this is bbc news 7 welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. our top stories... hundreds of people escape the besieged ukrainian city of mariupol but the red cross�*s evacuation efforts have once again been frustrated. elsewhere, emmanuel macron has held his first rally of his french election campaign. he told supporters he's fighting for social progress. hollywood actor will smith resigns from the oscars academy after slapping the comedian chris rock. hundreds of residents from the besieged ukrainian city of mariupol have managed to escape in private cars and have arrived

at reception centres to the north. however a third attempt by the red cross to bring a fleet of dozens of buses to the city has once again been frustrated. they are spending the night en route and will resume theirjourney in the morning. the plan was to bring in desperately needed food and medicines and help evacuate several thousand people. on friday, they were forced to turn back, having failed to obtain the right security guarantees from russian troops. meanwhile, the authorities in the occupied town of enerhodar say russian forces fired tear gas and flash bang stun grenades at demonstrators during a pro—ukraine rally. residents had gathered in the town centre to voice their support for their country when they were violently dispersed. the authorities also said four people were wounded when russian forces bombed another part of the town. our correspondent anna foster

is in lviv with the latest. again, we have another day, another attempt at establishing a humanitarian corridor, which has been frustrated. they first talked about doing this on thursday this week. they said at the beginning of the week it was too dangerous, that they had information, or the ukrainian government said there was information that russia might potentially fire on fleeing civilians but as the week went on, we came to thursday and the international committee of the red cross said they believed they might be a window of opportunity to try to bring people out of mariupol, but for the last three days, they have tried and failed to reach that city. at the moment, it you can see in ukraine it is dark, i can tell you it is bitterly cold, and people living in mariupol, we think 160,000 of them, they have had no little electricity for weeks, no food, very little water, very few medical supplies, very few medical supplies, so each day that this convoy out is delayed as another day that people are living in these terrible conditions. what the icrc had said, and you had them a few memos ago,

is that if they are going to do this, the conditions have to be exactly right. both sides have to agree to a ceasefire for a period of time, they need to agree on locations, they need to agree on duration. if you are going to bring out a convoy of people, potentially on buses or in private civilian cars, you need to make sure that nothing is going to go wrong. we know they have tried to establish the humanitarian corridors more than once and they have failed. they don't want a disaster on their hands. but again for the third day, we are told those efforts have been frustrated. the ukrainian authorities talking up their achievements in repulsing the attacks around kyiv and taking back more and more territory. in bucha, there are pretty grim signs of the retreat by russians. they are graphic and horrific pictures and videos that have come from bucha. one very small area of the town, one straight almost it looks like,

20 civilian bodies on the ground, some of them with their highest their hands tied behind their back, people align in one image, there was a man on a bike and he literally lives with his hand still on the handlebars, it —— the bodies have been there for several days. the un human rights chief spoke a few days ago about evidence of russia firing on residential areas, homes and hospitals, she said that would be looked at for evidence of potential war crimes. but again what we see today, and we may see, we don't know for sure, but we may see more of, as ukrainian forces move into those towns and settlements of kyiv, these other kinds of scenes that it appears that russia leaving behind. i'm nowjoined by amanda brydon. she is the global head

for child protection advocacy for save the children. you are now in ukraine, what sort of set are you establishing beyond what you had back before this particular invasion took place? sense you had back before this particular invasion took place?— invasion took place? save the children, _ invasion took place? save the children, we _ invasion took place? save the children, we have _ invasion took place? save the children, we have been - invasion took place? save the - children, we have been operating in eastern ukraine since 2014 when the escalation of the conflict started in the eastern side of the country. in the days and weeks following the escalation on 24th of february, we have searched and got more than 40 additional staff working to support. there are 12 of as international staff inside the country that are joining 24 of our national staff here inside ukraine. in terms of operations, previously, we have been suspending our direct operations because of the safety and security situation but we worked closely with some ukrainian local ngos who have

been operating on a small scale in the east of the country. how difficult is — the east of the country. how difficult is it _ the east of the country. how difficult is it to _ the east of the country. how difficult is it to get _ the east of the country. how difficult is it to get security | difficult is it to get security guarantees that you can feel confident enough about to allow your staff to travel and to provide the humanitarian assistance to you desperately want to provide? it is alwa s a desperately want to provide? if 3 always a balancing desperately want to provide? it 3 always a balancing act desperately want to provide? it 1 always a balancing act and this is a very dynamic and changing conflict, day by day, so there are ongoing assessments by the hour almost to understand where we might be able to operate, where we can be setting up operations. previously, we were in the east of the country. the focus now is getting the footprint from the east and being able to bring those supplies and humanitarian aid coming through from the west into the east of the country. but coming through from the west into the east of the country.— the east of the country. but a russian commander - the east of the country. but a russian commander in - the east of the country. but a russian commander in a - the east of the country. but a i russian commander in a district the east of the country. but a - russian commander in a district says to you, i give you my word that your people will not be bombed if they are wearing the right, you know,

