that to landing ships had been struck as well as communications centres. they have not really provided much evidence. as you said, we do know that sevastopol itself was attacked overnight. the russian proxy governor in sevastopol talked about air defences shooting down at least ten missiles, but what emerged also was some very striking video footage of a powerful explosion rocking the city. and that seems to have occurred in the same place as a building that was covered in satellite masks. we have yet to independently verify this, but there are reports in the ukrainian media that the main communication centre of russia's black sea fleet was the building targeted, there have been things on social media where windows in one of these buildings is shown to have been blown out. certainly a very large mast. but at this stage we cannot confirm that. russia does not usually confirm such strikes. we do know that ukraine has been hitting the russian black sea fleet quite heavily and has destroyed or damaged about a third of ships in that fleet. so it would fit a pattern but we are unable to say with certainty quite precisely what has happened. with certainty quite precisely what has happened-— with certainty quite precisely what has ha ened. . ~ ,, , . has happened. thank you very much indeed. thank— has happened. thank you very much indeed. thank you. _ has happened. thank you very much indeed. thank you. overnight, - has happened. thank you very much l indeed. thank you. overnight, russia launched air strikes on kyiv and the western city of lviv. the mayor of the capital kyiv, vitali klitschko, said there were several explosions — and that air defence systems repelled much of the attack. in the last few hours, we've received these images of an explosion of a missile seen on the kyiv skyline. returning to lviv now, close to the polish border there's been damage to critical infrastructure that city. the polish army have issued a statement — saying that they want answers from russia after a missile violated the airspace for under a minute — before adding that polish airspace is now safe. it's not the first time this has happened. poland is of course a member of the nato defence alliance. our reporter vincent mcaviney has the latest. in the early hours of sunday morning, ukrainians were awoken by multiple explosions across the country, prompting many to seek safety in shelters once again. a national alert was issued with the ukrainian military saying its air defence systems were engaged in repelling the attack. kyiv has been targeted. a military spokesperson said a dozen russian missiles had been destroyed over the capital and its vicinity. there have been no reports of casualties or major damage as a result of these attacks. the north—western border region of lviv has also come under fire. the mayor of lviv said the city had been spared, however around 20 missiles and seven attack drones had been launched against the broader region, targeting critical infrastructure. neighbouring poland says it has activated its air force to ensure the safety of polish airspace. russia is observing an official day of mourning today, following friday's attack on a concert hall outside moscow. president zelensky responded furiously to russian claims that kyiv was in any way involved. moscow has not yet commented on the morning's strikes. vincent mcaviney, bbc news. earlier, i spoke to a spokesperson for polish army operational command, and he gave me more details. in the and he gave me more details. in the early morning _ and he gave me more details. in the early morning hours, _ and he gave me more details. in the early morning hours, observing - early morning hours, observing intense long—range aviation activity of the russian federation. the russian activity was related to missile strikes on an object located in the territory of ukraine, precisely at 2am at least 13 bombers launched rockets towards western ukrainian territories. find launched rockets towards western ukrainian territories.— ukrainian territories. and what is the exnected _ ukrainian territories. and what is the expected response _ ukrainian territories. and what is the expected response from - ukrainian territories. and what is - the expected response from poland? yes, one of the cruise missiles launched violated the polish airspace and the object entered polish airspace. and stayed there for 59 seconds. during the entire flight, it was observed by military radar systems. we assumed it was a rocket moving around 800 kilometres per hour at a latitude of 400 metres. it violated the territory of poland at the distance of two kilometres. and as i mentioned, it left it after 59 seconds back to the territory of ukraine. i left it after 59 seconds back to the territory of ukraine.— territory of ukraine. i wonder if i could just _ territory of ukraine. i wonder if i could just ask, _ territory of ukraine. i wonder if i could just ask, what _ territory of ukraine. i wonder if i could just ask, what does - territory of ukraine. i wonder if i | could just ask, what does poland think about this? is there going to be a reaction to what happened? what are you going to do next? weill. are you going to do next? well, there are _ are you going to do next? well, there are procedures _ are you going to do next? well, there are procedures to - are you going to do next? well, there are procedures to ensure| are you going to do next? -ii there are procedures to ensure the safety of polish airspace, and the operational command, we are constantly at the operational command monitoring the situation. and we are going to precisely investigate this case. this isn't the first time _ investigate this case. this isn't the first time this _ investigate this case. this isn't the first time this has - investigate this case. this isn't l the first time this has happened. investigate this case. this isn't - the first time this has happened. it is i believe the third time russia has violated polish airspace. what would you like to see happen next? it is not the first case, of course. we have several incidents before. the first one was in december 2022. so we need to be prepared for there is and we are ready, we are constantly monitoring our airspace and, if necessary, we are activating our aviation also. if it and, if necessary, we are activating our aviation also.