hello this is bbc news with joanna gosling. the headlines: the northern ireland secretary, brandon lewis, says he will meet political parties at stormont in the coming days to urge them to form a government. the nationalist party, sinn fein, won the most seats in the assembly election. president zelensky says diplomatic efforts are continuing to try and rescue wounded soldiers from the besieged azovstal steelworks in mariupol. more questions for the uk opposition leader sir keir starmer over whether he broke lockdown rules. a leaked memo suggests a meal he attended was planned, despite covid restrictions. the official who oversaw the crackdown on pro democracy protests in hong kong in 2019 has become the territory s new leader. john lee was the only candidate to replace carrie lam. i will be back with the one o clock