this is bbc news — welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. our top stories: civilians flee the besieged ukrainian city of mariupol, but 160,000 people are estimated to be trapped inside. the red cross renew their evacuation attempts afterfailing on friday. we can facilitate the safe passage for civilians once both parties come to agreement, and unfortunately, until now, this has not materialised. sri lanka's capital reopens shops under tight security, a day after a state of emergency is declared. the country is in the midst of a major economic crisis. hollywood actor will smith resigns from the oscars academy

after slapping the comedian chris rock. today marks a0 years since the start of the falklands war — when argentina invaded and occupied disputed islands they call the malvinas. more than 3000 citizens from mariupol have managed to flee to safety, after suffering weeks of bombardment with no food, fresh water or power. however, a larger evacuation and aid convoy planned by the international committee of the red cross failed on friday. this morning — the red cross says more teams have set off to rescue more of the tens of thousands of residents still trapped in the besieged city of mariupol. dan johnson reports.

these are among the fortunate few to have made it to safety from the ruins of mariupol. around 3,000 of the city's residents arrived in zaporizhzhia last night on 30 buses, 300 followed in their own cars. more buses brought people from melitopol. this is what they are leaving behind. bombed out neighbourhoods, shelled for weeks by russian artillery. a red cross effort to evacuate people was delayed again yesterday. an aid convoy still unable to reach the city. ijust cannot imagine how it feels like and what they are going through but again, this, we can facilitate the safe passage for civilians once both parties come to agreement and unfortunately, until now, this has not materialised. there will be another attempt today to get more of these people to safety. over 150,000 are still stuck in mariupol, and the ukrainian

deputy prime minister gave this promise. translation: we know how much you want to be saved. _ every day we will try to break through until you get a chance to leave the city and most importantly, to live peaceful life. last night, president zelensky said the russian withdrawal from areas around kyiv was easing the conflict there. but he said he expected further strikes in the east of the country as russia focuses its military effort. over the russian border, this explosion at an oil depot in belgorod has been blamed on a ukrainian attack. ukrainian officials have denied being responsible, hinting it could instead be a russian false flag operation. today, once again, buses will head to mariupol in the hope of giving more families this chance to make it out of the city. dan johnson, bbc news.

let's get the latest now — and go live to lviv in western ukraine, and our correspondent anna foster. they said his phone lost service. they said his phone lost service. they tried to contact him but nobody had heard anything from him since. they feared he may have been abducted and in the last hour or so we have had confirmation on the ukrainian prosecutor general�*s website that his body was found yesterday in a village just north of kyiv. it was found by police. they said that he had been shot twice. we believe that he is now the sixth

journalist to have been killed here in ukraine in the five weeks of this war. what is the latest on the attempted evacuation of citizens from mariupol?— from mariupol? well, the international _ from mariupol? well, the international committee | from mariupol? well, the. international committee of from mariupol? well, the - international committee of the red cross i trying to read this humanitarian operation at the moment. they say that they are a neutral intermediary and they feel that they have got the best chance of trying to secure a brief pause in hostilities in mariupol so they can bring people out but of course they were hoping to do that yesterday and had to be postponed because they could not get the security guarantees they needed to ensure that goes ahead. they said they would try again today. they are are trying to get permission to take in humanitarian aid, food, water, medical supplies are desperately neededin medical supplies are desperately needed in mariupol. much of that city has been raised to the ground. it has been absolutely destroyed and its mayor says around 160,000 people

are still trapped in that city. you want a full evacuation but, of course, logistically to bring all those people out while fighting continues is an incredibly difficult task. there is a lot of work going on behind the scenes to try to make that happen. there is hope that perhaps a convoy of people led by the rc perhaps travelling in their own cars can be established but we know that they've struggled to do that for several days now. we know that for several days now. we know that even when they think they have an agreement sometimes it doesn't hold so we are watching every detail on that and we know that there is a lot of hope notjust a mariupol but across ukraine, that that will happen successfully and some of those trapped civilians, at least, can be bought out of that besieged city. can be bought out of that besieged ci . ,, . can be bought out of that besieged ci . , , . , can be bought out of that besieged ci . , , ., , ., ., can be bought out of that besieged city. the russian seem to have a vice -like — city. the russian seem to have a vice -like grip — city. the russian seem to have a vice -like grip on _ city. the russian seem to have a vice -like grip on some - city. the russian seem to have a vice -like grip on some of - city. the russian seem to have a vice -like grip on some of these | vice —like grip on some of these areas in the south but reports of them withdrawing from some areas, particularly in the north. my question to you is are they withdrawing? what are you hearing?

