this is bbc news. welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the globe. i'm james reynolds live in lviv. our top stories. the beseiged ukraine town of mariupol is again denied a humanitarian corridor, after rejecting a russian demand to surrender. 300,000 people are trapped without power, food or water. president zelensky says it's a war crime. translation: over three weeks of this war, already _ 115 children have died. that's the most horrible war in europe since the second world war. a 35—hour curfew for the people of the ukraine capital kyiv. residents are told by the mayor it's a �*dangerous moment�* and they must stay at home. it follows a direct russian strike on a shopping centre in the kyiv.

eight people are killed, and residential buildings are also hit. let's look at the main news coming from here. ukraine has rejected a russian deadline for its forces to stop fighting in the besieged port city of mariupol, saying there could be no question of soldiers laying down their arms. tens of thousands of civilians remain trapped in the city, which has been devastated by russian bombardment and has little food, water or power. in kyiv, a curfew has been announced from eight o'clock local time this evening until wednesday morning. this follows a strike on shopping

centre where eight people were killed. from there our correspondent james waterhouse reports. mariupol, a place where 90% of buildings are now destroyed or damaged and where they are burying bodies in the street. translation: i hope there will be some sort of reburial and this - is just temporary but the military told us to put the bodies somewhere in the cold and the only cold place now are in our basements. there are people in the basements so we bury them here. 300,000 people are still trapped in the city. their impossible choice — stay and hope you survive more continued shelling, no running water and little food or leave along a humanitarian route which could well be attacked to a destination you don't know. translation: we have been in a basement for 11 days. - this is the 25th day of war, we have been counting every one of them. we hope for the best, to live as humans. the apartment has been broken, everything is broken. where can we go from the basement? we are cooking at a fire.

for now, we have some food and firewood. in a week, we will have nothing, no food at all. what should we do? russia offered authorities here safe passage for everyone who wanted to escape. in return, they wanted the city to surrender. mariupol refused. when it comes to ukraine's fight for its survival, surrendering has long not been in its vocabulary, however work to get civilians out of mariupol continues. translation: we have plans for the work _ of humanitarian corridors for today. to date, eight corridors are agreed. in the donetsk region for the evacuation of people from mariupol to the city of zaporizhzhia, several routes will work today. in kyiv, a missile hits a shopping centre, felt and heard across much of the city. it left this. eight people are known to have died, another 35 hour curfew has been

another 35—hour curfew has been announced for tonight. just look at that new block of flats. the reason for curfews like this isn't just about the impacts. it is to do with the wider damage. every building we can see around here has got smashed windows or some of the cladding has fallen off. everything has been affected. while ukraine isn't putting down its weapons, it is still trying to help people escape. 10 million ukrainians have now had to leave their homes, according to the un, almost a quarter of the population, all wondering if or when they will be back and what they will return to. james waterhouse, bbc news, in kyiv. winning the battle for the southern port city of mariupol would be seen as a major strategic success for russia, giving it control over much of ukraine's south coast. russia would then have a land corridor between its territories in the eastern south. this explains why russia is putting so much effort

into this. 0ur security correspondent gordon corera has this assessment of the russian advance. russian military strategy has changed since the war began. when they first invaded nearly a month ago, the russian forces came in broadly on three fronts, from the north, from the south and from the east. the aim seems to have been for lightning strikes to take key cities. but instead they met more fiercer resistance than they expected and that strategy effectively failed. so what has happened since then? if we look at the capital kyiv, they have been trying to encircle the city, but they've not managed that entirely and it doesn't look like they've got the combat power to go in and take the heavily—defended capital. so instead we have seen these kind of missile strikes on it. but the russians are regrouping and bringing in reinforcements. if we next look at the south, they have made more progress here and we've heard a lot in recent days about mariupol and you can see the strategic importance of that city because it would allow the russians to connect up some

of the territory they control. and they've effectively been laying siege to that city, inflicting some pretty terrible devastation. if we then move on to the east, what we can see is there has been fighting here in kharkiv, which has been pretty intense. and one of the concerns there is is that russian forces could then drive in from multiple directions and then they'd be able to surround a ukrainian fighting force, which is here, and potentially cut it off. now, we've also seen strikes all the way over here around lviv. what that looks to be is the russians targeting the military infrastructure which supports ukraine, including the supply routes for it. so overall what we get from this is a sense of a war of attrition, in which the russians are trying to pound some of the cities, trying to do as much damage as they can

to the ukrainian military. all that points to is potentially a long haul and many casualties, including civilian casualties. that assessment by gordon, our security correspondent. it's impossible for us to get in to mariupol. there been a trickle of people allowed out in humanitarian corridors. some of those people in recent days, there have been up to 30,000 of them have been able to get to a town 200 kilometres away from mariupol. with them they have brought tales of escape and

suffering. 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. 0ther 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, domenica1'— 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. evacuees from mariupol. many see the invasion of ukraine by vladimir putin as a turning moment in history. the german chancellor, 0laf 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 provides his take on the global impact of this war.

the war in ukraine has changed the world. we are in new and more dangerous times. the post—war era is over. it has been brewing for a long time and it's 20 years since vladimir putin sent troops to occupy part of georgia. he has sent spies into british cities armed with nerve agents. but western democracies did not disengage. you developed an unhealthy reliance on russian gas. —— europe. london became a safe place for russia's wealthy elites to park money. they built property empires. few questions were asked about where the money came from. but putin has mis—read the world catastrophically. first in his view that ukraine is a bogus identity. ukrainians have proved it's an

identity they are willing to fight and die for. edin�*s plan for a switch to capitation of the state has failed. russia's military incompetence has been striking. most importantly, he missed read the west —— miss read the west. the economic and financial sanctions swiftly agreed at the most punitive ever imposed. in effect, they spelt russia from the global economy. the new economic iron curtain has descended. it will plunge russia into a profound economic crisis. industry will grind to a halt. inflation would destroy people's savings. the west has 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 about a and

increasingly repressive brush that locks up its political opponents doesn't want democracy on its doorstep. 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. this question now whether this fight will go global. china and russia are bonded by a shared antipathy to american power. china does not want pete in weekend on the west strengthen but it will be dismayed that this is precisely what peter bosz—mac war has achieved. it threatens to roll back decades of globalisation. beijing does not want that either. this is a fight between democracy and authoritarianism. and two

conflicting worldviews. putin wants to turn back time to 19115. the west once the values of the helsinki final act of 1975 which recognised the right 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 zelinsky has united ukrainians around who they are. i just want to reinforce one particular number. 10 million. 10 million ukrainians have left their homes in search of safety. that's around a quarter of the population. 6 million of them have sought refuge within their country buzz borders. 3 million have decided to take the

journey west into eu countries. they included 2 million ukrainians who have made the shortjourney a0 miles into poland. danjohnson has been to krakow train station and he will tell us where people are going next. trying to be taking ukrainian families, _ going next. trying to be taking ukrainian families, trying - going next. trying to be taking ukrainian families, trying to i ukrainian families, trying to relieve the pressure on this city. the numbers in the last few days have been a little bit lower. things feel calmer and more manageable but the accommodation here in the city is running out and there are questions about where people will be housed next. let's talk to dario, one of the volunteers. you are ukrainian yourself and you been helping out people?— ukrainian yourself and you been helping out people? yes. i work here and we give —

helping out people? yes. i work here and we give peeple — helping out people? yes. i work here and we give people temporary - and we give people temporary placements with their families. where — placements with their families. where dealing with the problem that we are _ where dealing with the problem that we are running out of places and people _ we are running out of places and pe0ple are — we are running out of places and people are coming every day and right— people are coming every day and right now. — people are coming every day and right now, we're finding places around — right now, we're finding places around the region and trying to find these _ around the region and trying to find these for— around the region and trying to find these for everyone. how around the region and trying to find these for everyone.— these for everyone. how difficult is that getting? _ these for everyone. how difficult is that getting? wary _ these for everyone. how difficult is that getting? wary of _ these for everyone. how difficult is that getting? wary of having - these for everyone. how difficult is that getting? wary of having to - these for everyone. how difficult is i that getting? wary of having to send people? that getting? wary of having to send --eole? ,, . that getting? wary of having to send neale? ,, ., . , that getting? wary of having to send --eole? ,, ., . ,., that getting? wary of having to send n-eole? ,, . . ,., , . people? small cities and small towns, sometimes. _ people? small cities and small| towns, sometimes. sometimes people? small cities and small- towns, sometimes. sometimes it's in the mountains. and towns, sometimes. sometimes it's in the mountain— the mountains. and people are reluctant to — the mountains. and people are reluctant to move _ the mountains. and people are reluctant to move further - the mountains. and people are reluctant to move further from | the mountains. and people are - reluctant to move further from crack of and the polish border? sometimes it's very hard — of and the polish border? sometimes it's very hard for _ of and the polish border? sometimes it's very hard for them _ of and the polish border? sometimes it's very hard for them to _ of and the polish border? sometimes it's very hard for them to move. - it's very hard for them to move. people — it's very hard for them to move. people come here they are very shocked — people come here they are very shocked. they have no idea what they are going _ shocked. they have no idea what they are going to _ shocked. they have no idea what they are going to do with their lives and we do _ are going to do with their lives and we do all— are going to do with their lives and we do all we can to help them. the numbers have _ we do all we can to help them. tie: numbers have been we do all we can to help them. tte: numbers have been incredible. we do all we can to help them. tt2 numbers have been incredible. it has been relentless for the last three weeks. 2.1 million, ithink, from ukraine. how's it been for the last few days and what you see the days ahead? ., ., ., ., ahead? right now we are having an

easier time — ahead? right now we are having an easier time with _ ahead? right now we are having an easier time with the _ ahead? right now we are having an easier time with the people - ahead? right now we are having an easier time with the people coming because _ easier time with the people coming because the first weeks it was just a disaster — because the first weeks it was just a disaster. we had thousands coming every— a disaster. we had thousands coming every day— a disaster. we had thousands coming every day but right now i think they are going _ every day but right now i think they are going further into year rep. they— are going further into year rep. they moved to to other countries and it's a little _ they moved to to other countries and it's a little bit easier but still not many— it's a little bit easier but still not many places.— it's a little bit easier but still not many places. how well do you think the situation _ not many places. how well do you think the situation is _ not many places. how well do you think the situation is being - think the situation is being managed? i think the situation is being managed?— think the situation is being manaaed? ~ , think the situation is being manaaed? ~' , .., managed? i think everything we can do we do that- _ managed? i think everything we can do we do that. we _ managed? i think everything we can do we do that. we do _ managed? i think everything we can do we do that. we do everything - managed? i think everything we can | do we do that. we do everything that we can _ do we do that. we do everything that we can. people get free accommodation. people are not starving — accommodation. people are not starving. we have free food for them — starving. we have free food for them we _ starving. we have free food for them. we help with information and everything _ them. we help with information and everything we can. them. we help with information and everything we can-— everything we can. thank you. we a- reciate everything we can. thank you. we appreciate your — everything we can. thank you. we appreciate your time. _ everything we can. thank you. we appreciate your time. there's - everything we can. thank you. we appreciate your time. there's thatj appreciate your time. there's that dilemma the people of where to go, where they are safe and when to stop running. the natural instinct of many ukrainian families is to stay close to the border and hope they can go home and so they can be in

touch with family because remember these are mothers who are on their own. they've left them husbands behind. —— their husbands. they're trying to work out what's happening in ukraine and clinging onto that hope that things may improve in that they can go one day. dan hope that things may improve in that they can go one day.— they can go one day. dan johnson re ”ortin they can go one day. dan johnson reporting from — they can go one day. dan johnson reporting from the _ they can go one day. dan johnson reporting from the border - they can go one day. dan johnson reporting from the border of - they can go one day. dan johnson i reporting from the border of poland. i should just sign the last few seconds the air raid warnings have sounded here as they have done earlier in the day. the safest thing to do is to hand back to you in london. james, stay safe there, in ukraine, as we hear those aerated sirens. we now have a presenter back at base, back in london as and when our team here those sirens, they stop their broadcasting because the crucial thing for this is that they remain safe. they need to think

about their safety and the safety of those people around them. so we will be back with james reynolds again throughout the day. we are going to cross over to kyiv now. we speak to ukrainian mp from a safe place in key. sec—mac, we had to stop abroad because with a presenter there because with a presenter there because of those aerated sirens. we know that the shelling there has been increasing as well. can you bring us up to what is going on in the ukrainian capital now? yes. hello. yesterday _ the ukrainian capital now? yes. hello. yesterday and _ the ukrainian capital now? yes. hello. yesterday and this - the ukrainian capital now? t'23 hello. yesterday and this morning's shelling is have caused issues and

have been used to commit —— it commercial buildings. four people have been killed. there's a lot of wounded. number of rockets fell on different residential buildings and these are... they are not going to stop. of course, in kyiv, half the population has left the city but they're still over 2 million people by the estimates of the cities authorities. so indiscriminate shelling of residential areas makes me think they want to do as much damage and kill as many civilians as possible to put fear into the heart of the ukrainians and our president.

that's completely out of any normal way of waging the war. these war criminals have no limits as to what they do. criminals have no limits as to what the do. . , , ., they do. vadym, we understand the im ortance they do. vadym, we understand the importance of— they do. vadym, we understand the importance of kyiv _ they do. vadym, we understand the importance of kyiv to _ they do. vadym, we understand the importance of kyiv to president - importance of kyiv to president putin. is it your understanding they are specifically targeting shopping malls, places where civilians will be? it malls, places where civilians will be? . . malls, places where civilians will be? , , ., be? it seems that way. the place that was hit _ be? it seems that way. the place that was hit was _ be? it seems that way. the place that was hit was not _ be? it seems that way. the place that was hit was not a _ be? it seems that way. the place that was hit was not a military . be? it seems that way. the place l that was hit was not a military base of any kind. the other places, specifically residential buildings that have been hit in the past couple of days were far away from any military installation. of course, these are around the city. the whole city has turned into a

fortress where we have barricades all around town. however, the shelling is have been specifically targeting residential areas and this is obviously the tactics that they pursue now to top so —— all around town. the most difficult situation is on the northern part of the city. these residential areas have been wiped out off the face of the earth.

the fighting there is still very heavy. however, ourtroops were the fighting there is still very heavy. however, our troops were able to push the russians out in some places as far as 70 kilometres away. they attempted to circle the city, to go down south. those attempts were stopped and at this point in time, we don't see any capabilities that would be... that they would have to actually encircle the city. it's a very difficult situation from the east the cities there. some of those are practically encircled creating a difficult humanitarian situation there. however, the attempts to go down south and encircled kyiv haven't stopped in time. we don't stop see them have the capability and the resources,

the capability and the resources, the reserves. now we are confident in the abilities of our military to defend here. i in the abilities of our military to defend here.— in the abilities of our military to defend here. i 'ust wonder if you can explain — defend here. i 'ust wonder if you can explain to — defend here. i just wonder if you can explain to us _ defend here. i just wonder if you can explain to us how— defend here. i just wonder if you can explain to us how your - can explain to us how your residence, how they survive something like this. also the knowledge of what's happening in mariupol, also. it's so devastating. we don't have much time but ijust wonder how you keep holding on to safety and the prospect of this ending? in safety and the prospect of this endin: ? . ._ , safety and the prospect of this endint? . �*, ., safety and the prospect of this endint ? . , �*, ., ., ending? in a few days, it's going to be a month — ending? in a few days, it's going to be a month since _ ending? in a few days, it's going to be a month since the _ ending? in a few days, it's going to be a month since the first - ending? in a few days, it's going to be a month since the first bombs . be a month since the first bombs fell. 0f be a month since the first bombs fell. of course, the first emotions, the shock, we are past that. we understand what we need to do now. we hear these horrible stories from people who are coming from mariupol. there a lot of people who come to kyiv to be transferred to the west.

