to raise employers�* national insurance, despite businesses warning that the tax increase will cause closures and job losses. the most successful sprint cyclist in history, mark cavendish, wins his final professional race at the tour de france criterium in singapore. king charles and other senior royals lead events to mark remembrance sunday. hello and welcome. ukraine and russia have launched their biggest drone attacks against each other since the start of the war. according to the ukrainian military, russia launched 145 drones overnight targeting various parts of the country.

ukraine's air defence says they were able to down 62 drones. meanwhile, russian officials stated that they had destroyed 70 ukrainian drones across six regions. according to the mayor of moscow, 32 ukrainian drones were destroyed as they approached the russian capital, resulting in the temporary closure of two of moscow's international airports. our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse has the latest from kyiv. ever since russia started targeting ukrainian cities in this way, with these unmanned drones and 2022, we are seeing an unprecedented number of strikes. just last night, we were told 140 russian drones were told 140 russian drones were intercepted, or were intercepted to an extent. they are mostly cheap iranian made drones with this distinctive wing spans and propeller engines, and pretty nasty warheads packed with explosives, and they hit regions right across ukraine. given the centre of what i am, kharkiv in the north —— kyiv in

the centre where i am. they are not typically used to hit military sites, you can hear their motors, signs go off most evenings, sleep is disturbed by the boom of air defences, people's phones are flooded with dozens of notifications. it really has been a record night of the back of a record month in 2000 russian drones were reportedly launched at ukraine. clearly russia is able to sustain these kind of attacks, because these drones are relatively cheap, but it was also a night where ukraine mounted its own drone attack on russia. we have the mayor of moscow say more than 30 were intercepted on their way towards the capital, two international airports has to be closed, and secondly to that, officials in western russia say more than 30 were intercepted as well. the military here are saying they successfully targeted an ammunition depot, but clearly, huge interest to head back where it can, but this is

russia trying to suppress the ukrainian population. and it is always in tandem with the brutal fighting always in tandem with the brutalfighting on always in tandem with the brutal fighting on the front line, where russia is continuing to advance in several areas. james waterhouse in kyiv. dr samuel ramani is an associate fellow at rusi, a defence and security think tank, and author of putin's war on ukraine. he gave me his analysis on the exchange which unfolded overnight. i think it is an acceleration of the drone war that we've been seeing really start since the late summer. so sincejuly, and also since late october we're seeing that on the front lines in kherson, where there's also been mines that are being dropped on civilian areas. we're seeing with the russians striking 0desa, and now we're seeing the ukrainians launch a series of attacks on key russian economic and military facilities, as well as civilian areas. so the tula chemical plant being one. and now the attacks on moscow, which are the biggest since the start of the war. what do you make of the timing

of this, then, with regard to the outcome of the us election in particular? well, i think that there are several things involved here. obviously, the ukrainians are trying to bring the war to the russian people, and that was what was one of the goals of the kursk offensive also. but it didn't seem as if the kursk offensive really was able to change russian public perceptions of the war, because the general narrative that was coming from the kremlin was that this was a temporary glitch. the russians were going to be able to overcome it. they just stay put and stay patient. and that seemed to work. so now, by striking moscow, it does seem as if the ukrainians do want to create some kind of a psychological effect inside russia. but airport closures and drone strikes on russian areas and fires that have mysteriously broken out have been things that russians have become used to. the election timing, though, is interesting, because it does show that the ukrainians are willing to try to strike various ammunition depots in bryansk and the chemical facilities and energy facilities, maybe before there are peaceful negotiations to degrade russia's ability to rebuild in the short term.

so that's something to watch for also. i think i'd be paying more attention to what's happening in bryansk and tula right now than in moscow when it comes from a military perspective. as far as the strategy of bringing the war to russian soil is concerned, how effective is that proving to be? well, i think that is one of the challenges that the ukrainians have is getting the russians incensed enough against the war, that they're willing to protest against it or willing to express a severe amount of discontent and take the risks that are associated with that. and so far, no matter what ukraine has managed to do, whether it be striking crimea, whether it be striking offensive in kursk, whether it be striking energy facilities or basically showing that even moscow is vulnerable, it hasn't really done that. there's a small minority of russians who remain actively opposed to the war, but many of them are in exile or underground. there's a much larger portion of russians who are enthusiastically supportive of the war, and most russians, according to the polls,

