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This is going on, the kremlin is continuing to intensify its efforts to control the narrative, to suppress dissent. the radio station moscow echo, which the authorities took off there are a couple of nights ago, has now announced it is going to close. meanwhile, this morning the authorities have yet again warned citizens not to take part in anti—war protests, reminding them that participation in such demonstrations could result in up to eight years in prison.— eight years in prison. jenny hi...

Transport is also lifted from today. and from april the 1st, free covid testing will come to an end for most people in england. some charities, scientists and doctors are worried restrictions are being relaxed too quickly. covid remains pretty high in circulation around the country and what nhs leaders are worried about is that if too many of our precautions are relaxed at one time, then there will be an increase in the transmission of covid. for lots of people, the current strain of covid—19 ...

Many are stunned, shell shocked, confused. they cant quite believe what has happened and theyre going through incredibly long and at times, terrifying journeys just to get to the border. in the opening days of this, it was taking one to two days to get across the busiest border crossing in poland and people were standing this line, lines that snaked back more than a mile, just trying to get across the border. there has been some progress in terms of just processing people. poland has really step...

With colleagues in kyiv and across the country. we have some regional district hospitals situated near the combat zone and from time to time they are full or even overwhelmed and they have run out of everything. it is extraordinary, the speed at which equipment like this is being donated and gathered. this could reach the ukrainian border within days, but the most difficult part will be moving it onto where it is most needed. the fact that we dont have a safe corridor is definitelyjeopardising h...

Im full of admiration for all those people across the country who have offered to provide room in their home for those fleeing ukraine. they will need support notjust financially, but the wraparound support. that is why we are asking the government not simply to speed up the government not simply to speed up a really complex visa process, but also to provide tangible assistance we will need. charities will -la a assistance we will need. charities will play a crucial _ assistance we will need. ch...

Assault on to odesa, the third largest city in ukraine. katy, it looks like one week after frustrating slow advanced by russians in the north, they are making up for lost time in the south. >> we are going to get more on that on that later and why that might be the tactics we are seeing from russia. kelly cobiella, more than 1 million people have fled ukraine and are now refugees, and tell me about the eu and what its doing to get these people situated. >> we are talking about half a million in ...

Several days they want to get these kids in and move them on. so they will walk down the, sign get their gifts, and moved directly to another train and be transported either to warsaw and then they will work themselves into places where they can stay, take a breath, and figure out what is going to happen next. that is the latest from here in the rail station. back to you. >> thank you to jay gray in poland for that report. save the children as one of the many charities in the war zone right now ...

Could do in the immediate that would help people, is there are a lot of wonderful charities out there that are working inside the borders of ukraine and working outside the borders of ukraine. joe biden could say look, this is crazy. we will start to become energy independent again and we will flexor muscles and take putins money away and encourage people that instead of spending $5 a gallon gasoline, to send that money to all of these wonderful worthy charities there. but going in, and involvin...

Been moments of discrimination. and, weve met students, nigerian students, a lot of them who talked about trying to flee, trying to get to safety, and being told they couldnt board the bus, or being told they had to stand, that seats were only four white people, only for ukrainians. here though, what we have seen is just an enormous amount of love, an enormous amount of people donating resources. this is almost entirely led by volunteers and, kind of, just different local charities and groups. t...

Can stay here for three years and have access to public services. but there is pressure to do more. the government says it intends to extend the scheme to allow charities, churches and other organisations to bring more refugees from ukraine. but some conservative mps ahve been pressing their own government to take a more generous approach still arent impressed. one of them got in touch with me today. he said the new scheme was half—baked, and the opposition say the overall response has been to...