live from london. this is bbc news. fresh promises of military aid but no fighterjets yet — fresh promises of military aid ukraine's president zelensky makes a surprise visit to the uk. in the closest time, you will hear more about this. i think we have important decisions but we have to work a little bit more on it. a speech by the home secretary's among two disrupted by protesters at a conservative conference here in london. turkey's presidential

election goes to a runoff after the closest vote, in two decades. hello and welcome to bbc news. we start in the uk — where ukraine's president has made a surprise visit to secure fresh promises of military aid to fight russia's invasion. prime minister rishi sunak promised to send hundreds of air—defence missiles and long—range attack drones — but stopped short of sending jets. rishi sunak tweeted this picture welcoming president zelensky — when he arrived at chequers — the prime minister's country residence — the pair in a bear hug, with the caption reading: "welcome back". volodymir zelensky had earlier described rishi sunak as his "friend". there were then handshakes on the doorstep — before the pair held bilateral talks, lasting around two hours. uktraine�*s president says the pair discussed western nations providing kyiv with fighter jets, with the aim of creating what he called a "jets coalition".

rishi sunak pledged long—term support for ukraine to ensure that it's able to defend itself into the future. let's hear from the two leaders — talking to the assembled journalists. it has been really good for us to have the time to talk together in private about the support the uk is giving and how we can make sure that support is notjust here today but into the future as well to make sure that ukraine and its people triumph, notjust on the battlefield militarily, but also stand up for those values of freedom and democracy and the rule of law that we all hold very dear. we have had some very good conversations and it's great to have you here. today we spoke about the jets, a very important topic for us, because we cannot control the sky. rishi knows all the details of what is going on on the battlefield.

we want to create this jets coalition and i'm very positive about it. we have spoken about it and i see that in the closest time, you will hear some very important decisions, but we have to work a little bit more on it. we've already had some reaction from russia. kremlin spokesman dmitry peskov said the uk's actions would only lead to further destruction in ukraine as russia steps up what he called its "special military operation." vladimir putin chaired a meeting of his security council earlier today. so more criticism of that meeting today between president zelensky and rishi sunak, coming on the back of the decision to send cruise missiles to ukraine which was also heavily criticised by moscow. and it's notjust the uk president zelensky paid a visit to —

over the last few days the ukranian leader has been on a tour of a number of erupean nations — yasmin is in the newsroom with more. he has been on a whirlwind tour across europe to bolster support for ukraine as he prepares for a spring offensive. arriving into the uk he was in paris, berlin, and rome over the weekend. in berlin leaders secured a 2.4 billion pounds package worth of weapons. including these german leopard tanks. in paris president macron pledged his unwavering support for ukraine in addition to military assistance. and here today, president zelensky and prime minister rishi sunak embracing each other and they have called each other friends. each other and they have called each otherfriends. the uk government announced a defence missiles for ukraine in addition to unmanned long—range attack drones that should be arriving within the coming months. ., ., . , months. some of the other cities that president _ months. some of the other cities that president zelensky - months. some of the other cities

that president zelensky has - months. some of the other cities i that president zelensky has visited there. the surprise visit to the uk has now concluded and we saw the helicopter leaving the country retreat. we are expecting a spring offensive from ukraine and of course more hardware and more tanks and more hardware and more tanks and more drones, president zelensky would like more aircraft and more f-i6s would like more aircraft and more f—i6s but the uk does not have f—i6s in their arsenal so in terms of any uk involvement in the coalition of jets that the ukrainian president talked about, training pilots is what the uk potentially could be involved with but that is complex as the british prime ministers said to president zelensky but the wish list is a long one in the run—up to that spring offensive. live now to kurt volker, the former us ambassador to nato

and former us special representative for ukraine negotiations. this is a crucial phase in the run—up to the spring offensive but having the hardware to do it is absolutely vital?— having the hardware to do it is absolutely vital? absolutely. i'm leased absolutely vital? absolutely. i'm pleased to _ absolutely vital? absolutely. i'm pleased to see _ absolutely vital? absolutely. i'm pleased to see the _ absolutely vital? absolutely. i'm pleased to see the british - absolutely vital? absolutely. i'm i pleased to see the british decision to send these longer range missiles to send these longer range missiles to ukraine, 250 kilometres radius that they can attack, that is very important and it will help the ukrainians push the russian forces back from crimea and donbas which they currently occupy. this is a major step. they currently occupy. this is a majorstep. concerning they currently occupy. this is a major step. concerning the aircraft, you are covering it very well, you have an interesting dynamic with european allies who are now more comfortable with helping ukraine than we see coming from the us. the us has provided the bulk of the military equipment by a long shot. it has provided everything that has

