hello, this is bbc news. i'm rich preston. our top stories: missiles strike the ukrainian capital kyiv, just as the un secretary general is on a visit for talks with president zelensky. i was shocked to be informed that two rockets exploded in the city where i am, so this is a dramatic wall 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. producers of baby milk formula are using unethical and aggressive marketing practices to promote their products, according to a new report. i could finally be takeoff of airborne cars. a dutch company wants to make that a reality in just a few months. russia has attacked the ukrainian capital, kviv, with two missiles, injuring several people. it happened as the united nations secretary general volodomyr 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. today, in order to sustain ukraine, as it continues to fight, i am sending congress a supplemental budget request that will keep weapons and ammunition slowing ——flowing without interruption to the brave ukrainian fighters and continue delivering economic and humanitarian assistance to the ukrainian people. earlier, i spoke to former pentagon official elbridge colby and asked him how these funds will be used. it is for a wide variety of purposes, a lot of it is directly for ukraine, macroeconomic systems, direct weapons assistance,

humanitarian assistance but there is also quite a lot for backfilling depleted us munitions, a number 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 mean to ukraine? how significant is it? i think it is going to be very significant. there is direct provision of military equipment ranging from howitzers to spare parts. also provisions 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 states because there has been some reporting around 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 that is also part of the story here.

russia has repeatedly 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 loose talk but the russians do have the capacity, but i think this is basically the right course which is support for ukraine 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?

they have seized a few yachts. i don't think that is necessary going to turn the tides but would be justified. 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 that is going to be critical. finally, 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? absolutely. i do think we 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 effect, and i think this is very dangerous because we need to thread the needle between robustly supporting the ukrainians but without becoming directly involved,

and 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 putin says. to contrary, but we cannotjust 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. let's get some of the day's other news: amazon has reported a loss of $3.8 billion for the first 3 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 approved an abortion ban that prohibits the procedure after about six weeks of pregnancy. republican—led states have been passing ever—stricter abortion bans, expecting a forthcoming supreme court decision that could alter or reverse roe versus wade. governor kevin stitt said he will sign any anti—abortion legislation that

reaches his desk. amazon has reported a loss of $3.8 billion for the first 3 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. 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 and a never—ending building site with scaffolding and hard hats but what about the culture inside?

does that need modernising as well? today, a cabinet minister told us about some of the men she works with. there are some bad apples who act like bad apples and are bringing parliament into disrepute. i don't think we are saying it is a pervasive culture, that's not my experience. there are certain individuals 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, a claim made by a minister about a fellow unnamed conservative mp. the government is now suggesting it being investigated by the independent complaints process. labour say: i think it's very good we have an independent system and it requires anonymity. this is an unusual case because the tory party knows who the individual is. i think they should deal with it and sooner rather than later and take appropriate action.

ministers have promised appropriate action once an investigation is finished. meanwhile, it was said it was deeply concerning that an mp who wants to remain anonymous has alleged a member of the 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 is you, voters, but what does this may between elections? the current complaint system was set up four years ago following criticisms about 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 that have an independent complaints process, but it needs to be seen to operate at pace. and yet loads of people here say investigations take ages, denying alleged victims and perpetrators answers and justice. and there is a broader point here that the reputation

of politics is dragged into the gutter. scotland's first minister said that has consequences. we 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. it is time for men, not all men are misogynist but it comes from men and they need to change. for plenty, and that change is not happening anywhere nearfast enough. chris mason, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: we'll tell you why the world health organization is speaking out about the producers of baby milk formula. nothing, it seemed, was too big to withstand the force of the tornado. the extent of the devastation will lead to renewed calls for government to help to build better housing. internationally, there have

already been protests. sweden says it received no warning of the accident. indeed, the russians at first denied anything had gone wrong. only when radioactivity levels began to increase outside russia were they forced to admit the accident. for the mujahideen, the mood here is of great celebration. this is the end of a 12—year war for them. they've taken the capital, which they've been fighting for for so long. it was seven o'clock in the morning - on the day— when power began to pass from the minority to the majority, l when africa, after 300 years, reclaimed its last 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 in extra support for ukraine. a new report by the world health organisation has criticised the baby milk industry for using social media accounts to target new mums. the who have said companies are breaching an internationally agreed code around the marketing of formula milk, which stretches back to 1981. the report found that formula firm advertising reached three times as many people as government bodies offering advice over breastefeeding. according to the latest data only 44% of children under six months of age are exclusively breastfed — and 56% stop before they reach the age of two. they claim that digital marketing is key — in some countries more than 80% of exposure to breast—milk substitutes advertisements

