with photographs, film and crucially, navigation records which were vital for locating the wreck beneath the ice. what is extraordinary is it was found just 4.5 miles, about seven kilometres, from the coordinates recorded on the day the ship sank more than 100 years ago. this was all down to frank worsley, the ship's captain. frank worsley really needs to be recognised now even more than he was at the time as an expert navigator. he was using all of the equipment that was at his disposal at the time and clearly, because the ship has been found so close to that location, he did a brilliantjob. the discovery gives us a new link between the past and present. the ship won't be raised and nothing will be removed. left exactly as it was found, resting in the darkness of this most remote corner of the world.

rebecca morelle, bbc news. time for a look at the weather, here's helen willetts. some springlike weather for some today across the east in particular. we are closer to the area high pressure and likely to see more dry bright weather. it is a cloudy picture for many with strong wind at times. but quite mild with the wind coming from the south. there is whether funds tend to weaken as well. so some sunshine breaking through in cambridgeshire as you can see. a pretty active weather front coming in for northern ireland, a really wet spell of weather moving across most of scotland and into question fringes of england and wales. ahead of that some sunshine

breaking through but breezy for everyone with severe gales and towards the north—west. so that accentuates the mother told feel underneath that band of rain. gradually the wind will start to ease in western areas but with the sunshine we are looking at 13 or 1a in the next hour or so in the east. overnight the weather front starts to weaken. some mountain snow for a time across parts of scotland and some frost and fog patches but for the majority it will be cloudy, still quite breezy, and mild but misty and murky over the hills. these southerly winds are pulling in the milder air at least for the next 48 hours. more clout around tomorrow but by that time the weather front is not very active so we could see

some brightness either side of that. brighter and drierfor the some brightness either side of that. brighter and drier for the likes some brightness either side of that. brighter and drierfor the likes of northern ireland but east of that weather front still some rain around but we could see 15 or 16 degrees. on friday yet another weather front coming in and looking more potent. a quieter day tomorrow, more rain on friday pushing in from the south—west. the best chance of any brightness early on in eastern areas. more breeze on friday but still reasonably mild for the time of year. for the weekend more at low pressure and rain but not a with some good dry spells and a of sunshine as well. that's all from the bbc news at one — so it's goodbye from me — and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc�*s

good afternoon. it's just after 1.30pm, and here's your latest sports news. day two of england's first test in antigua gets under way in the next half an hour. they'll be hoping to get off to a better start than yesterday. their new era began with a familiar batting collapse against west indies, losing four wickets in the first session, including captainjoe root. but a sensational hundred from johnny bairstow rescued england, steering them to 268 for 6 at the close. we'll for 6 at the close. take a lot of positives from today. we'll take a lot of positives from today. the partnerships were definitely one of those we can take from it. we spoken quite a lot about taking session by session, and the partnerships. hopefully we'll get through that morning session. trying to push on the 330, 350. anything from there a bonus. over to new zealand, and the women's world cup

where captain heather knight insists england are "no way" out of the tournament, despite losing theirfirst two games. they engineered their own downfall in a damaging seven—run defeat by west indies, missing six chances in the field, conceding 23 runs in wides, then made a mess of chasing 226. their next game is against south africa in tauranga on monday. our reporter henry moeran is in dunedin. he gets the thoughts of former england bowler alex hartley. it was widely expected that england could lose their tournament against australia but to lose against west and indies, a side they have never lost two in world cup cricket comes as a real shock. here in dunedin, england humbled losing against the west indies side. we seen a real shock today. fix, west indies side. we seen a real shock today-— west indies side. we seen a real shock today. a real disappointing start from england _ shock today. a real disappointing start from england as _ shock today. a real disappointing start from england as well. - start from england as well.

