welcome to bbc news — i'm simon pusey — 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. michael newton is a war crimes expert and former senior advisor to us ambassador at large for war crimes — hejoins me now from nashville. what exactly do you think constitutes a war crime? in well, i mean, you just gave the perfect example. it is designed to protect innocent civilians and innocent civilian property from the effects of conflict are the greatest extent possible and that is the perfect example. intentional

targeting of civilians, intentional destruction of civilian property, indiscriminate shelling is, erasure of the civilian population. you need look no further than ukraine to see what it war crimes look like. you would say that, in your opinion, war crimes have definitely been committed here? it i think there is no doubt, at the macro level. remember the really important step here is that we then move to the granular level of specific cases against specific individuals and that is called the war of individual responsibility. people are busy posing to be innocent until proven guilty. we know they are happening but that is a different question to who is responsible and that is the challenge ahead of us to work together to truly hold people accountable. russia is saying that the pictures and videos that the pictures and videos that we are seeing are fake, civilians being killed, but how

important is that body of evidence that has been captured byjonas and civilians on the ground? i by jonas and civilians on the round? ., ., , , ground? i had to smile. they also said _ ground? i had to smile. they also said they _ ground? i had to smile. they also said they would - ground? i had to smile. they also said they would not - ground? i had to smile. they l also said they would not attack humanitarian convoys outside marie pole or syria. the short answer is they simply dissemble but that is where a court of law comes in. robertjackson said at nuremberg that the historical record that is presented by the evidence is irrefutable and will stand for all the time and so, to the russians, i say, all the time and so, to the russians, isay, bring it to all the time and so, to the russians, i say, bring it to a court of law and make your defence on the record where it really matters. the evidence he was irrefutable. that's a different question than against particular people. {iii different question than against particular people.— particular people. of vladimir putin or other _ particular people. of vladimir putin or other leading - particular people. of vladimir| putin or other leading russian generals were to be held accountable for alleged war crimes, how would that come about? , . , crimes, how would that come about? , ., , , crimes, how would that come about? , . , , ., about? there is any number of wa s. about? there is any number of ways. remember— about? there is any number of ways. remember that - about? there is any number of ways. remember that the - about? there is any number of. ways. remember that the geneva conventions give universal jurisdiction. there are trails

and a number of countries. under the law of occupation, russian officials, civilian officials who supervised occupation are also criminally responsible so you could see trials in a number of different countries, anywhere around the world, from japan, south america, you name it. of course, you've seen reports at the international criminal court does have jurisdiction the international criminal court does havejurisdiction in the hague. i think you may also see the potential of a ground swell for a special tribunal setup that could deal with the crime of aggression which is what we did at nuremberg under the crimes against peace. so any number of forms here are possible each of which will have their own procedures, their own rules of evidence, their own rules of evidence, their own rules of evidence, their own set of political circumstances and, of course, there are a dynamic set to how they get started and how they operate. {iii they get started and how they 0 erate. �* , . , operate. of the b precedent set for anything _ operate. of the b precedent set for anything like _ operate. of the b precedent set for anything like this? _ operate. of the b precedent set for anything like this? have - for anything like this? have they been similar circumstances where people have been tried for similar war crimes? where people have been tried forsimilarwar crimes? get them absolutely. for everybody who doubts that vladimir putin

will ever stand or any senior russian general, go look at the record. everyone from sudan hussein to, the list goes on. in long listing are people who thought that they were above the law he did in fact one day stand trial but i want to emphasise that depends on a careful and cooperated criminal evidence which can then warrant charges against particular individuals. that is the challenge now and my fear going forward is that we have a lot of evidence collection but it becomes guarded. we need, these crimes are the common heritage of mankind and therefore the evidence should be the common heritage of mankind to be used anywhere in the world with personaljurisdiction. that is all we have got time for but thank you very much indeed for being your thoughts live from

nashville. �* , 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 bring you some breaking news now and within the past few minutes ukraine's president zelinsky has made a video address to the grammy awards which are currently going on in las vegas. in his speech he appealed to the worldwide audience to �*support us in any way you can.�* he also said "what is more opposite to music? the silence of ruined cities and killed people..." we'll be talking live to our north america correspondent a little later in the programme. let s get some of the day's other news. hungary's nationalist prime minister viktor orban has claimed victory in the general election, after partial results gave his fidesz party a commanding lead. the opposition — which had united behind a single leader in an effort to unseat mr orban — has admitted defeat. it's the right—wing party's fourth successive

