Rishi sunak officiallyjoins the race to be the next conservative leader and prime minister, this Afternoon Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan has gone public with her support for him. Penny mordaunt is still in the running. She told the bbc she believes in cabinet led politics. I have my views but i will not be imposing i have my views but i will not be imposing policy that i have just made imposing policy that i have just made up imposing policy that i have just made up in a room by myself. The question now does borisjohnson have enough backers to stand as well . Labour leader kier starmer says his party hasnt Got Complacent and repeats calls for a general election. The schools struggling to keep the lights and heating on headteachers warn spiralling energy costs could see most schools in england run out of money next year. And Jodie Whittaker is set to make her final appearance as the doctor. More headlines at six oclock. Now on bbc news, unspun world withjohn simpson. Hello, and wel
according to ukrainian armed forces. civilians have also been targeted. this video showing the terrifying a blast rocks a pedestrian bridge in kyiv moments before a person could be seen walking across it. that person manages to turn back and runway from the destruction. that strike reminiscent of this blast saturday on a crucial bridge connecting russian-controlled crimea and the country s mainland. a blow to russia suffering humiliating defeats on the battlefield. vladimir putin says that today s wave of violence is revenge for that blast. he blames ukraine, even though kyiv has not taken responsibility for it. ukraine s president volodymyr zelenskyy sharing these devastating images from the aftermath of today s deadly campaign and founding an urgent alarm saying, quote, they are trying to destroy us and wipe us off the face of the earth. all the while ukrainian civilians are, again, forced underground into kyiv subway system, but they re managing to come together in an emot
and coming up at half past seven we ll have a round up of the day s action in sportsday. good evening and welcome to bbc news. police in the republic of ireland have named the ten people who were killed by an explosion at a petrol station in a village in county donegal. the victims include a 39 year old woman and her 13 year old son, and 50 year old man and his 5 year old daughter. police also confirmed that a man in his 20s remains in hospital in a critical condition. seven other people who were injured in the explosion are still being treated in hospital and remain in a stable condition. our ireland correspondent, chris page has been at the scene. this has been a day when this community has been contemplating the scale of the losses that occurred here in a split second on friday afternoon. as you could see behind me the petrol station where the explosion happened is less busy, they are now just two police vehicles there, the ambulances and fire engines have gone as the in
we ll tell you where he s headed and how he s trying to help democrats keep control of congress. and from long drives to costly care, a growing number of parents are concerned about access to mental health care for their children. we ll ask an expert about what more can be done in. and two weeks after miami quarterback tua had trouble walking but was cleared to go back out on the field, the nfl has rolled out different standards. what the rules mean to players. a new week. we are grateful that you re starting it with us. it is sunday, october 9th. good morning. good morning, everyone. good to see you. we begin with a $ ddeadly rocke attack in ukraine. several were killed and dozens wounded in zaporizhzhia last night. another local official says two kids are among the wounded. fortunately, though, we understand their injuries are not life threatening. images show this smoldering fire and rubble after the attack. this after after the explosion of the bridge linking
it s the biggest demonstration by the iranian diaspora ever. iranians from across europe are calling on western governments to sanction the powerful revolutionary guard and to throw out iranian diplomats. now on bbc news, unspun world withjohn simpson. hello and welcome to unspun world, the programme where the bbc s experts give us clear answers about the big questions of the moment. this week, britain s political and economic crisis entered a new and even more difficult phase, and so did the war in ukraine. all of this has rather overshadowed the already slightly muted celebration of the bbc s 100th anniversary, which falls this week. in october 1922, the bbc started up and quite soon became the world s most famous and respected public service broadcaster operating from its headquarters here in central london. and london is where our programme starts this week with the extraordinary political and economic goings on. pretty much unprecedented in my experience. that the whole