ukraine needs to acknowledge that it has lost crimea to russia. senior us democrat, nancy pelosi, has suggested president biden is partly to blame for the party's election defeat. and britain's mark cavendish, the most successful sprinter in cyling history, announces his retirerment — we'll have more on that in our sports bulletin. hello. within the last few minutes it's been announced that queen camilla is to miss remembrance events in the uk this weekend as she makes full recovery from a chest infection. a statement from buckingham palace said the decision was made to also protect others from any potential risk.

loads of questions around the future of the war in ukraine now that donald trump won a second term in office earlier this week. a senior advisor to the us president—elect, donald trump, has told the bbc that the aim of ending the war in ukraine is about finding peace, not winning back territory. bryan lanza said president zelensky needed to acknowledge that crimea had been lost to russia and the priority of the united states was to stop the killing. i have a huge amount of respect for the ukrainian people. they've proven over the last, last couple of years that their hearts are made of lions. europe needs ukrainian people to protect them as well. i mean, these citizens know how to fight russia. they've done it successfully. now the challenge becomes when you have an honest conversation with your partners is, you know, what are the goals? zelensky, for example, he says his goal is to get crimea back. well, that's not the goal of the united states and that's not the goal of the european nation states. we learned that in 2014 that when putin invaded crimea, europe did nothing. and so now when zelensky says, you know, we will only stop this fighting, there will only be peace once crimea is returned. we've got news for president zelensky.

crimea is gone. and if that is your priority of getting crimea back and having american, you know, soldiers fight to get crimea back, you're on your own. that is not the priority of america, but the priority of america is peace and to stop the killing. the former speaker of the us house of representatives, nancy pelosi, has partly blamed president biden for the democrats�* election loss, suggesting the party would have performed better if he'd left the race sooner. ms pelosi played a key role in convincing mr biden to end his re—election bid. but she told the new york times the democrats could have used more time to choose his replacement. meanwhile, kamala harris�* running mate, tim walz, told supporters his fight wasn't over: we are going to have to work a little harder, we are going to have to fight a little harder, we are going to have to organise a little harder. but i am here today to tell you this... we can do it... no, that is the wrong one. we will do it and we will do it together. our correspondents in mar—a—lago and washington — helena humphrey and rowan bridge have been following events.

firstly i asked helena what more is known about the assasination attempt — that iran denies. the concern was that it would see negotiations which could see negotiations which could see territorial concessions when it comes to ukraine, not necessarily in their favour. he has always stated that the goal of ending the war would be to see the borders returned to pre—2014 before the annexation of crimea. seen the ignores a surly support that bet into this campaign, the uk has said that it did support the return of this border to pre—2014 but now because what you're seeing from the ukrainian president is something of a political

tightrope that he is having to walk because he's is seeing conversations with the likes of elon musk, donald trump and president zelensky on the line, elon musk it is reported has also had conversations with russia although he hasn't responded to that. the concern is how do you continue to get military aid if that is not something the administration will not necessarily back? that is one of the reasons already before donald trump was president—elect, that many generalists myself included spent hours on capitol hill when congress was trying to push the bill and donald trump essentially has managed to influence the marca wing of the party to try and block the aid of course more of it did end up passing but it took such a long time. it got to the point that ukrainian forces were saying this is really going down to the wire so i think this is perhaps an indication of what

president zelensky had already sounded the alarm about what they could be facing from that incoming administration. just exand incoming administration. just expand on — incoming administration. just expand on these _ incoming administration. just expand on these comments if you would that nancy pelosi has been making aboutjoe biden having stayed in the race for presidency too long.- presidency too long. nancy pelosi is — presidency too long. nancy pelosi is a _ presidency too long. nancy pelosi is a senior— presidency too long. nancy pelosi is a senior and - pelosi is a senior and influential figure within the democratic party. she is a former_ democratic party. she is a former speaker of the house when — former speaker of the house when the _ former speaker of the house when the democrats controlled the lower house of congress, the lower house of congress, the house of representatives, and she — the house of representatives, and she is seen as being part of the — and she is seen as being part of the sort of orchestrated campaign almost to get joe bideh— campaign almost to get joe biden to stand down when he was still running for presidency. joe biden did ultimately decide that he — joe biden did ultimately decide that he would stand down and he stood _ that he would stand down and he stood aside and immediately endorsed kamala harris and that effectively cut off any debate within — effectively cut off any debate within the democratic party as to who —

