this is bbc news — welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the globe. i'mjames reynolds in lviv. our top stories: ukrainian authorities have begun rescuing people from a bomb shelter at a theatre in mariupol, which they say was hit by russian shells. moscow denies attacking it. applause a standing ovation for ukraine's leader at the german bundestag. president zelensky says that sanctions are not enough to end the conflict. nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe is finally reunited with her family after years in detention in tehran. she was met by her daughter gabriella and husband who'd campaigned tirelessely for her release. bringing mummy home and showing mummy off will really validate gabriella's insecurities

there in that she was right, she does have two parents that love her. i think there will be the start of a healing process for all of them now. and as refugees continue to flee ukraine — we've a report from neighbouring romania. you're watching bbc news, i'mjames reynolds broadcasting live from lviv in western ukraine. in the east of the country rescue efforts are taking place to try to find survivors after a theatre was bombed in the besieged city of mariupol. president volodymyr zelensky has accused russia of deliberately dropping a bomb on the theatre where hundreds of people were thought to be sheltering in the basement. it is understood to have withstood the blast. russia has denied carrying out the attack. our first report today is from our kyiv correspondent, james waterhouse.

this has been an attack on the whole of ukraine and its very future. the ways it's resisted russian forces is the main reason why, still, only one major city has fallen, but the cost of that is growing and nowhere has paid a bigger price than mariupol. explosion the south—eastern port city is the only location separating advancing russian troops from the south and east. so for the last fortnight, they've surrounded it and bombarded it. people have been forced underground, where supplies have been extremely limited. here, around 1,200 people were sheltering in this theatre. baby cries "children" had even been written in russian outside, to warn attackers from above.

but they either didn't care, didn't believe, or didn't see. an image to make everyone fear the worst, then word that the basement they were in withstood the bomb blast. casualties appear to be low. the basement wasn't destroyed and there are people, there were more than 1000 people who were there, mostly women with children. they went out and it looks like nobody died. moscow has denied the strike, instead blaming so—called ukrainian nationalists, without offering any evidence. russia has also been accused of continually shelling or attacking routes where temporary ceasefires have been agreed. humanitarian aid hasn't been able to get in and people haven't been able to escape. translation: they are destroying everything round the clock- and they don't let any humanitarian cargo into our blocked city.

for five days, russian troops have not stopped the shelling, to prevent the rescue of our people. in the last few days though, some grains of hope. 30,000 have made it out, say authorities, but more than 400,000 are still trapped. say authorities, but more this is the one russian advance which hadn't stalled, according to western officials. mariupol�*s resistance is thought to be softening, too. the rest of ukraine will be watching and wondering what it means for them if this city falls. james waterhouse, bbc news, in kyiv. let's speak now to our chief international correspondent lyse doucet who's in kyiv. here in lviv, people can go for a walk and buy a coffee and even sit down outside and try to forget about the conflict, what can people do where you are in kyiv? i’m

the conflict, what can people do where you are in kyiv? i'm going to look down in _ where you are in kyiv? i'm going to look down in the _ where you are in kyiv? i'm going to look down in the streets _ where you are in kyiv? i'm going to look down in the streets and - where you are in kyiv? i'm going to look down in the streets and there | look down in the streets and there is no curfew right now but if i was to walk over there where before the invasion that there were lots of bustling restaurants and cafe is, fashion designers, they are all shut, apart from maybe a few brave kiosks selling coffee, and every once in awhile we will spot a coffee shop that is still open and it is usually full with people trying to recreate what they knew before. this is a city where not only is there a nightly curfew but the air raid sirens sound almost constantly through the day and everyone here knows that on the edges of this city especially in the north west and the north east, russian forces are trying to advance but they are being pushed back or kept back by the ukrainian defence is on the ground, and in the air defence systems, and of course there's the constant artillery barrage, as well, and

occasionally they land in the city centre, so there is always that risk, as well.— risk, as well. when i speak to eo - le risk, as well. when i speak to peeple here _ risk, as well. when i speak to peeple here in _ risk, as well. when i speak to people here in lviv, _ risk, as well. when i speak to people here in lviv, many - risk, as well. when i speak to people here in lviv, many of. risk, as well. when i speak to - people here in lviv, many of them have escaped kyiv and they said it was not safe for them and they are staying here is a way station on their way to poland or ammonia, so what keeps people in kyiv? —— romania. what keeps people in kyiv? -- romania-— what keeps people in kyiv? -- romania. we heard from vitali klitschko, _ romania. we heard from vitali klitschko, the _ romania. we heard from vitali klitschko, the mayor _ romania. we heard from vitali klitschko, the mayor of - romania. we heard from vitali klitschko, the mayor of the - romania. we heard from vitali i klitschko, the mayor of the city, who said nearly 2 million people have left, which means around a million left, and who can be certain what the statistics are but we know the bomb shelters in the metro stations which were absolutely packed, turning people away when the invasion started, now there are much fewer and in the dozens rather than the hundreds and the railway platforms which used to be packed with people heading west, they are quieter. more people do trick about but those who are left are either too old or too ill to leave and also

young people we meet, in a city which, when you drive around, most of the people who are out are elderly, may be going down to the local shops while it still seems safe, but the young people we meet are here because they have decided to stay and fight or they are here because they want to stay and they want to be here in their city and in their home because they say it is their home because they say it is their home because they say it is their home and why should they leave. in their home and why should they leave. , ., , w leave. in times of peace we often say in conversation, a city - leave. in times of peace we often say in conversation, a city is - leave. in times of peace we often say in conversation, a city is its i say in conversation, a city is its people, so i wonder what kyiv is without its people? the people, so i wonder what kyiv is without its people?— people, so i wonder what kyiv is without its people? the people who left still have _ without its people? the people who left still have the _ without its people? the people who left still have the spirit _ without its people? the people who left still have the spirit of _ without its people? the people who left still have the spirit of kyiv - left still have the spirit of kyiv with them and i'm sure they will want to come back, their identity and their memories are here and their sense of self was here, their life was here, and there have been stories being told, one in particular which sticks in my mind,

young woman who said i used to live in a very fashionable neighbourhood and i had a good job, she said, she was a social media manager, and now she says she is a refugee, and nobody is going to want to remain a refugee outside their country. if they believe they can come back to this city, they are hoping against hope that there won't be an attempt to flatten the city, to besiege it and bombard it, in the way that is happening in mariupol, but it is four weeks into this war which is a long time but also a short time in this kind of war. for long time but also a short time in this kind of war.— this kind of war. for now, thanks forjoining _ this kind of war. for now, thanks forjoining us- — i'm joined now by opera singer igor mostovoi who's escaped mariupol and is now in the ukrainian town of zaporizhzhia.

he grew up singing at the theatre which was destroyed by bombing. thanks forjoining us. your thoughts about the attack on the theatre that you know so well? it is about the attack on the theatre that you know so well?— you know so well? it is so devastating, _ you know so well? it is so devastating, you - you know so well? it is so devastating, you know, i you know so well? it is so devastating, you know, it| you know so well? it is so l devastating, you know, it is you know so well? it is so - devastating, you know, it is a very personal story for me, as it is for a lot of actors and musicians, and it is even more devastating to know that this place was a shelter for more than a thousand people including children, and there are even photographs made from the satellite where you can see the... inaudible in front of the theatre and behind the theatre, there is a sign saying children, but even that... inaudible this lace

children, but even that... inaudible this place should _ children, but even that... inaudible this place should not _ children, but even that... inaudible this place should not be _ children, but even that... inaudible this place should not be bombed - this place should not be bombed because they are children there. it is devastating because the bomb was still landed there, and my personal feeling, this war that russia is doing against ukraine at the ukrainian people, it seems like a genocide that is happening every day in mariupol. tell us about what is happening to your family and the decisions you have made about who stays and who goes? what decisions you have made about who stays and who goes? what happened to m famil is stays and who goes? what happened to my family is that. _ stays and who goes? what happened to my family is that, for _ stays and who goes? what happened to my family is that, for example, - stays and who goes? what happened to my family is that, for example, my - my family is that, for example, my mother, my father, they left when it was still relatively safe, when the city was as we remember it, but then there is part of my family which is my uncle and another brother, and my grandfather who can't walk and can't even eat by himself, who needs to be

taken care of, and who has stayed. we didn't have any connection with them for a while... we didn't have any connection with them for a while. . ._ them for a while... inaudible when do you _ them for a while... inaudible when do you hope _ them for a while... inaudible when do you hope to - them for a while... inaudible when do you hope to see - them for a while... inaudiblel when do you hope to see them them for a while... inaudible - when do you hope to see them again? igor, the opera singer who has left apple, he was telling us he has sung at the theatre which has been attacked —— who has left mariupol. the ukrainian president has accused russia of building a new wall against freedom in europe through its invasion of his country. during a video address to the lower house of the german parliament,

volodymyr zelensky said sanctions against moscow were not enough. it comes as uk military intelligence says russia's invasion has largely stalled on all fronts. it found that russian forces have been suffering heavy losses and making minimal progress on land, sea and air in recent days. 0ur security correspondent gordon corera has the latest. outside the western city of lviv, ukrainian territorial defence forces are training for the battles ahead. ukrainian territorial defence forces so far, ukrainian troops have surprised many by holding back the russian advance. and on the diplomatic front, their leader president zelensky continued his virtual tour, speaking remotely to the german parliament, at times critical of germany's past position on russia, he called for more action now. . translation: it's a wall in central. europe between freedom and bondage, and this wall is growing bigger with every bomb on ukraine, with every decision that is not made for the sake of peace. president zelensky. applause

yesterday, he addressed the us congress. he received no promises of the no—fly zone he had asked for, but did get significant new military aid, including air defence and drones to target russian forces. and president biden went so far as calling russia's leader a war criminal. oh, i think he is a war criminal. a move the kremlin denounced as being unacceptable. today, though, putin did appear in public, but only to talk about economic development in crimea as the anniversary of its annexation from ukraine approaches, making little reference to international pressure or the military campaign. so what is the situation on the ground? well, the russian advance had come from three directions — from the east, from the south and from the north—west towards the capital. but each of those looks to have either stalled orjust made slow progress.

it does look as if russian forces have been trying to regroup and encircle the capital kyiv here. but so far, they have not gone in. that might be because they lack the combat power after taking heavy casualties. the us reckons at least 7,000 russian troops have been killed. russia continues to claim its forces are making progress, and it's saying negotiations are also moving forward amid talk of neutrality and security guarantees for ukraine. but other russian demands for territory may be far less acceptable, and many in ukraine fear that negotiations are reallyjust cover to allow the russian military to regroup. gordon corera, bbc news. iulia mendel is president zelensky�*s former spokesperson and continues to assist the ukrainian government. thanks forjoining us. president zelensky has said that in the end war has got to end in agreement, so what would he be prepared to give up to get a negotiated peace? thank you

for havin: to get a negotiated peace? thank you for having me- _ to get a negotiated peace? thank you for having me. this _ to get a negotiated peace? thank you for having me. this is _ to get a negotiated peace? thank you for having me. this is an _ for having me. this is an interesting question and i don't know if it works now for ukraine because ukraine definitely has red lines and ukraine is not going to give up its people and its territories and its sovereignty and its independence and that is why what we are defending here right now... what i have heard from the latest negotiations, that have just finished, is that ukraine demands that russia takes out all the troops from the territory of ukraine and this is their major condition for having any deal with russia. also the latest information is that vladimir putin has heard this very loud request to have a direct conversation with president zelensky because these are the only two people who can take really hard decisions and who can find real

compromise and discuss any important issues about the current war situation in ukraine. [30 issues about the current war situation in ukraine.- issues about the current war situation in ukraine. do you really imaaine situation in ukraine. do you really imagine direct _ situation in ukraine. do you really imagine direct talks _ situation in ukraine. do you really imagine direct talks between - situation in ukraine. do you reallyl imagine direct talks between those two leaders? that imagine direct talks between those two leaders?— imagine direct talks between those two leaders? . , ., ., ., two leaders? that is the information that perhaps — two leaders? that is the information that perhaps a _ two leaders? that is the information that perhaps a conversation - two leaders? that is the information that perhaps a conversation can - two leaders? that is the information j that perhaps a conversation can take place in the next several weeks but we must understand that ukraine is negotiating right now with a terrorist state so how reliable are the negotiations and the promises from the terrorists? that is for you to decide. what i understand is from the latest messages from the president himself, he has disappointment in nato allies and he understands that nato did not manage to help ukraine close disguise and did not manage to provide aircraft as possible so we can defend the skies ourselves —— did not manage to

help ukraine to close the skies. russia has got air superiority so we felt disappointment and the president was already outspoken about the possible stance of neutrality, and if you think about what we can give up, maybe we can give up the dream of being a nato member, in 15 years, without any confirmation right now, when we have our people just dying in this unnecessary and absolutely brutal war. ., ., ., ., war. you mentioned the demand of the president for — war. you mentioned the demand of the president for a — war. you mentioned the demand of the president for a no-fly _ war. you mentioned the demand of the president for a no-fly zone, _ war. you mentioned the demand of the president for a no-fly zone, and - president for a no—fly zone, and president for a no—fly zone, and president biden and other leaders have said no, they won't do that, do you understand why they say that, why they are so worried about escalation and putting nuclear powered america against nuclear powered america against nuclear powered russia in the skies above this country and the escalation that that might warrant? $5 this country and the escalation that that might warrant?—

this country and the escalation that that might warrant? as far as i know it is not about _ that might warrant? as far as i know it is not about all _ that might warrant? as far as i know it is not about all the _ that might warrant? as far as i know it is not about all the members - that might warrant? as far as i know it is not about all the members of i it is not about all the members of nato and not about the countries who actually do not support a no—fly zone for ukraine, and for instance we heard from the lithuanian parliament that they demand from the united nations to have a no—fly zone above ukraine and our neighbouring countries also support this decision. poland has increased already its army three times because poland understands that the russian threat is close to poland, and the baltic states are aware that putin disrespects the world order that exists after world war ii so much that he doesn't care about any kind of membership and he will go further when he understands that he has the power to go further. this is really very disturbing. yes, we have heard note from other members and we

understand this is an absence of understanding of the psychologically of moscow which has imperialistic ambitions and we think the west tries not to irritate the monkey with the grenade but the monkey with the grenade does not need any irritant to drop the grenade at any moment. the west is very concerned about world war ii a and we can see that word was three has already started because once putin fights here, it is notjust against ukraine, he tries to undermine democracy around the world and he tries to undermine the western world order which started after the second world war, and definitely he is very angry at nato and the west. nevertheless, do you understand that if ukraine is to carry on fighting, it will be ukrainians who do the fighting, and may be the west will

supply weapons, the united states has promised more military aid, but how do you confront the fact that the fighting will be done by ukrainians themselves are not by others? ~ ., , ukrainians themselves are not by others? ~ . , , ., _ others? ukraine is being done by ordinary ukrainians _ others? ukraine is being done by ordinary ukrainians and - others? ukraine is being done by ordinary ukrainians and i - others? ukraine is being done by ordinary ukrainians and i want i others? ukraine is being done by| ordinary ukrainians and i want you to understand that ukraine appreciates the unification of the civilised world but this is not only for ukraine and it is actually the unification against russia. we appreciate the humanitarian aid and the finances and the military support that has been provided by the people from around the world, it is really very important, but right now we have people dying every day and our army shows that it is a very strong army because we have started implementing the nato standards since 2014 when russia first invaded part of ukraine and we feel we have big experience in fighting russia and russian disinformation and we feel very strong and this and this has been through the weeks when we

have shown the work that we are eager and that we will stand for our country until the very end because ukraine, for 40 million of ukrainians, it is their values, as well as it would be for the values of every citizen to defend his or her own country, and of course we are asking the west to help us because we don't want to lose and everything that is happening is a terror, a terror of every day, it is unstoppable, endless, but we understand that we will stand here until victory because we do not have any other chance. i must say that the consequences of the war are going to cost a lot and what i have heard from the prime minister of ukraine, the latest, we will need over $500 billion to reconstruct the country after the war so when we are talking about the financial support, i would like the people and the audience in great britain to understand the consequences from our perspective as well. for

understand the consequences from our perspective as well.— perspective as well. for now, thanks for “oininr perspective as well. for now, thanks forjoining us- _ perspective as well. for now, thanks forjoining us. that _ perspective as well. for now, thanks forjoining us. that was _ perspective as well. for now, thanks forjoining us. that was a _ perspective as well. for now, thanks forjoining us. that was a former - forjoining us. that was a former spokesperson for president zelensky. refugees have continued to flee war—torn ukraine. its neighbour poland has received by far the largest number of displaced people — and the number crossing into the country is expected to reach 2 million this afternoon. as you can see here, romania has also been taking in a large number of refugees. 0ur correspondent nick thorpe is on the romanian border and sent this report. refugees from ukraine arrive by boat. biblical names, from ishmail to isaac. most come from cities along ukraine's black sea coast, especially 0desa. 0n dry land, the romanian fire brigade are the first to help. it's amazingly well organised. taking shelter from

the easterly wind, a mother and the youngest new arrival. baby david is ten days old. born in 0desa on the 5th of march, he has two older brothers and a sister, anastasia. their mother anna is quiet and focused in the midst of the tumult. it was not an easy birth. translation: i hadjust given birth to my baby and wanted to leave - the maternity hospital. butjust then, the siren sounded. they told me to sit in the corridor between two walls until the alarm was over. i asked the doctor, why would they bomb a hospital? can't they see the red cross on the roof? he replied, "listen, we have to be prepared for everything. "it has happened elsewhere. they know no limits." i don't know what awaits us, where we can hide, where we will be safe, and i pray to god to end this war as soon as possible. alexander is the grandfather

shepherding his family to safety. "i brought so much luggage for the children", anna told me, i forgot to pack my own clothes. there is a bus to catch, and documents to prepare. she's already talking to the family who will host them in another country. passport control. crossing the border between two worlds. from here, a bus will take anna, alexander and the four children to bulgaria, further round the black sea coast. as russian military pressure on southern ukraine increases, so does the exodus. nick thorpe, bbc news. around 3 million people have fled this territory to the likes of poland, romania, moldova, and so on.

