this is bbc news. welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm lukwesa burak. our top stories... russia warns the us and its allies against supplying further weapons to ukraine — saying it's adding fuel to the conflict. missile attacks resume near kyiv. moscow says it targeted a factory making anti—ship weapons and threatens more to come. russia has banned borisjohnson, the uk foreign secretary liz truss, and defence secretary, ben wallace from entering the country. disaster teams in south africa are on high alert for further floods as more rain is expected over the weekend. harry and meghan make a rare public appearance as the invictus games get under way in the netherlands.

prince harry founded the event to aid veterans from around the world. plans to send asylum seekers from the uk to rwanda are a breach of international law, according to the un's refugee agency. russia has formally warned the united states and its allies, against supplying further weapons to ukraine. the kremlin said, the arms shipments could lead to what it called, "unpredictable consequences". speaking during an interview, president zelensky has acknowledged that up to 3,000 ukrainian soldiers have died and as many as 10,000 have been left injured, since russia invaded his country in february. meanwhile, there have been reports of new strikes on the outskirts of the ukrainian capital, kyiv —

and explosions have also been heard in the western city of lviv. and in the last hour — the russian foreign ministry, has said that it's banning the british prime minister, borisjohnson and other senior ministers from entering russia, over the uk's "hostile" stance on the war in ukraine. the bbc�*s, helena wilkinson, has this report. this was once one of russia's most prized warships. now, the moskva lies at the bottom of the black sea. it's a huge blow to the country and its naval power. ukraine claimed it hit the cruiser with two missiles. russia denied this, saying an explosion on board caused it to sink. the country held a ceremony to mourn its loss. for ukrainians, the sinking of the warship is a morale boost.

many have queued to buy this stamp, showing a ukrainian border guard defiantly standing up to the vessel. but there have already been repercussions. russia says it hit a military facility outside the ukrainian capital — an attack seen as retaliation. it's threatened more strikes on kyiv if ukraine attacks russian territory. the kremlin has also issued a warning to the united states and its allies, saying supplying further arms to ukraine would add fuel to the conflict and could lead to unpredictable consequences, but president zelensky has issued another call for world leaders to back the ukrainian effort with weapons. translation: if someone says, "a year or years?", _ i answer "you can make the war much shorter". the more weapons we get and the sooner we get all the weapons we have requested,

the stronger our position will be and the sooner peace will come. he's also warned the world should be ready for a possible russian nuclear or chemical attack. speaking on cnn, he said russia could do it because people's lives meant nothing to moscow. as the fighting continues, so too does the grim task of recovering those who've been killed in the war. ukrainian police say they found the bodies of 900 civilians in the region around kyiv. air raid siren wails. the capital remains a target and there are fears there could be fresh attacks in and around it in the coming days. helena wilkinson, bbc news. 0ur correspondent danjohnson is in lviv, and gave us more detail about the overnight strikes. explosions reported in one

of the suburbs on the edge of kyiv. the mayor of the city said emergency teams are responding to that blast. we have no confirmation of how much damage has been done, any injuries or loss of life. also an air raid attack on lviv, we are told two russian jets launched an attack, apparently four missiles fired after flying from belarus. but shot down by air defences. even hundreds of miles from the really intense fighting in the east of ukraine, but still risks and russia had threatened renewed attacks. it said in response to ukrainian helicopters firing on villagers over the border in russia itself. the suspicion is russia is responding to show its firepower is not diminished despite the flagship of the black sea fleet having sunk to the bottom of the ocean. we also have that warning from vladimir putin,

a message to the americans earlier this week that if they continue to supply weapons to ukraine, there could be "unintended consequences". president zelensky has talked about russia's ability to launch chemical and nuclear weapons attacks. but it was after that message was sent to the americans that further supplies would be sent to reinforce the ukrainian fighters. right across ukraine, renewed strikes further air raid warnings and nervousness for people of this country. he was speaking from levine. earlier i spoke to ron keller, a former dutch ambassador to russia and ukraine, about what the kremlin�*s warning means. it is a war of words. 0bviously, rhetoric is very important information, propaganda, it is a mixture of all of that. i do think however that the message

of putin does signal that russia is angry at the fact the western countries, nato, not only the us, but nato members as a group are indeed providing humanitarian and military support to ukraine. he is also angry and in combination with that i think what we should look at is that he is also angry at the fact that his initial plan, his initial publicly stated objectives of russia have failed in the sense of conquering ukraine within a few days, regime change, all of that has been turned out to be a bit more complicated for russia. we heard from our correspondent the threat, the veiled threat, perhaps, that president putin would be willing to directly engage with those nato supply routes and possibly maybe even nato territory. he sees what has taking place as a line, a red line. is he willing to cross that line himself?

