welcome to bbc news. our top stories. 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.

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 star—studded grammy awards are taking place in las vegas — we'll have the latest on all the winners. 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. 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, to justice for victims is another matter. as we heard there — the fighting in ukraine is now switching to the east of the country — with russia now saying the "main goal" of its offensive is to make territorial gains in the donbas region. barry pavel is from the brent scowcroft center on international security at the atlantic council — and joins me now from san francisco. they withdrew because they lost. they had a plan to achieve their objectives in

three or four days. they then tried three or four weeks and they failed in that so they did not achieve their mission. and so, putin has decided to recast the operation and focus only on the operation and focus only on the east and so he is moving his forces from other areas to the east and i would say the south, also, where there have been some limited successes but still ukrainian counterattacks as well. is the idea that focus on the donbas and eastern regions, do try to present a victory to the russian people at some stage?— victory to the russian people at some stage? yes, exactly. i think in terms _ at some stage? yes, exactly. i think in terms of— at some stage? yes, exactly. i think in terms of the _ at some stage? yes, exactly. i think in terms of the donbas . at some stage? yes, exactly. i| think in terms of the donbas he is going to try to push further into the country and take the whole region, where the boundary is. it does not have that yet. he and his proxy forces, and then in the south i think is going to try and take the whole coastline to odesa and ukraine a landlocked country and would give fresher access, much greater access to the water, the coastline and so

my senses that's where they are going to focus now and where they will be ukrainian refocusing as well to defend and counter—attacked. intelligence reports coming out that they think that people within the us intelligence service are saying that me neither could be a day that vladimir putin, as a kind of victory day, what are you hearing about that?- victory day, what are you hearing about that? yes, i am heafina hearing about that? yes, i am hearing the — hearing about that? yes, i am hearing the same _ hearing about that? yes, i am hearing the same thing - hearing about that? yes, i am hearing the same thing and i i hearing the same thing and i think it is important for people to understand, vladimir putin can claim victory any day he wants because he controls the narrative in russia so he can claim victory tomorrow. you can claim victory tomorrow. you can claim victory on the ninth after month of operations focused on the south and the east and so that might indeed be the time and it certainly depends on the forces and where does the forward line go? do the russians make more progress, they pushed back, etc? you can control the

information space. we've heard a lot about _ information space. we've heard a lot about morale _ information space. we've heard a lot about morale within - information space. we've heard a lot about morale within the i a lot about morale within the russian forces and maybe they have not been sort of kept abreast of what the plan is. what is the morale, do you think, within forces that are in ukraine? i think, within forces that are in ukraine?— think, within forces that are in ukraine? ~ ., ., ., , in ukraine? i think morale was alwa s in ukraine? i think morale was always bad- — in ukraine? i think morale was always bad. they _ in ukraine? i think morale was always bad. they did - in ukraine? i think morale was always bad. they did not - in ukraine? i think morale was always bad. they did not knowj always bad. they did not know their mission. they did not have the necessary supplies. they did not have food, they do not have fuel so in those cases, in very cold weather and unfamiliar terrain, cases, in very cold weather and unfamiliarterrain, morale is unfamiliar terrain, morale is really low unfamiliarterrain, morale is really low so that'll be a key factor in the next month if thatis factor in the next month if that is indeed putin's plan. one of those forces be able to those objectives? there are new forces coming in from places like syria but we'll see whether those forces can do for the previous forces, the large number, almost 200,000, did not achieve in most of the country. and we had in the reportsjust before you came on that increasing evidence of civilian

killings. what is the strategy from a russian perspective? so the from a russian perspective? sr the strategy there, if i have to speculate, is to break the will of people and break the morale of the defensive forces, to encourage them to stop resisting. it is actually having the opposite effect, as you can teletubbies galvanising them, did motivating them. it's given them a purpose. it is heard in that earlier report, that women will not rest until people he killed her son are also dead as well as their this is having the opposite effect and it is indeed a really disgusting display of massive almost industrial scale war crimes. ., ~' , almost industrial scale war crimes. ., , . crimes. thank you very much indeed for — crimes. thank you very much indeed for bringing _ crimes. thank you very much indeed for bringing us - crimes. thank you very much indeed for bringing us up - crimes. thank you very much indeed for bringing us up to i indeed for bringing us up to date. 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.

let s get some of the day's other news. 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. in the uk, sources say police have issued fines to people who attended gatherings in downing street the night before prince philip's funeral last april. some of those involved have been told there were �*reasonable grounds' to believe they have committed an offence. it's the second set of fines in the so called �*partygate' row, over gatherings held

when covid restrictions were in place. 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. police in california say that "multiple shooters" were involved in an attack that left six people dead and ten others wounded in the state capital, sacramento. the city'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.

