caroline davies, bbc news.zhia was hit by seven missiles in a series of pre—dawn attacks. kyiv says the strikes were deliberately aimed at residential buildings. the city, close to the front line, is the capital of the district that russia has illegally tried to annexe. although the city itself is in ukrainian hands. the zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, europe's largest, is close by in the area of zaporizhzhia controlled by moscow. this morning's attacks comes as the ukrainian army continues to make dramatic progress against russian forces in the east and south. our correspondent paul adams reports from zaporizhzhia. when things go wrong on the battlefield, is this how russia responds? this was not a military target. this is where ordinary people lived, where they were sleeping. from dawn, rescue workers looked for survivors among five floors of smouldering wreckage. it's not known how many people died here. this is the very centre of zaporizhzhia. we're not that far from russian—controlled territory here and it's n

our business corresponding to caroline davies, thank you.tt—korbel. the nine—year—old was killed in august when a gunman chased another person into her house in liverpool. thomas cashman, who is sa, has also been charged with two counts of attempted murder. our north of england correspondent danny savage has the latest. this is the man accused of murdering olivia pratt—korbel. 34—year—old thomas cashman is the alleged gunman who police believe shot the schoolgirl in her own home. earlier this morning, on the waterfront in liverpool city centre, he and another man were brought to court. they both appeared before a magistrate. as well as the murder of olivia, thomas cashman, from west derby in liverpool, is accused of the attempted murder of olivia's mother, cheryl korbel, and joseph nee — the man being chased at the time of the shooting. the second man, paul russell, is charged with assisting an offender. the ao—year—old is alleged to have driven thomas cashman to an address and disposed of his clothing. he was remanded in custody. both spoke

caroline davies, bbc news.new political club of european nations. more than a0 countries are attending the summit in prague of the european political community, a grouping first mooted by the french president emmanuel macron. it's thought liz truss will seek to reassert the uk's role in europe. let's speak to our europe correspondentjessica parker. what's on the agenda? and what do they hope to achieve? liz truss strode into the meeting today for european that is not quite the eu. eu countries are here but more than a0 nations have turned up for a meeting unique in its scale and context. the context is russia's invasion of ukraine but also issues like the apparent sabotage of the gas pipelines. there are huge fears i think about energy security and supply in europe this winter but something i think they will also try to do is send a message of solidarity to ukraine. president zelensky is set to dial in via video link. leaders will have ones. liz truss has bilateral meetings including emmanuel macron, whether it

caroline davies, a business correspondent. _ power. caroline davies, a business correspondent.ll from westminster. back to the studio. thank you very much. you are watching bbc news. there's been another round of russian air strikes on ukraine's energy facilities — president zelensky says nearly a third of the country's power stations have been destroyed. 0ur ukraine correspondent, hugo bachega, sent this report. another morning in ukraine, another power station targeted by russia. this one in kyiv was hit by missiles at around nine o'clock today. to the west, zhytomyr was also struck. the governor said an energy facility was hit. for hours, the entire city was without power and water. this is how russia is responding to military defeats on the battlefield. the recent strikes have destroyed a third of the country's energy infrastructure, according to president zelensky. yesterday, the offices of the energy company and this residential building were hit. five people were killed here, including a pregnant woman. more and more civilian sites have been hit by russia in cities acros

caroline davies, bbc news.s sinking off the coast of greece. the bodies were recovered off the eastern island of lesbos after a dinghy sank. ten women were rescued but around a dozen are missing. meanwhile, in southern greek waters, at least 60 people are missing after their boat smashed into rocks near the island of kythira. the headlines on bbc news... the government —— a gunmen shoot at least 38 people dead in northern thailand. in a worst—case scenario, the national grid warns that household in britain could be without power for up to three hours at a time of this winter if gas supplies run extremely low. nurses across the uk are balloted for strike action by the royal college of nursing for the first time in its 106 year history. the chancellor has been meeting the bosses of high street banks, amid turmoil in the mortgage sector sparked by the government�*s mini—budget. senior executives sat down with kwasi kwarteng to discuss his plans to loosen regulation in the financial services sector. this morning, l

