this is bbc news, i'm anjana gadgil. 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 five people were killed and dozens injured when an apartment building was struck on saturday in the city of dnipro. according to the regional governor, several children were among those hurt. 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 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. china has admitted that there have been 60,000 covid—related deaths injust over a month — following the government's sudden decision to end strict pandemic controls. it's the first time beijing has acknowledged the scale of fatalities caused by the covid wave sweeping the country. for weeks it's reported just a handful of deaths a day. 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. 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. so there is currently a special

investigator looking into the behaviour both of donald trump, in this regard, and that ofjoe biden. you're watching bbc news. 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 houston 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. 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. police in brazil have arrested the former head of public security, anderson torres, over accusations that he colluded in the storming of government buildings in brasilia last sunday. prosecutors have also accused the former president, jair bolsonaro, of inciting crime by posting a video

questioning the legitimacy of last 0ctober�*s presidential election. sofia bettiza has the story. this is the moment when thousands of hard core jair bolsonaro supporters stormed brazil's congress. the supreme court and the presidential palace last week. and this was the man in charge of security for the capital, priscilla r. anderson torres is one of bolsonaro�*s key allies and served as justice minister in his cabinet. he was arrested as soon as he flew back to brazil from florida in the early hours of saturday morning. police raided his home on thursday and discovered a draft decree which they said appeared to be a proposal to interfere in the result of the october election which bolsonaro lost to lula.

translation:— which bolsonaro lost to lula. translation: .,. a translation: the document links a series of events _ translation: the document links a series of events that _ translation: the document links a series of events that begins - a series of events that begins on october 30, the day of the run—off election and ends on january eight. the document is a missing link between the succession of events showing that they were not isolated cases. ~ ., , cases. mr torres said the document _ cases. mr torres said the document was _ cases. mr torres said the document was taken - cases. mr torres said the document was taken out| cases. mr torres said the i document was taken out of context and he had no role in the riots. the arrest is the latest development in a week of turmoilfor brazil. more latest development in a week of turmoil for brazil. more than 1200 arrests have been made in connection with the riots and the former president bolsonaro himself is being investigated for inciting the riots. a claim which he denies. president lula said there was no precedent in the history of the country for the history of the country for the scenes in brasilia. he has

vowed to punish those responsible. let's now go live to sao paulo where we can speak to guilherme casaroes, a political scientist and professor at getulio vargas foundation university. how close are anderson torres and jair bolsonaro?— and jair bolsonaro? they were very close- — and jair bolsonaro? they were very close. torres _ and jair bolsonaro? they were very close. torres is _ and jair bolsonaro? they were very close. torres is the - very close. torres is the former head of security of the state of brasilia and former justin —— justice minister under the bolsonaro administration. some people claim yours one of the closest bolsonaro supported by the end of his term. and with the discovery that anderson torres keptin discovery that anderson torres kept in his house a blueprint of a coup, and attempted to clear a state of emergency after the results came out, thatis

after the results came out, that is the utmost evidence that is the utmost evidence that the minister and the president were working together to undermine and confused moccasin once and for all. does this change _ moccasin once and for all. does this change the _ moccasin once and for all. does this change the way _ moccasin once and for all. does this change the way the - moccasin once and for all. does this change the way the gyre i this change the way the gyre bolsonaro will be perceived across the country now that his formerjustice minister has been arrested? it definitely does and — been arrested? it definitely does and that _ been arrested? it definitely does and that is _ been arrested? it definitely does and that is one - been arrested? it definitely does and that is one of - been arrested? it definitely does and that is one of the | does and that is one of the reasons why members of the bolsonaro in a circle are very anxious and cautious with the imprisonment of anderson torres. if anyone who he tries to blame in these circumstances he may get directly to the former president of brazil. and thatis former president of brazil. and that is the reason why some of bolsonaro's closest allies have just flown to florida. reports say that the former vice president and influential pastors and his first son are

