welcome to newsday. reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines... a russian strike on a block of flats in kyiv kills one person and injures 12. this is the nightmare for the city — more attacks like this and, of course, they're vulnerable to missile strikes. but kyiv is big and sprawling, and the defenders have many advantages, which they're using. scenes of devastation in the southern port city of mariupol, where food, water and heating are said to have become desperately scarce. the unites states has warned it's watching china very closely for any attempt to help russia in its attack on ukraine. and an anti—war protestor

interrupts prime time news on russian state tv, denouncing the war in ukraine. she has reportedly been detained by police, and the tv channel has launched an internal investigation. lie from our studio in singapore... —— live. this is bbc news. it's newsday. it's seven in the morning in singapore and one o'clock in ukraine, where many civilian and military targets have been hit including a television tower and a kindergarten. russia is continuing to bombard many areas of the country as it closes in on the capital, kyiv. at least one person has died and 12 people were injured following a russian air strike on a block of flats in the obolon district in the north of the city.

as the violence continues, talks between russian and ukrainian representatives resume again on tuesday after a fourth round of discussions ended without a breakthrough. jeremy bowen has the latest from kyiv. the attack happened not long before dawn. it could have been worse for the residents. many had gone to the shelters. kyiv is feeling the pressure of the war much more sharply. "it's a tragedy, and he's an idiot," he said," meaning putin. "i ask the whole world to help," said jelena, "to make these non—humans disappearfrom our ukraine." survival can be about saving a few precious things, as well as a life. kyiv�*s defenders are trying to keep russian artillery out of range, but this was a missile fired

from further away and much harder to stop. they're also very powerful. the explosion took lives and destroyed more ukrainian homes. this is the nightmare for the city, more attacks like this, and of course they're vulnerable to missile strikes. but kyiv is big and it's sprawling and the defenders have many advantages, which they're using. prayers aren't all they have. problems for the russians include rivers, notjust the mighty dnipro running through kyiv, but its tributaries and large areas of marshland that can hold up and bog down armies. at their headquarters, the generals running kyiv�*s defence invited us to their war room, and they sounded confident, like their president. they're tracking the two main

russian thrusts, from the east and from the north—west, which they said are being attacked and have barely moved. we've heard a lot about this long russian convoy that was to the north—west of the city, what's happened to that? translation: that was a week ago, the big column. _ our military hit it. they moved a bit but they never did anything that we felt in kyiv. what do you think the russians actually want to do with this city? do they want to come into the city and conquer it or do they want to encircle it? translation: maybe they want to encircle the city, _ but i don't think they have enough soldiers, and they understand that in kyiv, around 20,000 people have received weapons, and the city is fortified. attacking will cost them very large losses. as we were talking, another missile exploded not far from the first one. it might have been brought down by air defence.

a trolley bus conductor was killed. ukrainian military success has surprised their friends and their enemies, but the russians have not turned anything like their full force on this capital city yet. jeremy bowen, bbc news, kyiv. as you can imagine, the rush to get out of ukraine for those caught up in the fighting has been intense. an evacuation convoy has managed to leave the key port of mariupol in the south of the country, which has been subjected to heavy russian bombardment. 160 cars were able to leave the city. it's been cut off from food, water and heating systems for more than two weeks. the city's authorities say that civilian deaths have risen above 2,100 and mass graves have had to be dug. and now, it's being reported that a pregnant woman, who was pictured fleeing after an attack on the city's maternity hospital last week, has died, along with her baby.

from southern ukraine, andrew harding reports. a drone's eye view of a city in agony. mariupol burning. apartment blocks in ruins after two weeks of unrelenting russian bombardments. there is no drinking water and any medication for more than one week. another big problem is for people who died because of lack of medication. many people who were killed, they're just lying on the ground. and today, we learned that among the dead is the woman on the stretcher in this now infamous picture. it was taken in the immediate aftermath of a russian attack last week on a maternity hospital in mariupol. her name is not known. it's understood she begged medics to let her die if that would help them save her unborn child.

