live from washington, this is bbc news. ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky makes a surprise trip to the uk, as he prepares for upcoming battles with russia. the fbi is slammed for its handling of allegations of collusion between donald trump's 2016 campaign, and russia. and multiple people are killed in a fire at a hostel in new zealand. we'll have the latest details. hello. i'm sumi somaskanda. welcome to our show. we have news coming out of the ukrainian capital of kyiv. in there last couple of hours, we've received reports

of a large number of explosions. air raid sirens have sounded across the country. video footage on circulating on social media which have not been verified by the bbc show air defence systems shooting down missiles. government messages have warned people to keep away from windows as debris from intercepted missiles is falling from the sky. the mayor of kyiv, vitali klitschko, says some of the debris has fallen on the city's zoo. that comes as on monday, ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky made made a surprise visit to the united kingdom to secure fresh promises of military aid to fight russia's invasion. uk prime minister rishi sunak welcomed the ukrainian leader at chequers, the prime minister's country house. they held bilateral talks lasting around two hours. president zelensky said they discussed western nations providing kyiv with fighter jets, with the aim of creating what he called a "jets coalition". prime minister sunak promised to send hundreds of air—defence missiles and long—range attack drones but stopped short of sending jets.

here's what they said: it's been really good for us to have the time to talk together in private about support the uk giving and how we can ensure that supporters notjust here for today but into the future as well, to ensure ukraine and its people triumph notjust on the battlefield militarily but also stand up for those values of freedom, democracy and the rule of law that we will hold very dear. we've had some very good conversations and volodymyr it's great to have you here. today we spoke about the jets, a very important topic for us because we can't control the sky. you know it. we are real partners. rishi knows all the details of our battlefield. thank you very much. 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. zelensky�*s stop in the uk marks his fifth european country visited in three days. the bbc�*s hugo bachega has more. the uk was the latest stop in president zelensky�*s tour of european countries. he was in italy, in germany and in france and he heard that more help is on the way. but there's one thing that ukraine says it needs and western nations have been reluctant to provide fighter jets. president zelensky said he discussed this issue with prime minister rishi sunak and said more work needed to be done. rishi sunak said this wasn't going to be a straightforward decision. it's more than just sending jets. it's about training and logistics. now here in kyiv, the authorities are grateful for the help they have received. but i think there's also some level of frustration with how western countries have responded. there was a long debate before a decision was made about sending battle tanks

to ukraine, then a long debate about air defence systems, and now a long debate about fighter jets. ukraine says those delays are costing lives, not only on the front lines, but all across the country. now, the timing of president zelensky�*s visit is very significant. ukraine is preparing a counteroffensive against russian forces. it knows it needs to achieve major gains. it wants to show western countries that all the assistance it has received can result in major victories on the battlefield. president zelensky says his country still doesn't have everything it needs to launch what is likely to be a crucial phase in the war. earlier i spoke to lord dannat, former head of the british army, about the significance of the ukrainian president's visit to the uk. lord dannat, it's great to have you in the programme. let's start with the ukrainian president zelensky was no surprise that the uk. we know the uk has been one of the

largest military supporters of ukraine after the us. i.e. hgppy ukraine after the us. i.e. happy with what the uk has delivered to ukraine so far? yes, i am. delivered to ukraine so far? yes, iam. will magnay delivered to ukraine so far? yes, i am. will magnay is that the united states has been the biggest contributor and editor of equipment and all the rest of equipment and all the rest of it ukraine, but amongst european allies and nato members, the uk has been the lead and not that there is any kind of race in this, but boris johnson was out there right at the front in support of ukraine and president zelensky and rishi sunak has continued that. the additional package that was promised today maintains the incredible support that the uk is quite properly giving to ukraine in its fight against be totally outrageous and illegal incursion into ukraine by russia. ~ . russia. we heard during the meetin: russia. we heard during the meeting to _ russia. we heard during the meeting to the _ russia. we heard during the meeting to the british - russia. we heard during the j meeting to the british prime and mr sunak said this is a crucial moment in ukraine. he is presumably referring to the

