchers at the university of east anglia are suggesting. they looked at the results of cognitive tests and brain volumes recorded by mri scans and concluded that the use of hrt is associated

with better memory and larger brain volumes among women carrying the apoe4 gene. about a quarter of women in the uk are thought to have the gene, which is considered a risk factor for developing alzheimer�*s. these were associations, and they were done in an observational setting in around 1,200 people, so a relatively small sample size. but they give us great confidence now to say that this is a real effect and to go on and do the confirmatory randomised control trial which we�*re planning at the moment. this was an observational study, rather than a clinical trial, and it didn�*t look at dementia cases but cognitive performance. the researchers say it is too early to say for sure that hrt reduces the dementia risk in women, and one charity told me caution is needed. what do you make of this research? the results of the study are extremely encouraging but are the first step for further research. indeed, the study is quite limited

in number, and we need bigger and larger studies with a higher number of women enrolled in the study, a proper clinical randomised trial that is looking at the effect of hrt on a wider population. and more research seems inevitable, given the clamour for treatment for dementia. simon jones, bbc news. motor industry analysts are predicting a price war in the electric car market, after tesla cut the price of some its vehicles on friday. the company to boost demand by reducing prices by up to 20%. however, thousands of existing tesla owners have complained that the price cut has damaged the value of their cars. our business correspondent, marc ashdown, has the details. tesla has had a difficult year, from a stock market slide to trouble sourcing vital parts. now the electric car giant is taking drastic action, slashing prices

in a bid to woo customers. take the model 3 and the model y, tesla�*s bestsellers in the uk. a model 3 will cost you £43,000, a model y £45,000. a lot of money, but that is a price reduction of £5,500 and £7,000, compared to last year�*s prices. good news, then, for would—be customers. frustrating, though, perhaps, for the 16,000 or so motorists who bought one of these models in december. tesla has been hit by the global energy crisis and post—pandemic issues with its supply chain. after the company�*s rapid rise in recent years, some see this move as a change in tactics. tesla have always been seen as quite a premium brand. these are expensive cars, despite their popularity, and i think this is going to send some shock waves right across the industry because what this signals is that they do want to become more mainstream. similar price cuts in china led to protests from angry drivers. the uk electric car market

is growing every year and some feel that reducing prices could boost it further. we are heading towards a bit of a price war in the electric car market. tesla have taken the first step, they have made a bold move by cutting the price of those cars. other traditional manufacturers are going to have to try and make steps to keep up with them and cut their prices as well. despite lingering reservations about the uk�*s charging infrastructure, one in five new car sales last year was electric. the race is on to convince more motorists to switch. marc ashdown, bbc news. hello. 0ur forecasts are very much being about the rain so far this january. we�*re not even halfway through the month and some spots have already seen close to a month and a half�*s worth of rainfall. cardiff, for example. in the days ahead, though, it will be relatively dry, but it�*s going to turn much colder.

things have already started to become chillier across the uk through saturday as we�*ve started to pick up a northwesterly airstream. late sunday into monday though, into a direct northerly airstream and arctic air, we all go. we still don�*t have a lot of water lying about and numerous flood warnings in place. so do keep up to date with those on our website. but instead of rain, it�*s going to be looking out for snow, i suspect in the days ahead. that will be our major forecasting headache. we�*re going to have this little weather system drifting its way south overnight, the centre of our low pressure up here to the northeast, quite windy around that low gales for the south west of scotland, to the north of northern ireland, wintry showers feeding in to scotland, maybe even down to lower levels. and out of this system, perhaps a little bit of snow across snowdonia for the lake district, perhaps across the pennines, but generally still with the strength of the wind, it�*s not quite cold enough for us to see a widespread frost across england and wales. so it�*ll mostly be showers of rain we see on that little weather system as it trickles its way south

through sunday morning and tends to fade out actually. so i think quite a lot of sunshine to come across england and wales away from western coasts through the day on sunday. some more snow showers for the far north west of scotland. a chillier day for all. the winds actually ease back through the day, but highs, sixes and sevens to the south of the uk, some parts of scotland away from the coast, temperatures will not get above freezing. and then overnight sunday into monday, you can see a weather system there rolling through close to the south coast. the cold air at this stage is digging its way south. as the two come together, there is uncertainty where we may see perhaps something a little bit more significant in the way of snow for first thing on monday, perhaps across the downs, the weald of kent. please stay tuned because we will be able to pin that down closer to the time. same story though, monday night into tuesday, that big low up there to the northeast. but these little features running around to the bottom of it, making it very difficult to pinpoint exactly where we could see wintry weather in terms of the timing in our forecast,

but colder certainly for all this week.

this is bbc news. i�*m lukwesa burak. the headlines. russia launches missile strikes across ukraine. 0ne hit an apartment block, in the city of dnipro — killing at least five people. president zelensky reiterates calls for more weapons as the uk makes a commitment to send tanks.