this is bbc news. our top stories: on our exclusive visit to volodymyr zelensky�*s war bunker, ukraine's president tells the bbc continuing russian attacks are narrowing the chance for a peace deal. bucha is in this process, closing these possibilities — bucha, borodyanka, mariupol. so, i don't have — you know, it's not about me, it's more about russia. russia says the flagship of its black sea fleet has sunk after an explosion. ukraine claims it hit the moskva with missiles. a british man whojoined the islamic state group

in syria is convicted in the united states over the beheading of six westerners. shocking scenes in shanghai. clashes between the police and the people as the city's strict covid lockdown enters its third week. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. ukraine's president volodymyr zelenzky says european countries that continue to buy oilfrom russia are aiding the country's war against them and they will have blood on their hands. he's urged western leaders to speed up the delivery of military aid to help ukraine. he's been talking to the bbc�*s clive myrie who sat down with president zelenskyy in his wartime bunker.

for the entirety of the wobbler midlands gear called this heavily fortified building home in the centre of kyiv. how difficult has it been for you to be here throughout this without your family? my to be here throughout this without your family? my “ob. i have to do it i without your family? my “ob. i have to do it and it h without your family? my “ob. i have to do it and it is _ have to do it and it is difficult without family. to be anywhere- — difficult without family. to be anywhere. his _ difficult without family. to be anywhere. his wife _ difficult without family. to be anywhere. his wife angela i difficult without family. to be l anywhere. his wife angela and are safe at an undisclosed location. his companions here, emily harmed a mic armed troops, sandbags. at the start of the war they walked around in the darkness here, afraid of russian shelling. it’s in the darkness here, afraid of russian shelling.— russian shelling. it's like our own country- _ russian shelling. it's like our own country. like _ russian shelling. it's like our own country. like our- russian shelling. it's like our| own country. like our country is going through the dark. to the victory, i hope so. figs is going through the dark. to the victory, i hope so.- the victory, i hope so. as we enter what's _ the victory, i hope so. as we enter what's labelled - the victory, i hope so. as we enter what's labelled the - enter what's labelled the situation room, the president

at the text. it situation room, the president at the text-— at the text. it emmanuel matron? _ at the text. it emmanuel macron? yes, _ at the text. it emmanuel macron? yes, he - at the text. it emmanueli macron? yes, he phoned at the text. it emmanuel - macron? yes, he phoned me. we have connections.— macron? yes, he phoned me. we have connections._ he i have connections. that's it. he dro - ed have connections. that's it. he drapped you — have connections. that's it. he drapped you a _ have connections. that's it. he dropped you a message? - have connections. that's it. he dropped you a message? yes, | have connections. that's it. he . dropped you a message? yes, but hejust dropped you a message? yes, but he just tried to reach.— he just tried to reach. when ou he just tried to reach. when you have — he just tried to reach. when you have some _ he just tried to reach. when you have some time. - he just tried to reach. when you have some time. we i he just tried to reach. when | you have some time. we are holding up mr macron? i see the +33, that's paris.— +33, that's paris. that is true. +33, that's paris. that is true- a _ +33, that's paris. that is true. a few _ +33, that's paris. that is true. a few minutes - +33, that's paris. that is| true. a few minutes later +33, that's paris. that is . true. a few minutes later he returns. _ true. a few minutes later he returns, his _ true. a few minutes later he returns, his preoccupation i true. a few minutes later he returns, his preoccupation a| returns, his preoccupation a renewed russian military onslaught about to begin on the east. are you getting the right weapons in it from the west? translation: we need weapons today so we can fight. we can't wait until some country decides to give or sell a slap on is. some haven't decided on this and we can't wait for two or three weeks or months. the us,

united kingdom and some european countries are helping but we need it sooner. need it now. is it enough? we don't think so. the priority word is sooner. the priority words, quickly, now. he sooner. the priority words, quickly. nova— sooner. the priority words, quickly, now. he is a president who has been _ quickly, now. he is a president who has been cut _ quickly, now. he is a president who has been cut off— quickly, now. he is a president who has been cut off from - quickly, now. he is a president who has been cut off from his. who has been cut off from his people, a citizenry suffering unimaginable horrors at the hands of a ruthless adversarial. he is full of hate, he says, for russian troops and their leaders, gradually limiting the scope of the peace talks. how do you sit across the table to try to stop the war? how do you do that? buchais the war? how do you do that? bucha is in this process closing the possibilities. bucha, mariupol, so i don't have, it's not about me. it's