most of those who have read will have been ukrainians themselves with roots here but others will have been those simply living here, studying or working —— most of those who have fled. we can now speak to one of them. let's speak now to paul siki, who fled kyiv, and is now in a hotel in budapest. tell us about your journey? tell us about yourjourney? first of tell us about your “ourney? first of all, we tell us about your “ourney? first of an. we love _ tell us about your “ourney? first of all, we love like _ tell us about yourjourney? first of all, we love like everyone - tell us about yourjourney? first of all, we love like everyone else, --| all, we love like everyone else, —— just like everybody else, we heard about the possible invasion but we took it lightly and we did not believe it would happen. 0n the wednesday we had the first blast, it was calm until that point. but once we had the first blast, we heard the

russian spies were already in town, the agents, they were bombing the airport. i stay very close to the airport. i stay very close to the airport so i could hear the blasts. there was a lot of panic and pandemonium at that point. everyone was scrabbling for safety, looking for a bomb shelter, it was not easy. i understand you were in ukraine for eight years and you picked up a medical degree and you picked up a masters, did it become your home? yes, it became my home. having ukrainian friends, and worshipping with them in the church, they became part of my life, because they are

peace loving and also wonderful people in the sense that they are very hospitable, very hospitable indeed. ., ., ., . , very hospitable, very hospitable indeed. ., ., ., ., , ., indeed. you are now in hungary, what is our life indeed. you are now in hungary, what is your life like — indeed. you are now in hungary, what is your life like there? _ indeed. you are now in hungary, what is your life like there? compared - indeed. you are now in hungary, what is your life like there? compared to i is your life like there? compared to ukraine, hungarians _ is your life like there? compared to ukraine, hungarians are _ is your life like there? compared to ukraine, hungarians are also - is your life like there? compared to ukraine, hungarians are also very l ukraine, hungarians are also very hospitable but the big difference is the language barrier. most younger generation can speak english and communicate in english but unlike in ukraine, because having stayed there for eight years i could communicate with the ukrainians, at least in the russian language, but nowjust coming out of the war zone,

it takes me back to the situation in kyiv, and travelling all over ukraine, you have got to wait until the noise from the siren has died down, but usually when there are sirens, this is followed with a bomb blast. the situation there is terrible. ., blast. the situation there is terrible. . ., blast. the situation there is terrible. ., ., ., blast. the situation there is terrible. ., . ., ., terrible. paul, what have you told our terrible. paul, what have you told your family _ terrible. paul, what have you told your family about _ terrible. paul, what have you told your family about this _ terrible. paul, what have you told your family about this trip, - terrible. paul, what have you told your family about this trip, your l your family about this trip, your escape from ukraine to hungary? i basically told my family that we should not discuss it. i did not want them to be asking me about the war because when i heard mention of

the war, i have panic attacks. so i said we could talk about this some other time, said we could talk about this some othertime, maybe said we could talk about this some other time, maybe when this is all over, but for now, just keep the people of the ukraine in our prayers, especially those who are still there, and i have a lot of friends who are still there, who are not going to leave their fatherland, so they are there defending the city and also assisting the people fighting. they love the place. [30 fighting. they love the place. do ou fighting. they love the place. do you think you will go back to ukraine? i you think you will go back to ukraine? ., . ,, ., ~ ., ukraine? i will go back to ukraine because i ukraine? i will go back to ukraine because i left _ ukraine? i will go back to ukraine because i left a _ ukraine? i will go back to ukraine because i left a lot, _ ukraine? i will go back to ukraine because i left a lot, if _ ukraine? i will go back to ukraine because i left a lot, if not - because i left a lot, if not everything. just like most foreigners who have made ukraine their home, we did not take everything wejust got their home, we did not take everything we just got the essentials and some clothes. i have

a pair of shoes and then i fled. i left everything there. i also need to retrieve some of my things from university because i was not prepared to leave ukraine at that point in time. prepared to leave ukraine at that point in time-— prepared to leave ukraine at that point in time. paul, i'm sure your famil is point in time. paul, i'm sure your family is extremely _ point in time. paul, i'm sure your family is extremely glad - point in time. paul, i'm sure your family is extremely glad that - point in time. paul, i'm sure your family is extremely glad that you | family is extremely glad that you made it to safety. thanks for joining us. paul is one of 3 million people who have decided that it is simply not safe for them within these borders of ukraine, that the only safe place was outside the borders of this country. here in lviv it is mid afternoon and the city is pretty quiet. you can go for a walk and see coffee shops open but the war is on every�*s mind. in a few hours' time there will be a curfew and then at night people will be listening out for the howl of the air raid siren which wakes up people

in the middle of the night and reminds people that even if they can get to sleep and forget the war for a few hours, that war will wake them up. before we go back to the studio i want to bring you some breaking news. the turkish presidency has said that president erdogan has told vladimir putin, that he could host the russian president and president zelensky for talks. now back to the studio in london. we will keep monitoring the breaking news and of course diplomatic efforts continue to resolve the crisis. fascinating to resolve the crisis. fascinating to hear about the student. when i was at the border i met so many students of universities in ukraine who felt they could not stay and who also fled the country, part of the 3 million people, who have fled

ukraine. you are watching continuing coverage of the russian invasion of ukraine. it is having a big impact on lots of different aspects of our lives. let's take a look now at the economic impact of the war. the war is having a big impact on things like the economy. victoria fritz is here. this is the big question. how do you put a price on the humanitarian crisis and human suffering in ukraine? as the world reels in response, this is the question economists are grappling with. the 0ecd, which represents more than thirty economies, is first to make the assumptions, run the numbers and model the scale of the devastation

to the global economy. and this is it. if things carry on as they are, the world economy will be blown off course, at the very least by 1% overall. but far greater than that for eurozone countries and to a far less significant scale for the likes of the us. however, no country is immune. inflation will keep on rising. perhaps by a further 2.5%. why? because russia and ukraine export the things we can't do without — oil and gas for fuel. metals for manufacturing. so, although russia and ukraine together contribute just 2% of global economic growth, they supply 30% of the world's little wonder that the threat to the world's grain supply is causing an 80% spike in prices. so, what do you do if you're the likes of the middle east? the region relied on russia and ukraine to supply 3/4s of all of its wheat before this war broke out. laurence boone is chief

economist at the 0ecd from their headquarters in paris. a lot has been made in the last few weeks about the shortages in ukraine, but this suggest we could be seeing food shortages elsewhere across the world.— across the world. thank you for the invitation, nice _ across the world. thank you for the invitation, nice to _ across the world. thank you for the invitation, nice to be _ across the world. thank you for the invitation, nice to be here. - across the world. thank you for the invitation, nice to be here. it- across the world. thank you for the invitation, nice to be here. it is- invitation, nice to be here. it is true that the conflict has devastating consequences in ukraine and there are lots of shortages, partly because of the reasons you mention. but it also affects the rest of the world because russia and ukraine are key producers in some segments, including, as you were mentioning, food commodities like wheat and maize, including some

metals which are used for semiconductors and chips and that would disrupt the supply chain. also very importantly, because it is not easy to substitute, gas, oil and of course coal. all this means that in anticipation of what could happen we have seen a huge commodity price shock which is affecting all economies in the world. for example, oil prices have soared worldwide and that will affect every consumer in the world. gas prices in europe have also sought and that will mostly affect europeans. we are also going to see different impacts across different countries. the to see different impacts across different countries. the double blow of curtailed growth _ different countries. the double blow of curtailed growth and _ different countries. the double blow

of curtailed growth and rising - of curtailed growth and rising prices will hit the lower income households are disproportionately highly. but the recommendation from your report is that the central bank should carry on raising interest rates in order to tackle inflation. do you think governments will step up do you think governments will step up and come to the fore here for those people who are most vulnerable and try and absorb some of the shocks here?— and try and absorb some of the shocks here? absolutely. we do recommend _ shocks here? absolutely. we do recommend actually _ shocks here? absolutely. we do recommend actually that - shocks here? absolutely. we do recommend actually that this i shocks here? absolutely. we do recommend actually that this is| shocks here? absolutely. we do i recommend actually that this is not the consequences of the war and monetary policy is doing what it was doing before the conflict when the economy was growing really fast and inflation was high and employment low. but the consequences of the war on the most vulnerable have to be addressed by fiscal policy and what we mean by that is it is means tested, targeted measures that will help people to pay for their food and energy bills. that is super

important for inflation because if you keep the food bills and the energy bills a little lower than what it would be for those people without support, it will also keep part of the inflation and wage inflation in check. it is a task for fiscal policy. inflation in check. it is a task for fiscal policy-— inflation in check. it is a task for fiscal policy. interesting. there is also an acute _ fiscal policy. interesting. there is also an acute refugee _ fiscal policy. interesting. there is also an acute refugee crisis i fiscal policy. interesting. there is also an acute refugee crisis here | fiscal policy. interesting. there is. also an acute refugee crisis here as well, the scale and speed of which many of us have not seen before in our lifetimes. warsaw's mayor said the number of people in his city has risen 20% in two weeks. arthur major nations like poland, for example, in a strong enough position to absorb the costs of the people coming across the border and supporting them in their needs, whether it be food, housing, medicine, schooling, etc. . , food, housing, medicine, schooling, etc. ., , ., , ., food, housing, medicine, schooling, etc. ., , ., ., , food, housing, medicine, schooling, etc. ., , ., ., etc. that is a question many are askin: , etc. that is a question many are asking. and _ etc. that is a question many are asking, and especially _ etc. that is a question many are asking, and especially the i etc. that is a question many are i asking, and especially the countries along the border. some are taking

such high inflows of refugees like poland and also romania and moldova. we have to be very clear, this is a burden, it is not a humanitarian burden, it is not a humanitarian burden, but it is a moral obligation to help these people, but it cost money to provide accommodation, care, schooling for the children, to help the people who can to find a job. forthis help the people who can to find a job. for this the cost of this cannot fall on the countries who are hosting the refugees. there needs to be european solidarity to help the countries who are actually welcoming the refugees. in the e u this is very important. the refugees. in the e u this is very important-— the refugees. in the e u this is very important. thank you for your contribution _ very important. thank you for your

contribution today. _ 800 crew have been sacked with immediate effect at p&0 ferries. why? because it simply can't afford to keep going. we've made a £100 million loss on p&0 says the dubai owner dp world. but the parent company is flush with cash. it's just turned a profit of £8 billion or so. so what's going on? for more on thisjoining me now is our correpondent dharshini david. we've both been covering business for many years. i can't recall anything like this. staff refusing to get off the ferries. reports of agency workers waiting in coaches at various ports to take their place. unions urging them to stay on board. lorries are backed up at the port. what is going on? it is a mess. it was hours of suspense before they

finally got confirmation of what many fear, 800 seafarers were to lose theirjobs. it is an intriguing picture because this is a company that doesn't just transport 10 million passengers to and from the uk every year, it also brings in 250% of imports into the country in any given year as well, so it is of huge importance. you would have thought the owners would have wanted this for the long term. but we have had the pandemic and it has been pretty bruising for travel companies and we now have a fuel crisis as well and they are saying this is not a viable way to go. but in the last week we also learnt that dt world made revenues of over £8 billion, over $10 billion, so some might say, hang on a minute, can't you just soak some of this up in another way and think to the future about how you make this more viable in the longer term without upsetting

yourself and potentially your customers as well? but we understand the company went to the lengths of prerecording a video message and telling staff that way. in terms of pr it has not been a good day for p under and the staff are asking what happens next? the company will not be drawn on whether or not they will be drawn on whether or not they will be permanently replaced by cheaper stuff from elsewhere, or if they will be asked to reapply for their jobs further down the line at less preferable rates. dt world has got investments all over the world and it has thousands of otherjobs in the uk as well. they asked for extra help during the pandemic and at the time the government said no. it still got millions of pounds in filo cash and paid out £200 million in dividends to shareholders at the time. some now are asking whether or not this is really their priority. thank you very much. that is it for the moment. if i have any updates on

the moment. if i have any updates on the piano situation i will be back to let you know. a lot of people in shock. thank you very much, victoria. let's return now to the fallout of the russian invasion of ukraine. until this week, the russian journalist marina 0vsyannikova was hardly known outside of her home country. but her anti—war protest — waving a home—made placard on camera during a live tv news broadcast — brought her to the attention of the world. russian laws effectively criminalise any criticism of what the kremlin describes as a special operation in ukraine and marina was was detained and fined, before being released. 0ur correspondent in moscow, caroline davies, went to meet her. translation: there are lots of conspiracy theories - building up about me, that it was a fake, that it was said by the fsb, or that i am a project of western special forces. that's why i had to explain to the world what really happened, the fact that i'm just a normal russian woman, but i couldn't remain indifferent after russia invaded ukraine.

i knew that if i went to protest in central square, i would be arrested like everyone else and thrown into a police van and be put on trial. half the poster was in russian, half the poster was in english. i really wanted to show the western audience that some russians are against the war. as to the russians, i wanted to show them you are zombified by this kremlin propaganda, stop believing it. you worked at state media for years. do you have a sense of guilt about that? translation: ifeel, of course,j some responsibility lying on me. i was an ordinary cog in the propaganda machine. until the very last moment i didn't think about it too much. i was happy with my life but discontent was piling up, but of course i feel responsibility. tell me a bit about what happened after the protest.

translation: the main interrogation went on for about 13 or 14 hours. i nobody believed it was my personal decision. they were coming up with different versions. they suggested it could be confident work relatives who were really angry about ukraine, or that i was doing it for western special services. they couldn't believe that i have so many objections to the government that i couldn't stay silent. what do you think your future now holds for you and for your children here in russia? it's a hard question because my eldest son said that i have ruined the life of the whole family. probably he doesn't understand now, but i hope in the future my children will understand the sacrifice was not for nothing. i don't know what the future holds for us.

what a difficult conversation to have with her son. 0ur what a difficult conversation to have with her son. our thanks to marina speaking to our correspondent in moscow, caroline davies. much more information on the unfolding crisis on our website. british iranian, nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, who was imprisoned in iran for nearly six years, is back in the uk and reunited with herfamily. another dual—national, anoosheh ashoori, who was detained in iran for five years, has also been freed and arrived back in britain on the same flight. there were emotional scenes at raf brize norton in the early hours of this morning as ms zaghari—ratcliffe was met by her husband and daughter. 0ur diplomatic correspondent james landale reports. the pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.

this was the moment nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe was finally reunited with her seven—year—old daughter gabriella and husband richard. a family torn apart for six long years, a family once more complete. so too for anousheh ashoori, the british—iranian businessman who had also been freed. an emotional reunion with his family, the relief and release after so many years of detention and separation. it was, said his daughter elika, happiness in one picture. their years of detention ended yesterday, when they were finally allowed to fly home, freed by the iranian authorities who had held them hostage as diplomatic pawns. they arrived at raf brize norton in 0xfordshire in the early hours, in good spirits, as theirfamilies watched and waited.

is that mummy? is that mummy, gabriella asks. mummy! that's mummy. yes, it was. there with the families was the foreign secretary, whose diplomats and money had helped secure their release. i think it's been a really difficult 48 hours, the expectation that they would be released, but we weren't sure right until the last minute. so it's been very emotional, but also a really happy moment for the family. and for gabriella, a moment that was shockingly unfamiliar, when she could finally be together with both her parents, the first time in almost six years. her last birthday party, mummy rang up and she was showing herfriends, saying, i do have a mummy, this is mummy. i think bringing mummy home and showing her off will validate gabriella's insecurities, knowing that she was right

and she has had two parents who love her. for the family, advice about coming to terms with their new life from one who walked a similar path. everybody in the country who has followed this will be deeply interested and want to see more of them. but it is absolutely essential that after the first exposure, they then take it easy, they then withdraw. and i think richard realises that that is important. iranian state tv claimed both detainees had been freed on humanitarian grounds, accusing them of being dual national spies, claims they have long denied. but still left in tehran is morad tahbaz, a third london born dual national. the foreign office said it would continue to press for his release. but for this family at least, the start of a new life, together at last.

