this is bbc news — i'm nuala mcgovern with the headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. in the aftermath of intense fighting in ukraine, the bbc uncovers evidence of civilian killings, that could amount to war crimes. this is more thanjust a collection of terrible deaths, this is a crime scene because under the laws of war, civilians are supposed to be protected. aid workers once again fail to get vital supplies into the besieged ukrainian city of mariupol as a convoy of buses carrying its residents reaches the safety of a nearby city. cheering and applause. celebrations by union workers in new york as amazon is dealt a major defeat — being forced to recognise a trade union for the first time. the draw is announced for the 2022 world cup in qatar.

and we meet some of the people and horses from the household cavalry who will take centre stage at the queen s platinum jubilee. hello and welcome to the programme a bbc team has gained access to a highway outside kyiv where russian troops have been pushed out. a stretch of the e—ao highway was where shocking images from the early days of the war emerged — showing russian troops firing on civilians trying to escape. jeremy bowen and his team have now reached the scene of the attack, and found evidence that raises the possibility that war crimes may have occurred. a warning, his report contains some graphic and distressing images.

on a stretch of road that runs between two villages with names that translate as "dream" and "sweetheart" is all the savagery and waste of war. ukrainian forces had just recaptured it, their troops moving in after a heavy bombardment from their artillery. this was only a few hours after the russian retreat. in the early hours of this morning, this was recaptured? absolutely correct. so, basically, around 2am today, our reconnaissance team report that they start to see movement. oleksandr, a ukrainian volunteer who's back home from england to fight, showed a position where a russian tank had been dug in. so that's where the russian tank was and that's exactly where he... this is the line of fire, that's how they shoot. on 7th march, oleksandr's drone unit filmed the tank in action. the drone showed civilians trying to get to kyiv to escape the russians.

and then they saw the tank. one of the cars was forced to stop. the driver tried to show he was harmless. and the russians shot him dead. they also killed his wife. the dead couple were maksim and his wife, ksenya. they were travelling with their six—year—old son and a friend, who both survived. she said maksim had been shouting that they were with a child when he was killed. almost four weeks later, maksim's badly burned body lies next to the hulk of their car. his wedding ring is still on his finger. ksenya's remains are inside. her mouth is open, as if in a scream. the car and the back seat are riddled with bullets. the vehicle and their bodies were not burnt when they were killed. the hypothesis is that russian soldiers tried to destroy the evidence

of what they'd done. the drone operator who filmed their death says the russians must have known maksim's car was not a threat. so they were trying to say that they were civilians? yes, yes, they know it. you can see it, the whole car is civilians, not an army car, and they shoot it. in the woods near the road, there's evidence the russians left in a hurry. you can see the place where, in the trees, the russians were living. there's a dug—out. there's beer bottles. it's like the marie celeste, half—finished meals. they were here for a month. the camp is full of the soldiers�* rubbish. on a front line, that is usually the sign of an ill—disciplined unit. they tried, unsuccessfully, to hide another tank in the trees. that was punished by the ukrainians, who destroyed it.

a much bigger question is whether there will be a reckoning for what happened on the highway. maksim and ksenya were not the only ones who were killed near the tank dug into the roadside. more bodies here? yes. one, two, three bodies, i think. yes. you're absolutely right. in a couple of hundred yards, with oleksandr from the ukrainian army, we counted 11 other dead bodies. it's ukrainian. three were wearing recognisable ukrainian military uniform. the others wore civilian clothes. some of the dead were piled up and surrounded by tyres. they deliberately burned them. they set on fire to hide their... to hide what they did. in the desolation are a mass of questions about who they were and how they were killed.

it's hard to imagine the fear these people must have gone through in the last few moments of their lives or, indeed, the anguish survivors, families, must be feeling now. but this is more than just a collection of terrible deaths. it's a crime scene. because under the laws of war, civilians are supposed to be protected. we drove to the next village to confirm a ukrainian claim that they'd destroyed more russian tanks. the russian armour was broken and, except forsoldiers, the village was deserted and still. the russians could be redeploying to the eastern battlefields, but just a few hours after they had left this strategic area close to the capital, it was clear they were being forced out. many civilians are mourning relatives and friends they say were killed by russian troops. as and when they retreat, they might leave behind more

evidence that could add up to war crimes. jeremy bowen, bbc news, outside kyiv. a convoy of buses carrying residents of the besieged southern ukrainian city of mariupol has reached the relative safety of the nearby city of zaporyzhzhia. the convoy travelled from the occupied port of berdyansk with about two thousand people, who had managed to make their own way out of mariupol. however, a red cross efforts to bring in aid and evacuate residents from the shelling in mariupol were frustrated for a second day in a row. with me is our news reporter azadeh moshiri. what we know about the operation? in general the worse

