hello, welcome to this hour. russia has launched a massive attack on ukraine's energy infrastructure — the worst in months. with drones and missiles targeting several regions across the country. in kyiv, people sought refuge in underground train stations, as air strikes hit the capital and caused power cuts. there were blackouts in the central region of dnipropetrovsk, where attacks on railways and rail depots killed two rail workers and injured three. air strikes also cut power in the eastern region of donetsk — and to the west, in the region of lviv, a woman was killed. in mykolaiv, in southern ukraine, two women were killed by drone strikes. six were injured, including two children. the port city of odesa was also targeted — and power cuts were imposed in the wider region.

and strikes also hit the vinnytsia and volyn regions with explosions were also heard in these locations, that's according to local media. with the latest on one of the biggest combined attacks of the war, our correspondent, paul adams reports. this was one of the largest attacks in months. rescue workers pressed into action all across this vast country, especially the south. ukraine's electricity grid the main target, triggering power cuts. but russian missiles and drones hit private homes, too. in odesa, the wreckage of a child's bedroom. at least ten people were killed, some by falling debris. after almost three years of this, there's exhaustion and fear. three air raids during the night, and the biggest started around six o'clock in the morning with the amount of very, very big, hundreds of the missiles

of different types. it's difficult to find any place around ukraine where the missiles were not targeted. in kyiv, parts of a missile shot down by ukraine's air defences. president zelensky praised those, including pilots, responsible for intercepting scores of missiles and drones. when the siren sounded, some headed for the capital's famously deep underground. after dozens of similar attacks, most now stay at home. but winter is approaching and russian forces are advancing in the east. there's a renewed sense of pessimism and danger. and paul sent this update from dnipro. ukrainians are familiar with these type of mass attacks involving russian missiles and drones, but there hasn't been one for a couple of months and this is one of the largest ones

there have been in recent times. around 210 missiles and drones of which 140 were shot down and president zelensky praised those involved in shooting them down, including pilots flying f165. this happens 5 a5 pilots flying f165. this happens 5 as winter is approaching. volodymyr zelensky 5aid approaching. volodymyr zelensky said the intention was to deprive ukrainians of heat and light. in previous winters, i have seen engineers who go about their work repairing the damage quickly and making sure the country continues to function. they will be doing that again this winter. the other thing is that happening is russian forces are edging i5 russian forces are edging forward in the east, making more progress than they have done for a couple of years or more. and that, coupled with the election of donald trump, has injected an element of

uncertainty and concern about what the coming months hold. with me is our reporter 0lga malchevska, who spoke to ukrainians on the ground. tell me about some of the stories you have been hearing. ye5, correct, when you speak to the locals on the ground, their perception sometimes is different from what we can hear from the experts. because those are people who live that story if you may say so. i was speaking to a lovely family in kyiv. we can show the pictures that they agreed to share with us. it is a family, a mother, she has two children and we can see the children and they would be looking like regularfamily, somewhere, anywhere in the world, but they face a totally different reality and they have

to basically shelter and hide themselves from the bombs falling from the sky. and they were telling me how basically they were trying to protect themselves, not having the shelter. because not everyone evenin shelter. because not everyone even in kyiv has a possibility to access even a basement. but these family live in a block of flats quite high up and they can'tjust go to the underground, because its exhausting and people need to sleep and it is impossible to take your child to the underground constantly. so they decided to sleep in the corridor. you can see that the child who is just eight, corridor. you can see that the child who isjust eight, he woke up today at night and he said that he was scared and he took his blanket and pillow and ran to the corridor and was sleeping on the moor, thinking at least the two walls will protect him from the bomb.

