near the ukrainian city of mariupol — russia hasn't commented on the images. and another fall in retail sales across uk, as the rising cost of living hits people's spending power. in sport. britain's number one against the world number one as emma raducanu plays this evening. good afternoon. welcome to the bbc news at one. borisjohnson, on a trade visit to india, has insisted he will still be prime minister in six months�* time. he met his counterpart narendra modi in delhi this morning, but his trip has been dogged by the continuing controversy about lockdown parties in downing street, and questions about his leadership. yesterday, mps gave the go ahead to an inquiry into whether borisjohnson misled parliament about the issue. our political correspondent jonathan blake reports. feeling jonathan blake reports. the heat on the world stag boris feeling the heat on the world stage, borisjohnson and his counterpart narendra modi met in the glare of the morning sun in delhi on day two of his visit to india. the pair agreed a new defence deal aimed partly at reducing india's reliance on russia for arms and energy. mr johnson said a post—brexit trade deal could be reached by the autumn. an ambitious timescale, particularly given pressure on the prime minister at westminster. considering the number of party investigations going on back home, are you sure you will still be prime minister then? yes. he dismissed questions about an inquiry into whether he misled parliament. he said people had heard enough. parliament. he said people had heard enou:h. ~ . parliament. he said people had heard enou.h,. ., , .,, parliament. he said people had heard enou~h.~ . , ., parliament. he said people had heard enou.h_ . ., , .,, ., ., enough. what people want in our count is enough. what people want in our country is for _ enough. what people want in our country is for the _ enough. what people want in our country is for the government - enough. what people want in our country is for the 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talking to the prime minister today it is - stance. talking to the prime minister today it is clear - stance. talking to the prime | minister today it is clear that stance. talking to the prime - minister today it is clear that he has already intervened several times and i am sure it is no secret, he has intervened several times with vladimir putin really to ask him what on earth he thinks he's doing. yesterday the government dropped its attempt to delay a parliamentary investigation into the prime minister's conduct. his opponents say his time is up.— minister's conduct. his opponents say his time is up. partygate was a watershed moment. _ say his time is up. partygate was a watershed moment. we _ say his time is up. partygate was a watershed moment. we have - say his time is up. partygate was a watershed moment. we have a - watershed moment. we have a criminally sanctioned prime minister who must make way for somebody who can uphold standards we expect from a leader. �* ., , can 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remove _ and if he refuses, his conservative mps should remove him. - and if he refuses, his conservative mps should remove him.- mps should remove him. building closer ties with _ mps should remove him. building closer ties with india _ mps should remove him. building closer ties with india might - mps should remove him. building closer ties with india might be - mps should remove him. building closer ties with india might be his focus on the trip but he will return to another inquiry into partygate and support slipping away from more of his own mps. you will have more from jonathan blake in a moment. but first let's speak to our south asia correspondent, rajini vaidyanathan, who is in delhi. talk to us about this trip, the tone between the two men. what has been achieved by their meetings? boris johnson has _ achieved by their meetings? boris johnson has had _ achieved by their meetings? boris johnson has had a _ achieved by their meetings? boris johnson has had a warm _ achieved by their meetings? err" 3 johnson has had a warm welcome in india unlike the pressure he faces back home. union flags have been flying at parliament. his face has been on posters around the city and the prime minister told reporters seeing his face on billboards here was like feeling he was india's superstar cricketer sachin tendulkar. mrjohnson described narendra modi as his specialfriend but they do not see i to eye on everything, not least on the situation in ukraine. as we heard in the report there, the prime minister mentioned the situation in ukraine in his talks and it is unusual to hear more about prime minister modi's thinking but he told mr johnson he had raised this with vladimir putin and said he had intervened on the conflict and also called on him to end it which is a revelation because we rarely hear from prime minister modi on this beyond statements he issues. india has refused to condemn the invasion and has remained neutral. indian sources say in their talks prime ministerjohnson did not put pressure on mr modi to change his stance, even though it came up in talks. the other significant development, that ambitious goal of a trade agreement by diwali, so by october, november. ambitious because india likes to take time when it comes to trade agreements and it took a decade to ink one with australia. we will see if they meet their target. australia. we will see if they meet their target-— their target. jonathan, a big trip there but still— their target. jonathan, a big trip there