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thank you much, dan johnson in - could be about to intensify. thank you much, dan johnson in lviv.ling to get people out of the country since russia first invaded and people have been pitching in from around the world. a uk commercial intelligence company, audere international, has just donated two ambulances loaded with a tonne of medical supplies in each vehicle. let's go live to warsaw where we can speak to the company's founder and chief executive, charles blackmore. he isjoined by his son, 0liver. thank you both for talking to us today. charles, i understand the ambulances, you are in warsaw because the vehicles came via bear to the uk but they are now in ukraine, is that right? 0liver a good friend and lawyer from america drove the ambulances down last tuesday. the lawyer had bought one and i bought the other and it was two tonnes of medical supplies which we feel the ambulances with, brought them to warsaw and took the matter a few issues including a breakdown issue border. within deliver them to a town about two miles across the border east last night to a great reception.

dan johnson _ the country. dam, for the moment, thank you. dan johnson in - the country. in lviv. - joining me from the city of kramatorsk, the mp kramatorsk was the target of that attack on friday. what is the situation like there now? kramatorsk is the capital — situation like there now? kramatorsk is the capital controlled _ situation like there now? kramatorsk is the capital controlled by _ situation like there now? kramatorsk is the capital controlled by ukraine i is the capital controlled by ukraine part of dom bess. the awful tragedy happened on friday. the number of killed people increased to 57 after five died this night because of wounds, including five children. it is awful. i have been in the place of the attack, i saw it with my own eyes. russians used notjust a rocket, a missile, but a bomb which is forbidden for use by all conventions, even for use against soldiers. even for military targets. but against civilians, it is something so inhumane and so awful. that is why there were so big numbers of people who died. it is their network of educational centres o

dan johnson, bbc news, lviv.ra: thousands of people continue their escapelaura: from eastern ukraine as president zelenskyy said russian forces have begun the battle for the donbass. ukrainian officials say the second phase of the war is underway. russia has been massing troops in the donbass region, where ukrainian forces have been fighting russian-backed separatists for ght years. jonathan miller reports from eastern ukraine. jonathan: this is the sight and sound of the donbass. another city and another target for russia's unrelenting bombardment. we tried to enter to speak to families taking shelter, but the thump of artillery was steadily coming closer. we came here to go to a shelter, but they are shelling a bit close to us so we had to move out. a lot of artillery going on at the moment. we traveled north to a city that was once a popular tourist destination, now just another town in the donbass from which people flee. >> [translated] what can i say? i am overwhelmed with grief. i am 70 years old and have n

nada: dan johnson in lviv, thank you. moving away from ukraine now, today the white house.nt biden hosted a celebration for the newest member of the u.s. supreme court. ketanji brown jackson was confirmed by the senate thursday. she will be the first black woman to sit on the supreme court and only the sixth woman in history. she reflected on the historic nature of her appointment. >> in my family it took just one generation to go from segregation to the supreme court of the united states. [applause] it is an honor, the honor of a lifetime, for me to he this chance to join the court, to promote the rule of law at the highest level, and to do my part to carry our shared project of democracy and equal justice under law forward into the future. nada: judge jackson will take her seat on the bench when justice stephen breyer retires at the end of this term. staying in the u.s. the body that hands out the oscars has banned actor will smith from all its events for 10 years. they said his actions slapping comedian chris rock were harmful. the altercation happened ats year's ceremon

dan johnson, bbc news, lviv.a: this is the latest from the russian state news agency with comments from russian foreign minister sergey lavrov, saying russian is not can sitter it -- does not consider that saying russia does not consider -- saying russia does not consider itself at war with nato. he says russia is not threatening nuclear war. it is western nations talking about this, interesting given comments we have seen in the past day or so from president putin, saying russia would not hesitate to use nuclear weapons affected by countries interfering and ukraine, so interesting lines coming from the russian state news agency. you can find all the latest online on our website, bbc.com /news. there is a live page wit all the latest developments on ukraine, looking back on our analysis and journalism as well. we have been looking into numbers given by both ukraine and russia about the number of russian service personnel killed since the invasion began. the two sides' figures are quite different. just had to the

