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. police in sri lanka declare a 36 hour curfew to try to head off anti—government protests. 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. international red cross vehicles are on the move again in ukraine, in a third attempt to reach the besieged city of mariupol. an estimated 160,000 are still trapped there. the authorities are hoping six other safe corridors announced for today for eastern ukraine prove to be a smoother operation. however, a larger evacuation and aid convoy planned by the international committee of the red cross failed on friday. anna foster has the latest from lviv

it was planned for yesterday and it didn't go ahead, so we were told it had been postponed for today. it's being led by the international committee of the red cross, who are a neutral intermediary in this case. what they want to do is go into mariupol, of course with all the necessary agreements in place, at a high level, that there would be a brief ceasing of fire from both sides, that they would be able to lead out this convoy, potentially of buses, potentially of people in private cars. there are still more than 150,000 people we think trapped inside mariupol. what they aren't doing is giving minute by minute progress, but it's 4.00 in the afternoon now here in ukraine, it will be dark in the next two hours, if they haven't reached there yet, it would seem, once again, that it is unlikely that that operation would happen today. you have to remember to do something like that in the daylight is dangerous enough,

but to do it in darkness would really be far more dangerous for all concerned. so there is, i think, a chance as the day goes on and we don't hear any news, that perhaps for a second day may have failed, but we don't know that for sure, we wait and we watch for updates. but of course for people who are living there, in mariupol, in the most terrible circumstances, without power, without water and food, medical supplies, and a city which has been in many places razed to the ground, every day that this delays for them is another 2a hours spent in some of the worst circumstances any of us could imagine. anna, russians have this vice like grip, if you like, on some areas of ukraine, but reports that they are withdrawing from some other areas. are that withdrawing, what is your sense? well, we do get reports that they are moving out of certain areas. for example, the uk ministry of defence said in their briefing

this morning that they had reports that the russians had moved out of the airportjust north of kyiv, which was one of the key locations that they targeted at the beginning of this conflict. we see the mayors of small towns round kyiv saying that the ukrainians are taking them back, what we don't know is how much of that is ukrainian push forward, and how much of it is russian pull back. but what we do know is that russia have not managed to achieve what we think were many of their aims at the beginning of this conflict. they have not managed to capture the capital kyiv or large swathes of ukraine. they are focussing, they have said, very much on the east of the country, on the donbas region, that is where their focus is, that is where their firepower will be, it would appear from now on. reports that a ukrainian photo journalist has been shot dead, what are you hearing about that? well, we believe that this is true, and it has been confirmed by the prosecutor—general�*s office here in ukraine, and also by the website he worked for.

this was max levin, a very well—known photo journalist, war correspondent here in ukraine. he went missing on 15th march. he was reporting from a village north of kyiv, and his friends said his phone went out of service and they haven't heard from him since, and then today, we are told his body was found by police yesterday, that he had suffered two gun shot wounds. i have been talking to a friend and colleague of his, who had known him for about a decade, and she talked about how committed he was he was to covering wars. she talked about how when otherjournalists maybe left a conflict, he was still there, telling the stories of civilians and soldiers and veterans. he was very well—respected, very well liked. you may well have seen his images, they were used by big news agencies like reuters and the associated press and on the bbc as well. and his friend told me he leaves behind four young sons, and they hope his family will get the support they need.

president zelensky says there's been a slow but noticeable withdrawal of russian forces in the north of the country. but last night cruise missiles were fired at the cities of dnipro and 0desa further south. jonathan beale has sent this report from 0desa. city life, but not as we know it. 0desa may seem largely unscarred, but the war is still leaving its mark. it has been a safer haven for those fleeing the fighting. anastasia and her family have been forced to move home not once but twice by the russians. most recently when a missile struck her block of flats in the city of mykolaiv. it has had a lasting impact on her young children. anastasia tells me, "after the missile strike

"on our building, my boy asked me, mum, are we going to survive this? "and i was worried we wouldn't. "so that was when we decided to leave." many have now got used to the air raid warnings. most do not even flinch. but, look at the effect it has on seven—year—old kostya. the wail of the siren only brings tears. for him, it is the sound of danger, death and destruction. a sense of panic, to reach shelter quickly. like anastasia, 0desa is trying to put on a brave face. outside the station, local musicians perform a concert of patriotic songs. in this war, music can also be a weapon uniting a city against the russian invasion. first of all, as musicians, we can make something special for people and, to make our world better, like for, with this.

