to travel to moscow to meet president vladimir putin to discuss the war in ukraine but hasn t had a response to his offer. he s told an italian newsppaer that he sent a message to the kremlin 20 days after russia s invasion via the vatican s top diplomat. that s it from me and the team here in kyiv. now it s back to the studio in london. ben, thank you very much, ben brown there in ukraine, and now we look at there in ukraine, and now we look at the rest of the day s stories. the energy giant bp says its underlying profits in the first three months of this year more than doubled, after oil and gas prices soared. the company reported profits of more than $6 billion, prompting renewed calls for a one off windfall tax on energy companies, to try to help people grappling with rising household bills. our correspondent theo leggett has this report. when energy supplies are under pressure, prices rise,