clive myrie, bbc news, in kyiv. thanks very much to clive.ntre of the city. just some updates, if you are justjoining of the city. just some updates, if you arejustjoining us, there were reports early on friday of exposed —— explosions and aircraft shot down over here. ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky, said that dubber tours had entered the capital. there have been battles all across the country —— sabha tours. thousands of leading cities —— fleeing. mostly ukrainians have stayed. we have been hearing in here from one of our colleagues that many are sheltering in bunkers or underground metro stations. we saw clive with some of those. general mobilisation has gone out ordering all citizens who can carry arms to defend the country, i guess the curfew is coming to an end in that city and about half—an—hour. stay with us on bbc world news, if you can. hello there. we're ending the working week on a largely fine and settled note, thanks to a ridge of high pressure. the winds and showers continue to ease down during the overnight period. it'

thanks so much, latika bourke, henry chu, and, of course, clive myrie.ceptions, pretty wet and a bit of a theme coming through this week, the jet stream and strengthened coming out of north america, pushing across the atlantic which is blowing winds of up to 200 mph, the wind to develop jet streams flow pressure for us and one has been this area of low cloud that has pushed on through the morning bringing extensive rain across most parts of the uk, drive for some parts and the rain will push on through the afternoon, easing off a bit through western areas with some heavy pulses around across western parts of scotland, through the afternoon and to the north of northern ireland, the foreign office got londonjoin the best of the day's weather, one or two isolated showers with spells of hazy sunshine and wind is light as he was strong to gale—force across southern parts. the wind is coming from a general southerly direction, but where we should be for this stage at 7—11 c but parts of scotland and east of scotland, east anglia, a few showers in the west whic

clive myrie, bbc news, in kyiv.russian forces begins on many fronts. the interior ministry said it was time for every ukrainian to take up arms to protect its homeland and he said he feared for his family. translation:— said he feared for his family. translation: sadly, today, we lost 137 heroes. _ translation: sadly, today, we lost 137 heroes. our _ translation: sadly, today, we lost 137 heroes. our citizens. - lost 137 heroes. 0ur citizens. ten of them were officers. 316 people have been wounded. defending snake island all the bodyguards died a heroic death. but they have not surrendered. they will all be awarded lost immensely the title of the hero of ukraine. let those who gave their lives for ukraine be remembered for ever. president zelenskyy- _ remembered for ever. president zelenskyy. turning _ remembered for ever. president zelenskyy. turning to _ remembered for ever. president zelenskyy. turning to the - remembered for ever. president zelenskyy. turning to the white | zelenskyy. turning to the white house.

clive myrie, bbc news, in kyiv.ty of ukrainians around the world, desperately worried about their families living in the midst of this conflict. nataliya poshyvaylo—towler is from the ukrainian world congress, an international body of ukrainian communities. she hasjust been to ukraine to visit her family and is now back in melbourne. she told me her family is safe for now, but that many ukrainians are fleeing the country. yes, i have been in touch with my family about 20 hours ago and i keep in touch with friends via social media means. yeah, they say... friends via social media means. yeah, they say. . ._ friends via social media means. yeah, they say... what are they tellin: yeah, they say... what are they telling you _ yeah, they say... what are they telling you about _ yeah, they say... what are they telling you about the _ yeah, they say... what are they telling you about the situation l telling you about the situation on the ground? talk us through some of the things they have been experiencing as they go thro

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but was chief international correspondent lyse doucet speaking to bbc presenter clive myrie.lf past four in the morning. let's show you the scene, live, as we have it from one particular camera shot. we expect to be the centre of the city, but, it shows the city there where it may be several million people spending the night for the third or fourth night for the third or fourth night in shelters, hoping to get some protection against russian advances. do stay with bbc news. hello. the weather through the remainder of the weekend is continuing on that fairly dry, settled theme. we've got high pressure in charge of our weather. a bit more cloud pushing in and breeze across northern ireland and scotland but certainly, for england and wales, we've had fairly clear skies on saturday and it's gonna be a similar picture into sunday as well. here's is the satellite image. it shows the area of cloud out to the north—west of the uk. this is a weather front which is just starting to move in. you can see the proximity of the isobars. there's some breezier weather across northern and west

thanks so much, latika bourke, henry chu, and, of course, clive myrie.what was a very soggy sunday for most parts of the uk, the weather has plenty more to throw at us through the coming week — not only heavy rain, but some very mild weather for the middle of the week, and then, some stormy weather later. and that could well cause some damage and disruption. on balance, monday is one of the quieter days, but that's not to say it'll be completely dry by any means — we've got cloud and showery rain sinking south—eastwards across england and wales, some brighter spells, as well. for northern ireland and scotland, it's a sunshine—and—showers day, some of the showers wintry over high ground in scotland. the winds slowly easing a little as the day wears on, temperatures north—to—south 6—10 celsius. now, as we go through monday night, we see a quieter interlude, but it doesn't last all that long. outbreaks of rain will return from the west into northern ireland, scotland, western england and wales. some snow developing for a time over high ground in scotland. a