there are still reminders of more peaceful times in this black sea resort, but last night, the russians fired a salvo of cruise missiles towards the city. a fleet of russian warships are still waiting ominously somewhere over the horizon. the threat has not gone away. jonathan beale, bbc news, 0desa. and you are watching bbc news. from this morning, parents and carers of five to 11—year—olds in england can book a low—dose covid vaccine for their children. it comes as new data suggest, 4.9 million people were estimated to have coronavirus last week, according to the office for national statistics — the highest number since its survey began in april 2020. in england, it's estimated one in 13 people have the virus. in wales, it's one in 1a. scotland was slightly

higher with one in 12, and in northern ireland. dr sarah pitt, virologist at the university of brighton told me in her view how strong the case is for vaccinating five to 11—year—olds. it is very strong, we know that some children are getting very seriously ill with covid, and some children have died. and i am sure that many of your viewers have the experience of your viewers have the experience of children being sick, everyone if it is relatively mild illness, but they have time off school, and we really don't know what the consequences of infection are for children in terms of going, in the long—term from long covid, so the best thing to do, is to give the

children protection. and the vaccine is a good way of doing that. that children protection. and the vaccine is a good way of doing that.- is a good way of doing that. that is interesting. _ is a good way of doing that. that is interesting, so _ is a good way of doing that. that is interesting, so you _ is a good way of doing that. that is interesting, so you are _ is a good way of doing that. that is interesting, so you are saying - is a good way of doing that. that is | interesting, so you are saying there is an intrinsic value, you are protecting the children and they are notjust being vaccinated to protect other people? notjust being vaccinated to protect other maple?— notjust being vaccinated to protect other people?— other people? yes, i mean we are doinu other people? yes, i mean we are doin: it other people? yes, i mean we are doing it for _ other people? yes, i mean we are doing it for both _ other people? yes, i mean we are doing it for both reason, - other people? yes, i mean we are doing it for both reason, we - other people? yes, i mean we are doing it for both reason, we wantl other people? yes, i mean we are i doing it for both reason, we want to stop the children from getting this really rather nasty infectious disease but we also do need to try and do everything we can, to stop the virus spreading, as you were saying there, the number of people, the amount of covid round at the moment is very very high, and the vaccine is one of the tools we have in the box, to try and stop the spread of the virus, what the point is that the 0micron variant of the covid—19 virus, is so infectious that, we need to vaccinate 909% of the population, in order that the vaccine will really help us bring the virus under control. so any dose of the vaccine that we can give to any age group will help us get to that level, and that when i say 90%,

that level, and that when i say 90%, thatis that level, and that when i say 90%, that is 90% of a full course of vaccine, nojust that is 90% of a full course of vaccine, no just the first dose but it is protecting children themselves, from what is quite a nasty disease in some people. you mention infection, they are at record level, we have seen this surge in numbers, give us your view on what you any is happening hee? think there are several things going on, as i said this 0micron version of virus is is really, really infectious, on average somebody who has that, who is infectious, and if you don't do anything to try and stop it, spreading round, can, someone can infect between 10 and 12 other people, it is really, really infectious, i think it is important to remember that, because people are talking about let's live with it like we live with the flu. if you have flu on average you will infect one other person, so it is much more infectious and we have taken away all the measures we had to try and stop the spread of the virus. social

distancing, wearing masks and enclosed public space, ifind distancing, wearing masks and enclosed public space, i find when i'm going in shops or on trains i am the only person i can see wearing a mask. we also know that one in three, perhaps more who have active infection don't have symptoms at awe or have very mild symptoms, so i suspect myself of being one of those people, that is why i always wear a mask and take care round people i don't normally mix with. drivers heading for cross—channel services at the port of dover are reporting long queues and lengthy delays. p&0 ferries are suspended after they sacked most of their staff and dfds are running a reduced number of crossings because one of its ships was damaged while docking in strong winds. earlier our correspondent, simon browning described how the disruption was affecting travellers. there's substantial delays down

