this is bbc news. i'm victoria valentine, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. ukrainian says a deadly explosion at a cafe in st petersburg shows that domestic terrorism is breaking out in russia. pro—kremlin blogger vladlen tatarsky was killed in the blast. he was a vocal supporter of the invasion of ukraine. finland turns right — the opposition claims victory in the general election. prime minister sanna marin concedes. donald trump is expected to travel from florida to new york, ahead of a court appearance on tuesday. and, paris says �*non�* — the french capital votes by a huge margin to end on—street

rentals of e—scooters. hello and welcome. ukrainian officials have said a deadly explosion at a cafe in st petersburg shows that domestic terrorism is breaking out in russia. no one has claimed responsibility for the blast on sunday, that killed vladlen tatarsky, a well—known blogger who backed the russian invasion of ukraine, but who in recent times had expressed criticism of the military campaign. azadeh moshiri reports. spiders are eating each other, thatis spiders are eating each other, that is how one ukrainian officials described a blast who killed a pro kremlin blogger.

suddenly everything exploded and there was smoke, it was like a slow motion movie. we were seated in the back half of the whole, everyone started to run. those who were near had blood on them." there are conflicting reports about what happened. some suggest that vladlen tatarsky, seen in this recording, was handed a statue in a box as a present, but it contained a bomb hidden inside. the bbc has not verified the source of the blast but verified the location. the motive is also unknown. he had a complicated — motive is also unknown. he had a complicated history. - motive is also unknown. he had a complicated history. he - motive is also unknown. he had a complicated history. he was l motive is also unknown. he had a complicated history. he was a i a complicated history. he was a very pro—russian state, until very pro—russian state, until very recently. and very recently vladlen tatarsky was speaking out against russian military strategy and had recently been somewhat critical, according to news reports.

critical, according to news re orts. critical, according to news reports-— reports. the attack gain particular— reports. the attack gain particular attention - reports. the attack gain l particular attention given reports. the attack gain - particular attention given to the blogger�*s profile. he was a supporter of russian war in ukraine and in a video film beside the kremlin last year he said, "we will defeat everyone, we will kill everyone, we will rob everyone as necessary, just as we like it. not only that, vladlen tatarsky said he was involved in combat on the frontline in ukraine even claim to have helped launch combat drives. it to have helped launch combat drives. . , to have helped launch combat drives. . , ., ., ., . ~ drives. it was an attack in the second largest _ drives. it was an attack in the second largest city _ drives. it was an attack in the second largest city in - drives. it was an attack in the second largest city in russia. second largest city in russia and i believe the security forces will try to do everything in their power to bring someone to justice and to create the sense that the case has been solved.— has been solved. this is not the first bomb _ has been solved. this is not the first bomb attack - has been solved. this is not i the first bomb attack involving a pro kremlin figure. last august a car bomb exploded near moscow. it killed darya dugina, journalists and supporter of

the russian government. she was also the daughter of a close b perton ally. as it is attacked, it is unclear what happened in president putin's home city and why. azadeh moshiri, bbc news. finland's main centre—right national coalition party has won the most seats in sunday's parliamentary election, making its leader petteri orpo likely to become the country's new prime minister. mr orpo defeated prime minister sanna marin�*s centre—left social democrats. emer mccarthy reports. relief and celebrations for petteri orpo after a nail—biting election. you can see that i am very happy, this was a great victory for kokoomus. i think the finnish people want change. they want change and now i will start negotiations, open negotiations with all parties. petteri orpo and his

national coalition party claimed victory late on sunday, with 20.8% of the vote, ahead of the right—wing populist finns party and a swing away from the centre—left social democrats. it is a bitter defeat for prime minister sanna marin, even though her party looks set to increase its share of seats in parliament. translation: this is a great | day because we have done well in the elections. congratulations also to the coalition party and to the finns. democracy has spoken. the finnish people have cast their votes and celebrating democracy is always a wonderful thing. ms marin became the world's youngest prime minister when she burst onto the political scene in 2019. now, at 37 she has steered the country to within days of nato membership and has been praised for finland's response to neighbouring russia's full—scale invasion of ukraine. but at home she has become a polarising figure. she came under scrutiny last

