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welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines: kyiv is under a 35—hour curfew, the city's mayor warns of a dangerous moment. there is a real sense that the danger, the conflict, is coming closer, nowhere is safe. president biden signs off a spending bill with over $13 billion of help for ukraine and says he'll be at an emergency nato summit in europe next week. and a court in moscow fines the journalist who staged a protest against the war on russia's state tv.
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hello to viewers on pbs in the us and around the globe. it's 9:00 in the morning in singapore, and three am in ukraine, a country under attack from russian forces, even while peace talks are continuing. in the capital, kyiv, the mayor has warned that the city is facing a difficult and dangerous moment after at least four people were killed in russian airstrikes. residential buildings were hit, along with a metro station. a 35—hour curfew has been imposed, with residents of the city asked to stay at home for the next two days and only leave if air raid sirens sound and they need to reach bomb shelters. our international correspondent, orla guerin, has the latest. it's starting to feel
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like the new normal — buildings burning after russian attacks overnight. it was too much for some here. this is a city living on its nerves. people wondering if their neighbours were safe in the shelter, wondering if they might be next. for the second day running, kyiv has woken up to this. this is a residential building, there's no sign of anything else around except blocks of flats. there is a real sense that the danger, the conflict, is coming closer and a feeling here now that nowhere is safe. four people were killed here — in their own homes. svetlana, who is russian and horrified by moscow's attacks, is worried for her friend.
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"i saw from my window the building was on fire. "my friend lives on the 14th floor. "i assume she's dead because she was bedridden. "many people lived in the building," she says. "some left. "i'm very sorry i didn't leave this place earlier." and this, too, is part of ukraine's new normal. the funeral of a soldier killed resisting the russians. colonel valeri was mourned in his home town outside kyiv. there is grief over the losses in battle. still, ukrainians are standing firm. united in sorrow.
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behind the growing death toll here are agonising personal stories, like that of marina and her husband. their daughter's apartment in the town of irpin was shelled by the russians. the whole family was here at the time. marina survived with her daughter and grandson because her husband and son pushed them to safety. sergei, herson, died in her arms. marina, who fled to western ukraine, tells me about his final moments. translation: my son was screaming. - "mum, don't come in here, run away from here." he was begging me to save his
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sister and his nephew. he was still conscious. he was in so much pain that he kept saying, "mum, kill me now." marina tells me her only son died cursing president putin. michaelo died alongside him. she says he was everything she could have dreamt of in a husband, and he adored his grandson. one russian shell destroyed this happy family. father and son remain in the rubble nine days on. it's been impossible to bury them. orla guerin, bbc news, kyiv.
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president volodomyr zelensky of ukraine has thanked the prime ministers of poland, the czech republic and slovenia for travelling to kyiv to meet him, despite the continuing bombardment by russian forces. their visit to the ukraine capital at such a difficult time was, he said, greatly appreciated. the polish prime minister, mateusz morawiecki, said ukraine could count on the help of its friends, and he admired theirfight against what he called a "cruel aggressor". our diplomatic correspondent james landale has more. ukrainian troops north—west of kyiv, slowing the advance of russian forces, hoping to save their capital, and perhaps focus minds in moscow. officials from both sides continue to talk, looking for negotiated settlement. the kremlin said the discussions were positive but neither side
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says where the progress is being made. today though, the ukrainian president addressed a gathering of northern european leaders in london and dropped a hint of what may be a part of any future negotiated settlement. translation: ~ ., , settlement. translation: «a, , ., ., translation: ukraine is not a member of— translation: ukraine is not a member of nato. _ translation: ukraine is not a member of nato. we _ translation: ukraine is not a member of nato. we have - translation: ukraine is not a | member of nato. we have heard for many years that the door is open but we also heard we could notjoin. it is a truth must be recognised. that hint of giving up recognised. that hint of giving up the idea ofjoining nato may be seen as sign as a concession to this man, the russian foreign minister who today as he met his iranian counterpart set up some of moscow's demands. translation: ., , translation: the neutrality state of ukraine _ translation: the neutrality state of ukraine security - state of ukraine security guarantees for all participants, the demilitarisation of ukraine so that no threats to the russian federation ever come from its territory. federation ever come from its territo . ., , ., territory. the european leaders. _ territory. the european leaders, hosted - territory. the european leaders, hosted by- territory. the european l leaders, hosted by boris johnston were not however in
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london to talk about possible peace deal but how to bolster defences, in case the war spreads and increase their support for ukraine.- spreads and increase their support for ukraine. this is uuite support for ukraine. this is quite unbelievable - support for ukraine. this is quite unbelievable what - support for ukraine. this is quite unbelievable what is| quite unbelievable what is happening now in our continent and we need to make sure we build the strongest and widest possible coalition to ensure that vladimir putin does not succeed and that we wean ourselves off russian hydrocarbons. ourselves off russian h drocarbons. ~ , ., , hydrocarbons. western leaders know that a — hydrocarbons. western leaders know that a negotiated - know that a negotiated settlement will become possible only if vladimir putin sees no alternative and that is why they are determined to keep up pressure on moscow, militarily, economically and diplomatically. and what better way to do that then this? three nato prime ministers, from poland, slovenia and czech republic, visiting war—torn kyiv, a show off. darren e and russia's failure to seize the capital.
