this is bbc news. the headlines at a... governments urge political parties in northern ireland to re—establish a devolved administration, after sinn fein became the largest party in the assembly. that's a first for a nationalist party. the issue of the post—brexit protocol, though, could complicate the way forward. if the eu do not show flexibility, we have always said we will take the action as the uk government to ensure that northern ireland's place in part of the internal market and protecting the good friday agreement is absolutely there. deputy prime minister, dominic raab accuses sir keir starmer of hypocrisy, as the opposition leader faces further questions about potential lockdown breaches. more than 60 people are thought to have been killed after a russian bomb hit a school in eastern ukraine. residents had been sheltering in the building's basement.

meanwhile, the us first lady, jill biden has made a surprise trip to ukraine. she s visited a temporary shelter in a school and met with the presidents wife olena zelensky. stars are gathering on the red carpet for the bafta television awards in london. the channel 4 drama it's a sin leads the nominations. and actor ncuti gatwa is the new doctor who. best known for netflix series sex education, he'll take over from jodie whittaker as the time lord next year. it feels really amazing. it's a true honour, this role is an institution. it's so iconic and it means a lot to so many people, including myself. the northern ireland secretary brandon lewis has said the uk government will work to fix issues

with the northern ireland protocol in the wake of the outcome of the elections for the stormont executive this week. sinn fein became the largest party in the executive for the first time with the democratic unionist party's vote splintering over concerns about the protocol which has seen a trade border effectively erected in the irish sea between britain and northern ireland. my colleague annita mcveigh has been at stormont. politicians i spoke to over the last couple of days to me we will be back at work on monday. that doesn't mean they will be back in the power sharing executive but certainly for mlas, whether they have been elected to this assembly before or whether they are new, it will be a sort of induction day, but behind the scenes, the northern ireland secretary brandon lewis will be talking to all the political leaders to try to create the conditions in which there can be a proper return to a full working government here. we are told that next thursday is the date that is

being set for the election of a speaker to the assembly, if that happens and that's a big if, then it would move to the nomination of the first and deputy first minister roles. sinn fein is the largest party to emerge out of these elections, it has elected to nominate michelle o'neill as first minister. the dup is entitled as the second—largest party to nominate deputy first minister but as you have been hearing, the dup has said it will not take part in that nomination process until its issues with the northern ireland protocol and post—brexit trading arrangements for northern ireland are dealt with, so it's highly unlikely that scenario, that process is going to happen here. of course that is very much the focus for brandon lewis, the northern ireland secretary,

as he begins these talks tomorrow with the parties. here is what he had to say a little earlier. it's notjust aboutjeffrey donaldson and the dup, resolving the protocol is about everybody in northern ireland, but i can be very clear. if the eu don't show flexibility, we've always said, we will take the action we need to take as the uk government to ensure northern ireland's place in the uk internal market and protecting the good friday agreement is absolutely there. dominic raab has also been asked about the election result and the possibility of ironing out the issues with the northern ireland protocol, something the government in westminster will be focusing on no doubt in the days ahead. we've had some constructive engagement from the eu, but not enough to solve the problem, and we have been very clear that we can't let matters lie there, we can't let matters rest there, so we will be taking further forward action. ultimately, nothing is off the table, but we need to fix the northern ireland protocol.

and i'm joined now by columnist and author andree murphy. good to have you with us. we spoke yesterday didn't we? in the wake of the news that sinn fein indeed had emerged as the largest party in northern ireland which was a historic day in politics here, a big moment in politics here and now that you have had a chance to reflect on that and on the task that lies ahead to try to restore power—sharing, what are your thoughts today? you're absolutely right, you saw the union's tectonic plates shifting with sinn fein coming in with such a sizeable majority, majority, in terms of first preference votes here. you saw the dup coming behind them, but also really third in terms of the population voting for parties that want to see the implementation of the good friday agreement, want to see power—sharing up and running, really have put aside the issue of the protocol, are happy enough just to try and work that out while the power—sharing

governments are up. big challenges for the dup now and people seem, rather than focusing on the positives of what we have actually elected, focusing on the dup's continuing inability to meet the challenges of power—sharing of changing demographic and constitutional status and all of that. westminster has a decision to make, are they going to allow the dup to do what they are doing with creating fracture within government or they going to stand up for the good friday agreement as a co—guarantor? are they going to stand up for their own brexit agreement and say they are going to iron out these difficulties. no—one is saying it's perfect but everyone is committed to sorting out. let's get power—sharing up and running. as long as westminster keep putting outcomes to the dup, the dup keep hiding behind that

rather than stating very clearly, will be dominate dfm that will work alongside michelle o'neill because they have not said they were well up until now. the dup say that the protocol undermines the position of northern ireland within the uk. they argue the good friday agreement is meant to protect the views of the main traditions here. what do you say to that point? they are saying the good friday agreement is supposed to protect them. and it certainly does, the arrangements for power—sharing haven't changed. the position of the north within the union hasn't changed and the dup's position is very secure. i think that for them, however, what they have done is painted themselves into a hard brexit corner, and anti—protocol corner, rather than try to professionally work through the issues that face the entire population. the reality is two thirds

