perhaps, with this movie, cinematography�*s glass ceiling is about to shatter. katie razzall, bbc news. time for a look at the weather — here's tomasz schafernaker. the weekend is upon us and we have a mixed bag on the way. today it has been pretty cloudy, outbreaks of rain, i think most of us by now will have had at least some rain. tomorrow, i see a mixed bag, have had at least some rain. tomorrow, isee a mixed bag, there is actually going to be a fair amount of sunshine around as well. overall it's not a bad weekend but it will be very blustery and the winds will make their presence felt, particularly across the west country. here is the weather front has been crossing us today, extensive cloud right now and outbreaks of rain coming and going. through the night it is quite breezy, showers on and off, really a damp night out there. once again

very mild, just like last night. overnight temperatures round about seven or 8 degrees at most major towns and cities. a little colder in northern ireland, maybe down to a couple of degrees early on saturday. it starts quite bright across many parts and wales, showers in the north of the uk but this weather front in the south—west of the british isles is a little area of low pressure, it will bring some heavy rain but also strong winds, particularly to parts of cornwall, devon, may be western fringes of wales. 50 or 60 mph gusts, really quite stormy for a time. not the storms we had in the last few weeks, but nonetheless a very blustery day. i think the winds will stay out towards the west through the course of saturday. come sunday, the low pressure moves further north, lots of isobars here, quite breezy for all of us on sunday. sunday is windy everywhere that particularly around western areas and also lots of show

is coming on as well, but again not a wash out, there will be some sunshine as well. temperature is around eight in aberdeen to ii in london. quite a mix of weather this weekend. that's all from the bbc news at six — so it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc�*s news teams where you are.

more now on president biden announcing a further tightening of restrictions on trade with russia. mr biden said the united states had agreed with its g—7 allies and the european union to revoke preferential terms for russian goods — known as most favoured nation status. the move will lead to higher tariffs. mr biden condemned vladimir putin as an aggressor, and said he must be

made to pay the price. britain is in aggressor, he is the aggressor and he must pay the price. you cannot pursue a war that threatens the very foundations, the very foundations of international peace and stability and then asked for financial help from the international community. the g7 is also stepping up pressure on corrupt russian billionaires and adding new names to the list of oligarchs and their families that we are targeting. and we are increasing coordination among the g7 countries to target and capture the ill begotten games. they support putin. they steal from the russian people and they seek to hide their money in our countries. they are part of that kleptocracy that exists in moscow and my share in the pain of the sanctions and while we are going

after these super yachts and vacation homes worth hundreds of millions of dollars we are also going to make it harderfor them to buy high—end products manufactured in our country. we are banning the export of luxury goods to russia in the later steps we're taking, that they are not the last steps were going to take. as i said, at the beginning of all the steps, we are going to hit putin harder because the united states and our closest allies and partners are acting in unison. the totality of our sanctions and export controls is crashing the russian economy. the rouble is lost more than half its value. they tell me it takes 200 roubles to equal $1 these days. moscow stock exchange has been closed for two weeks because they know the moment it opens it will probably collapse. credit rating

agencies have downgraded russia's government tojunk agencies have downgraded russia's government to junk status. the economy tojunk status. government to junk status. the economy to junk status. the list of businesses and international corporations leaving russia's growing by the day. we are continuing to close corporations with allies and partners to make sure that this close cooperation we continue to have, the ukrainian people are able to defend their own nation. the united states has sent more than $1 billion in security systems to ukraine over the last year including ante armour and anti—air capabilities taking out tanks and planes and helicopters with new shipments arriving every day. the united states also facilitating significant shipments of security assistance from our allies and partners to ukraine and on humanitarian fund we are working closely with the un and humanitarian organisations to support the people of ukraine who have been displaced because of the violence in ukraine. we are providing tens of thousands of tonnes of human supplies,

humanitarian supplies, food, water, medicines, coming by truck and train every single day. yesterday in poland the vice president announced an additional $53 million in humanitarian support to ukraine. that brings the total humanitarian assistance to $107 million injust two weeks. wejoin assistance to $107 million injust two weeks. we join this effort with more than 30 other countries to provide hundreds of millions more and last night to the great credit the congress passed a bipartisan spending bill that included an additional $13.6 billion in new assistance the ukrainian people and i look forward to signing that immediately. i also want to be clear, though. we will make sure ukraine has weapons to defend against an ukraine has weapons to defend againstan invading ukraine has weapons to defend against an invading russian force. we will send money and food and aid to say the ukrainian people. and i will welcome ukrainian refugees and

