hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. some of the top officials have been in lviv to show their support. we want to see _ in lviv to show their support. - want to see russia weakened to the degree that it can do the kind of thing is that it has done in invading ukraine. emmanuel macron will be president of france for another five years. we

will look at his policy priorities, having won a second term. we will talk about elon musk. he is closing in on twitter. the company's board might be ready to accept his offer to buy the whole thing. we start with the war in ukraine. russia has continued its aerial attacks on ukraine's cities, killing more civilians. five railway stations were attacked, including in these cities krasne in the west, therynka and kozyatyn in central ukraine. this was the aftermath in krasne. ukrainian railways, like this one, have become a ket target. danjohnson who is at the scene explains why. this is one of the main routes between lviv, kyiv and the rest of the country. attacks on the railway network were expected because these tracks have become the vital arteries maintaining the flow

of weapons into ukraine, over to the east and onto the front lines, and the trains are still running. let's look at russia's offensive in the east. remember, russia's focus is now occupying the donbas region. there has been fighting on the front line. there was shelling there over the weekend too — local authorities say civilians died. but the uk's ministry of defence says, "russia has yet to achieve any significant breakthrough" in the donbas. but in mariupol, that's the southern port city that's been a front line in this conflict, there have been russian advances. after being beseiged for weeks, mariupol is now mostly under russian control. one place that is still held by ukraine is the azovstal metal works factory this is what that plant looks like. we've heard there are several hundred civilians — maybe up to 1,000 — are hiding in underground tunnels beneath here.

and ukrainian soldiers are there too. here are some pictures from those underground bunkers — you can see civilians hiding out there. earlier today russia said there would be a ceasefire in mariupol to evacuate those civilians. deputy prime minister iryna vereshschuk said russia "never kept its commitments and did not open the corridor". eight corridors have repeatedly failed in mariupol. the ukrainian said it didn't happen, first of all because they were not consulted by russia, and secondly because they said russian troops continue to attack the plant despite the promise of a ceasefire. clearly there is no trust on either side. next, i want to share a story from the city of 0desa in the south—east. it's been shelled and a block of flats was hit with air strikes over the weekend. 0ur correspondent caroline davies went there and met a man who lost his family. three—month—old kira was just learning to laugh. in her short life, most was lived

under the cloud of war. but in their flat in 0desa, their family thought they were safe. they were wrong. yesterday, their building was hit by a russian missile. kira, her mother valeria and her grandmother ludmila were all killed. her father yuriy only survived because he left to go to the shops. today, among residents rescuing what they could, we found him. translation: i came to collect things that l were important to my wife. she had a collection of sugar sachets from everywhere. everything in the flat becomes garbage and will be thrown away. i want to keep them for my memories. valeria and yuriy had been together for nine years. his phone is filled with videos and photographs of them. translation: she was a great mother, . friend, with all the best qualities. . it will be impossible for me to find someone else like valeria. she was perfect. such a person could be given

to you only once in a life, and it's a gift from god. it has been barely 2a hours since the attack. but yuriy says he wants to talk. he hopes that it can make some difference. translation: my world died, killed by a russian missile. - and unfortunately, not only my family is in this situation. it's the grief of ukraine and of our whole civilisation. on the diplomatic front, there's been another visit from a high level official to kyiv. this time from america. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, and the us defence secretary, lloyd austin, went to kyiv. here they are meeting ukrainian president vlodomyr zelensky and the foreign secretary, dmytro kuleba. the us says it will give $713 million more military aid to ukraine and nato member states. so that means 3.7 billion dollars

of us military aid has been given to ukraine since russia invaded. last week, that included more weapons. weapons like these howitzer artillery systems. this expert in us politics explains more. what we are seeing right now is again not only an affirmation of military aid, but a shift in the kind of aid that is being given to ukraine, specifically to confront this current offensive in the donbas. it will be a different kind of warfare that we have seen previously, so we are seeing much more of an infusion of heavy artillery, tanks, howitzers, armed vehicles, drones, air defence systems, so much stronger military support than we have seen in the past. russia has called the us' supply of weapons unnacceptable. let's hear from antony blinken now. this was him speaking in poland after his meeting with president zelensky. i come back to the proposition that,

in terms of russia's war aims, russia has already failed and ukraine has already succeeded, because the principal aim that president putin brought to this, in his own words, was to fully subsume ukraine back into russia, to take away its sovereignty and independence, and that has not happened and clearly, it will not happen. so antony blinken says russia is failing in its war aims. meanwhile, us defence secretary lloyd austin, had this to say. we want to see russia weakened to the degree that it can't do the kinds of things that it has done in invading ukraine. so, it has already lost a lot of military capability and a lot of its troops, quite frankly. and we want to see them not have the capability to very quickly reproduce that capability. and those comments, "we want to see russia weakened to the degree that it can't do the kinds of things that it has done in invading ukraine", are being talked about. the bbc�*s james landale says it's surprising words from the us defence secretary. he explains it is one thing to help ukraine resist russian aggression, it is quite another to speak of weakening russia's capabilities, joe inwood is in kyiv.

