innocent" and more adult—like. musicians stuggle with venues taking commission on merchandise stands — reports suggest some are taking 25% or more. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. two british volunteers working to provide humanitarian aid in ukraine are understood to have been captured by the russian military. it's believed the men were part of a joint humanitarian operations centre project in the country to help provide food, medical supplies and evacuation support. it comes after the uk's foreign office confirmed a british national was killed while fighting in ukraine. it's thought the man, who's not been formally named but is believed to be scott sibley, was fighting for ukrainian forces when he was killed. a second man is understood to be missing. meanwhile, several russian strikes hit kyiv on thursday and killed at last one person, as the secretary general of the united nations, antonio guterres, met ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky in the capital and visited nearby towns. mr guterres said he was "shocked" by the attacks, and admitted that the un's security council had failed in its role to prevent or end the war. he added that the un won't give up on its goal of peace in the country, saying "ukraine needs and deserves our full commitment and full support". mr zelensky has said the strikes on kyiv yesterday illustrate russia's contempt for global institutions, and showed that civilians in ukrainian cities could not relax. for the latest on the two british volunteers reportedly captured by the russian military, here's our kyiv correspondentjoe inwood. we understand that they were working as independent humanitarian workers trying to rescue a family who had been stuck behind russian lines south of a place called zaporizhzhia. now, they were not working with this organisation called the presidium network, as has been reported. the chief executive of that organisation has just spoke to the bbc. he said they were in contact with them and had been trying to offer them some support, so he is the person who the information has been coming out from. now, what we understand is that on monday they tried to cross ukrainian and russian lines, try to get through a checkpoint. it took them six hours to do this, to get south into russian occupied territory. again, according to dominik byrne, they were trying to rescue a family. now, we don't know exactly what happened but it seems, according to his account, that at some point after crossing into russian territory they were detained. we don't have much more information than that, but there is of course concern for their welfare, for their well—being. theirfamilies, we understand, have been in touch with the foreign office, who say they are trying desperately to find out more information. as you heard from joe inwood there, dominik byrne, the co—founder of a charity working in ukraine, said he had been in contact with the volunteers over concerns for their safety because they were working as individuals. he described what he believes has happened to them. i was trying to get them to come and work with first. because i was quite worried that they were independent, doing some quite dangerous work, to be honest. and what we do know is that they were trying to do evacuations themselves with some small support from the uk, but unverified support. i ended upjust giving my contact details to them, to people that they know, in case there was an emergency. what we know so far and what has been verified from our side, and we also have got the families to contact the fcdo on this, is basically basically we know that they were trying to evacuate a lady and two children south of zaporizhzhia and basically were... the text message screenshots that we've been sent from contacts of theirs was that they were... they finally, after about five or six hours, managed to get through the ukraine checkpoint to go south into a russian—controlled area. what we do know is that their contacts lost contact with them on monday afternoon, sorry, monday morning, and then monday afternoon the lady that was being evacuated got some strange text messages and basically we've confirmed that those weren't consistent with how one of the individuals was texting beforehand, and basically she got a text message saying that they are five minutes away, but then around two hours later her house was stormed by russian soldiers. my team have talked to her directly, her statement has been that the soldiers had detained her husband on the ground, they were shouting, saying "why do you know these two british people? "how do you know them? "you shouldn't be talking to them, we think they are spies." those are her exact words. so from that we can confirm that they are more than 90% likely to be under russian capture. i was alerted wednesday night about this and verified the details yesterday. that was dominik byrne. let's return to the news that several russian strikes hit kyiv as the un secretary—general was meeting president zelensky. with more on that and all the latest developments — here's gareth barlow. missile strikes in the centre of kyiv, the first for two weeks. two russian rockets strike a 25—storey building, close to where the head of the un was staying during a visit to the country. several people were left injured by the attack. i was shocked to be informed that two rockets had exploded in the city where i am. so this is a dramatic war, and we absolutely need to end this war, and we absolutely need to have a solution for this war. the missile struckjust hours after the un secretary general criticised the organisation's security council for failing to prevent or end the war, saying the situation was a source of anger, frustration and disappointment. ukraine's president when further, saying russia was trying to humiliate the un. this says a lot about russians attitude to global institutions, about efforts of the russian leadership to humiliate the un and everything the organisation represents. it's scenes like these that the us presidentjoe biden says he's trying to prevent, with a proposed new aid package worth $33 billion, the majority of which to help increase ukraine's air defense and artillery capacity, as well as offering further economic and humanitarian support. translation: this is a very - important step by the united states, and i am grateful to the american people and personally to president biden. i hope that the congress will quickly support this request for help for our state. nato says it's ready to support ukraine for years to come, as it warns the war could drag on. and as russia shows it's fully prepared to strike at the heart of the country during an official visit by the un, and as president putin increasingly warns the west to back off, it seems nato�*s warning could easily prove to be true. gareth barlow, bbc news. let's talk to our moscow correspondentjenny hill. condemnation by the un and ukraine of the russian missile attack — what's been the reaction in moscow? the ministry of defence here has released an official statement in which they say they did strike he last night. they say they were targeting a plant which manufactures missiles. it is not confirmed that there are lots of reports suggesting this particular plant actually manufactures the neptune missile or is involved in its production, that missile is what the ukrainians claimed they used to destroy a warship couple of weeks ago which russia still denies it was the victim of, that attack. that is the official position but vladimir putin knows that with such a striking sense a powerful message not only to the un but to the world, quite simply that he will do as he pleases. i simply that he will do as he leases. ., ., , pleases. i thought it was interesting _ pleases. i thought it was interesting what - pleases. i thought it was interesting what the - pleases. i thought it was interesting what the un | interesting what the un secretary—general antonio guterres said, that the un will not give up on its goal of peace in ukraine, saying, quote, ukraine needs and deserves our full commitment and support. the un secretary—general was in moscow talking to vladimir putin earlier in the week but has there been reaction to his comments in ukraine? ., ., , , , in ukraine? no, there has been very little prominence _ in ukraine? no, there has been very little prominence given _ in ukraine? no, there has been very little prominence given to _ in ukraine? no, there has been very little prominence given to his - in ukraine? no, there has been very little prominence given to his visit . little prominence given to his visit to ukraine. he was given a pretty cool reception in moscow, it is notable but vladimir putin, instead of clearing his diary to meet the un secretary general to discuss ways to a peaceful resolution, instead spent most of his day while the secretary—general was in town handing out medals to olympic athletes here and discussing the future of russian sports. with regard the ongoing idea that peace can be achieved, i think it is really worth noting the timing of this. it isjust really worth noting the timing of this. it is just over a week until may the 9th, a really big day at the russian calendar, victory day when russians commemorate the soviet victory over nazi germany in world war ii and you really sense the rhetoric, the narratives around this war building in the relative that. many western analysts thought vladimir putin would want to use victory day to present a victory of his own to the russian people. it looks like that may not be likely, of course we can't rule it out, but whatever happens one way or another he will produce some kind of victorious statements, but it is also thought he might use this day to continue his narrative with the russian people that they are the victims now of western aggression, the west and nato is waging a proxy war in ukraine. i'd be very surprised if in the next seven, eight days we see any real progress, certainly from the russian side, or willingness to commit to any progress in peace negotiations because right now the tone and the rhetoric in moscow is extremely belligerent and it is all designed to whip up the russian people, to make sure they are genuinely rallying behind the leader. jenny hill, our correspondent - rallying behind the leader. jenny hill, our correspondent in - rallying behind the leader. jenny hill, our correspondent in moscow, thank you. the uk defence secretary, ben wallace, has announced that about 8,000 british troops will take part in the largest military exercise since 2011 alongside 19 other nations, across eastern europe. thousands of troops from nato, and its allies and partners, will be involved in the exercises — which include deploying tanks, artillery guns and armoured vehicles to countries such as finland and macedonia. joining me now to discuss this is james rands, a defence analyst with janes defence and a former british army major. welcome to bbc news, good to have you with us. the british army is sending these troops into europe, how significant is this move, you think? fist how significant is this move, you think? ~ , ., think? at first reading the statement _ think? at first reading the statement does _ think? at first reading the statement does not - think? at first reading the statement does not look i think? at first reading the i statement does not look that think? at first reading the - statement does not look that new think? at first reading the _ statement does not look that new and exciting. all of these exercises were already on the programme. but there are three things to note, one is that this is actually quite a lot going on at the same time, 8000 british troops with the whole of the regular strength of the army at around 80,000 at the moment, so it is a lot of troops. the second piece of this is that although these exercises have been on the programme for a while, they have been built out significantly since the early planning stages so they are much larger or somewhat larger than initially planned. the third thing is that when you look at the detail of what they are trying to do, swift response, and exercise involving paratroopers and heavily born troops, it is demonstrating the capability to destroy lots of capable soldiers over distance. one of our exercises, hedgehog, is focused on the ability to deploy armour, tanks and fighting vehicles. since the british army has pulled back from germany it has not had troops on continental europe, so that it's quite significant if they can show they can do it. these exercises all demonstrate that nato and britain specifically can put significant forces into eastern europe and quite close to russia's borders if they need. pare europe and quite close to russia's borders if they need.— borders if they need. are they tellin: borders if they need. are they telling us _ borders if they need. are they telling us anything _ borders if they need. are they telling us anything more? - borders if they need. are they telling us anything more? i i borders if they need. are they l telling us anything more? i take your point that these exercises would have happened anyway but essentially you are saying they have been bulked out and expanded, i wonder if they tell anything about uk response to russian aggression? it certainly shows... what the uk is doing at the moment is demonstrating it has capabilities and also demonstrating it can move those hunted than close during a crisis, that sends a bit of a message —— and put those close during a crisis. this is a tense time and we don't want to risk angering russians or causing any confusion. it is arguably quite bold to move forward with this exercise whilst the fighting is ongoing, but you send a message. fighting is ongoing, but you send a messaue. , ., ., ,, ., message. interesting, from a russian --ersective message. interesting, from a russian perspective if — message. interesting, from a russian perspective if they — message. interesting, from a russian perspective if they see _ message. interesting, from a russian perspective if they see more - message. interesting, from a russian perspective if they see more troops . perspective if they see more troops being put in sensitive area, as you have just said, could that not be the risk of angering russians, the risk of escalation?— risk of escalation? putin and his inner circle _ risk of escalation? putin and his inner circle had _ risk of escalation? putin and his inner circle had a _ risk of escalation? putin and his inner circle had a very _ risk of escalation? putin and his inner circle had a very clear - risk of escalation? putin and his| inner circle had a very clear view that anywhere that was the warsaw pact is still in their sphere of influence, therefore they have a veto on whether nato can deploy or not. nato has been deploying into eastern europe and increasingly far east since the 90s with the partnership for peace. this is not new, although the scale is quite significant. the chances of this actually turning into a confrontation, i think, actually turning into a confrontation, ithink, are actually turning into a confrontation, i think, are very low indeedin confrontation, i think, are very low indeed in reality. confrontation, ithink, are very low indeed in reality.— indeed in reality. good to hear. what is your— indeed in reality. good to hear. what is your sense _ indeed in reality. good to hear. what is your sense of _ indeed in reality. good to hear. what is your sense of how - indeed in reality. good to hear. what is your sense of how the i indeed in reality. good to hear. i what is your sense of how the war indeed in reality. good to hear. - what is your sense of how the war is going up the moment? might you give us a more general picture? the russians were _ us a more general picture? tie: russians were defeated in us a more general picture? ti2 russians were defeated in the north, they brought all sorts of problems on themselves but the ukrainians fought extremely hard and very skilfully. that force in the north, we hear a lot about how it is pivoting to the east of the donbas region, they pulled out about three battalion groups in good order, they pulled out some equipment like air defence systems in good order and the rest of it really collapsed, thatis the rest of it really collapsed, that is a defeated maize that will not re—enter the battlefield for quite some time —— that is a defeated force. so there is a large, mostly open plain in the east and the south whether they ought to be able to perform better than in the north, but they don't have an awful lot of troops. people are talking about a large and element of the ukrainian army —— a large envelopment of the ukrainian army and the bulk of the ukrainian force prior to the war was at the east, where they have been fighting since 2014. if the russians can envelop that and cut them off it would be a huge victory and they could salvage a lot of pride and honour from a pretty humiliating episode. but the combat power to do that is probably beyond their means, so they will push forward three separate probing attacks, one coming from kherson in the south, which may be intended to cut the railway tracks, and two up to the north, iforget cut the railway tracks, and two up to the north, i forget the cut the railway tracks, and two up to the north, iforget the names cut the railway tracks, and two up to the north, i forget the names of the areas, they will probably probe, see where they can make a breakthrough then try to reinforce those to grab something. all wars tend to end with one side being crushed, clearly ukraine will not be, all there is a negotiation to pull any victory out of that the russians will have to gain something they can negotiate with.— they can negotiate with. nuclear, how realistic _ they can negotiate with. nuclear, how realistic do _ they can negotiate with. nuclear, how realistic do you _ they can negotiate with. nuclear, how realistic do you think- they can negotiate with. nuclear, how realistic do you think the - how realistic do you think the threat of nuclear weapons is? i don't. threat of nuclear weapons is? i don't- why? — threat of nuclear weapons is? i don't. why? the _ threat of nuclear weapons is? i don't. why? the russian - threat of nuclear weapons is? i l don't. why? the russian officers have talked _ don't. why? the russian officers have talked about _ don't. why? the russian officers have talked about what - don't. why? the russian officers have talked about what they call graduated deterrence, where they would use a tactical nuclear weapon in the expectation that the west would not retaliate. that is a very dangerous policy at the best of times but they have shown in places like mariupol that they can exact a level of destruction on a par with a tactical nuclear weapon with conventional weaponry, it would be a gamble and it does not make a lot of sense that they can wage that much destruction without it.