all gathered in miami, in the state of florida in the united states where they are discussing the future implications of the imprisonment of torres. i5 imprisonment of torres. is there a chance that bolsonaro himself could be arrested? i think there is. but i think that his imprisonment is not just a matter of having committed a plan but also a matter of timing. i say that because depending on how fast bolsonaro was put on trial and imprisoned in brazil if he comes back to the contrary, that may set the country on fire thanks to his radicalised supporters. i think that the lula administration will be cautious in how to deal with bolsonaro's legal status because if he is prematurely punished that may create a narrative of victimisation that has shielded bolsonaro

supporters. d0 has shielded bolsonaro su--orters. , ,, supporters. do supporters still consider him _ supporters. do supporters still consider him to _ supporters. do supporters still consider him to be _ supporters. do supporters still consider him to be the - consider him to be the president despite the election result? ~ .,, president despite the election result? m, ., president despite the election result? ~.,, ., ., president despite the election result? ~ ., ., ., result? most of them do and that is why — result? most of them do and that is why they _ result? most of them do and that is why they have - result? most of them do and l that is why they have stormed the main public buildings of the main public buildings of the country. the bottom line of all the terrorist or coup monger is attitudes that we have seen in brazil have to do with the fact that many bolsonaro supporters do not accept the election results and thatis accept the election results and that is the fundamental reason why they are not willing to concede. they have somehow been authorised by his long silence after the election in october. this is another part of it. even though bolsonaro was not directly involved in the sunday riots in brazil, he has been fostering this sort of behaviour for at least three years.

the nurses union in the uk says it will announce fresh strikes for february, if there's no progress in talks with the government by the end of this month. the royal college of nursing says the strikes would involve twice as many nurses, because they'll include all eligible members in england for the first time. it comes as ministers push for new legislation, requiring minimum levels of service on strike days. around 25 million residents in california are under a flood watch, as a new winter storm moves steadily southwards. the state authorities say at least seven waterways have flooded, and at least 30,000 people have been ordered to evacuate their homes, mainly in coastal parts of northern and central california. the governor of california, gavin newsom has warned that there's more bad weather to come and advised residents to be prepared. the reality that this is just the eighth of what we anticipate to be nine atmospheric rivers. i know the

point comes in any challenging time where people are fatigued and i am mindfulthat time where people are fatigued and i am mindful that people are fatigued about evacuation orders, fatigued by seeing signs saying d2. and fatigued generally. and they may be less prone to be influenced by some of that. ijust pray prone to be influenced by some of that. i just pray for all of us to maintain our vigilance and common sense over the course of the next 24—48 hours. david gomberg is a meteorologist with the national weather service in southern california and hejoins me now from 0xnard. we have seen a lot of rain, unprecedented amounts of rain. how much more do you expect? we are seeing a storm hitting southern california today and the main system has started to pushis the main system has started to push is that we still have lingering showers, rains and i was in the mountains for tonight. so the storm has been a fairly decent size, nothing compared to what we saw earlier in the week but then we also

have an additional storm after a little bit of a break in the activity during the day tomorrow and we will see more rain and mountain snow into monday night.— rain and mountain snow into monday night. what effect is that having _ monday night. what effect is that having on _ monday night. what effect is that having on people - monday night. what effect is that having on people who i that having on people who live there and the infrastructure in there and the infrastructure in the region? we there and the infrastructure in the region?— there and the infrastructure in the region? we saw quite a bit of destruction _ the region? we saw quite a bit of destruction earlier - the region? we saw quite a bit of destruction earlier in - the region? we saw quite a bit of destruction earlier in the . of destruction earlier in the week with the powerful atmospheric river storm. today the impact has been more minimal but because of all the damage and the very saturated soil, any additional rainfall like we're seeing today and with the upcoming storm tomorrow night into monday, it will present additional problems. we have seen some additional roadway flooding issues today. we've also had some road closures. especially up some road closures. especially up to the northern parts of our central coast and north and west of los angeles. and then also some different minor slide activity over the mountain and canyons. i

