before we do all that, let's focus on a tasty match in the champions league. it is governed. —— here is gavin. hello from the bbc sport centre. let's get straight to the champions league first, and another huge evening ahead, liverpool against real madrid perhaps the headline fixture. it's four wins out of four for liverpool, but they're up against a team they often struggle with, and of course, are the current holders. the score from anfield. a big european night at villa park too as aston villa hostjuventus. as villa look to turn around their winless run, and could move into the top four with a victory. celtic still in with a shout of going through playing club brugge. 0—1 to brugge. a comical own goal to have a look at there in that match.

you can keep up with all to the games on the bbc website. and as for the rest, nine games in total on wednesday. earlier, red star belgrade hammered stuttgart 5—1, in keeping with the high scoring week that's been. monaco, still unbeaten, 1—0 against benfica. dortmund also in action at the moment. all the scores there on your screen with updates on the bbc sport website. manchester united face bodo glimpt on thursday in the europa league, head coach ruben amorim's first european game with his new club. the former sporting boss was on fire with his former club in european competition, part of that reason was the form victor gyokeres, who united have been increasingly linked with. goals have been a problem with united this term. only everton and the bottom two, crystal palace and southampton, have scored fewer than their 13 goals in the premier league this season. i think we have to improve as a team because we have quality players that can score so many

goals. you can feel it in the second half, we controlled possession of the ball but we were not dangerous. maybe because we have spent the week trying to work on build—up and then the rest was not work. we will try to improve as a team and they will score more goals. meanwhile, bad news for tottenham ahead of their home tie against roma tomorrow, with ange postecoglou confirming goalkeeper guglielmo vicario will be out for "months, not weeks" with a broken ankle. vicario had surgery after playing for 60 minutes with the injury against manchester city on saturday. the 28—year—old needed treatment in the first half following a collision with city winger savinho, but went on to play the full game as tottenham won 4—0. it isa it is a testament to him as a person, you know, he is as tough as nails, as tough as they come, the fact that he played at that level for 60 minutes with a fractured ankle. it was quite outstanding, just

the shock of it wears off and then you have to sort of process it. you will be missing for a while. england have won their women's t20 series against south africa with a game to spare. heather knight's side equalled their third—highest score in t20 international history with a 36—run victory in benoni. england posted 204—4, thanks largely to top—scorer danni wyatt—hodge, her 78 from just 45 balls making her england's first woman to pass 3,000 runs in t20 internationals. nat sciver—brunt also continued her fine form with an unbeaten 67 from 43 deliveries. england take on new zealand in the first of three test matches a little later. it's been a packed year for ben stokes and his team, they haven't won an away test series against their opponents since 2008. and new zealand would have grounds to fear no—one, given their recent 3—0 victory in india. still, their captain feels it will be close match. it's a cool rivalry that we have got. i think we are fortunate enough to have played a lot against each other over,

yes, certainly my time in the black caps, but also before that. we have had some great battles over the last five, seven years with england and that was no different a couple of seasons ago when, you know, when they were out here, so i am sure we will all produce more thrilling games like we have seen and i am sure both teams are looking forward to getting into it. and that's all the sport for now. since the war erupted in sudan in april last year, millions of people have been displaced. they estimate that around 25 million are currently in severe need of food aid. the united nations humanitarian chief who is new in post says he is making progress in getting some help to them. on his first trip to sudan, tom fletcher has managed to establish some new supply hubs and he has secured access to three new airports. the bbc�*s chief international correspondent lyse doucet has been

travelling with him. the only building block in this child's life. the only stability. this orphanage in eastern sudan. we're not filming their faces for their safety. even the littlest, even those unable to walk, were forced to flee when sudan's army and a paramilitary force turned their guns on each other last year in the capital, khartoum. the orphanage was trapped. mahmoud was displaced twice, abandoned twice. his wish — a home. translation: my wish | is to be a state governor. i want to solve all the problems in my country. if i get the chance, i will rebuild all the destroyed houses. a house, a safe house for women in the north of sudan, built by the woman they call

mama nur. she too, started life as an orphan at makoma. in this merciless war, sexual violence is also a weapon deployed on a staggering scale. even mama nur is starting to break. you can't understand what happened for us. all the sudanese people have died. children, women, girls, old people. what i can say? the invisible war, that's what it's called. a dreadful war. destroying lives of a people not getting much of the world's attention or aid. we are very happy to see you here. that's why the un's new relief

chief came to sudan first. what do you most need? uh, the need is very high. as the conflict is ongoing. and also the displacement is every time. it's a continuous. so the need of the humanitarian is a very huge it is very difficult. nowhere in the world are so many people on the run, so many children fleeing for their lives, so many people starving. this is the invisible crisis, and we can't let it be invisible. it's not invisible to me and my team. but we can't do this alone. this is the biggest humanitarian crisis in the world right now. 25 million people needing support today. another stop, another displaced camp. they turn up to hear what the un has to say. so we have to do better. we must do better. you are not alone. the people living through the world's worst humanitarian crisis, suffering all of the horrors of war and wondering why no one can stop it.

