hello and welcome to bbc news. i'm vishala sri—pathma. ukrainian forces have come under increased pressure from russian troops in the besieged city of bakhmut which russia has been trying to capture in months of intense fighting. the deputy mayor of the city has told the bbc that the 4,000 civilians still living there — out of an original population of 75,000 - have no gas, electricity or water. thousands of russian troops have died trying to take the eastern city.

if it falls, it would be the first russian victory of note in more than six months. 0ur diplomatic correspondent, james landale, reports from kyiv. munitions explode this is bakhmut, or at least what's left of it, after some of the fiercest fighting since russia invaded ukraine. for more than six months, as the bbc has reported, ukrainian forces have held off a ferocious onslaught, but now russian commanders are growing increasingly confident, including the leader of the mercenaries known as the wagner group, which have been at the heart of the assault. translation: we have - almost surrounded bakhmut. there's only one road that remains in and out of the city, the pincers are closing. before, we were fighting against the professional ukrainian army, but now we fight against old men and boys. ukrainian forces are still defending the city, street by street and reports suggest

reinforcements are being sent in, but these russian troops say the ukrainian army is destroying bridges like these, potentially to prepare for what western analysts call a "controlled fighting withdrawal" from parts of the city. local officials insist ukraine still controls bakhmut, but they accept there is now fighting in the streets. translation: the city is almost destroyed, i not a single building has remained untouched. currently there is no communication in the city so it's cut off. the russians are shelling everything. they want to destroy bakhmut like they did with mariupol. for sergei shoigu, russia's defence minister, making a flying visit to his forces in eastern ukraine, seizing bakhmut would be a rare military victory for him and his bosses in the kremlin, and perhaps a much—needed diplomatic boost after an international

audience in india laughed at russia's foreign minister. you know, the war which we are trying to stop, and which was launched against us using ukraine... audience laughs ..ukrainian people... but for now, ukrainian fighters on the ground in bakhmut still seem ready to fight their invaders every inch of the way, with russia paying a much higher and bloodier price. james landale, bbc news, kyiv. iran has agreed to give united nations inspectors more access to its nuclear facilities. the head of the un's nuclear watchdog held talks in tehran after the discovery of uranium enriched to near weapons—grade level at an underground site. china's annual parliamentary session has opened in beijing and the chinese premier li keqiang is delivering the government's work report.

the session is expected to tighten president xijinping's grip on power still further. officials and ministers including mr li are expected to be replaced by xi loyalists. there's been severe flooding in malaysia in the southern state ofjohor near neighbouring singapore. police said at least four people have died since wednesday, including a man whose car was swept away by floodwaters and an elderly couple who drowned. nearly 41,000 people from six states have been evacuated. large rallies have taken place across israel for the ninth consecutive week in protest at the government's plans to overhaul the judicial system. tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered in tel aviv where police used water cannons to clear the crowds. there were also some clashes injerusalem. prince harry has described writing his book, spare, as an act of service and says he hopes that sharing details of his life will help others. in a livestreamed conversation with the trauma specialist, dr gabor mate, harry also said he's always felt different to his family.

0nce once the book came out, i felt incredibly free, i felt a huge weight off my shoulders but i also dash the system in which i was on to some extent am still part of, does not encourage free living. and you can find lots more about all the stories we're covering on our website, including the latest on the war in ukraine. just head to bbc.com/news — or use the bbc news app here in the uk, new powers to crack down on small boats crossings in the channel are set to be announced by the government early next week. the legislation could come as soon as tuesday. 0ur political correspondent, helen catt, tells us what the proposals could be. we have a lot of tough words this evening going into the newspapers tomorrow morning in the uk

from the home secretary, suella braverman, and the prime minister, rishi sunak, talking about this issue they have been trying to tackle of people crossing the english channel in small boats. it is obviously a very risky and dangerous crossing. suella braverman this evening has said it has to be that if you come here illegally you will be detained and swiftly removed. what we are expecting to see in the legislation when it goes to parliament is that it will place a duty on her to remove anyone who arrives on a small boat either to rwanda or a safe third country as soon as reasonably practicable. there are other measures, if anyone does come to the uk using small boat crossings, they would be inadmissible and banning them from applying again if they are removed and banning them from applying for asylum when they are in the uk. concerns have been raised by some organisations, whether it would be compatible

