this is bbc news 7 welcome if you re watching here in the uk or around the globe. i m ben mundy — our top stories. borisjohnson is holding face to face talks with the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky, during a visit to kyiv. downing street says they are discussing the uk s long term support to ukraine. escaping mariupol — which has been described as "hell on earth". ten humanitarian corridors are agreed, as an urgent appeal is made for people to leave luhansk. in other news... angry scenes in pakistan's parliament between supporters and opponents of the prime minister, imran khan, ahead of a vote of no confidence. campaigning has ended in the first round of france's presidential election, which takes place on sunday. and there we are.

and mission accomplished — as the first all private astronaut team ever launched to the international space station — completes docking. hello. good to have you with us. we'll start with the uk prime minister, because borisjohnson has travelled to kyiv — to hold face to face talks with the ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky. downing street says they are discussing the uk s long term support to ukraine and the prime minister will set out a new package of financial and military aid. it comes as ukrainian officials say ten humanitarian corridors to evacuate people from regions besieged by russian forces have been agreed for today. it's thought around 10,000 people have escaped from cities in the south and east through those means over the past two days. president zelensky says a "firm global response" is needed

after yesterday's missile strike on a railway station in kramatorsk, which killed at least 50 people. danjohnson reports from lviv. ukrainian railways have been the escape route for so many refugees and everyday this station sees more arrivals from the east like victoria who told me she stayed as long as possible in her home before deciding to get to safety. he tells me i don't want to take ukraine, he said, are we leaving home? i said yes but it is temporary. he said, i will take revenge. the child is just four. the conflict leaving its mark on young and old. valeria is 20, she is a student.

her family have stayed at home. what is most upsetting? translation: it is my relatives. i don't know when we are going to meet again. the number of people arriving today is much lower than in the first weeks of the war but the intensifying conflict in the east means more people are likely to head this way. what happened yesterday has underlined to everyone the risks people face making the journey to safety. 50 people died when a rocket hit people trying to get on trains. russia denies responsibility and there has been western condemnation of an apparent war crime. what did we do to the russians to deserve this? we are civilians.

this lady has lived in this flat for 25 yea rs. she cries, why are we being punished like this? russian military hardware is on the move with a new general running the military operation in ukraine. but they are also enforcing with more heavy weapons. translation: russia's war against our nation may end in victory and freedom much sooner than we will think if we simply receive the weapons we have asked for. this military funeral for alexander, a volunteer who got his mother to safety before signing up. ukraine is mourning its fallen soldiers, there have been heavy losses on both sides. we're joined from lviv by our correspondent, danjohnson. a significant reason for the ukrainian president earlier today?

yes and a number of significant meetings because borisjohnson is not the only european leader to have turned up in kyiv. european commission president ursula von der leyen was there yesterday along with the slovakian prime minister and today the austrian chancellor as well as borisjohnson. the visit was not announced but perhaps no surprise, borisjohnson has been keen to show support for ukraine ever since the invasion and downing street has confirmed the prime minister travelled to meet president zelensky in person in a show of solidarity with ukrainian people. the statement says they will discuss the long—term support ukraine from uk and set out a new package of financial and military aid. and just yesterday ukraine government announced a net when the pans and air defence systems to be supplied from uk. so borisjohnson has been welcomed and an aide to president

stransky said the uk was the leader in the anti—war coalition and leader in the anti—war coalition and leader in sanctions against the russian aggressor. it seems to be something of a contest now amongst european leaders to show that solidarity and deliver cash and weapons that the ukrainian president has been crying out for. the ukrainian president has been crying out for. . . , ukrainian president has been crying out for. a, , ., ukrainian president has been crying out for. , ., ., , ukrainian president has been crying out for. ., ., , ., out for. the cash on the weapons are one side of— out for. the cash on the weapons are one side of this _ out for. the cash on the weapons are one side of this war _ out for. the cash on the weapons are one side of this war but _ out for. the cash on the weapons are one side of this war but the - out for. the cash on the weapons are one side of this war but the other - one side of this war but the other side, those humanitarian corridors and of course we've seen before and we've seen them fall down before. what is your assessment of how they are working this time around? i think we have lost danjohnson so apologies for that but we can go to northern ukraine. we can go now to sumy in northern ukraine and speak to the ukrainian mp 0leksiy goncharenko. i was trying to ask our correspondent about humanitarian corridors commit the escape routes

