this is bbc news — welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. our top stories... russia resumes its offensive in mariupol after a so—called ceasefire ends. it was supposed to allow the evacuation of civilians but it wasn't observed. they continue to destroy mariupol. we decided to move our citizens back because it is not safe to be on the streets. just to know that they are alive. like, every time i close my eyes, i can see and hear my mum and hear the voice of my dad, and i don't know if i will hear them again. sorry... protests against russian occupation in ukraine have broken out in kherson, the only big city to have been captured so far.

ukraine's president, volodymyr zelensky, has been addressing the us senate by video link to appeal for more help. poland warns of a refugee crisis on an unimaginable scale, as thousands of people continue to flee the fighting in ukraine. one welcome to bbc news. of course, we begin with the ukraine crisis. ukraine and russia have accused each other of violating agreed ceasefires designed to provide humanitarian corridors for trapped civilians in the south of ukraine. the united nations says one and a half million people could have fled the country by the end of sunday. plans had been announced for two

humanitarian corridors — allowing hundreds of thousands of residents to flee mariupol — and the nearby city of vol—no—vakha. but continuted fighting has meant they couldn't leave. meanwhile, president putin has warned that, any country imposing a no—fly zone over ukraine, will be considered to have joined the war. ukrainian negotiators say they'll hold a third round of talks with russia on monday. in the capital, kyiv, fears of a russian advance are very high — heavy bombardments hit nearby towns including irpin, to the northwest. our international correspondent, orla guerin reports. this is the reality of russia's invasion. yevgen is watching his family home go up in flames in the town of irpin, 16 miles from kyiv. no military targets here. just his beloved german shepherd being rescued by neighbours. and the belongings of a lifetime

snatched from the flames. today, many were desperate to escape the shelling of irpin. they crossed the river on foot. russia destroyed the bridge and the railway line, a hurried rescue mission in an escalating war. we witnessed the exodus of frightened civilians, streaming towards buses bound for the railway station in the capital — their only way out. among them, this mother with babe in arms, trying to console her daughter. leading the mission, the former ukrainian president petro poroshenko, marshalling the crowds. he's pleading with nato to reconsider and impose a no—fly zone, for the sake of all those subjected to russian bombardment.

the russians is completely bombing, with air bombs, with missiles, the civilian people, and you see all these people are suffering from that. and this is completely unacceptable. and when we are asking the no—fly zone, this is exactly for these people. and with this situation, we need to defend them. ——and with this situation, we need to protect them. katya tells us, "yesterday they shelled day and night, "hitting the hospital, the university and the tax office." "they're shelling every day," she says. well, in the distance here, you can see the smoke is still rising. you get a sense of what people are fleeing from. there's a steady stream of people coming here now, they're carrying their bags, their suitcases, some of them have their pets.

they're taking just what they can carry, and they're rushing for the buses to try and get out of here and try and get to safety. "we won't let the enemy take ukraine," he vows. do you feel let down by nato? i am not sure. i think, look, we count on them, we still think that the chance is not missing yet. overhead, the russian threat. the capital is just half an hour down the road — danger closing in every day. this video appears to show a russian helicopter shot down north of kyiv, one small victory for ukraine against a powerful enemy. orla guerin, bbc news, irpin. and now take you to new york where it is the middle of the afternoon and this is the scene in times square with quite a significant

demonstration taking place in support of ukraine. you can see the colours many people have chosen to work the blues and yellows of the ukrainian flag, flag of independent ukraine. ukraine's fly, of course, changed and as a political statement in itself as a result of what is effectively a revolution early in the decade and started as a protest when effectively the then pro—russian president tried to scupper or did suffer a co—operation agreement with the european union ukraine's government has developed and that led to a protests which were suppressed and then that led to the election of the current president so this is the situation in times square. that will be a very familiar picture from people who have been to new york scene on the television screens. right in the heart of times square there is a big pedestrianised area where it is possible for process to take place in the heart of theatreland and it

is an ideal location which describes itself, of course, is the high street of world, broadway, and it is a perfect location for a high—profile protest in the height of new york rather than outside the united nation and of course saturday is a pretty quiet... this is the process. we willjust give you less of a sound before we move away. there we are. that is the scene in new york. no shortage of processor and the world. we have one taking place outside the russian embassy in tel aviv this afternoon, saturday. also processing of the site, parts of the world of gossiping we can. the many people some protests were organised last weekend immediately after invasion president zelensky has been holding a behind closed door meeting with us senators via internet. let's get more on this from our washington

correspondent david willis. he was speaking to members of converse on saturday morning. david, thank you so much forjoining us. tell us what message we think she had for you is cumbersome for senators and what the reaction was because of course the senate has responsibility, doesn't it, the foreign relations? it responsibility, doesn't it, the foreign relations?— responsibility, doesn't it, the foreign relations? it does indeed and we are _ foreign relations? it does indeed and we are getting _ foreign relations? it does indeed and we are getting further - foreign relations? it does indeed| and we are getting further details about that call. president zelensky�*s first direct pitch to the us lawmakers since the conflict in his country began and there are about 280 lawmakers from both parties on that call. we are told that president zelensky spoke for about 30 minutes after which there were questions and answers and he called for three things in particular. they include an embargo on russian oil imports, imposition of a no—fly zone over ukraine, and for more planes and devotions from

