the latest uk net migration figures are expected in the next hour — we'll look at what that might mean for the government. and, could this thanksgiving mark a turning point for the film industry? experts predict record movie attendance as wicked and gladiator 2 draw audiences back to the big screen. welcome to the programme. welcome to the programme. ukraine says russia has ukraine says russia has launched another widespread launched another widespread attack on its energy sector, attack on its energy sector, across the country. across the country. attacks are being reported odesa, dnipro and donetsk. attacks are being reported in the capital kyiv — in the capital kyiv — where residents took where residents took shelter in metro stations — shelter in metro stations — the military says the attack the military says the attack lasted nine and a half hours. lasted nine and a half hours. but all missiles and drones but all missiles and drones were intercepted. were intercepted.

and also in the regions around and also in the regions around odesa, dnipro and donetsk. the national power grid has introduced emergency power cuts in those regions and elsewhere — officials say the full consequences of the air strikes have not yet been established,

consequences of the air strikes have not yet i: this established, consequences of the air strikes have not yet i: this is tablished, electricity and this is happening just on the data service. this is the second group of missile attacks, in autumn there was one of the 17th of november when there was missiles launched from the russian federation. this time it happened in two waves, the first wave was launched from the black sea, the second wave of this massive attack was launched from fighter jets. let's speak to our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford who's in warsaw. just talk us through the attacks on the energy sector. this was a massive and combined attack, a mixture of missiles and drones. it has happened as before, which is russia sends a

huge wave of drones at ukraine, in this case right across the country and then follows up with missiles. the drones us must keep the air defence is busy so the missiles have a better chance of getting through. ukraine's airforces through. ukraine's air forces have through. ukraine's airforces have said that around 110 drones and missiles were shot down but they say in total 188 were launched. it does look like there was some missiles that got through. it appears, according to statements from ukrainian officials and information on the ground, it appears that the target has been critical infrastructure in ukraine, right across the country. we have heard in the far west that nearly half a million people are experiencing emergency power outages, no power at all and hundreds of thousands in other parts of the country. it is and was a

sustained attack as you mentioned, the air raid alert lasted nine and a half hours in the capital of kyiv, a lot of people spending an uncomfortable night in bunkers on the underground, sheltering uncomfortable night in bunkers on the underground, sheltering from the threat in disguise. from the threat in disguise. how does this fit into russia's how does this fit into russia's overall military strategy? this overall military strategy? this isn't new in — isn't new in — overall military strategy? this isn't new in the _ overall military strategy? this isn't new in the sense - overall military strategy? this isn't new in the _ overall military strategy? this isn't new in the sense - overall military strategy? ti 3 isn't new in the sense that overall military strategy? ti 3 isn't new in the sense that russia has been doing this for russia has been doing this for some time and the timing is no some time and the timing is no accident. we are heading into accident. we are heading into winter in ukraine, not quite winter in ukraine, not quite the depths of it but it is cold the depths of it but it is cold and there is snow, a time when and there is snow, a time when people need electricity and people need electricity and thatis people need electricity and thatis people need electricity and that is what russia is targeting. they started doing that is what russia is targeting. they started doing it back in spring, i was in the it back in spring, i was in the north—east and i saw the utter north—east and i saw the utter devastation of a power plant devastation of a power plant where the turbines had been where the turbines had been completely destroyed, directly completely destroyed, directly

targeted by russian missile targeted by russian missile strikes. the in bunkers strikes. the attempt to damage energy infrastructure, to destroy ukraine's capacity to provide power to the people has

committing sexual offences. police launched a new investigation after 90 victims came forward following a bbc documentary that revealed the extent of mr al fayed s predatory behaviour. the the extent of mr al fayed's predatory behaviour. the current owners of harrods said they "wholeheartedly" supported to engage with it. our correspondent, ellie price, has more. mohamed al fayed died last year. he never faced any criminal charges. now, more than five people who may have assisted orfacilitated him are being investigated by the met police. while al fayed is no longer alive to face prosecution, we are determined to bring anyone who is suspected to have played a part in his offending to justice. we have now launched an investigation into a number of people. this investigation will look at what role those individuals may have played in facilitating or enabling his offending, and what opportunities they had to protect victims

from his horrendous abuse. our priority is to provide justice, answers and support those affected by these awful crimes. i went back to harrods about a year ago, and i knew if i could walk through and come out the other side, i'd be in a good place to be talking to you. the bbc documentary, which uncovered allegations of rape and sexual assault, was released two months ago. since then, more than 90 women have come forward to the police. the timescale for their claims of abuse is between 1977 and 2014, with the youngest victim a 13—year—old. the met police isn'tjust looking at new allegations, but also looking back at old ones, where no charges were brought against mohamed al fayed. the force says it has already looked at 50,000 pages of evidence from those previous investigations, and it's launched a review about what was missed, and why. 21 alleged victims had already contacted the met in the years

