hello, i'm gareth barlow. they warm welcome. —— a warm welcome. ukraine says at least seven people have been killed and more than 100 injured in a russian missile attack on the city of chernihiv. officials said a theatre on the main square was targeted. video from the scene shows glass and debris blown across nearby streets, as well as a number of bodies. president zelensky posted online urging the world to stand up to what he called russian terror. chernihiv is close to the border with belarus. well in the past hour president zelensky has been meeting the swedish prime minister in sweden — he gave an update on the situation in chernihiv. translation: our bright city of chernihiv. - this morning, russia launched missiles on the city at the very centre of the city where the national drama theatre is located as well as many residential homes. theatre is located as well as many there were many people were in the theatre at the time

and many were at home, too. more than 90 people were injured. 12 children among them. they were just taking a walk in the central square with their parents. among the dead a six—year—old child whose mother is seriously injured and is in intensive care. my condolences to those who lost their loved ones in this russian, obviously terrorist, attack. live now to our reporter oksana kundirenko, who is from ukraine. what more do we know about this incident in chernihiv? we what more do we know about this incident in chernihiv?_ what more do we know about this incident in chernihiv? we heard an udate incident in chernihiv? we heard an update from _ incident in chernihiv? we heard an update from the _ incident in chernihiv? we heard an update from the mayor _ incident in chernihiv? we heard an update from the mayor of - incident in chernihiv? we heard an| update from the mayor of chernihiv about the people who got injured in this attack so he said the majority of the people where hiding in a nearby church or crossing the streets, they were using the public transport also next to the central square, the drama theatre, there is a huge park and a lot of mothers were a part with their children, you

can imagine the business on saturday morning so the civilians were among the injured and he has confirmed that, as you mentioned, a six—year—old girl has died, rushed to hospital but doctors could not save her and another 12—year—old girl who was severely injured has been brought up to kyiv, she could not be treated in chernihiv and is now in kyiv hospital. as we can see, this drama theatre is almost completely destroyed, top floor is destroyed completely and the number of casualties could have been higher because when the air raid alarm went on, a lot of people who were inside the theatre actually went downstairs to the bomb shelter. fix, the theatre actually went downstairs to the bomb shelter.— the theatre actually went downstairs to the bomb shelter. a drama theatre bein: to the bomb shelter. a drama theatre being targeted _ to the bomb shelter. a drama theatre being targeted as _ to the bomb shelter. a drama theatre being targeted as one _ to the bomb shelter. a drama theatre being targeted as one of— to the bomb shelter. a drama theatre being targeted as one of the - to the bomb shelter. a drama theatre being targeted as one of the things i being targeted as one of the things that still shocks as even after many

months, we have any update? yellow i guess, reports but still speculation. there was an event held that drama theatre, the event had an interesting name, angry birds, and what in a gathering of ukrainian drone manufacturers and people who train drone pilots. —— yes, reports but still speculation. there was an event held that drama theatre, the event had an interesting name, angry birds, and what in a gathering of ukrainian drone manufacturers and people who train drone pilots. they gathered at 10am and the missile attack took place at 11:30am so this incident is now being investigated by the security services of ukraine and ukraine says the chernihiv drama theatre was hit presumably by a ballistic missile. we will follow that story closely. for now, thank you very much. there are calls for the independent inquiry announced by the uk government into the crimes of the nurse lucy letby — to be strengthened. the 33 year old was found guilty

of murdering seven babies — and attempting to murder 6 more — at the countess of chester hospital betweenjune 2015 and june 2016. the mp for the region welcomed the inquiry — but urged the government to ensure it can compel witnesses to give evidence. the hospital trust is facing more questions about why it didn't take action sooner after concerns were raised over the conduct of the nurse. our north of england correspondent judith moritz reports. lucy letby�*s mugshot is on every front page today. she's finally been exposed as britain's most prolific baby killer. but for years, this was the way she presented herself to the world as a smiling, caring, young nurse. so why did it take so long for the net to close in? just take seat in there for me, lucy. that's one of the questions that a newly announced independent inquiry will address. but there has been some criticism of its parameters.

