hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones. this is outside source. russia steps up its bombardment of cities across ukraine, including lviv in the west, which has been largely unscathed until now. i actually saw a couple of the missiles myself streaking across the sky and then hitting buildings on the city's roofline, and then we saw the black plumes of smoke rising up. we report from a town in the eastern donbas region, where ukrainian forces are preparing for an expected russian offensive. translation: we know that russian forces are bringing i reinforcements into this region, but we're doing everything possible. we are ready to repel the russian occupiers and prevent the capture of our cities. china reports its first official deaths from covid since 2020, as a strict lockdown

in shanghai continues. and prince harry speaks to the bbc about the invictus games and what ukraine's presence there means. hello and welcome to the programme. we're going to start by looking at russia's assault on ukraine from the air. they've hit cities right across the country, including lviv in the west, which had been one of the safer parts of ukraine. at least seven people were killed in the strike there and reports a child was among them. this is lviv�*s mayor. translation: what we see today in ukraine is genocide, _ which is purposefully committed by the aggressor who kills civilians. seven civilians had plans for life. today, their lives have ended. this is the aftermath of that missile strike. it reportedly hit military facilities and a car tyre service point in lviv.

let's hear from our correspondent there, danjohnson, who witnessed it. this is where one of the missiles hit this morning. the authorities tell us that it is a tyre fitting garage, a place that looks after people's cars. they say this is not a military target whatsoever, but they have said three other military facilities were hit in this morning's air raid. it was about ten to 8am when we heard the air raid sirens sound once again. there have been more air raids in the last few days, more alerts, but then it was about 30 or a0 minutes after the sirens that i heard the sound of something like jets overhead. it's not clear if the strikes were launched from fighterjets or if there were missiles launched from outside ukraine, but i actually saw a couple of the missiles myself streaking across the sky and then hitting buildings on the city's roofline, and then we saw the black plumes of smoke rising up. i actually counted five explosions myself, even though the city's officials are saying that there were four missile strikes.

and we've seen strikes elsewhere too. this is kharkiv in the north. it's also been experiencing shelling. 0fficials there say five people have been killed and 13 injured. this is a residential area in mykolaiv, in the south. it's near the port of 0desa. the governor there reports continuous rocket attacks — this is the aftermath of one of them. for its part, russia says... the bbc can't independently verify this. 0ur correspondent catherine byaruhanga has been speaking to residents in mykolaiv. translation: it was so scary being there. | so scary. tatiana is here alone — her husband and daughter died before the war.

she says, despite the constant shelling, she can't leave. translation: the bomb shelter is far away, - and i have no ability to go there. my health doesn't let me go anywhere. and where would i go? we will be sitting and waiting for peace. peace is the most important thing nowadays. those who can have fled this neighbourhood in mykolaiv in southern ukraine. but for those who've had to stay, their lives have moved underground. this bunker is the last place of refuge for so many of those left behind — and that's usually the elderly. it's damp and dark. they have to use these buckets as toilets. and over here is where they sleep. at the start of the war, there were over 20 families here, but now it's just four women. anastasia, ludmilla, nina and galina keep each other

company through the difficulty and loneliness of this war. they go out to try and find food and water, but the air—raid sirens go off so often, they spend most of their day in darkness. translation: my heart hurts. i have hypertension and diabetes. i can't stay here for a long time, as my legs hurt. i need to walk a lot, but i can't. i need to have a good diet, but it's impossible now. next, let's turn to the besieged city of mariupol — which hasn't fallen yet. it's a port city in the south. if captured, it would create a land corridor between russia and crimea. remember, russia illegally annexed crimea in 2014. and this is what it looks like after being surrounded and shelled by russian troops for weeks. it's been described as the worst humanitarian catastrophe of the conflict. here's the ukrainian foreign minister. the situation in mariupol is both

dire militarily and heartbreaking. the city doesn't exist any more. the remainings of the ukrainian army and large group of civilians are basically encircled by the russian forces. they continue their struggle. but it seems from the way the russian army behaves in mariupol, they decided to raze the city to the ground at any cost. moscow issued an ultimatum to remaining fighters to give up. it's been ignored. instead, the last platoons of ukrainian troops in the city have retreated to this huge steelworks. it has an elaborate network of tunnels underneath. the uk ministry of defence says russian commanders will be concerned by the time it's taking to subdue mariupol and that the ukrainian resistance has slowed down russian advances elsewhere. it also notes that russia is targeting populated areas within mariupol, despite earlier saying it would not do so. this is the assessment from the former head

of the british army. one understands, and it's not surprising after the weeks of fighting, but their ammunition stocks are very low. and the prospect of them being resupplied by any other elements of the ukrainian armed forces are, i'm afraid, worse than nil. so the opportunity was presented in the last 2a hours for those troops to surrender, but they've chosen not to do that. but i think, realistically, their prospects are really, really poor and mariupol, quite shortly, will be completely in russian hands. anna foster is in kyiv. hi, anna. let's start, then, with mariupol. just getting a line in from the rotors news agency, quoting the mayor of mariupol talking about forced deportations, 40,000 or so ukrainians being forcibly deported by the russians there. what more do

