for those who are still missing. asylum seekers could be flown from the uk to rwanda within weeks, under new plans from the british government. but some charities and politicians say the are proposals "cruel" and "chilling". and coming up later this hour, scientists injapan say cats can remember the name of their owner, and the names of their feline friends too. the russian defence ministry has warned it will intensify attacks around the ukraine capital, kyiv, after accusing ukraine of targeting russian border towns. moscow also claims its sea—based cruise missiles have struck a factory outside kyiv which produces anti—ship missiles, including the type which — according to ukraine — hit russia's flagship, the moskva. russia confirmed the 12,000—tonne cruiser from its black sea fleet had sunk but says it went down in rough seas as it was being towed to port, after a fire caused its ammunition to explode. from lviv in western ukraine, danjohnson, sent this report. once again, ukrainians shelter in fear of aerial attack and this was some of the damage on the edge of kyiv after explosions were heard close to the capital. russia says it targeted a military facility. a russian defence spokesman warned there'd be more strikes on kyiv and released these pictures of missile launches from the black sea. russia presumably wants to show its firepower isn't diminished, despite the sinking of its black sea flagship. it says moskva went down in rough seas, being towed to port after a fire on board. there's been no comment on ukrainian claims of a successful missile strike. this is a tremendous victory for ukraine, even if they didn't directly contribute to the sinking, and it's an enormous defeat for russia because it indicates the russian armed forces simply aren't up to snuff in terms of modern military capabilities. the ship was seen in the black sea only a few days ago. a presidential visit on deck a few years back shows russia's pride in the missile cruiser and the embarrassment of its loss. ukraine's president referred to it in his address on the 50th night of the war. translation: ukraine is defended by our people, all our people, - those who stop the advance of endless columns of russian equipment, those who rebuff constant attacks in donbas, those who have shown that russian ships can go only to the bottom. the moskva already appears on stamps as a symbol of ukrainian defiance. it has become a popular resistance image after ukrainian soldiers on a black sea island refused to surrender and told the ship firmly to go away. now it's propaganda value is even greater. translation: it is a symbol of this war for people who are suffering - and fighting in the battle zones. for them, it is inspiring. it is the motto of the war. it is kind of a symbol of ukrainian resistance. russia's biggest military warship and it has the name moskva, - very symbolic, right? it is a boost to ukrainian morale, but there are fears the sinking could have rattled russia and may mean even more aggression. our correspondent, anna foster, who's in kozarovychi, north of kyiv, has been speaking with one family about how they were affected by the fighting this is what is left of their home. we are about a0 kilometres north of kyiv and in early march this whole area was being used as a russian staging post. mikola said there were around 150 russian vehicles in this field, tanks, armoured vehicles and they saw two helicopters, one had landed to pick up wind russian servicemen on the other was circling above to provide cover. as mikola's neighbour, the hovering helicopter was hit by a ukrainian missile which brought it down and then a second one which blew it right into their home. they heard the fire start, they heard the explosion and they dived down into their basement underneath the house. they did know what had gone on at that point, but then when they felt the flames, mikola knew that he needed to come back up here and save his six cats so he came back up, broke a window and went in there to try and pull them out of the flames. they were stunned when they saw what had happened here, when they saw that this russian helicopter had blown into their home, had left a message on a mac wreckage —— had left wreckage all over the yard and they are still living in the basement downstairs amongst this wreckage. andrii osadchuk is a member of the ukrainian parliament under the pro—european holos party, he joins us from kyiv. thank you for your time today. when you look at the ongoing terrible suffering your people have endured, do you think there is any limit on how long and how much people can cope with in the coming weeks? first of all, we cope with in the coming weeks? first of all. we knew _ cope with in the coming weeks? f "st of all, we knew russians for decades and centuries. unfortunately it was not well understood for the entire west what russia is but for ukrainians it is not a secret at all so russian brutality and aggression is very well known here so that is why it is not really surprising for us what they are doing. . unfortunately, sometimes they went too far and things which had already happened around kyiv and the south of the ukraine and mariupol, it is absolutely terrible and beyond any levels of humanity. it is war crimes, crimes against humanity, and we feel it is genocide because they kill ukrainians just for being ukrainians and the target of this war is to liberalise ukraine, as they say, but putin and his people united ukraine. i have been travelling over the country for the last month and ijust came back from the streets of kyiv, people are united, i don't see fear in the eyes of the ukrainian people. people are collected, —— people have collected millions to support the army and we are not going to step back, is not just words, it's reality.