of conservative mp neil parish, who admits watching pornography in the house of commons twice. the commons speaker, sir lindsay hoyle, calls for "radical action" to overhaul working practices in westminster. this is the first time a president has attended 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 speaker of the us house of representatives, nancy pelosi, says she led a congressional delegation to kyiv to deliver a message of continuing us support for ukraine in its war with russia. she said her discussions with the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky, and in warsaw this morning with the polish president, andrzej duda, had centred on what more needed to be done. ms pelosi told president zelensky ukraine was fighting for everyone�*s freedom and the us would back its resistance against russian aggression "until the fight is done." she said the house of representatives was drafting a legislative package to approve president biden�*s request of $33 billion in aid for ukraine. 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. russia's ministry of defence says 46 civilians were evacuated in total on saturday from residential buildings next to the besieged azovstal steel plant in mariupol in southern ukraine. it said they'd left in two groups. the ministry has published video apparently showing people being evacuated at night in buses with vehicles from both the red cross and un present. the un has not confirmed details of the operation, but ukrainian officials have confirmed 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 continues its offensive in the donbas. for towns along russia's axis of advance, artillery and missile strikes have become a part of everyday life, as tim muffett reports. 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 odesa, 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 a 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. our correspondent, ben brown, is in bucha and has more. this was the road were so many bodies were found after the russians finally left and so many homes have been destroyed. you can see home after home completely devastated here. in fact, only yesterday, police told us about three more 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 kyiv. the prosecutor general said they are investigating 8,000 separate allegations of war crimes and specifically in this town in bucha the ukrainian government and prosecutor general has now named and identified ten soldiers from the russian army, they are called the despicable10 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 ukrainians are saying that ultimately president putin is 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, there will be investigators sent by the dutch government shortly on behalf of the international 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's the suffering of civilians that has been most difficult to watch, frankly. we know there are reports of people trapped in mariupol, some evacuated, what's the latest on that? it does look like 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 2,000 ukrainian fighters, we think, trapped in the depths of that azovstal 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, maybe 1,000, including members of theirfamilies, but other civilians too, 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, 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 from the russian viewpoint is in the donbas region, what is the latest information from their? the ukrainians say they are pushing back from certain areas, and they have had some success, but from all the 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 in the eastern donbas region and the ukrainians are admitting they are taking heavy casualties there because russians are using a long—range artillery, they are also bombing from the air, and there is not a lot 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 on 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, in fact, nato have been talking about the west needing to see themselves and ukraine as in this for the long haul. reuters are updating the people evacuated from mariupol, 40 civilians arrived on sunday to a temporary accommodation centre after leaving the area around the steel plant. according to a photographer, civilians have arrived in the don yates region on buses. we have heard that the un has been involved in this attempt to get some civilians out, and it does seem as though it has been successful for a small group while attempts continue to rescue more civilians trapped there. we will of course confirm the details as soon as we can. 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. it's a bleak moment for parliament's reputation. claims of sexism and harassment have put a harsh spotlight on this place, and one mp caught up in sleaze has now decided to quit. neil parish had hoped to tough it out, wait for a parliamentary investigation to do its work. but yesterday the tory mp admitted to watching pornography twice while in the house of commons. in the end, i can see that the furore, the damage i was causing my family and my constituency and association wasn't worth carrying on. a conservative mp since 2010, mr paris was suspended from the parliamentary party on friday after being named as the mp in the centre of the allegations. two female tory mps had witnessed the behaviour. apologising to them and his constituents, the former farmer explained what happened. funnily enough, it was trscked as i was looking at it, so i did get into another website that had a very similar name, and i watched it for a bit, which i