this is bbc news. i'm victoria valentine with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. on the first anniversary of russia's invasion of ukraine, president zelensky welcomes a un vote calling for the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of russian troops. we have just heard a siren go off for the first time, we haven't heard that before. the conflict has killed tens of thousands of people, flattened cities and towns, and forced millions to flee their homes. in the united states — disgraced hollywood film mogul harvey weinstein is sentenced to a futher 16 years in prison for rape — on top of the 23 year sentence he is already serving. winter bites in southern california — as los angeles braces itself

for a rare blizzard. and as the uk prepares to host the eurovsion song contest on behalf of ukraine, we meet the nigerian born singer who's part of the group hoping to take the title back to kyiv for the second year in a row. hello and welcome to the programme. it's exactly a year since russia began its invasion of ukraine and president zelensky has welcomed a vote at the united nations calling for the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of russian troops. the resolution was backed by an overwhelming majority of countries, which he described as a powerful signal of global support. let's get the latest from our correspondent james waterhouse.

a thud marking the moment when ukraine and the world changed forever. we've just heard a siren go off for the first time. we haven't heard that before. after months of build—up, 150,000 russian soldiers crossed the border. millions headed the other way. a country under attack with its people caught in the middle. where russia retreated, horrors were revealed. ukraine's president became a wartime leader. his video addresses now a nightly ritual. moscow is still framing this as a defensive war. translation: today, once again, we are in grave danger. _ using ukraine, the collective west is seeking to dismember

russia, to deprive it of its independence. these attempts are doomed to fail. the united nations has voted to demand russia stops its invasion. today, the uk is going to urge countries to support ukraine for as long as it takes. for now in the west, there is broad unity, but that could change, the longer this war goes on. ukraine has reclaimed some of what was taken, like here in kherson. complete liberation is a long way off. james waterhouse, bbc news, kyiv. meanwhile, in the last couple of hours, china's foreign ministry has released a series of statements which it says are to help prevent the crisis in ukraine getting out of control. china says, firstly, nuclear weapons "must not be used in the ukraine conflict". beijing then goes on to say, "dialogue and negotiation are the only viable way to resolve the ukraine crisis."

and china has called on russia and ukraine to "avoid attacking civilians or civilian facilities". the war has had a devastating impact on the lives and futures of the ukraine's 5.7 million school—aged children. let's talk now to margarita boyko, a school teacher in 0desa. thank you so much forjoining us, we really appreciate your time. i understand you made the decision to flee from mykolaiv. what made you take that decision? i what made you take that decision?— what made you take that decision? . , g ., decision? i was in mykolaiv durin: decision? i was in mykolaiv during the _ decision? i was in mykolaiv during the first _ decision? i was in mykolaiv during the first month, - decision? i was in mykolaiv during the first month, our| during the first month, our students were at home, but in a month, i made the decision because one of my friends told

me, whose husband was on the front line, that mykolaiv could be the second mariupol, where they would go towards kherson when they wanted to free kherson. and i decided to save the life of my son, that is why i have made the decision to leave ukraine, and we came to romania. 50 leave ukraine, and we came to romania-— leave ukraine, and we came to romania. ., ., . . romania. so you came to romania with our romania. so you came to romania with your 15-year-old _ romania. so you came to romania with your 15-year-old son, - romania. so you came to romania with your 15-year-old son, you - with your 15—year—old son, you left your husband behind? my left your husband behind? ij�*i husband left your husband behind? m: husband left left your husband behind? m; husband left behind, with his old and ill mother. he couldn't have any chance to leave ukraine, and i had to choose between my husband, my family, my parents and my son. i had to save the life of my son. h0??? my parents and my son. i had to save the life of my son.- save the life of my son. how do ou save the life of my son. how do you come _ save the life of my son. how do you come to — save the life of my son. how do you come to terms _ save the life of my son. how do you come to terms with - save the life of my son. how do you come to terms with having | you come to terms with having to make a decision like that? the only thing that i was

