today at six, the un secretary general on a peace mission to moscow to try to end the war in ukraine. this evening antonio guterres has been meeting the russian president vladimir putin. i been meeting the russian president vladimir putin.— been meeting the russian president vladimir putin. i came to moscow as a messenger — vladimir putin. i came to moscow as a messenger of— vladimir putin. i came to moscow as a messenger of peace. _ vladimir putin. i came to moscow as a messenger of peace. my _ vladimir putin. i came to moscow as| a messenger of peace. my objectives and my agenda is strictly linked to saving lives and reducing suffering. tonight, we report from a village on one of the full lines of the war close to the border between ukraine, russia and belarus. also on tonight programme, the former radio i russia and belarus. also on tonight programme, the former radioi dj facing multiple allegations of

sexual misconduct. seven women have accused tim westwood of predatory and unwanted sexual behaviour, abusing his position in the music business. he denies the allegations. he kept putting his hand on my leg and stroking my leg and touching my face. running his hands in my hair, like, what are you doing? like, stop touching me. yet more trouble for p&0. european causeway ferry arrives back in port after more than an hour adrift in the irish sea. hundreds lined the streets for the funeral of harry billenge, the d—day veteran who raised tens of thousands for the british normandy memorial. and coming up, a huge evening ahead, manchester city prepare for their champions league semifinal, real madrid the opponents, can i get the upper hand? —— can they get the upper hand? —— can they get the

upper hand? good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six, we are alive in the ukrainian capital. as the war rages on into its third month, the united nations secretary general is trying to stop the fighting with a peace mission to moscow today. antonio guterres is currently meeting the russian president vladimir putin, then he will travel to kyiv for talks with president zelensky. hopes of any kind of peace deal are not high. russia has warned nato is waging a proxy war by sending weapons to ukraine and today delegates from more than a0 countries have been meeting in germany to discuss increasing military support for ukraine. 0ur russia editor reports from moscow.

he was trying to show it was business as usual. in the kremlin, vladimir putin began the day meeting russian 0lympic champions. like them, he hates losing. smiles here, but the hostilities in ukraine have turned russia into an international pariah. but could international diplomacy bring peace? in moscow, russia's foreign minister met the un secretary general. ukraine's government is furious that antonio guterres came to moscow before visiting kyiv. 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. no breakthrough, and russia blamed the west. translation: this situation happened | mostly because our american partners| and their allies over the years

in our geopolitical area used ukraine as a staging ground to provoke and contain russia. the kremlin is in no rush to halt what it calls its special military operation. for diplomacy to succeed, there needs to be the political will for peace. but right now, there is little sign of that in the kremlin. vladimir putin seems determined to continue the offensive he launched in ukraine — at least until he can secure what he can present to the russian people as a victory. that means no ceasefire in ukraine. the russian military continues to attack and continues to deny that russian troops have committed war crimes. kremlin critics argue that in the current situation, international diplomacy isn't the answer. i don't believe that any leader

of any civilised country should come and talk to vladimir putin, because vladimir putin isa warcriminal. i don't believe that it is possible to come to terms with him on the war in ukraine. tonight in the kremlin, the un secretary general net russia's president. the choice of table said it all about the gap between russia and the international community. a big gap indeed and a few moments ago russian state tv broadcast the opening remarks of the russian president on the un secretary general at this meeting at this very large table. vladimir putin trying to justify his actions and special military operation in ukraine. he

denied allegations of russian war crimes and expressed hope that there would be some kind of diplomatic resolution. i have to say, a diplomatic resolution to hostilities seems a long way away. thank you very much. the village of senkivka is near ukraine's border with russia and belarus. 0nce is near ukraine's border with russia and belarus. once it was the site or festivals celebrating friendship between the three countries. now it is on the front line of the war. residents say that families have been separated and divided by the border and they are now living in fear. from the village our correspondence sent this report. 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. 0nly border with russia and belarus. it's still being shelled. only a few residents remain. nina is leading with a rocket that landed in her yard when the invasion began. these civilian homes are visible from russia. they can see what they are 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 to the russian checkpoint, she said. ifeel so from my yard to the russian checkpoint, she said. i feel so sad about everything, my heart is going numb. i've run out of tears. 0n the road outside, another rocket. experts who had seen these images so they could have held cluster bombs. bannedin 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 web we are just about two miles from the border and russian soldiers withdrew from here around three weeks ago. but 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 senkivka in february. this woman, 91, it was the second time in her life seeing tanks at her doorstep. she remembers hiding in trenches during world war ii. she says there was no mass shelling the way there is now. back in the day, i could run away. now i can't. there's nothing good about war. we've been friends with russia and belarus for years. people from

