i'm ben brown live in kyiv. the head of the united nation is on a peace mission to moscow. he says the war and the suffering here in ukraine must end. antonio guterres calls for a ceasefire as he prepares to meet the russian leader vladimir putin. russia's invasion of ukraine is a violation of its territorial integrity and against the charter of the united nations. but it is my deep conviction that the sooner we end this war, the better. quite naturally the secretary general _ quite naturally the secretary general knows _ quite naturally the secretary general knows full _ quite naturally the secretary general knows full well - quite naturally the secretary general knows full well of i quite naturally the secretary. general knows full well of those decisions — general knows full well of those decisions that— general knows full well of those decisions that were _ general knows full well of those decisions that were declared - general knows full well of those decisions that were declared byl decisions that were declared by

president — decisions that were declared by president putin— decisions that were declared by president putin about - decisions that were declared by president putin about the - decisions that were declared by . president putin about the reasons and targets— president putin about the reasons and targets and _ president putin about the reasons and targets and the _ president putin about the reasons and targets and the goals - president putin about the reasons and targets and the goals of - president putin about the reasons and targets and the goals of the l and targets and the goals of the operation — and targets and the goals of the operation that— and targets and the goals of the operation that is _ and targets and the goals of the operation that is conducted - and targets and the goals of the operation that is conducted by. and targets and the goals of the l operation that is conducted by our military _ i'm rebecca jones with the rest of the bbc headlines. seven women make allegations of sexual misconduct against the former bbc radioi dj tim westwood. he strenuously denies the claims. elon musk strikes a deal to buy twitter for more than £34 billion. and remembering harry billinge. the average food bill in the uk could increase by £271 this year, the biggest increase in a decade. and remembering harry billinge. the funeral is held in cornwall for the d—day veteran who raised tens of thousands of pounds for a normandy memorial.

i'm ben brown, in the ukrainian capital of kyiv. as the war here rages on into its third month, the united nations secretary general antonio guterres is trying to end it with a peace mission to moscow today. he's meeting the russian leader vladimir putin, before travelling here to kyiv later this week. hopes of any kind of breakthough are not high. russia's foreign minister has accused nato of fighting a �*proxy war�* in ukraine and risking a third world war. this is what today's talks are trying to end, russian missiles launched into ukraine amid fears of where this conflict might go next. this morning, russia's foreign

minister welcomed the un secretary—general as he arrived in moscow, as critics question antonio guterres�*s decision to visit russia's capital before kyiv and what his trip might accomplish, the un's top officials stress dialogue is vital. i know that we have today facing a complex situation in ukraine. different interpretations about what is happening in ukraine. that does not limit the possibility to have a very serious dialogue, at best we can work to minimise the suffering of people. this visit comes amid warnings the conflict could still escalate further. yesterday, russia's foreign minister told state tv that through its supply of weapons, nato was waging a proxy war against russia and warned this could turn into world war iii, claims this morning dismissed by a british minister. i don't think that right now there is an imminent

threat of escalation. i think what the west is doing to support its allies in ukraine is very well calibrated. defence ministers from nato and european countries are today meeting at an air force base in germany as they up the supply of weapons ukraine. the us defence secretary said yesterday he wanted russia we can so it could not carry out another innovation again. on the ground, both sides continued to go on the offensive. ukrainian forces used a missile system to destroy four russian tanks. russia meanwhile released footage of its missiles hitting military storage facility. marry a poll is expected to be one focus of the talks today in moscow, subject to enormous devastation in recent weeks. there is pressure for a humanitarian corridor to allow people to leave. there is little optimism surrounding

the moscow talks or expectation of any kind of wider ceasefire. speaking in the last three minutes, the un secretary general said they had to try. it is my deep conviction that the sooner we end this war, the better, for the people of ukraine, for the people of the russian federation, and there is far beyond. some kind of negotiation may eventually bring this conflict to an end but for the moment those involved in the fighting are still seeking to strengthen their position by inflicting damage on the battlefield first. after meeting with the russian foreign minister, sergei lavrov, un secretary general antonio guterres has called for a ceasefire in ukraine, saying that everything must be done to end the war

as secretary general of the united nations, i came to moscow as a messenger of peace. my objective and my agenda is strictly linked to save lives and to reduce suffering. i had a very frank discussion with the foreign minister, sergey lavrov, and it is clear that there are two different positions on what is happening in the ukraine. according to the russian federation, what is taking place is a special military operation with the objectives that were announced. according to the un, in line with resolutions passed by the general assembly, russia's invasion of ukraine is a violation of its territorial integrity and against the charter of the united nations. but it is my deep conviction that the sooner we end this war, the better, for the people of ukraine, for the people of the russian federation

and those far beyond. i can speak now to our europe correspondent, jenny hill, in moscow. antonio guterres said these had been frank discussions. is that a code for saying the talks didn't go very well? i for saying the talks didn't go very well? ~' ,., for saying the talks didn't go very well? ,, ,., ., , ., well? i think so. there was no discernible _ well? i think so. there was no discernible warmth _ well? i think so. there was no discernible warmth between l well? i think so. there was no l discernible warmth between the well? i think so. there was no - discernible warmth between the two men and their positions remain apart. i don't think anyone expected much of a significant breakthrough. bearin much of a significant breakthrough. bear in mind that as they sat down to talk sergey lavrov said moscow had agreed to the un's request for the secretary general to come and talk but that was about it. i think we do have to question whether moscow is genuinely serious about trying to find any kind of peace here. sergey lavrov, some of his

comments last night about the west which russia now accuses of not only trying to prolong this conflict but also seeking to exacerbate the conflict by providing weapons and aid to ukraine, it's a very common narrative here, russians are told almost every hour of every day that the west is the real enemy here and that it the west is the real enemy here and thatitis the west is the real enemy here and that it is now very much making vladimir putin's special military operation into something much greater and something which poses more of a risk to russia itself. and set against that background it is difficult, combined with the belligerent rhetoric we are seeing coming out of the kremlin, to see how anyone is supposed to negotiate a peace treaty. sergey lavrov have said he thinks hostilities will end but has also said the teams of such an agreement would be very much defined by the state of fighting at the time. you can read into that perhaps a desire on the part of russia to see how far it can get in

its invasion. we know it's status aim is to take the whole donbas region, you can see perhaps it's real aims are region, you can see perhaps it's realaims are a region, you can see perhaps it's real aims are a little bit further. but there doesn't seem to be much of a sense of real commitment to peace talks. let mejust a sense of real commitment to peace talks. let me just add that while sergey lavrov was meeting antonio guterres, vladimir putin was handing out medals to olympic athletes, the people who competed in the winter games in beijing more than two months ago. that is his priority today and he is still engaged in events connected to sport all afternoon before eventually he will make time for antonio guterres a little later on.— little later on. you mentioned russian antagonism - little later on. you mentioned russian antagonism and - little later on. you mentioned| russian antagonism and anger little later on. you mentioned - russian antagonism and anger about the support the west is giving the ukraine and i guess that anger will be increased by the meeting in germany today of about a0 nato and eu countries were meeting to discuss

how to step up and better coordinate their weapons supplies to ukraine. yes. if you look at the state television you can see presenters throughout the day quite furious with the west in some cases for supplying arms and in their view making this conflict worse. turning it into the possibility of world war iii. that is starting to become a bit of a narrative here. we have to bearin bit of a narrative here. we have to bear in mind that vladimir putin justified his invasion of ukraine by not only saying the russian speaking populations in the east of the country needed defending against a murderous regime in kyiv, but that russia itself needed defending against the west and against its security architecture, nato. so all of the recent developments, all of the western responses to vladimir putin's invasion, are notjust for supply of weapons and aid but also

sanctions and international condemnation, love those are taken and presented to russians as examples of western aggression against russia.— examples of western aggression auainst russia. ., ,, , ., , . russian forces withdrew from northern ukraine at the beginning of april, but occasional shelling continues in border areas. the village of senkivka was once the site of festivals celebrating friendship between ukraine, russia and belarus. now the town's few remaining residents say they are living in fear, as yogita limaye reports. barely a highway in ukraine that doesn't tell of war. we travelled to the northern edge of the country. senkivka, the last village by the border with russia and belarus. it's still being shelled. only a few of its residents remain.

nina is living with a rocket that landed right in her yard when the invasion began. these civilian homes are visible from russia. they can see what they're firing at. it's scary to live like this but where will i go? i can hear the shelling, i can show you from my yard the russian checkpoint, she said. i feel so sad about everything, my heart is going numb, i've run out of tears. on the road outside, another rocket. experts who've seen these images say they could have held cluster bombs. banned in other parts of the world because of the devastation they cause, both russia and ukraine are accused of using them. this was one of the roads that russian soldiers took when they were entering ukraine from the north, on their way to cities like kyiv and cherniv. the focus of the war at the moment has shifted to the south

and east of the country, but here at the northern edge, we are just about two miles from the border, and russian soldiers withdrew from here around three weeks ago. the feeling very much is that it could all change in a matter of minutes. this video from ukraine's border guard shows russian forces rolling into semkivka in february. for this 91—year—old, it was the second time in her life seeing tanks at her doorstep. she remembers hiding in trenches during world war ii but says there was no mass shelling, the way there is now. translation: back in the day, i could run away, nowl can't. i there is nothing good about war. we have been friends with russia and belarus for years. people from other countries visited each other, married each other. from almost everyone we spoke to, we heard about friendships and families

spread across borders that have now been broken. this man's brothers and a sister live russia. translation: my sister told me it was us who started the war. i i want my family to use their heads, to look at the situation independently. nina told us she has cut her brother, who lives in belarus, out of her life because she does not believe what she has told him, what is really happening. after we left, there were multiple grenade explosions here, no—one was hurt but the threat is constant. yogita limaye, bbc news, senkivka. let me tell you what's happening in kyiv this afternoon because they are trying to tier down and dismantle a soviet—era statue not too far from where i am here in the capital. it's

a statue built back in 1982. it was meant to symbolise friendship and unity between russia and ukraine. the mayor of the city has ordered it to be dismantled and torn down because he says russia's brazil killing and destruction of this country and desire to destroy our statehood means the statue should no longer be in the middle of kyiv. so that's that he was being dismantled this afternoon. a very symbolic moment. that is the latest from the ukrainian capital and i will hand you back now to the studio. the headlines on bbc news: the head of the united nations is on a peace mission to moscow. antonio guterres calls for a ceasefire as he prepares to meet russia's president vladimir putin later today.

seven women make allegations of sexual misconduct against the former dj tim westwood who denies the claims. elon musk strikes a deal to buy twitter for more than 3a billion pounds. the dj tim westwood is facing multiple allegations of sexual misconduct by women who say he abused his position in the music industry to exploit them. the 6a—year—old is accused of predatory and unexpected, unwanted sexual behaviour and touching, in incidents between 1992 to 2017. the bbc and the guardian have heard detailed accounts from seven women in a joint investigation into the former bbc radio 1 dj. we've protected their identities. tim westwood strenuously denies all the allegations. our correspondent, chi chi izundu, has this report.

this is not about music now, and i'm just very, very scared. this is predatory behaviour. i was 17. if you are trying to remove an item of my clothing and i put it back on, that means i don't want it to be gone. this is the story from a group of women. this was an assault. an abuse of power. seven women, who alleged they had been subjected to unexpected and unwanted sexual behaviour from the former bbc radio 1 dj, tim westwood. it's westwood. we are live on bbc two. this is how radio 1 get down. isabel was 19 when she heard tim westwood would be djing at a local club in the midlands. as an aspiring artist, she hoped he could help with her career and arranged to meet the then 53—year—old in london. when i got there, he was in a car. the next thing he has undone his trousers. he actually tapped me to turn around and look at the fact that he is exposing himself. so i've looked and i've seen,

and i'm like, "oh, no, oh, no. oh, my god." isabel was taken to a flat and says she was very scared. so he leaves the room, and then he comes back in, completely naked. and he is walking through. he's not saying anything to the fact that i'm a little bit twitchy, i'm a tiny bitjittery. like, i'm trying to move away and there was this horrible moment, he, like, held me by the shoulders and turned me around. i knew what was going to happen this point, so i'mjust like, "oh, god." i remember being just, like, hunched up and holding on to the back of the chair, like, scared. he then had sex with her. ijust remember feeling so deflated, and so sad, and feeling really ashamed of myself and bad. another two women have accused the dj of predatory and unwanted sexual behaviour

when they were 17 and 20. whilst another four women we have spoken to accused the dj of either grabbing their breast or slipping his hand down the back of their shorts or up a skirt, after taking a picture with him at nightclubs. the earliest alleged incident took place in 1992, the most recent in 2017. none of them went to the police. nowadays, i'm a big dog. as an early adopter of hip—hop, tim westwood has been a prominent figure in black music for more than a0 years. he presented bbc radio 1's rap show for nearly 20, interviewing some of the biggest names on his programme. he says he strenuously denies all the allegations. all of the women that we spoke to as part of this investigation have two things in common. number one, they were all young, and number two, they are all black. they had the same question of their experience with tim westwood. who do you tell? this is a man who has huge power in the music industry

and a huge influence in black communities. because they're black women, they felt their experiences would be ignored. doing this is important because it makes it feel like that wasn't completely for nothing. like, i don'tjust have this trauma scar for no reason. there's a purpose for other people to not have to experience it. chi chi izundu, bbc news. if you've been affected by any of the issues in that report, you can find details of organisations offering information and support at bbc.co.uk/actionline. or you can phone forfree at any time to hear recorded information — on 0800 077 077. the prime minister has told ministers he wants to reduce childcare cost by easing health and safety rules.

our political correspondent, nick eardley, is at westminster. tell us more and tell us why he is saying this now.— tell us more and tell us why he is saying this now. there has been a bi ush saying this now. there has been a big push in _ saying this now. there has been a big push in government _ saying this now. there has been a big push in government to - saying this now. there has been a big push in government to come l saying this now. there has been a. big push in government to come up with ideas to ease the cost of living burden without spending more money and that last bit is crucial. at a cabinet meeting this morning it was made pretty clear that the is not new money being put on the menu —— table right now to deal with cost of living pressures but one of the things that is being looked at in the government is the idea that you reduce the legal requirement to have a number, to have the each child a certain number of adults. so if you take the nursery school environment, at the moment for every three children under two you have to have one adult. once you get to the age of two, four every for two—year—olds you need one adult. a number of

ministers have been lobbying to reduce those ratios to reduce the cost nurseries have and that would hopefully be passed on to parents who are struggling with the cost of living. at cabinet this morning the prime minister made it clear that he wants that to happen, he wants those changes to come into play and he is frustrated i am told that it hasn't happened so far. it is seen by the prime minister is a pretty easy way of starting to ease some of the burdens for working families are facing. the department for education has been looking at this and they have been a number of different pilots looking at how this could potentially happen but given the prime minister has thrown his weight behind it in the last few days, i think that adds to the possibility that this could be a policy change that this could be a policy change that comes in quite soon. we should point out that if it does happen it will be controversial with the sector. there was an attempt by

david cameron's government to do this a few years ago and it was eventually abandoned because of the extent of the opposition. in eventually abandoned because of the extent of the opposition.— extent of the opposition. in the meantime _ extent of the opposition. in the meantime there _ extent of the opposition. in the meantime there is _ extent of the opposition. in the meantime there is also - extent of the opposition. in the | meantime there is also pressure extent of the opposition. in the - meantime there is also pressure on the passport office after reports that people are facing long delays in getting new passports or getting their passports renewed. fix, in getting new passports or getting their passports renewed.- their passports renewed. a huge concern that _ their passports renewed. a huge concern that massive _ their passports renewed. a huge concern that massive delays - their passports renewed. a huge concern that massive delays in l their passports renewed. a huge l concern that massive delays in the passport office at the moment, partly simply because of the backlog of people didn't renew their passports during the pandemic because they couldn't travel, partly because they couldn't travel, partly because of some brexit complications and the fact you have to have three months left on your passport to travel to europe. they have been lots of stories in the last few days about the backlogs in the fact people are waiting longer than ten weeks and the concern that the government has is that means this is actually making the cost of living crisis worse, people to fork out extra cash for premium services to get their passports back in time to

make sure that they can make their holidays. borisjohnson at cabinet this morning said he was going to hold passport bosses to downing street next week and tell them than they need to deliver better value for money and if they don't the prime minister is threatening to privatise the passport office and take it out of that autonomous role it has as a home office organisation run at arms length and to put it into the private sector. that is a threat at the moment rather than something that is being actively considered but the prime minister is hoping that by putting pressure on the passport office to deliver better value for money and quicker results that it will have some sort of impact. number ten sources are also saying that that is to do with the cost of living crisis as well because if you are a family of four who are having to pay for premium services to make sure you have your

passport back in time to go on holiday, that could cost hundreds of pounds extra. the government is trying to say we do have some ideas to try and ease that burden. opposition parties have all been saying in recent days theyjust don't think the government has proper ideas to deal with cost of living will stop labour have been calling for an emergency budget for example to look at why —— wider issues. this is all about what can be done at the moment and ease some of the pressure on families. the board of twitter has accepted a takeover offer from the world's richest man, elon musk. he'll pay around 3a billion pounds for control of the social media network and plans to relax some of the restrictions on what its 300—million users can post. our technology reporter shiona mccallum has more. those 300 million users include everyone from pop stars, and world leaders and twitter

was one of the first platforms to give them the power to connect to you and i instantly. one of the most prolific tweeters is of course elon musk himself. he took to twitter to announce the multi—billion dollar takeover, saying free speech is the bedrock of democracy and he looks forward to unlocking twitter�*s potential. if his idea of free speech is to prevail, it would likely mean less moderation. it could mean controversial figures who have been banned like donald trump get reinstated. having a public platform which is massively trusted and broadly inclusive is extremely important to the future of civilisation. the urrent ceo reportedly told twitter employees he did not know which direction the platform would go in once the tesla and spacex boss is at the helm.

