emma vardy, bbc news. 0ur international correspondent 0rla guerin is in the donbas region tonight. 0rlaext? well, the russian state news agency as saying that these men will face a firing squad. in the short term, their lawyer says they will appeal. there is a month in which they can do that. i think realistically we are at the beginning of a complicated, protracted legal and political tug over these men. now, the government has said it's working with ukraine, it's doing everything possible to secure their release. we don't know in practical terms what that means or what leveraged britain could try to apply. downing street may be hoping that these men will be included in a future prisoner exchange. now, those have been happening between russia and ukraine. there have been several so far. excuse me. they have included fighters as well as civilians. but these two britons have become very high—profile figures and it could be the case that president putin will try to drive a hard bargain. it seems clear that this is an attempt by him to put pressure on britain, which has been staunchly supp

if he succeeds here, his ambitions may not stop at ukraine. 0rla guerin, bbc news, donbas. 0 rla 0rlarin their reporting. now, what could moscow's next move be? it's thought russia wants to push south and west which would cut off vital access to the black sea coast. putin's forces tried this in march and failed. but attacks in the region have increased in the last week and there are fears that his forces may try again. laura bicker reports on the battle for the south of ukraine from the key port city of mykolaiv. the farewell scenes have become agonisingly familiar. ludmila holds her children for as long as she can, trying to put a brave face on it. "i'll see them again when the bombs stop," she tells me. but no—one knows how long that will be. we've been hearing quite a few thuds in the distance, but in theory, this village should be out of range for now. the ukrainians have already pushed the russians out of the city, but the fear is, they're going to have to do it again, and that's why many people have made the decision to leave. they're fleeing a war of rockets and artillery. a cr

if he succeeds here, his ambitions may not stop at ukraine. 0rla guerin, bbc news, donbas.ting in geneva have issued dire warnings about the consequences of russia's invasion, both for ukraine and the world. nearly 16 million ukrainians alone urgently need humanitarian assistance, while the head of the world food programme says that more than 80 million people in east africa face acute food shortages as a result of a blockade of ukrainian ports. speaking at the white house, president biden described the situation as "putin's price hike". he said ukraine had 20 million tonnes of grain it hadn't been able to export. president putin says russia is ready to guarantee the safe export of ukrainian grain via ports it controls on the azov and black seas. he was speaking after talks in sochi with the head of the african union, who told him that africa was suffering because of its reliance on ukrainian, and russian, cereals and fertiliser. translation: you're quite welcome to export wheat i via seaports under ukrainian control, first of all, the black sea ports — 0desa and the nearby

lysychansk is running out of time. 0rla guerin, bbc news, eastern ukraine.ssia says it's drawing up plans to retaliate against lithuania, which has stopped goods under eu sanctions moving to the russian territory of kaliningrad. kaliningrad doesn't have a land border with russia, and is surrounded by countries of the european union, so russia relies heavily on goods moving by rail through lithuania. 0ur russia editor steve rosenberg reports from the region. it is a piece of russia in the heart of europe. kaliningrad is 300 miles from mainland russia. russia's outpost and fortress. this is the home of the baltic fleet. for supplies, it has relied on rail links through lithuania, but because of eu sanctions, the transit of key russian goods is now banned. and that's a problem for igor pleshkov�*s concrete plant. it's barely operating as it is. and with russian cement now on the sanctions list, that's another blow to his business. translation: the sanctions | won't only affect our business, they will affect everyone. our factory is at a standstill. we aren't ma

lysychansk is running out of time. 0rla guerin, bbc news, eastern ukraine. wider battles being fought as a result of russia's invasion of ukraine now. the international energy agency has warned that europe needs to prepare for the possibility that russia may cut off gas supplies completely this coming winter. the bbc�*s mark lobel is with me now. mark, you are looking at these remarks. , ., , ., ~ mark, you are looking at these remarks. , . , ., ~ ., remarks. yes, a stark warning from the _ remarks. yes, a stark warning from the head _ remarks. yes, a stark warning from the head of— remarks. yes, a stark warning from the head of the - from the head of the international energy agency that russia may in his opinion stop these winter gas supplies coming to europe. he said it is not 100% likely but we do need contingency plans. and the reason why he is saying this now is because there had been a slowdown in the supply recently from russia to europe. russia has blamed technical difficulties but he thinks it might be a strategic move to increase the leverage of ru

