this is bbc news — welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. our top stories... civilians in ukraine have been fleeing for their lives under the relentless bombardment, just 25 kilometres from the capital. the attacks on the civilian population including carpet bombing are happening, and will be taking place and thousands of civilian victims will be in ukraine. a second attempt to evacuate civilians from the besieged city of mariupol has failed — after a similar plan was abandoned yesterday due to continuing fighting. the un says1.5 the un says 1.5 million people have fled ukraine. the home office has

said it will help ease the fastest growing refugee crisis since world war ii. these are protests taking place on the streets of russia. 3500 people have been arrested for protesting against the war, across the country, according to the russian news agency, tass. hello and welcome to the programme. the ukrainian army has been reinforcing the defences of kyiv as the russian military continues its attacks to the north of the capital. soldiers have been digging trenches and blocking roads with anti—tank obstacles. the towns of bucha, hostomel and irpin have been under heavy bombardment. civilians trying to flee the fighting have been killed by russian mortar fire. my colleague yalda hakim has giving us the very latest from lviv.

let's bring you up—to—date on the ongoing conflict in ukraine. ukrainian authorities say towns in northern ukraine are under relentless bombardment with intense fighting between ukrainian forces and russian forces. let me to show you where the fighting is on the map. the heaviest fighting is felt to be focused on suburbs just 25 kilometres north—west of kyiv. meanwhile a new temporary ceasefire in an attempt to evacuate civilians in the besieged city of mariupol has once again collapsed after two hours. millions of civilians are trying to flee the fighting that continues in the north, the south and east of the country. we had the very latest report from jeremy bowen. distant explosions russian shelling might break ukraine's will to fight — but not yet.

they have to keep moving. until the last minute, these families had hung on. leaving your home, even in a war, is a giant step. they're heading towards the capital, still almost untouched, but only about ten miles away. she was as dignified as a woman striding to the park. in fact, like all of ukraine and russia, they are struggling into a dark future. ukrainian troops were moving back into irpin, and this is why its people left. shell zips past this was inside the town, russia's target as it tries to revive its offensive. the civilians are getting out over what's left of a bridge that was blown to slow down the russians if they take irpin. russian shells were very close.

shouting, explosions stopping was not an option. "i'm ok," she said. "keep going." a disabled man couldn't make it up the steep river bank on his own. there's a fair amount of incoming fire coming into this now — artillery fire. there are loads of civilians around. families coming out. there's a lady over there with her dog following on. this is the edge of the town that the russians have got to. explosions, shouting civilians were in the firing line, but the russians might have been trying to knock out nearby active ukrainian artillery. casualties and evacuees were taken to an assembly point in a suburb about a mile away. as well as wounded soldiers,

at least one family was killed. vladimir, 85, a 30—year veteran of the soviet army, got his family out. "i served for many years," he said. "right now, i'd tear those fascists into pieces. "they're killing people for no reason. "that's what's really painful." on the way out, families grabbed their most precious things — puppies, pets, some comfort. tell me what it was like crossing the bridge and getting out of the town? oh, it was a miserable feeling. we are nervous. i was terrified. it was... it was, it was the horrible, horrible way. they moved on into the capital. this was a terrible day, but the russian military is operating on half power. if it can build up full

momentum, there will be many days worse than this. jeremy bowen, bbc news, kyiv. as we been reporting in the last couple of days, an attempt to create a ceasefire in the southern port city of mariupol has broken down twice. yesterday we heard reports from the russian civilian defence ministry that they would put a partial ceasefire in place and create a humanitarian corridor but authorities in mariupol say that that humanitarian corridor never took place, that there was still shelling of civilians trying to flee and they halted that evacuation. there was a second attempt and that also failed. uk defence intelligence and said that russia's blaming of the ceasefire breakdown is probably an additional attempt to diminish responsibility

for civilian casualties. earlier, we heard from the us secretary of state antony blinken who said that the us is documenting the civilian casualties. they are keeping photographs and they are going to keep track of attacks on civilian casualties. they say they have credible intelligence and information that densely populated areas full of civilians had been targeted so there is latest lines coming in for the uk defence intelligence thing that russia's blaming of the ceasefire breakdown is to absolve a responsibility for civilian casualties. president zelensky has been frustrated at the lack of an no—fly zone, he has requested that from nato members and that has been rejected by them. in his latest message, he has been speaking about an attack on a civilian airport in

an attack on a civilian airport in an area called vinnytsia in central ukraine. have a listen to what he had to say. translation: i've just been told about the rocket - strike at vinnytsya. eight rockets against our town, against our peaceful, good vinnytsya that never threatened russia by any way. a rocket strike. tough, cynical, completely flattened the airport. they carry on destroying our infrastructure, our lives, built by us, by our fathers, by our grandfathers and grandmothers, by generations of ukrainians. every day we keep saying close the sky over ukraine to all russian rockets, to russian military aviation, to all those terrorists and make a humanitarian air zone without rockets, without planes. we are people.

your humanitarian responsibility is to protect us, to protect people. you can do that. if you don't do that, if you won't at least give us planes for us to be able to protect ourselves, that only one conclusion could be drawn. you all also want us to be very slowly killed, and that is the responsibility of global politicians and western leaders from today and forever. that's ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky again expressing anger and frustration at the ongoing bombardment of homes, villages, as the war rages on. earlier we spoke to the former prime minister of ukraine, yulia tymoshenko. she made an appeal to the international community for more help — have a listen. translation: ukraine is i being absolutely plummeted by missile strikes. children are dying.