year when a video emerged of her singing, dancing and drinking at a party as well as her government's public spending. for mr orpo it is now down to business as he vows to fix finland. i want to build trust and cooperation between parties and build up the strong majority government. emer mccarthy, bbc news. alec neihum is the political editor at finland's mtv news network and hejoins me now from helsinki. it was attempt to be close but what does this mean for been led, this turn right? this what does this mean for been led, this turn right?— led, this turn right? this was reall a led, this turn right? this was really a turndown _ led, this turn right? this was really a turndown from - led, this turn right? this was really a turndown from the l really a turndown from the finish nation to the current government and the national coalition party, a team of politics has been on the

economy and more disciplined in using state money, even significant budget cuts. but now it is up to who they will form a coalition government with. is that the social democrats or finns party. but the economical policy will steer towards the right. how is it will it be _ steer towards the right. how is it will it be to _ steer towards the right. how is it will it be to build _ steer towards the right. how is it will it be to build a _ it will it be to build a coalition? it it will it be to build a coalition?— it will it be to build a coalition? , . coalition? it might be a little difficult this _ coalition? it might be a little difficult this time. _ coalition? it might be a little difficult this time. the - difficult this time. the national coalition party will seek coalition probably with the finns party but they have several disagreements about immigration, european union, climate policy. on the other hand they could also try to find a coalition with the social democrats but they will have a huge disagreements about economics since the social democrats have not been pro— budget cuts during the campaigns. it could be a month,

two months to find a government but at the same time, there are these two different possibilities so it could be a little harder than usual in finland but definitely not impossible. in finland but definitely not impossible.— finland but definitely not imossible. , ., , impossible. in terms of finish olitics, impossible. in terms of finish politics, several— impossible. in terms of finish politics, several of _ impossible. in terms of finish politics, several of the - impossible. in terms of finish politics, several of the most. politics, several of the most popularfigures politics, several of the most popular figures actually have convictions on race —related differences. do you think the national party will be willing to take the reputational head for having a far—right populist party in government? that for having a far-right populist party in government?- for having a far-right populist party in government? that is a very good _ party in government? that is a very good question _ party in government? that is a very good question and - party in government? that is a very good question and there l very good question and there has been disagreement about that inside the national coalition party but at the same time, the finns party, has tried to change itself into more ready to be anything government. it has tried to not gain public attention about difference scandals and racial slogans and races outcomes so

they could come into the government. they have many times compared the cells to the social democrats in denmark but they can also be compared to they can also be compared to the democrats in sweden. it is possible they could form a government with the national coalition party.— coalition party. where does this leave _ coalition party. where does this leave the _ coalition party. where does this leave the left, - coalition party. where does this leave the left, things i this leave the left, things like the green party and those sorts of causes? is that in the water now? is a permanent switch right?— switch right? nothing is permanent _ switch right? nothing is permanent in _ switch right? nothing is permanent in politics i switch right? nothing is. permanent in politics but switch right? nothing is- permanent in politics but right now it it is a huge loss for the left party. both the greens and the left alliance. all the parties in the current government, except for the social democrats led by sanna marin our suffering. they not doing well right now but probably if they are in opposition for the next years, they might come back at some point even stronger but right

now greens and the left aliens were big losers alongside with the centre parties.— the centre parties. they were the centre parties. they were the big losers. _ the centre parties. they were the big losers. what - the centre parties. they were the big losers. what struck i the centre parties. they were i the big losers. what struck me, the big losers. what struck me, the biggest vote winners of the night, the top three, were all women. 50% of the top candidates with the top boats were all women. is that a surprise? in were all women. is that a surprise?— were all women. is that a surrise? ., ., , surprise? in a northern country it is not a _ surprise? in a northern country it is not a surprise. _ surprise? in a northern country it is not a surprise. sanna - it is not a surprise. sanna marin and others are very famous and well—known and well liked inside their parties. so i do not think it is a huge surprise. people were really interested in how sanna marin performed herself and she got if i remember right 35,000 votes inside her district so it is quite a lot in that