he also said no staff would be losing theirjobs right now. if you look at investors, they view it as musk has had massive success with tesla and spacex and paypal and could he have the same success. i think it's going to be a bit of an uphill battle in terms of turning around twitter. in the eyes of many this is really trading caviar, in terms of his tesla stock, for really a new york city pretzel. the transaction itself will take around six months, so between now and then there is bound to be more speculation and uncertainty around twitter as the world works out how musk�*s brush and gung ho approach may change things. and shiona joins me now in the studio. why do you think elon musk does want to buy twitter?— to buy twitter? there are two schools of _ to buy twitter? there are two schools of thought. _ to buy twitter? there are two schools of thought. first - to buy twitter? there are two schools of thought. first of. to buy twitter? there are two. schools of thought. first of all, to buy twitter? there are two - schools of thought. first of all, he is a billionaire, he's got so much money, the billionaires have bought

football clubs, airlines, why not buy a social network? also, elon musk loves twitter. if you follow him he is prolific. he is tweeting about space x and tesla, his companies. he is a believer in free speech. so the other school of thought is if he wants to promote free speech, that is fraught with difficulty. at the weekend the europeans got together and passed the digital services act. they say they will come out are some big tech companies if they allow hate speech on their platform. in the uk we have the online safety bill going through. so twitter could face fines if it opens up free speech and allows hate and racism and those things to be said. so allows hate and racism and those things to be said.— things to be said. so in your view of what might — things to be said. so in your view of what might the _ things to be said. so in your view of what might the platform - things to be said. so in your view of what might the platform lookl things to be said. so in your view. of what might the platform look like under his leadership? there of what might the platform look like under his leadership?— under his leadership? there are a few tangible _ under his leadership? there are a few tangible things _ under his leadership? there are a few tangible things we _ under his leadership? there are a few tangible things we can - under his leadership? there are a few tangible things we can say . under his leadership? there are a few tangible things we can say he j few tangible things we can say he will do. he has already conducted a poll saying that will people want an edit button and it seems that is

something he is keen to do. he has also said he wants to make the algorithms more transparent so people can really understand how twitter works. there is also the financial aspect of this. at the moment twitter is ad —based and he said he wants to bring it into subscription model. so there are a few things we might see. elon musk is a huge fan of crypto currencies so will we see twitter now become a place where bitcoin is promoted? we will have to wait and see. and place where bitcoin is promoted? we will have to wait and see.— will have to wait and see. and what would an edit _ will have to wait and see. and what would an edit button _ will have to wait and see. and what would an edit button do? _ will have to wait and see. and what would an edit button do? it - will have to wait and see. and what would an edit button do? it means| would an edit button do? it means ou can would an edit button do? it means you can go — would an edit button do? it means you can go back— would an edit button do? it means you can go back and _ would an edit button do? it means you can go back and edit _ would an edit button do? it means you can go back and edit previousl you can go back and edit previous tweets which defeats the purpose of the real—time tweeting. it will be interesting to see how that happens. that is going to keep you busy. really good to talk to you. let's catch up with all of the weather now. another try and bright day. that cloud across scotland and northern ireland is tending to drift its way

southwards but some strong sunshine as well and some high levels of tree pollen across southern and western areas. the showers will tend to fade as we go through this evening and overnight. little bits of loaf cloud will form again but generally a chilly night. once again on wednesday we are chasing the cloud. it's a dry pitch of the most part with showers few and far between. a few across northern ireland and scotland but banks of cloud will meander their way underneath the area of high pressure so light winds and once again feeling cool because of the cloud. we could see 15 or 16 with the sunshine does come out. perhaps a little bit of rain on saturday but it's a dry story. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: the head of the united nations, antonio guterres, calls

for a ceasefire as he prepares to meet russia's president vladimir putin later today. russia's invasion of ukraine is a violation of its territorial integrity and against the charter of the united nations. but it is my deep conviction that the sooner we end this war, the better. translation: quite naturally the secretary general - knows full well of those decisions that were declared by president putin about the reasons and targets and the goals of the operation that is conducted by our military. seven women make allegations of sexual misconduct against the former bbc radio 1 dj tim westwood. he strenuously denies the claims. elon musk strikes a deal to buy twitter for more than £3a billion. the average food bill in the uk could increase by £271 this year —

it would be the biggest increase in a decade. and remembering harry billinge — the funeral is held in cornwall for the d—day veteran who raised tens of thousands of pounds for a normandy memorial. sport now, and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's holly. hi, rebecca, and hello to you at home. manchester city manager pep guardiola says they need two perfect performances against real madrid to reach the champions league final for the second year in a row. they were beaten by chelsea last season and they've never won this title — in contrast, real madrid have lifted it 13 times. they meet at the etihad tonight, in the first leg of their semi—final. guardiola says they can't compete with the spanish side's history, but they know what's required to get past them. we have to do two exceptional

games to reach the final. and hopefully, we can do it. we can do the games, be ourselves, and it is not necessary to say how much we respect real madrid, how good they are. and that's all. the day before her 37th birthday, aston villa and former england defender anita asante has announced she'll retire from football at the end of the season. asante won 71 england caps, played at two world cups, three euros and represented team gb at the 2012 olympics. she was also part of the arsenal team that made history in 2007 by winning four titles. and she has big aspirations for the future. lots of people see me on their screens doing media stuff, punditry and things for the wsl, and i hope to continue to do that as well. but, you know, ultimately, my dream is to one day manage my childhood club.

it would be a great thing to one day get there and be coaching arsenal. world number one novak djokovic will be able to defend his wimbledon title this summer. the all england lawn tennis club has today confirmed that covid—19 vaccines won t be required to play. djokovic was barred from the australian open injanuary because he hadn't been vaccinated. he applied for a medical exemption, which was originally accepted but eventually overturned, and he was removed from the country. leeds rhinos have re—signed england full—back zak hardaker until the end of the season. he was released by wigan last week after a troubled spell, which included him being stood down for "failing to meet expected standards". hardaker won three grand finals, two challenge cups and the 2015 player of the year with leeds, before leaving to join castleford and then wigan. the six—time world snooker

champion ronnie o'sullivan has a healhty advantage in his quarter—final match against stephen maguire. o'sullivan leads by 6 frames to 2, after their first session. he's looking in outstanding form in sheffield — and he's already added another record to his list this year for the most matches won at the crucible — he's now on 71. it's a long way back for maguire, who hasn't made the last four since 2012. former two—weight world champion ricky hatton says he hopes to "inspire people" with his return to the ring at the age of a3. he's set to face mexio's marco antonio barrera in machester in an exhibition bout injuly ten years on from his retirement. during that time, he's struggled with his mental health but he says he hopes this match will show people what is possible. if there is anyone there that goes watching, saying do you remember ricky five, six years ago, the state he was in, look at him now, you know,

you can turn your life round. it was bad for me at one stage, and to be where i'm sat, to be in a position to do an exhibition at the manchester arena one last time, and hear "there's only one ricky hatton", people say why are you doing it for? it's clear what i am doing it for, so people can sit there and say, you know, we all have it tough and no—one's had it tougher than ricky, look what you can do if you do the right things. that's all the sport for now but there's more on the bbc sport website, including continued coverage from the world snooker, which is also live on bbc two. i'll be back with more later. many thanks, holly. detectives have been given more time to question a man arrested in connection with the disappearence of a woman in burnley. katie kenyon, who's 33, was last seen getting into a van three days ago. police say a 50—year—old man who's

being held on suspicion of kidnap is believed to be known to her. i'm nowjoined by our correspondent rowan bridge who is in the forest of bowland where police are searching for katie. bring us the very latest, if you would. ., , , ., bring us the very latest, if you would. . , , ., , would. there has been a significant amount of police _ would. there has been a significant amount of police activity _ would. there has been a significant amount of police activity as - would. there has been a significant amount of police activity as they i amount of police activity as they stepped up the search for information on missing katie kenyon. you can see police vehicles behind me and we have seen special mountain rescue teams and rescue dogs brought into the search at guisborough forest because it is several square miles of quite dense forest and the search was hampered by the fact there is a very poor mobile phone signal and police have indicated that it may be until friday in terms of trying to map the area and then search for clues.— search for clues. police have said they have — search for clues. police have said they have been _ search for clues. police have said they have been given _ search for clues. police have said they have been given more - search for clues. police have said they have been given more time| search for clues. police have said i they have been given more time to question this 50—year—old man. what

is the latest on that? question this 50-year-old man. what is the latest on that?— is the latest on that? 850-year-old man from the _ is the latest on that? 850-year-old man from the burnley _ is the latest on that? 850-year-old man from the burnley area - is the latest on that? 850-year-old man from the burnley area was - man from the burnley area was arrested over the weekend and yesterday police were given an extra 36 hours to question him into today. police have not released many details but said he is known to katie but we are still waiting for more information about who he is or what may happen at the end of those 36 hours which run out later today. mps are warning that spiking will remain "an invisible crime" in england and wales, unless more is done to improve awareness and support victims. spiking involves putting drugs or alcohol into someone's drink, or in some cases using a needle to inject the person without consent. the home office says it is considering whether spiking should be made a specific criminal offence. june kelly reports. it's a hidden danger on a night out, and spiking will remain an invisible crime unless more is done to improve

awareness and support victims. this is the message from mps, who are calling for a better response from pubs, clubs, police and health services. they say there's a culture of viewing victims as having had one too many. this was the experience of former love island contestant sharon gafka when she was a spiking victim. when the paramedics turned up, they automatically said that, you know, she's had too much to drink, she just needs to go home and sleep it off. but my best friend who was with me is a doctor, has known me for many years, knows exactly what i'm like as a person — with or without alcohol — told them, no, this is not normal. the mps say venues with bad spiking records should face the threat of losing their licences. they believe that spiking should be made a specific criminal offence, and they want better data collection so there's more information about the scale of the problem. the perpetrator may be a sexual predator, they may be looking

to steal from their victim, and it could be someone you regard as a mate, according to the mps. just for a laugh, to do this to your friends for a laugh, to see them in a state of intoxication, and that clearly is very, very wrong. so, there's more work to be done on the perpetrators and trying to understand their motivation. there have been spiking incidents where victims say it wasn't their drink that was targeted, they had actually been injected with a drug. the home office says it is looking at making spiking a specific offence and police chiefs are urging victims to report what has happened to them as soon as possible. june kelly, bbc news. joining us is helena conibear, chief executive officer at the alcohol foundation trust — which works with young people in places like schools and youth clubs to spread alcohol awareness. good to have you with us on bbc

news. i know you and your organisation gave evidence to the commons committee which has produced this report so i wondered what you make of its conclusions. irate this report so i wondered what you make of its conclusions.— make of its conclusions. we are really pleased _ make of its conclusions. we are really pleased with _ make of its conclusions. we are really pleased with this - make of its conclusions. we are really pleased with this 50 - make of its conclusions. we are| really pleased with this 50 pages make of its conclusions. we are - really pleased with this 50 pages of evidence and testimony collated from nearly 2000 victims of drink spiking that the home affairs committee has put together. we are taking forward pretty much every recommendation we made so at the alcohol education trust we are really pleased that it's been recognised there is a victim blaming, there is a ping—pong of victims between a&e who would tend to the police and the police send them back to a&e, a lack of gathering evidence and a lack of believing victims. mitt; gathering evidence and a lack of believing victims.— gathering evidence and a lack of believing victims. why do you think that is? i believing victims. why do you think that is? | think — believing victims. why do you think that is? i think because _ believing victims. why do you think that is? i think because in - believing victims. why do you think that is? i think because in most - that is? i think because in most laces that is? i think because in most places where — that is? i think because in most places where people _ that is? i think because in most places where people have - that is? i think because in most places where people have been| that is? i think because in most - places where people have been spiked you often cannot remember what has happened to you experience blackout,

there is also social embarrassment. that science would be very similar to being drunk with slurring words and passing out and unconsciousness, so a whole mixture of reasons. pond so a whole mixture of reasons. and does not so a whole mixture of reasons. and does rrot help _ so a whole mixture of reasons. and does not help explain why many victims, from what i have been reading and understanding, are reluctant to come forward? irate reading and understanding, are reluctant to come forward? we found in our survey — reluctant to come forward? we found in our survey of— reluctant to come forward? we found in our survey of 16 _ reluctant to come forward? we found in our survey of 16 to _ reluctant to come forward? we found in our survey of 16 to 25-year-olds i in our survey of 16 to 25—year—olds that only 8% felt confident enough to go to the police or another service and the home office found 8a% again had not reported what had happened to them and it's up mixture, especially amongst young males and the lgbtq community as well as young women, social embarrassment, not being able to remember what happened, not thinking they will be believed or that the

perpetrators will be brought to book so they think is it worth it? and a final element is by the time they realise they have been spiked but i think it will be too light and there is no evidence to prove what has happened. is no evidence to prove what has happened-— is no evidence to prove what has hauened. ., ., , happened. the commons committee says anecdotal evidence _ happened. the commons committee says anecdotal evidence suggests _ happened. the commons committee says anecdotal evidence suggests biking - anecdotal evidence suggests biking is widespread but no—one seems to note how widespread it is, partly because of what you have been discussing. what is your view on that? ., , ., ., . ~' ., that? there was a huge lack of evidence but _ that? there was a huge lack of evidence but we _ that? there was a huge lack of evidence but we have - that? there was a huge lack of evidence but we have worked i that? there was a huge lack of. evidence but we have worked with organisations like the national union for students and students organising for sustainability and another organisation called i've been spiked and we have collected evidence from a huge number of people to see if they have been spiked and it looks like the prevalence is one in ten, which is shocking. prevalence is one in ten, which is shockina. ~ ., prevalence is one in ten, which is shockina. ~ . , ., shocking. what can be done about this? the home _ shocking. what can be done about

this? the home affairs— shocking. what can be done about this? the home affairs committee have hit the _ this? the home affairs committee have hit the nail— this? the home affairs committee have hit the nail on _ this? the home affairs committee have hit the nail on the _ this? the home affairs committee have hit the nail on the head, - this? the home affairs committee. have hit the nail on the head, there has to be more capture of evidence. this has been the missing link and that's a mixture between premises having trained staff, having good cctv, having drink testing kits behind the bar, police making sure they can to rapid forensic testing and notjust dismissing victims, a&e and notjust dismissing victims, a&e and medical services are again doing rapid testing and not sending people home and telling them to sleep it off, which we are finding in most cases or a presumption that its people getting drunk and not spiking, and then raising awareness amongst people going out, that spiking not only happens in bars and clubs but also at private parties and festivals, and we need to look out for each other and make sure we have the plans to get home safely and that we go to say venues. really

aood to and that we go to say venues. really good to talk — and that we go to say venues. really good to talk to _ and that we go to say venues. really good to talk to you, _ and that we go to say venues. really good to talk to you, thanks - and that we go to say venues. really good to talk to you, thanks for - good to talk to you, thanks for joining us. —— safe venues. labour's deputy leader angela rayner says she found comments about her appearance and behaviour in the house of commons "offensive" and "steeped in classism". speaking this morning, angela rayner told lorraine kelly on itv that there needs to be cultural change. it came after an article in the mail on sunday, based on comments from anonymous conservative mps, which said ms rayner crossed and uncrossed her legs in order to distract the prime minister. our political correspondent david wallace lockhartjoins me now from westminster. tell us a little bit more about what angela rayner said to lorraine in this interview.— angela rayner said to lorraine in this interview. writing that article on sunday. _ this interview. writing that article on sunday. it _ this interview. writing that article on sunday, it quoted _ this interview. writing that article | on sunday, it quoted conservative sources making allegations about angela rayner uncrossing her legs to distract the prime minister, these sources also told the paper she didn't have the same debating skills

as borisjohnson because she didn't have an oxford university education. the deputy leader of the labour party, angela rayner gave herfirst interview about this i get to itv�*s lorraine programme, she said she was crestfallen when she heard the piece was going to be published, was concerned about its effect on her children but said she was heartened ijy children but said she was heartened by the fact it was roundly condemned by the fact it was roundly condemned by the fact it was roundly condemned by the public and even by opposition politicians. she said the article was steeped in classism, its book about the fact she had got pregnant at 16 and talked about the fact she had a comprehensive education, that she said was trying to imply she was thick, and the deputy leader of the labour party this morning went into detail about how it had affected her and told about how she consciously had to think about what she was going to work for that tv appearance and we can have a look at what she

said to lorraine. —— what to wear. i thought, i consciously today felt that i wanted to put some trousers on today, so that people didn't think that i was... i wanted to be defiant as well, because i don't think that women should be told how to dress... no. ..but i didn't want to distract from the fact that actually, it's not about my legs. i didn't want people at home thinking, let's have a look to see what her legs are like and how short her skirt is or not. because i feel like i'm being judged for what i wear, rather than what i'm saying to you. angela rayner said that progress had been made in parliament in recent years when it comes to sexism but that more needs to be done. this article and are followed from it has roundly been condemned by the cross back from of politics, the prime minister saying it was misogynist and if he ever found out who those anonymous conservative sources work they would be public punished, armed forces ministerjames heappey this morning talking about westminster being in a bad place and people being in a bad place and people being picked up a career in politics

because of their agenda although we did hearfrom mark spencer, another government minister who while he said it was inappropriate and he condemned the briefings on the paper had been given by conservative sources, he said he wasn't sure if any rules had been broken and how far things could go in that respect. the speaker of the house of commons, so lindsay hoyle, should have a meeting tomorrow with the editor of the mail on sunday, possible this is to try to calm things down but a newspaper article that has certainly caused a lot of controversy.- caused a lot of controversy. david, thank you- — the price of groceries in uk supermarkets rose at its fastest rate in more than a decade, in the year to april. the market research firm kantar says prices went up by nearly 6% — adding £271 to the average annual shopping bill. our business correspondent emma simpson explained more. supermarket prices have been on an upward path for some months now.