thanks forjoining us. do you think that president zelensky got what he wanted from the americans during this visit? , ~ this visit? yes, i think he absolutely _ this visit? yes, i think he absolutely did. _ this visit? yes, i think he absolutely did. the - this visit? yes, i think he l absolutely did. the amount this visit? yes, i think he - absolutely did. the amount of this visit? yes, i think he _ absolutely did. the amount of money we are talking about, another $700 million, that is a vast amount. 300 million, that is a vast amount. 300 million of that will go directly to the ukrainians for them to spend on whatever weapons they see fit, and 400 million will go to local allies, to nato countries, to provide the ukrainians with their old soviet era equipment that the ukrainians can use straightaway. it is notjust about the military support, it is about the military support, it is about the military support, it is about the diplomatic support. some of the words we heard used by lloyd austin and anthony blanc can suggest there will be long term american buy into the ukrainian cause. they are putting their money where their mouth is, investing in the equipment, but supporting ukraine

for as long as this fight takes. figs for as long as this fight takes. as president zelensky asking for our no—fly zone still? i president zelensky asking for our no-fly zone still?— no-fly zone still? i don't think he has asked _ no-fly zone still? i don't think he has asked for _ no-fly zone still? i don't think he has asked for that _ no-fly zone still? i don't think he has asked for that recently. - has asked for that recently. obviously, they would still like that, but maybe he has decided he should pick its battles and has asked for heavy equipment, the ability to not produce their own no—fly zone, but to defend their skies. that is where his focus is, his diplomatic capital is being spent there now, asking for anti—aircraft offences —— defences. i think that is probably where he knows he will get more joy. we i think that is probably where he knows he will get more joy. knows he will get more 'oy. we know the russians — knows he will get more 'oy. we know the russians are _ knows he will get more 'oy. we know the russians are very — knows he will get more joy. we know the russians are very upset - knows he will get more joy. we know the russians are very upset with - the russians are very upset with america and other supplying arms. is there focus on railways in part connected to that, that they want to disrupt the ability of the west to get this weaponry into ukraine? yes. get this weaponry into ukraine? yes, absolutel . get this weaponry into ukraine? yes, absolutely. there _

get this weaponry into ukraine? yes, absolutely. there is _ get this weaponry into ukraine? yes, absolutely. there is an _ get this weaponry into ukraine? 1&1: absolutely. there is an old phrase, those two amateurs talk about strategy, professionals talk about logistics when it comes to warfare. the problem the russians had at the beginning of this conflict was logistics. it is technique on the other way now. the ukrainians are now fighting all over the donbas. how to get their hardware to the front lines is on the railways. the attacks we have seen, they temp two take out some of the railway infrastructure will have a material impact on the ability of the ukrainians to get this heavy weaponry, to get that where it is needed. i weaponry, to get that where it is needed. ., ., ,., weaponry, to get that where it is needed. ., ., ., needed. i worried about the capital, k iv. it needed. i worried about the capital, kyiv- it was — needed. i worried about the capital, kyiv- it was a _ needed. i worried about the capital, kyiv. it was a focus _ needed. i worried about the capital, kyiv. it was a focus of _ needed. i worried about the capital, kyiv. it was a focus of the _ needed. i worried about the capital, kyiv. it was a focus of the russiansl kyiv. it was a focus of the russians for a time, but now they are turning their attention to the donbas. has that had an impact on the city, enabling people to go about their lives? i enabling people to go about their lives? ., enabling people to go about their lives? ~' ,., enabling people to go about their lives? ~ ,., ., enabling people to go about their lives? ~ ., , lives? i think so. i have been in k iv for lives? i think so. i have been in kyiv for a _ lives? i think so. i have been in kyiv for a week _ lives? i think so. i have been in kyiv for a week or _ lives? i think so. i have been in kyiv for a week or so, - lives? i think so. i have been in kyiv for a week or so, before i lives? i think so. i have been in l kyiv for a week or so, before that lives? i think so. i have been in i kyiv for a week or so, before that i was in the donbas. the difference in

atmosphere was incredible. i wasn't here during the start of the war but i heard it was like a ghost town. now, it feels more like a city that is coming back to life, opening up a bit. it was the easter weekend, and people were going to church services, coming out to get their cakes blessed. it felt like a city thatis cakes blessed. it felt like a city that is not out of war by any stretch of the imagination. just a while ago there was an air raid siren here. we still have the feel of a city in war, but nothing close to how it felt in the east, or how it felt here at the start of the war when kyiv really was in russia's sites. when kyiv really was in russia's sites. emmanuel macron has won five more years as france's president after beating rival marine le pen, who did however secure the far right�*s highest share of the vote yet mr marcon won 58% of the vote, a greater margin than expected.

he's also the first sitting president in 20 years to be re—elected. this report is from katya adler in paris. after a presidential vote. full of passion and tension, it was back to everyday life in parris today, which the french see as full of challenges for their president at home and abroad. the world is burning, according to this graffiti. many we spoke to today here said they do feel insecure. global warming and everything, it's a big problem, especially for young people. the problem is the inequality. social issues. security. international policy as far as ukraine is concerned and europe. last night, emmanuel macron arrived at his victory gathering to the sound of the eu anthem.

for him, foreign and domestic priorities are clearly intertwined. translation: with me, - you have chosen an ambitious plan for france and for europe. there is a lot for us to do. the war in ukraine reminds us that we live in tragic times and france must make its voice heard. the war in ukraine has had a big impact here, too. like in the uk, it has pushed up fuel and food prices, a huge worry for france's most vulnerable. they mainly voted for emmanuel macron�*s nationalist rival yesterday or didn't vote at all. emmanuel macron knows he has a lot to prove in france but not in brussels where he is beloved. after angela merkel left, that grande dame of europe, france has taken the leadership role, pushing for more eu independence in food production, energy, and defence, to complement not rival nato.