counteroffensive we expect to see from ukraine. think the state of play between russia and ukraine is about to change? yes, that has to be the great hope. we've seen a difficult winter for both countries in this conflict. i think it's been particularly difficult for the russian soldiers, many of whom were pretty much conscripted off the streets, poorly trained, poorly equipped, and had a miserable winter. whereas the ukrainians who have got the moral right on their side and a fifth determination to win have been increasingly equipped by improved western equipment, much western training of ukrainian soldiers, 15,000 ukrainians have been trained in the united kingdom over the last 12 months, much military advice being made available to them, so what we will see in them, so what we will see in the coming few days, weeks, months, but we've more like

days and weeks, a concerted counteroffensive by the ukrainians, buti counteroffensive by the ukrainians, but i think there is a very good chance that this will decisively change the fortunes on the battlefield and ukrainian�*s favour. fortunes on the battlefield and ukrainian's favour.— fortunes on the battlefield and ukrainian's favour. that's what they must _ ukrainian's favour. that's what they must achieve. _ ukrainian's favour. that's what they must achieve. let's - ukrainian's favour. that's what they must achieve. let's look. they must achieve. let's look at the perspective in the uk itself. some critics on the right wing of the prime minister bob loughman parties they complained they want him to be more like borisjohnson, his predecessor, as you mentioned. how important you think this is it was for rishi sunak politically?— sunak politically? you only have to see _ sunak politically? you only have to see the _ sunak politically? you only have to see the body - sunak politically? you only - have to see the body language between president zelensky and prime minister sunak and you could see that they were very close, called each other by their christian names, had their christian names, had their arms around each other. i think the relationship boris johnson set up quite properly has been continued by rishi sunak and i think that's a very palpable demonstration of the continuing and deep and genuine support that united kingdom giving to ukraine because their fight is ourfight and we are

in this together. fight is our fight and we are in this together.— fight is our fight and we are in this together. you're indeed had of the _ in this together. you're indeed had of the armies _ in this together. you're indeed had of the armies and - in this together. you're indeed had of the armies and want - in this together. you're indeed had of the armies and want to | had of the armies and want to ask a question about the situation from russia's perspective. the washington post reported that the wilder group she offered to intelligence to ukraine last week, threatening to pull his troops from bakhmut if he didn't receive my munition from russia. what you think is public infighting between the wagner group and the kremlin means for vladimir putin? this is the problem _ means for vladimir putin? this is the problem when _ means for vladimir putin? ti 3 is the problem when you've got a mercenary group fighting as part of your overall armed forces. yes, maybe work in a group motivations could be for mother russia but it probably is the mercenary group, a commercial aspect to it —— wagner group. go right back to september, october last year he try to demonstrate development version that he could deliver a victory in bakhmut that the russian army was incapable of. seven — nine months later, they are dying in large numbers

there, have achieved what they wanted to, and outrageous business last week when he was claiming that he was going to withdraw his forces, is an indication of the disharmony on the russian side. look at it from ukrainian point of view and the western ally supporting ukrainians point of view, this is very good. yes, frankly, i think the russians are showing themselves to be in some disarray. themselves to be in some disarray-— themselves to be in some disarra . ., , ., , disarray. he wrote in february that russian _ disarray. he wrote in february that russian offensive - disarray. he wrote in february that russian offensive was - disarray. he wrote in februaryj that russian offensive was set to fail and bloody fashion. [30 to fail and bloody fashion. do ou to fail and bloody fashion. dr? you think it has? russia hasn't really been able to make much of an offensive and the winter. it might have wanted to do so, it's exhausted itself in a very bloody fashion and trying to take bakhmut and the surrounding area which all analysts have said hasn't got much strategic value, but they bled away very, very many russian lives, made lots of russian lives, made lots of russian families fatherless, sunless, friendless, and the blood that's been spelt in

bakhmut. they've got very little to show for it. we thank ukrainian _ little to show for it. we thank ukrainian army _ little to show for it. we thank ukrainian army is _ little to show for it. we thank ukrainian army is well- little to show for it. we thank. ukrainian army is well equipped to change the whole picture, as he just sat it's much better equipped than it was a year ago. equipped than it was a year auo. , ., ., , ago. there is no doubting the determination, _ ago. there is no doubting the determination, their - determination, their motivation, and as napoleon said years ago, the moral is the physical as three rias to one. your morale and welterweight is really important. 0k, new technology and equipment, any training and ammunition, to be able to succeed, but increasingly in recent months perhaps not enough, but may sufficiently, western nato members have given that to ukraine. i think they have a very good prospect, well—made, well—organised, well—trained, well rehearsed, well—trained, well rehearsed, well decisive attacks and coming few days and weeks. iliiui’ith coming few days and weeks. with the new nate _ coming few days and weeks. with the new nato countries have sent germany, uk and france, if ukraine falters the next few months what does that mean for support from those countries