— sense that they can wage that much destruction without it. james rands, thank ou destruction without it. james rands, thank you for— destruction without it. james rands, thank you for your _ destruction without it. james rands, thank you for your thoughts - destruction without it. james rands, thank you for your thoughts and - thank you for your thoughts and insights. he is a defence specialist and a former british army major. the chinese city of shanghai has been under lockdown for the past five weeks to contain the spread of covid infections. but, as the government starts to ease restrictions there — beijing is going the other way, and closing more gyms, malls and cinemas. for the latest, our correspondent stephen mcdonnell. all of the city you can see behind me, for the moment no live performances, cinemas and the like, in that area. it is a huge part of beijing and this is part of the tightening of controls here to try to slow the spread of the omicron variant in beijing without having to close down completely another one of his country's megacities. tens of millions of people have been tested in beijing over the past few days and what is happening instead of closing the hull city down is whether cases are turning up, only around 50 everyday, that housing block all that immediate neighbourhoods will be shut down —— instead of closing down the entire city. in the cbd behind me there is an area currently shutdown. the other thing happening is to go into any of the tower blocks of beijing, public buildings, you need to show you half—turn a covid test in the last two days, so lots of testing will be going on. to go into our building here we need to show within 48 hours we have a clear covid test. i suppose that involves doing one every two days until they left that restriction. it is all to try to control covid in a way which does not involve replicating what has happened in shanghai, and has been very hard for people in their fifth week of serious stay at home lockdown, it will go on for weeks because even though the numbers have come down they are still too significant to lift the lockdown and the only slight easing has been that some neighbourhoods, if i have been no cases, people are allowed to move around the immediate streets near where they live, but that is only a few places in shanghai, the vast majority of people are still stuck at home. the former tennis player boris becker could face jail when he is sentenced later today for failing to disclose all of his assets after being declared bankrupt. the three—times wimbledon champion earned millions of pounds during his career, but fell into financial difficulties in recent years following a high—profile divorce and a paternity claim. the government is stepping up efforts to resolve supply issues affecting hormone replacement therapy products. —— mike the british government. there's a shortage of a gel used by women to help with menopause symptoms. the health secretary has appointed the director general of the vaccine taskforce, madelaine mcternan, to take charge. earlier today i spoke too reena barai, a pharmacist and board member for the national pharmacist association — she welcomed the new appointment. we are absolutely seeing a demand for hrt and because of the shortage of oestrogel and the publicity that has been given in release of prescriptions for the last few days for hrt patches as well. what we really want to avoid is a shortage of other products within the hrt range. just to clarify, it is just the gel that we are not able to get at the moment and when we can't get it, we ask for an alternative prescription from a gp. often, that takes a little while to get and then that product becomes available, so it's a bit of vicious cycle for patients. —— and then that product becomes unavailable. and when women hear about the shortages, are you suggesting that there is a bit of a panic going on at the moment? i think everyone is worried. for some women, it can take several attempts at different hrt preparations to find the one that works for them. and when they finally find one that works for them the last thing they want to happen is for it to go out of supply. you can totally understand why people would be worried about their product not been available. our general advice to patients on regular medication is to make sure you order your repeat medication plenty of time in advance, but don't stockpile. for every woman that stockpile is two or three packets of the gel, there will be two or three women to go without a product. so it is just really important to spread that message. make sure you've got plenty of medication, but obviously don't over order. you mention saying that you have a perception for this gel, you take it to the pharmacy, you say, i am sorry, it is not in stock at the moment. the patient then has to go back to their gp, doesn't she, in order to get a new prescription for a different product? would it be easier if you was a pharmacist would be able to make that change and suggest an alternative product, or are there safety issues around that? no, it would be much easier and that is something we'll be asking the new task force which is being set up for hrt. if we had the ability tojust change product, a simple substitution to a product that has got very similar ingredients, just made by a different manufacturer, that would be such a game changer for our patients, but also our gps who are obviously under a lot of pressure as well and don't have the time to keep issuing new prescriptions. and you can guarantee that these products would be the same. because sometimes, can take a while to the best type of hrt to suit you, can't it? it can do and we would obviously work with the patient and make sure we could find a product that is almost as equivalent as we can get it. and sometimes these supply issues are short term, they are not always long—term, so it could be that they have to try different product for a little while before it becomes available again. another thing we really want from the task force is the ability to share between pharmacies, so when there is not a product available, i wish i could ring up my local pharmacies and say, have you got any? they would say, i have some from you. we don't have that ability at the moment. another big task is obviously, pharmacy teams are undeservedly bearing the brunt of these farms, logical shortages when it is not our problem, or our fault when these are happening in a big task for the new task force would be for the government to really improve the communication to patients to say that, your pharmacist is not at fault here, there are bigger issues a bigger reasons why these problems are happening. when you say bear the brunt, what sort of things are happening to pharmacists? you know, patients obviously get frustrated when they can't get their product. we live in a first world country and it's almost embarrassing to say, i'm so sorry, we can't get your medication for you and rightly so, like i said, when women have found a product that is going to work for them, of course they going to get upset when their product isn't available and they found some relief from their symptoms, most of the time you're able to explain this to our patients and are able to understand that these problems are beyond our control and we really are working so hard to make sure that they get medication on time and don't have a delay or disruption in the treatment. you have mentioned some of the issues that you would like this new hrt task force to look at. how confident are you that you will get what you need? i think it is absolutely brilliant that this task force has been set up. it has been a long time coming because pharmacies have been dealing with medicines shortages for very long time and in fact, we've been doing such a good job trying to avoid patients going without medication by spending hours and hours week trying to source medication for our patients that it's actually a shame that it's only just hit the news now. i really am hopeful that they do listen to our asks because we are the patient facing health care professional that is dealing with the majority of the shortages with our patients. that was a pharmacist speaking. news has just come into us at the bbc about the death of a journalist from radio liberty. she was killed in yesterday's shelling of kyiv. the radio liberty editor has said a russian precision missile hit her house, vera laid there all night and was only found this morning. just to remind you, we know this attack on the ukrainian p have happened yesterday as president volodymyr zelensky was meeting the un secretary—general antonio guterres. the mayor of kyiv, vitali klitschko, earlier said that one dead body had been recovered from the rubble, but we are now hearing thatjournalist —— a journalist called vera was killed yesterday in this shelling of the ukrainian capital, and the editor of radio liberty where she worked as a journalist said the russian precision missile hit her house, vera lay there all night and was only found this morning. here in the uk, the former health secretary matt hancock has apologised for "all of the pain and anguish" caused after the high court ruled government policies on discharging patients from hospital into care homes at the beginning of the pandemic were unlawful. when covid hit in early 2020, patients were rapidly discharged into care homes without testing, despite the risk of asymptomatic transmission. the court was told more than 20,000 elderly or disabled care home residents died from covid between march and june that year in england and wales alone. speaking to the bbc, mr hancock said that the court case was "an importantjudgment" that needed to be "looked at and considered." i think what happened during the pandemic was incredibly difficult for many people and i'm very happy to reiterate my apology as the prime minister has done, as i said on wednesday, for all of the pain and the anguish that it caused. i think this court case was an importantjudgment that needs to be looked at and considered. what it found was that we ministers were not told about the asymptomatic transmission, a really important scientific fact, and the most important thing is that we learn from what happened, we learn those lessons as a country and how to handle pandemics, because there will be a future one. yes, my heart goes out to all those who lost loved ones, all the families affected, including my own. and i think what is the most important thing, at this stage, we make sure we learn the right lessons for the future as well. do you regret saying that you threw a protective ring around care homes and that clearly wasn't the case? we did all that we could with the information that we had at the time. that i had at the time. and, later, we introduced stronger rules based on staff movement, which meant that by the second peak, we ended up with a far better system for care homes. it is about learning, it was about learning on the way through and it was about using all the information that i had in my hand to the very best i could. thank you. the leader of the british virgin islands has been arrested for alleged drug smuggling and money laundering in the us. the premier of the british overseas territory, andrew fahie, was detained in miami by us agents posing as cocaine traffickers from a mexican drug cartel. his charges say he agreed a £560,000 payment to allow traffickers to use the islands' ports. more than 40 palestinians have been injured injerusalem's al—aqsa mosque compound during the latest round of early morning clashes with israeli police. security forces fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse palestinians who were throwing rocks and firecrackers — some of them towards the western wall below al—aqsa wherejews gather to pray. the site — which is known tojews as temple mount — has seen a series of clashes during the muslim holy month of ramadan. the deployment of israeli police injerusalem has been boosted as tens of thousands of worshippers are expected for friday prayers — the last this ramadan. millions of ukraine's children have had to flee their homes since the war began — with unicef estimating two thirds of them are now displaced. for some, it's an even harder journey, because they don't have their parents with them. one children's home on the eastern frontline in luhansk had to move all its children hundreds of miles across the country to the western city of lviv — and our correspondent danjohnson has been to meet them. watch for the flash of panic across her face. but she knows the drill. she has been through more air raids than any 11—year—old should. the lives of these orphanage children are now dominated by running from war and taking coverfrom attacks. are you scared? she tells us to stay down and keep away from the windows. she is a veteran even before she has reached her teenage years. smartphone apps show alerts spreading across the country, and thoughts turn to home. smartphone apps show alerts spreading across the country, and thoughts turn to home. angelina leads memories of the town she was evacuated from. "i want to go home. the more they shoot, the more i want to go back," she says. but angelina has no idea what awaits. her mother could not look after her, and they were separated before covid hit. angelina was placed in a children's home, and the last she heard was a call from her uncle a month ago. "i miss them very much. i don't want to stay in lviv any more. i want be with my family." this is why they came west. bombs landed close to their orphanage in the luhansk region. soon after they escaped in the early days of the invasion. local officials sent us these pictures of the damage. the un says nearly five million ukrainian children are now refugees. this man tells me he heard shooting early on the morning of the invasion. translation: i do not know exactly what the sounds were. _ then russian tanks invaded lysychans'k. we packed all our stuff. the manager was thinking we would go to lviv or kyiv. lviv it was, but even this far west they are not safe. his phone now holds footage of a missile strike close by. it was very close to here. the windows were blown out and some shrapnel flew in. it was here on the floor, i was walking on fragments of glass. and there is a reminder that those who nurture these children are fragile, too. olga got these children to safety, but her own family, her own son, were left behind. translation: how it is to leave, to go. - it is hard to go. hard, impossible, worrying, how can you live? how can you work? knowing that this is happening there, relatives in danger every moment of their lives. angelina offers a lesson in the attempt to redraw the geography of ukraine. "take me back to lysychans'k, she says, and i will live with my family. mum, if you see this, i love you. i love all my relatives, and i want the war to be over. then we will rebuild lysychans'k and our country." danjohnson, bbc news, lviv. black children in england are disadvantaged in schools because they are viewed as "less innocent" and more adult—like, according to a new report. the commission on young lives in england says this process, known as "adultification", means black children feel over—policed and has a negative impact on their lives. here's our community affairs correspondent, adina campbell. black girls and boys, they're treated differently. yeah, 100%. i do think that there's a lot of like problems with racism. in south london, these teenagers say the way they look affects their experiences in and out of school. a few days ago, i got stopped and searched. did you understand the nature of the search? did they kind of go through why they stopped you and explained? i asked for the police station, the name, they didn't give me nothing, theyjust left. this is their reality. and last month, the shocking case of child o, the 15—year—old black girl who was strip—searched at school by police, led to angry protests. this case, yet again, adds to the wider issue of how black people are treated by the authorities in this country, exposing more resentment, more fear and more mistrust in places where young people should feel safe. today, a new report chaired by england's former children's commissioner, looking at how to improve support for vulnerable young people, has made a number of recommendations. it starts with training for teachers, i think, to have anti—racist practice and racial discrimination as part of that initial teacher training. it isn't at the moment. to have recruitment drives to get more black teachers into the classroom and in senior leadership roles, and in governor roles, too. at the moment, 90% of teachers are white, especially in primary school. he is actually huge. the government says the teaching workforce is becoming more diverse and it's strengthened safeguarding guidance for schools with regular training for staff. but child safeguarding leaders are becoming increasingly worried about a racial bias known as adultification, where black children, like child o, are met with suspicion rather than care. black girls tend to be perceived as being loud, as being aggressive and being hyper resilient. so if you want to again explore the adultification of black girls, let's look at the history. we have to root it within, or place it within slavery and colonialism. these mums, who are also school governors, say everyone has a responsibility. if you have an understanding of the injustices and the discrimination that is happening towards young black girls, you are more than capable to be in a position to say, "hang on, i don't agree with this." let me insert myself onto a governing board and actually use my privilege to be able to speak up on behalf of that community or on behalf of young black girls. my black skin isn't a threat. their black skin isn't a threat. her tears are just as important as your tears. in the case of child o, the metropolitan police has apologised, and the independent office of police conduct is expected to release the findings of its investigation next month. adina campbell, bbc news. authorities in india are warning that around half the country may be facing a prolonged heatwave as it swelters in temperatures of up to 45 degrees. the intense heat, which started in march, has also led to an increased demand for electricity. divya arya has more from the state of rajasthan. the heat is scorching here. we are in the middle of the thar desert, in the city ofjaisalmer, which is usually known for its magnificent forts as a popular tourist destination, but is in the news for its soaring temperatures. now, the heat does get unrelenting in this desert area, temperatures going all the way up to 50 degrees injune. but they have started climbing much earlier this summer. the indian meteorological department has released data of 75 cities across the north—western central regions of india, including the city of jaisalmer, where the temperature is either 43 degrees or more, which is substantially high for this time of the year. now, people have been advised to stay indoors as much as possible. some states have ordered school closures. others, like rajasthan, here, have ordered power cuts up to four hours in industrial establishments and in rural households. now, that is a huge problem because rural households also see a huge water crisis in this period of summer and are dependent on power supply to pump water. we have seen many women walk to open wells and rainwater harvesting ponds, too — to fetch water on their heads. and they have to make multiple trips for that. so for those who have to step out, the advice is to wear cotton clothes, cover as much of their body as possible to avoid sunburns. a mass strike in sri lanka has forced the closure of many schools, shops, banks and transport services across the country. more than 1000 trade unions called the strike, demanding the resignation of the government. sri lanka's finance minister has told the bbc, in an exclusive interview, that he has no choice but to raise taxes as the country faces its worst economic crisis in over 70 years. our south asia regional editor anbarasan ethirajan, from colombo, has more. for the past three weeks, protesters here in colombo have been protesting asking the government to step down. they blame the president, gotabaya rajapaksa, and the prime minister, mahinda rajapaksa, his brother for the economic ills of this country. and they say that unless this government goes completely, no change, no meaningful change will take place. that is why these protesters have been camping here for weeks, not only in colombo. people across the country have been holding protests. we saw on thursday tens of thousands of people converging on the capital to send a clear message to the government about what they want. the government say they are taking measures to revive the economy. for example, one of the ways to talk to the imf. and they will not resign. in fact, the president, gotabaya rajapaksa, is talking with political parties to form an interim government. an interim government. i am not sure that is going to satisfy people sitting here. here, it's the penultimate month of coventry�*s title as the uk's city of culture, after hosting a year—long festival of events. today we're at the assembly festival gardens, where our correspondent trish adudu has been keeping across what the city has to offer. great to see you, what is in store? good to be speaking to you again. coventry may only have a few more weeks as host of uk city of culture, arguably saving the best till last. one of the big successes of this year, assembly festival gardens, purpose—built, huge, so many shows, may be 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i don't want to dampen the atmosphere by saying it is a puppet part, trish, it is great to see you all. have a terrific day, thank you so much. trish adudu in coventry. sorry! musicians are struggling with venues taking commission from their merchandise stands at gigs — that's according to a report which says some venues are taking 25% or more. it's prompted a campaign from the featured artists coalition who now list venues that don't charge commission. earlier, tim burgess from the charlatans told me why he has been raising awareness about this. i first realised that it was happening in 1990, but with managers shrugging their shoulders and saying that is just the way it is. i was on tour with the charlatans last year and itjust occurred to me that i had a voice and i should raise the issue again for future... for bands of the present and future bands, really. certainly when the charlatans first started, our t—shirts sold more in many ways than our records and it helped to sustain the band. and without that we would have really struggled. that is really interesting. i mean, in many ways i guess big bands, perhaps like yourselves, can perhaps absorb these costs but it's a real struggle, it must have a real impact on bands that are just starting out? exactly, and that's who we've got to protect. i mean, iadmire dry cleaning and yard act, they've set up stores in hotels and pubs across the road from the venue to kind of get around it, and charlatans did that when we first found out too, but it's a real tricky one because not all venues take the commission. my favourite venue in the world is the brudenell social club in leeds and they don't take commission and they really run the venue really fantastically. as you said earlier, there is a directory that tells you all the venues that do take this commission, and it is a real struggle. we have our own merchandise person and he knows the band really well and helps with the designs of the shirts and would run backstage and get things signed, and then unload and upload the shirts every night. and then someone comes along, someone from the concession company and will kind of like take over, and they have to drive... one person was in cambridge and drove from bournemouth and then drove back the following morning to sell shirts on our behalf when we've already got somebody who has a seat on the van. it just seems really strange. tim burgess from the charlatans. let's turn to brexit now — because the uk government has shelved new import checks on eu food yet again. the customs controls were due to start injuly — they've already been put off three times since the uk left the european union. but the government now fears the extra red tape will further disrupt supply chains and add to rising inflation — as our economics editor faisal islam explains. borisjohnson's brexit deal prioritised independence for the uk over rules and standards in immigration policy, and the natural result of that was a more distant trading relationship with our major trading partner europe. now, the european union applied the extra red tape and paperwork and checks that comes with this new arrangement on day one, injanuary of last year, and that's applied to the uk exporters. this is about going the other way, it's about eu imports into the uk. they've been delayed three times, and what we had today effectively was a further delay of at least a year—and—a—half, but the government hopes that by then we'll have in place a digitised world trade border for the entire globe that will mean effectively it doesn't have to come into place at all. and so the consequence... that's the sort of positive motivation for it. the more concerning motivation is the cost of living crisis. the government did not want to put this in place at a time when there is already supply chain challenges and rising prices and they felt that this would add to that £1 billion, an act of self—harm said jacob rees—mogg. so the supermarkets are happy, the chambers of commerce are happy too but the ports say they've spent tens of millions of pounds in trying to build facilities that are white elephants and some exporters now face checks on their exports and no equivalent checks for their competitors on their imports. faisal islam. today marks 30 years since the los angeles police officers charged with beating african american rodney king were acquitted, and the city erupted in violence. the days of riots and looting that followed resulted in damage costing a billion dollars. three decades on and many angelenos remain pessimistic about race relations in the city as our los angeles correspondent sophie long reports. they are a danger. they still put targets on your backs. for some black americans whose loved ones were killed and accounted with police, the fight for justice isjust beginning. justice for our people. 