eastern europe. in particular soviet style fighter jets which eastern europe. in particular soviet style fighterjets which members of the ukrainian air force are equipped and trained to fly. there were problems with all of those key demands. firstly, those planes would have to come probably from poland. they would first have to be stripped of their nato reconnaissance and communications equipment and then transported somehow to ukraine because they couldn't be flown directly from poland for fear of involving nato in this conflict. ditto the no—fly zone which nato leaders have ruled out for exactly that reason. as regards the embargo on russian oil imports, well, there's of the rising oil prices here, a shortage, potentially, of oiland here, a shortage, potentially, of oil and the warning of further price rises at the pumps so the white

house hasn't its support behind that embargo although there are from both parties. she and embargo to be put into place. fine parties. she and embargo to be put into lace. ., , ., into place. one of the most senior fiuures in into place. one of the most senior figures in the _ into place. one of the most senior figures in the us _ into place. one of the most senior figures in the us fracking - into place. one of the most senior figures in the us fracking industry| figures in the us fracking industry has been reported saturday by the financial times as saying, actually, we're not in a position to be able to fill the gap, it were, and presumably the economic price is one that perhaps the us wouldn't be willing to pay at this stage. that is white. president _ willing to pay at this stage. twat is white. president biden announced last week that strategic oil reserves were being dipped into. $60 million additional barrels of oil, 30 million coming of course from here in the united states but the mid—term elections are coming up later this year, of course. you don't need me to tell you that

focusing the minds of american voters very much will be pocketbook issues and they will include, of course, inflation which is currently at a a0 year high house resistant certainly at the moment to do anything that would limit the world supply of oil. i might add that they threw their weight, those on the, another stranger assistance that the white house has called on congress just like those on this call today on aid and assistance the white house has called for from congress. said and assistance the white house has called for from congress.— called for from congress. said this about place _ called for from congress. said this about place and _ called for from congress. said this about place and she _ called for from congress. said this about place and she has _ called for from congress. said this about place and she has said - called for from congress. said this about place and she has said this. about place and she has said this week there wasn't much sign of american public opinion turning towards focusing on this conflict. is this change in the last week? we have is this change in the last week? - have seen polls which suggestjust

over 25% of the population here is in favour of the united states playing a major role in the conflict in ukraine. we have equally seen support for sanctions here although i have to say they have not led to an increase in support for president biden. his popularity ratings remain low even though americans favour the issue he has put into place. i think it is very much a moving target, all this. we are saying of course these terrible scenes played out on american cable news networks here. maybe they will change public opinion at the moment but at the moment it is pretty much that there are more immediate issues as far as the economy here is concerned. find the economy here is concerned. and the economy here is concerned. and the congressional side i am speaking to adam smith and chairman of the hassle services committee, a democrat, and his visit to europe just over two weeks ago now and he

was encouraged by the fact he said there was a growing bipartisan spirit on this question of how to respond to what russia was doing in ukraine. is that they sustain? have you seen evidence of that in the light of mr zelensky? i you seen evidence of that in the light of mr zelensky?— you seen evidence of that in the light of mr zelensky? i think we're seeinu light of mr zelensky? i think we're seeing that _ light of mr zelensky? i think we're seeing that and _ light of mr zelensky? i think we're seeing that and indeed _ light of mr zelensky? i think we're seeing that and indeed the - light of mr zelensky? i think we're seeing that and indeed the silent i seeing that and indeed the silent majority leader refer to that today on his tweet. he talked about bipartisan support and the need and the willingness to get that $10 billion of military and humanitarian assistance out to ukraine as quickly assistance out to ukraine as quickly as possible. the problem, though, is that whilst there is that bilateral support the delays continue and that is something that london and zelensky has made clear is unsustainable, very, because he has a water fight. unsustainable, very, because he has a waterfight. he unsustainable, very, because he has a water fight. he cannot wait for this assistance to get there indefinitely —— he has a war to

fight. we are going to show some really start footage now, of a russian helicopter being shot down by ukrainian forces. the pictures show a russian m 12a helicopter being struck by a surface—to—air missile coming down, these pictures i should say, do come from the ukrainian government. the incident took place, the ukrainian say, by the river denny projust the ukrainian say, by the river denny pro just north of the k. ——by the river dnipro just north of the capital kyiv. as we've been hearing around 200,000 people are desperate to leave mariupol in the south of the country, but their exit to safety has been stalled. if and when russian forces take the city, they will effectively cut

