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this is bbc news — welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. our top stories: as ukrainian forces regain control of more areas around kyiv — there's international condemnation of what appears to be the systematic killing of ukrainian civilians by retreating russian forces. explosions in the southern port of odesa, ukrainian officials say missiles have hit critical infrastructure. pakistan's parliament is dissolved after prime minister imran khan survives a move to oust him — fresh elections could now be held within weeks. voters in hungary head to the polls as its leader, viktor orban, looks to extend his 12—year—rule. here in the uk, the conservative
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party has suspended one of its mps following claims about his conduct. the music industry's biggest night, the grammys takes place later today. and the biggest cooking oil bottler for uk shops says it only has a few weeks supply of sunflower oil left, as supplies are disrupted because of the war in ukraine. there's growing international condemnation of what appears to be the systematic killing of ukrainian civilians by retreating russian forces near kyiv. on saturday western journalists in bucha, irpin and hostomel saw bodies strewn along roads.
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a senior aide to president zelensky described it as a massacre and the president of the european council, charles michel has condemned what he called russian atrocities — and pledged further sanctions on moscow. in other developments there have been a number of explosions in the southern port of odesa, and the the international red cross has said it will try again to evacuate civilians from the beseiged city of mariupol. simonjones reports. the russian retreat from the kyiv region has left behind a trail of destruction. ukrainian troops back in control in bucha, for residents, relief after five weeks of living hell. translation: we've been under constant shelling - for more than a month, practically from the first day when everything was gone, the water was gone, light, gas, everything was gone at once. then the internet was gone, then the phone communications were gone. we found ourselves cut off from the entire world.
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the city of bucha is strewn with dead bodies, the evidence of civilian killings by russian troops. a war crime is growing. translation: you can imagine what kind of lawlessness - russia perpetrated here. we will record this page of our history and it will be used at their tribunal. in the wake of fierce resistance, russia says it's shifting its firepower to the east of the country. borisjohnson has congratulated the ukrainian president on the successful pushback of russian forces around kyiv, but it's come at a huge cost. the ukrainian military, though, says it's a humiliation for the kremlin. they're running. they trying to call this some sort of relocation, but this is not a relocation, this is just defeat and running. but the fighting in the east remains fierce. this is a russian helicopter shot
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down over luhansk on friday. this morning, a series of explosions have been heard in odesa and president zelensky spoke of the need to reinforce defences. hundreds of people in the southern city of mariupol, which has endured weeks of bombardment, have managed to escape in private cars. the relief on their faces is clear, but they're haunted by what they've left behind. 160,000 residents remain stuck there, but the death toll is rising. translation: they've killed everyone and destroyed everything. _ they're animals. there is nothing left there anymore. no houses, nojobs. aid is now getting through to more areas that had been cut off. but the cost of the conflict is evident, a conflict whose focus is shifting, but one in which there is no clear end in sight. simon jones, bbc news. our correspondent, anna foster has
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the latest from lviv. for the last three or four days we have been talking about this humanitarian corridor that the hopes for it were based on thursday. you can only imagine, can't you? what it must be about to be in mariupol when you get word through that they are trying to plan and arrange this but everyday it does not happen. they've said, this is the international committee for the red cross who are going to beat this convoy out, potentially, they say, is a neutral intermediary, they say that the conditions are just not right. they have not had the security guarantees they need from both sides. yesterday evening pressure must make defence ministry blamed the red cross for it not going ahead and said they had not going ahead and said they had not moved into the right place and time but, you know, the stories that we hear, the conditions in mariupol. there was a woman i met a couple of days ago who fled with her two children and she talked about the road out. she was in the theatre, the one that was bombed, she talked
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about bringing her children out and hiding their eyes so they cannot see the bodies and body parts along the side of the road as they fled. every 24 side of the road as they fled. every 2a hours convoys like this one, everyday humanitarian corridors are delayed is another day people to live in these frankly horrendous conditions. live in these frankly horrendous conditions. children hurt in the fighting in ukraine have been receiving hospital treatment in poland. 0ne family almost lost their sight after a bomb fell on their house. kasia madera went to meet them — and there are some images in her report you might find distressing. nazar and timur are 5—year—old twins. with their mum 0lena, they have paid a very heavy price for the fighting in ukraine. translation: i was at home with the kids. . in the morning, i went to the kitchen and i saw a bomb coming towards my window. it was all so quick. i didn't realise what was happening. ijust saw it flying towards me. 0lena's house was completely destroyed over a week ago.
