that huge machine that smashes atoms together to discover what's inside them — is being fired up again today. scientists believe it could unlock a completely new view of the universe portuguese police investigating the disappearance of three—year—old madeleine mccann — who went missing on holiday in the algarve 15 years ago — say they've formally identified a suspect. they haven't named them but it's believed to be a convicted sex offender, known as christian b, who's currently injail in germany on drugs offences. simonjones reports. next month it will be 15 years since madeleine mccann disappeared. what happened to her remains a mystery despite numerous investigations. it has been agony for her parents who always clung to the hope that their daughter was still alive. but the authorities in germany strongly believe madeleine was murdered and now prosecutors in portugal have identified the suspect, a person of interest. he is not being named by german police have been investigating this man, referred to as christian b, a convicted rapist, in connection with meddling cosmic disappearance. he is currently in jail. officers say he was regularly living in the algarve between 1995 and 2007. he has always denied any involvement. there have been tv appeals for information, the authorities have never had enough evidence to charge him. madeleine went missing from a holiday apartment on the 3rd of may 2007 while her parents were having dinner at a nearby restaurant. injuly the met police opened its own investigation, saying it had new evidence and new witnesses, and it was in june evidence and new witnesses, and it was injune 2020 that german police first revealed they had a suspect. there have been searchers in portugal but no breakthrough. in less than two weeks statute of limitations would take effect, meaning under portuguese law it would no longer be possible to make someone a person of interest. but it is understood this latest development is driven not by timing, but by strong indications a crime has taken place. there have been many false dawns in the investigations into what happened. the police in germany have previously warned their inquiry, like the others, could end without a charge. but madeleine's parents of hallway said they need to know what happened so they could find peace. simonjones, bbc news. simon jones, bbc news. earlier i spoke to our lisbon correspondent alison roberts who explained this latest development in portugal. yesterday they issued a statement saying that on wednesday an individual had been named as an official suspect. that was an international request from portugal to the german authorities to inform that person of interest that they had been made an official suspect. your previous interviewee said this was always a significant step because it means effectively someone is being or will soon be questioned under caution, that is to say questions may be put that could incriminate them which gives them the right not to answer. it is a status to protect the individual, but it is always significant as it is a necessary prelude to charges at some point, although there is no sign of thatjust some point, although there is no sign of that just yet. find some point, although there is no sign of that just yet.— sign of that 'ust yet. and it is re orted sign of that just yet. and it is reported that _ sign of that just yet. and it is reported that the _ sign of that just yet. and it is reported that the suspect - 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practice of a crime. what does that tell us? i hope that is right, that i tell us? i hope that is right, that it is the indications and the evidence that is available has strengthened. but of course the timing is important. we were having discussions four or five months ago about the statute of limitations and the legal framework in portugal and there was an awareness of the pressure and i don't think anyone would have wanted to roll the dice by going to court to say we would like to extend this time of 15 years beyond that because of the pandemic. so i think both issues are true and credible. but we have now got someone who has been identified with the arguido status, a person of interest, and that person of interest, and that person of interest is really interesting insofar as i think there is no circumstantial evidence, thanks to the germans and the work of the new scotland yard and the portuguese, to demonstrate they were in proximity and thereby they had opportunity and by their profile of the known predilection for crime, they have already committed burglaries and rape and other crimes of that nature, means they are a good fit. they are not charged yet, but this is a necessary step en route to that if the portuguese are able to put everything together. this if the portuguese are able to put everything together.— if the portuguese are able to put everything together. this man denies any involvement _ everything together. this man denies any involvement in _ everything together. this man denies any involvement in the _ everything together. this man deniesj any involvement in the disappearance of madeleine mccann. what is the circumstantial evidence? [30 of madeleine mccann. what is the circumstantial evidence?- circumstantial evidence? do you know? when — circumstantial evidence? do you know? when i — circumstantial evidence? do you know? when i did _ circumstantial evidence? do you know? when i did the _ circumstantial evidence? do you know? when i did the review- circumstantial evidence? do you i know? when i did the review back circumstantial evidence? do you - know? when i did the review back in 2010, i may have discussed this before, we identified a number of issues. the golden hour was lost, there was chaos when madeleine first went missing, the crime scene was not properly sealed, so some forensic opportunities were missed. information was being held all over the place, so it was not as if this was an investigation that was operating a home system, a computer—based system, to make sure all information was captured, collated and analysed. but the key thing ifelt collated and analysed. but the key thing i felt at the time was when we identified a load of information about telephones that will show you where the telephone was, not tell you what was said, but show you where that phone was at a particular time immediately around the time of the crime and that had never been properly interrogated. what i think is interesting is when i say proximity, we do know that a phone attributed to this particular suspect was in proximity to the crime scene within about a 30 minute window. that is significant. then you look at the circumstantial evidence. this suspect lived in the area between 1995 and 2007, in fact in 2005 we know he committed a rape of an older woman in that area. we also know that this individual from court papers that have been seen was involved in burglaries from hotel rooms and holiday let's. so in proximity, a history of breaking into hotel rooms, a sexual crime history involving older women, but absolutely with a potential look at younger children where he had had an earlier conviction, and if you look at the camper van that is linked to him, there was children's clothing found there. we have also been able to link some drive with recent evidence of children nearby. whether we can say he committed this crime we can say he committed this crime we can, unless he is convicted. he is an extremely nasty piece of work, a dangerous character. yes, we will be cautious about what we say, but he is a convicted rapist and he has been found in possession of these images and we know he has broken into people post my holiday homes and hotel rooms. if into people post my holiday homes and hotel rooms.— into people post my holiday homes and hotel rooms. if that evidence is as strong as — and hotel rooms. if that evidence is as strong as it _ and hotel rooms. if that evidence is as strong as it sounds _ and hotel rooms. if that evidence is as strong as it sounds when - and hotel rooms. if that evidence is as strong as it sounds when you - as strong as it sounds when you describe it like that, would he not have already been charged? isn't the missing link is still something that links them directly, some forensics that linking directly with madeleine mccann? ~ ., , that linking directly with madeleine mccann? ~ . , ., , , mccann? well, that is absolutely ri i ht, mccann? well, that is absolutely riiht, we mccann? well, that is absolutely right. we are _ mccann? well, that is absolutely right, we are looking _ mccann? well, that is absolutely right, we are looking for- mccann? well, that is absolutely right, we are looking for that - mccann? well, that is absolutelyj right, we are looking for that last piece of the jigsaw puzzle. circumstantial evidence as it sits, if you take one piece of evidence, that he lived in the algarve, that by itself means nothing. it is when you put it all together that it becomes overwhelmingly influential, but it does not prove the case. i do think the germans have always kept the key suspicion, the key piece of information very close to their chest, but the level of confidence they have demonstrated, and i have worked with the german police in the past, the level of confidence in their public statements is not something to underestimate. mina; their public statements is not something to underestimate. why have the not something to underestimate. why have they not charged _ something to underestimate. why have they not charged him _ something to underestimate. why have they not charged him then? _ something to underestimate. why have they not charged him then? they - something to underestimate. why have they not charged him then? they have | they not charged him then? they have not been able — they not charged him then? they have not been able to _ they not charged him then? they have not been able to and _ they not charged him then? they have not been able to and we _ they not charged him then? they have not been able to and we are _ they not charged him then? they have not been able to and we are dealing i not been able to and we are dealing with different types of systems. outside of the uk when the germans would make a particular statement, they would have to share information with the suspect. i think the golden nugget they may have is something they do not want at this stage to share. so, working with the portuguese and i am sure new scotland yard, putting it all together, what this statement does is provide the portuguese with the opportunity to extradite suspect back to portugal and perhaps to deliver the critical interview. do i think he will make an admission? no, i don't, but only time will tell. i don't know if you have had any contact with kate and gerry mccann in recent times, madeleine's parents, but they have obviously been through absolute hell and there have been false hopes and full sleeves before, haven't they? yes. sleeves before, haven't they? yes, this current — sleeves before, haven't they? yes, this current development _ sleeves before, haven't they? yes this current development could mean everything to them or nothing. they will have had those highs and those lows and the fact of the matter is this, they have had to go on every day. they have brought up their twins sean and emily with the shadow always hanging over them and it has not been made any easier for them as the parents of missing children. and having looked over the evidence over the years there is nothing that implicates them in any credible or serious way, but they still had to suffer the taunts and the online bile generated by some individuals who werejudge, jury bile generated by some individuals who were judge, jury and executioner on the back of partial pieces of information, so i really hope we get result because that is what everyone wants. it is what the parents need and actually it should cause some people to have difficulty looking in the mirror when they reflect on what they have done and what they have said over the past 15 years. jim gamble, thank you very much. jim gamble, thank you very much. satellite images produced by a private us company appear to show mass graves near the ukrainian city of mariupol. russia has yet to respond to the images that appear to show four sections of rows of graves near mariupol. last night, the us government said it was helping to collect and preserve evidence of alleged war crimes in ukraine. it comes as a ukrainian official says russian forces have seized more than forty villages in the east of ukraine in the donbas region. in the last few minutes the un says russian actions in the country may amount to war crimes. abi smitton reports. a city destroyed. mariupol steelworks, the final base of the ukrainian resistance. in its labyrinth of tunnels and bunkers, the last of the fighters remain. translation: we are under constant air bombing and fire of multiple - rocket launches and gun artillery. but while we're here, mariupol remains under control of ukraine. mariupol was — and will stay — ukrainian, no matter what they say. around 2,000 people are still thought to be in the steelworks. it's believed at least half of them are civilians. mariupol has been under near constant bombardment since the start of the russian invasion. president putin has claimed his forces have seized control of the city, ordering his soldiers to surround the azovstal steel plant. but ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky has refused to give in. in an address last night, he said the fight for the city was not over. the russian forces wouldn't win. translation: they can only postpone the inevitable - - the time when the invaders will have to leave our land, including mariupol, the city that continues to resist russia, regardless of what the occupiers say about this. ukrainian officials say russian forces have continued to attack the eastern donbas region. more than a0 villages have reportedly been seized. with the orthodox easter weekend approaching, there had been hopes that a ceasefire could be agreed, a moment of reprieve for millions. but president zelensky says russia has rejected the call for a truce. translation: this demonstrates very i well how the leaders of this state i actually feel about the faith, about one of the mostjoyful and important holidays. but we keep hope, hope for peace, hope that life will conquer death. what should have been a celebration for the millions of orthodox christians. instead, this sunday will mark two months of war, two months of fighting, destruction and loss. abi smitton, bbc news. earlier i spoke to justin bronk who is senior research fellow at the royal united services institute about the satellite images produced by a private american company. russian forces clearly hold the majority of mariupol. the azovstal is very difficult to take. it is extremely easy to fortify, it has very heavy structures. it's got a bunker complex underneath. and unfortunately, i think the decision not to storm the azovstal, while it does indicate that russian units have probably taken very significant attrition clearing mariupol of ukrainian resistance to this point, it is unfortunately one of the first fairly logical decisions, practical decisions that we have seen the kremlin impose downwards in terms of military activity in ukraine. because at this stage there is very little that those forces in azovstal can do to break out. they have large numbers of wounded, very limited supplies. they are a long way from friendly forces and while there have been some reported successes in terms of resupply, just the sheer quantity of food to keep thousands of people alive for multiple days means they probably cannot hold out for much longer. so for the russians that decision make sense. yes, although we don't know how much stock piling had been done before hand. been done beforehand. i mean, i was told yesterday the ukrainians had always known it would end up around the steel plant, so have been preparing. i'm sure they have been stockpiling what they can get their hands on within mariupol, but it is worth remembering that the city was cut off within a couple of days of the invasion beginning and because the ukrainian government didn't believe that there would be a full—scale invasion until it had actually started on the 24th of february, there have been almost no civilian resilience preparation done in the city. there was not stockpiling of dry food, ammunition, fuel, bottles of water, all of that stuff. and so it is kind of extraordinary that mariupol has held out as long as it did given that it was basically cut off unprepared at the start and has been fighting with very limited resupply ever since. and we always talk about the strategic importance of mariupol to president putin. so in total layman's terms, geographically, why is it such a big dealfor russia? it is a big deal geographically in the sense it's a key port city it was a site of most of ukraine's heavy industrial trade, international trade coming in and out of the country. of course, the east of donbas is traditionally where the most heavy industry is in ukraine. and it also would be hugely symbolic because it would be the first city that russia has successfully ta ken against serious resistance. the only cities to fall so far in terms of larger cities are melitopol and kherson, both of which fell with very, very few defending forces there. in the first day or two. so it would be a symbolic first significant victory even though in fact they are conquering basically rubble at this stage. so, yes, symbolic importance and it also would allow troops to be redeployed elsewhere in donbas, although given the losses they seem to have been taken, they might take a significant amount of time for rest and refit before they reuse them elsewhere. the un has delivered some really strong words. really strong words about some of the stuff going on in ukraine. they described it as a horror story of violations against civilians. let's talk to our correspondent in geneva. let's get more on this with our geneva correspondent imogen foulkes they put out a detailed statement in the last half hour. they say, as you said in your introduction, international law, human rights, have all been tossed aside. the monitoring mission in ukraine has documented 50 killings in butcher alone. they say this is not an isolated incident, that many more allegations of this type of violence are emerging, also sexual violence, rape, indiscriminate bombing of civilian areas, detention, torture. indiscriminate bombing committed by all sides, they say, but the vast majority committed by the russian side. really a war where none of the rules appear to be followed. thea;r rules appear to be followed. they have their own _ rules appear to be followed. they have their own people on the ground in places outside the capital? that is absolutely _ in places outside the capital? that is absolutely right. _ in places outside the capital? trust is absolutely right. the un in places outside the capital? tryst is absolutely right. the un has had a monitoring mission in ukraine for quite some time because there has been this on and off conflict since 2014 in the east of the country where there have been consistent reports and concerns about human rights. so this mission is there. i understand it will be strengthened, but the team has been to bucha and they have found evidence of 50 killings and the un says these killings and the un says these killings amount to war crimes. they are receiving more allegations of similar types of killings, particularly in areas where the russians have been or remain. so really very concerning. we are expecting a much more detailed report