shank you, ben. —— thank you, ben. welcome back to lviv. and lysejoins me once more. lyse, nearly two weeks on in this war, what is your insight into how the situation is developing? i think everyone�*s assessment is that russian forces have not prevailed in the skies or on the ground, as many expected, with a vastly superior firepower and manpower. the ukrainians have put up surprising and effective resistance, both soldiers and civilians. the air power is still largely intact. we see almost every table surface to air missiles streaking across the sky. what the russians have made some progress has been in the south along the black sea where they have more effective fighting forces, but

while they have been able to encircle more cities —— sun cities and occupy some, they are still making slow progress. the concern is if the ground operation continues to move slowly they will resort to long—range artillery fire, bombardment. by its nature it is highly indiscriminate and that is what we are already seeing, the shelling of residential areas, which is why, two weeks in, this intensifying war is a deepening humanitarian crisis. lyse intensifying war is a deepening humanitarian crisis.— intensifying war is a deepening humanitarian crisis. lyse, thank you very much- — time for a look at the weather — here's helen willets. thank you. in the uk the high pressure from the weekend has drifted a little further east, so the resultant weather means wind, a little milder with rain mostly in the west. i will show you why, this is the rainfall that accumulates through the next three or four days,

evident mostly in western areas, very little further east, because we are closer to that area of high pressure so these weather fronts will be deflected somewhat and less rain will reach eastern areas, but it will result in strong winds for most events this week. sunshine despite the chilly start this morning, there was market drayton. more cloud in cornwall, the weather front is upon us in the west of wales, south—west england and moving across northern ireland. fairly wet weather free few others, moving into the west of scotland with maybe even no over the hills. 18 breezes planning and after the chilly started will not feel particularly warm —— maybe even snow over the hills. because of those winds, gale force easily in the north and west. heavy rain for a time but the weather front will start to weaken through the rest of the day and into this evening and overnight. that continues to push eastwards, that

weather fronts. continues to push eastwards, that weatherfronts. snow continues to push eastwards, that weather fronts. snow temporarily across the scottish highlands and grampian spectator mission weather feature. this looks more significant coming in tomorrow. the clouds and batteries prevents a frost, it will not be as cold as the nightjust gone across much of the uk, turning milder and increasingly windy, baleful swims here. heavy rain for northern ireland and the west of scotland, pushing eastwards —— turning milder and increasingly windy, gale force winds. we will have some much sunshine again, 13 or 14, have some much sunshine again, 13 or 1a, quite a bit above average. staying that way with that southerly winds. quite a bit of uncertainty how far east to the weather front will progress that we have more weather fronts and low pressure waiting to try to bump into those, so on thursday we may start with fog and frost in the north and west, having had snow on wednesday evening over the hills, but there could be a

good deal of drier weather on thursday across the uk. on friday we might see more rain pushing back in. thank you, helen. hello, i'mjane dougall with your latest sports news. football's governing body has agreed to postpone the world cup qualifier match between scotland and ukraine. it was scheduled for 24th march at hampden, but following russia's invasion of ukraine that has been made impossible. 15 players in ukraine's last squad came from teams competing in the country's domestic league, which has been paused for at least a month. the scottish fa offered their support as talks between the two nations and fifa took place over moving

the match, which is now likely to be held injune, along with the play—off final. the winner of ukraine or scotland will face either wales or austria for a place at the world cup. fifa has also said that any foreign players currently competing in russia can temporarily suspend their contracts and leave the country without any reprecussions. the announcement will affect players like former chelsea midfielder victor moses, who plays for spartak moscow. they were the last russian team left in european club competition before russian teams were excluded. all russian football clubs and national teams were suspended last week from all competitions "until further notice" by fifa and uefa. the former world heavyweight champion wladimir klitschko has said boxing authorities should not allow russia's world champion dimitry bivol to fight canelo alvarez in may. bivol is the wba light heavyweight champion and a fight against alvarez

was expected to be one of the most lucrative in the sport. klitshcko, who was speaking alongside his brother, vitali, the mayor of kyiv, said no athlete should be permitted to represent russia at the moment. it is nothing against the personalities or athletes, it is about the politics of russia. every russian representative in this case needs to be sanctioned, because this way we show to rush out that the world is against this senseless war. and there is no good in this war. england men's cricketers will be back in the spotlight when they take on the west indies in the first test in antigua in less than half—an—hour's time. it's the first time the test team has played since the humiliating ashes defeat in australia earlier this winter, which saw the departures of ashley giles and coach chris silverwood and prompted questions overjoe root�*s captaincy.

