it has struck the headquarters of russia's black sea naval fleet in occupied crimea. black smoke was still rising from sevastopol hours after the attack. russia's ministry of defence said one serviceman was missing. james waterhouse has the latest from kyiv. this is clearly a continuation of ukraine's tactic of specifically targeting sites in occupied crimea, but the apparent direct hit of russia's naval headquarters in sevastopol is hugely symbolic. it's not yet clear what operational damage will be caused for russia, but this is a place where it has exerted such dominance through its navy, where it launches missiles across ukraine, it blockades ukrainian ports. 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 is also a connection between this missile 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 has just completed a visit to the us. he's in canada currently, and i think what we're seeing now is battlefield progress increasingly getting linked to the politics of it all. because, 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 western allies should be pumping billions of dollars into ukraine. so it's becoming increasingly high—stakes for president zelensky, who's now having to do a fair bit of negotiating in his foreign policy. as james mentioned

in his report there ukraine's president, volodymyr zelensky is wrapping up his week—long trip to north america. on friday, he travelled to ottawa, where he made an address to canada's parliament. canada is home to the world's largest ukrainian dispora, numbering over 200,000. and in his speech, mr zelensky spoke to the strong ties the two countries share ukraine and canada are the same. we stand and we fight for life. ukraine, not genocide, will be victorious in this war. people will be the winners, not the kremlin. freedom will be the winner, justice will be the winner. you can know this for sure about us, because you know for sure about yourself that you would never submit to evil. a row between ukraine and 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 us 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 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. to the us now — and we're just over a week away from the deadline to fund the federal government or face a shutdown. so as the prospect becomes likelier, let's take a look at what a shutdown would mean. the funding for the government expires at the end of the day on saturday, 30 september, at midnight, which marks the start of a new fiscal year. if congress fails to pass legislation to renew funding by then, much of the federal government will shutdown at midnight. many government operations

come to a halt if that happens, but some services deemed "essential" continue. those could include border protection, federal law enforcement, and air traffic control. but they will not be paid during the shutdown. federal employees whose work is deemed "non—essential" will be put on furlough, meaning they will not work and will not be paid. once the shutdown is over, those who worked or were furloughed will recieve backpay. earlier i spoke with republican representative zach nunn, of iowa, for his thoughts on the possibility of a shutdown. congressman, thank you indeed forjoining us. the clock is ticking. there is no—deal done yet. are you preparing yourself for a shutdown at this point? we are going to use every measure possible to make sure that we can avoid a shutdown that puts us military members on the front line without pay. it would make our southern border relatively less secure than it already is by making our and border guys need furlough. or a situation where american families might not have the resources they need to be successful. and that is one of the reasons i'm staying in dc over

the weekend to be able to work with this away from my family so that i can fight for the families in my district to get a plan done before a shutdown becomes inevitable. you may be staying there for the weekend, but the entire house is not. should kevin mccarthy have kept everyone there? i think we have only a few days left until the end of the fiscal year, and we need to be all hands on deck to make sure we are working on this. so from leadership down to every single rank and file member of congress, we all need to be here working towards the solutions. the speaker has not mandated that. he's empowered a number of us to have these conversations one conversations one on one. i've reached out to folks a small group of what i consider the very rights, as well as talking to folks in the middle and even on the left to say, what can we do, what can we agree on that would actually not only keep the government open but cuts back to spending that is coming out of

washington that would secure our nation and make sure that our military troops have access to it. in fact, i have led three bills on this to make sure our military forces get paid, the members of congress, if we do have a shutdown don't get paid and the people are fundraising off of this. i think this is what we see too many people leaving the city to do, try to make a personal name for themselves and not do the hard work that is required to make sure the us government takes care of the us people. yet, twice this week, a defence bill funding for defence failed to get past. so what do you say to that part of your own party who really are the ones standing in the way of a deal here? i have very direct words. you can come to the table and find a solution and pass appropriation bills as we want to do, the 12 that are necessary, and i also have direct conversation with my colleagues on the other side of the aisle. don't like rules bills to come to the floor so we can don't block rules bills to come to the floor so we can at least have the debate. let's not forget, this isn't on the actual bill. this is on the rule so that we can have a debate about passing budgets.

this is something every american, every member of congress should make a priority. what does it say about the republican party that a relatively small percentage of the party is able to hold everything up like this? i think we have a diverse group of individuals who are here and they are representing their districts. i also think that they have a real desire to see spending levels cuts back to pre—covid levels that drop a lot of the inflation in our country right now. but what i would say to them, wherever they are but in the spectrum of the republican party is that they also be pragmatic. i'm a military guy. i'm focused on solutions. there are a lot of us here who went to see mission a compliment involve everybody working towards a solution, not a few folks peeling off, in some cases, trying to get their name in the news or have another fundraiser over the weekend. given that kevin mccarthy is not able to rally those individuals and hasn't kept everyone in dc, has he said they should have, is he the right person to be speaker of the house right now? luck, i have supported kevin mccarthy 15 times. he has proven himself time and time again,

