north of england. by the middle part of the afternoon, those showers will drive in through wales, central and south—eastest of any brighter weather further north and west. it will still be quite warm their down to the south, hence the reason for the thunderstorms, and temperatures may well peak into the high teens. now, we've got one or two fronts to clear away towards the end of the weekend and then into the weekend, high pressure is set to build in behind, quietening things down once again. so, no significant rain for the gardeners or growers across central and southern england, and in fact, with the wind direction coming from a south—westerly, on the whole, for the bulk of england and wales and northern ireland, it will stay on the warm side. so, yes, we've got the risk of some rain on friday with that front, but once it clears through and the high pressure builds, dry, settled, sunny and warm for many. hello, i'm ros atkins. this is 0utside source. hundreds of civilians are still trapped in the azovstal steel plant in the southern ukrainian city of mariupol, after the ceasefire breaks down. those wh

great patriotic war , vice admiral alexander yuldashev, commander of the troops and forces in the north-east of the russian federation, comrades officers warrant officers comrades foremen sergeants sailors and soldiers dear veterans, 77 years ago the armory after this world about the great victory over fascism, a war that lasted almost 4 years. today , there still remains the most grandiose in scale, the most bloody in terms of human casualties, the most tragic in number, broken judges and the greatest in its historical significance, no country in the world has faced such powerful and at the same time over its ideological leaders opponents. what did the enemy and the small number of soviet soldiers encounter in june of the forty-first year? superiority in strength was well trained and equipped with the most modern by the standards of that time. but the soviet warrior put up and in spite of everything, plucked into two arrogant nazi plans, the main weapon of our army was the honor of courage and courage. no weaponry of the enemy broke the victory of the soviet soldier's faith, and the strengt

further north and east, there was a bit more cloud and it did feel quite a lot cooler. day, with high pressure to the north—west of us and low pressure to the north—east, that'll be driving quite a brisk northerly wind. and that will bring a rather cool feel for many. temperatures will be a little disappointing for the time of year. so, generally speaking, it will be rather cool through sunday, particularly where we have areas of cloud and some showers, which could be heavy and thundery. equally, there will be some spells of sunshine in between, but we'll see showers from the word go across parts of wales, the midlands, some north sea coasts as well. showers drifting towards the south west of england, where they will turn heavy and thundery, and for many places, it will be rather cloudy. not least in the north east of scotland, where that cloud will produce some spots of rain. coupled with quite a brisk north or north—westerly wind, it will feel decidedly cool, just 9—11 degrees. maybe 14 in glasgow. not too many showers for southern scotland or for northern ireland. sca

there are nearly 2,000 empty houses in north east lincolnshire.at is a first resort, not building on beautiful countryside as a first resort. so, there will be some new faces on this council and in many other council chambers following these elections. that's the revolving door nature of politics. chen, bbc look north, in the guildhall in hull. bbc look north, in the guildhall in hull. more on durham police looking into the allegation that covid rules may have been broken by keir starmer in april last year. let's speak to our political correspondent ian watson. nothing to see here, they said, they seem to have changed their minds now? , ._ , seem to have changed their minds now? , , ., seem to have changed their minds now? , now? yes, maybe something to see here. now? yes, maybe something to see here- some — now? yes, maybe something to see here- some of— now? yes, maybe something to see here. some of the _ now? yes, maybe something to see here. some of the newspapers - now? yes, maybe something to see here. some of the newspapers have been puttin

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and that's of course, around the area around 0, the next that's 40 kilometers north east of where i am now in my talk there of course situations are even more dia and since yesterday, russian troops have blown up the bridge that links this town, the city to the territory of that circle that still controlled by ukraine, people are expecting another mary paul, that i know people are just busy staying alive there, but you have any indication of how the polish, you know, dude as words were received in ukraine or where you are. well in general, in ukraine there were received very well because he had said all the things that people here want to hear. there's a, there's a fear that sits very deep with the ukrainian public and with ukrainian politicians and, and the military that ukraine might be pressured into some kind of peace, where it will have to make major concessions. that might even give russia a leverage over the country. and many of the attempts to negotiate between the 2 sides are seen with a bit of suspicion that western partners, especially european partners, might try to pressur

