and coming up — we have an exclusive report on mpox in the democratic republic of congo, where 70% of cases are in children under ten. hello. we start in ukraine, where russia has carried out a massive aerial attack on the country. dozens of drones and cruise missiles were launched, and all of the country was under an air raid alert. i want to show you these pictures which are from the capital kyiv, where hundreds of people headed to the subway to shelter, after alerts were sounded. explosions were heard in several cities, from lutsk in the west to dnipro in the east. at least three people

have been killed. the prime minister of ukraine says the prime minister of ukraine says 15 regions in total have been hit. 15 regions in total have been hit. let's speak to abdujalil aburasulov, let's speak to abdujalil aburasulov, our correspondent in kyiv. our correspondent in kyiv. let me ask you first, abdujalil, let me ask you first, abdujalil, what is the latest on the number of what is the latest on the number of areas that have been hit?— areas that have been hit?— what is the latest on the number of what is the latest on the number of areas that have been hit? well, the number of regions, _ areas that have been hit? well, the number of regions, _ areas that have been hit? well, the number of regions, according - areas that have been hit? well, the number of regions, according to - areas that have been hit? well, the| number of regions, according to the areas that have been hit? well, the number of regions, according - areas that have been hit? well, the number of regions, according to - areas that have been hit? well, the| number of regions, according to the authorities, that were affected by authorities, that were affected by this attack, is 15. and that is more this attack, is 15. and that is more than half of all regions in ukraine, than half of all regions in ukraine, so you can imagine the scale of the so you can imagine the scale of the attack. attack. the russian drones and missiles the russian drones and missiles targeted areas in the east, in the targeted areas in the east, in the west, in the south, and the capital west, in the south, and the capital city kyiv as well. according to the city kyiv as well. according to the prime minister, russia launched not prime minister, russia launched not just drones and cruise missiles but just drones and cruise missiles but they also launched ballistic is, they also launched ballistic is,

which are much harder to intercept. which are much harder to intercept. we are still waiting for the official report from the

confirming the number of dead. you mentioned that these alerts and air raid sirens went off across the country, we have seen pictures in kyiv of people heading down to the subway. did everybody manage to get into the shelters quickly enough? well, i can only imagine that not everybody managed to get to bomb shelters enough, and on time. of course, this attack happened early in the morning, and some people probably were caught up either at home sleeping or driving towards offices and other places. and when i was driving towards the hotel, i saw a lot of people in the streets but i also saw mobile and he drove units that were waiting when the drones approached the capital. and of course, these anti—drone units have heavy machine guns installed on top

of the pickup trucks, and this became quite a frequent scene when russia launches drone and missile attacks targeting different cities in ukraine. and as i said, some of the missiles that russia launched were ballistic sales, and only one of the air defence systems that can intercept these missiles, and that is patriot. and we have been reporting about the shortages of these weapons in ukraine. the russian military _ these weapons in ukraine. the russian military is confirming it used high precision weapons to strike what it said, as you had suggested, imported energy infrastructure in ukraine. this comes in the context of the fact that ukraine has had that incursion in the kursk region of russia. that isn't right- — in the kursk region of russia. that isn't right. the _ in the kursk region of russia. that isn't right. the timing _ in the kursk region of russia. twat isn't right. the timing of this attack coincides with the recent incursion of the ukrainian forces into the russian region of kursk. ——

that's right.. some analysts are linking this as a retaliation from russia to what ukraine is doing in kursk. but these attacks have been happening throughout the year, and russia has been launching massive air strikes in the past as well. in fact, the latest recent massive strike when russia launched more than a0 styles and drones targeting different cities happened just last month, when one of the biggest children's hospitals was directly hit by a missile. so, children's hospitals was directly hit bya missile. so, it children's hospitals was directly hit by a missile. so, it is hard to say whether russia was retaliating following the ukrainian incursion in kursk, but clearly this is not the only incident when they launched such a massive attack. we only incident when they launched such a massive attack.— only incident when they launched such a massive attack. we have seen that ukraine's _ such a massive attack. we have seen that ukraine's presidential _ such a massive attack. we have seen that ukraine's presidential chief - such a massive attack. we have seen that ukraine's presidential chief of i that ukraine's presidential chief of staff has called on allies of kyiv to allow long—range strikes on russia, this is what the ukrainians