— our aviation also. if it happens auain, our aviation also. if it happens again, lieutenant, _ our aviation also. if it happens again, lieutenant, would - our aviation also. if it happens again, lieutenant, would you. our aviation also. if it happens i again, lieutenant, would you go our aviation also. if it happens - again, lieutenant, would you go as far as shooting down the missile? because i understand that not only was polish aircraft activated, i liked aircraft, which i presume would be nato aircraft, were also activated. i5 would be nato aircraft, were also activated. , ., would be nato aircraft, were also activated. , . , ., activated. is that right? yes, that is riuht. activated. is that right? yes, that is right- they _ activated. is that right? yes, that is right. they were _ activated. is that right? yes, that is right. they were also _ activated. is that right? yes, that| is right. they were also activated. but there was no authorisation. the radar indicated that it would not move further into polish territory. so this is the reason why we did not do further steps. russia is observing a national day of mourning for the victims of friday's attack on a concert hall near moscow. these are live pictures outside of what remains of the concert hall. mourners have been laying floral tributes. others have queued to donate blood for the victims of the massacre. let's ta ke let's take you to the scene outside of a court in moscow. here, we are expecting them to determine pre—trial restrictions for the alleged the attackers on friday pass shooting. for people suspected of being directly involved are reported to have been arrested, along with seven others. the islamic state group says it carried out the attack. more than a 130 people were killed when gunmen stormed the packed auditorium, minutes before a rock band was due on stage. militant group islamic state claimed responsibility for the attack, but president putin has suggested that four gunmen arrested on saturday were trying to flee to ukraine. that's a claim that's been strongly rejected by president vlodomyr zelensky. translation: one more thing, - what happened in moscow yesterday, it's obvious that putin and other scumbags are just trying to find someone else to blame. their methods are always the same. we've seen it all before — destroyed buildings and shootings and explosions — and they are always looking for someone to blame. our russia editor steve rosenberg has more on the kremlin�*s response. well, we heard vladimir putin give his tv address yesterday. the kremlin hasn't made any more comment since then. but what's interesting is this. because, one hand, islamic state group has claimed that it carried out the attack. islamic state has released graphic images of the attack. us officials have said that they have no reason to doubt that claim by islamic state. on the other hand, you have russian officials determined to promote the narrative that somehow, in some way, ukraine was linked to this attack, while providing no evidence for that. so we heard vladimir putin in his tv address mention ukraine and suggest, you know, some kind of link there, that the gunmen who'd been arrested were trying to go towards the ukrainian border, get across the border. i think he said that a window had been prepared for them on the ukrainian side to cross the border. but that, of course, has been completely denied by the ukrainian authorities. but it's notjust vladimir putin. other russian officials and pro—kremlin commentators have been pushing this line, that there is some ukrainian link here. and i was reading one pro—kremlin news site this morning. quite astonishing things being written. i'll tell you one thing ijotted down — this comentator had written, "ukraine must be declared a terrorist state. it is time to destroy the kyiv regime. those guys must die. russia has the resources to do this." and all of that raises the question — well, what will russia do next? will russia try to use what was a devastating attack on friday in moscow as an excuse to launch another escalation in its war in ukraine? steve rosenberg there. israel's defence minister is heading to washington on sunday as israel comes under increasing pressure from the us to halt its planned assault on the rafah district in gaza. in gaza, the hamas—run health ministry has said 19 people waiting for aid have been killed by israeli forces who have denied firing on the crowd. the un secretary—general antonio guterres visited gaza on saturday calling for a ceasefire — and demanding israel give "total, unfettered" access to humanitarian goods throughout the territory. it's time to truly flood gaza with life—saving aid. the choice is clear — either surge or starvation. let's choose the side of help, the side of hope and the right side of history. here is our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. so, the top israeli negotiators have come back now, we have come back now, we understand, from doha. we have heard from an israeli official that there was a bridging proposal, that is how it was termed, that was made by the us, which is helping to mediate here along with qatar and egypt. this basically alleging out a kind of formula for the number of palestinian prisoners that would be released from israeli jails in return for each israeli hostage that could be released as a result of this potential deal. it's not a very positive sign that top negotiators have come back. it means that they're not close to sealing a deal at the moment. we're not hearing about any breakthrough. and there's a senior palestinian official who is close to the talks who has said that there are still deep differences between the two sides, the main one of course being that hamas wants a complete