north—east scotland holding a bit of brightness.land and wales. the odd shower for south—west england, wales, the west midlands, they should be fairly light. temperatures 17 in liverpool. some showers across northern ireland, and rain drifting north—east across scotland. the far north east should hold on to something brighter, albeit with the odd shower. saturday night, the rain continues across the northern half of scotland. a lot of mist and merck and low cloud around western coasts and low cloud around western coasts and hills. some day, between the two weather fronts, and hills. some day, between the two weatherfronts, a and hills. some day, between the two weather fronts, a warm front here, a cold front here, and in between, a widdle humid air bringing mist and merck and low cloud, but also some higher temperatures on sunday, especially down to the south—east corner. sunday, a lot of low cloud and mist and fog towards the west and mist and fog towards the west and the odd spot of rain. heavy rain likely into north—west scotland

further north and east, there was a bit more cloud and it did feel quite a lot cooler. orth—east, that'll be driving quite a brisk northerly wind. and that will bring a rather cool feel for many. temperatures will be a little disappointing for the time of year. so, generally speaking, it will be rather cool through sunday, particularly where we have areas of cloud and some showers, which could be heavy and thundery. equally there will be some spells of sunshine in between, but we'll see showers from the word go across parts of wales, the midlands, some north sea coasts as well. showers drifting towards the south west of england, where they will turn heavy and thundery, and for many places, it will be rather cloudy. not least in the north east of scotland, where that cloud will produce some spots of rain. coupled with quite a brisk north or north—westerly wind, it will feel decidedly cool, just 9—11 degrees. maybe 1a in glasgow. not too many showers for southern scotland or for northern ireland. scattered showers across england and wales, especially for south west england

but this is the worst many have seen in nearly 20 years. hundreds of villages in the north east have been inundated, creating hardship and misery for more than 2000000 people. of you have the width of iving by putting one bed on top of another. half of a homestead is under water. if the water rises, we don't know what we'll do. my chickens are all dead. i don't have any boat to bring food from elsewhere. either your name ah, the situation came to a head when a major river burst its banks after days of torrential rain and an onrush of flood waters from neighboring india. tens of thousands are now without power, shelter or enough to eat. but even when these waters recede, peoples problems will be far from over. these farmers are trying to dry their crops on the road after their fields were submerged. while those had to be gather military, i've only managed to harvest one 3rd of my rice patty from under the water all over me. the rest was washed away a little. it's been 2 weeks since there was any sonnet. danara total and extra rain has devastated whatever i've managed to collect, but i

he told us about the intense fighting nearby it's about 40 kilometer kilometers from here to the north east. that's it. so what are the next, which is the it, which was one has to say, because it's not really functioning as such any more, the administrative capital of those territories of the low hands, or blessed a region that have been still under control by ukraine. it's a major, a target of the russian forces right now. so the russian forces are pressuring this, making a lot of pressure. they're just at the borders of the city, shelling it intensely, and it looks a little bit like this battle is now more or less going in favor of the russians. the cranes have already a blown up a bridge that connects this city to the rest of this region, which is the sign that they're not very sure that they can hold it, but fighting is intense. no result is there yet. hearing from a toss, things are relatively calm right now. there has have been rocket attacks on trauma towards most famously. unfortunately, an attack on the railway station where civilians were trying to evacuate that had dozens or on 6

as in the pacific allies discuss regional security and china. heavy floods and bangladesh and north east india displaced 2000000 people in kill dawson's. we'll get live updates from both countries and disappointment for tens of thousands of asylum seekers in the us who may phase deportation. under a trump arab border policy. ah, people in ukraine are talking of winning the war with russia and reclaiming their last land. it's 3 months since russian forces invaded thousands have been killed. millions are homeless and cities and towns are in ruins. but even as russia intensifies as operation in the east and the south, our correspondence saying bess ravi found optimism in cave that their forces will be overcome. the war in ukraine has not gone or is expected. cave was meant to fall to russian invaders in a matter of days. 3 months after missile shells and paratroopers began landing in and around the capital, ukraine is putting the spoils of war on display. morale and anger at russia are now so high ukrainians. see, the only acceptable victory will be taking everything that occupied territori

