this is bbc world news. our top stories: officials in dnipro warn there may be no further survivors, after the russian missile strike on an apartment building. 30 are confirmed dead, with dozens missing. in nepal, at least 68 people have died in a plane crash, which happened just a mile from the flight�*s destination. hello and welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. ukraine has suffered the heaviest bombardment by russian forces in several weeks, with more than a hundred missiles fired into eastern

ukraine in one instance. at least 30 people are now confirmed dead and many more injured, following the bombing of a residential block in the city of dnipro. a0 residents are still missing. rescue teams say the chances of finding any more survivors are "minimal". our correspondent andrew harding reports on the efforts of ukrainian forces on the frontline, and he starts with the latest attacks on dnipro. this was last night — yet another ukrainian apartment block devoured by a huge russian missile. this morning, rescue workers in the city of dnipro were still bringing out a few more survivors. a young woman, katerina, lifted carefully from the ruins and out into the freezing daylight. she and her neighbours are victims of a brutal and blundering russian campaign that shows no signs of easing. further east in the donbas today,

we drove towards the front lines, through more towns and villages targeted daily by the kremlin�*s artillery. and yet, civilians still cling on here. "aren't you scared?", i ask. "sure, wouldn't you be?", he replies. "how can we not be scared living in the donbas?" "it's terrifying", she adds, "especially for the children. we've got used to it." but russia's military is struggling too. even closer to the front, in territory recently liberated by ukrainian forces, we come across acres of destroyed russian hardware. the russians have experienced so many losses in the past few months, and yet despite all this, they still have far more men, far more equipment than the ukrainians do — which is why the fate of this conflict still hangs very much in the balance. to tip that balance, ukraine needs more western weapons like this one.

we've been given rare access to a powerful british supplied rocket launcher, hidden in a forest. as we arrive, the unit is rushing to prepare for another mission. they're getting ready to fire now for the third time this morning, attacking russian targets along the front line, just a few kilometres from here. these weapons, these foreign weapons, have made an extraordinary difference for ukraine in this conflict, but it's not enough any more. explosion a hurried launch, then an even quicker departure, before russian artillery tries to target our position. back in the forest, the commander — face hidden — talks of a catastrophic shortage of equipment, of tanks, weapons and more basic supplies. "western help has got us this far," he says, "but we can't

"liberate more territory without a lot more assistance." explosion back in the rubble of dnipro, the search for survivors has continued. rescue workers shouting out, "is anyone there?" yes, yes, yes! then "yes!", when a small voice is heard. and another woman is brought to safety, or what passes for safety here, after almost a year of war. andrew harding, bbc news, ukraine. in nepal, a day of mourning will be observed after officials say at least 68 people have died in a plane crash in the central part of the country. the yeti airlines flight came down close to the tourist town of pokhara. the search has been called off for the night and will resume on monday in daylight. it's understood a number of foreign nationals are among the dead.

a major disaster has been declared in california, which has been hit by a succession of severe storms. president biden ordered federal aid to be sent to affected communities, where around 25 million people remain under a flood watch. at least 19 people have died as a result of the storms, with thousands more forced to evacuate their homes. police say a seven—year—old girl remains in a critical condition after a shotgun was fired from a moving car outside a church in central london yesterday. five others were also hurt in the attack near euston station. it happened as crowds left a memorial service for a woman and her daughter, as our correspondent matt graveling reports. a moment of love, stolen by an act of hate. gunshots outside of this church in euston injured four women and two young girls. one, aged just seven, is in a life—threatening condition. one woman has potentially life changing injuries.

