hello and welcome to bbc news. the russian president has ordered a full investigation into the explosion that destroyed part of his country s only road link to the occupied crimean peninsula. vladimir putin has also ordered the russian secret service to ramp up security on the kerch bridge. ukrainian officials have welcomed the explosion without officially admitting responsibility. our russia editor, steve rosenberg, reports. it is the bridge the kremlin built. and it was under attack. an explosion at dawn. this was the result. russian officials claim a lorry had been blown up here and that the fire then spread to a fuel train. whatever the cause, you could see the damage. this is the bridge that links russia to annexed crimea, and parts of the road had collapsed into the sea. later, investigators announced that three people had been killed. they have opened a criminal case. the 12 mile long road and rail bridge is not only strategically important to the kremlin as a supply r
they were all people who are shopping in the local shop. in iran protestors appear to hack into state run television as demonstrations against the regime continue. and max verstappen has secured his second formula one world championship after winning the japanese grand prix. good afternoon. at least 17 people have been killed by russian missile strikes, in the middle of the night on the city of zaporizhzhia. president zelensky condemned the attack as absolute evil. the latest strikes came hours after the 12 mile long bridge linking russia to occupied crimea was badly damaged by an explosion. our diplomatic correspondent, pauladams, reports from the ukrainian capital, kyiv. in zaporizhzhia, this is what escalation looks like. a gaping hole where once there were homes. rescue workers searching for the dead, and the living. moments after the blast, in the middle of the night, stunned, furious reactions. translation: they destroyed a building at night at 2am. - they simply destro
is allowed access. and max verstappen reign supreme in japan to win the formula 1 world championship for a second time despite atrocious conditions. 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 a 50 year old man and his five 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, is at the scene. yes, 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 can see behind me, the petrol station where the explosion happened is less busy. there are nowjust two police vehicles there. the ambulances and fire engines have gone as the investigation moves into another phase
in towards north west england, north west wales, across more of northern england and wales as the evening goes on. been quite pleasant after the chilly start in that sunshine towards the south east. so clearing from much of scotland and northern ireland quite quickly this evening, rhe rain. and then it moves south overnight through wales and england, maybe not reaching the very far southeast until we get on into tomorrow morning. it ll be a milder night in the south, a cooler night across northern areas and throughout the rest of today, tonight and tomorrow morning, across northern scotland, northern and western isles, 50 to 60 mph gusts and plenty of showers moving in. rain clearing the southeast by lunchtime tomorrow. then most places having a dry, sunny day. the showers are into western scotland, a few for northern ireland, north west england, north wales and perhaps the north midlands. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: police in ireland have named the 10 people who
president putin says there can be no doubt that crimean peninsula was conceived and carried out by ukraine s intelligence services. he called it an act of terror. meanwhile, rescue teams in the ukrainian city of zaporizhzhia have been searching for survivors in the ruins of residential buildings that were destroyed by russian missile strikes overnight. officials now say 13 people were killed, and 90 wounded. president zelensky condemned the attack as absolute evil. our diplomatic correspondent, pauladams, reports from the ukrainian capital, kyiv. in zaporizhzhia, this is what escalation looks like. a gaping hole, where once there were homes. rescue workers searching for the dead, and the living. moments after the blast, in the middle of the night, stunned, furious reactions. they destroyed a building at night at 2am. they simply destroyed a multistorey building. translation: we ran out into the street. - when we left the corridor, a neighbour ran out with her eldest son and