caroline davies, bbc news, mykolaiv. the port of odesa, and has been giving us the latest. of course mykolaiv, which is 20 miles away from the front line, we are about two hours wait here in odesa, just down the coast, mykolaiv is an incredibly important city because if the russians take mykolaiv, the next one along is odesa an important port in ukraine. odesa has not has had much action as somewhere like mykolaiv. which is being shelled on a near—daily basis. there has been missile six and this afternoon we had another here in odesa, this time on the airport and we heard earlier from the press centre of the southern defence forces who said the runway at the airport had been hit and that meant it was impossible to use it at the moment. we don't have any further details, commercial aircraft have not been travelling into ukraine since the 24th of february. this is not something that is going to be affecting passengers but the fact that an airport has been hit is always of concern. we were here earlier today and heard a ver

caroline davies has been speaking to those who live on a city caroline davies has been speaking to those edge of the war. birdsong in mykolaiv. spring has arrived, but there's little sign of a new beginning. we're in the south of the city at the moment with the bomb disposal unit. they're following up on reports that they've had of multiple rockets have landed, and then checking to see if they can make the area safe. through a suburban front yard into what remains of valery�*s sitting room. a rocket hit his home two days ago. translation: there was a strong explosion and when the rocket fell here, there was a massive shock wave. books, my things, everything is damaged. the unit move from home to home, removing a rocket from a front room and a section of an unexploded bomb from the driveway. the city is less than 20 miles from the front line and has been heavily shelled since the beginning of the war. this children's hospital was hit a little over three weeks ago. translation: at the moment, we've got used to the situation, and it is scary. you don't know what comes tomorrow, what comes w

caroline davies, bbc news, mykolaiv. live to caroline davies now in odesa. latest where what is the latest where you what is the latest where you are what is the latest where you are now? {iii what is the latest where you are now? . ., , what is the latest where you are now? .., , :: , what is the latest where you are now? . ., , ii , ., ., , what is the latest where you are now? . ., , i: , ., ., now? of course 20 miles away from the front line _ now? of course 20 miles away from the front line we _ now? of course 20 miles away from the front line we are _ now? of course 20 miles away from the front line we are about - now? of course 20 miles away from the front line we are about two - the front line we are about two hours wait here in odesa, just down the coast, it's an incredibly important city because if the russians take it, the next one along is odesa an important port in ukraine. it has not has had much action as somewhere like mykolaiv. there has been missile six and this afternoon we had another here in odesa, this time on the airport and we heard e

caroline davies, bbc news, odesa. you're watching newsday on the bbc.phans who swapped dnipro for edinburgh. nothing, it seemed, was too big to withstand the force of the tornado. the extent of the devastation will lead to renewed calls for government help to build better housing. internationally, there have already been protests. sweden says it received no warning of the accident. indeed, the russians at first denied anything had gone wrong. only when radioactivity levels began to increase outside russia were they forced to admit the accident. for the mujahideen, the mood here is of great celebration. this is the end of a 12—year war for them. they've taken the capital, which they've been fighting for for so long. it was 7am in the morning - on the day when power began to pass from the minority- to the majority, when africa, after 300 years, reclaimed its last white colony. - this is newsday on the bbc. i'm mariko oi in singapore. our headlines... victory for emanual macron, who has become the first french president to re—elected for 20 years. christia

caroline davies, bbc news, odesa.unced that the us secretary of state, antony blinken, will visit kyiv on sunday, along with the us defense secretary. they're the most senior american officials to visit ukraine since the start of the conflict. our correspondent, anna foster, gave us this update from kyiv. highly unusual to find out about a high—profile visit like this before it's actually happened. normally this is the sort of thing that's released after the event, but he did tell everybody that the most senior us officials so far, since the war began, will be arriving here in kyiv tomorrow. that press conference was the first that he's held since the war began surrounded byjournalists. as you know, he normally does one—on—one interviews in his highly secure bunker, but here he was deep below the streets of the city. he was animated. he was angry at times. he called for a meeting with president putin which he thought might help bring this war towards an end, and he also said that the fighters who are still holed up in

