toxic smog cloaks much of northern india, choking residents and reducing visibility to less than 100 metres. and, up for auction — items belonging to the comedian eric morecambe, including the practice piano for this famous sketch... i'm playing all the right notes... ..but not necessarily in the right order. laughter. on bbc london... clean water campaigners reveal how raw sewage is flowing a raw sewage is flowing new snake, we bring you fre insight a new snake, we bring you fresh insight of the biggest news stories of the day and a panel as well as a look at tomorrow's newspapers. good evening. the family of harshita brella, who was found dead in the boot of a car in east london last week, say they're heartbroken over her death.

in an exclusive interview with the bbc in india, harshita's parents and sister say all they want now is justice. detectives here in the uk believe harshita's husband, pankaj lamba, murdered the 2a—year—old, then fled the country. samira hussain has our top story from delhi. harshita brella at her wedding, full of hope for her future. after a marriage arranged by her parents she moved to the uk. eight months later, her grief stricken family left with memories. the loss incomprehensible for her sister, sonia. translation: she was a part of me and i was a part of her and now we are incomplete without each other. i feel like i can't accomplish anything in life without her. she wanted to be a teacher, her father said, spent her days tutoring children in the neighbourhood in

delhi before turning to her own studies. in hindsight, sonia would have asked harshita to come home. translation: the have asked harshita to come home. translation:— translation: the uk is not safe, come to us. _ translation: the uk is not safe, come to us, come _ translation: the uk is not safe, come to us, come home, - translation: the uk is not safe, come to us, come home, that- translation: the uk is not safe, come to us, come home, that is. translation: the uk is not safe, i come to us, come home, that is what i said to her. even when she gave us the slightest hint, that's what we told her. all we could have sent some are new to rescue her. we would have just taken her away from that person. no mother should have to outlive their child but that is the burden here. in return, all she asks is for justice for her daughter. samir hussein, bbc news, delhi. harshita brella lived in corby, in northamptonshire, but her body was discovered last thursday in ilford in east london, 100 miles away from her home.

here's jo black. where is pankaj lamba? the 23—year—old has been named by detectives as the prime suspect for his wife's murder. it's several days now since harshita brella's body was discovered in the back of a car here in ilford, in east london, 100 miles from the northamptonshire town of corby, where she lived. we know ms brella had previously been the victim of domestic violence and a protection order, issued by magistrates in september, ordered pankaj lamba not to harass, pester or intimidate her. a month later, that order expired. on the 10th november, harshita spoke to herfamily in india. this was the last time they heard from her. three days later, police were contacted over concerns for her welfare. the next day, her body was found. yesterday, northamptonshire police said pankaj lamba was a suspect and an international search

is now under way. it's been quiet on this estate here today in corby, but people have told us that there has been police activity in recent days. residents have said that say they are deeply concerned about what happened to ms brella, and some say they have handed over their cctv and doorbell footage to the police to see if it helps with the investigation. so last week, we've had police parked here. we didn't know why, we thought it was just a domestic. they've been there for the last few days. and then yesterday, we've had a camera crew, a forensic team coming down, they were taking pictures. so it has been a bit crazy, yeah, the last couple of days. well, like, it was quite sad news. she used to come here sometimes once, twice a week, so she was good. i don't know what was happening in their personal life. they were a nice couple and they didn't used to talk much about themselves. more than 60 detectives are working on this case. meanwhile, northamptonshire police have referred themselves to the police watchdog

because there had been previous contact with ms brella. while international efforts continue to try to track down pankaj lamba, the community here in corby is feeling a deep sense of unease. jo black, bbc news. sir keir starmer says he wants to double down on support for ukraine, at the 620 summit in brazil. russia has vowed an "appropriate" response if kyiv uses american long—range missiles to strike its territory, after us officials said joe biden had given the green light. the president has told leaders at the summit that america strongly supports ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity. tomorrow marks 1,000 days, since russia's full scale invasion. james landale, has more. another day, another round of air strikes on ukraine. this time in the streets of odesa on the black sea. the devastating impact

of a russian missile in a residential area — leaving ten dead, more than a0 wounded. just the latest bombardment in a war almost a 1,000 days old. a strike that could be resisted better now kyiv can use these american missiles against russian air bases across the border. but will the us permission mean britain and france will now allow ukraine to use their own storm shadow missiles in the same way? the prime minister, who is attending the 620 summit in brazil, said ukraine was his top priority but refused to say if he would allow british made missiles to be launched against targets in russia. i'm not going to get into operational details because putin is the only winner in that situation. but i've been really clear for a long time now, we need to double down, we need to make sure ukraine has what is necessary for as long as necessary because we cannot allow putin to win this war.

