today, you can reach me on twitter — @annitabbc the government is to publish its plans for the sale of channel 4 — it's expected to scrap many of the rules for commercial public service broadcasters. and ben stokes is expected to be named as the new england cricket captain later today. the foreign secretary, liz truss, has said russian forces must be pushed out of the whole of ukraine — in what amounts to the clearest statement yet of the uk's objectives in the war. let's take a look at some of the main points. in a speech, liz truss said victory for ukraine was a "strategic imperative" and that the conflict needed to be a "catalyst for wider change." russia's president valdamir putin warns any country interfering in ukraine will be met with a "lightning—fast" military retaliation. the head of the un, antonio guterres has arrived within the last hour on the outskirts of the ukrainian capital kyiv or talks with president zelensky. the outskirts of the ukrainian capital kyiv or talks with president zelensky. it the outskirts of the ukrainian capital kyiv or talks with president zelensky. it is the outskirts of the ukrainian capital kyiv or talks with president zelensky. it is thought the outskirts of the ukrainian capital kyiv or talks with president zelensky. it is thought they the outskirts of the ukrainian capital kyiv or talks with president zelensky. it is thought they will how to evacuate hundreds of civilians from a besieged steelworks in the southern port city of mariupol. let's have a look at what he has been saying. i mariupol. let's have a look at what he has been saying.— he has been saying. i see those destroyed _ he has been saying. i see those destroyed buildings. _ he has been saying. i see those destroyed buildings. i- he has been saying. i see those destroyed buildings. i must - he has been saying. i see those destroyed buildings. i must sayi he has been saying. i see those - destroyed buildings. i must say what ifeel, i imagine my family in one of those houses that is now destroyed and black. i see my granddaughters running away in panic, part of the family eventually killed. so the war is an absurdity in the 21st—century. the war is evil. and when we see these situations, our heart, of course, stays with the victims, our condolences to their families, but our emotions, there is no way that a war can be acceptable in the 21st century. look at that. that war can be acceptable in the 21st century. look at that.— century. look at that. that was antonio guterres, _ century. look at that. that was antonio guterres, the - century. look at that. that was antonio guterres, the un - century. look at that. that was - antonio guterres, the un secretary general in borodyanka, not farfrom central kyiv, where he will be having talks with president zelensky later today. let's get all the latest now from our correspondent andrew plant. the aftermath of a missile attack in the city of kharkiv in northern ukraine. at least one person is reported to have been killed here. the invasion has reduced much of this city to rubble. translation: it's scary. it's so painful. when it's dark, we're in fear. when there was a shooting, and when the evening comes, it's indescribable. unbearable. in a speech, the uk foreign secretary, liz truss, called for western countries to push russian forces out of ukraine. some argue that we shouldn't provide heavy weapons for fear of provoking something worse. but my view is that inaction would be the greatest provocation. this is a time for courage, not for caution. now president putin has sent a message to the west, warning ukraine's allies against further interference. translation: if anyone from the outside intends to interfere in what's happening, then they should know this. if they create threats for us, threats of a strategic nature, our retaliation, our counter strike will be instantaneous. in the southern port city of mariupol, this steel plant, surrounded by russian forces, the last stronghold of ukrainian fighters here, their commander appealing for a mass evacuation, saying alongside 600 wounded soldiers are civilians, including children inside. translation: today my appeal is apply the extraction _ procedure to us. the wounded will die and those who are alive will fall in the battle. civilians will die together with us. very, very many people have died in the city. the city has been wiped off the face of the earth. andrew plant reporting there. so are liz truss comments a shift in the uk�*s involvement in the war in ukraine? the defence minister ben wallace can tell us... not really. written alongside large parts of the international community and notjust nato have always refused to recognise russia's invasion of 2014 into crimea, and thatis invasion of 2014 into crimea, and that is why we had the minsk agreement, between a number of countries and russia and ukraine, that that should stop and they should effectively resolve that and move out, so no one has recognised russia's occupation either in 2014 let alone is now much more wider aggressive invasion of the country so, i think that is consistent, and what is the case is that we took a view that this invasion was so egregious, and such a clear invasion and at that stage, he occupied of ukraine, that we would support, not just in words and diplomacy but in military aid and that has continued, really, for us in the united kingdom, we were one of the first to do so, but now we have nearly 40 countries doing that and support, and our type of supplies change depending on what russia does and also in response to behaviour by russia so, for example, when russia started indiscriminately bombing civilian areas i took the decision a few weeks ago that that was unacceptable and that we would supply high velocity short range anti—air missiles to make it much harderfor them to do anti—air missiles to make it much harder for them to do that, and that is what has passed. it is now much harder for them to use their air force in the way they wish and i think it is important to send a message to vladimir putin that he will get an escalation of certain behaviours, when he behaves like he does and it is always calibrated to make sure that it does not broaden the conflict, always calculated to make sure that we are viewed absolutely as being defenders of ukraine as we have a right under the un and as ukraine has, but that is the main direction of travel, and now we have nearly 40 countries doing it. liii< now we have nearly 40 countries doin: it. , . ~ , �* doing it. uk defence minister ben wallace there. _ washington says a first group of more than 50 ukrainians has now completed training on howitzers, a long—range weapon the us is sending to the country. pentagon spokesmanjohn kirby told a press briefing that the us is working hard to get ukraine the weapons it needs: munitions continue to flow into ukraine. the united states is helping coordinate that. that continues to flow in there whilst we were overseas over the last couple of days, and efforts to get those munitions into ukraine will also continue going forward, as they are, and a very active fight. they are asking do they have enough, that question is something that changes every hour, depending on the rate of consumption and what is actually going on on the battlefield, so it would be difficult asjennifer need to answer, here, thousands of miles away at the pentagon all i can tell you is that we know they are expending rounds every single day of all different types and calibres, and we are doing everything we can to make sure the flow continues to make sure that they can stay in the fight. human rights lawyer amal clooney is part of an international legal task force advising ukraine on securing justice for the victims of war crimes. speaking at the united nations in new york, she urged countries to collect, preserve and store evidence of abuses of human rights: ukraine is today a slaughterhouse, right in the heart of europe. put�*s aggressive is so outrageous that, even after repeated warnings from the us and russia's long criminal record, ukrainians couldn't believe that this could happen and i still read news headlines not knowing quite how to process them. good it be that thousands of children are being forcibly deported —— could it being forcibly deported —— could it be that. could it be that teenage girls are being raped in the street in front of their families and neighbours? 