this is bbc news. the headlines at 8:00pm. doubts over power sharing in northern ireland — sinn fein are in line for the first minister's role at stormont — but the democratic unionists say they won't take part unless the uk government scraps brexit trading rules. we as the uk government want a resolution on this with the eu but we've never taken anything off the table for the people of northern ireland. more than 60 people are thought to have been killed after a russian bomb hit a school in eastern ukraine. meanwhile the us first ladyjill biden has made a surprise trip to the country. she's visited a temporary shelter

in a school and met 0lena zelensky — the wife of the ukrainian president. labour hits back at fresh claims over keir starmer�*s lockdown meal with colleagues — saying he didn't break covid rules. actor ncuti gatwa has been announced as the new doctor in doctor who . he'll take over from jodie whittaker next year. it feels truly amazing, the role is an institution and it means so much to people including myself. and coming up, we'll take you through all the winners from tonight's bafta awards ceremony. hello.

the northern ireland secretary brandon lewis says he'll be at stormont tomorrow to 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 sinn fein — unless new post—brexit trading rules are scrapped. 0ur correspondent emma vardy reports from stormont. 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 over 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 their victory into real power, because unless there is agreement between the parties, northern ireland remains in deadlock. emma vardy, bbc news, belfast. and we'll find out how this story, and many others, are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30 this evening in the papers. our guests joining me tonight are author and journalist emma woolf and the ft�*s whitehall editor sebastian payne. 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. earlier i spoke to our correspondent in lviv, joe inwood, who gave us the latest details about the situation on the ground in the east where you've got a number of different kind of theatres, one that is really worth mentioning is kharkiv up in the north. this is ukraine's second city. it's been a crucial sort of bastion of resistance. it's never been conquered,

but it has been subject to incredible levels of bombardment, of artillery fire since the start of the war. now we understand ukrainians have been conducting really quite a successful counteroffensive there over the last few days, pushing russian forces back, even trying to threaten their supply lines. now the reason why this matters is because if they can push the russian forces back it will free the people of kharkiv, formerly a city of 1.5 million people, from the threat of artillery fire which would be really important. secondly you've got the donbas, this is the main front that the russians have been advancing on. there we understand that in the town of popasna, which is quite an important town, they have pushed ukrainian forces back but this could be the sort of tactical withdrawal we have seen ukrainian forces conducting. but then i think the most important area to look at now is the one that laura was talking about in her report, is in mariupol. the siege of the azovstal steelworks which has been going on for so long 110w. the interesting press

conference we heard from the commanders of the azov brigade and some of the other marine commanders there, saying they are still in the fight, they are a number of men, they didn't say exactly how many, but they do have people still there. they've got ammunition, they have got food, and they have got water still, which we thought they were running out of. so a number of theatres all the way across the east. joe, we have also seen a number of high—profile visits to ukraine today, including the american first ladyjill biden. and also the canadian prime ministerjustin trudeau. i think he's been speaking in the last hour or so. yes, they have been taking part in this g7 meeting. there has been a kind of reiteration of support by the kind of industrial nations of the g7 for ukraine. they have also announced some more sanctions that are going to be put upon russian oligarchs, russian business people, gazprom bank executives as well.

but the other eye—catching meeting you mentioned isjill biden, drjill biden, first lady of the united states, and she visited a children's centre. but what is interesting is she was accompanied there by the first lady of ukraine, 0lena zelenska, and what's interesting about that i think particularly, as well as the warm words between the two, is the fact that this is the first time that ukraine's first lady has been seen since the start of the war. at the beginning we understood she was on a russian kill list along with herfamily, and so for her to finally be out in public again shows i guess the confidence they have in being able to keep her safe. the deputy prime minister, dominic raab, has accused sir keir starmer of "complete hypocrisy" after durham police re—opened an investigation into claims the labour leader broke lockdown rules last year. sir keir has strongly criticised borisjohnson about parties in downing street, and has denied doing anything wrong himself during a campaign trip before the hartlepool by—election. an itinery leaked to a sunday newspaper suggests sir keir�*s beer and curry had been planned in advance. 0ur political correspondent,