at dover this morning. there is a cumulative amount of reasons why that has happened. you mentioned one of the main ones — p&0. they took their ships out of service more than a fortnight ago, and that has really hit capacity on that cross—channel strait between dover and calais. dfds, one of the other operators across the channel, stepped in to take up some of their capacity, but unfortunately they have also two ships out of service this weekend, so with so much capacity out the channel, queues are backing up. here in the uk there has been an early start for some to the easter holidays, so we are starting to see passenger traffic return. people are heading back to the channel, they want to get back to the beaches where they have not been for the two years, maybe for the pandemic, but most importantly a lot of people want to get back to see family. earlier this morning i spoke to matthias mueller. he was heading back to a small town outside cologne in germany with his wife and two children, to see his parents and parents in law, the kids hadn't seen their grandparents for more than two years, and they arrived in dover, on a side street and stuck in a queue.

i am in brookfield place in dover, we left london this morning at 5am, to be the first to change our p&0 ticket into a dfds ticket. we have been stuck here for the last two hours, and you can see the queues. this is dover. i am here with my family, we are going to germany, to see my parents for the first time in two years — i am an nhs nurse, i work in school age immunisation in london. we thought this would be an early start to the easter holidays. you can see it has come to a stand still, it has been for a while. i told my parents we are not going to be there before the evening. it is probably true, but i know dover has nice places and also has good little guest houses, so we have food enough. any way, we are still in a good mood, but dover is not moving at the moment.

that is matthias being perkier than what some of the other drivers are, and it is notjust cars and passengers, it is freight as well. obviously the channel route is a major trade hotspot for crossings, for trade between the uk and europe. 0ne hgv business has told me this morning they are expecting 15 hours of queues for some of their drivers who are stuck on motorways round there. bigger organisations, logistics uk insist that trade is still moving, albeit slowly, and it is not a cause for concern because we are expecting the ships to come back in to operation and capacity hopefully to be restored next week, subject to those p&0 vessels being inspected. so problems at the ports, but we are also hearing reports of problems at airport, what can you tell us about that? airports are busy. as i have said, people are wanting to return to travel here in the united kingdom. the uk government has dropped pretty much all of our coronavirus restrictions that have been in place

for more than two years. the travel industry has called them onerous and it is really dented travel confidence. here we are, easter, two years later, and people want to travel again, but unfortunately during the pandemic, so many of those travel businesses had to cut thousands of staff just to save themselves. as we are rushing back to airport and wanting to travel again there are staff shortages. british airways at heathrow this morning says it's a very busy morning. there has been a small number of cancellations and manchester airport is seeing much longer queues than normal. they have had a tough time in the last few weeks, people queueing for up to four hours to get through to security. so yes, very busy and we are only at the start of that easter break. sport, and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's gavin ra mjaun. good to see you gavin. good afternoon. liverpool have gone top of the premier league, for a few hours at least, with a 2—0 win over struggling watford. diogojota's 20th goal of the season putjurgen klopp's

side in front midway through the first half at anfield. and on course for their tenth straight league win. watford gave the hosts plenty of problems though — and liverpool had to wait until the 89th minute to seal the points, thanks to a var awarded penalty that fabinho converted. city and liverpool meet at the etihad next sunday. we could have done better definitely, but we, after being two weeks nearly, not together and stuff like this, and early kick off it is really tricky, it is tricky. all teams have the same problems, but i don't think i ever saw after international break the best game of the season, so, all fine, very much controlled and that is what we wanted. wa nted. we wanted. we only that had a slim chance of scores _ we only that had a slim chance of scores offing that equalising goal, but we _ scores offing that equalising goal, but we weren't without effort, to score _ but we weren't without effort, to score that — but we weren't without effort, to score that goal, but to lose the game _ score that goal, but to lose the game now, it leaves a birth taste. if it

game now, it leaves a birth taste. if it had _ game now, it leaves a birth taste. if it had been 1—0 i would have been happier. _ if it had been 1—0 i would have been happier. or— if it had been 1—0 i would have been happier, or more content with the fact we _ happier, or more content with the fact we put— happier, or more content with the fact we put on a good performance against, _ fact we put on a good performance against, you know, the league leaders — manchester city can go back above them — if they can beat second from bottom burnley. city one up at turf moor. later on, manchester united can gain ground on fourth spot. when they face leicester at old trafford. five games in the scottish premiership today ahead of tomorrow's old firm derby. just a couple of goals so far — dundee united lead at hibs and stjohnstone are beating livingston. in the championship, nottingham forest have moved into the play—off places after thrashing blackpool 4—1. philip zinckernagel gave forest the lead — before two goals in six minutes from brennanjohnson put them in control at half time. sam surridge added a fourth late on to seal the win for forest — blackpool did score moments later — but it was too little, too late.