landslide win since 2010. 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. the authorities in ecuador says at least 12 people have died during a riot in a prison in the southern province of azuay. a government minister said the violence at had been sparked by one criminal gang attempting to extend its control within the jail, and being repulsed by other groups. he added that 90 prisoners had been evacuated, including ten who were wounded. 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 the united states 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. the mass shooting took place early on sunday morning, in an area packed with bars and restaurants. the city's chief described the scale of violence as "unprecedented" for the city. sam stanton is a senior writer with the sacramento bee. he joins us from there.

what is the midnight in sacramento at the moment? well, surprisingly. _ sacramento at the moment? well, surprisingly. the — sacramento at the moment? well, surprisingly, the downtown - sacramento at the moment? -ii surprisingly, the downtown area has recovered to a great degree. there is an nba game going on and that was a musical that took place not far from the scene of the shooting earlier today, the restaurants are packed again, it is almost as though people havejust, you know, picked up and moved on from this tragedy.— from this tragedy. clearly very shocking- _ from this tragedy. clearly very shocking- no _ from this tragedy. clearly very shocking. no one _ from this tragedy. clearly very shocking. no one in _ from this tragedy. clearly very shocking. no one in custody . from this tragedy. clearly very| shocking. no one in custody at the moment but what are police saying? get them out there is no one in custody. they believe that where these two shooters involved last night. it began at 2am human sacramento which is when the buyers close on the streets were packed with people who were outside shooting began. there had been a fight moments before but the police are not certain the fighters what sparked the shooting. this

is basically half block from the california state capitol building in the streets by the shooting took place were littered with shell casings and bodies. the casualty count actually is up to 12 wounded now in six dead and so 18 people being shot in one shooting in sacramento is the highest number we have ever had. some pretty horrific witness reports of what happened coming out. correct. i mean, apparently _ happened coming out. correct. i mean, apparently the _ happened coming out. correct. i mean, apparently the shooting l mean, apparently the shooting was completely indiscriminate. you can see from the shell casings on the street, from the broken glass, from people told me that they saw victims running out covered in blood. they saw others taking their last breaths, family members gathered at the scene before dawn this morning, trying to get information from the police and eventually were able to determine that their loved ones had in fact died. some of the bodies, as far as an hour ago on the scene.—

bodies, as far as an hour ago on the scene. the gun laws will aaain be on the scene. the gun laws will again be in _ on the scene. the gun laws will again be in the _ on the scene. the gun laws will again be in the spotlight? - again be in the spotlight? well, they will be, is the politicians here made the point, california has the strictest gun laws in the united states in sacramento has them as well. so you know, the politicians are describing this as a random act that probably couldn't be avoided unless there are some move me to address the prevalence of guns. they're still trying to determine whether these automatic weapons that would use in trying to determine whether they were ghost guns that were manufactured in peoples barrages here sacramento so it is still a little early to tell exactly what happened and where these weapons came from but that is focused they intend to go after. b, focused they intend to go after. �* ., . . ~ after. a tragic incident. when the police _ after. a tragic incident. when the police are _ after. a tragic incident. when the police are investigating. i the police are investigating. thank you very much indeed. thank you very much indeed. thank you. 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.

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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. 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. 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. 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.

amongst the winners so far are olivia rodrigo has won the best new artist. song of the year has gone to silk sonic — made up of bruno mars and anderson paak — for "leave the door open". our north america correspondent, peter bowes is keeping an eye on the grammys and hejoins me now from los angeles. lets just begin with a bit of a surprise, president zelensky of ukraine obviously appearing in a video address at the awards. tell us about that and the reaction to it.— reaction to it. we were expeeting _ reaction to it. we were expecting there - reaction to it. we were expecting there to - reaction to it. we were expecting there to be i reaction to it. we were | expecting there to be a reaction to it. we were - expecting there to be a moment to address what is happening in ukraine. we did not know about president zelensky. there was some speculation he might do an address at the oscars last weekend but that did not happen. that was a pre—recorded message and he said what is more opposite to music? the silence of ruined cities and killed people. and he appealed to those attendees, he said, fill the silence with your music. he referred to ukrainian

