Newshour

Romania has accused Russia of carrying out an attack on an oil tanker in the Black Sea. Seven crew members remain missing in the latest of a spate of drone attacks on merchant shipping off the coasts of Bulgaria and Romania. We hear from the Romanian foreign minister, Oana Țoiu.
Also on the programme: we speak to the lawyer of one of the seven Cornell University students accused of sexually assaulting a classmate; and we go to a Republican heartland in Iowa, where there is speculation the state could flip to the Democrats in the upcoming midterm elections.
(Picture: The tanker Wine Trader that caught fire in Romanian territorial waters, released October 15, 2026. Credit: Romanian Interior Ministry/Handout via REUTERS)

Russia has made fresh claims of Ukraine attacking Russian infrastructure, after the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said that strikes on the country would resume. Ukraine had previously paused strikes at the request of US president Donald Trump. We will also hear how Starshield works after the security network faced restrictions in its activity inside Ukraine.
Also in the programme: Retired US generals call for the planned live-streamed execution of Nidal Hasan to be cancelled; and why have garbage trucks in one part of the Netherlands been granted special cultural status?
(Photo: Volodymyr Zelensky during a meeting with Britain's Prime Minister Andy Burnham. Credit: Henry Nicholls/Reuters)

Britain's prime minister, Andy Burnham, has promised to speed up the delivery of British-made air defence missiles to Ukraine. Kyiv has expressed concern that it did not get advance warning from allies ahead of a wave of missile strikes coming from Russia. It said it also experienced restrictions on its access to the Starlink communications network.
Also, a British orthopaedic surgeon currently supporting medics in Gaza tells us there isn't enough basic medical equipment,including dressings. She says people are still coming into the hospital with fresh gun shot wounds, a year after a ceasefire was agreed.
And award-winning Turkish writer, Elif Shafak tells us about her new novel, set in 19th century France
Plus how in China you can hire-a-friend for a chat!
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and the oldest ship wreck in the world - at more than 4 thousand years old

Ukraine says another major attack on its energy infrastructure has left six hundred thousand people without power. At least six people were killed in the overnight bombardment, which targeted the greater Kyiv area and Kharkiv in the northeast. President Zelensky has said that for a second night, his forces received no warning of the attacks from its allies.
Also on the programme: the trial has begun of a Ukrainian man accused of blowing up the Nord Stream pipeline in 2022; and the new plan to protect the endangered Emperor penguin.
(Picture: A worker cuts branches of a tree in front of an apartment building which was damaged by a late evening Russian missile strike in Kyiv. Credit: REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko)

The head of Britain's intelligence agency, MI5, has warned of the growing threat posed by extremists and artificial intelligence. We hear from biological weapons expert Nikki Teran.
Also in the programme: Breaking Bad's casting director remembers RJ Mitte who has died aged 34; and the magnetic millirobots aiming to cure heart infections.
(Picture: Director General of MI5 Sir Ken McCallum speaking at Thames House, the headquarters of the UK's Security Service in London. Credit: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire)