good afternoon. moscow claims to have struck more than 1,000 targets overnight in what ukraine says is the launch of a large—scale offensive in its eastern donbas region. the move marks a new phase in the conflict. ukraine says russia is continuing to move military equipment into the area from russian territory. in his nightly televised address, president volodymr zelensky pledged to defend the whole of his country. 0ur correspondent, danjohnson, has more from the western city of lviv. russian firepower on display. in these pictures released by the defence ministry and in the skies over ukraine. it says missiles and artillery hit over 1200 targets last night ahead of a new surge to push its forces forward across the east of the country. in this operation, we will continue. it is beginning, i mean, another stage of this operation is beginning and eventually, this will be a very important moment of this entire special operation. pro—russian leaders in donetsk say special forces are storming mariupol�*s steelworks, where the last ukrainian soldiers were holding out. the renewed advance along the eastern edge has been anticipated for weeks and the ukrainians say they are ready. translation: we can assess i now that the russian troops have begun the battle for donbas for which they have been preparing for a long time. a very large part of the russian army is now concentrated on this offensive. no matter how many of the russian troops are driven there, we will be fighting, we will defend ourselves. more soldiers are getting ready to join the battle. we were invited to film these volunteers training in the west of ukraine, preparing to head east and hold back the russians. they will get hell, they will get hell. they came into our land, to try to invade our land, tried to horrify our people and now we're just raining hellfire on them. their instructor told me their lack of experience is made up for in commitment to defend every inch of their country. for some of these people, they have never had a firearm in their hands in their lifetime. some of them are bankers, bakers, painters, and right now we're making fighters out of them. these people are performing really amazing skills. are they up to it? yeah, they are. in two weeks, from a person who never held a firearm in their arms, they became fighters. there is no shortage of willing volunteers, and these recruits wanted to show us how well prepared they are, how well—equipped they are, and how determined they are. this video claims to show ukrainian artillery strikes taking out russian weaponry, but there are still likely to be fierce battles ahead. people have been warned to get away from front lines but as the fighting moves, it gets harder to work out where is safe. and in the last hour, dan gave us this update about the resilience of the ukrainian troops. the message is that the ukrainian soldiers are well—trained, well—equipped and up for the fight and that they are digging in in the east to try to resist this latest russian advance. we know the soldiers in mariupol are having a tough time. there are reports russia has finally completed its takeover of the steelworks, where they have been holding out, and that it does now control mariupol. but the ukrainians said they would fight on there, that they wouldn't take the chance to surrender that has been offered again by the russians. the re—equipping of the ukrainians is the really important thing for the days and weeks ahead. people in the east of the country are being warned that some of the worst fighting may be to come, but the message from the president is the successful defence they have put up so far can continue if the supply of weapons carries on coming. but there are signs that russia's attacks last night were designed to hit the country's railway network, and those kind of attacks could disrupt the logistics networks, could make it harder to get the weapons and armoury that those forces need to the right places. but, certainly, the ukrainians have taken great morale boosts from the successes they've had already, and although they are prepared for a really tough battle ahead in the east of the country, the feeling is that the sort of resistance they have shown so far can continue. that is the view from ukraine. 0ur correspondent in moscow, jenny hill, gave us the russian perspective on the latest developments on the ground in ukraine. the official line here is that a new and significant phase of the special military operation, as they call it here, is beginning. but you do get a sense of increased urgency and increased aggression. vladimir putin has consistently tried to frame his invasion of ukraine as an act of defence. so, russia is the victim. ukraine, aided by the west, are the real aggressors. and we are starting to see here a real intensification of that narrative. for example, most mornings now russia accuses ukraine of striking its territory. this morning, moscow said the west, america, were the ones dragging out this conflict. there was an extraordinary moment on state tv last night in which one pundit suggested that britain was seeking an excuse to wipe out the russian people in a nuclear strike. what can we take from all of that? first, perhaps, that vladimir putin is seeking to rally the russian people and make sure they are behind him and perhaps prepare them for a longer and more difficult special military operation. but it is, ithink, a remindertoo that for vladimir putin, this was never simply about ukraine, it was about challenging the west and its security architecture. all of that leads us to a couple of really significant and unanswerable questions. what will vladimir putin do next if his troops manage to take the donbas region? but perhaps more importantly, what will he do if they don't? we can speak now to hannah shelest, editor—in—chief of ukraine analytica. she studies foreign and security policy. we have had up days there from both sides, and the perspective on both sides, and the perspective on both sides of the border. we are seeing that escalation in violence, a attacking positions along the eastern line in donbas. what does that tell us about what russia's strategy has become? first that tell us about what russia's strategy has become?- that tell us about what russia's strategy has become? first of all, the assault _ strategy has become? first of all, the assault is _ strategy has become? first of all, the assault is happening - strategy has become? first of all, the assault is happening not - strategy has become? first of all, the assault is happening not only| strategy has become? first of all, | the assault is happening not only in donbas. donbas is only part of that territory right that is fighting. malleable is not donbas. the russians have taken the whole eastern border. for the last week, that has not been a land assault. the reason the russians need these victories, and we have two dates by which they want some territories to be under their control. first of all, easterthat be under their control. first of all, easter that we had on sunday. second is definitely the day... the question is definitely we are hearing in the change digital audio and now they realise they cannot change the government in kyiv. still, they are still talking about the donetsk peoples republic, that they would like to have the whole territories of that region they have been controlling for the last eight years. that is why caressing the attacks mostly concentrated there. we saw —— they are connected with monthly supply to ukraine. because these cities are hard and the russians are searching where at the ukrainian air defence is now and were the weapons that ukraine still has to limit you creating capabilities.— has to limit you creating capabilities. has to limit you creating caabilities. ., , , capabilities. that seems to be the complication- _ capabilities. that seems to be the complication. we _ capabilities. that seems to be the complication. we were _ capabilities. that seems to be the complication. we were led - capabilities. that seems to be the complication. we were led to - capabilities. that seems to be the i complication. we were led to believe russian troops were pulling out of areas around kyiv and live eve to focus on the east. but we saw overnight that i still attacks on places like live eve. you say that is because they want to focus on supply lines rather than spreading themselves too thinly perhaps? == themselves too thinly perhaps? -- lviv. themselves too thinly perhaps? » lviv. most of the attacks in the west regions had been either against the air drones or the storages, or something connected with the railway, storage is expected to have some weapons. unity on to understand some weapons. unity on to understand some of these shell things are happening not to allow forces that are now protecting cities to go closer to the east, to help forces over there. that is why we are seeing me russians are trying to stretch the ukrainian forces a little bit all around the country. we are talking about hundreds of kilometres. that is where it ukrainian armed forces need to defend territories. i definitely limit the capability to concentrate activities. �* ., ., , , ., activities. and at what is your assessment _ activities. and at what is your assessment of _ activities. and at what is your assessment of perhaps - activities. and at what is your assessment of perhaps how l activities. and at what is your i assessment of perhaps how long activities. and at what is your - assessment of perhaps how long those ukrainian forces can hold out under such bombardment by russian forces in the east? it such bombardment by russian forces in the east? ,., , ~' such bombardment by russian forces in the east?— in the east? it sounds like we may have lost hannah _ in the east? it sounds like we may have lost hannah for _ in the east? it sounds like we may have lost hannah for now. - in the east? it sounds like we may have lost hannah for now. she - have lost hannah for now. she erha -s have lost hannah for now. she perhaps is _ have lost hannah for now. she perhaps is back. _ have lost hannah for now. she perhaps is back. hannah, are you still with us?— still with us? yes, i am with you. everything _ still with us? yes, i am with you. everything depends _ still with us? yes, i am with you. everything depends on _ still with us? yes, i am with you. everything depends on you, - still with us? yes, i am with you. . everything depends on you, festival, the russian tactics. it also depends a lot on how much weapons ukraine will receive from partners connected with the air defence. ukrainian forces are very highly motivated, but to be just motivated without proper supply of weapons would be physically impossible to stop hannah, it is great to have your inside. . ~' , ., hannah, it is great to have your inside. ., ,, , ., ., hannah, it is great to have your inside. ., ,, ., ., ,, inside. thank you for talking with us this afternoon. _ inside. thank you for talking with us this afternoon. let's _ inside. thank you for talking with us this afternoon. let's look - inside. thank you for talking with us this afternoon. let's look at i us this afternoon. let's look at today's other main stories. the prime minister is expected to apologise to mps this afternoon, when he makes his first appearance in the house of commons since being fined for breaking coronavirus laws. 0pposition parties are expected to question borisjohnson about whether he misled parliament — when he previously claimed that no rules were broken. as our political correspondent, jonathan blake, reports, the labour leader, sir keir starmer, has accused the prime minister of using the ukraine conflict as a shield to keep hisjob. do you think the prime i minister can survive this? has the prime minister. misled mps, mr spencer? familiar questions in the air, as ministers return to downing street after westminster�*s easter break. borisjohnson will face mps for the first time since being fined for breaking covid laws at one of many events during the pandemic he's had to say sorry for, so far. i want to begin by repeating my apologies. mr speaker, i want to apologise. i once again offer a full apology. another apology is expected, but his supporters say keep it in perspective. what our prime minister has done is he has recognised that things at number 10 were not being done in the way the public would expect, he has changed the team, done what he would said he would do on that, accepted a fixed penalty notice, paid a fine, apologise for that, and has been absolutely focused on the issues that are going to have those long term as well as short term benefits and effects more people across the uk. the prime minister and his wife, carriejohnson, along with the chancellor, were given fixed penalty notices for attending a gathering on borisjohnson�*s birthday in the cabinet room of number ten. most conservative mps are backing borisjohnson. even some who want him gone say the war in ukraine means now is not the time. 0pposition parties disagree. in parliament, at the moment, there is no difference of approach in relation to standing up for ukraine across the conservative party or across all parties, by the way. so, if this prime minister were to make any difference to the political approach the ukraine crisis, so he is using that, really, as a shield. but he and others have limited options to act. we have reached the point where it may be that tory mps have to take actions into their own hands, but we cannot rely on that. we simply cannot have a prime minister who will lie to the public, lie to parliament, and laugh at those who have lost so many loved ones during the pandemic. mp should have a vote in parliament as to whether boris johnson - is in contempt of parliamentl for having lied to parliament. because in a time of crisis, the international crisis, i the cost of living an emergency. people need to have trust - in the prime minister and i don't think they have it at the moment. as some in parliament look for ways to punish the prime minister politically, a police investigation continues, and the full findings of an official report into lockdown parties in whitehall are yet to come. 0ur political correspondent, nick eardley, joins us now. as jonathan was telling asjonathan was telling us and that report, an apology from the prime minister at this afternoon it may sound very familiar. so what is new today? sound very familiar. so what is new toda ? . , sound very familiar. so what is new toda ? ., , ., ., today? that is right, we have heard the prime minister _ today? that is right, we have heard the prime minister said _ today? that is right, we have heard the prime minister said the - today? that is right, we have heard the prime minister said the pollen i the prime minister said the pollen before that he is sorry for what went on. we heard him say after he was fined last week. it is this curious situation when the prime minister is going to say he is sorry and understand the strength of feeling and takes full responsibility. speaking to his allies this morning, they still think borisjohnson was a bit unfortunate, quite frankly, to get a fine. that he was in his place of work, that he was not deliberately attending a party in the cabinet room. so there are some close to the primer who are saying they are not totally certain that he deserved that fine. that said, i think what borisjohnson is going to to do is try to move on to this, by saying to the mps and the public, i got this wrong. if you look at ukraine, the cost of living crisis — that is what i want my government to concentrate on. that may be easier said than done. 0pposition parties are saying the prime minister should resign because he broke the law while in office. they think the prime minister must let on when he told them earlier this year that rules had been followed in downing street. i am expecting update soon on a vote later this week about whether to look further into the issue of whether the prime minister misled parliament. we whether the prime minister misled parliament. ~ , . ,, parliament. we will be back with nick eardley _ parliament. we will be back with nick eardley as _ parliament. we will be back with nick eardley as we _ parliament. we will be back with nick eardley as we get _ parliament. we will be back with nick eardley as we get more i nick eardley as we get more information later this afternoon. joining me now is chris curtis — who's head of political polling at 0pinium. looking at some of the numbers you have put out, there is a lot of pulling going on right now about how the public sees all of this, it is notjust the public sees all of this, it is not just a westminster the public sees all of this, it is notjust a westminster problem. this is beyond that, it has got out. people are quite angry with the prime minister and chancellor. what does your polling tell us? i prime minister and chancellor. what does your polling tell us?— does your polling tell us? i think there is true. _ does your polling tell us? i think there is true. lots _ does your polling tell us? i think there is true. lots of _ does your polling tell us? i think there is true. lots of things i does your polling tell us? i think there is true. lots of things in i there is true. lots of things in politics do not necessarily have an impact on polls, but partygate out on one of those effects. when we were pulling on the premise before all of us came out, they were neck and neck of the labour party if not slightly ahead. the prime ministerapproval ratings were not particularly bad coming off the back of covid. as the story broke, that change things. we have even seen some polls over the weekend that have labour double digits ahead. that would mean it would completely overturn borisjohnson�*s majority from the last general election and probably give keir starmer a majority of his own. when we look at boris johnson's majority of his own. when we look at borisjohnson�*s approval ratings, they are not looking very good either. significantly more people now think he is doing a bad job rather than a good job. so this has had an impact in terms of the public view of the government and the prime minister. the view of the government and the prime minister. . , view of the government and the prime minister. ., , , ., minister. the last few must have told us that _ minister. the last few must have told us that things _ minister. the last few must have told us that things move - minister. the last few must have told us that things move rather l told us that things move rather quickly, opinions can change rather quickly. i know all eyes are on those local elections at the start of may. clearly, downing street will look at your numbers as well as others and it will not make for welcome reading. how much they expect those problems for downing street to translate to a huge problem at the start of may but those elections?— problem at the start of may but those elections? used to change tuite those elections? used to change quite quickly- — those elections? used to change quite quickly- -- _ those elections? used to change quite quickly. -- views _ those elections? used to change quite quickly. -- views do - those elections? used to change | quite quickly. -- views do change quite quickly. —— views do change quite quickly. —— views do change quite quickly. —— views do change quite quickly. we asked people in january if they think this is an important issue or a distraction from other issues. when we ask that in january, from other issues. when we ask that injanuary, more people were selecting the important option. now when we are fit, more people are taking that distraction option. i think this is still a tough one for the prime minister to get out of. when it comes to the local elections, more specifically, the conservative result might not actually end up being quite as bad as the polls indicate. the reason for that is at the last time local elections were four in 2018 and labour was also doing pretty well in at the polls then, meaning the conservatives are less likely to be has many seats compared to 2018. secondly, around 40% of the localities up in my art in london. the conservatives have actually seen a slightly smaller swing against them in london. despite the polls looking pretty rough at the moment, it might not end up being a bad night for the conservatives in the local elections. the night for the conservatives in the local elections.— local elections. the old adage, eo - le local elections. the old adage, peeple vote — local elections. the old adage, peeple vote on _ local elections. the old adage, people vote on local— local elections. the old adage, people vote on local issues i local elections. the old adage, people vote on local issues in l local elections. the old adage, i people vote on local issues in local elections. potentially, there are further fines coming down the line for the prime minister. is there a suggestion that your polling will monitor that and a change in public opinion if more fines are issued at downing street? iililur opinion if more fines are issued at downing street?— downing street? our next poll is comint in downing street? our next poll is coming in to _ downing street? our next poll is coming in to field _ downing street? our next poll is coming in to field this _ downing street? our next poll is coming in to field this week- downing street? our next poll is coming in to field this week and | downing street? our next poll is i coming in to field this week and we will continue to run polls in the run—up to the next election. when we do talk about party gait it has certainly had an impact on the prime minister a's reputation. most people say the next issue facing right now is the cost of living crisis, the fact that energy bills are going up, the fact that the price at the petrol tanks is going up. i think that's one of the things damaging the conservatives as well, most people say they do not think the comment is doing enough to tackle those issues. yes, the prime minister is facing difficulties around partygate, but i think it probably is to come up with a better answer to the cost of living crisis. we will have full coverage of events in westminster this afternoon right here on bbc news. let's get more now on ukraine, the latest bombardments by russia and its intensification of the fighting in the east of the country, and how ukraine can respond. lieutenant colonel pavlo khazan is an officer in the ukrainian territorial defence, responsible for cyber security. hejoins us now. i suppose we he joins us now. i suppose we should start and set the parameters of this. you will be able to have a lot of information perhaps that you can't share with us. first of all, give me your assessment of how things have changed over the last 2a hours because their sentencing to be a real increase in the bombardment particularly in the east of the country. particularly in the east of the count . , ., ., ,. ., country. the situation is changing every time. _ country. the situation is changing every time. all — country. the situation is changing every time, all the _ country. the situation is changing every time, all the ways - country. the situation is changing every time, all the ways we i country. the situation is changing every time, all the ways we are i every time, all the ways we are checking everything, and we are ready for any scenarios. of course, as you might know, there were some missiles in my region. of course, we don't know exactly what russian troops will do in the next hour or in the next days. but the situation has changed and we also know about... it is a really big threat to several cities in donetsk as well. now, it is the main cities of the luhansk region. that is why we are ready he had in my region, dnipro, as well as on kaaak eve, because our responsibility is also khaki, luhansk, donetsk regions. i want to come onto cyber security in just a moment. of course the focus right numbers on the military bombardment but i also know a cyber security is also a real threat. give me a sense of how forces are preparing those eastern regions, given that you do not know what's coming in the coming hours and days. of course i cannot share a lot of of course i cannot share a lot of information with you. but from the beginning of the war in 2014, we increase our capacity very much. this is also because of big support of our allies and because of high level of education and the professionalism of our officers. moreover, now we mobilise many people, many civilians, civilian engineers, who have given us big support and a big input into cyber part of the armed forces of ukraine. and it is telling that we are able to talk to you now live via the internet from a war zone. 0ne to talk to you now live via the internet from a war zone. one would imagine one of russia's primary objectives is to cut you off in terms of connection to the outside world. how are you making sure that your cyber networks, your internet access is strong enough to survive the attacks that you are facing? tats the attacks that you are facing? as i the attacks that you are facing? is i said, we are thinking and we are prepared for different scenarios. we are also preparing for the scenarios and we are ready and we have equipment to do our best. also, with jamming and in some or other threats which can be caused by russians. we know they have very high level jamming equipment. they are doing it and affecting others, yes. giee jamming equipment. they are doing it and affecting others, yes.