hello. i'm gareth barlow. we start in ukraine, where officials say a six—year—old child is among seven people killed in a russian missile strike on the city of chernihiv. more than a 100 are injured. they say a theatre on the main square was targeted. video from the scene shows glass and debris blown across nearby streets, as well as a number of bodies. president zelensky, writing on the telegram messaging app, said russia had turned an "ordinary saturday" into "a day of pain and loss". chernihiv is close to the border with belarus. videos of the moment the strikes took place in chernihiv have been appearing on social media. this is an image from one video which shows a woman in a white dress posing for a photo as a missile hits a building directly behind her.

bbc verify has geolocated the building as the regional theatre. another video from cctv shows people running for cover as a missile hits a pedestrianised area. this is an image from another video which was taken from cctv footage. it shows people running for cover as a missile hits a pedestrianised area and the fire. our correspondent james waterhouse sends us this update. this is a typical force of the blast. you can see the debris thrown against this building, a branch broken and shattered glass everywhere, notjust here but across the square and neighbouring streets. roof tiles blown off and here you can see the building which has borne the brunt of this strike, the regional theatre and you can see the roof is seriously damaged in the

windows have... the drone exhibition was held here today. there is a suggestion of possible motive but there is an overarching reason, too, which is the continued invasion of ukraine. that is why russian missiles continue to land in cities across the country, not necessarily in locations close to the front line but in areas like chernihiv which it was never able to occupy, this is a city that came under sustained attack earlier in the full—scale invasion, had enjoyed a relative reprieve in terms of air strikes but this is a reality now for so many ukrainians or sirens go off most days and everyone smile you have a scene of devastation like this.

president zelensky who's on a visit to sweden spoke to the media about the events in chernihiv. translation: our bright city of chernihiv. - this morning, russia launched missiles on the city at the very centre of the city where the national drama theatre is located as well as many residential homes. there were many people were in the theatre at the time and many were at home, too. more than 90 people were injured. 12 children among them. they were just taking a walk in the central square with their parents. among the dead a six—year—old child whose mother is seriously injured and is in intensive care. my condolences to those who lost their loved ones in this russian, obviously terrorist, attack. meanwhile president putin has paid a visit to rostov—on—don, the city which has become the headquarters for its military offensive in ukraine. video footage showed him arriving at night and being greeted by the country's military chief,

valery gerasimov. it's the first time mr putin's been to rostov since it was briefly the site of a mutiny by mercenaries from the wagner group. a statement from the kremlin said only that he heard reports from mr gerasimov on the progress what it refers to as the "special operation" in ukraine. in another development, kyiv has welcomed the white house's decision to allow denmark and the netherlands to send american—built fighterjets to ukraine. they will be delivered once ukrainian pilots have finished their training to fly them. the us and its allies had previously ruled out providing f—16s to ukraine — fearing it would lead to further escalation with a nuclear—armed russia. ukraine is believed to have dozens of combat aircraft — mostly migs — all dating from the soviet era, and the country is currently badly outgunned by russia in the air. there are calls for the independent inquiry announced by the uk government into the crimes of the nurse lucy letby — to be strengthened. the 33 year old was found guilty

of murdering seven babies — and attempting to murder 6 more — at the countess of chester hospital betweenjune 2015 and june 2016. the mp for the region welcomed the inquiry — but urged the government to ensure it can compel witnesses to give evidence. the hospital trust is facing more questions about why it didn't take action sooner after concerns were raised over the conduct of the nurse. our north of england correspondent judith moritz reports. lucy letby�*s mugshot is on every front page today. she's finally been exposed as britain's most prolific baby killer. but for years, this was the way she presented herself to the world as a smiling, caring, young nurse. so why did it take so long for the net to close in? just take seat in there for me, lucy. that's one of the questions that

