pop star sophie ellis—bextor has completed a 24—hour danceathon, raising over £800,000 for children in need. it's time to stop dancing in ten... time for a look at the weather. here's stav da naos. here's stav dan; a i. here's stav dan; a bit roller—coaster this week for many as we started on a chilly note and then turning miles on the weekend. this afternoon starts off bit of weekend. this afternoon starts off in : of few we continue to and :ontinue to j . . . 5’? estern nue western scotland if ' , , western scotland and ' ' ' western s but nd and ' ' ' western s but iti and ' ' ' lighteri s but iti and " ' lighterwinth iti and " ' dry with a lighter wind across the south and east of england through the afternoon but windy further up to j upto 50 j up to 50 miles 5 up to 50 miles an hour in the ofp to 50 miles an hour in the ' " ofscotland. 1555 hour in the north of scotland. when temperatures climbing to 13 degrees. evening and overnight largely dry evening and overnight it is 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only three finals in turin tonight as a late replacement. the british number one has been called into action after stefanos tsitsipas injured his elbow. he'll take on norway's casper ruud at eight o'clock and then world number one novak djokovic on friday. roger federer has confirmed that he won't compete at the australian open injanuary. in fact, the 20—times grand slam winner has told swiss website �*le matin' he would be "extremely surprised" to be able to play wimbledon next year. federer hasn't played since losing in the wimbledon quarterfinals injuly, and is continuing to recover from multiple knee surgeries. and one of britain's most decorated wheelchair tennis players, jordanne whiley, has announced her retirement. whiley won 13 grand slams, including the us open singles tournament in 2015. she's also a four—time paralympic medallist. injune 2021 whiley was among six players representing the uk at the postponed 2020 paralympics in tokyo. there's more on the website including news from sale sharks — they've signed england fly—half george ford from leicester. and there'll be more from me in the next hour. after an unprecedented year of devastating cyberattacks, an international push is under way against hackers. cyber gangs are being arrested in multiple countries, but one place where arrests aren't happening is russia — which has historically ignored accusations of harbouring some of the worst cyber—criminals. bbc cyber reporterjoe tidy travelled to russia where some of the accused are living millionaire lifestyles with little chance of being arrested. cyber citadels are crumbling. from ukraine to south korea, hackers are being rounded up. 0nline too, us intelligence services are hacking back — dismantling criminal networks and even retrieving some of the stolen riches. but there's one place where arrests aren't happening. for years, russia has brushed off accusations it's harbouring hackers. more russians have been sanctioned or indicted for hacking than any other country. 27 appear on the us cyber most wanted list. most of them are linked to the intelligence services but some are alleged criminal hackers. we're here today to identify and announce charges against a russian national. maxim jakubec and his right—hand man, igor turashev, are the two most wanted alleged hackers in the world. they are accused of leading evil corp, responsible for stealing more than $100 million from victims in a0 different countries. working with bbc russia's andrei zakharov, we found contact details for them. in moscow's prestigious federation tower, igor turashev runs three businesses. the receptionist found a mobile number for turashev�*s company. hello. hello, i'm looking to find igor turashev. whoever answered said they worked for the company and wanted to pass us onto another number until andrei told them where we're from. it's the bbc. maximjakubec, too, is not keeping a low profile. his wedding was lavish and cost at least half a million dollars. after multiple attempts to contact him, we tried addresses in moscow. he wasn't in but his father was eager to talk. how do you think your son has become so rich? you seem very upset by the us and the uk's accusations. the us evidence againstjakubec and his crew is made up of testimony from former gang members and cyber forensics data. some of the evidence was even obtained by the russian police years ago when they were still helping the us investigate. those days seem long gone now. it's more available to enlist hackers in russia than to put them injail. one of my sources told me that he personally tried to enlist jakubec and his guys from evil corp to do some work for him. at their spring summit, president biden spoke to president putin about harbouring cyber criminals. putin denied it was a russia problem but promised to work with the us. the talks have yet to bear significant fruit. many experts say russia needs to play its part to fully turn the tide on organised crime in cyberspace. joe tidy, bbc news, in moscow. we asked the russian government to comment on the fact that hackers seem to operate freely in russia, but received no reply. and you can watch more on "the russian hackers wanted by the west" this weekend on the bbc news channel and the iplayer. the supermarket chain lidl is upping it's minimum hourly pay in the uk by 6% in march next year. around 21,000 workers, that's 80% of its staff, will see their hourly pay increase from £9.50 to £10.10 an hour outside of london and up to £11.30 within the m25. lidl�*s chief hr officer, nan gibson, has been speaking to our business correspondent, emma simpson, and told her the move will make lidl the highest paying supermarket in the uk we are announcing a wage increase for all of our front line colleagues who work in stores and warehouses which will take the minimum pay from £9 50 per hour to £10.10 an hour. that represents an investment of £18 million in ourfront line colleagues which is the biggest ever wage investment that we have made in the uk. how difficult is it to recruit staff right now? very difficult, i will be absolutely honest with you. we are competing for talent with all the other retailers and indeed other industries. part of the announcement is to secure our staff who are with us and retain them as much as possible but also attract anyone else would like to come and join this fantastic team in a supermarket that is expanded massively. will you be able to absorb this pay increase or will some of it be passed