of the population have said go back into power—sharing, make it work and it's been so interesting to watch how sinn fein has shifted from a position where they said stormont isn't working and they resisted going back into power—sharing to then saying let's get power—sharing working, we want all the parties to work together, and the dup have not caught that zeitgeist at all and have stayed in this really negative place. if they decided they did want to share power, it would be very easy for them to be able to persuade those with british identity that their place is secure and that they have nothing to fear. certainly unionist politicians i have spoken to have said that those bread and butter issues are important to their voters as well. ijust wonder, i want to get some reaction from you to what simon coveney the irish foreign minister has been saying today. he has said that this vote doesn't mean that a referendum on irish unity, the question of irish unity, is any closer. do you think that will be

reassuring to unionists? i actually think that the longer they stay out of the power—sharing arrangement, the less secure their constitutional position becomes. if people are seeing that the local government doesn't work and that the power—sharing government is, there is an inability to make it work, then they'll look elsewhere. they don't look to westminster, only yesterday nigel dodds and gordon lyons from the dup were saying westminster doesn't care about us and there's plenty of evidence to say that that's the case, so what will people do? they will look to a constitutional change and the only constitutional constitutional change will be in an all—ireland form. so i think that if power—sharing works, it works for the union, far more than it works against it.

thank you very much forjoining us today. it is safe to say that this is a pivotal moment for the future of power—sharing here, the future of this executive, which was set up under the good friday agreement to respect and protect all traditions here in northern ireland and we now have notjust a very binary position, as we have had for many decades in northern ireland politics, we now have this significant rise of centre ground politicians who do not identify as unionist or nationalist in the form of the alliance party, which more than doubled its number of seats in this election compared to last time round. sinn fein has emerged for the first time as the biggest party in northern ireland, we were talking about simon coveney, the irish foreign minister and what he has had to say as a result of this election. he says the outcome with sinn fein as the biggest party does not bring the prospect of a referendum on irish unity any closer and that may be reassuring

to some unionists going into crucial discussions over the coming weeks. and although most people that i have spoken to and i think that's what i have been hearing across—the—board, irrespective of their political tradition, have been concerned primarily about bread and butter issues in this election, the cost of living crisis, making decisions on health care, education, infrastructure and so on. that thorny issue of the protocol is definitely going to come to the fore in the days and weeks ahead. the actor dennis waterman has died at the age of 7a. he was known for shows like minder, new tricks. his family have released a statement. our beloved dennis passed away very peacefully in spain with pam by his

side. the family kindly ask that our privacy is respected at this very difficult time. the actor dennis waterman who has died at the age of 74. more than 60 people are feared dead after a russian air strike hit a school in the donbas region of eastern ukraine. the authorities said about 30 people who were sheltering in the basement were rescued, but many others are thought to have died. james waterhouse reports. this was a school in a village called bilohorivka. the regional governor reckons 90 people were sheltering inside when it was hit in an airstrike. 60 are thought to be lying dead under this rubble. this eastern luhansk region is now in the centre of the war in ukraine. having failed in taking the capital, neighbouring towns like borodyanka have been turned into lifeless

remnants of what once was. it's also the stage for the president's latest address. translation: no evil can avoid responsibility. - it won't be able to hide in the bunker as there'll be no stone left of it. we will overcome everything. we know this for sure, because our people are descendants of those who overcame the nazis. and we will win again. there will be peace. the strength of ukraine's resistance is one of the main reasons this conflict has shifted. in the mikolaiv region in the south, ukrainian soldiers launched grad missiles towards their invaders. "there is pleasure, of course, in your work", says jamila. "we're usually not told what target, simply whether we hit "the target or not."

nowhere has been harder hit than mariupol. worries are growing for the surrounded 2,000 ukrainian fighters in the azovstal steel plant. right now, authorities in kyiv are nervous. tomorrow, russia stages its victory day. in the past, a celebration of their triumph in the second world war. for vladimir putin, it's an opportunity to try and justify what he is doing to ukraine. the concern is that could mean an escalation. the west thinks putin will double down to achieve his goals, goals which still aren't clear. 0ur correspondentjoe inwood is in lviv in western ukraine. it's fascinating, it has become rather routine for foreign vips to cross the border and get into the country where you are. take us through the latest selection who have made that visit.— through the latest selection who have made that visit. yes, a rather interesting — have made that visit. yes, a rather interesting selection _ have made that visit. yes, a rather interesting selection today. - interesting selection today. firstly, first ladyjill biden was here, she has come, her husband

