and the rights that make us free. hello and welcome to bbc world news. ukraine says at least 50 people are dead and dozens wounded after rockets hit a train station in the city of kramatorsk

in eastern ukraine. kramatorsk had become a major hub in the war for civilian evacuations from the donbas region, which has seen fighting by russian separatists for many years, and is now the focal point of vladimir putin's war effort. it's thought around 4000 people were in and around the station when the missiles hit — most of them women, children and the elderly. russia denies any involvement. borisjohnson says it's a war crime to attack civilians. 0ur defence correspondent, jonathan beale, has the very latest from kramatorsk. and a warning — you may find his report distressing. all they were trying to do was to flee the city to safety. but many never made it out. these were the scenes outside kramatorsk�*s station soon after the explosion killing at least a0 people including ten children. hundreds more were injured. the emergency services were soon on the scene, collecting the bodies and taking

the injured to hospital. the belongings they were carrying with them for the journey still strewn across the floor. translation: | jumped into - the passage where there are walls. everyone was panicking. people were screaming and crying then i saw a wounded woman. she was bleeding heavily. she was taken somewhere into a room. there were also several wounded people there. i saw people lying in front of the building. i don't know whether they were wounded or dead. translation: people were panicked and distressed, some of them - were badly wounded and we tried to help them. close by, the remains of a missile lay on the ground. written on the casing in russia were the words for the children. it is not determined where it came from. it is difficult to say definitively, it is thought likely to be a russian missile fired indiscriminately. over the past few days, this has been the scene at kramatorsk station.

thousands of people trying to get out. they've been told by the authorities to leave as russia steps up its offensive in eastern ukraine. where cities and towns have been targeted. as you can see, the station outside is empty. this morning it was packed with people. many of them women and children, trying to flee the city to safety. you can see the effects of the blast on these parked cars behind me, now burnt out and on the pavement, you can see bags of food that they were taking for their journey to safety. along with dried blood that's smeared across the pavement. now, russia denies responsibility for this missile strike. but we do know that in the past few days, they have targeted this city with artillery and air strikes. ukraine's president zelensky has little doubt that

russia is responsible. he dismissed its denials and described it as an evil that has no limits. the region's governor said he believed that cluster munitions were used, banned by many countries. the carnage was certainly spread over a wide area. and britain says that if this was a deliberate attack on civilians, then it amounts to a war crime. jonathan beale, bbc news, kramatorsk. meanwhile, international efforts to isolate russia are continuing. the british prime minister boris johnson announced that the uk is sending another £100 million worth of military equipment, including surface—to—air missiles and anti—tank weapons. mrjohnson was holding talks with the german chancillor, 0laf scholz, at downing street, while the the eu president ursula von der leyen has been visiting ukraine to offer her support. 0ur diplomatic correspondent paul adams reports. in bucha, a chance to ponder the brutal realities of this war. ursula von der leyen, president of the european commission, in the town where ukraine says

hundreds of civilians were killed by russian troops. the whole world is mourning with the people of bucha. and they are the ones who are, as you said, defending the border of europe, defending humanity, defending democracy. and, therefore, we stand with them. today, slovakia became the first country to send a major air defence system, the soviet—era s300. with a major russian offensive looming, this is one of several new moves to supply ukraine with the kind of equipment it says it badly needs. in downing street, with germany's new chancellor by his side, borisjohnson said britain was also doing more. today i can announce that the uk will send a further £100 million worth of high—grade military equipment to ukraine's armed forces, including more starstreak anti—aircraft missiles, which fly at three times the speed

of sound, another 800 anti—tank missiles and precision munitions capable of lingering in the sky until directed to their target. the czech republic have sent a fleet of russian—made battle tanks. the ukrainians know the t—72 well and can use it with no extra training. russian military wreckage litters the roads where they've been and gone. ukraine's armed forces have fought tenaciously and with great skill. but most believe sterner tests lie ahead. will all the equipment arrive in time, and will it be enough? and could the west do more on the economic front? the german chancellor facing difficult questions about his country's continued reliance on russian oil and gas. do you really think that germany has gone far enough, fast enough, to move away from russian energy? i can give you the very clear answer. we are doing the strongest