we hear those stories. we kyiv to be transferred to the west. we hear those stories.— kyiv to be transferred to the west. we hear those stories. we hear them too. it we hear those stories. we hear them too- it breaks — we hear those stories. we hear them too- it breaks my _ we hear those stories. we hear them too. it breaks my heart _ we hear those stories. we hear them too. it breaks my heart to _ we hear those stories. we hear them too. it breaks my heart to stop - too. it breaks my heart to stop speaking to you. but we wish you and your residents the best. it will be warmer as the week progresses. most places dry with plenty of sunshine. the chance of a few isolated showers developing as temperatures rise, particularly through northern parts of the country. high pressure to the east. low pressure to the west. this area of low pressure bringing cloud and showers but towards the latter part of the date we will see breaks developing through them. the odd shower dotted around. sunshine

particularly across the south. after the chilly start, temperatures reaching low teens but possibly 17-18 in reaching low teens but possibly 17—18 in london. 0vernight, we hold onto one or two showers in southern areas. most places will be dry with clear spells. across the east, chile but dry. cloud will lift and break and they will be light wind. just a chance of an isolated showers developing through northern parts of the country. temperatures in the high teens. we could see 19—20 across the south east so well above the seasonal norm. wednesday, a similar story. the seasonal norm. wednesday, a similarstory. dry, sunny the seasonal norm. wednesday, a similar story. dry, sunny after mist and fog clears away. quite chilly

but elsewhere, dry, sunny and very warm. high teens are across parts of scotland. you'll notice things drifting on thursday and friday. as it does so over the weekend it will start to allow something cloudy and cool to run off the north sea. a lot of dry, settled weather to end the week as we head on into the weekend. plenty of sunshine around. hints of it turning cooler by the weekend.

welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. this is bbc news. our top stories... the beseiged ukraine town of mariupol is again denied a humanitarian corridor, after rejecting a russian demand to surrender. 300,000 people are trapped without power, food or water. president zelensky says it's a war crime. translation: over three weeks of this war, already _ 115 children have died. that's the most horrible war in europe since the second world war. a 35—hour curfew for the people of the ukraine capital kyiv — residents are told by the mayor it's a "dangerous moment" and they must stay at home. it follows a direct russian strike on a shopping centre in the kyiv.

eight people are killed, and residential buildings are also hit. in china, it's feared there are no survivors after a passenger plane — with 132 people on board — crashes in a remote mountainous area nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, who was freed after being detained in iran for six years, has spoken publicly for the first time since her release. coming back to our daughter who is nearly eight years old, i left her when she was not even two. there is a whole lot to catch up with richard and my daughter and getting to know them better. ukraine has rejected an ultimatum sent to the defenders of mariupol, which threatened military tribunals

to local officials and defenders who refused to throw down their arms. 0ne likely target of such threats is the azov battalion. the militia was founded in opposition to russian backed separatists in the donbas in 201a. one of those founders was ukrainian white nationalist andriy biletsky the battalion has consistently used insignia associatied with the far right. and while they represent a fraction of ukraine's military, they have played a significant role in the defence of mariupol, including the training of ordinary citizens. 0ne one person who has been researching this group is... adrien nonjon researches the european far—right for paris' national institute for 0riental languages and civilisations, he joins us from paris. when it comes to this group, we know that they use far right insignia on

theirflags. talk us that they use far right insignia on their flags. talk us through their believes, what is their affiliation? where are their sympathies? actually, nowadays, since november 201a, they have integrated. they don't carry any political project. they were related to the neo—nazis and far right people, but since the integration they became very guarded. they recruited people not part of those ideologies. what guarded. they recruited people not part of those ideologies.— part of those ideologies. what we are seeint part of those ideologies. what we are seeing them _ part of those ideologies. what we are seeing them do _ part of those ideologies. what we are seeing them do in _ part of those ideologies. what we are seeing them do in mariupol, i part of those ideologies. what we i are seeing them do in mariupol, that is something that i do want to get to, they are defending mariupol. it is saying that it will not

surrender. this battalion, this affiliation that it has right wing beliefs, the letters that they say support national identity. they have a symbol that was appropriated by the nazi party. help us to understand where their ideology lies. , , , understand where their ideology lies. , ,, _ . lies. despite the symbols which was tuite lies. despite the symbols which was quite controversial, _ lies. despite the symbols which was quite controversial, the _ lies. despite the symbols which was quite controversial, the movement, j quite controversial, the movement, the political movement which came from it does not really correspond to the neo—nazis or their ideology. they belong more to the nontraditional ukrainian... they have difficult radical tendencies. the ward justified the rebirth of

the nation and the ukrainian nation could become a great quality. and the soldier is kind of a revolutionary. there is some discord within the movement. neither the west when you hear president putin saying that his special operation he describes it as that rather than a war, describing it as part of the denazification of ukraine. is he denazification of ukraine. is he specifically _ denazification of ukraine. is he specifically talking _ denazification of ukraine. is he specifically talking about i denazification of ukraine. is he specifically talking about the i denazification of ukraine. is he specifically talking about the azov battalion and their sympathies, historical sympathies or is he

focusing on what happened during the second world war? some groups seeing the nazis as liberators. it is important to stress that millions of ukrainians joined the red army to fight the nazis. where is he putting the focus on when he is talking about the denazification of ukraine? the idea that azov have an idea of the russian army, that is false. there... president putin is using this term because it and capsulize us all his plans for ukraine. it

refers to the politics of the militarisation. so that ukraine cannot enter nato. interference this particular battalion, it is based in mariupol. it is an area that one would predominantly think used to be sympathetic towards russia, but these, this battalion defending against the russian army,

what is the thinking? why are they based their specifically? let us understand why they are there, what it was about especially the attacks on the dumb basque. why they originate from that region of ukraine. . originate from that region of ukraine. , , ., ., ., , ukraine. the first explanation is aned ukraine. the first explanation is linked to the _ ukraine. the first explanation is linked to the story _ ukraine. the first explanation is linked to the story of _ ukraine. the first explanation is linked to the story of the i ukraine. the first explanation is i linked to the story of the regiment itself because before... they defended the city. it became an iconic headquarters. it is a symbol for them because actually they defend an ideology of ukraine should separate itself. and ukraine nation

should be rebuilt. mariupol is a very cosmopolitan city. you have russian speakers, ukrainian speakers, greek minorities. absolutely fascinating to speak to you. we value your expertise. thank you. lots more on our website as well. here's our chief international correspondent lyse doucet with the latest from kyiv. what a show of defiance in the midst of all of this danger and dread and devastation for the residents of mariupol which has seen the worst horrors of this war and that is saying a lot. even in certain areas.

the first areas to fall under russia's control, where russian forces are on the ground. people are still taking to the streets, still taunting russian forces, still refusing to accept russian control. even when so much of mariupol is flattened, about 90%, the officials in the cities are refusing to give up. mariupol matters to russia in strategical and political terms. the deputy prime minister of ukraine is underlying that it matters in personal terms for president putin. mariupol was not taken by russia when it occupied the crimean peninsula in eastern ukraine in 201a. it fell briefly and the ukrainians took it back. this time, president putin seems to be allowing no chance that he will end this campaign without mariupol in his grasp. but what at —— but at what

cost to russia and tragically to ukraine? in the last hour, the ukraine defence minister 0lekzii reznikov has called for international sanctions to be strengthened against russia. he was making a statement at a joint event with the british defence minister ben wallace, where he thanked the uk for their support. first of all i would like to thank our british partners and all the people of the united kingdom for their support. people of the united kingdom for theirsupport. during people of the united kingdom for their support. during the 25 days of their support. during the 25 days of the war of the invasion, ukrainian soldiers destroyed almost 500 tanks and more than 1500 combat vehicles of the russian occupation vehicle army. some of them were killed by weapons divided to us by the british government. it helped save many

lives of the ukrainians. we greatly appreciate this year britain was the first to provide us with serious weapons that have increased our defence capabilities. your role is special. and your courage and spirited are in stark contrast to the passivity of some other countries. i would also like to thank you for the help we expect in the near future and for the active participation of the british side in the delivery of goods for the needs of ukrainian defence including from other countries as well. it has been officially established that the kremlin has already killed 115 ukrainian children, destroyed more than a00 schools and kindergartens and more than 110 hospitals.

thousands and thousands of civilians were killed. we do not know exactly how many. many people are still under the rubble of hundreds of houses destroyed by the russians. russia is now committing a real act of genocide against the ukrainian citizens of mariupol. for three weeks, a00,000 citizens have been surrounded without food, water, light or heat. almost without connection. under constant bombing and rocket fire. yesterday this city was shelled by russian warships. and mariupol, russian troops deliberately dropped powerful bombs on a hospital with a maternity ward. they have also bombed a drama theatre where more than a thousand

people were hiding. the last time such destruction was in europe was during world war ii. moscow is afraid of our army, so they are fighting civilians. this is a state terrorism. that is why the kremlin must be stopped because it will go further. it will attack other countries. we are grateful to britain for its leading role in the modern coalition against tyranny and fear. fora modern coalition against tyranny and fear. for a clear position and real actions of the british government. we must work together to stop the evil that is trying to destroy europe. we now need international support to close the sky over ukraine so that rockets stop falling on playgrounds. today in order to save the lives of ukrainians, it is

necessary to strengthen sanctions against russia. it's disconnection from swift, all of this will deprive kremlin of resources of further aggressions. as a result of this aggression, 10 million of our people have already been forced to flee their homes. 3 million have already become refugees in neighbouring countries. russia's attack on ukraine has already created a thread of a global food ukraine has already created a thread of a globalfood crisis. this was openly stated by the q and secretary general. this could provoke a new powerful wave of migration from africa and the middle east. to avoid this, we need to close our skies and protect our seat. we need a single strong position on the whole —— of the whole civilised world. i would like to thank our british friends and personally to my friend and

friend of the ukraine ben wallace. for everything you do for ukraine. i wish peace and prosperity for the british people. thank you again. a rather stark warning there from ukraine's deputy minister. he was calling again for sanctions against russia. there are millions of people leaving the country fleeing to countries like romania. we have this report from our correspondent. among the many refugees that have arrived here, there is a group of young ukrainian ice hockey players. a youth team. they have come from all over the country. they have been invited to safety here in romania by the romanian ice hockey federation.

. this is one of the team members. tell me who the players are. the kids are from _ tell me who the players are. tt2 kids are from ukraine, cities and towns around there. we have the coach well. the romanian hockey federation called me and said to bring them here to train. and to continue their hockey career. thea;r continue their hockey career. they left their families _ continue their hockey career. they left their families behind and ukraine? . ., left their families behind and ukraine? , ., ,, , .., ukraine? yes, the older kids came with a coach _ ukraine? yes, the older kids came with a coach and _ ukraine? yes, the older kids came with a coach and the _ ukraine? yes, the older kids came with a coach and the smaller- ukraine? yes, the older kids came with a coach and the smaller ones| with a coach and the smaller ones came with their parents. we are going to a city in central romania. we have an agreement with the hockey team there. thaw;

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invasion of ukraine. one of the worst—hit areas and on the front line is mariupol. it is where metinvest, a steel and mining corporation has a large mill and complex. with me now is yuriy ryzhenkov, the ceo of metinvest. very good of you to join us, we understand that one of your mills has been hit, what happened? it is has been hit, what happened? it is an unfortunate _ has been hit, what happened? lit 3 an unfortunate and sad time for my europol. as you said, we have two steel mills in the city and as soon as the shelling had begun, they were hit on the side. the main target was the civilians that were in the residential parts of the city, but

the mills were also hit. we allowed as many residents as possible to use the bomb shelter. at the same time, we have done a very thorough job to remove any possibilities of hazard materials or any explosive materials in the mill. even though they were hit, thank god, we will be able to restore them once the war is over. and run them again. and this is a position of our people, our shareholders and the government. before we talk about the people, we understand it is an absolutely devastated city. ijust wonder if you could help us understand the ukrainian foreign minister was saying that shelling was taken place

from russia warships on mariupol. is that your understanding? weill. from russia warships on mariupol. is that your understanding?— that your understanding? well, that shellint that your understanding? well, that shelling was — that your understanding? well, that shelling was happening _ that your understanding? well, that shelling was happening for - that your understanding? well, that shelling was happening for the i that your understanding? well, that shelling was happening for the lastl shelling was happening for the last three weeks or more. and there were all kinds of ammunition used. we had the shelling from planes, bombing. yes, we have seen some shots from the russian ships at the sea. it is all directions and all all armour is being used. all directions and all all armour is being used-— all directions and all all armour is beint used. ., ., . ., being used. from all directions and at the centre _ being used. from all directions and at the centre civilian _ being used. from all directions and at the centre civilian population. i at the centre civilian population. the mayor said there is no city left. what kind of communication have you had and what is your idea of what is happening to the people that are still there? communication is very sporadic. — that are still there? communication is very sporadic, but _ that are still there? communication is very sporadic, but we _ that are still there? communication is very sporadic, but we do - that are still there? communication is very sporadic, but we do have i that are still there? communication is very sporadic, but we do have a i is very sporadic, but we do have a few satellite phones that we have

prepared in advance and that we are using now to communicate with people on the ground there. unfortunately, when the city was first encircled there were more than a00,000 people there. most of them have been hiding in the bomb shelters or basements of their houses. the food supplies were stopped, they were enough for some time, but as you understand, it tends to run out because of the siege of the city. so now they are coming close to no food. the situation is a humanitarian catastrophe. i situation is a humanitarian catastrophe.— situation is a humanitarian catastrophe. situation is a humanitarian catastrohe. , ., ., catastrophe. i was 'ust going to sa , ou catastrophe. i was 'ust going to say. you h catastrophe. i wasjust going to say, you are describing - catastrophe. i wasjust going to say, you are describing a i say, you are describing a humanitarian catastrophe and we have heard others describe it as a war

crime. should the city have surrendered? i crime. should the city have surrendered?— crime. should the city have surrendered? ., �* ,, surrendered? i don't think so. the osition surrendered? i don't think so. the position of — surrendered? i don't think so. the position of the _ surrendered? i don't think so. the position of the government, i surrendered? i don't think so. the position of the government, of i surrendered? i don't think so. the | position of the government, of the military and the people is that the city is, was and will be ukrainian. we are calling again for the russians to try and prevent or stop this humanitarian catastrophe by allowing people to leave and hopefully we will get as many of them as possible out of the city. absolutely crucial. in terms of your company, we've heard about the mills and what you are doing on the ground, in terms of the employees and concrete help to help them and the wider population, i wonder if you could talk us through what your company is doing. you could talk us through what your company is doing-—

you could talk us through what your company is doing. from the beginning ofthe company is doing. from the beginning of the conflict. _ company is doing. from the beginning of the conflict, we _ company is doing. from the beginning of the conflict, we decided, _ company is doing. from the beginning of the conflict, we decided, the i of the conflict, we decided, the shareholders decided to focus on the humanitarian aid which we have done. we did this previously in 201a and 2015 so we had experiences how to do this. we establish humanitarian hubs in different places like poland. and now this humanitarian help is coming into the country. we are trying for ten days to get it into mariupol, but unfortunately the russian forces did not allow it. they have not stopped fighting. at the same time, people are getting out by their own cars our friends cars. and were meeting them as soon as they get out of the city, we are providing them with shelter and necessities, food,

medicine, sometimes psychological help. and we are sending buses to get them out. where we are really set up just right where we have already set up more than 6000 places for refugees. already set up more than 6000 places for refugees-— for refugees. when you are trying to tet eo - le for refugees. when you are trying to get people out. _ for refugees. when you are trying to get people out, what _ for refugees. when you are trying to get people out, what is _ for refugees. when you are trying to get people out, what is your - get people out, what is your communication path with the russian army? communication path with the russian arm ? ~ ., ., communication path with the russian arm 7. ., ., army? well, we do not communicate directl as army? well, we do not communicate directly as a — army? well, we do not communicate directly as a company. _ army? well, we do not communicate directly as a company. it _ army? well, we do not communicate directly as a company. it is _ army? well, we do not communicate directly as a company. it is being i directly as a company. it is being done by that military administration. we are... our done by that military administration. we are... 0urjob is to get the help ready, get the buses fuelled up and as soon as we have the information, to move in. thank ou so the information, to move in. thank you so much _ the information, to move in. thank you so much for— the information, to move in. thank you so much for speaking - the information, to move in. thank you so much for speaking to i the information, to move in. thank you so much for speaking to us. i the information, to move in. thank| you so much for speaking to us. we wish you and all of your employees the best in difficult circumstances.