i do feel that there are some issues around the non—statutory decision in terms of the inquiry. a non—statutory inquiry would mean that witnesses are not compelled to give evidence, and i think that there are risks that uncooperative witnesses may not come forward and co—operate with it. the inquiry will examine the experience of consultants at the countess of chester hospital who say senior managers ignored their concerns about letby for many months. it was secretive. it wasjudgmental. there was no credibility given to our opinions. and from january 2017, it was intimidating. bullying to a certain extent. the consultants believe that lucy letby could have been murdering babies and yet they were forced to send her this apology letter, which says, we'd like to apologise for any inappropriate comments. we're very sorry for the stress and upset that you've experienced during the past year. whilst lucy letby was working at the hospital, it was promoting itself as being a supportive

environment for staff. this video has emerged of the former chief executive in 2014. as a chief exec, i pledge to support a culture where the front line staff are supported in raising concerns and more importantly, me listening to them when they do. tony chambers has told the bbc that as chief executive, my focus was on the safety of the baby unit and the well—being of patients and staff. i was open and inclusive as i responded to information and guidance. the trial and the lengthy police investigation have shown the complex nature of the issues raised. there are also fresh calls for legislation to force criminals to appear in court for sentencing. lucy letby has said she won't be there on monday when sentences passed.

we saw it last year in the 0livia, the nine year old in liverpool case, it seems to happen with murders quite frequently, unfortunately, where the defendant, the accused after conviction, doesn't want to see the sentencing. but the sentence is notjust about what the judge says. the sentencing is also about the victim's personal statements. the babies' families will tell the court about the impact that lucy letby�*s actions have had on them. eight years after she first murdered, their grief is still raw. their anger is clear. live now to our north of england reporterjessica lane who is outside the hospital where lucy letby worked. just talk to us about some of the warnings your hearing may have been missed with regards to this case. yes, we've been hearing about this since yesterday when lucy letby was convicted of the murder of seven babies and the attempted murder of

six others. we found out that since june 2015, alarms were raised here and doctors were talking about their concerns and at neonatal units like this one, they say they expect to have around three babies die in a year. injune 2015, there were three babies who died in that one month so doctors who are aware of what was going on did start to raise the alarm and we know that many concerns were raised with bosses here and they were overlooked. that is from they were overlooked. that is from the sum of 2015 and it was not until the sum of 2015 and it was not until the may of 2017 that police launched an investigation and it was the following summer that lucy letby was arrested and as we just heard the government has now announced it has once an independent inquiry that there are concerns this may not be able to go far enough and the government said it wants to be able to give some answers to the families

of those babies who died and were harmed here at the hospital. what harmed here at the hospital. what has the hospital— harmed here at the hospital. what has the hospital trust _ harmed here at the hospital. what has the hospital trust had to say so far? , ., , , ., , far? yes, the countess of chester hosital far? yes, the countess of chester hospital trust _ far? yes, the countess of chester hospital trust said _ far? yes, the countess of chester hospital trust said it _ far? yes, the countess of chester hospital trust said it is _ far? yes, the countess of chester hospital trust said it is deeply - hospital trust said it is deeply saddened and appalled by the crime are lucy letby saying its staff are devastated by what has happened and they have said the changes have already been made to processes here since lucy letby worked here. thank ou so since lucy letby worked here. thank you so much. _ since lucy letby worked here. thank you so much, more _ since lucy letby worked here. thank you so much, more details - since lucy letby worked here. thank you so much, more details on - since lucy letby worked here. thank you so much, more details on our. you so much, more details on our website. the western canadian province of british colombia has declared a state of emergency as the country deals with its worst wildfire season on record. the city of kelowna is under threat after embers blew across a lake from neigbouring west kelowna. residents of the remote northern city of yellowknife, which is threatened by a huge wildfire, have been

scrambling to leave. an official deadline to evacuate has already passed. we can speak now to our correspondent peter bowes. what is the latest deal with regards to these fires? what is the iatest deal with regards to these fires?— what is the latest deal with regards to these fires?— to these fires? there is a glimmer of positive — to these fires? there is a glimmer of positive news. _ to these fires? there is a glimmer of positive news. on _ to these fires? there is a glimmer of positive news. on two - to these fires? there is a glimmer of positive news. on two fronts. i to these fires? there is a glimmer. of positive news. on two fronts. the first is in this remote city of yellowknife, north—west territory with a population of 20,000, more than 20,000 people over the last couple of days have been evacuated, getting out of their homes, out of the city to safety and mostly down the city to safety and mostly down the single road that is open to them, a single carriageway road to them, a single carriageway road to the south with some flying out and ongoing operations and the airport that remains open and the canadian military have put on extra flights so many people getting to safety and the other glimmer of good news is the other glimmer of good news is the weather in the last 24—48—hour is has been helping, slightly cooler

