this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. speaking to the bbc, ukraine's president zelensky urges russians to stand up against the war. translation: all that putin is afraid of, it's not - even a nuclear strike — he's afraid of his own society, he's afraid of his own people. the nobel peace prize is a jointly awarded to ukrainian and russian civil liberties groups and an activist imprisoned in belarus. five months after a mass shooting that claimed the lives of 19 students in texas, the school district in uvalde suspends its police force responsible for school security. a big push from the uk government to extract more oil and gas, but critics

say is will make it harder to control climate change. ukraine's president zelensky has told the bbc that he echoes president biden�*s warning that any use of nuclear weapons would lead to armageddon. he's urged russians to stand up against the war. it comes as ukrainian troops continue making steady progress in reclaiming land occupied by russian forces in the east and south of the country. president zelensky says his people are highly motivated to take back all the land that belongs to ukraine. our world affairs editor, john simpson, has been speaking to him in the presidential palace in kyiv. he began by clarifying remarks. they begin to prepare their society.

that is very dangerous. they are not ready to do it, to use it, but they begin to communicate. you mean prepare society for using a nuclear weapon? you know, they don't know if they will use or if they will not use. i think that it's dangerous even to speak about it. i said you have to do preventive kicks, not attacks. we are not ready to kill people like russians do it. even after this attitude, we are not ready to keep a —— kill people like russians do it.

it is necessary to ask now. it's not necessary to think about the later risks. i agree that this is armageddon. it's a risk for the whole planet. but still, why do we have to think about where it will happen or not? if russia's made this step, the world can stop and it can do this urgently. the world can make an appeal and do this urgently. the world can make an appealand it do this urgently. the world can make an appeal and it can implement a sanctions package in such cases and do all it can to make them leave this nuclear power station. in other words, they're making use of these risks. they exist already. do you think that president putin is capable of launching nuclear weapons and using them? translation: if i say that they are incapable of using nuclear weapons, than someone who is not sensible and who holds this power can show everyone, and

use them. if i say they can use them, then this can cause panic in many countries, including ukraine. all that putin is afraid of, it's not even a nuclear strike. because only these people can replace him, strip him of his power and give it to another person and so on. do you think they should stand up against him? translation: people should first fight for themselves. _ therefore go out, express their views, not be afraid, fight for themselves. these children are being mobilised. they're being deployed as meat. not people. if

they want to get barbecued, then let them come, but if they think it's about their own lives, then they need to fight. not for ukraine. we fight for ourselves. fight for your own bodies and freedom and rights in your souls. if you do win, will vladimir putin survive? translation: i don't care. perhaps unsurprisingly, events surrounding russia and ukraine are the focus of this year's nobel peace prize. one individual and two organisations from belarus, russia and ukraine respectively, have shared the award. human rights activist ales bialiatski is currently injail in belarus. russia's memorial group and the centre for civil liberties in ukraine are the other winners. here's the chairman of the nobel committee, berit reiss anderson, outlining why they were chosen. through their consistent efforts

in favour of human values, anti—militarism and principles of law, this year's laureates have revitalised and honoured alfred nobel's vision of peace and fraternity between nations, a vision most needed in the world today. i'm joined now by tatiana glushkova, board member at memorial human rights defence centre, russia's oldest human rights group. tatya na, tatyana, congratulations. tatya na, congratulations. what tatyana, congratulations. what was their reaction when you heard that you'd won the prize?— you'd won the prize? thank you. well, ithink— you'd won the prize? thank you. well, i think as _ you'd won the prize? thank you. well, i think as any _ you'd won the prize? thank you. well, i think as any nobel - you'd won the prize? thank you. i

well, i think as any nobel winner, we were shocked, we were happy and we were shocked, we were happy and we were shocked, we were happy and we were grateful, but i think the most important for us was that this prize was awarded jointly to ukrainian, belarus and russian human rights defenders. it is very illustrative and important to highlight ourjoint efforts in building and confronting what is happening now in our country's. find happening now in our country's. and how do you — happening now in our country's. and how do you think winning this prize will change things for you moving forward? ~ ., ., ., , , ., forward? well, our main hope is that this rize forward? well, our main hope is that this prize will — forward? well, our main hope is that this prize will help _ forward? well, our main hope is that this prize will help ales _ forward? well, our main hope is that this prize will help ales to _ forward? well, our main hope is that this prize will help ales to get - this prize will help ales to get freedom, but when it comes to the change of the situation, we all realise that being a nobel peace prize laureate did not protect being