0rthe in front of their families and neighbours? or the building that had the word children on it, was it really bombed? and are civilians today in mariupol systematically being tortured and starved to death? unfortunately, the answer is yes. amal clooney speaking at the un in new york. and — a quick reminder — we'll be taking your questions on the war in ukraine, later — at 12:30. we'll have panellists answering questions about a range of aspects of the war — from the battle raging in the east of the country, the consequences for civilians — and what more the west could or should be doing to stop russia. you can get in touch on twitter using the hashtag #bbcyourquestions — and you can email us on [email protected] a labour mp has spoken out about lewd comments allegedly made to her by a member of the shadow cabinet. the welsh mp, who wants to remain anonymous, said she was described as a "secret weapon" because "women want to be herfriend and men want to sleep with her". it comes after two conservative mps claimed they saw a male colleague watching pornography in the commons. the claims were made at a meeting on tuesday night, when female conservative mps shared allegations of sexism and harassment in the commons. we can cross live to westminster and our chief political correspondent adam fleming. give us an update, if you would, then by way of investigations into these allegations. the conservative party say that the claim about a male mp watching pornography on his phonein male mp watching pornography on his phone in the commons chamber and in a select committee meeting room should be referred to parliament to's independent grievance scheme which was set up in the last couple of years. that would require somebody who witnessed this to come forward and make a formal complaint to them and then any investigation would take quite some time and be shrouded in intense secrecy, and also, that scheme has got quite a lot of complaints and it already so that could take even longer to process. i could imagine some mps on both sides of the house today thinking that that is a very bureaucratic solution to the problem and actually, there could be a swifter political solution to the problem, but the conservative party would say that these policies and processes and systems are in place for a reason, processes and systems are in place fora reason, it processes and systems are in place for a reason, it is for them to be used. in terms of labour, they say that they will investigate any complaint that comes forward but they are also pointing out that if this person was to go to that independent grievance scheme they wouldn't know anything about it because of the confidentiality that would envelope the case. but jonathan ashworth the shadow work and pensions secretary was asked about it this morning, he didn't know the detail so he is talking in a very general sense. mil know the detail so he is talking in a very general sense.— know the detail so he is talking in a very general sense. all of these claims that _ a very general sense. all of these claims that we _ a very general sense. all of these claims that we are _ a very general sense. all of these claims that we are hearing - a very general sense. all of these claims that we are hearing about | a very general sense. all of these | claims that we are hearing about it is shocking, — claims that we are hearing about it is shocking, foul, disgusting and also very— is shocking, foul, disgusting and also very depressing. the majority of us _ also very depressing. the majority of us are _ also very depressing. the majority of us are your first public service and yet — of us are your first public service and yet there are clearly people in that place — and yet there are clearly people in that place who are behaving inappropriately, behaving wrongly, and the _ inappropriately, behaving wrongly, and the authorities of all political parties _ and the authorities of all political parties need to resolve it. this shocking — parties need to resolve it. this shocking story about the pornography, things like that need to he _ pornography, things like that need to be sorted out and these people need _ to be sorted out and these people need to— to be sorted out and these people need to be kicked out. it to be sorted out and these people need to be kicked out.— need to be kicked out. it needs to be sorted out _ need to be kicked out. it needs to be sorted out says _ need to be kicked out. it needs to be sorted out says jonathan - need to be kicked out. it needs to - be sorted out says jonathan ashworth be sorted out says jonathan ashworth but given what he said a moment be sorted out sastonathan ashworth but given what he said a moment ago, are the policies and processes in parliament really fit for purpose? that is a question being asked, and we will only be able to answer it over the next few months as this grieving system starts working properly. there is a big review of the mps' code of conduct being done by the standards committee, about their rules and procedures and propriety around mps but the fact is there is a huge patchwork of things available at westminster, and you just go on the grievance scheme website and they list all the different places that people can go to, to get support or advice or make a complaint on the one side, that means that there are lots of different places people can go to bat on the other side it means a complicated patchwork of things and you have got to remember that parliament is not like parliament incorporated boc, it is the house of lords, the house of commons, contractors, mps who work almost as individual small businesses employing their own staff, political parties, some people were government ministers bound by government rules which are different from backbenchers, and lots of people saying the only way that you can really get rid of an mp that is felt to have done wrong as if they are voted out at the next election, or if they are suspended from parliament for a certain amount of time which triggers a recall petition which could end up with a by—election. this morning ben wallace the defence secretary was doing interviews on behalf of the government. he said it wasn't that parliament was an institutionally sexist or misogynist or homophobic or violent place, hejust sexist or misogynist or homophobic or violent place, he just said that it had a culture where it had those people in it and the culture could sometimes, not encourage it, but provide a platform for that sort of behaviour, because you have people grappling with big issues and a passionate way, doing strange hours, mixing work and pleasure, and alcohol, and also people having their own personal problems as well. so it is another week where parliament has been doing a bit of soul—searching. today is the day that parliament prorogued? remember that parliament prorogued? remember that formerly controversial phrase. we remember it, yes!