—— make the streets of uk ukraine? —— make the streets of uk ukraine? ere in ukraine and to be quite frank, enthusiasm and excitement is not quite the word to explain the mood here. there was never a ground spell maxwell. what we saw was an expression of the deep held frustration that ukrainians have for their political leaders, their politicians. a large part of what we saw in that huge victory was a protest vote. people liked what they saw of mr zelensky seen him on television, but people simply wanted to deliver a message to the politicians that they had had enough, they had had enough of the way they operate in politics and often the way they interact with very rich oligarchs. would it be fairto very rich oligarchs. would it be fair to say that they were com pletely fair to say that they were completely ignoring mr poroshenko's claim as defender of national interest? they were very much concerned about domestic issues, so russia has slipped down the agenda for ukrainians. mr poroshenko made a very bold statement in the middle of the campaign. he said

mentioned bill got off and go precisely because of course i know that they are both from ukraine i've been to the uk of sousing here. but to continue with the literary. or the literary way of answering your question about failure peter. what i think is that again if we look to the theater of the absurd and to surrealistic. how we can find we can begin to wait make our way to the to find an answer one of the most famous examples of surrealist literature is the italian author appear in delos play six characters in search of an author when the soviet union collapsed in one thousand nine hundred one you had fifteen republics in search of a history fifteen republics who had historically been part of russia when i say historically i mean going back many many centuries even in the kent a story for themselves no history yet the word story and history is the same in every other language apart from english the story in russian in german east while in french they had to invent a story for themselves and you know one way and the out one way or the other all of them managed to do it you may not have agreed with

welcome back across the uk where all things considered i'm peter lavelle to remind you we're discussing ukraine. ok let's go back to new york daniel let's talk about what's in the cards for ukrainian russia relations something that is very contentious obviously put a shango use the anti russia card all the way through didn't seem to help them at all and then selinski has said that the ban on russian. intertainment actually be allowed to come to ukraine he during his campaign he used russian and ukrainian. a softer touch for sure but are they are the institutional forces in ukraine as they stand right now just dead set against him making any kind of move he says he's for the normandy format though we would like to see the united states for example part of the format which i think is. well i guess it's all part of his kind of surprise campaign i don't really know what that means so he has he's been very unclear but he's been has a softer touch i don't know is that going to make any difference in terms of policy . well i think it will make a difference difference sure i mean first of all i want to

a un resolution drafted by the uk calling for a ceasefire was rejected by both the us and russia. people in ukraineential election that could see a comedian and tv star become their new leader. volodymyr zelensky, who until this campaign, had no political experience, is challenging the current president, petro poroshenko, who's been in power since 2014. the bbc‘sjonah fisher reports on what's been an extraordinary campaign for the ukrainian presidency. singing just like at a football match, the supporters are being segregated. this is where they split them up. there is a sign here. if you are for volodomyr zelensky, the comedian, you go to the green side. if you support petro poroshenko, the president, the fan zone, it's the purple on the right. this is the olympic stadium in kiev, where the champions league final took place last year. it has now been split in half. on that side are supporters of ukraine's president, petro poroshenko, and then there is a line of police and on this side here, supporters of volodomyr zelensky. chanting as you might expect, when you hold a debate in a football stadium

uk time. anthony crolla sez he's fine despite suffering a brutal knockout defeat to ukraine's vasyl lomachenkoympic gold medalist and one of the best pound for pound fighters in the world... he dominated the fight in los angeles, and a right hook in the fourth round ended crolla's hopes of becoming a two—time world champion. in the premier league, tottenham will take on already—relegated huddersfield in today's early kick off. a win would move spurs into third, a point ahead chelsea who don't play until tomorrow. last night, newcastle united moved ten points clear of the premier league relegation zone after a much needed win over leicester city. the only goal of the game coming from the spanish striker ayoze perez in the first half. that win pushes newcastle up to 13th in the table. we are we a re really we are really pleased with the one goal away, clean sheet, three points. good points in the table but all you have to do is enjoy today and be ready for the next one. and we will try to get three points in the next game. the australian horse winx is said to have achieved racing immortality aft

