this is bbc news. our top stories. ukrainian fighters inside mariupol�*s azovstal steel plant say 20 civilians, including women and children, have been able to leave. hundreds are still thought to be trapped inside. here in the uk, the conservative mp neil parish resigns after admitting he watched pornography in the house of commons. madness, total madness, i'm not going to defend it, i'm not going to defend what i did, it was absolutely totally wrong. canadian police make mulitple arrests in ottawa as the capital is occupied by right wing anti—establishment protesters on motorbikes. and this is the scene live

in washington, as the white house correspondents�* association dinner returns to the political calendar for the first time in more than two years. hello and welcome to bbc news. ukrainian fighters besieged by russian forces inside mariupol�*s azovstal industrial complex say 20 civilians have been able to leave the site. but hundreds of people are still believed to be sheltering inside the plant. it's the first such release since president putin announced he was locking down ukraine's last bastion in the city. speaking in a video post, a commander of the azov battalion inside the complex said he hoped the evacuated group

would be taken to territory under ukrainian control. translation: we transferred 20 civilians rescued _ from the rubble to the agreed locations, these are women l and children, and we hope these people will go to the agreed - destination, to the controlled territory of ukraine. - a special rescue operation is being carried out. - we are getting civilians out of the rubble, - mainly the elderly, l women and children. we hope this process - will continue, and that we will be able to evacuate all the civilians. - meanwhile, ukraine's military says it continues to frustrate russian attempts to take key locations in the donbas, as the russians try and encricle the defending forces. ukraine's army has released pictures showing what it says

are strikes on russian reinforcements to the area around the city of izyum, a key battleground in the kharkiv region. however, the uk and united states say the russian advance in the east is days behind schedule. our correspondent in kyiv, ben brown, has more on what ukrainian officials have been saying about this attack in the donbas region. they expect it to get even heavier, that russia will further ratchet up in the east. russia basically took the decision to abandon their attempts to take this city, kyiv, and to focus on that offensive in the east, on the eastern front in donbas, and that is certainly what they are doing. they have been raining down artillery, mortars, bombs from the air, onto ukrainian positions in trenches and bunkers on that eastern front. the ukrainians are admitting that they have taken heavy

casualties, although they are also saying that they have inflicted what they called "colossal" casualties on the russians. but as far as president zelensky has said, you know, it goes on, the defence of this country goes on despite that russian onslaught, and he and all the other ukrainian politicians i have been talking to in kyiv are very grateful for the additional help they have been getting from the west in terms of weapons and certainly heavy weapons is what they say they need now in that fight in donbas, in particular long—range artillery, to reply to russian artillery. meanwhile, in the black sea city of odesa, ukrainian officials say the airport has been hit by a russian missile, damaging the runway and rendering it inoperable. our correspondent caroline davies spoke to us from odesa shortly after the attack happened. earlier this afternoon, three loud bangs could be heard across the city.

it was so loud we saw several dogs running away from the direction of the noise. later on, we heard from the ukrainian authorities, from the press centre of the southern defence forces, that this had been a missile strike that had hit the airport, the international airport here in odesa, and in response they have said that the runway of odesa airport was damaged, its further use at the current time is impossible. this is the only information we currently have from odesa at the moment, it has been relatively quiet here throughout the afternoon. it is a week since that missile strike hit several, two residential buildings, one residential building and there was a significant loss of life including the loss of a three—month—old girl, her mother and grandmother along with several others in that building, but since then we have not heard of major strikes happening here in odesa, but again, the fact that this missile strike has happened on a weekend when people were relaxing and enjoying

the sunshine here, just shows that anywhere in ukraine at the moment feels like it could be under threat at any moment. here in the uk, the conservative mp neil parish has told the bbc he is resigning his seat after admitting he watched pornography twice in the house of commons. mr parish says he'd been looking at tractors online, and went onto another website with a similar name. our political correspondent ben wright reports. he had wanted to plough on, hoping a parliamentary investigation might yet save his career, but today, neil parish realised he couldn't, admitting to watching pornography twice while in the house of commons. in the end, i could see that the furore and the damage i was causing my family and my constituency and association was more than worth carrying on. a conservative mp since 2010,

