putin's persecution. hello and welcome. russian state media are reporting that the most important ship in russia's black sea fleet, the moskva missile cruiser, has been badly damaged after ammunition on board blew up causing a fire. the moskva is the flagship of russia's black sea fleet. quoting the russian defence ministry, interfax says the crew had all been evacuated and the cause of the fire was being investigated. earlier, a ukrainian official said the ship had been hit by two missiles, but this has not been confirmed. i'm joined now by sam lagrone, who is the editor of the united states naval institute news. thanks for being on the programme. this is a significant development are setback for the russian military?— setback for the russian milita ? , , military? this might be the most spectacular _ military? this might be the most spectacular ship - military? this might be the most spectacular ship loss| military? this might be the i most spectacular ship loss in the black sea fleet, may in history. i the black sea fleet, may in histo . . ~ ., , history. i mean, ukraine is sa in: history. i mean, ukraine is saying it — history. i mean, ukraine is saying it is _ history. i mean, ukraine is saying it is due _ history. i mean, ukraine is saying it is due to - history. i mean, ukraine is saying it is due to their. saying it is due to their missile strikes, that this ship has been damaged. russia not giving that detail, we understand everyone has been evacuated?— evacuated? that in and of itself what _ evacuated? that in and of itself what the _ evacuated? that in and of itself what the russian i evacuated? that in and of i itself what the russian state media is putting out which will be its best foot forward a pretty devastating admission, one of their most largest, most capable ships is no longer operational in the black sea. the moskva was a key component to how the russian navy was operating in the black sea, menacing ukrainian forces from shore. ., , , . menacing ukrainian forces from shore. ., ,, . , , shore. for russia this is critical, _ shore. for russia this is critical, the _ shore. for russia this is critical, the black - shore. for russia this is critical, the black sea, i shore. for russia this is i critical, the black sea, and control of that part in the port along the black sea, an important part of this strategy in terms of getting hold of the east of ukraine? the in terms of getting hold of the east of ukraine?— east of ukraine? the russians have had some _ east of ukraine? the russians have had some pretty - east of ukraine? the russians have had some pretty early i have had some pretty early successes, during the early parts of the invasion, with amphibious landing gear mariupol, but they have been unable to capture odesa which is the real prize of the black sea, and it gives you, incredible control over trade, and supplies going in and out of that part of the world. odesa is a very important part, it is to the west of crimea, and mariupol, is along the coast there, and that is where ukraine say they struck this ship, it's from there they this ship? ship, it's from there they this shi - ? , ship, it's from there they this shi? , ~ ., ., ship? yes, the ukrainian governor _ ship? yes, the ukrainian governor of _ ship? yes, the ukrainian governor of the - ship? yes, the ukrainian governor of the region i ship? yes, the ukrainian i governor of the region said ship? yes, the ukrainian - governor of the region said the ukrainian military used neptune antiship missile, land—based missile, a big lorry, and they were able to get two missiles fired into the ship, so the ukrainians claim, not too far away from snake island, where you had any engagements with the russian navy and ukrainians.— the russian navy and ukrainians. ~ . ukrainians. what impact will this have — ukrainians. what impact will this have on _ ukrainians. what impact will this have on the _ ukrainians. what impact will this have on the russian - ukrainians. what impact will i this have on the russian naval fleet down there and morale? it's not going to be great for morale if your entire ship of about 500 sailors had to abandon yourflagship, about 500 sailors had to abandon your flagship, who knows who was aboard and how many important offices might have been under way on that ship, it's going to be a real low blow. ship, it's going to be a real low blow— ship, it's going to be a real low blow. ., ~ , ., ., , ., low blow. thank you for your thoughts _ low blow. thank you for your thoughts on _ low blow. thank you for your thoughts on that _ low blow. thank you for your thoughts on that latest - thoughts on that latest development we are hearing in terms of the war in ukraine. president biden has announced an additional $800 million in military assistance to ukraine. the supplies include artillery, armoured vehicles and helicopters. pentagon officials said they were also working with allies to get ukraine other weapons the us does not have in stock. videos have emerged in the united states of a police officer fatally shooting a black man in the back of the head as he lay face—down on the ground. this is bodycam footage from the 4th of april. we are not going to show you the moment of the shooting. it happened following a traffic stop in grand rapids, michigan, and shows patrick lyoya, who was 26, running from a white police officer, the two men were then involved in a brief struggle over a taser deployed by the officer. two of the tapes show the officer kneeling on mr lyoya's back before shooting him. the incident has led to protests in grand rapids. the authorities are investigating the incident. when i saw the video, it was painful to watch and i immediately asked what caused this to happen and what more could have been done to prevent this from occurring? i continue to ask those questions and will be looking for those answers as a result from the investigative process as well as future improvements to policy in practice. the incident has sparked protests in grand rapids. demonstrators gathered in the city centre and marched to the police department headquarters. justice for patrick! justice for patrick. | justice for patrick! justice for patrick.