this is bbc news. i'm david eades. our top stories: a 35—hour curfew under way in ukraine's capital as the mayor warns kyiv�*s at a difficult and dangerous moment. there is a real sense that the danger, the conflict, is coming closer, and a feeling now that nowhere is safe. amid the bombardment, a symbolic success as three eu leaders visit kyiv in a show of solidarity with president zelensky. you are fighting for your lives, yourfreedom, but we know you are also fighting for our lives and our freedom. the journalist arrested for her protest on russian state tv endures 1a hours of questioning but is freed after receiving a fine.

welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. that difficult and dangerous moment that ukraine's mayor, vitali klitschko spoke of is now upon ukraine's capital. the curfew he announced is in place running right through to thursday morning, with locals prohibited from moving around the city without permission. only air raid sirens can give them the licence to leave their homes in order to head for the bomb shelters. in a moment we will bring you more on the diplomatic efforts to break this violent conflict, as both sides agree to resume talks on a possible ceasefire. we start our coverage with this report from our international correspondent orla guerin.

it's starting to feel 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. "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." funeral march. 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. 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 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.

international sanctions on russia continue to grow and some european leaders have been showing their support for ukraine in the most visible way. the prime ministers of poland, the czech republic and slovenia all travelled to kyiv to hold direct talks with president zelensky, just as the city's residents were preparing for the curfew and, amid the diplomatic to—ing and fro—ing, ukraine's president said his country should recognise that it won'tjoin the military alliance of nato. 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 a negotiated settlement. the kremlin said the discussions were positive, but neither side says where progress has been made. today ukraine's president address talks with european union leaders and hinted at what may be part of a future settlement. translation: ukraine is not| a member of nato and we had heard for many years the doors would be open but also heard we could notjoin. it is a truth and should be recognised. that hint of giving up the idea of joining nato may be seen by some as a concession to this man, russia's foreign minister, who today met his iranian counterpart, and set out some of moscow's demands. translation: the neutrality position of ukraine, - security guarantees of all participants, so that no threats to the russian federation ever come from its territory.

the european leaders, hosted by borisjohnson, were not, however, in london to talk about possible peace deals but how to bolster their defences in case the war spreads and increase their support for ukraine. this is quite unbelievable what is happening in our continent and we need to make sure we build the strongest, widest possible coalition, to ensure that vladimir putin does not succeed and we wean ourselves off russian hydrocarbons. western leaders 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 the pressure on moscow, militarily, economically and diplomatically. what better way to do that then this: three nato prime ministers from poland, slovenia and czech republic, visiting war—torn

kyiv, a show of solidarity and russia's failure to seize the capital. fighting for your lives, families, for freedom, but we know you are also fighting for our lives and our freedom. we know it. and probably the main goal of our visit, or my message of our mission, is to say to you you are not alone. our countries stand with you. europe stands with your country. there were more economic sanctions for russia, too. the eu banning the export of luxury goods, and britain imposing asset freezes and travel bans on 370 russians, including a defence minister, a former prime minister, and oligarchs and theirfamilies, along with many allies of vladimir putin. but all the pressure and diplomacy has yet to halt the russian advance and the devastation of ukraine cities continues.

james lansdale, bbc news. millions of ukrainians have fled the country in the past three weeks, and many more are either internally displaced or under siege and in dire need of aid. the governor of lviv region, maxim kozitsky, has criticized international aid agencies for not being visible on the ground and helping ukrainian refugees. he says that western ukraine has been dealing with hundreds of thousands of refugees without much help. translation: i don't see real interest in _ translation: i don't see real interest in systematic - translation: i don't see real interest in systematic work - translation: i don't see real interest in systematic work in l interest in systematic work in ukraine from the un, humanitarian aid or refugee

agencies. i don't see active moves from osce, the red cross or council of europe. all work is shouldered by ukrainian volunteers, silver societies and volunteers who are helping ukrainians. where are all the organisations that talk so much about human values and help during difficult times? we'rejoined now by eric schwartz, president of refugees international and also former assistant us secretary of state for population, refugees and migration. thank you forjoining us. you heard the governor they're basically saying with regard to international organisations, i don't see them. where are they? i think you do have to make a distinction that there is a lot to what he says because the relief effort, the refugee response, outside of ukraine in neighbouring countries, i think, it leaves reasons for

encouragement. the european union has provided temporary protection directives are the millions of ukrainians crossing borders i think relatively speaking will be reasonably taken well care of. the real challenge will be in ukraine. the aid has to go wean much more quickly and i don't want to sound offensive, but in fairness to the aid organisations, the international community and the humanitarian aid structure before the conflict had really only been exclusive in the eastern portion of the country. so the united nations, voluntary agencies and ukrainian partners have literally have to rebuild the humanitarian infrastructure and rebuilder in new ways so it covers the entire country. it has to build faster, it is not going fast enough but there was very little there by way of

