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 when i felt, you know what, i'm not going to trust you, because i was told so many times i was going to come home. how many foreign secretaries does it take for someone 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 detectives investigating whether lockdown laws were broken at parties and gatherings in downing street are now interviewing key witnesses. the metropolitan police say more than 100 questionnaires have been sent out so far. 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 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. a chance to shine the light on the fact he has been left behind. as nazanin said, she felt left behind. it was very emotional. it was very, very moving for many of the journalists there. just before the press conference started, i heard richard

whisper 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. she was sitting next to me. 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 for the rest of her life. she spoke of the injustice she'd been through. 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. in the last couple of hours, military officials in the city have said the official 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 unable to be identified and many remain under the rubble of destroyed buildings. in kyiv, a curfew has been announced from eight o'clock local time this evening, about 50 minutes away, 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. 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 normally has a very good safety record has been this image of a passenger jet plummeting vertically towards the ground. now there's been a clip of this that has been shared on social media and the information on the flight tracking that 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. people need to know that flying is safe, that the industry is safe, he said. —— that the 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. the metropolitan police says it has begun to interview people, as witnesses, as part of their ongoing enquiry into alleged breaches of covid—19 rules at gatherings

in downing street during the pandemic. 0ur political correspondent jonathan blakejoins me now. it's an extensive inquiry, this, judging what the police have said today. it judging what the police have said toda . , . , , today. it is and it is broadening in its scale if — today. it is and it is broadening in its scale if not _ today. it is and it is broadening in its scale if not necessarily - today. it is and it is broadening in its scale if not necessarily in - today. it is and it is broadening in its scale if not necessarily in its . its scale if not necessarily in its scope. we learned this afternoon in a statement from metropolitan police, the first substantial update on operation hillman, looking into alleged breaches of lockdown law in downing street and other buildings in whitehall throughout the pandemic. we had been working on the assumption that 80 or so people had been sent questionnaires by the metropolitan police, which is, if you like, theirfirst stop in their investigation to gather information. beyond what they already have from the sue grayling inquiry inside government. we are told today that 100 questionnaires have now been

issued to politicians, officials, other staff working in government who may or may not been at some of these events. we are also told that these events. we are also told that the metropolitan police are interviewing people as witnesses. that's the next stage in the investigation. we also learned from the statement they put out this afternoon that in the course of the investigation so far, other people, besides those who were initially contacted by the metropolitan police, have been implicated and brought into this, so might be sent questionnaires and interviewed themselves. also, aside from that update, we are told in no case has the threshold been met for a fixed penalty notice to be issued by the met as a result of their investigations so far. that's not to say it won't happen at some point in the future in one or more, perhaps many more, cases, but, so far, given

the questionnaire answers people have submitted, given the evidence passed to the metropolitan police, and given the nature of the evidence they've gathered from interviews, so far nobody is going to be getting a fixed penalty notice and having to pay a fine. but it's a demonstration of the continuing nature of the police investigation into what has become known, of course, as partygate. become known, of course, as partygate— become known, of course, as partygate. become known, of course, as pa ate. . , . g , partygate. thanks very much. just sta in: on partygate. thanks very much. just staying on domestic _ partygate. thanks very much. just staying on domestic politics. - partygate. thanks very much. just staying on domestic politics. an . staying on domestic politics. an interesting line coming out of that opposition day notion on p&0 ferries which has been taking place in the house of commons this afternoon. grant chaps has said he is going to be contacting p&0 grant chaps has said he is going to be contacting p80 and will tell them if they aren't going to be employing british people on their fleet then they should not be using tag lines like time to make the spirit of

britain. i'm not sure he has the power to do that but he's going to tell them they should rename their ships. 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. dominic casciani is our home and legal correspondent — and we spoke to him about how extensive mr ali's preparations seem to have been... 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 alleged preparation and plans and 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 mps. among these are the conservative mp for finchley and golder�*s green, it was said in court today that he visited the constituency surgery of this mp a month before the attack on sir david, but he was recognised. but also that he carried out allegedly six trips to the home of michael gove, the cabinet minister, to examine whether 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 found 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 surgery, 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 quite horrifying, the nature of this attack. there's this remarkable moment where a 999 call is made and two pcs turn up, ryan curtis and scott james and these two officers were outside