activity over the mountain and can ons. ,, activity over the mountain and can ons. , , ., activity over the mountain and can ons. ,, ., ., ~ , canyons. i guess what makes it so unique _ canyons. i guess what makes it so unique is — canyons. i guess what makes it so unique isjust _ canyons. i guess what makes it so unique isjust a _ canyons. i guess what makes it so unique isjust a fortnight - so unique is just a fortnight ago more than a third of california was in extreme drought. how serious is the drought. how serious is the drought situation now, considering you've had so much rain? , , ., ~ rain? definitely making some strides in the _ rain? definitely making some strides in the drought - rain? definitely making some strides in the drought but - rain? definitely making some strides in the drought but it's| strides in the drought but it's taken a long time to get into the severe drought so it's going to take a long time to get out of it as well. so this is a good start. we would need a series of more additional storms through the winter to really make a more significant impact in the drought. so really make a more significant impact in the drought.- impact in the drought. so the floodgates — impact in the drought. so the floodgates are _ impact in the drought. so the floodgates are being - impact in the drought. so the floodgates are being opened| impact in the drought. so the i floodgates are being opened for the first time in more than a decade. what effect should not have? ., ., , have? yeah, i mean definitely we saw very — have? yeah, i mean definitely we saw very significant - we saw very significant flooding for the region. should that have- _ flooding for the region. should that have. which _ flooding for the region. should that have. which of— flooding for the region. should that have. which of the - flooding for the region. should that have. which of the once i that have. which of the once every five — that have. which of the once every five to _ that have. which of the once every five to ten _ that have. which of the once every five to ten years - that have. which of the once every five to ten years in - every five to ten years in terms of significant flooding like this and even in some of our main rivers which is some microphone quite unusual. north—west of los angeles, the

river has significant flooding that did infrastructure damage to some of our major highways across and created some swift water rescues of people so it's a dangerous situation a few days ago but today's system is, the impacts are more at a moderate level.— the impacts are more at a moderate level. ,., , moderate level. david gomberg, thank you _ this is bbc news. the headlines — 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. we can now speak to republican strategist rina shah for more. thank you forjoining us. this is quite embarrassing forjoe biden considering he is criticised donald trump for doing a similarthing.

certainly what's most embarrassing is there seems to be a drip drop of these documents being found. it is important to note the timeline here. the first documents were found at the top of november by biden's attorneys here at washington, dc at his think tank and they quickly alerted the necessary people who needed to know, whether the national archives, department of justice, but it was just in this month, now mid—january, but the department ofjustice, merrick garland, has taken such swift action to appoint a special counsel, a special person to investigate why these documents were mishandled. so certainly an embarrassment but in a very quick timeline when we compare it to former president trump's mishandling of his classified documents. how similar other two cases and how has it manhandled his own case? ., ., , , case? -- are the two cases. the uuite case? -- are the two cases. the quite different. _ case? -- are the two cases. the quite different. both _ case? -- are the two cases. the quite different. both men - quite different. both men mishandled their documents

after leaving office. trump upon leaving the presidency and biden upon leaving the vice presidency. in 2017. let's note that much. with the discovery that much. with the discovery that was just announced yesterday, saturday, in wellington delaware, the president's home he frequently visits on the weekend and is there right now, we know there are a grand total of about two dozen classified documents that biden is said to have had in his possession after leaving the vice presidency. there were far more for trump. we are talking hundreds if not thousands. and again, talking about timeline for a moment, it's important to note what timeline it was with trump. everything began with him in may of 2021, the national archives started requesting the documents and of course as it was well publicised globally, the federal bureau of investigations, the fbi, raided his mar—a—lago home, that took place in august 2022 and they found even more classified

documents in those they were requesting both cases mishandling of very different cases in many ways and trump was subpoenaed, asked nicely, and then he had no choice but to turn them over when the fbi raided but in biden's case, it's voluntary. the lawyers are letting law enforcement no every time they are coming across the classified documents and what's even more interesting is biden's lawyers upon making the discoveries, those that did not have the top security clearances, they even refrain from looking at the documents that were marked classified. so a mess on both fronts but very different cases. . , fronts but very different cases. ., , , . , cases. that is the security around these _ cases. that is the security around these documents l cases. that is the security - around these documents tight enough to such powerful people are able to take documents home? . �* , . are able to take documents home? ., �*, ., , ., ., home? that's a question that many americans _ home? that's a question that many americans are - home? that's a question that many americans are asking i home? that's a question that l many americans are asking and for your everyday american who is not keeping in touch with the latest news out of washington, they may find themselves wondering i did not even think that somebody could take documents with them once