that's a very good question and why we had to really hope and pray. why we had to really hope and ra . ~' ., , ., , pray. ukraine will prevail this ear. if pray. ukraine will prevail this year- if they _ pray. ukraine will prevail this year. if they don't, _ pray. ukraine will prevail this year. if they don't, it'll- pray. ukraine will prevail this year. if they don't, it'll be . year. if they don't, it'll be very difficult for them mount another counteroffensive of the same dimensions as this musso that's the potential future narrative of a war that effectively goes into deep freeze for quite some time. the critical point is that that runs the risk of breast and support and enthusiasm waiting for support of ukraine and that place to putin potluck agenda and where he thinks he might come out on top so it is critical also support we give them, or encouragement we give training and ammunition, weapons and the rest of it means ukrainians can prevail in a decisive way on the battlefield this year. that's what we have to hope for. very interesting _ what we have to hope for. very interesting insights. _ what we have to hope for. very interesting insights. thanks for joining interesting insights. thanks forjoining us on the show. thank you. let's turn to the us,

with a report released today that has sharply criticised the fbi�*s investigation into donald trump's 2016 campaign ties to russia. special counseljohn durham found that the bureau should not have launched a probe into the campaign's alleged ties with russia. in the report, he said the agency's inquiry had lacked "analytical rigour," concluding that the fbi had not possessed "actual evidence" of collusion between trump's campaign and russia before launching an inquiry. he also accused the fbi of repeated instances of "confirmation bias." the fbi responded to durham's report, saying: former president trump responded to the report with a series of posts on his social media platform truth social. in one, he said:

with me is north america correspondentjess parker. what new information to the report revealed? there are some new and some old information because people might think that sounds like slightly familiar territory because we've had a previous report by the department ofjustice inspector—general, slightly narrower scope, but it found there had been failures in the way this has all been carried out. this goes into more detail about that so to bring you some findings from the dam report it says the fbi opened what was called crossfire harry kane based on un analyse evidence, saying sometimes there was a cavalier attitude towards accuracy within the fbi. and a significant surround alliance, it says, only in this case that might�*ve been provided by

political opponents of donald trump. you ask what's new. the prior report i mentioned found there had not been political bias. this is a bit different. you mentioned in your introduction it talks about apparent confirmation bias in the way that this matter was approached. indie the way that this matter was approached-— the way that this matter was a- roached. ~ ., approached. we mentioned the fbi say could — approached. we mentioned the fbi say could corrective - approached. we mentioned the fbi say could corrective steps. | fbi say could corrective steps. tell us more about what the nephewjose. this tell us more about what the nephewjose-_ tell us more about what the nephew jose. as you say, they said they _ nephew jose. as you say, they said they did — nephew jose. as you say, they said they did a _ nephew jose. as you say, they said they did a lot _ nephew jose. as you say, they said they did a lot to _ nephew jose. as you say, they said they did a lot to tackle - said they did a lot to tackle theseissues said they did a lot to tackle these issues and following that prior report and 2019 when the department ofjustice, i mentioned they came out with information about what they were going to do, they've talked about taking aggressive compliance measures. some of it is on how they apply to do surveillance on people, making sure it isn't, for example, partisan in their approach. so they are salient and a lot to address these measures but it's true to say that some of the findings in this report are not

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trump. north america correspondent - trump. north america correspondent jess . trump. north america - correspondent jess parker. correspondentjess parker. thank you for sitting across the story first. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. derbyshire firefighter joe carnell practising for his next call—out. and as well as the usual gear, he's got a new piece of kit. first, it does act as a deterrent. so if we had any issues, this would hopefully safeguard crews from any acts of aggression. it's also used for operational learning, so any large—scale incident, we can review the footage, and if there are learnings to be taken from it, we can share that with others. derbyshire's become the first fire service outside london to issue the cameras as standard. we're not as bad as some of the other areas of the country. in the last five years, we've had 112 verbal and physical attacks on firefighters across the country. 0ur message would be — we're here to help. 0ur brave firefighters risk their lives to help the people in the communities