we know about that and the situation in mariupol? the we know about that and the situation in mammal?— in mariupol? the forced deportations is something — in mariupol? the forced deportations is something we _ in mariupol? the forced deportations is something we have _ in mariupol? the forced deportations is something we have heard - in mariupol? the forced deportations is something we have heard about i is something we have heard about several times before, added to something that is very, very difficult to verify. we talked a lot, don't we, about what each side says and how difficult it is to independently know what is going on? difficulty of that is, if people are being deported to russian —controlled areas, often, they have no way of making contact with people to tell them what has happened, essentially. so we have heard and talked about that is something which is possibly going on more than once, and in terms of mariupol itself, the words humanitarian catastrophe were being used several weeks ago, and as time goes on, you can only really imagine what life must be like, first of all, for those tens of thousands of civilians who been trapped there now in bitter legal temperatures with no power, very little food, water, all of the

basics of life which are in short supply —— bitterly cold temperatures. and there is very little opportunity to establish these unitarian corridors to get them out, because the fighting is so fierce. as the general was saying there, both sides are desperate to hold on. russia appeared to have the upper hand because they have more men there, they have more equipment there, it is easier for them to resupply, but at the moment it seems the battle is still raging and there is still opportunity for both sides. and anna, we talked at the top of this programme about these air strikes right across ukraine, including where you are. how do you think they have changed the calculation?— think they have changed the calculation? , ., calculation? here in kyiv, over the last four nights _ calculation? here in kyiv, over the last four nights or _ calculation? here in kyiv, over the last four nights or so, _ calculation? here in kyiv, over the last four nights or so, there - calculation? here in kyiv, over the last four nights or so, there have i last four nights or so, there have been air strikes. the sirens are a regular feature been air strikes. the sirens are a regularfeature of been air strikes. the sirens are a regular feature of life here. been air strikes. the sirens are a regularfeature of life here. they punctuate the day several times a day, but the strikes we have seen on factories or tanks are made, were

ammunition and weapons are made, seems to be something that the russians are doing really in response to the loss of its flagship, the moskva, to ukrainian missiles a few days ago. russia at that point, decided that despite pulling away from kyiv, they try to conquer this city and failed to do it, we see these strikes as symbolic, and russia, as the night they suffer these look losses in the battle, they need to try and save face at home, salvage their war. that is what if key tell pull—back two key areas in the east, but after the sinking of the russian flagship, they are things —— doing things like targeting kyiv to show that military might, things that have been lacking in the last week or so. that have been lacking in the last week or se—

so we're seeing air strikes in ukraine's west, north and south. but russia says it's focusing its offensive in ukraine's east — namely here, the donbas region. ukrainian forces have been fighting russian—backed separatists there for the past eight years. but they're now facing an attack from multiple directions. our defence correspondent jonathan beale reports from the front line. this is now the sight and sound of the donbas. severodonetsk, another city and another target for russia's unrelenting bombardment. we tried to enter to speak to families taking shelter, but the thump of artillery was steadily coming closer. explosions let's go. we just came here to go to a shelter, but there's shelling a bit close to us, and so we've had to move out. a lot of crump of artillery going on at the moment. we travelled north to svyatogorsk,

once a popular tourist destination. now, it'sjust another town in the donbas from which people flee. translation: what can i say? i'm overwhelmed with grief. i'm 70 years old and i've nowhere to live. the few who've stayed behind have to queue for food. they're notjust hungry, though, they're scared. there is now a strong military presence in this town. just a few miles down the road, russian forces are advancing from the north. a ukrainian soldier shared this drone footage of how they were trying to slow down the russian columns, blowing up a bridge. but they know more will be coming. translation: we know that russian forces are bringing i reinforcements into this region, but we're doing everything possible. we are ready to repel the russian occupiers and prevent

the capture of our cities. we headed south, the roads eerily empty. four, five... we soon found out why. plumes of smoke — once again, we were within range of russian artillery. turn, turn. staying put is russian roulette but with artillery. this lady's home was nearly hit overnight. inside, her 11—year—old granddaughter anastasia, too frightened to come out... ..cowering under a desk that's become her bedroom. anastasia's mum svetlana fears they're now trapped. the constant bombardment�*s also taking its toll on the city of avdiivka. here, they're praying for divine intervention.

pastor oleg offers a blessing and food for those who've stayed behind. but in a heated discussion, one man tells him, "it's the russians who'll bring salvation." pastor oleg tells him, "i'm not against russia, "i'm against its invasion of ukraine." nowhere is safe within range of russian artillery. for now, ukrainian forces are holding out. so, too, are the few who remain, but for how long? jonathan beale, bbc news, eastern ukraine. ok, let's turn to the sinking of that russian warship a few days ago. new images which apparently show the moskva severely damaged and on fire have appeared on social media. bbc monitoring says these images all match the shape and design of the ship. there are conflicting reports about what happened to it. ukraine says it successfully struck the vessel with two missiles.

