times for russia. in the ukrainian capital, one person was killed after drone strikes there — the fourth time in the last three days. we'll be live in moscow and kyiv. also on the programme: trying to curb the use of vapes by children — ministers say they'll close the loophole that allows retailers in england to give free samples to under—18s. the supermarket chain asda expands, buying hundreds more petrol stations. we'll ask what it means for customers. and the aston martin bulldog supercar, lost for decades, is being restored to see whether it can do 200mph. and coming up on bbc news, the future of london irish hangs in the balance as they look to complete a takeover by an american consortium

by today's deadline. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. russia has accused ukraine of launching a series of drone attacks on moscow. the country's defence ministry says eight drones reached the russian capital though most were brought down. officials have reported minor damage to buildings. a ukrainian presidential aide denied that kyiv was directly involved but said ukraine was enjoying watching the events and predicted more to follow. in kyiv, an overnight russian drone attack killed at least at least one person. if the drones that hit moscow were launched from ukrainian territory, they'd have to travel about 300 miles over russia to get there. our russia editor, steve rosenberg, sent this report. explosion

russian tv says this is the moment that moscow came under attack. from early morning, people in and around the russian capital reported hearing explosions. idid, too. at home, my window shook from the force of the blast. russia's defence ministry says that ukraine had targeted moscow with drones. the russian military claimed it had brought them all down. "look at that," a man says in this video. "right above our house!" later, russian investigators announced that no—one had been injured. they've opened an official investigation into the attack. one of the drones had crashed into a high—rise apartment block. another reportedly flew into this residential building. here is part of it on the ground. it had failed to explode. the area was cordoned off, and emergency services removed it.

amongst local residents, the sense of shock is palpable. "we're all on edge," marat says. "i don't know what we should do about it." "i fear for my life and the lives of my loved ones," says yelena. "things are not as calm and stable as we've been told." the moscow authorities say there was minor damage, no serious injuries, and the situation is under control. but for muscovites, this drone attack is a wake—up call — sign that this war, that many here still perceive as being far away, is coming much closer to home. that feeling has been growing since these explosions over the kremlin earlier this month — an apparent drone attack. and just days ago, a large—scale cross—border incursion from ukraine into russian territory was another embarrassment for the russian authorities and a sign of growing insecurity.

but no sign of any political u—turn. after this morning's drone attacks, the message from the kremlin is great — what it calls the special military operation in ukraine will continue. in a moment, we'll speak to our diplomatic affairs correspondentjames landale in kyiv, but first steve rosenberg joins us from moscow. is this a ramping—up of attacks? yes, i mean, whata yes, i mean, what a difficult month this is turning out to be for russia. it began with those explosions over the kremlin that you saw in that report, but also we have seen bomb attacks on the railways, bombs targeting power lines. there have been lots of drone attacks on russian regions bordering ukraine, that big incursion i was talking about in the report across the

border. today's drone attacks too, and added to all of that, a very public falling out, a very public spat between yevgeny prigozhin, the head of the wagner mercenary group, and the russian defence ministry. all of this is a huge headache for vladimir putin. it increases the pressure on the kremlin more than 15 months after president putin took that decision to launch the full—scale invasion of ukraine. steve, thank you. to james landale as well, and are still denials, james, where you are, of any ukrainian involvement? yeah, still denials, ukrainian involvement? yeah, still denials. at — ukrainian involvement? yeah, still denials, at least _ ukrainian involvement? yeah, still denials, at least from _ ukrainian involvement? yeah, still denials, at least from a _ ukrainian involvement? yeah, still denials, at least from a senior - denials, at least from a senior official to the presidential office, but what you have had here, i think, is a sort of grim satisfaction by people within the ukrainian government. there was an air force spokesperson who said he saw and read about the attacks in moscow and he rejoiced, another who said he had looked upon the pictures with real

pleasure, so i think there is definitely a sense of, look, they are saying ukraine has no responsibility for it, but they are used to something different — moscow had perhaps eight drones, overnight in kyiv they received 31 drones from moscow, and for here, that was a relatively normal night. the authority said a 29 of them were shut down, that means two got through. as ever, there was damage from falling debris, we know there was a serious damage to one apartment building, one woman was killed and several others injured. so i think at the moment, definitely a sense here of people thinking, well, look, maybe moscow is getting a taste of its own medicine. last night, the mayor of kyiv was on telly saying, look, and i quote, if people love kyiv can be given nightmares by moscow, why should the people of moscow rest? well, last

