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. russia denies causing civilian deaths — but in one town after another — there are testimonies about indiscriminate killing:

the pain is so bad. now i am all alone. several countries call for more sanctions on russia — and more military help for ukraine. also in the programme: police in california are searching for multiple suspects they believe carried out a deadly mass shooting in the state capital. pakistan's parliament is dissolved after prime minister imran khan survives a move to oust him ahead of new elections. and the music industry's biggest night, the grammys is getting under way in las vegas.

hello and welcome to the programme — 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. iryna kostenko wanted to talk about march 10th, the day the russians killed her only son, alexei. the two lived here, just 500 metres from hisjob 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 of her son. this is my love, she said, my sweetheart. police have said that "multiple shooters" were involved in an attack that left six

people dead and ten others wounded in the californian state capital. sacramento�*s mayor, darrell steinberg, said more needed to be done to tackle a senseless epidemic of gun violence. gareth barlow reports. sacramento, california. america's latest mass shooting shattering lives as it shattered the night. in an area packed with restaurants and bars, rapid gun fire rang out in the early hours of sunday morning. 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. videos on social media appear to show the altercation taking place moments before the shooting, which occurred two blocks away from the state capital.

as dawn broke over sacramento on sunday, so did the stories from witnesses and families of the victims. i heard gunshots and then after the gunshots i had people diving down on the ground and falling down and the next thing i know, someone fell in front of my truck. i was trying to get out of the way and by the time they got, up i guess i got hit. my truck got hit. it's not fair, it is not right for stop ijust i want to know something, that's alt _ i just want them - to tell me something. tell our family something so we can do what we - do to try to move on a little bit. - the mayor of sacramento says thoughts and prayers for those affected were appropriate, but not nearly enough. but with the police still searching for answers and the perpetrators, for the moment, thoughts and prayers are the only solace for heartbroken families. let's take a look at some other stories

in the headlines. sources have told the bbc that fines have been issued over the so called partygate scandal at downing street. a number of people who attended a gathering the night before prince philip's funeral in april last year, have been told that there are reasonable grounds to believe they broke the law. hungary's prime minister viktor orban 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 markizay, in an attempt to unseat the nationalist prime minister — has just over 30 % of the vote. in sri lanka the entire, other than the president and the prime, 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. 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 in some cases, but the government says tough sentences help keep the city safe. the third report from the un's inter—governmental panel on climate change is due to be published on monday — but negotiations have been hampered by the differing financial needs of the nearly 200 nations involved. discussions have centred on how countries can become carbon neutral by the middle of the century, and come as energy prices soar. 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. 0pposition 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 is because, in the past week or so, imran khan has been alleging that the move 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 would not go ahead. instead, imran khan requested that the

parliament be resolved and say that new elections will be taking place within the coming months. there is one potentialfinal twist in this little drama that could still come 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. madiha afzal is a fellow in the foreign policy programme at brookings — she gave me her reaction to sunday's events. this was an unprecedented, stunning development. extraordinary, really. and, you know, pakistan had been in a political 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, then the decision to devolve the assembly afterwards, has plunged pakistan into a constitutional crisis and now all eyes are on the supreme court to see what happens tomorrow. what is your sense of whether imran khan can survive this? ~ , ., whether imran khan can survive this? ~ ~ ., whether imran khan can survive this? ~ ., , this? well, you know, it comes down to the — this? well, you know, it comes down to the supreme - this? well, you know, it comes down to the supreme court's . down to the supreme court's decision. imran khan can survive this either way so even the decision right now to dissolve the assembly, right, evenif dissolve the assembly, right, even if that goes ahead, even if the supreme court allows it to go ahead it means that new elections will be called within 90 days and if new elections are called it is unclear, really, whether imran khan will be able to come into power especially without the military�*s backing but, if the supreme court declares the deputy speaker's decision to

throw out the no—confidence vote as unconstitutional, which legal scholars are saying it should, and then go so far as to say the assembly is not dissolved, right, and then goes as far as to say that the no—confidence vote should go ahead as it was planned too far today, then, if the no—confidence vote goes ahead, the parliament will vote out khan and what was expected to happen, the united opposition will come into power with their candidate for prime minister. i think either way his time in power is limited. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme. the music industry's biggest night of the year — the grammy awards are under way in las vegas

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this is newsday on the bbc. in singapore. 0ur headlines: ukraine's president, volodomyr zelensky, says russia is committing genocide, as its forces withdraw from towns near kyiv. police in california are searching for multiple suspects — they believe carried out a deadly mass shooting in the state capital. 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. keeping covid cases as low as possible requires lots of rules and regulations and that's particularly the case in hong kong, which has some of the strictest

remaining restrictions in the world. but one hong kong resident has seen these ever changing rules as an opportunity, and it's made him an unlikely hero to many in the city. his work on social media has seen him regarded as the most reliable source of pandemic news in hong kong. his name is aaron busch and hejoins me now. it is wonderful to have you on the programme. thanks so much forjoining us. i don't know how many in our audience, certainly out here in asia they will know you very well but give us a sense of how you started in terms of sharing news about hong kong's covid situation online.— situation online. well, i started _ situation online. well, i started in _ situation online. well, i started in january - situation online. well, i started in january 2020 | situation online. well, i - started in january 2020 when started in january 2020 when obviously the pandemic started. i started writing down the

