this is bbc news. i'm rich preston. our top stories: more than 60 people are believed to have been killed after a russian bomb hit a school in eastern ukraine. it comes as moscow prepares for victory day — its annual celebration marking the end of the second world war. voting gets under way in the philippines as the country chooses its next president. and 21st—century time lord — a brand—new face for one of science fiction�*s best—known characters. i feel very grateful to have had the baton handed over and i promise to do my very best.

while russian forces bombed a school building where virtually an entire village had taken refuge in eastern ukraine, their comrades in moscow have been preparing for a military parade to celebrate the soviet union's victory over nazi germany. ukraine's president zelensky confirmed that 60 civilians died in the attack. the g7 group of industrialised nations said president putin's war of aggression had brought shame on russia and the historic sacrifices of its people. 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 airstrike. 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? surrenderfor 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. 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 i 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, 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. those who managed to evacuate mariupol with the help of aid agencies and ukrainian forces are being taken to the city of zaporizhzhia. but disagreements on safe passages and broken ceasefires have led to many stalled attempts. in the last few hours, though, more than a 170 civilians have arrived in zaporizhzhia in a convoy of eight buses. more than 600 people have evacuated mariupol in the last 10 days. among the latest arrivals were a0 people who had been sheltering at the azovstal steel plant. translation: here are the children's paintingsl that i brought with me as a souvenir. it was a motivation for me to wake up in the morning, to make breakfast, dinner,

to entertain children, to make them forget about war. translation: yes, the plant is in ruins. it was hard to climb over metallic debris. they walked us through some pathways. if there was a workshop before, now it's like a ruin. as we've been hearing, monday's military parade in moscow and other russian cities will have an added significance following the invasion of ukraine. the kremlin has been accused of using the memory of world war ii, or as russia calls it — the great patriotic war — to justify its offensive against its neighbour. 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 being presented here as 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. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. to the philippines now where polls have opened in the most divisive presidential election for many years. there are several candidates hoping to replace the current leader — the hardliner rodrigo duterte — butjust two clear frontrunners. leading in the polls is ferdinand �*bongbong' marcos, jr. he's the son of the former president, ferdinand marcos. critics say he's used his wealth to whitewash the history of his father's brutal dictatorship. bongbong marcos was also convicted in 1995 for tax

evasion while serving as a public official. his running mate is sara duterte — the daughter of the current president. the main challenger to them is leni robredo. she is the current vice—president of the philippines. mrs robredo is a former lawyer and human rights advocate. her supporters include many celebrities and leading figures in philippines life. she's a member of the liberal party, which is traditionally connected with the richest families in the country. we're joined now by ashley westerman, a journalist in the philippines. good morning to you there. the polls have been open for a few hours, good morning to you there. the polls have been open for a few hours, what good morning to you there. the polls have been open for a few hours, what is good morning to you there. the polls have been open for a few hours, what is turnout good morning to you there. the polls have been open for a few hours, what is turnout looking like so far? 50 hours, what is turnout looking like so far?— like so far? so from what i'm seeinu like so far? so from what i'm seeing on — like so far? so from what i'm seeing on line _ like so far? so from what i'm seeing on line and _ like so far? so from what i'm seeing on line and on - like so far? so from what i'm| seeing on line and on twitter, turnout is crazy, the lines are super long, the schools were open early, the commission on elections expects voter turnout

to be 80% which is very high. it was 80% in the last election in 2016 and another sort of really interesting thing about this election, rich, is that there are more eligible voters than ever, 67.5 million filipinos are eligible to vote this year. and more than 50% of them are young people. election officials are definitely expecting a huge, huge turnout today. expecting a huge, huge turnout toda . �* ., expecting a huge, huge turnout toda. , today. bongbong marcos has been leadin: in today. bongbong marcos has been leading in the _ today. bongbong marcos has been leading in the polls. _ today. bongbong marcos has been leading in the polls. as _ today. bongbong marcos has been leading in the polls. as his - leading in the polls. as his campaign been helped or hindered by his father's legacy? hindered by his father's le.a ? hindered by his father's lea ? ., hindered by his father's le.a ? ., , hindered by his father's leia ? ., , legacy? so that is the question. _ legacy? so that is the question, write, - legacy? so that is the question, write, and. legacy? so that is the l question, write, and we legacy? so that is the - question, write, and we will see what happens tonight stop there has been a very widespread disinformation campaign launched by the marcos family. to be clear, this is a decade—long campaign to revamp the family's image after they were ousted in 1986 but they