yesterday they played two games but theyiust _ yesterday they played two games but theyjust can't seem to piece things togethen _ theyjust can't seem to piece things touether. ~ . �* , theyjust can't seem to piece things touether. ~ . �*, , ., ., together. what's been going wrong for the side because _ together. what's been going wrong for the side because they _ together. what's been going wrong for the side because they are - together. what's been going wrong for the side because they are the l for the side because they are the reigning champions? the for the side because they are the reigning champions?— for the side because they are the reigning champions? the worlds best bowler is sophie _ reigning champions? the worlds best bowler is sophie ecclestone - reigning champions? the worlds best bowler is sophie ecclestone going, i bowler is sophie ecclestone going, and there — bowler is sophie ecclestone going, and there were no bowling partnerships. five of them, quite a few dropped catches, and only chasing — few dropped catches, and only chasing 226 to win, they were bowled out. chasing 226 to win, they were bowled out there's _ chasing 226 to win, they were bowled out. there's a problem. not enough senior_ out. there's a problem. not enough senior players stepping up. the first masters series event of the year gets under way tomorrow. this man remains in the draw at indian wells, but we still don't know if he can actually compete. novak djokovic, who earlier this year was deported from australia due to his vaccination status, has not yet withdrawn despite needing proof of the vaccine to enter the us. as the second seed, djokovic has a first—round bye, and so would not play his first match before saturday. england netball captain serena guthrie has announced her retirement. she was set to lead the roses

as they try to retain their commonwealth title in birmingham this summer. however, she's revealed she's pregnant and will no longer compete. it marks the end of an illustrious 15—year career in which she won 110 england caps. she says, "being a mum is an amazing new chapter in my life and i'm really excited about what that's going to bring to me." no medals from the winter paralympics today, however, hope gordan has made history becoming the first british para—nordic skier. she finished 17th in qualifying in the women's sprint event, with the top 12 going through to the semi—finals. despite not qualifying, she says she's proud of her achievement. it's cool that i'm the first goal, but i _ it's cool that i'm the first goal, but i think_ it's cool that i'm the first goal, but i think the thing for me is that i am _ but i think the thing for me is that i am not _ but i think the thing for me is that i am not the only and not the last. i am not the only and not the last. i think_ i am not the only and not the last.

i think it _ i am not the only and not the last. i think it can— i am not the only and not the last. i think it can get a bit more of a platform — i think it can get a bit more of a platform for females out there, and i think_ platform for females out there, and i think this — platform for females out there, and i think this sport has grown a lot since _ i think this sport has grown a lot since the — i think this sport has grown a lot since the first skier years ago and now since the first skier years ago and how there — since the first skier years ago and now there are five of us here. i think— now there are five of us here. i think that's _ now there are five of us here. i think that's massive growth in quite a short— think that's massive growth in quite a short space of time. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. from the team here, it's bye for how _ the transport secretary grant shapps says 760 visas have been approved so far for ukrainians fleeing the conflict. 22,000 applications have been made and there's been criticism that the process is too slow and too complicated. the ukrainian ambassador to the uk has told mps that a "temporary releasing" of visa rules will not result in "many" refugees coming to the uk. vadym prystaiko told the home affairs committee that "bureaucratic hassle" with the uk visa scheme is not new, and that even his own wife had

struggled with the system in the past. we understand that you have to be in control of immigration laws in your own nations. that is totally your right, and we are happy that you already managed to establish both of these layers of refugee response. first of all, extending visas for those who are already there legally on this ground, and second for the unification of the families. i met yesterday with people who are here, who already came to stay with their relatives and families. they came to me, some of them i know personally. so, these people are very happy and very thankful. but we are now coming to the most sensitive issue, how we will open up more possibilities for those people who have no specific connections to uk citizens, and now want to come here. i want to tell you right away that the natural place for ukrainians is closer to where most of the slavic tribes, if i may put this, now independent nations like poland and slovakia, where people do not have any language barrier.

