this is bbc news. the mayor of kharkiv tells the bbc russian troops have withdrawn from his city, which has been under constant bombardment since the invasion began. finland's president tells vladimir putin he will apply for nato membership within days. president putin has called the move a mistake. us pro—choice supporters protest across the country, ahead of a supreme court decision that is expected to overturn the country's long—established right to abortion. campaigners say the government's obesity strategy is falling apart after a ban on multi—buy deals forjunk food and pre—watershed tv adverts was delayed. and eurovision 2022 is underway in turin. and grab your flags, eurovision 2022 has started in turin.

uk hopes are pinned on sam ryder, who hasjust performed. but ukraine are the favourites to win this year in sport, liverpool win the fa cup, beating chelsea 6—5 on penalties after a goalless game at wembley and in around half an hour we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers, with our reviewers shyama perera and andrew kidd. stay with us for that. good evening. our main news — the mayor of kharkiv has told the bbc that russian forces have withdrawn from the city area and are heading for some breaking news just some breaking newsjust into us, ten people have been killed in a mass

shooting in buffalo in new york according to reports from us media, thisjust into us in according to reports from us media, this just into us in the last minutes, so you let media reporting that ten people have been killed in a mass shooting in buffalo in new york. we will have more for you throughout the evening here on bbc news. the mayor of kharkiv has told the bbc that russian forces have withdrawn from the city area and are heading for the russian border. ihor terekhov says shelling has stopped, and residents are gradually returning to ukraine's second largest city. but he warned that many residential areas have been badly damaged or destroyed. our correspondentjoe inwood has been following the latest from lviv. a parting gift from russian forces in retreat. this used to be the palace of culture in derhachi, a small town on the outskirts of kharkiv. on thursday, it was destroyed. translation: we were hit by rockets. three floors were breached.

as you can see, the palace of culture is almost completely destroyed. it has nothing to do with military infrastructure. it's a civilian facility. it's a scene replicated right across ukraine's second city, much of which has been reduced to rubble. but kharkiv is known as a fortress city. in this invasion, it has earned that name. its defenders have resisted and now repelled the russians. the battle for kharkiv, it seems, has been won. it's a very different story from that of mariupol, where russia seems confident enough of the victory to be redeploying troops to the donbas region. the ukrainian government says it wants to arm a million men for what is increasingly looking like a long fight. that this conflict will continue is perhaps the only thing the two sides agree on. translation: today nobody can l predict how long this war will last, but we are doing everything in order

to free our land as soon as possible. this is our priority, every day to work towards making the war shorter. however, it doesn't depend only on our people, unfortunately. translation: the collective west has declared total hybrid war on us, - it is hard to predict how long this will last, but it is clear the consequences will be felt by everyone, without exception. any diplomatic solutions will depend on russia, who today released these pictures showing their troops on the offensive. their top diplomat was also in combative mood. all over the kharkiv region, the scars of the battle for ukraine's second city. this is unlikely to be a turning point in this conflict, but with russian supply lines now in ukrainian sights, make no mistake — this is a major victory. joe inwood, bbc news, lviv.

russia's president vladimir putin has warned his finnish counterpart thatjoining nato and abandoning finland's neutral status would be a mistake. finland is expected to formally announce its intention tojoin the western military alliance tomorrow. as this map shows, russia and finland share a 800 mile border and russia says it has no hostile intentions towards finland and sweden, but has warned that their membership of nato would lead to the militarisation of the baltic region. the finnish president is said to have told president putin that russia's invasion of ukraine had altered his country's security environment. speaking ahead of a meeting of nato foreign ministers, finland's foreign minister pekka haavisto explained why his country wanted to join nato and why his leader had spoken to president putin. we have 1,300 kilometre common border with russia and it is peaceful and we want to maintain that. it's important we communicate with our neighbour, we don't ask permission.