caroline davies, bbc news, 0desa.h everything to play for in australia. nothing, it seemed, was too big to withstand the force of the tornado. the extent of the devastation will lead to renewed calls for government help to build better housing. internationally, there have already been protests. sweden says it received no warning of the accident. indeed, the russians at first denied anything had gone wrong. only when radioactivity levels began to increase outside russia were they forced to admit the accident. for the mujahideen, the mood here is of great celebration. this is the end of a 12—year warfor them. they've taken the capital, which they've been fighting forfor so long. it was 7 o'lock in the morning on the day when power began to pass from the minority to the majority. when africa, after 300 years, reclaimed its last white colony _ this is bbc news. the latest headlines: victory for emmanuel macron, who has become the first french president to be re—elected for 20 years. nigeria's president muhammadu buhari ha

from there, caroline davis reports. three—month—old kiera was just learning to laugh.loud of war. in theirflat in 0desa, her family thought they were safe. they were wrong. yesterday, their building was hit by a russian missile. kiera, her mother, valeria, and her grandmother were all killed. her father only survived because he left to go to the shops. today, among residents rescuing what they could, we found him. translation: i came to collect things that were important - to my wife. she had a collection of sugar sachets from everywhere. everything in the flat becomes garbage and will be thrown away. i want to keep them for my memories. valeria and yuri had been togetherfor nine years. his phone is filled with videos and photographs of them. translation: she was a great mother, friend, | with all of the best qualities. it will be impossible for me to find somebody like valeria. she was perfect. such a person could be given to you only once in a lifetime and it's a gift from god. it's been barely 2a hours since the attack but yuri insists he wants to talk. he hopes tha

caroline davies, bbc news, odesa.adly explosion at an illegal oil refinery as a national disaster. officials say at least 109 people died in the blast in imo state late on friday. mr buhari has ordered the security forces to step up attempts to close down illegal refineries in the south—east of the country. nigeria is estimated to lose around 200,000 barrels of crude oil a day, due to theft from pipelines owned by the major oil companies. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme, the scientific study in mexico to determine what makes the earth move and volcanos erupt. nothing, it seemed, was too big to withstand the force of the tornado. the extent of the devastation will lead to renewed calls for government help to build better housing. internationally, there have already been protests. sweden says it received no warning of the accident. indeed, the russians at first denied anything had gone wrong. only when radioactivity levels began to increase outside russia were they forced to admit the

caroline davies, bbc news, odesa.sident volodymyr zelenskyy has been giving a news conference, from a subway station in kyiv. he revealed that the us�*s top diplomat antony blinken and defence secretary lloyd austin are due to visit kyiv on sunday. in a wide—ranging news conference, president zelenskyy urged russia to resolve the war through diplomacy and said he was still willing to meet vladimir putin but not if ukraine's remaining forces in the besieged city of mariupol were killed. translation: i would like to stop, to finalise the war. _ there is the diplomatic way, and there is the military way. so any healthy and sane person always chooses diplomatic way because he or she knows that even if it's hard, it may stop the losses of thousands, of tens of thousands — and with such neighbours, hundreds of thousands, it's the middle of the night injapan, where coastguard vessels and patrol aircraft are using searching the waters for 26 passengers and crew of a sightseeing boat that's missing off the northern island of h

caroline davies, bbc news, mykolaiv.uthern ukraine. he told us ukraine is thankful for all the assistance the uk's provided and that the situation in the black sea has recently changed. first of all, we are very thankfulfor all support we are receiving from the west from the united kingdom, we are especially thankful for the leadership which the united kingdom and its prime minister shows in the help of ukraine and, yes, harpoon and brimstone missiles from the uk, they are en route, they are coming to ukraine and they are strengthening our defence on the sea, but even without, i can tell you that we were very successful with the attack against the russian flag ship. it was a missile cruiser which became a submarine, because it was sent down by ukrainians and that changed the situation in the black sea. sport, and a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. good evening. it's advantage liverpool in the premier league title race, but their place at the top of the table could be shortlived as rivals manchester city kick off