we speak to those people, we understand the culture of their systems. most ukrainians will naturally stay close to their homes, to their roots, because families, unfortunately, now are split. the elderly, the women with kids fled ukraine when most of the men and women fighting back home. so this is very difficult psychological moment. we have to understand how it could be covered. yesterday i spoke to your secretary of education. they offered that the curriculum would be translated to ukrainian to allow kids, when they come or if they come here on this soil, will be able to be immediately placed in schools. good point, but we also have our own system which we also used through covid, like you, and they prepared their curriculum, and we don't believe people will stay long enough to really be rooted here. i also had a conversation with cbi, the biggest union of businesses here. they offered so many

business opportunities, so manyjob opportunities to allow ukrainians a dignified way to earn their living, not to be a burden on your social system. we do not want it. most of these people are well educated and have their own business ideas, most of them are within professions which can be done remotely, like the it sector, which is strong. we are number one outsource destination for your businesses in the world. second, to india with a billion people. so, you can imagine how developed this is and how much we can take advantage of these established ties. the decision to allow them to be connected to the nhs and other services is very welcome because we understand that most of the cases, kids have to be treated psychologically first and there are some things as well. so, today, we reach the agreement with russians that humanitarian convoys could leave some besieged cities. very painful decision, to have to talk to an aggressor killing our people every day, but we have lots of people

waiting to be evacuated. we have to do it. that is the ukrainian ambassador. let mejust bring that is the ukrainian ambassador. let me just bring you up—to—date on what is happening at the formerly nuclear plant of chernobyl, which has lost its power supply according to the ukrainian energy company who is blaming russian troops that siege that this —— sees that facility. chernobyl is saying it has been informed about the power loss ahead of the international atomic energy agency. it violates their key safety pillar on ensuring a key power safety supply but there is no impact on safety. no critical impact on safety. since the outbreak

of the war in ukraine, two million people have left the country — and the number is expected to rise. 13 days ago, many ukrainian citizens were going about their normal daily lives, now they have become refugees in neighbouring countries. lewis goodall has this report from the polish—ukrainian border. all throughout europe, all through the day, all through the night, journeys of mercy are being made. this german group of paramedics from frankfurt are making the 1250 mile journey to the polish border to use their ambulance bus to help provide medical care to ukraine's refugees. we call it in germany ambulance bus — so a big bus. you can take six people on the beds here and you can take medical care of them. like an emergency room. but the germans aren't the only samaritans on the road. indeed, the approach is full of people arriving with aid.

this crossing, and everything that goes with it, has ballooned, even in the week since we first came here. this has become a village, albeit with no permanent inhabitants. just those on their way through, trying to work out what comes next. a process even set to music. surreally, almost no item can't be found, donated or abandoned at this weird frontier. such is the demand on transport, the police have asked afamily of a family of four has become seven.

do you know others who have done this? we do you know others who have done this? ~ ., do you know others who have done this? ~ . , ., _ do you know others who have done this? . , ., _ , this? we are surrounded by people. our cousin lives _ this? we are surrounded by people. our cousin lives left _ this? we are surrounded by people. our cousin lives left next _ this? we are surrounded by people. our cousin lives left next door. - our cousin lives left next door. yesterday he took family and as well. d0 yesterday he took family and as well. , ., yesterday he took family and as well. i. ~ ., ., yesterday he took family and as well. ~ ., ., ., yesterday he took family and as well. ~' ., ., ., , well. do you know how long this arrangement — well. do you know how long this arrangement will _ well. do you know how long this arrangement will last? - well. do you know how long this arrangement will last? no - well. do you know how long this arrangement will last? no one l well. do you know how long this - arrangement will last? no one does. so it is open—ended? that's what i told her when i picked up from the train station. i said you can stay as long as you need. it train station. i said you can stay as long as you need.— train station. i said you can stay as long as you need. it isn't 'ust a famil as long as you need. it isn't 'ust a famiiy thinking i as long as you need. it isn't 'ust a family thinking about i as long as you need. it isn't 'ust a family thinking about the h as long as you need. it isn'tjust a family thinking about the long - as long as you need. it isn'tjust a i family thinking about the long term. the polish authority seeking to integrate families at such speed that they have already been enrolled in a local school.

