scotland becomes the last place in the uk to remove the legal requirement people to wear face masks in indoor public spaces. and south africa has sent in thousands of troops to help rescue efforts in kwazulu—natal, where floods and mudslides have killed more than 400 people. russia has redoubled its pounding of ukraine targets, including a missile attack on the western ukrainian city of lviv. the latest reports say six people have been killed, and eight wounded in a city which until now has largely escaped unscathed since the russian invasion. smoke was seen rising from the outskirts and residents spoke of hearing five explosions. footage later emerged of the impact on residential areas. overnight there's been an intensification of the russian bombardment with multiple cities and towns across ukraine targeted by air strikes and shelling. five people have reportedly been killed and 13 injured in shelling of the city of kharkiv. in mykolaiv, near the port of odesa, the governor reports continuous rocket attacks. of the shattered city of mariupol, ukraine's foreign minister has said... this morning, the government of ukraine's eastern luhansk region, has said that four civilians in a car trying to escape the town of kreminna have been shot dead by russian forces. for the second consecutive day, ukrainian officials say there are no humanitarian corridors agreed for today to help people move out of devastated areas. our correspondent danjohnson is in the western town of lviv, where many ukrainians had been fleeing in the hope of safety, and in the last few hours he visited one of the places that was hit. this is where one of the missiles hit this morning. the authorities tell us that it is a tyre—fitting garage, a place that looks after people's cars. they say this is not a military target whatsoever, but they have said three other military facilities were hit in this morning's air raid. it was about ten to eight when we heard the air raid sirens sound once again. there have been more air raids in the last few days, more alerts, but then it was about 30 or a0 minutes after the sirens that i heard the sound of something like jets overhead. it's not clear if the strikes were launched from fighterjets or if they were missiles launched from outside ukraine but i actually saw a couple of the missiles myself, streaking across the sky and then hitting buildings on the city's roof line, and then we saw the black plumes of smoke rising up. i actually counted five explosions myself, even though the city's officials are saying that there were four missile strikes. and this is the sort of thing the emergency services are still having to deal with. the fire fighters here trying to put out the fire, and they say that six people have died. we're not sure if they were all here, but that number includes city officials say one child, and eight people have been wounded. but as the emergency response continues, it's possible that the number of injured or indeed dead may rise even further. and this fits a pattern of repeated attacks that we've seen on ukrainian cities over the last three or four days. renewed russian attacks, they said in response to ukraine targeting villages in russia. that's something that ukraine denies. but what has happened here in lviv this morning has certainly underlined to people in this city the nature of the threat. we're hundreds of miles here from the fighting in the east, but still it shows what the level of damage can be, and the fact that people can get caught up in these attacks. 0ur correspondent sean dilley reports now on the encirclement of the south—eastern city of mariupol. it is an early signal from the russians to ukrainian authorities. this is the aftermath of five missile strikes reported in the centre of richard —— in the centre of lviv. the port city of mariupol has not been taken yet, not technically. ukrainian troops, who had until recently defended the now—occupied streets, are held up in the city's vast azovstal steelworks, despite an ultimatum by president putin's forces to surrender no later than yesterday. russian troops know that ukrainians are waiting inside, ready to welcome them with guerrilla tactics in their last stand for the strategic port city. but this is only one area of activity for president putin's forces. , , . activity for president putin's forces. ,, ., ,, ., , forces. russian troops are preparing forces. russian troops are preparing for an attack — forces. russian troops are preparing for an attack in _ forces. russian troops are preparing for an attack in the _ forces. russian troops are preparing for an attack in the eastern - forces. russian troops are preparing for an attack in the eastern area - forces. russian troops are preparing for an attack in the eastern area of l for an attack in the eastern area of our country, it will begin in the near future. our country, it will begin in the nearfuture. they our country, it will begin in the near future. they want to finish off and destroy the donbas, destroy everything that once gave glory to this industrial region, just as the russian troops are destroying mariupol they want to wipe out other cities and communities in the donetsk and luhansk region. as the rockets continue to fall across the country, a parallel information war rages. this unverified picture of the russian black sea flagship the moskva — which sank on thursday — was posted online. ukraine claimed they struck it with two neptune missiles. russia insisted it had nothing to do with their enemy, and that a fire caused an explosion that would eventually cause it to capsize while being towed to port. meanwhile, shelling continues across the country, with president putin's forces intensifying activities in the east. in kharkiv, ukrainian health officials say five people were killed and 13 injured after russian forces shelled buildings in the centre of the city. translation: you know| when a dog hears a bang, it starts to tremble all over — even if the noise is far away? i'm like that now. everything — every part of me — is trembling. authorities in mykolaiv say shelling has been unyielding. rockets fell one after the other as ukrainian forces tried to block russia's attempts to advance on nearby 0desa. the country's leadership is bracing itself for more attacks today, but talks have already started on what happens when the shelling stops. ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky has spoken to the head of the international monetary fund — it's expected the country will ask the imf and g7 countries for $50 billion to help it rebuild. but the reality is, no reconstruction work is possible until the conflict ends. sean dilley, bbc news. with me now is our correspondent anna foster who's in kyiv. what is the latest on this russian intensification? we what is the latest on this russian intensification?