but moscow says there was an onboard explosion — and it sank while being towed back to port. the moskva was russia's flagship black sea missile cruiser. it had a crew of 510 onboard — and russia insists they were all successfully evacuated from the ship. but that official account is being disputed by some relatives. here's our moscow correspondentjenny hill. on social media, and in one newspaper which is no longer being published in russia, but it's a russian, anti—kremlin or critical voice of the kremlin newspaper published in europe now, there are some reports circulating from relatives of some of the men on board. they've either said that their sons are missing or they've been told they've been killed, or in the case of one woman, her son has told her, reportedly, that 40 of his crewmates were killed. now, i mean, even when you look at the russian official account of what happened, they still say that there was a fire on board, ammunition caught fire. that caused significant damage to the hull of the ship, which then sink in stormy seas

as it was being towed back to port. even if you just take that, it's hard to imagine that there wasn't any kind of loss of life or injury, but that officially is certainly not what the russians are saying. as far as they're concerned, everyone who was on that vessel was ta ken off to safety. let's get more now from sergei goryashko from bbc russian. hello to you. so what's the reaction been there in russia to the loss of this ship? it’s been there in russia to the loss of this shi? v, this ship? it's been quite a significant _ this ship? it's been quite a significant event, - this ship? it's been quite a| significant event, especially this ship? it's been quite a - significant event, especially for even patriotic media, which were urging the, to start. attack on ukraine after russia has lost this ship —— to start a full—scale attack. on the official side, there are no reports of any casualties or any missing sailors on this ship after it apparently went down in the

black sea. nevertheless, we see reports on social media, as my colleaguejenny who is reports on social media, as my colleague jenny who is already told. our colleagues in bbc russian had actually spoken to some of the relatives of sailors who were serving on that ship, and they all are claiming that the military headquarters in crimea, people cannot tell them what has happened to their sons, so they are actually just wandering through the hospitals were lots of wounded military men and servicewomen are trying to find their children, but for now, they cannot, so they have not found their relatives at the hospital's. more widel , i relatives at the hospital's. more widely. i guess. _ relatives at the hospital's. more widely, i guess, what _ relatives at the hospital's. more widely, i guess, what is - relatives at the hospital's. more widely, i guess, what is the - relatives at the hospital's. more widely, i guess, what is the diet of news information that ordinary russians are receiving about how this military campaign is going? kremlin is telling that everything is still going according to the

plan, and however, the common spokesperson has recently told that russia has lost many people in this so—called military operation in ukraine. they are still insisting that everything is going according to their plan, which people, ordinary people in russia, still don't know what is in this plan. nobody has told what it actually means, so we can only guess what the kremlin is trying to do, according to the public statements. wooden has not actually commented on the loss of the moskva ship —— putin has not. a kremlin spoke person has said... sailors from the crew of the ship managed to stay alive, or to relatives who lost their loved ones in the ship, so... illiterate officials are not confirming any reports of any death or wounded people after the loss of the moskva

cruiser. ,, ., ., ., cruiser. surrogate, our correspondent - cruiser. surrogate, our correspondent anna i cruiser. surrogate, our- correspondent anna foster was reporting earlier on, speculation that perhaps these air strikes across ukraine being certainly felt by many in ukraine as some form of retaliation for what happened to that ship. i'm assuming, certainly, no official confirmation of anything like that from moscow?— like that from moscow? recent attacks on _ like that from moscow? recent attacks on kyiv _ like that from moscow? recent attacks on kyiv and _ like that from moscow? recent attacks on kyiv and lviv - like that from moscow? recent | attacks on kyiv and lviv certainly do like revenge to the loss of the moskva cruiser. —— look like revenge. it looks like that, but still kremlin is insisting that russian military is destroying the military and for treasurer of ukraine, and they are destroying some military bases or some military plants near kyiv mrs they are not talking about the destruction of the

moskva cruiser ——, so they are not. ok. can you stay there for us? i want to look at the russian economy. the mayor of moscow says around 200,000 people in the russian capital could lose theirjobs, due to the effects of western sanctions. but president putin is continuing to downplay any negative impacts. let's hear his latest comments. translation: we can already i confidently say that such a policy towards russia has failed. the strategy of economic blitzkrieg has failed. moreover, the sanctions had an effect on the initiators themselves. i'm talking about the growth of inflation and unemployment, the deterioration of economic dynamics in the us and european countries. preach in there saying that western sections have failed. is he right? —— putin there. the west has started

these sanctions after the russian invasion of ukraine less than two months ago. it is quite hard to tell what the long—term condiments will be in this case, because russia has never seen such a big amount of sanctions —— long—term consequences. it cannot be compared to sanctions after the 2014, when russia annexed crimea or after 2018, when they poisoned sergei skripal. it is quite an optimistic thing to say that there is no consequences, no big consequences, and it is really too early to tell. so we can hear a bit of wishful thinking from putin now, i believe, and it actually puzzles lots of people who are economic experts in russia and outside the

country, that the president is already commenting on some sanctions that were applied less than two months ago. it is also a very musing story with moscow mayor, who actually talked with those people who lost their jobs actually talked with those people who lost theirjobs due to western companies withdrawing from russia, connection get a job from the government of moscow, and for instance can walk in public parks —— can actually get. it is quite difficult to imagine that some it experts or people who have been working at some big companies, big western companies, in moscow would like to be public servants, to work in parks. like to be public servants, to work in arks. ., ,. ., like to be public servants, to work in arks. ., , ' like to be public servants, to work in arks. . , ' ,, in parks. fascinating stuff, sergei. great to talk _

in parks. fascinating stuff, sergei. great to talk to _ in parks. fascinating stuff, sergei. great to talk to you. _ in parks. fascinating stuff, sergei. great to talk to you. thanks - in parks. fascinating stuff, sergei. great to talk to you. thanks for . great to talk to you. thanks for coming on. and to another story in russia. two british fighters captured in ukraine by russian forces have appeared on russian state tv asking to be exchanged for a pro—russian politician who is being held by the ukrainian authorities. it is not clear whether the two men were speaking under duress, so we are not showing the video. one of the men is believed to be aiden aslin, a british soldier serving with ukrainian forces for several years. the other man is shaun pinner — seen here in an undated photo provided by his family. mr pinner has also been serving with the ukrainian army. our correspondent andrew plant has more. shaun pinner was captured by the russian army just a few days ago. he was for a long time a member of the british army, but he moved out to ukraine in 2018 and is now fully fledged member of the ukrainian military. aiden aslin was also fighting with the ukrainian army when he was detained a few days before. the two men knew each other, and we saw aiden paraded on russian state tv last week.