more about russia. they will not have so many chances. in the long period to speak with us. �* ., ., .,, the long period to speak with us. and what of those european countries? _ us. and what of those european countries? despite _ us. and what of those european countries? despite other- countries? despite other sanctions, still sending billions to russia in oil and gas revenues. translation: we understand he can make money out of load. understand he can make money out of load-— understand he can make money out of load. unfortunately some euro ean out of load. unfortunately some european countries _ out of load. unfortunately some european countries have - out of load. unfortunately some european countries have done i european countries have done this. before the war began i spoke to chancellor merkel and said if a full—scale invasion of ukraine happens, they will go further into poland and after that they will be on borders of germany. if it happened would you save your people it's fine, its business, it's just business? people it's fine, its business, it'sjust business?— people it's fine, its business, it'sjust business? how do you maintain hope? _ it'sjust business? how do you maintain hope? in _ it'sjust business? how do you maintain hope? in the - it'sjust business? how do you maintain hope? in the future, | maintain hope? in the future, given everything that happened?

translation: it's not hope, its certainty. translation: it's not hope, its certain . ., , , certainty. you will be in? yes, of course- _ certainty. you will be in? yes, of course. mr _ certainty. you will be in? yes, of course. mr president, - certainty. you will be in? yes, | of course. mr president, thank ou. russia's defence ministry says the flagship of its black sea fleet, the cruiser moskva, has sunk a day after ukraine said it had been hit by missiles. russia has not confirmed ukraine's claim, saying only there was a fire aboard that set off ammunition. the ship went down as it was being towed back to port in stormy weather. it's being described as a big blow to the russian fleet. tim allman reports. the scourge of the black sea now buried at the bottom of it. the moskva — or �*moscow�* in english — was a symbol of russia's military might and crucial to its operations in ukraine. what caused its demise remains disputed. ukraine says it hit the moskva with neptune cruise missiles

launched from the coast. russia would only admit there had been a fire on board after ammunition exploded. the 12,500—tonne ship was operating in an undisclosed location in the black sea when the incident occurred. it was being towed back to the port of sevastopol in bad weather when the moskva sunk. so this is a real moment of truth for russia, frankly, you know, early on. eventually, the truth typically does come out, but there is usually some kind of narrative around it and this seems a bit more forthright than we have seen in many of the weeks preceding. the satellite images show the moskva in port earlier this month. the warship had played a key role in russia's military campaign in syria and was leading the naval assault on ukraine. all this made it an important symbolic and military target. it is perhaps ironic that on the day it sank, the ukrainian postal service issued these stamps,

marking a famous moment of the start of the war when border guards defied a russian ship on an island in the black sea. that ship is believed to be the moskva. translation: an important event happened. _ our armed forces destroyed the aggressor�*s flagship. i think this event has to have a place in everyone's memory. the truth of what really happened to the moskva will perhaps never be known, but it will play no further part in this war, or any war. the impact of its loss on russia's military plans is also unclear, but this is the biggest warship to be sunk by enemy action since the second world war. tim allman, bbc news. for more about what the russians are saying about the sinking of their black sea flagship, our russia editor steve rosenberg gave us this update from moscow.

as the symbol of russia's black sea fleet, the moskva was an enormous symbol, really. a symbol of russia's military might. and the fact that this symbol has been engulfed in fire, has been put out of action, has now sunk while being towed back to harbour — that, i think, is a major blow to the prestige of the russian armed forces. and it kind of goes against what president putin was saying just a couple of days ago, when he declared that what he calls his �*special military operation�* was going according to plan. and talking of president putin, a couple of things struck me. the first thing is how different the presidents of russia and ukraine are. on the one hand, you've got president zelensky trying to get his message out to the world, giving interviews to western journalists. vladimir putin hasn't given interviews to the western media since russia attacked ukraine. but there's one thing the two men have in common — publicly, at least, they both insist they're going to win.