the church wearing plain clothes, all they've got —— the church wearing plain clothes, all they've got is a baton 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 see 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. 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. peter 0penshaw is a professor of experimental medicine at imperial college london. i spoke to him earlier. this was predictable- — i spoke to him earlier. this was predictable. we _ i spoke to him earlier. this was predictable. we knew - i spoke to him earlier. this was predictable. we knew this - i spoke to him earlier. this was | predictable. we knew this might happen with a very transmissible variant of the vibrance transmitting at very high levels at a time when the public were getting the message that, actually, covid was over. i think that was a mistake really to think that was a mistake really to think we could just sort of switch off the public health measures, which were so effective at preventing spread. which were so effective at ”reventin sread. , . . , . preventing spread. physicians and atients preventing spread. physicians and patients have _ preventing spread. physicians and patients have to _ preventing spread. physicians and patients have to live _ preventing spread. physicians and patients have to live with - preventing spread. physicians and patients have to live with the - patients have to live with the consequences of those decisions we made. governmentaland consequences of those decisions we made. governmental and our own behaviour. because let's be honest we made a lot of choices about how we made a lot of choices about how we might behave and that may have increased the infection rate. there are some details that are confusing to some people. one is that across the board of the rates seemed to be

managed as possibly the way to put it rather than improved. but then you have this group in hospital. and the numbers in particular in scotland appear to be proportionately worse than other parts of the uk. do we have any idea why that is? i parts of the uk. do we have any idea why that is?— why that is? i think it does partly de-end why that is? i think it does partly depend on _ why that is? i think it does partly depend on what _ why that is? i think it does partly depend on what sort _ why that is? i think it does partly depend on what sort of _ why that is? i think it does partly depend on what sort of public - why that is? i think it does partly . depend on what sort of public health messages are being put out. and it depends very much on how people are behaving, whether people are prepared to adopt some public health measures, and i think very important thing to recognise is that public health isn't a thing you switch off or on. there are a number of measures that can be introduced. we don't have to be in full lockdown or not, we can have sensible measures that can prevent spread. in not, we can have sensible measures that can prevent spread.— that can prevent spread. in terms of the booster— that can prevent spread. in terms of the boosterjab, _ that can prevent spread. in terms of the boosterjab, we _ that can prevent spread. in terms of the boosterjab, we were _ that can prevent spread. in terms of the boosterjab, we were told - that can prevent spread. in terms of the boosterjab, we were told backi the boosterjab, we were told back in the autumn at the time of the first booster that this would increase the effectiveness of the

first two jabs many adults have had. what does this boost to do? is it effectively doing the same job? are we just effectively doing the same job? are wejust dealing effectively doing the same job? are we just dealing with a slight fall in protection that was inevitable when the boosters' effectiveness started waning, that the underlying protection is still there? absolutely. these 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 to spend, the national spend on vaccines, it is minuscule compared to the other measures. we now need to bolster the immune protection in those in whom it has been drifting downwards because they were the first to receive the so—called third dose boosterjab, because that will, by now, the many months ago in this particularly vulnerable older adult group.

back to the war in ukraine. winning the battle for the city of mariupol would be seen as a success for russia, giving it much control —— much of the control of the southern part of the country. 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 the lightning strikes to take key cities but instead they met fierce resistance than they expected and that strategy effectively failed. what has happened since then? if we look at the capital kyiv, they've been trying to encircle the city, but they've not manage that entirely. it doesn't look like they've got the combat power to go in and take the heavily defended capitol 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've made more progress here. we've heard a lot in recent days about mariupol. we can see the strategic importance of that city because it would allow the russians to connect up some of 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 you 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 drive then 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. 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, and all that points to is potentially a long haul and many casualties, including civilian casualties.— casualties. our security correspondent - casualties. our security correspondent there. . casualties. our security l correspondent there. you casualties. our security - correspondent there. you can's defence minister who is in london today 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. 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 we greatly appreciate that britain was the _ we greatly appreciate that britain was the first to provide us with serious — was the first to provide us with serious weapons that have increased our defence — serious weapons that have increased our defence capabilities. your role is special and your courage and spirit are in stark contrast to the pacivity 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 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.