shouldn't have done. but my crime — biggest crime — is that on another occasion i went in a second time. mr parish said he deliberately looked at the material again while waiting to go into a commons voting lobby. and the one thing i wasn't doing, and which i will take to my grave as being true, is i was not actually making sure people could see it. in fact, i was trying to do quite the opposite. it was wrong, what i was doing, but this idea that i was there watching it and intimidating women, i mean, i have had 12 years in the parliament and have probably got one of the best reputations ever, or did have. neil parish wasn't a well—known mp, until now, but will be remembered for behaviour that caused shock and outrage across parliament. i think there is a great deal of work to do to make sure that the house of commons is a place where women are respected and appreciated and not merely tolerated. and i very much hope that this can act as a watershed moment so we don't see another deluge of really prominent female parliamentarians coming forward to highlight the misogyny and the harassment that they've faced. there will now be a by—election in the normally rock—solid tory seat of tiverton and honiton in devon, where voters have been absorbing the abrupt resignation of their mp. especially if i was one of the women that saw it, i'd feel very uncomfortable. it's not appropriate, a bit degrading. as a young woman, yeah, i don't want someone like that representing us, really. i can't say it's very nice, but it is a bit of a silly thing to do in a place where he should be concentrating on helping run the country, but... you do it in the privacy of your own home, if that's what interests you. j you don't do it in- the house of commons, so he deserves to step down. i think it's disgusting, personally. the scandal has increased calls for a culture change at westminster. the commons speaker, sir lindsay hoyle, said serious allegations have been made that had to be tackled with radical action. let's speak now to the labour mp chris bryant, who's the chair of the house of commons committee on standards and privileges. your reaction to the fact that neil parish has stood down? reports that he has broken the law, should he be prosecuted if he has? that he has broken the law, should he be prosecuted if he has?— prosecuted if he has? that is not a decision for _ prosecuted if he has? that is not a decision for me, _ prosecuted if he has? that is not a decision for me, the _ prosecuted if he has? that is not a decision for me, the prosecutors i prosecuted if he has? that is not a i decision for me, the prosecutors are separate from politicians. i have not held forth on this up until now because he reported himself to the parliamentary commission and that might have them come to my committee and i try to steer clear of prejudging things, but he has done the right thing and resigning, i don't understand why he went in gb news to refer to it in the thawed person as if it had nothing to do with him when he knew it had something to do with him, but the key point for me is that parliament has to be a place that is every single person to work. everyone who works in the building, even the police. and that means we have to have a very high set of standards. we should hold ourselves to a higher set of standards than anybody else in the country because we write the rules for everybody else we should abide by them, and the one thing that undermines that law is a culture of impunity where senior figures can get away with things, just because they are senior figures, and i was very upset by the story about anne marie trevelyan saying she had been pushed against the wall by a senior i think conservative minister. that would be a criminal offence, let alone anything else, but it's certainly a breach of the rules in the house of commons and it's depressing when she says she does not feel she was able to tell anybody about it because of the power relationship there is in politics. it can be a toxic combination, powerand patronage. combination, power and patronage. and combination, powerand patronage. and you have said you have personally suffered when you win you into the commons? i personally suffered when you win you into the commons?— into the commons? i have told the story many — into the commons? i have told the story many times. _ into the commons? i have told the story many times, but _ into the commons? i have told the story many times, but it's - into the commons? i have told the story many times, but it's true - into the commons? i have told the | story many times, but it's true that when i first arrived in the house of commons there were two things, homophobia was very rampant. actually, from staff as well as other mps. and i think four different mps touched me up at various different times. it was not possible to report that because you ended up becoming part of the story and there was no system for reporting it in a confidential and independent way, it would have been adjudicated by other mps, so i'm really glad we now have the independent complaints and grievance scheme which means people can go completely confidentially and anonymously if they want to to make claims about things... whether they have suffered bullying or sexual harassment or sexual misconduct. i know it's very painful for parliament because some of these cases have now been investigated and at least one mp has lost theirjob and left parliament because of it, but i think it's right that we have that in place and we need to boost it to make sure that it is enhanced. and as far as your own experience, are the people