welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. i'm mariko oi. the headlines: ten million people have now fled their homes in ukraine since the start of the war — more than a quarter of the population. among them, children who escaped from besieged mariupol but they are left with life—changing injuries. all of these are victims of russian attacks. it is notjust the physical injuries. many of these children have deep psychological trauma that they will perhaps never get over. as a russian deadline looms for the defenders of mariupol to lay down their arms, the deputy prime minister says there'll be no surrender.

and china tightens covid restrictions. millions are ordered to stay at home as the country confronts its worst outbreak. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday. it's 9am here in singapore, and three in the morning in ukraine — where ten million people have been forced out of their homes in just over three weeks of russian attacks. that's the latest figure released by the united nations, amounting to a quarter of the country's entire population. most of the displaced are still within ukraine's borders — having left places like mariupol — the southern city which has been underferocious attack day after day.

the civilians who have made it out of there, to cities like zaporizhiye to the north—west — have brought with them tales of survival and the narrowest of escapes. some are children likely to carry life—long scars from their experiences. wyre davies sent this report. this is what vladimir putin's war has done to the children of ukraine. in his hospital bed, little artem stares into emptiness. the russian shell that blasted shrapnel into his belly also wounded his parents and grandparents as they fled from mariupol. a victim of the war and not yet three years old. next to artem, 15—year—old masha, also from near mariupol. her right leg amputated after being torn apart by the blast from a russian shell last tuesday. she and artem, in some senses, are lucky. they've been evacuated

to the city of zaporizhzhia. other victims, adults and children, died where they fell in the streets. these are just some of the hundreds of casualties of what's been happening in mariupol and the surrounding region. all of these are victims of russian attacks. it's notjust the physical injuries, though. many of these children have deep psychological trauma that they will perhaps never get over. these doctors and the children's surviving relatives asked us to tell their stories. dryuri borzenko, head of the children's hospital, can't hide his contempt for what russia has done. translation: i hate russia. the girl who lost her leg was so traumatised she wouldn't eat or drink for days. she couldn't mentally handle it. we had to feed her intravenously.

another boy, a six—year—old with shrapnel in his skull, described without tears or emotion watching his mother burn to death in their car after it was hit. he then said, "dad, buy me a mum, i want someone to walk me to school." what is happening in mariupol is a humanitarian disaster, even perhaps a war crime. 90% of the buildings have been damaged or destroyed in blanket russian shelling. after last week's destruction of a theatre where more than 1000 people were said to be sheltering, reports that an art school with more than 400 people inside has also been attacked. at the hospital, vladimir wanted to tell me about his daughter natasha and his granddaughter domenica, whose picture he almost caressed on his phone. they were both killed by a russian shell inside mariupol. translation: i ran up

to my granddaughter, l and i'm screaming, "domenica, domenica." but there she lies. i then rushed to natasha, grabbing whatever i can find, a scarf, to bandage her legs. vladimir, whose other daughter is still in a serious condition, knows he has to try and stay strong. he sobs. translation: god, why would you bring this - all upon me? my lovely girls, i failed to protect you. wyre davies, bbc news, zaporizhzhia ukraine's deputy prime minister has said there can be "no question" of surrender, in the southern city of mariupol. russia had set a deadline of 5am for ukrainian soldiers and civilains there to lay down their arms. iryna vereshchuk said ukraine

has already told russia, that won't be happening. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet has more from kyiv. the precise russian demand is that residents and troops should give up, should leave the city by sam. and if they do not, they will face military tribunals. it is a very serious threat, but such has been the life of the people of mariupol, in the city which is 90% flattened, a city of mass graves, that an assistant to the mayor tonight told the bbc that they would carry on as normal tomorrow. this is the kind of policy we often talk about, trying to starve a city into submission. the russian order also said that if the residents and the troops protecting them leave, then suddenly the humanitarian corridors will open to go east or west, suddenly the food which the russian forces have not been allowing to enter the city will be allowed to enter.

in other words, you will be able to get the kind of relief that we have denied you for the past three weeks. but militarily, the ukrainian officials in the city said yesterday it's a question of numbers. we're fighting in the city centre now, what's left of it. they have far, far more troops than us. but if and when mariupol falls, what will be the next target? what about the capital, kyiv? on a night when we see far more explosions, we understand a shopping mall, a building, a fuel station may have been hit. there's been lots of return fire by the ukrainians, a reminder that the ukrainians are fighting back, but the russians are still attacking. the way the war has changed ukraine is being felt everywhere — although where possible people are also trying to keep hold of rituals and aspects of normal life. jeremy bowen sent this report from the capital kyiv.

