this is bbc news. i'm samantha simmonds, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the russian company, gazprom says it's halting supplies of gas to poland and bulgaria as a matter of urgency. the united nations secretary—general says his organisation is prepared to evacuate civilians stranded in shelters in the besieged ukrainian city of mariupol. volu nteers volunteers hear that a number of people coming through their doors has fallen because of the siege on mariupol, and the fact that people can't get out. they are likely spending another night under heavy bombardment. a malaysian man with the mental age of a child has been executed in singapore for drug smuggling. the bbc says it is shocked at multiple allegations of sexual misconduct

against the former radio one dj tim westwood. the ugly face of the beauty industry in egypt. a bbc investigation finds dozens of unqualified people are administering botox and fillers, leaving women scarred for life. one of the greatest ever football games. manchester city and real madrid play out a classic champions league. russian energy firm gazprom has told poland and bulgaria it will stop sending gas to the two countries from today. it comes after russia said what it calls "unfriendly" countries must start paying for gas in roubles or it would cut supplies. germany have also pledged to supply ukraine with around 50 anti—aircraft tanks in a major policy shift, following a meeting between the us and its allies

at an airbase in germany on tuesday. andrew plant has more. ukrainian armoured vehicles heading towards the front line, donbas and eastern ukraine were russian bombing is increasing by the day. russia finding not just ukrainian resistance, but pushing back now against countries helping ukraine. today, cutting off its gas supplies to poland and bulgaria in retaliation for sanctions imposed on russian companies. translation: we imposed on russian companies. translation:— imposed on russian companies. translation: we have received threats from _ translation: we have received threats from the _ translation: we have received threats from the russian - threats from the russian federation, from gazprom. poland had previously prepared to divert gas supplies. we will be able to protect our economy, protect households, and poles in such a dramatic step from russia. as thousands continue to flee the fighting, russia has said it now has the right to attack

specific targets in ukraine, evenif specific targets in ukraine, even if a western advisor is present, as tensions between russia and the west increase. germany has now said it will send around 50 anti—aircraft tanks to the fight, a major change in its policy. meanwhile, uk foreign secretary liz truss, in a speech later today, will fail to support ukraine for the long—haul and say britain and other western powers should send warplanes to the country — something ukraine has repeatedly called for. ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky after meeting the head of the international atomic energy agency issued a warning to the world, that russia should no longer be trusted with nuclear facilities. translation: ., ., translation: no-one in the world can _ translation: no-one in the world can feel— translation: no-one in the world can feel safe _ translation: no-one in the world can feel safe knowing l translation: no-one in the i world can feel safe knowing how many nuclear facilities, nuclear weapons and related facilities and technology the russian state has. we need

global control over russia's nuclear facilities and nuclear technology. in kyiv, demolition has started on a monument symbolising the historic ties between russia and ukraine, the hope is still fought negotiation to end this war, russia though showing no sign of changing course. gregory brew, who's a post—doctoralfellow at yale university says this is a risky move for russia. russia relies on europe for a market for about three—quarters of its total natural gas exports, and if it turns off the taps, it can't find other markets for that gas. as you know, oil can be moved in tankers quite easily but the flow of natural gas relies on pipeline infrastructure and russia simply doesn't have the infrastructure that it needs to deliver gas to other markets so if it loses europe as a market, it can't find another market, not in the short—term, so this would illustrate a pretty tremendous loss of income to the russian government

and to the russian economy. the polish government indicates that it's not worried, that it can find alternative supplies. it has a pretty significant stockpile of natural gas, around 80% of its inventory is full. of course, we are moving out of the winter months so needing natural gas in the short—term for heating and so forth is not quite an issue as it was a few months ago. so at the moment, poland is sounding quite confident. bulgaria is in a much tougher situation. it depends on russia for far more its energy supply, so it might have some difficult choices to make. the bulgarian government has also indicated that it's not going to announce shortages or rations any time soon but i think this absolutely is an issue for europeans to consider before the end of the year. it plans on ending its dependence on russian energy but that dependence can't be ended quite as simply as political rhetoric might indicate. the united nations secretary—general, antonio guterres, has said his organisation is prepared to evacuate civilians stranded in the besieged city of mariupol in ukraine. speaking during a visit