ukraine off from the black sea. our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford is in the town of zaporizhzhia, whose nucler power plant was targeted by russian troops earlier this week, and where evacuees from mariupol are being taken. this enormous pile of clothing, warm clothes here, has been brought by the people of zaporizhzhia to this collection point because they were told that they were expecting a huge flow of families to come here from mariupol in the south, where there's been really heavy fighting for days now, so they've brought blankets, they brought bedding. hot dinners have been prepared by local businesspeople. they've brought fresh fruit and vegetables, too — all of it for the large number of families they were expecting to arrive here, but that humanitarian corridor that was supposed to be set up today never happened. so what you've got in here — look at this — this is the city circus ring, and the authorities had laid out mattresses and pillows. they thought that people could have a rest here, take a few moments before they carried on to be housed in hostels, student hostels and schools in safety. but it hasn't been used. what's happened is the mayor of mariupol has said that the humanitarian corridor was impossible to set up because the russian

forces carried on firing. they said it was far too dangerous for people to get in the evacuation buses and to try to drive to safety. he said that there are still negotiations going on between the russians and ukrainians and that, when it is safe and when it is possible, they will get people on those buses and they will get them to places like this. but, for the moment, all of this is prepared, all of it's ready — but there's no one here. that was sarah rainsford. this week we've heard repeated calls from the ukrainian president for nato to impose a no—fly—zone over ukraine — something the alliance has consistently refused to contemplate. our security correspondent, gordon corera, explains the reasons why. russian aircraft had been in the skies over ukraine, outnumbering defenders.

that's led to calls for what's known as a no—fly zone to prevent them posing a threat. so far, the western military alliance nato has been reluctant to use its air power to impose such a zone, in which other planes would be told not to fly over ukraine. why the reluctance? the concern is that, in practice, a no—fly zone carries real risks. if the russians flyjets like these into ukrainian airspace, then nato planes would directly engage them in combat in the skies. but it also means taking out threats on the ground to nato planes so they can enforce the zone, so potentially attacking russian surface—to—air missile sites, and russia has advanced sa00 systems which could, in theory, shoot down nato planes even from over the border in belarus. nato has been building up its air power in the region but its secretary general yesterday ruled out a no—fly zone because of the risk it would lead to conflict with russia. our assessment is that we understand the desperation, but we also believe that, if we did that, we would end up with something that could end

in a full—fledged war in europe. and today, vladimir putin issued a direct warning to any country which might be used as a base for a no—fly zone. translation: any movement in this direction will be considered _ by us as a participation in the armed conflict. there have been no—fly zones before. in the early 1990s, one was imposed over parts of iraq to protect civilians, but moscow is a very different adversary. as the russian military continues to inflict this kind of devastation on ukraine, the call for some kind of action are likely to intensify, but for the moment the chance of that including a no—fly zone seems remote. gordon corera, bbc news.

yalda hakim is lviv in the west of ukraine — and has been meeting some of the young men who are having to pick up arms and fight. everyday we see more and more people arriving here in ukraine carrying whatever little possessions they can with their children and i spoke to a young man today he was about 20 years old. he said he had a from kyiv and he had driven his mother to the polish border and he said she didn't want to leave but she knew that she had to because things could get really bad and they do expect the situation here to get from bad to worse. he said he said goodbye to his mother and said i'm a film director, i've never picked up a gun before, i've never thought before, i've never had any kind of military training and yet i'm now finding myself in a position where i'm going to have to go and join some kind of

patrol group or do some kind of training to defend my nation and this is, really, the story of so many families here in ukraine. families had been torn apart. women had been forced to leave this country and the men have been forced to stay because, of course, that is the nature of martial law. men between the ages of 18 and 60 remain to fight and defend this country. he doesn't really know what needs to happen now. i asked in, whether you going to go? whether you going to get your training? he said i going to go? whether you going to get yourtraining? he said i have going to go? whether you going to get your training? he said i have to sign up get yourtraining? he said i have to sign up and get your training? he said i have to sign up and then expect to go and do some border patrols. he said i've got no idea what to do and how to do it and he said i've never worn a uniform in his life and so all of this is very new to him. he doesn't know whether ammunition is going to come from a who supplies them. he expects his leaders to determine that and supply that and of course we saw overnight president zelensky expresses frustration and anger at nato saying that they are weak and

that bombs fall and ukrainian villages and towns in families, children and women, he said, that nato members would have blood on their hands. very rehash was there from president zelensky who is now getting extremely desperate with tender days into this conflict and no respite in sight. some effort is being made to provide the respite she was talking about there. the israeli prime minister, naftali bennett, has met president putin in moscow to discuss the war in ukraine. no details of the meeting have been made public. a spokesman said mr bennett also spoke to the ukrainian president zelensky after the meeting with vladimir putin. raising the prospect that perhaps the israelis are looking at acting as some kind of honest brokers in the situation. let's get more now from our correspondent tom bateman in jerusalem. what was your understanding of what