to be submitted to the human rights council injune. in the meantime, that investigation mission continues in ukraine. as we see again with modern warfare and the ability of technology and satellite imagery, time and time we find the evidence will be found and the perpetrators identified relatively fast. their day in court will take of course a lot longer. their day in court will take of course a lot longer. while parts of the capital kyiv are returning to some semblance of normality, it is still a city on high alert. mayor vitali klitschko has warned people who fled against returning. the bbc has been to the outskirts where people are preparing for a possible return of the russians. mark lowen reports. defending ukrainian soil in the heart of the capital, from the trenches of kyiv, 131st battalion stopped the russians from breaking through, and they're still here if the enemy returns. great britain sent us this weapon. anti—tank missiles from britain? yes, yes. and when was the last time you used this weapon here? secret. we can't disclose our exact location, with the threat still present. how many kilometres of the trenches? i don't know, ten kilometres, 20 kilometres, 30 kilometres, i don't know. and still, they deepen the defence, fearful that if the russians take eastern ukraine, they could come back for a second try here. until two months ago, kyiv families would picnic in these forests. now, they have new dwellers. soup? translation: the russians were three or four kilometres from us, _ firing with mortars and artillery. if they return, without our resistance, they could storm through. and they will make an effort to do so again. but i think the residents of kyiv can sleep more soundly, knowing that we are here. but it's no smooth ride towards calm for ukraine's capital, on edge after several attacks in the past few days by russian long—range missiles. air-raid siren wails. that's another air—raid siren that's just gone off but, as you can see, people are kind of shrugging it off now. it's a pretty frequent occurrence but a reminder that the threat hasn't disappeared here. a hint of normality is peeping through the roadblocks and police checks. metro stations no longer used as shelters, as the city gradually comes back to life. kyiv is fortified, but fearful. for tamara tkachuk, business is still slow and the trauma deep. translation: it has been frightening here, my hands still tremble now. i this is our country, they have no right to come here and kill us. i'm very worried the russians will come back or, worse, that they will wait for us to return and then bomb us from the air. god save us from that. for those dug in for the long—haul, reminders of the life they left behind two months ago, when russia thought it could barge into kyiv with little resistance. and when ukraine's residents became its defenders. mark lowen, bbc news, kyiv. the uk and india have signed a new defence cooperation agreement and will look to complete a free trade deal by the end of the year. the british prime minister boris johnson is in india, where he has met with his counterpart nahrendra modi. india's prime minister narendra modi has been speaking about the relationship between the two countries. translation: the teams - of both our countries are working on the free trade agreement. there has been good progress in our negotiations and we have decided to make all efforts to conclude the fta by the end of this year. in the last few months, we have concluded free trade agreements with the uae and australia. it is with the same speed and same commitment that we would like to take forward our fta with the uk, as well. our south asia correspondent rajini vaidyanathan is following the visit from delhi. borisjohnson might be feeling the heat back home in the uk over this partygate scandal, but here he's been getting a very warm welcome, and you can see the union flags flying behind me outside parliament, and there are big posters that have been put up with borisjohnson's face on around central delhi, as well, welcoming him here. as you mentioned, though, there could be some awkward conversations when it comes to ukraine in particular — the fact that, throughout this conflict, india has remained neutral and is likely to continue to remain neutral, and has refused to condemn russia's actions. now, one thing that will be talked about today is military dependence. now, we know that india gets the lion's share of its military hardware from russia, but today the uk is going to be discussing ways to make it easier for british military hardware to be exported here to india. and one thing that's on the table is the idea that the uk can support india in making its own domestically produced fighterjet. so basically to try and wean india off its dependency with russia. now, whether the actual issue of ukraine will come up in talks, well, it's most certainly likely to, but british officials have already said that they're not going to be lecturing india on their position. i'm joined by professor of economics rupa chanda, at the indian institute of management bangalor. she's also the director of trade, investment and innovation at the un economic and social commission for asia and the pacific. that is a very long title, but you are absolutely the right person to be talking to. thank you for talking to us. they reckon they will have a trade deal by the end of the year and that would be the swiftest timing ever, wouldn't it? well, yes. india does not _ timing ever, wouldn't it? well, yes. india does not have _ timing ever, wouldn't it? well, yes. india does not have a _ timing ever, wouldn't it? well, yes. india does not have a track - timing ever, wouldn't it? well, yes. india does not have a track record . india does not have a track record thatis india does not have a track record that is very good at signing them very quickly. that is very good at signing them very quickly-— very quickly. noticed the uk government _ very quickly. noticed the uk government either. - very quickly. noticed the uk government either. that i very quickly. noticed the uk government either. that is. very quickly. noticed the uk i government either. that is true. there are _ government either. that is true. there are a _ government either. that is true. there are a lot _ government either. that is true. there are a lot of— government either. that is true. there are a lot of sensitive i government either. that is true. | there are a lot of sensitive issues between the countries, but this is more likely to be an early harvest document, so you will not reach the main agreement, but they are aiming about 65% coverage for goods and when you get the fully fledged document, it will be 90% or so of goods exported. it may not happen by the end of the year, it may slip into the end of the financial year. for people watching around the world, including the uk and india, normal people who spend money, or not much at the moment because of the cost of living crisis, how would they notice any difference? what would be betterfor them? the would be better for them? the effects of the _ would be better for them? tye: effects of the agreements really depend on the kinds of commitments made. in terms of cost of goods and things, for instance they want to bring down tariffs on some of the products that the uk is interested in it like cars and whiskey. as we know there are constituencies which are not for that. similarly in the uk side india poz my interest would be in areas like textiles and fabrics, garments and pharmaceuticals. if there are concessions there and there is a more predictable market access that might be beneficial to the customers. but ultimately it all depends upon how good the commitments are and how deep they are and how much utilisation is met. often these agreements are signed but the trade does not go through the channel because there are too many other regulatory issues involved, so you have to certify things. the devil is in the detail, it is not just let me also mention services, this is where some benefits could arise. if india could get a predictable market access for its movement of people, especially the business providers, professional services, which is very important area of interest for india in uk market, that will be beneficial. tellii interest for india in uk market, that will be beneficial.- that will be beneficial. tell me more about — that will be beneficial. tell me more about that. _ that will be beneficial. tell me more about that. for - that will be beneficial. tell me more about that. for the i that will be beneficial. tell me | more about that. for the indian that will be beneficial. tell me i more about that. for the indian it sector, more about that. for the indian it sector. there _ more about that. for the indian it sector, there are _ more about that. for the indian it sector, there are two _ more about that. for the indian it sector, there are two ways - more about that. for the indian it sector, there are two ways in i more about that. for the indian it| sector, there are two ways in which they are primarily exporting. one is in terms of outsourcing, offshore and model so in that context day to issues are important, day to transfer and localisation requirements in india which have been a bone of contention so we can sort that out but also the movement of people to go on site and deliver and do some of the projects for uk clouds, that is important so predictability and access and not ad hoc changes in regulations, that would be very important from the indian side. from the uk side there are many interesting sectors. legal services is one area where the uk has been insisting that india should allow setting up law firms, but the legal constituency has not allowed that. that would be of major interest. there are many areas, it really depends how far we go in terms of giving concessions in the case of tariffs on goods and how far in terms of fdi by the regulatory conditions that are out there for businesses to operate in each other�*s countries. businesses to operate in each other's countries.— businesses to operate in each other's countries. thank you very much for talking _ other's countries. thank you very much for talking to _ other's countries. thank you very much for talking to us. _ other's countries. thank you very much for talking to us. thank- other's countries. thank you very l much for talking to us. thank you. thank you- — borisjohnson boris johnson and the borisjohnson and the indian premier studied a press converse but do not take any questions. they announced a free trade deal by the end of the year. undoubtedly uk prime minister would have been asked questions about the fact he is now going to be investigated by a commons committee over claims he misled parliament. our correspondent, jonathan blake has more. the saga of partygate has continued back here, and borisjohnson has struggled to escape that despite being 4,000 miles away there on the visit to india. after yesterday's debate in the house of commons, resulting in the go—ahead for an investigation in parliament over whether the prime minister misled mps with his statements about having not broken the rules, there will be further questions today — and further criticism, i'm sure, of the prime minister — from opposition parties and others. he can he can expect further questions when he returns to the uk after this two—day trip to india. the former pakistani prime minister imran khan, ousted from office earlier this month, has been holding large rallies, refusing to accept the new government and demanding fresh elections. he's alleged he's the victim of an american—led conspiracy a claim ridiculed by his opponents. secunder kermani reports from lahore. imran khan might no longer be the prime minister here, but he's still able to draw out big crowds and he's been repeating his allegation that he was ousted as the result of a us—led conspiracy targeting him, he says, because of his foreign policy decisions, including a recent trip to moscow. and in doing so, he's really tapping into a reservoir of popular anti—western sentiment here. why is america so concerned that we are having good relationships with russia and china? that is the main thing which is pinching america. they used to think because these players who are there in government right now, they used to suck up to these americans. translation: who's brought all these other politicians i together on the same page, they never used to even sit together. it's been done by america and foreign powers, us officials. imran khan's opponents here dismissed those allegations. most independent analysts that i've spoken to don't believe them either. they say imran khan is deliberately, they believe, exaggerating the contents of a diplomatic cable sent by the pakistani ambassador in washington, which may contain very blunt, perhaps aggressive language, but is not, they say, evidence of a conspiracy. instead, they say imran khan fell out with his former ally, pakistan's powerful military, and that's what's led to his downfall. now, the new government here, which of course would deny allegations made by imran khan and his supporters that they are corrupt, is hoping that this momentum imran khan is trying to build up is just going to peter out. he's calling for fresh elections. but beyond holding these big, large rallies, we'll have to see just what he can do to make them happen because they aren't due to take place until next year. there have been fresh clashes between israeli police and palestinian demonstrators at the al—aqsa mosque compound in jerusalem. israeli—palestinian tensions have soared recently after a wave of deadly attacks in israel, and palestinian deaths during subsequent israeli raids in the occupied west bank. in the past two weeks, four attacks have left 12 israelis and two ukrainians dead, and more than 20 palestinians have been killed. our correspondent feras kilani has been to the refugee camp in the west bank, where he spoke to palestinian fighters and their leaders. nights at the west bank camp ofjenin. palestinian fighters are ready to defend against a military incursion by israeli forces. what happens here could spark more clashes across the region. everyone is on high alert. this camp has become a symbol of resistance against israeli occupation. most of these militants were not even born in 2002, when israeli forces fought for two weeks against palestinians here injenin. although it's now controlled by the palestinian authority, the israeli army carries out frequent operations inside the camp. tonight, fighters from different factions are gathering to honour those who have fallen in recent clashes. the organisers want to send a message that they are prepared to fight. the crowd is addressed by a leader of the islamichhad group, which promotes the military destruction of israel, and is financed by iran. after the rally, he told me he is aware of their limitations, compared to 20 years ago. translation: we were able to move more freely and had a greater- support in the community. today we have regular night raids in the camp, and far more arrests are now carried out injenin and in the west bank. indeed, the israeli army is carrying out raids on the camp on a regular basis — arresting some, like this man, or even carrying out what the israelis call targeted killings. israel seesjenin as providing a base for those who have carried out recent attacks inside israel. one resident was ra'ad hazem — the the man who killed three israelis in tel aviv on the 7th of april. israel usually arrests and interrogates the relatives of the attackers, and the army says it will storm the camp if hazem's father isn't handed over to them for questioning. akram rajoub is the palestinian governor of the city ofjenin. i asked him if there are any plans to hand over hazem's father. translation: we don't think that this is the right direction for us. i and even if we get involved, this will only happen with the consent of ra'ad's father. and if that is his wish, we will mediate to reach a solution. the recent attacks against israel over the last month mean there is no prospect of a political solution any time soon. and the increasing intensity of israeli raids on the camp means that many young palestinians now believe their only option is to arm themselves and fight — even if it means death. feras kilani, bbc news, jenin. in france it's the final stage of campaigning in the race for the presidency which will be settled on sunday when millions of voters will choose between the incumbent emmanuel macron and his rival marine le pen. the two candidates faced each other on wednesday night in a nationwide televised debate after which many french voters are still said to be undecided. our paris correspondent hugh schofield lays out how the two candidates will be spending the final day of the campaign. well, we know marine le pen is up in her heartland in the north of the country. she had a last run last night and she will be doing more markets. it is what she has spent the last couple of weeks doing, meeting supporters. she tends to go to places where she know she's popular, to avoid those protests which were just referred to. the president will be down the lot department in the southwest doing one of his civic meetings where he talks and people can ask him questions. so they are both out campaigning right up to the last minute. the polls are fairly clear, they showed the president is way ahead, emmanuel macron. but both know that there is bigger moan in all of this which abstention and if abstention is high and the turnout is low, then that could change the numbers and make a le pen presidency more likely. no—one really knows. but they are both out and will be continuing right to the end of today to encourage those voters who went for other candidates in the first round — in particular, the left, jean—luc melenchon, who became a close third in the first round two weeks ago — to turn out and vote for them. it looks like most of jean—luc melenchon's voters who are going to vote will vote for macron, some will vote for le pen, but an awful lot of them are just going to abstain and it is them in particular that both candidates are out trying to garner their votes today. the authorities in shanghai are taking new steps to contain a wave of covid infections. the outbreak has led to more than three weeks of lockdown for millions of people in the chinese commercial hub. officials announced tougher enforcement measures, saying they'll ensure people who've tested positive stay at home by fixing electronic alarms to their doors. here's our beijing correspondent, stephen mcdonell. everybody — without exception — who tests positive to covid and their closest contacts all must go to these centralised quarantine facilities. but there aren't enough places at the moment to handle everybody, even though shanghai has built these enormous centres with thousands of camp beds. so while people are waiting to be sent to these places, these alarms are going to be put on their door so they don't go outside. the other thing that's happening is that officials have decided that if there's an area which has some cases, in certain examples they're moving entire communities out of their homes temporarily and then going in there to sort of cleanse every person's house with a hope that you can sort of disinfect every surface in the house to try and kill the bug that way. now, some people in shanghai, residents there, have questioned this strategy and said, "well, hang on, if you're putting us all on buses together and moving us to other locations, doesn't that risk the possibility of more people being infected that way?" but, nevertheless, this disinfection campaign is going to go ahead and the authorities are just saying, you know, we have tojust get tougher on this, more people into isolation, hoping that it's going to eventually work. i mean, i suppose it will, but it's just a matter of time. we're now into, what, week five of this lockdown in shanghai, 25 million people. it's really hitting the chinese economy very hard. but, you know, there's no sign of an alteration in the strategy from the chinese authorities there in shanghai. the world's most powerful particle accelerator — the large hadron collider — has begun the process of restarting after three years of being shut down for improvements. scientists around the globe are hoping the upgraded machine will be able to detect new particles and start a physics revolution that could forever change our understanding of the universe. our science correspondent pallab ghosh reports. it's like a medieval castle. you have to have, like, winding roads to get there. deep underground, dr marcelo bono shows me into the heart of the large hadron collider. so this is the first time i'll have seen the detector. and, wow, itjust looks incredible. 