400 people are known to have died. plans to send asylum seekers from the uk to rwanda are a breach of international law, according to the un's refugee agency. harry and meghan make a rare public appearance, as the invictus games get underway in the netherlands. russia has formally warned the united states and its allies against supplying further weapons to ukraine. the kremlin said the arms shipments could lead to what it called unpredictable consequences. speaking during an interview, president zelensky has acknowledged that up to 3,000 ukrainian soldiers have died and as many as 10,000 have been left injured since russia invaded his country in february. oovmeanwhile, the head of the un's world food program has said he's not getting a response from moscow about how to reach people starving to death in besieged parts of ukraine, including the city of mariupol. and in the latest developments, there have been reports of new strikes on the outskirts of the ukrainian capital kyiv, and explosions have also been heard in the western city of lviv. the russian foreign ministry has said that it's banning the british prime minister borisjohnson and other senior ministers from entering russia, over what it calls the uk's hostile stance on the war in ukraine. danjohnson has this report. russia threatened more attacks and they seem to be coming. a missile factory was hit yesterday and there were more explosions on the edge of the capital early this morning. emergency teams are responding there. sirens. further west there was another air—raid alert in lviv. officials here say two russian jets attacked the city last night having flown from belarus. apparently four missiles were fired but they were shot down by ukrainian air defences. it is a reminder of the threat here, even hundreds of miles away from the front line fighting in the east. kharkiv has been under intense shelling. as forces build up in the expectation of more fighting. it is the lives and homes of ordinary people that are caught in the crossfire. vladimir putin has warned other nations supplying ukraine with weapons would fuel the conflict and risk unpredictable consequences. the ukrainian president sees it differently. translation: the more and the sooner we get all the weapons we have requested, the stronger our position will be and the sooner there will be peace. mariupol still sees intense fighting. russia has said it has taken a steelworks. which was battled over for days. ukraine claims it has held off russian attempts to finally take the city. every day more evidence is uncovered of what people suffered during the russian occupation. the un has recorded over 1900 civilian deaths since the invasion and it says the true number will be higher and more are dying every day. danjohnson, bbc news, lviv. earlier, i spoke with jakob kern, ukraine emergency coordinator at the world food programme. we have two distinct areas, one is the east, that is affected by fighting, where we have cities like donetsk, mariupol, these places that are besieged and are affected by the ongoing fighting. and then we have all the internally displaced. this is unprecedented. we have 11 million people who have been displaced. four million outside, seven million inside. injust one month. in syria, it took ten years to get to these numbers so you can imagine how big the humanitarian needs are in this country. what do you understand to be the situation in mariupol at the moment? well, i can only imagine how big the suffering is. it's notjust food that is missing. there is no water, no electricity, no gas, nothing to cook. but also medicine. if you need medicine for chronic illness or... a common flu can turn into a life—threatening situation if you cannot go to the pharmacy and buy antibiotics, or buy your diabetes medicine. so, it is notjust food, it is everything, and these people are probably living underground because they are being exposed to shelling. and we have seen the same in syria, i was there four years ago during the war, a similar situation, besieged cities that are suffering tremendously. it is something we associate either with a second world war let's cross to marseille, france's second largest city, where french presidential candidate emmanuel macron is holding what's being billed as the flagship rally of his re—lection campaign. this of his re—lection campaign. is the heart of the regil represented this is the heart of the region represented by what used to be call the front less now, now the national assembly, which is the party of marine le pen, his rival candidate in the second round of the presidential elections. marseille is part of a region that is run by the far right. let's hear what he has to say. translation: his challenge is to persuade voters who are disaffected with him but cannot bear voting for marine le pen to turn out at the beginning of may when the second round is held. the beginning of may when the second round is held.— round is held. the problem he has not is that round is held. the problem he has got is that the _ round is held. the problem he has got is that the voting _ round is held. the problem he has got is that the voting pattern - round is held. the problem he has got is that the voting pattern is . round is held. the problem he has got is that the voting pattern is so | got is that the voting pattern is so messy. you have to remember that he took in the first round last sunday just under 28% of the vote. marine le pen took 23.i%. just under 28% of the vote. marine le pen took 23.1%. the gap between them is narrow, much narrower at this stage than he would find comfortable. the chances of her winning are still counted as relatively low. one in five chance has been suggested. but that is still a significant statistical possibility. and it all depends on what happens to not only all those voters who for example, i% fewer that itjean—luc menchelon, the veteran barletta candidate. if there was an election going, he has got name recognition going back years. —— the veteran far left candidate. where are those votes going to go? are those people going to stay—at—home? the other challenge the french text is that macron not only broke the mould when he won against the main political parties five years ago, but you could argue he shattered it. look at the share of