this is bbc news 7 welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. our top stories... the ukrainian port city of odesa has been struck by a volley of russian cruise missiles, killing at least eight people and leaving many more injured. ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy says us secretary of state antony blinkin will visit kyiv on sunday in the highest level us visit since the war began. i'm in paris where campaigning has ended in france's hard—fought presidential election — with emmanuel macron and his far—right rival marine le pen urging people to turn out and vote on sunday. 26 passengers and crew are missing injapan after a tourist boat reportedly sinks off the northern island of hokkaido.

and more than 90,000 fans have packed into wembley stadium to watch tyson fury defend his world heavyweight title against dillian whyte in just over an hour. officials in ukraine say eight people, including a three—month—old baby, have been killed in a russian missile attack on the port city of 0desa. 18 others were wounded. this video shows the aftermath of a strike on a residential building. 0ther russian missiles hit a military facility in 0desa and a cemetery. the russian defence ministry says its missiles destroyed a logistics terminal in the port city, where it said foreign weapons were stored.

siren wails thick black smoke that cut through the calm of a saturday afternoon in 0desa. this was the aftermath of missile strike on the city. 0n the ground — blown—out glass, debris, burning cars. and ukraine's firefighters and army trying to limit the destruction. vitalia and her son, nikita, were on the 12th floor when the missile hit. translation: there was a very strong explosion directly on top of us. - it broke all the windows in the apartment. i smelled smoke very strongly. we collected what we could and then we ran. when we reached the fourth and fifth floors, we wanted to turn around. it was impossible to breathe and all the doors were blown out. translation: we were afraid that we would suffocate, - but in the end we broke through. i got burned. there was a car on fire and the flames hit me. i didn't feel it at first, but then people told me.

i was in a state of shock. while we were filming, the crowd was pushed back, told that to get too close would be dangerous. the ukrainian authorities have said that the missiles were launched from the caspian sea. despite anti—aircraft defences, two hit a military facility, two hit residential buildings. at least six people have died, 18 are wounded, eight are in hospital. one of those killed was a three—month—old baby girl. odesa sits on ukraine's southern coast. while much of the fighting has focused in the east of the country, odesa had started to reduce its curfew and remove some of its street defences. this has come as a shock to many people here in odesa. the city has been relatively quiet over the course of the last few weeks and many people hoped that could mean the start of some form of normal life. this shows that things can change in a moment. tomorrow is orthodox easter sunday, but few feel they will find peace while the threat from russia hangs over the country. caroline davies, bbc news, odesa.

ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskiy has been giving a news conference, from a subway in kyiv. he said he was still willing to meet with vladamir putin — but not if ukraine's remaining forces in the besieged city of mariupol were killed. he urged russia to resolve the war through diplomacy. translation: i would like to stop, to finalise the war. _ there is the diplomatic way, and there is the military way. so any healthy and sane person always chooses diplomatic way because he or she knows that even if it's hard, it may stop the losses of thousands, of tens of thousands — and with such neighbours, hundreds of thousands, and maybe even millions — of victims. victims, losses of people, we don't want that. and any leader, whether he wants that or not, he doesn't have the right to deny subjectively, because it would be a subjective decision to deny the diplomatic way.

earlier, i spoke to our correspondent in kyiv, anna foster, and asked her how unusual mr zelenskyy�*s press conference was. it was unusual, martine, because it is the first thing he has done of this type for weeks now. he has given one or two interviews, but always from that very secure bunker he has been holed up in. russia made it very clear there was a threat to his life. so see him underground, at a metro station, where people have been sheltering from this invasion, seeing him answering questions from assembled journalists did feel like he had had no... he talked about, as you're hearing there, wanting to have a meeting with vladimir putin. he also revealed that the us secretary of state, antony blinken, and the defence secretary, lloyd austin, will

visit kyiv tomorrow. unusual to reveal that before the event, but it would be the latest in a string of high—profile visits to this capital. it just shows you how things are slowly starting to come to life. i just want to show you, while we are talking, this building behind me, so familiar now. these beautiful golden domes of saint michael's monastery have at night, been completely dark so far, ever since the start of the war. and it is greek orthodox easter, russian orthodox easter tomorrow, so for the first time, the lights are back on. you can see that building in the background, there is still a curfew, it should be busy, worshippers all evening long, but it is still the first is no sign of normality returning here. and then the issue of odesa where, of course, the russian explanation dmytro cherevko is a spokesperson for the ukrainian militaryjoint co—ordination press centre in odesa.