and when it comes to ukraine, emmanuel macron believes he and his diplomatic relations could be key. the ukrainian and russian presidents called to congratulate him quickly last night. first he has a real strategic vision. a lot of others are going to kyiv, of course, to show solidarity, but there aren't so many leaders who are able to talk also to vladimir putin. so, i think he has a special role. kyiv and berlin are tipped to be emmanuel macron�*s first trips abroad. at home, his sights are on parliamentary elections next month. he needs a good majority. if not, his grand plans for france could be scuppered. so after winning re—election on sunday, emmanuel macron now faces a new battle. parliamentary elections injune have the power to confirm or remove the majority of his party,

la republique en marche. opposition leaders on both the far—left and far—right have already called for alliances to defeat him. he's now in a hurry to push ahead with his economic reforms. let's speak to katya live now. let's start with the elections in june. help us understand why they are so important as to what emmanuel macron can do. in french presidential election times, all the public attention is drawn to that. but if that president doesn't have power in parliaments, there is not much they can do and their hands are pretty much tied. that is the conundrum that is facing emmanuel macron. he has been voted for the second consecutive term, the first time for a french president to do that in 20 years. he has a huge wish list of things he wants france

to do at home and abroad, as i was alluding to. he does need to have a comfortable majority in parliament, otherwise things will get very difficult indeed. he faces a challenge from the far left, that perform very well in the first round of the french presidential election, and from the far right. marine le pen, the leader of the nationalist right, yes it was a third time unlucky at the presidential polls, but it was also her best result ever industry attempts. i was at a campaign headquarters when the results were first coming out and she was unapologetic. she said that this is a victory for us and we will continue to fight, first and foremost in these parliamentary elections. emmanuel macron knows there are shadows all around him. he is a respected president, but not a loved one even amongst those who voted for him, many said they did it more to keep the far right is out

than to give their confidence to emmanuel macron himself. so than to give their confidence to emmanuel macron himself. so all eyes on june, emmanuel macron himself. so all eyes on june. let's — emmanuel macron himself. so all eyes on june, let's assume _ emmanuel macron himself. so all eyes on june, let's assume it _ emmanuel macron himself. so all eyes on june, let's assume it goes - emmanuel macron himself. so all eyes on june, let's assume it goes well- onjune, let's assume it goes well for la republique en marche. if he emerges from two selections in good shape, what is on his list of things to do? we shape, what is on his list of things to do? ~ shape, what is on his list of things to do? . ., shape, what is on his list of things to do? ., , to do? we can look at his priorities. _ to do? we can look at his priorities, like _ to do? we can look at his priorities, like last - to do? we can look at his priorities, like last nightl to do? we can look at his. priorities, like last night he to do? we can look at his- priorities, like last night he gave a short acceptance speech because he realises there are so many people in france who don't love him, don't believe him. he promises a massive wish list, it will be about the environment, socialjustice, the french being much more involved in decision—making in their own country, it will be about strengthening the economy, strengthening the economy, strengthening the economy, strengthening the european union, working to help ukraine and so on and so forth. five years ago, when he first became president, we also heard all of these declarations. many people who did not vote for him yesterday said that they did so

because he broke his promises to them. for example, on social justice. i met a teacher at a polling station who was in tears. she said i voted for emmanuel macron in 2017, but he has left teachers high and dry, not taking care of social services is issued. is that because he doesn't care? no, i think he wants to reform social services, his wife is a former teacher, he is a great believer in protecting the environment, he has shown that on the global stage, but it is the realities of being in politics. he has had covid—19, the russian invasion of ukraine, an economic downturn linked to both of those events, and also, the far right, the nationalist right in france that kind of pushed his political agenda gym or they're kind of issues, so emigration and law and order. that meant that the environment got pushed to the wayside, as did social

reforms. he says he is back, determined this time, but a lot of people here in france don't really believe him. in people here in france don't really believe him-— believe him. in that list you 'ust took us three, i believe him. in that list you 'ust took us three, one i believe him. in that list you 'ust took us three, one of i believe him. in that list you 'ust took us three, one of them h believe him. in that list you just| took us three, one of them were strengthening the european union. you have helped us to understand where he would like the eu to go if it was down to him. in practical terms, what to strengthening the eu mean for the presidents? for a terms, what to strengthening the eu mean for the presidents?— mean for the presidents? for a long time he has — mean for the presidents? for a long time he has talked _ mean for the presidents? for a long time he has talked about _ mean for the presidents? for a long time he has talked about making . mean for the presidents? for a long | time he has talked about making the european union more independent. i refer to that in my report. in terms of food production, energy production, and in terms of defence. at the time it was seen as quite controversial. did he want some kind of european defence force to replace nato? that is nonsense, just not possible. the eu does still rely very much on washington, particularly now after the russian invasion of ukraine. emmanuel macron

wants to build the eu's defences, much more pooling of resources between individual member states, to complement nature, not to rival it. as for food and energy production, energy makes a lot more sense now with the european union trying to pull away from dependence on russia in the energy sector. with the global supply chains that were interrupted due to covid—19 for food. a lot of people are now saying, he was right all the time. he is the driving figure in brussels and of the european union stage, and and of the european union stage, and a big player in nato. emmanuel macron thinks that this is his time. thank you. big news on twitter. us media says the firm could agree a takeover deal with elon musk as early as monday — that's today.

its shares rose by about 4% in opening trade in new york after reports that the twitter board met with mr musk over the weekend to discuss his $43bn offer. twitter had initially rebuffed the billionaire's approach. here's one analyst. this is a game of high—stakes poker and ultimately the twitcher port was waiting for a second better or a white knight to come. they never came. they had to ultimately go to the negotiation table with him. now it looks like a deal is imminent. now it looks like a deal is imminent. a quick reminder of what happened. earlier this month, it was revealed that the tesla boss had become the biggest twitter shareholder with 9.3% share. twitter had offered elon musk a seat on its board on the condition that he not own more than 14.9% of the outstanding stock. he declined, instead polling his 80 million followers on whether they believed the platform adhered to the priciple of free speech.