the roar of ukrainian air defence missiles reverberates through kyiv�*s main cemetery. rest in peace. not here, not now. explosions have felled trees and broken headstones. alexander, an army volunteer, was killed fighting the russians five days ago, just before what would have been his 27th birthday. almost no—one at the funeral knew alexander, not the guard of honour or the priest in army green. his commander was the only one from his unit, dressed to go back to the front—line only a few miles away. he said they all had to honour him because alexander's family is not here. his father's in the besieged city of mariupol.

they can't reach him to say his son is dead. before the war, alexander was a children's entertainer and illusionist. he went to the front with no real training and was killed less than two weeks after he signed up. close by, graves of people killed fighting russian—backed separatists since 2014. these days, the sirens feel routine. it's been quieter the last few days here in the city. the analysis — fear, perhaps — is that the russians are gathering their strength, resupplying, trying to reorganise, getting ready to do something else, to push again at kyiv. relative quiet does not mean peace or ceasefire. st volodymyr�*s ukrainian orthodox cathedral was heavy with incense and the pain of war.

the orthodox church here broke with moscow in 2018. it was a blow for president putin, who insists that ukrainians and russians are one people in one country who should be in one russian church. jeremy bowen, bbc news, kyiv. the ukrainian president has addressed the israeli parliament by video link. he is the first foreign leader in history to do so. volodymy zelensky, who's ofjewish heritage, questioned israel's reluctance to sell its renowned iron dome misssile defence system to his country. ina in a later video update on social media, he praised israel's efforts for trying to bring about peace and said that jerusalem will be the right

place for that to happen. a reminder — that you can keep across all the developments on the russia—ukraine war by going to our website. our live page is updated with all the latest reports from our correspondents on the ground. that's all on the bbc news website — or download the bbc news app. while the world's attention is focused on the war in ukraine, the coronavirus pandemic has been continuing to spread. the number of infections is on the rise in some parts of the world, including china — which is going through its worst covid outbreak since the start of the pandemic. restrictions have been further tightened in the north—east region ofjilin. everyone injilin city must stay at home this week during another round of mass testing. also shanghai disney resort has been closed until further notice because of covid. hong kong is struggling to contain a covid outbreak that has swept through care

homes for the elderly in the city — with just over 111,000 cases reported on sunday alone. and numbers have increased dramatically in south korea, where last week there were more infections than anywhere else in the world. but because nearly 90% of people there are fully vaccinated, the risk of serious illness or death has fallen. matthew fox is an epidemiologist at boston university. i asked him how long china could keep up its zero—covid policy. well, china has the ability to continue its attempt at zero—covid for quite some time, but i'm not sure it's the wisest strategy. they have spent an enormous amount of time and energy shutting down cities and having great impact on its citizens and its economy, but as we're seeing, there have still been outbreaks even in highly vaccinated populations. so, i think china really has to reckon with whether it's going to continue a zero—covid or near zero—covid policy or whether it's going to learn

to live with the virus. indeed, because the economic cost is quite high and president xi just last week said that while the country will stick to a zero—covid policy, the impact on the economy should be limited. why do you think beijing is so adamant about this because you talked about the high vaccination rate there? indeed, because the economic cost is quite high and president xi just last week said that while the country will stick to a zero—covid policy, the impact on the economy should be limited. why do you think beijing is so adamant about this because you talked about the high vaccination rate there? so, i think there are a couple of reasons. one of which is the fact they've had so much success throughout the pandemic and they have really been able to keep their economy open while much of the world has been closed. so, i think that they have some confidence in their ability to contain the virus, but that was pre—omicron and omicron and its subvariants are so much more infectious that i think it's really a different situation now. the other reason i think that they may be considering this is while they are such a highly vaccinated population, their fully—vaccinated over—80 population is quite low.

it's reallyjust over 50% and even lower the population that's actually had a boost. and there for, even though their population is highly vaccinated, the population most at risk is still fairly vulnerable. i just want to ask you about hong kong, which has also been experiencing very high numbers of covid infections. the city's leader, carrie lam, has said that she's reviewing restrictions in hong kong after acknowledging that many financial institutions were losing patience with its policies. what could that mean? well, they also had to make decisions around how much they want to continue to keep their economy closed and to keep restrictions on their population. they're in a very different situation in that they've had much higher mortality than china's seen, but they're also coming to the tail end of their omicron wave.