minutes earlier, around 300 people had remembered the lives of local mother and daughter fresia and sara, who sadly died less than one month apart. fatherjeremy trood conducted the service. i was still inside the church when suddenly, there was this enormous bang and people who were leaving the church just rushed back in and said that there'd been a shooting. the metropolitan police have now issued more information about the attack which happened here, outside of the church behind me, at 1.30 on saturday afternoon. they say that all six victims were injured by pellets from a shotgun that was fired, they believe, from a moving vehicle. police believe this is the kind of car involved, a 2019 black toyota c—hr. this was a shocking incident. people came here to attend a funeral, to be with friends and loved ones and mourn together. instead, they were the victims of a senseless act of violence. no arrests have been made but, tonight, officers continue a search for evidence and answers.

the metropolitan police say they will increase their presence in the area. matt graveling, bbc news. mattjoined me in the studio earlier. i asked him what effect the shooting has had on the local community. yesterday was meant to be a time of them coming together to remember a mother and her young daughter who sadly, in november, died within a month of each other. so as well as this shock, there's also a huge sense of confusion. why would somebody, it looks like, drive past a church and fire a shotgun into a group of people? and that is, of course, what police are trying to work out today. as i left the scene a little bit earlier in euston — if you know london, it's just by the railway station — there was a single bouquet of flowers that had been left there, and people were coming up to me and they were saying, "what do you know about the women involved and their conditions?" because of the four older women that were caught up in this situation, one, we believe, has got potentially life—changing injuries. and there were two young girls

as well, a 12—year—old and also a seven—year—old. and the seven—year—old is still in hospital in life—threatening conditions. so there's a lot of interest about what's going on. i did ask the metropolitan police for an update. they said they don't anticipate giving us any further information today so, for now, that is the latest. but the metropolitan police also want to reassure the community and say that they're going to continue to ask quesions, to find those answers, and there'll be an increased police presence in the area. matt graveling. our top story this hour. more than 100 missiles have been fired into eastern ukraine and the country has suffered the heaviest bombardment by russian forces in several weeks. at least 30 people are now confirmed dead and many more injured, following the bombing of a residential block in the city of dnipro. a0 residents are still missing. i'm joined now from kyiv byjournalist kateryna malofieieva. welcome, thanks for being with us, you are in the dark because there is a power cut right now in kyiv, thank you for being with us. let's start

with that attack, it is a long way from you in the east of the country, but how has it been reported there and the impact it is having? weill. and the impact it is having? well, the situation _ and the impact it is having? well, the situation is _ and the impact it is having? well, the situation is very _ and the impact it is having? well, the situation is very difficult. - and the impact it is having? well, the situation is very difficult. so l the situation is very difficult. so i have seen similar situations in october this year in zaporizhzhia. but the scale of the tragedy is massive. people reported dead, the rescue operations are still ongoing. 75 people are reported injured. among them, a child. but as i said, today was the first day of mourning for people who died in this tragedy. and the rescue workers are still working on the site to unearth bodies from the rubble.- working on the site to unearth bodies from the rubble. now, there

seems to be — bodies from the rubble. now, there seems to be this _ bodies from the rubble. now, there seems to be this emphasis - bodies from the rubble. now, there seems to be this emphasis now- bodies from the rubble. now, there seems to be this emphasis now on | seems to be this emphasis now on these heavy bombardments, does it feel like there is a shift in russian tactics away from targeting energy infrastructure? hat russian tactics away from targeting energy infrastructure?— energy infrastructure? not only that, initially. _ energy infrastructure? not only that, initially, when _ energy infrastructure? not only that, initially, when russia - energy infrastructure? not only - that, initially, when russia invaded ukraine, they were saying that the only targets will be the military facilities. since basically autumn, russia started targeting the civilian infrastructure. the critical power infrastructure. but we have seen already such missile attacks before. we have seen them in zaporizhzhia, we have seen them in mykolaiv. and according to officials, this is a deliberate attack on the population. but you can imagine how deeply the fact that the amount of people in ukraine, so basically, like you feel so unprotected because no matter what