withdrawal of israeli troops, it wants to pave the way with any deal to an end to the war in gaza. israel remains adamant that it must completely dismantle hamas in gaza and has said that what's being talked about is only a temporary ceasefire. and then we have a number of delegations heading to washington, dc. yoav gallant is going to be speaking to mr austin. but also a second israeli team heading to washington, dc. what's on that agenda? i mean, this all comes after the visit of the us secretary of state, antony blinken, last week, and certainly it's a big ongoing effort by the us here to reach out to those in the israeli government it feels it can talk to. they include the defence minister, who we understand will also be talking about us military help that is needed for the ongoing war in gaza. but there's pressure being exerted by washington to try to stop israel from going ahead with what it says it plans to do, to have a major military offensive in rafah in the very south of the gaza strip. and certainly one of the close advisers of the israeli prime minister will be among those going to meet different officials in washington. washington said it cannot support such an operation because you have such dire humanitarian consequences that could result — real harm to civilians. you now have something like 1.5 million people out of the total 2.3 million in the gaza strip, all crammed down on the border with egypt, most of them displaced by the fighting. they'd been told by israel earlier in this war to head in that direction for their own safety. israel maintains that there are hamas battalions there that it must deal with. the british economy remained front and centre on the agenda between laura kuenssberg and jeremy hunt, as jeremy hunt discussed his budget. that speak now to our westminster correspondent, george roberts. what did he say? the correspondent, george roberts. what did he sa ? ~ , , did he say? the prime minister this week has been _ did he say? the prime minister this week has been talking _ did he say? the prime minister this week has been talking about - did he say? the prime minister this week has been talking about this i week has been talking about this being a bounce back a year for the uk economy, and jeremy hunt, the chancellor, keen to capitalise on bright spots, the economic change in weather we have got coming. this week, we heard news of inflation falling to the lowest it has been in a couple of years, also bank of england report saying that interest rate cuts might come sooner than expected, so this is good news, especially for a uk government that has been lagging behind consistently labour in the polls. they are keen to stress and economic good news. however, the question laura kuenssberg wanted to ask is whether it is too soon for the uk government to be trumpeting news like this as a turning point given that many people are still feeling the pinch in their pockets, and so let's listen to the chancellor now answering laura kuenssberg's questions on the economy. kuenssberg's questions on the econom . ., kuenssberg's questions on the econom . . ., ,., kuenssberg's questions on the econom . . ., , ., , kuenssberg's questions on the econom . . ., , ., economy. the main reason people vote conservative — economy. the main reason people vote conservative is — economy. the main reason people vote conservative is because _ economy. the main reason people vote conservative is because they _ economy. the main reason people vote conservative is because they trust - conservative is because they trust us to— conservative is because they trust us to take — conservative is because they trust us to take the tough and difficult decisions — us to take the tough and difficult decisions that gets the economy back on track _ decisions that gets the economy back on track. the decisions that gets the economy back on track. . ., ., , decisions that gets the economy back on track. _, ., , ., , decisions that gets the economy back on track. _, ., , .,, , y on track. the economy has been off track wildly — on track. the economy has been off track wildly for _ on track. the economy has been off track wildly for a _ on track. the economy has been off track wildly for a long _ on track. the economy has been off track wildly for a long time. - on track. the economy has been off track wildly for a long time. not - track wildly for a long time. not for a long _ track wildly for a long time. not for a long time, _ track wildly for a long time. not for a long time, since 2010 we have grown _ for a long time, since 2010 we have grown faster than countries like germany, — grown faster than countries like germany, but in the last three years we had _ germany, but in the last three years we had a _ germany, but in the last three years we had a once in a century pandemic, we had a once in a century pandemic, we had _ we had a once in a century pandemic, we had a _ we had a once in a century pandemic, we had a 19705 style we had a once in a century pandemic, we had a 19705 5tyle energy 5hock, we had a 19705 5tyle energy shock, and what _ we had a 19705 5tyle energy shock, and what they have seen from this conservative government is that we have taken — conservative government is that we have taken the really difficult decisions. i think the first time i spoke _ deci5ion5. i think the first time i spoke to— decisions. i think the first time i spoke to you, the first interview i gave _ 5poke to you, the first interview i gave after— 5poke to you, the first interview i gave after i— spoke to you, the first interview i gave after i became chancellor, i had to— gave after i became chancellor, i had to put — gave after i became chancellor, i had to put taxe5 up, very difficult for a _ had to put taxe5 up, very difficult for a conservative chancellor, i had to cut _ for a conservative chancellor, i had to cut back— for a conservative chancellor, i had to cut back public spending plans, and there — to cut back public spending plans, and there is very difficult decisions we expect from a conservative government. we can now see they _ conservative government. we can now see they are — conservative government. we can now see they are bearing fruit. now, conservative government. we can now see they are bearing fruit.