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
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 are preparing for a russian landing operation in the area. in a late night address, president zelensky accused russia of deliberately trying to destroy mariupol and everyone in it. zelensky warned that eliminating ukrainian fighters in the city would put an end to peace talks. meanwhile, russia s defence ministry said it struck a military plant near the district of brovary, in the kyiv region. the mayor of the district said that some infrastructure objects were hit
on student loans could jump as high as 12% later this year. financial experts and students call for a change to the system which, they say, could put people off going to university. tempers spill over in madrid as police separate manchester city and atletico players after a bruising night as city reach the semifinals of the champions league. the league. first half of the easter weekend looking the first half of the easter weekend looking dry with sunshine. the best of which in the east. the second half has the potential for rain. all the details throughout the programme. it s thursday, 14th april. our main story. the government has struck a deal to send some asylum seekers to rwanda while their claims are processed. the prime minister is due to unveil more details of the scheme later this morning. single men who travel across the channel in small boats will be relocated more than 4,000 miles to rwanda and could also be encouraged to settle in the east african country. critics
what the numbers don t tell you later this morning we re expected to learn that unemployment s falling, and wages are rising but set against rocketing costs are we really any better off? i ll take a look. as england edge closer to world cup qualification. northern ireland stand in their way. still unbeaten in this campaign, a win for the lionesses in belfast tonight would all but secure their place at the tournament next year. good morning. yesterday temperatures at heathrow reached 19 degrees. today they could be higher. for all of us from tomorrow, you will notice the temperature is going up, mean it will net necessarily be dry all the time. i will have the details throughout this morning s programme. it s tuesday the 12th april. our main story. the us and uk governments are investigating reports that chemical weapons have been used by russia in the ukrainian port of mariupol. a ukrainian paramilitary group claimed russian troops used a drone to deploy an unknown substa