and dropping allowing firefighters to at least start the process of building a defensible space around that city using bulldozers to dig ditches and set up sprinklers so as the fire and coaches, hopefully it will not be able to burn down properties and it has also helped them to begin to get a hold on the fire itself and push it back, currently at 15 kilometres to the north of the city and the big caveat here is things could change in a heartbeat with the wind is whipping up, fanning the flames and the fire again encroaching on that city. worth noticing that noting the calibre has faced —— that canada has faced brutal wildfires, any news as to what the risks are for this? yellow like climate change is always

on the agenda, notjust in canada with these really unprecedented wildfires, more than 1000 across the country but across the world and climate change is an element when we look at the extreme fire events. in canada, a huge number of these fires andindeed canada, a huge number of these fires and indeed elsewhere but a huge number of the forests, lightning being the cause and you cannot necessarily correlate lightning with climate change, lightning has always happened, always being a cause of huge wildfires and the difference now is once they are ignited, these fires seem to burn with increased ferocity and take much longer to put out. to what degree are the authorities able to cope with this level of fire across the country? can they call on support from the us and other nations or is canada taking this on itself?— and other nations or is canada taking this on itself? canada finau is doinu a taking this on itself? canada finau is doing a good — taking this on itself? canada finau is doing a good job _ taking this on itself? canada finau is doing a good job but _ taking this on itself? canada finau is doing a good job but it - taking this on itself? canada finau is doing a good job but it is - taking this on itself? canada finau is doing a good job but it is being l is doing a good job but it is being stretched to the limit because

they've never seen anything like this before, the scale, you refer to it, from east to west, the scale of these wildfires, clearly there is help coming from elsewhere but we are in the midst of a serious fire season in other countries as well, further south in the united states, california, this is peakfire season so these resources really across north america are stretched to the limit. ., north america are stretched to the limit. . ., ~ , ., north america are stretched to the limit. . ., ~ i. a, ., limit. finau, thank you. more now in russia and — limit. finau, thank you. more now in russia and ukraine... _ more now on russia and ukraine, and russian president putin has paid a visit to rostov—on—don, the city which has become the headquarters for its military offensive in ukraine. video footage showed him arriving at night and being greeted by the country's military chief valery gerasimov. it's the first time mr putin's been to rostov since it was briefly the site of a mutiny by mercenaries from the wagner group. a statement from the kremlin said only that he heard reports from mr gerasimov on the progress what it refers to as the "special operation" in ukraine.

let's turn our attention to ukraine itself. kyiv has welcomed the white house's decision to allow denmark and the netherlands to send american—built fighterjets to ukraine. they will be delivered once ukrainian pilots have finished their training to fly them.(00v)the us and its allies had previously ruled out providing f—16s to ukraine — finished their training to fly them. —— the us and its allies had previously ruled out providing f—16s to ukraine — fearing it would lead to further escalation with a nuclear—armed russia. ukraine is believed to have dozens of combat aircraft — mostly migs — all dating from the soviet era, and the country is currently badly outgunned by russia in the air. a short while ago, we crossed to hharkiv and dan sabra is the guardian newspaper's defence editor there, he explained the significance of this moment. well, it's a significant moment, it's also been a very long time coming. i think ukraine has wanted frankly to be able to match russia's dominance in the air from the beginning of the war, russia has got a far larger and more capable airforce, it

hasn't actually used it very much, despite endless bombing of ukrainian cities, it has generally done so from a distance. but ukraine needs fighter jets in order to match that and when the west seeks to go to war, what the west wants, it would expect to have a power, to be able to bomb enemy positions and make it much safer for ground troops to operate. ukraine has not had that, which has made it very difficult, ukraine has now had a lot of western weapons of other kinds, artillery and tanks, but one of the reasons you see this world war i—style stalemate on the ground if you like, or near stalemate, with ukraine struggling to make grass, is the lack of airpower. so, yes, it wants the jets, but the question is when will they come? and it could be a long time yet because pilots need to be trained and there seems to be an emphasis on pilots learning english before they are trained even though some of these pilots know english, it

is the ground crews they want to learn english as well, so we might not be talking about f—16s coming to ukraine until possibly next summer although everyone will want to make it quicker than that. you mentioned the near stalemate on the ground with the offensives and counteroffensive is, to what degree do you think once they finally arrived, these f—16s, they could alter the balance of power and the situation on the ground? yes, and that is absolutely the hope. at the moment ukraine has a sort of tiny air force, i think you said that in your introduction, they run a few combat missions per day, the pilots have to hug the ground, flying a few metres above the ground to avoid any radar to carry out those tasks, they are up against russian jets, which have traditionally had weapons with longer missile ranges so it is dangerous for them. right now, if they had the f—16s, and in enough quantity, half a dozen f—16s won't make a difference, you will need frankly a few dozen, a couple