the players, though, are determined to put things right. here's our sports correspondentjoe wilson. in a world in turmoil, what place for sport? it can display the best of human endeavour. it didn't really in australia. after the ashes, england's cricketers are in antigua working up from rock bottom. we want to restore what happened in australia, but at the same time we really came here and we've almost just wiped the slate clean because we can't live in the past. ah, but it is tempting to revel in history when this island produced the world's best ever batter — there's no debate about it here. commentator: he has finished it off nicely with a six. _ we lost shane warne at 52. give thanks that sir viv richards has reached 70. he was inspired by west indies identity, by black identity, and he still is. we, as a people, have given this world a lot.

we have given this world a lot. our faith is strong about that. maybe that's why some folks will look at me at times and say, wow, what an arrogant guy in the way he walked out and stuff like that. it isn't arrogance, ijust believe in human beings. what's the effect of history? well, current west indies players tells us that the series against england is still their most important. the sides play for a new trophy named after old friends viv richards and ian botham. this week, both sides mayjust wish they could still select both of them. don't forget, england's women play their second world cup match at 10.00pm this evening. they also take on the west indies after narrowly losing their first game against australia. there is test match special commentary from new zealand on bbc radio 5 live sports extra and live text and video highlights on the bbc sport website and app.

that is the sport for now. jane, thank you very much indeed. ukraine's second city, kharkiv, has been a focal point for the invasion, coming under heavy bombardment and surrounded by russian troops. musician alex's house was destroyed by shelling and he and his bandmates are now sheltering in their basement studio. here's his video diary. my my war started here. this is the place a missile hit three days ago. the blast wave destroyed my house.

we have our basement, which is 160 square metres. it has become a shelter for a square metres. it has become a shelterfor a bunch square metres. it has become a shelter for a bunch of people, actually. i'm glad that we can bring them safety. my friends with a little child and his grandmother. i think more people are coming. music. there is a picture of a missile

stock in the asphalt road, 300 metres from here. this is going to be the song director's room. now it is a kitchen, if we will be able to buy some fencing tomorrow, we will do the molotov cocktails. by the way, this is a member of my music band. he is in charge! this is the studio. we do online streams from here almost daily. this is me. we are

staying strong. seven days of war. still safe. still alive. we are closer to acceptance. almost all of us went through denial, all of those stages. trying to cheer up each other. we have heard from the news, but the last

two days our city was massively bombed with air strikes. lots of destruction. many casualties. all of us are frightened enough, we do not underestimate the danger. we realise that it nato gets involved we could find ourselves and the world in a third world war. bats in my opinion, were already there. anyway, staying strong. never giving up. never surrendering, because we are too tired of living in constant terror. as we've been hearing,

the united nations says the number of refugees fleeing ukraine has now increased to two million. in poland alone the border agency there says 1.2 million refugees have now crossed into the country since the conflict began. my colleague mishal husain is at a station in przemysl on the polish ukrainian border. iam about i am about eight miles inside polish territory, eight miles away from the ukrainian border and this is one of those places where you see our refugee flow is like in human terms on the ground. just in the last few hours, between midnight and 7am they had more than 35,000 refugees entering poland from ukraine. this is one of the places where you see the kind of services that are on offer, such as they are. amid all the really tough scenes here, today's is international women's day and you can see how flowers are being handed out to some of the women, even here. some of the

