this is bbc news 7 these are the latest headlines. moscow claims that more than a million people have been evacuated from ukraine to russia since the start of the conflict. a british mp accused of watching pornography in parliament rejects calls to resign — saying he will stand down if an inquiry finds him guilty. emergency workers are still counting the casualties after a deadly suicide attack during friday prayers in kabul. and, a big fight, in the big apple. katie taylor and amanda serrano square up, ahead of the most important women's boxing clash in history.

hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the russian foreign minister, sergei lavrov, says more than one million people have been evacuated from ukraine to russia since the invasion began. ukraine has previously accused russia of taking people across the border against their will. ukraine has also said russia has stolen thundreds of thousands of tonnes of ukrainian grain. according to the agricultural ministry. and the mother of a british humanitarian volunteer, who's thought to have been captured by russian forces in ukraine, has pleaded for him to be released.

tim muffett reports. dylan healy and paul urey — in ukraine to provide humanitarian assistance but now captured by the russian military, according to a british aid organisation. it is thought they were stopped at a checkpoint as they tried to help a mother and her children leave a village near zaporizhzhia. at her home near preston, paul urey�*s mother explained why, against her wishes, her son had decided to go to ukraine. he said, "i can't sit there, mum, and watch people dying. "because they're hungry, they're scared." he said, "i've seen people where they're ducking every time "there's a noise." he said, "i can't live with myself." dylan healy was driving the car at the time of the men's capture, according to a british aid organisation. he is described as a trained chef, originally from huntingdon in cambridgeshire. in the ukrainian capital, kyiv, the clearing up after russian missile strikes continues, one of which killed a ukrainian journalist working for the american

broadcaster radio liberty. in mariupol, the besieged port city, explosions can still be heard. much of the fighting here has stopped, but there are vivid reminders of how intense it was. in virginia, an emotional us defence department spokesman accused vladimir putin of brutality and depravity. it's difficult to look at the... sorry. it's difficult to look at some of the images and imagine that any well—thinking, serious, mature leader would do that. so i can't talk to his psychology, but i think we can all speak to his depravity. for 91 ukrainian refugees, a new beginning. in the village of hartley, near dartford in kent, host families met the people

who will be sharing their homes. nadia says her son was so traumatised by the war he would hide in a wardrobe. she knew they had to try and leave the country. some of my documents, and we were quickly running, very quickly, because it was terrible. a warm welcome to a new, unfamiliar country where a new chapter awaits. tim muffett, bbc news. i've been speaking to our correspondent in kyiv, joe inwood about the latest developments. we had a claim at last night from surrogate lovegrove, speaking to chinese state media, seeing a large number of people had been evacuated from ukraine to russia. in terms of the numbers, that is feasible, i

million to russia is realistic. the question comes about language. sir shy bladder of —— the russian foreign minister says it was humanitarian reasons. the side of the border, the chocolate forced deportations. they accuse russia of —— this side of the border, the talk of forced deportations. there is the suggestion that the russians have been trying to do prisoner swaps, captured civilians, for russian prisoners of war, if true, that is a breach of the geneva

convention. interpretation of this depends on which side of the border you are standing. also claims that farm produce in ukraine is being expropriated by russia? you have heard the phrase, ukraine is the breadbasket of europe. lots of produce comes from here. the suggestion is that some silos have been raided by russian forces, with the green taken down to the crimean peninsula, along with cabbages and otherfarm produce. more than peninsula, along with cabbages and other farm produce. more than that, it is being suggested that the russians are forcing ukrainian farmers to work on the land for free. the phrase that was used by ukrainians, in slave —like conditions. interesting piece of history. in 1932, 1933, there was what was called the great famine. that was a man—made famine imposed on the people of ukraine by stalin.

the idea that once again we are seeing russian forces ticking away at ukrainian green is something that will bring back painful memories for people. —— taking away. this is a war that has been going on for some time, there are fears it could go on for a lot longer. every day president zelensky addresses the nation. what would your assessment be of where morale is now? if there is one word that has characterised the ukrainian response to this conflict it is defiance. people did not give them much hope at the start of this, the russians thought they could do it in three days. only the ukrainians believe that they could. that has been personified in the president, volodymyr zelensky. this man, initially ridiculed as a former actor, has stepped up and embodied the spirit of defiance of this nation. i think they think they can

