hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. ukraine rejects russia's demand it gives up the city of mariupol, saying there is "no question of any surrender." one local official calls the situation there hell on earth. some have been lucky enough to escape the beseiged city — we report on theirjourney. nearly everyone who leaves mariupol in cars packed with family arrive here with absolutely nothing at all. huge explosions in the capital kyiv — including a direct hit — on a shopping center. one other headline — nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe — who was freed after being detained

in iran for six years — speaks about her release. 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 and getting to know them better. we begin in the southern city of mariupol — where ukraine has rejected a russian demand for fightes to —— where ukraine has rejected a russian demand for fighters to give up their weapons. ukraine said �*there can be no question of any surrender.�* mariupol has been excluded from a list of humanitarian corridors that russia agreed to. it isa it is a key port city. it is in the south of ukraine. russia has been trying to take it ever since this war began. it has been besieged for

over two weeks. there is no power or clean water and food is also running low. it's estimated tens of thousands of civilians are trapped there, and this is one of them. translation: we've been in a basement _ translation: we've been in a basement. we've _ translation: we've been in a basement. we've been - translation: we've been in a| basement. we've been counting translation: we've been in a - basement. we've been counting every day of this war. we've been hoping 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 out a fire. for now we have food and firewood but in a week we'll have nothing. no food at all. our correspondent wyre davies has been speaking to families who have escaped mariupol — and reached the city of dnipro. in recent days we've seen how cruel this conflict is. especially for children. but there is just occasionally kindness and humanity too. this community run centre in the central city of dnipro is the first point of safety and refuge for many victims

of the war from across eastern ukraine, including mariupol. the city they left behind is in ruins. barely a building is left unscathed by russian shelling, and according to the city council 3000 civilians have been killed. many of them lie where they fell, others are hastily buried by neighbours. a russian—imposed deadline for mariupol�*s defenders to surrender was ignored. so the shelling continues. some residents stay in makeshift shelters. those who can flee north. nearly everyone who leaves mariupol in cars packed with families arrives here with absolutely nothing at all. and it is to places like this they come, waiting patiently for the very basics, food, clothes, and medicines. children get hand—me—down toys. their mothers, the bare essentials. here they avoid talking too much about what people have gone through. it's too soon. it's also an effort dealing

with so many desperate cases. translation: everything - that is brought here isn't funded by large corporations or budgets, it's from local people, and some from charities, but you can see how many people there are and what we have just isn't sufficient. in what was a school canteen, volunteers package up basic food parcels that will keep refugee families fed for a few days. for schoolteacher vadim it is his civic duty to be helping out. because i'm ukrainian, i must do what i can. this is myjob now. this is my front now. and if i can help people i must do it. some will stay in dnipro. for others it's the start of a long journey. as they escape to mariupol, some were told by russian soldiers —— as they escaped mariupol, some were told by russian soldiers to keep going as this city too would soon be under attack.

we were driving out underfire, says olga. shells were exploding. they were bombing us and there were dead bodies everywhere. the un says there are 6.5 million displaced people inside ukraine alone. the city and this community are doing their part to make that transition less traumatic. wyre davies — bbc news — dnipro. we know that heavy fighting in mariupol has now reached the city centre. authorities say at least 2,500 people have been killed there. the true figure may be even higher. it's estimated 90% of the city's buildings have been damaged or destroyed. this is a ukrainian mp, originally from mariupol. life conditions are totally medieval. as before, we don't have heating, electricity, gas, water. out of drinking water and out of food now. we clearly see that the

goal and idea of vladimir putin on mariupol is to force hunger. it's terrible. ukraine's defence minister has praised the resistance in mariupol, saying "by virtue of their dedication and superhuman courage, tens of thousands of lives throughout ukraine were saved. today mariupol is saving kyiv, dnipro and odesa. russia denies targeting civilians — though it has attacked numerous targets where civilians would be. instead it blames ukraine for the situation mariupol. here's the kremlin�*s spokesperson. humanitarian corridors are being organised. all the claims that russia's surrounding cities are not allowing people to leave our lives, as you can understand, it is absolute lives. our military forces are providing humanitarian corridors but people can't use them because those nationalists don't let them. in the capital, kyiv, a new curfew has just come into effect. it'll last until wednesday morning.

russian troops are on the outskirts of kyiv but the city itself is very much in ukrainian control. it has been hit by sustained russian air strikes. these drone pictures show a shopping mall that was hit by a powerful blast last night. this is a ukrainian mp based in kyiv describing conditions there. the place that was hit wasn't a military base of any kind. the other places, specifically residential buildings that were hit in the past couple of days, were far away from any sort of military installation. of course there are military installations around the city. the whole city has turned into a fortress. we have barricades all around town. however, these shelling

is have been specifically targeting residential areas. this is obviously the tactics they pursue now here and all around town. that the tactics they pursue now here and all around town.— the tactics they pursue now here and all around town. that is one mp. and this is the mayor, _ all around town. that is one mp. and this is the mayor, vitali _ all around town. that is one mp. and this is the mayor, vitali klitschko. i this is the mayor, vitali klitschko. ii this is the mayor, vitali klitschko. 11 schools now. five kindergartens destroyed. it is a war against civilians. it is a war against ukraine. it is a drama for ukraine and it is a drama for whole of europe. officials in the port city of odesa say russian warships have bombarded some residential buildings on the city's outskirts. it's the first time buildings have been hit there. these pictures show firefighters dealing with the aftermath of that attack. odesa controls access to the black sea — so it's an important strategic target. let's hear from a former

uk army commander. we are going to see the military in debt. they will hit supply lines and air bases as well as the forces doing the fighting. then they will pound away at cities and territory they feel they need to own. i should now begin to turn to odesa because thatis now begin to turn to odesa because that is logically the next place to go in the south, and there seems to be more ships in the black sea pointing at it. the next big strategic prize could be odesa because that would isolate ukraine's economy from the black sea. let's turn to the port city of kherson — the first city to fall under russian control. but resistance there continues. this shows more protests against russia's occupation. some were confronting russian trucks in the city centre. and later — as you can see from this footage, you can see gunfire used at that protest.

plenty more on the situation in ukraine across the hour, including speaking to lyse doucet lie. now, today's other stories. here is the story of the press conference of nazanin�*s return. for six long years she was silenced. her husband spoke for her, went on hunger strike for her, but today at last nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe got to have her say. she began with some important thank youse. my say. she began with some important thank arouse-— say. she began with some important thank ouse. g . . , ., thank youse. my amazing husband who has been tirelessly _ thank youse. my amazing husband who has been tirelessly campaigning - thank youse. my amazing husband who has been tirelessly campaigning for- has been tirelessly campaigning for me. nazanin flew home in the early hours of thursday morning along with another british national,

anoosheh ashoori, after the uk paid a long overdue military debt. but she was not keen to give the government any credit today. 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 will get you home. that never happened, so there was a time that i felt like i am not going to trust you because i have been told many times that i will be taken home but that never happens. 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 has happened now should have happened six years ago. i always felt like i am holding this black hole in my heart all these years, but i am just going to leave that black hole on the plane when the plane leaves. i am not going to live for the rest of my life with a grudge

over the past six years. can i ask how you felt as you walked down the steps of that plane at brize norton? is it too early to say what the future now holds? it is very early to think what is going to happen next. that moment was precious. i had been waiting for that moment for such a long time and i was overwhelmed, specifically to get to know gabriella and richard after such a long time. it was a very, very emotional moment. but i don't know, we will see what happens in the future, it is too early for me to think about that. i am just enjoying it. it is very difficult for me to talk about what i have gone through and i would rather not answer the question. this moment isjust coming back home and just enjoying it. it will always haunt me, there is no other way round it.

at nazanin�*s request, the daughter of the british—born iranian was there as well. moran tahbaz is a 66—year—old wildlife conservationist serving a ten—year term and they thought he was part of the deal that brought nazanin home. she made a direct appeal to the government. to the prime minister and the foreign secretary, we beg you to please stand by your word and bring back both my parents, my father and my mother. i believe the meaning of freedom is never going to be complete until such time all of us who are unjustly detained in iran are reunited, our families. her own family will, she made clear, keep her grounded. gabriella told me on the phone one day, mummy, you do realise you are very famous and then it is me and then it is daddy. fine. i said, ok, it is not good to be famous because you want to have a normal life. she was like, you will not be famous for ever, maximum a week. so we have been bracing ourselves for a week of fame and then

we will have a normal family. and with that she was off, to get on with her normal life. we can speak to roxanne who we saw in that report. thanks for speaking to us. i'm sure you have profoundly mixed emotions at the moment. you will be relieved nazanin is home but your father isn't. tell us about the situation he is in. he your father isn't. tell us about the situation he is in.— situation he is in. he is currently in prison- _ situation he is in. he is currently in prison- he _ situation he is in. he is currently in prison. he engaged _ situation he is in. he is currently in prison. he engaged in - situation he is in. he is currently in prison. he engaged in a - situation he is in. he is currently. in prison. he engaged in a hunger strike in protest to how he has been treated, and the fact he has been left behind as of yesterday afternoon, and i think his spirits are in quite a state of disarray given the disappointment. what are in quite a state of disarray given the disappointment. what do ou given the disappointment. what do you understand _ given the disappointment. what do you understand about _ given the disappointment. what do you understand about what's - given the disappointment. what do - you understand about what's happened in the last few days that led us to think he would be released but then that wasn't the case. it

think he would be released but then that wasn't the case.— that wasn't the case. it happened cuite that wasn't the case. it happened quite quickly- _ that wasn't the case. it happened quite quickly. we _ that wasn't the case. it happened quite quickly. we were _ that wasn't the case. it happened quite quickly. we were told - that wasn't the case. it happened quite quickly. we were told he i that wasn't the case. it happened l quite quickly. we were told he was part of the deal to bring all three home. that changed quite close to the date at which the other two were returned home. it became a case of him being on a thurlow and my mum's passport being released back to her so she could travel, and neither has since been upheld as my mum is still on a travel ban and my father is in prison yet again. on a travel ban and my father is in prison yet again-— prison yet again. when you talk to the british foreign _ prison yet again. when you talk to the british foreign office - prison yet again. when you talk to the british foreign office about i the british foreign office about that turn of events, where they are surprised as you were. i that turn of events, where they are surprised as you were.— that turn of events, where they are surprised as you were. i haven't had direct communication _ surprised as you were. i haven't had direct communication with _ surprised as you were. i haven't had direct communication with them. i surprised as you were. i haven't had | direct communication with them. we have been getting updates to other members of the familyjust have been getting updates to other members of the family just to have been getting updates to other members of the familyjust to say they are working very hard and they will give us update as and when they are available. pare will give us update as and when they are available-— are available. are you able to speak to our are available. are you able to speak to your dad — are available. are you able to speak to your dad while _ are available. are you able to speak to your dad while he _ are available. are you able to speak to your dad while he is _ are available. are you able to speak to your dad while he is going -