wish to work in them here with open arms because they need access. and we are going to provide more support for ukraine. they are going to continue to stand with our allies in europe and send an unmistakable message. you will defend every single inch of nato territory with a full night of a united galvanised nato. we will not fight a war against russia in ukraine. direct confrontation between nato and russia is world war iii. something we must strive to prevent. but we already know putin was at war against ukraine will never be a victory. he had to dominate ukraine without a fight and he felt. we hope to fracture the european resolved he failed. yet to weaken the transatlantic alliance in the field. he helped to split apart american democracy is in terms of our positions, he failed. the american people are united. world is united and we stand with the people of ukraine. we will not let autocrats

and would—be emperors dictate the direction of the world. democracies are rising to meet this moment rallying the world to the site of piece on the side of security. we are showing our strength and we will not falter. , �* president biden. european leaders have been in france — for a scheduled summit which is now focusing on the emergency in ukraine. the french president emmanuel macron has warned of the impact it could have on global food supplies. translation: whether we're talking about wheat or maize _ or grain crops in general, we know that ukraine and russia are two huge markets. and europe has already been upset by the war on the food supply market, and this would be even more so. in 12—18 months, with the impact on ukraine and crops there, there will be a major disturbance to food supplies and feed supplies. so, we have to strike a new balance and look at food production so that we can have autonomy

for ourfood production and for protein production. and we must reassess the strategy for africa because a number of african countries are going to be hit by famines in the next 12—18 months because of this war. well, here the government is being urged to do more to make it easier for ukrainian refugees to find sanctuary in the uk. from tuesday many will be able to apply online for permission to come here and in the meantime a temporary visa application centre is opening in northern france today — to help hundreds of people waiting for permission to travel to the uk. phil mackie sent this report from arr—us. there are hundreds of ukrainians stranded in northern france who would dearly love to be on one of these. but the visa process has been complex and slow. they've had to make long journeys to make applications in person. this is the queue in paris.

i want to save my daughter, because she doesn't sleep at night when all this happened, she wakes up at night and she cries, she doesn't sleep, we haven't slept for three nights, and now we hope maybe. maybe we go to another country and maybe we stay there. we hope for that. today a temporary office opened for those with appointments in arras, about an hourfrom calais. the call for help from the british government came on monday evening, they needed somewhere closer to the coast where the ukrainian refugees were to visit, to come in person to make their visa application. they initially wanted it to be in lille, and there was an office that opened there briefly yesterday, but arras has stepped in, offering some rooms here where they can process a0 people a day, and they've said it'll be open for as long as is necessary, but by next tuesday the whole process will be a lot simpler and ukrainian refugees ought to be able to go through it entirely online. when i asked the mayor how he felt it had all been handled,

he said, diplomatically, it had been a difficult situation. translation: what matters to us is that people who come _ through here are humanely welcomed, looked after and well treated. and so they can, with the british authorities, quickly obtain the necessary paperwork so they can rejoin their friends and family. when the application process moves online next week, things should get simpler, and the outlook brighter. phil mackie, bbc news, arras. now on bbc news, it's time for sportsday, with lizzie greenwood—hughes. now it's time for a look at the weather with sarah keith lucas. good evening. it's slow going in antigua but england's cricketers are back

in front in the first test against west indies. can wales stop france's grand slam ambitions in the 6 nations? we look ahead to tonight's game in cardiff. ollie hill become britain's first para snowboarding medallist. hello and welcome to sportsday. we're starting at the cricket in antigua where england still have a lot of batting ahead of them if they're to avoid losing the first test against west indies. they're xx—xx — leading by xx runs our correspondentjoe wilson is following the action there and has the story of day 4 so far.

test cricket is all about the challenge. do you accept it? do you relish it? england began their second innings 64 runs behind. alex louise was out for six. but that crawley was getting into his stride. he is in the team to play shots like that. to express himself. there he goes again. fluent england batting. it can happen. confidence is such a precious but fragile commodity it all seemed to disappear in australia where we now truly are feeling the raise of a recovery. cue raindrops of delay. they blew in and they blew out. zach crawley remained just another wrong but it taken to 50 and thatis another wrong but it taken to 50 and that is something to acknowledge. good conditions were batting but opportunity is just a theory. good conditions were batting but opportunity is just a theory.

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