this is bbc news 7 welcome if you re watching here in the uk or around the globe. our top stories... multiple explosions are heard in the western city of lviv — smoke rises over the ukrainian city as russian rocket attacks continue. president biden visits poland where he met ukrainian refugees and addressed crowds in warsaw. he had this message about vladimir putin. for god sake, this man cannot remain in power. with the continuous missile attacks in the capital kyiv and surrounding areas — we assess the destruction left behind.

in other news, a ferry operated by p&0 has been detained in northern ireland because of fears about staff training. and tributes from across the music industry for taylor hawkins — the drummer with the rock band, the foo fighters — who's died at the age of 50. a very warm welcome. a number of powerful explosions have been heard near the western ukrainian city of lviv. they came as president biden was preparing to deliver a set piece speech in the polish capital warsaw, accusing russia of trying to strangle democracy. these pictures are believed to show a fuel storage plant which was hit earlier in the day and officials later confirmed that defence facility was also hit. according to the city's mayor, five people have been injured.

no—one was killed. lviv has been less affected by the fighting than most cities in ukraine, making ita refuge for people fleeing attacks elsewhere in the country. but this evening, further blasts have been heard in the city. the bbc�*s lucy williamson is in lviv, in western ukraine. speaking to us a little earlier, she gave us this update on the situation there, just as all—clear sirens were ringing out across the city. you can probably hear the all—clear siren behind me. it's been several hours now. we've been hearing explosions across the sky in lviv — from different places in the city. but only one target has been confirmed so far. that's a fuel storage depot. what makes this slightly different to the other attacks that have happened in the region is its location. it's less than two miles from the city centre and it's in a residential area, surrounded by cafes, restaurants and housing. when we went down there a short while ago, the fire inside the depot was still raging — a big, thick plume of smoke above the sky.

we're hearing reports of five people being injured in that, but we are, as i say, just waiting for more information to come in about other possible targets. the mayor here in lviv has said that there is significant damage to infrastructure facilities. we've yet to find out exactly what that means. but as i say, the war really has come a little bit closer to lviv tonight. that report sent to us by lucy williamson. at the end of a three—day visit to europe, presidentjoe biden used a set piece speech in warsaw to appeal directly appealed to the russian people with comparisons between the invasion of ukraine and the horrors of the second world war as he called for vladimir putin to go. he was speaking in the polish capital warsaw where he had met ukrainian refugees and earlier referred to the russian leader as a "butcher". let's listen to what he said in a speech to crowds in warsaw.

a dictator bent on rebuilding an empire will never erase a people's love for a liberty. brutality will never grind down the will to be free. ukraine will never be a victory for russia. for free people refused to live in a world of hopelessness and darkness. we will have a different future, a brighterfuture, rooted in democracy and principles, hope and light, of decency and dignity and freedom of possibilities. for god sake, this man cannot remain in power. god bless you all, and may god defend ourfreedom. and may god protect our troops. thank you for your patience. that exempt from president biden�*s speech a little bit earlier. the conflict has been continuing near the ukrainian capital, kyiv. jeremy bowen has been finding out what has been happening in some of the worst hit areas near the capital.

the russians released these pictures of a cruise missiles launch from the black sea fleet, a reminder that they have a lot of firepower left. in the almost deserted villages between kyiv and the russians, reminders are not necessary. they've been battered. this is lysyanka — about an hour's drive west of kyiv. the ukrainians claim they have the russians on the run here. it didn't feel like that. these are the remains of russian cluster munitions dropped on friday evening. why are they hitting you here? because here, many ukrainian warriors and this is line of front, for front. how far are the russians from here? one kilometres from here. russian warriors one kilometre from here. civilian houses were hit.

so many residents have left that they said there were no casualties. kate and herfamily had only gone as far as kyiv. ijust want to live my life in my town, in my country. ijust don't know why they're doing this, why russians are doing this. a short walk away, another house was destroyed. the owners don't have anything to come back to. their neighbours were fixing their house. volodymyr said the russians were responding to ukrainian shelling, but he said, "our guys won't leave until they drive the russians away." ukrainian resistance derailed russia's plans but claims they're being forced to retreat around here are premature. you can still feel some of the heat

from the fire caused by the missile that hit this house. it doesn't feel at all as if anything is settled around here. i'd be very cautious about assuming that simply because the russians say they will concentrate more on eastern ukraine, that their business around the capital is finished. they were prosperous here before the invasion, with a riding school stabling a0 horses. when this horse was wounded in an attack earlier this month, the man who looked after it was killed. smaller incidents don't make headlines but take lives, and change them. jeremy bowen, bbc news, kyiv. thousands of people have marched through london to show solidarity with the people of

ukraine. organised by the capital's mayor, sadiq khan, the march received support from hollywood stars dame helen mirren and dame julie walters. a vigil was also held this afternoon, as alison earle reports. a sea of blue and yellow. flags, banners and balloons. thousands turned up too much in central london, all with the same message. stop putin, stop the war. both my parents are ukrainian. so they came over in the war, in 1946, so had to show solidarity and this is my daughter. yes. i only found out yesterday that this was on and dad i texted me so i thought| why not show support? we started at the back and ambled our way through and got here. really happy to see how many people were here in support. incredibly surprised. turned a corner and saw a sea of people. made me really emotional.