and today, hoping against hope that these words are notjust words. they sing their own stories to try to ease their pain and to try to make their own voices heard. lyse doucet, bbc news, port sudan. it really is the forgotten war, more on the bbc website. fin it really is the forgotten war, more on the bbc website. on the other side of— more on the bbc website. on the other side of the _ more on the bbc website. on the other side of the break, - more on the bbc website. on the other side of the break, it - other side of the break, it will be the security bree. you are watching bbc news. —— brief.

welcome back. it is time for the security brief. it is unlikely viewers of this series will know much, if anything, about the small village of redjikovo in northern poland and the anti—missile

base which is now firmly in the cross hairs of the russian forces. according to the kremlin, it "is a priority target for potential neutralisation." that warning came just a few days after president biden had authorised the use of long—range american missiles against targets inside russia and the first reported use of the british storm shadow. so tonight we are going to focus on what we know about redjikovo, we have more on the intermediate—range, ballistic missile russia has need trialling, codenamed 0reshnik. and we will get some news on the unidentified drones buzzing uk bases where american forces are stationed. mikey kay is here. 20 years an assault helicopter pilot and strategic military planner. a reminder he runs these sessions as he would were he still wearing the uniform. good evening. good evening. we will talk about _ good evening. good evening. we will talk about poland _ good evening. good evening. we will talk about poland and - good evening. good evening. we will talk about poland and the - will talk about poland and the

second but let's start with storm shadow. we reported on the use of it last week but there has been very little follow—up on how many you were used, what was hit, what have you been able to find out? it was a big week last week for policy decision—making by the us. we first had the decision to use the atacms and two days later it was the uk made storm shadow. important to note that the storm shadow was launched off the russian—made, the only jet ukraine has that has been modified for the storm shadow. we reported last week that strikes had gone in, we did not know where, we suggested and we spoke about command and control sites, high value asset airfields. it transpires having spoken to sources this week and done a lot of research that the objective of the strike was a command and control centre that wasn'tjust being used by the russians, it was being used by the north koreans as well. and indications tell us that there

was a very high—ranking north korean general injured in the strike, there were three senior north korean offices that were killed in the strike, and effectively, the strike was in a town you can see on the slide. you can see the town and read, it is actually closer to the ukrainian border than kursk, and when you draw a line from there to the ukraine border, it is only 35 kilometres. you might ask the question, why was storm shadow used? the version the us has given ukraine, is well within that range. the key we spoke about last week was storm shadow was a bunker buster, the ability not only to strike a target but a target deep underground and that's exactly what that command centre was. briefly on that, one of the reasons they had said they had given authorisation for these long—range missiles is because in their view russia had escalated by calling on north

korean troops, was this in one respect a signal perhaps, they knew the north koreans were in this bunko?— this bunko? yeah, and all the intelligence _ this bunko? yeah, and all the intelligence indicated - this bunko? yeah, and all the intelligence indicated at - this bunko? yeah, and all the intelligence indicated at the l intelligence indicated at the time that there was 50,000 combined russian troops and the significance of the kursk region is projecting forward to january the 20th after president—elect donald trump is in power, it is basically to give zelensky enough of an edge to protect his troops that have secured around about 1000 kilometres in the kursk region to use in those negotiations that are likely to occur. that will be a _ that are likely to occur. that will be a key _ that are likely to occur. that will be a key part _ that are likely to occur. that will be a key part of- that are likely to occur. that will be a key part of the - will be a key part of the negotiation. as a result, we have more sabre rattling from the kremlin, what is russia's course of action in response? naturally, you would expect russia to respond and they have. slide. what we are going to see here is a map showing poland as you have already alluded to, redjikovo. the