we do appreciate your time. we are hearing about the devastation within mariupol. the city saying it will not surrender. we will of course continue keeping you up to date. stay with us here on bbc news. the situation on the ground, we also know there will be ongoing curfews in kyiv and we heard from our correspondent who we were speaking to as air raids were taking place in lviv as well. you can keep up—to—date with us for all the information and you can get in touch with me on twitter. it would be good to hear from you. with me on twitter. it would be good to hearfrom you. thank with me on twitter. it would be good to hear from you. thank you so with me on twitter. it would be good to hearfrom you. thank you so much for watching. hello there. high pressure is continuing to dominate the weather seen throughout this week, so many places are going to stay dry with plenty of sunshine and it is actually going to start to feel a little bit warmer as the week progresses. so most places dry, plenty of sunshine throughout the week. there is just a chance of a few

isolated showers developing as the temperatures rise, particularly through central and northern parts of the country. we've got high—pressure to the east of us, low pressure to the west. this run of southeasterly winds. this area of low pressure in the north sea has brought cloud here and a weather front out west has also brought a bit more cloud, one or two showers certainly through the morning time, but towards the latter part of the day, we will start to see breaks developing in that cloud. there will still be the odd shower dotted around here or there, but most places dry. plenty of sunshine, particularly across the south and across northern and eastern areas. after that chilly start, temperatures will reach the low to mid—teens for many, but we could see 17 or 18 in the north or the west of london. now as we move through this evening and overnight, we hold onto one or two showers around, central or northern areas, a few also pushing into southern parts of england. but most places will be dry and with clear spells, again across the east of the country, it will be chilly, but further south and west, it is going to be less cold. a milder night then we have had the last few nights. so tuesday starts off milder for most of us, a bit of mist and fog around

which will tend to lift and break and then it is another dry and sunny day for most. with light winds, quite breezy again across southern and western areas. just the chance of an isolated shower developing through central and northern parts of the country. the temperatures, high teens celsius for many areas. we could see 19 or 20 across the southeast, well above the seasonal norm. wednesday, similar story. a lot of dry and sunny weather around after any early fog and mist clears away. this probably could just start to see a little bit of low cloud and mist affecting eastern scotland, northeast england. it could be quite chilly here, but elsewhere, dry, sunny, very warm. temperatures in the high teens across parts of scotland. we could see 20, 21 across the midlands and southeast of england. so our high pressure dominates the scene through thursday and friday. you will see it start to drift a little bit further towards the west end as it does come over that weekend, it will start to allow something a bit cloudier and cooler to run off the north sea, particularly into northern and eastern parts by the time we reach saturday and sunday. but a lot of dry and settled weather to end the week as we head on into the weekend. plenty of sunshine around,

just a hint of it turning a little bit cooler by the weekend.

this is bbc news. i'm shaun ley. the headlines... nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, held for almost six years in tehran, speaks of her ordeal. in her first interview since she was freed, she says her release should have happened six years ago. there was a time i thought, i won't even trust you because there were so many times i thought i would be taken home. the beseiged ukraine town of mariupol is again denied a humanitarian corridor, after rejecting a russian demand to surrender. 300,000 people are trapped without power, food or water. president zelensky says it's a war crime. a 35—hour curfew for the people of the ukraine capital kyiv — residents are told by the mayor it�*s

a �*dangerous moment�* and they must stay at home. in china, it�*s feared there are no survivors after a passenger plane — with 132 people on board — crashes in a remote mountainous area a man goes on trial charged with murdering conservative mp sir david amess as he met constituents last year. and the spring covid booster jab programme launches for the over—75s and those with high risk in england. it comes as scotland records its highest daily figure for the number of people in hospital with coronavirus. the british iranian woman, nazanin zaghari ratcliffe, who was held for nearly six years in detention in iran has been

speaking for the first time since her return to the uk last week. mrs zaghari ratcliffe thanked her "amazing, wonderful" husband richard for "tirelessly" campaigning for her. she also thanked daughter gabriella "for being very, very patient with mummy to be coming home". and she said her release should have happened six years ago. she was originally accused of spying, then charged with plotting to overthrow the iranian government. she�*s always strenuously denied the allegations. 0ur diplomatic correspondent james landale reports. for six years, richard ratcliffe has come to parliament to campaign for his wife but this was the first time she came too. nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe has long been a victim, a hostage, a cause, with family and supporters speaking on her behalf. but today she was welcomed to the house of commons by the speaker to do the one thing she had never been free to do before, to tell her own story

in her own words, in her own time, in the parliament where so many had campaigned for her release. i am very grateful... she thanked herfriends, doctors and lawyers and above all the man sitting next to her. my amazing husband who has been tirelessly campaigning for me, so thank you so much, and my daughter for being very, very patient with mummy to be coming home. i am so grateful. mrs zaghari—ratcliffe and another british—iranian detainee, anoosheh ashoori, arrived back in britain last week after being released by the authorities after britain finally paid iran an historic debt — a debt she made clear the uk could and should have paid many years before. i have seen five foreign secretaries change over the course of six years. that is unprecedented given the politics of the uk. i love you, richard, i respect whatever you believe, but i was told many, many times that, "oh,

we are going to get you home." that never happened. there was a time that i felt like, "you know what? i�*m not even going to trust you," because i have been told many, many times i am going to be taken home but that never happened. how many foreign secretaries does it take for someone to come help? five? it should have been one of them eventually so now here we are, what has happened now should have happened six years ago. but now it was time to heal. we have gone through a lot, it has been a tough journey. the coming back was also very tough. you realise that coming back to a daughter who is nearly eight, i left her when she was not even two, there is a whole lot to catch up with richard and gabriella, getting to know them better, so i would appreciate the privacy. and she called for other dual nationals held in iran to be freed. morad tahbaz, who has uk,

us and iranian citizenship, was released on house arrest for a couple of days last week but was taken back first to jail and then an unidentified hotel. his sister says her brother, who has cancer, has been abandoned by the foreign office. from the outset, we were always assured by the fcdo that my father would be included in any deal that was made to release all of the hostages, so we are truly devastated knowing now that this was not the case. to prime ministerjohnson and foreign secretary truss, we beg you to please stand by your word and bring back both my parents, my father and my mother. the foreign office says mr tahbaz�*s case is complicated because iran views him as an american. diplomatic sources say he is being held because of a dispute between washington and tehran over talks to revive the iran nuclear deal. james landale, bbc news.

0ur correspodent caroline hawley was at that press conference and has more on what nazinin had to say. so compose. so dignified and it tells you so much about them as a couple that, for them it was important to have a chance to shine the light on other nationals left behind. it was very, very moving for many of the journalists there. just before this started, i heard richard whispered to nazanin, are you 0k?. nazanin was constantly looking over at gabriella, her daughter, who was

playing video games. it was an amazing moment, ithink playing video games. it was an amazing moment, i think and, playing video games. it was an amazing moment, ithink and, as james said, to hearfrom nazanin herself after all this time. she would not be drawn on the dark, dark time she spent in solitary confinement in an iranianjail. she said what happened would haunt her that the rest of her life. she spoke of how the injustice she�*d been through. then now, the focus is on getting to know each other and nazanin wants to get to know her daughter�*s friends because you�*ve not seen her for two and a half years. —— she has not. ukraine has rejected a russian deadline for its forces to stop fighting in the besieged port city of mariupol, saying there could be no question of soldiers laying down their arms. tens of thousands of civilians remain trapped in the city,

which has been devastated by russian bombardment and has little food, water or power. in the last hour, the city council said that casualties exceed 3000. but that is considered to be an underestimate. the council said the true figure will not be known because of what they describe as mass graves, where people are buried under buildings, they cannot be identified and will remain there at least until the war is over. in kyiv a curfew has been announced from eight o�*clock local time this evening until wednesday morning. from there our correspondent james waterhouse reports mariupol, a place where 90% of buildings are now destroyed or damaged and where they are burying bodies in the street. translation: i hope there will be some sort of reburial and this i is just temporary but the military told us to put the bodies somewhere in the cold and the only cold place now are in our basements. there are people in the basements so we bury them here. 300,000 people are still

trapped in the city. their impossible choice — stay and hope you survive more continued shelling, no running water and little food or leave along a humanitarian route which could well be attacked to a destination you don�*t know. translation: we have been in a basement for 11 days. i this is the 25th day of war, we have been counting every one of them. we hope for the best, to live as humans. the apartment has been broken, everything is broken. where can we go from the basement? we are cooking at a fire. for now, we have some food and firewood. in a week, we will have nothing, no food at all. what should we do? russia offered authorities here safe passage for everyone who wanted to escape. in return, they wanted the city to surrender. mariupol refused. when it comes to ukraine�*s fight for its survival, surrendering has long not been in its vocabulary,

however work to get civilians out of mariupol continues. translation: we have plans for the work _ of humanitarian corridors for today. to date, eight corridors are agreed. in the donetsk region for the evacuation of people from mariupol to the city of zaporizhzhia, several routes will work today. in kyiv, a missile hits a shopping centre, felt and heard across much of the city. it left this. eight people are known to have died, another 35 hour curfew has been announced for tonight. just look at that new block of flats. the reason for curfews like this isn�*t just about the impacts, it is to do with the wider damage. every building we can see around here has got smashed windows or some of the cladding has fallen off, everything has been affected. while ukraine isn�*t putting down its weapons, it is still trying to help people escape. 10 million ukrainians have now had

to leave their homes, according to the un, almost a quarter of the population, all wondering if or when they will be back and what they will return to. james waterhouse, bbc news, in kyiv. winning the battle for the southern port city of mariupol would be seen as a major strategic success for russia, giving it control over much of ukraine�*s south coast. 0ur security correspondent gordon corera has this assessment of the russian advance. russian military strategy has changed since the war began. when they first invaded nearly a month ago, the russian forces came in broadly on three fronts, from the north, from the south and from the east. the aim seems to have been for lightning strikes to take key cities. but instead they met more fiercer resistance than they expected and that strategy effectively failed. so what has happened since then? if we look at the capital kyiv, they have been trying

to encircle the city, but they�*ve not managed that entirely and it doesn�*t look like they�*ve got the combat power to go in and take the heavily—defended capital. so instead we have seen these kind of missile strikes on it. but the russians are regrouping and bringing in reinforcements. if we next look at the south, they have made more progress here and we�*ve heard a lot in recent days about mariupol and you can see the strategic importance of that city because it would allow the russians to connect up some of the territory they control. and they�*ve effectively been laying siege to that city, inflicting some pretty terrible devastation. if we then move on to the east, what we can see is there has been fighting here in kharkiv, which has been pretty intense. and one of the concerns there is is that russian forces could then drive in from multiple directions and then they�*d be able to surround a ukrainian fighting

force, which is here, and potentially cut it off. now, we�*ve also seen strikes all the way over here around lviv. what that looks to be is the russians targeting the military infrastructure which supports ukraine, including the supply routes for it. so overall what we get from this is a sense of a war of attrition, in which the russians are trying to pound some of the cities, trying to do as much damage as they can to the ukrainian military. all that points to is potentially a long haul and many casualties, including civilian casualties. the ukraine defence minister 0lekzii reznikov has called for international sanctions to be strengthened against russia. he was making a statement at a joint event with the british defence minister ben wallace, where he thanked the uk for their support festival i would like to thank our

british— festival i would like to thank our british partners and all the people of the _ british partners and all the people of the united kingdom for their support — of the united kingdom for their support. during the 25 days of the war, support. during the 25 days of the war. or— support. during the 25 days of the war. or the — support. during the 25 days of the war, orthe invasion, ukrainian soldiers— war, orthe invasion, ukrainian soldiers have been given 500 tanks and 1500 _ soldiers have been given 500 tanks and 1500 combat vehicles. some and1500 combat vehicles. some russians— and 1500 combat vehicles. some russians were killed by weapons provided — russians were killed by weapons provided by the british government and help— provided by the british government and help save many lives of the russian — and help save many lives of the russian -- _ and help save many lives of the russian —— ukrainian population. your— russian —— ukrainian population. your role — russian —— ukrainian population. your role is — russian —— ukrainian population. your role is special and your courage _ your role is special and your courage and spirit are in stark

contrast— courage and spirit are in stark contrast to other countries. i would like to— contrast to other countries. i would like to thank you for the help we expect— like to thank you for the help we expect in— like to thank you for the help we expect in the near future and for the active — expect in the near future and for the active participation of the british— the active participation of the british side in the delivery of goods— british side in the delivery of goods in— british side in the delivery of goods in ukrainian defence. it's been _ goods in ukrainian defence. it's been officially established in 25 days of— been officially established in 25 days of the full—scale aggression that the — days of the full—scale aggression that the kremlin have already killed 150 ukrainian children, destroyed more _ 150 ukrainian children, destroyed more than — 150 ukrainian children, destroyed more than 400 schools and kindergartens and more than 110 hospitals — kindergartens and more than 110 hospitals. thousands and thousands of civilians _ hospitals. thousands and thousands of civilians were killed. we do not know _ of civilians were killed. we do not know how — of civilians were killed. we do not know how much. many people are still under— know how much. many people are still under the _ know how much. many people are still under the rubble of hundreds of houses — under the rubble of hundreds of houses destroyed by the russians. russia _ houses destroyed by the russians. russia is— houses destroyed by the russians. russia is now committing a real act of genocide — russia is now committing a real act of genocide within mariupol. within