unfortunately he understands their flat can be destroyed. during the day, it was a weekend, he was playing on his phone as a a lot of children do. he was playing in the bus stop. he could hear the blasts and the air—raid sirens and thatis and the air—raid sirens and that is the only place that he could feel that he was safe. that is the kind of reality, which most of ukrainian children live through. 0bviously children live through. obviously if we look at the map, we can see some regions are in more dangerous areas closer to the border, some are more remote. there is no safe place in ukraine. that is the something that people in ukraine have been telling me. also they're concerned ovbly about —— obviously about the winter and the power cuts and what happens after this night and we heard about the blasts and we heard about the blasts and as you said at least ten people killed. what happens next is people wake up and

realise there is no electricity and no water and what do they do? theyjust try and no water and what do they do? they just try to survive. that is not in use any more, it is something which has been happening for almost three years for the majority of the country and for some of the regions for over ten years. thank you. german chancellor 0laf scholz has defended his decision to speak by phone to president putin. translation: in my view, it would not be a good idea for there to be talks between the american president and the russian president in the near future. and for the leader of an important european country not to hold talks himself. there may be some in germany who think that is a good idea,

i'm not one of them. it is very clear to me that we must not be under any illusions, we must not be naive. russia and the russian president have started this war, have expanded it in an unbelievable way and are prepared to risk a great deal of material and above all their own lives for the plan to conquer land and deny ukraine its sovereignty and democracy. we must not and will not allow that to happen.— that to happen. that is the german chancellor - that to happen. that is the german chancellor there. l a woman, whose body was discovered in the boot of a car in east london on thursday, has been named by police. harshita brella was 24 and from corby in northamptonshire. police there believe she may have been attacked by someone she knew, but say they are keeping an open mind. let's speak to our reporter at

the scene. what more can you tell us? ~ . , ., tell us? well, harshita brella's _ tell us? well, harshita brella's home - tell us? well, harshita brella's home on - tell us? well, harshita brella's home on this i tell us? well, harshita - brella's home on this quiet street here in corby is almost a hundred miles from where her body was discovered three days ago. northamptonshire police let's speak to our reporter at the scene. what more can you tell us? ~ . , ., tell us? well, harshita brella's _ tell us? well, harshita brella's home - tell us? well, harshita brella's home on - tell us? well, harshita brella's home on this i tell us? well, harshita - brella's home on this quiet street here in corby is almost a hundred miles from where her body was discovered three days ago. northamptonshire police said they received a phone call from a member of the public on wednesday raising concerns for the welfare of the 24—year—old. they sent officers to her home, but there was no answer. the next the day in the early hours of thursday morning, officers discovered her body in the boot of a car in ilford in east london. a post—mortem was carried out and that found out harshita brella had been murdered and an investigation is now under way. detectives say at this stage no arrests have been made and they believe that harshita brella was attacked by somebody that she knew, although they're keeping an open mind and they have appealed for members of the

public with any information to come forward. they have also said that they don't believe that there is any wider risk to the public, although they are going to be carrying out extra patrols over the coming day. the local force has referred itself to the police watchdog, because of previous contact they had with miss brella, although they haven't given us any information. we are expecting a police statement in the next hour that will hopefully give us the later on this murder investigation. thank you. dozens of people have been killed when israel launched numerous air strikes in both gaza and lebanon. in northern gaza, a multi—storey building housing palestinians has been struck in beit lahiya. officials from gaza's civil defence agency say at least 26 people were killed in an israeli air strike — with more than 50 trapped in the rubble.

six families were living in the stricken building. the israeli military says it is investigating the reports. there have been israeli strikes elsewhere in gaza. these pictures of al—aqsa martyrs hospital in deir al—balah were filmed by our freelancer as israel does not allow foreign journalists free access to gaza. children were among those injured taken to the hospital. in beirut, an israeli air strike is reported to have killed hezbollah�*s media chief — mohamad afif — one of the few remaining public faces of the group. he was last seen on monday, when he gave a news conference in beirut�*s southern suburbs, where hezbollah is headquartered. here's our security correspondent frank gardner with what we know about those attacks in gaza. well, the bodies are still being counted and removed from the rubble of that five storey building you mentioned there in beit lahiya. it does appear that this is one of the highest civilian death tolls that there has been in all the 13