— what is the latest on this russian intensification? we have heard 'ust intensification? we have heard 'ust in the last hour fl intensification? we have heard 'ust in the last hour mi intensification? we have heard 'ust in the last hour or two i intensification? we have heard 'ust in the last hour or two from i intensification? we have heardjust in the last hour or two from the - in the last hour or two from the mayor of lviv and the governor of the particular 0blast where we saw the particular 0blast where we saw the attack this morning. the death toll has risen to seven including one child on the edge of the city, targeting military installations under car repair shop there. certainly here in kyiv for the last few days, we have had again strikes on military sites. i heard two explosions this morning and the regular sound of gunfire for the past few hours. in the distance potentially anti—aircraft fire, something like that. in mykolaiv the mayor spoke of constant shelling, and we have the fierce fighting still going on in places like mariupol, kharkiv in the north—east and throughout the donbas region in the east as well. we and throughout the donbas region in the east as well.— the east as well. we spoke previously _ the east as well. we spoke previously and _ the east as well. we spoke previously and you - the east as well. we spoke previously and you said - the east as well. we spoke i previously and you said some the east as well. we spoke - previously and you said some people are starting to go back to areas that the russians had left. now those areas are being potentially bombarded again, how are people reacting? it is bombarded again, how are people reactin: ? , ., bombarded again, how are people reactinu? , ., , . bombarded again, how are people reactinu? ' . . reacting? it is a difficult decision for --eole reacting? it is a difficult decision for peeple to _ reacting? it is a difficult decision for people to make _ reacting? it is a difficult decision for people to make now, - reacting? it is a difficult decision for people to make now, isn't i reacting? it is a difficult decision| for people to make now, isn't it? certainly here in kyiv, the mayor vitali klitschko is appealing for people not to come back. he said because the russian intensification, because the russian intensification, because this city has been targeted the last few nights, he is saying to people it is your decision but my recommendation is to stay in safer places and if you are in kyiv to follow the air sirens and go underground when they happen. when you think we have had more than seven weeks of this war now, a lot of people when they hear the sirens, certainly in lviv when i was there when we last had a strike three or four weeks ago, people tend to go about their daily lives now and don't always take shelter when they hear the sirens. a lot of people in the west of the country, when they see the attack on lviv today, they will feel a lot of concern. they moved west for safety, but nowhere is entirely safe.— is entirely safe. obviously we know in cities that _ is entirely safe. obviously we know in cities that are _ is entirely safe. obviously we know in cities that are surrounded, - is entirely safe. obviously we know in cities that are surrounded, for i in cities that are surrounded, for instance mariupol, nothing is getting in, in terms of any sort of supplies. what is the picture across the country in just the normal requisites for life? what are people able to access? at, requisites for life? what are people able to access?— able to access? a lot of it comes still from the _ able to access? a lot of it comes still from the west _ able to access? a lot of it comes still from the west across - able to access? a lot of it comes still from the west across the - still from the west across the polish border, so in a lot of places, particularly the western places, particularly the western places, people do still have what they need. as you rightly say, it is they need. as you rightly say, it is the areas around places like mariupol, that is a prime example. because of the way it's been encircled and cut off, we know they have had no powerfor weeks, and things like food, water and medicine are incredibly difficult to get hold of. that is part of what russia is trying to demonstrate today with the attack in lviv, that supply chain and movement is so important. it is and movement is so important. it is a huge country and when everything is coming in through one side from the west and it has to be transported across the country, no doubt russia will be looking at that and seeing how it can disrupt it more as the conflict goes on. thank ou. the uk's ministry of defence has been giving a daily update on the developing situation in ukraine. today's summary claims russian commanders will be concerned by the time it is taking to subdue mariupol — the besieged city in the south of ukraine. it adds it is slowing russian advances elsewhere. and the statement also notes that russia is targeting populated areas within mariupol — despite earlier saying it would not do so. i'm joined by lord richard dannatt, former head of the british army from 2006 to 2009. welcome, thank you forjoining us. so the ukrainian forces are refusing to surrender in mariupol, is there any realistic prospect though of mariupol being able to be held? i mariupol being able to be held? i think the answer regretfully is no. it would seem the remaining ukrainian forces that are in mariupol are pretty much confined to one industrial area, which is crisscrossed by a lot of underground tunnels and places that soldiers can take refuge. but one understands, and it is not surprising after weeks of fighting, that there ammunition stocks are very low and the prospect of them being resupplied by any other elements of the ukrainian armed forces are afraid worse than nil. so the opportunity was presented in the last 2a hours for those troops to surrender, but they have chosen not to do that. i think realistically, prospects are really poor and mariupol quite shortly will be incompletely in russian hands. so the russians will have achieved what they have been trying to do some time, establish a corridor into the donbas region into russia proper, so thatis donbas region into russia proper, so that is one objective which i think in the next little while they will achieve. �* ., , in the next little while they will achieve. �* . , ., achieve. and it if and when they do achieve. and it if and when they do achieve that. _ achieve. and it if and when they do achieve that, what _ achieve. and it if and when they do achieve that, what will _ achieve. and it if and when they do achieve that, what will it _ achieve. and it if and when they do achieve that, what will it mean - achieve. and it if and when they do achieve that, what will it mean in l achieve that, what will it mean in terms of the situation for russia and ukraine? how will it change the situation? it and ukraine? how will it change the situation? . ., situation? it will change the situation? it will change the situation insofar _ situation? it will change the situation insofar as - situation? it will change the situation insofar as the - situation? it will change the i situation insofar as the russian forces that are currently engaging in the mariupol area will be able to be redeployed. we know from intelligence that the intention of the russian forces is to mount a new significant strike east to capture the provinces of donetsk and luhansk, and then move further west. earlier in this bulletin, you were reporting missile strikes across western