hello, i'm ros atkins. welcome to outside source. ukraine's president suggests his country is on the verge of surviving russia's assault. in the tiny but crucial south—western town of voznesensk, residents and ukraine's military push back russian forces. this community achieved something remarkable here, but we need to put it in perspective. this war is only a few weeks old, and the russians will almost certainly be back. but in the besieged city of mariupol, stories of children dying because of food and water shortages. the war pushes millions of traumatised refugees across borders.

the un secretary general says the war makes no military sense. it is time to end this absurd war. and prominent russian opposition leader alexei navalny is imprisoned for nine years on fresh fraud charges, in a trial his supporters say was a sham. ukraine's leader, volodymyr zelensky, has suggested his country has a chance of surviving russia's assault — despite officials warning that moscow is likely to continue its indiscriminate attacks. mr zelensky made the comments in a speech to the italian parliament, where he repeated his call for the west to tighten sanctions against russia. well, an example of success against the invading russian troops comes from the southern town of voznesensk,

where troops and a small population ofjust 35,000 people has seen off an attack by the russian army. taking voznesensk would have been significant — it would have allowed russian forces to move on toward the main port of 0desa. andrew harding has been meeting local people there who've won one battle, but fear another could be imminent. in war, a single bridge can sometimes make all the difference. a bridge and a town determined to keep it from the enemy. and that's what happened here in voznesensk, a quiet farming community that stood its ground. security cameras captured the moment russian tanks roared into town, determined to seize the bridge, and beyond it, a clear road across southern ukraine. but the locals were

already setting a trap. all hands on deck. a blocking of roads, guiding the russians into an ambush. a local shopkeeper, alexander, filmed himself on the front lines. "you little beauties!" he shouts. "it was a colossal effort by the whole town," he says. "we used hunting rifles, people threw bricks, "old women loaded sandbags, the russians didn't "know where to look. "i've never seen the community come together like that." as the invaders approached the bridge, the locals blew it up — at which point these british anti—tank weapons played a decisive role. the ukrainians destroyed almost every russian vehicle,

denying them the chance to seize the town and to rebuild the bridge. tank tracks still mark svetlana nikolajevna's garden. her outhouse took a direct hit. she says the russians took two ukrainian soldiers prisoner in there, and she feared they were going to kill them, but then the battle got out of hand. that's the blood of russian soldiers who were sheltering in her house. while she hid in a cellar, her cottage became a russian field hospital. translation: they left at night in such a hurry. | they left almost everything behind. theyjust took their dead and wounded. it may be russia's heaviest defeat so far, the troops retreating far to the east. this town, this community achieved something remarkable here. something remarkable here, but we need to put

it into perspective. this war is only a few weeks old and the russians will almost certainly be back with more soldiers and a lot more firepower. not surprisingly, the town hall is crowded with people wanting help getting out of voznesensk. 0thers go straight to the 32—year—old mayor. he is well guarded these days, brimming with confidence, but realistic about what lies ahead. "we know we can't win here without more anti—tank weapons," says yevheni velichko. "we are grateful for western supplies, but we need more. you know, the russians will be back." back for the bridge and back for the town that stood its ground. andrew harding, bbc news, in voznesensk, southern ukraine. let's turn to the city of mariupol. it's a key port in southern ukraine. russia has been trying to take it for weeks.

it's besieged, and there's no power or clean water and little food. ukrainian authorities say russian shelling has stopped rescue workers reaching this theatre in mariupol, which was targeted in an earlier attack. some people have managed to escape the city. let's hear from one of them. 0n the entrance to one of the checking points, the russians started to shoot the cars. they hit one car, seven or eight cars from me, my carjumped. there he hit a car with two children inside. i don't know what people could do

this. of course, we are blaming putinism, but regular soldiers —— 210. putinism, but regular soldiers -- 210. officials in mariupol also say russia has dropped two more large bombs on the city. we don't know how many casualties there are, but the fighting has been relentless. the expectation is that mariupol might fall in weeks, not days. these satellite images show the extent of the damage. mariupol�*s local council has accused russia of turning the city into the "ashes of a dead land". the un secretary general made specific mention of mariupol in his address today. have a listen. for more than two weeks, mariupol has been encircled by the russian army and relentlessly bombed, shelled and attacked — for what? even if mariupol falls, ukraine cannot be conquered city by city, street by street, house by house. the only outcome to this is more

suffering, more destruction and more horrors as far as the eye can see. and this is one ukrainian mp describing conditions there. what they are doing and the factl that they are still keeping the city is quite unbelievable, and they are real heroes, those ukrainian - fighters who fight there. so, for how long will i they succeed to fight? it's hard to say because, every day, i it's clear that they are in blockade i and russians are bombing them so heavily. - they almost destroyed this entire city. - the president of poland has been strongly condemning the russian attacks. he compared them to those of nazi forces during world war ii. translation: my war ii. translation: my fellow countrymen are looking at

mariupol and same with tears in their eyes, god, variable looks like when the nazi germans ground residential buildings —— bombed. without any mercy. the russian army behaves exactly the same way today. the russian leaders behave in the same way as hitler, the german ss and the german pilots of the fascist army in world war ii. mariupol is a key strategic target for russia. it's also a key export hub, so capturing it would strangle ukraine economically. this is another key target for russia — odesa, also a port city. it controls access to the black sea. here's one military expert. well, it's significant because of its centrality to ukraine's economy,

roughly— its centrality to ukraine's economy, roughly 70% of the country's exports by sea _ roughly 70% of the country's exports by sea and _ roughly 70% of the country's exports by sea and roughly 70% go through 0desa~ _ by sea and roughly 70% go through 0desa. given that russia holds much of odesa. given that russia holds much of ukraine's— 0desa. given that russia holds much of ukraine's black sea coast already. _ of ukraine's black sea coast already, with the exception of mariupol, which may fall in the coming — mariupol, which may fall in the coming weeks, 0desa becomes the last outlet_ coming weeks, 0desa becomes the last outlet for— coming weeks, 0desa becomes the last outlet for ukraine and control would -ive outlet for ukraine and control would give russia — outlet for ukraine and control would give russia a stranglehold over ukraine — ukraine says that air strikes hit apartment blocks on the outskirts of odesa overnight. no casualties have been reported. a representative of the ukrainian ministry of foreign affairs in odesa has been speaking to the bbc about conditions there. odesa is now quite peaceful. without the constant shelling and some other cities, like in kyiv or some eastern cities, like in kyiv or some eastern cities, but sometimes at night, we hear air alarms

cities, but sometimes at night, we hearairalarms and cities, but sometimes at night, we hear air alarms and from time to time, we hear blasts from air defence. defending us from russian missiles and drones mainly. as you can see here, russian forces, indicated in red, have failed to make much headway over the past week. now to a city which is in the path of oncoming fighting. it's boryspil, about 25 miles from kyiv, in which residents are being asked to leave if they can as clashes with russian forces draw closer. here's the city's mayor. translation: the situation regarding the evacuation, today, fights have intensified in the north. for our artillery— intensified in the north. for our artillery and aviation to be effective, and not to endanger civilians. — effective, and not to endanger civilians, the armed forces have asked _ civilians, the armed forces have asked us— civilians, the armed forces have asked us nearby villagers in

boryspil— asked us nearby villagers in boryspil to move slowly to safer places — boryspil to move slowly to safer places it — boryspil to move slowly to safer places. it will be better for peace of mind — let's update you on those fleeing the fighting. the number of people out of ukraine into enabling countries is past three and a half million. that's in less than a month since russia invaded. most of them are women and children and many mothers don't want to travel to her from home. —— too far. these pictures are from the capital of romania. will find it hard to go further away from ukraine, where their husbands are, we have a very large group of women with children who remain for a longer period of time and the kids will need services, daycare and

kindergarten. the will need services, daycare and kindergarten.— will need services, daycare and kinderaarten. ., ., , ordered all men between the ages of 18 and 62 remain ukraine. here's one mother who has ended up in the bucharet camp. it was difficult to decide for to do, because it needed separate separate children from father, separate us. your husband is there? yes, yes, separate from house, from country. poland has taken in the largest number of refugees fleeing ukraine. the world health organization says many are suffering from mental health problems. with the number of refugees now, about half of them, - about half a million require support for mental health disorders - due to the conflict, - and about 30,000 with severe mental diseases. and it doesn't stop there.

here's that who official again. what we are seeing _ at the reception centres is fever, diarrhoea, hypothermia, - upper respiratory tract infections, cardiac arrest, mental. and emotional distress. chris skopec is the head of programmes for project hope. he recently returned from a trip to ukraine and poland, where he was working with displaced people and refugees. thank you very much for speaking to us. i assume you were supporting a lot of people who are dealing with mental health challenges. absolutely. everyone that we came across amongst the refugees, i spoke with many myself. they were all exhibiting signs of anxiety, stress, fear, anger, emotions running high. most of them are exhausted from a long journey and a long wait to get

across the border.— long journey and a long wait to get across the border. what help can you offer them in — across the border. what help can you offer them in that _ across the border. what help can you offer them in that moment? - across the border. what help can you offer them in that moment? it's - offer them in that moment? it's limited, offer them in that moment? it�*s limited, quite frankly. it's a very mobile population. ourjob is to make sure they understand what their options are. services for themselves and their family, options are. services for themselves and theirfamily, how to options are. services for themselves and their family, how to access health and shelter, what options there are for travelling and staying in touch with her family. band there are for travelling and staying in touch with her family.— in touch with her family. and the kind of mental— in touch with her family. and the kind of mental health _ in touch with her family. and the kind of mental health challenges in touch with her family. and the - kind of mental health challenges you see people deal with, as if there is a more helpful outcome here, perhaps they can go home in time. do you believe they can be supported later on or they need further assistance now? ~ , ,., , on or they need further assistance now? absolutely. what we've learned from complex — now? absolutely. what we've learned from complex in _ now? absolutely. what we've learned from complex in the _ now? absolutely. what we've learned from complex in the past _ now? absolutely. what we've learned from complex in the past is _ now? absolutely. what we've learned from complex in the past is the - now? absolutely. what we've learned from complex in the past is the vast l from complex in the past is the vast majority, if you give them access to support networks, they can and will recover from trauma they've