but what does russia think? it's foreign minister sergei lavrov is here instead of president putin, who is facing arrest by an international court for alleged war crimes. neither has spoken but the kremlin accuse the us of adding fuel to the fire. president biden had long resisted allowing ukraine to use us missiles in russia, fearing escalation, but he changed his mind, aware his successor wants a fast end to the war. the united states strongly supports ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity. everyone around this table should as well. for mr biden and his fellow leaders know donald trump's second presidency is coming soon. and his presence hangs heavy over the summit. and it's notjust ukraine, world leaders here are also worried about the global economy. they fear that donald trump could trigger a devastating trade war if he imposes big tariffs on chinese imports, with many other countries getting

caught in the crossfire. that is one reason why sir keir starmer met president xi of china, the first british prime minister to do so for more than six years, seeking what he called a sensible and pragmatic relationship to boost trade and the economy at home. we want our relations to be consistent, durable, respectful, as we have agreed. avoid surprises where possible. these leaders have their own agenda. they want to discuss ending global hunger, boosting climate finance and reforming international institutions so their interests are better represented. but, once again, they are talking about ukraine and, yes, donald trump. james landale, bbc news, rio dejaneiro. so, what difference might these missiles make to the war? gordon corera is here

with more details. this is america's army tactical missile system — known as atacms. what's being fired are ballistic missiles. guided by satellite, they are highly accurate. their speed and angle of descent makes them harder to intercept than other systems. and now ukraine will be able to fire them into russia. the signs are washington is going to allow them to be fired specifically to deal with what's going on up here in the kursk region. ukrainian forces seized russian territory there. now the signs are that russia is preparing a push to try and drive them out. and it's brought in north korean troops to help. their arrival, america says, justifies the lifting restrictions on the use of atacms. ukraine s leader president zelensky was today inspecting troops on the frontline. he has been pushing for atacms to be used over the border use for months — aware his forces have been on the backfoot. so how might the atacms be used?

they have a range of nearly 200 miles — more than other systems. that will allow them to target positions behind russian front lines and hit concentrations of troops, including the north koreans as well as ammunition and supply depots. one problem, though, is the supply of missiles may be limited and the russians have had time to move aircraft out of range. so how much difference will they make? useful but not a game changer and probably past the point of maximum utility. the political show of support for ukraine will be quite important because they will want to bank that and try and turn some battlefield success into something that they can trade in with the new us administration. so, the atacms may help only a little. they may help slow down russian advances but they should provide a show of continued western support. one question is whether that support will last into the incoming

trump administration. and another is how russia will respond to their use on the battlefield. big questions. thank you, gordon. vicki young is live at the g20 summit, travelling with sir keir starmer. vicki, the prime minister says the number one priority at the g20 is ukraine's security. do others agree? that is right. it is interesting because he has been reluctant to say anything at all about these latest developments about those missiles. the british government here, they won't confirm whetherjoe biden is blocking the use of those missiles that were manufactured in the uk but he is continuing to say that the support for ukraine must continue for as long as it is needed and that putin won't win. there is another significant moment today for keir starmer and that was meeting with the chinese president, the first

time that has happened for over six years. it is a relationship that you couldn't say has ebbed and flowed over the years. if you think back to david cameron, the golden era, and thenit david cameron, the golden era, and then it got to the point where china is seen as more of a threat than an ally. today the words were very warm indeed. keir starmer talking about a respectful relationship, a pragmatic relationship. he wants to boost growth in the uk, trade with china could be very important. on the other side, we have the chinese president talking about the two countries breaking new ground in their relationship. but there will be difficult moments, they will have to be honesty, the british government say, in areas where they don't agree and already the conservatives have been pretty critical about all of their sayings keir starmer although he did raise human rights did not go far enough and will have to do more to stand up against china's malign influence. so navigating this relationship for keir starmer in the coming years will not be easy. it

keir starmer in the coming years will not be easy.— keir starmer in the coming years will not be easy. it won't be. vicki youn: , a will not be easy. it won't be. vicki young. a deputy _ will not be easy. it won't be. vicki young, a deputy political- will not be easy. it won't be. vicki young, a deputy political editor. | a convoy of more than 100 un aid lorries has been held up by armed men and looted in gaza. the un agency for palestinian refugees says 97 vehicles were attacked. their drivers were forced at gunpoint to unload the aid, after passing through the israeli—controlled kerem shalom crossing with southern gaza. the stepmother and uncle of sara sharif, on trial for the ten—year—old's murder, will not give evidence in their defence. beinash batool and faisal malik are in the dock at the old bailey, alongside sara's father, urfan sharif, seen here on the left. they all deny murder and causing or allowing sara's death in surrey last year. mr sharif accepted "full responsibility" for her death under cross—examination last week, but maintains he didn't intend to kill her. a man has admitted being the owner of an xl bully dog which killed his neighbour. ian langley was attacked in a village near sunderland last october.