— and affecting others, yes. give me a sense as to — and affecting others, yes. give me a sense as to what _ and affecting others, yes. give me a sense as to what their _ and affecting others, yes. give me a sense as to what their primary i sense as to what their primary target is as far as cyber attacks are concerned. many people will see others' images of bombs and missiles and are fighting in the street, they may forget there is an entirely separate war going on in the cyberspace. so what are the target as far as cyber attacks are concerned? {iii as far as cyber attacks are concerned?— as far as cyber attacks are concerned? . ., , , ., concerned? of course, they are tarttetin concerned? of course, they are targeting civilians _ concerned? of course, they are targeting civilians and - concerned? of course, they are targeting civilians and they i concerned? of course, they are i targeting civilians and they would like to destroy as much as possible of the civilian infrastructure and to kill as many as possible. of course they are also targeting on communications infrastructure, and they are doing it, yes. that is why we should be prepared for different kinds of scenarios in this case. we also know is very difficult for many to get any sort of information about what's happening in places like mariupol. talk about how you're able to maintain your communications, because clearly being able to speak militarily to your colleagues and forces on the ground is a huge part of being able to defend yourselves. how do you maintain that communication? it how do you maintain that communication?- how do you maintain that communication? it is a very to receive information _ communication? it is a very to receive information from i communication? it is a very to i receive information from different parts, but nevertheless we try to make these communications as much as possible and we are doing our best to give this communication to transfer information, and of course to protect this information. we have also seen a — to protect this information. we have also seen a lot— to protect this information. we have also seen a lot of— to protect this information. we have also seen a lot of military _ to protect this information. we have also seen a lot of military help i also seen a lot of military help from the west into ukraine. what help are you able to get in your area of specialisation? what sort of cyber help you get, how does that work? and what more do you need? {iii work? and what more do you need? of course, first of all, we very much appreciate the us, poland, uk, denmark, and many other countries, for big support. this is for many different weapons coming to us to fight russian aggression. 0f different weapons coming to us to fight russian aggression. of course, first of all, we need to protect our sky. everybody talks about this. one of course we need more radio equipment and we need some other equipment and we need some other equipment for communication. it has been fascinating _ equipment for communication. it has been fascinating to _ equipment for communication. it has been fascinating to hear _ equipment for communication. it has been fascinating to hear from - equipment for communication. it has been fascinating to hear from you. there are so many different elements to this war. as a really interesting to this war. as a really interesting to hear how you're fighting back on the cyber front. lieutenant thank you for being with on bbc news. let's bring you up—to—date with some other stories today. the latest research from the international monetary fund — released in the past half hour — warns that the war in ukraine will "severely set back" the global economic recovery from the covid pandemic. let's get more on this from our economics correspondent, andy verity. what are they saying? perhaps no great surprise that a huge wart will affect economic growth, but how does that affect different parts of the world? , . . ~ that affect different parts of the world? , . ., ,, ., that affect different parts of the world? , ., ., ~' ., ., that affect different parts of the world? , . ., ,, ., ., ., world? they are talking a lot about su -l world? they are talking a lot about supply constraints _ world? they are talking a lot about supply constraints that _ world? they are talking a lot about supply constraints that we - world? they are talking a lot about supply constraints that we had i world? they are talking a lot about | supply constraints that we had even before the war began. post—pandemic, the economy of the world was reopening and there was a huge this surge in demand. supply were struggling to catch up with demand, so you had price rises. we hope back in january it was that this would all settle down. of course that was before the invasion of ukraine. now you have further supply issues, critically with global community, crow commodities, notjust oil and gas. also, russia is a big exporter of metals. then it ukraine is a big exporter of wheat and corn, so that is affecting food prices. all of thatis is affecting food prices. all of that is affecting cost pressures on consumers, this is particular to in uk. injanuary, the government in uk was able to say we are going to be the fastest—growing economy in the g7. in fact, the fastest—growing economy in the g7. infact, next the fastest—growing economy in the g7. in fact, next year they are projecting we will be at the slowest, growing atjust1.2%. they recently given for that is because the cost pressure on consumers in the cost pressure on consumers in the uk will be worse than other countries and there were also to raise interest rates faster, meaning there will be less good conditions for investment, it is less easy to borrow money. all of that will contribute to a general slowing down. it contribute to a general slowing down. , . , contribute to a general slowing down. , ., .,~ contribute to a general slowing down. , ., _ ., ., ,, ., contribute to a general slowing down. , ., ., ,, ., ., down. it is easy to talk about a erfect down. it is easy to talk about a perfect start. _ down. it is easy to talk about a perfect start, but _ down. it is easy to talk about a perfect start, but it _ down. it is easy to talk about a perfect start, but it seems i down. it is easy to talk about a perfect start, but it seems to l down. it is easy to talk about a l perfect start, but it seems to be down. it is easy to talk about a i perfect start, but it seems to be at you have got you problems. one is input prices going up, supply chain disruption. at the same time, consumers are saying they have less money in their pockets and are just not going to go out and buy. taken together, they can have a huge knock—on effect, can't it? me knock-on effect, can't it? we normally _ knock-on effect, can't it? we normally talk _ knock—on effect, can't it? - normally talk about inflation as a way of denting down the overheated economy. but actually that if it is mimicked and amplified if you look at what's happening to energy prices. —— that effect. if you have already having money from your disposable income taking a way to pay for high on your energy bills, it is much the same effect as if your interest rates were going up. that will slow down economic activity elsewhere. you have much less left over for other things. that is particular going to have an effect in the uk. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris. hello again. this afternoon is broadly about sunny spells and a few passing showers, but we have the tail end of a weather front that is affecting parts of the north—west, especially northern ireland, and that will bring more general outbreaks of rain here so quite a wet afternoon in store for some. away from that we are seeing some showers bubble up in wales but the greatest risk of seeing some showers, and fairly heavy ones at that, will be across the south midlands and central southern england which is where you have the greatest chance of having a soaking, but in eastern areas of england not many showers around at all. should be dry with sunny spells coming and going, and in the sunshine not feeling bad at all, given the light winds. 0vernight, the showers fade away so it becomes dry, with clear spells around it also becomes quite chilly especially in the north with a few patches of frost to watch out for heading into wednesday morning, so a chilly start to the day. some showers around on wednesday as well but fewer showers and the greatest chance will be across wales and western areas of england. should be largely dry east and a bit warmer in the london area. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: moscow says it has struck more than 1,000 military targets in eastern ukraine — and releases these images of its fighter jets over the country. borisjohnson is expected to apologise to mps this afternoon — at his first appearance in the commons since being fined for breaking lockdown laws. new research from the international monetary fund warns that the war in ukraine will "severely set back" the global economic recovery from the covid pandemic. the manchester united footballer cristiano ronaldo and his partner georgina rodriguez have announced the death of their baby son. sport now and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. a potentially crucial night in the premier league as liverpool look to return to the top as they host manchester united at anfield. a draw would be enough to putjurgen klopp's men back to the summit while united are still in the hunt for a place in the top four. and they'll be looking to avenge that 5—0 humiliation at old trafford back in october — when mo salah scored a hat—trick. the significance of the clash isn't lost on either manager. it's a big game. it's a massive game. the two biggest clubs in the world, i would say. maybe in spain, two will say differently but two of the biggest clubs in the world, for sure. massive history. big fights in the past. big fights since i am here. and this time, it is an incredibly important game again for both teams. sitting back and hoping, keeping fingers crossed that we are not conceding any goals is not enough against a team like liverpool, so we need to have, as i said, the best possible balance of being defensively organised, but still proactive, aggressive and, whenever there is a chance, to create moments ourselves. manchester united have confirmed that cristiano ronaldo will not feature in tonight's game following the death of his baby son. ronaldo and partner georgina rodriguez announced the sad news on social media last night, saying it is the "greatest pain that any parents can feel". in a statement the club has said that, "family is more important than everything and ronaldo is supporting his loved ones at this immensely difficult time." the scottish premiership is to introduce var as clubs overwhelmingly voted to implement the technology next season. it's understood out of 42 clubs — only one was opposed. the vote means it will be installed at every premiership ground over the coming months, with a full launch expected following the conclusion of the world cup in december. meanwhile, hibs have sacked manager shaun maloneyjust four months after he took charge. it comes just a few days after they were beaten by their bitter edinburgh rivals hearts for the second weekend in a row, this time in the scottish cup semi—finals. maloney was only appointed in december with hibs down in seventh in the table and without a league win since february. tournament favourite neil robertson is comfortably through to the second round of the world snooker championship after beating debutant ashley hugill. the australian trailed 3—1 but hit back in devastating fashion as a run of eight frames in a row helped him to a comfortable 10—5 victory. he faces jack lisowski or matthew stevens in the next round. the afternoon session just getting underway. dillian whyte has decided to skip today's open workout, ahead of his highly anticipated world heavyweight title fight with tyson fury on saturday. this was set to be the first time fury and whyte had been in the same room since the all—british wbc title fight was announced. whyte also missed the unveiling press conference in march. ido i do things properly. these guys want to mess about and penny pinch and this and that and offer me tickets, three orfour and this and that and offer me tickets, three or four tickets, and this and that and offer me tickets, three orfour tickets, and economy, so i have got to break my training camp, go to england, and then come back again, and there is also covid, as well, there's a high risk of me or my team getting infected and missing the whole fight. these guys are stupid. former tennis world number one ashleigh barty has fuelled speculation she may attempt a top—level career in a third sport by signing up for a golf exhibition. the aussie announced her shock retirement from tennis in march aged just 25. she's a keen amateur golfer with a reported handicap of four. she'll play in the icon series injuly, alongside manchester city boss pep guardiola and olympic champion swimmer michael phelps. barty had previously turned her hand to professional cricket, playing in the women's big bash league in 2015. that's all the sport for now. russia's invasion of ukraine has had a devastating impact on the country's children, with authorities saying at least 205 children have been killed since the conflict began. the un also estimates that as many as two thirds of all children in the country have been displaced. yogita limaye has been talking to families caught up in the conflict. the worst moment of a parent's life. a father's final conversation with his boy. a community scattered by war, together in grief, to honour the life of a child they loved. this is elisei ryabukon's grandmother. he was 13. a month ago, he was killed in firing by russian soldiers, as his family tried to leave their village. remembered as a humble, helpful boy, who didn't like to fight. and who refused to play aggressive sport. one last time, his mother, inna, tended to her son before they took him away. in moments like these, the senselessness of war is so plain to see. translation: i want i the world to know about the crimes of russia. i want every victim to be counted. russian soldiers had allowed us to leave. they even waved us goodbye. then when we were crossing the field, they started firing at us from every direction. elisei is among 200 children known to have been killed in ukraine, so far. the impact of war on the lives of ukraine's children is evident in the spaces they once occupied. two—thirds have been forced to leave their homes. this school in bucha near kyiv was used as a base by russian soldiers. hundreds of schools and colleges in ukraine have been damaged. many more are empty because people have fled. when you walk through classrooms like this one, there are so many questions that come to mind. what must this place have looked like on any given weekday before life was suddenly interrupted? who were the children that sat here? we followed the story of one student from bucha. ilya bobkov now lives in one room of a rundown government building in kyiv, with his whole family. they managed to escape the fighting through a humanitarian corridor that had been opened in march. "it was so hard to get through the nights — we were afraid a shell would hit us at any moment", he said. "even here, i can't escape the feeling war is still all around us. i dream about my family being killed, or taken hostage by the russians. i wake up in cold sweat." children like elisei didn't have the chance to grow up. and it's farfrom over forfamilies in ukraine. every day, thousands of young lives are at risk. yogita limaye, bbc news. a line of breaking news ahead of what is expected to be a busy afternoon in the house of commons where we are awaiting the prime minister to issue a prime minister regarding the fines over the so—called partygate scandal, and we have had an update from the house of commons that is now sitting after the easter holidays and we are told that the speaker will allow the labour party to put forward a motion for debate on thursday. this debate will centre on whether the prime minister, borisjohnson, misled minister, boris johnson, misled parliament, minister, borisjohnson, misled parliament, and they have been accusations especially from the labour leader about whether boris johnson deliberately misled parliament and that would be a breach of the parliamentary rules and would normally trigger a resignation so what we are hearing is that on thursday the speaker of the house of commons has allowed a motion for debate that will take place on thursday related to whether the prime minister misled parliament, so another development ahead of that apology we are expecting to hear from the prime minister later this afternoon. we will speak to our political correspondents a moment. but the speaker of the commons is allowing a debate on thursday about whether the prime minister misled parliament and more on that shortly. hundreds of thousands of women across the uk had their babies taken away from them, during the 1950s, 60s and 70s — because they weren't married. for more than a year now, bbc news has been hearing from women who say they were pressured into forced adoptions by doctors, social workers and churches. now, for the first time, a former nhs maternity nurse has come forward to say she witnessed callous behaviour towards some of these women. duncan kennedy reports. in the 30 years after world war ii, hundreds of thousands of unmarried women were shamed into giving up their babies for adoption. most gave birth in hospitals, that were supposed to be places of compassion. some of the older midwives would say, i hate the word, but these are "fallen women", they have to get on with their lives. in 1974, anne was a trainee maternity nurse. she spent some time at this hospital, in edinburgh. she's the first health worker to confirm to us that some nurses treated the unmarried pregnant women with scorn and derision. sometimes you felt they were cruel in how they spoke about them. how did these young mothers react? i think they were in shock. anne says some nurses removed babies straight after delivery, without the mothers being able to hold them. she says she's still haunted by one teenager, desperate to keep her baby. i can still picture her, because she was crying, and i remember saying to the midwife how she wanted to keep her baby and ijust was tearful after it. why were you upset? i just felt it was unjust. she says some nurses treated forced adoptions in an almost routine way. i think they were just generally institutionalised, that's what they did, and maybe they thought by trying to cut everything short, cut—and—dried, right, "you're in, you're away, you'll have your baby, "your baby will go for adoption, that's it." it sounds callous. now, absolutely. we showed the interview to lisa rowland, who was one of those shamed into giving up her baby. i can picture her hair, herface, tears streaming down, and she was very puffy. she became pregnant at 16, and was separated from her baby for nearly 30 years. she says hearing from a former trainee nurse proves what birth mothers went through. actually having someone in the profession saying this is what happened, just gives you credibility. as a young unmarried mother, turning up at hospital to have a baby, you... you had absolutely no chance whatsoever. it wasn't just nurses. parents, social workers and churches also shamed the young women. forced adoptions are now the subject of two national inquiries, one by the scottish government, and one by the uk parliament, with birth mothers calling for official apologies. what do you say to their campaign to get an apology from the scottish government and the uk government? i think they're right, these women were not treated with the dignity and respect that you would expect of a professional. must have been horrible and ghastly for them. the headlines on bbc news... moscow says it has struck more than 1,000 military targets in eastern ukraine — and releases these images of its fighter jets over the country. borisjohnson is expected to apologise to mps this afternoon — at his first appearance in the commons since being fined for breaking lockdown laws. new research from the international monetary fund warns that the war in ukraine will "severely set back" the global economic recovery from the covid pandemic. as we were hearing, the international monetary fund expects economic growth in the uk to be slower than any other g7 country this year and next, while inflation is expected to be higher. the imf predicts uk growth ofjust1.2% in 2023, a near halving from the 2.3% expected just three months ago. let's talk more about this to kallum pickering, a senior economist at berenberg. quite a revised number, more than halving, so talk to me about why and i suppose some things we should have expected and some we shouldn't? i don't see any issue with the assessment that economic momentum will slow down in the uk but it seems strange that the uk is so much weaker than other advanced economies and i mention, the uk is in the mid—atlantic position and it is very unusualfor mid—atlantic position and it is very unusual for it to have a much different forecast to the likes of the us, 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how it plays out. thanks forjoining us. the british chambers of commerce are calling for free or low—cost covid—19 testing kits to be given to companies to help them cope with the large numbers of staff catching the virus. the business group says as many as three quarters of employers reported workers off sick with coronavirus in the last four weeks. covid cases peaked last month, with about 5 million people infected at the end of march. but now the onus is on companies themselves to try to keep staff safe. 0ur consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith reports from liverpool. business has been booming here for the last couple of years, with these home cooking spice kits taking off. but that means extra pressure for the boss to keep orders flowing while keeping staff safe. so there's 15 of us in total and we've had a number of cases in the warehouse, enough for us to, as i said, shut down production for a week or two weeks. figures from the 0ns show that the 0micron peak for factory floor workers was injanuary, but for office—based staff the peak has been within recent weeks. i think it is pretty much spot—on, that data, actually. that is what we've found. 