international help is pledged for india as it battles a ferocious second wave of covid. its cities are struggling to cope, both with managing those lost to the virus and with keeping patients alive, with oxygen in short supply. the government is a literal failure. a person cannot live here in delhi. a person cannot even die peacefully in delhi. with the epidemic still growing, the uk and other countries are sending medical supplies to india. also tonight: the downing street refurbishment. it is still not clear how work on borisjohnson�*s flat was initially paid for. testing the covid waters. the carabou cup final allows 8000 spectators into wembley. and from the usual red carpet to this.

how a train station is hosting tonight's 0scars. good evening. international help is being pledged for india as it battles a ferocious second wave of coronavirus — described by prime minister narendra modi as a storm that has shaken the nation. almost 350,000 new infections were recorded in india in the latest 2a hour period and 2,767 people have died, but experts say the actual numbers are likely to be much higher. as the epidemic continues to grow hospitals are under intense pressure with shortages of beds and critical supplies including oxygen. in the capital delhi, covid is now killing one person

every four minutes. 0ur correspondent yogita limaye reports from there. the capital is being ravaged at a frightening speed. with every pyre that burns, india's self belief is dying. each funeral is a story of personal loss and national shame. charanjeev malhotra has been helping to cremate the dead for decades. now, he barely ever stops working. "i've never seen such a terrifying situation. i can't believe that we're in the capital of india. people aren't getting oxygen, and they're dying like animals," he says. "we don't even have enough resources to cremate them properly." 0utside, shivangi mehra's on the phone, organising oxygen for the hospital she works in.

nothing, nothing is being done. i don't know if government is sleeping, or what they are doing. i am totally disheartened with the situation that i am seeing. the government is a literal failure. a person cannot live here in delhi. a person cannot even die peacefully in delhi. she is waiting to cremate her grandfather, who died, she says, because there wasn't enough oxygen. this small hospital in north delhi is facing a daily struggle. and we have been spending sleepless nights since the last one week. at times we feel like crying, because we are not able to help patients properly. every day, it is the same scenario. we are left only with two hours of oxygen. and we are only getting assurance from the system, no oxygen. and so, families are being told to organise oxygen. at one medical shop, we found people with empty cylinders, waiting to buy their own supply

for loved ones who urgently need it. for many here, the government's promises of rushing in oxygen are coming too late. families are left asking why something so basic is unavailable. every crematorium we've been to, we've seen body after body being brought in. it's hard for anyone to keep count, but what workers have been telling me is that the real scale of deaths caused by covid—i9 in india is a lot higher than what official numbers reflect. and a lot of those who've died right now have done so because they couldn't get oxygen in time. this man runs a group of volunteers here. "even young people are dying. it is a very bad situation. "if it keeps getting worse, we will have to burn bodies by the side of the road", he says. there is a sense of abandonment in this country. citizens are stepping up to do

what a government should. left to fight a vicious pandemic on their own. yogita limaye, bbc news, delhi. tonight, a first shipment of british assistance to india is leaving the uk. other countries are also pledging support. 0ur diplomatic correspondent paul adams is here what kinds of help is being sent? this was the weekend when the world stood up and took notice of what is going on in india, not least because a wildfire of infections like that in a country as large as india, 1.4 billion people, is clearly notjust a local danger, it is a global danger. given those numbers, any reaction seems like a drop in the bucket, but those offers are coming in and the uk sending 495 oxygen concentrators and hundred ventilators and the foreign secretary dominic raab says there could be more. the eu has activated

its civil protection action where member countries pull their emergency supplies again with an emphasis on oxygen and medicines, and the us, perhaps stunned into action by moves on this side of the atlantic said it would immediately supply the raw materials for vaccines, involving reversing some export controls put in place in february and supply protective gear and medical equipment and the president's chief medical adviser has even suggested that the us could supply india with some of its unused astrazeneca vaccine, the vaccine that has been not approved yet for use in the us, and it has got lots of it and it doesn't need it itself. it's already supplied some of it to mexico and canada earlier in the year, so it is coming under some pressure to do that for india as well. . �* . , pressure to do that for india as well. . ~ ., , ., ~ pressure to do that for india as well. ., ~ ., , ., ~ i., , well. paul adams, thank you very much. in iraq, a fire at a hospital treating coronavirus patients in baghdad has killed 82 people. more than 100 others were injured in the blaze — which was reportedly caused by an exploding oxygen cyclinder.

