found under a nursery school floor in new york after a one—year old boy died. how a handful of debris collected from a massive asteroid could hold the answers to how life on earth began. and a month on from finishing runners up at the world cup, the lionesses storm to victory against scotland in the nations league. tonight at 10:30: we are on the front of fortress europe. the tiny island of lampedusa where thousands of migrants have arrived as the italians try to stop them. good evening. tonight we begin with the latest on the situation with the war in ukraine.

this thick white smoke indicates what ukraine says is a "successful" strike on the headquarters of russia's black sea navy in crimea. russia illegally annexed the southern ukrainian peninsula of crimea in 2014. this month, ukraine has carried out several attacks on the region, destroying a russian air defence system and damaging a ship and a submarine in a dry dock. kyiv is also trying to cut off russian supply lines as it continues with its counter offensive further north. 0ur senior international correspondent 0rla guerin is in kyiv. kyiv could hardly have picked a more high—profile target than the headquarters of russia's black sea fleet in crimea and a source in the ukrainian air force told the bbc that the type of missile used was a storm shadow cruise missile and those are supplied by the uk and france. we have seen footage showing a massive impact on the building and

tonight they have been claims in the past half an hour on social media that the commander of the black sea fleet was killed in the strike. that is unconfirmed, nothing on that yet from officials in ukraine or russia. but either way the strike was a win for ukraine. and as its counteroffensive grinds on, it has been suffering heavy losses on the battlefield. the army will not say just how many, but we were given access to a major hospital in the south—east which is receiving many casualties coming from the front line. doctors there have said that since the full—scale invasion from russia began in february 2022 they have treated 20,000 wounded soldiers coming from the front line and many of those are amputees. sirens under a blanket of darkness,

the wounded are brought in. on arrival, each one is numbered. each one a husband, a father or a son. this is the pain of a generation. staff here treat 50 to 100 new casualties every day. another badly wounded soldier has just been brought in. he's in his 20s and one of his legs has already been amputated. this is where you can see the cost of the war — the cost for soldiers, the cost for ukraine — and there's no let up — the casualties keep coming. ukraine now has an army of amputees. in the first six months of this year alone, a staggering 15,000 have lost limbs. most are fighters, like patient 159,

viacheslav, who has lost a leg. this doctor and her colleagues have comforted many like him. translation: we talk- to them, we cheer them up, we hold their hands, we feed them. if it's a young man, i treat him like my son. 0urfront line is right here, in the hospital. we do our duty. that means doing surgery around the clock, trying to repair bodies mangled by landmines and shells. they have 50 operating rooms here but say it's not enough. for the hospital director, the wounded are more than patients. "you are a hero", says this doctor.

0leksiy is 38 and days before lost both of his legs. translation: the in'uries are very severe. h i'm very glad that 0leksiy survived. this was caused by a mine explosion. unfortunately, his friends are no longer alive. do you see many patients with severe injuries like this? "all", he says. "war is frightening," says 0leksiy. "only a fool wouldn't be scared. "what more can i say? "bullets whistle, mines explode. "sometimes, there's panic."

and sometimes there's trauma that cannot be put into words, horror that cannot be unseen. more than 20,000 injured soldiers have passed through these doors in europe's newest war — a conveyor belt of broken bodies. and 2,000 of them have been amputees. even when the fighting is over, for many, the battle will last a lifetime. 0rla guerin, bbc news, southeastern ukraine. this week, ukraine's president zelensky has continued to secure support for ukraine's war effort. he was in canada today after meeting us presidentjoe biden yesterday and appearing at the united nations earlier this week.

but closer to home, a row with neighbouring poland over grain exports has raised tensions between the staunch allies. this week poland said it would no longer give ukraine fresh arms supply deals. take a look at some of the countries providing the bulk of military aid to ukraine. the us tops the list with $46.6 billion worth of support up to august this year. germany contributes 18.9 billion and the uk 7.3 billion. and poland has committed 3.3 billion dollars worth. sarah rainsford looks at what's behind the change in atmosphere between poland and ukraine. ukrainians learn the basics for life in poland. some of the million or so refugees still here and still getting help. poland's strong support for its neighbour has been critical in this war. that's why a sudden change in the government's language now is so striking, although valentina

has other things on her mind. because today russian missiles hit her home town. translation: what worries me more is that right now, - in my town, it is not calm. we wanted to go home, of course, but there is no chance of that yet. at the heart of the dispute is this — ukrainian grain. kyiv needs to get it to market over land because russia is targeting its ports. but poland is blocking imports there to protect its own farmers. and this week that fight boiled over at the un. some of ourfriends in europe play our solidarity with political theatre, make a thriller from the grain. they may seem to play their own role but in fact they are helping set the stage to a moscow actor. poland's prime minister has been hitting back.

