robin brant, many thanks. the prince _ allegations. robin brant, many thanks.ernoon, they met with traders at afternoon, they met with traders at a food and retail enterprise in belfast. it was their first visit to northern ireland since the queen's death last month. the uk biggest movie event, the london film festival got under way last night. over the next week it will feature more than 150 films showcasing british talent and oscar hopefuls. the opening film was the world premiere of matilda, the musical. our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba was there. the west end smash is now a big—screen movie. the world premiere of matilda the musical is opening this year's london film festival. it boasts an all—star cast, including dame emma thomson as miss trunchbull. how much of an honour does it feel to have this film opening the london film festival this year? i mean, iwas so, so surprised, because... i don't know why i was surprised, because, isuppose, it's been around for a while, the story, and it's the london film festival, obviously. it normally opens wit

robin brant, bbc news.rm has killed more than 70 people in the philippines, and left many more homeless. tropical storm nalgae made landfall in the central part of the country and is heading towards the capital manila, but most of the casualties were caused by floods where there was heavy rainfall. the final televised debate of brazil's bitterly contested presidential campaign has been taking place in rio dejaneiro. here they are arriving at the debate, in an acrimonious clash, the far—right incumbent, jair bolsonaro, and the left—wing former leader, luis inacio lula da silva, repeatedly called each other liars. they also traded accusations of corruption. polls suggest lula has a narrow lead ahead of sunday's run—off vote. 0ur south america correspondent, katy watson, sent this report from sao paulo on the campaign so far. chanting in portuguese. cheering and applause. these past few weeks on the road have been noisy and relentless. both lula and bolsonaro are well aware this has become a tight race. party

robin brant, bbc news. mark montgomery who's a former us navy rear admiral as well as being a nuclear—trained surface warfare office. we began by discussing why russia conducts such nuclear drill exercises. these are routine drills that are conducted every year. right now the us and nato are conducting a similar exercise, smaller with b—52 bombers and tactical fighters. this is a very large exercise that is typical for the russians, it is also typical for the russians to fire, it is a little unusual to fire submarine missiles all in one event but that is probably a little bit of posturing by president putin but in general this is routine things happening in really a routine mannerjust not at a routine time. so if it's a bit of posturing but mostly routine, what likelihood then, we talked lots about it, is there of any escalation within the war in ukraine? first, in your clip you had a great comment from the ukrainian leadership that was very mature and deescalatory, the united states has spoken about it tha

robin brant has the details. as the missiles went up, the message went out.d to remember that it has the biggest stockpile of nuclear weapons. vladimir putin watched and he was briefed, as russia's forces as far from the north—west to the east of the country rehearsed their reaction to a nuclear attack. military chiefs told russia's leader the task of delivering a massive nuclear strike by strategic offensive forces had been rehearsed. 0n land, in the air, and at sea, this annual exercise is known as grom, or thunder. eight months into the war in ukraine it is designed to have added potency but in kyiv, the simulation was seen as just that. my personal opinion, he will not use nuclear weapons. they did a lot of stupid things, but they continue to be pragmatic. these images are notjust part of a war effort, they are part of a propaganda effort. the latest claim at the heart of which is the accusation ukraine is about to use a dirty bomb, explosives with radiological material attached. utterly untrue, though, says ukraine's international backers. nato allies re

robin brant, bbc news. let's go to united states now.iden has condemned an attack on the husband of the leading democrat, nancy pelosi, as despicable. police have charged a man with attempted murder in connection with the assault on paul pelosi at the couple's home in san francisco. mrs pelosi was in washington at the time. 0ur north america editor, sarah smith, reports. police say the intruder used a hammer to smash glass doors and break into the pelosi home, shouting, "where's nancy?" this appears to be a targeted attack. he tried to tie up paul pelosi to wait for his wife to come home. she was in washington at the time. police arrived as the attack was happening. 0ur officers observed mr pelosi and the suspect both holding a hammer. the suspect pulled the hammer away from mr pelosi and violently assaulted him with it. 82—year—old paul pelosi is in hospital undergoing brain surgery. the suspect will be charged with attempted homicide. nancy! 0h, nancy! during the attack on the capitol on 6 january last year, rioters were specifically s

robin brant, bbc news. we will speak to our political correspondence nick eardley at westminster. first we can go to home affairs correspondent daniel sandford in kent. growing concerns about conditions at manston. concerns about conditions at manston-— concerns about conditions at manston. ., . , manston. there are. those concerns were first highlighted _ manston. there are. those concerns were first highlighted in _ manston. there are. those concerns were first highlighted in the - manston. there are. those concerns were first highlighted in the full- were first highlighted in the full glare of publicity by the chief inspector of immigration last week who described the situation as dangerous. and a situation that left him speechless. he said he wasn't usually left speechless. the concern is that a centre that was built for around 1600 people at a 24—hour processing facility has turned into a sort of long—term holding facility for some people. the inspectorfound somebody who had been there for 32 days, she

robin brant reports. six weeks in and these protests show no sign of abating. the opposite in fact.an, the scene of violent confrontation again. and the tactics continue to be unbearably indiscriminate. i saw footage of a teenager, a child, shot in the head who apparently has been killed and they haven't gotten exact figures for how many people have died, how many people have been injured today but as you said, from the footage that we saw, we can say that certainly, they opened fire again with live ammunition. what started out as a protest over the death of a young woman in custody because of how she wore her hijab is now a chaotic and increasingly deadly confrontation between some of iran's people and its religious leaders. any tactic that they had been used in previous rounds of previous protests including 2009 and 2017, to crack down and get people to go back home, those tactics are not working this time around. there is a wave of anger in these protests that is unlike anything i personally have ever seen and i have been reporting for years and years and this is unique. iran's m

