hello this is bbc news, i'm rich preston, ourtop stories: missiles strike the ukrainian capital kyiv, just as the un secretary general is on a visit for talks with president zelensky. from the two rockets that exploded in the city where i am so this is a dramatic war and we absolutely need to end this war. president biden asks congress for $33 billion in extra support for ukraine. senior ministers in the uk say some men in parliament behave like animals, it follows claims that an mp watched pornography in the commons.

there is a broader point here that the reputation of politics is dragged into the gutter. the oklahoma senate approves an abortion ban that prohibits the procedure after about six weeks of pregnancy, before many women even realise they're pregnant. and as northern ireland gets ready for elections next week we look at whether there is a new middleground that is no longer obsessed by old political and cultural identities. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. russia has attacked the ukrainian capital, kviv, with two missiles, injuring several people. it happened as the united nations secretary—general was there for talks with ukraine's president volodomyr zelensky.

during his visit, antonio guterres saw for himself some of the places near kyiv where there have been accusations of war crimes carried out by russian troops. our correspondent sarah rainsford sent this report, and a warning it does contain some distressing details. it was like a message from moscow, the first missile strike on kyiv in two weeks. a residential building was hit here and civilians wounded, right when the un chief was in town. earlier, antonio guterres had been on the edge of kyiv witnessing the destruction there from russia's war. it is breathtaking. in irpin, there are ruins everywhere you turn. ukrainian families came under fire here in their own homes. antonio guterres was taken to bucha, too, a name that's now synonymous with massacre. when russian troops occupied this town, locals dug a mass grave

in the churchyard for civilians shot in the streets. mr guterres called war "evil" and "absurd". i am glad that international criminal court sees the situation, that the prosecutor's office was already here. i fully support the international criminal court and i appeal to the russian federation to accept to cooperate. he got a warm welcome at the presidential palace. volodymyr zelenskyy had been annoyed mr guterres went to moscow first, when vladimir putin won't accept any talk of russian atrocities, but it seems the un could report progress on helping the last people trapped in mariupol. translation: we dedicated much of our time to this issue, _ and like the relatives of those trapped at azovstal, we will have a successful result bringing people back alive.

in bucha, the morgue is still receiving bodies exhumed from shallow graves, gathering ever more evidence of war crimes. some of the dead here are just numbers for now, still waiting to be identified. and people are still searching databases for their loved ones a month after russian forces suddenly withdrew. grigori just found his son. he tells me, "vlodymir was shot, then burned. "only his bones are left to bury." at the town cemetery, liudmyla described how her husband was killed with a single shot to the head. she still has his hat with the bullet holes. valieri had just come out of their bomb shelter to make a phone call. at last, liudmyla can give him a proper burial in the graveyard,

not their garden. in bucha alone, more than 400 civilians were killed. translation: they should be prosecuted, they have - to be, but who knows? putin should be first and his band of war criminals. this has happened because no—one punished russia sooner and russia corrupted the whole world with its oil and its money. there are already so many personal tragedies in ukraine, in a war that russia launched and shows no sign it's ready to stop. sarah rainsford, bbc news, bucha. speaking to the bbc, the un secretary general expressed shock that two missiles struck the ukrainian capital while he was visiting. i'm in kyiv. today, two rockets

have exploded in kyiv. i was shocked to be informed that two rockets had exploded in the city where i am, so this is a dramatic war and we absolutely need to end this war and we absolutely need to have a solution for this war. president biden has asked the us congress for $33 billion in extra funding for ukraine. he said the money was designed to defend ukraine, rather than attack russia. basically, we are out of money. today, in order to sustain ukraine, as it continues to fight, i am sending congress with a supplementary budget request. elbridge colby is a former deputy assistant secretary of defence for strategy and force development, in the us department of defense, and hejoins us now from washington. you very much for being with us. president biden says that is about providing military, economic and humanitarian assistance to support ukraine. what does he mean by that? it