house you can reach in any wealthy or poor neighbourhood, you can understand that you can do nothing against the missiles. you cannot hide, you cannot expect. because also coming yesterday here in kyiv, i woke up from the explosion and my windows were shaking. and the second wave of the missiles that happened during the daytime followed the air defence siren which went off too late. so it is not enough for people to hide, to prepare and to find shelter. , , , , to hide, to prepare and to find shelter, , , , ., to hide, to prepare and to find shelter, , , , . . shelter. just briefly, we have heard the knee -- — shelter. just briefly, we have heard the knee -- the _ shelter. just briefly, we have heard the knee -- the nato _ shelter. just briefly, we have heard the knee -- the nato chiefs - shelter. just briefly, we have heard the knee -- the nato chiefs say - the knee —— the nato chiefs say today ukraine could expect more deliveries of heavy weapons from western countries, how badly are they needed in your view? weill. they needed in your view? well, absolutely- _ they needed in your view? well, absolutely. this _ they needed in your view? well, absolutely. this tanks _ they needed in your view? well, absolutely. this tanks company | they needed in your view? -ii absolutely. this tanks company that was announced by the uk and we will

know more details tomorrow. this is a very good sign and a good gesture and an example for other countries to follow suit and to give more weapons. but to change the situation on the front line, ukraine needs much more weapons. basically an armada of tanks that can change the situation on the battlefield. if all 52 countries would give weapons and heavy equipment to ukraine, this can only change the situation. because in order to have victory on the front line, we need to put five times more than the enemy has. and with all announcements from russia, the preparation of new waves and mobilisation in russia —— we need two and a half times more. they are succeeding because of the manpower. ukraine definitely needs much more weapons. but anyway, the announcement that has been given

before the lunchtime meeting is a good sign for other, a good example for other countries to follow suit and do the same.— and do the same. kateryna malofieieva, _ and do the same. kateryna malofieieva, thank - and do the same. kateryna malofieieva, thank you - and do the same. kateryna malofieieva, thank you for| and do the same. kateryna - malofieieva, thank you forjoining us from kyiv. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, says he believes 16—year—olds are too young to change their legally—recognised gender. he said he had concerns about the scottish government's planned reforms of the law to allow a change to happen without the need for a medical diagnosis, but sir keir stopped short of saying labour would join rishi sunak�*s government in considering a challenge to the scottish legislation. our political correspondent david wallace—lockhart has the story. what do we want? trans rights! when do we want them? now! _ members of the scottish parliament backed controversial legislation last month making it easier for someone to change their legal gender and lowering the age limit from 18 to 16. labour members at holyrood backed the changes but, this morning, the party's uk leader expressed reservations about the bill. i do have concerns about, one, the age of transition,

reduced now to 16, and we've put amendments forward in relation to that, and also the primacy of the equality act. you would not agree that you are old enough at the age of 16? no, i don't think you are. you don't think you are at 16. ok, that's clear. the uk government takes the same view. they could yet decide to block the scottish legislation, and ministers are awaiting final legal advice. there are trans people who have suffered discrimination and want their rights respected but, equally, i've listened very carefully to the concerns that many women have had about worries that they've got about risks to their safety. but another senior tory mp accused some colleagues of using the issue as a battering ram. my committee has taken private evidence from individuals, from trans people, and listening to their struggles, listening to the discrimination and the abuse that they have faced, i absolutely believe we have to make the process simpler and kinder, but i really fear the use of this as some sort of woke culture war to sow division.

the leader of the snp, stephen flynn. - the snp�*s westminster leader has warned uk ministers not to block scotland's gender recognition reform bill. what we have is a right—wing uk conservative government which is seeking to roll back on the democratic powers of the scottish parliament. that's an outrage, and the people that should be most outraged about that are the likes of the conservative and labour politicians who voted in favour of the grr, who must recognise the fact that this is the uk parliament overstepping massively. the scottish gender legislation had plenty of opponents on its parliamentary journey. the uk government blocking the bill would be a watershed moment in devolution�*s history. they have to make a decision by the middle of this week. david wallace lockhart, bbc news. more nurses will be asked to strike next month in a dispute over pay. that's the warning from the royal college of nursing, which says the next set of strikes