investments and we are doing the hardest activities feasible to get independent, and we will be successful. britain is also bolstering nato. the defence secretary, ben wallace, in romania today, offering two more raf typhoonjets. whoever wins the war in ukraine, nato's presence in eastern europe has been utterly transformed by this war. paul adams, bbc news. i'm joined now by ukrainian mp, inna sovsun. thank you forjoining us. firstly, your reaction to this attack on the railway station in kramatorsk. {iii railway station in kramatorsk. of course, we are in shock. 50 people died, what we know as of right now, and 100 more are in hospital, severely wounded. many of them have

their hands or legs blown off so we expect the number could be bigger. four victims are children. and we are still learning about the exact number of victims. we know for sure that the russians were specifically targeting this railway station. they knew people were trying to evacuate. we did hear some news on social media saying that for those that we care about, please do not use the railway tomorrow, it wouldn't be safe, so they were planning this attack. and they specifically targeted an area where 4000 people were trying to run away from them. that is considered an other war crime they have committed on ukraine's territory. in crime they have committed on ukraine's territory.— ukraine's territory. in the past number of _ ukraine's territory. in the past number of hours _ ukraine's territory. in the past number of hours there - ukraine's territory. in the past number of hours there have i ukraine's territory. in the past. number of hours there have been talks between the uk prime minister and the german chancellor and subsequently at a press conference they announced that the uk would send £100 million worth of further

military assistance to ukraine and germany announced that by the end of this year it hopes to have stopped importing any russian oil. what do you make of those announcements? are they enough? what would you like to see? , ., ., , ., , they enough? what would you like to see? ,., ., , ,, see? first of all, the primary issue riaht now see? first of all, the primary issue right now is _ see? first of all, the primary issue right now is the _ see? first of all, the primary issue right now is the big _ see? first of all, the primary issue right now is the big battle - see? first of all, the primary issue right now is the big battle for- right now is the big battle for donbas, on the east of ukraine. the major thing that we need right now is alms, weapons for the ukrainian army. that is a way to prevent more atrocities, more civilians being killed. and actually, the only way to fight russians. so weapons right now is the number—one priority in ukraine and we are grateful to the for doing what they can, we are here appreciating those efforts. we are asking for more, for more anti aircraft, long—range missiles, that is what we are asking for but we appreciate what we have received so

far. in terms of the sanctions discussions, we are alljust feeling a bit tired of hearing the same arguments over and over. compare the numbers. you just said that £1 billion of weapons would be sent to ukraine by the uk. the eu is sending one billion euros to russia every day for oil and gas to russia. even after this attack today, even as we uncover the number of victims of russian tortures, rapes, murders in bucha, the eu are still claiming they simply cannot give up on russian gas and they continue to send 1 billion euros every day to russia. which is being used to kill ukrainians, to buy more weapons and pay soldiers. in terms of sanctions we are feeling betrayed, that is the right word. but the primary issue is weapons. without weapons, right now, delivered to the army, no sanctions

would make sense. find delivered to the army, no sanctions would make sense.— delivered to the army, no sanctions would make sense. and militarily, we have seen russian _ would make sense. and militarily, we have seen russian forces _ would make sense. and militarily, we have seen russian forces appear - would make sense. and militarily, we have seen russian forces appear to i have seen russian forces appear to retreat but experts say it is not a retreat, they are regrouping and resupplying and preparing for another offensive. if this goes on for weeks and months more, can ukraine hold on? can dig in a prolonged conflict?— ukraine hold on? can dig in a prolonged conflict? well, that de-ends prolonged conflict? well, that depends on — prolonged conflict? well, that depends on our— prolonged conflict? well, that depends on our partners. - prolonged conflict? well, that depends on our partners. if. prolonged conflict? well, that| depends on our partners. if all prolonged conflict? well, that i depends on our partners. if all of our partners were like the uk, i am sure we could have ended this war relatively soon, with a relatively small number of victims and destruction of infrastructure. i am sure we can hold on and win. i am getting that message from people on the ground, from those who are fighting directly, including my boyfriend, who was on the east right now. the russian army is not as

