a russian attack on ukraine's strategic port city of odesa. the council in ukraine's third biggest city said two missiles were shot down by ukrainian forces, but that others hit a military facility and residential buildings. has led to reports that several people have been killed. this video shows the aftermath of a strike on a residential building. in an online post, zelensky�*s chief of staff andriy yermak says at least five people were killed and 18injured in the missile strike. in the city of mariupol, russian forces appear to be trying to storm the azovstal steel works, where ukraine's remaining forces in the city are holding out. russians are said to have resumed air strikes on the plant in the south east of the country.from ukraine, danjohnson sent this report. more ukrainian homes are coming underfire. shelling's intensified in kharkiv than across the east of the country, but intelligence assessments say the russians aren't gaining much ground. still, the ukrainian president is warning of the fight he believes is to come. translation: the russian invasion of ukraine was - intended as only the beginning. then they want to capture other countries. of course, we will defend ourselves as long as necessary to break this ambition of the russian federation. the ukrainians are fighting back. they claim this shows one russian helicopter evading attack by firing flares as another is brought down close to zaporizhzhia. near mariupol, there's more evidence of mass graves. satellite pictures show how another existing cemetery�*s claimed to have been extended over the last month. the ukrainians say to hide evidence of war crimes. those who escaped mariupol are trying their best to celebrate easter this weekend. katya and her mum offered to bake traditional cakes and have been inundated with orders. it's a distraction from what's happening at home. translation: the houses - around our work are almost all destroyed or burned down. they took direct hits. we are fortunate to have connections still with relatives. apart from one grandmother, ourfriends and relatives recently started to reconnect. because they bought new sim cards from the russians and now they have internet access. checking new photos every day and see what happens to the places where you are born, where you grow. we get the pictures of my school. it's out of windows, it was directly hit to the flat... the roof? the roof, yeah. so it's damaged? yeah, the building is staying but it's destroyed. in the east, there's little chance of peace this weekend. no respite from this relentless war. danjohnson, bbc news, lviv. we can cross live to the capital kyiv now and our correspondent there, anna foster — what is the latest from odesa? the city council there say that five people were killed in this missile strike and 18 more were wounded and they suggest that six more restrained missiles were fired. two of them and they say were shot down, to hit a military facility and it was the final two that hit this residential area. was the final two that hit this residentialarea. i was the final two that hit this residential area. i would was the final two that hit this residential area. iwould bbc colleagues have been to one of the blocks of flax was hit and they will put ambulances outside and seen people bear with head injuries as well. this is not the first time that odesa has been hit but it has largely escaped the type and scale of the attacks we have seen further east and i think this will attract possibly more attention today as well because what we had a military facility and it was the final to that hit this residential area. our bbc colleagues have been to one of the blocks of flax that was hit enable put ambulances outside and seen people bear with head injuries as well. this is not the first time that odesa has been hit but it has largely escaped the type and scale of the attacks we have seen further east and i think this will attract possibly more attention today as well because what we heard of russian general sale yesterday in a maxi me to a local meeting here, he said russia had an addiction is to capture the whole notjust east of the country but the south as well, the country but the south as well, the whole of ukrainian coastline. now, some commentators wondered if he was speaking from a personal perspective, whether or not his comments chimed with what the kremlin�*s official position was but the fact that that was mooted yesterday did cause concern and the fact we see this missile attack in odesa today will further, i think, reason nervousness in the southern parts of this country. anna, what about evacuations from mariupol? we heard earlier today they were going to be some more attempts to rescue civilians from that city. any updates on that?— civilians from that city. any updates on that? civilians from that city. any u dates on that? ., , updates on that? there have been man of updates on that? there have been many of these _ updates on that? there have been many of these attempts _ updates on that? there have been many of these attempts made - updates on that? there have been | many of these attempts made over updates on that? there have been - many of these attempts made over the last few days and weeks. certainly two days ago they were hoping to bring 6000 people out of that besieged city and in the end they only managed 80. both sides blame the others for the conditions for those humanitarian corridors following a pay comic away. remember there are semi—time details that need to be agreed. times, locations, for each side to avoid the area not be firing on the civilians as they leave and it is something that has proven very, very difficult to actually come to an agreement on over the last few weeks. as you say, there were hopes again today for a humanitarian corridor. still 100,000 people trapped in that city, so those tiny numbers that are escaping really only represent a fraction of those that are stock there but as you said today no confirmation on whether they have managed to bring any more people out of my people. anna foster, speaking to us from period. let's focus on france now , campaigning has ended 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. 