so, that's meaning a decline in cases, and they can start to make decisions around whether or not they want to start bringing back those restrictions to allow for a more normal situation. that was the professor in the department of epidemiology and global health at boston university speaking to me earlier. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: the dancing duke — the royal tour of the caribbean begins. we report from belize. i'm so proud of both you. let there be no more wars or bloodshed between

arabs and israelis. with great regret, the committee have decided that south africa be excluded from the 1970 competition. singing in own language. streaking across the sky, the white—hot wreckage from mir drew gasps from onlookers on fiji. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm mariko oi in singapore. our headlines:

10 million people have now fled their homes in ukraine since the start of the war, more than a quarter of the population. asa as a russian deadline looms for defenders of mariupol to lay down their homes, the deputy prime minister says there will be no surrender. many see the invasion of the country by vladimir putin as a pivotal moment in history. the german chancellor, olaf scholz, has called it a turning point, a monumental shift which will have consequences for many nations and how they work together. our special correspondent allan little has been assessing how the war is redrawing the world. the war in ukraine has changed the world. we are in new and more dangerous times. the post—cold war era is over.

it has been brewing a long time. it is nearly 20 years since vladimir putin first sent troops to occupy parts of georgia, and eight since he occupied parts of ukraine. he has sent spies into british cities armed with nerve agents to murder exiled russians. but the western democracies did not disengage. europe built up an unhealthy dependence on russian gas. even now, europe buys russia's gas at $1 billion a day. london became a safe place for russia's wealthy elites to park money. they built prestigious property empires. few questions were asked about where the money came from. but putin has misread the world catastrophically. first in his view that ukrainian is a bogus identity. ukrainians have proved it is an identity they are ready to fight and die for. putin's plan for a swift decapitation of the state has failed. russia's military incompetence has been striking.

most importantly, he misread the west, believing it weakened by internal division and in long—term decline. but the west is more united now than it has been since the fall of the berlin wall. the economic and financial sanctions it swiftly agreed are the most punitive ever imposed. in effect, they expel russia from the global economy. a new economic iron curtain has descended. it will plunge russia into a profound economic crisis. industries will grind to a halt, unemployment will rise, inflation will destroy people's savings. the west is now committed to ending its dependence on russian gas. there will be no going back from that. this is also a war between democracy and authoritarianism. it's not just that vladimir putin doesn't want a western ally on his doorstep, it's also that an increasingly repressive russia that locks up its political opponents doesn't want a successful, open democracy on its doorstep

either, forfear of the example it might set. in the 1990s, boris yeltsin tried to turn russia into a democracy. when that failed, putin took it back to its imperial past, aggressively asserting russia's right to defend itself by dominating its neighbours. the question now is whether this fight will go global, and divide the world into two mutually antagonistic blocks. china and russia are bonded by a shared antipathy to american power. china does not want putin weakened, or the west strengthened. but it will be dismayed that this is precisely what putin's war has achieved. the war threatens to roll back decades of economic globalisation. beijing does not want that either. this is a fight between democracy and authoritarianism. it is also a fight between two conflicting worldviews. putin wants a return to something like the yalta settlement of 1945, which divided europe into spheres of interest and gave russia domination of eastern europe.

the west wants the values of the helsinki final act of 1975, which recognised the rights of sovereign, independent states to choose their own destinies and alliances. this is the face that has become the living symbol of that fight. president zelensky has united ukrainians around a powerful and proud sense of who they are, and is saluted now across the democratic world. allan little, bbc news. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines: the british prime minister, borisjohnson, has been criticised for comparing ukraine's fight against russia's invasion to people in britain voting for brexit. mrjohnson said it was the "instinct of the people of this country, like the people of ukraine, to choose freedom". a senior conservative peer said voting in a referendum was not "in any way comparable with risking your life" ina war.

the biden administration has formally determined that a violence committed against rohingya muslims by dana's military amounts to genocide and crimes against humanity. myanmar�*s armed forces launched a military operation in 2017 which forced at least 730,000 of the mainly muslim rohingya from their homes and into neighbouring bangladesh. saudi officials say they have intercepted and destroyed what they called a hostile our target over the city of chatter. the nature of the projectile is not clear. earlier, officials reported destroying a number of drones aimed at several saudi cities by the houthi movement in yemen. the duke and duchess of cambridge have arrived in belize for their week—long tour of the caribbean.