his offer to buy the remainder of the shares came the following week. in his letter to the twitter chairman he wrote, "i invested in twitter as i believe in its potential to be the platform for free speech... and i believe free speech is a societal imperative. however, i now realise the company with neither thrive nor serve this societal imperative in its current form. twitter needs to be transformed as a private company. tesla boss elon musk offered to buy twitter. news of the potential takeover has divided opinion on twitter. a short while ago elon musk tweeted, "i hope that even my worst critics remain on twitter, because that is what free speech means". the bbc technology reporter james clayton is in san francisco. it set a done deal, is it happening? reuters arejust it set a done deal, is it happening? reuters are just reporting that there are no other offers for twitter, it isjust

there are no other offers for twitter, it is just elon musk. that leaves the door firmly open for this deal to happen. all of the mood music we are hearing is that this tale is very much on. i could even be announced today. what has changed is that until friday, twitter didn't know how elon musk was going to pay for this. know how elon musk was going to pay forthis. he know how elon musk was going to pay for this. he is very, very wealthy but nearly all of his money is tied up but nearly all of his money is tied up in assets, so to be able to free up up in assets, so to be able to free up $50 billion to pay for a company is really difficult. on friday he announced how he was going to do that, essentially borrow a lot of money against his tasteless shares. at that point, the board started to take a much more seriously. he has met with the board. apparently they were discussions yesterday late into the night, they are in discussions again today. this deal, for elon musk to take twitcher private is very much on the cards at the moment. he very much on the cards at the moment-— very much on the cards at the moment. ., , ., , ., ,., moment. he has made this about free seech, moment. he has made this about free speech. saving — moment. he has made this about free speech. saying he _ moment. he has made this about free speech, saying he even _

moment. he has made this about free speech, saying he even wants - moment. he has made this about free speech, saying he even wants his - speech, saying he even wants his critics to be online. all the platforms know that when they wish —— restrict freedom of speech it is normally to do with abusive behaviour or misinformation. has he explained how we'll approach this differently? ida. explained how we'll approach this differentl ? ., ., ., ., explained how we'll approach this differently?— differently? no, not at all. we don't know _ differently? no, not at all. we don't know how _ differently? no, not at all. we don't know how he _ differently? no, not at all. we don't know how he will - differently? no, not at all. we i don't know how he will moderate differently? no, not at all. we - don't know how he will moderate the platform. it is very easy to say you are pro free speech, but looking at the platforms that are completely free speech, they can get extremely nasty very quickly. there is a reason financially why twitter does moderates. it doesn't want twitter to become a poisonous, hateful place where this information is rampant. financially there are reasons to do this. it is not clear how he will moderate twitcher. he claims to be a free—speech fundamentalist. i would be shocked if donald trump didn't make his way back onto twitter. many other people who have been banned, they will probably make an entrance

back onto twitter. the rights in america are incredibly excited about this move, and there are plenty of other people as well who are concerned. a twitter employee just told me he is quitting. this will be a huge politicalfootball over told me he is quitting. this will be a huge political football over the coming months if elon musk buys twitter. , ., , coming months if elon musk buys twitter. , , , .,_ , twitter. james, presumably there is a challenae twitter. james, presumably there is a challenge to _ twitter. james, presumably there is a challenge to make _ twitter. james, presumably there is a challenge to make money - twitter. james, presumably there is a challenge to make money here, . a challenge to make money here, because twitter doesn't make anywhere near the kind of profit to match this price tag?— match this price tag? twitcher is nowhere near _ match this price tag? twitcher is nowhere near as _ match this price tag? twitcher is nowhere near as big _ match this price tag? twitcher is nowhere near as big as - match this price tag? twitcher is nowhere near as big as meta, i match this price tag? twitcher is nowhere near as big as meta, by match this price tag? twitcher is i nowhere near as big as meta, by a magnitude of about 20 times. there is a huge untapped potential here for twitter, is a huge untapped potential here fortwitter, many is a huge untapped potential here for twitter, many investors have thought that for years, but it is not quite materialised. people think that elon musk this business genius might have a better chance of doing something with it than others. james cla on in something with it than others. james clayton in san _ something with it than others. james clayton in san francisco, _ something with it than others. james clayton in san francisco, thank- something with it than others. james clayton in san francisco, thank you l clayton in san francisco, thank you very much indeed.

that wraps up this first half of outside source. i will see you in a few minutes. good evening. temperatures were two or three degrees down on those of the weekend because we picked up a bit more cloud and a few showers today and also a change in wind direction. but the mostly dry theme is likely to continue through the rest of the week. it will feel cooler because we've got more cloud, but the reason for their dry weather is this high pressure. parts of england and wales are only seeing about 30—40% of the average april rainfall. there is a question mark though as to whether we will see much rain from that low pressure over the weekend. but the cloud has come and gone today, as you can see across scotland, quite a bit first thing, and then we had some sunshine coming through. for england and wales, it's been tending to cloud

over a little bit more through the afternoon. we have had a few showers, but those will fade away through the remainder of this evening and temperatures again will tumble under the starry skies. rather more cloud, though, gathering in the north and east of scotland. so, less chance of grass frost here, but temperatures elsewhere could get close to freezing, actually, with a touch of frost by morning. so, a chilly start but a bright and sunny one for much of england and wales, for northern ireland, for parts of scotland, and following behind our bank of cloud, we will see some breaks in the cloud too and some sunshine, just a chilly breeze here. the best of the sunshine further south will allow the temperatures to rise to 15—16 celsius, but on the whole, quite a bit of cloud coming in. it may give the odd light shower here and there, but for most, it is dry. what we will find, though, is high levels of uv in the south and high levels of tree pollen, once again, for those who suffer. now, as we go though tuesday evening and overnight, we continue to follow our areas of cloud southwards and westwards being pushed in by that north—north easterly breeze.

and with quite a bit of cloud, again, i think we go towards wednesday, it's looking like a predominantly dry but probably quite cloudy day on the whole, with a lot of cloud gathering in eastern areas, so the best of the sunshine likely in the west. but even here, as we start to pick up a breeze through the english channel, temperatures may be a degree or so down as well because that cold air is just filtering southwards. now, that breeze is with us as we going through thursday and friday in southern areas, but again, for many, the breeze will be light, the pressure is high so it is still dry. where we do still see the sunshine, i think it will feel pleasant enough, strong sunshine as well. but that dry theme continues through the end of april. bye— bye.

hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. the this is outside source. war in ukraine is entering it third the war in ukraine is entering its third month and russia has been targeting railway stations in the centre of the west of ukraine. five stations are strapped in the last 24 hours. some of america's most senior officials have been in kyiv to sell show their support. officials have been in kyiv to sell show theirsupport. simply officials have been in kyiv to sell show their support. simply defending against russian aggression may no longer be enough he says. we against russian aggression may no longer be enough he says. we want to see russia weekend _ longer be enough he says. we want to see russia weekend to a _ longer be enough he says. we want to see russia weekend to a degree - longer be enough he says. we want to see russia weekend to a degree that i see russia weekend to a degree that it cannot do the kinds of things that it has done in the invading ukraine. in that it has done in the invading ukraine. ., , . ~ .,, ukraine. in the uk, a big backlash to this article _ ukraine. in the uk, a big backlash to this article in _ ukraine. in the uk, a big backlash to this article in the _ ukraine. in the uk, a big backlash to this article in the mail- ukraine. in the uk, a big backlash to this article in the mail on - to this article in the mail on sunday which accused the labour's

deputy leader of using her legs to distract the prime minister. boris johnson had this to stay. i thought it was most appalling that a sexist misogynistic tripe. there are calls for the passed parliament retracted. we will discuss that is the correct response. we will also speak about johnny depp back in the witness stand in the trial against his ex—wife amber heard. we will be live in virginia with the latest. back to the war in ukraine. he focused on russia's offensive in the eastern part of the country. some of it was already under the control of separatists with russia's backing. but there has been fighting between pro—russian separatists now that fighting is

happening along the front line that is over 400 km long. the shelling is near constant and ukrainian civilians are of course caught up in this. women, children, the old and sick are trying to survive in dark basements, anywhere they can get shelter and food and water in some cases is running desperately low. our defence correspondent has this report. birdsong. explosion. the first signs of spring, now drowned out by heavy shelling. in eastern ukraine, their battered flag still flying. but signs of life are vanishing fast in the face of a renewed russian offensive. russia is making small gains but creating widespread chaos and devastation right across the region. most have already fled the towns and cities of the donbas. it's the few, like valentina,

who've stayed behind. we found her trying to find food during a lull in the fighting. translation: of course it's dangerous. _ everybody is scared. now we are even afraid of silence. you never know what will happen next. this is now her home. lysychansk has become an underground city. she shares a dark, dank shelter with another 50 people. they say they're running out of clean water and food, and some don't even care which side is winning. translation: my brain hurts. two idiots are fighting, two old men. all of them are guilty. all of them. distant bangs. but there is no peace from the constant barrage of artillery. it's becoming yet another

russian war of attrition. they're trying to break ukrainian forces along a front line that stretches for 300 miles. we have bomb attacks, rocket attacks every day. every day, every time, every day, every house, all day. if we lose, lose not only ukraine, lose all world. and your countries, and other countries too. here, they're still relying on mostly old soviet weaponry. they proudly show off their one british—supplied anti—tank missile, the nlaw. they've already used the other one to destroy a russian tank. we need that weapon for our freedom, for a win, for that war. we need that weapon. and when we have more that weapon, war is ending. do you have enough of them?

that position? yeah. this position? no. ukrainian forces have been holding the line here since 2014 against russian—backed separatists. they're still holding the line, but this time against the russian army. and what has been sporadic fighting over the last eight years has now turned into a full blown war, and they are being pounded by russian artillery. this war is grinding down life in the donbas. deserted towns and cities slowly being destroyed as we travel through the region. from lysychansk to slovyansk, to lyman in the north. the only certainty — this will be costly and brutal for whoever wins this war. jonathan beale, bbc news, eastern ukraine.

we're going to talk about disinformation in this war now. we know that since russia invaded ukraine, there's been a lot of false videos promoted on social media. and tiktok has emerged as one of the leading platforms for these videos about the war in ukraine. they're reaching millions. while other platforms — facebook, instagram and twitter — have been labelling false or misleading viral videos about the war, tiktok hasn't been doing that so much. our disinformation team have been looking into this — and i'm nowjoined by bbc monitoring journalist, kayleen devlin. talk to us about the kind of videos being posted. haste talk to us about the kind of videos being posted-— talk to us about the kind of videos being posted. we are seeing lots of misleadin: being posted. we are seeing lots of misleading videos _ being posted. we are seeing lots of misleading videos with _ being posted. we are seeing lots of misleading videos with millions - being posted. we are seeing lots of misleading videos with millions of l misleading videos with millions of views, the first, for example, one video that was found during an independence day mandatory parade several years ago has racked up

millions of reviews on tech tax with millions of reviews on tech tax with millions of reviews on tech tax with millions of people suggesting that it shows current events in kyiv. this was removed from one account, but it's flourished and popped up again on lots of other accounts. the second is fake live streams with multiple people asking for donations and suggesting that they are in ukraine. researchers found one audio of gunshots which was so popular that it appeared on thousands of different accounts. i think it was 13,000. not all of them would have been asking for donations, but this does point towards a familiar pattern of people doing things like tapping sound over videos and raking in donations. the final thing is a video game footage. usually, again, for dramatic effect, so one video that has continued to pop up on

tictac is around showing the coast of kyiv, but what you actually see is video game footage. three main categories of misleading disinformation we see on this app. what is the policy on this video? tiktok said they are doing as much they can to remove these misleading videos, and one thing that they did do at the start of march was they stopped showing, no more uploads and russia to protect them from russian fake news laws, however, it is much more difficult for analysts to research the scale of these videos on platforms like tiktok because unlock with facebook and twitter, the analytical tools are not there which enable them to do that. so although tiktok do say that they are doing as much as they can to be move these misleading videos, we are still seeing them within minutes of

going on the site. they are playing a game of catch up, essentially. thank you for your help on this. we appreciate it. thank you for your help on this. we appreciate it— fall out continues from a mail on sunday article about labour's deputy leader angela raynor. it quoted a conservative mp who said that angela rayner deliberately "crossed and uncrossed her legs" in parliament to distract borisjohnson. well today the prime minister has called the comments "misogynistic" and "totally intolerable" — and has said this too. i thought it was most appalling, a sexist, misogynistic tripe and i immediately got in touch with angela and we had a very friendly exchange, and, you know, if we find out who is for it, we well, i don't know what we will do with him, but, well, there will be the terrors of the earth, but, you know, it is totally intolerable, that kind of thing.

