while christians celebrate orthodox easter in ukraine, russia continues to bombard the south and east of the country. the nigerian president calls a deadly explosion at an illegal oil refinery a national disaster. the scientific study in mexico to determine what makes the earth move and volcanos erupt. thank you forjoining us. emmanuel macron has said he will work to unite france after he was re elected as president. he s the first president to be elected to a second term in 20 years. his challenger, marine le pen, conceded with exit polls suggesting she had gained just under 41.5% of the vote.
to slavery or stay part of the civilised world. easter gives us hope as we go to fight. two months in, there is unity for the battle ahead, but still no hope for a resurrection of peace. mark lowen, bbc news, kyiv. still to come a bit later in the programme: how the strict covid lockdown in shanghai is affecting its 25 million inhabitants and their pets. but first. the conservative party chairman, 0liver dowden, says a change of leader would not be in the national interest after a week in which borisjohnson has again been criticised in the row over lockdown parties. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, says the continuing controversy is preventing parliament discussing issues like the cost of living crisis. 0ur political correspondent, damian grammaticas, has the latest. he has broken the law while in office, been fined for it.
and the us defence secretary, lloyd austin. this weekend, the orthodox church has been celebrating easter and president zelensky took the opportunity to deliver a defiant address, saying he s convinced his country would emerge victorious, in the war with russia. from kyiv, mark lowen reports. a desecrated country is seeking its protector. 0rthodox easter, this nation s most cherished moment now less a celebration, more a search for solace. ukrainians and their defenders engage in what they see as their sacred fight to safeguard their homeland. translation: with the war . in ukraine, christ s resurrection symbolises life over death, victory over the enemy who came to try to conquer us and enslave our people. we see how our neighbour is morally bankrupt and how ukrainians are united like never before.
between them and president zelensky and he said the call for more weapons will be on the agenda but in terms of the meeting there is very little detail we know. it is 0rthodox easter. usually a time for celebration and for families to get together. so different for so many families there in ukraine this time round. it is very different in those cities in the east and south, places like mariupol where they have been under constant bombardment easter celebrations will not happen in any meaningful way at all but in kyiv we see sparks of life and this is the beautiful st andrews church, and there are people out here in the sunshine. this is a really unusual sight, the streets of kyiv have been so quiet for so long. many people fled the city at the start of the invasion because russia wanted to try to capture this capital and did not manage it but people have been out here this morning and visiting church and having their easter cakes
countries, we heard from the ukjust few days ago they are going to send their old challenger tanks to poland and into ukraine. very dated, cold war era equipments, really, but what is crucial is the sort of thing that is crucial is the sort of thing that is coming in needs to be what ukrainian forces can actually use. some of them are out of the country, being trained to different places on how to use this more sophisticated equipments, but certainly, older equipments, but certainly, older equipment that they know they can get their hands on and use straightaway is vitally important. here in ukraine, all eyes are been on the front line this easter weekend, on places like mariupol, that 500 kilometres mark or so down the eastern part of the country through the donbas, where people have been attempting to celebrate what is a huge day in the ukrainian calendar, 0rthodox easter, and while people have been visiting this beautiful church behind me, not everyone everywhere can go to church to