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the family lived in the dnipropetrovsk region in the east of ukraine when their home came under attack. translation: | just fell - to my knees, grabbed the kids and pulled them underneath me to protect them from the shrapnel flying into our faces. 0lena and her two boys were left so badly hurt that she recalls very little of the impact of the bomb or the efforts to get her to safety. just that a team of volunteers brought them across the country to lviv. then a doctor who trained in poland managed to get them to a specialist eye surgeon in lublin. this is where professor rejdak�*s skill and expertise was critical. fortunately, the surgery went perfectly and she sees almost fully today, two days after surgery. the healing process is perfect so i hope it will be even better. if 0lena and her sons had not reached professor rejdak
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and his team in time, the consequences would have been very serious. they would be blind because it was the last moment the boys are learning how to play again, but their lives will never be the same. nazar has lost his eye, and it's notjust the physical damage that they have to deal with. translation: now a psychologist is helping them, giving them - tablets so they can sleep. they are feeling better and have had many operations. they saw the bomb fall on them. they are a little calmer, but they are jumpy and struggling to sleep. 0lena, nazar and timur�*s sight have been saved. they are healing. the psychological damage, though, will take much, much longer. this is one family — we know of more who need this hospital's help. kazia madera, bbc news, lublin. pakistan's parliament has been dissolved — just hours after prime minister imran khan survived a move to oust him from power. fresh elections are now likely to be held in the coming weeks.
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secunder kermani is in islamabad. iam hearing i am hearing what i've seen most recently in terms of the report that the opposition parties are refusing to leave the parliament building having had this demand for a vote of no confidence rejected. it sounds pretty chaotic situation. yes. pretty chaotic situation. yes, absolutely- _ pretty chaotic situation. yes, absolutely. it _ pretty chaotic situation. yes, absolutely. it is _ pretty chaotic situation. yes, absolutely. it is an _ pretty chaotic situation. yes, absolutely. it is an unfolding| absolutely. it is an unfolding political drama. plenty of twists already today and more could be to come in the coming hours. we were expecting to see a vote of no confidence being held against him and it was widely expected he was going to lose that vote of no confidence which would have seen him ousted from office. instead, the deputy speaker of parliament ruled that the vote of no confidence was unconstitutional and did that because for the last week or so he has been telling pakistanis that this plot to remove him this move to
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oust him is nowtjust part of the democratic process but actually an international conspiracy and attempted regime change in pakistan orchestrated by a poet. his critics have that as ludicrous and the us officials have said there is no truth in this claim is that they are resonating with his supporters and they clearly resonated with the deputy speaker because that is why he said this vote of confidence will not go ahead but opposition parties are extremely angry about that. they are extremely angry about that. they are hoping that the supreme court of pakistan will overrule this decision and the vote of no confidence will indeed go ahead. if it doesn't, if he has his way, then the country will be headed to fresh elections. they will be held within the next few months. he will be banking on the fact that he has a better chance of being re—elected there than he doesin of being re—elected there than he does in this parliamentary vote of no confidence. how do we get here?
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well, it is a complicated back story but fundamentally, he is widely regarded as having come into power with the support of the pakistani army late last year. a rift developed between them and the opposition sends an opportunity and launch this movement to have a vote of no confidence held against him. they managed to draw the support of a number of his coalition allies towards them and it looked as if he was going to lose that vote of no confidence. all this change now. all this change now. let's discuss this further with ahmed rashid, journalist and author of several books on pakistan. he joins me from the city of lahore. good to have you with us. let me pick up on that point. the opposition parties are going to appeal to the supreme court to try to get the supreme court to reveal that this vote of no confidence should go ahead. what are the chances of that, first of all, do you think?— chances of that, first of all, do ou think? ~ , ., , ., you think? well, it is too early to sa . in you think? well, it is too early to say- in the _ you think? well, it is too early to say. in the supreme _ you think? well, it is too early to say. in the supreme court - you think? well, it is too early to say. in the supreme court will.