thinking about, i don't want my son to be hungry, to be thirsty, to be afraid of everything, because the bombing was very hard each night, and i don't want him to sit in the bomb shelters, i don't want... i want to save his life.- i want to save his life. what has become _ i want to save his life. what has become of _ i want to save his life. what has become of your - i want to save his life. what has become of your home, | i want to save his life. what l has become of your home, do i want to save his life. what - has become of your home, do you know? , has become of your home, do you know?- what _ has become of your home, do you know?- what has _ has become of your home, do you know?- what has become l has become of your home, do you| know?- what has become of know? sorry? what has become of our know? sorry? what has become of your home. _ know? sorry? what has become of your home. do _ know? sorry? what has become of your home, do you _ know? sorry? what has become of your home, do you know? - know? sorry? what has become of your home, do you know? yeah, i your home, do you know? yeah, we left to _ your home, do you know? yeah, we left to romania, _ your home, do you know? yeah, we left to romania, people - we left to romania, people helped us very much, but we left ukraine only with winter clothes and two mobile phones, that's all. , i, that's all. tell us about the im act that's all. tell us about the impact that _ that's all. tell us about the impact that this _ that's all. tell us about the impact that this war - that's all. tell us about the impact that this war has . that's all. tell us about the | impact that this war has had that's all. tell us about the - impact that this war has had on your students will soon have your students will soon have you been able to continue to educate them?— educate them? so, the first month we — educate them? so, the first month we stopped - educate them? so, the first l

month we stopped educating, educate them? so, the first - month we stopped educating, but then we decided to continue, it was like right now, online. most of my students left mykolaiv and the pupils who stayed there, it was only two pupils from 77 of my class. they stayed in mykolaiv and i know one story that one of my pupils slept under the bed while bombing, because they bombed mykolaiv during four months each night. and one night, it was 27 bombs which were pulled towards mykolaiv. it's completely understandable, given what you say about your home. i, i. , home. there and caregivers would be — home. there and caregivers would be nervous _

home. there and caregivers would be nervous about - home. there and caregivers would be nervous about thej would be nervous about the children going to school. do you have any hopes of things returning to normal, of being able to teach your pupils attend face—to—face, of going back to ukraine? {iii attend face-to-face, of going back to ukraine?— attend face-to-face, of going back to ukraine? of course we are waiting — back to ukraine? of course we are waiting by _ back to ukraine? of course we are waiting by the _ back to ukraine? of course we are waiting by the way - back to ukraine? of course we are waiting by the way our - are waiting by the way our government to support us in different areas. first they give teachers laptops to give a chance to work online, then they give our students the tablets, and also all the time during the war they paid us our salary, and by the way as well, my school, we bought a generator and her headmaster prepared bomb shelters because we cannot start educating without bomb shelters. and

also, they made sure there was clean water for the school. our headmaster and our government, they do everything to start our educating of online. margarita, very briefly. — educating of online. margarita, very briefly, how— educating of online. margarita, very briefly, how is _ educating of online. margarita, very briefly, how is your - very briefly, how is your husband?— very briefly, how is your husband? , i, _ husband? he is ok, and by the wa , i husband? he is ok, and by the way, i remember _ husband? he is ok, and by the way, i remember one - husband? he is ok, and by the way, i remember one awful - husband? he is ok, and by the i way, i remember one awful fact, way, i remember one awfulfact, every morning in romania i woke up, reading his message, morning, i am alive. morning, up, reading his message, morning, iam alive. morning, i am alive. each morning i wrote such a message after a bombing. margarita, i'm almost in tears here, thank you so much for your time and here, thank you so much for yourtime and your your time and your contributions today, hope it goes well with your students and your family, goes well with your students and yourfamily, thank you.