— that formerly controversial phrase. we remember it, yes! business tops and then the — we remember it, yes! business tops and then the rear _ we remember it, yes! business tops and then the rear brake _ we remember it, yes! business tops and then the rear brake for - we remember it, yes! business tops and then the rear brake for a - we remember it, yes! business tops and then the rear brake for a couple | and then the rear brake for a couple of weeks before the queen speech starts the next session, a session that people will be hoping is a little bit more decent than the end of this one. little bit more decent than the end of this one-— little bit more decent than the end of this one. �* ., ., of this one. adam fleming there, our chief political — of this one. adam fleming there, our chief political correspondent. - the headlines on bbc news... ukraine says more humanitarian help is needed as the un secretary general, antonio guterres, arrives in kyiv for talks with president zelensky. going from bad to worse — england's worst performing mental health trust is rated inadequate again, with some services said to be further deteriorating. the government is to publish its plans for the sale of channel 4 — it's expected to scrap many of the rules for commercial public service broadcasters. more now on one of those headline stories. hospital inspectors have warned that some patients are at risk of harm at england's worst performing mental health trust, which has further deteriorated. the care quality commission has rated the norfolk and suffolk nhs foundation trust "inadequate" on safety and leadership — and said it would take further action if improvements weren't made. the trust has apologised. 0ur health correspondent sophie hutchinson reports. abigail henry is autistic and has poor mental health. but her family says her condition worsened when the help she was getting from the community mental health team was cut. i mean, it's got to be about 15 times that her life has seriously been in danger. the other times are cries for help, or like self—harming, or taking an overdose. then, last year, abigail was taken to hospital following an attempted suicide. but rather than being given a psychiatric bed, she ended up being sedated in intensive care. as they woke her up from the sedation, she then spent another week, just over a week in intensive care because there still wasn't any children's beds. and, at the time, there was people dying of covid in there. and it was just a really scary time for her. abigail's care comes under the norfolk and suffolk mental health trust, the worst performing trust in the country. today, hospital inspectors rated it inadequate once again. they found that care on the psychiatric ward for children and young people had deteriorated so severely, it had to be closed to new admissions. that support in the community for children and young people and adults was inadequate. and that crisis care was so poor, it was putting patients at risk. local campaigners and bereaved families say many have been harmed by the poor care. they estimate over the past nine years, there have been 1,000 unexpected deaths. caroline aldridge's son, tim, was one of them. he was bipolar and had complex needs. he died in 2014, while waiting for an appointment, at the age of 30. i find it really heartbreaking to sit with people who are newly bereaved and people find their way to me, and hear their stories of how they've just lost someone really precious to them and know that that was utterly preventable because we know from tim and other deaths that that is the consequences of those failings in services. in 2015, the norfolk and suffolk mental health trust became the first in nhs history to be put into special measures. since then, for most years, it's needed intensive support to improve. the trust says it's pleased inspectors saw some green shoots of change but has apologised for not doing more. i continue to apologise for people who've not got the service they want. that is not the reason why any of us come into work every day. i don't want to put forward excuses of why that's the case. i want to absolutely focus on what do we need to do now to make this better so people get the services they're entitled to. but, for families like abigail's, improvements can't come soon enough. she's still, you know, she is still bouncing from crisis to crisis. and i don't know if we just have to try and manage it because there isn't any support. inspectors will return to the trust in the next few months and warn if services are no better, further action will be taken. sophie hutchinson, bbc news. joining me now is anne humphrys, a carerforfamily members who use the norfolk and suffolk nhs foundation trust and a campaignerfor improvements to services. thank you forjoining us. we appreciate you talking to us. we know that your daughter has been under the care of the trust and your sister currently is. what has their experience and your experience as a carer being, of the trust? i experience and your experience as a carer being, of the trust?— carer being, of the trust? i think my exoerience _ carer being, of the trust? i think my experience has _ carer being, of the trust? i think my experience has been - carer being, of the trust? i think my experience has been one - carer being, of the trust? i think- my experience has been one mostly of isolation, and of spending almost all of my time having to ask the trust to do the basics, to get my daughter first of trust to do the basics, to get my daughterfirst of all and trust to do the basics, to get my daughter first of all and then my sister, the care that they needed, so there are simple things that they cannot do, highlighted in the cqc report, that have been in every secrecy report. for example every patient needs to have a care plan which tells them —— like every cqc report. in my daughter's case in 2014 that was not done and we ended up 2014 that was not done and we ended up having to write her care plan and sadly it is the case now that my sister who went into service as in 2019, we have had to write her care plan and send it to the trust because they don't produce a care plan for her. because they don't produce a care plan for her-— because they don't produce a care plan for her. you have become the exert plan for her. you have become the expert and — plan for her. you have become the expert and write _ plan for her. you have become the expert and write the _ plan for her. you have become the expert and write the care - plan for her. you have become the expert and write the care plans - plan for her. you have become the expert and write the care plans forj expert and write the care plans for both your daughter and your sister when that should have been done by mental health