this is bbc news. ukraine's president said the bombardment of the country amounts to a war crime. russian forces have _ amounts to a war crime. russian forces have fired _ amounts to a war crime. russian forces have fired from _ amounts to a war crime. russian forces have fired from rocket - forces have fired from rocket artillery. it is clearly a war crime. , , , ., crime. reports suggest a huge convoy of _ crime. reports suggest a huge convoy of russian _ crime. reports suggest a huge convoy of russian military - convoy of russian military vehicles seen advancing on kyiv is much longer than earlier thought. a desperate scramble

to leave ukraine. the un warns of a growing refugee crisis is people free the country in a week. police are outnumbered but are doing their best. i've seen them go into the crowd to train calm people but it is very, very difficult given the volatility of the situation. the african union condemns reports that african citizens are being cross from stopping the border to reach safety. and in the world of sport, all russian football teams at country and club level are suspended from international competition. welcome to the programme. the ukrainian president has said the russian bombardment amounts to a war crime. dozens of

people have been killed in missile strikes on ukraine's second largest city. vicious attack ukraine on several fronts and separate pictures released by a us technology firm shows a military convoy invites you on kyiv is more than 60 kilometres long. we have the report. under siege, ukraine's second largest city. where russia is using cluster bombs, according to military experts. bombs, according to military exerts. , , . , ., experts. this is a residential area with — experts. this is a residential area with no _ experts. this is a residential area with no military - experts. this is a residential area with no military object. i area with no military object. kharkiv�*s mayo said shows hit residential buildings killing civilians and said three children were burned alive in a car. as the president put it. this is clearly a war crime. a

peaceful city, peaceful residential area. no military facilities. . , ., facilities. he wants the world to close the _ facilities. he wants the world to close the skies _ facilities. he wants the world to close the skies to - facilities. he wants the world to close the skies to russian| to close the skies to russian missiles, planes and meanwhile, on the road to the capital, a russian military convoy estimated to be far longer than first thought. heading towards a city shaken by the strike on a city shaken by the strike on a radar centre. as the locals dig trenches in their backyard to protect the neighbourhood. i'm very worried about the next 72 hours. this is the russian war machine which for decades has been sort of artillery heavy and kicking into gear with not so much advanced military capacity to oppose it. these russian tanks were filmed taking over the streets of the southern ukrainian port city.

85 kilometres west of another city and ukrainian officials say russian troops have begun an assault on the city in the south just north of crimea. in kyiv�*s hospitals, the human costis kyiv�*s hospitals, the human cost is felt this fear is spreading. but as families get separated by this war, the right to live together in peace is now shattered. for many ukrainians. men are fighting age are forbidden from being in what is the key make an increasingly precarious stage increasingly precarious stage in this sudden, shocking conflict. let's go live to kharkiv and speak to our correspondent who is a researcher at the european

association in ukraine. great to talk to you. talk us through the night. how has it been? in was calm. we had the air siren at 1am and after that no major shelling so people had a chance to sleep because yesterday although families with children spent the whole day and night in basements hiding and shelters in the underground. your personal circumstances. are you going to stay here or are you considering leaving? in the to stay as long as possible because what i think putin will because what i think putin will be doing now is he will be using civilians as hostages because there are people in kharkiv and we are on the verge of a humanitarian crisis

because of food supplies, medical supplies, all kinds of necessities. with continued shelling the russian troops make it impossible to supply this, what is necessary to the city, so it means that they also may target infrastructure facilities here that, for example power plants or gas stations and things like that. there's no gas already in the city so you actually cannot move around because there is no way when you can get it now. what provisions have you got in place for you, given what you've just said about infrastructure being hit, how difficult it is to get food and what you need etc. what have you done to prepare? actually, i have some — you done to prepare? actually, i have some resources - you done to prepare? actually, i have some resources at - you done to prepare? actually, l i have some resources at home, not for the long period, i have tents filled with water and

what was possible from the nearby shop because it is already little left so i think that i will go on this resource but then, you know, what i feel most now is that they did to fight and push worship back out of ukraine so i am sure that britain will not be able to go on with this for long because the economy has fallen. sanctions are broken. we have good news every day about new help and support from our partners especially from britain and more and more helpful, so i am sure that i will be able to stay here for as long as possible and this war will be over. in as long as possible and this war will be over.— as long as possible and this war will be over. in the short term kharkiv _ war will be over. in the short term kharkiv was _ war will be over. in the short term kharkiv was heavily - term kharkiv was heavily shelled, as ye have heard and