hasn't, she met with the first lady 0lena zelenska, interestingly it is the first time that ukraine's first lady has been seen in public since the start of the war. there were concerns at the beginning of the conflict that she would be targeted by russian assassins. that was two first ladies together, maybe 400 kilometres south of here. at the children's centre. we had justin trudeau, he went to irpin ahead of a meeting with president zelensky later in the day. and a very surprised one, you two front man bono and the edge put on a surprise performance in a kyiv subway station. quite the selection today. we have been following a and other story, the azovstal steelworks in mariupol where there has been a siege, and a press conference? yes. siege, and a press conference? yes, uuite siege, and a press conference? yes, quite remarkable _ siege, and a press conference? yes, quite remarkable really. _ siege, and a press conference? 1&1: quite remarkable really. the idea that in amongst this absolutely brutal scenes and the bombardment there was a press conference for

supper two of the commanders of the brigade gave a kind of fairly wide—ranging and long press conference a lot of it in english, they are still fighting the say although things are pretty desperate, they do have food, water and ammunition. they don't think they can't surrender, they are pretty certain if they do they would not be treated fairly, they would be killed, they suggest. they were a little critical of the government, saying they feel a bit abandoned but we are still in touch with them and are told they need to be kept up with the defence so a rather remarkable few hours and with some quite interesting stuff be coming out of azovstal. now, a virtual meeting between ukraine's president vlodymyr zelensky and the g7 is just getting under way. these are live pictures. we will bring you then when we get

them. "check in with president zelensky. the deputy prime minister dominic raab has accused sir keir starmer of "rank double standards" in calling for borisjohnson to resign over partygate now that the labour leader is facing a fresh police investigation into the beer and curry he had with colleagues while campaigning last year. labour's shadow levelling up secretary, lisa nandy, described the allegations as "absurd and desperate" and said she remains confident that sir keir won't be fined. here's our political correspondent damian grammaticus. he has always styled himself as a man of probity, mr rules, one of his shadow cabinet put it today. mr starmer would like the focus to be in the election results, yesterday celebrating advances in scotland. this was sir keir in april last year, on the campaign trail. covid rules said you could gather indoors, if it was reasonably necessary for work, but not to socialise outside your household or bubble. so was he breaking the law?

durham police investigated and said no. they are reconsidering. a labour party schedule for the visit, leaked to the mail on sunday, shows the dinner was planned, that does not mean it broke regulations but mr starmer is now in the spotlight. this makes it more awkward, a tweet he sent when it emerged borisjohnson was under investigation, saying... when we called for borisjohnson to resign, he was under investigation for 12 gatherings that he said simply never happened. that he denied that he was at, that we now know included karaoke, bring your own bottle garden parties, that was clearly not allowed under the rules, they made the rules, they broke the rules, they lied about it and they laughed about it. keir starmer has done not a single one of those things. borisjohnson after months under pressure may now be enjoying the labour discomfort.

the conservative's losses are not the story, but the fact mrjohnson has already been found to have broken the law and remains under investigation means tory attacks are muted. the prime minister refused to resign when he was fined for breaking lockdown rules, so keir starmer does not have to resign, even if he is fined, does he? look, i don't... keir starmer clearly has a bunch i of questions to ask in terms of how straight he has been with the public in his answers and frankly rank - double standards, that is for him. the liberal democrats who would love to be talking about their electoral gains, feel on firmer moral ground here. if he is found to have broken the law, does he have to resign? as i made really clear, no politician is above the law. that is a yes? if any politician, be it is keir starmer or borisjohnson, if they get a fixed penalty notice, after a police investigation it is extremely difficult for them to continue. this could get even more difficult for sir keir and that will not change until durham police complete their investigation into his behaviour.

damian grammaticus, bbc news. sport now and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's isaac. chelsea are the women's super league champions. they won a third title in a row in a topsy—turvy final day. at half time they were being beaten 2—1 by manchester united and the title was heading to north london. but as has been so often the case this season sam kerr rescued the blues scoring twice including this beauty. it's the first time in the wsl history that a club has won the title three times in a row and they can make it a double if they beat man city at next sunday's fa cup final. it feels amazing. this season has been really difficult. it has been up and down, we have lost lots of players through injury and pregnancy, we have kept fighting, kept grinding, so to finish it off like we did today it makes it more special. another important day in the premier league. at the top and the bottom of the table. leeds have dropped into

the relegation spots after a 2—1 defeat to arsenal. it was a nightmare of a start for leeds as eddie nketiah robbed keeper ilan meslier of the ball to score the opener inside five minutes. arsenal would double their lead in the 10th minute as gabriel martinelli found nketiah once again inside the area, leaving the visitors a mountain to climb. and things went from bad to worse when captain luke ayling was sent off for this challenge on martinelli, he was initially given a yellow before a var check. leeds grabbed a goal from their first corner of the game when diego llorente scored to make for a tense finish at the emirates but were unable to find an equaliser. arsenal are now four points clear in fourth while leeds fall into the bottom three. everton are one step closer to avoiding relegation, picking up three vital points after winning 2—1 at leicester.