thanks so much, latika bourke, henry chu, and, of course, clive myrie.is more wind and rain in the forecast, not only for the rest of the weekend, but indeed throughout the coming week. sunday looks like this. heavy rain affecting many parts of the uk, windy weather across the south, lighter winds further north. but on the satellite picture, you can see this shield of cloud racing in from the atlantic. this will bring wet weather to start sunday across western england, wales. the rain quickly getting into northern ireland, northern england and up into southern scotland as well. for east anglia and the south east, the day will start off on a dry note, but rain will arrive here through the afternoon. northern scotland likely to stay mostly dry with some spells of sunshine and just the odd shower, and slightly drier conditions could develop in northern ireland through the afternoon. the winds across northern areas are relatively light. southern areas, brisk winds. those are the average wind speeds. the gusts could touch 50 mph for english channel coasts. bu

clive myrie, bbc news, in kyiv.ive pictures from kyiv, from the capitol there. the 5iren5 have been ringing out again on the second day of violence in the city. —— capital. there have been reports of explosions and an aircraft shot down over kyiv. we know that the sirens also blasting the second city of the lviv, as well. volodymyr zelenskyy said earlier that saboteurs had already entered the capital. stay with us. hello there. we're ending the working week on a largely fine and settled note, thanks to a ridge of high pressure. the winds and showers continue to ease down during the overnight period. it's a chilly start to friday morning but there will be a lot of sunshine around and it'll feel a little bit warmer than it did yesterday, too. now, here's the ridge of high pressure pushing in from the west. you can see fewer isobars, so lighter winds. this weather front, though, may bring more cloud northern ireland, western scotland later on. could start with a few blustery showers through the morning. these will fade

the bbc's clive myrie has been in kyiv and watching reaction there and from the international communityluding nato. clive: yen stoltenberg, secretary-general of nato, me clear that all the assurances russians put out the last days and weeks were lies. vladimir putin had made up his mind a long time agohat he was going to do, and today he executed that plan. as you say, it puts the people of this city,, close to 3 million, and across the country, many many million puts them in grave danger. 190, according to u.s. and western intelligence estimates, 190,000 russian troops encircled this country for weeks, to the north, to these, and to the south -- to the east, and to the south. what we heard around 5:00 this morning is the sound of air sirens going off, an announcement in russia from vladimir putin that a major attack had taken place, and the sound of the bombardment. crews and ballistic missiles being used, attacking military targets, according to the russians. then you had the ground assault, armored personnel carriers and tanks crossing over the border, and consequently, you have fear

we'lljoin clive myrie shortly for a full round—up of the day's main stories.onoured by a request from the queen that the duchess of cornwall be known as queen consort when he becomes king. the prince of wales has paid tribute to the queen, calling her 70 years on the throne as a "remarkable achievement". jane hill is at buckingham palace for us today. we've had the statement from her ma'esty which, amon-st we've had the statement from her majesty which, amongst other things, is looking forward to the year ahead. she says it is her greatest wish that camilla becomes queen consort when the time comes. let's discuss the day and the year ahead with victoria howard who is with me at the palace, the editor of the website, the crown chronicles, and website, the crown chronicles, and we can start with that thought

let's go back to my colleague, clive myrie, with the latest from ukraine. clive.e heard air raid sirens in the last ten or 15 minutes, so we have had to put ourflak ten or 15 minutes, so we have had to put our flak jackets ten or 15 minutes, so we have had to put ourflakjackets on, ten or 15 minutes, so we have had to put our flakjackets on, if you are wondering why this is happening. and our security correspondent, frank gardner, joins me now from london. there is a lot of hyperbole out there about this being the worst conflict in europe since the end of the second world war and so on. put things in perspective for us. what are your thoughts? it things in perspective for us. what are your thoughts?— are your thoughts? it looks like bein: the are your thoughts? it looks like being the worst _ are your thoughts? it looks like being the worst conflict - are your thoughts? it looks like being the worst conflict in - are your thoughts? it looks like l being the worst conflict in europe this century. a few years before that, in the mid—90s, there was a very bad conflic

now let's rejoin clive myrie in kyiv. clive. thank you.erations close to the russian border. 0ur correspondent, emma vardy, joined the air crews on manoeuvres. radio comms: one-two established. policing the skies. we're over poland at dawn, about 50 miles from the border with russia. radio comms: number two, l when you're up on number one, if you could keep pressing forwards. there have been growing fears of russian aggression against other eastern european countries, and nato is taking no chances. 0ur role as a tanker is essentiallyjust to extend the range of the typhoons. they've got smaller fuel tanks. and after their next refuelling they'll be off on patrol? they'll come up to us, take some fuel, they'll go off and perform their mission. nato patrols in eastern europe began after russia's invasion of crimea in 201a. now they've been significantly stepped up. while these fighterjets are up so close to russian airspace, they're also able to gather a lot of important information on their radar about what russian military planes are in the

