live from london. this is bbc news. a wave of missiles hit on ukrainian capital of kyiv, is a group of african leaders begin a peace mission. one boy tells us what you saw. translation: i saw the missile, and recognise a sound like when a jet is flying. i knewi recognise a sound like when a jet is flying. i knew i had to hide, so i went down and founds the shelter. i'm live on the outskirts of kyiv, where an entire community has been impacted by russian missiles. in russia, president putin is addressing in international economic summit. we will bring you the latest live. the un calls for an investigation after a migrant boat sank off the coast of greece. at least 78 people are known to have

died. hello, i'm ben thompson, this is bbc news now. the ukrainian military says kyiv has come under missile attack, as a delegation of african leaders visits the country to discuss ways to end the war with russia. the air force says it shot down a dozen rockets, including hypersonic missiles, during the attack. at least two explosions were heard in the capital. ukraine's foreign minister said the message to africa was clear: russia wants more war, not peace. the african delegation said it would press on with plans to meet president zelensky, before visiting vladimir putin on saturday. live now to yalda hakim who's in a village on the outskirts of kyiv that was hit in the attacks. this is all becoming horribly

familiar. tell us what you saw and heard. �* . , familiar. tell us what you saw and heard. �* . ., , heard. bena, day and night, people across this country _ heard. bena, day and night, people across this country are _ heard. bena, day and night, people across this country are dealing - heard. bena, day and night, people across this country are dealing with | across this country are dealing with air raid sirens and the reality that it is a russian missile or drone thatis it is a russian missile or drone that is targeting an area. earlier this morning, we were forced under an underground bunker, because, of course, there were of course those air raid sirens that went off. and then we actually saw those air defence systems and the plumes of smoke from the air defence systems. and then we heard what had happened in other parts of the capital, and here, on the outskirts. i can show you a house just behind here, on the outskirts. i can show you a housejust behind me. you can still see the smoke in the distance, where that house has been completely destroyed. i am told, a woman around 80 years old and lived there. as you can see, a home is completely destroyed. we have a bit more information to say that it is debris as a result of the air defence

system is really working away. the house i am just going to show you now, we are going to pan over two. it is where a 12—year—old boy also lived. he was injured. his foot was injured. a little while ago, i spoke to him, and he told me what that experience was like. you said they had been living in these circumstances for the entire year. but he has never been so scared as he was earlier this morning when he had the air raid sirens and realised it was a missile strike. just have a listen. i understood that there was a specific sound of a missile and i recognised it. i decided to hide somewhere, so i went to the shelter. after that, that was it, basically.

and what were you thinking when you realise there was an attack? i understood that i can die. and what we all have here will be gone. will be destroyed. that's what i understood. is this something you've been feeling for the past year, i never felt so scared as today. it was for some time already, but today was for some time already, but today was something exceptional. i didn't understand what happened. find was something exceptional. i didn't understand what happened. and how did ou aet understand what happened. and how did you get in — understand what happened. and how did you get in touch _ understand what happened. and how did you get in touch with _ understand what happened. and how did you get in touch with your- understand what happened. and how did you get in touch with your mum? j

did you get in touch with your mum? i called my mum when i went out of the bunker, because there is no connection in there. i called my mum but she also had no connection, so i wrote her a message and also sent her a video. that is how she understood what happened and came here. ., , ., , , i was extremely scared because i was not at home with him. he was at home alone. and what is funny is that we quite often hear missiles and have drones flying above our village, and normally, because it is happening for such a long time, recently, we have started to go to the seller that we use as a shelter. we have a deeper in the that has this to wall rules. we follow the two wall rules. i am so grateful to my son, because even though he is 12 years old, he managed to make a decision, and if i

would be home, you probably stay in the house, but we made the decision to go to the seller for cover. you 'ust to go to the seller for cover. you just heard _ to go to the seller for cover. you just heard they're _ to go to the seller for cover. you just heard they're from a mother and son living in this community. virtually every house has been impacted in some way. i've completely destroyed or damaged. already, the police and emergency workers have arrived. and you can see that they have cordoned off the area and asked us not to go in. you can probably see some plumes of smoke in that house that i was showing you a little earlier. it is really gathering pace. and i can see from here, a bit of a fire as well. i willjust ask our cameramen to move. because the police are just trying to get through. i am also told that we are in northern parts of the

outskirts of kyiv. and the russians are launching their rockets from further out that way. so this is feeling very real for the people here who since early last year i very much felt like, ok, the russian column of tanks that i have seen on the outskirts of the capital have disappeared, even though, every now and then, the air defence systems are hard at work trying to deal with those missile strikes and those drones that get sent to the capital. and as you say, the african delegation is here as well. in ukrainian foreign minister has said, they bring a message of peace, but is this the kind of peace that vladimir putin is talking about? this isjust vladimir putin is talking about? this is just the reality that this particular community is experiencing. they feel quite lucky there are no fatalities here, although we know that six people have been left injured, including the 12—year—old boy that you saw in the 12—year—old boy that you saw in the clip a little earlier. and of