30 years ago, the policeman who were filmed beating of rodney king were acquitted. and la was burned. more than 60 people were killed in the uprising that lasted six days. it changed los angeles and america. but how much depends on who you ask. the basic tectonic plates have not changed. the basic poverty, the basic segregation, the basic economic discrimination and racism. we create ghettos in this country and then we send cops in to contain and suppress what ghettos create. until that toxic physics of racial deprivation, until that ends, you will continue to see riots. in a park in downtown la, a man armed with a knife is arrested without anybody being harmed. the man charged says policing here has been changed. in my 35 years on the job, we have established relations where we never had a footprint in the community. there are certain areas of the community, lower poverty stricken areas where police went in there only to arrest people and now we have engagement, we have activity for children, for youth, for the community involvement and so i think we have really expanded a long way. the cop that murdered my boy didn't get prosecuted. kenneth rossjunior, say his name! kenneth ross junior. on a weekly protest against police brutality, i asked the co—founder of black lives matter la what she thought of that. they are wrong. they say that i am a black mother in black los angeles who has three black children, who constantly feel intimidated and harassed and feel the threat of police brutality. so even if they have relationships, those relationships are not equal relationships. those relationships come as a result of fear and intimidation. many here are fighting forjustice and for change. i would like to see officers prosecuted that are murdering people's children. 0k? just like if you want to murder someone, you would be prosecuted. just because they are the police, hiding behind badges, that does not give them the right to murder someone get away with it. the families of those who have been killed and find peace and the young the families of those who have been killed and find peace and their young brothers can have a future free from fear and intimidation. sophie long, bbc news, los angeles. meet la zoo's new baby giraffe. he stands at six feet seven inches tall — that's just over two metres — the tallest calf in the zoo's history. the week—old masai calf is proving to be a big hit with visitors. you are watching bbc news. most of us hoping for fine weather for the bank holiday. looking fine today, sunny spells across the bulk of the uk. just a few showers around the highlands. settled weather is brought by the area of high pressure. not strong. giving weight to this low, more on that later. shorterm, it's fine. around the high pressure, a cool breeze, cloudy around east anglia and the south east, 11 in norwich, lighter winds in shelter in glasgow up to 17. not much change through the course of friday night into the early hours of sunday. clear skies, windless weather, touch of frost in the countryside. city centres closer to 2—5. out in the north—west, whether changing on saturday, we are expecting the low pressure to march on. yes, the high pressure is going to keep things dry, at least for most of us, across the bulk of england and wales. rain is expected in the north—west. here it is, in the morning reaching northern ireland, western and northern scotland, dry for a time in eastern scotland, to the south a dry morning and afternoon with sunny spells. warmest here across england and wales with temperature 17 in london, possibly in hull as well. much fresher in glasgow, only 11. look at the cloud and rain, the area of low pressure, actually weakening. starting to rain itself out. rain becoming less heavy as the low pressure moves further south, meaning a fair amount of cloud, at least across the southern two thirds of the country during the course of sunday. often cloudy here, yes, sunny spells, generally lots of cloud in the sky. in the north, much brighter conditions after that low pressure pulls away. temperatures higher there, up to around 16. the weekend hit and miss, rain at times for some of us, but afterwards generally dry and turning warmer. this is bbc news — these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. reports that two british volunteers providing aid in ukraine have been captured by russian forces. moscow's missiles blast ukriane's capital kyiv, as the un secretary general visits the city. former tennis star boris becker could be jailed later today — as he faces bankruptcy sentencing. a report warns black children are disadvantaged in schools because they are viewed as �*less innocent�* and more adult—like. families with disabled children fear rising household bills could make their child's condition worse. musicians stuggle with venues taking commission on merchandise stands — reports suggest some are taking 25% or more. for the latest on the two british volunteers reportedly captured by the russian military, here's our kyiv correspondentjoe inwood. we understand that they were working as independent humanitarian workers now, they were not working with this organisation called the presidium network, as has been reported. the chief executive of that organisation has now, what we understand is that on monday they tried to cross ukrainian and russian lines, try to get through a checkpoint. it took them six hours to do this, to get south into russian after the uk's foreign office confirmed a british national was killed while fighting in ukraine. it's thought the man, who's not been formally named but is believed to be scott sibley, was fighting for ukrainian forces when he was killed. a second man is understood to be missing. meanwhile, several russian strikes hit kyiv on thursday and killed at least one person, as the secretary general of the united nations, antonio guterres, met ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky in the capital and visited nearby towns. mr guterres said he was "shocked" by the attacks, and admitted that the un's security council had failed in its role to prevent or end the war. he added that the un won't give up on its goal of peace in the country, saying "ukraine needs and deserves our full commitment and full support". mr zelensky has said the strikes on kyiv yesterday illustrate russia's contempt for global institutions, and showed that civilians in ukrainian cities could not relax. for the latest on the two british volunteers reportedly captured by the russian military — here's our kyiv correspondent — joe inwood. we understand that they were working as independent humanitarian workers trying to rescue a family who had been stuck behind russian lines south of a place called zaporizhzhia. now, they were not working with this organisation called the presidium network, as has been reported. the chief executive of that organisation has just spoke to the bbc. he said they were in contact with them and had been trying to offer them some support, so he is the person who the information has been coming out from. now, what we understand is that on monday they tried to cross ukrainian and russian lines, try to get through a checkpoint. it took them six hours to do this, to get south into russian occupied territory. again, according to dominik byrne, they were trying to rescue a family. now, we don't know exactly what happened but it seems, according to his account, that at some point after crossing into russian territory they were detained. we don't have much more information than that, but there is of course concern for their welfare, for their well—being. theirfamilies, we understand, have been in touch with the foreign office, who say they are trying desperately to find out more information. as you heard from joe inwood there, dominik byrne, the co—founder of a charity working in ukraine, said he had been in contact with the volunteers over concerns for their safety because they were working as individuals. he described what he believes has happened to them. i was trying to get them to come and work with us. because i was quite worried that they were independent, doing some quite dangerous work, to be honest. and what we do know is that they were trying to do evacuations themselves with some small support from the uk, but unverified support. i ended upjust giving my contact details to them, to people that they know, in case there was an emergency. what we know so far and what has been verified from our side, and we also have got the families to contact the fcdo on this, is basically we know that they were trying to evacuate a lady and two children south of zaporizhzhia and basically were... the text message screenshots that we've been sent from contacts of theirs was that they were... they finally, after about five or six hours, managed to get through the ukraine checkpoint to go south into a russian—controlled area. what we do know is that their contacts lost contact with them on monday afternoon, sorry, monday morning, and then monday afternoon the lady that was being evacuated got some strange text messages and basically we've confirmed that those weren't consistent with how one of the individuals was texting beforehand, and basically she got a text message saying that they are five minutes away, but then around two hours later her house was stormed by russian soldiers. my team have talked to her directly, her statement has been that the soldiers had detained her husband on the ground, they were shouting, saying "why do you know these two british people? "how do you know them? "you shouldn't be talking to them, we think they are spies." those are her exact words. so from that we can confirm that they are more than 90% likely to be under russian capture. i was alerted wednesday night about this and verified the details yesterday. as we've been reporting, yesterday, several russian strikes hit kyiv as the un secretary general was meeting president zelensky — one was meeting president zelensky — person was kille strikes, one person was killed in those strikes, and radio liberty has said that one of its staff died in the russian strike in kyiv. it was a journalist and producer they have said were killed in the shelling that happened. with all the latest developments — here's gareth barlow. missile strikes in the centre of kyiv, the first for two weeks. two russian rockets strike a 25—storey building, close to where the head of the un was staying during a visit to the country. several people were left injured by the attack. i was shocked to be informed that two rockets had exploded in the city where i am. so this is a dramatic war, and we absolutely need to end this war, and we absolutely need to have a solution for this war. the missile struckjust hours after the un secretary general criticised the organisation's security council for failing to prevent or end the war, saying the situation was a source of anger, frustration and disappointment. ukraine's president when further, saying russia was trying to humiliate the un. translation: this says a lot. about russians attitude to global institutions, about efforts of the russian leadership to humiliate the un and everything the organisation represents. it's scenes like these that the us presidentjoe biden says he's trying to prevent, with a proposed new aid package worth $33 billion, the majority of which to help increase ukraine's air defense and artillery capacity, as well as offering further economic and humanitarian support. translation: this is a very - important step by the united states, and i am grateful to the american people and personally to president biden. i hope that the congress will quickly support this request for help for our state. nato says it's ready to support ukraine for years to come, as it warns the war could drag on. and as russia shows it's fully prepared to strike at the heart of the country during an official visit by the un, and as president putin increasingly warns the west to back off, it seems nato's warning could easily prove to be true. gareth barlow, bbc news. the government is stepping up efforts to resolve supply issues affecting hormone replacement therapy products. there's a shortage of a gel used by women to help with menopause symptoms. the health secretary has appointed the director general of the vaccine taskforce, madelaine mcternan to take charge. demand for hrt products in the uk has been increasing over the last few years due to greater menopause awareness and gp confidence in prescribing treatments. our health correspondent catherine burns says that the current issue is due to supply and demand and that the new health tsar has a lot to deal with. madeline mcternan is the lady who is doing this. she is the head of the task force. in some ways this is a very similarjob to what she has, and in some ways it is different. what she has got to do now is look at festival the short term issue, with these to gel and the knock—on effects, but actually there are bigger issues with this market. there is a rising demand right now. i spoke to one drug company bus yesterday and he said this is a wake—up call for us, for the industry, the government. something needs to be gun done. —— done. reena barai, a pharmacist and board memberfor the national pharmacist association has welcomed the new appointment. she said pharmacists often bear the brunt of women's frustatration at not being able to get prescriptions .( sot tx) sometimes this supply issues are short—term so they are not long—term, so they have to try out different _ long—term, so they have to try out different product until their prescribed product is available again — prescribed product is available again i— prescribed product is available again. i wish i could ring up my local_ again. i wish i could ring up my local pharmacies and say have you -ot local pharmacies and say have you got any? _ local pharmacies and say have you got any? if— local pharmacies and say have you got any? if so, can i have some from you? _ got any? if so, can i have some from you? we _ got any? if so, can i have some from you? we don't— got any? if so, can i have some from you? we don't have that ability at the moment. ourteams are undeservedly bearing the brunt of these _ undeservedly bearing the brunt of these pharmacy shortages. it's not our fault _ these pharmacy shortages. it's not our fault that these things are happening. a big ask for the new task force — happening. a big ask for the new task force would be really to improve _ task force would be really to improve the communication to patients— improve the communication to patients to say that there are bigger— patients to say that there are bigger issues and reasons to why these _ bigger issues and reasons to why these are — bigger issues and reasons to why these are happening. one person was killed in the attacks in ukraine yesterday. at radio liberty it has been said it is one of their producers. a russian missile hit the house where she lived in kyiv. let's talk to our moscow correspondentjenny hill — condemnation by the un and ukraine of the russian missile attack — what's been the reaction in moscow? or the reaction from zelensky. not specifically. moscow has confirmed that it did strike kyiv last night, but its target was a military one, specifically a plant that manufactures missiles. it's been around two weeks since russia last struck the city in what was then widely interpreted as retaliation for the seeking of the mosque —— the warship. there are reports that this plant that moscow has talked about this morning may have been involved in the manufacture of the neptune missile which the ukrainian is claimed was used to destroy the black sea fleet. apart from the official explanation here, mr putin knows perfectly well the potency, the symbolism of what happened overnight in kyiv. this is vladimir putin sending a message to the international community, to its leaders and institutions, that messages not only that he holds them in contempt but that he wants them to know, i think, that he intends to carry on doing as he pleases, and as far as he is concerned, his calculation is that no one really can stop him. on both sides, they are well aware of the message of solidarity that it sends each time an international leader visits kyiv. there have been a number of those visits that have been morale boosting four ukrainians in recent days. it boosting four ukrainians in recent da s. , , ., ., ., days. it is interesting to note that m stical days. it is interesting to note that mystical terrace _ days. it is interesting to note that mystical terrace visit _ days. it is interesting to note that mystical terrace visit to _ days. it is interesting to note that mystical terrace visit to ukraine i mystical terrace visit to ukraine crane wasn't really covered in tv state media here. it's not something the government would be particularly interested in showing the russian people. i think it is worth pointing out that in recent weeks we have seen a real intensification of that kremlin propaganda machine, and in particular the aggression it now betrays to russian people about the west. in particular, countries like the us and the uk, which are increasingly supplying arms made to ukraine. russian people are very much been told that this is now the west's proxy war against russia. this intensification is coming at an important time in the russian calendar. injust over a important time in the russian calendar. in just over a week, important time in the russian calendar. injust over a week, it will be made the night. that is victory day here in russia. it commemorates the soviet victory over nazi germany in the second world war. that is always a day where russians rally around whatever the patriotic because of the days. undoubtedly, putin has an eye on that day. it had been thought that was the day he would choose to present russians were some sort of victory of his own in ukraine. whether or not he is able to do that still hangs in the balance. no doubt he will claim some victory no matter what the situation is, but it is unlikely that it —— it is likely he will also use that data rally the russian people. he is all ready preparing them that the special operation in ukraine might be a bit longer and harder in ukraine to resolve. because of the west's involvement. that is the official narrative here. i think it is important to look at the situation in the coming days, because given the aggressive rhetoric, matched by the aggressive rhetoric, matched by the west's now also, i think it is unlikely to see that there will be any attempts at a peaceful resolution to this conflict within the rest —— within the next week because president putin is not going to want to be seen to be backing down before victory day. tiara to want to be seen to be backing down before victory day.