a newly announced independent inquiry will address. but there has been some criticism of its parameters. i do feel that there are some issues around the non—statutory decision in terms of the inquiry. a non—statutory inquiry would mean that witnesses are not compelled to give evidence, and i think that there are risks that uncooperative witnesses may not come forward and co—operate with it. the inquiry will examine the experience of consultants at the countess of chester hospital who say senior managers ignored their concerns about letby for many months. it was secretive. it wasjudgmental. there was no credibility given to our opinions. and from january 2017, it was intimidating. bullying to a certain extent. the consultants believe that lucy letby could have been murdering babies and yet they were forced to send her this apology letter, which says, we'd like to apologise for any inappropriate comments. we're very sorry for the stress and upset that you've experienced during the past year. whilst lucy letby was working at the hospital, it was promoting

itself as being a supportive environment for staff. this video has emerged of the former chief executive in 2014. as a chief exec, i pledge to support a culture where the front line staff are supported in raising concerns and more importantly, me listening to them when they do. tony chambers has told the bbc that as chief executive, my focus was on the safety of the baby unit and the well—being of patients and staff. i was open and inclusive as i responded to information and guidance. the trial and the lengthy police investigation have shown the complex nature of the issues raised. there are also fresh calls for legislation to force criminals to appear in court for sentencing. lucy letby has said she won't be there on monday when sentences passed.

we saw it last year in the 0livia, the nine year old in liverpool case, it seems to happen with murders quite frequently, unfortunately, where the defendant, the accused after conviction, doesn't want to see the sentencing. but the sentence is notjust about what the judge says. the sentencing is also about the victim's personal statements. the babies�* families will tell the court about the impact that lucy letby�*s actions have had on them. eight years after she first murdered, their grief is still raw. their anger is clear. dr dan rusu is lecturer in criminology at birmingham city university. i asked him what brings people like lucy letby to carry out such crimes. the motivation for health care serial killers, as they call it in the criminological literature, is notoriously difficult to ascertain. however, we have a few

ideas as to what could motivate these individuals. what you'll find, gareth, is that these individuals tend to excuse orjustify their crimes by saying that they were merciful or they tried to kind of end the suffering of their patients. of course, that's nonsense. or you will find some some of these individuals to suffer from this complex of wanting to be a hero and would actually put their patients in danger so they can actually save them afterwards. and, of course, to be praised for that. but it doesn't seem to me that these two motivations were what pushed necessarily lucy letby to commit those crimes, but rather a need for control and excitement from what i could see in the media and in the notes. with that all considered then, as a criminologist, what would you say are the usual red flags to pick up on with regards to health care serial killers? well, and this is actually quite interesting because lucy letby is quite an extraordinary case in that sense, because the red flags

i'm going to suggest or underline are not necessarily all applicable to her. but what the criminological literature has identified is that these individuals tend to have a problem with drug misuse, they tend to have been diagnosed with a personality disorder in the past, to make very odd comments around their colleagues and to make them feel anxious and to kind of change employment quite often, and of course, to have a higher incidence of death on their words. and this is what's extraordinarily extraordinary about this case, because it doesn't seem that all these flags apply to the case. in fact, not only that she didn't necessarily make all the comments, but she was quite well integrated in the hospital. she was very good at what the american sociologist erwin goffman would say

at impression management. she was very good at manipulating the impressions of others of her to the extent where at some point, as we've all read in print media, she was the face of a public funding campaign for the wards. so she was actually deflecting attention away from her, which has made it ever so more difficult to think of her as being capable of such violence. and briefly, dan, what can we take from this incidence? what learnings are there to ensure that there aren't other undetected cases such as this? of course, i think the point is that we should focus on prevention rather than on reaction when it's too late. and i suppose we need to kind of foster a culture of whistle—blowing. we need to understand that even though the great majority of nurses, 99% of them,