course, the elderly woman. some ukrainian press have gathered here. the local community are trying to put out the smoke now. the police are still here. they have asked them to stay away from the actual... where the action basically took place. we are going to spend the rest of our day here, reporting from the scene and speaking to the local community to get a sense of how they are feeling in the midst of all this. yalda, thank you. it is good to get that sense of geography of what is happening on the ground where you are. we'll be back with you throughout the day, as you can bring us more details of what has happened in that latest missile attack. thank you. this is all happening as an african peace delegation is making its way to the ukrainian capital to try to broker some sort of peace deal. the african peace delegation includes leaders from south africa, zambia, and egypt.

countries across africa are under pressure from soaring food prices. that is made worse by that war in ukraine. pierre—antoine deni looks at what's at stake for them, and why they believe they might find a breakthrough. they may have a path to peace between russia and ukraine, but let's start with the joker card, the nonalignment policy. since the beginning of the war, africa as a continent tried to remain as far away from the war as possible. in fact, four of the six leaders that are heading to the two countries, have officially abstained from condemning the war at the un. but if we look at cyril ramaphosa. , the south african president and leader of this delegation, he is in a bit of a strange position, because despite claiming neutrality over the war, his country has done military exercises with russia and china back in february. and south africa is planning a law change over a potential vladimir putin icc arrest warrant,

should the russian president come to the country at the end of the summer for his summit. so, that is really angering washington. that is threatening to pull it's funding from the country. but this view is really popular at home in south africa. and cyril ramaphosa really needs a win, as well as all these leaders, because economically, africa is already a collateral victim of the war. these are the words of the african union last year. indeed, the record is striking, because in 2022, as a result of the war, there has been a 14.5% average inflation all across the continent. many reasons for that of course. we have seen an oil shortage, and queues at petrol stations, but more importantly, the prices of key commodities like wheat and cooking oil have been drastically affected because of the continent's dependence on ukrainian wheat exports. so, no matter who they root for, these six men have a lot to play for during this trip to the two

countries, and this is not a simple diplomatic parade. looking at why that african delegation may think it will be able to achieve a peace deal. let's show you what is happening right now in st petersburg, where president putin is speaking. he has been on his feet now for about an hour and a half, addressing leaders there. they are business leaders, it is an economic summit and a regular feature of this diary. but we know it is also important to keep the business community on side for him. he has been talking about all sorts of things, most notably, not the war in ukraine. he has addressed economic growth, saying the russian economy is on track to grow by 2% this year. he has talked about russia is meeting its climate targets, and talked about international diplomacy. we know for example, this morning, meetings with the leader of the united arab emirates. he has also been talking about international relations, and what is

at stake, as russia tries to project at stake, as russia tries to project a more sovereign and independent role right around the world. i saw the same time, in brussels, the head of nato, the nato secretary general yan stoltenberg has been speaking, also touching on events in ukraine. he has talked about the importance of ukraine growing closer to nato, and there has been a lot of discussion about whether ukraine would be permitted membership to nato. butjust a line related to what yun stoltenberg was calling for, establishing a maritime centre for, establishing a maritime centre for what they call the protection of undersea infrastructure. we take that to mean some of the importance of telecommunications connections that lie at the bottom of the sea. they are particularly vulnerable to attack. sabotage, interference, and notably, that is a claim that has been levelled at russia on a number of occasions. yun stoltenberg saying there that nato has agreed to

establish a centre that will protect undersea input structure. he has also talked about the need for an increase in defence spending of nato members, one would assume largely to support events in ukraine. we know many members providing training and military hardware for the war in ukraine. that is st petersburg. that is president putin. let's take you to brussels, where we can hear from the us defence secretary, lloyd austin. he will also be addressing that war in ukraine. let's listen. continuing to move forward, to adapt nato nuclear deterrence to our shifting threat environment. nato is also deepening its cooperation with partners in the indo—pacific, especially on protecting critical infrastructure and cyberspace. in our work together with indo—pacific partners is vital for protecting the