identification marks, if they are travelling in prearranged vehicles, is it enough? can you take that and bankhead? for is it enough? can you take that and bankhead? ., ., ., ., , ,, bankhead? for organisations like save the children, _ bankhead? for organisations like save the children, our _ bankhead? for organisations like save the children, our main - bankhead? for organisations like save the children, our main calll bankhead? for organisations like | save the children, our main call is forfull humanitarian save the children, our main call is for full humanitarian access. we are already seeing some of that access problems, geographically they are only reaching certain parts of the population so what we need is the guaranteeing that humanitarian actors are able to get in and reach those populations who have not been able to get aid, food, heating, suppliers, that needs to happen, these laws of war don't operate in a vacuum so for us it is critically important that we are able to get those guarantees to reach these populations in need. i those guarantees to reach these populations in need.— those guarantees to reach these populations in need. i hope we will talk to you — populations in need. i hope we will talk to you again. _ populations in need. i hope we will talk to you again. for— populations in need. i hope we will talk to you again. for now, - populations in need. i hope we will talk to you again. for now, joining| talk to you again. for now, joining us from chernivtsi near the rumanian border, thank you very much. this is bbc news.

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. emmanuel macron has been holding his first rally of the french election campaign just over a week before the first round of voting. he told around 30,000 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. he also promised employment for everyone. here he is speaking at that rally — a short time ago. translation: working more also means more people working. yes, i am aiming for full employment. because thanks to everything

we have done together over these five years, for the first time since the mid—1970s, our country can say that it will reach full employment in the next five years. yes, it is possible. will smith has resigned from the academy of motion pictures — 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. 0ur correspondent, duncan kennedy, reports. laughter. from beloved film favourite... 0h, wow! to hollywood villain, will smith's slap of chris rock stunned the 0sca rs. i want to apologise to the academy,

i want to apologise to all my fellow nominees... his own award acceptance speech divided people, as he did not say sorry to rock. that only came later in a social media post, but now will smith has gone further. in a statement he said... will smith resigning, - i think the whole, you know, i think that was the best move that he could take before - the academy decide, - before the academy decided to maybe expel him. given its status as the inner circle of the american film industry, losing his membership of the motion picture academy will hurt will smith.

in its statement, the academy said... but what could that mean? questions remain about what is going to happen to his 0scar. in the past, the academy has chosen not to remove 0scars, even from disgraced figures like roman polanski and harvey weinstein. no, never! you all will never do that again! with a typical hollywood twist on events, one of his films due for release is a follow—up to bad boys. the sequel to will smith's own life may depend on how the academy reacts when it meets later this month. duncan kennedy, bbc news. david warburton, the mp for somerton and frome, has had the tory whip withdrawn pending an investigation into allegations about his conduct. the claims about mr warburton,

who sits on the backbenches, are being examined by parliament's independent complaints and grievance scheme. mr warburton has been mp for somerton and frome since 2015. a spokesperson for the whips office said the party whip had been removed while the investigation was ongoing. mr warburton, however, mrwarburton, however, remains an mp. bookings have opened for five to 11—year—olds in england to receive a low—dose covid vaccine. experts recommend children receive two of the jabs, which contain just a third of the adult dose. they will be available from hundreds of locations from monday. protests against the worsening cost—of—living crisis have been held in the uk. it comes as energy prices continue to soar. trade unions say chancellor rishi sunak�*s spring statement last week did nothing to allay fears about rising inflation. and there have been calls for an emergency budget to help families. the cost of living crisis has been affecting muslim communities here in the uk with some estimates

saying 50% of households are struggling to afford food. i'm joined now by shazia arshad from the charity islamic relief uk. thank you very much for talking to us on bbc news. is this because, kind of, in terms of the proportions, the number of people of the muslim faith who are below the poverty line is disproportionately larger than some other communities? that is correct. we have estimated that muslims in the uk are falling into poverty at a rate that is approximately ten times higher than the national average and this is the result of the lasting effects of the pandemic and the cost of living crisis. ~ ., ~ pandemic and the cost of living crisis. ~ . ,, ., pandemic and the cost of living crisis. . ,, ., , ., ., crisis. what kind of statistics do ou have crisis. what kind of statistics do you have to _ crisis. what kind of statistics do you have to explain _ crisis. what kind of statistics do you have to explain what - crisis. what kind of statistics do you have to explain what you i crisis. what kind of statistics do | you have to explain what you and other charity, muslim charities have seenin other charity, muslim charities have seen in the last few months? weill. seen in the last few months? well, we have vertically _

