and prime minister. chelsea football club accepts $5.2 billion bid from an american business group to buy the english premier league team. for billion pound. £4 billion. and why some controversial members of the british royal family won t be getting a place on the balcony at the queen sjubilee. hello and welcome to bbc news. the united nations and the international red cross are continuing their efforts in ukraine to rescue more civilians from the besieged city of mariupol. on friday 50 more people, including children, were evacuated from a huge steel factory complex. these are the latest pictures of some of those who ve got out. the azovstal plant is under siege by russian forces. dozens are still trapped inside. the city, in the country s south, has been under constant shelling by the russian military. the steelworks has become the last holdout of ukrainian forces who are fighting to defend mariupol. our correspondent laura bicker has sent this report from dnipro. th
sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here s chetan. we start with chelsea, who have confirmed an agreement is now in place for the club to be sold, in a deal worthjust overfour billion pounds to an american consortium. the investor and businessman todd boehly, who is already part owner of baseball side the la dodgers, is the man leading the group. the club was put up for sale, before owner roman abramovich was sanctioned for his alleged links to russian president vladimir putin. the deal is worth, £2.5 billion, with a further 1.75 billion to be invested across the club. if it gets premier league and government approval, it s expected to be completed later this month. we are going to see a change of culture as far as chelsea football club is concerned. under roman abramovich, the club spent more money on wages and transfers and lost more money than any other club in the premier league. it is unlikely that an american owner, with an experience of sports fr
the prime minister faces jeers from opposition parties and conservative mp and former chief whip, mark harper, tells mrjohnson he no longer has his confidence i m very sorry to have to say this, but i no longer think he is worthy of the great office that he holds. russia launches a fresh offensive on eastern ukraine and urges those defending cities like mariupol to lay down their arms authorities say more than 200 children have been killed since the invasion began. we hear from the parents of one of those innocent victims. actorjohnny depp takes the stand in his 50 million dollar defamation trial against ex wife, amber heard saying claims of abuse, which he denies, damaged his career and reputation. one day you are. cinderella, so to speak, and then in 0.6 seconds, you are quasimodo. and as manchester united take on liverpool, fans show their support for cristiano ronaldo after he and partner, georgina rodriguez, announced the death of their twin baby son. good evenin
the death toll rises in south africa following heavy flooding with a warning more rain may be on the way. the archbishop of canterbury, the most senior cleric in the anglican church condemns plans by the uk government to send some asylum seekers to rwanda. the comments come on easter sunday. this is the scene live at st peter s square in vatican city where pope france has been celebrating easter mass. hello and welcome to bbc news. russia has urged the last ukrainian forces defending the besieged port of mariupol to surrender within hours, in order to save their lives. the city has been under siege for weeks. moscow says its troops have cleared resistance from the entire city, apart from a sprawling steelworks. ukraine says its naval units are preparing for a russian landing operation in the area. in a late night address, president zelensky accused russia of deliberately trying to destroy mariupol and everyone in it. mr zelensky warned that eliminating ukrainian fighter