welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines: growing alarm about alleged russian war crimes in ukraine — the un calls for an independent investigation. it is hard to understand human behaviour like this but what makes it really tragic is that there are so many accounts of it happening where russian soldiers have been and are now in ukraine. we'll have the latest reaction to those allegations. also in the programme: pakistan's parliament is dissolved after prime minister imran khan survives a move to oust him ahead of new elections. china sees its highest number of covid cases since the start of the pandemic,

despite tough lockdowns. and the music industry prepares for the grammy awards — can k—pop�*s bts win over a sceptical american audience? live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. hello and welcome to the programme. it's 6am in singapore and 6pm in new york, where the un secretary general has called for an independent investigation into the deaths of civilians in ukraine after russia was accused of war crimes. ukrainian forces have reported finding hundreds of bodies as they've re—entered areas close to the capital kyiv and mass graves in the town of bucha. it is here and in the surrounding areas that the bbc has filmed bodies of civilians in the streets —

some with their hands and feet bound — who had been shot. russia says images of civilian killings are "fake". our correspondentjeremy bowen is in kyiv, and a warning — you may find some images in his report distressing. the last bleak kick of winter froze any euphoria left from ukraine's successful defence of kyiv. the war is switching to the east. both sides will learn lessons. the russians left their armour vulnerable to drone, artillery and fast—moving infantry with anti—tank weapons. you can see the results scattered across the roads and villages around the capital. this was a russian supply column on the main highway that runs west from kyiv. the lorries were carrying ammunition. artillery shells are scattered across the road. russia will find logistics less challenging in the east,

closer to its border. a few minutes further down the road in the village of kalynivka were a few civilians, a rare sight, so we stopped. irina kostenko wanted to talk about march 10th, the day the russians killed her only son, alexei. the two lived here, just 500 metres from his job changing tyres at a garage. irina led the way to her son's bedroom, damaged by shelling weeks after he was killed. we were the first outsiders she'd seen since the russians left on friday, and the story of alexei's death spilt out. translation: the pain is so bad. now i'm all alone. my son was young, 27 years old.

he wanted to stay alive. alexei was born when iryna was 18. her life has not been easy, but she dreads the future without him. she said he'd served in the army, but that day he was going to work at the garage. after they killed her son, she fled and the russian soldiers took over the house, and judging by the rubbish they left behind them, they were having a good time. loads of bottles of vodka, jack daniels, bell's whisky, beer, you name it. it is hard to understand human behaviour like this, but what makes it really tragic is that there are so many accounts of it happening where russian soldiers have been and are now in ukraine. she sobs.

on her own, iryna buried alexei in the garden after she'd brought his body back from the road in a wheelbarrow. translation: i covered the grave with a blanket| to protect it from the dogs. he isn't in a coffin. i had to roll him in a carpet. did you say to the russians, "why did you kill my son?" translation: they were in jeeps with guns. - they killed him and fled. how can i talk to such morons? i want them dead. i want their children to lie like my son. close to where alexei was killed opposite the house, ukrainian troops were salvaging russian ammunition to use it against them. they'll need it if russia launches a spring offensive in the east. five weeks of war, but it only takes

a moment to destroy a family. iryna found another picture. iryna found another picture of her son. this is my love, she said, my sweetheart. and earlierjeremy gave us this update on what he's been witnessing in kyiv. there's a pattern of behaviour, lots of stories like that of potential war crimes, now the thing is, how do you prove there is a war crime? there has to be a process of redress. the best recent example was after the wars of former yugoslavia — now that took years to accumulate the evidence that got the main perpetrators into jail, and it was authorised by the un security council, where the russians, of course, are veto—wielding permanent members.

people are already accumulating evidence, even after five weeks, i've been approached by people involved in that, asking me to try to preserve what we have in terms of pictures and videos. but moving from doing that, collecting evidence, tojustice for victims is another matter. a reminder that you can keep across all the developments on the russia—ukraine war by going to our website. our live page is updated with all the latest reports from our correspondents on the ground. that's all on the bbc news website — or download the bbc news app. in other news for you today, pakistan's president has dissolved parliament in a step towards early elections. it follows an attempt to remove the prime minister imran khan from office. that failed when parliament's deputy speaker refused to hold a vote of no confidence that mr khan was expected to lose. imran khan claims the united states