in the women's super league manchester city are within touching distance of the champions league places after beating west ham.it finished 2—0 in east london with georgia stanway scoring the opening goal after eight minutes. khadija shaw's header then sealed the three points in the second half. it means city are still in fifth but separated from fourth—placed manchester united only by goal difference. gareth southgate hopes the final round of premier league fixtures before the start of the world cup in qatar, won't hinder preparations for their opener against iran. the last set of league fixtures takes place the weekend of the 12th and 13th of november, which is a little over a week before that first game. southgate hopes any clashes involving teams at the top of the table will be avoided. clearly, there are going to be fixtures that we can —— that weekend for all of the european league, and we understand that, that's, that's the same for everybody, it would be helpful if we didn't have a big six

clash, with a higher risk of motion and injuries are an whatever else, but look, that is not our gift. we have had some discussions with the premier league, and they understand the situation. premier league, and they understand the situation. england's women's cricketers will look to make history in the early hours of tomorrow morning when they aim to become the first senior english side to successfully defend a world cup. heather knight's side meet australia on the back of five straight wins — and the captain hopes they can bring the curtain down on an impressive tournament in style. i think it has been an outstanding world cup. the skill that has been on show, the brilliant catches, the drama, the tense nature of all the games, or most of the games, has been brilliant and the fact that so—called smaller teams are beating people, teams they would not expect the beat, i think it is actually really positive for the women's game. yeah, i imagine it probably will be a tight one tomorrow. i would love it to be like the semi what a nice finale that would be to obviously go on win it and put on a nice spectacle for everyone.

that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website including live coverage of the women's six nations with ireland in toulouse facing france. it's half time there — france are on the up. back to you. there is a lot to keep an eye on. 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! — from los angeles. 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 after a long running dispute about sovereignty. it sparked an unexpected war with britain which lasted 7a days. like many families there, the davidsons woke to the reality of life in a warzone. they've now made their home

in the scottish highlands , but as elizabeth quigley reports , their memories of a conflict 8000 miles away, are still vivid. here in the peace of the highlands, war seems a distant memory. but for margaret and don davidson, the events of a0 years ago have never left them. we thought it was all posturing. we never thought for one minute that it would... it would happen. it was simmering away, but you never expected invasion. but that's exactly what happened. argentina has invaded the falklands. in 1982, the davidsons were running the malvina house hotel in port stanley and bringing up a young family. all three of their children were born in the falklands. the youngest was just six months

old when war broke out. explosions, rifle fire. that's how you know they're coming. we knew exactly what we had to do. we had to get the hell out of it... out of the way of it, and we went down to the cellar. you will find that in any warfare, you have seen it in ukraine. so how did they cope with being under argentinean rule? most of them had no idea where they were. they'd just been draughted in. they had no idea it was so cold. they had no idea that we didn't speak spanish. in fact, they had no idea. i think a lot of the conscripts that had arrived and that expected to be welcomed with open arms. and today's events in ukraine bring memories flooding back of how they coped in a warzone a0 years ago. i remember very, very vividly, it was the day after the invasion, i was... i was taking a shower and, um, ijust realised it was gone. your freedom. and that's why ukraine...

..deeply upsets me because you lose... you lose the freedom of speech, you lose the freedom of worship. you lose the freedom from want and you lose the freedom from fear go. all gone. it's the beginning of the holy month of ramadan — where muslims around the world will be fasting between sunrise and sunset. muslims will not be allowed to eat or drink at all during the day — and traditionally open their fast with family and friends. here in the uk — for the first time since the pandemic began — they'll be no restrictions on the number of people allowed to meet. 0ne popular way to open a fast is to visit your local restaurant — many of whom lost a lot of business during lockdown.