experienced an rigors they've had to go through. but there is 10% on average that will require more additional support, and so to provide that for them is a top priority for us. i’m provide that for them is a top priority for us.— provide that for them is a top priority for us. i'm interested as ou priority for us. i'm interested as you observe _ priority for us. i'm interested as you observe the _ priority for us. i'm interested as you observe the health - priority for us. i'm interested as you observe the health operas l priority for us. i'm interested as - you observe the health operas here, does mental health get pushed on the list of priorities —— health options? i list of priorities -- health options?— list of priorities -- health otions? ., ., �*, options? i would say not. it's really been — options? i would say not. it's really been recognised - options? i would say not. it's really been recognised in - options? i would say not. it's i really been recognised in recent years for the critical issue it is. the first order of business in providing support for an affected population like this is to ensure basic services including shelter, access to health care, education, food, drinking water, etc. untilwe address those, we can't start to get into clinical care for more severe middle health issues. i into clinical care for more severe middle health issues.— middle health issues. i wonder, since we are — middle health issues. i wonder, since we are just _ middle health issues. i wonder, since we are just a _ middle health issues. i wonder, since we are just a few- middle health issues. i wonder, since we are just a few weeks . middle health issues. i wonder, j since we are just a few weeks in middle health issues. i wonder, - since we are just a few weeks in the war, when you were in poland, how

established were the support systems for refugees given the short period of time they've had to put them in place? of time they've had to put them in lace? , �* , _, �* place? very. but they couldn't exect place? very. but they couldn't exoect to _ place? very. but they couldn't exoect to be- _ place? very. but they couldn't expect to be. there _ place? very. but they couldn't expect to be. there was - place? very. but they couldn't expect to be. there was a - place? very. but they couldn't - expect to be. there was a tremendous outpouring of support from the polish government, from the polish people and from other parts of europe. but the numbers were just staggering. we saw hundreds of thousands coming across the border every single day. three and a half million in under a month. it's really impossible to keep up with that level. every day, there are more structures around the support we can provide. more structures around the support we can provide-— more structures around the support we can provide. chris, we appreciate ou talkin: we can provide. chris, we appreciate you talking to _ we can provide. chris, we appreciate you talking to us. _ we can provide. chris, we appreciate you talking to us. thank _ we can provide. chris, we appreciate you talking to us. thank you. - let's go to kyiv. lyse doucet is there. thank you very much for joining us. what are your thoughts on these comments from president

zelensky? i've seen them described on different terms. how do you read those comments?— those comments? they're not very zelensky like. _ those comments? they're not very zelensky like, to _ those comments? they're not very zelensky like, to put _ those comments? they're not very zelensky like, to put it _ those comments? they're not very zelensky like, to put it that - those comments? they're not very zelensky like, to put it that way, i zelensky like, to put it that way, because he normally strikes a very defiant tone. he normally expresses what we hear from every ukrainian we meet, which is this is a war we will win. he praises the resilience and patriotism of the ukrainians, both military and civilian, but the message she sent to the italian parliament was a bit different. he says they were on the brink of survival. was that the e that he does not —— was it he decided that his message was not getting through, that he had to toughen the message? this barbarism, as he put it, will cross europe. maybe it was an

attempt to have a wake—up call, to say you better take notice of this from me before it comes to you. that was his message to _ from me before it comes to you. that was his message to the italian parliament. presumably, he's thinking about the fact that president biden is coming to europe. this is a big opportunity to once again press the west. hat this is a big opportunity to once again press the west.— this is a big opportunity to once again press the west. not a day goes b without again press the west. not a day goes by without president _ again press the west. not a day goes by without president zelensky - again press the west. not a day goes by without president zelensky either| by without president zelensky either addressing a foreign parliament, speaking to a foreign leader, having an interview with a foreign newspaper, addressing ukrainians. he repeats his message is day in, day out, hourafter repeats his message is day in, day out, hour after hour. repeats his message is day in, day out, hourafter hour. every repeats his message is day in, day out, hour after hour. every single time he addresses a foreign parliament, he developed, he touched on their history and drew from it something about ukraine. at the final message was always the same — close the sky. he will know in

detail what is on the agenda this week in brussels. a meeting of nato, the g7, the eu, president biden there in person. showing in person that this is a very important priority, to give it a very big diplomatic push. just at the moment, what do we know so far? those talks will discuss more sanctions, tougher sanctions. they will discuss more powerful weapons for ukraine. it will be of defiance and differences, because not all european countries are united when it comes to sanctions on russian oil, gas, coal, and the germans is a we're so dependent on russian energy, we can't take this step now. there will be as strong message, but there's been lots, and they haven't stopped

the war. . �* , been lots, and they haven't stopped the war. . v . been lots, and they haven't stopped thewar. ., �*, ., ., . the war. that's a diplomatic dimension _ the war. that's a diplomatic dimension of _ the war. that's a diplomatic dimension of the _ the war. that's a diplomatic dimension of the conflict. . the war. that's a diplomatic i dimension of the conflict. let's talk about the situation in the capital. yesterday, i was asking about the curfew. is the plan for it to be lifted on wednesday? 50 to be lifted on wednesday? so far, es. to be lifted on wednesday? so far, yes- seven — to be lifted on wednesday? so far, yes. seven o'clock _ to be lifted on wednesday? so far, yes. seven o'clock tomorrow - to be lifted on wednesday? so far, i yes. seven o'clock tomorrow morning in kyiv, five o'clock gmt. it's been a relatively quiet day, which doesn't mean it's completely quiet. there was an air raid siren throughout the day. there was the occasional rattle of gunfire. two messages about where the battle for the outskirts of the city. the authorities urged people to leave as soon as possible in the southeast because russian forces were advancing. but in the northwest, the ukrainians say they pushed forces.

back and forth, russia trying to inch forward, and they still haven't reached to the heart of the capital. residents here are preparing for the worst, but they hope against hope that the war that's been unleashed across this country with the most hypersonic weapons will not be inflicted on a capital sacred to both ukrainians and russians. lyse, thanks forjoining _ both ukrainians and russians. lyse, thanks forjoining us. _ both ukrainians and russians. lyse, thanks forjoining us. we _ both ukrainians and russians. lyse, thanks forjoining us. we always appreciate it. alexei navalny, a leading critic of president putin, has been sentenced to nine years in a maximum security prison after being found guilty on new embezzlement charges. this was alexei navalny in 2021, as he was arrested on his return to russia from germany — looking relatively well after recovering from a novichok nerve agent attack, which he blamed on president putin.

this was him today — in black prison garb, looking visibly gaunt. the hearing took place via video link earlier today from the pokrov prison colony, outside moscow. our russia editor at bbc monitoring, vitaliy shevchenko, joins me now. what charges has he been found of? he has been committed of stealing... equivalent of... also contempt of court. the prosecution of alexei navalny is an important link in the chain of events that have led up to the war

with ukraine. before launching his invasion on the 24th of february, president putin major there was no credible strong force within russia which could challenge him on major policy issues such as invading countries. so, alexei navalny in jail, president putin can lead this regime unopposed, and alexei navalny is the kind of person who is charismatic and has been able to galvanise opinion previously. now he's injail, that's not happening. i wonder in terms of these charges, has the state of the prosecution offered any evidence whatsoever that he's committed these crimes? weill. he's committed these crimes? well, it's a matter — he's committed these crimes? well, it's a matter of _ he's committed these crimes? well, it's a matter of opinion in _ he's committed these crimes? well, it's a matter of opinion in russia. . it's a matter of opinion in russia. alexei navalny�*s supporters say all

these charges are trumped up, that witnesses have been leaned upon and forced to give false testimony. but forced to give false testimony. but for the kremlin, alexei navalny is just another example of how opposition leaders within russia are being used by the west to undermine the government's standing. thank you ve much. the government's standing. thank you very much- we're _ the government's standing. thank you very much. we're up _ the government's standing. thank you very much. we're up against - the government's standing. thank you very much. we're up against the - very much. we're up against the clock. 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. just behind me are my colleagues running the live page. we'll continue with our coverage of the war in a couple minutes.

hello there. it's been a fine, dry, sunny day for most of us. it's been the warmest day of the year so far. we saw top temperatures of 21 celsius in both wales and in england. now, the next few days, it's going to stay warm, dry and sunny, thanks to high pressure. and there will still be that very outside chance of an isolated shower, but most places will stay dry. our weather will be influenced by high pressure sitting to the east of us. we will have lower pressure out to the west — that's why we're drawing up this warm air from the south or southeast. so, any showers this evening will tend to fade away through central and northern areas. most places will be drier overnight. there will be patchy cloud, some mist and fog patches developing here and there. most places will see clear skies. it will be chilly out of town, but i think towns and cities seeing temperatures no lower than around 3—5 degrees.

so, it's a fine start to wednesday morning. any early mist and fog patches should tend to melt away quite quickly, and then it's a dry, sunny afternoon for most of us. you can see a little bit of low cloud, some mist and murk hugging the coasts of northern and eastern scotland, northeast england. could see the odd shower as well, northeast scotland and down into eastern england, but most places will be dry, and again, it's going to be another warm day. mid to high teens for most, could see the low 20s in the warmest spots in the midlands and the southeast. as we head through wednesday night, it's going to be largely dry again, widespread clear skies, could see a bit more cloud pushing to the north and west of scotland, perhaps western parts of northern ireland by the end of the night. so, here, temperatures won't fall as low as they will further south because here we have clear skies. but it should be a largely frost—free start for thursday for most of us. frost—free start for plenty of sunshine once again, more cloud for northern and western scotland, northern ireland, thanks to a weak weather front. more of a breeze here, one or two showers.

i think more cloud generally for the north of the uk. that will impact the temperatures slightly. so, the low teens here, but elsewhere, it's another dry, sunny warm day, top temperatures around 19, maybe 20 degrees. some subtle changes as we move through friday into the weekend. this area of high pressure begins to drift its way westwards. that will allow a bit more cloud, some slightly fresher air to move across northern and eastern parts of the country, particularly as we head through sunday. but with high pressure in charge, it's going to stay largely dry with some sunny spells. there will be increasing amounts of cloud in northern and eastern areas into the weekend. into next week, though, it starts to turn much colder to the start of april.

hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. ukraine's president says they are on the verge of survival as russia presses ahead with its assault. we focus on a crucial southwestern town where residents in ukraine's military have so far pushed back russian forces.— russian forces. this community achieved something _ russian forces. this community| achieved something remarkable russian forces. this community - achieved something remarkable here, but we need to put it into perspective. this war is on a few weeks old. the russians will certainly almost be back. —— almost certainly almost be back. —— almost certainly be back. in certainly almost be back. -- almost certainly be back.— certainly be back. in the besieged ci of certainly be back. in the besieged city of mariuool. _ certainly be back. in the besieged city of mariupol, we _ certainly be back. in the besieged city of mariupol, we are _ certainly be back. in the besieged city of mariupol, we are hearing l city of mariupol, we are hearing stories of children dying because of food and water shortages. with this war showing no signs of ending, the

un has sounded a warning on global food prices. we will also talk about the royals. from belize to barbados — as the royals are set to continue their caribbean tour — in a country that just voted to become a republic. we will consider howjust a few months ago barbados voted to become a republic. that idea may be spreading to other countries in the caribbean as well. as we've heard, that southern port city of mariupol is a key strategic target for the russian military. around 300,000 people are believed to be trapped there with supplies running out and aid blocked. residents have endured weeks of russian bombardment with no power or running water — with ukraine's president saying there was nothing left in the city but ruins. wyre davies sent this report from zaporizhzhia, where some people from mariupol have managed to flee. after 170 miles, mined roads and 15

russian army checkpoints, freedom. their ordeal is by no means over but for these families who have escaped from mariupol in a motley convoy of on damaged vehicles, —— escaped from mariupol in a motley convoy of bomb damaged vehicles, the last month has been as close to hell as any human should ever get. it was bombing the last three days, it was bombing every ten, five minutes, and we haven't any central heating, gas, electricity, food or water, nothing. before leaving, katya grabbed her obstinate dog jesse. but this isn't the first time she's fled war. i passed through war in 2014. i'm from donetsk. but it was light variant, really. now it's my second war but it is harder and more

difficult, but i will survive and i will remember it. and i'm happy that i will live here and i'm now in ukraine. this van filled with 25 people also made it through today. all occupants of the same bunker in mariupol escaping together. from ages 2—75. overcome with emotion, babushka, or grandmother, anna, says "it's all too much for me at my age." some of those arriving today gave us videos, a snapshot of the nightmare in which they have been living and the perils of theirjourney out. around 300,000 people are still thought to be trapped inside the besieged city, much of which has been destroyed by the russian bombardment. it was a bombardment that almost took the life of two—month—old

volodymyr, when a shell landed near their apartment, his father instinctively threw himself over the baby. dad alexei was hit by shrapnel and glass. his son, born only a month before the war, bears no injuries. "after that we lived in the shelter cooking with wood and just trying to survive," says alexei. ukrainians have their differences, but the war has brought people together in adversity. volunteers provide anything those escaping mariupol need for their onward journeys, knowing full well there town could be next. wyre davies, bbc news, zaporizhzhia. james cowan is a former british soldier who now heads the halo trust which has four hundred staff working in ukraine. thank you forjoining us. i know some of those staff are in mariupol. i wonder if you are able to hear from them at all. we i wonder if you are able to hear

from them at all.— we have had desperate testimony from within the city now. we hear reports of one member of staff who in attempting to find water went to the neighbour's well and the neighbour was killed trying to draw water from that well along with his whole family. we have one young member of staff who has reached us here, she's been with her rather desperate trying to find news of her parents and to discover that there was going to be a convoy leaving mariupol, and just by sheer coincidence her parents i mean across the street on a telephone and ran across the street to see whether he would make a call for them. the artillery then came down and they had to shelter in

his house, but he put the call through and miraculously her parents were able to talk to her and she was able to say move to this location, join this convoy, now her parents have escaped mariupol. but believe it or not, her grandparents are still in mariupol. so she's managed to save her parents, but the next generation is still trapped. there are many elderly people. we hear about the children, but i think we should also think about the elderly. this is a desperate situation for some very infirm people trapped and completely unable to look after themselves. abs, completely unable to look after themselves.— completely unable to look after themselves. ,, ., , ., ., themselves. a desperate situation, des - eratel themselves. a desperate situation, desperately worrying _ themselves. a desperate situation, desperately worrying as _ themselves. a desperate situation, desperately worrying as well - themselves. a desperate situation, desperately worrying as well for - desperately worrying as well for people trying to contact those stacked in mariupol. i wander more broadly about your staff, your organisation focuses on landmine clearance, but at the moment, that's not something you can do. we clearance, but at the moment, that's not something you can do.— not something you can do. we do a lot more than _ not something you can do. we do a lot more than landmines. - not something you can do. we do a lot more than landmines. we - not something you can do. we do a lot more than landmines. we are l lot more than landmines. we are qualified to clear all ordinance. and this is a war in which there is

the most prolific and indiscriminate use of all forms of ammunition. so we are able to deal with that. we are also first aid trains, we have paramedics, we are conducting a lot of risk education reaching innocent civilians across the country, notably children in the end of grace we also have survey gales, so we can look at possible safe havens or humanitarian credit wires and we can make sure that they are clear of any munition and we can improve routes. so the role of the head of trust is absolutely vital in this. we been absolutely vital in this. we been absolutely overwhelmed by levels of public support for our work. we are not part of the disastrous emergency committee, but people have been incredibly generous with their support. so we are building a new programme in the west of ukraine, and we need money to make that pass the ball. our intention is to build a programme that can help clear all of this highly explosive and lethal

ordinance across the country. you read the halo _ ordinance across the country. you read the halo trust _ ordinance across the country. you read the halo trust now. you are firmly within the british military. i wonder as her —— as you hearfrom colleagues in ukraine within the halo trust whether you agree with the british military position on this which is to offer military aid to ukraine but not to become directly involved. mr; to ukraine but not to become directly involved.— to ukraine but not to become directly involved. my role is as a humanitarian, _ directly involved. my role is as a humanitarian, and _ directly involved. my role is as a humanitarian, and my— directly involved. my role is as a| humanitarian, and my desperate concern is that the nature of this war is that neither side can really win, and wars that cannot be one tended to persist and they become indecisive, neither of the military sides in the conflict will win, but the people who will suffer are the 44 million civilians in ukraine, and i am very worried at what we are looking at is the possibility of a syrian style disaster lasting for maybe many years in the middle of europe. so it's my wish to see this

ended as soon as possible, and i do think the west needs to think much harder about what it does to bring this conflict to a rapid termination. thank you for speaking to us, james. those considerations, james is urging the west to further, well, that will definitely be top of the agenda dominating on us the entire agenda at a nato summit and then a european union summit later this week. both of which will be attended by president biden. a huge amount of focus on mariupol for good reason because of the seeds there, but along the coast, russian navalforces have begun shelling the outskirts of the port city of odesa, as part of efforts to cut ukrainians off from the black sea. there are fears the russian fleet is getting ready for a larger scale attack. our security correspondent gordon corera has this assessment of russia's military strategy. russia invaded ukraine from a number of directions but it's the south where the fighting has been fiercest and which looks to be strategically

most important. russian forces entered through crimea which they had already seized in 2014. we have just seen details of some of the fighting around voznesensk. it is one of a number of places where russia has met much tougher resistance than it expected. this is a strategically important place. the reason is, if russia seized it it would offer them a land route towards the historic city of odesa. the port of odesa has already been preparing its defences. one western official today said it remains a prime military objective for moscow. so let's look at the south—east now. we have heard a lot about mariupol. you can see the importance of the city because it would give russia a land bridge between the east and crimea if they were able to seize it. the russian forces seen here in red have encircled the city and have started to go in. and the devastation has been pretty

terrible, with some estimates putting up to 90% of mariupol destroyed. so the russian ambition may be to seize the whole of the south, leaving ukraine landlocked. that would impose economic as well as military costs. but russia has faced fierce resistance, its forces are spread thin, and it's not always been able to keep territory it has taken, so that may be an ambition to far. as we've been reporting, the focus of diplomatic efforts this week will be a series of summits in brussels on thursday. they'll be attended by world leaders, among them president biden. here's what's on his agenda. he will attend an emergency nato summit, joined by the leaders of the other 29 nato allies. he willjoin the g7 leaders and he will address the 27 leaders of the european union at a session of the european council.

he will have the opportunity to co—ordinate the next phase of military assistance ukraine. he willjoin our partners in imposing further sanctions on russia and tightening the existing sanctions to crack down on invasion and to ensure robust enforcement. he will work with allies on longer—term adjustments to nato forces around the eastern flank. and it's notjust that. here's what else mr biden is planning to do. he will announce joint action on enhancing european energy security and reducing europe's dependence on russian gas at long last. he will announce further american contributions to a coordinated humanitarian response to ease the suffering of civilians inside ukraine and to respond to the growing flow of refugees. mr biden is set to travel to brussels on wednesday. ahead of those gatherings, the un chief, antonio guterres, said this. this war is unwinnable, sooner or

later it will have to move from the battlefield to the peace table, and thatis battlefield to the peace table, and that is inevitable. the only question is how many more lives must be lysed? how many more bombs must fall? how many mariupol�*s must be destroyed? how many more ukrainians and russians will be killed before everyone realises that this war has no winners, on the losers. the people left to die in ukraine and the many people around the world who will have to face hunger for this to stop. meanwhile, president biden has warned that vladimir putin could use chemical and biological weapons in ukraine. a former british defence intelligence officer gave this assessment on that warning: vladimir putin has used chemical weapons — vladimir putin has used chemical weapons in the past, 2017 in salisbury— weapons in the past, 2017 in salisbury with another chalk, but also in _ salisbury with another chalk, but also in syria. so it's part of his playbook— also in syria. so it's part of his playbook will stop however, i think is a long _ playbook will stop however, i think is a long way off using it here, and what's _ is a long way off using it here, and what's caused president biden to bring _ what's caused president biden to bring this— what's caused president biden to bring this out last night, and