7,000 tons of intricate engineering, built to detect minute particles created by atoms crashing together. this is just one of the best positions, because really, it shows you all the majesty of this detector, isn't it? it's huge! majesty is the word. this is the detector that was responsible for one of the most important breakthroughs in science, the discovery of the higgs boson. it's just been upgraded and the hope is it will discover more particles that are completely new to science. and if it does, it could transform our understanding of the universe. we are looking actively for a lot of new phenomena. dark matter, for example. we can look directly, for dark matter. could this be one of the biggest discoveries ever in physics? i'd say yes. i'd say it might be. yes, indeed. it's the majority of the universe that is made of this dark matter, and we have at the moment no clue what it is. so, yes, absolutely. that would be incredible. dark matter is shown here in purple in this simulation, sprawling across the blackness of space. the bright areas are galaxies, stars and planets, which make up just a tiny fraction of the universe. the researchers here hope to produce dark matter particles by accelerating the inside of atoms close to the speed of light, around a 27—kilometre ring, and then crashing them together. this is what compresses the magnet... these are the giant magnets that steer the particles around the ring, and focus them into a narrow beam. they've been improved, too, so that they'll now be double the number of collisions, which will greatly increase the chances of finding new particles. for all the physics that we've done since the startup of the lhc, the last ten years, we'll be able to actually get the same amount of data in the next three years as we did in those ten years. and there is also the chance that by both increasing the energy of the lhc, which we've done slightly, and in seeing more of these collisions, that there is something else out there to be discovered. the electronics has also been upgraded to keep up with the increased data. researchers here are also hoping to get confirmation of a new fifth force of nature. i've been hunting for the fifth force for as long as i've been a particle physicist. and maybe this is the year. this would upend the field. it would be the biggest, biggest discovery of the cern, lhc. i think the biggest discovery in particle physics since, i mean, bigger than the higgs. the particles that are created are going every — in every direction. the researchers here are excited about what the newly upgraded large hadron collider could achieve. it could help them make discoveries that would lead to the greatest shift in our understanding of the universe since einstein's theories more than 100 years ago. palab ghosh, bbc news at the large hadron collider on the swiss—french border. florida lawmakers have voted to strip disney of its self—governing status. it's a move widely seen as retaliation for the company's opposition to a new state law limiting discussion of lgbt issues in schools. the bbc�*s azadeh moshiri reports. for decades, disney's magic kingdom in florida has been able to rule itself. thanks to a special tax status, disney has been able to build its own roads, control utilities and even levy tax. essentially allowing the company to govern its own district in the sunshine state. it has also allowed disney to save millions in taxes and fees. but that has all come crashing down after a vote by state lawmakers. i think sometimes issues rise up that you were not aware of. disney's charter allows them to build a nuclear power plant. these are not things that may make a lot of sense. the move is widely seen as retaliation for disney's opposition to florida's new education law. which opponents call don't say gay. it bans schoolteachers from discussing anything related to sexual orientation or gender identity with children until they reach the third grade. we are certainly not going to bend a knee to woke executives in california. in a statement, disney said... some experts argue the lawmakers' decision could hurt floridians themselves. for the citizens of orange county, you are talking a financial fiasco. anything that comes with a normal municipal government would fall to orange county with zero additional revenue. governor desantis told his supporters if disney wants to pick a fight, they chose the wrong guy. all that is left now is for him to add his signature and one of disney's magical powers will vanish. juan orlando hernandez, the former president of honduras has been extradited to the united states to face weapons and drug trafficking charges. he was arrested in february shortly after ending his second term in office. us prosectors claim he funded his political rise with profits from drug traffickers. north korea's leader, kimjong un, has written back to south korea's president, moonjae in, to thank him for trying to improve relations. mr moon, who steps down next month, had written to mr kim promising to continue to try to lay a foundation for the re—unification of the two countries. a bbc investigation has discovered that thousands of german nationals have migrated to paraguay in the last 12 months to escape covid restrictions and vaccinations in europe. but the pandemic is not the only thing driving this new surge to south america, as bbc mundo's mar pichel has been finding out. on the banks of the river, united colonies, german settlements first established more than 100 years ago. but, in recent months, government regulations but, in recent months, covid regulations in europe have created a resurgence in immigration. it means, "feel like you are at home," and for thousands of germans who have arrived here in recent months, this really is home now. but the local mayor says many of the newcomers have worrying misconceptions about paraguay. but it's notjust the pandemic driving this new wave of immigration. since 2015, around 1.5 million migrants and refugees have settled in germany. many of whom practise islam. hana helps fellow germans settle in paraguay. she didn't want to show herface on camera. but that is a strong accusation. do you have, or do they have any evidence of that? paraguay has a long history of receiving immigrants. people here say the new arrivals are welcome, but any sort of prejudice is not — it is just un—paraguayan. mar pichel, bbc news. and you can watch the full documentary — escape to paraguay — here on bbc world news from this weekend. the grenada leg of the earl and countess of wessex's platinum jubilee tour of the caribbean has been postponed, just a day before the couple were due to leave. sophie and edward are carrying out a seven—day tour of three caribbean nations, to mark the queen's 70—year reign. buckingham palace said the decision had been made after consultation with the government of grenada and on the advice of the governor general. it's hoped they will visit at a later date. the decision comes after the duke and duchess of cambridge were criticised for some elements of their recent caribbean tour. hello. a lot more cloud around this morning than we saw during the past few days, especially for england and wales — the odd shower, too, but for the vast majority, it's the dry weather which continues to dominate thanks to the presence of high pressure that's governing our weather at the moment to the north, giving us quite a brisk east—to—northeasterly flow and keeping these rain—bearing low—pressure systems out towards iberia. that said, there's one or two showers through the afternoon, wales, south west in particular. the cloud becoming more limited towards southern ireland and across southern parts of england and wales with a lot more sunshine around, but that wind, wherever you are, quite a gusty one. the strongest of the gusts to the west of scotland, north west england. but it's actually here we'll see the highest of the temperatures — 18, 19 degrees possible — whereas along those eastern coast along the north sea, this is where we could see for one or two temperatures around nine or ten degrees this afternoon, even colder. we see some mist and low cloud linger in around the moray firth where pollen levels may be low today. but elsewhere across the country, tree pollen levels remain high for most. now, into this evening and overnight, still some cloud towards the south initially and then more cloud drifts its way in off the north sea and develops inland. mist and low cloud too to the north east of scotland and whilst you've still got quite a breeze blowing, it does mean temperatures will be well clear of a frost. it should be a frost—free night for the gardeners, but for most another dry day to come. there will be one or two more showers across england and wales so if your garden needs a drink you might be lucky, but actually most will stay dry. the main shower risk would be through the morning and then in the afternoon towards some southern counties of england and wales where actually we could see some of the highest of the temperatures tomorrow, 17 or 18 degrees — again, 17 to 18 degrees possible in western scotland. cool down eastern coasts and on the blustery hills. now, as we go through the weekend and into sunday, low pressure from iberia pulls away. and what that actually does in turn is bring us a bit more sunshine for england and wales. there'll be a few showers initially towards the southwest, but long sunny spells for the most part. different across northern scotland, mist and low cloud will be a bit more dominant. maybe the odd spot of drizzle from that and it's going to limit the temperatures. colder day here with the winds a bit more north—easterly. the temperatures will be higher on the south coast. but as we go through into next week, we've still got that ridge of high pressure building in, so the emphasis is on the dry weather. but whilst the winds are easing, the isobars opening out, the winds are going a bit more northerly. so next week, temperatures will take a little bit of a drop compared to this week. and there's a chance of a return of overnight frosts. bye. of overnight frosts. this is bbc news. of overnight frosts. the headlines at 11. of overnight frosts. the united nations reports that 50 civilians were killed in bucha — including some by summary execution. it follows the release of these satellite images, which are said to show a mass burial site near mariupol in the south of the country. 15 years after the disappearance of 3 year old madeleine mccann, prosecutors in portugal say they've identified an official suspect. the authorities haven't released a name —— but he's believed to be this man, christian brueckner, a convicted sex offender currently in jail in germany while facing further questions about what he knew regarding alleged lockdown parties, borisjohnson is completing his two—day visit to india — he's been holding talks with his counterpart narendra modi// we'll bring you a news conference from the prime minister in around half an hour's time. also this hour... we spent less in shops and online again in march —— as the cost of living crisis bites. and the revamped large hadron collider — the huge machine that smashes atoms together to discover what's inside them — is being fired up again today. scientists believe it could unlock a completely new view of the universe the un human rights office has issued a damning statement, describing the war in ukraine as a "horror story of violations against civilians", in which respect for international law has been " tossed aside'. the un monitoring mission in ukraine has documented the unlawful killing of 50 civilians in bucha, north west of kyiv, a town shattered in the fight for the control of the capital. the un said such killings amount to war crimes. it comes as ukrainian officials accuse russian forces of burying the bodies of hundreds of civilians in mass graves outside the besieged city of mariupol. this is a picture taken by us satellite firm maxar on the 19th of march, showing a cemetery in the village of manhush, just outside mariupol. images from two weeks later, on the 3rd of april, appear to show freshly dug trenches in manhush. the mayor of mariupol said the photos showed russia was trying to conceal the number of people it had killed. as we heard — the un human rights office has today described the war in ukraine as a " horror story of violations against civilians', in which respect for international law has been " tossed aside'. let's get more on this with our geneva correspondent imogen foulkes really strong language from the united nation's human rights office. what more at this thing? this united nation's human rights office. what more at this thing?— what more at this thing? this is interesting _ what more at this thing? this is interesting in _ what more at this thing? this is interesting in that _ what more at this thing? this is interesting in that it _ what more at this thing? this is interesting in that it is - what more at this thing? this is interesting in that it is the i what more at this thing? this is interesting in that it is the most j interesting in that it is the most detailed evidence we have had from the un human rights monitors in ukraine. we have been to back a mac, we have all seen some of the evidence from their already... bucha, but these are the official people targeted with looking at this evidence. they found evidence of 50 unlawful killings of civilians. some of them look like summary executions. if proven, this would amount to a war crime. added to that we have the very, very strong evidence of indiscriminate bombings of civilians and in civilian areas. if you look at the 60 people who were killed at the railway station, these were civilians gathered waiting for evacuation. targeting civilians like that is also a war crime. we have much evidence, videos, horrific videos online of prisoners of war being ill treated, tortured, even killed. that, the un pointed out, seem to have been perpetrated by both sides in the conflict. so, really, the geneva convention is not being respected at all in this war and as ever, the civilians, the elderly, women, children suffering the most. did they have anything to say about the monitoring mission in ukraine and how difficult it is for them to try and gather the evidence they need? the team went to bucha, they say that reports that are coming into them indicate that bucha is in no way an isolated incident. and they have had more than 300 reports of unlawful killing similar to those in bucha. of course, there is a huge area in the east of the country, in particular the town of mariupol where nobody can get in. note un aid agencies with emergency medical care let alone human rights investigators. so there is huge fear that what could emerge from these areas could be horrific in fact. the un has already described this as a horror story of violations for civilians in ukraine. what is happening in the east the investigators cannot get in to document it. satellite imagery can see it. somejournalists who document it. satellite imagery can see it. some journalists who were they can also see it. as i said earlier, human rights violations can be committed in the 21st century, but the cannot be... you be committed in the 21st century, but the cannot be. . ._ be committed in the 21st century, but the cannot be... professor lee marler is a barrister and a director of the consultancy firm pavocat, which specialises in the law of war — hejoins me now. good to have you with us today. can you explain what constitutes a war crime when someone is looking at evidence, gathering evidence and submissions, how do they decide whether what has happened is a war crime or not?— whether what has happened is a war crime or not? ,., ., ., . ., ,, crime or not? good morning and thank ou for crime or not? good morning and thank you for having — crime or not? good morning and thank you for having me _ crime or not? good morning and thank you for having me on _ crime or not? good morning and thank you for having me on the _ crime or not? good morning and thank you for having me on the programme. | you for having me on the programme. what is a war crime is an essential question now. contrary to what president putin and his commanders on the ground in ukraine and his soldiers may think, war is regulated by law. it is an international humanitarian law, or the law of war. it is made up of the geneva conventions of 1949 and 1977 which i'm sure your viewers have heard of. those conventions deal essentially with protecting civilians and the wounded. the hague convention, which dates back to the last century, our rules dealing with the methods and means of warfare. it is a serious or great breach of international humanitarian law amount to war crimes which can and which should rightly be prosecuted in the international criminal law. those war crimes include insofar as civilians are concerned, such things as murder, torture, rape, other inhumane treatment, pillage, wanton destruction, hostagetaking, deportation and far more. everything that we appear to be seeing in bucha and elsewhere such as mariupol. so have the russian armed forces committed war crimes? it certainly seems that way to me. the bigger question if i can be brutally honest, why are these soldiers committing these types of atrocities? that is what we need to consider treat on at the moment. irate consider treat on at the moment. we have the un monitoring mission who have the un monitoring mission who have visited bucha and reported on the latest killings, 50, some of them summary executions, we obviously have testimony from people who have fled ukraine. when we have a situation in mariupol where even the aid agencies cannot essentially get into the city where we are relying on satellite imagery to try and determine what is going on, as the threshold there, is that enough for prosecutors to say, yes, we have evidence of war crimes? tt is for prosecutors to say, yes, we have evidence of war crimes?