with human rights laws and the european convention on human rights and others have pointed to the practical difficulties, the scheme the government had for moving people to rwanda for processing has stalled and no flights have taken off, because of legal challenges, so people are pointing to those kind of challenges as well. downing street, though, says the legislation will come in due course. this was one of rishi sunak�*s priorities for this year, what is the outline of the problem as he sees it? he set five priorities of what he wants people tojudge him on as prime minister and in government and one of those top five is stopping the small boat crossings. it has been a problem for countless years and the numbers of people coming across on these small boats that cross a very busy shipping lane in the english channel have grown over time. there is concern about it and also knock—on issues

in terms of housing people who have arrived in this way. there is tensions about people being housed in hotels, for example, a lot of tensions around this, so he is looking at trying to solve that. that is the issue he's looking to tackle. hundreds of schoolgirls in iran have been targeted, in an apparent poison gas attack. schools in at least 15 provinces were attacked on saturday. the incidents have been happening since november but have spread in scope and scale over the past week. nobody has been arrested and public anger is continuing to grow. you may find some of this report by parham ghobadi distressing. mass poisoning of schoolgirls in iran, possibly with toxic gas. numerous schools in several provinces across the country were attacked on saturday. students who have fallen ill are being taken into an ambulance in karaj, a city near capital, tehran.

this girl says she can't breathe. here in southern iran, some are taken into a hospital while coughing. hospitals are packed. a girl shouts. the principal is nowhere to be found. a student from tehran told us despite the smell of gas, they were kept indoors for a while. translation: they wouldn't let us leave the classrooms first, i although everyone was smelling the gas. when we finally went to the courtyard, they wouldn't let us leave the school, asking us not to worry, and they said the smell would go away. they feared the news would make it to the media. here, an ambulance is seen inside the school, but worried parents are kept behind the closed doors. parents are furious. they chanted, "we don't want a child—killing regime." it shows they think hardline

elements backed by the regime 0ne says they were dispersed from the ministry of education. but the iranian president put the blame on the west, calling the school poisoning hybrid warfare. translation: in this _ psychological and media warfare regarding schools, they are seeking to frighten our students and their parents. a distressed mother in central town of kashan shouts at an official, "why are you doing this to our children?" some suspect this is a revenge attack because the schoolgirls joined a protest that swept the country in september. girls in iran have been fighting forfreedom. now, they are fighting for their breath. parham ghobadi, bbc news. the latest round of talks towards a united nations treaty governing the high seas has overrun its two—week deadline. for more than 36 hours,

delegates in new york have been haggling over the question of how to share the potential benefits of newly—discovered resources collected beyond any country's territorial jurisdiction. they're hoping to draw up a new high seas treaty, which has been on the table for fifteen years. the un defines high seas as parts of the ocean beyond a country's territorial waters. they form two—thirds of all the earth's oceans and nearly half of the entire globe is covered by high seas. experts say the treaty is essential because only i% of all high seas is protected. i wasjoined earlier by nichola clark, an 0ceans governance expert with pew charitable trust. she has been following the talks at the un headquarters in new york and i asked her how they are progresing. we started these negotiations with a lot of optimism after five years of formal negotiating, we had a lot of hope and we still have a lot of hope that this will be the moment

where we finally bring the treaty across the line and i think this is obvious because delegates, after a long and gruelling two weeks, they spent the last day of negotiations turned into a 36 hours that we are still in an hour. turned into a 36 hours that we are still in right now. not 30 minutes ago we had the president of the negotiations came and said that they are really close to a deal and has asked delegates if they can spentjust 30 more minutes to try and bring it spend just 30 more minutes to try and bring it across the finish line so that is where we are now, we are waiting to see if they can spend these last couple of minutes before people's physical and mental capacity begins to diminish. in terms of what the sticking points are — i know they've sort of been, like you say, been going on for quite a while and we are aware of them — but can you just remind us what the sticking point are? absolutely, i mean, certainly i think one of the biggest sticking points is sort

