this is bbc news broadcasting in the uk and around the globe. our top stories... ukraine regains control of all areas around kyiv, and is now strengthening its defences in the east of the country. elsewhere, there explosions in the southern port of odesa. ukrainian officials say missiles have hit critical infrastructure. pakistan's prime minister imran khan tells voters to prepare for a fresh election after critics fail to remove him from office. voters in hungary head to the polls as its leader, viktor orban, looks to extend his 12—year—rule. in the uk, the conservative party has suspended one of its mps following claims about his conduct. the former archbishop of canterbury says the russian orthodox church could be expelled from the world council of churches because of its stance on ukraine.

the music industry's biggest night, the grammys takes place later today. the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky, says russia aims to seize the whole of the donbas region in the east as well as hello and welcome to bbc news. the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky, says russia aims to seize the whole of the donbas region in the east as well as the south of his country. he said ukrainian forces were being boosted there. there have been a number of explosions in the southern port of odesa. the international red cross has also said it will try again to evacuate civilians from the beseiged city of mariupol. it comes as the ukrainian government says its forces have regained control of the entire kyiv region, five weeks after russia launched its invasion.

simonjones reports. the russian retreat from the kyiv region has left behind a trail of destruction. ukrainian troops back in control in bucha, for residents, relief after five weeks of living hell. translation: we've been under constant shelling - for more than a month, practically from the first day when everything was gone, the water was gone, light, gas, everything was gone at once. then the internet was gone, then the phone communications were gone. we found ourselves cut off from the entire world. the city of bucha is strewn with dead bodies, the evidence of civilian killings by russian troops. a war crime is growing. translation: you can imagine what kind of lawlessness - russia perpetrated here. we will record this page of our history and it will be used at their tribunal. in the wake of fierce resistance,

russia says it's shifting its firepower to the east of the country. borisjohnson has congratulated the ukrainian president on the successful pushback of russian forces around kyiv, but it's come at a huge cost. the ukrainian military, though, says it's a humiliation for the kremlin. they're running. they trying to call this some sort of relocation, but this is not a relocation, this is just defeat and running. but the fighting in the east remains fierce. this is a russian helicopter shot down over luhansk on friday. this morning, a series of explosions have been heard in odesa and president zelensky spoke of the need to reinforce defences. hundreds of people in the southern city of mariupol, which has endured weeks of bombardment, have managed to escape in private cars. the relief on their faces is clear, but they're haunted by what they've left behind. 160,000 residents remain stuck

there, but the death toll is rising. translation: they've killed everyone and destroyed everything. _ they're animals. there is nothing left there anymore. no houses, nojobs. aid is now getting through to more areas that had been cut off. but the cost of the conflict is evident, a conflict whose focus is shifting, but one in which there is no clear end in sight. simon jones, bbc news. let's speak to emma vardy in lviv.

cared about the explosions hitting the southern port of odesa, i understand a hit and oil refinery. no casualties, but a sign of the russian aggression in the east. those trips had been pushed back from around the capital, they were not able to take kyiv, but in their wake there is this trail of destruction. it is increasingly clear there is mounting evidence of russian war crimes from the areas russian war crimes from the areas russian troops had captured and is now back under the control of the ukrainian authorities. pictures, awful pictures of dead bodies lining the streets, civilians who have been shotin the streets, civilians who have been shot in these areas and that real picture is onlyjust emerging. although the ukrainian government considers it a success they were able to resist the russian aggression in these areas, what also hearing about is the mines, the booby traps and tripwires that have been left behind in areas where the russian troops are moving back from. that is going to take painstaking

work in future to clear. so the east of ukraine now braced for escalating military tensions there. but all the while while this is going on there are still peace talks happening between russian officials and ukrainian officials. last night we had some suggestion from a ukrainian negotiated they could be paving the ground for the russian president, vladimir putin and the ukrainian president, mrzelensky to vladimir putin and the ukrainian president, mr zelensky to talk directly. there dismissed today by russian officials, but it is assigned there is still, if you like, willingness on both sides to keep those peace talks going. although we still see at the same time, the military aggression escalating on the ground in ukraine's eastern territories. we still see aggression around mariupol where civilians are still trying to get out? where civilians are still trying to netout? ~ , where civilians are still trying to

