this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. more than 60 people are thought to have been killed after a russian bomb hit a school in eastern ukraine. it comes as the us first lady doctorjill biden makes a surprise trip to ukraine, meeting with the wife of president zelensky. all this as russia prepares to mark the annual victory day in moscow — we'll have the latest. our other main headlines. john lee, the man who oversaw the crackdown on protesters in hong kong, has become the territory's new leader. he replaces carrie lam. trading dispute casts doubt over the future of power sharing in northern ireland,

after sinn fein becomes the largest party. actor ncuti gatwa has been announced as the new lead in doctor who, in one of british tv�*s longest running dramas. it feels really amazing, the role is an institution and it means so much to people including myself. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. there are signs russia is stepping up its offensive in the eastern donbas region of ukraine, just a few hours before the annual victory day parade is to due to take place in moscow.

more than 60 people are feared dead after a russian bomb hit a school where they'd been sheltering in luhansk. the russians are also continuing their intensive shelling of the azovstal steelworks, more people have been evacuated on sunday. meanwhile, doctorjill biden the wife of the us president has visited ukraine and met the wife of president zelensky. canada's prime ministerjustin trudeau is in the country too. more on all that in a moment. but first let's get this report on that school bombing. it happened 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. 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. ukraine has been hosting the canadian prime minister, justin trudeau, and the us first lady, drjill biden, who both made separate unannounced trips to the country. mr trudeau visited the town of irpin and in a press conference with president zelensky he announced canada will deliver new weapons and equipment to ukraine. the us first lady held talks with her ukrainian counterpart, 0lena zelenska, near the polish border. drjill biden said the visit on what is mother's day in the united states was intended to show support to the people of ukraine. on monday, there will be military processions in russia to commemorate the soviet victory over nazi germany in 1916. but this year, the sight of tanks and troops on red square in moscow —

and other russian cities will have an added significance following the invasion of ukraine. from moscow, our russia editor steve rosenberg reports. this time of year, the traffic in moscow gets rather heavy. it's the final practice for the annual military parade. victory day marks the defeat of hitler's germany. but this year, putin's russia on the offensive. rehearsing on red square what moscow says are paratroopers back from ukraine. russia's invasion there is been presented here is another glorious chapter in russia's history. and so you get this. in the run—up to victory day, across russia, organised displays of the letter z, the symbol of russia's offensive in ukraine, from schools... ..to stallions.

at this sports festival outside moscow, we found lots of zs. patriotic pe to support the army. many here believe the kremlin�*s parallel reality, which portrays russia as a victim, not the aggressor. "nato�*s pressuring us," says natalia. "we'll fight to the end." "they have risen from hell to destroy us," natasha says, "the fascists, the americans, everyone who is against russians." but it was president putin who started this by attacking ukraine. more than two months later, he appears far from victory. he will be hoping that memories of world war ii will at least rally russians behind the kremlin. the defeat of nazi germany was a glorious moment in russian history, but today the kremlin

is using that victory, using the past, to try to justify the present. it's mobilising the patriotic fervour of victory day to secure public support for russia's offensive in ukraine. and that continues. kremlin critics warn that what russia is doing now in ukraine, what much of the world calls a war of conquest, casts a shadow over russia's great victory in world war ii. this victory, it was for our future. and now, we lost our future because of one man and his name is vladimir putin. he stole our future. he stole this victory. he stole our history. russians can celebrate the past. it's the future that's uncertain.

former british ambassador to russia, sir tony brenton, joins me now. he has attended the victory day raids. i he has attended the victory day raids. ., ., , ., ., raids. i wonder what you are looking out for at tomorrow's _ raids. i wonder what you are looking out for at tomorrow's event? - raids. i wonder what you are looking out for at tomorrow's event? a - raids. i wonder what you are looking out for at tomorrow's event? a lot l out for at tomorrow's event? a lot of concern has been raised that volume in putin will use this to escalate the war to justify what's happening in ukraine.— happening in ukraine. there are uuite a happening in ukraine. there are quite a lot _ happening in ukraine. there are quite a lot of— happening in ukraine. there are quite a lot of things _ happening in ukraine. there are quite a lot of things to - happening in ukraine. there are quite a lot of things to watch - happening in ukraine. there are| quite a lot of things to watch out for tomorrow. the first thing to say is that this is a really big event in russian domestic terms. as steve rosenberg hasjust in russian domestic terms. as steve rosenberg has just said, in russian domestic terms. as steve rosenberg hasjust said, it is in russian domestic terms. as steve rosenberg has just said, it is there recalling their victory over nazi germany and putin, as steve rosenberg also said, will be using it to enforce the commitment to dealing with what he describes as nazis in current ukraine. that's without doubt. there will be