to moscow, mr guterres said thousands of civilians there are in dire need of lifesaving humanitarian assistance. it's been one week since russian forces allowed a humanitarian corridor out of mariupol in southern ukraine. our correspondent catherine byaruhanga is in the town of zaporizhzhia, where she's been speaking to families who crossed enemy lines to leave mariupol. smoke billowed from the azovstal still works, russia continues to bomb the plant, despite saying it wouldn't. the controversial nationalist as regiment which defends the facility posted this video of a woman online. it says up to 1000 civilians are trapped in the azovstal bunkers. but, president putin inserts that there are no ongoing attacks and accuses ukrainian soldiers of using civilians as human

shields. the united nations is calling for humanitarian access to mariupol. katerina escaped the city with her husband and two children, the youngest, anna, is two years old. they prayed russian checkpoints to get to ukrainian held territory. translation: �* , translation: at the first checkpoint _ translation: at the first checkpoint them - translation: at the first checkpoint them man - translation: at the firstj checkpoint them man they appointed his gun at ours and wasn't letting us through until he saw there was a child with us. it was frightening. i thought that was it for us. natalya left mariupol one month ago. she hopes her home still stands, despite the shelling. an increasing number of residents like natalya c russian soldiers forced them out of their homes and took

them to towns they controlled. she remembers the moment she and 100 of her neighbours were found hiding in a bunker. translation: i found hiding in a bunker. translation:— found hiding in a bunker. translation: i realise that something _ translation: i realise that something bad _ translation: i realise that something bad was - translation: i realise that something bad was going i translation: i realise that something bad was going to | something bad was going to happen at that moment. after that, everything collapsed, all my hopes collapsed. i realised those were the people i did not invite, did not expect and did not want to come.— invite, did not expect and did not want to come. natalya and her husband _ not want to come. natalya and her husband are _ not want to come. natalya and her husband are now _ not want to come. natalya and her husband are now living - not want to come. natalya and her husband are now living in l her husband are now living in central ukraine. she says russian controls weren't too strict and they hitchhiked from a town called promote ski. katerina and herfamily a town called promote ski. katerina and her family are also safe, living in a shelter for now, but she tells me it is hard to believe they hell that they have all been through. just listen to that — peace and quiet — a massively for families that have spent night

after under heavy shelling, but the volunteers here tell us that the number of people coming through their doors has fallen because of the siege on mariupol, and the fact that people can't get out. they are likely spending another night under heavy bombardment. catherine byaruhanga, bbc news, zaporizhzhia. a malaysian man with the mental age of a child has been executed in singapore for drug smuggling. the court of appeal dismissed a last—minute plea filed by the mother of nagaenthran dharmalingam. he'd been on death row for more than a decade after trafficking nearly 43 grams of heroin into singapore, which has some of the world's strictest drug laws. our reporter suranjana tewari joins us from singapore. welcome, this case was extremely controversial and dragged on for years. tell us more about it. yes, it was controversial internationally with the un and

british billionaire richard branson calling on singapore to commute his death sentence, but we did get confirmation the execution took place this morning at changi prison. we spoke to his family this morning as well who told us that funeral directors had arrived at changi prison and the plan was to take him back to malaysia for his last rites. of to malaysia for his last rites. of course, this has been a very controversial case because it was said that nagaenthran has a borderline intellectual disabilities. although the court heard from experts during his case saying that, they did find that he was aware of what he was doing at the time of the offence and he was convicted of trafficking around three tablespoons of heroin into singapore from malaysia. and singapore has these very strict laws around drugs this