have managed to modernise this campaign with the use of social media and this will be the philippines second social media election and so the family has used tiktok, youtube and facebook to essentially rewrite the marcos legacy in the campaign has come underfive of this because it is perpetuating messages such as his father's regime was a golden age of the philippines and downplaying or even straight out denying well—documented claims of human rights abuses and clip toxic, right? but it has actually helped. people seem to be buying it. you can see it on the polls, even younger and older people who lived through that regime. and what are the main issues that people say they care about when they are going to vote? 100% of the economy, it obviously has a lot to do with covid, the philippines was hit very, very hard by covid. the country went into a recession

and people want to get out of that so economy is definitely number one. and both candidates have said they want to improve the economy but they want to do it into very, very different ways. the marcos campaign wants to unite the country with a very deep —— very few details on how they would do that to restart the economy and get past covid and the robredo camp has a few more details but still quite vague the economy as their number one issue here today. as their number one issue here toda . ~ ., today. we will leave it there, thank you — today. we will leave it there, thank you very _ today. we will leave it there, thank you very much. - the man who oversaw the crackdown on protesters in hong kong during pro—democracy demonstrations in 2019 has become the territory's new leader. john lee was the sole candidate in the closed voting process, and received the approval of beijing. his appointment�*s being widely 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 order from 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 having restored order from 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 law

and crackdown 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 and 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. hong kong was promised a certain political freedoms 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. to many, today marks the start of a political era for the territory. danny vincent, bbc news, hong kong. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: record breaker. we'll tell you about the nepali sherpa who's climbed mount everest an amazing 26 times. the pope was shot, the pope will live. that was the essence of the appalling news from rome this afternoon, that, as an italian television commentator put it, terrorism has come to the vatican. the man they called the butcher of lyon, klaus barbie, went on trial today in the french town where he was the gestapo chief in the second world war. winnie mandela never looked like a woman just sentenced to six years in jail. the judge told mrs mandela there was no indication she felt even the slightest remorse. the chinese government has called for an all—out effort to help the victims of a powerful earthquake, the worst to hit the country for 30 years. the computer deep blue has tonight triumphed over

the world chess champion, garry kasparov. it is the first time a machine has defeated a reigning world champion in a classical chess match. america's first legal same—sex marriages have been taking place in massachusetts. god bless america! this is bbc world news, the latest headlines: more than 60 people are believed to have been killed after a russian bomb hit a school in eastern ukraine. voting gets under way in the philippines, as the country chooses its next president. the leaders of the g7 have vowed to step up their support for ukraine in its fight against russia's invasion. in a statement, they pledged to phase out russian oil

imports and impose further economic costs on the country. they also issued a blistering rebuke of president putin himself, on the anniversary of the defeat of nazi germany in the second world war. they said president putin's war of aggression against ukraine had brought shame on russia and the historic sacrifices of its people. with me is our news reporter azadeh moshiri. what reporter azadeh moshiri. does the soil ban mean if practice? —— oil practice. there were some blistering comments by russia, and it did present significant sanctions, the question of russian oil is still an issue, and that could be because some countries like the united kingdom and united states don't depend on russian oil so much. that is why the united states has in fact banned russian energy imports already, and japan now has actually banned russian oil as well. 0ther actually banned russian oil as well. other countries like germany depend on it. there is also a reason why we're talking

about oil here and not gas, which would present an even bigger issue for some of these member countries. if we take a step back from the g7 members and look at the european region in general, we can see why the ban on oil imports lacks some specifics. if we look at the figures, the top two european imports — importers of oil are germany and the netherlands. germany and the netherlands. germany is of course a lead of the g7, importing more than 500 and 20,000 barrels per day, about 25% of its oil, leading to a sharp recession if they halted imports too quickly. bolan follows in third. if we look at the next set of figures, slovakia and hungary import significantly less in terms of barrels but a greater share, 96%, and 58% from russia, respectively. that is why the eu has said it will phase out import, hopefully by next year, giving these two countries the ability to defer