iraq's health minister has been suspended as an inquiry is launched amid widespread public anger. here, the latest figures on coronavirus show there were 1,712 new infections in the latest 24—hour period — which means an average of 2,438 new cases per day in the last week. 11 deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours of people who'd had a positive covid—19 test in the prevous 28 days. there were on average 23 deaths per day in the past week. the total number of uk deaths is now 127,428. 0n vaccinations — just over 140,000 people had a firstjab in the last 24 hours, taking that total to more than 33 and a half million. just under half a million had a second jab, which means more than 12.5 million people have now had both doses of a vaccine. the international trade secretary liz truss has denied claims that

borisjohnson broke the rules over refurbishing his downing street flat. on friday, the former number ten adviser dominic cummings accused the prime minister of planning to ask conservative donors to pay for the work in secret — something mr cummings described as foolish and possibly illegal. this report from our political correspondent iain watson contains some flashing images. december 2019, electoral success for boris johnson, and there was work to be done on the flat he shared in downing street with fiancee carrie symonds. and it's how this refurb was paid for that is now in the spotlight. when the prime minister's closest adviser left downing street late last year, some in government worried about what secrets might emerge from that box. dominic cummings now claims that borisjohnson planned to ask conservative donors to foot the bill for the flat. he described this as unethical, foolish and possibly illegal. this government minister was asked if borisjohnson got any financial help from a party donor. here is a spoiler alert — you won't

hear the words "yes" or "no". my understanding is the cost has been covered by the prime minister and everything is being fully declared in line with the rules. did a tory party donor lend him the money beforehand? as i said, he is covering the costs, and it's being complied with... did a donor provide the money beforehand? andrew, i am spending my time in intensive trade negotiations, getting a good deal for the united kingdom. i am not spending my time thinking about the downing street flat refurbishments. downing street insists that no electoral laws were broken, no codes of conduct breached when the flat here was given a makeover. but some questions remain. how much did it cost? when exactly did the prime minister pay for it out of his own pocket? and did his party, or any of its donors, put cash into his pocket in the first place? reporter: did you get| it wrong, mr cummings?

and labour tried to outdo dominic cummings' attack on borisjohnson, questioning any links between ministers and businesses too. reporter: did you get it wrong, prime minister? l the government has to answer as to why they have given out billions of pounds of money to their cronies and their friends and they won't even declare it through the current rules. publish the members' interests, the ministers' interests and publish who is on that vip list, and tell us about where you are getting this money from, boris, to do up your flat. dominic cummings was seen by some as a master of the political message. he now seems intent on taking back control of the agenda from his old boss, and he will have more to say about his time in downing street soon. here at westminster tomorrow, the country's senior civil servant will be questioned by a committee of mps and i am told he will be asked about another of dominic cummings's allegations, that the prime minister tried to halt a leak enquiry in case it put a friend of his fiancee in

the frame. downing street say it is absolutely false, but there is more to come. next month, dominic cummings himself will be questioned by another committee of mps and we could see some previously unpublished documents about how the government has handled the pandemic, so it would seem that dominic cummings's departure from downing street, rather like covid, is something with a longer tail. let's take a look at some of today's other news. a 14—year—old boy has been charged with the murder of another teenager in east london. fares maatou, who was also 14, was stabbed outside a pizza restaurant in newham on friday. his death is the 33rd homicide in london since the start of the year. an indonesian navy submarine that sank off the coast of bali on wednesday has been found split into three pieces on the seabed. all 53 crew have been confirmed dead. the military hasn't said whether the vessel was overloaded when it went missing during a torpedo—firing drill. firefighters say they've managed to get a huge gorse fire on the mourne mountains in northern ireland under control

