this is bbc news 7 welcome if you re watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm samantha simmons. our top stories... armoured vehicles and new missiles — borisjohnson pledges more support to ukraine after talks with president zelensky in kyiv. there is a huge amount to deal to make sure that ukraine is successful, that ukraine wins and that putin must fail. 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". 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.

commander 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 — completes docking. hello. 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 which includes 120 armoured vehicles and new anti—ship missilesystems. 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 thousand 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. borisjohnson said that this was an opportunity to ensure that ukraine was never invaded again. heraclitus, i think, said war is the father of all things. i mean, that was an exaggeration, war isn't the father of everything, but what this war is certainly producing is a clarity about the vision of a future for ukraine where, together with friends and partners, we, the uk and others, supply the equipment, the technology, the know—how, the intelligence, so that ukraine will never be invaded again. so that ukraine is so fortified

and so protected that ukraine can never be bullied again, never be blackmailed again, never be threatened in the same way again. in the meantime, there is a huge amount to do to make sure that ukraine is successful, that ukraine wins and that putin must fail. president zelensky thanked the uk government for its support and called on other nations to follow suit. we are especially grateful for this to happen. this is a true reflection of the decisive and significant support to ukraine from the united kingdom. we are always grateful for that, we shall always remember that. just recently we had a meeting in kyiv and you recall this, we draw some conclusions in ourjoint work and the frames of strategic

dialogue, we were planning future projects, we were wondering around kyiv, and today you can see in your own eyes how our country looks like, how our villages, our settlements look like, because of russian aggression. there could be only one conclusion, our common conclusion, we have to exert even more pressure on the russian federation, to exert pressure through supporting ukraine in defending itself. we have to exert pressure in the form of sanctions and i am grateful to the united kingdom that continues and intensifies the sanctions and also provides significant support of ukraine by reinforcing our defence capacities. the other democratic western countries should follow the example of the united kingdom. let's speak our correspondent in kyiv, yogita limaye. as we were saying significant meeting for ukraine's president today.

well, with prime minister boris johnson now coming after the european commission president, this is a european show of solidarity for ukraine. it is significant in the sense that, you know, the prime minister also announced something for ukraine, which is those armoured vehicles, the anti—ship missile systems. yesterday, there was an announcement of £100 million in the weapons to this country, which include anti—tank missiles and anti—aircraft missiles. and basically discussing the road ahead. prime minister borisjohnson very clearly saying that, yes, russian forces have been withdrawn from some areas in ukraine, from kyiv, in the north, where we are. he clearly sees this as a tactical move and not the

end of russian aggression, which he says continues in the east. yesterday, of course, we saw that attack at the train station where more than 50 people who were waiting for trains to get out to safety were killed. the kremlin says it didn't launch missiles, they rejected that it was the one that launched missiles at this train station, but you know, there has been a harsh condemnation from the president of this country. this visit today a sort of reinforces a show of solidarity from europe, continued sense of support, notjust in words, but also in actions in terms of providing weapons, which is the primary thing that ukraine is asking for at the moment, in addition to more pressure in russia intensifying sanctions against the country. thank ou for sanctions against the country. thank you for that — civilians in eastern ukraine, have been urged to leave the area immediately,

because russian forces may be planning a mass assault. two missiles hit a train station in the city of kramatorsk on friday, killing more than fifty people, trying to escape fighting in the area. at least four of the dead are children. 0ur defence correspondent, jonathan beale, has sent us this report, from the city. they were supposed to be taking a train to safety but instead they were leaving kramatorsk by ambulance. many of the severely injured in the attack had already been taken west to larger hospitals. these, the walking wounded. still needing surgery to remove pieces of shrapnel from their bodies. and still clearly traumatised. translation: | heard a lot | of explosions and i fell down. when i got up, a lot of people were already dead. it was only me who stood up from the floor.