months of airstrikes across the territory. so there are three particular locations in northern gaza that are very close together beit lahiya, beit hanoun and jabalya. and the israeli idf, that's the israel defence forces, as they call themselves, they are trying, they say, to take out, to destroy remaining hamas cells. but every time they do this, not every time, but many times that they do this, with what they say is precision guided munitions, with warnings, with intelligence, trying to clear civilians out of harm's way, it does seem that to happen very often, that there is a very high civilian death toll. and we've seen the pictures, it's broken concrete, shattered, twisted metal and just lines of bodies in shrouds. so they say six families were living in that particular building, and all the buildings around them are very

heavily damaged, too. there's the eyewitnesses saying such and such a family lived in that house, another one lived in that house, and look at them — they're all destroyed. so it's a particularly damaging thing. but we did put it to the idf a short while ago, we asked them, you know, for a comment, and they are investigating, but they haven't so far got back to us. let's go to beirut now where we can speak to our correspondent nafiseh kohnavard. good to talk to you, you were at the scene of that strike in beirut, tell us what is happening where you are. here is a very central— happening where you are. here is a very central area _ happening where you are. here is a very central area of - is a very central area of beirut and the building behind me in the dark is the

headquarters of a serious barthe party building and mohammed afif, the head of hezbollah press office, he had a meeting here apparently. we could hear a big missile flying over central beirut. i could hear myself flying over head and coming and landing here, which is very close to a very kind of christian populated area of beirut in central part of town. it is outside the southern suburb area. it is not a hezbollah stronghold or anywhere that hezbollah people northerlially are there —— normally there. but it is a very mixed area and the attack created a lot of fear. we have to move, because still they are removing rubble. we are not sure that they have recovered

the body, because a while ago they asked us to stop filming in this direction. because usually they don't allow media to film the moments that they are bringing out bodies. the situation is tense, people are scared, because this is another sign that nowhere in beirut can be safe, because this attack happened without any warning, because it was a targeted assassination and it is in central beirut and the situation as you can see is very, very tense around us. do stay safe — very, very tense around us. do stay safe and thank you for bringing us the latest from the scene. now time for a look at the sport with paul.

jorge martin has won his first ever motogp world title after getting enough points in barcelona to dethrone last year's champion francesco bagnaia — who won the race in catalonia. the spaniard, who had to finish no lower than ninth, if bagnaia took the chequered flag, started in fourth and avoided any incidents, moving up one place to finish third. martin's success comes a year after he finished runner up to bagnaia. the italian, who won 11 races this season, has to settle for second place in the championship standings, while team—mate enna bastianini finished third. from two wheels to four — and the macau grand prix was won by ugo ugochukwu, who becomes the first american winner in 43 years. ugochukwu began the race on pole and avoided the early multi—car pile up. 0nce racing got back underway he was able to fend off the challenge of germany's 0livier goethe. a late crash by italy's mattia colnahgi ensured the final lap was run under caution, allowing ugochukwu to emulate the win of bob earl in 1981. the 17—year—old, who is signed with the mclaren driver development programme, becomes the first winner of the fia formula regional world cup.

rory mcilroy says it's a fitting end to 2024, after his season ended in style, winning his third dp world tour championship — and the sixth race to dubai title of his career. the northern irishman only needed a top—11 finish to reach the summit of the season rankings, but won the tournament, finishing 1 shot clear of rasmus hojgaard. the world number three joins spanish great seve ballesteros in second place in the all—time list, with six order of merit triumphs, with only colin montgomerie ahead of the pair with eight victories. harry kane is set to start in england's final nations league game — a win over the republic of ireland would secure england promotion back into the competition's top tier. the captain was left out for the crucial victory in greece on thursday, with interim boss lee carsley claiming it's part of showing the incoming thomas tuchel what the team can offer. kane is not only concerned with keeping his place in the side, but also

maintaining the right culture within the squad for the new manager. it takes a long time to build, and maybe not so long to lose if you're not careful. but i think we're well aware of that. like i said, the experienced players, i think, lee's done a greatjob and i'm sure thomas will come in and have his own ideas and ways that he wants to build his culture. and yeah, ultimately we've had some really good tournaments and it's about using that experience and sharing some of those experiences to players who haven't had as much exposure to that. rugby union's autumn internationals continue later. and after england suffered their fifth straight defeat yesterday, wales are looking to avoid an historic loss today in cardiff. warren gatland's side host australia, having lost their last 10 matches. never before have they lost 11 in a row. so is gatland feeling the pressure? there have been games where we have not been able to get across the finishing line and some close fixtures. we need to be able to do that.