vitaliy mykolenko's first everton goal and mason holgate's strike helps the toffees move up to 16th with a game in hand over burnley and leeds. and in scotland, rangers need a win at dundee to keep their title hopes alive. celtic are nine points clear at the top after beating hearts yesterday. so we're into the second half and rangers havejust taken the lead, james tavernier from the penalty spot after 55 minutes. so 1—0 to rangers. and in rugby union, more european action today. sale sharks are in france to face racing 92 in the heineken champions cup quarterfinal. sale led 10—6 at half—time after a manu tuilagi try but they are now trailling 23—10 in the second half. earlier, london irish were knocked out of the european challenge cup by toulon — they lost 19—18. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for

you in the next hour. now — two exciting pieces of news for tv fans — firstlym, the new doctor who has been announced, and the actor with ncuti gatwa on the red carpet, alongside writer russell t davies who is taking charge of doctor who from the next series. i have known since about february, so it has been tricky trying to keep this under wraps, because i have got a very big mouth, but yes, we did it. we did it. it feels amazing, it feels really amazing and it is a true honour. this role is an institution and it is so iconic and means a lot to so many people, including myself. it makes people feel seen. everyone can enjoy it so i feel very grateful to have had the baton handed over and i will do my best.

have you always been a big drwho fan? anyone you want to model yourself on, or do your own thing as well? i am definitely going to do my own thing, definitely. they are all amazing, you cannot pick. i don't know who isn't a fan of dr who. i really don't know. so, yeah, very excited to join the family. russell, what was it about ncuti that made you think he is the person for the part? talent, it was the most blazing audition, it was our very last one, we thought we had someone and he came and stole it. genuinely, i watched sex education, loved his work, didn't quite know what we'd get until i was in the room and meeting you since, ncuti, it's going to be a joy, i am properly thrilled. it's going to be a blazing future. jodie still has one big special to go, she's the current doctor for the next few months, so i know you do not want to say too

much about the future, but where are you on planning your new dr who empire and what made you come back to it after all the things you said — it's in the past, it's like going back to an old job or an old partner? it is a show that constantly renews itself. look at ncuti. it is always the chance to work with new talent, like the it's a sin cast, that's what drives me every day. dr who always has something new to say and we are not giving away anything yet. jodie is still the doctor, we love her, i spoke to her yesterday, she is so happy about this, but we're going to keep quiet, and it's all going to happen in 2023. what are you most excited about with all of this? to battle aliens for a really long time! i can't wait to do that. thejob is going to be, and is already, really creatively fulfilling, so i'm just excited to take on the role. much pressure? yes, but i feel like i can handle it. pressure is good. pressure is good, yeah.

now it's time for a look at the weather with susan powell. plenty of sunshine, plenty of warmth across the uk this sunday and the trees are having a lovely time unfurling their green leaves and releasing a lot of pollen. if you have been outside struggling it's not a great surprise as levels are high for the majority of the uk this sunday. the settled weather picture comes courtesy of this big area of high pressure but it is gradually drifting east and these weather fronts will start to sweep towards the north—west of the uk through the evening and overnight. across england and wales remains fine, could be mist and for developing for early monday quite chilly in eastern areas, parts of east anglia and the south—east could get down to two or three. much milderfor scotland and northern ireland because we're sitting under a of cloud, windier and we will see some rain even by

dawn. the windier more unsettled story really is the contrast to last week because high pressure will be generally sitting to the east of us in these areas of low pressure will play a bigger role. wet from the get 90, play a bigger role. wet from the get go, pushing towards the north—west of england and wales by the afternoon but across england and wales a lot of fine weather for the majority and warmth, 20 or 22, northern ireland and scotland much cooler and wetter but one per office we will have much lower pollen levels. washed out by the rain. it will drift eastwards so windy for all of us, across the uk, by the time it gets into england and wales on tuesday at the moment nothing more than thicker cloud for a time and the shower, unlike these showers set the cloud into western scotland through the course of the day on tuesday and hang about overnight into wednesday. these could produce really significant rainfall totals

for western scotland. 0ur really significant rainfall totals for western scotland. our biggest question for the week ahead is when this area of low pressure set developed in the atlantic on wednesday will go, how quickly will it head across england and wales, how far north or south? at the moment our model has a largely fine day, it looks like the rain will come wednesday night into thursday, keeping thursday soggy but watch this space.

doubts over power sharing in northern ireland, as post brexit arrangements affect the formation of a new government. election results put sinn fein in line for the first minister's role at stormont — but the democratic unionists say they won't take part unless new trading rules are scrapped. the first step is for the parties leaders to come together, to take away and look at — work with each other to find a way to come back into stormont to form the executive and be in the position to make the decisions on things that people want to see progress on. we'll be live in belfast for the latest. also coming up on the programme: the school in eastern ukraine hit by a russian bomb — dozens of civilians are feared to have died. labour hits back at fresh claims over keir starmer�*s lockdown meal with colleagues — saying he didn't break covid rules.