it is a wonder god saved me. i have a penetrating chest injury on one side and my legs are wounded, like everywhere. i got the shrapnel into my groin, into my artery, i fainted twice, lost a lot of blood. medical staff work day and night to save the lives of a dozen people, not all made it, six died before they had the chance to operate, including a young child. translation: there were life threatening injuries, _ amputations, torn limbs, torn feet, stomach wounds and brain injuries. those were the severe cases. it is surreal what has happened, itjust cannot be explained. i cannot imagine what kind of person takes a decision to launch a missile into a place where civilians are gathering. these were the chaotic scenes after the strike. thousands had gathered at kramatorsk station, hoping to get a train to safety.

many of them women and children. they were among the dozens of bodies lying on the ground. aleksei was still looking through the wreckage this morning. normally, he helps recover the bodies of ukrainian troops killed in battle. but, yesterday, he was having to gather the remains of unarmed civilians. the innocents of this war. translation: when you see our future i being killed, the future of ukraine, i you cannot control your emotions, you see that it is genocide and just because we are ukrainian and you see that when you look at the bodies of the women and children. investigators were still examining the remains of a missile nearby. eyewitnesses say they saw multiple explosions, raising the possibility that it may have contained cluster munitions. it is still not clear

what exactly happened here, whether this missile might have been shot down and that is why some of it is still intact, but the state railway company says that a number of missiles were fired at the railway station, and despite russia's denials of responsibility, people here think it was a deliberate attack. jonathan beale, bbc news, kramatorsk. the pakistan parliament 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. ayesha siddiqa is senior fellow at kings college london and an expert in civil—military relations in the south asia region. and shejoins us now.

thank you for being with us. michael and his meeting with the army chief, explained how important that relationship is between the army and the government.— the government. it's generally believed that _ the government. it's generally believed that the _ the government. it's generally believed that the worsening i the government. it's generally believed that the worsening of the government. it's generally i believed that the worsening of this relationship that has led to the crisis or the situation where the political opposition was encouraged to raise their voice against harm. thus creating the conditions which now have the lead to where imran khan in pakistan stand.— now have the lead to where imran khan in pakistan stand. imran khan is claimin: khan in pakistan stand. imran khan is claiming this _ khan in pakistan stand. imran khan is claiming this vote _ khan in pakistan stand. imran khan is claiming this vote of _ khan in pakistan stand. imran khan is claiming this vote of no - is claiming this vote of no confidence is, as he called that, foreign funded drama saying that the us is behind this. what do you make of that? is there any evidence of that? if; of that? is there any evidence of that? , at, , of that? is there any evidence of that? , , ., of that? is there any evidence of that? , ., ., that? c, basically what he has done and wrongly — that? c, basically what he has done and wrongly manipulated _ that? c, basically what he has done and wrongly manipulated an - that? c, basically what he has done| and wrongly manipulated an internal communique between pakistan's investor in the united states and the foreign office. it's internal communication. it'sjust like, for

communication. it's just like, for example, communication. it'sjust like, for example, a british ambassador in moscow, what would he be telling, say, the russian government or the russian government if they were meeting uk's ambassador. they would be expressing, you know, their anger or their dissatisfaction with the borisjohnson government. this is exactly what happened. assistant secretary of state probably met the ambassador and said, love, secretary of state probably met the ambassadorand said, love, as secretary of state probably met the ambassador and said, love, as long as imran khan is there, i don't think we are going to have good relations. and this is exactly, you know, the state of relations. it wasn't 2—sided. imran khan's government is using that internal communique is legally leaking it and saying that, basing its claim and that there is a conspiracy to remove when there is no evidence whatsoever to remove and mankind. they make it