expeued prize laureate did not protect being expelled from the soviet union. the fact that the editor in chief was a nobel prize winner didn't prevent the newspaper from nobel prize winner didn't prevent the newspaperfrom being closed by russian authorities this year. so, we don't think it will actually change the attitude of the russian authorities, but we see this award as a powerful sign of support and solidarity to human rights defenders who are trying to be destroyed —— not to be destroyed. {lin who are trying to be destroyed -- not to be destroyed.— who are trying to be destroyed -- not to be destroyed. on the same day

ou not to be destroyed. on the same day you received — not to be destroyed. on the same day you received the _ not to be destroyed. on the same day you received the award, _ not to be destroyed. on the same day you received the award, colleagues i you received the award, colleagues of yours at memorial were in court in moscow in attempts to retrieve the office building that had been seized by the authorities. we understand that the authorities had advised memorial not to accept the award? , , advised memorial not to accept the award? , _ . . advised memorial not to accept the award? , . . ., award? yes, by coincidence today, the district — award? yes, by coincidence today, the district of — award? yes, by coincidence today, the district of moscow _ award? yes, by coincidence today, the district of moscow ordered - award? yes, by coincidence today, the district of moscow ordered to l the district of moscow ordered to confiscate memorial�*s property. many civil society activists and defenders where many human rights events used to be held, and yes, the head of the residential human rights council advised us not to accept the

nobel prize. he also said the price has discredited itself and it is now awarded to those who do not deserve it. but, well, in our opinion, he's not present it to the civil society. thank you for thinking to us, tatiana. —— us. tatiana. -- speaking to us. think ou. also killed his wife and son before killing himself.

the school district in uvalde, texas has suspended its police force that provides security for schools, five months after a mass shooting that claimed the lives of 19 students and two teachers. the police department has been under investigation for its response to the shooting, including delays by officers in reaching the gunman while he was holed up in a classroom. i'm joined now from washington by our north america correspondent, nomia iqbal. nomia, what more can you tell us about this decision to suspend these officers? this about this decision to suspend these officers? , ,., . about this decision to suspend these officers? , . ., . officers? this police force has faced escalating _ officers? this police force has faced escalating criticism - officers? this police force has| faced escalating criticism from officers? this police force has - faced escalating criticism from the parents, from the relatives of the victims of the school shooting. many of them have been gathering for weeks now outside the school's administrative admission building to make theirfeelings hurt administrative admission building to make their feelings hurt about this. so, this police department, which

was responsible for school security, including robb elementary school, has been at the centre of huge criticism over slow response, the botched response, and there officers were the first to respond on the day of the shooting. they were alerted to the teenager, salvador ramose, who was eventually killed. the head of that police department was fired backin of that police department was fired back in august —— ramos. he was criticised for the way the police handled the response. there are ongoing investigations, and it's recently come out that a police officer who was recently hired by you of all the school district was under investigation when she was... on the day of the shooting, when she was working on anotherjob for the texas department of public safety. from the back of that, we have the latest development where the entire police department has been

suspended. we don't know how long that will last for. but it's a question of who's going to provide the security now for schools in the district, but there has been a request made to the state of texas to provide extra state troopers in the meantime.— to provide extra state troopers in the meantime. ., t, ., ~ , ., ., the meantime. nomia, thank you for takint us the meantime. nomia, thank you for taking us through _ the meantime. nomia, thank you for taking us through that. _ stay with us on bbc news. still to come, lots of excitment in the uk tonight as the host city of the 2023 eurovision song contest was announced. we'll tell you who won. this was a celebration by people who were relishing their freedom. they believe everything is going to be different from now on. they think their country will be respected in the world once more as it used to be before slobodan milosevic took power. the dalai lama, the exiled spiritual leader of tibet has won this

year's nobel peace prize. as the parade reaches its climax, two grenades exploded, a group of soldiersjumped from the military truck taking part in the parade and ran towards the president, firing automatic rifles. after 437 years, a skeletal ribs of henry viii's - after 437 years, the skeletal ribs of henry viii's _ tragic warship emerged, i but even as divers worked to bouy her up, the mary rose went through another- heart—stopping drama. i want to be the people's governor. i want to represent everybody. i believe in the people of california. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: speaking to the bbc, ukraine's president zelensky urges russians to stand up against the war. the nobel peace prize is a jointly awarded to a ukrainian

and russian civil liberties group and a belarusian activist. the british government has announced a new licensing round for oil and gas exploration off the country's eastern coast, in the north sea. the average oil and gas discovery takes about five years to come into production. britain's business secretary jacob rees—mogg said using oil and gas produced within the uk would have a lower carbon footprint than importing it from abroad. as many as 100 licences will be awarded. the move comes as the country tries to boost energy security, but flies in the face of advice from climate scientists. greenpeace has called the process, which will run until end ofjune, "possibly unlawful". i'm joined now by dr carole nakhle, energy economist and ceo of crystol energy in london. carol, thank you forjoining us. the uk has pledged to reduce its