peaceful people, women are dying. currently, everything is being shot at at close range. i just want to thank everyone for your support. we really value tough sanctions against the aggressor. we value today that the world gives us arms, that the world is with us, but today it's not enough. in orderfor ukraine to hold on for everyone, for europe, for the world, in front of the aggressor, russian federation that crossed all borders, we require serious help. that help is closing the sky over ukraine. today, this is as a prayer repeated by ukrainian children which are hiding in bomb shelters. our ukrainian mothers are repeating this as a prayer. we need your help. if the sky is closed over ukraine for russian military aviation

and for missile strikes, ukraine will prevail and together with the whole civilised world. now, i want to address the mothers of the world. to women, i ask you — please, stand with ukraine. i call to all leaders of the world that could stand with us to close the sky over ukraine. that is not true that the nato decision is required for that. today, a coalition of countries could be created, the countries who are prepared to defend ukraine as it was in iraq and libya when the closed sky was used without a nato decision. now we need goodwill. please know, today the lives of our children and the existence of ukraine depends not only on what the aggressor is doing. the aggressor will be doing what it is doing now, and putin will go to the end.

however, the lives of ukraine, lives of our children, also depend on your goodwill, on your decision to close the sky, to shield the sky over ukraine. i just want to say that our army is fighting strong today. normal men and women are out on the streets. they were given arms, but even without arms, they are stopping tanks. our cities are occupied but we are strong. our faith is strong and we know we will win together with the whole civilised world. we can now go straight to our correspondent jeremy bowen who joins us from the ukrainian capital, kyiv. over the last few days we have been watching your heartbreaking reports from the capital. families torn apart, mothers and fathers saying goodbye to their children and their wives as theyjoin the fighting.

this is now the story of so many people across this country. yep, heartache, separation, and also a sense of not knowing where this thing is going to go. you know, the thing about wars, when they start, at the very beginning people still have one foot in their old lives and they remember what it was like and sadly as time goes by they get used to the new reality but they are not there, not nearly there as yet and this thing is not looking as though it is going to be over quickly so, you know, there have been some awful days so far but sadly i think they are going to be some worse ones. indeed, and yet, strangely, as you say, they're not there yet, but they're adapting very quickly to this life underground in the bunkers and then a life overground, people realising that they need to quickly understand what their role is in this conflict.

those who choose to stay and then, of course, there are those who are leaving the country? yeah, you know, human beings are resourceful. they really are, and adaptable and people do things and they rally around and history shows as well that if you attack civilians, they tend not to break. in fact, their resolve tends to increase and certainly the resolve of the, you know, the fighting forces certainly would. that's the historical record. so, you know, while things are the way that they are, there is a lot of resolution in this place. now what has been a very effective tactic for the russians in their activities in syria, which i've seen quite a bit over the years since they intervened there in 2015, is that they, along

with their syrian regime allies, of course, and others, militias, they'd besiege a city or a town that they wanted to reduce. they really would seal it off and then they'd hammer it. and then the combination of appalling levels of shellfire, air strikes and starvation worked eventually. sometimes it took a long time, but it worked and people eventually surrendered. now there's a big question in this place, this city, kyiv especially has enormous significance for russians. president putin himself has spoken about its importance in russia's cultural and religious past. and so, you know, the question in my mind and a lot of people's minds here is would he do to this city, the things that he's done to the cities, which are mostly inhabited by muslims in the middle east,

rather than a place like this with sacred orthodox shrines in it? jeremy bowen, talking to yalda hakim earlier. some breaking news coming out of the uk, a statement from the british by minister borisjohnson. there has been some criticism in the uk of the scale and pace of the sanctions that the british government has announced and international organisations like the eu have announced sanctions. britain was keen to be seen at the vanguard of those sanctions but there was some concern they were not proving easy to enforce. the prime minister, legislation has been announced already, the deputy prime minister was talking about it on the bbc this morning but this statement from the prime minister, really in a sense by implication acknowledging, he says that punishing sanctions are meaningless until properly —— properly implemented and these changes, this new legislation they had to get through pretty much in the space of a day in the house of

commons and house of lords tomorrow, these changes allow us to pursue putting's allies in the uk with the full backing of the law, beyond doubt, or legal challenge. that statement issued sunday evening in london. these changes will be effectively streamlining the sanctions mechanism to ensure above all anything else that it is legally safe from challengers, because the worst thing would be if one of those affected by sanctions measures or property seizure would take the british government to court and the british government to court and the british government to court and the british government was to lose. clearly they don't want that situation, so they will change the law to make sure that it doesn't happen. that breaking news out of london on sunday evening. russian police have again moved to break up anti—war protests in many cities. 3,500 people have been arrested in protests across russia, according to the russian news agency, tass. that includes 1,700 in moscow and 750 in st petersberg. maria kuznetsova, spokesperson for the ovd—info monitoring group,