other countries visited each other, married each other. from almost everyone respected, we heard about friendships and family spread across borders that have now been broken. this man's brothers and sister live in russia. translation: ' , in russia. translation: g , , ., translation: my sister told me it was us who — translation: my sister told me it was us who started _ translation: my sister told me it was us who started the _ translation: my sister told me it was us who started the war. i - translation: my sister told me it was us who started the war. i want| was us who started the war. i want my family to use their heads, to look at the situation independently. nina told us she has cut her brother in belarus out of her life because she doesn't believe what she's told him, what's really happening. after we left there were multiple grenade explosions. no one was hurt but the threat is constant. let's speak to our diplomatic correspondent at the mod in london. a huge gathering today in germany of more than a0 countries that support ukraine in

the war and they have been talking about stepping up their supply of weapons. it about stepping up their supply of wea ons. ~' about stepping up their supply of wea ons. ~ ., , , weapons. it did feel like a pretty bi deal. weapons. it did feel like a pretty big deal- as _ weapons. it did feel like a pretty big deal. as you _ weapons. it did feel like a pretty big deal. as you say, _ weapons. it did feel like a pretty big deal. as you say, more - weapons. it did feel like a pretty big deal. as you say, more than| weapons. it did feel like a pretty i big deal. as you say, more than 40 big deal. as you say, more than a0 countries. the american secretary of defence lloyd austin talked about moving heaven and earth to keep ukraine supplied with military equipment and lots of countries are doing that. it felt like a calculated display of international solidarity at a time when some countries are moving towards supplying heavier and more sophisticated weapons. mr austin thanked britain, canada and germany for the latest contributions. russia sees this in the words of sergey lavrov is a proxy war. it isn't, ukraine isn't fighting for somebody else, it's fighting for itself. but we are seeing the west else, it's fighting for itself. but we are j support e west else, it's fighting for itself. but

we are j support and est else, it's fighting for itself. but we are j support ai want to achieve vladimir putin will want to achieve much, much more on the battlefield before he seriously contemplates an agreement to stop the fighting. that's it from me in a very rainy kyiv. the dj tim westwood is facing

multiple allegations of sexual misconduct by women who say he abused his position in the music industry. the 6a—year—old is accused of predatory and unwanted sexual behaviour and touching. in an incident between 1992 and 2017. the bbc and guardian have heard detailed accounts from seven women in a joint investigation into the former bbc radio1 dj. we've protected their identities. tim westwood strenuously denies all of the allegations. 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. pamela used to work with kids trying to get into music. she said tim westwood invited her to do work experience at radio 1 because westwood invited her to do work experience at radio1 because he wanted help getting a younger audience. i wanted help getting a younger audience. j, wanted help getting a younger audience. ., j, j, wanted help getting a younger audience. j, j, j, j, audience. i get to london and he icks me audience. i get to london and he picks me up _ audience. i get to london and he picks me up personally. - audience. i get to london and he picks me up personally. i- audience. i get to london and he i picks me up personally. i remember being in the car. he kept putting his hand on my leg and stroking my leg and touching my face. running his hands in my hair, like, what are you doing? stop touching me. we went back to his apartment. i was meant to be staying in a hotel. as i'm sat in his apartment on thinking, 0k, one of my getting to this hotel? this is what i should have clarified, but i didn't. he came up and i sat on the edge of the bed and

then he starts touching me and removing stuff and i'm pulling it back. he's kissing me on the neck and i didn't give him any come on. there was no flirtation. that's not somebody i would ever find attractive. so, me sat in this house thinking, how am i going to get out of this? but knowing i can't, i'm in london alone with this guy who a lot older than me. if i try to get out of it, he is to say how he's going to react? so ijust submit to it. traumatic, that's how i would describe it. in traumatic, that's how i would describe it.— traumatic, that's how i would describe it. j, , j, ~ ~ describe it. in a statement, the bbc said... 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.

i want iwant him i want him and people like him to be held accountable. we have to stop protecting these people. in details and organisations offering information and support with in details and organisations offering information and support with sexual in details and organisations offering information and support with sexual assault in details and organisations offering information and support with sexual assault are in details and organisations offering information and support with sexual assault are available in details and organisations offering information and support with sexual assault are available at our website, with sexual assault are available at ourwebsite, oryou with sexual assault are available at our website, or you can call for free at any other time to hear recorded information on the number above. and there is more about this story in tim westwood: abuse of power tonight at 9pm on bbc three or the iplayer. the time is 18:16pm. 0ur the time is 18:16pm. our top story: the un secretary—general visits moscow to visit president putin to try to end the war in ukraine. still to come... remembering the life of harry, normandie hero,