thank you too. we and your family, thank you. thank you too.— and your family, thank you. thank you too. we will have more on _ thank you too. we will have more on ukraine _ thank you too. we will have more on ukraine later- thank you too. we will have more on ukraine later in - thank you too. we will have | more on ukraine later in the programme. and you can find lots more detail about the war in ukraine on our website, including lots of explainers — just head to bbc.com/news or use the bbc news app. let's get some of the day's other news. the un's middle east envoy has held meetings in gaza as part of efforts to calm escalating tensions between the palestinians and the israelis. an israeli raid in the occupied west bank on wednesday left 11 people dead, including six gunmen. militants in gaza responded by firing rockets into israel. madagascar�*s government says a powerful storm which battered the island's east coast has killed at least seven people. nearly 80,000 people have been affected by floods. cyclone freddy is now heading for mozambique. a preliminary report into the derailment of a train carrying toxic chemicals in the us state of ohio has found that a wheel overheated.

the crash three weeks ago led to the town of east palestine being evacuated. a major political row has developed over the incident. canada has launched an investigation into tiktok because of concerns about how the platform collects and uses personal information. earlier, eu officials were ordered to remove the app from their official devices. tiktok is owned by the chinese company bytedance and insists it doesn't operate any differently to other social media sites. a court in los angeles has sentenced harvey weinstein to 16 more years in prison — for raping and sexually assaulting a woman in 2013. the 70—year—old hollywood mogul is already serving a long sentence for a separate conviction. sofia bettiza has the story. he was the legendary film producer at the top of his game, with the world at his feet. but harvey weinstein became the first major figure taken

down by the metoo movement, and was sent to jail. and on thursday another conviction, for attacking an actress in a hotel room in beverly hills during a film festival in february 2013. in court, the victim recounted her trauma. "before that night, i was a very happy and confident woman," she said. "everything changed after the defendant brutally assaulted me — there is no prison sentence long enough to undo the damage." you may say, well, isn't it too late? he was sentenced today. it's never too late to argue or to assert a constitutional right that we think has been violated, and it has an impact on thousands of victims in the future. if they are brave enough to testify before a grand jury, and then for some to testify in a court of law, they should have a right to speak their piece and to say

how they have been harmed by the defendant in a case. harvey weinstein is already serving a 23—year prison sentence for a separate conviction in new york, for rape and sexual assault. more than 80 people have made rape and misconduct claims about him dating back to the 1970s. but he maintains that he's innocent, and that all of his sexual encounters were consensual. he called his accuser an actress with the ability to turn on her tears. "please don't sentence me to life in prison," he told the court, "i don't deserve it." weinstein will be appealing, but he's 70 years old, so this sentence means that life and death in prison are now very likely for this once—revered hollywood star. sofia bettiza, bbc news.

stay with us on bbc news, still to come... we meet ukraine's nigerian born singer trying to take the eurovison title back to kyiv for the second year in a row. prince charles has chosen his bride. the prince proposed to lady diana spencer three weeks ago. she accepted, she says, without hesitation. as revolutions go, this has had its fair share of bullets, a climax in the night outside the gates of mr marcos's sanctuary, malacanang — the name itself symbolising one of the cruellest regimes of modern asia. the world's first clone has been produced of an adult mammal. scientists in scotland have produced a sheep called dolly using a cell from another sheep. warren beatty and faye dunaway announced to the world - that the winner of the best film was la la land. - the only trouble was, it wasn't _ the mistake was only put right in the middle of gushing - speeches by the team behind the modern musical. - not for 20 years have locusts been seen in such numbers

in this part of africa. some of the swarms have been ten miles long. this is the last time the public will see this pope. very soon, for the sake of the credibility and authority of the next pope, benedict xvi will, in his own words, be hidden from the world for the rest of his life. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: 0n the first anniversary of russia's invasion of ukraine, president zelensky welcomes a un vote calling for the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of russian troops. when russia launched its full—scale invasion a year ago, most people expected a very uneven battle and a quick russian victory. it hasn't turned out that way. paul adams was in kyiv when the war started — he looks at the cost of the conflict so far.

