tonight at ten — more military aid for ukraine, as britain agrees to supply hundreds of air—defence missiles and drones. president zelenksy came to chequers for talks with rishi sunak. once again, he thanked the uk for supporting the struggle against russia. but as more ukrainian forces are being trained for combat, the case for air power is being made with increasing urgency. today we spoke about the jets. a very important topic for us because we can't control the sky. it is not a straight forward thing, as volodymyr and i have been discussing, to build up that fighter combat aircraft capability. we'll be looking at the challenges for britain and other allies of supplying fighter

jets to ukraine. also tonight, protestors disrupt a speech by the home secretary, where she said it wasn't racist to want to control borders and reduce immigration. we uncover a fraud where british men are paid to claim they are the fathers of children born to migrant women. the rohingya muslims, six years after they fled myanmar — we meet a little boy who's spent his life in a refugee camp. and once a rising star of digital news media, valued at £5 billion, now vice has filed for bankruptcy. but with two teenagers fatally stabbed this month, will the action be enough to stop young people carrying weapons?

good evening. the ukrainian armed forces are to be supplied with hundreds of air—defence missiles and armed drones by the united kingdom. this new supply is in addition to the allocation of cruise missiles announced last week. the news came on the day president zelensky held talks with rishi sunak — at the prime minister's country residence, chequers — as part of his tour of ukraine's allies in europe. mr zelensky has said repeatedly that his forces need more weaponry before they can launch their big counteroffensive against the russians. specifically, he wants the west to provide fighterjets, but mr sunak said that was "not a straightforward thing", as our correspondent caroline hawley reports. in the south—east of ukraine today, training for a counteroffensive against russian forces.

a fight they hope will be a turning point. translation: we are getting ready for the counteroffensive, _ to finally end this war. we have been preparing for about a month but actually we have been preparing for this all our lives since 2014. their leader arrived by chinook helicopter in the tranquil setting of chequers, the prime minister's country residence. the last stop in a whirlwind tour that has taken him around europe. his mission — to get from the west the weaponry he needs at a critical time. the uk is the biggest donor of military aid to ukraine after the united states. last week it announced it had given these storm shadow missiles, which have a range of up to 150 miles, much longer than anything it had given before. today, it promised hundreds more air—defence missiles and long—range attack drones. the kremlin said it took

an extremely negative view of the latest uk support, but that it wouldn't change the course of the conflict. to do that in ukraine's favour, president zelensky says he still wants western warplanes. thank you, especially you and your government for supporting us. really, at this moment, like you said, the moment of challenges for us, for our society, our people, especially for our soldiers, at the moment it is tough. find especially for our soldiers, at the moment it is tough.— especially for our soldiers, at the moment it is tough. and on those fi . hter moment it is tough. and on those fighterjets- -- _ moment it is tough. and on those fighterjets. .. today _ moment it is tough. and on those fighterjets. .. today we _ moment it is tough. and on those fighterjets. .. today we spoke - moment it is tough. and on those i fighterjets. .. today we spoke about fighter 'ets. .. today we spoke about the fighterjets. .. today we spoke about the 'ets, a fighterjets. .. today we spoke about the jets. a very _ fighterjets. .. today we spoke about the jets, a very important _ fighterjets. .. today we spoke about the jets, a very important topic- fighterjets. .. today we spoke about the jets, a very important topic for l the jets, a very important topic for us, because we cannot control the sky, you know it. we want to create this jets coalition, sky, you know it. we want to create thisjets coalition, and i am very positive with it. it this jets coalition, and i am very positive with it.— positive with it. it is not a straightforward _ positive with it. it is not a straightforward thing, - positive with it. it is not a straightforward thing, as| positive with it. it is not a i straightforward thing, as we positive with it. it is not a - straightforward thing, as we have been _ straightforward thing, as we have been discussing, to build up that fighter. — been discussing, to build up that fighter, combat aircraft capability. it is not _ fighter, combat aircraft capability. it is notjust the provision of planes, _ it is notjust the provision of

