of conservative mp neil parish, who admits watching pornography in the house of commons twice. the commons speaker, sir lindsey hoyle, calls for "radical action" to overhaul working practices in westminster. it's the first time a president is at this dinner in six years. the white house correspondents�* dinner returns to washington's political calendar. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. the us speaker of the house, nancy pelosi, and other congressional leaders have visited the ukrainian capital, kyiv, on an unannounced trip in which she expressed support for president volodymyr zelensky. she said ukraine was fighting for everyone�*s freedom and the us would back its resistance against russian aggression. she said the house of representatives was drafting a legislative package. it is with great sorrow that we come here, with great pride, we leave with a firmer understanding and more current understanding of what needs to be done, with a deeper appreciation of inspiration from those who are in this fight and, again, the resolve to move quickly. we are already writing into legislation the initiative that president biden put forth. speaking with ms pelosi, mr zelensky said ukraine was grateful for the solidarity shown by both democrats and republicans. translation: first of all, i am | grateful to you for this signal. | this is a signal of strong support for ukraine. this is a powerful signalfrom the people of the united states, congress and two chamber support and two party support. meanwhile, a small group of women and children have been allowed to leave the besieged steelworks in mariupol — the final part of the city still held by ukrainian troops. there is video of people being evacuated at night and buses. the un has not confirmed details of the operation but ukrainian officials have confirmed that at least 20 civilians left the plant. both russia and ukraine are said to be respecting a local ceasefire and there are hopes more civilians can be freed. beyond the besieged steelworks, russia contunes its offensive in the donbas. artillery and missile strikes have become part of everyday life. scenes that have become so familiar over the past nine weeks — another home destroyed, another family rescuing what they can from the aftermath of a russian attack. dobropillia, in the donetsk region of eastern ukraine. seven civilians including three children were injured here, according to authorities. everything is destroyed, this man says. the house is, you can pretty much say, uninhabitable. so we are holding on. the lord will help us, and we will win. the azovstal steelworks in mariupol, the final part of the southern port city still under the control of ukrainian troops. sealed off more than a week ago under orders from president putin, it is thought around 20 civilians were able to leave the site yesterday. according to russian media, the group included six children under 1a. it is not known where they were taken. earlier, an advisor to ukraine's defence minister pleaded for humanitarian corridors to be set up to allow others to escape the city. tens of thousands of people are still trapped there, and russian war criminals still are refusing to allow humanitarian evacuation corridors. and this is a major problem, and the ukrainian authorities are saying on a daily basis that the international community must intervene with more force. in 0desa, in the south—west of the country, preparations continue for a possible russian invasion from the sea. ukrainian officials said last night the runway of the city's airport was destroyed by a russian missile strike, although no—one was injured. as far as russia is concerned, this is all still part of the special military operation, but there is talk that president putin will officially declare it a war. if president putin, maybe using the parade on 9th may, declares this a war, then the russian legal position changes. so, for example, he can keep the conscripts that are currently serving whose time is about up. he can keep them in and he can mobilise more reserves, more resources and more of russian industry. and what it would indicate is that this is now a long war, it's not a special military operation. it's something that president putin will cast as an existential fight for russia to protect all russian—speaking peoples. there was an unexpected visitor to ukraine yesterday. hollywood actress and un special envoy angelina jolie arrived in lviv. she met people who have been caught up in this conflict and others too young to fully appreciate its true horrors. let's cross to our correspondent, ben brown, who's in bucha. we can see some of the destruction there behind you. this was the road were so many bodies were found after the russians finally left in so many homes been destroyed. you can see homes been destroyed. you can see home after him completely devastated here. in fact, home after him completely devastated here. infact, only home after him completely devastated here. in fact, only yesterday, police told us about three more bodies of men they had found here, bodies of men they had found here, bodies with their hands tied behind their backs, showing signs of torture, so they will be added to the growing list of alleged war crimes in this town and other towns north of kiel. the prosecutor general said they are investigating 8000 separate allegations of war crimes and specifically in this town in bucha