extraordinary scenes, images that the world has welcomed. nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe released. also with the other dual national who was detained. nazanin worked at the thomas reuters foundation. nazanin worked at the thomas reuters foundation. i'm joined now by antonio zappulla, ceo of the thomson reuters foundation, where nazanin worked. you have been advocating for nazanin's release. you must bejust so relieved. let's get your initial reaction to her return home. it is a treat reaction to her return home. it is a great day- — reaction to her return home. it is a great day- the _ reaction to her return home. it is a great day. the past _ reaction to her return home. it is a great day. the past 48 _ reaction to her return home. it is a great day. the past 48 hours i reaction to her return home. it is a great day. the past 48 hours have | great day. the past 48 hours have been surreal. we had been there before. there have been moments throughout this very long six years where we felt that hope was on the table and we saw hope shattered constantly. it happened especially around christmas and around this time of the year because obviously it is the persian new year on the zist it is the persian new year on the 21st of march. so we have been

there. but we have felt almost the imminence of nazanin coming home multiple times. so we were really cautious this time around. we only believed it effectively when we knew that the plane had left the tarmac and the plane was outside a reigning airspace. that is when we knew that this time it was real. it has been six very difficult and long years for nazanin and the family. as a lawyer it has been challenging as well. it is exactly six years ago today that nazanin went on holiday today that nazanin went on holiday to iran and she never came back. 0bviously to iran and she never came back. obviously it has been very challenging from an mb�*s perspective as well and we didn't know what we could and could not disclose and we were talking to the fco at the time, and the family understanding what

approach they wanted to take, and thenit approach they wanted to take, and then it became a global story. i don't think nazanin fully realised until perhaps today how big the story this was here in the uk and around the world.— story this was here in the uk and around the world. exactly, because initiall i around the world. exactly, because initially i believe _ around the world. exactly, because initially i believe her _ around the world. exactly, because initially i believe her family - around the world. exactly, because initially i believe her family had i initially i believe herfamily had the idea to keep this very quiet but her husband what's very adamant from the very beginning to make this public, to build awareness about this. i know you must have been working very closely with what the family wanted, their approach to how to deal with her detention, her incarceration.— to deal with her detention, her incarceration. exactly, the advice from the fco _ incarceration. exactly, the advice from the fco would _ incarceration. exactly, the advice from the fco would normally i incarceration. exactly, the advice from the fco would normally be | incarceration. exactly, the advice i from the fco would normally be to give diplomacy a chance. richard very quickly decided to change the approach and obviously we were supporting him in the campaign. there were moments when the campaign would be louder than what we would be, but the work in the background continued constantly. we contacted

richard all the time and we were in contact with nazanin since she went into house arrest. there were multiple lines of communication open and i have been messaging nazanin constantly since she was in house arrest. ., ., ., ~ constantly since she was in house arrest. ., ., ., ,, ., , arrest. you are talking about being her employer- _ arrest. you are talking about being her employer. nazanin's _ arrest. you are talking about being her employer. nazanin's work i arrest. you are talking about being her employer. nazanin's work with | her employer. nazanin's work with the thomson reuters foundation was used as a false pretext in the charges against her. she was accused of training journalists in iran. in fact she was not, she was visiting her family. fact she was not, she was visiting herfamily. but i wonder fact she was not, she was visiting her family. but i wonder how you and your colleagues, how the former ceo, for advocating her release all the time, how you felt about knowing that her work, her career was being weaponised in this way. it that her work, her career was being weaponised in this way.— that her work, her career was being weaponised in this way. it was not a surrise. weaponised in this way. it was not a surprise- if — weaponised in this way. it was not a surprise- if you _ weaponised in this way. it was not a surprise. if you look _ weaponised in this way. it was not a surprise. if you look at _ weaponised in this way. it was not a surprise. if you look at this - weaponised in this way. it was not a surprise. if you look at this from i surprise. if you look at this from an iranian point of view this is hostagetaking and hostage diplomacy to a certain extent. it is something

we have seen before obviously. there was no doubt in our minds that nazanin had no wrongdoing on her side simply because we don't operate in iran, we never operated in iran and we have no intention of operating in iran and she was not training journalists in iran. that was a subject that got the situation much more complicated. it was clear from our perspective that she was used as a political token and i guess that is why the frustrations from nazanin's perspective were so palpable because a lie told many times is still a lie. she was a project coordinator and became a project manager, we promoted her whilst she was away. she was working in our media development team. we train journalists around the world in more than 85 countries, but we have never tried a single journalist in iran.

have never tried a single “ournalist in iran. ,, .,, ., ., in iran. she has gone through absolute trauma _ in iran. she has gone through absolute trauma but - in iran. she has gone through absolute trauma but i - in iran. she has gone through absolute trauma but i know. in iran. she has gone through l absolute trauma but i know you in iran. she has gone through i absolute trauma but i know you can't wait to get her back, you left her job open for most of the time she was experiencing all of this. has she indicated that she wants to come back? let's face it, she needs time. it is entirely her choice. it is important she knows she has a job to go to. we are in no rush. i never really discuss work with her, and my last conversation with her coming back home was not an option on the table realistically speaking. we never discussed the logistics of wood you come back to work? it would be totally inappropriate for me to have had that discussion with her under the previous circumstances. now i guess the most important thing for her is to heal, to spend valuable time with her daughter and husband together as a family. this is the first time gabriella has seen her parents together under the same

roof. she was only 22 months old when she was separated from her mother, so it is an important family moment and she needs to take all the time she needs. we are providing nazanin with all the best support she needs and with the same level of support we will provide to a journalist that comes back from a war zone. all sorts of support will be available to her and her family and whenever she indicates she is open to have a conversation about returning to work, we will discuss that. �* ., ., , returning to work, we will discuss that. ., ., , ., , ., that. antonia, it is really good of ou to that. antonia, it is really good of you to talk _ that. antonia, it is really good of you to talk to _ that. antonia, it is really good of you to talk to us _ that. antonia, it is really good of you to talk to us and _ that. antonia, it is really good of you to talk to us and share i that. antonia, it is really good of you to talk to us and share your. you to talk to us and share your experience and we appreciate nazanin has to heal and needs time with her daughter gabriella and her husband. they have been working tirelessly for her release and that has finally happened. the ceo of the thomson reuters foundation, thank you so much for speaking to us. we appreciate your time. lots more on

all of our stories on our website. don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter — i'm @bbckasiamadera. hello. the weather is settling down again over the next few days. across northern scotland we have not seen much in the way of rain this month, but it has been a different story further south and on wednesday it was very wet with round about an inch of rain falling across the south. three or four millimetres in places. if we look at the forecast over the next week there will be a lot of dry weather to come, mostly with sunny spells. the reason it is becoming dry again is this area of high pressure is becoming established. high pressure is rising as we get into the weekend. there will be a lot of dry weather for

england and wales and we have this narrow band of rain moving across northern ireland and scotland, bringing ten to 15 minutes' worth of rain. it eventually gets into northern england later this afternoon. further south it is light and dry, quite windy for western scotland with gusts of wind around 40 to 50 miles an hour. tonight with that high pressure building in it is going to be a largely dry and clear night, turning cold with patches of rust developing. minus three in newcastle and colder in the countryside. there could be mist and fog patches around in the somerset levels. it takes a few hours to clear out of the way, but then we are looking at another gorgeous day with long spells of spring sunshine. not much cloud around at all. 16 degrees in london, 15 for cardiff and 13 the top temperature for glasgow. that fine weather is set to continue for the first part of the weekend as well. there will be

fairly gusty winds developing around some of the headlines around the south—west of england. however, the winds coming in from the chilly waters of the seat mean these eastern areas will have temperatures pegged back to a degree. in western areas and north—western areas it will feel warm in the sunshine. in scotland we could see temperatures locally getting round to 17 or 18. that will feel pleasantly warm in the sunshine. sunday a little bit more in the way of cloud. some showers for east anglia and east england. perhaps soft tail in those and it will start to turn cooler as well.

this is bbc news. the headlines: the ferry company p&0 has announced it's making 800 crew members redundant, with immediate effect. as the company suspends sailings, we'll have the latest from dover. after years of detention in tehran, nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe is finally reunited with herfamily in the uk. it is very emotional. last night waiting for the plane to land, it was like waiting for father christmas, and knowing they have had that first night together. in ukraine, the search goes on for survivors trapped in the rubble of a theatre in mariupol, bombed by russia uk military intelligence says that the russian advance has largely stalled on all fronts.

new plans for regulating online safety — the government says a �*duty of care' will be imposed on social media platforms for the first time. p&0 ferries has announced it's making 800 crew members redundant, with immediate effect. it's suspended services on its routes from the uk to france, ireland and the netherlands for the next few days. the company says that without the changes, it would have no future. earlier, the rmt union expressed concerns that british workers would be replaced with cheaper foreign labour. the government is seeking an urgent meeting with the company.

live to dover and our correspondent theo leggett. absolutely extraordinary story, take us through how events unfolded. absolutely. there is a lot of anger in dover about what has happened because it happened so abruptly. this morning at around six o'clock, employees of p80 were told to stand by and wait for an announcement and the boats were told to come into port and off—load their cargo and passengers, and then late in the day the message came through the 800 people were being sacked with immediate effect. for more on this we arejoined by immediate effect. for more on this we are joined by darren immediate effect. for more on this we arejoined by darren proctor the national secretary of the rmt. this is a shock?— national secretary of the rmt. this isashock? , . ., is a shock? massive shock. we heard about the documentation _ is a shock? massive shock. we heard about the documentation that i is a shock? massive shock. we heard about the documentation that had i about the documentation that had been circulating, advising

seafarers, and we tried to contact the company, nothing, and then we heard _ the company, nothing, and then we heard about dp world, and that there would _ heard about dp world, and that there would be _ heard about dp world, and that there would be an announcement later in the day _ would be an announcement later in the day i_ would be an announcement later in the day. i have come down to dover where _ the day. i have come down to dover where the _ the day. i have come down to dover where the majority of the membership is and _ where the majority of the membership is and now— where the majority of the membership is and now we heard there were coaches — is and now we heard there were coaches heading into dover and hull, and that— coaches heading into dover and hull, and that a _ coaches heading into dover and hull, and that a security company had been employed _ and that a security company had been employed to bring them in and they had to— employed to bring them in and they had to be _ employed to bring them in and they had to be handcuffed. we are where we are _ had to be handcuffed. we are where we are the — had to be handcuffed. we are where we are. the announcement was made at ten past _ we are. the announcement was made at ten past it _ we are. the announcement was made at ten past it to— we are. the announcement was made at ten past 11 to all employees and those _ ten past 11 to all employees and those employees were told effectively as of today they had been _ effectively as of today they had been made redundant. we effectively as of today they had been made redundant.- effectively as of today they had been made redundant. ~ , ., been made redundant. we can see down the road, been made redundant. we can see down the road. three — been made redundant. we can see down the road, three ferries _ been made redundant. we can see down the road, three ferries are _ been made redundant. we can see down the road, three ferries are there, i the road, three ferries are there, so what is happening with those ferries are what is happening to the crews? ,, ., ferries are what is happening to the crews? ., . , ., ., crews? some of the crews remain on board the vessel _ crews? some of the crews remain on board the vessel and _ crews? some of the crews remain on board the vessel and some _ crews? some of the crews remain on board the vessel and some of- crews? some of the crews remain on board the vessel and some of them, | board the vessel and some of them, the security— board the vessel and some of them, the security forces have gone on

board _ the security forces have gone on board and — the security forces have gone on board and they are trying to get the new crew _ board and they are trying to get the new crew on board, although they don't _ new crew on board, although they don't want — new crew on board, although they don't want to do that until such time _ don't want to do that until such time as— don't want to do that until such time as the issues have been resolved _ time as the issues have been resolved on board but this is a company— resolved on board but this is a company that doesn't want to negotiate and there has been no dialogue — negotiate and there has been no dialogue at all and they have clearly — dialogue at all and they have clearly been organising this what lon- clearly been organising this what long period of time. this company sa s it long period of time. this company says it has — long period of time. this company says it has no _ long period of time. this company says it has no choice _ long period of time. this company says it has no choice and - long period of time. this company says it has no choice and they i long period of time. this company says it has no choice and they losti says it has no choice and they lost £100 million last year and it needs to cut costs, do you buy that? ida. to cut costs, do you buy that? no, it has a lot — to cut costs, do you buy that? no, it has a lot of _ to cut costs, do you buy that? no, it has a lot of choice. _ to cut costs, do you buy that? no, it has a lot of choice. this is a company— it has a lot of choice. this is a company that is being financially mismanaged for a number of years and a company— mismanaged for a number of years and a company that took in excess of 100 million _ a company that took in excess of 100 million for— a company that took in excess of 100 million for furlough payments when these _ million for furlough payments when these individuals were treated as heroes. — these individuals were treated as heroes. so— these individuals were treated as heroes, so they could have spoken to me about _ heroes, so they could have spoken to me about what was going on but they have chosen to go for the jugular of uk seafaring. you have chosen to go for the 'ugular of uk seafaring.— uk seafaring. you are blocking the roads now hear _ uk seafaring. you are blocking the roads now hear in _ uk seafaring. you are blocking the roads now hear in dover, - uk seafaring. you are blocking the roads now hear in dover, and i uk seafaring. you are blocking the| roads now hear in dover, and there is clearly angered _ roads now hear in dover, and there is clearly angered here _ roads now hear in dover, and there is clearly angered here so - roads now hear in dover, and there is clearly angered here so what i roads now hear in dover, and there is clearly angered here so what is l is clearly angered here so what is the next step? —— anger. brute

is clearly angered here so what is the next step? -- anger. we want olitical the next step? -- anger. we want political intervention _ the next step? -- anger. we want political intervention for _ the next step? -- anger. we want political intervention for the i the next step? -- anger. we want political intervention for the locall political intervention for the local mp and _ political intervention for the local mp and from government and we will be looking _ mp and from government and we will be looking to build support around the country, politically and publicly, but also internationally, around _ publicly, but also internationally, around the many places where dp world _ around the many places where dp world operate because if they can do it here, _ world operate because if they can do it here, they can do this elsewhere and it— it here, they can do this elsewhere and it can't— it here, they can do this elsewhere and it can't be allowed to happen. darran— and it can't be allowed to happen. darren proctor of the rmt union, thanks forjoining us. in darren proctor of the rmt union, thanks forjoining us.— thanks for 'oining us. in terms of how this thanks forjoining us. in terms of how this looks _ thanks forjoining us. in terms of how this looks on _ thanks forjoining us. in terms of how this looks on the _ thanks forjoining us. in terms of how this looks on the face i thanks forjoining us. in terms of how this looks on the face of- thanks forjoining us. in terms of how this looks on the face of it, | how this looks on the face of it, this would seem like the to go about doing something like this, and clearly the unions will argue there is no right way to do something like this but they are saying there was absolutely no consultation with members of staff which seems extraordinary. it members of staff which seems extraordinary.— members of staff which seems extraordinary. it is extraordinary. i've been extraordinary. it is extraordinary. i've been in _ extraordinary. it is extraordinary. i've been in this _ extraordinary. it is extraordinary. i've been in this game _ extraordinary. it is extraordinary. i've been in this game a - extraordinary. it is extraordinary. i've been in this game a long i extraordinary. it is extraordinary. | i've been in this game a long time and i've never seen anything like it. it's a ruthless way of cutting back. yes, p&0 ferries and their parent company dp world insisted something had to change and they

needed to save money and that during the early stages of lockdown in particular, don't forget, ferry traffic across the channel was cut to a fraction of what it would normally be and there were no passengers crossing, even freight traffic was limited, so they were losing a lot of money. but there are other ways of going about it and the message from the unions down here is that this is the worst possible way. just to clarify, as it stands, it is your understanding that on some of the companies ferries, existing staff who were told today that they were being sacked, they are staging a lock in? fin were being sacked, they are staging a lock in? h, ., were being sacked, they are staging a lock in? ,., ., , a lock in? on some of the ferries there are — a lock in? on some of the ferries there are lock _ a lock in? on some of the ferries there are lock in _ a lock in? on some of the ferries there are lock in the _ a lock in? on some of the ferries there are lock in the king - a lock in? on some of the ferries there are lock in the king and - a lock in? on some of the ferries there are lock in the king and in | there are lock in the king and in hull there is a ferry where the security forces were not allowed on board —— there are lock ins. in i do not grow private security operators

were able to get on board a ferry and take people off it, we understand —— in ireland private security operators. we can't imagine this being anything than a major political row. for this being anything than a ma'or political and this being anything than a ma'or political row. for now, thanks for 'oinini political row. for now, thanks for joining us- _ this is how some staff were told on board one of theirferries in dover earlier. the company has made the decision that its vessels will be crude by third party providers —— crewed. this means your employment is terminated with immediate effect on the grounds of redundancy and your final day of employment is today. let's speak to mark dickinson who's general secretary of nautilus — that's the union representing seafarers and allied workers. thanks forjoining us. the first question and many people have been

asking this, is this legal, what kind of contract have the staff been on? ~ ., �* , kind of contract have the staff been on? i ., �* , , ., kind of contract have the staff been on? , on? we don't believe it is legal and we think it is _ on? we don't believe it is legal and we think it is illegal— on? we don't believe it is legal and we think it is illegal and _ on? we don't believe it is legal and we think it is illegal and morally - we think it is illegal and morally reprehensible. i have been in this game for a0 years and the industry never ceases to surprise and shock me on occasion, but this is a new low for a proud maritime nation like the uk, a once proud company p&0, it is truly shocking. i'm absolutely stunned and i echo what darren proctor said down in dover, and i said my —— send my best wishes to him and his colleagues making a stand in dover. you him and his colleagues making a stand in dover.— stand in dover. you are talking about making _ stand in dover. you are talking about making a _ stand in dover. you are talking about making a role _ stand in dover. you are talking about making a role redundantj stand in dover. you are talking - about making a role redundant and not an individual but it seems here that other people, company macro want to bring other people in to carry out the roles of those workers