professionals. absolutely. i consider myself to be fairly articulate and i worry, i hear from so many family members and carers, who don't have the knowledge and don't have the support, they are isolated and just let four months on end, going from crisis to crisis, like the story you just ran just now without getting any help, and it is just not acceptable. this i without getting any help, and it is just not acceptable. as i understand it, the period _ just not acceptable. as i understand it, the period from _ just not acceptable. as i understand it, the period from when _ just not acceptable. as i understand it, the period from when your- it, the period from when your daughter started being under the care of the trust do now, when your sister is being cared for by the trust was from 2014 until now, so eight years, have you seen any improvements over that time? i have to say now. — improvements over that time? i have to say now. i — improvements over that time? i have to say now, i haven't. _ improvements over that time? i have to say now, i haven't. and _ improvements over that time? i have to say now, i haven't. and that - improvements over that time? i have to say now, i haven't. and that is - to say now, i haven't. and that is what is so worrying. that is the problem that we now face, that we have inspection after inspection that has rated the trust as requires improvement, inadequate, they have mostly been in special measures for all that time and the question for everybody now is haven't we reached the end of the road? what is going to happen now? nhs england and nhs improvement have put in so much support to the trust and it fails and continues to fail and the reality of it failing is that patients every day are being left to suffer, patients are harming themselves and sadly losing their lives and families and carers are left to just get on with it. there are massive waiting list, so people cannot even get into services but even when they do, there is such a lack of staffing, that they just cannot get the help that they need, and this is a very serious crisis. the head of inspections for mental health services at the cqc pointed to staffing issues and said it was a significant factor in these shortcomings, a lack of staff. the report said the trust needs —— knows that it needs to turn isolated examples of improvement into a culture of better care embedded across all of its services. what do you think is at the heart of the problem is? what do you think needs to happen to bring about improvement? that to happen to bring about improvement?— to happen to bring about improvement? to happen to bring about imrovement? �* ., ., improvement? at the heart of the roblem improvement? at the heart of the problem is — improvement? at the heart of the problem is culture _ improvement? at the heart of the problem is culture with _ improvement? at the heart of the problem is culture with senior- problem is culture with senior management, and the way the trust is set up, it covers such a large geographical area. we have had chief executive after chief executive put in and the reality is that means that nhs england and nhs improvement have failed and cannot turn distrust around so what needs to happen now is that nhs england need to sit down service users, patients, carers and groups that represent them and campaigners, to actually work out what the change needs to be back, in addition, there needs to be an independent inquiry into how this trust has been allowed to fail for so long. trust has been allowed to fail for so lonu. . . ~ trust has been allowed to fail for so lonu. ., ., ,, ., trust has been allowed to fail for so lonu. ., ., ~' ., ., ,., so long. can i take it from what you sa , so long. can i take it from what you say. anne. — so long. can i take it from what you say. anne. that— so long. can i take it from what you say, anne, that users _ so long. can i take it from what you say, anne, that users of— so long. can i take it from what you say, anne, that users of the - say, anne, that users of the services, campaigners, have been listened to and up? i do services, campaigners, have been listened to and up?— listened to and up? i do not think the have listened to and up? i do not think they have been _ listened to and up? i do not think they have been listened - listened to and up? i do not think they have been listened to - listened to and up? i do not think they have been listened to at - listened to and up? i do not think they have been listened to at all. listened to and up? i do not thinkl they have been listened to at all in some cases. there have been cases where services and carers have reported good care, but in terms of service users and carers who have had bad experiences, those changes have not been made. it is evident from repeated cqc reports that they are saying the same things, but i also hear from staff who say that they have some good ideas about how to turn around services and they are not being listened to, either, so it is a whole cultural change that is needed. it is clear that the management and the governance of the trust are not fit for purpose, because if they wear, they would have been turning the trust around, so, we now need to think about something really radical to give people the services that they deserve in norfolk and suffolk. and deserve in norfolk and suffolk. and over eiuht deserve in norfolk and suffolk. and over eight years of campaigning i guess you have accumulated a lot of paperwork. i wonder how many of those box files on the shelves behind you are related to your campaigning around the trust. expert; campaigning around the trust. every sinale one campaigning around the trust. every single one of — campaigning around the trust. every single one of them _ campaigning around the trust. every single one of them is _ campaigning around the trust. es single one of them is related to my sister and my daughter and the improvements that we have tried to make. and that is really significant, isn't it? it make. and that is really significant, isn't it? it must have consume so _ significant, isn't it? it must have consume so much _ significant, isn't it? it must have consume so much of— significant, isn't it? it must have consume so much of your - significant, isn't it? it must have consume so much of your life. it| consume so much of your life. it consumes pretty much all of my life, except that i am providing care for my sister but it means being up late at night, early in the morning, because i have to drive the care that she needs, i have to be telling the trust what it is they are not doing that they should be doing and thatis doing that they should be doing and that is the wrong way round. they should be telling me what they are doing to help and support her, and i should not have to make complaints, should not have to make complaints, should not have to make complaints, should not have to battle them in order for her to get the support she needs to live an independent life. anne, thank you for talking is today, anne humphrys, a carerfor family members who have or are still using the norfolk and suffolk nhs foundation trust. meta — the company which owns facebook and instagram — has reported better than expected profits of $7.5 billion in the first three months of the year. the number of people using facebook every day rose again — to nearly two billion — reversing a recent decline. the news sent meta shares up by almost a fifth, despite the company reporting slower revenue growth and warning of a difficult advertising market. 