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Russia has launched a major drone and ballistic missile attack on Ukraine overnight, targeting energy systems and injuring at least seven people in Kyiv.

The cities of Dnipro and Odesa were also attacked, leaving hundreds of thousands of people without heat, power and water, officials said.

Russia has intensified its winter campaign of strikes on Ukraine's power grid, plunging major cities into long periods of cold and darkness in freezing temperatures.

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Mass pro-government rallies have been staged in Iran, as the country marked 47 years since the Islamic Revolution.

It comes weeks after the regime killed thousands of anti-government protestors.

Addressing crowds, President Masoud Pezeshkian denounced Iran's enemies, but also apologised for failings by the government, saying "we are ready to listen to the voice of the people".

The BBC's chief international correspondent Lyse Doucet is reporting from Tehran on condition that none of her material is used on the BBC's Persian Service. These restrictions apply to all international media organisations operating in Iran.

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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer was given a grilling at Prime Minister’s Questions about his decision to award a peerage to Lord Doyle.

Chris unpacks PMQs and the latest revelations with Alex and James, as well as an intervention from former Prime Minister Gordon Brown calling for police to interview Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.

Plus the BBC's chief international correspondent Lyse Doucet joins the podcast from Iran as the country marks the 47th anniversary of the Islamic revolution.

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The have been fiery scenes on Capitol Hill as survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse and their Democrat supporters accused the US Justice Department of a cover-up. They say there is still no transparency despite the release of millions of documents relating to the convicted sex offender.

A hearing before US lawmakers descended into a shouting match, as US Attorney General Pam Bondi was challenged to address Epstein’s victims and explain why nobody had been charged with offences related to his crimes.

As a group of Epstein’s victims stood behind Bondi at the House Judiciary Committee hearing, she was told: “Those are just some of the hundreds of survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s global sex trafficking ring who are demanding that the truth be told and are demanding accountability for the abusers who trafficked and raped them.”

Bondi defended her handling of the Epstein files, stating: “I have spent my entire career fighting for victims, and I will continue to do so. I am deeply sorry for what any victim, any victim, has been through, especially as a result of that monster.”

The Department of Justice has faced criticism for failing to bring promised transparency in the Epstein case and also releasing confidential information about his victims.

Meanwhile in the UK Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is facing more questions about his links with Epstein and confidential information it appears he sent to the sex offender when Andrew was the UK’s trade envoy.

Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Gary O’Donoghue and Sean Coughlan.

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World leaders are heading for Germany, for the annual Munich Security Conference - one year since the US Vice-President JD Vance delivered a bombshell speech, lambasting European leaders and shaking the old transatlantic alliance.

Since then, the Trump White House has tipped the world order upside down with punitive trade tariffs and an unpredictable approach to countries including Ukraine, Russia, Greenland, Canada, Iran and Venezuela.

This year, the conference - which begins on Friday - once again looks set to be decisive. US Secretary of State and National Security Adviser Marco Rubio leads the US delegation, while more than 50 other world leaders have been invited. It comes as the security of Europe looks increasingly precarious and Nato allies are on edge.

The latest US National Security Strategy called on Europe to "stand on its own feet" and take "primary responsibility for its own defence," adding to fears that the US is largely unwilling to underpin Europe's defence.

The BBC's diplomatic correspondent James Landale takes us through the backdrop of the conference and the current state of the transatlantic alliance.

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Biohackers say they're making their bodies and brains run better by hacking their biology.

It's not just kitchen counter experimentation anymore - there's now an entire industry promising to optimise you with supplements, treatments and increasingly strange gadgets.

But are these expensive, unproven “hacks” worth the investment? The BBC's North America Business Correspondent Michelle Fleury investigates.

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The film adaptation of Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights, starring Margot Robbie as Cathy and Jacob Elordi as Heathcliff, is released in cinemas this week.

It is being marketed using quote marks - "Wuthering Heights" - to imply that this is director Emerald Fennell's personal take on the famous novel, while Brat singer Charli XCX has written an accompanying album soundtrack.

Despite the reinvention dividing critics, the hype surrounding the film's release has had an effect on the author's hometown of Haworth in West Yorkshire, where there's been a rise in the number of visitors who have come to discover the inspiration behind the gothic tale.

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Russia has become one of the most challenging places in the world to be a journalist, where reporters face threats of intimidation, expulsion and imprisonment. BBC Panorama has followed a year in the life of the BBC’s Russia editor, Steve Rosenberg, as he tries to walk the tightrope during a time of geopolitical upheaval.

He is confronted by police, suspected spies pop up and local TV crews doorstep him – all while doing his job as a reporter. Steve also reflects on how Russia has changed in the more than 30 years he has been living there.

After the fall of the Berlin Wall, he hosted the country’s Eurovision Song Contest, but now he is mocked on national television, with one pundit describing him as an enemy of the state.

Canada's prime minister Mark Carney tells residents of Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia "the nation mourns with you" after nine people were killed in shootings.

At least 25 people were injured in the attacks at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School and at a home. Six victims were found dead inside the school, which is around 415 miles north of Vancouver, while a seventh died on the way to hospital.

Two more people were found dead at a residence nearby. Police believe the shootings are connected but can't say definitively.

Police say the suspect was found dead at the school. They say they know the attacker's identity but have not revealed their name and gender.

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The BBC has spoken to US Congressman Ro Khanna, a Democrat from California.

Khanna sponsored the Epstein Files Transparency Act with his Republican colleague, Congressman Thomas Massie.

They have both been reviewing some of the unredacted documents.

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