look like regime change. which is an atrocious claim. just look like regime change. which is an atrocious claim.— atrocious claim. just briefly, what reaction has _ atrocious claim. just briefly, what reaction has there _ atrocious claim. just briefly, what reaction has there been _ atrocious claim. just briefly, what reaction has there been from i reaction has there been from ordinary pakistanis as this drama plays out? i ordinary pakistanis as this drama -la sout? , ._ ordinary pakistanis as this drama .lasout? , ., , ~' ordinary pakistanis as this drama -lasout? , ., , ~ ., plays out? i personally think that imran con plays out? i personally think that imran con is _ plays out? i personally think that imran con is doing _ plays out? i personally think that imran con is doing at _ plays out? i personally think that imran con is doing at the - plays out? i personally think that| imran con is doing at the moment plays out? i personally think that i imran con is doing at the moment is two things. firstly, he is actually preparing for elections. he understands that he will have to say goodbye. —— are one. and elections will have to be held. he will no longer be the prime minister. he is not legally. but he is building up a narrative and a kind of emotion and, trying to turn popular again, which he is, by the way. so that when it comes next election, he can be, you know, he can be on the winning side. at least that's what he feels. ok. at least that's what he feels. 0k, thank ou at least that's what he feels. 0k, thank you very — at least that's what he feels. 0k, thank you very much _ at least that's what he feels. 0k, thank you very much for your analysis. thank you. 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 houston and speak to dr leroy chiao, a former nasa astronaut and iss commander who has clocked up more than 230 days in space. thanks forjoining us. you are very experienced. tell us about this being billed as a major is stacked in commercial activities in space. why is that?— in commercial activities in space. why is that? this mission is a first in that it's — why is that? this mission is a first in that it's the _ why is that? this mission is a first in that it's the first _ why is that? this mission is a first in that it's the first of _ why is that? this mission is a first in that it's the first of all— in that it's the first of all commercial crew to fly to and stacked to the international space

station. this is something that's been coming for a while. nasa has been coming for a while. nasa has been wanting it for many years, and now this is the beginning. nasa is looking, as you know, to decommission the international space station in 2030, so between now and then to manas i would like commercial companies to build and operate space station so that nasa can come in the future, aboard the space stations as much as it is now leasing these missions aboard space x space crafts. so completely different change in model, if you will about how operations will be conducted. this is the beginning of that. . , . conducted. this is the beginning of that. ., , ., ., , ., that. that private individuals on board, that. that private individuals on board. while — that. that private individuals on board, while not— that. that private individuals on board, while not being - that. that private individuals on | board, while not being described that. that private individuals on i board, while not being described as space tourists, because they will be conducting experiments themselves, they have had to fork out $55 million each for a seat on board. that's not within reach of many people, is at? how sustainable is this? ., �* , people, is at? how sustainable is this? ., �*, ., , , ., this? that's a very good question. there's always —

this? that's a very good question. there's always been _ this? that's a very good question. there's always been a _ this? that's a very good question. there's always been a debate i this? that's a very good question. there's always been a debate on i this? that's a very good question. i there's always been a debate on how sustainable space tourism if ul is, you can argue it one way or the other, but the bottom line is we will have to wait and see. yes, these people who have flown to the space station will be conducting some scientific research. it will be of limited value because they are only going to get there for eight days as opposed to six months, which is what a normal space station crew would be up there for. also, it is hard to say that they each paid 55 million each in order to do this research. the fact is, of course, they really wanted to have this experience. there's nothing wrong with that. that's part of the commercialisation of space. we really should call it what it is. is going to ask as answer not yourself who i imagine had to train for many years to achieve this extraordinary privilege. how does it make you feel to see people who have got that cash and can afford to just go up there with, i imagine, not nearly as much training as you had.— training as you had. these folks to go through — training as you had. these folks to go through several—