their next year, giving these two countries the ability to defer their timeline next year, giving these two countries the ability to defer their timeline until next year, giving these two countries the ability to defer their timeline until 2023. while dichotomies are completely intertwined, so this might be why in terms of a timeline the g7 hasn't put one in place. itjust said it would be orderly. moscow is insisting that any sanctions based on russia are part of the letters, how much will the sanctions we can russia? it is not completely wrong. as far as it will affect russia, it will damage they can be hugely because oil is one of the top experts, however, for these g7 member countries as well as the european union countries to figure out how to damage russia's economy, we can the global influence without hurting themselves, that is becoming a very difficult needle to thread. it is worth keeping in mind that even now since the invasion of ukraine, the eu has bought 22 billion euros worth of oil from russia per month, according to the

centre for research on energy and clean air. that is a significant number that could explain why the g7 statement announced some strong sanctions packages. in fact, the way house has announced it will be sanctioning three russian state media outlets, so essentially, they have to look towards sanctions and military aid for ukraine, as alternatives, while they figure out how to deal with this global dependence on russian oil.— russian oil. ok, azadeh moshiri. _ russian oil. ok, azadeh moshiri, thank - russian oil. ok, azadeh moshiri, thank you - russian oil. ok, azadeh moshiri, thank you very| russian oil. ok, azadeh - moshiri, thank you very much. here's a story about a remarkable achievement. a nepali sherpa 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 eleven 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. we can now speak to mountaineer and climbing coach alan arnette. alan previously climbed the world's second highest peak k2 with kami rita sherpa in 2014.

he joins us from colorado. very good to see you, thank you for being with us. we will talk to you about your experience climbing with kami rita went on, but what is your reaction to this record? kami rita isjustan to this record? kami rita isjust an amazing human being. like you said, i was on k2 with him so i saw him in action. he has a tremendous sense of humour, incredibly team orientated and obviously phenomenally strong. you mentioned _ phenomenally strong. you mentioned he _ phenomenally strong. you mentioned he was - phenomenally strong. you mentioned he was out - phenomenally strong. you mentioned he was out there, tells more about the roles that sherpas play on at mount everest. fixing the ropes, there is about eight then nylon rope, about eight then nylon rope, about the size of your finger that has rotted all the way from base camp at 17,500 feet to the summit at nearly 29,000 feet. ., ., , ., , to the summit at nearly 29,000 feet. ., .,, .,, ., to the summit at nearly 29,000 feet. ., ., , feet. that rope has to be attached _ feet. that rope has to be attached to _

feet. that rope has to be attached to the - feet. that rope has to be attached to the snow - feet. that rope has to be l attached to the snow every 100-150 attached to the snow every 100—150 metres using ice screws or eyes pickets. not only is there a physical toll of carrying the ropes on your back but also then you have to screw these anchors into the snow and then attach the rope to the anchor. that is than what all of the other sherpas and all the other climbers will use to protect themselves in case of a fall. tell is a bit about the relationship of a visiting climber like yourself has with the sherpas who are living and working every day on the mountainside. i have been to everest, nepal 12 times, i have been to six times, only got one summit in all of that, k2, and i can honestly, candidly and humbly say i would not have been able to summit those mountains without the help of sherpas like kami rita, and another scheibe was also has the name

to kami, i call him the guardian angel of the mountains, i call his family my natalie somewhere, the same for my family. we stay in touch. we helped rebuild his house after the earthquake. a lot of climbers will go and support the children of their sherpas through boarding school, so it is quite a special relationship. let's talk about everest in general, everest was largely closed during a pandemic, a big head on the tourism industry. are things going to be normal again this year? will we see the same number of climbers congregating? climbers congregating ? this year, climbers congregating? this year, there are less permits are given. last year was 408, a record. it is down for two reasons. china has very strict controls over who leaves the country to climb, and also india, indian climbers rely heavily on sponsorship to climb