north of england. by the middle part of the afternoon, those showers will drive in through wales, central and south—eastnd then into the weekend, high pressure is set to build in behind, quietening things down once again. so, no significant rain for the gardeners or growers across central and southern england, and in fact, with the wind direction coming from a south—westerly, on the whole, for the bulk of england and wales and northern ireland, it will stay on the warm side. so, yes, we've got the risk of some rain on friday with that front, but once it clears through and the high pressure builds, dry, settled, sunny and warm for many. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. hundreds of civilians are still trapped in the azovstal steel plant in the southern ukrainian city of mariupol, after the ceasefire breaks down. those who managed to get out describe what it's been like. translation: we thought it's only for two to three days, _ and we've been there since 24 february. translation: there were bombings every day. i all the time we spent in the bunker, they were bombing. and we'll report from uk

president joe biden comes to japan with a view, a to strength and ties with is very important ally in north east asia at a time when the united states and japan face a number of challenges on a number of different fronts. this is meant to send a message to north career at a time of increased missile testing and speculation about a possible and nuclear test. it also is meant to send a very clear signal to bay ging about. it's increasing assertiveness in the asia pacific region and its territorial demands. that is something which is felt very keenly here in japan, which is in dispute with china, her over various territorial claims in the east china c, a with events in ukraine. i think it also sends a very strong message to russia as the united states is leading the international community and its condemnation are also in boycotts and sanctions. it is something which is supported by japan. and in fact, the u. s. has praised japan full rallying other countries in asia pacific to also condemn russia for its actions. all of these things will be discussed in the next couple of days. the central part of

a northerly breeze and slightly clearer skies into the far north—east of scotland.e here. so, another grey start as well. and the cloud will be thick enough for a few showers first thing in the morning, particularly across scottish borders and then running down through the north—east of england and as we go through the afternoon, some through the midlands, down into wales and south—west england, may well turn heavy and thundery. a good deal of dry weather for most of us, however. brighter skies from time to time, so highest values once again in the sunshine of 17, just that little bit cooler along the far north—east coast. we've still got weather fronts toppling across the high through the middle part of the week, still running the risk of some showers. we start off with showers moving out of scotland into the north of england. by the middle part of the afternoon, those showers will drive in through wales, central and sout—east england. and south—east england. with the best of any brighter weather further north and west. it will still be quite warm their down to the

further north and east, there was a bit more cloud and it did feel quite a lot cooler. low pressure to the north—east, that'll be driving quite a brisk northerly wind. and that will bring a rather cool feel for many. temperatures will be a little disappointing for the time of year. so, generally speaking, it will be rather cool through sunday, particularly where we have areas of cloud and some showers, which could be heavy and thundery. equally there will be some spells of sunshine in between, but we'll see showers from the word go across parts of wales, the midlands, some north sea coasts as well. showers drifting towards the south west of england, where they will turn heavy and thundery, and for many places, it will be rather cloudy. not least in the north east of scotland, where that cloud will produce some spots of rain. coupled with quite a brisk north or north—westerly wind, it will feel decidedly cool, just 9—11 degrees. maybe 14 in glasgow. not too many showers for southern scotland or for northern ireland. scattered showers across england and wales, especially f

well, they slide what is, are affecting the north, east indian state of som, 2 hundreds of thousands, a homeless by check. he wrote his gas and they're running out of fade puffy. metal has more with flood waters submerging the homes and drown in their fields. hundreds of thousands of families across the state of asylum in north east india had been forced to flee. we're in a gov district. the was effected district in the state, and thousands of people have come here to these railroad tracks. it's one of the few stretches of land that elevated and till dry. they've pitch tens and are making do with whatever little they could grab. so some food, knitter clothing risking their lives as trains go up and down these tracks. they said they've been here for days and don't know when they'll be able to return. regardless. yeah, i have been bothered. our homes are submerged in flood waters. so we have come to live on the real tracks again, we are facing many problems with our children. we haven't received any relief nor in toppling sheets. we have no drinking water, no food. we are facing a lot o