weeks. _ of genocide within mariupol. within weeks, 400,000 citizens have been surrounded — weeks, 400,000 citizens have been surrounded without food, water, li-ht surrounded without food, water, light or — surrounded without food, water, light or heat. without connections, under— light or heat. without connections, under aggressive bombings and rocket fire. 0ur chief international correspondent lyse doucet says that despite the appalling conditions in mariupol, there�*s extraordinary defiance. what a show of defiance in the midst of all of this danger and dread and devastation for the residents of mariupol which has seen the worst horrors of this war and that is saying a lot. even in other areas, the first to fall under russia buzz control where russian forces are on the ground, people are still taking to the streets, still taunting russian forces, still refusing to accept russian control. so much of mariupol is flattened, about 90%,

the officials in the city refusing to get up. —— give up. today, the deputy prime minister of ukraine says it matters in personal terms for president putin. mariupol was not taken by russia when it occupied the crimean peninsula in ukraine. it fell briefly and then the ukrainians took it back. this time, president putin seems to be allowing no chance that he will end this campaign without mariupol in his grasp. but, at what cost to russia and tragically at what cost for ukraine? let�*s get the view from moscow now — our correspondent caroline davies is there. caroline, how is the situation in mariupol being portrayed by the kremlin? they are acknowledging this is a

humanitarian catastrophe that they are not taking responsibility for that. they are saying that is directly the responsibility of ukrainian nationalists. top schools, kindergartens. they list these in a statement from the ministry of defence and say this is the responsibility and to blame ukrainian nationalists. this has all come from them instead. this is being mirrored by russian state media, talking about the fact that russia is offering, in their words, humanitarian corridors to get out. what they haven�*t yet spelled—out is obviously ukraine has not said it would surrender mariupol and what would surrender mariupol and what would happen next? and in fact some of the state media channels are talking about the fact that ukrainian troops were about ready to give up their posts as well. so very

contradictory language, stories from russia, russian media at the moment. what this tells us is that this has reached the point where images are mariupol can�*t be denied and instead of denying it, the russian media is talking about the fact that they are trying to reassert blame, diverted and direct it towards ukraine instead to try and create this narrative about what is going on here. contradictory information coming out of russia at the moment. social media has been one—way these images could have got through. but a court case involving instagram and facebook regarding extremism. what�*s the background of this? this facebook regarding extremism. what's the background of this?— the background of this? this is now a decision made _ the background of this? this is now a decision made by _ the background of this? this is now a decision made by a _ the background of this? this is now a decision made by a court - the background of this? this is now a decision made by a court here i the background of this? this is now a decision made by a court here in l a decision made by a court here in russia that the group who own facebook and instagram is being designated as an extremist organisation. both organisations have already been banned and will

continue to be banned which comes into immediate effect. facebook was banned because the russian authorities said they were stopping russian media getting across on these pages and instagram which is very popular in russia was banned because the russian authorities said it hadn�*t taken down posts that were inciting towards russian troops —— make violence towards russian troops. of course, this would fall foul of russia�*s very strict anti—protest laws and this is why the russian authorities have given their reason to ban these in the first place. we are seeing more of these groups designated into this group and what it means the people in russia, the prosecutor today in court said that this did not mean

that people who were using these applications were blocked. they wouldn�*t necessarily be subjected to criminal charges but businesses who have links to facebook and instagram, the fact that they were on there, they will have to be removed. logos of these companies would have two the removed otherwise they will forth foul of this new designation and some people are still concerned even posting on these channels could bring some sort of trouble in the future. a lot of worry here. whatsapp however is still in operation here in russia and has not designated to be extremist because it�*s not a public platform so that is still going at the moment. platform so that is still going at the moment-— platform so that is still going at the moment. ., ., ., . ., the moment. one area of particular interest, the moment. one area of particular interest. what _ the moment. one area of particular interest, what we _ the moment. one area of particular interest, what we hearing - the moment. one area of particular interest, what we hearing from i the moment. one area of particular interest, what we hearing from the | interest, what we hearing from the ukrainian side is a reporting of russian casualties, the reporting of russian casualties, the reporting of russian troops being killed. we�*ve had some high—profile names but are

we getting any sense of russian media reporting about what they are saying is happening to their trips? in terms of information we�*re getting from the government here those who have died or injured, that is on the 2nd of march so quite a while now. we�*ve not had an update from official sources so if you are russian media outlet, under the law here, you had to use official sources, what the government tells you. the fact there has been no update means it hasn�*t filtered through. lots of russians get their media from state tv channels and it�*s becoming harder especially over the course of the last few weeks and days to get your information from anywhere else. days to get your information from anywhere else-— anywhere else. caroline davies in moscow. thank _ anywhere else. caroline davies in moscow. thank you _ anywhere else. caroline davies in moscow. thank you for _ anywhere else. caroline davies in moscow. thank you for that. i anywhere else. caroline davies in moscow. thank you for that. an i moscow. thank you for that. an interesting tactic, if you are only

allowed to report what you are officially told, if you are told nothing, what new report? a passenger plane with 132 people on board has crashed in guangxi province in southern china. there�*s no reports of any survivors. the china eastern airlines boeing 737 was flying from kunming to guangzhou when it rapidly lost height and broke apart, crashing into a mountain forest. rescue workers are at the scene. the chinese president, xijinping, has ordered an immediate investigation to determine the cause. china eastern airlines has reportedly grounded all its 737 planes. stephen mcdonnel has more from beijing. what has really shocked people in this country which normal hazard very good sat record has been this image of a passengerjet plummeting

vertically towards the ground. now there�*s been a clip at this that has been shared on social media and the information on the flight tracking at would appear to corroborate this footage to show that is indeed what happened to the plane. rescue teams that battled to get to this remote mountain area say that the plane, when it hit the ground, was completely obliterated, starting a fire in a bamboo forest and they�*ve not found any indication of any survivors. 0n the flagship evening television news, china�*s leader said he was investigating with leaders what happened with this catastrophic incident. the whole industry... but as an precaution, the entire fleet of boeing 737 is being offered by

china airlines are being grounded and the families of those on that flight are gathering at the airport, hoping for some sort of good news but they must realise that none of their loved ones are coming home because i think it would be completely impossible for anyone to have survived that. that�*s the latest on the accident in china. let�*s get more from our correspondent theo leggett who�*s with me now: let me ask you about the planes themselves. is there a particular issue about this class of plain? it must be very widely used in the industry? must be very widely used in the indust ? . must be very widely used in the indust ? , ., , industry? this model is indeed widely used- — industry? this model is indeed widely used. it's _ industry? this model is indeed widely used. it's the _ industry? this model is indeed | widely used. it's the workhorse industry? this model is indeed i widely used. it's the workhorse of widely used. it�*s the workhorse of all fleets. this was a 737 800. one

of the next—generation 73 sevens which were built in the late 1990s. in terms of the overall design, 7000 were built. a200 are still flying according to data provided to us. they are used all over the world but a quarter of the fleet is in china. it's a quarter of the fleet is in china. it�*s an aircraft that has a very good safety record. it�*s been developed over decades. it�*s pretty reliable as well. so there�*s no particular reason to think that there�*s anything wrong with the design. when not looking at a situation three years ago, about the 737 max that was fitted with new software which deployed software at the wrong time and deprived pilots

of control. the the wrong time and deprived pilots of control. ., , ., , of control. the other question is, to reall , of control. the other question is, to really, china _ of control. the other question is, to really, china is _ of control. the other question is, to really, china is a _ of control. the other question is, to really, china is a bit _ of control. the other question is, to really, china is a bit like i of control. the other question is, to really, china is a bit like the i to really, china is a bit like the united states in that planes are used for commuting. what about the airlines records?— airlines records? what about the maintenance? _ airlines records? what about the maintenance? it's _ airlines records? what about the maintenance? it's to _ airlines records? what about the maintenance? it's to be - airlines records? what about the maintenance? it's to be taken i maintenance? it�*s to be taken step—by—step. there�*s an enormous aviation market and a quarter of the fleets are baits in china —— mac based in china. china has a good safety record and the airline has a good record. in terms of fatal accidents, the last in china was swell years ago we not talking about an area where there is a chronic bad service of aircraft or poor maintenance or pilot training or anything like that. we don�*t know why this aircraft crashed. that will be up to investigators. they will look at communications between the

plane and air traffic control to see if any indication was there of anything going wrong. at the scene of the accident, you can tell a certain amount how the wreckage is distributed which tends to mean that the aircraft hasn�*t broken up in the sky. they look for the voice box recorder. notjust the voices of the pilots but any alarms and the flight data recorder which records what the controls were doing. so they will be looking at all these things to try and get an idea of why this crashed and get an idea of why this crashed and crashed so abruptly. it was perfectly normal for a great deal of time and then in the last three minutes it went into a very steep dive. it lost10,000 minutes it went into a very steep dive. it lost 10,000 feet per minute which is even faster than an emergency descent. something clearly went badly wrong. we don�*t know what

went badly wrong. we don�*t know what went wrong and it�*s probably too early to speculate. a twenty—six—year old man has gone on trial accused of murdering the former mp for southend west, sir david amess. ali harbi ali denies fatally stabbing sir david at his constituency surgery last october. he also also denies preparing acts of terrorism. our home and legal correspondent dominic casciani is at the old bailey. it looks like those preparations for an act of terrorism are quite extensive?— an act of terrorism are quite extensive? . �* , ., ., ., , extensive? that's the allegation put b the extensive? that's the allegation put by the prosecutor _ extensive? that's the allegation put by the prosecutor here. _ extensive? that's the allegation put by the prosecutor here. he's - extensive? that's the allegation put by the prosecutor here. he's told i extensive? that's the allegation put by the prosecutor here. he's told a l by the prosecutor here. he�*s told a iury by the prosecutor here. he�*s told a jury today that the murder, the alleged murder of sir david was an assassination for a terrorist purpose and it came at the end of a long line of reconnaissance in regard to effectively plan in the defendant�*s head to kill mps who had

voted for air strikes on syria back in 2015. apparently, in police interviews, the suspect following his arrest said he wanted to kill 523 mp5. his arrest said he wanted to kill 523 mps. among these are the conservative mp for finchley, it was said in court today that he visited the constituency surgery of this mp but he was recognised. but also that he carried out allegedly six trips to the home of michael dive, cabinet minister, to examine weather or not he could allegedly carry out an attack and kill mr gove. tom little qc told the jury that in the notes that detectives founds on the

suspect�*s devices, that he was hoping to catch michael gove out while he wasjogging. in effect, he said this was advanced, very, very careful planning and the death of sir david came at the end of many years of thinking this through. tom little told the jury that the suspect had actually tricked his way into sir david�*s constituency, pretending to be a constituent and once he was there, met him in his office, stabbed him multiple times, i�*m not going to go into the evidence of that, it�*s horrifying, the nature of this attack. there�*s remarkable moment where a 999 cool is made and to pcs turn up, ryan curtis and scottjames is made and to pcs turn up, ryan curtis and scott james and these two

officers were outside the church wearing plain close, all they�*ve got is pepper spray and a bat on and they made a decision to try and storm in and stop this man. they said to him "drop the knife. it�*s only going to go one way. "they effectively then pin him to the floor and then go on to try and save sir david�*s life which sadly they cannot do. the suspect denies preparation of act of terrorism and denies murder.— now it�*s time for a look at the weather with stav danaos. hello there is plenty of fine unsettled weather to be had. things will be light and a bit breezy across most parts of the uk. it will be dry, a few showers developing at times. has a temperature begins to

build. this evening and overnight, and he showers are likely to fade away, you could see a few pushing up into southern parts of england through the night. a chilly night to come under chilli skies, but a milder one for most. if you can hold onto the patchy cloud. any mist and fog will clear away tomorrow morning and plenty of sunshine around and it will be dry. most places will be dry and feel warmer as well. top temperatures around 18, 19 degrees across the midlands and into the southeast. we will hold onto the fine and settled weather as we move through the week, it can become very warm across central and southern areas. welcome back, it is 27 minutes to four. here are your headlines... nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, held for almost six years in tehran,

speaks of her ordeal. in her first interview since she was freed, she says her release should have happened six years ago. there happened six years ago. was a time that i felt like, do there was a time that i felt like, do you know what, i�*m not even going to trust you because i�*ve been told many, many times that i would be taken home. and that never happen. how many foreign secretary says it take to come home? five?! the beseiged ukraine town of mariupol is again denied a humanitarian corridor, after rejecting a russian demand to surrender. 300,000 people are trapped without power, food or water. president zelensky says it�*s a war crime. a 35—hour curfew for the people of the ukraine capital kyiv — residents are told by the mayor it�*s a �*dangerous moment�* and they must stay at home. in china, it�*s feared there are no survivors after a passenger plane — with 132 people on board — crashes in a remote mountainous area. a man goes on trial charged with murdering conservative mp sir david amess as he met constituents last year. and the spring covid boosterjab programme launches for the over—75s and those with high risk in england.