there is of course a thin line between what we are doing as nato members in supporting ukraine and not engaging actively in the war. there is a gray zone. are we actively supporting ukraine? yes, we are helping ukraine defend itself, but we are not actually fighting. obviously, this is a careful balance that we are trying to keep in order to prevent a world warfrom emerging. 0bviously, that is clear. i think the russians have a similar interest in not further escalating the conflict. it is difficult enough for them already in ukraine. 0bviously, their plan b is to really get the donbas and present it at home as a victory they have always longed for and had their objectives on. that obviously makes russia even more determined to reach those objectives, those restated and redefined objectives. and any effort of third countries

that would make that effort of russia more difficult, obviously is criticised heavily by russia and by putin. i understand that. i do not think that russia has an intention to escalate into nato territory, however, and i think your correspondent also reported that, there are attacks going on still in the rest of ukraine even though the military, the might of the military force of russia has been moved to the eastern part of ukraine. it is clear that the whole of ukraine is at war with russia, including the supply routes. the us state department says it's deeply concerned by the level of violence in jerusalem after clashes on friday between palestinian demonstrators and israeli police. more than 150 palestinians have been injured in clashes with israeli police at the al—aqsa mosque in occupied eastjerusalem. three israeli police officers 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. here's yolande knell. so prayers at the al—aqsa mosque have been going ahead peacefully. and this is after more than 150 people were wounded in the clashes yesterday. it is an encouraging de—escalation, i think we can say, at the moment, after many israelis and palestinians that i spoke to expressed fears that we could be on the brink of another war as was seen last year during ramadan, following troubles at al—aqsa mosque. people have been warning that these tensions could well take place. there had been minor skirmishes, the tensions building up, what are the two sides saying? what has the palestinian side said and what has the israeli response been? there were some very angry rhetoric from palestinian officials after riot police entered the mosque

on the second friday of ramadan. we had the palestinian prime minister talking about this as a brutal assault of worshipers and a dangerous omen. and then hamas, which of course governs gaza, the militant group, they had a big rally there in support of the al—aqsa and a spokesman came out saying they would defend jerusalem with all their might. 0n the other side, the israeli prime minister said that the country was preparing for any scenario. this is after israeli police said that they acted to disperse palestinians who were causing a riot. it said that they had thrown fireworks after dawn prayers, that they had also thrown stones towards jewish worshipers at the western wall just below that. that is of course the holiest of places wherejews can pray. palestinians saw what happened when the police came in using stun grenades and tear gas and hitting people with batons. they saw that as a huge provocation.

but what we are hearing is that egypt, qatar and the un very quickly they came in as mediators to try to restore some sense of calm. as you said, washington also had its voice heard and now what has helped to kind of de—escalate things is the fact that many of the several hundred palestinians who were arrested yesterday have now been released. we understand there has been a sort of loose agreement made. certainly we have seen no rockets fired by hamas militant groups in gaza and we have also not heard any fresh reports of serious arrests, raids by israeli security forces which we have had repeatedly in the past week because in the background, of course, to all of what happened on friday is the fact that tensions were already very high following the deadliest attacks in israel for years over three weeks. attacks which killed 14 people and then that was followed by what the israeli army said was a counterterrorism operation in the west bank and a number of palestinians were killed in clashes there.

it's emerged that the uk government formally instructed civil servants to press ahead with an overhaul of the asylum system before they could estimate how much money would be saved by the scheme. the home secretary, priti patel, had to personally approve the policy, which could see immigrants who've arrived in the uk unofficially flown to rwanda. 0pposition parties have condemned the proposals. i've been speaking to our political correspondent, jonathan blake, who explained how it is that a minister is able to 0verride a policy if it doesn't meet the usual criteria. it is relatively rare for the so—called ministerial direction to be used to get things done, not unheard of. as far as we can make out, this is the second time in 30 years used at the home office.

