this is bbc news. i'm anjana gadgil. our top stories: russia launches missile strikes across ukraine with one in the city of dnipro killing at least 12 people in an apartment block. a further five classified documents have been found at the delaware home of us presidentjoe biden. four women and two girls have been injured after a drive—by shooting near a church in central london. china reports 60,000 covid—related deaths in just over a month. greta thunberg joins demonstrators in western germany to rally against a new coal mine. carbon are still here. the

village is still there. and as long as the carbon is in the ground, this struggle is not over. russia has launched missile strikes across ukraine, hitting residential areas as well as energy infrastructure, plunging much of the country into an emergency blackout. at least 12 people were killed and dozens injured when an apartment building was struck on saturday in dnipro. according to the regional governor, several children were among those hurt. rescue workers are still combing the rubble for survivors. 0ur 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 farfrom 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. president zelensky has called on other allies to follow britain's lead, and provide more weaponry to his forces. the uk is to send around a dozen challenger—2 tanks. downing street says rishi sunak has asked the britain's foreign and defence secretaries to lobby allies to do more. 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 white house has confirmed five additional pages of classified information have been 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, just hours after a statement on thursday about the discovery of one document in a storage area at his wilmington home. additional classified materials were identified at a former office used during the 2020 presidential campaign. an independent lawyer has been appointed to investigate. 0ur north america correspondent, david willis, told me howjoe biden�*s political opponents have reacted. if you're a democrat, or you're in the white house at the moment, this drip—drip of allegations isjust embarrassing. the gift that keeps on giving, though, for republicans, it has to be said, and they've seized on this, as you can imagine. the white house is trying to draw a distinction, between the documents that were found in mar—a—lago, for example, and those that were discovered atjoe biden�*s residence and former office.

they're saying that president biden has voluntarily handed over all these classified documents and has sought to cooperate fully with government investigators, as distinct from donald trump's behaviour. and he had to basically be coerced into parting with hundreds of classified documents that were found in a raid by the fbi on his florida residence, mar—a—lago. but as i say, it is this drip—drip that keeps coming up and keeps embarrassing president biden. it's preoccupied his agenda over the course of the last week, certainly as far as the media is concerned here. the presidential records act maintains that e—mails, documents, letters and all sorts of things relating to a presidential run in office should be handed over to the national archives and be stored for the public�*s use in the future. you this is not something that can be taken away and basically kept in storage facilities

or in cars or in residences when people leave office. will so there is currently a special investigator looking into the behaviour both of donald trump, in this regard, and that ofjoe biden. we can now speak to aruna viswanatha who's a senior reporter in the wall streetjournal�*s washington bureau covering national security, the fbi and the justice department. we heard david willis call it embarrassing forjoe biden. haw embarrassing forjoe biden. how embarrassing — embarrassing forjoe biden. how embarrassing do _ embarrassing forjoe biden. how embarrassing do you think this is considering he has already criticised donald trump many times for his involvement in similar matters?— similar matters? that is definitely _ similar matters? that is definitely the _ similar matters? that is definitely the key - similar matters? that is definitely the key thing | similar matters? that is - definitely the key thing here. you have the president criticising donald trump extensively last year when after the fbi had to search ma

largo and carting away boxes. you heard the president say how could you be so careless. you have to be very careful with classified information. everyone knows i take it very seriously and then in this past week you saw this drip drip of embarrassing disclosures from the president and it turns out that, hey, he happened to have a similar situation on his hands where he had classified information that he did not realise was there, stored away in his closet and garage. so joe in his closet and garage. so joe biden himself appears to be playing it down saying it was in a car in a locked garage but how serious could this be for the president?— how serious could this be for the president? that remains to be seen. from _ the president? that remains to be seen. from what _ the president? that remains to be seen. from what we - the president? that remains to be seen. from what we know. be seen. from what we know right now it seems like we're talking of a universe of 10—20 documents, briefing papers that had may become at the end of his time as vice president and as he is doing a number of

foreign troops before he left office and some of these things may have inadvertently gotten suffered — in carted away. but if it turns out that these were more serious pieces of information that were removed for specific reasons that do not have to do with just making an innocent mistake than this could turn into a much bigger deal. we will see what ends up coming out in the coming weeks if there is any more documents that are found and what some of his aides and up telling the special counsel about how all these documents ended up there. what is your understanding as to what the investigation will consist of now?— consist of now? the council will be looking _ consist of now? the council will be looking at _ consist of now? the council will be looking at exactly i consist of now? the council i will be looking at exactly what documents ended up in which residences and officers, trying to establish how they got there, who had access to them, who may have seen them that