do you have experience, many are seriously injured and needed medical help. what are you hearing about how hospitals are coping? do the make i don't know about the hospitals because it is the connection is here very unstable in terms of, you don't know what is happening because of the transportation which is not working people are hiding and when they're in the basement there is no connection with them. a family of my friend in them. a family of my friend in the house hit yesterday by the russian missile systems and she was out of the country and could not get out of her parents, she does not know if they were alive or not. so we are actually, the hospital still has some surprise, they will soon run out and we ask all the countries that could have to bring as much support and help, humanitarian aid also by international organisations, as possible. yesterday,

beautiful snow troops deliberately were shelling residential areas here and i have seen the least of the streets that were hits and it just struck me how it could happen at all. 0verall places in districts where people live, no military object there. just a multi—story buildings, houses and all. from the people that you know personally, how are they coping and have many other people you personally actually left kharkiv since the invasion started this week?— left kharkiv since the invasion started this week? some of them did but actually, _ started this week? some of them did but actually, a _ started this week? some of them did but actually, a lot _ started this week? some of them did but actually, a lot of - did but actually, a lot of people do stay here because they don't want to leave the home. they do not feel they've been hostages and sorry, being the refugees in their own country and to go somewhere. so they stay in the city and spend

a lot of time in basements or hiding somewhere and of course it is especially difficult for families with children because i don't know how they're and will be coping now and the food is running out of supplies so the situation is really critical but i hope that now, when we voice it to everyone in the international community, the international community, the helpful come in the city will get enough. yesterday so there no bread, for example. there was a good line in front of the bird kiosk of people could not get one loaf of bread in one hand so it reminded me of the occupation in kharkiv when we saw the same pictures and history books.— when we saw the same pictures and history books. thank you so much for speaking _ and history books. thank you so much for speaking to _ and history books. thank you so much for speaking to us. - and history books. thank you so much for speaking to us. we - much for speaking to us. we hope to speak to you again. in

any war, human suffering and upheaval is inevitable, as we have been hearing from maria. the un is saying more than half a million people have fled ukraine since this invasion began this week and many are travelling to poland which borders the west of the country. our special correspondent reports from the ukrainian city close to the border on the growing refugee crisis there. 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. i've seen them go down there into the crowds and try and calm people. but it's very, very difficult, given the volatility of the situation. i saw you in the queue. what do you feel about what's happening here? 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. will the table at the actors, writers and musicians speaking out in support of those caught up out in support of those caught up in the crisis.

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. ukraine's president says the russian bombardment of kharkiv amounts to a car crime —— war crime as dozens killed. reports suggest a huge convoy of military vehicles seen on advancing on qubits much longer than earlier thought. the african union has condemned reports that african citizens that union ukraine are being stopped from crossing the border to reach safety. it described reports that africans were blocked a shockingly racist and a breach of international law. 0ur correspondent in poland and centres this report from a refugee centre. new arrivals

keep coming here. boston poland's border with ukraine. to displace which is a huge shopping mall, very close to the border. it has been converted into a temporary refugee reception centre. the people who are coming are women and children who are ukrainian but also migrants who had lived, worked, studied in ukraine. they are mainly men coming from uzbekistan, congo, cameroon, all part of the multiculturalfabric of cameroon, all part of the multicultural fabric of ukraine and now unsure of where to go next and waiting in this giant reception centre where they decide. you make the ukrainian police and ukrainian army and military taking control of the border, they were treating us

that we have attacked ukraine for pushing foreigners back especially pakistan, india, morocco. they're pushing them back and turned their own people to come forward. rear full—fledged ukrainian status. the flats and left everything behind that they don't regard us. we have lives and families but now we just need safety. wary going to go now? we are hoinu to wary going to go now? we are hoping to get _ wary going to go now? we are hoping to get to _ wary going to go now? we are hoping to get to germany - hoping to get to germany because the german government said there were three people and we hope we can be treated fairly. and we hope we can be treated fairl . , , ., ., , ., fairly. this is another sign of how russia's _ fairly. this is another sign of how russia's aggression - fairly. this is another sign of how russia's aggression to l fairly. this is another sign ofj how russia's aggression to a few weeks ago, some of these people would have been blocked from coming to poland which has become actually quite a hardline anti—migrant eu member but now poland has opened its doors to those fleeing ukraine and that means ukrainians but also the migrants living there. lets get some of the other main