and central ukraine. i would suggest these are part and parcel of the same operation. a general who has overall command of russian forces in ukraine has the intention to mount a deep operation against targets in central and western ukraine, particularly ammunition factories, missile factories and depots and warehouses and the like in order to reduce the ukrainians' capability, and then in the not—too—distant future he will launch his forces in the donbas area to ideally, from his point of view, take control of luhansk and donetsk provinces. so take control of luhansk and donetsk rovinces. , ., ~' take control of luhansk and donetsk rovinces. , ., ~ , provinces. so you think it is part ofthe provinces. so you think it is part of the tactics, _ provinces. so you think it is part of the tactics, the _ provinces. so you think it is part of the tactics, the strategy - provinces. so you think it is part i of the tactics, the strategy focused on donbas in terms of trying to constrain what the ukrainian military have access to? because it is felt quite confusing and that it looks like the russians were pulling out of some areas and refocusing their efforts and suddenly there were strikes back in those areas. if you think about the first months of this campaign, it was very chaotic and uncoordinated as far as the russians were concerned, and they have pulled back towards belarus and concentrated in the east under an overall commander, and he has undoubtedly put together a much more comprehensive plan. as i say, the strikes to me look like a deep operation intended to tie down ukrainian forces further back to make communications and resupply difficult, to take out some of their factories and depots prior to launching his ground assault. so i would see this as being one operation being more carefully planned than the chaotic operations from belarus down to kyiv which characterised the first month of this war. in characterised the first month of this war. , ., this war. in terms then of where the balance lies — this war. in terms then of where the balance lies in _ this war. in terms then of where the balance lies in the _ this war. in terms then of where the balance lies in the strength - this war. in terms then of where the balance lies in the strength of- this war. in terms then of where the balance lies in the strength of both | balance lies in the strength of both sides, how much could the mariupol change that? you have said obviously if they take that, it won't enable the russian troops to be freed up to go elsewhere. does it put rusher then in a stronger position? it does in overall terms. _ then in a stronger position? it does in overall terms. i _ then in a stronger position? it does in overall terms. i think— then in a stronger position? it does in overall terms. i think the - in overall terms. i think the residualfighting in mariupol is dare i say it a heroic sideshow now, and one has huge sympathy for the remaining ukrainian forces holding out. many of them come from a regiment that is very much the russians have got in their sites. its insignia very much snacks of the neo—nazi swastika symbol which very much comes into it, which is why this somewhat mystifying at the start of this campaign, the intention to denounce if i we were all rather surprised about, but if you look at this regiment it is ultra nationalistic. undoubtedly been fighting extremely hard, but it means for those remaining soldiers, when they are captured, their treatment i believe will be disgracefully harsh. as i said, mariupol i'm pretty certain we'll fall soon, but the bigger operation, the one i think we should be really focusing on, is when the russians launched their major campaign into the donbas region. they would like if they possibly could to try to encircle the ukrainian defenders. i think what will happen is the ukrainians will continue their very determined resistance and the power of the defensive will be in their favour, and i think the russians will take considerable casualties as they try to throw themselves against well—prepared ukrainian defensive well—prepa red ukrainian defensive positions, well—prepared ukrainian defensive positions, but we will have to wait and see how that pans out. you and our wife, and see how that pans out. you and your wife. i — and see how that pans out. you and your wife, i know, _ and see how that pans out. you and your wife, i know, have _ and see how that pans out. you and your wife, i know, have decided - and see how that pans out. you and your wife, i know, have decided to l your wife, i know, have decided to take in some ukrainians refugees, you are sponsoring others who you won't actually take into your home but you are getting involved in the bureaucracy to bring them to the uk as well. just tell us a bit more about why you have decided to do that and who you will be welcoming into your home. at, that and who you will be welcoming into your home.— into your home. a lot of people in this country _ into your home. a lot of people in this country have _ into your home. a lot of people in this country have decided - into your home. a lot of people in this country have decided they - into your home. a lot of people in i this country have decided they would like to do something for ukrainian refugees. many people are sponsoring them, and my wife and i are sponsoring two people who came from chernihiv, which was heavily shelled in the early days of the campaign. they made their way along with many others across the ukrainian border into poland, and there they were contacted by the editor of the eastern daily press, which is our local newspaper in east anglia. a group of six are trying to make their way to norfolk. the disappointing thing is that the home office scheme, homes for ukraine, is such a complicated and long—winded bureaucratic scheme. it is a nine page application form. every individual member of the family has to fill in this application. given that some of the people trying to come here are age two and three, some of the questions they are being askedis some of the questions they are being asked is totally inappropriate. the home office has designed a scheme which is too complicated, and they are understaffed to process it properly, and many people including my wife and i are getting very frustrated at the slow speed. the six i am monitoring have got as far as dunkirk. they have a local man with them, and i heard on saturday all of their clearances have been approved, and i am just waiting to come through my e—mail the letter giving authorisation for them to travel. i was promised it on saturday, yesterday was sunday, todayis saturday, yesterday was sunday, today is monday, i still haven't got it, but as soon as the letter comes they can make their travel plans and come here in norfolk where homes are ready for them and we are looking forward to welcome them into safety sanctuary. it forward to welcome them into safety sanctua . , , , sanctuary. it must be very frustrating. _ sanctuary. it must be very frustrating. in _ sanctuary. it must be very frustrating. in terms - sanctuary. it must be very frustrating. in terms of i sanctuary. it must be very i frustrating. in terms of where sanctuary. it must be very - frustrating. in terms of where they come from, you said they are coming from chernihiv which was under intense bombardment until the russians suddenly withdrew. you have a lot of experience of war zones, so i'm sure that will give you a certain level of empathy and understanding in terms of how to respond to what they're very specific needs will be. has there been any kind of guidance from others in terms of addressing the needs of people coming to this country who will have been through horrendous experiences? there are su ort horrendous experiences? there are support mechanisms _ horrendous experiences? there are support mechanisms which - horrendous experiences? there are support mechanisms which have i horrendous experiences? there are i support mechanisms which have been put in place. i'm talking about norfolk, so norfolk county council has its people from abroad scheme, and as soon as the two that we are expecting arrive here, i will be in touch with norfolk county council. they know we have two coming here, they want to know as soon as they arrive, and the various support mechanisms they offer to assist. unfortunately one of the other couples coming to norfolk —— fortunately they speak very good english so it will be much easier to communicate with them. one of the people who works for my wife lived in russia for a long time so she will help the communication, albeit russian and ukrainian are different languages but not that far apart. but the boy who is coming here is in his teens and he has learning difficulties, and he and his mother spent a month living in their basement being shelled some time ago, so he will need a lot of reassurance, a lot of calming down and a lot of help. but really, that's why people up and down our country have been offering support and sanctuary for ukrainians. ijust wish the home office process was more speedy, less complicated and that we could bring more people here quickly to receive the safety sanctuary they need. and of course, if the government is worried about huge numbers of immigrants coming into this country, most people coming here from the ukraine ultimately want to go back home, so this is temporary sanctuary being offered. then when the time is right, and i don't know when that will be, these people will probably all want to go home. i would want to go home and i think that is what they will want to do again. thank ou for they will want to do again. thank you forjoining — they will want to do again. thank you forjoining us. _ the authorities in the chinese city of shanghai have reported the first covid deaths since 2020. official figures show three people died on sunday. according to beijing, they all had underlying health conditions. lockdowns remain in place across parts of the city, four weeks after they were first introduced. some residents are understood to have been taken to quarantine facilities, with reports of food shortages in some parts of the city. our china correspondent stephen mcdonelljoins me from beijing. the first deaths, are they? yes, well after _ the first deaths, are they? yes, well after more _ the first deaths, are they? yes, well after more than _ the first deaths, are they? yes, well after more than 400,000 | well after more than 400,000 infections in shanghai in this outbreak, these are the first three people to have been officially listed to have died from covid. the question of death and what causes it is a very complicated one. officials, health officials in shanghai have said these three people, a 91—year—old man, a 91—year—old woman and an 89—year—old woman, all had underlying health problems, plus all three of them had not been vaccinated. when it comes to vaccinations, new figures released would appear to show that china really has dropped the ball when it comes to booster shots. so when it comes to booster shots. so when we consider the number of people over the age of 60 in shanghai who have had two shots, thatis shanghai who have had two shots, that is over 60%. it could be higher but not too bad. those over 60 who have had the booster shot, it is only 38%. it is too low if you want to be really easing off restrictions in those cities. some have asked why the government doesn't switch focus from this mass testing and centralised mass isolation towards a big push on getting those boosters don, but the government is not showing that it is going to change tack. in fact we have had an article on the front page of the communist party's school newspaper today with an official saying that this idea of living with covid should be rejected, calling for more of these mass isolation centres to be built so it looks like the way at least for the moment the chinese government will keep going. i think we can expect to see more mass lockdowns and it really is a big challenge for the chinese economy to stay afloat. challenge for the chinese economy to sta afloat. . ., challenge for the chinese economy to sta afloat. ., ,, , ., people in scotland no longer need to wearface masks in indoor public places from today. it's the final part of the uk to remove the legal requirement, which has been replaced by public health advice. the scottish government has advised people to continue wearing face coverings while covid case numbers remain high. joining me now from glasgow is our news correspondent jamie mcivor. our people are likely to carry on wearing them?— our people are likely to carry on wearing them? that is going to be the big question _ wearing them? that is going to be the big question in _ wearing them? that is going to be the big question in the _ wearing them? that is going to be the big question in the coming i wearing them? that is going to be l the big question in the coming days and weeks. it is the big question of whether the move from the law to simple public health advice will lead to any instant change in public behaviour. here in scotland, it's been the law you needed to wear a mask in a place like a bar, cafe, restaurant, shop or on the trains since the summer of 2020 but anecdotal evidence suggests that in recent weeks fewer people were bothering to wear a mask. looking around glasgow city centre this morning, it is safe to say that on the glasgow underground, most people seem to be wearing a mask, but in the main railway station and in some shops which were open early this morning, certainly mask wearing seemed much less common than it had beenin seemed much less common than it had been in recent weeks. so will we see any big change in the coming days? well, the scottish government is still urging caution but there is that thing that behavioural psychologists find so interesting, wondering if some people may be waiting to see what other people do. so maybe comeback in a couple of weeks and then see if there's any big change in behaviour. in england big change in behaviour. in england big change in behaviour. in england big change didn't happen on freedom day lastjuly, it happened gradually in the days and weeks that followed. what is the latest non—covid in scotland? what is the latest non-covid in scotland? , . what is the latest non-covid in scotland?