live from london. this is bbc news. president zelensky makes his first official visit to poland since russia invaded ukraine. president duda says poland will try to get additional security guarantees for ukraine at a nato summit. the husband of former scottish first minister nicola sturgeon, is arrested over an investigation into the party's finances. and big news for the british royals — buckingham palace says after the coronation, the queen consort will be known as queen camilla.

hello and welcome to bbc news. we start in poland where president zelensky of ukraine has made his first official visit to the country since russia invaded ukraine. the polish president, andrzej duda, has told his ukrainian counterpart that poland will urge nato to give kyiv additional security guarantees. ukraine's leader has been welcomed by president duda at the presidential palace and he's expected to thank the polish people at the royal castle in warsaw later. poland has been one of the most outspoken and generous supporters of kyiv since the war started in february last year. it's taken in millions of refugees and sent more than 300 tanks. it was also one of the first countries to send fighter jets to ukraine. this is the shot we are getting live

from poland of the president zelensky and the commentary is in polish and ukrainian but i can tell you they are about to give a statement to the cameras imminently. this is a hugely important and symbolic visit for president zelensky to poland. poland is one of the biggest supporters of ukraine, many hundreds of thousands of ukrainians came to poland after the invasion by russia and many of them are still there, they still live there. let's bring in the deputy editor in chief and foreign editor of poland's daily paper. good to talk to you, let me ask you first of all. talk to me about why this is so important, in terms of poland's relationship with ukraine? this is ace one of _

relationship with ukraine? this is ace one of the _ relationship with ukraine? this is ace one of the most _ relationship with ukraine? this is ace one of the most symbolic- relationship with ukraine? this is| ace one of the most symbolic visit we have had. yes, a visit for president zelensky, we had a joe biden if you months ago and this is a historic moment, an eternal alliance between poland and ukraine has been simply done, the relations between poland and ukraine, very simple, —— was not simple. used to be one country, then in time of war, atrocities committed, it was very dark and now we move forward together, poland helps ukraine, and the future goal of that will be ukraine in the european union, as a full scale member and ukraine in nature. so this is the moment when those objectives became within the reach of both nations and this is

also symbolic because it shows that poland is an important player on the european and global stage, that poland contributed for the security of the entire west and has a lot to say about the future of our civilisation, western civilisation. why is it that it has taken this long for president zelensky to visit poland, given the proximity of the country, both geographically and also politically?— country, both geographically and also politically? frankly speaking, he has visited _ also politically? frankly speaking, he has visited before, _ also politically? frankly speaking, he has visited before, when - also politically? frankly speaking, he has visited before, when he . also politically? frankly speaking, l he has visited before, when he was leaving for the united states, when he was leaving for france, he used the airport in poland. but he was leaving for france, he used the airport in poland.— the airport in poland. but official visit, i mean. _ the airport in poland. but official visit, i mean. when _ the airport in poland. but official visit, i mean. when he _ the airport in poland. but official visit, i mean. when he was - the airport in poland. but official- visit, i mean. when he was returning to ukraine from _ visit, i mean. when he was returning to ukraine from the _ visit, i mean. when he was returning to ukraine from the united _ visit, i mean. when he was returning to ukraine from the united states . to ukraine from the united states and paris and brussels, he made a

stop again and met our president. so diplomatically, he met our counterpart, he met our president and they were talking about his meeting with joe and they were talking about his meeting withjoe biden, with all of scholz and macron. poland is one of the most important countries in the world for ukraine. americans are also providing assistance, european union, western countries are also important. i wouldn't object, everything is done as it should have been done, there is no real problem. let's talk about poland in terms of ukrainian refugees, because we know poland accepted and welcomed with open arms so many refugees from ukraine. many of them are still there, has that helped bring the country closer together? because poland shelled immense generosity, doesn't it? i poland shelled immense generosity, doesn't it? , ., ,

poland shelled immense generosity, doesn't it? , ,. , doesn't it? i remember those scenes, crowds of peeple _ doesn't it? i remember those scenes, crowds of people coming _ doesn't it? i remember those scenes, crowds of people coming from - doesn't it? i remember those scenes, | crowds of people coming from ukraine and being greeted by polish volunteers and being put in temporary shelter somewhere in the border region and then transported to bigger cities like warsaw. we had ourselves, we had ukrainian children sent to schools, buying them clothes, school books, textbooks and so on. so everybody in this country was somehow engaged in helping and assisting ukrainian refugees. there was a huge... progress was made. generosity, christianity, an entire nation of 38 million was involved in that. it was miraculous. the way we were transformed as a nation, that