— justice for patrick! justice for patrick. , . ., for patrick. i said 'ustice for patrick! there was a police presence but the march remained calm and peaceful. it wrapped up at around 9.30 pm local time. joining me now is our north america correspondent, david willis. david, this happened on the fourth of april get onlyjust coming to light now? fourth of april get only 'ust coming to light now? that's riaht, coming to light now? that's right. that _ coming to light now? that's right, that video _ coming to light now? that's right, that video released i coming to light now? that's| right, that video released at coming to light now? that's l right, that video released at a news conference earlier today what led to the protest tonight and there will be further protests, it seems in the days ahead. the incendiary nature of these sorts of images are well known to police chiefs here, andindeed known to police chiefs here, and indeed the grand rapids police chief, eric when strom seemed to acknowledge that tonight when he said the images from this case were going to as he put it impact the city for some while. all of this of course brought into sharp relief by the death of george floyd, who, his neck was kneeled upon by a white police officer in minneapolis, two years ago, that gave rise to the black lives matter movement and protest in cities across america, and around the world. and, indeed, there were people carrying black lives matter placards tonight, in grand rapids, involved in that protest on behalf of patrick lyoya. protest on behalf of patrick l o a. ~ ., ., protest on behalf of patrick loa. ., ., , ., lyoya. we are not showing the footaae lyoya. we are not showing the footage but — lyoya. we are not showing the footage but it's _ lyoya. we are not showing the footage but it's out _ lyoya. we are not showing the footage but it's out there - footage but it's out there and found to be shared and shared on social media, many many seeing this incident, and that will cause perhaps more demonstrations, and more to come out in protest against what happened?— come out in protest against what happened? yes, i think that's pretty _ what happened? yes, i think that's pretty likely, - what happened? yes, i think that's pretty likely, and - that's pretty likely, and certainly that's the word from community activists in grand rapids. the fact this 26—year—old man was shot at point—blank range in the head, is causing a lot of people to ask a lot of questions, indeed, the lawyerfor his ask a lot of questions, indeed, the lawyer for his family, the victim's family, benjamin crump, well known civil rights lawyer here, said this demonstrated unnecessary and excessive use of force. he called for the police officer in question to be fired, now that officer has actually been placed on paid leave. but a lot of questions surrounding this incident, sally, not least the possibility there may have been some kind of language barrier here, patrick lyoya is from the republic of congo, and his family moved here about five years ago. family moved here about five years ago-— family moved here about five earsauo. ., years ago. 0k, thank you david willis with _ years ago. 0k, thank you david willis with the _ years ago. 0k, thank you david willis with the latest _ years ago. 0k, thank you david willis with the latest on - years ago. 0k, thank you david willis with the latest on that i willis with the latest on that story. male asylum seekers who reach the uk after crossing the english channel in small boats are to be sent to rwanda in a controversial new immigration deal the two countries will sign off on thursday. the government here says they'll unveil the full details later but it's thought some single men who arrive in the uk will then be flown to the african country, around 4,000 miles away, while their applications to stay in the uk are processed. our home editor mark easton reports from rwanda. the home secretary priti patel arrived and remained telling reporters she spent the last nine months trying to finalise a deal with another country to process some of the illegal immigrants who arrived to britain across the channel. at a conference cental and the remainder capital she will announce plans to relocate single male asylums from kent 4,000 mile south, to central africa. the uk remainder migration and development partnership is the centrepiece of a wider policy blitz to deal with what has been a humiliation for ministers, who promised to brexit would control a british borders, record number of asylum seekers turning up indignities beneath the white cliffs of dover. in the white cliffs of dover. in the last four years the number of people crossing the channel in small boats has declined from 297 to two —— 29,000 this year. this year has seen 4578 arrivals and set to be a new record. standing asylum seekers to remind is likely to prove hugely controversial.