this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. condemnation after another atrocity in ukraine, where at least 50 people are dead and hundreds more injured in a rocket attack a train station, in the east of the country. you can see the effects of the blast on these parked cars behind me now burnt out. 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. the uk chancellor rishi sunak�*s wife, akshata murty, volunteers to pay uk taxes on her overseas income, following questions over her non—domicile status. actor will smith has been banned from all academy events or programmes for ten years after he hit chris after he hit chris rock at the oscars.

the first black woman to be voted onto the us supreme court says she's delighted to be appointed. i have dedicated my career to public service because i love this country and our constitution and the rights that make us free. 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. it's 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 in the strike. 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 their city to safety. but many never made it out. these were the scenes outside kramatorsk�*s train station soon after the explosion. it killed 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 russiam were the words "for the children". it is not determined why or where it came from. it is difficult to say where it is from 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 it is empty.

but 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 pounds or 130 million dollars worth of military equipment, including surface to air missiles and anti—tank weapons. mrjohnson was holding talks with the german chancillor olaf scholz at downing street, while the the eu president ursula von de leyen has been visiting ukraine to offer her support. our 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. and two days ago, another first.

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. earlier this week, my colleague clive myrie spoke to the ukrainian prime minister, denys shmyhal. he first asked about the killing of civilians in the town of bucha. it was something terrible, absolutely terrible, and i can't even imagine that these crimes, this terrible thing can happen in the 21st century in my country near kyiv, 16—20 km from here. it's just terrible feeling inside. and now it's a game changer for all over the world, fair absolutely i think every person who will see those photos, those video pictures will change

the minds and thinking and understanding russia's crimes here in ukraine. did you expect that kind of thing to happen? absolutely not. even after the invasion? before the war and even after the invasion, it was absolutely impossible to imagine such kinds of crimes which violte humankind, i can't even imagine this. terrible things. they raped children, girls, women, they killed civilians, they burned them, absolutely. so how do you explain it to? given that the reason moscow says it has invaded ukraine is to unite fellow slavs.

i think that there are reasons arejust to kill ukrainian nation, to erase us, because they have state policies that they should just clean our nation from the face of the earth. i'm absolutely sure that this is genocide against the ukrainian nation from russia. absolutely. do you think now there is a moral imperative to stop buying russian oil and gas? paying money to russia and paying money to the russian budget will finance this genocide, thse crimes, these killings from russia's side. so they have to stop buying oil and gas? absolutely. because buying this, they pay money for killing, which we have seen in ukraine. is it blood money, is that what it is? absolutely.

for me, for our people, absolutely, because the russian budget is budget of terrorism. not only against ukraine, against the civilised world. it's blood mining because they use this money to buy weapons —— it's blood money because they use this money to buy weapons with which they kill ukrainians. how would you sum up how well ukraine has coped with the war? so now is more than a0 days of the war and we are still fighting. we still have support all over the world. we still have strong motivation to protect our country, to protect our families, to protect our land. and we will protect democracy on the european continent. the wife of the britain's chancellor rishi sunak says she has volunteered to pay uk tax on her worldwide income. akshata murty — who is exempt

from paying uk tax because of her status as a non—domiciled uk resident — had been criticised for not paying it. earlier i spoke to our business editor simonjack for more details. there is a programme that means you live in the uk, but you are not considered a resident which means you do not pay tax on worldwide income. and hers, the chance or why�*s is considerable. she has a £700 million stake in the company her father founded, a massive indian company and she gets about 11 and half million pounds in dividends from that. as a non—dom as we call it, she's probably saving herself about £2 million a year in income tax. now, obviously, that is perfectly legal, but it's pretty sensitive in the person who is sharing number 11 downing st is the person who is putting taxes on everyone else at a time when there is a cost of living crisis. so that got a little bit

uncomfortable, and tonight, i learned that and she sent me a statement, she said it's become clear that many do not feel my non—dom status is compatible with my husband's were as chancellor. i understand and appreciate the british sense of fairness and i don't want this to be a distraction for my husband or to affect my family. so she's saying i'm going to volunteer to pay tax on my worldwide income, not because they have to but because i want to. that is interesting in itself, however, she is retaining her non—dom status, and that has some benefits in the sense that indian citizens — because of an old treaty back in the 1950s — people who are indian citizens who are resident in the uk, if they retain their non—dom status, they are not liable to pay inheritance tax here in the uk. that is a massive number because you will either be taxed taxed at 0% in india, because they abolish that tax that tax in the 1980s, or 40% share. that is a whopping £280 million difference. so there will be questions

