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vladimir putin, has visited the ukrainian city of mariupol. it's the first time he's ventured inside territory seized by russian forces since last years invasion. his visit, under cover of darkness, has been fiercely criticised by the exiled council of the southern port city, which has seen some of the fiercest battles of the war. i'm joined now by the ukranian mp for kharkiv, maria mezentseva. thank you for being with us. what you make of this visit by president putin? well, nothing spectacular really. it is one of the first visit to the occupied territories that president putin has...

concerns and costs. hello, i'm anjana gadgil. in sudan, a brief humanitarian pause in fighting has just come to an end. the sudanese army and the paramilitary rapid support forces had earlier agreed to a temporary ceasefire, though it's unclear whether either side stuck to the pact. the world food programme halted its operations in sudan after three of its members were among nearly 70 people reported to have been killed. the head of the african union commission is planning to "immediately" go on a ceasefire mission to sudan. anne soy reports. this is what the sudanese woke up to yest...

to have been killed. international efforts to end the fighting are ramping up with the head of the african union commission planning to go on a ceasefire mission and the presidents of kenya, south sudan and djibouti also trying to mediate. frank gardner gave more details. there was a window of opportunity for a couple of years for sudan to make the transition from military dictatorship to democracy, but they blew it. and they blew it because of this rivalry and essentially what has triggered this most recently is that in the discussions as to how to move sudan from a military leaders...

humanitarian aid fails to reach them. and why you don't need to be fit to climb mount everest. hello and welcome back to bbc news. let's return to the story dominating today. rishi sunak has asked officials to... inquiry found mr raab acted in an insulting way to civil servants and abused for our walls foreign secretary. he criticised the inquiry, saying it set the threshold for bullying too low. in his first interview since resigning, he spoke to chris mason. is this a is this a stitch up? i wouldn't describe that _ is this a stitch up? i wouldn't describe that way. _ is this a stit...

tens of thousands of adults with disabilities and long—term illnesses are being sued by local councils for failing to pay their social care bills. and a pivotal day in welsh rugby — players are due to reveal whether they will strike during the six nations, over contractual disputes. hello, good afternoon, welcome to bbc news. shamima begum, who travelled to syria and joined the so—called islamic state group when she was just 15, so—called islamic state group when she wasjust 15, has so—called islamic state group when she was just 15, has lost a legal challenge to the covena...