for thousands of ukrainians. as far as you are aware on the ground there are the corridors working? the as you are aware on the ground there are the corridors working?— are the corridors working? the whole world saw yesterday _ are the corridors working? the whole world saw yesterday at _ are the corridors working? the whole world saw yesterday at how - are the corridors working? the whole world saw yesterday at how these - world saw yesterday at how these corridors are working because that was a humanitarian corridor as people were escaping the east of ukraine for safety and russians first cynically bombed male so people could not leave this city and thenit people could not leave this city and then it became crowded with people waiting there for trains and then the station itself. in 52 were killed including five children so you see how humanitarian corridors are working when we are speaking about vladimir putin. {iii are working when we are speaking about vladimir putin.— about vladimir putin. of course russian leaders _ about vladimir putin. of course russian leaders denying - about vladimir putin. of course - russian leaders denying involvement in the strikes. what is the mood of ukrainians that you have spoken with in the last few days, just shed a light on what you're hearing from ukrainians there? ihell

light on what you're hearing from ukrainians there?— ukrainians there? well russian denied that _ ukrainians there? well russian denied that they _ ukrainians there? well russian denied that they were - ukrainians there? well russian denied that they were going . ukrainians there? well russian denied that they were going to | denied that they were going to attack ukraine, russia denied that the soldiers were in crimea eight years ago, russia is lying all the time. that is the fact that the world knows now and that was definitely the effect. just the idea that ukrainians attack to railway stations is so absurd that it is hard to explain. and how this rocket was sent it is clear. speaking about what ukrainians are saying, people certainly want peace but vladimir putin is trying to scare the nation but instead the this people are furious at what is going on and they want victory over the enemy and to kick them off our land and then rebuild the land, rebuild the country. that is the intention of people and that is what people are

speaking about. find people and that is what people are speaking about-— people and that is what people are s-ueakin about. �* ., , ., speaking about. and on peace and the future, the speaking about. and on peace and the future. the uk — speaking about. and on peace and the future, the uk promised _ speaking about. and on peace and the future, the uk promised to _ speaking about. and on peace and the future, the uk promised to tame - speaking about. and on peace and the future, the uk promised to tame but i future, the uk promised to tame but with your president, what are you hoping to come from those talks? more weapons and sanctions. we need long—range weapons now. i want to accept the support from the uk government and say thank you and acknowledge their leadership in support of ukraine, that is extremely important to us. and uk government and borisjohnson himself has shown leadership but we need more, we need long—range weapons and artillery and air defence. notjust to stop the russians as we already have and we are already counterattacking, but to keep them

out of the country, to attack them and that appear to understand is only force and strength. that is what we need to receive now from the west and then i think we can work with this and stop this as quickly as possible. with this and stop this as quickly as possible-— with this and stop this as quickly as ossible. ~ ., ., ., ., as possible. what hope to have of havin: as possible. what hope to have of having success _ as possible. what hope to have of having success in _ as possible. what hope to have of having success in the _ as possible. what hope to have of having success in the next - as possible. what hope to have of having success in the next step i as possible. what hope to have of having success in the next step ofj having success in the next step of the war? �* , , ., the war? i'm sure, it is not even hel , the war? i'm sure, it is not even help. i'm _ the war? i'm sure, it is not even help. i'm sure — the war? i'm sure, it is not even help, i'm sure because - the war? i'm sure, it is not even help, i'm sure because we - the war? i'm sure, it is not even help, i'm sure because we know| the war? i'm sure, it is not even - help, i'm sure because we know what we're fighting for. the russians do not owe themselves. just today in donetsk in the sumy region i saw the diary of one of the russian soldiers and it said what are we doing here, i will put it on my twitter so everyone can see it and that is why we'll definitely win the question is the price. whether we will win and russia will still have a military

