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this is bbc news, i'm lewis vaughanjones with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. president biden meets ukrainian refugees in poland, before delivering a stark warning to russia's vladimir putin. don't even think about moving on one single inch of nato territory. as the president prepared to speak, russian missiles hit a fuel depot in lviv, close to the polish border. with the continuous missile attacks in the capital kyiv and surrounding areas — we assess the destruction left behind. 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. and prince william and kate mark the end of their week—long tour of the caribbean, with the prince saying
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he's learnt a lot from the people he's met. hello and welcome to the programme. lviv has been largely untouched by the fighting in ukraine — until saturday. the war arrived in the city with russian missiles striking close to the centre — hitting an oil storage depot. lviv is not far from the border with poland, where the us presidentjoe biden delivered a major speech — saying the russian leader vladimir putin, "cannot remain in power." biden said the battle between democracy and dictatorship is "the fight of our generation". he warned mr putin not to even think of attacking an "inch of nato territory." our first report is from our north america editor,
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sarah smith, who is travelling with the president. this is notjust ceremony as the presidents of the us and poland marched in step together, but a declaration of intent that america would do everything it takes to defend poland from what they see as a great threat from russia. visiting some of the more than 2 million refugees that are fled from ukraine into poland he praised the bravery and announced that vladimir putin was a butcher. we are dealing every day vladimir putin. look at what he has done to these people. what does that make you think? he is a butcher. tonight thousands gathered to hear an impassioned speech in which biden warned putin... do not think about moving on one inch of nato territory. we have a sacred obligation under article five to defend each and every inch of nato territory.
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with the full force of our collective power. he said talks with russia before the invasion failed because putin was spent on innovation from the start. rather than breaking ukraine to resolve these tactics have strengthened their resolve and the west is now stronger and more united than ever. russia wanted less of a nato presence on its border but now he has a stronger presence, a larger presence of over 100,000 american troops along with all the other members of nato. he also spoke directly to the russian people saying they are not the enemy. this war is not worthy of you, the russian people. putin can and must end this war. the american people stand with you and the brave citizens of ukraine who want peace. the speech ended with an unscripted remark that
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sounded like a call for putin to be removed. for god's sake this man cannot remain in power. the white house clarified, he was not talking about regime change but that putin cannot be allowed to exercise power over his neighbours. president biden said the war in ukraine is the test of our generation. as he won the west that they must commit to the fight for the long haul saying it will not be easy and they will be a cost but he declared, ukraine will never be a victory for russia. sarah smith, bbc news, warsaw. 0ur correspondent mark lowen watched president biden�*s speech in warsaw. it was a very strident, comment at the end of the speech. he said "for god sake, this man cannot remain "in power", and as you say, we've just had a statement from a white house official saying that president's point was that putin cannot be allowed to exercise power over his neighbours
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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, the kremlin would take from joe biden�*s comment that there would be absolutely no point in on trying to engage in any kind of diplomacy to try to, you know, move forward, end this, if the americans are calling for regime change. so possibly whatjoe biden is hinting at was that, you know, there should be an internal opposition to vladimir putin. he talked in his speech about the 200,000 russians who have left the country in the last month, a brain drain. we've seen all this anti—war protest in recent weeks that 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
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"you are not our enemy. "this is not your war." so, i think an attempt at damage limitation from the biden administration, was this an off—the—cuff situation? some ad—libbing at the end of the speech? 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 roll back a little bit from what, you know, what his comment will be interpreted by some parties to have meant. more now on that russian attack in lviv. several explosions rocked the city — air raid sirens rang out and people were told to head to the shelters. russian missiles hit a fuel storage depot, injuring five people. lucy williamson has been to the scene. ukraine's city of refuge has been waiting for one arrival. today, it came. missiles puncturing lviv�*s sense of safety.