before the documentary. earlier this month, the force referred itself to the independent office for police conduct, about two cases it investigated in 2008 and 2013. again, no charges were brought. harrods' new owners have been investigating since last year whether any current members of staff were involved. it's declined to give details of whether any action has been taken against any individual, or when that review might be completed, but it said it wholeheartedly supported the met police's investigation, and had an open, direct and ongoing line of communication with the met for the benefit of the survivors. ellie price, bbc news. a quick update from our main story. those russian strikes overnight on ukraine. we have heard from president zelensky saying that ukraine needs more air defences now after those russia strikes. strikes

targeting energy infrastructure overnight and now ukrainian president saying that ukraine needs more air defences now. in the next 20 minutes or so uk net migration figures will be published. they are expected to show a fall in the difference between people arriving and leaving the country. an extra 685,000 migrants came to the country last year — adding to political pressure for further immigration controls. the conservative leader kemi badenoch has said she wanted a strict cap on visas. 0ur political correspondent, tom symonds, reports. a new government, a new approach. on tuesday, the asylum seekers were moved off the bibby stockholm, moored in portland, dorset. the cost of the vessel is ridiculous, one home office source said. but only around 15% of migrants are asylum seekers. today's figures count everyone coming into the uk, and subtract everyone leaving, to produce a headline number for net migration.

in 2023, 685,000 more people came in than left. less than 2022, but not much less. we've got people coming on work visas in highly paid jobs all the way down to the care sector. you've got people coming in as family members of british citizens and as asylum seekers and refugees. and so, actually the impacts of migration often depend more on the composition, who is coming, than the simple number of how many people are coming. the conservatives have restricted foreign students and care workers from bringing in family members, and increased the amount you need to come to britain. last night the new party leader, kemi badenoch, said it would push down today's net migration number. this is because of the changes we made in the last year of the conservative government. the figures we saw for 2023 were astonishing. they highlighted a big problem we must be honest about.

even if we see a decline in tomorrow's data, the fact is immigration, both legal and illegal, is too high. and that's the current political consensus, hardened by the small boats. the conservatives would cap the number of visas and possibly pull out of the european human rights convention, used to prevent some asylum claims being rejected. this morning, the government announced tougher penalties for employers who illegally hire overseas workers. and in a recent speech, the prime minister again promised to smash the people smuggling gangs by treating them like terrorists. no more gimmicks, no more gesture politics, no more irresponsible, undeliverable promises that almost by design, seek conflict with other countries. in the end, the government believes controlling immigration is not a challenge the uk can face alone. tom symonds, bbc

news, westminster. when those figures come out in the next 15 minutes or so we will bring them to you. to australia now, where a social media ban for children, under the age of 16, is moving closer to becoming law. on wednesday, the house of representatives passed the bill, and today, in parliament's final session, it's been up to the senate to finalise this world—first law. the bill makes platforms including tiktok, facebook, snapchat, instagram and x — liable for fines of up to $33 million us dollars for failing to prevent young children from having accounts. the platforms would have one year to work out how to implement the age restrictions— before the penalties are enforced. let's speak to associate professor sussane schweizer in sydney, who has been studying social media effects on the mental health in young people. thank you coming on the programme. thank you coming on the programme-— thank you coming on the

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interacting. fix, have become used to interactina. �* .., interacting. a counterpoint would be _ interacting. a counterpoint would be that _ interacting. a counterpoint would be thatjust - interacting. a counterpoint would be thatjust becausej would be thatjust because something is challenging, a doesn't mean it should not be done at all. doesn't mean it should not be done at all-— done at all. that is a good oint. done at all. that is a good point- that _ done at all. that is a good point. that said, - done at all. that is a good point. that said, i- done at all. that is a good point. that said, i think i done at all. that is a good l point. that said, i think that feeling of being excluded from something, that is something that we do have good scientific evidence on. we know that is strongly associated with mental health problems, depression and anxiety. so i think that is something we do know and the other thing we know is that opportunities for interacting online for young people from minorities, such as gender and sexually diverse kids, we know that those young people are at greater risk of mental health problems, both common cobham such as depression and anxiety but also severe mental health problems. these platforms give them space to interact with peers, say a gender diverse

