welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines. an operation is under way to evacuate ukrainian civilians, trapped for weeks in a steelworks in mariupol — around a hundred have left so far. when the shells are started landing there i thought my heart. and i would not survive. and i would not survive. the us house speaker, nancy pelosi assures president zelensky during a visit to kyiv, that american support will continue until ukraine wins the war. shake more mass protests in sri lanka, as the government struggles over the crippling

cost of living. new zealand re—opens its borders to international tourists for the first time in more than two years. you and the most detailed sd model of the female anatomy, to help make better medical diagnoses, for women. a you hello and welcome to newsday — its seven in the morning in singapore, and 2 am in mariupol where the international red cross and the united nations have confirmed that they are involved in an operation to move civilians out of the city. the red cross said a convoy of vehicles had reached mariupol on saturday to evacuate some of the hundreds of people trapped in the city's

azovstal steel plant. these images show evacuees arriving earlier on sunday at their first stop in donetsk on the russian border — they're accompanied by red cross and un staff. ukrainian president zelensky tweeted: "evacuation of civilians from azovstal began. the 1st group of about 100 people is already heading to the controlled area. are tomorrow we'll meet them. grateful to our team! now they, together with the un, are working on the evacuation of other civilians from the plant." but around a thousand more civilians are still sheltering inside the vast steelworks complex, along with around 2000 ukrainian fighters, who are making a desperate last stand in the city that has been almost completely destroyed by russian forces. 0ur correspondent laura bicker is in zaporizhzhia, where the evacuated civilians are being taken. after 60 days in darkness they can finally crawl into the daylight.

above ground, they pick through the rubble, the remains of their place of refuge. they've lived in a maze of tunnels below this vast steel plant for weeks. the only way to survive the russian bombardment. svetoslav was six months old yesterday. nearly half his life has been underground. supplies have been cut off, for weeks. "the children were hungry," this woman says. more than 100 people have been allowed to leave. their horror is over, for now. translation: i can't believe it, two months of darkness. l i told my husband, we won't be needing to go to the toilet with a torch and a bag. the azovstal steel plant is one of the biggest in the world. a unit of ukrainian fighters has tried to hold on to the site as this once vibrant european city was pounded by the russians.

civilians took shelter underground alongside them, but the bombing was relentless. the azov group claim that even their hospital was targeted. people have experienced fragmentation wounds, lacerations, fractures, bullet wounds. it is amputation is, critical condition. there are a couple of hundred of them. but now there is a glimmer of hope. it will be a tense wait to see if more will make it out of this city alive. around 100 civilians are expected here in zaporizhzhia tomorrow but there are hundreds more still trapped within the steelworks. there are thought to be 100,000 people in the city of mariupol itself. that gives you an idea of the scale of the operation still to come. talks are under way but i'm told those negotiations are delicate, tense and complicated.

everyone wants to see this succeed. laura bicker, bbc news, zaporizhzhia. meanwhile — in kyiv — nancy pelosi, the speaker of the us house of representatives, has made a surprise visit for talks with ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky. she said the united states would stand with ukraine until the "fight is done" and said congress would move quickly to deliver 33 billion dollars worth of aid proposed by president biden. ben brown reports. nancy pelosi is the latest high—profile international politicalfigure to come to kyiv and offer president zelensky moral support. and he's getting much more than that from the united states, some $33 billion worth of economic, humanitarian and military assistance, promised by president biden. speaking in poland after nancy pelosi had left ukraine, she said ukraine is fighting for everyone's freedom. do not be bullied by bullies. if they're making threats, you cannot back down. that's my view of it,

that we're there for the fight. and you cannot fold to a bully. russia is now stepping up its offensive on the eastern front in donbas, raining down rockets, artillery and tank fire on ukrainian trenches and bunkers. after two months on the front line, these ukrainian troops from the 81st brigade are now pulling back for a short rest, a break from the relentless russian onslaught that has killed and injured many of their colleagues. a combat doctor treats some of the troops for trench foot because they haven't been able to change soaking

wet boots and socks. translation: this is a good opportunity for the boys - to rest and to return to the fight with new energy, to recover physically, morally and psychologically. but before too long, his men will be heading back to the front line, perhaps to face an even more ferocious russian attack. this war, which president putin had hoped would only last for a few days, could now rage on for months or even years to come, consuming more lives with every passing day. the ukrainian military are saying they need more heavy guns and long—range artillery in order to counter the barrages they are facing on that eastern front end on bass. even so, the ukrainian say they have had some success the past few days and pushing back russian forces especially in places like the suburbs of kharkiv, the country's second biggest city. that was ben brown reporting on that story for us.