helped ukraine survive but it has done so slowly and parsimonious ligament saying we will do this but we will not do that. but europe's attitudes have changed and they now see ukraine as part of the eu and it would like to see the ukrainian economic recovery get under way and it realises that vladimir putin is an existential threat to ukraine and also members of the eu and nato so the willingness to actually do more for ukraine is bubbling up in europe even more than in the us. i was listenin: even more than in the us. i was listening to _ even more than in the us. i was listening to a — even more than in the us. i was listening to a former— even more than in the us. i was listening to a former british - listening to a former british militaryjournal listening to a former british military journal this listening to a former british militaryjournal this morning on the radio and he said exactly what you just said, making the point that the us is far ahead in terms of its aid to ukraine. we have a graphic which demonstrates that. number two in the list is the uk with about $7 billion worth of aid but dwarfed by the american contribution. but it is so

interesting, when it comes to jets, because the concern from the americans is that it is an escalation to far but that was a hurdle that was also talked about with tanks and that was cleared, that hurdle, so intellectually, do you think we are heading in the same direction ultimately? i you think we are heading in the same direction ultimately?— direction ultimately? i think we are. and direction ultimately? i think we are- and it _ direction ultimately? i think we are. and it was _ direction ultimately? i think we are. and it was not _ direction ultimately? i think we are. and it was not only - direction ultimately? i think we are. and it was not only tanks. | direction ultimately? i think we l are. and it was not only tanks. if you go back to early last year it was stinger missiles and armoured vehicles, himars and any kind of modern technology, it was the range of artillery, it was 80, and then 160, now the british are doing 250, every step of the way we have said things we would not do but we ended up things we would not do but we ended up doing them anyway, and on the flip side, vladimir putin is in this to win and he is going all out and i do not think we have to worry about doing something that causes him to escalate. because if he could escalate, he would be doing it already. he is that determined to

win this. �* , ., , ., win this. but is it winnable from the ukrainian _ win this. but is it winnable from the ukrainian side? _ win this. but is it winnable from the ukrainian side? absolutely. | win this. but is it winnable from . the ukrainian side? absolutely. we have to be clear— the ukrainian side? absolutely. we have to be clear what _ the ukrainian side? absolutely. we have to be clear what we _ the ukrainian side? absolutely. we have to be clear what we think - have to be clear what we think winning is and i think if we talk about regime change in russia, that is not up to us, but the russians, but what we can do is say russian forces need to stay inside russian territory and they do not belong in other countries. russia will have to face accountability for the war crimes it has committed it so we should be able to give ukraine the aid is necessary to push the russian forces out and establish investigations and some justice and establish a border again because russia had previously recognised ukraine's international borders, and then defend that.— ukraine's international borders, and then defend that. when you say push then defend that. when you say push the russian forces _ then defend that. when you say push the russian forces outcome - then defend that. when you say push the russian forces outcome is - then defend that. when you say push the russian forces outcome is the - the russian forces outcome is the objective from the west the same as the ukrainian objectives which is all parts of ukrainian territory including crimea which of course vladimir putin now thinks and sees

as sovereign territory for russia? western powers, germany, france, probably the us, they are being coy, they are saying to you kate, you decide what your objectives are —— they are saying to ukraine. but then they are saying to ukraine. but then they will watch and see how it goes and if there's a point where the ukrainian offensive fizzles out, you will see those same western countries say, now it is time to settle for something, so there's not a complete alignment there, but the is that vladimir putin has zero willingness to reconcile himself to anything other than defeating ukraine and taking over ukraine and changing the government, so if that is what we have with vladimir putin, we need the west to line up a bit more on the ukrainian side and say, the only thing that will be a stable outcome is a defeat of russian forces and the removal from outcome is a defeat of russian forces and the removalfrom ukraine. we have got to leave it there but thanks forjoining us. great to have

your analysis. here in the uk, the national conservatism conference has faced anger with protesters interrupting two speeches. the home secretary suella braverman was speaking about the uk needing to bring down overall immigration numbers when two hecklers were removed from the room. and earlier the former cabinet ministerjacob rees mogg also faced a similar incident. let's take a look at those interuptions. inaudible national conservatism... excuse me? ladies and gentlemen, you all look like very nice people and i'm sure that you are fantastically nice people.

