this is bbc news — 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's 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, drummer with the rock band foo fighters, who's died at the age of 50. 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 a 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. a little earlier, lucy williamson who is in lviv gave us this update on the situation there. having five or six attacks are the only confirmed target we have so far is the fuel storage depot, and it sent plumes of black smoke into the sky. g sent plumes of black smoke into the s , �* , ., sent plumes of black smoke into the sky. a short time ago, a fire was still raging _ sky. a short time ago, a fire was still raging inside _ sky. a short time ago, a fire was still raging inside the _ sky. a short time ago, a fire was still raging inside the depot. - sky. a short time ago, a fire was still raging inside the depot. we| still raging inside the depot. we are hearing five people have been injured in the strike. what makes it slightly different from the other strikes we have had in the region is the location. the depot is less than two miles from the city centre, surrounded by a restaurants,

residential premises. any people in lviv told me over and again, this is a safe refuge from the wall, and there are people here tonight who are still determined to believe that, even as it's getting harder and harder to do. at the end of a three—day visit to europe, presidentjoe biden used a set piece speech in warsaw to appeal directly 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's sake, this man cannot remain in power. god bless you all, and may god defend ourfreedom. and may god protect our troops. our correspondent mark lowen was watching the speech in warsaw. a very strident comment at the end of the speech. he said, for god's sake, this man cannot remain in power and, as you say, we have just had a statement from a white house official saying that the president's 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 a regime change. i think, of course, the fear will be that vladimir putin and the kremlin would take from joe biden�*s comment that there would be absolutely no

point at all in trying to engage in any kind of diplomacy to try to, you know, move forward, and there is, if the americans end this, if the americans are calling for a regime change. possibly whatjoe biden was hinting at was, you know, there should be internal opposition to vladimir putin, he talked in his speech about the 200,000 russians who have left the country in the last month, the brain drain, and we have seen of course all those anti—war protests in recent weeks which have been brutally suppressed, so perhaps, injoe biden�*s mind, what he was hinting at was that, you know, 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. this is not your war. so, you know, i think an attempt at damage limitation, i suppose,

from the biden administration. was this an off—the—cuff statement? was this a bit of ad—libbing byjoe biden at the end of a speech? we simply don't know. this is a president who does go off message sometimes, so perhaps it was in that direction, 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. and mark, how much of this speech was about getting the message to people in russia, as you said, and to the ukrainian people, and how much of it was in any way aiming towards de—escalation or diplomacy, because it certainly felt like it was more of the former than the latter? yeah, i don't think there is any hope, really, of diplomacy between, you know, 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 and 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, you know, just 200 miles or so from where president biden was giving a speech in warsaw. was that a message of defiance to the americans? who knows? but clearly a sign from the kremlin that no part of ukraine is safe. there is exasperation, clearly, with vladimir putin. joe biden saying that putin is completely to blame, all the attempts to talk to vladimir putin before this war, before the invasion broke out, were, you know, putin was lying at every step. so, you know, a defiant message, a message of support to the ukrainians, a message of support to poland and to its nato allies and a clear message that vladimir putin has to end this aggression. the un says a ukrainian child becomes a refugee every 90 seconds.

its aid agency unicef has been working in the country to provide medical supplies and counselling to help those in need. joining me now from lviv is the organisation's spokesperson james elder. thank you forjoining us. your organisation has said that more than half of ukraine's children have been displaced. how severe a situation are they in?— displaced. how severe a situation are they in? they are in war, more than half the _ are they in? they are in war, more than half the children _ are they in? they are in war, more than half the children in _ are they in? they are in war, more than half the children in a - are they in? they are in war, more than half the children in a month l than half the children in a month have had to flee their homes. that means fleeing under bombardment, under indiscriminate attacks. in cities suffocating with a lack of water and medical supplies. so it is grave, a deathly dangerous situation, as we continue to see indiscriminate attacks on those cities. as you say, people who thought they could seek refuge here