both died this weekend. as for the living, this was reportedly filmed yesterday in a cellar in mariupol. "the planes are flying overhead," she says, "dropping bombs, "scaring the children. "please organise a humanitarian corridor to help our "children escape." today, a few hundred people were able to drive to safety, but that's a drop in the ocean. well, it's...it�*s about two sides that need to come to the same terms. they need to find together an agreement. and if that doesn't happen? well, if that doesn't happen, knowing already how dire the situation is for the population inside the city, we can only be extremely concerned for the life of all those people. mariupol is a big, important city, and the russians need to capture it to help their advance here into southern ukraine,

and their tactics are becoming brutally familiar. if you can't seize a city, then simply flatten it, whatever whatever the cost in human lives. and so, the pounding of mariupol goes on. a city of half a million people trapped in a nightmare. andrew harding, bbc news, in southern ukraine. meanwhile, the war of words between the us and china over russia's invasion of ukraine is heating up. a us official has warned that china may be willing to provide military assistance to russia. it comes after an intelligence report suggested russia has asked china support. asked china for support. china has called the claims fake news. from beijing, here's our correspondent stephen mcdonell. a new security partnership without limits, that is what the two leaders pledged to just six weeks ago, just before the opening ceremony

of the winter olympics invasion. days after the games finished, russia attacked ukraine. china hasn't condoned the war, but it also hasn't the invasion. now, american officials are claiming beijing has been asked by moscow for military support. a foreign ministry spokesperson said this information, spread by the us, is fake. yet china has been accused by the us of spreading misinformation regarding american bio weapons in ukraine. washington says it's helping with biosafety there. if beijing could bring their good offices to help in the negotiations, to help make a settlement, i think that would win beijing some goodwill, but i think they are in a catch—22, because on the other hand, they can't really upset moscow. the chinese government is playing a dangerous game with ukraine.

0n the one hand, it's saying to the rest of the world, "we're an impartial actor and could even become a mediator in the war." but here, it's using communist party—controlled media and of kremlin propaganda. the impact of this has been to drag large swathes of the chinese population in behind vladimir putin's invasion of ukraine. platforms boost pro—kremlin lines. "go putin, russia's justice will prevail," writes one person. "putin is my idol," says another. yet there's another significant group e, those who want the war to stop. i ask people in beijing about the ukraine conflict. translation: piece is the solution. talking is what solves disputes, peace, we hope for peace. - china's leaders are watching the ukraine war. they have their own motherland

reunification ambitions, and have threatened to retake the self—governing island of taiwan by force if necessary. the western response to ukraine and the economic pain being felt by russia would be figuring in their culture nations. figuring in their calcuations. stephen mcdonell, bbc news, beijing. all of this as the us and china have held talks that lasted for seven hours and were described as intense. i'm joined now by richard mcgregor, senior fellow for east asia at the lowy institute, who's in sydney. he has been watching the latest development. great to get you on the programme. these talks coming as the us has made these claims about the relationship between china and russia getting stronger. what do you make of these claims? weill. russia getting stronger. what do you make of these claims?— make of these claims? well, it's very interesting. _ make of these claims? well, it's very interesting. we _ make of these claims? well, it's very interesting. we don't - make of these claims? well, it's very interesting. we don't know| make of these claims? well, it's i very interesting. we don't know of course whether they're true. us

intelligence has been accurate. i don't want to sound naive. it's quite possible. russia and china signed a quote on quote no limits partnership. russia may have decided to hold china's feet to the fire by making a very difficult request of them for military equipment or help. absolutely, and that brings me to the sort of speculation that i've seen out there that this really wouldn't be in china's interests to help russia out. given that global stability is what china typically wants because it helps keep the global economy stable.- wants because it helps keep the global economy stable. well, that's true. we global economy stable. well, that's true- we don't _ global economy stable. well, that's true. we don't want _ global economy stable. well, that's true. we don't want to _ global economy stable. well, that's true. we don't want to think- global economy stable. well, that's true. we don't want to think that i global economy stable. well, that's| true. we don't want to think that we canjudge china's true. we don't want to think that we can judge china's interests true. we don't want to think that we canjudge china's interests better than they can. what we think is there interest may not be what they think is in their interest. i guess the big question is did china sign

