also tens of thousands march in may day protests in france against plans by president macron to raise the retirement age. and the most detailed 3d model of the female anatomy, to help make better medical diagnoses, for women. hello, thanks forjoining us. the south—eastern port city of mariupol is a shell of what is was before the russian invasion began. but throughout the bombardment, many civilians have been stuck there, despite repeated efforts to get them to safety. now the red cross and the united nations are helping in an operation to move them to evacuate them. a convoy of vehicles made it to mariupol on saturday to take out some of the hundreds of people trapped in the city's vast azovstal steel plant. these images show evacuees arriving earlier on sunday at their first stop in donetsk on the russian border. they're accompanied by red cross and un staff. but around a thousand more civilians are still sheltering inside the complex, along with around 2,000 ukrainian fighters, who are making a last stand in the city that has been almost completely destroyed by russian forces. 0ur correspondent laura bicker is in zaporizhzhia, where the evacuated civilians are being taken. after 60 days in darkness. they can finally crawl into the daylight. above ground, they pick through the rubble, the remains of their place of refuge. they've lived in a maze of tunnels below this vast steel plant for weeks. the only way to survive the russian bombardment. svetoslav was six months old yesterday. nearly half his life has been underground. supplies have been cut off, for weeks. "the children were hungry," this woman says. more than 100 people have been allowed to leave. their horror is over, for now. translation: i can't believe it, two months of darkness. l i told my husband, we won't be needing to go to the toilet with a torch and use a bag as a loo. the azovstal steel plant is one of the biggest in the world. a unit of ukrainian fighters has tried to hold on to the site as this once vibrant european city was pounded by the russians. civilians took shelter underground alongside them, but the bombing was relentless. the azov group claim that even their hospital was targeted. people have experienced fragmentation wounds, lacerations, fractures, bullet wounds. it is amputations, critical condition, serious condition. there are a couple of hundred of them. but now there is a glimmer of hope. it will be a tense wait to see if more will make it out of this city alive. around 100 civilians are expected here in zaporizhzhia tomorrow but there are hundreds more still trapped within the steelworks. there are thought to be 100,000 people in the city of mariupol itself. that gives you an idea of the scale of the operation still to come. talks are under way but i'm told those negotiations are delicate, tense and complicated. everyone wants to see this succeed. laura bicker, bbc news, zaporizhzhia. meanwhile, in kyiv, nancy pelosi, the speaker of the us house of representatives, has made a surprise visit for talks with ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy. she said the united states would stand with ukraine until the "fight is done" and said congress would move quickly to deliver $33 billion worth of aid proposed by president biden. ben brown reports. nancy pelosi is the latest high—profile international political figure to come to kyiv and offer president zelenskyy moral support. and he's getting much more than that from the united states, some $33 billion worth of economic, humanitarian and military assistance promised by president biden. speaking in poland after nancy pelosi had left ukraine, she said ukraine is fighting for everyone's freedom. do not be bullied by bullies. if they're making threats, you cannot back down. that's my view of it, that we're there for the fight. and you cannot fold to a bully. russia is now stepping up its offensive on the eastern front in donbas, raining down rockets, artillery and tank fire on ukrainian trenches and bunkers. after two months on the front line, these ukrainian troops from the 81st brigade are now pulling back for a short rest, a break from the relentless russian onslaught that has killed and injured many of their colleagues. a combat doctor treats some of the troops for trench foot because they haven't been able to change soaking wet boots and socks. translation: this is a good opportunity for the boys - to rest and to return to the fight with new energy, to recover physically, morally and psychologically. but before too long, his men will be heading back to the front line, perhaps to face an even more ferocious russian attack. this war, which president putin had hoped would only last for a few days, could now rage on for months or even years to come, consuming more lives with every passing day. the rising cost of living is something of a global crisis, and sri lanka is farfrom immune. tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of the capital, colombo, protesting against very steep price hikes for essential goods. part of the sri lankan problem is a lack of foreign currency reserves, which means the island