must saying that russian aggression must end with ukrainian victory. let's take a listen. {iii end with ukrainian victory. let's take a listen.— end with ukrainian victory. let's take a listen. of compensation for aggression. _ take a listen. of compensation for aggression. of _ take a listen. of compensation for aggression, of making _ take a listen. of compensation for aggression, of making the - take a listen. of compensation for i aggression, of making the aggressor feel how strong justice is. most of i would like to thank you, canada, for the purely human thing, for making ukrainians at home. when they are here in canada. thank you. thank you very much. a's thank you so much. �* ~ ,, much. applause and this - much. applause and this is, - much. applause and this is, you l much. applause - and this is, you know, this much. applause _ and this is, you know, this is not just a legacy of history. this is the legacy of character. the ukrainian ukrainian community is about to millions of ukrainians that

have become canadian with all its diversity of communities. freedom loving, courage, ourspecial diversity of communities. freedom loving, courage, our special call forjustice. the ability of our people to share comfort to wherever they go to build, to not to ruin or humiliate. ukrainianflags they go to build, to not to ruin or humiliate. ukrainian flags in canada are a part of everyday life, and absolute trust to canada in ukraine. in fact, such proximity provides many answers, including answers to the question about this war. can we give up? no. can we betray the good and human nature is no. can we agree to evil? now. can we allow our identity to be erased as no.

ukraine and canada are the same. we stand and we fight for life. ukraine, not genocide, will be victorious in the work. the people will be the winners, not the kremlin. freedom will be the winner, justice will be the winner. you can know that's for sure about us. because you know for sure about yourself that you would never submit to evil. �* �* ,,

translation: thank you, canada. and may one day soon a monuments the belts in maybe edmonton. as in other cities of the world and in the cities of the world and in the cities of the world and in the cities of ukraine to honour the victory of our people in this war, our... �* ~ ,,

our common victory, common victory with you, with you, the people of canada, with all your communities, with all your legacy, legacy of good. ladies and gentlemen, today me and my beautifulfirst good. ladies and gentlemen, today me and my beautiful first lady... applause we have the honour of meeting with the governor general of canada, honourable mary. —— mary simon. then she typed she talked me a word from her mother tongue. she said the

meaning of this word is "don't give up" don't give up, stay strong against all odds. and so shall it be. he speaks ukrainian applause the message there, as you heard, that president volodymyr zelensky said that he received from the

governor general of canada when he spoke to her earlier today, "don't give up, she told him. that was president zelensky speaking to parliamentarians in the canadian parliament. the prime minister, justin trudeau spoke just before he pledged more money to help ukraine, something like $482 million, a long term multiyear commitment. he said canada also committed to training f-i6 canada also committed to training f—i6 pilots and engineers, something that president zelensky has desperately wanted help with. he spoke for roughly 15 minutes very warmly received, as you can see they are. ukraine, as we know, sorry, canada as we know has the highest population of ukrainians outside of ukraine. so speaking to a very

receptive audience there, president volodymyr zelensky. receptive audience there, president volodymyrzelensky. i receptive audience there, president volodymyr zelensky. i think we will leave it there at the canadian parliament for the moments and just returned to one of our top stories of the day. very relevant when you think about what we have just been listening to, and this is in ukraine where a ukrainian missile strike has hit the headquarters of russia's black sea naval fleet in occupied crimea. russia says one of its servicemen is missing after the attack on the naval base in sevastopol. it also says a major cyberattack interrupted internet services on the peninsula. these pictures were posted on social media — showing plumes of smoke rising from the building. ukraine has carried out several attacks on crimea this month — destroying a russian air defence system and damaging a ship and submarine. this map shows more detail of where the headquarters is in crimea, which russia seized from ukraine and annexed in 2014. ukraine has intensified its attacks

there as its forces press on with a nearly four—month—old counteroffensive. our correspondent in kyiv, james waterhouse, gave us the latest. this is clearly a continuation of ukraine's tactic of specifically targeting sites in occupied crimea. at the apparent direct hit of the russia's naval headquarters is hugely symbolic. it is not yet clear what operational damage will be caused for russia, but this is a place where it has exerted such dominance through its maybe where it launches missiles across ukraine, its blockades ukrainian courts. and i think what this attack does is undermine russia's continued occupation in a place that seems a cornerstone of its invasion from as

far back as 2014. there was also a connection between dismissal strike and ukraine's continued counteroffensive further north. what they are trying to do is frustrate russian supply lines and isolate swathes of occupied territory in the hope that troops will run out of supplies. now, president zelensky hasjust supplies. now, president zelensky has just completed a visit to the us. he is in canada currently, and i think what we are seeing now is battlefield progress increasingly getting linked to the politics of it all. yes, he is being warmly welcomed by both countries, but there are political corners that are growing increasingly sceptical as to what the ukrainian victory might look like and as for how long the western allies should be pumping billions of dollars into ukraine, it's becoming increasingly high stakes for president zelensky, who is now having to do a fair bit of negotiating in his foreign policy. that was james waterhouse in kyiv. here — the family of a teenager who died while challenging an nhs