the article accused angela rayner of what it called a "basic instinct ploy" — a reference to the character played by sharon stone in the film — she's in white, at the bottom of the page. in the article an anonymous conservative mp told the paper — angela rayner "knows she cant compete with boris" oxford union debating training, but she has other skills which he lacks". the speaker of the house of commons also criticised the article — and says he's asked the mail on sunday's editor to meet him. i express my sympathy to the right honourable member for being subject of this type of comment in being demeaning, offensive to women in parliament and can only deter women who might be considering standing for election to the detriment of us all. that is why i am arranging a meeting with the chairman of the press lobby, the editor of the mail on sunday to discuss the issue. female politicians say sexist and mysoginist behaviourfrom male colleagues at westminster is all too common. rachel reeves is labour's shadow chancellor.

what really depresses me is the culture inside parliament, and more than 100 years after the first woman took her seat in the house of commons, that that sort of stuff is still going on and there are still far too many people, including members of parliament, who think that sort of briefing and that sort of story is acceptable. there should be no place for it in 21st century britain. as for the mail on sunday — the press standards body ipso said its received 5,500 complaints about the article — and it's looking into whether the story us a breach of its code of practise. the article was written by glen owen, the mail on sunday's poltical editor — he's part of the "lobby" — that the group of political reporters who are given a pass to work inside parliament. caroline nokes is a conservative mp who chairs parliament's women and equalities committee. she was asked on the bbc�*s womans hour whether glen owen should keep his parliamentary pass. idon't think he should,

and i wrote to the speaker yesterday highlighting this article in particular, but a pattern of behaviour from the mail on sunday and saying i think it would be incredible powerful message to send from the speaker of the house of commons to withdraw that pass. not everyone agrees — another member of the lobby — the independent�*s political editor. jane merrick tweeted "whichever mp briefed the mos about angela rayner deserves criticism. but the mos should not lose its lobby pass for reporting this." this would have huge implications for what any of us report — if an mp tells me something controversial do i then fear reporting it for the same?" martha gill is a political commentator. the annoymous comments — not just sexist, but classist too? to share these concerns? yeah, i think once _ to share these concerns? yeah, i think once employees _ to share these concerns? yeah, i think once employees start - to share these concerns? yeah, i - think once employees start demanding that journalists think once employees start demanding thatjournalists who think once employees start demanding that journalists who write particular stories get their lobby pass is— particular stories get their lobby pass is revoked, they get into quite sticky— pass is revoked, they get into quite sticky water. i don't quite agree that all— sticky water. i don't quite agree that all they we re were doing was reporting sexist comments in the made by mps, because

the article _ comments in the made by mps, because the article itself said that in quite — the article itself said that in quite a _ the article itself said that in quite a sexist context. so i think that he — quite a sexist context. so i think that he should receive backlash over that, and _ that he should receive backlash over that, and indeed he's getting one. i think— that, and indeed he's getting one. i think we _ that, and indeed he's getting one. i think we can — that, and indeed he's getting one. i think we can all, i think we have all seen — think we can all, i think we have all seen that he cannot be particularly heavy with his choices i’ilht particularly heavy with his choices right now. — particularly heavy with his choices right now, but as for his lobby past being _ right now, but as for his lobby past being revoked at the demand of mps, being revoked at the demand of mp5, i think— being revoked at the demand of mp5, i think that _ being revoked at the demand of mp5, i think that is going a step too far. ., , , ., , i think that is going a step too far. .,, , ., , ., far. there has been a huge focus on the sexism — far. there has been a huge focus on the sexism within _ far. there has been a huge focus on the sexism within the _ far. there has been a huge focus on the sexism within the story, - far. there has been a huge focus on the sexism within the story, but - the sexism within the story, but there was classism to.— the sexism within the story, but there was classism to. yes, i think there was classism to. yes, i think the line that _ there was classism to. yes, i think the line that particularly _ there was classism to. yes, i think the line that particularly stung - there was classism to. yes, i think the line that particularly stung was the line that particularly stung was the idea _ the line that particularly stung was the idea that angela rayner couldn't compete _ the idea that angela rayner couldn't compete with boris johnson's oxbridge debating training and had to use _ oxbridge debating training and had to use other skills. —— "other skills! — to use other skills. —— "other skills! she— to use other skills. —— "other skills". she happens to be very good in the _ skills". she happens to be very good in the house of commons, and indeed, she has— in the house of commons, and indeed, she has had _ in the house of commons, and indeed, she has had to be much better than

johnson, _ she has had to be much better than johnson, ben borisjohnson has had to be _ johnson, ben borisjohnson has had to be to _ johnson, ben borisjohnson has had to be to get — johnson, ben borisjohnson has had to be to get to where she is now. there _ to be to get to where she is now. there is— to be to get to where she is now. there is certainly classism, it seems, — there is certainly classism, it seems, combined with sexism here. and seems, combined with sexism here. ahd is— seems, combined with sexism here. and is there — seems, combined with sexism here. and is there also a political dimension, an interesting political dimension, an interesting political dimension, because the mail on sunday would normally be a paper which supports borisjohnson and the conservatives which has a good relationship with that party. this is clearly placing some strain. yes. is clearly placing some strain. yes, i mean, is clearly placing some strain. yes, i mean. iaoris _ is clearly placing some strain. yes, i mean, boris isn't _ is clearly placing some strain. ya: i mean, boris isn't particularly known for loyalty to those places and people who are most loyal to him, so i think that if the mail on sunday hoped this would be helpful to boris, they have swiftly been shown that it hasn't been and boris is prepared to speak out against them if it is to his advantage. finally, martha, a huge fur bar around this at the moment with people across the political spectrum condemning the article, but in terms of practical steps that could be taken either in the house of commons

