welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines: under intense fire. russian troops continue to attack the southern ukrainian city of kherson. three people are killed. president volodymyr zelensky describes the shelling as atrocious. translation: the enemy does not count personnel and, _ despite numerous casualties, keeps the intensity of its attacks high. the british prime minister, rishi sunak, has sacked the chairman of his conservative party, nadeem zahawi, after an independent adviser investigated his tax affairs. israel's security cabinet agrees new measures in response to the deadly attack on a synagogue in eastjerusalem. and more than 50 people, including children, have died

in two separate transport accidents in pakistan. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday. hello and welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. broadcasting to viewers in the uk we start the show in ukraine, where — in the past hour — it's being reported that a missile hit a residential building in the country's second—largest city, kharkiv. that's according to local officials. this image has been filed by the reuters news agency. and just to say that it is a developing story. there's no word yet about any casualties. and according to local officials,

emergency personnel have been sent to the scene. this follows intense fighting in the key southern city of kherson, which has come under fire once again from russian troops. three people have been killed there and six others injured in the intense shelling. the attack came from russian troops stationed on the opposite bank of the dnipro river. local officials say multiple launch rocket systems, artillery, mortars and tank shells were used. damage was reported to a regional hospital, a school and residential buildings, among others. kherson, in the country's south, was captured by russian forces in the early days of moscow's invasion. it was recaptured by ukraine in november. president zelensky used his nightly address to praise the resilience of ukrainian soldiers. translation: the enemy does not count personnel and, _ despite numerous casualties, keeps the intensity of its attacks high. this can only be countered by extraordinary resilience and a complete awareness that our soldiers are defending the whole of ukraine when they defend the donetsk region.

that was president zelensky there. meanwhile, the question of how the west arms ukraine — and with what — has reared its head again, as the german chancellor olaf scholz ruled out sending fighterjets. ukrainian officials have asked allied nations to create a fighterjet coalition to help them further repel russia. but in an interview with the newspaper tagesspiegel, the german chancellor urged western nations not tojoin a bidding war for more sophisticated weaponry. last week, germany announced it will deliver its leopard 2 battle tanks to ukraine after weeks of pressure from nato and european union allies. for more on this, we can speak now to the author of the russia trap: how our shadow war with russia could spiral into nuclear catastrophe, george beebe, who was also a former cia russia analyst and now director of grand strategy at the quincy institute. it is wonderful to get you on the programme, george. in the first instance, just to get your thoughts on how effective the strategy in ukraine has been so far. in

on how effective the strategy in ukraine has been so far.- ukraine has been so far. in one sense, ukraine has been so far. in one sense. the _ ukraine has been so far. in one sense, the strategy _ ukraine has been so far. in one sense, the strategy has - ukraine has been so far. in one sense, the strategy has been i ukraine has been so far. in one - sense, the strategy has been quite effective. i think the cranes have already won a considerable victory in this war, in that it is clear that the russians cannot conquer and occupy the vast bulk of ukrainian territory. and whatever else happens in this work, i think ukraine is going to emerge as an independent state. it is also failing in the sense that although we have prevented an outcome that we do not want to see, namely russia's subjugation of ukraine, we don't have at this point a strategy for bringing this war excessively to an end. and that's really why we are in this discussion over notjust tanks but fighter aircraft and other long—range strike capabilities. because we are concerned that russia has an advantage in a war of attrition, that russia can simply wear ukraine down. use of its manpower, its munitions, and exhaust the west's political will to

continue supplying ukraine. and we have got to find a way to show the russians that that approach won't work, but we have to do so in a way that does not risk escalating this war into a direct confrontation between the west and russia, which would have quite ominous implications for escalation into a nuclear conflict. so that is why we are in the demesne we are in right now. , , ., , ~ now. just to “ump in there, i think ou laid that out really well, but given what you described, does the west have any other options beyond arming ukraine further, sending more firepower there? i ukraine further, sending more firepower there?— ukraine further, sending more firepower there? i think we do. clearly we _ firepower there? i think we do. clearly we have _ firepower there? i think we do. clearly we have to _ firepower there? i think we do. clearly we have to continue - firepower there? i think we do. clearly we have to continue our military support for ukraine, otherwise the russians won't have any incentive to negotiate, they would just wait us out, but we have to couple that military support with a diplomatic process, and that is something that right now the west is