- to want to be seen to be backing down before victory day. two uk aid workers have _ down before victory day. two uk aid workers have been _ down before victory day. two uk aid workers have been taken _ down before victory day. two uk aid workers have been taken by - down before victory day. two uk aid workers have been taken by the - workers have been taken by the russian military in uk, any response to that. tia russian military in uk, any response to that. ., ., ., ., russian military in uk, any response to that._ thank - to that. no nothing at all. thank ou ve to that. no nothing at all. thank you very much- _ black children in england are disadvantaged in schools because they are viewed as "less innocent" and more adult—like, according to a new report. the commission on young lives in england says this process, known as "adultification", means black children feel over—policed and has a negative impact on their lives. here's our community affairs correspondent, adina campbell. black girls and boys, they're treated differently. yeah, 100%. i do think that there's a lot of like problems with racism. in south london, these teenagers say the way they look affects their experiences in and out of school. a few days ago, i got stopped and searched. did you understand the nature of the search? did they kind of go through why they stopped you and explained? i asked for the police station, the name, they didn't give me nothing, they just left. this is their reality. and last month, the shocking case of child q, the 15—year—old black girl who was strip—searched at school by police led to angry protests. this case, yet again, adds to the wider issue of how black people are treated by the authorities in this country, exposing more resentment, more fear and more mistrust in places where young people should feel safe. today, a new report chaired by england's former children's commissioner, looking at how to improve support for vulnerable young people, has made a number of recommendations. it starts with training for teachers, i think, to have anti—racist practice and racial discrimination as part of that initial teacher training. it isn't at the moment. to have recruitment drives to get more black teachers into the classroom and in senior leadership roles, and in governor roles, too. at the moment, 90% of teachers are white, especially in primary school. he is actually huge. the government says the teaching workforce is becoming more diverse and it's strengthened, safeguarding guidance for schools with regular training for staff. but child safeguarding leaders are becoming increasingly worried about a racial bias, known as adultification, where black children, like child q, are met with suspicion rather than care. black girls tend to be perceived as being loud, as being aggressive and being hyper resilient. so if you want to again explore the adultification of black girls, let's look at the history. we have to root it within, or place it within slavery and colonialism. these mums, who are also school governors, say everyone has a responsibility. if you have an understanding of the injustices and the discrimination that is happening towards young black girls, you are more than capable to be in a position to say, "hang on, i don't agree with this." let me insert myself onto a governing board and actually use my privilege to be able to speak up on behalf of that community or on behalf of young black girls. my black skin isn't a threat. their black skin isn't a threat. her tears are just as important as your tears. in the case of child q, the metropolitan police has apologised, and the independent office of police conduct is expected to release the findings of its investigation next month. adina campbell, bbc news. and joining me is jahnine davis — who you saw in that report — she's one of the uk s leading specialists in the safeguarding of black children — and is a member of the child safeguarding practice review panel. welcome, thank you forjoining us. they are such shocking findings that black children are more likely to face tougher punishments in school because they are viewed as being less innocent and more adult —like. give us a summary of your reaction to that. mi; give us a summary of your reaction to that. g .. ., give us a summary of your reaction to that. g ., , give us a summary of your reaction tothat. g ., , , to that. my reaction is this report has not highlighted _ to that. my reaction is this report has not highlighted anything - to that. my reaction is this report. has not highlighted anything which is new and we have been talking about the adult of the occasion of black children for many years. what we now see as a way, or words to frame all kind of describe those experiences. i think it is important that when we talk about adult vilification, rather than filtering it or oversimplifying it is then being perceived as being older that we situated in the historical context of slavery and colonialism, where historically black people as a whole have been dehumanised and devalued and that is used as a means to justify the abuse we have experience. we are perceived as being less than, deviant, hyper sexual. black boys, dangerous. we —— if we go on to talk about the adult vocation of black children, it is important that we don't dissenter it from where it comes from. and colonialism and slavery is just that. i think sometimes the new buzzword can become quite palatable. it is important that we really understand the intersectional experiences of this form of bias and how it impacts on our safeguarding decision—making. you how it impacts on our safeguarding decision-making.— decision-making. you mention the -hrase decision-making. you mention the phrase unconscious _ decision-making. you mention the phrase unconscious bias _ decision-making. you mention the phrase unconscious bias there. - decision-making. you mention the l phrase unconscious bias there. that is something i was going to raise in terms of how much is this unconscious bias, ie people who simply aren't aware of that that is a perception they have. i am presuming it is deep—rooted and perhaps unrecognised by some people in terms of how they are behaving. how do you get to that? how do you deal with that? how do you change that? i deal with that? how do you change that? 4' . ., ., that? i think we change are confronted _ that? i think we change are confronted by _ that? i think we change are confronted by first - that? i think we change are - confronted by first acknowledging that racism exists within our society. ratherthan that racism exists within our society. rather than questioning the existence of racism, if it exists, we now need to be courageous to start exploring how its existence influences the ways in which we safeguard or do not safeguard black children. we need to refrain from focusing or using the word unconscious bias all of the time because sometimes it allows us to take away that individual responsibility and from an organisational level as well. we say it is unconscious and we don't know were doing these things. sometimes these things are conscious. the experiences of black children are on a continuum and they feature in the lives of black adults as well, that this continued experience of being over policed, there experiences of surveillance, punitive responses, but yet this reduction and innate vulnerability your children have. again, it is not new. when we frame it within this context of so—called unconscious bias, it really takes away the reality and lived experiences of that black communities. when we talk about it again, going back to adult vocation, we have to see this as a continued active discrimination impacting black children, but also how black parents and children continue to be seen through a lens of deviance and aggression rather than being afforded the decency to be protected and heard and supported. it afforded the decency to be protected and heard and supported.— afforded the decency to be protected and heard and supported. it would be treat to and heard and supported. it would be great to continue _ and heard and supported. it would be great to continue this _ and heard and supported. it would be great to continue this conversation i great to continue this conversation another time, great to continue this conversation anothertime, but great to continue this conversation another time, but for now we are out of time. thank you so much for joining us. of time. thank you so much for joining us— families with disabled children fear rising household bills could make their child's condition worse — as many rely on energy—intensive equipment, like electric hoists and wheelchairs. the disability charity contact says hundreds of parents are concerned they'll be forced to cut back, or stop using the equipment altogether. our disability correspondent nikki fox reports. they are making the best of it but molly and her mum are going to the west of times. tiara molly and her mum are going to the west of times.— west of times. two years ago molly was an active _ west of times. two years ago molly was an active 10 _ west of times. two years ago molly was an active 10 euros, _ west of times. two years ago molly was an active 10 euros, but - west of times. two years ago molly was an active 10 euros, but then i west of times. two years ago mollyl was an active 10 euros, but then she was an active 10 euros, but then she was diagnosed with a rare life limiting condition which has taken her ability and her vision. she limiting condition which has taken her ability and her vision.- her ability and her vision. she is alwa s her ability and her vision. she is always full _ her ability and her vision. she is always full of — her ability and her vision. she is always full of beans, _ her ability and her vision. she is always full of beans, giggling. l her ability and her vision. she is always full of beans, giggling. . | always full of beans, giggling. . she is amazing. we always full of beans, giggling. . she is amazing.— always full of beans, giggling. . she is amazing. always full of beans, giggling. . she is amazinu. ~ . . , . she is amazing. we are ready and the sewina. she is amazing. we are ready and the sewing- there — she is amazing. we are ready and the sewing. there is _ she is amazing. we are ready and the sewing. there is no _ she is amazing. we are ready and the sewing. there is no escaping - sewing. there is no escaping the amount of specialist equipment molly uses each day. 0k. amount of specialist equipment molly uses each day-— uses each day. 0k. mummy is going to move that chair _ uses each day. 0k. mummy is going to move that chair now. _ uses each day. 0k. mummy is going to move that chair now. adele _ uses each day. 0k. mummy is going to move that chair now. adele is - uses each day. 0k. mummy is going to move that chair now. adele is a - move that chair now. adele is a sin . le move that chair now. adele is a single mum _ move that chair now. adele is a single mum so _ move that chair now. adele is a single mum so she _ move that chair now. adele is a single mum so she can't - move that chair now. adele is a single mum so she can't do i move that chair now. adele is a i single mum so she can't do without it, but it all needs power.— it, but it all needs power. we've not two it, but it all needs power. we've got two wheelchairs, _ it, but it all needs power. we've got two wheelchairs, to - it, but it all needs power. we've got two wheelchairs, to ceiling i got two wheelchairs, to ceiling track hoists, two suction machines and an electric bed. if this is not in charge 20. seven and the battery goes flat, the whole battery will break and it will need replacing. she does wear pads, however by moaning she has usually leaked. it is not it is the washing she gets to every single day as well. that whole load is from this morning? how many washes were you doing today? easily three. some days more. it depends. adele is struggling to keep up with the bills. you adele is struggling to keep up with the bills. ., , ., , the bills. you can see here i was £92 in credit. _ the bills. you can see here i was £92 in credit, and _ the bills. you can see here i was £92 in credit, and now— the bills. you can see here i was £92 in credit, and now the i the bills. you can see here i was i £92 in credit, and now the balance either missed £283. her £92 in credit, and now the balance either missed £283.— £92 in credit, and now the balance either missed £283. her only option is to cut back _ either missed £283. her only option is to cut back on _ either missed £283. her only option is to cut back on essentials. - either missed £283. her only option is to cut back on essentials. it i either missed £283. her only option is to cut back on essentials. it is i is to cut back on essentials. it is caettin is to cut back on essentials. it is getting to _ is to cut back on essentials. it is getting to the — is to cut back on essentials. it 3 getting to the point is whether we can take her for a getting to the point is whether we can take herfor a day getting to the point is whether we can take her for a day out or do we need to put that money aside to pay for gas and electric. don't get me wrong, everybody should get help. parents of disabled children who are not able to go out and work in donor decent living, there should be something out there to help supporters. our electric bill straightaway much higher than everybody else's._ everybody else's. adele is not alone. everybody else's. adele is not alone- in _ everybody else's. adele is not alone- in a — everybody else's. adele is not alone. in a survey _ everybody else's. adele is not alone. in a survey by - everybody else's. adele is not alone. in a survey by the i everybody else's. adele is not i alone. in a survey by the charity contact, almost 2000 families fed their child's condition could get worse as the result of rising energy prices. the chancellor has been written to asking for benefits to be increased in line with inflation. taste increased in line with inflation. we would increased in line with inflation. 2 would like to see the government just recognise that disability means extra costs and build that into their response. at the moment, their measures the government has taken don't go anywhere near far enough in terms of supporting families who are doing their best under incredibly challenging circumstances. i’m challenging circumstances. i'm nettina challenging circumstances. i'm caettin a challenging circumstances. i'm getting a smile. i molly. the government says it has announced a £22 million package of support this year, including support for rising energy bills. but as those bills are expected to rise again later this year, adelphi is the short time she may have left with her daughter will be spent worrying about how she will financially get by. she be spent worrying about how she will financially get by.— financially get by. she is spending what is potentially _ financially get by. she is spending what is potentially the _ financially get by. she is spending what is potentially the last - financially get by. she is spending what is potentially the last few i what is potentially the last few years of her life stocking because we can't afford to go out to do things. it's absolutely ridiculous. it's just so unfair. things. it's absolutely ridiculous. it'sjust so unfair.— it'sjust so unfair. how does it make you _ it'sjust so unfair. how does it make you feel— it'sjust so unfair. how does it make you feel that _ it'sjust so unfair. how does it make you feel that you - it'sjust so unfair. how does it make you feel that you can't i it'sjust so unfair. how does it i make you feel that you can't give molly the best quality of life? obviously you have times where you do break down and things kind of do hit you again. afleet do break down and things kind of do hit you again-— hit you again. get a bit on top of ou? hit you again. get a bit on top of you? yeah- _ hit you again. get a bit on top of you? yeah. but _ hit you again. get a bit on top of you? yeah. but you _ hit you again. get a bit on top of you? yeah. but you have - hit you again. get a bit on top of you? yeah. but you have to i hit you again. get a bit on top of| you? yeah. but you have to keep auoin , you? yeah. but you have to keep going. you _ you? yeah. but you have to keep going. you have _ you? yeah. but you have to keep going, you have no _ you? yeah. but you have to keep going, you have no choice. i you? yeah. but you have to keep going, you have no choice. you l you? yeah. but you have to keep i going, you have no choice. you have to keep going and you just don't let these things get you down. got to stay strong for molly because if i'm not strong, then there is nobody to else to be strong for her. joining me now is marie cavalier. her daughter annie has sturge weber syndrome. she's also chair of the sturge weber uk charity. welcome, thank you so much for joining us. what is stage weather and what is the impact on daily life in terms of the sort of equipment needs that we have just been hearing about? it needs that we have “ust been hearing about? , ., ., ., about? it is a neurological condition _ about? it is a neurological condition which _ about? it is a neurological condition which occurs i about? it is a neurologicall condition which occurs with about? it is a neurological- condition which occurs with six weeks gestation. as and when that defect gene affects that individual will basically say how they... it comes out in them. there are three different types. most commonly, you have epilepsy, blau coma, autism, and it affects them, as i have said individually very differently, but there are similar categories. for our there are similar categories. for yourfamily. _ there are similar categories. for your family, we are talking obviously today about the impact of rising energy bills on the need for families with disabled children to power up electrical devices that are vital for their child's welfare, for their support. vital for their child's welfare, for theirsupport. do vital for their child's welfare, for their support. do you have that sort of impact as well?— of impact as well? yes, we do. she has epilepsy _ of impact as well? yes, we do. she has epilepsy and — of impact as well? yes, we do. she has epilepsy and we _ of impact as well? yes, we do. she has epilepsy and we have _ of impact as well? yes, we do. she has epilepsy and we have to have l of impact as well? yes, we do. she has epilepsy and we have to have a j has epilepsy and we have to have a seizure monitor on her in the evening because she does have seizures during the night. that epilepsy monitor will let me know that she is having a seizure and allows me then to give her rescue drugs and if necessary risks her. so are you or others you are in touch with through the charity concerned about the out —— the impact of rising energy bills? i about the out -- the impact of rising energy bills?— about the out -- the impact of rising energy bills? i surveyed our members recently _ rising energy bills? i surveyed our members recently knowing - rising energy bills? i surveyed our members recently knowing i i rising energy bills? i surveyed our members recently knowing i was. members recently knowing i was coming on these programme, and the common things coming out of this are that they are at breaking point. they have no idea how they are going to manage and keep their family units together. the increased cost of petrol has a huge bearing on this because our children have a huge amount of hospital appointments, and that means time off work for parents to take their children to these appointments which is generally unpaid. that together with the increased cost of gas and electric is bringing families to their needs. we were hearing in a report from molly's mother saying that often parents cannot often work because of the needs of the child. it makes their financial position even more fixed and difficult. what support is there? is fixed and difficult. what support is there? , , , , there? is there support? there is su ort there? is there support? there is support for— there? is there support? there is support for some _ there? is there support? there is support for some families - there? is there support? there is support for some families who i there? is there support? there is i support for some families who claim benefits and it depends greatly on their credits, but there are also families that work part—time and are self employed, and unfortunately the help and support for those families is far less. ., ,., ., is far less. so, what sort of choices _ is far less. so, what sort of choices are _ is far less. so, what sort of choices are people - is far less. so, what sort of choices are people having i is far less. so, what sort of| choices are people having to is far less. so, what sort of- choices are people having to take, the ones that you have been speaking to? hate the ones that you have been speaking to? ~ ., the ones that you have been speaking to? 2 . ., ., the ones that you have been speaking to? ~ ., ., ., ., , ., the ones that you have been speaking to? 2 . 