caroline davies, bbc news. by their union the gmb. our health editor hugh pym has more details. this is ambulance staff in the west and the east midlands in england, about 3000. in each service of england, there'll be different exercises like this. we already know that it's happening in the north—east and yorkshire, another 2250. they will be balloted on the pay award in england, around 4% on average, between 4—5% depending on different types of health work. and these are ambulance staff and paramedics. no dates have been set yet for the ballot, but it follows on that news, as you were saying, about the royal college of nursing announcing that it's started a ballot right around the uk of 300,000 members, again over pay. they want a pay deal much higher than inflation, inflation running at 10%, rather than the award that's been announced by the government in england. in scotland, there's an offer of 5%. the rcn, royal college of nursing, members are going to be balloted there. wales have gone with 4%. there's be

caroline davies, bbc news.ike was to happen, what would patients see?— if this strike was to happen, what would patients see? there is a big if the if would patients see? there is a big if they if there _ would patients see? there is a big if they if there is _ would patients see? there is a big if they if there is a _ would patients see? there is a big if they if there is a ballot - would patients see? there is a big if they if there is a ballot result. if they if there is a ballot result in favour of a strike, in early november, then presumably talks will continue and i think the royal couege continue and i think the royal college of nursing will hope there is more engagement from the government, the government will make the case for the pay offer it has already made and then we will see how that develops and there must be a chance given the normal notice for a chance given the normal notice for a strike. if we get to that point of something happening in november. the royal college of nursing has said if ther

caroline davies, bbc news.a popular tourist destination in west africa — first raised the alarm injuly after detecting an incease in cases of acute kidney injuries among children underfive. this week the director general of the who weighed in. four medicines are cough and cold syrups produced and made by pharmaceuticals limited in india. further investigation with the company and regulatory authorities in india. all countries detect and remove this product from circulation to prevent further harm to patients. the bbc has contacted the company for comment. and indian officials say they have asked the who to share evidence of the link between the syrups and the deaths. in the meantime — gambia has pulled paracetamol syrups. dr mustapha bittaye is the director of health services at the gambian ministry of health and says the investigation is a two pronged approach. it has been serious for a while, for a long time really. from our last situational report on the 29th, we have had 66 deaths out of 78 cases. we are st

our business correspondent, caroline davies, is here. we will not hear from caroline. he's an energy market economist at baringa, which is a consulting firm. as good if not better than caroline davis. thank you so much for being here with us. how surprised are you that the regulator offjim has said we face a significant cash shortage and how worried should we be. flat and how worried should we be. not surrised and how worried should we be. iirrt surprised with what we know that the future market participants have been pricing in these risks over the last few months. it's entirely prudent for the regulator and for governments across europe to be putting in plans, steps, mitigation measures where necessary to ensure we can continue to operate whatever the eventuality regarding russian gas flows without not overly surprised. gas flows without not overly surprised-— gas flows without not overly surprised. gas flows without not overly surrised. ., ., , ., surprised. how common is it for the re . ulator surprised. how common is it for the regulator to — surprised. how common

caroline davies, bbc news.o manage the cost of living crisis and the latest financial turmoil, join us on friday at 11:30 for a special edition of your questions answered when we'll be exploring many of the issues around the cost of living — with our personal finance correspondent kevin peachey and a range of experts who'll form a panel to answer the questions you want answered. we'll focus on issues such as practical ways you can cut bills, what support is out there, the strain on food—banks and the difference it makes when certain benefits are linked to wages rather than to prices. email us at yourquestions@bbc.co.uk or tweet using the hashtag—bbc your questions. we would love to hear from you. liz truss will attend the first meeting today of the european political community — an informal summit bringing together the leaders of eu states with 17 other countries. at the gathering in prague, ms truss will call for unity to ensure that ukraine can win the war against russia. she'll also say it's time to confront