loath to do. and we are going to have to address that. otherwise we are headed towards an escalation spiral which will be quite dangerous. and that means we are going to have to talk to ukrainians about how to rebuild and help them understand that unless there is some sort of compromise agreement with the russians, the russians will simply wreck ukraine rather than allowing it to rebuild itself and to join the eu and nato, and we're also going to have to recognise that we have to discuss with the russians the broader strategic issues of ukraine's military relationship with the west, which is one of the fundament of reasons why this war began in the first place.— began in the first place. yeah, but is there any _ began in the first place. yeah, but is there any hope _ began in the first place. yeah, but is there any hope of— began in the first place. yeah, but is there any hope of any realistic. is there any hope of any realistic sincere dialogue between the two, george, given what has happened in the enmities on both sides? there is no question — the enmities on both sides? there is no question this _ the enmities on both sides? there is no question this is _ the enmities on both sides? there is no question this is an _ the enmities on both sides? there is no question this is an enormous ly . no question this is an enormously difficult problem. there is very

little trust between the west and russia right now, and that lack of trust goes both ways, and we are going to have to address that and slowly take some steps to build towards a time when we can have a genuine negotiating process. none of the sites are ready for that right now, but that does not mean that the west is hopeless or helpless in how it addresses the situation. there are things that we can do that will make it more likely that a genuine diplomatic process becomes realistic at some point. diplomatic process becomes realistic at some point-— at some point. fantastic to get you on the programme _ at some point. fantastic to get you on the programme there. - at some point. fantastic to get you on the programme there. george l on the programme there. george beebe, director of grand strategy at the quincy institute, with his thoughts on newsday. and coming up later in the programme, we'll have a special report from our correspondent in eastern ukraine on the human cost of the fighting there. so do stay tuned to newsday for

that. bur for now, let's turn to the uk, where the conservative party chairman nadhim zahawi has been sacked from the cabinet by the british prime minister rishi sunak, following weeks of gathering uncertainty over his future. rishi sunak�*s ethics adviser found mr zahawi failed to disclose full details of a tax dispute and that this was a serious breach of the ministerial code of conduct. mr sunak asked for the investigation after mr zahawi admitted paying a settlement to the tax authority hmrc, including a penalty. with all the day's events, here's our political editor, chris mason. nadhim zahawi arrived in the uk as a child, unable to speak english. he became a multimillionaire and rose to be chancellor of the exchequer. but tonight his political career and reputation is in tatters. in a 2,000—word letter to the prime minister, the government's ethics adviser is devastating in his criticism of mr zahawi. sir laurie magnus says...

minutes after the prime minister had sacked his party chairman for what he called a serious breach of the ministerial code, the questions began. for a start, why hadn't he got rid of him days ago? as a general rule, i think it is important when allegations are raised that they're investigated promptly. but also we shouldn't rush to judgment before there's been that investigation. the prime minister's ethics adviser highlights seven occasions when nadhim zahawi breached the ministerial code, albeit some for the same mistake — a failure to declare the tax authority were investigating him while he was covid vaccine minister, making the same error when he became education secretary for england in september 2021 and repeating it a third time when he became chancellor injuly last year, a failure to declare he'd paid the penalty to revenue and customs in september last year, a failure to tell the then prime minister, liz truss,

about this when she appointed him to government and a failure to tell rishi sunak when he took the topjob. what's your reaction... plus, there was this lastjuly, which sir laurie says was untrue. so i was clearly being smeared. i was being told that the serious fraud office, that the national crime agency, that hmrc are looking into me. you know, i'm not aware of this. but there was an investigation by the tax authority. mr zahawi has maintained he didn't think it amounted to an investigation. the opposition party say all this reflects badly on the prime minister. this is very serious and nadhim zahawi has spent a very long time dodging this. and i dojust think it speaks to rishi sunak�*s character and his judgment and his weakness. nadhim zahawi should have been sacked or at least have stepped aside until the inquiry took place. instead of which, he was allowed to stay in government while there