there was video clips showing him in handcuffs and with cuts and bruises to his head too. now, today, two new video clips, each showing those men separately, have been shown on russian state tv today. and essentially, what they're asking for in those videos is for borisjohnson to get involved and to try to help set them free, specifically in what could be described as a prisoner exchange. now, that would involve a ukrainian politician and businessman, viktor medvedchuk. he is a staunch supporter and ally of vladimir putin, and essentially what they're asking for is for borisjohnson to get involved, to try to make that prisoner swap happen. now, we have heard from the family of shaun pinner today. they said, "we're hoping for a quick resolution to allow shaun and aiden "to return safely to their families." the foreign office today have simply said they are in touch with the families of both men, but they added they've been in touch with the kremlin too and are urging them to treat all prisoners

of war humanely. the invictus games — the international sporting event for injured servicemen and women, and veterans — is taking place in the hague. and speaking to the bbc there, prince harry has praised the courage of the ukrainian national team. anna holligan reports. these athletes represent not only their nations, but recovery and resilience. this year's invictus games have added poignancy, as they're taking place on a continent in conflict. speaking to the bbc, prince harry highlighted how much team ukraine has already achieved. i think what people need to remember, or perhaps don't even know yet, is a vast majority of the ukraine team were serving in some shape or form. so they removed their uniforms, put their team strips on, jumped on the coach, came over here, slept for a couple days, tried to decompress and then were straight into it. and then they've got to go back. so i think to have them here is extraordinary. the ukrainians received special permission to travel and will soon be changing from tracksuits

to combats, as they return to the front line. translation: we don't have another choice. - it's simply the question of survival of our nation and our people. all of us must fight. this is a chance to show the world ukrainians are fighting back and staying alive. the games are on until this friday. anna holligan, bbc news, in the hague. and that's it. i am lewis vaughan jones. this is outside source on bbc news. bye—bye. hello there. it was a noticeably fresher day today across the board. there was some good spells of sunshine particularly across the east and southeast of england, a few showers further north and west. tonight, it's going to turn chilly with a cool air mass in place, clear skies, particularly across scotland and northern ireland, could see a touch of frost.

there will still be a few showers lingering around as well. it's all down to this area of low pressure, which has been sitting to the northwest of the uk. quite a few isobars on the charts close to the northwest of scotland, so, here, it has been windy, but the winds will continue to ease down through the course of the night. you can see that blue hue indicating that cooler air mass, which will be pretty much across the country through this evening and overnight. a bit of cloud toward central, southern and eastern england, one or two showers here. some showery bursts of rain for the northwest of scotland too, thanks to a weather front, but for the rest of scotland and northern ireland, clear skies leading to a cold night here, a touch of frost. a chilly night to come as well for much of england and wales, particularly towards the west and across wales. so we start tomorrow on a chilly note. that's how our tuesday begins. plenty of sunshine in the north away from that weather front in the northwest. there will still be a few showers there. and showers will develop pretty widely across england and wales, i think, through the afternoon. a few of them could turn out to be quite heavy. and the winds will be lighter as well to what we've had throughout monday.

so, those showers will be slow—moving, but it will be a cooler day still on tuesday, with temperatures ranging from 12—15 degrees. a ridge of high pressure begins to exert its force across the country for wednesday. so that means wednesday, i think, for most of us, is going to be a largely dry day. there will be bits and pieces of cloud around to start with. it will be another chilly start as well, but there should be quite a bit of sunshine around through the day. a bit of an easterly breeze picking up across the east of england there. that will make it feel cooler along north sea coasts. but i think the best temperatures will be across more southern and western areas. could see highs of 17—18 degrees. towards the end of the week, the area of low pressure, which has been sitting out to the west of us, will dive southwards into biscay and iberia. it could affect the very far south of england as we move into the weekend, but i think thursday and friday will be influenced by this big area of high pressure to the north of the uk. and that will bring us pretty strong, brisk easterly winds for both thursday and friday. so that will make it feel quite chilly, particularly along north sea coasts.

probably the best of the weather and the high temperatures will be further west.

hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones, this is outside source. russia steps up its bombardment of cities across ukraine — including lviv in the west, which has been largely unscathed until now.

i actually saw a couple of the missiles myself streaking across the sky and then hitting buildings on the city's roofline, and then we saw the black plumes of smoke rising up. we report from a town in the eastern donbas region — where ukrainian forces are preparing for an expected russian offensive. translation: we know that russian forces are bringing i reinforcements into this region, but we're doing everything possible. we are ready to repel the russian occupiers and prevent the capture of our cities. china reports its first official deaths from covid since 2020 — as a strict lockdown in shanghai continues. and prince harry speaks to the bbc about the invictus games, and what it means to have a ukrainian team there. now we're going to look at what's happening in south africa. more than 440 people have died after last week's floods.