— evidence of war crimes? it is always a challenge. — evidence of war crimes? it is always a challenge. it _ evidence of war crimes? it is always a challenge, it always _ evidence of war crimes? it is always a challenge, it always take - a challenge, it always take considerable time to prosecute war crimes. an international criminal justice system excess under which those who are accused of war crimes and who had tried and convicted can be imprisoned. that international criminaljustice be imprisoned. that international criminal justice system be imprisoned. that international criminaljustice system centres on the hague, on the international criminal court and its investigators are doing their level best at the moment to investigate war crimes. but you are right, any prosecution depends upon the strength of the evidence that the prosecution can rely upon. and all effort now, all efforts now must be taken to ensure the proper capture, storage and documentation of evidence of war crimes. what really needs to happen now as we need a much more integrated coordinated and coherent if i may say so, international response. if i may say so, international response-— if i may say so, international response. finally, can people believe that _ response. finally, can people believe that someone, i response. finally, can people believe that someone, some | response. finally, can people i believe that someone, some people will be brought to justice for this? as we have seen with the prosecution of war crimes, you can take a very long time. t of war crimes, you can take a very long time-— long time. i refuse to even contemplate _ long time. i refuse to even contemplate the _ long time. i refuse to even contemplate the prospect l long time. i refuse to even i contemplate the prospect that long time. i refuse to even - contemplate the prospect that those who have committed these atrocities will not be brought to trial. they need to be. or it is a stain on the international community. bank you ve much international community. bank you very much for— international community. bank you very much forjoining _ international community. bank you very much forjoining us _ international community. bank you very much forjoining us today. i our correspodnent anna foster is in kyiv the focus today is in mariupol and bucha where the un is talking about the execution of 50 civilians. what more are you hearing from there in ukraine? no that's right. on the point of your last question about how long potential prosecutions could take, the chief prosecutor of the international criminal court was here in kyiv last week, and when i spoke to him about this, he acknowledged that these things in the past have taken far too long. people we've seen have been tried for crimes when they are very much towards the end of their life and he said he hoped this time the process would be faster and they are already gathering evidence. that fits into what we have heard from the un human rights of those today, they have documented the case of 50 civilian deaths in bucha, this litany of torture, indiscriminate killing. having been there, when you look at the situation in bucha, look at the way civilian homes have been shelled and targeted. we went to some of the areas where we saw those appalling pictures of bodies lying in the street, people who had been shot, who had their hands tied behind their backs, and i visited the mass grave in the shadow of the beautiful st andrews church in the centre of bucha. it is a big, long, deep trench which has been carefully exhumed over the last week or two. they believe 300 or 400 bodies could be in that range. when you look at the number today of 50 civilian killings that have been documented by the un, the number, they say not only in bucha but in the towns around kyiv, and across the wider country, it could be higher. what they say, in their opinion, what they say, in their opinion, what they have seen is clear evidence of war crimes committed by russian forces against ukrainians. the focus from president _ forces against ukrainians. the focus from president zelensky _ forces against ukrainians. the focus from president zelensky is - forces against ukrainians. the focus from president zelensky is to i forces against ukrainians. the focus from president zelensky is to be i from president zelensky is to be appealing to the international community to get that resupply of weapons, missiles anti tank missiles etc into ukraine. clearly the situation in the east and south—east is very difficult. what do we know about those ukrainians who are still holding out inside mariupol? you can only imagine — holding out inside mariupol? you can only imagine what _ holding out inside mariupol? you can only imagine what the _ holding out inside mariupol? you can only imagine what the situation i holding out inside mariupol? you can only imagine what the situation must be like for people there know. particularly as we hear about reputed attempts to establish humanitarian corridors. to bring them out in some degree of safety. the idea is both sides stop fighting for long enough for civilians to be able to leave without the danger. it has been weak since they managed to put one in place, and bring people out to any kind of scale. they were hoping a couple of days ago to bring out 6000 people in one go. they only managed 80. we heard yesterday there were 200 people waiting for buses and the mayor said the buses had not turned up to collect them or had not been able to get to the location to bring them out. people keep having those small sparks of hope that they might be able to leave, but trying to get people out of the city in any kind of scale is proving near impossible at the moment. when you consider there are more than 100,000 people still trapped in what remains of mariupol, many of them we believe underground now in shelters and basements because so many of the buildings have been destroyed. they are still without power, food, water, medicine, all basic things. for them, at the moment, the situation is unimaginably bleak. thank you very much. portuguese police investigating the disappearance of three—year—old madeleine mccann — who went missing on holiday in the algarve 15 years ago — say they've formally identified a suspect. they haven't named them but it's believed to be a convicted sex offender, known as christian b, who's currently injail in germany on drugs offences. simonjones reports. next month, it will be 15 years since madeleine mccann disappeared. what happened to her remains a mystery, despite numerous international investigations. it's been agony for her parents. they've always clung to the hope that their daughter is still alive. but the authorities in germany strongly believe madeleine was murdered. and now prosecutors in portugal, looking into what happened in praia da luz, have identified a suspect, a person of interest, acting on the request of the german authorities. he's not been named, but german police have been investigating this man, referred to as christian b, a convicted rapist, in connection with madeleine's disappearance. he's currently in jail. officers say he was regularly living in the algarve between 1995 and 2007. he has always denied any involvement. there have been tv appeals for information, but the authorities have never had enough evidence to charge him. madeleine went missing from a holiday apartment on may 3rd, 2007, while her parents were having dinner at a nearby restaurant. injuly 2013, the met police opened its own investigation, saying it had new evidence and new witnesses. and it was injune 2020, that german police first revealed they had a suspect. there have been searches in portugal, but no breakthrough. in less than two weeks, a statute of limitations will take effect, meaning under portuguese law, it would no longer be possible to make someone a person of interest. but it's understood this latest development is driven not by timing, but by strong indications that a crime has taken place. there have been many false dawns in the investigations into what happened. the police in germany have previously warned their inquiry, like the others, could end without a charge. but madeleine's parents have always said they need to know what happened so they can find peace. simon jones, bbc news. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford is with me now. to pick up on something from the report, do we think this is happening because new information has come to light, some new evidence or is it to do with the fact that potentially the time to bring about a charge, the statute of limitations is running out in portugal? t a charge, the statute of limitations is running out in portugal?- is running out in portugal? i think it is both. the — is running out in portugal? i think it is both. the prosecutors - is running out in portugal? i think it is both. the prosecutors are i is running out in portugal? i think. it is both. the prosecutors are keen to say it is not only about timing but you cannot get away from the fact that on the 3rd of may, it will be 15 years, and after that the statute of limitations and portugal kicks and where effectively you can no longer prosecute someone for that crime. so i think while there is clearly an amount of evidence which has been collected largely by german investigators, against this man, it does look as if this announcement by the portuguese is to make sure that they are still in the game as it were and if they wanted at some point to charge him, they have declared him as an official suspect before that 15 year deadline kicks in so it will not be one thing or the other, but certainly the timing is not irrelevant. he the other, but certainly the timing is not irrelevant.— is not irrelevant. he has not been charied is not irrelevant. he has not been charged in _ is not irrelevant. he has not been charged in relation _ is not irrelevant. he has not been charged in relation to _ is not irrelevant. he has not been charged in relation to the - charged in relation to the disappearance of madeleine, remind viewers why he became a person of interest investigators. tt is viewers why he became a person of interest investigators.— interest investigators. it is worth sa ini interest investigators. it is worth saying that _ interest investigators. it is worth saying that he — interest investigators. it is worth saying that he was _ interest investigators. it is worth saying that he was not _ interest investigators. it is worth saying that he was not named i interest investigators. it is worth saying that he was not named byj interest investigators. it is worth i saying that he was not named by the portuguese in the statement last night, they said a man had been notified by the german authorities on their behalf. but two years ago, the germans made it quite clear that he was a suspect in the disappearance of madeleine mccann and remains the only person we know of in germany who is a suspect in that case and that is why everyone has put two and two together. he left in the algarve at the time when madeleine mccann disappeared. he is the convicted drug dealer and been convicted of raping a 72—year—old women in the area. he is a suspect in other offences. and the germans have some other information given to them about possible confessions that he may have made. that is how it is he may have made. that is how it is he came into focus as the prime suspect certainly in the german minds in the disappearance of madeleine mccann. but we should say that they have also not formally charged him. that they have also not formally charged him-— that they have also not formally charged him. that they have also not formally charied him. . , ., _, charged him. finally, what could the irocess be charged him. finally, what could the process be at _ charged him. finally, what could the process be at this _ charged him. finally, what could the process be at this point? _ charged him. finally, what could the process be at this point? could i charged him. finally, what could the process be at this point? could he i process be at this point? could he be taken from germany to portugal for questioning for example? the germans for questioning for example? tye: germans could pursue for questioning for example? tye germans could pursue their own investigation and it could be dealt with in germany, but this allows the portuguese by naming him now they can interview him under caution with a lawyer present. it is effectively the equivalent of being arrested in britain but he is not actually in their custody. it means they are at a stage where they can formally put accusations to him under caution with a lawyer present and so it would be possible in theory with german assistance for him to be flown to portugal for questioning. thank you very much. the british prime minister borisjohnson is in india, where he has met with his counterpart the uk and india have signed a new defence cooperation agreement and will look to complete a free trade deal by the end of the year. india's prime minister narendra modi has been speaking about the relationship between the two countries. translation: the teams - of both our countries are working on the free trade agreement. there has been good progress in our negotiations and we have decided to make all efforts to conclude the fta by the end of this year. in the last few months, we have concluded free trade agreements with the uae and australia. it is with the same speed and same commitment that we would like to take forward our fta with the uk, as well. let's cross live to delhi with our correspondent rajini vaidyanathan. good morning. can you tell us about the defence cooperation between the two countries and what it will consist of?— two countries and what it will consist of? ., . ., , ., consist of? the two countries have talked about _ consist of? the two countries have talked about strengthening - consist of? the two countries have talked about strengthening ties i consist of? the two countries have talked about strengthening ties in | consist of? the two countries have | talked about strengthening ties in a lot of areas, defence is one of them. it is an important context, india gets more of the military hardware from russia and what the uk is trying to do as many other countries, is to reduce india's dependency on russia. india also says it wants to be more independent when sourcing military hardware. today's talks have been about making it easier for uk companies to export items to india. there has been talk of the uk supporting india to produce its own fighterjets here in the country. this is all because of the country. this is all because of the conversation aaron india's dependence on military hardware from russia and the context of the ongoing conflict in ukraine. we know india has chosen to remain neutral, it has refused to condemn russia's actions in ukraine. we heard from the foreign secretary of india in a briefing not too long ago where he said that prime minister boris johnson did not put pressure on the indian prime minister on ukraine. that is not a surprise before he got on the plane, british official said the uk was not going to lecture india on its position on ukraine. of course, in recent weeks, we had world leaders and finance and foreign ministers coming here trying to apply pressure on india, to get them to pick a side as it seems. indian officials have been resolute. they say they are not going to move away from their neutral stance and it seems that prime minister boris johnson was not in the mood to do any arm—twisting on that either. abs, any arm—twisting on that either. a potential free trade deal by the end of the year, is that timetable doable? : , : of the year, is that timetable doable? . , ., , ., doable? that is a good question. you heard both prime _ doable? that is a good question. you heard both prime ministers— doable? that is a good question. you heard both prime ministers hailed i heard both prime ministers hailed the progress they have made when it comes to trade talks, it would be a huge prize for the uk to have a free trade agreement with india, a massive growing economy even though some of the hitches and the slow down due to the covid—19 pandemic, a big prize any post—brexit world. what both leaders said in a joint press statements was that they have made some concessions to each other when it comes to tariffs although there has been a bugbear in india about high tariffs, the uk, for imports of scotch whisky coming into india. i do not know the finer details but borisjohnson said he hoped some kind of free trade agreement could be a principle agreed by later this year. in many ways, there are a lot of chapters we need to get to be for a free trade deal would be signed. india does not get into free—trade agreements with other countries in a hurry. it took ten years to agree to an free—trade agreement with australia which only happened earlier this year. the eu was in talks for many years about trying to get a free trade agreement or free—trade talks under way and nothing come of that. the idea this would happen so quickly is ambitious, if it did come off, and they were able to agree the terms, there have been lots of sticking points on both sides, that would really be a key moment in india uk relations. i think there is a long way to go before we see a trade deal signed and sealed. in france, it's the final stage of campaigning in the race for the presidency which will be settled on sunday when millions of voters will choose between the incumbent emmanuel macron —— and his rival marine le pen. the two candidates faced each other on wednesday night in a nationwide televised debate —— after which many french voters are still said to be undecided. our paris correspont hugh schofield lays out how the two candidates will be spending the final day of the campaign. well, we know marine le pen is up in her heartland in the north of the country. she had a last run last night and she will be doing more markets. it is what she has spent the last couple of weeks doing, meeting supporters. she tends to go to places where she know she's popular, to avoid those protests which were just referred to. the president will be down the lot department in the southwest doing one of his civic meetings where he talks and people can ask him questions. so they are both out campaigning right up to the last minute. the polls are fairly clear, they showed the president is way ahead, emmanuel macron. but both know that there is bigger moan in all of this which abstention and if abstention is high and the turnout is low, then that could change the numbers and make a le pen presidency more likely. no one really knows. but they are both out and will be continuing right to the end of today to encourage those voters who went for other candidates in the first round — in particular, the left, jean—luc melenchon, who became a close third in the first round two weeks ago — to turn out and vote for them. it looks like most of jean—luc melenchon's voters who are going to vote will vote for macron, some will vote for le pen, but an awful lot of them are just going to abstain and it is them in particular that both candidates are out trying to garner their votes today. clea caulcutt is the french politics reporter at politico europe — she's in paris. good to have you with us. let's pick up good to have you with us. let's pick up on the notion of where the voters who in the first round voted for other candidates, where they will place their vaults in the second round if at all. that is a big question, the left—wing voters, 22% voted for the far left candidate. the, almost half are tempted to abstain, and emmanuel macron needs their votes to get through the second round vote on sunday. what the are saying is that they are hoping that not all those left—wing voters are wedded to violate ideas, a lot of people who are keen on the environment, think of the environment, think of the environment should be a priority, that climate change is the bigger issue, they voted for the because he offered strongly on that. emmanuel macron is helping those people will be tempted to vote for him the sunday because marine le pen has a climate sceptic platform. that is why he has been focusing on the environment, on left—wing issues in the past ten days. t environment, on left-wing issues in the past ten days.