that is the defence minister of ukraine. russian troops have dispersed a demonstration in a city they occupy in the south of the country, firing on protesters. we can take a look. it looks like that might be tear gas fired. the footage shows people running and the sound of automatic gunfire. some say it's done —— some say stun grenades were launched. we are about to enter the curfew in the capital kyiv as the sun sets over the ukrainian capital. rob lee is next marine and a senior fellow at the research institute. hejoins us now. first of all, let me ask you about the attempts russia is making

to establish some permanent ground presence to link up all of the different bits in the south and the east, both crimea, which was annexed eight years ago, but also those self—declared republics. how is it progress in? == self-declared republics. how is it progress in?— self-declared republics. how is it roress in? ,., ,, ,, ., progress in? -- progressing. russia has made some _ progress in? -- progressing. russia has made some efforts _ progress in? -- progressing. russia has made some efforts to _ progress in? -- progressing. russia has made some efforts to install - has made some efforts to install governments. not clear if that is a long—term or short—term plan. but looking at the overall invasion, the southis looking at the overall invasion, the south is where they are having the most success, they're having some success breaking up some areas. but this is definitely the area where we should be looking over the next couple of weeks. in should be looking over the next couple of weeks.— should be looking over the next couple of weeks. in terms of what is ha enin: couple of weeks. in terms of what is happening in — couple of weeks. in terms of what is happening in mariupol, _ couple of weeks. in terms of what is happening in mariupol, the - couple of weeks. in terms of what is happening in mariupol, the city - happening in mariupol, the city itself and the region around the

city, how intensive does the operation have to be if it is finally going to get control? it seems to be starving them into submission, that is presumably some of the plan rather than using bombardment?— of the plan rather than using bombardment? ukrainians are demonstrating base, - bombardment? ukrainians are demonstrating base, it - bombardment? ukrainians are demonstrating base, it will. bombardment? ukrainians are demonstrating base, it will be| bombardment? ukrainians are - demonstrating base, it will be very intense destructive and terrible and that's exactly what we're seeing we are seeing what a battle would be look like that would be very baby and take a long time and that is not surprising but at this point it would be a source of momentum and they can achieve success at base and you will see resistance that they would take and overcome their resistance so it would be significant for them for a few reasons. ~ ., , , ., reasons. we are 'ust getting some breakin: reasons. we are 'ust getting some breaking news — reasons. we are just getting some breaking news from _ reasons. we are just getting some breaking news from the _ reasons. we are just getting some breaking news from the governor. reasons. we are just getting some l breaking news from the governor of

that region saying that bus is a fact have been hit by shutting on monday and the reports that for children have been wounded. those remarks attributed to the by the reuters news agency and still has some generalists on it provided a way of getting people out of my during this piece of fatigue —— brief opportunities and people were able to move. yes. fatigue -- brief opportunities and people were able to move.- people were able to move. yes, i think right _ people were able to move. yes, i think right now— people were able to move. yes, i think right now we're _ people were able to move. yes, i think right now we're looking - people were able to move. yes, i think right now we're looking at l people were able to move. yes, i l think right now we're looking at bat with you is one area to look at. presumably if relations take mariupol but use the forces there and try to move to the north and circle ukrainian forces and are basically in the area around dundas has been there for the last seven, eight years and that's one area to look at the obviously question

foresees a week or two ago quite notable event in the power but they have progressed since then but it may be in your area of direction of advance over the next week or so if they could take mariupol and have more forces available. can they could take mariupol and have more forces available.— they could take mariupol and have more forces available. can i ask you about one other— more forces available. can i ask you about one other place, _ more forces available. can i ask you about one other place, if _ more forces available. can i ask you about one other place, if in - more forces available. can i ask you about one other place, if in part - more forces available. can i ask you about one other place, if in part of. about one other place, if in part of the country, but the russians live as they have with kyiv have been trying, they don't yet seem to have been successful so far. but why does that matter strategically? that part of ukraine? if that matter strategically? that part of ukraine? , ., ., ., ,, of ukraine? if they want to take odesa, they _ of ukraine? if they want to take odesa, they it's _ of ukraine? if they want to take odesa, they it's not _ of ukraine? if they want to take odesa, they it's not clear- of ukraine? if they want to take odesa, they it's not clear how l of ukraine? if they want to take - odesa, they it's not clear how much 0desa, they it's not clear how much the voices are now available and making a lot of them could be on the ground but to do a landing you need to have certain kind of preconditions met and they have not met those preconditions and it would be very risky at this point. it's on