mr parish was suspended from the parliamentary party yesterday after being named as the mp at the centre of the allegations. two female tory mps had witnessed the behaviour. apologising to them and his constituents, today the former farmer explained what had happened. funnily enough it was tractors i was looking at and so i did get into another website which had a similar name, and i watched it for a bit, which i shouldn't have done, but my crime, my biggest crime is that on another occasion, i went in a second time. mr parish said he deliberately looked at the material again while waiting to go into a commons voting lobby. the one thing i wasn't doing, and which i will take to my grave as being true, is i was not actually making sure people could see it. in fact, i was trying to do quite the opposite and i was wrong what i was doing, but this idea that i was there watching it and intimidating women, i mean, i have 12 years

in parliament and probably got one of the best reputations ever, or did have. neil parish wasn't a well—known mp, until now. but will be remembered for behaviour that caused shock and outrage across parliament and a very candid resignation interview. i will have to live with this for the rest of my life and i made a huge, terrible mistake and i'm here to tell the world. for parliament's reputation, it has been another rotten week, reviving claims of sexism and misogyny. the allegations were first made at a meeting of tory mps on tuesday. opposition parties said it was shocking that the debacle dragged on for several days. conservative mps have been angry too. neil himself, once he had the whip suspended, moved very swiftly to resign, and undoubtedly that was the right thing for him to do. the thing that disappointed me was that we didn't see the conservative whips act more swiftly when this complaint

was first brought to their attention. the normally rock—solid tory seat of tiverton and honiton in devon will now have the drama of a by—election, after scandal abruptly engulfed its outgoing mp. to china now, where's there've been some signs of optimism in the country's most populous city shanghai. after weeks of strict lockdowns that have sparked outbursts of anger between public and authorities, officials say they have detected no new daily covid—i9 cases outside quarantine areas. the chinese government's zero—covid approach has paralysed the city of 25 million, but now the capital beijing is on the edge — its residents told they'll need to test negative to enter public spaces. this comes at the start of a major chinese holiday. dr feng chongyi is associate professor in china studies, university of technology, sydney.

thank you for talking to us. what is your assessment of china's very strict adherence to this no covid strategy? i think this has a lot to do with the nature of the regime in china. they have to follow the order of the paramount leader, xi jinping. order of the paramount leader, xijinping. the chinese authorities in the past several years, two years, maybe this zero covid strategy has been met by the great leader, xi jinping, and it must be absolutely correct and cannot be changed. authority at lower

levels will lose theirjob... so you are saying this is a strategy that comes right from the top and that is why it is being adhered to so strictly, but i suppose the government would say it is working, the numbers have remained relatively low when it comes to deaths? it relatively low when it comes to deaths? . . , relatively low when it comes to deaths? , ., ., ., deaths? it caused a lot of deaths? it caused a lot of death from _ deaths? it caused a lot of death from other - deaths? it caused a lot of. death from other diseases, other illnesses, the lockdown, medical and hospital... they have massive universal tests for everyone, even every day, and then they pick up anyone who tests positive. and then they declare they have cleared up they declare they have cleared up the virus in society. that's not the case at all. we

appreciate _ not the case at all. we appreciate you - not the case at all. we appreciate you coming on to talk to us. china's state media says dozens of people are thought to be buried in the rubble of a six—storey building that collapsed on friday in the central city of changsha. rescuers pulled five people out of the rubble alive on saturday morning after working through the night to shift debris. the building housed a small cinema and guesthouse. protesters in sri lanka continue to call for the resignation of the president and the prime minister, who are brothers from the rajapaksa family. the island nation is facing its worst economic crisis in more than 70 years, and the cost of living has become unaffordable. earlier on saturday, opposition parties rejected an offer from president rajapaksa to form a national unity government. the bbc�*s south asia regional editor anbarasan ethirajan is in colombo. the protest site in colombo

against the government has become very lively in the evenings because people from different walks of life joined us protest. i can see women, children, many people coming with families on the one side, and i can see these artists' associations, they were holding a huge protest with hundreds of people along this road, and all the demand they are making is for the government to step down because they accuse the government, the president, of mismanaging the economy, because people here are suffering due to the escalating cost of living. today the government announced that some of the commonly used medicines, about 60 of them, the prices went up by 40% and it is not for the first time but only last month the prices were increased by nearly 30% which means people are paying 70% more.