each and every member country of nato has the possibility to prolong the process. there can be delays in the national parliaments and so forth. countries might have their own concerns but i am confident that in the end we will find a solution and finland and sweden will become members of nato. norway is already a member of nator and its foreign minister says oslo would fully support finland and sweden joining the alliance. from a norwegian perspective, we are 100% behind finland and sweden if they decide to apply for membership in nato and it would strengthen nordic cooperation, because we chose differently after the second world war, so i think this is a historic moment. let's get some more on this. our europe correspondent nick beake is in berlin and has been explaining the timescale finland and sweden are facing if they are to join nato. over the weekend, sweden in particular, the governing party

there, the social democrats, they have been meeting, the prime minister and otherfigures within the party have been talking about whether this is a good thing for sweden, because traditionally the party has been against sweden joining nato, so the indications are that they will be changing their policy on that. it is not every day you see that — apologies for the noise there. but in terms of finland, we think in the coming days, there will be a decision. the way it all works, assuming there are no major stumbling blocks in the form of turkish opposition, the thinking is, when there is a big nato summit in madrid, that would be the moment at which the countries join. so that is how it is looking for now. interesting that the finnish president spoke to vladimir putin and explained to him why finland wants to join, he says because of the attack on ukraine, but also the way that vladimir putin has suggested that no more country should be allowed to join nato, and the finnish president

is suggesting it is not acceptable, that individual countries have sovereign responsibilities and decision making in this sort of process. it comes as elite troops take part in nato's largest special forces exercise, right across the military alliance's eastern flank. our defence correspondent jonathan beale has been given rare access to see them train. in the black sea, a team of special forces from romania, the us, and the uk are about to raid a ship that has been hijacked. this is just an exercise but there is a real war nearby in neighbouring ukraine. these elite troops could be part of any nato response if the conflict spreads. this is a rare glimpse into the sensitive world of covert special operations, and we have been asked not to reveal identities. i think everyone, every person is a little bit worried when there is a conflict on the border, it is a normal thing.

but it is what it is. we have to be prepared. tensions have been rising here on the black sea, ever since russia first invaded crimea, and now with its war in ukraine. nato's response has been to dramatically step up its military presence and activities in this region. and they are already learning vital lessons from the war in ukraine. in latvia, and other nato countries that shares a border with russia, special forces medics are already putting those lessons into practice. how to keep a seriously injured soldier alive when aircraft risk being shut down. we were asked not to use this us special forces doctor's real voice. ground transport takes hours, sometimes days. we are looking to see what medical strategies you can use en route in the back of the van in these prolonged transports. what are the risks? vibrations from the vehicle knocking a tourniquet, for example. things that wouldn't have

to consider when we had this very robust system to deliver patients rapidly to the surgeon. now we are having to retrain ourselves. specialforces from the us, uk, and other nato nations practice at night the final phase of the mission, landing a us special forces plane on a narrow road instead of a runaway to extract a patient. ukraine's airforce has been doing the same after some of its runways were damaged. in lithuania, just 50 miles from another border with russia, another team of special forces are honing their skills, mounting a complex raid on an enemy position. nato's special forces believe training together like this makes them a potent deterrent to any adversary. but more than that, they think it is already paying off for ukraine's own special forces who they helped train before the war began. jonathan beale, bbc news.

abortion rights supporters are protesting in cities across the united states against a probable supreme court decision to overturn the roe v wade case, that legalised abortion nationwide. large rallies have taken place in houston, new york, washington, los angeles and chicago. last week, an unpublished draft ruling on abortion rights was leaked, suggesting the court will overturn the 1973 decision. on friday, us senate democrats failed to pass a bill to make the right to abortion a federal law. carol tobias is president of the national right to life committee and told us that the current situation is dividing opinion right across america. i know people are upset but i think what most people don't understand, quite frankly, is if the supreme court does overturn roe v wade, abortion will not be illegal across the country, we will have states that will protect unborn children and we will have some states that don't, and we will have some states in the middle that

will go back and forth for a while. personally, i think abortion should be only allowed if the mother's life is in danger. we are talking about innocent human beings, newly forming but they are certainly alive and growing, and i think they should be protected. so that would be my position. but this is something that will be decided state—by—state, by elected officials, elected by the people, so this is, i believe, going to be a way to work it out, democratically. like i said, some states will protect all unborn children and some will say that there will be no protections through all nine months of pregnancy, so we will have a patchwork of laws throughout the country. if republicans are in control of congress, i think there wil be some new laws passed although we still have to get a signature from president biden and i know he will not be cooperative because he supports abortion for any reason. we also have a problem in the senate in that the filibuster is still there which means we need

