this is bbc news, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. russia resumes missile attacks near kyiv. moscow says it targeted a factory making anti—ship missiles, and threatens more to come. the world braces for wheat shortages as the war disrupts global supplies — we're in the port city of odesa. millions of tonnes of grain are just not leaving. in the question is, what will happen to international supply routes should this work continue and if russia takes control of this region? more than 150 palestinians are injured in clashes with israeli police atjerusalem's holy site. the british home secretary pushes

ahead with the uk's plan to send some asylum seekers to rwanda, despite concerns from her own civil servants. hello, thank you forjoining us. russia has threatened to intensify attacks on the ukrainian capital kyiv, if its territory is further targeted. tensions have risen since russia's iconic warship the moskva sank yesterday — moscow says the sinking was caused by a fire, but ukraine says it hit the vessel with missiles. a weapons factory near kyiv has already been partially destroyed in a russian attack. our correspondent yogita limaye reports from the ukrainian capital. this was the moskva. russia's prized warship

in the black sea. it's now sunk. ukraine says its missiles hit the vessel. russia says a fire caused the ship to sink. it's a humiliating loss for the country. and one of the biggest such incidents since world war ii. in what is being seen as retaliation, russia's defence ministry shared this video, saying it had launched an attack on a military facility outside ukraine's capital. the russian rocket hit the target, a missile factory now destroyed. russia has threatened more strikes on kyiv if ukraine continues to attack its territory. sirens after the relative silence of two weeks since russian

forces withdrew from kyiv, air raid sirens continued to ring from night into the morning. yuri gladchenko lives near the site of the attack. translation: i woke up to the sound of an explosion atjust past 1am. - my house shock like there was an earthquake. then i heard more explosions. the lights went out. i have no electricity or water now. the area around the factory which was hit is a residential neighbourhood. it's quite densely populated. it's only about a is—minute drive from here to the centre of the city. the attack overnight, a reminder ofjust how vulnerable kyiv remains as a target. this city has just begun to come alive. people who were forced underground for weeks when areas around kyiv came under russian control are cautiously coming out for a moment of calm in the sun.

translation: you forget sometimes that you're - still afraid of every sound, even if it comes from your neighbour's house, or if someone bangs a car door. you shiver and try to overcome that. no words can describe how scary it is. we can't be sure what will happen next. the future might be worse. the images coming from the east show just how bad things could get. this is the port city of mariupol, believed to be close to falling into russian hands. it's been more than seven weeks of war. a short while ago, yogita gave us the very latest from kyiv. there are fears that in the coming days, there could be more attacks on strategic targets in and around kyiv, given that russia has threatened this, that it will increase the number of strikes in kyiv if ukraine continues shelling russian villages near the border.

in the past few days we've seen a few cafes, restaurants, public parks in the city beginning to open up, people coming out, but many are now wondering whether it's safe to do so or whether or when it will be safe to do so, given the threat hanging over kyiv. in the south and east of this country, bombardment and fighting continues, particularly in the besieged port city of mariupol. ukraine's deputy prime minister has said that around 3,000 people have been evacuated from these areas today, including around 360 people from mariupol, who came out of the city in their own cars. but we've also since heard from the prosecutor general of this country, who has accused russian forces of firing on two buses carrying civilians in a district in the south of this country. in and around kyiv, where i am, ukrainian authorities are continuing

the process of recovering the bodies of those who have died in the areas, those who died in the fighting, those who died when these areas were under russian control. the police chief of the region has said they've recovered more than 900 bodies so far. they are investigating for war crimes and say they are gathering evidence and will be presenting it in front of international courts. the cost of the conflict is being felt across the globe, particularly in places that rely on wheat imports. russia and ukraine together export more than a quarter of the world's supply, without which many people face starvation. but there are millions of tonnes trapped in storage that cannot leave ukraine because of blockades. the bbc�*s catherine byaruhanga has been to the port of 0desa from where she sent this report. it's in small villages like this that much of the world's wheat exports are grown.

but war and destruction are making that almost impossible. in the south of ukraine, the 0desa region has been saved from the heaviest of fighting. boris's family has owned this farm for 20 years — he's worried about getting supplies of seeds and fuel for the current planting season. this could lead to even more global food shortages in the future. translation: when oil depots began to be bombed in odesa, _ there was a problem with the fuel. i managed to buy part of the fuel, but it's impossible to ensure the stable operation of business without fuel. it's here on the black sea that most of ukraine's exports leave for the rest of the world. but right now, the russian navy as blockading ports all along this coastline.