rules, rights and norms that make us all safer. so, iam rules, rights and norms that make us all safer. so, i am enormously proud of all the progress that nato has made since we last came together. the alliance faces historic challenges, but we are meeting those challenges, but we are meeting those challenges with confidence, and above all, with unity. make no mistake, we will not be drawn into putin at�*s war of choice. but we will strengthen nato's string and deterrence. we will defend every inch of nato territory, and we will continue to defend the open world of rules and rights that nato has so proudly supported by nearly 75 years. thank you very much, i will be like to take a couple of questions. be like to take a couple of question— be like to take a couple of cuestions. ., ~ questions. thank you mr secretary. our first question. _ questions. thank you mr secretary. our first question. mr _ questions. thank you mr secretary. our first question. mr secretary, i questions. thank you mr secretary. our first question. mr secretary, in | our first question. mr secretary, in what wa s our first question. mr secretary, in what ways would _ our first question. mr secretary, in what ways would nato's _ our first question. mr secretary, in what ways would nato's security i our first question. mr secretary, in j what ways would nato's security be strengthened — what ways would nato's security be strengthened if_ what ways would nato's security be strengthened if sweden _

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agree to sweden's accession into nato? , ., nato? chris, i lost you on about the tenth question _ nato? chris, i lost you on about the tenth question there. _ nato? chris, i lost you on about the tenth question there. laughing. i nato? chris, i lost you on about the l tenth question there. laughing. but will try to catch up here. in terms of the value that sweden brings to nato. as you know chris, sweden is a strong democracy. it is a country with substantial military capability. they have invested over the years in modernisation. we have trained with them in a number of cases, and so, being operable in a very short period of time would be no challenge for sweden. i was in sweden a couple of weeks ago as you may know, and i had the opportunity to spend some time with the minister of defence, and also got a chance to look at some of their capabilities. very impressed with the leadership in their military and the enthusiasm

and commitment of their troops. so, what they bring is a kennel, substantial military capability. —— what they bring is a kennel. they have invested a lot in their force. i was also impressed by their domain awareness, maritime domain awareness, maritime domain awareness, and awareness of what is going on in the skies around them as well. —— was they bring is again. and in the region. so they bring that to nato as well, and enhancing our ability to be aware of what is going on in the maritime and aerial domains. you ask about increasing activity with sweden. what we have already done is increased a number of exercises and ship visits and a number of other things with sweden.

and so, i think that we have continued to make progress and increased opportunities to work towards greater interoperability. i think it is very encouraging. you mention my interaction with mike turkish colleague. —— my turkish colleague. he is a brand—new recently installed minister. my purpose in beating him today was just an introductory meeting, just to congratulate him on being installed. —— my purpose in meeting him. i will of course seize every opportunity to move forward and approve the accession of sweden. it is a very short meeting and i don't have anything to report from that encounter. taste have anything to report from that

encounter. ~ have anything to report from that encounter-— have anything to report from that encounter. ~ . �* , , , encounter. we will leave brussels and the us _ encounter. we will leave brussels and the us defence _ encounter. we will leave brussels and the us defence secretary i encounter. we will leave brussels i and the us defence secretary talking about that ongoing war in ukraine. one of his key lines was that we must be patient as ukraine wages its military campaign, referring to that counter offensive that has now begun as ukrainian forces try to win background that has been seized by russia. the other image you were looking at was president putin talking to an economic conference in st petersburg. we will follow both of those events, and bring you any further developments as we get them. around the world, and across the uk you are watching bbc news. let's bring you up—to—date with some of the other stories this hour. played comrie's new leader has been confirmed they have been looking for a new leader since their leader stepped down in may, following reports of a toxic culture in the party. —— plaid cymru. a a new

hosepipe ban is being imposed from june. anyone caught flouting the ban will face a fine. the boss of tesco says there are early signs that price rises are starting to slow. ken murphy was speaking as the firm announced sales about 9% in the three months up to the end of may. compared with a year earlier. food inflation has its i9% over the last year, but mr murphy said it was unfair to criticise the supermarkets. more on all of the stories on the bbc website. you are life with bbc news. swiss cyclist gina mara has died after crashing heavily on the fifth stage of the tour dismiss. they were involved in

the high—speed crash on thursday with another rider and fell into a ravine. the other rider has been taken to hospital. a statement said that tour dismiss is heartbroken by their death, and the cycling world body said they were rising star —— the tour de suiise said they were heartbroken. indian weather forecasters have warned that a cyclone that hit the coast of north—western india and southern pakistan will continue to bring heavy rain as it hits inland. several were left about power and it least two people have died. the cyclone struck parts of north—west india and southern pakistan. in particular, the state of gujarat and the sindh province in pakistan. that speak to someone that has been

helping to coordinate the relief of the penny organisation. thank you for speaking to us. what can you tell us about the number needing help right now? we know this has been described as not as bad as expected, but nonetheless, when some of the images and pictures we have seen, show quite a lot of destruction and devastation. thank ou for destruction and devastation. thank you for having _ destruction and devastation. thank you for having me. _ destruction and devastation. thank you for having me. you _ destruction and devastation. thank you for having me. you are - destruction and devastation. thank you for having me. you are right i you for having me. you are right that the cyclone that we were expecting would be extremely severe, is now not extremely, but is very severe. it wasn't the worst but it is still bad. you know, when the cyclone hits the coast, it was around 100 kilometres per hour, and the infrastructure in the country, especially in the south, which its various parts of sindh, this means that the houses were of mode and patch material and was severely