occurs online. collectively, the accounts breast—milk substitutes they monitored posted content around 90 times per day and reached 229 million users. i'm joined now by rafael perez—escamilla professor of epidemiology & public health at the yale school of public health. thank you very much for being with us. the report says mothers are being targeted with personalised social media content. why is this such a concern? it content. why is this such a concern?— content. why is this such a concern? , . concern? it is a big concern, because _ concern? it is a big concern, because they _ concern? it is a big concern, because they are _ concern? it is a big concern, because they are being - concern? it is a big concern, - because they are being targeted at a very vulnerable time regarding their ability to make informed decisions, and they are targeting them with adverts

that oftentimes are not substantiated by scientific evidence, trying to equate the baby milk formula with the benefits of breast—feeding, and thousands and thousands of stories are really telling that this is a very broad message to give because nothing compares with the health and child development benefits, the benefits that breast—feeding offers to women's health as well. ., ., ., , ., ., well. you are a professor of ublic well. you are a professor of public health, _ well. you are a professor of public health, why - well. you are a professor of public health, why is - public health, why is breast—feeding so important? what are the key benefits? breast—feeding, you can think about it as the maximum expression of personalised medicine. the composition of human milk regarding nutrients, regarding bioactive substances

that bolster the immune system of the baby and that allow the baby to establish a very healthy microflora usually for the rest of her or his life, is something that is very unique to the needs and the environment for each baby —— where each baby is actually growing. where each baby is actually curowin. ~ . where each baby is actually curowin. . ., ., where each baby is actually aarowin.~ ., ., where each baby is actually curowin. ., ., ~' where each baby is actually curowin. ., ., ~ ., growing. what would you like to see done to _ growing. what would you like to see done to tackle _ growing. what would you like to see done to tackle some - growing. what would you like to see done to tackle some of - growing. what would you like to see done to tackle some of this| see done to tackle some of this advertising that this report is unhappy with? i advertising that this report is unhappy with?— unhappy with? i think that because it _ unhappy with? i think that because it is _ unhappy with? i think that because it is done - unhappy with? i think that because it is done online i unhappy with? i think that i because it is done online and it is personalised, it is very, very difficult to monitor and regulate as it can be done when the adverts go on traditional media such as tv, newspapers and so on. so i think that the best thing to do is to actually educate the mothers, the families and for them to really understand the rights to be

protective and to challenge anyone, even if it is your healthcare providers that are trying to actually teach in an unethical way, trying to actually teach in an unethicalway, pushing trying to actually teach in an unethical way, pushing formula instead of breast—feeding. thank you very much. instead of breast-feeding. thank you very much. the report did not name specific companies — painting the problem as an industry—wide issue. but nestle — one of the biggest did give us this statement. they say: we market breastmilk substitutes responsibly. we comply with all applicable regulations in the countries where we operate and have a robust compliance system in place to ensure our online and offline communications meet all regulatory requirements. 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, xijinping, 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.

or could they one day be lifting off to appear in our daily lives? a dutch company has set up a base at coventry airport in the uk. 0ur correspondent phil mackie went to find out more for as long as there have been cars and planes, someone's been trying to combine the two. this italian model was built in the 1940s. the trouble is they've never been really practical, but now things could be about to change. so we have to stop dreaming and we're now at the very last stage of processing the regulations within permissions for flight with this vehicle, so it's getting so close. the liberty is made by a dutch company which is nearing the end of the long process to get everything licensed and approved. the question is who's going to buy one? well, they've already got lots of orders. this is the fastest way to become a pilot so there's always a small james bond seat in every heart of every guy and every girl, so that's where we are selling to. it takes less than ten minutes to turn it from a plane

to a car. you could land it at any airfield and then drive home. if you want to buy one of these, it's going to cost you 300,000 euros. sounds a lot, but probably a snip if you want to be at the forefront of what they're promising will be a new motoring and aviation revolution. you'll need a private pilot's licence, but you can learn both here in coventry and in oxford. there have been many false starts in bringing a flying plane to market. next year, they reckon, is when you may see one driving along a street near you. phil mackie, bbc news, coventry. meet la zoo's new baby giraffe. he stands at six feet seven inches tall, that's just over two metres, the tallest calf in the zoo's history. the week—old masai calf is proving to be a big hit with visitors. as i'm sure you can understand. that's it from us for the time

being. you can reach me on twitter and there is much more on the bbc news website. see you next time. 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. 0ur 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 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.