it's 7:00. this is sky news breakfast. our top stories this morning. the u.s. president declares -- cannot repaint power, but the white house says it's not a

call for a regime change. live's mayor described russian strikes on the city less than 50 miles from the border, as a message to biden. also ahead, prince william suggests -- that one day lead the commonwealth after a week of controversy in tel aviv. hamas of his visor to sky news that the case of a school girl strip searched by police should horrify us all. hollywood rolls out the red carpet for its biggest night of the year, with british stars among the nominees. the top awards at the oscars. in sports, there was a moment to see for denmark's christian eriksen, as he scored his first goal since suffering a cardiac arrest in 2020. and, at quarter to eight, will be going through this morning's newspapers.

hello, good morning. president joe biden and it is stripped of poland with would appear to be a stern warning to vladimir putin. for god sake, this man cannot remain in power, he said. the meeting seem clear to everybody who heard it, but almost immediately, the white house clarify that he was in calling for regime change. the kremlin's response came in a statement, saying it was nothing to do with him anyway and rocket strikes less than 50 miles -- of live. we'll have more on that in a moment. our defense and security editor, deborah haines, reports from warsaw. >> the president of the united states, joe biden. >> america's commander-in-chief called this moment the test of all-time. ukraine and its western allies taking on russia's lad near putin. democracy against autocracies, and he didn't hold back. >> putin has the gall to say he's denazifying ukraine.

it's a lie! he's just cynical, he knows that. it's also obscene. >> he reached out to rhoden every russians. >> let me say this, if you're able to listen. you, the russian people, are not our enemy. i refused to believe that you welcomed the killing of innocent children and grandparents. or that you accept hospitals, schools, maternity wards being pummeled with russian missiles and bombs. >> then, a final, personal assault on russia's leader. >> ukraine will never be a victory for russia. people refused to live in a world of hopelessness and darkness. we will have a different, future of brighter future, rooted in democracy in principle. hope in light, of decency and freedom. for god sake, this man cannot remain in power. >> the white house was quick to clarify joe biden was in

calling for a regime change. though, his feelings about putin had already been made clear on this trip to poland. here, meeting ukrainian refugees in warsaw. >> you're dealing every day with vladimir putin. look at what he's done to these people. one is a make you think? >> he's a butcher. >> on the fourth and final day of a trip to europe, president biden also held talks with the polish leader. it's a sign of the vital rules this country is playing in the west support to ukraine's war effort. many weapons gifted by nato allies to ukrainian military assent over the polish border into its war torn neighbor. the american president apparently gave assurances that this flow of arms would continue, as he met separately with ukraine's defense ministers. another key topic is bolstering the alliances own defenses to deter russian aggression. unlike ukraine, poland is a

member of the nato alliance. it means an attack on this country would be considered an attack against all, requiring a collective response. the u.s. is keen to reinforce his principle of article five, as allies or just to the new security, triggered by russia's war next door. and it's still raging, with moscow targeting new ukrainian positions. president biden warned the invasion and threatens to trigger a return to decades of war that ravaged europe last century. he said that that cannot be allowed to happen. poland's tomb of the unknown soldier, a reminder of the continents deep scars. allies know that they must stay united and become stronger, if they're going to meet the challenge of these changing times. debra haines, sky news, warsaw. , >> while president biden was speaking --

of the ukrainian city for the first time. until now, it have been regard it is a safe haven for people fleeing fighting further east. the marilyn viva said the rockets were fired from near crimea. sky sally lockwood was in lviv when they took place. >> nowhere in ukraine is safe from russian aggression. moments after the sound of jets break up a peaceful afternoon in the western city of lviv. we watched flames ripped through a fuel depot, after two missile struck. the attack fell just short of the tv tower, it's not clear if this may have been the intended target. but, it wasn't over. with more strikes -- can you see? >> soon after, as we were preparing to go on air, behind us came the sound of more explosions. the second hit was a military depot on the outskirts of the