humanitarian response infrastructure when the conflict broke out. it infrastructure when the conflict broke out. it sounds a little bit as — conflict broke out. it sounds a little bit as if— conflict broke out. it sounds a little bit as if some _ conflict broke out. it sounds a little bit as if some agencies l little bit as if some agencies are saying that the outpouring of refugees is going beyond ukraine. we need to establish basesin ukraine. we need to establish bases in some of those neighbouring countries and there is a blockage in the final, i haven't got to places like lviv. final, i haven't got to places like lviv-_ final, i haven't got to places like lviv. no, i think the real challenge — like lviv. no, i think the real challenge will— like lviv. no, i think the real challenge will be _ like lviv. no, i think the real challenge will be inside - challenge will be inside ukraine. there are concerns there will be as many as 7 million internally displaced people within ukraine. there are already estimates of a couple of million newly displaced people within ukraine. today, the un has begun to fan out into all parts of ukraine. they will be liaising with local officials, with local private aid

deliverers but this is a process just getting under way so the government's frustration is justified, so the government's frustration isjustified, the so the government's frustration is justified, the aid so the government's frustration isjustified, the aid has so the government's frustration is justified, the aid has to go in more quickly. the irony of course is that the international community, the governments of the world, are prepared to provide enough aid. the challenge will be getting it there quickly enough and also to get it in there in an environment of terrible conflict. the russians are engaged in a campaign of wanton violation of the laws of war, so the challenge will be significant and substantial. given the situation in lviv, for example, at what point would aid agencies have to say we cannot go there at the moment. it is too risky. lviv looks like you could access, but clearly there are others in —— cities you simply couldn't 90, —— cities you simply couldn't

go, surely? -- cities you simply couldn't go. surely?— -- cities you simply couldn't go, surely? there may be for a eriod go, surely? there may be for a period of— go, surely? there may be for a period of time _ go, surely? there may be for a period of time but _ go, surely? there may be for a period of time but i _ go, surely? there may be for a period of time but i think - period of time but i think international aid agencies have demonstrated their capacity to work in awfully terrible environments. the russians, this is not the first time they have engaged in awful violations of the rules of war. in syria they were involved in the same kind of attacks, and aid agencies operated in syria as well. i think there is conceivably a point where aid agencies would have to withdraw but no—one is talking about that right now. the un to manage her own agencies are moving and the effort is moving in, not out at this point of time. that could change but thatis time. that could change but that is not how it is going right now. that is not how it is going right "ow-— that is not how it is going riaht now. ., ~ ., right now. thank you for your analysis- _ still to come as the world reassesses its reliance on

russian energy, what is the cost to the climate of a shift in supply. 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. 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 bbc world news, our main headline this hour: a 35—hour curfew under way in ukraine's capital as the mayor warns kyiv�*s at a difficult and dangerous moment. every week at this time, we take a look at the climate crisis — bringing you stories with big implications for our planet. this week, we're focusing on ukraine and the links between russian fossil fuels, the war and our climate. here in the uk, boris johnson says the west must end its addiction to russian energy, and is heading to saudi arabia this week. before the conflict began, europe and the us paid moscow around $1 billion a day for oil and gas — money that one way or the other

is helping to fund tanks, warplanes and cluster bombs. last week and this has seen further sweeping economic sanctions by the us banning all russian fossilfuel imports. the uk will also phase out russian oil this year and the eu is stepping up too, adding a ban on investment in russian energy. but it is more reliant on russian oil and gas and is looking to wean itself off entirely only by 2030. in the meantime, it's estimated that russian coffers are swelling by at least $285 million every day. joining me now is the award—winning author and environmentalist bill mckibben — who founded the climate campaigns three—fifty and third act. he's in middlebury, vermont. thank you very much forjoining us. ijust wonder at thank you very much forjoining us. i just wonder at the point at which talk of cutting off russia or its oil and gas supplies, your eyes lit up, in terms russia or its oil and gas supplies, your eyes lit up, in terms of russia or its oil and gas supplies, your eyes lit up, in terms of seeing russia or its oil and gas supplies, your eyes lit up, in terms of seeing this russia or its oil and gas supplies, your eyes lit up, in terms of seeing this as russia or its oil and gas supplies, your eyes lit up, in terms of seeing this as an

opportunity, orare terms of seeing this as an opportunity, or are you a bit more realistic than that? well, i think nobody's _ more realistic than that? well, i think nobody's eyes _ more realistic than that? well, i think nobody's eyes are - more realistic than that? well, i think nobody's eyes are lit - i think nobody's eyes are lit up i think nobody's eyes are lit up at the moment. this is a dreadful, all dreadful stretch of human history. but as you say one of the reasons it is so dreadful because we haven't bitten the bullet and gotten off fossil fuels in the last 20 years, instead we have empowered a series of oligarchs from the king of saudi arabia to the czar of russia, to do what they want because we are so dependent so so this moment better be the moment we start coming to terms with that addiction, and the only good news is we are adamant thanks to the scientists and engineers who have driven the price of renewable energy down by 90% in the last decade, we are actually in a place where we can do it, this could become one of those decision points in