we were at the pharmacy a few minutes ago, and the pharmacy was complaining about how the shortage of medicine was affecting the customer, and they are paying more for medicine, instead of ten rupees they are paying 18 rupees. why this is happening, sri lanka has one out of foreign exchange reserves. they have only $2 billion of foreign exchange reserves, and the shortage is leading to an increase in prices, and that is what brought these people to the streets, and these protests are going on for more than three weeks now. not only in colombo, but in other parts of the country. the government has clearly ruled out resigning, and they say, we need to continue, we need to be given a chance to set the economy right. residents in canada's national capital 0ttawa are experiencing a sense of deja—vu, and for many,

it's not entirely welcome. once again, the city of ottawa is being occupied by right wing anti—establishment protesters. this time it's a rally of motorcyclists, who are calling their demonstration "rolling thunder". it comes two months after truckers protesting against covid restrictions occupied the centre of the city for several weeks. authorities vowed to prevent the motorcyclists�* rally from becoming as disruptive as the truckers' demonstrations, which paralysed the capital before the government invoked extraordinary powers to dismantle it. police have so far made several arrests. we can now speak to journalist sarah ritchie from the canadian press, who was at the protests earlier and joins us now from parliament hill in ottawa. are you still there and could you tell us what you have been seeing today? i you tell us what you have been seeing today?— seeing today? i am still here, behind me — seeing today? i am still here, behind me you _ seeing today? i am still here, behind me you can _

seeing today? i am still here, behind me you can see - seeing today? i am still here, behind me you can see a - seeing today? i am still here, l behind me you can see a tower. this is normally a main street in ottawa, my phone is on top of barricades, all around the city right now. there are dozens of people still here, some of them on parliament hill, there is a group behind me, police officers keeping an eye on things. a bit of a party atmosphere at this point, not really so much a protest, although people occasionally shouting freedom, the rallying cry. early in the day, there were ceremonies and rallies and speeches, and as we saw moments ago, the motorcycle rally that went through downtown 0ttawa. a fairly large crowd, hundreds i would say, and like you say, a bit of deja vu for people in ottawa. a lot of people i 0ttawa. a lot of people i talked to say they were at a freedom convoy, there has been a lot of happy reunions, people seeing one another again, and

talking about the fact they felt they found a community of people in february, and that their work is not yet done. so some of the same people there for the truckers' rally there again, but is there any clarity about what they are protesting for or against? to about what they are protesting for or against?— for or against? to be perfectly honest, for or against? to be perfectly honest. i _ for or against? to be perfectly honest. i am _ for or against? to be perfectly honest, i am not— for or against? to be perfectly honest, i am not 100%- for or against? to be perfectly honest, i am not 100% clear l for or against? to be perfectlyl honest, i am not 100% clear on what the protest is for. a lot of signs saying they want to get rid of the prime minister justin trudeau. a lot of signs talking about ending covid—19 restrictions and mandates. what has changed since february, a lot of provincial mandates across canada have already ended. in 0ttawa, it has greatly eased, you don't need to wear a mask indoors, in ontario. so it's not 100% 0ntario. so it's not 100% clear. part of the group today said they were freedom fighters, that is what they call themselves. another

section of the group said they were here for the veterans of canada's armed forces. a bit of a festival atmosphere. things to play with... really they keep saying their work is not done and they are here for freedom. done and they are here for freedom-— done and they are here for freedom. , , , ., , freedom. just briefly, how is the city reacting _ freedom. just briefly, how is the city reacting to _ freedom. just briefly, how is the city reacting to yet - the city reacting to yet another protest?- the city reacting to yet another protest? for a lot of the residents _ another protest? for a lot of the residents of— another protest? for a lot of the residents of ottawa, - another protest? for a lot ofj the residents of ottawa, this is deja vu, and not particularly welcome. it has been noisy... not as noisy this time. although last night the police had to move in a number of officers to move people out of officers to move people out of the streets. they ended up making some arrests, it was a bit confrontational, but for the most part, there are so many police officers that things have been kept quite calm. a lot of streets blocked. people are nervously anticipating what comes next. the organisers have said they are going to leave tomorrow.