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russia's failure to seize the caital. ~ �* ., ., capital. we're fighting for our lives, families, _ capital. we're fighting for our lives, families, for— capital. we're fighting for our lives, families, for freedom l lives, families, for freedom but lives, families, forfreedom but we know we are also fighting for our lives and our freedom. and probably the main goal of our visit, or my message of our mission, is to say you are not alone. our countries stand with you, europe stands with your country. europe stands with your country-— europe stands with your count . ., country. there were more economic— country. there were more economic sanctions - country. there were more economic sanctions for i country. there were more - economic sanctions for russia, too. the eu banning the export of luxury goods and return posing as it freezes and travel bans and 370 russians, including a defence minister, a former prime minister and oligarchs and their families, along with many allies of vladimir putin. but all the pressure and diplomacy is yet to halt russian advances and the devastation of ukraine's
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cities continues. the us presidentjoe biden has signed a spending bill that includes over $13 billion in security assistance to ukraine. mr biden said president putin's attack on ukraine had united people across the world, and in america, including both democrats and republicans in congress. mr biden will head to europe next week to take part in an emergency nato summit. i'm joined now by our north america correspondent david willis. starting with amount of money, shall we? ., , u, , shall we? how significant is it and what is — shall we? how significant is it and what is it _ shall we? how significant is it and what is it intended - shall we? how significant is it and what is it intended to - shall we? how significant is it| and what is it intended to do? very significant. today president biden signed into law as you said there the bill which provides nearly $14 billion in humanitarian security and economic assistance for the ukraine. the
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white house has been very vague about how that will break down, what that money will actually be spent on and there are reports here in the us media that about $1 billion, just over, will be spent on military assistance, in particular, antiaircraft missiles. that is confirming the suspicions of president zelensky and others at the next round, if you like, in this battle will be from the skies. joe biden is expected to give full details of where the $14 billion will be spent in a speech tomorrow. just before he does so, a joint session of congress will hearfrom congress will hear from president zelensky, he was expected and who has previously called for a no—fly zone over ukraine, and the provision of antiaircraft missiles from poland. they are two issues at the white house has next, on the white house has next, on the belief that could lead to
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an escalation of the conflict, potentially leading it into world war three. there is a lot of support for president zelensky, amongst members of congress, and some support i may add, for sending those polish mick fighters —— mick fighterjets to ukraine against russia and so what may happen tomorrow could lead to further pressure being put on president joe biden to take particular action on the conflict —— mig. and i understand joe biden will head to europe next week to take part in the emergency nato meeting. what more can nato actually do, given the symbolic gestures we have already seen with the 3�* end ministers travelling by train to kyiv, what can nato actually do? you are absolutely _ what can nato actually do? 7m, are absolutely right and president biden will attend those meetings in brussels with 30 nato leaders and they are
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expected to take stock of how the conflict is going in ukraine and review options going forward. but focusing the minds of those nato leaders will be on a couple of things, one, the possibility of some sort of russian strike that affects a nato member. on the weekend, we saw a strike on a training base very close to the polish border and also focusing the mind will be a warning from jens stoltenberg, there you when security general, that russia may be able to use chemical weapons suit so food for thought as the nato leaders come together next thursday. always great to get your thoughts on the programme. thank you forjoining us. to russia now, where a journalist who protested on live tv has appeared in court and been fined. marina ovsyannikova ran on to the set behind the news anchor on russian state tv
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to protest against the war in ukraine. our moscow correspondent, caroline davies, has more. out of court but still in the limelight — today, marina ovsyannikova talked for the first time about what happened after she protested on russian state tv. i don't like... i don't russia started this invasion, and it's been very terrible. "these days have been very hard for me", she says. "i spent two days without sleep, i was being questioned "for over 14 hours. "they did not provide me with any legal help. "i was in a hard situation." last night, shouting "no war" and holding a sign that says, "they're lying to you here," this was her protest against her employer and the president.