refugees will be hoping to get transport elsewhere. we can talk to matt salt marsh from the un agency that has an overview of the situation. there has been a huge polish effort mobilised so far. what is the rule of an organisation like yours? is the rule of an organisation like ours? ~ . .,, yours? we are here to support the polish and — yours? we are here to support the polish and the _ yours? we are here to support the polish and the other— yours? we are here to support the polish and the other countries - yours? we are here to support the i polish and the other countries that are receiving the refugees in the neighbourhood. a million refugees have come into poland in ten or 11 days so you can imagine to huge logistical challenge that they have to undertake. it is the government here in charge of that relief operation, finding accommodation, medical support, and eventually things like education and so on. organisations like ours are here to offer support with logistics and think like that.— offer support with logistics and think like that. many people have famil and think like that. many people have family and friends _ think like that. many people have family and friends elsewhere. - think like that. many people have | family and friends elsewhere. they are being counted as they come across the border, but not

registered. is that problematic from your point of view?— your point of view? ultimately, you would like to _ your point of view? ultimately, you would like to have _ your point of view? ultimately, you would like to have all _ your point of view? ultimately, you would like to have all of _ your point of view? ultimately, you would like to have all of that - your point of view? ultimately, you would like to have all of that data, | would like to have all of that data, but in that short space of time it was really difficult if not impossible to get all of those numbers. as the situation continues there will be better registration in place, but the numbers are moving across to western europe. we think 180,000, that is what we have officially, but the numbers could be much higher and over time those numbers will go up.— numbers will go up. what is your bi est numbers will go up. what is your biggest worry? — numbers will go up. what is your biggest worry? the _ numbers will go up. what is your biggest worry? the vulnerabilityl numbers will go up. what is your i biggest worry? the vulnerability of eo - le. biggest worry? the vulnerability of peeple- the _ biggest worry? the vulnerability of peeple- the peeple _ biggest worry? the vulnerability of people. the people who _ biggest worry? the vulnerability of people. the people who have - biggest worry? the vulnerability ofi people. the people who have been crossing to portage over the last days have been more vulnerable, more traumatised. they have seen terrible things in ukraine. their specific needs will rise in the coming days and weeks. needs will rise in the coming days and week-— needs will rise in the coming days and weeks. ., ,, , ., ,., i, and weeks. thank you. the point that he was making _ and weeks. thank you. the point that he was making there _ and weeks. thank you. the point that he was making there about _ and weeks. thank you. the point that he was making there about the - he was making there about the vulnerability of the refugees, i have seen some of that for myself because in the local hospital here they have been treating children who had been set, dehydrated on the

journey. they have had women gone into labour, even some pregnant women who tragically lost their babies over the course of this journey war on arrival here. british people have been contributing generously, not only to official appeals for money to help ukrainian refugees. individuals have also been bringing donations from the uk to the areas that need it on the polish border. earlier, mishal husain spoke to three men who have done just that. she started by speaking to one of them — neil chandler. come sunday last week, my wife and i decided that we needed to do something. we both have first—hand experience of war, her as a refugee and me as a soldier. we just needed to do something. we needed to help a little bit. we put a call to action out on social media on sunday. by monday, we were turning people away. our community has been amazing, so generous. they have funded all our fuel, our tolls, our hotel stays and a van full of stuff. what have you brought? so, all sorts of things. not much food, but loads of nappies,

toilet paper, sanitary stuff, clothing, woolly hats — you name it, we've got the lot in here. and you are a pub landlord, the king's arms is your pub. the kings arms in eccleshall, yeah. in staffordshire. correct. how did you get involved, karl? i known neilfora number of years now, our boys play for the same football team, and he put a call out for a co—driver, if you like. i put myself forward. we were only too happy to join. it's quite an honour and a privilege to be here helping, as we are. it's a long journey. it's been 1,350 miles we've clocked so far, so, yeah. we're here, we made it. nothing prepares us for what we've seen, of course. it's awful. i'm sure the world is well aware of that. danny, how did you get involved? well, i was the last member tojoin and after a long week at work - i popped into neil's pub- as a regular for a pint on friday night and, 72 hours later, - here i am on the ukraine border. it's been a bit of a whirlwind, an emotionaljourney. - we're all a bit tired, - but we're all very thrilled.