0ur north america business correspondent michelle fleury has been telling us more. the existential threat to facebook is, is it still cool? well, one measure is how many people are still using the social network. and on that front, it appears to have satisfied investors. facebook�*s daily active users were 1.96 billion on average for march. that's an increase of 4% year over year and better than expected. to reflect who we are... the company's founder and ceo, mark zuckerberg, spoke optimistically, saying we made progress this quarter across a number of key company priorities. from now on, we're going to be metaverse first. but meta, the parent company of facebook and instagram, still has plenty of issues. itjust reported its weakest revenue growth for a decade. the company explained that ad budgets were coming under strain from inflation, made worse since russia's invasion of ukraine. it also pointed to the impact of an apple software update last year that lets people choose whether or not they want to be tracked around the internet by firms like meta who can sell that information to advertisers. overall, the results, though, had investors hitting the "like" button with meta's share price rising sharply. a man has been charged with the murders of four members of the same family who were found stabbed to death in bermondsey, in south east london. joshua jacques is accused of killing denton burke, his partner dolet hill, her daughter tanysha 0fori—akuffo, and tanysha's daughter samantha drummonds. their bodies were found in a house in bermondsey on monday. the 28—year—old suspect is due before westminster magistrates later today. a man is due in court this morning charged with the murder of 33—year—old katie kenyon. the mother—of—two, from lancashire, was last seen getting into a van in burnley nearly a week ago. although katie has not been found, police say they are now working on the basis she is no longer alive. andrew burfield will appear before magistrates later. prince andrew has lost his freedom of the city of york honour, following a vote by local councillors. the motion to remove the accolade was passed unanimously. councillors also called for him to relinquish his duke of york title in the wake of his out—of—court settlement with virginia giuffre, who had accused him of sexual assault, in the united states. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. hello to you, carol. good morning to you, annita. we had a chilly start but some of us started off with blue skies. we have this low cloud extending from the coastal counties through the midlands and clark will bubble up during the course of the day the sunshine hazy. they can offer the odds are across south—west england and the odd passing shower in scotland. there will be a brisk wind in the south today. an onshore breeze along the north sea coast line so here, it means that it will feel quite cool if you are exposed to it. tonight, the cloud sinks further south, showers fade, sky is clear, and temperatures tumble, low enough for some frost across parts of northern ireland, southern scotland, northern england, north wales and parts of the midlands but also that as well you will see some sunshine first thing. tomorrow, the cloud continues to sink down into the south—eastern quarter. you could still see the odd spot of rain from it. for most of us it will be a sunnier day than today. son at times across the north—east of scotland and also north—east england. hello this is bbc news, the headlines. the un secretary general, antonio guterres is visiting war torn sites surrounding kyiv that had been occupied by russian troops — he says russia must cooperate with the international criminal court allegations of sexism in westminster — a labour mp alleges that inappropriate comments were made to her by a member of the shadow cabinet. it comes after two female conservative mps claimed they saw a male colleague watching pornography in the commons. going from bad to worse — england's worst performing mental health trust is rated inadequate again, with some services said to be further deteriorating. the government is to publish its plans for the sale of channel 4 — it's expected to scrap many of the rules for commercial public service broadcasters and ben stokes is expected to be named as the new england cricket captain later today sport and a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. good morning. good morning, we start with some cricket news — we understand ben stokes will be announced as the new captain of england's test team later this morning. england's talisman all rounder, was the overwhelming favourite. . . . . most recently vice captain, forjoe root, who resigned a fortnight ago...after the test sides poor run of form. . . england have lost five series on the trot,.....now stokes who took time away from the sport last year, hopes to reignite, the test team, in their summer test matches against new zealand, india and south africa. it's widely thought he will bring experienced bowlersjimmy anderson and stuart broad back into the fold after they were dropped for the series defeat in west indies. liverpool are on course for the champions league final, and they will feel, they should have won by more than two goals, the way they dominated their champions league, semi final, first leg, against viyareal. remember the spanish team had already knocked out the likes of yuventus and bayern munich but they were no match for liverpool, who maintained their relentless pursuit, of four major trophies..never before achieved by an english side....as patrick gearey reports an extended step towards paris, and the unchartered territory beyond. the final and the quadruple moves closer for liverpool, but this needed their full attention. villareal are called the yellow submarine, so liverpool is the perfect place to dock and block, hoping red raiders were off. for a half it worked, just. thiago a long way out, only a little way off. but it can change with just a touch. this was it. liverpool captain jordan henderson basked in the moment, but in the record it will see own goal. liverpool are not here by accident. they are in with a shout of winning every competition because of the football that led to sadio mane making it 2—0. everybody knew what it meant. you try and fail, you try and you fail, and at one point you think, come on, it is not my day any more, we really had to stay positive in these moments and try and fail, but keep trying, in the same mindset, that is what we did, the goals we were outstanding. the yellow submarine are never sunk, but they are in uncomfortably deep. liverpool can come up for air only briefly. right now their fixtures are just like their football, relentless. there's another big night of european action tonight. rangers, and west ham, are in the semi—finals, of the europa league, both against german teams. rangers will play the first leg of their semi—final, away at r.b leipzig. thousands of fans have travelled to germany...infact so many, that the leipzig coach, joked that he's having to move out of the hotel he's been staying in. first of all, we are happy that a lot of rangers fans will come inside the city because they pay hotels, restaurants, they