ready to come together and help lead this, but ultimately, it is not the speaker who is responsible for this. it is the members of the majority party who need to lead on this. so i would hold everything a person accountable within our conference to say what are we doing to help move forward? i'm doing my part. i think there are many others who are along. we have 200 plus members who all agree that the plan and we have a few folks who have their own plans who haven't even talked to each other. so for those individuals, we can work together as we are focued on not shutting the government down for a new cycle but really working towards cutting government spending, protecting the american people and working together so that we can get something over to the senate and ask them to do theirjob as well. so, will there be a deal or what can you say to those hundreds of thousands federal workers who are wondering if they are going to have a job to go to the week after next? in the south china sea, there

are us submarines patrolling. those men and women who are serving are going to come up and not know if their families back home are being ta ken care of. i think that's a pretty direct indicator that everyone in washington needs to start working towards a solution and get off their individual high horse here. the reality is that not only both federal issues happen, ——the reality is that not only will federal issues happen, but we are going to put our country at risk, our allies at risk, our interests at risk, and we all know that a shutdown ends up being far more expensive than if we would have just solved the problem on the front end. speaking of allies, president zelensky was in dc yesterday. he is looking for more support in the us. president biden has asked congress to pass aid for him. olivas obviously puts that in jeopardy. him. olivas obviously puts that injeopardy. what him. olivas obviously puts that in jeopardy. what is your view there? 50 in jeopardy. what is your view there? ,, ., in jeopardy. what is your view there? , , ., , there? so i believe strongly that, you — there? so i believe strongly that, you know, _ there? so i believe strongly that, you know, ukraine - there? so i believe strongly that, you know, ukraine is. there? so i believe strongly| that, you know, ukraine is a sovereign country, invaded by russia in 2020, deserves our support. it doesn't deserve an

unlimited amount of us taxpayer dollars. after 130 plus billion dollars. after 130 plus billion dollars and nearly 70,000 ukrainians lives lost, we have got to come up with a better solution here. it's one of the reason i've reached across the out to my democratic colleagues and sponsored bipartisan legislation to say of the in russian oligarch assets that are tied up in europe in the united states and japan, those can be seized. let's take those dollars that have been sitting there for years and use that to help rebuild ukraine. it sends two media messages. it says to the people of ukraine that we stand with you and your country deserves to be rebuilt after the destruction of an unwanted, unwarranted, illegal invasion that occurred out of moscow. it also tells folks in moscow that if you break international law, if you break international law, if you break international law, if you make those violations, you don't get to have your money back after you raped and pillaged another country. he will be held accountable, and it sends a strong message not just in moscow but in beijing and tehran if they look at invading another country as

well. i think this is a strong first step forward. republican congressman, thanks indeed forjoining us. i appreciate your time. thank you. newjersey democratic senator robert menendez is facing growing pressure to resign after he was indicted for allegedly accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes. his own state's democratic governor calling for him to step down friday, just hours after menendez temporarily gave up his position as chairman of the senate foreign relations committe. after a years—long investigation, federal prosecutors claim menendez and his wife — nadine — accepted bribes from three newjersey businessmen in exchange for using the senator's influence and power to protect them — and to benefit the egyptian government. federal agents found about $500,000 in cash at the senator's home in a safety deposit box. according to the indictment, the money was, "stuffed into envelopes and hidden in clothing, closets and a safe" — fbi agents also discovered "a lot of gold" at his home— roughly three killograms worth of gold bars worth about $150,000. both mr and ms menendez have

vehemently denied the charges. all five defendents — including menendez and his wife — are expected to appear in court on wednesday. the bbc�*s nada tawfik has more. with these charges, senator bob menendez is no longer the head of the senate foreign relations committee. of course, he has been here before. six years ago, he was also forced to resign because of a separate bribery case. in act i, a jury was deadlocked and he was eventually acquitted. what we have here today, though, is a separate bribery case involving three newjersey businessmen. apparently these are men that were his friends that were big fundraisers for him and he tried to nap only enrich one of them, but to shield two others from law enforcement prosecutions and investigations. prosecutors in new york also alleged that he tried to help the egyptian government by passing on sensitive information to their officials. now, of course, senator menendez has come out and said that these are baseless allegations.

he intends to fight them. he will continue for now in his senate seat. prosecutors say that the fbi found gold bars, envelopes full of cash and suitjackets and make searched his home. a dozen blips of cash had the fingerprints of one of the newjersey businessmen. no doubt throughout the coming weeks, perhaps months, democrats will want to know what else comes to light. but bob menendez faces reelection next year, and this is a critical year for democrats as they face already and narrow majority in the senate and cannot afford to lose any seats. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. china's president xijinping has called on the west to lift sanctions on syria. xi held rare in—person talks with syria's president bashar

al—assad in china on friday, as part of assad's push to return to the global stage. xi also offered rebuild syria's ruined economy by upgrading ties to a "strategic partnership." the philippines issued a health warning after smog from the taal volcano, near manila, prompted authorities to close schools and urge people to stay indoors in dozens of cities and towns. the small restive volcano shows no imminent sign of eruption, but the emissions of sulphur dioxide—laden steam have caused skin, throat and eye irritation. king charles and queen camilla have wrapped up a three—day state visit to france. they ended the trip at a vineyard in the south western city of bordeaux, where the king and queen sampled wine. the trip included two days of formal events in paris, where he gave a speech to the french senate. you're live with bbc news. thousands more auto workers here in the us are now on strike —