well, it is always incredibly difficult to know, isn't it? president zelensky said in his speech last night that there are withdraws happening in certain places around kyiv, certainly the ukrainians are saying they are starting to recapture some of their smaller towns north of kyiv and we had that the russians had pulled back from chernobyl as welljust had that the russians had pulled back from chernobyl as well just the last few days and also the nearby town where chernobyl workers are. i think, at this stage, russia's problem seems to be that it cannot do everything. maybe in the early stages it thought that it could sweep through and take these towns and cities far faster than sweep through and take these towns and cities farfaster than it actually managed to. we saw how the russian invasion stalled outside of kyiv, didn't we? in the early days of the invasion turnout rush over there needs to focus on what it wants to achieve. its priority has always been the donbas region in the east so even as we do see the small withdrawals happening, it may be a regrouping, refocusing. that is not to say that they won't try to move

back west again, moved back to some of these prized towns and cities like the capital but at the moment, russia really seems to be focusing its resources on that eastern area. for them, strategically important. and of course, for ukraine, equally, an area that it doesn't want to lose if it can help it. an area that it doesn't want to lose if it can help it— if it can help it. and that, i also wanted to _ if it can help it. and that, i also wanted to ask _ if it can help it. and that, i also wanted to ask you _ if it can help it. and that, i also wanted to ask you about - if it can help it. and that, i also i wanted to ask you about president zelensky because he has been talking overnight and he has said that russia is preparing powerful strikes on the east. what more can you tell us about what he said?— us about what he said? well, he talks most _ us about what he said? well, he talks most days. _ us about what he said? well, he talks most days. he _ us about what he said? well, he talks most days. he makes - us about what he said? well, he talks most days. he makes the l talks most days. he makes the statements online very often, video statements online very often, video statements where he talks to the ukrainian people but also those statements are picked up around the world as well. very often he is appealing, as he did again, for more aid. for more military aid, for more humanitarian aid. and certainly, as

we were saying, russia has said that its focus is going to be on the east of the country. that is where it has been massing its troops in the area where the fighting is the fiercest. so president zelensky certainly does want more aid. because if you think about it, it is a very simple concept but it is a big country, ukraine. and they need to try to make sure that they are defending their major towns and cities ended order to do that they say that they need more military assistance to push towards the east to try to defend those areas of ukraine. goad defend those areas of ukraine. good to talk to yom _ defend those areas of ukraine. good to talk to you. many _ defend those areas of ukraine. good to talk to you. many thanks. many thanks. shops have reopened under tight security in the sri lankan capital, colombo, a day after a state of emergency was delared. the city has spent two nights under curfew following unrest on thursday when hundreds of people attempted to storm the president's home. there's growing anger at shortages of fuel, medicine and other basics caused by the country running out of foreign currency to pay for imported goods. the bbc�*s archana

shukla is in colombo: tell is a little bit about why the state of emergency was imposed? well, the state of emergency imposed in the country and the island nation is 2a hours after there were violent protests outside the sri lankan president's house and i'm standing at that location right now. these protests that happened on thursday night had tear gas shells, water cannons, and injuries on both sides of the party when angry citizens actually clashed with police forces. they wanted to store inside the house of the president, demanding his ousting from the government. demanding his family to leave the government. 0ver demanding his family to leave the government. over the mismanagement

of the economy. the angry citizens are not happy with how the country has been moved into an unprecedented economic crisis. just 2a hours after that violent protest, the president came out and announced a state level emergency which means that military has sweeping powers. the military can take actions in the name of restoring public order. already we are hearing, you know, inputs from local reporters about some social media activists being arrested if they are putting posts against the government or against the president. at the same time, there are multiple other demonstrations that were planned for today evening and tomorrow which is a poor third. already the government has announced a 36 hour nationwide curfew from 6pm today until 4am on monday. in this activists say as a direct, you know, way to quell protests, to quell demonstrations from angry citizens,