bring this outlast night, and that's— bring this out last night, and that's because the russian ministry of defence has been circulating a number— of defence has been circulating a number of— of defence has been circulating a number of documents around saying they have _ number of documents around saying they have physical proof of a us and ukrainian _ they have physical proof of a us and ukrainian programme for chemical and volatile _ ukrainian programme for chemical and volatile weapons being used inside ukraine _ volatile weapons being used inside ukraine and development you being used inside ukraine. i've seen the documents, — used inside ukraine. i've seen the documents, and i've seen translation of the _ documents, and i've seen translation of the documents, they say no such thing _ of the documents, they say no such thing but— of the documents, they say no such thing but it— of the documents, they say no such thing. but it is right and proper that the — thing. but it is right and proper that the president sends a very clear— that the president sends a very clear message to vladimir putin that we know— clear message to vladimir putin that we know what you are doing. it's all about information at this stage. bear— about information at this stage. bear in — about information at this stage. bear in mind, that then president, barack obama, the use of chemical weapons by the syrian government was crossing a line for the us. he threatened air strikes as a consequence if they did that, but then when it happened, he didn't follow through. here is a chemical and biological weapons expert on that decision. we have had red lines on the use of chemical weapons. we have had red lines on the use of chemicalweapons. president we have had red lines on the use of chemical weapons. president obama's redline in august 2013 disappeared

in a puff of smoke and we did nothing. i think putin does not think the west will react, and he is in desperate straits. he either retreats back to moscow and the end of putin, or he does something demonstrative. the of putin, or he does something demonstrative.— demonstrative. the un secretary-general - demonstrative. the un secretary-general has | demonstrative. the un - secretary-general has been demonstrative. the un _ secretary-general has been adding secretary—general has been adding his voice today about the knock on effect ——about the knock—on effects of war in ukraine on food prices across the world. the price of wheat and sunflower oil has already soared. here's antonio guterres speaking in new york a few hours ago. ukrainian people are enduring a living hell, and the reverberations are being felt worldwide with skyrocketing food, energy and fertiliser prices, threatening to spill into a global hunger crisis. developing countries were already suffocating under the burden of covid and the lack of access to adequate financing, now they are also paying a heavy

price as a result of this war. let's focus on one key food commodity, weeds, —— let's focus on one key food commodity, wheat. russia is the world's largest wheat exporter and ukraine is the fifth largest. together they account for about a third of the world's exports. as a result of the war, the global price of wheat has increased 50% in the last month. one reason is logistics, most ukrainian and russian exports are shipped through the black sea. but this has become too dangerous since the fighting began. with several cargo ships having already been hit by russian missiles. the other reason is that ukraine's wheat exports have stopped altogether, as the country focuses on feeding its people. supply from ukraine doesn't look likely to pick up anytime soon, with many farmers unable to harvest this spring as they choose to take up arms and defend their country instead. this will have a particularly big impact on countries in the middle east and africa — such as egypt. egypt is the world largest wheat buyer, with russia and ukraine providing 86% of its imports. its currency has fallen sharply

against the dollar and that's already causing economic hardship. sally nabil is our correspondent there. prices have been going up over the past couple of weeks, and just yesterday, the egyptian pound lost more than 12% of its value against the us dollar, which would result eventually in another wave of inflation, and the people here, they are really complaining that they cannot take it any more because over the past few years, the government has put the government has put some austerity measures in place calling it a necessary economic reform, so we are talking about 30% of the population here live below the poverty line, they lived from hand to mouth, they literally struggle to put food on the table, so the fact that prices are rising every single day, that would burden them way too much, far beyond what they can take. just to let you know,

the pound is still dropping up to the moment, and there is a state of uncertainty. no one knows what's going to happen next. abeer etefa joins us from the un world food programme where her focus is on africa and the middle east. thank you very much indeed for joining us. we've been hearing warnings of the impact on food prices and food supplies since this war began. is that starting to become a reality in countries like egypt? it become a reality in countries like 5. -t? ., , become a reality in countries like er t? ., , , . ., become a reality in countries like e. .t? , ., become a reality in countries like egypt? it has become a reality in many countries _ egypt? it has become a reality in many countries around _ egypt? it has become a reality in many countries around the - egypt? it has become a reality in| many countries around the world. egypt? it has become a reality in l many countries around the world. i global food many countries around the world. i globalfood prices many countries around the world. i global food prices are at an all—time high these days. we see it's concerning the impact of the ukraine crisis on food security globally. you're looking at the middle east and north african region, between egypt, lebanon, young men that she and north african region, between egypt, lebanon, yemen —— cnn, syria, libya, there will be a severe impact on already

food insecurity. there are a lot of increases in prices that have just happened over the last 72 hours. these prices are affecting the local food prices, the global hike and price hikes in some of these cities, the commodities are affecting the local food the commodities are affecting the localfood prices the commodities are affecting the local food prices and the commodities are affecting the localfood prices and of the commodities are affecting the local food prices and of grace access to food, especially for millions of people who are already under tremendous stress will be, you know, suffering, basically from access to food and access to food, especially with the climate change impact. you see the wheat crop in syria has dropped by 60% because of the drought, then you have the impacts of covid, which economies have not recovered as well as the conflict in some regions, some of the countries in the middle east, countries, syria, yemen, so we are going to basically see a tremendous

impact specifically here in the middle east and in the north african region. middle east and in the north african reuion. ., , ., ., , ., region. you list a long list of important — region. you list a long list of important reasons _ region. you list a long list of important reasons from - region. you list a long list of| important reasons from covid region. you list a long list of- important reasons from covid to regional conflict as well as climate change and the were in ukraine, so i guess the following question is what can the world food programme do to try to counter all of those dimensions to this crisis? this is difficult for _ dimensions to this crisis? this is difficult for all _ dimensions to this crisis? this is difficult for all the _ dimensions to this crisis? this is difficult for all the countries - dimensions to this crisis? this is difficult for all the countries thatj difficult for all the countries that we are serving. the impact being felt in many countries in the middle east and north africa as well as around the world is also the world food programme. the cost of the food that we get every month for the hundred and 30 million people that we are serving around the world has increased by 71 million us dollars, and that is actually, you know, two or three weeks into the conflict. that means we have 4 million people left and we have already seen a gap

between the resources that are needed and that means that we see all over the world. it's really a difficult year. i think that humanitarian suffering inside ukraine is not only going to be in ukraine, but we are going to see an impact even on the operations that we are serving. take yemen as an example. i only have 10% funding for the needs of yemen and an extra $10 million costs because of increase of food and fuel prices on the global market. ., ., ., ., market. from the un world food programme- _ market. from the un world food programme. thank _ market. from the un world food programme. thank you - market. from the un world food programme. thank you so - market. from the un world food programme. thank you so much | market. from the un world food i programme. thank you so much for joining us. within the past hour, the duke and duchess of cambridge have arrived injamaica, the next stop on their eight day tour of the caribbean. they're receiving an official welcome before meeting the governor general

ofjamaica sir patrick linton allen. joining me is the bbc�*s celestina olulode, who was in barbados when it became a republic. she was live with us sign outside source for that moment. more broadly, i guess, the reason we wanted to talk to you is that an idea about spreading to other countries such as jamaica. there is a reneral countries such as jamaica. there is a general mood — countries such as jamaica. there is a general mood in _ countries such as jamaica. there is a general mood in jamaica - countries such as jamaica. there is a general mood in jamaica that. countries such as jamaica. there is a general mood in jamaica that the a general mood injamaica that the island doesn't need it it's a general mood injamaica that the island doesn't need it its clean as head of state any more, and i guess that people use this visit, this royale visit as a chance to express that. we have seen on social media people protesting outside the british high commission in king stand, the capital, and then the human rights group advocates network released yesterday an open letter which was signed by 100 jamaican organisations saying, love, they oppose this visit, but they have also been calling for reparations. now, on that matter, the royal

family say that is a political matter, something for the british government and the jamaican government to discuss. last year in barbados, prince charles acknowledged what he called the appalling atrocity of slavery. in appalling atrocity of slavery. in terms of practicality, ifjamaica terms of practicality, if jamaica were to make this move, what would it have to do?— were to make this move, what would it have to do? jamaica can to become a reublic it have to do? jamaica can to become a republic overnight _ it have to do? jamaica can to become a republic overnight because - it have to do? jamaica can to become a republic overnight because of- it have to do? jamaica can to become a republic overnight because of its . a republic overnight because of its constitution, unlock barbados, it has to go through a referendum, and i know that when i spoke to the prime minister of barbados last year, she told me, love, the time is come for us to leave our colonial past behind, and that message really has resonated with a number of other caribbean islands, but also countries like australia as well. i countries like australia as well. i guess when we see protests, it's hazy to focus on them, but do we have any handle, is it possible to judge whether those protests

represent the majority view in jamaica? represent the ma'ority view in jamaica? ., �* , represent the ma'ority view in jamaica? ., . ., , jamaica? love, let's be clear. this ruestion, jamaica? love, let's be clear. this question. this _ jamaica? love, let's be clear. this question, this republican - jamaica? love, let's be clear. this| question, this republican question has been rambling on for a long time, eversincejamaica has been rambling on for a long time, ever since jamaica became independent, now 60 years since its independence. people have been asking that question. despite some jamaican saying that they enjoy and support the claim to an extent, there is a prevailing view that, like, really, ajamaican there is a prevailing view that, like, really, a jamaican should there is a prevailing view that, like, really, ajamaican should be in charge of its own affairs, should be the head of states on the island. and that is something that the prime minister barbados told me when i met her last november, she said look, really, this is all about the future of our generation saying we want to ensure that barbadian children can aspire to be president. i ensure that barbadian children can aspire to be president. i remember when we talked _ aspire to be president. i remember when we talked about _ aspire to be president. i remember when we talked about this - aspire to be president. i remember when we talked about this with - when we talked about this with reference to barbados, you are saying in practical terms, the move

didn't actually change that much. it's not like the royal family was dictating what didn't didn't happen in barbados, but as a symbolic gesture resonated very deeply. mast gesture resonated very deeply. most certainl . gesture resonated very deeply. most certainly- the _ gesture resonated very deeply. most certainly. the same _ gesture resonated very deeply. i’jifisii certainly. the same will be set or could be said forjamaicans because this is all about symbols, this is how a nation sees itself. and so for that in that sense, yes, jamaicans say that this really is an important step for them, and also, to be clear, this links to its colonial past. jamaican people i've spoken to have told me, like, really, their pastis have told me, like, really, their past is a painful one, part of that past is a painful one, part of that pastis past is a painful one, part of that past is a painful one, part of that past is a painful one, and being able to have their own head of state will enable them to barely take control of their own affairs and leave that colonial past behind. thank you very much. we always welcome me on outside source.