etout? , ., where civilians are still trying to en-tout? , - get out? absolutely. day after day, failed attempts _ get out? absolutely. day after day, failed attempts and _ get out? absolutely. day after day, failed attempts and re-attempts i get out? absolutely. day after day, i failed attempts and re-attempts made failed attempts and re—attempts made to get this convoy of red cross buses to the city. there are so many people still trapped, tens of thousands, of a 100,000 still there. it will take a big effort to get them out. there has been a trickle of people being able to leave, some in private cars and buses but a much bigger effort is needed to get people out. the situation has been so desperate, mariupol has been the most bombed city since this conflict. many people trapped in cellars and in ruined buildings, people who have got out have told awful tales of the destruction of the place. much of it has turned to rubble, raised to the ground. again, we hear the red cross today are trying to get back on the road towards mariupol. they did have a convoy on the way last night but it was stalled again and they had to spend the night en route because

they need guarantees that aid workers can get in safely and there is a safe passage for civilians to get out. is a safe passage for civilians to net out. - ~' ,, , is a safe passage for civilians to net out. - ~ , . is a safe passage for civilians to net out. - ~ ,- , . - get out. thank you very much, emma vard in get out. thank you very much, emma vardy in lviv- — earlier today i spoke to hanna shelest is editor—in—chief of ukraine analytica, in odesa. occurred approximately six, seven of the very heavy explosions and saw the very red sky and i am living in the downtown. so the very dark smoke immediately being seen from the balcony surround and i talked with a few friends of the different parts of the town, and it appeared that they saw exactly the same because you need to understand that odesa is just like stretch along the coastline and usually what is happening on the coastline you can see it in different parts of the city. later, about in an hour, we found out what happened from some of the news there. very limited, but we know that over there, the russian federation and the ministry of defense announced that they've

been targeting the old oil refinery plant. 0k. and can you explain to our audience around the world why the russians might be targeting odesa in this way? what is the strategic importance of odesa when you look at the south coast of ukraine? it looks like this time it's not just because of the odesa, because if you notice the pattern of the attacks within the last few days, they've been targeting deliberately the oil refinery or oil storage facilities in and many other places. so as for now, they are targeting the patrol storage use and all other capacities of ukrainian this year to the armed forces. the population does not have sufficient petrol in odesa. what they announced that they wanted to limit supply to nikolai and other city 100 kilometers from all deaths are also new by sea that is now protecting and defending not only themselves, but also odesa. the problem is that odesa refinery been closed for quite a number of years.

it's been under arrest. that's why it sounds a little bit strange why these facilities should be bombed. it's either very old information within the russian intelligence or just the attempts also to fear odesa. odesa is the biggest seaport. odesa is the third biggest city in the country and for the last month have been more or less safe, comparing to the north and east of the country. but that is strategically important for navy, for economy and from the ideological point of view, because russia wanted the city to surrender. right, ok. and i wonder if you and people who are in odesa, do you look at mariupol and think that could be something that happens to odesa? or do you look at kyiv and say that could be those two i.e, you know, ukrainian forces have regained control of the whole of kiev? as we know, luckily, we are under the full control of the ukrainian forces,

but what you talked about, mariupol, that extremely tragedy and we hope that none of the other sides would experience anything like this. but you also need to understand mariupol is four or five times smaller than odesa, and it didn't have the same protection and defense as odesa. so it would be much more difficult. plus, being from the very beginning since 2014, a target for the russian armed forces in 2014 has been even occupied for one month by the russian forces. and the idea is that that is the possibility to connect the russian federation and occupied crimea with odesa. the situation is much more difficult. it's not so easy to to take the city out. it's not so easy for the russian federation to control the city. the former archbiship of canterbury dr rowan williams has said there is a strong case for the russian othodox chruch to be expelled from the world council of churches because of its stance on the war. the head of the russian orthodox church hasn't condemned the invasion and has likened the conflict to a holy war. bishop kenneth nowakowski is part