want, isn't it, the permission from the western allies who have given them jets and ammunition, to be allowed to use that inside russia? correct. ukraine has been repeatedly asking its allies to provide them with long—range missiles which would allow them to hit russia deep inside their territory, and target airfields and other facilities from where those bombers and missiles take off and attacked ukrainian cities. ukraine says that those weapons would allow them to defend their cities and protect their citizens, and therefore it would be for defensive purposes, even though they would be targeting objects and targets inside russia. but the western allies were sceptical about this, and they are worried that this would escalate the war, and that this would be another red line that russia would consider as another

sign for escalation. and they were therefore reluctant to provide such weapons. the only exception was for some of the american weapons, long—range missiles, that allowed them to target russian territory, but only within the border areas, and not further on. and therefore it is of course very limited permission, whether ukrainian forces can use of such weapons, and that is why kyiv is demanding to lift this limit and allow them to hit any targets inside russia as long as they don't violate the humanitarian, internationaljoanna cherry law. live in kyiv, abdujalil aburasulov, thank you very much for the latest. here a major incident has been declared after a massive fire engulfed a building in east london, partly used as a block of flats. more than 100 people were evacuated from the building in the early hours.

these are drone pictures of the scene — about 225 firefighters were there. two people have been taken to hospital. ican i can now show you those drone pictures. the flames at the height of this were pouring out of the top of the building. the london fire brigade saying that the whole building has been affected by the fire. more than 100 residents have been evacuated, two people have been taken to hospital and hundreds of firefighters were involved in the operation. let's speak live to our correspondent in dagenham, helena wilkinson. an operation still under way, helena? , ., helena? yes, nikki, as you say, a ma'or helena? yes, nikki, as you say, a major incident _ helena? yes, nikki, as you say, a major incident has _ helena? yes, nikki, as you say, a major incident has been _ helena? yes, nikki, as you say, a major incident has been declared | major incident has been declared here. you showed the pictures from the middle of the night and early this morning, very dramatic pictures from the block of flats behind us, when the fire engulfed the whole building, including the scaffolding

that you can see around that building. around seven hours after the fire began, the call went into the fire began, the call went into the london fire brigade at around 02.aa this morning, the london fire brigade saying that they responded with the first proof within six minutes. let'sjust have with the first proof within six minutes. let's just have a look at the scene behind us. you can see the scaffolding on the block of flats, and there are huge amounts of smoke still billowing out of the top of the building. residents around here have been told to keep their windows shut as the fire crews continue to try to bring what was a huge fire that engulfed the building under control. there are three long ladders that we can see, and what they are doing at the moment is using those ladders to get to the top of the building, to pour water on the top. as you mentioned, two

people were taken to hospital. what we don't know at this stage is whether everyone has been accounted for. those people who lived in the block of flats. we had an update from the london fire brigade in the last hour also, and we can hear a bit more from the assistant commissioner. to allow us to focus on the incident, we have declared a major incident. the building has a number of fire safety issues known to the london fire brigade. a full, simultaneous evacuation of the building was immediately carried out with a significant search and rescue operation, which is still under way. at this stage, two people have been taken to hospital by the london ambulance service. so, that major incident continuing here, and what police have described as a significant search and rescue