let's turn to another top story for you now — this time in sri lanka — where tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of the capital, colombo, protesting steep price hikes for essential goods. dwindling foreign currency reserves has meant the island nation of 22 million people, is struggling to pay for food, fuel and foreign medicines. the may day rally, is the culmination of a week of demonstrations, uniting the country's different ethnic groups, in opposition to the government. from colombo, an—barasan ethirajan has that story. a bruised economy bringing thousands to the streets. the country has run out of cash, struggles to import essential items. but these sri lankans aren't giving up. they demand a course correction. this woman has been camping here for 18 days.

for people like her, basics have become luxury. you cannot afford to live here. food prices are increasing day by day and shortage of fuel, gas and all other essential goods and also medicine, so it is very difficult to live. a classic case of a country living beyond its means. now colombo is running from pillar to post for loans. a rude awakening for sri lankans. i have been coming to sri lanka for the past 25 years and these protests are quite extraordinary. ethnic fault lines, they run very deep here in sri lanka, but the cost of living crisis has brought the three major communities — the sinhalese, muslims and tamils — together. elsewhere in colombo, in a show of strength, the opposition turned up in huge numbers. the present government has led our country to total ba nkru ptcy. there is abject poverty in all sectors of society. this government is an incompetent government. the government

is on the back foot. they missed the point. they should have known, for example, 2020 when we started with the fresh government. no one can say that we didn't have the facts. i mean, if you are a good analyst of the economic situation you should have known that this is coming. the only thing that you couldn't have predicted was the corona impact. the country's economic recovery is going to be long and arduous. these people want to ensure the government gets it right this time. anbarasan ethirajan, bbc news, colombo. to new zealand now — where the first international tourists for more than two years have arrived after the country removed coronavirus measures and opened its borders. people from more than 60 countries including britain,

the us — and singapore — can travel to the country. it follows one of the world's strictest covid lockdowns — earlier, professor michael baker explained why this is such a big moment. we kept the virus out during a period when there were not vaccines available and that meant we avoided that really awfulfirst year of the pandemic when it did cause many deaths around the globe and by the time this started transmitting widely in new zealand, which was not until february this year, 2022, we achieved higher vaccine coverage particularly in higher age groups and also our care sector was good at taking the virus out of those facilities and that has kept the mortality low, and we have avoided overwhelming our health system. the bbc�*s simon atkinson has just arrived at auckland airport and i began by asking him what the mood was like there. a welcome ceremony for you,

tell us what it is feeling like right now. it really was. it was a very colourful and noisy welcome earlier this morning. some traditional musical performances and dance which greeted the first two flights that have come into new zealand under this new opening of the borders. people have been able to come in from australia without having to quarantine, but today was the big day when it really does open up to those other markets and as you can imagine it is given as a chance to come into the country and some very excited and emotional people as well. i originally applied in february of 2020 and i'm finally here. we missed his brother's wedding as well because of covid - because we could not come. it was very hard. it is great to back — i am sorry. - i am getting old and family is very, very important. tremendous. this is three generations here. i have had a couple of friends

family going on their first trips and they were really excited to see old friends and family. yeah, it is awesome. lovely to here that emotion from people who are able to come back to the country now. how challenging has the covid lockdown being for new zealand and are there concerns some quarters about it opening up in this way? as we had from the professor a few minutes ago, deadlocked and very tightly and did not start considering letting people and until there was a very high level of vaccination. i don't think there is a lot of concern now about people coming into the into the country. the virus is here. for a long time new zealand had no cases, no deaths. that is not the case any more. there are thousands of cases being reported every day and so the until recently doesn't day. still several people are dying every day so it is not thought that having new arrivals from other markets is going to make a lot of difference.

a few people might think that the country should stay sealed up for longer and most people now have come to accept the time has come to open up and certainly in businesses like tourism, which are so important for new zealand economy, theyjust can't wait to have more people come and visit. 20% of the economy of new zealand and the fact that we will have arrivals from all over the world. couple of planes already. another one coming infrom dubai. there is going to be lots and lots of people arriving in new zealand trying to get here for a long time and at last after more than two years they can make that journey. the searches create the most intricate 3d model of the female body ever produced to help provide better understanding of the anatomy.

