this is bbc news — welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm maryam moshiri. 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 passage, the safe passage forcivilians, once both parties come to agreement. and, unfortunately, until now, this has not materialised. people running away from explosions — ukraine's state nuclear agency accuses russian troops of shelling protesters in a town that houses europe's largest nuclear plant. the bbc makes it to an airport close to kyiv —

now liberated from russian control. this a symbol of modernity, of ukraine's place in the world. striking out across the globe. and now, it's a symbol of what's happened to the country. a nationwide curfew is in place in sri lanka to try to head off planned anti—government protests over the country's economic decline. 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.

red cross vehicles are on the move again — in a third attempt to reach the besieged ukrainian city of mariupol, to facilitate the safe passage of civilians along a humanitarian corridor. on friday, they were forced to turn back, having failed to obtain the right security guarantees from russian troops for a convoy of buses to bring in desperately needed aid, and then evacuate residents. an estimated one—hundred—and—sixty thousand people are still trapped there. 0ur correspondent anna foster is in lviv and told us more about evacuation efforts in mariupol. welcome as you say, we know that this operation was hoped that it would happen yesterday but they didn't get the necessary permissions. the clearance. there are so many fine details that need to be perfectly arranged for something as dangerous as this to go ahead. both sides need to agree to the terms of the ceasefire, the times, the areas. if you're going to

try and bring out so many civilians this needs to be done perfectly. yesterday they did not have the assurances they needed so they said they would try again today. we know there has been movement towards mariupol. what we have not had confirmation of yet is whether or not that operation has been successful. there was not a great deal of light left today. these operations which are generally not happen in the dark. if you think of the danger involved it would something that they would try to do in daylight. and as the day is drawing to a close and we have had no update, it is highly possible that this will not happen today. it may be that it is going on right now and we will get detail later saying they will manage to do it successfully but i think every day there is no guarantee there is always hope that this will happen successfully, but no guarantee and when you think, as you said, that there are an estimated 160,000 people still trapped there, even one

successful humanitarian convoy would only bring out a very small fraction of those people so there is, i think, a real need to get this establish. a hearing from all the parties involved. they want to get this established and they want to get it done as soon as possible. and for those people who remain in mariupol, conditions are getting worse by the day.— mariupol, conditions are getting worse by the day. they are. we start to see more — worse by the day. they are. we start to see more pictures _ worse by the day. they are. we start to see more pictures than _ worse by the day. they are. we start to see more pictures than we - worse by the day. they are. we start to see more pictures than we saw. worse by the day. they are. we start to see more pictures than we saw in| to see more pictures than we saw in the early days of what was going on there and what we see is shocking. we see a city of thriving city, destroyed in many cases, buildings razed to the ground. we know that there is very little medicine available, very little food. we saw those pictures a day or two ago of hundreds of people queueing outside a supermarket to try to get hold of the small amount of food that is left. we know there's been no electricity, no power in mariupol for weeks now and when people do manage to escape which they do in small numbers, it is really a trickle of people. i've spoken to

one or two people have managed to get out and their stories are distressing. as they drive by bodies on the side of the register try and reach a place of safety there are so few people managing to make it out of there. the mayor has said repeatedly that he wants a full civilian evacuation. he wants everybody that is left in mariupol brought out safely because every day that those people remaining numbers without the basics of life, the chance of a humanitarian catastrophe if he moves closer and closer. an adviser to president zelensky has said russian forces are making a rapid retreat, north of the capital kyiv. the uk ministry of defence said there was information they had withdrawn from hostomel airport, which has seen fighting since the first day of the conflict. the bbc�*sjeremy bowen has reached the airport you have to watch where you put your feet here in the, well, the ruins of hostomel airport, about ten miles from the centre of kyiv, and on day one

of the invasion, this was one of russia's main targets. a great big open area, they could land planes, helicopters, and use it as a staging area for their push into the capital. now of course that didn't happen, ukrainian resistance was too stuff, and you can see there was a massive battle here. there is a huge amount of debris. all round the perimeter there is broken tanks and lots of unexploded ordnance of different kinds. and in the midst of it all, there is this. this is the wreck that was the maria, the dream. maria in ukrainian, and it's — was the world's biggest cargo aircraft. a huge amount of national pride was wrapped up in this as well, it was a symbol of modernity, of ukraine's place in the world, striking out across the globe. and now, it's a symbol of what's

