this is bbc news. i'm ben boulos with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. new satellite images show the russian military convoy heading towards kyiv has now dispersed with artillery deployed in firing positions moscow requests a meeting of the un security council after claiming, without evidence, that the us is developing chemical weapons in ukraine. it is something the ukrainian leader denies.— it is something the ukrainian leader denies. what else have ou leader denies. what else have you prepare — leader denies. what else have you prepare for— leader denies. what else have you prepare for us? _ leader denies. what else have you prepare for us? where - leader denies. what else have l you prepare for us? where were your strike with their chemical weapons? at the maternity hospital at mariupol or another hospital at mariupol or another

hospital in kyiv awe at the children's hospital? we witness life on the frontline for ukrainian forces, fighting to defend the country's second largest city kharkiv from russia's relentless assault. if these tactics are unfamiliar to you, then you have not been paying attention because this is the russian attack playbook, perfected over ten years of war in syria. wounded ukrainian civilians are kept in the hallways of a hospital in kharkiv, away from the windows to avoid any future attacks. translation: these stupid russian scars i will carry - all my life but as long as my heart beats i will still live and love. roman abramovich, the russian owner of chelsea football club, is among seven more oligarchs sanctioned by the british government. the sale of the club is now on hold. and how a teddy bear, donated by an eight—year—old boy in england, has found a new home in poland, with a girl who fled the war in ukraine.

hello and welcome to the programme. satellite images of a russian military convoy near kyiv appear to show it redeploying to nearby areas, potentially signalling a renewed push towards the ukrainian capital. the images suggest that elements of the convoy, which was last seen north—west of the nearby antonov airport, have moved into positions in surrounding towns. us officials also believe that russian forces have moved five kilometres closer to kyiv in the past 2a hours. mark lobel has the latest. remember that stalled russian convoy heading to the capital? it is now seemingly on

manoeuvres, seen here in a forest and in town. in what may be a renewed push, could it be readying for action? further east, a separate russian advance did not get a warm welcome, underattack advance did not get a warm welcome, under attack from the ukrainian military. it is ukraine's resistance, even in heavily perceived cities like mariupol, that many fear will lead to russia resorting to chemical weapons to win. people can hide amongst _ chemical weapons to win. people can hide amongst the _ chemical weapons to win. people can hide amongst the rubble, - can hide amongst the rubble, the ukrainian military can hide there, and have their anti—tank weapons tanks. but if you use chemical weapons, that is not stopped by concrete walls and stuff, it seeps underground and kills people underground.- seeps underground and kills people underground. more people leave their homes _ people underground. more people leave their homes as _ people underground. more people leave their homes as fears - people underground. more people leave their homes as fears of - leave their homes as fears of even nasty attacks grove. russia accuses america of biological activities in

ukraine, unproven claims aired at the un security council meeting on friday. america says the claims are laughable and president zelensky agrees. translation:— president zelensky agrees. translation: this makes me really worried. _ translation: this makes me really worried. because - translation: this makes me really worried. because we - translation: this makes me | really worried. because we have been repeatedly convinced, if you want to know russia's plans, look at what it accuses others of doing. what else have you prepared for us? where will you prepared for us? where will you strike with your chemical weapons? at the maternity hospital at mariupol? at the church at kharkiv? or at the children's hospital? pessimism also from eu — children's hospital? pessimism also from eu leaders _ children's hospital? pessimism also from eu leaders who - also from eu leaders who discussed the war of vladimir putin at a former palace in versailles and offered ukraine more words and material support but no sign they will rush eu

membership through, condemning russia for having brought war back to europe. mark lobel, bbc news. now to an exclusive report from the frontline of the battle for ukraine's second biggest city kharkiv. it has endured nightly russian air attacks and suffered dozens of civilian deaths and hundreds of injuries. most of the city's 1.5 million residents have fled. the ukrainian forces fought back a russian armoured column in the early days of the invasion and have been fighting since to stop a further russian advance. quentin sommerville and camera journalist darren conway are the first journalists to be embedded with the ukranian army as they fight the russian advance. i should warn you their report contains graphic images from the frontline that some viewers will find disturbing. head to the very eastern edge of ukraine and a ghostly vision of the country's fate unfolds before you. the city of kharkiv is being purged of life.