to your dad while he is going through this? is to your dad while he is going through this?— to your dad while he is going throu~h this? , , ., . , through this? is sadly not directly. we've been _ through this? is sadly not directly. we've been lucky _ through this? is sadly not directly. we've been lucky that _ through this? is sadly not directly. we've been lucky that on - through this? is sadly not directly. we've been lucky that on occasion| through this? is sadly not directly. i we've been lucky that on occasion we have had sporadic contact through my mother who gets to have contact. again, quite intermittently, but she will occasionally put him on speaker phone so we can hear his voice and be with him in that way at the very least. in be with him in that way at the very least. , ., ., . ., be with him in that way at the very least. , ., ., u, , ., least. in terms of what can be done now, he's least. in terms of what can be done now. he's trying — least. in terms of what can be done now. he's trying to _ least. in terms of what can be done now, he's trying to apply _ least. in terms of what can be done now, he's trying to apply pressure i now, he's trying to apply pressure ijy now, he's trying to apply pressure by taking this extreme measure of going onto a hunger strike, but beyond what he can do individually what can the british government do, do you think, to shift the iranian position on this? figs do you think, to shift the iranian position on this? first do you think, to shift the iranian position on this?— position on this? as i am not a politician _ position on this? as i am not a politician i'm — position on this? as i am not a politician i'm not _ position on this? as i am not a politician i'm not really - position on this? as i am not a politician i'm not really in i position on this? as i am not a politician i'm not really in a i politician i'm not really in a position to give advice on what can be done. all we can ask is they keep their promise and they upheld the side of the deal they expressed to us and get him his unrestricted fellow and to get my mum off the travel ban as a starting point.

hopefully those would be the first steps to hopefully bring him back home to us, to his family. [30 steps to hopefully bring him back home to us, to his family. do you know how — home to us, to his family. do you know how his _ home to us, to his family. do you know how his health _ home to us, to his family. do you know how his health is? - home to us, to his family. do you know how his health is? i - home to us, to his family. do you i know how his health is? i understand he has had covid a couple of times and has received treatment for other health issues. his and has received treatment for other health issues-— health issues. his health has been a oint of health issues. his health has been a point of concern _ health issues. his health has been a point of concern consistently. i health issues. his health has been a point of concern consistently. he i point of concern consistently. he received cancer treatment prior to being detained, which did require some regular monitoring and further treatments to avoid any further health complications for him, but sadly that hasn't been the case, so we do hope to get him home as soon as possible. did we do hope to get him home as soon as possible-— as possible. did you have a chance to seak as possible. did you have a chance to speak to — as possible. did you have a chance to speak to richard _ as possible. did you have a chance to speak to richard radcliffe i as possible. did you have a chance to speak to richard radcliffe and l to speak to richard radcliffe and nazanin about the situation? yes. nazanin about the situation? yes, the 've nazanin about the situation? yes, they've been _ nazanin about the situation? yes, they've been wonderful. - nazanin about the situation? 1a: they've been wonderful. they've been so supportive and kind and they were very generous to share their moment with us because they were celebrating such a wonderful

occasion. but we are where they were not that long ago. they insisted that we keep the pressure on and keep raising his name and hopefully he won't be forgotten in a second time round. he won't be forgotten in a second time round-— he won't be forgotten in a second time round. ., ., , , ., ~ ., time round. thanks for speaking to us at such a _ time round. thanks for speaking to us at such a difficult _ time round. thanks for speaking to us at such a difficult time. - time round. thanks for speaking to us at such a difficult time. we i us at such a difficult time. we really appreciate it.— us at such a difficult time. we really appreciate it. lets turn back to the war in ukraine. ukraine is rejecting russia's demand it gives up the city of mariupol. here is the ukrainian president. translation: ~ ., ., ., translation: we have an ultimatum. here are the — translation: we have an ultimatum. here are the points, _ translation: we have an ultimatum. here are the points, they _ translation: we have an ultimatum. here are the points, they say, - translation: we have an ultimatum. here are the points, they say, you i here are the points, they say, you will fulfil them, and then we will end the war. it is incorrect. it will lead to nowhere. this question doesn't concern me alone because the fact is that the people in government are united. you cannot do it with ultimatums. ultimatums won't

be fulfilled by ukraine. we just cannot execute it physically. we have lost our people. how can we do it? all of us must be destroyed, then their ultimatum will be automatically executed. lets speak, as we often — automatically executed. lets speak, as we often do _ automatically executed. lets speak, as we often do at _ automatically executed. lets speak, as we often do at this _ automatically executed. lets speak, as we often do at this time, - automatically executed. lets speak, as we often do at this time, our i as we often do at this time, our correspondent lyse doucet who is live with us from kyiv. thanks for joining us as ever. what you make of this russian demand but also the ukrainian response to it today? hat ukrainian response to it today? ijrrt surprising. russia having got its troops to the centre of mariupol, what is left of it, after fighting for three weeks and still unable to capture the city gave as the ukrainian president said an ultimatum. there it was in black and white what we call the policy of trying to starve a city into submission. not only did the statement from moscow say that your

forces and residents must leave by dawn, it says if you do by 12 o'clock a humanitarian convoy, the same one that has been stuck outside the city, unable to enter for the last few weeks, would enter with food and medicine and water, all of the supplies they desperately need. on top of that, the humanitarian corridor which has barely worked. it's been under incessant russian shelling, bogged down between the ukrainian and russian side. that corridor would suddenly open, as well, and the residents, starving and freezing in basements were told they could go either west towards countries like poland, romania, where ukrainians have been seeking refuge in large numbers, or go east to russia. it was swiftly rejected because there is absolutely no trust that russia would indeed provide a safe passage. the fight goes on. the resistance underground, the

resistance underground, the resistance above ground, and the resistance above ground, and the resistance in the air with the air defences. �* , ., defences. i'm interested in the idea eo - le defences. i'm interested in the idea people could _ defences. i'm interested in the idea people could be _ defences. i'm interested in the idea people could be evacuated - defences. i'm interested in the idea people could be evacuated out i defences. i'm interested in the idea people could be evacuated out of. people could be evacuated out of ukraine into russia. is that something the russians are proposing and supporting as a thought? messrs and supporting as a thought? news auen has and supporting as a thought? news agency has announced _ and supporting as a thought? tie" agency has announced that 62,000 residents of mariupol have sought refuge in russia. it is possible some may have had ties, family in russia, and wanted to cross the border, but many more, when they come out, the survivors, those lucky to get out, have spoken about being under incessant russian shelling, having been stopped on the way by russian vehicles who looked at their vehicles and documents. that men were being told to strip off. that russians were looking for tat whose. it seems unlikely, in most cases, that people of mariupol would look east, would look to russia. or it but that is what the news agency as

saying tonight. —— russians were looking for tattoos. the saying tonight. -- russians were looking for tattoos.— looking for tattoos. the situation in k iv, looking for tattoos. the situation in kyiv, everybody— looking for tattoos. the situation in kyiv, everybody has _ looking for tattoos. the situation in kyiv, everybody has seen i looking for tattoos. the situation in kyiv, everybody has seen the. in kyiv, everybody has seen the pictures of the russian attack on the shopping centre, what more do we know about the place that was hit and the russian justification for it? and the russian 'ustification for it? , ., , and the russian 'ustification for it? , and the russian 'ustification for in , and the russian 'ustification for it? , ., it? just as you asked me that auestion it? just as you asked me that question i — it? just as you asked me that question i heard _ it? just as you asked me that question i heard a _ it? just as you asked me that question i heard a crackle i it? just as you asked me that question i heard a crackle ofl question i heard a crackle of gunfire. we have been hearing gunfire, small arms fire, throughout the day. as sun set there was also heavy machine gun fire. in the broad light of day, journalists were able to go to the scene of the shopping centre, a very popular bright lights kind of shopping centre in a very hip and historic nor the neighbourhood of this capital. it is a smouldering ruin now. —— northern neighbourhood of this capital. there were claims there were military

installations nearby. what we do know is that bodies were brought out of the centre, that it is completely obliterated, and the houses and buildings nearby were also hit. it seems the most extensive damage from russian artillery fire in and around kyiv since this invasion began. i’m kyiv since this invasion began. i'm sure some — kyiv since this invasion began. i'm sure some people are wondering, as i am, you mentioned sometimes you can hear gunfire, even machine—gun fire from where you were. does that mean street fighting is going on relatively close to the centre? how do you explain the fact you can hear that? , ., ._ , ., ., that? yes, we always wonder what it is, and we that? yes, we always wonder what it is. and we are _ that? yes, we always wonder what it is, and we are usually _ that? yes, we always wonder what it is, and we are usually not _ that? yes, we always wonder what it is, and we are usually not given i that? yes, we always wonder what it is, and we are usually not given an i is, and we are usually not given an explanation. early on in this invasion when we would hear it we would wonder, well, was it the ukrainian army opening fire because they sensed a threat nearby? was it that they had discovered people they described as russian saboteurs? there was a lot of it today. so you do wonder. it doesn't seem to be an

exchange of fire. is it civilians who have taken up guns, doing it as the armed forces themselves, who is using the heavy machine—gun fire? because often under curfew, air raid sirens, or it is a crackle of gunfire and it goes, it is very difficult to understand what it is. when journalists asked on one of these whatsapp groups with the military, why is there a 35 hour curfew? they were told we won't tell you but we have reason for doing it. this is the third curfew since the invasion began. the last one, we understand, was because the ukrainians launched a counter offensive on the outskirts of the city. given the intensified military activity we've seen in the last 2a hours it does look like they have a reason to say to people, you can't come outdoors unless you have a special reason to do so and we will give you a pass. in special reason to do so and we will give you a pass-—