human history, and if it did, yes, it would help save the climate, and yes, it would take us out from people like putin. we do here political re— —— leaders talking a good talk saying this is a time to look at renewables, perhaps nuclear as well, borisjohnson has made that point, and yet, at the same time there is a short—term need for energy, and frankly, some are saying there will be a greater production of oil and gas coming on stream now because of what's happened than there was before? melt because of what's happened than there was before?— there was before? well the fossil fuel _ there was before? well the fossil fuel industry - there was before? well the fossil fuel industry would . there was before? well the i fossil fuel industry would love to use this opportunity to do what they always do and cement their market positions more. over the next few weeks as winter ebbs across europe, there may be some need for very short—term use of fossil fuels, but the work ahead of us is clear. before it gets cold in europe again, it's time to be

doing things like walling out massive introduction of heat pumps and as many places as we possibly can, white house tested its considering a kind of version of lend lease, but this time with heat pumps and insulation and other things flowing across the atlantic. to wean itself from fossil fuel. these things are seen as critical over time, bill, these things are seen as critical overtime, bill, but in the uk heat pumps sound like a good idea but are not quite ready for thejob yet? a good idea but are not quite ready for the job yet? i a good idea but are not quite ready for the job yet?- ready for the 'ob yet? i can tell your _ ready for the job yet? i can tell your they _ ready for the job yet? i can tell your they ready - ready for the job yet? i can tell your they ready for - ready for the job yet? i can tell your they ready for the j tell your they ready for the job because i am —— they are heating house i'm sitting in right at the moment. we know they work better and cheaper than the alternatives, it's just a question of some combination of inertia and toxic vested interest that keeps us from making steps we are perfectly capable of making. it's a shame that it takes the horror of something like what's going on the ukraine to get us to start

moving. i wrote an op—ed for the los angeles times this week with an old colleague of mine who is ukrainian, in ukraine at the moment, and one of the cities being bombed, and the whole point of what she was saying was, it's time for the fossil fuel industry and the banks that fund them to wake up, to understand we are reaching the end of that. human history. we reaching the end of that. human histo . ~ ., reaching the end of that. human histo . ~ . , , ., history. we have been seeing a divestments _ history. we have been seeing a divestments away _ history. we have been seeing a divestments away from - history. we have been seeing a divestments away from fossil i divestments away from fossil fuels to a certain extent stop i am wondering from some of the language you have used in terms of fossil fuel countries you believe that divestments will continue or in fact banks will turn around now and go back to the wells?— the wells? we'll see, it has a lotto do _ the wells? we'll see, it has a lot to do with _ the wells? we'll see, it has a lot to do with how _ the wells? we'll see, it has a lot to do with how much - lot to do with how much political influence this industry has and we watch on my capital, washington, where they have been able to block

president biden's efforts to move towards renewable energy more decisively. but i think the spectacle of what's happening in ukraine and the understanding it's only possible because of vladimir putin has been minting money from fossil fuels for his army, and only possible because he has cowed europe for 20 years with a threat to turn off the tap. the day will come when we are able to free ourselves, only when we are off fossil fuels. ., ~ only when we are off fossil fuels. . ~ , ., only when we are off fossil fuels. ., ~' , ., , only when we are off fossil fuels. . ~ ,, , . only when we are off fossil fuels. ., ~ ,, , . ., fuels. thank you very much for talkin: fuels. thank you very much for talking to _ fuels. thank you very much for talking to us — fuels. thank you very much for talking to us on _ talking to us on climate critical. to russia now, where a journalist who protested on live tv has appeared in court and been fined. anchor on russian state tv 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...

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 ia 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. 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 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.

to keep across all the developments, bbc .com/ news is your place to go. 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 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 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 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.

this is bbc news. the headlines: a 35—hour curfew is under way in the ukrainian capital. residents of kyiv are only allowed to leave their homes if it's to go to an air raid shelter. the mayor, vitali klitschko, said the city's at a difficult and dangerous moment. ukraine's president zelensky has thanked the prime ministers of poland, the czech republic and slovenia for travelling to kyiv to meet him despite the continuing russian bombardment. the eu leaders said the main goal of the visit was to tell ukrainians that europe stood with them. the journalist who interrupted russia's main tv news bulletin to protest against the invasion has been fined $280 by a court in moscow. the editor on flagship

channel one was questioned for ia hours and charged with organising an unauthorised public event. now on bbc news, it's time for panorama. cheering super rich russians like roman abramovich have become part of british life. explosions but the war in ukraine has ended the uk's love affair with wealthy russians and their cash. explosion it's absolutely preposterous that we're only tackling this now. we've been investigating how britain's most famous russian made his money. roman abramovich has stolen money from russians, billions of dollars, of money of russian taxpayers. we uncover new details about roman abramovich's murky past...

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