this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm shaun ley. russia intensifies its attacks across ukraine, on multiple fronts. this is the result of an airstrike near the city, of lviv. those reaching safety, escaping the besieged city of mariupol, have endured weeks, of russian shelling. translation: there are dead people lying around and no one to take - them. theyjust lie there, it shouldn't be like this, someone must intervene. in the capital, kyiv, the surrogate babies, separated from their parents by war. at a rally in moscow, vladimir putin praises what he calls "russia's heroic deeds" in ukraine. joe biden warns his chinese counterpart about the consequences

of providing material support to russia. hello and welcome. russia is continuing it's assault on multiple fronts across ukraine, with one of the latest attacks, (ani) a missile strike on an army barracks in the southern city of miko—lyev. reports suggest at least 45 people have been killed. meanwhile, overnight, there was a russian air strike on an aircraft repair plant in relatively unscathed western ukraine, near the city of lviv. there were no casualties. lviv has been receiving hundreds of refugees from mariupol in the south, with many saying russia is trying

to wipe the city off the face of the earth. after weeks under siege, and battered by shelling, it's soon expected to fall. but amid the darkness, the authorities there say 130 people have been rescued, from the bomb shelter under the city's theatre, that was attacked two days ago. our special correspondent fergal keane has the very latest. the sense of security here is ebbing, after dawn brought this — a missile strike aimed at an aircraft repair plant. nobody was hurt, but this close to the city, it's shaken nerves. guards were jittery, journalists shoved. "get your cameras away or i'll break them," a militia man said. people here aren't used to this. the city's mayor reflected the grim mood. translation: there are no safe and dangerous cities. _ today, we are all under attack. this shelling was done from the black sea.

the sense of security here is ebbing, after dawn brought this — no one can predict where the next missiles will fly, so when you hear the sirens, you have to go to the bomb shelter, you have to take care of your health. and thousands were still arriving here today, to escape the war. this, the tunnel leading to their trains west. it's been three weeks exactly since i first stood in this tunnel and watched people queueing to escape the war. still they come. from mariupol, from kharkiv, from kyiv, from kherson, and many other places whose names or deaths we do not know. a missile strike aimed at an aircraft repair plant. these are the first arrivals from besieged mariupol — 350 people. this little boy, whose composure is its own statement of determination after the hell he has left behind. a city where killing

is piled upon killing. maria was another arrival from mariupol. 86 years old, bruised from a fall in a bomb shelter. her granddaughter described scenes of horror in the city. translation: there are dead people lying around and no one to take them. they just lie there. theyjust lie there. nobody was hurt, but this close to the city, it's shaken nerves. it shouldn't be like this. someone must intervene. there are trees torn out by their roots.

it's like a horror film. there are now 200,000 displaced people finding shelter in lviv, and today, maria became one of them. the war comes to lviv from everywhere. maria and her children are from avdiivka in the east. she's a single mother who lost her leg in an explosion at the start of the conflict eight years ago, and has now had to flee her home for the second time. translation: a new, more brutal shelling has begun. . the civilian population is suffering. there is shelling all around ukraine now. i want to save the lives of my children because we have suffered already. we travelled through the whole of ukraine. there is no safe space any more. in lviv, they've placed these children's strollers in a central square. one for each child killed so far in this war. 109 young lives gone, and more threatened with each passing hour. fergal keane, bbc news, lviv. just an update for you president

zelensky delivering his latest address from the capitol in kyiv. he said the time had come for face—to—face talks between him and president vladimir putin of russia. he said the reason for that for meaningful talks on security aspects with moscow is because russia's only chance now to limit the damage caused by its mistakes in the war is through dialogue. here's our chief international correspondent lyse doucet on the progress of talks between ukraine and russia. the job of the diplomats is to make progress with the words, to fashion some kind of compromise. and, yes, they seem to be making progress, but the job of the commanders and the commanders in what is now being called president putin's war, theirjob is to make progress on the ground. and they haven't, it seems, made enough for president putin to be ready to move towards any kind of negotiated way out.