give you a pass. in the last minute we have, give you a pass. in the last minute we have. quickly. _ give you a pass. in the last minute we have, quickly, i— give you a pass. in the last minute we have, quickly, i was— give you a pass. in the last minute we have, quickly, i was going i give you a pass. in the last minute we have, quickly, i was going to i give you a pass. in the last minute i we have, quickly, i was going to ask about the terms of the curfew, obviously that means don't go out on the street but is there also advise that people should had to basements if possible? lats that people should had to basements if ossible? ., , ., , .,, that people should had to basements if ossible? ., , ., , ., if possible? lots of people are livin: in if possible? lots of people are living in basements, _ if possible? lots of people are i living in basements, underground stations, underground bunkers. some people see now that when the air raid siren goes off it doesn't automatically transfer into an attack right in their vicinity. so perhaps they take it less likely, but when you have a 35 hour curfew it sends a strong message. i know when i went down to the metro stations myself, i met people who have slept every single night there, but also meet people who, i'm just looking next door, the building next door is all in darkness and so is the one over they are in the bunkers. the one over they are in the bunkers-— the one over they are in the bunkers. , , . ., bunkers. lyse doucet, as ever, thanks very _ bunkers. lyse doucet, as ever, thanks very much _ bunkers. lyse doucet, as ever, thanks very much indeed, i bunkers. lyse doucet, as ever, thanks very much indeed, we l bunkers. lyse doucet, as ever, l thanks very much indeed, we will speak again tomorrow at the same

time. we will continue our coverage of the war in ukraine, you can also find more on the bbc news website. see you in a minute. it's been a fine, dry and subtle day for most. just a couple of showers over western areas, a little cloud at times with the majority seeing plenty of sunshine. it'll remain like that for the rest of the week, high—pressure dominating, has been mostly dry, and plenty of sunshine, the odd isolated shower possible. you will notice through the week it'll become warmer. we are drawing this warmer airfrom spain, france and biscay. more moisture, so we could see the odd shower pushing up from the south into england and wales during the overnight period. variable cloud further north, the odd shower as well, but a lot of places staying dry with clear skies but with a slightly milder air moving up from the south most places

will be milder compared to recent nights. it'll be quite chilly across eastern scotland and north—eastern england, so mist and fog patches around. essentially tuesday is a dry and sunny day, and warm, temperatures could spark off the odd heavy showers for wales, the midlands and northwards, though most of southern england should stay dry. mid to upper teens foremost in the afternoon. we could see up to 20 in the south—east. wind is light but also fresh across the south—west into northern ireland and western scotland. tuesday night, mostly dry, clear spells, scotland. tuesday night, mostly dry, clearspells, mist scotland. tuesday night, mostly dry, clear spells, mist and fog patches developing. could see the odd shower across eastern areas. again, most places will be dry, temperatures ranging around three to six. wednesday morning starts dry. plenty of sunshine around. early mist and fog should melt away. heading to wednesday afternoon, a chance of seeing some showers developing, mainly across eastern parts of england and scotland. look at these

temperatures, high teens for many. we could even see 20, 201 degrees in the warmest spots. that is wednesday out of the way. —— 21 degrees. high—pressure dominates the scene on thursday and friday and the weekend. it is going towards the west. as it goes to the western side of the country it can allow more north—easterly winds to develop, and that could bring some cooler air down our shores and a bit more cloud as well. it'll stay warm with plenty of sunshine for thursday and friday. into the weekend, signs of those temperatures coming down a little bit with a bit more cloud.

hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. welcome back to the newsroom. one local official called the situation had on earth, some have been able to get out and the bbc has been reporting on this journey. reporting on this 'ourney. nearly eve one reporting on this 'ourney. nearly eveenery who _ reporting on this journey. nearly everyone who leaves _ reporting on this journey. nearly everyone who leaves and - reporting on this journey. nearly everyone who leaves and cars i reporting on this journey. nearly i everyone who leaves and cars packed with families arrayed here with nothing at all.— with families arrayed here with nothin: at all. ,, ., , nothing at all. russia is continuing to attack kyiv _ nothing at all. russia is continuing to attack kyiv and _ nothing at all. russia is continuing to attack kyiv and i _ nothing at all. russia is continuing to attack kyiv and i will _ nothing at all. russia is continuing to attack kyiv and i will amend i nothing at all. russia is continuing | to attack kyiv and i will amend feed by the iranians after close to six

years in detention has spoken about her release for the first time. hagar her release for the first time. how many foreign _ her release for the first time. finn" many foreign secretary to does it take for someone to come out, five? it should have been one of them eventually so now here we are, what's happening now should have happened six years ago. let me bring you up—to—date on details coming out of washington, dc. this is coming from the white house. joe biden held a call within the leaders of france as i was mentioning the idea is to

co—ordinate their response to russia plus presentation and this comes ahead of that should to europe later this week that he will meet with nato allies and with european union leaders. the americans are saying they have been coordinating with your all along so this is a continuation of that work in a couple more details here sojoe biden on the call and chancellor of germany and the prime minister of italy and of the uk, this is what they call the readouts when you get details on the phone called brief to the press is coming from one of my colleagues in the bureau. but discussed his serious concerns about russian tactics including what they see are attacks on civilians something the russians denied that there is evidence that target their hitting very much doing include civilians and they have underscored their continued support for ukraine including security assistance what they call the brave ukrainians who are defending their country against

russian aggression and humanitarian assistance will also be offered. these will be continuations of the position and the rest is taking but they're looking to deepen the support for ukraine in the coming days. there is no shift whatsoever on the malpas on which you claim president zelensky was very much like in the west has resisted throughout this conference. here are some maps give you an idea of. the areas marked with diagonal lines for territory. the p and is very much still in ukrainian hands. the russians have not been grabbing huge amounts of territory in the last week. it is tough to get about this to understand what's happening. a a

russian analyst and washington, dc. thank you forjoining us on the bbc. either russians?— either russians? they are in large areas of the _ either russians? they are in large areas of the country _ either russians? they are in large areas of the country particularly . either russians? they are in largei areas of the country particularly in their efforts to encircle the capital of tn. russian forces both northwest and northeast of the capital have primarily gone over to the defensive in the last 72 hours and we seen them establish defensive positions in deployed troops to reinforce those positions and in some areas the play minefields which is an indicator that they are seeking to retain those positions for some time and are likely to be unable to resume later offensive operations even as the military continues to try and rush reinforcements in as far away as it's based on the pacific coast to try and reinforce these efforts. ii try and reinforce these efforts. if the russians bring those in that changes the calculation for them and in time a freighter offensive will be possible? it

in time a freighter offensive will be possible?— in time a freighter offensive will be ossible? .., ,., be possible? it could in some time but what we _ be possible? it could in some time but what we are _ be possible? it could in some time but what we are seeing _ be possible? it could in some time but what we are seeing is - be possible? it could in some time but what we are seeing is they're l but what we are seeing is they're having a lot of difficulties with integrating the learning into their existing command structures. the russian units on the ground or having severe issues with logistics and communications and high rates of desertion and already the best units had been committed to this operation and they are scraping the barrel in some respects putting these units forward and going into a conscript that's unlikely to turn the tide for the russians in the coming months. as this continues to attract these question numbers and additional supply may start to enable further drives but the war will be tracked for the coming months longer than the two week campaign in the kremlin seems to have anticipated. flan the two week campaign in the kremlin seems to have anticipated.— seems to have anticipated. can we talk about it _ seems to have anticipated. can we talk about it in _ seems to have anticipated. can we talk about it in its _ seems to have anticipated. can we talk about it in its entirety - seems to have anticipated. can we talk about it in its entirety or i seems to have anticipated. can we talk about it in its entirety or do i talk about it in its entirety or do we need to break this down into france and say the situation in the northeast or on the capital is the fate —— different to the situation

in the south? it fate -- different to the situation in the south?— fate -- different to the situation in the south? it can be to three. this situation _ in the south? it can be to three. this situation around _ in the south? it can be to three. this situation around kyiv i in the south? it can be to three. this situation around kyiv which | in the south? it can be to three. i this situation around kyiv which is stalemated going clockwise around the country you have the russian operations against the city of variable in the south which are succeeding and continuing to grind into the city centre and shelf civilian targets and third russian voices that are attempting to drive west out of the pc although those have been halted in the last several weeks. russian forces are the only ones currently making progress and loud defenders are putting up strong performances it's likely in the coming weeks preventing supplies of water and ammunition that are going to enable the russians to capture the city. to enable the russians to capture the ci . �* , ., to enable the russians to capture theci .�* , ., the city. i'm sure there are people who think this _ the city. i'm sure there are people who think this looks _ the city. i'm sure there are people who think this looks against i the city. i'm sure there are people who think this looks against the i who think this looks against the city surrounded pounded from the air

on the grounds and in the city centre suggest the russians have reached that far. why can't they not translate into taking the city as a whole? did translate into taking the city as a whole? , ~ ., ., , translate into taking the city as a whole? , ~ . ., , ., ., translate into taking the city as a whole? , ~. ., , ., ., ., ., whole? did ukrainians have had a lot of time to fortify _ whole? did ukrainians have had a lot of time to fortify the _ whole? did ukrainians have had a lot of time to fortify the city _ whole? did ukrainians have had a lot of time to fortify the city even i whole? did ukrainians have had a lot of time to fortify the city even the i of time to fortify the city even the last eight years of the warrants in 2014 the ukrainian high command has known it would be a key target in any escalation. the prices are well experienced and supplied and that of the russian forces are a mix of conventional russian units as well as their proxy from the peoples are public that are not performing very well. while the russian voices in the south are performing better than a lot of those russian voices and monkey and they are facing difficulties and the same high rate of officer casualties easy seen elsewhere including the commander of one of the key russian divisions, the 150 f that was killed by forces over the weekend so they are trying to send their estimations they bomb

civilian areas of the city into submission and force them to capitulate but it's likely going to take them some time. find capitulate but it's likely going to take them some time.— take them some time. and the russians are _ take them some time. and the russians are able _ take them some time. and the russians are able to _ take them some time. and the russians are able to carry i take them some time. and the russians are able to carry out i take them some time. and the i russians are able to carry out air strikes but equally they don't appear to have a clear run at the sky so how do you assess the status of fact made mention of this conflict? it of fact made mention of this conflict? . ., , ., of fact made mention of this conflict? .., , ., , conflict? it continues to be miraculous _ conflict? it continues to be miraculous that _ conflict? it continues to be miraculous that the - conflict? it continues to be i miraculous that the ukrainian military and air force remain active. i've never been happier to be wrong than i expected the russians to be able to ground them early in the war and we are not able to. they are continuing to interdict some operations and we are watching for russian threats to humanitarian and military supply convoys coming into the west of ukraine but as you noted ukrainian aircraft are active and able to pinpoint positions as well as commanders and impede the russian operations. again, in time without further resupply it's likely

that the russian air power will be able to grind down my limited ukrainian munitions.- able to grind down my limited ukrainian munitions. thank you very much. we're going to talk about some of the days other news now. a passenger plane crashed in southern china. it's feared there are no survivors. there were 132 people on board. it was a china eastern airlines boeing 73. it took off just after one in the afternoon local time — from the city of kunming. its destination — guangzhou — a trip which usually takes under two hours. just over an hour into the flight — the plane began a sudden descent — and crashed in the hills near wuzhou. flight tracker apps like this show that it fell at a speed of around 110 kilometres per hour. that means that in just one minute,

it dropped six thousand feet. these are the first apparent images of the crash published by state—run people's daily on its weibo. and this was emergency services at the scene. chinese airlines generally have a good safety record: the last major accident took place 12 years ago. steve mcdonell has more from beijing. it could mean getting to the bottom of this very difficult. this has unsettled the people of china who have taken air unsettled the people of china who have ta ken air safety unsettled the people of china who have taken air safety for granted. the country plus buzzfeed a xi jinping called an investigators to try as quickly as possible to discover what caused this incident hoping there is not another crash just around the corner and just to make sure china's entire fleet of 77 meanwhile people at the airport are

waiting for news of their loved ones on board that flights but they know they are not coming home. it was a boeing 737—800 — that has good safety record, and is different from the boeing 737 max aircraft that had two fatal crashes in malaysia and ethiopia. here's theo legget. first of all, the aircraft concerned was a boeing 737 800. that's one of the series of 737s though it was first produced in the mid 90s, there were some 7000 overall been produced. 5000 of them by this variant and they have a very good safety record. we are in a different situation to everywhere for example three years ago with 8302 that went down over ethiopia or the indonesian plane that went down a few months before. those were 737 max aircraft and they were a new model with new software that turned out to be faulty. this is different. it's well established and well tested aircraft and the one involved in the accident was not that old. it was only six years old.