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an operation is under way in ukraine to evacuate civilians from the besieged azovstal steel plant in mariupol. around 100 people have left so far — assisted by the un and the red cross. thousands of opposition supporters take part in may day demonstrations in sri lanka — demanding the president's resignation over surging prices in the shops. to china, now where 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—19 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 edge — its residents told they'll need to test negative to enter public spaces. i m joined now by british teacher nick marsh who's lived in shanghai for the last 12 years. he's still currently in lockdown butjust recently came out of a covid quarantine facility. it is great to get you on the show. goes through that experience if you don't mind. you've come out of the quarantine facility. what was that like? i quarantine facility. what was that like? ., , ., quarantine facility. what was that like? ., ., that like? i was one of the fortunate _ that like? i was one of the fortunate ones _ that like? i was one of the fortunate ones because i l that like? i was one of the - fortunate ones because i shared a bedroom with one other chinese guy and there was a chinese guy and there was a chinese guy and there was a chinese guy in the hallway area. we had a private bathroom. there was a cold shower which i used after working out and we had food delivered to us three times a day except for one morning when they forgot so compared with some of the other camps, the chinese used a word which means a place for storing people. the

place i was that was an apartment building. it was no converted apartment so it was still quite dusty but i had privacy. the bed was very thin. i did not sleep very well. we had no curtains but compared with what some people have. as a video of the state of a friend of mine who has just gone and so was very lucky in that sense. i gone and so was very lucky in that sense-— gone and so was very lucky in that sense. . , , , , ., that sense. i am impressed you mana . e that sense. i am impressed you manage to _ that sense. i am impressed you manage to work _ that sense. i am impressed you manage to work out _ that sense. i am impressed you manage to work out while - that sense. i am impressed you manage to work out while you | manage to work out while you are in the quarantine facility but, you know, in terms of what kinds of messages authorities were giving you, did they give you a sense of how long you are going to be in there? did they communicate with you about food and what kinds of facilities you might have valuer in there? we were all very expectant when we were on the bus. i was picked up at 2am. we arrived at 8am and then we were taken upstairs. i was on the 21st floor and i this is better than i have seen on videos. they

told us we have be tested every other day and when we had two negative results, we would be free. unfortunately, no one in the building got the results for the first three tests are the first seven days no one knew what was happening and then we started getting our test and ijust then we started getting our test and i just think that was the norm. because they wanted to make sure everyone was safe and make sure people are not going back to their communities to early so that was the reason and i came home after 12 days. so, at the end, i had five negative tests, as did my roommates by the time we come back. some people got back sooner, that was just the system here. the nurses were working incredibly hard. my hr was so helpful. they were saying, well, you know, if you haven't got the results i'm sorry, maybe wejust sorry, maybe we just overwhelmed. sorry, maybe we “ust overwhelmedfi sorry, maybe we “ust overwhelmed. ., ., ., .,

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everyone looks on various websites to see the date for their address.— their address. the congratulations i their address. the | congratulations and their address. the i congratulations and i their address. the - congratulations and i am their address. the _ congratulations and i am sure you are looking forward to your release from lockdown but in terms of the other people, i'm sure you're talking to, her going through similar things as to what you are going to add experience and, what is mood amongst people who are going through this lockdown? so some of my friends _ through this lockdown? so some of my friends are _ through this lockdown? so some of my friends are very _ through this lockdown? so some of my friends are very relaxed. l of my friends are very relaxed. very, very stoic. some of them are introverted and they don't mind this. they still have either an onlinejob for mind this. they still have either an online job for some money for themselves so they are ok. 0thers money for themselves so they are ok. others they money for themselves so they are ok. 0thers theyjust can't wait to have a walk and two of my friends got out yesterday and theyjust my friends got out yesterday and they just went for a my friends got out yesterday and theyjust went for a long walk. it is sunny here and there really excited. the mood of people who are stuck at home varies based on how much food they have a water they have, how many fans they have living with them. whether they still have an income.—

with them. whether they still have an income. indeed. thank ou so have an income. indeed. thank you so much — have an income. indeed. thank you so much for— have an income. indeed. thank you so much forjoining - have an income. indeed. thank you so much forjoining us - have an income. indeed. thank you so much forjoining us on l you so much forjoining us on the programme. i admire your optimism and resilience and over the do hope you make it out tomorrow. thank you so much forjoining us. thank you so much forjoining us. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. the president of tunisia has announced plans to rewrite his country's constitution. in a televised address, kais saied, who's dissolved government and parliament, said a committee would be established to redraft the existing framework and would conclude its work within days. 0pponents have accused him of trying to concentrate all the levers of power since he seized power nine months ago. (00v)police in the city of changsha in china have nine months ago. police in the city of changsha in china have arrested nine people