strong as the world believed, they were extremely disorganised, they are extremely not motivated, the only thing they can do is torture civilians. that is the only thing that they can do because it cannot really fight against a real army, that ukraine army is. we can prevail in this work and we can prevail sooner rather than later if we continue getting support from the west. . ~ , ., continue getting support from the west. . ~' , ., , continue getting support from the west. . ~ i. , . on sunday, people in france will vote to choose their next president. most polls are suggesting this election could be more tightly contested than in 2017. the incumbent, emmanuel macron, is likely to come out on top, but his closest rival, marine le pen, is gaining ground. if no candidate wins a majority in this first round, a second round run—off will be held on 24th april. earlier, i spoke to dr sudhir hazareesingh, who is a politics lecturer at the university of oxford and an expert in french history and politics,

and author of "how the french think". there is a lot of uncertainty at the moment because for one thing, this has not been a typical campaign. the events in ukraine have been very much at the heart of the news coverage over the last few weeks and france, just as in britain... it is unusual because the president, the incumbent, has not campaigned at all, only one public meeting. he refused to take part in a television debate with the other candidates. and so micron has not put himself out there. and that is one of the reasons i think his numbers have been falling recently. i think the main reason was still uncertainty is you mentioned 2017 a moment ago and the french political system is still

as fragmented today as it was in 2017, so that uncertainty still exists right now.— 2017, so that uncertainty still exists right now. 2017, so that uncertainty still exists riaht now. �* . ._ , exists right now. and that may still exists right now. and that may still exist but one _ exists right now. and that may still exist but one thing _ exists right now. and that may still exist but one thing that _ exists right now. and that may still exist but one thing that is - exists right now. and that may still exist but one thing that is a - exists right now. and that may still exist but one thing that is a huge i exist but one thing that is a huge difference is the position that emmanuel macron finds himself in this time. he is effectively the status quo candidate, the incumbent, the continuity candidate, whereas five years ago he was the one promising to shake everything up, the outsider who would change at all. , .. the outsider who would change at all. , all. indeed, his campaign pamphlet was called revolution. _ all. indeed, his campaign pamphlet was called revolution. he _ all. indeed, his campaign pamphlet was called revolution. he has - all. indeed, his campaign pamphletl was called revolution. he has moved quite a long way and i think that is one of the reasons why his base of support has been shrinking. in 2017 he received quite a lot of votes from people on the left. but over the past five years, most of that support has drained away. and if you look at what macron has actually donein look at what macron has actually done in terms of achievements, most of the things he has done, he has

done as a conservative politician. if you look at his cabinet, his chancellor and his own secretary, there are people who come from the right. he has really filled the gap that existed with the kind of disintegration of the old conservative party. he has effectively become a mainstream, right—wing candidate at the moment. it's been revealed that the uk chancellor of the exchequer, rishi sunak, who's been under pressure over his wife's tax status, held a us green card which allowed him permanent residency there while he was a member of the government here. his wife has volunteered to pay uk income tax on her worldwide income, it hasjust been income tax on her worldwide income, it has just been revealed. ms murty owns £700 million in shares of an it giant funded by her father, owns £700 million in shares of an it giant funded by herfather, from which she received £11.6 million in dividend income last year. as a non—domicile, a non—dom resident,

she is not required by law to pay uk taxes on her international income, but in a statement released to the bbc, she was our, she said her arrangements did not seem compatible with the british sense of fairness. that breaking news just in the last few minutes. being treated by our business editor, simonjack. here in the uk, a 36—year—old albanian man has beenjailed for a minimum of 36 years in prison for the murder of primary school teacher sabina nessa. koci selamaj drove from eastbourne to southeast london last september and attacked ms nessa with a metal traffic triangle. 0ur correspondent june kelly reports. sabina nessa, graduate, primary school teacher, the second in a family of four girls, and fun loving. now her older sisterjebina cherishes the watch sabino was wearing when she was killed. this is her watch that she wore on the night, so i'm just holding it