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you think? well, it is too early to say. in the supreme court will be mulling this over. it does serve as a delaying tactic because we will be waiting now for the supreme court. it could come in days, it could take longer than that. the longer the time passes, he stays in office. it becomes a de facto situation where he remains in office without facing up he remains in office without facing up to the vote of no confidence. find up to the vote of no confidence. and he clearly believed that if he could avoid that vote that he would have a better chance of victory in elections. is he right? yes, that is true. it elections. is he right? yes, that is true- it had _ elections. is he right? yes, that is true. it had become _ elections. is he right? yes, that is true. it had become very - elections. is he right? yes, that is true. it had become very hectic. elections. is he right? yes, that is true. it had become very hectic as| true. it had become very hectic as there were defections from parties individual mps leaving his party, joining other parties and by the end of the day it was calculated that he did not have the numbers of mps and quite cynically, many people are
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saying that the reason why he dissolve the assembly was because he faced defeat in the vote of no confidence and he could prolong his will for a bit longer by going to the courts, etc. so of course the role of these deputy speaker of parliament has also become very controversial because he was the one who passed this judgment in favour of imran. who passed this 'udgment in favour of imran. ., who passed this 'udgment in favour ofimran. ., ., , of imran. how popular is he with the electorate? — of imran. how popular is he with the electorate? we _ of imran. how popular is he with the electorate? we heard _ of imran. how popular is he with the electorate? we heard our— electorate? we heard our correspondence saying many voters believe his claims that the us is leading a conspiracy to oust him but the economy, in common with many other countries around the world, the economy is in great difficulty, inflation is rising. how popular is he still? , . . inflation is rising. how popular is he still? , ., ., ., he still? festival, the idea that there was _ he still? festival, the idea that there was a _ he still? festival, the idea that there was a conspiracy - he still? festival, the idea that there was a conspiracy by - he still? festival, the idea that there was a conspiracy by the l there was a conspiracy by the americans has been nullified by the military including the army chief
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who said pakistan still enjoys good relations with the americas so that was a bit of a blow to him. and of course, the overall situation is very dire. pakistan is basically bankrupt. there are huge problems and their rising foodstuff and the price of petrol, all of this is deeply affected people and their anger i will say that the country is now deeply divided. he does continue to have a strong base of support, especially among the young people, educated, urban people. but at the same time there is a massive dislike of his policies and accusations of his failure at being able to prepare
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for the economic crisis.— for the economic crisis. thank you very much — for the economic crisis. thank you very much for— for the economic crisis. thank you very much for your _ for the economic crisis. thank you very much for your time. - thank you very much for your time. hungarians are heading to the polls in the first parliamentary election to be held in europe since russia's invasion of ukraine. viktor 0rban and his fidesz party — who have been in power since 2010 — are trying to win a 4th consecutive victory. let's speak to hungarian politician zsuzsanna szelenyi. with ukrainian refugees pouring into hungary, it is no surprise that the war will have an impact on these elections but to what extent? an article recently that he insisted it was possible to tap dance between russia and the eu but is his relationship with vladimir putin going to cost him votes? this is very interesting _ going to cost him votes? this is very interesting and _ going to cost him votes? this is very interesting and thank- going to cost him votes? this is very interesting and thank you i going to cost him votes? this is i very interesting and thank you very much for having me. the new
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narrative according to i would deeply influence the selection result. the opposition is practically using the important argument that hungary should stand firmly with the european union and nato commitment and support ukraine as much as other countries do in europe while he is more cautious... to really see anything bad in russia because he developed a close relationship with vladimir putin over the last years and many of his borders were practically brainwashed by dominant media and shared this view. however, many supporters are actually ante russia so the new storytelling is that he is for peace and the opposition is blamed of
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supporting war which is a very, very strong argument. of course everybody wants peace and his dominance in the media pushes this message very strongly. even today on the election day, on the hungarian public media, the ruling parties narrative which blames the opposition, the united opposition as warmongers is there. so it is a very unfair election, we already know. so it is a very unfair election, we already know— so it is a very unfair election, we already know. sorry to interrupt but tell us about _ already know. sorry to interrupt but tell us about his _ already know. sorry to interrupt but tell us about his opponent. - already know. sorry to interrupt but tell us about his opponent. i - already know. sorry to interrupt but tell us about his opponent. i say - tell us about his opponent. i say opponent singular because six parties across the spectrum have united around the single opposition candidate. ~ ., ., candidate. well, the hungarian election system _ candidate. well, the hungarian election system is _ candidate. well, the hungarian election system is dependent l candidate. well, the hungarian. election system is dependent on candidate. well, the hungarian - election system is dependent on the supporting district so it is very much the candidates which are all