0ur manual workers in the unit have had it through the end of last year or the year before and then coming up to january, and then we have had instances of the management team getting it very much in the last sort of eight weeks. yeah, we have got plenty on the table, ready to go. leslie works in the office upstairs and had covid herself a couple of weeks ago. as a small business, especially, we do have to crack on, you know, and make the most of it, make the best of it. we have kits in the office to test just in case anyone is feeling a bit off—colour. we do our best but you have just got to get on with it. now that it's up to individual companies to decide what to do about covid cases, the british chamber of commerce are calling for every business to have access to free or cheap lateral flow tests, so they can keep their workforce safe while keeping the workflow moving. laura's an employment lawyer and says official rules had been a kind of comfort blanket, but now companies face a new minefield. the typical issues seem to be, you know, what policies to put in place if people think they might have covid, particularly now that tests are not so readily available and people are not sure whether they might have covid or not, and what to do about that. what to do about staff that they think are not being honest about whether they might have covid or symptoms because they don't want to lose pay. round here, we're all trying to, like, help each other out. kieran's already had covid but appreciates still being given options. well, when we do have covid in here, you have the choice whether to stay off or if you feel safer at home. you can do a little bit at home, like, we do labels and, like, you can take them home. getting staff on side with new sickness policies will be crucial to keeping the orders stacking up. colletta smith, bbc news, liverpool. we can go to the house of commons where we will hear from the prime minister later. he will be issuing that apology, the latest in a series of apologies, especially related to the fine issued to him at the chancellor related to his birthday party in june chancellor related to his birthday party injune 2020. he is expected to speak at around 430 this afternoon and we of course will have coverage. it is worth saying that we have heard that the speaker lindsay hoyle has said he will allow labour to put forward a motion for debate on thursday and he said it is not up to him to decide whether the prime minister had committed a contempt in his statements, therefore misleading the house and parliament, and he said his role is to decide whether there is a case to be examined. so he said he will allow labour to table this debate and that will take place on thursday, examining whether the prime minister misled parliament. if that happened, that would be a breach of the ministerial code and therefore the prime minister would be accepted to resign but the prime minister has consistently denied that and said he wasn't aware that these gatherings were a breach of those rules, yet he has apologised after being fined for that party that took place on his birthday. we will hear from the prime minister at around 430 and before that we will hear from the home secretary priti patel talking about the government plans announced last week in relation to asylum seekers who will be sent to rwanda for processing, controversial plan, and we will hear from her later before we hear from the prime minister. a busy afternoon in store. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris. earlier today we have this rather beautiful cloud spotted in derbyshire and this is called a kelvin cloud and it looks like waves breaking on the beach. today, broadly speaking, a day of sunshine and showers but the satellite picture shows detail end of a weather front working into picture shows detail end of a weatherfront working into northern ireland and here we have outbreaks of rain moving into western counties and also fringing into western scotland but elsewhere we see the cloud develop and some showers will grow but some areas will be more prone to those than others, and for example, in the south midlands and central southern england we have a convergence zone building in and thatis convergence zone building in and that is where you have the highest chance of seeing showers today and also some fairly heavy ones here but across much of eastern england it should be free of showers and completely dry for most with sunshine. temperatures today, above average for the time of year, 12—16, and in the sunshine, light winds, it won't feel too bad. 0vernight tonight, showers will fade away quickly and we will have some clear spells and the clearest skies will mean we have the odd touch of frost. for the rest of the week, the weather is dominated by some tightly packed isobars and strong winds and that will have an impact on the temperatures and wednesday, most will have another fine day with sunshine, and after a chilly start to the day, a few missed an fog patches clearing but in western areas we might have the odd shower, especially for wales, but in london it should be warm up with temperatures around 18. on thursday we will notice the easterly wind a bit more strongly, and most of the uk will have a dry day with sunshine and our temperatures at the highest across western areas, really, 17 in cardiff. the winds get even stronger on friday and it is around some of the north sea coasts that we start to notice a certain chill to the air with temperatures around 12 in newcastle and hull and the highest temperatures further west away from the chilly north sea. the weekend, probably largely dry but may be some rain are trying to move in across parts of the south and east during the weekend. that is the latest weather. the headlines... the commons speaker says the opposition canhave a debate over whether borisjohnson misled parliament over covid rules in downing street. the pm is due to appear before mps later. borisjohnson will boris johnson will apologise borisjohnson will apologise to mps again. but the opposition party says it's not enough. moscow says it has struck more than 1,000 military targets in eastern ukraine and releases these images of its fighterjets. ukraine claims that civilians are under attack. russians are targeting civilians, and they would like to destroy as much as possible of the civilian infrastructure and to kill as many as possible. new research from the international monetary fund warns that the war in ukraine will "severely set back" the global economic recovery from the covid pandemic. the manchester united footballer cristiano ronaldo and his partner, georgina rodriguez, have announced the death of their baby son. the commons speaker, sir lindsay hoyle, has approved an application from opposition mps, allowing them to table a motion for debate on thursday about whether the prime minister misled parliament over assurances covid rules were followed in downing street. the prime minister has previously claimed that no rules were broken at events in number ten, when strict lockdown measures were in place. he's due to stand up in the commons for the first time since being fined at about 4:30pm. there's expected to be fierce questioning from opposition parties about whether he misled parliament. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, has accused the prime minister of using the ukraine conflict as a shield to keep hisjob. 0ur political correspondent, jonathan blake, reports. do you think the prime i minister can survive this? has the prime minister. misled mps, mr spencer? familiar questions in the air as ministers return to downing street after westminster�*s easter break. borisjohnson will face mps for the first time since being fined for breaking covid laws at one of many events during the pandemic he's had to say sorry for so far. i want to begin by repeating my apologies. mr speaker, i want to apologise. i once again offer a full apology. another apology is expected, but his supporters say keep it in perspective. what our prime minister has done is he has recognised that things at number 10 were not being done in the way the public would expect, he has changed the team, done what he would said he would do on that, accepted a fixed penalty notice, paid a fine, apologised for that, and has been absolutely focused on the issues that are going to have those long term as well as short term benefits and effects for people across the uk. the prime minister and his wife, carriejohnson, along with the chancellor, were given fixed penalty notices for attending a gathering on borisjohnson's birthday in the cabinet room of number ten. most conservative mps are backing borisjohnson. even some who want him gone say the war in ukraine means now is not the time. 0pposition parties disagree. in parliament, at the moment, i there is no difference of approach in relation to standing up for ukraine across - the conservative party or across all parties, i by the way. so, if this prime minister. were to make any difference to the political approach the ukraine crisis, i so he is using that, really, as a shield.| but he and others have limited options to act. we have reached the point where it may be that tory mps have to take actions into their own hands, but we cannot rely on that. we simply cannot have a prime minister who will lie to the public, lie to parliament, and laugh at those who have lost so many loved ones during the pandemic. mp should have a vote in parliament as to whether boris johnson is in contempt of parliament for having lied to parliament. because, in a time of crisis, international crisis, the cost of living emergency, people need to have trust in the prime minister and i don't think they have it at the moment. as some in parliament look for ways to punish the prime minister politically, a police investigation continues, and the full findings of an official report into lockdown parties in whitehall are yet to come. 0ur political correspondent, nick eardley, joins us now. news of the last half—hour that there will be a debate on thursday, maybe explain the significance of this debate. the maybe explain the significance of this debate-— this debate. the short answer to whether it _ this debate. the short answer to whether it changes _ this debate. the short answer to whether it changes anything i this debate. the short answer to whether it changes anything is i whether it changes anything is probably not, but it will be important because it's a chance for opposition parties to set out their fear that boris johnson opposition parties to set out their fear that borisjohnson misled them when he said he believed all the rooms had been followed at downing street at all times. it will allow a vote on whether or not they should be an investigation into this by one of the powerful committees in parliament that looks into the conduct of mps and ministers, and it will put some tory mps on the spot because voters frustrated opposition parties is that a number of conservatives from earlier in the year said they were happy with boris johnson unhappy with the idea of them is being set in downing street and broken there as well, they have not said much about this in the last week or so since borisjohnson was fined, we have only had a handful of mps for boris johnson's fined, we have only had a handful of mps for borisjohnson's and party has said he should stand down, so this will put pressure on them over whether they back the prime minister or not. in some ways is a device for opposition parties are using to embarrass tory mps into making their views clear. it's extremely unlikely probably significant conservative rebellion and it will be interesting to see many tories are prepared to call the prime minister out of this and to put more pressure on him with and to put more pressure on him with a fine he receives. ihthd and to put more pressure on him with a fine he receives.— a fine he receives. and i suppose this dru: a fine he receives. and i suppose this drug is _ a fine he receives. and i suppose this drug is that _ a fine he receives. and i suppose this drug is that even _ a fine he receives. and i suppose this drug is that even longer i a fine he receives. and i suppose| this drug is that even longer when the prime minister is hoping another apology today could draw a line under it, but we know that will go on, it's another apology, we have heard it before, and potentially we know there could be more fines. there could be. a lot of this story is still to play out, it is played out over several months already, there may be weeks or months to come, so a few things to watch out for, one is whether the prime minister or anyone around him gets more fines. there is some she is working on another report that will come out after the night to finish their investigation. they expect that report will be damaging, both for politicians and senior civil servants, so there is that as well. i know the weather is this question that tory mps are asking themselves about what impact the is having. at the moment there is no groundswell of opinion in the conservative party for things to change, there is no suggestion that is about to suddenly change, however, tories have a really bad results at the local elections, that could put more pressure on tory mps, if there are no fines and members of the public sector mps, that could put the pressure on as well, so for the moment this crisis is not spilling out into a full—blown one, but that does not mean it has been away. i know you a vestry throughout the afternoon, the afternoon, the prime minister is due to get up and speak at about 4:30pm. i spoke a short while ago to chris curtis, head of political polling at 0pinium. he told us how the public are seeing this. when we were polling on the premise before all of us came out, they were neck and neck of the labour party if not slightly ahead. the prime minister's approval ratings were not particularly bad coming off the back of covid. as the story broke, that changed things. we have even seen some polls over the weekend that have labour double digits ahead. that would mean it would completely overturn borisjohnson's majority from the last general election and probably give keir starmer a majority of his own. when we look at borisjohnson's approval ratings, they are not looking very good either. significantly more people now think he is doing a bad job rather than a good job. so this has had an impact in terms of the public view of the government and the prime minister. the last few months have told us that things move rather quickly, opinions can change rather quickly. i know all eyes are on those local elections at the start of may. clearly, downing street will look at your numbers as well as others and it will not make for welcome reading. how much do we expect those problems for downing street to translate to a huge problem at the start of may in those elections? views do change quite quickly. we asked people injanuary if they think this is an important issue or a distraction from other issues. when we asked that injanuary, more people were selecting that important option. now more people are taking that distraction option. i think this is still a tough one for the prime minister to get out of. when it comes to the local elections, more specifically, the conservative result might not actually end up being quite as bad as the polls indicate. the reason for that is at the last time local elections were fought in 2018 and labour was also doing pretty well in at the polls then, meaning the conservatives are less likely to be has many seats compared to 2018. secondly, around 40% of the seats are in london. the conservatives have actually seen a slightly smaller swing against them in london. despite the polls looking pretty rough at the moment, it might not end up being a bad night for the conservatives in the local elections. that old adage, people vote on local issues in local elections. potentially, there are further fines coming down the line for the prime minister. is there a suggestion that your polling will monitor that and any change in public opinion if more fines are issued at downing street? our next poll is coming in to field this week and we will continue to run polls in the run—up to the next election. when we do talk about partygate it has certainly had an impact on the prime minister's reputation. most people say the next issue facing right now is the cost of living crisis, the fact that energy bills are going up, the fact that the price at the petrol tanks is going up. i think that's one of the things damaging the conservatives as well, most people say they do not think the government is doing enough to tackle those issues. yes, the prime minister is facing difficulties around partygate, but i think he probably needs to come up with a better answer to the cost of living crisis. moscow claims to have struck more than 1,000 targets overnight in what ukraine says is the launch of a large—scale offensive in its eastern donbas region. the move marks a new phase in the conflict. ukraine says russia is continuing to move military equipment into the area from russian territory. in his nightly televised address, president volodymr zelensky pledged to defend the whole of his country. 0ur correspondent, danjohnson, has more from the western city of lviv. russian firepower on display in these pictures released by the defence ministry and in the skies over ukraine. it says missiles and artillery hit over 1,200 targets last night ahead of a new surge to push its forces forward across the east of the country. in this operation, we will continue. it is beginning, i mean, another stage of this operation is beginning and i'm sure this will be a very important moment of this entire special operation. pro—russian leaders in donetsk say special forces are storming mariupol�*s steelworks, where the last ukrainian soldiers were holding out. the renewed advance along the eastern edge has been anticipated for weeks and the ukrainians say they are ready. we can assess now that the russian troops have begun the battle for donbas for which they have been preparing for a long time. a very large part of the russian army is now concentrated on this offensive. no matter how many of the russian troops are driven there, we will be fighting, we will defend ourselves. more soldiers are getting ready to join the battle. we were invited to film these volunteers training in the west of ukraine, preparing to head east and hold back the russians. they will get hell, they will get hell. | they came into our land, j to try to invade our land, tried to horrify our people, and now |we're just raining hellfire on them. | their instructor told me their lack of experience is made up for in commitment to defend every inch of their country. for some of these people, i they have never had a firearm in their hands in their lifetime. some of them are bankers, bakers, i painters, and right now we're making fighters out of them. these people are performing really amazing skills. - are they up to it? yeah, they are. in two weeks, from a person who never held a firearm i in their arms, they became fighters. there is no shortage of willing volunteers, and these recruits wanted to show us how well prepared they are, how well—equipped they are, and how determined they are. this video claims to show ukrainian artillery strikes taking out russian weaponry, but there are still likely to be fierce battles ahead. people have been warned to get away from front lines but, as the fighting moves, it gets harder to work out where is safe. earlier, i spoke to lieutenant colonel pavlo khazan who is an officer in the ukrainian territorial defence. i asked him for his assessment of how the situation in ukraine has changed over the past 24 hours. the situation is changing every time, all the ways we are checking everything, and we are ready for any scenarios. of course, as you might know, there were some missiles in my region. of course, we don't know exactly what russian troops will do in the next hour or in the next days. but the situation has changed and we also know about... it's a really big threat to several cities in donetsk as well. now it is the main cities of the luhansk region. that is why we are ready here in my region, dnipro, as well as in kharkiv, because our responsibility is also kharkiv, luhansk, donetsk regions. i want to come onto cyber security in just a moment. of course the focus right numbers on the military bombardment but i also know cyber security is also a real threat. give me a sense of how forces are preparing those eastern regions, given that you do not know what's coming in the coming hours and days. of course, i cannot share a lot of information with you. but from the beginning of the war in 2014, we increased our capacity very much. this is also because of big support of our allies and because of high levels of education and the professionalism of our officers. moreover, now we mobilised many people, many civilians, civilian engineers, who have given us big support and a big input into the cyber part of the armed forces of ukraine. and it is telling that we are able to talk to you now live via the internet from a war zone. one would imagine one of russia's primary objectives is to cut you off in terms of connection to the outside world. how are you making sure that your cyber networks, your internet access, is strong enough to survive the attacks that you are facing? as i said, we are thinking and we are prepared for different scenarios. we are also preparing for these scenarios and we are ready and we have equipment to do our best. also, with jamming and some other threats which can be caused by russians. we know they have very high leveljamming equipment. they are doing it and affecting others, yes. give me a sense as to what their primary target is as far as cyber attacks are concerned. many people will see those images of bombs and missiles and are fighting in the street, they may forget there is an entirely separate war going on in the cyberspace. so what are the targets as far as cyber attacks are concerned? of course, they are targeting civilians, and they would like to destroy as much as possible of the civilian infrastructure and to kill as many as possible. of course, they are also targeting on some communications infrastructure, and they are doing it, yes. that is why