— see they are bearing fruit. now, the tri - le lock see they are bearing fruit. now, the triple lock is — see they are bearing fruit. now, the triple lock is a _ see they are bearing fruit. now, the triple lock is a commitment - see they are bearing fruit. now, the triple lock is a commitment to - see they are bearing fruit. now, the triple lock is a commitment to raise | triple lock is a commitment to raise state pensions every year by the level of average earnings. laura kuenssberg asked the chancellor, given previous reports it is under review as a policy, whether or not he was committed to that, and for the first time the chancellor committed to this being in the conservative manifesto if they win the next general election, he said the next general election, he said the government was committed still to keep that in place. itruihat the government was committed still to keep that in place.— to keep that in place. what about the tri - le to keep that in place. what about the triple lock? _ to keep that in place. what about the triple lock? you've _ to keep that in place. what about the triple lock? you've hinted - to keep that in place. what about| the triple lock? you've hinted this week that the triple lock that guarantees pensioner�*s income keeps pace with inflation, might be reviewed. but will the triple lock be in the tory manifesto this time around? i be in the tory manifesto this time around? .., be in the tory manifesto this time around? .. .., , around? i can confirm it will be, es. around? i can confirm it will be, yes there _ around? i can confirm it will be, yes. there are _ around? i can confirm it will be, yes. there are two _ around? i can confirm it will be, yes. there are two very - around? i can confirm it will be, i yes. there are two very important things— yes. there are two very important things i_ yes. there are two very important things i would say about that. when we came _ things i would say about that. when we came to — things i would say about that. when we came to office in 2010, pensioners were more likely to be in poverty— pensioners were more likely to be in poverty than other income groups. now, _ poverty than other income groups. now, because if the triple lock to be introduced, they are less likely to he _ be introduced, they are less likely to he in_ be introduced, they are less likely to be in poverty. and i think there is a very— to be in poverty. and i think there is a very important social change, because _ is a very important social change, because unlike adults of working age. _ because unlike adults of working age, pensioners cannot work, they have _ age, pensioners cannot work, they have retired, and so we need to respect — have retired, and so we need to respect that. but the second thing i would _ respect that. but the second thing i would say— respect that. but the second thing i would say is that it is an expensive commitment. a would say is that it is an expensive commitment-— commitment. a very expensive commitment. _ commitment. a very expensive commitment. indeed, - commitment. a very expensive commitment. indeed, and - commitment. a very expensive commitment. indeed, and you| commitment. a very expensive . commitment. indeed, and you can commitment. a very expensive - commitment. indeed, and you can only make that commitment _ commitment. indeed, and you can only make that commitment if _ commitment. indeed, and you can only make that commitment if you - commitment. indeed, and you can only make that commitment if you are - make that commitment if you are confident— make that commitment if you are confident you are going to deliver the economic growth that is going to pay for— the economic growth that is going to pay for it _ the economic growth that is going to -a for it. ., ., �*, the economic growth that is going to -a forit. ., �*, , pay for it. now, labour's party chair was _ pay for it. now, labour's party chair was also _ pay for it. now, labour's party chair was also asked _ pay for it. now, labour's party chair was also asked about - pay for it. now, labour's party i chair was also asked about what labour's plants would be for the triple lock will stop she would only say that they would set out their plans in detail in due course. but clearly a message from the chancellor today to say that things are looking up economically but that the economy is not out of the woods just yet. as we approach a general election and local elections in england on may two, we can expect the economy to remain in the spotlight. the economy to remain in the spotlight-— the economy to remain in the s-rotliht. , ., . ., , spotlight. georgia, thank you very much indeed. _ kensington palace has said the prince and princess of wales are "enormously touched by the kind messages" they have received following catherine's cancer diagnosis. it released a statement on saturday night which also added they were "grateful" that the public understood their request for privacy. on friday, catherine revealed in a video message that she had begun treatment for cancer. here's daniela relph. this is the national with erica johnson. catherine, the princess of wales, made a shocking announcement... making headlines globally. kate middleton... the impact of the princess' diagnosis has been felt far and wide. her video message was the most direct and personal we have ever seen the princess. this, of course, came as a huge shock. it was also an attempt to shut down the rumours. i think what the princess of wales is hoping is that this message will be direct enough to appeal to people's better natures and say, "look, the invasion of privacy that has been going on on social media for the last couple of months has just been way too much. people need to stop and think and not engage in that kind of activity going forward." and now a fresh statement