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united. so the parties are gathered. this is the major message. it is not specifically the comparable people because there is much more room for showing himself as leader that it is difficult to compare but in the district there is very intensive and heavy work, campaign work happening by the united opposition, much stronger and more vivid than in previous elections. in a stronger and more vivid than in previous elections.— stronger and more vivid than in previous elections. in a word, will this election _ previous elections. in a word, will this election define _ previous elections. in a word, will this election define whether- previous elections. in a word, will i this election define whether hungary returned to the european mainstream or moves closer to moscow? absolutely. this is one of the major stakes of this election in hungary. thank you very much for your time. the conservative party has suspended one of its mps, david warburton, following claims about his conduct. sources have told the bbc that three
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allegations of sexual harassment are being investigated. mr warburton — who represents somerton and frome in somerset — has not responded to a bbc request for comment. sri lanka's government has blocked access to social media and imposed a 36—hour curfew, following protests against food and fuel shortages. the curfew began at dusk on saturday. 0ur south asia correspondent rajini vaidyanathan has more. people still come out to protest. there is a huge crowd here. we've seen groups gather in other parts of the city as well. 0vernight, police he did actually arrest a number of
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people. more than 600 people were arrested for violating the curfew but there is a huge strength of feeling here. people accuse the government of trying to stifle freedom of expression by imposing a state of emergency and on top of that social media accounts have been blocked across the island. youtube, tiktok, youtube, people communicate with these apps and they say that the government is trying to stifle any criticism. there is a lot of anger that food and fuel remains in short supply here in sri lanka and a lot of that anger is targeted at the government. people blame the government. people blame the government for mismanaging this crisis and that is why we still have huge crowds willing to risk the chance of arrest to come out on the streets. ukraine is often called the breadbasket of europe. but the war there is now seriously starting to affect
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the supply of sunflower oil. ukraine and russia produce most of the world's supply of it and it's rapidly becoming unavailable. food manufacturers are now racing to find alternative ingredients which are also going up in price because of global demand. emma simpson reports. everyday food, products which all contain sunflower oil, it's now in short supply. and here's a man who knows all about it. so from the uk perspective, we use the biggest amount of sunflower. so out of all the oil types, so if you take rapeseed olive oil, corn oil, sunflowers, the biggest oil that is used by the uk. so how much supply of it do you have left? so from our perspective from brands, we've got around about four weeks. at the minute, we're still trying to see if we can get some more, but it's looking very tight from a supply perspective after then. if you buy any sort of cooking oil from the supermarket aisles, chances are it's been bottled here. 80% of the global demand for sunflower oil comes out of russia and ukraine.
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so obviously, with everything going on out there, we physically can't get sunflower to be coming out of the country. you need a lot of it to make crisps. this small producer has already switched to rapeseed oil to keep production going. there's an incredible scramble. everyone's doing the same thing. so while sunflower oil is impossible to get at the moment, rapeseed oil is possible but difficult to get, and obviously because everyone's having the same idea, the prices are skyrocketing at the moment, of rapeseed oil. at least labelling rules have been relaxed for an industry with a lot on its plate. so at the moment, the immediate focus is on sunflower oil and on other rapeseed oil and things like pollock. but there will be many more products which will be affected as we go through the coming months, and they're going to have to be reformulating hundreds and thousands of products at real speed. back at the bottling plant, they're now working 21w,
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ramping up the flow of rapeseed and other oils to make sure shoppers have options. emma simpson, bbc news, erith. first it was the oscars, and now it's time for the grammy awards to take centre stage. the event, which is dubbed 'the biggest night in music', is being held in las vegas three months later than originally planned due to the pandemic. so, who could be the big winners on the night? sophie long reports. genre—busting virtuoso jon batiste enters the evening with 11 nominations, more than any other artist. but it's set to be a big night for 0livia rodrigo, who could sweep the big four and bag best newcomer along with best album, song, and record of the year. she would become just the third artist in history, then, to sweep the big four. and to be following that right after billie eilish, i think it says a lot about the big picture of music that it's these young women who really have the power to do that. also up for best newcomer is a young british star, arlo parks,
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whose songwriting resonated around the world in this second pandemic year. people really connected and gravitated towards her songwriting and her music and her honesty. and to me, that's always the coolest success story is when you know it wasn't necessarily a viral tiktok video, or it wasn't necessarily a top charting pop hit. it's someone who is just writing some poetry that really connected. postponed by the pandemic and then pushed to sin city, its new las vegas venue only adding an extra layer of unpredictability. well, good evening. with late night host trevor noah mcing for a second time, all eyes will be on this man — ye. his performance has been pulled after infamous activity online, but he could still end up on stage if he wins an award. you know, if he shows up, what will he do? if he wins, what will that speech look like? the academy didn't want him to perform, but you can't stop someone from accepting their award on tv and saying what they want to there. and he's in the same category as taylor swift.