we all wanted to do something. we're the type of people - who like to do something actually in person and we're thrilled to be here _ neil, what about when you get there, because i've seen what's it like. do you know where you can drop all of this off? we started here at the train station and we've been told they're full and they've directed us somewhere else, so we're going to go and try that now. if not there, then somewhere else, really. not sure where. and will you stay for a bit or you will go straight back? we'll hang around for a bit. yeah, i think we'll probably do it again, to be fair. from here, we'll start heading west again, get home by friday. we've got a ferry booked on friday lunchtime and we'll take it from there really, yeah. i want to bring you up to date with what president biden is doing today. we are expecting him to hold a news conference at 3:1i5pm our time at the white house and he will announce,

according to a news agency, new sanctions against russia, very significant sanctions indeed. according to the news agency he will announce a ban on russian oil imports. that will be a step up in american action on russia with huge global implications. we will see if thatis global implications. we will see if that is what he does say. he will be making an address at 3:1i5pm part—time from the white house and announcing more action against russia. according to the afp, that will include a ban on russian oil imports. let's get more now on that investigation that's concluded that the former commons speakerjohn bercow was a "serial bully". the independent panel recommended that he shouldn't have a parliamentary pass. mr bercow has labelled the findings a "travesty of justice". let's speak now to hannah white. she's deputy director at the institute for government.

just talk us through the background to this and how damning do you think is this verdict on the former commons speaker? it is this verdict on the former commons speaker?- is this verdict on the former commons speaker? is this verdict on the former commons seaker? , ., , ., .,, commons speaker? it is really almost as damnin: commons speaker? it is really almost as damning as — commons speaker? it is really almost as damning as it _ commons speaker? it is really almost as damning as it could _ commons speaker? it is really almost as damning as it could possibly - commons speaker? it is really almost as damning as it could possibly be, i as damning as it could possibly be, i would say. there were three complainants againstjohn virgo and 21 of the complaints they made of bullying and harassment against him were upheld by this independent expert panel, which was only itself set up after a scandal and where john barco himself... of those allegations having been investigated and the process gone through, he appealed against the findings of the panel but they have all been upheld by this independent panel and it has

really imposed the only sanctions it had available to him, they said he should never have a parliamentary pass. normally when mps leave the house of commons to get a pass so they can access the grounds when they can access the grounds when they wish, they said he should not have that. they said if he were still a member of parliament they would have recommended that the house expel him, which is the most serious sanction available, but they did not have the is no longer an mp. he has poured scorn on all of this, saying: investigation was a travesty ofjustice saying: investigation was a travesty of justice and saying: investigation was a travesty ofjustice and sang to describe what i have experience as a kangaroo court is grossly insulting to kangaroos and he has also laughed off, really, this punishment, the sanction that you have mentioned. is grossly insulting to kangaroos and he has also laughed off, really, this punishment, the sanction that you have mentioned. it said at the end of this denied a parliamentary pass which i have never applied for

and do not want. that is the absurdity of the position. i can still attend debates with the friendly pass holder ago as a member of the public. that friendly pass holder ago as a member of the public— of the public. that is true. the anel of the public. that is true. the panel don't — of the public. that is true. the panel don't have _ of the public. that is true. the panel don't have any - of the public. that is true. the i panel don't have anyjurisdiction panel don't have any jurisdiction over panel don't have anyjurisdiction over him now he is not a member of parliament. the only thing they have at their disposal is to say that parliament should not give him a pass. i don't think it is surprising to hear somebody who doesn't like the outcome of a process dismiss it and say it wasn't a good process. we heard a similar story last year from owen patterson when he was found guilty by the common standard system. the fact is this is the system. the fact is this is the system that mps have decided to set “p system that mps have decided to set up after a great deal of reflection on the inadequacies of the processes they had in place previously to deal with bullying and harassment. it is an independent system. the expert panel is chaired by our former appeals courtjudge, it has the