—— p&0 want to bring in other people. that is your understanding? it is our understanding full stop 800 people involved and even if you were to split this across the eight ships we are talking about, still the legal threshold is in place to require full consultation but there has been absolutely no consultation at the first i learnt about this was this morning at 730 and then there was the announcement, that you played the video clip of. this is shocking. played the video clip of. this is shockini. , , l, played the video clip of. this is shockini. , , ., ., shocking. this is a bolt from the blue? a complete _ shocking. this is a bolt from the blue? a complete bolt - shocking. this is a bolt from the blue? a complete bolt from - shocking. this is a bolt from the blue? a complete bolt from the | shocking. this is a bolt from the - blue? a complete bolt from the blue and the jobs — blue? a complete bolt from the blue and the jobs have _ blue? a complete bolt from the blue and the jobs have been _ blue? a complete bolt from the blue and the jobs have been on _ blue? a complete bolt from the blue and the jobs have been on agency i and the jobs have been on agency terms and conditions and you know what that represents, but it's just, i'm struggling for words, to tell you the truth. this is a shocking moment for the british shipping industry and we want the government to get involved because this is

going to develop into a long—running dispute and you have already highlighted that some crews are not going to accept this. what highlighted that some crews are not going to accept this.— going to accept this. what advice are ou going to accept this. what advice are you giving — going to accept this. what advice are you giving to _ going to accept this. what advice are you giving to members - going to accept this. what advice are you giving to members of- going to accept this. what advice l are you giving to members of your union if they aren't still on board some of the ferries? —— if they are. we want them to behave as professionals and to remain courteous against provocation, and there are private security on board, some of them wearing balaclavas, it is a very intimidating situation, but until the legal situation is clarified we tell our members to stay put. clarified we tell our members to sta lut. l, clarified we tell our members to sta lut. ., ., clarified we tell our members to sta ut, ., l, l, clarified we tell our members to stay put-_ until i clarified we tell our members to | stay put._ until we stay put. for how long? untilwe find out what _ stay put. for how long? untilwe find out what is _ stay put. for how long? untilwe find out what is going _ stay put. for how long? untilwe find out what is going on - stay put. for how long? untilwe find out what is going on and - stay put. for how long? untilwe| find out what is going on and find out whether this is legitimate and legal, and obviously trade unions, you will be familiar, we are coupled with legislation on how we can behave and we have got to consult our members and potentially ballot our members and potentially ballot

our members and potentially ballot our members to take action and to do this in defence of theirjobs but this in defence of theirjobs but this will have to be played through. there an action plan being drawn up and we will work with the rmt and our international colleagues that we have made approaches to dp world to our international affiliations. this will run and run. the our international affiliations. this will run and run.— our international affiliations. this will run and run. the agency workers who are being _ will run and run. the agency workers who are being brought _ will run and run. the agency workers who are being brought in, _ will run and run. the agency workers who are being brought in, are - will run and run. the agency workers who are being brought in, are they l who are being brought in, are they members of nautilus or the rmt? who will be represented them? we members of nautilus or the rmt? who will be represented them?— will be represented them? we don't know where — will be represented them? we don't know where the _ will be represented them? we don't know where the agency _ will be represented them? we don't know where the agency workers - will be represented them? we don't know where the agency workers are | know where the agency workers are coming from and where they have been recruited. there is information circulating that overseas agencies have been working behind—the—scenes recruiting. this is a plan that has been developed over a long time and this isn't something they decided to do last night. we are working with our sisters and brothers in other trade unions through the tuc and our

international federation to work out our response but what we will need to do is make sure we have the members with us and we need to determine who is being deployed to the ship and where they are coming from and what their terms and conditions are. i have already had messages from uk agency staff saying they did not know what they were walking into and they have turned around and that because they are not joining the vessels in those circumstances.— joining the vessels in those circumstances. ,, ., circumstances. mark dickinson, from nautilus, circumstances. mark dickinson, from nautilus. the — circumstances. mark dickinson, from nautilus, the general— circumstances. mark dickinson, from nautilus, the general secretary - circumstances. mark dickinson, from nautilus, the general secretary of. nautilus, the general secretary of nautilus, the general secretary of nautilus, thanks forjoining us. we will have much more on that unfolding situation and we are expecting a statement from a transport minister at around five o'clock this evening. the british iranian woman, nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, who was imprisoned in iran for six years, has arrived back in the uk and been reunited with her family. there were emotional scenes at raf brize norton in the early hours of this morning as ms zaghari—ratcliffe was met by her husband and daughter. anoosheh ashoori anoosheh ashoori.

another detainee, anoosheh ashoori, who was held in iran for 5 years, has also been freed and arrived back in britain on the same flight. let's speak to charlie loudon, an international legal advisor at redress, an organisation that pursues legal claims on behalf of survivors of torture in the uk and around the world. my my first question, from your experience of situations like this, what will be two individuals who have been free, what will they be going through? —— who have been freed. that reintegration into their normal life after so many years of captivity, that isn't necessarily a straightforward process? ihla. captivity, that isn't necessarily a straightforward process? no, we s-oke to straightforward process? no, we spoke to richard _ straightforward process? no, we spoke to richard yesterday - straightforward process? no, we spoke to richard yesterday and l straightforward process? no, we. spoke to richard yesterday and he and nazanin are going to take some quiet time to be together with their daughter and it will be a gradual process of recovery for nazanin because she is a survivor of torture

and she was in solitary confinement for eight months and she suffered terrible conditions. in our experience, with the proper support, people can recover but it will be a gradual process. legs people can recover but it will be a gradual process.— people can recover but it will be a gradual process. as we mentioned in the introduction, _ gradual process. as we mentioned in the introduction, you _ gradual process. as we mentioned in the introduction, you pursue - gradual process. as we mentioned in the introduction, you pursue legal. the introduction, you pursue legal claims on behalf of survivors of torture, so what is that process, what does it look like and if someone is freed after a period of detention including torture, do they necessarily want to pursue legal claims in all cases? we necessarily want to pursue legal claims in all cases?— necessarily want to pursue legal claims in all cases? we have been actini for claims in all cases? we have been acting for nazanin _ claims in all cases? we have been acting for nazanin in _ claims in all cases? we have been acting for nazanin in her— claims in all cases? we have been acting for nazanin in her case - claims in all cases? we have been acting for nazanin in her case for. acting for nazanin in her case for the last six years and it has been a long road. we have seen five foreign secretaries and we have taken her case to the united nations twice, working with richard, we persuaded the uk government to exercise diplomatic protection in her case which was the first time the uk government had done that for an individual in over 100 years. but the real credit goes to richard, for

his tireless campaigning. we feel privileged to have played a small part in helping him with that. he has been amazing, hasn't he? from all the interviews he has done, the lobbying, the hunger strike, when he looked really unwell towards the end of that hunger strike, so what is nextin of that hunger strike, so what is next in terms of what redress does with regards to this case?- next in terms of what redress does with regards to this case? there are iuestions with regards to this case? there are questions to — with regards to this case? there are questions to be _ with regards to this case? there are questions to be asked _ with regards to this case? there are questions to be asked about - with regards to this case? there are questions to be asked about why . with regards to this case? there are questions to be asked about why it. questions to be asked about why it took six years to bring nazanin home and the foreign office needs to look at its policies on consular assistance on how to protect british nationals who have been tortured abroad and how it stands up to states like iran who are taking british hostages for diplomatic leverage and we will be working on those questions in the coming days and weeks and months, but the priority for today is rightly celebrating the fact that we have a

wife who has been reunited with her husband and a mother who has been reunited with her daughter. in husband and a mother who has been reunited with her daughter.- reunited with her daughter. in terms of communications _ reunited with her daughter. in terms of communications with _ reunited with her daughter. in terms of communications with iran - of communications with iran specifically, given how long it took to get to this point, is it incredibly difficult to try to have any kind of communication with the iranian government beyond the governmental discussions that go on? our work was largely focused on putting pressure on the uk government to take action in nazanin's case and that is because engaging with a regime like the iranians regime is so difficult. we saw how they were willing to do whatever it took to keep nazanin in iran until they got what they wanted from the uk government and so it is difficult as a lawyer, we need to engage with the legal processes in iran because they are so arbitrary.

charlie, from the organisation which works on behalf of survivors of torture around the world, thanks for joining us. efforts are taking place in ukraine to try to find survivors after a theatre was bombed in the besieged city of mariupol. president volodymyr zelensky, has accused russia of deliberately dropping a bomb on the theatre where hundreds of people were thought to be sheltering in the basement. it is understood to have withstood the blast. russia has denied carrying out the attack. our kyiv correspondent, james waterhouse, has this report. this has been an attack on the whole of ukraine and its very future. the ways it's resisted russian forces is the main reason why, still, only one major city has fallen, but the cost of that is growing and nowhere has paid a bigger price than mariupol. explosion the south—eastern port city is the only location separating advancing russian troops from the south and east. so for the last fortnight, they've

surrounded it and bombarded it. people have been forced underground, where supplies have been extremely limited. here, around 1,200 people were sheltering in this theatre. baby cries "children" had even been written in russian outside, to warn attackers from above. but they either didn't care, didn't believe, or didn't see. an image to make everyone fear the worst, then word that the basement they were in withstood the bomb blast. casualties appear to be low. the basement wasn't destroyed and there are people, there were more than 1000 people who were there, mostly women with children. they went out and it looks like nobody died. moscow has denied the strike,

instead blaming so—called ukrainian nationalists, without offering any evidence. russia has also been accused of continually shelling or attacking routes where temporary ceasefires have been agreed. humanitarian aid hasn't been able to get in and people haven't been able to escape. translation: they are destroying everything round the clock- and they don't let any humanitarian cargo into our blocked city. for five days, russian troops have not stopped the shelling, to prevent the rescue of our people. in the last few days, though, some grains of hope. 30,000 have made it out, say authorities, but more than 400,000 are still trapped. this is the one russian advance which hasn't stalled, according to western officials. mariupol�*s resistance is thought to be softening, too. the rest of ukraine will be watching

and wondering what it means for them if this city falls. james waterhouse, bbc news, in kyiv. let's speak tojoe english, an emergency communications specialist who's in lviv for unicef. thanks forjoining us. i know you have spent time at the children's hospital in the city. what have you seen, what stories did you hear? thank you for having me. all of the numbers we have had, more than 1.5 million children have fled as refugees, a500 children have been born in this conflict, and more than 50 have been killed and more than 60 injured and these are just the numbers we have been able to verify. each one of these numbers is a life and a child, and a family torn apart. their lives turned upside down. i was at a hospital today chatting with a 15—year—old boy who like punk music and psychedelic and we were talking about the clash, and

just two weeks ago he was in a car trying to flee the city with his mother and his cousin when a landmine exploded underneath him and he watched his mother die in front of his eyes. sitting with him in the hospital, he could have been a teenager anywhere, hospital, he could have been a teenageranywhere, but hospital, he could have been a teenager anywhere, but then he was telling us about when he tried to go to and the difficulty he had sleeping because he would have flashbacks to the moment, and the memory of his mother in flames in front of him, and so we can't even begin to imagine the psychological toll of this conflict and this war is having on ukraine's children so it is desperate and we all need to do more. ., , ., , , it is desperate and we all need to do more. ., , , ., , do more. that is absolutely horrible to hearthat. _ do more. that is absolutely horrible to hear that, and _ do more. that is absolutely horrible to hear that, and as _ do more. that is absolutely horrible to hear that, and as i _ do more. that is absolutely horrible to hear that, and as i turned - do more. that is absolutely horrible to hear that, and as i turned to - do more. that is absolutely horrible to hear that, and as i turned to ask| to hear that, and as i turned to ask you the first question, i was struck by the first question, and children in a playground, behind you, an ordinary scene anywhere, but these

children are going to such traumatic events and many of them passing through lviv on their way to poland quite often, often with one parent, and may be saying goodbye to a father who is staying to fight, so what are you doing to try to deal with the trauma and to make this journey easier for these children? as you say, behind me there are children playing and it could be anywhere but what you can't see to the right—hand side is the bomb shelter and there's one on this site. over the last couple of days we have had air raid sirens, they are normally at night, but these kids know that as soon as the sirens go off they drop what they are doing and they are into the shelters. even those that haven't directly experienced violence, this is going to have an effect on them, and one of the things unicef is doing, we are working with the local authorities and refugee hosting countries and we also doing this inside ukraine, setting up safe spaces for children to play and

where parents can take a load of knowing there children's —— their children are safe and we also work with councillors to identify vulnerable children, who may have experienced trauma and to give them the care and support they will need to deal with these experiences. finally, and briefly, how concerned are you about children who have been separated from family members? i read a report which was talking about the risk of exploitation and trafficking of children in the chaos of war by unscrupulous criminals and individuals. it is of war by unscrupulous criminals and individuals. , ., . ., . individuals. it is a huge concern for us and _ individuals. it is a huge concern for us and that _ individuals. it is a huge concern for us and that is _ individuals. it is a huge concern for us and that is why _ individuals. it is a huge concern for us and that is why it - individuals. it is a huge concern for us and that is why it is - individuals. it is a huge concern for us and that is why it is so i for us and that is why it is so critical because we can identify the most vulnerable and those who may be unaccompanied or separated and who might be travelling without documentation, and even during times of calm and we know that criminal networks exist and they are

trafficking and exploiting children and so amidst the chaos of war, the ramifications are many.— ramifications are many. good luck with our ramifications are many. good luck with your work — ramifications are many. good luck with your work and _ ramifications are many. good luck with your work and thanks - ramifications are many. good luck with your work and thanks for - with your work and thanks for joining us. later today the government will publish the long—awaited online safety bill. from hate speech to fraudulent adverts, revenge porn to child abuse material, ministers say it will bring an end to big tech regulating itself and for the first time impose a duty of care on platforms. but some critics fear it could pose a threat to privacy and freedom of speech. let's talk to baroness beeban kidron, house of lords peer and chair of 5rights foundation, a charity advocating for children's rights online. thanks forjoining us. i believe you have thisjust thanks forjoining us. i believe you have this just published bill in your hand. what difference do you think it is going to make? i

your hand. what difference do you think it is going to make?- think it is going to make? i think it is a very _ think it is going to make? i think it is a very long _ think it is going to make? i think it is a very long bill— think it is going to make? i think it is a very long bill and - think it is going to make? i think it is a very long bill and it - think it is going to make? i think it is a very long bill and it does l think it is going to make? i think it is a very long bill and it does a j it is a very long bill and it does a lot of things. on the one hand it does a very good job of bringing in things that are off—line into the digital world and it says these things must be harmonised and it is based on a lot of work done by the law commission and it does these things successfully but there's another part of the bill which is about the systems and processes of the tech companies themselves and that i think is going to be more contentious when it comes to parliament. it is not entirely clear that the government have gone as far as we want them to do in making sure that the tech companies do not get to mark their own homework and make sure that everything that is necessary is done and really give life to the claim that the uk is going to be the safest place to be online. ~ , ., ., going to be the safest place to be

online. ~ i. ., ., ,, ., online. when you are talking about markini online. when you are talking about marking your _ online. when you are talking about marking your own _ online. when you are talking about marking your own homework, - online. when you are talking about marking your own homework, you | online. when you are talking about i marking your own homework, you are talking about the idea of a duty of care being imposed on these online platforms? care being imposed on these online ilatforms? ., , platforms? that is right. the ori . inal platforms? that is right. the original concept _ platforms? that is right. the original concept of _ platforms? that is right. the original concept of a - platforms? that is right. the original concept of a duty - platforms? that is right. the original concept of a duty of| platforms? that is right. the - original concept of a duty of care was that they should assess themselves against reasonably foreseeable risks and that they should consider upstream if their company, if their services are fit for purpose, if they are good for the users. i think there is complications in the current draft of the bill, the one we have today, and it has only been published in the last hour or so so we have a lot of work to do diving into it, but i think the question is, is the code of conduct binding and who sets the rules and are they outcome based and do they meet the expectation especially of parents and children? so what more needs to happen with this bill in your opinion? for it to