night, their sleep was broken. thanks to both, james landale and steve rosenberg. a loophole which allows retailers to give free vape samples to children is to be closed under government plans to curb vaping among young people. there's also going to be a review of the rules around the sale of nicotine—free products to anyone under 18. a recent bbc investigation found that illegal vapes confiscated from school pupils contained far higher levels of lead, nickel and chromium than is considered safe. here's our health correspondent dominic hughes. recent lab tests for bbc news on illegal vapes confiscated at a school revealed just how dangerous they can be. some had more than twice the safe amount of lead and nine times the safe amount of nickel. on a visit to a laboratory this morning, the prime minister said he now wants to clamp down on those firms unlawfully targeting vapes at children. there are a range of products which are clearly not designed for adults, they're designed to appeal

to children in the way that they're marketed, promoted, the flavours they use. and that's why, at the moment, we're asking for people's views on that, and that may well be one of the steps that we take, to change how we regulate the marketing and promotion of vapes, because they shouldn't be deliberately targeting children, that's illegal. the new measures include closing a loophole that allows shops in england to give free samples of nicotine vapes to children, even though it's illegal to sell them to under—18s, a ban on retailers selling nicotine—free vapes to teenagers is to be reviewed, and trading standards officers could get powers to impose on—the—spot fines more easily. campaign groups say this is progress but there's more to do. the most attractive types to children are the cheap disposables, which can be bought for under a fiver. months ago, at the time of the budget, we called on the government to tax these vapes — they're bad for the environment and bad for children. a fiver on each disposable vape

would have made them much less attractive to children. vaping does help adult smokers to quit their tobacco habit. health experts say the big challenge now is posed by teenagers who have never smoked and might be vaping with dangerous unlicensed products. we were always concerned about this genie coming out of the bottle, rising youth upta ke, which other countries were taking action on earlier, so now what we have to do here, across all four nations, is try and strike the right balance, still assist smokers with these products, but really tighten the regulations and improve them so that we can protect people who have never smoked. a £3 million fund to tackle illegal sales has already been announced, and the industry itself says big fines are needed to protect legitimate retailers. with the current legislation, there really is no deterrent for the handful of rogue traders that are selling these products to children. this is now a problem affecting

the whole of the uk, and governments in all four nations are looking at what measures might help. dominic hughes, bbc news. the government has been given more time to hand over borisjohnson�*s unredacted documents to the covid public inquiry. the inquiry says it was asked to extend the deadine to next monday but has given the cabinet office until thursday afternoon. our political correspondent nick eardley is westminster. what happens now, nick? remember the ublic inuui what happens now, nick? remember the public inquiry is — what happens now, nick? remember the public inquiry is looking _ what happens now, nick? remember the public inquiry is looking into _ what happens now, nick? remember the public inquiry is looking into how- public inquiry is looking into how decisions were made in government at the height of the pandemic, and to do that it has demanded access to all of borisjohnson�*s unredacted whatsapp messages and private notebooks. it hasn't got them yet, and until today the cabinet office, the government, had been saying that it wouldn't hand over information it thought was unambiguously irrelevant. well, today it turns out

they don't have all the information to hand over in the first place. now, the inquiry has given the government another couple of days to try and get hold of that information or to explain more about why it can't, but this does all seem a bit of a mess this afternoon, because boris johnson's team of a mess this afternoon, because borisjohnson�*s team are saying he is happy for information to be passed on, his lawyers appointed by the government had had access to it all, they had visited his office to read his notebooks, and they were, as i say, happy for that to go to the inquiry. the government now has 48 hours to figure out exactly what it is going to do next. we cannot say for sure exactly what information it doesn't have, because the cabinet office hasn't told us, but it all means that even before the public inquiry has started public hearings, there is a big row over what information it has access to, and that could end up in court.