city. the smoke billowing behind us, it broke the confidence that lviv is a city of sanctuary. this is a first strike on a populated civilian area, of a city that's offered a safe haven to so many. an unsettling development for people who fled from untold horrors in other areas of the country. but also not a coincidence that the strike comes at a time where president biden, the leader of the free world isn't far from here. just across the border over and poland. this is something that few expected here, but many feared. shortly after the first attack, panic and suspicion were rife. we witnessed several arrests. there's a lack of trust that people could be helping the russians. at a time when russian ground forces have filled in many areas of the country, a reminder that they've advance to the eastern donbas and the

south. lviv's mayor confirmed that this attack on his city or from rockets fired from crimea's largest city, the area annexed by russia in 2014. >> i underline one more time, we don't know what is the next target of the russian rockets, which were fire today from the city of -- today they had many primes, as well as in the country. all of us are in the same situation. the faster we receive quality weapons, an air defense weapons, the safe for our city and citizens will be. >> lviv has become a refuge for so many families already traumatized by war. this attack may have been a message to the west, but it's shattered a sense of safety in a city so many have come to for protection. sally lockwood, sky news, lviv, in western ukraine. >> we're now joined by --

in warsaw yesterday. grateful for your time on sky news this morning. i don't know about you, but that moment at the end of biden's speech, when he made those comments, i just thought to myself, putin is not going to be happy about this. crucially, he will capitalize on it. >> it did sound like a line promising regime change. -- we will continue to sanction russia, and the russian economy will definitely suffer. he did make a very clear, even using reference saying, at the start of the war, russian economy was 11th in the world. it's gonna go down to not stronger than being the 20th. he also addressed russian people directly. he said, you russian people -- that's not with you.

this is not against yourself, we do not have an argument with russian people. you have suffered greatly during the second world war, you were brave people and we want you to know that we are happy to -- that we will be working with you. there were lots of references to -- the russian population, not bypassing the russian president. saying we will not negotiate with putin. we've tried it before, it didn't work out. he lied to us. he said repeatedly that he would not invade ukraine's -- and they were right and correct. >> let's just take a moment to reflect on this -- which is been a big moment for biden. do you think he's achieved anything at all? >> he definitely reassured the

polish people. the trip started with him not landing in warsaw, but in another town. that never happened before. it was very close to the area of war, in fact, where he visited american troops, who arrived in the last two weeks. -- he met with refugees, humanitarian aid workers. he was very close to the theater of war, and very close to the vicinity of lviv, which you just talked about in the part of your program. symbolically, it was super important to show his presence in this particular location -- he also met with the ukrainian defense minister and ukrainian

foreign minister, who were there at the speech -- for certain types of arms that are needed for ukraine. >> just very finally, zelenskyy, again, repeating his demands in his request for nato to provide military equipment for ukraine. do you think there's likely to be any movement in that? >> definitely, biden has heard yesterday from ukraine's defense minister what is needed. for example, with the attacks we saw in lviv, they could've been prevented with missile defense system. ukraine doesn't have. it is -- ultra very good in defending -- . for example, hello lucas purifier.

-- long-range coming to not be prevented by anything else but missile defenses dumb. ukraine doesn't have it. yesterday, they were being told, in very clear words, the american president will be told, if you don't give it to us, we will continue to be hit and slaughtered, and our people will be killed. one also needs to point out that lviv is also a refugee center. we're talking about ukrainian refugees to warsaw, coming to bucharest and so on. -- 300,000 refugees arrived in lviv, which is considered to be a safe haven. now, it's being attacked by rockets. >> -- from the independent think tank. thank you for your time. >> prince william and kate are heading home from the caribbean after a royal tour that some commentators say, at times, looked outdated and colonial.