— the past ten days. i was going to sa , how the past ten days. i was going to say. how have — the past ten days. i was going to say, how have you _ the past ten days. i was going to say, how have you seen - the past ten days. i was going to say, how have you seen the i the past ten days. i was going to say, how have you seen the two | the past ten days. i was going to i say, how have you seen the two camps tweak their message since the first round? you have gone through that for emmanuel macron. what about marine le pen? she for emmanuel macron. what about marine le pen?— for emmanuel macron. what about marine le pen? she has been trying to widen her — marine le pen? she has been trying to widen her appeal, _ marine le pen? she has been trying to widen her appeal, she _ marine le pen? she has been trying to widen her appeal, she started i to widen her appeal, she started long ago to try and make her party more mainstream, sort of detoxify it. less of an inflammatory discourse, talking less about immigration and law and order and more about the problems of ordinary french people like buying power and the cost of living. she has tried to push that further in the second half of the campaign. she has been rolling back on radical policies. her proposal to ban the headscarf in france which is very controversial, she has been indicating maybe it wasn't that urgent, maybe there were other things to do. but i think it has been a little bit of a struggle to hammer that home and also white in her appeal to more conservative voters who on the economy will be a bit more cautious. she has got a very popular platform. these are the areas she has been focusing on. the emmanuel macron camp, you have talked about this, have looked at scenarios, recent scenarios where the unexpected result was the winner, so, the brexit result, donald trump being elected in the us. how much have they been worried by those upsets to the expected result and how much is that filtered through in a sense of urgency in the final weeks of the campaign after emmanuel macron was so engaged in trying to deal with situation in ukraine. t trying to deal with situation in ukraine. : , : trying to deal with situation in ukraine. . , . ukraine. i was at the campaign headquarters _ ukraine. i was at the campaign headquarters this _ ukraine. i was at the campaign headquarters this week, i ukraine. i was at the campaign i headquarters this week, officials, emmanuel macron officials were talking about brexit and donald trump and how, you know, the unexpected can happen. it is dangerous to be too confident going into an election. for instance, the lead in the polls, they are obviously very happy about that, they are worried about a reversal of effect of that in that voters who initially were going to vote for emmanuel macron to keep marine le pen out of power might think afterwards, well, i don't really support emmanuel macron, i don't think he has been good for france's couple of years and i might be tempted to stay—at—home. they are really worried about that effect going into the election.- really worried about that effect going into the election. thank you very much- _ going into the election. thank you very much- the — going into the election. thank you very much. the result _ going into the election. thank you very much. the result is _ going into the election. thank you very much. the result is expected j going into the election. thank you i very much. the result is expected on sunday. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt. cloud will remain in place across south wales and southern england. mist and low cloud lingering across the marie firth also. a blustery afternoon. —— moray first. this evening and overnight, still blustery, cloud pushing back into england and wales. the odd shower by the morning. low cloud more widely across northern scotland. a frost free night and a frost restart to the weekend. (pres)as you have been hearing, prime minister borisjohnson he's about to hold a news conference in delhi — let's listen in. i want to say something about the latest situation in ukraine. particularly his brutal offensive against mariupol. yesterday i announced we would be sending more artillery, everything possible for the people of ukraine to defend themselves in those areas. at the same time, the extraordinary fortitude and success of president zelensky and the ukrainian people in resisting russian forces in kyiv means that i can announce today that we will shortly, next week, reopen our embassy in ukraine's capital. i want to pay tribute to those british diplomats who remained elsewhere in the region throughout this period. the united kingdom, and our allies, will not watch passively as putin carries on this onslaught. what i think we have seen here in new delhi is one of the world's oldest democracies, and one of the world's largest democracies, sticking together, and confronting our shared anxieties about autocracies and autocratic coercion around the world, and acting together, to make our country is safer and more prosperous. our new and expanded defence and security partnership will enable india strengthen its own domestic defence industry, as well as protecting vital shared interests. our collaboration on energy security, including our offer on offshore wind, the uk — india hydrogen and science innovation hub, and ourjoint work on solar power, will help reduce our collective dependence on imported hydrocarbons in favour of cheaper and more sustainable home—grown renewables. our global innovation partnership will help transfer climate and energy smart innovations to developing countries around the wider region. as we deepen the partnership between our countries we will make people safer and more prosperous as well, creating new jobs, driving up wages, and driving down prices for consumers, all of which helps with the cost of living. our partnership with india is particularly powerful in achieving these things because india is an incredible rising power in asia, one of the fastest growing economies in the world, already worth £2.25 trillion, and set to be the world's third largest economy by 2050. india is also our biggest partner in the indo pacific, which is increasingly the geopolitical centre of the world, with two thirds of humanity, and a third of the global economy. and that share is rising every year. indian investment already supports almost half a million britishjobs. with a population than the us and the eu combined there is so much potential for us the eu combined there is so much potentialfor us to take the eu combined there is so much potential for us to take our trade and investment to a new level. on this visit alone we have secured new deals worth £1 billion, creating more than 11,000 jobs, and perhaps most significantly, we are using our brexit freedoms to reach a bilateral free trade agreements. today the prime minister of india and i told our negotiators. this could double our negotiators. this could double our trade and investment by the end of the decade, driving down prices for consumers, and increasing wages across the uk by as much as £3 million. what we are getting on here is delivering on the priorities of the british people, but also deepening a friendship with a nation with whom we have profound ties of language, culture and kinship, while making both our countries safer, and our economy is stronger. we are going to take a few questions from the media, and i am going to go first to ukjournalists, and the media, and i am going to go first to uk journalists, and then to some of our indian colleagues. ben wright, bbc. in discussions about ukraine that us prime minister modi to use his influence in to put pressure on russia. you said there would be at trade agreement with india, but given the number of party investigations at home, are you sure you will still be prime minister by then? , . ., you will still be prime minister by then? , _, ., , , you will still be prime minister by then? , ., , _ , then? the second answer is yes. on our ioint then? the second answer is yes. on your point about ukraine, _ then? the second answer is yes. on your point about ukraine, and i then? the second answer is yes. on your point about ukraine, and the i your point about ukraine, and the indian perspective, you have to recognise that the indians and modi in particular have been very strong in particular have been very strong in their language about what has happened in bucha, and talking to prime minister modi today, it is clear he has a ready intervened several times with vladimir putin, to ask him, what on earth he thinks he is doing. where he think this is going. what the indians want is peace, and they want the russians out. i totally agree with that. there is a difference in the balance clearly, because india has a historic relationship with russia which everybody understands and respects, that goes back decades. but what was so interesting that the last couple of these has been the way in which britain and india are being really encouraged, obliged, by the pressure of events today, as i see autocratic coercion, whether it is in russia, china orforever, to do more together. that is offering up do more together. that is offering up a hugejoint do more together. that is offering up a huge joint agenda. do more together. that is offering up a hugejoint agenda. there do more together. that is offering up a huge joint agenda. there are three big areas where we are seeing work being done. green growth aside. big agenda for us. clean power. a lot of work being done on that. security and defence side. a huge amount there, which i could go on to. and then, the trade agreement. all trade agreements are tricky, to get your point about trade, and there will be tough asks of both sides, but i am sure we can do it. what you have got today is a massive push from both governments to get it done. i am very encouraged. itv. you say that prime minister modi asked _ you say that prime minister modi asked vladimir putin what on earth he is _ asked vladimir putin what on earth he is doing — asked vladimir putin what on earth he is doing. we know that india has a say— he is doing. we know that india has a say on _ he is doing. we know that india has a say on motions on the un. what did the prime _ a say on motions on the un. what did the prime minister see that convinced you? you're facing three investigations, a loss of trust, 74% think— investigations, a loss of trust, 74% think you _ investigations, a loss of trust, 74% think you are — investigations, a loss of trust, 74% think you are untrustworthy, 12% say you are _ think you are untrustworthy, 12% say you are not — think you are untrustworthy, 12% say you are not trustworthy, some seo like a — you are not trustworthy, some seo like a cat _ you are not trustworthy, some seo like a cat with nine lives, how many have _ like a cat with nine lives, how many have you _ like a cat with nine lives, how many have you got — like a cat with nine lives, how many have you got left? on like a cat with nine lives, how many have you got left?— have you got left? on your second iuestion, have you got left? on your second question, talking _ have you got left? on your second question, talking about _ have you got left? on your second question, talking about cats, i question, talking about cats, kicking cats yesterday, not that i'm in favour of kicking cats, but we did all that, with great respect. what you are talking about today, as i said in my answer to ben, is the ways in which the situation around the world is obliging the uk and india to be more together. the position on russia that the indians have historically is well known. they are not going to change that, of course that is true. but they can see what is going on. there is an increasing appetite to do more with the uk. if you lookjust in the security and defence side of it, maritime propulsion, electric maritime propulsion, electric maritime propulsion, electric maritime propulsion of ships, fabrication of new aero engines, undersea capabilities, on cyber, helicopters, space, a huge newjoint agenda. that is being driven by contemporary events. it is a positive thing. it is a great opportunity. what it does is it helps to drive the make and india agenda of prime minister modi, also helps to drive the idea of co—production, and doing things together, and that is what i think the opportunity is. you have made it clear you do not want _ you have made it clear you do not want to— you have made it clear you do not want to talk— you have made it clear you do not want to talk about _ you have made it clear you do not want to talk about questions i you have made it clear you do not want to talk about questions over| want to talk about questions over your future — want to talk about questions over your future and _ want to talk 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rights groups that he is presided over culture - concerns from human rights groups that he is presided over culture of. that he is presided over culture of hindu _ that he is presided over culture of hindu nationalism _ that he is presided over culture of hindu nationalism and _ that he is presided over culture of hindu nationalism and democratic backstiding? — backsliding? 0n - backsliding? on your- backsliding? on your first backsliding? - 0n yourfirst point, backsliding? _ on your first point, what backsrrdrng? — on your first point, what people want in our country is for the government to get on and focus on theissues government to get on and focus on the issues on which we were elected, thatis the issues on which we were elected, that is what we are going to do. they will be particularly interested in jobs, they will be particularly interested injobs, growth in the uk, a memorandum of understanding issued today on wind power, gigantic ambitions for more wind energy, from wind offshore, and floating platforms, we want to work on together, to produce substantial quantities of new wind power, which will enable us to produce more energy for our people together in a very short time. that strikes me as being a reasonable thing for the government of the uk to focus on. that is what we are focused on, with the greatest respect to the evidence that you may site. secondly, on our relations with india, how we deal with questions about human rights, or democratic values, of course we have these conversations, but the advantage of our friendship as we can have them, and we can have them in a friendly and private way, and i just want to see, it is important to realise that india has constitutional protections for communities. they are part of its constitution. india is a very different country from autocracies around the world. it is a great, great democracy. it is a stunning, shining fact, 1.35 billion people who live under a democracy, that is something we should celebrate, and it offers an opportunity for closer cooperation and partnership. that does not mean i'm not going to raise tough consular questions, as i have today, and other difficult questions, of course we do that, we do that as friends. express. can i ask more about the free-trade — express. can i ask more about the free—trade deal? does that mean retaxation — free—trade deal? does that mean relaxation of points—based immigration policy? how do you explain — immigration policy? how do you explain to— immigration policy? how do you explain to brexit voters that you have _ explain to brexit voters that you have identified gaps in the labour markets — have identified gaps in the labour markets but in this case you choose to fiti— markets but in this case you choose to fill them — markets but in this case you choose to fill them through emigration rather— to fill them through emigration rather than increasing skills and wages? — rather than increasing skills and wa . es? , rather than increasing skills and wares? , ,., , rather than increasing skills and wares? , , .,, wages? the first point is raise skills and _ wages? the first point is raise skills and raise _ wages? the first point is raise skills and raise excitations - wages? the first point is raise skills and raise excitations in l wages? the first point is raise i skills and raise excitations in our own country, into the jobs that we have. we have currently got about 500,000 jobs that are not filled, possibly 1.25 million vacancies. 1.8 million people unemployed. what i want to see is a lot of those people who are currently on the unemployment register, off benefits and into work. that's why we out the way to work challenge this year, to get half a million off benefits and into work, that is making progress. i wanted to see people get the skills that they need to do the jobs that the uk has begging to be done. there are many of them. and lots of sectors. but we have some particular shortages. if you look for instance at it, look at computer programming, there are areas where there is no question that indian skills can make a difference. you are right, your priorities, i am going to prioritise skilling at the british people to do those jobs, skilling at the british people to do thosejobs, but i am not going to be dogmatic and refusing to allow people with skill and talent to aspire to come to the uk, and our country has done brilliantly well in having people of ambition, skill and genius coming to the uk, and all i would say that we need to control it, and that is what we are doing. thatin it, and that is what we are doing. that in no way changes, to get to your point about points based system, that in no way changes the advantages of the points—based system, on the contrary that points based system gives us the ability to decide which sectors need which types of workers. and how we can deal with immediate shortages. that is what we are going to do. did you have another question? that was it. thanks. the guardian. a, have another question? that was it. thanks. the guardian.— thanks. the guardian. a new report from the royal— thanks. the guardian. a new report from the royal united _ thanks. the guardian. a new report from the royal united services - thanks. the guardian. a new report from the royal united services is i from the royal united services is that you — from the royal united services is that you seize russia as laundering components for weapons from western countries _ components for weapons from western countries including the uk, from india. _ countries including the uk, from india. you — countries including the uk, from india, you announced an export ticence — india, you announced an export licence for— india, you announced an export licence for defence on this visit, how do— licence for defence on this visit, how do you _ licence for defence on this visit, how do you ensure nothing we export to india _ how do you ensure nothing we export to india ends up in the hands of vladimir— to india ends up in the hands of vladimir putin? i going to pass legislation to allow the government to suspend? gne legislation to allow the government to susnend?