extraordinary fundraiser, and modest to his core. in sports day... what next for emma raducanu? she splits with her coach. the champion on the lookout for a fourth coach in a year believes any training model as needed. presidents and prime ministers use it, as do actors and activists, but what will the social media platform twitter look like under its new owner? elon musk, the world's richest man. mr musk, who founded the electric car company tesla, has said he plans to relax twitter�*s restrictions on some content, sparking fears that the move would open the way the misinformation and abusive comment. here is our technology editor. elon musk�*s big ideas include colonising mars and implantable human brain machines. his successes include the tesla electric car and the payment

giant paypal. now, he has set his sights on his favourite social network, twitter.— sights on his favourite social network, twitter. this is not a way to make money- — to make money. my to make money. my strong intuitive sense is that having a public platform that is maximally trusted and broadly inclusive is extremely important to the future of civilisation. he wants to see less moderation. some people are delighted, especially those whose tweets have got them banned from the platform in the past, like the right—wing commentator tucker carlson, who is now back. ~' j, , j, now back. unlike the leaders of facebook. _ now back. unlike the leaders of facebook, google, _ now back. unlike the leaders of facebook, google, apple, - now back. unlike the leaders of - facebook, google, apple, amazon, elon musk_ facebook, google, apple, amazon, elon musk believes in free speech. he thinks_ elon musk believes in free speech. he thinks everyone should be allowed to talk, _ he thinks everyone should be allowed to talk, including people who disagree with him. reaction on twitter was predictably mixed. actress and activist jameela jamil said...

jamilsaid... twitterfounderjack jamilsaid... twitter founderjack dorsey voiced his support for musk, in principle. london mayor sadiq khan warned... so it sets the news agenda for both the big issues in small issues, and i think the concern might be that it generally is the quieter voices, the minority voices, the voices who don't have the strength, who suffer when twitter is a little bit and policed. elon musk�*s £3a billion offer came as a bit of a surprise to many, including twitter itself. it may be influential, but it's nowhere near the size of, say, facebook or tiktok. downing street and the eu have already reminded musk there are already reminded musk there are already strict rules around what is not allowed online in europe. he wants to move the firm away from its

main way of making money, adverts. he has said, in tweets, of course, that he'd like to see more subscribers instead. but will people pay to 28? one person guaranteed to have people raising to their keyboards is the king of controversy, former us president donald trump. he has a lifetime ban on twitter, and says so far he is happy to stay away. the question is, long? p&0 ferries has said a full investigation will be carried out after one of its ferries lost power and spent more than an hour adrift off the coast of northern ireland will stop tug boats have been deployed to help the european causeway, which is travelling between county antrim and cairnryan in scotland when it suffered a temporary mechanical failure. in scotland when it suffered a temporary mechanicalfailure. let's temporary mechanical failure. let's get temporary mechanicalfailure. let's get the latest now from our ireland correspondent who it is at the port of lauren. 0n the face of it, more trouble for p and 0? yes, it is not a particularly welcome look for the company,

because this has come shortly after this route resumed following p&0's sacking of some 800 workers across the uk, which brought a lot of angen the uk, which brought a lot of anger, people being let go very suddenly and replaced with agency staff. this ship, the european causeway was also held in port recently by the maritime and coastal agency over safety concerns. it was only cleared to sail again on the 8th of april, following another inspection. by all accounts, passengers on board today had a pretty unusual experience. they have told us that half an hour or so off the coast of northern ireland, the lights went out, they could hear the engines had ground to a halt, there were announcements that something was going wrong, and this continued for about an hour or so as the boat was clearly adrift. pretty soon, there were tugs alongside, lifeboats alongside. a coastguard helicopter overhead, and we are also told a cruise ship, the queen victoria, which was nearby, was also put on standby in case extra support was

needed. in the end, it was not. the ship made it back here to lauren port with its own engines after they were started up again. returned safely. p&0 says it was down to a temporary mechanical failure, safely. p&0 says it was down to a temporary mechanicalfailure, but temporary mechanical failure, but they temporary mechanicalfailure, but they will now be wider questions over how much confidence people can have in the company. thank you very much. a man arrested on suspicion of kidnapping a missing woman has been further arrested on suspicion of her murder. 33—year—old katie kenyon was last seen on friday getting into a ford transit van in burnley in lancashire. herfamily said transit van in burnley in lancashire. her family said they were very worried for her. while she has not been found, police said they were now working on the basis that she is no longer alive. borisjohnson has threatened to privatise the passport 0ffice borisjohnson has threatened to privatise the passport office if it cannot clear its backlog of applications. the prime minister told cabinet ministers this morning he was concerned that families are under pressure to pay up to £100 extra per passport for a fast track process because of the delays.