nick, thank you, nick eardley. the supermarket asda is expanding its growth into the convenience food sector. it's agreed to buy eg group, adding another 350 petrol stations to hundreds it has already. so what will this mean for customers? our business correspondent emma simpson is here. asda is the uk's third biggest supermarket, with over 640 stores. it's now buying the uk and irish operations of the petrol—forecourt operator eg group. that means, in one fell swoop, it's going to add another 350 petrol stations and own 1,000 fast—food locations. both of these businesses are co—owned by the billionaire issa brothers from blackburn. under the deal, this new combined group will have revenues of around £30 billion a year and employ around 170,000 people. i asked the chairman of asda and eg group, stuart rose, what it would mean for shoppers.

all our competitors have a convenience offer, asda hadn't got a convenience offer. we are now going to be in the convenience business, so we'll be a complete retailer. consumers who now then go to eg garages over time will get asda prices for petrol, and that'll be lower, so that's good. and in terms of pricing across the piece, we will run a more efficient business. now, the cost of food is centrestage at the minute. today we got new data from the british retail consortium, the industry trade body, which showed a slight easing in food price inflation. this comes after news that the government is looking into a voluntary price cap on some basic food items to help hard—pressed consumers. stuart rose doesn't think much of this idea. starting to try and manipulate markets or control markets is not going to be effective. be careful about what you wish for, be careful about the unintended consequences and remind yourself by reading a history book perhaps, about what didn't work when we had a pricing and incomes policy under a labour government in the late '60s. as for today's deal, providing there aren't any competition issues, it should be completed

by the end of this year. emma, thank you, emma simpson. our top story this afternoon: moscow is hit by rare drone strikes — and accuses ukraine of staging a terrorist attack. ukraine says it had nothing to do with it. the possibility that the covid—19 virus leaked from a chinese laboratory shouldn't be ruled out. that's what a former government scientist in china has told bbc news. coming up on bbc news, david brooks is back in the wales squad for the first time since he was diagnosed with hodgkin lymphoma in 2021. he announced he was cancer—free last year and has returned to club football with bournemouth. the triple olympic swimming champion adam peaty has been talking to the bbc about his mental health struggles — saying more gold medals

won't solve his problems. last month peaty — who wants to compete in next year's olympics in paris — pulled out of the british championships, saying he was tired and had been in a self—destructive spiral. he's been explaining more to our correspondent graham satchell. here he is. the commonwealth games last summer. peaty hadn't lost a race for more than seven years. what can peaty do here? behind the scenes, the pressure of being at the top year after year was starting to take its toll. i was on this endless search for a gold medal or a world record. i kind of looked into the future goes, ok, if i do get that, is my life fixed or is my life any better? no. and peaty down in fourth. just living with your own brain and living with the person on your shoulder that says you aren't good enough. because if you have the conversation with it and go, "no, i am, this is why." then you start to have a healthy relationship with yourself instead

of a self—destructive spiral. in a series of posts on social media, adam has been searingly honest about his struggles with his mental health, with alcohol. a lot of athletes do struggle with alcohol. and for me, i was in a place where i wasn't really happy with how it started to control my life. it was something that i was constantly chasing and constantly doing and i was like, i don't really want this for my life. i don't really want to do this all the time. but you have to get, you have to seek help and you have to figure out how the brain works, especially if you're quite different, such as any athlete, because we're just so different from everyone else in a sense of how we operate and how we see the world. adam has recently been diagnosed with adhd. he's been getting treatment, which he says has helped, and he's taken a break from competing. and there's been a lot of tears. there's been a lot of sweat, a little bit of blood. but the tears are like, i should not be crying for something i love. once you address that issue, 0k, do you need a break?

yes. have the break and we'll come back. and i'm not hiding from the lows, i'm not hiding from that side of the brain, which is hyperactive and i don't really understand anymore. look at this, utterly brilliant. adam peaty is the double olympic champion. tokyo the last olympic games. adam is now back in training for next year, and paris. ijust owe it to myself to come from this low and teach people that if you're in the lowest of the low, you can find a way out of it. and the olympics for me is that climb up. it's the battle that we've lost, but we're going to win the war. the possibility that the covid—19 virus leaked from a chinese laboratory shouldn't be ruled out — that's what a former government scientist in the country has told bbc news. george gao, who was director of the chinese centre for disease control for much of the pandemic, says

in a new podcast that the question of the virus's origin remains open. many scientists believe the virus is likely to have passed naturally from animals to humans. john sudworth was our correspondent in china until he was forced to leave in 2021 — he sent this report from new york. ever since the world got its first glimpse of the deadly disease circulating in wuhan, china has dismissed the theory that covid might have leaked from a lab known to have been experimenting with coronaviruses, as a lie. but now, one of china's most senior scientists seems far less forthright when i ask him about that possibility. you know, i haven't seen anything. you know, a lot of people have some suspicions, but i haven't seen anything. but nor can you rule it out? for science you have to be open—minded. that means everything is possible.

