welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines. nato promises to give more weapons to ukraine and to help fix energy infrastructure damaged by russia. the uk government summons china's ambassador in protest over the arrest and treatment of a bbc journalist who was beaten and detained by police. huge fountains of lava continue to spurt from the world's biggest active volcano, mauna loa in hawaii which began erupting on sunday for the first time in forty years. and in the world cup, the us beat political rivals iran one—nil and england beat wales 3—nil in the so—called battle of britain — both now go through to

the knock out stages. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin our coverage today with nato — it says it will help ukraine repair damage to its energy network caused by russian missile strikes. at a meeting in romania, the alliance also promised to provide more weapons. nato�*s secetary general yens stoltenberg said nato had a united message for russia — that it won't back down in its support for ukraine. he also accused moscow of weaponising winter — by targeting ukraine's power supplies. our defence correspondent jonathan beale was at the talks in bucharest ukraine needs those air defence

systems to shoot down the solution missiles which are targeting ukraine's energy supply and causing so much distress and hardship not just of the military but ukrainian population too. they want those weapons, those air defence systems and significant numbers and they want the most advanced systems. they said that those discussions are ongoing and that may be some reasons why patriot missiles, batteries are not being provided to ukraine and more intensive with the number of troops involved, more expensive than some of the systems and it would take them a long time to actually train ukrainian forces on how to use and maintain them, probably months. they may be practical reasons why the systems of not been provided with the systems because of the pressure being put on by ukraine and because of the urgency in the situation with its electrical grid being targeted are ongoing and the

pentagon is looking at that and they also looking at other weapon systems as well. clearly, the message from ukraine is we do not need help with rebuilding and repairing our infrastructure but they're getting some of that help, a pledge today from the us is the give more than $50 million to help ukraine repair its electrical grid but they also need those air defence systems and those weapons if they are going to win this war against russia. i'm joined now by the global affairs analyst michael botsiu—rkiv in canadian victoria, who is atlantic council fellow and former spokesman for osce one. how significant is this latest promise from nato? obviously, it's with the ukrainians have been asking for for a long time, to close this guy is completely incoming russian weapons

and you will recall during the latest barrage, around missiles and by russia, 50 were taken by ukraine but it was the remainder that hit the critical infrastructure and until ukraine, concludes that guys entirely, knowing it's going to be considered safe, and with additional aid, helping ukraine to rebuild those stations the russians know where a lot of these installations are as they are the one who built a lot of them during soviet times and ukraine is in a disadvantage in that regard as well. how ukraine is in a disadvantage in that regard as well-— regard as well. how might russia view these _ regard as well. how might russia view these latest _ regard as well. how might russia view these latest promises - regard as well. how might russia view these latest promises from | view these latest promises from nato? ~ ~' ., view these latest promises from nato? ~ ~ ., ., , ., ., ., nato? we know that they have gone on social media — nato? we know that they have gone on social media saying _ nato? we know that they have gone on social media saying that _ nato? we know that they have gone on social media saying that this _ nato? we know that they have gone on social media saying that this is - social media saying that this is unacceptable and will provoke russia but i think russian leaders are finally growing the spine to stand

up finally growing the spine to stand up to vladimir putin and i think the reason for this is that military forces to make missiles of been so degraded that perhaps they feel a bit more bullet entered standing up to russia and another thing, i think ukraine is colleagues of them have already said is that ukraine should be given the ability to strike inside russian territory and that is weapons i can travel more than a0 km because russia and ukraine can strike back in proportionate ways and that needs to be thought about as well. , ., ., , as well. going from here in terms of further escalation _ as well. going from here in terms of further escalation from _ as well. going from here in terms of further escalation from russia? - as well. going from here in terms of further escalation from russia? i - further escalation from russia? i think rush is going to be very preoccupied with what it has and thatis preoccupied with what it has and that is part of the land bridge that connects crimea with the russian mainland but i have to say, the statements coming from ukraine in the past days and weeks about moving

forward by the new year to taking back parts of crimea is pretty bald but i think there is a lot of public support behind those measures and ukraine will be holding on to places like kherson planning defensive measures as well.— like kherson planning defensive measures as well. thank you for “oininr measures as well. thank you for joining us _ measures as well. thank you for joining us on _ measures as well. thank you for joining us on the _ measures as well. thank you for joining us on the programme - measures as well. thank you for. joining us on the programme with your thoughts. while that nato meeting was happening in romania — in london — ukraine's first lady olena zelenska was addressing parliament. she told mps ukrainians are going through a terror similar to what the uk experienced during world war two: ukrainians are migrating through this which will resonate. to survive error rates, which were identical to those that russia put us on our needs. we are hearing sirens every

day and identical to those which were heard by the british generations who did not surrender. and we will not surrender. but victory is not the only thing we need. we need justice. in other stories for you today — china's ambassador to the uk was summoned to the foreign office today, to respond to the arrest and beating of a bbc camera journalist, while he was covering demonstrations in shanghai. ed lawrence was held for several hours on sunday. a heavy police presence on the streets of major cities has prevented further unrest. there's growing concern about how authorities have clamped down on recent protests against the strict covid measures. our analysis editor ros atkins has been investigating. there's a crackdown taking place in china. police are being deployed in many cities because, at the weekend, widespread protests erupted over strict covid rules. translation: | think - we should go back to normal. we should go back to normal lives.