- to remind is likely to prove hugely controversial. this is a despicable — hugely controversial. this is a despicable policy _ hugely controversial. this is a despicable policy quite - despicable policy quite frankly, one that we know how awful it is in all its guises because we can see what happened in australia, it costs huge sums of money, to do a huge sums of money, to do a huge amount of cruelty, to a very few people, and with no ultimate impact on the fact that people need to flee. in a seech that people need to flee. in a speech later _ that people need to flee. in a speech later this _ that people need to flee. in a speech later this morning the primus divorce outsourcing parts of the asylums system to rwanda will help break the business model of the people traffickers exploiting those seeking a better life in the uk just as brexit allowed us to take back control of legal migration he will say the government is now determined to take back control of the legal migration. but critics point to the rowenta poor human rights record and the un last year the uk demanded investigations into alleged killings, disappearances and torture, is this the right place to entrust with detecting human rights are vulnerable asylum seekers, who hoped written would protect them. flying in the ministerial jet for a day trip to remind is evidence priti patel thinks the policy will prove popular with voters, even she accepts, though, there are potentially insurmountable practical and legal hurdles before it can actually happen. mark easton, bbc news, rwanda. let's get some of the day's other news. the prime minister said. his comments came after boris johnson was fined for attending a party at number ten, it is thought the prime minister could face further fines. the mp said he had no other option but to resign. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: alive amongst the ruins in ukraine — rescuers dig with their bare hands to pull out a puppy trapped beneath a collapsed building. pol pot, one of the century's greatest mass murderers, is reported to have died of natural causes. he, and the khmer rouge movement he led, were responsible for the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million cambodians. there have been violent protests in indonesia, where playboy has gone on sale for the first time. traditionalist muslim leaders have expressed disgust. the magazine's offices have been attacked and its editorial staff have gone into hiding. it was clear that paula's only contest was with the clock, and as for her sporting legacy, paula radcliffe's competitors will be chasing her new world—best time for years to come. quite quietly, but quicker- and quicker, she seemed just to slide away under- the surface and disappear. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: the war at sea — a russian flagship forced to evacuate its crew after an explosion on board. video emerges in the united states of a police officer fatally shooting a black man as he lay face—down on the ground. police in new york have arrested a suspect wanted in a shooting at a subway station in the district of auckland which happened on tuesday after receiving a tipoff happened on tuesday after receiving a tipoff of happened on tuesday after receiving a tipoff of his whereabouts.- receiving a tipoff of his whereabouts. , ., , whereabouts. ten people were in'ured whereabouts. ten people were injured when — whereabouts. ten people were injured when he _ whereabouts. ten people were injured when he let _ whereabouts. ten people were injured when he let off - whereabouts. ten people were injured when he let off 33 - injured when he let off 33 rounds. ——in brooklyn. this was the moment that 62—year—old frankjames was taken into custody. picked up by officers in manhattan's east village after a tip off at a nearby mcdonald's. reporter: frank, were you planning this long? | it was then taken to a police station and charged with several counts, including carrying out a terrorist attack on a mass transit system. the city's mayor announced the arrest via video link with a news conference. my fellow new yorkers, we got him. we got him. at 30—hour manhunt prompted by this attack on a packed subway station at the height of morning rush—hour. a gunman detonated smoke bombs and then opened fire on passengers. police quickly issued these photographs of someone described as a person of interest. that person of interest was frankjames. i want to commend all of the investigators and analysts who took part in this all—hands—on—deck investigation. literally hundreds of nypd detectives worked doggedly over the last 30 hours to bring this together. all of this, a terrifying incident for a city which has experienced its fair share of terrifying incidents. but this is, after all, the big apple. we are back to normal, nyc strong, right back to normal like nothing ever happened. it was really astonishing, it was like this is people's everyday commute, you aren't getting up in the morning thinking you aren't going to make it home or you will get hurt in the process of going. as for frankjames, he will appear in court on thursday. if he is found guilty, he could face life behind bars. tim allman, bbc news. searching for people in kwazulu—natal after torrential rain saw roads and bridges washed away. the philippines' national disaster agency says nearly i million national disaster agency says nearlyi million people have been adversely affected by the tropical storm on the weekend. continuous heavy rain triggered flooding and landslides, devastating communities. 