planes, it's also the training of pilots — planes, it's also the training of pilots and _ planes, it's also the training of pilots and all the logistics to go alongside that.— pilots and all the logistics to go alonuside that. , , alongside that. president zelensky has been busy _ alongside that. president zelensky has been busy in _ alongside that. president zelensky has been busy in the _ alongside that. president zelensky has been busy in the past - alongside that. president zelensky has been busy in the past few- alongside that. president zelenskyl has been busy in the past few days, shaking a lot of hands — not only in france but germany too, and in rome, rallying support wherever he can get it. here, warm hugs accompanied warm words, but he now heads back to ukraine, commander—in—chief, to face the brutal reality of war — a war he says he must win notjust for his own people but for the security of europe and beyond. caroline hawley, bbc news. let's talk a little more with our security correspondent, frank gardner. lots of smiles and hugs today, but behind all of that, what did president zelensky actually achieve? ~ ., ., ., achieve? well, he got some of what he wanted. — achieve? well, he got some of what he wanted. but _ achieve? well, he got some of what he wanted, but there _ achieve? well, he got some of what he wanted, but there is _ achieve? well, he got some of what he wanted, but there is always - achieve? well, he got some of what| he wanted, but there is always going to be a gap here, huw, between what he has on his military shopping list and what nato countries are prepared to deliver. so he has aimed high, he

has asked for these fighterjets. it is not going to get them from britain, because he wants f—i6s, and britain, because he wants f—i6s, and britain has not got them, and as the prime minister hinted, there is more complication with fighter jets, prime minister hinted, there is more complication with fighterjets, you have to think about maintenance crews, the petrol oil, lubricants, the runways that have to be built, the runways that have to be built, the defences to protect them. but what he did get are his long—range attack drones, and taken together with the cruise missiles that britain has been delivering, this could actually help ukraine tip the balance of the war in its favour, potentially by hitting russia's defences in depth, supply depots, command centres, ammunition storage centres, places like that, to shift the battlefield ahead of its big offensive. the question is, at what stage will russia see a red line has been crossed, they are already angry, this is going to make them angrier. angry, this is going to make them anurier. ., ~ angry, this is going to make them anurier. . ~ ., angrier. frank gardner, a security correspondent. _ there's "no good reason" why

a shortage of lorry drivers, builders, welders and fruit pickers can't be solved by training more british workers instead of using foreign labour — that's the view of the home secretary, suella braverman. next week, official figures are expected to show record migration figures — driven mostly by people coming from outside the eu to work and study. the home secretary said it was "not racist" to want to control the uk's borders, but labour said that after 13 years in power the conservatives were still failing to reduce net migration, as our political editor, chris mason, reports. conservatives gathered in westminster today, but this is not a conservative party conference. it's a gathering organised by an american group which champions, among other things, much more restrictive immigration. the thing is, uk immigration numbers being published next week are expected to be at a record high. applause so, enter next the home secretary,

saying they need to fall. albeit not before two protesters from the campaign group extinction rebellion found themselves escorted out for heckling. anyone else? we need to get overall immigration numbers down. and we mustn't forget how to do things for ourselves. there is no good reason why we can't train up enough truck drivers, butchers, fruit pickers, builders or welders. and it's not xenophobic to say that mass and rapid migration is unsustainable in terms of housing supply, public services, or community relations. net migration is the number of people coming here minus those leaving. for years, conservative governments promised to get it below 100,000 a year, but they failed. the number did plummet during the pandemic, but has since rocketed.

the challenge is this: loads of employers, not least in farming, are struggling to recruit. at least partly because unemployment is very low, so some say they need to hire immigrants to help keep their businesses going. there are simply not enough people unemployed to do the number ofjobs that are available within the sector right now. so, that means immigration? that is the logical conclusion? it certainly does. last year, to put it into context, we wasted £60 million worth of fruit and vegetables. are we going to have a realistic immigration policy here, whereby we look what our economy needs and what the people of this country needs? there aren't enough people unemployed to do these jobs. and listen to this, the labour leader exasperated at what he sees as the government commentating on its own failure. suella braverman, the home secretary, is today making a speech about what she thinks ought to happen on immigration. she is the home secretary. they have been in power for 13 years.

tonight, conservative mps arrived in downing street for a reception with the prime minister. not every tory agrees with suella braverman�*s instincts on immigration. there is a lively debate within the party and beyond. what is the right amount, for the economy, for public services, for society? and there is a broader thing going on here which it is with us getting used to, a consequence of brexit — responsibility for immigration policy now lies squarely at westminster, so governments cannot blame anyone else for what is going on, such as the european union. 0pposition parties cannot claim there is a limitation to what they might want to achieve when they set out their own policies. in short, there is nowhere for politicians here to hide. chris, many thanks. chris mason at westminster. we will stay with that story.

