good evening. a man who broke into windsor castle with a loaded crossbow to kill queen elizabeth on christmas day in 2021 has been jailed for 9 years after pleading guilty to treason. jaswant chail, who's now 21, will initially be kept in custody at broadmoor hospital. he is the first person in the uk to be convicted of treason since 1981. daniel sandford reports from the old bailey. just a few metres from the queen's private apartments, and with his crossbow discarded on the ground, the moment when jaswant crossbow discarded on the ground, the moment whenjaswant chail crossbow discarded on the ground, the moment when jaswant chail was arrested. seen here moments later, he had used a rope ladder to get into windsor castle on christmas day 2021. when challenged by the armed officers, he said, i am 2021. when challenged by the armed officers, he said, iam here 2021. when challenged by the armed officers, he said, i am here to kill the queen. wearing this metal mask inspired by his obsession with star wars, the crossbow he was carrying had to safety catch off. he wars, the crossbow he was carrying had to safety catch off.— had to safety catch off. he was a dangerous _ had to safety catch off. he was a dangerous individual, armed - had to safety catch off. he was a | dangerous individual, armed with had to safety catch off. he was a i dangerous individual, armed with a crossbow that was loaded, and it is only as a result of the protection officers on duty on the day who dealt want to so calmly and professionally that he was stopped and nobody was hurt. he was arrested riuht b and nobody was hurt. he was arrested right by the george — and nobody was hurt. he was arrested right by the george iv gate _ right by the george iv gate that leads to the most secure section of windsor castle. windsor great park is open to the public, but chail had made it over the fence and right up to the gateway leading to the queen's private apartments. jaswant queen's private apartments. jaswa nt chail queen's private apartments. jaswant chail had been planning his attack four months, at one point trying to join the grenadier guards in an attempt to get close to the royal family. he is now having treatment for psychosis at the high security broadmoor hospital. but the judge decided he had been planning the assassination before his illness. he had conceived of killing the queen earlier_ had conceived of killing the queen earlier in_ had conceived of killing the queen earlier in 2021 when he was not psychotic — earlier in 2021 when he was not psychotic. he took steps to try to get closer — psychotic. he took steps to try to get closer to his target, and to learn useful skills when again he was not — learn useful skills when again he was not psychotic.— was not psychotic. chail said he wanted to _ was not psychotic. chail said he wanted to avenge a _ was not psychotic. chail said he | wanted to avenge a massacre in 1919, where british troops killed hundreds of indian protesters. the bullet holes can still be seen to this day. in a journal he plans to e—mail to his sister, he wrote, i am not a terrorist, i am an assassin, a sikh, a sith, another reference to his star was obsession. i will go against the odds to eliminate a target that represents the remnants of the people who desecrated my homeland. chailspent the homeland. chail spent the weeks before his arrest talking to an artificial intelligence character he had created on the el chat bot replica. he talked about his plan to kill the queen, and she seems to encourage him, telling him he was wise and very well trained. the judge decided that, by the time chail arrived in windsor, he was suffering from psychosis, but because we have been planning to kill the queen before his illness, he sentenced him to nine years in prison. daniel sandford, bbc news, windsor. temperatures across the world in september were the warmest on record, breaking the previous high by a huge margin, according to the eu climate service. last month was almost a whole degree warmer than the average september temperature between 1991 and 2020. experts say 2023 is now "on track" to be the warmest year on record. our climate editor, justin rowlatt, is here with more details. thanks, reeta. one scientist described the jump in temperatures this september as a gobsmacking with bananas. the data shows that the average temperature in september was 16.38 celsius. that beats the previous record for september by 0.5c, the largestjump ever recorded. now, take a look at this. this line represents the average global temperature for the month of september between 1991 and 2020. looking back to the 1940s, we can see it was much colderfor many years, but as we move through and hit the year 2000 — look how that changes. temperatures relentlessly above this long—term average. of course, last month is part of a much bigger picture. these squiggly grey lines show the average temperatures across a calendar year since records began. this red line here represents 2016 — the hottest year on record. but look at this year — a clear outlier. it's little wonder scientists say 2023 will almost certainly be the hottest year ever recorded. so what can be done? i have been looking at the new renewable technology that has been pioneered right now in the uk should that is being pioneered. the moon has always been a source of inspiration, but now we're set to harness the very real influence it exerts over our planet, because the moon's gravity powers the rise and fall of the tides. and that represents a huge amount of energy. it's reckoned tidal power could meet as much as 11% of the uk's annual energy demand. and it has a big advantage