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. meanwhile, 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 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. air raid siren. further west there was another air—raid alert in lviv. 0fficials 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 russian 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. ukraine's 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 1,900 civilian deaths since the invasion and it says the true number will be higher and more are dying every day. danjohnson, bbc news, lviv. let's talk to anna foster, who joins us from kyiv. give us a sense of what life is like in kyiv today. give us a sense of what life is like in kyiv today-— give us a sense of what life is like in kyiv today. well, you had in that re ort for in kyiv today. well, you had in that report for the _ in kyiv today. well, you had in that report for the last _ in kyiv today. well, you had in that report for the last two _ in kyiv today. well, you had in that report for the last two nights, - report for the last two nights, there have been strikes here in the suburbs of kyiv. it is a city that is very slowly coming back to life but this is of course the famous medan, a famous symbol. you can see how quiet it is, but if you come this way you will see what the city still looks like even now, as you try to travel around, there are still sandbags, checkpoints, this is the road that lives —— leads up to the road that lives —— leads up to the famous friendship arch, given to them by russia, it was supposed to signify cordial relations between ukraine and russia. people want to get back to normality. there seems to be a new sense of nervousness here because russia sold the symbolism in the ship and what it meant so they, when they talk about future attacks and where to target, they talk about kyiv, and people have seen there attacks on military facilities around the city in the last two days and it is bringing perhaps a small but fresh sense of nervousness to people here. do you think that sense _ nervousness to people here. do you think that sense of _ nervousness to people here. do you think that sense of nervousness - nervousness to people here. do you think that sense of nervousness is l think that sense of nervousness is stopping people from perhaps making their way back to kyiv? people who would perhaps have been thinking about that a few days ago? i would perhaps have been thinking about that a few days ago?- would perhaps have been thinking about that a few days ago? i think a lot of peeple _ about that a few days ago? i think a lot of people haven't _ about that a few days ago? i think a lot of people haven't come - about that a few days ago? i think a lot of people haven't come back - about that a few days ago? i think a lot of people haven't come back yet i lot of people haven't come back yet and certainly when you are around the city, many other are still closed with tape on the windows and sandbags at the front, and that is because a lot of people still haven't returned here. millions of people left the country altogether. but many more just moved away towards the west so they could stay in ukraine, be ready to come back. but they moved away from the fiercest fighting. and of course we still see people moving from the east, from the donbas, from places like kharkiv where fighting is still fierce, from places like mariupol where places —— people are being able to make their way out only in very small numbers. so even that there is a sense of another set and quietness in kyiv, in the east and the south whether fighting still continues and rages, there are people who are still desperate to get out, who are still without food, water, electricity, as russia and ukraine, particularly in those areas, those key strategic areas, continue the fiercest battle here in this area. and as you heard, president zelensky keeps appealing for weapons. vladimir putin has said that if that happens, there will be unpredictable consequences here. people in ukraine are watching the latest of elements and the latest diplomacy and feeling this small but fresh sense of nervousness. rescue operations are continuing in an effort to save the lives of dozens of people who are missing following the devastating floods in the south african province of kwazulu—natal. nearly 400 people have died and more than 4,000 homes have been destroyed. the government has allocated $68 million for emergency relief. these are the deadliest storms to strike the coastal city of durban in living memory. the bbc�*s vumani mkhize has more from durban. i am just north of durban and this particular river was raging when the floods have besieged this area. it actually washed away large parts of the road, many houses further down the river were also washed away. now, such was the force of the water, it also eroded a large part of this road, exposing a water pipe. now, the community here has run out of water, there is no flowing water so they are actually utilising this particular pipe which is providing waterfor them. now, the community has been collecting water here tuesday, i am told. as you can see, there is a large amount of people who have been collecting water throughout the day, and it is essentially, it has become a lifeline for the community here who have been able to collect a vital resource. but like the situation basically is an indication of the deprivation that many people are facing within this community and other areas of kwazulu—natal, who are facing quite a dire situation as a result of this flood. so, it is actually turning out to become a humanitarian disaster, essentially, and we've got relief agencies and government agencies as well trying to assess but such is the number of people who are being impacted by this disaster that it is really going to take a monumental relief effort from government and other social agencies. but as you can see, people are trying to do their best in quite a bad situation. it's emerged that the uk government formally instructed civil you are watching 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. 