but still wherever- their target. jonathan, a big trip there but still wherever he - their target. jonathan, a big trip| there but still wherever he goes, questions about his leadership. you could sense — questions about his leadership. mt, could sense the frustration from borisjohnson could sense the frustration from boris johnson watching could sense the frustration from borisjohnson watching that press conference in india. as question after question came about the partygate saga and his conduct along with questions about the uk response to the war in ukraine and potential free trade deal he hopes to strike with india and addressing issues of energy supply. all substantial issues that he and supporters argue he should be allowed time and space to tackle properly. as he gets on with the job of being prime minister. the trouble is that there are a lot of conservative mps whose patience is wearing thin, as well as those who have come out and said boris johnson's those who have come out and said borisjohnson's time is up and he needs to step aside. how sustainable is it that process continues while the met police investigation carries on, sue gray's report and now another parliamentary inquiry to run its course into whether boris johnson misled mps. the next milestone, a big marker is the local elections across the uk in a couple of weeks. . ~ elections across the uk in a couple of weeks. ., ~ , ., in the last half an hour, a woman has been found guilty of gross negligence manslaughter in the death of her seven—year—old son. hakeem hussein was found dead in a garden in november 2017 — he was severely asthmatic, and the court was told he was alone in the cold without his inhaler. phil mackie is at coventry crown court for us. this was a case with shocking details, i am afraid, such a case of criminal neglect they brought the charge of gross negligence manslaughter against laura heath who is therefore responsible for the death of her son hakeem hussein. it took thejury six death of her son hakeem hussein. it took the jury six and a half hours took the jury six and a half hours to convict him and she will be sentenced next week. hakeem hussein was a frail young boy who died because his mother cared more about getting her next fix than looking after him. laura heath smoked heroin and crack cocaine. her addiction had spiralled out of control in the months before he died. she even used her son's inhaler as a makeshift crack pipe. they lived in squalor. their lives were chaotic. on the night he lost his life, hakeem had a severe asthma attack, but his mother couldn't help because she had passed out after taking drugs. it's thought he went out for some air but collapsed and died. his body was found by a neighbour. this is a seven—year—old boy, hakeem hussein, who died of something that was preventable, which was an asthma attack. and through the trial, the evidence showed that he was simply neglected. his mum prioritised her drug use over him. hakeem wasn'tjust failed by his mother but also by the agencies who were responsible for him. they had had plenty of warnings over a period of two years that culminated in a meeting on a friday afternoon at which a nurse said, if he wasn't taken into care immediately, he would die. no action was taken. 36 hours later, his body was found here. at the time, birmingham children's services had already been rated inadequate for nearly a decade, during which time more than a dozen children known to the authorities had died, including seven—year—old khyra ishaq, who starved to death, two—year—old keanu williams, who was murdered by his mother, and keegan downer, aged 18 months, whose guardian killed her. six months after hakeem died, a new trust was appointed to take over. and since then, inspections have shown things have improved. all of the agencies working together had not shared or sought from each other enough information. a conference took place on the friday. tragically, hakeem died that weekend. professionals shared a lot of concern in that conference, and one of the things that would happen today that didn't happen then is that that would have triggered an immediate response that afternoon. a serious case review into hakeem's death will be published within the next two months, but new systems have already been put in place to help minimise the risk of another death like hakeem's. phil mackie, bbc news, birmingham. a man has been declared an official suspect in the disappearance of madeleine mccann nearly 15 years ago. prosecutors in portugal haven't officially named the person of interest. madeleine mccann went missing during a family holiday in praia da luz in the algarve in may 2007, shortly before her 4th birthday. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports. on the 3rd of may, it will be 15 years since three—year—old madeleine mccann disappeared from a holiday apartment in portugal. despite investigations by police there and in britain and germany, what happened still remains a mystery. her parents, kate and gerry mccann, have always hoped she would be found alive, though some of those investigating believe she was abducted and killed. last night, prosecutors in portugal investigating her disappearance from this complex in praia da luz said a man in germany had been notified that he was a formal suspect in the case. they didn't name him but german police have been investigating this man, christian brueckner, a convicted rapist whom they suspect murdered madeleine mccann. he is currently in prison in germany. he denies any involvement. but from records of where