the purpose was of this visit? clearly was to discuss events in ukraine and as you touch on their this is an extraordinary meeting given the growing diplomatic isolation of moscow at the moment. this hasn't come out of the blue because we have known for some days now that israel's prime minister naftali bennett has been attempting to position himself as a mediator in this crisis and that is because israel has significant relations with both the russians and ukrainians for completely different reasons in both cases, but it has quite deep diplomatic relations with both of the countries and so what we have known as there have been a couple of phone calls at least in the last week between mr bennett and vladimir putin and also spoken with president zelensky of ukraine and then we had news emerging this evening of the batch flight by mr bennett to moscow and it happened early this morning say his officials. he spent three hours in

discussion with mr putin at the kremlin. in terms of the details, we have very little about what was being discussed and i have to say in the hopes of not been high that there was a huge amount of substance at the moment the negotiations between the two countries but i think it is an indication of the way in which the possibility that the way they have fired mediators ends up way they have fired mediators ends up in quite a different level than it was a week ago and it wasn't being taken, frankly, particularly seriously. mr bennett then had discussions with president zelensky on the phone after the meeting with president putin. he is now flying to berlin where they will meet chancellor olaf scholz for discussions as well there so clearly some movement but in terms of the details we don't know anything about the nature of discussions in terms of any potential mediation by the israelis. it of any potential mediation by the israelis. , , ., israelis. it is interesting that -erha - s israelis. it is interesting that perhaps all _ israelis. it is interesting that perhaps all of _ israelis. it is interesting that perhaps all of us _ israelis. it is interesting that perhaps all of us forget -

israelis. it is interesting that - perhaps all of us forget sometimes that links with, between russia and ukraine and israel. notjust historically, but other current israeli politicians have very strong links with russia and ukraine. of course, the many israelis now who will have been born or his parents will have been born or his parents will have been born or his parents will have been born in that part of europe. that is it that levite and there are around a quarter of a million dues in ukraine. the israelis make clear that that is one of their primary concerns about their members, welfare and the current crisis —— quarter of a millionjews though. they have set “p millionjews though. they have set up points on the board is helping out with fud so deep relationship there but as far as russia is concerned and israel's roll what you have to remember is one israeli official referred to the russians as their neighbours to the north and thatis their neighbours to the north and that is because russia still controls the skies over most of

syria. it is the dominant outside force. it propped up president assad and really turned his fortunes in the war there. israel regularly carries out air strikes over syria, bombing what they say are weapons transfers and iranian interests inside syria, the iranians fighting on the side of the russians, again, under president assad in syria such as is why israel has had to quite gel might have quite delicate but deeply fond relations with russians because of syria. it has been another reason why they averse to criticising the russians directly or at least prime minister bennett has and he didjoin at least prime minister bennett has and he did join the string condemning moscow but the prime minister and condemning moscow but the prime ministerand mr condemning moscow but the prime minister and mr bennett has been very reluctant or hasn't it all mention president putin in terms of any condemnation so that is the key point about the relationship with russia. they had to walk a bit of a tight mope and there is a debate

about how far they can go in doing that are not outright condemning russia and of course that is exactly what the americans would like them to do but on this, on this potential mediation, israelis have said that the white house have not only coordinated with them over this meeting effectively given its consent but they have given their blessing, white has given its blessing, white has given its blessing to president putin. just lookin: at blessing to president putin. jmt looking at some copies blessing to president putin. just looking at some copies are middle east editorfound a looking at some copies are middle east editor found a of on saturday and he said amongst those accompanying naftali bennett is a housing minister who served as a russian translator for israeli leaders in the past but he too was ukraine originally.— ukraine originally. yes, israelis and said he _ ukraine originally. yes, israelis and said he has— ukraine originally. yes, israelis and said he has flown _ ukraine originally. yes, israelis and said he has flown to - ukraine originally. yes, israelis and said he has flown to help . ukraine originally. yes, israelis i and said he has flown to help with ukraine originally. yes, israelis - and said he has flown to help with a translation along with four other israeli officials. i think it is just another indication of the way the israelis think they can position themselves or try to position themselves or try to position themselves as mediators in all of this. they have been keen to try and

emphasise, as i've been saying, verily, the deep relations they have with both the countries but as they say there is a risk there for israel and there has been a debate internally within israel about how far they should go. is it a big price to be seen as negotiators especially when it doesn't seem to be as much substance to mediate or negotiate over the moment? was within israel are saying it really needs to position itself far more on the side of the americans and condemn russian activity in this so expect that debate will continue but certainly the fact the meeting is taking place puts the idea of mediation involving israeli set me on another level. ed— on another level. ed middle east correspondent _ on another level. ed middle east correspondent in _ on another level. ed middle east correspondent in jerusalem, - on another level. ed middle east. correspondent in jerusalem, thanks very correspondent injerusalem, thanks very much. russia's invasion of ukraine has sent shock waves across countries neighbouring russia, amongst them finland, which was invaded by the soviet