were these serious questions. on a day of letters, a final one — nadhim zahawi wrote to the prime minister, saying he took pride in having been in government, including his role in the roll—out of the covid vaccine. but he made no mention whatsoever of any of the criticisms levelled at him. the focus now returns to the prime minister and questions about his judgment. chris mason, bbc news. turning to other news for you now — and the escalating situation in the middle east. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, will be injerusalem today to discuss how to de—escalate growing tensions between israelis and palestinians. more than a dozen people have died in recent days. the israeli security cabinet has now approved new measure in response to friday's shooting outside a synagogue in which seven people died. on sunday, israeli forces moved

in to evict the family of the gunman who carried out the killings, as our middle east correspondent yoland knell reports. in shock at their sudden loss. the grief—stricken family of rafael ben eliyahu, killed by a palestinian gunman outside a synagogue on friday when he was trying to help another victim. "dad, you're my hero," his son says. "you chose to sacrifice your life for others." seven people were shot dead in a jewish settlement in the deadliest attack of its kind in years. now, israel's cabinet is promising a strong response, making it easier for israelis to carry guns and tougher measures to punish the families of palestinian attackers. translation: our answer to terror is a firm hand and a powerful, - fast and precise reaction. packing before the bulldozers come. relatives of the dead gunman from the synagogue shooting are forced out of their home and the doors sealed shut.

these videos were released by israel's far—right minister for police to show there will be retribution. israeli forces have told us to keep back, but we're just along the street from the family home of the palestinian who carried out friday's deadly attack. his parents, his siblings have been able to take out some of their things, but soon they are expecting their apartment to be demolished. the gunman�*s father says he had no idea of his son's plans and he's numb to the punishment. "god will compensate us," he says. "if people are gone, will we care about a house?" recent days have seen surging violence, with ten palestinians killed in israel's most deadly raid in the west bank in years. the top us diplomat was already due to visit this week. now, his main focus will be ways to stop the rising unrest. yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem.

in pakistan, at least a0 people have died after a bus plunged off a bridge. the accident happened in the south—west of the country. officials said the vehicle hit a bridge pillar before losing control and bursting into flames. separately, at least ten children have died in a boat accident in the north—west of pakistan. the boat capsized on tanda dam lake in kohat district. caroline davies reports. still dripping water, carried to the ambulances. this was the fear and panic after a boat capsized on a lake in northwest pakistan. several children aged between seven and ia were killed. local police were some of the first on the scene. translation: when we came here, we heard some noise, _ and then we saw a few heads bobbing in the water. we took a boat out and rescued 12 kids from water, but we think there are still eight to ten boys missing here.

the children were visiting from a seminary where they were students. one official told the bbc the children were not wearing life jackets. it was not the only tragedy in pakistan today. in the early hours of this morning, a coach travelling from quetta to karachi came off the road. officials said that it did hit a pillar before veering off a bridge and into a dry riverbed below. they told reporters that the coach burst into flames on impact. almost everyone on board died. those who survived are in a serious condition in hospital. officials have said that some bodies are unidentifiable because of the severity of their burns. road and water accidents are not rare in pakistan. authorities have said that there will be investigations of what led to two such great losses of life on different sides of the country. caroline davies, bbc news. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: three years since the uk left the eu, how do people in shakespeare's birthplace feel about brexit now?

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the world nonstop. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. let's return to ukraine now, because among those killed in the east of the country last week was denys sossnenko. he died while carrying out the dangerous task of retrieving the bodies of civilians and soldiers. he was buried by friends and family this weekend. my colleague andrew harding has more now on his story. and i just want to warn you, you might find some of andrew's report distressing. fresh snow and a funeral in the donbas this morning. this time, for a man who was not quite a soldier and not quite a civilian either. 21—year—old denys was a body collector.