live up to that idea of the uk being the safest place in the world to be online? the safest place in the world to be oane? the safest place in the world to be online? , ., .,, ,., ., online? the first and most important thin from online? the first and most important thing from my _ online? the first and most important thing from my perspective _ online? the first and most important thing from my perspective is - online? the first and most important thing from my perspective is that - online? the first and most important thing from my perspective is that a l thing from my perspective is that a child online should have protections where ever they are. it should not be, sliced and diced and they shouldn't be little pockets or people who are let off, and we should really make sure that the risks we know about are properly done and i think there is a couple of the missing pieces that i would like to see filled in and i think there is a question of where is it that we state the intention of the bill and the intention of the harms it covers because indoor if it is on the face of the bill it is absolute and if it is in secondary legislation gets pushed down the road a bit, and if it is in a code it may or may not be binding. 50 in

the law, in the complexity, because the law, in the complexity, because the joint committee that looked at the joint committee that looked at the bill in draft, they said it should be simpler and it should be easier to enforce and it should be risk—based and i think we are just not sure that the government has completely delivered on that. i think that what we are seeing is things like, eye—catching things that say pornography will be in scope of the bill, which is fantastic and i have campaigned for that and colleagues around the house will be delighted with that but pornography is not the only issue, so we have to make sure that it takes a holistic approach and a child who is being served up some horror or gore is not out of scope of the bill, and one final thing, i work very hard to support many bereaved parents and to get something in the bill that actually

makes it easierfor them something in the bill that actually makes it easier for them to access what their children accessed at the point at which they died. the government has pushed back on that and that is not in the bill and i think any of the viewers who saw the heartbreaking thing yesterday that since 2017, iain russell has been trying to get material to the court and it got pushed back for another three or four months until september, it is not good enough and i think the government has got to give way on this point.— i think the government has got to give way on this point. baroness, i know ou give way on this point. baroness, i know you have _ give way on this point. baroness, i know you have a _ give way on this point. baroness, i know you have a very _ give way on this point. baroness, i know you have a very busy - give way on this point. baroness, i l know you have a very busy schedule and have to be elsewhere, but really interesting to hear you race those points of concern —— raise. thanks forjoining us. now it's time for a look at the weather. the weather is looking largely dry over the next week or so as high

pressure begins to build but before we get there today we have a few showers and notice this narrow band of rain crossing scotland and northern ireland and that will give about 10—15 minutes of rain and eventually later this afternoon that will move into the far north of england and south of that it is dry with pleasant spring sunshine and quite brisk gusty winds for scotland with around a0—50 mph and with further showers to come here. overnight tonight a largely dry night with clear skies and it will be cold, with patches of frost developing and —3 in newcastle and colder than that potentially in the countryside and may be mist and fog especially in the welsh marches and the somerset levels. the mist and fog taking the first few hours of friday to clear away but then it is just a sunny and lovely day, top temperatures around 16.

the headlines... the ferry company p&o has announced it's making 800 crew members redundant, with immediate effect. after years of detention in tehran, nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe is finally reunited with herfamily in the uk. in ukraine the search goes on for survivors trapped in the rubble of a theatre in mariupol, bombed by russia. uk military intelligence says that the russian advance has largely stalled on all fronts. new plans for regulating online safety — the government says a duty sport and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre here'sjohn watson. good afternoon. it is the final weekend of rugby union's six nations championship this weekend with france chasing the grand slam. the biggest surprise comes from the scotland camp with the dropping of their talented fly half finn russell for their match against ireland.

he's been dropped to the bench, with blair kinghorn preferred at number 10. scotland havn't won in dublin for 12 years. ireland need victory and england to beat grand slam—chasing france in paris later on saturday to claim the title. we see this is an opportunity for blair. he has been on really good form, he was not available for our match last week and the week before that he played his best game of the season and he has come on twice off the bench and shown what he can do and thatjersey. he started for us before the season against tonga and he has built on the performance and we believe this is the right time and the right game for him to play. ireland making a change too ahead of that match ulster captain iain henderson will make his first start of the championship. the second row is one of three changes made by head coach andy farrell. henderson starts in place

of vice—captainjames ryan, who dropped out of the squad after a head collision with england last weekend. the england manager gareth southgate says he's worried for some fans who wont feel comfortbale travelling to the world cup in qatar later this year. homosexulity is illegal in the country and public displays of affection banned. announcing his squad for two up coming friendly matches he said it's something teh fa are very much aware of. we wa nt we want a game that is inclusive. it is not a good situation that we have got certain parts of our fan base who might feel uncomfortable travelling to the world cup. there have obviously been issues with the buildings of the stadium. we can't affect that now. there are ongoing concerns about workers' rights. 50 i think it is important that we give the players that background, that understanding. those matches to come are against switzerland and ivory coast. southgate has called up uncapped crystal palace defender marc guehi and his club mate conor gallagher. arsenal defender ben white has also been recalled.

defender kyle walker and striker marcus rashford have been left out. the former ukranian tennis player alexandr dolgopolov believes russian players such as danil medvedev should be banned from competing as individuals. speaking to the bbc he said the authorities have been 'too passive' amid the ongoing war in ukraine and that playing as neutrals is "not changing anything". i believe russia should be blocked from any participating in any sport in any culture because what they are doing is too much. the same like we see in soccer. they banned all the teams, they are not allowed to compete. untilthis teams, they are not allowed to compete. until this is stopped just being neutral, taking away their flag, we know that is not changing anything. even the sanctions that are happening now, even though they are happening now, even though they are destroyed economics, it is not enough for him to stop.

and a quick update on the cricket, day two of the second test with west idnies in antigua. england in control after that century from joe root, he's still there. ben stokes alongside him. england are currently 319—3. root closing in on 150. stokes 53 not out. and in the race of the day at cheltenham — stayers' hurdle — around six hurdles to go in that one. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. more on our top story — p&o ferries has announced it's making 800 of its staff redundant, saying if it didn't make the changes the company would have no future. the firm described the move as "difficult but necessary". our correspondent danny savage is in hull.

good afternoon, danny. i understand on the particular ferry behind you there is a stand—off between the crew and people who are trying to get the crew to leave the ship i guess? get the crew to leave the ship i luess? , . get the crew to leave the ship i iuess? , . ., , guess? yes, the crew have been advised by _ guess? yes, the crew have been advised by their _ guess? yes, the crew have been advised by their union _ guess? yes, the crew have been advised by their union to - guess? yes, the crew have been advised by their union to stay . guess? yes, the crew have been advised by their union to stay on j advised by their union to stay on board and that is exactly what they are doing. let me give you the light of the land are doing. let me give you the light of the [and here. that is the main ferry terminal building for main p&o ferries here in hull. this is one of the north sea ferries that ply is its trade between here and rotterdam. it came in this morning, it should be sailing tonight. we now know it will not do so. the endo have cancelled all of their movements for the time being. but on board there at the moment is somewhere between 60 and 70 crew members who have been advised not to leave after being given notice this morning they were going to lose theirjobs. some of them we

understand were immediately offered theirjobs back but under different conditions. of course they are deeply unhappy and deeply upset about what has happened today. the local mp here for hull east has tweeted a picture taken in one of the bars earlier today of the captain, who is a dutch captain, briefing the crew on what has basically been happening. the local mp claims the captain has left the ship and is negotiating with the endo on show at the moment. but there is effectively a stand—off. when the news broke this morning the captain of the ship basically closed to passenger walkway, which you can see to the left of shot, which basicallyjoins on to the left middle of the ship, that is the passenger walkway where they come on and off. then he pulled up basically for the lorries and the cast to come as well, so he has sealed off the ship to the outside world effectively and everybody has refused to leave. this afternoon,

though, the stern doors have opened and a few vehicles have allowed to come off, but nothing has gone on and nobody has visibly that we have seen come off or on the ship either. so this stand—off continues for the time being with the crew on board. we have asked the question to them how long are you prepared to stay on board? they say for as long as it takes. but of course negotiations will be ongoing. it is a difficult situation. the crew also claim they have seen minibuses in the area containing replacement crew and that has angered them as well, that people are already here to take over their jobs people are already here to take over theirjobs which they did not know they were losing until this morning. you say some of the crew after being told theirjobs were gone were immediately offered those jobs back under different conditions. do you have any idea what their contracts were in the first instance because talking to 1's union general

secretary from nautilus, they were investigating the legality what was being done by p&0. i was a bit worried that danny was having trouble with his earpiece and he could not hear any of that. we will try to get some more from hull a little later. new measures to tackle racial inequality across the uk have been set out by the government. the changes relate to a wide range of sectors, among them education, health care, pay and policing. the strategy comes a year after a government—commissioned report concluded that britain was no longer a country where "the system was deliberately rigged against ethnic minorities". here's our community affairs correspondent, adina campbell. in the weeks following george floyd's murder in the us two years ago, black lives matter protests went global. which led to the british government commissioning an independent report about the impact of racial inequalities in the uk.

today, ministers have responded to that report with a package of measures, including improvements to health, with a new office looking at ethnic disparities and the way data is collected. employers will also be giving guidance about how to address the ethnicity pay gap. he is huge in history. and in schools, teachers will have the option to use an updated curriculum about britain's historical past, developed by a new panel of diverse historians. we are listening, we hear you. we may have different types of solutions to resolve the problem, but that doesn't mean we're not looking at the issue. will this make a difference? absolutely, but what we don't want to see is a narrative about the country that makes it look like nothing good has happened, that we haven't had improvements. this is where thousands of people came together during a black lives matter protest here in birmingham two years ago.

and it is the role of the police and the criminaljustice system overall which are some of the top priorities in today's announcement, with more action over the way powers such as stop and search are used, which for many years have disproportionately affected people in this country. but for local community workers who have already lost confidence in the government, they say these latest measures fall short of real change. i've been stopped and searched multiple times by police, so i'm just not confident. i haven't seen the change that we should have seen in previous years. in fact, ifeel like we're getting worse. labour says today's measures have failed to deliver meaningful action, and campaigners say the announcement is long overdue. we're still seeing black and minority communities being affected differently and mistreated in different ways, whether it's the criminaljustice system, whether it's in housing or education, and that has to change.

the government hopes today's announcement will strengthen its levelling up agenda by reducing racial injustices and creating a fairer society to live in. adina campbell, bbc news, in birmingham. uk military intelligence says russia's invasion of ukraine has floundered on all fronts. we can speak to a british army tank commander. good to have you with us. we have often shown throughout this war so far our viewers a map saying these are the areas where russian forces are dominant. here it is indeed behind us. and these striped areas are where they are making some gains. but what does this mean in

reality? what does this look like on the ground? we hear a lot about the main cities but not so much about other areas. it main cities but not so much about other areas-— other areas. it is very interesting. firstl , other areas. it is very interesting. firstly. any _ other areas. it is very interesting. firstly. any map _ other areas. it is very interesting. firstly. any map of _ other areas. it is very interesting. firstly, any map of a _ other areas. it is very interesting. firstly, any map of a battle - other areas. it is very interesting. firstly, any map of a battle is - firstly, any map of a battle is trying to create a map of a dance floor. it is a lot less distinct on the ground that we are seeing their. in the days long gone people would link arms on the battlefield, so it is a very confusing situation and thatis is a very confusing situation and that is why people are struggling to understand what is happening. it has become more static. one of the key areas overlooked is in the donbas around the south—east. it is the north end of donetsk and on the border with luhansk. it is known at the moment that the ukrainians are defending quite heavily but russia has concentrated a lot of force on that area. it is a big objective for the russians to destroy the ukrainian army. they talk about demilitarisation of ukraine. this is a big part of what they mean by

that. to the ukrainians they are focused on kyiv and the defence there, that is the main thing, that is what we see in the media. but this area is seeing some of the most intense fighting.— intense fighting. what is the russian command _ intense fighting. what is the russian command structure| intense fighting. what is the . russian command structure like intense fighting. what is the - russian command structure like in all of this? we have heard they have lost a number of senior commanders during the fighting so far. yes. during the fighting so far. yes, they have. _ during the fighting so far. yes, they have, and _ during the fighting so far. yes, they have, and that _ during the fighting so far. yes, they have, and that reflects . during the fighting so far. yes, they have, and that reflects a i during the fighting so far. is: they have, and that reflects a few things, their problems with communications, and they have gone too far back and they are using mobile phones and they are being tracked and that is public information. so they are attacking on multiple fronts and these fronts have not worked together. a lot of these armies did not even know they were doing an invasion and they were not prepared for this, particularly in the north and in parts of the east. in the south and south—east those forces have to engage with ukraine since 201a and they have

already learnt the lessons. different grades of effectiveness depending on where you look in the country. what about the ukrainian forces, both the regular military and the territorial defence units? we heard president zelensky today in his address to the german parliament say you were slow off the mark in helping us. our supplies of weapons from other countries getting through to the ukrainians quickly enough for them to continue holding of the russians? ., ., ,., russians? you have hit the point, there is a race _ russians? you have hit the point, there is a race going _ russians? you have hit the point, there is a race going on. - russians? you have hit the point, there is a race going on. the - there is a race going on. the russians have paused to reorganise, re—evaluate tactics and retrain soldiers and that is one of the reasons we have seen them stalling and failing to gather momentum so far. against that, ukraine is being pushed hard and is asking for so much help. although they have done tremendously well on the battlefield, they have done an effective delay holding back the russians and causing the russians casualties to achieve things, but nonetheless they need the supplies and particularly what was promised

yesterday by president biden, 800 million dollars with'. what yesterday by president biden, 800 million dollars with'._ million dollars with'. what sort of wea ions million dollars with'. what sort of weapons are _ million dollars with'. what sort of weapons are we _ million dollars with'. what sort of weapons are we talking _ million dollars with'. what sort of weapons are we talking about? i million dollars with'. what sort of - weapons are we talking about? there is a whole variety _ weapons are we talking about? there is a whole variety and _ weapons are we talking about? there is a whole variety and we _ weapons are we talking about? tire is a whole variety and we talked about the unspectacular weapons which will help ukraine win, which are hand—held anti—tank weapons, surface—to—air missile launchers, ex soviet things they can use. there is a focus now on more modern, british equipment that we are able to supply. the high velocity missile for example. these are more sophisticated, which is great, but you have to train people to use them and that will take a few weeks. how quickly extremely effective piece of kit. it almost fires like a shotgun in terms of how quickly you have to respond with it. that will make it very effective in this environment which is why it is being supplied. but it means more training and more time and it is more difficult to get to

ukraine. , , . ., , .., ukraine. difficult to ensure it can be used effectively _ ukraine. difficult to ensure it can be used effectively if _ ukraine. difficult to ensure it can be used effectively if you - ukraine. difficult to ensure it can be used effectively if you don't i be used effectively if you don't have that run—up time to get troops used to it. russia most analysts agree is behind where it wanted to be, where it expected to be, at this stage. that does not necessarily mean that russia thinks it is doing badly, does it? if mean that russia thinks it is doing badly. does it?— mean that russia thinks it is doing badly, does it? if you look at some of russia's — badly, does it? if you look at some of russia's war _ badly, does it? if you look at some of russia's war aims _ badly, does it? if you look at some of russia's war aims they - badly, does it? if you look at some of russia's war aims they are - of russia's war aims they are different to what we are focused on. we are focused on the defence of kyiv and they are focused on donbas and the destruction of the ukrainian military forces. we say ukraine is achieving its objectives and russia are saying it is achieving its objectives. the criteria of a victory is maybe a bit different for both parties at the moment. that will play out as we move towards peace talks that are happening, but thatis peace talks that are happening, but that is some way away. look at the destruction russia is bringing on the cities and one of the reasons they are doing that is to up the pressure on the ukrainians throughout this process. do you

think that there _ throughout this process. do you think that there is _ throughout this process. do you think that there is a _ throughout this process. do you think that there is a point, - throughout this process. do you think that there is a point, a - think that there is a point, a target, where president putin can say his military objectives have been reached? or is that constantly shifting? i guess you will say yes to that because of what you said a second or so ago. if he is not getting where he wants to be second or so ago. if he is not getting where he wants to he could we see a significant escalation from him in terms of russia's tactics? it is that horrible analyst answer of it depends, but it is a shifting environment for both sides where they are trying to position on the battlefield and get as much advantage as they can help peace talks becoming more meaningful. both sides agree peace talks are a few weeks away before delivering a conclusion. if you look at the minsk accord seven years ago russia pushed really hard right up to the last moment and attach mariupol right at the end of that process to gather a bit more ground. they were unsuccessful then, they will probably be successful this time. that city cannot hold out for more

than another week or so. but this is all part of a dance going on now about positioning and how much russia can get. putin must declare victory, if does not declare it in his country, he will be in trouble and a lot of his foreign policy is about his domestic audience and that will become more and more obvious. as we look at the weapons systems that are in use in ukraine at the moment, what would military success look like for vladimir putin in your estimation?— look like for vladimir putin in your estimation? . ., , ., , ., , estimation? what they really want is the iro'ect estimation? what they really want is the project to _ estimation? what they really want is the project to have _ estimation? what they really want is the project to have the _ estimation? what they really want is the project to have the south - estimation? what they really want is the project to have the south coast, | the project to have the south coast, the project to have the south coast, the south—east, donbas, effectively constrain and romp ukraine from any access to the sea. ideally putin would like to demolish ukraine completely and that might be beyond his reach now, so they might settle on something short of that. but at this stage i don't think peace talks are in good faith at buy russia. that is a us patriot system set up