first, he said his country would send no more arms to ukraine. today, campaigning for re—election, he said he was standing by the grain ban. and he warned president zelensky not to insult the polish people again. "poles will never allow that," he said. poland has been one of ukraine's biggest backers ever since the start of this war, often pushing other countries, in fact, to do more. that has given the government here a huge amount of international credit. behind—the—scenes, the politicians say nothing has changed, but the shift of tone in public has been startling. the context to all this is critical. elections are just three weeks away and it is not only farmers' votes that the governing party is chasing, it is the far right, too, who think ukraine has been helped enough. that radical shift worries some here who see poland setting a damaging new example.

nobody thinks about the strategic interests of the country, or the national interests. all the prime minister and the party in government is doing is to think about any possible way to win re—election. it is a dangerous game and i think it is irresponsible, what is happening now. this war is right on poland's border, but even as it has boosted its defences, it has always said backing ukraine was a matter of principle, notjust security. now, poland is suddenly sending very different signals. sarah rainsford, bbc news, warsaw. let's speak to our russia editor steve rosenberg. steve, how has this row between poland and ukraine been seen in russia? if there is one thing guaranteed to put a smile on the face of vladimir putin it is ukraine very publicly falling out with a close ally. the russian state media have been lapping it up and the poland ukraine

dispute has got a lot of coverage here. add to that, whispers in the west of ukraine fatigue and you can understand why vladimir putin is still pretty confident, actually, despite everything that has gone wrong for russia since its full—scale invasion of ukraine, and thatis full—scale invasion of ukraine, and that is one picture, but there is another picture of events, a less positive one for russia. look at what is happening right now in crimea where ukraine has been stepping up attacks, recently we have talked about the missile strike on the headquarters of the russian black sea fleet, that is an incredibly important symbol for russia and an incredibly embarrassing attack. we still don't know the full extent of the damage and i was watching russian tv�*s main evening news and they said about this attack, absolutely nothing. thanks forjoining us. here, the prime minister

is considering a major shake up of the a level system in england. 0ur political correspondent nick eardley is in westminster. what is rishi sunak looking at doing? the prime minister has promised he will try to answer some of what he thinks are the big questions facing the country, even if the answers are difficult and earlier this week we had delaying some of the timetables for green policies and next it could be education because as has been reported in various newspapers, the prime minister is considering a pretty radical shake—up of the a level system which would involve getting rid of them and replacing them with what has been called a british baccalaureate and it would only apply in england but the idea is that people would study more subjects than the three or four they do at a level including english and maths until the age of 18. the prime minister has said he would like more people to study maths for longer.

these plans are not confirmed and we were told no firm decisions have been made but one minister who attends the covenant has told the bbc that he does think that the prime minister will introduce a change like this —— who attends the cabinet. what is definite, if this happens, it will be controversial, and some in the education sector think it will be too expensive and that the money would be better spent on retaining staff and building up better infrastructure and labour say it is a gimmick. it is important to remember that the political context behind this, the conservatives are trailing labour significantly in the polling and rishi sunak is looking for something that will capture the political imagination in the run—up to a general election. political imagination in the run-up to a general election.— to a general election. thanks for “oininu to a general election. thanks for joining us- _ detectives investigating the death of ten—year—old sara sharif in woking last month have released new pictures of her. they're hoping the images will prompt more people to come forward with information about sara,

and herfamily. sara's father, stepmother and uncle have been charged with her murder. police have found a large quantity of the highly potent painkillerfentanyl, in a new york city nursery where a one—year—old boy died from exposure to the drug. the authorities say they discovered enough fentanyl and other drugs hidden in the daycare centre to kill half a million people. fentanyl is 50 times more powerful than heroin and has been blamed for a rise in drug deaths in the united states. 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. we had fentanyl in a daycare centre. i spoke with the dad, you know, of the baby we lost. it rips your heart out. looked at another way, those figures show nearly 300 americans a day die from overdoses and fentanyl accounts for the vast majority. here in new york, the reality of those statistics have been brought home in

the death of a toddler, something that ought to be incomprehensible. instead, the latest milestone in an epidemic out of control. thank you. a seven year mission into space to study an asteroid — should reach a dramatic conclusion on sunday. a capsule that has been to scoop up a sample from bennu's surface is due to touchdown in a remote part of the us. bennu measures half a kilometer at its widest point. it's hoped what's found in the tiny sample could help answer big questions about life on earth — as our science editor rebecca morelle reports. 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 0siris—rex spacecraft collected its sample in a smash and grab lasting just five seconds. these bits of bennu were stowed in a capsule. now they're heading back to earth. we're looking at material that

existed before our planet did. in fact, some of it may have been from even before the solar system formed. so we're looking at the beginning of our story. how did our solar system form, how did asteroids come together? and did asteroids like bennu literally make the earth a habitable world? the capsule's landing site is a vast wilderness, a military base in the utah desert. asteroid bennu is 500 metres in size, taller than the empire state building. it's shaped like a spinning top, bulging at its middle. and although it looks solid, it's actually a pile of rubble loosely held together with a little bit of gravity. but bennu tops the list of nasa's most dangerous space rocks. its orbit around the sun can bring it close to the earth — sometimes dangerously close. and the chance of a collision is one in 1,750. that's like tossing a coin and getting 11 heads in a row.