damian grammaticus has more. 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, forfor 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. 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. our business correspondent simon browning had the latest developments on easyjet�*s decision. the a319 by easyjet is one of the workhorses of the easyjet fleet, taking passengers to sunny climes all across europe. this morning, had a little look on easyjet�*s website, the a319 was flying to malaga, berlin, dubrovnik, amsterdam. it's a real workhorse of the fleet. but as you've said, lots of airlines, notjust easyjet, ba and others, are currently recruiting cabin crew because they laid off so many during the pandemic. it's had a big impact, these staff shortages, on the airline's ability to operate punctual flights and to basically get back to their big summer schedules as demand has resurged. easyjet cancelled a whole load of flights last month, as did ba, it battled against covid shortages and basically took the decision to cancel flights. as summer approaches, it can't be caught in that same situation where it's short—staffed,

so it told us today in a statement that it's had to do quite a lot of resilience planning and one of its ideas is to come up with the removal of that last line of seats on board the a319, the back row, which would be next to the toilets, where the cabin crew are hanging out, making teas and coffees. that row of seats will be removed so the number of passengers on board the flight will fall below, well, to 150 and that allows easyjet to operate those flights on the a319 with just three cabin crew, effectively meaning the crew it's got, the number of staff it's got, can go further and service more flights. obviously not needing as many staff. a lot of the airlines are trying to recruit but this is easyjet fighting a bit of resilience planning to get through the busy summer schedule. the actor dennis waterman has died at the age of 7a. he was best known for his roles in tv shows like minder, new tricks and the sweeney. his family released a statement saying he had passed away peacefully at home in spain. toby earle is a tv critic,

earlier he told me dennis waterman brought a certain charm to the characters he played. even though he was meant to be ostensibly a heavy, particularly in minder, there was a kind of vulnerability to him and almost sometimes and exasperation of what life was throwing at him at all times and yeah, he inhabited those roles to such a degree of success, and such authenticity as well. his career continued on the small screen with success in new tricks and then little britain recognised, or celebrated the influence he had on david walliams and lucas bite spoofing him with the minder theme tune. in the end, matt lucas tweeted today that he joined them onstage when they were on tour. basically the greatest moment of his career. he worked on stage too.

he was an accomplished actor and starred in films such as dracula and comedies. he is work spanned multiple genres. he was always going to be remembered in those roles such as minder and the sweeney and later in his career, new tricks come as someone who is more than capable of handling themselves. the actor ncuti gatwa will become the next doctor in the programme doctor who. the 29—year—old is the first black actor to take the lead role in the popular science fiction show. the scottish actor — born in rwanda — is best known for starring in netflix's sitcom, sex education. 0ur entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba caught up with him on the bafta tv awards red carpet. 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 head 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.

gatwa appeared in black and scottish, a film that brings together diverse voices to build a picture of the black community of scotland. stewart kyasimire is the bafta—nominated director of that documentary, and he gave me his reaction to the news. when i heard about the news i was shocked. i couldn't believe it. i interviewed ncuti gatwa about two years ago and just watching him excel as a black scot in the industry was fascinating. now that he's playing doctor who, it's just opened up a whole new narrative, really. a black man, obviously a black scotsman as well, playing that role, just shows you that it doesn't really matter where you're from. it's the skills, your acting skills. very proud of him. it's interesting you mention that it doesn't matter where you're from because his story actually

is incredible, isn't it? he's the son of a rwandan refugee. i think he was homeless until he landed his role in sex education. you got to know him well making this documentary and i was shocked when i was reading it that he said to you i think at one point, "i felt like i was the only black person in the world." he suffered terrible abuse in school, didn't he, from his classmates? yes, yes, he did, unfortunately. that was a conversation we had to have. the area he stayed in wasn't the best, however he kept on. he was the kind of person, he was very resilient but the racism that he received was harrowing and some of the stories, you know, things like "get the n—word out of our school, let's drive him out," the racism at his door. and he worked in edinburgh and then when he went back to fife that's when he received his racism.