that was in beijing. this footage is shanghai. was beaten by police and held for several hours. call the consulate now! there were also protests in chengdu, xi'an, wuhan and urumqi, where the first protest was seen. and there have been rare calls for the president to stand down. chanting these protesters are saying, "down with the chinese communist party! down with xijinping!" now, localised protests aren't uncommon in china, widespread ones are. but as the world has opened up after the pandemic, mass testing, quarantines and lockdowns are all still used in china. and when ten people died in a fire in urumqi last week, some said lockdown rules had slowed the response. not that the government accepts this. translation: forces with ulterior motives have used social media i to link the fire to the zero—covid policy, but the local government has

combated these rumours and smears. the chinese state is certainly seeking to exert control online. the social media platform weibo has removed nearly all footage of the protests. the authorities also want to stop the footage ever getting online. this video — also from the bbc�*s edward lawrence — shows a woman being forced to delete photos. we're getting reports of police using cell—phone data, for example, to track people who are at protests. we're starting to see them use that system to exercise control. the surveillance and censorship doesn't stop there. white pieces of paper have become a symbol of the protests, and online searches for them are being restricted. and while the government restricts the protesters, its allies are getting their message out. nationalist accounts on weibo are speculating that the discontent is being instigated by foreign forces.

there's no publicly available evidence of that. there is, though, evidence that covid is spreading. zero—covid has kept numbers low in china but, as you can see, they're rising now. and on zero—covid, there's no end in sight. this seems to be indefinite, and that sense of no hope and hopelessness is what's driving the current protests. the government censors appear mindful of this. chinese state media's not mentioning the protests, and on coverage of the world cup — as the bbc�*s stephen mcdonell notes — it's being edited, so chinese viewers don't see thousands of fans without masks. zero—covid has meant the chinese state constraining the virus and its own people. and as covid spreads, and protesters call for change, the government continues its efforts to control both. the founder of the right—wing oath keepers militia group in the us has been convicted of seditious conspiracy, in relation to last year's attack on the capitol building in washington. he and four other people were accused of using force to block

congress from certifying president biden's election victory. barbara plett usher has the latest form washington. the founder and leader of the oath keepers has been charged with seditious conspiracy and also another man another one of the defendants kelly maggs has been charged with seditious conspiracy in this the leader of the foreign chapter of the oath keepers and led one of them into the capital building during that right and the other of the defendants have not been acquitted of this particular charge although some of them have been convicted of other charges and i think this'll be seen as the prosecution is quite a victory this is the most serious charge they have brought so far in a sweeping investigation of those who enter the capitol building in the seditious conspiracy charge is quite serious and it says that the oath keepers

plotted to use force to block the transfer of power to joe plotted to use force to block the transfer of power tojoe biden and a sentence of up to 20 years and it is pretty key to the governments argument that this was not just a riot that got out of control, that it was preplanned and that it was a threat to democracy. to belarus now, where one of the leading opposition figures has been taken to hospital from prison and is now in intensive care. maria koles—nikova was serving an 11 year sentence for her role in anti—government protests. one of her colleagues had recently expressed fears over the state of her health in the prison where she'd been sent. i'm joined now by franak viachorka in vilnius. mr viachorka is a senior advisor to the belarus opposition leader svetla na tikhanos— kaya. what can you tell us about ms kolesnikova's condition — and why she is in intensive care? from what we know, her condition is

stable and she was moved to the intensive care unit from there and she underwent a surgery yesterday and we have limited information about her, she is guarded and they don't tell any information to family orfriends and don't tell any information to family or friends and allegedly, and the few weeks, she had problems in the colony and she was severely punished by putin. figs colony and she was severely punished b putin. �* , ,, colony and she was severely punished b putin. a i. colony and she was severely punished b putin. m i” ., by putin. as you point out, information _ by putin. as you point out, information about - by putin. as you point out, information about her - by putin. as you point out, - information about her condition is limited by but can you tell us in terms of how hopeful you are that she might recover from what she is going through and within? what can we expect to happen to her next? the resence we expect to happen to her next? iia: presence is we expect to happen to her next? tia: presence is one we expect to happen to her next? ti2 presence is one of the worst in the world. and there are several activists who were killed and died in prison and many who were released recently, they spoke of torture and