millions of tonnes of grain arejust not leaving. and the question is, what will happen to international supply routes should this work continue, and if russia takes control this region? —— should this war continue. ukraine's supply chains have ground to a halt. food from this warehouse goes to countries like egypt, lebanon, and saudi arabia, which are experiencing price hikes. but traders are scared to bring their precious cargo here because of the war. this shipping company says a nearby port has 12 stranded ships with some 400,000 tonnes of grain. translation: everyone is out of work today. - it's still so painful. last month, people receive their salaries — but now people will be without money because everything has stopped. as ukraine's farm belt is stretched further to the brink, the more pressure world leaders will face to end this war, to help families put food on their tables.

catherine byaruhanga, bbc news, 0desa. let's talk more about some of the latest lines coming out of ukraine. lawrence korb was assistant secretary of defence under president reagan between 1981—1985. dr korb also served on active duty for four years as naval flight officer, and retired from the naval reserve with the rank of captain. thank you very much forjoining us. now we have seen this escalation today as russia lost its flagship, then retaliated by attacking missile plants near kyiv. just tell us first of all about the different narratives we are hearing about the sinking of the ship? because ukraine says they were responsible, russia is telling a different story — what's the military and symbolic

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the army, it's going to be very, very difficult to do. if you want to get the land carter from the donbas over to crimea, you'll have to capture some of the naval ports. 0desa would obviously be a big target, but what the ukrainians are saying is if you come close to this again, you're going to suffer, and also if you use these naval forces to support your land forces, they'll pay a heavy price, as well. so to support your land forces, they'll pay a heavy price, as well.- pay a heavy price, as well. so how could this affect _ pay a heavy price, as well. so how could this affect the _ pay a heavy price, as well. so how could this affect the trajectory - pay a heavy price, as well. so how could this affect the trajectory of l could this affect the trajectory of this war? we've seen russia focus their efforts towards the donbas region, but now they are warning of more attacks near kyiv because of ukraine's action against this ship. where could the work go next? iliaieiiii where could the work go next? well obviously he — where could the work go next? -ii obviously he could get much worse from a civilian casualty point of view. the russians could obviously cause all kinds of damage to civilians and hospitals, and other

infrastructure — but they can't take kyiv because they've shown theyjust don't have the wherewithal to do it. so they can use that to divert a reaction to what happened to the ship. but it won't change anything militarily obviously from a humanitarian point of view, it's a disaster. �* ., humanitarian point of view, it's a disaster. �* . . ., disaster. and what will it change for ukraine? _ disaster. and what will it change for ukraine? ukraine _ disaster. and what will it change for ukraine? ukraine has - disaster. and what will it change | for ukraine? ukraine has received more assistance from western allies, £100 million from the uk worth of equipment recently. how will that change the dynamics in this war? well, i think what it'll do, for the uk, the us and germany to keep giving more and more — i mean, we've got the air defence systems that came in from slovakia this week, they'll be very, very, very effective. in fact, they were the russians�*s most effective

anti—aircraft missiles, the s 300. thank you very much forjoining us with analysis. thank you very much for “oining us with “with thank you very much for “oining us with anatysitfi thank you very much for “oining us with analysis. thank you very much for havint with analysis. thank you very much for having me- _ the grandmother of a british man who has been captured in ukraine says she's horrified by images of him being shown on russian tv, and has called for him to be treated humanely. aiden aslin was fighting with ukrainian forces in the besieged city of mariupol, when he told family he was having to surrender to russian forces. here's our correspondent emma vardy. if you're watching this, it means that we've surrendered. the last words to loved ones from within one of the desperate places on earth. we ran out of ammunition. didn't really have any other choice other than to surrender. for weeks, aiden aslin and his unit defended the heavily—bombarded city of mariupol, holding off russian forces as long as they could.

two days ago, his family received a phone call as he explained they were having to surrender. to lay down our arms and head towards the russian soldiers. i knew that the ammunition situation was very low. and they wouldn't have surrendered if they'd still got ammunition. the next time his grandmother and otherfamily members saw him, it was aiden in handcuffs, now a captive, being paraded on russian television. when you see those images, what goes through your mind? i was horrified. absolutely horrified. my heart stopped. his face is swollen, a nasty gash across his forehead. having seen him, i know he's alive but i'm not sure if that's a comfort

because i don't know really how he's being treated. unlike many other foreign fighters who have travelled to ukraine, aiden was no newcomer. he'd become a marine in ukrainian military in 2018, was engaged to a local girl, and had made the country his adopted home. his family say they can only hope for a prisoner exchange. but this conflict is also a battle of propaganda, in which it's clear aiden is now being used by russia to play a part. emma vardy, bbc news. south african authorities say almost 400 people are now known to have died during severe floods in kwazulu—natal province — described as the worst in decades. the provincial premier said almost 41,000 people have been affected around the city of durban. with more bad weather predicted over the easter weekend, there are concerns of further

