and the threat to seals from the plastics in the sea. we report on a new scheme in the uk that should reduce the danger. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in ukraine, where russia has launched a wave of missile strikes across the country. president volodymyr zelensky described the escalation as an effort to wipe ukraine off the face of the earth. france s emmanuel macron said the russian attacks signalled a profound change in the war. president biden said the us will provide us advance air systems in response. the capital kyiv has been targeted for the first time in months, with explosions in other cities including lviv, dnipro and zaporizhzhia. many civilians areas were hit. ukraine officials say at least 11 people have been killed and 64 injured so far. it s the most widespread russian bombardment since the start of the war. paul adams reports from kyiv. ex
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 route, it is also a symbol of the russian annexation of crimea. vladimir putin opened it in 2018, getting behind the wheel to show that, as far as he was concerned, russia and crimea were joined for ever. very different scenes today. pro kremlin commentators have blamed ukraine for the explosion, but there has been no claim of responsibility from kyiv. it is noticeable how the situation has changed here, and the messaging. a few months ago, russians were being told by their leaders and
everywhere affects every one of us. warnings of blackouts to uk ministers. we do have good energy supplies in the uk. we can get through the winter. ..struggling to keep control after spooking the markets. i get it, and i. and i. are you sorry?! i changed the policy. are you sorry? of course i m sorry. ..and plenty of the public. the question that confronts us, wherever you are this morning how to be sure this. ..doesn t happen. this morning we rejoined live in the aberdeen art gallery by scotland s first minister, nicola sturgeon. from oxford by the one time liz truss superfan and former culture secretary, nadine dorries. from london by the prime minister s fixer the cabinet office minister nadhim zahawi. and with me here in aberdeen is a man known by millions as dijimmy peres. douglas henshall is here to talk about why he walked away from shetland, and what s next for him. and with me to reflect on the interviews and look at what is making the news is the former labour
at the next election. and coming up at 8.30 who are sport s environmental champions? a special programme from the inaugural bbc green sports awards. 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 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 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 there are