training as you had. these folks to go through several months - training as you had. these folks to go through several months of- go through several months of training, to their credit, it's not just a matter of buying a ticket and going, so they had to learn about nominal or normal operations as well as emergency procedures and how to take care of themselves if there were to be some kind of mishap in space. and he in hand, yes, of course, they are not professionals, except for mike lopez who is actually a good friend of mine. he and iflew a actually a good friend of mine. he and i flew a space shuttle mission to gather some years ago, but the other folks are paying their way to kyle and they get a significant amount of training, so they are not specifically speaking to terrorists, but at the same time, they are kind of in the middle of what we call space flight participant, which is a good way to describe it. haifa space flight participant, which is a good way to describe it.— space flight participant, which is a good way to describe it. how do you feel the other _ good way to describe it. how do you feel the other astronauts _ good way to describe it. how do you feel the other astronauts on - good way to describe it. how do you feel the other astronauts on board l feel the other astronauts on board the international space station will feel about these and astronauts joining in? if you like they are kind of having to babysit them? this is nothin: kind of having to babysit them? try 3 is nothing new. since international space station began operations almost from the beginning, we had the first so—called space tourism,

space flight participant in dennis tito, a nasa employee many years ago, and then left nasa and became quite wealthy. but a seat to go fly with the russians, and from that point on in the early to thousands, we have seen a number of these space flight participants pay their way at flying aboard russian spacecraft to the iss. this is the first non—russian commercial flight, the iss. this is the first non—russian commercialflight, if non—russian commercial flight, if ul, non—russian commercialflight, if ul, to take nonprofessionals to the iss. so the people on board, they are fine with it. this is part of the evolution. government builds the infrastructure and then commercial businesses kind of start taking that over. 0k, ok, doctor, great to talk to you. thank you. let's return now ukraine — civilians are being urged to leave the country after two missiles hit a train station in the city of kramatorsk on friday, killing more than 50 people. i'm joined now by louise callaghan, correspondent at the sunday times

who was in kramatorsk. shejoins us from dnipro. welcome to you. i think you arrived on the scene some hours afterwards. what did you see? i on the scene some hours afterwards. what did you see?— what did you see? i arrived yesterday _ what did you see? i arrived yesterday afternoon, i what did you see? i arrived yesterday afternoon, aboutj what did you see? i arrived i yesterday afternoon, about eight hours after the attack. by the time i got up to the train station, the bodies had already been cleared away. but what i saw was the remnants of an enormous attack. i saw the remnants of what happens when a huge missile slams into a crowd of 1000 civilians waiting at the train station. blood smeared all over the floor, toys, packed lunches, scattered across the station concourse, then i went to the hospital and spoke to the doctors and the nurses there who described what they saw. i spoke to people who have survived who have suffered shrapnel wounds. then he went to the morgue and saw the bodies of some of those who have been killed and a 12—year—old girl.

absolutely horrific to witness and the hours immediately afterwards. what more did the medical staff there try to save lives and help those many injured. what did they say to you about how they were coping? say to you about how they were coin: ? , say to you about how they were co .m. ? , ., , , , coping? they were massively overstretched. _ coping? they were massively overstretched. they - coping? they were massively overstretched. they were i coping? they were massively i overstretched. they were rushing around, surgeons were operating at once, it was just this huge overwhelming surge of casualties. a lot of people had already evacuated after being told to leave in recent days, but many, many people were still trying to make it onto these trains, so there were huge numbers of people there stop at those who could go by car did, but a lot of these people didn't have access to their own transport and they thought their own transport and they thought the trains would be safe. this he their own transport and they thought the trains would be safe.— the trains would be safe. as he say, the trains would be safe. as he say, the trains would be safe. as he say, the train station _ the trains would be safe. as he say, the train station there _ the trains would be safe. as he say, the train station there a _ the trains would be safe. as he say, the train station there a hub - the trains would be safe. as he say, the train station there a hub for i the train station there a hub for ukrainians fleeing the violence and the fighting in don bass and the eastern dashed eastern ukraine. are people still trying to leave that way? is the train still up and