nation of 22 million people, is struggling to pay forfood, fuel and foreign medicines. the latest rally brought together people from all the country's different ethnic groups in opposition to the government. from colombo, anbarasan ethirajan. a bruised economy bringing thousands to the streets. the country has run out of cash, struggles to import essential items. but these sri lankans aren't giving up. they demand a course correction. vimarsana ranasinghe has been camping here for 18 days. for people like her, basics have become luxury. you cannot afford to live here. food prices are increasing day by day and shortage of fuel, gas and all other essential goods and also medicine, so it is very difficult to live. i personally stopped buying fresh milk. a classic case of a country living beyond its means. now colombo is running from pillar to post for loans. a rude awakening for sri lankans. protesters chant i have been coming to sri lanka for the past 25 years and these protests are quite extraordinary. ethnic fault lines, they run very deep here in sri lanka, but the cost of living crisis has brought the three major communities — the sinhalese, muslims and tamils — together. elsewhere in colombo, in a show of strength, the opposition turned up in huge numbers. the present government has led our country to total ba nkru ptcy. there is abject poverty in all sectors of society. this government is an incompetent government. the government is on the back foot. it now admits to a colossal failure in managing the economy. they missed the point. they should have known, for example, 2020 when we started with a fresh government. no—one can say that we didn't have the facts. i mean, if you are a good analyst of the economic situation you should have known that this is coming. the only thing that you couldn't have predicted was the corona impact. the country's economic recovery is going to be long and arduous. these people want to ensure the government gets it right this time. anbarasan ethirajan, bbc news, colombo. the first international tourists have arrived in new zealand after the removal of coronavirus measures which all but closed the country's borders for more than two years. the first northern hemisphere visitors arrived in auckland on flights from the united states. people from more than 60 countries including britain before the pandemic, china was new zealand's second largest tourism market. chinesejravellersjill n -~ ,. for. may day marches returned to france _ for. may day marches returned to france with _ for. may day marches returned to france with officials - to france with officials counting more than 116,000 people in attendance. largely made up of trade unionists, climate campaigners and left—leaning parties. and while they started peaceful... some turned violent, with storefronts like this in donald �*s left in tatters and police firing tear gas on protesters. arresting 5a in the capital. their main grievances, salaries, as well as plans to raise the retirement age from 62. and there is a lot riding on this for the president. he may have won a new five year term after beating his far right challenger marine le.pen but parliamentary elections are fast approaching and his opponents aren't done fighting. translation: we have never been in a better position to parliamentary elections at this time. why, because you know it. everywhere i go and everywhere my comrades go, they hear it, we will be there. president macron has insisted his second term will be different. gone is top —— gone is his top—down leadership style. he is in listening mode now but these voters are making it clear that they will hold him to his promise. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: brace yourselves. reunited more than 30 years away — kylie minogue and jason donovan will return for the finale of the australian soap opera neighbours. i, nelson rolihlahla mandela, do hereby swear to devote myself to the well—being of the republic of south africa. after six years of construction and numerous delays, the channel tunnel has been formally opened by the queen and former president. the tunnel is still not ready for passenger and freight services to begin. for centuries, christianity and islam struggled for supremacy. now, the pope's visit symbolises their willingness to coexist. roger bannister becamel the first man in the world to run a mile in- underfour minutes. memories of victory, as the ve celebrations reach their climax. this night is dedicated to everyone who believes in our future of peace and freedom. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: an operation is under way in ukraine to evacuate citizens from the besieged azovsteel plant in mariupol. 