buy beer, such as good for the economy of germany. also in my hotel, we are living still in a good hotel in the centre, and they told me that 200 fans were coming to this hotel, so i will sleep here in the academy the next two days. it could get a bit noisy, couldn't it? west ham are at home to eintracht frankfurt it's the first time david moyes, has managed a club in a european semi—final, and it's be the first time the hammers have got this far in europe since 1976, when they lost in the final of the european cup winners' cup. and leicester city are hoping to reach their first european final, in the europa conference league. brendan rodgers' side host jose mourinho's roma in their semi finalfirst leg, at the king power stadium. with both teams bidding, to play in the first ever final, of this new tournament. what a semi final line up we have at the world snooker championship. . .a battle between former champions. judd trump will face mark williams, for a place in the final after trump came back from 8—5 down, against stuart bingham, winning the last eight frames, in a row to clinch their quarter—final — whilejohn higgins beat jack lisowski, to set up a semi against ronnie 0'sullivan that's all the sport for now. we arejust we are just eating from the government about the visa scheme for people from ukraine wishing to come to the uk, around 27,000 people had arrived in the uk under the visa scheme is of monday according to government figures. the ukrainian government figures. the ukrainian government has told the united nations that more than 500,000 of its civilians have been forcibly deported to russia including 120,000 children. the kremlin says ukrainians are willingly moving to russia but the bbc has had the ukrainian government has told the un that more than 500,000 of its civilians have been forcibly deported to russia, including 120,000 children. the kremlin says ukrainians are willingly moving to russia. but the bbc has heard from the families of some of those taken captive by russian forces, and civilians who ve been returned from russia on prisoner exchanges, who refute these claims. yogita limaye reports. still in disbelief that he is back home. this red cross volunteer was deported to russia, captured as he was evacuating people from war hit areas near kyiv. translation: we were beaten j with rifles, punched and kicked. they blindfolded us and tied our hands with tape. they used tasers and kept asking for information about the military. after six days in a crowded basement in ukraine, we were taken to belarus. they thought we couldn't see, but i saw our car crossing the border. he showed us the identity slip made for him there. it's issued by the military of the russian federation. and what does it say on the top? from belarus, he says, they were driven to a russian prison. translation: the torture continued. if you dared to look up at the russian soldiers, we would be beaten. they treated us like animals. one evening, i counted 72 people, but there were more because we could hear the voices of others. the fact it is a large number of ukrainians there. he does not know why he was picked for the prisoner exchange. the only one from his cell. in a room next to him, he had heard there were people from the chernobyl nuclear site. when we went to the plant, we found evidence of men being taken. this is the basement at chernobyl, where 169 ukrainian national guard were held for weeks when it was occupied. other staff saw them being taken from here by russian forces as they withdrew from northern ukraine. in a village nearby, we met the family of one of the missing men. we are hiding their identities to protect them. the guard's wife last spoke to him on the 31st of march just before he was taken. translation: he told me i am ok physically, but not - emotionally. i could hear the anxiety in his voice. our son keeps asking where his father is. he is very worried and he is scared that i might disappear too, so he keeps following me around everywhere. from different parts of ukraine, we have spoken to the families of more than a dozen civilians who have been taken. only a few have been released. the kremlin says civilians are willingly this includes a family of four who said they are not being allowed to leave russia. crossing the border, but everything we have had strongly contradict those claims. ukraine's prosecutor general says they are hearing testimony of war crimes on the people who returned. we interview everyone who can come back from russian federation or occupied territories. almost all of them were tortured in russian prisons. for me as a prosecutor, it is very important. and as the war rages on in ukraine's east and south, every day there are new reports of people being forced into russia. there is just one week to go until voters across the uk go to the polls. voters in england, wales, and scotland will pick who they want to run services that affect everyday life in their local area. those in northern ireland will choose its government.ahead of the vote we will be profiling some of the key contests in the uk's four nations. today my colleague luxmy gopaljoins us from the town centre in newcastle—under—lyme. iam here i am here surrounded by a sea of tulips in front of a council office in newcastle—under—lyme. it is a town in the north of staffordshire, a few miles from stoke and over the years it has been the predominately labour but its current mp as conservative alan bell, his office just across the road and people here like in many places will be heading to the polls next thursday to vote for their local council elections and sometimes it is really localised issues that get people going on these local elections and won the particular issue here very localised and specific to this town is something that is a long—standing issue for many residents which is the emissions from a nearby quarry and sounds bizarre but it is such a hot button topic and key issue for people that some of the independent candidates are standing on the platform of stop the stink. that is an example of a specific local issue but there are other localised issues perhaps more in common with what other places may be considering, for example the balance between protecting the green belt and planning developments need and the issue of how much is being done for business owners and how to restore the and retail as the recovery continues after the pandemic and the key one as the cost of living crisis. local elections are often considered an indicator of how the conservatives and labour may perform nationally and many people go into the polls considering the bigger more national particle issues. notably party gate and the conservative mp a couple of months ago revealed he had submitted a letter of no confidence in the prime minister and he has criticised boris johnson for the downing street party is so out as a play of various factors both local and national that may be on voters' mines and with an idea of some of the broader issues here is alex forsyth. the political race is on. with elections round the corner, parties are trying to grab votes. and at this southampton climbing centre, people are pretty clear what's on their minds. inflation is going mad, and especially for fuel prices, for public transport, it's going absolutely insane. obviously, there has to be something done about that asap because