it's about that saying i wanted to do this, i volunteered, people would say actually there was a little bit of did you jump before you are pushed, and the question will be at this politically sensitive time is whether this is enough to come in a way, not damage the political capital of the chancellor, because obviously we have this cost—of—living crisis going on, he is imposing taxes, raising taxes on many people at a time when his wife was in a tax preferred status. this will go some way to doing it, whether it's enough to rescue his politicalfortunes, is something that is beyond my pay grade. i will let my political correspondent colleagues figure that one out. a short time ago, rishi will be hoping that his wife's volunteering to pay it will put an end to the current controversy. i to pay it will put an end to the current controversy.— to pay it will put an end to the current controversy. i think that is exactly what _ current controversy. i think that is exactly what the _ current controversy. i think that is exactly what the hope _ current controversy. i think that is exactly what the hope will - current controversy. i think that is exactly what the hope will be - current controversy. i think that is| exactly what the hope will be from number 11 downing st, whether the chancellor —— where the chancellor lives. i suspect that the opposition parties are not going to want to let

this one go, because as simon was outlining there, there are still these benefits that the chancellor's wife will receive, especially around inheritance tax. there are already questions from labour, given that she has said that she will now stop paying bash start paying taxes, does that mean she will also pay tax from previous years, that benefit that she received, also questions about how big a benefit was that for the rishi household, so i think those questions will still be where —— swirling around. there is also the issue of the green card. the chancellor has admitted that he had a green card whilst in office. he gaveit a green card whilst in office. he gave it up about six months ago in october of 2021. in order to have a green card for the us, it means your permanent home is there and it means you also have to pay tax on your worldwide assets. we do understand that he did pay some tax to the us. so that's also got a lot of

questions attached to it, like what kind of tax advantages if any were there for the chancellor? i think a lot of opposition parties want to chancellor to be transparent. the chancellor to be transparent. the chancellor of course will say that he has been transparent, that he has told the public now about the green card, and he doesn't have it any more. the liberal democrats are saying that he should resign. they saying that he should resign. they say people should show him the red card, and they say that is because they think he has broken the ministerial code. this is all coming at a time, you know, this focus on the chancellor's taxes is all coming with the backdrop and the context of people's prices going up in the shops when we are buying food, at the petrol stations and our energy bills. as simon was saying that, national insurance contributions have gone up and people will be seen that coming out of their pay packets when they get their next pay packets. so all of that is in the mix here, and i don't think the opposition are going to want to let the chancellor forget that that is happening and provide

this contract to voters about the chancellor's personal wealth and some of the issues that people are facing in their pockets. stay with us on news, still to come: the actor will smith has been banned from all academy events or programmes for ten years after he slapped the comedian chris rock at the oscars. will smith has apologised for his actions and has already 25 years of hatred and rage as theyjump up on the statue. this funeral became a massive demonstration of black power, of power to influence. today is about the promise of a bright future, a day when we hope a line can be drawn

under the bloody past. i think that picasso's i works were beautiful, they were intelligent, and it's a sad loss - to everybody who loves art. this is news, the latest headlines... condemnation after another atrocity in ukraine, where at least 50 people are dead and hundreds more injured in a rocket attack a train station, in the east of the country. the uk chancellor rishi sunak�*s wife, akshata murty, volunteers to pay uk taxes on her overseas income, following questions over her non—domicile status.

news from hollywood, the actor will smith has been banned from all academy events or programmes for ten years after he slapped the comedian chris rock at the oscars. will smith has apologised for his actions and has already resigned from the academy. let's speak to peter bowes in los angeles. peter, what was the academy's explanation behind their decision to spend —— suspend will smith? the? spend -- suspend will smith? they sa will spend -- suspend will smith? they say will submit's _ spend —— suspend will smith? tie say will submit's behaviour was unacceptable and harmful, and that it overshadowed the work of the many other nominees and winners, the event the oscars was supposed to be a celebration of the achievements of the film industry where it turned out to be dominated by the actions of one man, will smith, that moment that was seen around the world, of course, when he stormed on stage. a comedian told a joke about his wife that he didn't like. essentially

that he didn't like. essentially thatis that he didn't like. essentially that is why the academy is coming forward with this punishment. a ten year ban which is perhaps a little more than some people had been expecting from the oscars. all of the other annual events that the academy puts on. has the other annual events that the academy puts on.— the other annual events that the academy puts on. has the academy admitted any _ academy puts on. has the academy admitted any fault _ academy puts on. has the academy admitted any fault of _ academy puts on. has the academy admitted any fault of their - academy puts on. has the academy admitted any fault of their own - academy puts on. has the academy admitted any fault of their own and | admitted any fault of their own and how they decided to handle the incident? , , ., ~ , incident? yes, they have. and they have acknowledged _ incident? yes, they have. and they have acknowledged that _ incident? yes, they have. and they have acknowledged that they - incident? yes, they have. and theyj have acknowledged that they didn't handle the situation well. the tenor of the statement and released, in fact, an open letter to the academy's members is that this is a learning experience for the academy that it needs to read again and work on its reputation. they say a bigger picture, there moves today are all part of looking forward and protecting the list guests that appear on the oscars, people involved in the show, protecting them in the future. so i think there is a significant amount, in terms of saying, look, we could have handled