steve rosenberg reporting earlier. i'm joined now by michael b petersen, director of the russia maritime studies institute at the center for naval warfare studies. thanks forjoining us, michael. it's good to be with you. if ukraine did sink the ship, as they claim, something we haven't been able to verify, just how do they do it and have the ability to sink? this is a massive warship talking about. yes, it really is a big ship and it is an open question as to exactly how they managed to pull this off. i will say first of all the material condition of all the material condition of the moskva maybe was not exactly up to snuff, maybe not up exactly up to snuff, maybe not up to what should have been. moskva as you've pointed out is a very old warship and was even catered for decommissioning a few years ago until the russians decided to put her back to see. i like to joke that moskva is held together by paint and it may not be

altogether untrue. so on one sense it's material condition of the ship and secondly it's just very difficult to conduct our defence against a modern antiship crews missile. these are ukrainian missiles that were indigenously built in ukraine and appearto were indigenously built in ukraine and appear to be quite capable missiles. i ukraine and appear to be quite capable missiles.— capable missiles. i am no military — capable missiles. i am no military expert. _ capable missiles. i am no military expert. i'd - capable missiles. i am no i military expert. i'd imagine most people watching aren't military experts but what we can see over the last month or so is that the underdog ukraine has defended itself well. what is the sinking of this ship and perhaps some of the other failures and setbacks of russia tell us about their military capability? is it weak, is it old, is it ageing, is it ill planned? what's going on, why is russia struggling so much? there are umber of reasons for that and it's really interesting, you make a great point. this attack is something of a metaphorfor the point. this attack is something of a metaphor for the entire

war. you haven't and successful attack against a better armed and ostensibly better trained, bigger adversarial that results in a major victory for the underdog. and i think there are a number of reasons for this. obviously, russia has underestimated ukraine and in this case in particular, i'm not certain that russia believes that ukraine had any more of these particular missiles left. so that may have been part of their thinking and allowing moskva to sell this close to shore. in general i do think the russians have underestimated ukrainian resolve, they've underestimated ukrainian training and the gradient�*s ability and willingness to resist and to their own dismay, i'm sure. michael, good to talk to you. thank you for the analysis. michael b petersen, thank you. a former british national who joined the islamic state group in syria has been found guilty in the united states

of hostage—taking and conspiracy related to the murders of four americans in syria. el shafee elsheikh was part of an is militant cell dubbed the beatles by hostages because of their british accents. a warning: you may find some of this report by nomia iqbal distressing. nearly a decade later, el shafee elsheikh will finally pay for his crimes. he has been found guilty of being a member of the gang who kidnapped and beheaded hostages in syria. the victims were american journalists james foley, steven sotloff, and aid workers peter kassig and kayla mueller. he also conspired in the deaths of british aid workers david haines and alan henning. none of their bodies have ever been found. they were killed in acts of barbarism that shocked the world, and now, theirfamilies have finally got justice. it was a lot more emotional. i expected to be happy, excited but, you know,

it's the realisation that, you know, he's guilty, and what he's done to all the families, all the hostages. i've not slept a full night's sleep, probably, since my dad was killed in 2014. so, hopefully, tonight, i'll get a full night's sleep. he was given the best, in terms of mercy and justice, as opposed to what our citizens and the british citizens went through. all of them have been in court every day, reliving the nightmare. kayla mueller�*s mother wept on the stand, as she read out ransom e—mails sent by elsheikh, saying the gang wanted millions for her daughter to be freed. former hostages who were released after the ransom was paid described elsheikh and his accomplices as "sadists", who electrocuted, water—boarded and starved them. one said he tried to kill himself to escape. the defence tried to make out this was a case of mistaken identity, relying on the fact he always wore a full mask around hostages.

when the verdicts came through, elsheikh showed very little reaction. the families quietly wept, held each other�*s hands, and there was an audible sigh of relief. it's taken them nearly ten years to getjustice. as you've heard, david haines was one of the victims. he was a british aid worker who was captured and killed by the islamic state group in september 2014. his brother, mike, has been speaking to our reporter steve swann. he was my little brother. he had this charisma around him. he was a bubbly person. he drew people in. when david started talking to refugees, he changed. we saw the first time a sense of purpose. he found