of dozen really would make start to make a potential difference, they could use them in a very targeted way against the russians and potentially shorten the war and what ukraine badly needs now is to show momentum on the battlefield, and that is what these jets could potentially do. dan sabbagh, defence editor from the guardian newspaper, thank you so much. now it's time for a look at today's sport. more on the the women's world cup. it was disappointment for the co—hosts australia it won't be long before the women's world cup finalists will wake up for what will be the biggest day of their sporting lives. neither england nor spain have ever got this far before. let alone won this trophy. and both have had theirfinal training sessions ahead of sunday's meeting in sydney with england's players speaking about how manager sarina wiegman has taken the fear factor away. because while it's a first final for the squad, for wiegman it isn't. it will be one of the toughest games. probably the toughest games. we have many hard opponents against us from different continents, we know spain very well.

this is a team that really want to have the ball and is very good in possession and that challenge for us. they know and we have possession we will have the danger so it is a really tight game and i know everyone will enjoy it. that is what i hope will happen and why i hope we will win. spain's story goes back to almost a year ago when a dispute led to a number of players refusing to play for the coachjorge vilda. 12 of them are still back home and it has led to mixed feelings in the country about their team being on the verge of making history. prior to this world cup they hadn't even won a knockout match in the tournament but now they too are in their first final. the players that remained in the squad insist the experience has brought them together and the coach hopes there's a happy end to the story translation: since the beginning, the players have been united, - have been working. today will be our 75th training session and all of us have been working. everything that has been happening off the pitch has been extraordinary. we are going to have memories for all our lives. we have enjoyed ourselves and tomorrow we want to celebrate together.

pick the co—hosts australia surpassed expectations by reaching to the semi—finals but their hopes of finishing 3rd and getting bronze medals were ended by sweden. who were the highest ranked team in the last 4 and made it count in the 3rd place play off winning it for the second tournament in a row. kosse asllani scored a stunning second after an earlier penalty and 2—0 is how it finished in brisbane. in the last 4 and made it count in the 3rd place play off winning it for the second tournament in a row. kosse asllani scored a stunning second after an earlier penalty and 2—0 is how it finished in brisbane. the second satruday of the new english premier league season is under way. liverpool are looking for their first win after drawing their opening game — they're up against bournemouth — and they're behind at anfield, antoine semenyo scoring afterjust three minutes. brighton lead at wolves through kaoru mitoma. thatis that is the only other goal at the

moment. fulham 0—0 brentford. two blockbuster games to come a little later the spurs versus manchester united and be champions manchester city against newcastle. the world athletics championships are underway in budapest despite the start being delayed by a thunderstorm in the hungarian capital. the first medal of the competition went to spain in the men's 20km race walk as alvaro martin took the gold in a world—leading time. a total of 4 golds will be handed out today you can keep across all the action on the bbc sport website the world triathlon para cup in paris had to be a duathlon as another 0lympic test event was unable to take place in the city's river seine. the swimming leg didn't happen following "discrepancies" in water quality tests which hadn't affected these events earlier in the week when competitors were able to dive into the river. world aquatics said the decision was made to "not put the health

and safety of the athletes at risk". lots of football and rugby currently ongoing. you can head to the website to find out the latest on them. for now, back to you. this is bbc news. more on the the women's world cup. it was disappointment for the co—hosts australia as they were beaten 2—0 by sweden who claimed third place. and now attention turns to sunday's final. england will take on spain with both sides hoping to lift the trophy for the first time. earlier i spoke to sophie ibberson who plays in a women steam in sheffield and coaches a local girls�* team. fair to say she's also a huge england fan. after what we did in the euros last year, the excitement of what could come tomorrow and boost for the future, it's really, really exciting. the england team has done fantastically well, obviously, they've got to the final, just give us an insight, your take on their progress and their play so far this tournament? i think they've been brilliant.