— to suspend? one of the things that has been effective _ to suspend? one of the things that has been effective in _ to suspend? one of the things that has been effective in the _ to suspend? one of the things that has been effective in the sanctions| has been effective in the sanctions so far as the ban on tech transfer to russia. that makes a difference. it is starting to mean they cannot service their planes, they have real problems starting to arise. we have got to ensure we keep that ban tight. that we do not allow any loopholes of any kind. we will take steps to make sure that stuff does not go through other routes to russia. on your point about the northern ireland protocol. this is something that has been a consistent issue for the uk government, and thatis issue for the uk government, and that is very simple. it is about the balance of the good friday agreement, and because of what is happening, it would be fair to say that the protocol does not command the confidence of a large component of the population in northern ireland. we have to address that. we have to fix that. and substantial diversions of trade, it is going on, and it is getting more acute, we have to fix that. we can. we think we can do it with simple and reasonable steps. we have talked repeatedly to our friends and partners in the eu. we will continue to talk to them. but as i have said many times now, we do not rule out taking further steps if that is necessary. that is the position. i have said that many times. of course. that goes without saying. the times. course. that goes without saying. the times— the times. western intelligence officials briefed _ the times. western intelligence officials briefed as _ the times. western intelligence officials briefed as yesterday - the times. western intelligence| officials briefed as yesterday that the war— officials briefed as yesterday that the war in— officials briefed as yesterday that the war in ukraine _ officials briefed as yesterday that the war in ukraine could - officials briefed as yesterday that the war in ukraine could continue untit— the war in ukraine could continue until the — the war in ukraine could continue until the end _ the war in ukraine could continue until the end of— the war in ukraine could continue until the end of next _ the war in ukraine could continue until the end of next year- the war in ukraine could continue until the end of next year and - the war in ukraine could continue. until the end of next year and they said biuntty— until the end of next year and they said bluntly that _ until the end of next year and they said bluntly that russia _ until the end of next year and they said bluntly that russia could - until the end of next year and they said bluntly that russia could win,| said bluntly that russia could win, do you _ said bluntly that russia could win, do you accept _ said bluntly that russia could win, do you accept that _ said bluntly that russia could win, do you accept that assessment, . do you accept that assessment, particularly _ do you accept that assessment, particularly that— do you accept that assessment, particularly that timeframe, - particularly that timeframe, secondty, _ particularly that timeframe, secondly, can— particularly that timeframe, secondly, can we _ particularly that timeframe, secondly, can we expect - particularly that timeframe, - secondly, can we expect regular visits— secondly, can we expect regular visits try— secondly, can we expect regular visits by you _ secondly, can we expect regular visits by you and _ secondly, can we expect regular visits by you and other- secondly, can we expect regular| visits by you and other ministers secondly, can we expect regular. visits by you and other ministers to kyiv in— visits by you and other ministers to kyiv in the — visits by you and other ministers to kyiv in the coming _ visits by you and other ministers to kyiv in the coming months? - visits by you and other ministers to kyiv in the coming months? yes, . visits by you and other ministers to kyiv in the coming months? yes, the sad thing is — kyiv in the coming months? yes, the sad thing is that _ kyiv in the coming months? yes, the sad thing is that that _ kyiv in the coming months? yes, the sad thing is that that is _ kyiv in the coming months? yes, the sad thing is that that is a _ sad thing is that that is a realistic possibility. of course. putin has a huge army, he has a very difficult political position because he has made a catastrophic blunder. the only option he now has really is to continue to dry to use is appalling, grinding approach, led by artillery, trying to grind the ukrainians down. he is very close to securing a land bridge in mariupol now. the situation is, i am afraid, and predictable at this stage. we have got to be realistic about that. what we have also seen as the incredible heroism of the ukrainians, and their willingness to fight. i tell you something, no matter what military superiority vladimir putin may be able to bring to bear in the next few months, and i agree it could be a long period, he will not be able to conquer the spirits of the ukrainian people. that is just spirits of the ukrainian people. that isjust an spirits of the ukrainian people. that is just an observable fact. on the contrary, what he is doing every day is strengthening and reinforcing that will to resist in the people of ukraine. i think what we in the supporters of the ukrainian people need to think about is what further steps we can do to support them militarily, and you know that what we are doing with the artillery that we are doing with the artillery that we are doing with the artillery that we are sending, the shells that we are sending, both nato standard and warsaw pact, former warsaw pact standard, you know about the armoured cars, 115 armoured cars, perhaps what i have not said in public before us we are looking more at what we can do to backfill in countries such as poland, who may want to send heavy weaponry to defend, help defend the ukrainians. we are looking at sending tanks to poland, to help them as they said some of their t 72s to ukraine. and other steps like that. i think about the anti—ship defences, and so on. we have got to look at what more we can do militarily, we have got to keep intensifying economic sanctions, that is what we're doing. we want to make sure that as wave after of intensifying pressure on putin, and we have also got to set out a vision for the future of ukraine in the security architecture of europe. where does ukraine fit in now? that is a question that everybody will need to answer. the ukrainians will need to be able to answer that question, if and when there is ever a realistic negotiation, which does not seem likely at the present time, but eventually, what ukrainians want, and i think are now going to get, is and i think are now going to get, is a collection of security guarantees from like—minded countries, security commitments, about what we can do to back them up with weaponry, with training, and with intelligence sharing. not like an article five guarantee, it won't be exactly the same thing, but what it will do, i hope, it will enable the ukrainians to offer deterrence by denial, and to offer deterrence by denial, and to make sure that there territory is so fortified is to be impregnable in the future to further attack from russia. that is what we need to do. on your question about getting ministers to kyiv, i'm in favour of that. we have no immediate announcements. it is a good thing if people do go there, to show their support, the solidarity with the ukrainian government, and with volodymyr zelensky. thanks. ithink that was both things. india today. india has several concerns as regards — india has several concerns as regards modi. there is also question about— regards modi. there is also question about kurdistan e extremists, concern — about kurdistan e extremists, concern for some time, what actions have you _ concern for some time, what actions have you taken?— concern for some time, what actions have you taken? both of these things were raised with _ have you taken? both of these things were raised with us. _ have you taken? both of these things were raised with us. we _ have you taken? both of these things were raised with us. we have - have you taken? both of these things were raised with us. we have a - have you taken? both of these things were raised with us. we have a very l were raised with us. we have a very strong view in the uk that we do not tolerate extremist groups setting up in the uk with a view to causing threatening other countries, threatening other countries, threatening india. what we have done it particular as a result of this visit is set up an anti—extremist task force, to see what more we can do to help india in that particular respect. on the two individuals that you mentioned, the extradition cases, there are legal technicalities that make it difficult, that's what i can tell you is that the uk government has ordered the extradition, but we have said from our point of view we want them to be taken back to india for trial. perhaps i should just see, going back to a previous point, we welcome people who have talent and brilliance coming from india to the uk, i want to make it clear now we do not welcome people who want to use our legal system to evade the law here in india. let me be absolutely clear about that. borisjohnson in delhi, continuing that news conference. he began by talking about the situation in ukraine, and announced that the uk will be reopening its embassy in the capital, kyiv, next week. he is in india of course to talk about defensive cooperation and a new trade deal. he said that he hoped that that trade deal could be done later this year. asked if he thought he would still be prime minister by then, borisjohnson said yes, he was also asked about comments by india's foreign minister that borisjohnson foreign minister that boris johnson had foreign minister that borisjohnson had put no pressure on prime minister modi regarding india's relationship with russia, asked about that, boris johnson relationship with russia, asked about that, borisjohnson said it was clear that prime minister modi has a ready intervened several times with vladimir putin to ask him what he think he is doing in ukraine. more on that coming up for you. before that, time for a look at the weather. a lot more cloud around this morning than that we saw during the past few days, especially for england and wales, the odd shower, too. but for the vast majority, it's the dry weather which continues to dominate thanks to the presence of high pressure that's governing our weather. west of scotland, north—western england, highest temperatures. this evening and overnight, blustery, more cloud back into england and wales. they could be the odd shower by morning. low clouds across northern scotland. a frost free night. clouds to begin with in the morning. england and we are is, the chance of one or two showers, confined to southern counties later, sunny spells for many, amnesty day across the north—east of scotland, it stays cool. —— a misty day. this is bbc news — the headlines: 15 years after the disappearance of 3—year—old madeleine mccann, prosecutors in portugal say they've identified an official suspect. the authorities haven't released a name —— but he's believed to be this man, christian brueckner, a convicted sex offender currently in jail in germany the united nations reports that 50 civilians were killed in the ukrainian city of bucha — including some by summary execution. it follows the release of these satellite images, which are said to show a mass burial site near mariupol, in the south of the country. borisjohnson is completing his visit to india — a new defence partnership has been signed — but the prime minister still can't escape questions about his leadership what people want in our country is for the government to focus on the issues which we were elected for and thatis issues which we were elected for and that is what we are going to do. and the revamped large hadron collider — the huge machine that smashes atoms together to discover what's inside them — has been fired up again today. scientists think it could unlock a new view of the universe. portuguese police investigating the disappearance of three—year—old madeleine mccann — who went missing on holiday in the algarve 15 years ago — say they've formally identified a suspect. they haven't named them but it's believed to be a convicted sex offender, known as christian b, who's currently injail in germany on drugs offences. simonjones reports. next month, it will be 15 years since madeleine mccann disappeared. what happened to her remains a mystery, despite numerous international investigations. it's been agony for her parents. they've always clung to the hope that their daughter is still alive. but the authorities in germany strongly believe madeleine was murdered. and now prosecutors in portugal, looking into what happened in praia da luz, have identified a suspect, a person of interest, acting on the request of the german authorities. he's not been named, but german police have been investigating this man, referred to as christian b, a convicted rapist, in connection with madeleine's disappearance. he's currently in jail. officers say he was regularly living in the algarve between 1995 and 2007. he has always denied any involvement. there have been tv appeals for information, but the authorities have never had enough evidence to charge him. madeleine went missing from a holiday apartment on may 3rd, 2007, while her parents were having dinner at a nearby restaurant. injuly 2013, the met police opened its own investigation, saying it had new evidence and new witnesses. and it was injune 2020, that german police first revealed they had a suspect. there have been searches in portugal, but no breakthrough. in less than two weeks, a statute of limitations will take effect, meaning under portuguese law, it would no longer be possible to make someone a person of interest. but it's understood this latest development is driven not by timing, but by strong indications that a crime has taken place. there have been many false dawns in the investigations into what happened. the police in germany have previously warned their inquiry, like the others, could end without a charge. but madeleine's parents have always said they need to know what happened so they can find peace. simon jones, bbc news. earlier i spoke to our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford. i asked him why this was happening now. the prosecutors are keen to say it is not only about timing but you cannot get away from the fact that on the 3rd of may, it will be 15 years, and after that the statute of limitations in portugal kicks in where effectively you can no longer prosecute someone for that crime. so i think while there is clearly an amount of evidence which has been collected largely by german investigators, against christian brueckner, it does look as if this announcement by the portuguese is to make sure that they are still in the game, as it were, and if they wanted at some point to charge him, they have declared him as an official suspect before that 15 year deadline kicks in so it will not be one thing or the other, but certainly the timing is not irrelevant. he has not been charged in relation to the disappearance of madeleine, remind viewers why he became a person of interest to investigators. it is worth saying that christian bruekner was not named by the portuguese in the statement last night, they said a man had been notified by the german authorities on their behalf. but two years ago, the germans made it quite clear that he was a suspect in the disappearance of madeleine mccann and remains the only person we know of in germany who is a suspect in that case and that is why everyone has put two and two together. he lived in the algarve at the time when madeleine mccann disappeared. he is a convicted drug dealer and been convicted of raping a 72—year—old women in the area. he is a suspect in other sexual offences in the area. and the germans have some other information given to them about possible confessions that he may have made. that is how it is he came into focus as the prime suspect certainly in the german minds in the disappearance of madeleine mccann. but we should say that they have also not formally charged him. finally, what potentially could the process be at this point? could he be taken from germany to portugal for questioning for example? he certainly could. the germans could pursue their own investigation and it could be dealt with in germany, but this allows the portuguese by naming him now they can interview him under caution with a lawyer present. it is effectively the equivalent of being arrested in britain but he is not actually in their custody. it means they are at the stage where they can formally put accusations to him under caution with a lawyer present and so it would be possible in theory now with german assistance for him to be flown to portugal for questioning. the un human rights office has issued a damning statement, describing the war in ukraine as a horror story of violations against civilians , in which respect for international law has been tossed aside . the un monitoring mission in ukraine has documented the unlawful killing of 50 civilians in bucha, north west of kiev a town shattered in the fight for the control of the capital. the un said such killings amount to war crimes. it comes as ukranian officials accuse russian forces of burying the bodies of hundreds of civilians in mass graves outside the besieged city of mariupol. this is a picture taken by us satellite firm maxar on the 19th of march, showing a cemetery in the village of manhush, just outside mariupol. images from two weeks later —— on the 3rd of april —— appear to show freshly dug trenches in manhush. the mayor of mariupol said the photos showed russia was trying to conceal the number of people it had killed. i spoke to our geneva correspondent imogen foulkes earlier who gave me more on this.. they say, as you said in your introduction, a horror story in which international law, the geneva convention, human rights law have all been tossed aside in the words of the human rights office. their monitoring mission in ukraine has documented 50 what appeared to be unlawful killings in bucha alone. this is not an isolated incident, that many more allegations of this type of violence are emerging, also sexual violence, rape, indiscriminate bombing of civilian areas, detention and torture, this last and the indiscriminate bombing committed by all sides, they say, in the conflict, but the vast majority committed by the russian side. so, really, a war where none of the rules of war appear to be respected. professor lee marler, a barrister and director of the consultancy firm pavocat, which specialises in the law of war spoke to me earlier about what constitutes a war crime what is a war crime is an essential question now. contrary to what president putin and his commanders on the ground in ukraine and his soldiers may think, war is regulated by law. it is an international humanitarian law, or the law of war. it is made up of the geneva conventions of 1949 and 1977 which i'm sure your viewers have heard of. those conventions deal essentially with protecting civilians and the wounded. the hague convention, which dates back to the last century, our rules dealing with the methods and means of warfare. it is a serious or great breach of international humanitarian law amount to war crimes which can and which should rightly be prosecuted in the international criminal law. those war crimes include insofar as civilians are concerned, such things as murder, torture, rape, other inhumane treatment, pillage, wanton destruction, hostagetaking, forced deportation and far more. everything that we appear to be seeing in bucha and elsewhere such as mariupol. so have the russian armed forces committed war crimes? it certainly seems that way to me. the bigger question if i can be brutally honest, why are these soldiers committing these types of atrocities? that is what we need to consider at the moment. we have the un monitoring mission who have visited bucha and reported on the latest killings, 50, some of them summary executions, we obviously have testimony from people who have fled ukraine. when we have a situation in mariupol where