dan johnson in lviv. ., borisjohnson and germany's chancellor 0laf scholz met at downing street and after talks, announced plans to increase cooperation in countering russia's war in ukraine. the prime minister says the uk will send more arms and equipment to further aid ukraine. today i can announce that the uk will send a further £100 million worth of high—grade military equipment to ukraine's armed forces, including more star streak anti—aircraft missiles, which fly at three times the speed of sound, another 800 anti—tank missiles, and precision munitions capable of lingering in the sky until directed to their target. we will also send more helmets, night vision and body armour on top of the 200,000 pieces of non—lethal military equipment the uk has already dispatched. but 0laf and i agree that our two countries and our allies must go further and provide more help to ukraine. the europe we knewjust six weeks ago no longer exists. putin's invasion strikes at the very foundations of the security of our con

dan johnson, bbc news.ured in ukraine by russian forces have appeared on russian state tv asking to be exchanged for a pro—russian politician who is being held by the ukrainian authorities. it is not clear whether the two men, shaun pinner and aiden aslin, were speaking under duress. in the video, which we are not showing, one of the men, who says he is shaun pinner, says he was captured in the port of mariupol while fighting for the ukrainian marines. it's understood he is being held as a prisoner in donetsk in eastern ukraine. he's been in the ukrainian army for two years. the other man in the footage is believed to be aiden aslin, another british soldier serving with ukrainian forces who was captured by russian troops. both families are working with the foreign office to ensure their sons' rights as prisoners of war are upheld under the geneva convention. 0ur correspondent andrew plant told me what we know about the soldiers and the demands being made, starting with shaun pinner, who was captured by russ

dan johnson reports. are among the fortunate few to have made it to safety from the ruins of mariupol. around 3,000 of the city's residents arrived in zaporizhzhia last night on 30 buses, 300 followed in their own cars. more buses brought people from melitopol. this is what they are leaving behind. bombed out neighbourhoods, shelled for weeks by russian artillery. a red cross effort to evacuate people was delayed again yesterday. an aid convoy still unable to reach the city. ijust cannot imagine how it feels like and what they are going through but again, this, we can facilitate the safe passage for civilians once both parties come to agreement and unfortunately, until now, this has not materialised. there will be another attempt today to get more of these people to safety. over 150,000 are still stuck in mariupol, and the ukrainian deputy prime minister gave this promise. translation: we know how much you want to be saved. _ every day we will try to break through until you get a chance to leave the city

thank you very much, dan johnson. breaking _ crimes. thank you very much, dan johnson.ssentially saying "on reflection i have decided to retract my statement defending imran ahmad khan, iam sorry my defence of him has been a cause of concern and significant upset not least to victims of sexual offences." adam fleming has been following this story. give us a background as to where we got where we are now?— we are now? imran ahmad khan was elected as a — we are now? imran ahmad khan was elected as a conservative _ we are now? imran ahmad khan was elected as a conservative mp - we are now? imran ahmad khan was elected as a conservative mp and - elected as a conservative mp and wakefield in the 2019 general election, the first conservative to hold that seat in the 1930s, but his election triggered some memories from a boy who was 15 in 2008 who said he was sexually assaulted by the mp, he was then charged and yesterday convicted. in the meantime he had been suspended from the conservative party and on conviction he was expelled. one of his friends as the former prisons mini

— number of dead keeps creeping up sadly, dan johnson? yes, we were exectin: sadly, dan johnson?was perhaps around 300 people had been injured, so the situation there is still a little unclear. the authorities and emergency services still dealing with the aftermath of that attack and some of the picture is emerging from that scene are horrific. they show people with their baggage and belongings, people who were fleeing from the east of ukraine trying to get on strains from —— trains from kramatorsk railway station. thousands of people were crowded there as an evacuation route, have been four days in expectation of rusia's military campaign stepping up in donbas and luhansk and donetsk. more and more people have been getting on those trains to come further west. whether this is a deliberate attack on the civilian target knowing crowds of people were there, we will have to wait and see. russia has denied being responsible for this attack. there are quotes from russian officials saying they believed this was a ukrainian missile that was involved in this attack. that would seem very

thank you, dan johnson. let's speak tojenny hill in moscow.yet but we would expect the kremlin to reject those allegations. it has repeatedly said it does not target civilians and continues to insist it has not committed war crimes saying that the ukrainians with their western allies had staged evidence of atrocities in bucha. standard kremlin response to deny everything and point the finger of blame back at the accuser. genocide is a word used a lot by the state media here because one of the baseless pretext that vladimir putin gives for his invasion as he is having to protect the russian speaking population of eastern ukraine against genocide perpetrated against them by the ukrainians. completely baseless. in terms of the comments from president biden there will be water off a ducks back for vladimir putin but what he does do with combinations and sanctions is to reframe them and tell russians that they are an example of western aggression against his country. this is vladimir putin's russia in which ukraine and the west are the aggressors a