kantar looks at about 75,000 products, and as you were saying a rise in prices of 5.9% in april compared to last year. the story is far from over, ourfood bills will keep going up and that is because of the tremendous cost increases being felt right across the supply chain. it's being made more challenging by the war in ukraine with things like fuel and fertiliser soaring. as for shoppers, habits are changing. we are buying fewer things on promotion, focusing on more everyday essentials, and finally, as for today's figures, the fastest growing supermarkets are aldi and lidl. and we are buying more own label products. the united states has said it is "deeply troubled" by the conviction of the turkish activist osman kavala. he was sentenced to life in prison without parole in turkey after being found guilty

of attempting to overthrow the government. mark lobel reports. defenders of osman kavala have a clear message — the struggle goes on. chanting. the courtroom was packed with more than 200 people, including opposition members and rights activists, many of whom yelled and screamed slogans at the panel ofjudges in protest, in defence of the philanthropist who had been long developing turkish civil society before he was detained. this has been a political trial from start to finish. it's a sham trial, we call it, because there is no evidence, and it's an act of defiance against the council of europe. it's against, as well, not only against the defendants. the businessman has already spent overfour years in prison without a conviction. the government says it's fighting attempts to overthrow it. recep tayyip erdogan, whose government has become more authoritarian in recent years, has accused kavala of being an agent of the hungarian—born us

billionaire george soros. now, kavala has been sentenced to life behind bars. he was found guilty of charges related to the nationwide protests in 2013 and the failed coup attempt in 2016. but many in the west, including america, say there's a lack of evidence and are calling for his immediate release, including europe's top human rights body, which is considering kicking out turkey for attempting to silence human rights defenders. but the international community is also working with turkey as it attempts to mediate between russia and ukraine to end the war there. turkey calls the attacks from its international partners "politically motivated". but the philanthropist in the dock says it's the judiciary that has been used to carry out an act of assassination. for many of kavala's supporters, this was a litmus test of

the rule of law in turkey, with alarming results. mark lobel, bbc news. police in new mexico have released footage from a film set of the moments after the fatal shooting of a cinematographer last year. halyna hutchins, who was a2, was working on the film rust. she died after a prop gun held by the actor alec baldwin discharged. he's previously said he didn't pull the trigger, and had no idea how a live bullet came to be on the set. david willis has the latest from los angeles. alec baldwin rehearsing his quick draw only moments before a film set was transformed into a crime scene. the incident sent police racing to the sprawling desert ranch in new mexico. they put prices down so that is why profits will be lower.— profits will be lower. a brief final thou . ht, newly released police bodycam profits will be lower. a brief final thought. what — footage shows the chaos that profits will be lower. a brief final thought, what are _ profits will be lower. a brief final thought, what are the _ profits will be lower. a brief final thought, what are the options i profits will be lower. a brief final| thought, what are the options for shoppers? will it be a switch from confronted them on arrival. big brands to own labels? it will a2—year—old film—maker shoppers? will it be a switch from big brands to own labels? it will be a switch into _ big brands to own labels? it will be a switch into retailers _ halyna hutchins, regarded big brands to own labels? it will be a switch into retailers where - big brands to own labels? it will be a switch into retailers where they l a switch into retailers where they as a rising star in the movie get the best value and that is why

industry, was airlifted to a nearby we are seeing customers move about hospital where she later died. and it's notjust people like aldi and it's notjust people like aldi and lidl, they are moving into any retailer where they get consistent alec baldwin, who was both low prices and that is what will the star of the film and one of its producers, appeared stunned and disbelieving. matter to customers over the next 18 months. , ., ., ., matter to customers over the next 18 months. , ., ., ~ ., months. ged futter, good to talk to ou, thank months. ged futter, good to talk to you. thank yom _ a bill to increase to 18 the minimum he said he didn't pull the trigger age for marriage and civil and he didn't know who put partnership in england and wales has a live round in the weapon he fired. been passed at westminster in the past hour. it now goes for royal assent. the newly released footage also includes his first interview with the police. at the moment the minimum age is 16 but children aged under 18 must have parental consent i take the gun out and as i take it, to get married. charities supporting forced marriage as it clears, as the barrel clears, victims say the new legislation i turn and cock the gun, will have a massive impact. the gun goes off. it should have been the child marriage bill a cold gun with no rounds inside or dummy rounds, was introduced by the conservative cosmetic rounds, no flash. backbencher pauline latham, i take the gun out slowly. and we can speak to her now. i turn and cock the pistol, bang. it goes off, she hits the ground, it's really good to have you with she goes down, and then he starts screaming. and i'm thinking... us. i suppose congratulations are in in a flash round, i could see maybe order because i know you have been if there was wadding and campaigning on this for a while. there's some stuff like that,

what difference do you think this hot, and maybe it hits you and burns you. new law will make? i they say sometimes that happens. but remember, we're rehearsing what difference do you think this new law will make?— so no one's protected. new law will make? i have been campaigning — new law will make? i have been campaigning for— new law will make? i have been campaigning for a _ last week, local safety officials new law will make? i have been campaigning for a while - new law will make? i have been campaigning for a while and - new law will make? i have been l campaigning for a while and today was an exciting day to get the third issued a report detailing safety failures on the set, reading through in the house of lords so until we get a moral ascent and fined the producers the maximum possible penalty of nearly $1a0,000. it is not actual law but it will be inquiries are continuing, so it's very exciting and it will and detectives say they're still awaiting the results transform the life chances of many of ballistics and forensic analysis, thousands of girls and some boys, along with an analysis of alec baldwin's phone data not exclusively girls but mainly before they decide whether girls, and it will give them the to press charges. david willis, bbc news, los angeles. opportunity not be married so young, as sometimes they would have been the funeral of d—day veteran harry billinge, persuaded. it's not so much forced one of the first british soldiers to storm gold beach marriage although i believe people during the normandy landings are forced, its coerced, groomed, in 19aa, has taken place in st austell in cornwall. persuaded and in this day and age it mr billinge, was 96 when he died earlier this month is not the right thing to do. it's after a short illness. our correspondentjon kay reports. not right for girls in so many different ways, not least having a child marriage means you will "it's not about me," he always said. probably have children very young

and are more likely today in "it's about the boys childbirth.— who didn't come home." but today, it was about and are more likely today in childbirth. ., , ., , , childbirth. can you give us a sense of how many _ harry billinge — d—day veteran, childbirth. can you give us a sense of how many teenagers _ childbirth. can you give us a sense of how many teenagers are - childbirth. can you give us a sense | of how many teenagers are coerced childbirth. can you give us a sense - of how many teenagers are coerced or groomed or persuaded into these kind fundraiser, family man and friend. of marriage it's very difficult to know because the ones that are the church so full that extra space had to be found in a nearby hall. registered, there is under 200 each for harry, it was never about him, year that are registered but there it was always about them. are many hundreds if not thousands more in this country who are married we've got to say thank you for all that he did. not in the proper ceremony that is normandy, of course, comes to the fore. legally recognised but in a fight but his christian faith, his love of his family, his skills as a barber. ceremony in a community ceremony so all sorts of things that perhaps thatis ceremony in a community ceremony that isjust as ceremony in a community ceremony that is just as important to those communities and fights as the whole a lot of people didn't know he did. thing if it was legal, but in those many of those attending met harry marriages it's notjust between 16 through his fundraising. take care, my darling. and 18, it can go down to under the god bless. in his chair at the local market, age of ten to marry people and he raised tens of thousands that's completely wrong so what we of pounds to build a memorial in normandy for the british service need to do with this bill is to personnel who lost their lives. change that and it will criminalise six months ago today, he finally saw that activity which will mean

the completed monument. parents or grandparents or aunts and don't deserve that. we did it. uncles, whoever has arranged a marriage could go to prison for up he needed people to know- to seven years, which i hope will be and to understand that war's not a game, war's not fun, a big deterrent to those people who a war leaves you with i currently arrange marriages for some real memories. their relatives. and that was harry's passion. what does it mean to you? tell me more about how criminalising it means the world to me. the organisation of these marriages among the mourners today, rob, will work. i'm interested in how you who gave harry a poem he'd written about d—day. increase oversight and ensure these do not call me hero, when you see cases are being reported. we the medals that i wear... harry took that poem to heart increase oversight and ensure these cases are being reported.— increase oversight and ensure these cases are being reported. we have to net cases are being reported. we have to and used it to promote get education — cases are being reported. we have to get education through _ cases are being reported. we have to get education through schools - cases are being reported. we have to the british normandy memorial. get education through schools so - get education through schools so that young people know it is against the law to be married under the age one minute, he would be hanging of 18 no matter what the on the edge of every word he was telling you. the next minute, he'd circumstances. children will have have you in stitches. and after that, you'd be in floods of tears. the opportunity to say to their he was awesome, he was one parents you cannot do that because of the nicest guys i've ever met. it's illegal. if they do that they are more likely to tell a trusted cornwall turned out in force aduu are more likely to tell a trusted adult that this is going to happen for an old soldier whose final to them, also the border controls campaign will ensure the memory

of d—day lives on. will have to be looking out for it jon kay, bbc news, st austell. which they do anyway and they will have to check it's ok for these children to go abroad and if and when they come back, they need to question them about being married now it's time for a look and he will arranged it and if it at the weather with helen willetts. somebody who lives in this country, good afternoon. the dry story continues for most they can and will, i hope, he of the uk, and it comes they can and will, i hope, be after a dry march as well, prosecuted. that will have a big so even though this april won't be impact on this whole business of as dry as last april, early marriage for different we have had two consecutive months, communities. it is not the right particularly england and wales, thing to do in this day and age. where it has been drier — quite a lot drier than average, pauline latham, we are out of time and the region is high pressure. but very good to talk to you. many that high pressure is with us through the rest of the week, thanks. the dj tim westwood is facing so no sign of any appreciable rain until perhaps we get multiple allegations of sexual to saturday and low pressure misconduct by women who say approaches off the atlantic. he abused his position in the music that is more likely to bring some the 64 year old is patchy rain across scotland accused of predatory industry to exploit them. and northern ireland, it is a long way off, the 64 year old is so we will keep you posted. accused of predatory and unexpected, unwanted sexual behaviour and touching — in incidents between 1992 to 2017. as for the rest of the day, the bbc and the guardian have heard we do on this band of cloud detailed accounts from seven women, have some drizzly showers. they are working southwards in a joint investigation

and eastwards, brighter skies following, but it is chilly into the former bbc radio 1 dj. with a breeze on the north sea coast. we've protected their identities. for most, the breeze is light. tim westwood strenuously denies so west is best, that is where we will see the highest temperatures, all the allegations. the lengthier spells of sunshine. our correspondent chi chi it does mean that's where we will izundu has this report. also see the high levels of tree this is not about music now, pollen continuing throughout and i'm just very, very scared. the rest of the day, and some fairly strong sunshine. this is predatory behaviour. and that will be repeated, i was 17. of course, for the rest of the week, but through this evening if you are trying to remove an item and overnight we will repeat what we had last night, of my clothing and i put it back on, with cloud melting away, mist coming that means i don't want it and going and temperatures falling to be gone. close enough to freezing this is the story for a touch from a group of women. of grass frost again, this was an assault. so gardeners beware, an abuse of power. it could be a little bit chillier in the north overnight seven women, who alleged because the cloud will have melted they had been subjected to unexpected and unwanted sexual away, and perhaps a better chance of sunshine for scotland tomorrow, particularly the north and east. behaviour from the former bbc radio more likely to see a few 1 dj, tim westwood. showers for the north—west and perhaps northern ireland, it's westwood. but again this general drift we are live on bbc two. of those breezes bringing the cloud into eastern england as well, this is how radio 1 get down. and coming in off the chilly north sea, only 10s and 11s here, isabel was 19 when she heard best in the west for sunshine. tim westwood would be we will pick more breeze djing at a local club up in southern parts in the midlands. of devon and cornwall, as an aspiring artist, she hoped the channel islands he could help with her career through wednesday. you can see the isobars just packing and arranged to meet the then

together a little more tightly. same goes for thursday, 53—year—old in london. friday, but also with that when i got there, he was in a car. high pressure around, very little change. we will be chasing our cloud around the next thing he's under our area of high pressure. very little weather, undone his trousers. he actually tapped me to turn around very little wind as well. it is static weather patterns, and look at the fact that so nothing to push that cloud away, he's exposing himself. so i've looked and i've seen, so there could be weak weather fronts bringing patchy rain and i'm like, "oh, no, oh, no. to the north of scotland. we will see a bit more cloud under oh, my god." isabel was taken to a flat and says that area of high pressure, she was very scared. but where the sun comes out, with the lighter winds, so he leaves the room, at this time of year and then he comes back in, it will feel pleasant. very similar story for friday, completely naked. once again, but out in the atlantic and he's walking through. looming, the potential for at least a little bit of rain in the north—west for the weekend. he's not saying anything to the fact that i'm a little bit twitchy, i'm a tiny bitjittery. like, i'm trying to move away and there was this horrible moment, he, like, held me by the shoulders and turned me around. i knew what was going to happen at this point, so i'mjust like, "oh, god." i remember being just, like, hunched up and holding on to the back

of the chair, like, scared. he then had sex with her. ijust remember feeling so deflated, and so sad, and feeling really ashamed of myself and bad. i'm ben brown live in kyiv. another two women have the head of the united nations accused the dj of predatory and unwanted sexual behaviour is on a peace mission to moscow. he says the war and the suffering when they were 17 and 20. here in ukraine must end. whilst another four women we have spoken to accused the dj of either antonio guterres calls for a ceasefire grabbing their breast as he prepares to meet the russian or slipping his hand down the back of their shorts or up a skirt, leader vladimir putin. after taking a picture with him at nightclubs. russia's invasion of ukraine is a violation of its territorial the earliest alleged integrity and against the charter incident took place in 1992, the most recent in 2017. of the united nations. but it is my deep conviction none of them went to the police. that the sooner we end nowadays, i'm a big dog. this war, the better. as an early adopter of hip—hop, tim westwood has been a prominent figure in black music quite naturally, the secretary. for more than a0 years. general knows full well of those he presented bbc radio 1's rap show for nearly 20, decisions that were declared - interviewing some of the biggest by president putin about the reasons names on his programme. and targets and the goals - he says he strenuously denies of the operation that is conducted all the allegations. by our military. all of the women that we spoke

to as part of this investigation have two things in common. number one, they were all young, i'm rebecca jones with the rest and number two, they are all black. of the bbc headlines. seven women make allegations they had the same question of sexual misconduct of their experience against the former bbc radio1 dj with tim westwood. tim westwood. who do you tell? he strenuously denies the claims. this is a man who has huge power in the music industry and a huge influence elon musk strikes a deal to buy in black communities. because they're black women, twitter for more than £3a billion. they felt their experiences would be ignored. bars and clubs that don't do enough to prevent spiking should doing this is important because it lose their licences, makes it feel like that wasn't completely for nothing. like, i don'tjust have this according to a new report from mps. trauma scar for no reason. the average food bill there's a purpose for other people in the uk could increase by 271 pounds this year — to not have to experience it. it would be the biggest increase in a decade. chi chi izundu, bbc news. and remembering harry billinge. the funeral is held in cornwall for the d—day veteran who raised if you've been affected by any tens of thousands of pounds for a normandy memorial. of the issues in that report, you can find details of organisations offering information and support at bbc.co.uk/actionline or you can phone for free at any time to hear recorded information on 0800 077 077.