within the democratic party as to who should be their new candidate. what nancy pelosi is sort of— candidate. what nancy pelosi is sort of implying is that ifjoe bideh— sort of implying is that ifjoe biden had left the race earlier on, they— biden had left the race earlier on, they could have been what they— on, they could have been what they call— on, they could have been what they call an open primary. any democrat— they call an open primary. any democrat could throw their hat into the — democrat could throw their hat into the ring and there would be a — into the ring and there would be a sort _ into the ring and there would be a sort of contest between them — be a sort of contest between them to— be a sort of contest between them to decide who should be a candidate — them to decide who should be a candidate to run against joe biden _ candidate to run against joe biden. the argument made of that is— biden. the argument made of that is that that would mean whoever _ that is that that would mean whoever came out of that process _ whoever came out of that process would be battle tested, they would have been subject to debate — they would have been subject to debate between the various candidates and would have answer _ candidates and would have answer questions and be vetted but it— answer questions and be vetted but it also— answer questions and be vetted but it also would have introduced into american public when _ introduced into american public when it— introduced into american public when it came to the race that they— when it came to the race that they would have a better name recognition with the public and people — recognition with the public and people would be more familiar with who — people would be more familiar with who they were. rather than a situation — with who they were. rather than a situation that kamala harris face _ a situation that kamala harris face when she came in frankly almost — face when she came in frankly almost of— face when she came in frankly almost of the last minute in some — almost of the last minute in some ways and had to introduce

herself— some ways and had to introduce herself to — some ways and had to introduce herself to the american public. but, _ herself to the american public. but, i— herself to the american public. but, i think this is all part of the _ but, i think this is all part of the sort of blame game that always— of the sort of blame game that always gets played by the losing _ always gets played by the losing side in presidential elections where people are casting _ elections where people are casting around for explanation as to — casting around for explanation as to who _ casting around for explanation as to who to blame for what happened and you see people in the sort — happened and you see people in the sort ofjoe biden orbit briefing _ the sort ofjoe biden orbit briefing against kamala harris saying — briefing against kamala harris saying this candidate spent $1 bittion— saying this candidate spent $1 billion and we still lost the race — billion and we still lost the race. then, on the harris side, they— race. then, on the harris side, they feel— race. then, on the harris side, they feel thatjoe biden's they feel that joe biden's approach they feel thatjoe biden's approach of staying in the race as long — approach of staying in the race as long as— approach of staying in the race as long as he did perhaps that cost _ as long as he did perhaps that cost the — as long as he did perhaps that cost the race. ultimately, it is impossible to know and hindsight is always 2020. with me is our royal correspondent charlotte gallagher... what has upon ascent? she is going to miss two events this weekend to the first one is delighted at the royal albert

hall in london which is the royal british legion festival of remembrance. then tomorrow, she is also going to be missing the traditional remembrance day remote rural service in london. we have a statement that said following doctor's guidance, to ensure a full recovery from a seasonal chest infection, and to protect others from any risk, her majesty will not attend this weekend's events. they said while this is a great source of disappointment, she will mark the occasion privately at home and hopes to return to public duties early next week. they said that there is no real cause for alarm, it's not that hip and she got any worse, essentially that she does want to pass on any lingering infection. the duchess _ lingering infection. the duchess of _ lingering infection. the duchess of cambridge | lingering infection. the duchess of cambridge will be in attendance. the duchess of cambridge will be in attendance-— attendance. the princess of wales is going _ attendance. the princess of wales is going to _ attendance. the princess of wales is going to be - attendance. the princess of wales is going to be there, | attendance. the princess of. wales is going to be there, she is still recovering from cancer treatment but she won't be at the event this weekend. poverty, we really see her because she's been having this treatment she makes an

appearance at wimbledon but she has been very rarely in spotlight and in years previously she was barely a week when she wasn't doing some kind of public event in the newspapers that we rarely see her because of this medical treatment. the king who is also undergoing treatment for cancer he will be at the event this weekend. he will be at the event this weekend-— there's been a powerful explosion in western pakistan at a railway station in quetta the capital of the western province of balochistan. police say 1a soldiers are among 25 killed — dozens have been injured. the station superintendent said the blast took place near a platform as the jaffar express bound for peshawar was about to depart. a militant group, the balochistan liberation army, has said it carried out the bombing. our bbc urdu correspondent saad sohail is in islamabad and gave us the latest. this particular train, java express is a very popular train that commutes daily from quetta to peshawar. so it has to travel through a lot of cities, through the breadth of pakistan. and people were waiting.