the search and rescue operations continue — 63 people are still missing. it happened in the coastal province of kwazulu—natal. that includes one of south africa's biggest port cities, durban. the south african military is deploying more than 10,000 troops to help. sniffer dogs are being used to find bodies. one woman in durban amanda umchanpong told her story to south africa's news24 website. she goes on... some areas haven t had any official help yet, leaving residents to dig through the debris themselves. i want to show you this report, from vumani mkhize.

at the kwa—santi township south of durban, this community is still trying to come to terms with the flash floods that devastated this area. this search and rescue team is on a recovery operation. they are looking for a woman swept away by the flash floods at night while she was asleep. behind me, this is where the water was cascading down this hill. and unfortunately, a man and woman were swept away by the raging waters. the man was found alive. unfortunately, the woman is still missing and we have got community members here, searching with their bare hands, looking for her. further downstream, we have got search and rescue operations with dogs also looking for the woman. on the night of the floods, some even risked their lives to save others. translation: | found | a man trapped by a tree, so i managed to pull him out of the water. i put him inside the house. i heard more people crying and ran to help another woman. she is still in hospital, but alive.

the other man died. all over the kwazulu—natal province, stories of flash floods and local —— and there are hundreds of stories like that. the floods came suddenly — with little warning. and the destruction is huge. this is just one of hundreds of thousands of homes destroyed. the rain made rivers overflow and heavy mudslides. many houses in this province — like this — are built on hills without solid foundations, and that made them particularly vulnerable. this is just a shelter for people who have lost their homes and are displaced. it's been overburdened. we're not sure how many are displaced — it's estimated to be thousands. people there are supplied with food and aid. but it's a temporary solution. people have lost everything. and many of them lost everything three years ago, when south africa last had flash floods. like this man. translation: what makes me angry i is the situation keeps happening. i it keeps destroying our possessions that we work hard for all the time. there are no jobs as it is. our possessions keep getting

destroyed by continuous floods that should be addressed by authorities. so you end up hopeless. no one comes back to give a report on plans to resolve such situations and the floods keep coming back to destroy us. the destruction of infrastructure has been huge. roads and motorways have collapsed. so some communities are completely cut off. and the flooding broke power cables. so in many areas there's still no electricity. or clean water, because the flooding also destroyed water pipes. so people have to travel collect drinking water. some have to walk a long way to get there. and that's making life harderfor some. let's hear from one of those people. translation: it's| extremely difficult, for instance, i'm not well. i have an operation, but what can i do? i have to get water and take my medication. so the government is under pressure to re—build — fast. this was the message from the premier of kwazulu—natal.

this is a moment of great adversity, but this is also a moment where we need to summon our collective courage and turn this devastation into an opportunity to rebuild our province. it is a moment for the human spirits to triumph over adversity. let's go to sweden now. there have been violent protests after far—right groups said they were going to burn copies of the quran — the islamic holy book. riots have broken out for the fourth night in a row. this is norshoeping in the east — but there were similar scenes in four other swedish cities. you can see police are using tear gas — and protestors are throwing stones back at them, and setting things on fire. dozens have been arrested. and dozens have been injured. let's hear how some swedish people are reacting. translation: those that do

that are really stupid. - they only want to cause trouble and destroy. when i was young, we might have gotten into a fist fight, _ but today, it's stones, knives and weapons. i the violence is escalating. so let's look at how this all started. well, it began with this man — rasmus paludan. he's a far—right danish—swedish politician. he's the leader of an anti—immigrant political party stram kurs or the hard line. it largely operates in denmark, but he wants to increase his influence in sweden. his party organises events — and they include the actual burning or the threat to burn a quran. and we actually saw that in sweden. it's blurred out here. let us get more from our correspondent maddy savage in stockholm. hello. tell us a little bit about this man. why is he burning carranza? 50 this man. why is he burning

carranza?— this man. why is he burning carranza? �*, , carranza? so he's been active in olitics carranza? so he's been active in politics for— carranza? so he's been active in politics for a _ carranza? so he's been active in politics for a few _ carranza? so he's been active in politics for a few years. - carranza? so he's been active in politics for a few years. he - carranza? so he's been active in politics for a few years. he is . politics for a few years. he is originally from denmark. he also has swedish citizenship and he is incredibly anti—muslim. that is why he is going around either threatening to burn qur�*an or burning qur�*ans, he set up this new party as having originally been part of another radical right—wing party. they saw him as too radical that they actually asked him to leave. he hasn't done very well in denmark. he tried to stand in elections there in 2019, got nowhere close to getting enough votes to getting his party into parliament, but with elections coming up here in sweden, he's trying to drum up support head of the vote in september. i5 trying to drum up support head of the vote in september.— the vote in september. is there any thou~hts the vote in september. is there any thoughts on — the vote in september. is there any thoughts on how— the vote in september. is there any thoughts on how well— the vote in september. is there any thoughts on how well he _ the vote in september. is there any thoughts on how well he will- the vote in september. is there any thoughts on how well he will do? i the vote in september. is there any i thoughts on how well he will do? how much support he has? that thoughts on how well he will do? how much support he has?— much support he has? at this stage, i much support he has? at this stage, i think most — much support he has? at this stage, i think most political— much support he has? at this stage, i think most political commentators | i think most political commentators would say it's probably quite unlikely. at the moment, he doesn't even have enough support to be able to stand in the elections, let alone