is for a wide variety of purposes, a lot of it is directly for ukraine, macroeconomic systems, weapons assistance, humanitarian assistance, humanitarian assistance but there is also quite a lot for backfilling depleted us munitions, a number of weapons stores and a range of weapons stores and a range of other activities but essentially around whether directly or indirectly supporting ukraine and compensating areas of the us government coffers that have been depleted a bit thus far. you mentioned depleted munitions. what will this money means ukraine? how significant is at? i means ukraine? how significant is at? ~ , ., ., is at? i think it is going to be very — is at? i think it is going to be very significant. - is at? i think it is going to be very significant. there | is at? i think it is going to i be very significant. there is direct provision of military equipment ranging from howitzers to spare part stop it is also provision for support to intelligence and other sort of information work so i think that will be very material but it's also important for the united date of because there has been some reporting around

how we have gone through a lot of say our javelin how we have gone through a lot of say ourjavelin and stinger stockpiles and how it is going to take us quite a bit of time and resources to restore and fill those back up so i think thatis fill those back up so i think that is also part of the story here. , , . . , that is also part of the story here. ,, . _, , here. russia has repeatedly warned western _ here. russia has repeatedly warned western nations - here. russia has repeatedly warned western nations ofl here. russia has repeatedly i warned western nations of not getting involved in the conflict. president biden says this is not about attacking russia, this is about supporting ukrainian defences. russia likely won't see it that way, what is your analysis? i think the president is right here which is the right approach is not a direct military intervention or involvement in the united states or other nato allies but robust and sustained support for the ukrainians in their self defence effort and that strategy is working but as you say the russians are trying to push back and are sending pretty strong signals that they may be prepared to escalate, it may be prepared to escalate, it may be prepared to escalate, it may be loose talk but the russians do have the capacity, but i think this is basically

the right course which is support for ukraine and that direct military —— without direct military —— without direct military —— without direct military intervention. it's been suggested that some of the money could come from oligarchs instead of the taxpayer, do we know anymore how that might work?— taxpayer, do we know anymore how that might work? they have ceased a few _ how that might work? they have ceased a few shots, _ how that might work? they have ceased a few shots, i _ how that might work? they have ceased a few shots, i don't - ceased a few shots, i don't think that is necessary going to turn the tides but would be justified stopping more support is needed from countries like germany, there was a big movement in the bundestag towards support for ukraine, it is not only the united states, countries around the world as well particularly in europe so thatis well particularly in europe so that is going to be critical. president biden also made comments about increasing russian rhetoric about the use of nuclear weapons. is that a threat we need to be seriously concerned about? i do threat we need to be seriously concerned about?— threat we need to be seriously concerned about? i do think we need to be _ concerned about? i do think we need to be seriously _ concerned about? i do think we need to be seriously concerned | need to be seriously concerned about it, the front page of the new york times today had a piece by two very well sourced journalists in the us and europe pointing out that there is a dynamic in the american

administration, almost a getting carried away affect and i think this is very dangerous because we need to thread the needle between robustly supporting the ukrainians but without becoming directly involved in the russians do have a lot of ways of making us all hurt quite a lot. doesn't mean that we should just back down and do whatever pollutants is of course, to contrary, but we cannotjust is of course, to contrary, but we cannot just wish is of course, to contrary, but we cannotjust wish that is of course, to contrary, but we cannot just wish that the way. he has 5000 lethal weapons or more, they are very modern and there is very little we can do to defend ourselves about that copy so i think we need to be careful, this robust support, direct and indirect is the way to go but we cannot get carried away and this has happened in the past copy an intimate example is general macarthur in korea we are, success can breed a kind of hubris and if we're not careful and keep our eyes on the prize and keep our eyes on the prize and be careful in what we do and be careful in what we do and what we don't do and do the things that we are going to do well but don't do the things that we think are over the line from our point of view, then we can get in real trouble. so we

want to avoid that without allowing the russians to call allowing the russians to call all the shots. we allowing the russians to call all the shots.— allowing the russians to call all the shots. we will have to leave it there, _ all the shots. we will have to leave it there, thank - all the shots. we will have to leave it there, thank you - all the shots. we will have to | leave it there, thank you very much forjoining us. here in the uk, a senior minister, the attorney—general suella braverman, has described the behaviour of a small minority of men in british parliament as like animals, after it was claimed that an unnamed conservative mp had been caught watching pornography while in the house of commons chamber. ms braverman also said if the allegation is found to be true, the culprit should lose their position in parliament. here's our political correspondent chris mason. parliament is being renovated, a never—ending building site, scaffolding and hard hats. but what about the culture inside? does that need modernising, too? today, a cabinet minister told us about some of the men she works with. there are some bad apples who are out of order who behave like animals and are bringing parliament into disrepute, to be honest.