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explosions emptying its streets. among the infrastructure targeted, this fuel storage depot where five people were injured. marianna heard the explosions from the bomb shelter where she was hiding. "how do we defend ourselves," she demanded. "we had a life before the war started, and now it's not a life, we are just existing." there have been strikes on military targets in this region before, but something changed here today. the sites this time were within the city of lviv itself. the fuel depot less than two miles from the city centre, surrounded by cafes and residential homes. this conflict has been creeping closer to lviv for weeks now. the targets are still military and strategic sites. but this one is right in the centre of lviv. max heard the explosions from his home in the hills that divide lviv. i lived in the most peaceful city of ukraine.
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we had some plans for life, to travel, to buy some flat, to have a child. and i don't know when my life might be normal again. location has always been lviv�*s mantra of protection. too far west to really matter in this war. its role instead, to offer sanctuary and refuge. many here tonight are still clinging to that thought. lucy williamson, bbc news, lviv. around the capital kyiv, russian forces are still being kept at bay by strong and determined ukrainian resistance. 0n the front line are villages, where ukrainian troops have their defensive positions. jeremy bowen reports from one village which has been battered by artillery — and cluster munitions — just a kilometre from
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the russian lines. the russians released these pictures of a cruise missile 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 a village 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. how far are the russians from here?
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0ne kilometre 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 kiev. i can say with pride that i am ukrainian. my mother, father are ukrainians. and ijust don't understand why we should go somewhere, why we should leave our houses. a short walk away, someone else�*s home was destroyed. the owners don't have anything to come back to. the neighbours were fixing their house. volodymir said the russians were responding to ukrainian shelling. but he said, "our guys won't leave until they drive the russians away."
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ukrainian resistance derailed russia's plans. but claims they are 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 in the month, the man who looked after it was killed. smaller incidents don't
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make headlines but take lives, and change them. jeremy bowen, bbc news, kyiv. while the focus of russia s invasion of ukraine has been on the front line fighting and russian bombardments, ukrainians are also worrying about another threat, russian spies and saboteurs, trying to weaken the country from the inside. a month into the war, fear and suspicion loom large, as andrew harding reports from the southern city of 0desa. siren wails. night fall in 0desa. the wail of an air raid siren. and in thousands of homes here, the dread. notjust of russian bombs, but of russian saboteurs. maybe even next door. a few nights ago the police came to bogdan milko�*s small apartment. his neighbours had reported seeing a flashing red light. maybe a signal to russian aircraft.
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"it was my neighbours," he says. "they are scared about security. i had to go to the police station and explain that i'm just a normal guy, i'm not trying to help the russians." as we leave his apartment, a crowd suddenly gathers around us in the dark, demanding to see our documents. "we have children," she says. "we don't want a bomb dropping here." well, that gives you a flavour of the fears here in 0desa. people really very suspicious of us, of anybody out of the ordinary. a woman there saying, "who knows who you were, you could have been russians." and those fears are being fuelled by footage like this. of ukrainian police arresting alleged saboteurs. groups sent to plant weapons, or identify targets. this is not paranoia, says captain vladimir karina, there are russian agents and citizens of ukraine
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working against us. that's a fact. they are trying to distract us, to make us pay attention to the wrong places. the result is a constant wariness, a nation looking over its shoulder. hunting for signs. like this recent footage of shells fired from russian ships landing just off 0desa. locals patrolling the shore believe the enemy has been getting directions. it was on the roof of this building. a big light, shining out to sea? shining, yes. a suspicious light. and you think that was a signal for the russians? yes, i think it was a signal for the russians. some kind of signal. and now it's almost curfew time again. the streets empty. and as in every war, fear stoking suspicion, prompting vigilance. andrew harding, bbc news, 0dessa.
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this is bbc news. our main headlines... president biden meets ukrainian refugees in poland, before delivering a stark warning to russia's vladimir putin. as the president prepared to speak, russian missiles hit a fuel depot in lviv, close to the polish border. 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.
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# you're not sailing...# in hull today, membersl 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.
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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. colombian investigators say the foo fighters�* drummer, taylor hawkins, had taken numerous drugs before his death on friday. a toxicology report showed traces of ten substances in his body, including cannabis, anti—depressants and opioids. fans of the us band — who were in bogota to see them play at a festival — have laid flowers outside the hotel where hawkins died. here's mark savage — and a warning that his report contains flashing images. # foo fighters — times like these.
