this is bbc news — welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm shaun ley. our top stories. hundreds of people escape the besieged ukrainian city of mariupol — but the red cross�* evacuation efforts have once again been frustrated. russian troops use what appear to be stun grenades to disperse a pro—ukraine rally by residents of the occupied town of enerhodar. the bbc makes it to an airport close to kyiv — now liberated from russian control. 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. 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 at last week's ceremony. 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. the red cross team 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, the red cross 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. i spoke to our correspondent anna foster is in lviv. 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 their intelligence services had 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

there 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, you can see in ukraine it is dark, i can tell you it is bitterly cold, and people living in mariupol, we think still around 160,000 of them, they have had no electricity for weeks, very little food, very little water, very few medical supplies. so each day that this convoy out is delayed is another day that people are living in these terrible conditions. what the icrc have said, and you heard them a few moments ago, is that if they are going to do this, the conditions have to be exactly right. both sides have to have agreed to cease fire for a period of time, they need to agree on locations, they need to agree on duration. if you're going to bring out the 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've tried to establish these 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're 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. 0n town they've taken back is bucha, where there are pretty grim signs of the retreat by the russians. they are graphic and horrific pictures and videos that have come from bucha. one very small area of the town, one street almost, it looks like, 20 civilian bodies on the ground, some of them with their hands tied behind their backs, people lying where they've fallen. in one image, there's a man on a bike and he literally lies with his hand still on the handlebars, it looks like the bodies have the there for several days. this is obviously all being watched

and recorded by people like the un. the un human rights chief michelle bachelet spoke a few days ago, talking at that stage 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 start to move into those towns and settlements around kyiv that russia are pulling out of, these other kinds of scenes that it appears that russia is leaving behind. anna, what about this protest in enerhodar? what do we know about what was happening and what sort of casualties there have been? we've seen these videos that have emerged on social media, as often happens. this is a russian—occupied town in ukraine, southern ukraine and it appears that there was a pro—ukrainian rally that was held.

russian forces fired tear gas and flash bangs at these people as they were there. we are told that apparently four people were injured in a separate attack. but it shows you, and you see it in different degrees across the country, you see it in a place like lviv where people continue their everyday lives, when a siren sounds, for example... it was a week ago, saturday afternoon last week that we had in lviv an air strike close to where i am now. so, the resistance in places like this is people going about their everyday lives. the resistance in some of those russian—occupied towns is the people, if they feel brave enough to go out on the streets and have a demonstration like this one. but as you saw, russia, that is not the sort of thing they want to see and it appears they took decisive action to try and stop that from happening. ukraine's deputy defence minister says her country's forces have regained control of the whole kyiv region. she said the towns of bucha, irpin and hostomel had been "liberated". british military intelligence said

russian troops had abandoned hostomel airport in a northwestern suburb of the capital, where there had been fighting since the first day of the invasion. 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 stiff, 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. christian aid have been carrying out work in ukraine. thomas colley is their humanitarian advisor, and he's just got back from zakrapattia 0blast in the south west. thank you very much for speaking to us. ~ . thank you very much for speaking to us, ~ ., ., , thank you very much for speaking to us. ~ . . , , ., thank you very much for speaking to us, ~ ., thank you very much for speaking to us. what was your impression during our time us. what was your impression during your time there? _ us. what was your impression during your time there? like _ us. what was your impression during your time there? like your _ us. what was your impression during your time there? like your reporter. your time there? like your reporter 'ust said, your time there? like your reporter just said. i — your time there? like your reporter just said, i think— your time there? like your reporter just said, i think in _ your time there? like your reporter just said, i think in a _ your time there? like your reporter just said, i think in a number- your time there? like your reporter just said, i think in a number of- just said, i think in a number of the western areas the resistance

that's been put up by people in ukraine is by going about their normal business and i was struck, compared to other places i've been such as iran, syria and sudan, a sense of calmness, but i also got the sense that people were hedging their bets slightly. some of the towns i have visited were certainly much full of than they usually were, and very close to the hungarian border. i got the sense that people were staying in these areas, either to go one way or the other. either to go one way or the other. either to go one way or the other. either to go home if possible or to flee the country if things got worse. your charity works a lot with the network of churches that already exist in the country. i imagine that, certainly from my time there, religion is very active and the christian community is very active. in practical terms, beyond offering soccer and support and somewhere to pray and have a moment of peace,

what can the church do practically on the ground? because with troops roaming around they must be limitation to what humanitarian distribution they can carry out. that's true and of course the safety of everybody involved in distribution in something like that is of paramount importance, the staff carrying out the distribution and the people coming to collect items, so you wouldn't want to put people in a position where they would be in danger. but in areas where it's possible to do distribution and serve people, where seeing that church groups and community—based organisations are really front line responders in this emergency response. christian aid and some of our partners are looking to fund those first responses and try and support the organic community response that's taking place already, as well as melting it with more traditional, i suppose,