thank press centre in odesa. you forjoining us on what u a thank you forjoining us on what was a dreadful day for the city. how are the military and emergency services managing to respond to their missile —— the missile can you hear us? i'm so sorry, it looks like our line has frozen. we will try to go back to him and find out what has been happening today in odesa. voters in france will head to the polls on sunday to decide the victor of this year's presidential election. if he succeeds, emmanuel macron will become the first french president to win a second term in 20 years. he's the favourite, but opinion polls show his far—right challenger marine le pen could perform better than she did in 2017. let's cross live now to paris, where my colleague reeta chakrabarti has been following events. thank you, martine.

just under 2a hours before we find out the opinion, the final result of the election tomorrow evening. of course, people are chewing over the situation, which is quite a complex one. i'm joined now by french political analyst alexandre kouchner. viewers will maybe remember your surname,, yourfather viewers will maybe remember your surname,, your father served viewers will maybe remember your surname,, yourfather served in surname, , your father served in successive surname,, yourfather served in successive governments. this surname, , your father served in successive governments. this is round number— successive governments. this is round number two _ successive governments. this is round number two but - successive governments. this is round number two but things i successive governments. this is i round number two but things have dramatically changed. both candidates claimed they would change the system. now emmanuel macron has a record, he is the sitting president, so he has to own up to

his own record. and marine le pen has to put behind her her very bad 2017 campaign. french society has shifted, political parties are in disarray, political parties have cracks we have never seen before. french society has cracks we have never seen before. we french society has cracks we have never seen before.— never seen before. we saw in the first round _ never seen before. we saw in the first round the _ never seen before. we saw in the first round the traditional - never seen before. we saw in the first round the traditional parties | first round the traditional parties of the left and the right, the socialist and republicans dashed republicans annihilated. has the traditional right left split gone? party wise, yes, they are all but written off. the socialist party who has given us the last president before president macron, they had 1.7%, that is dismal. and the conservative party are under six, they are all but written off nationally. but politically you still have politics from the right

and politics from the left and actually french voters still relate to that and it is still a very strong markerfor them. this to that and it is still a very strong marker for them. this is marine le _ strong marker for them. this is marine le pen's _ strong marker for them. this is marine le pen's third _ strong marker for them. this is marine le pen's third attempt i strong marker for them. this is | marine le pen's third attempt at strong marker for them. this is - marine le pen's third attempt at the presidency, how successfully has she managed to soften her image, would you say? it managed to soften her image, would ou sa ? , ., ., managed to soften her image, would ou sa ? , . ., ., you say? it is quite a feat. in that sense, you say? it is quite a feat. in that sense. she _ you say? it is quite a feat. in that sense, she did _ you say? it is quite a feat. in that sense, she did have _ you say? it is quite a feat. in that sense, she did have a _ you say? it is quite a feat. in that sense, she did have a very - sense, she did have a very successful campaign. she is again at the second round, after all. what has changed is her programme, or actually not her programme but the way she presents it, she has been moving away from race and immigration and closer to wages and communities. this has softened her image. she was also very much helped by eric zemmour, an extreme right—wing politics —— policy, he has made her seem more poised. if you look back 20 years ago, marine le pen's father was running in the

second round, 82% of the french people voted against the front national with 80% saying that party was a threat to democracy. in 2022, 47% of the french feel that marine le pen is the closest candidate to their worries. 51% think she is the one who will change things best and now we are having debates on whether or not she is from the extreme right. hence, yes, the thing is voters don't think to feel that way any more. voters don't think to feel that way an more. , , ~ voters don't think to feel that way an more. , , . ., any more. very interesting. we are auoin to any more. very interesting. we are going to have _ any more. very interesting. we are going to have to — any more. very interesting. we are going to have to leave _ any more. very interesting. we are going to have to leave it _ any more. very interesting. we are going to have to leave it there. - any more. very interesting. we are going to have to leave it there. see you tomorrow again. yes indeed, lots to chew over until then. for the time being, back to you, martin. it's the middle of the night injapan, where coastguard vessels and patrol aircraft are using searching the waters for 26 passengers and crew of a sightseeing boat that's missing off the northern island of hokkaido.

