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welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines... ukraine accuses russia of bombing a children's hospital in the city of mariupol — officials say there are many dead and injured, with children buried under the rubble. the attack happened while a ceasefire was supposed to be in place — mariupol�*s mayor says president putin has destroyed a peaceful city. translation: they wanted to take the lives of our children, | our women, our doctors. who've been fighting for m days of war for the lives of every child who came under fire from enemy weapons. in eastern ukraine, a ceasefire in sumy does hold, allowing many more people to flee to safety. we'll bring
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you all the very latest on the situation in ukraine. the other headlines... south korea's conservative opposition leader yoon suk—yeol wins the presidential election, in one of the tightest races in recent history. and deep in the icy waters of antarctica — a remarkable discovery — shackleton�*s vessel endurance — still in one piece, a century after it sank. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it's newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. ukraine's president, volodymyr zelensky, has accused russia of committing a war crime by bombing a maternity hospital in the city of mariupol. it's not yet known whether anyone was killed, but officials said 17 people had been hurt — including
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a women in labour. russia insisted the hospital had been cleared before the attack and was being used by ukrainian troops. the attack happened during a supposed ceasefire, to enable some of the hundreds of thousands of civilians trapped in the city to escape. elsewhere in the country ceasefires did hold, allowing more civilians to flee other besieged cities. ourfirst report this evening is from our international correspondent, orla guerin, in irpin. a warning — her report contains some distressing images. survivors emerge from the wreckage of a hospital for women and children after what ukraine says was a russian attack. pregnant women were among the wounded, according to the local governor. there was supposed to be a cease—fire in place to let civilians flee mariupol. instead, they weren't safe,
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even in hospital beds. here, the massive craterjust outside the building. the local mayor said this was utterly evil. translation: today the russian federation led by putin _ raided a peaceful city, shelled a children's hospital, destroyed the most valuable thing we have, we, the people of mariupol. they wanted to take the lives of our children, ourwomen, our doctors, who've been fighting for ia days of war for the lives of every child under fire from enemy weapons. russia claims ukrainian forces expelled the staff and patients and set up firing positions. russia also claims it does not fire on civilian targets. tell that to those we met today being carried from irpin, close to kyiv, where the cease—fire held. they survived days and nights
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of shelling and must now survive life cast adrift as refugees. and what future for around one million of ukraine's children, uprooted in just two weeks? the united nations calls this a dark historic first. well, hour after hour, people keep leaving irpin, the town is being emptied of its residents, and it's not just happening here, there are other cities in ukraine being bombarded by the russians where civilians are being driven out. this is just one corner of the refugee crisis —— this is just one corner of the fastest growing refugee crisis in europe since world war ii. svetlana is among the legions made homeless by vladimir putin.
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"our house is gone" she says. "we've been in the cellar for ia days with no light, water or heat. but we will be back for sure." further down the road, immense relief. a reunion forfriends and neighbours — who didn't know if they would meet again. svetla na says... "you are alive, my sunlight." anastasia is finally on her way to relatives safely in western ——anastasia is finally on her way to relative safely in western ukraine with baby oleg. we first met them two days ago as they fled. but she's concerned for her father who stayed behind in the horror of irpin. translation: he is sitting in the basement, not - leaving the house.
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we pray that all is well within. ——we pray that all is well with him. he refused to be evacuated. with every day that passes, this looks increasingly like a war on civilians, on their homes, their lives, their freedom. and many already fear this could lead to it, and many already fear this could lead, sooner or later, to a wider european war. orla guerin, bbc news, irpin. in the north east of ukraine, in the city of sumy, thousands of civilians are escaping to relative safety after the russians agreed to a humanitarian route. some 7,000 people were evacuated from the city on tuesday, including hundreds of international students who were taken to safety in two convoys of buses and cars. 0ur eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford is in poltava, where people have been arriving from sumy. they've not eaten like this for two weeks.