60 votes to pass any major we also have a problem in the senate in that the filibuster is still there which means we need 60 votes to pass any major legislation, and i doubt that is going to happen any time soon. so there will be some things that will take a while to work out at the federal and state levels, but at least we have the opportunity to try. for almost 50 years, the courts have allowed very few limits on abortion and i think, you know, the american public is deeply divided so i think it will be a good chance for everybody to talk and find out where we are and see what we consensus we can come to in the states.

we are being told there has been a shooting at a grocery store in buffalo and the suspect is in custody. a police official telling the newspaper that ten people were killed by the gunman who was dressed in body armour and armed with a high—powered rifle, that in from buffalo, new york, that ten people had been killed at a grocery store. the house of lords could be forced to leave parliament while extensive restoration works are carried out. peers wanted to use the queen elizabeth ii centre — minutes away from parliament. but the levelling up secretary michael gove says he won't support the plans and has instead suggested they look at alternative buildings in the north, the midlands, the south west, scotland or wales. let's get more from our political correspondent nick eardley. good to see you. how feasible is this idea? we

good to see you. how feasible is this idea? ~ ~' ., good to see you. how feasible is this idea? ~ ~ ., ., ., ., this idea? we know that parliament is auoin to this idea? we know that parliament is going to go _ this idea? we know that parliament is going to go under _ this idea? we know that parliament is going to go under a _ this idea? we know that parliament is going to go under a big _ is going to go under a big restoration programme over the next few years, it will cost billions of pounds and is part of that plan, it is likely, though not definite, that peers will have to move out to the houses of parliament. their plan, that they had come up with, was that they move to the qe2 centre just over the road, just beside westminster abbey, over the road, just beside westminsterabbey, is over the road, just beside westminster abbey, is about a two minute walk. but michael gove, the levelling up secretary, one of the people whose job it is to take jobs out of london to the rest of the country, has basically vetoed it. his department owns the land and it runs the company that is in charge of the key e2 centre and we have seen a letter he has written to the —— saying they cannot use the building. his ideas of the house house of lords should move to another part of the uk, be it scotland, wales, or somewhere else

in england. there is politics to this which is the government trying to say we want to spread opportunity throughout the uk, we want to try and get some things out of london. what the law think of the idea of being in a different part of the country from the commons, though, not too sure it will go down that well. ~ . ., _,, well. what are the cost implications? - well. what are the cost | implications? transport well. what are the cost - implications? transport costs, travelling from westminster to another area. it travelling from westminster to another area.— travelling from westminster to another area. , , ., another area. it is interesting that ou would another area. it is interesting that you would ask _ another area. it is interesting that you would ask because _ another area. it is interesting that you would ask because you - another area. it is interesting that you would ask because you would | you would ask because you would think the cost of moving to leeds or edinburgh or cardiff or leeds would be a lot higher, but that is not necessarily the case because the cost of keeping peers in parliament when this restoration work is going on is colossal, it is billions and believes a pounds. a report a few weeks ago said that roughly £10 billion that this restoration will cost, if mps and members of the lords were to stay in parliament while that was going on, it would go up while that was going on, it would go up by while that was going on, it would go up by about 40% and cost £4 billion. so it could be potentially cheaper

for them to be shipped off somewhere else. quite exactly how this will pan out, no idea, but it is the government saying at the moment that it wants to get parliamentarians around the country, and it is not for the first time that the government is saying that it wants politicians to be based on other parts of the uk.— politicians to be based on other parts of the uk. thank you, that is nick eardley. _ parts of the uk. thank you, that is nick eardley, our _ parts of the uk. thank you, that is nick eardley, our political - nick eardley, our political correspondents. health campaigners have criticised the government's plan to delay a ban on multi—buy deals forjunk food by a year. ministers say they're putting the policy on hold to help with the cost of living crisis. with more, here's olivia richwald. as a country, britain is rather chubby and under the government's obesity strategy, junk food ads would have been banned before 9pm. multi—buy offers on food high in fat sugar and salt would also have been banned. but today the proposed junk food bans were delayed by 12 months. if the government doesn't see through these straight forward measures, which are by the way in line with where history is taking us, i worry if commitment