in poland, we remember the second world war here and, for example, my grandfather, he was a soldier and i believe he survived because, at some point, some stranger helped him as well. this war, like that war, is hell. but now, as then, in hell's embers, everywhere you look there is light. the best and worst of us. the uncomfortable thing, when you really sit and think about it, is that one has to flow from the other. humanity in all its shades. tens of thousands of children in ukrainian orphanages and foster care are desperately in need of a way out of the country. as russia's invasion approaches its third week,

many of the children are forced to take shelter without adequate food and water. zhanna bezpiatchuk of bbc ukrainian followed one group of children as they tried to flee the country with their guardians. apprehensive to go yet fearful to stay, already these children are now in the war not of their own making. 300 of them are at the station where they are trying to flee through a sea of people. and when trains do arrive, it's a battle to get in in order to get out. so they wait for hours in the freezing cold after dark. no matter that some of them have severe disabilities. they split up, go in various directions, to anywhere safe. one of the coordinators says it was terrifying at the station.

really, people are scared. and you can hear alarms ringing. and you can feel and hear a bomb exploding. it's a horrible situation. but it's more horrible that children hear this and crying, they don't understand what is happening around. he is trying to get children out of danger zones to safe meeting points. and then out of ukraine. but we have a lack of buses, we have a lack of food, we have a lack of hygiene. everything. everything in the country is under strain. as russia's invasion continues, its hard enough for a single family to get their children out of the country. but the task of having tens of thousands of vulnerable children

find safety is almost an impossible one. and thousands of them are taking shelter. all their guardians can do is appeal for help. we really need your help to get to poland. one of the trains arrives in warsaw. with only about two dozen of the original 300. they are received. relief is written on their faces. translation: it was a hard trip. everyone was worried. there was a lot of stress. we didn't even know who would be there to help us at the end. at the end of a 24—hourjourney, exhausted, but on the way to their temporary homes.

the next day, they can afford to smile and play, feeling protected. other countries will also take them in. but no—one knows how they will get there. for now, these lives are safe, but their futures are uncertain. here, the government's response on sanctions has been heavily criticied by opposition parties. in an attempt to target figures close to the kremlin, ministers are now making it a criminal offence for planes owned or chartered by russians to enter uk airspace. our chief political correspondent adam fleming spoke to my colleague annita mcveigh and told her more about this. before it was russian airlines being banned from using russian airspace all russian airports. that's now

been upgraded to criminal sanctions whereby it would be illegal for any russian owned or connected aircraft to fly over british air space or land or take off. it already seems to be having an effect since the legislation was signed yesterday, british authorities have granted their looks registered private jet as they investigate whether it is russian owned or had been used was going to be used to transport russian passengers. there is an area of sanctions where the effect will be felt much more slowly in theory and that is the new ban on import of russian oil and oil products which will mainly affect diesel. that will not come in until the end of this year. it is being phased in with a transition period. we think the it will be defended to mps later today that it will not be introduced

imminently. that it will not be introduced imminently-_ that it will not be introduced imminently. that it will not be introduced imminentl . ., �* , imminently. returning to the british iovernment imminently. returning to the british government response _ imminently. returning to the british government response to _ imminently. returning to the british government response to the - imminently. returning to the british | government response to the refugee crisis, there is a criticism —— a criticism that the government is making it unnecessarily difficult for people fleeing ukraine who want to come to the uk to actually be able to make thatjourney. what is the latest from the government on this? what is their response to the criticism. . , , , ._ this? what is their response to the criticism. . , , , criticism. criticism yesterday day in parliament _ criticism. criticism yesterday day in parliament including - criticism. criticism yesterday day in parliament including for - criticism. criticism yesterday day in parliament including for a - in parliament including for a conservative backbenchers that systems put in place are just too burdensome, too bureaucratic and too slow. it turns out those concerns were being heard around the cabinet table yesterday when ministers had their regular meeting on a tuesday morning when one after another... adam fleming there. the business secretary, kwasi kwarteng, is about to make a statement in the commons on trade with russia.