equatorial area but i do not consider that as a huge surprise that the top three were women.— surprise that the top three were women. she got 35,623 which is about _ were women. she got 35,623 which is about 50,000 - were women. she got 35,623 which is about 50,000 more | were women. she got 35,623 - which is about 50,000 more than she got into thousand i9. which is about 50,000 more than she got into thousand 19. thank you so much, alec, it was good to talk to. you so much, alec, it was good to talk to— at least 29 people were killed when a wave of tornadoes swept through southern and midwestern regions of the united states, from alabama and arkansas to indiana and illinois. presidentjoe biden has declared a major disaster in arkansas, where the storms flattened homes and destroyed entire communities. our north america correspondent peter bowes has the details. a trail of destruction across multiple states. scenes like this in little rock, in arkansas, are all too familiar. homes reduced to piles of rubble, fallen trees and debris as far as the eye can see. in this state alone, almost 3000 structures have been destroyed or damaged by the storm. residents have been describing

the terrifying moment the tornado hit. 0h, bleep. cody coombes was driving his company van when the winds suddenly whipped up and trees started to collapse around him. this video is from his phone and these images are from the vehicle's dash cam. the wind was just absolutely howling. it was constantly making almost like screaming noises. i could hear it blowing through the cracks and the van just kind of pushing it and shaking the whole thing. we have tornadoes in arkansas fairly often, especially around this time of year, but they almost never hit central city locations like that. so for it to actually have a significant amount of damage on a high population area, it wasjust... i've never seen anything like it. in the neighbouring state of tennessee, this view from the air shows entire communities destroyed by the fierce winds.

the first thing he did when he looked out and hejust — because i wanted to know — he said, "don't even look." we made her and the kids get in the bathtub, you know, because that's supposed to be the safest place. and we just all hunkered down because itjust... all the doors blew out. she had double doors on the front, double doors in the back, all the glass in the windows, it all blew out at once. the wind started picking up and picking up and picking up. you could feel it, i mean... the whole house, you could feel it shaking. officials say due to the widespread nature of the damage, it could take several days to reach all the areas affected. president biden has promised financial assistance, including immediate help for those people who are now homeless, but recovering from this will take years. peter bowes, bbc news. donald trump is expected to travel from florida to new york on monday, ahead of the manhattan court hearing on tuesday when the charges against him will be made public. he was indicted on thursday in connection with

payments made to a porn star. mr trump denies wrongdoing. our correspondent, nada tawfik reports. this week this week the this week the eyes this week the eyes of this week the eyes of the this week the eyes of the world this week the eyes of the world will be fixed on this court complex in lower manhattan, history will be made when donald trump becomes the first former president to be arrested and appear in court on criminal charges on tuesday. trump has offended us politics before, and looks set to do it again, he has vowed to carry on with his presidential campaign even if convicted. he has turned his indictment into an opportunity to fund raise, his campaign saying they have raised $4 million so far with messages like this to his supporters taking democrats and the case as a witch hunt. h0 taking democrats and the case as a witch hunt.— as a witch hunt. no president in the history _ as a witch hunt. no president in the history of— as a witch hunt. no president in the history of our- as a witch hunt. no president in the history of our country | in the history of our country has been subjected to such vicious and disgusting attacks, but they only attacked me

because i fight for you, it's very simple, your contribution today will show the left that nothing can destroy the greatest political movement in history. greatest political movement in histo . , greatest political movement in histo. . greatest political movement in histo . . ., history. the cases connected to a payment _ history. the cases connected to a payment this _ history. the cases connected to a payment this woman, - history. the cases connected to a payment this woman, the - history. the cases connected to | a payment this woman, the porn star stormy daniels, she claimed she and donald trump had sex something he denies and thatis had sex something he denies and that is former lawyer michael cohen paid herfor his silence on the final weeks of the 2016 presidential campaign. michael cohen testified to the grand jury cohen testified to the grand jury that trump directed him to do it and later reimbursed him with company funds, logged as legal expenses. trump denies any wrongdoing and his lawyers say he will plead not guilty. this is not what so many people to make it look like, hits vengeance against donald trump, thatis vengeance against donald trump, that is not what this is about, this is solely about accountability. i should this is solely about accountability. ishould not this is solely about accountability. i should not be held accountable for donald trump ausmat dirty deeds. after

trump ausmat dirty deeds. after donald trump _ trump ausmat dirty deeds. after donald trump is _ trump ausmat dirty deeds. after donald trump is booked and fingerprinted and appears in court he is expected to immediately fly back to his residence in florida, that is expected to deliver a public statement, his first as an accused criminal. donald trump once again has a firm grip on the public attention, he has survived numerous scandals two impeachments and has once more leveraging his misfortune to rally his supporters, it's hard to see the upside of criminal charges though it remains to be seen if this can better him politically. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: plays merry christmas, mr lawrence tributes to a maestro — the renowned japanese composer ryuichi sakamoto dies at the age of 71.