i'm ben brown, in the ukrainian capital of kyiv. jane hill will be here at the top of as the war here rages the hour so stay with us. let's on into its third month, catch up with all the weather news the united nations secretary general antonio guterres is trying and helen willetts is there. it has to end it with a peace mission to moscow today. been a sunny day. this was the north he's meeting the russian leader vladimir putin, before travelling here to kyiv later this week. coast of wales in llandudno earlier, hopes of any kind of the theme has still been dry and we breakthough are not high. russia's foreign minister has need the rain at the moment but the accused nato of fighting a �*proxy war�* in ukraine sunshine is a little compensation and risking a third world war. for some. we have only had about 50% our security correspondent of the rainfall we would normally see this time of here and there gordon corera has this report. reason is high pressure not as wet this is what today's talks are trying to end, as the rest of the working week but russian missiles launched this area of low pressure may bring into ukraine amid fears of where this conflict might go next. some rain to scotland and northern ireland although parts of scotland have had the average rainfall, a bit this morning, russia's foreign minister welcomed the un below in northern ireland but secretary—general as he arrived against sunny skies there and this

in moscow, as critics question is the satellite picture, a few antonio guterres�*s decision to visit showers are not bone dry, a few russia's capital before kyiv showers are not bone dry, a few and what his trip might accomplish. showers but they are light and drizzly, what we have found is the cloud tended to fill in further the un's top officials south so it is felt pleasant in the stress dialogue is vital. i know that we have today, facing sunshine today, 13—16 , but chilly a complex situation in ukraine, for the north sea coast. as we doubts about this evening and different interpretations overnight and temperatures fall about what's happening in ukraine. that does not limit the possibility away, that will alleviate issues with pollen and it shouldn't be so to have a very serious dialogue. much of an issue for tomorrow at best we can work to minimise because we expect more cloud but the suffering of people. still moderate or medium levels this visit comes amid across many areas, so chilly first thing tomorrow because the cloud warnings the conflict could still escalate further. will melt away, temperatures for yesterday, russia's foreign minister close to freezing, a touch of frost told state tv that through its supply of weapons, especially in the glens of scotland nato was waging a proxy war and north—east england which means against russia and warned this it should start sunnier than this could turn into world war iii — morning so fewer showers, more claims this morning dismissed sunshine for northern england, still a lot of cloud near the coast, by a british minister. perhaps tomorrow a greater chance of i don't think that right now a few showers for north—west there is an imminent threat of escalation.

scotland and ireland and a few i think what the west is doing breezes along the south coast i to support its allies in ukraine still think we will see 15 and i6 is very well calibrated. still think we will see 15 and 16 when the sun comes out and that's defence ministers from nato the difficulty forecasting the cloud and european countries are today because it is formed under this area meeting at a us air force base of high pressure and there was very in germany as they up their supply of weapons ukraine. little breeze to move it on so things will not change quickly, it the us defence secretary said will still be mostly dry with yesterday he wanted russia weakened so it could not carry out sunshine, perhaps a little rain with a weak weather front on thursday another invasion again. across the north but you can see the on the ground, both sides continue man behind me, it's dealt not with to go on the offensive. ukrainian forces used us by friday, that area of low a missile system to destroy four russian tanks in izyum. pressure coming in for saturday's but for friday we are chasing the russia, meanwhile, released footage cloud. most of us dry and bright but of its missiles hitting a there will be some low cloud first military storage facility. think and it will feel chilly under mariupol is expected to be one focus the starry skies. into the weekend of the talks today in moscow, subject to enormous devastation we have that weather system coming in recent weeks. in with some rain, mostly scotland there is pressure for a humanitarian and northern ireland and in high pressure builds later in the week, corridor to allow people to leave. it could be chilly by that stage as there is little optimism, though, well. i will have more later. surrounding the moscow talks or expectation of any

kind of wider ceasefire. but speaking in the last few minutes, the un secretary general said they had to try. but it is my deep conviction that the sooner we end this war, the better. for the people of ukraine, for the people of the russian federation, and those far beyond. this is bbc news. some kind of negotiation may eventually bring this conflict to an end, i'm jane hill. but for the moment those involved the headlines... in the fighting are still seeking the head of the united nations to strengthen their position is on a peace mission to moscow. by inflicting damage antonio guterres has called for a ceasefire in ukraine — as he prepares to meet russian president vladimir putin. on the battlefield first. russia's invasion of ukraine is a violation of its territorial integrity and against the charter of the united nations, but it is my so the un secretary general has met deep conviction that the sooner the foreign minister and will meet vladimir putin later on. we end this war the better. earlier i spoke to our correspondent translation: quite naturally, - jenny hill in moscow. i asked her what she thought of the talks. the un secretary-general knows full there was no discernible warmth between the two men well of the decisions that and their positions remain apart.

were declared by president putin i don't think anyone expected much about the reasons and the targets of a significant breakthrough. and the goals of the operation bear in mind that as they sat down to talk sergey lavrov said moscow that is conducted by our military. had agreed to the un's request for the secretary general to come seven women make allegations and talk but that was about it. of sexual misconduct i think we do have to question whether moscow is genuinely serious about trying to find any kind of peace here. sergey lavrov, some of his comments last night about the west which russia now accuses of not only trying to prolong this conflict but also seeking to exacerbate the conflict by providing weapons and aid to ukraine, it's a very common narrative here, russians are told almost every hour of every day that the west is the real enemy here and that it is now very much making vladimir putin's special military operation into something much greater and something which poses more of a risk to russia itself.

and set against that background it is difficult, combined with the belligerent rhetoric we are seeing coming out of the kremlin, to see how anyone is supposed to negotiate a peace treaty. sergey lavrov has said he thinks hostilities will end but has also said the teams of such an agreement would be very much defined by the state of fighting at the time. you can read into that perhaps a desire on the part of russia to see how far it can get in its invasion. we know it's status aim is to take the whole donbas region, you can see perhaps it's real aims are a little bit further. but there doesn't seem to be much of a sense of real commitment to peace talks. let me just add that while sergey lavrov was meeting antonio guterres, vladimir putin was handing out medals to olympic athletes, the people who competed in the winter games in beijing more than two months ago. that is his priority today

and he is still engaged in events connected to sport all afternoon before eventually he will make time for antonio guterres a little later on. you mentioned russian antagonism and anger about the support the west is giving the ukraine and i guess that anger will be increased by the meeting in germany today of about a0 nato and eu countries were meeting to discuss how to step up and better coordinate their weapons supplies to ukraine. yes. if you look at the state television you can see presenters throughout the day quite furious with the west in some cases for supplying arms and in their view making this conflict worse. turning it into the possibility of world war iii. that is starting to become a bit of a narrative here. we have to bear in mind that vladimir putinjustified his

invasion of ukraine by not only saying the russian speaking populations in the east of the country needed defending against a murderous regime in kyiv, but that russia itself needed defending against the west and against its security architecture, nato. so all of the recent developments, all of the western responses to vladimir putin's invasion, are not just for supply of weapons and aid but also sanctions and international condemnation, love those are taken and presented to russians as examples of western aggression against russia. russian forces withdrew from northern ukraine at the beginning of april, but occasional shelling continues in border areas. the village of senkivka was once the site of festivals celebrating friendship between ukraine, russia and belarus. now the town's few remaining

residents say they are living in fear, as yogita limaye reports. barely a highway in ukraine that doesn't tell of war. we travelled to the northern edge of the country. senkivka, the last village by the border with russia and belarus. it's still being shelled. only a few of its residents remain. nina is living with a rocket that landed right in her yard when the invasion began. these civilian homes are visible from russia. they can see what they're firing at. "it's scary to live like this but where will i go? i can hear the shelling, i can show you from my yard the russian checkpoint," she said. "i feel so sad about everything, my heart is growing numb, i've run out of tears."

on the road outside, another rocket. experts who've seen these images say they could have held cluster bombs. banned in other parts of the world because of the devastation they cause, both russia and ukraine are accused of using them. this was one of the roads that russian soldiers took when they were entering ukraine from the north, on their way to cities like kyiv and chernihiv. the focus of the war at the moment has shifted to the south and east of the country, but here at the northern edge, we're just about two miles from the border, and russian soldiers withdrew from here around three weeks ago. the feeling very much is that it could all change in a matter of minutes. this video from ukraine's border guard shows russian forces rolling into semkivka in february. for this 91—year—old, it was the second time in her life seeing tanks at her doorstep.

she remembers hiding in trenches during world war ii, but says there was no mass shelling the way there is now. translation: back in the day, i could run away, nowl can't. i there is nothing good about war. we have been friends with russia and belarus for years. people from other countries visited each other, married each other. from almost everyone we spoke to, we heard about friendships and families spread across borders that have now been broken. this man's brothers and a sister live in russia. translation: my sister told me it was us who started the war. i i want my family to use their heads, to look at the situation independently. nina told us she's cut her brother, who lives in belarus, out of her life because he does not believe what she has told him, what's really happening. after we left, there were multiple

grenade explosions here. no—one was hurt but the threat is constant. yogita limaye, bbc news, senkivka. let's go back to what's happening in moscow. the un secretary general antonio guterres is there. let's show you pictures of president putin that have come into us in the last few minutes. he has been meeting members of the council for development of physical culture and sport. the president has got several engagements in moscow today before he meets the un secretary general and reading between the linesjenny hill was telling us it doesn't look like president putin sees it as a high priority to meet antonio guterres for those peace talks and are almost making a point of doing lots of other things today and seeing antonio guterres towards the

end of the day. the un secretary general has been meeting sergey lavrov who has warned nato to stop supplying weapons to ukraine, saying that nato is fighting a proxy war here in ukraine and saying that there is a danger of igniting a third world war. that is the latest from kyiv. back to london. the dj tim westwood is facing multiple allegations of sexual misconduct by women who say he abused his position in the music industry to exploit them. the 6a—year—old is accused of predatory and unexpected, unwanted sexual behaviour and touching, in incidents between 1992 to 2017. the bbc and the guardian have heard detailed accounts from seven women in a joint investigation into the former bbc radio 1 dj. we've protected their identities. tim westwood strenuously denies all the allegations. our correspondent,

chi chi izundu, has this report. this is not about music now, and i'm just very, very scared. this is predatory behaviour. i was 17. if you are trying to remove an item of my clothing and i put it back on, that means i don't want it to be gone. this is the story from a group of women. this was an assault. an abuse of power. seven women, who alleged they had been subjected to unexpected and unwanted sexual behaviour from the former bbc radio 1 dj, tim westwood. it's westwood. we are live on bbc two. this is how radio 1 get down. isabel was 19 when she heard tim westwood would be djing at a local club in the midlands. as an aspiring artist, she hoped he could help with her career and arranged to meet the then 53—year—old in london. when i got there, he was in a car. the next thing he has undone his trousers. he actually tapped me to turn around and look at the fact that he is

exposing himself. so i've looked and i've seen, and i'm like, "oh, no, oh, no. oh, my god." isabel was taken to a flat and says she was very scared. so he leaves the room, and then he comes back in, completely naked. and he is walking through. he's not saying anything to the fact that i'm a little bit twitchy, i'm a tiny bitjittery. like, i'm trying to move away and there was this horrible moment, he, like, held me by the shoulders and turned me around. i knew what was going to happen this point, so i'mjust like, "oh, god." i remember being just, like, hunched up and holding on to the back of the chair, like, scared. he then had sex with her. ijust remember feeling so deflated, and so sad, and feeling really ashamed of myself and bad.

another two women have accused the dj of predatory and unwanted sexual behaviour when they were 17 and 20. whilst another four women we have spoken to accused the dj of either grabbing their breast or slipping his hand down the back of their shorts or up a skirt, after taking a picture with him at nightclubs. the earliest alleged incident took place in 1992, the most recent in 2017. none of them went to the police. nowadays, i'm a big dog. as an early adopter of hip—hop, tim westwood has been a prominent figure in black music for more than a0 years. he presented bbc radio 1's rap show for nearly 20, interviewing some of the biggest names on his programme. he says he strenuously denies all the allegations. all of the women that we spoke to as part of this investigation have two things in common. number one, they were all young, and number two, they are all black. they had the same question of their experience with tim westwood.

who do you tell? this is a man who has huge power in the music industry and a huge influence in black communities. because they're black women, they felt their experiences would be ignored. doing this is important because it makes it feel like that wasn't completely for nothing. like, i don'tjust have this trauma scar for no reason. there's a purpose for other people to not have to experience it. chi chi izundu, bbc news. if you've been affected by any of the issues in that report, you can find details of organisations offering information and support at bbc.co.uk/actionline. or you can phone forfree at any time to hear recorded information — on 0800 077 077. the headlines on bbc news: the head of the united nations antonio guterres calls

for a ceasefire as he prepares to meet russia's president vladimir putin later today. seven women make allegations of sexual misconduct against the former bbc radio1 dj tim westwood. he strenuously denies the claims. the board of twitter has accepted a takeover offer from the world's richest man, elon musk. he'll pay around £3a billion for control of the social media network and plans to relax some of the restrictions on what its 300—million users can post. our technology reporter shiona mccallum has more. those 300 million users include everyone from pop stars, and world leaders and twitter was one of the first platforms to give them the power to connect to you and i instantly. one of the most prolific tweeters is of course elon musk himself.

he took to twitter to announce the multi—billion dollar takeover, saying free speech is the bedrock of democracy and he looks forward to unlocking twitter�*s potential. if his idea of free speech is to prevail, it would likely mean less moderation. it could mean controversial figures who have been banned like donald trump get reinstated. having a public platform which is massively trusted and broadly inclusive is extremely important to the future of civilisation. the current ceo reportedly told twitter employees he did not know which direction the platform would go in once the tesla and spacex boss is at the helm. he also said no staff would be losing theirjobs right now. if you look at investors, they view it as musk has had massive success with tesla and spacex and paypal and could he have the same success.

i think it's going to be a bit of an uphill battle in terms of turning around twitter. in the eyes of many this is really trading caviar, in terms of his tesla stock, for really a new york city pretzel. the transaction itself will take around six months, so between now and then there is bound to be more speculation and uncertainty around twitter as the world works out how musk�*s brush and gung ho approach may change things. detectives have been given more time to question a man arrested in connection with the disappearence of a woman in burnley. katie kenyon, who's 33, was last seen getting into a van three days ago. police say a 50—year—old man who's being held on suspicion of kidnap is believed to be known to her. our correspondent rowan bridge brought us the latest from the forest of bowland where police are searching for katie. there has been a significant amount

of police activity as they stepped up the search for information on missing katie kenyon. you can see police vehicles behind me and we have seen special mountain rescue teams and rescue dogs brought into the search at guisborough forest because it is several square miles of quite dense forest and the search was hampered by the fact there is very poor mobile phone signal and police have indicated that it may be until friday in terms of trying to map the area and then search for clues. police have said they have been given more time to question this 50—year—old man. what's the latest on that? a 50—year—old man from the burnley area was arrested over the weekend and yesterday police were given an extra 36 hours to question him into today. police have not released many details but said he is known to katie but we are still waiting for more information about who he is or what may happen at the end of those