and i am live at the television baftas where it's a sin leads with six nominations and ncuti gatwa announced as a future doctor who will be hoping to win a bafta for his role in sex education. good afternoon. the northern ireland secretary, brandon lewis, says that he'll be at stormont tomorrow and meet party leaders to urge them to get a power sharing government back up and running. results from the northern ireland assembly elections made sinn fein the largest party — the first time that has been the case for a nationalist party. but the second largest party — the democratic unionists — say

they are not prepared to go into government with them, unless new post—brexit trading rules are scrapped. let's go live to stormont and our correspondent emma vardy. the last couple of days have been monumental for northern ireland the last couple of days have been monumentalfor northern ireland but, actually, the problems here remain largely the same. the dup because my opposition to that new trading border in the irish sea means next week there won't be a new first and deputy first minister here despite that sinn fein victory. the balance of power between the two different visions for this island has shifted. symbolically, at least. what do you think it means for northern ireland? well, it means maybe stormont will get back together, maybe it won't. i mean, this is what we've been living with for years now, dysfunctional politicians and a dysfunctional system. the immediate challenge for northern ireland is to heal the divisions caused by the brexit arrangements. the anger over a new border down the irish sea which

split the unionist vote. it places us under the jackboot of the eu and we are effectively held hostage in an economic united ireland. goods carried over the irish sea on ferries from britain undergo new checks when they reach these shores, which is perceived by some unionists as severing northern ireland's place in the uk, and is disrupting the functions of many businesses. attempts to make the arrangements simpler has put the uk government at loggerheads with the eu. the eu has shown no flexibility, and it is very disappointing that what we are hearing is that the eu is already saying it won't show any flexibility. and that's why it is absolutely right that we as the uk government are very clear — we want to get a resolution on this with the eu, but we have never taken anything off the table in terms of resolving this issue for the people of northern ireland. while this persists, the dup has said it won't go back into the power—sharing executive, which sinn fein argues holds everyone to ransom. a fundamentalist approach that it's

either executive or the protocol, but can't have both. that is not helping somebody with the cost of living. i'm a committed devolutionist. the dup are committed devolutionists, but it can only be on a sound, stable footing. which means consent for both unionists and nationalists. hi, guys, . get— you the watermelon or the coconut today? sinn fein�*s victory also raises new questions about what it says about the choices voters are making for northern ireland's future. the party strongly believes in holding a border poll, a vote on whether northern ireland should remain part of the uk. there is only one person that can call a border poll, and that is the secretary of state for northern ireland. he's obliged to call a border poll if it appears to him that there is a majority in favour of a united ireland within northern ireland. at the moment the opinion polls suggest that support for the united ireland is within the 30%—40% range. so we've still got considerable distance to travel before we get to that point. sinn fein is pushing for the governments in belfast and dublin to plan for what a united

ireland might look like, fleshing out the details on things like and healthcare and the economics of it all. and although there doesn't appear to be a majority here for it right now, sinn fein�*s electoral success will give more prominence to their campaign. for now, the problem for sinn fein is how to translate victory into real power, because unless there is agreement between the parties, northern ireland remains in deadlock. the uk government says it is keeping all options on the table when it comes to resolving those problems with the brexit arrangements, the northern ireland protocol. we may see some indication in the queen's speech next week that there might be a willingness to override parts of the protocol using new legislation but of course it isn't going to please the eu. but unless we get some kind of breakthrough, we will see months of uncertainty here, too. emma, thank you very much. emma vardy at stormont. in ukraine, more than 60 people

are feared to have died after the bombing of a school where civilians had been sheltering. the russian attack took place in the village of bilohorivka in the donbas region of eastern ukraine — as our correspondent laura bicker reports. this was a school in the village of bilohorivka. it was being used as a shelter when it was hit by an air strike. around 60 people are feared dead under this rubble. russia is stepping up its assault on eastern and southern ukraine. in mariupol, they seek out the last ukrainian fighters holed up in the vast azovstal steel plant. "keep watching and see how they move," is the command made of this russian drone operator. there are thought to be around 2000 ukrainian soldiers still determined to make one last stand. we don't have high chances of survival while we would be captured, yeah?

surrender for us is unacceptable because we cannot grant such a big gift to the enemy because every person who is captured is the exchange fund, is the resource. all the women and children who'd used this plant as a refuge for more than two months have been rescued, according to ukrainian officials. but daily shelling has decimated their once thriving city. the mayor claims those still there are being forced to carry permits to move around, and some men are even being held in camps. translation: this means - that the russian occupying forces are holding captive more than 100,000 people. they are using them to clear rubble and dead bodies. our local population is now forced to work for food in the city that has been turned into a ghetto, in my opinion, established by the russian army. centres have been set up to help the tens of thousands of mariupol families trying to rebuild their shattered lives.