the ukrainian government and prosecutor general has now named and prosecutor general has now named and identified ten soldiers from the russian army, they are called the despicable ten in ukraine, ten soldiers from the 64 russian motor rifle brigade who are alleged to have carried out atrocities in this town, whether they will ever be brought to justice remains to be seen, but ukrainian is a saying that ultimately president putin as their commander—in—chief, that he was responsible ultimately for the destruction that we have seen in towns like bucha, and for the killings of so many civilians in places like this. in fact, just after the russians had left here, president putin honoured the very brigade that is alleged to have carried out war crimes here, he gave them a medal of honour and said they had carried out their duties here with honour and heroism. so that is the scene here in bucha and as well as the ukrainian war crimes investigators, they will be investigators, they will be investigators sent by the dutch government shortly on behalf of the international criminal court in the hague and they will arrive here with some of the very latest forensic technology to investigate allegations of war crimes. it is technology to investigate allegations of war crimes. it is the sufferin: allegations of war crimes. it is the suffering of _ allegations of war crimes. it is the suffering of civilians _ allegations of war crimes. it is the suffering of civilians that - allegations of war crimes. it is the suffering of civilians that has - allegations of war crimes. it is the suffering of civilians that has been most difficult to watch, frankly. i know there are reports of people trapped in mariupol, some evacuated, what is the latest in that? it trapped in mariupol, some evacuated, what is the latest in that?— what is the latest in that? it does look like the _ what is the latest in that? it does look like the some _ what is the latest in that? it does look like the some evacuations i what is the latest in that? it does. look like the some evacuations are under way, that is what the russians are saying. we have to wait for further concrete proof and evidence of that. there are about 2000 ukrainian fighters we think trapped in the depths of that azovstal steel pole —— steelworks in mariupol alongside hundreds of wounded fighters, some desperately ill from their wounds, some apparently have gangrene and are really in a dire condition. but alongside them several hundred civilians, may be 1000, including members of their families but other civilians, so the international community, the united nations secretary general, when he was here in ukraine visiting president putin in russia, that has been one of his main aims, to get some sort of evacuation operation under way in mariupol, humanitarian corridors under the auspices of the un and the red cross, so it does look like finally after so much suffering we are seeing the start of that evacuation but only a few people so far, perhaps 50 according to the russians, have been evacuated, there are many more in a desperate condition who need to get out of that steelworks in mariupol. and we know much of the focus on the russian people is in the donbas region, what is the latest information from their? the ukrainian — information from their? the ukrainian say _ information from their? the ukrainian say they - information from their? tue: ukrainian say they are information from their? tte: ukrainian say they are pushing information from their? tt2 ukrainian say they are pushing back from certain areas and they have had some success but from all accounts i have been seen, the russians are using overwhelming firepower. remember, they pulled out of areas like bucha in order to refocus their campaign. and they are concentrating their firepower campaign. and they are concentrating theirfirepower in campaign. and they are concentrating their firepower in the eastern donbas region and the ukrainians are admitting they are taking heavy casualties there because russians are using a long—range artillery teary, they are also bombing from the air, and there is not a lot of those ukrainian troops can do about it, they are in bunkers and trenches, it's pretty hard for them to fight back, and they are taking heavy casualties although they say they are pushing back in some areas and are inflicting casualties in the russian side as well, but it is looking like that war in the east will last weeks, months, maybe even years, and developing into a kind of war of attrition. president putin's initial idea of a lightning strike to take this country has disappeared of course and we are now settling in for a longer war, of course and we are now settling in fora longerwar, in of course and we are now settling in for a longer war, in fact nato have been talking about the west needing to see themselves and ukraine is in this for the long haul. in the uk , the speaker of the house of commons says "radical action" is needed to overhaul the working culture of the houses of parliament. sir lindsay hoyle's comments, in an article he's written for the observer newspaper, come a day after the resignation of the conservative mp neil parish, who admitted watching pornography twice in the house of commons. 