in near total blackout, the police in the country's second—largest city take us on patrol. the russians aren't far. explosion. shelling happens every night. this close to the russian border, there's another threat here — saboteurs. no—one escapes scrutiny. alina, 76—years—old, is lost and confused. in an instant, everybody�*s life here has been up—ended. but this young nation has surprised russia and the world with its resolve. we weave our way

past the fallen, into no man's land, with the ukrainian army. here is 21—year—old yevgen gromadsky. where are the russians? ruski soldat. .. over the sound of shelling, he tells me, "the russian soldiers are standing about 900 metres away from here. you can hear right now that they're firing on our positions and we are firing back." it's a grenade launcher, british. but it's more than just a grenade launcher — it's a guided missile. is it good against tanks? it's the best we have right now. how are the russians fighting? they're fighting like soldiers of i9ai. they're attacking, just like in front, now they don't do any assault. so, yeah, they have a lot of people here, a lot of tanks, a lot of their vehicles and techniques. but we're fighting in our land and we protect our families.

so it doesn't matter how they fight, we fight like lions and they won't win. this city of a million plus people has emptied out. this civilian, so close to ukrainian lines, just didn't make it. we've actually come beyond the ukrainian front line, and we know that because look at all the destruction around here, and this whole area's littered with dead russian bodies. these men, in fact, and there are two more over there. there are two more over. there are chechen, they have ids on them. their weapons have been removed. the ukrainians keep telling us they�* re really comfortable with this type of fight because this is their territory, they're defending their city, theirfamilies. but the challenge from them is what comes from the sky. they want more aircraft and they want more air defences. and that might be where this battle, this war, is won and lost.

in a war with russia, the front line is everywhere. shouting, explosion. this is what people have been fleeing in kharkiv — endless bombardment for the past two weeks. automated alert: our administration would like to inform you that a fire has started in the building. for that reason, please go to the ground floor and from there, leave the building. this is what russia does to cities, it bombards them, it besieges them, it surrounds them. it terrorizes entire populations. and if these tactics are unfamiliar to you, then you haven't been paying attention, because this is the russian attack play book, perfected in over ten years of war in syria. we know that russia bombs hospitals.

so here at the city's hospital number four, they keep the wounded in hallways — away from the windows. miss valentina has been hit by shrapnel. "i have a poem for you", she says. translation: these stupid russian shrapnel pieces i will carry all my life. but as long as my heart still beats, i will still live and love. and so too, will eight—year—old dmitri, now that this has been removed from his skull. this is the war that russia has fought before and is fighting again. we don't know the rest of ukraine's fate, but kharkiv has already shown what's coming next. translation: defenders, we will ride together. - we will win this war and all our heroic people will gather to rebuild our beloved ukraine. quentin sommerville, bbc news, kharkiv, in eastern ukraine.

let's get some of the day's other news: airline industry experts have expressed fears that ground—to—air missiles sent to ukraine could end up in the wrong hands. safety analysts say they could end up on the black market and be bought by militant groups. the british starstreak missile is just one system being offered to kyiv to help troops there defend against russian attacks. the international atomic energy agency says the ukrainian authorities have confirmed they've lost all communications with the chernobyl nuclear power plant. on wednesday, ukraine said all external power supplies had been cut to the site, which was seized by russian forces two weeks ago. chernobyl is no longer a working power station, but it still requires constant management. meta, the parent company of facebook and instagram, says it's changing its rules on violent speech in several countries, including russia, because of the ukraine invasion.

the company says it's temporarily made allowances for violent speech that would usually break its rules. the us senate has voted to approve almost $14 billion in aid for ukraine as part of a huge spending bill proposed by the biden administration. the aid is intended to give support to ukraine's military, and help provide humanitarian assistance. more than two million refugees have left ukraine and the majority have made their way to poland where ngos and humanitarian agency personnel are waiting to make sure they have warm clothes, hot food and somewhere to stay. with so much chaos at the ukrainian frontier, border guards, police and volunteers are also keeping an eye on who's offering the refugees transportation from and checking the drivers to prevent people traffickers from taking advantage of the situation. mike noyes is humanitarian director at action aid, close to the poland—ukraine border,

and hejoins me now. it seems utterly incomprehensible that people would seek to exploit the situation. is there evidence that people traffickers are trying to pick people up at the border? h, ., trying to pick people up at the border? ,., ., ., , border? good morning. it is hard to save _ border? good morning. it is hard to save there - border? good morning. it is hard to save there is - border? good morning. it is i hard to save there is evidence. what we know at action aid and as humanitarians is that in these circumstances there is a very, very big risk of people trying to take advantage of that chaos and situation and the vulnerability and in this situation what we are seeing on the border as we stand and watch people coming across from ukraine is many families, headed by women, the men as we know are staying behind to support the defence of their country, but we are also seeing lots of young single women coming across, and they are