36 hours which run out later today. the prime minister has told ministers he wants to reduce childcare cost by easing health and safety rules. his comments came to colleagues at a cabinet meeting this morning — as our political correspondent nick eardley explains. there has been a big push in government to come up with ideas to ease the cost of living burden without spending more money, and that last bit is crucial. at a cabinet meeting this morning it was made pretty clear that there is not new money being put on the table right now to deal with cost of living pressures, but one of the things that is being looked at in the government is the idea that you reduce the legal requirement to have for each child a certain number of adults. so if you take the nursery school environment, at the moment for every three children under two you have to have one adult. once you get to the age of two,

for every four two—year—olds you need one adult. a number of ministers have been lobbying to reduce those ratios to reduce the cost nurseries have and that would hopefully be passed on to parents who are struggling with the cost of living. at cabinet this morning the prime minister made it clear that he wants that to happen, he wants those changes to come into place and he is frustrated, i am told, that it hasn't happened so far. it is seen by the prime minister as a pretty easy way of starting to ease some of the burdens working families are facing. the department for education has been looking at this and there have been a number of different pilots looking at how this could potentially happen, but given the prime minister has thrown his weight behind it in the last few days, i think that adds to the possibility that this could be a policy change that comes in quite soon. we should point out that if it

does happen, it will be controversial with the sector. there was an attempt by david cameron's government to do this a few years ago and it was eventually abandoned because of the extent of the opposition. in the meantime there is also pressure on the passport office after reports that people are facing long delays in getting new passports or getting their passports renewed. a huge concern because massive delays in the passport office at the moment, partly simply because of the backlog of people who didn't renew their passports during the pandemic because they couldn't travel, partly because of some brexit complications and the fact you have to have three months left on your passport to travel to europe. there have been lots of stories in the last few days about the backlogs and the fact people are waiting longer than ten weeks and the concern that the government has is that means this is actually making the cost of living crisis worse, people having to fork out extra cash

for premium services to get their passports back in time to make sure that they can make their holidays. borisjohnson at cabinet this morning said he was going to haul passport bosses to downing street next week and tell them than they need to deliver better value for money and if they don't, the prime minister is threatening to privatise the passport office and take it out of that autonomous role it has as a home office organisation run at arm's length and to put it into the private sector. that is a threat at the moment rather than something that is being actively considered but the prime minister is hoping that by putting pressure on the passport office to deliver better value for money and quicker results that it will have some sort of impact. number ten sources are also saying that that is to do with the cost of living crisis as well because if you are a family of four

who are having to pay for premium services to make sure you have your passport back in time to go on holiday, that could cost hundreds of pounds extra. the government is trying to say we do have some ideas to try and ease that burden. opposition parties have all been saying in recent days theyjust don't think the government has proper ideas to deal with cost of living. labour have been calling for an emergency budget for example to look at wider issues. this is all about what can be done at the moment to ease some of the pressure on families. a p&o ferries�* vessel sailing to larne from cairnryan is drifting several miles off the larne coastline our correspondentjames

shaw is in glasgow. we have heard about the situation involving the european causeway which is a p&o ferry vessel which was travelling from cairnryan in the west coast of scotland departing at midday and due to arrive in larne at around two o'clock. looking at the ship tracking websites on the internets, what you can see is that this vessel is a small distant off the coast of northern ireland, possibly even a helicopter icon can be seen in that image. what the icon shows is that it is not under control. but that essentially means is that the skipper is not able to control the movement of the vessel so consequently it could be a hazard to other shipping if that vessel is not being controlled. the latest we have heard within the last few

minutes is the shipping company p&o has put out a tweet where they say that two tugs have gone from belfast and from larne and they have taken the european causeway undertow and it will be taken back into harbour and the company will try to investigate exactly what has happened. so clearly this appears to be what could have developed into a very difficult situation but it seems as far as we understand it that that difficult situation may have been brought under control within the last half an hour. figs have been brought under control within the last half an hour. as we are looking _ within the last half an hour. as we are looking at _ within the last half an hour. as we are looking at the _ within the last half an hour. as we are looking at the pictures, - within the last half an hour. as we are looking at the pictures, we - within the last half an hour. as we| are looking at the pictures, we can see the rnli lifeboat is either alongside the ship or certainly very close to it. give us a bit of background to this because my understanding is this route only just resumed after being interrupted in recent weeks and there was may

remember the problems of p&o after they sacked 800 staff and replaced them with agency workers. that’s them with agency workers. that's ri . ht. all them with agency workers. that's right- all of— them with agency workers. that's right. all of those _ them with agency workers. that's right. all of those troubles - them with agency workers. that's right. all of those troubles the i right. all of those troubles the company has had since that huge change in the way they manage the company took place a short while ago. they have been issues about whether certain ferries have been allowed to sailor not and as you say certain services have been postponed or cancelled. on the face of it, the fact this looks like a vessel which was in some sense not seaworthy or at least not in the control for some significant period of time is another embarrassment for p&o and another embarrassment for p&o and another question raised about the changes that they have tried to make with the company. whether there is any connection with what has been happening with the company over the past few weeks, of course we simply cannot say at the moment, but certainly p&o will be trying to find out what the issues are behind this particular brief crisis that this vessel seems to have faced in the

north channel.— vessel seems to have faced in the north channel. james, we will leave it there for — north channel. james, we will leave it there for now, _ north channel. james, we will leave it there for now, please _ north channel. james, we will leave it there for now, please get - north channel. james, we will leave it there for now, please get back - north channel. james, we will leave it there for now, please get back in | it there for now, please get back in touch if you have any details. in the meantime let's have a look at the meantime let's have a look at the weather. good afternoon. another day which will be dry and bright for most of us, but as we can see in kirklees there will be some cloud at times and that cloud across scotland and parts of northern ireland, bringing the odd light shower into northern england as well, it is tending to drift southwards. but some strong sunshine as well and some high levels of tree pollen across southern and western areas where we are likely to hold on to the best of the of the sunshine. the showers will tend to fade as we go through this evening and overnight. little bits of mist and low cloud will form again but generally it's going to be another quite chilly night with a touch of ground frost here and there where the skies stay clear. and once again on wednesday, we are chasing the cloud. it's a drier picture for the most part. showers few and far between. perhaps one or two across scotland and northern ireland. but banks of cloud will meander

their way underneath the area of high pressure so light winds and once again feeling cool because of the cloud but we could see 15c or 16c where the sunshine does come out. perhaps a little bit of rain in the west on saturday but it's a dry story. hello, this is bbc news with me, rebecca jones. the head of the united nations, antonio guterres, calls for a ceasefire as he prepares to meet russia's president vladimir putin later today. russia's invasion of ukraine is a violation of its territorial integrity and against the charter of the united nations. but it is my deep conviction that the sooner we end this war, the better. translation: quite naturally the secretary general - knows full well of those decisions that were declared by president putin about the reasons and targets and the goals

of the operation that is conducted by our military. seven women make allegations of sexual misconduct against the former bbc radio1 dj tim westwood. he strenuously denies the claims. elon musk strikes a deal to buy twitter for more than £3a billion. and remembering harry billinge — the funeral is held in cornwall for the d—day veteran who raised tens of thousands of pounds for a normandy memorial. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's holly. hi, rebecca, and good afternoon to you at home. the organisers of wimbledon have defended their decision to ban russian and belarusian players at the tournament this summer, insisting "it's the right and responsible decision." chief executive of the all england lawn tennis club, sally bolton

was responding to criticism from tennis�* governing bodies and some players over the decision insisting that they wanted to limit the influence of the russian regime using sporting success at wimbledon. the government issued guidance in march which was part of their response to the russian invasion of ukraine and sought to limit the influence of the russian regime using sporting success. in the context of that guidance we had to consider our options. at that point direct entry into the championships of our ranking was off the table so as we considered our options in the context of the continuing aggression in ukraine from russia as well as thinking about the safety and security of the event and players, we concluded the only viable option was to decline entries from russian and belarusian competitors. they also confirmed that world number one novak djokovic will be

able to defend his title at the all england club this summer as covid—19 vaccines won't be required to play. djokovic was barred from the australian open injanuary because he hadn't been vaccinated. oldham athletic have announced they intend to ban fans who invaded the pitch during their match against salford city on saturday. the latics were 2—1 down when supporters stormed the pitch in protest. their defeat means oldham have been relegated to the national league. both sets of players were escorted off the field by referee bobby madley with stadium announcements initially saying the match had been abandoned, though it later restarted behind closed doors. the day before her 37th birthday, aston villa and former england defender anita asante has announced she'll retire from football at the end of the season. asante won 71 england caps, played at two world cups, three euros and represented team gb at the 2012 olympics. she was also part of the arsenal team that made history in 2007 by winning four titles.

england captain sarah hunter will miss saturday's grand slam decider against france with a rib injury. the veteran number eight has been forced to withdraw from the squad after suffering the injury in sunday's victory over ireland. the 36—year—old will still travel to france and join the squad to support their preparations but in an off—field capacity. leeds rhinos have resigned england full—back zak hardaker until the end of the season. he was released by wigan last week after a troubled spell, which included him being stood down for "failing to meet expected standards". hardaker won three grand finals, two challenge cups and the 2015 player of the year with leeds, before leaving to join castleford and then wigan. a record—breaking 290,000 fans are expected to attend the 150th open championship at st andrews injuly. there were more than 1.3 million ticket applications, which has led to the highest—ever

number of general admission tickets. the previous highest attendance was 239,000 when tiger woods triumphed at st andrews in 2000. the 15—time major winner has said he intends to return there this summer. the six—time world snooker champion ronnie o'sullivan has a healhty advantage in his quarterfinal match against stephen maguire. o'sullivan leads by six frames to two after their first session. he's looking in outstanding form in sheffield and he's already added another record to his list this year, for the most matches won at the crucible — he's now on 71. it's a long way back for maguire, who hasn't made the last four since 2012. let's take you live to the crucible theatre in sheffield, four—time championjohn higgins and jack lisowski. and on the other table is former world champion

judd trump with stuart bingham. it is one piece on both tables. this is live on bbc two and the bbc sport website and app if you want to keep following the action. that's all the sport for now but there's more on the bbc sport website, including build up to tonight's champions league semi—final between man city and real madrid and continued coverage from the world snooker. that�*s at bbc.co.uk/sport.— more from me in the next hour. see you then, holly. thank you. mps are warning that spiking will remain "an invisible crime" in england and wales, unless more is done to improve awareness and support victims. spiking involves putting drugs or alcohol into someone's drink, or in some cases using a needle to inject the person without consent. the home office says it is considering whether spiking should be made a specific criminal offence. june kelly reports.

it's a hidden danger on a night out, and spiking will remain an invisible crime unless more is done to improve awareness and support victims. this is the message from mps, who are calling for a better response from pubs, clubs, police and health services. they say there's a culture of viewing victims as having had one too many. this was the experience of former love island contestant sharon gafka when she was a spiking victim. when the paramedics turned up, they automatically said that, you know, she's had too much to drink, she just needs to go home and sleep it off. but my best friend who was with me is a doctor, has known me for many years, knows exactly what i'm like as a person — with or without alcohol — told them, no, this is not normal. the mps say venues with bad spiking records should face the threat of losing their licences. they believe that spiking should be made a specific criminal offence, and they want better data collection so there's more information

about the scale of the problem. the perpetrator may be a sexual predator, they may be looking to steal from their victim, and it could be someone you regard as a mate, according to the mps. just for a laugh, to do this to your friends for a laugh, to see them in a state of intoxication, and that clearly is very, very wrong. so, there's more work to be done on the perpetrators and trying to understand their motivation. there have been spiking incidents where victims say it wasn't their drink that was targeted, they had actually been injected with a drug. the home office says it is looking at making spiking a specific offence and police chiefs are urging victims to report what has happened to them as soon as possible. june kelly, bbc news. today's report from mps has been welcomed by helena conibear, the chief executive of the alcohol foundation trust which works with young people in places like schools and youth clubs to spread alcohol awareness.

we are really pleased with this 50 pages of evidence and testimony collated from nearly 2000 victims of drink spiking that the home affairs committee has put together. they are taking forward pretty much every recommendation we made so at the alcohol education trust we are really pleased that it's been recognised there is victim blaming, there is a ping—pong of victims between a&e who attend to the police and the police send them back to a&e, a lack of gathering evidence and a lack of believing victims. why do you think that is? i think because in most places where people have been spiked you often can't remember what has happened so you experience blackout, there is also social embarrassment.

the signs would be very similar to being drunk with slurring words and passing out and unconsciousness, so a whole mixture of reasons. and does that help explain why many victims, from what i have been reading and understanding, are reluctant to come forward? we found in our survey of 16 to 25—year—olds that only 8% felt confident enough to go to the police or another service and the home office found 8a% again had not reported what had happened to them and it's a mixture, especially amongst young males and the lgbtq community as well as young women, of social embarrassment, not being able to remember what happened, not thinking they will be believed or that the perpetrators will be brought to book so they think is it worth it? and a final element is by the time they realise they have been spiked they think it will be too late

and there is no evidence to prove what has happened. this all makes it very difficult, doesn't it? the commons committee says anecdotal evidence suggests spiking is widespread but no—one seems to know how widespread it is, partly because of what you have been discussing. what is your view on that? there was a huge lack of evidence but we have worked with organisations like the national union for students and students organising for sustainability and another organisation called i've been spiked and we have collected evidence from a huge number of people to see if they have been spiked and it looks like the prevalence is one in ten, which is shocking. what can be done about this? the home affairs committee have hit the nail on the head, there has to be more capture of evidence. this has been the missing link and that's a mixture between premises having trained

staff, having good cctv, having drink testing kits behind the bar, police making sure they can do rapid forensic testing and not just dismissing victims, a&e and medical services again doing rapid testing and not sending people home and telling them to sleep it off, which we are finding in most cases or a presumption that it's people getting drunk and not spiking, and then raising awareness amongst people going out, that spiking not only happens in bars and clubs but also at private parties and festivals, and we need to look out for each other and make sure we have the plans to get home safely and that we go to safe venues. i want to bring you some news just in to us from our correspondent in

moscow, and it's a statement from the russian ministry of defence, which has made a statement after comments made by the british defence ministerjames heappey, just to remind you what he said earlier, he had said that ukrainian strikes on russian territory, for example fuel depots, to disrupt supply lines, were an entirely legitimate part of war. there has not been a response from the russian defence ministry who have said they want to emphasise, and i am quoting here, this is a translation, that london's direct provocation of the regime in kyiv to such actions would lead immediately to our proportional response in the event of an attempt to implement them. as we have one, the russian armed forces are on standby around the clock to launch

long—range precision retaliatory strikes on decision—making centres in kyiv. russia's decision to respond would not be affected by the presence of advisers who are citizens of a western country in such decision—making centres, so one might interpret that as a ratcheting up might interpret that as a ratcheting up of the war of words between russia in the light of those comments from the uk defence ministerjames heappey earlier, that ukrainian strikes on russian territory to disrupt supply lines were a legitimate part of war. i also want to bring you an update, we brought you up story in the last half an hour, that a p&o ferries vessel which was sailing to larne from cairnryan was drifting several miles of county antrim. we have had an update from p ferries which say that the european causeway, the vessel in question, has been

affected by a mechanical issue. the company has tweeted, due to mechanical issue with the causeway in the irish sea, tugs from larne and belfast were deployed to guide it back to port, and you can see that it it back to port, and you can see thatitis it back to port, and you can see that it is heading back in the right direction now. the tweet continues, once the ship is back in port a full inspection will take place, but p&o blaming the drifting of that vessel on a mechanical issue. we will bring you more on that as we angela rayner has said she was left feeling "crestfallen" after a paper printed claims from conservative mps that she tries to distract the prime minister by crossing and uncrossing her legs in parliament. speaking publicly for the first time since the mail on sunday published the article, the deputy leader of the labour party said she was "sad" but had been "overwhelmed" by the support she'd received. i thought, i consciously today felt that i wanted to put

some trousers on today, so that people didn't think that i was... i wanted to be defiant as well, because i don't think that women should be told how to dress... no. ..but i didn't want to distract from the fact that actually, it's not about my legs. i didn't want people at home thinking, let's have a look to see what her legs are like and how short her skirt is or not. because i feel like i'm being judged for what i wear, rather than what i'm saying to you. angela rayner. the price of groceries in uk supermarkets rose at its fastest rate in more than a decade, in the year to april. the market research firm kantar says prices went up by nearly 6% — adding £271 to the average annual shopping bill — as our business correspondent emma simpson explains. just about every household bill is going up at the moment supermarket prices have been on an upward path for some months now. kantar looks at about 75,000 products, and as you were saying a rise in prices of 5.9% in april compared to last year. the story is far from over,

ourfood bills will keep going up and that is because of the tremendous cost increases being felt right across the supply chain. it's being made more challenging by the war in ukraine with things like fuel and fertiliser soaring. as for shoppers, habits are changing. we are buying fewer things on promotion, focusing on more everyday essentials, we are buying more own—label products and finally, as for today's figures, the fastest growing supermarkets are aldi and lidl. emma simpson reporting. let's return to the board of twitter accepting a takeover offer from to the board of twitter accepting a takeover offerfrom elon to the board of twitter accepting a takeover offer from elon musk. he'll pay around 3a billion pounds for control of the social media network — and plans to relax some of the restrictions on what its 300 million users can post.