0ur political correspondent, ben wright, has the details. an extraordinarily grim week in westminster. we have the emergence of those reports about neil parish in his resignation and we have had a number of female mps come forward in detail some of their experiences in parliament, for example a cabinet minister spoke earlier this week about having been pinned up against the wall by a male colleague, but those experiences we have heard this week. the business secretary was asked about this this morning on the bbc and he said he had seen bad behaviour in parliament, but he did not feel it was across the board. t not feel it was across the board. i think we have got to distinguish between — think we have got to distinguish between some bad apples, people who behave _ between some bad apples, people who behave badly, and the general environment. it is very similar to when _ environment. it is very similar to when people say, there are a number of racist _ when people say, there are a number of racist people in this country so that means — of racist people in this country so that means the whole country is racist, _ that means the whole country is racist, there are some bad apples, people _ racist, there are some bad apples, peoriie who — racist, there are some bad apples, people who have acted badly, and they should be held to account. in neil's_ they should be held to account. in neil's case, — they should be held to account. in neil's case, he voluntarily resigned, he realised that what he had done — resigned, he realised that what he had done was unacceptable, it is a professional work environment in which _ professional work environment in which he — professional work environment in which he did was unacceptable, and he has _ which he did was unacceptable, and he has resigned as a result. speaking _ he has resigned as a result. speaking to some mps over this week, people have also been saying, if we had more women in parliament that might help change the culture and at the moment only 25% of conservative mps are female, there is a commitment from the party to raise that to 50%, 50% of labour mps are female, but there is a sense that having more would help. he is the leader of the liberal democrats. we need to show to women and girls that if you _ need to show to women and girls that if you come _ need to show to women and girls that if you come into — need to show to women and girls that if you come into politics— need to show to women and girls that if you come into politics it _ need to show to women and girls that if you come into politics it is - if you come into politics it is going — if you come into politics it is going to _ if you come into politics it is going to he _ if you come into politics it is going to he an— if you come into politics it is going to be an environmentl if you come into politics it is - going to be an environment where if you come into politics it is _ going to be an environment where you feel safe, _ going to be an environment where you feel safe, you — going to be an environment where you feel safe, you will— going to be an environment where you feel safe, you will feel— going to be an environment where you feel safe, you will feel respected, - feel safe, you will feel respected, and we _ feel safe, you will feel respected, and we have — feel safe, you will feel respected, and we have to _ feel safe, you will feel respected, and we have to do _ feel safe, you will feel respected, and we have to do far— feel safe, you will feel respected, and we have to do far more, - feel safe, you will feel respected, and we have to do far more, and. feel safe, you will feel respected, - and we have to do far more, and what annoys— and we have to do far more, and what annoys me. _ and we have to do far more, and what annoys me. we — and we have to do far more, and what annoys me. we had _ and we have to do far more, and what annoys me, we had the _ and we have to do far more, and what annoys me, we had the mewtwo- and we have to do far more, and what. annoys me, we had the mewtwo scandal 'ust a annoys me, we had the mewtwo scandal just a few— annoys me, we had the mewtwo scandal just a few years — annoys me, we had the mewtwo scandal just a few years ago. _ annoys me, we had the mewtwo scandal just a few years ago, it _ annoys me, we had the mewtwo scandal just a few years ago, it looks _ annoys me, we had the mewtwo scandal just a few years ago, it looks like - just a few years ago, it looks like we have — just a few years ago, it looks like we have made _ just a few years ago, it looks like we have made no— just a few years ago, it looks like we have made no progress, - just a few years ago, it looks like we have made no progress, we l just a few years ago, it looks like . we have made no progress, we have -ot we have made no progress, we have got to— we have made no progress, we have got to go— we have made no progress, we have got to go further— we have made no progress, we have got to go further and _ we have made no progress, we have got to go further and faster - we have made no progress, we have got to go further and faster on - got to go further and faster on that, _ got to go further and faster on that, and _ got to go further and faster on that, and if— got to go further and faster on that, and if we _ got to go further and faster on that, and if we don't— got to go further and faster on that, and if we don't attract i got to go further and faster on - that, and if we don't attract women and girls— that, and if we don't attract women and girls into — that, and if we don't attract women and girls into