shouldn't have and then will make determinations about if anyone did something that they should not have done. 0r anyone did something that they should not have done. or if they were just mistakes. they were 'ust mistakes. thank ou ve they were just mistakes. thank you very much _ they were just mistakes. thank you very much for _ they were just mistakes. thank you very much for talking - they were just mistakes. thank you very much for talking to . you very much for talking to us. you must be busy right now so we appreciate your time. four women and two girls have been injured after a drive—by shooting near a church in central london. one of the girls, who's seven years old, has life—threatening injuries. the victims had been attending a memorial mass near euston station when the attack happened. laura trant reports from the scene. this afternoon, during what should have been a peaceful memorial service, six people were injured after gunshots were fired outside a church near euston station. a seven—year—old girl is said to be in a life—threatening condition in hospital. a 12—year—old girl was hurt, along with four women aged 21, 41, 48 and 54. the 48—year—old may have life—changing injuries.

the condition of the 21—year—old is not known. the mayor of london, sadiq khan, described the shooting as "deeply distressing". the labour leader, keir starmer, who is the mp for holborn & st pancras, has condemned the attack and says his thoughts are with the victims. it happened here, outside st aloysius church, just before police responded to reports that shots had been fired from a moving vehicle, which was then driven away. london ambulance service and the air ambulance were also called to the scene. there is a significant police presence here tonight. an investigation is under way and police are appealing for any information. laura trant, bbc news. china has reported 60,000 covid—related deaths in just over a month, the first major death toll released since the country stopped its zero—covid policy. the country has been widely accused of underreporting coronavirus deaths, despite evidence of hospitals and crematoriums being overrun. most of those who died

were over 80, with most having underlying conditions. joining me now live from beijing is victor gao, vice president of the center for china and globalization. thank you very much forjoining the go the zero covid policy was ended. are you surprised with' so many deaths in a short period of time? i with' so many deaths in a short period of time?— period of time? i am traumatised - period of time? i am traumatised and - period of time? i am traumatised and i i period of time? i am - traumatised and i consider period of time? i am _ traumatised and i consider this a great tragedy. china right now is in a major transition from the pandemic zero covid policy which china practised for three years with spectacular success in terms of minimising death and infection to a new paradigms of living with covid just like the rest of the world. in this sense we are passing through a wall of

fire with much uncertainty and high risk and huge costs and the numbers of deaths for the past 3a days or so is really a huge cost. it is a tragedy. 0n the other hand it is not surprising because even though the numbers themselves are huge and each death is a tragedy and i mourn each and all of these deaths, when you live with covid like the united states or britain or any other country in the world have been doing for the world have been doing for the past three years, you have to bear the cost and deaths will very much be in that process. ijust hope we will be able to pass the wall of fire as soon as possible with a minimum amount of death. i think we are already past the worst stage because a huge number of people have already been infected and a collective immunity is being developed in china so going forward while

there will still be infections and deaths, unfortunately, the worst, most likely, is behind us. but going forward you have chinese new year around the corner which is the time when traditionally chinese families trouble, they mingle. surely infection rates will increase during that period? yes. the chinese spring festival is coming and normally you are talking about 2 billion people or 3 billion people travelling throughout china from all corners of china to the other side. and this is a cause for real concern. however, ithink the chinese people after the first wave of infections and large number of deaths have become much more aware of the need to constantly wear a mask, even at home, for example, and also be prepared with medicine or drugs and keep them at hand

in case something happens. and then, i would say, the hospitals and clinics around the country today are much better prepared than in december because the change of policy really came with abruptness and many of the hospitals were not fully prepared for a complete reversal of the policy and i would say, based on my personal observations, the society at large and hospitals and everyone in china a much better prepared to handle further surges and hopefully we will go through this massive migration of people in china around the spring festival better.- spring festival better. thank ou ve spring festival better. thank you very much _ spring festival better. thank you very much for _ spring festival better. thank you very much for your- spring festival better. thank| you very much for your time. this is bbc news. the headlines — russia launches missile strikes across ukraine. 0ne hit an apartment block in the city of dnipro, killing at least five people. a further five classified

documents have been found at the delaware home of us president, joe biden. the climate activist greta thunberg has joined demonstrators in western germany, protesting against plans to expand a coal mine. energy company rwe wants to demolish the abandoned luetzerath village — which it owns — so that it can extend a huge open—cast coal 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 socialjustice and racial justice. luetzerath. what happens in luetzerath doesn't stay in luetzerath. cheering and applause 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 the 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? and 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. —— the last place that ground coal will be mined in germany. but for some, that is still not enough. because it 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. now to a tourist attraction that's been luring in thousands of visitors in adelaide, australia, despite making those that see it feel a little queasy. the endangered titan arum or �*corpse plant�* hasjust bloomed for the first time in years but has a smell that's been likened to dead rats. for more, we can speak now to matt coulter, horticulture curator at the adelaide botanic gardens and expert in the plant.