interesting features on the side which it's worth looking out for. putin will deliver a speech. i have sat there as he's delivered such speeches in the past. he's always been coherent, cold, knowing the message he wants to deliver. there are signs that he has become less connected and coherent overreach and decision—making in russia in that way and it will be worth watching how structured or unstructured what he has to say is. secondly it's worth looking at the kit that they roll across red square. how much of it is nuclear capable. there is a signal there one way or another. thirdly, people will say, and the russians have admitted this, that there will be less they're here than in previous years. is that a sign that russia is really under military pressure? does it simply reflect the fact that this parade is taking place at the same time as russia is fighting a serious war in ukraine to

mark there's interesting stuff underneath. people have rumoured and there's a possibility that putin will for example admit that this is a war and not simply a special military operation. it's unlikely, but possible. more plausible is that he'll talk about russia annexed in bits of ukraine which they now occupy, which, if they do that, is very serious because it makes arriving at peace talks much more difficult. and there's talk about him introducing conscription, full war preparation in russia which again i think is unlikely but it is possible. to again i think is unlikely but it is ossible. ., , , ., again i think is unlikely but it is ossible. ., , , ., possible. to pick up on your point that ou possible. to pick up on your point that you think— possible. to pick up on your point that you think it's _ possible. to pick up on your point that you think it's unlikely - possible. to pick up on your point that you think it's unlikely that i that you think it's unlikely that he'll describe this and use the term a war, i wonder why you make that specific point? the fear is that is if —— if he uses that term he can conscript and possibly mobilise more people tojoin conscript and possibly mobilise more people to join the russian army. why

would hejust people to join the russian army. why would he just not go all out and describe it as a war?— describe it as a war? because it would be admission _ describe it as a war? because it would be admission of- describe it as a war? because it would be admission of failure. l describe it as a war? because it i would be admission of failure. so far they have said they are dealing with a particular local problem in ukraine, don't worry, guys, we can handle it. to elevate it to the level of a war is an admission that a lot of the claims they've made about the manageability of the operation so far were false. they were false but it may not be, in putin's eyes, to admit it on this important occasion.— important occasion. from your exuerience. — important occasion. from your experience, having _ important occasion. from your experience, having been - important occasion. from your experience, having been an i experience, having been an ambassador to russia, seeing how this works internally, how much control has president putin got over what's happening on the ground? we are looking, talking even today, the attacks on schools, the attacks on civilians. how much is he in control and aware of what's happening on the ground? and aware of what's happening on the round? ., �* , and aware of what's happening on the round? . �*, , ., _

and aware of what's happening on the round? . ground? that's probably the crucial auestion ground? that's probably the crucial question to — ground? that's probably the crucial question to ask— ground? that's probably the crucial question to ask about _ ground? that's probably the crucial question to ask about what's - ground? that's probably the crucial question to ask about what's going | question to ask about what's going on in russia now. i think he has general... i mean, he's in charge in the sense that the campaign is going on and is being pursued for objectives not unrelated to those he set out at the beginning of the war. i don't think he's making tactical decisions. i suspect the russian armed forces were given carte blanche effectively to do whatever they need to do in order to achieve russian objectives and in that sense, if we get to war crime trials, then he is responsible. tactical decisions, bombing this or that, i very much doubt he's directly involved and to the extent he was involved earlier, i suspect he's backed away because it hasn't gone very well. he's backed away because it hasn't gone very well-— gone very well. fascinating to get our gone very well. fascinating to get your insight- _ gone very well. fascinating to get your insight. former _ gone very well. fascinating to get your insight. former british - your insight. former british ambassador to russia, thanks for joining us. ambassador to russia, thanks for “oininu us. ., , much more on the war in ukraine on our website.