dan johnson respite from this endless war. dan johnson reporting there.d has the latest from here. to be honest, we don't know. later in that information will start particular as to whether the buses set off, number of buses, type of people and whether they are on board and if they do work or if they do start to get people out it would not be until tomorrow that they could get through the many russian that line the road heading west and they would head north to the town or city as a freezer which is inside the ukrainian control territory. mas ukrainian control territory. was about this _ ukrainian control territory. was about this morning _ ukrainian control territory. was about this morning from president zelensky that this is just the beginning of the ship was ambitions are military aims, other countries could bear the brunt of russian aggression? what more do we know about that? this aggression? what more do we know about that? , ., ., , , . about that? this came from a speech civen about that? this came from a speech given yesterday _ about that? this

dan johnson re ”ortin russian occupation. dan johnson reporting from — russian occupation.ohnson reporting from lviv in _ russian occupation. dan johnson reporting from lviv in the - russian occupation. dan johnson reporting from lviv in the west i russian occupation. dan johnson| reporting from lviv in the west of the country. jenny hill is our moscow correspondent. she believes vladimir putin will want to be claim some sort of victory before may the 9th. the assumption is the intensification of the fighting in the east means that president putin is keen to take the whole of the donbas region. it has been repeated and the russians say they want to liberate that region, again parroting the narrative which says russia is only in ukraine as an act of defence to look after the russian speaking population in the east of the country, but also to stop what the country, but also to stop what the russians would say is the aggression of the regime in kyiv against russia itself. that is something that vladimir putin could indeed come back and present to russian citizens as some kind

the bbc's dan johnson has been to the scene and here he is explaining why these railways are being targeted this is one of the main roads between lviv k andyiv and the rest of the country. these have become the bottle arteries, maintaing the flow of weapons into you carrying, over to the east -- into ukraine. ross: the diplomatic side of the conflict and another high-level visit to kyiv, this time the americans came to town. anti-lincoln and lloyd austin met with president zelenskyy. the u.s. now says it will give a further $700 billion worth of aid to ukraine and to some nato member states as well. that means three point $7 billion worth of u.s. military aid has been given to ukraine. >> what we are seeing right now gain not only military aid but a shift in the kind of aid being given to ukraine, specifically to confront this current offensive in the don boss effectively. it's going to be a different kind of warfare than we've seen previously. it's more of an infusion of heavy artillery,anks, howitzers, armed vehicles and dronesnd air defense systems. much stronger military support than we

dan johnson reporting- we — their homes as refugees. dan johnson reporting.ing. we will have the armed - reporting. we will have the armed forces minister on the programme at about 7.30 and ask him about those reports of potential use of chemical weapons in mariupol last night. we will also probably speak to him about this... the conservative mp crispin blunt is facing strong criticism for defending a fellow mp who has been found guilty of sexually assaulting a teenage boy. imran ahmad khan, the mp for wakefield, was found convicted at southwark crown court yesterday and is due to be sentenced next week. he has been expelled from the conservative party. our chief political correspondent adam fleming is in westminster. shall be recap on the story, what it was this case about?— was this case about? yes, imran ahmad khan _ was this case about? yes, imran ahmad khan was _ was this case about? yes, imran ahmad khan was the _ was this case about? yes, imran. ahmad khan was the conservative was this case about? yes, imran - ahmad khan was the conservative mp for wak

latest on the situation in kyiv and in the besieged city of mariupol, here's our correspondent dan johnsonis morning of more attacks on the edge of kyiv in a district to the east of the capital city, where the local mayor says an attack has hit some of the local infrastructure there. we're not quite sure exactly what the target was or what the level of damage is, but that's a pattern that's been repeated for a few nights now after russia threatened to step up its attacks once again and there were air raids right across the country. air raid alerts, at least, so people are on edge. in mariupol, russia has offered ukrainian soldiers there the chance to surrender and says their lives will be protected if they do that, if they put down their weapons, wave a white flag and hand themselves over from the steelworks, which has been the scene of a really intense battle over the last few days. i'm not sure if this is a sign that russia is struggling to complete its takeover of that plant and therefore the city of mariupol, or whether it indicates how dire things have got for the remaining ukrainian