happened to the country. more than ten—million people have now fled their homes in ukraine, 4 million of them are refugees who have left the country, and many have found their way to poland. kasia madera is at a volunteer centre in lublin. poland has ta ken poland has taken in more refugees than any other country. what is happening where you are? how is this volunteer centre coping? weill. happening where you are? how is this volunteer centre coping?— volunteer centre coping? well, i was at the border — volunteer centre coping? well, i was at the border when _ volunteer centre coping? well, i was at the border when the _ volunteer centre coping? well, i was at the border when the war - volunteer centre coping? well, i was at the border when the war i - volunteer centre coping? well, i was at the border when the war i started | at the border when the war i started and i so i witnessed thousands of people crossing the border when all of this was unravelling. i wanted to come back to poland to see how people are coping now over a month since the start of this war. and we came specifically here because this is the place because just five hours after the war started the local ngo

groups and government here and a whole army of volunteers just rallied together to create a committee that serves and helps ukrainian refugees. this was a monastery. it was then a cultural centre. it is now the nerve centre at the heart of all of this where lots and lots of activities happen in order to support refugees coming countries like poland. this is a huge operation. within this building, there is a room where people take phone calls, vet people who are offering accommodation and they also help to house people. they also help to offer id cards as well because there is an awful lot that happens behind—the—scenes to ensure that all of these people are secure. bearin that all of these people are secure. bear in mind, 40,000 people came here to escape the fighting in ukraine. this isjust one

here to escape the fighting in ukraine. this is just one small city in poland. that increase the population of this place by 10% and we are seeing schools that were increased their population by 10%. the children coming until the different schools. all of this a lot of money. poland estimated that it has already spent over 2 billion euros in helping refugees and getting them settled on getting them homes. compare that to what the european union is offering all of their countries neighbouring ukraine, just over 3 billion. so this country is asking for much, much more. it believes that it will spend at least 20,000... 20 billion euros on helping and supporting the refugees that come to this country. a huge, huge effort. bear in mind that so many people have already come here but bear in mind that people are still coming, even just this morning when we were here very early in the morning, young women had come. she had just spent the night travelling across over the border here to poland and she had come here to find out what she is

meant to do next. she wanted to move on to the czech republic and she just wanted to move on and she was just wanted to move on and she was just wondering how her next processes. so all the time, people are coming in this country has been really rallying around and doing its absolute best but if you think about the sheer volume of numbers, over 4 million people according to the un have left ukraine and that number will continue to grow as the volatility, as the fighting continues in ukraine. this base is geared up but, of course, it all depends on how many more people continue to come. it has been an absolutely fascinating experience coming back to poland to witness how the company delete my country is coping. are still open and they want people to feel saviour without a med message here, they say it above me. stop the war. they have seen the that ukrainians have had to endure because of the fighting.— that ukrainians have had to endure because of the fighting. thank you. pope francis has called for a shared

response to the world's growing migration emergency. speaking to officials in malta after arriving for a two—day visit, the pope also appeared to criticise the russian president, vladimir putin, saying a "powerful leader" was stirring up conflicts for nationalist interests. 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. archana shukla has the latest from colombo. well, the state of emergency imposed in the country and the island nation is 24 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 turned violent and 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 storm inside the house of the president, demanding his ousting from the government. 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 24 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 april third. already the government has announced a 36 hour nationwide curfew from 6pm today until 4am on monday. and this activists say is a direct, you know, way to quell protests, to quell demonstrations from angry citizens, civil society, ngos as well as even 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 4pm, 4am on monday morning. emmanuel macron has held his first rally of the french election campaign — just over a week before the first round of voting. he told around 30 thousand supporters in paris that he is fighting for �*social progress' and to stop �*extremism' in french politics. with just days before the first vote — polls suggest president macron is leading the race ahead of far—right rival marine le pen. 0ur correspondent hugh schofield is in paris for us. what more did he have to say? well, it was an important _ what more did he have to say? well, it was an important moment - what more did he have to say? -ii it was an important moment for the president because, as you were saying, it was his only valley ahead of round one in a week's time and it comes at a time when a lot of people are saying his campaign is never really taken up so this was a chance for him to energise the faithful and

send out the message that he is campaigning, that he is not completely taken up with the war in ukraine and talking to world leaders and so on. but that is number one priority now is focusing on the consent of the french. there was a lot about his past mandate and the achievements and the way he fulfilled them, commitment he had made in his first campaign five years ago and then more of the same for the future. a lot about social reforms he was promising and that is interesting because it suggests he was trying to send out a signal to the left or the centre—left people who he wants to very much come on his side if, it seems like the comic turns into a run—off with marine le pen. he is very aware that people on the left might be tempted to think a kind of curse on both your houses, both marine le pen and emmanuel macron. he wants to be clear to left—leaning voters that there is a very big difference between him and