were transformed as a nation, that we could experience that kind of change, that kind of moral transformation. and now they are still with us, of course they could be some problems, like every immigration causes problems, challenges, to manage migration, this is always a challenge for each country, but we live together, in one place, some people say ukrainians are an invisible minority. you don't see them, cannot recognise them, they looked just like poles, the only difference is the way they speak, when they speak polish, you hear they have a different accent. but they learn very fast, they adapt very fast and are extremely needed, because poland... i doctors lateral sweden or the united kingdom, poland... i doctors lateral sweden orthe united kingdom, ouryoung teachers, plumbers, construction workers, they also left to united

kingdom or western europe and are being replaced by young ukrainians. so we can also, this is notjust a one—way trip, we also profit from ukrainians that they work in poland and help our economy to be in shape. thank you very much forjoining us. police in israel have clashed with dozens of palestinian worshippers inside jerusalem's al—aqsa mosque compound. they say they carried out a pre—dawn raid into the holy site after what they described as agitators locked themselves inside the mosque. the palestinian red crescent say at least 50 people were injured. nine rockets were fired at southern israeli towns from gaza following the police raid. let's explain some of the context behind the tensions surrounding the mosque. this is the whole site known as the al—aqsa mosque which includes the dome of the rock, a religious shrine. the mosque is the third holiest site in islam. it's known by muslims as al—haram al—sharif,

meaning the noble sanctuary and jews call it the temple mount. it's the most holy site injudaism. earlier i spoke tojoel greenberg from bbc monitoring who is in jerusalem. these clashes happened overnight and they led to this exchange of fire across the gaza border. but in recent hours, there haven't been any more reports of any violence at this site. but there's a lot of speculation here in the media that the intensity of the confrontation overnight and the images that it went out of of police facing palestinians inside the mosque with violence, use of batons and fireworks being set off by the palestinians, that these scenes are going to inflame passions in the region, in gaza, in the west bank, and perhaps lead to more violence. but in the immediate aftermath, things have remained calm there after last night's events. joel, we talked very briefly about this a second ago,

butjust explain to viewers, why is this site so important? well, again, this site has really been the flashpoint of the israeli—palestinian conflict because it combines both the political conflict and the religious significance of the area. as you mentioned, it's known tojews as the temple mount, the site of ancientjewish temples. to muslims, it is the third holiest site in islam. and al—aqsa mosque is, of course, a focus of worship. and now is the month of ramadan, which is about to coincide with thejewish holiday of passover, which is a combination that many here are concerned would lead to heightened tensions. let's talk about other tensions. there has been political tension in israel over the past few weeks. there have been protests on the streets against the government. what kind of role does that play in what's going on here, if any? yeah, it's really unclear at the moment. there doesn't seem to be a connection between the two.

i mean, part of the israeli turmoil has led to the firing of the defence minister, though he hasn't received a dismissal letter. so he's kind of in limbo and he's the one who would be managing a lot of what's going on. but in general, i would say that this is playing out in a different arena. it's the israeli—palestinian conflict, and it hasn't really been impacted, at least in the short term, by the political turmoil inside israel proper. let's turn to rugby, the former england player, luther barrell says he feels proud after speaking out after an investigation found his claims of racist abuse of his time in newcastle were true. he has been speaking to our sport editor. on the pitch, luther barrell was a powerful presence, but largely former england centre made an impact of it, claiming he had experienced racism

in rugby. the rfu took over an investigation that had been launched by his final club, newcastle folk and is, and an eight—month inquiry is now over. the rfu says its report finds on balance of probability the allegations made are true, but there is insufficient evidence to say whether all look allegations go at the club, but from what up message which contained a racist comment. what i do have a sense of relief at the finding? yes, i do, i do, it's beena the finding? yes, i do, i do, it's been a tough 8—10 months. i was disappointed initially, by the lack of support shown from some of my peers it was as if my comments were being dismissed. so it was almost like people needed proof. and now, now the summary has come out, people will understand that. i am proud of what i've done, what i was saying has been deemed to be the truth. newcastle said it did not have access to the player's whatsapp group in which the racist language was posted and that two other