walking along park lane and towards piccadilly, the march was organised after ukraine's president urged people across the world to take to the streets to mark a month since russia's invasion. i'm so proud of the response of londoners over the last few days and weeks. not simply donating money to help those charities and groups supporting those who have eitherfled ukraine or are in ukraine, but also the numbers of londoners opening their homes for those fleeing from ukraine. it is really important that we stand shoulder to shoulder with them. theresa is ukrainian and has family caught up in the conflict. in the last two weeks, her sister made it safely to london but she fears for those who are still there. one of my friends family, they were sleeping with the pan on their head because they were frightened of the bombing. they were living eight days

without electricity and water. it comes as sadiq khan announced just over £1 million in funding to support people seeking asylum here. to send a message that london stands with them. alison earle, bbc london. let's get more now on president biden�*s speech in poland. our correspondent mark lowen is in warsaw. i wanted to ask you about the white house, they are rowing back on some of the comments in president biden�*s speech. the white house spokesperson said they are not calling for regime change in russia. how do the two square? change in russia. how do the two 5: uare? ~ . , change in russia. how do the two suuare? ~ ., , , square? well, it was a very strident comment at — square? well, it was a very strident comment at the _ square? well, it was a very strident comment at the end _ square? well, it was a very strident comment at the end of _ square? well, it was a very strident comment at the end of the - square? well, it was a very strident comment at the end of the speech. | square? well, it was a very strident i comment at the end of the speech. he said, "for god sake, this man cannot remain in powerfull stop" as

said, "for god sake, this man cannot remain in power full stop" as you say, we havejust had remain in power full stop" as you say, we have just had a statement from white house officials are saying that the point was that putin cannot be allowed to exercise power over his neighbours or the region, he was not discussing putin's power in russia or regime change." i think the fear will be that vladimir putin and the kremlin would take from joe biden�*s comments that they will be absolutely no point at all in trying to engage with any kind of diplomacy to engage with any kind of diplomacy to try to move forward, and this, if the americans are calling for regime change. possibly whatjoe biden was hinting at was that there should be internal opposition to vladimir putin. he talked in his speech about the 200,000 russians who have left the 200,000 russians who have left the country in the last month, the brain drain. we have seen of course these anti—war protests in recent weeks that had been brutally suppressed. so perhaps injoe biden�*s mind what he was hinting at

was that freedom loving russians should rise up in some way or should make their voices heard. he had a message for ordinary russians, saying "you are not our enemy, this is not your work." so i think an attempt at damage limitation, i suppose, from the biden administration. was this an off the cuff statement? a bit of ad—libbing from joe biden at the end of the speech? we civilly don't know. this is a president that does go off message sometimes. but clearly the white house is trying to row back a little bit from what his comment will be interpreted by some parties to have meant. h0??? will be interpreted by some parties to have meant.— to have meant. how much of the seech to have meant. how much of the speech was _ to have meant. how much of the speech was about _ to have meant. how much of the speech was about getting - to have meant. how much of the speech was about getting the - to have meant. how much of the - speech was about getting the message to people in russia, as you said, and to the ukrainian people? and how much was it in any way aiming towards de—escalation or diplomacy? because it certainly felt like it was more of the former than the

latter. . ., �* ~ ., latter. yeah, i don't think that there is any — latter. yeah, i don't think that there is any hope _ latter. yeah, i don't think that there is any hope really - latter. yeah, i don't think that there is any hope really of- there is any hope really of diplomacy between the americans and the russians at this stage. earlier on today, joe biden repeated his belief that vladimir putin is a war criminal. he also called him a butcher. in the last 2a hours, we have had the kremlin saying that they were going to shift their military focus to the east, and then suddenly today bombing lviv in the west where they are just 200 miles orso west where they are just 200 miles or so from where president biden was giving the speech in warsaw. was this a message of defiance to the americans? who knows. but clearly a sign from the kremlin that no part of ukraine is safe. so there is exasperation clearly with vladimir putin. joe biden saying that putin is completely to blame. that all the attempts to talk to vladimir putin before this war, before the invasion