marine le pen and if it comes to a run—off with marine le pen, he wants them on his side. run-off with marine le pen, he wants them on his side.— them on his side. what are the poll suggesting? _ them on his side. what are the poll suggesting? he _ them on his side. what are the poll suggesting? he is _ them on his side. what are the poll suggesting? he is strongly - them on his side. what are the poll suggesting? he is strongly ahead l them on his side. what are the poll. suggesting? he is strongly ahead but much less strongly _ suggesting? he is strongly ahead but much less strongly ahead _ suggesting? he is strongly ahead but much less strongly ahead that - suggesting? he is strongly ahead but much less strongly ahead that he - suggesting? he is strongly ahead but| much less strongly ahead that he was two weeks ago. a couple of weeks ago we were all reporting and every pundit saying exactly the same thing that the ukraine war had been a vote from the blue that had done him a favour because he was able to pose as the protector of the nation and to manoeuvre in the world stage in a way that it is standing a lot of good domestically but what has happened is that in the last couple of weeks he spent too long or been perceived as spending too long in international affairs to the point of neglecting in the eyes of the electorate the campaign and appearing to be rather glibly assuming that he would get through and win a second term. that may well still be the case because he is still the favoured but they have definitely come on his team, had a bit of thejitters definitely come on his team, had a bit of the jitters in the last few days seeing marine le pen's poll rating coming up in his own coming

down and even a couple of them polls suggesting that they are in a very short distance if it comes to a second—round run—off with macro 52, much closer than when the two were together in the run—off five years ago. forty 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 74 days. earlier, i spoke to carol betteridge — who's head of clinical and medical services — at the military support charity help for heroes. i asked her how we should remember the falklands war. it is not picked up in their education and the media coverage now that we see, didn't happen during the falklands, so the platforms that show afghanistan and iraq and the world wars hasn't picked that up, and so, we are missing how hard that

conflict was, the environment that the armed forces fought in, with very little kit. not the sort we have now. so we feel we are missing the opportunity to recognise that. what kind of impact do you any that lack of knowledge has on the veterans who fought that war and who sacrificed so much for it? nobody goes to any sort of conflict and are not affected by that, we have veterans who are suffering, still suffering from physical and psychological injuries, and so, that, i think, not being recognised, must affect them. we rely on 90% of the general public to support us with their donation, so, if that conflict is not remembered and recognised it makes it harder to support veterans. i know that help for heroes thinks it is important for those whoa have veterans who are struggling

to come forward, do you think there are veterans of the falklands war are still suffering who haven't come forward, who are not getting the help they need? yes, because i think it was not recognised, so much, psychological injurieses or the physical injuries, veterans, find it difficult to come forward any way, so, being in a conflict 40 years ago, and having other conflicts since then, some of them are not come forward, they find it hard to ask for help, they feel others need more help than they do, we need to encourage anybody from any conflict, we need to encourage, to come forward, ask for help and support, for them and theirfamilies, to receive the recognition of and the support they deserve. 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. jazz tangcayjoins me now from los angeles, she's senior artisans editor at variety magazine. it isa it is a pleasure to have you in the programme. thank you forjoining us. let me ask you first of all your reaction to this news. {iii let me ask you first of all your reaction to this news.- let me ask you first of all your reaction to this news. of will smith resi . ninu ? reaction to this news. of will smith resigning? i— reaction to this news. of will smith resigning? i think— reaction to this news. of will smith resigning? i think the _ reaction to this news. of will smith resigning? i think the whole, - reaction to this news. of will smith resigning? i think the whole, you . resigning? i think the whole, you know, i think that was the best move that he could take before the academy decide, you know, before the academy decide, you know, before the academy decided to maybe expel him. we do not know, we will not know anything further until their board meeting on april 18. to anything further until their board meeting on april 18.— meeting on april 18. to think potentially — meeting on april 18. to think potentially they _ meeting on april 18. to think potentially they would - meeting on april 18. to think potentially they would have i meeting on april 18. to think - potentially they would have pushed him? to think that is why he resigned? i him? to think that is why he resigned?— him? to think that is why he resiuned? ~ ., him? to think that is why he resiuned? ~' ., , resigned? i think the whole thing is where the academy _ resigned? i think the whole thing is where the academy is _ resigned? i think the whole thing is where the academy is at _ |resigned? i think the whole thing is where the academy is at right now| resigned? i think the whole thing is where the academy is at _ |resigned? i think the whole thing is l where the academy is at right now is resigned? i think the whole thing is i where the academy is at right now is they have to decide and unpack this

and whether it meets the criteria for him to be expelled and, you know, speaking to academy members, speaking to, you know, other sources, everybody is staying quiet until that disciplinary m, in, iguess, in, i guess, about two weeks' time. seeing as he has already walked out of the academy, what kind of disciplinary action could they take if they are continuing their investigation. some people are saying, well, look, he might even have as 0scar removed from him. do think that is a possibility? i have as oscar removed from him. do think that is a possibility?— think that is a possibility? i don't think that is a possibility? i don't think so. think that is a possibility? i don't think s0- if— think that is a possibility? i don't think so. if we _ think that is a possibility? i don't think so. if we look _ think that is a possibility? i don't think so. if we look back - think that is a possibility? i don't think so. if we look back at - think that is a possibility? i don't think so. if we look back at the l think so. if we look back at the history of the academy five members had been expelled in the past its 94 year history. harvey weinstein, bill cosby, and none of them have had