let's talk now to our correspondent robin brant. the start of the winter. they don't know what the weather will be like, they have seen their bills go up, and for businesses as well. if you couple that with the risk of gas shortages, it's not a happy environment. pardon the ond it's not a happy environment. pardon the pond but — it's not a happy environment. pardon the pond but we _ it's not a happy environment. pardon the pond but we had _ it's not a happy environment. pardon the pond but we had the _ it's not a happy environment. pardon the pond but we had the price - it's not a happy environment. pardon the pond but we had the price hike . the pond but we had the price hike over the weekend, millions of people across great britain being urged to take their metre readings, and then in a matter of hours the concerns around energy supply, particularly the availability of gas across britain really hotting up. here it is in black and white from 0fgem, the letter to sse, one of the big power generating companies. they are blaming the w

robin brant has the details. as the missiles went up, the message went out. but russia wants the world to remember that it has the biggest stockpile of nuclear weapons. vladimir putin watched and he was briefed, is russia's forces as far from the north—west to the east of the country rehearse to their reaction to a nuclear attack. military chiefs told russia's leader the task of delivering a massive nuclear strike by strategic offensive forces had been rehearsed. 0n land, in the area and at sea, this annual exercise is known as thunder. eight months into the war in ukraine it is designed to have added potency but in kyiv, the simulation was seen as just that. simulation was seen as 'ust that. ~ , simulation was seen as 'ust that. g , ., simulation was seen as 'ust that. g, ., ., that. my personal opinion, he will not use _ that. my personal opinion, he will not use nuclear _ that. my personal opinion, he will not use nuclear weapons. j will not use nuclear weapons. they did a lot of stupid things, but they continue to be pragmatic. things, but they continue t

robin brant, bbc news. we arejoined by we are joined by amy.on bbc news. i'm interested, we have seen so much and heard so much public rhetoric from moscow, thinly veiled warnings about nuclear weapons and the use of them under these nuclear agreements, the drills taking place, does that mean the fear is slightly overstated?- is slightly overstated? sure, i think that _ is slightly overstated? sure, i think that is _ is slightly overstated? sure, i think that is a _ is slightly overstated? sure, i think that is a fair _ think that is a fair assessment. it is an annual drill, it is expected and it happens like clockwork. if we did not see russia hold this drill, it would be a sign of this and one that russia could not for. is it because alum? the difference now it is against the backdrop of nuclear rhetoric or potential nuclear use and shall that makes for an uncomfortable combination. that said, the exercise went pretty much as we expected it would. it is not the only exercise taking place. nato is doing similar at the moment. how do the two si

robin brant reports. six weeks in and these protests show no sign of abating.ne or scene at eiaient again. e at eiaient again. independent confrontation again. independent observers claiming the cracked on by confrontation again. independent observe forces 1ing the cracked on by confrontation again. independent observe forces 1ing the ci’é and on by security forces across iran and killed 355. 160 security forces across iran and killed at55. 160 people continue to unbearably tactics continue to be unbearably indiscriminate. i tactics continue to be unbearably indiscriminate.— tactics continue to be unbearably indiscriminate. i saw footage of a teena . er, indiscriminate. i saw footage of a teenager. shot — indiscriminate. i saw footage of a teenager, shot in _ indiscriminate. i saw footage of a teenager, shot in the _ indiscriminate. i saw footage of a teenager, shot in the head - indiscriminate. i saw footage of a teenager, shot in the head and l teenager, shot in the head and apparently has been killed and they haven't gotten exact figures for how many people

our correspondent robin brant is here with more details. they are all household names.including in this list of six is eltonjohn�*s partner, the actress elizabeth hurley, the actress sadie frost and also perhaps most notably is there in a story lawrence, mother of stephen lawrence he was murdered in nets 93. what they allege by having large papers in the courts in london this afternoon is a startling array of widescale surveillance, interception of communications, what is known as blacking, manipulation and deception to gain information about them and regard to hospitals, clinics, banks, cars, all of these allegations, all of these refuted in the strongest possible way by associated newspapers but nonetheless lawyers representing the six people claim this is a tip of the iceberg. they say these people have been victims of a boric criminal activity and what they described as growth breaches of privacy. and there are five techniques that they say associated newspapers has used it to gather information about the people's lives placing listing devices inside cars, surreptit

robin brant, bbc news. are seeing. how do you think — disturbing news we are seeing. how do you think this _ disturbing news we are seeing. how do you think this kind of situation could have been avoided? we do you think this kind of situation could have been avoided? we need to see vastly more _ could have been avoided? we need to see vastly more fast _ could have been avoided? we need to see vastly more fast processing - could have been avoided? we need to see vastly more fast processing of - see vastly more fast processing of asylum claims. last year li% of asylum claims. last year only li% of asylum claims. last year only li% of asylum claims. last year only li% of asylum claims made do it we are of we are of more we are of more we year delays of more than a year and the backlog has been rising pretty seven or it is far outstripping any so. it is far outstripping any increases or changes in seekers, to ta ken to ta ke n ca re to ta ke n ca to presumably if carry on their lives. is m f carry on their liv