don't rule out anything. don't rule out anything, he says. but the lab leak theory was ruled out. perhaps its association with this man helped cast it as a conspiracy theory. have you seen anything at this point that gives you a high degree of confidence that the wuhan institute of virology was the origin of this virus? yes, i have. as did the claims from some western scientists of overwhelming evidence that the virus, which started in bats, passed naturally to humans, perhaps via other animals in a market, a route by which deadly pandemics are known to have emerged in the past. it was that past precedent that influenced the world health organization mission to wuhan when it too effectively ruled out a lab leak. following a review ordered by president biden, two out of eight us intelligence agencies are now said to favour a lab leak with low to moderate confidence.

and there is a renewed focus on the wider issue of the risks of lab work with dangerous pathogens, although the political partisanship still looms large. you've no right to tell me not to ask questions. i have all the rights. under what grounds? the signs of china's heavy handed political control have been there from the start. and the mystery of what happened in wuhan has become one of the most controversial questions of our time. but it's also one of the most important. where did covid come from? john sudworth, bbc news, new york. and you can listen to more of that interview onjohn sudworth�*s new podcast — it's called �*fever: the hunt for covid's origins'. it begins today and will have new episodes weekly on radio 4 and bbc sounds. now a look at some other stories

making the news today. in northern kosovo, protesters are continuing to gather in the town of zvecan, a day after violent clashes with nato—led peacekeepers left 30 soldiers injured. it follows the installation of ethnic albanian mayors in majority—serb areas. they won power after kosovo serbs boycotted local elections. the country declared independence from serbia in 2008, but most ethnic serbs have never accepted its independence. two italian intelligence agents and a former member of the israeli security forces were among four people killed when a boat overturned on lake maggiore in italy. the vessel was carrying 25 people who were celebrating a birthday, before it was hit by a sudden, violent storm on sunday evening. the independent office for police conduct is investigating, after a 91—year—old woman had a taser pointed at her by police in south east london. she also had a mesh "spit hood"

placed over her head. the metropolitan police says the woman had become distressed after a dispute with her carer, and allegedly spat at an officer during the incident in peckham earlier this month. one officer has been suspended, and five others have been put on restricted duties. a gender—critical academic, says she is determined to speak at the oxford union later today, after some students responded angrily to her invitation to a talk. there's been a row about whether professor kathleen stock should be allowed to attend the debate, with some people arguing that her views on gender identity are transphobic. gender—critics believe that sex is biological, people cannot change their sex and that sex is distinct from gender—identity. our education correspondent elaine dunkley has been speaking to her. the oxford union is one of the world's most prestigious debating societies. but as long as a white man does it, it's all right.

a black man is supposed to have no feelings. with a history of inviting prominent speakers from across politics and academia. chanting. guests are often controversial and divisive. shame on you! its latest speaker is kathleen stock, a professor of philosophy with gender critical views. it's not hate speech to say that males cannot be women. you know, you can believe what you like, and i'm not stopping anybody believing any different, but it's certainly not hate speech to say that. and that's basically the most controversial thing, i think. the university's lgbtq+ society has asked for the debate to be canceled, calling it part of a campaign of hate against trans people. the lgbtq+ society have said this isn't about free speech, this is about hate speech. for a marginalized group that does face hatred and violence... yeah. talks like yours won't help.