union during the second world war. for the first time in the country's history, public opinion has shifted in favour ofjoining nato — the western military alliance of 30 nations, although president putin has threatened �*military and political consequences' should it consider that. our world affairs editor, john simpson, reports from the finnish—russian border. a finnish border patrol sets out along the line of the frontier. times are changing here. russia's attack on ukraine has been a profound shock to people in finland, and a majority of finns now want to give up their old neutrality and join the western alliance. a solitary red post marks the point where russian territory begins. and so, as a direct consequence of the invasion of ukraine, and of russia's heavy—handed warning to finland not even to think aboutjoining nato, this could one day be the border between nato and russia. it's the precise opposite

of what russia wanted. at the border crossing point, a steady line of russians coming into finland. there are rumours that president putin will soon introduce martial law, and plenty of people who don't agree with the invasion of ukraine are getting out in case of trouble from the authorities. this student's one of them. we tried to do something with our government, but... it's nothing. so, while vladimir putin is in power, there is nothing much that can be done? mm. for russians, coming to finland is an escape from the dangers of life there, but for people on this side of the border, there is realfear that the tensions within russia could boil over and engulf finland itself. john simpson, bbc news, on the finnish border with russia. our correspondent kasia madera, is on the poland—ukraine john simpson, bbc news,

on the finnish border with russia. thank you. right, now we can go to the bbc sports centre and talk to one of our correspondence about some of the implications of all of this in the sporting world. we have seen some previous demonstrations of support for ukraine at football matches. a full range of premier league matches taking place today. what sort of protests and demonstrations of support have there been? the protests and demonstrations of support have there been? we have seen at football _ support have there been? we have seen at football matches _ support have there been? we have seen at football matches in - support have there been? we have seen at football matches in the - support have there been? we have seen at football matches in the uk| seen at football matches in the uk making a statement to show they are supporting ukraine with a minutes applause before all of saturday's premier league games, to shout there in solidarity with ukraine. there are plenty of yellow and blue flag screens on a show on at the big screens, many supporters as well were holding up yellow and blue flag

scores. at least have more game, burnley fans applauded to show support. but chelsea fans were countering that with a chant for the russian value owner roman abramovich. abramovich has said that he will sell the club. it is also interesting to note that chinese right holders have told epremier league that they will not be broadcasting english top—flight matches this weekend because of the support that would be shown for ukraine. 50 support that would be shown for ukraine. ., ., ., ., ., ukraine. so more collateral damage in terms of — ukraine. so more collateral damage in terms of sports _ ukraine. so more collateral damage in terms of sports fans. _ ukraine. so more collateral damage in terms of sports fans. what - ukraine. so more collateral damage in terms of sports fans. what about| in terms of sports fans. what about further sanctions against russia? we have further sanctions against russia? - have seen sanctions in formula 1. the fia has made not backing the invasion either directly or

indirectly as a requirement to raise some actual race. the russian driver's driver is a billionaire who gives financial backing to the haas team through his chemicals company, it is also knowing he is a close associate of vladimir putin, so the haas has terminated its contract with the russian sponsor part owned by matip in�*s father. so there have been consequences to that relationship. fin been consequences to that relationship.— been consequences to that relationship. been consequences to that relationshi -. , ., ., relationship. on the question of ukraine itself. _ relationship. on the question of ukraine itself. i— relationship. on the question of ukraine itself. i suppose - relationship. on the question of ukraine itself. i suppose that i relationship. on the question of| ukraine itself. i suppose that the best possible thing they can have apart from support and demonstrations is success in the sporting world, and they are having that at the paralympics? yes. sporting world, and they are having that at the paralympics?— sporting world, and they are having that at the paralympics? yes, it has been aood that at the paralympics? yes, it has been good to _ that at the paralympics? yes, it has been good to see _ that at the paralympics? yes, it has been good to see something - that at the paralympics? yes, it has| been good to see something positive for the athletes competing. clearly it has been difficult for the team from ukraine to get to beijing for the paralympic games. they are top of the medal table after the first day of action at the winter

paralympics. ukraine have won three gold medals. theirfirst gold of the games came from the men's standing sprint. then the women's sprint vision impaired event. then a ukrainian one, two, three in the men's events. china and in the second place in the table. fin men's events. china and in the second place in the table. on a se arate second place in the table. on a separate subject _ second place in the table. on a separate subject on _ second place in the table. on a separate subject on events - second place in the table. on a separate subject on events involving ukraine and russia. of course we had at the death announced on friday of shayne ward. we had the news there will be a state funeral for him in australia. —— of shane warne. cricket fans around the world are reflecting on his remarkable contribution.— reflecting on his remarkable contribution. , ., , , contribution. they have been. they have also been _ contribution. they have been. they have also been paying _ contribution. they have been. they have also been paying tribute - contribution. they have been. they have also been paying tribute to i contribution. they have been. they. have also been paying tribute to rod marsh, who also died the day before. the players wearing two black arm