it comes as scotland records its highest daily figure for the number of people in hospital with coronavirus. we are going to cross to the house of commons now, where the labour party is asking in urgent question to the secretary of state. this is about the developments... the city and... about the developments... the city and- -- there _ about the developments... the city and... there was _ about the developments... the city and... there was a _ about the developments... the city and... there was a strip _ about the developments... the city and... there was a strip search i about the developments... the city and... there was a strip search of i about the developments... the cityi and... there was a strip search of a 15—year—old schoolgirl by police is concerning and disturbing. and the impact of her welfare should not be underestimated. the government and the public rightly expect high standards from the police. they have to secure and maintain the

confidence of the public for their actions. while the metropolitan police have apologise for their accidents and recognised they should have never happened, there behaviours have once again come under scrutiny. strip searches is one of the most intrusive powers available to the police, the law is very clear that the use of police powers, the search must be fair, respectful and without unlawful discrimination. and the use of strip search should be carried out in accordance with the law and with full regard of the dignity and welfare of the person being searched, particularly if that individual is a child. if this is judged necessary, they must do so in the presence of the child�*s appropriate adult. it is the role of the independent police watchdog to investigate matters involving police and they have said they have been investigating the actions in this particular case, we must let them

conclude their work. we would of course expect any findings to be acted upon swiftly. but we do not want to prejudice or make any judgements on the case while it is still being investigated. thea;r still being investigated. they walked into _ still being investigated. they walked into a _ still being investigated. they walked into a place - still being investigated. they walked into a place of - still being investigated. they walked into a place of a i still being investigated. they walked into a place of a safety at the request of people who were supposed to keep her safe, stripped her naked _ supposed to keep her safe, stripped her naked while she was on her period — her naked while she was on her period. force herto her naked while she was on her period. force her to spread her legs apartt _ period. force her to spread her legs apartt her— period. force her to spread her legs apart, her buttocks cheeks and look for drugs _ apart, her buttocks cheeks and look for drugs that they never found. this comes _ for drugs that they never found. this comes after a string of incidents. the brutal handling of a person. _ incidents. the brutal handling of a person. the — incidents. the brutal handling of a person, the record low confidence in police _ person, the record low confidence in police in _ person, the record low confidence in police in particular by minority sized — police in particular by minority sized communities. does a minister understand — sized communities. does a minister understand that there is no apology that could _ understand that there is no apology that could atone for this? this is not an— that could atone for this? this is not an isolated incident that

between 2016 and 2021 over 9000 strip searches were carried out on children. — strip searches were carried out on children, some younger than 12 and the vast _ children, some younger than 12 and the vast majority on black people. given— the vast majority on black people. given that — the vast majority on black people. given that this happened what discussions have been had with the department for education on the serious — department for education on the serious safeguards? will he finally except _ serious safeguards? will he finally except that the met police have an issue _ except that the met police have an issue with — except that the met police have an issue with institutional racism and nrisogyny— issue with institutional racism and misogyny and commit to reading it out? _ misogyny and commit to reading it out? during the statement last week of the _ out? during the statement last week of the minister in response said we have systems in place to ensure that when _ have systems in place to ensure that when things go wrong we can write them _ when things go wrong we can write them, but — when things go wrong we can write them, but what we cannot do is stop any bad _ them, but what we cannot do is stop any bad thing from happening in the country— any bad thing from happening in the country at _ any bad thing from happening in the country at any time. i have to ask, what _ country at any time. i have to ask, what on _ country at any time. i have to ask, what on earth is this government here _ what on earth is this government here for? — what on earth is this government here for? i— what on earth is this government here for? i do not accept that. i need _ here for? i do not accept that. i need to— here for? i do not accept that. i need to know that the people who have done — need to know that the people who have done this to me will not do this to _ have done this to me will not do this to anyone else, that is what was said — this to anyone else, that is what was said by the person who

experienced this act. obviously as i said early- -- _ experienced this act. obviously as i said early... earlier, _ experienced this act. obviously as i said early... earlier, we _ experienced this act. obviously as i said early... earlier, we await i experienced this act. obviously as i said early... earlier, we await the i said early... earlier, we await the outcome of the investigation and we will learn the lessons that need to be learned from that investigation. 0bviously while my honourable friend the minister said that we cannot prevent all bad things happening, we can try. and what is clear from this case is that the complaint mechanism and the safeguarding practices involved did surface the issue, have brought it to light, have allowed us to examine this appalling incident in more detail and try and learn the lessons that i think, i hope, i assume from what she�*s saying chilld q is hoping that we are able to prevent these incidences in the future. t prevent these incidences in the future. . ., ., ., .,

future. i have huge admiration for m ritht future. i have huge admiration for my right honourable _ future. i have huge admiration for my right honourable friend - future. i have huge admiration for my right honourable friend and i i my right honourable friend and i know _ my right honourable friend and i know he — my right honourable friend and i know he takes these things very seriously, — know he takes these things very seriously, but... this child had to strip— seriously, but... this child had to strip search — seriously, but... this child had to strip search and remove her sanitary pad. strip search and remove her sanitary pad what— strip search and remove her sanitary pad. what will you do so that no serving — pad. what will you do so that no serving constable could ever think that that — serving constable could ever think that that was appropriate? the re - ulsion that that was appropriate? the repulsion is — that that was appropriate? the repulsion is not _ that that was appropriate? t“t2 repulsion is not confined to women. there are many men including me who would find it distressing to contemplate. i very often find it helpful in these circumstances to put one of my own relatives in the circumstances to bring home the impact. i am circumstances to bring home the impact. iam not circumstances to bring home the impact. i am not denying the fact that it was distressing and appalling and should not have happened. the metropolitan police have said that themselves. the

honourable lady referred to a number of incidences that have brought up concerns about culture in the met. and i had a meeting just last week with the met office to have a look at the culture within it. stage two will look widely at culturing policing connectors work to be done, there is no doubt about it and we are determined to do that work. that is the ministry _ are determined to do that work. that is the ministry of _ are determined to do that work. that is the ministry of state at the home office, he was answering a question office, he was answering a question from a labour mp. appalling case of a young girl who was strip—searched

by police, stripped naked. we heard the details. will hear more from our correspondent who is with me. 0ur correspondent celestina 0lolude has been following the story for us. so teachers suspected that the child may have had drugs on her and called the police and what happened next? why hasn�*t such outrage? so the police and what happened next? why hasn't such outrage?— why hasn't such outrage? so this 15-year-old _ why hasn't such outrage? so this 15-year-old who _ why hasn't such outrage? so this 15-year-old who is _ why hasn't such outrage? so this 15-year-old who is being - why hasn't such outrage? so this 15-year-old who is being called i 15—year—old who is being called chilld q was strip—searched, she was wrongly suspected of carrying cannabis and she was made to take off her sanitary towel by police while she was menstruating. no appropriate adult was there. parents had not appropriate adult was there. parents had rrot even — appropriate adult was there. parents had not even been _ appropriate adult was there. parents had not even been called. _ appropriate adult was there. parents had not even been called. that i appropriate adult was there. parents had not even been called. that is i had not even been called. that is ritht. had not even been called. that is right. overview— had not even been called. that is right. overview has _ had not even been called. that is right. overview has said - had not even been called. that is right. overview has said that the | right. 0verview has said that the search was unjustified and that racism was likely to have been a factor in the case.— racism was likely to have been a factor in the case. have we heard an hint factor in the case. have we heard anything from — factor in the case. have we heard anything from the _ factor in the case. have we heard anything from the school - factor in the case. have we heard anything from the school or- factor in the case. have we heard anything from the school or the l anything from the school or the metropolitan police about this? the

olice metropolitan police about this? t“t2 police have apologised and the police have apologised and the police watchdog the iopc have said that the report is being finalised. chilld q is suing the met and taking civil action against the school. this girl has gone from being something like, she was a responsible student, someone who was given responsibilities at the school and has now become, according to her family, a shadow of her former self, become rather introverted after the humiliation of what happened. the review that humiliation of what happened. t“t2 review that was released last week says that she needs therapy now and there is a lot of talk about trauma. that trauma, i really witnessed myself over the weekend when i attended some of the planned rallies that took place in support, in solidarity at four child q. and aside from a lot of emotion, anger

and outrage, people kept telling me that what if this had happened to their child? they keep imagining if this could have happened to somebody they know. and that is what is causing so much hurt and upset. when ou were causing so much hurt and upset. when you were at — causing so much hurt and upset. when you were at these _ causing so much hurt and upset. when you were at these protests, _ causing so much hurt and upset. when you were at these protests, where the family there? no one is going to identify the parents or the school, and some parents might say how do we know this wasn�*t our school? how do we know that some of the staff that we know that some of the staff that we trust were not involved in this? it seems like the situation with the school has failed. you trust your children to a school. you probably do not expect this kind of scenario in which the very least the parents have not been informed not to say the least of having a responsible aduu the least of having a responsible adult in the room with the child if the police have overstepped. lloathed

adult in the room with the child if the police have overstepped. what we heard a few minutes _ the police have overstepped. what we heard a few minutes ago _ the police have overstepped. what we heard a few minutes ago was - the police have overstepped. what we heard a few minutes ago was learning | heard a few minutes ago was learning the lessons of this case. i think as well another thing that came out yesterday is that people want assurances, just like child q has says, she wants assurances that this will never happen again. and people will never happen again. and people will say to me, they keep telling me, how can we make sure that appropriate action is taken so that all those involved are never... never do this again to any child. something that child q has said herself is that she is thanking all of those, she says she understands that thousands of people from around the world through her lawyers have been showing her solidarity and support and she says that she knows that she is being heard.— that she is being heard. thank you very much- — downing streets says the russian state was responsible for hoax telephone calls made to two cabinet ministers last week.

the prime minister�*s official spokesman told reporters the calls made to home secretary priti patel and defence secretary ben wallace were "standard practice for russian information operations". we can get more on this from our political correspondent jonathan blake. if they were standard practice and therefore the authorities are aware of this propaganda exercise, presumably the calls did not get through. presumably the calls did not get throuth. ~ ., presumably the calls did not get throuth. ~ . ., .,, through. well, it did and that was the problem- _ through. well, it did and that was the problem. you _ through. well, it did and that was the problem. you might - through. well, it did and that was. the problem. you might remember through. well, it did and that was i the problem. you might remember last week that ben wallace said that he had been subject to a hoax call by somebody he described as an imposter posing as the ukrainian prime minister. and shortly after that the home secretary priti patel revealed that she had been subject to a similar hoax call and at the time, ben wallace himself suggested that russia may have been behind this saying that no amount of dirty tricks and distortion could detract from what russia was doing in ukraine. it was not until today that we have had the government officially coming out and saying

that as far as it is concerned, russia was behind these hoax calls and downing street telling us earlier on that they believe the russian state was involved here, describing this as standard practice and straight out of the kremlin playbook. saying that it was a attempt to distract from their illegal activities and human rights... it has also been revealed that the culture secretary was contacted or somebody attempted to contacted or somebody attempted to contact her and get through in this way, but that attempt ultimately failed. and the government coming out today saying very clearly they believe russia is behind this and there is concern in government that some of the material recorded potentially on this call could make its way into the public domain and doctored in some way in an attempt

as far as the uk sees it, to undermine the west�*s efforts to counter russia�*s invasion of ukraine. counter russia's invasion of ukraine. , ., . . counter russia's invasion of ukraine-— counter russia's invasion of ukraine. jonathan blanke at westminster. _ ukraine. jonathan blanke at westminster. thank - ukraine. jonathan blanke at westminster. thank you i ukraine. jonathan blanke at. westminster. thank you very ukraine. jonathan blanke at - westminster. thank you very much. hundreds of thousands of vulnerable people in england can book an additional covid booster jab from today. invitations are being sent to all those aged over—75, care home residents, and anyone aged 12 and over with a weakened immune system. official figures show infection rates are rising in all age groups, including the over—70s. spring boosters are already being rolled out in wales and scotland. 0ur health correspondent michelle roberts is with me now. it feels like a long time since we were talking in the news about covid, but it certainly has not gone away. lt covid, but it certainly has not gone awa . . , ., , ., covid, but it certainly has not gone awa. . , ., covid, but it certainly has not gone awa . . , ., away. it really has not. if you look at the cases. _ away. it really has not. if you look at the cases, you _ away. it really has not. if you look at the cases, you can _ away. it really has not. if you look at the cases, you can go _ away. it really has not. if you look at the cases, you can go back i away. it really has not. if you look at the cases, you can go back to i away. it really has not. if you look i at the cases, you can go back to the at the cases, you can go back to the daily charts, you can see the case is increasing. so our hospitalisations. the real difference is that we�*ve got so many people vaccinated and the vaccines are doing what they were designed to

do which is protecting against the severe disease, the stuff that we were really concerned about. this top up campaign, the spring booster is about getting to the most vulnerable again and just helping them through this next sort of months. in autumn, more people might get another boosters. yes. months. in autumn, more people might get another boosters.— get another boosters. yes, they have said they have _ get another boosters. yes, they have said they have not _ get another boosters. yes, they have said they have not made _ get another boosters. yes, they have said they have not made up - get another boosters. yes, they have said they have not made up their i said they have not made up their minds on that but that is actively under consideration.— minds on that but that is actively under consideration. yes, the health secretary said _ under consideration. yes, the health secretary said today _ under consideration. yes, the health secretary said today it _ under consideration. yes, the health secretary said today it might - under consideration. yes, the health secretary said today it might be i secretary said today it might be over—60s, over 55. we will hear more about that. we over-60s, over 55. we will hear more about that. ~ ~ ., over-60s, over 55. we will hear more about that. ~ ,, ., ., over-60s, over 55. we will hear more about that-— about that. we know longer report on the daily figures _ about that. we know longer report on the daily figures in _ about that. we know longer report on the daily figures in the _ about that. we know longer report on the daily figures in the way _ about that. we know longer report on the daily figures in the way that i about that. we know longer report on the daily figures in the way that we i the daily figures in the way that we did. some people were quite critical of us doing the daily figures and saying you have to look at trends and you cannot compare one day to another. so looking at the trends, is it fair to say we are seeing more serious cases of infections for people over 70 because the affect of

the vaccinations is starting to fade for some age groups, the people who have had the earliest? lloathed for some age groups, the people who have had the earliest?— have had the earliest? what we are seeint is a have had the earliest? what we are seeing is a rise _ have had the earliest? what we are seeing is a rise in _ have had the earliest? what we are seeing is a rise in cases _ have had the earliest? what we are seeing is a rise in cases and - have had the earliest? what we are seeing is a rise in cases and some i seeing is a rise in cases and some of those will filter it through to hospitalisations and it has been at least six months for most elderly population since they have had their previous vaccinations. they have had three, hopefully. the fourth is designed to top up the protection again. they are doing a good job against severe disease. if you look at intensive care and ventilators, that level is really, really low, so it is showing a different picture to earlier in the pandemic. paul hunter is a professor of medicine at the university of east anglia and joins me now. it is good to talk to you. it has been a while since we focused on covid. this is a good opportunity to

talk about the picture at the moment. what sort of situation would you say we are in at the moment? lt you say we are in at the moment? tit is pretty obvious that cases have been rising rapidly in recent weeks. part of the problem in getting to understand how big an increase we have had is that it is clear that the daily reporting that we have seen is picking up a much smaller proportion of infections then was the case a few months ago. the size of the current wave is probably quite a bit bigger than you would imaginejust from looking quite a bit bigger than you would imagine just from looking at the case numbers.— imagine just from looking at the case numbers. ., , ., ., case numbers. two things we do not have any longer— case numbers. two things we do not have any longer presumably - case numbers. two things we do not have any longer presumably is i case numbers. two things we do not have any longer presumably is a - have any longer presumably is a consistent pattern of testing for the majority of the population to know really what is happening. and presumably the other thing we do not know is to what extent this is behaviour driven that this is the result of us becoming a little bit more casual or not wearing face 5 or going to night clubs and hugging people and all of the rest. the main

thin is people and all of the rest. the main thing is this — people and all of the rest. the main thing is this sub _ people and all of the rest. the main thing is this sub variant _ people and all of the rest. the main thing is this sub variant be - people and all of the rest. the main thing is this sub variant be .2 - people and all of the rest. the main thing is this sub variant be .2 and i thing is this sub variant be .2 and thatis thing is this sub variant be .2 and that is driving the increase of infections around the world. this is independently of whether we are opening up society. and on top of that people are now mixing more than was the case even a few weeks ago. that has added additional pressure. on the other hand the severity of cases is now lower than it has been before. we are seeing infection fatality rates lower than at any other time in the pandemic. although infections are going up and indeed because of that hospitalisations are going up, it is as many severe infections and deaths as many severe infections and deaths as we would have seen with similar numbers before christmas. figs as we would have seen with similar numbers before christmas. 35” as we would have seen with similar

