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
And we are a family, and we will always be a family. And we will get through this time, and hopefully be a stronger family for it. More than half a Million People with a disability are Self Employed. Ill be looking at why its such a popular option as part of the bbcs disability works series. Can another Non League Club join lincoln in the Quarter Finals of the fa cup . Sutton united take on arsenal later the winner will play lincoln. The holders, Manchester United will face chelsea next after coming from behind to beat Blackburn Rovers yesterday. It is blast off for plans to create the first spaceport. We it is blast off for plans to create the first spaceport. We are in cornwall, where they will track the space kraft. After 8 00 well be joined by tv royalty. Joanna lumley and Jennifer Saunders will be on the sofa as they celebrate 25 years of ab fab. And carol has the weather. Good morning, iwill start good morning, i will start to the day and cloudy. The cloud producing drizzle in th
some further showers in the west, but some low cloud and a sea fog creeping in towards the east. and on sunday we cast our eyes to the south, weather system pushing up, which could bring more widespread rain through sunday. a dry start for many, a few showers in the south west to begin with but across ireland, england and wales we will see some rain develop a bit more widely, not for everyone, but where you see the rain it could be heavy and thundery, too. temperatures dropping but when the sunshine breaks through it will feel very humid. and dry weather back next week. back to you both. matt, thanks very much. the hazel dormouse is one of britain s least seen woodland creatures ? not because of their size, but because they re numbers have dropped significantly, due to habitat loss and climate change. for the past 30 years a project has been working to bring them back to large parts of england and wales. our midlands correspondent phil mackie joined the team in derbyshire as they relea
persistent rain pushing on across southern counties and into the midlands and even then there we will see flashes of lightning and rumbles of thunder so wet morning commute across southern counties and heavy rain moving north. showers are more hit and miss across northern england but turning more persistent in the afternoon and certainly in south east scotland but southern and western areas will brighten up an compared with yesterday, northern ireland, wales and the southwest a dry day and not as windy but fairly blustering across north scotland where it will stay dry for some but cooler here at ten or 12 degrees and once the sunshine breaks across the south, not quite as warm as yesterday but with lighter winds it will feel warmer with 18 or 19 is the high. rain will fade away overnight across parts of scotland and it turns misty and murky in east anglia and the midlands and there could be fog tomorrow morning but any early fog will clear and the breeze picks up in the shower is pushi
scotland and also northern england. the showers. 0n either side, the sunshine breaks with sunshine coming through and the temperature range, 15 to 25. hello this is bbc news. the headlines. pupils in england, wales and northern ireland get their gcse results this morning the first to be based on exams since the pandemic and it s predicted that grades will drop. i m excited and happy for myself. feeling very humbled as well because didn t expect to get some of the grades that i received today. in other news, the investigation into the murder of nine year old olivia pratt korbel continues. police are questioning a former drug dealer who was the intended target of the attack. a think thank campaigning on behalf of low and middle income families has warned that a catastrophe is coming this winter unless the government steps in to help with energy costs.