today, at newcastle crown court, christopher bell pleaded guilty to being the owner. he'll be sentenced injanuary. the president of the national farmers' union is accusing the government of an extraordinary betrayal, over its plans to charge some farmers inheritance tax. sir keir starmer said today, he understands the issue is causing concern. it's, getting noisier by the day and we are nearly three weeks on from the budget. we have a foretaste of what's to come tomorrow, i think, at the weekend, the labour conference in wales, in llandudno on the north wales and, look at this, the motorcade of tractors, noisy tractors and noisy farmers, absolutely livid with the government

doesn't have a plan to introduce inheritance tax on farms worth more than £1 million. the government makes the case that some exemptions will apply up to £3 million and they'll be charged at 20%, half the rate others are charged at, but farmers are doing, look, the nature of a family farm as you pass on the whole thing to the next generation and plenty now won't be able to because they have to sell off part of the land. they are coming here and they are going to protest. to give a sense of the strength of their feeling, give a sense of the strength of theirfeeling, the president of give a sense of the strength of their feeling, the president of the national farmers union will give a speech tomorrow morning in which he'll an extraordinary trail that the labour government, in his view, is behind, saying the industry has never been so angry and there has never been so angry and there has never been so angry and there has never been a budget this bad for farming. but the government is insistent it is not going to shift or change its mind. it says rich folk have been buying up farmland to avoid inheritance tax, that the

majority of family farms will not be affected. basic facts about 500 people per year. tomorrow, we will have the conservatives involved for the will havejeremy clarkson evolved, the merchantjeanette evolved, the merchant jeanette turned evolved, the merchantjeanette turned newish farmer, who has strong views on this. it's the biggest protest it over the government as policy agenda. protest it over the government as policy agenda-— policy agenda. thank you, chris mason. and victoria will have more on this over on newsnight on bbc two shortly. ahead of that protest tomorrow, we will hear from a farm as leader who's been meeting the government tonight to try and talk them out of their inheritance tax changes, and how many farms will really be affected? newsnight in about quarter of an hour. the last surviving military veterans of the uk's nuclear bomb tests of the 1950s are appealing to the prime minister to meet them, as part of their campaign for more

recognition of what they say has been serious damage the test caused to their health. the men, who are planning legal action, say recently disclosed documents add weight to their suspicions of a decades—long cover—up, something successive governments have denied. they've been speaking about their experiences in a bbc documentary, as dominic casciani reports the world doesn't know. i've been fighting this battle for 63 years. for decades, the men who witnessed the british nuclear bomb tests have wondered whether they were part of a giant human experiment. it was really frightening. we thought we were going to die. this week, a special bbc documentary explores whether there was a cover up. 22,000 military personnel watched the british explode bombs in australia and the south pacific. some of these men have suffered cancers and had children with genetic defects that they linked to the testing.

john morris says his son may have been one of them. he was at the christmas island bomb tests in 1956. he told the bbc film that when his first born, stephen, died, he didn't accept the official explanation. if that little baby had got pneumonia when we put him to bed that night, we would have known. he was perfectly healthy when we put him to bed. iwas numb. the only time i really, really understood was that when the undertaker came with his coffin. a little... a little white box. baby stephen was recorded as having died from pneumonia, but the family later obtained records of potential lung defects. they suspect that was linked to the nuclear tests.

other documents suggest the military were monitoring the men through blood tests. this sheet for a pilot recorded gross irregularities in his blood. this summer, more documents were uncovered suggesting a special directive from ministers led to records being destroyed. the men have petitioned government after government and are raising funds to go back to court. three years ago they met sir keir starmer, but both labour and conservative governments have maintained no records have been withheld. military chiefs say there is no link between the tests and the veterans' ill health, but other nuclear states have compensated their veterans. the veterans want sir keir starmer�*s government to write what they believe has been an historical wrong, and they have many allies in the labour movement. the ministry of defence now says ministers are looking hard at the issue, including the question of records, but that doesn't reassure the men. time is not on their side.

legal action to discover if records were secretly destroyed would take years, so the men want a one—off and limited tribunal to help them get answers. whatever the truth, ministers say, the men are now recognised by a medal, remembered forevermore for their contribution to national security. and you can watch britain's nuclear bomb scandal: our story this wednesday evening at 9pm on bbc two and iplayer. toxic smog in india's capital, delhi, has hit severe levels, choking residents and reducing visibility to less than 100 metres. across much of northern india, pollution levels are more than 60 times higher than the world health organization recommends. the causes include farmers illegally burning straw stubble, along with factory smoke and traffic fumes. in the last two weeks, in neighbouring pakistan, the city of lahore has also seen unprecedented levels of air pollution, with doctors telling

