later that afternoon, 27 bodies were pulled from the water. they included seven women, two teenagers and one young girl. but it would be weeks before their families would find out. this man is a policeman from northern iraq, his family were trying to reach britain. he last heard from them as they were boarding a dinghy in dunkirk. but he doesn t know if it was the same boat that sank.
hello, i m nuala mcgovern. you re watching context on bbc news. ukraine s port city mariupol continues to face heavy shelling by russia. the city s deputy mayor says at least 1200 people have been killed there with some buried in a mass grave. the uk introduces a new streamlined visa system for ukrainian refugees from tuesday, after growing criticism that not enough was being done for ukrainians trying to reach britain. uk foreign secretary says russia is committing war crimes in ukraine amid growing calls for an international war crimes investigation. tonight with the context, andrea kendall taylor, former deputy national intelligence officer for russia and eurasia, in the office of the director of national intelligence and paul waugh, chief political commentator at the inewspaper.
we will bring you more on that as we get it. after days of delays, 20,000 people have managed to escape from mariupol overnight. taken out in a convoy of cars, lorries and buses. and here in the uk, the government has confirmed that so far 122,000 people have have registered an interest in hosting ukrainian refugees who reach britain. thank you very much indeed. that number is rising all the time. the otherjohn. number is rising all the time. the otherjohn. we number is rising all the time. iue: otherjohn, we have got lots of you today. everybody who works in the programme isjohn! a disappointing night for manchester united? the scale of the night for manchester united? the scale of the task for manchester united, it feels like we have been talking about it for ages since manage alex ferguson left. it is
but the open question now is how this omicron variant is actually going to go down in those highly vaccinated countries. thousands of people have demonstrated in austria against plans to make coronavirus vaccinations mandatory. the largest of saturday s demonstrations was in the city of graz where some thirty thousand people marched through the streets, demanding the freedom to decide for themselves whether to be vaccinated. the protest was peaceful but more than a hundred and 50 people had their details taken by police for not wearing masks. more details have emerged about some of the 27 people who drowned this week while trying to reach britain from france. newspaper reports say that among the dead were a 25 year old man, who d left iraq tojoin his brother in england, and an iraqi kurdish woman, along with her three children. the bbc has been hearing from the family and friends of the first victim to be named 24 year old maryam nuri mohamed amin. more details from our correspondent
more details have emerged about some of the 27 people who drowned this week while trying to reach britain from france. 25 year old man, who d left iraq tojoin his brother in england, and an iraqi kurdish woman, along with her three children. the bbc has been hearing from the family and friends of the first victim to be named 2a year old maryam nuri mohamed amin. more details from our correspondent, lucy williamson. she left to start a new life with her fiance. a video from her engagement party less than a year ago still stored on her relatives phones. maryam nuri mohamed amin tried several times to get a visa tojoin her partner in the uk, before deciding to surprise him by trying to get there another way. she was messaging him when the boat began to lose air. in erbil, in northern iraq, the family s anger showed through their grief.