the authorities lost contact with the vessel, the kazu 1, after its crew told the coastguard that it was taking on water and had started to sink. the area where the boat ran into trouble, hokkaido's shiretoko peninsula, is a world heritage site known for its unique wildlife. local media say the passengers included two children. downing street has confirmed that the uk prime minister, borisjohnson, has not received a second fine for breaking lockdown rules. there are reports that the metropolitan police has issued fines for an event in the garden of number ten on 20th of may, 2020. earlier, our political correspondent damian grammaticas told me that the prime minister may not have escaped a second lockdown fine just yet. it does not mean he may not get a fine, butjust means we do not know. up until this point, he has not received a second fine is what we know. it is being reported that fines are being sent out, a couple, perhaps, being sent by the police for this event on 20th may. the prime minister has been fined once for breaking

the law by the police. that was at the event to celebrate his birthday. this is a month before that, may 2020, in that first lockdown when you were only allowed outside your house to meet one person in public or for a necessary work reason. this event, we know, happened in that garden in downing street, the pm's private secretary invited people to bring your own booze, people may remember that for this event. the prime minister had to go to parliament injanuary to say he had been at it, he was there for 25 minutes, he said he thought it was a work—related event, that was the explanation he gave. the police, it seems, have started sending out letters, but downing street says not to the prime minister, does not mean he will not get one future, we just do not know. how many dates are they

still looking at which could generate fines? they are looking at a number, think we have had three different parties, now. if you count this one, for which they have issued fixed penalty notices. i think that means there are another handful they are still looking at and this, of course, is one that had drawn a lot of attention because of the nature of the garden. 30 people talked about being there, tables laid out with food and drink. and at the time, you could only do something that was necessary for work. but what the police have said is they will not be issuing any more information themselves until after the local elections, so a couple of weeks' time. we have to wait for downing street, who might, themselves, say if the pm does get a new fine. but this week mps agreed for there to be an investigation

the privileges committee looking into whether the prime minister misled parliament and we will not hear about that until after the police have reported fully. that new, third inquiry into all of this, we have the internal sue gray civil service one, that we wait to see that, which will come after the police complete their inquiries. then now, we will have this parliamentary one and that, in many ways, is perhaps one that might provide the mostjeopardy for borisjohnson because, ultimately, these things will be decided in the political arena and that will be an investigation by that parliamentary committee into whether he misled or lied to parliament when he made his statements about these gatherings and events, when he said no rules were broken, the guidelines are followed. that, though, could be weeks or months away. sport and for a full roundup, let's go to the bbc sport centre.

tyson fury is defending his heavyweight bout against dillian whyte. tyson fury is considerably heavier than dillian whyte. 90,000 people will be watching, a european post war record for watching. being back in england. — post war record for watching. being back in england, i _ post war record for watching. being back in england, i am _ post war record for watching. ee: “u; back in england, i am fighting my old pal dillian whyte back at home in england, for all the glory and all the belts, fans are in for a real treat. 94,000 people, they will see a big pair up. i know dillian whyte, we dashed and he knows me. we will treat you to a barnstormer, don't worry about that. it will treat you to a barnstormer, don't worry about that. it means everything. _ don't worry about that. it means everything. it — don't worry about that. it means everything. it is _ don't worry about that. it means everything, it is massive, - don't worry about that. it means everything, it is massive, it- don't worry about that. it means everything, it is massive, it is. don't worry about that. it means everything, it is massive, it is al everything, it is massive, it is a bil everything, it is massive, it is a big fight, — everything, it is massive, it is a big fight, like tyson said, we weren't— big fight, like tyson said, we weren't expecting to be here, me especially, — weren't expecting to be here, me especially, anyway. i weren't expecting to be here, me especially, anyway. lam weren't expecting to be here, me especially, anyway. i am willing to do whatever it takes. whatever i