the questions have been repeatedly raised over issues such as slavery and ration. in his party were parks, prince william's has recognized the commonwealth may one day be led by somebody other than a member of the royal family. a royal correspondent, diana, mills reports. >> this is what's william and kate c as surface. they knew that -- needed attention after hurricane dorian. at the same time, it showed us that despite a week of criticism, they are determined to get on with the job. to end the trip, william issued this, i know that this tour has brought into even sharper focus questions about the past in the future. and belize, jamaica and the bahamas, that future is for the people to decide upon. he added, catherine and i are committed to service. for us, that's not telling

people what to do. it is why tours, such as this, reaffirm our desire to serve the people of the commonwealth and to listen to communities around the world. who the commonwealth chooses to lead his family in the future isn't what is on my mind. strong words from a future king, who were told has been listening. conversations with prime ministers and all the host countries, leading to last-minute changes to some of the speeches. it is striking to hear prince william acknowledge, so clearly, that he believes it may not just be your commonwealth realms cutting ties with the royal family, but also the wider commonwealth. that's when you think just how important that body of nations is been throughout his grandmother's reign. the fact that he's also here, representing the queen, also makes it more the -- likely his words have been endorsed by some way from the top. forming your relationships was

always a big part of this tour, yet there have been protests. on our travels, we found debates about breaking away from the family is in clear-cut. >> the royal family coming pace visit, it has so much meaning to it. it shows that there are people who are still very much concerned about a well-being. for a short while we were thinking that everybody had forgotten us. >> i think our ties with the queen have been good. throughout my lifetime. >> there have been no major gaps as such from the couple themselves, but following the black lives matter protests, claims of protests -- racism from the family members and the demonstrations over slavery just this week it has felt like we are in a new era of royal tours william and kate seemed to sense that to. rhiannon mills, sky news up.

>> for most of the red carpet. it's been rolled out and the golden statues are ready as hollywood prepares for its biggest night of the year. executive director -- steve gaiters joins me now from los angeles. good morning to you. or, evening where you are. thank you for joining us. let's talk about the movers and shakers, because the power of the dog, and lots of noise about it, i via -- my producer says, if you couldn't go past five minutes, unwatchable was a word he used. >> i couldn't disagree more. you're talking to a lifelong film buff in lover. i've talked to a lot of people who love it, it's one tremendous amount of acclaim in awards. somebody was behind that acclaim an awards. i may not won best picture, but i think it's in film history is

assured. >> there's been an interesting outlook in terms of the -- jain campaign, the director. i think some of the controversy surrounding it i -- don't know how you think is going on -- but some of the comments made to the william sisters didn't go down well, did it? >> yeah, that was an unfortunate wording. i think when you try to improvise, and say something funny,, and it's just exactly this wrong thing to say at the wrong moment, there is a great example of that. >> talking about the williams sisters, obviously, we have their biopic as well. one of the things i find interesting is the fact that you have two outstanding tennis players, and you think that the film would be about them, of course it's about their dad, and features, them but you think it would've been more of a flip. more about them when their dad featuring occasionally. a bit of a miss opportunity there? >> the pictures called king

richard. it's about this man's stubborn dedication to a dream -- >> he hasn't been on the court, has he? >> no but it's his story, and they can make a lovely movie about their story, but the movie does signal what it's about. i think you'll see we'll smith picking up an oscar tomorrow. >> who do you think, we've talked about the power of the dog, but who are some of the other big names that we should be looking out for? >> i think you're going to see a lot of little names. the winners, right now, perhaps the biggest names are will smith and jessica chastain, who seemed tipped to win, but one thing -- with decades of watching the oscars, there's always one surprise at least, usually there's not too. so there could be a big surprise in the best actress race, for instance. whatever happens with best

picture, coda looks like it has all the momentum, and looks like it'll have all the mom -- maybe something surprising will happen there. >> who's been some of the disappointments for you, which are some of the movies and actors you think -- you know, this hasn't gone down as well as we anticipated? >> i'm a big fan of guillermo del turmoil, and nightmare alley does not seem to have registered. i'm a big fan of adam mckay, and don't look up -- i don't think totally registered. that said, adam mckay just one of the writers guild award for best original screenplay. my bet in that category, or my, vote would be licorice pizza and paul thomas anderson. who, by the way, has been nominated for the oscar 11 times, and has not shown up to win. >> all right, interesting. steven gaydos, executive editor variety. great to have, you thank you. >> thank you.