we can get the latest from our correspondent in lviv, dan johnson.s what is taking place in mariupol. there are reports of this morning of more attacks on the edge of kyiv. a district to the east of the capital city where an attack that is said has hit some of the local infrastructure there. we're not sure what the target was or the of damage. that has been the case after a few notes after russia threatened to step up attacks and there were air raid alerts right across the country. in mariupol russia has offered ukrainian soldiers the chance to surrender and says if they put down their weapons and we white flag and hand themselves over from the steelworks which has been the scene of a really intense battle over the past few days. i'm not sure if this is a sign that russia is struggling to complete its takeover of that plant and therefore the city of that plant and therefore the city of mariupol our demonstrates how dire it is not for the remaining ukrainian soldiers. russia says that a 2500 of them but no sign as yet of ukrainian soldiers taking up t

dan johnson, bbc news, on ukraine's border with poland. bbc news. the most part of the country, easter sunday was quite warm, although out west it was especially cloudy and wet and cool especially cloudy and wet and cool, and for all of us, easter monday is set to be a slightly cooler day, no more temperatures up into the 20s as we have had so far, this long weekend because we have some cool air working in around this area of low pressure, and one frontal system that has been sliding eastwards, not much rain left on that as it clears the east coast, some showers to the east coast, some showers to the morning across parts of scotland in northern england, plenty of sunshine to take us through the day but we will see some showers as well especially in western parts and more general showery rain in western scotland where wind gusts will exceed 40 mph, in fact gusts of 50 or 55 mph on the most exposed places, temperatures have been down, 12—17 but if you see sunshine, it's not going to feel too bad, and through monday night we will see some sho

danjohnson, dan johnson, a danjohnson, a real shock dan johnson, a real shock for danjohnson, a realck for people in lviv, thinking they had been safe until now with those missile strikes. we can update you with anna foster and find out what is happening in kyiv so what is the latest in the capital? for happening in kyiv so what is the latest in the capital?— happening in kyiv so what is the latest in the capital? for the last few da s, latest in the capital? for the last few days, there _ latest in the capital? for the last few days, there have _ latest in the capital? for the last few days, there have been - latest in the capital? for the last i few days, there have been renewed russian air strikes here, hitting military infrastructure, we have been told, around the perimeter of the capital. it is notable of course because russia had not been doing this for a while. they pulled their trips away and the equipment and started to refocus on the east but after the sinking of the russian flagship, the moskva a few days ago, there was a sense that russia wanted to do something symbolic i

a few weeks ago, you were in the city of lviv where we have just seen dan johnson city of lviv wherehnson reporting from, and he was saying it is hundreds of miles from the bulk of the fighting in the east, but i guess with this new attack, stripping away of the relative safety that people may have felt there? ~ . , felt there? what i find interesting actuall , felt there? what i find interesting actually. so _ felt there? what i find interesting actually, so the _ felt there? what i find interesting actually, so the last _ felt there? what i find interesting actually, so the last attack- felt there? what i find interesting actually, so the last attack in - felt there? what i find interesting actually, so the last attack in lviv| actually, so the last attack in lviv was about three and a half weeks ago now and i was struck at the time by 24 now and i was struck at the time by 2a hours after we saw those similar plumes of black smoke on the skyline that people were back out in lviv the very next day. it was a beautiful sunny day, people back out on the streets continuing their lives a

danjohnson dan johnson reporting.re than 5 million refugees fleeing ukraine and 7 million being internally displaced from their homes, the war in ukraine has created one of the fastest growing humanitarian crises ever. earlier, i spoke to karolina lindholm billing, head of the unhcr in ukraine about the un refugee agency's response. the latest estimate we have is that 7.1 million are displaced internally. and around 4.5 million abroad as refugees. but these numbers are really growing by the minute, especially within ukraine and our colleagues who are working out of the dnipro, for example, see thousands of people arriving there every day now from the areas that are really under intensive fighting and the offensive in the east. and tell us more about the work you are doing and where you are actually operating in ukraine. how widespread is your operation? we have now presence from the far east, in donetsk and luhansk come to the west, in lviv. and then also in kyiv, where i am speaking from right now. and one of our pri