— what is the latest non-covid in scotland? they are higher than an bod scotland? they are higher than anybody would _ scotland? they are higher than anybody would like _ scotland? they are higher than anybody would like them i scotland? they are higher than anybody would like them to i scotland? they are higher than anybody would like them to be | scotland? they are higher than i anybody would like them to be but coming down. the last stance came around thursday, around 5000 cases still being reported each day, but also more than 2000 people in hospital in scotland to have tested positive for covid, but these stats don't make any distinction between people in hospital primarily because they are ill with covid and people who may be in hospitalfor any other reason and simply happen to have tested positive for covid, although it can be a grey area where the two might be linked.— might be linked. thank you very much. we have a constantly updating live page on our website. that will keep you up—to—date with the latest developments in ukraine. you can check it out via the bbc app — orjust log on to bbc.com/news. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @bbcjoannag. hello again. we had the warmest day of this year so far on good friday when the temperature in london reached 23.4 celsius. today, it's going to be cooler. there's a few showers around. but equally, there's some sunshine. we have got two weather fronts moving in the direction of the north sea. they're all wrapped around this area of low pressure, which later will bring us more persistent rain across the north west, accompanied by strong winds. here are our two weather fronts. there's the first one and here is the second one. and as they move away, we're going to see a mixture of sunshine and showers, some bright spells, but don't forget the more persistent rain and the stronger winds coming into the north west, where we are looking at highs of 10 degrees. in lighter winds further south, 14—17 will feel quite pleasant. but if you have an allergy to tree pollen, worth noting that the levels across the east and the south of england today are high. through this evening and overnight, many but not all of the showers will fade. and overnight, many but not there will be areas of cloud, we will have clear skies, a few mist and fog patches forming, and a weather front continuing to bring cloud and rain across north—west scotland, just getting into northern ireland. it will be cold enough in parts of scotland and northern ireland for the temperature to fall as low as freezing. tomorrow, then, here is the same weather front bringing some showery outbreaks of rain. we've got low pressure to the north of us. the weather front bringing in the rain notjust into scotland but also northern ireland. but we're not talking about heavy rain. at times, there will be more cloud across england and wales but some breaks in the cloud and a little bit of sunshine coming through, and a few showers. the best of the sunshine on the west coast. temperatures down a touch on today. into wednesday, a largely dry day for most of us. again, you can see we are looking at some areas of cloud, one or two showers out to the west. these weather fronts coming in from the atlantic not making huge progress, bringing in a wee bit more cloud to the west of northern ireland at times, and temperatures between 9—18 degrees. as we head into the latter part of the week, the low pressure in the north sinks southwards, taking its weather fronts with it. we have more of an easterly wind across our shores as we go through wednesday, thursday and into friday, and a noticeable wind at that. so that basically means if you are on the east coast, the north sea coastline, it will feel cooler than in the west where we will have the higher temperatures. we could get up to 18 in cardiff. this is bbc news ? welcome if you re watching here in the uk or around the globe. i m joanna gosling. our top stories: a series of powerful explosions have rocked the western ukrainian city of lviv, near the polish border. at least six people are dead including a child. the renewed attacks come as ukraine says the strategically important port city of mariupol no longer exists as it vows its soldiers will fight to the end. as the russian onslaught continues, i'll be speaking live to a former prime minister of russia. britain's home secretary defends her plan to send some asylum seekers to rwanda after criticism that it is unethical. and south africa has sent in thousands of troops to help rescue efforts in kwazulu—natal where floods and mudslides have killed more than 400 people. russia's assault on ukraine appears to be entering a new phase, with russian forces once again carrying out wide—ranging missile strikes. a kremlin spokesman claimed high—precision missiles destroyed i6 ukrainian military facilities overnight, including command posts, ammunition depots, tanks and other combat vehicles. the bbc hasn't been able to independently verify the claims. russia had said about two weeks ago that it would be focussing on east ukraine. but in the last 24 hours there have been artillery bombardments and missile strikes here in lviv in the far west of ukraine, in the capital kyiv, in the city of kharkiv in the north, and the southern city of mykolaiv, near the port of 0desa. at least seven people died in the lviv strikes. towns in the south and east of ukraine — close to the donbas area, and inland from the sea of azov were also hit. they're areas which have seen some of the fiercest fighting. i'm joined now by mikhail kasyanov, who served as prime minister of russia from 2000 to 2004. based on what you know of vladimir putin, from your own experience of working with him, and what he has said and written over the years, what is your view of what is driving him what his goal it is clear vladimir putin wants to press the whole world to the position of recognising crimea as part of his russia. i think that's the most important challenge and all the other things such as nato expansion, thatis other things such as nato expansion, that is some sort of camouflage because nato never created any threat to russia. flood are putin wants the whole world and ukraine to recognise crimea and donbas is part of his russian territories. you think it is _ of his russian territories. you think it is focused _ of his russian territories. you think it is focused primarily on crimea and donbas? hot think it is focused primarily on crimea and donbas?— think it is focused primarily on crimea and donbas? not the whole of ukraine, crimea and donbas? not the whole of ukraine. the — crimea and donbas? not the whole of ukraine, the ultimate _ crimea and donbas? not the whole of ukraine, the ultimate goal _ crimea and donbas? not the whole of ukraine, the ultimate goal would i crimea and donbas? not the whole of ukraine, the ultimate goalwould be l ukraine, the ultimate goal would be to cut ukraine from the red sea. they have already —— much from the black sea. further to 0desa. i do not think he will achieve that by the victory day on the 9th of may and he wants to present a victory to the russian population through his propaganda channels but it is key it might clear mariupol is the main point no through donbas.