welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. i'm mariko oi. the headlines... president biden announces another $800 million of military help for ukraine, in what he calls a critical phase of the war. to modernise teddy roosevelt's famous advice, sometimes you ought to speak softly and carry a large javelin, ought to speak softly and carry a largejavelin, because we a large javelin, because we are sending a lot of those in as well. as president putin claims to have taken control of mariupol, we report on how some have managed to leave the besieged city. also in the programme... borisjohnson will become the first uk prime minister to be investigated for claims that he deliberately misled parliament.

we're on the chaotic campaign trail of marine le pen, who's hoping to become president of france on sunday. it's always like this on campaign trail with lo pan, there — campaign trail with lo pan, there is_ campaign trail with lo pan, there is protectors, press and protesters wherever you go. and erik the red — manchester united announce their new manager — can he restore the team to its former glory? live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday. it's 8am in singapore, and 8pm in washington, where president biden has announced another $800 million of extra military aid

for ukraine, saying, "we will never let russia win this conflict". he added, "we're in a critical window of time", with moscow launching a new offensive in the east of the country. earlier, president putin declared victory for russia in the besieged city of mariupol, and ordered his forces to blockade, rather than attack, the last pocket of ukrainian resistance, a massive steel plant. mariupol has been under attack since the russians invaded in late february. some civilians have been able to leave, but thousands have been left behind. 0ur correspondent catherine byaru hanga reports. after a 24—hourjourney, they finally reached safety. they made it out of mariupol, one of the worst—hit cities in this war. 0nly only 80 people escaped to this convoy. iryna is gently helped off the bus

by her daughter, tatiana. translation: i could not leave at first, because my _ mum can barely walk. there is no way i would have left her behind. there was constant shelling, even as we were leaving the city, there was some firing. and what of the people they have left behind? 100,000 civilians are believed to be trapped. there are food shortages, no running water or electricity. translation: it was a miracle that we found a radio wave - where we heard about the evacuation, that helped us to get out. there are pro—russian separatist vehicles that pull over, but they are not saying anything about evacuations. i think many people could have got out if they knew that there was an evacuation planned. after days of negotiations, only a few dozen people have made it out of mariupol — a drop in the ocean, in terms of the numbers of those needing help. and this is what they're fleeing. a full—scale russian assault

to capture the donbas region in the east. mariupol — devastated by bombardments. hundreds of civilians are believed to be trapped, alongside the last ukrainian forces at the azovstal steelworks. its bunkers and tunnels stretch for miles. tapping his feet, as he listened to his defence minister hail what he called the liberation of the city, president putin ordered a halt to the attack on the industrial plant. translation: i consider the - ro osed translation: i consider the proposed storming _ translation: i consider the proposed storming of - translation: i consider the proposed storming of the - proposed storming of the industrial zone unnecessary. i order— industrial zone unnecessary. i order you _ industrial zone unnecessary. i order you to cancel it. this is a case — order you to cancel it. this is a case where we must consider preserving _ a case where we must consider preserving the lives and health of our— preserving the lives and health of our services and offices was that— of our services and offices was that there _ of our services and offices was that there is no need to enter the catacombs and call underground through the cities.

block_ underground through the cities. btock of— underground through the cities. block of this industrial area so that— block of this industrial area so that a _ block of this industrial area so that a flight cannot pass through _ so that a flight cannot pass through. —— a fly. so that a flight cannot pass through. -- a fly.— so that a flight cannot pass through. -- a fly. for those who have — through. -- a fly. for those who have escaped - through. -- a fly. for those who have escaped a - through. -- a fly. for those - who have escaped a humanitarian crisis, perhaps an opportunity to rebuild their lives. at the fair has more ukrainians will face a similarfate, as fair has more ukrainians will face a similar fate, as this war spreads to more villages and cities. catherine byaruhanga, bbc news, zaporizhzhia. you saw president putin's televised meeting in catherine's report there. 0ur russia editor steve rosenberg was watching it in moscow. i think this is a kremlin leader who is becoming increasingly impatient. vladimir putin had been counting on a quick victory backin counting on a quick victory back in february. that didn't happen. he wants victories on the battlefield now, that he can present to his people and make russians believe that his "special military operation", as he calls it, is going according to plan. so what does

he do? he comes out today and he do? he comes out today and he claims victory in mariupol, even though we know some ukrainian fighters are still at the steelworks. now, president putin will be acutely aware that, in two and a half weeks, russia will celebrate victory day, a big national holiday here where russia marks the defeat of nazi germany. he will be hoping that by that time, may nine, he can claim a victory, a big victory in ukraine, orat least in victory, a big victory in ukraine, or at least in eastern ukraine, or at least in eastern ukraine, will he be able to do that? that is another question. the united states is sending more military assistance to ukraine, including howitzer artillery pieces and phoenix ghosts drones, developed specifically for the ukraine conflict. president biden said the nature of the warfare on ukraine's eastern front meant different equipment was required.