it's not easy to get your head around the sheer scale of what's happened in ukraine over the past 12 months. this is the biggest conflict in europe since the second world war. the un reckons that at least 8,000 ukrainian civilians have been killed, over 13,000 injured. and those are just the figures we know about. more than 13 million people are homeless. 8 million are now refugees in europe. millions more are still in the country but not in their homes. the un believes 21 million people, more than half of the country's pre—war population, need help. large parts of eastern and southern ukraine lie in ruins. more than 1,000 educational buildings have been attacked, and more than 750 health care facilities, theatres, libraries and religious buildings have also been targeted. russia's attack was fast.

within days of invading, its forces were at the gates of the capital, kyiv. huge chunks of the east and the south were in russian hands. but ukraine fought back, forcing the kremlin to abandon its attempt to take the capital and pushing russian forces back, first in the north—east and then in the south, where the city of kherson was liberated. the cost in soldiers' lives has been immense. ukraine is thought to have lost as many as 100,000 dead or wounded. for russia, it's been much worse — as many as 200,000 casualties with a much higher proportion of those killed. the west has sprung to ukraine's defence in one of the most remarkable efforts of its kind ever seen — from anti—tank weapons that began to flood in early on, to sophisticated artillery systems that allowed ukraine to go on the offensive, and tanks and armoured vehicles that are even now on their way.

ukraine's allies have so far promised more than $65 billion of military aid. the united states has been by far the biggest donor. none of this, of course, has brought the war to an end. most people agree that it's likely to go on for a lot longer, killing even more people and swallowing up vast resources. with no peace process in sight, the cost of this terrible war can only rise. a fierce winter storm is causing widespread disruption in the us — and a rare blizzard warning has been issued for parts of southern california with millions of residents told to brace for unusally cold weather and snow. i'm joined now by professor alison bridger, professor of meteorology and climate science at sanjose university, california. this weather event seems to have caught many people by surprise. why is that, is it

more difficult to predict the weather on the west coast? well, first of all, it is a little more difficult because if we look to our west, there is the entire pacific ocean, with not a lot of standard weather data that we can put into our forecast models, so that does degrade the forecast a little bit. but those of us in the weather enterprise have seen this coming for i would say about a week. it is not a surprise to us.— surprise to us. 0k, and this cold snap — surprise to us. 0k, and this cold snap is— surprise to us. 0k, and this cold snap is coming - surprise to us. 0k, and this cold snap is coming as - surprise to us. 0k, and this| cold snap is coming as other parts of the united states are getting record—breaking heat waves, and washington, dc, the temperatures on thursday hit 81 fahrenheit, 27 celsius. what is going on? fahrenheit, 27 celsius. what is auoin on? , fahrenheit, 27 celsius. what is going on?— going on? this is also not particularly _ going on? this is also not particularly unusual. - going on? this is also not particularly unusual. we i going on? this is also not. particularly unusual. we very often have a situation where you will have cold weather here and warm weather there, or vice versa. and those are associated

with ridges of high pressure and troughs of low pressure, just as you experience in western europe. so there is a giant ridge over the east with warm to unusually warm weather, and a giant trough over the west with unusually cold weather. it would be more unusual to see one without the other. ~ ., .., unusual to see one without the other. ~ . ~ , other. what can los angeles exect other. what can los angeles exoect to — other. what can los angeles expect to receive _ other. what can los angeles expect to receive in - other. what can los angeles expect to receive in terms i other. what can los angeles expect to receive in terms of snow and rainfall over the next few days?— few days? well, i'm sure a lot of our few days? well, i'm sure a lot of your viewers _ few days? well, i'm sure a lot of your viewers have - few days? well, i'm sure a lot of your viewers have been - few days? well, i'm sure a lot of your viewers have been to i few days? well, i'm sure a lot i of your viewers have been to la and california. myself, when i think of la, i think of everything from the ocean to the deserts. but that's not really what la is. la is the city of los angeles, which is not that far inland. as far as the bigger picture is concerned, there will be quite