2, 2, . , . , to? we have got one family that is stru: aalin to? we have got one family that is struggling to _ to? we have got one family that is struggling to eat. _ to? we have got one family that is struggling to eat, struggling i to? we have got one family that is struggling to eat, struggling to i to? we have got one family that is| struggling to eat, struggling to put food on the table. these families are having to pay for extra support because services are not the same across the uk. they are having to fund private swimming lessons for their children so their children are getting the ot and physio support that they need. it is the extras that they need. it is the extras that are being taken away, and the children, a lot of them have been locked down over the last two years, some have had to shield. it is having a huge impact on the mental health of the children and on the impact of the family impact units as a whole. 2, ~ impact of the family impact units as a whole. 2, ,, ,, impact of the family impact units as a whole. 2, ,, i. 2, impact of the family impact units as a whole. 2, ~' , 2, 2, 2, ~' a whole. thank you for taking the time to talk— a whole. thank you for taking the time to talk to _ a whole. thank you for taking the time to talk to us. _ and you can hear more about this on the bbc�*s new "access all" disability podcast with nikki fox on bbc sounds. now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz as far as the weather goes, a pretty decent day for most of us today with the best of the sunshine out towards western areas, and warmest here too. 17, for example, in glasgow. but along the north sea coast it will be cloudy at times and temperatures only around 11. now, tonight the weather should be clear and dry, quite chilly in places with a touch of frost in rural areas, particularly across more central parts of england. temperatures more typically though in towns and cities closer to around 4 degrees. and tomorrow we are expecting some rain in the north—west of the british isles, but the bulk of england and wales should stay dry, although some cloud will develop through the course of the day. top temperatures tomorrow 17 in london but a much fresher 11 degrees in glasgow. how about sunday? a lot more cloud about, some spits and spots of rain, particularly across western areas of the uk. generally a cloudier day for all. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. moscow's missiles blast ukriane's capital kyiv, as the un secretary general visits the city. former tennis star boris becker could be jailed later today as he faces bankruptcy sentencing. a report warns black children are disadvantaged in schools because they are viewed as �*less innocent�* and more adult—like. sport now and a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre. we�*re starting with snooker and we�*re well into the semi—finals of the world championships where it�*s an all british last four at the crucible with 14 world titles between them. on the table now, england�*s 2019 winnerjudd trump is dominating the three—time champion from wales — mark williams. williams is 9—3 down but ahead in this break, so potentially could go to 9-4. this break, so potentially could go to 9—4. these are live pictures from bbc two, so trump extending his lead from 7—1, but 9—3 at the moment with williams on the table. the first 217 frames will go through to the final. and they�*ll meet the winner of the other semi—final — which resumes this afternoon — between 46—year—old titans — ronnie o�*sullivan and john higgins. they�*ve ten world titles between them and it�*s been very tense. yesterday o�*sullivan came back from 3—1 down to level it at 4—4, finishing with a century break. they�*ll be back on the table from 2:30pm. the football writers�* association has just named the winners of their footballer of the year awards for this season. the men�*s winner is liverpool forward mohamed salah, who previously won it back in 2018. the egyptian is having a remarkable campaign — scoring 22 goals, and contributing 13 assists, and of course his side could still win the quadruple. and the chelsea striker sam kerr has been named women�*s footballer of the year. the australian the wsl�*s top scorer with 18 goals this season, including a goal in last night�*s win over tottenham which saw her side move four points clear of arsenal at the top of the table. it sounds like ralf rangnick could become austria�*s new national coach. the austrian fa have been meeting to discuss whether manchester united�*s interim manager will take the job. rangnick is set to have a consultancy position with united next season — and says he can do that alongside other roles. erik ten hag is taking over the permanent position at united this summer, but the former mancester united defender rio ferdinand, who won six league titles with the club, believes it will take more than a new boss to improve their fortunes. he says big changes are needed if they�*re to have any chance of returning to their trophy—winning best. cristiano has been talked about is a problem but without him we would probably be languishing in tenth or 15th place also. him and david are gay are the only the with any positive and then an interim boss comes in and it hasn�*t gone to plan. the results have gone worse since then and the win percentage has gone down. —— david de gea. i know that the new ceo is trying to get things in place to try and build the foundation and the club can then start to form a sort of comeback into the area where we are used to seeing them, challenging for titles. fishd are used to seeing them, challenging for titles. �* , 2, ., for titles. and i can tell you that the deal between _ for titles. and i can tell you that the deal between the _ for titles. and i can tell you that i the deal between the manchester united manager and austrian fa has been agreed, and he will be the new austrian head coach as he said to date to the press, you can do both roles. west ham are investigating an alleged attack on german commentators by a home fan during the match last night. german newspaper bild reported the commentators had their headsets ripped off and thrown on the floor at london stadium on thursday. west ham said they "will be working to identify the offender". the countdown continues to saturday�*s ground—breaking boxing match in new york. history will be made when ireland�*s katie taylor puts her undisputed world lightweight title — and her unbeaten record on the line — against amanda serrano from puerto rico. it�*ll be the first time female fighters will top the bill at the famous boxing venue — madison square garden. it's it�*s been an amazing week, and definitely a very different date to how i started in boxing when i was nine or ten when i had to pretend to be a boy to get a fight. women�*s boxing wasn�*t even a sanctioned sport in ireland and here we are many years later headlining madison square garden and it was the most iconic venue in boxing and making history as the biggest fight in the female boxing history is incredible. and this is, all of the sacrifices i�*ve been working on, for sure. ih i've been working on, for sure. in 13 years as a professional fighter i have _ 13 years as a professional fighter i have struggled, i fought my way to the spot— have struggled, i fought my way to the spot i_ have struggled, i fought my way to the spot i am in right now and i want— the spot i am in right now and i want to— the spot i am in right now and i want to go— the spot i am in right now and i want to go out there and secured a victory— want to go out there and secured a victory and — want to go out there and secured a victory and no matter what happens on saturday night, i think the real winners _ on saturday night, i think the real winners are — on saturday night, i think the real winners are the fans and women in general— winners are the fans and women in generaland— winners are the fans and women in general and the sport of women's boxing, _ general and the sport of women's boxing, because it's only going to grow— boxing, because it's only going to grow from — boxing, because it's only going to grow from now on. you boxing, because it's only going to grow from now on.— boxing, because it's only going to grow from now on. you can find out more about — grow from now on. you can find out more about the _ grow from now on. you can find out more about the fight _ grow from now on. you can find out more about the fight on _ grow from now on. you can find out more about the fight on the - grow from now on. you can find out more about the fight on the bbc- more about the fight on the bbc sport website. that�*s it from me. in the past few moments we�*ve had pictures of boris becker arriving at southern —— southwark crown court for his sentencing, facing potentially a sentence of seven years injail, and that is the maximum turn that of each offence he has been convicted of under the insolvency act carries, so he has arrived and now at southwark crown court to hear his fate and was found guilty earlier this month of various charges under the insolvency act and this is obviously the moment that he now finds out what the punishment will be. we will be back there and we will bring you any news as it comes. the mayor of kyiv, vitaly klitschko, said one dead body has been recovered from the rubble in the capital�*s shevchenkivsky district, following russian air strikes which struck the city yesterday during the un secretary general�*s visit. the body is believed to be that of vira hyrych, a producer with the ukrainian office of the radio liberty news service. with me is vitaliy shevchenko, from bbc monitoring thank you forjoining us. volodymyr zelensky has been very strong in his condemnation of russia for the timing of this attack in particular, but this death in kyivjust in of itself sends a, well, it is a horrible situation and something that hasn�*t happened previously. absolutely. it is the daily reality in ukraine. nowhere is safe, not even when the un secretary—general is in town, and what makes this tragic event particularly significant is that it highlights how little the un has had in terms of impact on the war in ukraine and antonio guterres, the un chief himself, he said yesterday that at his own security council has failed to put an end to the war and also i think it shows what seems to be russia�*s disregard for external foreign pressure and a huge gap between what russia says and what we see on the ground and russia has not commented on the actual facts of the residential building being hit in kyiv. what the defence minister in moscow said was that they used a precision missile to attack a missile factory in kyiv, but the factory is across the street from the building that was hit and as far as we know windows were shattered there, but the actual buildings are not too badly damaged, so it�*s a residential high rose —— high—rise that got damaged resulting in the death of at least one person. i5 death of at least one person. is there a sense in ukraine that vladimir putin is looking at key international figures going to kyiv and seeing that that is a huge thing for ukraine, a morale boost every time a figure goes there while the war is going on. time a figure goes there while the war is going on-— war is going on. yes, there are all sorts of commentaries _ war is going on. yes, there are all sorts of commentaries flying i war is going on. yes, there are all| sorts of commentaries flying about in ukraine, particularly along the lines of how president putin and his army that do not care about public opinion and want to send a message to world leaders that it�*s not safe to world leaders that it�*s not safe to come to kyiv, you can�*t do it, it is our territory, our back but also people note that this is the first such incidents, and for example when the uk prime minister borisjohnson was in kyiv, it was safe, so maybe something has changed in the kremlin�*s calculus, despite moscow�*s assertions that they are focusing on donbas, which is the easternmost part of ukraine and that they have scaled down their activity around the ukrainian capital.— the ukrainian capital. thank you very much _ the ukrainian capital. thank you very much for— the ukrainian capital. thank you very much forjoining _ the ukrainian capital. thank you very much forjoining us. - more than 40 palestinians have been injured injerusalem�*s al aqsa mosque compound during the latest round of early morning clashes with israeli police. security forces fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse palestinians who were throwing rocks and firecrackers, some of them towards the western wall below al aqsa wherejews gather to pray. the site — which is known tojews as temple mount — has seen a series of clashes during the muslim holy month of ramadan. the deployment of israeli police injerusalem has been boosted as tens of thousands of worshippers are expected for friday prayers, the last this ramadan. all morning, tens of thousands of palestinian worshippers have been heading down towards thejerusalem is —— the reasonable city towards the al aqsa mosque to pray and this is the last friday prayers of the holy month of ramadan and we expect by the end of the day there could be 100,000 palestinian worshippers who have attended. israeli security has been pretty high, as you can imagine, buta been pretty high, as you can imagine, but a pretty relaxed atmosphere so far and things seem to have passed off peacefully. there were some clashes overnight but relatively minor compared to what we have seen in previous years and the palestinian red crescent say 42 palestinians were injured but none of them seriously. israeli security forces say they were firing tear gas rubber bullets in response to, they say, palestinians throwing rocks and fireworks down towards the western wall where, jewish people go to pray. so at the moment are relatively peaceful scene, , pray. so at the moment are relatively peaceful scene,, a beautiful scene but people will be watching closely to see if things pass off peacefully in the next few hours. the sri lankan president, gotabaya rajapaksa, has agreed to form an all—party interim government as the country grapples with its worst economic crisis. it comes after a mass strike forced the closure of shops, schools banks and transport services across the country. i�*m joined now by our south asia editor anbarasan ethirajan. tell us what is the latest on what is happening there. sri lanka is facing a severe financial crisis, skyrocketing prices of essential items and it has run out of foreign exchange research to import fuel —— food and fuel and has only less than $2 million, enough to pay for only weeks of imports and that�*s why it�*s asking for money for the international monetary fund in countries like japan, india and china, and this shortage, the worsening shortage of basic supplies like food and fuel has brought thousands of sri lankans to the streets, focusing against the government and they are asking the government and they are asking the government to step down because they are accusing the government of mismanaging the economy because the cost of living crisis is not something very particular to sri lanka. for example, in the uk, prices have gone up. what is interesting here is that people believe that the mismanagement by the government has led to this crisis and that is why they are running out of this foreign exchange reserve. on the government side they say the resignations will not provide solutions and we are offering various packages to revive the economy and as part of that, the president is offering an all—party government, but i�*m not sure that thatis government, but i�*m not sure that that is going to satisfy protesters who have camped here for several weeks now. who have camped here for several weeks now-— weeks now. you said about the country running _ weeks now. you said about the country running out _ weeks now. you said about the country running out of - weeks now. you said about the country running out of foreign i country running out of foreign exchange reserves and obviously money ends up being the solution to so many problems. where might financial support come from? sri lanka has been approaching its friendly countries for example neighbouring india which has offered nearly $2 billion, mostly importing four —— fueland nearly $2 billion, mostly importing four —— fuel and food. sri lanka is an island nation and depends on imports from outside with fuel but the prices of fuel have gone up in the prices of fuel have gone up in the last three months since the war started in ukraine and it has gone up started in ukraine and it has gone up as the dollar was reduced and then they floated the dollar which means instead of $300 million for fuel now they are paying more than 700 million which is increasing their bill and why they are asking for money from frankly countries and they need about $4 billion by the end of the year so they can continue these imports but these negotiations with the imf can take months and thatis with the imf can take months and that is why people here asking what will happen in the interim period and when will their hardship and because they are paying three times more for milk powder and the government should now step in or resign. thank you. this is the penultimate month of coventry�*s title as the uk�*s city of culture, after hosting a year long festival of events. today we�*re at the assembly festival gardens, where our corrrespondent trish adudu has been keeping across what the city has to offer. over to you. overto you. hi, over to you. hi, joanna. we�*ve only got a few weeks left of when coventry ends its ten year —— tenure as uk city of culture but have argued save the best till last, one of the big successes, this place, assembly festival gardens a purpose—built space, a wonderful arena of fun and entertainment for the whole family. the tree house bar does some great cocktails and you still have time to get to coventry and experience that but it�*s a wonderful space and over there you see that tent the queen of flanders which has all sorts of wonderful performances and also require of a man, and these guys, we will talk to them in a moment. lovely. great voices and we will hear from them in a moment. but one woman who started this journey seven years ago, laura mcmillan. it was incredible. i watched you pitch commentary a city of culture seven years ago and you did it. taste of culture seven years ago and you did it. 2 2, �* ~ ., , did it. we did. i don't think any other city _ did it. we did. i don't think any other city could _ did it. we did. i don't think any other city could have _ did it. we did. i don't think any other city could have come i did it. we did. i don't think any i other city could have come close to coventry— other city could have come close to coventry so — other city could have come close to coventry so it's an extraordinary journey— coventry so it's an extraordinary journey but we are excited and sad to get _ journey but we are excited and sad to get to _ journey but we are excited and sad to get to the end but we are saving some _ to get to the end but we are saving some of— to get to the end but we are saving some of the best till last so it's completely the time to come to coventry — completely the time to come to coventry. gf completely the time to come to covent . . 2, , , 2, completely the time to come to covent . , ., coventry. of course you had the pandemic _ coventry. of course you had the pandemic would _ coventry. of course you had the pandemic would put _ coventry. of course you had the pandemic would put paid - coventry. of course you had the pandemic would put paid to i coventry. of course you had the pandemic would put paid to a i coventry. of course you had the | pandemic would put paid to a lot coventry. of course you had the i pandemic would put paid to a lot of things, so was it hard to negotiate? incredibly difficult and we have the whole _ incredibly difficult and we have the whole thing planned and ready to go and had _ whole thing planned and ready to go and had to— whole thing planned and ready to go and had to completely restructure and had to completely restructure and reframe but nowhere like coventry— and reframe but nowhere like coventry could have done it like we have and _ coventry could have done it like we have and we delivered something special— have and we delivered something special to— have and we delivered something special to the city on the region and also — special to the city on the region and also the whole uk. a special to the city on the region and also the whole uk.