translation: it was ok. there were other children there. this is amelia in happier times, a seven—year—old girl at home with her cat, reading with her mum. she is now one of more than a million ukrainian children separated from their home, their country and, in amelia's case, her mum and dad, who have stayed to help fight the russians. vera, what do you think of your granddaughter and her singing? translation: | know - that she really loves singing. she really does sing from morning till night. and amelia, what do you hope will happen for you and your family in the future? translation: i would be very happy to be with my mother and father. - the extraordinary resilience of ukrainian people embodied in one little girl, and the words of one song.

she sings "let it go". bravo, bravo! applause. graham satchell reporting. time for a look at the weather. here's tomasz schafernaker. good afternoon. the weather is behaving itself across much of the uk, some sunshine in england and wales but i want to start with the storm just off the coast of morocco, portugal and spain, storm just off the coast of morocco, portugaland spain, it storm just off the coast of morocco, portugal and spain, it has really been staring up the atmosphere across this part of the world and the air currents have sent saharan just across parts of spain, into france and elsewhere in europe —— sent saharan dust. this picture from alicante looks like a scene from

mars and there is a chance this dust will come towards us as they are stated by the storm system. but quiet weather around much of the country now although cloud is increasing as a result of the weather front bringing rain to the western isles of scotland and just about knocking on the door of northern ireland, but elsewhere it looks absolutely fine for the rest of the day. staying largely dry across england and wales tonight, cloud is increasing but this weather front will reach the lakes and into parts of western wales. the other side of this weather front across parts of scotland and northern ireland it will be chilly, frosting places, frost free first thing on wednesday. wednesday will bring a lot of cloud to primarily england and wales, we will see two weather fronts, one moving in from the west north—west, anotherfrom fronts, one moving in from the west north—west, another from the south, they cover forces and we will see a mixture of brightness but lots of

cloud and rain developing across england, particularly east anglia and the south—east. despite that, temperatures getting up to 14, in scotland and northern ireland, in some places we will not make double figures. on thursday we will swap and in the north—west we will see some rain across scotland and northern ireland has this next atlantic weather front comes in, across england and wales will get the sunshine. this high pressure is developing from the south, temperatures are rising to around 14 degrees or so, high pressure will wind towards the end of the week, establishing itself across the uk, so from friday onwards it is looking fine and dry across much of the uk, promising temperatures, up to 17 degrees in cardiff at the weekend, for example. degrees in cardiff at the weekend, for example-— degrees in cardiff at the weekend, forexamle. ., ., ~ that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc�*s

news teams where you are. hello, i'm chained to go with your latest sports news. hello, i'm chained to go with your latest sports news. chelsea have announced they will not be permitted to sell more away tickets for their fa cup quarterfinal match against middlesbrough on saturday and that they've asked the fa for it to "be played behind closed doors for matters of sporting integrity". it's after their russian owner, roman abramovich, had his assests frozen. this comes on the day the dcms select comittee has been hearing evidence from the sports minister, the fa and the premier league about restrictions. our senior sports reporter laura scott has been following developments. what more can you tell us? the chelsea statement about their position around their fa cup quarterfinal comes after they said yesterday they were pressing the government to allow them to sell

more tickets than they have done already. we understand they had sold around 600 tickets for that tie against middlesbrough. clearly they want theirfull against middlesbrough. clearly they want their full allocation and they are requesting that the game is held behind closed doors. the fa has said that matter will be discussed at the professional game board meeting professional game boa rd meeting tomorrow, professional game board meeting tomorrow, although the chief executive of the fa to tell mps today that his personal view is that the game will go ahead. the government has also responded saying that it needs to balance the sanctions against roman abramovich whilst not unfairly impacting on chelsea. it seems, perhaps, that this weekend might come a bit too soon for any amendments to the license beyond those already made, but discussions are ongoing about potentially allowing chelsea to sell extra tickets moving forward. the parliamentary inquiry today into russian influence on sport involve