numbers from china, thinking, 0k, numbers from china, thinking, ok, that is straight across the border. maybe i need to see this thing is going to progress any more. then in late january the numbers from hong kong started and so it was about march that year i thought to myself, i need to write this down somewhere on social media. i had no follow so didn't really matter so ijust really matter so i just decided, really matter so ijust decided, 0k, really matter so ijust decided, ok, i really matter so ijust decided, 0k, iwill really matter so ijust decided, ok, i will put it on my twitter account with 300 followers, most of them being bots. and it sort of snowballed from there with and i started to fight in the numbers, the notes, full of the press conferences with the chp here. everyday they would have a press conference and i would write down the numbers and put them up on my twitter account. slowly people started to follow me asking questions and that sort of snowballed from there. why do you think there has been such interest in, you know, the sort of service, if we can call it that, that we provide on twitter for people interested in the hong kong covid

situation?— in the hong kong covid situation? ~ , ., situation? well, there is one thin . . situation? well, there is one thing- in _ situation? well, there is one thing- in hong _ situation? well, there is one thing. in hong kong, - situation? well, there is one thing. in hong kong, 9996. situation? well, there is one thing. in hong kong, 99% of| situation? well, there is one - thing. in hong kong, 99% of the news is in chinese so there is not a lot of english mileage news so for the people who can speak chinese here in hong kong i started translating the local news as well as writing up the numbers and it is sometimes very hard to find the news that people are looking for. whether they are at work or play a school, that it all in one place on twitter they can just go through my twitter and find the information they want and it is usually quite formulaic and makes life easier for everybody involved. how long do ou see everybody involved. how long do you see yourself, _ everybody involved. how long do you see yourself, you _ everybody involved. how long do you see yourself, you know, - you see yourself, you know, continuing with this? do you have a sort of end date in mind? i have a sort of end date in mind? . , have a sort of end date in mind? ., , ., , mind? i have been doing this every day _ mind? i have been doing this every day since _ mind? i have been doing this every day since the _ mind? i have been doing thisj every day since the pandemic started. i think i'm up to my 750 a day in a row. i'm going to do my 398 chp press conference coverage this afternoon. people have been asking me sincejuly 2020, what

are you going to do and this finishes. 0bviously nothing has changed very much since then and with china's zero infection policy not looking that changing anytime soon i don't have an end date. basically to keep doing it everyday until it does not need to be done any more. �* , ., or does not need to be done any more. �* , ., a ., does not need to be done any more. �* , ., ., more. best of luck to you in endeavours. _ more. best of luck to you in endeavours. thanks - more. best of luck to you in endeavours. thanks so - more. best of luck to you in l endeavours. thanks so much more. best of luck to you in - endeavours. thanks so much for joining us on the programme. thanks so much forjoining us on the programme. the american film and television actress, estelle harris, has died at the age of ninety— three. she was best known for playing estelle constanza in the 90s sitcom �*seinfeld', a character loved by fans for her absurd insults. she also voiced mrs potato head in three of the toy story films. the grammys is the biggest night of the year for the music business and for the first time ever they are being staged at the mgm grand garden hotel in las vegas. billie eilish, lady gaga, 0livia rodrigo and justin bieber arejust some of the stars performing at the ceremony.

0ur north america correspondent, peter bowes is keeping an eye on the grammys and hejoins me now from los angeles. we spokejust a we spoke just a while ago, peter. as much change in terms of any performances that you have caught your eye or any awards that have so far been delivered?— awards that have so far been delivered? ~ ., �* ., delivered? well, we don't have any awards _ delivered? well, we don't have any awards on _ delivered? well, we don't have any awards on the _ delivered? well, we don't have any awards on the main - delivered? well, we don't have i any awards on the main ceremony which it really has got under way a few moments ago but we have had a spectacular by 0livia roderigo. she is the 19—year—old from california who was catapulted to stardom just last year through her debut album and her single drivers license and that is their song she performed, drivers license. it really was a fantastic performance, great way to kick off the show. we also heard from bruno mars. but the show

has got off to a great start, emphasising performances. there will be relatively few actual awards handed out. we will get the big ones later in the night but wejust had the big ones later in the night but we just had a preshow streamed online but was not televised and most of those awards were announced and i can tell you, the thing i put in my ears to the three awards for foo fighters. foo fighters tragically lost their drummer just over a week ago. but they were in three categories, best rock song, album and performance. and i think it is very likely that there will be a taylor hawkins tribute later on in the show.— a taylor hawkins tribute later on in the show. indeed, and as ou on in the show. indeed, and as you point _ on in the show. indeed, and as you point out. _ on in the show. indeed, and as you point out, you _ on in the show. indeed, and as you point out, you know, - on in the show. indeed, and as you point out, you know, thatl you point out, you know, that coming after the unexpected death of their drummer, that happen so tragicallyjust a week ago. against that backdrop, of course, this event is also being held, i should say, against the backdrop of the fact that the united states is emerging out of covid and this is the first time that the