foreign ministry spokesman talking about the us antiballistic missile system thatis antiballistic missile system that is based in redjikovo has said quite, the missile defence base in poland has long been included in the priority targets for potential neutralisation. that is the intent, the airbase itself, the system itself, has been in development since 2016, russians will have been tracking that. at the end of last year in december it became operational and injuly this operational and in july this year operational and injuly this year became fully operational and there was a ceremony. take us back, and there was a ceremony. take us back. what — and there was a ceremony. take us back, what is _ and there was a ceremony. take us back, what is special- and there was a ceremony. take us back, what is special about this base, this muscle system on it, what a special? == on it, what a special? -- missile _ on it, what a special? -- missile system. - on it, what a special? -- missile system. think. on it, what a special? » missile system. think of it as iron dome. we have a multi—let layered system. we have a slide, and next graphic. next one. we have a really nice graphic showing what it comprises. 0n the left—hand side of the screen you have a

satellite that can detect a launch of a ballistic missile and the whole offshore system in poland was designed to ameliorate targeting by ballistic missiles. then you have an early warning radar, a satellite detector, a radar based in turkey tracks the missile, and then you have interceptor sites. you have one interceptor sites. you have one in poland, one in romania, and thatis in poland, one in romania, and that is augmented by us destroyers coming out of spain. effect of a layered approach. hang on, that is a defensive system not an offensive system so why would that be a priority for the kremlin?— for the kremlin? because that s stem for the kremlin? because that system protects _ for the kremlin? because that system protects the _ for the kremlin? because that system protects the entirety l for the kremlin? because that| system protects the entirety of europe, it protects its population, its urban centres, its economic structure. the suggestion _ its economic structure. the suggestion from _ its economic structure. the suggestion from the - its economic structure. the suggestion from the kremlin would be, we take that out... vulnerable. but not everything is vulnerable. that is why it is vulnerable. that is why it is high on its target set and thatis is high on its target set and that is where the sabre rattling is coming from. you say sabre — rattling is coming from. you say sabre rattling, - rattling is coming from. you say sabre rattling, but - rattling is coming from. you say sabre rattling, but if you are on that base right now, you

are on that base right now, you are not standing down, are you? you are not taking any risks. no, they will be on a pretty high def con.— no, they will be on a pretty| high def con._ i high def con. the highest? i don't know. _ high def con. the highest? i don't know. when _ high def con. the highest? i don't know. when the - high def con. the highest? i i don't know. when the foreign ministerfrom russia basically indicates that that is a high priority target, you are probably going to be on the highest alert. 0n the net is going to be in tune with what is called the integrated air defence systems all around europe. everyone is going to be looking at the radars and there is not going to be much room for tea breaks. i is not going to be much room for tea breaks.— is not going to be much room for tea breaks. i am presuming that if they _ for tea breaks. i am presuming that if they were _ for tea breaks. i am presuming that if they were going - for tea breaks. i am presuming that if they were going to - that if they were going to hit... what is the capability they have to hit that base? is it that you missile? find they have to hit that base? is it that you missile?— they have to hit that base? is it that you missile? and a new missile has — it that you missile? and a new missile has been _ it that you missile? and a new missile has been tested - missile has been tested recently, so bearing in mind this has been a construct since 2016, the whole provenance of this base has been against russian ballistic missiles. what has come to light recently in an attack in ukraine,.

dnipro. apologies. it is located west of donetsk, i think we have slide footage. this is 0reshnik, which is what we are talking about here, a new hypersonic missile with a range of 5000 kilometres. the kicker as it can actually have a mean peak speed of between mac ten and mac 11, that is 8500 miles an hour. it is incredibly fast. what we're seeing here is the warheads it has six warheads with the capability to split into a further six warheads. like a roman candle. _ further six warheads. like a roman candle. it _ further six warheads. like a roman candle. it comes - further six warheads. like a roman candle. it comes in | further six warheads. like a - roman candle. it comes in from heiuht roman candle. it comes in from height and _ roman candle. it comes in from height and then _ roman candle. it comes in from height and then before - roman candle. it comes in from height and then before impact l height and then before impact the warheads separate and it can deliver onto any strategic targets. vladimir putin claims

this particular missile is hard to target. but i think the only people that will know whether it is really impossible to target is the operators of the offshore system. that is yet to be known. i think what is really important is the launch of this 0reshnik was from the russia kazakhstan border, 650 kilometres inside ukraine. from the ukrainian border. which means if it has a range of about 5000 kilometres, and this is all speculative at the moment as they try to