incidents of verbal abuse occurred on a players night out and on and weigh trip. the inquiry interviewed more than 90 past and present employees of the club. to more than 90 past and present employees of the club.- employees of the club. to call an bod employees of the club. to call anybody a _ employees of the club. to call anybody a slave _ employees of the club. to call anybody a slave is _ employees of the club. to call anybody a slave is not - employees of the club. to call anybody a slave is not funny. l employees of the club. to call- anybody a slave is not funny. coming in a? —— you know? it was apparent may be, something affects my dignity as a player, it affects me as a human, as if other. in as a player, it affects me as a human, as if other.— as a player, it affects me as a human, as if other. in a statement, newcastle said... _ human, as if other. in a statement, newcastle said... meanwhile - human, as if other. in a statement, newcastle said... meanwhile the i human, as if other. in a statement, i newcastle said... meanwhile the rfu has revealed damning research that found racism exists in every area of elite rugby, including damning including england teams, often in the form of inappropriate jokes. including england teams, often in the form of inappropriatejokes. a survey could speaking to 500 people at the topless models of scrim nation asian class was an issue. does provide leisure? i believe so, yes. this has not been a witchhunt

and it's not about retribution, this is about me finally having my voice heard, this has been about generational change within the sport. generational change within the sort. ~ . ., generational change within the sort. ~ ., ., ., sport. with him and not naming those involved, sport. with him and not naming those involved. the — sport. with him and not naming those involved, the rfu _ sport. with him and not naming those involved, the rfu says _ sport. with him and not naming those involved, the rfu says it _ sport. with him and not naming those involved, the rfu says it won't - involved, the rfu says it won't pursue disciplinary proceedings, but it is launching a new action plan to tackle discrimination in rugby that has hailed his courage. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. the chairman of the contaminated light inquiry has recommended more people should be entitled to compensation, thousands were infected with hepatitis and hiv after receiving contaminated blood from 1970 to 1991. one man was 1a when he lost his father to infected blood. ,., . when he lost his father to infected blood. . ., , when he lost his father to infected blood. ., , , blood. the impact has been devastating, _ blood. the impact has been devastating, my _ blood. the impact has been devastating, my father - blood. the impact has been devastating, my father died blood. the impact has been i devastating, my father died in blood. the impact has been - devastating, my father died in 1986, he was one of the very earliest haemophiliacs to die from hiv.

subsequently, we have been losing family members right up until the last death which was in 2012. it has been affecting our family for the best part of 30 years, every time i campaign dies or one of the victims die, it is a constant memory of what we have been through and i'm sure it is the same for all of the community, notjust myself. is the same for all of the community, not just myself. i is the same for all of the community, notjust myself. i would hope that the government will respond to the second report. this is bbc news- _ respond to the second report. this is bbc news. you are live with us. buckingham palace has indicated that after the coronation, the queen consort will be known as queen camilla. this title has been used on the formal invitation to next month's ceremony at westminster abbey — when she will be crowned alongside the king. the invitation itself has been printed on recycled paper with ornate illustrations — including a folklore figure representing re—birth known as the green man. here's our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. a new photograph issued

by buckingham palace one month and one day ahead of the coronation, showing the king and the queen consort, as the palace has been at pains to call her from the moment charles came to the throne. but alongside the photograph, the palace also issued this. a copy of the official invitation to the coronation, a brightly coloured document with images of nature. birds, butterflies, flowers and a green man. but it's not the images, but the words that have caught the eye. the invitation refers to the coronation of king charles iii and queen camilla. the wording, camilla, the queen consort, has been dropped. and it's clear that that is quite deliberate. the time has come, the palace and no doubt the king feel, for the wife of the king to be known as the queen. and after she's crowned alongside the king at westminster abbey on the 6th of may, she will be referred to as queen camilla. one other point of interest. among the eight pages of honour

who will process through the abbey with the king and queen will be nine—year—old prince george. he will get a very close view of the ceremony in which one day he will be the central figure. nicholas witchell, bbc news. i am joined by professor of the history of monarchy at city, university of london anna whitelock to tell us more about the signifcance of this invite. a pleasure to have you on the programme. obviously, we know it is a big deal, but can you explain why this means so much, the fact we are seeing queen camilla used on that invitation? in seeing queen camilla used on that invitation? . ._ ., , seeing queen camilla used on that invitation? . ., , invitation? in a way it means so much because _ invitation? in a way it means so much because of— invitation? in a way it means so much because of the _ invitation? in a way it means so much because of the back - invitation? in a way it means so much because of the back story| invitation? in a way it means so i much because of the back story of camilla. if we remember back to the marriage of camilla with charles backin marriage of camilla with charles back in 2005, the suggestion was she would only ever be princess consort and the idea, the prospect of her crowned as queen was really