of a christian congregation in the uk leading prayers across the uk for the people of ukraine. the catholic church works closely for the last several decades with the world council of churches but is not a member of the world council of churches. but i can understand how those who are members of the world council of churches could see patriarch�*s lack of condemnation of the war in ukraine and not listening to world leaders, such as pope francis, who has spoken to him and has said that in the past we have understood of all is with terms like holy wars or just wars. today the christian conscience has evolved and we no longer see holy wars orjust wars, but we understand what peace is and we should be peacemakers. hat

is and we should be peacemakers. not onl has is and we should be peacemakers. not only has the russian orthodox church not condemn the war, but they haven't even called for a ceasefire? that is true, and that is also mounting evidence and understanding from the leaders of the world council of churches, why it supporters would be calling for his expulsion when the expulsion of the royal orthodox church from the world council of churches. i can only echo the holy father and our ecclesiastical authorities in the catholic church have said the role of the church is not to sanction each other but to look towards restoring unity to the body of christ is no longer broken. what christ is no longer broken. what would you _ christ is no longer broken. what would you like _ christ is no longer broken. what would you like to _ christ is no longer broken. what would you like to hear _ christ is no longer broken. what would you like to hear from - christ is no longer broken. what would you like to hear from the patriarch from the russian orthodox church? i patriarch from the russian orthodox church? - ~' patriarch from the russian orthodox church? - ~ - , church? i would like him to say this war must step _ church? i would like him to say this war must stop and _ church? i would like him to say this war must stop and we _ church? i would like him to say this war must stop and we understand l church? i would like him to say this l war must stop and we understand the majority of those who are fleeing

eastern ukraine, especially mariupol and the majority of the russian soldiers are russian orthodox. i would like him to say this war should stop, this aggression should stop, this war should stop. what should stop, this aggression should stop, this war should stop.- stop, this war should stop. what is ha enin: stop, this war should stop. what is happening amongst _ stop, this war should stop. what is happening amongst christians - stop, this war should stop. what is happening amongst christians in i stop, this war should stop. what is l happening amongst christians in the uk today? the happening amongst christians in the uk toda ? . . , - uk today? the churches together in en . land uk today? the churches together in england along _ uk today? the churches together in england along with _ uk today? the churches together in england along with christian - uk today? the churches together in england along with christian aid - uk today? the churches together in j england along with christian aid are holding a prayer service in front of the ukrainian embassy in holland park at 1.30. there will be religious leaders there from the various christian denominations located in london and it will be our opportunity to unite for peace in ukraine and an opportunity for people of goodwill to join us at the end of the sea and we will go to the

statue, the person we recognise who brings christianity to ukraine and to the ancient civilisation and also join is therefore a moment of prayer and solidarity and unity with ukraine. children hurt in the fighting in ukraine have been receiving hospital treatment in poland. one family almost lost their sight after a bomb hit their house. kasia madera went to meet them. these five—year—old twins have paid a heavy price for the fighting in ukraine. translation: i ukraine. translation: - ~ . translation: i went to the kitchen and i saw a bomb _ translation: i went to the kitchen and i saw a bomb coming _ translation: i went to the kitchen and i saw a bomb coming towards i translation: i went to the kitchen l and i saw a bomb coming towards the kitchen window. it was also quick, i did know what was happening. ijust saw it flying towards me. the house was destroyed over a week ago and the family lived in the east of ukraine when their home came under

attack. ijust fell to my knees, grab the kids and told them underneath me to protect them from the shrapnel flying into our faces. olena and her two boys were left so badly hurt that she recalls very little of the impact of the bomb or the efforts to get her to safety. just that a team of volunteers brought them across the country to lviv. then a doctor who trained in poland managed to get them to a specialist eye surgeon in lublin. fortunately, the surgery went perfectly and she sees almost fully today, two days after surgery. the healing process is perfect so i hope it will be even better. i realised that we should perform really careful, detailed diagnostics and we decided to operate on mama. if olena and her sons had not reached professor rejdak and his team in time, the consequences would have been very serious. the boys are learning how to play again, but their lives