said "the screws are being fully tightened — essentially we are witnessing military censorship." and she added they were seeing big protests today even in siberian cities. the head of the international agency for atomic energy says he's extremely concerned about reports on several nuclear sites from the ukrainian regulator. director general rafael grossi said the ukrainian authorities had had trouble contacting staff at the zaporizhzhia nuclear plant — the biggest in the country. there was a fire there last week as russian forces attack. he said russian forces had switched off some mobile networks and the internet. i'm joined now by bethany bell in brussels. bethany is normally based in vienna, you know the iaea very well, how

concerned is the secretary general at the moment? he concerned is the secretary general at the moment?— concerned is the secretary general at the moment? he is concerned that two developments. _ at the moment? he is concerned that two developments. the _ at the moment? he is concerned that two developments. the first - at the moment? he is concerned that two developments. the first is - at the moment? he is concerned that two developments. the first is that l two developments. the first is that the power plant is now, the technical operation of the power plant now needs approval from the russian commander to do anything, in terms of management. and that, he says, is something that goes against security standards and he says that people should be able to work and do their technical work without undue pressure, and that would have course, he says the reports he is getting from ukraine say that workers at that plant are now having to take their orders from the russian commander there. the second thing he said he was very worried about is these difficulties and restrictions on communications. he says the reports from ukraine say that telephone lines have been cut,

that telephone lines have been cut, that they have some poor mobile phone connections, but the normal channels of communication, including e—mail, including internet, faxes, are now interrupted and he said that, as well, is another very key pillar of nuclear security, that there should at all times be ease of communication between the operator, the plant, and the nuclear regulators. the plant, and the nuclear regulators-_ the plant, and the nuclear reuulators. �* , ., regulators. i'm sorry, forgive me, do finish- — regulators. i'm sorry, forgive me, do finish- he _ regulators. i'm sorry, forgive me, do finish. he said _ regulators. i'm sorry, forgive me, do finish. he said he _ regulators. i'm sorry, forgive me, do finish. he said he was - regulators. i'm sorry, forgive me, do finish. he said he was very - do finish. he said he was very worried about _ do finish. he said he was very worried about this _ do finish. he said he was very worried about this and - do finish. he said he was very worried about this and he - do finish. he said he was very worried about this and he has| worried about this and he has offered to go to ukraine to speak to both sides, to try and negotiate a way that those security pillars can be maintained and secured. it is one ofthe be maintained and secured. it is one of the accidents _ be maintained and secured. it is one of the accidents of _ be maintained and secured. it is one of the accidents of history _ be maintained and secured. it is one of the accidents of history that - of the accidents of history that ukraine has so much of both nuclear power technology and formerly had lots of nuclear weapons, at one

point it was the third nuclear power when it became independent, then it gave its weapons back because it was assured by the russians that its security would be respected and its borders would be respected. so much for that. borders would be respected. so much forthat. but borders would be respected. so much for that. but what is left is presumably in some cases ageing technology with very experienced staff, now operating under the control of people who really have no idea how a nuclear plant operates. this is the thing he's extremely concerned about, and the other thing he mentioned is that there are also restrictions in communications to the charitable site, and that of course was the nuclear power plant that was the site of the —— the turnable site, the site of the royals turnable site, the site of the royal's worst nuclear accident in 1986 -- royal's worst nuclear accident in 1986 —— chernobyl. he said that communications there had been restricted and he was concerned about workers at chernobyl have not been able to rotate out since the

23rd of february, and there is concern about conditions there, for them, and how they would be able, eventually to get out. so, yes, a great deal of concern about the situation. he said that, in terms of the nuclear site that was seized on friday, that the radiation levels there to remain normal, but he has called on all sides to respect nuclear security and safety measures and standards.— and standards. bethany bell in brussels, thank _ and standards. bethany bell in brussels, thank you _ and standards. bethany bell in brussels, thank you very - and standards. bethany bell inj brussels, thank you very much and standards. bethany bell in - brussels, thank you very much for that. one thing that fits in with what bethany was saying about chernobyl is that mr gross has said stressing the importance of staffing able to rest so that they can carry out their importantjob safely and securely. we can talk a bit about this to somebody who has a relative working at chernobyl, now. let's talk to �*valerie', we aren't using her real name to protect her identity.

she has a relative working inside the chernobyl plant — the site at chernobyl has been controlled by the russians since the 23rd, 24th of february. your relative is inside at the moment. what have you learned about the conditions under which he is trying to work? , , _, ., , conditions under which he is trying to work? , , ., , ., to work? so, yes, the conditions are kind of a concern _ to work? so, yes, the conditions are kind of a concern right _ to work? so, yes, the conditions are kind of a concern right now. - to work? so, yes, the conditions are kind of a concern right now. it - to work? so, yes, the conditions are kind of a concern right now. it is - kind of a concern right now. it is like, the food is only porridge and bread. they cannot sleep normally because first of all they have to work basically 24—7, they have to keep maintaining the plant working properly, and almost all their movements are controlled. they can't