from kensington palace — a public thank you. it said: family has rallied around the princess, including those with whom relations are strained. the duke and duchess of sussex sent a public message of support. the bbc understands they've also reached out privately. public sympathy remains strong. we've been thinking of her all along and wish her the best. they're going through something so private and hard and, you know, the public eye on it, it's really tough, to be honest. yeah, she's got young kids, right? and she's a human being, so i thought it was all quite upsetting. protecting her three children has been a priority for the princess of wales. she said she's taken time to explain and reassure george, charlotte and louis. the new message from the prince and princess is both a thank you and a polite warning. they now want to be left alone. we don't expect to hear from them over the easter holiday. instead, we may see the king back in the royal spotlight. christmas at sandringham — the last full gathering of the royal family. next sunday, many will be back for the easter church service in windsor. buckingham palace are hopeful the king will also be there. daniela relph, bbc news. before we go, i would like to show you what might be the fastest piece of football history. scored after just six seconds against slovakia to record the fastest ever goal in international football, record the fastest ever goal in internationalfootball, driving through the defence from kick off before releasing a long shot past the goalkeeper. congratulations to him. some of the world's most famous landmarks have turned off if there lights and plunged into darkness, taking part in earth hour. looking to a raise awareness of environmental issues. the big apple here, a number of buildings including the empire state building, dimmed their lights. meanwhile, in australia, if you can see it, hopefully not because that is the point, sydney opera house was in darkness as well as the sydney harbour bridge. and hong kong in darkness. victoria harbour and the city's skyline. and in london, the crowds gathered as the giant electronic advertising boards in piccadilly circus went dark, as well as the houses of parliament. meant to be dark on your screen right now. do not turn off your tv. back to greece, and the famous temple and others on the acropolis also switched off the lights. and some life pictures here, pictures here of pope francis attending palm sunday events. we understand that he was unable to give it the homily because it was just too much of a stress on his health. he has got bad knees and of course persistent respiratory problems. but palm sunday services continue, as you can see. you were watching bbc news. hello, there. it was a chilly start for many areas. today it should feel a little bit warmer as we head into the afternoon. still quite a cool breeze across northern and eastern scotland, and also eastern england. further west, the wind is turning light and the shower is fading away because of this ridge of high pressure moving in ahead of this area of rain that will arrive across western areas overnight. still quite a chilly feel out there across northern and eastern parts of the country with that strong and northerly breeze. lighter winds further west. most of the showers will be across the east of the country, some wintry again over the hills of scotland. through the afternoon, we can see temperatures up afternoon, we can see temperatures up to 12 or 13 degrees in the sun quite pleasant. lighter winds and strong sunshine overhead. this evening and overnight, cloud and rain pushes into western parts of the country, the wind start to pick up. temperatures recovering here, but a chilly night over northern and eastern scotland, eastern parts of england. maybe some mist and fog because the winds will be lighter here. 7—9 by the end of the night. this area of low pressure sets out to the west of the uk during monday so it is here where we will see the wetter and windier weather. further north and east tend to be a little bit drier. still quite chilly across northern scotland, a few wintry showers here. is this rain pushes northwards, likely to see more significant snow falling over the mountains. good spells of sunshine across the midlands, southern and eastern england. 12 degrees here. a chilly day across the north and not feeling particularly pleasant over west because of the rain and the cloud. even in the run—up to easter, we will keep a low pressure close by, bringing bands of rain, fairly strong winds at times. and earlier in the week, cold air looming across scotland, likely to see further hill snow at times. towards the end of the week, slightly milder air moving up the week, slightly milder air moving up from the. an unsettled week to come with hill snow across scotland, but towards the end of the week, the easter weekend, temperatures slowly start to recover. this is bbc news, the headlines... ukraine claims to have hit two russian ships and other key infrastructure used by russia's black sea fleet in crimea. it comes as russia launches air strikes in kyiv and in the western city of lviv — as poland says one projectile crossed over its territory. the chancellor has said the triple lock for pensioners will be in the conservative manifesto. the prince and princess of wales say they are "enormously touched by the kind messages" received following catherine's video announcement she is being treated for cancer. hundreds of competitors are set to take part in the waiters race in paris on a tradition going back hundreds of years. the ukrainian military has confirmed it struck two large landing ships, a communication centre and other infrastructure used by the black sea fleet in crimea overnight. a russian installed official reported a major ukrainian attack and said their defences had shot down more than ten missiles over the crimean port of sebastopol. russia has launched airstrikes on ukraine, on the capital cave and the western city of lviv, close to the polish border. there has been damage to