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muscular but melodic, taylor hawkins was the pulse of foo fighters�* music. # the best, the best, the best of you...#. when taylorjoined foo fighters in 1997, he was their third drummer. but his connection with dave grohl was instantaneous. he's an amazing drummer. we have a mutual respect for each other, it's awesome you know. born in texas but raised in california, hawkins fell in love with the drums the first time he sat behind a kit in his neighbour's garage at the age of ten. i took to it immediately. that day, there was a lightning bolt shot into me, and it was like... i was like, i'm a drummer, that's what i'm going to do.
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# you live, you learn...# he came to prominence playing with alanis morissette, before volunteering his services to foo fighters. # when i sing along with you...# he would often interrupt 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. 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. the danish footballer christian eriksen has scored on his first international appearance since suffering a heart attack
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on the pitch last year. the midfielder fired into the top corner barely two minutes after coming on as a substitute against the netherlands. his return prompted huge cheers from the crowd in amsterdam. eriksen collapsed during denmark's european championship match against finland lastjune. he's since been fitted with a device that regulates his heart. the duke and duchess of cambridge have been reflecting on their time in the caribbean after a week—long tour marked by calls for independence from the queen. prince william said he had thoroughly enjoyed spending time in belize, jamaica and the bahamas, but he acknowledged that questions about the future governance of the islands were for the people to decide upon. here's our royal correspondent, johnny diamond. 0n the final day of the tour, a chance to see the damage wrought by hurricane dorian, two and a half years ago. the couple toured a church that was badly damaged in a community still
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pulling itself together. we dedicate this plaque and this wall to their memory. it was a chance to remember those who lost their lives. a moment of solemnity. the couple's time here was warmly appreciated. just down the road... ..a change of gear, change of mood. a traditionalfish fry and a culinary adventure for the duchess. applause. then, into the crowd, enjoying the time away from the formalities of the tour. prince william says this tour has brought into sharper focus questions about the past and the future. he says he has learnt a lot and he says he is committed to serving and supporting the people of this region in whatever way
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they think is best. the strong suggestion as he leaves is that he is fine with the countries he has been visiting ending their link with the crown. jonny dymond, bbc news, the bahamas. 0ur reporter mark lobel is here. so, mark lobel is here. this suggestion that he would so, this suggestion that he would be fine if countries decide to go into direction speculative frank assessment from prince william. he before he debriefs the queen, who we we know treasures the commonwealth a lot. so let's have a look at what he actually said, �* said, he said in belize, jamaica _ said, he said in belize, jamaica and _ said, he said in belize, jamaica and bahamas, | said, he said in belize, - jamaica and bahamas, that... the duke of cambridge goes on to say... so, three thoughts for you from royal watchers. the first thing is that this is a mature
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statement from a projector of soft power. he's showing his style of the features style of the future king, if you like. showing us some leg, and it's a sympathetic style, isn't it? putting it to a host at a reception in the bahamas, relationships evolve on my friendships and doer, he said. the second thing is, it's clever. he is giving him the choice, he said they will decide whether to stay part of this club. it's a huge club, 2.5 billion people, and it gives them the access to lobby donors, it gives them the axis to help resolve disputes within this mechanism and some key events coming up, the commonwealth heads of government meeting in rwanda in june and the commonwealth games in birmingham injuly. thirdly, just to say this, he's prepared to break with protocol. he's being candid, and as you have been covering, the rail to her that has come to an end has received some criticism at different points. this is most definitely a humble ending.
