welcome to newsday. reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines... the battle for ukraine goes on. 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 warns it's watching china very closely for any attempt to help russia in its attack on ukraine.

and an anti—war protester interrupts prime time news on russian state television, denouncing the war in ukraine. what it shows is that, despite the kremlin�*s almost total control of the media, it's still struggling to persuade some people within the system that what the kremlin is doing is right. live from our studio in singapore... this is bbc news. it's newsday. it's eight in the morning in singapore and two o'clock in ukraine, where many civilian and military targets have been hit including a television 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 an russian air strike on a block of flats 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. in the obolon district in the north of the city. 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 nonhumans 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'rejust 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 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. the claims fake news. from beijing, here's our correspondent stephen mcdonell. a new security partnership

without limits — that's what xijinping leaders pledged to just six weeks ago, just before the opening ceremony of the winter 0lympics 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 communist party control social media, to spread a fair amount 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 calcuations. stephen mcdonell, bbc news, beijing. there are claims that relations between russia and china are getting stronger. what should we make of these reports? richard mcgregor is a senior fellow for east asia at the lowy institute. it's very interesting. we don't know, of course, whether they're true. us intelligence has been accurate. i doubt the us would've made this up. i don't want to sound naive. it's quite possible. russia and china signed a quote unquote 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. interests to help russia out, given that global stability is what china typically wants because it helps keep the global economy stable. well, that's true. we don't want to think that we can judge china's interests better than they can. what we think is their interest may not be what they think what we think is in their interest may not be what they think is in their interest. i guess the big question is did china sign up to this knowingly, that they would partner with somebody who is 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 just 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 partnerfor it and pushing back against in 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 goes. it would really hurt china's relations with europe, which is a big deal because europe has been in the battle between the us and china, so if they do that, i think

there's going to be a massive blow from washington and from the capitals in europe. richard mcgregor they're speaking to me earlier. 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 what happened tonight. live on the main evening news. a woman runs onto the set to condemn russia's onslaught in ukraine. she's marina 0vsyannikova, a channel 0ne editor. the sign reads "no war, "stop the war, don't "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'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 that despite the kremlin�*s almost total control of the media, it's still struggling to persuade some people within the system that what the kremlin is doing is right. she has reportedly been detained by police in the pv channel has launched an internal investigation. —— tv channel. 0ur russia editor steve rosenberg in yuroslav, russia. still to come on the programme. we report on the impact of war is having on global or energy supplies. today, you have closed the book

on the are part tied chapter. more than 3000 passengers were affected. nausea and headaches in the dimming of vision caused by an apparently organised attack. the only pedestal in the middle of them — the only pedestal in the middle of the... this was an international trophy, and we understand that the search for it has— understand that the search for it has become an international church — this was a turn for the democrats _ this was a turn for the democrats of- this was a turn for the democrats of the - this was a turn for the. democrats of the west. this was a turn for the - democrats of the west. offering the unification _ democrats of the west. offering the unification as _ democrats of the west. offering the unification as quickly- democrats of the west. offering the unification as quickly as - the unification as quickly as possible. _ the unification as quickly as possible, and _ the unification as quickly as possible, and that's - the unification as quickly as possible, and that's what . the unification as quickly as i possible, and that's what the voters — possible, and that's what the voters wanted. _ this is newsday on the bbc. i'm karishma vaswani in singapore.

our headlines... russia has continued its bombardment of ukrainian cities. one person has been killed and 12 injured in a strike on an apartment building near kyiv. authorities in mariupol say a convoy of civilian vehicles that managed to leave the city has not yet reached its intended destination. tens of thounsands of people in the uk have already signed up to the british government's new sponsorship scheme — launched on monday — 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. over 40,000 have already registered their interest. a short time ago, i spoke to our political correspondent, helen catt.

it's been going up all afternoon, so the government opened this scheme. it's website went live mid to late afternoon this afternoon where people can register their interest to say i have a spare room, somebody could stay in and a property that a reference you can stay in. that number has been snowballing. we were told it was initially 1500 people, then up to 20,000. the most recent figure we have was around 113,000, and i think that is sort of reflective 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 initially, it is only going to 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 longer form

and name that person that they want to stay with them. the government says this reason is because it's the quickest way to get the scheme up and running. after that, those who do not have somebody they know they want to bring over, there'll be a process for matching people using charities and organisations to match people to come over. the government has been criticised for being too slow. the other visa had brought in 4000 under that. ~ �* , . ,., that. we've 'ust received some information— that. we've just received some information coming _ that. we've just received some information coming through i that. we've just received some information coming through on the bbc news wires. the uk government is expected to announce new sanctions on more than 100 individuals. is there any more you can tell us? well, this is likely _ any more you can tell us? well, this is likely that _ any more you can tell us? well, this is likely that the _ any more you can tell us? well, this is likely that the foreign . this is likely that the foreign secretary will announce more measures. there is a bill going through parliament right now, sitting very late into the

night tonight, to pass some new legislation, and it will be through powers within that emergency legislation within that bill. it's going through parliament now and will enable the foreign secretary to prosecco sanctions on more individuals than had been done so far. , , , individuals than had been done sofar. ,, . .,, that section has now ended, the commons have passed the economic crime bill which makes it easier to sanction allies of president putin and the kremlin. the un—secretary general is warning russia's war against ukraine could lead to a �*hurricane of hunger�* and food insecurity worldwide. antonio guterres says many countries which rely heavily on russian and ukrainian wheat production are now endangered by the conflict. among them are countries like burkina faso and yemen, which are already struggling to feed their populations. he spoke earlier. this war goes far beyond ukraine. it is also an assault on the world's most vulnerable

people and countries. while war rains over ukraine, a sword of damocles hangs over the global economy, especially in the developing world. food, fuel, and fertilizer prices are skyrocketing, supply chains are being disrupted and the costs and delays of transportation of imported goods when available are at record levels. and all of this is hitting the poorest the hardest and planting the seeds for political instability and unrest around the globe. 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. our 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. for germany, it's about half. for the uk, it's 4%. 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. 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.

that's it from us. thanks for watching. do stay with bbc news. 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 front just 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 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 pleasant 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. as showers push 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. butjust notice across england and wales, whilst there could be 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 through the day, particularly through central and eastern parts of england. by contrast, scotland, northern ireland lose the early showers. sunshine comes out, brighter afternoon to wales and parts 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, 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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