operation is continuing. a colleague of mine asked during the press conference whether everyone had been accounted for, and there was not a response to that question. so, we're still awaiting details. but as you can see, a major incident still being declared here in east london at this block of flats.— at this block of flats. now, this ha--ened at this block of flats. now, this happened in — at this block of flats. now, this happened in the _ at this block of flats. now, this happened in the early - at this block of flats. now, this happened in the early hours, . at this block of flats. now, this - happened in the early hours, helena, around 100 people having to evacuate, what has happened to those people, do we know? yes. evacuate, what has happened to those people, do we know?— people, do we know? yes, so, they have been — people, do we know? yes, so, they have been taken _ people, do we know? yes, so, they have been taken to _ people, do we know? yes, so, they have been taken to a _ people, do we know? yes, so, they have been taken to a nearby - people, do we know? yes, so, they have been taken to a nearby leisure centre. of course, you can imagine how terrifying it must have been for people, at 02.aa in the morning, the majority of people i assume would have been asleep at the time in the flats, are woken to smoke and having to get out of the building as possible. they have been taken to a leisure centre where they are being looked after. clearly they cannot go

back into the flats, the fire here is still not under control get, and they are dealing with that huge amount of smoke that is coming out of the building. in the last ten minutes or so i spoke to a lady who has a flat on the sixth floor of the building. she said she was awake at the time, she smelt smoke, she thought it was her hairdryer because she had just had a shower and dried her hair. she went to check the hairdryer to make sure it was turned off. she then looked out of the window and she said, she described seeing the fire, she told her husband and then they made their way out of the building. she said there was no fire alarm as far as she could hear, and there were no warnings at all. and in terms of those fire concerns that were mentioned by the london fire brigade, this lady told me that she understands that cladding was being dealt with, was being removed. you can see that scaffolding up around the block of flats, was cladding that was being removed, but at this

stage we have no idea as to the cause of the fire, and that is something of course which the london fire brigade will be investigating. helena wilkinson, live in dagenham, thank you very much. and we have a live page up and running with the latest on the fire in dagenham. you can find that on the bbc news website or app. gunmen in pakistan have killed dozens of people, forcing them from trucks and buses, checking their ids, with reports saying that they singled out those from punjab to be shot, before they set vehicles alight. newsagency afp quote a government official saying 39 people were killed. the attack happened in the southern

province of balochistan on an inter—provincial highway — these scenes show the aftermath. the baloch liberation army, a separatist group based in afghanistan, has said it was behind the attacks, stating they had blocked roads entering the province in different areas. the passengers were travelling from punjab province to various parts of balochistan when they were targeted. the prime minister shehbaz sharif expressed "deep grief and condemnation over the terrorist attack" in a statement issued by his office. the bbc�*s urdu correspondent in islamabad, farhatjaved, updated me on the situation. we have the latest information from the authorities, who now say that at least 39 people have been killed in a series

of attacks in the last 2a hours in the south—western province of balochistan. authorities say that 22 of them were passengers travelling from different parts of punjab to several other areas in balochistan, when they were off—loaded from buses and trucks, their ids were checked and those who were not of baloch ethnicity were shot dead. this is what authorities in pakistan say. 0n the other side, the baloch liberation army, an armed insurgent group operating in balochistan, they have claimed responsibility for several attacks overnight in the province. they say they have been targeting military personnel, but the authorities on the other hand claim that those who were killed were mostly civilians. the police have recovered the bodies of at least 17 people from other different parts of the province as well. they say five of them were security personnel and the rest of them were civilians.

this is a spree of attacks that started last night in balochistan, which is the largest province area—wise, and also the richest in terms of natural resources, but also the least developed in pakistan. it has been the home of insurgency, militancy and human rights violations for several decades now. we have seen pictures of burnt—out vehicles after these incidents. how often do incidents like this happen in this area? is it a rare event? no, it is not a rare event, it is not very uncommon in pakistan, violence on the basis of ethnicity and sectarian violence remain quite common. we have seen buses with shia pilgrims being attacked, shia civilians being attacked in other parts of pakistan. similarly in balochistan there is not much of a sectarian... although the hazaras shia population has been targeted in the past. but we have seen quite a lot of attacks on people

who are not baloch. the balochistan province in the south—west of pakistan, the majority of its population is from the baloch tribe which has lived there for centuries. the baloch community claims the reason they are fighting for a separate baloch state is because they believe the pakistan government and military establishment have been exploiting their resources and they have been depriving them of their right over those resources. that has been one of the major reasons for such attacks. that's also one of the reasons that people who are not of baloch ethnicity have been targeted in the past as well. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

let's turn out attention now to the mpox outbreak which the world health organization has declared a public health emergency.

