of ukraine as nazi , despite its president being jewish. also on the programme, at least 350 people crossing the channel on boats have been intercepted in the past two days, after 11 days without any crossings. we ll look at the reasons why. in the us state of alabama, police have issued arrest warrants for an escaped inmate who is facing murder charges and for a guard who may have helped him. we have had a warrant issued for director vicki white. - the charges are permitting or facilitating an escape i in the first degree. let s start in ukraine. a further operation to evacuate civilians from mariupol has been delayed. buses were due to leave this morning, but ukraine accuses russia of blocking humanitarian corridors. russia hasn t commented, and the focus of the attempted evacuation is a steel mill. this is the city s deputy mayor. there are hundreds of civilians who look for safe place in bomb shelter. among them a lot of children, and they are always waiting. i think we
zelenskyy in kyiv and other senior ukrainian officials. the first senior level visit by the u.s. since the start of the war. they promised that u.s. diplomats will return to this country this week. blinken also says that russia s war objectives in ukraine have, in his words, already failed. we re seeing that when it comes to russia s war aims, russia is failing. ukraine is succeeding. we dont know how the rest of this war will unfold, but we do know that a sovereign, independent ukraine will be around a lot longer than vladimir putin s on the scene. quite a shot across the bow to the kremlin. right now in the eastern part of this country, officials say almost the entire luhansk region is without water. tens of thousands without power. this as russia intensifies attacks on that eastern part of the cannot known as the donbas. we are covering the latest from across ukraine. back to the u.s. as well. let s begin with matt rivers. he is reporting from the capital city of kyiv.
following the ousting of imran khan. and for the first time the queen talks about the effect having covid had on her. it does leave one very tired and exhausted, doesn t it, this horrible pandemic? hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the french president emmanuel macron and the far right challenger marine le pen will face each other in a run off vote in two weeks time and one will be the next president of france. the second round will be a repeat of the last presidential election in 2017. with almost all of the results in, marine le pen got 23% of the votes yesterday, emmanuel macron who sits in the middle of the political specturm got 27.6% and the far left candidate, jean luc melenchon, got nearly 22% of votes. all that means that it s going to be a straight run off now in a final vote on april the 24th. mr macron remains the favourite, and his team are now planning a series of big rallies and major tv appearances. marine le pen should pick
the amazon from reaching a point of no return. the lengthy roadmap outlined in the city of belaine promotes sustainable development, an end to deforestation, and fighting the organised crime that fuels it. let s take a look at what s at stake: the amazon stretches nearly seven million square kilometres or nearly three million square miles. about two thirds of that is in brazil. another seven countries, and one territory share the remaining third. under brazil s former president, jair bolsonaro, years of deforestation in the amazon worsened. the orange on this map shows the areas of deforestation between 2019 and 2022 in the state of para, where the summit is being held. but new data shows a positive shift. deforestation in the amazon fell by 66% last month compared to the year before. it s now at its lowest rate in six years. our correspondent katy watson is at the summit in the amazon and has more. we have had day one of the summit and already the countries participating h