- might clear mariupol is the main point no through donbas. there is talk of world _ point no through donbas. there is talk of world war _ point no through donbas. there is talk of world war iii _ point no through donbas. there is talk of world war iii and - point no through donbas. there is talk of world war iii and the i point no through donbas. there is| talk of world war iii and the mayor of lviv says this is a fight between democracies and totalitarianism. there is at fear that if nato were to step up its capabilities it could potentially use its nuclear power. might | potentially use its nuclear power. might i do not think it is to do with natal but developments in ukraine. vladimir putin being in affinity and leader and no moving rusher to it at all italian regime, he does not —— moving russia to a totalitarian regime, he does not want ukraine to be successful. russian plans as he explained to the russian plans as he explained to the russian people and poisoning them with propaganda, that is part of his policy right now and his victory outside russia gives him some kind of legitimacy inside russia just through propaganda reporting to the russian people that russia is surrounded by enemies and we're fighting with them, cetera, etc. all this propaganda. haifa fighting with them, cetera, etc. all this propaganda-— fighting with them, cetera, etc. all this propaganda. how successful do ou think this propaganda. how successful do you think this _ this propaganda. how successful do you think this propaganda _ this propaganda. how successful do you think this propaganda is - this propaganda. how successful do you think this propaganda is in i you think this propaganda is in russia? how much opposition do you think there could potentially be? it is very successful and sophisticated. it is not like it was in the soviet period time. right now it is psychologically measured and if you assert independent person watch russian television for half an hour you would start to believe, the fake news, the lies which they transmit there. there are lots of people fooled by propaganda and unfortunately i have to recognise this myself, i do not want to believe but i see that at least 50% of the population of fooled by propaganda and silently support the ukraine invasion.— ukraine invasion. where do you see this going? — ukraine invasion. where do you see this going? do _ ukraine invasion. where do you see this going? do you _ ukraine invasion. where do you see this going? do you think _ ukraine invasion. where do you see this going? do you think vladimir . this going? do you think vladimir hooton will survive and withdraw at the point he achieves has military goals in crimea and donbas? first of all i think goals in crimea and donbas? first of all i think you _ goals in crimea and donbas? first of all i think you cannot _ goals in crimea and donbas? first of all i think you cannot achieve - goals in crimea and donbas? first of all i think you cannot achieve the i all i think you cannot achieve the goals he wanted and the world will not recognise the annexation and occupation of crimea and donbas. with all the packages of sanctions imposed by the way did not expect the reaction and thought it would be as it was in 2014 when crimea was annexed the invasion of georgia in 2008. but this time the trans atlantic to unity and the decisive behaviour of western leaders just demonstrated and he was shocked by that. in fact, write no on the battlefield we see there is no decisive advantage to one or the other side in this war and in fact the time goes against vladimir putin. i think if he would be seen as the foetid that is the beginning of the end of the era of vladimir putin. —— i think if he would be seen as being defeated. two british fighters captured in ukraine by russian forces have appeared on russian state tv asking to be exchanged for a pro—russian politician who is being held by the ukrainian authorities. it is not clear whether the two men, shaun pinner and aiden aslin, were speaking under duress. in the video, which we are not showing, one of the men, who says he is shaun pinner, says he was captured in the port of mariupol while fighting for the ukrainian marines. it's understood he is being held as a prisoner in donetsk in eastern ukraine. he's been in the ukrainian army for two years. his family have described him as �*funny, much—loved, well—intentioned', and said they're hoping for a quick resolution to the situation. the other man in the footage is believed to be aiden asling, another british soldier serving with ukranian forces who was captured by russian troops. both families are working with the foreign office to ensure their sons' rights as prisoners of war are upheld under the geneva convention. the british home secretary, priti patel, has hit back at critics of the uk's latest immigration policy — saying they aren't putting forward alternatives. the government plans to send some people arriving illegally in the uk to rwanda to seek asylum there. but the proposal has been criticised — including by the archbishop of canterbury, who called it ungodly. writing in the times, the home secretary says the uk is taking bold and innovative steps on migration, and it's surprising that institutions criticising the plans fail to offer their own solutions. she also says allowing the suffering of migrants crossing the english channel in small boats is no longer an option for any humanitarian nation. the uk's brexit opportunities ministerjacob rees—mogg has also defended the plan against the archbishop's criticism. he says it is like a form of easter redemption. he misunderstands what the policy is trying to achieve and that it isn't an abandonment of responsibility, it is in fact the taking on of a very difficult responsibility. the encouragement of people traffickers needs to be stopped, so i think the issue we are fighting is organised crime and it's very important that we should do that. we can speak now to sunder katwala. he's a director of british future, an organisation which researches attitudes to immigration and national identity. what is your view of the rwanda plan? i what is your view of the rwanda ian? ., . what is your view of the rwanda . ian? ~' ., ., what is your view of the rwanda . ian? ~ ., ., ., what is your view of the rwanda ian? ~ ., ., ., ., plan? i think there are a lot of issues and _ plan? i think there are a lot of issues and debates _ plan? i think there are a lot of issues and debates and i plan? i think there are a lot of issues and debates and also . plan? i think there are a lot of i issues and debates and also the practicalities of what and how it will work. it is unlikely to achieve what it wants to achieve. as the home secretary says it is an innovative plan but is that the kind of innovation should be adopting in the 21st—century? it is essentially a trade and asylum seekers to an african country.— african country. when you talk of the practicalities _ african country. when you talk of the practicalities there _ african country. when you talk of the practicalities there are i african country. when you talk of| the practicalities there are serious questions around that and it is expected there will be legal challenges to the policy. do you think those practicalities and the issues around the legality could actually effectively drive this into the ground anyway?