possibility to attack other countries where there will be so exhausted that there is will be stopped. i hope the world will take lessons from 1939, 19110 one people did not take heed. that is very important. did not take heed. that is very important-— did not take heed. that is very imortant. , ., ., , important. many thank you, many thanks forjoining _ important. many thank you, many thanks forjoining us. _ well, all this as people in the polish capital warsaw gathered to support ukraine in the war against russia. the stand up for ukraine initiative is described as a global pledging event.... 0ur correspondent, adam easton was there. ursula von der leyen who co—hosted this livestream event in warsaw said that 10.1 billion euros had been pledged to support ukraine from countries around the world, from businesses around the world and banks. and she said the european commission itself has pledged 1 billion euros in support for ukraine, 600 million of that will go to ukraine itself

and the united nations and 400 million will go to the front line states, poland, slovakia, hungary and elsewhere, which have taken in the refugees. ukraine's present volodymyr zelensky addressed the event and said, he made a call for sanctions on all russian banks and also he made a call for an embargo on russian gas and oil because he said that is what is fuelling the kremlin war machine. parliament in pakistan is still to decide whether to remove imran khan as prime minister, days after he blocked a similar attempt. a vote of no confidence was due on saturday. there have been angry scenes in parliament between mr khan's supporters and opponents. last monday, the supreme court ruled that he acted unconstitutionally when he asked the president to dissolve parliament before the vote could take place.

0ur correspondent, secunder kermani, is watching events and joins us from islamabad. it seems that imran khan and his supporters are trying every delay tactic possible delaying the inevitable?— tactic possible delaying the inevitable? . , , inevitable? that is right, this olitical inevitable? that is right, this political crisis _ inevitable? that is right, this political crisis is _ inevitable? that is right, this political crisis is deepening. l political crisis is deepening. parliament is still sitting late into the night but imran khan and his party are refusing to help the vote of no confidence for a second time despite the supreme court ordering them to do so. they know that imran khan sees the vote of no confidence, a number of his coalition partners have deserted him and that will mean the opposition could nominate their own candidate as prime minister. imran khan and his allies say that they are victims of an international conspiracy orchestrated by an angry united states. angry because of what they

claim is the foreign policy decisions of imran khan including a recent trip to moscow. most analysts do not believe that but they say that imran khan instead has fallen out with the powerful military in pakistan and his opponents sense the weakness and they've launched this attack against him. no one is clear how this is going to end, the political tensions are ratcheting up now. ~ . , �* ., now. whichever side you're on, sunporter _ now. whichever side you're on, sunporter or — now. whichever side you're on, supporter or opponent, - now. whichever side you're on, supporter or opponent, what i now. whichever side you're on, | supporter or opponent, what are now. whichever side you're on, - supporter or opponent, what are the consequences of delaying the vote? the opposition have described the actions of imran khan as amounting to effectively a clue by refusing to surrender power and refusing to hold this vote of no confidence which they were constitutionally ordered to do so by the supreme court and thatis to do so by the supreme court and that is the second time, the vote of no confidence was meant to be held last sunday. but imran khan and his

party blocked it at the last minute and then the supreme court ordered them to reinstate it and imran khan has said he wants to hold fresh elections but the supreme court said no, but you should do is to hold this vote of no—confidence. we've heard some rumours and likely misinformation of some quarters in pakistan looking to the army for a potential solution here. this country has been directly ruled by the military for much of his existence, no suggest that that would happen but a reminder of the potentially serious consequences if this political crisis drags on and if no solution is found i spoke to one ruling party mp, from imran khan's ruling party and i asked how this would end because this is a dangerous moment and they replied, no one knows. find dangerous moment and they replied, no one knows-— no one knows. and anyone who is thinkin: no one knows. and anyone who is thinking that _ no one knows. and anyone who is thinking that imran _ no one knows. and anyone who is thinking that imran khan - no one knows. and anyone who is thinking that imran khan may - no one knows. and anyone who isj thinking that imran khan mayjust disappearfrom politics in pakistan