his main strategic priority, and it may not be the only one in this war, is to seize a corridor of land along the black sea coast which can connect the crimean peninsula, occupied by russia in 2014 and annexed, and eastern ukraine, which is also under russia's sway. it wants to connect those two. mariupol stands in the way. mariupol, which you heard in that report by fergal keane, has been wiped off the map, bombarded, besieged. a city where the fighting has now moved to city centre, but where the local mayor says the city centre no longer exists. at the other end of that strategic land corridor, or close to the end of it, is mykolaiv, which also came under ferocious bombardment for many weeks and where we heard today of an attack on an army barracks. so, the military campaign does not seem to have reached a point where president putin will say

enough, it's time to talk. and what do you read into the decision to attack the airfield in the west of ukraine? is it expanding into new military conflict territory or is is more about what the west is up to? it was a military target, and in moscow's eyes, a legitimate military target. we understand it was next to the international airport, it was an aircraft repair facility and we understand it was the only one in that area which has the contract to service the mig—29s that the ukrainian air force has been using to devastating effect. the other target hit in the west most recently was a training base that had been used by nato armies to train the ukrainian army. it was also seen as a way station for the supplies of western arms and ammunition which are making such a difference on the battlefield. i think what president putin is underlining that whatever stands in the way of his victory in the war

will be a target. but the focus of his forces, the main axes in this war, continues to be the areas where he is making some progress, slow, not as much as he expected. 0n the eastern edge next to russia, along the south as i mentioned and of course cities like this continue to be attacked, but they don't seem to be the main priority for now, although they could be in the long run the biggest prize. the number of civilian dead rises steadily by the day. the united nations as it hundred and 16 civilians have been killed in 1033 have been wounded. in ukraine every part of life has been disrupted and change from everyone from newborns to pensioners. jeremy bowen's been seeing it for himself. behind their statistics of damage and destruction are addresses like this one in kyiv.

and people like 0lena. she's here to see what can be salvaged from the wreckage of her daughter's tiny flat in a block that was badly damaged three days ago. "look," she says, "a fragment of a rocket." luckily, everyone was safe in the shelter. and in the kitchen, 0lena says the fridge, the microwave, the extractor, it's all gone. and there's another piece of rocket in the ceiling. even the shopping was burnt. "my daughter and her husband are newlyweds, we'll get through this." translation: it's bad, very bad. the russians are supposed to be our closest people. i never expected they could do this to us. we never wanted the war. the neighbour, mikola, came to fix the door the firefighters kicked in.

he's been arguing on the phone with his wife's cousin in saint petersburg, who he's known for 50 years. translation: he told me, "you've been killing - "russians, we did nothing. "0ur putin is a king and a god." i told him a person like that should be in a mental hospital. how could you russians let him be president for so long? so, i said, "we should probably end this conversation." in the other burnt flats in this block, more fragmented lives. people who survived the attack but lost everything that was certain. it is obvious that a young family lived here. war is made up of thousands of incidents like this — not even necessarily involving loss of life, but destroying homes, wrecking everything. personal tragedies, and afterwards, nothing is ever the same.

in the basement of kyiv maternity hospital number three, they're doing their best to make it better, but it's hard. a baby born to a surrogate mother was being picked up by a doctor, dressed to protect. "we're strong," says the woman in ukrainian, who'd carried the baby. herfriend, who'd done the same for another couple, agreed in russian. they wanted their identities hidden before travelling back together to the war zones in the east. the doctor took the baby girl, whose parents are german, to a safe place we agreed not to identify. paid surrogacy is legal here, but biological parents have to brave the war zone to reach their new babies. 20 new babies are being looked after in a clean and warm basement. they're waiting for parents who've got to come a long way — brazil and china, as well as from europe.

they're short staffed, the nurses don't get time off. "we try to love them as if they were ours, until their mothers and fathers can get here", said antonina. translation: we just used to teach the parents - to look after the babies. now it's completely different. we take care of them. and they were doing that, loving care for strangers' babies in a war zone. but what a way to begin a life. the doctors in combat gear went out to collect another newborn. jeremy bowen, bbc news, kyiv. vladimir putin has praised russia's "unity," over what he calls the country's "special operation," in ukraine, and he thanked russia's military. his comments came in a public speech to a packed stadium in moscow. 0ur russia editor steve rosenberg, has sent us this report. "your president needs you," they'd been told, and they came.

some with flags and fervour. russia! ..0thers with the letter z that has been painted on military vehicles in ukraine. "i'm a patriot," says this woman. "if our government is fighting in ukraine, it must be necessary. " not everyone was so excited at attending a kremlin rally. we have spoken to a few people who said they were either forced to come here by their employers or promised the day off if they would come. but no one would go on camera. inside the stadium, where the world cup final had been four years ago, this time. vladimir putin! ..it was president putin out in the middle. 0n the anniversary of russia's annexation of crimea,

he gave a pep talk to his people about events in ukraine. translation: we can see how our soldiers are acting and fighting in this operation. shoulder to shoulder, they help and support one another. but what happens to russians who call it an unjust war? this. the letter z and offensive graffiti have been sprayed outside apartments of people criticising the offensive. this journalist was among those targeted. this week, she heard her president railing against traitors and prowestern scum. she fears that from now on, anyone disagreeing with the authorities will be treated as an enemy of the state.

