and the archbishop of canterbury, the most senior cleric in the anglican church, condemns uk government plans to send asylum seekers to rwanda. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. it s 8:00 in the morning in singapore, and 3:00 in the morning in mariupol, a city, says the ukrainian foreign minister, that no longer exists. the last troops there have retreated to a huge steelworks and ignored moscow s demand to surrender. ukraine s prime minister, denys shmyhal, says those defending the city would fight to the end. bombardment has also continued in other areas of the east. officials in kharkiv say five people have died in shelling in the city. our correspondent tom bateman is in dnipro, where wounded civilians are being evacuated from the frontline, by train. i want to warn you, his report does contain some distressing images. president putin calls his goal the liberation of this country s east. he s showing the world what that means in mariupol.
hello and thanks forjoining us. the ukrainian foreign minister says mariupol no longer exists. the last platoons of ukrainian troops there have retreated to the azovstal, a huge iron and steelworks, ignoring moscow s demand to surrender. ukraine s prime minister, denys shmyhal, says those defending the city will fight to the end. russian bombardment has also continued in other areas of the east officials say five people have died in kharkiv. wounded civilians are being evacuated by train from the front line to dnipro from where our correspondent tom bateman sent this report, which contains some distressing images. president putin calls his goal the liberation of this country s east. he s showing the world what that means in mariupol. street battles have intensified for days. the city s defenders are holed up in a giant steelworks, now told by moscow s forces to surrender or die. but ukraine says they ll fight to the end. mariupol s fate could seal the next stage of the war
the ukrainian foreign minister says the city of mariupol no longer exists. the last platoons of ukrainian troops there have retreated to the azovstal a huge iron and steelworks, ignoring moscow s demand to surrender. ukraine s prime minister, denys shmyhal, says those defending the city will fight to the end. russian bombardment has also continued in other areas of the east officials say five people have died in kharkiv. wounded civilians are being evacuated by train from the front line to dnipro from where our correspondent tom bateman sent this report which contains some distressing images. president putin calls his goal the liberation of this country s east. he s showing the world what that means in mariupol. street battles have intensified for days. the city s defenders are holed up in a giant steelworks, now told by moscow s forces to surrender or die. but ukraine says they ll fight to the end. mariupol s fate could seal the next stage of the war as it moves to the
an impending medical catastrophe in sri lanka amid a desperate shortage of vital medicines. the ukrainian foreign minister says the city of mariupol no longer exists. the last platoons of ukrainian troops there have retreated to the azovstal a huge iron and steelworks, ignoring moscow s demand to surrender. ukraine s prime minister, denys shmyhal, says those defending the city will fight to the end. russian bombardment has also continued in other areas of the east officials say five people have died in kharkiv. wounded civilians are being evacuated by train from the front line to dnipro from where our correspondent tom bateman sent this report which contains some distressing images. president putin calls his goal the liberation of this country s east. he s showing the world what that means in mariupol. street battles have intensified for days. the city s defenders are holed up in a giant steelworks, now told by moscow s forces to surrender or die. but ukraine says the
i m ben thompson in london. our other top story. a special report on the desperate shortage of vital medicines in sri lanka, as doctors warn of a an impending medical catastrophe. ukraine s foreign minister has said that the situation in the besieged port of mariupol is both dire and heart breaking, with the russian forces encircling the city determined to take it at any cost. my colleague clive myrie is live in dnipro. good evening, ukraine black prime minister say its forces are still fighting in the besieged city of mariupol, defying an ultimatum from russia to surrender or be killed. dennis micheal says the city has not fallen, despite weeks of relentless attack. fighting has continued in other areas in the east, officials kharkiv say five people have died and 13 others injured in shelling. our correspondent tom bateman is in the city at dnipro where wounded civilians are being evacuated by train. his report does contain some distressing images. street battles have intens