on to shoppers? we pride ourselves on being dynamic and full power to our teams. we don't expect to pass that on to customers in the form of price rises. what other inflationary pressures are you seeing in the business right now? raw materials are increasing in price and when you have that at the start of your supply chain that will inevitably lead to further increases down the line. tell us about hgv drivers. we know there is a huge problem there. how short are you at the moment? we don't actually employ hgv drivers ourselves, we do that through third party contractors and they like everyone else in the industry have of course experienced those challenges but our colleagues in logistics and supply chain are in constant contact with those third party suppliers and so far we are managing to battle our way through. how is christmas looking? christmas is going to be fantastic at lidl as it always is. i think we all missed christmas last year as it was cancelled at the last minute and we feel the need to get to christmas and enjoy it. are you confident you can keep the shelves full? yes. politicians across the eu are weighing up how best to tackle the spread of coronavirus, as it again becomes the epicentre of the pandemic, despite vaccination programmes. austria, with a vaccination rate of 73%, has ordered unjabbed people to stay at home except for work, food shopping or emergencies. governments elsewhere, including the republic of ireland, with a vaccination rate of 92%, are extending covid passports while germany is also considering re—introducing certain rules — and debating whether vaccines alone are enough. angela merkel said this morning that the coronavirus situation is �*dramatic�*. mark lobel reports. coronavirus is catching hospital staff, as well as politicians, off—guard in germany. emergency wards like this one close to munich are filling up so fast, a patient was sent to italy for treatment. translation: the situation was foreseeable and could i have been avoided. the right measures that would have prevented this health system from being put in such a situation again were not taken. lower—than—expected vaccination rates may steal christmas from many. christmas markets that do open may only welcome the vaccinated or recently recovered. translation: we can't do anything but follow these rules. _ it is a way to protect everyone. but politicians here are in the market for much more, many keen to unwrap restrictions for the unvaccinated on public transport, for a return to home—working and vaccine mandates for certain professions. the incoming coalition government will consult state leaders on thursday. also from thursday, in ireland, pubs, restaurants and nightclubs will have to close at midnight, and people will be advised to work from home. all to combat rising covid cases, despite one of the highest vaccination rates in the world. all across europe and across our country it is increasingly clear that we are experiencing another surge of covid infection. in the last week alone, we have seen the second highest rate of hospital admission in all of 2021. but in holland there is political division over plans that unvaccinated people will no longer be able to go to cafes and restaurants with a negative test, with entry only for the vaccinated, or those who have just recovered from covid. with austria's lockdown for the unvaccinated in full swing, there are some questioning the wisdom of policies requiring mandatory vaccines, or locking down the unvaccinated. this raises real issues around civil liberties. around human rights, and it's something that governments should consider extremely carefully. but there are few easy solutions for europe's governments as cases surge. a large—scale study in britain suggests that drinking coffee or tea may be associated with a lower risk of stroke and dementia. researchers who followed more than 360,000 participants said that those who drank several cups of tea or coffee every day had the lowest incidence of stroke or dementia. now it's time to hear some of the stories this lunchtime from our bbc newsrooms �*across the uk' first this lunchtime an exclusive report into the extent of human trafficking. it's a multi—billion—pound crime with victims often forced into unpaid jobs and sex work. it's thought more than 2,500 people are living as victims of modern slavery in essex alone. many arrive at stansted airport. thomas magill has been allowed to film with team that monitor passengers as they arrive in the country. this is his report. out in force at stansted airport. this is the frontline in the fight against human trafficking. and it wasn't long before officers spotted someone acting suspiciously. a young man who just arrived from bucharest. your girlfriend bit you? that's a lot of bites for a girlfriend. 0ce approached, officers discovered more worrying information when he's provided details for the person picking him up is not their matched the person who phoned him to say they're collecting him. so that gives some concerns that maybe he doesn't know is collecting him or the person who is collecting him isn't who he thinks it's going to be. which makes you think he might be vulnerable if people don't often believe me. but our biggest, most vulnerable people are coming to the uk are generally young men we see here at stansted, and that's due to them being exploited within the labor industry. so they come first and they start to farm, do farming work or they've got to construction sites where they're paid, even though money or they come into the country in debt to those that have got them to the uk in the first place. today's searches are all part of a much bigger international multiagency wide operation focusing on human trafficking, which is often linked to other forms of organised crime. there's an update on the young man who was stopped earlier. he's potentially coming to work. it could be a victim of the slavery. so we are going to protect him from help if he doesn't accept help. but we refuse him and send him back to romania. no—one knows the true extent of the problem or how many people are here living as victims of modern slavery. but the latest research suggests that there are over 100,000 people here in the uk and around 2,500 of those are based in essex. but many more come through stansted airport and then are moved on to other parts of the region and beyond. so some success today, but officers know it won't be long before there's others making their way here vulnerable and unaware of what lies