is leading a conspiracy to remove him because of his foreign policy decisions. opposition politicians have ridiculed the allegation. here's our correspondent secunder kermani in islamabad. it was widely expected that imran khan would lose that vote of no confidence, but at the last minute, the deputy speaker of the house ruled that the motion was unconstitutional. and that's because in the past week or so, imran khan has been alleging that the move to to oust him from office is actually being orchestrated by the united states in cahoots with his local pakistani domestic political opponents. and so the deputy speaker ruled that it was unconstitutional and it wouldn't go ahead. instead, imran khan requested that the parliament be dissolved and said that new elections would be taking place within the coming months. there is one potential final twist in this political drama that could still come, and that's 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. for more on this i am joined now by madiha afzal, a fellow in the foreign policy programme at brookings, an expert on pakistan's politics and policy. it's great to have you on the programme, thank you forjoining us. i want to start by asking were you surprised by that sudden turn of events with the speaker of parliament, the deputy speaker, saying there would not be a no—confidence vote? saying there would not be a no-confidence vote? ~ , ,., , , no-confidence vote? absolutely. this was an unprecedented, _ no-confidence vote? absolutely. this was an unprecedented, stunning - was an unprecedented, stunning development, extraordinary really, and pakistan had been in a political

crisis commit this ongoing crisis for weeks but it was supposed to come to some sort of resolution today with the no—confidence vote and instead it has plunged pakistan, this decision by the deputy speaker and the decision to dissolve the assembly, has plunged pakistan into a constitutional crisis and now all eyes are on the supreme court to see what happens tomorrow.— what happens tomorrow. what's your sense of whether _ what happens tomorrow. what's your sense of whether imran _ what happens tomorrow. what's your sense of whether imran khan - what happens tomorrow. what's your sense of whether imran khan can - sense of whether imran khan can survive this? it sense of whether imran khan can survive this?— sense of whether imran khan can survive this? it comes down to the su - reme survive this? it comes down to the supreme court's — survive this? it comes down to the supreme court's decision. - survive this? it comes down to the supreme court's decision. imran l survive this? it comes down to the - supreme court's decision. imran khan cannot survive this either white so even the decision right now to dissolve the assembly, even if that goes ahead in the supreme court allows it to go ahead, it means new elections will be called within 90 days and if new elections are called its days and if new elections are called it's unclear whether imran khan would be able to come into power

even without the military backing but if the supreme court declares the deputy speaker's decision to throw out the no vote as unconstitutional, which legal scholars are saying it should, and then go so far as to say that the assembly is not dissolved and then goes as far as to say that the no—confidence vote should go ahead as it was planned to fork today, thenif as it was planned to fork today, then if the no—confidence vote goes ahead the parliament will vote out imran khan and what was expected to happen, the united opposition will come into power with their candidate for prime minister. either way imran khan's time in power is limited. i khan's time in power is limited. i want to touch on something you mentioned in terms of the military. it's fair to say that the military was widely seen as a key factor in imran khan coming to power. what is their role in all this? the

underlying _ their role in all this? the underlying factor - their role in all this? tue: underlying factor between their role in all this? tte: underlying factor between the opposition�*s no—confidence vote being filed and looking set to succeed was that imran khan had lost the support of pakistan's military, something he had had all along, and there were a number of factors that are accounted for that, including a tussle with the military and the appointment of the dg isi last fall, differences with the military on foreign policy and also differences with the military and the opposition parties as well as members of his own party and the coalition on the governance of the punjab province, which is the largest and most populous province in pakistan. madiha afzal, thank you for keeping us up to date on that story here on bbc news.

shanghai is struggling to contain an outbreak of covid, as china records the most cases in a single day since the early weeks of the pandemic. on sunday across the country there were at least 12,000 new infections. shanghai accounted for the bulk of these new positive cases. china's overall case numbers remain low by international standards as it pursues a zero covid strategy. much of shanghai remains under covid lockdown and the authorities have ordered its 26 million residents to undergo covid—i9. to undergo covid—i9 tests. hospitals are reportedly on the verge of being overwhelmed. some other more top stories this hour: hungary's prime minister viktor 0rban has declared victory in sunday's parliamentary election, where his ruling fidesz party is on track for its fourth successive landslide since he came to power in 2010. partial results show the opposition — which has united behind a single leader, peter marki—zay, in an attempt to unseat the nationalist prime minister — has just over 30% of the vote.

in sri lanka the entire cabinet, other than the president and the prime minister, has resigned. the announcement was made following a late—night meeting, as protests continue against the government's handling of a severe economic crisis. several protests against the government's handling of the crisis have been held in defiance of a curfew imposed on saturday. 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. in the last few minutes, police said they are seeking multiple shooters involved in the attack. investigators are working to identify those responsible for this horrific act. we know that a large fight took place just prior to the shootings and we have confirmed that

there are multiple shooters. investigators are currently interviewing numerous witnesses. several hundred people in singapore have rallied against the death penalty in a rare public protest. the protest follows the hanging last week of a drug trafficker. others are on death row. the un and rights groups have asked the authorities in singapore to show leniency, but the government says tough sentences help keep the city safe. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme... the music industry's biggest night, the grammys, gets under way in the next couple of hours.