have _ do whatever it takes. whatever i have got — do whatever it takes. whatever i have got to do, i will do. any victory— have got to do, i will do. any victory by— have got to do, i will do. any victory by any means necessary, i will do _ victory by any means necessary, i will do that — victory by any means necessary, i will do that. i'm not scared to take risks, _ will do that. i'm not scared to take risks, i_ will do that. i'm not scared to take risks, l have — will do that. i'm not scared to take risks, i have taken risks my whole life so _ risks, i have taken risks my whole life so it _ risks, i have taken risks my whole life so it is — risks, i have taken risks my whole life so it is nothing new. manchester city have a one—point advantage over liverpool in the premier league, city and are far ahead, they were in flying form today, thrashing second from bottom watford 5—1. gabriellejesus scored four at the etihad. rhodri gave city a 2—0 lead beforejesus changed it. we have to wait again to be champions. three games away. difficult ones because in a mix in between champions league but pleasure and so proud again to be

here. , here. elsewhere in the premier learue, here. elsewhere in the premier league. it _ here. elsewhere in the premier league. it is — here. elsewhere in the premier league, it is advantage - here. elsewhere in the premierj league, it is advantage arsenal here. elsewhere in the premier i league, it is advantage arsenal in the race. they beat manchester united 3—1. these are the scores. now, in germany, bayern munich have secured a tenth consecutive bundesliga title, beating barresi dortmund 3—1 on saturday. the win was secured and opened up a 12 point lead at the top with three games remaining. this victory took their unbeaten run to nine matches, having lostjust unbeaten run to nine matches, having lost just four times this unbeaten run to nine matches, having lostjust four times this season. max verstappen will start the grand prix from pole after winning the first sprint race this season. the championship leader got past him and the ferrari stayed in front until the ferrari stayed in front until the penultimate lap went max

verstappen was finally be able to get back in front and secured pole position for the grand prix. it was a difficult day for mercedes, lewis hamilton ended up 14th, one place down from where he started. charles will havin: down from where he started. charles will having a — down from where he started. charles will having a bit _ down from where he started. charles will having a bit more _ down from where he started. charles will having a bit more pace _ down from where he started. charles will having a bit more pace but - down from where he started. charles will having a bit more pace but then l will having a bit more pace but then i think he ran out of tires and we could close the gap and go for the move and turn to. i know maybe tomorrow it will be again different but for sure, today it worked out for us to be on this compound so very happy to have a clean sprint race at the end.— very happy to have a clean sprint race at the end. nothing i can do, all i can race at the end. nothing i can do, all i can do _ race at the end. nothing i can do, all i can do is _ race at the end. nothing i can do, all i can do is try _ race at the end. nothing i can do, all i can do is try and _ race at the end. nothing i can do, all i can do is try and do _ race at the end. nothing i can do, all i can do is try and do the - race at the end. nothing i can do, all i can do is try and do the best| all i can do is try and do the best 'ob all i can do is try and do the best job i_ all i can do is try and do the best job i can — all i can do is try and do the best job i can go. _ all i can do is try and do the best job i can go, some weekends it is better_ job i can go, some weekends it is better than— job i can go, some weekends it is better than others. we are fighting for the _ better than others. we are fighting for the championship, to get into the top _ for the championship, to get into the top ten at the moment. the four-time _ the top ten at the moment. the four-time world _ the top ten at the moment. tue: four—time world champion the top ten at the moment. tte: four—time world champion mark the top ten at the moment. t"t;a: four—time world champion mark selby has been facing a tough second round at the world championship snooker in sheffield. it is oh so tight. selby