in edinburgh, he had no issues. he was working. unfortunately he did tell us some harrowing stories that he's managed to overcome. being black in scotland, there aren't many black people up, so people aren't used to us. but hopefully now that this has come out, a lot more people will know about us black scottish people. russell t davies, who's cast him as doctor who, said that he dazzled in his audition. you've worked with him, you got to know him. tell us more about the kind of person he is. the person he is, well, i remember when we were working in scotland, he was shooting sex education in wales and our researcher contacted his agent asking if he wanted to come to scotland to feature in the documentary and he said to me that this is

the second time working in scotland. he hadn't worked in scotland before. netflix fortunately allowed him to fly up to glasgow for the day, take a day off filming and, you know, a lot of people talk about ncuti's accent. however when he was speaking to me, that's when i could hear the broad scottish accent and he was really excited, really happy in the documentary and very sweet, very kind and open. he basically took over the show. he was more than happy to take his time to come up and tell his story. from getting to know ncuti i was fortunate enough to be nominated for a bafta and he then went on to get a nomination and then also won a bafta as well. so he's the kindest manual ever meet, he really is. and the winners at the baftas have been announced. let's ta ke a look at some of the winners.

ant and dec�*s saturday night takeaway claimed the first award of the evening for best entertainment programme. it's the fourth time they've won this award. channel 4's gogglebox won in the reality & constructed factual category. rose ayling—ellis and giovanni pernice won the must—see moment at the bafta tv awards for their silent dance on strictly come dancing award voted for by the public. mo gilligan has won best comedy entertainment for his channel 4 show, the lateish show. he said that the prize meant so much because his mental health was a difficulty when channel 4 took him on. and the the final prize of the night went to leading actress jodie comer for her role in channel 4's help. joining me now is tv critic, siobhan synnot. great to have you with us to talk about the baftas. i suppose in the list i read out it felt that there

was a glaring omission. it's a sin was a glaring omission. it's a sin was given most nominations, seven, but is empty—handed. how much of a surprise was that? fix, but is empty-handed. how much of a surprise was that?— surprise was that? a huge surprise, not 'ust to surprise was that? a huge surprise, notjust to me _ surprise was that? a huge surprise, notjust to me but _ surprise was that? a huge surprise, notjust to me but to _ surprise was that? a huge surprise, notjust to me but to most - surprise was that? a huge surprise, notjust to me but to most people l notjust to me but to most people watching the baftas. it was the evening surprises. earlier it looked like itv had hit a winning streak with ant and dec but the bbc got nine awards, the most going to a particular station. a lousy night if you were netflix, no wins at all. one for amazon and five, for channel 4. surprises over the absence of any wins for it's a sin and also the international drama category going to barryjenkins's underground

railroad. succession, a strong favourite. a surprise when the bbc prison drama time won the best drama, sean bean winning best actor and jodie comer winning best actress, pipping it's a sin�*s 0livia west, a favourite before the ceremony started.— west, a favourite before the ceremony started. west, a favourite before the ceremon started. ., , ., ceremony started. time and help and u . ceremony started. time and help and u- bein: ceremony started. time and help and up being the — ceremony started. time and help and up being the big _ ceremony started. time and help and up being the big winners, _ ceremony started. time and help and up being the big winners, didn't - up being the big winners, didn't they, in the leading categories, didn't they?— they, in the leading categories, didn't the ? , ., , ., didn't they? interesting to see and hear the conversations _ didn't they? interesting to see and hear the conversations that - didn't they? interesting to see and hear the conversations that these l hear the conversations that these winning speeches involved. a lot of talk about public broadcasting, particularly given the british government privatising channel 4 and freezing the bbc licence fee. interesting that mo gilligan and gogglebox spoke specifically about