do this. now i think that the european allies who have been giving them so much arms, and the americans, of course, i think they are thinking they can do this as well. but they know it is going to be a long, long haul. the russians have a huge amount of equipment, a huge amount of manpower they can bring to bear here. that is why we saw the americans committing 33 billion, that was a vote of confidence in the ukrainians, but also a recognition that this conflict will not be over any time soon. here in britain a conservative mp accused of watching pornography in the house of commons has rejected calls to resign immediately — but said he will stand down if found guilty. neil parish, who's been suspended by the conservatives, has referred himself to the parliamentary commissioner for standards — and suggested he may have viewed the material by mistake. here's our political correspondent, david wallace lockhart. neil parish, the mp for tiverton

and honiton in devon and chair of a parliamentary committee. we now know he is the mp accused of watching pornography on their phone in the commons chamber. after being suspended by the conservative party, he addressed assembled journalists outside his home. of course it's embarrassing, and it's embarrassing for my wife and family, and so that's my main concern at the moment. i have a supportive wife, and i thank her for that. was it a mistake? i will await the findings of the inquiry. i am talking about — did you open something by error in the commons? i did, but let the inquiry look at that. he is now facing two potential parliamentary investigations and says he will step down if found guilty. his constituents reacted to the news. it surprises me, but who knows these days? i mean, one hears all sorts of things about all sorts of mps,

and you just don't know what the truth is. horrified, it's horrific. who in their right mind would think that was sensible or even ok? it'sjust ridiculous. if he has been accused, - they have to find proof, really. so, you know, if they find good proof then i don't know how- they will deal with it. to the parliamentary standards commissioner. to look into this thoroughly and advise us as to what should happen next.

there are a few who maybe shouldn't be there, of parliament of all sides work incredibly hard for their constituents. in the spotlight. ewan murrie is in mr parish's constituency of tiverton, in devon. it is the talk of the town here. i have been standing in this spot since six o'clock this morning. lots of people coming up to us, wanting to share their opinions about this. most people, not very impressed, pretty disappointed at the mp, neil parish, has found himself in this position. he is not normally the sort of person to get himself into

trouble. generally, well respected. this has taken a lot of people back. many people speaking to me saying they think he should resign, not even wanting any more information about the circumstances. but there are plenty also reserving their judgment until we get the full facts as to why he was watching this material in parliaments, if that is indeed the case, of the sea that is subject to the ongoing investigation. in terms of conservative reaction, most tory mps not wanting to speak to us. one female tory mp has spoken to me, she has an office next to neil parish, she says she is bewildered by this news. she says she will withhold judgment until she has more details about the facts. he has been temporarily suspended from his party, but he does still stand as a member of parliament, here in this area for now.

with me now is our political correspondent nick eardley, nick, how will this investigation work? he is under a lot of pressure. neil parish remains an mp, he is also the chair of the environment committee in parliament. but i suspect you will hear more pressure on him over the next few days. he gave that brief interview outside his house last night. he was clear that as things stand he does not intend to quit parliament. but there will be pressure for him to rethink that. have a listen first, to his conservative colleague. i fully ex - ected conservative colleague. i fully exnected to — conservative colleague. i fully expected to weigh _ conservative colleague. i fully expected to weigh cap - conservative colleague. i fully expected to weigh cap on - conservative colleague. i filly expected to weigh cap on wednesday morning and find that a member of parliament had been suspended —— i expected to wake up on wednesday

morning. but there was a cloud hanging over the heads of others. but i wanted reassurance from the whips that they would take this seriously and act. do you think they needed to investigate themselves first before putting somebody�*s name into the public domain, which might have been the wrong name? i do public domain, which might have been the wrong name?— the wrong name? i do not see how it could have — the wrong name? i do not see how it could have been _ the wrong name? i do not see how it could have been the _ the wrong name? i do not see how it could have been the wrong _ the wrong name? i do not see how it could have been the wrong name - the wrong name? i do not see how it. could have been the wrong name when two members of the parliament indicated to the chief whip in that meeting that they had witnessed this behaviour. as i understand it, went in and corroborated later that it was the same person. i do think it is important, when there are allocations like this, that action is swift. and that the whip took it seriously. ifelt, by leaving it until friday, before we knew that action had been taken by the whips, itjust felt like unnecessary delay. do you think he can stay as an mp?