politics— that, and if we don't attract women and girls into politics it _ that, and if we don't attract women and girls into politics it will- and girls into politics it will undermine _ and girls into politics it will undermine our— and girls into politics it will undermine our wonderful. and girls into politics it will- undermine our wonderful country and girls into politics it will— undermine our wonderful country and it needs _ undermine our wonderful country and it needs the _ undermine our wonderful country and it needs the contribution _ undermine our wonderful country and it needs the contribution of _ undermine our wonderful country and it needs the contribution of women i it needs the contribution of women and girls— it needs the contribution of women and girls in— it needs the contribution of women and girls in politics. _ it needs the contribution of women and girls in politics. 50— it needs the contribution of women and girls in politics.— and girls in politics. so lindsay ho leis and girls in politics. so lindsay hoyle is calling _ and girls in politics. so lindsay hoyle is calling for _ and girls in politics. so lindsay hoyle is calling for big - and girls in politics. so lindsayl hoyle is calling for big changes, and girls in politics. so lindsay- hoyle is calling for big changes, as have others, but we have the mail on sunday doubling down on its original claims about angela rayner, it's a really tough industry to work in. tt really tough industry to work in. tit is, really tough industry to work in. tt is, and the speaker says he wants radical action taken to a change workplace culture. the thing about westminster is there are structural things within it that don't help, whether you think it's a widespread culture or bad apples, some of the structural things about how westminster work do not help that, so one of the things he was to do is set up a formal inquiry to change the way that staff are employed in the way that staff are employed in the house of commons because at the moment they are directly employed by their mp which makes it hard for them if they want to raise concerns about employment practices, effectively they have to go to their own boss to complain about their boss, so he wants to set up a commission to change that. so keir starmer told sky news that he would participate in that although he does back the current system and said you have got to lead cultural change from the top. and it was striking, speaking to mps this week, one female mp i spoke to was frustrated by all of this and she said that at the moment she doesn't think that the moment she doesn't think that the cultural change until people really feel consequences overstepping the mark. in the case of neil parish, that has happened. in india and other parts of southern asia there's a record—breaking heatwave causing health problems that doctors say pose a bigger worry than the expected fourth wave of covid-19. in delhi, temperatures have soared past 40 degrees celsius for several days, and follow the hottest march recorded in more than one hundred years. more than a billion people in the region are at risk of heat—relatedimpacts, scientists have warned, linking the early onset of an intense summer to climate change. the family of the jailed rwandan opposition activist who inspired the film hotel rwanda says it has filed a four hundred million dollar lawsuit in the united states over his alleged abduction and torture. paul rusesabagina is serving a 25—year prison term on terrorism charges after a trial his supporters say was a sham. his family say the rwandan government lured him from texas, where he was living in exile, back to rwanda. rusesabagina is credited with saving some 1,200 people during the 1994 genocide. a long—standing political event has returned in washington — the white house correspondents association dinner. it is the first in—person event in two years because of covid—i9. trevor noah from the late show hosted the event, and president biden was the first sitting president who attended since the 0bama administration as president trump famously refused to go. this is the first time a president has attended this dinner in six years. applause. it's understandable. we had a horrible plague followed by two years of covid. you know, sir, can ijust say, and everyone will agree that it's actually nice once again to have a president who is not afraid to come to the white house correspondents dinner and hearjokes about himself. applause. i'll be honest, i'll be honest. if you didn't come, i totally would have understood, because these people have been so hard on you, which i don't get, i really don't. ever since you've come into office, things are really looking up. gas is up, rent is up, food is up. everything. it really has been a tough first year for you, mr president. plant a tree for the jubilee. that's the message from the prince of wales today as he invites nature—lovers to mark queen elizabeth's 70—year reign. it's part of a scheme called the queen's green canopy, which will also dedicate 70 ancient woodlands to her majesty. here's more from our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell. newsreel: after the spade work, a good watering ensured - that the seedling got a proper start in life. she has, over the 70 years of her reign, planted many a tree to mark a visit by the monarch. buckingham palace estimates it must be something like 1,500. but