bands and memory of two of us to your�*s finest cricketers. it was a sombre day, but also a fitting cricket tribute with australian winning by two runs put up a thrilling end to that much. i stand will be permanently renamed as a tribute to shane warne. like tony and premier daniel andrews has offered a state funeral to shane warne's family. the australian prime minister, scott morrison, has offered shane warne's family a state funeral. a man who transcends cricket and has become a global icon even though cricket is not a sport now and all over the world. chinese rights holders have told

the english premier league they will not broadcast english top—flight matches this weekend because of the league's planned shows of support for ukraine. for manchester city's oleksandr zinchenko, the issue is more personal. the ukranian began his playing career in russia, but now finds himself fearing for family and friends in his homeland. oleksandr zinchenko told the bbc�*s gary lineker he's proud of the way his country, is responding to the crisis. there was rumour, speculation for months that russia would invade ukraine. they constantly denied they were going to do it. was it something you feared it would have stop obviously, the news, social media, people were talking about the russian armies on the border. nobody would expect — russian armies on the border. nobody would expect that _ russian armies on the border. nobody would expect that they _ russian armies on the border. nobody would expect that they were _ russian armies on the border. nobody would expect that they were going - russian armies on the border. nobody would expect that they were going to l would expect that they were going to come through and destroy my country. where were you when you first heard the news? that was at midnight uk time. 3am.

my wife woke me up and she was crying. she was crying. i was like, i was in shock. she showed me the videos, the pictures, what is going on now in ukraine and that feeling, i cannot even explain because i neverfelt myself in that position. does it also make you proud of your people, the way they have stood up? so proud to be ukrainian and i will be forever. the rest of my life. when you are watching the people, how they fight for their lives, there is no words, you know. i know the people, the mentality of the people from my country. they prefer to die and they will

die, but they will not give up. how have your team—mates and coaches and managers beam and coaches and managers been towards you during this time? i am so lucky to be part of this amazing club. the way they have supported me. all of them, team—mates, coaching staff, all of them. all the people working in the training ground. even apart from the club, you know, the people here in the uk, when i'm just walking somewhere on the street, the little guys, maybe ten years old from the school, they're coming to me and they say, "we pray for your country." my tears are coming from my eye straightaway. so everyone feels in ukraine that all the world are standing with us. we saw the images last weekend. we have seen ukrainian flags at many football games. does that support help at all? definitely. my phone is, i'm getting a lot of messages from a lot of guys in ukraine and they are asking me about some videos of support and stuff. so, people are watching tv as well.

people are still watching football. and they can see all these things. i guess it helps a lot for them, you know, for the spirit and stuff. can you allow yourself to think about the future? i'm pretty sure with the support we have around the world, we will recover all the houses, you know, and all these things. but i'm really scared and my prayers are with the people who are surviving now at the moment. they tell abundantly that has been photographing the first time at a public event since afghanistan took over control of afghanistan. —— a taliban leader. for more on that,

i'm joined by a journalist who spent over a decade reporting on afghanistan. thank you for being with us. give us a bit of the background about who he is and indeed the family because they have a significant role in the history of the last 30 years of conflict in afghanistan.— the last 30 years of conflict in afr hanistan. . ., ., , afghanistan. the haqqani family started around _ afghanistan. the haqqani family started around the _ afghanistan. the haqqani family started around the survey - afghanistan. the haqqani family - started around the survey occupation in the 80s. they were not invited into government or giving the roles they wanted to stop then they thought the western backed government is not a real government, not an authority of government. so they became an armed opposition group themselves. slowly there is such a measure of the taliban and it

hive level haqqani leaders and several other members of the family started to take high—level positions in the taliban are starting about 2016. now obviously at the islamic emirate has come to power, the leader who has the largest bounty on his head finally came out today being photographed, presiding over a ceremony for police recruits. this comes at a time when the police have comes at a time when the police have come to macro —— the police and the taliban have have come under a lot of criticism for house—to—house searches in kabul. obviously this is at a time when the us and other governments have sanctioned the taliban and cut back aid. the people

have suffered because of these things. yet sirajuddin haqqani has come out publicly to say what are you going to do to me? there is nothing you can do, i have no fear now. he has come out in a very much traditional interior minister volvo. —— interior minister role. to allot people on the ground, it is also upsetting because these things have affected them personally. they are suffering because of these sanctions and cutbacks yet sirajuddin haqqani is coming out in public with no fear at this point. really sending a strong message to these western leaders who put these bounties and put him on these lists.— put him on these lists. inside afghanistan _ put him on these lists. inside afghanistan itself, _ put him on these lists. inside afghanistan itself, given - put him on these lists. inside afghanistan itself, given thatj put him on these lists. inside i afghanistan itself, given that he has been given such an important role, critical in terms of policing