>> jacqui is here with all of sports. looking ready for the oscars, are you? going to be heading on the red carpet? >> have you watched any of those films? >> no. >> i've watched the dog one. >> yeah? >> the dog one. [laughs] did you like it? >> it was very slow. you're waiting for something really exciting happen, and it never does. >> great recommendation. >> and i want to watch the king richard one, but i feel like i've lived that story. i've been there the whole time. [laughs] i know how that plot goes. anyway, there's a little bit of tennis in my sports bulletin. we'll have more details as england spends cricketers -- this time to the west indies. however, there was which better news for the women's team, who have reached the finals of the world cup. also, only one man house and now scored more goals in harry

kane after his penalty. gareth southgate. andy murray's miami open is over, and he's beaten by the top seed -- top seed -

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breakfast. jacqui is here with all of the sports for us. jacqui? >> good news and bad news. >> let's start with the bad news. [laughs] >> okay then. let's do that. it's cricket. as vanessa requested, we start

with cricket, with england almost certain to lose or test aries a gun to the west indies. that's after another batting collapse from day three, of the final test. after the west indies extended their first innings lead to 93, england's batting crumbled. captain joe routes, one of eight wickets of all fridges 87. it's left england with a lead of just ten runs and only two wickets remaining, heading into day four. so misery for the men side, but it's been a better morning for the england women's cricketers who qualify for the semifinals of the world cup in new zealand, beating bangladesh by 100 runs. england posted 234 for six, before bangladesh were bowled out for just 134. -- taking final wicket to see the defending women's into the last four. they won't know their opponents until the conclusion of today's other game, between india and's oath africa. to football where there was a remarkable international return for denmark's, christian

eriksen, as he scored with his first touch for his country since suffering a cardiac arrest on the pitch in euro 2020. ericsson scored his team second goal, two minutes after coming on as a substitute. denmark did go on to lose that match, for two, to the netherlands, but what a great moment for him. england have said a new record of 21 games unbeaten, after goals from luke shaw and harry kane saw them come from behind to beat switzerland, two, one in their friendly. the key moment came 12 moments from time, when it was ruled that switzerland's player handled it in the box. -- his 49th goal and now we just for behind the record, which is held by wayne rooney. meanwhile, the republic of ireland against the world ranked, number one, side belgium.

-- five minutes from the end. let's go to formula 1 no. -- pole position for the saudi arabian grand prix, after lewis hamilton was knocked out in the first phase of qualifying. the event is continuing, after assurances over safety following friday's missile attack, at a oval refinery seven miles away. it looked initially like campbellton had just sneaked into q2 in 15 spot, but last roll moved him down a place. seconds later to, knock him out in the first session. it's the first time that's happened since brazil, in 2017. there was a red flag after a crash in q1, and then more drama followed in q2. mike shoemakers mashing to into a wall at high speed. this time to bring proceedings to another halt. the german driver was taken away in and out billions, and he wasn't injured. he spoke to his mom shortly afterwards. -- he was transferred to a

hospital as precaution. in boxing, britain's josh warranted knocked out sprains, kiko martinez, to become a two-time ivf featherweight world champion. the decisive moment came in the seventh round in -- and leads. the wind did come at a cost though. quarantine was taken to a hospital, with a suspected fracture jaw and a broken hand. tennis. andy murray -- are both out of the miami open. murray lost six, 462, to medvedev. evans exited at the same stage. he was beaten by japanese qualifier. burdens -- was also out in the women's draw. she lost her third round match two -- of switzerland, 61, 64. angela's bid for a fourth successive win in six nations title is off to a great start, with marty packer scoring a hat

trick in a 50 75 victory. -- came 50 minutes from the end, in edinburgh, and one is one of nine english tries. -- also adding five conversions. the red roses can firming their 19th consecutive test victory. lots more action from the women's world cup available, as india take on south africa. lots of proud moms watching that one, no doubt. happy mother's day, back in half an hour's time. an hour's time. jacqui, thank you very much. you're watching sky news breakfast, stay with us. coming up, i'll be speaking to the head -- for new families helping ukrainian mothers and their children, when they arrive in the uk. i the uk usually. ♪♪ in it... mostly. even what gets near your body.