movements are controlled. they can't move freely. theyjust movements are controlled. they can't move freely. they just always have to be followed by the russian army. i hadn't appreciated this at all. i have been through a nuclear site, and not one that is operational and had not seen the facilities for staff and hadn't realised there is little or no furniture in a nuclear plant for quite deliberate reasons, only things that are essential to the operation and therefore presumably if you want to get some sleep because you cannot be rotated off, you have got to just lie on the floor stop off, you have got to 'ust lie on the floor sto -_ , , off, you have got to 'ust lie on the floor sto-_ , , ., off, you have got to 'ust lie on the floor sto_ , , ., , . floor stop yes, that is true. where the most part _ floor stop yes, that is true. where the most part of— floor stop yes, that is true. where the most part of the _ floor stop yes, that is true. where the most part of the staff - floor stop yes, that is true. where the most part of the staff is - floor stop yes, that is true. where the most part of the staff is is - floor stop yes, that is true. where the most part of the staff is is in l the most part of the staff is is in a third block, and building around that block so this area is designed for working nonstop. and there is no soft furniture, so the staff having

the opportunity to get a nap, so basically, they sleep on the floor for the table. the basically, they sleep on the floor for the table.— basically, they sleep on the floor for the table. the russians are not threatening _ for the table. the russians are not threatening them, _ for the table. the russians are not threatening them, but _ for the table. the russians are not threatening them, but they - for the table. the russians are not threatening them, but they are - for the table. the russians are not. threatening them, but they are only feeding them once a day now. they will not let them go back to the village that was purposely built after the disaster, where people, when they are not at work they are off route, they are, so the people off route, they are, so the people of ruth i cannot come in and replace them. it must be very tiring for them. it must be very tiring for them right now. —— the people of work. them right now. -- the people of work. �* ., , ., , , them right now. -- the people of work. ., work. all of the staff is super exhausted — work. all of the staff is super exhausted and _ work. all of the staff is super exhausted and very - work. all of the staff is super i exhausted and very desperate. work. all of the staff is super - exhausted and very desperate. they doubt that anybody cares outside about them, because nobody, right now, they can't see that anybody is doing anything to rescue them. and the russian army, the russians, they don't mind if the ukrainian side will send another shift to make

rotation, but they stress out that they do not guarantee the safety of transportation. it is they do not guarantee the safety of transportation.— transportation. it is not that they are stepping _ transportation. it is not that they are stepping peeple _ transportation. it is not that they are stopping people coming - transportation. it is not that they are stopping people coming in, l transportation. it is not that they l are stopping people coming in, but understandably people are reluctant to travel either into or out of the plant, because they worry that they could get bombed. yes! plant, because they worry that they could get bombed.— could get bombed. yes, plus there normal railways _ could get bombed. yes, plus there normal railways from _ could get bombed. yes, plus there normal railways from the - could get bombed. yes, plus there normal railways from the site - could get bombed. yes, plus there normal railways from the site of. could get bombed. yes, plus there| normal railways from the site of the john —— the chernobyl employees, it goes to the chernobyl plant, through those territories. so it is even more risky, because it crosses borders twice. more risky, because it crosses borders twice-— more risky, because it crosses borders twice. just on the point that ou borders twice. just on the point that you were _ borders twice. just on the point that you were saying _ borders twice. just on the point that you were saying about - borders twice. just on the point that you were saying about the | that you were saying about the conditions there, obviously he's very tired, and the secretary of the

international atomic energy agency says that when people are tired, that affects their ability to a sensitive, savejob that affects their ability to a sensitive, save job and your relative must be worried about that, but what would his message be to the iaea, what would you like them to do to help? he iaea, what would you like them to do to hel? , iaea, what would you like them to do to hel ? , ., ., iaea, what would you like them to do tohel? , ., , to help? he is not a specialist in olitics to help? he is not a specialist in politics but _ to help? he is not a specialist in politics but he _ to help? he is not a specialist in politics but he wants _ to help? he is not a specialist in politics but he wants them - to help? he is not a specialist in - politics but he wants them somehow, the iaea, somehow to manage the process of rotation between the shifts, because first of all there is no staff responsible for some of the processes and functions at the chernobyl plant, so, they haven't access to some control systems, the staff which are currently they are. second of all, it is that they are exhausted and they have stayed as you said, and it could affect the normal functioning you said, and it could affect the

normalfunctioning of you said, and it could affect the normal functioning of their plant, and third, in the worst scenario, they arejust asking and third, in the worst scenario, they are just asking for some humanitarian aid, some food, blankets, soap, medicine because there is no medicines. so blankets, soap, medicine because there is no medicines.— there is no medicines. so they cannot treat — there is no medicines. so they cannot treat them _ there is no medicines. so they cannot treat them if _ there is no medicines. so they cannot treat them if they - there is no medicines. so they cannot treat them if they have j there is no medicines. so they i cannot treat them if they have an injury. cannot treat them if they have an in'u . ., , cannot treat them if they have an in'u . . , ., , injury. that is the main problem. there is a — injury. that is the main problem. there is a doctor _ injury. that is the main problem. there is a doctor and _ injury. that is the main problem. there is a doctor and a _ injury. that is the main problem. there is a doctor and a nurse, i injury. that is the main problem. i there is a doctor and a nurse, very proficient ones, but there is no equipment. there is kind of like first aid, but this area is not designed for ambulance, like emergency ambulance, because people were brought back to ukraine, back to their hometown, if they have some bad conditions. and now there is no opportunity to do that, if something happens. opportunity to do that, if something ha ens. ., , , opportunity to do that, if something hauens. ., , happens. perhaps if someone is listeninu happens. perhaps if someone is listening from _ happens. perhaps if someone is listening from the _ happens. perhaps if someone is listening from the iaea, - happens. perhaps if someone is listening from the iaea, sunday night, they would want to get in touch with the bbc and perhaps we could talk to them about what their