eight—year—old vicky loves it here but her mum is struggling to forget those harrowing last moments in her home town. translation: planes, missiles, then ships. . everything was on fire around you. people in the streets, torn off limbs, it was tough. it was frightening. i don't want to recall any of that. those left behind in mariupol must make what they can of their war—torn lives. and even amid the scattered ruins of their school, some have found a place to play. laura bicker, bbc news, zaporizhzhia. here, the deputy prime minister, dominic raab, has accused sir keir starmer of "complete hypocrisy" over covid rules — after durham police re—opened an investigation into a gathering involving the labour leader last year. sir keir has strongly criticised borisjohnson over

downing street parties and has denied doing anything wrong during a campaign trip before the hartlepool by—election. an itinerary leaked to a sunday newspaper suggests that his beer and curry was planned in advance. here's our political correspondent, damian grammaticas. he's always styled himself a man of probity — "mr rules" one of his shadow cabinet put it today. and sir keir starmer would like the focus to be on the election results, yesterday celebrating advances in scotland. cheers this was sir keir in april last year, on the campaign trail. covid rules said you could gather indoors if it was reasonably necessary for work, but not to socialise outside your household or bubble. so was he breaking the law? durham police investigated and said no. they're reconsidering. a labour party schedule for the visit, leaked to the mail on sunday, shows the dinner was planned. that doesn't mean it broke regulations, but mr starmer is now in the spotlight and this makes it more awkward — a tweet sir keir sent

when it emerged borisjohnson was under investigation, saying "honesty and decency matter", calling on the prime minister to "do the decent thing and resign". when we called for borisjohnson to resign, he was under investigation for 12 gatherings that he said simply never happened, that he denied that he was at, that we now know included karaoke, bring your own bottle, garden parties — that was clearly not allowed under the rules. they made those rules, they broke the rules, they lied about it and they laughed about it. keir starmer has done not a single one of those things. borisjohnson, after months under pressure, may now be enjoying labour's discomfort. the conservatives losses in the elections are not the story now, but the fact mrjohnson�*s already been found to have broken the law and remains under investigation means tory attacks are muted. the prime minister refused to resign when he was fined during for for breaking lockdown rules. so keir starmer doesn't have to resign even if he's fined, does he? look, keir starmer has clearly got

a bunch of questions to answer, in terms of how straightforward he's been with the public in his answers to beergate and also, frankly, the rank double standards. that's for him. the liberal democrats, who would love to be talking about their electoral gains — the most of any party — feel on firmer moral ground here. if he's found to have broken the law, does he have to resign? well, as i made really clear — no politician is above the law. so that's yes? so if any politician, be it keir starmer, borisjohnson, if they get a fixed penalty notice after a police investigation, it's extremely difficult for them to continue. so this could get even more difficult for sir keir, and that won't change until durham police complete their investigation into his behaviour. damian grammaticas, bbc news. hong kong's former security chief john lee has been elected as its new chief executive. mr lee oversaw crackdowns on pro—democracy protests in 2019 — and was the only candidate for the role, which is voted on by a pro—beijing committee.

as the announcement was made, a small group of activists marched in protest at the selection process. easyjet is to remove seats on some of its planes in the summer, so that flights can operate with fewer cabin crew. six seats on the back row of its airbus a319 fleet will go — which it says complies with civil aviation authority guidelines. easyjet and other airlines have been battling covid—related staff shortages in recent months, affecting flights just as travel bookings started to come back. in the last hour — news has come in that the actor dennis waterman has died at the age of 74. he was best known for tv shows like minder, new tricks and the sweeney. a statement from his family said he had passed away peacefully at a hospital in spain. that news came just as the best of british television was about to be celebrated at the bafta tv awards which take place this evening.

the channel 4 series it's a sin, set amid the aids crisis in the 1980s, leading the nominations. 0ther nominations include one for ncuti gatwa who has just been announced as the new dr who. 0ur entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba is at london's royal festival hall where the ceremony will take place. yes, two big tv stories today. the unveiling of a new doctor who in the shape of ncuti gatwa and of course we have the annual tv bafta awards themselves. russellt we have the annual tv bafta awards themselves. russell t davies is the driving force behind it's a sin which leads away with six nominations but in his newjob, a return to doctor who, he's been partly responsible for choosing ncuti gatwa as the new doctor, whilst he himself will be hoping to add a bafta to the day's celebrations in his performance in the comedy drama sex education. the future time lord on the red carpet, hours after his casting as the doctor was revealed.