of a principle of the thing, is related to the marine genetic resources and which legal regime should apply. to give an example that demonstrates this and the two sides, let's say hypothetically — and of course it is much more complex than this — but let's say hypothetically that you discover the cure for cancer in some sponge that's only found in international waters. now, there's ones who say one of the freedoms of the high seas should apply and that means we should be able to go and to access these resources freely and not have to worry about sharing any benefits from them because, sure, wouldn't had a cure for cancer bit benefit enough to humankind. 0n the other hand, you have those countries who are saying, no, these are the global commons, they belong to all of us and that means that any benefit that's derived from genetic resources in these areas should be shared with humankind... sorry, just briefly, why is this so important

in terms of how it will help biodiversity? could you just sum that up for us? yes, so, there are actually four elements that this package treaty has to cover and in addition to marine genetic resources it is also meant to be addressing — to enable a new international body to establish marine protected areas in the high seas as well as sort of set standards and guidelines for the conduct of environmental impact assessments to make sure — to mitigate and prevent, hopefully, any significant adverse impacts taking place there. as well as capacity building and technology transfer to help create a more equitable global ocean governance paradigm. nichola clark. this is bbc news. the headlines — fighting in the streets of bakhmut as russian forces continue their attempt to capture the ukrainian city. the united nations and iran reach an agreement that

would allow further inspections of tehran�*s nuclear programme. let's get more on prince harry and his livestreamed conversation with a trauma specialist. here's our royal correspondent daniela relph. good morning, harry. good morning. — good morning, harry. good morning, gabor. _ for an hour and a half they talked. it had the feel of a therapy session. prince harry on grief, family and trauma. i certainly don't see myself as a victim. yeah. i'm really grateful to be able to share my story and i do not and i have never looked for sympathy in this. you had to buy a ticket to watch the online conversation. each one came with a copy of spare. harry described writing his book as "an act of service" and spoke of feeling trapped within the royal family. i always felt slightly different to the rest

of my family. i felt strange being in this... container. ..container, and i know that my mum felt the same. now, 38 years old, dad to a son and a daughter, he vowed not to repeat what he saw as past mistakes. i, as a father, feel a huge responsibility to ensure that i don't pass on any traumas that — or, i guess, any negative experiences that i've had as a kid or as a man growing up. harry was candid about his own mental health. dr gabor mate even diagnosed him as having attention deficit disorder — a condition that affects behaviour — and they spoke of using psychedelic medication. i started doing it recreationally and then started to realise how good it was for me. and i would say that it is one of the fundamental parts

of my life that changed me. yeah. and helped me deal with the traumas and the pains of the past. 0n serving in afghanistan, "not all of us agreed "with the war," he said, "but we did what we were "trained to do". there was, though, nothing about his current relationship with the royal family. no questions on whether he would be at his father's coronation. and as for his wife, meghan, he described her as "an exceptional human being to whom he was eternally "grateful". daniela relph, bbc news. a mosque in london — one the largest in western europe — has been hosting a grand reopening after a fire badly damaged its administration building. 70 firefighters were called out to the scene at the baitul futuh mosque in morden in september 2015, although only a handful of people were inside the mosque when the blaze started. it has space for 10,500 worshippers. hundreds of people were expected for this evening's opening ceremony after a £20

million improvement project. staying in the uk, and people in leicestershire, northamptonshire and 0xfordshire reported hearing a loud bang at lunchtime today, with some people saying their homes shook. well, it turns out they had heard a sonic boom. the ministry of defence says raf typhoon jets were authorised to fly at supersonic speed after contact was lost with a civilian aircraft. a sonic boom is caused when planes fly faster than the speed of sound.