caroline davies, bbc news, odesa.olodymyr zelenskiy has been giving a news conference, from a subway in kyiv. he said he was still willing to meet with vladamir putin — but not if ukraine's remaining forces in the besieged city of mariupol were killed. he urged russia to resolve the war through diplomacy. translation: i would like to stop, to finalise the war. _ there is the diplomatic way, and there is the military way. so any healthy and sane person always chooses diplomatic way because he or she knows that even if it's hard, it may stop the losses of thousands, of tens of thousands — and with such neighbours, hundreds of thousands, and maybe even millions — of victims. victims, losses of people, we don't want that. and any leader, whether he wants that or not, he doesn't have the right to deny subjectively, because it would be a subjective decision to deny the diplomatic way. earlier, i spoke to our correspondent in kyiv anna foster and asked her how unusual mr zelensky�*s press conference was. it was unusual, mart

caroline davies, bbc news, mykolaiv.er is to hold crisis talks in the british virgin islands after an inquiry found that said the government should take direct control of the territory because of corruption and bad governance. the report was published earlier than planned following the arrest of the bvi premier, andrew fahie, in the united states, where he's accused of involvement in drug trafficking and money laundering. nomia iqbal is in the british virgin islands and reports from the capital road town on the island of tortola. the view from the sky is calm, but it belies the crisis that's hit the islands. this is its premier, andrew fahie just over a week ago, celebrating the country's athletes. now he is more than 1000 miles away in a miami jail. he appeared in this court accused of drug trafficking and money—laundering after a huge sting operation involving the us drug enforcement agency. his residency on the islands is empty as he waits a pre—trial detention hearing later this week. undercover agents say mr fahie w

caroline davies sent this report. black smoke that cut through the calm of a saturday afternoon in odesa. this was the aftermath of a missile strike on the city. blown—out glass and rubble, cars crushed and burnt, floors collapsed. through the debris, the city's firefighters led those that can walk out to safety. vitalia and her son nikita were on the 12th floor when the missile hit. translation: there was a very strong explosion i directly on top of us. it broke all the windows in the apartment. i smelled smoke very strongly. we collected what we could and then we ran. when we reached the fourth and fifth floors, we wanted to turn around. it was impossible to breathe, and all the doors were blown out. translation: we were afraid that we would suffocate, - but in the end we broke through. i got burned, there was a car on fire and the flames hit me. i didn't feel it at first, but then people told me. i was in a state of shock. while we were filming, the crowd was pushed back, told that to get too close would be dangero

caroline davies in odesa.r angelina jolie has been meeting refugees in lviv, during a surprise visit to ukraine. she s been to the city's railway station, as part of her work as a special envoy for the unhcr. during her visit to the city near the polish border, the actor spoke to volunteers and posed for pictures with some of those who have fled the fighting. and she put a very big smile on the face of this little girl. here in the uk, the conservative mp, neil parish, has told the bbc he is resigning his seat, after admitting he watched pornography, twice, in the house of commons. mr parish, the memberfor tiverton and honiton in devon, has apologised and says it was not his intention to intimidate anyone. two female colleagues claimed they had seen him looking at adult content on his phone, while sitting near them. mr parish says he'd been looking at tractors online, and went onto another website with a similar name. our political correspondent, ben wright, reports. he had wanted to plough on, hoping a parlia

caroline davies, bbc news, mykolaiv.o the port of odesa, and has been giving us the latest. of course, from mykolaiv, which is 20 miles away from the front line, we're about two hours away here in odesa, just down the coast. mykolaiv is, of course, an incredibly important city because if the russians do take mykolaiv, the next one along, the next port city is odesa, an incredibly important international port here in ukraine. now, odesa has not had quite as much target, as much action as somewhere like mykolaiv, which is being shelled on a nearly daily basis but, of course, there has still been missile strikes, and this afternoon we had another missile strike here in odesa. this time this was on the airport and we heard earlier from the authorities here, from the press centre of the southern defence forces, who said that the runway at the airport had been hit and that meant it was impossible to use it at the moment. we don't have any further details about that. of course, commercial aircraft have not been travelling into

caroline davies, bbc news, odesa. our correspondent there, anna foster. and i, we havejust heard what and i, we have just heard what is going on in odesa, can you tell us about malleable? any new information from there? , ,�*, from there? president zelensky's advisor said _ from there? president zelensky's advisor said earlier _ from there? president zelensky's advisor said earlier today - from there? president zelensky's advisor said earlier today that - advisor said earlier today that despite the fact that just two days ago, president vladimir putin said they would stop the attack on the steelworks where the remaining ukrainian fighters are hold—up, he has changed tactics to seal a plant off itself. he feared russian forces would be most so told them to seal it so not even if i could escape. yet here we are, two days later with what appears to be a fresh assault on that plant. at the same day that the azov brigade releasing a video which seems to show civilians underneath that plant sheltering, interviewing children