there's ten days to go before the local elections, the results may give us some clues about the wider political landscape. the labour leader sir keir starmer�*s potential route to number ten would be smoother if his party could recapture some of the ground it has lost in recent years to the scottish national party. the snp currently has the largest number of councils in scotland, with the conservatives in scotland, with the conservatives in second place on labour third. 0ur scotland editorjames cook reports from glasgow. for decades, glasgow rumbled along as a labour city. five years ago came a shock when the snp took charge. but are they now about to hit a bump on the road? potholes are a hot topic for the council here, and for others around the country. glasgow says it is focused on making permanent, high quality repairs. hi there. how are you doing? good, thanks. just going to ibrox, please. but for some scottish motorists, it's a real pain. potholes in the city of glasgow at the moment are the worst i have

ever seen in the 26 years i've been driving a taxi. the roads are appalling. we're just about to hit one there. there you go. there is nowhere in the city that is safe from potholes. and how costly is that for you as a taxi driver? it costs me hundreds of pounds a year in repair and maintenance. to be fair, covid hit the city budget hard, and when the lockdowns were lifted, the council took the tough decision to keep this library and four others closed. how important is this library to your community? it's essential to our community. it has the opportunity to provide a heart, a community cohesion. every saturday for nine months, mhairi and her neighbours took the streets in protest. they eventually secured emergency funding from the scottish government, but they were not impressed with the system. we weren't being aggressive, we just wanted a conversation. we had over 30 letters written

by our local community here one week and put them in the post. still, nobody responded. do you still have concerns about the future of this library? i am concerned about the future. we know we've got secure funding for this library for the next year, but we don't know what will happen after that. another worry is the future of the planet. last year, glasgow hosted the cop26 climate conference, and drew up a grand plan to cut emissions, createjobs and eliminate poverty. they are talking very, very warm words. the ambition is good, it's credible, but there is a big, big question around delivery. how do you actually get it done, notjust deliver it in a way that meets the ambitious climate targets, but do so in a way that brings all the communities of the city along? clearly, these elections are about local issues, but they may also help us answer questions about where we are heading as a country. how much support is there for independence? are there any signs of a labour

revival in scotland? and will the conservatives here be affected by those lockdown parties in downing street? james cook, bbc news, glasgow. and you'll find more information about all the parties standing in the scottish elections on the bbc website. now, the social democratic and labour party has published his manifesto for the northern ireland assembly election on the 5th of may. it has pledged to make a main with minimum payment of £200 to every household to help the cost of living. the sdlp has also proposed a children's future fund which would see every child given £500 at birth, and £500 at the of ten, and the money invested in green technology. the funeral of d—day veteran harry billinge, one of the first soldier to land on gold beach in the second world war, has taken place in

cornwall. harry billinge was 96 when he died earlier this month after a short illness. hundreds lined the streets in tribute. it's not about to me, he always said. 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. we receive the body of our brother harry with confidence in god, the giver of life, who raised the lord jesus from the dead. 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. they're all things that perhaps a lot of people didn't he did.

many of those attending met harry through his fundraising. take care, my love. 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 it. we did it. he needed people to know and - understand that war is not a game. war is not fun. war leaves you with i some real memories. and that was harry's passion. today, harry's chair at par market was left empty, with tributes from around the world. what does it mean to you? it means the world to me. among the mourners in cornwall, rob, who gave harry a poem he had 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. 0k, ok, let's catch up on the weather now, with chris. hello. thanks. today has been a largely dry day again, but the amount of sunshine has varied from place to place will stop the sunniest weather has been across the south and west, cornwall hanging on to the best of the day's sunshine. but on the

satellite picture, you can see cloud coming down the north sea, bubbling up coming down the north sea, bubbling up across england and wales and spreading out across the skies. more of that though, the forecast for the next few days. underneath the cloudy skies, it has been a great deal cooler. around eight as opposed to 17 in those sunnier moments across southern wales and southern england. 0vernight tonight, i think we will keep a lot of cloud coming down the north sea across eastern england, so staying quite cloudy here. a few patches of mist, may be the odd patches of mist, may be the odd patch of drizzle around as well. temperatures drifting down to between 3—6 celsius. tomorrow, we will see some sunny spells, the best across southern and western areas. however, if you start off with sunshine in the morning, there is a tendency again for the cloud to bubble up and spread across the sky. perhaps the exception would be across parts of eastern scotland, and perhaps sheltered parts of western england and while is. that's probably where the best of the sunshine will be. temperatures about 9-11 sunshine will be. temperatures about 9—11 across eastern coastal areas,

so a little cool, but not too bad in