100,000 plant in mariupol.100,000 people have insisted so far by the un and the red cross. protesters take part in may day demonstrations in sri lanka as they demand the resignation of president over surging prices in the shops. the speaker of the house of commons, sir lindsay hoyle, has called for a radical review of working practices, following a series of sexual misconduct and bullying claims against politicians. yesterday, the conservative mp, neil parish, resigned, after admitting he'd watched pornographic material on his phone in the commons chamber. tonight, the government said there is more work to do to improve behaviour in westminster. here's our political correspondent, ben wright. labour called that a "vile, sexist smear." it's all put a spotlight on the culture of the commons. i think we've got to distinguish between some bad female mps have been speaking out about their experiences of sexism and harassment and there is concern women could be deterred from going into politics in the first place. today, a tory source claimed that after investigating the matter, ms rayner said she had originally made the comments as. it is all put a spotlight on the culture of the commons. i think we have to distinguish between some bad apples, people who behave badly, and the general environment. it is very similar to when people say, oh, well, there are a number of racist people in this country so that means the whole country is racist. that doesn't follow. female mps have been speaking out about their experiences of sexism and harassment and there is concern women could be deterred from going into politics in the first place. it's been really difficult to get women to come forward and stand for an election because there is a sense that— politics and public life is not a safe space for women any more. we need to show to women and girls, if you come - into politics, it's going to be an environment where - you are safe, you'll feel respected. - parliament is certainly a unique workplace. mps employ their staff directly. it's a place of late nights, long hours, powerful people and boozy bars. a new process for dealing with sexual harassment and bullying complaints was introduced four years ago. everything that we've 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? i express my sympathy. but the speaker of the house of commons now says there needs to be an urgent review into how westminster works. he wants cross—party talks and swift reform. i think he wants to pull. parties together and see what else . can be done. i'm very happy to participate in that because we can't go. on with allegations coming out overand overagain. _ so the question is, what can be done to change the culture here? today, the commons speaker, sir lindsay hoyle, said he was considering putting an outside body in charge of employing parliamentary aides. but some mps doubt that will make any difference to tackling the problems of sexism, misogyny and bullying that have damaged parliament's reputation once again. changing working structures could be easier than improving standards at westminster. ben wright, bbc news. could this prove to be one of the biggest advances in the diagnosis of female health issues? the most intricate 3d model of the female body has been produced, to help medical students in the study of human anatomy. historically, they've had to rely on images of the male body, but it's hoped this new software will mark a major change in their understanding. our medical editor, fergus walsh, has that story. the female anatomy, in all its minute and precise detail. something that's been largely missing from medical textbooks and teaching over the centuries. just this angle here, in females is much wider than we would see in males. at brighton and sussex medical school, first—year students have been taught using this new 3d female anatomy tool. next, we are going to add on the breast tissue. the male body has been the default reference image for medical textbooks. several studies suggest women are more likely to be misdiagnosed than men for a range of conditions. previously, the teaching of anatomy has always been based on the male form and then the differences in females added on as an almost strange kind of adjunct. so it wasn't providing that really accurate information at students' fingertips, which they need, not only when they are learning but when they're doctors in practice. these students have yet to study on actual patients, but the hope is, by having both female and male anatomies in exquisite detail, it'll help prepare them for medicine in the real world. it makes a huge difference, because women aren't just the sort of small men that medical textbooks usually make them out to be. we can see the full differences. rather thanjust putting some anatomical aspects of a female onto a male pelvis, we can see an actual female pelvis and the acute differences. it's a far cry from anatomical images of centuries past, which often relied on dissected bodies of male criminals. and it's much wider in females than it is in males. _ the developers say the female 3d anatomy is the most detailed ever produced, and is already being used in over 350 universities. fergus walsh, bbc news, brighton. french singer, actress and self—proclaimed inventor of the discotheque, regine, has died aged 92. regine, whose full name was regine zylberberg, was born to polishjews in brussels, in 1929. during her childhood, she was forced to hide from the nazis in occupied france. she opened her first nightclub in paris