our business correspondent, caroline davies, is here.ing this winter — but now we have this warning from ofgem, what are we to make of it? well i think it is certain this winter will be up like any one we have had for several years and we know it is notjust ofgem that concern about the russia impact on energy supply, we know concern about the russia impact on energy supply, we know the concern about the russia impact on energy supply, we know the national grid are putting out a winter outlook and that will be more detail with more different outcomes than before, we knee in the summer, the government were coming up with their own plans for worst case scenarios where there could be shortages of black out, how difficult is it going to be in how likely? it is difficult for our analyst to say. they have been saying the uk is in a strong position with its energy supplies, but there are some variables that are outside of people's control, whether or not there is a cold winter here, a cold winter in mainland europe, what russia decides to do, wh

caroline davies, bbc news.ons have been heard in the southern ukrainian city of zaporizhzhia this morning. the governor of the region says rockets were aimed at residential buildings and that there has been significant destruction. it came after president zelensky said that the counter—offensive against russian forces is continuing to gain ground. our correspondent hugo bachega is in kyiv. morning to you. what we know about this attack? good morning. we're still getting details about what happened. the explosions happened 5am local time around. residential explosions happened 5am local time residential buildings were hit. pictures posted online showed blocks of flats completely destroyed and the governor is saying that bodies are being pulled from the rubble. we don't have details about any numbers of casualties. it has been under constant attack in recent weeks, it is relatively close to the front line in that part of the country. this as the ukrainians are going ahead with making gains. presidents lenski said

let's talk to our business correspondence caroline davies.be. this came out in a letter from 0fgem to an energy company talking about increased risks that great britain could enter an energy supply emergency. 0ne great britain could enter an energy supply emergency. one thing is they were doing was talking to a group station that owned four power stations powered by gas you were worried that if there is a gas emergency they will have their supplies cut off and so will end up with penalties of multi pound is because they have already sold that energy to other people who will not be able to supply them because their gas was shut off so they are asking on a cheat to make sure people will not be charged with these penalties which shows the knock—on impacts, so if gas becomes short the suggestion is some larger gas users like power companies might have limitations put on them so these are the sort of things that are trying to be worked out. we know that even in the summer the government were coming up with plans of extreme scenarios where they cou

here's our business correspondent, caroline davies we know it is notjust ofgem that are concerned aboutn from them before. we also know that in the summer, the government were coming up with their own plans for worst case scenarios, where there could be shortages or blackouts. how difficult is it going to be, how likely are these scenarios going to be? it is difficult for analysts to be able to say. the governemtn and ofgem have been saying the uk is in a strong position with its energy supplies, but there are some variables that are outside of people's control — whether or not there is a cold winter here, a cold winter in mainland europe, what russia decides to do, whether there is severe weather that could cut off energy supplies, these are the sorts of things the government has been trying to model to make sure we are safe for, but ultimately they are preparing for all scenarios. stay with us on outside source — still to come... residents are airlifted to safety from some of florida's worst—affected areas, as the extent of the devastation following hurricane ian becomes clear. a man

joining me now is our business correspondent caroline davies. welcome to you. been predicting which is more of a worry because the bank of england has said we're sliding towards a recession. these figures are important, people keeping a close eye on high consumers are spending on what they are spending on. looking at these figures, sales of petrol and diesel are down by more than 10% compared to february 2020. people trying not to february 2020. people trying not to fill up quite as much as they were doing before. we also know that sales volumes and shops have gone down by 1.8%, people are trimming down by 1.8%, people are trimming down what they are buying. that is the volume of goods. they might see prices are going up but they will reduce how much they are going to buy. as you mentioned, as well as these figures we've also got data about the amount of money the government is borrowing and this is the difference between the money coming in and the many going out. that has increased, it is the second highest since records began. the first high in september was