see how people will respond. this is someone who has been gradually gaining support on social media. he's been doing facebook lives over the weekend during the points where these rallies that he planned were supposed to take place. most of them didn't take place because of the violence. he uses any of the violent reactions that come from people living in these communities that are so angry with him, he uses them on social media to try and prove his point. we do have other right—wing parties here in sweden, the anti—immigration sweden democrats are a lot more populist. they are the third—largest party in parliament. a much safer bet on them to do well in the election, but i think all of the attention that this has given the party over the weekend, it is worrying for people here in sweden. irate weekend, it is worrying for people here in sweden.— weekend, it is worrying for people here in sweden. we saw some of the reactions from _ here in sweden. we saw some of the reactions from people _ here in sweden. we saw some of the reactions from people in _ here in sweden. we saw some of the reactions from people in sweden. i reactions from people in sweden. what about the international reaction to all of this? yeah,

understandably, _ reaction to all of this? yeah, understandably, there i reaction to all of this? yeah, understandably, there has i reaction to all of this? yeah, i understandably, there has been a reaction to all of this? yeah, - understandably, there has been a lot of international reaction to this as well. deeply offensive burning of quran during the month of ramadan, a time forfasting and quran during the month of ramadan, a time for fasting and reflection for muslims around the world. some of the comments that have come through from official structures, the qatari foreign ministry describe the groups actions as an incitement, a provocation against muslims around the world, saudi arabia, jordan, egypt, they've also spoken out, and on sunday, iraq and iran summoned swedish and vice in protest. really, a reflection from across the muslim world that more than 2 billion muslims deeply offended by the spreading of the koran because it's considered such a holy scripture, the word of god, any intentional damage or disrespect is viewed as deeply offensive. but here in sweden, a lot of the media coverage are really focusing on what exactly these protests have entailed and who has been behind them. the swedish

police came to say these are not normal counter protests. they believe that the protests that have happened here are the work of criminal networks and are investigating whether some of those criminal networks may have been operating outside of sweden, ordering some of the violence which they believe was deliberately targeting police here. {lita they believe was deliberately targeting police here. 0k, thank you for that. next we're going to bring you a report from ireland. a warning — you may find parts of this upsetting. according to the european union, irish travellers suffer some of the worst discrimination and poverty of any ethnic group in europe. and it's causing a mental health emergency. eleven per cent of travellers in ireland take their own lives. chris page has been hearing about the impact of the crisis. sue ellen was my sister—in—law, she was 32 and she died by suicide. my brotherjohn was 34, he died by suicide. a roll call of despair. each name bearing testament to

a community fighting for its soul. my second little cousin, marlene, she was 13, she died through suicide. mags casey has witnessed generational devastation — a mental health crisis amongst ireland's travellers. more than one in ten take their own lives. ten years ago, on the 2nd ofjanuary, i got a phone call to say my sister—in—law has committed suicide. two years after that, her husband committed suicide, which was my brother. and then after that it was kind of like it became, unfortunately, it was nearly every month, 28 members of my family # i was born a tinker and i'll tell you no lie...# travellers say their horrific suicide rate is a consequence of being one of the most discriminated against and poorest ethnic

groups in europe. they're pleading for society to care more about statistics like these. our suicide rate's seven times higher than non—travellers. only 3% of us live past the age of 65 years of age. 80% of us are unemployed, and only 1% of us reach third level education. if that was a stat of any other community within ireland, there would be international attention. families in traditional halting locations now often live in substandard, static accommodation — sometimes without basic utilities. they explain that preserving their home life on these sites is about protecting memories. we want to help to design the site, that's what we want, and we want proper homes. history, identity and customs run deep in the travelling community. they value being distinct but hate feeling separate. yeah, they deliberately put that wall around us to fence

travellers in completely, away from society — out of sight and out of mind. so if you and your husband or one of your children wanted to go out for, i don't know, a cup of tea or a meal, would you have to sort of pick where you went to know that... oh, definitely, definitely. and i'd have to have a relationship with that service to be able to book it and that they'd know me and my family. you just couldn't randomly say i'm thirsty or i'm hungry and i need to go and get something to eat, it doesn't work like that for travellers. campaigners believe anti—traveller sentiment is the last socially acceptable form of racism. the irish government says it has a wide range of policies to encourage inclusion. travellers are longing for the cycle of prejudice and poverty to be broken. chris page, bbc news. stay with us on outside source — still to come... the chinese city of shanghai —

which has been under lockdown for three weeks — has reported its first official covid deaths since 2020. we will look at the impact of lockdown on global business. a decade of war has ruined syria s economy and it s now emerging as a narco—state with illegal drugs as one of its biggest exports. the stimulant, captagon — a class a drug in the uk — is widely used across the arab world. in recent weeks, thejordanian army has seized large hauls of drugs and killed more than 30 smugglers in operations along its border. our middle east correspondent, yolande knell has been to this front line of the regional war on drugs. three shadowy figures cross the border fence. jordanian soldiers open fire. another skirmish in an increasingly deadly fight against drug smugglers. they want to show me

what they are up against. you can see, everything beyond the fence, that is syria. and this is a new front line in the war on drugs. ruined by a decade of war, neighbouring syria is turning into a narco—state. after losing a jordanian soldier, the military has adopted a shoot to kill policy. and how much more dangerous is it now along this border? translation: the degree | of danger has grown recently with the increase in drug smuggling. there are highly organised and coordinated operations. they are determined to get the drugs intojordan by force, using weapons. since the start of this year, the army has killed more than 30 smugglers, and seized over 17 million pills of captagon. that is more than in