from everything i have heard from downtown 0ttawa residents, the hope is they do that. from downtown ottawa residents, the hope is they do that.— the hope is they do that. thank ou. a uk foreign office minister is to hold crisis talks in the british virgin islands, after an inquiry found that the government should take direct control of the territory. it cited corruption and bad governance. the report was published earlier than planned following the arrest of the bvi premier, andrew fahie in the united states, where he's accused of involvement in drug trafficking and money laundering. nomia iqbal is in the british virgin islands and reports from the capital road town on the island of tortola. the view from the sky is calm, but it belies the crisis that's hit the islands. when you see something happen... this is its premier andrew fahiejust over a week ago, celebrating the country's athletes. now he is more than 1000 miles away in a miami jail.

he appeared in this court accused of drug trafficking and money—laundering after a huge sting operation involving the us drug enforcement agency. his residency on the islands is empty as he waits a pre—trial detention hearing later this week. undercover agents say mr fahie wanted to take money for a slice of the profits from smuggling the drugs through the islands. it's alleged that he was shown part of his pay—off in the back of a private jet. when he was arrested, mr fahie reportedly said, "why am i getting arrested? "i don't have any money or drugs." the us operation comes as a long—awaited uk investigation into alleged corruption on the island is published. that report was published by the governor, appointed by the queen. the way the territory is run has long been subject of controversy. it is one of the world's leading offshore tax havens.

the conclusion of this investigation is damning and recommends that the uk should impose direct rule on the islands. good evening fellow virgin islanders... that idea has had immediate pushback from the man who is standing infor mr fahie. there are people of their virgin islands who want to see the suspension of the constitution because we support democracy. every country in the world has challenges with governance and we have a very strong and robust programme to reform those challenges and we are confident we can do so without having direct uk rule. there are more than 3500 people who live here, with aspirations of self—determination and achieving modern democracy. it's thrown into doubt. uk ministers will be heading here next week to decide the future of the islands. nomia iqbal, bbc news, tortola, the british virgin islands. a long—standing

political event has returned in washington — the white house correspondents association dinner. it is the first in—person event in two years because of covid—19. president biden is expected to attend, making it the first attended by the sitting president since the 0bama administration. president trump famously refused to go. at the annual dinnerjokes are on the journalists but fun gets poked at the president too. this year's host is comedy central�*s trevor noah. this is all happening under the shadow of the covid—19 pandemic, also the war in ukraine will be on the minds. covid—19 vaccination is mandatory for the gala, many have questioned the wisdom of 79—year—old president biden joining in. his vice president

kamala harris tested positive for last week. they will be taking extra precautions as theyjoin in. the italian football agent mino raiola, whose negotiating skills contributed to the huge increase in players�* salaries, has died at the age of 5a. the cause of death has not been reported. he represented some of the sport�*s most high—profile players. he was branded by some as a greedy parasite. but raiola insisted that all he had ever done was get the best deal for his players. football, and real madrid have been crowned champions of spain. the title was confirmed after they beat espanyol 4—0 at the bernabeu. it�*s their 35th league title. head coach carlo ancelotti has become the first manager to win the championship in all five of europe�*s major leagues — what�*s being called a grand slam. the bbc�*s tim allman reports.

success never gets old. real madrid fans have done this so many times before. but their exuberance couldn�*t be contained. translation: , , ., contained. translation: ,, ., , translation: this year has been ureat translation: this year has been great because _ translation: this year has been great because we _ translation: this year has been great because we won _ translation: this year has been great because we won la - translation: this year has been great because we won la liga. - great because we won la liga. it was practically done from the third match. we won the championship with an iron fist. the fact is they are the best team — the fact is they are the best team ever. there is no comparison, they are just the best — comparison, they are just the best how— comparison, they are just the best. how many titles? 30? 35? just imagine. a best. how many titles? 30? 35? just imagine-— just imagine. a 4-0 win over espanyol _ just imagine. a 4-0 win over espanyol enough _ just imagine. a 4-0 win over espanyol enough to - just imagine. a 4-0 win over espanyol enough to clinch i just imagine. a 4-0 win over i espanyol enough to clinch title number 35. a glorious moment for head coach carlo ancelotti, in his second stint at the