lysychansk is running out of time. 0rla guerin, bbc news, eastern ukraine.lithuania, which has blocked the transit of some goods subject to eu sanctions from reaching the russian territory of kaliningrad. kaliningrad shares no land border with russia and is surrounded by eu countries, which means that russia relies heavily on rail transit through lithuania. moscow has said any action it takes against lithuania, a nato member, would not be solely diplomatic. 0ur russia editor steve rosenberg sent this report. it is a piece of russia in the heart of europe. kaliningrad is 300 miles from mainland russia. russia's outpost and fortress. this is the home for supplies, it has relied on rail links through lithuania, but because of eu sanctions, the transit of key russian goods is now banned. and that's a problem for igor pleshkov�*s concrete plant. it's barely operating as it is. and with russian cement now on the sanctions list, that's another blow to his business. translation: the sanctions | won't only affect our business, they will affect everyone. our factory i

volunteer helping evacuate elderly people from the front line in ukraine ending that report by 0rla guerin. the police in brazil have opened a criminal investigation into the disappearance of the british journalist dom philips, who went missing in a remote part of the amazon while he was with a leading indigenous expert. local people said the men had been threatened during their visit to the javari valley in north western brazil. thousands of rail workers across britain will go on a three—day strike later this month in a dispute over pay and jobs. the rmt union has predicted a complete shutdown of the rail network in what it describes as the biggest industrial action in the sector for more than three decades. they're in dispute over pay freezes and job cuts. monkeypox is to be listed as a notifiable disease in england. what that means is doctors are now required to notify their local council or health protection team if they suspect a patient has the viral infection. around 30 countries where monkeypox is not endemic have reported outbreaks, with more than 900 confirmed or suspected cases

lysychansk is running out of time. 0rla guerin, bbc news, eastern ukraine. the wider battles being fought as a result of russia's invasion of ukraine now. we've got new information about russia's cyberwar against ukraine and its allies. for more details we moved to bbc�*s mark labelle. mark, what can you tell us? this is a microsoft report referring to revelations they found that hacking was more widespread than previously reported by the russians. they were trying since the invasion in february to infiltrate the networks of around 100 organisations in america and dozens more in 42 countries. the kind of places they were aiming for work foreign ministries of nato allies, humanitarian organisations and energy suppliers. in terms of their success rate, there were around 30% successful in hacking and within that, 25% of the places they hacked successfully, they were stealing data from. this is what the microsoft president, brad smith, called formidable, intensive, even ferocious set of attacks. and of course ukraine itself was under cyber attack from that russi

lysychansk is running out of time. 0rla guerin, bbc news, eastern ukraine. battles being fought as a result of russia's invasion of ukraine now. the international energy agency has warned that europe needs to prepare for the possibility that russia may cut off gas supplies completely this coming winter. the bbc�*s mark lobel is with me now. a stark warning that gas supplies might be cut from russia to europe. it is not the most likely scenario but europe needs contingency plans in case that happens. 0ver needs contingency plans in case that happens. over the past few weeks, russia has been complaining of technical difficulties in meeting supplies to certain european countries. the nord stream mine, for example is a 30% capacity in the past few weeks. gas supply problems in countries like italy, slovakia, austria. and of course the countries who would not be paid in roubles who got cut off. tens of billions since then has been spent by europe on gas and we have seen cut the natural supply of gas to 20%. we have always been talking about whether europe will ba

from donbas, our international correspondent 0rla guerin reports.months by russian forces who can claim a key victory here. ukraine ordered its troops to retreat from the rubble, rather than die in vain. gunfire. they fought here, building to building and street to street, some of the fiercest battles of the war, but they were outgunned by russia's heavy artillery. we reached this commander, who left at dawn under fire, pained by the retreat. 16 of his men died trying to save the city. translation: it is drenched in the blood of ukraine's - defenders, of my brothers — and mine, too. it was incredibly hard. at that moment, i felt despair. but it's ok. it's not over. 0ur leadership saved the troops to fight another day. maybe that's the right decision. i know for sure that we will be back there. his fighters in the svoboda, or freedom, battalion are a mix of old and young, like 22—year—old sem. he got married on the 13th of this month and he was killed five days later. young as he was, he led his own unit in europe's biggest war for more than 70 years