the sports minister, nigel huddleston. he said that the owners and directors test going forward needs to be more robust. he was asked whether the premier league is being used for sports washing and if the government has been asleep at the government has been asleep at the wheel, but he disputed that. he said he welcomes foreign investment into football. the chief executive of the fa also said that there are a lot of good foreigners in football, but the governance of the game does need work, he says. the premier league has backed director of policy and corporate affairs said they had not thought through what would happen if chelsea isn't sold by the end of the season when the sanctions against roman abramovich expire. when the sanctions against roman abramovich expire. in the last half—an—hour, henrick stenson has been named as europe's ryder cup captain for next year's match in rome. the swede, known as the �*ice man�* succeeds padraig harrington, who presided over euope's defeat at whistling straits. stenson made his ryder cup debut in 2006, where he holed the winning

putt in a dominant european victory. he was vice—captain to harrington at whistling straits. stenson tweeted that he was "extremely proud and humbled to be europe's next captain". team usa have announced that two—time major champion zachjohnson will captain the team in rome. christian erikson will return to play for his national team, denmark, less than a year after collapsing in their opening match at the european championship. eriksen, who signed for london club brentford injanuary, suffered a cardiac arrest injune while denmark were playing finland. eriksen received life—saving treatment on the pitch before being fitted with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator device. eriksen joins up with his international team—mates for training in spain prior to the games against the netherlands and serbia at the end of the month. it's the opening day of cheltnham and there are expected to be around 250,000 spectators in attendance over the next four days.

it's after last years festival had to be held behind closed doors because of coronavirus. it's thought fans will make up for lost time with bets expected to total £500 million over the next four days. last year was a record—breaking one for irish jockey rachel blackmore, who finished as top jockey — the first woman to do so — with six victories. she will ride the favourite in the signature race today, the champion hurdle, in a few hours' time — a race she won last year. i'll have more for you in the next hour. four people have died in overnight attacks in kyiv, as russian forces kept up their bombardment in the ukrainian capital on the 20th day of their invasion. five locations were targeted, including two large residential buildings and a metro station. there are also reports of large explosions being heard in the borshchahivka district

early this morning. a 35—hour curfew has been announced by kyiv�*s mayor, vitali klitschko. it will start tonight and last until thursday morning. in the beseiged port city mariupol, 2,000 cars have, so far, been able to leave today, although that much needed aid convoy is still stuck outside the city. negotiations between russia and ukraine resume today and the polish, czech and slovenian prime ministers are travelling to kyiv to meet with volodymyr zelensky. refugee numbers continue to rise — almost three million have fled ukraine. unicef say that on average, 73,000 children are becoming refugees every day. in moscow, a news editor has been arrested after she appeared with a sign reading "no war" behind a newsreader on russian state—controlled tv. the uk has enforced more sanctions on russia.

it's banned exports of luxury goods and increased the tarrifs on vodka imports. we can hearfrom the prime minister, borisjohnson, now. he's heading to saudi arabia in the hope of persuading the government in riyadh to pump more oil, in order to bring down spiralling petrol prices. we have a global crisis in which it is obvious the russian aggression in ukraine has helped to trigger— a spike in the price of hydrocarbons, a spike in the price of oil. it is vital if we are going to stand up to putin's bullying, avoid being blackmailed by him in the way that so many western countries sadly have been, we have got to get ourselves off russian hydrocarbons. they are a massive part of the global market for hydrocarbons. they help to drive the price. we need to talk to other producers around the world about how we can move away from that dependency.

vladimir putin over the last years has been like a pusher, feeding an addiction in western countries to his hydrocarbons, to his oil and gas. we need to get ourselves off that addiction. saudi arabia have just executed 81 people at the weekends. alongside that, you have us intelligence that suggests that the person you are going to see, mbs, was behind the murder ofjamal khashoggi. iran may be having historic debts written off. it is quite a good time to be a repressive regime at the moment, isn't it? we are seeing the return in ukraine, the kind of brutality, indiscriminate bombing of civilian centres of great cities that we last saw in the european continent eight years ago.