i will be back with you in a couple of minutes' time. hello there. it's been a fine, dry, sunny day for most of us. it's been the warmest day of the year so far. we saw top temperatures of 21 celsius in both wales and in england. now, the next few days, it's going to stay warm, dry and sunny, thanks to high pressure. and there will still be that very outside chance of an isolated shower, but most places will stay dry. our weather will be influenced by high pressure sitting to the east of us. we will have lower pressure out to the west — that's why we're drawing up this warm air from the south or southeast. so, any showers this evening will tend to fade away through central and northern areas. most places will be drier overnight. there will be patchy cloud, some mist and fog patches

developing here and there. most places will see clear skies. it will be chilly out of town, but i think towns and cities seeing temperatures no lower than around 3—5 degrees. so, it's a fine start to wednesday morning. any early mist and fog patches should tend to melt away quite quickly, and then it's a dry, sunny afternoon for most of us. you can see a little bit of low cloud, some mist and murk hugging the coasts of northern and eastern scotland, northeast england. could see the odd shower as well, northeast scotland and down into eastern england, but most places will be dry, and again, it's going to be another warm day. mid to high teens for most, could see the low 20s in the warmest spots in the midlands and the southeast. as we head through wednesday night, it's going to be largely dry again, widespread clear skies, could see a bit more cloud pushing to the north and west of scotland, perhaps western parts of northern ireland by the end of the night. so, here, temperatures won't fall as low as they will further south because here we have clear skies. but it should be a largely frost—free start for thursday for most of us. plenty of sunshine once again, more cloud for northern and western scotland, northern ireland, thanks to a weak weather front. more of a breeze here, one or two showers.

i think more cloud generally for the north of the uk. that will impact the temperatures slightly. so, the low teens here, but elsewhere, it's another dry, sunny warm day, top temperatures around 19, maybe 20 degrees. some subtle changes as we move through friday into the weekend. this area of high pressure begins to drift its way westwards. that will allow a bit more cloud, some slightly fresher air to move across northern and eastern parts of the country, particularly as we head through sunday. but with high pressure in charge, it's going to stay largely dry with some sunny spells. there will be increasing amounts of cloud in northern and eastern areas into the weekend. into next week, though, it starts to turn much colder to the start of april.

hello, i'm ros atkins. welcome to outside source. ukraine's president suggests his country is on the verge of surviving russia's assault. in the tiny but crucial south—western town of voznesensk, residents and ukraine's military push back russian forces. this community achieved something remarkable here, but we need to put it in perspective. this war is only a few weeks old, and the russians will almost certainly be back. but in the besieged city of mariupol, stories of children dying because of food and water shortages.

the war pushes millions of traumatised refugees across borders. the un secretary general says the war makes no military sense. it is time to end this absurd war. and prominent russian opposition leader alexei navalny is imprisoned for nine years on fresh fraud charges, in a trial his supporters say was a sham. ukraine's leader, volodymyr zelensky, has suggested his country has a chance of surviving russia's assault — despite officials warning that moscow is likely to continue its indiscriminate attacks. mr zelensky made the comments in a speech to the italian parliament, where he repeated his call for the west to tighten sanctions against russia. well, an example of success against the invading russian troops comes from the southern town of voznesensk, where troops and a small population ofjust 35,000 people has seen off an attack by the russian army.

taking voznesensk would have been significant — it would have allowed russian forces to move on toward the main port of odesa. to ta ke to take it would allow them to push on but for the moment they can't. andrew harding has been meeting local people there who've won one battle, but fear another could be imminent. in war, a single bridge can sometimes make all the difference. a bridge and a town determined to keep it from the enemy. and that's what happened here in voznesensk, a quiet farming community that stood its ground. security cameras captured the moment russian tanks roared into town,

determined to seize the bridge, and beyond it, a clear road across southern ukraine. but the locals were already setting a trap. all hands on deck. blocking off roads, guiding the russians into an ambush. a local shopkeeper, alexander, filmed himself on the front lines. "you little beauties!" he shouts. "it was a colossal effort by the whole town," he says. "we used hunting rifles, people threw bricks, "old women loaded sandbags, the russians didn't "know where to look. "i've never seen the community come together like that." as the invaders approached the bridge, the locals blew it up — at which point these british anti—tank weapons

played a decisive role. the ukrainians destroyed almost every russian vehicle, denying them the chance to seize the town and to rebuild the bridge. tank tracks still mark svetlana nikolajevna's garden. her outhouse took a direct hit. she says the russians took two ukrainian soldiers prisoner in there, and she feared they were going to kill them, but then the battle got out of hand. that's the blood of russian soldiers who were sheltering in her house. while she hid in a cellar, her cottage became a russian field hospital.

translation: they left at night in such a hurry. | they left almost everything behind. theyjust took their dead and wounded. it may be russia's heaviest defeat so far, their troops retreating far to the east. this town, this community achieved something remarkable here, but we need to put it in perspective. this war is only a few weeks old and the russians will almost certainly be back with more soldiers and a lot more firepower. not surprisingly, the town hall is crowded with people wanting help getting out of voznesensk. others go straight to the 32—year—old mayor. he's well guarded these days, brimming with confidence, but realistic about what lies ahead. "we know we can't win here without more anti—tank weapons," says yevheni velichko. "we're grateful for western supplies, but we need more. you know, the russians will be back." back for the bridge and back for the town that stood its ground. andrew harding, bbc news, in voznesensk, southern ukraine.

let's turn to the city of mariupol. it's a key port in southern ukraine. russia has been trying to take it for weeks. in the last few minutes a kremlin spokesman said the aim is clean out what it calls "nationalist units". the city is beseiged — and there's no power or clean water, and little food. ukrainian authorities say russian shelling has stopped rescue workers reaching this theatre in mariupol — which was targeted in an earlier attack. some people have managed to escape the city. let's hear from one of them. on the entrance to one of the checking points, ukrainian taking points, the russian started to shoot the cars with white ribbons on the doors with inscriptions of children on the windows and the heat actually one—car, seven or eight cars from me. my carjumped, actually, they

had this car with the two children inside. i don't know what people could do this, actually. and how, of course, we are blaming putin, that he is doing this to ukraine but regular soldiers are shooting the civilians. officials in mariupol also say russia has dropped two more large bombs on the city. there's no information yet on casualties. but the fighting has been relentless. the expectation is that mariupol may fall in a matter of weeks — even days. these satellite images show the extent of the damage. mariupol�*s local council has accused russia of turning the city into the "ashes of a dead land".the un secretary general made specific mention of mariupol in comments he made in new york today. have a listen. for more than two weeks mauripol has been encircled by the russian army

and relentlessly bombed, shelled and attacked. forwhat? even if and relentlessly bombed, shelled and attacked. for what? even if mauripol falls, ukraine cannot be conquered, city by city, street by street, house by house. the only outcome to all of this is more suffering, more destruction and more horror as far as the eye can see. destruction and more horror as far as the eye can see. and here's one ukrainian mp, describing conditions there. what they are doing and the factl that they are still keeping the city is quite unbelievable, and they are real heroes, those ukrainian - fighters who fight there. so, for how long will i they succeed to fight? it's hard to say because, every day, i it's clear that they are in blockade i and russians are bombing them so heavily. - they almost destroyed this entire city. -

the president of poland has strongly condemned russia's attacks in mariupol — comparing them to those of nazi forces during world war ii, translation: my fellowl countrymen are looking at mariupol and same with tears in their eyes, god, variable looks like when the nazi germans ground residential buildings —— bombed. without any mercy. the russian army behaves exactly the same way today. the russian leaders behave in the same way as hitler, the german ss and the german pilots of the fascist army in world war ii. mariupol is a key strategic target for russia. it's also a key export hub. so capturing it would strangle ukraine economically. this is another key target for russia — odesa. also a port city. it controls access to the black sea. here's one military expert explaining why it's important.

well, it's significant because of its centrality to ukraine's economy, roughly 70% of the country's exports by sea and roughly 70% go through 0desa. given that russia holds much of ukraine's black sea coast already, with the exception of mariupol, which may fall in the coming weeks, odesa becomes the last outlet for ukraine and control would _ give russia a stranglehold over ukraine. ukraine says that air strikes hit apartment blocks on the outskirts of odesa overnight. no casualties have been reported. let's hear from a representative of the ukrainian ministry of foreign affairs in odesa — he's been speaking to the bbc. odesa is now quite peaceful.

without the constant shelling and some other cities, like in kyiv or some eastern cities, but sometimes at night, we hear air alarms and from time to time, we hear blasts from air defence. defending us from russian missiles and drones mainly. you might remember that belarus is a longstanding ally of russia. now, the ukrainian president's office says there is a "high risk" of neighbouring belarus launching an attack on the country to help russia. but some belarusian dissidents are already joining the war to fight alongside ukrainian forces. our correspondent mark lowen has been to meet one of them.

without free and independent ukraine, there is no independence for belarus. i really admire ukrainian nation. from the very beginning, we would supported ukrainians in theirfight forfreedom, and i'd like to have my belarus nation to be as strong and powerful as ukraine is right now. do you think president lukashenko will send belarusian troops into ukraine? i hope so, because if he sends someone to ukrainian soil, we will destroy them on ukrainian territory first, and then we will not have a lot of problems when we come back to our motherland. as you can see here, russian forces, indicated in red, have failed to make much headway over the past week. now to a city which is in the path of oncoming fighting. it's boryspil, about 40 kilometres from kyiv, which residents are being asked

to leave if they can as clashes with russian forces draw closer. here's the city's deputy mayor. translation: the situation regarding the _ evacuation, today, fights have intensified in the north. for our artillery and aviation to be effective, and not to endanger civilians, the armed forces have asked us nearby villagers in boryspil to move slowly to safer places. it will be better for peace of mind. earlier, i spoke to our chief international correspondent lyse doucet. we began by discussing president zelensky�*s comments. not very zelensky like, if i could put it that way, because he normally strikes a very defiant tone. he normally expresses what we hear from every ukrainian we meet, which is that this is a war we will win. he praises the resilience, usually and

the patriotism of the ukrainians. both military and civilian. but, the message he sent to the italian parliament was a bit different, it seems. he said we are on the brink of survival. it seems he decided after addressing one parliament after another, and perhaps feeling that his message was not getting through, that he had to toughen the message, to say that we are on the brink of survival and this war won't stop at our borders. this barbarism, as he put it, will cross europe. maybe it was an attempt to have a wake up call, to say you better take notice of this from me before it comes to you. that was his message to the italian parliament. presumably he is thinking carefully about the fact that president biden is coming to europe, that nato and the european union having summits, so this is a big opportunity this week to again press the west to further help. not a day goes by without

