welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines. fighting intensifies in the country's biggest city as ukraine accuses russia of bombarding residential districts. at a million people left ukraine since the invasion began with some cities witnessing a frantic scramble to escape. witnessing a frantic scramble to escape-— to escape. the police are outnumbered _ to escape. the police are outnumbered but - to escape. the police are outnumbered but they i to escape. the police are| outnumbered but they are to escape. the police are - outnumbered but they are doing their best foot i've seen them go down into the crowds and try to calm people but it is very,

very difficult given the volatility of the situation. 50 volatility of the situation. so what are volatility of the situation. 50 what are the chances volatility of the situation. so what are the chances of peace? ukrainian and russian officials held talks on a ceasefire but with no success as president putin rails against the west. the so—called western community, as i called it in my speech, — community, as i called it in my speech, the empire of lies, is now_ speech, the empire of lies, is now trying _ speech, the empire of lies, is now trying to implement against our country. now trying to implement against our country-— our country. russia's central bank is rocked _ our country. russia's central bank is rocked by _ our country. russia's central bank is rocked by sanctions i bank is rocked by sanctions imposed by the us and european allies with sharp falls in the rouble and interest rates soaring. and in the world of sport, all russian football teams at country and club level are suspended from international competitions.

welcome to the programme ukraine has accused russia of bombarding residential districts in the country's second largest city, kharkiv, killing at least 11 people and injuring dozens. the regional governor said there were no military targets in the areas under attack, and called it a war crime. kharkiv remains under ukrainian control. russia has been repeatedly criticised at the united nations in new york during a day of emergency meetings about ukraine. we begin with this report from our international correspondent orla guerin in kyiv. gunfire. by night, they defend the capital. skies full of fire.

these ukrainian troops are still holding off russian forces. their president calling on the invaders to lay down their arms. translation: drop your weapons and get out of here. _ do not believe your commanders, do not believe your propagandists, just save your lives and go. and in a kyiv children's hospital, a young victim of europe's newest war lies between life and death. he'sjust 13, and doctors tell us as his family tried to flee, they came under fire. it's unclear from which side. the smallest brother was killed, unfortunately. this boy has injuries of face and also injuries of spine. it's very difficult to say at this moment what is the prognosis, but we will try to do everything to save this child.

here at okmadet hospital, the largest paediatric centre in ukraine, staff are used to battling disease. now they have to adjust to war on their doorstep. most of the patients have been moved to the basement for safety reasons. there was another air raid siren just as we arrived. now, doctors here say they have enough supplies for the moment, but the world health organization is warning that if the situation in kyiv gets worse, oxygen supplies could start to run out. and just outside, desperately ill children wait with their worried mothers to be transferred to poland for cancer treatment no longer available here. he is six years old. this boy must endure a risky journey with his mother marina. i know all the dangers that we| may face they are on the boat,

and it's really, really dangerous for us. i and i'll be frank, i am scared. but i can't see another way to escape, so we. will have to do this. but no escape today in kharkiv, ukraine's second largest city. military experts say it looks like russia is using cluster bombs, which are banned by many countries. this is a residential area with no military objects... here, a factory of some kind, now destroyed. it was a relentless bombardment of a major city as peace talks were beginning.

ukrainians are fighting back. a fearless reception committee for russian troops in the eastern city of berdiansk. shouts of "go home!" back in kyiv, the air raid sirens were wailing again, and some were rushing for the railway station, including this group of students from india. we don't know what's going to happen next, but the only thing is that we're going to go home, and we're trying our best to go back home, that's it. there have been reports of foreign students not being allowed on trains. but in this time of war, hopes all will be treated equally. in these hard times, j ijust hope it doesn't matter who's indian, - who's pakistani, russian, ukrainian, we allarej just people, we have certain human rights. so, i guess in these hard - times, we should just help each other and cooperate . on this, and that's all. many are carried to the station

by fear for their children and their city, already robbed of the lives they had just a week ago. inside it was all too much for this beloved pet. and already there are queues forfood. some wondering how long it will be before supplies start to run out. day five of the invasion and ukraine still resists, but there are fears this city could be put under siege. and once again, darkness brings new danger in the capital. this time, a strike on a radar centre. the city hunkers down for another night expecting worse to come. orla guerin, bbc news, kyiv.