the accident that happened here was of the sort that can, at worst, produce a meltdown. in this case, the precautions worked, but they didn't work quite well enough to prevent some old fears about the safety features of these stations from resurfacing. the republic of ireland has become the first country in the world to ban smoking in the workplace. from today, anyone lighting up in offices, businesses, pubs and restaurants will face a heavy fine. the president was on his way out of the washington hilton| hotel, where he had been addressing - a trade union conference. a small crowd outside| included his assailant. it has become a symbol of paris. 100 years ago, many parisians wished it had never been built. the eiffel tower's birthday is being marked by a re—enactment of the first ascent by gustave eiffel.

this is bbc news. the latest headlines: ukrainian officials say a deadly explosion in st petersburg that killed a well—known russian blogger is evidence that domestic terrorism is on the rise in russia. finland's centre—right has claimed victory in the country's general election after the prime minister, sanna marin, conceded defeat. parisians have voted overwhelmingly to ban rented electric scooters from the streets of the french capital. the referendum was called by the city's mayor after three people died, and more than 400 were injured, in accidents involving e—scooters last year. for more, here's our paris correspondent, hugh schofield. well, this result is not at all unexpected. as everyone had predicted,

not least the operators, the people who've turned out to vote are the people who hate e—scooters. and the people who use them, who tend to be younger, and many tourists as well, didn't turn out to vote. so we have this very, very strong vote of 90% of people turning out saying they want to ban them, which, you know, fits with what the mayor herself, anne hildalgo wanted. and it should mean by the end of the summer that there are no more of these free—floating e—scooters on the streets of paris. one has to say straight away that this does not mean a ban on e—scooters in general. there are many, many people who have their privately owned e—scooters and they are able to continue using them as long as they obey the general rules set by the government and the city and so on. so this is only about the free—floating fleets of e—scooters which have been cluttering up the streets and which many people think are dangerous and are recklessly driven by young people, often two of them on it, and scooting down pavements and the wrong way down roads

and so on, that will stop. and i think it's an important decision and a bad one for the operators because paris has always been the kind of leader, the bellwether in all of this. paris went into e—scooters before other cities, and when paris went in, the operators were able to say, "look, paris has adopted e—scooter fleets like ours" "and what a what a great thing it is, "now you should do the same." well, now paris is leading the way out of them, and the great fear for the operators must be that it sets a trend in the other direction now as well. just want to bring you some other stories starting with what is going on in russia and ukraine. the head of russia's wagner mercenary group has raised the russian flag over bakhmut�*s city hall in eastern ukraine. yevgeny prigozhin said bakhmut was now russian "in a legal sense" but that ukrainian forces were still concentrated in western districts

of the city. a magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck near the east coast of russia's far eastern kamchatka region early on monday. the emsc monitoring agency said the quake was at a depth of 62 miles. the us tsunami warning system said there is no tsunami. former economy minister, jakov milatovic, has declared victory in montenegro's presidential election run—off, beating milo djukanovic, who's led montenegro for most of the past 30 years. mr milatovic, of the centrist europe now movement, told cheering supporters in the capital that he would lead montenegro into the european union within five yea rs. he has also promised to fight corruption. 50 years ago today, the world's first mobile phone

call was made from a street corner in new york. an american engineer made the call to taunt a rival that his invention was a success. the phone was about four times the weight of a modern iphone 14, had no screen, no camera and no messaging functions. it also took ten hours to charge, providing only half an hour of talk time. the renowned japanese composer and producer, ryuichi sakamoto, has died at the age of 71 after a long battle with cancer. he was a pioneer of electronic music, but became internationally renowned as a film composer and was the first japanese musician to win an oscar. the bbc�*s tim allman looks back at his life and career. piano music plays haunting, melodic, timeless. ryuichi sakamoto's theme from merry christmas mr lawrence, a fusion of east

and west, it has become one of the most famous pieces of film music of all time. look! but it was for his work on bernardo bertolucci's the last emperor that sakamoto really made his name, winning an oscar, a grammy, and a bafta. on social media, tributes poured in. professor brian cox, himself a former musician tweeted. .. ryuichi sakamoto was born in tokyo in 1952. inspired by debussy and the beatles, he began studying composition at the age of ten.