news. severe weather continuing to hit eastern australia with one turn worse to the north of sydney preparing for once in 500 years flat. the residents have been warned to be for evacuation votes are cut by rising waters. at least eight people have died since the bad weather began last week. a further shot dead three of his children at a church in california. police say all of the children were under the age of 15. the shooting happened in a church near sacramento. police say the man then killed himself after the shooting. hong kong's chief executive is called for calm following the panic buying of essential goods by residents fearing a possible coronavirus lockdown. people were told to avoid doing unnecessary fears as hong kong reported more than 3a,000 new infections on monday, severely tested strategy of isolating a very covid case. time for an

update on how the sporting world is reacting to the conflict in ukraine. football's world governing body has suspended russian football clubs and national teams from participating in any of their competitions and those of uefa after the invasion of ukraine. the russian men's team will not play the player matches next month and then his team have been banned from the 2022 competition. this comes after officials accused of not going far enough as it is announced by cyclic indeed to playing as football russia with a banner in its flag and union. it was recommended that an international event banned from athletes russia and belarus. the ukrainian tennis federation has called for the sports world governing body has the right to expel russian and belarusian players. the tennis federation

want to track one both those events this year. you make the players represent this federation in the tournaments should be banned in the tournaments. individually and teams, of course. i don't care that the russian federation is the owner of the davis cup and billie jean the owner of the davis cup and billiejean cup. now it will be the most shame situation and the most shame situation and the holder of the davis cup will be kicked off the tournaments. this is quite a good weapon. wt turner testing a withdrawal. she was due to play a russian player. the ukrainian was top seed facility will not play any match against an opponent from russia belarus into the idea, wta and ipa

agree to this the most neutral ethics research says it's not them and pay tribute to those who bravely stated their position against the war. the former world heavyweight champion said i am ukrainian andi champion said i am ukrainian and i am a fighter when asked tojoin the resistance? in and i am a fighter when asked to join the resistance? in an interview, he said he was preferred to fight for ukraine if needed. saying that our strongest force of the will and desire to live in a free country and via chosen direction we want to go. we are a european country and you want to make sure that our values are going to be implemented rightly into our society and no one else is going to decide for us how we should live. the has

not been since 1941 were nazis bombed kyiv and attacked. it is so weird to actually hear the explosions in the city, day by day, shootings, and seeing all the images, all around the country, where people suffer. that is all. you can get all the latest sports news on our website. as events unfold, people from all sections of society have been speaking out in support of the people quarter in the invasion. actors, writers and musicians have been rallying behind all those affected as claudia redmond reports. hollywood stars have been voicing their

support since version invaded. speaking at the green actors guild award succession star brian cox pay tribute to fellow actors in russia unable to speak about ukraine. the thing thatis speak about ukraine. the thing that is really distressed me is me is what is happening in russia to my fellow actors and actresses and performers and writers and critics. they are told, under pain of high treason, that they cannot say a word about ukraine. and i think thatis word about ukraine. and i think that is pretty awful and i think we should all stand together. and fellow british actor benedict cumberbatch she was honoured with a star in the hollywood walk of fame on monday used his platform to show support for victims of the ukrainian invasion. in the matter cannot in my life, and this extraordinary platform, without acknowledging the obvious of what is happening in

the ukraine and to show my support for the people of ukraine, my support for people of russia who are opposing kleptocracy and idiocy of their rulers to try and halt the progression of this atrocity. barbra streisand revealed her paternal grandparents emigrated from ukraine. in a she said, my heart breaks for the courageous people there fighting this russian invasion. wearing a t—shirt with a slogan saying a stand with ukraine, writer stephen king posted a photo on twitter saying i don't usually post pictures of myself but todayis post pictures of myself but today is an exception. it is notjust today is an exception. it is not just the today is an exception. it is notjust the people in front of the camera who are speaking out. the walt disney company is delaying its plan theatrical release of turning red in russia following the country was my decision to invade ukraine. it is the first of the major studios to pull its movies from russia. in a statement, they said future business decisions will be based on the evolving situation. and next here on bbc

news we will bring all the latest business stories. of course, a great degree dominated by the invasion of ukraine. i was using. 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.

this is bbc news with the latest business headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. satellite images show a huge convoy of russian military units, about 40 miles long, advancing on ukraine's capital, kyiv. russia starts to feel the effect of western economic sanctions as putin bans residents transferring hard currency overseas. as silicon valley tech giants restrict access for russian state media, we look at how war for ukraine is being fought on the tech battlefield. and fuel prices hit record highs in the uk as ratio's invasion of ukraine continues to affect global oil prices, but will major producers take any action?