reason, to deter people. that's right, singapore says the death penalty acts as a deterrent and that is what makes singapore so say. there have been a lot of appeals in this case, lawyers have said that nagaenthran�*s intellectual disability meant that he didn't know what was happening, even while in prison. activists and lawyers were saying that has mental condition to deteriorate and he wasn't even aware that he was going to be executed. his mother said that he thought he was going to be able to go home to have her home cooked food at some point but singapore says that the conviction was fair, but all of the appeals and the case brought by his motherjust yesterday wasn't baseless, and that he did commit the crime and therefore that is why they defended the death penalty for him. some breaking news — the court

has sentenced unsung sajeed to five years in prison for corruption. the case was the first of 11 corruption charges against the nobel laureate. we'll get you more as soon as we can. let's get some of the day's other news. the world bank says the price of goods could remain at historically high levels until the end of 2024 because of the war in ukraine. wheat, one of the country's main exports, is predicted to soar by more than ito%. it says energy prices will increase more than 50% as europe tries to wean itself off russian supplies. one of america's most prestigious universities is setting aside $100 million to help tackle the social and economic legacies of slavery and racism. an investigation carried out by harvard found that 70 members of its staff owned slaves before the practice was abolished in the state of massachusetts nearly 250 years ago. the european union and the uk have warned elon musk that twitter must continue to protect its users

from harmful content. the entrepreneur struck a deal to buy the social media giant for $41; billion. he has vowed to relax content restrictions, which has worried some human rights groups. poland could drastically cut back on flights to and from warsaw from may first, if a dispute with air traffic controllers over pay and working conditions is not resolved. almost 90% of air traffic controllers in warsaw chose to quit rather than accept new working regulations, which they say threaten safety. this will leave warsaw�*s two main airports with only 26 controllers between them. thousands ofjellyfish have invaded the coast around the italian port city of trieste. scientists say the exceptional phenomenon is caused by strong winds pushing the jellyfish towards the shore. they say it's also a sign of global warming with the warmer seas helping the jellyfish population boom.

stay with us on bbc news, still to come: the bbc investigation that's uncovered dozens of unqualified egyptians administering botox and fillers, leaving women scarred for life. nothing, it seemed, was too big to withstand the force of the tornado. the extent of the devastation will lead to renewed calls for government to help to build better housing. internationally, there have already been protests. sweden says it received no warning of the accident. indeed, the russians at first denied anything had gone wrong. only when radioactivity levels began to increase outside russia were they forced to admit the accident. for the mujahideen, the mood here is of great celebration. this is the end of a 12—year war for them. they've taken the capital, which they've been fighting

for for so long. it was seven o'clock - in the morning on the day when power began to pass from the minority to the majority, . when africa, after 300 years, reclaimed its last white - colony. this is bbc news. the latest headlines... the russian company, gazprom, says it's halting supplies of gas to poland and bulgaria as a matter of urgency. the united nations secretary—general says his organisation is prepared to evacuate civilians stranded in the besieged ukrainian city of mariupol. the bbc says it is shocked at multiple allegations of sexual misconduct against the former bbc radio 1 dj, tim westwood.