in connection with a collapsed building, where several people remain trapped or missing. the building collapsed on friday and police say the owner of the building has been detained, along with three other people involved in its design and construction. seven survivors were pulled from the building, but at least 16 are trapped inside and more than 30 are missing. police in paris have fired tear gas to disperse protesters after a workers day demonstration in the french capital turned violent. activists wearing balaclavas smashed shop windows and set fire to bins. more than 50 people were arrested, including a woman who attempted to prevent firefighters from tackling a burning building. it's hard to believe — i know — but for medical students, access to detailed models of the female body are hard to come by. historically they've had to rely on images of the male body, in the teaching of anatomy. well now the most intricate 3d model of the female body has been produced, and it's hoped the software will help enhance understanding, and perhaps even improve diagnosis of health problems. our medical editor, fergus walsh, has that story. the female anatomy in all its

minute and precise detail. something that's been largely missing from medical textbooks and teaching over the centuries. just this angle here, in females is much wider than we would see in males... at brighton and sussex medical school, first—year students have been taught using this new 3d female anatomy tool. next we are going to add on the breast tissue... the male body has been the default reference image for medical textbooks. several studies suggest women are more likely to be misdiagnosed than men for a range of conditions. previously, the teaching of anatomy has always been based on the male form and then the differences in females added on as an almost strange kind of adjunct. so it wasn't providing that really accurate information at students' fingertips, which they need, not only when they are learning but when they're doctors in practice. these students have yet

to study on actual patients, but the hope is, by having both female and male anatomies in exquisite detail, it'll help prepare them for medicine in the real world. it makes a huge difference because women aren't just the sort of small men that medical textbooks usually make them out to be. we can see the full differences. rather than just putting some anatomical aspects of a female onto a male pelvis, we can see an actual female pelvis and the acute differences. it's a far cry from anatomical images of centuries past, which often relied on dissected bodies of male criminals. and its much wider in females than it is in males... the developers say the female 3d anatomy is the most will detailed ever produced, and is already being used in over 350 universities. fergus walsh, bbc news, brighton.

that's all for now — stay with bbc world news. hello. the weather's been very mixed in the last couple of days. generally, a lot of cloud abouts, occasional outbreaks of rain and the outlook for the next two or three days is more or less the same. again, plenty of cloud, just a few sunny spells and scattered showers. but the really thick cloud of the outbreaks of rain that we had in the last day and a half has now moved to the south. it's in the english channel. it's just hugging the south coast through the early hours. so bits and pieces of rain from the tip of cornwall, devon, perhaps the isle of wight. elsewhere across the country, it's a cloudy early start with mist and murk in places, perhaps a bit of drizzle here and there and not cold,

between six and ten degrees. so here's bank holiday monday, starting off pretty cloudy in most areas. there will be some sunshine developing, certainly across western parts of scotland, northern ireland, around the irish sea, inland there'll be sunny spells too, but also inland showers will start to develop almost anywhere, i think through the course of the morning into the afternoon. temperatures only ten in scotland, maybe 17 in the south of the uk. now here's the weather map for tuesday. a weather front tries to push into the north—west of the uk. here it is just to the north—west of our neighbourhood. but i think, generally speaking, we are talking about light winds, a lot of cloud showers perhaps brewing, particularly around wales and the south of england. driest of the weather will be on the east coast there, but cold. 0nly ten in newcastle, nine degrees in aberdeen. so that was tuesday. this is wednesday again, more of the same. there's very little wind in the atmosphere to push things around. so we keep that cloud. but showers are expected to form once again, particularly across central and more especially

southern parts of england, but temperatures recovering to 17 in london and around 15 in the lowlands of scotland. now, towards the end of the week, we are anticipating a change. the azores high is expected to build in. and with that also comes a warmer atmosphere. a warmer current is going to spread across the country. so that means temperatures are expected to rise. so here's the summary on the outlook. here's bank holiday monday, often cloudy for many of us, with just a few sunny spells. and then towards the end of the week, we're expecting those temperatures to rise. bye.

we will have the headlines at the top of the hour, as newsday continues after hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk from bratislava, and stephen sakho. slovakia is a front—line state, currently hosting tens of thousands of ukrainian refugees and funnelling weapons to kyiv. now, vladimir putin has warned

that outside interference could