but i would like to draw your attention to a few characteristics of fascism... jeering our correspondent has been following those events and he spoke to me a while ago. two protesters separately standing up and heckling the home secretary. they were quickly removed from the room and subsequently the environmental campaign group extinction rebellion had claimed responsibility for the protests, saying they were against the fascist ideologies supported by some

government ministers. suella braverman continued with her speech and she spoke about immigration policy, and she did not expand much on what we knew she was going to say, that the current level of migration to the uk is unsustainable, and she talked about the need for an agile system and a need to get overall immigration under control and she said the uk must not forget to do things for itself. talking about the need to train and employ fruit pickers, lorry drivers and butchers and other professions and jobs in the uk rather than relying too much on overseas labour. we can play you the clip now. high skilled work support economic growth _ high skilled work support economic growth and where the labour market has acute _ growth and where the labour market has acute and structural shortages, as with _

has acute and structural shortages, as with the — has acute and structural shortages, as with the nhs, it is of course right— as with the nhs, it is of course right that — as with the nhs, it is of course right that we should have an immigration system agile enough to plu- immigration system agile enough to plug those shortages. but we need to -et plug those shortages. but we need to get overall— plug those shortages. but we need to get overall immigration numbers down _ figures are expected next week which will show in all likelihood a record high for net migration to the uk, estimates between 700000 and as high as a million to give you an idea. run half a million people coming to

the uk -- run half a million people coming to the uk —— around. yes, there is tension around the need to relax rules and allow more additions to the list of specific professions which people can be allowed to come to the uk to work in and also the need to bring down as many in government set the overall level of migration to the uk, fulfilling one of the manifesto pledges in 2019. so something of an early intervention before the figures are released next week.—

released next week. when jacob rees-mogg _ released next week. when jacob rees-mogg was _ released next week. when jacob rees-mogg was talking - released next week. when jacob rees-mogg was talking in - released next week. when jacobj rees-mogg was talking in terms released next week. when jacob i rees-mogg was talking in terms of rees—mogg was talking in terms of the content of what he said, he talked about the introduction, the recent introduction of voter id and something he said, we are going to play it in the next few seconds, really raised eyebrows. i want to put that clip on the screen now. parties that try and gerrymander end up finding that their clever scheme comes back to bite them, as we found by insisting on voter id for elections and we found people who did not have voter id were elderly and they by and large voted conservative, so we made it hard for our own voters and we upset a system that was working very well. one of the glories of our country is that we did it on an honesty basis when the real problem is actually about postal voting. do not get too fretful about random systems being brought

up by the socialists because gerrymandering does not really work. he appears to say that it was gerrymandering even though it was brought in by the conservatives? yes, he seems to be very clear about what he thinks of the new rule that was brought in, and used in the local elections, that you had to show photo id. and he was in government when the laws were passed and he has spoken previously about the need for elections to be open and fair. the government defended those plans and those new laws as a way to guard against fraud in elections, and impersonation of people voting in person, but there is very little evidence that that is in any way a significant problem in the uk, and where voterfraud tends significant problem in the uk, and where voter fraud tends to occur it is largely through postal voting, but now free of the collective responsibility that comes with being in government, jacob rees—mogg

speaking his mind on that particular issue. , ., . . speaking his mind on that particular issue. , ., ., ., �* ., ~ around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. and now to a few stories making headlines in the uk. exams are getting fully under way — for most pupils in england, wales and northern ireland. england's exam regulator quual says the disruption caused by covid will be taken into account in the gcse and a—level grades that are awarded. the regulator says covid cast a long shadow and that students should be able to get the same grade they would have done, if the pandemic hadn't happened. what's thought to be a world—first — driverless buses have entered service in edinburgh. the operator, stagecoach, says the five single—decker buses have the capacity for around 10,000 passenger journeys per week. despite being driverless — the buses will still have two members of staff on board to monitor the technology and assist passengers.