his mother is led towards his open coffin. she sobs last year, we met denys, standing in the background here. he was with his team of volunteers, close to the front lines. a grim and dangerousjob. scouring ukraine's battlefields forabandoned bodies, ukrainian and russian soldiers alike. and now, he's being buried, a few days after driving over an anti—tank mine. "he always told us, �*i have to do this work. �*if not me, then who?”', says his mother, lyudmyla. she sobs last october, another bbc team caught up with denys, collecting more russian bodies, after checking they weren't booby—trapped, as they often are. denys spoke then of the horrors of the work, of picking

the dead up limb by limb. but today, his team—mates talk of his dedication. translation: he did so much with his short life. _ he brought back so many dead people. and we must carry on with that work, because there are families still waiting for the dead to come home. so many of those unclaimed bodies are here in the northern donbas — a blasted landscape, littered with russian corpses. but the kremlin�*s forces are learning from their mistakes and slowly seizing more ground. russia are learning every day and they change their strategy, and it's very hard for us, and i think we need to learn fast. faster? than russia, yeah. in the meantime, denys's coffin is

brought to his home—town cemetery. the mood here — and, indeed, across ukraine — is one notjust of grief, but exhaustion. the fear that this long war has barely even begun, and that the work of body collectors like denys will be needed here for months, if not for years, to come. andrew harding, bbc news, ukraine. we look at the us now, where the us house speaker kevin mccarthy is set to sit down with presidentjoe biden in the white house on wednesday. a spokesperson says the conversation would cover a "range of issues", but it comes as the us has hit the debt ceiling, with the treasury department now having to put measures in place to stop it defaulting on that debt. the white house says the president plans to ask mccarthy how he's going to reduce the defecit and grow the economy. but speaker mccarthy told cbs' face the nation that he also wants to talk about controlling

government spending. our whole government is designed to find compromise, i want to find a reasonable and a responsible way that we can lift the debt ceiling but take control of this runaway spending. i mean, if you look at the last four years, the democrats have increased spending by 30%, $400 billion. we're at 120% of gdp. we haven't been in this place of debt since world war ii, so we can't continue down this path, and i don't there's anyone in america who doesn't agree that there's some wasteful washington spending that we can eliminate. so i want to sit down together, work out an agreement that we can move forward to put us on a path to balance, at the same time not put any of our debt in jeopardy at the same time. that was speaker kevin mccarthy, speaking with cbs's face the nation, talking about his plans to control

government spending, as well as some of the other issues facing the us. but let's turn now to the uk. this week marks three years since the uk's official departure from the eu injanuary 2020. since then, we've regularly visited the town of stratford—upon—avon, where the result of the 2016 brexit referendum mirrored the national outcome, with 52% of people voting to leave the european union and 48% opting to remain. as the third anniversary approaches, alex forsyth returned to the town to see how people feel about brexit now. brexit! it was a day of celebration for some, sorrow for others. in stratford—upon—avon, pro—eu activists gathered to mark the moment we left the eu. three years on, we returned with them to the same spot. brexit has made this country a lot poorer, people a lot more divided, but no—one wants to talk about it any more. here, like in many places, the debate has undoubtedly

quietened, though not disappeared. and these friends have just realised they've been on different sides throughout. i still think it was the right thing to do. a lot of people thought it was instantly going to produce big changes to the country, but it will take time. i believe in this country. i voted for leave, yeah. and are you still sure now about the vote that you've made, then? at the moment, yeah. there's been a change of parliament, change of government. _ we'lljust wait and see, really. and how about you guys? you're friends — same friendship group, different view. i still think we should have remained. i think we've made a big mistake. we've alienated ourselves from our neighbours. if there was another chance to do it again or go back in, would you want to? we respect the vote and that's where we need to stay. going back in now isn't an option. so, some things, they do agree on. with what he's just said, we're still friends. they laugh

brexit dominated, and divided, politics and much of our national conversation for years, but soon after we actually left the european union, the covid pandemic swept the globe, with all the economic, social and political turmoil that followed. now, three years on, with some aspects of brexit still unresolved, some are still trying to understand what its true impact has been. at stratford bridge club, some are waiting to see how things unfold, but others have already changed their minds. i'm embarrassed to say i voted for brexit. we were obviously lied to so much, and i just feel a fool. a fool? mm, absolutely, a fool. for all the people who've had to leave the country, and then you've got the lorries on the motorways. i mean, it's just... there's just so many, so many things. there's just... i'm finding it difficult to keep quiet. i disagree totally with everything julie has said. i don't believe we were lied to. a long—term conservative supporter, richard says

the government hasn't delivered. do you feel like you've got what you voted for with brexit? absolutely not. i mean, we were promised a bonfire of eu laws. we were promised that we'd have our own uk bill of rights. if these things had happened, then i think the country would be in a totally different, but better position. so years after the votes were counted, and then the country departed, it seems some of the conversations about brexit are still playing out. alex forsyth, bbc news, stratford—upon—avon. fascinating report there. lots more on the bbc website on all of our stories, including that one. tributes have been paid to the american singer and guitarist tom verlaine, who's died at the age of 73. music he founded the legendary punk band television — famous for their seminal debut album, marquee moon. mike scott of the waterboys said,