jessica gonzalez is the co—ceo of the media advocacy organisation free press based in los angeles. what do you think twitter might look like once elon musk takes over course i'm a bit concerned. elan course i'm a bit concerned. elon musk has— course i'm a bit concerned. elon musk has shown _ course i'm a bit concerned. elon musk has shown time _ course i'm a bit concerned. elm musk has shown time and again he does not have a commitment to promoting democracy, acts and civil and human rights. he has been often and human rights. he has been often a purveyor of misinformation about vaccines, he has asked the chinese government to shut down information about tesla that he disagrees with and so this is not someone i expect to be a responsible steward of communications infrastructure. elon musk or no elon musk, twitter has work to do to ensure it is not amplifying conspiracy theories, bigotry, hate, that it protects its users across regions and languages

and that it is being more transparent about how it systems work. i don't have a great deal of confidence that mask can take twitter into the next generation. nonetheless he has said he wants more transparency around white some comments are allowed and why others are not, as you say it's not always clear at the moment, that has to be a good thing? i clear at the moment, that has to be a good thing?— a good thing? i think so and not all his ideas are _ a good thing? i think so and not all his ideas are bad, _ a good thing? i think so and not all his ideas are bad, he _ a good thing? i think so and not all his ideas are bad, he has _ a good thing? i think so and not all his ideas are bad, he has ideas - his ideas are bad, he has ideas about removing bots but when it comes down to free speech his analysis is lacking. he and others on twitter and other social media have used platforms to spread disinformation, not in his instance but in many others, height and harassment campaigns against women and people of colour. that is something twitter has to have a handle on. it should not amplifying harassment campaigns that suppress the free speech of vulnerable

communities. but the free speech of vulnerable communities.— the free speech of vulnerable communities. �* , ., communities. but if there is more heiuht communities. but if there is more height and — communities. but if there is more height and harassment _ communities. but if there is more height and harassment on - communities. but if there is more| height and harassment on twitter, people canjust decide height and harassment on twitter, people can just decide not to use the platform, can they?- people can just decide not to use the platform, can they? sure, but i think it's taking _ the platform, can they? sure, but i think it's taking away _ the platform, can they? sure, but i think it's taking away an _ the platform, can they? sure, but i think it's taking away an effective i think it's taking away an effective communications medium. many of us have used twitter to organise for change, to get the vote out and get news out to work communities in the world were in the past dominant media gatekeepers work they keeping that information, twitter has allowed the free flow of information and also allowed the free flow of bigotry and disinformation and there is a bit of refereeing that we ought to expect from these major communications platforms, that is the corporate and socially responsible thing for them to do. just a brief question on behalf of viewers who perhaps never go on twitter, why should they care about who owns it? this

twitter, why should they care about who owns it?— who owns it? this isn't 'ust about how elon musk's _ who owns it? this isn'tjust about how elon musk's decision - who owns it? this isn'tjust about how elon musk's decision affects| how elon musk's decision affects twitter users. a lot of laws and regulations and societal norms are being debated on twitter. there are a white supremacist groups who are using twitter to organise, to fund raise and to plant violent events. this dialogue spills over into real life, we have seen it play out on january six in the united states where a violent coup was organised online and there have been a real life consequences to what happened on twitter and other social media platforms. irate on twitter and other social media latforms. ~ ., ., ., , platforms. we are out of time but jessica gonzales, _ platforms. we are out of time but jessica gonzales, good _ platforms. we are out of time but jessica gonzales, good to - platforms. we are out of time but jessica gonzales, good to talk - platforms. we are out of time but jessica gonzales, good to talk to l jessica gonzales, good to talk to you, thank you. the funeral of d—day veteran harry billinge, one of the first british soldiers to storm gold beach during the normandy landings in 19aa, has taken place in st austell in cornwall. mr billinge was 96 when he died earlier this month after a short illness. our correspondentjon kay reports.

"it's not about me," he always said. "it's about the boys who didn't come home." but today, it was about harry billinge — d—day veteran, fundraiser, family man and friend. the church so full that extra space had to be found in a nearby hall. for harry, it was never about him, it was always about them. we've got to say thank you for all that he did. normandy, of course, comes to the fore. but his christian faith, his love of his family, his skills as a barber. so all sorts of things that perhaps a lot of people didn't know he did. many of those attending met harry through his fundraising. take care, my darling. god bless. in his chair at the local market, he raised tens of thousands of pounds to build a memorial in normandy for the british service personnel who lost their lives.

six months ago today, he finally saw the completed monument. they deserve that. we did it. he needed people to know- and to understand that war's not a game, war's not fun, a war leaves you with i some real memories. and that was harry's passion. what does it mean to you? it means the world to me. among the mourners today, rob, who gave harry a poem he'd written about d—day. do not call me hero, when you see the medals that i wear... harry took that poem to heart and used it to promote the british normandy memorial. one minute, he would be hanging on the edge of every word he was telling you. the next minute, he'd have you in stitches. and after that, you'd be in floods of tears. he was awesome, he was one of the nicest guys i've ever met. last post plays. cornwall turned out in force

for an old soldier whose final campaign will ensure the memory of d—day lives on. jon kay, bbc news, st austell. now it's time for a look at the weather with helen willetts. good afternoon. the dry story continues for most of the uk, and it comes after a dry march as well, so even though this april won't be as dry as last april, we have had two consecutive months, particularly england and wales, where it has been drier — quite a lot drier than average, and the reason is high pressure. that high pressure is with us through the rest of the week, so no sign of any appreciable rain until perhaps we get to saturday and low pressure approaches off the atlantic. that is more likely to bring some patchy rain across scotland and northern ireland, it is a long way off, so we will keep you posted. as for the rest of the day, we do on this band of cloud

have some drizzly showers. they are working southwards and eastwards, brighter skies following, but it is chilly with a breeze on the north sea coast. for most, the breeze is light. so west is best, that is where we will see the highest temperatures, the lengthier spells of sunshine. it does mean that's where we will also see the high levels of tree pollen continuing throughout the rest of the day, and some fairly strong sunshine. and that will be repeated, of course, for the rest of the week, but through this evening and overnight we will repeat what we had last night, with cloud melting away, mist coming and going and temperatures falling close enough to freezing for a touch of grass frost again, so gardeners beware, it could be a little bit chillier in the north overnight because the cloud will have melted away, and perhaps a better chance of sunshine for scotland tomorrow, particularly the north and east. more likely to see a few showers for the north—west and perhaps northern ireland, but again this general drift of those breezes bringing the cloud into eastern england as well, and coming in off the chilly north sea, only 10s and 11s here, best in the west for sunshine. we will pick more breeze up in southern parts of devon and cornwall, the channel islands through wednesday. you can see the isobars just packing together a little more tightly.

same goes for thursday, friday, but also with that high pressure around, very little change. we will be chasing our cloud around under our area of high pressure. very little weather, very little wind as well. it is static weather patterns, so nothing to push that cloud away, so there could be weak weather fronts bringing patchy rain to the north of scotland. we will see a bit more cloud under that area of high pressure, but where the sun comes out, with the lighter winds, at this time of year it will feel pleasant. very similar story for friday, once again, but out in the atlantic looming, the potential for at least a little bit of rain in the north—west for the weekend.

i'm ben brown live in kyiv. the head of the united nations is on a peace mission to moscow. he says the war and the suffering here in ukraine must end. antonio guterres calls for a ceasefire as he prepares to meet the russian leader vladimir putin. russia's invasion of ukraine is a violation of its territorial integrity and against the charter of the united nations. but it is my deep conviction that the sooner we end this war, the better. quite naturally, the secretary. general knows full well of those decisions that were declared - by president putin about the reasons and targets and the goals - of the operation that is conducted

by our military. i'm rebecca jones with the rest of the bbc headlines. seven women make allegations of sexual misconduct against the former bbc radio 1 dj tim westwood. he strenuously denies the claims. elon musk strikes a deal to buy twitter for more than 3a billion pounds. bars and clubs that don't do enough to prevent spiking should lose their licences, according to a new report from mps. the average food bill in the uk could increase by £271 pounds this year, it would be the biggest increase in a decade. and remembering harry billinge. the funeral is held in cornwall for the d—day veteran who raised tens of thousands of pounds for a normandy memorial.

i'm ben brown, in the ukrainian capital of kyiv. as the war here rages on into its third month, the united nations secretary general antonio guterres is trying to end it with a peace mission to moscow today. he's meeting the russian leader vladimir putin, before travelling here to kyiv later this week. hopes of any kind of breakthough are not high. russia's foreign minister has accused nato of fighting a �*proxy war�* in ukraine and risking a third world war. our security correspondent gordon corera has this report. this is what today's talks are trying to end, russian missiles launched into ukraine amid fears of where this conflict might go next. this morning, russia's foreign

minister welcomed the un secretary—general as he arrived in moscow, as critics question antonio guterres�*s decision to visit russia's capital before kyiv and what his trip might accomplish. the un's top officials stress dialogue is vital. i know that we have today, facing a complex situation in ukraine, different interpretations about what's happening in ukraine. that does not limit the possibility to have a very serious dialogue. at best we can work to minimise the suffering of people. this visit comes amid warnings the conflict could still escalate further. yesterday, russia's foreign minister told state tv that through its supply of weapons, nato was waging a proxy war against russia and warned this could turn into world war iii — claims this morning dismissed by a british minister. i don't think that right now

there is an imminent threat of escalation. i think what the west is doing to support its allies in ukraine is very well calibrated. defence ministers from nato and european countries are today meeting at a us air force base in germany as they up their supply of weapons ukraine. the us defence secretary said yesterday he wanted russia weakened so it could not carry out another invasion again. on the ground, both sides continue to go on the offensive. ukrainian forces used a missile system to destroy four russian tanks in izyum. russia, meanwhile, released footage of its missiles hitting a military storage facility. mariupol is expected to be one focus of the talks today in moscow, subject to enormous devastation in recent weeks. there is pressure for a humanitarian corridor to allow people to leave. there is little optimism, though,

surrounding the moscow talks or expectation of any kind of wider ceasefire. but speaking in the last few minutes, the un secretary general said they had to try. but it is my deep conviction that the sooner we end this war, the better. for the people of ukraine, for the people of the russian federation, and those far beyond. some kind of negotiation may eventually bring this conflict to an end, but for the moment those involved in the fighting are still seeking to strengthen their position by inflicting damage on the battlefield first. the un secretary general is meeting president putin later on in moscow and has already met the foreign minister sergey lavrov. i can speak now to our europe correspondent, jenny hill, in moscow.

what is your sense of how the talks have gone so far in moscow? i what is your sense of how the talks have gone so far in moscow? i think the have have gone so far in moscow? i think they have failed _ have gone so far in moscow? i think they have failed and _ have gone so far in moscow? i think they have failed and i _ have gone so far in moscow? i think they have failed and i don't - have gone so far in moscow? i think they have failed and i don't think. they have failed and i don't think many people will be surprised to hear it. sergey lavrov the foreign minister gave antonio guterres a very cool reception when they sat down for those talks and that press conference afterwards during which it became perfectly clear that the two men had not really managed to agree on any sort of significant progress or development, there were some platitudes, it is taken as read that both sides want to find some kind of solution on both sides want to do something about civilians, but antonio guterres was left having to state that russia's view of its actions in ukraine is completely different to what the un see of russia's actions in ukraine and had to say he has made a couple of proposals about trying to set up joint groups to facilitate humanitarian corridors and that was

really it. i don't think we expected very much more. it is very difficult here in moscow to see much evidence that the kremlin is genuinely serious about negotiating a peace for all sorts of reasons. chief among them the fact sergey lavrov himself had said they will be no ceasefire until the treaty is finally signed. no pose of hostilities while negotiations continue. another reason is the fact a little earlier we heard from russia and belarus that they are going to conductjoint military exercises including both of the air forces as of today. the fact the rhetoric and the tone and aggression coming out of moscow is not stopping, if anything it is intensifying and finally the fact that vladimir putin, despite the fact that the un secretary general is in town to discuss finding a way to end the war, has spent the day meeting olympic athletes and he is

currently talking to officials about the future of russian sport while that un secretary general waits to sit down and hold talks with him. thank you very much indeed. russian forces withdrew from northern ukraine at the beginning of april, but occasional shelling continues in border areas. the village of senkivka was once the site of festivals celebrating friendship between ukraine, russia and belarus. now the town's few remaining residents say they are living in fear, as yogita limaye reports. barely a highway in ukraine that doesn't tell of war. we travelled to the northern edge of the country. senkivka, the last village by the border with russia and belarus. it's still being shelled. only a few of its residents remain. nina is living with a rocket that

landed right in her yard when the invasion began. these civilian homes are visible from russia. they can see what they're firing at. "it's scary to live like this but where will i go? i can hear the shelling, i can show you from my yard the russian checkpoint," she said. "i feel so sad about everything, my heart is growing numb, i've run out of tears." on the road outside, another rocket. experts who've seen these images say they could have held cluster bombs. banned in other parts of the world because of the devastation they cause, both russia and ukraine are accused of using them. this was one of the roads that russian soldiers took when they were entering ukraine from the north, on their way to cities like kyiv and chernihiv. the focus of the war at the moment has shifted to the south

and east of the country, but here at the northern edge, we're just about two miles from the border, and russian soldiers withdrew from here around three weeks ago. the feeling very much is that it could all change in a matter of minutes. this video from ukraine's border guard shows russian forces rolling into semkivka in february. the us secretary of defence lloyd austin is talking in germany and has been meeting with officials from some a0 nato and eu countries and talking about getting more weapons supplies to ukraine. let's have a listen to what he has to say. i supplies to ukraine. let's have a listen to what he has to say. i have two questions _ listen to what he has to say. i have two questions for _ listen to what he has to say. i have two questions for you. _ listen to what he has to say. i have two questions for you. moldova - listen to what he has to say. i have two questions for you. moldova isl two questions for you. moldova is stepping up its security measures after a series of explosions in the separatist region. do you think

there is a risk of spill—over of the conflict to moldova? and my second question is, after these big meeting about arming question is, after these big meeting aboutarming ukraine question is, after these big meeting about arming ukraine are you concerned that president putin may become restless and threaten again to use a nuclear weapon? fin become restless and threaten again to use a nuclear weapon?— to use a nuclear weapon? on the issue of spill-over _ to use a nuclear weapon? on the issue of spill-over to _ to use a nuclear weapon? on the issue of spill-over to moldova i issue of spill—over to moldova because — issue of spill—over to moldova because of what we have seen and the reporting _ because of what we have seen and the reporting of— because of what we have seen and the reporting of recent violence, we are still looking — reporting of recent violence, we are still looking to the cause of that. we are _ still looking to the cause of that. we are still doing analysis so i'm not really— we are still doing analysis so i'm not really sure what that is all about — not really sure what that is all about but _ not really sure what that is all about but it's something we will stay focused on. and certainly we don't _ stay focused on. and certainly we don't want — stay focused on. and certainly we don't want to see any spill—over and again— don't want to see any spill—over and again it's _ don't want to see any spill—over and again it's important to make sure that we _ again it's important to make sure that we do— again it's important to make sure

that we do everything we can to ensure — that we do everything we can to ensure that ukraine is successful. that is _ ensure that ukraine is successful. that is the — ensure that ukraine is successful. that is the best way to address that _ that is the best way to address that and — that is the best way to address that. and your second question was? president _ that. and your second question was? president putin's threats to use nuclear weapons. you president putin's threats to use nuclear weapons.— president putin's threats to use nuclear weapons. you have heard a sa a nuclear weapons. you have heard a say a number— nuclear weapons. you have heard a say a number of — nuclear weapons. you have heard a say a number of times _ nuclear weapons. you have heard a say a number of times that - nuclear weapons. you have heard a say a number of times that that - nuclear weapons. you have heard a l say a number of times that that kind of rhetoric— say a number of times that that kind of rhetoric is — say a number of times that that kind of rhetoric is very dangerous and unhelpful — of rhetoric is very dangerous and unhelpful. nobody wants to see a nuclear— unhelpful. nobody wants to see a nuclear war happen, it's a war that all sides— nuclear war happen, it's a war that all sides lose and rattling of sabres _ all sides lose and rattling of sabres and dangerous rhetoric is clearly— sabres and dangerous rhetoric is clearly unhelpful in something that we won't _ clearly unhelpful in something that we won't engage in. what clearly unhelpful in something that we won't engage in.— we won't engage in. what military

