this is bbc news — welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm annita mcveigh. our top stories... ten humanitarian corridors are agreed to help thousands of ukrainians flee the war. one is providing an escape from mariupol, which has been described as "hell on earth". moscow re—organises its military leadership in ukraine. general alexander dvornikov — who commanded russian forces in syria — is given overall charge. the brutal story of one family trying to flee from chernihiv north of the capital kyiv — we have a special report angry scenes in pakistan's parliament between supporters and opponents of the prime minister, imran khan, ahead of a vote of no confidence.

the wife of the uk finance minister rishi sunak says she will now pay uk taxes on her overseas income, after legally avoiding it for years. campaigning has ended in the first round of france's presidential election, which takes place on sunday. i'm tim wilcox — live in paris — with all the latest on the upcoming french presidential election. and mission accomplished — as the first all private astronaut team ever launched to the international space station — completes docking. good afternoon. ukrainian officials say ten humanitarian corridors to evacuate people from regions besieged by russian forces have been agreed for today. it's thought around 10 thousand people have escaped from cities

in the south and east through humanitarian corridors over the past two days. president zelensky said a "firm global response" was needed after yesterday's missile strike on a railway station in kramatorsk, which killed at least 50 people. simonjones reports. they were trying to escape the conflict. as russia steps up its offensive in the east of ukraine, people already packed onto this train in kramatorsk, in the hope of travelling to safety, when the missile struck. translation: what did we do | to the russians to deserve this? we are civilians. described by ukraine as another war crime by russia. translation: as soon _ as the shelling ended, we ran here, and saw a terrible sight — people were running, screaming, crying, praying. it was scary. cars were exploding. there was panic everywhere.

nearby, the remains of a missile — painted on it, in russian, the words "for the children". it's unclear whether it might have malfunctioned or whether it was shot down as it was heading for a different target, but western officials believe it's likely it was a russian missile fired indiscriminately. obviously, the targeting of civilians would certainly be a war crime, and we've already called a range of the actions we've seen to date a war crime, but we're going to be supporting efforts to investigate exactly what happened here. russia has denied any involvement, saying no missions were planned in the area at the time. but the ukrainian president says it shows the need for greater international support for his country. translation: russia's war against our nation may end | in victory for freedom much sooner than many in the world think — if ukraine simply receives the weapons we have asked for. any delay providing such weapons to ukraine, any excuses can mean only one thing — some politicians want to help the russian leadership

more than us ukrainians. equipment is being sent, such as tanks from the czech republic, while britain has promised more anti—aircraft and anti—tank missiles. new russian offensives in the east are expected sooner rather than later. in kramatorsk, the human cost of the conflict is clear. the message from the ukrainian government is that russia will be held accountable. simon jones, bbc news. after more than a month of occupation by russian solders, ukraininan forces reclaimed the city of chernihiv and uncovered scenes —— of devastation left behind. the city sits to the north of the ukrainian capital, kyiv. its mayor said more than 400 people had died there, and called it " hard to endure'. our correspondent anna foster has met one woman whose daughter and husband were brutally

killed as they tried to escape from chernihiv, and a warning her report does include some graphic details. veronika kutz, a 12—year—old girl full of energy and promise. a life cruelly ended by a russian shell. nine days into the war, viktoria kovalenko experienced unimaginable horror. as herfamily fled chernihiv, their car was fired on. viktoria's daughter, veronika, and husband, petro, were killed instantly. translation: my daughter got out i of the car and i went to follow. i as i got out, my daughterfell. and then i looked and her head was gone. she was bleeding from her neck like a fountain. i was holding my baby and i needed to get her to safety. viktoria held her baby daughter close and ran for her life, but that wasn't the end

of the ordeal, because she was found by russian soldiers, who took her to the basement of a school and held her there with more than 300 other people for 2h days. viktoria watched people die around her as they struggled without medical help. translation: there were 40 people in my room. - mostly we didn't even move because there was no space to move or walk. just too many people. the lack of movement made people ill. seven days after veronika and petro were killed, viktoria asked her russian captors to bring their remains to the school so she could bury them. there were two graves. one box was bigger, one box was smaller. and two crosses with signs. i started to cover the boxes with earth, but new shelling started, so we ran away before we had finished burying them. if i had the possibility of shooting putin, i would do it. my hand would not shake.