further north and east, there was a bit more cloud and it did feel quite a lot cooler, and as we moveeel for many. temperatures will feel a little disappointing for the time of year so generally speaking it will be rather cool through sunday, particularly where we have areas of cloud and some showers, which could be heavy and thundery. equally, there will be some spells of sunshine in between, but we will see showers from the word go across parts of wales, the midlands, some north sea coasts as well, showers drifting towards the south—west of england where they will turn heavy and thundery. and for many places, it will be rather cloudy, not least in the north—east of scotland where that cloud will produce some spots of rain, coupled with quite a brisk north or northwesterly wind, it will feel decidedly cool, just nine to 11 degrees, maybe 14 in glasgow, not too many showers for southern scotland orfor northern ireland, scattered showers across england and wales, especially for south—west england and south wales where some of the showers will be heavy and thundery into the afternoon. t

right here we do have an adviser to the east bay, north bay and south bay mountains. lower elevations, 15 to 35. that is in effect until 2 pm tomorrow. when it comes to the wind, what i am tracking right now is a cool front. it dropped out of it is a few degrees today. it is from the system, it is just off toward the north right now and what is going to happen with this is tomorrow morning it will move to the south of us and it will track that went across northern california and that is why we think tomorrow morning the wind will pick up the most. this is at 11:30. we start to see the wind pick up right around napa but watch that color in the central valley and you will see that it comes closer toward napa as we head into tomorrow morning so the mountains to the north and east definitely could see the wind gusts up to 50 mph. i am seeing this moving out of here by friday night and also into the weekend, so good news on that front. i do still see the sea breeze 10 to 25 mph saturday through sunday but try fire wind will be gone this weekend. otherwise as we started off

the 8 39th center for providing command and control of the commander of troops and forces in the north-eastederation as part of the banner group , lieutenant captain alexei bubenshchikov and captain maxim gurinov, the state flag in the hands of senior lieutenant and shironosov, the national flag is the official symbol of the country its colors represent peace and purity faith and fidelity strength and the blood shed for the freedom and independence of our of the fatherland in the hands of a soldier of the fortieth separate brigade of the marine corps, contract service sailor nikita kazanov, hoisted on the nadre on the night of may 1, 1945, red is removed, pierced by bullets, scorched victories on the rail over defeated berlin today the victory banner is a state relic of russia, the official symbol of the victory of the soviet people and his armed forces over nazi germany during the great patriotic war. every year the building of the city develops in the parade on all the squares of russia is an indispensable parade crews of the petropavlovsk-kamchatka garrison of the border directorate of t

a decidedly cool feel put parts of eastern scotland and north—east england, just 9 degrees in newcastlek, high pressure building to the south of the uk. frontal systems to the north—west, where we have the greatest chance of seeing some outbreaks of rain. not huge amounts of rain in the outlook. it will often be dry with some rain at times. largely the knights will be frost free and then it'll turn quite a bit warmer for frost free and then it'll turn quite a bit warmerfor many frost free and then it'll turn quite a bit warmer for many of us towards the end of the week. this is bbc news. i'm chris rogers. these are the latest headlines... pressure mounts for radical reform of working practices in westminster after mp neil parish resigns for watching pornography in the house of commons. the government's business secretary says while he is firmly against a windfall tax on oil and gas companies, the final decision over introducing such a policy lies with the chancellor. warnings of further increases to households on food prices as inflation takes hold in the uk with the cost of living hitt

further north and east, there was a bit more cloud and it did feel quite a lot cooler. ssure to the north—east, that'll be driving quite a brisk northerly wind. and that will bring a rather cool feel for many. temperatures will be a little disappointing for the time of year. so, generally speaking, it will be rather cool through sunday, particularly where we have areas of cloud and some showers, which could be heavy and thundery. equally, there will be some spells of sunshine in between, but we'll see showers from the word go across parts of wales, the midlands, some north sea coasts as well. showers drifting towards the south west of england, where they will turn heavy and thundery, and for many places, it will be rather cloudy. not least in the north east of scotland, where that cloud will produce some spots of rain. coupled with quite a brisk north or north—westerly wind, it will feel decidedly cool, just 9—11 degrees. maybe 1a in glasgow. not too many showers for southern scotland or for northern ireland. scattered showers across england and wales, especially for sou