broke out, putin was lying at every step. so a defiant message, a message of support to the ukrainians, a message of support to poland and its nato allies, and a clear message that vladimir has to end this aggression. fiur end this aggression. our correspondence - end this aggression. our correspondence there. l in one of its largest military exercises in recent years, nato has been simulating its response to an attack on a member state. it's been taking place in norway, which shares a border with russia and was planned before the invasion of ukraine. but as our defence correspondent jonathan beale reports ? the war has given the training a sharper focus. gunfire another neighbour of russia has been invaded. this is northern norway, but it is just an exercise — a test for nato allies to come to its defence. something nato says it will do to protect a member state, though not for ukraine. but what's happened in ukraine has suddenly made this

training feel more real. an exercise like this, it's really good to have, uh, to prove to countries like russia and other foreign states that you don't want to mess with nato. i think there have been some discussions about if the cold response should take place, but i think it's more important to do it now than ever. and what signal does it send to russia, do you think? that we're willing to fight. we will not give up our land. exercise cold response in norway is one of nato's largest, involving 30,000 military personnel from 27 countries. it was planned long before russia invaded ukraine, but russia's been building up its military presence in the arctic, too — one reason why british and american marines are also stepping up their training here in this harsh, unforgiving environment. president putin wanted less nato near his border.

what he's getting is more. notjust more exercises like this, but thousands more nato troops stationed along nato's eastern flank, all the way from the baltic to the black sea. it's notjust nato allies taking part. so are finland and sweden, who have a long history of neutrality. but both countries have seen a recent surge in public support to join nato. russia's war in ukraine is forcing more of europe to pick sides. the military is ready, if the political decision — and there's a decision to join, but it's not up to us to make that decision. russia's war in ukraine has sent shockwaves throughout the world. i met borisjohnson yesterday... and the head of nato, who met troops taking part in cold response, says the consequences will be felt for many years to come. president putin is getting exactly

the opposite of what he wants. he wants less nato at his borders, he's getting more nato at his borders. he wants to divide nato. he's actually uniting nato. but there's still a limit as to what nato is willing to do. it stands ready to defend its members, but it won't be using its military power to intervene in ukraine. jonathan beale, bbc news, narvik, norway. a p&o ferry is being prevented from leaving northern ireland, due to safety fears. the maritime and coastguard agency, says the vessel, the european causeway, is being held in larne, because of a lack of crew training, and missing documents. here's katie prescott. # you're not sailing...# in hull today, members of the rmt union blocked access to the dock from where the p&o's pride of rotterdam was setting sail. they also came out in liverpool

and dover against p&o's sacking of 800 staff without notice and replacing them with cheaper agency workers. we've raised grave concerns around this. bringing a wholesale crew in on—board the vessel that they're not familiar with, to sail across the busiest shipping lane in the world, carrying passengers. it's going to be a dangerous act and there's going to be blood on the hands of p&o and the government, if they don't listen to what they're saying and take in our concerns around safety into consideration. now the p&o ships, with new crewing arrangements, need to pass new safety checks. in larne, p&o's european causeway has failed the maritime and coastguard agency's inspection and been deemed unfit to sail. the company said it made the decision to replace crews as it was losing £100 million a year. the longer its ships can't sail, though, the more these losses increase, and it hits trade, because these ships carry goods as well as passengers. a lot of businesses are having to prioritise what they send

and when they send it. some businesses have actually had to bring in extra staff from gb to the distribution centres here. the key message is, goods that need to get here are still getting through but it's creating a heavy workload. checks of p&o's ships will continue in the coming days but the decision to detain the european causeway doesn't bode well for a swift return to the seas. katie prescott, bbc news. in the afghan capital, kabul, around two dozen, largely female, protesters have held a rare demonstration calling on the taliban to reopen girls' secondary schools. secunder kermani reports from kabul. "open the doors of girls' schools, education is our right," they chant, while the taliban watch on. these women are incredibly brave. others who have protested against the taliban have been detained by the group. aren't you afraid being here?

translation: when it comes| to standing up for the freedom of my country and the girls who want to go to school, i am willing to die. we are here for our daughters' right to an education. without that right we are dead anyway. on this occasion, the taliban allowed the protest to continue. their last—minute decision early this week to close girls' secondary schools just hours after they reopened has been widely condemned. in most of the country, only younger girls, along with all boys, are being allowed into the classroom. translation: i want our generation to be free and to flourish, _ notjust to shed tears at home and be unable to study. when i saw the videos of young

school girls crying, it hurt my gut. i felt i needed to do something for them and raise my voice. the taliban have been criticised internationally, too. they say they're going to prepare a new islamic plan for girls' schools. but they're facing real anger. at home and abroad. secunder kermani, bbc news, kabul. there have been numerous tributes to taylor hawkins, the drummer of the rock group, the foo fighters, who's died at the age of 50. his body was found in a hotel room in the colombian capital, bogota. here's our music correspondent, mark savage. muscular but melodic, taylor hawkins was the pulse of foo fighters's