people won't be able to to handle this much longer. the environment, i think, is quite important to take care of because i think that's a very pressing issue. next week's elections in england are about who runs local services, but they'll also show which parties are on their way up and which could be losing grip there. the first widespread test of opinion since the war in ukraine, since prices really started to climb and of course, since news of lockdown parties in downing street. i think that will probably contribute to the way a lot of people vote. if belief is shaken in a party, then that will will change the way that people kind of see them in the both on the local and large scale. in terms of covid and obviously we've had a recent party gate thing. i do follow that kind of stuff because it's obviously all over the media. but i think overall i would care more about the local elections because your councillor can make a change for you. southampton's just one place where these elections will test the political water, notjust for the larger parties, but the greens and a host of others too. what happens in these elections will be seen as the public�*s view of the political parties nationally. for the conservatives, is borisjohnson still a vote winner? for labour is keir starmer rebuilding support where he needs to? are the lib dems broadening their base? but remember these elections will decide who runs local services. so for many people, local factors will count. in southampton city centre, brenda's had a tough couple of years trying to keep her therapy business afloat. and with prices rising, she says it's local support that matters to her. electric bills have almost doubled, you know, and again, that affects running costs where we're not earning as much. now, i think more could be done and try and support those businesses that are trying to support the communities because we're all playing our part. not far away, this cocktail bar was set up after the pandemic as a place to bring people together. 0wners prince and dorothy say community is important to them, but to keep going, they need backing. from pandemic to to the war in ukraine, you know, down to to some of the factors that are affecting us. high inflation rate, items we buy have gone more than 100%, you know, increase in price. we're just really like hanging on the line, trying to see that we stay up. we really need a change whereby all these small businesses can be supported. the economy cannot do without small and medium scale businesses, whether local or national factors are at play. there's a lot at stake in these elections which could cause quite a political shake up. alex forsyth, bbc news, southampton. at the beginning of the report you have someone talking about public transport and here that is also a keyissue transport and here that is also a key issue people will be considering because that is no train station here in newcastle—under—lyme, they is in the stoke many people rely on buses and many have expressed concern of the services they get from that. we will be speaking to people about their views on that throughout the day. also speaking to local business owners and councillors who are standing in election here next week and will be in a food bank later speaking to volunteers and people using the feedback. apologies, we have lost that line, we will see her again soon and hopefully get the technical issues sorted. and you can find out more about the upcoming local elections in newcastle under lyme council on 5th may including information on how to vote, and who your local candidates are, by going to the council website newcastle—staffs.gov.uk streaming services are set to be regulated by 0fcom for the first time, the culture secretary said the move would take audiences from harmful material and the government is punishing its plans by 0fcom for the first time, under new government proposals. new government proposals. netflix, disney+, amazon prime video and other streamers will be given new rules that will bring them in line with traditional broadcasters. the culture secretary said the move would protect audiences from harmful material. te government's also publishing its plans for the sale of channel 4 — it is all expected to be detailed in a white paper later today. i'm joined now by alice enders, from enders analysis a research group covering the media and entertainment industries do you think this regulation is needed? this do you think this regulation is needed? �* , do you think this regulation is needed? �*, . do you think this regulation is needed? a . ,, . ., , needed? as the culture secretary sa s there needed? as the culture secretary says there has — needed? as the culture secretary says there has not _ needed? as the culture secretary says there has not been - needed? as the culture secretary says there has not been a - needed? as the culture secretary says there has not been a level. says there has not been a level playing field between the broadcasters and video on demand services and the on demand services have really increased their usage, subscribers and the volume of time spent on them so this response to review that there should be a level playing field and of course a level playing field and of course a level playing field and of course a level playing field is really about harmful content so 0fcom will be introducing a video on demand code which is designed to align the broadcasters with streaming companies and ensure their audiences are protected from harmful content. that is obviously pretty major shift because streaming companies have not been regulated by 0fcom to date and this is obviously a new beginning. what have companies like netflix and amazon had to say about this? the ressure amazon had to say about this? iie: pressure lease amazon had to say about this? "iie: pressure lease was amazon had to say about this? i“ie: pressure lease wasjust amazon had to say about this? iie: pressure lease wasjust published pressure lease was just published about five minutes i go —— at the press release so we have not seen much reaction if you look at what is available on netflix that is a lot of bbc content on their obviously a lot of content on netflix that is made by netflix. i lot of content on netflix that is made by netflix.— lot of content on netflix that is made by netflix. i think a lot of that content _ made by netflix. i think a lot of that content has _ made by netflix. i think a lot of that content has been - made by netflix. i think a lot of| that content has been removed. made by netflix. i think a lot of- that content has been removed. there are still quite — that content has been removed. there are still quite substantial— are still quite substantial quantities of bbc content on netflix and commissioned by channel 4 as well and that is true of all the streaming platforms and so but the point is really to create a level playing field between the two primary forms of viewing and so we would certainly welcome that iron surely companies involved would not see that as a huge impediment to them because they are very careful about these things.