has pulled the frame back. he is 11-10 has pulled the frame back. he is 11—10 down. the first of 13 frames wins. this is the last session of this match and they will keep going until the very end, so it could be a long night at the crucible in sheffield. that's all the spot for now. the world health organisation has reported a new ebola outbreak in the democratic republic of congo. only one case has been confirmed so far but there are concerns it could spread because the patient didn't seek treatment for at least a week. an ebola outbreak in west africa between 2013 and 2015 caused at least 11,000 deaths. the disease, has a mortality rate of around 50%. a vaccination campaign is now underway in the drc to prevent the virus spreading. let's return to the situation in odesa. the port city in ukraine which saw a volley of russian missiles today in which at least

eight people were killed, including a three—month—old baby, according to ukrainian officials. and around 18 people were injured. dmytro cherevko is a spokesperson for the ukrainian militaryjoint co—ordination press center in odesa. thank you for waiting while we sorted out our line to you. how other military and the emergency services responding to deaths and injuries from these missile strikes today? this injuries from these missile strikes toda ? �* , ., injuries from these missile strikes toda ? m . injuries from these missile strikes toda ? a . ~ ., injuries from these missile strikes toda ? a . ,, ., , injuries from these missile strikes toda ? a . ,, ., today? as far as we know, it is a result of a _ today? as far as we know, it is a result of a rusk _ today? as far as we know, it is a result of a rusk -- _ today? as far as we know, it is a result of a rusk -- rocket - today? as far as we know, it is a result of a rusk -- rocket marcalj result of a rusk —— rocket marcal hit,, a fire broke out in an area of about 220 square metres. all relevant services were involved in responding to the effects of these strikes and the fire was eliminated by rescue services. an operational group is working at the scene. state

emergency services involved 96 people and 18 units. the workers keep going. the people and 18 units. the workers keep going-— people and 18 units. the workers kee anoin. ,, . ,.. ., keep going. the russians claim that their missiles _ keep going. the russians claim that their missiles hit _ keep going. the russians claim that their missiles hit a _ keep going. the russians claim that their missiles hit a facility _ keep going. the russians claim that their missiles hit a facility which - their missiles hit a facility which was storing foreign weapons, what is your response to that? sorry, i don't know if you could hear me? the russian officials claim that the missiles struck a facility which is where foreign weapons were being stored. what is your reply to that? the official reply is that the rockets hit the civilian buildings, that led to civilian casualties and some people dead. that is our

official reply to that question. what preparations are you making in odesa in case there are further strikes? ., ,, , , strikes? so, right now, odesa keeps --rearin~ strikes? so, right now, odesa keeps preparing and _ strikes? so, right now, odesa keeps preparing and ready— strikes? so, right now, odesa keeps preparing and ready for _ strikes? so, right now, odesa keeps preparing and ready for further - preparing and ready for further attacks. however, we are still waiting for the assistance of our western partners, especially we are expecting the weapons from our partners, to protect our skies, because this is the most vulnerable site. ,., , because this is the most vulnerable site. , ., because this is the most vulnerable site. ,., . , because this is the most vulnerable site. . , site. odesa is a port city, as marie paul site. odesa is a port city, as marie paul, how — site. odesa is a port city, as marie paul, how concerned _ site. odesa is a port city, as marie paul, how concerned are _ site. odesa is a port city, as marie paul, how concerned are you - site. odesa is a port city, as marie paul, how concerned are you thatl paul, how concerned are you that odesa will see the sort of attacks that mariupol has suffered? irate odesa will see the sort of attacks that mariupol has suffered? we are re arina that mariupol has suffered? we are preparing right _ that mariupol has suffered? we are preparing right now _ that mariupol has suffered? we are preparing right now for _ that mariupol has suffered? we are preparing right now for different - preparing right now for different scenarios and our military chiefs

are trying to predict the different actions of our enemy. so, basically, right now, the city is mostly safe and we are ready for different ways of actions of russian troops. dmytro cherevko, of actions of russian troops. dmytro cherevko. from _ of actions of russian troops. dmytro cherevko, from the _ of actions of russian troops. dmytro cherevko, from the press _ of actions of russian troops. dmytro cherevko, from the press centre - of actions of russian troops. dmytro cherevko, from the press centre in l cherevko, from the press centre in odesa, thank you very much for talking to us on bbc news. thank ou. supermarkets across the uk are limiting how much cooking oil customers are able to buy, as supplies are hit by the war in ukraine. the british retail consortium says the restrictions are a temporary measure "to ensure availability for everyone. a 33—year—old man has been arrested in the town of bedworth in warwickshire after a series of attacks in the town centre. two men and a woman were stabbed. one of the victims is in a stable condition in hospital — the other two have been discharged.