up the big question is did china sign up to this knowingly, that they would partner with somebody who seemingly as reckless as putin? in other words, seemingly as reckless as putin? in otherwords, did seemingly as reckless as putin? in other words, did china know they were going to go along for the ride with a full throttle invasion? having this partnership didn't arise overnight, it's been decades in the making. china can'tjump off at this point. it's certainly true, they've been squirming to get a coherent response since the invasion happened. but it does not mean at the moment the end of the partnership because china thinks that russia will be a good partner for it and pushing back against the us, which is the big game for china. just briefly, how significant would it be if beijing doesn't step up to help and that becomes public information for the public record? it would be very significant as far as washington. it would really hurt

china's relations with europe, which is a big deal because europe has beenin is a big deal because europe has been in play in the battle between the us and china, so if they did that, i think there's going to be a massive blow from washington and from the capitals in europe. richard mcgreaor from the capitals in europe. richard mcgregor from _ from the capitals in europe. richard mcgregor from the _ from the capitals in europe. richard mcgregor from the lowy _ from the capitals in europe. richard mcgregor from the lowy institute i mcgregor from the lowy institute insignia, thank you so much for joining us. —— in sydney. well, you've heard what the considerations between russia and china might be. meanwhile, back in russia, the main evening news on the country's flagship channel one was disrupted by a protest against the war on ukraine. a woman ran behind the newsreader, carrying a sign with the text "no war." 0ur russia editor, steve rosenberg, reports. in russia, tv is tightly controlled to transmit the kremlin line. but look at what happened tonight. but look what happened tonight. live on the main evening news. a woman runs onto the set to condemn russia's onslaught in ukraine.

she's a channel 0ne editor. believe the propaganda, "believe the propaganda, they're lying to you here, "russians against war." before her protest, she'd recorded this message. russia was committing a crime in ukraine, she said, and vladimir putin was responsible. this is russian tv normally. 0n message, pro—putin. tv channels here don't call what russia is doing in what russia's doing in ukraine a war. they say it's a special military operation. but critical voices have been creeping in. on a popular talk show, this film director says he can't imagine russia taking cities like kyiv and warns that close allies like china and india might distance themselves from russia.

but this is more than just criticism. it's a direct challenge. one woman taking on the kremlin. quite extraordinary. i have never seen anything like that here. what it shows is is that despite the control of the media, the kremlin is still struggling to persuade some people that what they are doing is right. she has reportedly been detained by police and the tv channel has launched an internal investigation. 0ur russia editor, steve rosenberg, in yuroslav, russia. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme — we report on the impact the war is having on global energy supplies. the uk government has announced that all covid travel

restrictions for people entering the uk are to be dropped. after nearly two years of changing restrictions, they will all go. that means no tests or passenger locator forms for any passengers. 0ur travel correspondent, katy austin, has more. well, the transport secretary has announced that all remaining measures will go from four o'clock on friday morning. testing requirements for fully vaccinated passengers coming into the uk were already dropped in february, and now, people who aren't fully vaccinated will also no longer have to take a predeparture or post—arrival covid test, and nobody will have to fill in a passenger locator form. now, the government says it is keeping some contingency measures in reserve in case another harmful variant comes along, but insists they'll only be used in extreme circumstances. so, for now, although people do need to pay attention to the rules that might apply at their destination, business travel and holidays will be getting much easier again.