show is being held in las vegas. what is the mood around that? ~ �* , vegas. what is the mood around that? ~ �*, ., that? well, there's a tremendous - that? well, there's a tremendous amount | that? well, there's a l tremendous amount of excitement, the fact that the grammys are actually getting back to normal, it is a little bit different because it is taking place in las vegas and all of these awards shows i struggling for the attention of new television audiences because those audiences have been dwindling in recent years so i think this has injected a certain amount of new energy into the grammys. it remains to be seen how the show goes on how audiences respond to it but i think they will be looking for a certain level of renewed interest just for the fact that it is in las vegas and of course we may get some interesting winners later on in the evening. we have got tony bennett and lady gaga nominated for their duets, tribute to cole porter. we've got a nomination for abba. abba were never nominated for a grammy but they came back that she was a new album and the first

single to be released from that album, i still have faith in you, that power ballad that they produced, is nominated in they produced, is nominated in the best record category. fine the best record category. one musician or — the best record category. one musician or one _ the best record category. one musician or one band - the best record category. 0ne musician or one band very well known out here in asia, is decay pop sensation bts. i have to admit a big favourite in our home with my kids as well. not expected to do as well as many people might have hoped. why is that, do you think? it is that, do you think? it is curious. _ that, do you think? it is curious, isn't _ that, do you think? it is curious, isn't it? - that, do you think? it is curious, isn't it? if- that, do you think? it is| curious, isn't it? if these awards were handed out are chosen by the fans bts would win in absolutely every category because they have some of the most loyal fans of any music artists in the world but they don't have seemed to have captured the imagination of the grammy voters so far. they nominated in one country this year. it is a performance category and i think they stand

an ok chance in that category but they are up against some big names. lady gaga and tony bennett are in the same category. justin bieber as well and coldplay. so it is all to play for in that category and many, many fans in this country as well, in the united states, are rooting for bts to at least win one grammy this year. i win one grammy this year. i have to ask you, before we go, we are meant to remain impartial, of course, but i cannot let you go without asking you if you have a personal favourite for tonight's winners? well, you know, i have _ tonight's winners? well, you know, i have discovered - tonight's winners? well, you | know, i have discovered olivia know, i have discovered 0livia roderigo last year like a lot of people dead and just watching her performance just now, drivers license, it was first class. it was like she was a seasoned artist and i think that reason alone she deserves a lot of success tonight. deserves a lot of success tonight-— deserves a lot of success toniht. ., ., ' tonight. fantastic stuff. our star on the _ tonight. fantastic stuff. our star on the grammys. - tonight. fantastic stuff. our|

star on the grammys. thank tonight. fantastic stuff. our - star on the grammys. thank you so much forjoining us and thank you so much forjoining the newsday. that is it from us. do stay with bbc news. hello, there. it looks like being a much milder start to the new week but there will be some rain around as well. most of the rainis on these two weather fronts here that are moving slowly southwards. in between we have a warm sector. that is being higher temperatures. still bringing a lot of cloud. we start frost—free in the morning. temperatures ranging from the six in the south—east to mild 10 in the north of scotland. they will tend to move away leaving some damp, drizzly weather for western hills and coast and a lot of cloud. some further rain for northern ireland and particularly western scotland, but eastern scotland should be a bit drier and brighter as well. 0n the whole, though, cloudy skies on monday. a breezy day but a much milder day.

temperatures 12—14 and, for many parts of the country, again, tuesday, we are in that milder air mass. significantly, things are getting colder across some northern scotland. 0n those weather fronts those are where we have the figures cloud and rain. for a while northern ireland and northern england but most wet weather is in scotland. as that rain marches northwards and into the colder air we will find snow falling in the highland and grampian, and those snow levels might drop on tuesday night. during the day, of course, with that wintry weather, it is going to feel cold here but the central belt southwards much milder, and with some sunshine across england and wales, temperatures could be up to 15 degrees once again. moving into wednesday, we have got this area of low pressure on the sliding these weather front eastwards. just to the north of that area of low pressure, we have still got cold ever top of another scot that my sleet and snow here, most of scotland seeing rain. northern ireland, england and wales scenes in blustery bands of showers getting blown

in on those south—westerly winds and some sunshine as well. and there's still that stubborn cold air in the far north of scotland. some more snow overnight into thursday as that low pressure moves away. the next weather system is sliding on a more southerly track. that is going to bring some damp weather four southern parts of england and wales and allows colder air to dig down from the north. that could be quite significant. there is still some uncertainty but later in the week it looks like turning colder and we have got the potential more sleet and snow perhaps in the south. goodbye.

this is bbc news. the headlines will follow this programme. hello, and welcome to this edition of the media show. as you know, the war between ukraine and russia is into its second month, and we're going to look at whether there are differences between how ukrainian media has told this story, and how the western media has told this story. and, with some data emerging that there is a decline in engagement in the war in ukraine as a story to learn about, we're going to discuss what the media should do about that — if anything. to help me understand this, i've got five guests for us to hearfrom. the editor in chief

of the economist, zanny minton beddoes, who recently interviewed