even the aid agencies cannot essentially get into the city where we are relying on satellite imagery to try and determine what is going on, as the threshold there, is that enough for prosecutors to say, yes, we have evidence of war crimes? it is always a challenge, it always take considerable time to prosecute war crimes. an international criminaljustice system exists under which those who are accused of war crimes and who had tried and convicted can be imprisoned. that international criminal justice system centres on the hague, on the international criminal court and its investigators are doing their level best at the moment to investigate war crimes. but you are right, any prosecution depends upon the strength of the evidence that the prosecution can rely upon. and all effort now, all efforts now must be taken to ensure the proper capture, storage and documentation of evidence of war crimes. what really needs to happen now is we need a much more integrated coordinated and coherent if i may say so, international response. finally, can people believe that someone, some people will be brought to justice for this? as we have seen with the prosecution of war crimes, you can take a very long time. i refuse to even contemplate the prospect that those who have committed these atrocities will not be brought to trial. they need to be. or it is a stain on the international community. borisjohnson says the uk will re—open its embassy in the ukrainian capital, kyiv, next month. the embassy had been moved to lviv in the west shortly before russia invaded in february. the prime minister made the comments on an official visit to india, where he announced a new defence and security partnership — and said he'd told negotiators to complete a bilateral free trade deal by november. but mrjohnson couldn't get away from events back in the uk. he was asked about his future as pm and whether he would be in post to see the signing of the trade and defence deal with india. considering the number of party investigations, do you think you will investigations, do you think you witt stilt— investigations, do you think you will still be prime minister then? the second answer is yes, but on your point about ukraine and the indian perspective, look, i mean, i think you have to recognise that indians have actually come out and been very strong in their language about what is happening in bucha and talking to the prime minister today, it is clear that he has already, several times, and i know this is no secret from our indian friends, he has intervened with vladimir putin to ask him what on earth he thinks he is doing and where he thinks this is going? and what the indians want is going? and what the indians want is peace and they want the russians out. and i totally agree with that. i think there is a difference in the balance, clearly, because india has a historic relationship with russia which everybody understands and respects. it goes back decades. what was interesting about the last couple of days has been the way in which britain and india are being really encouraged, obliged by the pressure of events to date, as i say, autocratic coercion, whether it is in russia or china or wherever, to do more together and that is, i think, offering up a huge, huge joint agenda. let's cross live to delhi with our correspondent rajini vaidyanathan. lets talk about the defence cooperation, we heard our colleague put a question to borisjohnson who said he hoped that would all be agreed, that and the trade deal, later this year, and he was asked if he thought he would be prime minister by then to which he said yes. tell us more about this defence cooperation given the controversy around india's relationship with russia. i around india's relationship with russia. ., around india's relationship with russia. . , , , ., russia. i mean, firstly, it is an optimistic— russia. i mean, firstly, it is an optimistic timetable _ russia. i mean, firstly, it is an optimistic timetable trying - russia. i mean, firstly, it is an optimistic timetable trying to i russia. i mean, firstly, it is an i optimistic timetable trying to get all the nuts and bolts and disagreements ironed out so we can get to october this year and you have all the elements of a trade deal ready to be signed. i think they think, if you look at the joint statement that the reader is issued, they said they hope to get most of it agreed by whether or not it will be signed by then is another matter because india does like to take its time when it comes to doing trade agreements with other parties countries. it took a decade to come to an agreement with australia over a trade agreement, it was in talks with the eu for many years and nothing materialised. new zealand has been in talks for a decade as well with india. it is optimistic. what was positive from both leaders was they said they have made concessions on tariffs, things that have been sticking points, india's high tariff on scotch whisky coming into the country. things like that have been ironed out but it's an optimistic goal but it does show they really are meaning business. a agreement would be a huge prize for britain and a post—brexit world. and britain and a post-brexit world. and on defence britain and a post—brexit world. and on defence cooperation, india foreign minister was quoted as saying borisjohnson had not put any pressure on the prime minister over india's relationship with russia. what did borisjohnson say about that? no you ask me about defence cooperation as well, i will go back to that point. what they have been talking about on that front. indie talking about on that front. india nets most talking about on that front. india gets most of _ talking about on that front. india gets most of the _ talking about on that front. india gets most of the military - talking about on that front. iris —. gets most of the military hardware from russia. it is hugely dependent on russia when it comes to that. the uk and other countries are trying to wean india off the reliance on getting weapons from moscow. they have been talking about trying to make it easier for the have been talking about trying to make it easierfor the uk have been talking about trying to make it easier for the uk to export weapons into india. also, how the uk can support india to make fighter jets here at home because india wants to be more self—sufficient when it comes to arms production. that is key, but there is the other conversation which ties into that, india's continuing neutral stance when it comes to the war in ukraine. the foreign secretary of india said that prime minister borisjohnson did not put any pressure on the indian prime minister when it comes to remaining neutral and not condemning russia. he was then asked about this by my colleague, and you saw some of the answer, the most striking thing was that he said that the prime minister has already intervened several times with vladimir putin to ask him what an ethic is doing? that is news to us here in india because we do not hear much more than the statements we get every time from india saying we condemn, we do not condone what is going on, we ask for a cessation in the violence but there is no condemnation. the other thing that was interesting, in thejoint statement, the indian prime minister repeated some of his calls for a cessation of violence in ukraine because usually when he has a joint statement with the world leader who is visiting, he does not mention ukraine at all. when the japanese prime minister came, he did not mention it, and when other leaders have come, he has not mentioned it. it is significant he was able to speak about it. is also worth mentioning, why wasn't the prime minister in the press conference? when world leaders visit other countries that borisjohnson travels the world, they have a joint press conference. but the indian prime minister does not like to do things which have no script. he very rarely, i cannot think of a time when he has done a press conference and taken questions freely. he does not do that very often and that is why we only saw prime minister boris johnson there. why we only saw prime minister boris johnson there-— after winning the gold and silver medals, she revealed she was pregnant but in her post on social media she lost the baby in november, contracted coronavirus and was rushed to hospital where she suffered an ectopic pregnancy. she felt lost and sad but getting back on her bicycle and the support of those around her is helping her recover. if you have been affected by any of those issues, the bbc action line offers information and support. sir lewis hamilton says having the chance to invest in chelsea is a �*great opportunity�* and one he very much wants to take. the seven time formula one world champion, alongside former world tennis number one serena williams, are both thought to be willing to support the the bid of potential new owner sir martin broughton. but we understand neither would have a say in the running of the club. it would be purely a business decision. this is what sir lewis had to say... when i was young, i wanted to fit in, and all the kids supported different teams. i remember switching between teams and my sister punching me and saying you have to support arsenal so then i became a supporter of arsenal. ultimately, i am a sports fan and chelsea is one of the biggest teams in the world and when i heard about the opportunity, i was like wow, this is a great opportunity to be part of something so great. england women's six nations match against ireland on sunday is set to be an occasion to remember for emily scarrett. she's been named in the starting line up — meaning the centre will win her 100th cap for the red roses. scarratt should expect a big reception at welford road — where leicester tigers play — with a record crowd expected. emma raducanu says she'll play without pressure in the quarter finals of the stuttgart open later today — where she'll face world number one iga swiatek for the first time. raducanu booked her place in the last eight — beating germany's tamara korpatsch in three sets. it's the first time raducanu has won back to back matches this year. and the snooker is ongoing. that is all from the sports at the moment. covid—19 infections, one in 17 people said they had coronavirus than from one and 15 the week before. the oms has been looking at how many people have had covid—19 since the early days of the pandemic, since april 2020, since the early days of the pandemic, since april2020, in since the early days of the pandemic, since april 2020, in fact, and they say in england, around seven in ten people, 70.7% of the population have had at least one infection since the end of april 2020. in wales, 56% of the population are likely to have had covid—19 in that time. in scotland, just over 51.5% of the population, and in northern ireland, the equivalent of 72.2% of the population are estimated to have had covid—19 in that period. all of these figures are for private households and as the data runs up to february the 11th this year, does not include people catching covid—19 since then. an interesting overview of how many people have had covid—19 around the uk since the early days of the pandemic. the world's largest particle accelerator is restarting after a three—year shutdown during which it has received a major upgrade. researchers at the large hadron collider on the swiss french border believe that the new machine will discover particles that are completely new to science. our science correspondent, pallab ghosh, has had exclusive access to the detectors deep underground and has sent this report. it's like a medieval castle. you have to have, like, winding roads to get there. deep underground, dr marcelo bono shows me into the heart of the large hadron collider. so this is the first time i'll have seen the detector. and, wow, itjust looks incredible. 7,000 tons of intricate engineering, built to detect minute particles created by atoms crashing together. this is just one of the best positions, because really, it shows you all the majesty of this detector, isn't it? it's huge! majesty is the word. this is the detector that was responsible for one of the most important breakthroughs in science, the discovery of the higgs boson. it's just been upgraded and the hope is it will discover more particles that are completely new to science. and if it does, it could transform our understanding of the universe. we are looking actively for a lot of new phenomena. dark matter, for example. we can look directly for dark matter. could this be one of the biggest discoveries ever in physics? i'd say yes. i'd say it might be. yes, indeed. it's the majority of the universe that is made of this dark matter, and we have at the moment no clue what it is. so, yes, absolutely. that would be incredible. dark matter is shown here in purple in this simulation, sprawling across the blackness of space. the bright areas are galaxies, stars and planets, which make up just a tiny fraction of the universe. the researchers here hope to produce dark matter particles by accelerating the inside of atoms close to the speed of light around a 27—kilometre ring, and then crashing them together. this is what compresses the magnet... these are the giant magnets that steer the particles around the ring, and focus them into a narrow beam. they've been improved, too, so that there'll now be double the number of collisions, which will greatly increase the chances of finding new particles. for all the physics that we've done since the startup of the lhc, the last ten years, we'll be able to actually get the same amount of data in the next three years as we did in those ten years. and there is also the chance that by both increasing the energy of the lhc — which we've done slightly — and in seeing more of these collisions, that there is something else out there to be discovered. the electronics has also been upgraded to keep up with the increased data. researchers here are also hoping to get confirmation of a new fifth force of nature. i've been hunting for the fifth force for as long as i've been a particle physicist. and maybe this is the year. this would upend the field. it would be the biggest, biggest discovery of the cern, lhc. i think the biggest discovery in particle physics since... imean, bigger than the higgs. the particles that are created are going every — in every direction. the researchers here are excited about what the newly upgraded large hadron collider could achieve. it could help them make discoveries that would lead to the greatest shift in our understanding of the universe since einstein's theories more than 100 years ago. palab ghosh, bbc news at the large hadron collider on the swiss—french border. i'm joined now byjon butterworth, professor of physics at university college london, who has has worked on experiments at the hadron collider thank you forjoining us. i understand the process for restarting the large hadron collider is under way but it could take some time. has it restarted? the is under way but it could take some time. has it restarted?— time. has it restarted? the beams are making — time. has it restarted? the beams are making their— time. has it restarted? the beams are making their way _ time. has it restarted? the beams are making their way around, - time. has it restarted? the beams are making their way around, we l time. has it restarted? the beams l are making their way around, we are hoping to get the first of the particle beams that do the business that you have been hearing about, but we will not plan collisions today. that will happen injune and the increased energy will not arrive tilljuly. it is an incremental process, a huge engineering undertaking, decommissioning something like this. it is a very important step and milestone today, the machine is alive again, but physics will not pop out tomorrow. for those of us who are not physicists, can you explain why you need to get the beams to collide? what happens at that point potentially?— what happens at that point otentiall ? ,, ., ., , potentially? think of it as the lane potentially? think of it as the large hydro — potentially? think of it as the large hydro chelator- potentially? think of it as the large hydro chelator as - potentially? think of it as the large hydro chelator as the i potentially? think of it as the i large hydro chelator as the best microscope we have in the world. the energy of the collisions gives us resubmission in the same way an x—ray microscope has high energy, x—rays high energy so the consumer than visible light and more resolution. the super energy means we had the resolution to look into the heart of fundamental particles that make up the protein which we think is the fundamental particles at the moment. i think is the fundamental particles at the moment.— think is the fundamental particles at the moment. i was chatting in the newsroom earlier _ at the moment. i was chatting in the newsroom earlier this _ at the moment. i was chatting in the newsroom earlier this morning, - at the moment. i was chatting in the newsroom earlier this morning, he l newsroom earlier this morning, he was explaining that as physicists, you only have theory that is adequate to explain about 5% of what is going on in the universe. ifind that quite mind boggling. there is a huge amount to discover. i that quite mind boggling. there is a huge amount to discover. hind that quite mind boggling. there is a huge amount to discover.— huge amount to discover. i find it uuite huge amount to discover. i find it quite embarrassing, _ huge amount to discover. i find it quite embarrassing, to _ huge amount to discover. i find it quite embarrassing, to be - huge amount to discover. i find it| quite embarrassing, to be honest. it's true. there is very good evidence that is the case. the everyday matter that we are made of and you can see, we think we understand quite well, which explains the interactions, but there is strong evidence that implies that if you want to understand the way the universe develops and the way galaxies move, you have to invoke dark matter which would not be part of the standard model. that was mentioned in the video there. at the moment, we only have evidence from gravitational interactions. if we are lucky, we might be able to reproduce some of it in the... one, what do we not have adequate explanations of? can you give us some examples? almost everything. first of all, we do not understand galaxies rotating at a certain speed, if the only matter in the galaxy was the standard model stuff we think we understand, then they should fly apart. there has to be more matter they are or the gravitational thing is wrong and either of those would be huge news. that is the dark matter idea. it is worse than that because even the matter we can see, whenever we create matter in one of our experiments, we create an equal amount of anti matter. if that happened in the big bang, there should be equal amounts but there is plainly not. there has to be some difference create in between matter and anti matter. that is not something we can explain with the current theory. i don't want to run a theory done, it is amazing that it predicted certain things, it explains a lot of what we see around us, but there are some very big events that we are hoping to get close to from the new data we are about to collect. ihla close to from the new data we are about to collect.