patchy rain into northern ireland later and a decidedly cool feel for parts of eastern scotland and north—eastthen as we head deeper into the week, we see high pressure building to the south of the uk, frontal systems up to the north—west. so that's where we have the greatest chance of seeing some outbreaks of rain, but not huge amounts of rain in the outlook. it will often be dry with just some rain at times. largely the nights will be frost—free, and then it will turn quite a bit warmer for many of us towards the end of the week. this is bbc news. i'm chris rodgers. the headlines at five. the united nations and the red cross begin an operation to evacuate civilians out of the devastated ukrainian city of mariupol. ukraine's president says a first group of "about 100 people" have escaped mariupol�*s azovstal steelworks — but around 1,000 civilians remain trapped in the complex. police have confirmed a body found in the forest of bowland on friday is that of missing mum of two, katie kenyon. pressure mounts for reform of working practices in westminster — after mp neil parish resigns for watch

it might be cooler for the east of scotland and north—east of england with an onshore breeze. witches again onshore breeze. that switches again on sunday as that high pressure crosses and nudges a bit further east. it allows the progress of these weather fronts to come in off these weather fronts to come in off the atlantic. rather more cloud by the atlantic. rather more cloud by the end of play for northern ireland and for scotland but a lot of dry weather and after some messed in fog both tomorrow and sunday morning when the sun comes out we will really feel it, strong sunshine and how uv and high levels of pollen. you can see a little less cold for the north—east coast on sunday. next week looking distinctly unsettled particular in the north but we may see some rain and is out before things warm up a little later. that is all from — things warm up a little later. that is all from the _ things warm up a little later. that is all from the bbc _ things warm up a little later. that is all from the bbc news at six. goodbye from me and we nowjoin the bbc news teams where you are.

and i asked her whether turkey is engaging in ethnic cleansing in north east and syria. turkish interventions have displaced several 100 thousands of people close to the area with the northern areas and north and syria, mainly coach population. but as well as syrians is east since 2016, so the property and the land of these people has been confiscated by took its proxy there, which is the syrian national army. it's a group of extremists in islamist militias. so displacing these kurdish people, mainly kurdish people and now wanting to resettle mainly era refugees from turkey means that they are really trying to change the demographic realities along the border. and this will create more social unrest within the searing society that is already deeply divided after 10 years of war and violence. and how likely is it the president add on will get away with us. he has already started to bid horns like 57000 homes have already been built. so the program is already underway. he's under internal pressure within turkey because the trucks are blaming their economic crisis more and more on the steering r

across the southern half of the country, still quite windy with sunshine and showers across much of north—eastmid—teens in the north, 20 in the south, fining to the weekend pertaining cooler.— south, fining to the weekend pertaining cooler. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me, good afternoon, it's 1.30pm and here's your latest sports news. west ham's kurt zouma has admitted kicking and slapping his pet cat. the defender pleaded guilty to two counts under the animal welfare act when he appeared at thames magistrates' court in east london this morning. he was filmed on social media in february kicking and mistreating his pet by his younger brother yoan who plays for dagenham and redbridge — who also admitted one offence during the hearing. the animals are still being cared for by the rspca which raised the investigation. west ham have made an inquiry about signing england forward jesse lingard. his manchester united contract is due to expire at the end of next month. the 29—year—old had an impressive loan spell with the club at the end of the 2020—21 season. moyes has tr

to me degree, the capital of porn state north east and nigeria. the governor is on hand to receive him up for more than a decade. born estates has suffered large skill violence by armed groups and has now become the center of the human tyrann crises and the sale region. millions of people live in extreme poverty and hunger. and with the war in ukraine, causing donors to divert relief money away from here, things at projects, it's a gets even worse. the un secretary general wants to meet with some of the victims of these attacks. as he arrives as one of the refugee camps in me do gallery, he's greeted with loud ovation. even though the people are smiling and celebrating, they see life as a camp is tough. there's nothing, there's no food. we want to return to our village, even though it's rainy season. we can't go to our farms. in a group discussion with camp leaders. gutierrez, he has the stories of refugees and promises to continue supporting the walk of the state government. i, i am a, we do with 7 children to take care of, and we want to go back