76 people are confirmed to have died but the number is expected to rise in the days ahead. the war in ukraine has forced millions to leave their homes there. but it's also caused a mass exodus from russia. hundreds of thousands have left the country in recent weeks, some fearing a political crackdown, others escaping economic sanctions. tim whewell reports now from tbilisi, capital of russia's southern neighbour georgia, where more than 25,000 russians have arrived since the start of the war and where some are now working to help ukraine. georgia used to be a holiday horn for russians, now it is a place for exile. student, cardio, is one of tens of thousands who fled here, ashamed of the war her government is waging in ukraine. it government is waging in ukraine-— government is waging in ukraine. ., ., ukraine. it was not a decision, actually because _ ukraine. it was not a decision, actually because it _ ukraine. it was not a decision, actually because it was - ukraine. it was not a decision, actually because it was just i actually because it was just the feeling deeply inside me that it the feeling deeply inside me thatitis the feeling deeply inside me that it is the necessity to leave because i felt like something horrible is going on. if she had stayed she would have joined anti—war protests and been arrested. here she has found a way to help ukraine, joining other russian volunteers and a project called helping to leave. using messaging apps they find drivers and vehicles and raise money to rescue ukrainians from the zone. but other russian arrivals here are solving their own crises, keeping their businesses afloat. i keeping their businesses afloat. ., keeping their businesses afloat. . , , ,, , afloat. i have businesses in russia, afloat. i have businesses in russia. in _ afloat. i have businesses in russia, in usa, _ afloat. i have businesses in russia, in usa, and - afloat. i have businesses in russia, in usa, and i- afloat. i have businesses inj russia, in usa, and i travel afloat. i have businesses in l russia, in usa, and i travel a lot. i certainly understand the things that are happening right now in russia—ukraine situation will create problems for me to earn money and be free to travel wherever i want. they are digital— travel wherever i want. they are digital nomads, - travel wherever i want. they are digital nomads, they i are digital nomads, they already feel at home here. younger, educated russians like these can work and play anywhere. they have a good life in moscow but they can have a good life here as well. i in moscow but they can have a good life here as well.- good life here as well. i am not political _ good life here as well. i am not political at _ good life here as well. i am not political at all, - good life here as well. i am not political at all, so i i good life here as well. i am not political at all, so i am | not political at all, so i am just here to live my life, freely, to do my businesses, to do sports, to create vacancies for other people to help them. that is the whole point of living, i believe.- that is the whole point of living, i believe. but many georgians— living, i believe. but many georgians are _ living, i believe. but many georgians are worried i living, i believe. but many georgians are worried that russia already has too much influence here and the new russian influx may increase it further. , ., russian influx may increase it further. , , further. do they support putin and want to — further. do they support putin and want to avoid _ further. do they support putin and want to avoid sanctions? l further. do they support putin l and want to avoid sanctions? or they don't like putin and they want to be with ours, right? that is a very fair question to ask because, well, if they dislike russian politics, did they speak up while they were there? ., , they speak up while they were there? . , .. . they speak up while they were there? . , . ., . ., there? certainly, catchier and there? certainly, catchier and the other— there? certainly, catchier and the other russian _ there? certainly, catchier and the other russian exiles i the other russian exiles helping people leave ukraine are making that choice now. the kremlin would view them as traitors. they can't go home now. , , , now. yes, i betrayed my government. _ now. yes, i betrayed my government. the - now. yes, i betrayed my government. the thing i now. yes, i betrayed my i government. the thing about now. yes, i betrayed my - government. the thing about the war is that there is something white and something black. i joined the whiteside and i don't care about consequences. it just can don't care about consequences. itjust can no longer be that. tim whewell, bbc news. time for a look at all the sport now. hello, i'm chetan pathak with your sports news. we start with the uefa champions league where manchester city are into the semi finals for the second season in a row, after a hard fought 0—0 draw at atletico madrid ensured they went through 1—0 on aggeregate. ilkay gundogan could have made life much easier for pep guardiola's side, but he hit the post from close range in the first half. atletico ended the fiery game with 10 men when defender felipe was shown a second yellow card for a dangerous follow—through on phil foden. unlike their opponents, city put in a disciplined and mature performance, ensuring they'll be back in madrid to face real in the last four. joining manchester city in the semi finals are their fellow english premier league rivals liverpool. both sides could meet in the final. liverpool played out an entertaining 3—3 draw with benfica at anfield with roberto firmino scoring twice to put them 3—1 up. but the portuguese side staged a spirited fightback with darwin nunez scoring a late equaliser. jurgen klopp's side go through 6—4 on aggregate with the side that knocked out bayern munich, unai emery�*s villarreal awaiting in the semis. they probably have the most successful manager in football, so he knows what he is doing. two different approaches, away and time, it was clear. they defended munich even more than they did at villa real. without it, it wouldn't be champions' league. a resurgent barcelona are in europa league action later on thursday. they