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ukraine's president, volodomyr zelensky, says russia is committing genocide, as its forces withdraw from towns near kyiv. pakistan's parliament has been dissolved after the prime minister imran khan survives a move to oust him ahead of new elections. in other stories for you today... across europe some countries are considering energy rationing because of the pressure on gas supplies due to the war in ukraine. but britain's transport secretary has said the uk will not be rationing energy. days after energy bills increased significantly for households in england scotland and wales, a new energy strategy is due to be released — as our political correspondent iain watson reports. with fuel costs soaring, some people are already rationing their own energy use. david is on universal credit, and, at his flat near sheffield, he has stopped using gas. he now relies on relatively cheaper

electricity for washing and heating. we're living in the 21st century and ifeel as if i am going backwards and doing things that, you know, are probably what you would hear people did in the olden days. the government has not ruled out more help for fuel bills in the coming months, but labour and some conservative mps have been turning the heat up on the government now. this week the prime minister focused on what the government would do in the longer term. it was almost a month ago when the prime minister promised us a new energy strategy within days, but the details and the financing have proved tricky. some of his own cabinet colleagues were worried that any moves to make it easier to build new onshore wind farms in england, could prove politically unpopular, so i am told any specific targets for increasing wind production onshore could be dropped.

the government is considering as an incentive to lowerfuel the government is considering as an incentive to lower fuel bills if people agree to have wind farms in their area but the core strategy will be on extending offshore wind and nuclear capacity. by and large, 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. some european countries are drawing up some european countries are drawing up plans in case russia cuts off fuel supplies. ministers hear it said that was an extreme option but didn't appear to rule it out. we should be _ didn't appear to rule it out. - should be preparing for that situation so emergency plans have to be part of it but the main thing is, has the government got an energy plan for the here and now? but has the government got an energy plan for the here and now?- plan for the here and now? but in subsequent— plan for the here and now? but in subsequent interview _

plan for the here and now? but in subsequent interview he - plan for the here and now? but in subsequent interview he said - subsequent interview he said rationing would be a disaster. the government is setting out its plans for the future but labour and conservative mps want more about what will be done about the cost. it's being reported that a fixed penalty notice fines are being issued over coronavirus breaches in government headquarters. the daily telegraph is reporting that one of the people find is a former government ethics official. uk viewers can get more on that in the newspaper review in a few minutes. australia's women cricketers have won the sport's world cup — beating england in christchurch, new zealand. australia led by alyssa healy scored 356 for five — a record total — which proved beyond their opponents, despite a valiant effort by england's nat siever. the victory continued australia's dominance of the 50—over format with their seventh title

from 12 world cups. it's pride. i'm so proud of this group to be able to... i use the word reinvent, but whatever word you want to use, we came together as a squad and said, this is how we want to play, play our cricket from now on and we're going to be the best team in the world. the annual grammy awards are under way in las vegas. the event starts with a pre—show before the main event later. teenage star 0livia rodrigo could achieve a clean sweep after being nominated in the main four categories. but boy band bts only has one nomination and it's been a bad year for country artists too. let's speak to kristin hall, a musicjournalist with the associated press. she joins us from nashville, tennessee. let's start with that, shall we? why so few nominations for country artists this year?

i think there is an ebb and flow to country music's reach each year, some years like when paisley musgrave won album of the year you saw it dominate and then there are others like this year where there are very few country artists. 0ne are very few country artists. one thing that's important to note is the grammys like a lot of entertainment awards shows have faced criticisms over the years about lack of diversity in their nominees and so in recent years the recording academy has made changes, revamped their rules, added more voters and you will see an expansion to ten nominees in those top four categories this year. jimmy allen, who has broken through a lot, he is the only country anomaly in that top four but that may have more to do with the strength of other album releases and songs this year.

