have made their way slowly through the strand. i am on the building it to the historic building, liverpool came out in their numbers to celebrate a double winning season, there was some uncertainty about what the mood would be off the back of losing that champions league final last night to real madrid, agonisingly missing out on the premier league, last weekend to manchester city. jurgen klopp called it a disappointing end to the season but not a disappointing season. he wanted to celebrate what he said was still a success and you can see here what it meant to the fans, just a short while ago the red mess, the fireworks, the you will never walk alone that was ringing out, various childs, various instruments, it was hard at times to make out what was going on, a cacophony of noise and emotion, scenes we saw back in 2019 when liverpool lifted the champions league, scenes denied to them in 2020 because of the pandemic, no parade for the premier league, and i felt there was a pe
children and two teachers shot dead by a teenage gunman in texas. another day of travel disruption. waits of six hours reported for ferries at dover and hundreds of flights cancelled at some uk airports. and one of the greatest jockeys of all time lester piggott has died aged 86. we start in ukraine where, in a gesture of defiance directed at russia president zelensky has made a rare trip to visit his troops on the front line in the east of the country. he went to kharkiv, close to the russian border, an area once again under attack. mr zelensky described the situation in some parts particularly serevodonetsk as indescribably difficult for the ukrainian army. it s the first time since the start of the war that the president has ventured to the devastated eastern region, as our correspondent caroline hawley reports. with heavy artillery, russian forces are continuing to pound ukrainian positions in a war that s taking more lives every day. with all this firepower
hello, this is bbc news with lukwesa burak. the headlines. president zelensky has visited his troops on the front line in eastern ukraine for the first time since the war started. culture secretary nadine dorries has urged uefa to launch a formal investigation, after liverpool fans were tear gassed at the champions league final. liverpool lost to real madrid, but did win two other cup finals. and tonight, liverpool players have taken part in a parade through the city. president biden is meeting the families of some of the 19 children and two teachers shot dead by a teenage gunman in texas. and one of the greatest jockeys of all time, lester piggott, has died aged 86. now on bbc news it s the travel show. this week on the travel show, a resurrection in bavaria. i found the role of playing jesus to be very exhausting. every day after the play, you are really exhausted because it is a very demanding day. 50 years of interrail. very relevant today in terms of the greenness and
invaded, and witnessed the devastation in the city of kharkiv, as intense fighting continues in the region. now on bbc news our world. six million people have fled ukraine, half of whom have gone to next door poland. during a week in april, our world follows warsaw s mayor rafal traskowski. on the 24th of february, russian president vladimir putin ordered a military invasion of neighbouring ukraine. reporter: russian troops i are closing in on the capital, and in the last few hours multiple exposures have been reported. multiple explosions. the invasion trigger the largest refugee crisis in europe since the second world war. almost six million ukrainians have fled the country. reporter: more than half of those who have left are now in poland - where local people are providing accommodation, food and other support. reporter: the population | of warsaw is nearly at nearly 20% in just two weeks. the mayor saying they can t handle the millions more that are expected to come
in a moment, huw edwards will be here to bring you more on all those headlines when we re joined by viewers on bbc one. but before that, we ll start with ukraine. and president zelensky has visited troops on the front line in eastern ukraine. he went to the kharkiv region an area once again under attack from president putin s forces. this evening, the european union failed to reach agreement on an embargo of russian oil, on the eve of a summit of eu leaders in brussels. the ban on oil imports is part of the eu s sixth sanctions package on russia over its invasion of ukraine, which the commission has been struggling to finalise. the package is being held up by hungary, which says an oil embargo would be a body blow to its economy, because it can t easily import oil from elsewhere. earlier, i spoke to kira rudyk, ukrainian mp and current leader of the political party voice. she told me the effort of building international support for ukraine is ongoing and that she has not