from donbas, our international correspondent 0rla guerin reports. this is severodonetsk.y russian forces, who can claim a key victory here. ukraine ordered its troops to retreat from the rubble rather than die in vain. gunfire. they fought here, building to building and street to street. explosion. some of the fiercest battles of the war. but they were outgunned by russia's heavy artillery. we reached this commander, who left at dawn, under fire, pained by the retreat. 16 of his men died trying to save the city. translation: it is drenched in the blood of ukraine's - defenders, of my brothers, and mine, too. it was incredibly hard. at that moment, i felt despair. but it's ok. it's not over. 0ur leadership saved the troops to fight another day. maybe that's the right decision. i know for sure that we will be back there. his fighters in the svoboda, or "freedom" battalion are a mix of old and young... like 22—year—old sem. he got married on the 13th of this month and he was killed five days later. young as he was, he led his own unit in europe's biggest war for more than 70

lysychansk is running out of time. 0rla guerin, bbc news, eastern ukraine.sh generation. members of the neo—nazi resistance movement stormed the world trade centre, armed with pistols and shotguns. we believe that, according to international law, that we have a right to claim certain parts of this country as ourland. i take pride in the words "ich bin ein berliner". cheering as the uk woke up to the news that it is to exit the european union, leave campaigners began celebrating. in total, 17.4 million people voted for the uk to leave the eu. the medical research council has now advised the government that the great increase in lung cancer is due mainly to smoking tobacco. it was closing time for checkpoint charlie which, for 29 years, has stood on the border as a mark of allied determination to defend the city. this is bbc world news, the latest headlines: aid agencies say they're scrambling to get emergency assistance to afghanistan, to help survivors of a powerful earthquake which has killed at least 1,000 people. the ukrainian government says it's continu

from donbas, our international correspondent 0rla guerin reports. to 100,000 people. it's been shelled for months by russian forces, who can claim a key victory here. ukraine ordered its troops to retreat from the rubble, rather than die in vain. they fought here, building to building, and street to street. some of the fiercest battles of the war. but they were outgunned by russia's heavy artillery. we reached this commander, who left at dawn under fire, pained by the retreat. 16 of his men died trying to save the city. translation: it is drenched in the blood of ukraine's - defenders, of my brothers, and mine, too. it was incredibly hard. at that moment, i felt despair. but it is ok. it's not over. 0ur leadership saved the troops to fight another day. maybe that's the right decision. i know for sure that we will be back there. his fighters in the svoboda, or freedom, battalion are a mix of old and young. like, 22—year—old sem. he got married on the 13th of this month, and he was killed five days later. young as he was, he led his own unit, in europ

if he succeeds here, his ambitions may not stop at ukraine. 0rla guerin, bbc news, donbas.es meeting in geneva have issued dire warnings about the war�*s consequences both for ukraine and the world. they said nearly 16 million ukrainians urgently needed humanitarian assistance. the head of the world food programme said there were more than 80 million people acutely food insecure, acutely hungry in africa, up from about 50 million people this time last year. speaking at the white house on the rising cost of living, president biden described the crisis as "putin's price hike". he said ukraine had twenty million tonnes of grain it hadn't been able to export. president putin says russia is ready to guarantee the safe export of ukrainian grain via ports on the azov and black seas it controls. mr putin was speaking after talks in sochi with the head of the african union, who told him that africa was an indirect economic victim because of its reliance on ukrainian and russian cereals and fertiliser. translation: you're quite welcome to export wheat i via seaports under ukrainian c