people talk about the ten million people have have to leave their homes. that's nearly a quarter of ukraine's population. the un says nearly 3.5 million people have left the country. around half of them are children. ou can see where they have gone — ukraine's european neighbours mostly. more than two million have escaped to poland. the head of the international rescue committee in poland says "this is like nothing we've ever seen before — the speed of displacement is unprecedented and the humanitarian needs are soaring each day" here's a un official. are people arriving by train for now we will try here, and be i will find a job, when things are good i will come back on for sure. i want to go home. i will probably never be able to live anywhere else like i do at home. but to a peaceful home, peaceful country, without

tears, without us. to the south of poland, across the borderfrom lviv. this woman arrived there this week. we are running out of places. people are coming every day. we are in places around the region and we are trying to find places for everyone. tens of thousands are crossing into poland border from ukraine every day. this volunteer at one of its train stations explains what it's like. romania has taken the second largest amount of refugees. the bbc�*s nick thorpe spoke to an ice—hockey coach there, who has welcomed ukraine's youth team to his country. the kids are from ukraine in different cities and towns and they have a team from their coach and the ukrainian confederation asking for help to bring them to romania to train and continue the career.

and they left their families behind in ukraine? yes, most of the kids came around and the kids make mothers and fathers. this red cross official spoke to the bbc from a camp on the romanian—ukrainian border. we are focusing on those those who fled the affected areas to find shelter in the house of their relatives and the many cities in here in the region there are 300,000 people that are stuck and maybe with the hope to go back home in a few days. the eu says it needs to do more to re—house ukrainian refugees. here's german foreign minister.

we have to distribute from the external border. everyone has to take in refugees. it's not about a few thousand it's about a few million. there will be more to come. we have to taking refugees from every country in europe in the hundreds of thousands and above all distribute them across the transatlantic. it will replace any existing eu battle groups as they're called. as i military forces at the eu has had since 2007. but they have never used it. the plans have been in the pipeline for a few years and brought

forward by this conflict and been rewritten to focus on the threat from moscow in particular. here is the eu foreign policy chief. the adoption of this document sends a strong signal of unity and resolve and it comes at a very important moment. ~ . . , and it comes at a very important moment. ~ . . i and it comes at a very important moment. . . ., , ., moment. we certainly need to increase our _ moment. we certainly need to increase our capacities - moment. we certainly need to increase our capacities and i moment. we certainly need to i increase our capacities and security and defence. is not an answer to the war. we start working two years ago but very timely that we approve this compass in a moment in which being that in europe can understand the purpose of the document to increase the strength and the european union is a security provider.

back to the attacks on ukraine now. ukraine's president zelensky has accused russia of war crimes there. and an eu chief has become the latest western official to do the same. a massive war crime is happening and the city will be completely destroyed and people are dying. we will continue talking about what kind of sanctions we can think more of especially... and we will see from the defence minister of ukraine which is the situation they are how we can continue supporting them. borisjohnson have also called vladimir putin a war criminal — as has us presidentjoe biden. russia has objected strongly to those claims. let's look at what a war crime is. there are rules that govern how countries behave in times of war — rules that are laid out in treaties called the geneva conventions.

civilians cannot be deliberately attacked. the infrastructure that is vital to civilians' survival can't be attacked. some weapons are banned — like chemical or biological weapons. it's scenes like this that have led to accusations against putin —the maternity and children's hospital in mariupol that was bombed. and human rights watch published this picture — they say it shows cluster bombs hit civilian areas of kharkiv. they're banned by many countries. and this ukrainian mp says war crimes are happening in kyiv too. this indiscriminate shelling of residential areas has obviously doing as much damage as possible to get as many civilians as possible to put fear into the hearts of the residents and ukrainians around ukraine and these were criminals just have no limits as to what they do.

so many ukrainians, like him, clear that russia is commiting war crimes. let's look at if and how putin, or russia, could be prosectuted over ukraine. the international court ofjustic rules on war crimes carried out by states. ukraine has begun a case against russia. if the icj ruled against russia, the un security council would be responsible for enforcing that. but russia — one of council's five permanent members — could veto any proposal. then there's the international criminal court — that rules on individual war criminals. it's prosecutor has already said there is a reasonable basis to believe war crimes have been carried out in ukraine. if there's evidence, it issues arrest warrants to bring individuals to trial in the hague. that has practical limitations too.

let's talk more about this with stephen wilkinson who is a specialist in international human rights in armed conflict. he currently manages the diakonia international humanitarian law centre. a state to oversimplify to say looking at those two routes neither of them might be able to deliver justice because of the practical obstacles? i think it is true that international mechanisms to give opportunities but they also have limitations which i think you touched upon very well. it’s touched upon very well. it's important _ touched upon very well. it's important to _ touched upon very well. it�*s important to state that the international criminal court does have jurisdiction and is international criminal court does havejurisdiction and is moving forward with an investigation and at the same time it's important not to forget domestic investigations just last week in seating and war crimes investigation already started in a domestic context as well. we talk about individuals _ domestic context as well. we talk about individuals in _ domestic context as well. we talk about individuals in the _ domestic context as well. we talk about individuals in the context i domestic context as well. we talk about individuals in the context of criminal court and is a lot of attention on vladimir putin, this is the work he started but he's not the

only individual who the court could consider investigating? the international _ consider investigating? tue international criminal court consider investigating? tij: international criminal court looks to focus their attention on those most responsible and if you look at the investigation we are talking about commanders and talking about senior political figures and that can extend right up until the presidential.— can extend right up until the residential. �* . ., . presidential. and the court which considers the _ presidential. and the court which considers the behaviour - presidential. and the court which considers the behaviour of i presidential. and the court which i considers the behaviour of countries of states, given its relationship with the un security council, is that unlikely to be a route that offers ukrainiansjustice? it’s that unlikely to be a route that offers ukrainiansjustice? offers ukrainians 'ustice? it's a limited offers ukrainiansjustice? it's a limited mechanism. _ offers ukrainiansjustice? it's a limited mechanism. i- offers ukrainiansjustice? it's a limited mechanism. ithink- offers ukrainiansjustice? it's a limited mechanism. i think it's| limited mechanism. i think it's important that we don't put all our eggsin important that we don't put all our eggs in one basket. as you have seen the mechanism when it's about state and one is about individuals and is always an indication of a loophole at times and they can escape justice so i think it's what's most

important that we looked at before of potential accountability and that includes the icj, the icc and also domestic and i think they are complementary rather than competitive.— complementary rather than cometitive. . h . , competitive. that's an interesting oint to competitive. that's an interesting point to make _ competitive. that's an interesting point to make because _ competitive. that's an interesting point to make because there's i competitive. that's an interesting i point to make because there's been a criticism repeatedly made of investigations into war crimes that it is a portion of the book focuses on countries in the developing world, countries less powerful than the most powerful countries in the world such as russia. fiend the most powerful countries in the world such as russia.— world such as russia. and it's how international— world such as russia. and it's how internationaljustice _ world such as russia. and it's how internationaljustice operates i world such as russia. and it's how internationaljustice operates is i world such as russia. and it's how internationaljustice operates is a l internationaljustice operates is a fair one but we also need to make sure those accusations are made in good faith and from my perspective they have been serious allegations identified in numerous contacts and that includes palestine and yemen and syria and mali, ethiopia and the most important thing is that we have

a standard and that standard is that war crimes need to be investigated wherever they occur but because internationaljustice is selective that should not be confused with the process being completely illegitimate and still looking i were crimes it does not take away the severity of those accusations and the seriousness of the in question. if the international criminal court decided we will go ahead with investigating certain individuals, would it begin the work while the conflict was still going on? it's already started its investigation. international criminal justice investigation. international criminaljustice will investigation. international criminal justice will affect the work of the former tribunal for yugoslavia and they operate very slowly so i would certainly expect the conflict had ended before we start to have things like indictments being issued and last week we saw indictments released by the icc in relation to georgia and there is an example if we look at

therefore answer that we have an outstanding arrest warrant and just to say these mechanisms are slow i still think so justice is to say these mechanisms are slow i still think sojustice is better than no justice at all. if you want more analysis from outside source a good place to find it is on twitter — i'm @bbcrosatkins. follow me, you'll see all of our videos, they're usually quite short with lots packed in. we're posting new material all the time. there's been a lot of attention in the last few hours on a shopping centre or what was a shopping centre

in the ukrainian capital of tn. it's been attacked by the russians a letter claiming the ukrainian military was using it for various purposes and the russians have offered no evidence to back that up and ukrainians are saying that was not the case. we know at least eight people lost their lives and it was describing how it was a shopping centre, it was very popular evidently that's going to have to be rebuilt in time and expense attack from the air by the russians. we should say that there are very much not in control of the p f and they have a number of troops on the outskirts of the city but those strips are making progress in coming in and as we were discussing earlier with the guests from the international institute for war studies that shift in the russian position from last week to where we are today has been minimal. minimal progress around pf and minimal progress around pf and minimal progress in the northeast and some progress in the northeast and some progress in the south and we are

focused in the south on the city of mary apple just in the southwest corner of the ten best region. the russians telling ukrainians to give up russians telling ukrainians to give up the city to which ukraine has said it would be no surrender. it's been a try unsettled day for most of us. it's been wanted or two showers across the western areas. a bit of cloud at times with the majority plenty of sunshine. that is how it will remain for the rest of this week with high pressure dominating this event it's been dry with plenty of sunshine and the isolated showers are possible. he will notice to the week it will become warmer. during the warm air up become warmer. during the warm air up from stained france and from biscay and more moisture so we could see the child was pushing up from the south into england and wales during the period. clouds for the north with the are showers as well. a lot of places will stay dry with clear skies but with mild air moving up

clear skies but with mild air moving up from the south most places will be milder than what it's been over the last few nights and it will be chilly across eastern scotland —— scotland and that's how we begin the day for tuesday. the mist and fog patches dry and sunny day and one day with the temperatures sparking heavy showers across wales and most of southern england should stay dry. we could see around 19 or 20 in the southeast. winds are fresh across the southwest towards northern ireland and intellect in scotland. tuesday night most of —— mostly dry clay spells and fog patches developing and you could see the cherries across eastern areas most places will be dry and temperatures from three to six celsius. we will start dry with plenty of sunshine and fog should melt away and wednesday afternoon and is a chance of seeing showers develop across

more eastern parts of england and scotland. let these temperatures with high teens from any and we could see 20 or 21 degrees in the warmer spots. could see 20 or 21 degrees in the warmerspots. ourarea could see 20 or 21 degrees in the warmer spots. our area of high pressure will continue to dominate thursday and friday and the week you will notice shifting towards the last it can allow more northeastern winds to develop and that could bring some cool air down to our shores and more cloud around as well. it will stay warm with plenty of sunshine both thursday and friday but into the weekend those temperatures coming down with cloud.

hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. ukraine rejects russia's demand it gives up the city of mariupol, saying there is "no question of any surrender". one local official calls the situation there hell on earth. some have been lucky enough to escape the beseiged city , we report on theirjourney. nearly everyone who leaves mauripol in cars packed with families arrives here with absolutely nothing at all. huge explosions in the capital kyiv — including a direct hit — on a shopping center. one other headline — nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe — who was freed after being detained in iran for six years — speaks about her release.

how many foreign secretaries does it take for someone to come out? five. it should have been one of them eventually so now here we are. what has happened now should have happened six years ago. we begin in the southern city of mariupol — where ukraine has rejected a russian demand for fighters to give up their weapons. ukraine said �*there can be no question of any surrender.�* mariupol has been excluded from a list of humanitarian corridors that russia agreed to. we have an ultimatum. here are the points, they say. you will fulfil them and then we will end the war. it is incorrect. it will lead to nowhere. this question does not concern me alone because the fact is

that the people and government are united. you�*re not going to be able to do that. you cannot do it with ultimatums. ultimatums will not be fulfilled by ukraine. wejust ultimatums. ultimatums will not be fulfilled by ukraine. we just cannot execute it physically. we have lost people. our people. how can we do it? all of us must be destroyed then their ultimatum will be automatically executed. mariupol a key port city in southern ukraine — and russia has been trying to take it for weeks. it�*s beseiged — and there�*s no power or clean water, and little food. tens of thousands of civilians remain trapped there. this is one of them. translation: we've been in a basement. | we�*ve been counting every day of this war. we�*ve been hoping 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 out a fire. for now we have food and firewood but in a week we�*ll have nothing. no food at all. our correspondent wyre davies has been speaking to families who have escaped mariupol — and reached the city of dnipro. in recent days, we have seen how cruel this conflict is especially for children. but there is just occasionally kindness and humanity too. this community run centre in the central city of dnipro is the first point of safety and refuge for many victims of the war from across eastern ukraine, including mariupol. the city they left behind is in ruins. barely a building is left unscathed by russian shelling, and according to the city council 3000 civilians have been killed. many of them lie where they fell, others are hastily buried by neighbours. a russian—imposed deadline for mariupol�*s defenders to surrender was ignored. so the shelling continues.

some residents stay in makeshift shelters. those who can flee north. nearly everyone who leaves mariupol in cars packed with families arrives here with absolutely nothing at all. and it is to places like this they come, waiting patiently for the very basics, food, clothes, and medicines. children get hand—me—down toys. their mothers, the bare essentials. here they avoid talking too much about what people have gone through. it�*s too soon. it�*s also an effort dealing with so many desperate cases. translation: everything - that is brought here isn't funded by large corporations or budgets, it�*s from local people, and some from charities, but you can see how many people there are and what we have just isn�*t sufficient. in what was a school canteen, volunteers package up basic food parcels that will keep refugee

families fed for a few days. for schoolteacher vadim it is his civic duty to be helping out. because i�*m ukrainian, i must do what i can. this is myjob now. this is my front now. and if i can help people i must do it. some will stay in dnipro. for others it�*s the start of a long journey. —— as they escaped mariupol, some were told by russian soldiers to keep going as this city too would soon be under attack. we were driving out underfire, says olga. shells were exploding. they were bombing us and there were dead bodies everywhere. the un says there are 6.5 million displaced people inside ukraine alone. the city and this community are doing their part to make that transition less traumatic. wyre davies — bbc news — dnipro. we know that heavy fighting in mariupol has now reached the city

centre. authorities say at least 2,500 people have been killed there. the true figure may be even higher. it�*s estimated 90% of the city�*s buildings have been damaged or destroyed. this is a ukrainian mp, originally from mariupol. life conditions are totally medieval. as before, we don�*t have heating, electricity, gas, water. out of drinking water and out of food now. we clearly see that the goal and idea of vladimir putin on mariupol is to force hunger. it�*s terrible. ukraine�*s defense minister has praised the resistance in mariupol saying "by virtue of their dedication and superhuman courage, tens of thousands of lives throughout ukraine were saved. today mariupol is saving kyiv, dnipro and odesa."russia denies targeting civilians — and blames ukraine for the situation mariupol. here�*s the kremlin�*s spokesperson.

humanitarian corridors are being organised. all the claims that russia�*s surrounding cities are not allowing people to leave our lives, as you can understand, it is absolute lives. our military forces are providing humanitarian corridors but people can�*t use them because those nationalists don�*t let them. let�*s talk about the capital, kyiv now. a new curfew has just come into effect — it will last until wednesday morning. russian troops are on still on outskirts — but they city is very much in ukrainan control. it has though been hit by sustained russian airstrikes. these drone pictures show a shopping centre that was struck last night.

at least 8 people were killed. the russian army claims the shopping centre was being used as a rocket store and reloading station by ukrainian forces. there is no evidence of that. this is a ukrainian mp based in kyiv on the situation in the city. the place that was hit wasn�*t a military base of any kind. the other places, specifically residential buildings that were hit in the past couple of days, were far away from any sort of military installation. of course there are military installations around the city. the whole city has turned into a fortress. we have barricades all around town. however, these shelling is have been specifically targeting residential areas. this is obviously the tactics they pursue now here and all around town. that is one mp. and this is the mayor, vitali klitschko. that is one mp. and this is the mayor, vitali klitschko. 11 schools now. five kindergartens destroyed.

it is a war against civilians. it is a war against ukraine. it is a drama for ukraine and it is a drama for whole of europe. now we�*re going to talk about the port city of odesa — where officials say russian warships have bombarded some residential buildings on the city�*s outskirts. it�*s the first time buildings have been hit there. these pictures show firefighters dealing with the aftermath of that attack. odesa controls access to the black sea — so it�*s an important strategic target. let�*s hear from a former uk army commander. they are beginning to hit their supply lines and logistics and air bases as well as the forces doing the fighting and then they will

pound away at cities and territory that they feel the need to own. i think i should now begin to turn to odesa because. that is logically the next place to go in the south, and there seems to be more ships in the black sea pointing at it. the next big strategic prize could be odesa because that would isolate ukraine�*s economy from the black sea. let�*s turn to the port city of kherson — it�*s under russian control. but resistance there continues. this shows more protests against russia�*s occupation — people confronting russian trucks in the city centre. and as you can see from this footage, gunfire was used at this protest. let me also show you these pictures from mykolaiv — it�*s near odesa. it�*s also a black sea port. and it�*s been under almost daily attack from russia. this is a hotel. bbc panorama has traced footage of another missile strike in mykolaiv which was posted on social media earlier this month. the programme spoke to mikhail,

who lost his wife in the attack.

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called ukraine�*s resistance: standing up to putin — and the times are on your screen 110w. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet gave me this update on today�*s events from kyiv. russia, having got to the centre of mauripol, what is left of it, after fighting for three weeks and still unable to capture the city, gave, as president zelensky said, an ultimatum. and there it was in black and wait what we call the policy of trying to starve a city into submission. not only did the statement from moscow say that your forces and residents must leave by dawn, it said that if you do, by 12 o�*clock, a humanitarian convoy, the same one stuck outside the city unable to enterfor same one stuck outside the city unable to enter for the last few weeks, would enter with the food and water, all of the supplies you desperately need. and a humanitarian corridor that barely worked and was under incisive shelling. mistrust

between the ukrainian and russian side. and the residents, starving and freezing in basements were told that they could go either west towards countries like poland, romania, where ukrainians have been seeking refuge in large numbers go east to russia. it was swiftly rejected because there is absolutely no trust. no trust that russia would provide safe passage so the fight goes on. resistance underground, resistance up ground and resistant to the air defence systems. i�*m to the air defence systems. i'm interested _ to the air defence systems. i'm interested in _ to the air defence systems. i'm interested in the idea that people could be evacuated out of ukraine and into russia. is that something that the russians are proposing, as a thought? that the russians are proposing, as a thou:ht? ~ that the russians are proposing, as athou~ht?~ _ that the russians are proposing, as athou~ht?~ ~, a thought? well, the newsagency has 'ust a thought? well, the newsagency has just announced _ a thought? well, the newsagency has just announced that _ a thought? well, the newsagency has just announced that 62,000 - a thought? well, the newsagency has| just announced that 62,000 members of mauripol had sought refuge in russia. it is possible that there are some who had ties to russia,

family in russia and wanted to cross the border but many more, when they come out, the survivors, there is likely to get out have spoken of being under incessant russian shelling and been stopped on the way by russian vehicles who looked at the vehicles, looked at the documents, men were being told to strip off. russians were looking for tattoos, it seemed, unlikely, in most cases, that the people of mauripol with the east, with that to russia for support but that is what the newsagency are saying tonight. this is the issue of refugees potentially heading east as well as west. let me ask you about the situation in kyiv. everyone has seen pictures of the russian attack on the shopping centre. what more do we know about the that was hit and the rational justification for know about the that was hit and the rationaljustification for it? yes. rational 'ustification for it? yes, 'ust as rationaljustification for it? yes, just as you asked _ rationaljustification for it? yes, just as you asked me _ rationaljustification for it? yes, just as you asked me that i rationaljustification for it? 13:3 just as you asked me that question rationaljustification for it? 1a: just as you asked me that question i had a crackle of gunfire. we have been hearing small arms fire all