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but today, she was in court because of this video. in it, she explains why she protested and calls on others to do the same. that fell foul of russia's anti—protest laws, and she was fined 30,000 roubles, around £220. while their employee was being questioned, the channel she worked for made no mention of the protest, continuing to closely follow the kremlin's line. russian state tv is still the main source of news for millions here. others covered the protest but blurred her words. war is not how the kremlin describes its actions in ukraine, and it says ms ovsyannikova's actions are hooliganism. some had feared this could have been the first use of a new law, where publishing anything deemed false information about the military could lead to a jail sentence. its introduction has made many in the media anxious. virtually all of the independent media in russia has closed down and many of those journalists have already left the country, but what this case shows on how at least some people within state media feel about their coverage
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of the situation in ukraine. the rules of the game for the media here have changed, but what many people don't know is exactly where those new red lines start and end. caroline davies, bbc news, moscow. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: keeping the supplies coming in and the refugees going out. we meet the man making sure ukraine's rail network stays on track. today, we have closed the book on apartheid and that chapter. more than 3,000 subway passengers were affected. nausea, bleeding, headaches and a dimming of vision — all of this caused by an apparently organised attack.
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the trophy itself was on the pedestal in the middle of the cabinet here. now, this was an international trophy and we understand now that the search for it has become an international search. above all, this was a triumph for the christian democrats of the west, offering reunification as quickly as possible, and that's what the voters wanted. this is newsday on the bbc. our headlines: kyiv is under a 35—hour curfew. as fighting gets closer to the ukrainian capital, the city's mayor warns of a �*dangerous moment'. the russian journalist
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who interrupted a tv news bulletin to protest against the invasion has appeared in court and received a fine. i want to turn from the turmoil in ukraine now to another story and tell you about yemen, which is also struggling with its own conflict. this month marks eight years of conflict there, between the saudi—backed government and the houthis backed by iran, making it a regional power struggle between two powerful states. uk prime mininster boris johnson is due to fly to the middle east for a three—day trip during which he will encourage saudi arabia to boost its oil production, given the sharp reduction in russian supplies. but the visit is not short of controversy. bbc arabic�*s special correspondent nawal al maghafi explains why. another deadly night in yemen's capital, sana'a. and a frantic morning at what's
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left of a family home. a common scene in this war between houthi rebels linked to iran and a coalition led by saudi arabia and the uae. hassan's brother was at the scene. translation: i called my brother. i could hear women and people screaming in the background. he said, "we are coming to help." the first air strike killed a former aviation college head linked to the houthis, with his wife and children. translation: i was rushing to help, then i heard the second strike. the house was flattened. the second hit killed his brother and four other rescuers. two strikes — this is what's called a double tap attack. the un has condemned them and said the targeting of rescuers could amount to a war crime. the coalition said it was targeting houthi camps across the capital.
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it was in response to a houthi drone attack on the uae. like this one, shown in their propaganda video. both sides are accused of war crimes, which they deny, but since october, the un has stopped investigating them. the un human rights council failed to renew its mandate to investigate war crimes in yemen. what has been the outcome? there was a very dangerous message to all parties in the conflict that they have impunity and they will not be held accountable. and the consequences can be seen here. escalating attacks have seen more than 400 casualties injanuary and february alone, making it the most violent period in years. amongst the rubble, a burnt face of a father, hidden from onlookers, including his sons. this man and his two brothers are
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left without a family breadwinner. translation: he has left a huge void in my life, and if the attacks don't stop, we will fight back. this war�*s aim was to weaken the houthis, but sentiment like this has only grown, and as attacks increase, so, too, does the hostility. nawal al maghafi, bbc news. meanwhile, the uk passport belonging to the detained british—iranian woman, nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, has been returned to her, raising hopes that she may soon be able to return to the uk. mrs zaghari—ratcliffe has been held in iran since 2016, after being accused of plotting to overthrow the government, allegations she's always denied. back to our top story for you now, and let's return to ukraine where, as we've been hearing, three million people have now left ukraine and millions of others are moving around the country
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trying to reach safety. many have travelled on the country's rail system, one of the world's biggest. our special correspondent, fergal keane reports on the massive effort to keep ukraine moving. train horn blares one in three million... ..saved by the railways that are this country's lifeline. they come from across the second biggest country in europe after russia. it is war in my city. the children and i are scared of war. i don't like war. we went to meet the man leading the effort to rescue refugees. a former businessman, he's now in charge of the biggest evacuation in recent european history. oleksandr kamyshin heads a team of nearly a 250,000 people keeping ukraine moving.