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this is a huge amount of money america is continuing to supply to ukraine. president biden said in that press conference today that he wants to keep their weapons and the ammunition flowing into the country. he paid tribute to ukrainian soldiers, two civilians, and he didn't mince his words with president putin. said he would not take over ukraine. in terms of the package, it is similar to the $800 million that was announced last week for military assistance, and as we had there, these are weapons this time round that i needed to fight this particular front, this war that's going on in the eastern front. so different weapons are needed, because the terrain is flat they are. now, if we look at how much money in total america has spent since the war began, it was notjust gone over $3 billion, and in terms of how much money has been spent helping ukraine since biden got in office, we

are talking about $4 billion, so huge amounts of money, and it is worth pointing out that there is only so far president biden can go in terms of authorising all of this money. so he is reaching a point where he will exhaust this drawdown authority that he as president gets, which is where congress allows him to spend this much money. if he wants more, which he has said that he does, he wants more weapons, more ammunition, as i said, to keep flowing into ukraine, he will need to get approval from congress, which she will ask for next week. the republicans, the opposition, want him to be way more aggressive with russia than he is being at the moment, according to them, so we can expect the pressure on biden to do more to ramp up significantly, moving forward. borisjohnson is to become the first british prime minister to be investigated for claims that he deliberately misled parliament. it's the latest twist in the controversy over illegal gatherings held in downing street during lockdown. mrjohnson is currently on a trade visit to india. 0ur political correspondent ben wright is travelling with him.

a chance to change their tune. borisjohnson landed in the indian state of gujarat, brimming with talk of trade, investment and deals. looking out at the cheering crowds, the prime minister might have briefly forgotten the scandal he's bogged down in back home — lockdown—breaking parties and whether he has told the truth. let me just say, i'm very keen for every possible form of scrutiny, and if the house of commons can do whatever i think it commons can do i think whatever it wants to do... visiting a jcb factory, there was little sign borisjohnson was again digging himself into trouble with his own mps, 5,000 miles away. with opposition parties pushing for an inquiry into whether the prime minister misled parliament, mrjohnson had told his mps to vote for a delay, until the police had completed their investigations. but back in westminster, the prime minister's opponents

were putting his previous words of promises in the spotlight. this is about honesty, integrity and telling the truth in this place. it is a principle we all share, but it is a principle under attack, because the prime minister has been accused of repeatedly, deliberately and routinely misleading this house. usually, there are things mps are not allowed to say in the commons chamber. that the prime minister of the united kingdoml is a liar. but today, that word was allowed to pass. the fact he thought he could get away with such absurd claims says clearly that this prime minister takes the british people for granted. knowingly misleading parliament is a very serious matter, and today, borisjohnson insisted he hadn't. the pm does have a lot of support on his side... i support him, because he was anointed by the people in 2019

to deliver a great mission, to unite and level up the country, and because he can make the big calls that are needed at this time. ..but it was clear other conservative mps were angry about the position they were put in,. and for some, their patience snapped. the prime minister now should be long gone . and, deputy speaker, i i certainly hope for this motion, but the prime minister should know the gig's up. - by the time borisjohnson visited this temple number ten had backed down and ditched its plan. you have done a huge u—turn now because you completely misjudged once again it seems the mood of your own party. i don't think it's sensible to have endless investigation and analysis now before the met have concluded their report. look, my view is, if the opposition really want to focus on this, that's all they want to talk about, that's fine, but what i want

to talk about is the stuff we're doing to take forward the uk. talking about the most serious issues, whether a prime minister has lied to the house of commons, and you seem to be making up your approach to this question on an ad hoc, hour—by—hour basis, and that's proven by the chaos around this vote. don't voters expect a bit more? i'm sorry, what voters, i think, will want to see is the conclusion of the investigation, and then i think the house of commons can decide what to do. steve baker, fellow brexiteer like you, senior tory, has said this afternoon you should resign. you're losing credibility in your parliamentary party. my point is... i think that... you know, we got to... we had two hours on this i think on tuesday, quite a lot on wednesday. i don't think there's much more i can say on it. tomorrow, borisjohnson will hold talks with india's prime minister on ukraine, but he will return to face a commons investigation into claims he misled parliament over the party saga that won't go away.