decision over her life—preserving treatment say they were "brutally silenced" by the courts. the 19—year—old can now be named as sudiksha ti—roomoolesh, after legal restrictions were lifted. miss ti—roomoolesh had mitochondrial disease, and died earlier this month after a cardiac arrest ——before the uk court of protection could hear her case. her nhs trust — which cannot be named — said sudiksha needed end—of—life care rather than ongoing treatment. her family say they are "deeply disturbed" by how they've been treated by the hospital trust and the courts. we have been gagged, silenced and most importantly prevented from accessing specialist treatment abroad. had she been allowed to seek treatment six months ago, it may well be that she would still be with us and recovering. she said she wanted to die trying to live.

around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. mortgage brokers say lending rates for home buyers should fall in the coming weeks following the bank of england's decision not to increase its key interest rate. so far nationwide is the only major lender to reduce mortgage rates since the bank's monetary policy committee narrowly voted to hold its rate at 5.25%. the university and college union has called off planned strikes by its members at dozens of institutions next week — after a number of employers agreed to end pay deductions linked to previous industrial action. a five—day walkout will still take place at 42 universities. the retailer superdrug has announced plans to stop selling single—use vapes in all its uk and ireland stores by the end of the year. the company says it sells an average of 1,300 disposable e—cigarettes every week, and has called the environmental impact of the devices �*alarming'.

you're live with bbc news. an influential democratic senator and his wife have been charged with accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes from three newjersey businessmen. robert menendez has denied the allegations and says he's the victim of a smear campaign. earlier, district attorney damien williams told a press conference that mr menendez and his wife nadine received cash, gold and other gifts, in exchange for using his position to help the businessmen and egypt's government. the investigation that led to these charges has been run out of the southern district of new york. the indictment alleges that between 2018 and 2022, senator menendez, the senior us senatorfrom new

and 2022, senator menendez, the senior us senator from newjersey and the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee and his wife, nadine menendez, engaged in a corrupt relationship. the indictment alleges that there that relationship the senator and his wife accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars of bribes in exchange for senator menendez using his power and influence to protect and to enrich those businessmen and to benefit the government of egypt. the indictment alleges that hannah and davies provided bribes in the form of cash, gold, home mortgage payments, a low show or no—showjob for nadine, a mercedes—benz and other things of value for the senator and his wife. 0ur north america correspondent nada tawfik is following the case. the in this press conference laying out these three criminal charges, prosecutors alleged that from the year as of 2018 to 2022 that bob

menendez got hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes and luxury vehicle. they say they even recover gold bars where of hundreds of thousands in his safe when the fbi conducted a search. and they say this is all an exchange to enrich and protect three businessmen in new jersey and to try to help the egyptian government. now, they say that he tried to pressure the department of agriculture to help one of the businessmen who was, who owned a monopoly that the egyptian government had helped them secure. they say the businessmen where facing separate investigations with the department ofjustice and menendez had tried to use his influence there to protect those gentlemen in those probes. they also allege that he passed on secret us government information to the egyptian government officials. so these are incredibly serious

charges, saying that he used his power and that the public officials that he sought to pressure didn't bend to that pressure. no doubt we will hear more about those allegations and any potential trial that comes out of this, but as we heard there, he was saying these are baseless allegations and he is vowing that he will continue his work in the senate to work for his constituents.— constituents. that was our correspondent _ constituents. that was our correspondent in - constituents. that was our correspondent in new - constituents. that was our. correspondent in new york. the uk prime minister is considering a major shake—up of england's a—levels — the school qualifications taken by students after the age of 16. he wants young people to study maths to the age of 18 and it's thought the reform could see the introduction of a new baccalaureate qualification. live now to our political correspondent nick eardley. what might these changes look like? a lot of parents and pupils that will be listening to what you've got to say very closely as this might

affect them. i’m to say very closely as this might affect them-— to say very closely as this might affect them. �* . . a, �* affect them. i'm afraid i can't give ou an affect them. i'm afraid i can't give you any concrete _ affect them. i'm afraid i can't give you any concrete guarantees - affect them. i'm afraid i can't give | you any concrete guarantees about what is going to happen just now because my understanding is that rishi sunak is looking over a pretty radical shake—up of the a—level system in england. we know that he wants more people to study maps in particular to the age of 18, and one of the options that is on the table is what you were just talking about, this idea of a british baccalaureate twitch, ratherthan this idea of a british baccalaureate twitch, rather than doing three or four a—levels as many young people do at the moment, they would do this baccalaureate qualification and it would include a broader range of subjects, including english and maths right up until they leave school probably around the age of 18. we should point out this is england. scotland, wales and northern ireland have their own education system, so i suppose the british baccalaureate is a bit of a misleading term, but the idea behind it is to encourage people to do a