plans are. i know that we had a news conference earlier but some of the information you are giving may well be fresh to them because they are not able to reach the staff, and i mean, the relative you have spoken to, how would you describe their mood, their spirits, to, how would you describe their mood, theirspirits, how to, how would you describe their mood, their spirits, how do they sound to you? i mood, their spirits, how do they sound to you?— mood, their spirits, how do they sound to you? i would say so far, it is kind of mood _ sound to you? i would say so far, it is kind of mood swings. _ sound to you? i would say so far, itj is kind of mood swings. sometimes they are just desperate and pessimistic. other days, they are just mad at the situation in general. today, they were pretty optimistic and ready to stay there for over the months, and said that they could do that, but i mean, basically, it isjust they could do that, but i mean, basically, it is just a desperate mood. i basically, it is 'ust a desperate mood. u, ., basically, it is 'ust a desperate mood. . . . . basically, it is 'ust a desperate mood. ., ., , ., ., mood. i can imagine in a situation like that your _ mood. i can imagine in a situation like that your mood _ mood. i can imagine in a situation like that your mood must - mood. i can imagine in a situation | like that your mood must fluctuate

between unrealistic optimism and excessive pessimism. it is hard, isn't it, to regulate your thinking when you are exhausted. a very worrying time for you, because this is somebody you love who is in this situation. you are in that situation. you are in that situation. there must be dozens and dozens of other relatives feeling the same. valerie, thank you very much for doing your bit to try to help your relative, and getting this information out to the world. do you have any last message will ask? i am askin: all have any last message will ask? i —n asking all organisations at least, bring my relative and other staff, at least, the food. that is like, thatis at least, the food. that is like, that is very important. valerie, thank you _ that is very important. valerie, thank you so — that is very important. valerie, thank you so much _ that is very important. valerie, thank you so much for- that is very important. valerie, thank you so much for talking i that is very important. valerie, l thank you so much for talking to that is very important. valerie, - thank you so much for talking to us. we appreciate your time and your sensitivity and how you have handled this and talk to us about it, and you are doing your relative proud by trying to do your very best for them and their colleagues and we thank you for telling us about that. thank

ou. bethany was alluding to real concerns to the safety of these civil nuclear plants. the conditions of their staff, are working in intolerable conditions and they are only going to get worse at the safety should be dependent on weather or not somebody can get a meal break, weather or not they can eat more than porridge and water and bread once a day, weather or not they can sleep on a soft surface and get some proper rest, is really quite frightening. pope francis has urged russia to guarantee that humanitarian corridors are maintained in order to safely evacuate civilians. addressing crowds from the vatican he countered russia's assertions that it is a military operation, saying it is a war leading to death, destruction and misery.

translation: in ukraine, rivers l of blood and tears are flowing. l this is notjust a military operation, but a war that sows death, destruction and misery. the victims are ever more numerous, as well as people fleeing, especially mothers and children. the need for emergency humanitarian assistance is growing dramatically hour by hour in that martyred country. i address a heartfelt appeal so humanitarian corridors are ensured, and access to aid in the areas under siege is guaranteed and facilitated to offer life—saving help to our brothers and sisters suffering under the bombs and from fear. i thank all those who are welcoming the refugees. above all, i plead for an end to the armed attacks. and that negotiation prevails and common cells as well and that

international law must be restored. i would also like to thank the journalists who put their lives at risk to guarantee information. pope francis talking _ risk to guarantee information. pope francis talking in _ risk to guarantee information. pope francis talking in st _ risk to guarantee information. pope francis talking in st peter's square in his sunday morning mass. karthi gnanasegaram is at the bbc sports centre in salford. good evening. the premier league has continued to show its support for ukraine during sunday's games with a minute's applause for reflection and team captains wearing armbands in blue and yellow. manchester city and manchester united joined forces before their derby game to display their solidarity through a large ukrainian flag saying no war. the match itself ended in a 4—1 win for manchester city which means they remain six points clear of liverpool at the top of the table having played one more game. i think we were in control, i do not think we gave a lot away to them. we

found the right spaces and we attacked them in the right moments and then obviously the third goal help a lot for calming down the game and i think we really kept the ball with as and it was very difficult for them to have any opportunities. arsenal held on to their narrow lead to edge past watford 3—2 and claim their fourth consecutive premier league victory. it was an end to end game with some sublime goals and the win for arsenal puts them back in the champions league places, one point ahead of manchester united who have played three more games than arsenal. he scored to smack magnificent goals, but we didn't have the same energy and commitment defensively. and when that happens, to win the game, you are going to suffer. and that is why we suffered today. because defensively we didn't have the right structure, and with enough urgency, they attacked so that they could exploit certain spaces,

and that is why we suffer, we could have conceded another one too. in spain's la liga, atletico madrid will move into the top four if they beat real betis in the late kick—off. it's currently 0—1, joao felix with the opener after two minutes... earlier on sunday, goals from ferran torres and memphis depay helped barcelona come from behind to beat elche and move up to third place in the league. there were also wins for cadiz and celta vigo. and in italy, it's second against third in serie against third in serie a with napoli taking on ac milan. they are approaching half time and it's 0—0. earlier, juventus beat spezia 1—0 to remain in fourth place. to cricket, where australia made inroads against pakistan on day three of the first test in rawalpindi. usman khawaja felljust three short of a century while marnus labuschagne also scored a half—century, finishing the day unbeaten on 69.

