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live from washington. this is bbc news. russia says it intentionally targeted energy facilities in ukraine, as engineers there work to get the lights back on after a barrage of deadly strikes. the us senate adjourns for the day, as they work to end the longest government shutdown in history with no end in sight. the uk government is expected to announce changes to its immigration and asylum system - modelling some of it on tough danish rules. hello, i’m carl nasman. ukranian engineers are working to restore power after a sustained russian drone and missile attack targeting

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energy infrastructure. at least six people were killed in the attacks across the country. that includes three in the city of dnipro after a russian drone struck a high-rise residential building. more than 400 drones and 45 missiles were launched by russia, according to the ukrainian air force. 25 locations were hit, many areas were left without electricity and heating. russia says it was targeting weapon production and energy facilities. ukraine’s president volodymyr zelensky has called for more western sanctions pressure on russia saying there must be “no exceptions”. the us blacklisted two of russia’s largest oil companies in october. but on friday, president donald trump gave hungary a one-year exemption from the sanctions on russian oil and gas. our diplomatic correspondent, james landale, sent this report from the ukrainian capital, kyiv. this woman was one of the lucky ones.

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her apartment block in dnipro was hit just after midnight, an unmanned russian bomber drone punching a vast hole in the side of the building. three people lost their lives. more than ten were wounded, including two children. amazingly, out of this rubble, 28 residents and their pets were rescued by the emergency services. translation: at first, we didn’t understand what had happened. then i looked for my parents. my mother was lying on the bed and a window frame fell on her. it was scary. translation: the explosions were very powerful. it was truly frightening for every living person who was in that archway. this was just one of 25 locations across ukraine struck in what was a comprehensive drone and missile attack. the targets, mainly energy infrastructure, leaving many areas without electricity or heating.

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it’s an honour to have a friend of mine here, viktor orban... the strikes came only hours after donald trump met hungary’s prime minister at the white house. the president gave his ally a one-year exemption from us sanctions against buying oil and gas from russia, something that did not go down well in kyiv. translation: there is not enough pressure on russia, and any relaxation in the existing pressure only motivates putin to drag out this war to cause more harm to our country, our people. any weakness in the response to russia’s impudent behaviour gives russia a motive to continue the war. a war that, for some, came very close to home last night as russia continued its attack on ukraine’s morale and its economy. for people here, debates about sanctions are very real. if russia can keep selling its oil to hungary, then it can use the money earned to build more drones and missiles,

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just like those that flew through the skies of ukraine last night. james landale, bbc news, in kyiv. joining me live is steven pifer, former us ambassador to ukraine and current senior fellow at the brookings institution. great to have you back russia hit 25 locations across ukraine with drones and missiles. how significant are these strikes? the kinds of strikes seen energy infrastructure urged typical typical we have seen over the last last three years as winter approaches. approaches. the russians are trying trying to make life for ukrainian ukrainian civilians more difficult difficult by cutting off electricity electricity and heating. to some some extent i think it a reflection reflection of kremlin frustration frustration they are not achieving achieving greater success the past past 7-8 months ukraine has lost lost to russia, but the russians russians have paid an enormous cost

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cost for that. they have lost by by the british ministry of defence defence estimates 350,000 dead and and wounded soldiers in the last last eight months. these kinds of of games are very difficult on the the front so rush is now trying to to bring the war home you mention mention this is part of the russian russian strategy, we have seen strikes strikes like how difficult is it it for ukraine to defend against against these kinds of strikes and and has ukraine learned of the year year is how to deal with these sorts sorts of attacks and they the ukrainians ukrainians have quickly learned to to patch things back up after they they have been hit. i think they’ve they’ve also brought in new capabilities, capabilities, smaller generators, generators, batteries that are more more dispersed as opposed to the the big targets at the the ukrainians ukrainians also have been fairly fairly effective in shooting down down russian drones in the bulk of

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of the attack last night were by by for the ukrainians are ballistic ballistic missiles and that’s where where they are reliance on american american and european missile defences defences which have been in relatively relatively short supply. the strikes strikes donald trump met with viktor viktor orban the leader of hungary hungary in the white house was there there a message in terms of newly newly intent on taking down as the the infrastructure as they can as as winter sets in in kyiv. certainly certainly i think yesterday was a a day have some encouragement. two two weeks ago the trump administration administration took a very important important step in a very positive positive step in my the two largest largest producers and exporters of of russian oil. yesterday mr trump

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trump said he was going to give hungary hungary a one-year exemption and and that seems to run counter to to the positive step he took two two weeks ago. hopefully that is is a very narrow exception if the the administration pursues these these sanctions and a very serious serious way they can begin to that that russia accrues from oil exports exports and those revenues are a a large part of the russian and kremlin kremlin budget including for continuing continuing this war. we heard a bit bit there from president zelensky, zelensky, his reaction to the carveout carveout for hungry saying there there is not yet enough pressure pressure on russia in terms of the the sanctions, president zelensky zelensky was, ukraine was after they they saw the deal that went down down on friday for. i think that that was not seen as a positive sign sign in kyiv. the problem ukraine ukraine faces right now is that putin putin believes he can still achieve achieve his objectives on the battlefield.