and this is around 9 a.m local time in pakistan. so there were family and friends who were there to drop off passengers for this. and that is the time when this explosion took place. so there are a couple of eyewitnesses that spoke to bbc. there's abduljabbar, who wasjust mentioning the horror that he saw, and he described it as a judgment day had come because the explosion was so loud. he even mentioned how the ticket box or the ticket offices and the people laying on the ground screaming. we also talked to nasir khan, a government employee who had come in an hour earlier, because the scheduling, usually people cannot rely if the train leaves on time. so they were there an hour earlier to drop off his friend. so he mentioned when the explosion took place, he could see that people were screaming, but there were obviously clouds of smoke. and until that had settled, that's when he saw his friend

who had who he had come to drop off. and once he saw him and he was relieved that he was alive. but he mentioned how there were everybody was in a state of shock, obviously, at the time when the blast took place. authorities have confirmed that around 6 to 8kg of explosives were used. so initially they were claiming that this was a suicide attack. but now the police is saying that they're going to investigate further to determine the blast and what could have led to this. senior us officials have said washington will no longer accept the presence of hamas representatives in qatar after — the palestinian group rejected the latest proposals to achieve a gaza ceasefire and a hostage deal. the officials said the qatari government had agreed to tell hamas to close down its political office in doha.

qatar has not confimed this and hamas has denied it. elsewhere lebanese state media said israeli air strikes hit beirut�*s southern suburbs late on friday shortly after the israeli military warned residents to leave parts of the area — a hezbollah stronghold. earlier it said at least 3 people were killed and 30 wounded in an israeli strike on the southern city of tyre. with the latest, our correspondentjoe inwood is monitoring developments from jerusalem. we should say that these are just unconfirmed reports at the moment. they've come from an anonymous official to us media. so this is not on the record from the secretary of state, but it does give you an indication of the direction of travel that america are trying to go in, that they're trying to put pressure, it seems, on hamas to force some sort of negotiated settlement, most likely before the end of the presidency ofjoe biden. as you say, qatar have not commented on this, and hamas have told the bbc that these reports are not true. but according to the us

official who was speaking to the reuters news agency and others, they were told about a couple of weeks ago, qatar were and then hamas were given the news ten days ago. now, if true, and if, as a second sort of caveat here, if qatar decided to go along with this and make hamas leave, there's real questions about where the group would go, because there aren't that many countries where they would be welcome and able to operate. of course, they could go to the key ally iran, although that would deny them the diplomatic channels which have proved so valuable to the group and are important for all sides, really. and also there would be the threat of military action from israel there. we saw with the killing of ismail haniyeh, the group's former leader, back injuly, that israel is able to take military action against individual targets inside iran. another location which is being widely discussed is turkey. back in april, ismail haniya, before his killing, had a meeting there with recep tayyip erdogan, the turkish president. and he's been seen as somebody who could offer them notjust somewhere that they could base themselves, but also

a place where they would have the diplomatic channels which have been used so far unsuccessfully, to bring about some sort of peace deal and a hostage deal for the conflict in gaza. now it's time for a look at today's sport. hello from the bbc sport centre. hello. we start with some breaking cycling news — it was rumoured for a while, but britain's sir mark cavendish has confirmed he will retire from the sport at sunday's singapore criterium. he's regarded as the greatest male sprinter at sunday's singapore criterium. he's regarded as the greatest male sprinter to compete on the road. earlier this year he won a record—breaking 35th stage at the tour de france at the age of 39, having won his first as a 23 year old back in 2008. he was the second british man to win the world road cycling championship, and has worn the leader's jersey at all three grand tours — as well as winning the madison world title twice on the track and taking olympic silver in the omnium at the rio games in 2016 cavendish confirmed the news on

instagram, saying... rugby union's autumn internationals continue later — more on england against australia to come but first — ireland and their head coach andy farrell who says losing at home for the first time in nearly four years is a "funny old feeling", but he insists his side must move on after new zealand beat them 23—13 in dublin. it was a mistake—laden showing from ireland, as their 19—game unbeaten run in dublin came to an end. willjordan's try — his 37th in 39 tests — killed the home side's hopes of exacting revenge, for last year's world cup quarter—final loss. it means ireland will lose their spot as world number one, in the rugby rankings, with new zealand jumping ahead of them.