ahead. thomas mcgill, bbc, look east. living with damp and mould or broken appliances shouldn't be tolerated as just part of student life , according to a new report in wales. research by shelter and the national union of students found that poor housing can often have an impact on mental health and studies ? they re calling for less complacency about the state of some accommodation. living with damp and mould or broken appliances shouldn't be tolerated as just part of student life , according to a new report in wales. research by shelter and the national union of students found that poor housing can often have an impact on mental health and studies ? they re calling for less complacency about the state of some accommodation. bethan lewis reports in the photos, this house looked fine but mould on the sofa was just one of the issues that faced laura, a masters student, and her three housemates when they moved in in august. when we first moved in nothing had been cleaned at all, there was all residue in the cupboards, rust on the handles, as we moved the furniture about we just found more and more damp everywhere. i think itjust gets you down a lot, living somewhere that isn't very nice. the house is very cold so we have to spend a lot on heating. research by nus wales and shelter cymru suggests these types of issues are still too common in student rentals. they have asked students to share housing horror stories and found it can have a significant impact on mental and physical health and their studies. this was dominique's student house last year. i walked through the door and looked around and just burst into tears. i was just so shocked how dirty everything was, you could tell that it hadn't been cleaned. there wasjust clumps and clumps, for years, of dust building up. campaigners say that living in bad accommodation shouldn't be seen as a rite of passage. it is a kind of culture, people remember when they went to university, 10, 20, 30 years ago, living in rubbish accommodation and expect that is how it should be. so part of it is addressing that culture and making sure we get through to everyone that actually everybody deserves the right to somewhere safe, affordable, secure to call home, whether they're students or anybody else. substandard student housing isn't the new issue but the pandemic has added another dimension to it. many people weren't able to do in—person viewings. a lot of students have had to spend more time in their rooms, studying online. one student said they did an exam in their accommodation with a rat rustling in a cupboard. students are being urged to speak out and seek help if their homes aren't up to scratch. it is guinness world records day today. so take a look at this — leeds gymnast ashley watson has been training for months to break his own record for the longest backflip between two horizontal bars. the 29—year—old flipped five metres 87 in 2018. well after two failed attempts he finally smashed it on his third to reach six metres and achieve a new guinness world record. i don't really think much in the air, it's pretty fast. i've got a a metal bar about coming towards me, so it's hard to really think of anything apart from, you know, survive! but there was a moment when i caught the second bar, i didn't really feel it until i rotated round a couple of times. and then, the funny thing is, when i'm swinging on the bar, my ears are blocked by my arms, so i can't hear anything. so when i landed on the floor, i got a burst of everyone shouting. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav. hello there. it has been a chilly start to the day, but a lot of dry weather around, with plenty of sunshine, away from the north of the uk. this is where we have seen thicker cloud, particularly western scotland, where there have been a few showers. so, it has been quite windy as well across northern areas, closer to these areas of low pressure, you can see plenty of isobars across scotland, but fewer isobars further south, closer to this area of high pressure, meaning lighter winds. you can see that here on the wind chart, these are mean wind speeds, gusts in fact have been reaching up to a0 or 50 mph across north—west scotland, with the showers. now, as we head on into the evening period, it will be fairly mild, i think, across north and western areas, but under clear skies, and those lighter winds, temperatures will start falling away into single digits. as we move through the night, it is central, southern and eastern into single digits. as we move through the night, it is central, southern and eastern areas which will see the clear spells and the lighter winds, so it will turn quite chilly once again, but for most there is a milder air mass pushing in on all the cloud and the breeze, so lows of around 10 degrees, as you can see, in many northern and western areas, threes and fours though across the east and south east. so, for thursday, we have got high pressure to the south of the country, lower pressure to the north. once again, isobars indicate it is going to be another windy one, with weather fronts, so it is going to be wet, but what we will all notice through thursday is that we are in a very mild air mass, with a pretty balmy temperatures for the time of year. but, the air mass is fairly moisture laden, there is going to be quite a bit of cloud around, moving through thursday, just some glimmers of sunshine, up through the east of england, into north—east scotland, with a bit of shelter there and it will be windy with outbreaks of rain in the north and west of scotland. maybe a few spots of rain further south as well. look at those temperatures, highs of 1a or 15 degrees. we could even see 16 or 17 in some sheltered areas of north—east scotland. 0ur area of high pressure still to the south of the country, lower pressure to the north, again for friday and we are in a run of west and south westerly winds, a lot of cloud once again, outbreaks of rain for the north and west of scotland where it will be quite windy and another very mild day. those temperatures for many of us in the mid teens. but it is all change as we move into the weekend, that area of high pressure pulls back west and allows northerly winds to flood southwards, right across the country. that cold air will be moving south on saturday, pretty much across all areas by the time we reach on sunday. a few showers around, so for all of us it is turning much colder this weekend, by day and certainly by night with widespread frost. this is bbc news.