i'm sure all members willjoin me in thanking president zelensky for his inspiring words and great leadership. and it is with those words in mind that we come, certainly i come here today. with your permission, i'd like to make a statement on the uk phase out of the point lots of russian oil in response to vladimir putin's brutal and illegal invasion of ukraine. the ukjoins key allies in halting the imports of russian oil which makes up imports of russian oil which makes up 44% of russian exports and 17% of the government revenue through taxation. this action follows the most punishing set of sanctions that the british state has ever imposed on a g20 nation. our trade, financial and personal sanctions are having an effect on the russian

economy. the rouble, as i speak, has now fallen by nearly 42%, and there must go exchanging stock trading has been shut since the 25th of february. the british government has sent a clear message to putin's regime and to those who support him in his waragainst regime and to those who support him in his war against ukraine. it is important to remember that russia produces only a fraction of the fuel products currently imported to the uk. in a competitive global market for oil and trading products, demand can be met by alternative sources of supply. as a result of international revulsion at putin plasma invasion, russian oil is already being excluded from much of the market, and it is trading at a sharp disk from other crude oil sources. but we

want to go further. yesterday, i set out that uk is fading out imports of russian oil during the course of the year. this transition will give the market, businesses, and supply chains more than enough time to substitute russian imports. businesses should use this year to ensure a smooth transition as possible so that consumers will not be affected. the government will work with companies through a new task force on oil to support them to make use of this period in finding alternative supplies. yesterday, i spoke with businesses, unions and representatives from the sector and of course i and officials base will continue to support british business. the uk is also a

significant producer of both crude oil and petroleum products. we participate in the global market for these products and have resources in place in the unlikely event of supply disruption. over the course of the year, a task force we set up work closely with international partners, including the usa, the netherlands and the gulf to ensure alternative supplies of fuel products. last week, i address the international aid agency, and tomorrow we will have an extraordinary meeting of the g7 ministers to discuss further steps -- g7 ministers to discuss further steps —— g7 energy ministers. they will still be able, it is important to emphasise, to import russian oil during this transition period. these measures target russian related

products. the uk is not dependent on russian gas making up 4% of our slippty, russian gas making up 4% of our supply, however i will be exploring options to end this all together. i want to make clear to the house that we fully intend, and we must end our dependency on all russian hydrocarbons. in the meantime, we need mob production in north sea production as we turn to cheaper and cleaner power. we are not going to do that. the prime minister has also confirmed that the government will set out in energy strategy to explain the goat uk long—term plans for energy security, including both renewable and nuclear power, building on a ten point plan. this measure, and those being taken by our allies, measure, and those being taken by

ourallies, in measure, and those being taken by our allies, in terms of the phase—out, will move the mess —— the west away from dependency on russian oil and will lead us to are stronger and more resilient british energy system. it will also increase the pressure on russia's economy and hamper its ability to impose further misery on the ukrainian people. 50. misery on the ukrainian people. so, that is their — misery on the ukrainian people. so, that is their uk business secretary kwasi kwarteng talking more about the sanctions on russian supplies of oil and saying we must end our dependence and fully intend to end our dependence on all russian hydrocarbons. also saying there will be a meeting tomorrow of the g7 energy ministers. much more coming up energy ministers. much more coming up at the top of the hour. but first let's check on the weather

prospects. the weather front is migrating across the north sea so moving into southern and western parts of scotland. strong winds to go with it and bits of snow over the hills as well. temperatures in the brightness further east up to 12 or 13 celsius, above average for the time of year, but windy out there. gail full swing is blowing in the north and west. blustery elsewhere. they do is a little overnight to allow is a mist and fog to develop to the west of that clear away, and it is here we are most prone to some frost. but for many, underneath that cloud although the rain is seizing away, it will be a mild night. rather cloudy first thing in the morning, with remnants of that weather front around. to the west of that, some sunshine coming through and potentially to the east as well. it could be 14 or 15 celsius tomorrow.

you're watching bbc news, for the latest news and analysis in the uk and around the world. ukraine's deputy prime mininster says a 12—hour ceasefire has been agreed in six of the worst affected areas, to allow civilians to escape. it was so terrible and my parents... i left my parents in sumy. i hope i will see them another time. but the country's foreign minister extends those calls for a ceasefire to chernobyl, after the former nuclear power plant's electricity supply was cut. shelling and fighting is continuing in some areas, but ukraine claims russia's military advance has slowed.

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