remain apathetic, remain focussed on just their day—to—day life. and as long as there is an economic boom of sorts, with 3.6% economic growth happening this year coinciding with this war, it's harder and harderfor the ukrainians to really change the psyche of the russians. so i think that they're trying as hard as they can to get the russians alerted to what this war is doing and why this war is so devastating. but it hasn't really worked because the kremlin propaganda machine, and because of at least the short term resilience of the russian economy. the latest russian and ukrainian drone strikes come as the head of the uk armed forces said russia had suffered its worst month of losses since the start of the war in ukraine. the chief of the defence staff, admiral sir tony radakin, said an average of 1,500 russian soldiers were killed or wounded every day in october. he added that russia had now lost more than 700,000 troops in the war, and was spending more than 40 percent of public expenditure on defence and security. he was speaking to laura kuenssberg.

russia is paying an extraordinary price for putin's illegal invasion. so october was the worst casualty figures for russia so far. on average, over 1,500 people either killed or wounded every single day. every day? every single day. and that is for tiny increments of land. there is no doubt that russia is making tactical territorial gains, and that is putting a pressure on ukraine, because ukraine is having to put more people to the front line. and ukraine is also under pressure from the airborne attacks and the long—range missiles that are impacting on their energy infrastructure, which again hits the morale of the nation. but at the higher level, you then need to come back to russia. russia is spending over 40% of its public expenditure now on defence and security. that's more than it spends on education and health combined. that's an enormous drain

on russia as a country. and yet, from the outside looking at this, it looks like there is a horrific stalemate going on where on both sides there are dreadful losses, innocent civilians being caught up in a war and there is no sign of any breakthrough. but are you suggesting that putin can't sustain this? so i'm saying that the longer the war goes on for russia, the more difficult it is. russian economy is under pressure. it will be ok this year. it can survive next year. as you look through next year and into 2026, the russian economy is under more and more pressure. and the western approach has been to be really clear that western countries will maintain their support to ukraine and to do that for as long as it takes. and that's the message that president putin has to absorb. and that's the reassurance for president zelensky.

donald trump has completed his decisive victory in the us presidential election, with a projected win in arizona. it means he defeated kamala harris in all seven swing states. mr trump's final electoral college total is nearly 100 votes higher than his democratic rival. in congress, the republican party is edging towards securing the house of representatives. they already hold the senate. mr trump will visit the white house on wednesday for a meeting with president biden, to discuss the transition of power. he is working on appointing his administration for his second term. he's announced that neither his former secretary of state, mike pompeo, nor the former un ambassador, nikki haley, will be part of the new government. ms haley described mr trump as "unhinged" when she ran against him in the republican primaries, although she eventually endorsed him. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes sent this report.

within hours of the polls closing, donald trump knew he had won. but the project of in arizona, a state he had lost four years ago, completes the election count and give them a clean sweep of the swing states. a final tally of 312 votes in the us electoral college, compared with 226 foot vice president kamala harris. a thumping victory. the president—elect is spending the weekend here, at his home in florida, where he is working on who to appoint to the top jobs in his new administration. late last night, he took to social media to confirm two high—profile figures from his first presidency who won't be coming back. there will be no invitation for former secretary of state mike pompeo, orformer un ambassador at nikki haley to work for donald trump again. in washington on saturday, some people staged protests, expressing concern about the impact of the new regime. i

think it puts me in a position where i feel like i'm not being accurately represented. it is frustrating, ifeara accurately represented. it is frustrating, i fear a little powerless. i think society was moving towards a direction that was much more open and progressive and inclusive of people like us, and it is scary to think we might be going back in the next couple of years. joe biden has invited the president elect to meet him in the oval office at the white house on wednesday. he has promised full co—operation from his administration did in the transition of power over the coming weeks. now it's time for a look at today's sport. hello from the bbc sport centre. britain's sir mark cavendish has won his final race as a professional cyclist, the singapore criterium, bringing the curtain down on a record—breaking career that saw him wear the leader's jersey at all three grand tours, win one world title on the road, three on the track, of course more