visiting zelensky either addressing a foreign parliament, speaking to a foreign leader, having an interview with a foreign newspaper, addressing ukrainians, he repeats his messages day in, day out, hour after hour. every single time he addressed a foreign parliament, he developed, he touched on their history and drew from it something about ukraine. but the final message was always the same. close the sky, we need a no—fly zone. people know in detail what is on the agenda in brussels. a meeting of nato, of the g7, of european, all the eu, president biden there in person, showing in person that this is a very important priority for him to give it, a big diplomatic push, and just at the moment, when this war reaches its 100th hour, those who discuss

tougher sanctions, they will discuss more weapons for ukraine, more powerful weapons. it will be a show of defiance but also differences because not all european countries are united when it comes to sanctions. for example, in russian oil, gas, coal. the germans for example say they are so dependent on russian energy that they cannot take this step now. it will be a strong message, but there have been lots of strong messages and they haven't stopped the war. that is the diplomatic dimension of the conflict. let's talk about the situation in the capital. this time yesterday i was asking about a curfew that is very much in place at the moment but as the plan for it to be lifted on wednesday? so far, yes. seven o'clock tomorrow morning in kyiv, that is five o'clock gmt. it has been a relatively quiet day, doesn't mean it is completely quiet. we had an air raid siren

sounding throughout the day. there was the occasional rattle of gunfire, the occasional rumble of artillery fire. we got two messages about where the battle for the outskirts of the city is. the authorities in that district first people to leave as soon as possible in the south—east because russian forces were advancing. but to the north—west, the ukrainian said they pushed back the russian forces, so back and forth, russia trying to inch forward, pushing back, but they still have not reach the heart of this capital. with residency are preparing for the worst, hoping against hope that the worst of the war that is being unleashed across this country with the most modern of hypersonic weapons and the most medieval sieges will not be inflicted on a capital sacred to both ukrainians and russians.

the number of people crossing its borders has now surpassed 3.5 million less than a month after russia invaded. most are women and children. many mothers who didn't want to travel too far from home are now in this camp in the romanian capital, bucharest. a local official there says they don't have much choice. translation: romania isn't necessarily seen as a destination country, except for women with very small children who find it hard to go further away from ukraine where their husbands are. we have a very large group of women with small children who will remain in bucharest for a longer period of time, and the kids will need services, day care, kindergartens. the government in kyiv has ordered all men between the ages of 18

and 60 years old to remain in ukraine to defend it against russian forces. here's one mother who has ended up in the bucharest camp. it was difficult to decide for to do, because it needed separate separate children from father, separate us. your husband is there? yes, yes, separate from house, from country. poland has taken in the largest number of refugees fleeing ukraine. the world health organization says many are suffering from mental health problems. with the number of refugees now, about half of them, - about half a million require support for mental health disorders - due to the conflict, - and about 30,000 with severe mental diseases. here's chris skopec of project hope, an organisation working with ukrainian refugees.

everyone that we came across amongst the refugees, i spoke with many myself. they were all exhibiting signs of anxiety, stress, fear, anger, emotions running high. most of them are exhausted from a long journey and a long wait to get across the border. what help can you offer them in that moment? it's limited, quite frankly. it's a very mobile population. ourjob is to make sure they understand what their options are. services for themselves and their family, how to access health and shelter, what options there are for travelling and staying in touch with her family. and the kind of mental health challenges you see people deal with, as if there is a more helpful outcome here, perhaps they can go home in time. do you believe they can be supported later on or they need further

assistance now? absolutely. what we've learned from complex in the past is the vast majority, if you give them access to support networks, they can and will recover from trauma they've experienced an rigors they've had to go through. but there is 10% on average that will require more additional support, and so to provide that for them is a top priority for us. i'm interested as you observe the health operas here, does mental health get pushed on the list of priorities —— health options? i would say not. it's really been recognised in recent years for the critical issue it is.

the first order of business in providing support for an affected population like this is to ensure basic services including shelter, access to health care, education, food, drinking water, etc. until we address those, we can't start to get into clinical care for more severe middle health issues. i wonder, since we are just a few weeks in the war, when you were in poland, how established were the support systems for refugees given the short period of time they've had to put them in place? very. but they couldn't expect to be. there was a tremendous outpouring of support from the polish government, from the polish people and from other parts of europe. but the numbers werejust staggering. we saw hundreds of thousands coming across the border every single day. three and a half million in under a month. it's really impossible to keep up with that level.

every day, there are more structures around the support we can provide. alexei navalny, a leading critic of president putin, has been sentenced to nine years in a maximum security prison after being found guilty on new embezzlement charges. this was alexei navalny in 2021 — as he was arrested on his return to russia from germany. looking relatively well after recovering from a novichok nerve agent attack, which he blamed on president putin. this was him today — in black prison garb — looking visibly gaunt. the hearing took place via video link from the pokrov prison colony, outside moscow. i asked our russia editor at bbc monitoring, vitaliy shevchenko, what charges mr navaly has been found guilty of. stealing money from his own anti—corruption organisation.

quarter of $1 million. and also of contempt of court. now, on the face of it, does not really have much to do with ukraine but the prosecution of alexei navalny, russia's leading opposition figure and anti—corruption campaigner is an important link in the chain of events that have led up to the war with ukraine. before launching his invasion, on the 24th of february, president putin had made sure that there is no credible strong force within russia which could challenge him on major policy issues such as invading countries. so with alexei navalny in jail, invading countries. so with alexei navalny injail, president invading countries. so with alexei navalny in jail, president putin can lead to this authoritarian regime unopposed and alexei navalny is the kind of person who is charismatic and he has been able to galvanise opinion previously, lead to huge

anti—corruption now he is injail. that is not happening. i wonder, in terms of these charges, has the state prosecution offered any evidence whatsoever that he has committed these crimes? it is evidence whatsoever that he has committed these crimes?- committed these crimes? it is a matter of opinion _ committed these crimes? it is a matter of opinion in _ committed these crimes? it is a matter of opinion in russia. - committed these crimes? it is a i matter of opinion in russia. alexei navalny supporters say all these charges are trumped up, that witnesses have been leaned upon and forced to give false testimony. but forced to give false testimony. but for the kremlin, alexei navalny is just another example of how opposition leaders within russia are being used by the west to undermine the government's standing. malia; the government's standing. many thanks. remember— the government's standing. many thanks. remember that - the government's standing. many thanks. remember that mcaleese and running the live page on the war in ukraine and you can follow that and you are welcome to get our explainer

videos on a number of different places including on the website. if you're watching in the uk, on a player, too. iwill you're watching in the uk, on a player, too. i will be back with in a couple of minutes as we continue our coverage. hello there. it's been a fine, dry, sunny day for most of us. it's been the warmest day of the year so far. we saw top temperatures of 21 celsius in both wales and in england. now, the next few days, it's going to stay warm, dry and sunny, thanks to high pressure. and there will still be that very outside chance of an isolated shower, but most places will stay dry. our weather will be influenced by high pressure sitting to the east of us. we will have lower pressure out to the west — that's why we're drawing up this warm air from the south or southeast. so, any showers this evening will tend to fade away through central and northern areas. most places will be drier overnight. there will be patchy cloud, some mist and fog patches developing here and there. most places will see clear skies. it will be chilly out of town, but i think towns and cities seeing

temperatures no lower than around 3—5 degrees. so, it's a fine start to wednesday morning. any early mist and fog patches should tend to melt away quite quickly, and then it's a dry, sunny afternoon for most of us. you can see a little bit of low cloud, some mist and murk hugging the coasts of northern and eastern scotland, northeast england. could see the odd shower as well, northeast scotland and down into eastern england, but most places will be dry, and again, it's going to be another warm day. mid to high teens for most, could see the low 20s in the warmest spots in the midlands and the southeast. as we head through wednesday night, it's going to be largely dry again, widespread clear skies, could see a bit more cloud pushing to the north and west of scotland, perhaps western parts of northern ireland by the end of the night. so, here, temperatures won't fall as low as they will further south because here we have clear skies. but it should be a largely frost—free start for thursday for most of us. plenty of sunshine once again, more cloud for northern and western scotland, northern ireland, thanks to a weak weather front. more of a breeze here, one or two showers. i think more cloud generally

for the north of the uk. that will impact the temperatures slightly. so, the low teens here, but elsewhere, it's another dry, sunny warm day, top temperatures around 19, maybe 20 degrees. some subtle changes as we move through friday into the weekend. this area of high pressure begins to drift its way westwards. that will allow a bit more cloud, some slightly fresher air to move across northern and eastern parts of the country, particularly as we head through sunday. but with high pressure in charge, it's going to stay largely dry with some sunny spells. there will be increasing amounts of cloud in northern and eastern areas into the weekend. into next week, though, it starts to turn much colder to the start of april.

hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. ukraine's president suggests his country is "on the verge of survival" as russia presses ahead with its assault. but in the tiny but crucial south—western town of vosnesnk, residents and ukraine's military push back russian forces. this community achieved something remarkable here, but we need to put it in perspective. this war is only a few weeks old, and the russians will almost certainly be back. in the beseiged city of mariupol — stories emerge of children dying because of food and water shortages. and with the ukraine war

showing no sign of ending — the un sounds a warning on globalfood prices. the families in britain ukrainians who want to come to the uk will hear about them despite the scheme being criticised for being too complicated. as we've heard, the southern port city of mariupol is a key strategic target for the russian military. around 300,000 people are believed to be trapped there with supplies running out and aid blocked. residents have endured weeks of russian bombardment with no power or running water. wyre davies sent this report from zaporizha, where some people from mariupol have managed to flee. after 170 miles, mined roads and 15

russian army checkpoints, freedom. their ordeal is by no means over but for these families who have escaped from mariupol in a motley convoy of bomb damaged vehicles, the last month has been as close to hell as any human should ever get. it was bombing the last three days, it was bombing every ten, five minutes, and we haven't any central heating, gas, electricity, food or water, nothing. before leaving, katya grabbed her obstinate dog jesse. but this isn't the first time she's fled war. i passed through war in 2014. i'm from donetsk. but it was light variant, really. now it's my second war but it is harder and more difficult, but i will survive and i will remember it.

