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and it means novak djokovic will lose his number one status. good morning. something of a mixed weekend coming up. i think all of us will see some dry, hopefully sunny weather at some stage, but there are also going to be some showers moving on, particularly to the north and west of the uk. more details for you, as ever, coming up. it is saturday 21 may. our main story: russia has declared victory in its battle to conquer the ukrainian port city of mariupol after the last fighters defending the azovstal steel plant laid down their weapons. ukraine s president zelensky confirmed the troops had been given permission to surrender and hopes they can be released as part of a prisoner exchange programme. fierce fighting continues in the south and east of ukraine, as simon jones reports. under attack, these pictures released by ukraine s state emergency service are said to show a russian missile strike on a cultural centre in the east of the country. president zelensky described the ....
it was applying to join nato. meanwhile, in ukraine, russia intensifies its attacks in the donbas region as its forces capture more territory in the south and east. pharmacists have been given temporary power to make swaps to women s hormone replacement therapy prescriptions, amid ongoing shortages. and rangers face heart of midlothian in the scottish cup final this afternoon, looking to put behind them the disappointment of their europa league heartbreak on wednesday. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. opposition parties are demanding that the prime minister explains a meeting with the senior civil servant sue gray over her report into parties held in downing street during lockdown. it s emerged the pair met several weeks ago but there are conflicting accounts of what was discussed. our political correspondent jonathan blake is here what can you tell us about this meeting? we know the prime minister and sue gray met and i am tempted to say thatis gray met and ....
who joins us from washington. hello, welcome to the programme. the news emerging from the steel plant in mariupol is hard to verify, but it does seem tonight from the reporting of several news agencies, that the most severely wounded ukrainians have been taken out of the plant. 40 wounded ukrainians that need urgent treatment and we are told around a dozen buses have left the plant in the last few hours. the russian ministry of defence said those troops that do surrender would be taken to hospital in a nearby town, in separatist held ukraine, where they will then become prisoners of war. we will keep across that and bring you details as we get it. meanwhile there is some evidence emerging that vladimir putin is directly overseeing battle plans for ukraine. western intelligence sources believe the russian president, together with his military chief general garasimov, are intervening in day to day tactical operations and are making decisions that would normally be made by ....
Mitch mcconnel, during his time as Senate Majority leader. Also tonight a red Weather Warning in ne scotland, the met office says storm babbet could dump 8 inches of rain in less than 2a hours. Ten inches. Good evening. The trucks are still the wrong side of the Gaza Border But State Television In Egypt says the rafah border will open tomorrow to allow a convoy of 20 lorries carrying aid to go in. The us Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, was in cairo today working with the egyptians. But they know what is scheduled to leave tomorrow is nowhere near enough. Before the war the un was sending 100 trucks of aid every day. And this convoy will not be carrying fuel that is needed ....