we should be prepared for different kinds of scenarios in this case. britain's four biggest energy suppliers say the government needs to take drastic action to ensure that millions of households don't fall into fuel poverty in the coming months. speaking to mps, the bosses of e—0n, edf, centrica and scottish power say they're already seeing the effect of an unprecedented rise in bills, with customers on pre—paid meters missing their payments in particular. it comes as the energy regulator 0fgem announced it's investigating claims that energy companies are increasing payments by more than necessary and directing customers to tariffs that are not in their interests. the chief operating officer of scottish power said the size and scale of the problem has gone beyond what he and the industry can deal with. i'm hugely concerned for people, massively concerned, you know, and, for anyone out there, there's so many people are going to struggle, really, really struggle with this issue and we're seeing the start of that with our customers last week, and we'd set up a new line for people to contact us. we had 8,000 calls last week alone for people coming through on the number with concerns about ability to pay. and that was just in the first month, the first few weeks, and we haven't seen it come through debt numbers yet. so i can't give you an increase in debt. it's too early for that. but a massive concern from people, a huge amount of anxiety from people on the phones about what they're going to do and the concern they face and a real, real worry from them. a lot of people for the first time facing this issue, and they've never been in this position before. all we're doing with people just now is to encourage them, to talk to us, to speak to us because that's the way we can help them. and that's what we need people to do is to keep contacting us. my biggest concern is actually, when we get to october, particularly around the most vulnerable and the poorest. and that tends to match with the people on a pre—payment metre because, actually, during the summer, their consumption will go down so their bills will be more manageable. come 0ctober, that's going to get horrific, truly horrific. and it's got to a stage now where i honestly believe the size and scale of this is beyond what i can deal with. it's beyond what i think this industry can deal with, and i think it needs a massive shift, significant shift, in the government policy and approach towards us. the latest research from the international monetary fund, released in the past hour, warns that the war in ukraine will "severely set back" the global economic recovery from the covid pandemic. i asked our economics correspondent, andy verity, what the imf is saying about the impact of the war in ukraine on the global economy. they're talking a lot about supply constraints which we had even before the war began. post—pandemic, the economy of the world was reopening and there was a huge surge in demand. supply were struggling to catch up with demand, so you had price rises. the hope back injanuary it was that this would all settle down. of course, that was before the invasion of ukraine. now you have further supply issues, particularly with global community, commodities, notjust oil and gas. also, russia is a big exporter of metals. then ukraine is a big exporter of wheat and corn, so that is affecting food prices. all of that is affecting cost pressures on consumers, this is particular true in the uk. injanuary, the government in the uk was able to say we are going to be the fastest—growing economy in the g7. in fact, next year, they are projecting we will be at the slowest, growing at just 1.2%. the reasons given for that is because the cost pressure on consumers in the uk will be worse than other countries and there were also to raise interest rates faster, meaning there will be less good conditions for investment, it is less easy to borrow money. all of that will contribute to a general slowing down. it's easy to talk about a perfect storm, but it seems to be at you have got two problems. one is input prices going up, supply chain disruption. at the same time, consumers are saying they have less money in their pockets and are just not going to go out and buy. taken together, that can have a huge knock—on effect, can't it? we normally talk about inflation as a way of dampening down the overheated economy. but actually that effect is mimicked and amplified if you look at what's happening to energy prices. if you have already having money from your disposable income to pay for higher energy bills, it is much the same effect as if your interest rates were going up. that will slow down economic activity elsewhere. you have much less left over for other things. that is particular going to have an effect in the uk. the british chambers of commerce are calling for free or low—cost covid—19 testing kits to be given to companies to help them cope with the large numbers of staff catching the virus. the business group says as many as three quarters of employers reported workers off sick with coronavirus in the last four weeks. covid cases peaked last month, with about 5 million people infected at the end of march, but now the onus is on companies themselves to try to keep staff safe. 0ur consumer affairs correspondent, colletta smith, reports from liverpool. business has been booming here for the last couple of years, with these home cooking spice kits taking off. but that means extra pressure for the boss to keep orders flowing while keeping staff safe. so there's 15 of us in total and a number of cases in the warehouse, enough for us to, as i said, shut down production for a week or two weeks. figures from the 0ns show that the 0micron peak for factory floor workers was injanuary but, for office—based staff, the peak has been within recent weeks. i think it is pretty much spot—on, that data, actually. that is what we have found. 0ur kind of manual workers in the unit have had it through the end of last year or the year before and then coming up to january, and then we have had instances of the management team getting it very much in the last sort of eight weeks. yeah, we have got plenty on the table, ready to go. leslie works in the office upstairs and had covid herself a couple of weeks ago. as a small business, especially, we do have to crack on, you know, and make the most of it, make the best of it. we have kits in the office to test, just in case anyone is feeling a bit off—colour. we do our best, but you have just got to get on with it. now it is up to individual companies to decide what to do about covid cases, the british chamber of commerce are calling for every business to have access to free or cheap lateral flow tests, so they can keep their workforce safe while keeping the workflow moving. laura's an employment lawyer and says official rules had been a kind of comfort blanket, but now companies face a new minefield. the typical issues seem to be, you know, what policies to put in place if people think they might have covid, particularly now that i tests are not so readily available, and people are not sure - whether they might have covid or not and what to do about that. _ what to do about staff— that they think are not being honest about whether they might have covid or symptoms because they _ don't want to lose pay. round here, we are all trying to, like, help each other out. kieran's already had covid but appreciates still being given options. well, when we do have covid in here, you have the choice whether to stay off or if you feel safer at home. you can do a little bit at home, like, we do labels and, like, you can take them home. getting staff on side with new sickness policies will be crucial to keeping the orders stacking up. colletta smith, bbc news, liverpool. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris. hello again. this afternoon is broadly about sunny spells and a few passing showers, but we have the tail end of a weather front that is affecting parts of the north—west, especially northern ireland, and that will bring more general outbreaks of rain here so quite a wet afternoon in store for some. away from that, we are seeing some showers bubble up in wales but the greatest risk of seeing some showers, and fairly heavy ones at that, will be across the south midlands and central southern england, which is where you have the greatest chance of having a soaking, but in eastern areas of england not many showers around at all. should be dry with sunny spells coming and going, and in the sunshine not feeling bad at all, given the light winds. 0vernight, the showers fade away, so it becomes dry, with clear spells around it also becomes quite chilly especially in the north with a few patches of frost to watch out for heading into wednesday morning, so a chilly start to the day. some showers around on wednesday as well, but fewer showers and the greatest chance will be across wales and western areas of england. should be largely dry east and a bit warmer in the london area. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: mps are to vote on thursday on launching an investigation into whether borisjohnson misled parliament over lockdown parties. he's to speak in the commons later. moscow says it has struck more than 1,000 military targets in eastern ukraine — and releases these images of its fighter jets. ukraine claims that civilians are under attack. new research from the international monetary fund warns that the war in ukraine will "severely set back" the global economic recovery from the covid pandemic. the manchester united footballer cristiano ronaldo and his partner georgina rodriguez have announced the death of their baby son. a busy afternoon store as far as westminster is concerned. let's cross to the house of commons now. the home secretary priti patel is going to speak soon and give an update on the government proposals to send some asylum seekers to rwanda. this policy was announced last week to much controversy and the idea would be that asylum seekers would be processed in rwanda and the government says this is a way of stemming the illegal tide of people smuggling across the english channel, and they say turning back individual boats is not practical and this would be a way of solving the crisis but it has met controversy and a lot of criticism and so we are due to hear from the home secretary priti patel. she has hit back at critics warning, saying they have not got any alternative solutions and this is the plan they think that it will work. nevertheless we will hear more details from her later. we will keep an eye on that and go back there live as soon as the home secretary arrives. let's get more now on moscow's claims to have struck more than 1,000 targets overnight in what ukraine says is the launch of a large—scale offensive in its eastern donbas region. the move marks a new phase in the conflict. 0ur security correspondent frank gardner told us russia's tactics may now differ from what we've seen so far. this is basically a race against time now. some of ukraine's best forces are fighting there in the east but they are heavily outnumbered. russia has got anything up to 76 so—called battalion tactical groups, these are up to 1,000 each, in ukraine, and focused very much in that area. they have got massive artillery and air strike capability, so ukraine is saying, "look, if we are going to have "any chance of fending off this big assault, "then we need heavy kit. "we need weapons, we need things like these starstreak missiles, "we need anti—tank missiles, we need air defence units to be able "to fend off the russians." moscow is well aware of this. it's started targeting some of the supply routes where this stuff comes in from poland and slovakia and other countries in nato. it's really a race against time to resupply the beleaguered ukrainian military in time for them to fend off this assault, and as we heard from jenny in moscow, this could go either way. even if they beat russia in this, i think we are not out of the woods yet, and i'm afraid this war has got some time yet to run. frank gardner, there. hannah shelest is the editor—in—chief of ukraine analytica. she studies foreign and security policy. she told me that russia's strategy has undergone a significant change. two things. first of all, the assault is happening not only in donbas. donbas is only part of that territory that is fighting. mariupol is not donbas. the russians have taken the whole eastern border. for the last week, there has not been a land assault. the reason the russians need these victories, and we have two dates by which they want some territories to be under their control. first of all, easter, that we had on sunday. second is definitely the 9th of may. the question is definitely we are hearing... and now they realise they cannot change the government in kyiv. still, they are still talking about the donetsk people's republic, that they would like to have the whole territories of that region they have been controlling for the last eight years. that is why the attacks are mostly concentrated there. because these cities are hard and the russians are searching for where the ukrainian air defence is now and where the weapons that ukraine still has to limit them creating capabilities. that seems to be the complication. we were led to believe russian troops were pulling out of areas around kyiv and lviv to focus on the east. but we saw overnight that there are still attacks on places like lviv. you say that is because they want to focus on supply lines rather than spreading themselves too thinly perhaps? most of the attacks in the west regions had been either against the air drones or the storages, or something connected with the railway, storage is expected to have some weapons. to understand some of these shellings, they are happening not to allow forces that are now protecting cities to go closer to the east, to help forces over there. that is why we are seeing russians trying to stretch the ukrainian forces a little bit all around the country. we are talking about hundreds of kilometres. that is where the ukrainian armed forces need to defend territories. definitely limit the capability to concentrate activities. what is your assessment of how long those ukrainian forces can hold out under such bombardment by russian forces in the east? everything depends on the russian tactics. it also depends a lot on how much weapons ukraine will receive from partners connected with the air defence. ukrainian forces are very highly motivated, but to be just motivated without proper supply of weapons would be physically impossible u nfortu nately. russia's invasion of ukraine has had a devastating impact on the country's children, with authorities saying at least 205 children have been killed since the conflict began. the un also estimates that as many as two thirds of all children in the country have been displaced. yogita limaye has been talking to families caught up in the conflict. the worst moment of a parent's life. a father's final conversation with his boy. a community scattered by war, together in grief, to honour the life of a child they loved. this is elisei ryabukon's grandmother. he was 13. a month ago, he was killed in firing by russian soldiers, as his family tried to leave their village. remembered as a humble, helpful boy, who didn't like to fight. and who refused to play aggressive sport. one last time, his mother, inna, tended to her son before they took him away. in moments like these, the senselessness of war is so plain to see. translation: i want i the world to know about the crimes of russia. i want every victim to be counted. russian soldiers had allowed us to leave. they even waved us goodbye. then when we were crossing the field, they started firing at us from every direction. elisei is among 200 children known to have been killed in ukraine, so far. the impact of war on the lives of ukraine's children is evident in the spaces they once occupied. we are going to leave that report and hearfrom we are going to leave that report and hear from the we are going to leave that report and hearfrom the home we are going to leave that report and hear from the home secretary priti patel in the house of commons. we cannot focus our support on those who need it most or effectively control our borders without tackling illegal migration. which is facilitated by people smugglers, serious organised criminals that profit from human misery who do not care about people drowning in the channel or suffocating in the back of containers. we must break their lethal and evil business model by removing the demand for their activities. these type of illegal migration puts unsustainable pressure is on the public services and local communities and every day to be broken asylum system costs the taxpayer almost £5 million in hotel accommodation alone and the costs of the asylum system is the highest in over two decades at over £1.5 billion and as the prime minister said last week we cannot sustain a parallel illegal system. our compassion may be infinite but our capacity to help people is not. but this is why the new plan for immigration and its legislative vehicle are so vital. and once again i urge members and also members of the other place to follow this elected house and back the bill. at the heart of the approach is a simple principle, fairness. access to the uk's asylum system should be based on need, not on the ability to pay people smugglers. more than 80 million people around the world are displaced and others are on the move because they want a better life, and there is a global migration crisis that demands innovative and international solutions and this government is taking firm action. when i published a new plan for immigration in march last year we set out weekly objectives, to increase the fairness and efficacy of our system, so we can better protect and support those in genuine need of asylum, to deter illegal and dangerous routes of entry to the uk thereby breaking the business model of criminal smuggling networks and protecting the lives of those they endanger, and to remove more easily from the uk those with no right to be here. the ministry of defence has taken command of a small boat operations in the channel and every small boat incident will be investigated and determined who piloted the boat and could therefore be liable for prosecution. these reforms are a truly cross government effort and including the home office, the mod, the cps, border force and the ministry ofjustice. a nationwide disposal system will be introduced so asylum pressure more equally spread across local authorities and currently 53% of local authorities in england, scotland and wales do not accommodate asylum seekers under the disposal system. accommodate asylum seekers under the disposalsystem. it accommodate asylum seekers under the disposal system. it is simply unfair that a national burden should be felled disproportionally by certain areas of the country. for the first time the government is building a side and reception centres to end the practice of housing asylum seekers in expensive hotels and new reception centre in north yorkshire will open shortly. far from reception centre in north yorkshire will open shortly. farfrom being outlandish, as the opposition have commented, asylum reception centres are already operational in safe eu countries like greece and they are funded by the eu, and just last week i signed a new world leading migration and economic development partnership with rwanda and under this partnership those who travel to the uk by illegal and dangerous routes including by small boats across the channel may be relocated to rwanda where they will have their asylum claims considered and those in need of protection will be given up in need of protection will be given up to five years of support including education, and employment training, help with integration, accommodation, health care, so they can thrive. the uk is supporting this investment in rwanda over five years, boosting the rwandan economy and increasing the opportunities for people living there, further cementing the trading and diplomatic relationship between our countries. this is a bespoke international agreement, reached last week with rwanda and i came to parliament as soon as it was reasonably practical following the conclusion of that agreement and disagreement is comparable with all our domestic and international legal obligations —— and this agreement. rwanda is a state party to the 1951 united nations refugee convention and the human rights convention and has a strong system for refugee resettlement. the un has used rwanda for several years to relocate refugees and of course it was the eu who first funded this. this agreement deals a major blow to people smugglers and their evil trade in human cargo and everyone who has considered —— is considered for relocation is screened and has an age assessment and has access to legal services. an age assessment and has access to legalservices. in an age assessment and has access to legal services. in relation to accounting officer voice, contrary to reports in the newspapers, the permanent secretary did not oppose this agreement nor say it is poor value for money but he stated in his role as accounting officer that the policy is regular, proper and feasible, but there is not currently sufficient evidence to demonstrate value for money, and it is the job of ministers to take decisions and it is thejob of ministers to take decisions and it is the job of ministers more often than not to take tough decisions in the interests of our country. previous approaches have failed and there is no one single solution to tackle these problems, something i think the benches opposite may have encountered in the past, as well, so change is needed because people are dying attempting to come to the uk on illegal and dangerous routes. this partnership is the type of international cooperation needed to make the global immigration system fairer, keep people safe and give them opportunities to flourish and this will help break the people smugglers business model and prevent the loss of life while making sure protection for those who are genuinely vulnerable. this government is delivering the first comprehensive overhaul of the asylum system and this type of illegal migration in decades and at the height of this approach is fairness and access to the uk asylum system must be based on need, not the ability to pay people smugglers, and the demands on the current system and the cost to british taxpayers and the scandalous abuses are increasing. the british public have rightly had enough and our new plan for immigration will improve and support those directly fleeing oppression, persecution and tyranny, to safe and legal roots and it will deter illegal and dangerous routes of entry to the uk to make it easier to remove those with no right to be in the uk and have a common—sense approach to controlling migration legal and illegal. i commend this statement to the house. i caught the shadow home secretary yvette _ i caught the shadow home secretary yvette coopen — i caught the shadow home secretary yvette coopen -- _ i caught the shadow home secretary yvette cooper. —— i— i caught the shadow home secretary yvette cooper. —— i called. _ i caught the shadow home secretary yvette cooper. -- i called.