through the day. at sunset there was also heavy machine—gun fire. and in the broad light of day, journalists were able to go to the scene of the shopping centre, a very popular bright lights kind of shopping centre, in a very hip and historic northern neighbourhood of this capital. it is a small ruin now. we don't know why the russians targeted it with missiles. where their military vehicles, military installations nearby? what we do know is that bodies are brought out of the centre, that it is a completely obliterated and houses and buildings nearby were also hit. it is, it seems, the most extensive damage from russian artillery fire in and around kyiv since this invasion began. it in and around kyiv since this invasion began.— in and around kyiv since this invasion began. in and around kyiv since this invasion bean. , , ., invasion began. it seems there are some peeple _ invasion began. it seems there are some people wondering, _ invasion began. it seems there are some people wondering, as - invasion began. it seems there are some people wondering, as i - invasion began. it seems there are some people wondering, as i am, | invasion began. it seems there are i some people wondering, as i am, you mention sometimes you can hear gunfire or machine—gun fire from

where you wear. does that mean there is street fighting going on relatively close to the centre? how do we explain the fact that you can hear that? we do we explain the fact that you can hear that? ~ . ._ , ., ., hear that? we always wonder what it is and we're — hear that? we always wonder what it is and we're usually _ hear that? we always wonder what it is and we're usually not _ hear that? we always wonder what it is and we're usually not given - hear that? we always wonder what it is and we're usually not given an - is and we're usually not given an explanation. early on in this when we would hear it we would wonder, well, was at the ukrainian army opening fire because they sensed a threat nearby? was it that they had discovered people they describe as russian saboteurs? there was a lot of it today and so you do wonder. it does not seem to be an exchange of fire. is it civilian to have taken up fire. is it civilian to have taken up guns doing it? is it to the armed forces itself? it is using heavy machine—gun fire? we are under a curfew or their machine—gun fire? we are under a curfew ortheirair raid machine—gun fire? we are under a curfew or their air raid sirens or it isjust a curfew or their air raid sirens or it is just a crackle of gunfire and thenit it is just a crackle of gunfire and then it goes. is very difficult to understand what it is. when journalists asked, with the military, why is there a 35 hour curfew they were quickly told, we

are not going to tell you but we have a reason for doing it. this is the third 35 hour curfew since the invasion began. the last one, we understand, we understood later it was not because the other ukrainians launched a counter offensive on the outskirts of the city. given the intensified military activity we have seen in the last 2a hours it does look as though they have a reason to say to people, you cannot outdoors unless you have a very special reason to do so. just cuickl special reason to do so. just quickly come _ special reason to do so. just quickly come in _ special reason to do so. just quickly come in the - special reason to do so. just quickly come in the last minute, i was going to ask you about the terms of the curfew. that means do not go out on the street but is it the advice that people should head to basements where possible? fix, lot advice that people should head to basements where possible? a lot of --eole are basements where possible? a lot of peeple are living — basements where possible? a lot of people are living in _ basements where possible? a lot of people are living in basements. - people are living in basements. metro stations. underground bunkers. some people have relaxed, well, relaxed is the wrong word. they see that when the air raid siren goes off it does not automatically transfer into an attack right in their vicinity. so what perhaps they

take it a bit less like the but when you have a 35 hour curfew does send a very strong message so i know when i went down to the metro stations myself and i met people who stepped every single night there but i also meet people who are, just looking next door, the building next door is all in darkness and so is the one over there. they are in the bunkers. let's talk about diplomatic efforts taking place. eu foreign ministers have been meeting in brussels to discuss europe's response to russia's invasion. they have announced plans to create a "rapid reaction force of up to 5000 troops. it will replace any existing eu battlegroups — those are military forces that the eu has had since 2007 but never used. the plan has been in the pipeline for couple of years. after russia's invasion — it's been rewritten to focus on the threat from moscow.

here's the eu's foreign policy chief. i think the adoption of this document send a strong signal of unity and resolve and it comes at the very, very important moment because we certainly need to increase our capacity is in security and defence. so if there is not an answer to the ukrainian war we start working, two years ago, but it is very timely. very timely that we approve this compass in a moment in which i think every citizen in europe can understand the purpose of the document he wants to increase in strength european union as a security provider.— strength european union as a security provider. there's been a -hone security provider. there's been a phone call— security provider. there's been a phone call between _ security provider. there's been a phone call between the -

security provider. there's been a phone call between the us, - security provider. there's been a i phone call between the us, france, germany, italy and the uk. posted by president biden. ahead of it coming to europe to meet both nato and the european union. our north america correspondent is with me life in washington. what do we know about what was discussed? we washington. what do we know about what was discussed?— washington. what do we know about what was discussed? we had a readout from the meeting _ what was discussed? we had a readout from the meeting earlier _ what was discussed? we had a readout from the meeting earlier today - what was discussed? we had a readout from the meeting earlier today that - from the meeting earlier today that the white house released and it said they discussed russia but no brutal attacks on ukrainian civilians and also an update on the ongoing negotiations between ukraine and russia to broker some kind of a ceasefire. the press secretary was asked about this during her daily press briefings. she did not go into too many more details will stop she noted the sorts of meetings have been happening regularly since russia invaded ukraine in the main goal was to keep lines of communication open between the leaders of the western alliance and to be able to position themselves to react quickly if anything did happen. there was a call a few weeks

ago. she said they also discussed plans and meetings coming up later this week in brussels. i5 plans and meetings coming up later this week in brussels.— this week in brussels. is there one otential this week in brussels. is there one potential issue _ this week in brussels. is there one potential issue here _ this week in brussels. is there one potential issue here that _ this week in brussels. is there one potential issue here that the - this week in brussels. is there one potential issue here that the west| potential issue here that the west moved reasonably quickly in response to vas a's invasion which perhaps does not leave it much room to go further now that this war is extending. it is becoming harder and harder to envision what sort of steps the western allies can take in response to russia because ongoing violence in ukraine. there was talk about more sanctions, of oligarchs, greater types of embargoes on russian energy supplies. different kinds of trade sanctions targeting different sectors of the russian economy but again, they did move very quickly very early on because they wanted to show overwhelming economic action on the part of the allies in response to russia and that has limited options at this point going forward. anything that

goes to much more in terms of military support for ukraine are targeting specific sectors of the russian economy could have consequences to western economies or could threaten a greater conflict between nato and russian forces. just ahead of the president heading to europe let me understand the political context here. i've been reading a few supporters of donald trump you have not seem particularly motivated to talk about ukraine. i am wondering how it is playing out politically. iiii am wondering how it is playing out oliticall . , ., am wondering how it is playing out oliticall . ,, am wondering how it is playing out oliticall . i. ., am wondering how it is playing out oliticall . ., , , . politically. if you look at public 0 - inion politically. if you look at public opinion surveys _ politically. if you look at public opinion surveys the _ politically. if you look at public opinion surveys the american i politically. if you look at public - opinion surveys the american public is generally supportive of whatjoe biden has been trying to do this by sanctioning russia even if it comes with economic consequences here in the united states. i think when you at republicans they have been, by and large, also supportive of strong economic responses to russia boss mike invasion although, they do sometimes seem a little bit tentative when they're talking about

vladimir putin in particular. voters watching republican leaders a few weeks ago at a big conference in florida and they see much more interested in criticising joe biden domestically than talking about what was going on in ukraine. because donald trump supporters are wary of foreign involvement of the united states abroad and they have noted that donald trump has said kind words about vladimir putin in the past. these republican leaders don't want to get across donald trump supporters and say something they may later regret if donald trump runs for the republican nomination a couple of years. the runs for the republican nomination a coume of yew-— couple of years. the president is cominu couple of years. the president is coming across — couple of years. the president is coming across further _ couple of years. the president is coming across further nato - couple of years. the president is coming across further nato and i couple of years. the president is i coming across further nato and the eu. is this about russia or does he have a broader agenda for the trip? russia is going to dominate the conversations. this trip to brussels, to nato and then onto poland afterwards is not only about how to respond and russia but also how to respond and russia but also how to respond and russia but also how to support the countries have seen a influx of refugees blowing

into the nation such as poland. they did say there will be some very real deliverables from this trip so expect some things from this trip. but what plans and actions can be at this point is up in the air. i'd make imagine there will be short and long—term calculations for nato and the european union. thank you. a quick reminder if you want analysis from me and the team away from watching as on the bbc news channel on bbc world news post all of our videos via our twitter feed. on bbc world news post all of our videos via our twitterfeed. we on bbc world news post all of our videos via our twitter feed. we can also find them on the websites and in the new section of iplayer if you are watching in the uk. lots of different places you can find the clips that we produce and of course if you want ongoing coverage of the situation in ukraine away from an outside source, just behind me here in the newsroom, collies are running the on the bbc news website running

around the clock. that is on the bbc website. i will see you soon. hello there. it's been a fine, dry settled day for most of us. it's been one or two showers across the western areas. a bit of cloud at times with the majority plenty of sunshine. that is how it will remain for the rest of this week with high pressure dominating this event it's been dry with plenty of sunshine and the isolated showers are possible. he will notice to the week it will become warmer. during the warm air up from stained france and from biscay and more moisture so we could see the child was pushing up from the south into england and wales during the period. clouds for the north with the are showers as well. a lot of places will stay dry with clear skies but with mild air moving up from the south most places will be milder than what it's been over the last few nights and it will be chilly across eastern scotland , scotland and that's how we begin the day for tuesday. the mist and fog patches dry

and sunny day and one day with the temperatures sparking heavy showers across wales and most of southern england should stay dry. we could see around 19 or 20 in the southeast. winds are fresh across the southwest towards northern ireland and intellect in scotland. tuesday night most of , mostly dry clay spells and fog patches developing and you could see the cherries across eastern areas most places will be dry and temperatures from three to six celsius. we will start dry with plenty of sunshine and fog should melt away and wednesday afternoon and is a chance of seeing showers develop across more eastern parts of england and scotland. let these temperatures with high teens from any and we could see 20

or 21 degrees in the warmer spots. our area of high pressure will continue to dominate thursday and friday and the week you will notice shifting towards the last it can allow more northeastern winds to develop and that could bring some cool air down to our shores and more cloud around as well. it will stay warm with plenty of sunshine both thursday and friday but into the weekend those temperatures coming down with cloud.

hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. ukraine is rejecting a russian demand that you give up the city of mariupol. ukraine says there's no question of any surrender. one local officials saying the official in the city is hell on earth. some people to escape in the bbc�*s been speaking to them. nearly everyone who leaves mariupol in cars packed with families arise here with absolutely nothing at all. this is what happened in here. a direct hit on a shopping centre from a russian stride. freed last week radcliffe after six years in detention in iran has been speaking about her release.

how many foreign secretaries does it take for someone to come home? it should've been one of them eventually. now here we are, what's happened now should have happened six years ago. now let's look at the state of this war. let me show you these maps — on the left is from a week ago, and shows where russian troops were in control, and where they were advacing. it looks very similar to the situation today. kyiv is still in ukrainian hands. so are russian forces stuck? mason clarke, senior russia analyst at the institute for the study of war gave me his assessment. they are in large areas of the country. particularly in their

efforts to encircle the capital of kyiv. russian forces both northwest and northeast of the capital have primarily gone over to the defensive in the last 72 hours. we've been seeing them establish defensive defences, engineering troops to reinforce those and even some areas supply minefields which is a good indicator that they're seeking to retain those positions for some time and are likely to be unable to resume a major offensive operations was up even as the russian military does try and rush reinforcements in from as far as way as the pacific coast to reinforce these efforts. can i ask about reinforcements? surely the russians bring them in that changes the calculation for them and in time a further offensive will be possible.— will be possible. right. it could in some time _ will be possible. right. it could in some time but _ will be possible. right. it could in some time but what _ will be possible. right. it could in some time but what we _ will be possible. right. it could in some time but what we are - will be possible. right. it could in i some time but what we are seeing is that they are having a lot of difficulties with integrating these units into their existing command structure. the russian units already on the ground are having severe

issues with logistics and communications an increasingly high rates of desertion. already the best units in the russian military have beenin units in the russian military have been in many ways committed to this operation. they are scraping the bottom of the barrel pulling these additional units forward, going into calling up service conscripts, they are likely to be able to turn the tides for russians thankfully in the coming months. however, as this continues to protract these russian numbers deployment and additional supplies may start to enable further drives but this were certainly almost going to retract in the coming months far longer than the initial two week campaign the kremlin seems to as anticipated. figs kremlin seems to as anticipated. as we look across the campaign can we talk about it it's entirety or do we need to break this down in france and say actually, the situation in the northeast or the capital is different to the situation in the south? . , ., . ., south? excellent point. it can rouuhl south? excellent point. it can roughly be — south? excellent point. it can roughly be divided _ south? excellent point. it can roughly be divided in - south? excellent point. it can roughly be divided in three, i | south? excellent point. it can - roughly be divided in three, i would say. the situation in the north and northeast around kyiv which is predominantly stalemate then clockwise around the country have

the russian operations against the sincerity of mariupol in the south which are succeeding they are, continuing to grind into the city centre and shell civilian targets as you rightly noted. third russian forces attempting to drive west out of crimea towards a key city of odesa have largely been halted in the last several weeks. those russians forces around mariupol are the only ones making progress at this point. while ukrainian defenders are putting up a very strong performance is likely in the gambling during the coming weeks dwindling supplies of water and ammunition are going to enable the russians to capture the city. we're going to talk about some of the days other news now. a passenger plane crashed in southern china. it's feared there are no survivors. there were 132 people on board. it was a china eastern airlines boeing 737. it took off just after one in the afternoon local time — from the city of kunming. its destination — guangzhou — a trip which usually

takes under two hours. just over an hour into the flight — the plane began a sudden descent — and crashed in the hills near wuzhou. flight tracker apps like this show that it fell at a speed of around 110 kilometres per hour. that means that in just one minute, it dropped six thousand feet. these are the first apparent images of the crash published by state—run people's daily on its weibo. and this was emergency services at the scene. chinese airlines generally have a good safety record: the last major accident took place 12 years ago. steve mcdonell has more from beijing. the rescue teams in those mountains are describing the complete obliteration of that plane when it crashed which could make getting to the bottom of this very difficult. this has really unsettled the people of china who had frankly taken air

safety for granted. the countries leader called in on investigators to try as quickly as possible to discover what caused there's incidents hoping that there isn't another crash just around the corner. and just to make sure, china entire fleet of seven 800s air being grounded. meanwhile the people at the airport are waiting for news of their loved ones on board their flight. but i think they know, they are not coming home. it was a boeing 737—800 — that has good safety record, and is different from the boeing 737 max aircraft that had two fatal crashes in malaysia and ethiopia. here's theo legget. first of all, the aircraft concerned was a boeing 737 800. that's one of the series of 737s though it was first produced in the mid 90s, there were some 7000 overall been produced. 5,000 of them by this variant and they have a very good safety record.

we are in a different situation to everywhere for example three years ago with 8302 that went down over ethiopia or the indonesian plane that went down a few months before. those were 737 max aircraft and they were a new model with new software that turned out to be faulty. this is different. it's well established and well tested aircraft and the one involved in the accident was not that old. it was only six years old. nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe has made her first public appearance, since she was relased by iran last week. here's our diplomatic correspondent caroline hawley. out of the darkness into the spotlight. for six long years she was silence, it was her husband who spoke for her, went on hunger strike for her. but today at last nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe today herself got to have her say.

she began with some important thank you's. my amazing husband who has been tirelessly campaigning for me, and my daughter for being very patient with mummy to be coming home. i am so grateful. nazanin flew home in the early hours of thursday morning along with another british national, anoosheh ashoori, after the uk paid a long overdue military debt. but she was not keen to give the government any credit today. 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 will get you home. that never happened, so there was a time that i felt like i am not going to trust you because i have been told many times that i will be taken home but that never happens. 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 has happened now should have

happened six years ago. i always felt like i am holding this black hole in my heart all these years, but i am just going to leave that black hole on the plane when the plane leaves. i am not going to live for the rest of my life with a grudge over the past six years. can i ask how you felt as she walked down the steps of that plane at brize norton? is it too early to say what the future now holds? it is very early to think what is going to happen next. that moment was precious. i had been waiting for that moment for such a long time and i was overwhelmed, specifically to get to know gabriella and richard after such a long time. it was a very, very emotional moment. but i don't know, we will see what happens in the future, it is too early for me to think about that. i am just enjoying it. it is very difficult for me to talk

about what i have gone through and i would rather not answer the question. this moment isjust coming back home and just enjoying it. it will always haunt me, there is no other way round it. at nazanin's request that the daughter of british—born iranians was there as well. moran tahbaz is a 66—year—old wildlife conservationist serving a ten year term and they thought he was part of the deal that brought nazanin home. she made a direct appeal to the government. to the prime minister and the foreign secretary, we beg you to please stand by your word and bring back both my parents, my father and my mother. i believe the meaning of freedom is never going to be complete until such time all of us who are unjustly detained in iran are reunited, our families. her own family will, she made clear, keep her grounded. gabriella told me on the phone that one day, mummy, you do realise you are very famous

and then it is me and then it is daddy. fine. i said, ok, it is not good to be famous because you want to have a normal life. she was like, you will not be famous for ever, maximum a week. so we have been bracing ourselves for a week of fame and then we will have a normal family. and with that she was off, to get on with her normal life. you saw nazneen touching the shoulder of a woman he took part in the press conference. here's morad tahbaz�*s daughter, roxanne — who you saw in that report. he's currently back in prison. he engaged in a hunger strike in protest and how he's been treated in the fact that he's been left behind as of yesterday afternoon. i think his spirits are in quite a state of

disarray given the disappointment. what do you understand about what's happened in the last few days that lead us to think he would be released but that wasn't the case? it all happen quite quickly. we initially were under the impression and had been expressly told that he was a part of the deal that was to bring all three home. and that change quite close to the date at which the other two were returned home. it became a case of him being on a furlough and my mums passport being released back to her so she can travel. neither has since been upheld as my mum is still under travel down and my father is in prison yet again.— travel down and my father is in prison yet again. when you talk to the british foreign _ prison yet again. when you talk to the british foreign office - prison yet again. when you talk to the british foreign office about i the british foreign office about that turn of events, were they a surprise as you were? i that turn of events, were they a surprise as you were?— surprise as you were? i actually haven't had _ surprise as you were? i actually haven't had direct _ surprise as you were? i actually l haven't had direct communication with them. and we have been getting

updates through the members of the familyjust to say updates through the members of the family just to say they are working very hard and that they will apprise us of any updates as when they're available. �* , ., ., , us of any updates as when they're available. �* i. ., , ., , , ., ~ ., available. are you able to speak to our dad available. are you able to speak to your dad while _ available. are you able to speak to your dad while he's _ available. are you able to speak to your dad while he's through - available. are you able to speak to your dad while he's through this? | your dad while he's through this? sadly, not directly. we've been lucky that on occasion we've been having sporadic contact through my mother who gets to have contact quite intermittently. but she occasionally will put him on speaker phone so we can hear his voice. and be with there with him in that way at the very least. in be with there with him in that way at the very least.— be with there with him in that way at the very least. in terms of what can be done _ at the very least. in terms of what can be done now, _ at the very least. in terms of what can be done now, he's _ at the very least. in terms of what can be done now, he's evidently i can be done now, he's evidently trying to apply pressure by taking this extreme measure of going onto a hunger strike. this extreme measure of going onto a hungerstrike. beyond this extreme measure of going onto a hunger strike. beyond what he can do individually, what can the british government do, do you think to try and shift the arena position on this? �* ., ., �* and shift the arena position on this? ., ., �* ., this? i'm not a politician, i'm not reall in this? i'm not a politician, i'm not really in a _ this? i'm not a politician, i'm not really in a position _ this? i'm not a politician, i'm not really in a position to _ this? i'm not a politician, i'm not really in a position to give - this? i'm not a politician, i'm not really in a position to give advice | really in a position to give advice on what can be done. all we can ask

is that they keep their promise and they uphold the side of the deal that they expressed to us and get him his unrestricted furlough and to get my mum off the travel ban as a starting point. hopefully those will be the first steps to hopefully bring him back home to us, his family. d0 bring him back home to us, his famil . i. ~ ., bring him back home to us, his famil . ~ ., ., bring him back home to us, his famil. ~ ., ., , ., family. do you know how his health is? i understand _ family. do you know how his health is? i understand he's— family. do you know how his health is? i understand he's had _ family. do you know how his health is? i understand he's had covid - family. do you know how his health is? i understand he's had covid a i is? i understand he's had covid a couple times and received treatment for other health issues. his couple times and received treatment for other health issues.— for other health issues. his health has been a — for other health issues. his health has been a point _ for other health issues. his health has been a point of _ for other health issues. his health has been a point of concern - has been a point of concern consistently. he had received cancer treatments prior to being detained which did require some regular monitoring and further treatments to avoid any further health complications for him. but sadly, that's not been the case. we do hope to get him home as soon as possible. did you have a chance to speak to nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe about the situation that you are in that he