aid to ou we won't engage in. what military aid to you now— we won't engage in. what military aid to you now expect _ we won't engage in. what military aid to you now expect from - we won't engage in. what military aid to you now expect from the i aid to you now expect from the german government and do you think the delivery of tanks is sufficient in your opinion? let the delivery of tanks is sufficient in your opinion?— the delivery of tanks is sufficient in your opinion? let me 'ust say, and i said — in your opinion? let me 'ust say, and i said this i in your opinion? let me 'ust say, and i said this when i i in your opinion? let me just say, and i said this when i visited i and i said this when i visited germany, _ and i said this when i visited germany, i consider germany to be a great _ germany, i consider germany to be a great friend _ germany, i consider germany to be a great friend and ally. i have served in germany— great friend and ally. i have served in germany as an officer and worked with german forces and it's always been _ with german forces and it's always been a _ with german forces and it's always been a real— with german forces and it's always been a real pleasure to work alongside our german partners. i think— alongside our german partners. i think it's — alongside our german partners. i think it's a — alongside our german partners. i think it's a significant that germany announced it was going to provide _ germany announced it was going to provide 50 — germany announced it was going to provide 50 cheater systems. i think those _ provide 50 cheater systems. i think those systems will provide real capability for ukraine. in terms of what _ capability for ukraine. in terms of what else — capability for ukraine. in terms of what else germany will do going forward, — what else germany will do going forward, again there is a sovereign decision— forward, again there is a sovereign decision and when the german

leadership will make and i don't want _ leadership will make and i don't want to— leadership will make and i don't want to spec on that. ijust believe that based — want to spec on that. ijust believe that based upon everything i have seen _ that based upon everything i have seen in _ that based upon everything i have seen in nry— that based upon everything i have seen in my interaction with the ministry— seen in my interaction with the ministry of defence and how intently she has— ministry of defence and how intently she has been focused on doing everything she can to help at work alongside — everything she can to help at work alongside her partners and allies, that she _ alongside her partners and allies, that she will continue to look for ways— that she will continue to look for ways to — that she will continue to look for ways to be — that she will continue to look for ways to be relevant and provide good capability— ways to be relevant and provide good capability to the ukrainians as they continue _ capability to the ukrainians as they continue to prosecute this fight. yesterday you mentioned that one of the goals— yesterday you mentioned that one of the goals of— yesterday you mentioned that one of the goals of the _ yesterday you mentioned that one of the goals of the united _ yesterday you mentioned that one of the goals of the united states - yesterday you mentioned that one of the goals of the united states and i the goals of the united states and ukraine _ the goals of the united states and ukraine now— the goals of the united states and ukraine now was _ the goals of the united states and ukraine now was to _ the goals of the united states and ukraine now was to see _ the goals of the united states and ukraine now was to see russia i ukraine now was to see russia weakened _ ukraine now was to see russia weakened can— ukraine now was to see russia weakened. can you _ ukraine now was to see russia weakened. can you explain i ukraine now was to see russia . weakened. can you explain more ukraine now was to see russia - weakened. can you explain more fully what that— weakened. can you explain more fully what that means _ weakened. can you explain more fully what that means and _ weakened. can you explain more fully what that means and specifically- what that means and specifically what _ what that means and specifically what do — what that means and specifically what do you _ what that means and specifically what do you want _ what that means and specifically what do you want to _ what that means and specifically what do you want to weaken i what that means and specificallyj what do you want to weaken and what that means and specifically- what do you want to weaken and how you would _ what do you want to weaken and how you would measure _ what do you want to weaken and how you would measure success - what do you want to weaken and how you would measure success in - what do you want to weaken and how you would measure success in that. you would measure success in that regard? _ you would measure success in that regard? l— you would measure success in that retard? ~ ., you would measure success in that retard? ~' ., , you would measure success in that retard? ~ ., , , , regard? i think we have been pretty clear from the _ regard? i think we have been pretty

clear from the outset. _ regard? i think we have been pretty clear from the outset. we _ regard? i think we have been pretty clear from the outset. we do i regard? i think we have been pretty clear from the outset. we do want i regard? i think we have been prettyl clear from the outset. we do want to make _ clear from the outset. we do want to make it _ clear from the outset. we do want to make it harder for russia to threaten _ make it harder for russia to threaten its neighbours and leave them _ threaten its neighbours and leave them less— threaten its neighbours and leave them less able to do that. if you look— them less able to do that. if you look at _ them less able to do that. if you look at what has transpired here in the 62 _ look at what has transpired here in the 62 days— look at what has transpired here in the 62 days or so that ukraine and russia _ the 62 days or so that ukraine and russia have — the 62 days or so that ukraine and russia have been involved in this struggle. — russia have been involved in this struggle, russia has in terms of its land forces, — struggle, russia has in terms of its land forces, the land forces have dotted _ land forces, the land forces have dotted our— land forces, the land forces have dotted our casualties are pretty substantial. they have lost a lot of equipment. they have used a lot of munitions — equipment. they have used a lot of munitions. they have lost major surface — munitions. they have lost major surface combatant. so they are in fact in— surface combatant. so they are in fact in terms of military capability weaker— fact in terms of military capability weaker than when it started. it will be harder— weaker than when it started. it will be harder for them to replace some of those _ be harder for them to replace some of those capability as they go forward — of those capability as they go forward because of the sanctions and the trade _ forward because of the sanctions and the trade restrictions that have been _ the trade restrictions that have been placed on them and so we would like to— been placed on them and so we would like to make _

been placed on them and so we would like to make sure again that they don't _ like to make sure again that they don't have — like to make sure again that they don't have the same type of capability to bully their neighbours like we _ capability to bully their neighbours like we saw at the outset of this conflict — how can we go into a safe and secure ukraine in the future? is it possible that ukraine becomes a member of nato?_ possible that ukraine becomes a member of nato? again, that will be a sovereign — member of nato? again, that will be a sovereign decision. _ member of nato? again, that will be a sovereign decision. i _ member of nato? again, that will be a sovereign decision. i think- member of nato? again, that will be a sovereign decision. i think nato i a sovereign decision. i think nato will always— a sovereign decision. i think nato will always stand by its principles of maintaining an open door. i don't want _ of maintaining an open door. i don't want to— of maintaining an open door. i don't want to speculate on what could come _ want to speculate on what could come i— want to speculate on what could come i do— want to speculate on what could come. i do believe that in the future, — come. i do believe that in the future, if— come. i do believe that in the future, if the possibility exists, i think— future, if the possibility exists, i think ukraine will seek to once again— think ukraine will seek to once again apply to become a member of

nato _ again apply to become a member of nato but— again apply to become a member of nato. but again, that is probably a bit down _ nato. but again, that is probably a bit down the road and spec elation at this— bit down the road and spec elation at this point. i think the first step— at this point. i think the first step is— at this point. i think the first step is to _ at this point. i think the first step is to end this conflict and i think— step is to end this conflict and i think what— step is to end this conflict and i think what needs to happen to end the conflict is president putin needs— the conflict is president putin needs to _ the conflict is president putin needs to make a decision to end this conflict _ needs to make a decision to end this conflict he — needs to make a decision to end this conflict. he is the person that started — conflict. he is the person that started it. _ conflict. he is the person that started it, it was unjustified and of course — started it, it was unjustified and of course it will be his decision to de—escalate and go back to negotiate. we really all would like to see _ negotiate. we really all would like to see that happen. the russian foreign minister has warned _ the russian foreign minister has warned there _ the russian foreign minister has warned there is— the russian foreign minister has warned there is a _ the russian foreign minister has warned there is a danger- the russian foreign minister has warned there is a danger of- the russian foreign minister has warned there is a danger of a i the russian foreign minister has. warned there is a danger of a third world _ warned there is a danger of a third world war— warned there is a danger of a third world war and _ warned there is a danger of a third world war and there _ warned there is a danger of a third world war and there is— warned there is a danger of a third world war and there is a _ warned there is a danger of a third world war and there is a real- warned there is a danger of a third i world war and there is a real danger of nuclear— world war and there is a real danger of nuclear weapons— world war and there is a real danger

of nuclear weapons being _ world war and there is a real danger of nuclear weapons being used. i world war and there is a real danger of nuclear weapons being used. are| of nuclear weapons being used. are you not— of nuclear weapons being used. are you not afraid — of nuclear weapons being used. are you not afraid that _ of nuclear weapons being used. are you not afraid that the _ of nuclear weapons being used. are you not afraid that the conflict i you not afraid that the conflict will somehow _ you not afraid that the conflict will somehow spin _ you not afraid that the conflict will somehow spin out - you not afraid that the conflict will somehow spin out of i you not afraid that the conflict . will somehow spin out of control you not afraid that the conflict - will somehow spin out of control and we will— will somehow spin out of control and we will have — will somehow spin out of control and we will have this _ will somehow spin out of control and we will have this nuclear— we will have this nuclear confrontation? - we will have this nuclear confrontation?— we will have this nuclear confrontation? ~ . ., , ., confrontation? we certainly will do eve hint confrontation? we certainly will do everything within _ confrontation? we certainly will do everything within our— confrontation? we certainly will do everything within our power- confrontation? we certainly will do everything within our power and i everything within our power and ukraine — everything within our power and ukraine will have the same approach, to make _ ukraine will have the same approach, to make sure it doesn't spill out of control _ to make sure it doesn't spill out of control. international community are focused _ control. international community are focused on _ control. international community are focused on that. again, i think this bluster— focused on that. again, i think this bluster about the use of possible nuclear— bluster about the use of possible nuclear weapons is very dangerous and unhelpful. nobody —— nobody wants— and unhelpful. nobody —— nobody wants to — and unhelpful. nobody —— nobody wants to see a nuclear war and nobody — wants to see a nuclear war and nobody can win that. as we do things and as— nobody can win that. as we do things and as we _ nobody can win that. as we do things and as we take actions we are always mindful— and as we take actions we are always mindful of— and as we take actions we are always mindful of making sure that we have the right— mindful of making sure that we have the right balance and they are taking — the right balance and they are taking the right approach. there is always— taking the right approach. there is always a _ taking the right approach. there is always a possibility that a number of things— always a possibility that a number of things can happen, but again i think— of things can happen, but again i think it's — of things can happen, but again i

think it's unhelpful and dangerous to rattle _ think it's unhelpful and dangerous to rattle sabres and speculate about the use _ to rattle sabres and speculate about the use of— to rattle sabres and speculate about the use of nuclear weapons. that to rattle sabres and speculate about the use of nuclear weapons.- the use of nuclear weapons. that is all the time — the use of nuclear weapons. that is all the time we _ the use of nuclear weapons. that is all the time we have _ the use of nuclear weapons. that is all the time we have voted - the use of nuclear weapons. that is all the time we have voted a i the use of nuclear weapons. that is| all the time we have voted a plasma press _ all the time we have voted a plasma press conference. _ all the time we have voted a plasma press conference. we _ all the time we have voted a plasma press conference.— all the time we have voted a plasma press conference. we will leave that news conference _ press conference. we will leave that news conference there. _ press conference. we will leave that news conference there. you - press conference. we will leave that news conference there. you have i press conference. we will leave that i news conference there. you have been watching the us secretary of defence, lloyd austin, give a news conference. let me tell you what he said in a context. ministers from a0 countries allied to nato have been meeting at a us airbase in germany and they have been discussing a package of help to ukraine, military aid as well as financial aid, and one significant development out of that meeting is a major policy shift from the german government. the

german government has authorised the supply of about 50 anti—aircraft tanks to ukraine and the reason that is significant is because germany has long had a policy of not supplying heavy weaponry to conflict zones. but you heard the us secretary of defence saying there it was significant that germany would provide those heavy weapon systems. he was also asked about the threat of nuclear war and he said it was unhelpful and dangerous to speculate about the use of nuclear weapons. and as you heard, again called on president putin to de—escalate his actions in ukraine. tugboats were deployed earlier this afternoon to help a stricken p&o ferry off the coast of northern ireland. p&o says the european causeway, suffered a "temporary mechanical issue". our correspondent danny

savage is in belfast. this news has been coming out in dribs and drabs over the last hour so bring us up to date with exactly what we know about what's gone on. the european causeway was playing its regular route from scotland to northern ireland earlier today. it left at around midday and the crossing should normally take around two hours. when it wasjust a crossing should normally take around two hours. when it was just a few miles short of its destination this afternoon, it seems to have lost all power about five miles off the coast. it was adrift for about 90 minutes without power. there was a cruise liner on standby, two local tug boats were sent out and a helicopter was sent to the scene. after about an hour and a half the european cause we did manage to get its power going again and get its engines going at speed and has got itself back into line in the last half an hour or so. we havejust had

a tweet from a colleague who is down at the scene. the ferry can hold up to a00 parsonage —— passengers. p&o are saying they had a mechanical issue this afternoon and said it was a temporary issue and the european causeway is now continuing on its journey. it will discharge its passengers and cargo as planned. no reported injuries and all the relevant authorities have been informed. so it looked concerning for some time this afternoon. the weather conditions in the irish sea, its lovely weather here in belfast and with good visibility, but there was an easterly breeze blowing and it was quite breezy out at sea and that breeze would have been blowing that breeze would have been blowing that ship towards the coastline quite quickly. so it was a matter of

urgency to get it either under way again by its own power or get some lines onto it with tug boats. it has now been resolved but i'm sure it was pretty alarming for those people on board to be on without any power for 90 minutes or so until things improve it again. but it has docked and everybody is safe. it's another bad headline for p&o which has been in the news recently after making so many people redundant and then its safety issues which the european courts —— the european causeway was impounded because of safety issues. it was cleared to sail again but things have rectified themselves this afternoon on the ship has docked safely. the board of twitter has accepted a takeover offer from the world's richest man, elon musk. he'll pay around £3a billion for control of the social media network and plans to relax some of the restrictions on what its 300—million users can post.

our technology reporter shiona mccallum has more. those 300 million users include everyone from pop stars, and world leaders and twitter was one of the first platforms to give them the power to connect to you and i instantly. one of the most prolific tweeters is of course elon musk himself. he took to twitter to announce the multi—billion dollar takeover, saying free speech is the bedrock of democracy and he looks forward to unlocking twitter�*s potential. if his idea of free speech is to prevail, it would likely mean less moderation. it could mean controversial figures who have been banned like donald trump get reinstated. having a public platform which is massively trusted and broadly inclusive is extremely important to the future of civilisation.

the current ceo reportedly told twitter employees he did not know which direction the platform would go in once the tesla and spacex boss is at the helm. he also said no staff would be losing theirjobs right now. if you look at investors, they view it as musk has had massive success with tesla and spacex and paypal and could he have the same success. i think it's going to be a bit of an uphill battle in terms of turning around twitter. in the eyes of many this is really trading caviar, in terms of his tesla stock, for really a new york city pretzel. the transaction itself will take around six months, so between now and then there is bound to be more speculation and uncertainty around twitter as the world works out how musk's brash and gung ho approach may change things. joining me now is jake moore who is a global cybersecurity

advisor, eset. i wonder what your reaction was when you heard the news that elon musk was buying twitter. {lister you heard the news that elon musk was buying twitter.— was buying twitter. over the past few ears was buying twitter. over the past few years there _ was buying twitter. over the past few years there has _ was buying twitter. over the past few years there has been - was buying twitter. over the past| few years there has been multiple efforts to clean up the platform and moderating things such as abuse and misinformation. so my immediate worry is code that will be unravelled. we all know how erratic elon musk can be and he has used the platform in the past and it would be a shame to lose what they have been really good at over the past couple of years. but really good at over the past couple of ears. �* ., ,., ., of years. but he also hinted that there is plenty — of years. but he also hinted that there is plenty they _ of years. but he also hinted that there is plenty they have - of years. but he also hinted that there is plenty they have not i of years. but he also hinted that i there is plenty they have not been good at, maybe he can clean it up? that is always a possibility. it has made such significant progress in being able to hide those offensive tweets using algorithms to hide

those from the users so they don't see them. he says he will be more open and use the algorithm and show everyone in the world what the algorithm looks like but i think he might end up losing some of the followers onto other platforms. mit? followers onto other platforms. why do ou followers onto other platforms. why do you think — followers onto other platforms. why do you think elon musk wanted twitter so badly? elan do you think elon musk wanted twitter so badly?— do you think elon musk wanted twitter so badly? elon musk has a lot of power- _ twitter so badly? elon musk has a lot of power. we _ twitter so badly? elon musk has a lot of power. we all _ twitter so badly? elon musk has a lot of power. we all know - twitter so badly? elon musk has a lot of power. we all know he i twitter so badly? elon musk has a lot of power. we all know he can i lot of power. we all know he can tweet something about anything and it can change share prices. crypto currency values. this is a power trip in itself. look at the numbers he is buying it for. it's a huge amount of money. maybe it's just that. do amount of money. maybe it's 'ust that. ~' amount of money. maybe it's 'ust that. ,, amount of money. maybe it's 'ust that. ._ that. do you think you can actually make money _ that. do you think you can actually make money from _ that. do you think you can actually make money from it? _ that. do you think you can actually make money from it? 34 - that. do you think you can actually make money from it? 34 billion i that. do you think you can actually make money from it? 34 billion is| that. do you think you can actuallyl make money from it? 34 billion is a make money from it? 3a billion is a pretty sizeable initial outlay. you talk about free _ pretty sizeable initial outlay. gm. talk about free speech and he may in fact bring in some new users to the