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let's revisit the tour itself and how do royal watchers that you mentioned there, how are people assessing overall the impact of the two are. in a sense, impact of the two are. in a sense. it's _ impact of the two are. in a sense, it's too _ impact of the two are. in a sense, it's too early - impact of the two are. in a sense, it's too early to - impact of the two are. in a| sense, it's too early to tell. many people have pointed to a couple of incidences when children had outstretched arms through a wired fence, they were colonial, racial insensitivity seen from one image, of course, much examination as to how that photo was taken fact that raheem starling was at this event himself. also, there was that very famous photo in the land rover where the queen and prince philip had previously taken the same land rover drive and others said that it's been brief that perhaps it was the jamaicans who insisted on the use of that vehicle. there are two ways to look at this. i think overall, they have been in the paper a lot, some fantastic images, but there have been a couple of diplomatic blunders that people can point towards. just
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finally. _ can point towards. just finally, this _ can point towards. just finally, this isn't - can point towards. just finally, this isn't going | can point towards. just l finally, this isn't going to can point towards. just finally, this isn't going to be something, as you say, and assessment isn't going to be made immediately, this is a matter of seeing what countries decide to do in the weeks, months and years ahead when we can truly see the impact of tours like this. thank you very much. right, just before i go, a quick reminder of our top story. a day after russia said it would concentrate its military efforts in eastern ukraine, missiles have struck the western city of lviv. it came as president biden gave a speech in poland where he said that vladimir putin cannot stay in power, accusing his russian counterpart of being bent on violence. the white house later insisted that mr biden wasn't calling for regime change. the kremlin has dismissed the remark, saying it was up to russians to choose their own leader. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @lvaughanjones.
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this is bbc news. bye—bye. hello, there. well, for most of us, saturday brought much in the way of sunshine. top temperature, 20.5 celsius was recorded in north west wales in porthmadog. i want you to concentrate, though, on the skies in eastern england, where we had lots of sunshine and temperatures quite widely17—19 degrees. big change on the way, though, for sunday afternoon, as those temperatures are going to be a lot lower. now, the reason for that, is we are going to see an area of cloud that at the moment is in the north sea and that is set to swing inland as the winds of change direction to more of an easterly around our area of high pressure. now, there really will be just two types of weather around on sunday. it is going to be a cold start for many of us, a few patches of frost around. you're either in the sunshine, which many of us will have,
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or this zone of thick low cloud, which could bring a few spots of morning drizzle, be a bit misty as well. perhaps tending to brighten up a little bit into the afternoon across parts of the south—east, but a slow process and there could be areas where the cloud lingers all day. lincolnshire, norfolk, most prone, temperatures there could just get to around eight or nine, still in the best of the sunshine, it will be another warm day for most, with temperatures again reaching the high teens. there will be more of that dry weather, more sunshine to go around on monday as well, but, across the far north of scotland, in shetland, we are going to start to see the winds turn to a more northerly direction and some colder air will be edging in here. still, weather wise for most parts of the uk, we are looking up fine, blue skies and much more in the way of sunshine. still mild for the time of year, but into the middle part of the week, we get these much colder northerly winds diving their way southwards, they are going to absolutely hammer the temperatures. that changeover really starting to take place on tuesday. there will be quite a bit of cloud around, a number of showers and that colder air starting to make
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further inroads across northern scotland. just six or seven for aberdeen and stornoway, still quite warm with temperatures into the high teens across parts of wales and south west england. now, for wednesday, there will be some further showers around, temperatures continue to drop away and some of the showers turn wintry of the higher ground and then, look at this, wednesday night, into thursday, into friday morning, which is april fools' day, could see a spell of hill snow across the pennines and wales and maybe down to lower levels. we will be keeping a close eye on developments over the next few days.
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this is bbc news, the headlines... joe biden has accused russian president vladimir putin of being a butcher in his treatment of ukrainians, saying he cannot remain in power. the us president was speaking in poland where he met ukrainian refugees. the white house said mr biden had not meant he was supporting regime change in russia. the western ukrainian city of lviv has come under heavy rocket fire. the regional governor said five missile strikes hit a fuel depot and an industrial plant. lviv's mayor said no—one was killed but five people were injured. and there have been tributes for taylor hawkins, the drummer with the rock band the foo fighters, who's died at the age of 50. officials in colombia say he used opiods, marijuana and anti—depressants
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