isn't? , f situation that you are in that he isn't? , j , ., isn't? yes, they've been wonderful. the 've isn't? yes, they've been wonderful. they've been _ isn't? yes, they've been wonderful. they've been so _ isn't? yes, they've been wonderful. they've been so supportive - isn't? yes, they've been wonderful. they've been so supportive and - isn't? yes, they've been wonderful. | they've been so supportive and kind and they were very generous in sharing their moment today with us as a family as well. because they were celebrating such a wonderful whilst we are still kind of where they were not too far ago. they insisted that we keep the pressure on and keep raising his name and hopefully he won't be forgotten a second time around. back to the war in ukraine now — next we're going to talk about its refugee crisis. since the russian invasion just under a month ago. ten million people have have to leave their homes. that's nearly a quarter of ukraine's population. the un says nearly 3.5 million people have left the country. around half of them are children. you can see where they have gone — ukraine's european neighbours mostly. more than two million

have escaped to poland. translation: for now we will try here. maybe i will find a job. when things are good i'll come back on for sure. things are good i'll come back on forsure. i things are good i'll come back on for sure. i want to go home, i will probably never be able to live anywhere else like i do at home. but anywhere else like i do at home. but a peaceful home, to a peaceful country would without all this, without tears, without losses. tens of thousands— without tears, without losses. tens of thousands are _ without tears, without losses. tens of thousands are coming across its poll in every single day. here is one volunteer at the train station where they are arriving. indie at the train station where they are arrivinu. ~ ., ., at the train station where they are arrivinu. ~ . . ., arriving. we are dealing right now with a big problem _ arriving. we are dealing right now with a big problem that _ arriving. we are dealing right now with a big problem that we - arriving. we are dealing right now with a big problem that we are . with a big problem that we are running — with a big problem that we are running out of places. people are coming _ running out of places. people are coming every day. right now we are -et coming every day. right now we are gel in _ coming every day. right now we are get in places around the region and we are _ get in places around the region and we are trying to find places for everyone. the vast majority are headed to poland but romania has taken in the

second amount of refugees. an ice hockey coach has welcomed ukraine's youth team. the an ice hockey coach has welcomed ukraine's youth team.— an ice hockey coach has welcomed ukraine's youth team. the kids are from ukraine _ ukraine's youth team. the kids are from ukraine cities _ ukraine's youth team. the kids are from ukraine cities and _ ukraine's youth team. the kids are from ukraine cities and towns. - ukraine's youth team. the kids are | from ukraine cities and towns. also they have a team, their coach and they have a team, their coach and the adoration has helped to bring them to romania. they will train and continue their hockey career. and continue their hockey career. and the left continue their hockey career. and they left their _ continue their hockey career. and they left their families behind the ukraine? , .,, ., they left their families behind the ukraine? , ., ~ , ukraine? yes, most of the kids came alone on the — ukraine? yes, most of the kids came alone on the coach. _ ukraine? yes, most of the kids came alone on the coach. the _ ukraine? yes, most of the kids came alone on the coach. the smaller - ukraine? yes, most of the kids came alone on the coach. the smaller kids| alone on the coach. the smaller kids with fathers and grant fathers for that mama for the and grant fathers for that mama this red cross official spoke to the bbc from a camp on the romanian—ukrainian border. now we are focusing on vips, those who fled the affected areas to live

in shelters, in the house of relatives, in many cities. only here in their region more than 300,000 people that are stuck. and maybe the hope to go back home in a few days. the eu says it needs to do more to re—house ukrainian refugees. here's german foreign minister. translation: we have to distribute from the _ translation: we have to distribute from the external border directly to european _ from the external border directly to european countries. everyone has to take a _ european countries. everyone has to take a rest— european countries. everyone has to take a rest bee gees. it's not about a few— take a rest bee gees. it's not about a few thousand, it's about millions of refugees. the s emits go to 8 million _ of refugees. the s emits go to 8 million refugees. there will certainly be more to come. that means— certainly be more to come. that means we — certainly be more to come. that means we will have to take it refugees— means we will have to take it refugees from every country in europe — refugees from every country in europe in— refugees from every country in europe in the hundreds of thousands. and above _ europe in the hundreds of thousands. and above all distribute them across the transatlantic.

the refugee crisis is one i mentioned. the issue of war crimes is another for that we know other western officials have said today they agree with that assessment. we previously heard from joe biden, he had said so. today we heard from the eu foreign policy chief who backed up that opinion. policy chief who backed up that oinion. , , . . policy chief who backed up that oinion. , , ., ., . opinion. this is a war crime, massive _ opinion. this is a war crime, massive workaround - opinion. this is a war crime, massive workaround that. opinion. this is a war crime, massive workaround that is | massive workaround that is happening. they say they will be destroyed. and people will, are dying. will continue talking about what kind of sanctions we can think again. especially with energy that we will see from the defence minister of ukraine which is the situation they are, how we will continue supporting them. russia has repeatedly objected _ continue supporting them. russia has repeatedly objected to _ continue supporting them. russia has repeatedly objected to allegations - repeatedly objected to allegations of war crimes. let's look at precisely what a war crime is. legal entreaties called

the geneva convention. civilians cannot be deliberately attacked and also the infrastructure that's vital to civilian survival. that you cannot be then weapons are banned by chemical or biological weapons. also seems like this come under scrutiny. this was a maternity and children's hospital in mariupol that was bombed by the russians. human rights watchers publish this picture. it says it shows cluster bombs which have hit civilian areas they are banned by many countries though we should say not by all. this ukrainian mp is one of the many in the ukraine that believe that war crimes are happening in the capital. this indiscriminate shelling of residential areas has obviously doing as much damage as possible to kill as many civilians as possible to put fear into the hearts of the residents and ukrainians

around ukraine and these war criminals just have no limits as to what they do. the international court adjusted rules are war crimes carried out by states. ukraine is already begun a case against russia. if the icj were to rule against russia while the un security council would be responsible for enforcing that ruling and remember that russia is one of the five permanent members of the un security council so it would be in a position to veto anything it was considering. then there's the international criminal court. that rules our world crimes committed by individuals. his prosecutors already said is a reasonable basis to believe that war crimes have been carried out in ukraine. if there were evidence they would issue arrest warrants to bring individuals to trial in niegh. that has some practical limitations. as you'll hear on this conversation with stephen wilkinson who's an on international human rights in war.

i think it is true that international mechanisms to give opportunities but they also have limitations which i think you touched upon very well. it's important to state that the international criminal court does have jurisdiction and is moving forward with an investigation and at the same time it's important not to forget domestic investigations just last week insweden war crimes investigation already started in a domestic context as well. we talk about individuals in the context of criminal court and is a lot of attention on vladimir putin, this is the work he started but he's not the only individual who the court could consider investigating? the international criminal court looks to focus their attention on those most responsible and if you look at the investigation we are talking about commanders and talking about senior political figures and that can extend right up until the presidential. and the court which considers

the behaviour of countries of states, given its relationship with the un security council, is that unlikely to be a route that offers ukrainiansjustice? it's a limited mechanism. i think it's important that we don't put all our eggs in one basket. as you have seen the mechanism one is about state and one is about individuals and is always an indication of a loophole at times and they can escape justice so i think it's what's most important that we looked at before of potential accountability and that includes the icj, the icc and also domestic and i think they are complementary rather than competitive. that's an interesting point to make because there's been a criticism repeatedly made of investigations

into war crimes that it is a portion of focuses on countries in the developing world, countries less powerful than the most powerful countries in the world such as russia. and it's how internationaljustice operates is a fair one but we also need to make sure those accusations are made in good faith from my perspective they have been serious allegations identified in numerous contacts and that includes palestine and yemen and syria and mali, ethiopia and the most important thing is that we have a standard and that standard is that war crimes need to be investigated wherever they occur but because international justice is selective that should not be confused with the process being completely illegitimate it's still looking i were crimes it does not take away the severity of those accusations and the seriousness of the in question. if the international criminal court

decided we will go ahead with investigating certain individuals, would it begin the work while the conflict was still going on? it's already started its investigation. international criminal justice will affect the work of the former tribunal for yugoslavia and they operate very slowly so i would certainly expect the conflict had ended before we start to have things like indictments being issued and last week we saw indictments released by the icc in relation there is an example if we look at therefore answer that we have an outstanding arrest warrant and just to say these mechanisms are slow i still think slowjustice is better than no justice at all. thank you for watching. if you want more analysis from outside source a good place

to find it is on twitter — i'm @bbcrosatkins. it's been a dry unsettled day for most of us. it's been one or two showers across the western areas. a bit of cloud at times with the majority plenty of sunshine. that is how it will remain for the rest of this week with high pressure dominating this event it's been dry with plenty of sunshine and the isolated showers are possible. you will notice to the week it will become warmer. during the warm air up from spain, france and from biscay and more moisture so we could see the child was pushing up from the south into england and wales during the period. clouds for the north with the are showers as well. a lot of places will stay dry with clear skies but with mild air moving up from the south most places

will be milder than what it's been over the last few nights and it will be chilly across eastern scotland. that's how we begin the day for tuesday. the mist and fog patches dry and sunny day and one day with the temperatures sparking heavy showers across wales and most of southern england should stay dry. we could see around 19 or 20 in the southeast. winds light but are fresh across the southwest towards northern ireland and intellect in scotland. tuesday night most of —— mostly dry clay spells and fog patches developing and you could see the cherries across eastern areas the across eastern areas most places will be dry and temperatures from three to six celsius. we will start wednesday dry with plenty of sunshine and fog should melt away and wednesday afternoon and is a chance of seeing showers develop across more eastern parts of england and scotland.

look at these temperatures with high teens from any and we could see 20 or 21 degrees in the warmer spots. our area of high pressure will continue to dominate thursday and friday and the week you will notice shifting towards the west. it can allow more northeastern winds to develop and that could bring some cool air down to our shores and more cloud around as well. it will stay warm with plenty of sunshine both thursday and friday but into the weekend signs of the temperatures coming down with a bit more cloud.

i'm laura trevelyan in washington and this is bbc world news america. day 26 of russia's invasion of ukraine — and the suffering is intensifying. the capital kiev is under night—time curfew and there's been more loss of life after a shopping centre — is struck. well, you can see here that the scale of the destruction is absolutely immense and spread over a wide area surrounded by apartment blocks. there could be a lot more of this ahead. there could be a lot more of this ahead. ukraine rejects russia's demand to give up mariupol, saying there's "no question of any surrender". we report on the plight of the families who've escaped. nearly everyone who leaves