his calling. a sense of purpose. he found his calling-— a sense of purpose. he found his calling. then he heard the news he had _ his calling. then he heard the news he had been _ his calling. then he heard the| news he had been kidnapped? yes. i... ithought news he had been kidnapped? yes. i... i thought it was the worst day of my life. having to tell my mum, our mum, our parents, ourfamily, that he had been taken., i, i couldn't imagine anything worse. we firmly believed that once isis knew they had british and american health teachers, they were dead men working — just walking. it was 18 months of health. �* . health. and then he had the worst news _ health. and then he had the worst news possible. - health. and then he had the worst news possible. can i health. and then he had the l worst news possible. can you tell us about that? the worst news possible. can you tell us about that?— worst news possible. can you tell us about that? the 13th of september — tell us about that? the 13th of september was _ tell us about that? the 13th of september was the _ tell us about that? the 13th of september was the night - tell us about that? the 13th of september was the night that| tell us about that? the 13th of. september was the night that my family were torn apart. just a

few days beforehand, i had moved most of my family to my home. we had people sleeping on the couch, air beds and all sorts of places. the 13th of september was a beautiful day. we had filled it full of family love, laughterand we had filled it full of family love, laughter and hope... we had filled it full of family love, laughterand hope... and we hoped that my brother would come home safe. there had been an outcry around the world, calling for the release of a humanitarian worker called david haines. we had all gone to our beds. i am sat on the side of my bed on dressing, and my phone began to ring. it was three minutes past 11, at night. and there was the

blackness inside of me because i knew it was the call i had been dreading since day one. it was my team leader here in london telling me that david was no longer with us. and i gathered my family together. i took my mum's hand... and told her her son could not be hurt anymore. that was truly the worst day of my life. terrorists with any attack are looking to spread hatred. their

actions of murdering my brother were about hate. and if i hate, they win. they hold a big part of my life because i have hate for them. so i will not give them hate. david's remains lie rotting in a desert somewhere. he was not brought home. and, for me, that is not important. because david walks with me still. a truly moving interview. mike haines was speaking to our reporter steve swann. you can find that interview and also one with diane foley, the mother of murdered journalist james foley, on our website, bbc.com/news.

there's been a second of day of protests in the city of grand rapids in the us state of michigan after police released video footage of a white officer shooting dead a black man during a confrontation. the footage shows patrick lyoya being shot in the back of the head as the two men wrestle after a traffic stop. the protests have remained calm and peaceful, though anger is high. our correspondent, john sudworth, has the story. a warning: his report contains some distressing images. hey, stay in the car! stay in the car! it began as a routine police matter, with 26—year—old patrick lyoya pulled over in his car by a white officer in a michigan suburb. do you have a driver's licence? do you speak english? yes. but what happened next has once again put the question of racialjustice and policing right back in the national spotlight. 1915, we've got one running. as mr lyoya tries to get away,

there's a struggle over the police taser ..before mr lyoya is forced face down to the ground. let go of the taser! and then, as the struggle continues, the police officer draws his gun... gunshot ..and fires one fatal shot to the back of the head. at a press conference, his mother and father, who'd fled the war in congo eight years ago, spoke of their anger that their son had been killed by a bullet on the streets of america. i'm asking forjustice. applause i'm asking for justice for patrick. what do we want? now! protests have already been held over the ten days since the shooting, but now the release of the video has the potential to spark a wider outcry. the officer, whose name has not yet been released, faces an investigation — while america yet again grapples with the questions posed by a police shooting of an unarmed black man.

john sudworth, bbc news, washington. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. the world's richest person, tesla boss elon musk, has offered to buy the social media platform twitter. mr musk said he would pay $54 a share for the company, valuing it at $40 billion. twitter�*s share price immediately soared at the news of the offer but some major shareholders including the saudi prince al waleed bin talal have already rejected the proposal. scores of people are still missing in the philippines following floods and mudslides triggered by tropical storm megi. more than 130 are now confirmed to have died. the islands are battered by more than 20 storms a year and scientists have warned the number could rise because of climate change. plans to send some asylum seekers who arrive in the uk to live in rwanda have been described as "absolutely chilling" by charities

and politicians. britain's home secretary priti patel, who travelled to rwandan capital kigali to sign the deal, said the vast majority of those arriving in the uk illegally would be considered for relocation to rwanda. the government says the system would reduce people—smuggling and discourage people from trying to reach britain in small boats. but the united nations' refugee agency said people fleeing conflict and persecution deserved compassion and empathy, and should not be traded like commodities. let's turn to china now, where there are signs of growing tension in shanghai after video emerged of a confrontation between police and people being forced out of their homes as the city enters its third week of a covid lockdown. clashes occured as police forcibly moved people out of residential compounds, which are being turned into temporary quarantine centres. our correspondent robin brant reports from shanghai.