we are really concerned about her health and her life and we do not know she was tortured but we assure that they face huge pressure and they perceive maria as one of the biggest enemies of them and we work with international parties to make sure there is access to maria and demand for immediate release from the prison. she demand for immediate release from the rison. ,, , , i i, the prison. she is such a huge fiaure the prison. she is such a huge figure even — the prison. she is such a huge figure even outside _ the prison. she is such a huge figure even outside as - the prison. she is such a huge figure even outside as an - the prison. she is such a huge figure even outside as an icon | the prison. she is such a huge i figure even outside as an icon of democracy in 1500 political prisoners in the country as i understand it according to the human rights group and what hopes do you have for any further resistance to the regime? i have for any further resistance to the regime?— the regime? i see that the resistance _ the regime? i see that the resistance against - the regime? i see that the resistance against the - the regime? i see that the i resistance against the regime the regime? i see that the - resistance against the regime didn't stop in february when morgan's ukraine was targeted, many people

saw partisans and there are hundreds of protests of the country where they put belarus in ukrainian flex in trying to punish people to train the sentence them to tender 15 years in prison and had the death penalty for protests but people still resist despite all the terror that gives me the hope that when the opportunity will open, people uprise again. thank you so much forjoining us on the programme. singapore has officially voted to amend a colonial—era law criminising sex between men. it is a controversial step for the city state that has held a conservative stance towards the gay community. some in the lgbtq community welcome the move to overturn section 377a — a colonial—era law that could carry up to two years in jail. but for many gay advocates, the change doesn't go far enough.

you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme. england beat wales 3—nil and cruise into the world cup knockouts. and the usa beat iran 1—nil to reach the world cup's last 16. it's quite clear that the worst victims of this disaster are the poor people living in the slums which have sprung up around the factory. i feel so helpless that the children are dying in front of me and i can't do anything. charles manson is the mystical leader of the hippie cult suspected of killing sharon tate and at least six other people in los angeles. at 11 o'clock this morning, - just half a metre of rock separated britain from continental europe.

it took the drilljust a few moments to cut through the final obstacle, . then philippe cossette, a miner from calais, _ was shaking hands and exchanging flags with. his opposite number from dover. this is newsday on the bbc. in singapore. our headlines. nato has promised to give more weapons to ukraine and to help fix energy infrastructure damaged by russia. the uk government summons china's ambassador in protest over the arrest and treatment of a bbc journalist who was beaten and detained by police. four more teams have booked their place in the last 16 at the world cup. in the early kicks—offs, the netherlands beat hosts qatar to claim top spot in group a ahead

of senegal — who edged out beating wales after three second—half goals and that's all gareth southgate when group b at of the united states to get to the tight game with iran. the us 21—0. more on england's success. tight game with iran. the us 21-0. more on england's success. england that much of— more on england's success. england that much of the _ more on england's success. england that much of the possession - more on england's success. england that much of the possession and - more on england's success. england that much of the possession and i i that much of the possession and i don't think wales touched the ball in the opposition penalty area the first half. listen, so many times they've been the spark that wales needed and he did not return for the second half and we think an injury possibly, if the first half was for the second half was the polar opposite and how exciting was a straight after marcus rushford, a powerful free kick into the top corner and really amazing goal and england captain harry kane on the right—hand side, and phil tapped

rushford again and swirling triple and a low shot to the keepers legs and a low shot to the keepers legs and one of thejoint and a low shot to the keepers legs and one of the joint top scorers in england much better in the first and second half in the english fans can hear singing right now. the welsh fans may have been outnumbered and the stadium tonight but certainly to singing the national anthem, it's the loudest heard and such pride and this was a local derby and in the night sky and also, i think wales were happy to be here and since 1958, no one expected them to win the world cup and the preps of expected to get out of the group and get good results but it was always going to be tough, 33 years of age and with the demands on his body not quite the players he was in scored the only goal of the tournament and the only goal of the tournament and the penalty against the usa and a

very good player and deep down, wales will be very happy to have made the tournament and they go home but a thing for wales, the transition period. probably the last time and they have some young bright talent and dictates of them using this experience and the sea, using this experience and the sea, using this experience and the sea, using this experience to push on and make sure they don't have to wait this long before they qualify for another world cup. let's get more on england's 3—nil win against wales now. danjohnson watched the match with more than a thousand england supporters at the fanzone in bristol and sent us this report on what's was dubbed the battle of britain. even under limited pressure, watching can be unnerving experience. you make any second now, i can feel it! aha,