— just words, it's reality. everyone has seen the _ just words, it's reality. everyone has seen the strength _ just words, it's reality. everyone has seen the strength of- just words, it's reality. everyone has seen the strength of the - has seen the strength of the ukrainians and it has been extraordinary to watch that but is there a danger that the west, that europeans, america, because they don't want to see this escalated through nato, they are giving you help, enough to hold back the russian army up to a point but not to completely defeat them and you end up with this very prolonged stalemate and it has to end in some sort of negotiation, doesn't it? that's a fair question. unfortunately, it took us almost five to six weeks of war to prove to the west at first, we will not surrender, secondly, we are able to fight with russians, third, we have the most valuable asset, ukrainian people and the ukrainian army. i5 people and the ukrainian army. is that a negotiated position in your view when you speak to parliamentary and political colleagues where if there is going to be any peace that comes out of this where any territory at all would be given up to the kremlin and the neutrality of your country could be debated but the facing away of nato could be debated, all the things that were discussed before this invasion happened, are those still possibilities in your view for somewhere you could land at an agreement? it’s somewhere you could land at an agreement?— somewhere you could land at an aureement? h ., , , , ., ., agreement? it's a simple question to me, in this agreement? it's a simple question to me. in this war. _ agreement? it's a simple question to me, in this war, someone _ agreement? it's a simple question to me, in this war, someone will- agreement? it's a simple question to me, in this war, someone will win i me, in this war, someone will win and someone will lose. we will not discuss any questions about territories of ukraine. it is integral, it is our civility, we will not trade our territory. would you be prepared to give up any inch of uk soil? the answer is no because you are proud of your country. the answer on any territorial demands from russia is no. we need to continue our success and we need more support from the west, more support from the united kingdom and we respect the leadership of boris johnson in this issue, but for today, it took us a lot of resources and we need more resources to when this war on our land and not spread the word to europe —— win this war. how much more does the ukrainian military need? is it double, triple, ten times as much back—up compared to what you are getting? we have seenjoe biden pledging a lot more support and the german chancellor wants to spend an additional 2 billion euros on a new military equipment to help the ukrainian government, that has been reported just now. as it going to be enough? —— is it going to be enough? it’s -- is it going to be enough? it's happening _ —— is it going to be enough? it�*s happening every day and every hour, we spent a huge amount of resources. finally we start receiving from the west what we were asking from the very beginning. tanks, missile systems, helicopters and we will need that as long as we will fight on ukrainian soil, as long as we will defeat russia. i think the war will defeat russia. i think the war will continue up to five, six months because russia will be unable to continue this war because russian resources appear to be much less than some had thought before the war. we than some had thought before the war. ~ .., ., than some had thought before the war. ~ ., _, than some had thought before the war. ~ ., , than some had thought before the war. ., , , war. we cannot confirm this, but we have seen reports _ war. we cannot confirm this, but we have seen reports from _ war. we cannot confirm this, but we have seen reports from the - have seen reports from the washington post in the united states saying we have seen a diplomatic note in which moscow has been complaining the deployment of the most sensitive weapon systems is fuelling the conflict. is there a danger that this does escalate massively because nato countries are supplying weapons to try to help, but that has a massive political risk? , ., , , , , risk? the question is very simple, the west. providing _ risk? the question is very simple, the west. providing weapons, - risk? the question is very simple, i the west. providing weapons, russia will destroy everything. it's a big mistake. everyone in the west must understand they will move further so that's why all