caroline davies — bbc news — 0desa., after a sightseeing boat sank off the northern island of hokkaido. the search continues for the other passengers — a total of 26 were on board the vessel, which ran into trouble off a peninsula, famous for its wildlife and dramatic coastline. 0ur asia pacific editor michael bristow reports. this is the boat that went missing while on a sightseeing trip. a camera appears to capture the vessel as it prepares to leave harbour. one by one, the passengers embark. the boat then gently pushes out to sea. all seemed calm. but one local tour operator warned them not to leave. translation: it was clear that the conditions - at sea would worsen. so i told them not to go, but they did anyway. the vessel began taking on water near this scenic spot. it started to tilt, it's then thought to have sank. the temperature of the water in this part of northern japan was barely above freezing, making survival difficult. rescuers scoured the rugged coastline for the 26 on board the kazu i. they also search

caroline davies, bbc news, mykolaiv.who said ukraine is thankful for all the assistance the uk's provided — and that the situation in the black sea has recently changed. first of all, i am thankful for all support we are receiving from the west and from the united kingdom, we are especially thankful for the leadership which the united kingdom and its prime minister shows in the hope for ukraine and, yes, the missiles from the uk, they are en route and they are coming to ukraine and they are strengthening our defence on the sea, but even without i can tell you that we were very successful against the russian, and we were using missile cruisers which became a submarine because it was sent down by the ukrainians and that is changing the situation in the black sea. i is changing the situation in the black sea-— is changing the situation in the black sea. ., ., , , ., black sea. i want to bring you up to date with the _ black sea. i want to bring you up to date with the latest _ black sea. i want to bring you up to date with

caroline davies, bbc news, 0desa.raine. thank you forjoining us from washington. we saw terrible scenes from 0desa. the russian bombardment continues. and we have seen the us secretary of state antony blinken in kyiv. how significant is that the visit at a time like this? it visit at a time like this? it is visit at a time like this? it is important that antony blinken and the defence secretary will visit ukraine together, a demonstration of us commitment to ukraine's success in this war. for the first six weeks or so the us was holding back a little bit, seeing what we could provide that would be helpful but drawing red lines as to what we would not provide. i think that has changed now. ithink provide. i think that has changed now. i think the us is now trying to figure out what does ukraine need, how do we help them and get it to them as quickly as possible, so this is a very good sign, a good show of support for the ukrainian people. of support for the ukrainian --eole. ., of support for the ukrainian neale, ., ,

caroline davies sent this report.

our correspondent caroline davies is in odesa.ternoon in three loud bangs could be heard across the city. we saw several dogs running away from the direction of the noise. later on we heard from the ukrainian authorities, from the press centre of the southern defence forces that this had been a missile strike that had hit the airport, the international airport here in odesa and in response they have said that the runway of a debtor airport was damaged, its further use at the current time is impossible. this is the only information we currently have from a debt at the moment, it has been relatively quiet here throughout the afternoon. it is a week since that missile strike hit several, two residential buildings, one residential building and there was a significant loss of life including the loss of a three—month—old girl, her mother and grandmother along with several others in that building, but since then we have not heard of a major strikes happening here in odesa, but again, the fact that this missile strike has happened on a we

caroline davies, bbc news, odesa.es from the metropolitan police at the moment, they say at 1:40am officers were called to an address in southwark in south london near bermondsey. those officers forced their way into the property and once they get in according to the met police they saw four people, three women and a man, with stab wounds. the emergency services were called and they were pronounced dead at the scene. a man has been arrested on suspicion of murder, according to the police commander taken to a south london police station. detectives from specialist crime are investigating. the police also say it is thought all five people were known to each other. we do not know their identities at this stage. thank you very much, james. james reynolds reporting. uk prime minister borisjohnson has contacted labour's deputy leader, angela rayner, to make clear that he views claims about her in a newspaper yesterday as misogynistic. the paper said some conservative mps had suggested she tried to distract the prime ministe