things better, the academy is acknowledging this and i think acknowledging this and i think acknowledging that they have work to do as well as they move forward. any do as well as they move forward. any resonse do as well as they move forward. any reaponse from _ do as well as they move forward. any response from will smith? yes, - do as well as they move forward. any response from will smith? yes, a - response from will smith? yes, a very short — response from will smith? yes, a very short statement. _ response from will smith? yes, a very short statement. he - response from will smith? yes, a very short statement. he says - response from will smith? yes, a very short statement. he says he| very short statement. he says he accepts and respects the decision of the academy. we know that he issued a couple of statements, he's apologised several times, but it is clear that will smith at a very personal level still has a lot to do to redeem himself and perhaps rebuild his own reputation. peter, thank ou. his own reputation. peter, thank yom speaking — his own reputation. peter, thank yon speaking to _ his own reputation. peter, thank you. speaking to us _ his own reputation. peter, thank you. speaking to us from - his own reputation. peter, thank you. speaking to us from los - you. speaking to us from los angeles. the french president, emmanuel macron has warned that nothing is impossible , as polls suggest that his far—right rival marine le pen is closer than ever before to winning the presidency. 12 candidates are competing in the first round of voting on sunday. our paris correspondent, lucy williamson, has this report. he won the presidency last time by standing out from the crowd.

five years on, emmanuel macron — seen by many as arrogant and out of touch — is keen to show he is close to the people. a classic defence when your far—right rival is right behind you in the polls. the message here in brittany — he's notjust a president for capitalists, but for left—wing voters too. translation: it's europe that allows us to reform excessive _ and sometimes crazy capitalism. if we want to put social and environmental concerns at the heart of the market economy, it's europe that allows us to act. left—wing territory, like this, backed mr macron five years ago against his far—right rival, marine le pen. many left—wing voters are more disillusioned now, but polls suggest that marine le pen is closer than ever to winning this election — and mr macron is hoping that's enough to get the left

to vote again. down the road in the local boulangerie, sophie said she voted for president macron five years ago because she was nervous about voting for marine le pen. not this time. translation: she's evolved, l she learned from her mistakes. she's very human. we understand her when she speaks. i think this time the right person will win. i hope so because i've made a bet with my customers. marine le pen has worked hard to soften her image. she still wants to ban muslim headscarves in public places and give french nationals priority in benefits, housing and jobs. but her focus in this campaign has been rising prices, made worse by the war in ukraine. at a rally in the southern city of perpignan this week, this 18—year—old said le pen was right to focus on the things that matter to french people and less on security issues.

mr macron still has the edge in this election, but he's warned that nothing is impossible. as the man who broke the political mood here five years ago, if anyone should know that, it's him. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. 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. 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.

good evening. 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. however, as we move into next week, a shift in the pattern — southerly winds delivering some warmer conditions across the uk. so, for this weekend, it will be chilly, particularly at first. some cold and frosty nights, often dry, just a few showers. next week, it will feel warm where we get some sunshine, but it won't be sunny all the time. there will also be 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 some sunny spells, but also, as you can see from the radar picture,

lots of showers, some thunderstorms, some wintry showers, especially across northern areas. now, most of those showers will slowly fade as we head through the night. clear skies overhead. that will allow for quite a widespread frost. temperatures even in the towns and cities down around or below freezing. could see lows of around “4 out in the countryside in parts of northern england. so, into tomorrow, a cold, frosty but bright and sunny start. through the day, we will see some showers once again, but these most plentiful up towards the north and the east where it will stay breezy. further south and west, lighter winds, not as many showers, more dry weather, and plenty of sunshine. temperatures still a touch below the average for this point in april, 7—12 degrees. as we move through saturday night, this little ridge of high pressure topples its way eastwards. again, that will allow it to get cold and frosty. this frontal system pushing in from the west will start to introduce a little more cloud. so temperatures out west in belfast and plymouth for example may stay above freezing. most places, again, having a cold start to sunday morning, but a bright start

with plenty of sunshine. through the day, as that weather system approaches, we will see more cloud building in from the west. the majority will stay dry. a bit of rain could just splash into parts of northern ireland later on. but the winds starting to come up from the south, so temperatures will climb just a little. a trend that will continue into next week. if we do get some sunshine, could see highs of 18—19, maybe close to 20 degrees. but there will also be some rain at times, especially in the north and west.

this is bbc news, the headlines. ukraine says at least 50 people are dead and dozens of others have been wounded after rockets hit a train station in the city of kramatorsk in eastern ukraine. russia has denied any involvement in the strike. the uk chancellor rishi sunak�*s wife, akshata murty, volunteers to pay uk taxes on her overseas income, following questions over her non—domicile status. the hollywood actor will smith has been banned from all academy events or programmes for 10 years after he slapped chris rock. the academy said the 94th oscars had been "overshadowed by unacceptable and harmful behaviour. " judge ketanji brown jackson has been celebrating her historic confirmation as the first black woman to serve on the us supreme court. in a speech at the white house,

she said "anything is possible" in america.