and internal security in afghanistan, his presence in the government must be chilling for a lot of afghanis who know their country's history. j lot of afghanis who know their country's history.— lot of afghanis who know their country's history. lot of afghanis who know their count 's histo . , country's history. i remember in the bearinnin country's history. i remember in the beginning when _ country's history. i remember in the beginning when they _ country's history. i remember in the beginning when they first _ country's history. i remember in the beginning when they first reports i country's history. i remember in the beginning when they first reports of| beginning when they first reports of crimes within the country, all of us were sitting here with thereto commit a crime when sirajuddin haqqani is the end 0011? that really loomed large over people. we are seeing that the police and taliban forces are still acting in very questionable ways. we now have reports that a female afghan canadian influence it was taken from her home 21 days ago, she has not been released, herfamily say no charges have been pressed against her. the sort of home raid

but one of the things that the taliban despise the most and the haqqani network about the western backed government and the foreign military groups that were within afghanistan, yet people say they are acting like them as well. him coming out at the specific ceremony and making those statements, it is scenting a pointed statement. it is part of him trying to shortly people, to say i'm going to take control of the police, i'm going to take care of these might raise so they are no longer offensive to you and you no longer feel threatened. now the problem is he has to deliver on that and that's a huge thing to deliver on because if you talk to anyone the emanet right now, the biggest issue is the taliban seem to be acting as they wish. they don't seem to be acting as a whole unit.

some will be very nice, some will be very aggressive. we are seeing this in these home raids as well, some people said they were fine and apologise the whole way through. and other people saying they were very aggressive, very violent and confrontational. on the one hand it is a big statement to the west who made this monster out of him, on the other he has placed this huge burden on himself coming out very publicly making these very specific statements. now he has to deliver on them. �* , ., statements. now he has to deliver on them. 3 ., ., ~ them. let's leave it there. thank ou ve them. let's leave it there. thank you very much — them. let's leave it there. thank you very much for _ them. let's leave it there. thank you very much forjoining - them. let's leave it there. thank you very much forjoining us - them. let's leave it there. thank you very much forjoining us on l them. let's leave it there. thank i you very much forjoining us on bbc news. let me bring you a bit of an update. the international atomic agency's secretary is currently doing a briefing in vienna. if he has anything significant to say about that i had on a nuclear

facility in ukraine, said ratio, which led to the fire, or indeed other nuclear facilities, we will bring you that sin as he has anything significant or new to say. hundreds of thousands of people have left ukraine for hungary. our correspondent, nick thorpe, has the latest from budapest. this is one of the refugee trains that arrive in budapest every hour or so now at the west railway station. you can see people getting off here from just arriving who probably crossed from ukraine, just probably last night or in the early hours of this morning. once they get off the train, they are met by people, translators, first of all, they are ushered through and then into the reception area here. already people, volunteers are offering help here. the police are trying to make

sure people are safe. a gentleman here with a "can i help sign?" and then just inside the hall here, this is where the first help is actually made available. hot food, drinks. people from different church charities working here. so having met translators outside, being ushered through into this very ornate hall of the west railway station. a lady here offering toothpaste, shampoo, all kind of things to offer to the mostly women and children arriving here at the station. those in the green jackets are from the reformed church charity.

over on the other side, the hungarian red cross. that is where people can get a first cup of coffee or tea there. a lot of fruit and water. people arriving very thirsty from that long journey on the trains. and then as one comes out through the hall here, more donations arriving all the time here. and here this is where i think the first teddy bear distribution centre. these are donations from the hungarian public here. obviously a great many children are arriving from ukraine now. oh, from london in this case! thank you very much. and then carrying on out through the hall. so people by the time they have reached here,

they have already had something to eat, hopefully and a hot drink and this is where they are starting to think how they are going to find a place to stay here in hungary or continue theirjourneys. and just behind me the blacktop tent there, that is a kind of accommodation hub. many people have been volunteering accommodation, places in flats here and that is where they register to find out where they where they could stay here in hungary. there are also places here, many signs offering people transport on. so, there is free wi—fi signs over there. and people here are gathering, trying to work out where they will go on to now, how long they might stay in hungary or at least where they can stay tonight.

our correspondent, kasia madera, is on the poland—ukraine border for us. it's just a huge movement of people. if you just put it into context how many people are travelling in such a short space of time. this is korczowa, yet another bus that has come just from the border. these people have made the crossing into poland and now they're being asked to come off the bus so that they can go inside and just get a little bit warmed up. bear in mind what these people have gone through. they've just crossed the border into poland and all of theirjourneys to get to this stage have been long, exhausting and uncertain. so the first arrival, the first time that they can come off and just reassess their situation. the children, the overwhelming number of children are being greeted by a whole team of volunteers. there are hundreds and hundreds of volunteers doing exactly this across the length of this chain of... this area, which was once a car park, that has been turned into this emergency situation, a meeting point where people

can just get off and then think about what it is that they do next. now, next to us is a huge, huge warehouse, and it's where they have arranged an emergency place where people can get a bit of sleep. and the us secretary of state, anthony blinken, who has been in warsaw talking to the polish prime minister, mateusz morawiecki, just a short time ago, he was here. he went inside this enormous warehouse to see for himself how the people that have just crossed over from ukraine, how they are. because we're seeing just this overwhelmingly emotional scenes. in ukraine — the media is their ally and it's the first time in a major conflict that younger people have been able to show the rest of the world what's