— yvette cooper. -- i called. thank ou. we yvette cooper. -- i called. thank you we have _ yvette cooper. -- i called. thank you. we have seen _ yvette cooper. -- i called. thank you. we have seen over - yvette cooper. -- i called. thank you. we have seen over the i yvette cooper. -- i called. thank you. we have seen over the lastl yvette cooper. -- i called. thank- you. we have seen over the last week this unworkable and desperate attempt to distract from the prime minister's — attempt to distract from the prime minister's lawbreaking, that the home _ minister's lawbreaking, that the home secretary should not go along with because she is undermining not 'ust with because she is undermining not just respect— with because she is undermining not just respect for the rule of law but also at _ just respect for the rule of law but also at her— just respect for the rule of law but also at her office by providing cover— also at her office by providing cover for— also at her office by providing cover for him. the policies she has announced — cover for him. the policies she has announced today are unworkable, unethical— announced today are unworkable, unethical and extortionate, and the cost for— unethical and extortionate, and the cost for the — unethical and extortionate, and the cost for the british taxpayer. no information about the cost today, will she _ information about the cost today, will she admit that 120 billion she has announced does not pay for a single _ has announced does not pay for a single person to be transferred? —— 120 million — single person to be transferred? —— 120 million. she hasn't even got an agreement— 120 million. she hasn't even got an agreement on the price and in fact the 120 _ agreement on the price and in fact the 120 million is the eye watering price _ the 120 million is the eye watering price the _ the 120 million is the eye watering price the home office is paying just for a press — price the home office is paying just for a press release. so what is the rest of— for a press release. so what is the rest of the — for a press release. so what is the rest of the cast? how many people will it— rest of the cast? how many people will it cover? —— the rest of the cast _ will it cover? —— the rest of the cast that— will it cover? —— the rest of the cast that is— will it cover? —— the rest of the cast. that is already three times more _ cast. that is already three times more than — cast. that is already three times more than the ordinary cost of dealing — more than the ordinary cost of dealing with an asylum case in the uk and _ dealing with an asylum case in the uk and her— dealing with an asylum case in the uk and her statement says she's going _ uk and her statement says she's going to — uk and her statement says she's going to provide five years of cost but in _ going to provide five years of cost but in australia offshore costs {1.7 million _ but in australia offshore costs {1.7 million per— but in australia offshore costs {1.7 million per person and that is over 100 times — million per person and that is over 100 times more than the ordinary asylum _ 100 times more than the ordinary asylum cast from here. so where is the money— asylum cast from here. so where is the money going to come from in order— the money going to come from in order to — the money going to come from in order to fund this plan? she says she will— order to fund this plan? she says she will save money on hotels but the only— she will save money on hotels but the only reason we are paying a fortune — the only reason we are paying a fortune in— the only reason we are paying a fortune in hotels is because the home _ fortune in hotels is because the home office decision making has totally— home office decision making has totally collapsed. on her watch, they are — totally collapsed. on her watch, they are only taking 14,000, initial asylum _ they are only taking 14,000, initial asylum decisions a year, that is half what — asylum decisions a year, that is half what they were doing five years a-o, half what they were doing five years ago, taking fewer decisions than belgium. — ago, taking fewer decisions than belgium, netherlands, never mind france _ belgium, netherlands, never mind france and — belgium, netherlands, never mind france and germany, so the cost to the uk _ france and germany, so the cost to the uk taxpayer has soared by hundreds of millions of pounds because — hundreds of millions of pounds because she is not capable of taking the lrasic— because she is not capable of taking the basic asylum decisions and because — the basic asylum decisions and because she is not capable of doing that she _ because she is not capable of doing that she is — because she is not capable of doing that she is trying to pay rwanda to take those — that she is trying to pay rwanda to take those decisions instead. whether— take those decisions instead. whether the people are refugees or not or— whether the people are refugees or not or victims of modern slavery or not: _ not or victims of modern slavery or not. whether— not or victims of modern slavery or not, whether they have family in the uk, whether they come from afghanistan or even ukraine, committees asking them to do the job that she _ committees asking them to do the job that she is _ committees asking them to do the job that she is not capable of. —— she is asking — that she is not capable of. —— she is asking them. the permanent secretary— is asking them. the permanent secretary says there is no evidence of a deterrent effect and there has been _ of a deterrent effect and there has been a _ of a deterrent effect and there has been a total failure to crack down on criminal— been a total failure to crack down on criminal gangs that are at the heart _ on criminal gangs that are at the heart of— on criminal gangs that are at the heart of the problem and the prosecutions for human trafficking and non—sexual exploitation i down from _ and non—sexual exploitation i down from 59— and non—sexual exploitation i down from 59 in— and non—sexual exploitation i down from 59 in 2015 to just two in 2020 -- are down — from 59 in 2015 to just two in 2020 —— are down. the criminals will not be deterred — —— are down. the criminals will not be deterred because someone they exploited _ be deterred because someone they exploited was sent to rwanda, because — exploited was sent to rwanda, because they don't give money back guarantees which means if they did it migrate — guarantees which means if they did it migrate their victim ends up elsewhere they lose money. —— which means— elsewhere they lose money. —— which means if— elsewhere they lose money. —— which means if their— elsewhere they lose money. —— which means if their victims end up elsewhere they lose money. why not properly— elsewhere they lose money. why not properly crack on human traffickers and the _ properly crack on human traffickers and the serious work with france and belgium _ and the serious work with france and belgium to _ and the serious work with france and belgium to prevent the boats are setting _ belgium to prevent the boats are setting up instead? she did not even mention— setting up instead? she did not even mention in— setting up instead? she did not even mention in the statement and make decisions _ mention in the statement and make decisions fast. the home secretary is using _ decisions fast. the home secretary is using his — decisions fast. the home secretary is using his policy to distract from years— is using his policy to distract from years of— is using his policy to distract from years of failure and she promised three _ years of failure and she promised three years ago to half the number of crossings but instead they have increased — of crossings but instead they have increased tenfold. this will make it worse _ increased tenfold. this will make it worse for _ increased tenfold. this will make it worse for trafficking and the top police _ worse for trafficking and the top police chief and modern slavery commissioner has said her legislation will make it harder to prosecute traffickers, so when israel — prosecute traffickers, so when israel tried paying rwanda to take refugees— israel tried paying rwanda to take refugees and asylum seekers a few years— refugees and asylum seekers a few years ago. — refugees and asylum seekers a few years ago, independent report showed it increased _ years ago, independent report showed it increased people smuggling and increased the action of the criminal gangs _ increased the action of the criminal gangs and — increased the action of the criminal gangs and that is the damage she is doing. _ gangs and that is the damage she is doing, making it easy for the criminal— doing, making it easy for the criminal gangs and harder for those who need _ criminal gangs and harder for those who need support, at a time when people _ who need support, at a time when people across the country have come forward _ people across the country have come forward to _ people across the country have come forward to help those who are fleeing — forward to help those who are fleeing ukraine to help desperate refugees and instead of working properly— refugees and instead of working properly with other countries, the home _ properly with other countries, the home secretary is doing the opposite. all she's doing is making it easier— opposite. all she's doing is making it easier for— opposite. all she's doing is making it easier for the criminal gangs so will she _ it easier for the criminal gangs so will she tell us the facts in the real costs. _ will she tell us the facts in the real costs, the real damage it will do to— real costs, the real damage it will do to human trafficking and people smuggling, and come clean with the public— smuggling, and come clean with the public and _ smuggling, and come clean with the public and come claim with the house? — public and come claim with the house? ., ,, . ., , | public and come claim with the i house?_ i should public and come claim with the - house?_ i should just house? home secretary. i should 'ust sa that house? home secretary. i should 'ust say that the — house? home secretary. i should 'ust say that the response i house? home secretary. i should 'ust say that the response was i house? home secretary. i should 'ust say that the response was wholly h say that the response was wholly predictable, if i may say so, and it is important to say to everyone right now, you cannot put a price on it saving human lives, and everyone will respect that. she was a minister in the tony blair government when the powers that have given this government to undertake the legal basis of this policy were introduced back then and i don't remember the current home secretary, shadow home secretary, exploding in this synthetic rage when she occupied the seat in the blair government when all those policies were put in action and those were passed in 1999, 2002, 2004, partnerships in a similar way, and by the weight the same partnerships that we used to put in place the dublin regulations to return it admissible asylum seekers to eu member states and of course she is on the record multiple times attacking the government, calling for a placement to be put in place and now she is attacking the government for using the powers that only a few weeks ago she said could still be used if we had not left the eu. what we have seen today from the party opposite and the honourable lady is quite frankly their absolute inability to understand this issue and the difference between illegal migration and illegal migration. they should be honest about their policies, their position is to stand for open borders and uncontrolled immigration and if i may go even further, she speaks about the policy being unworkable and extortionate but if the policy is unworkable it can't then be extortionate because we will be making payments based on delivery and this is the point about our scheme, there is nothing that she has said today that actually puts alternative forward and that actually seeks to deal with the issue of people trafficking, deaths in the english channel and importantly the labour party has shown it has no idea today how to stop people smuggling.— shown it has no idea today how to stop people smuggling. theresa may. with resect stop people smuggling. theresa may. with resnect to _ stop people smuggling. theresa may. with resnect to my — stop people smuggling. theresa may. with respect to my right _ stop people smuggling. theresa may. with respect to my right honourable l with respect to my right honourable friend _ with respect to my right honourable friend and _ with respect to my right honourable friend and from what i have seen so far this _ friend and from what i have seen so far this policy i do not support the removal— far this policy i do not support the removal to — far this policy i do not support the removal to rwanda policy on the grounds — removal to rwanda policy on the grounds of practicality and efficacy but i grounds of practicality and efficacy but i want — grounds of practicality and efficacy but i want to ask her about one very specific— but i want to ask her about one very specific issue, i understand those who will— specific issue, i understand those who will be removed will only be young _ who will be removed will only be young men and that families will not be, so _ young men and that families will not be, so i _ young men and that families will not be, so i have others they misunderstood the policy because she is shaking _ misunderstood the policy because she is shaking her head, but if it is the case — is shaking her head, but if it is the case that families will not be broken _ the case that families will not be broken up, and the home secretary is nodding. _ broken up, and the home secretary is nodding, does she not believe and where _ nodding, does she not believe and where is _ nodding, does she not believe and where is her evidence that this will not simply— where is her evidence that this will not simply lead to an increase in the trafficking of women and children? �* , ., , _ ., children? i'm very happy to meet with the right _ children? i'm very happy to meet with the right honourable - children? i'm very happy to meet with the right honourable lady . children? i'm very happy to meet with the right honourable lady to | with the right honourable lady to discuss this further.— discuss this further. laughter calm down _ discuss this further. laughter calm down and _ discuss this further. laughter calm down and listen. - discuss this further. laughter calm down and listen. the - discuss this further. laughter i calm down and listen. the policy discuss this further. laughter - calm down and listen. the policy is legal. it speaks very clearly... you are not even listening so there is no point. it spells out very clearly in terms of the legal... please listen to the response. we have a report that spells out the nature of the agreement and the legalities and i think she would respect the fact i won't come to the floor of the house and speak about the eligibility criteria because she will note that actually if i may say so, the right honourable lady will know very well that it honourable lady will know very well thatitis honourable lady will know very well that it is that type of criteria that it is that type of criteria thatis that it is that type of criteria that is used by the smuggling gangs to then effectively exploit various loopholes in the existing laws when it comes to various issues like legal action that is undertaken to prevent removals, some of which, there are many members opposite that write letters to me frequently to say please don't remove some of the asylum seekers but also foreign national offenders, people who have no legal basis to remain in our country, but i would be happy to meet with the right honourable lady. this is a cruel and catastrophic policy— this is a cruel and catastrophic policy that— this is a cruel and catastrophic policy that will not hurt smugglers but will— policy that will not hurt smugglers but will seriously harm people who have fled _ but will seriously harm people who have fled persecution and it would do untold — have fled persecution and it would do untold damage to the international system of refugee protection and to what little remains _ protection and to what little remains of the uk's reputation for upholding — remains of the uk's reputation for upholding international law. this is worse _ upholding international law. this is worse than — upholding international law. this is worse than temporary offshore income at this— worse than temporary offshore income at this as _ worse than temporary offshore income at this as off—loading responsibility altogether, and people think prosecution should not be treated like the words of the refugee council this is nothing short of cash for deportation. 85% of refugees in the least developed countries already, and here _ least developed countries already, and here is the way of the uk offering — and here is the way of the uk offering rwanda cash to take some more, _ offering rwanda cash to take some more. and — offering rwanda cash to take some more, and the only thing that is transparent about this policy is its dodgy— transparent about this policy is its dodgy timing and grubby political motivation so in the interests of proper— motivation so in the interests of proper transparency, will she finally— proper transparency, will she finally published a detailed estimate how many billions this will cost? _ estimate how many billions this will cost? she— estimate how many billions this will cost? she said she had the deal sorted — cost? she said she had the deal sorted out — cost? she said she had the deal sorted out and she can now announce it to members of this house. and what _ it to members of this house. and what are — it to members of this house. and what are we _ it to members of this house. and what are we paying this money for? what _ what are we paying this money for? what percentage of asylum seekers will be _ what percentage of asylum seekers will be subjected to this abysmal treated? — will be subjected to this abysmal treated? reports suggest capacity in rwanda _ treated? reports suggest capacity in rwanda is _ treated? reports suggest capacity in rwanda is around 1% but others say 5%, rwanda is around 1% but others say 5%. is _ rwanda is around 1% but others say 5%. is that— rwanda is around 1% but others say 5%, is that correct? we are told the people _ 5%, is that correct? we are told the people will— 5%, is that correct? we are told the people will be screened before transferring, but how can trafficking survivors or torture victims — trafficking survivors or torture victims and lgb people be —— lgbt people _ victims and lgb people be —— lgbt people be — victims and lgb people be —— lgbt people be identified? quite simply they can't. people going to the screening — they can't. people going to the screening process, can they access legal— screening process, can they access legal advice? why can't we see the criteria? _ legal advice? why can't we see the criteria? where is the transparency? how will— criteria? where is the transparency? how will she monitor their treatment? the government has failed to stop _ treatment? the government has failed to stop abuses in uk detention centres — to stop abuses in uk detention centres never mind ones which are 5000 _ centres never mind ones which are 5000 miles — centres never mind ones which are 5000 miles weight so this disastrous policy— 5000 miles weight so this disastrous policy has _ 5000 miles weight so this disastrous policy has nothing to do with the global— policy has nothing to do with the global migration crisis and everything to do with a distraction from _ everything to do with a distraction from the — everything to do with a distraction from the prime minister's political crisis _ from the prime minister's political crisis. |f— from the prime minister's political crisis. lfl — from the prime minister's political crisis. ._ ., . ., crisis. ifi may, i have much for the record. _ crisis. ifi may, i have much for the record. |— crisis. ifi may, i have much for the record, ithink— crisis. ifi may, i have much for the record, i think the - crisis. ifi may, i have much for. the record, i think the honourable gentleman's comment was unacceptable and it does a great disservice not just to this government and officials that have worked for over nine months on this partnership but also to our counterparts in the country of rwanda that have worked with many of us, that are working collectively together to tackle issues of illegal migration and some counterparts in the eu, as well. if i may, to answer some very specific points, it is shameful that he is playing party political games on that point, just like the party opposite, no, absolutely not. if he will let me finish the question. the other point, rwanda actually is home to resettling over 130,000 refugees and they have done that successfully and they have done that successfully and if i make about your comments are a slur to the successful efforts of our partners in rwanda. rwanda is a safe and secure country with respect for the rule of law. absolutely not, i actually think members should listen to the undercurrent of their tone towards a country like rwanda which has done a great deal to provide safety and refuge and security and a new life for many refugees around the world. he asked about the approach that will be taken and everyone considered for relocation will be screened and interviewed and have access to legal advice and decisions are made on a case—by—case basis and nobody will be removed if it is unsafe or inappropriate for them at all. i would like to conclude by making another point as well because he is not the first honourable member to mention legal obligations and the legalities of this. rwanda like us is beholden to the same legal obligations as the uk on human rights. i want to make the point again, ithink rights. i want to make the point again, i think there is something really quite unpleasant about the undercurrent of the tone taken towards rwanda.— undercurrent of the tone taken towards rwanda. latest figures sun est in towards rwanda. latest figures suggest in birmingham - towards rwanda. latest figures suggest in birmingham that - towards rwanda. latest figures | suggest in birmingham that over towards rwanda. latest figures - suggest in birmingham that over 7000 people _ suggest in birmingham that over 7000 people in— suggest in birmingham that over 7000 people in december were claiming asylum _ people in december were claiming asylum support amounting to tens of millions— asylum support amounting to tens of millions of— asylum support amounting to tens of millions of pounds, does my right honourable friend agree with me that this partnership with rwanda will reduce _ this partnership with rwanda will reduce the reliance on hotels and bring _ reduce the reliance on hotels and bring down small boat crossing is? | bring down small boat crossing is? i thank bring down small boat crossing is? thank my bring down small boat crossing is? i thank my honourable friend for his question and i think actually there are a number of things. if the honourable lady wants to be less hysterical and listen she might learn something about the new plan for immigration. it's important to reflect on a number of points. the answer is yes because we do know one people in hotel accommodation. and it's a cheap point for the opposition benches to make. but during the pandemic we had to use hotel accommodation to keep people protected, that was a fact. and on decision making, yes, of course, and on decision making, if you choose to listen, that is what the new plan is about in terms of speeding up decision—making and processing, with this legislation and digitalisation system, and i have to add that every single member on the opposite meant —— benches are voted against this policy, they want open borders, they won uncontrolled migration and have done nothing themselves to come up with an alternative plan.