what it means effectively is the home secretary instructs officials to carry out a policy, in effect overruling or despite the concerns and objections of a senior official. it happens when a policy doesn't meet the usual criteria. in this case, it was all to do with the cost and whether it would represent value for money. civil servants not able to say or work out or quantify how much money this would cost the taxpayer in the or how much it would save compared to what the government is currently spending on processing asylum seekers and refugee system. the home secretary pushed ahead with it despite those concerns, sources close to priti patel saying just because the modelling wasn't available, they weren't able to quantify the cost, doesn't mean they shouldn't tackle an urgent issue already costing the taxpayer huge sums of money, up to £5 million per day at the moment. putting people up in hotels

you cannot be processed. it shows another example of the unconventional nature of what the government is trying to do, flying people to rwanda on arrival across the channel and how much it is testing the limits of the powers the government has. what will happen next? many are saying this is not going to take place. is there going to be debate, to be signed off? the plans are there, has been signed off, government has policy ready to go, thinks it can do it under existing powers it has. it says despite the criticism from the un refugee agency and others about it being against international law that it actually does comply with uk and international law. we have heard the prime minister saying he expects legal challenges, that could slow this policy down or stop it in its tracks before it actually gets going at all.

then there will be more political debate as well because the legislation underpinning the powers which the government is attempting to use here is still going through parliament and still debate over what should and should not be included. coming back to commons over the coming week, more flashpoints come. the government won't mind discussing the sensitive political issue, wants to be seen to be trying to do something for what is for a lot of people the channel about crossings being a big, pressing problem. if it has to argue its case, so be it. we are going to south africa now. water levels are still dangerously high in parts of kwazulu—natal in south africa, after devasting floods earlier this week. people have been urged to move away from low—lying areas, but many have nowhere else to go. more than 400 people have died in the floods and at least 13,000 homes damaged. thousands of survivors are living

in shelters across durban, after the deadliest storms to strike the coastal city in living memory. i'm joined now by thandile chinyavanhu of greenpeace africa in johannesburg. hello to you. you are seeing the scenes pretty close up. just how bad is south africa's climate crisis when it comes to the unpredictability of rain and floods? good morning and thank you for having me. the situation is quite dire in durban as you mention. there is an increased experience from the public of despair as they are seeing a lot of destruction and lives lost. and people are struggling with the fact that there is no clean water, food or shelter accessible to them. why is this happening? this food or shelter accessible to them. why is this happening?— why is this happening? this is siml as why is this happening? this is simply as a — why is this happening? this is simply as a result _

why is this happening? this is simply as a result of - why is this happening? this is simply as a result of climate l simply as a result of climate change. we've been having the information available to us for over 30 years, that has been indicating that as a region we are particularly vulnerable to increased precipitation especially on the eastern coast of our country in durban. where we see those scenes playing out right now. we have had the information, we have had the science. it is worth noting that the ip pc report released last year indicated that this region would be experiencing more storm like conditions or cyclone conditions much like we have seen taken place. when you say the region, are you talking about the southern tip of south africa or mozambique or the wider southern african region? there are va in: wider southern african region? there are varying impacts _ wider southern african region? there are varying impacts that _ wider southern african region? there are varying impacts that are - wider southern african region? ii—ii” are varying impacts that are taking place across the region, but particularly in south africa on the eastern coast. and the western coast, we are expecting to see a lot

more drought conditions, ecological deaths and wildfires. across the region, african regions we have received reports and research that has indicated that we are going to be seeing a lot more climate shock taking place. we are already seeing that demonstrated in somalia. serra; that demonstrated in somalia. sorry to interruat. — that demonstrated in somalia. sorry to interruat. i _ that demonstrated in somalia. sorry to interrupt, i have _ that demonstrated in somalia. sorry to interrupt, i have to _ that demonstrated in somalia. sorry to interrupt, i have to get _ that demonstrated in somalia. sorry to interrupt, i have to get the next question and because it's important. you are saying that the indicators are there, the data is there, the warnings have been coming. what has been done to mitigate the consequences?— been done to mitigate the consequences? been done to mitigate the conse . uences? ., ., been done to mitigate the conseauences? ., ., ., consequences? right now we have a ve low consequences? right now we have a very low adaptive — consequences? right now we have a very low adaptive capacity _ consequences? right now we have a very low adaptive capacity in - consequences? right now we have a very low adaptive capacity in south l very low adaptive capacity in south africa. and we have some bennett —— we have submitted our work contributions towards the conferences, but the commitments that we have made are quite insufficient relative to what we need. we need to see the government

put forward more aggressive decarbonisation agreements and not think that we can still have a sustainable future in fossil fuels and dabble in renewable energy. thank you very much indeed. you are watching bbc news. the duke and duchess of sussex are both due to speak at the opening of the invictus games in the netherlands on saturday evening. they arrived in the hague on friday after stopping off to visit the queen in windsor near london. it's the first time prince harry and meghan have appeared in europe in public together since stepping back as senior royals in 2020. prince harry founded the event to aid the rehabilitation of injured military personnel and veterans from around the world. let's cross live to the hague with our correspondent anna holligan.