of derbyshire. firefighters hope they won't face more problems, and that the cameras are commonly used to help them be more trained to be even better at saving lives. you're live with bbc news. we want to bring you a developing story from new zealand. six people have been killed in a fire at a four—storey hostel in wellington, on new zealand's north island. dozens of people were rescued, but many others are still unaccounted for. emergency services were called to the building just after midnight local time. it's unclear how many people were inside at the time. the hostel is used as accommodation for both short and long—term shift workers. authorities are investigating the cause of the blaze. 0ne survivor shared his experience. the worry is the people who were sleeping up on the third floor. they had firestop doors and that, but there were quite worried moments for a few of the lads. a few of them got taken away in an ambulance, cos they had smoke inhalation. and we're just praying that

there's no—one stuck in their rooms. wellington mayor tory whanau described it as a tragedy, saying: new zealand's prime minister, chris hipkins, has warned that the death toll is likely to increase. he also faced questions about the building's safety standards. here's his response look, again, there will be ample opportunity to have a look at this in coming days. there will be a number of investigations including the police, the coroner, and so on. and we need to allow those investigations to take place. and i'm sure that there will be things that will need to be followed up as a result of those. now to elections in turkey.

the country's presidential race is headed for a run—off for the first time ever — as neither president recep tayyip erdogan nor his main challenger kemal kilicdaroglu recieved enough votes to win outright. mr erdogan led the first round with 49.51% of the vote. mr kilicdaroglu polled at 4a.88%. the second round will go ahead on may 28th. although it is a clear lead for president erdogan, it isn't quite enough as he didn't secure at least 50 percent. an opposition leader in thailand who has proposed reforms to the military and the monarchy said he's hoping to become the next prime minister. pita limjaroenrat said his move forward party, which won the most votes in sunday's election, wants to form a government with other parties. but he faces opposition to his policies from thailand's senate, which is dominated by the military. some senators have already indicated they'll oppose his premiership. the opposition leader spoke to supporters in an early morning procession in bangkok. translation: you might have given up. _ you might feel hopeless.

you fight feel like you never exist in this country, like nobody has ever seen you or heard you. today, you have proved that anything is possible in our country. earlier, i spoke with our southeast asia correspondent jonathan head. i think there was always an assumption that opposition parties would do well. we've had nine years of the same kind of government. five of them were under military rule then the same man who led the coup became prime minister again. there was a feeling of weariness, that the old government wasn't doing very well. what no—one expected was this new, young party, move forward, with a radical agenda surging ahead of all the others. that's on the back of — they've caught a moment here in thailand. lots of young people who've often been out on the streets protesting want a proper democracy. they want an end to the laws that put people in prison for expressing their views. they want a more dynamic country. but they've managed to persuade a lot of older thais that big changes are needed. it is remarkable — we mentioned that this party move forward talks about reforming or changing the monarchy. that was something you couldn't even talk about five years

ago in thailand. and yet lots of older thais — people who are not particularly political — have thrown their weight behind this young party because they sense that some big changes are needed to move thailand back onto a successful group. it's a very slow—growing economy, it's ageing. there are a lot of worries about that. the big question now is — can they form a government? that is a big question now. they've got nearly 60% of the seats in the elected lower house — the 500—seat parliament. they claim that gives them a mandate. in a normal system, it would. but they're up against a powerful conservative establishment which has launched coups in the past, it's used the courts to dissolve parties. that could stop it. and you mentioned the senate — the senate's got 250 members, all appointed by the military government under the coup by the same man who's prime minister right now. of course, they're very

opposed to any discussion of the monarchy. they're very opposed to this party. so we expect a stalemate, a lot of difficult negotiations, and some people think that this young party is just too radical for the conservative establishment, that somehow they will find a way to stop it going into government despite the tremendous mandate it appears to have got from the voters. just very quickly — do we have a sense, then, how much of a say the military will have in this new government? the military and a lot of its allies always have a big say. that's what these young politicians want to change. they say that there should be an end to military involvement, there should be accountability in the monarchy. but reality is the military is still powerful and it has a lot of backers here who may use other means, including military support, to stop these parties who've done so well in the election from forming a government. jonathan head reporting from bangkok. in other news: a chinese court has sentenced a 78—year—old us citizen to life in prison on spying charges. a spokesperson for the us embassy in beijing said they were aware of the reports