the planting of trees has much more than a merely symbolic significance. they are, of course, vital to the environment. so plant a tree for thejubilee is the message being pushed today by the prince of wales, no mean tree—planter himself. to launch the queen's green canopy, 70 of the oldest trees and most ancient woodlands around the united kingdom have been identified. one of the ancient trees is at dumfries house in ayrshire. i am delighted, therefore, to have the opportunity to launch this project in the grounds of dumfries house under the majestic branches of this old sycamore, which predates the very house itself, having grown from seed more than 420 years ago. planted in 1599, or thereabouts, during the reigns of queen elizabeth i and king james vi, it is remarkable that this ancient tree is as old as shakespeare's hamlet and caravaggio's david and goliath. the purpose of the project, said the prince, was to conserve the united kingdom's natural heritage, to protect ancient woodlands and to plant many thousands of new trees in celebration of the queen's 70 years on the throne. the sri lankan government has firmly ruled out the resignation of president gotabaya rajapaksa, which is being demanded by thousands of protesters who accuse him of mismanaging the economy. however, the media minister, nalaka godahewa, admitted that the government had failed to foresee the crippling foreign exchange reserve crisis which has led to a shortage of essential items like food and fuel. with me now is the executive director of the centre for policy alternatives, dr paikiasothy saravanamuttu. we have seen these huge protests, how are people being affected in day—to—day life at the moment their? the power cuts continue, the shortages continue with regards to cues for diesel, fuel and cooking gash, there are shortages of essential food gash, there are shortages of essentialfood items gash, there are shortages of essential food items and gash, there are shortages of essentialfood items and drugs, said the situation is pretty dire. and the situation is pretty dire. and our the situation is pretty dire. and your proposed _ the situation is pretty dire. and your proposed solution to this is what? , , , ., what? the president must go. the resounding — what? the president must go. the resounding message _ what? the president must go. the resounding message from - what? the president must go. the resounding message from the - what? the president must go. the . resounding message from the country is that president gotabaya rajapaksa must leave. and this is what needs to be heeded. he can resign but he is refusing to do that. so basically the create which country is rendered ungovernable but entirely by peaceful means. he ungovernable but entirely by peaceful means.— ungovernable but entirely by eaceful means. . , , ., peaceful means. he and his brother have been extensively _ peaceful means. he and his brother have been extensively powerful, . peaceful means. he and his brother. have been extensively powerful, they are backed by china, amongst others, is it realistic for these sorts of protests to have any chance of success, in your view? the question of whether— success, in your view? the question of whether it _ success, in your view? the question of whether it is _ success, in your view? the question of whether it is realistic _ success, in your view? the question of whether it is realistic or - success, in your view? the question of whether it is realistic or not, - success, in your view? the question of whether it is realistic or not, a i of whether it is realistic or not, a month ago, we would not have imagined that the scale of protest would never have happened in sri lanka, so now it is a question of the resilience and determination of the resilience and determination of the protesters. if they are going to fail and the whole thing is going to disintegrate, the rajapaksas would gain the upper hand and we don't know what the situation would be. are there alternative political leaders in place, ready to step in? oh, yes. there is an entire political opposition who have gone on record and said they would not be part of any government that includes the rajapaksas. tit part of any government that includes the rajapaksas-— the ra'apaksas. in terms of the imf, china the rajapaksas. in terms of the imf, china has indicated _ the rajapaksas. in terms of the imf, china has indicated they _ the rajapaksas. in terms of the imf, china has indicated they would - the rajapaksas. in terms of the imf, china has indicated they would not . china has indicated they would not be happy about an imf loan, and i be happy aboutan imf loan, and i met be happy about an imf loan, and i met process itself is long and complex. how are people going to manage on a daily basis with his political and economic crisis, not likely to be resolved soon? the hope is that, likely to be resolved soon? the hope is that. once — likely to be resolved soon? the hope is that, once we _ likely to be resolved soon? the hope is that, once we announce _ likely to be resolved soon? the hope is that, once we announce we - likely to be resolved soon? the hope is that, once we announce we have i is that, once we announce we have gone to the imf, we will have finance before the imf programme kicks in and all the institutions will be expected to provide us for that finance, we are asking for $4 billion. �* .,, ., , , ., that