— actually effectively drive this into the ground anyway? none of us know that and it could _ the ground anyway? none of us know that and it could be _ the ground anyway? none of us know that and it could be a _ the ground anyway? none of us know that and it could be a couple - the ground anyway? none of us know that and it could be a couple of- that and it could be a couple of play and we end up in court. even if it gets up and running most asylum seekers will not be sent to rwanda and most will go to an old raf base in yorkshire because the capacity of rwanda will be a few hundred to a few thousand over five years. why will a few asylum seekers being sent to rwanda deter people? at the moment is more a political argument around considering it rather than a workable plan. around considering it rather than a workable plan-— workable plan. when the home secretary says _ workable plan. when the home secretary says people - workable plan. when the home secretary says people who i workable plan. when the home secretary says people who are l secretary says people who are criticising it are not coming up with alternatives to the situation with alternatives to the situation with immigration, what views do you have in that? it is with immigration, what views do you have in that?— have in that? it is absolutely fair to see critics _ have in that? it is absolutely fair to see critics a _ have in that? it is absolutely fair to see critics a plan _ have in that? it is absolutely fair to see critics a plan need - have in that? it is absolutely fair to see critics a plan need to i have in that? it is absolutely fair| to see critics a plan need to have alternatives. i think the way to stop the people trafficking would to have safe routes by which people could apply for asylum in the uk without having to make this journey, for example by going to an embassy in europe and making their claim, you can have a set number of humanitarian these are similar to the number of asylum claims we had. that would have an effect in reducing the amount of trafficking going on. rwanda plan i think would have more of an uncertain effect so the home secretary is planning to do this without knowing whether it would be effective or not. if the government looked at the claim 70% would be accepted so i think they feel to look at people the want to protect but alongside economic migrants. our political correspondent ione basically the argument from priti patel and the home office as this will disrupt the plans of people traffickers and people crossing via the english channel and lorries, people arriving by these means could be sent to rwanda and seek asylum there instead, that will deter people from making these dangerous crossings. over the weekend it emerged that the top civil servant of priti patel one there was not enough evidence such as that these plans would make a deterrent to stop people crossing but priti patel has asked civil servants to proceed immediately with them so she is effectively taking responsibility as to whether the plans could not but they are very much taking the view this is the best chance for the uk to stop people making these journeys. i think hear more detail on the policy from the home secretary in the coming week ahead. mps have been off on the break this last week when the policy was announced but we expect this will be started imminently and anybody who arrived by these means from january this year would potentially be eligible to be sent to rwanda sort some people who have already arrived in the uk could potentially face this journey as well. the in the uk could potentially face this journey as well.— this journey as well. the prime minister will _ this journey as well. the prime minister will be _ this journey as well. the prime minister will be speaking i this journey as well. the prime j minister will be speaking about fines for parties in downing street. he will be speaking for the first time since he and his wife and the chancellor received fines for covid breaches in downing street last year. this will be a chance for mps to respond publicly for the first time to this fine and it is likely that he will apologise again but it is likely he will reference other things going on such as the energy policy here is an ounce and the asylum policy and his visit to ukraine and will be very keen to distract mps and say they are getting on with the job and delivering manifesto commitments but i think opposition parties will want to emphasise that he is the first serving prime ministers are to be prosecuted for breaking the law and what they believe was him misleading parliament when he previously claimed the rules of parliament had been followed at all times. sport, and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's ollie. good afternoon. there was a scare for manchester united's bruno fernandes this morning. he was involved in a car crash on the way to training. the 27—year—old was involved in a collision in a residential street near the club's carrington training ground but nobody involved is believed to have suffered serious injuries and is fernandes is expected to train with the rest of ralf rangnick s squad. united play liverpool at anfield in the premier league tomorrow. championship leaders fulham don't play until tomorrow but will get promoted later today if nottingham forest lose to west bromwich albion. that's one of 11 fixtures in the championship. huddersfield are chasing an automatic promotion spot and have kicked off at middlesbrough who could finish the day in the play—offs if they win. no goals yet at the riverside. the bottom three teams will be relegated to league one if results go against them. they'll be hoping that reading slip up at home to swansea. snooker�*s world championship continues in sheffield. two more first round matches are under way — northern ireland's mark allen is facing scott donaldson from scotland. and donaldson hasjust taken the fifth frame to go 3—2 up. the winner of this one will face the six—time champion ronnie o'sullivan. there's a close match on the other table. anthony mcgill leading liam highfield 8 frames to 6. it's the first to 10 at this stage emma raducanu is in stuttgart ahead of her first wta tournament on clay. she was struggling with blisters during her billiejean cup defeat in prague, that contributed to gb's loss to czech republic over the weekend. the teenager's participation was in doubt but she's been limbering up ahead of her first match against the australian storm sanders who is ranked 16th in the world. she's had a shaky start to life on tour after her us open triumph last year. lots of ups and downs, she should be used to that supporting tottenham. that's all the sport for now. south africa is deploying 10,000 soldiers to assist search and rescue efforts after mudslides killed 443 people and caused widespread damage to infrastructure. the weekend's heavy rainfall has eased in kwazulu—natal province on the country's east coast, but 63 people remain missing following the flood waters. some areas haven t had any official help yet, leaving residents to dig through the debris themselves. our correspondent vumani mkhize has this report. at the