but if a decision is made in terms of what you are talking about then i am more than comfortable about that. i have been around the game for long enough. before that match in cardiff, italy are hoping to bounce back from a heavy defeat to argentina against georgia in genoa. a5 things stand it's not going well. italy lead 20—17. katie boulter and emma raducanu will attempt to take great britain one step closer to their first ever billiejean king cup later. they're playing canada in the quarter finals in malaga. the winners of that tie will face slovakia in the last four. after viktoria hruncakova overcame kimberly birrell in the first match of the day, rebecca sramkova ensured their place in the semi—finals with a straight sets victory over australia's ajla tomljanovic 6—1, 6—2. and that's all the sport for now.

us presidentjoe biden and chinese leader xijinping have had what looks to be their last meeting of mr biden�*s presidency. it happened on the sidelines of the asia—pacific economic summit in peru, president xi described the relationship between china and the us as having "ups and downs" but said he was striving for a smooth transition with the incoming trump administration. during discussions, the white house said the us president raised north korea's deployment of troops to ukraine, as well as china's activities near taiwan. in opening remarks, mr biden reflected on his relationship with xijinping, over the past several years. we haven't always agreed, but our conversations have always been candid and always been frank. we have never kidded one another, we have been level with one another, and i think that's vital.

these conversations prevent miscalculations and they ensure the competition between our two countries will not veer into conflict. competition, not conflict. that's our responsibility, to our people, and as you indicated, to the people around the world. we are the most important alliance, the most important relationship in the entire world. let's speak to isabel debre from the associated press. she has been covering the apec summit. welcome to bbc news. first, there are lots of summits and one that many people don't know as much about is apec, so first just tell us about who goes to apec and what it is all about. so, apec, as you mentioned, right, it doesn't necessarily get the sort of headline news

that other conferences do, specially as we are ledded to the 620 specially as we are ledded to the g20 next week. but the economies which make up apec, which are most of the countries along the pacific rim, from the americas to asia, they make up over half of the world gdp. so they're important countries and we did see today and yesterday all these leaders descended upon lima in peru which has not hosted apec since 2016 and under very similar circumstances when the then president barack 0bama was stunned by the victory of donald trump and came to apec with a similarly diminished stance as we saw biden come to lima. , ., ., lima. this gathering of leaders. _ lima. this gathering of leaders, what - lima. this gathering of leaders, what happens| lima. this gathering of i leaders, what happens at lima. this gathering of - leaders, what happens at the end of it? what kind of statement do they produce, what is the common goal they're

trying to achieve? it is the common goal they're trying to achieve?— trying to achieve? it is really about free — trying to achieve? it is really about free trade _ trying to achieve? it is really about free trade and - trying to achieve? it is really| about free trade and breaking down barriers between countries and co—ordination, robust world engagement. in reality this is something that many people are concerned about, because as we know we have an incoming president in the united states, donald trump who, has basically campaigned on an america first strategy which incorporates isolationism and all those things that are against what apec does stand for. it is about producing not as much actions per se, as many of the conferences are known for, but it is about really producing a sort of interpersonal conversations, bilateral discussions, places where the leaders can sit down together as we saw with president xi jinping. as we saw with president xi jinina. ~ . as we saw with president xi jinuinr ., ., as we saw with president xi jinina.~ . . ,, as we saw with president xi jinina.~ . . , jinping. what have you been heafina jinping. what have you been hearing in — jinping. what have you been hearing in terms _ jinping. what have you been hearing in terms of- jinping. what have you been hearing in terms of reaction |