to health disparities, to the ten—year cancer programme, to the five more years of healthy life longevity commitment to our whole commitment to making britain healthier. according to the latest figures 14% of five—year—olds were classed as obese. by 11 it rose to 25%. some of the strategy has been put into place, like new calorie counts on menus. but is that enough? the government says it's taking the decision due shoppers in leeds had mixed views on whether a delay on banning junk food deals would stop them eating more healthily. i do believe they deserve a treat and it shouldn't have to put us mums out—of— pocket to do that. some places have taken off multi—buy offers, . it should be put on healthy foods maybe to stop obesity in the uk. j

but of course with the cost| of living crisis it is difficult. the british retail consortium says supermarkets have been moving away from multi—buy offers anyway, but it welcomed the delay to changes in advertising. campaigners are urging retailers to promote offers on healthy food instead. in the meantime, the battle between bulging waistlines and skinny wallets continues. olivia richwald, bbc news, leeds. liverpool's hopes of an unprecedented quadruple are still on, after winning the fa cup against chelsea. jurgen klopp's side needed another wembley shootout, as it finished 6—5 on penalties. the game finished 0—0 after extra time. our sports correspondent nesta mcgregor was there. well, what could be an historic season for liverpool, and the players are celebrating behind me, having won this penalty shoot—out 6—5. the game finished 0—0 after normal time and then

after extra time as well, meaning that it went to penalties. and in the end it was kostas tsimikas who scored that all—importa nt penalty. remember, liverpool are hoping to win four trophies this season, the quadruple, no english team has ever achieved that feat. jurgen klopp is a serial winner, he has won the champions league and he has won the premier league but this is the first time he has won the fa cup, and the eighth time that liverpool have won it. their attention now turns to the premier league in the champions league at the end of the month, and like i said, and historical season lives on for liverpool and all involved with the club. if you want to edit these astons, you must take control of this page from one final to another. the final of the eurovision song contest has started in front of thousands of fans in italy. sam ryder is hoping to end a run of bad results for the uk, but ukraine is hotly tipped to win. our arts correspondent david sillito

has spent the day meeting some of the contestants. eurovision, and the fans are gathering. turin is this year's host and this is italy's hopeful, mahmood, and it's his second contest. you have fans here and everywhere. everyone knows you. have you got used to all of this, what eurovision has done to you? are you used to this fame? oh, you know, for me it's always a new thing, you know, because the emotion is always the same, so...yeah. in the past, many looked upon eurovision as a graveyard for careers. but things have changed. for anyone who wonders what eurovision is all about, this is what it's all about. for mahmood, it's made him a star. and it's also done the same for last year's winners — maneskin.

well, we've basically been touring nonstop, making new music. yeah. going all around the world. so it's been like basically all we dreamt of. music: stefania by kalush orchestra. and while the favourites for tonight are ukraine's kalush orchestra, there've also been quite a few bets on a country that's rather struggled in recent years — the uk. # i'm up in space, man...# sam ryder and space man has won many admirers. i'll be completely honest, it's quite strange walking around as part of the uk delegation, with people going, "you're going to win, you're going to win!" and we're like, "what? !" # and i wanna go home...# winning is perhaps being a bit optimistic, but few expect another last place. the left side of the leaderboard for us is a win, put it that way. a top ten is a win. a top five is a homecoming bus tour, in my eyes. a win is panic stations —