0pinion 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. everyone sees that inflation is up. we have been living since the mid—80s that inflation and even feeling deflation could occur and lbf 5.5% match in march. infants this is much lower than other european countries, france in germany were 7%, etc, thanks to the ceiling of energy prices for households and still. my back but there is a mac fun measures, and they come and he perhaps doesn't get they come and he perhaps doesn't get the credit for this, does he? you saw the news was good. two months ago he published the figure that the living standard had been rising over the emmanuel macron ever on average. independent agencies like institute for public policy have shown living standards and... as the result of the measures. also sent or sent out the measures. also sent or sent out the moment if income distribution and this figure is average feel differently. i and this figure is average feel differently-— and this figure is average feel differentl . ~ ., ., ., and this figure is average feel differentl. ~ ., ., ., ., differently. i know you are also an exert on differently. i know you are also an expert on issues _ differently. i know you are also an expert on issues of _ differently. i know you are also an expert on issues of well-being - differently. i know you are also an| expert on issues of well-being and expert on issues of well—being and happiness in something you have got a barometer on that over time. i would venture to all time low? how to all—time low? how depressed are they? the french are quite low, not as low as some points last year, they were happy that the release of the lockdown but since march they are going down, stressed by the idea if you do make inflation, ukrainian war and also the rising anxiety with overheating. coastguard vessels and patrol aircraft are searching for 26 passengers and crew of a sightseeing boat that's missing off japan's northern island of hokkaido. the authorities lost contact with the vessel — the kazu 0ne — after its crew told the coastguard that it was taking on water , and had started to sink. the area where the boat ran into trouble, hokkaido's shiretoko peninsula, is a world heritage site known for its unique wildlife. all those on board are reported to have been wearing life jackets. local media say the passengers included two children. the israeli authorities say they'll close the only border crossing from the gaza strip on sunday, in response to a series of rockets fired into israeli territory. closing the erez border crossing would affect thousands of palestinians who work in israeli territory. it's not clear when it'll be re—opened. palestinian militants in gaza fired two rockets at israel on friday at the end of another day of clashes at the al aqsa mosque compound injerusalem. let's turn back to events in ukraine. just a few hours ago, the ukrainian deputy prime minister iryna vereshchuk said efforts were under way to evacuate women and children from the beseiged city of mariupol today. we arejust we are just getting news now from the reuters news agency that ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky has spoken with the british prime minister borisjohnson about a new face of military aid including the provision of heavy weapons. his deputy chief of staff said on saturday. speaking on national television, he said the pair also discussed further financial support for ukraine on the call and we will be getting more information on that for you as soon as we can. just a few hours ago, the ukrainian deputy prime minister iryna vereshchuk said efforts were under way to evacuate women and children from the beseiged city of mariupol today. we're now hearing that the evacuation attempt has failed, this comes amidst russia's renewed efforts to gain control of the southern part of the country. joining me now from western ukraine is an advisor to the ukrainian defence ministry, yuriy sak. thank you forjoining us. what more can you tell us about those efforts to evacuate citizens from my vehicle today? is time running out for those evacuations to take place at all? well, as you know, the efforts to arrange evacuation corridors have been attempted for a number of dates because there are over 1000 civilians trapped in the eyes of style steelworks alone. —— azovstal steelworks. there are also 5000 wounded there and in the city of mariupol itself there are tens of thousands of civilians still seeking shelter in the basement of the residential houses and buildings and those people, they are willing, of course, to evacuate. they want to seek shelter in ukrainian control territories. unfortunately, as you've said, these attempts at evacuation have failed because the russian site does not honour any of the reached agreements and continues to shell evacuation corridors, so we still have to wait and see but for the moment the situation is very difficult and despite the fact that we are today... the easter holidays coming up, nevertheless, the russian armed forces and not showing any respect for human life and they are not willing to allow civilian people to leave mariupol. the not willing to allow civilian people to leave mariupol.