ican i canjust i can just see i canjust see behind you i can just see behind you something is taking place, talk us through what is happening? this is taking place, talk us through what is happening?— is taking place, talk us through what is happening? this is the first event of the _ what is happening? this is the first event of the invictus _ what is happening? this is the first event of the invictus games, - what is happening? this is the first event of the invictus games, it - what is happening? this is the first event of the invictus games, it is l event of the invictus games, it is the driving challenge, they have to come through water and go over this assault course. if you look around and notice a bit more security, you might hear a helicopter overhead thatis might hear a helicopter overhead that is because we are expecting harry and meghan to make an appearance here in about an hour. we did see them last night and if there is anywhere in europe the couple could expect a warm welcome upon their return, it is here at the invictus games. it is really close to their hearts and for so many of the competitors, because it was created and founded by prince harry. it is also symbolically the place where the couple went public with their relationship back in 2017. two children and a marriage since then. they are of course stopped off to see the queen. this week she turns

96 -- see the queen. this week she turns 96 —— she turns 96 next week. they will open the ceremony later on today. will open the ceremony later on toda . , . ., , will open the ceremony later on toda . , . ~ , , will open the ceremony later on toda. , , ., , today. very quickly, these games have 'ust today. very quickly, these games have just become _ today. very quickly, these games have just become more _ today. very quickly, these games have just become more and - today. very quickly, these games have just become more and more havejust become more and more popular haven't they? since the inception. popular haven't they? since the ince tion. , popular haven't they? since the incetion. , , ., inception. yes, exactly and you can see around — inception. yes, exactly and you can see around us _ inception. yes, exactly and you can see around us here, _ inception. yes, exactly and you can see around us here, friends - inception. yes, exactly and you can see around us here, friends and - see around us here, friends and family have come from all around the world. there are 500 people taking part, wounded service personnel. the games were created to try and inspire their recovery and rehabilitation. you can see the enthusiasm and warmth in the spring sunshine. there is a lot for the people gathered here to celebrate. including team ukraine. they have made it after all. there were fears they would not, but they are here among the crowds. that they would not, but they are here among the crowds.— among the crowds. that is a top headhne among the crowds. that is a top headline there. _ among the crowds. that is a top headline there. thank _ among the crowds. that is a top headline there. thank you - among the crowds. that is a top headline there. thank you very l headline there. thank you very much indeed. earlier i spoke to team uk competitors, lieutentant commander james rogers and raf veteran laura powell.

iam i am actually currently still serving, so it is one of the opportunities to use board as a recovery tool to get back in and integrate back into things that you can do rather than the things you cannot. it gives you a sense of belonging to a team again, which in turn has been quite challenging over the last few years.— turn has been quite challenging over the last few years.- i - the last few years. laura? i transition — the last few years. laura? i transition from _ the last few years. laura? i transition from the - the last few years. laura? i transition from the service | the last few years. laura? i i transition from the service to civiiian— transition from the service to civilian while this process had happened. i think it has helped me from going — happened. i think it has helped me from going a person in the —— it has help— from going a person in the —— it has help me _ from going a person in the —— it has help me going from a person in the raf to— help me going from a person in the raf to a _ help me going from a person in the raf to a civilian. it has helped me bridge _ raf to a civilian. it has helped me bridge the — raf to a civilian. it has helped me bridge the gap. mentally and physically trying to bridge the gap to try— physically trying to bridge the gap to try and — physically trying to bridge the gap to try and get me into a new life.

you are _ to try and get me into a new life. you are lieutenant james rogers, you are lieutenantjames rogers, aren't you? i do apologise. when you said you were still serving, the penny dropped. apologies. how did it feel to be selected for these games? there is a selection process that takes place. there is a selection process that takes place-— takes place. yes, there is a process. it was such - takes place. yes, there is a process. it was such a - takes place. yes, there is a process. it was such a long | takes place. yes, there is a - process. it was such a long time ago. it was at the back of the summer of 2019 when we did the trials in sheffield. and the announcement back in october and 2019. so about 900 days ago. just getting that news that you had been selected to represent your country in such an inspirational environment is utterly fantastic. it is overwhelming, and overwhelming sense of pride. overwhelming, and overwhelming sense of ride. . . overwhelming, and overwhelming sense of ride. ., ., , , ., of pride. laura, these events are ada ted. of pride. laura, these events are adapted- how— of pride. laura, these events are adapted. how difficult _ of pride. laura, these events are adapted. how difficult or - adapted. how difficult or challenging is that? is it fairly obvious when you sit down and you see what needs to be done? for