tour de france stages than anyone else in history. drew savage reports. time for cyclone�*s most successful sprinter to finally say goodbye —— cycling's most successful sprinter. tributes paid to the one of the all—time greats. it was an exhibition race, part of cycling's drive to engage with a global audience, and the sport is global to engage with a global audience, and the sport is going to miss some of its most going to miss some of its most enduring superstars. most of enduring superstars. most of those written today were still those written today were still at school when mark cavendish at school when mark cavendish won his first tour de france won his first tour de france stage in 2008. so perhaps a stage in 2008. so perhaps a certain amount of respect as he certain amount of respect as he launched himself towards the launched himself towards the finishing line, one final finishing line, one final effort to feel that winning effort to feel that winning feeling one last time. i am feeling one last time. i am uuite feeling one last time. i am quite emotional, _ feeling one last time. i am uuite feeling one last time. i am quite emotional, _ feeling one last time. i am quite emotional, actually. | quite emotional, actually. | feeling one last time. i am| quite emotional, actually. i realised in the last few laps feeling one last time. i am| quite emotional, actually. i realised in the last few laps it was the last 15 kilometres quite emotional, actually. i rt was ed in the last few laps quite emotional, actually. i rt was the the last few laps quite emotional, actually. i rt was the last last few laps quite emotional, actually. i rt was the last 15 ;t few laps it was the last 15 kilometres of my career, but i'm so proud of my career, but i'm so proud

of my career, but i'm so proud of do my final professional race. �* , ., of do my final professional race. �* ., y of do my final professional race. ., race. after so many comebacks, this rule is _ race. after so many comebacks, this rule is mark _ race. after so many comebacks, this rule is mark cavendish's - race. after so many comebacks, this podium lark cavendish's - race. after so many comebacks, this podium appearance sh's - race. after so many comebacks, this podium appearance as s - race. after so many comebacks, this podium appearance as a - last podium appearance as a rider tomorrow he will stay in the sport he loves, so maybe it is not quite goodbye, but it has certainly been emotional. four matches in the premier league this sunday. amongst the early kick offs, ruud van nistelrooy takes charge of manchester united for a final time before new head coach ruben amroim takes over on monday. they take on leicester city at old trafford with van nistlerooy looking to end his spell unbeaten. it was very important after i took over to get... i called it stabilise the ship with results and all

of a sudden we're three games further in that and it passes so quickly. and the last one. yeah, that's the one also where... yeah, it will mean a lot. later, nottingham forest take on newcastle, spurs host ipswich whilst in the late game chelsea face arsenal. both now ten points behind league leaders liverpool with mikel arteta hoping to put recent defeats behind them. when you don't win, affects the mood, affects the energy.

confidence on what we've done as a group, but also with that experience coming in back into the squad. and, yeah, just been really pleased with, you know, just how everyone's fitted in. later, scotland welcome world champions south africa to murrayfield. it'll be a huge challenge for gregor townsend's side who haven't beaten the springboks since 2010, and also lost to them in the group stage of the world cup last year. to be able to go to a game where you're taking the world champions, it's going to be a sell out, you know that you're going to have to play your best rugby, um, to have to be in the, in the game. so, yeah, it's got everybody�*s minds focussed and the players are really relishing this opportunity. and in the last hour england's paul waring has won the biggest title of his career — golf�*s abu dhabi championship — holding off a star studded chasing pack to win by two shots. it's only the second time he's topped a leaderboard in over

330 appearances on the dp world tour. top pub and restaurant bosses have warned the chancellor that tax rises in last month's budget will "unquestionably" cause closures and job losses. chancellor rachel reeves has said that the tax increase will generate £25bn, which would aid funding of public services, such as the nhs. but the shadow foreign secretary says the government could have made different choices. i think the public would recognise that bigger businesses are more able to burden the contributions that we need to make to the state, and getting the nhs back on its feet, so workers are off sick can get back to work, that is something that retailers will probably benefit from as well as other measures we have put forward in the budget. these things have to be paid for and we have designed a system that protects working people and tries to protect small businesses.— tries to protect small businesses. so for big business, _ businesses. so for big business, tough, - businesses. so for big business, tough, suck businesses. so for big l business, tough, suck it businesses. so for big - business, tough, suck it up? there — business, tough, suck it up? there are _ business, tough, suck it up? there are measures more broadly that we think are good for business in the budget, but yes, it has been designed in that way.