youthin peers, say a gender diverse youth in remote australia, they are highly unlikely to have peers in this round is but this online space gives them space to interact with others that understand them. i think we are taking away those unique avoidance as it from social media by implementing a complete ban instead of something much more complicated then any technological difficulties, i think we should listen to young people and try to hear what they want and what they say they want is they would like more support in learning to navigate these platforms. what they say has a negative impact on them is that things like bullying, so putting safeguards in place and implementing more funding into anti—bullying programmes seems to me a more fruitful avenue. what about the burden of evidence and proof that you point to saying that there is

not the evidence to take it away. the counterpoint would be that this is an extraordinary change in social interactions, the power of the sum of human knowledge in kidd's hands and that has been done without the research and evidence, it has just been big platforms implementing it onto a generation of kids. it seems perverse to say to take the opposite line to say there is not the evidence to take it away. not the evidence to take it awa . �* . . not the evidence to take it awa , �* ., ., ., not the evidence to take it awa . �* ., ., ., , ., away. again, an argument you can make- — away. again, an argument you can make. but— away. again, an argument you can make. but i _ away. again, an argument you can make. but i think- away. again, an argument you can make. but i think this - away. again, an argument you can make. but i think this has| can make. but i think this has been happening over the past couple of decades and i completely and wholeheartedly agree with you that we need to start to understand this better. we need to do more research into how this is changing, potentially changing the development of cognition and the developing minds. i think we need to understand

these things better. but i don't think we do understand them yet and so if there was clear—cut evidence to the fact that it did have significant negative impacts then there that it did have significant negative impacts then there could be arguments for such a could be arguments for such a ban. but the evidence isn't ban. but the evidence isn't there. . ~' there. . ~' ban. but the evidence isn't there. . ~ ., ban. but the evidence isn't there. . ., ., ban. but the evidence isn't there. . ~ ., ban. but the evidence isn't there. . ., ., there. thank you for coming on there. thank you for coming on there. thank you for coming on there. thank you for coming on the programme. _ the programme. _ and peoples. mexico's president, mexico's president, claudia sheinbaum, says she's claudia sheinbaum, says she's had an excellent conversation had an excellent conversation with donald trump , just days with donald trump , just days after the us president— after the us president— elect threatened to impose elect threatened to impose tariffs on mexico unless it tariffs on mexico unless it stopped migrants and drugs stopped migrants and drugs crossing the border. crossing the border. trump said the mexican trump said the mexican leader agreed to stop leader agreed to stop migration into the us, migration into the us, "effectively closing "effectively closing the southern border." the southern border." ms sheinbaum said that ms sheinbaum said that while she reassured him no while she reassured him no migrant caravans will be migrant caravans will be reaching the border reaching the border between their countries, she reiterated that mexico's between their countries, she reiterated that mexico's position was not to close position was not to close borders, but to build borders, but to build bridges between governments bridges between governments

and peoples.

this is bbc news. this is bbc news. the us envoy — who helped the us envoy — who helped negotiate the ceasefire negotiate the ceasefire on the lebanon border on the lebanon border between israel and hezbollah — between israel and hezbollah — says it could open the door to says it could open the door to a deal to end the war in gaza. a deal to end the war in gaza. amos hochstein told the bbc amos hochstein told the bbc the ceasefire meant hamas the ceasefire meant hamas was now without allies, was now without allies, while israel no longer had while israel no longer had to fight a two—front war. to fight a two—front war. we can make sure that we can make sure that we're watching everything that's happening on the ground. we're watching everything and that's the big and that's the big difference here between last difference here between last time and this time. time and this time. it's not about unifil. it's not about unifil. it's about getting the lebanese it's about getting the lebanese military to deploy the other military to deploy the other lebanese security services lebanese security services to deploy, and an authorisation to deploy, and an authorisation by the government, which just by the government, which just passed the government passed the government earlier today as part earlier today as part of the agreement, authorising of the agreement, authorising the lebanese army to do it. the lebanese army to do it. but there's another but there's another element that is different element that is different

from �*06. from �*06. the end of the battle in �*06, hezbollah was at peak strength. it is not there now. and so i think this is a moment where lebanon has an opportunity and a chance to redefine itself, re—establish itself. and the first thing start. it starts with asserting sovereignty over its country. to what extent do you think that this cease fire deal could help pave the way for a truce in gaza with hamas? i think it very well can be. i think that there is a moment here in time where we've changed something. the dynamic has changed. the linkage between lebanon and gaza has been broken, and hamas has to wake up this morning and understand they're alone. the rest of the region is abandoning them. joining me now is our correspondent barbara plett usher in beirut.

does it look as far as we know, like this ceasefire is holding?

does it look as far as we know, like this ceasefire is hold are conditions for a ceasefire are there, the hezbollah has taken a military battering and there, the hezbol