so i don't think we should be saying there is a pervasive culture, that's not my experience. there are certain individuals who are behaving in an unacceptable way. the prime minister added it was obviously unacceptable for an mp to watch pornography while here in the house of commons. the claim made by a minister about a fellow unnamed conservative mp. the government is now suggesting it's investigated by parliament's independent complaints process. labour say... i think it is very good that we've got an independent system and obviously that requires anonymity. this is an unusual case because the tory party knows who this individual is. i think that they should deal with it and deal with it sooner rather than later and take appropriate action. ministers have promised appropriate action once an investigation is finished. meanwhile, sir keir said it was deeply concerning an mp — who wants to remain anonymous — has alleged a member of his shadow cabinet has described her as a secret weapon because women want to be herfriend and men

want to sleep with her. let's be blunt, this is a strange workplace. who is an mp�*s boss? ultimately it's you, voters. but what does that mean between elections? the current complaints system was set up four years ago following criticisms about how claims of sexual harassment by mps were dealt with. we need to bring people to account, we need to protect staff and other members of parliament so they have an independent complaints process, but it needs to be seen to operate at pace. and yes, loads of people here say investigations take ages, denying alleged victims and perpetrators answers and justice. and there's a broader point here, that the reputation of politics is dragged into the gutter. scotland's first minister said that has consequences. we will rue the day we make it more difficult and less

attractive for women to come forward for election to public office. it is time to draw a line in the sand and it's time for men, not all men are misogynists, but misogyny comes from men, and it's time for them to change. for plenty, that change is not happening anywhere nearfast enough. chris mason, bbc news, at westminster. let's get some of the day's other news. the world health organization and unicef say producers of baby milk formula are using unethical and aggressive social media marketing practices, in violation of international commitments to protect breastfeeding. new research found the industry was using apps, social media influencers and online baby clubs to promote infant formula. amazon has reported a loss of $3.8 billion for the first three months of the year, hit by its stake in electric truck maker, rivian. amazon had warned of testing times in the months ahead because of the pandemic

and the war in ukraine. the oklahoma legislature has voted overwhelmingly in favour of a bill banning abortion after six weeks of pregnancy in almost all cases. that's before many women realise they're pregnant. the bill is expected to be approved by the republican governor kevin stitt. i'm joined now by stormejones, capitol reporterfor kwtv—news—9 in oklahoma city, who's been following the story. thank you for being with us. what — thank you for being with us. what are _ thank you for being with us. what are the details this pacific_ what are the details this pacific bell is the heartbeat act passed last year, using a civil— act passed last year, using a civil action against those who perform. _ civil action against those who perform, aid or abet abortion, and _ perform, aid or abet abortion, and would _ perform, aid or abet abortion, and would essentially allow anybody to sue someone who performed an abortion for up to $10.000~ — $10,000. anti—abortion it are nothing new in oklahoma but this new session to legislate sought the

success of the texas law, the supreme court allowed it to take effect in texas, and they modelled it almost word for word after that law passed in texas. ., ., , ., , texas. how do people in oklahoma _ texas. how do people in oklahoma feel _ texas. how do people in oklahoma feel about. texas. how do people in l oklahoma feel about this? we have an overwhelmingly super majority of republicans in both two hours and senate, the governor campaigned on being the most pro—life governor in the most pro—life governor in the state, promising to sign any piece of anti—abortion legislation that makes it to his desk, so politically it is a very popular position for these candidates to have, and so far they have kept up on campaign promises on advancing several anti—abortion bills this session. several anti-abortion bills this session.— several anti-abortion bills this session. you mentioned this session. you mentioned this has been _ this session. you mentioned this has been modelled - this session. you mentioned this has been modelled on l this session. you mentioned l this has been modelled on the texas bill, but oklahoma's proximity to texas is also contentious because you often have people coming over the border to get abortions in oklahoma, which at present people are unable to get in texas, how is that affecting