will include all eligible members in england for the first time, unless progress is made in negotiations by the end of the month. earlier, the editor of the nursing times told us what the impact of these strikes would be, but he started by updating us on the industrial action already taking place next week. we have a mandate for 130 employers. they're going on strike, as you know, on wednesday and thursday next week in around 70 places, ithink, which is an escalation on the 63 that they did in december. and then, of course, as you say, in february, they have said they will do more. they have that mandate in 130 different sites or employers, so they could, if they want to, go up to that level. then you have the other unions, so unison has a mandate in trusts in liverpool, but they have been talking about re—balloting their members in more places to get a mandate as well. and there are, of course, the other healthcare unions as well that are involved in different disputes with different

groups of professionals. so we don't know what's going to happen and how many people will go on strike, but if it's even more than it is now, just how badly impacted will the nhs be even more than it has been already? well, i guess the whole point of the action is to create leverage and therefore affect services, but not safety. i think it is very much what the nursing unions have said. as we know, there's a lot of pressure at the moment, there are winter pressures, on top of the pressures that were already there, so certainly some appointments and bits of surgery and elective care will no doubt have to be postponed as a result. but there are certain exemptions that are built into what's going on, so the unions have agreed with employers and government that things like intensive care, members of staff will not go on strike if they work

in those areas. so some things will be as they are always, other things will not. where are we with negotiations? is it the case that the rcn will only accept 19%, which is what they originally asked for? well, the leader of the rcn has indicated that she was prepared to meet the government halfway. of course, that rather depends on where inflation is, because the rcn original demand or request was for 5% on top of inflation, to make up for the ten years of below—inflation pay rises. so that was very much their opening salvo. you would imagine that, as part of pay negotiation, they would be prepared to accept less than that, which they have indicated, but then there have been higher offers, better offers than that original one that was put out by the government in scotland that was rejected recently, which was 8.5%, something like that. so it's a mixed picture across the uk, but you would think, as pat cullen has indicated,

they would meet them halfway. it depends on what the government side of things is, in that, so far, there's been a lot of smoke and mirrors. back to one of our top stories. a major disaster has been declared in california, where a series of severe storms has prompted president biden to send aid from the federal government. at least 19 people have died in the storms. our correspondent sophie long reports from the hills above santa barbara. frantic efforts to protect homes from further flooding. if we didn't get this done today, we would have lost our house. jeff bailey's wife and young children evacuated. he stayed to protect their home. it's been hard. my wife has been bringing them over, up at the top of the hill, and i've been giving them hugs and kisses and telling them how much i love them. but, you know, we all

have to process it. sorry, it's the first time i've become emotional. so, yeah, you know, we're safe, we're surviving, and we'll just keep going forward. across california, after three weeks of almost continuous catastrophic downpours, rain is the last thing people here need. and yet, it keeps coming. widespread flooding is getting worse and roads are disintegrating. emergency services could only watch as this one collapses into the valley below. we joined the santa barbara bucket brigade, a local volunteerforce formed after a mudslide killed 23 people here five years ago. what's happened here? just all came down off here. this is the road. this is the road to my mom's house, she can't get home. you can see the impact of the heavy deluges here. this road has been completely cut off. people cannot access their homes. the rains have now started again,

after a brief period of respite, and there's concern that more is going to come down. they were west of us. the threat of mudslides means they need to move quickly. the next stop is steve's house. that was a pretty hairy drive, by my standards. so this tree, i planted 26 years ago, it was this tall. and it's the only tree to survive this. the whole thing just slid down, this is about 200—feet wide. you know, you kind of get overwhelmed with a series of emotional things, which go from hope to pride to fear to despair, to all of that stuff. but at the end of the day, you know, we're a resilient lot up here and we know what to do, so this is what we're doing today. a saturated california can only wait to see what the next storm brings. sophie long, bbc news, santa barbara. i'm joined now by abe powell, who is in santa barbara, california,