officers say the suspect, from bedworth, attacked at least 10 people. police said the victims identified so far are helping with the investigation. work has begun on the world's largest animal bridge in southern california, allowing a safe route between a range of hills and the santa monica mountains for creatures in the area. the wallis annenberg wildlife crossing will span a ten—lane motorway northwest of los angeles, helping mammals including mountain lions, coyotes and deer to have better access to food and potential mating partners. the duke and duchess of cambridge have released new photographs of prince louis to mark his fourth birthday. the pictures were taken earlier this month by his mother. they show louis, who is the youngest of william and catherine's three children, enjoying a trip to the beach, whilst on a family trip to norfolk. you are watching bbc news, just a reminder that there is plenty more on all of these stories on our bbc

news website, including the live page, which currently is showing up takes one about that attack in odesa. you are watching bbc news. —— showing updates. hello, again. well, the weekend's got off to a pretty decent start weather—wise. for the vast majority, it's been a dry day. there've just been one or two showers dotted around here and there. but some sunshine for most of us — that was edinburgh castle, overlooking the blossoms there in the gardens below. now, the satellite picture. to the north of the uk in the north atlantic, we've got a big bank of low cloud, and that is going to be coming towards the uk into next week, but before we get there, today we have had some cloud, particularly across wales and western areas of england, and that cloud has produced one 01’ two showers. now, they'll fade away but we could see another batch just running into the south of england for a time overnight. away from that, cloudy again for northern scotland, but for most it's a dry night with clear skies. temperatures getting down

to between three and seven celsius, perhaps a few areas of frost in some of the deeper valleys in scotland. now, for the second half of the weekend, it's another fine—looking day. lots of sunshine around, both morning and afternoon, and i think overall there'll be fewer showers, so the vast majority of you will have a dry day. still pretty cloudy across the far north of scotland, but otherwise sunny spells. now, again, we've got these east, north—easterly winds working across the chilly waters out in the north sea where the sea temperatures are onlyjust coming up from their wintertime lows, and that does have an effect on the temperatures. for eastern areas, 11 to 14 degrees. the highest temperatures, again, across the south and west — we're looking at highs of 18 in cardiff and for london. for monday, still a fair bit of dry weather but we are going to see some showers across central and eastern england. some of those could turn out to be quite heavy for a time during the afternoon. away from that, though, a fair bit of dry weather, but it's starting to turn cloudy and cooler across northern areas of scotland. ten degrees in stornoway, 11 in aberdeen. in the sunshine further south,

14s and 15s for the most part. tuesday is where we see that big area of low cloud i showed you on the satellite picture. well, that works down the north sea and then starts to spread inland, so quite a bit of drier weather still around, but quite a lot of cloud, as well, and given the cloudy skies, just nine degrees in aberdeen and newcastle. highest temperatures 15—16 for cardiff and for london, but, really, the rest of the week does look pretty cloudy at times. temperatures not as high as they have been. the best of any limited sunshine will be across western areas. that's the latest.

this is bbc world news, the headlines... ukraine says at least 8 people have been killed — and 18 injured — by a series of russian missile strikes on the strategic port city of odesa. ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky says us secretary of state antony blinkin will visit kiev on sunday, in the highest level us visit since the war began. campaigning ends in france's hard—fought presidential election — with emmanuel macron and his far—right rival marine le pen urging people to turn out and vote on sunday. downing street confirms the prime minister has not yet received any further fines for breaking lockdown rules. and more than 90 thousand fans have packed into wembley stadium

to watch tyson fury defend his world heavyweight title against dillian whyte in just over an hour.