right to abortion. president biden says a woman s right to choose is fundamental. and the over the top outfits are back celebrities return to the red carpet of new york city s met gala. hello, and a very good evening. around 100 civilians evacuated from a besieged steelworks in the southern ukrainian city of mariupol have finally reached safety. they had spent more than 60 days in underground bunkers in desperate conditions, sheltering from the russian bombardment. the lucky evacuees, including women, children and several elderly people, let s head to kyiv and my colleague ben brown. yes, hello from the ukrainian capital, kyiv. the latest from the city of mariupol is that a convoy carrying about 100 civilians who were evacuated from the steel works in the city of mariupol have now reached safety. they ve now reached the ukrainian city of zacharyjeff. finally, it took them a couple days to get there on buses. they spent more than 60 days underground in the steelworks being b
us. many are women and children who have spent 60 days trapped in the uk. there are calls for windfall tax on oil companies as bp records £5 billion of profit. and a look at why forest replanting schemes around the world designed to fight climate change don t always deliver on their promises. we re going to start with a huge story in the us now. it s a leak from the united states supreme court published by the politico news site. and the headline reads, the supreme court has voted to overturn abortion rights, draught opinion shows. that draught document is called the opinion of the court . it s been confirmed as authentic by the head of the supreme court. it s written by justice samuel alito he s a conservative judge. it runs to 98 pages, but can be summarised in one line. roe refers to roe vs wade a 1973 supreme court decision which allowed the constitutional right to abortion. first, let s hear the reaction from president biden today. you know, if this decision hol
to choose is fundamental. and as people across the uk prepare to go to the polls on thursday, we hear how the race for power at stormont could bring seismic change in northern ireland. hello and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister has hinted he may be prepared to do more to address the rising cost of living but he has dismissed fresh calls for a windfall tax on energy companies. it comes as bp announced it made almost five billion pounds in underlying profits for the first quarter of the year more than double the figure for the same period last year. rising prices and energy bills are expected to be a big issue in the elections across the uk this week. here s our business editor simonjack. bp has driven straight into the middle of a political and economic storm is the soaring cost of fuel and energy has emptied the pockets of consumers and filled the coffers of those who sell it. bp recorded its highest profits in the decade, adding fuel to the far over whether to int
They re very disturbing. a six-year-old girl was one of the first children to die in mariupol. she was rushed to hospital, bloody from russian shelling. her mother waited in tears as doctors and nurses tried to revive her, but they couldn t. one of the doctors had a message for the man responsible. show this to putin. the eyes of this child and crying doctors, you told the associated press. on wednesday, russian soldiers bombed if you re in eastern mariupol. and a warning, russian was marked outside the building, alerting there with children inside. listen to this mariupol resident describe the situation. [speaking foreign language] [speaking foreign language] now, officials say about 30,000 refugees have managed to
The eyes of this child and crying doctors, you told the associated press. on wednesday, russian soldiers bombed if you re in eastern mariupol. and a warning, russian was marked outside the building, alerting there with children inside. listen to this mariupol resident describe the situation. [speaking foreign language] [speaking foreign language] now, officials say about 30,000 refugees have managed to escape, but hundreds of thousands remain trapped with nowhere to go. some residents are cooking out in the street. food and medical supplies are running dangerously low, and there seems to be no end in sight to this nightmare. russians have blocked any humanitarian aid from entering the city. i know we have seen a lot of