everest, so that really went on hold with covid. this year is really more of a normal year, as in maybe four orfive really more of a normal year, as in maybe four or five years ago. you double the number of foreigners because that is the number of sherpas that will be supporting them. it is basically a 1—to—1 ratio. also, right now, we are having an incredibly unusual season with the jetstream are not sitting on top of the summit of everest. in fact, when the jet stream sits up that you have 100-150 stream sits up that you have 100—150 mph winds, and a possible climb, but this year the jetstream possible climb, but this year thejetstream has possible climb, but this year the jetstream has moved away, giving us a huge level of high pressure over india. you may have seen that they have had temperatures need 150 fahrenheit in northern india, so it is unusually warm year. that is causing the winds to kind of drop away. i think that the mountain can easily handle 600 people over, let's say, ten consecutive days of low wins. thank you very much, alan

arnette. dr who, the long running tv series about a time travelling time lord, has revealed the new doctor. he's ncuti gatwa, born in rwanda, and best known for starring in netflix's sitcom, sex education. the bbc�*s lizo mzimba caught up with him on the red carpet for the bafta tv awards in london. a new doctor on the bafta red carpet. ncuti gatwa was announced in the role shortly before today's ceremony and he said he was keen to do justice to the part. this role is an institution and it's so iconic and it means a lot to so many people, including myself, and so it makes everyone feel seen as well. it's something that everyone can enjoy, so i feel very grateful to have had the baton handed over and i'm going to try and do my best. sex education, the netflix comedy drama that he's best known for, follows a group of young people exploring areas like sex and sexuality. ncuti plays the irrepressible eric. # how was lunch on the other side?

see you next. hello. the weekend brought plenty of dry and settled late spring weather. one or two showers on saturday for eastern england but sunday was dry pretty much across—the—board. this was the picture in bradfield in sheffield. a bit of air whether cloud on sunday. a change in the forecast through the week ahead. it's looking more unsettled. windier, wetter too, especially for western scotland. could be some rain by the middle of the week further south in england and wales where it's been very dry recently. back to monday morning. dominated by high pressure to the east but far enough away to allow these weather fronts from the north—west. rain spilling across the west of northern ireland, and western scotland from the word go. that's going to edge its way south—east through the day. going to be quite persistent and heavy for a time in western scotland. the wind picking up

with gusts of 30—40 mph. england and wales staying predominantly dry. things turning hazy as the cloud spills in the head of the weather front. 22 or 23 degrees, feeling point warm towards the south—east. we've still got high levels of pollen, tree pollen at this time of year across england and wales but with the cloud, breeze and rain further north, pollen levels are low and moderate. monday evening and overnight into tuesday, the weather fronts slipping further south—east, tending to fizzle out as they do so. a band of cloud, the odd spot of drizzle for central and southern parts of england and wales first thing on tuesday. clearer skies further north but it's going to be a mild and frost free day. a bit of a breeze on tuesday coming from west or south—westerly direction, just pushing the weather front slowly away towards the south—east. it could stay quite murky for much of the day down towards the likes of kent for instance. for the rest of the uk come a day of sunshine and blustery showers. they'll be most frequent in the far north—west. temperatures somewhere 11—20 on tuesday. a bit above average to the south.

towards the middle of the week we are watching this developing area of low pressure. some uncertainty about the exact timing and track of it but it looks like it will bring some rain to some southern parts of england and wales. moving from west to east. further north across the uk, sunny spells and again some blustery showers, especially frequent for the west of scotland. temperatures 11—18, so a touch cooler in the middle of the week. bye.

this is bbc news. the headlines: president zelensky has confirmed that around 60 civilians were killed when a russian bomb hit a school in eastern ukraine on saturday. he said people had been using the building to shelter from shelling in a nearby village, close to the front line in the donbas region. in moscow, final preparations have taken place for the victory day parade — the annual event marking the defeat of nazi germany in the second world war. the g7 said president putin's war of aggression had brought shame on russia and the historic sacrifices of its people. the people of the philippines are voting to choose a successor to president rodridgo duterte. access to polling stations

is being limited under coronavirus measures.