destruction and deaths. the ground is already saturated and water levels are dangerously high. the bbc�*s vumani mkhize has sent this report from durban. are an indication of the severity of the floodwaters that ravaged the city. volu nteers volunteers and waste pickers have begun what is a monumental clean—up operation here at the durban beachfront. as you can see behind me, the scale of the debris washed behind me by the raging waters is immense. unfortunately for the kwazulu—natal province, more bad weather is expected over the easter weekend, which will hamper the clean—up operations. while the torrential rains and mudslides could not be avoided, residents say...

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rebuildint to be able to close their roofs. the rebuilding process here will be long and expensive. and for residents of the city, the events of this week will linger long after the floodwaters have receded. the uk home secretary, priti patel, has issued what's known as "ministerial direction" to introduce the controversial policy of sending some asylum seekers to rwanda. such directions are used when civil servants have concerns about a proposed policy — but not necessarily — because they are opposed to it. i'm joined now by our chief political correspondent adam fleming. adam, good to see you. help us understand, first of all, what does ministerial direction is and why it's significant in this case. gladly. in the british system, civil servants implement the policy but government ministers who are elected are accountable for it. and sometimes civil servants are not able to approve a policy because

they've got some concerns — it could be because they've got some ethical issues or they think it might be a legal and they want some backing from their political bosses. in this case, it looks like civil servants can precisely quantify the costs and benefits of this policy of sending asylum—seekers to rwanda, so they had to ask their political masters for approval for this policy to go through. and that is what has happened in this case. home—office sources defending why they've done this, saying we can't allow inaccurate data to stop you taking inaccurate data to stop you taking in action when there's —— humanitarian action when there's a crisis. this is only the second time in 30 years the home—office department has had one of these. so it's pretty rare in that department, a lot more frequent in others. what a lot more frequent in others. what sort of impact _ a lot more frequent in others. what sort of impact could _ a lot more frequent in others. what sort of impact could this _ a lot more frequent in others. what sort of impact could this concern actually have on the final outcome over whether this plan pushes

forward or not?— over whether this plan pushes forward or not? , . , , ., forward or not? this all depends on our toint forward or not? this all depends on your point of— forward or not? this all depends on your point of view _ forward or not? this all depends on your point of view on _ forward or not? this all depends on your point of view on this _ forward or not? this all depends on your point of view on this whole - your point of view on this whole policy. if a supporter of the government, you might be tempted to think this shows you there is institutional resilience to do something radical about migration. if you are one of the government's critics, you'd say here's more proof of why this is a bad idea — this adds to other proof of that argument today that we've heard, so the senior official from the un today that we've heard, so the senior officialfrom the un refugee agency saying they strongly condemn this, they think it is one nation britain outsourcing its responsibilities to another nation, or rwanda. we saw similar concerns from a minister who served under david cameron, and a former immigration mr who served underjohn major. immigration mr who served underjohn ma'or. �* ., ., ., immigration mr who served underjohn ma'or. . . ., ,, , ., major. adam, thank you. -- immigration _ major. adam, thank you. -- immigration minister. - the unhcr called it a "troubling development"

more than 150 palestinians have been injured in clashes with israeli police at the al—aqsa mosque, in occupied eastjerusalem. three israeli police were also hurt. tensions have been high in recent weeks as the fasting month of ramadan coincides with passover forjewish people, and easter for christians. israeli police said they entered the mosque to disperse a crowd, after rocks were thrown ontojewish worshippers at the western wall below. here's our middle east correspondent yolande knell. as day broke injerusalem's old city, sacred to three faiths, tensions were rising at its most bitterly contested site. israeli police say they moved in to disperse a riot by palestinian muslims at al—aqsa mosque. officers fired stun grenades and rubber bullets. palestinians threw stones and firecrackers. the violence came inside the doors of the mosque. it takes hours for a fragile calm to set in, and we meet 0mar joining the clean up. he came for ramadan prayers. you just want to pray.