music. when hejoined the band, he was their third drummer, but his connection with dave grohl was instantaneous. em connection with dave grohl was instantaneous.— connection with dave grohl was instantaneous. �* . ., instantaneous. an amazing drummer, and i think we — instantaneous. an amazing drummer, and i think we have _ instantaneous. an amazing drummer, and i think we have mutual— instantaneous. an amazing drummer, and i think we have mutual respect i and i think we have mutual respect for each other. and it is awesome and it works perfect, you know? he fell in love with drums at the age of ten. i he fell in love with drums at the age of ten-— age of ten. i just took to it immediately. _ age of ten. i just took to it immediately. that - age of ten. i just took to it immediately. that day, . age of ten. i just took to it i immediately. that day, there age of ten. i just took to it - immediately. that day, there was a lightning _ immediately. that day, there was a lightning bolt. i'm like, i'm a drummer, _ lightning bolt. i'm like, i'm a drummer, that's what i'm going to do. .., drummer, that's what i'm going to do. . . ., drummer, that's what i'm going to do. ., , ., . drummer, that's what i'm going to do. . do. he came to prominence playing with alanis morissette, _ do. he came to prominence playing with alanis morissette, before - with alanis morissette, before volunteering his services to foo fighters. and he would often interact concerts to perform covers of his favourite band, queen. foo

fighters had been due to play a festival in colombia at the time of his death. organisers laid candles on the stage and foo fighters posted a short statement online, saying his musical spirit and infectious laughter will live on with all of us forever. without that energetic and charismatic playing, the band will never be the same. cheering and applause taylor hawkins, who's died at the age of 50. it s one of the biggest and most expensive yachts ever built — longer than a football pitch — with a disco that turns into a swimming pool. reports suggest it belongs to president putin, but its true ownership is wrapped up in secrecy. angus crawford reports. the scheherazade,

the ultimate in yacht chic, a billionaire's plaything. the question is, which billionaire? it's still not clear if that's president putin himself or one of his close friends. 140 metres in length, difficult to hide as it's refitted in this italian dock. it's thought to have cost more than $700 million to build. there are two helipads on there, nine decks of luxury, enough room for you to entertain 19 of your closest personal friends and the taps in the bathrooms? well, they're gold, of course. paolo is furious. he's a local union boss. the boat, he says, is cloaked in secrecy. translation: it's totally cut off. silent. they wish to say nothing, to hide. but should workers have to hide, or should we work in the open and be proud?

the russian crew and british captain disappeared overnight, replaced by a brand—new team. we're told it's protected by armed guards, and workers have to strip and go through a metal detector before they can even get on board. locals who know the shipyard well are split about what should happen. she thinks it should be confiscated and the money used for something good. he says it will never be seized, the authorities' hands are tied. it is his, you know, he has paid for it and they have produced it. so maybe make sure that it doesn't go into anything that can be used for war, military or that. but if it is a leisure yacht, i don't think it should be taken from him. that report from angus crawford.

you can reach me on twitter — i'm @luxmy—g. stay with us here on the bbc. west was certainly best, high teens quite widely. in north wales, a high of 20 degrees during the afternoon. slightly different story along the north norfolk coast, with a lot of cloud coming in off the north sea. temperatures struggled at 10 degrees in the afternoon. and this low cloud will tend to put in off the north sea over the next few hours, so it may well linger anywhere south. that is going to prevent temperatures from falling lower than four, five, 6 degrees. and it is likely to be where the best of the sunshine is

going to be throughout the day. so west is best once again. the cloud should start to thin and break places, with glimpses of sunshine. and where it lingers, those temperatures may struggle. ten or 11 degrees. add to the west, 19. as we close out sunday, it looks likely that high pressure starts to ease its grip a little and allow in this weather front. its grip a little and allow in this weatherfront. that its grip a little and allow in this weather front. that is going to bring an increase in cloud generally across the country over the next few days. patchy mist and fog forming, and may be a few showers across north wales, northern england and into eastern scotland as well. temperatures not quite as high, we are looking at around 12—16 across the country, but only 6 degrees in the country, but only 6 degrees in the northern aisles. that is the cold air sitting behind that cold front, and it is the cold air that will gradually sink southwards. taking its time to arrive into southern england, but will gradually do so. we will start to see the

change really from tuesday onwards. again, a lot of cloud around in comparison to of late. hopefully some breaks and brief glimpses of sunshine. more frequent showers are sitting across the high north. top temperatures generally around 9—13 , and that trend does continue. it means that we run the risk of some wintry showers, even from time to time at lower levels as well. don't forget, if you are off to bed, we are going to put the clocks forward during the early hours as british summer time begins early on sunday morning.

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about staff training and tributes from across the music