the company said new managers also show ground troops and attack helicopters in southern belarus, less than 33 kilometres from the ukraine border. the interior ministry says dozens were killed. mr zelensky called for the whole of ukraine to become a no—fly zone for a russian aircraft. also called for a global boycott of russian goods and the closure of all ports and airports to russia.

in any war — the human toll and upheaval is inevitable. the un says more than half a million people have fled ukraine since the invasion began last week. many are travelling to poland, which borders the west of the country. our special correspondent, fergal keane, reports from from the ukrainian city of lviv, close to the polish border, on the growing refugee crisis. to the edge of desperation and beyond. in a bewildering crisis. the women and the children of ukraine fleeing their country. "you will not be allowed," the policeman shouts to the men on the stairwell. "women and children only." tempers fray. back and forth go the arguments and pleas. shouting.

the police move to help those allowed to board. so, the women and children are being pulled from the crowd on the stairs now so that they can board the train. the police again are outnumbered, but they are doing their best. it's awful. it's very bad. what age is your baby? one year, he's very scared. of course, of course.

the foreign students and workers here find themselves without family help farfrom home. and if they're men, they must wait until women and children are evacuated. what is it like for you, this? it's really stressful. as you can see, i'm a bit nervous. i want to get on the train, but unfortunately i can't. my visa was supposed to come tomorrow. so, i had tojust pack my stuff and leave. the un has warned of a fast deteriorating situation as tens of thousands flee towards western europe. this man is a british medic trying to leave with his family. here we just come, every people panic, because we have a bad - situation here, and we came to try and catch it, _ but it's so hard, everybody wants to go, to run. - this is what he's run from. the russian shelling of kharkiv. sobbing. and this is the voice

of a young woman in the city, terrorised by shelling close to her apartment. we met doha from morocco as she waited for a train. i cried, i prayed so much. and i just want to go home, really. i'm not safe any more here. i left everything, i left my studies, i... just pray with us, guys. thank you so much. on platform six, a father's farewell to his infant son. what cannot be held must be let go, untilanother day. fergal keane, bbc news, lviv. that's the picture on the border — meanwhile in russia — vladimir putin, says a settlement over ukraine is possible, but only if what he described as moscow's legitimate security interests are addressed. while the fighting continues, russia's central bank has been rocked by sanctions imposed by the us and its european allies.

once, moscow glistened with aspiration — to be a global financial centre, an economic giant. but war has changed that. after the kremlin�*s invasion of ukraine, the world has turned its back on russia. western sanctions have sent the russian rouble tumbling and interest rates soaring. no panic yet, but russians are feeling it. svetlana's advertising agency is already losing clients. it's just like a nightmare for me, really. i can't believe that this is really happening. we don't want to go back there, to this iron curtain. we don't want to be isolated from the society.

me personally and everybody who i know, we don't want this. western sanctions, economic and financial, are designed to punish the russian state, the kremlin, for its war in ukraine. but inevitably the russian public will feel the effects, too, and already there's a sense of disbelief here on the streets atjust how quickly russia's international isolation is growing. in the kremlin, an urgent meeting. translation: i invited you here to talk about the economy - and about those sanctions that the so—called western community, or as i call it, the empire of lies, is trying to impose on us. more talking. this time, negotiators from russia and ukraine meeting in belarus. few expected a breakthrough, and there wasn't one. the war continues.