finance, we are asking for $4 billion. �* ., , , ., , billion. and obviously we are seeing olitical billion. and obviously we are seeing political turmoil _ billion. and obviously we are seeing political turmoil and _ billion. and obviously we are seeing political turmoil and a _ billion. and obviously we are seeing political turmoil and a cost - billion. and obviously we are seeing political turmoil and a cost of- political turmoil and a cost of living crisis in many countries around the world but in sri lanka it is really a cute, can you give us a sense of who is out of the streets protesting at the moment? the rotests protesting at the moment? the protests are — protesting at the moment? tt2 protests are predominantly young people below 40 and roughly in their 20s, but it's notjust exclusively then. it is across the demographic strata, it cuts across ethnic and religious lines, you have the old, the young, the middle class, so it is the entire country, a profile of the entire country who is making this demand. tote the entire country who is making this demand.— the entire country who is making this demand. ~ ., this demand. we will leave it there, thank ou this demand. we will leave it there, thank you very _ this demand. we will leave it there, thank you very much _ this demand. we will leave it there, thank you very much indeed - this demand. we will leave it there, thank you very much indeed for - thank you very much indeed for joining us. thank you very much indeed for joining us— police in canada are bracing themselves for a third day of protests by right—wing anti—establishment protesters. since friday, several cities have seen demonstrations and there have been a handful of arrests. it comes two months after truckers protesting against covid restrictions occupied the centre of the city for several weeks. authorities have vowed to prevent the motorcyclists�* rally from becoming as disruptive. israel's military say they've arrested two palestinians suspected of shooting dead a security guard at the entrance to a jewish settlement in the west bank on friday. israeli security forces carried out a series of raids across the west bank on saturday. tensions have been running high over access to al—aqsa mosque injerusalem, an israeli military clampdown in the west bank and a series of palestinian attacks in israel in recent weeks. hello there. a change of fortunes for many today, but not for all. i have managed to find a few glimpses of sunshine. not a bad start in parts of the highlands of scotland, particularly in comparison to saturday where we had an inch of rain falling in one or two areas, but most of us have been waking up to skies like this. so for the remainder of the day we keep quite a lot of low, grey cloud and at times we'll see some outbreaks of rain as this area of low pressure continues to push its way steadily southwards, squeezing the high out of away. so the rain so far has been moving out of scotland and northern ireland into the north—west of england and parts of wales. it is starting to weaken a little as it bumps into that high pressure, so we will see some showery outbreaks of rain for central and southern england, buta rather grey, gloomy, damp affairfollowing on behind for wales and through the irish sea. the best of the breaks in the cloud, the best of the glimpses of sunshine looks likely to continue to be the further north and west, with highs of 16 or 17 degrees. now, as we move through sunday evening, that rain still yet to clear. it will do so, leaving a legacy of cloud in its wake. the cloud preventing the temperatures from falling away, so that means there will be a relatively mild start to our bank holiday monday with temperatures holding up — 7—10 degrees. but a rather grey and gloomy start to bank holiday monday as well. now, there will be a good deal of drier weather in the forecast over the next couple of days. still the risk of a few isolated showers down through the borders, across the pennines as well. hopefully, the cloud will break in places, allowing glimpses of sunshine, so in the south we could see highs of 17 degrees, but a brisk northerly breeze in scotland willjust take the edge off the temperatures here in the far north and east — 7—11 celsius the highs. as we move out of monday into tuesday and wednesday, we've got a series of weather fronts that's just going to enhance some shower activity. some of them possibly heavy and thundery, but then behind those fronts an area of high pressure building. it is the azores high so, with the wind direction swinging in a clockwise direction, that means the warmer south—westerly flow is set to return, the air coming all the way up from western africa, so a slight dip in the feel of the weather and maybe some sharp thundery downpours, but then towards the end of the week, getting noticeably warmer and drier. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: the speaker of the us house of representatives is in poland after meeting ukraine's president in kyiv — saying american support will continue "until the fight is done". we are proud to convey to him a message of unity from the congress of the united states, a message of appreciation from the american people for his leadership, and admiration to the people of ukraine. russia's ministry of defence says forty— six civilians have been able to leave residential buildings next to the besieged azovstal steel plant in mariupol.