to feel close to her. people say time will get easier but really time just gets harder, and the realisation that she is not herejust kind of hits home. the killer, koci selamaj, refused to come to court for sentencing. the family had seen him at previous hearings. the thought that he was waiting for some woman to attack her and do what he wanted to do, i was just thinking what a horrible animal, vile animal, he is. hours before the murder he checked into the grand hotel in eastbourne. his wife, who had left him because of his violent behaviour, worked here. she met him in the hotel car park and he asked her to have sex with him. after she rejected him he drove off alone and ended up miles away in kidbrooke in south—east london,

intent on violence against a woman. he targeted sabina nessa as she was walking through the nearby park on her way to meet a friend. cameras in the park showed koci selamaj running towards sabina and attacking her. he beat her 34 times with this metal traffic triangle and carried her off unconscious. her body was found the following day. selamaj had strangled her. there was clear evidence of a sexually motivated attack that, together with the fact that he had propositioned his wife earlier in the day for sex, says to me, without a shadow of a doubt, that was a sexually motivated murder. a week later selamaj, an albanian national, was arrested, here being told over the phone by an interpreter he's been charged. today sabina's family left the old bailey with hugs for the police team.

she would stand up to and give her opinion and i feel like we should all stand up and say, "enough is enough, let's put an end to male violence." june kelly, bbc news. pakistan's prime minister imran khan says he will not accept any government that takes over him ahead of a vote of no confidence on saturday. he said he was disappointed with the ruling by the country's supreme court that he acted unconstitutionally in asking the president to dissolve parliament before the vote could take place. mr khan is widely expected to lose the no confidence motion. 0ur pakistan correspondent secunder kermani says imran khan is facing a difficult weekend. last sunday, he was expected to face this vote of no confidence in parliament and as you say, he was widely expected to lose that because of the number of his coalition partners that had publicly deserted him, joining the opposition and giving them the simple majority neededin giving them the simple majority needed in parliament to remove him

as prime minister and nominate their own candidate without even the need for fresh elections. instead, own candidate without even the need forfresh elections. instead, at own candidate without even the need for fresh elections. instead, at the last minute, the deputy speaker of the house, he prevented that vote from taking place. imran khan and his party dissolved parliament, calling for fresh elections. yesterday the supreme court said that they did not have the right to do that, it overturned all those dramatic events that we saw last sunday, parliament will reassemble tomorrow, the vote of no confidence is due to be held then. we are waiting to see what further tricks imran khan and his allies have, he has vowed to fight until the last, the last ball, using a cricket analogy, as he first came to prominence as a cricketing national hero in pakistan. the united states supreme court has a newjustice. ketanji brown jackson has been confirmed by the us senate. she'll become the first black woman to sit on the country's highest court — and only the sixth woman in history to be a supreme courtjustice.

a short time ago, ms jackson addressed an audience at the white house. i have dedicated my career to public service because i love this country. and our constitution, and the rights that make us free. i also understand from my many years of practice as a legal advocate, as a trialjudge, and as a judge on a court of appeal, that part of the genius of the constitutional framework of the united states is its design. and that the framers entrusted the judicial branch with the crucial but limited role. i have also spent the better part of the past decade hearing thousands of cases and writing hundreds of opinions, and in every instance i have done my level best to stay in my lane and to reach a result that is consistent with my understanding of the law and with

the obligation to rule independently, without fear or favour. i am independently, without fear or favour. iam humbled independently, without fear or favour. i am humbled and honoured to continue in this fashion as an associate justice of the supreme court of the united states, working with brilliant colleagues, supporting and defending the constitution and steadfastly upholding the rule of law. applause. queen elizabeth has pulled out of attending the annual royal maundy day church service. buckingham palace said she would be represented for the first time by the prince of wales and the duchess of cornwall. with the latest, here's our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell. i don't think it signifies a significant change in the health situation, she has been doing virtual audiences from windsor in the past few days. the royal maundy day service at st george's chapel next thursday is one of the fixtures in the calendar and it involves more participation what is the service of thanksgiving for the duke of