dan johnson, bbc news.te situation, a number of failed attempts to bring aid and and to evacuate people. fresh hope this morning, there have now been three vehicles in a red cross convoy. we have heard in the last hour they have been able to begin theirjourney last hour they have been able to begin their journey towards last hour they have been able to begin theirjourney towards mariupol and the hope is that this one today will be successful. there are so many people there who need help. so many people there who need help. so many people, tens of thousands who have been without fresh water, electricity, food and medical supplies for a number of weeks. it is going to take more than three vehicles to help them. there was another convoy of 45 buses on the way back we heard late last night, those have been held up by a russian checkpoint according to ukraine's deputy prime minister. the hope is those will be able to get on their way today. there are many hurdles, it is not easy, red cross need security guarante

dan johnson could be about to intensify. danjohnson in lviv.e in the war against russia. the stand up for ukraine initiative is described as a global pledging event.... let's speak to adam easton — who's there. what is happening there? do we know how much money has been raised? we know how much money has been raised? ~ ., ., , ~ know how much money has been raised? ~ ., ., , . ., raised? we do not yet. we have had pledges _ raised? we do not yet. we have had pledges from _ raised? we do not yet. we have had pledges from world - raised? we do not yet. we have had pledges from world leaders| had pledges from world leaders including the german chancellor 0laf scholz, announcing close to 500 million euros in support for humanitarian aid. belgium announced 800 million euros, and a host of other countries also pledged money. we have had pledges from private sector, from google, from coca—cola, twitter, other companies as well, and the event is actually being hosted by the european commission president ursula von der leyen, who of course has just retu

dan johnson reporting there.ed in france ahead of what's expected to be a close run— off between president emmanuel macron, and his far—right rival, marine le pen, on sunday. opinion polls suggest macron still has the upper hand, but his challenger could perform better than she did when the pair went head—to—head in 2017. david eades is in la courneuve, just outside paris, with the latest. interesting that both those things you say are going to play out here, but emmanuel macron, it is difficult to see how he wouldn't win the election given the pinion pulse at this stage. it is also difficult to see how marine le pen will do better than she did last time round. that said, a lot item places like this, like a nerve, about five miles to the north of the centre of paris. 63% of voters here rejected both those candidates and went for the left—wing candidate who nationally do something like 22% of the votes and was just pipped by marine le do something like 22% of the votes and wasjust pipped by marine le pen and wasju

dan johnson there in lviv. sunday address to call for an "easter truce" in ukraine addressing the crowds in st. peter's square the pontiff spoke of senseless acts of cruelty in war and a truce to achieve peace through real negotiations. this was the first palm sunday mass with the public in attendance since the start of the covid pandemic. you can keep across all the developments on the russia—ukraine war by visiting our website. our live page is updated with all the latest reports from our correspondents on the ground. that's all on the bbc news website — or download the bbc news app. let's get some of the day s other news. the prime minister of australia, scott morrison, has called a general election for next month. speaking in canberra after asking the governor general to formally disolve the parliament, mr morrison emphasised his economic track record, saying his government had cut taxes and laid a strong foundation for australia to prosper. polls suggest that mr morrison will be defeated by his labor party

thank you very much, dan johnson. - michael hopkins is an expert in in american foreign policy at theyou forjoining us. can we start off with the latest development concerning the politicians here in the uk and that move by russia to ban the prime minister, the foreign secretary and the defence secretary, is it significant or unexpected? i think it is a tit-for-tat, _ significant or unexpected? i think it is a tit-for-tat, gesture, - significant or unexpected? i think it is a tit-for-tat, gesture, he - significant or unexpected? i think it is a tit-for-tat, gesture, he did it is a tit—for—tat, gesture, he did the same with president biden under number of senior officials in the united states, the director, national security adviser. i would put no higher, i would regard it as no more important than that. could we see more _ no more important than that. could we see more of— no more important than that. could we see more of these _ no more important than that. could we see more of these moves - no more important than that. could we see more of these moves as - no more important than th

danjohnson, dan johnson, bbc news., the defence secretary, ben wallace, said britain would supply a small number of armoured vehicles fitted with anti—air missile launchers, to improve ukraine's short—range anti—air capabilities. he also updated mps, on the military situation in the country. it is our assessment that approximately 15,000 russian personnel have been killed during their offensive. alongside the death toll and the equipment losses, and in total a number of sources suggest that to date over 2000 armoured vehicles have been destroyed or captured. this includes at least 530 tanks, 530 armoured personnel carriers and 560 infantry fighting vehicles. russia has also lost over 60 helicopters and fighter jets. the offensive that was supposed to take a maximum of a week has now taken weeks. last week, russia admitted that the slavo class cruiser, moskva, has sunk, the second key naval asset they have lost since invading, significantly weakening their ability to bring their maritime assets to bear from the black se