the latest additions range from mizo in north—east india to lingala which is spoken across central africaslation technology which can learn a language based on just a few paragraphs of text. sri lanka's president, gotabaya rajapaksa, has promised to appoint a new cabinet within a week but stopped short of stepping down himself. he made the pledge in his first address to the country since anti—government protests erupted last month. his brother, the prime minister, resigned on monday. anbarasan ethirahjan is in colombo. the sri lankan president, gotabaya rajapaksa, has addressed the nation in an attempt to solve the political crisis facing the country. sri lanka has been witnessing weeks of protests against the government, and the protesters have been accusing the government of mismanaging the economy. and the prime minister was forced to resign on monday after violence during these protests. now, president gota baya raja pa ksa says a new cabinet will be formed within a week, acceptable to the public and also parliament. and he's willing to amend the constitution to transfer more powers t

patchy rain into northern ireland later and a decidedly cool feel for parts of eastern scotland and north—eastas we head deeper into the week, we see high pressure building to the south of the uk, frontal systems up to the north—west. so that's where we have the greatest chance of seeing some outbreaks of rain, but not huge amounts of rain in the outlook. it will often be dry with just some rain at times. largely the nights will be frost—free, and then it will turn quite a bit warmer for many of us towards the end of the week. this is bbc news. i'm chris rogers. the headlines at four... pressure mounts for radical reform of working practices in westminster — after mp neil parish resigns for watching pornography in the house of commons. the government's business secretary says while he's against a windfall tax on oil and gas companies — the final decision over introducing such a policy lies with the chancellor. warnings of further food price increases for households — as inflation takes hold in the uk and the cost of living hits a 30 year high. the red cross confirms it's in the process of evac

it might be cooler for the east of scotland and north—east of england with an onshore breeze. ff the atlantic. rather more cloud by the atlantic. rather more cloud by the end of play for northern ireland and for scotland but a lot of dry weather and after some messed in fog both tomorrow and sunday morning when the sun comes out we will really feel it, strong sunshine and how uv and high levels of pollen. you can see a little less cold for the north—east coast on sunday. next week looking distinctly unsettled particular in the north but we may see some rain and is out before things warm up a little later.

the little front not too far away, producing the odd shower across parts of eastern scotland, north—eastather, areas of cloud at times, sunny intervals. in the sunny intervals, temperatures could get up as high as 19—20 in the south. into sunday, high pressure so far in charge of our weather, still lots of dry conditions, again areas of cloud, weather fronts lots of dry conditions, again areas of cloud, weatherfronts moving around the high pressure and for scotland and northern ireland you will see rain at times. temperatures ten in lerwick, 20 pushing to birmingham, birmingham and more. this is bbc news. iam ben i am ben thompson. he had lined up to 2pm... —— rugby headlines at... interest rates rise to 1% — their highest level since 2009, as the bank of england tries to curb soaring inflation. profits at energy giant shell almost triple to £7.3 billion in the first three months of this year — its highest ever quarterly figure. ukraine says russia is "trying to destroy" the last group of soldiers holding the azovstal steelworks in mariupol. but the kremlin denies it has stormed the comp

this is a melanesian archipelago to the north—east of australia traditionally in australia's sphere ofncerns about china's ambitions in the pacific. plenty for anthony albanese to mile as he heads north on his birthday in his newjob to tokyo. he has already had a telephone call from president biden and been congratulated by modi on twitter. he is going to tokyo to shore up very important foreign policy allies is as far as australia is concerned. does as australia is concerned. does a labor party — as australia is concerned. does a labor party dominated - a labor party dominated government represent perhaps a softer touch from a beijing perspective? softer touch from a bei'ing perspectiveai softer touch from a bei'ing perspective? softer touch from a bei'ing --ersective? ~ ., . . ., ., perspective? well, according to the outgoing — perspective? well, according to the outgoing prime _ perspective? well, according to the outgoing prime minister- the outgoing prime minister scott morrison that is most definitely what he said in pretty explosive claims made during the australian election. e