something that no one would imagine possible. then, in february last year, the late queen, elizabeth ii, spoke her sincere wish that camilla became queen consort. and here we have a statement of the norm, that she will be known as queen camilla. just like all those other queen consort in history. the title is queen consort, she is the consort to the king, but the style will be queen camilla, just like the late queen's mother, queen elizabeth, was queen's mother, queen elizabeth, was queen elizabeth when she was crowned next to king george vi. in many ways it is normal and, indeed, if camilla was going to remain queen consort as her title and style, that would be the anomaly. her title and style, that would be the anomaly-— the anomaly. what is significant about this, _ the anomaly. what is significant about this, for _ the anomaly. what is significant about this, for many _ the anomaly. what is significant about this, for many people - the anomaly. what is significant| about this, for many people who follow the royal family for decades, is the complete turnaround that we

have had from when we first heard of camilla in the media papers, as the third wheel in a relationship. if you put that against what we are seeing now, really, she has become an extremely long way in terms of how the public view her and of how the royal family view her. absolutely, she is now at the heart of the establishment, she will be crowned alongside the king and it will be the reign of king charles and queen camilla. so yes, it is a huge rehabilitation of the image of camilla, back from the 1990s. and i think most people, broadly accept or really don't care about the prospect that now we are going to have a crowned queen camilla. certainly, for some people, there will be a sense of the, this might have been diana, but that is something just like you know, diana is a story of decades ago, many young people don't

even remember her. but, yes, this is symbolic and is significant and it does show the royal family, charles, the palace, moving forward and, again, looking forward to celebrate camilla's position at the heart of the royal family. camilla's position at the heart of the royalfamily. you camilla's position at the heart of the royalfamily. you mentioned her osition at the royalfamily. you mentioned her position at the _ the royalfamily. you mentioned her position at the heart _ the royalfamily. you mentioned her position at the heart of— the royalfamily. you mentioned her position at the heart of the _ the royalfamily. you mentioned her position at the heart of the royal - position at the heart of the royal family, what you expect the reaction to be from the members of the royal family? because i know she is really popular with all of the close members of the royal family? popular with all of the close members of the royalfamily? she members of the royal family? she reall is, members of the royal family? she really is. she _ members of the royal family? she really is, she is _ members of the royal family? sue: really is, she is very popular, members of the royal family? si2 really is, she is very popular, also popular with the press, somebody who enjoys a joke, she lightens up charles on royal tours. they would have have seen this coming and will be broadly delighted that charles has camilla by his side. he clearly needs her, he leans upon herfull support, for reassurance, she has been there at all of the events he

has been at since the death of the late queen elizabeth ii. i think they will be glad, broadly, charles and camilla. it they will be glad, broadly, charles and camilla-— and camilla. it has been a really aood to and camilla. it has been a really good to talk— and camilla. it has been a really good to talk to _ and camilla. it has been a really good to talk to you _ and camilla. it has been a really good to talk to you about - and camilla. it has been a really good to talk to you about queen camilla, orthe good to talk to you about queen camilla, or the future queen camilla and king charles. thank you very much. the home office has confirmed its leads to a barge to house asylum seekers in dorset, around 500 migrants will be accommodated on the vessel in portland. let's cross live to millbank where our chorister abundant is standing by. —— mike al corresponding to standing by. this corresponding to standing by. ty 3 announcement had been expected since last week when the immigration minister said the government was really keen to try to reduce the amount of money that the government are spending on putting asylum seekers in hotels. there are currently 50,000 being housed in hotels at a cost of £6 million a day

and, crucially, the government wants to do something to try to deter the number of people crossing the channel in small boats. about 115,000 people made that perilous journey last year and it thinks one solution is to try to make the accommodation that asylum seekers are housed in less attractive, that is how they would frame it and one option they have gone for is hiring a vessel and this is the first announcement, the first one they have decided to hire, it is a three—storey vessel that they are leasing and, as you said, it is going to be moored off the dorset coast, it will be operational in a few months�* time and according to the home office will house around 500 adult men who are seeking asylum. this is controversial, for a lot of reasons, not least locally, the tory run council in portland is opposed to these measures, it has said this afternoon it has real questions for the home office about how this will work in practice, the

