hello, and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. humanitarian workers in ukraine are preparing to welcome about 100 people who were allowed to leave the steelworks plant in the besieged city of mariupol. they re expected to arrive in the nearby city of zaporizhzhia today, and there are hopes that more will be freed later. the un refugee agency says more than 5.5 million people have now fled ukraine. tim muffett has the latest developments. daylight at last, after weeks in a maze of underground tunnels. it s thought around 1,000 civilians have been hiding beneath the azovstal steel plant in mariupol, sheltering from russian bombardment. supplies had been cut off. conditions were desperate. yesterday, around 100 were evacuated. this child is six months old. he s spent nearly half of his life underground. translation: i can t believe it. two months of darkness. when we were in the bus, i told my husband, we won t have to go to the toilet with a torch and use
to its lowest level in five years. us presidentjoe biden tours the damage and devastation on the hawaiin island of maui, after the government response to the wildfires is criticised. and the number of pieces of luggage lost, delayed or damaged by the airline industry rises to its highest level in a decade. and coming up on bbc news: where next for mason greenwood, after he and manchester united decided his future lies away from old trafford? good afternoon and welcome to the news at one. mri scans could be used to better detect prostate cancer in men, according to a new study. the scans which take ten minutes proved far more accurate at diagnosing cancer than the blood tests which are currently used to check for the disease. prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men. in the uk, one in eight will be diagnosed in their lifetime. if you re over 50, or you re black, or your dad or brother has had it, you re at even higher risk. currently, men over 50 can request a b
let s start in thailand where the former prime minister, thaksin shinawatra, has been taken to prison just hours after returning from 15 years of self imposed exile. mr thaksin, who fled the country after the military seized power, has long argued that corruption charges imposed in his absence were politically motivated. it s widely believed that a deal has been agreed that will allow mr thaksin to serve only a short portion of his eight year sentence. a political party closely linked to his family pheu thai is poised to form a new government. straight to bangkok. mps are sitting to vote in a new pm. our south east asia correspondent jonathan head is there. there are talks of a deal but how much more do we know? this all happening as thailand s politics are realigning we ve got the radical young move forward party, which won the most seats they re trying to create a coalition and appoint a new prime minister? this is the third attempt since the election in may
and could face restrictions. us senate majority leader chuck schumer says benjamin netanyahu is a major obstacle to peace, as israel vows to push ahead with rafah offensive. the spanish parliament approves a controversial amnesty law that exonerates catalonia separatists. new figures show the number of middle aged people dying from cancer in the uk is at a record low. sport now from the bbc sport centre. hello from the bbc sport centre. two time uspga champion justin thomas insists that the players championship which is under way in florida still has a really strong field, despite many of golf s big names being absent because they ve joined the saudi backed liv tour. rory mcilroy s raised concerns that fans are losing interest because of the fragmented nature of the sport. here s our golf correspondent, ian carter. it does feel different. certain of the build up to the tournament has been dominated by the ongoing controversies that surround men s professional golf and the