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because these children have been hiding beneath ground, as their city above was bombed and shelled by russian troops. this morning, they made it to safety. their care home evacuated from the front line. the director tells me the air strikes were the scariest. as we speak, a door bangs somewhere and shejumps. translation: it's not normal. it's so far from normal. - at the start, we didn't tell the youngest children that there was war. they didn't know, but theyjust started drawing tanks because they heard the shooting. that's not normal. so, she's trying to get help to get them even further from the fighting. children who were vulnerable even before this war now have new trauma. there were more air strikes the day their convoy travelled south. russia claims it's liberating ukraine, but no one to be saved,
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orfor their homes, their lives, to be ruined. and now, families are forced to flee, uprooted, abandoning everything. this girl has been living in a cellar with russian fighter jets flying overhead. her mum can't find them rooms here. "it's too expensive," she says, "and everywhere is full." so most are trying to get out. poltava has become one giant waiting room, as thousands are now evacuated here away from the front line and the immediate threat, and then stranded. there are people here from all over this region who fled the areas where the fighting is now at its fiercest, and they've come here in hope of getting a ride as far west as possible. but for the moment, there is no information, no trains. they're just standing and waiting. when a train pulls in, they surge forward. it's a moment of hope but it's a fleeting one.
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this train is travelling east, not west — towards the fighting, not to safety. sarah rainsford, bbc news, poltava. the united nations estimates more than 2 million refugees have fled ukraine since the start of the conflict. they are mostly crossing into neighbouring countries to the west, such as poland, romania, slovakia, hungary and moldova. our special correspondent fergal keane has been spending time with some medics in lviv, who are helping people fleeing the disaster. horn blares. whether you reach lviv by night... ..or by day... ..whether you're young or old... ..if you are sick, they'll be ready. the woman collapsed as she was about to board a train.
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dehydrated, exhausted. days travelling on crowded trains create hellish conditions for the vulnerable. we followed the medics from one call to another. to 82—year—old valentyna, travelling alone, with high blood pressure. her family has stayed behind in the east. translation: i don't know anything. - i am going, and that's it. i hope there are good people, that's all. i believe i won't be left behind. this used to be a station lounge. now it's a makeshift clinic. this, the lead doctor's evening conference. around the clock, the patients come. like five—year—old nazar, who's been sick with a chest infection for ten days.
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translation: this is a disaster. - it's pain, it's grief. we have a lot of people, who on the outside are holding it together, but inside are so worried. we don't sleep. at times here, it can seem like watching a nation being emptied of its women, children, its old people. this 70—year—old once fought for the soviet union in afghanistan and is fleeing with his grandchildren. a senior officer in the medical corps, he won multiple decorations. and he's still proud of his service in that lost war. translation: this is the medal for my service in afghanistan. i we did our duty. his daughter—in—law explains that her husband and autistic son have had to stay behind. when you hear putin
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calling ukrainians nazis and fascists, what do you feel? he laughs. translation: that's the question? - here? nazis, fascists? these people, these? guys, what are you talking about? these are not fascists or nazis. look at them. these are ukrainians. let's get you a chair here. valentyna, aged 82, left for poland today, trusting there, as she must, in the kindness of strangers. fergal keane, bbc news, lviv. let's look at the fallout in russia now — where heineken has become the latest high profile name to suspend operations in the country — after macdonalds, coca cola
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and unilever announced they were pausing operations. the us secretary of state, anthony blinken, says the exodus of international companies is having a profound impact. 0ur moscow correspondent, steve rosenberg, reports. life is changing for russians. sanctions are making their country look very different. at mcdonald's, final orders. it's suspending business in russia over what it calls the needless human suffering unfolding in ukraine. customer alla believes the russian offensive is destroying russia's future. translation: it's very sad. it's notjust mcdonald's that's closing. all western businesses are shutting down. everyone who can is leaving. it is a symbol of the new times. we will be left isolated. back in the ussr, happier times, when mcdonald's opened up here.
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the fast food was slow, but only because of the huge crowds of customers. it felt then as if russia was getting an appetite for good relations with the west. well, i was actually in the queue here 32 years ago when mcdonald's first opened. it actually took me three hours to get inside. and i can remember the excitement in the crowd because for muscovites, this place was a symbol, a symbol of russia opening up to the world, a symbol of east embracing west. but it feels now that that's all gone. and instead, russia's increasingly isolated. international brands are vanishing from moscow's shopping centres. but russians have less money to spend here anyway.
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sanctions have caused the value of the rouble to plunge. but for those who back moscow's onslaught in ukraine, many of them claim they couldn't care less about global corporations disappearing from the russian market. the era of post—soviet colonisation by the west started with the arriving of mcdonald's to russia, and the era of sovereign greater russia starts with mcdonald's leaving it. so, have a nice trip. for the moment, moscow is defiant, uncompromising, unapologetic. but russia is intricately connected to the global economy. isolation will hurt. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme... we'll tell you how the world's most famous undiscovered shipwreck — sir ernerst shackleton�*s endurance — has now been found.