local tory mp has been furious that his constituency has been chosen as the site of this barge to be moored. so this is, as i said, not without controversy, opposition parties have criticised these ideas, but for the government, they think this is a necessary, probably popular, in theirview, necessary, probably popular, in their view, thing to do.- necessary, probably popular, in their view, thing to do. then, thank ou ve their view, thing to do. then, thank you very much- _ their view, thing to do. then, thank you very much. let's _ their view, thing to do. then, thank you very much. let's move - their view, thing to do. then, thank you very much. let's move to - you very much. let�*s move to scotland. the husband of the former first minister has been arrested as part of a police investigation into the finances of the scottish national party. let�*s cross d rug let�*s cross drug respondent. what more can you tell us? i�*m let's cross drug respondent. what more can you tell us?— more can you tell us? i'm “ust outside the i more can you tell us? i'm “ust outside the house i more can you tell us? i'm “ust outside the house offi more can you tell us? i'm just outside the house of peter- more can you tell us? i'm just - outside the house of peter murrell and nicola sturgeon and there has been heavy police presence here for most of the day, police are still outside the house is completely cordoned off, there are a couple of

police vans, there is a big tent in the garden and there it has also been some activity out in the back garden. this is obviously an ongoing police investigation, but i can give you some background context and this goes back to 2021 when police scotland launched an investigation into snp finances. the party had raised more than £600,000 and that was between 2017 and 2020 and the party had pledged to spend that on a new independence campaign, there was a referendum back in 2014, nicola sturgeon, the snp, wanted to hold another referendum, nicola sturgeon had said she wanted one in october this year. so questions were asked about whether that money had been used appropriately. the snp accounts showed that it had just under

£97,000 at the end of 2019, peter murrell provided a loan of more than £100,000 in 2021.50 murrell provided a loan of more than £100,000 in 2021. so that is a bit of background, a bit of context, peter murrell was arrested this morning and there is an ongoing search of the propertyjust behind me here. let�*s take you live to warsaw and these are pictures that we are getting. warsaw and these are pictures that we are getting-— warsaw and these are pictures that we are getting. brought to you here on bbc news. _ we are getting. brought to you here on bbc news, we'll— we are getting. brought to you here on bbc news, we'll take _ we are getting. brought to you here on bbc news, we'll take you - we are getting. brought to you here on bbc news, we'll take you where| on bbc news, we�*ll take you where the live events are happening. this is a press conference being given by the polish prime minister together with ukrainian president zelensky and this is part of president zelensky�*s visit to poland, this is a trip abroad that he has undertaken, a visit to poland which of course has been a huge supporter of course has been a huge supporter of ukraine. since the invasion of russia. that live event is happening

right now, we will keep across it here on the bbc, stay with us, because there is 20 more to come from me. don�*t go anywhere. —— read plenty more to come. hello. many of us enjoyed a beautiful, bright day yesterday. a very different story through this afternoon. often cloudy outbreaks of rain and indeed the next few days will be quite changeable. sunshine, rain and then back to sunshine again. but it�*s going to stay relatively on the mild side. you can see on the satellite picture here, extensive cloud has spread across the country. it�*s the weather front that will be moving across the uk through the course of today and into tomorrow. eventually, tomorrow, this weather front will find itself in the north sea. so it should brighten up. here�*s the forecast then for later this afternoon. you can see the outbreaks of rain almost anywhere across the country. temperatures typically the low teens

in some spots not making ten degrees where the cloud is thicker and the rain is heavier. through the course of tonight, that band of rain sweeps towards the east and you can see it hugging the east coast of the british isles early on thursday morning out towards the west, some clearer spells and not as cold tonight, no frost. it�*s mild air over us, often cloudy and outbreaks of rain that�*ll prevent the temperature from dropping too low. here�*s the forecast and the weather map for thursday. so that weather front is early in the morning, still straddling eastern parts of the uk. but as we go through the morning, it moves out into the north sea. it does tend to brighten up but not necessarily dry out completely. we are expecting showers almost anywhere across the uk, even some heavy ones with one or two rumbles of thunder through the course of the afternoon. temperatures will be between around nine and 14 degrees celsius and certainly some sunny spells on the way on thursday. it will be a much brighter day onto good friday. for many of us, not a bad day, generally dry with plenty of bright or sunny spells, particularly across central and western areas of the uk, a chance of thicker cloud

across eastern and central parts of england. even one or two light showers there across parts of east anglia. and then the easter weekend, west, south westerly winds across the country. at times it�*ll be milder. a little cooler air also filtering in. but generally speaking, it is going to stay on the mild side, but the weather will be quite variable. temperatures will be typically in the teens. and you can see how the weather icons change from sunnier days to at times slightly wetter days. on the whole, not too bad.

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