ben wright, bbc news, delhi. you're watching newday on the bbc. still to come on the programme... johnny depp tells a court he felt driven to drugs and alcohol, because of clashes with his then partner amber heard. nothing, it seemed, was too big to withstand the force of the tornado. the extent of the devastation will lead to renewed calls for government help to build better housing. internationally, there have already been protests. sweden says it received no warning of the accident. indeed, the russians at first denied anything had gone wrong. only when radioactivity levels began to increase outside russia were they forced to admit the accident.

for the mujahideen, the mood here is of great celebration. this is the end of a 12—year war for them. they've taken the capital, which they've been fighting for for so long. it was seven o'clock in the morning - on the day when power began to pass - from the minority to the majority, l when africa, after 300 years, reclaimed its last white - colony. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm mariko 0i in singapore. 0ur headlines: president biden announces another $800 million of military help for ukraine, in what he calls a critical phase of the war. as president putin claims to have taken control of mariupol, some civilians have managed to leave the besieged city. in france, it's the final

stage of campaigning, in the race for the presidency, which will be settled on sunday, when millions of voters will choose between the incumbent emmanuel macron and his rival marine le pen. the two candidates faced each other last night in a nationwide televised debate, after which many french voters are still said to be undecided. 0ur europe editor katya adler has been taking the temperature with just three days to go. bonjour! could this be france's next president? marine le pen, patriotic woman of the people, visiting france's forgotten villages? 0r far—right nationalist hiding behind a carefully reinvented, softer image? "how radical are you?" i asked. translation: i'm not radical, sorry. - i'm running for president

to establish a government of the people for the people, giving back power to the people. crowd chants. but these people and plenty of others in france remain unconvinced. so close to the elections, emotions are running high. police whistles. it's always like this on campaign trail le pen. there's protectors, press and protesters wherever you look. marine le pen remains the outsider in this election, but her popularity has grown. she's focused on voters' number one concern — the spiralling cost of food and fuel here. translation: marine le pen goes to markets to meet working - people like us. she's down to earth. we've always liked her. translation: marine le pen, even if she tries to distance i herself from the extreme right, that's her background, that's her party. i'm voting macron

to keep le pen out. in fact, both presidential candidates have a reputation problem. eu—obsessed and elitist is how emmanuel macron's critics describe him. so, at this campaign event in marseille, he ditched the designerjacket and appealed across party lines to vote for him on sunday. translation: the 24th of april is a referendum | for or against the environment, for or against young people. this election can be the start of a new french and european era, of great hopes and ambition. brussels and washington are watching all this extremely carefully, especially with the raging russia—ukraine crisis. france has the eu's biggest military and second largest economy. macron wants to use

that to boost eu, nato and transatlantic relations. le pen is euro— and us—sceptic with traditionally close ties to moscow. who becomes france's next president is as important abroad as it is at home for a number of reasons. marine le pen's programme would directly lead to a total collapse of the french economy, which would hurt the other european countries. also very important economic partner, which is the uk. marine le pen defends her economic plans. but france's next president — she or he — won't be able to claim the heart of all french people. this is a divided country. katya adler, bbc news, paris. in the united states — lawyers for the actress amber heard have been questioning herformer partner johnny depp, in his defamation case against ms heard. jurors were shown text,

in which mr depp referred to �*a monster inside him' that he kept in check. the actor is suing ms heard over an article she wrote in which she said she was a victim of domestic violence. 0ur correspondent david sillito has been following the case. johnny depp, and day three on the witness stand, and he was bracing himself for some tough questions. yesterday, we saw what he said where the injuries caused by his ex—wife, amber heard. but it was that portrayal ofjohnny depp as the blameless victim in all of this that was today being challenged in court. he was shown these text messages, exchanged with the actor paul bettany, comments about burning and drowning amber heard. ater you said, "let's drown her before we burn her," mr depp, you said, "i will bleep her burnt corpse afterwards to make sure she is dead." that's what you said that

you would do, after you burnt her and after you drowned her. did i read that right? you certainly did, yes. a real threat, or a less—than—serious monty python reference? and then his drug use — the court shown these photographs of bags of marijuana, the actor lying passed out, and whatjohnny depp says was a carefully staged photo of cocaine and whisky. you would sometimes drink whisky in the mornings too, right? during this time period? erm, i, i... you know, i mean, isn't happy hourany time? and then questions about what amber heard calls the monster, his temper. the court was played a tape of him talking about a head—butt. mr depp, you said, "i head—butted you in the bleep forehead, that doesn't i was using the words that miss heard was using.