numbers before christmas. as i was sa inc numbers before christmas. as i was sa in: to numbers before christmas. as i was saying to michelle _ numbers before christmas. as i was saying to michelle roberts, - numbers before christmas. as i was saying to michelle roberts, the - saying to michelle roberts, the health secretary was saying we have not yet decided, the joint committee has not yet advised us on whether we need to have a booster programme for all adults later this year. is your instinct at the moment that that is probably where we are going? we have had an annualflu probably where we are going? we have had an annual flu vaccine routine for the over—60s and increasing for the over 50s. is that more likely than not? i the over 50s. is that more likely than not? ., the over 50s. is that more likely than not?— the over 50s. is that more likely thannot? ., , ., than not? i would say probably not for all adults. _ than not? i would say probably not for all adults. but _ than not? i would say probably not for all adults. but certainly - than not? i would say probably not for all adults. but certainly the - for all adults. but certainly the people who are particularly vulnerable. the people who would have been called for their free flu vaccinations, i think they will be offered that in the autumn. i think we need to see how effective the booster campaign is going to be a in people over 75. there is some early reports from israel that the fourth

vaccination has increased antibodies and protection, but not by a huge amount. and probably not for very long. i think this is a decision that we need to make closer to the autumn. , ., , ., . autumn. one brief final question. we have been in — autumn. one brief final question. we have been in the _ autumn. one brief final question. we have been in the pandemic _ autumn. one brief final question. we have been in the pandemic for - autumn. one brief final question. we have been in the pandemic for two i have been in the pandemic for two years, at what point do we say it is no longer a pandemic, years, at what point do we say it is no longera pandemic, it years, at what point do we say it is no longer a pandemic, it is endemic and we accepted as part of life? when people are talking about endemic, they've been using very different definitions. the definition from the dictionary is an infection that never goes away. and we are in that situation now. there is something called that —— it is the point when endemic diseases settle around. we are not quite

there yet. settle around. we are not quite there yet-— settle around. we are not quite there et. ., , ., ., ., there yet. that is a good thought to kee in there yet. that is a good thought to keep in our — there yet. that is a good thought to keep in our mind. _ there yet. that is a good thought to keep in our mind. thank— there yet. that is a good thought to keep in our mind. thank you - there yet. that is a good thought to keep in our mind. thank you so - there yet. that is a good thought to i keep in our mind. thank you so much. not quite there yet, the story of my life. every year we throw away millions of tons of electronic waste — old computers, mobile phones, televisions. all of them have circuit boards in them. now the royal mint has found a way to extract precious metals from them, turning our discarded electrics into gold. our science editor rebecca morelle reports. it's a problem that's piling up — the electronic waste that we're throwing away. but for the royal mint, this isn't rubbish. it's a precious resource. they're taking the circuit boards from laptops and phones and placing them in a secret solution. over a series of steps, chemicals extract what's inside. what comes out is this brown powder. it's then heated for 30 minutes at more than 1,000 celsius, and the end result becomes clear —

it's pure gold. we're hoping to recover all of the metals on the board, primarily gold to start with, but we're looking at copper, nickel, tin, particularly tin, and some silver. it's set to provide a new source of materials for the royal mint�*s main business, making coins. this whole space is about to be transformed. by this time next year, 90 tonnes of e—waste will pass through here each week, and the plan is eventually for every single part of every electronic component to be extracted and reused. the process needs to be shifted from the lab to work on an industrial scale. so if you take all of the disused electronics around your home, that represents about 7% of the world's gold. that is a huge number, and really gives us the initiative and the imperative to start

recycling those electronics. globally, about 50 million tonnes of e—waste is being produced annually, but only 20% is currently being recycled. in the uk, each person generates 2a kilograms of e—waste each year. that's the second highest amount in the world. scientists say we could look to other countries who are doing a betterjob of meeting their waste targets, like switzerland. one of the reasons it's working there is they have made the opportunities for consumers to take back their waste very widespread. so you could walk into any shop that sells electronics with your broken toothbrush, even if they don't sell toothbrushes, and they have to take it back. turning e—waste into gold is just one solution, but the problem is growing so fast, we need many more, and this means rethinking what we're throwing away and recognising that even our rubbish has value. rebecca morelle, bbc news.

now it's time for a look at the weather with stav danaos. hello there. high pressure is continuing to dominate the weather scene throughout this week, so many places are going to stay dry with plenty of sunshine and it is actually going to start to feel a little bit warmer as the week progresses. as as the week progresses. we had to this evening an overnight, as we had to this evening and overnight, and he showers are going to fade away. you could see a few showers pushing up in the southern parts into england through the night. a milder one for most. particularly where we hold onto any patchy cloud. any early mist and fog will clear away tomorrow morning and thenit will clear away tomorrow morning and then it will be dry and plenty of sunshine around. just an isolated shower. most places will be dry and most places will feel warmer as

well. top temperatures around 18 or 19 degrees across the midlands and into the southeast. we will hold onto the fine and settled weather as we move the week. it could turn pretty warm across southern and central areas.

this is bbc news. the headlines... nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, held for almost six years in tehran, speaks of her ordeal. in her first interview since she was freed, she says her release should have happened six years ago. there was a time that i felt like, "you know what? i'm not even going to trust you," because i have been told many, many times i am going to be taken home but that never happened. how many foreign secretaries does it take for someone to come help? five? the beseiged ukraine town of mariupol is again denied a humanitarian corridor, after rejecting a russian demand to surrender. 300,000 people are trapped without power, food or water. president zelensky says it's a war crime. a 35—hour curfew for the people of the ukraine capital kyiv. residents are told by the mayor it's a �*dangerous moment�* and they must stay at home.

in china, it's feared there are no survivors after a passenger plane — with 132 people on board — crashes in a remote mountainous area. a man goes on trial charged with murdering conservative mp sir david amess as he met constituents last year. and the spring covid boosterjab programme launches for the over—75s and those with high risk in england. it comes as scotland records its highest daily figure for the number of people in hospital with coronavirus. very good afternoon. welcome to bbc news.

the british iranian woman, nazanin zaghari ratcliffe, who was held for nearly six years in detention in iran has been speaking for the first time since her return to the uk last week. mrs zaghari ratcliffe thanked her "amazing, wonderful" husband richard for "tirelessly" campaigning for her. she also thanked daughter gabriella "for being very, very patient with mummy to be coming home". and she said her release should have happened six years ago. she was originally accused of spying, then charged with plotting to overthrow the iranian government. she's always strenuously denied the allegations. our diplomatic correspondent james landale reports. for six years, richard ratcliffe has come to parliament to campaign for his wife but this was the first time she came too. nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe has long been a victim, a hostage, a cause, with family and supporters speaking on her behalf. but today she was welcomed to the house of commons by the speaker to do the one thing

she had never been free to do before, to tell her own story in her own words, in her own time, in the parliament where so many had campaigned for her release. i am very grateful... she thanked herfriends, doctors and lawyers and above all the man sitting next to her. my amazing husband who has been tirelessly campaigning for me, so thank you so much, and my daughter for being very, very patient with mummy to be coming home. i am so grateful. mrs zaghari—ratcliffe and another british—iranian detainee, anoosheh ashoori, arrived back in britain last week after being released by the authorities after britain finally paid iran an historic debt — a debt she made clear the uk could and should have paid many years before. i have seen five foreign secretaries change over the course of six years. that is unprecedented given the politics of the uk.

i love you, richard, i respect whatever you believe, but i was told many, many times that, "oh, we are going to get you home." that never happened. there was a time that i felt like, "you know what? i'm not even going to trust you," because i have been told many, many times i am going to be taken home but that never happened. how many foreign secretaries does it take for someone to come help? five? it should have been one of them eventually so now here we are, what has happened now should have happened six years ago. but now it was time to heal. we have gone through a lot, it has been a tough journey. the coming back was also very tough. you realise that coming back to a daughter who is nearly eight, i left her when she was not even two, there is a whole lot to catch up with richard and gabriella, getting to know them better, so i would appreciate the privacy. and she called for other dual

nationals held in iran to be freed. morad tahbaz, who has uk, us and iranian citizenship, was released on house arrest for a couple of days last week but was taken back first to jail and then an unidentified hotel. his daughter says her father, who has cancer, has been abandoned by the foreign office. from the outset, we were always assured by the fcdo that my father would be included in any deal that was made to release all of the hostages, so we are truly devastated knowing now that this was not the case. to prime ministerjohnson and foreign secretary truss, we beg you to please stand by your word and bring back both my parents, my father and my mother.

the foreign office says mr tahbaz�*s case is complicated because iran views him as an american. diplomatic sources say he is being held because of a dispute between washington and tehran over talks to revive our correspodent caroline hawley was at that press conference and has more on what nazinin had to say. so composed. so dignified and it tells you so much about them as a couple as a couple that, for them, it was important to have a chance to have tahbaz�*s daughter there. it was very, very moving for many of the journalists there. just before the press conference started, i heard richard whispered to nazanin, are you 0k?. they held hands when mr tahbaz�*s

daughter spoke. when she got upset, richard put his arm around her. nazanin was constantly looking over at gabriella, her daughter, who was playing video games. it was an amazing moment, i think and, asjames said, to hearfrom nazanin herself after all this time. she would not be drawn on what she had gone through, the dark, dark time she spent in solitary confinement in an iranianjail. she said what happened would haunt her that the rest of her life. she spoke of how the injustice she'd been through. my my life was linked to something that was nothing to do with me. but now the focus is on getting to know each other and nazanin wants to get to know her daughter's friends because she's not seen her for two and a half years. ukraine has rejected a russian deadline for its forces to stop fighting in the besieged port city

of mariupol, saying there could be no question of soldiers laying down their arms. tens of thousands of civilians remain trapped in the city, which has been devastated by russian bombardment and has little food, water or power. death toll in the besieged city now exceeds 3,000 but that is an underestimate. the far—right azov brigade — which is a militia force that has risen to prominence in mariupol — has put a message out on social media that the true figure is not known because people are being buried in mass graves without being identified and many remain under the rubble of destroyed buildings. in the capital, kyiv, a curfew has been announced from eight o'clock local time this evening until wednesday morning. from there our correspondent james waterhouse reports mariupol, a place where 90% of buildings are now destroyed or damaged and where they are burying bodies in the street. translation: i hope there will be some sort of reburial and this - is just temporary but the military told us to put the bodies somewhere in the cold and the only cold place now are in our basements. there are people in the basements so we bury them here.

300,000 people are still trapped in the city. their impossible choice — stay and hope you survive more continued shelling, no running water and little food or leave along a humanitarian route which could well be attacked to a destination you don't know. translation: we have been in a basement for 11 days. - this is the 25th day of war, we have been counting every one of them. we hope for the best, to live as humans. the apartment has been broken, everything is broken. where can we go from the basement? we are cooking at a fire. for now, we have some food and firewood. in a week, we will have nothing, no food at all. what should we do? russia offered authorities here safe passage for everyone who wanted to escape. in return, they wanted the city to surrender. mariupol refused. when it comes to ukraine's fight for its survival, surrendering has long not been in its vocabulary,

however work to get civilians out of mariupol continues. translation: we have plans for the work _ of humanitarian corridors for today. to date, eight corridors are agreed. in the donetsk region for the evacuation of people from mariupol to the city of zaporizhzhia, several routes will work today. in kyiv, a missile hits a shopping centre, felt and heard across much of the city. it left this. eight people are known to have died, another 35 hour curfew has been announced for tonight. just look at that new block of flats. the reason for curfews like this isn't just about the impacts, it is to do with the wider damage. every building we can see around here has got smashed windows or some of the cladding has fallen off, everything has been affected. while ukraine isn't putting down its weapons, it is still trying to help people escape.

10 million ukrainians have now had to leave their homes, according to the un, almost a quarter of the population, all wondering if or when they will be back and what they will return to. james waterhouse, bbc news, in kyiv. let's go to kyiv now. another incident that reminds us that it's been so intense in mariupolmariupol. it went stone quiet. eerily quiet. so much fire and manpower around the strategic objective of taking mariupolmariupol. but that quiet strategic objective of taking mariupolmariupol. but that quiet was shattered last night with repeated

artillery strikes from russia. return fire from the ukrainian forces. what you heard from james waterhouse's package, the damage seems to be mostly from artillery fire that we've seen since the invasion started which was nearly a month ago. today began with artillery fire, more sustained sounds of explosions. ukrainian is counterattacking or attacking in advance. throughout the day, small arms fire, small crackles, more than we've heard repeated earlier on in the invasion and in the last hour, in the direction of the north, very much in the city, with also heard machine—gun fire. all of these sounds, they seem to get closer, louder and be of a different range of military weapons, but the

district struck yesterday is known as a very hip district with cafe is, art galleries and very historic cobbled streets, museums, and very vibrant neighbourhood of this city. it came under attack last night. so these are signs that kyiv remains in moscow's site. the question is how much fire and manpower is it going to dedicate to this front while it is still very much strained, stalled and stretched on other fronts as well. ~ ., ., ._ ., ., well. we heard from the mayor of k iv well. we heard from the mayor of kyiv saying _ well. we heard from the mayor of kyiv saying they'll _ well. we heard from the mayor of kyiv saying they'll be _ well. we heard from the mayor of kyiv saying they'll be another - well. we heard from the mayor of| kyiv saying they'll be another from this evening which will run into wednesday. can i ask you about the psychological effect of this? we are inevitably working on scenes of devastation and people's physical

reaction what they say in interviews. you are around people, talking to people and getting the sense of the mood, body language and the things people don't say. the way they don't look at you with particular questions. what's your sense of the psychological impact? after a month of this war that came from almost nowhere the ukrainians, is having? from almost nowhere the ukrainians, is havin: ? ., ., , , from almost nowhere the ukrainians, ishavina? ., ., ,, ., ., is having? none of this is normal. none of it — is having? none of this is normal. none of it is _ is having? none of this is normal. none of it is nice. _ is having? none of this is normal. none of it is nice. and _ is having? none of this is normal. none of it is nice. and for - is having? none of this is normal. none of it is nice. and for all - is having? none of this is normal. none of it is nice. and for all of i none of it is nice. and for all of the bravado we hear expressed, all of that is genuine but you can see the distress on peoples faces when they've just heard something from elderly grandparents in another part of the country, when they have heard from their parents or member of the family who have fled the country, their friends. family who have fled the country, theirfriends. there family who have fled the country, their friends. there are family who have fled the country, theirfriends. there are people in kyiv beside themselves who are

worrying about their relatives in mariupol. in time and again, when you speak to elderly people, initially the conversation is warm and welcoming. they've not lost their manners and hospitality of this city but within one or two questions, they breakdown crying. you sense that they are bewildered, scared. one women i met in the bombshell to, she said "i have nowhere else to go. how can i leave? my nowhere else to go. how can i leave? my daughter is here. my dog is here. my my daughter is here. my dog is here. my husband is buried here." it's the same when i walked down the street and i met a couple sitting so elegantly in front of their apartment block and i sit where you going and they said we are going to the bombshell tell. the old man burst into tears. it's really, really hard. the british love the talk about the stiff upper lip but their whole body is frozen in trying

to be strong but there is fear and you can understand why when you hear sounds like what hearing today. thank you very much. let me bring some breaking news. here in the uk, this is the metropolitan police inquiry into those parties, gatherings and events in downing street, just an update. let me summarise by saying that the metropolitan police say that the operation has sent out 100 questionnaires and it's working its way through the responses they've had. they been interviewing people as witnesses but they stress that not just as witnesses but they stress that notjust because of the scale of the operation, the number of people affected, but also because of the legislation changed between some of the dates when these parties happened and they are having to move

carefully in terms of constructing and making decisions on who will fixed penalty fines and who will not. first, back to ukraine. winning the battle for the southern port city of mariupol would be seen as a major strategic success for russia, giving it control over much of ukraine's south coast. including the self—declared republic and its annexed region of crimea. it would give them a land and its annexed region of crimea. it would give them a [and link between these regions. our security correspondent gordon corera has this assessment of the russian advance. russian military strategy has changed since the war began. when they first invaded nearly a month ago, the russian forces came in broadly on three fronts, from the north, from the south and from the east. the aim seems to have been for lightning strikes

to take key cities. but instead they met more fiercer resistance than they expected and that strategy effectively failed. so what has happened since then? if we look at the capital kyiv, they have been trying to encircle the city, but they've not managed that entirely and it doesn't look like they've got the combat power to go in and take the heavily—defended capital. so instead we have seen these kind of missile strikes on it. but the russians are regrouping and bringing in reinforcements. if we next look at the south, they have made more progress here and we've heard a lot in recent days about mariupol and you can see the strategic importance of that city because it would allow the russians to connect up some of the territory they control. and they've effectively been laying siege to that city, inflicting some pretty terrible devastation. if we then move on to the east, what we can see is there has been fighting here in kharkiv, which has been pretty intense.