— not willing to allow civilian people to leave mariupol. the russian side said ou to leave mariupol. the russian side said you should _ to leave mariupol. the russian side said you should have _ to leave mariupol. the russian side said you should have allowed - to leave mariupol. the russian side said you should have allowed your. said you should have allowed your forces at the steel plant to surrender. why was this not an option? surrender. why was this not an otion? ~ . . �* surrender. why was this not an otion? ~' ., ., �* ., . , surrender. why was this not an otion? ~ . ., ~ ., . , ., option? ukrainian armed forces, who are now defending _ option? ukrainian armed forces, who are now defending mariupol _ option? ukrainian armed forces, who are now defending mariupol and - option? ukrainian armed forces, who are now defending mariupol and have| are now defending mariupol and have been defending it for almost two months now, they've said it very clearly, that's surrender is not an option. they've said it clearly because we understand that russian armed forces, russian armed forces who have committed every possible war crime since the beginning of this aggressive war, it is not possible to negotiate with them. it is not possible to reach any agreement. therefore, you know, the ukrainian soldiers who are still in azovstal steelworks, they are not prepared to surrender to these war criminals. they have said clearly, however, that if a third party was involved and if the third party would broker a safe passage of our soldiers from azovstal then perhaps it would have been possible, but this is the only option. they will not surrender, they will not leave without their weapons and, of course, at the moment, most of the efforts are focused on making sure that civilians can be evacuated from the end of the authorities who are dealing with these procedures, they say that at least one day, one clear day of ceasefire is required for this evacuation to take place, and our ukrainian authorities have also said that, you know, it is time for the un to get involved more effectively, but unfortunately this has not happened yet and we are still trapped in a situation where the evacuation of the civilians is not possible. the evacuation of the civilians is not possible-— the evacuation of the civilians is not ossible. ., ., ., , not possible. looking forward, many have 22 may — not possible. looking forward, many have 22 may nine, _ not possible. looking forward, many have 22 may nine, victor _ not possible. looking forward, many have 22 may nine, victor vide - not possible. looking forward, many have 22 may nine, victor vide in - have 22 may nine, victor vide in russia as a cheap date that vladimir putin might be working towards. what's your view on this? fiur putin might be working towards. what's your view on this? our view on this is based _ what's your view on this? our view on this is based on _ what's your view on this? our view on this is based on the _ what's your view on this? our view on this is based on the analysis - what's your view on this? our view on this is based on the analysis ofl on this is based on the analysis of a simple fact. russian armed forces have been planning to conquer ukraine and to conquer ukraine, the whole of ukraine, in three days, then in five days, but of course they have been faced with a fierce resistance of the ukrainian armed forces and, as a result, ukraine is still defending itself. moreover, evenin still defending itself. moreover, even in the east of ukraine, where the fighting is most intense, ukrainian armed forces in some parts of the front line are even counterattacking and of the gaming temporarily occupied territories, so, from this perspective, the situation for the russian armed forces is not the way they planned, of course. they have not achieved any military success and considering that ukraine is now beginning to receive heavy weaponry from our international partners we are determined to continue to defend ukraine to counterattack and we will spoil the victory date for the russian aggressive armed forces. thank you for speaking tours. i hope you are safe in the location where you are safe in the location where you are. adviser to the defence minister. a group of would—be hosts, sponsors and supporters of ukraine, have held a vigil outside the home office in london. many say they've been frustrated by the red tape and delays forfamilies coming to the uk. they want the government to speed up the process and sort out the logistics. 0ur reporter nickjohnson went to meet them. for the past five weeks or so, people here in the uk have been able to register their interest in opening their homes to people in ukraine who are fleeing the russian invasion there. now, government figures show that around 72,000 visas have been issued to people in ukraine, but those same figures show that only around a third of those people have actually made the journey to the uk. now, people in ukraine can apply to come here under two different methods, one being the family scheme where they might have family connections here in the uk already. the second way is under the government's homes for ukraine scheme, also known as the sponsorship scheme, where we are talking about people registering for their homes to be open, families here wanting families from the ukraine to come and join them here. but we've heard about delays to that process, we've heard about significant issues with those visas being issued, and it has led to a number of people taking action, including those here today. kitty, tell me your story and the efforts you've been doing to get people from ukraine here. well, approximately five weeks ago, when the scheme first opened up, we put our names down to show, for an expression of interest, which is actually a misnomer — you don't put your name down for interest reasons, you put it down because you're committed to helping people fleeing war, which is what we did, and we have heard nothing back from the home office. so, we went through our own routes, through friends of friends, who knew some ukrainians and actually put us in touch with them. and what we did was get in touch with them. that night, i was up until one o'clock in the morning, filling in their visa applications, because we thought it was urgent. five weeks later, i'm still waiting to find out whether or not the family is going to come over. worse than that, what we've now found out that the mother has been accepted, but her children are "under consideration." one of them is five years old. what is there to consider? i just don't understand. so, we've effectively got one family. the adults have been approved, the children still haven't, and obviously they need to travel here as