they've grown into the tournament, they've had a couple of games, haiti and nigeria, were so tough, but itjust shows the resilience they've got in the team and the culture around it that they're in the final, because they deserve to be. with regards to the girls�* team that you coach, how much are they inspired? they absolutely love it, because they've got role models and that's something that when i grew up i didn't really have in the women's game so seeing them being so excited, looking at t—shirts of the players, it's brilliant. and this is almost 100 years since the fa banned effectively women's football from taking place in 1921, it seems very apt that almost on the century of that event that the game is having such a resurgence? yeah, it's amazing, actually, because to think that it was banned all those years ago and i think in the last few years, since i was growing up, it's grown so much and the last couple of years it's just propelled even further, so we've got to be proud of everything that everyone involved in the game,

from past and present and for the future, the game is just really growing and it's well deserved. there's been lots of attention on players like chloe kelly, that incredible 69mph penalty that she scored, obviously they're facing tough opponents in the form of spain, what are spain like as a team? i thinkjust like their men's team, they're a good team with the ball, so if they've got the ball they can punish you. but i think england are just as good with the ball so it's a case of keeping possession and seeing what we can do with it and not dropping off and letting them have the ball because that's where they will hurt us. i've got to do it to you, i've got to ask you for your prediction, if you were going to go to the bookies, what would you say the odds are for the score? i would say 2—1, england.

2-1 2—1 england, we will all take that. now, i am not sure if i would stay this calm if this happened to me. an earthquake has interrupted a live tv broadcast in colombia. take a look at this. an interview is taking place when you can see the camera starts shaking. the guests looks a little shocked but stay in their seats. in the newsroom behind people start getting up. the news anchor goes to an ad break. it is only at that point the guests abandon the tv set. ican i can promise you, dear viewer, i would be under the table faster than you can say earthquake. we wanted to leave you this half hour with some pictures out of china of an international hot—air balloon festival. a0 balloonists from across the country have been taking part in the event in gansu province. as you can see from these pictures the event takes place in a very scenic spot hovering steep red sandstone cliffs which is part

of a national geological park. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. it was a bit of a stormy spell of weather overnight friday into saturday with storm betty, but things are improving through the weekend with sunny spells and scattered showers for many parts of the uk. let's take a look at the next few hours across the uk. you can see the remnants of storm betty, with heavy rain still with us through the northern isles, and a wrap—around with cloud and rain through parts of western scotland, in towards northern ireland, but improving here through the afternoon with sunny skies. and for much of england and wales, some sunshine and scattered showers. temperatures across the east and southeast in the mid 20s, that's above average, and many north sea coasts feeling warmer than it did yesterday. as we head into this evening

and indeed tonight, that low pressure that was storm betty still towards the north—west, giving us a north—west, south—east split. so taking a look through the course of saturday evening, most of that heavy rain clearing away but still breezy if not windy around some western coast through western parts of scotland and the hebrides and around irish sea coasts, too, but not the strength of wind we saw. elsewhere, dry, one ortwo showers, and temperatures lower than last night. now, of course, on sunday, all eyes on sydney for that big game in the fifa world cup final, and after a pleasant winter's day in sydney, by the time we reach kick—off, we're looking at temperatures around about the mid to high teens, plenty of sunshine, although a breeze coming in from the west. so for those looking to watch the game outdoors here at home, it's largely dry on sunday with some sunshine, a few showers around. at times, we could see a few lines of showers coming in through parts of south wales in towards the southern midlands. once again, its parts of england and the south east of england that have the driest,

warmest weather, cooler further north, breezy as well. next week, that low pressure still with us to the north, perhaps tracking around east and west again at times, with higher pressure further south and east. and that means we still have that north—west, south—east split. you can see on monday, wet weather in towards parts of northern ireland and western scotland as well. but eastern scotland and for much of england dry with some sunshine, a few showers in towards wales, and once again, temperatures in the south east reaching the mid 20s, further north not too bad. so just to recap, through the course of the weekend into next week in the south, it's dry and settled, a little more unsettled, though, as we head further north. that's the forecast for now.

this is bbc news. the headlines: the number of people killed in a russian missile attack in northern ukraine has now risen to seven — including a six—year—old child. ukrainian officials say another 110 people were wounded when the missile landed in the centre of chernihiv — 25 have been taken to hosptial. the uk government's been urged to strenghten the independent inquiry it's announced into the crimes of lucy letby. she's the nurse who was convicted of murdering seven babies at a hospital in chester. the local member of parliament is calling for a public inquiry — led by a judge. the western canadian province of british columbia has declared a state of emergency — as the country deals with its worst

wildfire season on record. residents of the remote northern city of yellowknife have been scrambling to leave. an official deadline to evacuate the area has already passed. now on bbc news — windrush: portraits of a generation: episode two. history is thankfully, and finally, beginning to accord a rightful place