over other renewable technologies like wind and solar, because the tides are predictable, because of its predictability, because of its ability to provide us baseline predictable renewable energy, the cost savings that you get from not having to invest in backup energy sources that are fossil fuel based and not having to invest in storage solutions such as batteries might mean that the sort of unit cost of tidal energy for producing the energy might be worthwhile. engineers here in the uk are already developing all sorts of ways to capture tidal energy. in the waters off the shetland islands, great turbines that harvest the currents tides create are being tested. rival designs are competing to prove their efficiency, including a kite that flies in the water. but there is a problem. the sea is just an incredibly harsh environment. the waves and the currents hammer at structures, and the salty water is aggressive too. it corrodes metal, all of which helps explain why tidal energy is just so expensive at the moment, even pricier than nuclear power. but the government is now offering generous subsidies for companies developing tidal power technologies. experts say that could be decisive in making the technology economically viable. it's going to drive down cost. it's going to build up capacity. it's going to help with grid connection and that sort of thing as well, build confidence in the supply chain that's going to really drive the industry forward. tidal power will never overtake wind and solar, say experts, but it could be a very useful additional source of clean power delivered thanks to our nearest celestial neighbour. justin rowlatt, bbc news, plymouth. dozens of people have been killed in a missile strike in north—east ukraine, including a six—year—old boy. the ukrainian authorities say russia attacked a village in the kharkiv region. james waterhouse is in kyiv for us. james, what do we know? this is thought to be the deadliest missile strike for more than a year in ukraine. this small village has a population of at least 300, we are told that 51 people have lost their lives. what we are told, we have seen these images put out by authorities, showing several bodies covered in dust next to a rubble which was thought to be a grocery shop, what the authorities are saying is that most of them were gathered outside for the funeral for a ukrainian soldier. russia has been squarely blamed, accusing of launching a short range ballistic missile, so difficult to defend against because of the height and speed at which they fly. this is a village in close proximity, 30 kilometres or so, to one of the most volatile parts of the front line. it is common for places like that to come under constant shelling, but nothing like this has been seen for a while. such human loss in a single stroke. now, vladimir putin, who was giving a speech, he has not directly referenced the strike, but he said ukraine in his words would be dead within a week of western help was to stop arriving. rodney zelenskyy has condemned the strike. he is in spain at lobbying other european leaders for continuing support —— volodymyr zelenskyy. for continuing support -- volodymyr zelens �* . ., ~ for continuing support -- volodymyr zelens �*. ., ,, i. for continuing support -- volodymyr zelens j. ., ,, i. , for continuing support -- volodymyr zelens j. ., ,, , . zelenskyy. thank you very much, james. the american fugitive nicholas rossi, who is facing rape charges in the us, is set to be extradited after scotland's justice secretary confirmed it could go ahead. rossi, who is known to us authorities as the man who tried to fake his own death, was arrested in glasgow in december 2021. he claims to be the victim of mistaken identity and says he is an irish orphan named arthur knight. our correspondent steve godden has more. dishonest, deceitful, manipulative — words used by a judge to describe nicolas rossi, a man of many faces. the american authorities have been trying to extradite him to face rape charges in utah. stop! please stop. at every step he's resisted, claiming to be the victim of mistaken identity, an irish orphan, he says, called arthur knight. for almost two years, this building has been the backdrop to a bizarre case. but ultimately, it wasn't the court that decided nicholas rossi's fate. it was a politician. this morning came confirmation that scotland'sjustice secretary has signed the order approving his extradition. through it all, he's had an answer for everything. we heard in court, though, that you were identified by tattoos or scarring on the body. that's not true. is it worth seeing your left forearm? could i, i mean, could you just raise up? it's nothing personal. i'm just exhausted. the deception involved using aliases and convincing friends and family that he died from cancer. ironically, it was a serious brush with covid that led to his discovery on a glasgow hospital ward. from there, the charade crumbled slowly. the court ruling he could be extradited after dismissing the arthur knight story as fanciful. for some reason, they used fingerprints rather than dna to establish that. but it has been a very strange case that has had the feeling at times of a circus around it. nicholas rossi has a two—week window to appeal. a separate rape investigation in essex could also complicate what happens next. but today's ruling is a landmark moment in this strange tale. stephen godden, bbc news, edinburgh. a special film on the extraordinary nicholas rossi story, unmasking a fugitive, is available on the bbc iplayer now. shares in metro bank plunged by more than a quarter at one point today, following reports that it's urgently