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When you talk to people — people like this woman in the queue and all the other dozens of people that you spoke to — what were their attitudes to the west, to the way we responded to their plight? i think there was a general sense that the west would not leave them to completely take on the might of russia on their own. that, at some point, potentially, there may well be western boots on the ground to help in this fight because this is a fight between authoritarianism and essentially totalit...

A group of top international violinists from 29 countries have collaborated on a video performance to raise money for the plight of ukrainians. lets take a listen. sombre violin. music intensifies.

There at the border of poland and ukraine, describe the scene. what do you want to know about the plight of ukrainians? >> it is, i mean, its the highest of highs and lowest of lows in terms of emotions. you see people coming through one exit of the border, actually, that exit that youre showing right there is unfortunately the exit where people come through if they dont have anybody, and its a very solemn, sad experience. they get in lines. we help hand out hot food, hot soup as well. but theyr...

Against thousands of his tanks. in the areas that you still control, how much longer do you think you can hold out against the russian forces? translation: until our victory. that was the regional governor of sumy speaking to my colleague ben brown earlier. a group of top international violinists from 29 countries have collaborated on a video performance to raise money for the plight of ukrainians. lets take a listen... sombre violins.

I t >> i think people could conserve and not go. >> reporter: theyll slash some flights from schedules but airline experts say do not be shocked if carriers get even more creative, charging more for things like wi-fi, food, or seat selections. >> if youre paying 75% more than you were a year ago to gas up your car, i think you can relate to the plight airlines are facing when they they have to put fuel in those planes. >> will oil prices be reflected at the gas pump and jet pump? thank you to pe...

Established, find communities in the united states? theyretabl prepared.pr >> in fact, theyve learnedhe lessons from the afghan experience. todd, we still have afghan refugees living in hotels in maryland. weve documented that and now were goingno to do the sameba thing again in military bases with all of that and all, that entails with all these european nations willing to take them and much wns closer to their homeland, which we hope theyll be able to return to. yeah, its just its utterly unne...

Where only sort of part of the banking sector is covered is totally inadequate. where buying oil and gas is totally inadequate. we have been advocating this and the plight of these millions of ukrainians who have been driven from their homes, who are dying, who are being bombed while theyre trying to escape by the people who do not provide humanitarian corridors, i think this will change hearts and minds in europe quicker than we think. ambassador? i hope we will not wait for another thousand ci...

And miriam is a big one but esther too, we think aboutbo her being in the perfect place of the perfect time. god obviouslyly put her there and you know the verse that for such a time as this she wasn told when she was she was struggling to be courageoushe in that moment when she had to step up and be the one to save the jewish people. you know, if you dont do this , somebody else will be called into action maybe for such a time as this. are put t you were put there and she was and again, she was...

Was killed and two other journalists wounded by russian forces near kyiv. just terrible news. what can you tell us about that? >> reporter: yes. this was in irpin, an area that has taken some really heavy shelling over, since beginning of the war. so this journalist, brent renaud, is his name. 50 years old, was working on a project for "time" magazine we now know to document the plight of refugees around the world, and obviously this is one place that is experiencing a lot of them. this was an e...

Agreed by officials. we do know therell be a scheme that would see people being paid 350 pounds to give people a safe home. details of that refugee scheme makes the front page of the sunday express. it says a website for registration goes live tomorrow. the sunday people has an interview with a survivor of the salisbury novichok attack, who has urged british people to take in ukrainians fleeing the war. the sunday mirror dedicates its front page to the plight of orphaned babies and toddlers in u...