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. the city's mayor condemns the attack. translation: windows were blown out, roofs were damaged in private houses. that happened in the second strike. in the first strike, the enemy attacked peaceful residential houses. three homes were destroyed today. pakistan's parliament is dissolved after prime minister imran khan survives a move to oust him — fresh elections could now

be held within weeks. at least six people have been killed in a mass shooting in california's state capital, sacramento. police say nine others were injured. voters in hungary head to the polls as its leader, viktor orban, looks to extend his 12—year—rule. hello and welcome. ukraine's government has said mass graves have been found in towns outside kyiv which have been abandoned by russian forces in the past few days. a spokesperson for president zelensky has told the bbc they've seen evidence that civilians have been executed and that it appears that war crimes have been committed. the towns of bucha, irpin and hostomel were recently re—taken

by ukrainian forces, who say they now control all territory around kyiv. elsehere, russia has carried out a series of missile strikes on the black sea port of odesa. anna foster has sent this report, and a warning that it does contain distressing material. a morning sky blackened and burning. ukraine's port city of odesa is the latest target of russian fire. now the focus of the fighting is moving south and east, and as troops move away from places like kyiv, fresh devastation is revealed. the ukrainian government says it is back in control of that whole region — but it has come at a cost. people are still arriving here in lviv all the time, but it is now from places that have proved so difficult to get away from, places like kharkiv, irpin and bucha, where we are now

only starting to hear and see how horrific the effects of the russian occupation have been. ruslan fled here from bucha. how do you feel towards the people who did this in your town? "at the moment it is hard to call these people human," he told me. "they shelled and killed civilians." andrii arrived in the town from kharkiv. what happened to your leg? "i was shot." i showed him the images from bucha. they were painfully familiar. the same. in these pictures there are bodies. in the kharkiv suburbs, there are only parts of bodies — legs, arms, heads. ukraine has asked the world to

respond to what it calls a massacre. for those who escaped and made it here to safety, a new chapter begins, but the memories and the fear will be slow to fade. anna foster, bbc news, lviv. our correspondent in lviv, anna foster, has also sent us this update. well, we're starting to see, as you saw there, these new pictures, new video, the first independent people, the first journalists, to actually see what is happening in those areas where russian troops have retreated. you might remember, back at the start of the week, we had those peace talks in istanbul, and russia said they would pull away from places like the capital, kyiv, and the northern town of chernihiv. and some of the pictures that have come out in the last 2a hours or so are harrowing. we see pictures in one case in the town of bucha of one length of street with around 20 civilian

bodies, not people wearing military clothing, civilian bodies on the ground. in some cases, you can see that been bound behind their backs. in some cases, you can see where somebody has just fallen where they were shot. now, ukraine has said that this provides, in their opinion, clear evidence of russian war crimes in the areas that they have left behind, and there are already calls internationally for an investigation into that. you might remember, of course, the un's human rights chief, already earlier this week, was talking about investigating potential war crimes where russian troops had fired in residential areas, homes, hospitals. she had already highlighted that and said that needed to be looked into, and this would appear to be more evidence to add to that potentially growing investigation, if it's launched. and, anna, russia, then, its focus very much towards the east of ukraine now, an area where it's thought it had been doing better in the fighting. how is ukraine going

to respond to that? well, at the start, it looked, and certainly if we look back now at the just over five weeks of this conflict, it would appear that russia spread itself too thinly in those early days. it thought it could take the capital, kyiv, but it did not manage to do that, it stalled. there are other areas where russian troops have been pushed back. what they want to try and achieve — if they can't manage more — is the strategically important eastern region, the donbas. that is what they want to hold onto, and it looks like, for now, they have maybe relinquished ambitions in other parts of ukraine, although you see this morning on the port city of odesa in the south, strategically important port city, where again people have been waiting for a potential invasion by sea for the last few weeks, which hasn't happened, but we saw in the early hours of this morning, air strikes in odesa, oil storage facilities hit, which is why you see those clouds of very thick, very dense black smoke rising into the sky in places like odesa,

and of course you mentioned mariupol as well, where fierce fighting continues — many, many civilians are still trapped. i think one of the why they haven't been able to establish humanitarian corridors there is that that city is so important to both sides that nobody wants to pause the fighting, even for a brief period, to allow a convoy of civilians to leave. so, as you say, the fighting very much focusing now on the east and around the south of the country. the mayor of odesa, gennadiy trukhanov, we are hearing further reports from ukrainian officials that 57— ukrainian officials that 57 bodies have been found _ ukrainian officials that 57 bodies have been found in _ ukrainian officials that 57 bodies have been found in a _ ukrainian officials that 57 bodies have been found in a mass - ukrainian officials that 57 bodies| have been found in a mass grave ukrainian officials that 57 bodies i have been found in a mass grave in

bucha, in kyiv, and in reference to that, a senior official in the ukrainian president's office has said today that a fifth package of sanctions should be imposed on russia, targeting its banks, closing ports to its ships, and imposing an embargo on all trade. this is from the deputy head of president zelensky�*s office in comments broadcast on tv, saying that the sanctions should be imposed over what ukraine says our atrocities carried out by russia in the town of bucha near kyiv. and just a recap on that news i was bringing you a fewseconds ago, ukrainian officials saying they have found 57 bodies in a mass grave in bucha. the mayor of odesa, gennadiy trukhanov, has spoken to the bbc about the explosions which hit the ukrainian port city. he says the strikes not only targeted critical infrastructure, but also destroyed homes.