trying to raise up to £600 million to shore up its finances. the bank was set up in 2010 and has more than 2.5 million customers. our business correspondent theo leggett is here. theo, what's happening, and how worried should its customers be? let's look at the second half of that question first, because i think it is the important one. there is no reason for customers to panic right now. people within the bank insist it is currently financially robust and, crucially, meets all regulatory requirements in terms of its financial reserves, and analysts seem to agree with that as well. also, even if there was a serious problem, savings at banks in this country are guaranteed under the financial services compensation scheme, up to £85,000 per person, so thatis scheme, up to £85,000 per person, so that is relatively safe. looking at why we are in this situation, the fall in the share price of 30% at one point today, i think the bank closed at 25%, it is not good, but that reflects concerns that the company is going to have to raise a lot of money in the relatively near future. it is not clear how it is going to raise that money, and there are also concerns about its future profitability and whether it can afford a quite ambitious expansion programme involving the opening of 11 new branches in the north of england, for example, over the next couple of years, which will require money, and this was a bank set up to challenge the big names of the industry. but these are all problems down the line, there does not seem to be any reason to be acutely concerned right now unless there was a crisis of confidence in the bank, and that could cause issues. but at the moment, i think savers can be reassured. the moment, i think savers can be reassured-— the moment, i think savers can be reassured. ., ,, , ., , . reassured. 0k, thank you very much, theo. the reassured. 0k, thank you very much, the0- the time _ reassured. 0k, thank you very much, theo. the time is _ reassured. 0k, thank you very much, theo. the time is 6.15. _ our top story this evening — the first man convicted of treason in a0 years, jaswant chail, is jailed for nine years after planning to kill queen elizabeth with a crossbow. and a disappointing start for england against new zealand as they start to defend their world cup title. coming up on bbc news... we're building up to a big few days at the rugby world cup — with all to play for between scotland and ireland... who are vying for a place in the quarterfinals of this year's tournament. it faced delays and spiralling costs — and had already been scaled back — and yesterday came the final axe for the northern leg of hs2 to manchester. this map shows where the government says it will invest instead, as it promises billions of pounds for road and rail projects. but in some of the places set to benefit, there's been confusion about exactly what the money will be spent on. correspondent, navteonhal, on the money pledged for more trams and improving the roads. but first here's rowan bridge in bradford. for bridge in bradford. years, commuters across the north for years, commuters across the north of england have been plagued by unreliable services, long journey times and poor connectivity of strip today, transport secretary mark harper was here in bradford punishing to be in pounds for new track, a new station for the city. that's part of plans to improve the rail network across the north. improved connectivity for bradford is something that's long been called for, a city literally at the end of the railway line. under the plans, journey times to manchester would be halved and connectivity to the west of west yorkshire significantly improved. there have been proposals for a new station for bradford before only for them to come to nothing and the plans for well short of what metro mayors have been calling for. there is no confirmation of where new station would be, when work might start when it might open. bradford improved connectivity but nobly knows where or when that might arise. the scrapping of the northern leg which also means the cancellation of the east midlands spur, a bit of a high—speed line that was supposed to connect birmingham to its woodlands parkway station just up the road from where i am. instead, a list of smaller projects has been announced, perhaps the biggest the midlands rail hub, a series of schemes designed to improve the overall midlands rail network. there has also been funding committed to fixing pinch points on is two important roads in the region and a £1.5 billion pot of funding for a future east midlands metro mayor, who can spend that on transport as they wish. the document announcing that funding said it could be spent on extending the existing nottingham tram network to gedling or clifton south, but the problem is that the extension to clifton south was completed several years ago. so it is a bit unclear exactly how or when some of these projects will actually benefit the people here in the midlands. navtej benefit the people here in the midlands. navteonhal reported midlands. navtej johal reported strip meanwhile, it's emerged the hs2 rail line will not be extended hs2 rail line will not be extended to london euston unless enough private investment is secured for the project. it would mean the line would only run from birmingham to old oak common in west london. our transport correspondent katy austin is here with us.