the bbc they're concerned many more people will need hospital treatment because of it. the local government there says they had not anticipated this level of toxic smog. caroline davies reports. lahore was known as the city of gardens. now, you can hardly see the green through the grey. in the last two weeks, air quality has hit unprecedented toxic levels. some cannot escape it. translation: we are compelled to go out because we have children. - if we stay home, what will we do? we are labourers, we need to earn to be able to eat. respiratory problems, eye infections, coughs, asthma. this ward estimates they've seen up to 25% more patients, and winter is almost here. in the coming one or two weeks, there will be the cool wave that will hit lahore and major cities of pakistan. and i am expecting that there

will be a significant surge in respiratory diseases. lahore's markets are far from empty, but some have no choice but to stay inside. iram has three children, two with special needs. schools are closed, so are the parks. they are greatly disturbed by all this haphazardness, because they don't have anything to do. it is very difficult to survive in this environment. pakistan sees smog most years. the provincial government insists it was trying to control it, but hadn't prepared for this level. the air quality index is beyond our control, and i must admit that it is actually a surprise for us. we were not ready to face such a kind of surge in aqi. change requires money and political will. if pollution outpaces pakistan's efforts, lahore and the millions who live here may stay trapped in these toxic clouds.

caroline davies, bbc news. the singer and songwriter charles dumont, who penned one of the most famous french songs of all time, je ne regrette rien, has died. he was 95. he wrote it for edith piaf in 1960, despite being a little—known musician, managing to persuade the star to record it. the song became her signature tune. charles dumont went on to have an illustrious career, spanning several decades. northern ireland have won promotion to the second tier of football's nations league. isaac price scored one goal and set up the other, as they drew 2—2 away to luxembourg, to finish top of their group, and potentially increase their chances of reaching the world cup in 2026. and there was a dramatic night in warsaw, where scotland beat

poland 2—1, andy robertson scoring the winner in the 93rd minute, which means they avoid relegation from the top league for now. they'll face a play—off in march. a statue of the england captain, harry kane, has been unveiled in walthamstow, after spending years in storage because councillors couldn't find a home for it. the life—sized statue can be found at peter may sports centre, where kane used to play as a boy. ricky boleto was there to see it being unveiled. this is where it all began. sunday league football — ridgeway rovers, harry kane's first club. today, england's captain returns to the same pitch in london where it all started, for a special unveiling. woohoo! well, after a series of setbacks to find a permanent home for the statue, it will now take pride of place right here at the peter may sports centre in waltham forest, which is where harry used to play when he was just five years old.

no, i'm really impressed with it, actually. it's pretty cool to see and, yeah, it's quite humbling to see it here now and to know that there's going to be loads of kids walking past and hopefully being inspired notjust by the statue, but the mural as well. i think it's a really incredible story of myjourney and my life and, you know, the hard work and... so, yeah, i think it's really cool that, you know, the kids have somewhere to, to be inspired by. well, harry kane is very special because obviously, he played here when he was younger, which is incredible for all the people here. i'm playing on the turf that he played on. - i've heard a rumour that you're actually named after harry kane. is that true? yeah. i think harry kane should be celebrated because he's a massive role model. the forward now overlooks the children who train here on the weekend, hoping to one day follow in his football boots. have you got your phone? i've got my phone. have you had a selfie with your statue yet? no, come on, let's do it. ready? perfect.

you're going to have to send me that selfie. i'll send it. i'll send it over to you guys. amazing. harry, thank you so much. thank you, i appreciate it. congratulations. ricky boleto, bbc news. items belonging to the comedian eric morecambe will be up for auction in the new year, more than four decades after his death. the collection includes his glasses, joke books, ideas for sketches, and the piano he practised on before one very famous routine. here's graham satchell. morecambe and wise, perhaps the best loved comedy double act in british history. more than 20 million people watched their christmas specials in the 1970s. when eric morecambe's wifejoan died earlier this year, their three children said it was the end of an era —

and they decided to auction off a treasure trove of their dad's belongings. eric didn't throw anything away, so he was sort of like a hoarder in a good way. and when i went out to the house, it was unchanged, really, from when he died. so it was sort of surreal. it felt like eric could walk into the room. don't light your pipe in here. it's not allowed. there's no... lookout, the nurse is coming, get rid of it quick. among the items up for sale, a collection of eric's glasses and pipes, his top hat and tails, and the piano that he practised on. you're playing... you're playing all the wrong notes. i'm playing all the right notes, but not necessarily in the right order. also up for sale is a letter from ernie from 1950 saying he was worried he was holding eric back and they should split up. eric's reaction, "rubbish". eric's children said today, "we grew up sharing dad

"with the british people. "it's helped to inform this decision to share what was left in our home "with the world at large. "dad would have loved that. "that is his legacy". graham satchell, bbc news. if you want to continue watching the bbc news at ten, please turn over to bbc one or you can watch on iplayer. next, it's newsnight.