translation: they see people like me as a worthless part of society. - police and mps call us parasites and freeloaders who are working against the country. and i'm called a traitor, of course, like they wrote on my door, as if i don't want russia to win. but i don't want our country to be fighting. there's something rather sinister about what's happening here. russia's president is dividing the nation into us and them, into patriots and traitors. vladimir putin is looking for scapegoats, looking for someone to blame for the economic problems ahead, so that russians don't blame him. the kremlin creating an alternative reality, portraying russia as a besieged fortress under attack at home and abroad. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. stay with us on bbc news, still to come — we'll get more on that call betweenjoe biden and his chinese counterpart — president xijinping —

on the war in ukraine. today, we have closed the book on apartheid and that chapter. cheering. more than 3,000 subway passengers were affected. nausea, bleeding, headaches and the dimming of vision — all of this caused by an apparently organised attack. the trophy itself was on the pedestal in the middle of the cabinet here. now, this was an international trophy, and we understand now that the search for it has become an international search. above all, this was a triumph for the christian democrats. of the west — offering reunification

as quickly as possible — _ and that's what the voters wanted. this is bbc news, the latest headlines. president biden has warned his chinese counterpart xi jingping that beijing would face consequences if china supports russia's war in ukraine and provides weapons. the nearly 2 hour long video call was the first contact between the two leaders since the invasion began. according to chinese state media, mr xi said that both china and the us had a responsibility to ensure world peace. china hasn't condemned the invasion and says it wants to remain neutral. here's what the white house press secretaryjen pskai had to say about the call. the majority of this call, as i think you heard, you saw in the readout and you heard, i think, on the call we just did, but was focused on russia's unprovoked invasion of ukraine. the president spent...

the vast majority of the nearly two hours was spent with the president outlining the views of the united states and our allies and partners on this crisis, including a detailed overview of efforts to prevent and respond to the invasion, how we've got here, steps we've taken, where we've gone and why. and, of course, as was also noted in the readout, but let me just reiterate, he also conveyed and described the implications and consequences if china provides material support to russia. but, again, i'm not going to provide any additional assessment from here. 0ur north america editor sarah smith told me more about the objectives of the call. one point was to maintain communication, which is, of course, important when you have world leaders as powerful as president xi and president biden who are potentially at odds over this conflict. and they do say that talks will continue with their officials.

but if president biden was looking for any assurances that china will refuse requests from russia to provide them with either military or financial assistance, it seemed he did not get those. so, as you heard the press secretary saying there, he did detail exactly what the consequences and implications would be if china does offer material support. now, the us isn't prepared to make public what those steps would be, but we do understand that it was laid out very clearly for president xi what actions the us are prepared to take if they see china getting involved. there's also been calls here from us officials saying it's time that china got on the right side of history over the war in ukraine. they would like to hear president xi condemn russia's invasion of ukraine. that's something he clearly did not do on that call and has not yet done publicly. but what they're most worried about is what china actually does. there doesn't seem to be high confidence here even after the two hours of talks that china will definitely not come to russia's aid. and so the biden administration said they're going to be watching very closely exactly what russia does

next, that the world will be watching china very closely and that they are ready to respond if they see china offering any assistance to russia. is there common ground that the two could find in this, do you think? is there a way in which perhaps the us because it's part of nato can't do this, but that china can try to be a country that with its influence in russia can push president putin towards some kind of settlement? well, i mean, if there is anybody, if there is any world leader who has any influence with vladimir putin, of course it is president xi. and the white house would dearly like him to try and use that influence to get him to end the war. and we got some information from the chinese government as well, their readout of what was said in the call, and president xi talked about how this conflict is not an anybody's interests and that they would like to see an end to the fighting, but there was no indication that he was prepared to get involved to do that. in fact, chinese state media were reporting that he said it was up to the us,

nato and russia to be talking about a diplomatic solution. so, there is no indication within that that he is prepared to involve himself in trying to find a resolution to this crisis, and it seems no guarantees either that he is definitely going to refuse any of those russian requests for assistance. the polish border agency says 2 million people, mostly women and children, have fled ukraine to poland since the war began. an estimated half a million have escaped to romania and more than 350,000 to moldova. in poland, most of the refugees have ended up in the larger cities like the capital warsaw, and it's now legalfor ukrainians to work and go to school. but some are warning that services are under extreme pressure. 0ur europe editor katya adler has sent this report from warsaw. starting to stitch shattered lives back together. piece by painstaking piece, here in poland. natalia and her fellow seamstresses, all of them ukrainian, are trying to put on a brave face.