the debate? that's right, planned parenthood here says that 50%, half of all the clients they see right now are coming in from taxes, driving north four hours to get abortion care. —— texas. when oklahoma passes is essential copycat law, then people may migrate to neighbouring new mexico, maybe south of the border to mexico where abortions are still legal, that is one of the arguments from one parenthood, whether also that group filing a lawsuit in the last few hours as this bill passed today. another was also signed a criminalising abortion. they filed suit injust criminalising abortion. they filed suit in just last couple of hours these two bills. thank you very much. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: we look at how relevant the separation between british or irish identity still is in northern ireland, as it gets ready for elections.

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white colony. - this is bbc news, the latest headlines: missiles strike the ukrainian capital kyiv, just as the un secretary general is on a visit for talks with president zelensky. president biden asks congress for $33 billion dollars in extra support for ukraine. the chinese city of shanghai has been under lockdown for the past five weeks to contain the spread of covid infections. but the government is now considering a shift from its zero—covid policy. robin brant has more, from shanghai. we are approaching the end of our fifth week of a lockdown that has confined almost everyone in this city — this vast city of almost 25 million people — to their homes, or in some cases their places of work. now, the good news is that the statistics appear

to show the cases are consistently coming down. so that is good news. but this thing has not bottomed out yet. the government is shifting the goalposts slightly. it's not aiming for absolute zero covid now. what it's aiming for is something it calls "societal zero covid", so no cases are springing up outside of quarantine centres, outside of places where people already identified are being contained. so that's what it's aiming for by this weekend. it has been brutal, though, for many people. tens of thousands taken off to quarantine centres, many of them 100 miles or more away from shanghai, and kept in varying conditions. some of those people have been very young, some have been very old, but all of them taken away because this government remains committed to maintaining its zero covid policy. if you test positive

for covid here, symptomatic or asymptomatic, you are taken off at some point to a quarantine facility. now, what is clear, as i said, as we approach the end of the fifth week of lockdown here is that the government in shanghai — and overall, xi jinping, the man at the very top — remain committed to this policy of containing zero covid here and then trying to maintain it. no exceptions. early on, it looked like shanghai was trying to go another way, a dynamic approach — staggered lockdowns, maybe even living with it. that is not happening. the focus now is slightly shifting to the capital, beijing, hugely symbolic, obviously. a handful of cases there. they appear to be spread across the city. they are going ahead with some kind of whac—a—mole, localised lockdowns. but beijing is not the same as shanghai. it's always been like a fortress, and so they have a much better chance there of containing it and containing it early.

here in shanghai, as i said, it hasn't bottomed out yet, but at the moment, the statistics seem to suggest that maybe by this weekend, they will have contained it to the extent they want to. the main political divide in northern ireland is between unionism and nationalism. those who support northern ireland remaining part of the united kingdom, and those who support the idea of becoming a united ireland. next thursday, people are voting in elections and the results could be historic, with polls predicting that nationalists could become the biggest party in stormont. our correspondent emma vardy has been finding out how relevant the separation between british or irish identity still is in northern ireland. every band is unique and every band wants their own trousers, hat, jacket. soon, many streets will echo with the sound most symbolic of northern ireland's unionist heartlands. my father was a drummer and his father was a drummer.

the hundreds of marching bands represent a distinct image of british identity here. it's not to offend. it keeps a lot of children off the streets because they're being taught an instrument. for a large section of voters, views over northern ireland's future within the union still has the biggest impact over the way they vote. do you think people make judgements about someone's identity here quite quickly? it's the only country in the world where people are interested in whether you're protestant or catholic in the first five minutes of meeting you. expressions of britishness are more prominent here than anywhere else in the uk. because there's people wanting to take that away from us. we feel threatened. northern ireland could be about to experience a pivotal moment. the polls are indicating that, for the first time, a nationalist party could become the largest party at stormont. in nationalist communities,