0pposition parties have condemned the proposals. to tell us more about opposition to the policy, i'm joined by dave penman, general secretary of the fda civil service union in east tilbury. thank you forjoining us. what is your reaction to the implementation of this plan?— of this plan? well, clearly, there are concerns _ of this plan? well, clearly, there are concerns that _ of this plan? well, clearly, there are concerns that have _ of this plan? well, clearly, there are concerns that have been - of this plan? well, clearly, there l are concerns that have been raised around the value for money. the morality of it is one thing, there is also a question about whether it is also a question about whether it is practical, whether it will deliver what the home secretary says it will. and that has raised a concern about whether the home secretary can sign it off. have only been to in the last 30 years, the last, the technical one to do with a compensation scheme. can last, the technical one to do with a compensation scheme.— last, the technical one to do with a compensation scheme. can you explain what a ministerial _ compensation scheme. can you explain what a ministerial directive _ compensation scheme. can you explain what a ministerial directive is? - compensation scheme. can you explain what a ministerial directive is? it - what a ministerial directive is? it is quite a rare thing and it is when the home secretary actually pushes through the legislation, despite misgivings from civil servants, is that 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some of the most controversial policies in government. that is what we are picking up from people. this is a very divisive policy on questions about the legality as well as its humanity. but they have a choice, they have got to implement it and if they have got to implement it and if they don't want to, if it is such a divisive policy, really, they have to look somewhere else or indeed leave. and this is the sort of policy that can really be controversial and people say this is something i am not prepared to support. most of the time, civil servants don't have that quandary because they recognise that they serve up to sign the government of the day. that serve up to sign the government of the da . �* ., , serve up to sign the government of theda .�* ., i. serve up to sign the government of theda .�* ., y., " :::::: the day. at any of your 19,000 members _ the day. at any of your 19,000 members have _ the day. at any of your 19,000 members have contacted - the day. at any of your 19,000 members have contacted you | the day. at any of your 19,000 i members have contacted you with worries? , ., ~ members have contacted you with worries? , . . ., worries? they have. we have concerned — worries? they have. we have concerned raised _ worries? they have. we have concerned raised on - worries? they have. we havej concerned raised on thursday worries? they have. we have - concerned raised on thursday when civil servants were briefed about it, many didn't know this was coming. in the home office, many will see this as an impractical solution and there have been a lot of concerns about the practicalities of concerns about the practicalities of the approach from government about the problems on the channel. and also given the nature of this, i think mainly our concerns about the humanity involved in this and whether this is actually something that any government should do. and i think that is quite extraordinary. most civil servants recognise they have got to serve the government of the day and we don't get those concerns because they recognise that is what they have signed up for the latest quite unusual to get that sort of feedback from members on a policy. just like it is divisive in the country, it is divisive among civil servants as well.— the country, it is divisive among civil servants as well. good to talk to you. thank _ civil servants as well. good to talk to you, thank you _ civil servants as well. good to talk to you, thank you very much. - meanwhile, figures from the ministry of defence show more than 6,000 people have been brought ashore by uk authorities so far this year — as they tried to cross the english channel. let's talk to our correspondent simonjones who's in dover. this is an area where you are away many people try to get into the uk from calais?