after it burned for three days. it affected an area equivalent to 500 football pitches. the cause is still under investigation. apple is shortly expected to release an update to its operating system — this time including a change that has sparked a row with another tech giant, facebook. it's all about whether users are asked for permission before their activity is tracked — and what that means for digital advertising. here's our media editor amol rajan. two of the most powerful men in history are engaged in a very modern conflict. tim cook of apple and mark zuckerberg of facebook are in an ideological and commercial argument about how open the internet should be. and it's coming to a head with apple releasing the latest update to the operating system on its iphones, what is known as i0s 14.5. until now, if you own an apple phone, all of the apps you have downloaded have automatic access to something called your unique

identifier for advertisers. this is a building block of digital advertising allowing companies, if they want, to track your activity across other apps and so build a detailed picture of your behaviour, your location, interests, spending habits and much else besides. with i0s 14.5, apple is going to flick an enormous digital switch and only allow companies to track your activity on their own apps unless you give explicit permission. in other words, presumed consent will be no more. facebook has launched an extraordinary pr campaign against apple, taking full page adverts out in us newspapers saying these moves will limit small businesses wanting to run personalised ads to reach customers effectively. they argue apple, currently worth over $2 trillion, nearly three times the value of facebook, are motivated by money because they take up to 30% commissions from sales through the app store. apple argue this is about

the principle of privacy, though tim cook said a few weeks ago it was not focused on facebook, back injanuary he also said if a business is built on misleading users and data exploitation, on choices that are no choices at all, it does not deserve our praise, it deserves reform. 0uch. the open, advertiser—fuelled web does have huge advantages for small businesses and users, but it involves trade—offs. our data trails mean we are targeted and often manipulated in ways we don't fully appreciate. apple control the hardware, and so have the power here. that's one reason why facebook are investing so heavily in the hardware of the future, augmented reality smart glasses combining encyclopedic knowledge with what is in front of our eyes. apple are believed to be working on a rival project. but the deeper question here is how

much does privacy matter to you in this digital age? and while we ponder that, the battle between cook and zuck is shaping our future. amol rajan reporting. now with all the sport now, here's sarah mulkerrins at the bbc sport centre. good evening. thanks, mishal, good evening. pep guardiola said winning felt much better with fans as manchester city beat tottenham to win their fourth league cup title in a row. wembley hosted 8,000 supporters as part of the pilot programme in england aimed at getting spectators back to sport. natalie pirks was there. it was described as the ultimate betrayal, but the closed shop secret super league plans unravel spectacularly when the old adage proved true, that football without fans is nothing.— fans is nothing. cheers, cheers, it's aood fans is nothing. cheers, cheers, it's good to _ fans is nothing. cheers, cheers, it's good to be _ fans is nothing. cheers, cheers, it's good to be back. _ fans is nothing. cheers, cheers, it's good to be back. it - fans is nothing. cheers, cheers, it's good to be back. it was - fans is nothing. cheers, cheers, l it's good to be back. it was fitting toda that it's good to be back. it was fitting today that they — it's good to be back. it was fitting today that they returned. - it's good to be back. it was fitting today that they returned. 2000 i today that they returned. 2000 manchester city fans came to london by train and coach, their first awayday in more than a year. have our tests

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piece that ended tottenham's dream. 0h, piece that ended tottenham's dream. oh, and it is put away.— oh, and it is put away. some thought a meric oh, and it is put away. some thought aymeric laporte _ oh, and it is put away. some thought aymeric laporte was _ oh, and it is put away. some thought aymeric laporte was lucky _ oh, and it is put away. some thought aymeric laporte was lucky to - oh, and it is put away. some thought aymeric laporte was lucky to still- aymeric laporte was lucky to still be on the pitch after some cynical tackling, but the defenders were static while aymeric laporte was statuesque. spurs's 13 year wait for a trophy goes on, but in the week that the city owners made a huge misstep, on the pitch, fans had a beautiful reminder ofjust how super football can be. match of the day follows the news and in scotland it's sportscene, so if you don't want to know the other football results, then look away now.... burnley had their biggest away win in premier league history, with a 4—0 thrashing of wolves, which moved them towards retaining top flight football next season. today's two other games finished as draws. stjohnstone stunned rangers in the scottish cup quarterfinals, coming from a goal behind in extra time to win on penalties. they're joined in the last four by dundee united, who had a comfortable 3—0 win at aberdeen.