northern ireland's two main political parties have been urged by london, dublin and washington to form a power—sharing government. sinn fein — which wants a united ireland — is now the largest party in the stormont assembly. and it must work with the democratic unionists who are committed to remaining in the united kingdom. emma vardy reports from belfast. 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 ireiand~ _ 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. the man who oversaw the crackdown on protesters in hong kong during demonstrations over a controversial extradition bill in 2019 has become the territory's new leader. john lee, a staunch beijing supporter, was the sole candidate in the closed voting process, and his appointment is widely being seen as a move by the chinese government to tighten its grip on the city. he replaces carrie lam after she announced she would not be seeking a second term in office. danny vincent reports. i hereby declare that the only candidate, mrjohn lee ka—chiu, is returned in the above—mentioned election. congratulations.

there was only ever one person in the running for this race. the authorities call this a closed circle election. but critics say it was just a selection process. john lee was the sole candidate. he was voted in by overwhelmingly pro—beijing representatives. having restored orderfrom chaos, it is high time that hong kong starts a new chapter of development. the former police officer is seen as a hardliner, a beijing loyalist, who quietly rose up the ranks of the police force before becoming the city's second highest ranking official. he oversaw the implementation of the national security and crack down that ended the pro—democracy protest movement. with education, with prevention and with enforcement, we can turn the tide to let people know that protection of national security is everybody�*s responsibility.

that advocacy for independence of hong kong is against the law. power to the people! but today, before voting began, a small group staged a protest calling for universal suffrage. i spoke to one police officer under condition of anonymity. i think the law is always a weapon. i think they're now using it more to achieve their political or financial means. police in hong kong has been the force available to the government to enforce anything. hong kong was promised a certain political freedoms when it was returned to china in 1997. hong kong people were said to rule hong kong. to many, today marks the start of a political era for the territory. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's chetan pathak. hello and thanks forjoining us.

we'll start with football. it'd been a difficult week for manchester city after that dramatic defeat in the champions league against real madrid. but they've responded by taking charge of the premier league title race after thrashing newcastle 5—0 at home. raheem sterling scored their first inside 20 minutes and their last in injury time. in between there were strikes from aymeric laporte, rodri and phil foden. they are now three points clear at the top of the table from liverpool who drew with tottenham on saturday, and they're also four better off on goal difference. the margin for liverpool is so tight. many things can happen. we didn't play saying we have to score goals... wilson had a great chance, an incredible save from eddie. important that we win because it depends on that.

fourth place arsenal are now four points clear of spurs after a 2—1win over leeds boosted their chances of playing in the champions league next season. another crucial win at the other end of the table for everton, who won 2—1 at leicester and are now a point clear of the bottom three with a game in hand over those below them. west ham were 4—0 winners at norwich. in italy, the title race is tight, ac milan need to avoid defeat at hellas verona if they're to go back to the top of the table ahead of inter. and they have come from behind. into the second half it's 1—2 to milan. earlier there were wins for atalanta and venezia. salernitana against cagliari finished 1—1. in spain it's the madrid derby which is into the second half. real have already won the title, atletico are fighting for a top fourfinish. they lead 1—0 at the moment.

third placed sevilla were held 1—1 at villarreal. chelsea have become the first team to win the women's super league title in england for three years in a row. it was a nervy final day of the season as they came from behind twice to beat manchester united 4—2. emma hayes�*s side were trailing at half—time, before two volleys from the division's top scorer sam kerr wrapped up the title. they finish a point above arsenal who won 2—0 at west ham. chelsea will now look to win the double, they face manchester city in the fa cup final next sunday. in tennis, what a few days it's been for carlos alcaraz. in the same week as his 19th birthday he's beaten rafa nadal, novak djokovic and now the spanish teenager has beaten alexander zverev in the final of the madrid 0pen. it took him just 64 minutes to sweep aside the defending champion — taking the first set 6—3 and he made light work of the second — winning that 6—1. it follows his first masters 1000 title in miami last month which took him into the top ten of the world rankings for the first time.