"what are we going to do?" "this is amazing." and given the uk's long fallow period, a bit of eurovision hope is an unexpected turn of events. # and i wanna go home.# david sillito, bbc news, turin. he's more used to being in the driving seat of the world's fastest racing cars, but four—time formula one champion, sebastian vettel, this week made a surprise visit to a prison, to open a motor workshop for young offenders. it's hoped the mechanics course at feltham young offenders institute in west london, could help inmates leave with the skills they need to get a job. here's celestina olulode. he's a world champion turned coach... is it better to drive in the ferrari or an aston martin? ..but formula 1 wasn't the day's main focus. i think life can be, you know, very fair but it can also be unfair and, you know,

i think the most important thing is that we all get a second chance in life and we need to find something that sparks our passion or interest and, you know, obviously, that was the idea — the idea with the garage here. standing on podiums and raising trophies is what this four—time formula 1 champion is known for. but sebastian vettel is at this young offenders institution talking of second chances and changing lanes. for me, of course, i love racing. but racing, at the same time, stands for so much more. it's working with people, working in a group, working in a team, working together trying to improve — and, you know, the same thing you can say about here. it's, you know, you're not kind going to fix this on your own. you might but it's much more fun if you do it together and, you know, some people are really good at fixing, other people are really good at co—ordinating the people and the group, so there's lots of skill sets can be found just here, in this small place.

i think that's the key to give room, literally, for them to come together and experience, you know, working together and from there, set off, hopefully, a great path of their life. the course lasts for 1—2 months and during that time, offenders will learn essential skills like fixing tyres and engines and how to service a car — all vital skills to help them find work once they leave. obviously, coming out of prison, we're all going have criminal records and that could affect us getting employed, but being a mechanic is to open a door for us to be employed and living a crime—free life. what was it like today, meeting sebastian? very motivational, very inspirational. he's a very interesting person. because i feel like a lot of people, they're only going to change - when they're ready to change theirself, but i feel—

like if they take on boardl all the help that's coming and they be open—minded to it, i feel like they're — _ i mean, you have to make a mistake to fix that mistake to learn from it . and i feel like if you make - a mistake this far and you come into prison, young offenders feltham, wherever you go, l i feel like this should be - the stepping stone to your future, to show, like, you made a mistake, it's not bad — everyone makes mistakes — it's about what do to - learn from that mistake. at 33%, the reoffending rate at institutions like these has decreased, but it is still high. the government says getting offenders back to work is part of the solution. every one of the businesses that i have spoken to who have taken that risk, that the leap of faith of employing an offender, they tell us that compared to the average, believe it or not, they're just as, if not more, employable, promotable and their commitment and their dedication and their focus is very high. in recent years, parts of feltham have been criticised for high rates of violence. a report by the chief inspector

of prisons last year noted that one in five children felt unsafe in the section housing under 18s. but this training drive could be the path to change the direction of these young lives for good. celestina olulode, bbc news. we're about to show you a baby giraffe at san diego zoo safari park. she was born with her front limb bending the wrong way. vets came up with a unique way to help her — they created and fitted a brace — like those used on humans. afterjust ten days wearing it, the problem was fixed, and she's now back living with her herd. matt kenney is a senior veterinarian at the safari park. the biggest concern was the fore—limbs were hyperextended at one of the joints. and over the course of 2a hours, the second fore—limb started to hyper extend.

and it looks like their knee but it is actually their carpals. so, right here on us, but for the giraffe, everything is displaced a little bit towards the core of the body. so the hyperextension, joint going the wrong way was the big concern with her. initially, we stabilised thatjoint with a cast while we had some time to purchase some braces, just off the shelf braces, apply those the next day and realised those weren�* tstrong enough and needed taking a step up. now it's time for a look at the weather with darren. hello. it was a perfect start to the weekend with hardly a cloud in the sky and a lot of warm, spring sunshine on saturday but that could change at the start of sunday as we see sharp possibly country down. thing in the morning. they will be hit and miss, some heavier ones moving through the middle of that into south—east england and they will gradually drift steadily north

as we go through the afternoon. an improving picture with more sunshine and warmth returning and if you miss those showers in western scotland, you should see highs of 20 degrees as well. through sunday night into monday morning, we do it again as there is another frequent rash of showers potentially merging together for longer spells of rain, twisting steadily north ways so more persistent rain moving through northern england, northern ireland into central england and southern scotland. a few isolated showers but more sunshine and warmth with highs of 23 degrees.

hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will bring us tomorrow. with me are journalist and author shyama perera and lawyer and broadcaster andrew kidd.