— them because they are very careful about these things. let's move on to channel 4, — about these things. let's move on to channel4, it— about these things. let's move on to channel 4, it looks _ about these things. let's move on to channel 4, it looks as _ about these things. let's move on to channel 4, it looks as though - about these things. let's move on to channel 4, it looks as though the - channel 4, it looks as though the government is pressing ahead with the privatisation despite pretty widespread opposition, a lot of people think this is not a good idea. not good value for money, will not protectjobs here. what do you see happening next? do you think there will be any change of heart from the government? fine there will be any change of heart from the government?— there will be any change of heart from the government? one of the big thins from the government? one of the big thin . s that from the government? one of the big things that was _ from the government? one of the big things that was in _ from the government? one of the big things that was in the _ from the government? one of the big things that was in the press _ from the government? one of the big things that was in the press release i things that was in the press release was the government has decided to keep channel 4 petty much in its current form in terms of remit, in terms of its original quotas, channel 4 is a major investor in independent production outside the london and the big change is going to be channel 4 will no longer be 100% publisher broadcasters, it will not have to devote all its resources to commissioning content on licensing it and it will be able to own its own intellectual property, through some form of in—house studio. it feels this will be of tremendous appeal, on the other hand i think as you suggested the court value of channel 4 is the fact it is not—for—profit and the government does not mention that but clearly a private investor would expect to make a profit and would not return... and would not return all the profits to the creative sector which is what has happened. i think it is still very much a contentious issue, the legislation will make it very clear i think, there will be probably opposition in the commons, channel 4 was created in 1982 under mrs thatcher a conservative government and many people feel channel 4 as a credit to the conservatives and privatising it suggests otherwise. i would think there will be quite a bit of opposition still.— there will be quite a bit of opposition still. let�*s go to norway now — despite its oil wealth— the scandinavian nation is the biggest adopter of electric cars in europe. that has made it a key target for chinese ev manufacturers looking to break into the european market and showcase their technology — as adrienne murray reports from the capital 0slo anyone for table tennis, yoga or perhaps a latte with that, it feels more like a clubhouse or an apple store. but this is actually a car showroom. chinese electric car maker n10 is one of the latest brands to enter norway. its business model also breaks with convention. so you buy the car and then you have the subscription, you lease the battery. and there's, of course, several advantages of that. first of all, the purchase price is going to be reduced. then, of course, you're always going to have the newest battery technology. just outside 0slo this is europe's first battery swap station just rolling forwards into the square. power swap has started. the car is guided inside autonomously. so i'm not even touching the steering wheel. my feet are off the pedals. power swap is about to start. the plan is for 20 here in norway by the end of this year. in china, there's already hundreds. the idea of this battery swap station is that when you're going longer distances or if you didn't manage to charge up, you can actually replace the battery and use a fully charged one. the car can be charged, but swapping boosts the range without the weight. boosts the range without the wait. and in about five minutes, i'm ready to go. but it will be up against other new tech, like faster chargers and longer lasting batteries. a wave of chinese evs have now launched. in norway and others are coming. testing the water for wider european roll—outs. voya and hongqi are among the most recent entrants hoping to take on established brands like tesla, vw and audi in norway. they only have to convince us about buying a chinese car, not buying an ev. we are already convinced about that. the consumers have now a lot more to choose from and especially the last six months, a lot of new chinese companies have entered norway. the chinese home market is now the world's biggest for electric cars, but norway has the most per capita and plans to phase out sales of new diesel and petrol cars by 2025. we have a very favorable set of incentives for the electric cars. norway has been used as a test market for some time and it's just obvious that also the chinese makes will come here and try it out. players like nio hope to win over norwegian drivers, but soon they'll be battling for business elsewhere in europe too. adrian murray, bbc news, 0slo. quite a cloudy start, high pressure role in the eastern counties and the midlands and also an onshore breeze on the north sea coast so feeling cool if you are out and about, a breeze and the south—east and english channel. the west starts brighter, variable cloud and turning the sunshine hazy with the chance of a passing showman across northern scotland and south—west england, temperatures 9—17. this evening and overnight to the cloud sinks further south, showers fading and skies clearing and the temperature will tumble, low enough for some frost across northern ireland, southern scotland, northern angler, north wales and parts of the midlands. that is variable start with sunshine tomorrow. the cloud sinks to the south—east quarter, be thick enough for the odd shower at first, to once the waste sunnier than today and ed will be sunny for most of us compared to today but still a few showers as across the north and east of scotland and north—east of england. 9—17. enterthe weekend of scotland and north—east of england. 9—17. enter the weekend the high—pressure slips further south are living the low pressure with its front to come away so as we head through saturday for western and northern scotland and northern ireland we are likely to see substantial well needed reign. ahead of this reality out cloud building but for the rest of england and wales it will be dry with sunny intervals, temperatures nine — 17 in hull and london. the weatherfront slips south during sunday but as a weakening future so as it gets into england and wales when we also need some rain it will be lighter and more patchy and there will be a fair amount of cloud on sunday but that should brighten across the north and east of scotland and parts of eastern england, temperatures on sunday down, 10—14 but we could reach 17 in glasgow. this is bbc news ? these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. the un secretary general, antonio guterres, is visiting war—torn sites surrounding kyiv that had been occupied by russian troops — he says russia must cooperate with the international criminal court. the the international criminal court. war is absurdity in 21st—century. the war is absurdity in the 21st—century. war is evil. —— de boer is evil. —— the war is evil. russian forces must be "pushed out of the whole of ukraine" according to the foreign secretary — liz truss calls on the west to use its strength to deter vladimir putin. some argue that we shouldn't provide heavy weapons,