this ring has become viktoria's most treasured possession — a gift from her beloved daughter and all she has left of her. anna foster, bbc news, lviv. parliament in pakistan is expected today to decide whether to remove imran khan as prime minister, days after he blocked a similar attempt. parliamentary proceedings were temporarily adjourned — though they have now reconvened. there have been angry scenes between supporters and opponents of imran kha. —— and opponents of imran khan. mr khan has said that if he is ousted from power — he will not recognise an opposition government. last sunday, the country's supreme court ruled that he acted unconstitutionally in asking the president to dissolve parliament before the vote could take place. addressing the speaker

in parliament, the opposition alliance leader, shehbaz sharif, asked him to go ahead with the vote of no—confidence. take up this agenda item and no other item. that is the intent of his order. you cannot deviate from this and therefore i conclude my submissions and i would request you (the speaker please go —— submissions and i would request you the speaker please go for the voting on the resolution". our correspondent, secunder kermani, is following all the development in islamabad. it seems as if this political drama, crisis is approaching its climax. we have been beset by so many twists, turns and delays at who could rule out more of them down the line. in parliament today, it seems as though imran khan's party have been trying to further push back this vote of no confidence by giving deliberately long meandering speeches. that has angered opposition members in parliament who have said any delay to the vote of no confidence would be a contravention to the orders of the supreme court. this vote of no confidence was originally supposed to take place last

sunday but was blocked at the last minute by imran khan's allies. the supreme court said it should take place today. we will have to wait and see if that happens. there was some suggestion it would take place this evening after the meal marking the end of the day of fasting. it is the holy month of ramadan here, and a readiness and world of course. imran khan and his allies, they say they are the victim of a us led international conspiracy, trying to effect regime change in pakistan, because of imran khan's foreign policy decisions, including recently visiting russia. his opponents here and american officials have completely dismissed that. most analysts do not believe the claim, but it is resonating with his supporters, and as you say, imran khan has said he will not accept any government that comes out of this process. let's go live to islamabad where we can speak to adil shahzeb, host of dawn

news. members of imran khan's party have made it clear they would try to delay this for as much as possible, but for all the lengthy speech is being given, are they avoiding the inevitable here? ~ , ,., , inevitable here? absolutely. i'll agree _ inevitable here? absolutely. i'll agree with _ inevitable here? absolutely. i'll agree with you _ inevitable here? absolutely. i'll agree with you there. - i'll agree with you there. technically speaking, constitutionally speaking, legally speaking, the analysts that we have spoken to, the legal experts we have spoken to, they are absolutely clear that that is the no confidence for, if it does not take place today, that means imran khan's government will be committing contempt of court, and the position has made it clear, if it does not take place today, the vote of no confidence, they will be taking the government to supreme court tomorrow in a contempt case, and the main speaker, they will be moving the vote of no confidence against them. it is really...

197 members of the national assembly have already expressed that they will be voting against the prime minister in a vote of no confidence, which means that imran khan has clearly lost the majority, and right now his government is acting in utter disregard of the constitution of pakistan, and in contempt of the supreme court of pakistan, because last sunday on the 3rd of april, when all of a sudden the deputy speaker, all of a sudden under article five, all the opposition members altogether, the 197 members, loyal to pakistan, this vote of no confidence therefore cannot be accepted and evoke cannot go ahead... but then again, the supreme court of pakistan unanimously turned this decision of the deputy speaker

on constitutional and restored the assembly, but as we can see right now, the speaker of the national assembly did promise the opposition leaders in his chamber that the vote of no confidence will take place at 8:30pm pakistan standard time, but the prime minister has called a cabinet meeting at the same time, which clearly reflects that he intends to delay the vote of no confidence. we don't know whether it will be delayed to tomorrow or the day after... senior cabinet minister, has called the decision of the sabine, a judicial coup, which is a very prostate simply reflects there is no respect and regard for the constitution of pakistan, they called themselves the justice party of

pakistan, but they do not believe in the justice system of pakistan. it believe in the 'ustice system of pakistan._ believe in the 'ustice system of pakistan. it is possible the timetable — of pakistan. it is possible the timetable could _ of pakistan. it is possible the timetable could extend. - of pakistan. it is possible the timetable could extend. if, i of pakistan. it is possible the i timetable could extend. if, not to get too far ahead of ourselves, if the younger brother of a three—time prime minister does become the new prime minister of pakistan, what does that mean for the country and pakistan's relationship with the rest of the world? . relationship with the rest of the world?— relationship with the rest of the world? ., ., , , the world? , what i foresee is olitical the world? , what i foresee is political unrest _ the world? , what i foresee is political unrest in _ the world? , what i foresee is political unrest in pakistan, . political unrest in pakistan, whether or not the vote of no confidence goes ahead because imran khan has already announced he will not be accepting the government, he turned that if the vote of no confidence does take place, he referred to this government as an imported government, and he has already announced the countrywide protest against the upcoming government. that clearly tells as the we will be