- special to the city on the region and also the whole uk. a few weeks left, so and also the whole uk. a few weeks left. so tell— and also the whole uk. a few weeks left. so tell us _ and also the whole uk. a few weeks left, so tell us the highlights. i left, so tell us the highlights. coming up next week we have coventry opens— coming up next week we have coventry opens and _ coming up next week we have coventry opens and 200 events taking place and then_ opens and 200 events taking place and then 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you are here till mid may? the 8th of may — again. you are here till mid may? the 8th of may is _ again. you are here till mid may? the 8th of may is the _ again. you are here till mid may? the 8th of may is the last - again. you are here till mid may? the 8th of may is the last show. i the 8th of may is the last show. let's _ the 8th of may is the last show. let's stop— the 8th of may is the last show. let's stop the _ the 8th of may is the last show. let's stop the talk— the 8th of may is the last show. let's stop the talk and - the 8th of may is the last show. let's stop the talk and do - the 8th of may is the last show. let's stop the talk and do the i the 8th of may is the last show. i let's stop the talk and do the walk. let's stop the talk and do the walk. let see you guys. acapella singing. thanks, guys. well done. james corden has announced that he is moving back to london permanently. he revealed his plans during a recording of the late late show on thursday, saying that 2023 would be his last year as host. wendy urquhart reports. # step into christmas #. james corden found fame in the uk in the smash hit bbc comedy series gavin and stacey. and it wasn't long before hollywood came calling. in 2015, he scooped one of the top jobs in american television, replacing craig ferguson as host of the late late show. his cheeky, zany style was a massive hit in the us and his carpool karaoke segments, singing along with the likes of adele, paul mccartney and stevie wonder, caused a huge sensation. he took to the glamour of hollywood like a duck to water and went on to present some of the biggest award shows in america, including the tonys and the grammys. james always wears his heart on his sleeve and was very emotional when he announced during the recording of the late late show on thursday that next year will be his last in the us. i've decided to sign for one more year on the show and that this will be my last year hosting the late late show. aw! don't you dare. there'll be tears. there'll be so many tears. because this has been the hardest decision i've ever had to make. it really has. i've never taken this job for granted, ever. not once. the actor, comedian and tv host has promised that the rest of his shows will be an absolute blast and no doubt there will be some lucrative offers dropping his way between now and 202a. wendy urquhart, bbc news. work on a new super sewer beneath london is a step closer to being finished. the huge project will support london 5 sewage system and reduce the amount of waste that ends up overflowing in to the thames. our business presenter ben boulos has been given special access inside the tunnel. this is the thames tideway tunnel, one of the biggest underground tunnels anywhere in the world and is part of the largest overhaul of london's sewer system since victorian times and there is one simple aim, to reduce the amount of sewage that ends up in the river thames, now today is a significant day for the team here because they have just finished all the tunnelling work involved in the project and give you some of the numbers, we are 60 metres beneath the river thames, about 15 double—decker buses stacked on top of another in the tunnel at its widest point is seven metres across, that's three double—decker buses but side by side and it runs for 15 miles west to east for 15 miles and joining me to find out more about is sir neville simms, the tideway and and wires today such a momentous day for you? fix, and wires today such a momentous day for ou? �* . and wires today such a momentous day for ou? . ., ._ and wires today such a momentous day for ou? ., , , �* for you? a great day because we've finished tunnelling, _ for you? a great day because we've finished tunnelling, breaking - for you? a great day because we've | finished tunnelling, breaking ground and underground works are more risky and underground works are more risky and 25_ and underground works are more risky and 25 kilometres of tunnelling in 40 months and it feels like a good day for— 40 months and it feels like a good day for the — 40 months and it feels like a good day for the project and a good day for london — day for the pro'ect and a good day for london.— day for the pro'ect and a good day for london. when will london feel the benefit _ for london. when will london feel the benefit of _ for london. when will london feel the benefit of what _ for london. when will london feel the benefit of what i _ for london. when will london feel the benefit of what i have - for london. when will london feel the benefit of what i have shown l the benefit of what i have shown them? ~ , ., ., , them? we still have to finish the tunnellin: them? we still have to finish the tunnelling and _ them? we still have to finish the tunnelling and we _ them? we still have to finish the tunnelling and we are _ them? we still have to finish the tunnelling and we are in - them? we still have to finish the tunnelling and we are in a - 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and and then it will start to look and be cleaner.— and and then it will start to look and be cleaner. i'm glad it's 2025 it's flowing _ and be cleaner. i'm glad it's 2025 it's flowing through _ and be cleaner. i'm glad it's 2025 it's flowing through a _ and be cleaner. i'm glad it's 2025 it's flowing through a knot - and be cleaner. i'm glad it's 2025 it's flowing through a knot while l and be cleaner. i'm glad it's 2025 l it's flowing through a knot while we are standing in the middle. because an extra 20 to £25 on water bills for londoners on top of all the other cost of living pressures and people say we cannot afford the extra. ., ., , extra. the truth of the matter is that londoners _ extra. the truth of the matter is that londoners cannot - extra. the truth of the matter is that londoners cannot afford . extra. the truth of the matter is| that londoners cannot afford not extra. the truth of the matter is i that londoners cannot afford not to have a _ that londoners cannot afford not to have a clean river running through the centre — have a clean river running through the centre of the city. when we first started on this project we said that — first started on this project we said that we would do it for something between 20 and £25 on the bill. something between 20 and £25 on the bill we _ something between 20 and £25 on the bill. we had all of the normal challenges of giant projects and we had the _ challenges of giant projects and we had the covid pandemic and we are still well— had the covid pandemic and we are still well within the limits of 20 to 25~ _ still well within the limits of 20 to 25. so— still well within the limits of 20 to 25. ,, ., still well within the limits of 20 to 25, ., «a still well within the limits of 20 to 25. ., a ., to 25. so neville, thanks for 'oinin: to 25. so neville, thanks for joining us. _ to 25. so neville, thanks for joining us. 60 _ to 25. so neville, thanks for joining us, 60 metres - to 25. so neville, thanks for. joining us, 60 metres beneath london. extraordinary and thank you very much. this is not a short—term project by any stretch of the imagination, this has been designed to last 120 years, so that is plenty of flushing well into the future. now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz most of us hoping for fine weather for the bank holiday. looking fine today, sunny spells across the bulk of the uk. just a few showers around the highlands. settled weather is brought by the area of high pressure. not strong. it will give way to this low, but more on that later. in the short term, the weather is absolutely fine, but around the high pressure there is a cool breeze and it will be cloudy around east anglia and the south—east, only 11 in norwich where with lighter winds are more sheltered in glasgow, up to 17. not much change through the course of friday night into the early hours of sunday. clear skies, windless weather, touch of frost in the countryside. city centres closer to 2—5. out in the north—west the cheviot —— the weather will be changing on saturday and we are expecting this low pressure to margin. the high pressure will keep things dry at least for most of us across the bulk of england and wales but rain is expected in the north west. and here it is, in the morning it reaches northern ireland and western and northern scotland, dry for a time in eastern scotland and to the south of that a dry morning and afternoon with sunny spells and warmest ear across england and wales with temperatures 17 in london and possibly 17 in the city of hull, but fresh in glasgow, only 11 degrees with all of the cloud and rain and you can see the area of low pressure but it is what we call a weakening area of low pressure so it's starting to rain itself out in the rain becomes less heavy as the low pressure moves further south but it does mean a fair amount of cloud, at least across the southern two thirds of the country during the course of sunday, so often cloudy here and yes, some sunny spells and generally a lot of cloud in the sky but in the north, much bright conditions after the low pressure pulls away, hence temperatures are high in glasgow and up temperatures are high in glasgow and up to around 16 celsius, so let's summarise that. the weekend is looking hit and miss with rain at times or some of us, but after that, i think it will be generally dry and turning a little bit warmer. this is bbc news. the headlines... two british volunteers providing aid in ukraine are believed to have been captured by russian forces. moscow's missiles blast ukriane's capital kyiv, as the un secretary general visits the city. former tennis star boris becker arrives in court, as he faces a prison sentence of up to seven years over bankruptcy. a new hormone replacement therapy tsar is appointed as more than a million women are affected by supply issues. a report warns black children are disadvantaged in schools because they are viewed as 'less innocent�* and more adult—like. over 40 palestinians are injured atjerusalem's holy site after clashing with israeli police. two british volunteers working to provide humanitarian aid in ukraine are understood to have been captured by the russian military. it's believed the men were working as part of a joint humanitarian operations centre project in the country to help provide food, medical supplies and evacuation support. it comes after the uk's foreign office confirmed a british national was killed while fighting in ukraine. it's thought the man, scott sibley, was fighting for ukrainian forces when he was killed. a second man is understood to be missing. meanwhile, several russian strikes hit kyiv on thursday as the secretary general of the united nations, antonio guterres, met ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky zelensky in the capital and visited nearby towns. hello and visited nearby towns. from kyiv. there has bet international hello from kyiv. there has been international condemnation of that missile strike on the city last night. the ukrainians are saying it was deliberately aimed to time in coincidence with the visit here of the united certain nations secretary—general, antonio guterres. he had just finished talks with ukrainian president zelensky when that attack occurred. a short time afterwards, i spoke to the secretary general right here. i was interviewing him, and he told me how shocked he was by that russian attack. it left one young mum and dad, a journalist from radio liberty, ukrainianjournalist dad, a journalist from radio liberty, ukrainian journalist who was living in a block of flats that was living in a block of flats that was partially destroyed by that attack. several people were injured as well. ukraine has called the attack on a heinous act of barbarism. they called it a postcard from moscow. gareth barlow reports. missile strikes in the centre of kyiv, the first for two weeks. two russian rockets strike a 25—storey building, close to where the head of the un was staying during a visit to the country. several people were left injured by the attack. i was shocked to be informed that two rockets had exploded in the city where i am. so this is a dramatic war, and we absolutely need to end this war, and we absolutely need to have a solution for this war. the missile struckjust hours after the un secretary general criticised the organisation's security council for failing to prevent or end the war, saying the situation was a source of anger, frustration and disappointment. it's scenes like these that the us presidentjoe biden says he's trying to prevent, with a proposed new aid package worth $33 billion, the majority of which to help increase ukraine's air defense and artillery capacity, as well as offering further economic and humanitarian support. translation: this is a very - important step by the united states, and i am grateful to the american people and personally to president biden. i hope that the congress will quickly support this request for help for our state. nato says it's ready to support ukraine for years to come, as it warns the war could drag on. and as russia shows it's fully prepared to strike at the heart of the country during an official visit by the un, and as president putin increasingly warns the west to back off, it seems nato's warning could easily prove to be true. gareth barlow, bbc news. ijust want i just want to show you some pictures we have had him from moscow where they are rehearsing for the victory put a parade and made the night. that is where russia celebrates its victory on what it was a great patriot war on nazi germany. there is great speculation in the west that vladimir putin would like to present to his people a major victory here in ukraine to coincide with may the 9th. and that parade that is going to be moscow. let's hear now from a moscow correspondent, jenny hill, who has been talking about that russian attack here in kyiv yesterday, and she says the russian military are not denying that they did carry out tactical strikes as they would call it an ukrainian cat bitter. —— ukrainian capital. it says its target was a military one, specifically a plant that manufactures missiles. it has been two weeks or so since russia last attacked here. and what was then widely interpreted as retaliation for the seeking of the warship. interestingly, and this is not confirmed, that there are reports that this plan targeted may have been involved in the production of the neptune missile which ukraine claims it used to destroy the flagship of the black sea fleet. quite apart from all the official explanations, vladimir putin is well aware of the potency of the symbolism here. he is sending a message to the international community, to its leaders and institutions, to say that not only does he hold them in contempt, but also to tell them that he will do as he pleases, and that as far as he is concerned, no one can stop him. that isjenny hill reporting for us there from moscow. we can speak now to alea chandra who is editor in chief of the news website, a ukrainian news website. she is currently in germany. thanks very much for being with us. first of all, what is your reaction to that question attack here in kyiv last night, in which a young ukrainianjournalist here in kyiv last night, in which a young ukrainian journalist died? here in kyiv last night, in which a young ukrainianjournalist died? i young ukrainianjournalist died? i think that the timing with the visit of the un secretary general is really symbolic because russia, being a permanent member of the un security council, would not show such serious disrespect to their organisation and whatever represents an organisation that was built to help prevent a conflict and then attack being undertaken by russia right now. what is russia doing as a permanent member of the un security council? is it not time to reassess russia's role? is it not time to remove its veto right? if it did not hold this position and did not veto the important decisions of the un, then we might be living in a world that has much less conflict. what then we might be living in a world that has much less conflict. what is our view that has much less conflict. what is your view of — that has much less conflict. what is your view of the _ that has much less conflict. what is your view of the conflict _ that has much less conflict. what is your view of the conflict at - that has much less conflict. what is your view of the conflict at the - your view of the conflict at the moment? clearly the russians are pushing and pouring more and more troops into the eastern front in donbas. as far as ukraine is concerned, it has had this huge boost from the united states, and joe biden proposing $33 billion worth of economic assistance, including military assistance. as far as the ukrainian government are concerned, that must be very welcome news. it concerned, that must be very welcome news. . , concerned, that must be very welcome news. ., , ., ., , concerned, that must be very welcome news. ., ., , , ., ~ news. it has already been a week since russia _ news. it has already been a week since russia announced - news. it has already been a week since russia announced its - news. it has already been a week| since russia announced its assault on donbas, but we saw this week that it didn't really move that much. it did not make much progress in attacking ukrainian territory. the gains have been small and minor and have not been converted into tactical gains. all this talk about a major victory before may the 9th is really unrealistic because russia will be focusing on maintaining the positions they have right now rather than incurring further assaults. in the latest days, of course, we have seen a major turnaround in the west's assistant vts for ukraine. we have seen the meeting at the ramstein base which was really air watershed moment for ukraine and heavy weapons are coming to ukraine as you have said. they have been asking for them for the last two months and they are finally coming and will be boosting the ukrainian defence. basically, ithink and will be boosting the ukrainian defence. basically, i think what this means is that there will be a big battle in donbas. ukraine will suffer losses. russia will suffer losses. but eventually, i think ukraine is the position to drive the russians out. when this operation will happen, it is hard to predict, but it is obvious that ukraine is gaining the upper hand, probably, in this conflict, and this was thanks to the help of western allies. istallion to the help of western allies. when ou sa to the help of western allies. when you say drive _ to the help of western allies. when you say drive the _ to the help of western allies. when you say drive the russians - to the help of western allies. when you say drive the russians out, - to the help of western allies. when you say drive the russians out, what does that mean exactly? we heard from the british foreign secretary this week saying that is what she wants to see. she wants the russians out of all ukrainian territory, presumably including crimea. is that actually a realistic prospect? i actually a realistic prospect? i think it is. the minimum programme is driving them out into the positions of the newly occupied ukrainian territory. i think the maximum is to drive them out of all ukrainian occupied lands. it will all be decided on the battleground and a lot still depends on the continuous form of ukraine's programmes. we have been getting heavy weapons, but probably not in the quantities enough to launch any major counter assaults, but hopefully it will be incoming and will grow because i think their world is waking up to the danger that russia represents to the entire democratic world and to world peace. what do you see as russiawar aim now? is it the aim now to get the east in the corridor of land stretching from the crimea to the east, and once he has got that, perhaps he will be satisfied? is that your view? fiur perhaps he will be satisfied? is that your view?