and the 24th of september 2182 is the date it's most likely to hit. it's a very low likelihood of hitting the earth, and that's more than 100 years in the future. but it's really important to characterise its orbit, to understand its physical properties, so that if we do need to do anything to deflect asteroid bennu or another asteroid in the future, we are prepared and have all of the information that we can. the return won't be easy. the capsule will speed through the earth's atmosphere at more than 27,000mph before descending down to the ground, slowed by parachutes. the nasa team has been practising in the desert, working out the best way to recover the craft after it comes down. it's vital to keep the extraterrestrial material inside free from contamination. all eyes are now on this patch of utah desert, ready for the landing.

the hope is this mission could answer that most profound question — where did we come from? rebecca morelle, bbc news, utah. an eight—year—old girl has become the first child in the uk to receive a kidney transplant that means she does not have to take long term drugs to stop her rejecting the organ. aditi shankar received both stem cells and a kidney transplant from her mother which meant her body accepted the new organ. 0ur medical editor fergus walsh has her story. aditi's health has been transformed, thanks to her mum and a team at great 0rmond street hospital in london. she has an extremely rare genetic condition which had weakened her immune system and meant her kidneys were failing. doctors came up with a radical new approach, which involved not one but two transplants. the medical team began by removing stem cells from aditi's mum. these were used for a bone marrow

transplant which rebuilt and re—programmed aditi's immune system. six months later, aditi had a kidney transplant, again donated by her mother, and her reprogrammed immune system accepted the organ as her own. her immune deficiency had to be corrected by having mum's bone marrow first, and because aditi was able to engraft and accept her mum's bone marrow, that therefore meant that her body could then see her mum's kidney, when it was transplanted, as being part of her. within weeks of the transplant, aditi was taken off immunosuppression, which means she doesn't risk the long term side effects of these powerful drugs, which usually have to be taken for life to prevent organ rejection. her parents are delighted. ifeel so happy, actually, yes. i've given the blood cells and the kidney.

so happy, yes, of course. i feel perfectly 0k, yes. i'm so proud of her. and she is amazing. she is doing very fine, each and every day. aditi is back at school and both her immune system and transplanted kidney are working normally. the new procedure is unlikely to be widely used as the double transplant carries increased risks to the patient. but for aditi, it has been life—saving. fergus walsh, bbc news. youtubers now rank as some of the most famous and influential people — nowadays better known than some hollywood stars — and they're making a lot of money adding more than £2 billion to the uk's economy last year. daniel middleton, better known online as dantdm, is one of britain's most successful youtubers who's famous for video game commentaries. the 31—year—old has posted thousands of videos across three

separate youtube channels which have reached more than 34 million subscribers. 0verall, he's clocked up over 21 billion views. huge numbers. he doesn't often do interviews but our culture editor, katie razzall, got to meet him. hey, guys, it's dan here. welcome back. i've been playing video games ever since i was young. the views were just ridiculous. we are going to be doing the diamond mine cart experiment. we hit the most viewed channel on the entire site. i still look back and i'm just, like, that's crazy. get in there. at one point, dantdm was the most watched youtuber in the world. for more than a decade, he's made videos about gaming from his house that turned a boy from aldershot into one of britain's most successful and richest youtubers. welcome back to minecraft legends. dan middleton — his real name — turned his love of minecraft into a cultural brand, with a reported net worth greater than many footballers. he's released books and lent his voice to disney movies. i'm yourfriendly ebay alert messenger.

at one stage, his channel was getting 400 million hits every month. i was really shy at school. like, you wouldn't catch me doing anything like this. a lot of youtubers are naturally introverted but very creative. but as you see, it's set up like a movie, there's camera angles. what did you think when you realised how much money could be made from this? couldn't really believe it. i mean, i wasn't really using it because i was making videos. i was in a lucky position where i started it at the right time. youtube just grew exponentially over that time, so a platform with that many eyes on it is going to make money. dan was his own production house, making two videos every day. with anything, when it's growing, it gets a little bit addictive. you're like, "oh, i can keep uploading and then try out new things, see if they work, if they don't." can you walk out the door and not be recognised? or are you somebody who gets recognised and has to wear a hat? it literally happens every day. i have made a lot of videos — a lot of them.