chelsea got an all important away goal, but trail bayern munich after the first leg of their women's champions league semifinal. the blues are looking to reach the final of the competition for the first time. it ended 2—1 in germany, with the return leg next sunday. british teenagerjessica gadirova capped off a remarkable european gymnastics championships in switzerland by winning gold in the floor event. the 16—year—old was making her senior debut in the competition and had already won silver and bronze medals earlier in the week. there's more on the bbc sport website, including today's results from the cricket county championship. back to you, mishal. this year's academy awards will begin in los angeles in a few hours' time — a very different occasion to the usual with the ceremony being held in a train station. a number of british stars are up for 0scars — including anthony hopkins, carey mulligan, riz ahmed and olivia coleman. live now to sophie

long in hollywood. well, after a rather strange and drawn—out award season, the grand finale is in sight. hollywood's biggest night of the year would normally be dominated by red carpets, parties and champagne, but this year there's been more of a focus on covid testing, vaccines and quarantine and the ceremony itself is leaving its hollywood home of more than 20 years and going downtown. the iconic art deco union station has undergone an eight—year face—lift ahead of its starring role in a ceremony which producers are promising will look and feel like a movie. that's the real magic of the movies. mank leads the field with ten nominations, a traditional contender in an untraditional year. nine of the 20 nominated in the main acting categories are people of colour... i know what i'm doing. ..including chadwick boseman and viola davis for their roles in ma rainey�*s black bottom. chloe zhao could win

best director for nomadland, which would make her only the second woman to do so in the awards' 93 year history. but she faces stiff competition from emerald fennell, for promising young woman, which could also deliver best actress for carey mulligan. so this is where the magic will happen. the vast majority of the ceremony will take place right here in person. there'll be no zoom calls and there's a dress code. there's been a very clear "no thanks" to sweat pants. it will be smaller — only nominees and their plus ones have been invited. the producer of aardman's shaun the sheep: farmageddon will be among them. excited, nervous, kind of unsure what to expect but, you know, to have the opportunity to go is just fantastic. composer and director kris bowers has been nominated for a concerto is a conversation, a short documentary about his family. do you know what it

is going to be like? because everybody has to get tested and also most people are vaccinated, once you are on the premises, i think it is like masks off, and it will definitely feel as, like, normal as they can make it, which i think will be pretty wild. definitely the biggest event i've been to since covid started. so finally, the oscars buzz is building. oh, the finale is going to be sensational, and we're building to it now. you feel it. when you see the transformation, what's happening inside the station and the wild anticipation you feel, your heart quickens, because it's so good. sophie long, bbc news — not in hollywood, but downtown la. a first look at the newspapers is coming up. now on bbc one it's time for the news where you are.

hello. this is bbc news. the controversy over the multi—billion pound cost of removing cladding from buildings in the wake of the grenfell tower fire returns to parliament this week. the government will try to pass the fire safety bill, amid opposition from some of its own backbenchers and the house of lords. the bill would allow freeholders who own blocks of flats to charge leaseholders for the cost of removing cladding — leaving some fearing bankruptcy. sarah corker reports. security, safety, a place to call home again. bassel deeb fled the war in syria and came to the uk a decade ago. when you live in these situations, you often come to a point where you feel numbed of the violence and the death that goes on. i bought my flat in eastern ghouta, which is the east side of damascus.