and i'm happy that i will live here and i'm now in ukraine. this van filled with 25 people also made it through today. all occupants of the same bunker in mariupol escaping together — from ages 2—75. overcome with emotion, babushka, or grandmother, anna, says "it's all too much for me at my age." some of those arriving today gave us videos, a snapshot of the nightmare in which they have been living and the perils of theirjourney out. around 300,000 people are still thought to be trapped inside the besieged city, much of which has been destroyed by the russian bombardment. it was a bombardment that almost took the life of two—month—old volodymyr, when a shell landed near their apartment, his father instinctively threw himself over the baby. dad alexei was hit

by shrapnel and glass. his son, born only a month before the war, bears no injuries. "after that we lived in the shelter cooking with wood and just trying to survive," says alexei. ukrainians have their differences, but the war has brought people together in adversity. volunteers provide anything those escaping mariupol need for their onward journeys, knowing full well their town could be next. wyre davies, bbc news, zaporizhzhia. james cowan is a former british soldier who now heads the halo trust which has four hundred staff working in ukraine. some of his staff havee been based in mariupol, he told me about their experience. we have had some quite desperate testimony from within the city now. we hear reports of one member of staff who, in attempting to find

water, went to the neighbour's well, and the neighbour was killed trying to draw water from that well along with his whole family. we have young one young member of staff who has reached as in the vivre. she has been with her brother desperately trying to find news of her parents. and discovered that there was to be a convoy leaving mariupol. just by sheer coincidence, her parents saw a man across the street with a telephone, to see if you would make a call for them. she was able to move to this location and join this convoy and now her parents have escaped mariupol. her grandparents are still in mariupol. she has managed to save

her parents but the next generation is still trapped there. they are really elderly people. we hear about the children but we should also think about the elderly. a desperate situation with some very infirm people trapped and completely unable to look after themselves.— to look after themselves. desperate situation, desperately _ to look after themselves. desperate situation, desperately worrying i to look after themselves. desperate situation, desperately worrying for l situation, desperately worrying for people trying to contact those stuck in mariupol. i wonder more broadly about your staff, your organisation focuses on landmine clearance but at the moment presumably that is not something you can do. we the moment presumably that is not something you can do.— something you can do. we do more than landmines. _ something you can do. we do more than landmines. we _ something you can do. we do more than landmines. we are _ something you can do. we do more than landmines. we are qualified i something you can do. we do more | than landmines. we are qualified to clear all ordnance and this is a war in which there is the most prolific and indiscriminate use of all forms of ammunition. so we are able to deal with that. we are also first aid trained, we have a lot of paramedics. we are conducting a lot of risk education, reaching innocent civilians across the country, notably children. and we have survey

skills, so we can look at possible safe havens or humanitarian corridors and we can make sure that they are clear of any munition types and we can prove roots, so we have been overwhelmed by the levels of public support for our work. we are not part of the disasters emergency committee, we are too small for that. people have been incredibly generous with their support. we are building a new programme in the west, and we need money to make that possible and our intention is to build a programme that can help clear all of this highly explosive and legal ordinance across the country. and legal ordinance across the count . �* ., ., ., country. and, you lead the halo trust now- _ country. and, you lead the halo trust now- i— country. and, you lead the halo trust now. i wonder— country. and, you lead the halo trust now. i wonder whether i country. and, you lead the halo | trust now. i wonder whether you agree with the british military position on this. it is to offer military aid to ukraine but not become directly involved. mr;

military aid to ukraine but not become directly involved. my role is now as a humanitarian. _ become directly involved. my role is now as a humanitarian. my - become directly involved. my role is. now as a humanitarian. my desperate concern is that the nature of this war is that neither side can really win. and wars that cannot be won tend to persist and then they become indecisive, and neither of the military sides in the conflict will win, but the people who will suffer, the 44 million civilians in ukraine and i am very worried that what we are looking at is the possibility of are looking at is the possibility of a syria style disaster lasting for may be many years in the middle of europe. so it is my wish to see this ending as as soon as possible and i think the west needs to think much harder about what it does to bring this conflict to a rapid termination.- this conflict to a rapid termination. . , , ., ., termination. the west consideration of what to do _ termination. the west consideration of what to do will _ termination. the west consideration of what to do will continue _ termination. the west consideration of what to do will continue this i of what to do will continue this week was that there are highest

profile summits on thursday in brussels, attended by high—profile world leaders including president biden. here are some of what is on his agenda. he biden. here are some of what is on his agenda-— his agenda. he will 'oin the g7 leaders, his agenda. he will 'oin the g7 leaders. and h his agenda. he will 'oin the g7 leaders, and he i his agenda. he willjoin the g7 leaders, and he will— his agenda. he willjoin the g7 leaders, and he will address i his agenda. he willjoin the g7 i leaders, and he will address the 27 leaders, and he will address the 27 leaders of the european union at a session of the european council. he will have the opportunity to co—ordinate the next phase of military assistance ukraine. he willjoin our partners in imposing further sanctions on russia and tightening the existing sanctions to crack down on invasion and to ensure robust enforcement. he will work with allies on longer—term adjustments to nato forces posture around the eastern flank. i had of those gatherings, the un chief antonio guterres said this. this war is unwinnable, sooner or later it will have to move from the battlefield to the peace table, and that is inevitable. the only question is how many more lives must be lost?

how many more bombs must fall? how many mariupols must be destroyed? how many more ukrainians and russians will be killed before everyone realises that this war has no winners, only losers. how many more people will have to die in ukraine and how many people around the world will have to face hunger for this to stop? meanwhile, president biden has warned that vladimir putin could use chemical and biological weapons in ukraine. a former british defence intelligence officer gave this assessment on that warning. vladimir putin has used chemical weapons in the past, 2017 in salisbury with novichok, but also in syria with bashir al assad. so it's part of his playbook will stop however, i think is a long way off using it here, and what's caused president biden to bring this out last night, and that's because the russian ministry of defence has been circulating a number of documents around saying they have physical

proof of a us and ukrainian programme for chemical and biological weapons being used inside ukraine and development you being used inside ukraine. i've seen the documents, and i've seen translation of the documents, and they say no such thing. but it is right and proper that the president sends a very clear message to vladimir putin that we know what you are doing. it's all about information at this stage. bear in mind, that then president, barack obama, said the use of chemical weapons by the syrian government was crossing a line for the us. he threatened air strikes as a consequence if they did that, but then when it happened, he didn't follow through. we have had red lines on the use of chemical weapons. president obama's redline in august 2013 disappeared in a puff of smoke and we did nothing. i think putin does not think the west will react, and he is in desperate straits. he either retreats back

to moscow and the end... the end of putin, our he does something demonstrative. let me tell you what the kremlin has said in the last few minutes about nuclear weapons. after putting the nuclear weapons. after putting the nuclear deterrence forces on higher that this has been a high profile issue. the kremlin spokesperson dimitri pisklov has been talking to cnn and said we have a concept of domestic security he says and it is public. you can read all of the reasons for nuclear arms to be used so if it is an existential threat for our country then it can be used in accordance with our concept. let's hear from antonio guterres the head of the un again. he has added to the warnings about the knock—on effect of this war on food prices around the world. the price of wheat and sunflower oil has already soared.

here's what antonio guterres had to say on that. ukrainian people are enduring a living hell, and the reverberations are being felt worldwide with skyrocketing food, energy and fertiliser prices, threatening to spiral into a global hunger crisis. developing countries were already suffocating under the burden of covid and the lack of access to adequate financing, now they are also paying a heavy price as a result of this war. well let's take a look at one key food commodity — wheat. russia is the world's largest exporter of the grain, and ukraine the 5th largest. together they account for about a third of the world's exports. as a result of the war, the global price of wheat has increased by 50% in the last month. one reason is logistics — most ukrainian and russian exports are shipped through the black sea. but this has become too dangerous since the fighting began. with several cargo ships having already been hit by missiles. the other reason is that ukraine's wheat exports have ceased altogether, as the country focuses

on feeding its people. supply from ukraine doesn't look likely to pick up anytime soon, with many farmers unable to sow wheat this spring as they choose to take up arms and defend their country instead. for all of these reasons ukraine's exports have dropped remarkably. this will have a particularly big impact on countries in the middle east and africa — such as egypt. egypt is the world largest wheat buyer, with russia and ukraine providing 86% of its imports. its currency has fallen sharply against the dollar and that's already causing economic hardship. sally nabil is our correspondent there. prices have been going up over the past couple of weeks, and just yesterday, the egyptian pound lost more than 12% of its value against the us dollar, which would result eventually in another wave of inflation, and the people here, they are really complaining

that they cannot take it any more because over the past few years, the government has put the past few years, the government has put some austerity measures in place calling it a necessary economic reform, so we are talking about 30% of the population here live below the poverty line, they lived from hand to mouth, they literally struggle to put food on the table, so the fact that prices are rising every single day, that would burden them way too much, far beyond what they can take. just to let you know, the pound is still dropping up to the moment, and there is a state of uncertainty. no one knows what's going to happen next. also in cairo, a representative of the world food programme i spoke to about the impact of rising food prices across the region. global food prices _ prices across the region. global food prices is _ prices across the region. global food prices is at _ prices across the region. global food prices is at an _ prices across the region. global food prices is at an all-time i prices across the region. globall food prices is at an all-time high food prices is at an all—time high these days. there was concern about these days. there was concern about the impact of those grain prices on

food security globally. looking at the middle east and north africa between egypt, lebanon, syria, there will be a severe impact and we are already starting to feel this. there are a lot of increases in prices that have just happened over the last 72 hours. these hikes are affecting the blue —— local food prices, the global price hikes in some of these commodities affecting the local food prices and of course access to food for millions of people who are already under tremendous stress, will be suffering basically from access to food, especially with the climate change impact, the wheat crop in syria has dropped by 50% because of the drought, then you have the impact of

covid, which economies have not recovered, as well as the conflict in some of the regions and countries in some of the regions and countries in the middle east countries, syria, yemen, so we are going to basically see a tremendous impact specifically felt here in the middle east and north africa region. abs, felt here in the middle east and north africa region.— felt here in the middle east and north africa region. a long list of im ortant north africa region. a long list of important regions _ north africa region. a long list of important regions from _ north africa region. a long list of important regions from covid i north africa region. a long list of important regions from covid to i important regions from covid to regional conflict as well as climate change and the war in ukraine, so i guess the following question is what can the world food programme do to try and counter all of those dimensions to this crisis? this try and counter all of those dimensions to this crisis? this is a very difficult _ dimensions to this crisis? this is a very difficult year _ dimensions to this crisis? this is a very difficult year for _ dimensions to this crisis? this is a very difficult year for the - dimensions to this crisis? this is a very difficult year for the world i very difficult year for the world food programme and for all of the countries that we are serving. the impact has been felt in many countries in the middle east and north africa, as well as around the world, for the world food programme. the cost of the food that we get every month, 40130 million people