they leave a federal position. because by our constitution, both the president and vice president become private citizens. but i would like to submit to you an interesting angle i've been thinking about in this, and i don't mean to be ageist but trump left office at ageist but trump left office at age 7a and biden took office at age 7a and biden took office at age 78. both of these men again passed us age here. arok 0bama left when he was 55. really big differences and have all been in positions where we've been asked to help elderly relatives clear out their homes or downsize or deal with sensitive documents —— barack 0bama. i'm not trying to paint with a broad brush here but perhaps biden and trump both trusted the wrong people to take care of their effects upon leaving the white house. it could just be chalked up to simple mishandling. the real difference here is that trump lied about it. did not want to voluntarily return the documents. and we see biden not

doing either of those things. the white house has been quite forthcoming about even having the documents.— the documents. really interesting _ the documents. really interesting take - the documents. really interesting take you, | the documents. really - interesting take you, thank you so much for your time. let's look at some other stories in brief. 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 of alireza akbari and the british prime minister rishi sunak described it 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. —— 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 was once a deputy defence minister in iran but became a british citizen after investing here, and lived in this country for several years. his family say he was enticed back to tehran in 2019 by his former boss.

the british government responded swiftly to his execution. the prime minister calling it a "callous act" by a "barbaric regime". we take this incredibly seriously and of course, we will make sure that we respond to deter any further actions like this being taken by the iranian government. there's been an outcry from uk allies over the killing. the us called it "sickening," emmanuel macron said it was a "barbaric act," and germany described it as "inhumane". this was the grim prelude to the execution — a long, edited video on state—run television last week in which alireza akbari appears to confess to working for the uk. but in an audio recording from jail, obtained by bbc persian, he spoke of the pressure he was put under and accuses iran of trying to take revenge on britain. translation: they tortured me for 3,500 hours. - they broke my will, drove me to madness and forced me to do whatever they wanted.

the iranian regime has been shaken to the core by recent protests sparked by the death of a young woman in police custody. mahsa amini had been arrested for supposedly not wearing her hijab properly. the authority's brutal response has led to several rounds of sanctions against iran from western countries. all chant. 0ne european diplomat told me mr akbari was collateral damage from a regime that had lost its bearings, looking to distract attention from its internal problems. mr akbari's nephew described it as "a sign of desperation linked to divisions within the regime". it's been a horrific few days. what has happened, i can only speculate that there has been some power struggle at the very highest levels of the government, and they have decided to create this plot against my uncle. 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. now, what would you do if you won the mega millions lottery jackpot? well, someone is $1.35 billion richer tonight after winning the second biggest jackpot in us history. the winner, who has not been named, has the option of taking a lump sum payment of $723.5 million or an annual payment for 30 years. but is due to tax reasons. —— that is due to tax reasons. the owner of the hometown gas & grill convenience store in lebanon, maine, says he couldn't believe it when he got a call saying the winning ticket was bought in his store. at six o'clock this morning, my phone went off. the phone identified it as a phone call from augusta, maine. i was told that my store sold the $1.3 million winning lottery ticket.

i thought for sure it was a scam. it was either going to be and ask for a gift card or a social security number shortly after, but it was not. i wonder if the winner _ after, but it was not. i wonder if the winner will _ after, but it was not. i wonder if the winner will give - after, but it was not. i wonder if the winner will give him - after, but it was not. i wonder if the winner will give him a i if the winner will give him a cut. you can reach me on twitter. i'm @anjanagadgil. let's get the weather with darren. 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—east 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 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: rescuers in ukraine is urging the ruins of an apartment block in the central city of dnipro that killed at least 12 people. when hit by a russian missile. a further five classified documents have been found at the delaware home of us presidentjoe biden. they were handed to department ofjustice officials by the lawyer for mr ofjustice officials by the lawyerfor mr biden. a special counsel is investigating mr biden's handling of the files. around 20 in total. in the uk a seven—year—old girl is in a critical condition