greenhouse gas emissions to net zero ijy greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050. is this announcement a u—turn on those commitments? i by 2050. is this announcement a u-turn on those commitments? i don't see it a u-turn- — u-turn on those commitments? i don't see it a u-turn. i _ u-turn on those commitments? i don't see it a u-turn. i see _ u-turn on those commitments? i don't see it a u-turn. i see dramatic- see it a u—turn. i see dramatic approach to reaching net zero because you cannot really achieve climate security, and still a couple of decades to decades to go. to deal with the current shortage, you need more investment in oil and gas, and mind you, it's doing it a much better way than many other users around the world. they do have high standards and... such as offshore

wind. saying why but climate groups are saying why not take that investment and put it elsewhere, put it into wind energy, better installation for homes, instead of these continual investments in the oil and gas industry. investments in the oil and gas indust . ., a, ,

investments in the oil and gas indust . ., , ., industry. there are three points to remember- _ industry. there are three points to remember. first _ industry. there are three points to remember. first of— industry. there are three points to remember. first of all, _ industry. there are three points to remember. first of all, there - industry. there are three points to remember. first of all, there is i remember. first of all, there is demand for oil and gas, so it's not like demand for it in the sector. you can argue that by investing —— addressing oil and gas, they will pay more taxes to the government, and those revenues can be generated and those revenues can be generated and recycled. third, these companies have also permitted to reducing their carbon footprint and they have quite ambitious targets, and i believe they would work on meeting them. ., ., ., ~ i., italy's government is introducing measures to limit the use of gas over the winter in the face of the global energy crisis linked to the war in ukraine. buildings will have to reduce their use of central heating by 15 days. italians are also being asked to turn down their thermostats by one degree celsius and turn off their heating for an extra hour a day. i've been speaking to our rome correspondent mark lowen.

that buildings, as you say, they have a common central heating system will have to reduce their... the period this winter in which they turn on that central heating by 15 days. so, it'll have to be turned on a week late and then turned off a week early. and the fine for not doing that could be up to 3000 euros. that's about $3000, so a pretty hefty carrot that... or stick that's being wielded in that regard, and then the carrot is to say to people, well, can you just sort ofjoin in the solidarity of the national approach here and actually turn down your heating by one degree and turn off your central heating by an hour a day to try to encourage italians to respond in a more positive way. i have to say that i've spoken to italians today, and quite a lot of people who i've been speaking to in the streets said we understand that this is a necessity. it's difficult, yes, but we have to... you know, we're all in this together. russian gas has dropped, and we need

to respond in a positive way. there are others who say not only are our electricity bills soaring now because russian gas has plummeted, but now we're being asked to adapt our heating habits. and for the elderly and for, you know, little kids in particular in the colder northern parts of italy, that will be quite a big ask, i think. that was our rome correspondent, mark lowen. a fire has damaged stone—carved statues on easter island; some of the charring is said to be irreparable. easter island has about 900of the oversized head statues which were carved by a polynesian tribe more than five more than 500 yea rs ago.

we are starting with news of another tragedy. you would 10,000 fans trying to get into the stadium, violence clashes erupted. a 57—year—old man died from a cardiac arrest. erupted. a 57-year-old man died from a cardiac arrest.— a cardiac arrest. law-abiding eaceful a cardiac arrest. law-abiding peaceful fans _ a cardiac arrest. law-abiding peaceful fans who _ a cardiac arrest. law-abiding peaceful fans who just - a cardiac arrest. law-abidingl peaceful fans who just wanted a cardiac arrest. law-abiding - peaceful fans who just wanted to go and have a nice afternoon, feel that clearly, the police reaction motivated at least some of the problems that led to this. the panic

lead to fans — problems that led to this. the panic lead to fans inside _ problems that led to this. the panic lead to fans inside streaming - lead to fans inside streaming onto the pitch for safety. in the match was called off after nine minutes. didn't leonardo morales said... the security minister has said an investigation will be opened with the over signing of one area being looked at. who is to blame for the trouble? fit, looked at. who is to blame for the trouble? �* t, ., looked at. who is to blame for the trouble? ~ t, t, , looked at. who is to blame for the trouble? ~ ., t, , , ., trouble? a cameraman being shot with rubber bullets. _ trouble? a cameraman being shot with rubber bullets. in _ trouble? a cameraman being shot with rubber bullets. in this _ trouble? a cameraman being shot with rubber bullets. in this tug-of-war - rubber bullets. in this tug—of—war of blame, — rubber bullets. in this tug—of—war of blame, it— rubber bullets. in this tug—of—war of blame, it seems the police authorities, the officer who was in charge _ authorities, the officer who was in charge of— authorities, the officer who was in charge of that game last night has been _