sorry, matt, thank you for joining us. why are people queueing for hours to smell something that makes them physically feel sick. my pleasure. _ physically feel sick. my pleasure, yeah, - physically feel sick. my pleasure, yeah, it's- physically feel sick. ij�*i pleasure, yeah, it's an interesting concept, isn't it, but every time we show one of these flowers it really brings these flowers it really brings the crowds in and have had cases where people have been lined up for 2.5 hours to see it and to smell it it's an amazing plant but it's quite interesting that people want to actually come and smell something that is quite vile. so how smell like a full strong is the smell and how far away can you smell it? it is the smell and how far away can you smell it?— can you smell it? it only smells _ can you smell it? it only smells for— can you smell it? it only smells for two _ can you smell it? it only smells for two days - can you smell it? it only smells for two days and | can you smell it? it only. smells for two days and it starts when it is at its strongest and the interesting thing about the smell is it actually pulses so it's not just the smell around the flower, it pushes it away from the flow as far as possible so as people were lining up to see the flour, they can smell it probably 100m away but you can smell it outside probably more than inside so it's quite remarkable actually how it pushes away from the flour. we

are seeing _ pushes away from the flour. we are seeing some brilliant pictures of the flour and the queues of people going past it. what is the purpose of its odour? �* , . what is the purpose of its odour? �*, ., ., odour? it's all about pollination. - odour? it's all about pollination. this - odour? it's all about. pollination. this plant odour? it's all about - pollination. this plant has ten years to bring it into flour and it has one night it can get pollinators in the wild, the flour cannot pollinate itself so it needs to engage an insect to bring the pollen to it so an insect may be a two—day old flour, get covered in pollen and thinks it will lay its eggs on a rotten bit of meat so it brings the pollen to it and as it is going through the flour looking for somewhere to lay its exit deposits the pollen so its exit deposits the pollen so it only has one night but it can get pollinated and if it doesn't get pollinated at 90 could be five years' time. crikey, that's a very long wait. so i imagine with those sorts of odd that could be quite a rare plant? it’s quite a rare plant? it's actually _ quite a rare plant? it's actually endangered . quite a rare plant? it�*s actually endangered in the wild. it occurs in sumatra, the indonesian island, where it is

endemic and since 2018 it has been on the red list of endangered species, listed as an endangered species, and previous to that it was classified as vulnerable so in that short time frame with been propagating and cultivating it has gone up a notch to endangered in the wild. to see one of these in the wild is a rare event. many botanic gardens around the world, one of our aims is to conserve species but to show public what a remarkable plant it is. so species but to show public what a remarkable plant it is. 50 it a remarkable plant it is. so it is not native _ a remarkable plant it is. so it is not native to _ a remarkable plant it is. so it is not native to australia - is not native to australia but is not native to australia but is it now growing in australia? yeah, so it's only native to sumatra, the only place in the world but it occurs naturally, and we are conserving it in our collections here. back in 20 maika 40,006 collections here. back in 20 maika 110,006 we terminated three seeds that we received and from that we have been able to flour at 11 times cavort back into thousand six, we germinated. we set up a propagation trial to see if we could propagated via leaf

cuttings and this is the first time we have done that we started ten years ago. so you can propagated _ started ten years ago. so you can propagated by _ started ten years ago. so you can propagated by leaf- started ten years ago. so you i can propagated by leaf cuttings and therefore amateur gardeners could maybe grow one in their back garden? it’s could maybe grow one in their back garden?— back garden? it's not an easy lant to back garden? it's not an easy plant to cultivate, _ back garden? it's not an easy plant to cultivate, it - back garden? it's not an easy plant to cultivate, it needs i back garden? it's not an easy plant to cultivate, it needs to have the warm tropical environment so even here in south australia you wouldn't be able to grow them outdoors so we grow them in a climate controlled glasshouse. crosstalk.— controlled glasshouse. crosstalk. ., , ., crosstalk. constant temperature throu . h the crosstalk. constant temperature through the year— crosstalk. constant temperature through the year so _ crosstalk. constant temperature through the year so if— crosstalk. constant temperature through the year so if someone - through the year so if someone in england had a conservatory, it's possible to grow one for sure. it's possible to grow one for sure, ., ., , . it's possible to grow one for sure. ., .,, . a, it's possible to grow one for sure. ., . ., ., sure. fantastic. matt colto, thank you — sure. fantastic. matt colto, thank you very _ sure. fantastic. matt colto, thank you very much - sure. fantastic. matt colto, thank you very much and i thank you very much and brilliant if someone could achieve one here in the uk. —— matt coulter. thank you, all the best. my pleasure. goodbye. some single—use plastics will be banned in england from october as part of government plans to tackle plastic pollution. sean dilley reports. quick, convenient and no washing up. but from october, the government says it plans to ban restaurants and cafes in england from using some single—use plastics