how channel 4 kept faith with the shows and helped the bring them to success. also good to see sir billy conneuy success. also good to see sir billy connelly winning, being honoured with a fellowship award, for a bafta. in his acceptance speech which was pre—recorded he spoke about his parkinson's and discussed his career and said he's very chuffed to win what amounted to a good attendance medal at this stage of his life. , ., , of his life. yes, lovely pre-recorded - of his life. yes, lovely pre-recorded speech | of his life. yes, lovely - pre-recorded speech from billy pre—recorded speech from billy connelly. some of the other acceptance speeches verged more on the political. interesting, the one award voted for by the public, wasn't it, which went through that amazing silent dance moment on strictly. amazing silent dance moment on strictl . ., ., , ., amazing silent dance moment on strictl . ., ., , amazing silent dance moment on strictl. ., ., , ., strictly. that was a very popular win for the _ strictly. that was a very popular win for the audience, _ strictly. that was a very popular win for the audience, giovanni l strictly. that was a very popular i win for the audience, giovanni and rose. a lot of people talked about it at the time. interesting to see

how the conversation kept going. not just, you know, for weeks, but for months. white food to the baftas. it was a terrific, imaginative, creative piece of dance. it felt like a worthy winner. the baftas have come _ like a worthy winner. the baftas have come on _ like a worthy winner. the baftas have come on the _ like a worthy winner. the baftas have come on the day _ like a worthy winner. the baftas have come on the day we - like a worthy winner. the baftas. have come on the day we learned like a worthy winner. the baftas - have come on the day we learned the sad news about the death of dennis waterman, the actor famous for his roles in minder and the sweeney for example. i wonder how you reflected in his career. example. i wonder how you reflected in his career-— in his career. there was a dennis waterman _ in his career. there was a dennis waterman for — in his career. there was a dennis waterman for every _ in his career. there was a dennis waterman for every generation. | in his career. there was a dennis i waterman for every generation. he started as a child star, interestingly, and then became a bit of a pin—up in the 60s, a dissolute young man and for other people he was terry in minder, the straight man to george cole, and new tricks gave him another lease of life to a new generation. very successful.

tremendously successful as you say and a huge star in the 70s and 80s, but came to a new generation, didn't he, through matt lucas and david walliams in little britain, rather taking the mickey out of him also writing the theme tune to minder as well as performing it.— well as performing it. doesn't it seak well as performing it. doesn't it speak well _ well as performing it. doesn't it speak well that _ well as performing it. doesn't it speak well that he _ well as performing it. doesn't it speak well that he joined - well as performing it. doesn't it speak well that he joined them | speak well that he joined them onstage to sing the theme tune with david walliams and matt lucas. if anything, dennis waterman, although anything, dennis waterman, although a very popularfigure, did well on television, never quite got the film success. nevertheless, for many of us, dennis waterman has been a part of everyone's television viewing and that's not bad.— that's not bad. thanks for your time. now it's time for a look at the weather with susan powell. hello.

there's been a lot of fine and warm weather around for the uk through the weekend. high pressure is what's been holding the forecast steady. it still hangs around for england and wales into monday, but to the northwest of the uk, we'll see weather fronts approaching as a low rolls in further north. and those weather fronts will kick up the winds for the small hours in northern ireland and western scotland and eventually will usher rain in by dawn. overnight for england and wales, it stays fine, clear spells, the odd patch of mist and fog possible in one or two spots. quite chilly, actually, across east anglia in the far southeast, lows ofjust 2 or 3 degrees. much milder under the cloud and rain to the northwest of the uk. that rain a pretty persistent feature through the day across western scotland, spreads out across northern ireland. as we go into the afternoon, perhaps we'll see some brighter skies and showers following. wet by the afternoon for eastern scotland, parts of northwest england and north wales, but warm as the sunshine continues further south.