broader range of subjects. we know that rishi sunak stood up at a podium in downing street on wednesday and said, "look, i'm going to come up with some long—term solutions to what i think are big problems in the uk." he started off talking about net zero. i think is probably going to talk about education pretty soon, perhaps at the tory conference in manchester in a couple of weeks' time, their annual gathering where they outlined policies and big perspectives. but i do think if this happens, it will be very controversial. chatting to some people in education sector today, they say, look, this is really expensive. there is an international baccalaureate at some schools, largely fee—paying schools at the moment, cost a that lot of money to run. if you are going to get across the board in england, it is going to take a lot of money. with that money not to be better spent on teacher retention and on infrastructure at schools? labour, for example, say that it schools? labour, for example, say thatitis schools? labour, for example, say that it is alljust a bit of a gimmick. but one thing to always bearin

gimmick. but one thing to always bear in mind when you hear the stories at the moment is the conservatives are far behind in the polls, far behind labour in the opinion polls at the moment and rishi sunak is really trying to find something that can capture the political imagination in the run—up to the general election. it is fascinating _ to the general election. it is fascinating stuff. _ to the general election. it is fascinating stuff. as - to the general election. it is fascinating stuff. as you - to the general election. it is fascinating stuff. as you say can be talked about the response to that being quite controversial potentially. 0f being quite controversial potentially. of course making teachers and teaching unions will say they have already had to do a lot of change within the way that they teach, toughening up of a—levels the past few years. will there be a certain of a-levels the past few years. will there be a certain— a-levels the past few years. will there be a certain of them saying not again? _ not again? that they've got to check out the role book and start looking at a completely different education system? i think any reform like that is always pretty controversial. it requires a lot of detail and i don't think number 10 are all that pleased that these details have come out today because it means that a lot of teachers will be and parents for that matter will be looking at this thinking, is it going to happen? what does it mean? and report is

like me are saying well, it is definitely on the table but downing street want to give us the specifics so we cannot tell you exactly what it would mean, but yes, absolutely. if you make a big change like this, it takes a lot of persuasion, it takes a lot of planning and i think it will take time. so one thing i think is really unlikely is if this is going to happen, it will probably be well at least a year off because i don't think rishi sunak would find it particularly easy to do it before a general election, and then it would be up in the air because it would be up in the air because it would be up in the air because it would be by that the conservatives actually won that election and managed to bring it in. so it is an id at the moment. it's definitely on the table and number 10. it's definitely controversial. it's a most certainly expensive, it's one that rishi sunak is looking at, but until he gets us that detail of what exactly it will mean in practice, i'm afraid a lot of those questions are going to go unanswered. taste i'm afraid a lot of those questions are going to go unanswered. we will watch this space _ are going to go unanswered. we will watch this space and _ are going to go unanswered. we will watch this space and wait _ are going to go unanswered. we will watch this space and wait to - are going to go unanswered. we will watch this space and wait to hear- watch this space and wait to hear that detail. thank you.

the new york police department has found a large quantity of the highly potent opioid drug fentanyl inside a nursery where a one year—old boy died last friday. images released by detectives show bags filled with brown and white powder hidden under a trapdoor. fentanyl is 50 times more powerful than heroin and has been blamed for a rise in us drug deaths. police discovered enough hidden in the nursery to kill half a million people. from new york, john sudworth reports. a small memorial at the door of the daycare centre marks a tragedy that new york prosecutors say has shocked the conscience of a city. 0ne—year—old nicholas domenici died and three other children were hospitalised as the result of exposure to the deadly synthetic opioid fentanyl, that police say was kept hidden in huge quantities close to the mats in the nursery on which the children played and slept. a place meant to safeguard that ultimate act of trust,

the care of children, turned into a crime scene and a family left devastated. "i love him," nicholas�* father says. the owner of the nursery, 36—year—old grei mendez, has been charged with murder, along with a relative, carlisto acevedo brito. both are said to claim no knowledge of the drugs. but the police, who are still looking for one other person, say all three were part of a conspiracy. it's alleged in the complaint, before emergency personnel arrived at the daycare, before they arrived, mendez and a co—conspirator tried to cover up what happened. and all of that happened while the children, the babies, were suffering from the effects of fentanyl poisoning, and in desperate need of help. fentanyl is a painkiller 50 times more powerful than heroin and 100 times more powerful than morphine, and has been blamed for a rise in us drug deaths.