and polystyrenes. we've got a whole raft of measures on waste trying to reduce waste in this country and this new ban that we're announcing today is just one of a whole raft of measures to really tackle this issue. in 2020, single—use plastic straws, cotton buds and stirrers were banned for sale and distribution. it's estimated that england uses 2.7 billion items of single—use cutlery each year. the majority are plastic. in 2020, plastic cutlery made it into the top 15 most littered items. england, though, is playing catch up with other uk nations. wales approved similar measures last month — those come into effect later this year — and scotland introduced a similar ban lastjune. takeaway owners are concerned that new rules could add to their costs when bills are already high. campaigners welcome any move that reduces our carbon footprint and reduces harmful greenhouse gases. but for some, the government's

plans don't go far enough. we're second only to the us in how much plastic waste is produced per person. that means we're the second biggest producers of plastic waste in the world. so, we really need transformative change to happen. we need the government to be showing real ambition and taking the lead. we're actually looking for a 50% reduction in single—use packaging, which would lead to the kind of change we need to see. the proposed ban in england only applies to cafes and restaurants, and not to single—use plastic packaging for food and drinks sold in supermarkets. the government says it's working on separate plans for these retailers to cover disposal costs from 202a. sean dilley, bbc news. you are watching bbc news. there is more on all of these stories on our website and on the bbc news app. you can reach me on twitter. i'm @anjanagadgil.

hello, there. there are still lots of flood warnings on rivers in england at the moment, but there's not much rain in the forecast. instead, it's going to be different sorts of hazards that will trouble us in the next few days because the wind direction is changing and we're drawing down colder air from the north and that colder weather is arriving in scotland, hence some icy patches early on sunday morning. even though it's windy, temperatures elsewhere won't be far away from freezing. the colder weather is following this band of what is mostly rain that trundles its way southwards and tends to peter out. following that from the north, we'll get some sunshine. more snow showers in northern scotland. keep some showers in wales, in the south—west. and more damp weather will push back into northern ireland during the afternoon. now, the winds will gradually

ease down, so it will become much less windy, but it's going to be a colder day on sunday with temperatures of 5—8 degrees and overnight, we could see that wetter weather moving away from northern ireland, hitting the colder air in southern scotland and northern england to bring some snow for a while, especially over the hills. there's even the risk of some rain, sleet and snow running along the south coast of england into the far south by the end of the night. it will be a cold night. colder more widely. temperatures in northern scotland could be down to minus ten and there'll be some icy conditions as well. but things do tend to dry off across northern england. any wet weather in the south—east moves away and for most places, it'll be dry with plenty of sunshine. —— of sunshine on monday. more snow showers in the north—west of scotland, perhaps the north of northern ireland, the odd shower in the far south—west of england but otherwise, plenty of sunshine around and temperatures struggling to 2—4 degrees. it's going to be a cold day — not terribly windy, mind you. still in that cold air

from monday and into tuesday. we're looking at more weather systems just sliding into the south—west, developing into an area of low pressure. looks like most of that wet weather will actually be in the english channel, which is good news because if it's a bit further north, there'll be the risk of some snow in southern england. we've still got some snow showers in the north—west of scotland, perhaps affecting northern ireland. large parts of the uk will be dry and sunny but again, it is going to be cold — those temperatures typically two or three degrees after a widespread frost. and we're going to keep this cold weather for a few days into next week. the frost becoming widespread and severe across parts of scotland. there's also the risk of some ice and, for some of us, some snow.

this is bbc news, the headlines: russia has launched missile strikes across ukraine. 0ne hit an apartment block, in the city of dnipro — killing at least 12 people. a number of other cities, including kyiv, kharkiv and 0desa, were also hit. a further five classified documents have been found at the delaware home of us presidentjoe biden. a special counsel is investigating mr biden's handling of the files. in the uk — a seven—year—old girl is in a critical condition in hospital, following a shooting in central london. four women and a 12—year—old girl were also injured in the attack.