of successes and some failure, the original plan was that the red cross would get some much needed medical supplies into mariupol and get some people out. they would do that by escorting about a0 ukrainian bosses from zaporyzhzhia to mariupol. that effort fared —— michael failed and instead civilians took a risk, something they have done throughout this war and the state —— michael escaped from mariupol to berdyansk, that is a city in russian held territory. it is from there that more than 30 ukrainian bustles and 300 private cars were able to score these people to safety in zaporyzhzhia. while this is some positive news, we have more than 2000 residents who were able to flee, there is still more than 100,000 who are trapped in mariupol, which is being besieged by russian forces and thatis besieged by russian forces and that is why the international committee for the red cross is going to try again tomorrow. people realise those buses were not coming and then they started making their own way. was it in their own cars? we do

not know exactly how they went, there are a lot of questions about what went wrong and questions about how they made it out but what we do know is that even though the russian forces and russia had assured that this would be safe, that there would be a one day ceasefire, the mayor of mariupol put out a statement saying it was not safe to enter or leave the city and there is also the question about whether there was enough time in the first place, because when it comes to the distance between zaporyzhzhia and mariupol, there are a lot of russian checkpoints and the whole situation was quite delicate and the bbc actually did speak to a spokesperson for the red cross who gave a little bit more detail on the logistical challenges. the stumbling block isjust the lack of very precise and very concrete agreements and the respect of these agreements on all levels. they have to be respected and to be communicated through the chain of command and everyone must be aware and this is notjust a choice, this is the responsibility on both sides of this conflict and under international humanitarian law.

so, it is some logistical challenges but she has also pointed to the fact that she needed and the icrc needed some specific protocols and agreements between russia and ukraine and that there were in fact some logistical challenges when it came to coordinating this with the ukrainian government as well and the result is that 2000 people are out but there are thousands of people in mariupol without food or water. . people in mariupol without food orwater. ., , ., ., or water. so, that situation continues. _ or water. so, that situation continues. absolutely - or water. so, that situation continues. absolutely and l continues. absolutely and especially _ continues. absolutely and especially because - continues. absolutely and l especially because mariupol continues. absolutely and - especially because mariupol is so strategically important to russia, that is why they are shelling the city and it is completely besieged and being flattened and that means that people are there, in desperate need to be saved, without water, without food and in need of medical care.—

of medical care. thank you so much for _ of medical care. thank you so much for updating _ of medical care. thank you so much for updating us - of medical care. thank you so much for updating us on - of medical care. thank you so much for updating us on that| much for updating us on that situation. ukraine's top security official has denied accusations by russia that ukraine was behind an attack on an oil depot in the russian city of belgorod. the governor of the bel—gorod region, which is close to the border with ukraine(oov)— said ukrainian helicopters attacked the oil depot in the early hours of friday. but ukraine's security council secretary oleksiy danilov said that, according to his information, this claim �*does not correspond to reality�*. the kremlin says the incident won't help the ongoing negotiations between the two sides. we can now speak to bill roggio, who's a military analyst at the foundation for the defense of democracies. very interesting story here with a lot of different aspects and i am glad you are with us. what do you think may have happened? are you able to garner from happened? are you able to garnerfrom reading happened? are you able to garner from reading what people are saying and some of the

pictures that have emerged? yeah, it is really difficult to tell. i do believe that carried out this attack, you know, there is no indication that there is no indication that there was any type of failure or explosion at this site. there were reports of helicopters evading radar, russian air defence systems, but they would have flown in low, conducted their attack and not unsurprising, air defences are available, particularly from lower and slow flying helicopters and i think this happened and ukraine is denying it, because it does not want this mission to mess up the potential negotiations. i hesitate to call them peace talks. , ., hesitate to call them peace talks. i” ~' hesitate to call them peace talks. ,, ~ ., talks. do you think it would have been _ talks. do you think it would have been carried - talks. do you think it would have been carried out - talks. do you think it would have been carried out withl talks. do you think it would i have been carried out with the go—ahead of volodymyr zelensky, for example, is it something strategic or a rogue operation and i know it is impossible to know, i am just looking for hypotheticals here. it