a family. what are they saying to you? what is their situation in ukraine at the moment? they are being so patient and kind but they are under such stress. the mother told me just the other day — she's in lviv now, they already evacuated from kyiv — and what they found is that actually they've got bomb, missile raids going on all the time, they've had bombs go off near their homes, and the mother is just saying, "i don't want my children "growing up with this." nobody should be exposed to this, and that's why they want to come over. and we want them here. they're not staying forever — they're staying until this war is sorted out and they want to go home. little marta, i had a lovely little photograph of marta, the five—year—old girl, who has got a lovely picture of herself on a ukrainian field with a blue sky. and her words are, "i want to go home." but they need to be here first, until it is safe. in response a government spokesperson said... the changes the home office has made to streamline the visa system, including simplifying the forms and boosting staff numbers, are working and we are now processing visas as quickly as they come in — enabling thousands more ukrainians to come through our uncapped routes. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's good afternoon. arsenal have moved up to fourth in the premier league after a 3—1win at home to manchester united, whose champions league hopes are fading fast now. united had their chances, missing one penalty and they had a strong claim for another. adam wild reports. in another time, another era, this was a fixture that decided titles. now, perspective such changed. no longer a tussle at the top but a fight for fourth. longer a tussle at the top but a fight forfourth. manchester longer a tussle at the top but a fight for fourth. manchester united least to have been able to get a foothold on it. arsenal got the lead with barely two minutes played. he thought he had scored arsenal's second here but with a closer look it was inside but with an even closer look it was a penalty. confusing but bukayo saka ended any doubt. finally they took a chance, cristiano reynaldo's first appearance since the death of his newborn son, a poignancy not lost on anyone. in a game of big moments the biggest perhaps fell to bruno fernandes, his penalty united's opportunity missed. a sentiment reinforced spectacularly. victory arsenal's united there were we may not arrive till the summer but change can go soon enough. adam wilde, bbc news. three other games in the premier league and into the second halves. with liverpool playing tomorrow, manchester city can stretch their lead to four points with a win against watford at home. and they are going to win — 5—1 they lead, gabrieljesus has scored four of those five. newcastle are 2—nil up at norwich, joelinton with two goals and bruno guimaraes with the latest. leicester versus aston villa remains goalless. a little bit later spurs could move up a little bit later spurs could move up to fourth if they beat brentford. in the championship, already promoted fulham are winning 1—0 at second placed bournemouth. luton are still looking good for the playoffs despite dropping points against blackpool at home. elijah adebayo gave the visitors an early lead. but gary madeen equalised from the penalty spot in the second half. they could drop to fifth by the end of the day. for all the latest scores, go to the bbc sport website. rangers have cut celtic�*s lead to three points in the scottish prmiership after winning 3—1 at motherwell rangers had taken the lead but were reduced to 10 men when liam balogan was sent off for an awful tackle on dean cornelius by the break motherwell had drawn level, but goals from scott wright and james tavernear saw rangers take the win, celtic play tomorrow. max verstappen will start tomorrow's emilia romagna grand prix from pole after winning this afternoon's sprint race. the world champion started the sprint race from pole, but championship leader charles leclerc got past him before the first corner at the imola circuit. the ferrari stayed in front until the penultimate lap when verstappen was able to finally get back in front and hold on to secure pole for tomorrow's grand prix, another difficult day for mercedes, lewis hamilton ended up fourteenth, one place down on where he started. a huge crowd is expected at wembley stadium later for the all british world title fight between tyson fury and dillian whyte. fury is defending his wbc heavyweight belt and is 12 pounds lighter than his last fight against deontay wilder in 0ctober...but at 18 stone 8lb he's still a stone heavier than whyte. 94 thousand are expected to be there, which would be a post—war 94,000 are expected to be there, which would be a post—war european record for boxing. another busy day at the crucible at the world snooker championship. ronnie 0'sullivan needed just the one frame when play resumed to reach the quarterfinals and he took the first frame of the session against mark allen so he goes through 13 frames to 4. the six time champion will now play stephen maguire these are live pictures from the crucible the first session between former championjudd trump and anthony mcgill. applause this has been a really cagey match, only three frames in, judd trump coming back to level against anthony mcgill but the scotsman anthony mcgill but the scotsman anthony mcgill has got his nose in front again and it looks to be another tight frame there for the fourth one. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. a man in his 20s has been stabbed and 10 other people hurt in a series of attacks in warwickshire this morning. police were called to reports that members of the public were being assaulted in bedworth town centre at around 8 o'clock. a 33—year—old man has been arrested. detectives say they're not looking for anyone else. downing street has confirmed that borisjohnson has not received any further fixed penalty notices for breaking covid lockdown rules. the british prime minister has returned to the uk after a two—day trip to india. the journey was largely overshadowed by the controversy over lockdown parties at number 10 — with mrjohnson�*s leadership under increasing strain. 