australia are 271 for 2 at stumps, as bad light ended play an hour early for the second consecutive day. and in the women's world cup, hosts new zealand play bangladesh in a few hours' time. new zealand will be hoping to return to winning ways, after they lost their opening game to the west indies. paralympics gb have won their first gold medal of the winter paralypics. of the winter paralymics. scottish brothers neil and andrew simpson combining to triumph in the men's visually impaired super g. 19—year—old neil, guided by his brother andrew, is paralympicgb's third—ever winter games gold medallist. the siblings have been skiing together since they were children. obviously we came into these games just where the target ofjust performing well. yeah, we were not

looking... to when, yeah, it's pretty surreal. in our wildest dreams, to be honest. after two days of action it is the hosts, china who are top of the winter paralympics medal. china have six gold medals, sixteen medals in total. ukraine haven't been able to add to the seven medals they claimed on the opening day and are now in second place. great britain and northern ireland are in joint seventh along with the united states of america and france, all with three medals each so far. that's all from sportsday. the russian invasion of ukraine began eleven days ago and initial expectations in some quarters that the russians would quickly overwhelm the ukrainian forces have been repeatedly confounded. the uk's chief of

the defence staff — admiral sir tony radakin — said today there was growing evidence that the russian armed forces were struggling. our defence correspondent jonathan beale has this analysis. it's day 11 of russia's invasion of ukraine and all the signs are that russian forces are still only making slow progress. as you can see from the map, the russian advances in red are still meeting stiff resistance. as we've seen in the east, the city of mariupol remains under siege. and ukraine believes russian forces from the south are about to make an attempt to encircle the city of dnipro, strategically important between east and west ukraine. in the north, russian forces have still not surrounded kyiv. but as we've seen the battle is getting closer, with intense fighting in the town of irpin, just outside the capital. moscow claims their invasion is going to plan. but there are dozens of examples like this which suggest otherwise. russian armoured columns destroyed.

but the west fears these setbacks will only unleash more violence. russia is struggling with its objectives on the ground in ukraine, and we have seen from russia's previous actions in syria and in chechnya, where it will turn up the violence, it will lead to more indiscriminate killing and more indiscriminate destruction. western nations have been supplying ukraine with weapons, including these anti—tank missiles from the uk. these have been described as "for defensive purposes". today, though, the us secretary of state has been visiting european allies to see what more can be done. and he says they're now discussing supplying ukraine with warplanes — which could certainly deepen the west's involvement in this war. we are looking actively now at the question of aeroplanes that poland may provide to ukraine, and looking at how we might

be able to backfill, should poland decide to supply those planes. supplying military aircraft to ukraine, which could also be used to attack as well as to defend against these russian military advances on this map, could also be seen as a significant escalation by moscow. as we heard earlier, the latest estimate from the united nations is that more than 1.5 million refugees have fled the violence in ukraine. the overwhelming majority of those — around a million — have made their way to poland. hungary and slovakia have each received over 100,000 refugees. and moldova, romania and russia have seen more than 50,000 people cross their respective borders. these numbers are published daily by the the united nations high commissioner for refugees. but the authorities in poland insist the number entering their country is even higher — at more than 960,000.

among them are some desperately ill children — who were being treated for cancer in ukraine's hospitals. our correspondent mark lowen sent this report from the polish city of bocheniec. they, too, are the fighters of a debilitating disease made deadlier by the war they've fled. ukraine's young cancer patients evacuated to poland, victims of a battle on two fronts. taken to a hotel to be examined, the most urgent to be sent to hospitals here and across europe. "our hearts are tearing from pain," says this lady. "my son always says he's fine, but we need to continue his treatment." lilya's little brother olexi has a brain tumour and is weak from the journey. he had three operations and then he had chemotherapy,

but he didn't complete therapy because the war started. the next morning, they wait for triage. the days to get here perilous for some. well, this isjust a desperately sad situation. children who are safe from the war but now plunged back into danger with their illness. rushing to resume treatment that's been broken off. this is a conflict that is killing, uprooting and now threatening the most vulnerable. the one doctor is overwhelmed. she checks 12—year—old andrei, whose soft tissue cancer has spread to his lungs. this is a very serious situation. are there patients who you think could die from having to have everything interrupted like this? yes, just... most of these kids are in

a life—threatening situation and any kind of delay of their treatment is very bad for them. this, of all places, is little andrei's first ever trip abroad. "i miss my home and my grandma and grandpa" he says. "at least here we don't have to run into shelters, "because that was scary and hard." as volunteers from germany take the first children to a hospital there, more arrive. the cruelty of one man's war now forcing them to battle. mark lowen, bbc news, central poland. iam going i am going to bring you an up day on those figures. according to polish