in eastern poland and the reason thatis in eastern poland and the reason that is there is because the fear is this spills over or escalates either because putin puts pressure on the cities through tactics such as chemical warfare, cities through tactics such as chemicalwarfare, orthere cities through tactics such as chemical warfare, or there is a temptation to start interdicting what we are doing in poland and the flow of supplies from nato because thatis flow of supplies from nato because that is critical for ukraine.- that is critical for ukraine. thank ou ve that is critical for ukraine. thank you very much — that is critical for ukraine. thank you very much for _ that is critical for ukraine. thank you very much for taking - that is critical for ukraine. thank you very much for taking us - that is critical for ukraine. thank. you very much for taking us through all of that. really interesting. a former army tank commander. the russian journalist who protested against the war in ukraine on a live tv news programme says she's a normal russian woman who could not remain on the sidelines. marina 0vsyannikova, who is an editor at state—controlled channel 1, was detained, fined and released. she's been speaking to our correspondent in moscow, caroline davies — who began by asking why she wanted to continue to speak out about her protest. translation: there are lots of conspiracy theories - building up about me, that it was a fake,

that it was said by the fsb, or that i am a project of western special forces. that's why i had to explain to the world what really happened, the fact that i'm just a normal russian woman, but i couldn't remain indifferent after russia invaded ukraine. i knew that if i went to protest in central square, i would be arrested like everyone else and thrown into a police van and be put on trial. half the poster was in russian, half the poster was in english. i really wanted to show the western audience that some russians are against the war. as to the russians, i wanted to show them you are zombified by this kremlin propaganda, stop believing it. you worked at state media for years. do you have a sense of guilt about that? translation: ifeel, of course,j some responsibility lying on me. i was an ordinary cog

in the propaganda machine. until the very last moment i didn't think about it too much. i was happy with my life but discontent was piling up, but of course i feel responsibility. tell me a bit about what happened after the protest. translation: the main interrogation went on for about 13 or 14 hours. - nobody believed it was my personal decision. they were coming up with different versions. they suggested it could be confident work, relatives who were really angry about ukraine, or that i was doing it for western special services. they couldn't believe that i have so many objections to the government that i couldn't stay silent. what do you think your future now holds for you and for your children here in russia? it's a hard question because my eldest son said that

i have ruined the life of the whole family. probably he doesn't understand now, but i hope in the future my children will understand the sacrifice was not for nothing. i don't know what the future holds for us. that was marina 0vsyannikova talking to our correspondent in moscow stop charities say they need people who can speak russian and ukrainian translate. the refugee crisis here feels a long way from the safety of university lectures. but matt and his friends know their language skills are needed here. i know their language skills are needed here.— know their language skills are needed here. ., , , ., needed here. i have been helping out in the warehouse, _ needed here. i have been helping out in the warehouse, we _ needed here. i have been helping out in the warehouse, we have _ needed here. i have been helping out in the warehouse, we have been - in the warehouse, we have been peeling potatoes and apples and just been generally would languages be

able to support people by talking to them and finding out their need. he flew out a week ago and even in that short time the stories of those fleeing have got worse. i short time the stories of those fleeing have got worse.- short time the stories of those fleeing have got worse. i met people from the kharkiv _ fleeing have got worse. i met people from the kharkiv region _ fleeing have got worse. i met people from the kharkiv region who - fleeing have got worse. i met people from the kharkiv region who came i fleeing have got worse. i met people | from the kharkiv region who came out in what was described as a green corridor but they were being shot at by rockets, planes, bullets, everything, whilst trying to pass through what was meant to be a green corridor which was heartbreaking to see. �* ., , , , see. before the students left they t to see. before the students left they try to prepare _ see. before the students left they try to prepare for— see. before the students left they try to prepare for what _ see. before the students left they try to prepare for what they - see. before the students left they try to prepare for what they would see and hear. it is try to prepare for what they would see and hear-— try to prepare for what they would see and hear. it is good to be able to lo see and hear. it is good to be able to go there _ see and hear. it is good to be able to go there and — see and hear. it is good to be able to go there and show _ see and hear. it is good to be able to go there and show people - see and hear. it is good to be able to go there and show people what| see and hear. it is good to be able i to go there and show people what it is really— to go there and show people what it is really like and that is the aim of what — is really like and that is the aim of what we _ is really like and that is the aim of what we are going to do. the}r of what we are going to do. they ilan to of what we are going to do. they plan to make _ of what we are going to do. they plan to make a _ of what we are going to do. he plan to make a documentary of what we are going to do. tie: plan to make a documentary about their time and use it to raise funds for those fleeing.— their time and use it to raise funds for those fleeing. personally i want to focus on — for those fleeing. personally i want to focus on capturing _ for those fleeing. personally i want to focus on capturing human - for those fleeing. personally i want | to focus on capturing human stories and being able to portray them here in a way that helps us to help people there.

music fills the air in medica, a german pianist trying like so many here to ease the journey into the unknown. here to ease the 'ourney into the unknown. , . , ,., ., unknown. the music is something that hel-s unknown. the music is something that helps people — unknown. the music is something that helps people really _ unknown. the music is something that helps people really connect _ unknown. the music is something that helps people really connect and - helps people really connect and understand and bring out the emotions people are really feeling here, which from our side it is very sombre to see these things and from their site it gives them hope in the sense that there are people there playing music for them. p&0 p&o ferries has announced it is making 800 of its staff redundant saying if it did not make the changes it would make their future difficult. we can cross to westminster and speak to the shadow

transport secretary, louise hague. i spoke to the general secretary of the union nautilus earlier and he described this as a shocking moment for the british shipping industry. i keep using the word extraordinary, but it does seem to have been extraordinary the way this has been handled. it extraordinary the way this has been handled. , ., , ,., , extraordinary the way this has been handled. , ., , , ., , handled. it is absolutely appalling, it is a national— handled. it is absolutely appalling, it is a national scandal _ handled. it is absolutely appalling, it is a national scandal and - handled. it is absolutely appalling, it is a national scandal and an - it is a national scandal and an assault on the british seafaring industry. this is not the behaviour of a responsible corporate business. this is the action of thugs to see security agency workers wearing balaclavas and using handcuffs to march british workers of ships when all they want to do is put in a day's were, it is below contempt. there appears to have been no consultation with workers and unions. i5 consultation with workers and unions. , ., ., ., , unions. is that legal? no, it is straightforward _ unions. is that legal? no, it is straightforward under - unions. is that legal? no, it is straightforward under the - unions. is that legal? no, it is| straightforward under the trade union act of 1992 it appears that p&0

union act of 1992 it appears that p&o and anybody acting in this way has committed an offence and i will be calling on the government to make sure that any individuals who have been involved in this action are preceded against this afternoon. me preceded against this afternoon. we are expecting a statement at five o'clock. tell me what you would like to see happen and would you support the unions in their call to staff to stay on those ferries?— stay on those ferries? well, first and foremost — stay on those ferries? well, first and foremost the _ stay on those ferries? well, first and foremost the government i stay on those ferries? well, first i and foremost the government need to convene urgent talks between p&o and the workforce and the unions, are empty and nautilus, in order to save thosejobs. it's not good enough for the government to sit back and pretend there is nothing they can do. p&0 pretend there is nothing they can do. p&o have had millions of pounds of taxpayers' money through the pandemic and they turn around and destroy british workers permanent jobs in britain. we need to use every lever, including looking at the contracts and make sure they feel the full force of government action. , ., , feel the full force of government action. ., , ., ., ., action. this cannot be allowed to stand. finally _ action. this cannot be allowed to stand. finally and _ action. this cannot be allowed to stand. finally and briefly, i action. this cannot be allowed to stand. finally and briefly, how. stand. finally and briefly, how concerned are you that this is handled correctly because if this

can happen, do you worry that it could happen in other industries? this comes after the back of a decade and an assault on workers permanent rights by the tory government and this is what happens. unscrupulous employers take very great advantage of very weak employment legislation. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris. the weather is looking largely dry over the next week or so, but before we get there we have a few showers around. this narrow band of rain crosses scotland and northern ireland and that will give you ten to 15 minutes of rain. later this afternoon that will move into the far north of england. south of that it is dry with pleasant spring sunshine, brisk and gusty winds for west of scotland with gusts of around a0 to 50 miles an hour.

overnight tonight it will be a largely dry night with clear skies. it will be cold, there will be patches of rust developing, minus three in newcastle, colder than that in the countryside, and there may well be mist and fog, particularly in the welsh marches and the somerset levels. it takes a few hours on friday morning to clear out of the way, but then it is a sunny and lovely day for most of us. top temperatures round about 16 degrees.

this is bbc news. the headlines. the ferry company p&o has announced it's making 800 crew members redundant, with immediate effect. we'll have the latest from dover. this was how some staff were told the news. your employment is terminated with immediate effect on the grounds of redundancy. your final day of employment is today. after years of detention in tehran, nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe is finally reunited with herfamily in the uk. in ukraine, the search goes on for survivors trapped in the rubble of a theatre in mariupol, bombed by russia. uk military intelligence says that the russian advance has largely stalled on all fronts.

new plans for regulating online safety — the government says a 'duty of care' will be imposed on social media platforms for the first time. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. p&o ferries has announced it's making 800 crew members redundant, with immediate effect. it's suspended services on its routes from the uk to france, ireland and the netherlands for the next few days. the company says that without the changes, it would have no future. earlier, the rmt union expressed concerns that british workers would be replaced with cheaper foreign labour. the government is seeking an urgent meeting with the company. this is how somee staff

were told on board one of theirferries in dover earlier. the company has made the decision that its vessels will be crewed by third party providers , crewed. this means your employment is terminated with immediate effect on the grounds of redundancy and your final day of employment is today. live to dover and our correspondent theo leggett. hello again to you. there is talk of in some instances fire and rehire with different conditions or indeed fire and be replaced by agency staff the latest you are hearing there? well, we've been speaking to workers who are protesting in the middle of dover blocking one of the main roads here. what they are being told is there being fired, they having to accept a payoff which is not terribly generous. they say they've been given until the 31st of march

in able to accept that offer. other that a statutory duty redundancy pgy- that a statutory duty redundancy pay. they feel they've been put under enormous pressure. there hasn't been talk among the workers that we spoke to about rehiring although i understand that may be happening with some of the more senior officers on board the vessel. the picture down here at dover is one of enormous anger. this was thrown at them without warning, the people that worked with the company in some cases 20 or more years have been told without any warning, without any chance a plan, without any chance to look for a newjob that they are redundant as of today. give us some context and all of this. have you ever come across anything like that before, the way this has been handled? personally, no. i've this has been handled? personally, no- i've been _ this has been handled? personally, no. i've been reporting _ this has been handled? personally, no. i've been reporting on i no. i've been reporting on industrial disputes for many years. we have had controversy in the past about firing and rehiring where companies told their staff that they need to cut costs and in order to do so their staff will be required to

take lower paid contracts or else they will be fired and reemployed under worse contracts with up that happened with british airways in the early pay two stages of the pandemic. there were consultations, people were given a chance to express the views with what we had here to day is something quite remarkable where the boats, the cruise aboard the fairies were told at six o'clock this morning that the fairy would come and support, off—load their cargo, passengers and wait for a major announcement. the announcement when it came was telling them they no longer have jobs. that's extremely unusual to say the least. jobs. that's extremely unusual to say the least-— say the least. yes, that lack of consultation _ say the least. yes, that lack of consultation is _ say the least. yes, that lack of consultation is highly i say the least. yes, that lack of consultation is highly unusual. | say the least. yes, that lack of i consultation is highly unusual. you mentioned compensation, p&o had said earlier they were compensating staff being laid off for this lack of advance notice was the quote, with enhanced compensation packages. from what you are hearing that is not what you are hearing that is not what you are hearing that is not what you feel they are being offered. ,, ., ' what you feel they are being offered. ,, ., , ., offered. staff feel that the compensation _ offered. staff feel that the

compensation they i offered. staff feel that the compensation they are i offered. staff feel that the i compensation they are being offered. staff feel that the - compensation they are being offered does not make up for the fact that they've been thrown in at the deep end, they haven't had time to plan. these are people who still have mortgages to pay. they won't say how much they've been offered and obviously it depends on the job the person is doing, and their seniority. to them it is not that generous. and certainly doesn't make up generous. and certainly doesn't make up for the lack of notice was up a lot of them don't know what they're going to do now. there's a lot of support for them in dover. we spoke to a couple of passersby who say this is a major part of the fabric of the community here, there are a lot of people that work for p&o who live in his town and they are extremely angry. p&o says they had no choice, it lost a colossal sum of money during the pandemic and the associated lockdowns with the travel was virtually impossible. it was only for a coming across a channel or even that was limited. they say they needed to do this, they have to make cutbacks but it is really the manner in which they've done it which will generate huge controversy. d0 which will generate huge controversy.— which will generate huge

controversy. which will generate huge controvers . ~' , which will generate huge controvers . ,, , ., controversy. do you think they are iloin to controversy. do you think they are going to suffer— controversy. do you think they are going to suffer significant i going to suffer significant reputational damage as a result of this? i reputational damage as a result of this? .. reputational damage as a result of this? ,, ., �* , , reputational damage as a result of this? ,, ., �*, , ,, , this? i think that's highly likely. from what _ this? i think that's highly likely. from what we _ this? i think that's highly likely. from what we saw _ this? i think that's highly likely. from what we saw when i this? i think that's highly likely. from what we saw when people j this? i think that's highly likely. i from what we saw when people were protesting down in the centre of dover they were getting a lot of support, people were driving past, honking horns, waving at them suggesting that people in the town at least are on their side. i think there is a certain amount of reputational damage. p&o has been caring people across the channel for decades. acting in this way rarely goes down well with either the people who work for the companies who are directly affected or the general consumer. for who are directly affected or the general consumer.— who are directly affected or the general consumer. for the moment, thank ou general consumer. for the moment, thank you very _ general consumer. for the moment, thank you very much. _ earlier, i spoke to mark dickinson, who's general secretary of nautilus — that's the union representing seafarers and allied workers. he gave me his reaction to the news. there's a legal obligation to consult. and even if you were to split it across the eight ships we are talking about,

still the legal threshold is in place to require full consultation but there has been absolutely no consultation, the first i learnt about this was this morning at 730 and then there was the announcement, that you played the video clip of. this is shocking. this is a bolt from the blue? a complete bolt from the blue and the jobs have been on agency terms and conditions and you know what that represents, but it's just, i'm struggling for words, to tell you the truth. this is a shocking moment for the british shipping industry and we want the government to get involved because this is going to develop into a long—running dispute and you have already highlighted that some crews are not going to accept this. what advice are you giving to members of your union if they aren't still on board some of the ferries?