his emotions on taking on the role, excitement, nervousness? joyous, it feels really, really exciting being part of a programme that pushes a narrative and makes people feel seen, but also really funny. so it feels nice to be back and nice that people receive it. so, yeah, it feels good. doctor who's returning writer russell t davies says they've been keeping the new secret since february. completely surprised, completely thrilled. it's so nice to see that cast being recognised tonight. of course it was made on a channel the government's going to sell off, while they're also planning to get rid of the bbc licence fee, so if you like shows like this, go and vote differently, that's what i say. ncuti gatwa's success on sex education has already helped him become one of tv�*s newest stars, as the irrepressible eric. here. let me fix your aso oke. he was born in rwanda and came to the uk as a refugee, when his family fled the genocide there. he grew up around edinburgh

and ended up studying drama. what is this called, mum? the senator. do you like it? yes! today, he's up for a best comedy performance bafta for the series sex education for the third year in a row. party tonight? but it's a thursday. byobs. we can't be hungover at rehearsals. his new boss, writer russell t davies's last show it's a sin, is leading the way with six nominations. the drama about the impact of the aids crisis is up for best miniseries and five of its stars have performance nominations. it's 3:30. in the morning? tony, tony, please, please. jodie comer is up for best actress and stephen graham best actorfor help, about a care home hit by the covid crisis. mark cobden? yeah. stephen graham is also nominated for prison drama time alongside sean bean.

and bafta's highest honour, the fellowship, will be presented to sir billy connolly. with doctor who and ncuti gatwa looks like a shrewd choice as well as a talented actor, he's also hugely popular with people in their teens and 20s. 0ver hugely popular with people in their teens and 20s. over 2.5 million followers on instagram. the ceremony is already well under way here at the royal festival hall but not on bbc one until 6pm. so if you want to stay unspoiled, the advice is to stay unspoiled, the advice is to stay off social media for a few hours. thank you very much. football now — and chelsea have won their third successive women's super league title ? this time by a single point after beating manchester united on the final day of the season. jo currie watched the action. excited and expectant, these fans know how it feels to win league titles. those turning up today were hoping to see chelsea claim their third in a row. a win would seal it. anything less would leave the door open to arsenal potentially pipping them. perhaps it was nerves, but from the first whistle

chelsea looked, well, out of sorts. martha thomas finding the space and the net to give united the lead. a response was needed, and it came in the form of erin cuthbert — smashing it into the corner to ease nerves. however, united needed a win to keep any european hopes alive, and they kept up the fight. before the break, ella toone's deflected effort ensured chelsea went in 2—1 down. across london, arsenal's hearts were fluttering. however, the change of ends brought about a change of mentality for chelsea. what a strike this is from sam kerr, simply unstoppable. and that seemed to ignite something in the defending champions. guro reiten putting them ahead for the first time in the game. chelsea fans finally able to relax. and if you thought sam kerr's earlier goal was good, then this one was simply spectacular. and with that, she sealed the win and the title in style. champions of england once again. these players will enjoy this moment for now — but not for too long. next weekend, they take

on manchester city in the fa cup final, now knowing the prestigious double is on the cards. jo currie, bbc news, london. and finally, back to ukraine where bono — from u2 — and his bandmate the edge have visited kyiv and performed inside a metro station — not only u2 hits but also this... # darling, darling, stand by me # darling, darling, stand by me # 0h, stand by me... # 0h, stand by me... # won't you stand, won't you stand # won't you stand, won't you stand # stand by me... #. a ukrainian soldier was on stage with them. the concert lasted 40 minutes and bono said the people of ukraine were fighting for all those who loved freedom. that's it. we're back with the late news at 10. now on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are.

hello. this is bbc news with james reynolds. to hong kong now — and the news that its former security chiefjohn lee has been elected as the territory's new leader by a pro—beijing committee. 0ur correspondent in hong kong, danny vincent, told us what the appointment means for the future of hong kong's pro—democracy movement. since 2019, this city has changed in many, many ways. fundamentally speaking, many people describe this now as a police state. john lee's background in the police, in law enforcement, and his crackdown against the protest movement makes many people feel that there will be continued restrictions here. this morning, before the election, there was a very small protest,

where three people decided to march the streets and claim, and call for universal suffrage. that is nothing compared to the thousands of protesters that would take to the streets almost every weekend in 2019. sojohn lee was the person that oversaw this crackdown, there's been more than 10,000 arrests since 2019, more than 100 national security law arrests, so there is the feeling here that the pro—democracy movement will continue to suffer under the leadership ofjohn lee. danny vincent in hong kong there. there are more than 50,000 new breast cancer cases in the uk every year — but research shows that women from ethnic minority backgrounds are less likely to attend screening. after nagina kaleem was diagnosed, she said that some people in the south asian community blamed her for getting the disease. sophia seth has been to meet her. i was feeling like i'm untouchable person, and very worthless.