damaged. the humanitarian organisations like penny appeal were very proactive and evacuating people, so more than 100,000 people had been evacuated in those areas, and they are very safe in temporary settlements. there was no human loss, but still, the infrastructure and the electricity, and other accessibility has been quite affected. i accessibility has been quite affected. ~ ., , , , , affected. i know this is still very early days. _ affected. i know this is still very early days. and _ affected. i know this is still very early days, and before - affected. i know this is still very early days, and before efforts . affected. i know this is still very i early days, and before efforts can be made to clear up and get people back into their homes, and of course, try to get back some of their livelihoods, what is your most pressing priority. what you need to do first? the pressing priority. what you need to do first? , ., , , ., pressing priority. what you need to do first? , . , , ., pressing priority. what you need to dofirst? , . ,, ., , do first? the penny appeal has been involved with — do first? the penny appeal has been involved with provincial _ do first? the penny appeal has been involved with provincial disaster i involved with provincial disaster management authorities evacuating people, and in its coordination with the government has evacuated more

than 20,000 people. we are providing hot meals to them, because they couldn't bring everything with them. our first priority is the hot meals, so that they could get the food. nutrition for the children and the medical aid, nutrition for the children and the medicalaid, because nutrition for the children and the medical aid, because lots of people, it is raining for more than 2a hours now continuously, and wind, so lots of people have health conditions, so our priority is food and help right now, and the second priority is hygiene items, and then we will be going with that. but the storm has settles down and people are going back, then we will go with the reconstruction and rehabilitation. we wish you the best of luck with that work ahead. it is good to hear from you. thank you, the country director for penny appeal. in other news today, in the uk, the former head of the independent of his properties conduct which oversees the police complaint system in england and wales has been charged

with rain, allegedly committed in the 1980s. michael lockwood who is 64, was accused of counts of rain and sexual assault. he stepped down in december. pope francis has been discharged from rome's gemelli hospital after undergoing abdominal surgery to repair a hernia. speaking to reporters, his surgeon said the pope had recovered well. it's the 86 year—old's second spell in hospital this year. he received treatment for a chest infection back in march. a new type of armoured dinosaur has been discovered on the isle of wight for the first time in many years. the species belong to a plant eating and carla saw group. just time to tell you that on the bbc website, one of the most read stories is news that spot if i has ended its

lucrative deal with the duke and duchess of sussex for the couple to produce podcasts. —— spotty fire has ended. —— spotify has ended. hello. there are some changes afoot as we head towards the weekend. and the first signs of those changes have been showing themselves across the western side of the country. that was the isles of scilly earlier on today with quite a lot of cloud overhead. you can see that cloud approaching from the west on our earlier satellite image. there is an area of low pressure spinning just out here in the atlantic, and as that low edges closer, we will increasingly see areas of cloud and some showers and thunderstorms through this afternoon across the western side of the uk, particularly across northern ireland. but pollen levels are remaining high or very high for the majority, particularly where we have dry conditions, and strong sunshine

lifting temperatures once again to 27 or 28 celsius. now, as we head through this evening and tonight, we will continue to see more in the way of cloud and some showery rain grazing into western parts of the uk. that rain perhaps making a little more progress eastwards. further east, some clear skies, one or two mist patches, and it could again be a relatively chilly night across parts of north—east england and eastern scotland. that's where we'll see some of the best of the sunshine during saturday morning. further south and west, we see more in the way of cloud, we see some showers, possibly the odd thunderstorms here and there. temperatures as we go through saturday — well, still up to around 25 or 26 celsius in the sunniest spots, but a little bit cooler than it has been out towards the west, maybe 20 celsius, for example, in belfast. during saturday evening, still some of these showers, the odd thunderstorm across western parts. it stays mainly dry further east, but with a lot of low cloud close to north sea coasts. and then into sunday, we see this weather system

running its way up from the south, and this could bring more in the way of showers and thunderstorms through the day on sunday, particularly, i think, across england and wales. where these showers and storms do crop up, they could give enough rain for some localised flooding. some frequent lighting, some gusty winds. northern ireland, south—west scotland seeing some of those as well. but there will always be places that fall through the gaps and stay pretty much dry. however, through sunday night, i think those showers and storms will become more widespread as they drift northwards across many parts of the uk. into the start of next week, still unsettled with some showers around at times. may turn drier in the south later in the week, and temperatures still above the average for the time of year.

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