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sky news breakfast. our top stories this morning. u.s. president declares a vladimir putin cannot remain in power. the white house says it's not a call for a regime change. lviv's mayor describes russian strikes on the city as the 50 miles from the polish border, as a message to biden. prince william suggests that a non royal could one day lead the commonwealth. a week after controversy in the caribbean. across ukraine, efforts are underway to determine whether war crimes have been committed by russia. as well as official investigators, ordinary people are helping to gather evidence. our correspondent, john sparks, has this report from kharkiv, in eastern ukraine. >> is there another way to fight the russian military? if you don't dress in uniform,

if you don't own a gun. >> hello, this is maria -- from kharkiv, ukraine. thank you. it was -- for you. 21st of march, kharkiv, ukraine. >> maria -- is a lawyer, and an academic, from the embattled city of kharkiv. she has gone to war with vladimir putin. her strategic objective is simple, she's determined to document the truth. >> and russia continues bombardments and shelling's of the resolute dental areas. >> you have watched this city change, dramatically, over the last three weeks? >> yes. it's very hard to see. >> hard to see, but critical to witness, who has deployed her smartphone and her legal training to record the

destruction in her hometown. >> someone has to be active in this information battlefield, to show the truth, and what is actually happening. this information, and battlefield, is the same importance of on the ground, with a military operations. i'm inside the building, which was hit by russian rocket last night. >> she doesn't want the ordeal to be overlooked or forgotten or denied by the russian governments medium a sheen. russian officials accuse the ukrainians of bombing their own buildings. >> in our world, we have all kinds of sources and we know what is disinformation and propaganda. -- russian tv, where they are fed all this kind of lies. >> the truth in kharkiv is frequently tragic.

here, the owners of the city center art gallery try to fit the favor paintings into a soviet era car. the rest were left behind. this bombed-out residential complex serve the staff at a near pyrotechnical institute. the russians accused them of developing biological weapons, but they shelled three apartments instead. she said she had to document the scene. >> we ask for any kind of help from the west, but on the ground, here, in our cities, it will be only us. if we will all leave, who will fight for ukraine? >> so you stay? >> yeah, that's why stay. >> thank you. this was maria d. eva, from kharkiv, ukraine. >> with john sparks, sky news in kharkiv. a charitable organization, the century foundation, and baby, basics have created an amazon

wish list for refugees, who are heading to the uk from ukraine, so far more than 5000 -- joining me now is cat ross, who's the chief executive of the volunteer-led project, baby basics. great to have you with us on sky news. >> good morning. >> one in abundance of generosity shown in such a short space of time. how are you able to get the items to those refugees, when they do arrive here into the uk? do they get in touch with you? >> yeah, it's been absolutely amazing. we've had over 9000 items donated, as of this morning. which is just phenomenal. we only watches on tuesday. how it works, on the site, there is information for -- looking to sponsor families that come from ukraine about how to make sure they can provide for their children. on there, there's referral forms for baby basics, and that gets emails to, us so we can

ship everything out to those host families, so that they have everything before the family there hosting arrives. >> obviously, it's for mothers and babies. tell us more about the type of items that you are calling for. it's, nappies in baby, items foods as well? >> nappies, toiletries -- high chairs, clothing, toys, feeding equipment. ensuring that every host family has everything is that is needed. and that what they've got is 100 percent safe. >> so far, how many mothers have you heard from? have you heard from many of the mothers feeling from ukraine, who have been in touch with you we. know the numbers of the people coming in is a bit of a slow process, but how many have you had get in touch with you so far? >> we've had a number of inquiries for most families, and it turns out --

for a host who has a family arriving in a week. we're excited that there is going to be more coming through, and we would like to say -- once you submitted your visa process, please do get in touch with us, and we will support. equally, if there are families who have brought people over -- and you need supplies, please do get in touch. we're working with his many of the ukraine and local organizations around the country as we can to get the message out there, that we're here to help and we help you support moms and the young children, as they face a terrible situation. >> actually, when i was reading, you actually had similar scheme for refugees fleeing from afghanistan. tell us more about. that >> we were barred of a coalition called afghan welcome. together, we handed over 3:33