we now have a situation where neil parish has referred himself to the standards commissioner, she will investigate, also, as i understand it, one of the complaints is going to the independent complaints and grievances service. it is right that those investigations are carried out before further action is taken. so that was on radio four this morning. there are almost two things here. there is the criticism, as you just heard, of the conservative party whips, they are in charge of party discipline, for not acting faster on this. then there is the question of whether neil parish can be in parliaments where this investigation goes on. some mps, liberal democrats, have city should resign and call a by—election. some are saying he cannot keep his committee position, with the promise that that has, while these investigations continue. we have

heard that from a few mps in his own party over as well. have a listen to a labour mp was also on the today programme. he a labour mp was also on the today programme-— a labour mp was also on the today rouramme. , . ., programme. he will be reflecting on his actions this _ programme. he will be reflecting on his actions this weekend. _ programme. he will be reflecting on his actions this weekend. what - programme. he will be reflecting on his actions this weekend. what we l his actions this weekend. what we have seen is shocking. no place for that in parliament or any workplace. it is right that we have made changes and there are processes there so we can encourage people to come forward and make complaints. it is right that that process takes its course. ., ., ., ~ , ., course. you do not think it should stand down _ course. you do not think it should stand down immediately? - course. you do not think it should stand down immediately? wait i course. you do not think it should | stand down immediately? wait for course. you do not think it should - stand down immediately? wait for the results of the inquiry? that stand down immediately? wait for the results of the inquiry?— results of the inquiry? that is a matter for _ results of the inquiry? that is a matter for him. _ results of the inquiry? that is a matter for him. we _ results of the inquiry? that is a matter for him. we have - results of the inquiry? that is a matter for him. we have this . results of the inquiry? that is a - matter for him. we have this process matterfor him. we have this process in parliament. that is a good step forward. the allegations are incredibly serious. this goes to a wider culture. this is one case that the tories have known about for some days and failed to take any action. that is the position of labour. as things stand this morning, the position is that there will be two

inquiries, one from parliamentary standards commissioner, the other from independent complaints and grievances service, they could both impose punishment if neil parish is found guilty, from making him apologise to the house of commons, to expelling him from parliament. he did say in that interview last night two things. he was asked specifically to tee something in error. he said, i did. specifically to tee something in error. he said, idid. let specifically to tee something in error. he said, i did. let the inquiry look at that. he was also asked would he consider his position? he said he would not remain if he was found guilty. how long will those inquiries take? i wish there was a simple answer. we do not know. it could be a while. a few cases recently have run and run. the head of a mosque in the afghan capital, kabul, says at least 50 worshippers were killed in a powerful explosion that struck just after friday prayers, thought to be by a suicide bomber.

taliban authorities in the country say only ten people died. it's the latest in a series of attacks during the muslim holy month of ramadan. the bbc�*s azaday moshiri reports. players ending in bloodshed. the last friday of the holy month of ramadan. —— prayers ending in bloodshed. when the blast went off we carried to the injured and two vehicles. three hours now, the victims are still being carried out. the number of dead is unclear. _ still being carried out. the number of dead is unclear. religious - of dead is unclear. religious leaders insist dozens have been killed. the taliban say the death toll is lower. 300, 400 people were performing rituals when the blast went off. i

helped carry ten, 15 wounded people, and three who were killed, two vehicles. , , ., , ., vehicles. this is the latest in a sate of vehicles. this is the latest in a spate of attacks _ vehicles. this is the latest in a spate of attacks during - vehicles. this is the latest in a spate of attacks during the - vehicles. this is the latest in a l spate of attacks during the holy month to stop islamic state have claimed some of them, targeting minority muslim communities. like the attack on this mosque. this is what is left of it after it was bombed, and after at least 31 dies. attacks have also taken place in schools. last week at least six people were killed in explosions at this high school. the taliban say they have a handle on the security situation in afghanistan. but for afghans, these killings continue.

women in the uk will be able to get only three months' worth of certain hormone replacement therapy products while they are in short supply. the government is bringing in the temporary limit to ensure more people can get some medication to ease their menopausal symptoms. let's return to the situation in ukraine. among the country's biggest supporters in the war against russia are its european neighbours — particularly slovakia. hardtalk s stephen sackur has been in bratislava for an exclusive interview with prime minister eduard heger. this is the office of eduard heger, prime minister of slovakia. his country is on the front line of the war in ukraine. slovakia has taken in tens of thousands of ukrainian refugees. and mr heger is an arch advocate of ramping up weapons supplies to kyiv. he says europe must do everything it can to ensure the defeat of vladimir putin. they are fighting for our values and we as neighbours who know that if they would fail,

we will be next. we understand it very much. we have to share their blood. we never had the need for it, but we support them because we understand and that's why we'll be supporting them as much as we can, because we believe in their victory. zelensky has been asking for warplanes for many weeks. you have mig 29, which the ukrainians know how to fly. i believe you have roughly a dozen of them. have you yet sent them? they haven't asked us. that's what i said. and we are ready. i mean, of course it would have some operation will be needed because we need to have first our space protected. we already working for four months on this. and i think we're getting to to a conclusion at this moment, howitzers, we're going to repair their equipment. but mig 29, they haven't asked. but if they would, we would gladly speak about that. your people are repairing those captured russian tanks and sending them back to ukraine. yeah, the agreement is almost at the final stages. but when it comes to confronting vladimir putin, slovakia has one big problem.