that made those of sorts on you, are they still in parliament, and i don't know whether you have a name them, would you want action to be taken against them now? one of them is no longer alive, two of them are no longer mps, and one is still an of them are no longer mps, and one is stillan mp, of them are no longer mps, and one is still an mp, but, of them are no longer mps, and one is stillan mp, but, no, i dealt with the situation back then and i don't feel the need to pursue anything. but the point is... this was 18 years ago. what i really want to make sure is first of all the everybody, every mp, must understand the rules. we had to macro government ministers before us a week ago, and it was clear they had not understood the rules as they presently are, that the committee is reviewing the code of conduct at the moment and i hope we will produce a new code of conduct. i would also like to see mandatory training for all mps because sometimes mps have never employed anybody because —— before they came to the house and they don't know what best practices. i know that the government last week worked wholeheartedly to oppose mandatory training for all mps, i think that's a mistake, and we do need to enforce the rules when they are breached. everything we have talked about in the last week is a breach of the rules already, but the key thing is, do we make sure that those rules are then enforced? and i think for instance, one of the oldest rules we have as you are not allowed to take money from clients and then pursue the commercial interests around parliament, someone did it 14 times and was found guilty by our committee, the government try to overturn the ruling at the last minute, that kind of impunity does terrible damage, as does, i hate to say it, if you lie to parliament as prime minister and you refused to resign. all of that sense of impunity makes for a very toxic atmosphere in parliament. find impunity makes for a very toxic atmosphere in parliament. and for me to understand. — atmosphere in parliament. and for me to understand, and _ atmosphere in parliament. and for me to understand, and i _ atmosphere in parliament. and for me to understand, and i don't _ atmosphere in parliament. and for me to understand, and i don't want - atmosphere in parliament. and for me to understand, and i don't want to - to understand, and i don't want to dry to understand, and i don't want to pry at all, beyond what is appropriate, i am just trying to understand, you said one person is still in the commons but you don't want any further action against them, you are in a high—profile powerful position now, a lot of what happens is to young people who are relatively i'm sure... younger people who don't have the public profile and are perhaps trying to climb the ladder of politics, it's all about power, they think, if they will speak out their career will suffer ultimately, why do you not want to speak out and have father —— further action taken in your own case, and how does any code of conduct serve that —— solve that code of conduct? conduct serve that -- solve that code of conduct?— conduct serve that -- solve that code of conduct? some of these issues- -- — code of conduct? some of these issues- -- i _ code of conduct? some of these issues... i fully _ code of conduct? some of these issues... i fully support - code of conduct? some of these issues... i fully support the - code of conduct? some of these issues... i fully support the idea of looking at how we can improve our employment structure in parliament, indeed, i tried to introduce changes to this back in 2008 when i was deputy leader of the house of commons, and everybody fumed about it, saying it was terrible to bring in these changes. ijust think it, saying it was terrible to bring in these changes. i just think that the key thing is we have now introduced independent complaints and grievance scheme, i hope that every single young person or person of any age who works in parliament, who has suffered bullying, sexual harassment or sexually inappropriate behaviour, would feel free to contact the completely confidential hotline and if they wanted to do so to pursue a claim. it has only been there forfour to pursue a claim. it has only been there for four macro years. and a panel which adjudicates on this, there are no mps in involved in the process at all, that has only been in place forjust over 18 months, so in place forjust over 18 months, so in a sense the fact that some of the stories are coming out about mps who have been involved in bullying or sexual harassment, is a good thing because people have felt able to make complaints whereas back when i was first elected in 2001 all of this was always swept under the carpet. this was always swept under the caret. ~ . carpet. we will leave it there, thank you _ carpet. we will leave it there, thank you for _ carpet. we will leave it there, thank you for talking - carpet. we will leave it there, thank you for talking to - carpet. we will leave it there, thank you for talking to us - carpet. we will leave it there, i thank you for talking to us today. 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—19. 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. you're watching bbc news. 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. let's have a look at the weather. 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 the way. 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, but a 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 high. 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's 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.