the government is due to announce soon where it wants to build a ground—breaking power station — one where the carbon dioxide produced at the plant is captured and then buried, which stops most of the gas — which is a main driver of climate change — being released into the atmosphere. 0ur environment correspondent jonah fisher has more. the story of keadby is the story of the uk's energy past, present and possible future. because for all the talk of wind and solar, there is a problem that keeps the industry up at night. 0n those days when the wind isn't blowing and the sun isn't shining, when it's cold, when it's dark and still, there are going to need to be other sources of power that are going to keep the lights switched on. batteries, nuclear and hydrogen will form part of the solution but the government has also committed to building a new type of power station — one that continues burning the fossil fuels that got us into this mess.

to take a closer look, i climbed up one of keadby�*s two carbon dioxide—emitting gas power plants. from here on top of the cooling tower, you get a real sense of the energy transition here in keadby. 0ver there on the horizon, those mounds are the leftovers from when there was a coal—fired power station here. you can see the wind turbines along the horizon. and just down there, that could very well be the site for the uk's first ever gas—fired power station, where the carbon dioxide is captured. the idea behind a carbon capture power station is that instead of releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, where it contributes to climate change, the gas is captured and transported underground — in this case, beneath the north sea. we're looking at probably double the cost of an unabated

gas—powered station. that high cost has held carbon capture back in the past. and there are those now who argue the money would be better spent on more renewables and batteries. if you translate pound for pound, you will get a better output from a power plant that functions based on renewables and is supported by storage than a fossil fuel power plant that has a carbon capture attached to it. three, two, one! the demolition in 1991 of the towers of keadby�*s coal—fired power station marked the end of an era. now, the village awaits a government decision as to what comes next. green pioneer or costly white elephant? the uk's first carbon capture gas plant will either be here orfurther north on teesside. jonah fisher, bbc news in keadby. the academy awards takes place next weekend. as acting royalty gather in hollywood, among them will be veteran british actor

bill nighy, who has been nominated for an oscar for the first time for his role in living. british author kazuo ishiguro, who wrote the screenplay, has also been nominated. if he wins, ishiguro will be only the third person to ever win both a nobel prize and an oscar. they've been talking to our la correspondent sophie long. dad, you all right? mr williams, a bureaucrat in 1950s london, has resigned himself to an ordinary, repetitive life. it's only when he's told he would soon die that he realises he has forgotten how to live. i would like to speak to you supervisor. that won't be necessary, thank you _ it's an adaptation of a film made injapan more than 70 years ago, with the lead role written by the nobel prize—winning novelist by kazuo ishiguro specifically for bill nighy.

for me, the eureka moment was when i thought, "oh! "what if bill nighy was in this film — "but notjust in it, in the centre of it?" and i could suddenly see how the whole film could work. if bill was not going to be part of that, i would not have been persuaded to do it. i was up to my neck writing a novel anyway because for me, the concept was not a remake of a previous film, it was this thing with bill in it. and the other thing was it should feel like a british movie from the 1950s — that was the other interesting aspect. and for you, bill, is that a dream come true — to have a part written for you like this, or is that a huge amount of pressure? it's more of the former and a little bit of the latter but no, i didn't actually feel — weirdly, because i'm quite good at manufacturing pressure — i didn't feel daunted or oppressed by the original film or by the situation.

i just felt that i was very fortunate — i mean, beyond lucky to be considered in those terms — and not least by mr ishiguro. the result is a quintessentially british study in restraint, from written words to delivery. a sleekly sentimental drama as mr williams befriends a young employee whose exuberance inspires him to give life meaning in the face of death. have you had any children before? , .,. have you had any children before? , , ., before? oh, my aching brother -- back- _ its led to the first time 0scar nominations for both men in careers that collectively span more than eight decades. you have been very well—recognised in your work, from the booker prize, nobel prize for literature. how does an oscar nomination compare? it compares pretty well, actually! chuckles. i think the nobel prize is like a european fairy story.