in a joint investigation with the guardian, seven women have detailed experiences of unexpected and unwanted sexual behaviour from the now 64—year—old. he has strenuously denied all the allegations in their entirety. our correspondent chi chi izundu reports. it was mike westwood! wood the dj tim _ it was mike westwood! wood the dj tim westwood _ it was mike westwood! wood the dj tim westwood was _ it was mike westwood! wood the dj tim westwood was an - it was mike westwood! wood the dj tim westwood was an early i dj tim westwood was an early champion— dj tim westwood was an early champion of— dj tim westwood was an early champion of hip—hop - dj tim westwood was an early champion of hip—hop and - dj tim westwood was an early champion of hip—hop and hasl champion of hip—hop and has been — champion of hip—hop and has been a — champion of hip—hop and has been a prominent _ champion of hip—hop and has been a prominent figure - champion of hip—hop and has been a prominent figure in i been a prominent figure in black— been a prominent figure in black music— been a prominent figure in black music for— been a prominent figure in black music for more than| been a prominent figure in i black music for more than 40 years— black music for more than 40 years will_ black music for more than 40 years will stop _ black music for more than 40 years will stop he _ black music for more than 40 years will stop he presented. years will stop he presented bbc radio _ years will stop he presented bbc radio one's _ years will stop he presented bbc radio one's rap - years will stop he presented bbc radio one's rap show. years will stop he presented . bbc radio one's rap show more than _ bbc radio one's rap show more than a — bbc radio one's rap show more than a decade, _ bbc radio one's rap show more than a decade, interviewing - than a decade, interviewing some — than a decade, interviewing some of— than a decade, interviewing some of the _ than a decade, interviewing some of the biggest - than a decade, interviewing some of the biggest names| than a decade, interviewing . some of the biggest names in his programme _ some of the biggest names in his programme. but - some of the biggest names in his programme. but now- some of the biggest names in his programme. but now he l some of the biggest names in| his programme. but now he is facing — his programme. but now he is facing multiple _ his programme. but now he is facing multiple instances - his programme. but now he is facing multiple instances of. facing multiple instances of sexual— facing multiple instances of sexual misconduct- facing multiple instances of sexual misconduct by- facing multiple instances of. sexual misconduct by women facing multiple instances of- sexual misconduct by women who say he _ sexual misconduct by women who say he abused _ sexual misconduct by women who say he abused his _ sexual misconduct by women who say he abused his position- sexual misconduct by women who say he abused his position in- say he abused his position in the music— say he abused his position in the music industry. - say he abused his position in the music industry. one - say he abused his position in the music industry. one of. say he abused his position in. the music industry. one of the women — the music industry. one of the women met— the music industry. one of the women met him _ the music industry. one of the women met him in— the music industry. one of the women met him in a _ the music industry. one of the women met him in a club in. women met him in a club in london _ women met him in a club in london in— women met him in a club in london in new— women met him in a club in london in new year's - women met him in a club in- london in new year's day 2017. one _ london in new year's day 2017. one of— london in new year's day 2017. one of my— london in new year's day 2017. one of my friends _ london in new year's day 2017. one of my friends and - london in new year's day 2017. one of my friends and i - london in new year's day 2017. one of my friends and i were atj one of my friends and i were at the front and he put a shout out to me for being the prettiest girl at the rave. i was just like, prettiest girl at the rave. i wasjust like, ok, but one of my other friends once a video with him, but as she has taken

this video, he essentially moves his hand down my back, and puts his hand up the back of my skirt. i stepped back, because i'm a bit shocked from it, and i didn't really expect it, and i didn't really expect it to happen, but ijust kind of felt like objectified really. he calls me on snapchat the next day, asking if i want to hang out. i guess because at the time i was quite young, it does make me feel angry, to be honest. in me feel angry, to be honest. in a statement, a spokesperson for the 64—year—old says he is a well respected and dj, and strongly rejected the serious allegations being made about him. a bbc investigation has found that dozens of unqualified people are working in egypt's rapidly growing cosmetic surgery industry, endangering lives and leaving women scarred for life. egyptian law requires

practitioners to be dermatologists or plastic surgeons, but undercover bbc journalists were able to obtain certificates that could make them appear to be qualified to administer botox, fillers and laser therapy from an egyptian beauty school. bbc news has found dozens of unqualified people pretending to be doctors in the beauty industry in egypt, which is illegal. online, we found thousands of reports of injury after beauty treatment and we spoke to more than 100 women during our investigation. translation: they encouraged me to have a completely new look. - this is the hair that fell out in the first 10 days. women from one clinic where we found laser hair removal was being carried out by students told us about their experiences. translation: when they were doing the laser for me - could smell my skin burning. it took me 1.5 years of treatment.