there is a high level of participation and pride in gaelic sports. we feel it is very much as part of our culture and our heritage that encompasses so much because you have sports, but you also have the irish language, the irish culture. while the top jobs at stormont are decided on whether a unionist or nationalist party wins the most seats, in recent years an increasing number of votes have gone to parties which don't align themselves as either. i think there's a new generation of people coming through, and theyjust want the best for their kids. all my children played here, but would i call them nationalist? less so than me. and, you know, my nationalists were probably a lot less so than my parents. if we see this nationalist victory, does that make a border poll more likely? i don't think it's inevitable. probably put more political pressure on them to call it. i'm a wee protestant from east belfast. i for younger voters, the old divisions are far less clear. and on northern ireland's growing comedy scene

for william thomson, a performer with cerebral palsy, there's plenty of material. so here is my actual opinion on a united ireland. whoever has the besti dla, i'm on your side. i think it's changed - because we would integrate a lot more than the previous generation would. _ but smaller parties argue there's only limited influence the emerging centre ground can have if mandatory power—sharing between unionists and nationalists continues to exist. you are, whether you like it or not, sort of grouped into one or the other from birth. is there a new identity which is neither british nor purely irish but northern irish? i think for a lot of people there is, definitely, but it doesn't feel like that's reflected in stormont. next week's elections will determine whether a unionist or nationalist takes the first minister's job. but it will also be an important test of how many voters turn away from this traditional divide. emma vardy, bbc news.

you can reach me on twitter, i'm @richpreston. bye bye for now. hello there. the month of april has been an exceptionally dry month up and down the country. that's because we've had high pressure dominating the weather scene. now, as we head into the may bank holiday, it looks like this area of low pressure will bring some rainfall, some of it heavy across the north—west. as it spreads south across the uk, it will tend to weaken. but high pressure will bringing another fine day for friday. a chilly start, mind you, across northern and western areas. plenty of sunshine here. again, more cloud for east and southeast england and north—east scotland. here, we'll see a few showers into the afternoon, the odd one across the far south—east. and temperatures will reach highs around the mid—teens for many of us, but we could see 17 or 18 through the central belt of scotland. our winds will be light but still fresh through the channel. now, as we head through friday night, under largely clear skies, certainly for england and wales, it'll turn quite chilly. but we'll start

to see the first signs of that area of low pressure pushing into the northwest, so here, less cold as the cloud and the breeze starts to pick up. but a touch of frost across parts of england and wales. so for the weekend, it's quite a different feel. we will see this rain pushing its way southwards and eastwards. like i mentioned, it will be weakening somewhat. so into saturday, high pressure holds on again for much of england and wales. low pressure will start to pile into scotland and northern ireland, so here, it will be turning breezier and quite wet. some moderate bursts of rain across the north and the west of scotland. after that chilly start, though, england and wales will see another fine day with quite a bit of sunshine around, though cloud will tend to thicken across northern and western areas. so where we have the rain, then, that'll impact the temperatures, the low teens. quite a warm day to come for england and wales where we have all that sunshine. now, as we head through saturday night, that area of cloud and rain in the north begins to push its way southwards into much of england and wales, but it will be a weakening feature and conditions will dry up across the far north of scotland. but we hold onto a lot of cloud,

so saturday night will be a milder one across the board. sunday promises to be a rather cloudy day, quite damp for parts of england and wales. the rain at this stage will be quite light and patchy, some drizzly rain. but the northern half of the country will see the driest of the conditions on sunday, so it's a reversal of fortunes and a bit of sunshine. we could make 16, 17 degrees. a little bit fresher further south because we'll have the thickest of the cloud. bank holiday monday looks a little bit drier. there could be a little bit of rain at times on tuesday. generally, it's a dry week next week, and there are just hints of it turning a little bit warmer across the south by friday.

this is bbc news, the headlines: missiles have struck the ukrainian capital kyiv, just as the un secretary general was on a visit for talks with president zelensky. during the trip, antonio guterres saw for himself some of the places near kyiv where there have been accusations of war crimes carried out by russian troops. meanwhile, presidentjoe biden has asked the us congress for $33 billion in extra funding for ukraine. he said the money was designed to defend ukraine, giving military, economic and humanitarian assistance, rather than attack russia. mr biden said it was critical for us lawmakers to approve the deal. the oklahoma legislature has voted overwhelmingly in favour of a bill banning abortion after six weeks of pregnancy, in almost all cases.

that's before many women realise they're pregnant.