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battlefield. what the what should should be doing including the united united states is helping to disabuse disabuse putin of the notion he can can achieve those goals by force force of arms and persuade them that that he is going to feel and as long long as he keeps trying, the military military and economic and political political cost rush are only going going to grow. again, this is where where the sanctions that were announced announced by the trump administration administration two weeks ago, if if they are applied in a serious serious way to pressure russia they they can begin costs of this work work winter is coming. it can be be very cold in ukraine in obviously obviously his rounds of strikes now now on energy infrastructure once once again, does that dampen the the mood in kyiv and in ukraine? ukraine? i think it is going to have have a little bit of an impact, but but again the ukrainians now have have been where they had russians russians attacking energy heating

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heating infrastructure so do not not underestimate the resilience resilience of the ukrainians to former former us ambassador to ukraine currently currently with the brookings institution institution think here in washington, the senate has now adjourned for the day - after engaging in bipartisan talks aimed at resolving the government shutdown. senators convened for a rare weekend session in an attempt to find consensus on a spending bill. the impact of the shutdown, now in its 39th day, is continuing to hit the airline industry hard, with the federal aviation administration ordering airlines to cancel more than a thousand flights across the us this weekend as the agency grapples with the continuing shortage of air traffic controllers. earlier this week, the us transportation secretary announced the trump administration would cut 10% of flights at four ‘high-impact’ airports, but duffy said yesterday the cuts could increase to 20%

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if the shutdown drags on. all this comes as people are planning their travel for the thanksgiving holiday, the biggest travel week of the year in the us. joining me live is clint henderson, travel spokeperson for the points guy, an american travel website and blog. we saw hundreds of flights cancelled friday and today on saturday saturday more than 1000 flights what what you make of what we have been been seeing at these airports it it is a small taste of what is ahead, ahead, the longer the government government shutdown drags on the the worse it will get day by day day gets worse and worse. today is is obtrusive with five and a half half hour waits at delta right now now for the planes take off in atlanta. atlanta. that is their it guides guides us so much traffic for the the united states and the entire entire night north-east cord or a a mess. this is a small taste. if

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if we get to i think we are in real real trouble. we are ready in trouble trouble so imagine how much worse worse it gets in the next couple couple day two what have you been been hearing from american travellers? travellers? what is the level of of frustration you’re gauging right right now? it is really high and and growing and i think it is going going to be extreme if people have have to cancel their thanksgiving thanksgiving plans which frankly frankly a lot of people should be be considering right now. i don’t don’t see this government shutdown shutdown coming to an end. not anytime anytime soon. even if it were miraculously miraculously to reopen the government government on monday, this is going going to have a drag on we may still still be in a bit of ms by thanksgiving thanksgiving time. i strongly advise advise passengers to ask themselves themselves if they need to travel travel if they do have to travel.

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travel. i think mostly international international fights are protected protected right now. the big hub hub to hub flights are looking good. good. if you have a hub to hub flight flight you may be ok, your national national flight, but if you’re trying trying to get to a small town america america or something i think those those flights are the most likely likely to be we mentioned thanksgiving thanksgiving is surprisingly not not that far away. a little bit more more than two beaks. what would you you tell people were looking at unsure unsure of what to do, how do they they navigate the situation if they could drive it may be time to drive. drive. it may be time to cut bait bait and say i will stay home for for thanksgiving this year or two two but i will do. i’m trying to to get to montana for my dads ranch. ranch. i

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know that jfk to salt lake city flights will probably be ok but i i will rent a car in salt lake city city as a back-up in case that flight flight from salt lake city to that that regional airport in montana montana is cancelled that way i have have a rental passengers and travellers travellers just tamping to you might might book a second airline ticket ticket using points and miles that that you can get back if you don’t don’t end up taking it in case your your american flight gets cancelled cancelled then you have a back-up. back-up. time to get creative if if you are looking to travel. we we are seeing that just 4% right right now, that is the cut it could could go up to 10% and then as high high as 20% over the next week or or so. what would that level of flight flight just the system as a whole whole right now in looking at the the mess that is today with only only a 4% cut i can only imagine