expanding the protest that began last week. the walkouts threaten to raise car prices, and disrupt an industry that makes up about 3% of the entire u—s economy. the entire us economy. the united auto workers union said strikes are expanding against detroit automakers general motors and stellantis — but not ford. the uaw noted they are making real progress in their talks. this comes as the uaw seeks a rise in pay and an end to a system allowing newer hires to be paid less. they're also seeking automatic pay increases tied to inflation — among other demands. with today's expansion — the autoworkers' union is now striking against 38 more plants across the us at general motors and stella ntis. the uaw represents more than 140,000 workers at the detroit big three auto—makers. about 5,600 more workers went on strike friday. in total — there are now 18,300 auto employees on strike.

union president shawn fain spoke earlier on the lack of movement in negotiation. both companies are still offering a deficient cost of living allowance that is projected to provide zero increases over the next four years. both of those companies have rejected all of ourjob security proposals. both gm and stellantis rejected our profit—sharing proposals, and both companies have rejected our proposals to convert temps. president biden just announced he will visit the striking autoworkers on tuesday. the president said on x — formerly known as twitter... earlier my colleague caitriona perry got the latest

from our correspondent michelle fleury in new york. with them do to talk to autoworkers, there is no doubt that pressure is being ratcheted up on the two sides to try to reach some kind of agreement. now, with the expansion of the uaw strike, specifically targeting general motors and still anticipate leaving out for it, we are seeing a return to a perhaps more traditional negotiation style by the union —— stellantis. where in the past they have tried to strike a deal with one company and then put pressure on the other two firms to sort of match that deal. i think in some ways, thatis deal. i think in some ways, that is what we have seen this friday. there is also a benefit to that. the union has offered to that. the union has offered to pay workers who are on strike $500 a week. by taking this limited targeted approach,

they get to conserve money and think things last longer. they have chosen as their next target car parts and distribution centres. where you could start to see that have an impact is on dealers. if they are unable to get those parts. and that in turn will start to affect the american consumer. but it is still fairly limited in terms of that kind of pain that they could potentially inflict, and i think that that is deliberate. the union wants to slowly turn up the dial, turn up the pressure on these companies to try to reach a deal. at the same time, the companies question whether the union is negotiating in good faith, looking at a statement from gm and stellantis, they have both raised that question and they say they are still they are prepared to return to they are prepared to return to the bargaining table, but at the bargaining table, but at the moment, it is a long way from this dispute. —— reaching some kind of conclusion. this weekend, a capsule is expected to fall from space and land in the american state of utah.

it contains rocks and dust from an asteroid, which could give important clues about the formation of our planet — our 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. 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. watch this space for more on that one. as always, keep up with all the day's news on bbc dot com. thank you for watching. this is live from

washington. coming up, i bbc you need is a special look at the war on ukraine. thanks for watching. take care. hello. it's the autumn equinox on saturday morning so the first day of autumn, officially. how about the weather? it's looking a little mixed this weekend and quite an interesting headline there. the tail end of a hurricane is expected to bring us some warm weather to some parts of the country, but also a dose of wind and rain. and here it is, hurricane nigel soon to become an ex hurricane, also being absorbed by the weather systems in the mid—latitudes and all of that is heading our way. and also a south south—westerly wind ahead of it will develop, ahead of this large area of low pressure and that means somewhat warmer weather streaming in from the south. so it's a tale of two halves, quite literally. so the forecast sent

through the early morning shows clear skies across most of the uk. having said that, it is going to be quite chilly despite this remnant storm heading our way. temperatures will be around eight degrees even in the south of the country and close to freezing, if not below, in the sheltered glens of scotland. now, here it is, that weather front by this stage bringing cloud, a shield of cloud to northern ireland, wales, and the southwest. within it, some outbreaks of rain. but out towards the east and the north, it's a cracking day both in the morning and the afternoon. we're expecting sunny spells, temperatures around 18 in london, a bit fresher there in scotland. and then it's saturday night into sunday that that weather front sweeps across the uk. the winds will freshen and we are expecting some rain. some of the rain will be heavy at times. so here's the forecast then out towards the west and the north, increasing winds, gale force winds around some of the coasts and some heavy rain at times.

the further east and southeast you are, the sunnier and warmer it will be. in fact, 20 degrees in london. but even further north where it's cloudy and rainy, temperatures will be close to 20. but let's take a closer look. and here are the gusts of wind, 50 to even 60 miles an hour. now, that is a strong wind blowing out to the south. and then all of that rain sweeping across the country as well sunday evening into the early hours of monday. now, here's the outlook into the week ahead. those temperatures remain in the low 20s across the south of the country. but be warned, at times we could be seeing some pretty gusty, rainy, windy weather in the week ahead. bye— bye.

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