heading towards political unrest, although the unconstitutional decision of imran khan has already pushed pakistan into constitutional chaos, and political crisis and economic crisis, but if there is a new prime minister, he has a solid track record, for ten years as chief minister of punjab, so i've had a really detailed conversation, and he has a plan to get the country out of this chaos. i’m has a plan to get the country out of this chaos.— has a plan to get the country out of this chaos. i'm so sorry to interrupt — out of this chaos. i'm so sorry to interrupt you _ out of this chaos. i'm so sorry to interrupt you but _ out of this chaos. i'm so sorry to interrupt you but we - out of this chaos. i'm so sorry to interrupt you but we are i out of this chaos. i'm so sorry| to interrupt you but we are out of time. thank you forjoining us today. the wife of the british finance

minister, rishi sunak, says she will pay uk taxes on her world—wide income — which she had legally avoided until now. it follows days of questions about the financial arrangements of akshata murthy — who is a multimillionaire. mr sunak is also facing criticism after he admited holding a type of us residency while chancellor. our political correspondent, rajdeep sandhu, reports. reporter: is there more pain to come, chancellor? - he's in charge of our taxes, but questions have been raised about his taxes — and his wife's. akshata murty owns shares in an indian company founded by her father. last year, she received more than £11 million from it. because she has a special non—dom tax status she was not required by law to pay uk taxes on her overseas income. but, after criticism, she's going to pay more uk tax, adding millions to the treasury every year, all so her finances don't cause a distraction for her husband. and it's notjust her affairs but his own. it's emerged that the chancellor had a us green card, giving him the right to live permanently in america, where he also had to pay taxes.

he gave it up about six months ago, but even in the united states, there's questions about the arrangement. does the president see it as a problem that it's possible for someone to serve at a high level in a foreign government and maintain lawful permanent resident status in the us? i mean, what if this were someone who was serving in the russian duma? it wasn't, but i would also, again, point you to the portions of the government that oversee green cards. labour say the chancellor needs to be transparent. the chancellor has told people that they've got to have this tax hike at the moment, and it sounds like him and his immediate family have been using whatever tax ways they can to, you know, not pay as much as they possibly should do, and this is a moral issue more than anything. despite the bad headlines, the prime minister said he was backing his chancellor. i would just stress _ that the chancellor rishi is doing an absolutely outstanding job and, as far as possible, as i think i said yesterday, i don't think people's families should be brought, should be dragged into things.

scrutiny of the chancellor's personal finances comes in the week he raised taxes and everyone is watching the pennies. rajdeep sandhu, bbc news, westminster. a british man and a french teenager have been rescued at sea three days after disappearing while diving off the coast of malaysia. the man said his 1a —year—old son , who went missing with them , had died. his body has not been recovered. the group got into trouble when they surfaced from their dive on wednesday and couldn't find their boat. they were spotted by fishermen 50 miles away from where they were lost. campaigning has ended in the first round of france's presidential election, which takes place on sunday. 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 runoff will be held

on 24th april. we can now cross live to the bbc�*s tim willcox who is in paris for us. and hello again to you, marine le pen's third run at the presidency. of pen's third run at the presidency. of course, with the usual health warning about paul's looking much closer to emmanuel macron than last time round, what has changed with voter sentiment in that time? it’s voter sentiment in that time? it's interesting _ voter sentiment in that time? it�*s interesting because marine le pen has tried very hard over the past ten or so years to basically demonise the national rally party, you will remember, it was her father who set up the national front here, which was associated with very extreme views on immigration, race is policies. now, she has worked very hard this time around to focus on other areas, for example the cost—of—living crunch and the economy but again there are still

policies there which are anti—immigrantand she policies there which are anti—immigrant and she has been helped a lot this time by another far more extreme far right candidate, who is a pundit on television channels here and has helped detoxify some of the marine le pen message. it's interesting that emmanuel macron came to this race very late officially and when he came injust at race very late officially and when he came in just at the race very late officially and when he came injust at the beginning of the ukraine war, some 20 points ahead of marine le pen, that lead has now dwindled to maybe 3—4 points and if she does get through to the second round, which is what happened in 2017, a lot of pundits here are saying it could be much tighter. let mejust saying it could be much tighter. let me just explain why because not only do you have the far right but you have the far left ear, another character who is 70 years old, this

is his third attempt at running for presidency as well and it's believed if he does not make the second round, he saying he thinks we will but if he does not, is to his supporters, which we understand he is, do not vote for emmanuel macron, you should give your vote to marine le pen which might make things much tighter this time in 2017 when emmanuel macron smashed marine le pen in the second round. some interesting dynamics. how is the team going to try to respond to this? well, marine le pen had a campaign rally on friday and said a emmanuel macron this frightened. he is feverish about things. now, he has been resurrecting the danger that marine le pen he says poses to france, some of his campaign team have been tweeting an image that