example how is your spore adapted? so i have picked sports that are not necessarily— so i have picked sports that are not necessarily adapted. i picked sports that i_ necessarily adapted. i picked sports that i have — necessarily adapted. i picked sports that i have adapted to in my own sense _ that i have adapted to in my own sense as — that i have adapted to in my own sense as opposed to an official sense — sense as opposed to an official sense. me trying to ride the previously being ill, i was younger, it was— previously being ill, i was younger, it was easier. it was a lot more fun _ it was easier. it was a lot more fun trying _ it was easier. it was a lot more fun. trying to run with breathing difficulties and the issues that i have _ difficulties and the issues that i have that — difficulties and the issues that i have that is where my adaptability comes— have that is where my adaptability comes from and the advice given from the coaches _ comes from and the advice given from the coaches of how make the best of that. the coaches of how make the best of that that _ the coaches of how make the best of that that is— the coaches of how make the best of that. that is my adaptability. gk, that. that is my adaptability. ok, that. that is my adaptability. ok, that is interesting. _ that. that is my adaptability. ok that is interesting. what does it mean to have prince harry there with you both? james? it mean to have prince harry there with you both? james?— you both? james? it has been fantastic- _ you both? james? it has been fantastic. it _ you both? james? it has been fantastic. it was _ you both? james? it has been fantastic. it was a _ you both? james? it has been fantastic. it was a nice - you both? james? it has been | fantastic. it was a nice surprise when he turned up for the welcome reception. and we were really

fortunate this morning to be hosted by a group where himself and the duchess of suck six came along and had brunch with us. it was a smaller gathering with the duke. —— the duchess of sussex. don't forget you can get in touch with me on social media. i am on twitter. plenty more also on the website bbc news. see shortly. goodbye. hello there, it is going to stay warm tomorrow. with some sunshine as well. later on sunday the weather front will come in and bring some rain to the western areas, it is

moving very slowly and high pressure is turning to dominate. the area near that high pressure will bring in more sunshine and warmth. hopefully a bit more sunshine for western and northern part of the uk. the sunnier skies are going to be across the east midlands and eastern parts of england. temperatures, 15, 16. maybe 19 and 20 widely. it will be 22 at wembley. it will be a bit sneezy. high pollen levels. it will be a fine and to the day. it will turn cool once the sun goes down and overnight the cloud will thicken and bring some rain to northern ireland and western isles of scotland. 0therwise clear skies and in those guys, it will be chilly first thing in the morning across the east midlands, east anglia and the southeast. it could be four or 5 degrees. plenty of sunshine for much of the country on sunday. there will be cloud and rain at times in

northern ireland, not getting much further into scotland. late in the day that cloud will increase in scotland. ahead of that, the temperatures will be about 19, 20 degrees across england. a little bit cooler than today for scotland and northern ireland in particular. the weather fronts will continue to push towards the east overnight. not a great deal of rain on them, once they move through, the air will be coming in from the atlantic and it will feel cooler on easter monday. the weather front itself, there it is. it is more a band of cloud, not much rain. it will move through and sunshine will follow behind and heavy showers will arrive in northern ireland in western scotland driven by blustery winds. not bad if you have sunshine, although it will be cooler for all of us on monday. top temperature of around 16 degrees. heading further into the week and tuesday, we could see some showers, possibly heavy. the rest of the week looks generally drive. it will not be quite as warm with an

easterly wind set to develop. this is bbc world news, the headlines: russia has formally warned the united states and its allies against supplying further weapons to ukraine. russia said us arms shipments were adding fuel to the conflict and could lead to what it called "unpredictable consequences". russia has threatened to intensify attacks on the ukrainian capital kyiv — if its territory is further targeted. tensions have been rising since russia's iconic warship — the moskva — sank on thursday. ukraine claims it was responsible. disaster teams in the south african province of kwazulu—natal are on high alert for further floods — as more rain is forecast in the area this weekend. at least 400 people are now known to have died.

the us state department says it's deeply concerned about the level of violence injerusalem — following clashes between palestinian demonstrators and israeli police on friday. at least a 150 palestinians and three israeli officers were injured. now on bbc news it's dateline london. hello, i'm shaun ley. welcome to the programme which brings together leading uk columnists and the foreign correspondents who write, blog and broadcast to audiences in their own countries from the dateline: london.

in the studio today are agnes poirier of the french news magazine