crowd shouts three weeks into lockdown, some here in shanghai are angry. in broad daylight, a confrontation. the police up against the people. horns honk woman screams scenes like this have become increasingly unusual here, but then, so is locking down almost 25 million people. head to toe in protective suits, in an eastern district of the city, officers were forcing people out of their rented apartments so they could turn them into temporary quarantine facilities, all in the name ofa waragainst a resurgent covid. but, for some, it was just too much. their homes sequestered, their desperation easy for all to hear. woman cries

a few miles away, there was an organised protest — a bold stand as the lockdown takes hold. in a country where you can be arrested for picking quarrels, they're angry about a local school being turned into another quarantine facility. police with riot shields forced them off the streets in the end. this was on a small scale but it's a sign of anger and frustration as this lockdown goes on. larger scale social unrest is what the ruling communist party fears the most and would likely tolerate the least. robin brant, bbc news, shanghai. and a bit of news that's come from germany where berlin zoo has celebrated the birthday of a rather historic gorilla. her name is fatou and yesterday, she turned a stunning 65 years old. for context, the average

lifespan for most western lowland gorillas is roughly 35—40 years. so, the zoo presented fatou with a cake made of rice and fruit. happy birthday! hello there. the weather this easter�*s looking pretty decent across much of the country. could see a little bit of rain pushing into the far north and west of the uk as we head through easter sunday into easter monday. but i think for many, it will stay fine, dry and pretty warm. temperatures into the low 20s celsius across the warmest part of the south and east of england. we'll have these weather fronts across more western areas, but this high pressure will continue to exert its force and keep them out at bay. so, for good friday, many places will start dry with some sunshine through central and eastern areas. a bit of coastal mist and fog around. further west, closer to those weather fronts, we'll have more cloud —

northern ireland, south west scotland, along irish sea coasts down into south west england, the odd shower around here. the odd shower could develop elsewhere as temperatures reach the low 20s across the southeast. most places, though, will be dry, and for many, it's going to be mild with light winds. as we head through friday night, most places will be dry. any showers will die away. we'll see some low cloud, mist and fog returning, particularly across more southern and western areas. for many, it's going to be a mild night, but under clearer skies across the east, could be fairly chilly. so, for saturday, another dry day, plenty of sunshine from the word go across the south—east. after that cool start, temperatures will rise. again, there is a very slim chance of a shower developing here and there. most places will be dry with sunny spells. bit more cloud across the very far west. temperatures, again, mid—to—high teens, low 20s in the warmest spots. now, this is where we start to see a little bit of difference, a little change to the weather through easter sunday into monday. we could start to see our area of high pressure break down. that'll allow low pressure to push in from the west, but pushing weather fronts from west to east. but because these weather fronts

will try to bump into this area of high pressure, they will be fizzling as they try to track their way eastwards. i think easter sunday, the very far west of the country looks like it will see some cloud and rain. elsewhere, most of the country will be dry again with plenty of sunshine, and it'll be quite warm with temperatures reaching 20 or 21 degrees. as we move into easter monday, that front clears eastern areas — barely anything on it. slightly fresher day to come for many, with low pressure to the north of the uk. could be quite windy across northern scotland, one or two showers here. but elsewhere, i think it looks largely fine, dry and settled, with temperatures a little bit lower.

this is bbc news. the headlines: volodymyr zelensky�*s criticised eu countries that continue to buy russian oil, saying they are aiding the country's attack on ukraine. the bbc had an exclusive interview with the ukrainian president inside his war bunker in which he urged western leaders to speed up the delivery of weapons to ukraine. russia says a warship that was damaged by an explosion on wednesday has sunk. it said moskva, the flagship of russia's black sea fleet, was being towed to port when "stormy seas" caused it to sink. ukraine say they hit the warship with missiles. a former british national who joined the islamic state group in syria, has been found

guilty of involvement