border guards, the number who have entered poland is not 960,000 as the polish government was saying, no more than 1 polish government was saying, no more than1 million people. more than1 million people according to border authorities in poland have crossed since the war began from more ukraine. as record numbers of ukrainians continue to cross the border, our correspondent kasia madera sent this update from the medyka border crossing point between ukraine and poland. amongst so much uncertainty and so much destruction that has happened in ukrainejust across the borderfrom me, one thing is constant — the flow of people coming through. these people have just crossed over the borderfrom ukraine. theirjourneys to get here have been long, they've been uncertain. we've been seeing the scenes back in lviv of what has been happening as the people have been crossing into trains, crossing through with their cars, leaving their cars, running out of fuel, crossing by foot like all of these people

that have just literally crossed the border here into poland, theirfirst time to have an opportunity to just get something warm to drink, their first time to get something to eat. this whole community, this whole centre has popped up and it's very transient. we've been here all week and things change. tents pop go, tents go, but what is constant also along with the flow of people coming across the border is the support that poland is offering to those people who have fled. this volunteers in their hundreds bringing off, dropping off things that all the children may need. the piles of nappies, the milk formula, the food for the children who are exhausted and they're overwhelmed, and what is really, really touching is just the little moments of generosity, how people just bring people that have fled to the border into their homes, opening their homes. and this is the absolute first

moment these people have crossed into this country, and there is a sense of calmness and there is a sense ofjust exhaustion, given all they have been through. there is organisation. we see all the time people coming up explaining... "we've got a person who is travelling to krakow. "we can take four or five people." "we've got a person who is driving on to another town, "who can take a family of..." and then gives the amount. and this is continuous. this is absolutely continuous. we've got people who have brought bits of paper explaining, "we'll take such and such, we'll take you on, we'll provide you transport, things for free." and this is happening all the time, every day, day in, day out on this border as the people come across. and, yes, it is cold here, it is snowing every now and again. bear in mind the people that have just come across, they have spent days getting to the border, but this is the next

leg of theirjourney. so here we have this queue of people waiting to get on a bus. a bus will then take them to the next part of their stage of their journey to temporary reception areas. it's where antony blinken came to to see one of these reception areas, how it was organised, how people got to rest, and then they move on. across the whole of poland, people are opening up their doors. websites offering advice of what to do if you want to take a family in. large ukrainian community in poland — they're all coming together, bringing these people to their homes. again, another bus coming up. every few minutes a bus will come up, will load these people on, will move them further away, because ultimately we know that more and more people continue to cross this border. already over 900,000 people have come into poland. that is higher than the population of poland's second—largest city, krakow. coming into this country in such

a short space of time. they all need help. they all need attention. they all need rest. borisjohnson is urging world leaders to match words with deeds on ukraine as he prepares to host talks with the canadian and dutch prime ministers in downing street tomorrow. meanwhile the labour leader, sir keir starmer, has called for a parliamentary committee to investigate claims that borisjohnson personally intervened in the process of granting a peerage to the russian newspapet owner, lord lebedev — after british intelligence warned it would pose a risk to national security. the government said the rules had been applied "rigorously". here's our political correspondent, helen catt. this is just one very visible way economic pressure is being applied to vladimir putin's regime. a multi—million pound yacht belonging to a russian oligarch, seized in italy. the uk government has been criticised for lagging behind. it's now changing the law to speed up sanctions on individuals.

labour will back it in a vote tomorrow, but wants ministers to reduce how long overseas owners have to register their assets. the government initially said, "well, we'll give people 18 months to register." the government's retreated because of our arguments and said, "well, six months." but six months is still more than enough time to sell property here in the united kingdom. so, tomorrow, we want to push them further to say reduce that down to 28 days, make it a really effective sanction so that we can put maximum pressure on russia. borisjohnson will host the prime ministers of canada and the netherlands in downing street tomorrow to discuss further international action to support ukraine and isolate russia. but this morning, there are questions about his role in the admittance of a russian—born newspaper owner to the house of lords. the sunday times claims that, in 2020, british intelligence assessed that giving a peerage to evgeny lebedev posed a national security risk. the paper says that assessment was withdrawn after mrjohnson personally intervened.

sir keir starmer has called for a parliamentary committee to investigate, but the deputy prime minister said there was no evidence to do so. there is a very strict and stringent process when anyone is granted a peerage. i don't know the facts of the case — i wasn't involved in it — but i do know that it was applied very rigorously in this case. downing street said all individuals nominated for a peerage were done so in recognition of their contribution to society, and all peerages were vetted by the house of lords appointments commission. earlier this week, lord lebedev added his voice to the condemnation of the attack on ukraine. in his paper, the evening standard, he issued a personal appeal to vladimir putin to stop the war. helen catt, bbc news. the home office in the uk has said "around 50" visas had been given the green light under the ukraine family scheme as of 10am. some 5,535 online applications have been completed and submitted online

and 2,366 people had booked a visa appointment to submit their application and biometric information, the government said. the home secretary priti patel responded to criticism by the french interior minister that british officials were not doing enough to help ukrainians stuck in calais. it is wrong to say that we are turning people back. we are not. i have staff in calais. we have surged staff in calais, the home office has a team of people in calais. we are making sure that people have been coming from fronts been coming from france to the united kingdom to be reunited with their family and that is working and we will continue to have a presence on the ground and our staff in calais to make sure that people that want to come to the united kingdom, can come. mrs patel was speaking after visiting a ukrainian social club in london. also at that meeting was the ukrainian ambassador to the uk who was asked what more the uk could do to help people in ukraine. the refugees, the immigration facilitation is doing quite well. we

have to facilitation is doing quite well. - have to pick up the numbers because there are so many people who want to join their relatives here in the uk to come here. i guess in the next couple of days we will have better results now. but there are other things that we should talk with the uk government, humanitarian assistance, financial support and military support. two british surgeons have held a virtual, 12—hour war surgery training course in london, for over 200 healthcare professionals in ukraine. you might have heard of this. it's hoped the tuition will help them deal with injuries from the fighting and save lives. jonny dymond reports. dobryy ranok — good morning from london. a zoom tutorial with a difference. in london, two surgeons trying to share what they know with colleagues in need of help.