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the numbers of dead and wounded defied belief — this the worst terrorist atrocity on european soil in modern times. in less than 2a hours, the soviet union lost an elderly sick leader and replaced him with a dynamic figure 20 years his junior. we heard these gunshots from the gym, they came out and started firing at our hearts, and god, we were all petrified. james earl ray, aged 41, - sentenced to 99 years and due for parole when he is 90, . travelled from memphis jail to nashville state prison in an eight car convoy. . paul, what's it feel like to be married at last? it feels fine, thank you. what are you going to do now? is it going to change your life much, do you think? i don't know, really,
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i've never been married before. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. our main story for you... ukraine accuses russia of bombing a children's hospital in the city of mariupol — officials say there are many dead and injured, with children buried under the rubble. some other news for you now — south korea's presidential election has been narrowly won by the conservative opposition leader, yoon suk—yeol. in one of the tightest races in the country's recent history, he beat the governing democratic party candidate, lee jae—myung, by less than one percentage point. if you were watchng yesterday, you'd have seen our seoul correspondent laura bicker tell us all about this election — well she's been covering results too — and we can speak to her now. great to get you back on the programme, laura. i know you are watching this until the
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late hours of last night as the results came through, such a close race. results came through, such a close race-— results came through, such a close race. ., ., ., ., close race. you needed a lot of coffee to _ close race. you needed a lot of coffee to watch _ close race. you needed a lot of coffee to watch this _ close race. you needed a lot of coffee to watch this election i coffee to watch this election last night, because usually the accounting is done by about one a:m., but it took another three hours untilfour in a:m., but it took another three hours until four in the morning until they could call it. there was only 240,000 votes that separated these two candidates. but south korea is about to usherin but south korea is about to usher in a new era. the conservative candidate is the president—elect, and he will go to the blue house in may after inauguration. so what is he going to deal? domestically, he said he's going to centralise the budget, sort out the budget, dealwith the budget, sort out the budget, deal with skyrocketing house prices and his nameplate certainly for young people was that he was going to abolish the ministry for gender equality. now that angered a lot of young women who at the last moment when dan voted for his rival and i think it's one
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of the thing certainly when it comes to this election that many people will be watching to see how he manages to heal those divisions after this election which has been mired in mudslinging and scandal. when it comes to foreign policy, many people around the world will be watching this wondering what this means, especially as south korea is incredibly geopolitically sensitive. when it comes to north korea, he is far more hawkish than the current president. he said that he would favour and develop technology towards a preemptive strike on north korea shed pyongyang threaten them. he also said he will be tougher on beijing. what he means by that, we are not quite sure. so certainly the eyes of the world on south korea as ushers in this new era.— on south korea as ushers in this new era. fascinating stuff as always. _ this new era. fascinating stuff as always, laura _ this new era. fascinating stuff as always, laura keeping - this new era. fascinating stuff as always, laura keeping us i as always, laura keeping us up—to—date on those latest developments. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines....
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the north korean leader, kimjong—un, says his country is developing a reconnaissance satellite in order to collect information on the us military in the region. on saturday, pyongyang test fired a ballistic missile it said was linked to the development of the satellite. australian prime minister scott morrison declared a national emergency over unprecedented flooding in two states. at least 20 people have been killed in new south wales and queensland as rising waters inundated homes over the past two weeks. federal and state governments have faced anger for not acting faster to help residents. a man who became the first person to receive a heart transplant from a genetically—modified pig has died, two months after the operation. 57 year old david bennett — seen here in the middle — who had terminal heart disease — died yesterday. before the operation he said he knew the risks and acknowledged it was a shot in the dark. austria, the first eu country to adopt compulsory
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vaccinations for over—18s, is to drop the mandate. enforcement of the law had been due to start next week, but the 0micron variant has been less of a threat than anticipated. now to an extraordinary discovery. more than a century after it sank, the lost ship of the antarctic explorer, sir ernest shackleton, the endurance, has finally been discovered. it was found by a team of scientists, in remarkably good condition in the seas off antartica. 0ur science editor rebecca morelle has the story. emerging from the antarctic deep, the world's most famous undiscovered shipwreck, now found. it is the first time anyone has seen it in more than 100 years. endurance, perfectly preserved, frozen in time, 3,000 metres beneath the ice.