says marine putin. three of the more extreme candidates here have actually said quite supportive things about vladimir putin in the last year or so and emmanuel macron is trying to harness that for the french public to say, look, as might appear that marine le pen is far more moderate than she was a few years ago but do not buy that. she is just as dangerous as she was before. worth also pointing out that if you cast your mind back 2002, when jacques if you cast your mind back 2002, whenjacques chirac was in a run—off with marine le pen's father, and france then decided there was no way that they could possibly support a member of the far right and again that led to jacques chirac crashing marine le pen's father but marine le pen and her father don't get on any more, and that is how france that then. as things changed in the way

europe has changed, that is the big question. forthis, the europe has changed, that is the big question. for this, the first round of the presidential elections. thank you. let's return to the situation in ukraine. as russia concentrates its forces in the east, ukraine is retaking more territory north of kyiv — like the chernobyl nuclear power plant. russian forces took it in the first days of the war and there were huge concerns that the plant could be accidentally damaged or used as a weapon. our correspondent, yogita limaye, is one of the first journalists to reach the facility since it was retaken. access to chernobyl has onlyjust opened up on an off—road track. the bridge to it was destroyed to stop the russian advance. this is the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster, among the first parts of ukraine to be captured when russia invaded. "they surrounded us with tanks and there were aircraft flying overhead", security officer petro says.

russian forces broke into monitoring and control stations. electricity was cut off for a few days — a major threat. translation: we store nuclear waste. if we'd lost power, it would have been catastrophic. radioactive material could have been released. i wasn't really worried for my life, i was scared of what would happen if i wasn't here. it's not possible for us to go any further because it could be risky but, if you walk down here, in that direction is an area of very high levels of contamination known as the red forest. and drone video has now come out which officials here have seen and they've confirmed to us the russian soldiers not only built trenches there, but they appear to have stayed there as well. this is evidence of how little they knew about nuclear safety. the soldiers were exposed to significant doses of radiation, ukraine says. below the plant is a basement, where 170 members of the national guard securing chornobyl were held captive. no—one still knows where they are.

they were taken by russian forces. former ukrainian president petro poroshenko visited chornobyl today, with a warning for the world. are we sure that tomorrow, russian troops cannot appear here? my answer would be no. putin is completely unpredictable. and nuclear, the nuclear smoke can reach eastern europe, central europe and even great britain. for now, there's relief here, but also a sense of unease. the threat is just ten miles away, across the border. yogita limaye, bbc news, chornobyl.

officials in shanghai are going to shanghai officials plan to perform a new round of covid—19 testing covid-19 going to testing on the city's entire population. a record 23,600 new cases were reported on saturday , as shanghai's 25 million residents remain under lockdown. china's zero—covid policy has recently come under strain with infections surging and signs of public anger. the first all—private mission to the international space station has docked. the crew — consisting of a pilot and three passengers — will be welcomed inside the iss shortly. they are due to spend eight days orbiting the earth. the flight is being hailed as a milestone in the commercialisation of space flight. the three passengers, who are each reported to have paid fifty—five million dollars, are not space tourists and are expected to carry out meaningful research. axiom space is the private company leading the mission.

now let's take a look at the weather with darren bett. hello there, it is still disappointingly chilly for this time of the year this weekend, another frost to come tonight, not so bad if you're in the sunshine and there will be some sunshine through the rest of the weekend and much of the country actually staying dry with eventually this cloud coming in from the atlantic, arriving in some western areas during tomorrow and early next week ringing some rain. ahead of that, some showers coming to merseyside, cheshire and into lancashire but a scattering of showers also across other parts of england and wales, northern ireland, the bulk of the heavier ones across parts of northern scotland where they are wintry in hills and typical temperature is a 9—10 c, called quickly overnight with clear skies, light winds and frost again, could be down to “4 minus five celsius. or

indeed i across northern ireland, a bit more cloud, and degrees picking up, other western areas will pick breezy with the cards filling in from the atlantic, sunny spells that maxed out for these. at this time, few if any showers around at all. no more cloud as we head into the afternoon, the breeze picks up in western areas were tempered as being a couple of degrees higher than today, typically 12 celsius also. cigna can change us, as we head into next week. this is the pressure pattern with low pressure out of us, ahead of it, the wind is picking up on signs of rain, bruising and western parts of the uk, not as cold to start with on monday, some sunshine around, but out towards the south—west, wales, northern ireland, some bursts of rain, heavy, possibly thundery and moving their way northwards. many parts of england and scotland staying dry, temperatures are 17 degrees. but

next week, we will find the cold air, getting replaced by some warmer air, getting replaced by some warmer air as the air, getting replaced by some warmer airas the wind air, getting replaced by some warmer air as the wind direction is going to change instead of the northerly we've got at the moment, a southerly breeze lifting this temperature is perhaps up to 19 celsius early next week. but together with this warm air, we've got the chance of some rain, seen it on monday, continuing into tuesday with wetter weather moving all the way up from iberia across biscay and into parts of the uk. ., ., �* �* ,

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