it is still massively reliant on russian gas and now russia wants payment in roubles. will slovakia bow to moscow's demands? well, it's complicated. we're doing everything possible to disconnect as soon as possible from the russian gas and russian oil. as i said, we are now building and it's in the final stage interconnector between poland and slovakia. we are in very strong negotiations and discussion with poland because we'll need an alternative and that's going to be most likely lng. and we could bring it through their sea and through their infrastructure into slovakia. but at this moment we are landlocked. what we've seen is poland and bulgaria too categorically state we will not accede to russia's demands that we in future pay for our gas in roubles.

now, as a result, russia has stopped all gas supplies to those two countries. will you here and now with me say we in slovakia will not bow to russia's demand that we pay in roubles? the initiative that we will pay in euros was the initiative driven by slovakia. we were the ones that friday where we said and we called all the country and we said, please, we need to stay united. our payment goes until may 20th. that's where the next payment needs to be. and that's why we have still time and we need to develop the solution. thanks to the ukraine war, slovakia is a small country under enormous pressure and the prime minister knows that pressure could yet intensify and last for years. stephen sackur, bbc news, bratislava. the bbc understands that a consortium led by the owner of the la dodgers baseball team is set to be named the preferred bidder for chelsea. that's despite a late offer from british billionaire jim ratcliffe yesterday.

todd bowley has made a bid of two—and—a—half billion pounds. while sirjim ratcliffe, the founder of the chemical company ineos, has offered four—and—a—quarter billion. saturday sees one of the most anticipated fights in boxing history between two female fighters — katie taylor and amanda serrano. they're top of the bill at the iconic madison square garden — where the undefeated taylor will put her lightweight titles on the line against world champion serrano. ade adedoyin reports from new york. the best facing the best. katie taylor, amanda serrano... neither wanted to blink first — the weigh—in was like an event in itself. both have had their names in lights all week, the pair reaching new heights here in new york — a photo op on the empire state building ahead of this landmark moment in boxing. i think tonight could be

the best fight of my career. there's definitely something different about this fight. this is a moment in history. the first women to headline madison square garden. ireland's former olympic champion is the crossover star. serrano, a seven—weight world champion, is the co—star looking to steal the show. 13 years as a pro—fighter, i have struggled and fought my way to this spot right now. and i want to go out there and just secure that victory. and the target — the undisputed lightweight title and a place in history. so what can we expect on fight night between katie taylor and amanda serrano? we have a clash of styles, and after about a round, katie taylor can box no longer. she has to brawl. and that's when we get what i call a rocky moment, where everyone stands up, you can hear the tunes in your head and theyjust hit each other for ten rounds. this blockbuster bout notjust significant but also lucrative. both will earn over $1 million. that is double the challenger�*s career payday, and the promoter is putting his money where his mouth is.

i bet amanda wins for $1 million. and the bookies agree with him. let's shake on it. the last time katie taylor fought here she unified the division. all those belts are up for grabs later this evening, and the odds makers are backing the local favourite to dethrone the champion. now it's time for a look at the weather with louise lear. the best of the weather through england and wales. breezy and wet conditions through scotland and northern ireland. may affecting the lake district by the end of the day. the emphasis is with cloudy skies to

arrive through the night, that will prevent temperatures from falling too far. a frost free start to sunday. outbreaks of rain first thing. a change of fortune for england and we are is in the second half of the weekend. cloudy skies. outbreaks of rain pushing southwards. the best of the brighter weather, sunny weather, and the warmest weather returns to scotland and northern ireland, with highs of 17 celsius.

hello, this is bbc news. i'm joanna gosling. the headlines: russia says more than a million people have been taken into its territory from ukraine since it began its invasion in february. ukraine has repeatedly accused russia of taking people across the border against their will. a british mp accused of watching pornography

in parliament has refused to quit, saying he'll only do so if found guilty by an inquiry. neil parish referred himself to the watchdog, saying he may have watched the material by mistake. emergency workers are still counting the casualties after a deadly suicide attack during friday prayers in kabul. a usjudge has thrown out a motion to overturn the conviction of ghislaine maxwell for sex trafficking. maxwell sought a retrial after a juror admitted he had falsely stated he was not a victim of sexual abuse. the bbc understands a consortium, led by todd boehly, the owner of the la dodgers baseball team, is likely to be named the preferred bidder for chelsea football club. and a big fight in the big apple. katie taylor and amanda serrano square up, ahead of the most important women's boxing clash in history. i will be back at 11am with the

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