a lot of snow, possibly record—breaking amounts in the hills around and the mountains around la. down in la itself, the city, i thinkjust a cold rain, don't think there is much of a chance for snow down around sea level. they will get around sea level. they will get a big storm and in terms of travelling out of la, for example north up to the bay area, i imagine that freeway will be shut down for something like at least a day. haifa will be shut down for something like at least a day.— like at least a day. how well our authority _ like at least a day. how well our authority is _ like at least a day. how well our authority is preparing i like at least a day. how well| our authority is preparing for this and responding to this weather event?— this and responding to this weather event? well, like i said, weather event? well, like i said. we — weather event? well, like i said, we have _ weather event? well, like i said, we have seen - weather event? well, like i said, we have seen it - weather event? well, like i i said, we have seen it coming from multiple days. ahead of the rain and snow, we had tremendous wins. up here it was on about tuesday or wednesday, a day later down there. the electric company was ready for the wins, they had their trucks

and spare parts sprinkled all over everywhere ready to go, and now likewise, we are getting cold rain and snow appear in the hills too, so there are snowploughs out, ready to do the best that they can. but of course, we are talking about quite a lot of snow down to relatively low elevations, and that's a fairly unusual event here and we certainly don't have a lot of snow ploughs, so we can, whether it is enough enough remains to be seen. professor, thank you _ remains to be seen. professor, thank you very _ remains to be seen. professor, thank you very much _ remains to be seen. professor, thank you very much for - remains to be seen. professor, thank you very much for your . thank you very much for your time. ., �* . ., let's get more from ukraine now — which should have been holding this year's eurovision song contest, the world's largest music event. for the first time, a black male — who's originally from nigeria — has been chosen as part of the group who will fly the blue and yellow flag at the competition, hoping to bring glory to ukraine for the second year running. 0ur eurovision reporter

daniel rosney reports. tvorchi, the ukraine electronic music duo. there are song, inspired by the resilience of the steelworkers in mariupol last spring. russian soldiers bombarded the complex, taking control. trapping around 1000 ukrainians for weeks. the band say the song is about knowing when to stand up for yourself and showing strength. you are not the typical ukrainian act was to what was that like, to get the public vote on the support from ukraine to say, we want you to be our representative at the world's biggest stage? taste representative at the world's biggest stage?— representative at the world's biggest stage? we didn't really exect to biggest stage? we didn't really exoect to win. _ biggest stage? we didn't really expect to win, we _ biggest stage? we didn't really expect to win, we just - biggest stage? we didn't really expect to win, we just kind - biggest stage? we didn't really expect to win, we just kind of. expect to win, we just kind of went through it because we had a song with a strong message,

and honestly we had a train ticket back home.— and honestly we had a train ticket back home. yeah! back to poland. ticket back home. yeah! back to poland- jeffrey _ ticket back home. yeah! back to poland. jeffrey moved _ ticket back home. yeah! back to poland. jeffrey moved to - poland. jeffrey moved to ukraine from nigeria - poland. jeffrey moved to l ukraine from nigeria about poland. jeffrey moved to - ukraine from nigeria about ten years ago and met andrew at university limit i tapped on his shoulder and said, let's start. i his shoulder and said, let's start. .., , his shoulder and said, let's start. , , ., start. i can help you with ukrainian _ start. i can help you with ukrainian if _ start. i can help you with ukrainian if you're - start. i can help you with - ukrainian if you're interested. thrat's— ukrainian if you're interested. that's our— ukrainian if you're interested. that's our friendship started, from — that's our friendship started, from the _ that's our friendship started, from the setup of the shoulder. i from the setup of the shoulder. i did _ from the setup of the shoulder. i did this — from the setup of the shoulder. i did this once in my life andm _ i did this once in my life and... , . , , i did this once in my life and... ,. , , ~ ., and... in december, this metro station turned _ and... in december, this metro station turned bomb _ and... in december, this metro station turned bomb shelter- and... in december, this metro| station turned bomb shelter was transformed into this brightly lit tv studio for the competition that tvorchi won. we definitely had fun but at the same time we were pretty sick because of how cold it was down there, and the trains were passing by as well. the ukrainian _ passing by as well. the ukrainian victory - passing by as well. the ukrainian victory at - passing by as well. the j