this is quite unbelievable what is happening now in our continent. we need to make sure that we build the strongest, widest possible coalition to ensure that vladimir putin does not succeed, that we wean ourselves off russian hydrocarbons and that is what the uk is helping to do. but a coalition with other unpleasant regimes, prime minister? those are your words, sam. we want to build the widest possible coalition to ensure that we focus on what is happening in ukraine, the effect that is having on the price of oil and gas. there is no question at all that the spike in oil and gas, which is being felt by british consumers, by everyone who has a central heating system. everyone in this country is seeing the effects of that spike in prices. we have to deal with

that in any way we can. what we need to do is build long—term security of energy supply in this country. that is what we are doing. we are setting out a strategy for long—term energy security in the uk. part of that, is making sure that we are not as dependent in the west as we currently are on russian oil and gas. the uk is fortunate in that we only take 3% of our gas from russia. a lot more of our diesel comes from russia. we will have to make sure that other producers are doing what they can. we will have to help the whole world move forward with greener solutions, with green technology, so that ultimately we are not dependent on vladimir putin. it is a crucial thing. if we are not going to be blackmailed by putin, we have to take these steps. the uk is discussing increasing financial support for

the international criminal court to help the investigation into possible war crimes committed in ukraine. the british deputy prime minister, dominic raab, visited the hague to discuss how countries can assist in bringing to justice the high—ranking officials responsible for breaking the rules of war. 0ur correspondent in the hague, anna holligan, sent this report. terror inflicted upon a capital city. this apartment block in the obolon district of kyiv was hit by air strikes on monday morning. the uk was one of the record 41 countries that referred the invasion of ukraine to the international criminal court. the deputy prime minister came to offer his support. we are willing to look at any of the law—enforcement measures and technical areas of expertise that we have got that the icc needs. it is an independent institution, it needs to tell it what they need to, they are doing that with other countries, but we are very clear, we will provide financial support, the technical support for the icc

to do itsjob in ukraine. the presence of a high—ranking uk minister here in the hague is highly symbolic and is a reflection of the intensification of the international efforts to try and ensure those accused of committing or ordering war crimes in ukraine eventually face justice. but two things to bear in mind, russia is not a member of icc and there is no expectation that the kremlin would extradite anyone accused of carrying out the kinds of atrocities this court has the power to prosecute. but presidents once considered to be untouchable have appeared before international tribunals in the past. there will be so many people watching you, listening to you and wondering, will we ever see president putin here at the icc? what are the chances, realistically? very difficult to say right now. the international community will no longer tolerate impunity, and if you commit these kind of awful crimes, you cannotjust see

out some luxurious, easy retirement, you cannot travel around the world and it is very important that states, parties and the international community as a whole send that message of accountability. and it's notjust for putin, it's his commanders on the ground in ukraine who will be receiving or at risk of receiving illegal orders. they need to know, and they should know, that they risk ending up in the dock of a court here in the hague and ultimately behind bars in prison. moscow has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing. obviously, that is on everybody's mind as a symbolic aspect of seeing vladimir putin in front of the icc, but i think what is important to keep in mind is the process that would lead up to that, which is the investigation which has been initiated, and the fact that this is an historic moment for the international criminal court, i think, with more than 40 states having referred the situation to the court, the prosecutor acting immediately to go and investigate. what would it take for president putin to end up in the hague? it would require, of course, investigation to provide evidence of the commission of crimes, and then you would come up with major obstacles

which are lack of cooperation, difficulty to arrest, immunity, also. so will it ever happen? i don't think it will happen in the near future, but it doesn't mean there can't be justice. the icc has sent an advance team to collect evidence, clues that could help to establish the chain of command and identify the person at the top responsible for this. anna holligan, bbc news, in the hague. within ukraine itself, an estimated 200,000 children in orphanages and foster homes are needing support. this comes as thousands are unaccounted for and there are fears many have fallen prey to people traffickers. aerial recovery, a charity comprised of former us military veterans are assisting vulnerable people fleeing the crisis, and working with the ukrainian authorities to establish a system that will help protect and evauate some of the vulnerable children. earlier, rebecca jones