or by the press regulator, if so, do you imagine that something concrete might emerge from this controversy? —— or two. might emerge from this controversy? -- or two. , ., might emerge from this controversy? --ortwo. , ., , -- or two. the number of places where you _ -- or two. the number of places where you can — -- or two. the number of places where you can raise _ -- or two. the number of places where you can raise complaintsl -- or two. the number of places i where you can raise complaints has improved, there is a new independent body set up in the wake of me to come and it doesn't seem to have worked particularly well to protect staff because there is still a hierarchy within westminster which makes it quite hard for people lower down the chain, and i think that's definitely something that needs to be, that needs focus. i mean, the way misogyny works is to be perfectly fine with women in their place, but as soon as they come to a position of power, they act swiftly to cut them back down. so i think that something that that particular dynamic needs to be noticed and

watched out for.— dynamic needs to be noticed and watched out for. martha, thank you for 'oinin: watched out for. martha, thank you forjoining us. _ watched out for. martha, thank you forjoining us, we _ watched out for. martha, thank you forjoining us, we appreciate - watched out for. martha, thank you forjoining us, we appreciate it. - forjoining us, we appreciate it. martha bill live here on outside source. in a few minutes' time, we will talk about what's happening in china, big cues at checkouts in beijing, people worry that they said he could be next for a covid lockdown. cases their rise. scientists are trying to discover more about why volcanoes erupt. to do so, a team of international scientists have headed off the coast of mexico to explore a remote chain of mexico to explore a remote chain of islands, researching tectonic plates on the cause of tsunamis, they hope to find evidence that could support early warning system. they are amongst the most awe—inspiring, the most powerful and the most dangerous natural phenomena on earth. understanding why and when volcanoes erupt could save lives.

scientists have come here to one of the most remote places on earth for possible answers. translation: the question that volcanologists always have - is when will the next eruption take place. for that, we need monitoring, and the reality is that volcanoes are not really monitored because there are very few resources for it. in january this year, a huge underwater volcano exploded near the pacific island of tonga. the eruption, believed to be the most powerful of the century, created huge plumes of smoke and ash and also caused a tsunami. it's hoped by examining the rocks and minerals of these islands, scientists will gain a greater understanding of the tectonic plates and what lies beneath. is the mantle pushing the plates? is the mantle doing nothing? knowing that relative motion

determines how big stresses are and forces are in the crust and it's those stresses or forces that we need to know in order to see how big earthquakes can be. a number of samples have been sent to europe for further analysis and it's hoped the research will bear fruit later this year. when it comes to volcanology, being forewarned is forearmed. we are here in the bbc news room. our lead story comes from ukraine, where russia has been targeting a number of train stations in the centre and the west of the country. —— where she described herself as a

victim of domestic violence. so far, the testimony has laid bare their violent fights, drug use and vicious words. on monday, the court was played audio recordings of the couple's arguments. i'm not asking you to stay over having a blood bath, i mean, over walking away, i'm not asking you to have a bloodbath for walking away. i'm asking you to work it out over prolonging it and making it bigger. our correspondent does live with us. david, first things first, playing that recording of a discussion between the two of them, who was recording an argument? who is recording an argument? who is recording that personal discussion? this says a great deal about the state that the relationship was in at the time. both sides were recording one another. there are a great number of audio recordings and video recordings of their many noisy

and disruptive arguments. the question is what does it all mean? this morning, there was essentially a barrage of audio clips played to johnny depp, all of which raised a few questions. there was talk from amber heard about the beatings, there was a question about putting your cigarettes out on someone else, and also a comment from johnny depp saying i need to walk away from this before there is a bloodbath. —— there was talk from amber heard. the context for all of this, well, johnny depp said, no, he wasn't putting his regrets out on anyone else, this was a typical amber heard exaggeration. and also the reference to bloodbath, he said, was not meant to bloodbath, he said, was not meant to be taken literally. it was a reference to an idea that they shared between one another. this afternoon, just in the last few moments, another clip has been played. this time one that says all about the fact that amber heard often turned to punching and that he

was being berated for walking away from arguments, rather than facing up from arguments, rather than facing up to these confrontations. —— her too. so both sides and the question, of course, through all of this is context and what those words actually mean when we hear a tiny little fragments of very long and very noisy confrontations. so what state of very noisy confrontations. so what stage of the _ very noisy confrontations. so what stage of the process _ very noisy confrontations. so what stage of the process have - very noisy confrontations. so what stage of the process have we - very noisy confrontations. so what. stage of the process have we reached the end, david, in terms of the entire trial? haste the end, david, in terms of the entire trial?— the end, david, in terms of the entire trial? . ., ., ., ., , entire trial? we are heading towards halfway through- _ entire trial? we are heading towards halfway through. the _ entire trial? we are heading towards halfway through. the judge - entire trial? we are heading towards halfway through. the judge said - entire trial? we are heading towards halfway through. the judge said i - halfway through. the judge said i want this finished by memorial day. that is at the end of may. so there is a good long way to go. we are expecting, of course, testimony from amber heard herself in the next few days, and of course, some of the other key witnesses, the actor pop at me, and elon musk who had a relationship with amber heard. there is a large amount of evidence and a lot of witness testimony yet to be