there are 3 more autumn internationals, to come on saturday. france host japan, after italy take on argentina. but england against australia is first at twickenham's allianz stadium — with the hosts hoping to put last week's defeat to new zealand behind them. i think will be better this weekend and training together. you know, ithink weekend and training together. you know, i think we need to reflect on the fact that the players did a greatjob and the players did a greatjob and the players came off feeling they could have got a win last weekend. they are in a position to win the game. disappointed that we did not get that result, i think they are determined to get that result this weekend. manchester city will be hoping to avoid losing 4 matches in a row ater when they play at brighton. it's something that's never happened to manager pep guardiola. rumours about his future continue to swirl, and this was his response when asked if he's likely to extend his contract which runs out at the end of the season...

i'm not going to talk about what is going to happen. we are in touch, regularly, what is going to happen is going to happen. always for the benefit of the club. that match is one of 6 games on saturday. before that, the leagues bottom two go head to head — winless wolves at home to southampton. in the late game, liverpool will look to keep their place at the top of the premier league, when they welcome aston villa to anfield. arne slot�*s hoping to make it nine wins from 11 in the league for most of these players it's a normal— for most of these players it's a normal situation. i don't a normal situation. idon't think— a normal situation. i don't think they get carried away at all by— think they get carried away at all by us _ think they get carried away at all by us being top of the league _ all by us being top of the league at the moment because they know how small the margins of. they know how small the margins of when — they know how small the margins of when it — they know how small the margins of. when it comes to our results _ of. when it comes to our results and also scored, when you look— results and also scored, when you look at the amount of points— you look at the amount of points we have had from the other— points we have had from the other teams. a big day to come in tennis — coco gauff and zheng qinwen will face off in the climax of the wta finals in just under three hours time and before that cameron norrie takes on benjamin bonzi in the final of the moselle open in france. but that's all

the sport for now. russia is hosting its first ministerial conference of the russia—africa partnership forum this weekend. the gathering in the black sea resort of sochi focuses on strengthening moscow 5 political, economic, and security ties with african governments as part of an effort to counter western influence on the continent. recently, military regimes in niger, mali, and burkina faso, which came to power through coups, have cut ties with france and turned to russia for support. president vladimir putin has pledged to build nuclear power plants in several african countries as part of this influence push. russia 5 state nuclear company, ros—atom, has been actively seeking cooperation agreements with nations across africa, with mali 5 ruling military junta signing three agreements in july this year. our africa editor, will ross joined me earlier to discuss the significane of the meeting in sochi.

it's really trying to get allies across the african continent. africa represents the biggest voting bloc at the un, so there's potential friendship there that can be useful. but also, russia's been after africa's minerals for some time. and then over the last few years there's been quite a lot of interference, especially in the western part of the continent when it comes to working with military leaders who have toppled elected presidents. and that's probably the area of biggest concern. but russia's talked about boosting investment through these ties. vladimir putin five years ago said he doubled the trade investment to around $40 billion. but that hasn't really happened. but nevertheless, russia has really significantly increased its influence across the continent and for africa. there are trade deals that sometimes involve weapons. as you mentioned, there

are a lot of promises of nuclear investment to help improve electricity provision across the continent. but i think the biggest issue at the moment for many countries sitting in africa is looking at the growth of islamist militants and those jihadist groups, and the fact that russia is becoming increasingly the main security partner for some of these countries where the jihadist groups are operating. and what's the reaction been then from the western nations, which in the past would have had more influence? yes, certainly. we've seen a huge decline in the influence, especially of france, which was the former colonial power in so many francophone countries in africa. but i think, you know, quietly behind the scenes, you're seeing a re—engagement going on. i'm noticing that the eu has sent another envoy to to one of the countries that's been taken over by a coup. it had looked as though the ties were completely severed.

but maybe things will balance out a little bit, but i think, um, there'll be quiet diplomacy going on from the likes of european union and american countries, whereas russia does it in a different way. they invite the whole continent to sochi, this, this resort in the south of russia, and they make a kind of big splash, lots of photo opportunities with different foreign ministers. but in fact, this is all really a partly an image portrayal, whereas other parts of the world and the west, which obviously is losing influence, are doing it kind of more quietly in the background. but i think the key issue really, for many african countries is whether this re—engagement with africa, whether it's going to improve security on the continent, because that's the biggest issue at the moment, especially in the west of the continent. but russia is going to find itself jockeying for

position with china, surely, isn't it? china, yes. and also turkey is becoming more and more important. um, some countries in africa are saying, look, we don't want to be pushed into choosing between these countries for influence. we're happy to work with all of them. and especially we've had cyril ramaphosa, the south african president, kind of pushing back against the west, which was trying to convince african countries to to support sanctions against russia because of the war in ukraine. and they're saying, you know, don't push push us into a corner. we'll work with whoever we want. and russia is sort of playing this card of saying, we'll help you, africa, stop those former colonial powers meddling in your internal affairs. that's the message they've been pushing. the channel island sark, with a population ofjust 450, is looking for a new farmer to run its dairy. the current tenants are heading back to the uk after running the business since 2019. olivia fraser reports.