western leaders agree it can be a long war and will be finished on ukrainian soil. we have seen the west is ready to help us as long as it is needed and it is very much welcomed. there have been fierce clashes between israeli police and palestinians injerusalem's al—aqsa mosque compound. israeli police used tear gas and stun grenades in repsonse to palestinians throwing firecrackers and stones. reports suggest more than 150 palestinians and three israeli policemen were injured. our middle east correspondent yolande knell was in the area this morning. what happened this morning was after dawn prayers and israeli police said they entered the compound around al asqa mosque to clear away a large demonstration and it was packed with people there for ramadan and some were holding up flags and some missiles were thrown at due worshippers and fireworks were used by palestinian protesters and they started using batons and stun grenades to clear people away. those clashes went on for several hours before hundreds of palestinians were arrested. i was able to see muslim worshippers going into al—asqa mosque, as the doors were reopened for lunchtime prayers and questions where there for the good friday procession and jews were preparing for passover. when there are these ceremonies here at this site, they can quickly escalate into conflict. it is calm at the moment of the concern as it will be short—lived. south african authorities say almost four hundred people are now known to have died during severe floods in kwazulu—natal province — described as the worst in decades. the provincial premier said almost ai,000 people have been affected around the city of durban. days of torrential rain have washed away homes, roads and bridges. the police, army and volunteer rescuers are widening their search for those still missing. plans to send some asylum seekers who arrive in the uk to live in rwanda have been described as "absolutely chilling" by charities and politicians. britain's home secretary, priti patel, who travelled to rwandan capital kigali to sign the deal, said the "vast majority" of those arriving in the uk "illegally" would be considered for relocation to rwanda. the government says the system would reduce people—smuggling and discourage people from trying to reach britain in small boats. but the united nations�* refugee agency said people fleeing conflict and persecution deserved compassion and empathy and should not be traded like commodities. china is beginning military exercises around taiwan. an army spokesman said they were directed at what he called the "wrong signal" being sent about the island by the united states. the exercises coincide with a bipartisan visit by six us lawmakers to taipei. the biden administration has repeatedly talked of its "rock—solid" commitment to taiwan. but china regards the self—governing island as an integral part of its territory and a foreign ministry spokesman has condemned the us support for taiwan. democrat senator bob menendez is among those visiting taipei. he spoke about the international importance of taiwan. we are here to support taiwan, our relationship is rock—solid, and when a country like taiwan has 90% of the high end semiconductor industry, it is a country of global significance, of global economic consequence, and those who wish taiwan ill must understand that the global community will look at that and say we cannot allow taiwan to be negatively impacted because the world's interests. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's louisa. joe root has stepped down as england test captain after the team's run of poor performances. england slumped to a io—wicket defeat to the west indies in the third test in grenada last month as their winless run stretched to nine matches. in the aftermath, root said he wanted to stay on but now says "the timing is right" to step down. he holds the record for the most number of matches and wins as england captain. this is what root had to say. eventually you start to realise that however passionate you may be about the job, however passionate you may be about thejob, and it's one of however passionate you may be about the job, and it's one of those jobs that does grab you, you never want to give it up no matter how bad things are, you have to look at results and when i talk to him at the end of that test match, you have to say it's a results driven game and if you're not getting enough wins and too many losses, which is what has been happening for the last 12 months, at some stage something has to change. joe is one of these lovely men that everyone from the age of three to 93 loves. we all admire his cricket but eventually as admire his cricket but eventually as a leader, you realise you can only see so many things so many times. if the messages and getting through, it is normally time for someone else to try and get another message through. in football, burnley have sacked their manager sean dyche with the club four points from premier league safety. there are just eight games remaining in the season with burnley looking to avoid dropping back down to the championship for the first time since 2016. dyche was the league's longest