but its beginning to feel like the kremlin�*s under pressure, with the president becoming an international pariah, his army meeting fierce resistance in ukraine and his people uneasy at the prospect of new divisions, new iron curtains separating them from the outside world. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. still to come on the programme. the invasion of ukraine. first, the plates slid gently off the restaurant tables. then suddenly the tables, the chairs and people crashed sideways and downwards. it was just a matter

of seconds as the ferry lurched onto her side. the hydrogen bomb. on a remote pacific atoll, the americans had successfully tested a weapon whose explosive force dwarfed that of the bomb dropped on hiroshima. i had heard the news earlier, and so my heart went bang, bang, bang! the constitutional rights of - these marchers are their rights as citizens of united states, . and they should protected even in the right to test them out so that they don't _ get their heads broken l and are sent to hospital. this religious controversy, i know you don't want to say too much it, but does it worry you that it's ging to boil up when you get to the states? well, it worries me, yes, but, i hope everything will be all right at the end, as they say.

half a million people have left ukraine since the invasion began with some cities witnessing a frantic scramble to escape. football's governing bodies, fifa and uefa have banned all russian clubs, at country and club level, from international competitions. although it could still allow russian warships to sail through, to return to port. the united nations discussed the situation in ukraine and the us said it was expelling a dozen

russian un diplomats for security reasons. it is an unusual move and one which angered its ambassador. the? angered its ambassador. they are announcing _ angered its ambassador. they are announcing 12 _ angered its ambassador. they are announcing 12 people - angered its ambassador. tie: are announcing 12 people from the personnel of the russian missing and demanding that they will 7th of march. un diplomats. un diplomats. is diplomats. un diplomats. is fighting a intensifies those waiting and watching across the country for the war to come to them are preparing. a correspondent is in the south—eastern city and has been speaking to people readying for battle.

this bomb shelter, this bunker was built beneath a factory in the soviet union. it was supposed to be used in the event of a nuclear attack and now it has been used in modern—day ukraine to keep people safe when the sirens wail again. there been no attack yet but suddenly, the danger feels close. these people spent last night here. she says it is scary. she tells me he was shaking the first time. ~ ., �* , ., , time. we don't understand why russia is attacking _ time. we don't understand why russia is attacking us. - time. we don't understand why russia is attacking us. they - russia is attacking us. they say they want to protectors but from what? we are deciding now. we did not need the protection. they called it a fortress city. resisted pro—russian forces eight years ago and this

conflict began but things now are on another level. the city because of not more nervous now. there are a neighbourhood watch patrols here and one of the groups of men to skim up to us and asked us and who we were, why we were here. people in areas like this are spending their nights in bomb shelters. the fighting has not come here yet but people are extremely worried already. they even call the police to check with the journalists. children are stopped going to school since russia declared war. the building has been turned into a collection point. these are supplies for anyone to scared to go out for those preparing to go out for those preparing to defend the neighbourhood. uva tells me everything is pulling together, trying to help. it is easier to keep busy, she says, than to watch

the news and worry. this is a russian name at school but the teachers say many people switch to ukrainian since the war, in protest. there is no mass flight out of here. people are not sure anywhere safe any more. some are now arming themselves for a fight they did not use. a week ago, he was working in it on a digitisation project. what do you think it is that putin wants?- is that putin wants? putin wants to _ is that putin wants? putin wants to take _ is that putin wants? putin wants to take over, - is that putin wants? putin wants to take over, to - is that putin wants? putin - wants to take over, to control others. that why speech he made was he, i'm sorry, he is a devil. he won't stop. that is the fear _ devil. he won't stop. that is the fear here. _ devil. he won't stop. that is the fear here. even - devil. he won't stop. that is the fear here. even as - the fear here. even as ukrainians prepared to resist any way they can. football's governing bodies, fifa and uefa have banned all russian clubs, at country and club level, from international competitions.