if not more, are absolutely doing a greatjob in this country, we should be thankful for their jobs. there will be some cases of health care workers who are capable of such violence, and if we understand that, then we wouldn't be so bewildered when we come across that. but of course, there's other things that we should be putting in place, you know, maybe spotting emotional distress earlier, offering more support to health care workers and so forth. now to northern ireland — where missing sections of a police notebook containing details of 42 officers and staff have been lost. the book fell off the roof of a moving car on the m2 motorway in north belfast on thursday. a laptop also fell off but it was recovered and "immediately deactivated". this latest incident follows a major data breach for the police in northern ireland — which saw the surnames and initials of 10,000 employees accidentally included in a freedom of information response. live now to belfast and our news reporter, jennifer 0'leary. it is important to pick up on the genuine risks of these, for the troubles that 300 police officers were killed in northern ireland and were killed in northern ireland and

we have seen murdered psni officers, these data breaches must be causing real concern for the authorities. absolutely because here in northern ireland and matters for many police officers to keep what they do, do they work for a secret from many of their friends and indeed some of even family members so this latest incident is causing alarm. the police officers, of course, are under threat from dissident republicans. what we know so far as on thursday afternoon, a psni officer's notebook and laptop fell from the top of a moving vehicle on a stretch of motorway on the north of the city of belfast. sections of the notebook were recovered. immediately recovered and what is described as the activated but some other parts of the notebook are still missing and the psni say those affected have been contacted but it comes just on the back of a very

recent major data breach which saw the release of the details of 10,000 employees, their surnames and initials and those details, the psni chief constable recently confirmed, are in the hands of dissident republicans and what's more, the documents contain the names of more psni staff are still available and this incident is causing alarm and an investigation is under way but further alarm for further police officers who remain under threat from dissident republicans. find from dissident republicans. and lookinu from dissident republicans. and lookin: at from dissident republicans. and looking at one, _ from dissident republicans. and looking at one, two, three of these incidents, are we getting indication of officers leaving the force are moving away from their duty? i of officers leaving the force are moving away from their duty? i have been some reports _ moving away from their duty? i have

been some reports of— moving away from their duty? i have been some reports of officers - moving away from their duty? i have been some reports of officers who i been some reports of officers who are considering moving away from northern ireland in some cases. those who have actually stepped forward to do so, it remains unclear but it remains an embarrassment for the psni and has possible real—world consequences for police officers who have to discreetly check under their vehicles every time before they leave their own to go to work. thank you forjoining us. the national weather service in the united states has issued its first ever tropical storm warning for california. hurricane hilary is currently a category 4 hurricane, with winds of up to 145 miles — or 230 kilometres — an hour. it's expected to make landfall soon in the mexican state of baja california seen here. black warning flags are flying and police have been closing roads. across the region locals have been preparing for the hurricane, as here in the resort of cabo san lucas. there are warnings of "potentially

catastrophic" flooding, although forecasters think the storm will lose some wind speed as it reaches southern california. there — preparations are also under way, including work to shore up hillsides. officials are worried about landslides and major flooding. the last tropical storm to hit california was in 1939 — over 80 years ago. this map shows the predicted path the storm may take. president biden spoke about the preparations under way. i also want to note that my team is closely monitoring hurricane hilary, which has the potential to bring significant rain and flooding to southern california. fema has prepositioned personnel and supplies in the region, and they are ready to respond as needed. i urge everyone, everyone in the path of the store and to take precautions and listen to the guidance of state and local officials.

the western canadian province of british colombia has declared a state of emergency as the country deals with its worst wildfire season on record. the city of kelowna is under threat after embers blew across a lake from neigbouring west kelowna. residents of the remote northern city of yellowknife, which is threatened by a huge wildfire, have been scrambling to leave. an official deadline to evacuate has already passed. earlier i spoke to our north america correspondent peter bowes about what is happening on the ground... there is a glimmer of positive news on two fronts. and the first positive news is that in yellowknife, this remote city, the capital of the northwest territories, a population of 20,000 — more than 19,000 people over the last couple of days have been evacuated. they've managed to get out of their homes, out of the city to safety, mostly down the single road that is open to them, a single carriageway road to the south.