who's the co—founder of the volunteer community group the bucket brigade, whose work sophie long was just telling us about. good to see you. tell us how it is looking out there right now. well, it is re looking out there right now. well, it is pretty dicey — looking out there right now. well, it is pretty dicey out _ looking out there right now. well, it is pretty dicey out there. - looking out there right now. well, it is pretty dicey out there. i - looking out there right now. -ii it is pretty dicey out there. ijust came down off the mountain, a number of homes are threatened by the landslides from the last storm. and we're just hoping this next storm will be a little gentler on the community. will be a little gentler on the community-— will be a little gentler on the community. will be a little gentler on the communi . , ., ., ., community. tell us about the damage ou are community. tell us about the damage you are seeing — community. tell us about the damage you are seeing and _ community. tell us about the damage you are seeing and the _ community. tell us about the damage you are seeing and the work - community. tell us about the damage you are seeing and the work that - community. tell us about the damage you are seeing and the work that you | you are seeing and the work that you doing. you are seeing and the work that you doin:. ., ., , doing. right now, we have seen thousands _ doing. right now, we have seen thousands of _ doing. right now, we have seen thousands of landslides - doing. right now, we have seen thousands of landslides and - doing. right now, we have seen | thousands of landslides and mud doing. right now, we have seen - thousands of landslides and mud and debris in homes and also flooding downtown in the lower areas of the community where homes have been inundated, churches and people have been calling for assistance. find inundated, churches and people have been calling for assistance.— been calling for assistance. and how do ou been calling for assistance. and how do you work — been calling for assistance. and how do you work as _ been calling for assistance. and how do you work as a _ been calling for assistance. and how do you work as a community - been calling for assistance. and how l do you work as a community volunteer group? just explain how people come together and what you actually are doing. together and what you actually are doinu. �* . ~ together and what you actually are doinu. �* �* ., doing. the bucket brigade was created after _ doing. the bucket brigade was created after the _ doing. the bucket brigade was created after the debris -

doing. the bucket brigade was created after the debris flow i doing. the bucket brigade wasj created after the debris flow of 2018, which was the largest natural disaster in county history, to coordinate volunteer deployment in a community volunteer response to the crisis. so we assess need and then direct volunteers and coordinate volunteer action to meet those needs during and after a crisis. find volunteer action to meet those needs during and after a crisis.— during and after a crisis. and of course, during and after a crisis. and of course. lots — during and after a crisis. and of course, lots of _ during and after a crisis. and of course, lots of people - during and after a crisis. and of course, lots of people have - during and after a crisis. and of. course, lots of people have been evacuated and told to leave for their own safety, but you are staying put. irate their own safety, but you are staying put-— their own safety, but you are sta in: ut.~ ., , ., staying put. we have been evacuated twice. we staying put. we have been evacuated twice- we are — staying put. we have been evacuated twice. we are not _ staying put. we have been evacuated twice. we are not currently _ staying put. we have been evacuated twice. we are not currently under- staying put. we have been evacuated twice. we are not currently under an | twice. we are not currently under an evacuation. i think they mentioned earlier my mum still can't get into her house. so it is kind of a mixed bag. some of us are home and others are out in hotels.— are out in hotels. tells about president — are out in hotels. tells about president biden _ are out in hotels. tells about president biden declaring - are out in hotels. tells about president biden declaring a l are out in hotels. tells about - president biden declaring a major disaster, which gives the state more access to support and programmes. do you get much support and how does that work? ~ �* . ~ �* ., that work? well, the bucket brigade