dan johnson reporting there.tal kyiv and our correspondent there, anna foster. just underline plus why there is such an important social forces to capture variable. it is such an important social forces to capture variable.— capture variable. it is important both strategically _ capture variable. it is important both strategically and _ capture variable. it is important i both strategically and symbolically for them now. from a strategic perspective it would give them a land bridge between russia and the next premier. at the moment there is only a very small bridge over water which they have used to transport people and supply so by getting them it gives them that clear land makes it gives them that clear land makes it much more accessible which is one reason why they have focused so much firepower and effort on my repo but also now i think russian pride here is at stake here as well —— so much firepower and effort on mariupol. it has become the symbolic battle so far and it is really important for ukraine to try

our correspondent dan johnson has the latest, from the western city of lviv.e russian tanks are rolling into eastern ukraine, and more people are at risk of being caught in the crossfire, as moscow's military units regroup, ready to push further into the country. residents are being warned about the risk of scatter bombs dropped from the air in kharkiv, with delayed detonation. there are attacks from the black sea as well, russia says this is one of its frigates shooting down a ukrainian drone. it is no surprise more people are heading west to get to safety. at the station in lviv they are ready for more desperate rivals. this person cannot walk and has been forced to leave donetsk. translation: it is has been forced to leave donetsk. translation:— has been forced to leave donetsk. translation: it is not good for me to run from — translation: it is not good for me to run from my _ translation: it is not good for me to run from my home. _ translation: it is not good for me to run from my home. i _ translation: it is not good for me to run from my home. i have -

thank you very much, dan johnson.lm sunday address to call for an "easter truce" in ukraine. addressing the crowds in st peter's square the pontiff spoke of senseless acts of cruelty in war and a truce to achieve peace through real negotiations. this was the first palm sunday mass with the public in attendance since the start of the covid pandemic. members of pakistan's parliament are due to decide on monday who should succeed imran khan, who was ousted as prime minister in a late—night confidence vote after he was deserted by coalition partners. they blame him for a crumbling economy and failure to deliver on campaign promises. analysts say the new prime minister is almost certain to be the opposition leader, shehbaz sharif. mr khan has said he is the victim of an international conspiracy. shelley phelps has the latest. amongst the crowds gathered outside pakistan's parliament, there wasjoy and anguish as the news of imran khan's removal came through. it was a night of intense political drama. this is the moment the

danjohnson, dan johnson, bbc news, danjohnson, bbc news, lviv. after abandoning an international plan, we see it is not abandoning its military goals. we can expect that on the following months, very intense and bloody battles will insure shoe and many ukrainian civilians, many ukrainian military people will die and basically ukrainian leaders right now are appealing to the world to get the weapons that ukraine needs, the heavy weapons, like jets, weapons that ukraine needs, the heavy weapons, likejets, tanks, multiple launch rocket systems, that can enable ukraine to drive these leaders out of our land and we have seen these horrible maskers in the occupied lands, the lands that russia has occupied and retreated from. basically, honestly, ido not see how russia can achieve its objective of subjugating ukraine, because resistance is as high as ever and right now, you know, honestly, itjust looks like complete genocide, like a complete plan to exterminate the people living on our land, because russia, when the soldiers were just invading in ukrain

dan johnson, bbc news.are on their way to mariupol but they do not have permission to take food and humanitarian supplies in, only to take people out. is that right? lots of unknowns _ take people out. is that right? lots of unknowns about the progress they can make. there is a convoy of three vehicles we understand that the red rose said have now been able to get on the way to mariupol. that is three vehicles heading towards there are up to 170,000 people in desperate need of food and medical supplies and in desperate need of evacuation. the other effort in this todayis evacuation. the other effort in this today is there is another convoy of 45 buses hoping to get there and hoping to take many more people out of the city but it seems there�*s progress was stalled last night, we heard from the ukrainian deputy prime minister saying buses had been held up at a russian checkpoint and because there had been a number of failed attempts up to now, it is really difficult to know how far these vehicles can get. if