running? it way? is the train still up and running?— way? is the train still up and runninu? , ., , ., running? it is not up and running but many people _ running? it is not up and running but many people are _ running? it is not up and running but many people are still - running? it is not up and running but many people are still trying i running? it is not up and running l but many people are still trying to leave by road. as we drove out this morning, they were just buses and buses going the other way, going in there, trying to pick up civilians and trying to bring them out, because i think that who stayed there, they are tough, they have lived with work for eight years nearby and a lot of them wanted to stay with their houses and their properties who didn't have anywhere else to go. but now they know that they have to leave. a lot of people will have made that decision overnight after this a track on the train station. the overnight after this a track on the train station.— train station. the kremlin has denied responsibility - train station. the kremlin has denied responsibility for i train station. the kremlin has denied responsibility for this | denied responsibility for this attack and had to journalist who as reporting on this, what is your assessment of what you saw and how this may have unfolded? weill. this may have unfolded? well, eve one this may have unfolded? well, everyone there _ this may have unfolded? well, everyone there believes - this may have unfolded? well, everyone there believes that i this may have unfolded? well, everyone there believes that itj this may have unfolded? h everyone there believes that it was the russian forces, you know, whether they were in russia itself or in the people's republican who fired, russia says they didn't. what i will say is thatjust after the

attack, pro—telegram channels where close to the kremlin posting saying there has been a successful attack ljy there has been a successful attack by russia on the train station, then once the extent of the civilian casualties became clear, that was deleted and russia has since claimed that they did not in fact perpetrate the attack. it was —— they say it was the ukrainians who did this to have christ and i do thank you very much for being with us on bbc news here thank you. here, labour have accused the chancellor, rishi sunak, of failing to be transparent about his household's financial arrangements as millions of people face a living standards crisis. mr sunak�*s wife says she will now pay uk taxes on her overseas income, after the political row over her non—domiciled status. 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 says his fourteen year old son, who went missing with them, had died. his body hasn't been recovered. the group got into trouble when they 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. emmanuel macron is likely to come out on top, but his closest rival marine le pen is gaining ground. the bbc�*s tim wilcox is in paris and has been explaining what is different for marie 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. time for the weather now with darren hello there. warmer weather on the way for next week which i'm sure will be a welcome change. this weekend, though, has been cold and it will be frosty again tonight. before we seek out amounts tending to increase during tomorrow. that cloud is coming in from the west. this cloud eventually arriving across western

areas of the uk. ahead of that, we got the clearest skies, a few showers around today, and they will continue across northern parts of scotland, a bit wintry over hills. otherwise for many, we will have clear skies. that means i frost quite widely as well. temperatures could be down to —a or —5. it won't be as cold as he had towards the western coast, particularly into northern ireland with more cloud arriving by morning and we will continue to see that cloud thickening across western areas as the breeze picks up. further east, sympatric cloud well developed, will still be sunshine at times, the shower perhaps across more northeastern parts of scotland. as the wind picks up across these western areas, we see the cloud thickening, a bit of rain for northern ireland, otherwise most places will be dry with temperatures 12 degrees, an improvement on today, but not by much. we will find an area of low pressure setting to the west of the uk as we head into monday. the winds will be stronger and we've got some more rain trying to come in from the west. it won't be as cold to start with on monday.

many places starting with some sunshine. where we have got this directive shall remain for southwest england, wales, northern ireland, it could be heavy and thundering. it may well drift its way further northwards and eastward through the day. until late in the day, though, eastern scotland in eastern england are likely to be dry. as temperatures getting up to 17 degrees at some sunshine in the southeast of england. it has been called for quite a while, but it looks like things are set to change. instead of the northerly wind that we have seen recently, it's going to be more of a southerly wind, and that will bring with that warmer air, lifting those temperatures up to as high as 19 degrees in the southeast by tuesday. but at the same time as this warmer air, we have got the threat of some rain. we've got pulses of rain coming all the way from spain and portugal over biscay and into the uk as well. that ring can be a bit heavy at times, but outside of the rain, there will be some warm sunshine. this is what it does to the temperatures, though. you can see how we are climbing day on day, but that rain could be heavy across some parts of the uk. that's

it. goodbye.