from the balkans. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday.. hello, and welcome to newsday. it s 8am in singapore, and 3am in the devastated ukrainian city of mariupol, where it s hoped the coming hours will see civilian evacuations resume after rescue efforts stalled on monday. hundreds of women and children are sheltering in the tunnels beneath a sprawling steelworks, some haven t seen daylight for weeks. the azovstal plant is surrounded by russian troops. on sunday, aid agencies oversaw the rescue of around 100 people who were evacuated to nearby zaporizhzhia, from where our correspondent laura bicker reports.
they wanted help from the russians. they had to dig and bury those bodies. now if this is true, while it adds to the overall picture that has been developing in mariupol for so long now of absolute destruction and extraordinary human loss of life we still don t know how many people died there. the best estimate is still around 20,000 according to the ukrainian government. and russia does now control pretty much all the city. but fighting continues because there is still a holdout, a last stand taking place in a sprawling steelworks there where there are said to be thousand of yurk ukrainian soldiers and civilians under constant daily bombardment live in fear that the russian could storm the side. even though vladimir putin said that shouldn t happen, don. let s talk more phil, because eastern ukraine. ukrainian official says there is shelling almost along the entire front line. what s the latest? reporter: so this is almost a
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.
the archbishop of canterbury, the most senior cleric in the anglican church, condemns plans by the uk government to send asylum seekers to rwanda. the comments come on easter sunday. this is the scene live in st peter s square in vatican city where pope francis has been celebrating easter sunday mass. hello and welcome to bbc news. russia has urged the last ukrainian forces defending the besieged port of mariupol to surrender in order to save their lives with the deadline just one hour away. the city has been under siege for weeks. moscow says its troops have cleared resistance from the entire city, apart from a sprawling steelworks.
the comments come on easter sunday. this is the scene live in st peter s square in vatican city where pope france has been celebrating easter sunday mass. russia has urged the last ukrainian forces defending the besieged port of mariupol to surrender in order to save their lives but there s no sign yet that they ve laid down their arms. 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 say its naval units