spoke tojeremy lock, who is the chief of operations at the charity aerial recovery, which has started to rescue and protect orphans from conflict areas in ukraine. first of all, it is a terrible situation out there and these poor children are trapped in war—torn areas, being shelled and being caught up in this war. the sense of urgency to move them from these areas and get them out of ukraine is great right now, but i'm trying to get people to pause a little and not take them directly over borders. we have been able to rescue 266 orphans so far and we are working directly with the government to move them from dangerous areas in the east to safer areas in the west and to maintain accountability for them and ensure they do not go across a border unless the ukraine government is aware of them moving. tell me more about exactly how this works, because you go into ukraine, you know where you are going, what happens when you arrive at the orphanages?

we receive requests from them to be evacuated — it may come directly from orphanage directors or caregivers or somebody in contact with them, and once we receive those requests we call them directly and find out exactly where they are. some of them are very far east behind russian lines and it's difficult or impossible to reach them but some of them are about to be swallowed up by advancing russian troops, so once we get that call, we vet it, we get in contact with them and use our network or physically go there themselves and retrieve these orphans and start moving them west. what sort of conditions did you find in the orphanages when you got there? it is terrible. most of them have abandoned the orphanages themselves and found any sort of cellar or basement they can hunker down in. they're in direct combat, so we go and you see these poor kids,

sometimes they are alone with one or two caregivers, they're scared, cold, hungry and don't really understand what is going on, in lots of cases they are very young or disabled. we do our best to comfort them and move them. it's a long process. ukraine is a large country. even after they have been hunker down for a week or so it can take us 20 hours to move them to safer areas in the west. you say you do your best to comfort them, but these children must be absolutely terrified. how can you possibly do that? it is difficult but we bring them blankets and food and we show them kindness, and we get them to somewhere warm, we let them sleep as much as possible, we work with social workers and experts in that area and we have a medical team there on standby to treat anybody that might be injured.

it's a matter of warming them up and kind of slowing things down for them and just being as kind as we possibly can. it's thought that 1.3 million people in the uk are currently living with long covid. that's 2%, of the population, and many more could be undiagnosed. that's why a mobile bus is taking to the streets of essex to check peoples' lungs and refer them for help if needed. nikki fox went to see it in action. at the basildon sporting village, despite previously being fit and active, a good few people using the facilities have had lasting problems after coronavirus. 1.3 million people in the uk have long covid symptoms. that's why this bus is in the car park, to test people's lungs for lasting damage. i want you to blow out as hard and fast as you can. the spirometry test can pick up conditions like asthma or scarring of the lungs. deep breath in.

and blow. keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going. christine cronin met her local over—sos walking group here and spotted the bus in the car park, so decided to get checked out. my breathing's never gone back to how it was before covid and i did put it down in the beginning because i wasn't exercising. i mean, we was all indoors for ages, so i put it down to that at first. but since i've come out of covid, i've been exercising more, but i still feel my breathing is laboured at times and if i'm walking, it's as i get breathless, especially if i'm talking and walking. christine's lungs are fine. she just needs to build up her fitness. it reassured me that there's nothing actually wrong. the breathlessness isjust possibly either psychological from covid but there's not actually anything wrong with my lungs, so it's reassured me for that. so it was well worth going. but this is an mri scan of the long—term damage covid can do to people's lungs, and the waiting list for help is long.

when we first set it up in this area, we had 2000 people that were waiting for an appointment, that needed to be seen, and there are still people coming through on a regular basis now. and that's the tip of the iceberg. helen williams thinks she had covid in march 2020, but was never diagnosed. sometimes i'll be running up the stairs and i'lljust have . to stop and sit down and again, sometimes even sit _ on the floor because i think i'm going to pass out. - it's kind of almost breathless and then feel that i'm - going to black out. bad news, though — she can't have a lung test as she may have more urgent issues. we're told that my blood pressure is very high, . which i've never had before, - and they can't do the spirometry test because my blood pressure is so high, i so i need to get to the doctor and |follow up the reason why that is. | this queue care reflects the need. the bus will be back on the road in a few weeks. nicky fox, bbc look east.