certainly would have to come from the highest levels of the ukrainian military and i would believe that if the ukrainians were going to launch a strike on russian soil, that president volodymyr zelensky would certainly be aware of this. 50. certainly be aware of this. so, the other— certainly be aware of this. so, the other part, _ certainly be aware of this. so, the other part, we _ certainly be aware of this. so, the other part, we heard a little bit from russia saying that ukrainians, it was the regional governor, to be quite honest of belgorod saying that ukrainian struck the oil depot, but there has not been a huge outcry from the kremlin or any of those aspects, why do you think that is? it of those aspects, why do you think that is?— think that is? it is a double edued think that is? it is a double edged sword. _ think that is? it is a double edged sword. they - think that is? it is a double edged sword. they have i think that is? it is a double i edged sword. they have used this to rally the people and say, look the ukrainians are attacking us, but then to admit it, it is an admission of weakness. the fact is that the russians perception inside the country is they are taking the fight to the ukrainians and the fact that the ukrainians could execute an attack on russian soil would show that the

russian military has a weakness and it could be perceived as the ukrainians actually going on the offensive.— the ukrainians actually going on the offensive. briefly, how significant _ on the offensive. briefly, how significant do _ on the offensive. briefly, how significant do you _ on the offensive. briefly, how significant do you think - on the offensive. briefly, how significant do you think this i significant do you think this attack, however it was actually carried out is, in the grand scheme of the invasion in ukraine? if scheme of the invasion in ukraine?— scheme of the invasion in ukraine? if it is a one-off attack. — ukraine? if it is a one-off attack. it _ ukraine? if it is a one-off attack, it is _ ukraine? if it is a one-off attack, it is not _ ukraine? if it is a one-off attack, it is not very - attack, it is not very significant, if we continue to see these types of attack, it may be more significant. i don't think... the ukrainian air force, there are attack helicopters, they are very much needed inside the country, so i do not expect this to happen, but this is war and anything is possible. but this is war and anything is ossible. ., . ~ ., possible. that much we know, thank you _ possible. that much we know, thank you for— possible. that much we know, thank you forjoining _ possible. that much we know, thank you forjoining us. - (pres)this is bbc — the headlines (00v) in the aftermath of intense fighting in ukraine, the bbc uncovers evidence of civilian killings, that could amount to war crimes.

(00v)aid workers once again fail to get vital supplies into the besieged ukrainian city of mariupol as a convoy of buses carrying its residents reaches the safety of a nearby city. workers at an amazon warehouse in the us have taken the unprecedented step of voting to set up a trade union. staff at the site in new york predicted that amazon workers elsewhere would follow suit. the online retailer has always fiercely opposed unionisation of its million— strong workforce. michelle fleury reports. cheering. history in the making for american workers. this, the moment union organisers celebrated. to the first union in american history. cheering. after amazon workers in new york voted to unionise — the first successful attempt since the retail giant was founded in 199a. this will be the catalyst for the revolution. that's exactly what this is, y'all just witnessed that. an independent group just took on one of the world's biggest companies and won. 55% of workers at this staten island warehouse voted in favour of union of a union. chris smalls, the fired

amazon worker leading the fight, had this message for the e—commerce giant. they'll have to negotiate with their workers now. you know, my message is that now we have a union they'll have to collectively bargain with. this victory all the sweeter, after a second vote on a union in alabama appears headed for defeat. how does it feel to have made history? we showed the power, i guess, that individual workers can have when they come together and try to improve their working conditions. it's something that the company's spent millions and millions of dollars to stop because they know how powerful it is. yet amazon isn't about to give up. america's second—biggest employer said it was evaluating its options and implied it might not accept the results, citing what it perceives as the undue influence of the national labour relations board. those involved in the successful union effort here in new york hope this will embolden others to do the same. this was a call to action not i just for amazon workers here, but for amazon workers around the us. - and for workers around the us

in the world to come _ together and take back what is actually ours i and what we deserve. but anotherfight awaits the amazon labour union. right now, they are savouring their historic win, but perhaps their biggest challenge lies ahead — negotiating with amazon for better pay and conditions. cheering. after decades of decline, american unions are having a moment — and there's no bigger prize than amazon, given its size and impact. michelle fleury, bbc news, new york. let s get some of the day s other news a state of emergency has been declared in sri lanka, where a deepening economic crisis has sparked violent protests. a curfew is in place in the capital, colombo, and surrounding areas for a second consecutive night. there's growing anger at shortages of fuel, medicine and other basics caused by a lack