translation: the occupiers hit odesa with missiles, they hit critical - infrastructure facilities. for obvious reasons, i can't say the location. the explosions damaged the buildings near those facilities, residential buildings. windows were blown out, roofs were damaged in private houses. that happened in the second strike. in the first strike, the enemy attacked a peaceful residential houses. three homes were destroyed today. trukhanov also said the city's residents have come together like never before and are ready to defend the city from a russian attack. translation: odesa is united as never has been. _ we are prepared to defend our city, every house and every street, and rebuff the aggressors that are possibly planning to assault our city. they will be met with a serious rebuff from odesa residents. odesa is a heroic city. we are not planning to welcome the occupiers here. we will only welcome them with the return fire

from all kinds of munitions. 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. our correspondent secunder karmani is in islamabad and had this update. 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 imran khan, and it was expected he will lose the 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 it did that because imran khan, for the last week or so, has been telling pakistanis that this plot to remove him, or this move to oust him, is notjust part of the

democratic process, but is actually an international conspiracy and attempted regime changed in pakistan being orchestrated by the united states in cahoots with local opponents. us officials say there is no truth in those claims, but these claims are resonating with imran khan supporters, and it resonated with the deputy speaker of parliament, which is why he said the vote of no confidence would not go ahead. but opposition parties are extremely angry about that, hoping that the supreme court will overrule this decision and the vote of no confidence will indeed go ahead. if it doesn't, if imran khan has his way, then the country will be headed to fresh elections. he is banking on the fact that he has a better chance of being re—elected there in this

parliamentary vote of no confidence. it is a convoluted 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. the opposition sensed an opportunity and launched this movement to have a vote of no confidence held against him. they managed to draw support of allies, and it looked as though he was going to lose that vote of no confidence. all has changed now. security forces in sri lanka have blocked a protest by the opposition in the capital, colombo, amid public anger over shortages of basic goods. a group of opposition leaders tried to hold a march in defiance of a curfew that was imposed after protests against the government's handling of the economic crisis turned violent. more than 600 people have been arrested. an earlier ban on social media has now been lifted. our south asia correspondent rajini vaidyanathan has more. despite the fact there is a national curfew across sri lanka,

as you can see, people have still come out to protest. there was a huge crowd here. we have seen groups gather in other parts of the city as well. now, overnight, police here did actually arrest a number of people. they say in the western province 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 their freedom of expression by imposing a curfew and a state of emergency, and on top of that, social media accounts have also been blocked across the island. we are talking youtube, tiktok, facebook, whatsapp, instagram, people communicate with these apps, and they say that the government is trying to stifle any criticism. there is a lot of anger as 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 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. up to a0 vehicles were damaged in a spate of arson attacks north of bristol in the early hours of this morning. police say they received multiple calls to four areas on the outskirts of the city. there were no reports of any injuries or damage to buildings. the transport secretary, grant shapps, has ruled out the idea of rationing energy supplies in the uk, as several european countries begin activating emergency plans to deal with potential shortages. labour said it didn't support rationing but that the government should consider it as a contingency. ministers are expected to outline plans later this week on how to move the uk away from russian gas and oil. our political correspondent ione wells has more. every little counts, every cup

of tea made, every switch on. david lives in a flat in sheffield and is on universal credit. he's decided to disconnect his gas and rely on electricity only. using an electric shower for hot water, an electric radiator for heating, he is trying to ration his energy, as gas bills go up for people around the country. we are living in the 21st century, and ifeel as if i am going backwards, and doing things that, you know, probably what you would hear people did in the olden days. today, laboursuggested the government too should consider rationing energy supply, but it wasn't something labour wanted to see. we should be making those plans, and the government should be preparing, not necessarily the public, for that situation. there is lots of complacency in this country about the relatively low exposure to russian gas that we have. the government immediately ruled out rationing energy but has set out

a strategy to become more energy independent and increase renewables. the cabinet is split over looking at whether to relax planning laws in england to expand onshore wind turbines. the transport secretary says he doesn't favour a vast increase in onshore wind but later said there could be occasions when it makes sense. i think it is better to build significant wind power offshore, i think that is where it performs better, because it tends to be more windy, so that is the direction of travel, when it comes to producing large amounts, but there may be occasions onshore, when a certain amount of wind makes sense. the strategy is likely to set targets for offshore wind and nuclear. the business secretary said onshore wind would need to come with community benefits. the bbc understands ministers have considered cheaper energy bills for those near them. while the strategy will focus on the long—term, ministers are under pressure to help people with soaring bills, now. ione wells, bbc news.