seen in the last few months? well, we have vertically seen _ seen in the last few months? well, we have vertically seen a _ seen in the last few months? well, we have vertically seen a real - we have vertically seen a real increase in the use of food banks, and one of the statistics we have seen there is something like a kind of double or triple fold in the number of people using food banks and accessing additional resources through charities to get support to make ends meet. we are entering ramadan, is leopard mac holy month, and that of course is a time when people first. —— islam's holyman. —— holy month. 0bviously, people first. —— islam's holyman. —— holy month. obviously, a lot of muslim families will be going into ramadan fasting, not even sure if they have enough food, despite that, to feed their families once they have reached the time of the day, the time of the evening when they can eat. yes, absolutely. ramadan is a time of celebration for muslims around the world. but this ramadan, there is no guarantee that a lot of

these families who are facing poverty are going to be able to put a meal on the table. we have been hearing from a lot of families who are having to choose between whether heat their homes or feed their families or put food on the table for themselves or for my children. we know a lot of families will be fasting during the day and cannot guarantee they can get a meal on the table when i have broken theirfast. there were many mosques who do outreach work in the community, not just in their community but more generally in the wider community to help people, in terms of food and shelter and support, is there perhaps, do you detect reluctance by some families to admit even within the community that they are having this problem?— this problem? there is certainly a set amount _ this problem? there is certainly a set amount of— this problem? there is certainly a set amount of air _ this problem? there is certainly a set amount of air accidents. - this problem? there is certainly a set amount of air accidents. thisl this problem? there is certainly a l set amount of air accidents. this is something that has always been a struggle notjust something that has always been a struggle not just for something that has always been a struggle notjust for muslims but for people around the country having to rely on charity support, whether thatis to rely on charity support, whether that is three food banks or other

charities, and there has definitely been a reluctance that we have seen from, you know, from our charity partners who have said that some people are just concerned about having to get that support. unfortunately, desperate times are calling for desperate measures and people are having to go and get the support and reach out for help. figs support and reach out for help. as we go into ramadan, it is the hope, i guess, for all muslim families, as for others, that they will be able to put food on the table. and come the end of ramadan, have the family community celebrations they look forward to. shazia arshad, thank you very much. the duke and duchess of york have been named in a court case in which a turkish millionaire is claiming £38 million has been "dishonestly misappropriated" by a business adviser who denies the claim. the high court in london has heard claims that "substantial sums" from nebehat isbilen were paid to prince andrew and his ex—wife sarah. it is understood that £0.75 million pounds has been repaid by prince andrew to mrs isbilen.

40 years ago today, argentinian forces landed the port of dover says it's working hard to ease congestion but its main approach roads are still very busy. people waiting to board ferry services have reported having to wait up to nine hours. p&0 ferries are suspended after they sacked most of their staff and the alternative company 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 are substantial delays down at dover this morning. there is an accumulative amount of reasons why that has happened. you have 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. now, dfds, one of the other operators across the channel stepped in to take up some of their capacity, but unfortunately, they have

also got two ships out of service this weekend. with so much capacity out of 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 heading back down to the channel, people going to the beaches, and a lot of people want to get back to see family. earlier this morning i spoke to matthias muller, heading back to a small town outside cologne with his wife and two children to see his parents and parents—in—law, the kids haven'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 to into a dfds ticket. being stuck here for the last two hours, 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 am work in school immunisations in london. we thought this would be an early start to the easter holidays. you can see it has come to a standstill, it has been for awhile. i told my parents we are not going to be there before the evening. it's probably true but i know dover has nice places and also has good little guesthouses. so we've got food enough. anyway, we are still in a good mood but dover is not moving at the moment. there's matthias being probably a lot perkier than what some of the other drivers are. and it is notjust cars and passengers, it is freight as well. the channel route is a major trade hotspot for crossings for trade between the uk and europe. 0ne hgv business told me this morning they are expecting 15 hours of queues for some of their drivers

who are stuck on motorways around there. bigger organisation, logistics uk, insists that trade is still moving, albeit slowly, and it is not a cause for concern at the moment because we are expecting those ships to come back into operation and capacity to be hopefully to be restored next week, subject to the p&0 vessels being inspected. airports are busy. people are wanting to return to travel. 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 has 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 airports and wanting to travel again, there are staff shortages. british airways it is busy today in heathrow, a small number of cancellations. manchester airport says it is seeing much longer queues than normal.