is a privately — that work? well, the bucket brigade is a privately funded _ that work? well, the bucket brigade is a privately funded operation, - that work? well, the bucket brigade is a privately funded operation, so . is a privately funded operation, so that government support doesn't go to us, but it goes to the community, especially the local govern in the state government. that frees up a lot of resources to restore the public infrastructure like roads, bridges, creek beds and cleared the debris basins which is an enormous job after a rain event like this. abe powell, it is good to have you on the programme and we wish you the best of luck. stay safe, thank you. thank you so much. thousands of people have taken to the streets in israel to protest against government plans to have more power over the justice system. the proposed changes would make it easier for parliament to overturn supreme court rulings. yolande knell reports. the biggest show of opposition yet to israel's most right—wing ever government. tens of thousands crammed into the heart of tel aviv on a soggy night, clutching israeli flags and umbrellas. they fear new laws will endanger democracy and civil rights. in an unusual move,

even the country's top judge has warned against plans to change the justice system so that politicians can easily overrule the supreme court. it's really scary that i think it's going to, kind of, slowly disappear if we don't do anything. the government was elected in a democratic way, but their actions now are not democratic because we have a situation between a government and a system ofjustice in israel which should be cut this way. many here accuse the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, of turning on the courts because he himself remains on trialfor corruption, which he denies. it's just two weeks since israel's veteran leader returned to power with a coalition of ultranationalist and religious allies. they accuse the supreme court of overreach and elitism and say they have a public

mandate for change. translation: two months ago, a massive demonstration - took place in israel. the mother of all demonstrations. millions of people took to the streets to vote in the election. one of the main topics they have voted on was a reform in thejudicial system. israel is deeply divided politically and it's now locked in what its figurehead president calls an "historic constitutional crisis" which, he says, could tear the nation apart. chanting with no sign the government will change its mind on its reforms, already, more protests are planned. yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. that is it from me for the moment, you can reach me on twitter. now on bbc news, the weather. hello.

some much colder weather on the way for all of us in the week ahead. we have seen so much rain so far this january, it will become relatively drier, but arctic air plunges across the uk in the coming 2a hours and, my goodness, it will look different outside in that it will be drier, but it will feel much different too because it will be cold. snow is a possibility for some this week. despite things being relatively drier, we are trying to pin down smaller systems, like this one that will run through the channel overnight tonight, and the detail on what they will do. tonight, it looks pretty wet for southern counties of england, but also a difficult wintry mixture, i think, particularly towards the south—east towards the end of the night. for the weald of kent, for the downs, we could see some snow to start us off monday and there will be a significant risk of ice. ice just about anywhere, as we're expecting a widespread frost. snow showers will continue across northern scotland on into monday as well. some parts of scotland won't get above freezing through the day. everywhere else, it's much chillier than it has been of late, but with lighter winds. monday into tuesday, the same thing. a little weather feature developing

within a bigger area of low pressure running the show. always quite tricky to pin down these smaller features. at the moment, for tuesday, there's the potentialfor some heavier, more persistent snow somewhere across southern england. don't take that positioning there, though, with the leaning towards the west too literally. it's shifting a little bit as we move from model to model. basically, these smaller features don't really exist within this big low yet, so it's hard to track them until they start to really shape up. by wednesday, if anything, our uncertainty will be this low to the east in the north sea and whether it will drag any snow showers into north sea coasts. the current thinking has the snow showers across scotland and running down into the irish sea. for many, for the week ahead, a lot of fine weather, with bright, crisp blue skies after frosty starts. at the end of the week, potentially, we're going to start to look towards the west for our weather systems to come back in again, so the potential for things to turn more to rain again by friday and for us to see our temperatures

lifting up a little as we approach next weekend. in terms of the coming five days, elements we're confident about, it will be cold, there will be frosty nights, look out for ice, but pinning the details on the snow, bear with us and stay tuned.

this is bbc news. the headlines: officials in dnipro warn there may be no further survivors after a russian missile strike on an apartment building. 30 are confirmed dead with dozens missing. in nepal, at least 68 people have died in a plane crash which happened just a mile from the flight�*s destination. president biden declares a state of emergency in california as it's hit by a succession of severe storms. at least 19 people have died and thousands have been told to evacuate from their homes. labour leader sir keir starmer says he has