if he does the sad easing of 2 across see far north east of africa, turning a little cooler in corridor on 9th, the 29th celsius, dry across much of north africa, heavy showers there anywhere from mer, liberia, sierra leone, through garner all the way across into southern parts of nigeria right across the central belt of africa. cameroon, pushing across towards the rift valley signs of a little bit more rain to start into h. its way at long lasting to the eastern side of kenya, we will see some of those showers just popping up or touch as they make the way a little further north was into somalia again at long last by the south of h generally driver. we have got some showers for botswana for zimbabwe and the north east of south africa. ah frank assessments, what are the political risks of banning russian oil? a gas for western leaders, pull sanctions on russian energy exports was informed opinions. he's not abandoning to fight against jedi, still resumed media. they're going to be acting from missouri and from chad critical debate. could china actually help in russia's invasion of ukrain

whitening ukrainian forces are continuing their counter offensive against russian troops in the north east of the country, most notably in and around car keys now khaki vis ukraine. second largest city and has been a major russian target since the start of moscow's invasion. at the end of february, russian troops have had some success in capturing areas around the city, particularly to the north. but ukrainian forces are continuing to push them back, and they claim to have recaptured several villages to the north east of car keys. they're also said to be within just a few kilometers of the russian border. ukraine's pushback is also helping to alleviate russian artillery pressure on the city of car key, which is protecting civilians from russian ground for set shelling. but there are still russian rocket strikes on the city with at least 2 civilians killed on thursday. their military experts, though are beginning to wonder if ukraine's counter offensive around car keith is actually looking similar to that around the capital key, which russian troops were driven out of at the end of march. n

oh, have named natal has more now from india is north, east and state of us on water levels are receding. the agencies have made more headway in terms of rescuing people. people are getting aid, but the real tragedy is, is that all this has taken on people who've had to live through this boat in terms of loss of life as well as loss of livelihood. we spoke to a family that experiencing both the living in an open ground with whatever little they could get their hands on before the water as the water came into the home. and just the other day, the only earning member of their family drowned and the family told us that they don't know how they're going to survive this because they can't go home the water still, they're still very high and they don't know how they going to make a living these rains these floods were caused by fremont soon showers in the state of a psalm, the showers with 3 times higher than what is normal in the neighboring state. it was about 6 times higher, and the anxieties over what could happen when the actual monsoon season, which every year brings heavy rainfall and s

this is a melanesian archipelago to the north—east of australia, traditionally in australia's sphere e concerns about china's ambitions in the pacific. plenty for anthony albanese to mull as he heads north on his first day in his newjob to tokyo. he's already had a telephone call from president biden and been congratulated by narendra modi on twitter. he's going to tokyo to shore up very important foreign policy alliances is as far as australia is concerned. does a labor party—dominated government represent perhaps a softer touch from a beijing perspective? well, according to the outgoing prime minister scott morrison that is most definitely what he said in pretty explosive claims made during the australian election. essentially, mr morrison was saying that the labor party was conniving in some way with beijing. that's been roundly rejected by mr albanese. i think what we will see is a softer diplomacy from the labor party when it comes to foreign policy. the indications are that mr albanese new government will seek to shore up these alliances indo—pacific region with countries such a

release, so really now, as i said, until the end of this week, i i am sure that to the north and north-east of kharkov, we will liberate almost all the territories that exist, i would say even more in the north-east direction, some units of the armed forces of ukraine are already on the border with the russian federation. regarding the further development of the situation, i do not i can say with confidence about the future of kupyansk, but the fact that directly in vovchansk is already an object of liberation for the near future is a fact, but when vovchansk is liberated, where will the russians flee the occupiers already have to think, uh, count on the fact that where they will go from the raisin, for example, their battalion-tactical groups will be withdrawn - this is a rather large number of personnel and equipment through other population points, well, this is also a question if uh, it will be directly released , released and vovchansk is already an artillery bombardment directly, and the route that will pass through kupyansk well, this is again losses , that is, the situation is quite