dan johnson, bbc news.krainian city of lviv. it. bring us up to date with the situation where you are.- it. bring us up to date with the situation where you are. well, we had this announcement _ situation where you are. well, we had this announcement from - situation where you are. well, we - had this announcement from moscow that there would be de—escalation of military activity around the key northern cities of kyiv and chernihiv but there is little evidence of that at the moment. we understand there has been more shelling overnight, kyiv is still very vulnerable, explosions are still hitting suburban buildings, civilian casualties. the governor of chernihiv said there has been no letup in the shelling. but evidence of the ukrainian resistance continues. we understand in recent days russian troops around kyiv have been pushed back, analysts says they have withdrawn two positions which are more easily defendable but still no evidence yet of that de—escalation around those northern cities that moscow has sp

dan johnson in ukraine- _ let's talk to our moscow correspondentjenny hill.in will be looking for some kind of victory before his victory in europe day on may the night. what might that look like? that europe day on may the night. what might that look like?— might that look like? that is the aeneral might that look like? that is the general argument _ might that look like? that is the general argument that - might that look like? that is the general argument that is - might that look like? that is the l general argument that is knocking around at the moment. the assumption is that the intensification of fighting in the east of ukraine means that vladimir putin is keen to take the whole of the donbas region. we know that has been stated and the russians say they want to liberate that region, again parroting the narrative which says that russia is only in ukraine as an act of defence, to look after the russian speaking populations in the east of the country, but also to stop what the country, but also to stop what the russians would say is the aggression of the

dan johnson, bbc news.the last three days. poland has hosted so many refugees and this is the kind of weather people are crossing their wares —— border 100 kilometres from here. within five hours of the worst starting, the local council and local ngos, created an emergency committee to support refugees. this is the nerve centre to support all the refugees. it even housed refugees when this all first started. all of this costs money, as you can imagine. the polish government in warsaw has already said they have estimated to have spent 2.2 billion euros on this huge relief effort and that doesn't even factor in the amount of donations, the free time that volunteers are giving to helping refugees. 2.2 billion, compare that to what the eu is promising to release when it comes to the country —— like countries surrounding ukraine, to romania, slovakia, and the countries that support the refugees as well, a.2 billion when poland has estimated spending 2.2 billion. poland feels it will end up spending 2a billion eu

coverage now expanding the nasa television i would like to welcome friends from nasa dan hewitt come to us from johnson space center over at houston, texas. hey, dan. >> hey, kate. great to see you. were excited to join get this milestone mission off the ground. >> dock time is still holding for 11:17 a.m. eastern time and currently tracking no issues with falcon 9's or dragon. the range remains green and as you can see with that shot the weather is definitely cooperating. >> beautiful day. >> what a gorgeous shot. over the last three hours axiom astronauts michael lopez-alegria, larry connor, mark pathy donned their spacex's in our new room and were then transported to the pad where our crew entered the space x dragon spacecraft that you see their live on your screen. >> since arriving at the spacecraft our crews and engineers are dancing to get into their seats. attach the suits a special umbilical to provide breathing air and communication links to dragon systems they conduct successfully checks with the core here in hawthorne which is a person dedicated to speaking directly to the crew throughout t

three military warehouses and a car garage were hit. 0ur correspondent dan johnson is there.s is where one of the missiles hit this morning. the authorities tell us that it is a tyre fitting garage, a place that looks after people's cars. they say this is not a military target whatsoever, but they have said three other military facilities were hit in this morning's air raid. it was about ten to 8am when we heard the air raid sirens sound once again. there have been more air raids in the last few days, more alerts, but then it was about 30 or a0 minutes after the sirens that i heard the sound of something like jets overhead. it's not clear if the strikes were launched from fighterjets or if there were missiles launched from outside ukraine, but i actually saw a couple of the missiles myself streaking across the sky and then hitting buildings on the city's roofline, and then we saw the black plumes of smoke rising up. i actually counted five explosions myself, even though the city's officials are saying that there were four missile strikes. but while russia expanded its attacks

dan johnson in ukraine.r political correspondent david wallace lockhart has more. david, what's the latest? this has been rumbling on for a week or so. a, this has been rumbling on for a week or so. ~ ., this has been rumbling on for a week orso.~ ., , ., ., or so. a tough couple of weeks for the chancellor, _ or so. a tough couple of weeks for the chancellor, and _ or so. a tough couple of weeks for the chancellor, and it _ or so. a tough couple of weeks for the chancellor, and it started - or so. a tough couple of weeks for the chancellor, and it started a . the chancellor, and it started a couple of weeks ago when he was accused of not understanding the crisis that people are facing. and then there was the revelations of akshata murty and her non—dom status. it is within the rules for her situation but people saying there was not enough transparency around the family's tax affairs at a point when he was putting up tax. his wife has now said she will pay tax on her international income. it is not the last