the coast of east of 0desa and we saw in the last two weeks will ukrainian forces have been doing a successful job ukrainian forces have been doing a successfuljob training and it appears at this point where she decided it's too much to go for all these places and it appears as though they're trying to focus on mariupol at the moment and this will be something they look at in the future if they still have the forces and be able to do so.— future if they still have the forces and be able to do so. thank you very much. and be able to do so. thank you very much- that — and be able to do so. thank you very much. that worries _ and be able to do so. thank you very much. that worries you. _ and be able to do so. thank you very much. that worries you. he - and be able to do so. thank you very much. that worries you. he might i much. that worries you. he might change his mind. at least all the good luck must be good news for sports. we will start with football.

they have also withdrawn from england's 90s with switzerland and the ivory coast. they are replaced by sam johnson and west bromwich and aston villa striker ali watkins. there are new beads coming in late friday to take over at chelsea two days after the deadline to buy the club. the global investment firm which oversees £29 billion of assets and features several chelsea season—ticket holders confirm their offer seeing it once to maintain and support existing management to ensure chelsea's continued success. the former a supporting a group which wants to buy 10% of the club initiates held accountable by fans. richard has left his position of head coach of the raynaud's. they have won once in their opening six games. he took over in 2019. he led them to the 2020 challenge cup. their first trophy since 2017. the

assistant coach will take interim charge for the challenge cup tie against castleberry. women have been given a boost at the cricket world cup in new zealand. pakistan beat west indies by eight wickets for their first victory west indies by eight wickets for theirfirst victory in west indies by eight wickets for their first victory in a women's world cup in 13 years. that way means the england side who are the defending champions can earn victory in their two remaining games and likely to finish above west indies and qualify for the semis because of and qualify for the semis because of a superior run rates. the draw for the semifinals of the women's fa cup takes place in an hour. breaking on bbc news. they like will be conducting the drawing of a sports day programmes. shejoins me now. thanks for coming on. in terms of the matches over the weekend we saw them through and less time scraping by against ipswich. which of the games caught your eye? manchester ci and games caught your eye? manchester city and everything — games caught your eye? manchester city and everything was _ games caught your eye? manchester city and everything was a _

games caught your eye? manchester city and everything was a tie - games caught your eye? manchester city and everything was a tie so - city and everything was a tie so obviously convincing by city and they were attempting to beef and obviously chelsea have done quite strong showing five goals past birmingham but i snow had easier ties with a good win for them but it was less time 1—0 scoring for arsenal and getting some good gametime coming on and it started for chelsea but it gets two goals in this game chelsea and caroline scoring another one that she was putting them away regularly. and the former arsenal player lisa evans caught the one goal the last time i get ipswich. it caught the one goal the last time i get ipswich-_ get ipswich. it says looking ahead to the final, _ get ipswich. it says looking ahead to the final. i _ get ipswich. it says looking ahead to the final, i snow _ get ipswich. it says looking ahead to the final, i snow in _ get ipswich. it says looking ahead to the final, i snow in chelsea - get ipswich. it says looking ahead to the final, i snow in chelsea for| to the final, i snow in chelsea for two teams who contested the final last year. would you expect them to be contesting it this year again? it depends on the draw. and who negligently one team possibly will have an easier time in less time who

have an easier time in less time who have in the wsf and manchester city have in the wsf and manchester city have tried to write that position but especially near the is on the 15th of may and all the teams will be dying to get there. he was preceded ago in the final and 51 on that occasion and the current holdings are in the final last year with a record 1a times themselves so it's a lot to do but i went to the final in december it was a delay final in december it was a delay final and it's a great occasion to go with yourfamily final and it's a great occasion to go with your family and get if he gets it's a big weekend of fa cup final because the men will be paid the day before at wembley sent a special occasion when i played in it and the fact that it's not wimpy and it gives it back for speech but it's a showcase of the women's game and it stays it's the one game that is a player you get the extra coverage and fear around the fa cup final and it's a special day. not so much if