and it's really heartbreaking to see one of your holy sites, you come from, like, 80 kilometres away, just to get this type of behaviour against you. i'm speechless. nearby, it's a special day for christians. thousands have come for easter and to walk the traditional way of the cross. it's incredible. it's a miracle to be here and to share this holy friday with all the people and to pray for everybody. we pray here for the peace. but for now, those prayers aren't answered. the overlapping religious holidays were always going to raise tensions here in the old city. people of different faiths are celebrating, but these narrow streets feel more on edge after the recent deadly violence and today's clashes. elsewhere in jerusalem, a jewish ritual. families are burning the bread,

banned during passover, which begins tonight. ilana says the holiday�*s overshadowed by attacks in israel, which have killed 14 people. you can't help thinking what will be the passover experience of those families who weren't expecting to have one person less at their table? and it's really a national pain. this should be a joyful time for palestinians and israelis, but instead it's an uneasy one. the lesson from history is that confrontations which start inside these ancient walls can easily slide into a wider conflict. yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. china is beginning military exercises around taiwan. an army spokesman said they were directed at what he called the "wrong signal" being sent about the island by the united states. the exercises coincide with a bipartisan visit by six us

lawmakers to taipei. the biden administration has repeatedly talked of its "rock—solid" commitment to taiwan. but china regards the self—governing island as an integral part of its territory and a foreign ministry spokesman has condemned the us support for taiwan. democrat senator bob menendez is among those visiting taipei. we are here to support taiwan. 0ur relationship is rock—solid. and when a country like taiwan has 90% of the high—end semiconductor industry, it is a country of global significance, of global economic consequence. and those who wish taiwan ill must understand that the global community will look at that and say, we cannot allow taiwan to be negatively impacted, because the world's

interests a re involved. christians around the world have been celebrating good friday — in the vatican in italy, pope francis has been leading the day's worship. he celebrated mass in st peter's basilica, presiding over the good friday liturgy of the lord's passion. on saturday evening, the 85—year—old pontiff will hold the easter vigil. that will be followed by easter mass on sunday morning. there he will perform the traditional "urbi et 0rbi" blessing. in the french capital, paris, people congregated outside notre dame on the third anniversary of the fire which devastated the famous cathedral. an army of workers is racing to clear layers of soot and restore the building in time for its scheduled reopening for the 2024 olympics. around 700,000 people prayed

during the way of the cross in the polish town of kalwaria zebrzydowska. the town is known as �*polishjerusalem'. the tradition of its easter celebrations goes back to the 17th century. hello. the uk may have recorded its highest temperature of the year so far on good friday, in the sunshine in london. but actually, across much of the north and west of the uk, it was quite a cloudy start to the long holiday weekend. it was eastern and southeast england that saw most of the sunshine — and for the record, 23.4 celsius was that temperature in central london. to prove the point, the satellite picture showing all the cloud on good friday in the north and west — now the rule of thumb for saturday's weather is where you're so cloudy, it'll be brighter and warmer, and where you saw the sunshine on good friday, saturday will be just as sunny — and where you get the sunshine, it will feel warmer. temperatures to start the day, no frost, nor will there be for the rest of the weekend. there will early on be quite a bit of cloud towards the north and west,

and through much of wales and southwest england — it's misty, low cloud, but on through the day, notice how a lot of this disappears, it breaks up, we see the sunshine coming through. could stay rather cloudy in the northern isles, especially shetland, towards the coast of aberdeenshire, misty in places and some of the coasts around cornwall as well. it's a warmer—feeling today more widely across the uk with that sunshine. it's a sunnier day in northern ireland, too — though cloud increasing will start to bring some outbreaks of rain very slowly in from the west, as we go on through the night into easter sunday morning, also pushing into parts of western scotland, especially the western isles. elsewhere, 1—2 mist and fog patches, but a recently mild start to easter sunday. and there's a weather front trying to come in on sunday still to some degree being held at bay by this area of high pressure. so, whilst much of the uk will stay dry, we will see some outbreaks of rain covering more of northern ireland very slowly on through the day, and parts of western scotland, especially into the west isles — and then later on, some of this rain would just feed in towards western counties of wales and the far southwest of england. whereas elsewhere,

you continue with another day of warm, sunny spells. it will feel cooler, where you have the rain, it'll be windier, too, and the weather fronts with, well, weakening rain will move through as we go on into easter monday. behind that, you get some sunny spells. it'll feel cooler, and then, another spell of rain looks to be heading into northern ireland and into western, especially northwest scotland, during monday. and with that, there'll be a strengthening wind. the west nile could well see some gales gusts 50 mph or more on easter monday. sunny spells — yes, dry for many, but it will feel cooler by then.

this is bbc news. the headlines... russia threatens to intensify missile strikes near kyiv if ukraine attacks territory belonging to the kremlin. the world braces for wheat shortages as the war disrupts global supplies. crowd chanting. more than 150 palestinians are injured in clashes with israeli police atjerusalem's holy site. the home secretary pushes ahead with plans to send some asylum—seekers to rwanda, despite concerns from her own civil servants.