ok. but there was not an intentional head—butt. there was also footage of another angry outburst — he said, yes, he did hit cabinets and couches, but not his wife. david sillito, bbc news, fairfax, virginia. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. huan 0rlando hernandez, the former president of honduras, has been extradited to the united states, to face weapons and drug trafficking charges. he was arrested in february, shortly after ending his second term in charge of the country. us prosectors have previously accused him of funding his political rise with profits from drug traffickers. the arab league has called on israel to end jewish prayers inside the al—aqsa mosque compound in occupied eastjerusalem, saying it could trigger wider conflict. in recent days, security forces in israel have used stun

grenades, with some palestinians throwing stones and firecrackers by the mosque. after a meeting injordan, the arab league said israel had restricted muslims in their right of worship while allowing ultra—nationalist jews to enter the site. israel says it is enforcing a long—standing ban onjewish prayer at the compound. florida lawmakers have voted to strip disney of its self—governing status. it's a move widely seen as retaliation for the company's opposition to a new state law limiting discussion of lgbt issues in schools. for the past 55 years, it's had the power to build infrastructure and control utilites on its theme park in exchange for tax relief. manchester united fans all over have been reacting to the appointment of erik ten hag as manager.

the man who's currently in charge of the dutch champions ajax will take over from interim boss ralf rangnick at the end of this season. i asked natalie burrell, super fan, and host of the only one united podcast, what she thought. i think we've been waiting for this appointment to be made for a long time. when he was first announced, quite excited. he's done great things at ajax, so now i'm excited to see what he can do at manchester united. what do you think are the biggest challenges for thejob? i think basically sorting out the dressing room, making sure that players want to play for the club, want to play for the badge. i think we've had a lot of issues well documented, players unhappy. i think him sorting out the players, getting his players in, having a good style of play, we've not had that at manchester united for a while, so if you can bring an attacking style of play, that will be the first job for him as manager. how do you think cristiano ronaldo will feature

in his plans for the club? cristiano ronaldo is one of my favourite players, so i hope that he stays, but he's not the cristiano ronaldo of a couple years ago. he was scoring all the goals for madrid. i hope he does stay, but if we don't get champions league football, i don't know. will erik 10 hag want a younger player? maybe. but i still think cristiano will have a good place at man united. that's all for now. thank you for watching newsday on bbc world news.

hello. 0ur weather's going to be pretty settled over the next few days. it's fairly quiet out there right now and not much change on the way for friday. one thing that we will notice is that cool breeze strengthening day by day, particularly noticeable on the north sea coast, and this often happens when we have high pressure close to iceland there over the norwegian sea, low pressure to the south, and that basically shunts quite a strong airstream from scandinavia across the north sea and cuts through the uk. particularly chilly on those north sea coasts. it'll also drag in some cloud, some moisture, particularly to central and eastern parts of england, so a slow grey, breezy, chilly start to the day here, whereas out towards the west, there'll be sunshine. also, a few showers developing anywhere from london

into the south midlands, southern wales, maybe salisbury plain, perhaps the west country but elsewhere, it should be sunny. so, cold on the north sea. 0n the actual coast, it could be ten degrees, but warmer spots, maybe southwestern parts of scotland, perhaps as high as 19, most of us somewhere in between. also worth noting the tree pollen levels will be generally moderate to high on friday. so, the weekend, then, that pattern continues, so the high across the north, low pressure to the south. we can see the rain across spain and france, so the bad weather's to the south of us, but we still have that strong breeze and, again, a few showers. perhaps a little more widespread, maybe, spreading into northern parts of england during the course of saturday. again, chilly on the north sea coast, maybe 12 in newcastle, typically 16 there in plymouth and not far off that in belfast as well. here's sunday's weather forecast — more of the same — cold wind out of the north sea and all the bad weather staying way to the south of us and similar temperatures, perhaps not even making double

figures there in aberdeen. so, let's have a look at the outlook into monday. slight change in the wind direction, so you could see the high pressure builds down again across the uk, the wind switches direction — it will be more of a northerly. so, temperatures will actually drop as we go through the course of next week, maybe making around 10, 11, 12 degrees across some northern towns and cities. bye— bye.

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