in the 1950s, and built a multi—million dollar empire from the venues across the world, which had djs and turntables, which differed from the more traditional venues with a jukebox, which were common at the time. in a statement on behalf of the family, the comic pierre palmade said, "the queen of the night has left". now for what is possibly the biggest tv news of the year so far. 30 years after they left neighbours, kylie minogue and jason donovan are to return to the australian soap opera for the series finale. they will reprise their roles as much—loved characters scott robinson and charlene mitchell, as production ends in june. # i'm going to say it's all because of you, yeah, now we're back together... scott and charlene's wedding episode became one of the most—watched tv moments of the decade in the uk, pulling in an audience of almost 20 million, when it was first shown in the uk in 1988. neighbours also helped to launch the careers of hollywood stars, such as margot robbie, liam hemsworth and guy pearce. we can now speak to ben fenlon, who was previously crowned the uk's biggest neighbours superfan. hejoins us from melksham in wiltshire. thank you for yourjoining us. look, it is a sad demise but it is going out with a bang, it would seem.— is going out with a bang, it would seem. ., ., , , would seem. yeah, absolutely. what better— would seem. yeah, absolutely. what better way _ would seem. yeah, absolutely. what better way to _ would seem. yeah, absolutely. what better way to go - would seem. yeah, absolutely. what better way to go out - would seem. yeah, absolutely. what better way to go out than j what better way to go out than to bring back the two megastars from the 80s, kylie and jason? like you say, it is bittersweet. it is sad that the show has two and for this to happen because it is something the fans have wanted for decades now, so yeah, bittersweet.— decades now, so yeah, bittersweet. , . bittersweet. they wanted them back. bittersweet. they wanted them back- have _ bittersweet. they wanted them back. have you _ bittersweet. they wanted them back. have you any _ bittersweet. they wanted them back. have you any idea - bittersweet. they wanted them back. have you any idea how. back. have you any idea how this is going to unfold? they are not the sort of sweet youngsters that they were 30 odd years ago. youngsters that they were 30 odd years age-— youngsters that they were 30 odd years ago. no, not at all. they have _ odd years ago. no, not at all. they have been _ odd years ago. no, not at all. they have been gone - odd years ago. no, not at all. they have been gone for - odd years ago. no, not at all. they have been gone for over| odd years ago. no, not at all. i they have been gone for over 30 years, in brisbane, scott is a journalist, i think charlene is still a mechanic, so how they will come back, i don't know. my will come back, i don't know. my gut instinct says it will be a cameo of sorts for the final episode. i hope it will be them pulling up to ramsay street in a moving van, ready to go back to where it all began perhaps, but at the very least charlene needs to have that massive term, dungarees and dirt under her nails were stopped she can't look like the mega pop star she is.— star she is. no, she's got to be retm- — star she is. no, she's got to be retro. there _ star she is. no, she's got to be retro. there will - star she is. no, she's got to be retro. there will be - star she is. no, she's got to be retro. there will be lots l star she is. no, she's got to l be retro. there will be lots of people in many countries who really don't know much about neighbours, and wonder why others get quite so exercised about this. it has been around for a very long time. what is it first of all that made it so successful, do you think? it really took off here in the uk in the late 80s. itjust really connected with the youngsters here. i was a youngster at the time, and we didn't have very many channels on the day, there was only four channels to watch, and neighboursjust watch, and neighbours just offered watch, and neighboursjust offered something different to what british tv was giving us. we had our grittier soaps like eastenders, and then neighbours came along with its youth, sunshine, a kind of carefree lifestyle, with a side of drama and some comedy as well, and everyone just kind of bought in, long term. in everyone just kind of bought in, long term.— in, long term. in itself, that sounds quite _ in, long term. in itself, that sounds quite appealing - in, long term. in itself, that sounds quite appealing for i sounds quite appealing for today as well, so why has it failed, do you think?