ukrainian victory at last year's eurovision broughtjoy. yea r�*s eurovision brought joy. when year's eurovision broughtjoy. when the uk was the competition on behalf of ukraine, tvorchi hoping to show the world is a different side to ukraine. it's a huge opportunity, to showcase what our music is about. but like i said. — what our music is about. but like i said, we _ what our music is about. but like i said, we are _ what our music is about. elf like i said, we arejust what our music is about. elf like i said, we are just there like i said, we arejust there to have some fun, and do it the best we can. we are coming for you! and you can listen to the full interview by subscribing to the bbc podcast eurovisioncast on bbc sounds — or wherever you get your podcasts. we are going to talk a bit more

about tiktok in the business, canada has launched an investigation because of concerns about the data collection on that app. see you soon. hello again. there are large parts of the uk that enjoyed a fine day of weather on thursday, with lots of sunshine, and certainly was a stunning end to the day across the west midlands. this was the setting sun around sutton coldfield. now, it wasn't like that everywhere. after a sunny start to the day in scotland, the clouds gathered through the afternoon and it did turn quite wet and quite windy. have seen gusts of wind as strong as about 48 miles an hour across northern scotland. but those winds beginning to ease away at the moment. a little bit of rain trickling southwards as our cold front moves across scotland to bring some patches of rain into northern ireland and northern england over the next few hours. although there is a frost that tends to become confined to southernmost areas as we head into the first part of friday morning. so, for some quite a chilly

start to the day, but for many it's going to be quite cloudy on account of this weather front that will continue to push its way southwards. so, a bit of patchy rain possible for northern ireland, northern england through the morning, and that will tend to push its way into parts of wales, the midlands, east anglia. after a sunny start across the far south, it will tend to turn cloudier with a few patches of rain. for scotland and northern england, we'll see the skies brighten up through the day, with sunny spells becoming widespread. but there will be a few showers across northeastern areas, and a cold, and fairly gusty wind. gusts running into the 30s of miles an hour. now, those cold winds will continue to be a feature of the weather around this area of high pressure across northern and eastern scotland and eastern areas of england as we start off the weekend. so, certainly feeling quite chilly here, and there will be quite a bit of cloud coming in off the north sea, but still probably a few breaks in the cloud at times. but the best of any sunshine likely across western wales, western parts of england, northern ireland and western areas of scotland as well. temperatures close to average, but perhaps feeling a little bit cold, really, given those brisk and chilly winds.

now, the winds won't be quite as strong for the second half of the weekend. high pressure's again in charge. so, the weather predominantly dry, just a few light showers possible around some of the north sea coasts, and temperatures not really changing very much. 7—8 celsius, but, perhaps, not feeling quite as chilly given that the winds will be that bit lighter. now, take a look at the weather picture into next week. and there's a tendency for our area of high pressure to stay close to the uk for much of the week ahead. and that means the weather well into next week should be largely fine and dry with some sunshine. watch out for some morning frost, maybe a few fog patches around as well, but a lot of quiet weather.

this is bbc news with the latest business headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. one year on from the invasion. a human catastrophe — but also an economic one. we take a look at the global impact as ukraine's finance minister assesses the damage to his country. u nfortu nately, unfortunately, the damage done by russian aggression to ukraine is tremendous. last year we was particularly losing 30% of our gdp. also coming up — lending credibility. president biden nominates mastercard veteran ajay banga to lead the world bank as the previous boss is forced out over his climate views. plus brussels shock for tiktok, as eu staff are told to delete the app

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