you know, you go to some sort of european palace, covered in snow and meet kings and queens. this is the real hollywood dream kind of thing. it feels like somehow, we have come to the middle of the american dream. it feels very very good. it's marvellous, you know? it's a great thing. it's exciting to myself and for my family and everybody back home. i had an invasive medical procedure recently and just before he performed the invasive medical procedure, the doctor said i've never done "this to an oscar nominee "before," and then he did something truly invasive which i am not going toi describe, because it would make you all very uneasy if i described it, but that's the effect it has had on my life. this man, until yesterday, was living _ this man, until yesterday, was living a — this man, until yesterday, was iiving a shell_ this man, until yesterday, was living a shell of _ this man, until yesterday, was living a shell of an _ this man, until yesterday, was living a shell of an existence. i

living a shell of an existence. and _ living a shell of an existence. and i— living a shell of an existence. and i so_ living a shell of an existence. and i so very— living a shell of an existence. and i so very much _ living a shell of an existence. and i so very much do - living a shell of an existence. and i so very much do not. living a shell of an existence. i and i so very much do not wish to do so. we have seven days to watch all of those films before the oscars and any film news, reach me on my socials. you can reach me on twitter. i'm @bbcvishalasp. thanks for watching. hello there. it's been a rather grey and gloomy saturday for many. a few scattered showers around as well, but take a look at this weather watcher picture from thurnby in leicester — fairly indicative of the day. now, if you look at the satellite picture, you can see how extensive the cloud has been. there were some breaks across north—east england and parts of scotland, but also some showers. and drawing your attention to this speckled cloud in the far north—east — potential for some snow showers waiting in the wings to arrive later on monday. so, through the next few hours, we keep that blanket of cloud for many. some coastal showers out to the west and east, perhaps more persistent ones in the far north—east of scotland, but because of the cloud around on the whole, temperatures should just stay up into low single figures but it's going to be a chilly start to our sunday morning.

once again, another grey and gloomy day — almost a repeat performance of saturday's story. there will be some coastal showers around — on the whole, largely quiet — and temperatures sitting between six and nine celsius. just that little bit colder in the northern isles as that cold air starts to descend. so, arctic air pushing its way steadily southwards as we go into monday, so really, from monday onwards, you're going to start to notice the difference to the feel of our weather. if you haven't already heard, it's going to turn cold and windy, and snow and ice could be an issue particularly to the far north and east. so it's likely as we go through the day on monday this weather front will introduce the colder air. it's going to turn the rain ahead of the front into snow showers behind it, particularly across the far north and east of scotland and north east england. to the south of that weather front, we'll still keep those temperatures around generally 7—9 degrees. but then, that sinks its way

steadily south, so we start off on tuesday with some sunny spells. cold and frosty and yes, there will be further snow showers across northern and eastern coasts. and those temperatures are going to struggle — four or five degrees, but factor in the strength and the direction of the wind, it certainly will feel noticeably colder so certainly, you'll need to wrap up warm. it looks likely that we are going to that cold snap continuing through the middle part of the week as well. so, if you've got outdoor travel plans monday into tuesday, do be aware that there's a potential for snow and ice in the north—east.

this is bbc news, the headlines: the russian army and wagner mercenaries are putting increasing pressure on ukrainian soldiers to withdraw from the eastern city of bakhmut. the city's deputy mayor has said thousands of civilians are living in shelters without access to electricity or water, as the fierce street fighting continues. the united nations and iran have reached an agreement that would allow un officials to carry out further inspections of tehran�*s nuclear programme. the nuclear watchdog held talks in tehran, after the discovery of uranium, enriched to near weapons grade level at an underground site. also in iran, the government has said it will investigate

the recent spate of poison attacks, targetting schoolgirls. in the past few weeks, hundreds of girls have been hospitalised. aid agencies say they may have been singled out by religious groups opposed to female education. now on bbc news, talking business. hello, everybody. a very warm welcome to talking business weekly with me, aaron heslehurst. let's go and take a look at what's on the show. the digital revolution is in full swing. expanding the internet of everything and moving life to the cloud is driving a boom in the tech industry, particularly in the world of data and where it's kept. from the drive to autonomous cars to using ai chat bots, to your emails and text or storing your photos and to watching your favourite show — all of this, almost everything we do on our devices is dependent on these kind of places. and the nuts and bolts powering our online lives comes with a carbon cost, as these data centres are energy hungry

and often use vast amounts of water to keep their systems cool, so, can the industry keep growing sustainably? well, i'm going to be discussing all of that