our correspondent clive myrie spent the day with the people of kyiv — as they waited to learn what might piles of documents. what they contain we don't know. but so great is the fear they could fall into russian hands, they must be destroyed. the enemy is literally at the gates. not far up the road, ukrainian armour, in a capital city braced for the worst. and, in the trafficjam, and every vehicle on this highway sit families who, for have prayed for peace. this is the main road out of the capital. that way is poland, it's lviv in the west, and the city here for step a whole line of traffic as far as the eye can see trying to get out. the nearby petrol station is doing brisk business. in an atmosphere of dread. but, while some fear for their lives, others will wait for the moment. we want to stay in our apartment with our family. we don't want to leave and we are staying in kyiv. are you worried about what's going on? of course, because i woke up at 5am and until now i don't believe about it, the situation, but we will wait. alexander is here with his on. i'm very, very scared for my son

at ten o'clock clive myrie will be here with a full round up of the days news.

clive myrie, bbc news, in kyiv.ne's president zelensky has ordered general military mobilisation is fighting against invading russian forces continues on many fronts. more detail has been revealed of the impact of the first day of fighting. 0ur reporter is here. louisa, 2a hours since russia attacked, just coming up to that moment. the ukrainian president showing some more details about how precarious the situation is.— the situation is. how precarious _ the situation is. how precarious his - the situation is. how. precarious his situation the situation is. how- precarious his situation is, which is absolutely incredible. he spoke in this television address where he said, he used the term that he is russia's number one target, and his family is the number two target. he is married, his wife, they have two children, one as a teenager, one is much younger, around age, he has spoken around the danger they are in, and he confirmed he remains in the capital. let's listen in to hear what he said. translation: j listen in

thank so much, latika bourke, henry chu and of course clive myrie.der clear spells. in the far southeast, it could be quite chilly again. not as cold as the previous night, but much milder further north and west. so a different—feeling day on saturday, more cloud around, more wind — in fact, strong winds, gusty at times — and outbreaks of rain, some heavy for northern and western england, in towards wales. sunshine and showers following for scotland and northern ireland. it will be windy with gales here. but even blustery across the southeast despite it staying dry, with some sunshine here throughout daylight hours. temperatures creeping up a little bit on saturday, maybe highs of 9 or 10 degrees in the southwest. it might not feel like that because of the strength of the wind and the rain. the wet and windy weather reaches the southeast during saturday night. into sunday, we look to the southwest, to a new area of low pressure moving in. and that will start to feed in some pretty heavy and persistent rain in southwest england, wales, northern and we

we'lljoin clive myrie shortly for a full round—up of the day's main stories.ut before we do — prince charles says he's honoured by a request from the queen that the duchess of cornwall be known as queen consort when he becomes king. the prince of wales has paid tribute to the queen, calling her 70 years on the throne as a "remarkable achievement". jane hill is at buckingham palace for us today. we've had the statement from her ma'esty which, amon-st we've had the statement from her majesty which, amongst other things, is looking forward to the year ahead. she says it is her greatest wish that camilla becomes queen consort when the time comes. let's discuss the day and the year ahead with victoria howard who is with me at the palace, the editor of the website, the crown chronicles, and website, the crown chronicles, and we can start with that thought about camilla. you study the queen and write about the queen, so what did you think when you heard that? it you think when you heard that? it was huge news, to be honest. the royal— was huge news, to be honest. the

for more on the latest situation on the ground here's the bbc�*s clive myrie in kyiv.more fearful. there is more of a sense of dread here because we know that the fighting is getting closer and closer. our position here, we felt the vibrations of one missile attack, it was the strongest sense of shock to the building that we are here in that i have had in the last five days of covering this conflict. the noise of that explosion was really quite intense as well. so there is a real sense that the fighting that's been going on on the outer edges of the northern suburbs in particular of the last three orfour days, that's getting closer to the centre of the capital. this comes on the very day that two and half, two and three quarter million people here in this city were able to venture out after a weekend of being underground in their cellars, in their shelters, because of a curfew. and what do they find when they come out? the shelling is coming closer, the supermarkets are running out of food. there are queues to get basic necessities and so on. a continuing sense of drea

