windsor, forjoe biden. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. i should say that i am ready now. let s start in israel, where in the last hour, the country s parliament has voted to approve a new coalition government that ends benjamin netanyahu s 12 year run as prime minister. at the end of a fiery session lasting more than four hours, members of the knesset confirmed the new government will be headed for the first two years by the religious nationalist naftali bennett, who will then hand over the premiership to the centrist, yair lapid. our correspondent yolande knell is injerusalem. take us through the importance of this moment, please. this take us through the importance of this moment, please. this moment, please. this is a really momentous this moment, please. this is a really momentous day - this moment, please. this is a really momentous day in - this moment, please. this is a | really momentous day in israeli politics, janes. first of a
fa cup final in a row. good morning. the warmest day of the year so far on good friday with temperatures soaring to 23.1; degrees in london. today it will be cooler, there will be sunshine and showers and strong winds developing across the north west. all the details throughout the programme. it s monday 18th april. our main story. russian air strikes have hit multiple targets across ukraine it s as residents of the eastern luhansk region are being urged to evacuate immediately. meanwhile, ukrainian forces are holding on in the besieged port city of mariupol that s despite ignoring demands from the kremlin to surrender. sean dilley reports. mariupol has not yet fallen technically. ukrainian troops who had until recently defended the now occupied streets are held up in the city s vast azovstal steelworks, despite an ultimatum by president putin s forces to surrender no later than yesterday. russian troops know that ukrainians are waiting inside, ready to welcome them wit
and as scientists say a new strain of the omicron variant has reached northern ireland, we ll hear from an immunologist later this hour. in south africa, the search continues for victims of catastrophic flooding in kwazulu natal. hello and welcome. there has been a missile attack this morning on the western ukrainian city of lviv, which until now has largely escaped unscathed since the russian invasion began. the latest reports say six people have been killed and eight wounded. residents spoke of hearing five explosions on the outskirts of the city and smoke was seen rising from residential areas. overnight there s been an apparent intensification of the russian bombardment, with multiple targets across ukraine targeted by airstrikes and shelling five people have reportedly been killed and 13 injured in shelling of the city of kharkiv, while in mykolaiv, near the port of odesa, the governor reports continuous rocket attacks. of the shattered city of mariupol, ukraine s foreig
five people are reported to have been killed, and 13 injured, in russian shelling of the city of kharkiv. a series of strikes were heard across the city. pope francis has used his traditional easter message to criticise the invasion of ukraine. he urged the call of peace to be heard. but he has again not mentioned russia by name. the archbishop of canterbury the most senior cleric in the anglican church has condemed uk government plans to send asylum seekers to rwanda. now on bbc news it s time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday i m hh and today, it s all about the finalists. as chelsea make it through to their third fa cup final in three years as they beat crystal palace we ll be live at wembley with all the reaction. another extra time epic for rangers as they beat celtic to go through to the final of the scottish cup. and chelsea women stay on track for their fourth fa cup title beating arsenal to secure their place in the final next month. hello a
win it. a perceptive or, a stubborn crystal palace and no stranger to this competition, when you get four times with arsenal, including their opponents today. chelsea really didn t get started until the second half and there was only in the minute for the ball felt loose in the box and calmly dispatched to the top right hand corner and then ten minutes later, it fell to a chelsea player in this time, making them stick and going to the right and thatis stick and going to the right and that is how it ended and so thomas will be back next month to face liverpool and with it, that hung for that elusive silverware and hopefully also helping to secure a new owner. so, chelsea manager thomas tuchel will lead out chelsea in another final against liverpool after the two sides met in the league cup final in february. here s what he said after the match. maybe the game is then not so exciting, because we didn t take so many risks, but it was not the moment to take risks today, and they