ahead of those migration figures due next week, our home editor mark easton has been looking at the continuing impact of migration in the uk and how attitudes have been evolving. mark. ed, many thanks. —— huw. in saying britain needs to get immigration down, suella braverman referred to the pledge in the conservatives' 2019 manifesto. a reminder of what they promised. "there will be fewer lower—skilled migrants and overall numbers will come down." so what's happened ? well, overall numbers have gone up. a lot. net migration — the difference between people arriving and leaving — was 271,000 in 2019, 504,000 in 2022 and is expected to go even higher in new figures later this month. as for fewer low—skilled migrants, there almost certainly are fewer because of the end of eu free movement since brexit, but the shortages that resulted have seen the home office actually lower the threshold for what qualifies someone as a skilled worker. last year, 57,000 foreign

workers were given visas to work in social care. and here's the rub. the home secretary has talked of her aspiration to get net migration down to the tens of thousands, but what to stop? currently, the big drivers of inward migration are ukrainians fleeing the war — 228,300 visas issued to date, 130,000 special visas issued. the government is very proud of both those schemes. the next big group are students. 622,000 student visas issued last year — a market worth £26 billion to the uk and rising fast. then it's workers — around 300,000 last year, but the points—based system means these are people who generally encourage economic growth and contribute to the wealth of the nation. where are the british public on this? well, before brexit around 70%

of people wanted immigration cut. a poll last year suggested it was down to 42%, with 28% wanting it to stay about the same and a further 22% wanting it to increase. the arguments will continue, huw. mark easton, our home editor. in turkey, there will be a second—round vote in the presidential election, after president erdogan narrowly failed to achieve more than half the popular vote at the weekend. the second round will be held on sunday 28th may. mr erdogan is the clear favourite given his lead of nearly 5% in the first round. mr erdogan has been in power in turkey, as prime minister and president, for two decades, and he's extended his powers significantly over that time. 0ur senior international correspondent 0rla guerin joins us from ankara. how difficult will it be for the opposition to make up that gap? i think it'll be very tough, huw. in

effect, president erdogan confounded most of the opinion polls, confounded most of the analysts, who had been predicting that we would be in the territory of a second round for the presidency, but they expected that the lead would be the opposition candidate, and macro. well, what we saw yesterday was the reverse of that, the president came out ahead, he is ahead by about 2.5 million votes, an addition to being for the presidency, he has kept control of parliament. when turks go back to vote in two weeks' time, he will be the incumbent, controlling all the levers of power, controlling the media, as he had for this round, so many advantages. and there was a third candidate, and ultranationalist, who got 5%, and many of those may go to the president. 0pposition officials we spoke to today were pretty deflated, pretty shell—shocked. it is hard to see how they can make up this

ground. 0rla guerin, thanks for the latest analysis from ankara on the turkish presidential election. a british pensioner accused of murdering his ill wife has told a court in cyprus she begged him to help end her life. 74—year—old janice hunter, who had cancer, died in december 2021 at her home on the island. her 75—year—old husband david hunter says her death was assisted suicide. the competition and markets authority is investigating whether a failure in competition has meant that customers have been overpaying for groceries. and an investigation into the fuel market, which has already started, has found some supermarkets have increased margins on petrol and diesel. let's talk to our business correspondent emma simpson. very much the supermarkets under the spotlight? very much the supermarkets under the s-aotliht? , , ., very much the supermarkets under the s-aotliht? , , . , spotlight? yes, they are, this investigation _ spotlight? yes, they are, this investigation was _ spotlight? yes, they are, this investigation was launched i spotlight? yes, they are, this i investigation was launched into prices at the pump last year and we had another update today, basically

they said higher petrol and fuel prices could notjust be blamed on global factors like the war in ukraine, they found evidence of weakening competition, especially at the supermarkets, that retailers were taking larger profit margins than before the pandemic, so as a result pump prices were 5p per litre on average more expensive last year and they would have been if they had had the same profit margins, and they said supermarkets tended to be they said supermarkets tended to be the cheapest but they were not satisfied with the answers they got so they are going to be calling in the supermarket bosses for formal interviews to get to the bottom of it. but they will also have a closer look at grocery prices as well, given the worries about soaring food bills, but to be clear they have not seen any evidence pointing to any specific concerns that prices are higher than they should but they are having a look at it. this comes on