aged 31, this year, dantdm announced a scaling back from making videos. he's been open about struggling with depression after becoming a parent during the pandemic. i think if you're making content at that rate, whether it's youtube, even if you're, like, a musician or a playwright, you're a writer, if you're doing something every day, you're going to burn out at some point and need a break. do you feel like you're taken seriously as a creative? it did take a long time because people thought, oh, they see the 20 minute video. "you just record it for 20 minutes, uploaded it, that's it." but now i think there is that respect there. if you're successful on the platform, you're doing something right. you are creative. you're just good at what you do. dan sells out arenas. a british success story at a time when the internet has become more and more central to our lives. katie razzall, bbc news. england women were made to fight hard to beat scotland tonight in their first outing since the women's world cup final.

the match, played in sunderland, was part of the uefa nations league. elsewhere, wales took on iceland. katie gornall has been watching the action. when you can't buy the official shirt, there are other ways to show your support. a sold—out stadium of light welcomed england back to action. scotland fans, understandably, were a little outnumbered. for both teams, this was new territory, a brand—new tournament with plenty at stake. but first, a moment to pause and remember the former england youth international, maddy cusack, who passed away at the age of 27. whistle scotland narrowly missed out on the world cup. spurred on by that disappointment, their star caroline weir tested mary earps early on. yeah, that one stung. sunderland has been home to some of england's best over the years, chief among them lucy bronze. she'll have enjoyed this. brilliant header! 1—0 soon became two. another cross, another header, as lauren hemp powered england further in front. it's another brilliant cross!

but the moment england's concentration lapsed, scotland pounced. kirsty hanson poking home before the break. scores for scotland! england's noisy neighbours were right back in it and causing plenty of problems. 0h, off the crossbar! but england just about held on. they've taken the first step towards 0lympic qualification but there's still a long way to go from here. over in reykjavik, wales were playing their first competitive match in 12 months and they were caught cold when iceland's captain hit the heights. with the nations league also influencing qualification for the next euros, wales had an extra incentive. carriejones came close but the equaliser never came, and with denmark and germany to come for wales, it only gets tougher from here. we stand here a month on from that world cup final defeat for england

to spain and it's a time that's been completely dominated by the fallout in spanish football of luis rubiales's is ofjenni hermoso. the spain team were in action tonight, wearing wrist bands on it which said it's over, that's for their match against sweden in the nations league. it was a phrase used on social media during the scandal and they sent a message with their performance to beating sweden 3—2 thanks to a late goal. katie, thank you. time for a look at the weather now. what is happening over the weekend? well, let me tell you, a bit of a mixed over the weekend? well, let me tell you, a bit ofa mixed bag. over the weekend? well, let me tell you, a bit of a mixed bag. the tail end of the hurricane is going to bring us both wet and windy weather and also some warm weather, so it is and also some warm weather, so it is a tale of two halves this weekend. here is the hurricane right now across the north atlantic. it is now dying a death but is still going to bring that wind and rain. ahead of it, crucially the winds will be coming in from the south, south—west, said that means warmer weather coming in from the southern

climes. here is that through this week saturday and sunday, temperatures may exceed 20 celsius. but not right now. it is mostly clear skies out there through the night with light winds. fairly chilly morning, perhaps around freezing or below in the sheltered glens. single figures for most of us and saturday morning marks the equinox, the first day of autumn, officially. here is saturday during the day, a shield of cloud approaches western areas. perhaps in rain by the end of the day on the far west but on the whole for many of us, a bright if not sunny day, especially the closer you are to the north sea coast. temperatures in the mid or high teens and saturday night, the weatherfront mid or high teens and saturday night, the weather front sweeps across the country, strengthening winds, possibly up to gale false. tomorrow morning into the afternoon is this next lump of rain to stop you can see it is clumps of rain out towards the west. very strong winds around some of these western coasts, 50-60 around some of these western coasts, 50—60 mph so good gale blowing just about towards the south and the ease, temperatures 20 degrees, could

even reach 20 here around the moray firth. gale is blowing for this second part of their weekend out towards the west. here is the outlook for the next few days. temperatures will remain elevated into the low 20s but be warned, at some point in the week ahead, it could actually turn very blustery, with all that action happening in the atlantic, the tail end hurricane is coming our way. back to you. thank you very much. and that's bbc news at ten. there's more analysis of the day's main stories on newsnight with mark urban, which isjust getting under way on bbc two. the news continues here on bbc one, as now it's time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are, but from the ten team, it's goodnight.