musicians wearing body armour instead of tuxedos. and he said, please tell the truth about ukraine. it was a sombre moment. it was followed byjohn legend who took to the stage with a ukrainian singer and poet and the overriding message here that we were expecting was that the organiser simply wanted to reference what is happening in ukraine at the moment and put some attention on the humanitarian effort. what people are doing around the world to help the people of ukraine. h0 the world to help the people of ukraine. ., ., , ., ., ukraine. no doubt a moving moment- — ukraine. no doubt a moving moment. we _ ukraine. no doubt a moving moment. we just _ ukraine. no doubt a moving moment. we just turn - ukraine. no doubt a moving moment. we just turn to i ukraine. no doubt a moving| moment. we just turn to the music now. the foo fighters winning all three grammys that they were nominated for. yes. they were nominated for. yes, takin: they were nominated for. yes, taking all _ they were nominated for. yes, taking all of— they were nominated for. yes, taking all of the _ they were nominated for. yes, taking all of the rock _ they were nominated for. yes, taking all of the rock category | taking all of the rock category awards and of course this is particularly sad after the death of taylor hawkins just over a week ago. none of the surviving members of foo fighters were there to pick up the awards but they won for best rock song, best album and for best performance. and we

expect at some point in the remainder of the show that there will be a tribute to taylor hawkins. that has not happened yet but clearly, another sad moment during the ceremony which is clearly about the celebration of music and you mentioned a couple of the big categories that we have had so far. some of the year which was a little bit of a surprise, for the that the door open. a little bit of a surprise because some people had expected livio roderigo to win in that category. she is nominated in all of the top four categories. she has won for best new artist but she also has nominees and records of the year and album of the year as well though, i've got to say, there is a very hotly contested categories. in thinking of lady gaga and tony bennett both nominated in that category for their duet. we've just had an amazing stellar performance from lady gaga. some of the songs from their album together.—

album together. you talked about a performance - album together. you talked about a performance from | album together. you talked - about a performance from lady gaga and it is still going on but tell us a about other performances and what has gone down well. �* , , performances and what has gone down well-— down well. billy eilish was areat. down well. billy eilish was great- she _ down well. billy eilish was great. she is _ down well. billy eilish was great. she is always - down well. billy eilish was| great. she is always great. down well. billy eilish was - great. she is always great. bt has a thing probably, the fans would agree with this. they are the most loyal of any music fans and the bts fans would have really enjoyed, it was right at the beginning of the show. a very well choreographed performance by members of bts who actually started off in the audience and then sprung onto the stage and i think this is the stage and i think this is the grammys giving some importance, precedents to bts on the show that perhaps has been lacking in previous grammy award shows that they have been criticised for not giving bts awards. there are only nominated in one category, this year, is performance category. some slightly new ceremony this

year, new categories added. well, yes. new categories added and i think the big picture here is that they are trying to shake up the grammy somewhat and i think to a large extent well, in part they have achieved that by moving to las vegas for the first time. it is a new venue. there is a very different feel to the show. it is very, very performance heavy and, yes, they might have treat with the categories, the categories and the winners are not centrestage. it is almost incidental that were to be handed out during the show. the emphasis is very definitely on the performances. bud emphasis is very definitely on the performances.— emphasis is very definitely on the performances. and lots of acts to look — the performances. and lots of acts to look out _ the performances. and lots of acts to look out for _ the performances. and lots of acts to look out for and - the performances. and lots of acts to look out for and we . acts to look out for and we will no doubt bring people up to date on the rest of the ceremony as we get it but for now thank you very much indeed. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @sipusey

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 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 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. 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. 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 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. russia denies causing civilian deaths — but in one town after another — there are testimonies about indiscriminate killing. the bbc has filmed bodies of civilians in the streets who had been shot. russia says images of civilian killings are "fake". police in california are searching for multiple suspects they believe carried out a mass shooting in the state capital. six people have died and ten others were wounded in sacramento.

the city's mayor has said more needs to be done to tackle