they have had a tough time in the last four weeks, people queueing for up to four hours just to get through to security and we are very much only at the start of the easter break. 40 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. 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 8,000 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 40 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'll 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 40 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. all gone. in antarctica, scientists

are concerned about the growing number of tourist cruise ships that could be damaging its fragile ecosystem. but many of the newer ships are more sustainable and even help to gather scientific data. so rather than being a problem, could tourism be part of the solution? julie ritson reports. trip of a lifetime is how many describe going to antarctica. this incredibly alluring but remote location attracts around 60,000 visitors each year. these tourists are travelling on an expedition cruise ship that uses battery hypbrid powered engines, has an impressive science centre, and equipment below deck that automatically analyses the surrounding sea water. this scientist visiting the ship for the first time wonders if it's capable of doing even more. this ship may be effectively used for real science, not only for education, not only the spread of information between the tourists but the tourists can help with the science.

this professor has a five year research grant from the us national science foundation to study snow algae and how it affects the rate that snow melts, but she can't spent five years straight in antarctica so joining a trip like this works well for her. i am able to collect some samples and data for my research and i can use of the facilities on the ship, such as the microscopes, to look at the samples and also work with the tourists to show them what i am sampling in the snow. most of the ship's expedition crew also have science backgrounds and help run citizen science projects for the passengers. ..a little bubble of water on top and no air. studying the microscopic phytoplankton in the water helps monitor the effects of global warning. samples are packed up and sent off to be analysed by researchers who can't get here themselves. coming to places like antarctica

costs a lot and takes a lot of planning so by integrating citizens into their science, they are able to collect data repeatedly at the same locations throughout the season while the tourist ships are already here. scientists also live and work in antarctica for many months of the year. this presents its own unique challenges, logistics being one of them. this research base on livingstone island is temporary home to around 40 scientists, but their supply ship has been delayed and they're running low on food. luckily, our ship was nearby and able to help. for them, it has been a life—saver that tourist ships cruise these waters. but what the scientific community really hope is that the passengers return home as ambassadors who can educate others and help change behaviours that threaten this fragile environment.

those are the headlines from bbc news. there is more on our website. hello, there. it is going to be a cold and frosty night tonight and it felt quite chilly out there today, even though we had lighter winds and some sunshine, temperatures were only typically eight or 9 degrees which is below par for this time of the year and once the showers came along, those temperatures dropped quickly. still some wintrinessin the showers, but nowhere near as snowy, because each day gets a little less cold and those showers are fading overnight tonight, skies will clear in many parts of the country and with light winds, temperatures will fall sharply, there will be a widespread frost tonight. quite a sharp frost in places getting as low as —7 in some of the frost hollows. high pressure keeping it fine and dry overnight and at the winds are not coming in from the north sea so for the east coast of england it will be a little less code and a weather front will bring cloud and rain from the north west and we start sunny and cold

and frosty and cloud will increase on sunday as the wind picks up in scotland and northern ireland, we push rain down from the north in the afternoon. cloud will bubble up in england and wales, some sunshine, a few showers around, not as many as we saw today and those temperatures creep up slowly to ten or 11 degrees. could be a bit warmer than that on monday, this weather front is taking rain southwards across the uk overnight and then following on from that, we have this chunk of warmer air, it is what we call a warm sector, it means a lot of cloud but higher temperatures, we should start frost free on monday but it looks cloudy, rain and drizzle at times and a stronger wind. away from the far north of scotland, it is warmer air we have across the uk and temperatures reaching 14 or 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 on tuesday.

along the weather front, we have this cloud and outbreaks of rain, most of the rain affecting northern ireland, pushing over the irish sea into the north west of england and south west scotland. north of that, the colder air and cold enough for wintry showers in the northern isles, milder in england and wales, temperatures around 15 degrees. very unsettled through the week ahead, wet and windy weather at times and just cold enough in the far north of the country to bring the riks of some more snow. goodbye.

this is bbc world news, the headlines... hundreds of people have escaped the besieged ukrainian city of mariupol — but the red cross' evacuation efforts have once again been frustrated. they are spending the night en route and will resume their journey tomorrow. emmanuel macron held held his first rally of his french election campaign. he told around thirty thousand supporters he's fighting for social progress and to stop �*extremism' in french politics. 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 will continue with their own disciplinary proceedings. now it's time for unspun world...