- failed, do you think? well, creatively. _ failed, do you think? well, creatively, it _ failed, do you think? well, creatively, it is _ failed, do you think? well, creatively, it is doing - failed, do you think? well, | creatively, it is doing better than ever. it is fantastic at the moment, but i think the problem is money. it has come down to money, and channel five don't want to stump up the cash to give the show going, and they pay the majority share, and no one else has wanted to come into cover that. so, unfortunately, it has to come to an end, and filming finishes on the 10th ofjune, and then the last episode as the 1st of august. the last episode as the 1st of au~ust. ., ., , , ., august. you are the super fan. what on earth _ august. you are the super fan. what on earth are _ august. you are the super fan. what on earth are you - august. you are the super fan. what on earth are you going i august. you are the super fan. what on earth are you going to do? ., ~' , what on earth are you going to do? ., ~ , , do? oh, god. locke my friends and i joke _ do? oh, god. locke my friends and i joke that _ do? oh, god. locke my friends and i joke that there _ do? oh, god. locke my friends and i joke that there are - do? oh, god. locke my friends and i joke that there are 37 - and i joke that there are 37 years worth of episodes still, well, already filmed, if we just start watching them again, that's another 37 years, that is us into our 70s and 80s, and, you know, we need never live without it.— live without it. you have laid that out pretty _ live without it. you have laid that out pretty clearly. - live without it. you have laid that out pretty clearly. i - live without it. you have laid| that out pretty clearly. i hope you enjoy the next 37 years, but also the finale as well. it is in june, but also the finale as well. it is injune, i think, but also the finale as well. it is injune, ithink, the finale, and you will no doubt hear more about it between now and then. when you've got the likes of kylie minogue taking part, you know it is going to be a big deal. more of that on the website, as we have with all of our main stories in this bulletin and also if you want to be in touch with me, i am on twitter. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @bbcdavideades. hello. the weather's been very mixed in the last couple of days. generally, a lot of cloud abouts, occasional outbreaks of rain and the outlook for the next two or three days is more or less the same. again, plenty of cloud, just a few sunny spells and scattered showers. but the really thick cloud with the outbreaks of rain that we had in the last day and a half has now moved to the south. it's in the english channel. it's just hugging the south coast through the early hours. so bits and pieces of rain from the tip of cornwall, devon, perhaps the isle of wight. elsewhere, across the country, it's a cloudy early start with mist and murk in places, perhaps a bit of drizzle here and there and not cold — between six and ten degrees. so here's bank holiday monday, starting off pretty cloudy in most areas. there will be some sunshine developing, certainly across western parts of scotland, northern ireland, around the irish sea, inland there'll be sunny spells too, but also inland showers will start to develop almost anywhere, i think through the course of the morning into the afternoon. temperatures only 10 in scotland, maybe 17 in the south of the uk. now here's the weather map for tuesday. a weather front tries to push into the northwest of the uk. here it is just to the northwest of our neighbourhood. but i think, generally speaking, we are talking about light winds, a lot of cloud, showers perhaps brewing, particularly around wales and the south of england. driest of the weather will be on the east coast there, but cold. 0nly ten in newcastle, nine degrees in aberdeen. so that was tuesday, this is wednesday. again, more of the same. there's very little wind in the atmosphere to push things around. so we keep that cloud, but showers are expected to form once again, particularly across central and more more especially southern parts of england, but temperatures recovering to 17 in london and around 15 in the lowlands of scotland. now, towards the end of the week, we are anticipating a change. the azores high is expected to build in, and with that also comes a warmer atmosphere. a warmer current is going to spread across the country, so that means temperatures are expected to rise. so here's the summary on the outlook. here's bank holiday monday, often cloudy for many of us, with just a few sunny spells. and then towards the end of the week, we're expecting those temperatures to rise. bye— bye. watching bbc news, the headlines. dozens of civilians evacuated from the besieged ukrainian city of mariupol have spoken about the desperate conditions in the steelworks where they have been sheltering from russian bombardments. maw; from russian bombardments. many ofthe from russian bombardments. many of the evacuees _ from russian bombardments. many of the evacuees spent _ from russian bombardments. many of the evacuees spent weeks in tunnels under the azovsteel industrial complex. tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of the sri lankan capital colombo as they protest against the steep price hikes for essential goods. dwindling foreign currency reserves have left the island nation 22 million people struggling to pay for food, fuel and basic medicines. tens of thousands of people have also marched in france for may day protests as they challenge