i moved into my flat. in 2013, i've been told how the flat, how the building was destroyed by the fighting. it was my life savings basically all gone. this is where i live. eventually, bassel was granted asylum. he could work and managed to buy a 25% share in a one—bed flat in east london. when i first came to the uk, i had to walk, so i could save the fare of the bus to actually put a deposit together for a flat. but his development has flammable hpl — or high pressure laminate — cladding. there are also combustible wooden balconies, and other building safety defects. i own 25% of my flat, but yet i am asked to pay 100% of any remediation work that could be needed for the property. which could lead to me being bankrupt.

bassel and his neighbours had hoped the government's £5 billion building safety fund would come to their rescue, but their application's been rejected — their development isjudged to be just half a metre short of the 18—metre qualifying height for funding. which is bonkers. like, the fact that we have, you know, 50 centimetres' difference and we can't access the fund is just weirdly unfair. the ministry of housing told us that, for smaller blocks, low interest loans will be offered to help cover cladding costs. it added that building safety is the responsibility of the building owner. i'm still hoping that society will not accept this to happen to so many people across the uk on that massive scale.

sarah corker, bbc news. you're watching the bbc news. and we ll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers polly mckenzie from the think—tank, demos and the executive chairman of the cicero group, iain anderson — that's coming up after the headlines. time for a look at the weather with sarah keith lucas. hello. the sunny, dry theme to the april weather continued through the course of the weekend. this was the picture in wiltshire on sunday, so similar to many areas, blue sky overhead butjust quite dry and in fact quite cracked ground. some parts of southern england has seen barely any rainfall throughout the entire month so far. now this week a return to some scattered showers. we won't all be seeing them, but there is, thankfully, a little bit of rain in the forecast. and things turning a bit colder as well. we've got a small, slow—moving area of low pressure moving in from the north, slowly slipping south over the next few days. so monday morning, then, starts off on a bit of a milder note. particularly for scotland

where we've got more cloud. still likely to see a frost across parts of england and wales, particularly in the north. monday morning, then, initially quite a bit of cloud in the south but that will tend to break up so quite a lot of sunshine coming through. there will be more cloud for scotland with some patchy showers heading in and they will be heavier during the course of the afternoon for parts of eastern scotland. one or two into northern england and northern ireland. further south in the sunshine it's also less windy than recent days as well, so we are losing that biting easterly wind. still a bit of an onshore breeze making things cooler around the east coast, but further west temperatures for the likes of cardiff and belfast are up to about 16 degrees on monday. and then as we move through monday night into tuesday this area of low pressure still with us as it moves its way south we will start to see some showers rotating around

that area of low pressure. so hit and miss scattered showers on tuesday, but they will probably avoid east anglia and the southeast where we could really do with a bit of rainfall around. staying quite mild in the south, up to about 16 degrees in the sunshine, but turning colder from the north as the winds start to come in from a northerly direction. just seven degrees or so for aberdeen. into wednesday i think the focus of the showers probably for wales and the southwest of england. fewer showers around elsewhere, perhaps one or two around these east coasts where it is, again, going to feel chilly. just seven degrees for the likes of aberdeen. but could well be 15 or 16 for southern parts of england and wales too. but as low pressure drifts off towards the near continent that's going to open the doors for these cold north or north easterly winds, once again coming down from the arctic. so temperatures in the cold side towards the end of the week for thursday into friday, just about getting into double figures by day but do be prepared if you've got gardening plans, we could well see a return of frosty nights. bye for now.

hello. this is bbc news. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment

but first the headlines. families are told to buy their own oxygen as india hits a record number of new coronavirus cases for the fourth day in a row. the uk is sending more than 600 pieces of medical equipment to the country in a bid to help — including oxygen concentrators and ventilators a senior minister declines to say whether borisjohnson was ever lent money or sought donations to help pay for the redecoration of his downing street flat. england's biggest football teams — and the sport's governing bodies — will stage a four—day boycott of social media from next friday — to campaign for social media companies to crack down on online abuse. and, as la gears up for tonight's 0scars, we go behind the scenes at the ceremony�*s new venue — union station.

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