nighat awanjoins me now — she owns the shere khan restaurant in manchester — and is preparing to welcome customers back during ramadan. lovely to have you with us, thanks forjoining us. tell us a bit about what your restaurant will be doing? well, we have been here for 35 years now and it has been the same every year, when the pandemic came, when pandemic came, i think that shocked the whole of the world, the whole of the whole of the world, the whole of the hospitality industry, just completely died. so, what it means to us now, to welcome people back, is a very positive energy to be honest with you. very positive. what honest with you. very positive. what will ou be honest with you. very positive. what will you be doing? _ honest with you. very positive. what will you be doing? well, _ honest with you. very positive. what will you be doing? well, we - will you be doing? well, we obviously. _ will you be doing? well, we obviously, we _ will you be doing? well, we obviously, we have - will you be doing? well, we obviously, we have a - will you be doing? well, we i obviously, we have a clientele, will you be doing? well, we - obviously, we have a clientele, we have all sorts of clientele so our restaurants are open as normal. what we normally do for ram don is —— ramadan is at the time of opening ourfast, ourfaff will

ramadan is at the time of opening our fast, our faff will be fasting, you have to bear in mind. we allow one part of our area for our staff to be able to open their fast and anybody that is working round this area we have had an open view for everybody to eat and open, your door should be open at that time for people to open their fast, complimentary bar, we enjoy the fact they open theirfast, complimentary bar, we enjoy the fact they open their fast, and many restaurants do the same. it touched at the beginning _ restaurants do the same. it touched at the beginning on _ restaurants do the same. it touched at the beginning on the _ restaurants do the same. it touched at the beginning on the impact - restaurants do the same. it touched at the beginning on the impact of. at the beginning on the impact of the pandemic on your business, like so many others of course, can you give us a sense of what ramadan 2020 was like, what obstacles did you have to overcome?— was like, what obstacles did you have to overcome? well, you have to bear in mind — have to overcome? well, you have to bear in mind the _ have to overcome? well, you have to bear in mind the whole _ have to overcome? well, you have to bear in mind the whole world - have to overcome? well, you have to bear in mind the whole world just - bear in mind the whole world just stopped, you know, it wasn'tjust us it was every industry, from travel to hospitality, to retail, every industry stopped. the money movement stopped. people got depressed. stuck in their home, we have to bear in

mind people lived in apartment, they couldn't move out, they could hardly walk for half an hour day, the impact was tremendous. but what came out of it at the end, and if i try to put a positive thing on the that what came out the end, people when they started coming out, they came and they wanted to meet more people, and, the most important thing in life is interaction with people, and that was a very big gift, so ramadan brings that together, when we have, when we open our fast we always invite people, either in our homes or restaurants, you will find congregation of people meeting here to open their fast, so congregation of people meeting here to open theirfast, so in a congregation of people meeting here to open their fast, so in a way, fasting is, it is bringing people together and the fact that during the pandemics, we couldn't do that, people were stuck in their homes, opening theirfast, this has been a major move forward we can do this this year. major move forward we can do this this ear. ~ ., major move forward we can do this this ear. a, , _ ., major move forward we can do this this ear. , _ ., i. major move forward we can do this this ear. ,_ ,.

this year. mow busy do you expect it to be this year- _ this year. mow busy do you expect it to be this year.. _ this year. mow busy do you expect it to be this year.. we _ this year. mow busy do you expect it to be this year.. we don't _ this year. mow busy do you expect it to be this year.. we don't know, - this year. mow busy do you expect it | to be this year.. we don't know, how long is to a piece of string. the amount of problems going on, the amount of problems going on, the amount of problems going on, the amount of financial struggle people have had. restaurants have had. the hospitality industry has suffered. the vat going up as been a nightmare, if they kept it at 12.5% for another year to 18 month, it would have helped the hospitality tremendously, and i don't think the government are realising what massive mistake they are making. 50 massive mistake they are making. so many pressures of course on the public purse, but we must leave it there, very good to talk to you. thank you forjoining us.- there, very good to talk to you. thank you forjoining us. here's darren with the weather. hello, there, it's been a chilly feel to the weather today and overnight tonight it will get cold very quickly. the earlier showers, those are going to be fading away this evening and overnight skies will clear in many parts of the country and with light winds, temperatures will fall away very quickly. we're looking at a widespread frost and it could be quite a sharp frost

in places, as well.