humanitarian work such as providing communal shelters, water and sanitation. so yeah i think in any humanitarian emergency, church groups, community groups, normal people of the first responders and we must try and support them. that is also a form of resistance i suppose. is also a form of resistance i summe— is also a form of resistance i su ose. ., ' . is also a form of resistance i suuose. ., , . suppose. indeed, how difficult has it been to get _ suppose. indeed, how difficult has it been to get security _ suppose. indeed, how difficult has| it been to get security guarantees? we heard about the problems in mariupol. i realise the situation there is much worse relatively speaking compared to your charity's work but presumably it is something where you constantly need a dialogue with the military on both sides. yes, the military and also at the government level of the different oblasts, we're working hard to maintain that relationship, especially in the west, to support a growing number of needs. it's an

ongoing process and negotiation is a part of any humanitarian work. the red cross have a specific mandate under international law to carry out these kind of evacuations and negotiate for him and that aryan space and organisations like christian aid will then work towards safer areas to support those who are fleeing —— and that humanitarian organisations like christian aid. thank you very much. this weekend christian aid is encouraging churches around the uk to engage in a moment of prayer, a shared moment of prayer to support ukraine and the efforts of raising £2 million towards the charity. interesting point he was making about the red cross. it is internationally recognised by russia as well as ukraine as a body that has the right to provide this kind of humanitarian support and even it can't feel it

can operate safely there. 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 benefit. here in the uk, 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. the duke and his former wife sarah 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 £750,000 has been repaid by prince andrew to mrs isbilen. 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, a dig at his rival marine le pen. 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. a nationwide curfew remains in place in sri lanka following violent protests over the country's economic decline. demonstrators are unhappy about shortages of food, fuel and medicine. under the state of emergency, the military has the power to arrest protestors. sri lanka is currently seeking an economic bailout from the international monetary fund. a busy day of sporting action, not least with the return of the football. let's get all the sport news now with jane dougall. the english premier league is back after the two week international break. and we could be in for an exciting title run in with both liverpool and manchester city winning earlier. city are still a point clear at the top of the table, after their 2—0 victory over burnley at turf moor. it was a comfortable

return from the break for pep guardiola's side. kevin de bruyne's strike gave them the lead afterjust five minutes. ilkay gundogan added another 20 minutes later against a struggling burnley side which only registered one shot on target. what they have done in the past doesn't mean it's going to happen this time, so nobody knows. we have to play with a lot of pressure because if we lose, we are out. as simple as that. do it however you want, but if we lose, we aren't going to win. so every game is going to be like this game. you want to win, you have to get 2a points otherwise we will not be champion. jurgen klopp's side trailed manchester city by 14 points in mid—january, but a tenth straight league win over watford temporarily took them above city. diogojota's 20th goal of the season and a late penalty from fabinho secured the points. the two teams meet each other

on the 10th of april. we could have done better, definitely, but after being two weeks nearly not together and the early kick—off, it's really tricky. but all teams have the same problems. i don't think i ever saw after an international break the best game of the season. it was fine, very controlled and that's what we wanted. elsewhere, christian eriksen's remarkable return to football keeps getting more and more impressive — as his club brentford caused a huge shock at stamford bridge. eriksen scored his first goal for them, as brentford finished 4—1winners over chelsea.

in germany, champions league—chasing freiburg lost to league leaders bayern munich 4—1. bayer leverkusen beat hertha berlin 2—1. borussia dortmund were thrashed 4—1 at home to rb leipzig. australia women are the favourites going into the cricket world cup final against england, but their captain meg lanning is well aware that england are hitting their peak. the defending champions are hoping to make history as they aim to become the first senior english side to successfully defend a world cup. heather knight's team 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's been an outstanding world cup. the skill that's been on show, the brilliant catches, the drama, the tense nature of all the games, most of the games. they've been brilliant. the fact that

so—called smaller teams are beating teams they wouldn't expect to beat is actually really positive for the women's game. yeah, i imagine it will be a tight one tomorrow. i'd love it to be like the semi. what a nice finale it would be to go and win it and put in a nice spectacle for everyone. it’s win it and put in a nice spectacle for everyone-— for everyone. it's been a great effort so _ for everyone. it's been a great effort so far— for everyone. it's been a great effort so far but _ for everyone. it's been a great effort so far but in _ for everyone. it's been a great effort so far but in the - for everyone. it's been a great effort so far but in the final. effort so far but in the final everything is on the table and it's always— everything is on the table and it's always going to be a hard match. coming _ always going to be a hard match. coming up — always going to be a hard match. coming up against england who are in -ood coming up against england who are in good form _ coming up against england who are in good form. hitting peak form at the film good form. hitting peak form at the right time — good form. hitting peak form at the right time. a huge challenge for us. we know_ right time. a huge challenge for us. we know we have to play well to beat them but _ we know we have to play well to beat them but it's an exciting opportunity we've got. that's all the sport for now. 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. our correspondent, duncan kennedy, reports. laughter. from beloved film favourite... oh, wow! to hollywood villain, will smith's slap of chris rock stunned the oscars. 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 oscar. in the past, the academy has chosen not to remove oscars, 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. i'm nowjoined by anousha sakoui, who is an entertainment reporter at the la times. thanks for being with us. can you give a sense for those of us who don't know enough about will smith's background and career and image how big a deal this slap has become. huge. it's dominated almost every conversation across every topic. he's an icon. he's been in the industry for decades and since he was young, when he was on the fresh prince, young man. now he's in his 50s and he's achieved a lot in terms of the number and breadth of films, a very bankable star at points in his career. now the industry has