civil society, demonstrations from angry citizens, civilsociety, ngos demonstrations from angry citizens, civil society, ngos as well as middle class sri lankans who are out on the streets to protest about shortages of food, fuel, medicines, they have to stand in queues for hours together to get diesel, to get petrol, to get cooking gas and the situation is not and that is why there is outrage. however, in place of working to get out of the economic crisis, the government has come at the moment, decided to quell protests by putting on a nationwide curfew from 6am apm, 4am on monday morning. curfew from 6am 4pm, loam on monday morninu. . ~ curfew from 6am 4pm, loam on monday morninu. ., ~ i. curfew from 6am 4pm, loam on monday morninu. . ~ i. ., curfew from 6am 4pm, loam on monday morninu. . ~' ,, ., ., curfew from 6am 4pm, loam on monday morninu. . ~' ., ., , ., thank you for that update. will smith has resigned from the academy of motion pictures, arts and sciences — the organisation that hands out the oscars. the actor described slapping the comedian, chris rock, at this year's ceremony as �*shocking, painful and inexcusable'. the academy have accepted his resignation, but are continuing with disciplinary proceedings.peter bowes reports from los angeles.

wow! this is the moment will smith will forever regret, retaliation for a joke by chris rock that he did not like, a violent response that stunned the audience and almost had the actor thrown out of the theatre. now he is accepting the consequences for his conduct, days after the body that puts one the oscars launched disciplinary proceedings, smith says he is leaving the organisation. speculation about how the academy would deal with smith had reached fever pitch in hollywood. it's the biggest controversy

in the history of the oscars. resigning from the academy is a big deal, membership of this illustrious invitation—only body is seen as a mark of achievement in itself. the academy was quick to respond. the fallout from the saga continues to reverberate around the world of entertainment. chris rock, back on the comedy circuit, said he was still processing what happened. will smith will no longer be able to vote for the oscars. but it is not known yet whether he will face further consequences, whether he will be allowed to keep his academy award or whether he will ever be invited back to take part in hollywood's biggest night.

a0 years ago today — argentinian forces landed on the falkland islands also known as the malvinas, after a long running dispute about sovereignty. it sparked an unexpected war with britain which lasted 7a days. 225 british servicemen lost their lives — as well as three falkland civilians and 649 argentinian troops. steve humphrey has been speaking to those who served in the british navy at the time. argentina has seized the british falkland islands, whose ownership she's been disputing with britain for two centuries. it was the news that stunned the world after weeks of rising tension.

argentina's military dictatorship ordered the invasion of the falklands. they celebrated in buenos aires, malvinas, argentina, say the placards, while the british public were surprised mrs thatcher and her ministers were not. mrs thatcher, do you have a statement to make to us on the falkland islands? several days before intelligence reports said the invasion was imminent. they said that they think they do mean business, | they will invade one of the lesser islands probably— during april. the navy had some good fortune, 18 warships were already at sea, involved in an exercise based in gibraltar. they were under the command of admiral sandy woodward and in the year before he died, we chatted about what had happened at his home in west sussex. sheer luck, i think, - it made us probably ten days down there earlier than we would have been. john galway, a radio

operator was on one of the ships in his task force. he and his friends on hms sheffield were looking forward to sailing back to portsmouth after six months away from home. as we were going along, there were news stories about scrap metal merchants landing on south george and once we got to gibraltar, they got a bit stronger and stronger and we thought something was going to happen. a0 years ago it was not just the ships being prepared for war, also getting ready were marines and soldiers. some of the men are expected tojoin the task force tomorrow, others have already gone. when the invasion took place, sarahjones was enjoying a family holiday in france. we were skiing. it must've been on. the news, i suppose. her husband was commanding officer of the 2nd battalion of the parachute regiment, at the time based in aldershot. needless to say, being a soldier, l he was excited, they always felt|

that they would definitely be needed and, sure enough, they were. in the spring of 1982, nick williams was based in the falklands. the islanders were extremely hospitable, if you embraced them and their culture. a corporal in the royal marines, he was looking forward to going home to dorset after a year on the islands. his detachment of marines had just been joined by the incoming team who were taking over. with little warning, plans were changed. 0ur detachment was due to leave on april the 5th and we were told that we were staying on the islands we were allowed a two minute phone call to ourfamilies to tell them that we were staying, we did not know when we were coming home and, don't worry, there is nothing happening, that was the brief. in fact, nick and his fellow royal marines