edinburgh, she was able to sit through the service, at the royal maundy day service, she would be standing, distributing the money so the decision she will not attend, her place will be taken by the prince of wales and the duchess of cornwall. the 3—time wimbledon champion boris becker has been found guilty of four charges related to his bankruptcy in 2017. appearing at southwark crown court in london he was accused of hiding millions of pounds worth of assets, including two wimbledon trophies, to avoid paying his debts. he was cleared of twenty other charges. the 54—year—old was bailed and must return to court for sentencing on the 29th april. a recently discovered drawing by michelangelo has been unveiled ahead of its aution next month — where it's expected to fetch more than 30 million dollars. the previously unseen work by the italian renaissance genius is belived to be his first known nude. it dates from the late 15th century, when the artist was at the start of his career in florence.

the auction comes after france lifted an export block in an attempt to acquire it for the state. reminder of the breaking news... uk chancellor, rishi sunak, his wife, ash carty amartey, has volunteered to pay uk income tax on her worldwide income. ms murty owns £700 billion in shares of the indian it giant, a company founded by her father, from which she received £11.6 million in dividend income last year. as a non—domiciled uk resident, she is not required by law to pay uk taxes on her international income, but in a statement released to the bbc, she was our that tax arrangements did not seem compatible with the british sense of fairness. that update from simon jack.

with the british sense of fairness. that update from simonjack. you can follow him on twitter and you can also follow me. thanks for watching. today wasn't quite as cold as yesterday because the wind wasn't as strong but we have still ended the week with temperatures below par for the time of year. we take that chilly arctic air with us into the start of the weekend, but as we move into next week a shift in the pattern. southerly winds delivering some warmer conditions across the uk. forthis some warmer conditions across the uk. for this weekend, some warmer conditions across the uk. forthis weekend, it some warmer conditions across the uk. for this weekend, it will be chilly, particularly at first, some cold and frosty nights. 0ften dry with just a few showers. next week it will feel warm where we get sunshine but not sunny all the time. also some outbreaks of rain. talking of rain, we saw some heavy downpours across southern england and the channel islands during this morning. that clearing away, then sunny spells. as you can see from the

raider, lots of showers and thunderstorms and wintry showers, especially across northern areas. most of those showers will slowly fade as we head through the night, clear skies overhead and that will allow for quite a widespread frost and temperatures in the towns and cities around or below freezing. lows of around —4 in the countryside and parts of northern england. into tomorrow, i cold, frosty but bright and sunny start. through the day we will see showers once again but these are most plentiful towards the north and east, where it stays breezy. furthersouth north and east, where it stays breezy. further south and west, like your winds, breezy. further south and west, like yourwinds, not breezy. further south and west, like your winds, not as many showers and more dry weather and plenty of sunshine. temperatures still a touch below the average for this point in april, seven to 12 degrees. as you move through saturday night, this ridge of high pressure topples its way eastwards, again allowing it to get cold and frosty. but this frontal system pushing in from the west was struck to introduce a little more cloud so temperatures out west, and belfast and plymouth,

may stay above freezing. most places having a cold start to sunday morning but a bright start with plenty of sunshine. through the day, as a weather system approaches, we will see more cloud building in from the west, the majority will stay dry and a bit of rain could splash into parts of northern ireland later. but the wind is starting to come from the wind is starting to come from the south so temperatures will climb just a little. a trend that will continue into next week. if we get sunshine, we could see highs of 18 or19 sunshine, we could see highs of 18 or 19 or close to 20 degrees. but there will also be some rain at times, especially in the north and west.

hello. i'm shaun ley. welcome to our weekly round table discussion, between bbc specialists and the foreign correspondents who write, blog and broadcast to audiences in their home countries from the dateline:london. with us this week, lateka bourke, a columnist for two australian newspapapers — the age in melbourne, and the sydney morning herald. justin rowlatt is the bbc�*s climate editor. jeffrey kofmann, who's been both a foreign correspondent and a news anchor for canadian and us broadcasters.

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