ripe for exploitation and abuse. while we have no confirmed reports of trafficking yet, everything points to the fact there is high wrath — at risk and opportunity if steps are not made prevent it. this is why we are working with local partners in poland to see if we can stop that. is in poland to see if we can stop that. , ., , in poland to see if we can stop that. , . , . ., , in poland to see if we can stop that. , . , _, , that. is anything countries can do to stop _ that. is anything countries can do to stop this _ that. is anything countries can do to stop this risk? _ that. is anything countries can do to stop this risk? the - that. is anything countries can do to stop this risk? the big i do to stop this risk? the big thin to do to stop this risk? the big thing to say _ do to stop this risk? the big thing to say in _ do to stop this risk? the big thing to say in that - do to stop this risk? the big thing to say in that regard . do to stop this risk? the big thing to say in that regard is perhaps too, you know, discourage people who do not know what they are doing from offering to help from just coming over. one of the challenges our team has faced with polish humanitarian action is you get people turning up and saying i've come from belgium and how can i help? it's astonishing that people have got that and commitment to come and see what they can do but it means that the polish authorities would not have much

in the way of knowing who they were and how they could help and if they were indeed someone who should be watched more closely. who should be watched more closel . ., ,., who should be watched more closel . ., ., closely. on that point about aood closely. on that point about good intentions _ closely. on that point about good intentions not - closely. on that point about. good intentions not necessarily yielding the right results, you've had a particular problem around the kind of things that have been donated. tell me more about that. $5 have been donated. tell me more about that-— about that. as we say, we are workin: about that. as we say, we are working with _ about that. as we say, we are working with polish _ working with polish humanitarian action, our partners, and in their little campsite here on the border what they have, they have a very small tent and they have lots and lots of baby food, lots and lots of baby food, lots and lots of baby food, lots and lots of other items donated by people. they spend probably more time sorting their donations to get the right ones and they want to then going to go and buy the right ones in the first place. of course, the generosity of people cannot be underestimated, the willingness of people to help in these very

difficult circumstances cannot be underestimated but if our polish partners and action aid is working with them to make sure they have the money to do this rather than relying on the goodwill of donations, what our team needs are two or three more 20 metre tents, fuel for the generators, fuel for stoves, yeah, hotel rooms for the team that are coming down from warsaw. those are the sort of things that people can put on a consent for themselves. thank you for talking to us. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: we'll tell you why this teddy bear has made a specialjourney to a ukrainian girl in poland. the numbers of dead and wounded defied belief. this, the worst terrorist atrocity on european soil in modern times. in less than 24 hours, then, the soviet union lost

an elderly, sick leader and replaced him with a dynamic figure 20 years his junior. we heard these gunshots in the gym. _ then he came out| through a fire exit and started firing at our huts and. god, — we were all petrified. james earl ray, aged ai, sentenced to 99 years and due for parole when he's 90, travelled from memphis jail to nashville state prison in an eight—car convoy. reporter: 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 — _ i've never been married before. this is bbc news. the latest headlines:

new satellite images show the russian military convoy heading towards kyiv has now dispersed with artillery deployed in firing positions. moscow requests a meeting of the un security council after claiming, without evidence, that the us is developing chemical weapons in ukraine — something the ukrainian leader denies. the russian owner of chelsea football club, roman abramovich, is among another seven people who've been hit with sanctions by the uk government because of their suspected close links to president putin. the decision means that although chelsea can still play matches, the sale of the club is on hold, and it's now banned from selling tickets, players, and any merchandise. russia has steadily hit back at western sanctions by imposing export bans on more than 200 products. —— russia has steadily hit back at western sanctions. economist tyler goodspeed from the hoover institution at stanford university, joins me now from stanford in california.