that we are serving around the world has increased 71 million us dollars, and that is 2—3 weeks the conflict. that means that we are going to feed 4 million people less and we have already started the year between a gap between the resources needed and they needs that we see all over the world. it is really difficult this year. i think the humanitarian suffering inside ukraine is not only going to be felt in ukraine, but we are going to see an impact even on the operation that we are serving. they only have 10% funding, so the needs of yemen are great, and an extra $10 million cost because of the increase in food and fuel prices on the global market. in

the increase in food and fuel prices on the global market.— the increase in food and fuel prices on the global market. in the uk more than 150,000 — on the global market. in the uk more than 150,000 people _ on the global market. in the uk more than 150,000 people have _ on the global market. in the uk more than 150,000 people have said i on the global market. in the uk more than 150,000 people have said they i than 150,000 people have said they want to provide temporary homes for ukrainian refugees since the homes for ukraine was lost last week. the scheme has been criticised for being too complicated. people who want to open up their homes must find the ukrainians they have to sponsor but there is no formal process to do that. to see manning has more. —— lucy manning has more. tranquil marlow on the river, signs of renewal, a long way from the thunder of shells where lives end. but ukraine isn't forgotten here — farfrom it. houses are ready, but those sponsoring refugees complain the system isn't. how many houses have you got in the community for ukrainian refugees? we've got 35. and how many refugees have come so far? zero. and how long do you think it's going to take for the first ones to start coming? i would say, if my people get here in a week, i'll be happy. it could be two weeks. they have got no heating. they're running out of money.

is it your birthday soon? rebecca lewis is sponsoring maria and her two children, currently living in a room with ten people after fleeing ukraine. we put their visa application through, but it's taken us hours and hours, so my husband wrote a document to explain the process. the document is nine pages. the homes for ukraine scheme is absolutely brilliant, but there are some issues with the process that is a blocking people being able to help these refugees fast enough. and how does it leave you feeling that you haven't managed to bring any of your ukrainians over yet? it makes me sad and it makes me frustrated because it's not the image of the united kingdom that i have. in poland, steve mclean found the clothes he brought to donate weren't needed — homes were. he's trying to help some of the refugees come to britain, where he has 25 other homes lined up in his community.

just really frustrating. we have applied for one family to go to the uk, but the visa application process has been taking them a long time. it needs to be a lot faster and the uk need to do a lot more. the family he's sponsoring are now thinking of heading to germany instead. as the exodus continues, there are no figures for how many visas have been issued on this scheme. scotland and soon wales are doing things a little differently so ukrainians don't have to find named individuals. but the uk government says it is moving as quickly as possible to help people find safety, and it says the home office has streamlined the visa process to welcome people faster. but most of the 150,000 rooms offered are still empty. lucy manning, bbc news. within the past couple of hours, the

duke and duchess of cambridge have arrived injamaica. it is the latest stop on their eight day tour of the caribbean. they are receiving an official welcome and will meet the governor general ofjamaica. this governor general of jamaica. this visit comes governor general ofjamaica. this visit comes a few months after another caribbean nation, barbados, became a republic. i have been speaking to our correspondent in barbados for that ceremony. taste speaking to our correspondent in barbados for that ceremony. we have seen on social— barbados for that ceremony. we have seen on social media _ barbados for that ceremony. we have seen on social media people - seen on social media people protesting outside the british high commission in kingston in the human rights group advocates network released an open letter yesterday signed by 100 jamaican organisations saying that they oppose this visit, that they have been calling for reparations. on that matter, the royal family say that is a political matter, something for the british government and the jamaican government and the jamaican government to discuss. last year in barbados, prince charles acknowledged what he called the

appalling atrocity of slavery. in appalling atrocity of slavery. in terms of practicality, sell esteem, if jamaica terms of practicality, sell esteem, ifjamaica were to make this move —— celestine. if jamaica were to make this move -- celestine. , ., ., .., if jamaica were to make this move -- celestine. , ., ., ., , if jamaica were to make this move -- celestine. . ., ., ., , _, ., celestine. jamaica cannot become a reublic celestine. jamaica cannot become a republic overnight. _ celestine. jamaica cannot become a republic overnight. because - celestine. jamaica cannot become a republic overnight. because of i celestine. jamaica cannot become a republic overnight. because of its i republic overnight. because of its constitution, unlike barbados, it has to go through a referendum. when i spoke to the prime minister of barbados last year she told me that the time has come for us to leave our colonial past behind, and that message has really resonated with a number of other caribbean islands but also countries like australia as well. i but also countries like australia as well. , , , , ., , well. i guess when we see protest, it is easy to — well. i guess when we see protest, it is easy to focus _ well. i guess when we see protest, it is easy to focus on _ well. i guess when we see protest, it is easy to focus on them, - well. i guess when we see protest, it is easy to focus on them, but i well. i guess when we see protest, it is easy to focus on them, but is i it is easy to focus on them, but is it is easy to focus on them, but is it possible to judge whether those protests really represent the majority view in jamaica? let's be clear. majority view in jamaica? let's be clear- this — majority view in jamaica? let's be clear. this question, _ majority view in jamaica? let's be clear. this question, this - clear. this question, this republican question, has been rumbling on for a long time, ever since jamaica became independent,

which is now 60 years since its independence, people have been asking that question. despite some jamaicans saying that they have, they enjoy and support the queen to an extent there is the prevailing view that, look, a jamaican should be in charge of its own affairs, should be the head of state on the island, and that is something that the prime minister of barbados told me when i met her last year in november. she said really, this is all about the future of our generation saying we want to make sure that a barbadian child can aspire to be the president. i aspire to be the president. i remember when aspire to be the president. i rememberwhen we aspire to be the president. i remember when we talked about this with reference to barbados. you were saying in practical terms that the mood didn't actually change that much. it is not like the royal family was dictating what happened in barbados but as a symbolic gesture it resonated deeply with

bajans. gesture it resonated deeply with ba'ans. _, , gesture it resonated deeply with ba'ans. , ., bajans. the same could be said for jamaicans- — bajans. the same could be said for jamaicans. this _ bajans. the same could be said for jamaicans. this is _ bajans. the same could be said for jamaicans. this is all— bajans. the same could be said for jamaicans. this is all about - jamaicans. this is all about symbols. this is how a nation sees itself. and so, in that sense, yes, jamaicans say that this really is an important step for them, and just to be clear, this links to its colonial past. jamaican people i have spoken to said that, look, their past is a painful one, part of that, part of that history is a painful one, and being able to have their own head of state will enable them to really take control of their own affairs, i believe that colonial past behind. many thanks to celestine forjoining us earlier. a quick reminder on the bbc website as coverage of the war in ukraine continues you can get that on the bbc news website. you can find all of our latest explainer videos there as well. that is it for

this edition of outside source, thank you for watching, we will see tomorrow. goodbye. —— we will see you tomorrow. hello there. very springlike day on tuesday with plenty of dry, sunny, warm weather, the warmest day of the year so far, 21 celsius recorded in a place england and wales. in the next few days, high—pressure dominating, dry, warm and sunny weather but still an isolated shower risk here and there. our area of isolated shower risk here and there. ourarea of high isolated shower risk here and there. our area of high pressure sets out to the east, dominating our weather through wednesday stop the wind coming in from the south of the south—east for most of us. starting off dry and sunny. and any mist and fog will tend to clear quickly. we still have a chance of a shower developing across north—east scotland, perhaps eastern england, but most places will be dry. a

little bit pressure across the south—west of england and in north—west of scotland, but not as strong as it has been. temperatures, mid to high teens for many, again we could see the warmest spots reaching the low 20s across southern areas. into wednesday evening, showers fade quickly. it will be a dry night. lengthy, clear skies. cloud quickly. it will be a dry night. lengthy, clearskies. cloud pushing into the north and west of scotland as a weather front begins to encroach from the atlantic stop so, less cold air than there will be further south, white chilly in one of two locations out of town. that area of high pressure is still with us into thursday. we have this weather front pushing into the north of the uk. that will bring more cloud and breeze to north—west scotland and northern ireland later in the day and there could be some showers for the northern isles. elsewhere, for england and wales, a fine and largely dry sunny day, bar the odd shower risk. temperatures reaching highs of 18—20 celsius.

theirs will be the warmest spots. cooler than that across scotland. that area of high pressure still around on friday, more cloud for the northern half of scotland, with some showers into the northern isles, but you can see the crowd breaking up from northern ireland through the day on friday saw increasing sunshine here but also, fine and sunny weather continues. a little bit pressure across north sea coast with an onshore breeze. temperatures reaching highs of around 15—18 celsius, maybe not quite as high on friday as we have seen. subtle changes, the area of high pressure moving further westwards, allowing slightly cooler air to move in across northern and eastern parts of the uk through the day. a bit of cloud across northern scotland. that should tend to fragment allowing some sunshine to develop. the best of the sunshine and warmth will be across the south—west corner, with that east—north—easterly wind blowing in, and chilly down to do

north sea coast. the chilly theme wins out through next week and certainly into next week and the start of april, opening the floodgates to a much colder northern day, and we could see some wintry showers pushing into the north of the uk, perhaps, as we move into the early part of april. you can see there's colder, blue colour is slowly seeping their way southwards into next week, affecting much of the country back in particular, the north and east of the uk but because of this high pressure still dominating, most places will be largely dry to the weekend and into next week but increasing amounts of cloud, with those temperatures falling away across all areas as we head into the early part of april. and just the small chance of a shower across the north. that is how it is looking.

i'm laura trevelyan in washington, and this is bbc world news america. the united nations is appealing for an end to the war in ukraine, saying people are enduring a "living hell". we have a special report on the battle for a crucial town in the south—west, where ukrainian troops and locals have seen off russian forces. this community achieved something remarkable here, but we need to put it in perspective. this war is only a few weeks old, and the russians will almost certainly be back with more soldiers and a lot more firepower. in the beseiged city of mariupol, stories of children dying from thirst and hunger.

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