brought forward.— lot of witness testimony yet to be brought forward. david, thank you ve much brought forward. david, thank you very much indeed. _ brought forward. david, thank you very much indeed. david - brought forward. david, thank you very much indeed. david with - brought forward. david, thank you very much indeed. david with us l brought forward. david, thank you . very much indeed. david with us from virginia. their ongoing reports in the us that twitter may be close to making an announcement about that effort by elon musk tooth by the entire company as and when we get details of that of course we will bring it to you. in china, the capital beijing has begun mass testing for millions of people, after a sharp rise in covid cases. long queues formed outside supermarkets and shops, despite government assurances, over food supplies. there are fears, there could be a lockdown in the capital lasting weeks — like shanghai. stephen mcdonell, has more details. beijing residents rush to buy food and other provisions. there is fear that the capital could be locked down, like shanghai, with its significant shortages of daily necessities. on social media, footage circulating of empty shelves and crowds of shoppers lining up well into the night.

the daily infection rate hasn't been high in beijing. the government has ordered mass testing, warning that omicron may have been spreading significantly in the city over the past week. this is the scene throughout the chaoyang district of beijing, with people lining up to have covid tests today. everyone in chaoyang district has to do three covid tests. now, chaoyang is a huge area. it is as big as a city itself. there are millions of people living and working in chaoyang, and although there have only been 19 extra official cases added today to beijing's covid total, the fact that this testing is going on has really spooked residents in the city. translation: we are panicking a bit, this man said, adding _ that it is impossible not to panic. he showed us his shopping list, disinfectant, soap, vegetables, milk and the like. but a woman said that she has not stocked up on food

at all because she thinks that the situation here will not become like that in shanghai. the extent to which this city is to be locked down, will depend on the results of mass testing over the coming days. stephen mcdonell, bbc news, beijing. what happens in china has a huge impact on the world economy given it manufactures many of the goods we all buy, it's also a huge market for other countries to sell their products into. so when financial markets opened after the weekend, the prospect of more lockdowns in china caused some steep falls. the price of oilfell 6% — it's now atjust over $100 a barrel. shares in london were down 2%, and in the us stocks have fallen too. here's one market analyst on where things may go from here. the lockdown has a huge impact already, you can basically see that from the map of container ships of the parts in china, so shanghai has the biggest part, and it has been congested. i think if we see further lockdowns in the capital, that would further exacerbate

the current situation. however, i think if china realises there is a huge problem, so actually, they have ordered key industries and some companies have actually resumed some of their productions, so it is ultimately a bad thing, but i think they're trying to put in place measures to help sustain the current operation. currently, there is zero coping strategy is ongoing. that's definitely going to be kept up until we have the national congress later on in a year where the president is seeking another term, so we won't see that change. however, i think after that happens, potentially, and when covid is more normalised as cases come down, i think the situation may improve some time into next year, so i think it's too early to be too pessimistic about the china economic outlook in the longer term, i think. i think that the market is worried about the short—term consequences. just in the last two seconds,

confirmation has come through, elon musk is buying twitter. thanks for watching. bye—bye. good evening. temperatures were two or three degrees down on those of the weekend because we picked up a bit more cloud and a few showers today and also a change in wind direction. but the mostly dry theme is likely to continue through the rest of the week. it will feel cooler because we've got more cloud, but the reason for their dry weather is this high pressure. parts of england and wales are only seeing about 30—40% of the average april rainfall. there is a question mark though as to whether we will see much rain from that low pressure over the weekend. but the cloud has come and gone today, as you can see across scotland, quite a bit first thing, and then we had some sunshine coming through. for england and wales, it's been tending to cloud over a little bit more through the afternoon. we have had a few showers, but those will fade away

through the remainder of this evening and temperatures again will tumble under the starry skies. rather more cloud, though, gathering in the north and east of scotland. so, less chance of grass frost here, but temperatures elsewhere could get close to freezing, actually, with a touch of frost by morning. so, a chilly start but a bright and sunny one for much of england and wales, for northern ireland, for parts of scotland, and following behind our bank of cloud, we will see some breaks in the cloud too and some sunshine, just a chilly breeze here. the best of the sunshine further south will allow the temperatures to rise to 15—16 celsius, but on the whole, quite a bit of cloud coming in. it may give the odd light shower here and there, but for most, it is dry. what we will find, though, is high levels of uv in the south and high levels of tree pollen, once again, for those who suffer. now, as we go though tuesday evening and overnight, we continue to follow our areas of cloud southwards and westwards being pushed in by that north—north easterly breeze. and with quite a bit of cloud, again, i think we go towards wednesday, it's looking like a predominantly dry but probably quite cloudy day on the whole,

with a lot of cloud gathering in eastern areas, so the best of the sunshine likely in the west. but even here, as we start to pick up a breeze through the english channel, temperatures may be a degree or so down as well because that cold air is just filtering southwards. now, that breeze is with us as we going through thursday and friday in southern areas, but again, for many, the breeze will be light, the pressure is high so it is still dry. where we do still see the sunshine, i think it will feel pleasant enough, strong sunshine as well. but that dry theme continues through the end of april. bye— bye.

this is bbc news. the headlines at 8:00pm: we report from eastern ukraine, where whole towns are forced to live underground because of the war. residents tell us they no longer care who wins, they just want the conflict to end. translation: my brain hurts. two idiots are fighting. _ translation: my brain hurts. two idiots are fighting. two _ translation: my brain hurts. two idiots are fighting. two old - translation: my brain hurts. two idiots are fighting. two old men. i idiots are fighting. two old men. all of them are guilty. all of them. meanwhile across ukraine, five railway stations have been struck by russian missiles, leaving at least five dead and more than a dozen injured. a young star in the making — but she is one of several accusing their british gymnastics coach of mistreatment. a man in his late 20s has been arrested on suspicion of murder after four people were found stabbed to death in south london.