in 2010, fewer than 40,000 people died from a drug overdose across the country, with less than 10% fentanyl related. by 2021, the number of deaths had risen to 100,000, with an estimated 66% of them caused by fentanyl. what the statistics don't reveal is the individual human suffering, something new york is now confronting in stark reality. i spoke with the dad, you know, of the baby we lost. it rips your heart out. a death that ought to be incomprehensible is instead the latest grim milestone in a drugs epidemic out of control. i spoke a short while ago dr susan sherman from thejohns hopkins bloomberg school of public health and put it to her that the case illustrates the scale of the problem fentanyl

has become: after cove at, as said, actually, and 2021 2021, there were actually, and 2021 close to 107,000 overdose death in the us, and 75% were related to fentanyl and its analogues. why is it so much more dangerous than other opioids that have been around for so many years? well, as was also said, it is 50—100 times more potent. fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that can be made in a lab as well as its analogues, they are incredibly potent. some of them are even known to have a higher potency. you know, they are easier to get into the united states and other countries than illicit opioid products. and because people don't know what they are taking unless there is drug checking, point—of—care drug checking available, people don't know the level of fenta nyl but their tolerance is.

—— what their tolerance is. in markets where i am in baltimore, most of the drugs are fentanyl. there's not much heroin around. we also have something else called xylosezine, which is a really noxious drug that was a horse tranquiliser not approved for human use and creates incredible wounds. how possible will it be to control this drug now? has a copy on that point almost? i mean, i think it depends on what, you know, you mean by control. unfortunately someone created this problem, there is a lot that has to do with how fentanyl is coming in from china and what can be done on a geopolitical level to help it stop coming in. but it doesn't seem that it is going to stop, if it stops, something else might coming in its place that's equally dangerous. i think what's really important to think about, public health solutions, harm reduction solutions that reduce

the potentialfor someone to be killed by using these drugs. do stay with us here on bbc news. plenty more to come. hello there. the weather has felt decidedly cold today. heavy showers out there, some sunny spells too, but as those showers stayed, largely clear skies overnight, it is going to turn really quite chilly. through the weekend, temperatures will rise as outbreaks of rain and some strong winds arrived particularly toward the northwest of the uk. the reason for all of that, this swirl of cloud. this was a hurricane. hurricane nigel. not hurricane any more. but it is going to bring an injection first for two sure. during outbreaks of winds into northern and western parts. but also bringing in a southerly wind drying up some

warmer airfrom the a southerly wind drying up some warmer air from the south. in the short term, this north — northwesterly wind and the rather cool field to proceedings. a few showers around overnight but to most places will be dry with clear skies. if the mist and fog patches around, evenin if the mist and fog patches around, even in some of the big towns and cities, we will see temperatures 4—8 celsius. 0ut cities, we will see temperatures 4—8 celsius. out in the countryside, in northern scotland, i think quite easilyjust below northern scotland, i think quite easily just below freezing. tomorrow, then, some good smells of sunshine to start up. that's unchained turning increasingly hazy from the west and some thicker cloud rolling into southwest england, wales and northern ireland with a little bit of rain later in the day. the winds starting to strengthen as well. it's been starting to come up from the south, but still actually quite a cool feeling day. 12—18 celsius for most of us. there saturday evening and overnight, it this wriggling weather front really sets and across northern and western parts. some outbreaks of heavy rain just pulsing along that frontal system. so, on sunday can expect some really intense downpours for parts of wales, northwest england,

northern ireland and most especially the western side of scotland, a bit of rain into the southwest of england later in the day. further south and east of england later in the day. further south and east, some sunshine and some warmth. 20s. the winds will be picking up. we will see some very gusty conditions for coasts and hills in the west. that's a 50—60 mph and through sunday night, more very the western side of scotland. there could be enough rain here to cause some localised flooding in some travel disruption. into next week, it looks very autumnal. showers are longer spells of rain, some brisk winds. the best chance of any lengthy dry spells down towards the south.

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king charles and queen camilla leave bordeaux as they wrap up their three—day state visit to france. scientists and star gazers will have their eyes fixed on the skies above the us state of utah this weekend. a capsule — containing rocks and dust from an asteroid — is due to plummet from space at more than 15 times the speed of a rifle bullet. it will be the dramatic finale of a seven—year mission to reach the asteroid, collect the samples and bring them back to earth. scientists hope that samples will shed light on how our planet formed, more than four billion years ago. 0ur science editor rebecca morelle has the details. asteroid bennu, a boulder—strewn rock hurtling through space, the target of a seven year nasa mission. after travelling billions of miles, captured on camera the moment the osiris—rex spacecraft collected its sample in a smash and grab lasting just five seconds.