and one of the concerns there is is that russian forces could then drive in from multiple directions and then they'd be able to surround a ukrainian fighting force, which is here, and potentially cut it off. now, we've also seen strikes all the way over here around lviv. what that looks to be is the russians targeting the military infrastructure which supports ukraine, including the supply routes for it. so overall what we get from this is a sense of a war of attrition, in which the russians are trying to pound some of the cities, trying to do as much damage as they can to the ukrainian military. all that points to is potentially a long haul and many casualties, including civilian casualties. that was a security correspondence.

i'll bring you some further developments from ukraine. russian troops dispersed a protest against them. video footage on social media, well, there you go, you can see the impact it is having. just hear the explosions from the tear gas as far as i can tell. we've mixed the shots to show how quickly people have disbursed. some reports say stun grenades were used. several people have been reported to have been injured. the war in ukraine has created a humanitarian crisis with millions of people fleeing the country seeking sanctuary in neighbouring countries.

more than half a million refugees from ukraine have now reached romania, many of them through the siret border crossing in the north—east of the country. the president of the international federation of red cross and red crescent societies , francesco rocca, joins us from suceava , in romania. he has just returned from the red cross offices in ukraine. having been inside and talk to colleagues in the country, what's your impression of the situation and the humanitarian risk to life and also for continuing to live the people who can't get food, water and heat? j’m people who can't get food, water and heat? �* , , , _ heat? i'm impressed by the commitment _ heat? i'm impressed by the commitment of _ heat? i'm impressed by the commitment of the - heat? i'm impressed by the i commitment of the colleagues heat? i'm impressed by the - commitment of the colleagues of the red cross. their main concern in this moment is the humanitarian access in mariupol because we've got able to acquaint people but to bring food and other items for those who

are stuck there. there living conditions are simply unbearable for everyone there. no electricity, running water, in desperate need of food and this is something we are calling for, humanitarian access. our united colleagues are trying to get to these areas but it's impossible at the moment to reach mariupol because the security issue is very difficult. g, mariupol because the security issue is very difficult.— is very difficult. a waking nightmare _ is very difficult. a waking nightmare is _ is very difficult. a waking nightmare is how - is very difficult. a waking nightmare is how one - is very difficult. a waking nightmare is how one of| is very difficult. a waking - nightmare is how one of your colleagues describe the situation there. can you explain, if you can get access for a humanitarian corridor, are you able to get insufficient supplies and the time available to help people or is it really only going to be a small

contribution to try and relieve the suffering for some people? this de-ends suffering for some people? this depends on _ suffering for some people? this depends on the _ suffering for some people? “in 3 depends on the timeframe of a ceasefire, so the issue is about this. it's not about our ability to provide because, of course, we're talking about two or three hours, our potential very limited. we can't get what we need three because there are dozens and dozens of people living in these conditions and this is it, so the logistics have improved from the red cross but in the country, the ukraine red cross were able to reach thousands of people in different cities with different needs because many wish

there neighbouring countries, still hundreds and thousands are stuck, living in very difficult conditions. thank you, thank you for finding the time and getting across to people the practical difficulties and importance of time as much as resources to try and give some relief. thank you so much. the ukraine defence minister olekzii reznikov has called for international sanctions to be strengthened against russia. there was a cool at the weekend for the polish prime minister bro complete trade ban across the eu. there was a cool at the weekend for the polish prime ministerfor complete trade ban across the eu. he was making a statement at a joint event with the british defence minister ben wallace, where he thanked the uk

for their support. first of all i would like to thank our british partners and all the people of the united kingdom for their support. during the 25 days of the war, orthe invasion, ukrainian soldiers destroyed almost 500 tanks and 1500 combat vehicles of the russian army. some russians were killed by weapons provided by the british government and help save many lives of the ukrainian population. he would first provide us with serious weapons to increase their capabilities. —— you were the first. your role is special and your courage and spirit are in stark

contrast to the pacivity of some other countries. i would like to thank you for the help we expect in the near future and for the active participation of the british side in the delivery of goods in ukrainian defence. including from other countries. it's been officially established in 25 days of the full—scale aggression that the kremlin have already killed 115 ukrainian children, destroyed more than 400 schools and kindergartens and more than 110 hospitals. thousands and thousands of civilians were killed. we do not know exactly how much. many people are still under the rubble of hundreds of houses destroyed by the russians.

russia is now committing a real act of genocide against the ukrainian city of mariupol. within weeks, 400,000 citizens have been surrounded without food, water, light or heat. without connections, under aggressive bombings and rocket fire. let's go to the breaking news regarding the metropolitan police into alleged breach of for coronavirus rules at downing street. and nowjonathan, you are familiar with this. this has rumbled for months and months. what other met police say now because basically, people are waiting to know the outcome, who is going to get fined, if anyone, for what happened? this is the first if anyone, for what happened? “in 3 is the first substantial update we've had from the met police since they began this investigation into parties in downing street and other buildings in whitehall which may

have broken lockdown rules. we don't yet know the outcome of that investigation. we have learned some new details however this afternoon. just to take you through the statement put out, firstly, the main update is that the met are now interviewing people as witnesses. that is the next stage after the sending out of questionnaires which was the first part of this investigation and on that, we learned today that more than 100 questionnaires have now been sent out to individuals, who are believed to have been present at some or all of these events. as a result of that, the met say that there are other people who have been implicated or approached for their possible involvement in some of these events. so, we have an idea of these events. so, we have an idea of

the scale of the met police's investigation which has been nicknamed party gate and that it has widened since it began. we were working on the assumption 80 questionnaires were sent out, one to the prime minister, borisjohnson. we now know there are at least100. the net police are now interviewing people as witnesses and, as a result of both those stages, more people have been implicated in the investigation. but, the met made it clear today that they have not yet found sufficient evidence as a result of that process to issue anyone with a fixed penalty notice, which is the punishment available to them under the terms of this investigation but that may well end “p investigation but that may well end up being the case further down the line. but, so far, that threshold has not been met.— line. but, so far, that threshold has not been met. jonathan blake at westminster- _ has not been met. jonathan blake at westminster. he's _ has not been met. jonathan blake at westminster. he's had _ has not been met. jonathan blake at westminster. he's had a _ has not been met. jonathan blake at westminster. he's had a busy - westminster. he's had a busy afternoon. two stories already! we

are getting our moneys worth and so are getting our moneys worth and so are we, out ofjonathan. there were some figures out at the weekend saying quite a lot of fixed penalty notices were issued but still not have been paid! now we go live to the house of commons regarding the sackings from p and o ferries. let's to maximise pressure and force them to change course mac can you confirm that you are reviewing all contracts the government has both with pno fairies and db world? because yesterday p and o fairies were distinguished as two different things when asked by the bbc. ministers have spent the last few days condemning the actions. and today they have a chance to prove that they mean it. mr speaker, as

has been said, this must be set within a context. any business that feels they can get away with this behaviour in britain today is a scandal. eight is a damning indictment of the weak employment laws and the broken promises to protect workers' rights. ! laws and the broken promises to protect workers' rights.- laws and the broken promises to protect workers' rights. i think she is makin: protect workers' rights. i think she is making a _ protect workers' rights. i think she is making a very — protect workers' rights. i think she is making a very powerful - protect workers' rights. i think she is making a very powerful speech i protect workers' rights. i think she i is making a very powerful speech and a government that the detriment and that the _ a government that the detriment and that the government has not done all that the government has not done all that they— that the government has not done all that they can for this. not only to the government object, they stop the closure _ the government object, they stop the closure motion which would have allowed — closure motion which would have allowed this to progress. they shake their head. _ allowed this to progress. they shake their head, but they have done nothing. — their head, but they have done nothing, mr speaker. not only that this friday— nothing, mr speaker. not only that this friday when i pushed forward the government are all talk and no action _ the government are all talk and no action and — the government are all talk and no action. and that is a real problem. he is_ action. and that is a real problem. he is absolutely right. at every available opportunity, the benches against have voted against outlawing

firing and rehiring. how is it possible that workers can be bussed instantly replace those insecure jobs? isn't it the case that p&o have exploited the immigration loopholes in exactly the same way they have exploited loopholes in the minimum wage legislation for years? and the government has sat back and allowed it to happen. madame deputy speaker, this is the exact opposite of the promises made to the british people to safeguard their living standards, employment prospects and job security. in what world is this taking back control? forfar too long, ministers have sat on their hands and chosen to side with bad bosses by failing to strengthen workers' rights. this must be a line

in the sand. if ministers mean what they say, they will bring forward a employment bill tomorrow. they would outlaw fire and re—how it —— fire and re—how it —— fire and rehire today. no more excuses. tonight the conservatives must back the labour party aspect motion and send a clear message that no workforce can ever be attacked again in this way. and finally, we are an island nation. british seafaring has been and is the envy of the world. and the sense of fair play and decency runs deep in this country. it is part of who we are. that is why the action on thursday was a straightforward assault on that tradition and our values so deeply entwined with our identity and synonymous with our global reputation. britain deserves

better. tonight tory mps have the chance to join with the labour party and vote to stand up for british workers. they have the chance to stand up for that tradition and the people of this country. they have the chance to ensure this can never happen again. tonight, they must decide which side they are on. loyal workers in britain or the billionaires riding roughshod over our rights. the billionaires riding roughshod over our riahts. , ., , .,, billionaires riding roughshod over our riahts. , ., , ., our rights. the question is as on the order— our rights. the question is as on the order paper. _ our rights. the question is as on the order paper. this _ our rights. the question is as on the order paper. this is - our rights. the question is as on the order paper. this is great i the order paper. this is great sha s. the order paper. this is great shapps. thank _ the order paper. this is great shapps. thank you _ the order paper. this is great shapps. thank you to - the order paper. this is great shapps. thank you to the - the order paper. this is great - shapps. thank you to the honourable lady opposite — shapps. thank you to the honourable lady opposite for _ shapps. thank you to the honourable lady opposite for bringing _ shapps. thank you to the honourable lady opposite for bringing this - lady opposite for bringing this forward. it is important that this is fully discussed. we have already had an urgent statement on the subject. these 800 loyal workers

from p&o were treated very unfairly. they faced significant demands for two years with maritime staff and they worked tirelessly to keep things open. it is about in our view business of having respect for employees. it is about having common decency to engage with your workforce, particularly when times are tough and it is about having standards that we would expect every single company in this country, every single employer to uphold. of course, we understand the financial pressures that many businesses face right now and regretfully and sometimes redundancies are inescapable, but there is no excuse, no excuse for what we saw occur last thursday. no consultation with the workforce, no consultation with the unions and to answer the honourable

lady's question, the first i heard about it was at 8:30pm. through communication with my private office to indicate that p&o would be making redundancies the next day. now, the house will be aware or may not be aware that in both 2020 during coronavirus and during 2021, redundancies took place at p&o. in 2020 it was larger numbers then last thursday. they properly consulted about those redundancies and they were made voluntary. so it was, i will give way in just a moment. i want to explain this point. it was on the understanding that the next morning i had a conversation with the memberfor hull morning i had a conversation with the member for hull east where he provided on the ground information. i was stood at this despatch box when i was passed a note about the

redundancies taking place and it was considerable concern that i saw how the company was deploying those redundancies as was said. via a method of pre—recorded zoom. he redundancies as was said. via a method of pre-recorded zoom. he said he did not know — method of pre-recorded zoom. he said he did not know about _ method of pre-recorded zoom. he said he did not know about the _ method of pre-recorded zoom. he said he did not know about the p&o. .. - he did not know about the p80... that _ he did not know about the p80... that was— he did not know about the p80... that was grant _ he did not know about the p80... that was grant shapps _ he did not know about the p80... that was grant shapps the - he did not know about the p80... i that was grant shapps the transport secretary. we will leave. we will go to sport now. for a full round—up here you go. i'm sorry we kept you hanging on. there are new bids coming to light with the battle to take over chelsea two days to take over the club. the global investment firm confirmed that they made an offer. they want to maintain its existing management to make sure they continue their success. another

group wants to buy 10% of it. and mp has criticised the possibility of a half—full wembley stadium. julian knight the head of the digital cultural media select committee has called on the fa to sell tickets to the chelsea cups to go to people of ukraine. newcastle united has been charged by the fa for a breach of its rules relating to comments made about match officials after his side's 1—0 about match officials after his side's1—0 defeat. the injured midfielder has until wednesday to respond to the charge. scotland have called up these three people ahead of their international games later this week. they have been called up for the first time and the

goalkeeper will alsojoin for the first time and the goalkeeper will also join to replace an injured david marshall. scotland will play either austria or wales on tuesday. richard agar has left his position or of head coach. the 50—year—old took over in 2019 and let the reiners to the 2020 challenge cup. the first trophy since 20 17. challenge cup. the first trophy since 2017. boris has arrived for his trial after being accused of failing to hand over assets to settle his bankruptcy. he was —— he declared bankruptcy in 2017. and he is accused of hiding overfour and a half million pounds. england's women

have been given a booth at the cricket world cup in new zealand. this was their first victory in 13 years. that win for pakistan means that if they can earn victories in the two main again, they are likely to finish above west indies and qualify for the semis. and the women fosamax six nations begin this weekend with england aiming for a fourth successive title. the head coach simon middleton says... england begin their campaign on saturday. this tournament this year has extra importance. haste saturday. this tournament this year has extra importance.— has extra importance. we have got a bu them has extra importance. we have got a buy them -- — has extra importance. we have got a buy them -- we've — has extra importance. we have got a buy them -- we've got _ has extra importance. we have got a buy them -- we've got great net. itl buy them —— we've got great net. it was tested over the last few weeks. we are starting to get there, now

we've got players coming back. it has been a great opportunity for players to step up and evolve. and they have done that because they recognise the opportunity in front of them. recognise the opportunity in front ofthem. �* ., ., of them. david beckham has handed over his instagram _ of them. david beckham has handed over his instagram account - of them. david beckham has handed over his instagram account to - of them. david beckham has handed over his instagram account to a - over his instagram account to a ukrainian doctored in an attempt to showjust what ukrainian doctored in an attempt to show just what the reality is ukrainian doctored in an attempt to showjust what the reality is like for medical professionals in the city. the doctor shared images of the cramped basement where pregnant women and new mothers were evacuated during the first day of the invasion. beckham is a unicef ambassador and urge people to donate. that is all the support from us now we will be back a little later on. care home residents can

book for an extra vaccine. you can see the infection rates are rising and all age groups. spring boosters are already being rolled out. were going to speak to a professor. it is very good to speak to you again. perhaps we have taken our eye off the ball with journalist. perhaps we have taken our eye off the ball withjournalist. you certainly would not have done that. how would you characterise a situation at the moment? i how would you characterise a situation at the moment? i think this was predictable. _ situation at the moment? i think this was predictable. we - situation at the moment? i think this was predictable. we knew i situation at the moment? i think i this was predictable. we knew that this was predictable. we knew that this was predictable. we knew that this was very likely to happen with a very highly transmissible variant virus circulating already at high levels. at a time when i think the public were getting the message that actually covid was over and i think that was a mistake to think that we could just sort of switch off the public health measures that were so effective at preventing spread.