translation: this is my third day of my newjob. l i'm so grateful for some stability after all we've been through. a sunny bridal shop is a stark contrast to the horrors back home. natalia's new polish boss says it's important to help. we feel that we need to help them. and we also know that they are very good people and very good workers. natalia is a force of nature, aided by polish generosity, keeping her and her son on their feet till it's safe to go back home. vlad is one of more than 70,000 ukrainian refugees now at school in poland. teacher 0lga cholewka, warm and grandmotherly, clearly aches to do more.

translation: there is so much trauma and we polish teachers don't know- ukrainian songs or fairy tales, so we said the children on our lap and give them a big hug. poland has absolutely opened its arms to families from ukraine in schools, in homes, and in workplaces, as well. it is spectacular to see. but on a government level, there are accusations of hypocrisy, of double standards. that they've chosen to welcome some refugees and very much not others. remember the war in syria? the hundreds of thousands who fled to europe in 2015? the polish government and others didn't make them feel so welcome. is it fair to cry hypocrisy at the polish government? those migrants, they wanted to go to germany, they wanted to go to france, to the united kingdom, that's the difference. ukrainians, they want to come to poland, they want to live with us and they are very much

welcome to do so. a welcome perfectly performed by poland's national ballet. refugees who are professional dancers can train, eat, and sleep here. the huge influx of ukrainians to poland means housing is becoming a problem. translation: the theatre | director here welcomed me. dancing helps to calm my mind a bit. the dancers' sincere gratitude to poland is bittersweet. translation: we love our “ob very much, of course. i we left behind our home and don't know if we willj ever come back there. katya adler, bbc news, warsaw. before we go some breaking news. president zelensky addressing the people of ukraine on friday night told them that the only way for russia to correct the mistakes it made with the war was for direct

talks over us future security of his country. those are the headlines on bbc news. hello. on friday we had the warmest day of the year so far at 17 and half degrees celsius. i suspect that will be beaten if not the day ahead in the coming few days. we had pretty much unbroken sunshine for many parts of the uk. there was a bit of patchy cloud here and there, the east coast of northern ireland for example but with this high pressure, this intense area of high pressure dominating notjust through the weekend but beyond, well into next week we will see more dry and fine weather. they'lljust be the odd fly in the ointment, perhaps a few showers materialising on sunday. for many the forecast is a dry one. in fact, into next week

temperatures are rising. it will feel warmer too as the wind started to fall light. the winds will be a feature of the weather during the rest of the night and the day on saturday picking up. so limiting our frost and fog more but they will still be bocce pack around to start saturday morning as temperatures fall within a degree or so of freezing and there will be some frost around, particularly in the north and the east which is more likely where we will see any pockets of fog. but again, it looks like a largely sunny day. the fog will lift around about mid—morning and then that wind picks up coming off the chilly north sea so tempering the feel of thing. always strongest and fastest in northern and western areas without actually, some of the strongest gas could be around the southwest with high tides of course. it will be a windy one right the way across the uk. it's coming off the north sea, which at this time of year, seeing some of its lowest temperatures, seven or 8 c. you can imagine it will feel a bit cooler right on the east coast. but inland, 13 to 15 quite widely, 16 and western areas and possibly 18 in the northwest of scotland.

because here we will have some shelter from back east or southeasterly win. so if we get to 18 that will make it warmest day of the year so far. as we move into sunday, it doesn't look quite as warm because we will have a bit more clout around. more cloud around. still lots of dry weather and we are likely to start with a bit more patchy fog and frost on sunday morning again. the winds are starting to ease a little bit. a bit more cloud coming into the west through the end this area of cloud perhaps producing image result for isle of scilly�* more images isles of scilly showers in east anglia and the southeast. a slightly cooler but still a lot of dry and fine weather to be found.

this is bbc news, the headlines... russia has intensified its attacks across ukraine. this was the result of an air strike near the city of lviv. in the southern city of mykolaiv, dozens of people have been killed in a russian missile strike on an army base. fighting has reached the centre of the southern port city of mariupol, both sides have confirmed. many civilians are still trapped in the city, with more than 80% of residential buildings either damaged or destroyed. vladimir putin has appeared at a rally marking eight years since russia annexed crimea. he said that russian soldiers are "heroes" fighting "genocide" in ukraine. some in the audience said they'd been pressured to attend. the white house says president biden has warned president xi of consequences, if china gives russia support for its war in ukraine.

the warning came during a video call by the two leaders.