what about 0livia rodrigo — how do you see her doing? is that clean sweep possible? olivia had an amazing _ is that clean sweep possible? olivia had an amazing debut _ is that clean sweep possible? olivia had an amazing debut year - is that clean sweep possible? oi —. had an amazing debut year and i think she is a lock for the new artist of the year category but she faces a lot of stiff competition and these top categories include billie eilish, lady gaga, tony bennett, who all have a lot of grammy trophies among them so drivers license was a hugely popular song and if she does sweep it up top fort she will be in a small category of people who have done that including billie eilish. what about the south korean cake pop superstars, many in this part of the world would look great and say that, bts? they have only been nominated for one award, was that surprise you?

for one award, was that surprise ou? ~ , ., , for one award, was that surprise ou? ~ , . , ., ., you? when the grammy award nominations _ you? when the grammy award nominations came _ you? when the grammy award nominations came out - you? when the grammy award nominations came out that - you? when the grammy award| nominations came out that was you? when the grammy award i nominations came out that was a you? when the grammy award - nominations came out that was a huge surprise. but was a huge global smash hit so it is surprising why you didn't get into one of those top categories. they are incredible performers and even earlier singles like dynamite introduced them to so many american fans. it could be that bts is considered a boy band of bubble gum pop but they clearly have a big influence on pop music, on global music and i think the recording academy will eventually start to recognise that. find recording academy will eventually start to recognise that.— recording academy will eventually start to recognise that. and i have to ask in terms _ start to recognise that. and i have to ask in terms of _ start to recognise that. and i have to ask in terms of personal- to ask in terms of personal favourites, bts is up there for many people in this part of the world but what about for you? t people in this part of the world but what about for you?— people in this part of the world but what about for you? i spend a lot of m time what about for you? i spend a lot of my time writing _ what about for you? i spend a lot of my time writing about _ what about for you? i spend a lot of my time writing about country - what about for you? i spend a lot of| my time writing about country music and i think nicky guyton had an incredible album she put out this year, remember her name, and i hope

she gets recognised for that. that is fantastic. _ she gets recognised for that. that is fantastic, we _ she gets recognised for that. that is fantastic, we will _ she gets recognised for that. that is fantastic, we will find it in the next couple of hours, all the excitement still to come. thank you forjoining us on the programme, christin hall, musicjournalist from the associated press. i want to remind you of our main news story. president zelensky has a retreating russian soldiers of committing genocide in ukrainian towns outside kyiv. he told cbs that moscow was attempting to eliminate an entire people and described the war as the torture of an entire nation. we will have more on that later and you can always get to the bbc website or download the bbc news app bbc website or download the bbc news app for more details. that is good

for me and the team. stay with bbc news for the latest global headlines. it looks like being a milder start to the new week but there will be rain around us well and most of the rain is on these two weather fronts here that are moving slowly south and we have a warmer set to bring in cloud but we start frost free in the morning with temperatures ranging from six in the south—east to ten in scotland and northern ireland. we still have the rain moving south across england and wales and that should move away leaving some damp, drizzly weather for western hills and coast but a lot of cloud and some rain from northern ireland in western scotland but eastern scotland should be dry and a bit brighter as well but on the whole, cloudy skies

on monday, breezy but a milder day and temperatures between 12 and ia celsius 0n between 12 and ia celsius those weather fronts thi: where 0n those weather fronts this is where we have that zone of thickness cloud and rain, for northern ireland and northern england but most of the wet weather is in scotland, is that rain marches into colder air, you will see snow falling in highland and grampian and taos note levels might drop on tuesday night. during the day it might feel cold but the central belt is much milder and with sunshine across parts of england and wales temperatures could be up to 15 degrees again. on wednesday we have this area of low pressure at sliding these weather fronts at least, to these weather fronts at least, to the north of that we have cold air coming in the far north of scotland, some more sleet and snow but most of scotland seeing rain, northern ireland, england and wales seeing blustery bans of showers getting

blown in and out west to south westerly winds and some sunshine but temperatures are not quite as high on wednesday and still that stubborn cold air in the far north of scotland. could be more snow overnight into thursday. the next weather system is on a more southerly track that will bring a damp weather for parts of england and wales and allows colder air to dig down from the north, still some uncertainty but later in the week it looks like turning colder and we have the potential for more sleet and snow in the south.

hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are parliamentary journalist tony grew, and journalist and broadcaster caroline frost. tomorrow's front pages. and all the papers pretty much lead with the news of atrocities in ukraine.