— perhaps he will be satisfied? is that your view? our general staff sa 5 that your view? our general staff sa s that that your view? our general staff says that our _ that your view? our general staff says that our strategic _ that your view? our general staff says that our strategic goals - that your view? our general staff says that our strategic goals in i says that our strategic goals in russia in this moment is maintaining this corner and perhaps making their way to tran —— to making it catastrophic with the seaport where most of its trade products are exported. but the thing is that, i mean, russia plus my ultimate goal is unchanged, and once all of ukraine to fall back, butjust to carve ukraine up and maintain control over some part of the country. we have seen some plans being intercepted by ukrainian investigative journalist. just yesterday, a project shared document that was shared and shows that the kremlin is thinking of rewriting the project. the idea is to break off the currently occupied lands in south eastern ukraine into quasi—entities, underthe south eastern ukraine into quasi—entities, under the cover of so—called referendums. ithink quasi—entities, under the cover of so—called referendums. i think there are different scenarios being pursued. i think this is one of the most realistic ones that they think it's realistic. at the same time, we have seen that the ukrainian population are resisting so—called referendums with all their might. in occupied kherson, the locus came out to protests with stun guns and they were brave enough to come out in protest against the occupation in the face of the occupiers. this really testifies to the really low support that russia's plan has among ukrainians. . ~' , ., ukrainians. indeed. thank you letters is all— ukrainians. indeed. thank you letters is all we've _ ukrainians. indeed. thank you letters is all we've got - ukrainians. indeed. thank you letters is all we've got time i ukrainians. indeed. thank you | letters is all we've got time for. thank you so much forjoining us. thank you so much forjoining us. thank you so much forjoining us. thank you very much indeed for your analysis of the latest situation on the battlefield and potentially what happens next in the struggle for ukraine. that is it from me here in the capital of kyiv. back to the studio in london. the foreign secretary, liz truss, has confirmed that the uk will send war crimes experts to ukraine to help with the investigation of russian atrocities. they'll arrive in neighbouring poland early next month. she was speaking in the hague where the court is based. we wa nt we want to see justice done for the people of ukraine. we have seen appalling war crimes committed, the use of rape and sexual violence. we will be sending in a british evidence collecting team, working with ukrainian authorities and the icc. we have been talking today about the urgency of making sure thatjustice is done, and that also we call out rape as a use of weapon in war. it is done to subjugate women and destroy communities, and we want to see it stopped. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre. good afternoon...we're starting with snooker and we're well into the semi—finals of the world championships where it's an all british last 4 at the crucible with 14 world titles between them. england's 2019 winnerjudd trump is still dominating the three—time champion from wales — mark williams. these are live pictures from bbc 2. trump has extended his 7— 1 lead from last night. it's10—4 now. the first to 17 frames will go through to the final. and they'll meet the winner of the other semi—final — which resumes in a coupld of hours time — between 46—year—old titans — ronnie o'sullivan and john higgins. they've ten world titles between them and it's been very tense. yesterday, o'sullivan came back from 3—1 down to level it at 4 all — finishing with a century break. they'll be back on the table from 2:30pm. manchester united interim manager ralf rangnick will become austria's new national coach at the end of the season. the austrian fa met today to decide the appointment and the man himself has confirmed he will combine his new role with a consultancy position with united next season. the football writers' association has just named the winners of their footballer of the year awards for this season. (oov)the men's winner is liverpool forward mohamed salah, season. the men's winner is liverpool forward mohamed salah, who previously won it back in 2018. the egyptian is having a remarkable campaign — scoring 22 goals, and contributing 13 assists, and of course his side could still win the quadruple. and the chelsea striker sam kerr has been named women's footballer of the year. the australian the wsl�*s top scorer with 18 goals this season, including a goal in last night's win over tottenham which saw her side move four points clear of arsenal at the top of the table. the countdown continues to saturday's ground—breaking boxing match in new york. history will be made when ireland's katie taylor puts her undisputed world lightweight title — and her unbeaten record on the line — against amanda serrano from puerto rico. it'll be the first time female fighters will top the bill at the famous boxing venue, madison square garden. it's been an amazing week, and definitely very different to where i started in ireland is a ten—year—old. i had to pretend to be a boy to get fights. women's boxing wasn't a sport in ireland. here we are, years later, headlining madison square garden, the most iconic venue in boxing. this isjust incredible, and this is all the sacrifice have been working for sure. that's all the sport for now. the government is stepping up efforts to resolve supply issues affecting hormone replacement therapy products. there's a shortage of a gel used by women to help with menopause symptoms. the health secretary has appointed the director general of the vaccine task force, madelaine mcternan to take charge. demand for hrt products in the uk has been increasing over the last few years due to greater menopause awareness and gp confidence in prescribing treatments. with me now is the founder of menapause matters heather currie. thank you forjoining us. to establish what the causes are of this festival, i remember us reporting on it first four or five years ago, and then it sort of went quiet. years ago, and then it sort of went cuiet. ~ . . years ago, and then it sort of went i uiet. . ., ., , years ago, and then it sort of went cuiet. . ., ., , ,, quiet. what have been the issues? the issues around _ quiet. what have been the issues? the issues around the _ quiet. what have been the issues? the issues around the shortages i quiet. what have been the issues? j the issues around the shortages of oestrogel around the change of supply. this time, it is not the supply. this time, it is not the supply that has increased but the demand. as you mention, in recent years, there has been a huge increase in the awareness of menopause and its consequences, and the treatment options. for many years, health care professionals have talked about the risks of hrt but for many years we have been trying to put that into perspective by providing adequate information so that many women are aware that often the benefits outweigh the risks. for the benefits outweigh the risks. for the sake of absolute clarity, because it has been an ongoing conversation, just spell out what the symptoms are, and when they might start to strike. they are symptoms that can be written off as down to something else if you don't connect them necessarily with the menopause. connect them necessarily with the menopause-— connect them necessarily with the menopause. connect them necessarily with the meno ause. , ., ., ., menopause. there is a huge range of symptoms- — menopause. there is a huge range of symptoms- the _ menopause. there is a huge range of symptoms. the most _ menopause. there is a huge range of symptoms. the most ones _ menopause. there is a huge range of symptoms. the most ones are - menopause. there is a huge range of| symptoms. the most ones are flushes and sweats which may not sound that serious but can be really embarrassing and embarrassing and uncomfortable and lead to disturbed sleep. disturbed sleep itself can have a huge knock—on effect on functioning and coping and mood changes. separate to that, there are effects of menopause mental health and anxiety and concentration. all things that can affect how we feel and how we function both in our home life, our work life and social life. i think many women are prepared for flushes and sweats but it is the other changes, particularly psychological changes that can have an impact. particularly with the low level of awareness. it is all around becoming low in oestrogen that the most effective treatment is to give oestrogen back which is in the form of hrt. is oestrogen back which is in the form of hrt. , , ., oestrogen back which is in the form ofhrt., ,., _ of hrt. is it instant if somebody takes oestrogen? _ of hrt. is it instant if somebody takes oestrogen? in _ of hrt. is it instant if somebody takes oestrogen? in some - of hrt. is it instant if somebody i takes oestrogen? in some women, of hrt. is it instant if somebody - takes oestrogen? in some women, they do notice effects — takes oestrogen? in some women, they do notice effects quite _ takes oestrogen? in some women, they do notice effects quite quickly, - takes oestrogen? in some women, they do notice effects quite quickly, but - do notice effects quite quickly, but we always say if you try to concentrate a change of treatment to try for three months because it can take that long to know if that particular preparation is suitable for yourself. there are many preparations, and it is particularly one of the gels that is in short supply because the demand for that one has increased dramatically. there are other preparations so it is worth speaking to the pharmacists and gp about an equivalent one that what maybe do just as well, or could be used as a temporary measure until the supply increases again. great be used as a temporary measure until the supply increases again.— the supply increases again. great to talk to you- — the supply increases again. great to talk to you- it _ the supply increases again. great to talk to you. it would _ the supply increases again. great to talk to you. it would be _ the supply increases again. great to talk to you. it would be great - the supply increases again. great to talk to you. it would be great to - talk to you. it would be great to get you on another time for your questions answered, and perhaps we could do that. but for now, we do have to leave it. thanks very much. you can get in touch with me on twitter. families with disabled children fear rising household bills could make their child's condition worse — as many rely on energy—intensive equipment, like electric hoists and wheelchairs. the disability charity contact says hundreds of parents are concerned they'll be forced to cut back, or stop using the equipment altogether. our disability correspondent nikki fox reports. oh. what film is it, molly—moo? they're making the best of it but molly and her mum, adele, are going through the toughest of times. shall we put some songs on? three years ago, molly was an active 10—year—old. let's wipe that chin. but then she was diagnosed with a rare, life—limiting condition called batten disease, which has taken her mobility and her vision. she's always full of beans, giggling. funny. just lets nothing get in her way whatsoever. she's amazing. ready in the swing? there's no escaping the amount of specialist equipment molly uses each day. ok, mummy�*sjust going to move that chair now. adele is a single mum, so she can't do without it, but it all needs power. ooh. i'll push you that way a bit, molly. we've got two wheelchairs, two ceiling track hoists, a through floor lift, two suction machines and an electric bed. if this isn't on charge 24/7 and the battery goes flat, the whole battery will break completely and it will need replacing. she does wear pads. however, by morning, she's usually leaked. it's notjust the equipment bumping up the bills. it's the extraordinary amount of washing she gets through every single day. that whole load is just from this morning? this whole load willjust be pretty much most of that. so how many washes are you doing a day? easily three. really? easily three. some days more. it depends. adele is struggling to keep up with the bills. you can see here that i was £92 in credit. now the balance i owe them is £283. her only option is to cut back on essentials. it's getting to a point, do we put fuel in the car and take molly for a day out, or do we need to put that aside to be able to pay for gas and electric? there's no extra help for us whatsoever. don't get me wrong, everybody should get help. parents with disabled children who aren't able to go out and work and earn a decent living, you know, there should be something out there to help support us because our electric bills straightaway are much higher than everybody else's. adele is not alone. in a survey by the charity, contact, almost 2,000 families feared their child's condition could get worse as a result of rising energy prices. more than 50 organisations have written to the chancellor asking for benefits to be increased in line with inflation. we would like to see the government just recognise that disability means extra costs and build that into their response. at the moment, the measures that the government has taken don't go anywhere near far enough in terms of supporting families who are doing their best under incredibly challenging circumstances. i'm getting a smile. say, hi, nikki. hey, molly. the government says it's announced a £22 billion package of support for the hardest hit this year, including over £9 billion to help with rising energy bills. come on, then. but as those bills are expected to rise again later this year, adele fears the short time she may have left with her daughter will be spent worrying about how she'll financially get by. she's spending what is potentially the last few years of her life stuck in because we can't afford to go out and do things. it's absolutely ridiculous. it's just so unfair. how does it make you feel that you can't give molly the best quality of life? obviously, you have times where you do break down and things kind of do hit you again. get a bit on top of you. yeah. mm. but you have to keep going. you have no choice. you have to keep going. and you just don't let these things get you down. i've got to stay strong for molly, because if i'm not strong, then there's nobody else to be strong for her. earlier i spoke to marie cavalier. her daughter annie has sturge weber syndrome and she's also chair of the sturge weber uk charity. marie told me how the rise in energy prices is affecting herfamily we have to have a siege monitor on her in the evening. because she does have sieges on the night. that tells me that she is having a seizure and allows me to intervene and resuscitate if necessary. are you and others you are in touch with through the charity concerned about the impact of rising energy bills? i the impact of rising energy bills? i did a survey with my members recently knowing that i was coming on this programme, and the common things coming out of this are that families are at breaking point. they have no idea how they are going to manage and keep their family units together. the increased cost of petrol has a huge bearing on this because our children have a huge amount of hospital appointments, and that means time off work for parents to take their children to these appointments which is generally unpaid. together with the increased cost of gas and electric, that is bringing families to their knees. in bringing families to their knees. in a report from molly's mother, saying often parents can't work because of the needs of the child, and it makes their financial position even more fixed and difficult. what support is there? is fixed and difficult. what support is there? , , , fixed and difficult. what support is there? . , , , there? is there support? there is su ort there? is there support? there is support for— there? is there support? there is support for some _ there? is there support? there is support for some families - there? is there support? there is support for some families who i there? is there support? there is i support for some families who claim benefits, and it depends greatly on whether you claim universal credits or other credits. but there are families who work part—time or are self—employed and unfortunately the support for those families is far less. ~ . , support for those families is far less. . ., , ., support for those families is far less. . . , support for those families is far less. . . less. what sorts of choices of eo - le less. what sorts of choices of people having _ less. what sorts of choices of people having to _ less. what sorts of choices of people having to take, - less. what sorts of choices of people having to take, the i less. what sorts of choices of i people having to take, the ones you've been speaking to? we've got one family that _ you've been speaking to? we've got one family that is _ you've been speaking to? we've got one family that is struggling - you've been speaking to? we've got one family that is struggling to - one family that is struggling to eat, struggling to put food on the table. these families are having to pay for extra support because services are not the same across the uk. they are having to fund private swimming lessons for the children, so that the children are getting the ot and physical support that they need. they falling into a black hole. the extras have been taken away. children have been in lockdown over the past two years and some of had to shield. it's having a huge impact on the mental health of the children and the impact on the family units as a whole. james corden has announced he will be leaving the us talk show "the late late show" next year. (tx oov)the comedian has hosted the show for seven years. in an interview last year he said that he'd never intended for the programme to be his "final destination". now it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller. it's a sunny day out there across some parts of the uk. there were some parts of the uk. there were some places yesterday stuck in single figures.