the bbc�*s clive myrie is in kyiv.date on the situation in the city. it’s bring us up to date on the situation in the ci . �* , ., in the city. it's getting more fearful. there is _ in the city. it's getting more fearful. there is more - in the city. it's getting more fearful. there is more of. in the city. it's getting more fearful. there is more of a l in the city. it's getting more - fearful. there is more of a sense of dread here because we know that the fighting is getting closer and closer. our position here, we felt the vibrations of one missile attack, it was the strongest sense of shock to the building that we are here in that i have had in the last five days of covering this conflict. the noise of that explosion was really quite intense as well. so there is a real sense that the fighting that's been going on in the outer edges of the northern suburbs in particular of the last three or four days, that's getting closer to the centre of that capital. this comes on the very day that two and half million people he

this is bbc news, i'm clive myrie. the headlines at 5pm... as fears grow of an imminent russian invasion of ukraine, borisjohnson warns "we are on the edge of a precipice" as he prepares to speak to president biden within the hour. the signs are, as you've heard from president biden, that they are at least planning something that could take place as early as in the next 48 hours. the public inquiry opens into the wrongful convictions of hundreds of sub—postmasters, accused of theft because of a faulty it system. we need compensation for everybody, we need justice for everyone. we need some people to at least face the consequences of what they've done to us. the teenage russian skater, kamila valieva, will continue to compete in the winter olympics, despite failing a drugs test in december. the aa says the average price of petrol at pumps across the uk, hit a new record at the weekend, more than 1a8p per litre. ghostbusters. hey, anybody see a ghost? and ivan reitman, director of comedy hits like ghostbusters, has died. he was 75. good afterno

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we have the right guests to do that — but we will start tonight in kyiv with clive myrie.s. for weeks, the russians told us there were no plans to invade. the americans they said were hysterical —— hysterical. we were hysterical —— hysterical. we were full to believe it and now we know the truth. this could have devastating consequences for ukraine. . . devastating consequences for ukraine. ., , , ukraine. educated, absolutely, christian. stoltenberg, - christian. stoltenberg, secretary—general of data made it clear that all of those assurances that the russians put out over the last few days and weeks, they were all lies, they were lies, vladimir putin had made up his mind a long time ago when he was going to do, and today, he executed that plan, and today, he executed that plan, and as he say, it puts the people of this city close to three million and across the country, many, many millions, puts them in grave danger. remember, 190 according to the us and western intelligence estimates, 190,000 russian troops encircled this country for weeks to the north, to the east end

i'm clive myrie. the headlines: borisjohnson is in ukraine, holding talks with the country's president, as tension grows over whether russian forces on the border will invade. this is the scene live in kyiv, where the two leaders will be giving a news conference shortly. we'll bring you that live. in the fallout of sue gray's initial findings, the deputy pm dismisses anger from several tories and says the report will bring change. another conservative has gone on the record to call for the prime minister to resign. peter aldous, the mp for waveney, said he felt this was "in the best interests of the country, the government and the conservative pa rty". officers at the met police exchanged highly offensive racist, sexist and homophobic messages, claiming it was just "banter", according to a highly critical report from the police watchdog. 30—year—old daniel boulton has been found guilty of murdering his ex—girlfriend and her nine—year—old son in lincolnshire, in may last year. and bbc three returns to

let's speak to the bbc�*s clive myrie who's in kyiv tonight.se said russia is getting frustrated by the slow progress and could review their tactics to get more aggressive. when you look at the pictures in kharkiv today, that could be a concern. yes. today, that could be a concern. yes, it would be, — today, that could be a concern. yes, it would be, and _ today, that could be a concern. yes, it would be, and i— today, that could be a concern. yes, it would be, and i think _ today, that could be a concern. yes, it would be, and i think it's - it would be, and i think it's probably true, frankly. the ukrainians have been targeting their resistance, they have been clever in the resistance, they have been targeting supply lines, for instance, so there has been numerous pictures on social media of russian tanks breaking down, running out of fuel, and rather young conscripts overfrom siberia being bewildered, not knowing what to do, stranded in these areas with local ukrainian forces bearing down on them. it has to be said, out of the 180, 100 90,00

this is bbc news, i'm clive myrie. the headlines at 5pm...

i'm clive myrie.hly offensive racist, sexist and homophobic messages, claiming it was just "banter", according to a highly critical report from the police watchdog.

in a moment, the bbc news at one with clive myrie, but first it's time for a look at the weather.obile weather picture with one area of rain after another and strong winds. initially brightness in the south—east, that fades, the rain drags its heels to clear but in between, sunny spells and a scattering of showers and temperature is very similar to those of today. by the end of the day tomorrow, already the next area of rain and whether system approaches the west of ireland. this is this area of low pressure, the first storm, dudley, looks really nasty across parts of scotland, northern ireland and northern england by the time we get a tea—time. initially we will see dry weather first thing, before that rain becomes more widespread, some hill snow, but look at how mild it is across southern parts of the and potentially. but it has prompted an amber warning from the met office because we are expecting winds of 90 miles an hour in some exposed locations but hitting the likes of southern and central scotland, northern england and northern ireland even into thursday morning so really