some have flown out and there are still ongoing operations at the airport which remains open. the canadian military have put on extra flights. so the vast majority of people from that city have managed to get to safety. the other glimmer of good news is that the weather in the last 2a hours, 48 hours has been helping. it's been slightly cooler. the winds have dropped and that's allowed firefighters to at least start the process of building a defensible space around that city, using bulldozers to dig ditches, to set up sprinklers so that as the fire encroaches, hopefully it won't be able to burn down properties. and it's also helped them to begin to get a hold on the fire itself and push it back. it's currently about 15km to the north of the city. the big caveat here is that things could change in a heartbeat. the winds could whip up, they could fan the flames and the fire again could start encroaching on that city.

and it's worth noting, peter, that canada has faced a brutal season of wildfires. the east of the country was being plagued earlier in the summer and it's now western and also central areas. any indication as to what the cause is? are the authorities looking towards climate change and saying that is heightening the risk and the potential for wildfires such as these? well, climate change is always on the agenda, notjust in canada with these really unprecedented wildfires, more than 1,000 across the country, but across the world. climate change is an element when it comes to these extreme fire events. in canada, a huge number of these fires and indeed elsewhere, but especially in canada with a huge number of forests, lightning is often the cause and you can't necessarily correlate lightning with climate change. lightning has always happened. it's always been a cause of huge wildfires. the difference now is that

once they are ignited, these fires seem to burn with increased ferocity and take much longer to put out. and peter, to what degree are the authorities able to cope with this level of fires across the country? are they having to call on support from the us and other nations, or is canada managing to take this on itself? canada is, for now, doing a good job, but it is being stretched to the limit because they've never seen anything like this before. the scale, and you refer to it from east to west, the scale of these wildfires, clearly there is help coming from elsewhere. but we are in the midst of a serious fire season in other countries as well. of course, further south in the united states, in california, this is peak fire season. so those resources really across north america are stretched to the limit. now it's time for a look at today's sport.

hello from the bbc sport centre. it won't be long before the women's world cup finalists will wake up for what will be the biggest day of their sporting lives. neither england nor spain have ever got this far before let alone won this trophy and both have had theirfinal training sessions ahead of sunday�*s meeting in sydney with england's players speaking about how manager sarina wiegman has taken the fear factor away because, while it's a first final for the squad, for wiegman it isn't. finishing as a runner—up with the netherlands in 2019. it will be one of the toughest games. probably the toughest games. we have many hard opponents against us from different continents, we know spain very well. this is a team that really want to have the ball and is very good in possession and that challenge for us. they know and we have possession we will have the danger so it is a really tight game and i know everyone will enjoy it. that is what i hope will happen and why i hope we will win. spain's story goes back to almost

a year ago when a dispute led to a number of players refusing to play for the coachjorge vilda. 12 of them are still back home. and it has led to mixed feelings in the country about their team being on the verge of making history. prior to this world cup they hadn't even won a knockout match in the tournament. but now they too are in their first final. the players that remained in the squad insist the experience has brought them together. and the coach hopes there's a happy end to the story. translation: since the beginning, the players have been united, - have been working. today will be our 75th training session and all of us have been working. everything that has been happening off the pitch has been extraordinary. we are going to have memories for all our lives. we have enjoyed ourselves and tomorrow we want to celebrate together. sweden have finished third for a second world cup in a row. beating co—hosts australia to win the bronze medals, sweden were the highest ranked team

in the last four and made it count in the 3rd place play off in brisbane. kosse asllani scored a stunning second after an earlier penalty and 2—0 is how it finished. three of last season's premier league top four play in the later games on saturday. manchester city take on newcastle and before that it's spurs against manchester united. the rest of the matches are into the second half. frame gfx)liverpool are leading after going behind but —— liverpool are leading after going behind but they're down to 10 men. diogojota hasjust made it 3—1. fulham 0—1 brentford, wolves 1—4 brighton the first of the gold medals of the world athletics championships was handed out after a two hour delay to its opening event. there was a thunderstorm in budapest but eventually alvaro martin of spain became this year's first world champion,