you lose but to be there and remember it and give your fans the chance to get there and support you and it's a great day and a great occasion. . ~ and it's a great day and a great occasion. ., ,, , ., , . occasion. thank you very much. remember— occasion. thank you very much. remember to — occasion. thank you very much. remember to catch _ occasion. thank you very much. remember to catch your - occasion. thank you very much. j remember to catch your alarms occasion. thank you very much. - remember to catch your alarms for it coming up very soon. it will happen before you know it. have a good evening. now some breaking news. bowling put out its first statements on the plane crash which happened in china. it says it's thoughts are with the passengers and crew of china eastern airlines flight and working with our customers and are ready to support them. bowling is in contact with customers with a us national transportation safety board which is

the regulator for b which transportation safety board which is the regulatorfor b which is transportation safety board which is the regulator for b which is a company and our technical experts are prepared to assist in the investigation which created being led by december eight —— aviation at the initiation of china. that is boeing's reaction. 132 people are missing and believed that after their plane plummeted to the ground above this bamboo forest in this region of the country. no survivors reported. the policing minister has described a report on how a 15 year old black teenager who was wrongly suspected of carrying drugs and deeply concerning". he was responding to an urgent question about the case of child 0 in parliament. the met apologised after a report found the search of the pupil was unjustified and racism was "likely" to have been a factor. here's what kit malthouse had to say.

this experience would have been traumatic for the child involved the impact on her welfare should not be underestimated. the government and the public rightly expects the highest standards from our police officers. and ability of police to do to perform their core function is dependent on their capacity to secure and maintain their confidence and support of the public for their actions. while the next button please have apologised for their actions i recognised this should never have happened, therefore it's culture has again come under scrutiny. members of the public must be treated fairly and without prejudice no matter their race, age, or background. strip search is one of the most interested powers available to the police. and law is very clear that the use of police powers for search must be fair, respectful and without unlawful discrimination. and he is a strip search should be carried out in accordance with the law and with full regard to the welfare and dignity of the individual being searched particularly if that individual is a child. the independent police watchdog has opened a report in to the case. and labour's shadow policing minister — sarahjones —

called for clearer guidance for officers. i think everyone will agree that this chipset should not have happened. everyone will want to say sorry to child cue and everyone would agree that something went terribly wrong. what is so shocking is that the existing guidance and the existing training was so insufficient, so broad perhaps, so they ate, he did not prevent a strip search of a child who supposedly smelled of candidates from happening in this way. i have read the college of policing guidance and pace on strip searches, they are not clear enough. is the minister already working on new guidance? and given that the net and hma fee saying that the smell of cannabis is not good grounds for a normal stop in search of an adult, the limit is to confirm that the circumstances described in this review should never have happened and that the new guidance will be clear on this point?

labour has accused the government of knowing ahead of time that p&0 were planning to sack 800 workers. shadow transport secretary louise haigh said a memo had been circulated in government which showed they eraware of p80 ferries' "game plan" to sack 800 staff before workers were told. but the transport secretary grant shapps said he did not see the memo. this is what louise haigh had to say. we now know that government had the opportunity to stop this before it happened. they knew before the workers themselves what p and 0 had planned. because, i can from the house that i have come into possession of a memo that was circulated to the transport secretary, his private office, and the untold 10 downing street for

the benefit of members and happy to launch this in the library and of the house of commons. his memo was no bait outlined. it was the game plan of p and 0. i can appeal to the house not only makes clear that the government was made aware that 800 seafarers wear it to be let go, it explicitly endorses this thuggish fire and rehire tactics that p and 0 had clearly discussed with the department head of thursday. grant shapps was critical of the shipping company in his comments in the commons. 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 unregulated's questioned the first i heard about it was at 8:30pm, not through the memo which i did not see but instead through the communication with my private office to indicate that p and 0 would be making redundancies the next day. people can no longer buy free—range eggs in the uk due to the length of time hens have been kept indoors following outbreaks of bird flu. the eggs in shops will be labelled as "barn eggs" due to birds being kept inside for more than 16 weeks. the country is experiencing its largest ever outbreak of avian influenza and measures are in place to prevent the virus from spreading. the headlines on bbc news: 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. in china, it's feared there are no survivors after a passenger plane — with 132 people on board — crashes in a remote mountainous area detectives investigating whether lockdown laws were broken at parties and gatherings in downing street are now interviewing key witnesses. the metropolitan police say more than 100 questionnaires have been sent out so far. we are 48 hours from the chancellor giving his statement. millions are facing rises in energy bills and the price of petrol and diesel is on the rise and the bank of england is warning information in a 7% this year. food clubs are becoming increasingly popular. every week the lines get longer for the bread and