the whole of last year. this illegal amphetamine is now one of syria's main exports. this hospital is treating more and more people ——jordan is up against powerful drugs cartels. the long conflict next door now brings a new misery. yolande knell, bbc news, amman. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is... russia steps up its bombardment of cities across ukraine — including lviv in the west, which has been largely unscathed until now. let's talk about shanghai now. the city has reported its first official covid deaths since 2020. the authorities say three people died on sunday. translation: the cases suffered

from acute coronary syndrome, i diabetes, hypertension and other serious underlying diseases. all cases have not been vaccinated against covid—19. so authorities there saying those three people had underlying health conditions — and weren't vaccinated. since march, shanghai has recorded 300,000 infections. and its 25 million residents have been in lockdown. and they're about to enter a fourth week of lockdown. another round of mass testing has been announced. there are reports of people running out of food. those stuck at home have been trading food and other basic supplies with neighbours. these pictures show people getting on a bus, thought to be heading to a quarantine facility. but "facility" is a generous way to describe some of the dozens of places the city has converted into quarantine centres. this video provided to reuters shows more than 100 people crammed on a floor of what looks like an office building. china is one of the only countries still pursuing a zero—covid strategy. and what's interesting

is that the lockdown and regular testing hasn t yet stopped the virus from spreading. the city reported more than 20 thousand new cases on sunday. and that could be because of low vaccination rates. here's our correspondent there, stephen mcdonell. after more than 400,000 infections in shanghai in this outbreak, china has dropped the ball when it comes to booster shots. when we consider the number of, say, over the age of 60, in shanghai who have had two shots, well, that's over 60%. it could be higher, but not too bad. those over 60 who have had the booster shot, it is only 38%, it is too low if you want to be really easing off restrictions in those cities. as we have learnt throughout this pandemic, lockdowns have a critical impact on the economy. and china is seeing that again — in a way not seen there for two years. retail sales fell by 3.5% in march compared to a year earlier, that was the first decline

sincejuly 2020. in the same month unemployment rose to 5.8%, the highest level since may 2020. and the economic impact goes beyond china. shanghai is a financial centre, and a manuafacturing hub so disruption there will impact global business. this supply chain expert explains more. directly, we are talking about things like electronics, cars, steel, semiconductors, all things that we've talked about huge shortages over the last 6—12 months or so. actually, in some of the efforts to ease the congestion in the shanghai port in particular, the overflows will go into the parts, which also deal with the electronics, tooling, toys, tvs, mobile phones and so you can expect stock challenges and higher prices across a wide range of goods that we might normally like to see on our shelves. so the impact on global business will be significant —

but beijing appears intent on sticking with it s current strategy. some have asked why the government doesn't switch the government doesn't switch focus from this mass testing and centralised mass isolation towards a big push on getting those boosters done, but the government is not showing that it's going to change tack with an official saying that this idea of living with covid should be rejected, calling for more of these mass isolation centres to be built, so it looks like that is the way, at least for the moment, the chinese government is going to keep going. i think we can expect to see more mass lockdowns and it really is a big challenge for the chinese economy to stay afloat. sarah shoejoins me now, she's ceo of fintech startup china rising capital forecast. thank you for coming on the programme. thank you for having me.

we will have an impact at the look bubbly and second, but first let's focus on shanghai, the people there in china too. we saw some of the numbers, some of the impact starting to kick in. how bad do you think this will get? i to kick in. how bad do you think this will get?— this will get? i think that it's relatively — this will get? i think that it's relatively bad. _ this will get? i think that it's relatively bad. it _ this will get? i think that it's relatively bad. it looks i this will get? i think that it's relatively bad. it looks like i this will get? i think that it's | relatively bad. it looks like it's already having an economic impact, and as we side during earlier lockdowns, its small businesses in particular, the service sector, restaurants and salons that tend to really suffer. there's no foot traffic. people are not allowed to go and walk around. this is really problematic for the very base of the economy, which is the small business there. 50 economy, which is the small business there. ., economy, which is the small business there, ., , ., economy, which is the small business there. ., , ., , , ,, , there. so that small businesses suffer, there. so that small businesses suffer. we've — there. so that small businesses suffer, we've already _ there. so that small businesses | suffer, we've already mentioned there. so that small businesses i suffer, we've already mentioned that suffering just for being locked down and all the toll that takes. businesses hits. what about bigger businesses because michael about the bigger impact on chinaeconomy more

widely? it’s bigger impact on chinaeconomy more widel ? �*, ., ., ., ~ ., widely? it's also having a knock on effect on china's _ widely? it's also having a knock on effect on china's economy. - widely? it's also having a knock on effect on china's economy. there i widely? it's also having a knock on i effect on china's economy. there are many multinationals including chinese multinationals that are operating in shanghai or have bases in shanghai. they are all affected. some of them who are still doing manufacturing are having the workers just bunk at the site overnight, being unable to return to their homes. other places have completely shut down their shanghai operations, so this is going to lead to shortages throughout the global economy, throughout global supply chains of really critical components for electronics and automobiles in particular. for electronics and automobiles in articular. �* , , ., ., for electronics and automobiles in articular. �*, , ., ., ., particular. let's explore that a little bit. what _ particular. let's explore that a little bit. what is _ particular. let's explore that a little bit. what is so _ particular. let's explore that a | little bit. what is so significant about shanghai is a city? 50 about shanghai is a city? sr shanghai about shanghai is a city? 5r shanghai is a major financial shanghai is a majorfinancial centre, major manufacturing hub, and also it's the biggest port in the world. it has a container through

