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Hello, i'm nuala mcgovern. you're watching context on bbc news. ukraine's port city mariupol continues to face heavy shelling by russia. the city's deputy mayor says at least 1200 people have been killed there — with some buried in a mass grave. the uk introduces a new streamlined visa system for ukrainian refugees from tuesday, after growing criticism that not enough was being done for ukrainians trying to reach britain. uk foreign secretary says russia is committing war crimes in ukraine — amid growing calls for an international war crimes investigation. tonight with the context, andrea ...

Need the visa system to be modernised overnight quite frankly. we are all waiting to hear how can people get here and on what basis can we employ them. i know there is news coming out from the comments imminently. we are waiting to see what they say. how do we find the people who have visas now? how do we settle them? that is what the coalition is trying to get to the bottom of as quickly as possible. we want to motivate the government to see that at the other end when these pieces are created, there are plenty of companies who are desperate to help people resettle here. ltrufhat of companies ...

Patel is expected to give details in parliament later. in parliament later, about changes to the uk's visa system for ukrainian refugees. labour said the home office needed to "get its act together" to provide humanitarian help. let's talk to our political correspodent adam fleming. let's talk about what the home secretary might be announcing that might make this system more easier and swifter. ., ' . . , ., and swifter. home office sources are briefin: and swifter. home office sources are briefing that — and swifter. home office sources are briefing that their _ and swifter. home office sou...

And we'll have more for you in sportsday at 6.30pm. that's all for now. hope you don't have to pronounce that often! now on bbc news, your questions answered on hosting ukrainians fleeing the war. with us, our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford. and i'm joined by sarah keeley, who's an immigration lawyer who's helping ukrainians wanting to come to britain through the visa process. thanks very much. sarah, just first of all with you, how clear is it the — there she is, wrong way! how clear is it at the moment how this visa system is going to work? because it has not been particular st...

You'd want to keep control of this process. >> i'd suppose they would say because there is a visa system. the way the scheme will operate is once one has a ukrainian refugee in their home, there should be checks by local authorities but the british resident will also be subject to dbs checks, checks of a higher level to ensure the family, the child, the parent will be safe in their home. the issue here is it's haveng retrospectively. the government needs to take control of the matching process so it isn't just happening without any oversight from the governments. >> when you hear politicians s...