— with an alternative plan. dame diana johnson. with an alternative plan. dame diana johnson- the — with an alternative plan. dame diana johnson. the announcement - with an alternative plan. dame diana johnson. the announcement made . with an alternative plan. dame diana l johnson. the announcement made last week has caused _ johnson. the announcement made last week has caused a _ johnson. the announcement made last week has caused a great _ johnson. the announcement made last week has caused a great deal- johnson. the announcement made last week has caused a great deal of- week has caused a great deal of confusion — week has caused a great deal of confusion around what this policy actually— confusion around what this policy actually entails. unfortunately, the home _ actually entails. unfortunately, the home secretary turned her head away from the _ home secretary turned her head away from the microphone when she was responding — from the microphone when she was responding to the right honourable lady for— responding to the right honourable lady for maidenhead, so i wonder if the home _ lady for maidenhead, so i wonder if the home secretary could answer the question— the home secretary could answer the question about who would actually be eligible _ question about who would actually be eligible to— question about who would actually be eligible to be sent to rwanda, is it going _ eligible to be sent to rwanda, is it going to _ eligible to be sent to rwanda, is it going to be single young men or is it going _ going to be single young men or is it going to— going to be single young men or is it going to be women and children, and what _ it going to be women and children, and what percentage of asylum seekers — and what percentage of asylum seekers does the home secretary think— seekers does the home secretary think will— seekers does the home secretary think will be sent to rwanda? just on think will be sent to rwanda? jut on eligibility, as i have already said, everyone considered for relocation will be screened and interviewed and have the right access to legal advice and services and decisions will be made on a case—by—case basis. but there is also the fundamental principle right now in relation to this policy and the new plan for immigration which i'm sure she is well versed in, that this will apply to people inadmissible to our asylum system and people who have come to our country illegally. the and people who have come to our country illegally.— country illegally. the asylum reception — country illegally. the asylum reception centre _ country illegally. the asylum reception centre my - country illegally. the asylum reception centre my right - country illegally. the asylum - reception centre my right honourable friend _ reception centre my right honourable friend refers to is situated in my constituency, not in any shape or form, _ constituency, not in any shape or form. but — constituency, not in any shape or form, but any the less this is a small— form, but any the less this is a small rural— form, but any the less this is a small rural village, it will be situated _ small rural village, it will be situated on an raf base. there are understandable concerns from local people _ understandable concerns from local people that this is not the appropriate place to put such a reception — appropriate place to put such a reception centre. would my writable friend _ reception centre. would my writable friend meet with me to discuss the decision— friend meet with me to discuss the decision and see what could be done? -- right— decision and see what could be done? —— right honourable friend. i want to thank him because he has been in dialogue with ministers on this issue. i would dialogue with ministers on this issue. iwould be dialogue with ministers on this issue. i would be very happy to meet with him and he does understand the principle on this so i'm very happy to discuss this further. the principle on this so i'm very happy to discuss this further.— to discuss this further. the home secretary asserts _ to discuss this further. the home secretary asserts that _ to discuss this further. the home secretary asserts that labour - secretary asserts that labour members do not understand the issue, but she _ members do not understand the issue, but she will— members do not understand the issue, but she will be aware that a former permanent— but she will be aware that a former permanent secretary at the home office — permanent secretary at the home office said last week about her rwanda — office said last week about her rwanda policy that it is inhumane, it is morally— rwanda policy that it is inhumane, it is morally reprehensible, it probably— it is morally reprehensible, it probably is unlawful, and it may well be — probably is unlawful, and it may well be unworkable. how does she come _ well be unworkable. how does she come to— well be unworkable. how does she come to know better than a former home _ come to know better than a former home office permanent secretary? if home office permanent secretary? if i may home office permanent secretary? i may tell home office permanent secretary? it i may tell the right honourable lady, i'm surprised she is using sir david's name in vain given it was a former labour home secretary who described the leadership is not fit for purpose during his tenure. if i may, things have moved on in terms of the asylum system right now, which is why the new plan for immigration, which her party and members on the opposite benches continuously voted against, have no plan to deal with these important and difficult issues and, at the same time, will bring in the reform that our country needs will make sure that we prefer to serve the efficacy of safe and legal routes for people who are fleeing persecution to come to our country and get the support that they need. my and get the support that they need. my right honourable friend deserves -reat my right honourable friend deserves great personal credit for seeking to tackle _ great personal credit for seeking to tackle this — great personal credit for seeking to tackle this dreadful crisis which exists — tackle this dreadful crisis which exists in — tackle this dreadful crisis which exists in the channel, but will she accept _ exists in the channel, but will she accept that— exists in the channel, but will she accept that many of us have grave concerns — accept that many of us have grave concerns that the policy she announced will not work? on the subject— announced will not work? on the subject of— announced will not work? on the subject of cost, can she confirm that she — subject of cost, can she confirm that she will not be using expensive military— that she will not be using expensive military aircraft to make this 9000 mile round — military aircraft to make this 9000 mile round trip? and on the subject of cost _ mile round trip? and on the subject of cost also, — mile round trip? and on the subject of cost also, will she ensure that the house — of cost also, will she ensure that the house of commons votes on this matter— the house of commons votes on this matter tomorrow, that we know the cost per _ matter tomorrow, that we know the cost per asylum seeker of those she is sending _ cost per asylum seeker of those she is sending to rwanda? my honourable friend who knows _ is sending to rwanda? my honourable friend who knows rwanda _ is sending to rwanda? my honourable friend who knows rwanda is _ is sending to rwanda? my honourable friend who knows rwanda is a - is sending to rwanda? my honourable friend who knows rwanda is a countryj friend who knows rwanda is a country incredibly well, we have had many discussions in the past about rwanda, i'm very happy to meet with him and have further discussions with them as well, will not be using military planes, but he will also and many members of this house will be pretty familiar with the approach we do take on asylum seekers to either return them to their country of origin or to their countries. there is a whole process around this, which is a lot of operational work and details that take place, so i'm happy to talk to him privately about that because these are complicated ways in which we can do this. and if i may, mr speaker, the right honourable gentleman makes a further point that i'm happy to discuss with him as well. mr speaker. — discuss with him as well. mr speaker. can _ discuss with him as well. mr speaker, can the home secretary say whether— speaker, can the home secretary say whether she has negotiated a cap on the cost _ whether she has negotiated a cap on the cost of— whether she has negotiated a cap on the cost of this arrangement with rwanda? — the cost of this arrangement with rwanda? what would be the cost per person _ rwanda? what would be the cost per person sent? is there a limit on that— person sent? is there a limit on that cost— person sent? is there a limit on that cost and if so what is it? mr that cost and if so what is it? speaker, in that cost and if so what is it? mr speaker, in terms that cost and if so what is it? m speaker, in terms of cost, as i've already published and said, there is an up front £120 million development cost and with that of course when we remove people payments will be made accordingly and only once we have removed people to rwanda. j’m removed people to rwanda. i'm incredibly proud of this country and this government's track record in providing — this government's track record in providing safe welcome to over 185.000 — providing safe welcome to over 185,000 asylum seekers and refugees since 2015— 185,000 asylum seekers and refugees since 2015 and i do hope my right honourable friend will ramp up the welcome _ honourable friend will ramp up the welcome the ukrainian refugees. i know— welcome the ukrainian refugees. i know she — welcome the ukrainian refugees. i know she will work flat out at it. but what — know she will work flat out at it. but what i — know she will work flat out at it. but what i do find absolutely abhorrent and inexplicable is the way that— abhorrent and inexplicable is the way that many on the opposition benches — way that many on the opposition benches and in fact even in the top edge _ benches and in fact even in the top edge lens— benches and in fact even in the top edge lens in the church of england and other— edge lens in the church of england and other faiths, who have completely forgotten the images of children— completely forgotten the images of children lying drowned on our beaches _ children lying drowned on our beaches. how can they not seek to try and _ beaches. how can they not seek to try and remedy that appalling situation? they are coming from france! — situation? they are coming from france! |— situation? they are coming from france! ., ~ , situation? they are coming from france! . ,, , ., ., france! i thank my right honourable friend for her— france! i thank my right honourable friend for her comments _ france! i thank my right honourable friend for her comments and - friend for her comments and observations on the first of all my right honourable friend will be very well aware of the work that our noble friend is doing on the other place in the ukrainian scheme right now in terms of resettling and bringing people over. if i may, the left in particular like to preach compassion but there is little compassion but there is little compassion when they do not have the backbone to actually make difficult decisions when it comes to the protection of human life and, if i may, for months and months and months, they talk about saving lives and lost lives and now that there is and lost lives and now that there is a prospect for action to save lives had to go after the evil people smugglers, they wring their hands and choose to play party political games. and choose to play party political names. ., , , games. there we will leave briefly the house of _ games. there we will leave briefly the house of commons, _ games. there we will leave briefly the house of commons, we - games. there we will leave briefly the house of commons, we are i the house of commons, we are awaiting the prime minister, but if you arejustjoining us, let me run you arejustjoining us, let me run you through what we were watching their comet was the home secretary taking a number of questions from mps relating to government plans to send asylum seekers to rwanda, the home secretary saying it is human criminals profiting from boats that cross the channel and she said that is placing unsustainable pressure on communities and public services in the uk. and she said the access to the uk. and she said the access to the uk. and she said the access to the uk asylum system should be based on need and not simply an ability to pay people smugglers. so she was hailing that agreement with rwanda announced last week and she says it deals a major blow to people smuggling and called it the first comprehensive overhaul of the uk immigration system. but you will have got a sense that some of the criticism and controversy that this announcement has caused and we also heard from yvette cooper, calling it a disgraceful attempt to distract from the prime minister's lor make —— lawbreaking and said they were unethical and extortionate. there are a lot of questions about the ethics, legalities, practicalities and cost, the government said it will cost £120 million but yvette cooper saying that does not even cover the transfer of anyone to rwanda so many questions about how many people this would cover, where that money will come from, and yvette cooper calling on the government to work with france to stop the boats setting off on the first place, so a lot of response and criticism of that policy. we also heard from the former prime minister asking about some of the logistics about how this would work but the home secretary declining to respond and said that information would remain secret. they do not want people smugglers to get hold of that sort of information. that debate will continue,. rohini kahrs is from the race equality think tank the runnymede trust and shejoins me now. thank you for standing by for us. and i hope you are able to hear it as we were and i want to first of all what you make of what you have heard today. a lot of criticism over the weekend, but what have you made from that response from priti patel this afternoon? this from that response from priti patel this afternoon?— from that response from priti patel this afternoon? this is a despicable oli and this afternoon? this is a despicable policy and a — this afternoon? this is a despicable policy and a cruel _ this afternoon? this is a despicable policy and a cruel one _ this afternoon? this is a despicable policy and a cruel one and - this afternoon? this is a despicable policy and a cruel one and it - this afternoon? this is a despicable policy and a cruel one and it is - this afternoon? this is a despicable policy and a cruel one and it is not| policy and a cruel one and it is not in britain's tradition to outsource refugees to a country which itself is economically vulnerable. the home secretary herselfjust is economically vulnerable. the home secretary herself just said is economically vulnerable. the home secretary herselfjust said you can't put a price on saving human lives and the best way to stop people smugglers as i'm sure we all want to do is to create safe routes for those trying to reach the uk so they can come here safely and not have to rely on dangerous crossings. banishing refugees to rwanda will not say —— will not solve this. there are also huge conserves ongoing around the deep prioritisation of certain refugees in flavour of those fleeing ukraine and we expect to see the same compassion shown to those seeking refuge from ukraine to there is also feeling equally devastating conflicts in countries such as afghanistan and syria. so with this plan we are expecting to see this inconsistency play out in a racialised way, in fact. the government _ racialised way, in fact. the government says - racialised way, in fact. the government says that - racialised way, in fact. the government says that something needs to be done, something to tackle the illegal people smuggling across the channel, and priti patel has hit back at those criticising these plans, saying they do not have an alternative, there is no other solution they are offering, what is the other solution? the solution they are offering, what is the other solution?— solution they are offering, what is the other solution? the solution is siml to the other solution? the solution is simply to create — the other solution? the solution is simply to create safe _ the other solution? the solution is simply to create safe routes - the other solution? the solution is simply to create safe routes for i simply to create safe routes for people trying to reach the uk. we have seen that opened up to those currently fleeing ukraine, they are being offered safe and legal routes to reach the uk which includes free eurostar transport, flights taking them to countries where they can seek refuge, and britain is an island so there are implications there as to how people can reach britain. we are currently not creating safe routes for those feeling conflicts to reach the uk so it's very simple, create safe routes for people trying to reach the uk. and the thing that most people will agree on is that people smuggling across the channel and the continent is abhorrent, and that needs to stop. the government says this is one way of doing it but as we heard there the shadow home secretary saying the problem is that the government has totally failed to clamp down on criminal gangs and they should be engaging with them on they should be engaging with them on the french side of the english channel. how are we not able to do that? ., , channel. how are we not able to do that? . , ., ., , , ., that? that is a really good question and actually — that? that is a really good question and actually a _ that? that is a really good question and actually a lot _ that? that is a really good question and actually a lot of— that? that is a really good question and actually a lot of criticism - that? that is a really good question and actually a lot of criticism of - and actually a lot of criticism of this plan as it will increase people smugglers and the power they have for those who are probably getting to rwanda and wanting to leave. we are not creating safe routes and until we do for all asylum seekers and refugees worldwide we are failing them. it’s and refugees worldwide we are failing them.— and refugees worldwide we are failin: them. 3 ., ., failing them. it's good to have your thou . hts, failing them. it's good to have your thoughts, thank _ failing them. it's good to have your thoughts, thank you _ failing them. it's good to have your thoughts, thank you for _ failing them. it's good to have your thoughts, thank you for standing i failing them. it's good to have your| thoughts, thank you for standing by while we heard from the home secretary on that debate in the comments, this debate will run and run, but we are grateful for your time this afternoon. we are waiting for the prime minister who is due to stand up in the next few minutes in the comments. the commons speaker, sir lindsay hoyle, has approved an application from opposition mps allowing them to table a motion for debate on thursday about whether the prime minister misled parliament over assurances covid rules were followed in downing street. the prime minister has previously claimed that no rules were broken at events in number ten when strict lockdown measures were in place. he's due to stand up in the commons for the first time since being fined at about 4:30pm. there's expected to be fierce questioning from opposition parties about whether he misled parliament. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, has accused the prime minister of using the ukraine conflict as a shield to keep hisjob. our political correspondent, nick eardley, joins us now. i know it is a busy afternoon down there in westminster. we have had an apology from the prime minister before, he will apologise again today, but what has changed today? he has been fined, is the simple answer. and this is the first time he will face pressure from opposition mps to explain why he broke the rules and only for the metropolitan police to say that was not true and issue fines and one of those to the prime minister, wanted the chancellor and want to boris johnson's y. we will hear from two key criticisms. one is that the prime minister should resign because he broke the very covid lossy put into place, the other that you talked aboutjust into place, the other that you talked about just there into place, the other that you talked aboutjust there is that suggestion that borisjohnson misled parliament when he said to mps that the rules had been followed. that matters because under the ministerial code, if a minister knowingly mislead parliament, they are expected to resign. i don't think borisjohnson will accept he misled parliament, he will say he always spoke in good faith and was acting on the information he had been given at the time privately, some of his allies are blaming his former aides in number 10 and they say they have gone, so we have moved on to a new chapter. an interesting question, though, and i wonder if borisjohnson will be asked this, is whether he now accepts he broke the rules because chatting to some of his allies this morning, they are still basically making excuses and saying he was in the building because it is where he works, it is a unique place, and he popped into a room not knowing that he had broken the rules, that is his rationale, so i suspect some opposition mps will want to know whether he now accepts that he broke the rules and the law as the metropolitan police decided. but how many times it was dirty and talked about this story? i have lost count. this is not the crescendo today, this will keep going because on thursday now there will be a debate on whether there should be an investigation by a powerful committee in parliament into whether borisjohnson committee in parliament into whether boris johnson told committee in parliament into whether borisjohnson told mps the truth, then there could be more fines down then there could be more fines down the line, then there is another report expected from the senior civil servant sue gray who was looking into these parties, so this just rolls and rolls and rolls, all the time creating uncomfortable headlines for the prime minister, but one thing it has done is meant that some of the steam in the rebellion conservative party has gone, and that means at the moment it doesn't look like there will be a mass rebellion of tory mps. jkla it doesn't look like there will be a mass rebellion of tory mps. no mass rebellion but — mass rebellion of tory mps. no mass rebellion but it _ mass rebellion of tory mps. no mass rebellion but it rolls _ mass rebellion of tory mps. no mass rebellion but it rolls on _ mass rebellion of tory mps. no mass rebellion but it rolls on and _ mass rebellion of tory mps. no mass rebellion but it rolls on and on - mass rebellion of tory mps. no mass rebellion but it rolls on and on and i rebellion but it rolls on and on and on and on and running ever closer to those local elections, isn't it? that will be important for tory mps. a lot of mps we have tried to get in touch with to find out what they think who have not responded. i think who have not responded. i think some are holding their breath to see what happens, we may hear from a couple of them for the first time in response to this statement, there are a few critics of boris johnson who like to wait until there is a moment in the commons before they reveal their thoughts, and i wonder if we might hear from them over the next hour potentially with some significant interventions, but the broader question is whether there are enough tory mps to trigger a no—confidence vote in the prime minister, at the moment the answer is no, the question is whether they get pressure from their constituents and whether they start to see electoral pressure to to change their minds, and those local elections will be a potential test of boris johnson's elections will be a potential test of borisjohnson's popularity, there are a few other things that are bound to impact on the like constituency surgeries and things like that. the tone of boris johnson's apology, how he explains the comments he made before versus the comments he made before versus the comments he is making now, the discrepancy between them, all of that will be crucial, but in terms of the political temperature here, opposition parties are furious, they want the prime minister to stand down. some tory mps think the same. many are keeping quiet at the moment, waiting to see what happens, saying they do not want to make their minds up until we have heard all the facts, but there is a big chunk of the tory party who quite frankly have moved on and who want to concentrate on things like ukraine and the cost of living crisis and at the moment that probably means that borisjohnson essay. probably means that boris johnson essa . , ., , probably means that boris johnson essa . , . , ., ., ., essay. yes, an interesting afternoon ahead, for essay. yes, an interesting afternoon ahead. for now _ essay. yes, an interesting afternoon ahead, for now we _ essay. yes, an interesting afternoon ahead, for now we will _ essay. yes, an interesting afternoon ahead, for now we will let _ essay. yes, an interesting afternoon ahead, for now we will let you - essay. yes, an interesting afternoon ahead, for now we will let you get i ahead, for now we will let you get to the chamber and we expect the prime minister to stand up and about eight minutes now —— in about eight minutes' time. moscow claims to have struck more than 1,000 targets overnight in what ukraine says is the launch of a large—scale offensive in its eastern donbas region. the move marks a new phase in the conflict. ukraine says russia is continuing to move military equipment into the area from russian territory, and the governor of the luhansk region has confirmed that russian troops have taken control of the city of kreminna. president volodymr zelensky has pledged to defend the whole of his country, and the governor of donetsk told me that they will defend every inch of their land and never live under russian occupation. ukraine is believed to have over 40,000 soldiers in the donbas, many of whom have spent years fighting against russian—backed separatists forces in the region. our correspondent, danjohnson, is in lviv and sent us this report. russian firepower on display in these pictures released by the defence ministry and in the skies over ukraine. it says missiles and artillery hit over 1,200 targets last night ahead of a new surge to push its forces forward across the east of the country. in this operation, we will continue. it is beginning, i mean, another stage of this operation is beginning, and i'm sure this will be a very important moment of this entire special operation. pro—russian leaders in donetsk say special forces are storming mariupol�*s steelworks, where the last ukrainian soldiers were holding out. the renewed advance along the eastern edge has been anticipated for weeks and the ukrainians say they are ready. we can assess now that the russian troops have begun the battle for donbas for which they have been preparing for a long time. a very large part of the russian army is now concentrated on this offensive. no matter how many of the russian troops are driven there, we will be fighting, we will defend ourselves. more soldiers are getting ready to join the battle. we were invited to film these volunteers training in the west of ukraine, preparing to head east and hold back the russians. they will get hell, they will get hell. | they came into our land, j to try to invade our land, tried to horrify our people, and now we're just - raining hellfire on them. their instructor told me their lack of experience is made up for in commitment to defend every inch of their country. for some of these people, i they have never had a firearm in their hands in their lifetime. some of them are bankers, bakers, i painters, and right now we're making fighters out of them. these people are performing really amazing skills. - are they up to it? yeah, they are. in two weeks, from a person who never held a firearm - in their arms, they became fighters. there is no shortage of willing volunteers, and these recruits wanted to show us how well prepared they are, how well—equipped they are and how determined they are. this video claims to show ukrainian artillery strikes taking out russian weaponry, but there are still likely to be fierce battles ahead. people have been warned to get away from front lines but, as the fighting moves, it gets harder to work out where is safe. earlier, i spoke with lieutenant colonel pavlo khazan, an officer in the ukrainian territorial defence, responsible for cyber security. i asked him for his assessment of how the situation in ukraine has changed over the past 24 hours. the situation is changing every time, always we are checking everything, and we are ready for any scenarios. of course, as you might know, there were some missiles in my region. of course, we don't know exactly what russian troops will do in the next hour or in the next days. but the situation has changed and we also know about... it's a really big threat to several cities in donetsk as well. now it's the main cities of the luhansk region. that is why we are ready here in my region, dnipro, as well as in kharkiv, because our responsibility is also kharkiv, luhansk, donetsk regions. i want to come onto cyber security in just a moment. of course, the focus right now is on the military bombardment but i also know cyber security is also a real threat. give me a sense of how forces are preparing in those eastern regions, given that you do not know what's coming in the coming hours and days. of course, i cannot share a lot of information with you. but from the beginning of the war in 2014, we increased our capacity very much. this is also because of big support of our allies and because of high levels of education and the professionalism of our officers. moreover, now we mobilised many people, many civilians, civilian engineers, who have given us big support and a big input into the cyber part of the armed forces of ukraine. and it is telling that we are able to talk to you now live via the internet from a war zone. one would imagine one of russia's primary objectives is to cut you off in terms of connection to the outside world. how are you making sure that your cyber networks, your internet access, is strong enough to survive the attacks that you are facing? as i said, we are thinking and we are prepared for different scenarios. we are also preparing for these scenarios and we are ready and we have equipment to do our best. also, with jamming and some other threats which can be caused by russians. we know they have very high leveljamming equipment. they are doing it and affecting us, yes. give me a sense as to what their primary target is as far as cyber attacks are concerned. many people will see those images of bombs and missiles and fighting in the streets, they may forget there is an entirely separate war going on in the cyberspace. so what are the targets as far as cyber attacks are concerned? of course, they are targeting civilians, and they would like to destroy as much as possible of the civilian infrastructure and to kill as many as possible. of course, they are also targeting on some communications infrastructure, and they are doing it, yes. that is why we should be prepared for different kinds of scenarios in this case. that was lieutenant colonel pavlo khazan, an officer in the ukrainian territorial defence, responsible for cyber security. we are still waiting for the prime minister to begin we are still waiting for the prime ministerto begin in we are still waiting for the prime minister to begin in the house of commons and we will have that shortly. britain's four biggest energy suppliers say the government needs to take drastic action to ensure that millions of households don't fall into fuel poverty in the coming months. speaking to mp5, the bosses of e—on, edf, centrica and scottish power say they're already seeing the effect of an unprecedented rise in bills, with customers on pre—paid meters missing their payments in particular. it comes as the energy regulator, 0fgem, announced it's investigating claims that energy companies are increasing payments by more than necessary and directing customers to tariffs that are not in their interests. the chief operating officer of scottish power said the size and scale of the problem has gone beyond what he and the industry can deal with. i'm hugely concerned for people, massively concerned, you know, and, for anyone out there, there's so many people are going to struggle, really, really struggle with this issue and we're seeing the start of that with our customers last week. we'd set up a new line for people to contact us. we had 8,000 calls last week alone for people coming through on the number with concerns about ability to pay. and that was just in the first month, the first few weeks, and we haven't seen it come through debt numbers yet. so i can't give you an increase in debt. it's too early for that. but a massive concern from people, a huge amount of anxiety from people on the phones about what they're going to do and the concern they face and a real, real worry from them. a lot of people for the first time facing this issue, and they've never been in this position before. all we're doing with people just now is to encourage them to talk to us, to speak to us, because that's the way we can help them. and that's what we need people to do is to keep contacting us. my biggest concern is actually, when we get to october, particularly around the most vulnerable and the poorest. and that tends to match with the people on a pre—payment metre because, actually, during the summer, their consumption will go down so their bills will be more manageable. come october, that's going to get horrific, truly horrific. and it's got to a stage now where i honestly believe the size and scale of this is beyond what i can deal with. it's beyond what i think this industry can deal with, and i think it needs a massive shift, significant shift, in the government policy and approach towards us. one of the bosses at scottishpower discussing the rise in bills. the latest research from the international monetary fund, released in the past half hour, warns that the war in ukraine will severely set back the global economic recovery from the covid pandemic. i asked our economics correspondent, andy verity, what the imf is saying about the impact of the war in ukraine on the global economy. they're talking a lot about supply constraints which we had even before the war began. post—pandemic, the global economy of the world was reopening and there was a huge surge in demand. the supply was struggling to catch up with demand, so you had price rises. so that was already happening. the hope back injanuary was that this would all settle down. of course, that was before the invasion of ukraine. now you have further supply issues, particularly with global community, commodities, notjust oil and gas. also, russia is a big exporter of metals. then ukraine is a big exporter of wheat and corn, so that is affecting food prices. all of that is affecting cost pressures on consumers, and this is particularly true in the uk. injanuary, the government in the uk was able to say we are going to be the fastest—growing economy in the g7. in fact, next year, they're projecting we will be the slowest, growing atjust1.2%. the reasons given for that is because the cost pressure on consumers in the uk will be worse than other countries and they will also have to raise interest rates faster, meaning there will be less good conditions for investment, it's less easy to borrow money. all of that will contribute to a general slowing down. it's easy to talk about a perfect storm, but it seems to be that you have got two problems. one is input prices going up, supply chain disruption. at the same time, consumers are saying they have less money in their pockets and they are just not going to go out and buy. taken together, that can have a huge knock—on effect, can't it? we normally talk about inflation as a way of dampening down the overheated economy. but actually that effect is mimicked and amplified if you look at what's happening to energy prices. if you're already having money from your disposable income to pay for higher energy bills taken away, it is much the same effect as if your interest rates were going up. that will slow down economic activity elsewhere. you have much less left over for other things. that is particularly going to have an effect in the uk. andy verity, our economics correspondent there. the british chambers of commerce are calling for free or low—cost covid—19 testing kits to be given to companies to help them cope with the large numbers of staff catching the virus. the business group says as many as three quarters of employers reported workers off sick with coronavirus in the last four weeks. covid cases peaked last month, with about 5 million people infected at the end of march, but now the onus is on companies themselves to try to keep staff safe. our consumer affairs correspondent, colletta smith, reports from liverpool. business has been booming here for the last couple of years, with these home cooking spice kits taking off. but that means extra pressure for the boss to keep orders flowing while keeping staff safe. so there's 15 of us in total and a number of cases in the warehouse, enough for us to, as i said, shut down production for a week or two weeks. figures from the ons show that the omicron peak for factory floor workers was injanuary but, for office—based staff, the peak has been within recent weeks. i think it is pretty much spot—on, that data, actually. that is what we have found. our kind of manual workers in the unit have had it through the end of last year or the year before and then coming up to january, and then we have had instances of the management team getting it very much in the last sort of eight weeks. yeah, we have got plenty on the table, ready to go. leslie works in the office upstairs and had covid herself a couple of weeks ago. as a small business, especially, we do have to crack on, you know, and make the most of it, make the best of it. we have kits in the office to test, just in case anyone is feeling a bit off—colour. we do our best, but you have just got to get on with it. now it is up to individual companies to decide what to do about covid cases, the british chamber of commerce are calling for every business to have access to free or cheap lateral flow tests, so they can keep their workforce safe while keeping the workflow moving. laura's an employment lawyer and says official rules had been a kind of comfort blanket, but now companies face a new minefield. the typical issues seem to be, you know, what policies to put in place if people think they might have covid, particularly now that i tests are not so readily available, and people are not sure - whether they might have covid or not and what to do about that. _ what to do about staff— that they think are not being honest about whether they might have covid or symptoms because they _ don't want to lose pay. round here, we are all trying to, like, help each other out. kieran's already had covid but appreciates still being given options. well, when we do have covid in here, you have the choice whether to stay off or if you feel safer at home. you can do a little bit at home, like, we do labels and, like, you can take them home. getting staff on side with new sickness policies will be crucial to keeping the orders stacking up. colletta smith, bbc news, liverpool. it's a busy afternoon in the house of commons and we heard from the home secretary talking about the asylum plans and the deal signed with rwanda to process asylum seekers there and we are also waiting for the prime minister to take to his feet at the house of commons very soon. these are pictures of him leaving number ten to make his way to the house of commons and this will be his first statement to mps since he was fined for breaking his own lockdown rules last week. these swab were handed over to a number of people including the prime minister and the chancellor —— these fines were handed over. he is going to repeat that he did not knowingly break the rules and we will go to the house of commons as soon as we see the prime minister. the home secretary is just finishing off with her comments in response to questions over the government's asylum plans. a new study suggests that being overweight significantly increases a woman's risk of developing womb cancer. researchers at the university of bristol analysed genetic samples from 120,000 women in seven countries, including the uk. they found that the risk of developing womb cancer rose by 88% for every five extra units of bmi — or body mass index. they say the levels of two hormones, insulin and testosterone — both influenced by weight gain — increased the likelihood of a diagnosis. from today, rail passengers are being offered discounted train tickets as the government launches what it calls a great british rail sale. 1 million train tickets have gone on sale. the discounts are only valid for off—peak fares, and the discounted tickets available are valid for travel between 25th april and 27th may. the scheme won't coverjourneys made during half—term or the four—day uk bank holiday weekend from 2nd to 5th june, which will mark the queen's platinum jubilee. as part of the plans, some manchester to newcastle journeys could be reduced to about £10, while seats on some london to edinburgh services will be slashed from £44 to £22. transport campaigners have welcomed the move but argue that costs should be cut even further. the transport secretary grant shapps said the sale won't solve the cost of living crisis but will help people. i think it's one of these things, no—one is saying that it will solve everything, but every little bit helps. this is something where, for example, a london to edinburgh ticket could be as low as £22 — exactly half price in that case. manchester to newcastle for £10.30. these are very substantial reductions, particularly on advance tickets, and for people who perhaps haven't had the opportunity to visit friends and family or indeed need to travel for work. these are very substantial discounts. it's never happened before because we didn't have a single railway to do it with and great british rail is the reason why we have been able to do that, and i think it will be widely welcomed by people who want to travel. i know i will be taking advantage of it during the month ahead. earlier, we heard norman baker from the campaign group better transport, who said it's a good step forward but more needs to be done. it is limited in its effect and it doesn't cover commuters, as you mentioned, at all. commuting traffic hasn't come back. leisure travellers are actually back to 102% of where it was pre—covid. so, in a sense, they are aiming for a market which has already been returning. it is worthwhile doing it, because it is going to be the first time the government has tried cutting fares, rather than increasing them, and for that reason alone is worth doing. i very much hope that what will happen is the million tickets available will sell out very quickly, and give a clear signal to the government that cutting rail fares is a way to get more money coming in and more passengers on the trains. coastal towns were the big winners over the easter bank holiday weekend. our correspondent was in brighton. there is something to keep everyone here entertained in brighton, welcome to the world—famous brighton palace pier which has been here for more than 100 years and in that time, many people have come to the city to enjoy a seaside break and the fresh sea air. but like so much of uk tourism, it took a battering during the pandemic, the last couple of years, which is why the easter weekend has been such a crucial time. let's find out how uk tourism did as a whole, with bernard, who represents visitor attractions, and tracey who represents one of the big hotel chains. firstly, how was the easter weekend for visitor attractions? it was really good, really successful, the best possible start to a spring and summer recovery for uk tourism. the weather really helped, it was great weather practically all the way across the uk. we saw people coming out and spending in really good numbers. where were the big winners? the big winners were outdoors, places like safari parks and zoos, stately homes and places like that but actually, some people still wanted to go into city centres and museums and galleries because they are less crowded and busy because overseas visitors are not here at the moment. a really good tip — if you want to enjoy visitor attractions without the crowds, now is the time. tracey, your chain of hotels, how has it been in terms of bookings? i it has been really encouraging, i a great kind of return to the norm. brighton is always busy. during the school holidays but compared to easter 2019, we were actually 20% up, - 26% in fact in brighton, and 36% nationwide. i so very encouraging visitor numbers and guests are really _ loving being back out. how are you feeling about the summer, how's it looking? really good. seaside locations are incredibly popular for obvious reasons - but nationwide, we have some beautiful locations that i think| people are more keen than ever to explore so the summer- is looking really positive. thank you to you both. if the easter weekend was the beginning of the recovery, the summer is going to be even more crucial, especially as firms have so much to grapple with, staffing issues as well as the cost of living squeeze that we are hearing so much about. a lot of challenges facing business right now. hundreds of thousands of women across the uk had their babies taken away from them, during the 19505, 60s and 70s — because they weren't married. for more than a year now, bbc news has been hearing from women who say they were pressured into forced adoptions by doctors, social workers and churches. now, for the first time, a former nhs maternity nurse has come forward to say she witnessed callous behaviour towards some of these women. duncan kennedy reports. in the 30 years after world war ii, hundreds of thousands of unmarried women were shamed into giving up their babies for adoption. most gave birth in hospitals, that were supposed to be places of compassion. some of the older midwives would say, i hate the word, but these are "fallen women", they have to get on with their lives. in 1974, anne was a trainee maternity nurse. she spent some time at this hospital, in edinburgh. she's the first health worker to confirm to us that some nurses treated the unmarried pregnant women with scorn and derision. sometimes you felt they were cruel in how they spoke about them. how did these young mothers react? i think they were in shock. anne says some nurses removed babies straight after delivery, without the mothers being able to hold them. she says she's still haunted by one teenager, desperate to keep her baby. i can still picture her, because she was crying, and i remember saying to the midwife how she wanted to keep her baby and ijust was tearful after it. why were you upset? i just felt it was unjust. she says some nurses treated forced adoptions in an almost routine way. i think they were just generally institutionalised, that's what they did, and maybe they thought by trying to cut everything short, cut—and—dried, right, "you're in, you're away, you'll have your baby, "your baby will go for adoption, that's it." it sounds callous. now, absolutely. we showed the interview to lisa rowland, who was one of those shamed into giving up her baby. i can picture her hair, herface, tears streaming down, and she was very puffy. she became pregnant at 16, and was separated from her baby for nearly 30 years. she says hearing from a former trainee nurse proves what birth mothers went through. actually having someone in the profession saying this is what happened, just gives you credibility. as a young unmarried mother, turning up at hospital to have a baby, you... you had absolutely no chance whatsoever. it wasn't just nurses. parents, social workers and churches also shamed the young women. forced adoptions are now the subject of two national inquiries, one by the scottish government, and one by the uk parliament, with birth mothers calling for official apologies. what do you say to their campaign to get an apology from the scottish government and the uk government? i think they're right, these women were not treated with the dignity and respect that you would expect of a professional. must have been horrible and ghastly for them. duncan kennedy reporting there. the commonwealth games are going to take place in birmingham, which means one of the greatest challenges the west midlands police has faced with a lot of training taking place at the last five years. joanne has been talking to some of the people involved and the work going on. this is the biggest operation we have ever faced.