do you think the sanctions are having any effect? it’s do you think the sanctions are having any effect?— do you think the sanctions are having any effect? it's good to be with you. — having any effect? it's good to be with you, ben. _ having any effect? it's good to be with you, ben. yes, - having any effect? it's good to be with you, ben. yes, i - having any effect? it's good to be with you, ben. yes, i think| be with you, ben. yes, i think they are having an effect and we are probably going to observe the russian economy contracted by almost 10—15% this year, more than double the magnitude of the contraction during the 1998 russian financial crisis. in terms of ordinary russians, i think they are properly experiencing this in the form of much higher inflation, the rouble has collapsed in value which means much higher inflation and to fight the inflationary problem but also to prevent the flight of capital, the russian central bank has had to resort to massively raising interest rates which is really going to hurt the russian economy. russia has responded, i

suppose, in a more muted fashion to the sanctions that it could potentially have done. it is introduced these export bands but crucially, it is not limited to the supply of gas to europe, it has not put export bands on key commodities like nickel and aluminium. what do you make of russia's move so far and do you think they could potentially go further? this far and do you think they could potentially go further?- potentially go further? as you note, russia _ potentially go further? as you note, russia is _ potentially go further? as you note, russia is a _ potentially go further? as you note, russia is a huge - potentially go further? as you l note, russia is a huge presence in the global commodities markets, they are about one tenth of the global supply of aluminium and copper, about one fifth of the global supply of battery grade nickel. russia needs dollars. they need euros. because for any russian importer to import goods and services into russia, they need to first get dollars and get euros and get stirling. ordinarily, i would euros and get stirling. ordinarily, iwould be euros and get stirling. ordinarily, i would be able to go to their bank and the bank could go to the russian central bank and get those dollars or

euros or stirling but now, they have sanctioned the russian central bank and we have denied them access to the foreign exchange reserves so russia is desperate for dollars, euro, sterling, otherforeign sterling, other foreign exchange, so sterling, otherforeign exchange, so i think they will be very reluctant to impose cutter sanctions or expert controls on some of these commodity exports on which they rely heavily for hard currency earnings. rely heavily for hard currency earnings— rely heavily for hard currency earninus. �*, ., ,., , ., earnings. there's also been a threat towards _ earnings. there's also been a threat towards western - threat towards western companies that have pulled out of russia. dmitry medvedev, the former russian president, said their assets in russia could be nationalised, seized from them. do you think it is realistic and what does it do in terms of the stability of russia's economy and the effects it has more broadly?— more broadly? sorry, it's a little bit — more broadly? sorry, it's a little bit vague _ more broadly? sorry, it's a little bit vague what - more broadly? sorry, it's a| little bit vague what exactly the form of this nationalisation would be, there has been some talk that for

entities in russia that have more than 25% foreign ownership, they may be temporarily acquired by the state and then auctioned off. i think the end of the day, what it means as there is a risk for western companies operating in russia or have now left, that they will be a lot of stranded assets because even if western companies are compensated for the acquisition by the russians, takeover by the russians, takeover by the russian state, that compensation will almost certainly be in the form of roubles so it will still be very difficult to get those, that capital out.— tyler goodspeed. thank you so much. the plight of ukraine's refugees has inspired many people across the uk to send food, clothes and toys to those forced to flee their country. alison freeman has been following the story of one shipment of aid from the north of england, which included

a very special item donated by an eight—year—old boy. i found ifound a i found a teddy and i said i ifound a teddy and i said i will give this to one of the children in ukraine so they are not frightened.— not frightened. will's teddy was one of— not frightened. will's teddy was one of many _ not frightened. will's teddy was one of many donations | not frightened. will's teddy l was one of many donations of age the travel hundreds of miles from berryhill in county durham to poland to help those fleeing the war in ukraine. brute fleeing the war in ukraine. we have all of— fleeing the war in ukraine. - have all of these nappies. fleeing the war in ukraine. we| have all of these nappies. yes. endless amounts. _ have all of these nappies. yes. endless amounts. we've - have all of these nappies. yes. j endless amounts. we've got... stehen endless amounts. we've got... stephen holmes, _ endless amounts. we've got... stephen holmes, who - endless amounts. we've got... stephen holmes, who runs- endless amounts. we've got... stephen holmes, who runs a l stephen holmes, who runs a cleaning firm was one of the team who drove there at the weekend after he put out an appeal for donations. the van is full to the _ appeal for donations. the van is full to the brim. _ appeal for donations. the van is full to the brim. with - appeal for donations. the van is full to the brim. with as . is full to the brim. with as much stuff as we could get in. as a parent, he was moved when he saw the reality of war. unaccompanied children being driven from the ukraine border to safety in a small town in south—west poland. what was it like when you saw the children? how did you feel?— how did you feel? very

