and a 17 year old striker becomes the first professional footballer in the men s game in england, for three decades, to come out as gay. and a 17 year old striker becomes the first professional we start with the news that more than 200 wounded soldiers from the azovstal steelworks on the edge of the city of mariupol have been evacuated. pictures suggest that they have been bussed out and have now reached novoazovsk, which is a russian controlled town in eastern ukraine. at least 50 of them are said to have been taken to local hospitals. the forces had been withstanding a russian offensive for almost three months, gaining almost legendary status among many ukrainians. it s not clear at this stage if they will be released into ukrainian government hands. translation: we hope - to save the lives of our boys. among them are the heavily wounded. they are being treated. i want to underline ukraine needs its ukrainian heroes alive. this is our principle. i think these words can be
for support, so they understand our issues, they understand the issue (speaks indistinctly). in 2019, cites, convention on international trade in endangered species of wild fauna and flora, rejected a similar request from other countries. charities are hoping that the current appeal will not succeed, believing that sales of stockpiles would only stimulate demand for ivory. gil mclachlan, bbc news. a 17 year old footballer who plays for blackpool in the championship, the second tier in english football, has become the first professional player in the men s game in the uk for more than 30 years to declare publicly that he s gay. jake daniels said the time was right to come out, and explained that hiding his identity had caused stress and mental health problems. the striker also said his team mates had been supportive and he hoped to become a role model for others. 0ur sports editor
the russian foreign minister, sergei lavrov, says nato is in effect engaging in a proxy war with russia, and that weapons delivered to ukraine from the west would be what he called legitimate targets. the authorities in beijing have announced they re expanding a mass covid testing campaign to another 10 districts, after a sharp rise in cases in china s capital. people have been stocking up on food, as fears grow that the city could be locked down. millions of residents in shanghai are still in the middle of a lockdown that s lasted for more than a month. earlier i spoke to christian petersen clausen, a documentary filmmaker living in shanghai. he has been locked down since 1st april. it s been (speaks indistinctly), quite frankly, mainly because of the length of the lockdown. it was initially announced
i m joined now by christian petersen clausen, a documentary filmmaker living in shanghai. he has been locked down since first april. thank since first april. you for talking to us. it is thank you for talking to us. it is almost a month of done for you now, what has it been like? it s been (speaks indistinctly), quite frankly, mainly because of the length of the lockdown. it was initially announced to be a 5 day lockdown and then extended indefinite and the communications from the government and local district has been that you need to be case free for seven days to go outside of your building and another seven days to go outside into the city. however since every large apartment complex, in my case we haven t
china s cheap steel? it will be very difficult indeed. - china s cheap steel? it will be very difficult indeed. china. | very difficult indeed. china. it is not held by the west. the chinese are still is dirty steel. it may a different qualities and standards but you know, the standards of steel like dirty, it is (speaks indistinctly), no, what they need to be able to do is say actually there is so much still being produced in the world and whether there is a knock on effect, it then pushes others out. that will be difficult. something like cop can help but nonetheless we need the jobs and with china, their economy showing signs of slowing down as well, there won t be a move to give awayjobs at the moment. to give away “obs at the moment. to give away “obs at the moment. ., ., ~ ., . ., moment. to talk to you, nice to see you. moment. to talk to you, nice to see you. have moment. to talk to you, nice to see you. have a moment. to talk to you, nice to see you, have a good m