of foreign exchange. ajudge in new york has upheld ghislaine maxwell's sex trafficking conviction — despite a false statement by a juror at her original trial. she was convicted in december for helping the disgraced financierjeffrey epstein to sexually abuse teenage girls. maxwell had requested a new trial. the biden administration is to lift sweeping immigration restrictions which were imposed by donald trump, in the early stages of the pandemic. the public health order has been used by us officials on the border with mexico to turn back one—point—seven million undocumented migrants. will smith says he s resigning from the body that awards the oscars following his attack on chris rock at this years ceremony. the actor said he was heartbroken by his actions which were "shocking, painful, and let's get the latest from our correspondent, peter bowes in la (os) this is the story that people continue to be so interested in. what does this mean is what i was wondering? he is resigning from the academy, but

talk us through what that actually means in day—to—day terms for him? actually means in day-to-day terms for him?— terms for him? well, i think this takes — terms for him? well, i think this takes the _ terms for him? well, i think this takes the sting - terms for him? well, i think this takes the sting out i terms for him? well, i think this takes the sting out of i terms for him? well, i think. this takes the sting out of the tail to some extent of this saga. we knew the academy had launched disciplinary proceedings which apparently will be continuing. they have accepted his resignation, this will have some decisions in the future to make, but he has decided to resign of his own accord right now and i think that at least stops the speculation for the next few weeks as to what might happen to him. it means he will no longer be an oscar voter, which is the main role of academy members, really, they open question is will he be invited back to the oscars next year, as is tradition, to announce and prevent achab said the award for best actress? that seems unlikely. will he get to keep best actor oscar for his role in king richard as the father of the williams sisters? the mood in hollywood is that

is less likely to occur that it would be taken away from him, because it was for a body of work that had nothing to do with the events of the other day. i with the events of the other da . ., ., ., , ., , day. i am wondering as well, as this filter _ day. i am wondering as well, as this filter is _ day. i am wondering as well, as this filter is on _ day. i am wondering as well, as this filter is on a _ day. i am wondering as well, as this filter is on a number - day. i am wondering as well, as this filter is on a number of i this filter is on a number of days later, the feeling in la about the harm, if it has done will smith, in terms of future career prospects, jobs, i believe he would still be able to win an oscar, even not been a member. to win an oscar, even not been a member-— a member. hollywood is very forgiving. — a member. hollywood is very forgiving. so _ a member. hollywood is very forgiving. so i _ a member. hollywood is very forgiving, so i would - a member. hollywood is very forgiving, so i would not i a member. hollywood is very forgiving, so i would not rulej forgiving, so i would not rule out will smith in terms of his future career, i think it has done him harm, because of that split—second decision, a wrong decision that he made, to march onto the stage and use violence to hit someone, to hit a comedian, because he did not like the tone of his joke and it is interesting in the state, in the statement he has released, talking about his actions being shocking and

painful and inexcusable, he does not address the issue of violence and of what he did, slapping another man in the face. that is what a lot of people have been talking about over the last few days. the oscars are supposed to be a family show, children were watching, and parents have perhaps been trying to explain what their children were watching on television. those are the kinds of issues that are the kinds of issues that are still swirling around and i think it is negative for will smith. ., ~ i. think it is negative for will smith. ., ~ ., ., smith. thank you for “oining us, i smith. thank you for “oining i have i smith. thank you for “oining i have a h smith. thank you for “oining us, i have a feeling i smith. thank you forjoining us, i have a feeling we i smith. thank you forjoining us, i have a feeling we will. smith. thank you forjoining i us, i have a feeling we will be talking about this again, the slap that has been heard around the world, as they say. the draw for this year's world cup has been made in doha, and it's thrown up some fascinating fixtures. england has drawn iran and the usa in group b — the other place could be scotland or wales. and former winners germany and spain have both been drawn together in group e with japan. i think the highlight from a domestic position in england is that they've got a pretty good draw, in truth. the sort of draw that

you would probably have picked, not only in the initial phase but also the likelihood of playing one of qatar, ecuador, and senegal and the second round, before it gets serious in a matchup with france. the other games, interesting drawer, the spain, germany ones, quite a good one. portugal and uruguay who played in the knockout rounds of the last world cup when uruguay knocked portugal out, in the same group. belgium in a difficult group as well as... with croatia, two of the last four semifinalists in the same group in the first round. but you do think that the timing of the event will favour the bigger teams, that they will be less tired in the middle of the season than at the end of the season, and it would be no surprise it seven of the last eight teams were indeed european again. ahead of the queen s platinumjubilee injune, the bbc has been given rare

access to the household cavalry and their barracks in central london. asad ahmad met some of the people and horses that will take centre stage. unmistakably british and a source of national pride for over 350 years. the household cavalry is made of the two most senior regiments in the british army. and arguably, their most importantjob? they're the queen's official bodyguard. that's quite a responsibility? it is a huge responsibility and one we do, yeah, one we do with pride and vigour and one we look forward to. making their way towards the base. blues and royals first and then the life guards. it's why, when it comes to the biggest state occasions — weddings, funerals, trooping the colour and state visits — the household cavalry are there. notjust looking immaculate on horseback but, first and foremost, as highly—trained fighting soldiers.