platform but my gut is telling me he might lose some of those people that are using it because it's been so clean recently. along with that you have got the worry that you might lose advertisers and that is where the money is made. it is notjust there to help the blood, it's there to make money and if you turn off the advertisers who are worried about seeing the ads next to harmful content like we have seen with facebook over the years, that can be quite damaging. facebook over the years, that can be quite damaging-— quite damaging. let's say people to abandon the — quite damaging. let's say people to abandon the platform, _ quite damaging. let's say people to abandon the platform, how- quite damaging. let's say people to | abandon the platform, how possible is it to set up something similar? we do see these platforms change over time. we do see these platforms change overtime. google+ we do see these platforms change over time. google+ has been an attempt that didn't work but maybe it was the wrong time. other platforms can be used. twitter does hold an amazing way of giving out short bits of information to the masses and very quick turnaround. but we have also seen misinformation being abused on the platform as well

so it's something they're going to have to really tidy up from the beginning. have to really tidy up from the beginning-— have to really tidy up from the bearinnin. ., ., ,, ., . beginning. good to talk to you and many thanks- _ more now on our top story. the united nited nations secretary general, antonio guterres, is in moscow to try and end the war in ukraine. he's meeting the russian leader vladimir putin, before travelling to kyiv later this week. now an update on how one ukrainian refugee is faring. a few weeks ago we spoke with anton, who lives in sheffield, who told us about his twin sister anastasia, who had just fled from her home in mariupol with her new—born baby. after weeks of waiting, they have successfully secured a family visa and are travelling back. antonjoins us now anton joins us now with anastasia and the baby. great to have you both with us. i suppose i should ask, are

you back in the uk? ho. with us. i suppose i should ask, are you back in the uk?— you back in the uk? no. i left my home in sheffield _ you back in the uk? no. i left my home in sheffield three - you back in the uk? no. i left my home in sheffield three weeks i you back in the uk? no. i left my. home in sheffield three weeks ago and i am still not back. hopefully i will be back by the end of the week. we are in paris now. so will be back by the end of the week. we are in paris now.— we are in paris now. so we need to know how — we are in paris now. so we need to know how you _ we are in paris now. so we need to know how you have _ we are in paris now. so we need to know how you have got _ we are in paris now. so we need to know how you have got there i we are in paris now. so we need to know how you have got there and i we are in paris now. so we need to i know how you have got there and what the progress is and what it has been like trying to obtain this visa to get your sister and your niece into the uk? it wasn't easy any step of the way, getting them out first of all and then because the baby doesn't have a passport they had to attend biometric appointments and then they have done that... sorry, i'm changing some settings, they did that on the 7th of april and since then we were waiting, my sister's viz it came through on the 9th of

april but we had no news about the baby's visa and we found out the decision was made on the 1ath of april but we were only notified on the 2ath of april, so it takes the home office ten days to send a simple e—mailand home office ten days to send a simple e—mail and then even though we were told we will not have to pick up any paperwork in poland and we can be on our way to the uk, the e—mail came through last week saying we have to pick up that baby's reza in warsaw in up paperform which is a disgrace, and even when we applied for escalation or to be transferred to paris, we had no communication and we were told on the helpline they will do that but it may take some time for it to be updated or for any e—mail to be sent and because it took ten days to send the visa decision, i think it will be

the same with notification about visa transfer so i made my way to paris without knowing whether it will be ready and then my wife picketed the home office in sheffield this morning and they said the visa is in paris already. find the visa is in paris already. and ma be the visa is in paris already. and maybe you _ the visa is in paris already. and maybe you will _ the visa is in paris already. and maybe you will be _ the visa is in paris already. and maybe you will be on _ the visa is in paris already. and maybe you will be on the way back to the uk. and a stage, introduce us to your baby, what is her name? maria. and i'm your baby, what is her name? maria. and l'm sure — your baby, what is her name? maria. and i'm sure you're _ your baby, what is her name? maria. and i'm sure you're relieved - your baby, what is her name? maria. and i'm sure you're relieved that i and i'm sure you're relieved that the visa appear to have come through but i would like to get a sense of what it has been like leaving you crying because you are also leaving your husband behind. —— leaving ukraine. your husband behind. -- leaving ukraine. . your husband behind. -- leaving ukraine. ,, , your husband behind. -- leaving ukraine. . , ., ukraine. she is not feeling comfortable _ ukraine. she is not feeling comfortable so _ ukraine. she is not feeling comfortable so she i ukraine. she is not feeling comfortable so she will i ukraine. she is not feeling i comfortable so she will speak ukraine. she is not feeling - comfortable so she will speak and i will translate if that's ok. she says it's very hard to leave all

your life behind. yes, she said she always expected she will have a new life after the babyis she will have a new life after the baby is born injanuary but she never expected this life to start in a different country and without her husband. and she says she is very grateful to great britain that there is such an opportunity to help ukrainians and that there is an opportunity to go somewhere and start life anew, with british people, and for myself i just want to add that the support from regular people and from home

office people and the people on the helpline has been tremendous but the leadership of the home office is unfortunately failing at every step of the way. unfortunately failing at every step of the wa . �* ., unfortunately failing at every step ofthe wa .�* ., �* unfortunately failing at every step ofthewa .�* ., �* ., ., unfortunately failing at every step ofthe wa . . ., �* ., ., ., of the way. anton, i'm afraid we are out of time — of the way. anton, i'm afraid we are out of time but _ of the way. anton, i'm afraid we are out of time but we _ of the way. anton, i'm afraid we are out of time but we are _ of the way. anton, i'm afraid we are out of time but we are very - of the way. anton, i'm afraid we are out of time but we are very grateful| out of time but we are very grateful to you, to anastasia and marie for updating us and hopefully you will be back in the uk very soon. thank you, all of you, for talking to us. thank you. you, all of you, for talking to us. thank you-— you, all of you, for talking to us. thank you. let's catch up with the weather. helen _ thank you. let's catch up with the weather. helen is _ thank you. let's catch up with the weather. helen is here _ thank you. let's catch up with the weather. helen is here and i thank you. let's catch up with the weather. helen is here and what i thank you. let's catch up with the j weather. helen is here and what a gorgeous picture behind you, where is that? , , gorgeous picture behind you, where isthat? , , is that? this is downpatrick in newry and — is that? this is downpatrick in newry and down, _ is that? this is downpatrick in newry and down, so - is that? this is downpatrick in newry and down, so it's i is that? this is downpatrick in i newry and down, so it's beautiful across northern ireland. yesterday was predominantly cloudy across northern ireland, to date we have seen more sunshine, i think tomorrow we will see more sunshine across

scotland because the sun is coming out in the north but today we had this bank of cloud urging south so we have seen the cloud increase across southern areas in the last few hours and there are one or two drizzly showers but they will fade away overnight and then it's a repeat of last night, clouds come and go, a bit of mist and it surely. there will be a touch of grass frost tomorrow morning so quite chilly for late april, and then tomorrow we are chasing cloud sound subtle differences, perhaps a few showers for north—west scotland as opposed to the north—east today, more cloud and breeze for the side channel but generally light breezes so if you see the sunshine it will feel warm a little sign of rain for the foreseeable future except in the north and west on saturday. hello, this is bbc news with rebecca jones. the headlines: the head of the united nations,

antonio guterres, calls for a ceasefire as he prepares to meet russia's president vladimir putin later today. russia's invasion of ukraine is a violation of its territorial integrity and against the charter of the united nations. but it is my deep conviction that the sooner we end this war, the better. translation: quite naturally the secretary general knows i full well of those decisions that were declared by president putin about the reasons and targets and the goals of the operation that is conducted by our military. seven women make allegations of sexual misconduct against the former bbc radio 1 dj tim westwood. he strenuously denies the claims. elon musk strikes a deal to buy twitter for more than £3a billion. and remembering harry billinge — the funeral is held in cornwall

for the d—day veteran who raised tens of thousands of pounds for a normandy memorial. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's holly. hi there. the organisers of wimbledon have defended their decision to ban russian and belarusian players at the tournament this summer.. insisting "it's the right and responsible decision." chief executive of the all england lawn tennis club sally bolton was responding to criticism from tennis�* governing bodies and some players over the deicsion, insisting that they wanted to limit the influence of the russian regime using sporting success at wimbledon. the government issued guidance in march which was part of their response to the russian invasion of ukraine and sought to limit the influence of the russian regime using sporting success. in the context of that guidance we had to consider our options. at that point direct entry into the championships

via ranking was off the table so as we considered our options in the context of the continuing aggression in ukraine from the russian regime as well as thinking about the safety and security of the event and players, we concluded the only viable option was to decline entries from russian and bela rusian competitors. they also confirmed that world number one novak djokovic will be able to defend his title at the all england club this summer as covid—19 vaccines won�*t be required to play. djokovic was barred from the australian open injanuary, because he hadn�*t been vaccinated. oldham athletic have announced they intend to ban fans who invaded the pitch during their defeat to salford city on saturday. the latics were 2—1 down and heading for relegation from league two when supporters stormed the pitch in protest. both sets of players were escorted off the field and the match later resumed behind closed doors. that defeat means oldham are the first former premier league

side to drop out of the football league. england captain sarah hunter will miss saturday�*s six nations grand slam decider against france with a rib injury. the veteran number eight has been forced to withdraw from the squad after suffering the injury in sunday�*s victory over ireland. the 36—year—old will still travel to france and join the squad to support their preparations but in an off—field capacity. a record—breaking 290,000 fans are expected to attend the 150th open championship at st andrews injuly. there were more than 1.3 million ticket applications, which has led to the highest—ever number of general admission tickets. the previous highest attendance was 239,000 when tiger woods triumphed at st andrews in 2000. the 15—time major winner has said he intends to return there this summer. former two—weight world champion ricky hatton says he hopes

to "inspire people" with his return to the ring at the age of a3. he�*s set to face mexico�*s marco antonio barrera in machester in an exhibition bout injuly ten years on from his retirement. during that time, he�*s struggled with his mental health but he says he hopes this match will show people what is possible. if there is anyone there that goes watching, saying "do you remember ricky five, six years ago, the state he was in, look at him now, you know, you can turn your life round." it was bad for me at one stage, and to be where i�*m sat, to be in a position to do an exhibition at the manchester arena one last time, and hear "there�*s only one ricky hatton", people say why are you doing it for? it�*s clear what i�*m doing it for, so people can sit there and say, you know, we all have it tough and no—one�*s had it tougher than ricky, look what you can do if you do the right things. the six—time world snooker champion ronnie o�*sullivan has a healhty advantage in his quarterfinal match

against stephen maguire. o�*sullivan leads by six frames to two, after their first session. he�*s looking in outstanding form in sheffield and he�*s already added another record to his list this year, for the most matches won at the crucible — he�*s now on 71. it�*s a long way back for maguire, who hasn�*t made the last four since 2012. let�*s take you live to the crucible theatre in sheffield. four—time championjohn higgins and jack lisowski on table two, higgins leading by three frames to two and on the other table is former world championjudd trump with stuart bingham, it's it�*s two frames each in that match. this is live on bbc two and the bbc sport website and app if you want to keep following the action. head over to the webiste to get

all the build up to tonight�*s champions league semifinal between man city and real madrid. the first leg at the etihad this evening. that�*s at bbc.co.uk/sport.— more from me in the next hour. thank you, holly. mps are warning that spiking will remain "an invisible crime" in england and wales, unless more is done to improve awareness and support victims. spiking involves putting drugs or alcohol into someone�*s drink, or in some cases using a needle to inject the person without consent. the home office says it is considering whether spiking should be made a specific criminal offence. june kelly reports. it�*s a hidden danger on a night out, and spiking will remain an invisible crime unless more is done to improve awareness and support victims. this is the message from mps, who are calling for a better response from pubs, clubs, police and health services. they say there�*s a culture of viewing victims as having had one too many. this was the experience of former love island contestant sharon gafka when she was a spiking victim.

when the paramedics turned up, they automatically said that, you know, she�*s had too much to drink, she just needs to go home and sleep it off. but my best friend who was with me is a doctor, has known me for many years, knows exactly what i�*m like as a person — with or without alcohol — told them, no, this is not normal. the mps say venues with bad spiking records should face the threat of losing their licences. they believe that spiking should be made a specific criminal offence, and they want better data collection so there�*s more information about the scale of the problem. the perpetrator may be a sexual predator, they may be looking to steal from their victim, and it could be someone you regard as a mate, according to the mps. just for a laugh, to do this to your friends for a laugh, to see them in a state of intoxication, and that clearly is very, very wrong. so, there's more work to be done on the perpetrators and trying to understand their motivation.

there have been spiking incidents where victims say it wasn�*t their drink that was targeted, they had actually been injected with a drug. the home office says it is looking at making spiking a specific offence and police chiefs are urging victims to report what has happened to them as soon as possible. june kelly, bbc news. prices are rising at the fastest level in 30 years. the average food bill could increase by £271 and many shoppers are turning into discount retailers as pressure grows. some supermarkets, like asda and morrissons, have announced price cuttings as shops fight to keep customers. joining us from bradford is ged futter, a retail analyst and a former buyer for asda. good to have you with us. i wonder what your take is on these price rises. are they likely to keep

rising and if they do, when white dc them peak? brute rising and if they do, when white dc them peak?— rising and if they do, when white dc them peak? we certainly will be see rices them peak? we certainly will be see prices rising. — them peak? we certainly will be see prices rising. we _ them peak? we certainly will be see prices rising, we saw— them peak? we certainly will be see prices rising, we saw prices - them peak? we certainly will be see prices rising, we saw prices rising i prices rising, we saw prices rising about 6.9% so i�*m expecting prices to rise by up to 15% later in the year so what we are seeing at the moment on food is just the start of inflation customers will see. find inflation customers will see. and across the _ inflation customers will see. and across the board _ inflation customers will see. and across the board on _ inflation customers will see. and across the board on food, all goods? there�*s not a single category that will get away with having lower prices so we are seeing inflation across every category, it doesn�*t matter whether it�*s fresh products or long life or chilled products, every category is seeing prices rise. �* , ., every category is seeing prices rise. �*, ., , rise. it's worth reminding people wh these rise. it's worth reminding people why these prices _ rise. it's worth reminding people why these prices are _ rise. it's worth reminding people why these prices are rising i rise. it's worth reminding people why these prices are rising in - rise. it's worth reminding people} why these prices are rising in the way they are. the why these prices are rising in the way they are-— why these prices are rising in the wa the are. ., , ., , way they are. the reason is a number of factors, way they are. the reason is a number of factors. we — way they are. the reason is a number of factors, we are _ way they are. the reason is a number of factors, we are seeing _ way they are. the reason is a number of factors, we are seeing every - way they are. the reason is a number of factors, we are seeing every part l of factors, we are seeing every part of factors, we are seeing every part of the food supply chain is going

up, it doesn't matter if it's the packaging or raw materials or energy or the fuel that gets from the manufacturer to the stores, everything is going up. if manufacturer to the stores, everything is going up. if asda and morrisons are _ everything is going up. if asda and morrisons are announcing - everything is going up. if asda and morrisons are announcing price - everything is going up. if asda and l morrisons are announcing price cuts, how can they do that? the morrisons are announcing price cuts, how can they do that?— how can they do that? the reason the have how can they do that? the reason they have done _ how can they do that? the reason they have done that _ how can they do that? the reason they have done that is _ how can they do that? the reason they have done that is because i how can they do that? the reason l they have done that is because they are losing market share so morrisons market share numbers were going back about 40.5% so the latest market share shows they are still losing customers and shoppers are faster than any other retailer so they have helped to do something. reasons they have been losing customers is their prices are higher than other retailers so they have to get their prices closer to competitors. but presumably _ prices closer to competitors. but presumably supermarkets cannot absorb all these extra costs

indefinitely.— absorb all these extra costs indefinitely. now, and we are already seeing _ indefinitely. now, and we are already seeing a _ indefinitely. now, and we are already seeing a light - indefinitely. now, and we are already seeing a light in - indefinitely. now, and we are already seeing a light in the l indefinitely. now, and we are - already seeing a light in the white retailers have absorbed and so sainsbury�*s, tesco, aldi, the amount of inflation we have seen through them, they have absorbed some of that but they cannot do this forever so about two weeks ago morrisons said their profits this year would be lower than last year so we saw them two weeks ago saying their profits would be lower and yesterday they put prices down so that is why profits will be lower. aha,