happening to them via social media platforms like tiktok, telegram and twitter. valeria lives in ukraine and has been posting videos showing the situation in her city. graham satchell has been speaking to her. every day, 20—year—old valeria has been posting videos, documenting the war on her social media pages. i make content on tiktok, instagram, and every person needs to know about our problem. i think it is not a ukrainian problem. it is a world problem. everybody needs to see and to know what is happening, because it looks like a third world war in the 21st century. this video has been watched more than a million times. it is the first time in a major conflict that younger people have been able to show the rest of the world what's happening to them in an instant. i have a normal bomb shelter. it's like a small house underground.

valeria showed us the basement where she's been living with her mum and dad. it's my fridge, some food we buy, like bread — bread, milk, eggs, something simple. for now, we have a dangerous atmosphere outside, so now i'm in a place where i feel myself — i feel safe with my family, mother, father and my little dog. as well as filming damage above ground, valeria has documented life underground, cooking with her mum, dancing with her dad. but in the last few days, the war has come ever closer. this is valeria's hometown on thursday. explosion. the explosion is reported to have killed more than a0 civilians.

i can't believe that it's happening in my native city where i live, where i spend my school time, childhood...yes. do you feel scared, valeria? i feel scared when i see tanks near my house, soldiers, when i hear that near my city people are dead from the russian army, and our people wanted to protect our city and our country. despite the devastation all around her, valeria is determined to stay upbeat, and she will keep posting videos to tell the world what's happening in ukraine. graham satchell, bbc news. an update on another story that

inevitably has got rather pushed out of the headlines in the last couple of the headlines in the last couple of weeks— that is the ongoing talks to try to resolve the stand—off between iran and western countries over iran's nuclear programme. we have had some signs of encouragement, one of them from the secretary general of iaea. he has been involved in verifying iran's nuclear programme, and he says he believes iran's foreign minister is going to return to vienna, which has raised hopes that they will be a signature from iran on a document that will revive the deal. remember, us president donald trump pulled out of the deal, president biden has been trying to revive it was that it was originally signed under president obama. russia has put down a bit of a marker, you could argue

try to throw a spanner in the works of a deal with the united states, saying russia wants written guarantees that sanctions on russia will not harm negotiations with iran. of course this has got nothing to do with russia's relationship with iran. it is supposed to be about what iran does in terms of its nuclear programme. the response interestingly from the invariance is not what you would expect them to say to the big ally. remember, iran actually voted against the combination of russia for the invasion of ukraine. the foreign minister has described this as not constructive for talks between tehran and global powers. it is a bit of a rebuke, a mad one perhaps from iran for russia and a reminder that the whole implications of the ukraine will have ripples far beyond the approximate issue of the crisis

in europe. you have been watching world news. we will be back more in the next hour. our weather is much quieter thanit than it was at the end of february, but there are still plenty of other contrasts out there across the uk to talk about. most of the sunshine today in northern ireland and scotland. a much cloudier picture across eastern and southern parts of england underneath an area of cloud, damp, drizzly, breezy, feeling cold. the cloud from a weather front hanging around for quite some time gradually pushing further west overnight and beginning to decay into tomorrow. overnight will take more cloud across one of the midlands, into parts of wales and south—west england. still some outbreaks of light rain and drizzle

around. temperatures will be holding just above freezing that is cloud. elsewhere likely to get a frost, coldest and parts of northern ireland and scotland. plenty of sunshine around. for wales and england some sunny spells. through the southern half of england and south wales, still some areas are for cloud initially, some patchy light rain and drizzle. it doesn't look like a bow today across the eastern side of england compared to today. there will be a stronger winner in the far north—west of scotland. even where there is a lot of sunshine, temperatures will be a degree or so down compared to today. overnight and into monday, clark and to break up across southern areas. more clear spells, more likely to see a touch of frost. lives temperatures into rural scotland and northern england on monday morning.

monday looking like another quiet day with high pressure close by. areas of cloud drifting south to north across the uk, but with sunny spells around most places are looking dry. still looking chilly in the breeze and another frost on tuesday morning. metricon was a lot of uncertainty about the day today detail, but the overall detail looks like high pressure moves away, no patient moves in. we are more likely to see updates of rain moving in, a windier picture in the west. but also with that thing turning milder.

this is bbc news — welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. our top stories... russia resumes its offensive in mariupol after a so—called ceasefire ends — it was supposed to allow the evacuation of civilians but has not been observed. they continue to destroy mariupol. we decided to move our citizens back because it is not safe to be on the streets. just to know that they are alive. like, every time i close my eyes, i can see and hear my mum and hear the voice of my dad, and i don't know if i will hear them again. sorry... protests against russian occupation in ukraine have

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