you'd be hard pushed to find anywhere much further from conflict than this office block in west london, but behind me, in a conference room, thousands of doctors thousands of miles away in ukraine are connecting online with a crash course in conflict surgery. bombing of buildings that contain... david nott has been running courses like this for years. one thing he knows better than nearly anyone — nothing prepares a doctorfor war. war surgery is something completely different, because you need to have a mindset about war. you need to have a mindset to know exactly what to do with patients when they come in when they've had fragmentation wounds, when they have had blast injuries, when they have had severe gunshot wounds, high velocity, low velocity. it's a completely different ball game. for the doctors in ukraine who came on the call, the next few days and weeks seem very bleak. it's... it's a disaster.

i cannot describe my feelings about it. i am very sad about it because all these people will have to suffer and die for nothing. we're all here watching what is happening in ukraine at the moment with shock, horror... all the british surgeons can do is try and share what they know to save life and limb. i hope to god you will not need to apply this knowledge, but it is always best to be prepared for the worst. jonny dymond, bbc news, west london. before we go, let's bring you a moment ofjoy in kyiv... netflix has announced that is coming from the entertainment magazine in the united states. many of them, in

the united states. many of them, in the case of news organisations and several american networks have suspended operations. they are concerned their staff become personally liable for anything they say are near in russia about what is happening in ukraine that the government does not approve. a couple of other things to remind you of, there are no1 million refugees who have crossed from ukraine into poland since this crisis began and we know that people at the chernobyl nuclear power station are operating it despite lack of sleep, despite the fact they are only getting one meal of porridge and bread a day and they're pleading for help. those are some of the main headlines on the ukraine crisis. before we go, let's bring you a moment ofjoy in kyiv... the city's mayor vitali klitschko put these pictures on social media of two ukrainian solidiers, lesya and valaria being married today. mr klitschko said the ceremony took place near one of the checkpoints

set up at the city's outskirts. very many can congratulations to them. hello, it's turning milder in the week ahead after a chilly start. that change, though, means there will be less of the sunshine that some of us have enjoyed this weekend — what a glorious view from scotland today. there will be more cloud around coming in from the atlantic and the return of some outbreaks of rain. this is how things have looked cloud—wise today and a lot of the cloud across the southern half of england and into wales still producing the odd shower. there have been a few cloud breaks here, though, so overall it's been a bit brighter than it was yesterday, especially in eastern england, and there'll still be a few holes

in the cloud tonight, and that does mean a patchy frost across southern areas. the lowest temperatures are likely to be under the clear skies in scotland and northern england this time, and a minus six, maybe minus seven in the coldest spots, with one or two mist and fog patches around. with high pressure close by and lots of fine but still rather chilly weather on the way for tomorrow. an area of cloud across wales and england drifting northwards probably brighten up quite nicely, though behind it, especially across east anglia and the southeast, and a few patches of cloud reaching towards northern ireland and southern scotland. this southeasterly wind will be stronger more widely, particularly across the south and west of the uk for tomorrow, maybe some gusts up to around a0 miles an hour or so. and although we have plenty of sunny spells around it will feel colder than this because of that brisk southeasterly wind. and there will be another frost for many as we start off on tuesday morning. now it should be the end of the frost because after this, temperatures are going to be heading upwards. eastern areas stay mainly dry on tuesday. but here's the first atlantic weather system beginning to push in. some uncertainty about how far the rain will get during daylight hours, most likely to reach in towards northern ireland, maybe south west scotland, wales and western parts of england with the freshening wind,

whereas the east stays mainly dry. still feeling chillier than this in the breeze, the temperatures are set to rise for the remainder of the week as we see further low pressure systems bringing further wet or windy weather, particularly across the western side of the uk. but rather than the southeasterly wind we're starting the week with, it's more of a south south—westerly wind. that, of course, is a milder direction so quite widely during the second half of the week we're expecting temperatures to be into double figures as a result. so it starts chilly this week and some frost to contend with. but then after that, temperatures are heading up. but as we've established, that does mean there'll be some wetter, windier conditions at times, especially in the west.

this is bbc news. welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm shaun ley. our top stories... harrowing scenes in ukraine as russian forces step up their bombing of civilian areas. in irpin, north—west of the capital, residents flee for their lives under relentless bombardment. there is artillery fire, and loads of civilians around. a bridge, used by civilians to flee the town, was blown up to slow the russian offensive, leaving many elderly especially vulnerable. the head of the international atomic energy agency says he's extremely concerned about reports that the ukrainian authorities are having trouble contacting staff at the zaporizhzhia and chernobyl nuclear plants — both of which are under russian control.