this is bbc news. welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm ben boulos. our top stories: 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. at least six people have been killed in a mass shooting in california's state capital, sacramento. police say nine others were injured.

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. elsewhere, 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 images. a morning sky, blackened and burning. ukraine's port city of odesa is the latest target of russian fire.

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's 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 just arrived from kharkiv, on the front line. what happened to your leg? i'm shot, 20 shots. i showed him the images from bucha. they were painfully familiar. in kharkiv, the same. in these pictures there are bodies, he explains. 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. the mayor of odesa, gennadiy truchanov, 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. pakistan's president has dissolved parliament on the advice of the prime minister, imran khan, who survived a move to oust him from power by the opposition. president arif alvi's approval of mr khan's request means fresh elections should be held within 90 days. the pakistani army said it had nothing to do with the latest political developments. at least six people have died in an early—morning shooting in sacramento, california, the city's police department has confirmed. 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. let's return to those strikes in odesa. alexander tolmachev joins me now. he's a local resident who witnessed the explosions from his apartment balcony. i appreciate you speaking to us, it must have been very traumatic to say that. talk us through what happened. well, at about 6am, we heard the air raid alarm. ijust went out well, at about 6am, we heard the air raid alarm. i just went out to the balcony to look out what was going on, and i heard first two strikes,

and actually saw the last one or two strikes. there were about three or four. �* , ., ., , strikes. there were about three or four. �* ,, ., , ., , ., four. and were you able to see what had been damaged _ four. and were you able to see what had been damaged by _ four. and were you able to see what had been damaged by the _ four. and were you able to see what had been damaged by the strikes? i had been damaged by the strikes? well, although i am on the 13th floor, i couldn't see what was exactly hit, and honestly we are not allowed to inform, as a civil person, i'm not allowed to announce it. fit person, i'm not allowed to announce it. _, , ., �* person, i'm not allowed to announce it. , ., �* ., person, i'm not allowed to announce it. of course, we don't want to get an one it. of course, we don't want to get anyone into _ it. of course, we don't want to get anyone into any — it. of course, we don't want to get anyone into any difficulties, - it. of course, we don't want to get anyone into any difficulties, we - anyone into any difficulties, we don't want to put you into that position. can ijust ask don't want to put you into that position. can i just ask what reaction there has been? are people panicking about this? this is the first major assault on odesa, how have people responded? yes. first major assault on odesa, how have people responded? yes, indeed, this is the first — have people responded? yes, indeed, this is the first assault _ have people responded? yes, indeed, this is the first assault on _ have people responded? yes, indeed, this is the first assault on odesa. -

this is the first assault on odesa. well, i suppose people were in shock, especially the people who live nearby, but there is no panic. unfortunately, people are getting used to the military situation, to a tense situation in the region, all over the country, due to the military invasion of the russian federation. so there is no panic. everything is stable. do you think there's a missile strike will prompt some people to leave, or are those who are still in odesa determined that they will not leave? as i said, as a personally from me, i hope it as i said, as a personally from me, i hoe , s, as i said, as a personally from me, | ho i , ., ., , ., as i said, as a personally from me, iho-e , i, i, i hope it is not a sign of invasion, let's say. — i hope it is not a sign of invasion, let's say, complete _ i hope it is not a sign of invasion, let's say, complete assault - i hope it is not a sign of invasion, let's say, complete assault of - i hope it is not a sign of invasion, j let's say, complete assault of the city. the city is ready, we are

solid as a nation, as the citizens of the city, so the city is ready to fight back. of the city, so the city is ready to fight back-— of the city, so the city is ready to fiht back. �* i, i, , fight back. and how well are things runnin in fight back. and how well are things running in the _ fight back. and how well are things running in the city _ fight back. and how well are things running in the city at _ fight back. and how well are things running in the city at the _ fight back. and how well are things running in the city at the moment? j fight back. and how well are things l running in the city at the moment? i mean, how much is day to day life able to continue? are you able to go to the shops, is there food on the shelves, how is it there? certainly, there is some _ shelves, how is it there? certainly, there is some deficits _ shelves, how is it there? certainly, there is some deficits of _ shelves, how is it there? certainly, there is some deficits of some - there is some deficits of some products, but the main products in the shops, regarding medicines, everything is available, almost all infrastructure is working. so we, as the citizens, are more or less satisfied. taking into consideration the situation in the country. qm.