doctors in the democratic republic of congo say they're overwhelmed with mpox patients and 70% are children under the age of ten. 0ur africa correspondent simijalaoso has been given exclusive access to two treatment centres in the eastern part of the country, the centre of the latest mpox outbreak. a warning, you may find some images in her report distressing. weary and in pain. two—year—old encima caught mpox from one of her five siblings, who have all had the disease. translation: this is - the first time i've seen it. when my child got sick, other parents told me it might be measles, but we started treating measles and failed. this hospital in kavumu is in south kivu, the epicentre of this new mpox crisis. it's had 800 patients sincejune. more than 70% have been children.

eight have died, all under the age of five. about 100 miles away, the spring in amani's step slowly returns after four days of free treatment at this centre in munigi neargoma. like the hospital, three quarters of patients here have been under the age of ten. health workers told the bbc they've had up to ten new cases a day. the idp camps are overcrowded, so you see children in idp camps, they are always playing together, so they have time together. they don't really care about distance, social distance, they don't care about that. so they play together. they are always together. and you can also see like in the household, they even pass the night on the same bed. you can find three, four, five children. so that means the transmission is really present on a daily basis. these camps, in the eastern part

of the democratic republic of congo are crammed with millions who have been displaced because of an ongoing armed conflict, the perfect place for mpox to run rampant. charity workers are trying to get ahead by teaching people about symptoms, stigma and hygiene. simijolaoso, bbc news. to the middle east next. the united states says it's working to prevent the conflict between israel and the iranian—backed lebanese group, hezbollah, from escalating into a regional war after sunday's heavy bombardments. the un secretary—general, antonio guterres, has called for an immediate end to hostilities from both sides. in a televised address, hezbollah�*s secretary—general, hassan nasrallah, said that the delay in the retaliatory attack for the assassination of its military commander last month was to keep israel on edge. he also said they still have to assess the impact of its barrage, and did not rule out another strike. from tel aviv, benjamin netanyahu said that israel's air strikes

were "not the end of the story" and added they had destroyed thousands of hezbollah�*s short—range rockets. and there's been no progress on the gaza ceasefire talks in cairo. hamas, which has now left the egyptian capital, said it rejected new israeli conditions and accused them of backtracking on promises. israel denies changing its demands since a last round of talks in earlyjuly. to iceland next, where one person has died and two others were still missing a day after an ice cave collapsed in the south—east of the country while a tour group was visiting the area. the group of 25 people were on an organised tour of the glacier together with a guide when the cave collapsed, police have said. the location is in an area highly popular with tourists. let's speak to darren adam, a journalist for icelandic

broadcaster ruv. cash forjoining us. just explain what we know happened at this classy? what we know happened at this class ? ,., ., what we know happened at this class ? ., what we know happened at this class ? ,., ., ., . what we know happened at this class ? ., . classy? good morning, nicky. at around three _ classy? good morning, nicky. at around three o'clock _ classy? good morning, nicky. at around three o'clock yesterday i around three o'clock yesterday afternoon, the alarm was raised. many tourists had already been visiting this ice cave, as is common, and we will get to that in the conversation. but at three o'clock yesterday, the alarm was raised, the ice cave had collapsed. at that point there were at least four people who were thought to be trapped under the ice, two were rescued, one has sadly died and was in fact pronounced dead at the scene, that was not known for some time until next—of—kin were presumably informed. but right now, we are waiting for news of the two tourists who remain trapped in this collapsed ice cave, breidamerkurjokull, which is in the south—east of the country, very close, just west of the large close to your area which is very popular with tourists. the search has been ongoing since seven o'clock this