the vote of the socialists and what are now called the republicans, they have run france until mac front of my collection for the previous years, they managed just 7% of the vote between them, the socialist vote between them, the socialist vote was 1.7. most of it was on the right. that will not ever win again unless something significant changes. macron can run again this time but he cannot run again the subsequent time so it is a big challenge for french bulletins in the future. so, this is the situation live in marseille where emmanuel macron is campaigning for votes ahead of the second round of the french presidential elections. this is bbc news. it's emerged that the uk government formally instructed civil servants to press ahead with an overhaul of the asylum system — before they could estimate how much money would be saved by the scheme. the home secretary, priti patel, had to personally approve the policy — which could see immigrants who've arrived in the uk unofficially flown to rwanda. opposition parties have condemned the proposals. i've been speaking to our political correspondent, jonathan blake, who explained how a minister is able to override a policy — if it doesn't meet the usual criteria. this particular mechanism was used, a ministerial directive, as it is called, is only used relatively rarely. in fact, as far as we can tell, at the home office this is only the second time it's happened in about 30 years or so. and it doesn't necessarily mean there is an objection in principle, officials are saying it simply won't work and we're not going to do it. in this case it was about cost. officials were unable to specify how much this poilcy would cost in the long—term and say whether it would represent value for money for the taxpayer, which is one of the key criteria that all new policies have to meet. and because of that, there was an objection and the home secretary had to say we will disregard that and go ahead anyway and that is why we have ended up where we are. the policy itself, which was announced a few days ago, we saw pictures of priti patel in rwanda meeting the country's foreign minister and signing this deal, has been quite controversial in the uk. to say the least. there's been a chorus of criticism, not only from opposition parties as you might expect who have criticised the policy for being unworkable, inhumane, unethical, and too expensive, but there is starting to creep into that now more criticism from unions representing civil service staff, officials working in the home office and other departments across government who have echoed a lot of that but also pointing out, today, dave penman, the general secretary of the fda union, that staff will face a choice over what he described as a divisive policy — whether they are going to stay and implement it or seek to leave their posts and work elsewhere in government or maybe leave the civil service altogether. and that, i think, reflects concern about how workable and how appropriate this policy is. one of the uk's most senior criminal lawyers has called for the post office to be stripped of its power to bring private prosecutions. the public inquiry into the treatment of former sub—postmasters draws to a close next month. the post office used its power to bring private prosecutions to take more than 700 branch managers straight to court. because of faulty software, money appeared to be missing from their branches. our correspondent colletta smith has the story. i don't get it. i really don't get it. most of us were aware then, obviously, that horizon was having its issues, but then they still chose to prosecute me! and that is just malicious, nasty. pauline was sacked, made homeless and given a criminal conviction when her youngest daughter was only two. the computer system had shown a shortfall at her branch. she'd asked for help, but instead, the post office sent in their team of investigators. considering they're not the police, but they made you.... they made you feel like they were the police. what got me was the way they went about it. it was... it was, it was... they were so aggressive. the same happened to marion's husband, peter, and more than 700 others investigated and taken to court, not by police, but by their employer. the problem with the post office, or the problem from our point of view, with the post office is they do all their own prosecution, so basically, they were judge, jury and executioner. the subpostmasters have been on the back foot from the very beginning because the post office held all the information and, crucially, rather than the police, it was the post office who investigated and then brought the prosecutions. but testimonies at the inquiry have shown big problems with the way post office investigators treated subpostmasters. i felt humiliated, scared to death. tony edwards is one of the uk's most senior criminal lawyers and has spent decades training the police how to carry out investigations fairly. the post office should have followed those same rules. those investigators either didn't know or chose not to observe i the rules about making clear that people were not obliged - to do anything. they were free to go. we all were made out to believe we were the only ones. everybody was told no—one else has got a problem, must be you. the lie that you are the only one saying horizon is to blame - is entirely undermining. and there must have been a point very early on when post office - investigators knew it was not true. peter died in 2015, but it took marion another six years to clear his name. the post office say victims�* testimonies have reinforced their determination to ensure that wrongs of the past are put right. but marion is hoping the next stages of this public inquiry will hold post office bosses to account for the treatment peter received. colletta smith, bbc news, in leeds. the headlines on bbc news... russia warns the us and its allies against supplying further weapons to ukraine — saying it's adding fuel to the conflict. missile attacks resume near kyiv. moscow says it targetted a factory making anti—ship weapons — and threatens more to come. russia has banned borisjohnson, the uk foreign secretary liz truss, and defence secretary, ben wallace from entering the country. it isa it is a very important date