the eve of a big meeting that rishi sunak is hosting at downing street tomorrow, by according it a farm to fork summit involving supermarket bosses, representatives from across the food industry, looking at the challenges and the future of food production in the uk. it is certainly timely and there is plenty to talk about.— certainly timely and there is plenty to talk about. amber simpson, our business correspondent, _ to talk about. amber simpson, our business correspondent, thanks i to talk about. amber simpson, our| business correspondent, thanks for joining us. —— emma. a bbc investigation has uncovered a complex scam where british men are paid to claim that they are the fathers of children born to migrant women. the fraud involves british men claiming paternity, so the child can get uk citizenship and the migrant mother also has a route to stay in the country. the investigation found some men are being offered up to £10,000 in cash, with the illegal practice advertised openly on social media. 0ur correspondent divya talwar has the story. this woman is going undercover.

she's posing as a pregnant vietnamese woman in the uk illegally. the men she's meeting are planning a brazen immigration scam. the man on the right is in charge and tells our researcher that the british man on the left will pose as her baby's father. the man in the middle is translating. the scam means the child can get automatic uk citizenship and the mother also has a route to stay in the country. the researcher is told those selfies will help create a fake back story. this immigration scam

is rife on social media. we found dozens of posts about it on facebook groups. almost all of these posts mention "red book." the "red book" is basically a british passport. meta, which owns facebook, says it doesn't allow the solicitation of birth certificate fraud on its platforms and will continue to remove content that violates its policies. we've spoken to women who've paid fake fathers to try and cheat the authorities. one of their stories is being portrayed by an actor. i met imeta i met a man who agreed to be my baby father. he was 30 years older than me. it was £9,000 during the whole process. i did not have contact with the man. immigration lawyer harjap bhangal says he's seen this happening

in different communities. this scam has a potential to be widespread, potentially in the thousands. it's not a one off and it's been going on for years. but the home office hasjust not picked up on this and there's a scandal waiting to be exposed. the ringleader called us more than 20 times after the meeting. we've been told he's provided a fake father service for multiple women. this time i got in touch with him. phone rings my name is divya talwar. i'm a journalist for bbc news. we've got evidence of you running an illegal immigration scam. what are you talking about what you talking about? i am not involved in anything like that. phone goes dead he's just put the phone down. the other men didn't respond to our requests for comment. the home office told us it has measures in place to prevent and detect immigration fraud and said it could request additional evidence to establish paternity. while the government continues to clamp down

on illegal immigration, this scam appears to be happening under the radar of the authorities. divya talwar, bbc news. you can watch that full report on bbc newsnight — that's on bbc two tonight at half past ten. in bangladesh, the plight of rohingya refugees living in the world's largest refugee camp is again the focus of deep concern. nearly a million people are living there in desperate conditions, and the prime minister is warning that bangladesh can no longer deal with the scale of the problem and calling on the international community to share the burden. the rohingya muslims are an ethnic minority group from neighbouring myanmar which is predominantly buddhist. in august 2017, action by the army of myanmar led to hundreds of thousands of rohingya muslims fleeing to bangladesh — forming camps around the port of cox's bazar.

at the time, we reported on the families who'd become refugees overnight. they included anwar, a new born baby. this month our south asia correspondent rajini vaidyanathan and her team went to look for anwar to find out what's happened to him. born as his mother ran for her life. anwar siddique was just hours old when the bbc met them in a refugee camp. translation: when my baby used to kick me in my womb i used - to think that i would bring him to a beautiful and peaceful world. but that was 2017, so what became of baby anwar? he was one in a million — in the world's largest refugee camp in bangladesh, home to rohingya families who fled

violence in myanmar. five years on, we went in search of him through a maze of tiny lanes. this is anwar�*s house, this one. ok, let's see. we found a wide—eyed yet shy little boy. anwar has two sisters. this one room is theirfamily home. no windows for air, no toys to play with, barely any clothes. it's a miserable existence. translation: i want him to live like other children. _ i want him to be educated, have clean clothes and eat properfood, but i can't because i don't have anything. anwar�*s is a fragile existence.

