hello and welcome to bbc news. the ukrainian government has urged the united nations to do more to bring those trapped inside the city of mariupol to safety. it s urged the un secretary general, antonio guterres, to intervene immediately. he s meeting president putin in moscow next week and then travelling on to kyiv. on saturday, there ll be another attempt to establish humanitarian corridors out of the besieged southern port city of mariupol, which russian forces have been trying to fully capture for several weeks. simonjones has the latest. under attack, ukraine s second city, rq. russia was much assault is intensifying. the dangers are clear. despite the destruction, some residents are determined to stay. we destruction, some residents are determined to stay. determined to stay. we are auoin to determined to stay. we are going to fight- determined to stay. we are going to fight. to determined to stay. we are going to fight. to fight - determined to stay. we are going to fight.
him back there, so i will have a conversation with them. wherever he ends up, it is hoped that from now on dexter will keep his feet on dry land. rachel bell, bbc news. photos of prince louis have been released to mark his fourth birthday. taken by the duchess of cambridge, the photographs show the prince playing earlier this month on a beach in norfolk in east england. his mother catherine s photos have regularly been used to mark her children s birthdays. prince louis is fifth in line to the british throne. a reminder of our main news: the ukrainian government has urged the united nations to do more to bring those trapped inside the city of mariupol to safety. it s asked the un secretary general, antonio guterres, to intervene immediately. he s meeting president putin in moscow next week, and then travelling on to kyiv. it comes as satelllite images are released that appear to show a second site where mass graves have been dug near mariupol.
where the video was made. but even as air raid sirens and air strikes hit several cities where russia withdrew ground forces, new hope at this hour for a diplomatic end to the war from the chancellor of austria after he visited president zelenskyy in kyiv and president putin in moscow. i talked with president zelenskyy about the trip to moscow. and both sides, president zelenskyy and president putin, mentioned the istanbul peace talks. and maybe we have a little chance there for peace. we re covering all angles. we start with nbc s matt bradley who is joining us from kyiv, ukraine. so matt, let s get to the situation in mariupol right now. how dire is it? reporter: i mean, it is about as dire as it s ever been. we re talking about a city that s been under siege, alex, for the past several months, without food, without clean
hollywood waits to hear which films are in the running for this year s oscars. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe there is no security for europeans if there s no security for russia that was the tack taken by president macron of france as he spent five hours in the company of president putin in moscow. his search for a diplomatic breakthrough in the tensions between russia, ukraine and the west pointed to an appreciation on both sides of the need to compromise. but still there was no indication of an imminent the efforts by the french president come after russia amassed more than 100,000 troops on the border
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