the conservative party has suspended one of its mps, david warburton, following claims about his conduct. sources have told the bbc that three 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. the biggest cooking—oil bottler for uk shops has said it only has four weeks supply of sunflower oil left and that after that it will be tight. ukraine and russia produce most of the world's supply. sunflower oil is used in some ready meals, crisps, peanut butter, mayonnaise and biscuits. food manufacturers are now racing to find alternative ingredients, but costs are going up with demand. our business correspondent 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, sunflower�*s the biggest oil that is used by the uk. so how much supply of it do you have left? so from our perspective of 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. 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 like products. 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 21r/7, ramping up the flow of rapeseed and other oils to make sure shoppers have options. emma simpson, bbc news, erith. officials at the port of dover say today will be busy but that they expect no issues for holidaymakers planning to travel to france. capacity at the port had been reduced due to the suspension of p&0 services. the port has confirmed there is space for those arriving today.

voters in hungary are choosing their next government after an election campaign overshadowed by the war in ukraine. the prime minister, viktor orban, seen in the past as close to russia's president putin, is seeking his fourth term in office. he is facing an alliance of six—opposition parties. the results should be known later tonight. at least six people have died in an early—morning shooting in sacramento, california, the city's police department said on twitter. police said several blocks of a commercial stretch of the downtown area were closed while they investigate. they also say at least nine people have been injured in the shooting. children hurt in the fighting in ukraine have been receiving hospital treatment in poland. one 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 olena,

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. olena's house was completely destroyed over a week ago. 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. olena 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 olena sees almost fully today, two days after surgery. the healing process is perfect, so i hope it will be even better. if olena and her sons had not reached professor rejdak and his team in time, the consequences would have been very serious. 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. olena, 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. 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 olivia 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, 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. who could forget this? yo, taylor, i'm really happy for you. i'mma 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, 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.

let's get the weather now with ben rich. good afternoon. it was an extremely cold starts to an april day. temperatures for some of us first thing this morning in southern england, parts of wales were down below minus seven celsius. but tomorrow morning will be much milder, if damp and breezy, as this weather system works its way in from the west. this front is a warm front. you can see that from the orange semicircles, and as the name suggests, it is introducing warmer or at least milder air. a wedge of mild air for all of us through the next 2a hours. through the rest of today, england and wales tending to turn a bit cloudier with the odd shower. cloud bringing rain across scotland and northern ireland, a strengthening breeze, and that cloudy and rather wet weather sinks its way southwards and eastwards as we go through the night, the breeze will continue to pick up. after a chilly evening across southern parts, temperatures will actually rise through the night, and for monday morning, look at this, a very different feel, 6—ii degrees. but with that, a lot of clouds, some splashes of rain.

there may be a drier slot working southwards before rain returns to northern ireland and western scotland through the afternoon. temperatures on monday much higher than we've been used to of late, so we're looking at values of 11 degrees there for aberdeen, but maybe 15 in london. some parts of the south could get up to around 16 degrees. now, as you move through monday night into tuesday, we see this next weather front pushing down from the north now this time. you can see from the blue triangles this is a cold front, introducing colder air, but at first it looks like that cold air won't make much progress and mild air holding on for most of us. so what we have on tuesday is some bright weather to the south. some showers to rain for northern ireland, northern england and southern scotland, and on the northern edge of that weather system as it engages the cold air, some significant snow over high ground across the northern half of scotland. we could be looking at 10—20 centimeters of snow. that could cause a little bit of disruption, and temperatures here no better than four or five degrees.

but four in aberdeen, ten in glasgow, quite a sharp contrast between that cold air and the milder conditions further south. now through tuesday night into wednesday, this area of low pressure drifts eastwards. the winds will strengthen. we'll see some blustery showers in many places on wednesday. further snow across parts of scotland and then that cold air will try to dig further southwards as we head towards the end of the week.

the headlines: president zelensky says his forces have regained control of all areas around kyiv. there's been international condemnation of what appears to be the systematic killing of ukrainian civilians by retreating moscow forces. there are explosions in the strategic southern port city of odesa on the black sea coast. ukrainian officials say missiles have hit critical infrastructure but there were no casualties. pakistan's parliament is dissolved after prime minister imran khan survives a move to oust him — fresh elections could now be held within weeks. earlier, a vote of no—confidence against mr khan was dissmissed as unconstitutional. opposition leaders hope the supreme court will

overrule the decision. us police say at least six people were killed and nine