nagina kaleem started getting breast—cancer symptoms in 2013. this very discomfort in this arm, and a lot of pain in myjoint. the pain worsened. unable to move her arm, she visited the gp, and a lump in her armpit was found. big shock. i don't have any cancer history in my family. nagina struggled to come to terms with her diagnosis, but what made it worse was that some people from parts of south asian communities blamed her for getting breast cancer. they don't take it as a disease. they think that this is the result of that person's sins, or that this is punishment from god. 0r sometimes they think that this person is cursed. some friends just said that, "you should go and repent." one of my friends, she just stopped talking with me, and for eight years she couldn't

talk with me on this topic. some people even refused to get close to her, because they thought they could catch cancer. one of my friends just avoided having tea or water or anything from our home. nagina is keen to stress it was not everyone in her community who treated her like this — but it was enough to make her believe she had done something wrong. i was feeling, why me? why i'm going through this? especially in our communities. people want to be perfect — they don't want to tell about their weaknesses. she had to undergo chemotherapy, a mastectomy, and radiotherapy. she had around nine months of treatment. what got her through it was the support from her immediate family — especially when one of her sons signed up for race for life in 2014. he ran for me because he thought that, with that step, he could save his mum's life.

so that was my strength. nagina is now cancer—free, and is on a mission to break down the stigma surrounding the disease. i really want to educate people. i want to tell them that this is a disease, not a curse — don't feel embarrassed. this is not punishment from their past life of their. . .their actions or their things. this poor lady, she had to deal with the diagnosis of cancer... a breast—cancer surgeon in southampton says he's also heard that some asian and middle eastern communities will refuse to take the gene test for breast cancer, because they believe it may lower their status if they have it. part of it might be the fear of being labelled as a person or a family with a cancer gene. this might have a social impact

in terms of community interaction with them, and it might have an effect on their marriage prospects in the future, as well. it's not very common, but it's been reported before. how important is it to have an early diagnosis? generally speaking, an early diagnosis of a smaller tumour that hasn't progressed into the lymph nodes is commonly treated by a lumpectomy. if the disease progressed to a certain extent and we don't have means to try and downsize it or down—stage it, patients might end up having a mastectomy and a full axillary clearance, for instance. nagina has now started a not—for—profit organisation... i will go through... ..and holds workshops every month to encourage people to talk about cancer. if we make it so common that people don't feel embarrassed, or don't feel any fear from cancer — and if they feel anything different in their body, just go and see their gps.

don't delay that, because early treatment can save many lives. sophia seth reporting. it's been 60 years since the last royal navy submarine built in chatham, in kent, was launched from its dockyard. hms 0celot carried out top secret surveillance missions during the cold war, before being decommissioned in 1991. chrissie reidy has been talking to some of those who served onboard. launched in 1962, hms 0celot was one of 57 submarines built here at chatham dockyard. controller. chris reynolds spent a year onboard 0celot. back then, he was a 25—year—old torpedo officer. we're standing at the moment where all the torpedoes were stowed, all the weapons.

i was responsible for the welfare of all the sailors that operated up here. if i was asked to go on a submarine again, i'd leap at the opportunity. during her first three years of commission, 0celot sailed more than 90,000 miles. she carried advanced technology, which meant she could remain submerged for weeks at a time. they're powered by admiralty diesel engines that were built here at chatham, and they were used on the surface and also to charge the batteries. when 0celot submerged, they actually switched over to electric batteries, and then they could remain undetected, very quiet. after being decommissioned from active service, she returned to the historic dockyard in chatham, where she's been on display to the public since 1992. it's about the men and women that built these vessels here at the dockyard. this story of people

and their involvement. this wasn't a naval dockyard — it wasn't the navy who built the ships, it was the people of chatham that built these vessels. and this weekend, she'll celebrate her 60th birthday here — another chance for the public to delve into the cold war history of this secretive warship. chrissie reidy, bbc news. time for a look at the weather with susan. plenty of sunshine to finish off the weekend. looking ahead at the weather pattern set to become a bit more mixed as we lose the area of high pressure that kept things so come through the weekend and return to the atlantic for areas of low pressure to come pushing in. to the north—west of the uk it means things are going to turn increasingly wet and windy. 0vernight it is fine with light winds for england and wales, the odd patch of mist and fog developing, and clearer skies in the east it could turn quite chilly, rural lows of two or three degrees.

much milderfor scotland and northern ireland, thicker cloud, strengthening winds, and there is the rain into the west by dawn. that rain will spread across scotland and northern ireland through the day. by the afternoon, some getting towards the north—west of england and north—west wales. some particularly high rainfall totals likely by the end of the week for western scotland. certainly cool with the wet weather, england and wales in the sunshine up to 22 and 23.

this is bbc news. the headlines at five: governments urge political parties in northern ireland to re—establish a devolved administration, after sinn fein became the largest party in the assembly — that's a first for a nationalist party. the issue of the post—brexit protocol, though, could complicate the way forward. if the eu do not show flexibility, we have always said we will take the action we need to take as the uk government to ensure that northern ireland's place in part of the internal market and protecting the good friday agreement is absolutely there. labour hits back at fresh claims over keir starmer�*s lockdown meal with colleagues — saying he didn't break covid rules. more than sixty people are thought to have been killed after a russian bomb hit a school in eastern ukraine. meanwhile, the us first lady jill biden has made a surprise trip to the country. she's visited a temporary shelter in a school and met 0lena zelensky —