jinping. what have you been l hearing in terms of reaction to the incoming second presidency of donald trump? it is interesting, _ of donald trump? it is interesting, because l of donald trump? it is i interesting, because his of donald trump? it 3 interesting, because his name didn't come up that much, but it was clearly the elephant in the room. the first meeting between biden and xijinping was last year in san francisco at the same conference. we saw that trump did not come up, but it was clear in xi jinping's statement that he was referring to trump the entire time. he said super powers shouldn't be pursuing isolationist mentalities. these statements refer to trump and his policies. a5 refer to trump and his policies. as we saw biden say, we heard him say that he is hoping to continue this kind of co—operation, these kind of discussions. he struck a cordial tone, discussions. he struck a cordialtone, but discussions. he struck a cordial tone, but hanging over thatis cordial tone, but hanging over that is the uncertainty that is coming up in the next few

weeks. . ~ coming up in the next few weeks. ., ~ , ., ., , weeks. thank you. that is it for this half _ weeks. thank you. that is it for this half hour. _ weeks. thank you. that is it for this half hour. there - weeks. thank you. that is it for this half hour. there is l for this half hour. there is more on all the day's news on the web—site. i will return after a short break. hello there. up until this weekend it had been a very mild november but all that is changing now. through the week ahead it will be feeling much, much colder. we have the risk of some snow and some icy conditions and the frost overnight will be turning more widespread. temperatures this afternoon not quite as high as they were yesterday. still making double figures perhaps in the far south but it is much colder in scotland. through this evening and overnight we will find more snow falling over the hills in the north of the country. there is some rain around elsewhere but that rain is going to sink southwards overnight allowing the clearer skies to follow from the north. and monday morning could start frosty in northern england, northern ireland and particularly scotland, temperatures could be as low as —8 degrees here, the coldest night

of the autumn so far. but these areas will start bright and sunny in the morning. there will be fewer wintry showers in northern scotland tomorrow. but for many other areas cloud will increase through the day, we will see rain coming in from the atlantic and turning particularly wet through the day across northern ireland. that wetter weather is running into the cold air, temperatures in the midlands only 6 degrees. the last of the mild air is clinging to the far south—west but it's cold air that we've got elsewhere. and along the boundary between those two different air masses you find a weather front. not only that, a deepening area of low pressure which is bringing wetter weather in from the west. and that rain could be turning to sleet and snow during monday evening in northern ireland. but the greater risk of snow is going to be in the far south of scotland, into northern england, with the higher falls over the hills. there is the risk of some snow to lower levels as well, which could be a bit more disruptive. that snow will continue into monday morning, leaving behind icy conditions and into parts of wales. could be a mixture of rain,

sleet and snow moving down into the midlands and some other eastern parts of england around that area of low pressure, which is also bringing windy conditions in the morning in through the english channel. as the low moves away, though, we are left with a northerly wind, more wintry showers for northern scotland, down the eastern side of england, where the winds are really picking up through tuesday afternoon. a significant wind chill, it really will feel cold out there as the day progresses. and it will get colder overnight on tuesday night because that northerly wind will feed cold air down across the whole of the country. so by the time we get to wednesday morning we've got a widespread frost and the first frost of the week in southern parts of the uk.

this is bbc news, the headlines: at least ten people have been killed in a major russian attack on ukraine's power infrastructure. president zelensky says his country was targeted by 120 missiles and 90 drones. neighbouring poland scrambled fighter jets as a precaution. officials in northern gaza say the latest israeli air strikes have killed at least 46 people. the deadliest strike was on a residential building in the town of beit lahiya. israel says assaults are aimed at stopping hamas from regrouping. police name a woman found dead in the boot of a car in east london as harshita brella from northamptonshire. the east midlands major crime

unit say they believe she was attacked by someone known to her. tickets for the 2025 edition of the world famous glastonbury festival have sold out in under 40 minutes. thousands of would—be festival—goers joined an online queue at 9am gmt, and all of the tickets selling by 9:35. here in the uk, the government has announced it will deliver a £1 billion pound boost to bus services, aimed at delivering a "london—style system" nationwide. but single fare prices outside of the capital will still rise. 0ur political correspondent, damian grammaticas, explained how the funding proposals are designed to work. this is replacing an old system where areas had to compete against each other for funding. the government says thatjust gave the best bids and was a waste

of money to the best bidder. it was a waste of money.