this is newsday on the bbc. i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. the headlines... russia has continued its bombardment of ukrainian cities. one person has been killed and 12 injured in strike on an apartment building near kyiv. authorities in mariupol say a convoy of vehicles that managed to leave the city has not yet reached its intended destination. tens of thousands of people in the uk have already signed up to the british government's new sponsorship scheme launched today to allow more ukrainian refugees to travel to britain. anyone wishing to get involved will need to undergo vetting checks and register on a government website. in return, hosts will receive £350 a month — that's around $500 — to take in refugees from ukraine for at least six months. as of about 90 minutes ago, 43,000 people had

registered their interest. helen catt is in westminster. lots of people signing up for this scheme? great to get you on the programme. it's been going up and up all afternoon. the government opened this is a game. it had a website that went live. this scheme. people can go on and register their interest to say they have a spare room. perhaps they have a property that a refugee can stay in. that number has been snowballing all evening. we were told it was initially 1500 people in the first hour, then up to 20,000. the most recent figure was around 43,000. ithink the most recent figure was around 43,000. i think that is reflective of the feeling in the uk that a lot of the feeling in the uk that a lot of people do just want to do

something to help. the process starts with that registering your interest, but at the moment, it will only be for people who have a named ukrainian refugee who will come to stay with them. the process moves on on friday, when they need to fill in a longerform and name on friday, when they need to fill in a longer form and name that person they want to stay with them. the government says the reason is because it's the quickest way to get the scheme up and running. after that, those who do not already have somebody they know they want to bring over, there will be a process for matching the people, probably using charities and organisations to match people to come over. the uk government has been criticised for being too slow. the other visa route had brought in 4000.— had brought in 4000. helen, we've just received _ had brought in 4000. helen, we've just received some _ had brought in 4000. helen, we've just received some information - just received some information coming through on the bbc news lines, i understand the government is expected to announce new

sanctions on more than 100 individuals. is there any more you can tell us?— can tell us? this is likely that the foreian can tell us? this is likely that the foreign secretary _ can tell us? this is likely that the foreign secretary will _ can tell us? this is likely that the foreign secretary will announce l can tell us? this is likely that the - foreign secretary will announce more measures. there is a bill going through parliament right now. parliament is sitting very late into the night tonight to pass new legislation, and it will be through powers within that emergency legislation within that bill, the economic crime bill, that would enable the foreign secretary to percept those sanctions on more individuals. percept those sanctions on more individuals-— percept those sanctions on more individuals. . ., ~ , ., individuals. helen catt, thank you for keeping _ individuals. helen catt, thank you for keeping us _ individuals. helen catt, thank you for keeping us up-to-date - individuals. helen catt, thank you for keeping us up-to-date on - individuals. helen catt, thank you for keeping us up-to-date on the| for keeping us up—to—date on the latest news on that story. one of the biggest challenges in overcoming this crisis has been europe's dependence on russian energy. in the uk, the british prime minister met with leaders of the offshore oil and gas industry to discuss boosting the uk's supply. britain has set it will phase out imports of russian gas and oil, including a ban on oil by the end of the year. 0ur science editor, rebecca morelle,

has been looking at how reliant european nations are on russia for energy, and where they might find alternatives. gas is one of russia's most strategic assets, but it's becoming one of europe's biggest headaches. as the war in ukraine forces an overhaul of our energy supply, there could also be consequences for climate change. we can actually use this as a huge wake—up call, which we desperately need, and say, right, this is the moment to break our addiction to fossil fuels altogether, to move to renewables, to invest into renewables much more. and that cuts our dependency of oil and gas from russia. russia is the world's largest gas exporter. so, where is its gas going? right now, the eu gets 40% of its gas from russia. but some countries are more dependent, like finland,

which imports nearly all of its gas. so, what are the alternatives to russia's gas? one option is to get gas from elsewhere. instead of piping it, it comes in a handy, transportable form — liquefied natural gas or lng. the one thing we should not allow to drive our energy policy is the assumption that the world is short of gas. lng is a key part of that. there's plenty of it, but it will take a bit of an investment cycle to get us from here to there, and that's why we've got this bumpy short term period. could coal fill that gap? the uk still plans to end its use by 2024, but for other countries like poland who have plenty of it, coal could be a short—term fix. like poland, who have plenty of it, coal could be a short—term fix. the longer term plan is to move away from fossil fuels, and that means ramping up wind and solar energy. germany, for example, was planning to get all of its energy from renewables by 2040.