were soon putting up fierce resistance against overwhelming opposition. steve humphrey, bbc news, portsmouth. joining me now is sue warner — a former nurse who served on hospital ship ss uganda as part of the task force to the falklands. it is lovely to have you with us. thank you forjoining us. i may write that you were given 72 hours notice that you are going to the falklands and indeed, i did wonder whether you even knew where they were. . , ., , whether you even knew where they were. . , .,, ., , ., were. certainly. i was actually on niuht were. certainly. i was actually on night duty _ were. certainly. i was actually on night duty on _ were. certainly. i was actually on night duty on a — were. certainly. i was actually on night duty on a busy _ were. certainly. i was actually on night duty on a busy surgical- were. certainly. i was actually on| night duty on a busy surgical ward and i remember thinking to myself on that friday evening that it was strange that meeting should be on the wards and she came up to me and saidi the wards and she came up to me and said i was now going to be going south to serve on the hospital ship and had 72 hours to prepare myself which involved asking friends if

they can loan me there toiletries because in those days the shops were not open on a sunday afternoon so i had to kind of ask friends to help out and, yes, had to kind of ask friends to help outand, yes, i rememberabout had to kind of ask friends to help out and, yes, i remember about the 2nd of april going into smith's and asking, actually, did they have a map of the falkland islands so i could actually see just how far away they were. 50 could actually see 'ust how far away the were. ,. could actually see 'ust how far away the were. y., .. they were. so you get there, i can only imagine _ they were. so you get there, i can only imagine it — they were. so you get there, i can only imagine it must _ they were. so you get there, i can only imagine it must of— they were. so you get there, i can only imagine it must of been - they were. so you get there, i can only imagine it must of been very| only imagine it must of been very harrowing what you saw. what do you remember most of that time? what harrowing what you saw. what do you remember most of that time?- remember most of that time? what i remember most of that time? what i remember most _ remember most of that time? what i remember most are _ remember most of that time? what i remember most are certainly - remember most of that time? what i remember most are certainly the - remember most are certainly the casualties coming on board. they had experienced some very severe burns and i was veryjunior nurse in those days and very quickly had to learn

how to treat the burns and the casualties burns to their hands and that sticks in my mind. again, it is a natural reaction for us to put our hands out when something is on fire. then you realise that actually your hands have caught fire so that is very, very moving but i was also struck by their camaraderie and spirit of the casualties just being so amazing, absolutely amazing despite being in some discomfort. i wonder what impact that had if you are trying to do delicate procedures.— are trying to do delicate rocedures. , ., , ,., , , procedures. yes, absolutely. this meant that _ procedures. yes, absolutely. this meant that we _ procedures. yes, absolutely. this meant that we had _ procedures. yes, absolutely. this meant that we had to _ procedures. yes, absolutely. this meant that we had to learn - procedures. yes, absolutely. this meant that we had to learn again | procedures. yes, absolutely. this l meant that we had to learn again to think on ourfeet meant that we had to learn again to think on our feet about if you were

how you are going to place the equipment you needed, solution so they wouldn't pour over everything. you had to think about how you were going to apply a dressing or a sensitive surgical procedure been carried out that the ship would need to be kept steady. there are so much to be kept steady. there are so much to think about because again the weather and the rocking on the railing of the ship to which of course you would not get an ordinary ward so you have to become innovative as to how to keep casualties as comfortable as possible. casualties as comfortable as ossible. ., ., ,. , possible. you have described the work ou possible. you have described the work you are _ possible. you have described the work you are doing _ possible. you have described the work you are doing which - possible. you have described the work you are doing which was - possible. you have described the - work you are doing which was clearly challenging and i suspect at times quite traumatic. what sort of help did you get when you return home? when we returned home we really had two weeks leave and then it was back to work. what i found was the saving grace was i actually became very

interested in wanting to study further so i asked the matron if i could go and study and i think that was a particularly saving grace to go and study and as we know from research today, people are exposed to situations that are horrific then, yes, doing some training or meeting with others as a way to help you to unpack and process what you have been through but i also found that help for heroes were absolutely amazing. to be able to reach out and later on in my life to ask for support and get involved in sports so that was very, very pertinent. for those who are not familiar, help for those who are not familiar, help for heroes of course as the armed forces charity and indeed it has done a survey on the results show that many young people don't know