physicians and patients have to live with the consequences of those decisions that we made, the government and also our own behaviour because we made a lot of choices in the way that we have chosen to behave. there are some details which are a bit confusing for people. one fairly obvious one is that across—the—board the rates seem to be manageable. then you have this group who are in hospital and the numbers in scotland are particularly worse than in other parts of the uk. to have any idea that is? i parts of the uk. to have any idea that is? ~ , , , that is? i think it partly depends on what public _ that is? i think it partly depends on what public health _ that is? i think it partly depends - on what public health messages are being put out. obviously it depends very much on how people are behaving, whether people are prepared to adopt some public health measures and i think an important thing to recognise is that public health is not a thing you switch on or off. there are a number of

measures that can be introduced. we do not have to be in for a lockdown or not. we can have sensible measures that are going to prevent the spread. in measures that are going to prevent the sread. , ., the spread. in terms of the booster 'ab, we the spread. in terms of the booster jab. we were _ the spread. in terms of the booster jab, we were told _ the spread. in terms of the booster jab, we were told at _ the spread. in terms of the booster jab, we were told at the _ the spread. in terms of the booster jab, we were told at the first - the spread. in terms of the booster jab, we were told at the first time i jab, we were told at the first time backin jab, we were told at the first time back in autumn this will increase the effectiveness of the first two vaccines that many had had. what will this one do? is it doing the samejob? are we dealing will this one do? is it doing the same job? are we dealing with a slight fall off of prediction that was inevitable? the underlying protection is still there? absolutely, the vaccines are fantastically effective much more effective than we ever dreamt they could possibly be in the early stages of the pandemic. let us not underrate these. they are also fantastically cheap if you look at the proportion of the national spend that has gone on vaccines, it is minuscule compared to the other

measures. what we need to do now is bolster the immune protection in those where it has been drifting down, those who received the booster jab. down, those who received the booster 'ab. . ~' , ., down, those who received the booster 'ab. ., ~ i. down, those who received the booster 'ab. ., ~ . ., jab. thank you so much for 'oining us. the policing * jab. thank you so much for 'oining us. the policing ministerh jab. thank you so much forjoining us. the policing minister has - us. the policing minister has described how a 15—year—old teenager wrongly suspected of carrying drugs was strip—searched at school as troubling and deeply concerning. kit was worse morning —— he was responding to a urgent question in prime minister's questions. it was found that the search of the people was unjustified and that racism was likely to have been a factor in how she was treated. here is what he had to say. she was treated. here is what he had to sa . , , . ., ., to say. this experience would have been experienced _

to say. this experience would have been experienced -- _ to say. this experience would have been experienced -- traumatic - to say. this experience would have been experienced -- traumatic for| been experienced —— traumatic for the child involved and the impact on her welfare should not be underestimated. the public rightly expect standards from the police. while the metropolitan size police have apologised for this and recognise that should never have happened, the culture has once again come under scrutiny. members of the population need to be treated fairly without prejudice. strip searching is one of the most intrusive powers. it is very clear that the search must be fair and without discrimination. and it needs to be carried out with accordance the law. particulate if that individual to child. ., , particulate if that individual to child. ., ., ., child. that was 'ust over an hour aro. child. that was 'ust over an hour auo. the child. that wasjust over an hour ago. the independent _ child. that wasjust over an hour ago. the independent police - child. that was just over an hour - ago. the independent police watchdog

has opened our report and a inquiry into the report. i has opened our report and a inquiry into the report-— into the report. i think everyone will agree _ into the report. i think everyone will agree that _ into the report. i think everyone will agree that the _ into the report. i think everyone will agree that the strips - into the report. i think everyone will agree that the strips shirt i will agree that the strips shirt should — will agree that the strips shirt should not have happened. everyone will want _ should not have happened. everyone will want to— should not have happened. everyone will want to say sorry to child q and everyone will agree that something went terribly wrong. but what is _ something went terribly wrong. but what is so _ something went terribly wrong. but what is so shocking is the existing guidance — what is so shocking is the existing guidance and training was so insufficient and broad and vague it did not— insufficient and broad and vague it did not prevent the strip search of a child _ did not prevent the strip search of a child who — did not prevent the strip search of a child who supposedly smelled of cannabis— a child who supposedly smelled of cannabis from happening in this way. i have _ cannabis from happening in this way. i have read _ cannabis from happening in this way. i have read guidance on strip searching _ i have read guidance on strip searching and they are not clear enough — searching and they are not clear enough ls _ searching and they are not clear enough. is the ministeralready working — enough. is the ministeralready working on new guidance? giving that the met _ working on new guidance? giving that the met that the smell of cannabis is not _ the met that the smell of cannabis is not normal grounds for a stop and search— is not normal grounds for a stop and search of— is not normal grounds for a stop and search of an — is not normal grounds for a stop and search of an adult can you can see that this _ search of an adult can you can see that this should not have happened

on this— that this should not have happened on this point? and that there will be better— on this point? and that there will be better guidance given? the ounuster be better guidance given? ira: youngster known be better guidance given? “11a youngster known as be better guidance given? 11a youngster known as child be better guidance given? 11a: youngster known as child q. be better guidance given? 1“1e: youngster known as child q. we be better guidance given? 11a: youngster known as child q. we were talking a little bit earlier about this case. i'm going to bring you some other international news. hundred and 32 people are believed dead after a plane crash in china. it lost height and broke apart and crashed into a mountain. rescue workers are at the scene. an immediate investigation was ordered to mac and the chinese airlines have grounded all of its planes as —— 737 played as a precaution. the man accused of murdering sir david amess mp had carried out reconnaissance on other potential targets including cabinet minister michael gove, his trial heard. ali harbi ali denies murdering

sir david in his constituency in october last year — and he also denies preparing acts of terrorism. that's the allegation put by the prosecutor here. he's told a jury today that the murder, the alleged murder of sir david was an assassination for a terrorist purpose and it came at the end of a long line of reconnaissance in regard to effectively plan in the defendant's head to kill mps who had voted for air strikes on syria back in 2015. apparently, in police interviews, the suspect following his arrest said he wanted to kill 523 mp5. among these are the conservative mp for finchley, it was said in court today that he visited the constituency surgery of this mp but he was recognised. but also that he carried out allegedly six trips to the home of michael dive, cabinet minister, to examine weather

or not he could allegedly carry out an attack and kill mr gove. tom little qc told the jury that in the notes that detectives founds on the suspect�*s devices, that he was hoping to catch michael gove out while he was jogging. in effect, he said this was advanced, very, very careful planning and the death of sir david came at the end of many years of thinking this through. i want to tell you a little bit about the nature of the attack as well. tom little told the jury

that the suspect had actually tricked his way into sir david's constituency, pretending to be a constituent and once he was there, met him in his office, stabbed him multiple times, i'm not going to go into the evidence of that, it's horrifying, the nature of this attack. there's remarkable moment where a 999 cool is made and to pcs turn up, ryan curtis and scott james and these two officers were outside the church wearing plain clothes, all they've got is pepper spray and a baton and they made a decision to try and storm in and stop this man. and that is exactly what they do. you seen these officers confronting the defendant. you seen these officers confronting the defendant. they said to him "drop the knife. it's only going to go one way. they effectively then pin him to the floor and then go on to try

and save sir david's life which sadly they cannot do. the suspect denies preparation of act of terrorism and denies murder. we are going to hear later on in the trial while he is mounting that defence. 11 trial while he is mounting that defence. , ., . trial while he is mounting that defence. ., ., ., ., trial while he is mounting that defence. ., ., .,., ., defence. if you want to go out and bu a defence. if you want to go out and buy a free — defence. if you want to go out and buy a free range — defence. if you want to go out and buy a free range egg, _ defence. if you want to go out and buy a free range egg, you are - defence. if you want to go out and buy a free range egg, you are not| buy a free range egg, you are not going to be able to do it in this country due to the amount of time birds are kept outdoors. andrew, you and i have talked about happier things than this in terms of food. can you explain why this band has come about? ht can you explain why this band has come about?— come about? it is a technical measure _ come about? it is a technical measure because _ come about? it is a technical measure because the - come about? it is a technical measure because the birds l come about? it is a technical. measure because the birds are come about? it is a technical- measure because the birds are being keptin measure because the birds are being kept in to stop the spread of avian flu for their own welfare. but you can only preserve free range designation for a maximum of 16 weeks if you bring the birds in. this avian flu has gone on for a

little bit longer than anticipated. this is a compromise and keeping customers about what's informed and not adding unnecessary cost to the farmers. , , ., ., , ., farmers. this is not the wasting of e: rs farmers. this is not the wasting of eggs because _ farmers. this is not the wasting of eggs because they _ farmers. this is not the wasting of eggs because they can _ farmers. this is not the wasting of eggs because they can go - farmers. this is not the wasting of eggs because they can go into - farmers. this is not the wasting of. eggs because they can go into normal production, and be sold out as something else not free range. exactly. they will be known as barn eggs. they are being kept indoors they are not allowed to roam as they would normally be able to do as a free range. this isjust to be clear to customers. this is making sure that those farmers who are producing free range eggs continue to stay in business. we do not want to add cost to them and as soon as they get the all clear and can go back to free range then they can return the label. ., ., ., ., ., , , label. for a lot of farmers there is a conscious _ label. for a lot of farmers there is a conscious decision _ label. for a lot of farmers there is a conscious decision to _ label. for a lot of farmers there is a conscious decision to move - label. for a lot of farmers there is i a conscious decision to move to free range, it is more expensive option for them because they need more

space. this is one way of ensuring that the reputation is not harmed but also their business.— that the reputation is not harmed but also their business. exactly, we as consumers _ but also their business. exactly, we as consumers have _ but also their business. exactly, we as consumers have had _ but also their business. exactly, we as consumers have had a _ but also their business. exactly, we as consumers have had a drive - as consumers have had a drive towards free range eggs. we want to buy them, but we've got to keep those farmers in business as well. the costs are the same the fight —— despite the fact the birds are indoors. this is a way to keep the eggs on sale and keep money going to the farmers. we are also putting stuff up and store so people can be really clear why we're doing it, it is government advised. it is a temporary measure. to is government advised. it is a temporary measure.— is government advised. it is a temporary measure. to be clear, there is no _ temporary measure. to be clear, there is no risk— temporary measure. to be clear, there is no risk to _ temporary measure. to be clear, there is no risk to human - temporary measure. to be clear, there is no risk to human health | temporary measure. to be clear, i there is no risk to human health to avian flu as far as scientifically established?— avian flu as far as scientifically established? ~ , ,., , ., ~ avian flu as far as scientifically established? ~ , , ., . ., established? absolutely not. we have had many outbreaks _ established? absolutely not. we have had many outbreaks of— established? absolutely not. we have had many outbreaks of avian - established? absolutely not. we have had many outbreaks of avian flu, - established? absolutely not. we have had many outbreaks of avian flu, it i had many outbreaks of avian flu, it is terrible for the birds, but no risk to us humans.—

is terrible for the birds, but no risk to us humans. from a retail perspective. _ risk to us humans. from a retail perspective, what _ risk to us humans. from a retail perspective, what does - risk to us humans. from a retail perspective, what does that - risk to us humans. from a retail. perspective, what does that mean risk to us humans. from a retail- perspective, what does that mean in terms of the supply of poultry in the coming weeks and months? are we going to find that chicken is much harder to source and that it gets more expensive as a result of this? you have said that this outbreak has been more extensive. i think it has affected other countries like in spain as well. will this have a knock—on effect? ht spain as well. will this have a knock-on effect?— spain as well. will this have a knock-on effect? ., , �* ., knock-on effect? it does. but i have to say that — knock-on effect? it does. but i have to say that within _ knock-on effect? it does. but i have to say that within the _ knock-on effect? it does. but i have to say that within the other - knock-on effect? it does. but i have to say that within the other issues i to say that within the other issues that are affecting food prices, this is a relatively small thing. things like energy and the cost of feed really impact us as consumers. this is a relatively small thing, a temporary measure, the government has taken the right move which is pragmatic labelling with little risk to consumers. it will keep the farmers getting paid for their work. he is the head of food and

sustainability. thank you very much. right, time now for a look at the weather. hello there. high pressure is continuing to dominate the weather scene throughout this week, so many places are going to stay dry with plenty of sunshine and it is actually going to start to feel a little bit warmer as the week progresses. so most places dry, plenty of sunshine throughout the week. there is just a chance of a few isolated showers developing as the temperatures rise, particularly through central and northern parts of the country. we've got high—pressure to the east of us, low pressure to the west. this run of southeasterly winds. this area of low pressure in the north sea has brought cloud here and a weather front out west has also brought a bit more cloud, one or two showers certainly through the morning time, but towards the latter part of the day, we will start to see breaks developing in that cloud. after that chilly start, temperatures will reach the low to mid—teens for many, but we could see 17 or 18 in the north or the west of london.

now as we move through this evening and overnight, we hold onto one or two showers around, central or northern areas, a few also pushing into southern parts of england. but most places will be dry and with clear spells, again across the east of the country, it will be chilly, but further south and west, it is going to be less cold. a milder night then we have had the last few nights. so tuesday starts off milder for most of us, a bit of mist and fog around which will tend to lift and break and then it is another dry and sunny day for most. with light winds, quite breezy again across southern and western areas. just the chance of an isolated shower developing through central and northern parts of the country. the temperatures, high teens celsius for many areas. we could see 19 or 20 across the southeast, well above the seasonal norm. wednesday, similar story. a lot of dry and sunny weather around after any early fog and mist clears away. this probably could just start to see a little bit of low cloud and mist affecting eastern scotland, northeast england. it could be quite chilly here, but elsewhere, dry, sunny, very warm. temperatures in the high teens across parts of scotland. we could see 20, 21 across the midlands and southeast of england. so our high pressure dominates the scene through thursday and friday.

you will see it start to drift a little bit further towards the west end as it does come over that weekend, it will start to allow something a bit cloudier and cooler to run off the north sea, particularly into northern and eastern parts by the time we reach saturday and sunday. but a lot of dry and settled weather to end the week as we head on into the weekend. plenty of sunshine around, just a hint of it turning a little bit cooler by the weekend.

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