caroline davies, bbc news, odesa.leader, angela rayner, to condemn an article written about her in the mail on sunday, calling it �*misogynistic�*. the paper claimed some unnamed conservative mps said she tried to distract borisjohnson in the commons by crossing and uncrossing her legs. we'rejoined now by our chief political correspondent adam fleming. i almost don't know where to start with this but it has caused huge outrage, hasn't it?— outrage, hasn't it? yes, 2022, apparently! — outrage, hasn't it? yes, 2022, apparently! it _ outrage, hasn't it? yes, 2022, apparently! it has _ outrage, hasn't it? yes, 2022, apparently! it has been - outrage, hasn't it? yes, 2022,| apparently! it has been roundly condemned, the report on the mail on sunday and particularly the comments in the report by everyone across the political spectrum. the chairman of the conservative party oliver dowden was on tv yesterday and said it was absolutely ludicrous. angela rayner herself described it as a perverted smear. the prime minister tweet

been shelled and a block of flats was hit with air strikes over the weekend. 0ur correspondent caroline daviese and met a man who lost his family. three—month—old kira was just learning to laugh. in her short life, most was lived under the cloud of war. but in their flat in 0desa, their family thought they were safe. they were wrong. yesterday, their building was hit by a russian missile. kira, her mother valeria and her grandmother ludmila were all killed. her father yuriy only survived because he left to go to the shops. today, among residents rescuing what they could, we found him. translation: i came to collect things that l were important to my wife. she had a collection of sugar sachets from everywhere. everything in the flat becomes garbage and will be thrown away. i want to keep them for my memories. valeria and yuriy had been together for nine years. his phone is filled with videos and photographs of them. translation: she was a great mother, . friend, with all the best qualities. . it will be impossible for me to find someone else like valeria. she was perfect. such a person could be

caroline davies, bbc news, odesa.and replaced them with cheaper agency workers. its vessel, the spirit of britain, has been cleared to sail after it was detained by the maritime and coastguard agency. earlier, i spoke with our business correspondant simon browning. it's now more than five weeks since p&o sacked 800 workers, quite ruthlessly, to replace them with cheaper staff. two p&o ferries were detained. one of them was cleared to sail at the end of last week, on friday, by the maritime and coastguard agency. checking the p&o website this morning, which i have been doing pretty religiously to see when those sailings are going to start again, they are starting tomorrow morning, first sailing at 4:25am. all of the tickets for tomorrow are already sold out, so you can't actually get on a p&o ferry now until tuesday. it is significant because the company has had a tough time in the last couple of weeks reputationally after sacking all those workers and replacing them with new agency staff. yesterday, the rmt union told

caroline davies went to meet them. birdsong in the town.the beginning of the war. it is difficult. there are lots of rebuilding 's, but that it is shelled _ rebuilding 's, but that it is shelled the next day and we have to return _ shelled the next day and we have to return that— shelled the next day and we have to return. that can happen day after day, _ return. that can happen day after day, that — return. that can happen day after day, that we are working to rebuild the same _ day, that we are working to rebuild the same places. this day, that we are working to rebuild the same places.— the same places. this children's hosital the same places. this children's hospital was _ the same places. this children's hospital was it _ the same places. this children's hospital was it a _ the same places. this children's hospital was it a little _ the same places. this children's hospital was it a little over - the same places. this children's| hospital was it a little over three weeks ago. hospital was it a little over three weeks ago-— hospital was

caroline davis reports now from odesa.nces here, nobody singing... this man has been part of a small team but has kept an eye on the building. the theatre is the heart of our city, and this is the heart of culture in ukraine, ifeel a big emptiness. culture in ukraine, i feel a big emptiness-— culture in ukraine, i feel a big em-tiness. ., , emptiness. the opera's ballet troupe have returned _ emptiness. the opera's ballet troupe have returned to _ emptiness. the opera's ballet troupe have returned to rehearse _ emptiness. the opera's ballet troupe have returned to rehearse for - emptiness. the opera's ballet troupe have returned to rehearse for the i have returned to rehearse for the first time. but they don't have long to stretch and practice —— a practice air raid drill means they must head to the bunker. julia had been preparing for the world premiere of a new ukrainian opera. now she seems to injured soldiers in military hospitals. now she seems to in'ured soldiers in military hospitals.— now she seems to in'ured soldi