hello, i'm rajini vaidyanathan. russia has launched a massive attack on ukraine's energy infrastructure — the worst in months, with dozens of drone and missile strikes. in kyiv, people sought refuge underground, as the strikes cut power to the capital. there were blackouts in dnipropetrovsk, where two railways workers were killed. air strikes cut power in the eastern region of donetsk — and to the west, in lviv, a woman was killed. in the south, in mykolaiv, drone strikes killed two people. six more were injured, including two children. odesa was also targeted — resulting in power cuts across the region. and there were attacks too on vinnytsia and volyn, with multiple strikes putting huge pressure on ukraine's defences. with the latest on one of the biggest combined attacks of the war, here's our correspondent, paul adams. 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 very familiar with these kind of countrywide coordinated mass attacks involving russian missiles and drones, but there hasn't been one for a little while — for at least a couple of months. and this is certainly one of the largest that there's been in recent times — around 210 missiles and drones, of which around 140 were shot down. and, infact, president zelenskyy praised those involved in shooting them down, including pilots, some of them flying f—igs. of course, all of this happens as winter is approaching. mr zelenskyy said that the intention was to deprive

ukrainians of heat and light. although in previous winters i've seen the engineers who go about their work repairing the damage quickly and making sure that the country continues to function. they will be doing that again this winterfor sure. of course, the other thing that's happening at the moment is that 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. german chancellor olaf scholz has defended his decision to speak by phone to russia's 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. in berlin, prominent russian opposition figures are leading a protest against president putin and the war in ukraine.

among those taking part, yulia navalnaya — widow of russian opposition leader alexei navalny. next to her, the russian journalist and former political prisoner vladimir kara—murza. they took to the streets as details continued to come in of the full extent of last night's missile and drone attack on ukraine. dozens of people have been killed after israel launched air strikes in both gaza and lebanon. in northern gaza, a multistorey 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 many trapped under the rubble. the israeli military says it is investigating the reports. there have been israeli strikes elsewhere in gaza. these pictures of al—aqsa 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 air strikes across the territory. so there are three particular locations in northern gaza that are very close together beit lahiya, beit hanoun and jabalia. and the israeli idf, that's the israel defense 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 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. to beirut now where our middle east correspondent nafiseh kohnavard has been been to the site of the israeli air strike, in which a senior hezbollah leader was killed. here is a very central area of beirut and the building behind me in the dark is the headquarters of a baath party building in beirut. 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 normally are 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. a woman whose body was found in a car in lond has been named. harshita brella may have been attacked by someone they knew say police. our reporter sent us this update from corby. harshita brella's home on this street in corby is almost a hundred miles from where her body was discovered three days ago. northamptonshire police someone they knew say police. our reporter sent us this update from corby. harshita brella's home on this street in corby is almost a hundred miles from where her body was discovered three days ago. northamptonshire police say they received a phone call raising concerns for the welfare of the 24—year—old and they sent officers to her home

here. but there was no answer. the next day on thursday, officers discovered her body in the boot of a car in ilford in london. a postmortem found that harshita brella had been murdered and an investigation is now under way. detectives say that at this stage no arrests have been made and they believe that harshita brella was attacked someone they knew, although they're keeping an open mind and they have appealed for members of public to come forward with information. they say they don't believe there is any wider risk to the public. although they are going to be carrying out extra patrols here. the local force carrying out extra patrols here. the localforce has referred itself to the police watchdog, because of previous contact they had with harshita brella, although they haven't given us any details about what that contact involved. that given us any details about what that contact involved.— that contact involved. that is our reporter _ that contact involved. that is our reporter in _ that contact involved. that is our reporter in corby. - that contact involved. that is our reporter in corby. let's l our reporter in corby. let's take you to the scene in corby. we are in the next half an hour

expecting an update from police there and we are expecting to hear from there and we are expecting to hearfrom northamptonshire hear from northamptonshire police to hearfrom northamptonshire police to bring us up—to—date on that investigation and we will bring it live to you when it happens here on bbc news. now 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 9th, 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. 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. once racing got back under way he was able to fend off the challenge of germany's oliver 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. 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. 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 6 triumphs, only colin montgomerie is ahead of the pair, with eight victories.

wales are taking on australia, hoping to avoid an 11th straight defeat. never said yet to trouble the score. it is still 0—0. italy made hard work of beating georgia. they won by three points thanks to a penalty try and a converted try. 20—17 the final score. a day after drawing the opening match of their four—game series with jamaica, england rebounded with a win in game two. after finding themselves level after the first two quarters, the roses edged in front in the penultimate 15 minutes and extended that advantage in the last quarter to take the win 55—47. the remaining two matches in the series take place in kingston on november 25th and 26th. 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 the winners of that tie will face slovakia in the last four. after viktoria hruncakovawon the opening rubber, 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. here in the uk, the government has announced it will deliver a one—billion pound boost to buses, aimed at delivering a "london—style system" nationwide. but it could also mean a rise in single fare prices outside of the capital. our political correspondent, damian grammaticas, explained how the funding proposals are designed to work. this is replacing an old system where areas competed for funding. the government said thatjust funding. the government said that just gave the funding. the government said thatjust gave the best bids and was a waste of money. now