ijust 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. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: we'll tell you which stars have picked up awards at this year's grammys in las vegas. this funeral became a massive demonstration of black power. of power to influence.

today it is about the promise of a bright future, a day when we hope a line can be drawn under the _ bloody past. i think that picasso's i works were beautiful, they were intelligent and _ it is a sad loss to - everybody who loves art. this is bbc news, the latest headlines. growing alarm about alleged russian war crimes in ukraine — the un calls for an independent investigation. russia denies causing civilian deaths — but in one

town after another — there are testimonies about indiscriminate killing. 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 the 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. we can now speak to michael kugelman, south asia senior associate at the wilson center. extraordinary scenes. a seismic event was this?— event was this? yeah, it really was extraordinary _ event was this? yeah, it really was extraordinary in _ event was this? yeah, it really was extraordinary in the - event was this? yeah, it really was extraordinary in the sensej was extraordinary in the sense that so many expected that imran khan would be voted out of office to this vote but, you know, it was interesting that,

for many weeks, in mankind had been seen in speeches that there is a big surprise coming. just wait for it to come. and it did not come. clearly, he saved things for last. clearly he has delighted his supporters. he has energised his rank—and—file and i think thatis his rank—and—file and i think that is exactly what he wanted to do, to position himself for the next election which, of course, is going to be coming a lot sooner than it was originally scheduled to come. remind us how he got himself into this remind us how he got himself into thi . into this well, i mean, in mankind _ into this well, i mean, in mankind had _ into this well, i mean, in mankind had come - into this well, i mean, in mankind had come up i into this well, i mean, in i mankind had come up with a into this well, i mean, in - mankind had come up with a plan in which he essentially was able to argue or try to argue that the is something called a loyalty clause, article five of pakistan's constitution which stipulates everyone must be loyal to the country and that by voting in favour of this no—confidence motion that would be being disloyal because according to him, this no—confidence motion had been

orchestrated by the united states working in collusion with the political opposition in pakistan. there is no evidence to that at all but thatis evidence to that at all but that is the plan that he came up that is the plan that he came up with and that was how he was able to get what he did and there will be a supreme court hearing on monday in the supreme court will weigh on whether what imran khan did was constitutional, was legal. there is an outside chance that the supreme court could reverse this move that imran khan made but that is probably unlikely. took us his policy decisions because we've seen him meeting vladimir putin in russia, how is that kind of affected his decision to talk about the us and saying that this is a plot to overthrow him. it and saying that this is a plot to overthrow him.— and saying that this is a plot to overthrow him. it is ironic because _ to overthrow him. it is ironic because until _ to overthrow him. it is ironic because until recently, i because until recently, pakistan did not really have much of a relationship with russia. only over the last few months have the two countries got in closer to the point that imran khan planned a visit to moscow which happened to coincide with the very day at which vladimir putin invaded

ukraine. so that's certainly upset the united states in many countries in the west but the ironic thing is that there are plenty of other countries including india, for example, that have much closer relations with russia than pakistan does so this is why you think it is an exaggeration for imran khan to claim that the us would be so angry with him for having that meeting vladimir putin that meeting vladimir putin that it would want to collude with the opposition to try to put forward this no—confidence vote. put forward this no-confidence vote. , ., , , ., ., vote. there is obviously a lot of emphasis _ vote. there is obviously a lot of emphasis on _ vote. there is obviously a lot of emphasis on the - vote. there is obviously a lot i of emphasis on the constitution and whether this is constitutional and also, you know, a big rise in the cost of living. is there a chance that things could turn violent? there is a school a process that takes place. at the supreme court does not reverse in rank and's decision, if you have a caretaker government comes on quickly and at the elections to take place and they are supposed to what should be about 90 days from now, that would reduce the likelihood of violence. only if there is uncertainty, things

get uncertain you would have to worry about protest about unrest and certainly, that could have implications for broader stability but i think thatis broader stability but i think that is relatively unlikely but, then again, one never knows. what happened today was such what could happen in the coming days. the american film and television actress, estelle harris, has died at the age of ninety— three. she was best known for playing estelle costanza 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. it's music's biggest night — with the grammy awards being handed out in las vegas. in the last few minutes — olivia rodrigo won the award for best new artist. the entertainmentjournalist kj matthews joins me on via skype from los angeles. the few fighters when the news recently because of the death

of taylor hawkins and they won three grammys now. you make they have won all three grammys they have won all three grammys they were nominated for. best rock song, best rock performance and best rock album so we are really, really happy to see that. it was interesting that you mention that. billy eilish refined obviously at the grammys and at the end of her song she pointed to a t—shirt which had a picture of taylor hawkins, as we know, the recent death of taylor hawkins who was a member of the few fighters so her tribute to taylor hawkins during the ceremony was really wonderful to see that in her electric performance. her performance was in water, can you believe that? i don't think everin you believe that? i don't think ever in the oscars history have i seen so actually have to be in water where they were performing so she was always someone who is going to surprise you and do something pretty interesting but her performance was great as well as many other performances. olivia roderigo, and she won, and it has been great so far.