north sea. certainly for the evening rush—hour, quite wet weather and the south—east across east anglia to the north—easthigh—pressure strategy to kill. to the north—west, we see some weak weather fronts trying to push their way in. more cloud around for scotland and northern ireland. they could be some rain for a time as well. between the high pressure in the south and the low to the north, a south—westerly airstream picks up so warmer air than we have had earlier in the week. but it's our temperatures thursday. england and wales, some sunshine with highs of 20 or 21. for scotland and northern ireland, despite more cloud, were still looking at temperatures in the high teens for many. this is bbc news. i'm ben thompson. the headlines at 2pm... the eu proposes a ban on russian oil imports. the plan — which has to be approved by member states — also includes sanctions against individuals, including the head of russia's orthodox church. as the war rages on, russian missiles strike key infrastructure in ukraine — including three electricty stations in the western city of lviv, causing power blackouts. and af

patchy rain into northern ireland later and a decidedly cool feel for parts of eastern scotland and north—easttlook. it will often be dry with just some rain at times. largely the nights will be frost—free, and then it will turn quite a bit warmer for many of us towards the end of the week. this is bbc news. i'm chris rogers. the headlines at six... around 100 people have been evacuated from a steel works in the ukrainian city of mariupol — where civilians and troops have been sheltering for weeks from heavy russian bombardments. translation: we want to guarantee the evacuation, _ translation: we want to guarantee the evacuation, not _ translation: we want to guarantee the evacuation, notjust _ translation: we want to guarantee the evacuation, notjust of— the evacuation, notjust of civilians but also our wounded servicemen who require urgent medical attention. the us speaker of the house makes a surprise visit to kyiv — and promises american support for ukraine — she says "until the fight is done". pressure mounts for reform of working practices in westminster — after mp neil parish resigns fo

still a few showers into bangladesh into the north east of india, but not as white bread. as of late cats are airway official airline of the journey blue blue with wherever you go in the world. warner line goes to make it for you. exceptional cut . all right. ways going places to go. ah ah, you're watching, i'll just say of our mind to roll top stories now. russian soldier has been sentenced to life in prison by ukrainian court for war crimes. 21 year old admitted to killing a civilian in the northeastern sunni region is the 1st such trials since russia, ukraine, ukraine's president asked, urged the international community to provide more financial aid to rebuild his country after russia's invasion and scheme was addressing. well, we cannot make 4 in davos palestine and foreign ministry announced his formerly aust, international criminal court to investigate the killing of shooting acclaim. is ready forces shots that ours is a return this to while she was on assignments in geneva. flood waters are receding in ne bangladesh, but rescue workers are struggling to reach millio

ukraine's president zelensky has made his first visit to the north—east of the country since the russianne troops, he said the army was facing an "indescribably difficult" situation. let's turn to north korea now, which says its covid—19 outbreak is stabilising and the strict lockdown in the capital, pyongyang, has been lifted, according to "informed sources". leader kimjong—un met with top officals this week, where it was reported that the government had agreed the pandemic had "improved". it is worth saying however it is difficult to get accurate information out of north korea given the fact the regime has effectively closed itself off to the rest of the world. i'm nowjoined by professor ben cowling, a leading epidemiologist at the university of hong kong. he has studied this extensively. great to get you back on the programme. let's just start with some of those assessments from state media in north korea and the north koreans themselves that three weeks after saying this was the gravest national emergency they'd ever seen, they are effectively apparently lifting pandemic restrictions

this is a city in the north—east of australia, around iipm city in the north—east of australia, aroundturned and we are told by the police that neighbours heard the accident, they were first on the scene, paramedics arrived, tried to revive andrew symonds but he died of his injuries. he was 46 years of age. so this has been another tremendous shock for the australian cricket fraternity and people who knew him in other parts of the world, too, he was a prolific player in the english county system and also played in the indian premier league, as well, so another terrible day for australian cricket. , , . , terrible day for australian cricket. , . , ., ., terrible day for australian cricket. , ., ., ., cricket. just as an idea of what he _ cricket. just as an idea of what he offered - cricket. just as an idea of what he offered in - cricket. just as an idea of what he offered in terms| cricket. just as an idea of l what he offered in terms of cricket, mercurial is one of those words used. you never knew quite what you would get but it could be as good as anyone could ever deliver. fix, any