he set up the yellow magic orchestra in 1978, his pioneering sound earning him the mantle of the grandfather of electronic pop music. in later life, he also became an environmental campaigner. in a statement, ryuichi sakamoto's management company said he continued to create work whenever his health would allow. he lived with music until the very end. in a rare move, greek museums have allowed pet owners to bring their four—legged friends to enjoy some art in athens. stephanie prentice reports. a time for quiet contemplation... ..as well as expressing opinions... as this gallery in greece opened its doors to dogs, primarily to promote people adopting strays but also to allow owners to bond with their pets in a new way. art is a living thing and to be

able to bring your dog, bring your life here, is fantastic. i think more museums could, you know, could follow this example. the dogs enjoyed an afternoon of modern art and just had to be kept on a lead and their owner responsible for any accidents. the museum said that opening their doors to pets also opened their doors to a wider range of people. dogs in particular suffer extreme stress and separation anxiety when they are separated from their owners. and so the initiative of making the museum pet friendly is to be able to give pet owners the opportunity to come to the museum, and that is not to leave the animal alone for many hours during the day. the event was a hit with creatures great and small. the museum there is a well—behaved dogs like these will now be welcome all year around. stephanie prentice, bbc news.

stay with us on bbc news, business news coming up, oil prices are up 6%, i'll explain why, injust a moment. hello there. for the vast majority, sunday turned out to be the drier and brighter day of the weekend as cloud continued to melt away. and for monday, the prospects are largely dry. there will be some lengthy spells of sunshine, but with those clear skies overhead, we are getting off to a decidedly chilly start. the chilliest morning many of us will have seen for quite some time. however, this time of year the sun has got some strength to it, so the frost should tend to lift pretty quickly. many of us will see lengthy spells of sunshine. just a bit of patchy cloud. more cloud generally, i think, getting into northern ireland through the afternoon.

certainly the sunshine here will turn rather hazy. the wind is picking up here as well. also getting quite breezy in the west and the northwest of scotland. temperatures, well, nine degrees in aberdeen, not as chilly as it has been for these north sea coasts, and the highest values out west up to around 13 or 14. but as soon as the sun goes down, again where we keep clear skies, we will see those temperatures dropping and a touch of frost, particularly across england, wales and eastern scotland. north—western scotland and northern ireland not getting quite as cold because here we will see more in the way of cloud and some splashes of rain, thanks to this frontal system. now, this is going to be a very weak affair. it's running up against this area of high pressure. so this front will just bring some areas of cloud and some splashes of rain into northern ireland, western and north—western parts of scotland. eastern and southern scotland likely to see the sunshine turning quite hazy as cloud amounts increase. but for england and wales, another bright day with sunny skies overhead and it will feel just a little bit warmer, 13 or 14 degrees. that's not too bad if you do get yourself into any sunshine. now, on wednesday, we will see

a more active frontal system, that will bring some heavier and more persistent rain across northern ireland and scotland. that rain may well slump down into northern england, wales and the south west through the day. the south east corner likely to hold on to at least a little bit of brightness. temperatures, again, up to 13 or 14 degrees. now, some of that rain will get down into the south east corner as we move through into thursday. this frontal system becoming quite slow—moving for a time. but then high pressure is set to build once again as we head into the start of the easter weekend. so as we move through friday, many places will be dry and through the weekend, a lot of dry weather around as well. there will be one or two showers and the increasing chance of rain in the north west of the uk by easter monday.

this is bbc news with the latest business headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. oil prices jump after opec plus cuts oil output from may. saudi arabia says the move is to support stability. flights delayed or cancelled — again — as security staff at heathrow airport go on strike over pay and conditions. plus, we speak to the man who made the world's first ever mobile phone call.