in the disappearance of madeleine mccann. it s the final stretch in a tight french presidential race, for marine le pen, and emmanuel macron. and art in the shadow of war. the ukranian entries at the venice biennale. and coming up in the sport, on the bbc news channel, tyson fury weighs in nearly a stone lighter than usual for his heavyweight title defence against dillian whyte tomorrow. good evening. the united nations has described the war in ukraine as a horror story of violations against civilians and says there s growing evidence war crimes may have been committed. near the beseiged southern port city of mariupol us satellite images appear to show a mass burial site containing around 200 graves.
we begin in ukraine where the government in kyiv has reacted with anger after a russian general seemed to suggest a new battle plan which would effectively cut ukraine off from its black sea coastline. it would see russian forces advancing towards a pro moscow enclave in moldova. ukraine says that is just imperialistic. moldova has summoned the russian ambassador there to explain. meanwhile the un says there s growing evidence of war crimes being committed in ukraine, describing the situation as a horror story. us satellite images allegedly show a mass burial site, containing around 200 graves, near the beseiged southern port city of mariupol, that russian forces have been trying to fully capture for several weeks. they do control most of the area, but hundreds of ukrainian troops, are still hiding out in the sprawling azov stal steel plant.
cancelled but their are struggling to land in st lucia and do island hopping, but the statement was released by buckingham palace and the wording, no real reason, but said that it is in consultation with the government of grenada and on the advice of the governor general. this is news, the latest headlines . the un calls the claims of more war crimes in ukraine a horror story, as russian forces are accused of mass killings, in the besieged port city, of mariupol. france s presidential rivals have been making a final push for votes on the last campaigning day before sunday s election. the uk and india have signed a new defence partnership, which includes cooperation on fighter jet technology. the agreement was made during british prime minister boris johnson s visit to india, where he met with his counterpart narendra modi both countries are aiming to complete a bilateral free trade deal as well as a new initiative to tackle climate change.
police in new york arrest the suspected gunman behind tuesday s subway shooting, bringing to an end a 24 hour manhunt. in the uk, a government minister quits, after borisjohnson becomes the first sitting prime minister found to have broken the law. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. it s 8:00 in the morning in singapore, and 3am in mariupol where russia is claiming more than 1,000 ukrainian troops have surrendered. but kyiv says the beseiged southern port city is still in its control. gaining full control of mariupol would be a major win for moscow, creating a land bridge between crimea which russia illegally annexed in 2014
on sale for the first time. traditionalist muslim leaders have expressed disgust. the magazine s offices have been attacked and its editorial staff have gone into hiding. it was clear that paula s only contest was with the clock, and as for her sporting legacy, paula radcliffe s competitors will be chasing her new world best time for years to come. quite quietly, but quicker- and quicker, she seemed just to slide away under- the surface and disappear. this is newsday on the bbc. i m karishma vaswani in singapore. 0ur headlines: russia says more than one thousand ukrainian marines have surrendered in mariupol, but kyiv maintains it controls the key port city.