an ice cream parlour has changed the name of one its products after a "polite" request from marks & spencer. fabio's jelato, based in hertfordshire, only began making its percy pig ice cream last week. but the retailing giant sent the owner a letter which said, he could continue to use the sweets, but not the name of the product. you're live with bbc news. turkey's electoral authority has confirmed that the presidential election will go to a second round after incumbent recep tayyip erdogan fell just short of the 50% vote share required for a first round victory. it will be the first time a challenger has taken mr erdogan to a second round in a presidential contest. he had previously told supporters in the capital ankara that he was confident he'd still be president in two weeks' time. on the other side kemal kilicdaroglu has large support from secular turks and young people. he says he would win the election in a second round. live now to mina toksoz, a consultant on country risk. thanks forjoining us. in terms of

who will eventually come out as the winner, does it look very much like president erdogan will still be there in a couple of weeks' time? it is difficult to say. there is a third candidate and it is not clear where his votes are going to go at the moment, and both sides are wooing him. there is still a slim chance, and although president erdogan appears to be ahead, there is still a chance if the third candidate votes go for kemal kilicdaroglu, that he could come through. kilicdaroglu, that he could come throu~h. ., , , kilicdaroglu, that he could come throuuh. . , ,, through. mathematically it is still ossible. through. mathematically it is still possible. most _ through. mathematically it is still possible. most of— through. mathematically it is still possible. most of the _ through. mathematically it is still possible. most of the pundits - through. mathematically it is still| possible. most of the pundits said that president erdogan would really struggle this time, why do you think he has surprised them and it has not gone like that?— he has surprised them and it has not gone like that? what most people did not take into — gone like that? what most people did not take into account _ gone like that? what most people did not take into account is _ gone like that? what most people did not take into account is that - gone like that? what most people did not take into account is that there - not take into account is that there is a core of people who are very much for president erdogan and a

bunch of people who are in the middle, conservative with a small say, who were worried and they were not convinced by this very white opposition alliance and whether it would create a lot of instability —— very wide top so they are playing safe and they voted for president erdogan. safe and they voted for president erdo . an. ~ ., safe and they voted for president erdouan. ~ . ., ,., safe and they voted for president erdoan. . ., ., ., erdogan. what about the economy? inflation is erdogan. what about the economy? inflation is at _ erdogan. what about the economy? inflation is at 4496. _ erdogan. what about the economy? inflation is at 44%. how— erdogan. what about the economy? inflation is at 44%. how has - erdogan. what about the economy? inflation is at 44%. how has that . inflation is at 44%. how has that not damaged president erdogan? this is where not damaged president erdogan? in 3 is where you cannot play safe because the economy has been very volatile anyway over the last five years with covid and then the impact of the ukraine war on the turkish economy and then the earthquake, which happened in february. it has been made worse by the government's policy which is called, interest rates because inflation, which has

pushed inflation as the only cause of inflation as opposed to demand and other monetary, money supply and other factors and other monetary, money supply and otherfactors which and other monetary, money supply and other factors which affect inflation. so this has really messed up inflation. so this has really messed up the economy. they have kept interest rates too low while inflation shot up to 80% last year and it is now because of the year on year arithmetic, and it is now because of the year on yeararithmetic, it and it is now because of the year on year arithmetic, it has come down to about 40%. but if they continue with this policy, the currency is going to come under pressure again and that will feed into inflation again and we could see inflation rising. so it is not looking good. the markets, the initial response of the markets, the initial response of the markets has been quite negative. the turkish stock exchange crashed 6% and circuit breakers have got to come in, it has opened up later but

it is still down 4%. the currency slipped about the central bank has been intervening to keep it at around 20 to the dollar. but to some extent, the economy is in such a mess that to some extent, whichever candidate wins, it was always going to be a very tough and difficult task to sort out the economy. this to be a very tough and difficult task to sort out the economy. as you said but we — task to sort out the economy. as you said but we still— task to sort out the economy. as you said but we still have _ task to sort out the economy. as you said but we still have a _ task to sort out the economy. as you said but we still have a few— task to sort out the economy. as you said but we still have a few weeks i said but we still have a few weeks to go until the second round run—off. mathematically it is still possible to go either way in this fork in the road but for now, thanks fork in the road but for now, thanks forjoining us. thousands of rohingya refugees have seen their homes destroyed or damaged after a powerful cyclone ripped through south—east bangladesh. the cyclone made landfall on sunday, narrowly avoiding a direct hit on the world's largest refugee camp — cox's bazaar.