his mobile phone was being used, officers believe he was in praia da luz on the night madeleine mccann vanished. they have made appeals on german tv but have not felt they had enough evidence to charge him. madeleine mccann went missing from a ground floor apartment in praia da luz on the 3rd of may 2007. her parents were having dinner at a restaurant in the complex. the metropolitan police opened its own investigation in 2013, and injune 2020, the german police first revealed that they had identified a suspect. since then, there have been further searches in portugal but no obvious breakthrough. under portuguese law, there is a statute of limitations, a legal time limit for serious crimes of 15 years. an investigation has to progress within that time and that may be the reason for the announcement now. the deadline is 11 days away. there have been many false dawns in this case, and there is no guarantee that the portuguese or german investigations will produce results. madeleine mccann's parents have always said that what they want is to find her, uncover the truth and bring those responsible to justice. daniel sandford, bbc news. our correspondent in lisbon is alison roberts. what is your assessment of the significance of the announcement from the portuguese authorities? when someone is declared an arguido or official suspect in portugal it is a significant development. it is a status designed to protect the person in question and means they will be questioned in a way that might incriminate them if they answer which means they do not have to answer, they can have legal help and they have access to details in the case they would not have otherwise. at this stage it is the fact that although the portuguese requested only now that the german authorities inform this person that he is now an official suspect, in germany the prosecutors in northern germany the prosecutors in northern germany have for two years been considering this man cristian bruckner, 44 years old, as a murder suspect in their own investigation into madeleine's disappearance and now he is in prison as you mentioned for another crime and he has denied any involvement in the disappearance of madeleine. any involvement in the disappearance of madeleine-— of madeleine. alison roberts, thank ou. satellite images produced by a us company appear to show mass graves near the ukrainian city of mariupol. russia has yet to respond to the images. it comes as a ukrainian official says russian forces seized more than a0 villages in the east of ukraine. it's now nearly two months since the start of the war. russian forces — here in red — continue their attacks on mariupol, where some ukrainian fighters remain holed up in the azovstal steelworks. our correspondent danjohnson reports from ukraine. russian pictures claim to show rocket launchers firing on ammunition stores. their forces took a0 villages in ukraine's eastern region yesterday, but intelligence assessments say their progress is limited, and ukraine claims their gains are only temporary. russia also wants to show its black sea fleet still has deadly fire power, releasing these pictures of missiles being launched from one of its frigates. the defence of mariupol still goes on, but so does the suffering of its people, with only small numbers of residents able to escape in the past few days. it is devastating. it is horrifying. just stories of people, children, women, men, the elderly, getting murdered, raped. and this is just continuing. just another day. the story has not changed at all. there is more evidence of civilian deaths and mass graves in these satellite pictures, showing where 200 bodies are thought to have been buried close to mariupol. the un has now documented 50 unlawful killings in bucha, near the capital, kyiv. there is prayer and reflection right across the country in church services as the majority of ukrainians mark the easter weekend. it is not maybe that kind of celebration like we used to have. but it is a time when we can be together with our family, with our parents. and pray, notjust for ourfamily but for all of us ukrainians, for all military guys who are defending our country. this holiday is very important because it is the beginning of new things, it means resurrection. in the current context, it is even more important, so it is very special for us and my family, as well. sandbagged churches are a reminder that nowhere here is safe and that peace, this easter, will be hard to find. danjohnson, bbc news, lviv. miles of defensive trenches have been dug around the ukranian capital, kyiv, with soldiers waiting to see whether russian troops return. in part thanks to their work, life in the capital has, for some, become a little less threatening. our correspondent mark lowen has spent time with those soldiers protecting their city. defending ukrainian soil in the heart of the capital. from the trenches of kyiv, the isist battalion stopped the russians from breaking through, and they're still here if the enemy returns. great britain sent us this weapon. anti—tank missiles from britain? yes, yes. and when was the last time you used this weapon here? secret. we can't disclose our exact location, with the threat still present. how many kilometres of the trenches? i don't know, ten kilometres, 20 kilometres, 30 kilometres, i don't know. and still, they deepen the defence, fearful that if the russians take eastern ukraine, they could come back for a second try here. until two months ago, kyiv families would picnic in these forests. now, they have new dwellers. soup? translation: the