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imagine what a 20% cut would do especially especially during the business holiday holiday – busy as holiday travel travel beak of the us which is thanksgiving. thanksgiving. it would be a mess. mess. if we are in a government shutdown shutdown still i would not try to to fly during thanksgiving. to the the government says this is being being done for safety reasons that that there may not be enough air air traffic controllers to handle handle the situation during the lockdown. lockdown. help us understand safety safety it’s interesting we have seen seen a reduction in flow like this this at newark airport because there there has been a long term and shortage shortage of air traffic controllers controllers but what happens now now is you have increasing levels levels of absenteeism meaning already already short-staffed aircraft – – air traffic control towers are are even less daft they are already

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already stressed to the max and this this is adding to workloads and to to stress loads and there are fewer fewer of them to pick up the slack slack so the faa has basically said said we must reduce the number of of flights to take some of the pressure pressure off and i think that is is a smart strategy from a safety safety perspective. god forbid a a retired atc worker makes a we are are all human and they are doing doing the best they can but there there is only so much one person person can handle. that is where where the safety issue comes up, up, tired overworked and crews full full of people. you just want to to err on the side of

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and as that government shutdown drags on, food assistance for millions of low-income americans remains in limbo. the supreme court allowed the trump administation to temporarily withhold some funding for food benefits - while an appeal plays out in the lower courts. liberal justice justice ketanji brown jackson granted the 48 hour ‘stay’ on friday. some states said they were able to distribute food benefits before the order - while others are in a holding pattern. it’s led to confusion and uncertainty for recipents of the supplemental nutrition assistance programme, known as snap. with delays in some payments, food banks across the country are seeing a surge in demand, including here in washington. this is not something i am happy about doing happy about doing and i did not really really want to but considering that that the future is and because i i have gone without a couple of paycheques, paycheques, i decided to come here here and take advantage of this generous

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generous opportunity. a spokesman for the south african foreign ministry, told the bbc the success of the g20 summit due to be held in johannesburg later this month will not “rest on one member state. “chrispin phiri was speaking to world service newshour and reacting to president trump’s decision not to send a delegation to south africa, alleging mistreatment of white farmers there. mr phiri said that mr trump was “orchestrating an imagined crisis...using the painful history of south africa’s colonial past.” he added there was no evidence of white prosecution in south africa. the annual meeting of the world’s major economies is being hosted this year by cyril ramaphosa. president trump said he would skip the event, repeating widely debunked claims white farmers are being mistreated in south africa. mr trump has also previously criticised the country’s land reform policies and its case accusing israel of genocide in gaza. the philippines is bracing for another massive typhoon - less than a week after typhoon kalmaegi killed at least 200 people.

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the new typhoon fung-wong, is forecasted to make landfall on sunday evening local time, with sustained winds of at least 185 kilometres per hour, or 115 miles per hour. over 100 people are still missing, but the new typhoon is forcing rescuers to pause their operations from the last. nearly 450,000 residents had evacuated to shelters, and over 318,000 remained there as of thursday. philippines president ferdinand marcos jr visited typhoon-hit areas in the cebu province in the visayas region of the country on friday. he issued this warning. translation: i gave a warning to local executives there is another another typhoon coming. we think think it may not pass here in this this region but everyone should take take precaution because – track. track. we are getting ready for the

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arrival of the typhoon the typhoon prosecutors in kenya have welcomed the detention of a former british soldier over allegations he murdered a young woman in the country more than a decade ago. the body of 21-year-old agnes wanjiru was discovered two months after she disappeared in march 2012. an inquest in 2018 concluded she was murdered by british soldiers. extradition proceedings have begun against 38-year-old robert james purkiss, a process he says he doesn’t consent to. kenya’s office of the director of public prosecutions described the development as “significant”, and the result of “extensive and co-ordinated effort” between kenya and the uk. joe inwood reports. for years, the family of agnes wanjiru have fought to bring whoever killed her to justice. in 2012, the young mother’s badly decomposed body was found in a septic tank in nanyuki, where her sister rose also lived. agnes had been missing for months but had last been seen leaving a bar with a british soldier. the family long suspected he had killed her. in april this year, they met the defence secretary in nairobi. john healey promised to support their attempts