morning, it was paused overnight because it was dark and also because conditions on the glazier are very difficult. it was very warm yesterday, relatively speaking in icelandic terms, the temperature at a nearby town was 70 celsius, which raises questions about whether people ought to have been visiting an ice cave in such relatively warm circumstances. that said, these tours do run throughout the year, they are run by experienced guides who understand the climate and the risks and the terrain into which they are taking people. this does appear to have been a tragic accident, one which is being investigated by the police in south iceland. two of the guides who were working yesterday are currently being quizzed once again to try to find out exactly what has happened here. so, many eyebrows are being raised as to why somebody might want to take a tour into an ice cave in a relatively warm part of the year. but this does happen throughout the

year. it is one of the many adventure activities tourists can undertake here in iceland. 0n the face of it, many people would find it not a risk that they would want to take but i underline again that this is something which happens very routinely, and happily, usually, without a tragic outcome such as this. . ~ without a tragic outcome such as this. ., ~ , ., without a tragic outcome such as this. . ~' , ., , without a tragic outcome such as this. ., ~ i. , . this. thank you very much indeed, darren adam. _ this. thank you very much indeed, darren adam, live _ this. thank you very much indeed, darren adam, live in _ this. thank you very much indeed, darren adam, live in iceland, - this. thank you very much indeed, darren adam, live in iceland, with| darren adam, live in iceland, with the latest. stay with us here on bbc news. hello again. today is not going to be as wet or as windy as it was yesterday, and it will be a bit warmer. and in fact, as we go through this week, what you will notice is it's going to turn warmer for a time. the peak will probably be on wednesday. it will dip, then pick up at the weekend. there'll be some sunshine, but there'll also be spells of rain. if we look at the air mass chart,

you can see how on wednesday we see the amber colours return, then we've got the cooler yellows, but as we head back into the weekend, the amber colours start to return, showing that increase in temperature. today, though, we still do have areas of cloud floating around. there will be sunny intervals as well. the early morning rain really breaking up across northern england, southern scotland and northern ireland, where we could catch the odd shower through the day. but temperatures, ia to about 23 degrees north to south. but later, the cloud is going to thicken out towards the west, the wind will strengthen and we'll start to see some rain arrive. and this rain across western scotland will be particularly heavy, a0 millimetres quite possible by the end of the night, falling on already very saturated ground. 0vernight lows between 10 and about 16 degrees. we start tomorrow, then, on a dry note for england and for wales, but our band of heavy rain continues to push slowly south—eastwards. the sunshine will turn hazy ahead of it and behind it we see

a return to bright spells, sunshine and also a few showers, more especially in the north—west. but despite that, temperatures up. we're looking at 16 in stornoway, 19 in newcastle, to a high of 25 or 26 in the south—east. tuesday into wednesday, our weather front continues to sink south but it could develop a wave, so it might take the rain on it a little bit further north for a time. but as this front tries to push eastwards during the course of wednesday, it's running into an area of high pressure, so it will be a fairly weak affair. some drier conditions behind it, but heavy, potentially thundery, showers coming in across western scotland and northern ireland. but this is when we are expecting the highest temperatures, up to 27, maybe higher than that in the south—east. that weather front eventually pushes away, thursday and friday, then we've got this ridge of high pressure building in behind it. so what we're looking at as we head on into thursday once again is a fair bit of dry weather, some showers in the north. it will be fresher for all but warming up into the weekend.

this is bbc news, the headlines... hundreds of people take cover in a kyiv subway as russia launches missile and drone attacks across ukraine. a major incident is declared after a fire engulfs a block of flats in east london.

gunmen in pakistan shoot dead at least 39 people, singling them out for their ethnicity after forcing them off vehicles. we can bring you a breaking line on the top story, the fire that has engulfed a building in dagenham in east london. these are drone pictures from the middle of the night. home secretary yvette cooper has just issued a statement in which she has said, my thoughts are with all those affected by the major fire incident in dagenham. i thank london fire brigade and all emergency services on the ground for their bravery and swift response. she also said ministers were being kept updated on the incident. that's the first word we have had from the home secretary on this big fire that is in a block of flats, and it has other uses as well, but the building

in east london, as you can see