changed, so the bankability of leading actors, that has shifted foremost, even the biggest. it's a big blow. and it's a shock to a lot of people because he had a very clean image, although he has a talk show with his wife on facebook where they talk about the openness of their marriage and a lot of open stuff. generally he seems clean cut and polished. this stuff. generally he seems clean cut and polished-— and polished. this sense of the ublic and polished. this sense of the public masked _ and polished. this sense of the public masked slipping - and polished. this sense of the public masked slipping a - and polished. this sense of the public masked slipping a bit - and polished. this sense of the public masked slipping a bit on | public masked slipping a bit on sunday and a lot of people will understand why it happened but it did happen. it was an act of violence, there's a suggestion the lapd were ready to arrest him. has there been much criticism for the time it took for the academy to respond in the way it did? definitely. we've seen various conflicting reports about whether or not he was asked to leave. the academy said they'd asked him to leave through a representative. and he declined. that's their version.

the producer of the show, will hacker, said he spoke to will smith and said he didn't want him to leave because he didn't think chris rock would want that. another co—host said that leaving him there to accept the reward was the wrong message and she described it as gross. there were people who were very opposed to him having stayed there. ~ . ., , _ , there. what does he lose by being exelled there. what does he lose by being expelled from _ there. what does he lose by being expelled from the _ there. what does he lose by being expelled from the academy? - there. what does he lose by being expelled from the academy? and | there. what does he lose by being l expelled from the academy? and by resigning. he might have been suspended by them if he'd stayed. right, | suspended by them if he'd stayed. right, i mean, some people, critics are saying he'sjumping before he was pushed and that he's getting ahead of any kind of repercussion. and to some degree, you know, that is true although the academy said they would continue with their process and on april 18 they are going to issue some kind of edict, discipline. they can expel him for a

certain amount of time and within that time that would stop him from rejoining for example. we saw that with donald trump when he was expeued with donald trump when he was expelled from another body, before he was expelled, the hollywood union of actors, he quit. they still went ahead and expelled him. flan of actors, he quit. they still went ahead and expelled him.- of actors, he quit. they still went ahead and expelled him. can i ask, is there any — ahead and expelled him. can i ask, is there any suggestion _ ahead and expelled him. can i ask, is there any suggestion of - ahead and expelled him. can i ask, is there any suggestion of this - is there any suggestion of this having any effect on his career? in other words, having any effect on his career? in otherwords, on having any effect on his career? in other words, on producers rethinking his involvement in films or the people who use his image to promote their products maybe thinking he's no longer someone they want to be associated with.— associated with. that's still to -la out. associated with. that's still to play out- we're _ associated with. that's still to play out. we're starting - associated with. that's still to play out. we're starting to - associated with. that's still to | play out. we're starting to see reports of some producers distancing themselves. he has quite a few in themselves. he has quite a few in the pipeline. but he's already coming, i'm not saying to the end of his career but he's an older man and for an action star who was probably coming towards the end section of that. he has his own production company, westbrook... we'd expect

him to focus more on that. company, westbrook. .. we'd expect him to focus more on that.— him to focus more on that. we're auoin to him to focus more on that. we're going to have _ him to focus more on that. we're going to have to _ him to focus more on that. we're going to have to leave _ him to focus more on that. we're going to have to leave it - him to focus more on that. we're going to have to leave it there. i going to have to leave it there. thank you forjoining us. that's it. we'll be back. 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 nine degrees which is below par for this time of the year and once the showers came along, those temperatures dropped quickly. still some wintriness in 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 the winds are not coming in from the north sea

and for the east coast of england it will be a little less cold and a weather front will bring cloud and rain from the north west and we start sunny and cold and frost and cloud will increase on sunday as the wind picks up in scotland and northern ireland, pushing 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 to creep up slowly to ten or 11 degrees. could be a bit warmer than that on monday, this weather front is taking rain south 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, 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, warmer air we have across the uk and temperatures reaching 1a 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 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 west of england and south west scotland. north of that, the colder air and cold enough for wintry showers in the northern isles, milder air 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 country to bring the risk of 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 has 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 on bbc news...amol rajan speaks to actor ian mckellen, one of the most celebrated performers of his generation and someone who has long defied convention and expectation. just over four years just overfour years ago just over four years ago i drove to chichester to interview a titan of

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