charge of that game last night has been suspended, as have one of the police _ been suspended, as have one of the police involved. it's clear that their— police involved. it's clear that their operation was deficient. this comes in the _ their operation was deficient. this comes in the wake _ their operation was deficient. ti 3 comes in the wake of the indian stadium disaster after police fired tear gas inside the ground, leading to a stampede. a tragic week for the sport. with the reek of —— repercussions said to be felt throughout football. well, meanwhile, the premier league champions manchester city have been fined more than a quarter of a million pounds for a pitch invasion at their stadium on the final day of last season. fans poured on to the pitch after city beat aston villa to retain their title. during the disorder, the villa keeper was assaulted. city have admitted to failing to control the behaviour of the crowd and have been warned about future conduct. the women's rugby union world cup begins in new zealand tomorrow morning, a year later than scheduled because of the pandemic. favourites england are on a 25—test—winning run,

and they'll take—on fiji in auckland at1t:1t5am. france and south africa are also in their pool. england are looking to secure their third world cup title. i can't quite believe it, to be honest. we've been waiting a long time for this week to come along and the first week we are here, it was very relaxed, getting overjet lag, this week on monday, that was when the switch flipped and we are into test week and into preparations for fiji. there's a real buzz around the place. the girls just can't wait to get going and get this world cup under way. that's all the sport for now. thank you, lizzy. there was lots of excitment here in the uk tonight as the host city of the 2023 eurovision song contest was announced. liverpool.

liverpool beat glasgow to be named as the host of the 2023 eurovision song contest. to step in. and a reminder of our top story — speaking to the bbc, president zelensky has urged russians to make a stand against the war. he echoed president biden�*s warning that any use of nuclear weapons will lead to armageddon. this comes as ukrainian troops continue making steady progress in reclaiming land occupied by russian forces in the east and south of the country. don't forget you can get in touch with me and

some of the team on twitter. bye—bye. hello. after a week of changeable weather, it's looking fairly promising for most of us this weekend. certainly not for everybody. in fact, after a sunny saturday, we are expecting wind and rain to sweep into northern ireland and scotland. but england and wales should remain dry through most of sunday. now, you can see the weather systems sweeping across the country right now, that heavy rain that swept into north—west england and the midlands in the last few hours. a high—pressure is now building in. that will settle things down, at least temporarily. so, lots of clear weather on the way for tonight, light winds as well. now, the band of heavy rain that swept across the uk will be exiting our shores and reaching the near continent through the early hours of saturday.

behind it, there is a brisk wind off the atlantic, and we'll have a few showers out towards the west. but generally speaking, it is looking clear. quite chilly first thing on saturday, even in towns and cities temperatures will be around five or six degrees. you can imagine in the countryside, it will be colder than that. the weather for saturday, very little if any wind at all across southern and south—western areas, a bit of cloud building up in the afternoon, but that's pretty much it. it should feel pleasant in the sunshine, around 15 or 16 degrees. more cloud and then the next band of rain is approaching. as the high pressure slips away after that sunny saturday, a high pressure slips a low approaches and a weather front brings wind and rain to northern ireland the morning, eventually western scotland. through the day, it mayjust about brighten up before sunset here in the very far northwest. but i should think it will turn wet

and windy around the irish sea coasts later in the day on sunday but elsewhere, sunday is looking fine. on sunday but elsewhere, monday, if you're wondering about that, that weather front is out of the way and we're back into an area of high pressure, settled weather with temperatures between 13 in the north and around 17 in the south. let's have a look at the outlook into next week. it stays fine across the south of the country. you can see london and cardiff there enjoying that settled weather with temperatures in the high teens, but further north it will be a little more changeable with temperatures closer to the mid—teens. bye— bye.

this is bbc world news. the headlines... the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky, has clarified remarks in which he appeared to call on international allies to make "pre—emptive strikes" on russia to stop moscow using nuclear weapons. this year's nobel peace prize has been jointly awarded to three human rights champions — the belarusian activist ales bialiatski, the banned russian rights group memorial and the ukrainian centre for civil liberties. ales bialiatski is currently imprisoned in belarus. the king of thailand has visited survivors of a knife and gun attack in which 36 people were killed on thursday. in a rare interaction with the public, he met the victims being treated in hospital. five months after a mass shooting

that claimed the lives of 19 students in texas, the school district in uvalde has