saying, quote: there has been little information on the arrest and it comes amid growing tensions between the us and china. microsoft's £55 billion deal to buy us video game company activision blizzard has been blocked in the uk by the competition and markets authority. the proposed takeover would see microsoft acquire such hit titles as call of duty and candy crush. both companies said they would appeal. serbian president aleksandar vucic visited a police depot in eastern serbia on sunday, where thousands of weapons and explosive devices were on display. some 13,500 weapons were handed over to police in the latest government disarmament action, after two deadly shootings in the country killed 17 people. let's get the latest on cyclone mocha. the powerful storm tore through parts of coastal myanmar and bangladesh in south asia on sunday. this is rakhine state in myanmar — it's been declared a natural disaster area, and the capital, sittwe, bore the brunt of the storm's impact. reports say up to ninety percent of the port city has been destroyed. strong winds brought down communications. the military government says at least three people are dead. across the border in

bangladesh, thousands of rohingya refugees have seen their homes destroyed or damaged at cox's bazar. it appears the camp — the world's largest — has narrowly avoided a direct hit. south asia correspondent rajini vaidyanathan is there. there is a sense of relief here in the world's largest refugee camp. 0verthe in the world's largest refugee camp. over the weekend there was real fear that cyclone mocha will make a direct hit on this camp and close to a million rohingya refugees live here in the most basic of shelters constructed with bamboo and topologies for the roof. refugees are not allowed to leave camps, that is a rule given to them by the government of bangladesh which has been hosting never more than five years. so there were real 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. there have been no reported casualties, close to 3000 shelters have been damaged or destroyed and we have seen some of the damage shelters, some of the damage shelters, some almost flattened by the force of the store. we spent the last week or so here in the camps and aid agencies say that the fears that refugees add over the weekend about the storm are a reminder of the wider vulnerabilities this refugee population continues to face more than five years since they arrived here. children here still don't have access to a formal education and there are no schools allowed in the camps. this refugee population relies on aid to survive. for example, the food aid they get from the un is going to be cut for the second time this year injune, so refugees will have even less to survive on. it really is the feeling here that they are stuck in an endless cycle, 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 have remained in these camps living a life of limbo. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. for the rest of this week, the weather's looking pretty quiet. that's because we've got high pressure dominating the scene. so a lot of dry weather around with some sunshine, too. a few showers around mainly to the north of the uk. and after a bit of a cool start to this week, temperatures will begin to climb slightly by the end of the week and into next weekend. now, the early part of tuesday looks largely dry. clearskies, quite a chilly start to the day. we'll see thicker clouds, more of a breeze, some rainjust getting into the north and west of scotland. temperatures recovering here, nine degrees in stornoway, but a chilly start to tuesday for many areas. now, high pressure sitting almost on top of the uk. we have this weak weather front bringing more clouds and showers to scotland. and you'll notice that blue tinge on the air mass chart indicating there's still some fairly cool air around for tuesday. so, it's a chilly start.

dry, bright, lots of sunshine around. showers from the word go across northwest scotland. these become more widespread across scotland into the afternoon. some showers for northern ireland, a few for northern and eastern england. probably the dry, sunniest weather will be across wales, midlands down into the southwest and here we could make 16 or 17 degrees. but again, for most, it's the low—to—mid teens. that is below par for the time of year. through tuesday night, many of those showers fade away. most places once again will be dry to start a wednesday variable cloud, but widespread clear skies certainly in the north and the west. and again, temperatures taking a bit of a tumble and single digits for most. high pressure, almost slap bang on top of the uk for wednesday. lighter winds. this feature, though, will start to bring more cloud, breeze, outbreaks of rain to the northwest of scotland, but that is about it. plenty of sunshine around, could just see a few isolated showers across the midlands and eastern england. but many places will stay dry and the temperatures creeping up a little bit. we could be up to 18, maybe 19 degrees in the warmest spots. 0therwise, again, for most it's the mid—teens, particularly towards the north. as we move through thursday, friday, high pressure still holds on. a few weather fronts flirt with the north of the uk and you'll notice we start to import some slightly warmer air from the west, the orange

and yellow colours taking over. so apart from a few showers across the north of the uk, thanks to those weather fronts, you can see — because of high pressure — it's mostly dry and it'll be feeling warmer with temperatures hitting the low 20s.

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