— about to collect. no doubt we will come back— about to collect. no doubt we will come back to _ about to collect. no doubt we will come back to that, _ about to collect. no doubt we will come back to that, really - about to collect. no doubt we will come back to that, really good i about to collect. no doubt we will come back to that, really good to | come back to that, really good to have you with us today, thank you very much for your explanations. let's have a look at the weather. another fine day for much of the country today, more sunshine after it cloudy start. we have brisk easterly winds, it is going to be warmer in the west, temperatures could reach 19 degrees in argyll and bute. loud in england and wales, confined to the south and south—west. we have still got misty local out in the north of scotland keeping the temperature is done. overnight, cloud increasing across england and wales in the breeze. temperatures, six celsius, milder in the south—east. at the of the weekend, cloud around. could produce one or two showers, pushed away towards the west, allowing sunshine towards the west, allowing sunshine to arrive, sunshine for northern ireland and much of scotland from the misty local out in the north, quite cool there. brisk easterly winds, strongest a lot the east coast and the west of the pennines, gusty winds, higher temperatures in the west, 16 to 18 degrees. if you degrees lower than that around the north coast. 15 years after the disappearance of three—year—old madeleine mccann, prosecutors in portugal say they've identified an official suspect. the authorities haven't released a name — but he's believed to be this man, christian brueckner, a convicted sex offender currently in jail in germany. the united nations reports that 50 civilians were killed in the ukrainian city of bucha — including some by summary execution. it follows the release of these satellite images, which are said to show a mass burial site near mariupol, in the south of the country. borisjohnson is completing his visit to india — a new defence partnership has been signed — but the prime minister still can't escape questions about his leadership. what people want in our country is for the government to get on and focus on what we were elected on, thatis focus on what we were elected on, that is what we are going to do. let's go back to ukraine — and the un human rights office has issued a damning statement, describing the war in ukraine as a "horror story of violations against civilians", in which respect for international law has been "tossed aside". the un monitoring mission in ukraine has also documented the unlawful killing of 50 civilians in bucha, north west of kyiv. our correspondent anna foster is in kyiv. we are talking about some we are not very far away from where you are, what is the un seeing about what is found there? they describe a litany of torture, sexual violence, indiscriminate violence in bucha. when you go to that suburb you see evidence of that everywhere. civilian buildings, peoples homes, educational establishments, universities, schools, that have been shelled and destroyed. and we saw of those images beamed around the world of bodies on the streets, some of them with their hands tied, who appears to have been shot in the back. we also saw that mass grave, it is huge, long, deep trench outside the church in bucha, believes that 300, 400 bodies in that one trench alone. the un and other agencies have gone there to painstakingly look at the bodies, debts, the evidence they can find, they say they have documented evidence now of what they describe as war crimes. i was talking in kyiv last week to the chief prosecutor for the international criminal court, he said that they were also gathering evidence, and i think there is hope now, international hope, that they have the detail, the evidence they need. of course, something like this requires due process and a painstaking trial to make sure that the people responsible for this are ultimately held to justice. and of course, a part of ukraine if it is harder to gather evidence is in the east, the south—east, and we have been talking a lot about mariupol, what are you hearing about the situation in mariupol, and those ukrainians who are still left there? absolutely. you are right to say that we saw the impact of a month of fighting in the suburbs of kyiv, but the conflict has been longer and fiercer in those parts of the south, the east, places like mariupol, as you say. there is still no suggestion that they are managing to establish humanitarian corridors on the kind of scale that they need to bring out the 100,000 or so people who are still trapped in that strategic port city. still, both sides are seeing, ukraine is saying, that's because they still have fighters there in that steel plants, that mariupol is not entirely under russian control. we heard yesterday vladimir putin seen that he believed that the jobless dad in mariupol, that the jobless dad in mariupol, that they would seal off the steelworks, and placate it, —— he believed the job was done in mariupol. one thing everyone agrees on is the humanitarian catastrophe there, in a city which has been largely raised to the ground, where the basics like food, water, power are near impossible to find now. people find themselves trapped underground with no real hope as things stand at the moment of managing to escape that the city. and we heard borisjohnson, who is in india, announced a short while ago that the uk's embassy in kyiv will reopen next week. is there a real sense of something approaching normal life there that is leading the uk to do this? is there any news that any other countries might follow suit? they are following the pattern of several other european countries. italy reopened its embassy this week. places like spain have also said that they intend to do the same thing in the next few days. in terms of normal life, it fluctuates. you still hear the silence very regularly. they will go off and echo around the streets. there are still many places that are not open, many shops that are closed, restaurants, cafe is, because so may people fled the city when they thought it might fall into russian hands, and they are not all come back yet. in fact they have been encouraged by the mayor not to come backjust yet, he said there is still a russian threats, particularly after the sinking of a russian warship, and we saw on consecutive nights were military installations were targeted in kyiv by long—range missiles, but in kyiv by long—range missiles, but in terms of embassies, and countries wanting to show support for ukraine, and solidarity, that is something that has already begun, and we will see more of in coming weeks. while parts of the capital kyiv are returning to some semblance of normality, it is still a city on high alert. mayor vitali klitschko has warned people who fled against returning. the bbc has been to the outskirts where people are preparing for a possible return of the russians. mark lowen reports. defending ukrainian soil in the heart of the capital, from the trenches of kyiv, the 131st battalion stopped the russians from breaking through, and they're still here if the enemy returns. great britain sent us this weapon. anti—tank missiles from britain? yes, yes. and when was the last time you used this weapon here? secret. we can't disclose our exact location, with the threat still present. how many kilometres of the trenches? i don't know, ten kilometres, 20 kilometres, 30 kilometres, i don't know. and still, they deepen the defence, fearful that if the russians take eastern ukraine, they could come back for a second try here. until two months ago, kyiv families would picnic in these forests. now, they have new dwellers. soup? translation: the russians were three or four kilometres from us, firing with mortars artillery. if they return, without our resistance, they could storm through. and they will make an effort to do so again, but i think the residents of kyiv can sleep more soundly, knowing that we are here. but it's no smooth ride towards calm for ukraine's capital, on edge after several attacks in the past few days by russian long—range missiles. air siren wails. that's another air raid siren that's just gone off but as you can see, people are kind of shrugging it off now. it's a pretty frequent occurrence but a reminder that the threat hasn't disappeared here. a hint of normality is peeping through the roadblocks and police checks. metro stations no longer used as shelters, as the city gradually comes back to life. kyiv is fortified, but fearful. for tamara tkachuk, business is still slow and the trauma is deep. translation: it has been frightening here, my hands still tremble now. this is our country, they have no right to come here and kill us. i'm very worried the russians will come back or, worse, they will wait for us to return and then bomb us from the air. god save us from that. for those dug in for the long—haul, reminders of the life they left behind two months ago, when russia thought it could barge into kyiv with little resistance. and when ukraine's residents became defenders. the latest from the un monitoring mission in ukraine has documented unlawful killing of 50 civilians. i'm joined now by matilda bogner who runs the un 5 human—rights monitoring mission in ukraine. i want to begin with the situation in bucha, the unlawful killing of 50 people, tell us more about what your team found there. fiur people, tell us more about what your team found there.— people, tell us more about what your team found there. our team to do one da visits, team found there. our team to do one day visits. they _ team found there. our team to do one day visits, they documented _ team found there. our team to do one day visits, they documented 50 - team found there. our team to do one day visits, they documented 50 casesl day visits, they documented 50 cases of unlawful killings including summary executions. almost everybody they spoke to had either witnessed or helped to bury individuals, or witnessed actual killings, or new people that had been killed. it witnessed actual killings, or new people that had been killed. it was cuite people that had been killed. it was quite horrific. _ quite horrific. did they also see bodies or evidence of where bodies had been buried? yes. our colleagues did see shallow graves. they saw different body parts and other evidence. some of it, it is better not to repeat. absolutely, and we have to think about what is appropriate to repeat, but at the same time, this is what you are doing, you are there to bear testimony to what has gone on, that people need to hear about. are you clear in your mind that what your team has witnessed as a war crime? certainly, unlawful killings, summary executions are war crimes, and gross violations of international human rights law. and as i said, we did document 50 unlawful killings, including summary executions. we will go back to bucha and other settlements around kyiv to further document more evidence, it needs to be collected, but certainly the evidence is growing, and is piling up, that there have been war crimes committed in these areas. do you have a clear timeline for this period of which these killings were carried out? it is this period of which these killings were carried out?— were carried out? it is during the eriod were carried out? it is during the period that _ were carried out? it is during the period that the _ were carried out? it is during the period that the russian - were carried out? it is during the period that the russian armed i were carried out? it is during the - period that the russian armed forces were occupying these areas. between late february and late march. what is next, the next stage in the process? your team visits somewhere like bucha as they have done, what do they do then? taste like bucha as they have done, what do they do then?— do they do then? we carefully documents. — do they do then? we carefully documents, we _ do they do then? we carefully documents, we record - do they do then? we carefully documents, we record the - do they do then? we carefully - documents, we record the information on a database, and then we publicly report on what we have seen. we will be issuing a report that will go before the human rights council of the united nations. we also share our evidence, ourfindings the united nations. we also share our evidence, our findings come the united nations. we also share our evidence, ourfindings come up with other actors, including those who are looking towards finding accountability for what has happened. thank you forjoining us. we appreciate your time. head of the human rights on a training mission in ukraine. breaking news. a mother has been found guilty at coventry crown court of gross negligence, manslaughter, of gross negligence, manslaughter, of her sun, seven years old, he died alone, gasping for air. tell us more about what has happened today. some of the details of this case are quite shocking. this is a case where a mother, who was a drug addict, she seemed to spend more time concerned about getting drugs that looking after her asthmatic sun, who died in after her asthmatic sun, who died in a november 2017, after her asthmatic sun, who died in a november2017, in a after her asthmatic sun, who died in a november 2017, in a flat they were sharing together in birmingham. —— asthmatic sun. unanimous verdict. —— asthmatic sun. unanimous verdict. —— asthmatic son. a frail young boy who died because his mother cared more about getting her next fix looking after him. she smoked heroin and crack cocaine, her addiction had spiralled out of control. she even used her sons inhaler. they lived in squalor. her son had a severe asthma attack, his mother could not help, it is thought he went out for some heir, he collapsed and died, his body was found by a neighbour. and died, his body was found by a neiuhbour. , , ., and died, his body was found by a neiuhbour. , , . , , ., ., neighbour. this is a seven-year-old bo , his neighbour. this is a seven-year-old boy. his death _ neighbour. this is a seven-year-old boy, his death was _ neighbour. this is a seven-year-old boy, his death was preventable, - neighbour. this is a seven-year-old boy, his death was preventable, it | boy, his death was preventable, it was an asthma attack. the evidence showed that he was neglected, his mother prioritised her drug use. he was failed by his mother and also by the agencies responsible. at a meeting a nurse said if he was not taken into care he would die, no action was taken, 36 hours later, his body was found. at the time at birmingham children's services had a really been rated inadequate for nearly a decade, during that time nearly a dozen children known to the authorities had died, one starts to death, one was murdered by their mother, one was murdered by their mother, one was killed by the guardian. a new trust was appointed to take over. —— guardian. the agencies had not shown —— had not sheared enough information. professionals shared concern in a conference. what happened today, what did not happen then, was that in the immediate response was triggered. new systems have been put in place to help minimise the risk of another death like this. that serious case review will be interesting when it comes out, because we're talking about are talking about a period when birmingham city council ran a children's services and had been inadequate for a long time. i expect that we will hear some of the things we have heard often in the past about this opportunity is, about failing to share information between agencies, a lack of professional curiosity by individuals who were too willing to believe explanations rather than question about what was going on inside that horrible flat that she was sharing with her son. thejudge told that she was sharing with her son. the judge told the mother that she will have to come back to court next thursday for sentencing. the grenada leg of the earl and countess of wessex's platinum jubilee tour of the caribbean has been postponed, just a day before the couple were due to leave. let's talk to our royal correspondent sarah campbell. why the last—minute change of plan? various members of the royal family have been dispatched around the globe, these are independent countries that still have the queen as head of state. earlier this month princess and was in australia, next month prince charles will be in canada. this week, today, the earl and countess of wessex are landing in the caribbean, landing at st lucie, they were set to spend the next few days island hopping, but not now, cranie death, that is because the palace issued a statement, that's —— but not now greanada, that has been postponed, they hope to visit at a future date. no reason has been given. local media is suggesting there were a potential planned protests. the palace wants to avoid a repeat of protests relating to a visit to the caribbean last month. at that point it was said that locals were not consulted, when we look at the statement, it is in consultation with the government of grenada, so very much hoping that those difficulties from the duke and duchess of cambridge's visit will not be repeated on this visits by the earl and countess of west it is. juan orlando hernandez, the former president of honduras has been extradited to the united states to face weapons and drug trafficking charges. he was arrested in february shortly after ending his second term in office. us prosectors claim he funded his political rise with profits from drug traffickers. prospects for the rest of the month, dry, little or no rain. no areas of low pressure. where has it all gone? it has been steered into the mediterranean, very wet year. more rain in iberia at the moment. in the uk, easterly winds, the east coast will always be cooler, towards the west, particularly in sheltered areas, temperatures are higher. still some cloud left over by the evening, across southern parts of england and we are is, any showers will move away. cloud increasing across much of england and we are is later in the night. we still have misty low cloud and the far north of scotland. typical temperatures, five or six celsius, milder in the south—east. a lot of cloud in the morning across england and we, there could be some showers, they will tend to push their way west, allowing sunshine to develop more widely. east or north easterly winds, strongest along the north sea coast, and gusty winds across the pennines. weather pattern still the same as we head into the second part of the weekend, high pressure from the north of the uk, low pressure to the north of the uk, low pressure to the south, bringing more rain into continental europe, taking away any showers overnight from southern parts of england. more sunshine on sunday for england and wales, northern ireland is doing nicely as well. more cloud into the northern half of scotland, that will drop temperatures here, further south, 18 celsius. early next week, the winds to become a lighter, but we are stuck in cooler air, the cold air dismissing the uk, but it will be cool into the early part of next week, a lot of cloud, but once again, it is still dry. the prime minister, on his visit to india, insists he'll still be in charge in six months' time. boris johnson discussed trade and energy with his counterpart narendra modi — and refused to be drawn on questions about his leadership: what people want in our country is for the government to get on and focus on the issues on which we were elected. and that is what we are going to do. we'll be live in delhi and westminster. also this lunchtime: the mother of a boy found dead after an asthma attack has been found guilty of manslaughter. prosecutors in portugal have declared an official suspect in the disappearance of madeleine mccann, who went missing during a family holiday nearly 15 years ago. new satellite pictures reveal what are believed to be mass graves near the ukrainian city of mariupol — russia hasn't commented