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this was him just weeks before the war, with french president emmanuel macron. in wartime, some of his colleagues don camouflage. he's talking by phone to a polish minister. we really developed passenger movement with poland. we increased the number of border points which operate. but the railway boss knows he's a target for the russians and never stays in one place too long. do you worry about your own personal safety? i do, as all normal people do. but i do worry more about those people who we save, as all railway men do. on platforms across the country, people are being rescued by mr kamyshin's trains. all bring stories of trauma. this is my grandfather, and he survived the second world war. he survived all of the atrocities which have been happening literally in kyiv.
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he was fleeing kyiv, his homeland, and this is the second time he has to flee. we are heartbroken, honestly, iam heartbroken. trains travel both ways. to the east and south, carrying aid, and to the front line, soldiers. this woman, aged 80, hasjust taken her great granddaughters to poland, but she wants to take a train home, despite the war. translation: everybody knows me, and i know everybody else. poland is good, but it's better to be at home. home is home. train whistle blows 33 railway staff have been killed since the war began. it's hardly surprising their leader wants international protection. they hit the track daily,
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they hit the stations daily, they hit the trains daily, and we lose people because of this shelling, and the only thing we ask from the west is, close the sky. a no—fly zone isn't likely to happen forfear of igniting a wider european war. oleksandr kamyshin will keep moving, by car... ..by rail, constantly switching routes, changing plans at the last minute — always, he hopes, a step ahead of those who would do him harm. the story of ukraine's survival in this war isn'tjust a story of weapons coming from abroad, but the resistance put up by the defenders. it's also the story of one of the most extraordinary railway operations ever mounted. fergal keane, bbc news, outside lviv.
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that's all for now, stay with bbc world news. hello. there could be the odd interesting sunrise for some of you across the south as we start wednesday, and there could be a few deposits on the car from this. this satellite imagery from tuesday afternoon shows a vast swathe of saharan dust sitting in the sky across much of western europe, and it's tracking its way northwards, but will start to interact with this weather front pushing in from the west. that'll have brought rain through the night and into the start of the day across parts of scotland and northern ireland. but our weather system thatjust drags up that dust is a developing one. it will be a lot of cloud to begin with and not quite as chilly as it was on tuesday morning. greatest chance of frost where we see the clearer skies across western scotland
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and northern ireland. but here, vastly brighter day, lighter winds compared with tuesday. that brighter weather pushes into eastern scotland during the afternoon, outbreaks of rain through the morning across the western half of england and wales, slowly turning brighter later. but notice across much of england, we'll see outbreaks of rain develop here and there. some of the heaviest, most persistent into the afternoon will be across that southeastern corner. that's where we're still dragging in the airfrom the near continent, so 13—14 celsius possible here, a little bit fresher elsewhere. as i said, the winds not quite as strong as they were for a time on tuesday. a wet end to the day across parts of eastern
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england, east anglia and the southeast especially. that rain does eventually clear, though, during the first half of wednesday night. clear skies, then, to take us through much of the night into thursday morning, so a greater chance, certainly away from towns and city centres, we'll see a frost develop for thursday morning. but it will be a lovely, bright, sunny start for the vast majority. this little ridge of high pressure is with us first thing. notice, though, we do have weather fronts pushing in off the north atlantic. the isobars close together once again, so a breezier day, especially for the northern half of the uk. showers through much of the day across parts of scotland and northern ireland, but a bit of sunshine in between. those showers could be heavy. through the afternoon, some parts of northern england, north wales, maybe the north midlands could catch the odd shower, but much of england, again, and southeast wales will be dry, feeling pleasant in the sunshine. and it's that sunshine which really takes over over the days ahead. it does mean that with clear skies into friday morning, frosty and in places, foggy start, most prone across wales, the southwest and the midlands. some of the fog lingering for a while, but overall, actually, more of you seeing blue skies overhead. temperatures of around 10—15 celsius. warm spring sunshine, a quite strong spring sunshine
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at that, which will continue into the weekend, maybe a small chance of one or two showers for southern england late on sunday. take care.
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