bernabeu. the first manager to win the league in italy, england, germany, france and now spain. translation: it now spain. translation: , , ,, translation: it is very special because my _ translation: it is very special because my last _ translation: it is very special because my last title _ translation: it is very special because my last title was - translation: it is very special because my last title was with l because my last title was with bayern munich and i returned and won it in my first year. i didn�*t win la liga and the spanish super cup in my first tenure, now i have, but the season isn�*t over yet. tenure, nowl have, but the season isn't over yet.- tenure, nowl have, but the season isn't over yet. no, it certainly — season isn't over yet. no, it certainly is _ season isn't over yet. no, it certainly is not. _ season isn't over yet. no, it certainly is not. as - season isn't over yet. no, it certainly is not. as the - certainly is not. as the players parading the trophy in an open top bus and the fans celebrated, all thoughts now turn to europe, and the possibility of another champions league triumph. for real, success is never enough. in south korea — the citizens of seoul have been holding a lantern parade to celebrate buddha�*s birthday.

it�*s the first time the event�*s taken place in three years — due to the covid pandemic. thousands took part in what is the highlight of a week—long celebration. it began as a simple religious ritual — but it now involves lanterns being hung from streets, temples and shopping centres. hello. well, april as a whole was a very dry month, but in its final day, we actually got a decent dose of rain, particularly in north—western areas of the country. and indeed, on sunday 1st may, we will have some rain elsewhere, but it�*s going to be quite overcast wherever you are on sunday. and you can see the weather systems streaming in off the atlantic here. that�*s the low pressure that brought the rain to north—western parts — to northern ireland and western parts of scotland. now it�*s a weak area of low pressure on sunday, meaning that the rain is starting to fizzle out and, if anything, it is going to be mostly an area of cloud spread across the uk. so this is what it looks like early in the morning, some dribs and drabs of rain

around the irish sea and wales. it�*s also very mild first thing — 7am, ten degrees in belfast, ten in london, and elsewhere it�*s typically around seven to nine degrees. so let�*s pick up on that rain. a soggy morning in parts of wales, damp around the irish sea. very slowly that area of damp weather will spread into the midlands and perhaps other parts of england too, but also in scotland and northern ireland it�*s actually going to brighten up and this is where the best of the weather is going to be on sunday. in fact, in glasgow, our highest temperature�*s expected — 17 degrees celsius. compare that to cardiff and plymouth, between 11 and 13 degrees with that damp weather. now, monday is going to be a brighter day. we still have the remnants of that weather system over us, maybe a few showers across parts of england, but quite a chilly day in northern scotland in a northerly wind — seven in lerwick, ten in stornoway. but in the south of the country it�*s going to be a good deal warmer — 18 degrees, but again, not a sunny day. sunny spells, though, expected. so here�*s the forecast

for the week ahead. tuesday, wednesday, we have some rain heading towards us. but from around about thursday onwards, high pressure is expected to build across the uk. that means settled weather and also around this area of high pressure, we will have this current of warmer air spreading in all the way from the azores, so the temperatures will start to rise across the uk towards the end of the week. so here�*s the summary — bank holiday monday, a rather overcast day. in fact, the first half of the week will be fairly changeable with showers possible, but then from thursday onwards, it�*s turning warmer.

this is bbc news. the headlines: 20 civilians including women and children have been evacuated from the azovstal steelworks in mariupol , the only part of the southern port city still under ukraine�*s control. they are the first to leave since president putin ordered the vast industrial area to be sealed off last week. a member of parliament from britain�*s governing conservative party has announced that he�*ll resign, after admitting to watching pornography on his phone in the house of commons. neil parish described his behaviour as "absolutely wrong" and a "moment of madness". police in the canadian capital ottawa have made mulitple arrests as anti—establishment protesters have decended on the city on motorbikes.

the protestors are calling their demonstration