serving manager, having been at the helm for almost ten years. burnley chairman alan pace said it was "an incredibly difficult decision" to part company with the 50—year—old, but said "results this season have been disappointing and, while this was an incredibly difficult decision, with eight crucial games of the campaign remaining, we feel a change is needed to give the squad the best possible chance of retaining its premier league status." former burnley player paul weller said it was a shock decision. very surprised by the dismissal of sean. i've known him nine and a half years, he's gone down as a legend and has brought the community and the club and the town together over that time and put burnley on the map. i'm very surprised by it but at the same time if you look at statistics and where we are, it's been a difficult season. four wins this year, it has not been good enough so you can see why the chairman has made those changes but you will see a lot of unhappy supporters around. the ricketts family—led consortium has pulled out of the running to buy chelsea because of what they call "unusual dynamics around the sales process". the family, which owns mlb side the chicago cubs, had made the shortlist of bidders. but have now opted not to make a final bid. the consortium included billionaire hedge—fund entrepreneur ken griffin and cleveland cavaliers owner dan gilbert. chelsea fans have protested against the ricketts bid in recent weeks. in tennis, great britain has the chance of qualifying for the finals of the billiejean king cup — they're in action against czech republic on friday and saturday, with the best of five matches across the two days. the czech republic won the opener — marketa vondrousova with a comprehensive win over harriet dart — but world number 12 emma raducanu has battled back beating tereza martincova. raducanu fought hard to win 7—5, 7—5. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. now a paws for thought — researchers at kyoto university have discovered that cats can remember the name of their owners and their feline friends. joining me now is celia haddon, an author and cat expert from gloucestershire. tell us more about this research and what it shows. it’s tell us more about this research and what it show-— what it shows. it's the culmination of various bits _ what it shows. it's the culmination of various bits of _ what it shows. it's the culmination of various bits of research - what it shows. it's the culmination of various bits of research which . of various bits of research which shows cats can recognise their names compared with random words and they can recognise their names from the names of other cats and then they started showing photos and the cats looked more carefully when the name did not match the photos. it's a possibility that if they were shown a picture of the owner and the wrong name that they also may have had some recognition of the owner's name. i don't think it means that they have a very complicated idea about names. i think it's a simple association. if their name is called, then something is going to happen like maybe they will be given food or maybe they will be given some petting and so that word, that sound, becomes more important to them. i don't think they've got higher thoughts, them. i don't think they've got higherthoughts, i them. i don't think they've got higher thoughts, i don't think we have a symbolic representation of that identity when they hear those names. �* , ., that identity when they hear those names. ~ , ., ., , . that identity when they hear those names. , ., ., , names. and these are domestic cats, in terms of — names. and these are domestic cats, in terms of their _ names. and these are domestic cats, in terms of their brain _ names. and these are domestic cats, in terms of their brain capacity, - in terms of their brain capacity, how do we research that? how do we know exactly what their sense of perception is? it’s know exactly what their sense of perception is?— perception is? it's 'olly difficult because in h perception is? it's 'olly difficult because in fact, _ perception is? it's jolly difficult because in fact, the _ perception is? it's jolly difficult | because in fact, the researchers have to look and measure how long the animals stare at the photo because they stare longer if there is an incorrect name with the photo or you have to see if they have moved their heads and ears of the name is called out. there has been a folk belief for a long time that cats can recognise the word vet which is why they disappear when you want to take them to the vet,, but they are able to associate human words with consequences. vet is bad, going to run away. my owner calling me dear toby, possibly some food in this for me. me dear toby, possibly some food in this for me— this for me. what does that mean in terms of how _ this for me. what does that mean in terms of how people _ this for me. what does that mean in terms of how people should - this for me. what does that mean in terms of how people should treat i terms of how people should treat their pets? terms of how people should treat their ets? ~ terms of how people should treat their pets?