put of tens of millions of 20 foot equivalent units. so we are looking at a mass of machinery that is pretty much coming to a halt. even though the port is open and has been operating a lot of trucking companies are not allowed to operate, so the tracking system has been slowed down coming into and out of the ports, and even to local businesses. it is very hard to move any goods from one place to another. obviously the chinese economy will take a hit here. the chinese government therefore taking this risk. it seems a significant one. it is definitely a risk. i think that looking at the last quarter's gdp numbers, it seems like the government was able to shore up gdp again by using fixed asset investments, which they have been doing for the past ten years or so.

it's not a good fix. it doesn't get to the heart of the economy, the small businesses, even the large businesses, it is simply a metric thatis businesses, it is simply a metric that is used to boost gdp itself. so economists are widely expecting that the shanghai lockdown is going to impact china and potentially the rest of the world. so impact china and potentially the rest of the world.— impact china and potentially the rest of the world. so we are right at the end _ rest of the world. so we are right at the end of— rest of the world. so we are right at the end of the _ rest of the world. so we are right at the end of the programme, i rest of the world. so we are right i at the end of the programme, very briefly, 20 seconds, and he sends when all of this will be over? weill. when all of this will be over? well, it is really hard _ when all of this will be over? well, it is really hard to _ when all of this will be over? well, it is really hard to say _ when all of this will be over? well, it is really hard to say because i it is really hard to say because china has a zero co—pay policy. it could happen again and again. we do hope this is certainly the last event. ., , . ., hope this is certainly the last event. . ,. ., ., ., , ., event. 0k, fascinating to have you on. thank event. 0k, fascinating to have you on- thank you _ event. 0k, fascinating to have you on. thank you so _ event. 0k, fascinating to have you on. thank you so much _ event. 0k, fascinating to have you on. thank you so much for - event. 0k, fascinating to have you on. thank you so much forjoiningl event. 0k, fascinating to have you i on. thank you so much forjoining us on. thank you so much forjoining us on programme. thank you. before you go — let me bring you something we're getting in from ukraine's port city mariupol — you'll remember it's under sustained russian attack. and ukrainian troops in the city have retreated to this huge steelworks — which has a network of tunnels underneath. well authorities say 1,000 civilians are hiding there too — mostly, women and children. and they say russia

is dropping heavy bombs on it. that's it for me. as has been outside source. bye—bye. hello there. it was a noticeably fresher day today across the board. there was some good spells of sunshine particularly across the east and southeast of england, a few showers further north and west. tonight, it's going to turn chilly with a cool air mass in place, clear skies, particularly across scotland and northern ireland, could see a touch of frost. there will still be a few showers lingering around as well. it's all down to this area of low pressure, which has been sitting to the northwest of the uk. quite a few isobars on the charts close to the northwest of scotland, so, here, it has been windy, but the winds will continue to ease down through the course of the night. you can see that blue hue indicating that cooler air mass, which will be pretty much across the country through this evening and overnight. a bit of cloud toward central, southern and eastern england, one or two showers here. some showery bursts of rain for the northwest of scotland too, thanks to a weather front, but for the rest of scotland

and northern ireland, clear skies leading to a cold night here, a touch of frost. a chilly night to come as well for much of england and wales, particularly towards the west and across wales. so we start tomorrow on a chilly note. that's how our tuesday begins. plenty of sunshine in the north away from that weather front in the northwest. there will still be a few showers there. and showers will develop pretty widely across england and wales, i think, through the afternoon. a few of them could turn out to be quite heavy. and the winds will be lighter as well to what we've had throughout monday. so, those showers will be slow—moving, but it will be a cooler day still on tuesday, with temperatures ranging from 12—15 degrees. a ridge of high pressure begins to exert its force across the country for wednesday. so that means wednesday, i think, for most of us, is going to be a largely dry day. there will be bits and pieces of cloud around to start with. it will be another chilly start as well, but there should be quite a bit of sunshine around through the day. a bit of an easterly breeze picking up across the east of england there. that will make it feel cooler along north sea coasts.

but i think the best temperatures will be across more southern and western areas. could see highs of 17—18 degrees. towards the end of the week, the area of low pressure, which has been sitting out to the west of us, will dive southwards into biscay and iberia. it could affect the very far south of england as we move into the weekend, but i think thursday and friday will be influenced by this big area of high pressure to the north of the uk. and that will bring us pretty strong, brisk easterly winds for both thursday and friday. so that will make it feel quite chilly, particularly along north sea coasts. probably the best of the weather and the high temperatures will be further west.

hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones, this is outside source. russia steps up its bombardment of cities across ukraine — including lviv in the west, which has been largely unscathed until now. i actually saw a couple of the missiles myself streaking across the sky and then hitting buildings on the city's roofline, and then we saw the black plumes of smoke rising up. we report from a town in the eastern donbas region — where ukrainian forces are preparing for an expected russian offensive. translation: we know that russian forces are bringing i reinforcements into this region, but we're doing everything possible. we are ready to repel the russian occupiers and prevent the capture of our cities. and prince harry speaks to the bbc

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