ukraine's election. exit polls give the satirist volodymyr zelenskiy a clear lead over the incumbent petro poroshenko, by 30%—17%. that's all. stay with bbc world news. and the top story in the uklice are to be given more freedom to use stop and search powers in an attempt to reduce knife crime in england and wales. now on bbc news, live to singapore for asia business report china rebalance. asia's biggest economy unexpectedly grows in a sign that asia's efforts might be working. xijinping meets that asia's efforts might be working. xi jinping meets jacinda ardern. new zealand and china hold their first talks over the storm in huawei. it is a significant visit for the prime minister. good morning, asia. hello, world. it is a monday. start of a brand—new trading week. i am glad you could join for another edition of asia business report. i i'm rico hizon. we start off with china and the crucial manufacturing sector. it unexpectedly rebounded sharply. it grew for the first time in four months. china's economy typically im proves months. china's economy typically improves after the unit judgement lunar new year holidays. some say the strong and broader pickup suggest raising's acid

ukraine's election. exit polls give the satirist volodymyr zelenskiy a clear lead over the incumbent petro poroshenko, by 30%—17%. parliament in the uks preparing to vote on alternatives to the prime minister's brexit deal, which has been defeated three times. mps will consider a range of options, including closer ties to the european union, and whether to allow a referendum on the final deal. now on bbc news, the week in parliament. hello and welcome to the week in parliament. it's third time unlucky for the prime minister's brexit plans, despite this appeal to mp5. i have said that i am prepared to leave this job earlier than i intended to secure the right outcome for our country. theresa may loses by 58 votes. labour call for change. and if the prime minister can't accept that, then she must go, not at an indeterminate date in the future, but now. and away from brexit, remembering the first black member of the house of lords. and he paved the way for the windrush generation and for people like me, and i feel proud to be a trinidadian and also to be following in his footsteps. on the very day that the uk was supposed to be leaving

ukraine's election. exit polls give the satirist volodymyr zelenskiy a clear lead over the incumbent petro poroshenko, by 30%—17%. parliament in the ukbeen defeated three times. mps will consider a range of options, including closer ties to the european union, and whether to allow a referendum on the final deal.

uk foreign secretaryjeremy hunt... "you will now truly be the servant of the people." european council president donald tusk... the eu was "determined to continue its support" for ukrainethe last few years. and outgoing president petro poroshenko. .. "a new inexperienced ukrainian president... could be quickly returned to russia's orbit of influence". here's steve rosenberg with how the russian media is covering the story. if you look at what pro—kremlin media have been saying here, two things become clear. first of all, moscow is overjoyed to be getting rid of petro poroshenko. there was no love lost between president poroshenko and the kremlin. the second thing you pick up is that moscow is hoping that with mr zelensky in power in kiev, there is hope of a better relationship between moscow and kiev. everyone in ukraine is wondering what's going to happen next. here'sjonah fisher in kiev. so much still unknown, really, about what volodymyr zelensky‘s presidency might bring, in keeping, really, with his entire election campaign. but he has now gathered a team of experts around him, advisers, some of whom are well known in ukraine, and they are trying to put together th

we'll go to ukraine, where a comedian with no political experience has won the most votes in the first round of the country's presidential elections. two million workers in the ukay, as the minimum wage goes up. but utility bills and the cost of the tv licence are going up as well. our correspondent, simon gompertz has been explaining what the increase means for those on the minimum wage. the national minimum wage system is age—related. the biggest one is called the national living wage. that is for people aged 25 and over. it's going up by nearly 5% to £8.21 an hour. so it's an increase of 38p. and the lower age leveljust below that, 21 to 2a, is also going up by a bit less, just over 4%. it will be £7.70 an hour. the tuc unions are saying that lower level should be the same as the higher level, but of course, teenagers and apprentices have even lower minimum wages. they will be seeing some increases as well. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is brexit. british mps are attempting to break the deadlock on brexit with new votes on alternatives to theresa may's brexit deal. another day in westminster, another crucial moment for bre