living in squalor, he's sick all the time. in march he nearly died of pneumonia. not too far from where anwar lives, there's very little space to move here, with row after row of bamboo shelters crammed into this space. it's also hot and humid, so it is impossible to overstate just how claustrophobic these living conditions are. this is the tale of half a million children, a generation robbed of their rights and of an education. there are no formal schools inside the camps. for a couple of hours a day, anwar visits a makeshift classroom, supported by the un. here, he gets basic lessons. every child in this room is a refugee.

but the bangladeshi government doesn't allow them to be taught the local curriculum or language. having hosted rohingya refugees for years, it wants them to return to myanmar, the country run by the very army their parents fled in fear. rohingya refugees rely on monthly food vouchers from the un to survive. theirs has already run out. translation: what can i feed them? i don't have anything. i will have to borrow from others. so that is all the rice. from next month the money she gets is being cut again. she will have to feed her family on just £6 each. the world promised it wouldn't forget babies like anwar when this crisis began.

but as he has grown, the help these children are getting has fallen. anwar�*s future was never going to be easy, but does it have to be this hard? rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news. the owner of the news website vice — once a rising star of digital media — has filed for bankruptcy. vice media group was once valued at nearly £5 billion but has struggled to make a profit in recent years. our culture correspondent steffan powell has the story. vice — home to documentaries, written pieces, music, and news content. but not like we'd seen before. provocative, opinionated, different — disrupting the tired old boring mainstream media was the plan. all to engage with those who bosses

said weren't being spoken to. we're actually opening news bureaus around the world. we're opening them in london, in berlin, mexico city, sao paulo, la, melbourne, johannesburg, nairobi, istanbul, moscow, singapore, beijing, tokyo, and kabul. and vice has had some undoubted success. we managed to get special permission for women to be allowed in... some of its journalism winning a pulitzer prize, multiple emmys, and most recently a peabody award. viewing figures for documentaries like this one in afghanistan are healthy, interaction on its social media channels is high, it has staff based all over the world telling stories. but now it's filing for bankruptcy. so what went wrong? many of vice's media divisions were not run for profit. the company was so focused on growth that they didn't, for a very long time, pay attention to making sure that each of the divisions were profitable. and vice is not the only one.

buzzfeed closed its award—winning news operation earlier this year, saying it couldn't fund it any more. mtv news is closing after 36 years of making youth—focused news content. vice's financial backers hoped attracting millions of younger people online would turn a big profit. that hasn't happened. the company says it will carry on until a buyer is found and it expects to emerge as a financially healthy and stronger company. staff are worried for their futures, and people are now asking, is it possible to make news and make money? steffan powell, bbc news. leicester city, a club responsible for one of the most uplifting achievements in the game when they won the premier league seven years ago, are now in a desperate struggle to avoid relegation and tonight they were up against the resurgent liverpool. my colleague joe wilson against the resurgent liverpool. my colleaguejoe wilson was watching. leicester — the city that found a buried king

and conquered english football. where anything was possible, everything's precarious. the time — it's running out. leicester changed manager, they switched their defenders — to what effect? here comes curtisjones, and there is the opening goal! liverpool opened the scoring through curtisjones — local boy, stilljust 22. look at his improvement. here's his second goal. that was fabulously taken by curtisjones! still in the first half. soon, some home fans were booing. from leicester, they'd see nothing. could the ability in those blue shirts reveal itself? well, there was a glimpse. there's been a powerful connection through triumph and tragedy with the thai family which owns leicester city, and that history makes this kind of thing harder to accept. liverpool, 3—0, hunting the league's top four. too much for some to watch. leicester are second from bottom with two games left. foxes never quit — they always used to say. joe wilson, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's stav da naos.

not a bad day really, and i start to the week after a chilly morning, and the week after a chilly morning, and the rest of this week looks largely dry —— a nice start. for most it will be feeling a bit warmer towards the end of the week as we pick up more sunshine, slightly milder air from the atlantic, so any d showers fading away, maybe a few affecting the cheshire gap but under the clear skies and the light winds it will be falling into low single digits so pretty cool for the time of year. high—pressure dominating, the weather system to the north which will bring some rain and cloud to scotland and you notice the blue tinge on the air mass chart showing it is still slightly cool for the time of year so a chilly start, although lots of sunshine around. showers in scotland and they become more widespread over scotland and northern ireland and some drifting down into northern england. it could

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