are likely to be wrong, he is likely to stick around whatever the outcome in some shape or form? it to stick around whatever the outcome in some shape or form?— in some shape or form? it certainly seems that — in some shape or form? it certainly seems that way _ in some shape or form? it certainly seems that way because _ in some shape or form? it certainly seems that way because imran - in some shape or form? it certainly| seems that way because imran khan in some shape or form? it certainly - seems that way because imran khan as i say has been spinning this narrative as many would see it that he is the victim of this international conspiracy. many analysts do not believe it political opponents have dismissed it and american officials have said there's no truth in this but this narrative does seem to resonate with his supporters and he has called on them to come out onto streets tomorrow night and launch a peaceful protest and he said he will not accept what he refers to as an imported government created from this parliamentary procedure. so imran khan is likely to be a major player on the political scene in pakistan for some time to come and a formidable one because he retains despite all of this, he retains a significant portion of following and support amongst the pakistani

population. support amongst the pakistani population-— medical staff in the eastern ukrainian city of kramatorsk are battling to save the lives of people injured in a missile attack on a railway station on friday. at least fifty died and dozens were wounded. a bbc correspondent who's in kramatorsk says many victims needed surgery to remove shrapnel. some were taken by ambulance to bigger hospitals further west. ukraine says at least two missiles were fired in the direction of the railway station, where large crowds had crammed onto platforms to flee the war. russia denies it was behind the attack. 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 . 0ur correspondent anna foster has met one woman whose daughter and husband were brutally killed as they tried to escape from the city.

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 of the car and i went to follow. 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 a0 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. 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. emmanuel macron is likely to come out on top but his rival marine le pen is gaining ground. the bbc�*s tim wilcox is in paris and has been explaining what is diffrent for marine le pen at her third run for the presidency. marine le pen has tried very hard over the past ten or so years to basic de—demonise the national rally party.

you will remember it was her father jean—marie le pen who set up the front national, the national front, here. that was associated with very extreme views on immigration, racist policies, there were jackbooted supporters. now, she has worked very hard this time around to focus on other areas, for example, the cost of living crunch, the economy, but again, there are still policies there which are anti—immigrant. she has been helped a lot this time by another, far more extreme far right candidate, eric zemmour. eric zemmour is a pundit on tv channels here and he has helped detoxify some of the marine le pen message. it's interesting also that emmanuel macron, who came to this race very late officially, now, when he came injust after the beginning of the ukraine war, he was some 20 points ahead of marine le pen. that lead has now dwindled to maybe three or four points.

and if she does get through to the second round, which is what happened in 2017, a lot of pundits here are saying that it could be much tighter. let me just explain why. because not only have you got the far right but you've also got the far left here. you got a character called jean—luc melenchon. he's 70 years old, this is his third attempt at the elysee palace, as well. now, it's believed that if he doesn't make the second round — he's saying, obviously, publicly he thinks he will — but if he doesn't make the second round, is he saying to his supporters, which we understand he is, "do not vote for macron, you should give your vote to marine le pen"? which might make things much, much tighter this time than 2017, when emmanuel macron smashed marine le pen in the second round. the first all—private mission to the international space station has docked. the crew — consisting of a pilot

and three passengers — have been welcomed inside the international space station. they are due to spend eight days orbiting the earth. the flight is being hailed as a milestone in the commercialisation of space flight. to find out more about the implications this latest, privately—funded mission may have for future space exploration, we can go to new york and speak to tariq malik, editor in chief of space dot com. thank you forjoining us. this is a significant moment for space travel, put it in some context? this mission arrived at the _ put it in some context? this mission arrived at the international - put it in some context? this mission arrived at the international space . arrived at the international space station today with four people on board. a former nasa astronaut and three paying passengers. we had an israeli entrepreneur, a us foreign investor and entrepreneur from canada. this is a ten day space