russians were three or four kilometres from us, _ firing with mortars and artillery. if they return, without our resistance, they could storm through. and they will make an effort to do so again. but i think the residents of kyiv can sleep more soundly, knowing that we are here. but it's no smooth ride towards calm for ukraine's capital, on edge after several attacks in the past few days by russian long—range missiles. air raid siren wails. that's another air—raid siren that's just gone off but, as you can see, people are kind of shrugging it off now. it's a pretty frequent occurrence but a reminder that the threat hasn't disappeared here. a hint of normality is peeping through the roadblocks and police checks. metro stations no longer used as shelters, as the city gradually comes back to life. kyiv is fortified, but fearful. for tamara tkachuk, business is still slow and the trauma deep. translation: it has been frightening here, my hands still tremble now. - this is our country, they have no right to come here and kill us. i'm very worried the russians will come back or, worse, that they will wait for us to return and then bomb us from the air. god save us from that. for those dug in for the long haul, reminders of the life they left behind two months ago, when russia thought it could barge into kyiv with little resistance. and when ukraine's residents became its defenders. mark lowen, bbc news, kyiv. the time isi.2ipm. our top story this lunchtime. the prime minister, on his visit to india, insists he�*ll still be in charge in six months�* time, despite continuing questions about his leadership. and the machine that could reshape our view of the universe, after three years, wakes up. coming up on the bbc news channel: action from the world snooker championship as world number one ronnie o�*sullivan aims to move closer to his seventh title at the crucible. the final stage of campaigning is under way in france�*s presidential election. on sunday millions of voters will decide between the incumbent, emmanuel macron, and his rival, marine le pen. but many people are still thought to be undecided. our france correspondent hugh schofield reports. marine le pen was out looking for votes in northern france this morning. this is familiar territory. she is the local mp and can be assured of a friendly reception. but her message is that, while smiles are fine, what she needs on sunday is slips of paper in the ballot box. translation: if the people vote, if they go out and vote, _ then they will get the change they hope for. and the choice is simple. it is macron or france. both she and her rival, emmanuel macron, know that the key to the race on sunday is getting out the potential abstainers, the type who say, a curse on both your houses. mainly, that�*s people who voted left in the first round two weeks ago. yesterday, president macron was out in the north paris suburbs, with its poor and largely immigrant population, arguing that marine le pen�*s promises for putting money in their pockets are economic nonsense. translation: millions of our fellow citizens turned to her _ party and project. why? because she gave the feeling that she had solutions for the cost of living, which is a real problem, and we will talk about this. but i have demonstrated that her solutions are not viable. the polls suggest that president macron should be feeling comfortably confident about sunday. but if this election still feels tense, it�*s because the stakes are so high. a le pen victory would not mean some regular handover of power here in paris but a political earthquake, with after—shocks felt well beyond the borders of france. never one to resist a good photo opportunity, the president wants to show the french that he is fighting till the last possible minute. the vote, he says, is indeed a referendum on two very different versions of what the france of the future will be. hugh schofield, bbc news, paris. the number of covid infections in the uk has fallen by 15%, with a decrease in all the nations in the week ending 16th april, according to the office for national statistics. our health editor hugh pym is here. how significant is this? i think it is significant, partly because the ons survey is the most authoritative benchmark on covid. those daily reported cases that we have all got used to our very volatile and affected by the fact that quarantine regulations have now gone and there is no more free lateral flow testing in many parts of the uk. this is important and it does show a 15% drop, 3.76 million people in the uk having the virus last week. the ons says this is a welcome decrease after recent increases to record levels. the survey is of households around the uk. they say infections are falling right across the uk, including in wales for the first time in several weeks. and in england, where the data is broken down into age groups, there are falls in all age groups. but this did cover a period last week when the schools were out, so there was less social mixing. in scotland, restrictions on face coverings were only lifted on monday. so i think people feel they want to see a bit more of the data. of want to see a bit more of the data. of course, covid infections are still relatively high, though still falling. still relatively high, though still fallinr . , still relatively high, though still fallina. , . ~ still relatively high, though still fallina. , ., ~ , ., retail sales in the uk have fallen again, as the rising cost of living hits consumer spending. sales were down 1.4 percent in march, according to official data, a