will never be the same. nazar has lost his eye, and it's notjust the physical damage that they have to deal with. translation: now a psychologist is helping them, giving them - tablets so they can sleep. they are feeling better and have had many operations. they saw the bomb fall on them. they are a little calmer, but they are jumpy and struggling to sleep. olena, nazar and timur�*s sight have been saved. they are healing. the psychological damage, though, will take much, much longer. this is one family — we know of more who need this hospital's help. kazia madera, bbc news, lublin. the conservative party has suspended one of its mps, david warburton, following claims about his conduct. sources have told the bbc that three allegations of sexual harassment are being investigated. mr warburton, who represents somerton and frome in somerset, has not responded to a bbc request for comment. our political correspondent,

ione wells has the latest. what we know is that david warburton has been suspended from the parliamentary conservative party following these allegations about his conduct. now, he's been the mp for somerton and frome since 2015 and conservative sources have told us that three different allegations of sexual harassment are being investigated. now these are being investigated by parliament's independent complaints and grievance scheme. this is an independent body that was set up specifically to deal with allegations of harassment and bullying against mps to try and make the process independent from mps themselves. now, in terms of the allegations that have been published, the sunday times has reported that three women have complained about his conduct, and the sunday times has also reported allegations that he had taken cocaine and also that he failed to declare a £100,000 loan from a russian businessman that was taken out in 2017 and has since been repaid. now, he hasn't responded to any of the bbc�*s requests for comments about these allegations. however, he did tell

the sunday telegraph today that he had not heard from parliament's independent complaints and grievance scheme and that he had an enormous amount of defense. now, a spokesperson for the conservative whips office said that he had had the party whip removed, suspended temporarily, and that means that essentially while this investigation is ongoing, he will sit as an independent mp rather than as a conservative mp. the prime minister of pakistan, imran khan has told voters to prepare for a fresh election after a failed attempt by opposition politicans to remove him from office. a no confidence vote in mr khan was ruled �*unconstitutional�* by parliament's deputy speaker. for the latest, here's our correspondent secunder kermani. imran khan was elected in 2018 and came in on a platform promising to crack down on corruption, to create a new, more equal pakistan. he can point to expanding

the social welfare system, but there has been a significant rise in the cost of living which caused real resentment. opposition politicians launched a vote of no... a move to bring a vote of no confidence against him. it was a bit of political manoeuvring because it is believed pakistan's powerful military helped bring imran khan into power in 2018, now a rift has arisen between the two sides, the opposition politician sensed it was their time to launch an attack and lured away some of his coalition partners.

looked like they had a vote of no confidence to unseat him. it was due to take place today, but it will not take place because the deputy speaker of the house has ruled it is unconstitutional. why has he done so? imran khan has spent the last week saying this campaign to hold a vote of no confidence is not rooted in events in pakistan, it is an attempt at regime change being directed by the united states. many analysts dismissed that as an attempt him to distract against what is happening here to him. opposition politicians have ridiculed the campaign, the allegations. the united states has said there is no truth to the allegations, but many of imran khan's supporters do believe it. hungarians are heading to the polls in the first parliamentary election to be held in europe since russia's invasion of ukraine. viktor orban and his fidesz party, who have been in power since 2010, are trying to win a fourth consecutive victory. the bbc�*s nick thorpe is in the capital budapest and has more. here is the hungarian parliament behind me. what they are competing for is the 199 seats there. until now, the last 12

years mr orban has been pretty unchallenged. his fidesz party has enjoyed a two thirds majority, which has allowed them to do pretty much what they liked. they have changed the constitution, they change the basic laws of hungary. now this time, the opposition, a wide—ranging opposition, six different parties have got together under an independent conservative leader, peter marki—zay. and they are basically challenging fidesz in all 106 individual constituencies and the 93 constituency seats decided on a party list. so it is a pretty major challenge, certainly the fiercest, strongest challenge mr orban has faced since he came to power in 2010. first it was the oscars, and now it's time for the grammy awards to take centre stage. the event, which is dubbed �*the biggest night in music', is being held in las vegas three months later than originally planned due to the pandemic. so, who could be the big winners on the night? sophie long reports. genre—busting virtuoso