lysychansk is running out of time. 0rla guerin, bbc news, eastern ukraine.e samples in london. 0ur medical editor fergus walsh is here — this was meant to be a thing of the past? yes, i once feared disease which can cause browsers was eliminated from the uk to decades ago. what is happened here is it has been imported. somebody came from overseas who had recently been immunised with the old live oral drops and then the virus has passed through them into the sewage and sampling suggests that there is some spread in the community in north—east london, though no cases have been detected. the rest of the public is low that the key message here is for parents to ensure that children are immunised. since 200a the nhs has been using an inactivated polio vaccine and children get it at two, three and four months. the target is 95% coverage but in london it isjust 86%. coverage but in london it is 'ust 8696. , ., ~ y coverage but in london it is 'ust 8696. , ., y . thejustice secretary, dominic raab, has introduced new legislation that would allowjudges and ministers

it's the only thing i can do. 0rla guerin's report from the eastern donbas region. bbc investigation has found that by the easter holidays this year 71,000 fines had been issued. between october and april — parents were given fines totalling more than 3.5 million pounds. there's growing concern about the children still missing from the classroom — since the covid pandemic. 0ur education editor branwen jeffreys reports from middlesborough. morning, ladies. yes, big man. you all right? the school day starts early. come on in, it's 8.30. and so does the effort to track down missing pupils, now harder after the disruption of covid. by nine o'clock, school attendance officers are calling families. hello, i'm just calling from unity city academy. is she coming in today? could you give her a call and see if she's on her way? 0k. thank you. i've got about 15 off at the minute. right, i think we should visit this one. we haven't seen her for two days. katie and emma work with year ten, following up children each day if they don't arrive. i've done about 15 yesterday and i th

if he succeeds here, his ambitions may not stop at ukraine. 0rla guerin, bbc news, donbas.now, and we canjoin jane hill on the mall outside buckingham palace. thank you. yes, welcome back, and at the risk of sounding like a meteorologist today, i cannot tell you how happy everybody is that the sun has finally emerged. there are so many people gathered here on the mall now. many have been gathered here for many hours but people streaming through all the time, as we head towards the concert here tonight. we are going to be talking about the line—up and the music and just a moment. let mejust about the line—up and the music and just a moment. let me just update you because in the last hour, when we were talking to you, we had bad advice from the metropolitan police that they had closed off trafalgar square and they had evacuated the area and they were asking people to avoid the area. ijust want area and they were asking people to avoid the area. i just want to clarify that they are saying that that incident is over and they were taking precautionary steps after information had

continues to bombard parts of ukraine's eastern donbas region, civilians are being forced to flee. 0rla guerine elderly. the hard days are when you can't take everyone out. i have has phone calls with my mum where she has been in tears. but they are just really proud of what i'm doing out here. i don't feel like there's anything else i could be doing that's more important than this. a briefing before they head off into harm's way. we'll probably be| stopping en route to pick up the patient. as they have done every day for months in a van driven over from england. these volunteers from different walks of life teamed up here in ukraine. they fund themselves and prefer not to be named. the youngest is 21, a dog trainer from kent who has done a course in trauma first aid. when we're out on evacuations, we are very alert to what's going on. there have been a few moments you feel it's a bit close for comfort. as much danger as we are in, we also feel quite prepared and reliable as a team. it's a world away from her home in sussex and previous career in technology. it's hands—on. her own family knows

the list includes the bbc�*s clive myrie, 0rla guerin, and nick beake, who have reported from ukrainethe times, the daily telegraph, the guardian, the daily mail, and the independent were also sanctioned. staying with the war in ukraine. fierce fighting is continuing in the east of ukraine, as russia pushes its advance into the country's industrial heartland. russia says it will give civilians a safe route out of the bombarded eastern city of severodonetsk for 12 hours on wednesday although attempts to create humanitarian corridors in ukraine have often failed. meanwhile, the international criminal court's chief has been to kharkiv, ukraine's second largest city, to see the devastation for himself, having opened an investigation into possible war crimes committed in the russian invasion of ukraine. from there, our correspondent wyre davies reports. with this city still under daily attack... so, there was an air strike. ..karim khan's visit to kharkiv was more a statement of intent than gathering evidence. what were the ages of the children that normally you see? that will come later.