— from calais? yes, stan up here on the famous _ from calais? yes, stan up here on the famous white _ from calais? yes, stan up here on the famous white cliffs _ from calais? yes, stan up here on the famous white cliffs of - from calais? yes, stan up here on the famous white cliffs of dover l from calais? yes, stan up here on i the famous white cliffs of dover and it is a regular sight seeing boatload after boatload of people being brought to shore by the border force and the rnli. and that is what we have seen happening today, and number of boats have been picked up in channel. of the people brought to show, i saw babies, women and children, though the vast majority of people arriving were men. in terms of numbers today, they have yet to be confirmed but i have been told possibly around 250 people today, there have been large figure throughout the course of this week, hardly surprising when you look out towards the channel, it is very calm and it is very warm today. as soon as conditions are like this, we see crossings taking place, people setting off on the beaches of northern france. in reality, the people on board the small boats only need to get halfway across the channel and then they will be picked up channel and then they will be picked up by channel and then they will be picked up by the borderforce or the lifeboat and brought here. and that is what the government wants to bring in this new scheme of sending some of the migrants who cross the channel by boat, some 4000 miles from here to rwanda, to really act as a deterrent. borisjohnson, the prime minister in the uk, so that ultimately what he doesn't want is to see deaths in the channel, he is framing this in humanitarian ways but make no mistake, this is about trying to push through a deterrent because many things have been tried, closer working with the french, also talking of pushing boats back, that idea has now been abandoned, but the numbers have continued to rise. already, 6000 so far this year have succeeded in making the crossing, but is around four times the number we sell by this period last year. simon, is there a feeling that the news of this potential plan is spreading those camps in and around calais and is there a feeling amongst the people you have been speaking to, you have covered the story for many years, that this is potentially a good idea of a terrible idea? i potentially a good idea of a terrible idea?— terrible idea? i think it is a really divisive _ terrible idea? i think it is a really divisive idea. - terrible idea? i think it is a really divisive idea. if- terrible idea? i think it is a really divisive idea. if you | terrible idea? i think it is a - really divisive idea. if you speak to people here in the town and over, there is agreement that something needs to be done, but whether to sending people so far away from kent to rwanda, whether that is the answer, people are not agreed on that. word is certainly spreading in the camps in calais. there is one theory, this may prompt people to attempt the journey, there theory, this may prompt people to attempt thejourney, there may theory, this may prompt people to attempt the journey, there may be a rising number in the short term as people try to get across the channel before this new policy is actually implemented. we are told by the british government they aim to send the first people to rwanda within about six weeks but it does efface some huge challenges. it is likely to face a challenge in the courts so whether that happens isn't yet clear. people say the government had put forward many ideas before turning boats back at sea, they have expressed other ideas that have never come to fruition. so there is some scepticism about whether this policy will actually happen and will actually work but sadly being watched very closely here in dover and also in the camps on the other side of the channel. 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. good afternoon.... it's all eyes on wembley as the two form teams in the premier league are in action right now in the fa cup semi—final. approaching half time and it's manchester city 0 — liverpool took an early lead when ibrahima konate headed in the reds first corner of the game. with less than 20 minutes gone city were two down. a terrible mistake from goalkeeper zack steffen as he dwelt on the ball and sadio mane forced it into the net. and mane hasjust added a third goal. liverpool surely on their way to the final. in the women's fa cup manchester city are through to the final after a comfortable 4—1 win 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. it's also a big weekend of cup action in scotland — and hearts are through to the scottish cup final after beating rivals hibs 2—1 in a thrilling encounter at hampden park. chris mclaughlin was watching the action. it is really dull when the edinburgh rivals meet, today had absolutely everything, what a game of football. the first 20 minutes, an absolute goal fest. the first 20 minutes, an absolute goalfest. hearts got the first 20 minutes, an absolute goal fest. hearts got the opener and what a strike from alice sims. macy with absolutely no chance. great technique from that man on loan from everton. the second was as impressive as it was clever. stephen kingsley starting and finishing the training ground move in some style. hibs could have collapsed after that. instead, they hit back immediately. chris cadden was rattling past greg gordon, game on. liam boyce had a chance to stretch hearts lead just before the break, hearts lead just before the break, he should have done better. hibs dominated