0ur politcal correspondent damian grammaticas is here with me now. is this just is thisjust a is this just a waiting game, now, though, for borisjohnson, as we wait for the results of the various investigations and reports? it is. investigations and reports? it is, baile . investigations and reports? it is, bailey- what _ investigations and reports? it is, bailey. what we _ investigations and reports? it is, bailey. what we had _ investigations and reports? it is, bailey. what we had in _ investigations and reports? it is, bailey. what we had in the - investigations and reports? it 3 bailey. what we had in the last 24 bailey. what we had in the last 2a hours was me the bolts coming out of new fines being issued by the police for those people attending parties in downing street, particularly one back on the 20th of may 2020. they have already issued 50 or so and one of those has gone to borisjohnson. we know he was at this event two, a party in the garden, and we know it because an e—mail was sent out from his principal private secretary inviting 100 people. about 30 turned up inviting 100 people. about 30 turned up including borisjohnson and his wife. there were drinks led us in the garden and when the news came that he had to go to parliament and say that he thought that this was a work event and he only spent 25 minutes there. now it appears, we are hearing, but they may have been won, perhaps more fines issued for this event. downing street say nothing was issued to the payments but these things come out very slowly because it is only up to individuals to come forward. downing street say they will tell us. everyone else doesn't have to come forward and say so. we will wait and see. , ., , , forward and say so. we will wait and see. , ._ forward and say so. we will wait and see. , ,_ ,, see. presumably, downing street would have _ see. presumably, downing street would have been _ see. presumably, downing street would have been hoping - see. presumably, downing street would have been hoping that - see. presumably, downing street| would have been hoping that news see. presumably, downing street- would have been hoping that news of a potential trade deal with india might have distracted from the ports around lockdown parties. has that worked at all? hot around lockdown parties. has that worked at all?— worked at all? not really in the prime minister _ worked at all? not really in the prime ministerjust _ worked at all? not really in the prime ministerjust got - worked at all? not really in the prime ministerjust got back i worked at all? not really in the i prime ministerjust got back from his trip to india, he was there, was greeted with all the pomp and ceremony and wanted to talk about the fact he has got a deal he wants to do and was talking about wanting to do and was talking about wanting to do and was talking about wanting to do that by october. was asked if he thinks this will still be in office in october and he said yes. he wanted to talk about trade, defence cooperation, energy, clean energy, and the problem he has is that first of all he had been fined last week by the police, fell to have broken the law. just before he went he had to appear before parliament and parliament and while he was in india decided to launch its own new inquiry into whether he had misled parliament so that has all come up now as he lands back hear news of potentially more fines coming out and all the focus back on partygate. the coming out and all the focus back on pa ate. , ., , , partygate. the story continues. thank you very _ partygate. the story continues. thank you very much damien. i the duke and duchess of cambridge have released new photographs of prince louis to mark his fourth birthday. the pictures were taken earlier this month by his mother. they show louis — who is the youngest of william and catherine's three children — enjoying a trip to the beach, whilst on a family trip to norfolk. now time for the weather with chris fawkes hello, again. well, the weekend's got off to a pretty decent start weather—wise. for the vast majority, it's been a dry day. btu some sunshine for most of us — that was edinburgh castle, overlooking the blossoms there in the gardens below. we there in the gardens below. did see just there in the gardens below. a few showers break o parts just a few showers break out across parts of the midlands and parts of wales, now easing away. we could see more patches of rain developing for time in the south that otherwise it fine night with lively clear skies away from northern scotland where it will stay cloudy. temperatures 3—7 c with most and tomorrow we have another fine —looking day with most and tomorrow we have anotherfine —looking day on with most and tomorrow we have another fine —looking day on the cards. most of us will have sunny spells both morning and afternoon. northern scotland states quite cloudy and i think there will be generally fewer showers around that evening and it will stay cloudy throughout the day. however, we still have this pretty gusty north—easterly winds filling in across the cool waters than 0ssie and i will mean our eastern coast in which is a little bit pegged back, 11-14 , which is a little bit pegged back, 11—14, higher temperatures in the south and west. goodbye. this is bbc news, the headlines. ukraine says at least five people have been killed — and 18 injured — by a series of russian missile strikes on the strategic port city of odessa. campaigning ends in france's hard—fought presidential election — with emmanuel macron and his far—right rival marine le pen urging people to turn out and vote on sunday. (00v)twenty—six passengers and crew are missing injapan after a tourist 26 passengers and crew are missing injapan after a tourist boat reportedly sinks off the northern island of hokkaido. downing street confirms the prime minister has not yet