nothing i'm saying is unreasonable. i'm quite compassionate, i'm measured. it's really important, especially that younger generations are exposed to ideas that they haven't come across before, that they haven't thought about. sometimes that will be very challenging to them. not because it will influence them into thinking those ideas are right because they've got minds of their own. just controversial and difficult ideas need to be tested in the public square. kathleen stock has every right of free speech. i'm a very firm believer for that. and the lgbtq+ society says this isn't about cancel culture, silencing and no platforming opinions they don't agree with. we have received thousands of comments online, some of them very homophobic, very transphobic, hateful, threatening. we have received death threats. they say it's about protecting trans students and rejecting intolerance. what the oxford union is doing. implicitly by giving her a platform

to speak in this way, - they're supporting her views, they're amplifying them in a way that's harmful to the trans - community in this city, i and that's unacceptable. why not go there and challenge those views that you disagree with? it's really, really exhausting - as a trans person to be constantly expected to justify your existence, to debate, you know, _ your your rights. oxford university's lgbtq+ society says they will exercise their right to protest. the oxford union has said attendees will have an opportunity to respectfully engage and challenge professor stock�*s views at the event. but this is a debate wider than gender and the oxford union. one where campuses can be a battleground with the complexities and challenges around rights and freedoms. elaine dunkley, bbc news. a british supercar —

the aston martin bulldog, the only one of its kind which was lost for decades — has been fully rebuilt and restored. and after some tests and tweaks it's being made ready for its final test — to see whether it can travel at 200 miles an hour. our correspondent phil mackey is in shropshire. hello. hello, this is a place i love comini hello. hello, this is a place i love coming to — hello. hello, this is a place i love coming to because _ hello. hello, this is a place i love coming to because there - hello. hello, this is a place i love coming to because there are - hello. hello, this is a place i love| coming to because there are loads and loads of cool cars. but there is nothing cooler than the aston martin bulldog. it would have cost around £150,000 at its launch, it's now worth millions. it is a car painted in mythical status. using a turbo—charged engine... using a turbo-charged engine... the aston using a turbo—charged engine... aston martin using a turbo—charged engine... tue: aston martin bulldog was using a turbo—charged engine... tue aston martin bulldog was launched in 1979 to a fanfare of publicity. they

thought it would beat the car to rescue the troubled company. instead, it nearly went bankrupt. press the button... and you are released into the outer world. {links released into the outer world. only one was ever _ released into the outer world. only one was ever built _ released into the outer world. only one was ever built and _ released into the outer world. only one was ever built and after disappearing for years... they tracked it down and brought it to be restored here in shropshire. it was a wreck. this is how it looked when i first saw it in 2020. it has some of the original pieces, like this classic 70s dashboard but they also had to completely remake a lot of the parts from scratch. it had to completely remake a lot of the parts from scratch.— the parts from scratch. it looks absolutely _ the parts from scratch. it looks absolutely fantastic, _ the parts from scratch. it looks absolutely fantastic, doesn't i the parts from scratch. it looks| absolutely fantastic, doesn't it. it's taken nearly three years to get to the stage, but it's nearly complete and this is an absolutely unique car. it’s complete and this is an absolutely unique car-— complete and this is an absolutely uniiue car. �*, , :, , :. unique car. it's been roadworthy for about 18 months, _ unique car. it's been roadworthy for about 18 months, but _ unique car. it's been roadworthy for about 18 months, but in _ unique car. it's been roadworthy for about 18 months, but in between i about 18 months, but in between shows it's been continually modified. they've even had to make a new suspension system to allow the

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jeremy paxman! applause. hello, welcome to a new series of university challenge, the legendary search for the uk's the legendary search for the uk's brightest student quiz team. brightest student quiz team. it's 1994 and the new host it's1994 and the new host of university challenge soon made his mark, putting the smartest students through their paces. who held the position of prime minister of the united kingdom for the... bell rings. trinity, morley. margaret thatcher. how did you know i was going to ask for the longest period of time? of university challenge soon well, what else is it going to be? laughter. ok, let's see if you get these bonuses right. they are on french land borders, you smart arses! laughter. some pretty brutal put—downs were not uncommon. timothy dalton, orson welles, toby stephens and michael fassbender are among the actors who have played which romantic figure, the creation of charlotte bronte? the creation of charlotte bronte? imperial... imperial... inspector clouseau? inspector clouseau? laughter. laughter. i don't know how you got that, i don't know how you got that,

it's completely wrong. it's completely wrong. bell rings. bell rings. william i? no! william i?