the start of the second half and almost levelled through ryan porteous but what about this? what are safe from the scotland number one cried gordon. hibs were reduced to ten men whenjebel newell was given a second yellow card for a challenge on peter herring. malcolm son, chance with minutes to go, but once again it wasn't to be hibs day. hearts celebrated and well they might be. they go into the scottish cup final next month, they will face either celtic or rangers, who do battle here at hampton tomorrow. in the premier league this afternoon, tottenham's top four hopes suffered a blow when they lost to brighton. leandro trossard with a late winner.elsewhere in the three o'clock kick offs. cristiano ronaldo has scored twice for manchester united but norwich have pulled it back to 2—2. southampton are 1—0 ahead of arsenal and brentford and watford are level at 1—1. harriet dart and katie swan are in action in the deciding doubles match in the billiejean king cup. the tie is poised at 2—2 between great britain and the czech republic. that was after dart won her singles tie against teenager linda fru—virtova. she managed to win in three sets. 6-0, 5-7, 6-2. the doubles contest is into the second set, the czechs won the first 6—1. 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. ronnie 0'sullivan has started his quest for a record equalling seventh world title. 0'sullivan the top ranked player is facing david gilbert. and 0'sullivan is in a bit of early trouble, he was 3—1 down at the mid session interval. it is first to 10. 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 needed to overturn a 14 point deficit, looked on course for it, but marcus smith missed a late conversion, which would have seen them progress. exeter are in action against munster right now — exeter leading 23—21 on aggregate. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. 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. 0ur 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 i is entirely undermining. and there must have been a point very early on when post office i 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. (pres)let s get some of the day s other news let's get some of the day s other news the us state of texas has stopped its strict inspections on trucks arriving from mexico after reaching an agreement with the last of four neighbouring mexican states. the extra border checks were brought in a week ago to combat drug smuggling and illegal migration, but the measures caused big delays — prompting protests by truck drivers. the brazilian president has criticised the messaging platform whatsapp for delaying the launch of a new feature in brazil. jair bolsonaro said whatsapp's decision to launch the communities feature after october's presidential election amounted to discrimination. the messaging service has not replied to the accusations. three chinese astronauts have returned to earth after spending 183 days on china's unfinished tiangong space station. they touched down at the dongfeng landing site in inner mongolia. wang yaping became the first chinese woman to walk in space. it was china's longest crewed space mission to date. 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. we have got some great weather this easter weekend. temperatures have so far got up to 23 celsius in the south—east of england, that was yesterday, not quite as warm today but warm enough. high pressure in charge of the weather but a weather front is approaching. you can see it here in the satellite picture, this area of cloud, that is approaching northern ireland. ahead of it, already skies are hazy in western parts of the uk. so not sunny everywhere. one thing worth mentioning, the pollen, high tree pollen levels for england and wales for today and tomorrow. in scotland and northern ireland, they are not quite as high. the temperatures by the end of the afternoon will have reached the high teens in the midlands but fresher in eastern scotland. here is the forecast for tonight, fine weather across the bulk of the uk but here is that weather front unfortunately, whether you like it or not, approaching northern ireland bringing cloud and rain by the early hours of sunday morning, especially to western parts of northern ireland, elsewhere we are in for a dry and sunny start to the day, sunshine from the word go for many parts of the uk for easter sunday. a different story for the west. a slow—moving weather front which should reach belfast by the afternoon, so a lot cooler here. only 13 degrees, with the rest of the country typically around 15—20 c. that weather front will make further progress across the uk by monday, you can see it here along the spine of the country. around it, cooler air from the atlantic which means the temperatures will start to ease from monday onwards. so low pressure to the north—west, a stronger breeze for northern ireland and scotland, showers for sure and probably one or two showers elsewhere across england and wales but lengthy sunny spells as well. temperatures already much lower, 12 in glasgow, 13 in liverpool, no higher than 17 in london, decent enough for the time of year. here is the outlook for the week ahead, you can see temperatures easing but stabilising around the mid teens in the south, typically 12 in the north. bye— bye. 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