— some places yesterday stuck in sinale fiaures. ., ~ . , single figures. through the midlands and east anglia _ single figures. through the midlands and east anglia and _ single figures. through the midlands and east anglia and the _ single figures. through the midlands and east anglia and the south-east i and east anglia and the south—east there is some cloud. it will brighten up here, and a few spots will hang around. there may be the shower. elsewhere, temperatures widely towards the mid—teens. showers breaking out in central mid scotland this afternoon. overnight, the press kept at bay, whereas elsewhere in scotland wales and england there will be a patchy press going on in the evening. a chilly, but bright and sunny start to their weekend. in northern ireland and scotland and weather system coming in. it will be a cooler day, and some of that day towards part of england and wales. sunny spells compared to today. that rain moves a little further south overnight and into sunday. hello, this is bbc news with joanna gosling. the headlines, two british volunteers providing aid in ukraine are believed to have been captured by russian forces. moscow's missiles blast ukriane's capital kyiv, as the un secretary general visits the city. former tennis star boris becker arrives in court, as he faces a prison sentence of up to seven years over bankruptcy. a new hormone replacement therapy tsar is appointed as more than a million women are affected by supply issues. a report warns black children are disadvantaged in schools because they are viewed as 'less innocent�* and more adult—like. the mayor of kyiv, vitaly klitschko, said one dead body has been recovered from the rubble in the capital's shevchenkivsky district, following russian air strikes which struck the city yesterday during the un secretary general�*s visit. the body is believed to be that of vira hyrych, a producer with the ukrainian office of the radio liberty news service. vitaliy shevchenko from bbc monitoring gave us this update a little earlier. nowhere is safe, not even when the un secretary—general is in town, and what makes this tragic event particularly significant is that it highlights how little the un has had in terms of impact on the war in ukraine and antonio guterres, the un chief himself, he said yesterday that his own security council has failed to put an end to the war and also i think it shows what seems to be russia's disregard for external foreign pressure, and a huge gap between what russia says and what we see on the ground and russia has not commented on the actualfacts of the residential building being hit in kyiv. what the defence minister in moscow said was that they used a precision missile to attack a missile factory in kyiv, but the factory is across the street from the building that was hit and as far as we know windows were shattered there, but the actual buildings are not too badly damaged, so it's so it's a residential high—rise that got damaged resulting in the death of at least one person. is there a sense in ukraine that vladimir putin is looking at key international figures going to kyiv and seeing that that is a huge thing for ukraine, a morale boost every time a figure goes there while the war is going on. yes, there are all sorts of commentaries flying about in ukraine, particularly along the lines of how president putin and his army that do not care about public opinion and want to send a message to world leaders that it's not safe to come to kyiv, you can't do it, it is our territory, our backyard but also people note that this is the first such incidence, and for example when the uk prime minister boris johnson was in kyiv, it was safe, so maybe something has changed in the kremlin's calculus, despite moscow's assertions that they are focusing on donbas, which is the easternmost part of ukraine and that they have scaled down their activity around the ukrainian capital. millions of ukraine 5 children have had to flee their homes since the war began ? with unicef estimating two thirds of them are now displaced. for some, its an even harder journey, because they don t have their parents with them. one children 5 home on the eastern frontline in luhansk had to move all its children hundreds of miles across the country to the western city of lviv ? and our correspondent danjohnson has been to meet them. watch for the flash of panic across her face. but she knows the drill. she has been through more air raids than any 11—year—old should. the lives of these orphanage children are now dominated by running from war and taking coverfrom attacks. are you scared? she tells us to stay down and keep away from the windows. she is a veteran even before she has reached her teenage years. smartphone apps show alerts spreading across the country, and thoughts turn to home. this is lysycha ns'k, angelina says, leading memories of the town she was evacuated from. "i want to go home. the more they shoot, the more i want to go back," she says. but angelina has no idea what awaits. her mother could not look after her, and they were separated before covid hit. angelina was placed in a children's home, and the last she heard was a call from her uncle a month ago. "i miss them very much. i don't want to stay in lviv any more. i want be with my family." this is why they came west. bombs landed close to their orphanage in the luhansk region. soon after they escaped in the early days of the invasion. local officials sent us these pictures of the damage. the un says nearly five million ukrainian children are now refugees. this man tells me he heard shooting early on the morning of the invasion. translation: i do not know exactly what the sounds were. _ then russian tanks invaded lysychans'k. we packed all our stuff. the manager was thinking we would go to lviv or kyiv. lviv it was, but even this far west they are not safe. his phone now holds footage of a missile strike close by. it was very close to here. we even saw the fire. the windows were blown out and some shrapnel flew in. it was here on the floor, i was walking on fragments of glass. and there is a reminder that those who nurture these children are fragile, too. olga got these children to safety, but her own family, her own son, were left behind. translation: how it is to leave, to go. - it is hard to go. hard, impossible, worrying, how can you live? how can you work? knowing that this is happening there, relatives in danger every moment of their lives. angelina offers a lesson in the attempt to redraw the geography of ukraine. "take me back to lysychans'k, she says, and i will live with my family. mum, if you see this, i love you. i love all my relatives, and i want the war to be over. then we will rebuild lysychans'k and our country." danjohnson, bbc news, lviv. black children in england are disadvantaged in schools because they are viewed as "less innocent" and more adult—like, according to a new report. the commission on young lives in england says this process, known as "adultification", means black children feel over—policed and has a negative impact on their lives. earlier i spoke to jahnine davis. she's one of the uk 5 leading specialists in the safeguarding of black children and a member of the child safeguarding practice review panel. my reaction is this report has not highlighted anything which is new, and we have been talking about the adultification of black children for many years. what we now see is a way, a word to frame and to describe those kind of experiences. i think it is important that when we talk about adultification, rather than just simplifying and oversimplifying it as being perceived as being older, that we situate it in the historical context of slavery and colonialism, whereby, historically, black people as a whole have been dehumanised and devalued, and that as a means to justify the abuse we have experienced, we are perceived as being less than, aggressive, deviant, hypersexual. black girls, hypersexual. black boys, dangerous. we see how that continues to play out in present day. i think if we go on to talk about the adultification of black children, it is important that we don't de—centre it from where it comes from. and colonialism and slavery is just that. i think sometimes the new buzzword can become quite palatable. the new buzzword, such as unconscious bias and cultural competency, i think it is important that we really understand the intersectional experiences of this form of bias and how it impacts on our safeguarding decision—making. the former health secretary matt hancock has apologised for "all of the pain and anguish" caused, after the high court ruled government policies on discharging patients from hospital into care homes at the beginning of the pandemic were unlawful. when covid hit in early 2020, patients were rapidly discharged into care homes without testing, despite the risk of asymptomatic transmission. the court was told more than 20,000 elderly or disabled care home residents died from covid between march and june that year in england and wales alone. speaking to the bbc, mr hancock said that the court case was "an importantjudgment" that needed to be "looked at and considered." i think what happened during the pandemic was incredibly difficult for many people and i'm very happy to reiterate my apology as the prime minister has done, as i said on wednesday, for all of the pain and the anguish that it caused. i think this court case was an importantjudgment that needs to be looked at and considered. what it found was that we ministers were not told about the asymptomatic transmission, a really important scientific fact, and the most important thing is that we learn from what happened, we learn those lessons as a country and how to handle pandemics, because there will be a future one. yes, my heart goes out to all those who lost loved ones, all the families affected, including my own. and i think what is the most important thing, at this stage, we make sure we learn the right lessons for the future as well. do you regret saying that you threw a protective ring around care homes and that clearly wasn't the case? we did all that we could with the information that i had at the time. and, later, we introduced stronger rules based on staff movement, which meant that by the second peak, we ended up with a far better system for care homes. it is about learning, it was about learning on the way through and it was about using all the information that i had in my hand to the very best i could. thank you. a trial to extend the school day in wales is coming to an end. for the last ten weeks, 1,800 pupils at 14 schools have been offered an extra five hours a week ? with the focus more on activities than academic learning. so how have they been getting on? let's find out, from our correspondent hywel griffith. it is strange for me, something to look forward to at the end of the day. the day flies past really fast. before it used to be a bit boring, after you go home, nothing really to do, but now there's something to look forward to and to do after school. so you will be sad to see it end? yeah. time is up on the school's big experiment, an extra hour every day for ten weeks to stretch and excite these children about learning again coming out of the pandemic. so did it work? yeah, it has made it feel a little bit different, because when i wasn't doing these activities, i was looking forward to going home and playing on my ipad, but now after school i get to do other activities and get to see my friends more time. from tae kwon do to lego and ceramics, they have been put through their paces, not in traditional academic subjects, but sessions that help build confidence. it also helps out many parents likejordan, whose daughter took part. i would say it has definitely been beneficial as a working parent, because instead of thinking about our childcare costs, they are staying in school that extra time. after ten weeks of cooking, drumming, dancing and everything else, one lesson has already been learned, that rolling out the extra hour for every school and every pupil in wales would be hugely complicated and expensive. come on in, welcome to the lego club. the school have the freedom to piece together its own plan, with staff offered extra pay if they wanted to help and local companies employed to come in, too. only years five and six took part, offering it to every child would be tough. it would be a very difficult task to run for every year group, especially for us being over three sites, it would definitely need possibly one or two full—time employees. so huge, definitely. and expensive, i guess? yeah. when you go home, you are going to cook these, they will have to go in the oven, ok? some unions oppose the extra hours, warning they could turn schools into childcare centres. the welsh government says it will evaluate what has been learned here before making any decisions. the headlines on bbc news. two british volunteers providing aid in ukraine are believed to have been captured by russian forces. former tennis star boris becker arrives in court as he faces a prison sentence of up to seven years over bankruptcy. a report warns black children are disadvantaged in schools because they are viewed as �*less innocent�* and more adult—like. more than 40 palestinians have been injured injerusalem�*s al aqsa mosque compound during the latest round of early morning clashes with israeli police. security forces fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse palestinians who were throwing rocks and firecrackers, some of them towards the western wall below al aqsa wherejews gather to pray. the site — which is known tojews as temple mount — has seen a series of clashes during the muslim holy month of ramadan. the deployment of israeli police injerusalem has been boosted as tens of thousands of worshippers are expected for friday prayers — the last this ramadan. all morning, tens of thousands of palestinian worshippers have been heading down towardsjerusalem�*s old city, towards the al aqsa mosque to pray. and this is the last friday prayers of the holy month of ramadan and we expect by the end of the day there could be 100,000 palestinian worshippers who have attended. israeli security has been pretty high, as you can imagine, but a pretty relaxed atmosphere so far, and things seem to have been passing off peacefully. there were some clashes overnight but relatively minor compared to what we have seen in previous years. the palestinian red crescent say 42 palestinians were injured but none of them seriously. israeli security forces say they were firing tear gas, rubber bullets in response to, they say, palestinians throwing rocks and fireworks down towards the western wall where , of course, jews go to pray. so at the moment, a relatively peaceful scene, a beautiful day, but people will be watching closely to see if things pass off peacefully in the next few hours. musicians are struggling with venues taking commission from their merchandise stands at gigs — that�*s according to a report which says some venues are taking 25% or more. it�*s prompted a campaign from the featured artists coalition who now list venues that don�*t charge commission. earlier tim burgess from the charlatans told rebecca jones why he has been raising awareness about this i first realised that it was happening in 1990, but with managers shrugging their shoulders and saying that is just the way it is. i was on tour with the charlatans last year and itjust occurred to me that i had a voice and i should raise the issue again for future... for bands of the present and future bands, really. certainly when the charlatans first started, our t—shirts sold more in many ways than our records and it helped to sustain the band. and without that we would have really struggled. that is really interesting. i mean, in many ways i guess big bands, perhaps like yourselves, can perhaps absorb these costs but it�*s a real struggle, it must have a real impact on bands that are just starting out? exactly, and that�*s who we�*ve got to protect. i mean, iadmire dry cleaning and yardact, they�*ve set up stores in hotels and pubs across the road from the venue to kind of get around it, and charlatans did that when we first found out too, but it�*s a real tricky one because not all venues take the commission. my favourite venue in the world is the brudenell social club in leeds and they don�*t take commission and they really run the venue really fantastically. as you said earlier, there is a directory that tells you all the venues that do take this commission, and it is a real struggle. we have our own merchandise person and he knows the band really well and helps with the designs of the shirts and would run backstage and get things signed, and then unload and upload the shirts every night. and then someone comes along, someone from the concession company and will kind of like take over, and they have to drive... one person was in cambridge and drove from bournemouth and then drove back the following morning to sell shirts on our behalf when we�*ve already got somebody who has a seat on the van. it just seems really strange. the koko nightclub in camden was where madonna held her first ever british gig, and the venue where prince liked to play secret shows when he came to london. it closed three years ago for a major renovation — before being struck by fire, a flood and covid. tonight, it ll reopen with a concert by the rock band arcade fire. our music correspondent mark savage has been for a look around. from lady gaga to the rolling stones, koko has played host to some of the biggest names in music. three years ago, it closed for renovation. then disaster struck. 150,000 litres of water damage during the fire, so that is quite something to deal with, which can rip through the fabric of the building. the fire damage could actually have been worse, but the dome at the top of the building melted and acted like a chimney to draw the flames away. it was a lucky escape for the venue, which first opened in 1900 as the camden theatre. charlie chaplin was an early performer, and after the second world war, the bbc used it to stage shows by monty python and the goons. he is one of mrs thatcher�*s incomprehensives. after the bbc left in 1983, it was named the best nightclub in europe. lager is about 90p, which is not bad _ if you do we want to be exotic and impress somebody, the cocktails are exotic and cost £2.50, but they are nice. the cocktails might cost a bit more now, but they are ready to open their doors again. with just 24 hours to go, the final touches are being put to the auditorium where on friday night, arcade fire will be the first band to take to the stage. whenever we play a venue that has been host to so many incredible performers over the years, you feel at onstage, it�*s always so much more exciting to play at a venue like that. it is always amazing when you can visualise what it was like when somebody like charlie chaplin was there, it still looks like that. everybody was looking at the same thing. after the fire pushed back opening night by a further 18 months, the venue�*s owner says he is relieved that the day has finally arrived. this looks great, first show tomorrow night. yes, an incredible moment for us, we will go into 27 shows in a row, which is quite special. mercury prize nominee moses boyd says he has missed playing venue. this has always been one of my favourite places to play. sonically, in terms of energy and the vibe, i have seen so many good shows on the stage. this balcony is a new feature, you can play to people behind you on the stage, how will that change things for you? i think that is incredible, if i had a choice, i would be playing every night with the audience around me. but it is notjust the main stage coming back. koko is now seven venues, including a jazz lounge, a piano bar, and a dj space inside the dome. we�*ve painstakingly reinstated every beam, truss and panel as per the original specification. it is a break—out space from the roof terrace next door, and it connects back into our bar here and the auditorium theatre below. so you can walk straight from here into the main concert space? i love the idea of a secret staircase, that sounds like harry potter. it does, yeah. every inch of the venue is now set up for live streaming, an idea that sounds obvious now after the pandemic, but was a bit of a gamble when it was first designed in 2013. live streaming opens you up to performing beyond the four walls. being set up for live streaming is definitely the way of the future. after venues struggled during the pandemic, koko�*s new template could help live music rediscover its rhythm. mark savage, bbc news. now it�*s time for a look at the weather with nick miller. hello. for many of us it�*s a brighter, sunnier, warmer day today compared with yesterday. in south yorkshire, for example, underneath all of this cloud yesterday, the temperature just topped out at nine celsius. it is much brighter out there today, and the temperature is heading up closer to the average for the time of year, 14 or 15 celsius. and that is the story across much of the uk. high pressure, plenty of dry weather again. an area of cloud, though, through much of the midlands, east anglia, south—east england, and hanging on through much of the afternoon. only beginning to clear later on. in fact, the odd lighted shower out of that towards essex and kent can�*t be ruled out. and the cloud here will be holding temperatures back compared with elsewhere where you get the brightest skies. early drizzle in north—east scotland petering out. the odd shower popping up in central and eastern parts of scotland. sunnier day in northern ireland, and temperatures are higher than yesterday, but there will be a few spots in south—east england, with the thickest cloud that may just hang around nine or 10 celsius as we go through the afternoon. that cloud doesn�*t disappear tonight. cloud increases through the night in northern ireland, the north and western scotland, keeping the frost at bay, whereas from southern scotland across wales and england, there will be a patchy frost and the coldest spots getting just below freezing, going into tomorrow morning. rewarded with a bright and sunny start to the day after the clear skies overnight. such a different day for northern ireland and scotland. we have got a weather system moving in. that is bringing in rain for the start of the weekend, gradually pushing across more of scotland during the afternoon, with a stronger wind, as well. lots of england and north wales getting it in that late afternoon, tomorrow, especially into the evening. ahead of that cloud increasing but staying dry for many daylight hours here. and as for the temperatures, they are going to be higher, especially towards east anglia and south—east england, compared with today. that weather system, then, moves south overnight and into sunday. it does begin to weaken on sunday. still has some rain with it, through particularly parts of wales and the western side of england, but elsewhere in england, you could see the little patchy rain from the cloud on sunday. not as much as many would like to see. in northern ireland and scotland, a few sunny spells break out, through the day on sunday, whereas in wales and england, it will be a cooler day. and then we are onto the bank holiday. expect a lot of cloud. there will be a few sunny spells breaking through and there. there will be a little showery rain at times, more especially across northern areas. a cooler feeling day across scotland, and warmer feeling day across much of wales and england. today at 1pm: nato warns the west must prepare for the long haul here in ukraine. it comes as russia confirms it fired missiles into this city last night — the first direct attack on kyiv for a fortnight. translation: the first one struck l on that side, it was really loud. l i thought it fell somewhere near my office. after about ten seconds, a second one hit — here. translation: they've killed so many people. | it's really difficult. and the other headlines this lunchtime... the leader of the british virgin islands is arrested in florida on charges of drug smuggling and money laundering. black schoolchildren are likely to face tougher punishments than other pupils because they�*re viewed as less innocent, says a new report.