winning the 20km race walk in a world—leading time. it's the first of four gold medals that will be won on saturday. we're only a few weeks away from another world cup getting under way and there are more warm up matches today before the tournament in rugby union. wales are in action against world champions south africa and it's their players last chance to impress head coach warren gatland before he announces the squad on monday. it's currently 211—9 to the springboks in cardiff. for england and ireland it's their penultimate game before the tournament in france — they play in just over 2 hours time. and that's all the sport for now. we wanted to leave you this half hour with some pictures out of china of an international hot—air balloon festival. a0 balloonists from across the country have been taking part in the event in gansu province. as you can see from these pictures the event takes place in a very scenic spot hovering steep red sandstone cliffs which is part of a national geological park.

stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. we've had some sunny spells and sunshine for wales and scotland. as we had three saturday night to show are still with us for part of scotland and towards northern ireland, breezy around some western coasts and elsewhere dry. and you can see many areas dry, not as humid as last night, temperatures in towns and cities around about the

low teens. 0n in towns and cities around about the low teens. on sunday, all eyes on sydney and after a lovely winter day of weather, by time we reached kick off, temperatures around 17 celsius, dry with clear skies. as we head into sunday, the same time kick off happens, anyone wanting to watch the game... and for much of england and wales, some sunshine and scattered showers. temperatures across the east and southeast in the mid 20s, that's above average, and many north sea coasts feeling warmer than it did yesterday. as we head into this evening and indeed tonight, that low pressure that was storm betty still towards the north—west, giving us a north—west, south—east split. so taking a look through the course of saturday evening, most of that heavy rain clearing away but still breezy if not windy around some western coast through western parts of scotland and the hebrides and around irish sea coasts, too, but not the strength of wind we saw. elsewhere, dry, one ortwo showers, and temperatures lower than last night. now, of course, on sunday,

all eyes on sydney for that big game in the fifa world cup final, and after a pleasant winter's day in sydney, by the time we reach kick—off, we're looking at temperatures around about the mid to high teens, plenty of sunshine, although a breeze coming in from the west. so for those looking to watch the game outdoors here at home, it's largely dry on sunday with some sunshine, a few showers around. at times, we could see a few lines of showers coming in through parts of south wales in towards the southern midlands. once again, its parts of england and the south east of england that have the driest, warmest weather, cooler further north, breezy as well. next week, that low pressure still with us to the north, perhaps tracking around east and west again at times, with higher pressure further south and east. and that means we still have that north—west, south—east split. you can see on monday, wet weather in towards parts of northern ireland and western scotland as well. but eastern scotland and for much of england dry with some sunshine, a few showers in towards wales, and once again, temperatures in the south east reaching the mid 20s, further north not too bad. so just to recap, through the course of the weekend into next week in the south, it's dry and settled, a little more unsettled, though, as we head further north. that's the forecast for now.

this is bbc news — the headlines: the number of people killed in a russian missile attack in northern ukraine has now risen to seven — including a six—year—old child. ukrainian officials say another 110 people were wounded when the missile landed in the centre of chernihiv — 25 have been taken to hospital. the uk government's been urged to strengthen the independent inquiry it's announced into the crimes of lucy letby. she's the nurse who was convicted of murdering seven babies at a hospital in chester. the local member of parliament is calling for a public inquiry — led by a judge. the western canadian province of british columbia has declared

a state of emergency — as the country deals with its worst wildfire season on record. residents of the remote northern city of yellowknife have been scrambling to leave. an official deadline to evacuate the area has already passed. now on bbc news... this cultural life: nicola benedetti. nicola benedetti, one of the world's great violinists. she's been playing since the age of four, and at 16, won the bbc young musician of the year award. the winner of the 2004 young musician of the year is nicola benedetti! cheering and applause. she's now renowned for the passion of her live concerts. for her work with contemporary composers, including a grammy—winning collaboration with wynton marsalis, and setting up her own musicalfoundation. in this episode of this

cultural life, the radio four podcast, she reveals her formative influences