they want to base is on need and deprivation mileage. areas like south yorkshire, liverpool, cambridgeshire, essex, devon will get money. and the idea is to increase reliability, increase frequency of services. the flip side is that there was a cap that expiring this year, £2 at the outside london. that will go up to £3. the government says that will hold fares down where they would be in rural areas and in a year's time they are saying that they will replace that system with a system where you get discounts for young and old travellers. 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 downs2 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. earlier i spoke to isabel debre from

the associated press, who's been covering the apec summit. i asked her about the kind of people that attends. so apec, as you mentioned, right, it doesn't necessarily get the headline news that other conferences do, especially as we are heading to the g20 next week, but the economies that make up apec, which are basically most of the countries and members that are all along the pacific rim, so that right from the americas to asia, they make up over half of the world gdp. so they're important countries and we did see that today and yesterday all these leaders descended upon lima peru, which has not hosted apec since 2016. and under similar circumstances, when then president barack obama wasjust stunned when then president barack obama was just stunned by the victory of donald trump and came to apec with a similarly

diminished stand as we saw biden come to lima. find diminished stand as we saw biden come to lima. and this gathering _ biden come to lima. and this gathering of _ biden come to lima. and this gathering of leaders, - biden come to lima. and this gathering of leaders, what i 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 about free trade and breaking down barriers between countries. these might sound like platitudes, but this is something that many people are concerned about now, 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 has isolationism, which are against what apec stands for. it is about producing, not as much actions per se, as many conferences are known for, but it is about really producing a

sort of interpersonal conversation, bilateral discussions, places where the leaders can sit down together, as we saw with president ping and biden. i as we saw with president ping and biden-— and biden. i would like to ask what you _ and biden. i would like to ask what you have _ and biden. i would like to ask what you have been - and biden. i would like to ask what you have been hearing l and biden. i would like to ask| what you have been hearing in terms of reaction to the incoming second presidency of donald trump? it is interesting, - donald trump? it is| interesting, because donald trump? it is - interesting, because his donald trump? it is _ interesting, because his name didn't come up that much. but it was clearly the elephant in the room. as we saw with the bilateral summit, the first meeting between biden and xi jinping in overa meeting between biden and xi jinping in over a year, the last time was last year in san francisco for the same conference, we saw trump did not come up, but it was clear in ping's statement in xi jinping's statement that he was referring to trump. he said we should not be in a small yard mentality. all these statements clearly referred to trump and his policies. and as we saw biden sayjust a few minutes

ago, we heard him say that he is hoping to continue this kind of co—operation, these and seven—day opening for tesc these of co—operation, these discussion. but hanging over discussion. but hanging over thatis thatis discussion. but hanging over that is the uncertainty of what discussion. but hanging over that is the uncertainty of what will in the next new weeks. will in the next new weeks. for the first time, for the first time, a supermarket has opened a supermarket has opened it's doors on a sunday, it's doors on a sunday, on the isle of lewis. on the isle of lewis. tesco's store has gone tesco's store has gone against the long—standing against the long—standing tradition on the scottish tradition on the scottish island, of observing the sabbath. island, of observing the sabbath. more than 1,800 people more than 1,800 people signed an online petition opening for tesco's signed an online petition opposing the move. opposing the move. here's katriona renton. here's katriona renton. sabbath observance has sabbath observance has survived in lewis, even survived in lewis, even after it disappeared from most after it disappeared from most other parts of scotland. other parts of scotland. around 7,000 people live around 7,000 people live in the main town, stornoway. in the main town, stornoway. the bible lays down that the bible lays down that sunday is a holy day, sunday is a holy day, for worship and rest from work. for worship and rest from work. there, stornoway, three there, stornoway, three churches, steeple. martin's, church churches, steeple. martin's, church of scotland there. of scotland there. so it's dominated by steeples. so it's dominated by steeples. this minister believes it

should stay that way, and seven—day

there's no such thing as sunday opening of the bars. this local councillor represents part of the island and has been reflecting on what his constituents have told him. i think it would be a fairly mixed reaction, but i would gauge that probably, most folk... when i say most, it would sway in a percentage, maybe 60, 40, 75, 25 would be, or 70—30 would be against sunday tesco's, or tesco's opening on a sunday. because it does mean a sea change in what's going on in the town on a sunday, so i would have suspected that most of my constituents would probably be marginally against it. it's decades since children's playgrounds were closed here on a sunday. now the cinema opens, and it's up to islanders to choose with their feet on sunday supermarket shopping. tickets for next year's glastonbury festival sold out in less that 40 minutes this morning. organisers trialled a new method for managing website traffic

by allocating fans a random queue number. previously they had to refresh a ticket holding page. stay with us here on bbc news. 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 zylensky says the country was targeted by 120 missiles and 90 drones. neighbouring poland has 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. meanwhile, an israeli air strike in central beirut is reported to have killed hezbollah�*s media chief, one of the few remaining public faces of the group. mohamad afif was last

seen on monday. 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. just on that story mentioned there. we will bring you a news conference alive when we hear from police there. we are expecting a statement from the chief inspector of northamptonshire police to bring us up—to—date on those developments, the very tragic story there. as we were saying there, harshita brella, who was 24, has been named as the victim of the body that was found in a car in east london. we will bring you more on that as it happens.

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