the situation in the country. 0k, alexander. _ the situation in the country. 0k, alexander, thank _ the situation in the country. 0k, alexander, thank you _ the situation in the country. 0k, alexander, thank you very much for speaking to us, alexander tolmachev speaking to us, alexander tolmachev speaking to us from odesa, thank you. more now on the shooting in sacramento, california. police say at least six people have been killed in a mass shooting there. nine others have been injured. we had officers in the area that heard shots fired and responded to the area. they found a very large crowd here, and they also found that we had a number of people that were shot in the area. those officers, we know, rendered aid to our victims and called for additional assistance from outside agencies, as well as a medical responders from the local fire department here. so the scene behind me is where this happened, and right now we do not have a suspect in custody on this, and we're asking for the public�*s help. again, this is a really tragic, unfortunate situation. let's speak to david willis in los angeles.

david, what more do we know at this stage about what happened? weill. david, what more do we know at this stage about what happened? well, the latest figures. — stage about what happened? well, the latest figures. a _ stage about what happened? well, the latest figures, a total— stage about what happened? well, the latest figures, a total of _ stage about what happened? well, the latest figures, a total of six _ stage about what happened? well, the latest figures, a total of six dead, - latest figures, a total of six dead, ten injured, according to reports on the ground there from the state capital, sacramento. this is a downtown area, littered with bars and restaurants, it is close to an arena called the golden i centre, where basketball games and concerts take place, and the police say that office is located at least 15 shooting victims, including six who are deceased. as you heard in that interview a short while ago, the police have no suspects in custody, and they are appealing for any witnesses to come forward, anybody who might have a video. there is some unverified video circulating on

social media which shows a group of people, women and men, involved in a scuffle on the street corner, whereupon gun shots could be heard, and there are unconfirmed reports, ben, that somebody opened fire, firing at least 50 shots from an automatic rifle. as i say, those reports are currently unverified. and, david, just to reiterate, then, so as things stand, no—one has been arrested, whoever has done this is presumably still at large, and what our police are advising, presumably to stay away from the area? yes. our police are advising, presumably to stay away from the area? yes, and i think the timing _ to stay away from the area? yes, and i think the timing given _ to stay away from the area? yes, and i think the timing given for _ to stay away from the area? yes, and i think the timing given for this - to stay away from the area? yes, and i think the timing given for this is - i think the timing given for this is significant. about two o'clock in the morning, a time when bars and restaurants in california close, so obviously a lot of people outside those establishments, milling around. but nonetheless, this is a mass shooting, very unusual in this particular part of the world, in this way, and indeed the local

mayor, darrell steinberg, has tweeted, rising gun violence is the scourge of our city, state and nation, i support all actions to reduce it. and of course president biden has made very attempts to increase the controls on the availability of firearms in this country. nonetheless, 23 million firearms were purchased in this country in the year 2020 alone, ben. 0k, thank you very much for the context, david willis, our correspondent in los angeles. 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. secunder kermani is in islamabad.

as the background to this, how did this attempt to oust the prime ministerfail? it this attempt to oust the prime minister fail?— this attempt to oust the prime minister fail? it is a complicated sto , so minister fail? it is a complicated story. so bear— minister fail? it is a complicated story, so bear with _ minister fail? it is a complicated story, so bear with me, - minister fail? it is a complicated story, so bear with me, but- minister fail? it is a complicated story, so bear with me, but it i story, so bear with me, but it begins when imran khan was elected backin begins when imran khan was elected back in 2018, when he became prime minister, promising to clamp down on corruption and create a new, more equal society. corruption and create a new, more equalsociety. he corruption and create a new, more equal society. he has had some major achievements during his tenure, expanding the welfare system, for example, but there has also been rising resentment at the rising cost of living here in pakistan, which has caused real problems for many people who are worse off. there is another issue that is government has faced, in that he is widely regarded as having come to power with the support of the army, but late last year a rift developed between them. the opposition decided this was their chance to launch an attack against him, and they went for a