our international correspondent, 0rla guerin, has been with ukrainian troops near bakhmut, one of theussia's path. a dirt track that leads to a grinding war. we are in donbas, the key battleground. the russians are two miles down the road. this area, around bakhmut, is still in ukrainian hands, for now. but the enemy is approaching from two sides. troops prepare to face one more day of war. seasoned veterans, tempered by fire. they have been fighting russian backed separatists here in the east since 2014. among them, anton. explosions. well, wejust had explosions. well, we just had to take more cover, get more protection inside our armoured car. there was an incoming attack. the troops say it was a cluster bomb, and it landed less than a mile away. now, the last half an hour or less than a mile away. now, the last halfan hour orso, less than a mile away. now, the last half an hour or so, there have been constant warnings about incoming fire. we have had to run and take cover. the troops have taken cover, and we have heard plenty about going fire. it's very clear the war in this area i

the list includes the bbc�*s clive myrie, 0rla guerin, and nick beake, who have reported from ukraineor general tim davie. the editors—in—chief of the times, the daily telegraph, the guardian, the daily mail, and the independent were also sanctioned. fierce fighting is continuing in the east of ukraine, as russia pushes its advance into the country's industrial heartland. russia says it will give civilians a safe route out of the bombarded eastern city of severodonetsk for 12 hours on wednesday, although attempts to create humanitarian corridors in ukraine have often failed. the international criminal court's chief prosecutor has been in the city of kharkiv to see the devastation for himself and he said the court would prosecute the highest ranks of russians responsible. from there, our correspondent wyre davies reports. with this city still under daily attack... so, there was an air strike. ..karim khan's visit to kharkiv was more a statement of intent than gathering evidence. what were the ages of the children that normally you see? that will come later. the international criminal c

emma vardy, bbc news. 0ur international correspondent 0rla guerin in the donbas in eastern ukraine.have any hope of getting them released? i think that is unclear at the moment and it is unclear if there will be an attempt to carry out the sentences. they have been handed down by a court that is not internationally recognised, in a self—declared republic, the dpr, which is not recognised by anyone except russia. there is little doubt the officials in the dpr take their orders from the kremlin, so this is very much a verdict from president putin and it seems like a tactic to pressure britain, to embarrass britain, which has been a staunch supporter of ukraine since the war began and has sent a great deal of weaponry, including weaponry in use here in the donbas and of course recently promised to send more advanced weapons systems into the battlefield here. the ukrainian government has given a brief initial response, saying the trial was propaganda, and that the men had the legal status of combatants. that view has been echoed by a legal expert in the uk who has said that there verdic

the bbc�*s clive myrie, 0rla guerin and nick beake, who have reported from ukraine, and director general, borisjohnson, said now was not the time to be talking about another independence referendum, but ms sturgeon said she would forge a way forward regardless of whether the uk government gave its approval. the number ofjob vacancies in the uk has hit a new record high of1.3 million, mainly due to older workers choosing to retire early during the pandemic. the chancellor says the uk jobs market remains robust, but labour party is not convinced and has accused the government of "utter complacency" about the high number of people choosing not to work. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme, the k—pop supergroup bts have announced they're taking an extended break to pursue solo projects. there was a bomb in the city centre. a code word known to be one used by the ira was given. army bomb experts were examining a suspect van when there was a huge explosion. the south african parliament has destroyed the foundation of apartheid by abolishing the population registra

you may recognise some of these faces... the bbc�*s correspondents nick beake, 0rla guerin, and cliveeral tim davie. journalists from other publications, and defence figures, are there too. all now banned from entering russia. let�*s look at why. russia�*s foreign ministry says. it goes on to say... the bbc�*s diplomatic correspondent james landale is accross this. russia says it is banning dozens of british journalists, media representatives and defence industry figures from entering the country. this was largely anticipated and i�*m surprised it hasn�*t come earlier with a lot of western powers posing sanctions on the russian media figures back in may, accusing them of spreading false lines, propaganda about russia�*s invasion of ukraine and the russian foreign ministry said that it would respond and it has not responded with its own list of 29 journalists at the bit of a scattered list, some senior media leaders such as the chairman and director general of the bbc, five national newspaper editors and senior correspondence, a few academics but also fairly significant list of senior