Ukraine denies Mariupol troop surrender

An advisor to Ukraine's president insists the city is still resisting Russian forces after claims by Russia that more than 1,000 troops have surrendered. The port city in a strategic location in south-eastern Ukraine has been under intense bombardment for weeks. We'll explain what we know for sure.

With the presidents of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia among the latest leaders to visit Ukraine, we’ll find out how people in those Baltic nations are preparing for the possibility of future Russian aggression against them.

We’ll hear a conversation between people in Ukraine working to evacuate orphaned children from conflict zones.

We’ll hear accounts and personal stories of storms and flooding in both South Africa and the Philippines, as we cover the latest.

We’ll explain some of the global business consequences of the Covid lockdown in Shanghai, with supplies of medicines and phones both reportedly affected.

(Photo: Service members of pro-Russian troops ride an armoured vehicle near a plant of Azovstal Iron and Steel Works company in the southern port city of Mariupol. Credit: Reuters/Alexander Ermochenko)