early mornings and muddy feet are just something you sign up to as a farmer. jason and kathryn, though, decided to take that rural life to the next level by doing it all in the small island of sark. they took on the business five years ago to breathe life back into the local dairy, but have now decided to head back home. it's been a fantastic opportunity for us and, um, you know, and we have put sark milk and butter and cheese and in fact, double award winning cheeses have gone on to sark now. and, um, we're really excited and proud that exactly what we've accomplished. it's been wonderful. we've really enjoyed it. it's been a really good experience. and, um, you know, it's sad to go, but we need to go home to ourfamily farm as well in suffolk. so it's time. time for a change. with the current tenants leaving, the island is hoping it can attract the next set of dairy farmers to step into their wellies. it does come at a cost though. there will be a buy in cost, and i think that's going

to be around £70,000 and that will buy all the processing equipment that the salisburys currently own and all the cows that they own, so that the new farmer canjust take over and just start milking. and keeping that produce going for the island's 500 or so residents is something christopher is passionate about. sark as a smalljurisdiction, wants to be as independent as it can possibly be. so having a self—sustaining business for for dairy, for the dairy industry makes absolute sense. i would wish to have as little imported to the island as you can possibly get, so having everything made locally makes absolute sense to me. so if you've got the qualifications and you're keen for a quiet life, maybe this one's for you. it's obviously very different. it's it can be quite isolating in the winter. um, but it's a wonderful life.

i mean, it's lovely. you can get a lovely work life balance here. so there's, there's a lot of lovely opportunities for the right person to come along and enjoy island life. while jason and catherine prepare to wave goodbye to their herd, the hope is strong for someone to follow in their footsteps. olivia frazer, bbc news. italy is introducing a daily cap on the number of tourists allowed to visit the ancient roman city of pompeii. from next week, officials will almost halve the number of daily visitors to try to protect its fragile heritage and encourage people to explore other attractions. last year, a record four million people visited, with daily crowds as high as 36,000. the new limit follows attempts by other italian cities, including venice and rome, to control tourist numbers. stay with us here on bbc news.

hello there. well, it hasn't been gloomy everywhere this week and we've seen some of the best of the sunshine, the blue skies across parts of scotland, but elsewhere lots of low cloud, mistand murk, with a few spots of drizzle but generally dry. it's more of the same again today, but there will be some changes tomorrow, with showers in the north and the west, and eventually some brighter skies too. there will be some brightness developing this afternoon across many parts of scotland, towards the north of scotland and also towards the southeast. again, some sunshine here, some pockets of brightness too and also towards the southeast. again, some sunshine here, some pockets of brightness too possible across northwest england and north wales, but elsewhere that low cloud is just going to linger on. and it's chillier too than it was yesterday. with many of our temperatures in high single figures.

the winds are light, but they'll start to pick up overnight tonight as this cold front approaches from the west, northern ireland in time for tomorrow morning. some clear skies across northeast scotland. northeast england here a chilly start to the day tomorrow. elsewhere, a lot of low cloud mist and murk yet again. that will again set the tone of the day across much of england and wales, that patchy rain drifting southwards and eastwards. lots of events and services going on for remembrance sunday, of course, and there will be some afternoon sunshine across northern ireland and for much of scotland again. a few pockets of brightness, this time across east anglia in the far south of england. now that cold front clears southwards and eastwards. behind it a different air mass, clearer, drierair with a lot less moisture. so there will be more sunshine, a different feel to the weather into the start of next week. again, it's looking largely dry. we could just see one or two showers run down these north sea facing coasts at times, but most areas staying completely dry and this time the sunshine is a lot more evenly shared. temperatures will start to rise a little above the seasonal average perhaps too, but lots of dry weather around again on tuesday with high pressure out towards the west. we could see one or two showers again for eastern facing coasts. that certainly is possible

on tuesday, but largely dry with the best of the sunshine again in the west. temperatures starting to slip a little, and it will tend to feel cooler as we work our way through into the middle the end of next week. but if we just take a look at the outlook for our capital cities, then you can see there will be a lot more sunshine on offer. so a lot less gloomy as we head through monday and tuesday. bye