for football. that afternoon, sarah, are you breaking away from wensley to talk to us? ~ �* ., talk to us? we've got the unfortunate _ talk to us? we've got the unfortunate seat - talk to us? we've got the unfortunate seat here - talk to us? we've got the unfortunate seat here in l talk to us? we've got the - unfortunate seat here in salford, talk to us? we've got the _ unfortunate seat here in salford, we are not quite at wembley where the action is, there is so much action right around the country. hearts are through to the scottish fa cup final — they beat edinburgh rivals hibernian 2—1 at hampden park, after hibs had joe newall sent off. hearts made the ideal start, the game was just over 15 minutes old when striker ellis simms thumped a shot beyond hibs keeper matt macey. and they doubled their lead soon afterwards, stephen kingsley scored from a good free—kick routine. hibs did pull one back through chris cadden, but it's hearts who'll play celtic or rangers in the final. it was a tough game, and credit to the hearts players but also credit to the hibs players. they put us under a lot of pressure. it was a nailbiter at the end. i am delighted to get through. we scored a goal in the five minute period, we did well to get the second. they hung in there and deserve to go through. the teams are warming up ahead of the fa cup semifinal at wembley between liverpool and manchester city which kicks off in 15 minutes time. for liverpool mo salah makes his first fa cup appearance of the season asjurgen klopp makes seven changes for the team which played benfica in midweek. seven changes also for manchester city from the draw in madrid. three of their back five aren't first choice players. goalkeeper zack steffen starts for pep guardiola's side. kevin de bruyne is on the bench after picking up a knock in midweek. manchester city are through to the women's fa cup final after a comfortable 4—1win over west ham. ellen white gave city the lead reacting quickly after this strike hit the bar. lauren hemp sealed the win in stoppage time with her second goal of the game. city will now head to wembley to try to win the trophy for a fourth time. they'll play either chelsea or arsenal in the final. i think when i was growing up we never really had, i never saw the stars of today playing at wembley so for us it is unbelievable. to see the young girls at the games and other city fans, you can hear them now, it is an unbelievable feeling, it is a special feeling for everyone and we are all really looking forward to it now we have got the win. in the premier league, spurs missed the opportunity to go six points clear in fourth after losing to brighton in the early kick—off. in a game of relatively few chances, it was graham potter's side who eventually found the winner in the final minute, leandro trossard taking advantage of a defensive mistake to seal the three points. brighton move up to tenth in the table. harriet dart has kept great britain's hopes alive in the billiejean king cup clash with the czech republic. earlier emma raducanu struggled with an injury as she was well beaten by marketa vondrousova in prague. that meant dart had to win her tie against teenager linda fruhvirtova and she managed it in three sets. 6-0, 5-7, 6-2. the tie now goes to a deciding doubles match which is just getting underway. defending champion mark selby has made a good start to his attempts to retain the world snooker championship in sheffield. selby has opened up a 6—3 lead over welshmanjamiejones in the opening session of the tournament, which runs for the next 17 days. you can follow that right across the bbc. ronnie o'sullivan has just started his quest for a record equalling seventh world title. o'sullivan the top ranked player is facing david gilbert. and o'sullivan is in a bit of early trouble, he is 2 frames down. it is first to 10. you can follow that live on bbc two. harlequins were knocked out of rugby union's european champions cup by a single point over two legs of their last 16 tie against montpelier. after being beaten in the first leg in france, they won 33—20 at the stoop — but marcus smith missed a late conversion, which would have seen them progress to the quarter—final stage. instead they lost 60 points to 59. exeter are in action against munster right now — early stages — follow that on the bbc sport website. that is all the sports for the moment. thank you so much. residents have begun returning to devastated towns on the outskirts of the ukrainian capital after weeks of russian occupation. our correspondent anna foster reports from kyiv. the forces have moved on, they have left scenes of devastation behind and they have also left a frightened population as well in this capital city, this is the market, it is one of the oldest markets in kyiv, and it has been closed since the beginning of the war. it only reopened three days ago as people in the city started to sorter very slowly try and return to some kind of normality. and while you see that some of the traders have come out, they tell me there is a steady but very slow trickle of people but there are caveat here, but not russian, only a there are caveat here, but not russian, onlya ukrainian. there are caveat here, but not russian, only a ukrainian. they are hoping people will come to the market again, will come. in the city, you still get roblox, distill the required but they are the first sparks of life despite the fact that for the last two nights, they have been russian strikes. the last ones in the early hours of this morning, just about eight kilometres away from here in the south of kyiv where the russians say they destroyed a manufacturing facility so you've got this interesting sort of tension where russian are threatening the capital that people are still desperate to try and return to some i it is the beer shop is shut behind you, is there restrictions on alcohol because of the war? there has been. — alcohol because of the war? there has been, actually. _ alcohol because of the war? there has been, actually. it _ alcohol because of the war? there has been, actually. it is _ alcohol because of the war? there has been, actually. it is starting i has been, actually. it is starting to lift a little bit here in kyiv. it all ties in with a curfew for example, you can't be on the