in lviv... know where right now feels safe, and that is why we are seeing an influx into neighbouring countries that we have not seen the speed and scale of since world war ii. �* ., ., ., . , ~ ii. and do aid agencies like yourselves _ ii. and do aid agencies like yourselves have _ ii. and do aid agencies like yourselves have the - ii. and do aid agencies like i yourselves have the resources ii. and do aid agencies like _ yourselves have the resources needed to be able to help them? or is there only so much that can feasibly be done? it only so much that can feasibly be done? , ,., . only so much that can feasibly be done? , . done? it is both, unicef has been here four years. _ done? it is both, unicef has been here four years. we _ done? it is both, unicef has been here four years. we are - done? it is both, unicef has been here four years. we are sending l here four years. we are sending trucks and trucks of medical supplies, surgical supplies, obstetrics supplies, because mothers are having babies in bunkers, to 50 hospitals across the country. water tablets, generators, blankets, child protection teams. it is a huge response, but given the scale of the need, given the indiscriminate the that continue, it's very, very difficult to meet and guarantee the safety of children, whether they are being bombarded or they are in

cities where the humanitarian corridors keep being disrespected for agencies like unicef and others. i want to ask about the situation where you are, we have heard there have been more explosions in lviv in the last few hours. did you hear them? , ., , the last few hours. did you hear them? , .,, them? yes, i did. it was saturday afternoon. i _ them? yes, i did. it was saturday afternoon, i have _ them? yes, i did. it was saturday afternoon, i have been _ them? yes, i did. it was saturday afternoon, i have been to - them? yes, i did. it was saturday afternoon, i have been to a - them? yes, i did. it was saturday l afternoon, i have been to a hospital earlier in the day, there was an air raid siren, women carrying two—day—old babies, women who were pregnant, in a cold basement, not a bunker we must remember, but they are trying to protect their most precious newborns. seen plumes of smoke. those women are hiding again tonight, terrified, petrified. so many people, children... you can see in the faces of families who have been through this in kyiv, who thought they were getting a moment of respite, well, the missiles tell a very different story tonight

unfortunately.— a very different story tonight unfortunately. a very different story tonight unfortunatel . g . , ., ., unfortunately. james, i wanted to ask ou unfortunately. james, i wanted to ask you about _ unfortunately. james, i wanted to ask you about something - unfortunately. james, i wanted to ask you about something that - ask you about something that unicef�*s executive director said, which was that the refugee crisis in ukraine facing children could have lasting consequences for generations to come. that was from the executive director catherine russell. can you explain what that means? she director catherine russell. can you explain what that means?- director catherine russell. can you explain what that means? she is spot on, it explain what that means? she is spot on. it means — explain what that means? she is spot on. it means two _ explain what that means? she is spot on, it means two things. _ explain what that means? she is spot on, it means two things. one, - explain what that means? she is spot on, it means two things. one, the - on, it means two things. one, the trauma. unicef is still working in yemen and syria, the longer a conflict goes on and the longer a child is exposed to bombardments or relative safety of a bunker or seeing their mother and father stressed, as we have seen thousands of times, separated, parents explaining to children why they are going to another country while the dad is staying behind, it scars a child. we risk trauma which has a long—term impact on development, on income generation, mental health.

that is what our executive director big two, and of course the brain drain, the best and brightest young children and young adults leaving, going to the front line. the safest and fastest way out of this generational problem is for the bombs to stop. —— that is what our executive director speaks to. we have child protection teams in between conflict lines, we have councillors in the bunkers dressing up councillors in the bunkers dressing up as batman for the children, but it is triage as long as bombs keep coming. it is triage as long as bombs keep cominu. ., ~ ,, it is triage as long as bombs keep cominu. . ~ ,, ,., it is triage as long as bombs keep cominu. ., ~' ,, . it is triage as long as bombs keep cominu. ., ~ . , coming. thank you so much, stay safe. 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? 0ne 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. i can say i'm proud ukrainian. 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. here in the uk, 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, thousands turned up to march 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. i only found out yesterday that this was on and dad 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 either fled 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. you can follow all the latest developments on the war in ukraine by going to our online live coverage. follow it on bbc.co.uk/news or the bbc news app. for viewers outside the uk, follow it on bbcnews.com or the bbc news app. a p&0 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. with the latest, 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&0's pride of rotterdam was setting sail. they also came out in liverpool and dover against p&0'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&0 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&0 ships, with new crewing arrangements, need to pass new safety checks. in larne, p&0'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&0'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. there have been numerous tributes to taylor hawkins, the drummer of the rock group foo fighters, who's died at the age of 50. his body was found in a hotel room in the colombian capital bogota, where the band had been due to perform at a festival. here's our music correspondent, mark savage.