our sports editor, dan roan reports russia was meant to have been playing a world cup playoff match against poland next month. instead, along with the country's other clubs and national teams, it finds itself cast into footballing exile, kicked out of fifa and uefa's competitions as they finally bowed to mounting pressure. fifa, whose president, gianni infantino, forged a close relationship with vladimir putin around russia's world cup four years ago, yesterday sparked outrage by allowing the country to continue playing, albeit without their flag or anthem and on neutral grounds. but today, with what it called "a heavy heart", the international olympic committee, whose games putin has also used to project state power, urged all sports

to exclude athletes from russia and belarus from global competitions. and this evening, football finally got tough. the sport, of course, does have an influence sometimes that other things just can't reach. you know, we know that, so remember what happened with apartheid in south africa and the boycotts. in the end, they were very powerful and produced results. players will suffer, but i'm rather afraid that's, you know, an unfortunate side issue. having already stripped st petersburg of the champions league final, today, uefa terminated a lucrative sponsorship deal with russian state—controlled energy giant gazprom. and with the winter paralympics set to begin later this week, the british olympic association tonightjoined those calling for russia to be excluded from all sport. it's getting increasingly difficult for any russian athletes to be able to compete at the paralympics.

you know, in the last 24 hours, world governing bodies are coming out with stronger statements. and, you know, when fifa and the ioc are saying that russia should be banned, then it feels like the ipc should be making a similar statement. other russian athletes could now miss out, with calls for the likes of new tennis world number one daniil medvedev, for instance, to be barred from competition. having been used for so long to embolden putin, the world of sport now uniting against him in the hope it may play a role in applying pressure. dan roan, bbc news. british actor benedict cumberbatch was honored with a star on the hollywood walk of fame. best known for his roles as sherlock holmes and most recently in the western the power of the dog, the actor used his platform to speak about his support for the victims of the invasion in ukraine.

i can't speak on this platform without acknowledging the obvious of what is happening in ukraine and to show my support for the people of ukraine. my support for the people of russia who are opposing the kleptocracy and idiocy of their rulers to try and halt the progression of this atrocity. that's all on the bbc news website or you can download the app. before we go, let mejust bring you one other important story. a major un report on climate change has nearly half the world's population is already vulnerable to dangerous effects of global warming and urgent action is needed to limit suffering. the latest intergovernmental panel on climate change report highlights that that some

species extinction, ecosystem collapse and mega— storms. that is all the time we have for you and newsday. thank you so much forjoining us on the programme. to stay with bbc news. hello there. monday was a bit grey, wasn't it, for many of us, with outbreaks of rain at times. in fact, this is leek in staffordshire, and a fairly typical shot through monday afternoon. as the rain eased, it turned quite misty and murky. and the rain is sitting across the far south east as we speak, but it is allowing this area of high pressure to build in behind. so, quite a contrast with the feel of the weather first thing tuesday morning. perhaps lows down to —3 where we keep those clear skies, but where the cloud and the rain lingers, it will be a relatively mild start, 7—8, maybe even nine degrees. there will be some outbreaks of showery rain to begin with across the far south coast, but as we go through the afternoon, that rain may welljust nudge a little bit further north.

so, if we draw a line from the bristol channel over to the wash, outbreaks of rain quite possible. further north, after that chilly start, that's where we'll keep the sunshine through scotland, northern ireland, northern england. highs generally between 8—10 celsius. now, that weather front actually drifts its way steadily north and east. a little ridge of high pressure builds in, though, across scotland, so it does look likely that first thing on wednesday morning, could be quite a chilly start here. again, “4, —5 degrees not out of the question. where we keep that cloud and rain, it will be relatively mild, but again a grey, drab start to wednesday. that cloud will continue to push its way steadily northwards throughout the day, perhaps brightening up a little in the south. but top temperatures through the afternoon between 7—11 degrees. there's more rain to come moving in from the west, as you can see. that weather front will gradually drift its way steadily eastwards, so it is going to bring some outbreaks of rain with it from the west on thursday and a freshening wind for a time once the rain moves through. so, it may well start off dry in sheltered eastern areas. not set to last. the cloud and the outbreaks of rain will start to move in from the west throughout the day. temperatures once again ranging from around 7—12 degrees. now, once we've got thursday out of the way, fingers

crossed, it looks likely that the weather story will quieten down just a little with an area of high pressure building in. so, just in time for the start of the weekend. so, as we move through friday, potentially into saturday, it's drier, settled, with some springlike sunshine to look forward to. take care.

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