play german side eintracht frankfurt in the second leg of their quarter—final. barca drew i—i when they played last thursday in germany. sergino dest, memphis depay and gerard pique returned to train with the squad and will be available to play after recovering from their injuries. allyson felix, the most decorated female track and field 0lympian of all time, says she'll retire at the end of the season. the 36—year—old american's won 11 olympic medals, including seven golds, as well as 13 world titles, and competed at her fifth and final olympics in tokyo last summer. the 36—year—old announced on social media that she plans to embark on her farewell season as a thank you to the sport. carlos alcaraz says his shock exit at the monte carlo masters isn't the result of his sudden rise to fame which has seen him earmarked as a future grand slam champion and world number one. the spanish 18—year—old, seeded eight, was beaten in three sets by american sebastian korda in the second round. alcaraz had arrived on the back of winning the miami masters. however, the world number 11 was outgunned by korda in a thrilling clay court battle lasting just over three hours. alcaraz is the second big name to exit the tournament following world number one novak djokovic who lost his opener on tuesday. korda winning 7—6, 6—7, 6—3. ididn't i didn't think about the expectation that the people has for me. yes, ijust focused on me, what i have to do. as i said, you have to play on clay—court, more matches. you can follow the monte carlo masters on the bbc sport website but from all of us here, that's all your sport for now. before we finish, i'd just like to bring you these pictures from ukraine, and a happy story. rescuers digging with their bare hands managed to pull out a puppy alive from the rubble of a building, as you can see in this video released by the donetsk regional police. the rescuers heard the puppy whining as they were picking through the rubble. the puppy doesn't seem to be too seriously injured. he was reunited with his grateful owner who praised the rescuers for acting so quickly to find his best friend. hello there. apart from the odd shower, it does look like many places will stay dry for the run—up to easter and for many of us it will stay quite warm as well, particularly for england and wales where we will see the best of any sunshine throughout the day on thursday. we have a weak area of high pressure tending to build in across the country. that should keep these weather fronts out at bay, which will tend to threaten parts of northern ireland and scotland through the day. however, they will tend to bring thicker cloud here through the day. some spots of rain around, particularly for western scotland. elsewhere, any low cloud, mist and murk will tend to clear away, certainly inland. that allows for some good sunny spells to develop, although it could stay quite murky around the coast. and it is just an outside chance of a shower across eastern england. you'll get another warm day to come from many. 15—19 degrees, we could see 20 degrees again somewhere in the south—east. we saw a repeat performances as we head through thursday night. showers die away and we start to see more low cloud, mist and murk rolling in to southern and western areas, in particular. i think eastern areas will see lengthier clear spells. and, again, it is going to be another mild night. so, for good friday we start off mainly dry. sunshine from the word go across eastern areas. a bit more in the way of cloud across the north and the west. perhaps an odd shower for northern ireland, wales, the south—west of england, otherwise most places dry. and it could be the warmest day of the week, good friday. we could see 21 degrees some places in the south—east, but even further north, the mid to high teens. as we head through the easter weekend, it does look like our area of high pressure could start to break down, and that may allow low pressure and weather fronts to sweep in to the north and the west through easter sunday and easter monday. so some areas in the north could be fairly wet. saturday itself doesn't look too bad. much of england and wales, again, dry with some good spells of sunshine. a bit more in the way of cloud across scotland, northern ireland, perhaps some some irish sea coast, the odd shower here. and temperatures, again, mid to high teens for many, probably highs of 18 or 19 in at the south—east. temperatures just coming down a little bit. easter sunday at this stage could be fairly wet across parts of the north and the west for a while. more active weather fronts try to work their way eastwards. again, midlands, eastern england, southern england could stay dry. some good sunny spells and temperatures in the mid—to—high teens once again. so i think we're starting the easter weekend on a largely fine and pretty warm note, with some sunshine around, the best of it to the east. but there is an increasing chance of unsettled weather trying to push in from the north and the west for part two of easter weekend. this is bbc news with the latest business headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. europeans are on central bank watch — with galloping inflation across the eu, what will the european central bank do to help households and businesses? the advertising industry has been enjoying a post—pandemic boom but experts warn this could be short—lived as businesses grapple with a steep rise in costs. and we take a look at how the ukraine conflict is having an economic impact on nepal with a special report from kathmandu. and, just when you thought it was safe to watch television again... they're back! the kardashians comes to disney plus and hulu after a 9—figure deal.