jon batiste enters the evening with 11 nominations, more than any other artist. but it's set to be a big night for olivia rodrigo, who could sweep the big four and bag best newcomer along with best album, song, and record of the year. she would become just the third artist in history, then, to sweep the big four. and to be following that right after billie eilish, i think it says a lot about the big picture of music that it's these young women who really have the power to do that. also up for best newcomer is a young british star, arlo parks, whose songwriting resonated around the world in this second pandemic year. people really connected and gravitated towards her songwriting and her music and her honesty. and to me, that's always the coolest success story is when you know it wasn't necessarily a viral tiktok video, or it wasn't necessarily a top charting pop hit. it's someone who is just writing some poetry that really connected. postponed by the pandemic

and then pushed to sin city, its new las vegas venue only adding an extra layer of unpredictability. well, good evening. with late night host trevor noah mcing for a second time, all eyes will be on this man — yay! his performance has been pulled after infamous activity online, but he could still end up on stage if he wins an award. you know, if he shows up, what will he do? if he wins, what will that speech look like? the academy didn't want him to perform, but you can't stop someone from accepting their award on tv and saying what they want to there. and he's in the same category as taylor swift. who could forget this? yo, taylor, i'm really happy for you. i'll let you finish. but beyonce had one of the best videos of all time. cheering. one of the best videos of all time. booing. will they even greet one another, will, how close will they be seated to one another?

the seating chart is something fascinating to watch for as well, just seeing where people end up in that room. but in terms of biggest stories, keep an eye on yay, i would say. it may be music's biggest night of the year, but with artist boycotts and dwindling ratings causing some to question the awards relevance, what happens in vegas may really stay in vegas if no one's really watching anyway. sophie long, bbc news, las vegas. and coverage of the winners as soon as they are announced on the bbc news website. if you go to the bbc news website. if you go to the bbc news website, you can see it there where we have the latest developments of everything that is going on in ukraine. the live page is updated so regularly, it really is updated so regularly, it really is a must watch, a must read if you want to keep up—to—date with developments. there is also ukraine cast, a podcast which you can get via bbc sounds. if you want to contact me, you are very welcome.

after the frosty morning most of us are in for a pretty decent afternoon. here is a reminder of how cold it got, at least in some spots. minus seven degrees last night in wales and sennybridge, making it the coldest april night in nine years. even in london temperatures were well below freezing. how about the outlook? bright weather today, but rain is expected tomorrow. the rain will already reach parts of scotland and northern ireland later on this afternoon. this is the picture for the first part of the day, sunny spells and a few showers across england and wales but the rain spreading into scotland and just about nudging into northern ireland as well. around 10 degrees for most of us the high. tonight, a different picture compared to last night,

you can see cloud and rain spreading across the country, increasing winds as well. as a result it is going to be a very mild night. temperatures in the lowlands of scotland 8 degrees, further south a little bit colder earlier in the night but no more than 5 degrees on monday morning. this is the low pressure with its weather fronts crossing the country on monday. within it we have milder air from the north atlantic, so that means a very different feel to things on monday. right from the morning onwards it is cloudy across the uk, outbreaks of rain here and there and perhaps a bit of sunshine through the course of the afternoon. i mean glimmers around eastern parts of the country and may be further south. given that, temperatures could get up to 1a or 15 degrees but more typically it will be around 12 or so, particularly where it is cloudy and rainy all day long. through monday night into tuesday we will see more the weather front spreading into this next low pressure coming in off

the north atlantic. it may bring a spell of snow tuesday and tuesday night across central and northern scotland, where it will remain cold. further south we still have very mild weather. look at the contrast in the temperatures on tuesday, 15 degrees in london, 12 in liverpool and then in aberdeen it is only around 4 degrees and freezing or below in the highlands. the outlook for the week ahead will be unsettled, further south it will be relatively mild but further north, those temperatures will be just that little bit lower. bye— bye.

unsettled with further wind and rain on the way.

this is bbc news. i'm victoria derbyshire. the headlines. ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky says his forces have regained control of all areas around kyiv as russian forces withdraw from key towns. ukraine is now strengthening its defences in the east of the country. a kremlin spokesperson describes the ongoing talks of a ceasefire as "difficult." elsewhere, there are explosions in the strategic southern port city of odesa on the black sea coast. ukrainian officials say missiles have hit critical infrastructure — but there were no casualties. voters in hungary head to the polls as its leader, viktor orban,

looks to extend his 12—year—rule.