emotional. _ how did you feel? very emotional. as - how did you feel? very emotional. as soon - how did you feel? very emotional. as soon as| how did you feel? very | emotional. as soon as i how did you feel? very - emotional. as soon as i got there, i was getting choked up. buses have been pulling up with the children on it. most of them have not even rocked up with a bag, they have the clothes on their back and maybe a relative written on the hand. the parents are not going because the more parents, the fewer children. how do you feel about your teddy being out there now? good. stephen gave will's teddy to a little girl who arrived on a coach with 100 other children. when i gave it to her, she had the biggest smile on herface. little girl came and on my knee and in my heart sunk and none of them said anything, it was miles because they couldn't understand us and we couldn't understand us and we couldn't understand them so no words were said, it was smiles and putting stickers on each other and the one who sat on my knee, i wanted to give it to her. it i wanted to give it to her. it was seeing his own mum getting donations ready to give to

stephen that gave will the idea to pass on his teddy. i stephen that gave will the idea to pass on his teddy.— to pass on his teddy. i saw her packaging _ to pass on his teddy. i saw her packaging stuff— to pass on his teddy. i saw her packaging stuff up _ to pass on his teddy. i saw her packaging stuff up and - to pass on his teddy. i saw her packaging stuff up and i - to pass on his teddy. i saw her packaging stuff up and i asked | packaging stuff up and i asked her why and she said there is a war going on in ukraine. um? war going on in ukraine. why did ou war going on in ukraine. why did you want _ war going on in ukraine. why did you want to _ war going on in ukraine. why did you want to give - war going on in ukraine. why did you want to give your teddy to someone who had to leave their home in ukraine? it to someone who had to leave their home in ukraine? it was a kind thing _ their home in ukraine? it was a kind thing to — their home in ukraine? it was a kind thing to do. _ their home in ukraine? it was a kind thing to do. it _ their home in ukraine? it was a kind thing to do. it would - their home in ukraine? it was a kind thing to do. it would not . kind thing to do. it would not want that to happen to you and you would just be left with nothing. alison freeman, bbc news. if you want to keep up with events in ukraine as they happen, just go to our website. there, you'll find a live page which is being continually updated with the latest news and developments. that's all at bbc.com/news, or you can download the bbc app. you can reach me on twitter. i'm @benmboulos. i will have all of the business

news for you in a few minutes. don't go away. i will see —— i will see you very soon. hello. the last couple of days, the weather really has been quite good. beautiful, sunny skies for some of us — particularly across eastern parts of the uk — but things are going to turn now. the cloud you can see on the satellite picture is a weather front. it's approaching. it means rain, wind and, really, that's how it'll be over the next few days. so through the early hours of the morning, the outbreaks of rain are reaching western parts of the uk. even ahead of it, we have some rain across scotland and parts of england but, generally speaking, it is a dry night and early morning. very, very mild — 8—10 degrees in many areas. then quickly through the morning, the rain becomes quite heavy in south—western parts of england, through wales, the midlands.

the rain will reach wales and eventually south—western scotland, too, and through the afternoon, i think many of us will have had at least some rain. now, through the afternoon or so, it'll brighten up across wales and south—western parts of england. sunshine and showers here second half of the day. there could be some thunderstorms, too, and on top of that, the winds will strengthen. but you can see it across the uk — it is a real mixed bag, i think, through friday and into friday night. now, saturday, we see another area of low pressure with new fronts approaching us. this, once again, spells heavy rain, initially for western parts of the uk, but in the south—west, as this low pressure increases, you can see strong winds blowing around it — and we could be talking about gusts of 60—70mph around the isles of scilly and the tip of cornwall, so really very blustery, even quite stormy weather for a time here. but elsewhere, eastern parts of the country on saturday, look at that, newcastle, hull, london — fine, sunshine. breezy, yes, but at least you'll have the sunshine. and then come sunday, that low pressure really spreads across the country. it'll become windy elsewhere,

gale force winds around some of the coasts, but there will be plenty of sunny spells occasionally interrupted by some heavy showers brought in by those strong winds. so, yes, there'll be some sunshine around through the weekend but there'll be blustery winds around, too, and heavy showers, with temperatures hovering around 12 degrees or so. how about next week? well, we're expecting the temperatures to rise even as high as 17 or 18 celsius, at least temporarily, in south—western parts of the uk, so the southerly winds will bring milder but changeable weather.

this is bbc news with the latest business headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the economic war intensifies with uk sanctions against seven more russian billionaires, including roman abramovich. sowing doubt — consequences if they are not able to plant crops in the next few weeks. fuelling inflation — uk petrol and diesel prices hit record highs as business warn they will have to pass on soaring transport costs to consumers. plus, high hopes — after two years of pandemic disruption, airlines

were planning a comeback but will the war mean their ambitions are grounded?