— this is a surprise isn't it? there is some uncertainty. when what's left of hs2 opens initially it will end at old oak common a west london for that was already the most recent plan to yesterday rishi sunak insisted it would still go on eventually to euston as planned, albeit with a station with six platforms rather than 11. the comet says its changes will mean £6.5 billion of spending will be freed up and it says this will be done by bringing in private sector investment. so i have to develop meant is the vision alongside the station. but it was confirmed today that means that the whole euston scheme will be entirely dependent on getting enough of that private sector investment. a government spokesperson insisted today there was already interest and they were confident, but it clearly means there are no guarantees of that euston scheme going ahead. one other thing where there is still some uncertainty around the announcement made yesterday about hs2 money being reallocated to other projects. it's not entirely clear how many of those billions the prime minister said would be safe from hs2 second stages and moved to other projects would be available soon, so within the next few years. a government spokesperson said that all funding allocated over the next five years that had been allocated for hs2 would be reinvested over the same period, but when we asked him for a number, they won't give one slip it's clear that the bulk of the big spending on phase two wouldn't have come until much later, the end of the decade. and the labour leader sir keir starmer has said he couldn't commit to reversing rishi sunak�*s decision to scrap hs2's northern leg. alex forsyth is in westminster. so—so keir starmer providing clarity on where he stands. so-so keir starmer providing clarity on where he stands.— so-so keir starmer providing clarity on where he stands. given the weeks of speculation — on where he stands. given the weeks of speculation that _ on where he stands. given the weeks of speculation that came _ on where he stands. given the weeks of speculation that came out - on where he stands. given the weeks of speculation that came out of- on where he stands. given the weeks of speculation that came out of the l of speculation that came out of the government announcement, unsurprising the political fallout is rolling on, and circuits, was asked repeatedly by my colleagues in the region is if labour were to win power, would he commit to the hs2 project in full and, despite the fact that so keir starmer has said he wanted to see that happen, despite the fact has been some real anger in some quarters, not least from some senior labour figures in the north of england, at the decision to cancel the northern leg, sir keir starmer said he couldn't commit to reinstating it because, he said, of the way the government had managed the project. listen to what he had to say. i think, after the ithink, after the mess i think, after the mess the government has made of h52, it's impossible — government has made of h52, it's impossible to commit to reinstate that _ impossible to commit to reinstate that. they've blown such a hole in it and _ that. they've blown such a hole in it and they— that. they've blown such a hole in it and they are already talking about — it and they are already talking about releasing the lad that would be needed to take the line to manchester. what happened yesterday was not _ manchester. what happened yesterday was not a _ manchester. what happened yesterday was not a series of new proposals from _ was not a series of new proposals from the — was not a series of new proposals from the government as an alternative to hsz, it was reheating old proposals. the alternative to h52, it was reheating old proposals-— old proposals. the context is key, because one _ old proposals. the context is key, because one of _ old proposals. the context is key, because one of labour _ old proposals. the context is key, because one of labour but - old proposals. the context is key, because one of labour but some l old proposals. the context is key, i because one of labour but some are absolute priorities is wanting to be seen as a party that will be careful with public money. when the government makes a decision which affects the way billions of pounds will be spent, however unpopular or that that might be, labour response is very care. there are those who want to see more about what sir keir starmer would do in government and the pot is meaty for its conference in liverpool so you might start to see it then. —— the party is meeting. and there'll be plenty more politics on question time tonight, with fiona bruce. the government is way behind in the polls. can the prime minister was pronouncement turn things around? question time is in wolverhampton on the ipm occur at 8pm and bbc one often needs to step voting is under way in a by—election in rutherglen & hamilton west. the seat was vacated when the former scottish national party mp, margaret ferrier, was ousted in a recall petition after she broke covid rules. a full list of the candidates can be found on the bbc website. the polls close at 10pm tonight. the number of patients in hospital in england with covid is at its highest level since the spring. the nhs is urging those eligible for covid and flu vaccines to come forward. meanwhile, one of the companies providing the covid vaccine says it hopes to make it available privately. our medical editor, fergus walsh, is here to tell us more. in the absence of mass covid testing, it's hard to accurately know the levels of covid in the community. we do have figures for patients in hospital with covid in england — on 1st october, it stood at 3,644 — the highest figure since april. two thirds of patients are primarily being treated for something else. and, if we go back throughout the pandemic, you can see the numbers are much lower now than last winter and ten times lower