much about the falklands war. how surprised are you by that? yes. much about the falklands war. how surprised are you by that?— surprised are you by that? yes, it is interesting. _ surprised are you by that? yes, it is interesting. i— surprised are you by that? yes, it is interesting. i think _ surprised are you by that? yes, it is interesting. i think when - surprised are you by that? yes, it is interesting. i think when we . surprised are you by that? yes, it| is interesting. i think when we are all young we tend to not realise conflicts are happening, war is happening. and i think for our young people it is about paving the way to help them to learn and to know more about conflicts and again i think help for heroes and other charities are great at setting up anniversary times and also the commemorations each year on the 11th of november to give us a time to come together to reflect and to pass on to our young people that conflict and war are sadly does happen. irate people that conflict and war are sadly does happen.— people that conflict and war are sadly does happen. we must leave it there but thanks _ sadly does happen. we must leave it there but thanks so _ sadly does happen. we must leave it there but thanks so much _ sadly does happen. we must leave it there but thanks so much for - sadly does happen. we must leave it there but thanks so much for sharing your thoughts and your memories with us here. thank you. thank you. ajudge in new york has rejected a request

from ghislaine maxwell for a new trial. she was found guilty last year of trafficking girls for the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender, jeffrey epstein. her lawyers complained that one of the jurors falsely stated before the trial that he had never been sexually abused. the judge said that was not deliberate — so the juror could still act impartially. covid vaccines for children in england aged between five and 11, can be booked from this morning. it comes as new data suggest coronavirus infection levels in the uk have hit a new record, with an estimated a—point—9 million people thought to have the virus last week. that is as, that is all the news from as for now. more headlines at the top of the hour. thank you for

watching. well, the sun is getting stronger, but that wind has sent shivers down our spines in the last couple of days. today the wind won't be quite as cold. it will be a little lighter, but we have showers in the forecast, some of them wintry, but still a lot of cold air, notjust across the uk, but across many parts of western and central europe, even down to the north coast of africa there and plenty of snow across the alps and eastern parts of europe. but high pressure over us, so that means generally bright weather. here's the forecast for this afternoon, the wind is still sussex as well, inland sunny spells,

occasional showers and perhaps wintry across the high ground, at temperatures top towards the west around 10 degrees. crucially, the winds tonight fall very light and with the clear skies it really does mean temperatures will drop like a stone. these are the temperatures in city centres. in rural spots, it could be as low as minus seven celsius, even across southern parts of england, so i think scenes like this, particularly in the countryside, early on sunday morning, but the frost should melt away very quickly. that sun is very strong and then we are in for a fine, sunny start to the day, perhaps a bit of cloud building up in the afternoon across england and wales and certainly in northern ireland and western scotland and clearly, you can see here outbreaks of rain to come for places like stornoway, perhaps reaching glasgow later in the day on sunday. that is the weather fronts weeping off the atlantic and spreading across the uk sunday night into monday, sitting on top of us on monday, and you can see the winds are blowing out of the west, north—west, a milder direction, but a lot of cloud with that — outbreaks of rain as well and temperatures

will be higher, and despite the cloud and rain we will still get up to 1a in london, around 12 or 13 for glasgow and also for newcastle. there is that change in wind direction over the next few days, so monday and tuesday onwards you can see that cold air being pushed to the north, and this milder air on the more southern climes winds all the way from the azores spreading into souther parts of the uk. generally speaking, the wind it bad week ahead is looking more unsettled, but for most at least the temperatures will be on the rise. that is it for me, have a good day.

this is bbc world news, the headlines: on their way to safety — civilians flee the besieged southern ukrainian city of mariupol but 160,000 people are estimated to be trapped inside. the red cross renew their evacuation attempts afterfailing on friday. police in sri lanka declare a 36—hour curfew across the country to try to head off planned anti—government protests. the country is in the midst of a major economic crisis. shops reopen under tight security in the capital, colombo. hollywood actor will smith resigns from the oscars academy after slapping comedian chris rock on stage during last sunday's ceremony. the academy says it accepts smith's resignation and would continue to move forward with their own disciplinary proceedings.

today marks a0 years since the start of the falklands war —