streets at night, and it was difficult to buy alcohol legally, although i did speak to people at various points over the last couple of weeks who have managed to get hold of it felicity. certainly spirits have been very hold —— hard to get hold of. but people have been trying to get hold of wine and beer where the laws have been in place committing them couldn't. it is all part of this very slow return to normality and of course we hear about places like mariupol and places like kharkiv, and the donbas, whether fighting is still raging, and we hear those tracks happening all the time. at the same time, we have seen the slow uncovering of the places around kyiv because the russians did get very close to this capital city, the suburban commuter towns around there, and when they left, the devastation they left behind was extraordinary. we saw the destruction, we saw the bodies on the streets, but at the same time there is 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gate shows me an open grave. his neighbour _ something. so gate shows me an open grave. his neighbour killed _ something. so gate shows me an open grave. his neighbour killed by - grave. his neighbour killed by russian soldiers lay here. when he returned home, he wanted to finally give him a dignified burial. the people of bucha are dealing with what they have been through but they aren't entirely safe just yet. this spent casing of a huge rocket is only about 30 metres from the nearest house and you see sites like this all over the this part of ukraine at the moment. and as people start to come back and re—establish their lives, there is now a big job to be done to clear away things like this and make this area safe. for now, the remains of the russian occupation are part of life here. sites like this, a curious tourist attraction. eventually, the physical reminders of the cruelty that was inflicted will be gone, but for the people of bucha, the memories will remain. and that is 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wonderful display of fruit over your soldier, anna, calls to mind the worries about getting food supplies. i appreciate kyiv is a long way from the front line at the moment but are there concerns of the city about the reliability and food supplies in the coming weeks? i think one of the most difficult things has been, and when you travel particularly out of kyiv and into those devastated areas, that because so many people fled, places like shops and cafes and restaurants, they have all been closed because they have all been closed because they have all been closed because they have been nobody to serve them, and i noticed in places like bucha, bore da janka where i went to this week, and you see those shops where the windows have been smashed and when you look inside you see the shells and the fridges have all been cleared which i imagine is people just finding what they could, desperately finding what they could. supply lines, suddenly to hearfrom the west of the country, not comes in over the polish border so i think people here are in quite a decent state when it comes to food supplies but certainly when you get further east, places where the front line fighting has been so heavy, places like mariupol which has been cut off for weeks, we know that food is incredible is scarce there, water, medicine is very hard to get. it is a very different picture, depending on which part of ukraine you are in. the duke and duchess of sussex are both due to speak at the opening of the invictus games in the netherlands. they arrived in the hague after stopping off to visit the queen in windsor near london. it's the first time prince harry and meghan have appeared in europe in public together since stepping back as senior royals in 2020. prince harry founded the event to aid the rehabilitation of injured military personnel and veterans from around the world. the world renowned pianist lang lang has been hitting the high notes, during a performance that could give you goosebumps. the chinese pianist was playing at europe's highest train station in the swiss alps. a grand piano was taken to the mountaintop — a jaw—droping 3,400 feet above sea level. he said it was his first performance in the snow — but that he really enjoyed the experience. now, it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz schafernaker. it is a beautiful day out there today, with warm spells of sunshine and more of that to come tomorrow. in fact, the skies have been clear right from the morning onwards in some areas and that is how it is going to stay into the evening hours. now, yesterday temperatures got up to 23 degrees. i don't think we will quite make that today, maybe around 21 or so in the midlands, but around eastern scotland, a bit of a chill here, only 12 degrees. so, here is the forecast for this evening and overnight, largely clear across the bulk of the uk, perhaps turning cloudy around some of these western coasts and a weather front is approaching northern ireland and that does spell rain for sunday. so, here is sunday, let us focus on this area here and indeed the western isles of scotland, thick cloud around the fringes here, outbreaks of rain probably reaching belfast later on in the day, but elsewhere it is going to be another fine day, with temperatures typically in the high teens. this is bbc world news, the headlines... russia has formally warned the united states and its allies against supplying further weapons to ukraine. russia said us arms shipments were adding fuel to the conflict and could lead to what it called "unpredictable consequences". russia has banned boris johnson, the uk foreign secretary liz truss, and defence secretary, ben wallace from entering the country. the kremlin says the decision has been made in retaliation to london's sanctions. disaster teams in the south african province of kwazulu—natal are on high alert forfurtherfloods — as more rain is forecast in the area this weekend. at least 400 people are now known to have died. the us state department says it's deeply concerned about the level of violence injerusalem — following clashes between palestinian demonstrators and israeli police on friday. at least a 150 palestinians and three israeli officers were injured. now on bbc news — it's talking business. hello everybody.