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for more on this i am joined now by dr wendy stoe—vall, a volcanologist at the us geological service volcano hazards. talk us through what is happening and why this volcano has erupted nowhow potentially dangerous is this lava flow? there are lava flows that are moving on the north slope of the volcano and getting a little bit close to a road that transcends the island and if things continue as they are, they could possibly hit that road in the next couple of days and that could cause some very serious traffic issues for the island and distant major infrastructure corridor for the east and west side. in the volcano is erupting because as he said, it's been almost a0 years since he last erupted and reno for at least the past two years, it has been leading up to this point and we can detect that there is magma that

is been moving into the system and certainly in the last couple of months, the rate of the magma accumulation within the volcano increased and it took about an hour for the magma medicalfrom its region inside the volcano out onto the surface on sunday night, she said. i, i, i, , , i, i, i, said. how dangerous is the lava flow at this point? _ said. how dangerous is the lava flow at this point? from _ said. how dangerous is the lava flow at this point? from the _ said. how dangerous is the lava flow at this point? from the volcano, - said. how dangerous is the lava flow at this point? from the volcano, it i at this point? from the volcano, it is very common. _ at this point? from the volcano, it is very common, they _ at this point? from the volcano, it is very common, they don't - at this point? from the volcano, it is very common, they don't move | at this point? from the volcano, it - is very common, they don't move very fast on the slope that is currently experiencing levels low because it's pretty gentle slopes and so, we have those who are able to go up to the flows and examples and get out of the way very quickly and the other great thing about this is the side of the volcano that this is appearing on, there are no people that live anywhere nearby and so, it will take many weeks are lava flow to reach into communities which could be impacted and if the reps

last that long to where not quite sure if it will and we can actually predict how long it will last. at predict how long it will last. at this point, there's a lot of concern and the surrounding communities, is there any way of telling what might happen next, briefly? we there any way of telling what might happen next, briefly?— happen next, briefly? we have the abili to happen next, briefly? we have the ability to forecast _ happen next, briefly? we have the ability to forecast the _ happen next, briefly? we have the ability to forecast the direction - happen next, briefly? we have the ability to forecast the direction of i ability to forecast the direction of the lava flows and what we do is the people who are in the field, they give us the specific location of the lava flow in the project where they will go using the typography of the landscape and how much love is been erupted so far and we can tell generally where they will go and get through certain points. the generally where they will go and get through certain points.— through certain points. the us geological— through certain points. the us geological service _ through certain points. the us geological service volcano - through certain points. the us geological service volcano has| through certain points. the us. geological service volcano has its programme, thank you so much for joining us on this day and that brings us to the end of this hour of

the programme. thank you forjoining me in to stay with bbc news for the latest headlines. we saw a mixed fortunes of weather today in some areas were cold but sunny and others were chilly, grey and misty with some low clouds and a bit of fog lingering in or two spots. it's looking pretty similar and states chilli with some areas of sunshine and other areas stingray with the mist and fog in that fog developed pretty widely again through tonight and parts of central and northern eastern england into central southern and eastern scotland. it can be quite dense and places as well. whether skies of the touch of frost but holding unethical cloud and no lower than one or a degrees. a chilly start tomorrow morning and there will be some dense fog to watch out for in central

scotland, northern eastern parts of england could linger in places all day but lifting into low clouds comes in areas thing green chilli and can be fairly mild and this with front will bring the good cloud and must in scotland and northern ireland and more of a breeze as well. as we at the wednesday night, thatis well. as we at the wednesday night, that is quite breezy and further outbreaks of rain and lighter winds and a bit of fog miss developing an skies clear with a touch of frost per milder in the northwest and the weather front chilli or further southin weather front chilli or further south in that with a touch of frost but milder in the northwest and the weather front chilli or further southin weather front chilli or further south in that weather friend would for much of that weather friend would be hanging out on thursday across the north of scotland but for much of the country, high—pressure and the winds will be light in the rain becomes confined to the northern ireland for england and wales, quite a bit of cloud around its and missed and some foggy patches around and also a of sunshine here and there and fairly

mild to double figures here but a chilly sort of day for the easter we have low cloud in the mist and fog. towards the end of the week, it is turning quarterfor all areas towards the end of the week, it is turning quarter for all areas where picking up a chilli stronger easterly breeze we can see the colours across the north of the uk slowly ebbing away as the quarter colours take over in the breeze can be quite a feature towards the end of the week into the following week across the south. a chilly into the weak and quite a bit of cloud with spousal sunshine we could see a few showers started about and having a winter flavour is certainly over the hills to the north.

this is bbc news, the headlines. england have reached the last 16 of the world cup in qatar. two goals from marcus rashford and a further strike from phil foden gave gareth southgate's side a 3—nil win over wales. they are joined in the knock out phase of the tournament by the united states. they finished as runners—up — behind england — in group b with a narrow 1—nil win over iran. nato says it will help ukraine repair the damage to its power network caused by russian missile strikes. at a meeting in bucharest, the alliance also promised to provide more weapons to ukraine. and the uk government summons china's ambassador in protest over the arrest and treatment of a bbc

journalist who was beaten and detained by police.