and mark cavendish has won the third stage of the giro d'iitalia launching, a long sprint for the line after the flat 201 kilometres to lake balaton in hungary. it's his 16th stage win on the giro, but he hasn't taken part in this race for nine years. mathieu van der poel retains the overall leader's pinkjersey. monday is a rest day before the race resumes on tuesday in italy with a tough climb up mount etna. the miami grand prix, max verstappen has the lead, head of chancellor kirk. you can follow it on the bbc sport website. incredible achievement for carlos, there. thank you. a sherpa from nepal has set a new world record by scaling mount everest for the 26th time. kami rita sherpa broke his own record set last year. he was among 11 other sherpas

on an expedition to fix ropes at the start of the new climbing season that will see about 600 people scale the world's highest peak. i've been reflecting on this with rebecca stephens. she's the first british woman to have scaled the heights of everest, in 1993. i recall wanting to lie on a beach for a very long time after i climbed it, and actually i've been back to the mountain a couple of times trekking around it and looked up and never quite found the ambition to do it a second time, so i'm full of admiration for anybody who does it more than once. and 26 times is extraordinary. but i think what i really wanted to say that seems to me most important is we have shifted in a very positive way. here we are for the first time that i can recall in recent years really celebrating the achievement of a sherpa. and it seems forever we have been talking about the first person from this country or that country, without recognition of the sherpas, who all of us recognise we couldn't climb this mountain without. and that is the vast, vast majority.

of course there is always going to be an exception, but the majority of people couldn't do it without the sherpas. and at last we are hearing about, can we reach a sherpa who has climbed this mountain 26 times? it was a record last year by the time he had climbed 25 times, but now we're hearing about him breaking his own record and doing it 26 times. so i think that's something really worth celebrating. he comes from really quite a remarkable family. i believe his brother has done it numerous times as well. i wonder in terms of the support that you got from the team that helped you climb and scale everest, the kind of a sport that you got, if you could talk us through it. when i went it was 1993, that is nearly 30 years ago, that sounds terrifying to me, but it is. we went at the 11th hour. looking at it today,

we were remarkably lucky. there were two sherpas and myself, three other people on the summit pyramid who actually we passed for a number of reasons, so effectively we had the mountain to ourselves. and without the sherpas, not in a million years would i have climbed that mountain. i wouldn't have mustered the courage to go up there on my own so i will always be eternally grateful to them and i'm sure many people feel the same and have had similar experiences. dr who, the long—running tv series about a time travelling time lord, has revealed the new doctor. he's ncuti gatwa, who was born in rwanda and is best known for starring in netflix's sitcom, sex education. the 29—year—old is the first black actor to take the lead role. roll is so iconic and it means so much to including myself. ifeel very grateful to have the baton handed over and i'm going to try and

do my best. now it's time for a look at the weather with susan powell. hello. the weather's been pretty quiet this weekend thanks to the close proximity of a big area of high pressure. through sunday, most of us enjoyed a lot of dry weather and some spells of warm sunshine. beautiful views here in pembrokeshire. the high pressure is now beginning to drift its way eastwards, and we look towards the atlantic, from where our weather will be fed to us for the week ahead. areas of low pressure pushing in to the north of the uk, weather fronts trying to progressively work their way south.

0vernight, it should stay dry for england and wales. clear skies, a few patches of mist and fog first thing monday, quite chilly across parts of east anglia and the southeast with rural lows of 2 or 3 first thing monday. much milderfor scotland and northern ireland, but much wetter and much windier here as we see weather fronts coming in in association with one of those areas of low pressure approaching us from the atlantic. through the day on monday, high pressure still manages to hang back across much of england and wales, but the fronts will bring some fairly relentless rain to western scotland. it creeps its way eastwards through the day. it's looking quite wet initially for northern ireland, perhaps brighterfor a bit, and then some showers crowding in. rain into the northwest of england and north wales by the afternoon, cool with the rain. england and wales, still with the sunshine under the remnants of the high, should see temperatures of 22—23 degrees. the pollen stays high where we keep the fine weather, but falls to low to moderate levels for scotland and northern ireland after being high

through the weekend. we look to tuesday, and the low continues to drift eastwards and send its front south. i say fronts, but actually, across england and wales, we're probably going to see nothing more than some thicker cloud for a time and a few showery bits and pieces of rain — not much integrity left through tuesday. a little cooler behind the fronts in the sunshine. but for western scotland, some heavy showers to contend with through tuesday, some quite high rainfall totals possible here as they rattle on into the small hours of wednesday. then this low is probably the biggest question mark in our forecast for the week ahead. 0ur models are picking it up, it's coming in from the atlantic, but when and how far north and south are subject to the model. at the moment, it looks like wednesday could be largely dry across england and wales, the rain coming through overnight and into thursday. but it could slow down and it could mean a wetter day in the south on thursday.