new york's metropolitan opera held a special concert for ukraine on monday night to offer solace and support to the country and its people. the performance was broadcast live internationally, including into ukraine. the proceeds from the sold—out performance will be donated to charities helping those in ukraine with relief efforts. the bbc�*s new york correspondent nada tawfik was there. at the met�*s famed opera house, a show of solidarity with ukraine. in response to the haunting scenes from its besieged cities, ukraine's people and its dignitaries were honoured with a special performance. it opened with the ukrainian national anthem, sung by the bass baritone ukrainian vladyslav buialskyi, who stood centre stage with his hand over his heart. it inspires people to see how, for example, other countries

that before didn't know, like, ukrainian anthem, how they are singing this. so powerful, you know? the orchestra and chorus moved seamlessly through a prayer for ukraine on to barber, verdi and strauss. peter gelb, the met�*s general manager, said the programme was assembled to include works of protest and healing. in the world of opera, planning is four or five years ahead, but when something requires urgent action, we act urgently and we put this together at a week's notice. the art on display at the met is always extraordinary, though the emotion from tonight's performance came from a world away, from ukrainians fighting for their lives and their freedom. the combination of being overwhelmed by grief for what's

going on in my country, where my parents are right now, and also absolutely overwhelming feeling of gratitude towards the support and love that we are embraced with. is certainly as an american we want to do more than what we are doing now, but it is a helpless feeling. and for the finale, as if a tribute to ukraine's eu aspirations... ..beethoven�*s ode tojoy, the european anthem. nada tawfik, bbc news, new york. now it's time for a look at the weather with tomaz. hello. predominantly dry across the uk today. tomorrow, for sure, more widespread rain. i want to show you first the satellite picture across this corner of europe. this is a storm just off the coast of africa, portugal and spain. storm celia. it's actually been producing a lot of rain, strong winds and the air

currents associated with this storm system have also pushed very dusty, hazy skies, saharan dust, into spain and parts of france. this is a picture from alicante yesterday, it almost looks like a martian landscape. we may have some of that dust encroaching on our shores over the next day or so, mostly in the south—east, but it's not going to happen elsewhere across the country because the winds are blowing off the atlantic here in the north—west as this weather front approaches and brings some rain to northern ireland and western scotland at the end of the afternoon and elsewhere. a dry evening, a dry first half of the night at least across many parts of england, but towards the early parts of the morning we could see rain nudging into the lake district, maybe western fringes of wales. mild across england and wales, but colder in scotland and northern ireland. on to the weather forecast for tomorrow. weather fronts crossing the uk, predominantly cloudy and, at times, wet in england and wales. what is going to happen,

we are seeing a weather front coming in from the south, this one from the north. they will almost join forces during the course of the day, so in between there could be some brightness, but generally an overcast day and, if anything, the rain will get heavier during the day in the south and south—east. a different story in scotland and northern ireland. here a fresher day, lower temperatures, slightly stronger winds and more sunshine on the way. on thursday, it will turn cloudy again in the north—west as this weather front approaches and some rain is expected in scotland and northern ireland, wheras to the south we actually have high pressure building. so across england and wales it will be a predominantly bright day. i wouldn't rule out a shower further south, but on the whole, a fine day. after that, into the weekend and into next week, high pressure will be building across the rest of the uk and i think we're in for some fine weather with temperatures, very pleasant, up to 17 degrees in some areas. that's it from me.

this is bbc news. i'm yalda hakim. welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the globe. powerful explosions again rocked the capital of ukraine. russian air strikes hit residential apartment blocks in kyiv and a metro station. the mayor says four people were killed. from and a metro station. the mayor says four people were killed.— four people were killed. from 8pm, the curfew is _ four people were killed. from 8pm, the curfew is established _ four people were killed. from 8pm, the curfew is established in - four people were killed. from 8pm, the curfew is established in kyiv. i the curfew is established in kyiv. movement through the city is prohibited. without special passes. nearly 3 million refugees have fled ukraine. we report from poland where a shopping centre is being used to house families. hooliganism, how the kremlin describes the anti—war

protest of the woman who