kwa—santi township south of durban, this community is still trying to come to terms with the flash floods that devastated this area. this search and rescue team is on a recovery operation. they are looking for a woman swept away by the flash floods at night while she was asleep. behind me, this is where the water was cascading down this hill. unfortunately, a man and woman were swept away by the raging waters. the man was found alive. unfortunately, the woman is still missing and we have got community members here searching with their bare hands, looking for her. further downstream, we have got search and rescue operations with dogs also looking for the woman. on the night of the floods, some even risked their lives to save others. translation: ifound a man trapped by a tree, so i managed to pull him out of the water. i put him inside the house. i heard more people crying and ran to help another woman. she is still in hospital, but alive. the other man died. all over the kwazulu—natal province, stories of flash floods and local heroes who did their best to save lives are emerging. the death toll has risen to nearly 450. 63 people are still missing. local authorities are rallying the public to rebuild. this is the moment of great adversity, but this is also a moment where we need to summon our collective courage and turn this devastation into an opportunity to rebuild our province. it is a moment for the human spirit to triumph over adversity. more search and rescue teams from around the country have been dispatched to kwazulu—natal as recovery operations continue. a decade of war has ruined syria's economy and it's now emerging as a narco—state with illegal drugs as one of its biggest exports. the stimulant, captagon, a class a drug in the uk, is widely used across the arab world. in recent weeks, thejordanian army has seized large hauls of drugs and killed more than 30 smugglers in operations along its border. our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, has been to this frontline of the regional war on drugs. three shadowy figures cross the border fence. jordanian soldiers open fire. another skirmish in an increasingly deadly fight against drug smugglers. they want to show me what they're up against. it's a great view from here. you can see, everything beyond the fence, that is syria. and this is a new front line in the war on drugs. ruined by a decade of war, neighbouring syria is turning into a narco—state. after losing a jordanian soldier, the military has adopted a shoot to kill policy. and how much more dangerous is it now along this border? translation: the degree | of danger has grown recently with the increase in drug smuggling. there are highly organised and coordinated operations. they are determined to get the drugs intojordan by force, using weapons. since the start of this year, the army has killed more than 30 smugglers, and seized over 17 million pills of captagon. that's more than in the whole of last year. this illegal amphetamine is now one of syria's main exports. this hospital is treating more and more people from across the region for captagon addiction. none of the patients here wants to talk, but the clinical director tells me he sees serious cases. the consequences of taking this drug is, like, violence and psychosis. it is very addictive as well and people start with one tablet and then increase by two or three, and then shift into a more serious drug like crystal meth. jordan is up against powerful drugs cartels. the long conflict next door now brings a new misery. yolande knell, bbc news, amman. hello again. we had the warmest day of this year so far on good friday when the temperature in london reached 23.4 celsius. today, it's going to be cooler. there's a few showers around. but equally, there's some sunshine. we have got two weather fronts moving in the direction of the north sea. they're all wrapped around this area of low pressure, which later will bring us more persistent rain across the north west, accompanied by stronger winds. here are our two weather fronts. there's the first one and here is the second one. and as they move away, we're going to see a mixture of sunshine and showers, some bright spells, but don't forget the more persistent rain and the stronger winds coming into the north west, where we are looking at highs of 10 degrees. in lighter winds further south, 14—17 will feel quite pleasant. but if you have an allergy to tree pollen, worth noting that the levels across the east and the south of england today are high. through this evening and overnight, many but not all of the showers will fade. there will be areas of cloud, we will have clear skies, a few mist and fog patches forming, and our weather front continuing to bring cloud and rain across north—west scotland, just getting into northern ireland. it will be cold enough in parts of scotland and northern ireland for the temperature to fall as low as freezing. tomorrow, then, here is the same weather front bringing some showery outbreaks of rain. we've got low pressure to the north of us. the weather front bringing in the rain notjust into scotland but also northern ireland. but we're not talking about heavy rain. at times, there will be more cloud across england and wales but some breaks in the cloud and a little bit of sunshine coming through, and a few showers. the best of the sunshine on the west coast. temperatures down a touch on today. into wednesday, a largely dry day for most of us. again, you can see we are looking at some areas of cloud, one or two showers out to the west. these weather fronts coming in from the atlantic not making huge progress, bringing in a wee bit more cloud to the west of northern ireland at times, and temperatures between 9—18 degrees. as we head into the latter part of the week, the low pressure in the north sinks southwards, taking its weather fronts with it. we have more of an easterly wind across our shores as we go through wednesday, thursday and into friday, and a noticeable wind at that. so that basically means if you are on the east coast, the north sea coastline, it will feel cooler than in the west where we will have the higher temperatures. we could get up to 18 in cardiff. russia bombards more ukrainian cities, with the western city this is bbc news ? welcome if you re watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'mjoanna i'm joanna gosling. our top stories... russia launches multiple missiles on the western ukrainian city of lviv which has been largely unscathed since the invasion. at least seven people are dead including a child. i actually saw a couple of the missiles _ i actually saw a couple of the missiles myself streaking across the sky and _ missiles myself streaking across the sky and then hitting buildings on the city's — sky and then hitting buildings on the city's roofline, then we saw plumes — the city's roofline, then we saw plumes of _ the city's roofline, then we saw plumes of smoke rising up. the renewed attacks come as ukraine says the strategically important port city of mariupol no longer exists as it vows its soldiers will fight to the end. the chinese city of shanghai reports its first official covid deaths for two years, as a strict lockdown continues.