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who could forget this? yo, taylor, i'm really happy for you. i'll let you finish. but beyonce had one of the best videos of all time. cheering. one of the best videos of all time. booing. will they even greet one another, will, how close will they be seated to one another? the seating chart is something fascinating to watch for as well, just seeing where people end up in that room. but in terms of biggest stories, keep an eye on ye, i would say. it may be music's biggest night of the year, but with artist boycotts and dwindling ratings causing some to question the awards relevance, what happens in vegas may really stay in vegas if no one's really watching anyway. sophie long, bbc news, las vegas. you can keep up—to—date on the latest with the main stories of the day on the bbc news website and you can get in touch with me on twitter.
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after the frosty morning most of us are in for a pretty decent afternoon. here is a reminder of how cold it got, at least in some spots. minus seven degrees last night in wales and sennybridge, making it the coldest april night in nine years. even in london, temperatures were well below freezing. how about the outlook? bright weather today, but rain is expected tomorrow. the rain will already reach parts of scotland and northern ireland later on this afternoon. this is the picture for the first part of the day, sunny spells and a few showers across england and wales but the rain spreading into scotland and just about nudging into northern ireland as well. around 10 degrees for most of us the high. tonight, a different picture compared to last night,
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you can see cloud and rain spreading across the country, increasing winds as well. as a result it is going to be a very mild night. temperatures in the lowlands of scotland 8 degrees, further south a little bit colder earlier in the night but no more than 5 degrees on monday morning. this is the low pressure with its weather fronts crossing the country on monday. within it we have milder air from the north atlantic, so that means a very different feel to things on monday. right from the morning onwards it is cloudy across the uk, outbreaks of rain here and there and perhaps a bit of sunshine through the course of the afternoon. i mean glimmers around eastern parts of the country and may be further south. given that, temperatures could get up to ia or 15 degrees but more typically it will be around 12 or so, particularly where it is cloudy and rainy all day long. through monday night into tuesday we will see more the weather front spreading into this next low pressure coming in off the north atlantic.
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it may bring a spell of snow tuesday and tuesday night across central and northern scotland, where it will remain cold. further south we still have very mild weather. look at the contrast in the temperatures on tuesday, 15 degrees in london, 12 in liverpool and then in aberdeen it is only around 4 degrees and freezing or below in the highlands. the outlook for the week ahead will be unsettled, further south it will be relatively mild but further north, those temperatures will be just that little bit lower. bye— bye.
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this is bbc news, with annita mcveigh, the headlines: ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky says his forces have regained control of all areas around kyiv as moscow's troops withdraw from key towns. there's been international condemnation of what appears to be the systematic killing of ukrainian civilians by retreating russian forces. there are explosions in the strategic southern port city of 0desa on the black sea coast. ukrainian officials say missiles have hit critical infrastructure but there were no casualties. voters in hungary head to the polls as its leader, viktor 0rban, looks to extend his 12—year rule. the opposition accuse mr 0rban of undermining democracy and the rule of law.
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the biggest cooking oil bottler for uk shops says it only has a few weeks' supply of sunflower oil left, as supplies are disrupted because of the war in ukraine. sunflower oil can be found in many products, including ready meals, crisps and mayonnaise. now on bbc news, unspun world with world affairs editor, john simpson. hello, and thanks forjoining me for unspun world, the programme where we get straight answers from the bbc�*s vast worldwide range of experts. the war in ukraine drags on into a second month,

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