the refugees were forced to see out the storm in their flimsy shelters. our correspondent, rajini vaidyanathan, sent this update from inside the refugee camp. there is a sense of relief here because there was a sense of fear that the cyclone would make a direct hit on this camp. refugees are not allowed to leave the camp, that is a rule given to them by the bangladesh government which has been hosting them for more than five years, so there were fears that if the storm was going to strike these camps, close to a million people would be stuck in their shelters. people stayed here to see the storm out and no reported casualties but close to 3000 shelters have been damaged and destroyed and we have seen a few of

them, some almost flattened by the force of the storm. we spent the last week or so in the camps and aid agencies say the fiercely refugees had over the weekend about the storm are a reminder the wider vulnerability that this refugee population continues to face, more than 5.5 years since they arrived here. children here still do not have access to a formal education, no schools allowed in the camp, and this refugee population relies on aid to survive. the food aid they get from the un is going to be cut for the second time this year in june so refugees will have even less to survive on. it really is, the feeling here, that they are stuck in an endless cycle and they cannot return to myanmar because they say it is not safe to go back to a country which is run by the very army that these families fled in fear. bangladesh does not want them to stay here so they remain in these

camps living a life in limbo. taste camps living a life in limbo. we will now take a short break. we will be back with the business news and the sport. hello there. in contrast to last week, this week is looking much, much quieter. now, it's quite a cold start to the week. it's quite chilly out there today. gradually, it gets a little bit warmer day by day over the week ahead. and whilst there are some showers around, it's nowhere near as wet as it was last week. we've had this band of cloud overnight push south eastwards across the uk. that didn't produce much rain. following on from that, there are a few showers and we've got the winds more from the north or northwest, bringing in a chillier air. and within that chillier air we've seen the cloud building up today. for the most part, there's not a great deal of depth to the cloud, so there's a lot of dry weather around. but there's the chillier air. these are the temperatures that we've got. so 22 degrees in london yesterday,

15 today and a few showers dotted about late afternoon into the early evening, particularly across eastern scotland and northeast england. those will decay, though, overnight. skies will clear for the most part and the winds will drop as well, except in northern scotland where we've got more cloud and showers later. so here, not as cold as it was last night. otherwise, a chilly four orfive degrees perhaps first thing on tuesday morning, where many places will start dry and sunny. but we do have more cloud in scotland with some showers. that will move down across the country, bringing some showers into northern england. elsewhere, we'll see the cloud bubbling up and spreading out a little bit, but it should stay dry. the winds won't be as strong tomorrow. it won't feel as cold tomorrow. those temperatures creeping up by a degree or so, up to 16 or 17 degrees. now, things are going to be fairly quiet because high pressure is going to be building in across the uk. now, around the top of that area of high pressure, we do have a weather front which will bring this rain into northern scotland on wednesday. otherwise, plenty of sunshine to begin with. again, the cloud builds up and it

could just be thick enough to give one or two light showers through lincolnshire, east anglia and the south east of england. again, it's continuing to get a little bit warmer day by day, 17 or 18 degrees, but still quite chilly across northern parts of scotland. we do have high pressure, though, extending across the uk through the rest of the week. that's bringing in these higher temperatures. but occasionally these weather fronts will move down from the northwest and this is where we're more likely to have some showers. but having said that, there aren't too many of those over the week ahead, some spells of sunshine at times. by the end of the week, temperatures are 19 or 20 celsius.

this is bbc news, the headlines. fresh promises of military aid — but no pledges on fighterjets — ukraine's president zelensky holds talks with prime minister rishi sunak in a surprise visit to the uk. a speech by the home secretary is among two disrupted by protesters at a conservativism conference here in london. and turkey's presidential election — goes to a runoff — after the closest vote, in two decades. sport and a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. hello from the bbc sport centre. some breaking news from the world

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