former chief coroner of england on its. these are very serious people and they have done a job as requested by mps and i'm not entirely surprised that mr bercow would try to attack the process which has produced an outcome he doesn't like. he which has produced an outcome he doesn't like-— which has produced an outcome he doesn't like. he really has attacked it. instead, — doesn't like. he really has attacked it. instead, all— doesn't like. he really has attacked it. instead, all i _ doesn't like. he really has attacked it. instead, all! can— doesn't like. he really has attacked it. instead, all! can say— doesn't like. he really has attacked it. instead, all! can say is- doesn't like. he really has attacked it. instead, all i can say is that - it. instead, all i can say is that the case against me would have been thrown out by any court in the land because it is based on the flimsiest of evidence, rooted in hearsay and baseless rumour. i of evidence, rooted in hearsay and baseless rumour.— of evidence, rooted in hearsay and baseless rumour. i would encourage an one to baseless rumour. i would encourage anyone to read _ baseless rumour. i would encourage anyone to read the _ baseless rumour. i would encourage anyone to read the report _ baseless rumour. i would encourage l anyone to read the report themselves and draw their own conclusions about it. ithink and draw their own conclusions about it. i think both the investigatory process in the first place and then the appeals process which reviewed that were done extremely thoroughly and the evidence which was examined in a number of instances, allegations which were not fully proven were not upheld, but despite

that, there were 21 allegations against him which were upheld and the panel concluded by saying that the panel concluded by saying that the house may feel that mr bercow has brought the position of speaker of the house of commons into disrepute. of the house of commons into disrepute— of the house of commons into disreute. ., ., . ., ,, of the house of commons into disreute. . . ~ . ~' disrepute. hannah white, thank you ve much disrepute. hannah white, thank you very much indeed. _ back to the war in ukraine. it is notjust people who are feeling the impact of that russian invasion. animals are suffering as well and is some are hoping to send their pets abroad. when the war began, natalia and vlodymir headed west, from donetsk to lviv. they brought with them their pet cat, charlie. it proved to be a stressfuljourney for the whole family. translation: he is playful. he is not quiet. he likes to play. it was hard to transport him in

the cage because he is very active. our trip lasted for a0 hours. it was really hard for him. they came here to a shelter that, before the invasion, only took in wild animals. but now, it has become a staging post for people fleeing the violence who want their pets to be safe and sound. we are making them secure for secure travel, and we are going to try and take as many animals as we can out, back to latvia, back to europe, back to safety. no such safety for this jaguar or sabrina, a black panther, they live in the luhansk region of ukraine. you can question the rights or wrongs of keeping animals like these as pets, but their owner, a doctor, won't leave them behind. translation: i decided i am not going anywhere without my children. i am not going anywhere. if there is a possibility to leave with my children, only then will i leave.

and if i die, i die. back in lviv, natalia and her husband say they will stay in ukraine. as for charlie, the hope is, once the war ends, they will all be reunited. tim allman, bbc news. the latest casualty figures from the war in ukraine, the united nations human rights office has verified that 1335 civilian casualties in ukraine, including a74 that 1335 civilian casualties in ukraine, including 474 killed, 861 injured since the start of the invasion, but it is saying that that civilian toll is incomplete because they haven't had all reports cooperated. the previous tefl —— death toll for civilian tools... the

un admit that might well be an incomplete figure. much more on the latest from ukraine throughout the afternoon, but we will pause and take a look at the weather forecast. a chilly per bright start for many parts of the uk, but that brightness has been eroded with this encroachment of cloud and rain. perhaps some brighter skies and showers for northern ireland later on. only a showers for northern ireland later on. onlya rogue showers for northern ireland later on. only a rogue shower further east, world group —— where we will see the sun chang continue. it feels chilly in the brisk wind. the wind will be a feature of the weather this week. the wind overnight dragging the weather front eastwards. it means that most should be largely frost free. temperatures holding above freezing, particularly in the west. the neck band of rain will be on its way tomorrow. some fairly heavy rain, this waterfront

looks more potent. some snow for the southern uplands and the grampians. as some damp weather in the west. as ever, more online.

this is bbc news live from lviv in western ukraine — welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the globe. i'm yalda hakim with the latest headlines. the un says the number of refugees fleeing ukraine has surpassed 2 million — it's as russia opens so—called humanitarian corridors — such as this one in the north—eastern town of sumy. as the ukrainian president prepares to address the uk parliament via a video—link, he has this message for the world. translation: i'm staying here in kyiv, not hiding, . and i'm not afraid of anyone, as long as needed, to win this war, our national war. moscow is yet to comment on ukrainian claims that a senior russian military commander has been killed in a battle near kharkiv.