——if they are. we want them to behave as professionals and to remain courteous against provocation, and there are private security on board, some of them wearing balaclavas, it is a very intimidating situation, but until the legal situation is clarified we tell our members to stay put. for how long? joining me now from dover is travel journalist simon calder. hello to you. note notice for the p80 hello to you. note notice for the p&o staff this morning. barely any of our travel is planning to travel with p&0 of our travel is planning to travel with p&o today or over the next few days. tell us what the situation is for anyone who was booked with the ferry company. it’s for anyone who was booked with the ferry company-— ferry company. it's a very, very confused- — ferry company. it's a very, very confused. the _ ferry company. it's a very, very confused. the position i ferry company. it's a very, very confused. the position for- ferry company. it's a very, very i confused. the position for people who are booked here in dover to calais is apparently quite straightforward. they are being

transferred to dft as. i'm here at dover and actually you can see 3p and oak ship tied up which is normally the cruise terminally two terminal away from the docks. i watching operations today. lots of trucks backing up on the road coming down the overpass, down from the white cliffs to the port. the passengers are getting through, getting rebooked, irish ferries also have sailings. it's the other routes where we are seeing particular problems in southwest scotland and northern ireland. this is absolutely the most frequent route between those two uk nations. people were told, 0k, those two uk nations. people were told, ok, you can go to centre line, they'll take you and said. they said hang on, we don't have an agreement in place about this. agreements are perfectly common in terms of bad weather. there wasn't one set up.

passengers are told you've got to buy your ticket again at you can hopefully claim a refund from p&0. very messy. of course liverpool to dublin and hauled to rotterdam though a long distance, generally overnight and it's a lot more difficult finding alternative for those. in difficult finding alternative for those. , ., ., . ., those. in terms of financial difficulties _ those. in terms of financial difficulties that _ those. in terms of financial difficulties that p&o - those. in terms of financial difficulties that p&o say i those. in terms of financial. difficulties that p&o say they those. in terms of financial- difficulties that p&o say they are in, how much were you aware of that situation? did this take you by surprise as it did everybody else earlier when we heard the announcement?— earlier when we heard the announcement? , . , ., announcement? very much so. dp world the dubai -based _ announcement? very much so. dp world the dubai -based organisation _ the dubai —based organisation doesn't publish its accounts in quite the same way and so it was staggering to learn that over the past year they have lost over £100 million. in a sense their problems go back to the mid—90s with the opening of the channel tunnel, which

goes from ten miles down the road here across to calais. at that point it was generally assumed that the ferry companies would sail off and they might do a bit of north sea worker western channel. but instead at the moment you've got p&o ferries normally plus dft as a plus irish ferries all sailing on the short sea crossing to france, which isjust 20 miles across the channel. it is very intense competition. the scale of the losses is remarkable. but there is also concern among other operators that p&o serie gets paid —— could cut their hair to match their lower costs and steal business from the other incumbents. very unsound for staff talking to several of them today they are utterly stunned. what began as a bright thursday morning here in dover suddenly turned into them losing

their livelihoods. and also their lifestyle. being a seafarer, working on these theories is very much a choice that you make it because you like that lifestyle. it's not like a job on dry land. even people who can getjobs are not defined they've got anything like the life they previously really genuinely enjoyed. i believe you've actually managed to get some detail of the severance package which is been offered to workers. , �* , workers. yes. i've seen the letter, which i believed _ workers. yes. i've seen the letter, which i believed to _ workers. yes. i've seen the letter, which i believed to be _ workers. yes. i've seen the letter, which i believed to be genuine. i workers. yes. i've seen the letter, i which i believed to be genuine. p&o said, we realise this is a very nonstandard way of doing things and therefore we are going to be extremely generous in our severance terms. so everybody should be getting 13 weeks or three months worth of pay automatically. then there is going to be redundancy pay

based on the amount of service at a rate of 2.5 weeks of pay for every year of service up to a maximum of 91 weeks. you would need to be with a company for 36 years with many people have been with p&o ferries for decades. the company says it's also giving support in terms of finding employment elsewhere, possibly in the merchant marine sector. but very, very difficult times. i've even heard somebody say yeah, we've been invited to go through the same agencies that are fine cutprice workers and we might be able to get a job back on p&o but on far, far worse terms.— on far, far worse terms. thank you ve much stop we've just had a statement from downing street. downing street has condemned the way p&o ferries

informed 800 staff that they were being sacked to be replaced with cheaper agency workers was up the prime ministers official spokesman said that maritime minister has raised the issue with the company chief executives saying the way these workers were informed was completely unacceptable, clearly the way that this was communicated to the staff was not right and we have made that clear. our sympathies are with these hard—working employees affected during this challenging time for have given years of service to p80. we are expecting a statement in the house of commons at five o'clock on p&o which we will bring to you. that statementjust in from downing street condemning the weight p&0 downing street condemning the weight p&o ferries has informed those staff that they were losing their jobs. p&o ferries has informed those staff that they were losing theirjobs. if you were planning to be on eight p&o ferry on the next couple days or perhaps you've used the ferry service often, do get in touch and let us know what you think about the way this been handled. does it affect the way you feel about

travelling with p&o ferries? he could do that on twitter. the british iranian woman, nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, who was imprisoned in iran for 6 years, has arrived back in the uk and been reunited with herfamily. anoosheh ashoori, who was detained in iran for 5 years, has also been freed and arrived back in britain on the same flight. there were emotional scenes at raf brize norton in the early hours of this morning as ms zaghari—ratcliffe was met by her husband and daughter. our diplomatic correspondent james landale reports. the pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again. this was the moment nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe was finally reunited with her seven—year—old daughter gabriella and husband richard.

a family torn apart for six long years, a family once more complete. so too for anousheh ashoori, the british—iranian businessman had also been freed. an emotional reunion his family, the relief and release after so many years of detention and separation. it was, said his daughter, happiness in one picture. the years of detention ended yesterday, when they were finally allowed to fly home, freed by the iranian authorities who had held them hostage at diplomatic pawns. they arrived at raf brize norton in 0xfordshire in the early hours, in good spirits, as theirfamilies watched and waited. is that mummy? is that mummy, gabriella asks. mummy! that's mummy.

yes, it was. there with the families was the foreign secretary, whose diplomats and money had helped secure their release. i think it's been a really difficult a8 hours, the expectation that they would be released, but we weren't sure right until the last minute. so it's been very emotional, but also a really happy moment for the family. and for gabriella, a moment that was shockingly unfamiliar, when she could finally be together with both her parents, the first time in almost six years. her last birthday party, mummy rang up and she was showing friends, saying, i do have a mummy, this is mummy. i think bringing mummy home and show her off will validate gabriella's insecurities that she was right and she has had two parents who love her. for the family, advice about coming to terms with their new life from one who walked a similar path. everybody in the country who has followed this will be deeply interested and want to see

more of them. but it is absolutely essential that after the first exposure, they then take it easy, they then withdraw. and i think richard realises that that is important. iranian state tv claimed both detainees had been freed on humanitarian grounds, accusing them of being dual national spies, claims they have long denied. but still left in tehran as a third london born dual national. the foreign office said it would continue to press for his release. but for this family at least, the start of a new life, together at last. rescue efforts are taking place in ukraine to try to find survivors after a theatre was bombed in the besieged city of mariupol. president volodymyr zelensky, has accused russia of deliberately dropping a bomb on the theatre — where hundreds of people

were thought to be sheltering in the basement. it is understood to have withstood the blast. russia has denied carrying out the attack. our kyiv correspondent, james waterhouse, has this report. this has been an attack on the whole of ukraine — and its very future. the way it's resisted russian forces is the main reason why, still, only one major city has fallen, but the cost of that is growing and nowhere has paid a bigger price than mariupol. explosion. the south—eastern port city is the only location separating advancing russian troops from the south and east. so for the last fortnight, they've surrounded it and bombarded it. people have been forced underground, where supplies have been extremely limited. here, around 1200 people were sheltering in this theatre. baby cries.

"children" had even been written in russian outside, to warn attackers from above. but they either didn't care, didn't believe, or didn't see. an image to make everyone fear the worst, then word that the basement they were in withstood the bomb blast. casualties appear to be low. the basement wasn't destroyed and there are people, there were more than 1000 people who were there, mostly women with children. they went out and it looks like nobody died. moscow has denied the strike, instead blaming so—called ukrainian nationalists, without offering any evidence. russia has also been accused of continually shelling or attacking routes where temporary ceasefires have been agreed. humanitarian aid hasn't been able to get in and people haven't been able to escape.

translation: they are destroying everything round the clock- and they don't let any humanitarian cargo into our blocked city. for five days, russian troops have not stopped the shelling, to prevent the rescue of our people. in the last few days though, some grains of hope. 30,000 have made it out, say authorities, but more than a00,000 are still trapped. this is the one russian advance which hadn't stalled, according to western officials. mariupol�*s resistance is thought to be softening too. the rest of ukraine will be watching and wondering what it means for them if this city falls. james waterhouse, bbc news, in kyiv. uk military intelligence has claimed that russia's invasion has now largely stalled on all fronts. it says russian forces have been suffering heavy losses — and making minimal progress on land, sea and air in recent days.

our security correspondent gordon corera has the latest. outside the western city of lviv, ukrainian territorial defence forces are training for the battles ahead. so far, ukrainian troops have surprised many by holding back the russian advance. and on the diplomatic front, their leader president zelensky continued his virtual tour, speaking remotely to the german parliament, at times critical of germany's past position on russia, he called for more action now. i translation: it's a wall in central. europe between freedom and bondage, and this wall is growing bigger with every bomb on ukraine, with every decision that is not made for the sake of peace. yesterday, he addressed the us congress. he received no promises of the no—fly zone he had asked for,

but did get significant new military aid, including new air defence and drones to target russian forces. and president biden went so far as calling russia's leader a war criminal. he is a war criminal. a move the kremlin denounced hang li as being unacceptable. today, though putin did appear in public, but only to talk about economic development in crimea as the anniversary of its annexation from ukraine approaches, making little reference to international pressure or the military campaign. so what is the situation on the ground? well, the russian advance had come from three directions — from the east, from the south and from the north—west towards the capital. but each of those look to have either stalled orjust made slow progress. it does look as if russian forces have been trying to regroup and encircle the capital kyiv here. but so far, they have not gone in.

that might be because they lack the combat power after taking heavy casualties. the us reckons at least 7000 russian troops have been killed. russia continues to claim its forces are making progress, and it is saying negotiations are also moving forward amid talk of neutrality and security guarantees for ukraine. but other russian demands for territory may be far less acceptable, and many in ukraine fear that negotiations are reallyjust cover to allow the russian military to regroup. gordon corera, bbc news. in the past hour two men have pleaded guilty to sending abusive messages to the deputy leader of the labour party angela rayner. our correspondent sarah campbell has been following the case at westminster magistrates�* court. what's happened there? good afternoon- _ what's happened there? good afternoon. there _ what's happened there? good afternoon. there are i what's happened there? (13mg. afternoon. there are messages sent to angela rayner. they resented the

immediate aftermath of the murder of the mp david a mess. that was october 2021. 653—year—old stuart kenny from halifax admitted leaving three voicemails including money is which he called ms. reiners, and i hope you get shot. at west magistrate court he left three voicemails in the space of a half—hour. his defence was he been drinking, he seen reports about david amess and remembered angela rayner a few weeks before when she read bird to conservative mps as columns. come and she later apologised. 70—year—old michael mcgrath cleated guilty to sending an offensive e—mail to the mps office on the 16th of october 2021 at day after david amess murder. much i can't read out due to the nature he used but he intimated she and her colleagues must be celebrating the death of mr amess and calls are vile. he later sent an e—mail to apologise for his actions with up in

apologise for his actions with up in a victim impact statement read out in court ms. rayner described how the words of laughter frightened not only for herself and her family, her children and her staff. she said it two she changes a person. she's constantly walking back watching her back wherever she is not knowing what these people might be capable of. she seemed to other mps murdered and worried it could happen her. in herjob she had developed a thick skin. these people have really hurt her and she wanted them to know their actions have effects and consequences. both men have expressed remorse, apologise for their actions, expressed remorse, apologise for theiractions, stuart expressed remorse, apologise for their actions, stuart kelly has been released on bail, he will be sentenced at a later date and michael mcgrath has received a six week sentence, suspended for 18 months. ., .. week sentence, suspended for 18 months. ., ,, , ., week sentence, suspended for 18 months. ., ~' , ., , week sentence, suspended for 18 months. ., ,, , ., , . week sentence, suspended for 18 months. ., ,, , . ., months. thank you very much for that. the bank of england has raised interest rates from 0.5% to 0.75%. it's the third month in a row that rates have gone up as the bank

of england tries to calm the rise in the cost of living. our economics correspondent andy verity has sent this from the bank of england for us. most economists have been predicting we would get the third consecutive rate rise in a row. it's not a surprise given the current economic context. what the bank of england policymakers are saying is that there's been a succession of large shocks to the economy. you already knew about the pandemic, and after the global reopening of the economy, after that pandemic, there was a surge in demand and supply of basic commodities from petrol, oil, gas, to steel and wood, etc, didn't keep up with that surging demand, and when you don't get supply matching demand, that's when you get price rises, so we've had inflation all around the world. in the united states that 7.9%. the latest measure here was 5.5% on the consumer prices index, but the bank of england is predicting in the second quarter of this year inflation will get up to 8% at its peak and possibly higher later in the year,

so those global inflationary pressures exacerbated by the war in ukraine are certainly likely to see interest rates rise even more, perhaps up to 2% by the end of year. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. hello there. the weather is looking largely dry over the next week or so as high pressure begins to build but before we get there today we have a few showers and notice this narrow band of rain crossing scotland and northern ireland and that will give about 10—15 minutes of rain and eventually later this afternoon that will move into the far north of england and south of that it is dry quite brisk gusty winds for scotland with around a0—50 mph and with further showers to come here. overnight tonight, a largely dry night with clear skies and it will be cold, with patches of frost developing and —3 in newcastle and colder than that potentially in the countryside and may be mist and fog especially in the welsh

marches and the somerset levels. the mist and fog taking the first few hours of friday to clear away but then it is just a sunny and lovely day, top temperatures around 16.

the ferry company p&o has announced it's making 800 crew members redundant with immediate effect. this was how some staff were told the news. your employment is terminated with immediate effect on the grounds of redundancy. your final day of employment is today. after six years of detention in tehran, nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe is finally reunited with her family in the uk. in ukraine the search goes on for survivors trapped in the rubble of a theatre in mariupol, bombed by russia. uk military intelligence says that the russian advance has largely stalled on all fronts. new plans for regulating online safety — the government says a duty of care will be imposed on social media platforms for the first time. sport and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, john watson. good afternoon.

the england manager gareth southgate has expressed his concern for fans who won't feel comfortbale travelling to the world cup in qatar. homosexulity is illegal in the country and public displays of affection banned. announcing his squad for two up—coming friendly matches with switzerland and ivory coast, he said it's something the fa have thought about. we want a game that is inclusive. it is not a good situation that we have got certain parts of our fan base who might feel uncomfortable travelling to the world cup. there have obviously been issues with the buildings of the stadium. we can't affect that now. there are ongoing concerns about workers' rights. so i think it is important that we give the players that background, that understanding. in that squad, southgate has called up uncapped crystal palace defender marc guehi and club mate conor gallagher. arsenal defender ben white has also been recalled. there's no place though

for manchester united pair of marcus rashford and jado sancho. footballer emiliano sala died as a result of a plane crash, having been overcome by toxic levels of carbon monoxide during an unlicensed commercialflight, an inquestjury has concluded. the argentina—born striker died from head and chest injuries but was deeply unconscious, having been poisoned by fumes from the plane's faulty exhaust system. sala wasjoining then premier league club cardiff city in a £15 million transferfrom french ligue 1 side nantes. it is the final weekend of rugby union's six nations championship this weekend with france chasing the grand slam. the biggest surprise comes from the scotland camp with the dropping of their talented fly half finn russell for their match against ireland. he's been dropped to the bench, with blair kinghorn preferred at number 10. scotland havn't won in dublin for 12 years. ireland need victory and england to beat grand slam—chasing france in paris later on saturday to claim the title. we see this as an opportunity for blair.

he has been on really good form, he was not available for our match last week and the week before that he played his best game of the season and he has come on twice off the bench and shown what he can do in thatjersey. he started for us before the season against tonga and he has built on the performance and we believe this is the right time and the right game for him to play. ireland making a change too ahead of that match. ulster captain iain henderson will make his first start of the championship. the second row is one of three changes made by head coach andy farrell. henderson starts in place of vice—captainjames ryan, who dropped out of the squad after a head collision with england last weekend. to cheltenham now and flooring porter has won the stayers hurdle for the second year in a row. the gavin cromwell—trained a—1 shot was was given a superb ride by danny mullins to join the elite band of multiple winners. the seven—year—old won by two and three—quarter lengths

from thyme hill with paisley park, the 2019 winner, a nose away third. four—time world champion sebastian vettel has been ruled out of the formula one season opener in bahrain after testing positive for covid-19. the aston martin driver will be replaced by nico hulkenburg, who's not been a permanent f1 driver for the last three years. the second race of the season is in saudi arabia on 27 march, and if the german tests negative by then he'll be able to compete. england are in the middle of a confidence—reviving display agaisnt west indies, just thee wickets down at lunch on day two of the second test. we didn't see much of this in that disappointing ashes series, ben stokes hitting a six here to bring up his fifty. he's on 89 not out. captainjoe root after his century yesterday, has let stokes do the major scoring today but he did bring up his 150 just

before the lunch break. 369-3 369—3 for england, so firmly in control. that is it from me. let's return to the situation in ukraine. mason clark is the lead russia analyst at the institute for the study of war, and he joins fus from washington. thank you very much for your time today. the uk military intelligence is saying that the russian advance in ukraine has stalled on all fronts. do you agree with that assessment first of all? thank you for havinl assessment first of all? thank you for having me- _ assessment first of all? thank you for having me. yes, _ assessment first of all? thank you for having me. yes, largely i assessment first of all? thank you for having me. yes, largely we i assessment first of all? thank you | for having me. yes, largely we do. the russians continue to have a very difficult logistics and command issues across several advances, particularly their efforts to encircle kyiv, which they anticipated to have finished only four days into the war. the russians are making very localised progress

to degrade ukrainian forces in the city of malleable, but otherwise they continue to face difficulties due to both stiffer than expected ukrainian existence resistance, as well as difficulties likely due to poor russian planning. front line combat forces are struggling to replace casualties as well as have enough food and fuel. mas replace casualties as well as have enough food and fuel.— enough food and fuel. was this driven to some _ enough food and fuel. was this driven to some extent i enough food and fuel. was this driven to some extent by i driven to some extent by complacency? perhaps russia thought it could easily take control of ukraine? ., , , .. , ukraine? that is highly likely. essentially — ukraine? that is highly likely. essentially russian _ ukraine? that is highly likely. l essentially russian intelligence believed its own narratives, that the ukrainian military would collapse quickly and the russians would be seen as liberators. of course they are not, the ukrainian forces are putting up an incredible defence. it seems that quite simply the russians planned this very poorly. a lot of the units advancing into ukraine from belarus and in the north eastern ukrainian border are cobbled together from elements of