items for afghan families coming, and we are still ongoing with that support or presently supporting -- and we will continue to do that alongside her work for ukrainian families in alongside over 30,000 vulnerable families that we support across the country. >> very quickly, cat, how do people get in touch with you to have you out on the refugees coming into uk? >> if you just go to the -- you can find the information on their. both about how to donate, but also, how to access those endorsements if you need them. please don't go to that. we're really hoping in praying we could get 10,000 donations by the end of today. >> cat ross, chief executive of the volunteer-led project, baby basics. thanks for your time. >> thank you. thanks for your time >> thank youhome office advisory

news that the case of a school girl who is strip searched by police should horrify us all. the 15-year-old referred to as child q, is currently suing the police in a school in london over the incident. -- on tackling violence against women and girls. >> it's an ongoing case and something measured horrify or so all. -- being few mueller moshe be something that we should be able to tolerate in this country. >> it said in some of the reports -- racism was likely to be a factor in that. >> do you know why, it's not that racism is -- i remember when the race report came out, and a lot of he wanted me to comment on that. this country is one of the most -- is it more for us to do, yes there. is i think covid is really brought out a lot of unrest within people.

we've experienced that over the last two years. some really horrific experiences of racism that i didn't think the uk could be capable. of >> -- you can watch a full interview on sophie ridge on sunday, from 8:30. sophie, you will be joined by the education -- and the shadow work and penchant sanction, john ashton ashworth. that will be straight after this program. child labor appears to be more common, but is not always way you might think. there might be new or -- but children in the uk earned 148 million pounds last year, spurred on by a boom in bedroom businesses. what's it all about, madeleine ratcliffe has the details. >> kids used to earn their pocket money by babysitting, or delivering newspapers. now, children as young as six

are making money is influencers, selling things on ebay, gaming we're investing in cryptocurrency markets. 16 year old woody, who's made over thousand pounds. >> i took some money that i made from selling clothes and trainers on the, popping other resulting platforms, and invested that into these coins. that was a 250 pound investment. over the last two, years of our star. growers >> not just seniors that need to make money online, much younger children are getting involved too. >> i unbox and review products. >> ten year old, naomi, and her mom isa, can make 150 pounds or more with an instagram post, viewing clothes, toys, restaurants, which they say can they can invest in your future. >> we try to do for universities. i think it's really good if she can pay for university with all this money. >> they're already fears over

the impact social media is having on young people's mental health. regulators are struggling to keep up with new platforms. are we really ready for children to turn the informant for them playground to their workplace too? >> who is runs a company that provides prepaid pocket money cart, and our children, to make it safer for transactions online. she thinks the benefits outweigh the risks. >> when we talk to parents of the kids that are doing this, they are overwhelmingly positive about it. they talk about their creative freedom that it brings our kids, the fact that their children can do that independently from their bedrooms. the connections without world that it allows them to make. >> not all children will have this opportunity, it requires plenty of spare time and crucially, having money already available to invest in making more online. but, as internet plays more and more of a role in our lives, it's not something that it will be the same for children to, it's up to adults to keep up. madeleine ratcliffe, sky news. what's the weather got in store,

let's take a look at the details. we've mainly find few days to come. but, it may return to cooler and son son -- it's fine for many, now but it's quite gray and murky near soar north sea coast. more widely across the east midlands. east anglia, and the southeast, it's a bit milder than recently. the most places will be sunny this morning once early fog burns off. eastern england will stay rather gray. no clout there look stand into west midlands for time before breaking later. it will be a bit cooler for most, but the chilly breeze in the south will ease. the southeast can expect more sunshine during the afternoon, thankfully, while parts of the

far north will turn rather dull again. the southeast -- sea mist, fog and low clouds spreading in overnight. -- it will stay mostly clear elsewhere, with patchy ground frost if anything. looking at a monday, will be mostly fine after a low cloud in the south breaks up a central part -- central part - still to come on sky news breakfast. lots happening today. we'll be going through the sunday papers. sunday papers. that can help you fall asleep faster, stay asleep longer, and wake up refreshed. the brand i trust is qunol. the sleep number 360 smart bed is on sale now. why choose proven quality sleep from sleep number? because the sleep number 360 smart bed is really smart. it senses your movement, and automatically adjusts