— terms of how people should treat their ets? ~ ., ., , , their pets? well, what it means is it's auoin their pets? well, what it means is it's going to _ their pets? well, what it means is it's going to be — their pets? well, what it means is it's going to be worthwhile - their pets? well, what it means is it's going to be worthwhile using l it's going to be worthwhile using the cat's name in order to teach them to come when called, that's pretty simple. say their name and give them something nice to eat when they arrive. a problem between humans and cats is that you must have not tried to train cats but they are very trainable. you can train them like you would for dogs, giving them a reward for doing the right thing and using a word to show them what to do, a command if you like, and i think that's important. one final question, if they are so intelligent, should they be domesticated? is it fair animals should be capped in humans' houses at all? —— kept. irate should be capped in humans' houses at all? -- kept-— at all? -- kept. we have not been domesticated _ at all? -- kept. we have not been domesticated as _ at all? -- kept. we have not been domesticated as long _ at all? -- kept. we have not been domesticated as long as _ at all? -- kept. we have not been domesticated as long as dogs - at all? -- kept. we have not been domesticated as long as dogs but| at all? -- kept. we have not been. domesticated as long as dogs but if you put your cat into the world it may not even survive so it has been done to them and we must treat them properly know they are domesticated. and to my maid, keeping them entirely locked up in a small flat with nothing to do isn't the right treatment, you need to give them a lot to do if they are going to be indoor cats. this— lot to do if they are going to be indoor cats. thi , ., , ., , indoor cats. this everyone should be outside in the _ indoor cats. this everyone should be outside in the uk _ indoor cats. this everyone should be outside in the uk today, _ indoor cats. this everyone should be outside in the uk today, it's - outside in the uk today, it's gloriously sunny. thank you for speaking to us. that's it for this bulletin. ion speaking to us. that's it for this bulletin. i on twitter if you have any thoughts about cats or anything else. bye for now. hello. for many of us, the weather throughout the easter period is actually going to be very decent indeed with warm sunny spells. today being the warmest day of the next few. but this headline definitely doesn't tell the whole story. in fact, many western parts of the uk are often cloudy, especially around coastal areas and that's because there is a weather system pretty much right on top of the british isles, even giving some spits and spots of rain, those murky, drizzly conditions around coasts. only 15 in plymouth whereas inland it's in excess of 20 celsius. look how cool it is on the north sea coasts, in aberdeen. in the north—west of the uk, i think thick cloud and a few showers through today and again low cloud around these western coasts, both through today, tonight and into tomorrow. mild, relatively overnight, typically around six, seven, 8 degrees, maybe cold spots falling to a degrees where the sky is clear overnight in east anglia. and tomorrow we do it all over again. so western areas at times will be cloudy but the vast majority of us are in for some warm spells of sunshine, so if you're stuck underneath the cloud today and tomorrow you are among the few. many of us are enjoying the fine weather. let's have a look at the forecast as we head into sunday. there is a bit of a breakdown in the weather happening. you can see the blue here, that's rain. a weather front moves across ireland, that means we are in for some wet weather in northern ireland and some western parts of england, wales and scotland. here's the forecast, easter sunday, outbreaks of rain reaching at least the west of northern ireland. eventually probably reaching western scotland. maybe nudging into pembrokeshire, possibly cornwall, but look at that, the bulk of the uk is in fact enjoying a relatively warm and sunny sunday. then on monday i think most of that rain will have fizzled out but more cloud and rain spreads into the north—west, so breezy conditions here and certainly i think some rain or at least showers there in western parts of scotland. again, the bulk of the uk enjoying sunshine. so a little bit of a mixed bag. this is bbc world news, the headlines... russia says it's hit a factory near the ukraine capital kyiv that produces anti—ship and air—defence missiles, and warns it will intensify its missile attacks. it's after the sinking of the flagship of russia's black sea fleet. ukraine claims its missiles destroyed the moskva, but the kremlin says it was damaged by a fire on board. more than 150 palestinians have been injured in clashes with israeli police at the al—aqsa mosque compound injerusalem. three police officers were hurt at the historic site. almost a00 are confirmed to have died in floods in kwazulu—natal province in south africa. authorities say it's the wost flooding in decades, and are widening the search for those who are still missing.