various russian units that are stationed across the country, some as far away as the pacific coast. it seems they were not given time prior to the invasion to coordinate together and form effective command networks that we are seeing country now in their core capabilities around kyiv. some of those forces coming out of crimea and attacking variable are operating at a higher level and that has been more successful, though even there they are facing similar supply problems. what is russia going to try to do to make up this ground? it what is russia going to try to do to make up this ground?— what is russia going to try to do to make up this ground? it seems they have been trying _ make up this ground? it seems they have been trying to _ make up this ground? it seems they have been trying to rush _ make up this ground? it seems they have been trying to rush various i have been trying to rush various replacements and reserve units, including pulling forces from armenia and its republics in georgia, and trying to funnel them into the operations around kyiv. we don't think those are likely to succeed and this war will protract even further. the russians are taking a number of actions to generate further reinforcements, such as pulling in units from the

assad regime in syria and as well as recruiting mercenaries, although those forces will face similar difficulties in integrating into other russian units already on the ground. we think it is highly likely that ukrainian forces will be able to prevent the encirclement of kyiv and we are watching to see when and if the kremlin will revise down its demands that it is putting forward into the negotiations. what demands that it is putting forward into the negotiations.— demands that it is putting forward into the negotiations. what is your assessment _ into the negotiations. what is your assessment of _ into the negotiations. what is your assessment of how _ into the negotiations. what is your assessment of how the _ into the negotiations. what is your assessment of how the ukrainians| into the negotiations. what is your i assessment of how the ukrainians are doing, both the regular military and the territorial defence units? i guess as this war progresses it will largely depend on logistics as well and how quickly they can get resupplied with those weapons that are being given by other countries. exactly. that is unfortunately on another level the russians have greater supplies than the ukrainian military does owing to sheer scale. if the war protract, as it will into the coming months, that might turn

the coming months, that might turn the tide for the russians through sheer weight of numbers and supplies. this is where continued western assistance, and notjust immediate western assistant, but sustained question supplies to ukraine will be essential in allowing the ukrainian forces to continue resisting.— allowing the ukrainian forces to continue resisting. mason clark, lead russia _ continue resisting. mason clark, lead russia analyst, _ continue resisting. mason clark, lead russia analyst, thank i continue resisting. mason clark, lead russia analyst, thank you l continue resisting. mason clark, i lead russia analyst, thank you very much. the government has published its long—awaited online safety bill. from hate speech, to fraudulent adverts, revenge porn to child abuse material, ministers say it will bring an end to big tech regulating itself and for the first time impose a duty of care on platforms. but some critics fear it could pose a threat to privacy and freedom of speech. overwhelmed, quite nervous, shocked. mostly just confused about why it had happened to me. i was quite, like, taken aback. sophie can't forget the day a total stranger sent her obscene images. it was really scary, because i didn't know

kind of what he wanted, what was going to happen next, and, yeah, it was very unnerving. but now the online safety bill will make so—called cyberflashing a criminal offence for the first time. it's almost like a relief. like, i've spoken to so many women over the past couple of years that, you know, you mention the story and they're like, "oh, that happened to my sister, that happened to my friend," like, younger women and girls who were growing up with this and it being normalised for them, that this type of harassment isjust happening. so i think it's a really good thing if it goes through. the new law is broad in scope, covering everything from hate speech to fake adverts, pro—suicide content and terrorist material. at its heart, the bill aims to create a new relationship between us and big tech, where, by law, platforms owe a duty of care to all users, especially children. that's thanks in part to outrage at the death of molly russell —

the teenager took her own life after viewing huge amounts of material about suicide and self—harm. companies will need to shield children from legal but harmful content. adults gain similar protections, and platforms will need to actively search out illegal material, with the threat of multi—million—pound fines if they don't. it might well not achieve what it sets out to achieve. but that has privacy and freedom—of—speech campaigners worried. i think it's going to end up not protecting a lot of vulnerable people. i think it's going to undermine protection for people like whistleblowers, for vulnerable adults, for people whose safety depends on being able to communicate confidentially. preventing harm, protecting free speech and reining in the tech companies — a complex bill with a difficult balance to strike. angus crawford, bbc news.

an update on the situation with one of the p80 ferries, the pride of hull. our correspondence was telling us earlier that the crew had refused to leave the ship. they had been advised by their union to stay on board the ship after being told earlier today without any notice that theirjobs were gone. but danny savage is now reporting that the crew have left the ship. just to let you know we are expecting very soon, possibly in the next few minutes, but we will bring it to you when it happens a statement from the transport minister on this situation with p&0. transport minister on this situation with p80. 800 staff told today that theirjobs were gone. some of them apparently offered theirjobs back but under new conditions. so we await that statement from the transport minister. a bbc investigation has found dozens

of social media influencers have promoted unlicensed tanning products described as "potentially dangerous" by leading dermatologists. the drug "melan—otan 2" can either be injected or inhaled but there is evidence it may be linked to skin cancer. our health correspondent anna collinson reports. having a tan always makes you feel better about yourself, it makes you feel slimmer and healthier and glowing. more and more people are trying an untested tanning drug. i didn't know that they were illegal or dangerous. it all looked so legitimate and safe. you just think, i won't get any side effects, i won't get skin cancer, it won't affect me. and then it did! liv discovered a strange mole eight months after trying tanning injections. she was diagnosed with stage—one melanoma, and part of her thigh had to be removed. doctors told her the injections were the likely cause. social media sites have propelled melanotan ii's popularity,

and the new nasal sprays can make them seem more appealing. while selling it is illegal in the uk, using it is not. dermatologists say they're seeing a rise in patients with the warning signs of an unusual orange tan and disordered moles. we have evidence that they are potentially dangerous and they can potentially lead to cancer. we have cases that have come forward and been presented which have shown melanoma developing after using these products. you don't know what you're being given. as melanotan ii is unlicensed, it hasn't undergone stringent safety tests, so we've asked these chemists to take a look and see if they can tell us what's actually in these tanning products. the team would expect to find around ten ingredients in a licensed medicine, but some of our tanning kits we are playing away from that to go to the house of commons and a statement on p&0. thank you to the speaker for having found the time for me to make this

statement. earlier still today p&o announced its decision to make 800 seafarers redundant on several routes across the uk. let me say right off the bat routes across the uk. let me say right off the hat the way these workers were informed was completely unacceptable. i will say more on that in a moment. whilst it was fundamentally a commercial decision for the company i want to inform members about our latest understanding of the situation and what is now being done. in taking this decision to make seafarers redundant, p&o have also informed us they will be suspending services for a week to ten days while they locate new crew. the affected routes are dover to calais, lana toucan ryan, dublin to liverpool and hull to rotterdam. i know members right across the house will share my concern over the loss of these routes and i should stress that p&o say they are only temporary and

alternative provision will be provided by other operators, to whom i am extremely grateful. passengers will still be able to travel to and from the uk, including across the channel, with freight coming in and out of the country. i understand the dft s is out of the country. i understand the dft sis stepping in to provide alternative services for passengers with valid tickets and i would like to thank them for their swift action. however, i must warn travellers that they should expect some disruption over the coming days. i have asked my officials to liaise with the kent resilience forum and the cabinet office to closely manage traffic in kent over the coming days while p&o worked to restore services. today the dover tap has been activated, and whilst members will know this is not all that uncommon, there is some queueing onjubilee way, although the port of dover expect this to reduce over the afternoon. i have also asked officials to remain in close contact with other resilience

forums around the country as well as the devolved administrations in managing this issue. we have of course long planned contingencies for situations, for disruption particularly around the channel, and i do not expect the supply of critical goods and services to be impacted as a result of this decision by p&0. although queues on the way to dover are more likely to occur. modelling suggests we have sufficient capacity to handle a temporary loss of these p&o ferries. let me now turn to the issue of the seafarers. these are hard—working, dedicated staff, who have given years in service to p80. the way they have been treated today is wholly unacceptable. my thoughts are first and foremost with them. reports of workers being given no

notice and escorted off their ships with immediate effect, while being told cheaper alternatives would take up told cheaper alternatives would take up their roles, shows the insensitive way in which p&o have approached this issue, a point i have made crystal clear to p&o's management when i spoke to them earlier this afternoon. as i told peter heffer for earlier this afternoon. as i told peter hefferfor eight, i am extremely concerned and frankly angry at the way workers have been treated today by p&0. as a matter of urgency i have asked my department to liaise closely with counterparts in the department for work and pensions to ensure that workers are being signposted to the most relevant support and i am intending to call the trade unions immediately after the statement to discuss the situation with them. mr deputy speaker, there can be no doubt that the pandemic has had a devastating impact on the finances of many

travel companies, including p&0. but while their finances are matters for them, i would while their finances are matters for them, iwould have while their finances are matters for them, i would have expected far better for the workers involved. we will continue to engage closely over the coming days. i commend this statement to the house. mr deputy speaker. the action taken by p&0 mr deputy speaker. the action taken by p&o ferries today is a national scandal. it is a betrayal of the workers that have kept this country stocked throughout the pandemic. i have heard directly from the crew throughout the day, their lives are ended, thejobs throughout the day, their lives are ended, the jobs scrapped. throughout the day, their lives are ended, thejobs scrapped. workers are now left wondering how on earth they will put food on their families tables. the management did not even have the decency to tell them face—to—face. they were told this life changing news on a pre—recorded video. there are images circulating of what we are told our handcuffed

train security, some wearing balaclavas, marching british crew off their ships. this is not a corporate restructure, it is not the way we go about business in this country, it is beneath contempt, the action of thugs. it is quite simply action of thugs. it is quite simply a scandal that this dubai owned company, which received millions of pounds of taxpayers' money and the pandemic, without consultation and without notice have upended the lives of 800 british workers, all while the profits of their owners, dp world, soared by 52% in the first half of 2021. we need a clear, unequivocal statement from the government, no ifs, no buts, an overseas conglomerate cannot be given free rein to sack workers in securejobs here in britain at the click of a button and replace them with agency staff. the government must not give the green light to this appalling practice and must act

now to secure the livelihoods of these workers, not signpost them to these workers, not signpost them to the department for work and pensions. this cannot stand, so will the minister review any and every contract and license the government has with p&o or dp world to maximise leveraged and forced them to do the right thing? dp world gran two of the government's freeport schemes. when he looked at terminating those contracts? will he can be in urgent talks with p&o contracts? will he can be in urgent talks with p80 and the unions to look immediately at what steps can be taken to safeguard these jobs? can he confirm if the secretary of state received notification as required under the 1992 trade union act? given neither the workers nor their unions received notification, this action is clearly illegal. will he act immediately and ensure all those party to the decision are appropriately proceeded against. will he join appropriately proceeded against. will hejoin me in condemning quite marine and in to serve in the role they have apparently played in

today's events and investigate any action that can be taken against them? will he outline the full extent to which other operators will be able to cover this unacceptable disruption. it is impossible to conceive we have sufficient capacity to cover a loss of ten days. well he looked at clawing back every single penny of taxpayers pro mac money given to p80 over the course of the pandemic? but this must be set within context. forfar pandemic? but this must be set within context. for far too long this government has sat on their hands and chosen to side with bad bosses by failing to take action to outlaw fire and rehire. this is the cruel consequence of a decade of attacks on workers' rights. no more excuses, it is time for ministers to keep the promises they have made, deliver for workers' writes an outlaw fire and rehire without delay. finally, we are an island nation, british seafaring has been and is the envy of the world. we are

rightly proud of the british sailors, ratings and officers who make our fleet and whose name is known across the globe. this is a straightforward assault on british seafaring. it cannot be allowed to stand. the government must stand up, speak out and take action for these proud workers to protect their livelihoods.— proud workers to protect their livelihoods. ., , ., , livelihoods. louise hague responding to maritime minister _ livelihoods. louise hague responding to maritime minister robert i livelihoods. louise hague responding to maritime minister robert courts i to maritime minister robert courts about the 800 p80 staff who were told today with no consultation that they had lost theirjobs. mr courts said the way in which they had been informed was completely unacceptable and insensitive. he said he had made it crystal clear to management how angry he was. we will continue to look at story throughout the rest of the afternoon. right now let's return to the report we brought to you just a couple of minutes ago, a bbc investigation showing influences

have promoted tanning agents which are dangerous. the drug can be injected or inhaled but there is evidence it may be linked to skin cancer. i am joined evidence it may be linked to skin cancer. iamjoined by evidence it may be linked to skin cancer. i am joined by doctor emmett wordsworth, spokesperson for the british skin foundation. thank you forjoining us. how aware are you of this drug and these products that are being promoted? me this drug and these products that are being promoted? we certainly are aware that consumers _ are being promoted? we certainly are aware that consumers are _ are being promoted? we certainly are aware that consumers are getting i aware that consumers are getting hold of these injections or nasal sprays illegally and are using them, so we know this is going on under the radar and we are obviously very concerned about it what checks to these products and this particular drug have gone through? that is the major concern. it has not gone through the rha regulatory agency

and it has not been approved by the fda in the us, so this is not an approved drug. it is sometimes used for experimental conditions, but not in routine used to change the colour of skin. ii in routine used to change the colour of skin. , ., , ., in routine used to change the colour ofskin. , ., , ., ., of skin. if somebody wants to tan and they are _ of skin. if somebody wants to tan and they are looking _ of skin. if somebody wants to tan and they are looking at _ of skin. if somebody wants to tan and they are looking at either- and they are looking at either injecting themselves or inhaling something, you would be urging them and say, hang on, let's take a step back and look very carefully at what doing? back and look very carefully at what doinl ? ~ , ,., , , back and look very carefully at what doing? absolutely. this melatonon works by stimulating _ doing? absolutely. this melatonon works by stimulating a _ doing? absolutely. this melatonon works by stimulating a hormone i doing? absolutely. this melatonon i works by stimulating a hormone which goes on to stimulate your pigment cells and you would be concerned that if you are over stimulating these, that could increase your risk of skin cancer and we know it can have a number of other side—effects. alongside there are a lot of other dangerous practices, sharing needles, using sunbeds, all of which can cause significant harm to health. ., ll, . can cause significant harm to health. ., _, . ., can cause significant harm to health. ., . ., ., health. how concerned are you about --eole health. how concerned are you about people going — health. how concerned are you about people going to _ health. how concerned are you about people going to these _ health. how concerned are you about people going to these sorts i

health. how concerned are you about people going to these sorts of i people going to these sorts of lengths to tan?— people going to these sorts of leniths to tan? , _, . lengths to tan? extremely concerned. we see year-on-year_ lengths to tan? extremely concerned. we see year-on-year increases i lengths to tan? extremely concerned. we see year-on-year increases in i we see year—on—year increases in melanoma, the most serious type of skin cancer, which we know is associated with sun seeking behaviour, sunbeds, and taking it step further by using medication that can seriously cause harm to health and it extremely concerning. rather than look at what some influences are saying, they should be visiting the british skin foundation website? that is excellent advice. doctor emma wordsworth, thank you for your time. it is time for a look at the weather. the weather is settling down in the next few days. we have not seen much rain this month, but on wednesday it was a very wet day an inch of rain falling across the south, 2a millimetres in places. if we look at the forecast over the next week or

so, there will be a lot of dry weather to come, mostly with sunny spells, a few showers here and there. the reason the weather is becoming dry again is this big area of high pressure is becoming re—established. the high percentage to the east. today there will be a lot of dry weather for england and wales and we have this narrow band of rain moving across northern ireland and scotland, bringing ten to 15 minutes' worth of rain and maybe getting into the north of england later this afternoon. further south it is a dry picture with sunshine. quite windy for western scotland with gusts of around a0 to 50 miles an hour. overnight tonight with that high pressure building in it will be a largely dry and clear night. turning cold with patches of frost developing. minus three in newcastle and a bit colder in the countryside. it could be fogged around on the somerset levels and the welsh

marches as well. it takes a few hours to clear out of the way on friday and then we are looking at another beautiful day with long spells of spring sunshine. in the sunshine it is 16 degrees in london, 15 for cardiff and 13 the top temperature for glasgow. that fine weather is set to continue for the first part of the weekend. there will be fairly gusty winds developing around some of the headlands across the south—west of england. the wind coming in from the north sea mean the eastern areas will have temperatures pegged back to a degree. however in western areas and north—western areas it will feel warm in the sunshine and in scotland we could see temperatures are locally getting up to 17 or 18 degrees. that will feel pleasantly warm in the sunshine. sunday is a little bit more in the way of stop perhaps some soft hail in the showers and it will turn

cooler as well.

this is bbc news. the headlines. the ferry company p&o has announced it's making 800 crew members redundant, with immediate effect. we'll have the latest from dover. this was how some staff were told the news. your employment is terminated with immediate effect on the grounds of redundancy. your final day of employment is today. after years of detention in tehran, nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe is finally reunited with herfamily in the uk. in ukraine, the search goes on for survivors trapped in the rubble of a theatre in mariupol, bombed by russia. uk military intelligence says that the russian advance has largely stalled on all fronts. new plans for regulating online safety — the government says

a 'duty of care' will be imposed on social media platforms