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to find a resolution. yes, we are hopeful to get justice, but you have to keep pushing because we know this is an issue of two countries, uk and kenya, so you have to keep pushing. as they have been saying, the investigation has been with the kenyan authorities, so we have to keep pushing so that we can push the both governments, so that they can give us closure. that came a step closer in september, when a kenyan court issued an arrest warrant for a former british soldier who had been training in kenya at the time. extradition proceedings have now begun against robert purkiss. westminster magistrates’ court heard that the 38-year-old was found by a colleague crying outside the lions court hotel on the night of the disappearance. when asked what the matter was, he allegedly said, “i’ve killed her.” his lawyers say that he vehemently denies murder and has refused voluntary extradition. the family of agnes wanjiru say they are incredibly relieved to hear of the arrest and that it marks an important

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step towards justice. joe inwood, bbc news. of the 262 prisoners released in error in england and wales, in the year to march 2025, at least four are still at large - the bbc has been told. the government is coming under increasing pressure, after a prisoner who was mistakenly released from wandsworth jail more than a week ago, was rearrested. our political correspondent helen catt has more: well, those numbers emerged last night but what we don’t know still is how many prisoners have been accidentally released since march of this year and of those if there are any that are still at large, and that has prompted criticism and questions from opposition mps. the shadow justice secretary, the conservative robert jenrick, has said that david lammy the justice secretary needs to, in his words, come clean about how many prisoners might have been accidentally released and how many may still be on the loose. the liberal democrats’ justice spokeswoman jess brown-fuller has said that every resource must go into finding these prisoners and warning the public. now, we have heard from the ministry of justice.

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a spokesperson said... now, i should say that the conservatives are pushing back on the idea that accidental releases now relate back to their time in office, but we are certainly hearing that from david lammy. he’s trying to pin it very firmly on the condition that the prison system was left in. but it is labour that is in charge now. they’ve said they won’t be able to fix this overnight, but there’s going to be a lot a lot of scrutiny on how they do plan to fix whatever is going on - or going wrong - in the prison system. the uk home secretary is expected to announced a major

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shake-up of the immigration and asylum system later this month. bbc news has learned that home office officials have visited denmark to study its immigration rules - regarded as some of the toughest in europe. here’s our political correspondent, iain watson. at this year’s labour conference, the home secretary, shabana mahmood, said she’d do whatever it takes to regain control of the uk’s borders. when people see small boats arriving on our shores, they see a country that has lost control. she wants to reduce the incentives to come here and increase the expulsion of those who have no right to be in the uk. i’m told she’s set to announce a major shake-up of the immigration system this month. she’s been looking across the north sea for inspiration. in denmark, labour’s sister party, the social democrats, saw off an electoral challenge from a right-wing populist party by taking a much harder line on immigration. shabana mahmood’s opposite number in denmark told me what they did. we’ve tightened migration laws in many ways. we have had a focus on bettering return programmes

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so we can send more people home, and we have made it more difficult to have family reunification. i’m told shabana mahmood dispatched senior officials at the home office to copenhagen to see what they could learn from the danish system. amongst the policies that are receiving close attention are tighter rules on family reunification, with more barriers to overcome in denmark if you’re a refugee who wants to bring your family into the country and in most cases, even asylum seekers whose claims are successful are only allowed to stay temporarily and can be sent back when their home country is deemed safer. and migrants who are living and working legally in denmark now have to wait longer to gain citizenship or settlement rights. the home secretary isn’t likely to import all of denmark’s policies wholesale. she’ll adapt rather than adopt. but labour mps disagree about whether or how far to go down the danish road. they’ve got the lowest number of asylum seekers for over 40

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years, and 95% of people whose claims are rejected are being returned. and those statistics are something that every country in europe needs to be looking at. even the kind of electoral argument for it is very shaky, because what you find is that even where you do win over anti-immigration voters, you’re losing progressive voters who are pro-immigration. and therefore it’s a zero sum game. more than 1,250 people reached britain in small boats over the past two days. shabana mahmood is keen to demonstrate that she’s taking concerns about asylum and immigration seriously. but if she moves too far towards denmark, she’s likely to face opposition inside her own party. ian watson, bbc news. stay with us here on bbc news. plenty more coming up in the next 30 minutes. stay with us

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hello and welcome to talking business. let’s take a look at what’s on the programme this week. the brazen break-in at the louvre is the highest-profile example of what could be a theft pandemic. whether it’s a mobile phone snatched on the streets of london or priceless jewels in one of the world’s most famous museums, why are thieves finding it so easy to steal and then sell our possessions? police! police! here in london, police are cracking down on gangs who stole more than 80,000 mobile phones

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