muscular but melodic, taylor hawkins was the pulse of foo fighters. when taylor hawkins joined foo fighters in 1997, he was their third drummer, but there's a reason he stuck around for 25 years. . he's an amazing drummer. we have a mutual respect for each other, it's awesome you know.— mutual respect for each other, it's awesome you know. born in texas but raised in california, _ awesome you know. born in texas but raised in california, hawkins _ awesome you know. born in texas but raised in california, hawkins fell- raised in california, hawkins fell in love with the drum is the first time he sat behind a kit in his neighbours garage at the age of ten. i took to it immediately. that day, there _ i took to it immediately. that day, there was— i took to it immediately. that day, there was a — i took to it immediately. that day, there was a lightning bolt shot into me, there was a lightning bolt shot into me. and _ there was a lightning bolt shot into me. and it — there was a lightning bolt shot into

me, and it was like... i was like, i'm a— me, and it was like... i was like, i'm a drummer, that's what i'm going to do _ i'm a drummer, that's what i'm going to do. he— i'm a drummer, that's what i'm going to do. .., ., i'm a drummer, that's what i'm going to do. ., , ., . i'm a drummer, that's what i'm going todo. . to do. he came to prominence playing with alanis morissette _ to do. he came to prominence playing with alanis morissette before - with alanis morissette before volunteering his services to foo fighters. he would often interrupt concerts to perform covers of his favourite band queen. foo fighters had been due to play a festival at columbia at the time of his death. 0rganisers lit 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 for ever. without that energetic and charismatic playing, the band will never be the same. taylor hawkins, who's died at the age of 50. 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. the group has been condemned for making a last minute u—turn earlier this week and ordering them to remain shut. 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 girl schools. but they are facing real anger.

at home and abroad. secunder kermani, bbc news, kabul. the authorities in shanghai say the chinese city is too important to the national and world economy to go into full covid lockdown. the statement suggests china may be ready to abandon its zero—covid strategy, despite a rising number of infections. in the past, china has locked down entire towns and cities following the discovery ofjust a few infections. but in shanghai, the authorities are closing down only affected neighbourhoods and relying on self—testing. formula one has confirmed the saudi arabian grand prix will go ahead despite friday's missile attack on an oil facilty 12 miles from thejeddah circuit. f1 and its governing body, the fia, said they have been provided "full and detailed assurances that the event is secure". drivers met for several hours until early on saturday to discuss their position. houthi rebels in neighbouring

yemen said they had targeted the oil facility. stay with us. another glorious day with spring sunshine and warmth. 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 low cloud coming in off the north sea. temperatures struggled, down at 10 degrees in the afternoon. and this low cloud will tend to push in off the north sea over the next few hours, so may well linger anywhere south. so may well linger anywhere south of hull. that's going to prevent temperatures from falling lower than four, five, six 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. with glimpses of sunshine. where it lingers, those temperatures may struggle. ten or 11 degrees. and to the west, high teens. as we close out sunday, it looks like the high pressure starts to ease its grip a little and allows in this weather front. that's going to bring an increase in cloud generally across the country over the next few days. a lot of low cloud first thing in the morning. patchy mist and fog forming, maybe 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 widely across the country, but only six in the northern isles. 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 sitting across the far 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, quietening down as we head into the weekend. 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.

this is bbc world news, the headlines... multiple explosions are heard in the western city of lviv — smoke rises over the ukrainian city as russian attacks continue president biden visits poland where he met ukrainian refugees and addressed crowds in warsaw. he had this message about vladimir putin. for gods sake. this man cannot remain. in other news: a ferry operated by p&0 has been detained in northern ireland because of fears about staff training.