maybe heef shouldn't have pickea johnson or dan quayle as president. you shouldn't go around saying things like read my lips. these are times when the tension between them was biggest when 1992 comes along and bush wants baker to come back to run his reelection campaign. he does it very reluctantly and it's's a bitter moment. george w. bush and barbara bush were very bitter for not doing more to save 41 and that put a wrinkle on the relationship. but it begins where it ends and on the day that george hw bush died in houston, the person that came to his house not once but twice, three times that davis jim baker. standing there at his bedside when the furry first president of the united states died rubbing his feet was jim baker. that's a friendship that goes beyond politics in a way we haven't seen in the modern time anyway. >> it's interesting as you said he probably wouldn't have gone into politics except for bush. he wasn't a political animal in texas until in his 40s. he once ran for what the attorney general ran a very uninspired campaign, boring c

dan johnson, thank yon — the prime minister has been rallying support among conservative mps as he facesin public, in private when speaking to backbench mps he was more upbeat and this afternoon after prime minister's questions he will go to india on a trade mission to try to get on with the job. but there were mps yesterday on the conservative side who were critical, such as mark harper, who served in the cabinet under david cameron, said he was writing a letter of no confidence in the prime minister. while the prime minister is a way it looks like there will be a vote put forward by labour to refer him to a parliamentary committee about potentially misleading parliament in things he said about partygate. the problem is that borisjohnson is a major distraction to that now and is an embarrassment abroad. and if you haven't got integrity and honesty in yourjob as the prime minister, then you cannot trust what they do next. you know, if you've lied and you've misled parliament. and this isn't once, this is a pattern of behaviour from the prime minister and therefore it's dangerous and it's

thank you very much with that assessment, dan johnson. _ as russia intensifies its attack on the southernave managed to escape north to the relative safety of zaporizhya where they've been telling tom bateman about their treatment at the hands of putin's troops. in the siege of mariupol, it is the elderly and disabled who feel most trapped in the line of fire. 80—year—old valentina has just been evacuated further north. she is blind and was in her kitchen with a shell exploded. translation: it's a good - thing my children were at home. they picked me up, carried me outside and we left immediately. i don't know what happened to my house, if it burned down or anything, we don't have any communications. the calls are no longer going through. a lifetime in mariupol was stripped away in days. valentina says she had to cook food in her fireplace while friends went to fetch water. here, they are bringing in the wounded from all over the south. vasil was doing all he could to help his fellow villagers under fire, ferrying bread, sugar and medicines to the elderly. but moscow's war reached him at

dan johnson into poland, but it is notjust one way traffic.0k and we promise that we will not go to other regions. but others are going further. this family is back together, and heading home to kyiv for good. we will go home, and we don�*t want to stay in poland for a long time. translation: it was a complicated decision but definitely 100% we want to go home. the numbers in and out have gradually narrowed, and those who patrol these borders are preparing to welcome more. translation: there are a lot of women with children who went a long way from home, so we want to make crossing the border as fast as possible. in lviv, others are on the move, heading east, buying tickets against the tide. tatiana is ready to go home, close to nipro, after more than a month here. translation: we miss our home very much and we need to do some work in the garden. this morning, we woke up and thought shall we go or not? we already had the tickets. are you brave? i was when i was young, i used parachute jumps for sport when i was young, but this is completely di

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he wasn't going to win like maybe you shouldn't have picked johnson noon as your chief of staff or dan quayles your vice president. maybe you know, you shouldn't go around saying things like, you know, read my lips, you know, maybe there are times when most significantly the tension between them was biggest when 1992 comes along and bush once baker to come back from the state department to run his re-election campaign baker does so only very reluctantly and they lose. it's a bitter moment doug george w bush the son and barbara bush were very bitter at baker for not doing more in their view to save 41 and that put us, you know real wrinkle in the relationship, but just you know, we're a friendship ends or begins where it ends and on the day that george hw bush died in houston the person who came to his house not once not twice, but three times that day was jim baker the guy who was standing there at his bedside when the 41st president united states died rubbing his feet. was jim baker that's a friendship that goes beyond politics in a way. we haven't seen i think in the modern time anyw