but come the platinum jubilee injune, even the household cavalry are looking to raise their game. every time we do anything, we try and top what we've done before. you're only as good as your last parade and we always try and make each parade better, sharper, smarter. but looking immaculate isn't easy or comfortable. the highly—polished boots hardly bend because there are two kilos of beeswax on each boot to get that military shine. the helmets and chest plates are polished to perfection, and any movement on the head has to be a careful balancing act. it's not overly comfortable. but the helmet does mould to the shape of your head in time. the cuirasses are big, but they can be beneficial when the weather is cold. not so beneficial when the weather's hot. but at the centre of any parade are the horses. specially selected, they are well looked after, have a special diet, and even get a holiday by the beach once a year.

but when it comes to the serious stuff, they know how to perform. they're trained exactly the same as the soldiers are. so they're, from the start of their career to the end of their career, and we retire them in places all over the country. these are the final preparations ahead of the platinum jubilee parade in june. the regiment will perform in front of the queen, on what will be a historic day. asad ahmad reporting there. if you want to keep up with events in ukraine — just go to our website — you'll find a live page which is continually updated with the latest developments. that's all at bbc.com/news — or you can download the bbc app. don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter — i'm @bbcnuala.

hello there. yesterday was another cold day, we had further wintry showers around. we saw some snow even on the sea front of hastings, in east sussex. and at the moment, the radar picture's also picking up plenty of showers, many of them in scotland are actually falling as rain. greater chance of wintry showers across parts of eastern england. then we've got this zone of patchy rain working across northern ireland, just fringing into western—most areas of wales. now that'll also be rain, but over the hills in the far west of wales, you might see a little bit of snow for a time. and the risk is there for some of the moors in the southwest early saturday morning, perhaps over the tops of bodmin, for example. but otherwise, a widespread frost around, it's going to be a cold start to the day and, where we've seen those showers, an icy start to the day, as well. now, for many of us, there'll be lots of sunshine through the morning,

this zone of rain easing away from the southwest, any hill snow also working out of the way. showers then that start off near the east coast will migrate inland — many of them will be of rain by the time we get to the afternoon, but there could be a bit of hail, maybe an odd wintry one left over. temperatures generally a degree or so higher, about 7—10 celsius — but crucially, it won't be as windy, so it won't feel anywhere near as bitter now for sunday. this area of high pressure stays to our west. we get this weather front toppling around the top side of it — that will bring another change to our country. now for sunday, it'll be a cold, frosty, but lovely, sunny start to the day. however, the cloud will tend to build and fill across the skies across much of the uk. then we've got this weather front moving into scotland and northern ireland — that will to be bringing outbreaks of rain through the afternoon, the rain turning quite heavy into the highlands and the western isles. but again, the temperature's just coming up by an odd degree, io—ii celsius pretty widely.

way southwards and eastwards. behind that, the air turns a lot milder — it's coming in off the atlantic, for the most part coming in on a west—northwesterly airflow. however, we are going to start seeing cooler conditions just coming back into northern scotland as we head through monday afternoon. so the temperatures in lerwickjust six celsius, but otherwise a much milder day, i3—ia, rain at times. now, deeper into next week, we get this battle zone between the mild atlantic air, the cold polar air, and that means we'll see rain — but also, the prospect of hill snow hasn't entirely gone away.

this is bbc news. the headlines... in the aftermath of intense fighting in ukraine, the bbc has uncovered evidence of civilian killings that could amount to war cimes. meanwhile, russian forces near kyiv have been forced to pull back from positions they held at the start of the invasion five weeks ago. aid workers have once again failed to take vital supplies into the besieged ukrainian city of mariupol — because "conditions made it impossible". it comes as a convoy of buses carrying mariupol residents has reached the relative safety of the nearby city of zaporyzhzhia. for the first time, workers at an amazon warehouse in the us have voted to set up a trade union. staff at the site in new york started to campaign for a union two years ago. the online retailer has always fiercely opposed unionisation of its million— strong workforce.