their revoked and returned. as it stands right now, yes, he gets to keep his 0scar, his 0scar, his best actor 0scar keep his 0scar, his 0scar, his best actor oscar for keep his 0scar, his 0scar, his best actor 0scarfor king keep his 0scar, his 0scar, his best actor oscar for king richard. keep his 0scar, his 0scar, his best actor 0scarfor king richard. yes, yes i get invited to future academy award ceremonies as goes, the following year, the best actor winner gets to present to the best actress. it can also still be considered for future consideration and he has a film supposedly on state come out this fall so, again, it is very much still up in the air and we are not going to know until the academy makes a decision on the 18th if they're going to impose further sanctions and what punishment they are going to impose based on... to punishment they are going to impose based on... ., ~ , u, .,, based on... to think his career has been damaged _ based on... to think his career has been damaged by _ based on... to think his career has been damaged by this? _ based on... to think his career has been damaged by this? you - based on... to think his career has been damaged by this? you know, j based on... to think his career has l been damaged by this? you know, i think, ou been damaged by this? you know, i think. you know. — been damaged by this? you know, i think, you know, he _ been damaged by this? you know, i think, you know, he has—

been damaged by this? you know, i think, you know, he has issued - think, you know, he has issued apology after apology. i think this could be a hiccup in that. i think forever it will be, you know, the oscar ceremony will be the will 0scar ceremony will be the will smith 0scar ceremony but he is a great actor and i think, you know, he can overcome this. so... and he has got a lot of work lined up as a producer, as an actor. so i think it just remains to be seen what he does next and what the academy does next. 0k. jazz, good to talk to you. thank you for your input. thank you for your input. you can get more on our website. i

am on twitter. do get in touch. you're watching bbc news. goodbye for now. it is going to be a cold and frosty night tonight. it felt chilly today even though we had lighter winds and some sunshine. temperatures were typically eight or 9 degrees certainly below parfor typically eight or 9 degrees certainly below par for this time of year. 0nce certainly below par for this time of year. once the showers came along though shower stopped quickly. when trainers in the showers but nowhere neara trainers in the showers but nowhere near a snowy because each day it just gets a little less cold. though showers are fading away overnight tonight. skies will clear in many parts of the country and with light winds, temperatures will fall away quite sharply. there will be a widespread frost tonight. it could be quite a sharp frost in places and could get as low as —7 in some of the frost halos. we've got high pressure keeping it fine and dry

overnight and the winter not coming in off the north sea so it will be a little less cold. that well of rain will bring cloud and rain from the north—west. we start sunny and cold and frosty. cloud will increase on sunday. as when picked up in scotland and northern ireland we push rain down from the north in the afternoon. the cloud will bubble up across england and wales and there will be some sunshine. they could be a few showers around. not as many as we saw today. there's temperatures continue to creep up slowly to ten or 11. this weather front is taking rain southwards across the uk overnight and then following on from that we have got this chunk of warmer air. that we have got this chunk of warmerair. it that we have got this chunk of warmer air. it is what we call a warmer air. it is what we call a warm sector and it means a lot of cloud at higher temperatures. we should start frost free on monday but monday this cloudy. rain and drizzle at times and a stronger wind, too. away from the far north of scotland it is warmer air that we have got across the uk temperatures reaching 14, perhaps even 15 celsius. a weather front is going to

be pushing down overnight and it will move down. not much rain on that but to the north of it we do have colder conditions to start with on tuesday that i belong that weather front this is where we have got their zone cloud and outbreaks of rain. rain affecting northern ireland and pushing into parts of england and scotland. an author that the colder air, cold enough wintry showers in the northern isles but much more differing than in wales. temperatures again around 15. it will be very unsettled, really, through the week ahead of us are wet and windy weather at times and just cold enough in the far north of the the risk of some more snow. goodbye.

this is bbc news, the headlines... thousands of civilians have fled the besieged ukrainian city of mariupol but one—hundred—and—sixty thousand people are estimated to still be trapped inside. the red cross renewed their evacuation attempts after failing on friday. a nationwide curfew is in place in sri lanka to try to head off planned anti—government protests over the country's economic decline. the capital, colombo, has already spent two nights under curfew following unrest on thursday. hollywood actor will smith has resigned 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 forty years since since argentina invaded the falkland islands.