russia has banned dozens of british journalists, defence executives and government ministers from entering the country. the list includes the bbc s clive myrie, orla guerin and nick beake, who have reported from ukraine, and director general tim davie. the editors in chief of the times, the daily telegraph, the guardian, the daily mail and the independent were also sanctioned. fierce fighting is continuing in the east of ukraine as russia pushes its advance into the country s industrial heartland. russia says it will give civilians a safe route out of the bombarded eastern city of severodonetsk for 12 hours on wednesday, although attempts to create humanitarian corridors in ukraine have often failed. the international criminal court s chief prosecutor has been in the city of kharkiv to see the devastation for himself, and he said the court would prosecute the highest ranks of