bigger—than—expected drop. our business correspondent ramzan karmali is here. the cost of living affecting everybody, as we know? indeed, the second monthly _ everybody, as we know? indeed, the second monthly drop _ everybody, as we know? indeed, the second monthly drop in _ everybody, as we know? indeed, the second monthly drop in a _ everybody, as we know? indeed, the second monthly drop in a row, - everybody, as we know? indeed, the second monthly drop in a row, and l everybody, as we know? indeed, the| second monthly drop in a row, and as you say, a bigger drop than most experts predicted. the ons said it is clear that the rising cost of living is a majorfactor at is clear that the rising cost of living is a major factor at play here. like in february, online sales were the biggest driver. they fell 79% in march as more and more of us shied away from making nonessential personages. demand for petrol and diesel also fell dramatically, as prices hit record highs in march. the average cost of filling a family car is nowjust shy of £90, a rise of 32% on the same period last year. don�*t forget, these figures don�*t cover the period where our energy bills saw a dramatic rise. earlier this month in april, roughly 18 million households saw their bills rise by £700, a rise of 5a%, and even more for those on prepayment metres. there wasn�*t increased activity in restaurants and pubs, and this may explain our small part of the decline in retail sales we have seen today. this squeeze may get worse. more significantly, sales of food have been falling since november, a pretty clear sign that consumers are now trying to pare back their spending to cope with higher costs. back their spending to cope with higher costs-— the world s largest particle accelerator — a vast machine which smashes components of atoms together to break them apart and discover what�*s inside them — has restarted, after a three year upgrade. researchers at the large hadron collider on the swiss french border believe the new machine will discover particles that could change our understanding of the universe. our science correspondent pallab ghosh has had exclusive access to the detectors deep underground. it�*s like a medieval castle. you have to have, like, winding roads to get there. deep underground, dr marcelo bono shows me into the heart of the large hadron collider. so this is the first time i�*ll have seen the detector. and, wow, itjust looks incredible. 7,000 tons of intricate engineering, built to detect minute particles created by atoms crashing together. this is just one of the best positions, because really, it shows you all the majesty of this detector, isn�*t it? it�*s huge! majesty is the word. this is the detector that was responsible for one of the most important breakthroughs in science, the discovery of the higgs boson. it�*s just been upgraded and the hope is it will discover more particles that are completely new to science. and if it does, it could transform our understanding of the universe. we are looking actively for a lot of new phenomena. dark matter, for example. we can look directly for dark matter. could this be one of the biggest discoveries ever in physics? i�*d say yes. i�*d say it might be. yes, indeed. are dark matter is shown here in purple in this simulation, sprawling across the blackness of space. the bright areas are galaxies, stars and planets, which make up just a tiny fraction of the universe. the researchers here hope to produce dark matter particles by accelerating the inside of atoms close to the speed of light around a 27—kilometre ring, and then crashing them together. this is what compresses the magnet... these are the giant magnets that steer the particles around the ring, and focus them into a narrow beam. they�*ve been improved, too, so that there�*ll now be double the number of collisions, which will greatly increase the chances of finding new particles. for all the physics that we�*ve done since the startup of the lhc, the last ten years, we�*ll be able to actually get the same amount of data in the next three years as we did in those ten years. the particles created or going in every direction.— every direction. white like the researchers — every direction. white like the researchers here _ every direction. white like the researchers here are - every direction. white like the researchers here are excited l every direction. white like the - researchers here are excited about what _ researchers here are excited about what the _ researchers here are excited about what the newly upgraded large hadron collider— what the newly upgraded large hadron collider could achieve, which may lead to— collider could achieve, which may lead to discoveries which will bring the greater shift in our understanding of the universe since einstein's_ understanding of the universe since einstein's theories more than 100 years— einstein's theories more than 100 years ago — palab ghosh, bbc news, at the large hadron collider on the swiss—french border. time for a look at the weather. here�*s darren bett. do you have any good news for us? there will be more sunshine this weekend. i want to focus on just how dry it has been. this was a picture taken today in leicestershire. plenty of sunshine around, and for much of the country, it is fine and dry again. it is turning into yet another dry april. we have had above—average rainfall in eastern scotland, but it has been particularly dry across central and south—eastern parts of england, about a third of the expected rainfall so far. what about the rest of the month? well, more of the