now, that target has been brought forward to 2035. there's also a big push for green hydrogen, which could act as a replacement for gas. but the technology's not there yet, and it's expensive. there are also changes we could make to our homes, like better insulation and the mass rollout of heat pumps. so, what does it mean for climate change targets? we may now see more short—term use of fossil fuels, which will increase our emissions. but could a sprint for renewables actually take us closer to our net zero goal? it might be a bit of a battle - between the green and alternative fossil fuel sources, but i do have a feeling that this will| actually accelerate the sort of zero carbon energy transition. - for now, russia's gas is still flowing into europe. no one knows how long the war will last, but making europe's energy more secure is now a top priority. rebecca morrelle, bbc news.

he un—secretary general is warning russia's war against ukraine could lead to a �*hurricane of hunger�* and a shortage of food worldwide. antonio guterres says many countries which rely heavily on russian and ukrainian wheat production now have their food supplies endangered by the conflict. among them are burkina faso and yemen, which are already struggling to feed their populations. and a quick reminder of the latest on ukraine tonight. a woman has run onto the set of russia's channel1 evening news broadcast, protesting against the war in ukraine. she carried this sign which reads "stop the war. don't believe propaganda." the protestor is reported to have been a producer at the channel. she's said to have since been arrested. russian artillery fire is blocking a humanitarian convoy that's stuck outside the city of mariupol. earlier today, a convoy of 160 civilians managed to escape the city.

that's it from us, thanks so much for watching newsday. hello. more of you should spend the day dry on tuesday. there will be some wet weather around, that's going to be mainly towards parts of western scotland and later, northern ireland. but even as we start the day, one or two isolated showers for eastern parts of england. that's from this weather frontjust working its way northwards, and a little ridge of high pressure, though, across most of the country before we see this weather front gradually work its way in from the west. and it's that which will bring the wetter weather to western scotland and northern ireland, but keep temperatures above freezing to start the day. a touch of frost is possible just about anywhere, but a bright enough start for many. a few isolated showers through east anglia and the east midlands drifting their way northwards into yorkshire through the day. much of england and wales varying amounts of sunshine, best of which will be in the morning. some sunny spells east of scotland, northern ireland, isolated shower, but its western scotland and to the west of northern ireland

but it's western scotland and to the west of northern ireland where it will turn wetter, quite breezy for a time during the morning. that breeze will help to break up the cloud to eastern scotland. temperatures in the north around 7—8 degrees, but in the sunshine further south, a spring day, up to around 15 or 16 celsius. then as we go into the night and through to wednesday morning, clear conditions develop towards western scotland, northern ireland, as showers push their way eastwards. so, here, we will see a frost to start wednesday, a milder start elsewhere, and that's because there'll be a lot more cloud around to start the day. that's because we've got to the south of us storm celia across parts of spain and portugal, throwing out these weather fronts and potentially a little bit of saharan dust across the southeast during the day. a few breaks in the cloud, particularly into the west, cloud amounts often large, outbreaks of rain around and they will be a bit more heavy, persistent, developing to the day, particularly through central and eastern parts of england. by contrast, scotland, northern ireland lose

of northwest england, but cooler here, whereas we could still see up to around 15 degrees in the southeast corner. that milder air with it the saharan dust and the rain pushes out into the north sea as we go through the night into thursday. another chilly start on thursday, a touch of frost around, much of england and wales will be dry and bright. showers or a greater chance of them in north wales, northern england on thursday and sunshine and shower day for scotland and northern ireland. a bit chilly here, temperatures climbing again further south, and as we go through the rest of the week, well, it does look like with high pressure building, plenty of blue skies and sunshine into the weekend. see you soon.

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a civilian convoy that managed to leave the besieged ukrainian city of mariupol has not yet managed to reach its intended destination. authorities are blaming russian forces for not respecting a ceasefire. the russian bombardment of ukrainian cities continues. one person has been killed and 12 injured in a strike on a block of flats north west of kyiv. the area round kharkiv has also been under constant shelling. an anti—war protester has disrupted the evening news on one of russia's main tv channels. the woman, thought to be an editor at the station, has been arrested. the unites states has warned it's watching china very closely for any attempt to help russia in its attack on ukraine. it follows claims that moscow has asked beijing for military support.