than at the peak in early 2021. those in hospital with covid are mostly over 65. flu is still at very low levels as it's mostly a winter virus. around 2a million people are eligible for a covid booster this autumn and 35 million for a flu vaccine. if you are not eligible, you can buy a flu vaccine but not a covid jab. that looks likely to change. the us company moderna says it is working to make that happen, so the under—65s who are not in at—risk groups could pay for the jab. in the us, moderna's covid vaccine can already be bought in a pharmacy for around £100 — that's at least five times the cost of a flu jab here. moderna is also working on a combined covid and flu vaccine — early trials suggest it's at least as effective as separate jabs. moderna's boss says he hopes to introduce the dual vaccine in 2025 and a triple vaccine — against another virus, rsv, the following year. i think nobody wants to get two, three, four shots every winter. so we are really obsessed at the company with, how do we combine those products to end up getting one annual shot where you go to your pharmacy or doctor early in the fall. you get one shot — flu, covid, rsv protection — and you can spend a healthy winter. next month... next month, scientists will begin sending out more than 30,000 lateral flow tests a week to selected households so that they can keep an eye on covid levels in the community. damage to hadrian's wall has been found after the world—famous sycamore gap tree was felled beside it. the tree was chopped down last week and has since lain on the 73—mile wall — which was built by the romans and has unesco world heritage site status. experts are due to assess the extent of the damage. the reigning champions, england, have been heavily beaten by new zealand in the opening game of the cricket world cup in india. our sports correspondent, joe wilson, reports. across cricketing formats, there are two world cups — both held by one team. in the global game, this has been england's best era. here comes the world's biggest cricket stadium, ahmedabad, 132,000 seats, most of them empty when this tournament began. jonny bairstow hit the second ball for six, watched by ben stokes, hoping his hip injury is temporary. well, joe root teased new zealand's bowlers. it's familiar now. commentator: he plays that shot brilliantly. - 77 for root. but captainjos buttler fell for 43, and that helped new zealand to restrict england's total — 282. now watch new zealand chase. fast bowling from mark wood. fiercer batting from rachin ravindra. devon conway, the ball beyond england — it was all beyond england. they selected experience. ravindra is 23. there's a place for audacity — this was it. both batters made unbeaten hundreds. new zealand lost galla ntly in the last final. they won't revel in revenge, but progress. victory in the 37th over, overwhelming. four nations from ten will progress from the group stage. hard work for england from here. joe wilson, bbc news. a theatre in norfolk has made an extradordinary discovery. while carrying out renovations, the staff at st george's guildhall in kings lynn came across an ancient stage and, after some local detective work and forensics, they say they've found the hidden boards were once trodden by the bard himself. our entertainment correspondent, colin paterson, picks up the story. the boards of the bard. we know that these were definitely here in 1592 — and, in 1592, we think shakespeare is performing in kings lynn. so this is likely to be the surface that shakespeare was walking on. drjonathan clark was researching st george's guildhall in kings lynn as part of a council—backed renovation project when a discovery was made. we wanted to open up an area just to check, just to see if there was an earlier floor surviving here. and, lo and behold, we found this. quite a thought that shakespeare could have stood right here. it is, isn't it? and it's the only upper floor that we've got which is still in something of its original state, where he could have been walking, he could have been performing. the guildhall is the oldest working theatre in the uk, with performances dating back to 1445. and, when it comes to stages, of course, it's a subject shakespeare famously wrote about. all the world's a stage and all the men and women merely players. but, as for the proof that shakespeare stood on this one... we've got the borough - account books from 1592—93, which prove that shakespeare's company was paid to play - here in this venue. we know that shakespeare was on stage in 1592. - plus the london theatres were all | shut that year due to the plague. | so, if shakespeare was playing anywhere in 1592—93, - it was in this venue in king's lynn. just watch out, mind your head. you can really see, under here, more of it. mind the rat traps. about the size of a tennis court, this floor is. 600 years old. notjust shakespeare's trodden on it, but everybody else in between. and we're trying to make that safe and share it with everybody for the next hundreds of years going forward. first up, a talk tonight in the theatre, where their findings will be shared and debated and the future of the floor discussed. colin paterson, bbc news, king's lynn, norfolk. time for a look at the weather. here's elizabeth rizzini. this is the european temperature nonimmune up. —— anomaly map. record—breaking october across spain and the canaries and, with high pressure building into the south of the uk, that warmth is coming our way, towards england, wales and northern ireland, but it will stay about average for scotland and very wet here. we have seen quite a lot of rain today and over the next few days there is more