vote of no confidence in parliament, after having leered away a number of imran khan's coalition partners. that vote of no confidence was meant to take place this morning, it was widely expected that imran khan would lose that vote, but at the last minute of the deputy speaker of the house rule that the motion was unconstitutional, and that is because, in the past week or so, imran khan has been alleging that the move to oust him from office is being orchestrated by the united states in cahoots with local opponents. the deputy speaker announced it was unconstitutional and would not go ahead, and imran khan requested that the parliament to be dissolved and said new elections would be taking place within the coming months. there is one potential final twist in this political drama, and that is that the supreme court of pakistan is

looking at whether that decision not to allow the vote of confidence to take place should be allowed to remain valid or not, whether it was a legitimate decision or not. we are expecting a decision by the supreme court tomorrow. qm. expecting a decision by the supreme court tomorrow.— expecting a decision by the supreme court tomorrow. ok, so presumably, secunder, until— court tomorrow. ok, so presumably, secunder, until we _ court tomorrow. ok, so presumably, secunder, untilwe hear— court tomorrow. ok, so presumably, secunder, until we hear the - court tomorrow. ok, so presumably, secunder, untilwe hear the result i secunder, until we hear the result of that, we don't know whether elections will be going ahead or not. .. , ., ., elections will be going ahead or not. , ., ., ., , not. exactly. imran khan wants there to be new elections, _ not. exactly. imran khan wants there to be new elections, he _ not. exactly. imran khan wants there to be new elections, he is _ not. exactly. imran khan wants there to be new elections, he is hoping - to be new elections, he is hoping the supreme court says that this vote of no confidence, that the decision not to allow the vote of no confidence was legitimate and valid. they know that they have, at the moment, on the face of it, a majority in parliament, the opposition, so they are hoping the the vote of no confidence is reinstated and they can oust imran khan without having fresh elections. either way,

khan without having fresh elections. eitherway, it khan without having fresh elections. either way, it seems this country is headed for a period of deep political instability.- political instability. quite a tanle, political instability. quite a tangle, thank— political instability. quite a tangle, thank you - political instability. quite a tangle, thank you very - political instability. quite a l tangle, thank you very much political instability. quite a - tangle, thank you very much for making sense of it all for us, secunder kermani in islamabad. sport, and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's louisa. celtic have taken a giant step towards retaining the scottish premiership title with victory over rangers at ibrox. they are now six points clear of their rivals with six games remaining. joe lynskey was watching. in glasgow and in football, there are few days more intense, an old firm rivalry is renewed by a top two who was so close than the return of away fans, but the 700 from celtic were soon engulfed by noise. rangers won the league last year in silence, now things are different. celtic came here with a lead at the top, unbeaten since september. it took

just four minutes for them to draw level, and then they sensed a chance. . ., . a , level, and then they sensed a chance. . ., ., , m chance. cameron carter-vickers! for the team on — chance. cameron carter-vickers! for the team on the _ chance. cameron carter-vickers! for the team on the coach, _ chance. cameron carter-vickers! for the team on the coach, a _ chance. cameron carter-vickers! for the team on the coach, a 2-1- chance. cameron carter-vickers! for the team on the coach, a 2-1 lead i the team on the coach, a 2—1 lead was precious, then things got ugly. joe hart came out for the second half and found glass in his goal. shards of broken bottles would need a full sweep to remove. they eventually restarted, and this late save kept celtic�*s lead in the match, six points clear at the top. to keep their cool in this intensity mayjust to keep their cool in this intensity may just win them to keep their cool in this intensity mayjust win them the lead. joe lynskey, bbc news. west ham moved up to fifth in the premier league and deepened everton's relegation worries with a 2—1 win at the london stadium. west ham took the lead through aaron cresswell�*s free kick in the first half. everton responded brighly and levelled when mason holgate fired in to give frank lampard's side hope. but they were back on level terms for just five minutes, michail antonio's shot was blocked by pickford, but the rebound fell to jarrod bowen. everton ended with ten men

