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. the russian attacks continue despite promises of a cease fire, according to this unverified footage released by the ukrainian azov unit. kremlin backed troops are still firing on this vast steel plant, according to uk intelligence, while ukrainian soldiers and hundreds of civilians shelter inside. they
hello and welcome. 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. the russian attacks continue despite promises of a cease fire, according to this unverified footage released by the ukrainian azov unit. kremlin backed troops are still firing on this vast steel plant, according to uk intelligence, while ukrainian soldiers and hundreds of civilians shelter inside. they ve been usi
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. hello and welcome. 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. the russian attacks continue, despite promises of a ceasefire, according to this unverified footage released by the ukrainian azov unit. kremlin backed troops are still firing on this vast steel plant, according to uk intelligence, while ukrainian soldi
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
turning point for us. from the depths of 2019, that general election, back on track. but labour s gains are marred by the news that sir keir starmer will now be investigated by durham police amid allegations he broke lockdown rules last year. meanwhile, the liberal democrats are jubilant as they win almost 200 seats in england, far more than any other party. the green party made big gains too. and in northern ireland the nationalist party sinn fein look to be on course to make history by winning the most seats at stormont. also tonight, as russia tightens its grip on mariupol, the families of ukrainian troops under siege in the azofstal steelplant plead for their safe passage. prince harry and meghan say they will attend the platinum jubilee celebrations, but the queen says they won t be appearing on the buckingham palace balcony. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel, ben stokes hits a record breaking 161 for durham just a week after being named england captain.