it has only been a little bit longer than an hour. the actual telecast is about three hours and they have a pre—telecast where they hand out most of their wards which happens two hours before so the grammys are still under way in las vegas as we speak. lots more still to come in the best new artist, olivia roderigo? hat olivia roderigo? not surprising. _ olivia roderigo? not surprising. a - olivia roderigo? not surprising. a lot i olivia roderigo? not surprising. a lot of i olivia roderigo? ijrrt surprising. a lot of people thought she was still that category. she was just amazing. people were not surprised. so far there have not really been any surprises and, to be honest with you, it has been pretty tame. someone was performing which was really interesting and they did not do anything that will make you want to turn or controversial which is really what he is all about, controversy. at this time it was pretty tame, so it was pretty nice. i can add new categories have been added. yes, a couple of new categories have been added. you know, what they've tried to do with the grammys. a lot of people have

complained that she had too many artists voting in categories that they don't know anything about, really. so what they've tried to do is limit they've tried to do is limit the number of categories that people can vote for so that you are really only voting for music that you are familiar with a listing two. drake had boycotted it and even diss invited can us this year said to have been many artists over the years who said we are not for the happy with the voting process. we are not happy with the way things are happening in terms of being nominated so they've had to make some changes and they are pulled back a little bit and we'll see if this works and if more artists will decide to attend in the coming years because of it. ~ ., in the coming years because of it. . ., ., in the coming years because of it. ~ ., ., ., ., , in the coming years because of it. we have a few more hours to co. it. we have a few more hours to no. who it. we have a few more hours to 90- who else — it. we have a few more hours to do who else is _ it. we have a few more hours to go. who else is in _ it. we have a few more hours to go. who else is in the _ go. who else is in the spotlight? who else will we be talking about in a few hours' time? .,, , , , talking about in a few hours' time? ._ talking about in a few hours' time? _ ., , .,., time? possibly lady gaga and tony bennett _ time? possibly lady gaga and tony bennett but _ time? possibly lady gaga and tony bennett but do - time? possibly lady gaga and tony bennett but do you i time? possibly lady gaga and| tony bennett but do you know what? i want to say before we 90, what? i want to say before we go, i don't think people had this ck winning for best comedy album which is pretty interesting. of course you know that the foo fighters one and

john batiste. people really, really love his music. a lot of performances were still going to see. remember, the telecast is only three hours and there is only three hours and there is any handful of awards that are handed out during that three hours. most of the award, dozens and dozens are handed out in the pre—telecast beforehand. out in the pre-telecast beforehand.— out in the pre-telecast beforehand. . , ., ., ., beforehand. which performances have one beforehand. which performances have gone down _ beforehand. which performances have gone down well— beforehand. which performances have gone down well so - beforehand. which performances have gone down well so far i have gone down well so far tonight? bts seem to be pretty well received? bts tonight? bts seem to be pretty well received?— well received? bts is a fan favourite. _ well received? bts is a fan favourite, you _ well received? bts is a fan favourite, you know, i well received? bts is a fan i favourite, you know, everybody loves bts. that is what they want to bring in the millennial audience. people stuck around for that and they did a really good job but i think billy eilish did a phenomenaljob. that is all we have time for but thank you so much to be as up—to—date and very exciting and good to see awards back again with people watching again with people watching again after the pandemic.

you can reach me on twitter — i'm @sipusey it looks like being a much milder start to the new week but there will be some rain around as well. most of the rain is on these two weather fronts here that are moving slowly southwards. in between we have a warm sector. that is bringing 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 a very mild to 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. on 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. on those weather fronts those are where we have the thickest cloud and rain. for a while northern ireland and northern england but most wet weather is in scotland. as that rain marches northwards across scotland, 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. temperatures probably not as high own wednesday, 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... the un secretary general has called for an independent litigation into the deaths of civilians in ukraine after russia was accused of war crimes. ukrainianforces russia was accused of war crimes. ukrainian forces have reported finding hundreds of bodies as they have re—entered areas close to the capital kyiv and mass graves in the town of bush. russia denies causing civilian deaths but in one town after another there are testimonies about indiscriminate killing put up the bbc has filmed bodies of civilians in the street that have been shocked. russia says the civilian killings are fake. police in california are searching for multiple suspects they believe carried out a deadly mass shooting

in the state capital.