after captain michael keane was sent off for a second bookable offence. they remain 17th, just three points clear of the relegation zone. arsenal have gone back to the top of the women's super league after a comfortable 5—0 win at struggling leicester city. vivianne miedema scored twice as arsenal netted four second half goals to move above chelsea, who host reading later. arsenal are now two points clear of their london rivals. leicester remain 11th in the table. elsewhere, manchester united beat brighton 1—0, and aston villa beat tottenham by the same score. after three successive defeats, 0xford have returned to winning ways in the men's boat race. they beat cambridge with ease on the river thames, with a lead of around six seconds. 0xford were favourites going into the race and led from early on. cambridge were never able to force their way back into it. a better afternoon for cambridge's women. they continued their domination with a victory in record time.

the light blue boat, which had won for the last four years, was always in control of this one too. england are well on their way to a convincing victory over italy in the women's six nations. the roses have run in eight tries so far in parma and are leading a8—0 midway through the second half. lydia thompson scored the best of the bunch so far with her second and england's sixth try of the game. it looks like the championship will come down to england's final—round showdown with france which has sold out more than a month in advance. england's cricketers have failed in their bid to retain the women's world cup title, beaten by an outstanding australia side in christchurch. chasing a mammoth 357 to win, england lost wickets too regularly to ever be in contention, and only nat sciver batted with any real authority. she was 148 not out when she ran out of partners. australia winning by 71 runs. england actually won the toss, and captain heather knight

was forced to defend her decision to field first. sta rts starts at the ground, they are strongly in favour of chasing, and i felt like if we could get a few wickets, it gave us the best chance of winning, and it did do a little bit in the first ten, if we took a couple of early wickets, it would be a different story. 0bviously couple of early wickets, it would be a different story. obviously we started well, we had a platform for a big middle and back end, so you canjudge the decision in hindsight, but i wouldn't change what i did. that's all the sport for now. back to you. the mp david warburton, who's facing accusations of sexual harassment and drug abuse, has been admitted to a psychiatric hospital with severe shock and stress. mr warburton has been suspended

by the conservative party, pending an investigation into the claims reported by the sunday times. the somerton and frome mp says he has "enormous amounts of defence". the government has ruled out the idea of rationing energy supplies, as several european countries begin activating emergency plans to deal with potential shortages. labour says it does not support rationing but ministers should consider it. proposals are expected later this week about how to move the uk away from russian gas and oil. 0ur political correspondent ione wells has more. every little counts, every cup of tea made, every switch on. david blythen 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 in public, for that situation. there is lots of complacency in this country about the relatively lower exposure to russian gas that we have. the government immediately ruled out rationing energy but will 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 windier, 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. but while the strategy will focus on the long—term, ministers are under pressure to help people with soaring bills now. ione wells, bbc news. officials at the port of dover say today will be busy but that they expect no issues for holiday—makers 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. the company that bottles most of the cooking oil for uk shops says it only has four weeks supply of sunflower oil left. ukraine and russia produce most of the world's supply. it's used in some ready meals, crisps, peanut butter, mayonnaise and biscuits. food manufacturers are now racing to find alternatives, 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. wow. so how much supply of it do you have left? so from our perspective, 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 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 21t/7, ramping up the flow of rapeseed and other oils to make sure shoppers have options. emma simpson, bbc news, erith. now let's pause to take a look at the weather with ben rich. good afternoon. it was an extremely cold start 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 21t 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—11 degrees. but with that, a lot of cloud, 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 we 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 too, 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.

this is bbc world news. 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 0desa 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. 0pposition leaders hope the supreme court will overrule the decision. us police say at least six people were killed and nine others were injured in a mass shooting in california's state capital, sacramento. video on social media shows people running through the streets as rapid gunfire rings out.

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