— have ever faced. police will be drafted in _ have ever faced. police will be drafted in during _ have ever faced. police will be drafted in during the - have ever faced. police will be drafted in during the games i have ever faced. police will bej drafted in during the games to have ever faced. police will be - drafted in during the games to help coordinate this mammoth event, drones are part of the security operation but there will be a strict ban for private operators. the emerging _ ban for private operators. the emerging threat _ ban for private operators. tie: emerging threat with drones, ban for private operators. ti9: emerging threat with drones, it has played out in football grounds recently where drones have appeared over sporting events but that won't happen and can't happen during the commonwealth games because of the threat and risk that surrounds that activity. the key message is, both across the west midlands region and especially within birmingham, there is a no—fly zone and drones are not welcome in the skies of birmingham and we have got assets that will make sure drones do not fly. in and we have got assets that will make sure drones do not fly. in 2018 west midlands _ make sure drones do not fly. in 2018 west midlands chief— make sure drones do not fly. in 2018 west midlands chief constable - make sure drones do not fly. in 2018 west midlands chief constable dave | west midlands chief constable dave thompson went to the commonwealth games in australia on a fact—finding mission about security. games in australia on a fact-finding mission about security.— games in australia on a fact-finding mission about security. everyone has come here to — mission about security. everyone has come here to have _ mission about security. everyone has come here to have a _ mission about security. everyone has come here to have a great _ mission about security. everyone has come here to have a great time - mission about security. everyone has come here to have a great time but i come here to have a great time but we also live in a world where there are global threats so it is important when we host the games in birmingham that people want to come and enjoy and have a fantastic time and enjoy and have a fantastic time and feel secure but not feel security is too obtrusive. 100 olice security is too obtrusive. 100 police and — security is too obtrusive. 100 police and staff— security is too obtrusive. 100 police and staff and - security is too obtrusive. 100 police and staff and dogs have been planning for the games in birmingham since 2017 and today dogs on a practice run. mini is amongst 55 police dogs being deployed to the games and sweeping venues like this ahead of events. utility arena here will be at home to a rhythmic and artistic gymnastics. 40 of the dogs will be from elsewhere in the country and officers say the dogs play a crucial role in security searches. spectators will largely be unaware of the major security operation is behind the scenes but for the police and dogs, the work will be constant. growing daffodils for their medicinal properties could be an opportunity for the nation's farming industry, according to a prominent pharmacist in wales. sir rogerjones said more of the plants are needed to satisfy demand from the pharmaceutical industry. the firm he chairs has used them to treat alzheimer's disease, and is now expanding to produce an over the counter supplement. steffan messenger reports. a sea of daffodils at fedw lydan farm. they have been growing wales' national flower here high up in the black mountains of powys for more than a decade. it's really cheering to look at the bright smiling daffodils but also to realise that what we are doing here will make such a difference to many thousands of people. that is because kevin harvests a chemical from these flowers called galantamine, an approved treatment for alzheimer's disease. there is enough in these fields to help 9,000 patients per year. but now, the business is trying to expand, joining forces with a canadian firm to manufacture a brain health supplement for sale in pharmacies. it means they will eventually need many more daffodils and are keen to work with other farms across the welsh uplands. as this scales up, we will see daffodils across the tops of many of the upland areas of wales. we are focusing on grower clusters, if we can. the company's chairman is one of wales' most eminent pharmacists. he sees a big opportunity here for welsh agriculture at a time of upheaval for the industry, as the subsidy payments farmers rely on are undergoing a major review. we have found a way of growing the daffodils and extracting galantamine from them in a very cost efficient way. and this means there is more money in the pot to share with farmers who want to grow daffodils with us. what makes this an appealing prospect for welsh farmers is the conditions here high up on the hillside have been shown to be idealfor growing daffodils for this particular pharmaceutical purpose and they also don't have to set fields aside. sheep can still graze here. it's just that for a few weeks a year, they are doing so in pretty stunning surroundings. but the organisation which helps farmers diversify has wise advice. i think every farmer needs to look at the location of the farm, - their assets, the team they have got available, as far as staff, _ or family members, you have to look at the financial aspect of it _ and this is where - farming connect can help. it's hoped the new brain health pill made with welsh daffs could be available by next spring, leading eventually perhaps to more splashes of yellow like this across the hills of wales. let's return to some of the implications of the war in ukraine. we have been following a story of a family who signed up to take ukrainians who are fleeing the war and finally after weeks of waiting, the family arrived in the uk over the family arrived in the uk over the weekend and were welcomed by their new house. todayis today is the day, really excited. we have a lot of things planned, as well, sojust have a lot of things planned, as well, so just to get them here and home, have a cup of coffee, and get to know each other better. six. home, have a cup of coffee, and get to know each other better. six weeks esterda to know each other better. six weeks yesterday was _ to know each other better. six weeks yesterday was when _ to know each other better. six weeks yesterday was when she _ to know each other better. six weeks yesterday was when she first - to know each other better. six weeksj yesterday was when she first reached out to meet — yesterday was when she first reached out to meet so _ yesterday was when she first reached out to meet so it _ yesterday was when she first reached out to meet so it has _ yesterday was when she first reached out to meet so it has been _ yesterday was when she first reached out to meet so it has been a - yesterday was when she first reached out to meet so it has been a long - out to meet so it has been a long process— out to meet so it has been a long process but— out to meet so it has been a long process but i want to see them and -ive process but i want to see them and give them — process but i want to see them and give them a — process but i want to see them and give them a hug. very excited. we first met give them a hug. very excited. first met by give them a hug. very excited. 9 first met by families on this programme more than a month ago. sabrina and tony are in the studio. i'm still overwhelmed, this family, it is something _ i'm still overwhelmed, this family, it is something that _ i'm still overwhelmed, this family, it is something that is— i'm still overwhelmed, this family, it is something that is like - i'm still overwhelmed, this family, it is something that is like from . it is something that is like from god _ it is something that is like from god. ~ :, it is something that is like from god. ~ . , :, it is something that is like from god. 9 ., , :, :, it is something that is like from god. 9 ., :, , , it is something that is like from god. 9 ., :,, , god. we want you to be with us so we can drink coffee _ god. we want you to be with us so we can drink coffee and _ god. we want you to be with us so we can drink coffee and speak _ god. we want you to be with us so we can drink coffee and speak about - god. we want you to be with us so we can drink coffee and speak about the l can drink coffee and speak about the things we have talked about already. tony and sabrina have transformed their house and painted and decorated to make it ready for the ukrainian family. decorated to make it ready for the ukrainianfamily. officialfigures ukrainian family. official figures show ukrainianfamily. officialfigures show more than 50,000 uk families have applied to help ukrainians escape the war. taste have applied to help ukrainians escape the war.— have applied to help ukrainians escape the war. have applied to help ukrainians escae the war. 9 ., ~ , :, escape the war. we are keeping our finaers escape the war. we are keeping our fingers crossed _ escape the war. we are keeping our fingers crossed and _ escape the war. we are keeping our fingers crossed and getting - fingers crossed and getting everything ready for you when you come. , , everything ready for you when you come. . , ,': z: z: everything ready for you when you come. . , ,': z: :: .,, everything ready for you when you come. , g; z: z: :, everything ready for you when you come. , g; :::: :, ~ ., come. just 3200 as of last week had arrived under _ come. just 3200 as of last week had arrived under the _ come. just 3200 as of last week had arrived under the sponsorship - come. just 3200 as of last week had i arrived under the sponsorship scheme but the government acknowledges the visa process has not been quick enoughin visa process has not been quick enough in some cases. i visa process has not been quick enough in some cases.- visa process has not been quick enough in some cases. i can't wait to see you- _ enough in some cases. i can't wait to see you- it _ enough in some cases. i can't wait to see you. it has _ enough in some cases. i can't wait to see you. it has been _ enough in some cases. i can't wait to see you. it has been like - enough in some cases. i can't wait to see you. it has been like an - to see you. it has been like an obstacle course, _ to see you. it has been like an obstacle course, like - to see you. it has been like an obstacle course, like trying i to see you. it has been like an obstacle course, like trying to| obstacle course, like trying to escape a burning house, you have made your way to the door but then you have to fill in a 50 page questionnaire to get out. finally, after six weeks _ questionnaire to get out. finally, after six weeks of _ questionnaire to get out. finally, after six weeks of filling - questionnaire to get out. finally, after six weeks of filling in - questionnaire to get out. finally, | after six weeks of filling in forms, the waiting is over. there is a huge mix of emotions, joy and relief, of course, and a good deal of nervousness. how does it feel to be in england finally? abs, nervousness. how does it feel to be in england finally?— in england finally? a bit unusual, of course. _ in england finally? a bit unusual, of course. a _ in england finally? a bit unusual, of course, a new— in england finally? a bit unusual, of course, a new country - in england finally? a bit unusual, of course, a new country with - in england finally? a bit unusual, | of course, a new country with new people _ of course, a new country with new people but— of course, a new country with new people but i'm _ of course, a new country with new people but i'm lucky— of course, a new country with new people but i'm lucky that- of course, a new country with new people but i'm lucky that i- of course, a new country with new people but i'm lucky that i speak. people but i'm lucky that i speak english! — people but i'm lucky that i speak english! that _ people but i'm lucky that i speak english! that is _ people but i'm lucky that i speak english! that is why— people but i'm lucky that i speak english! that is why i— people but i'm lucky that i speak english! that is why i feel- people but i'm lucky that i speak english! that is why i feel very. english! that is why i feel very comfortable. _ english! that is why i feel very comfortable. with— english! that is why i feel very comfortable. with the - english! that is why i feel very comfortable. with the help - english! that is why i feel veryl comfortable. with the help and support— comfortable. with the help and support of— comfortable. with the help and support of our— comfortable. with the help and support of our family, - comfortable. with the help and support of our family, maybe i comfortable. with the help and i support of our family, maybe we would _ support of our family, maybe we would never— support of our family, maybe we would never have _ support of our family, maybe we would never have got _ support of our family, maybe we would never have got here, - support of our family, maybe we would never have got here, butl support of our family, maybe we - would never have got here, but they are like _ would never have got here, but they are like thism — would never have got here, but they are like this... they— would never have got here, but they are like this... they post, _ would never have got here, but they are like this... they post, you - would never have got here, but they are like this... they post, you must| are like this... they post, you must coma, _ are like this... they post, you must come. you — are like this... they post, you must come. you must— are like this... they post, you must come, you must come. _ are like this... they post, you must come, you must come. the - are like this... they post, you must come, you must come.— are like this... they post, you must come, you must come. the un says more than _ come, you must come. the un says more than 10 — come, you must come. the un says more than 10 million _ come, you must come. the un says more than 10 million ukrainians - come, you must come. the un says| more than 10 million ukrainians have now fled their homes since the start of the war. liddy says she will never understand why vladimir putin invaded her country. i never understand why vladimir putin invaded her country.— invaded her country. i think now, what is the _ invaded her country. i think now, what is the goal _ invaded her country. i think now, what is the goal of _ invaded her country. i think now, what is the goal of russia? - invaded her country. i think now, what is the goal of russia? i - invaded her country. i think now, | what is the goal of russia? i can't understand — what is the goal of russia? i can't understand why _ what is the goal of russia? i can't understand why this _ what is the goal of russia? i can't understand why this happens - what is the goal of russia? i can't- understand why this happens because we are _ understand why this happens because we are not— understand why this happens because we are not bad — understand why this happens because we are not bad people, _ understand why this happens because we are not bad people, ukrainian - we are not bad people, ukrainian people _ we are not bad people, ukrainian people are — we are not bad people, ukrainian people are very— we are not bad people, ukrainian people are very kind, _ we are not bad people, ukrainian people are very kind, how- we are not bad people, ukrainian people are very kind, how can . we are not bad people, ukrainianl people are very kind, how can this be? im _ people are very kind, how can this be? im not— people are very kind, how can this be? i'm not into— people are very kind, how can this be? i'm not into politics— people are very kind, how can this be? i'm not into politics but- people are very kind, how can this be? i'm not into politics but i- be? i'm not into politics but i still— be? i'm not into politics but i still can't _ be? i'm not into politics but i still can't believe _ be? i'm not into politics but i still can't believe that - be? i'm not into politics but i still can't believe that such i be? i'm not into politics but i- still can't believe that such awful things— still can't believe that such awful things exist _ still can't believe that such awful things exist on _ still can't believe that such awful things exist on our— still can't believe that such awful things exist on our planet. - still can't believe that such awful things exist on our planet. so i still can't believe that such awful things exist on our planet. so they emerge, blinking _ things exist on our planet. so they emerge, blinking into _ things exist on our planet. so they emerge, blinking into the - things exist on our planet. so they emerge, blinking into the sunlight| emerge, blinking into the sunlight of a new day, a new start. j’m of a new day, a new start. i'm nervous. _ of a new day, a new start. i'm nervous. very _ of a new day, a new start. i'm nervous, very much, - of a new day, a new start. i'm nervous, very much, a - of a new day, a new start. i'm nervous, very much, a new life with new people. — nervous, very much, a new life with new people. we _ nervous, very much, a new life with new people. we need _ nervous, very much, a new life with new people, we need to— nervous, very much, a new life with new people, we need to live - new people, we need to live together, _ new people, we need to live together, '— new people, we need to live together, i want _ new people, we need to live together, i want to - new people, we need to live together, i want to feel- together, i want to feel comfortable, _ together, i want to feel comfortable, of- together, i want to feelj comfortable, of course, together, i want to feel- comfortable, of course, and i see they want— comfortable, of course, and i see they want us— comfortable, of course, and i see they want us to _ comfortable, of course, and i see they want us to be _ comfortable, of course, and i see they want us to be comfortable i comfortable, of course, and i see| they want us to be comfortable as well so _ they want us to be comfortable as well so i _ they want us to be comfortable as well so i think— they want us to be comfortable as well so i think it _ they want us to be comfortable as well so i think it will— they want us to be comfortable as well so i think it will be _ they want us to be comfortable as well so i think it will be a - they want us to be comfortable as well so i think it will be a nice - well so i think it will be a nice time — well so i think it will be a nice time i'm _ well so i think it will be a nice time i'm not— well so i think it will be a nice time. i'm not alone _ well so i think it will be a nice time. i'm not alone here. - well so i think it will be a nicej time. i'm not alone here. just time. i'm not alone here. just amazing. _ time. i'm not alone here. just amazing. just _ time. i'm not alone here. just amazing, just need _ time. i'm not alone here. just amazing, just need to - time. i'm not alone here.- amazing, just need to process it because — amazing, just need to process it because we have been fighting for such a _ because we have been fighting for such a long time and now we can enjoy— such a long time and now we can enjoy and — such a long time and now we can enjoy and get to know each other properly~ — enjoy and get to know each other properly. excited. lots of emotions today~ _ it will of course take time to adjust but if these pictures are anything to go by it looks like the new family is settling in well. graham satchell, bbc news. finally some good news amid so much upset, in that report. as promised, running a bit later than scheduled, we can go to the house of commons where we are expecting to hear from the prime minister. he is due to make a statement and issue another apology about the so—called partygate scandal, in his first statement to mps since being fined for breaking his own lockdown laws last week. he is expected to apologise and repeat that he did not knowingly break the rules. nevertheless he is the first serving prime minister to be sanctioned for breaking the law. priti patel is just finishing the debate and answering questions about the government asylum policy to send asylum seekers to rwanda. we are expecting to hear from the prime minister any moment and now we can go there. we can now go to the house of commons and listen to more of that debate about the government's policy for asylum seekers to be sent to rwanda.

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