flight with eight days on the international space station. it is the first time that we have done this for this duration. there will be doing some educational outreach during that time.— during that time. important to point out that they _ during that time. important to point out that they are _ during that time. important to point out that they are not _ during that time. important to point out that they are not just _ during that time. important to point out that they are not just tourists i out that they are not just tourists but they have work to do? exactly, the do but they have work to do? exactly, they do not — but they have work to do? exactly, they do not like _ but they have work to do? exactly, they do not like the _ but they have work to do? exactly, they do not like the term - but they have work to do? exactly, they do not like the term space i they do not like the term space tourism because the each have their own science programme and they will work with scientists or student organisations to perform on the space station. they are researching how the human body changes in space and the effects on your eyes and your brain over time when you're up there. and there are also going to

conduct some live chats and they will do a lot of educational outreach. this mission was arranged by a us company which wants to build their own private space station so this is just a their own private space station so this isjust a dry run for their own private space station so this is just a dry run for how these commercial flights could this is just a dry run for how these commercialflights could run this is just a dry run for how these commercial flights could run and this is just a dry run for how these commercialflights could run and in the future they will add a new module to the international space station. ~ , ., , , module to the international space station. ~ , , , module to the international space station. , , , , station. with your expertise is this the future of _ station. with your expertise is this the future of space _ station. with your expertise is this the future of space travel? - the future of space travel? companies like this doing this kind of project? i companies like this doing this kind of ro'ect? ~ ., �* of project? i think what we're seeinu of project? i think what we're seeing now — of project? i think what we're seeing now is _ of project? i think what we're seeing now is an _ of project? i think what we're seeing now is an early - of project? i think what we're. seeing now is an early glimpse of project? i think what we're i seeing now is an early glimpse of what future space travel will look like. we are seeing now the first space tourist, research flights to space tourist, research flights to space station. nasa is looking for four or five space stations to take overin four or five space stations to take over in 2030 and we want to spend, to send astronauts to the moon. we

will have to abort our mission! we're running out of time but thank you forjoining us on bbc news and thank you to for watching. there is warmer weather on the way from next week which i'm sure will be a welcome change. this weekend has been cold and it will be frosty again tonight. that cloud is coming from the west tomorrow, eventually arriving across western areas of the uk. head of that we have clear skies, a few showers around continuing across northern parts of scotland, but for many clearer skies and that means a quite widespread frost. not as cold heading towards western coasts in particular into northern ireland with more cloud

arriving year by the morning. clouds thickening across western areas as the breeze picks up. some patchy cloud further is developing with still some sunshine at times. as the wind picks up across western areas we see the clouds thickening a bit of rain for northern ireland but most places dry and temperatures at 12 degrees, an improvement on today. low pressure sitting to the west of the uk as we move into monday, the wind will be stronger and we have some more rain trying to come in from the west. not a skull to start with a monday, many places starting with a monday, many places starting with some sunshine but we have the threat of showers for south—west england, wales and northern ireland which could be and thundery. until late in the day eastern scotland and eastern england likely to be dry and temperatures up to 17 degrees with some sunshine in the south—east of england. it has been cold for quite a while but thing set to change,

still a northerly wind and then we have warmer air coming still a northerly wind and then we have warmerair coming in still a northerly wind and then we have warmer air coming in lifting those temperatures as high as 19 degrees in the south of england by tuesday. but also the threat of some rain and pulses of rain coming all the way from spain and portugal into the way from spain and portugal into the uk as well. that could be heavy at times but outside of the rain there will be warm sunshine. temperatures climbing day on day but the rain could be heavy because some parts of the uk. the guy. —— goodbye.

this is bbc news, i'm ben mundy. the headlines... borisjohnson is holding face to face talks with the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky, during a visit to kyiv. downing street says they are discussing the uk's long term support to ukraine. escaping mariupol — which has been described as "hell on earth". ten humanitarian corridors are agreed, as an urgent appeal is made for people to leave luhansk. elsewhere, angry scenes in pakistan's parliament between supporters and opponents of the prime minister, imran khan, ahead of a vote of no confidence. campaigning has ended in the first round of france's presidential election, which takes place on sunday. commander tom marshburn making his way down, and there we are. and mission accomplished — as the first all private

astronaut team ever launched to the international space station