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the mornings papers. i'm joined by journalist and author, nikki hostin, and the

editor of spiked online, tom slater. good morning to you both. i was just start off with, you nikki. i'm looking at the front page of the observer. it's an interesting one. internationalist nurses in uk forced to pay if they quit. it wasn't too long ago that more clapping for doctors and nurses. was this all about? >> absolutely. apparently, international nurses make up about 44% of the nhs workforce. this is saying that both nhs and private nurses are being forced to pay up to 40,000 pounds back. the cost of training, flights etc, if they decide to leave the profession. given the huge strains on nurses, this just seems absolutely barbaric. totally unfair given the services that they've given us during the pandemic. the royal college of nurses is now demanding an inquiry. >> absolutely. switching gears here, tom,

looking at the story of christian ericsson and, the headline we're seeing there. ericsson -- you don't have to be a football fan to see what an important and exciting moment this is. it was very -- >> of course, christian ericsson went down with a cardiac arrest on the field during the euros last year. now, he's made his return to international football, and in a pretty special way. he came on in the 52nd minute and scored within two minutes, it was his first touch. an incredible return for him. he's really signed with brentford, after his health problems. it's a start of a come back for a player who a lot of people have taken into their hearts, because it is time in the premier league, but across the world given that terrible moment in the euros last year. now we have more of it of a happy ending. >> i think everybody remembers

that moment. it was so emotional just seeing him score that goal. brilliant, thank goodness for. that >> nikki, just looking at the story here in the summit. it's very gloom. -- care home residents living kept in their rooms. what's going on here? >> this is an appalling story. it's highlighting the fact that, despite the lockdown measures being released, covid measures being taken off -- locked in the rooms for 24 hours a day to stop the spread of covid. it feels like too little too late. the mental health consequences of keeping or the people separate from others is despicable. with the report also says is -- today's obviously mother's day. many families will be -- this being quarantined, by the time they're given those flowers, they might be dead. not the carriage, against the

flowers. it's just a really shocking story. apparently, the governments ringing in -- like i say, it's too little too late. >> absolutely. it's so heartbreaking, especially at a time where most of us are able to get tom back to tom tom normal and you're putting these people under so much rain the. mental health effects that you mentioned are absolutely staggering. tom, tom sticking with the telegraph, the story about the kremlin still aiming for ukraine tom slater regime change, says putin. putin's ally, tell us more about this. >> dimitri medvedev, whose head of the security council, -- has said that one of the key aims of the war is to de-nazify ukraine. obviously, this is vos lure the ukrainian -- is basically code for regime change. it's essentially contradicting comments that originally come from -- that they were going to focus

on the east of the country, raising some hopes in the west that there may be a climb down. with these comments, and with the shelling of lviv and the west of the country over the night, it suggests that we might being more of a long haul. as you said, they're very different, isn't it, from that so-called regime change they're talking about. lots of people say be very careful -- , nikki all come to you. the foo fighters. and the sad death that we're hearing about yesterday, very briefly. >> -- he died at age 50, when the ban were on tour. it's a really lovely ridden piece. it highlights his skill, especially coming after dave goal, who is the drummer of nirvana, and very celebrated. what's really important about the story -- speculated about his cause of death, it's not appropriate to do that this. time >> thank you so much.

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this is sky news breakfast. these are our top stories this morning. the u.s. president declares a vladimir putin cannot remain in power. the white house says it's not a call for regime change. live is meredith described russian attacks, less than 50 miles from the border, as a message to biden. principal liam suggests a non royal can lead the commonwealth, after a week of