also speaking to laura kuenssberg was the shadow foreign secretary, pritti patel, who said that the government could have made different choices. we need a strong economy, firstly, to invest in our defences, so that we can have a good economic growth forecast. i know we're not here to talk about the economy, but i think some of the measures that have been put in place in this budget are not going to achieve the long—term economic growth that we need. you have asked what we could do. there are things that can be done. 0bviously laid out a programme previously around looking at changes around literally performance of the civil service, where we could bring inefficiencies, all sorts of changes there. these are serious choices that governments should be looking at. there are reports that dozens of palestinians were killed overnight by two israeli airstrikes in northern gaza. according to the hamas—run civil defence agency, an attack on a house injabalia left at least 25 people dead, including 13 children. and in a seperate attack,

five people were killed in a strike on gaza city, with several more still missing. in response, the israeli army, which has been operating in northern gaza for several weeks, said that it had "eliminated dozens of terrorists" in jabalia, as well as a weapons store. 0ur correspondentjon donnison is in jerusalem, and told us what more is known about the attack. well, look, it's difficult to verify those numbers because israel does not allow foreign journalists uncontrolled access to gaza. but as you say, this does seem like a significant strike. a house targeted injabalia. 13 children among 25 people killed. there are apparently still people trapped. trapped under the rubble. i've just looked at some footage reportedly from the scene, and it's one of considerable devastation and confusion, chaos in that area injabalia. and i think it's important to remember that this comes just two days before a us set deadline for israel to significantly

improve humanitarian access to gaza, and also to take measures to reduce the number of civilian casualties. the united nations put out some figures last week, saying 70% of people killed in gaza in a six—month period have been women and children. we were hearing yesterday about the demand for hamas to no longer have a base for talks in qatar. how confident can we be that that is the case? because there were denials by hamas yesterday. yeah, they've been denied by hamas and denied by qatar as well. but, look, you have to see this as pressure being put on by the americans. the source of this story came from american state department officials, and they clearly want to send a signal that hamas is being isolated.

so while it seems that hamas are not actually being kicked out of qatar, certainly they've been much more low profile there in recent weeks. and if qatar is going to stop being the key mediator between hamas and american officials to try and secure a ceasefire deal, then that does leave hamas more isolated. and it begs the question, you know, where will they go if they can't be based in qatar? because it's been shown they're not safe in iran. we had ismail haniyeh assassinated by israel there, the hamas political leader. they're not safe in lebanon. they've been targeted there, too. and the only other place really could possibly be turkey, which of course is a nato ally. but would turkey want them based in istanbul? we have no indication that they would.

us defence officials say american warplanes have carried out strikes on houthi targets in yemen. they said the attacks were aimed at houthi weapons stores. the houthi movement claimed the us had launched at least 9 air raids on the capital sanaa and amran. on friday, houthis released footage claiming to show a downed us spy drone in yemen. the united states and britain have struck houthi targets several times since january in response to attacks by the movement on ships in the red sea, which the rebels say is in solidarity with palestinians in gaza. lebanon's health ministry says at least 20 people, including three children, have been killed in israeli strikes near the port city of byblos. there has also been a series of air strikes by israel's military on targets in the bekaa valley, including this one, in the village of sareen. israel says it is targeting hezbollah militia operating in lebanon. remembrance services have been taking place across the uk to mark the sacrifice made by military personnel and civilians in the two world wars and later conflicts. king charles led a two—minute silence at the cenotaph in london.

0ur correspondent sarah campbell is at the cenotaph in central london. she spoke to squadron leader lukejules. my grandfather was a royal marine in a sherman tank on gold beach on on d—day. when i was a child, he used to tell me about d—day for school projects and so on, where he landed and the dates involved and and whatnot. but it wasn't until after i'd been to afghanistan myself and wanted to come back to the uk and found it very difficult to talk to, even like close friends and family, about exactly what you might see. then my grandad opened up about what that experiences in the second world war and we started to see all the parallels between then and now. it was such a pivotal— between then and now. it was such a pivotal moment - between then and now. it was such a pivotal moment in - between then and now. it was such a pivotal moment in the | such a pivotal moment in the second world war, d—day. what do you tell you about his experiences in being part of that? , ., , that? they were all very personal. _ that? they were all very personal, not _ that? they were all very l

personal, not large-scale. that? they were all very - personal, not large-scale. he personal, not large—scale. he would tell me for example that his tank was the only one that got off the beach out of his platoon, and how much that has affected him and how extraordinary he found it to have managed to survive the first day. that him and his crew came across the body of a german soldier during the first week who said was the spitting image of his uncle said who have died in the royal navy a couple of months before, so they stopped and dug a grave for him and made a headstone of wood for him —— uncle sid. he found the entire experience in very... then theyjust went back to their normal lives because that was the duty that was expected of them. he didn't rea