we went undercover to see if we could get the certificate that would make us look qualified to carry out botox, dermalfiller, and laser hair removal. most beauty training centres the bbc spoke to refused to train us. translation: the beauty courses are only available to doctors. - that is because in egypt you have to be a dermatologist or plastics surgeon to inject botox or dermal filler, even laser hair removal requires a qualified doctor's supervision. despite knowing that we were unqualified, ashraf gad, the manager of the egyptian british centre, offered to train us and help us set up our own beauty clinic. translation: you have no | experience holding a needle? translation: no. translation: 0k. he brought a qualified plastic surgeon to train us. bbc news invited two plastic surgeons to review the training.

translation: you will learn to do things that won't result in you going to prison. after a while, you will be experienced enough that you can injectjust like a doctor. translation: could botox or filler kill you? _ translation: no. so, whenever we use filler- or botox there always is some risk, especially an allergic - reaction could lead to a death. over three days, we were told much less than we expected about how to carry out the treatments and far more about how to pose as doctors. translation: you come in wearing a white coat, i and that kind of thing. if she addresses you as �*doctor�*, don't say no. but experts told us piercing this sterile bottle could actually allow infection in, as well as damage the needle. injecting it into the plastic| will mean that it's actually quite painful to inject into the patient. -

translation: if it strikes a vein, it'sl not a problem. when we inject and we damage a vein or an artery, we could have a clotting problem. we hadn't touched a needle or a patient but we were given certificates, which might make patients assume we were qualified. bbc news contacted the doctor and ashraf gad about our findings, but they declined to respond. egypt's health ministry has shut down a lot of clinics in recent years for having the wrong licenses, orfor employing unqualified staff. but beauty training centres are not regulated. translation: | ask that any - person who knows of any doctors or centres that are training non—doctors to share their information with us and we will investigate the doctor. the doctors' syndicate that oversees registered doctors told the bbc they are struggling to keep up with the fast expanding beauty industry, leaving men and women seeking out treatments like these vulnerable to exploitation and injury.

let's get a full round—up of all the sports news now. hello. there is no better place to start than a stone—cold champions league classic that had it all, goals galore, individual brilliance and even a panenka, as manchester city played out a breathless 4—3 win over 13—time champions real madrid in their semifinal first leg. city delivered a magnificent display at home, as they peppered real�*s goal for long periods, going 2—0 up within 11 minutes, but carlo ancelotti's side kept rising off the canvas, coming back to 2—1, 3—2, and then 4—3, to somehow keep themselves in serious contention to reach another final. to win this competition, from my small experience, is that you have two counter situations like football gives in front of you. you cannot expect out

there but the result could have been better, madrid is always going to be madrid, doesn't matter if you are 1—0 up or two or three always so you have to perform well in two games full stop we performed really well in the first one, we have to do in the first one, we have to do in the first one, we have to do in the second one, it is a good chest. —— a good test. staying with the champions league, jurgen klopp has said it is special for liverpool to be preparing for a champions league semifinal against villarreal at anfield on wednesday. it's the third time in five seasons klopp has led liverpool to the last four of europe's elite competition. klopp urged his players and the anfield crowd to show the same level of desire they demonstrated in a famous 4—0 win against barcelona, in the second leg of the 2019 semifinal, the last time they lifted the trophy. this is absolute special to be part— this is absolute special to be part of— this is absolute special to be part of the semifinal, it is crazy, _ part of the semifinal, it is crazy, it _ part of the semifinal, it is crazy, it is crazy really, it is a — crazy, it is crazy really, it is a massive game. so many coaches. _ is a massive game. so many coaches, so many players out there — coaches, so many players out there try _ coaches, so many players out there try and work their socks off their— there try and work their socks off their whole life and have no chance to be close to a