it is their firstjoint overseas trip since the start of the pandemic. but part of the first day of their tour had to be cancelled due to a protest from villagers at a cocoa farm. our royal correspondent jonny dymond reports. a visit to a cocoa farm and a chance to spread some goodwill, and learn a thing or two. that's not what i expected. but this wasn't _ that's not what i expected. but this wasn't meant to be the first stop of kate and william's tour. that had to be hurriedly cancelled after some residents protested at the link between prince william and a charity working in the area. by midday, things were back on track. where william and kate getting a taste of gareth turner culture, where african and indian arawak traditions met and made something completely new. —— garafuna culture. —— garifuna. it

certainly made the royal couple put on their dancing shoes. and of course, where there is a tour, there is generally a tree planting. the big picture, the big message from this week—long tour of the caribbean, is thank you. thank you from the couple come on behalf of the queen, for the support she has had from the people of this region in her seven decades on the —— the throne. but they will also be time for the couple to meet people more directly connected to their key interests. so the last event of the day was a meeting with some of the country's marine experts, the men and women battling to restore billy's's barrier reef. —— belize's. the duke and duchess clearly have an eye on the future. johnny dymond, bbc news, belize.

the japan meteorological agency has oficially declared the start of cherry blossom season in tokyo. agency officials confirmed that at least five blossoms had opened at yasukuni shrine in central tokyo. the declaration came four days earlier than average, and six days later than the last year. and from now cherry blossoms are expected in many parts of western and eastern japan. you have been watching newsday. a reminder of the breaking news this hour. ukraine's deputy prime minister says there can be "no question" of surrender in mariupol. russia had set a 5:00am deadline for the city's defenders to lay down their arms, promising fighters who surrender safe passage out of mariupol if they give up their weapons, along with civilians who wish to leave. it also threatened any who chose to remain, saying they would face military tribunals. the defence ministry in moscow admitted that a terrible

humanitarian catastrophe was unfolding in mariupol, which has been largely destroyed by russian bombs and shells. that's all for now. stay with bbc world news. hello there. temperatures on sunday weren't quite as high saturday's, but still not bad. in the spring sunshine we got to 15 degrees in porthmadog, north—west wales, the warmest spotin north—west wales, the warmest spot in the country. looking at a weather over the next few days, more about spring sunshine is on the way. it will become warmer, mostly dry, just a few isolated showers to watch out for is the week goes by. high pressure still dominating the picture. that's days to the east of us. this little curl of cloud is associated with a pool of cooler hour, and that has showers within it. what happens over the next couple of days is that area of cool air pulls north, taking showers away, and at the same time we will then

see temperatures rising significantly, high teens and even low 20s over the next couple of days. right now there is a risk of seeing an odd showerjust brushing the eastern coast of england, the cloud in northern ireland could also bring an odd spot of rain but should keep the frost at bay. we're skies for most of southern england and wales, allowing a widespread frost to take us into the first part of monday. temperatures down to —6 in aberdeenshire, particularly cold start to but a lovely start start of the day for most of you. lots of sunshine around patrick cloud extending from the south—west is the day goes by. the small chance of a sharper eastern scotland, but for most of you it is essentially a dry day. we will see those temperatures rising across england and wales, highest here about 14 or 16, cooler air still across scotland, northern ireland and the far north of england. tuesday's forecast, still the risk of frost to start the day across scotland in particular, across scotland in particular, a lovely day with lots of sunshine. they could be one or two isolated showers popping up

across central areas for a short time, but most of you will dodge them. high temperatures into the teens, perhaps reaching 20 celsius in the warmest areas, that will threaten the highest temperature we have seen so far this year. wednesday, a similar day, plenty of sunshine across the board, but if we do see some showers they could affect the far north of scotland. still, those temperatures will continue to rise, 17 in newcastle, 16 for glasgow, again in parts of england and perhaps eastern wales we could see temperatures into the high teens, perhaps 20 degrees or so. this is a drier weather will last two friday and into the weekend, although there is a tendency for it to turn cloudier.

this is bbc news. we will have the headlines and all the main stories for you at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. hello, as governments around the world race to sanction associates of vladimir putin, the british media is turning its attention to the role russian oligarchs have played in public life. this week, an edition of panorama aired allegations about the source of roman abramovich's wealth. at the weekend, the sunday times reported that newspaper owner evgeny lebedev was made a peer despite the concerns

of the security services. and the gossip sites are all over the gilded