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i thought, if there's any wood—built ship that could survive the impact of the sea bed, it will be the endurance, and she did, she held together beautifully. but i have never, ever seen a wreck anything like as beautiful and as inspiring as this one. the condition of sir ernest shackleton�*s ship is astonishing. the ship's wheel is almost pristine. bolts gleam in the woodwork. the portholes look polished. and these white circles are dinner plates, abandoned by the crew. this was the polar ice breaker that brought the team to the wreck. the conditions were challenging. the agulhas ii had to carve its way through the thick ice in the weddell sea. underwater robots were deployed and spent weeks searching the deep, until the endurance was at last found. probably the most famous as yet undiscovered shipwreck
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in the world, and now we know exactly where it is. we know what it looks like, we know what condition it's in and we can broadcast images of that around the world. it matters because people will see those images and will connect to this extraordinary story from our history, the greatest story of antarctic survival of all time. and this was the ship just before it sank, captured in footage restored and released by the bfi. the endurance became stuck in sea ice soon after it set off from south georgia, drifting for months before the crew was eventually ordered to abandon ship. the endurance expedition was amazingly well documented, 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 four and a half miles, that's about seven kilometres,
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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 the 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. you'll find lots of detail on the situation in ukraine on our website — bbc.com/news — or download the bbc news app. this is the scene
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in the capital kyiv — ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky has accused russia of committing a war crime by bombing a maternity and children's hospital in the besieged city of mariupol. a regional governor said at least 17 people you can see that the streets are very quiet. very early hours of the morning. a regional governor said at least 17 people had been injured. video footage showed a building which had been reduced to a shell, with windows blown out and huge crater nearby. russia insists ukrainian fighters had moved staff and patients out of the hospital and set up firing positions there. the world health organization says it's verified at least 18 different attacks on health facilities in ukraine since the invasion began. mariupol�*s mayor says more than 1,200 civilians have been killed in the city since russia began its bombardment.
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that is it from us. thank you so much for watching. do stay with bbc news. hello there. this week starts off on a cold, chilly note for many of us, but temperatures have been rising as the week's worn on, in fact, we are staying in the very mild theme for the rest of the week, certainly for the working week, but it will become more unsettled with breezy, even windy conditions and also rain at times. now, we've got high—pressure to the east of us over the near continent, low pressure to the west over the atlantic. it's drawing up some very mild airfrom biscay and iberia. this weather front continuing to thicken the cloud up across more central parts of the country today. so we start off with quite a bit of cloud around, bit more cloud generally across england and wales than we had through yesterday morning. cold, frosty start for northern ireland but bright with some sunshine,
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some sunshine getting into western scotland, and it will also be bright across eastern england and the southeast, where, again, we will see temperatures very mild for the time of year 14—15 degrees, even double figures further north and west. it will be a little bit breezier as well. now, as we head through thursday night, it turns cloudy, outbreaks of rain pushing up from central and southern areas, it will spread northwards across northern england and in toward scotland. so more cloud around, more breeze, so it will be a milder night for most of us and a mild night certainly for northern ireland. so that's how it's looking to end thursday, into friday we see a little more active weather front start to sweep in from the atlantic. that will bring more windy weather but also some heavier rain, which will start to push into southwest england and wales, northern ireland, as the day wears on. one or two showers ahead of it, but generally dry and bright, quite mild and windy across northern and eastern areas. this rain will be spilling its way northwards, and it will be a blustery day wherever you are, certainly windy across more northern and eastern areas, especially close to the coast.
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temperature wise, again, it's pretty mild, highs of 10—13 degrees, maybe not quite as mild as it will be for thursday because we've got more cloud and rain around. now, into the weekend, it stays unsettled, a particularly deep area of low pressure moves in towards the southwest and the west of the uk during the latter part of saturday into sunday, and as that spreads northwards for sunday, we will see a mixture of sunshine and blustery showers. some of these will be quite heavy. so it is an unsettled picture into the weekend, some wet and windy weather pushing into the southwest later on saturday, and it's sunshine and showers for most on sunday.
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this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour, as newsday continues — straight after hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. with the world focused on russia's invasion of ukraine, it's easy to overlook one other key element of vladimir putin's greater russia strategy — moscow's ever tighter grip on ukraine's northern neighbour belarus, now used as a launchpad for the ukraine assault.

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