semifinal, and we are there, so we have — semifinal, and we are there, so we have to _ semifinal, and we are there, so we have to cherish it, we have to appreciate of course but we have _ to appreciate of course but we have to — to appreciate of course but we have to enjoy it as well, and yes, — have to enjoy it as well, and yes, we _ have to enjoy it as well, and yes, we face a very, very difficult _ yes, we face a very, very difficult opponent, that's true _ difficult opponent, that's true. they are made for this competition, the way they set it up. — competition, the way they set it up. it — competition, the way they set it up. it is _ competition, the way they set it up, it is really, really good _ meanwhile, novak djokovic will be allowed to defend his wimbledon title, after officials at the all england club confirmed the decision. players won't be required to be vaccinated to compete at the tournament. the world number one, who defeated matteo berrettini to win his sixth wimbledon crown last year, has played only three tournaments in 2022, because of entry restrictions imposed by various countries. the 20—time grand slam winner wasn't allowed to play at the australian open injanuary, following a row around his vaccination status. former world number three dominic thiem's hopes of stepping up his comeback from injury suffered a setback, when he lost in the first round at the estoril open in portugal. the 2020 us open winner was playing just his second tour—level event of the season, after suffering a wrist injury

injune last year, which required surgery. he was beaten in straight sets, by frenchman benjamin bonzi. bonzi's triumph means he'll take on sebastian korda in the second round. to the world snooker championship, where ronnie o'sullivan is dominating his quarterfinal against steven maguire in sheffield. the rocket leads by 11 frames to five, needing just two more to win. the match resumes on wednesday morning. o'sullivan is aiming for a record—equalling seventh world title. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. before we go a reminder of the news, which broke in the past half hour — a court in myanmar has sentenced deposed leader aung san suu kyi to five years in jail afterfinding her guilty in the first of 11 corruption cases against her.

she led myanmar for five years before being forced from power in a coup last year, and had been charged with at least 18 offences. i will be back with all the day's _ i will be back with all the day's business news ina in a moment. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @samanthatvnews. hello again. it was southern areas of both england and wales that had the best of the sunshine on tuesday, temperatures reaching 17 degrees in parts of southwest england, but also around cardiff's bute park as well. it wasn't like that everywhere, though. after a largely sunny start for quite a few, we had cloud tending to bubble up through the afternoon, and spread across the skies, as you can see here on the satellite picture. with that cloud increasing, temperatures weren't as high for many of you. indeed, around the eastern coast, just eight degrees in places. right now, we're seeing a good feed of cloud coming in still from the north sea, so predominantly cloudy weather in scotland, and across eastern areas, from northeast england all the way into parts of east anglia. but there are some breaks elsewhere, notably across parts of southern england,

across parts of the midlands, wales, running into northern ireland, north—west england as well. so these areas, you might well start off with a little bit of morning sunshine, but even where you start off with the sun, cloud will tend to bubble up and spread across the skies in any case, as we go through the day. so, whether you start off cloudy or cloud develops later on, most of you will see quite a lot of cloud through the day. across northeast scotland, you might hold onto some sunny spells through the afternoon here. there will be one or two elsewhere in the west. temperatures about nine to 14 degrees for most. the area of high pressure that's been bringing us this long spell of settled weather, still on the charts for thursday, but it is starting to weaken, to a degree, so we may well see just a few showers running into northern scotland, maybe one or two not far away from south—west england. otherwise, still predominantly dry, often a lot of cloud building through the day, and temperatures not really changing a great deal, 10—15 or maybe 16 celsius. friday follows a very similar pattern, as well. if you start off with the sunshine, cloud will tend to develop later on.

one or two showers for northern scotland, but otherwise it's another dry day, with light winds across the whole of the country. temperatures not changing a whole deal, either, looking at highs potentially peaking up to 16 degrees, where any sunshine breaks through the cloud. the weekend will start to see some changes in the weather, as high pressure starts to relinquish its grip. a little area of low pressure could thicken the cloud up enough to bring just a few passing showers. that's most likely across northern areas of the uk, the south most likely to stay dry, with a few brighter spells.

this is bbc news with the latest business headlines, for viewers in the uk and around the world. russia will halt gas supplies to poland and bulgaria from today, as the two countries refuse to pay for the gas in rubles. alphabet, the parent company of google, posts weak results as advertising sales and youtube disapoints. and, how the war in ukraine has created a shortage of cooking oil leading to rationing in shops.