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and have a chat and him at. it's got to be a good thing.— to be a good thing. the bread and butter thing has _ to be a good thing. the bread and butter thing has doubled - to be a good thing. the bread and butter thing has doubled in i to be a good thing. the bread and butter thing has doubled in size . to be a good thing. the bread and i butter thing has doubled in size the start of the pandemic. serving thousands of families and opening hubs in school and community centres across the north of england and as prices continue to rise, the increasing number of people are turning to schemes like this to put food on the table. this week could be incredibly important for girls in afghanistan. the taliban's ban on their secondary school education is due to be lifted, with girls returning to classes on wednesday. but not all girls are convinced the extremist group will fully live up to their promises. over the past few months, the bbc�*s firouzeh akbarian has been following three pupils to find out how the ban has affected them. what a difference a year can make. a busy girls' school now turned into empty classes

after the taliban took power. this past seven months without school has been devastating for some girls. hawa is 13. she lives in the capital, kabul. seven months ago, around ten million students attended classes, including four million girls.

one of them, anusha sharifi, age 15. she lives in the remote province of ghor. she wants to become a journalist. the taliban have pledged that all girls will return to school from the next educational year on march 21st. they said boys will have male teachers and girls will be taught by female or elderly male teachers. in separate schools. but the girls we've spoken to are not convinced. they think the school they once knew will change forever.

sanaz wants to become a designer in the future. this year will be the last chapter of her school life. for her, the taliban's reform of the educational system is limiting. in the �*90s, when the taliban were last in power, girls were banned from schools for five years. now, female students fear that history might repeat itself. firouzeh akbarian, bbc news. 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. 0ur 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 24 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 ina in a moment we will be joining you for the six o'clock news. it's been wanted to show us across the mustang areas. some crowd at the majority with plenty of sunshine. that's how it will remain for the rest of this week. high—pressure and dry friends of sunshine. some showers as possible. you will notice it will be warmer during warmer air up from spain, france and a bit more moisture so he could see some showers pushing up from the south into england and wales during the overnight period. cloud further north with the showers. places procedure stay dry with grey skies but with a milder air moving up from the south the spaces will be milder than what it's been over the last few nights and quite chilly across

eastern scotland so mist and fog patches around. that's how we begin today tuesday. mist and fog patches dry, sunny day, one day in the temperatures could spark a heavy showers and wales and midlands north though most of southern england to stay dry. in mid to upper teens celsius for most of the afternoon we can see 19 or 20 in the southeast. and will be light but fresh across the southwest towards northern ireland and interest in scotland. tuesday night mostly dry with class felt mist and fog patches developing. wikipedia showers across eastern areas in the spaces will be dry and temperatures ranging from three to six celsius. we start wednesday morning dry sunshine with early mist and fog which will turn melting away. wednesday afternoon chance of seeing showers develop across most eastern parts of england and scotland. some temperatures high teens from any and we could see 20

or 21 degrees in the warm spots. that's the wednesday out of the way. high pressure will continue to dominate the scene thursday, friday and it's drifting towards the last time —— passes to the left could allow more northeastern to develop that could bring cool air down to our shores and more crowded around as well. it will stay warm with plenty of sunshine thursday and friday but into the weekend temperatures coming down more crowded.

today at six, the british—iranian woman released in tehran last week says the uk government took far too long to get her freed. nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe spoke at westminster today. she'd spent nearly six years in detention in iran until her release last week. how many foreign secretaries does it take for someone to come home? five? it should have been one of them eventually. so now, here we are. what's happened now should have happened six years ago. we'll have details of today's appearance, and we'll also have the latest on the conflict in ukraine. in the capital kyiv, more loss of life as the russians shell a residential area and a shopping centre. and from the devastated southern city of mariupol, families continue to flee — we report on their plight. nearly everyone who leaves mariupol

in cars packed with families arrives here with absolutely nothing at all.