"he was the best rock and roll guitarist of all time." that's it from us. thanks so much for watching. hello. we're looking at a pretty quiet start to the new week weather—wise. there should be a lot of fine weather around this monday. and the winds that were pretty keen, particularly to the north of the uk, on sunday will fall considerably lighter. and here's why. this area of high pressure pushing up from the southwest. this area of low pressure that brought the windier conditions on sunday is off towards scandinavia. still a bit of a breeze for the north and west of scotland, still one or two showers feeding in here. could be the odd one coming in off the irish sea coast early on in the day as well. but overall, monday, we're dominated by dry weather. there should be a lot of sunshine and temperatures 8 to 10 degrees. high cloud, though, pushing into northern ireland later on in the day is the first signs of some weather fronts that will sweep into the north—west of the uk late monday into early tuesday.

some wet weather for scotland, briefly for northern ireland. ends the night, that front, across northern england, feeding into wales. clear skies behind the weather front, but quite a lot of showers slamming into northern ireland but particularly western scotland on what will be a very strong westerly wind. and that's because of this low pressure centre here to the north—west of the uk. it's going to mean strong winds right the way across the uk on tuesday. but gales for western scotland and to the north of the country, too. frequent showers, wintry across the higher ground. some showers of rain for northern ireland, northern england. largely dry further south, but distinctly windy, yes. temperatures still 11, 12 to the south of the uk, but feeling chillier — just 7 degrees there, for example, in aberdeen. and then through the evening, into the early part of the night, as that centre of the low pressure goes through to the north, a real squeeze in the winds across northern scotland. severe gales, possibly damaging winds, widespread gales for scotland certainly to take us into wednesday. but off goes that low towards scandinavia for the middle part of the week and the winds become relatively lighter once again.

it will be a breezy day on wednesday. we'll see our next weather front trying to push in to the north—west, so more cloud as the day plays out for northern ireland, for western scotland, northern england and some outbreaks of rain. but sunshine for southern and eastern areas. another pulse of rain to run through to the north of the uk on thursday. to the south, though, high pressure close by keeping things fine. and then for the end of the week, it looks like the high will come to dominate and there should be a lot of fine weather across the uk. and in terms of our temperatures, after those big extremes of last week, it looks like we're going to see a fairly average picture across the uk. good evening i'm tulsen tollett and this your sports news and another day where late drama was the order of the day in the fa cup. non—league wrexham were so close to a spot in the 5th round — but had to settle for a replay

against sheffield united. the championship high fliers with an equaliser deep into stoppage time in what was a frenetic match that saved their skin, and denied the hosts a major upset — with their hollywood owner watching on. joe lynskey reports. fourth round at wrexham and a phone call from los angeles, this non—league club has two owners from hollywood and now a stage for a story. fa cup match day and a side three tiers above. but sheffield united cut through the noise, 1—0 up inside ofa minute, the wrexham dream would need a fight back, but the team from the fifth chair from second—half belly. they came here with 15 home wins in a row, and now remarkably looked for more. 2—1 to wrexham and hearts racing at the race course, but still this match would change sheffield united struck back again 2—2 and wide open.

wrexham would still have an opening, the blades went down to ten for a foul off the ball, and so with the space, home side wrote their own script. can he win it here? yes, he can. that had looked like the hollywood ending, but sheffield united themselves are on a journey. on course for promotion back to the top flight coming out in the last minute, they stayed in the cup. heartbreakfor wrexham on an extraordinary day, a match that had everything will be replayed at bramall lane. liverpool's woes continue this season. they are out of the fa cup after their second defeat this month to brighton at the amex. kaoru mitoma scored in stoppage time with a brilliantly taken finish to knock the holders out in the fourth round. liverpool are ninth in the premier league and face a tough champions league tie against real madrid, so that may well be their best chance of a trophy this season gone.

we had worse games when we got knocked out of the fa cup