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this is bbc news: i'm sally bundock with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. ukraine's president accuses russian forces of committing genocide in towns near the capital, kyiv, describing the war as the torture of an entire nation. it is time to do everything possible to make the war crimes of the russian military the last manifestation of such evil. police in california search for multiple suspects they believe carried out a mass shooting in the state capital. viktor orban declares victory in hungary's election, meaning he remains prime minister after 12 years already in office.
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ukraine's president zelensky, makes a surprise recorded appearance at the grammy awards in las vegas, urging people to support ukraine in any way they can.. and we'll have the latest on all the big winners as the star—studded grammy awards draws to a close. hello and welcome. ukraine's president, volodomyr zelensky, has accused russian forces of committing genocide in towns near the capital, kyiv. he described the war as the torture of an entire nation. there's been condemnation of russia from leaders around the world — including the prime minister borisjohnson — but the kremlin is continuing its offensive in
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the east of ukraine. simonjones has the latest. the east of ukraine. the the east of ukraine. withdrawal of russian forces the withdrawal of russian forces from areas around kyiv reveals the destruction and the mounting death toll. more than 400 bodies have been recovered in the region according to ukraine's prosecutor general. civilians apparently indiscriminately killed in the street by retreating russian soldiers. residents of the city have witnessed unimaginable horror. i have witnessed unimaginable horror. . ., ., horror. i am so worried. i am already 90- _ horror. i am so worried. i am already 90- i _ horror. i am so worried. i am already 90. i should - horror. i am so worried. i am already 90. i should not - horror. i am so worried. i am| already 90. i should not have lived to see this. the satellite _ lived to see this. the satellite images - lived to see this. the satellite images are l lived to see this. the . satellite images are said lived to see this. the - satellite images are said to show evidence of a mass grave in the grounds of the church. it is a bleak landscape. boris johnson said russia's despicable attacks against innocent civilians are yet more evidence that president putin and his army are committing war
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crimes. the ukrainian president says it has to end. i crimes. the ukrainian president says it has to end.— says it has to end. i call on all our citizens _ says it has to end. i call on all our citizens and - says it has to end. i call on all our citizens and friends| says it has to end. i call on l all our citizens and friends of ukraine in the world who can join this war and help establish justice to join this war and help establishjustice to do join this war and help establish justice to do so. the world has already seen many war crimes. at different times, different continents. but it is time to do everything possible to make the war crimes of the russian military the last manifestation of such evil on earth. , , , manifestation of such evil on earth. ,, , ., , manifestation of such evil on earth. ,, ._ , earth. russia's military focus is shifting — earth. russia's military focus is shifting to _ earth. russia's military focus is shifting to the _ earth. russia's military focus is shifting to the east - earth. russia's military focus is shifting to the east of - is shifting to the east of ukraine. new fitted for mariupol shows the devastation caused by more than a month of sheuey caused by more than a month of shelley and this is what remains of a theatre used as a shelter which came under attack. a figure have died. tens of thousands of people remain trapped struggling to find food and water. there is now an exodus and away from the city. emotional farewells. people here fear for shamir attempt to besiege the city, making it a second mariupol. in
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moscow some buildings display the letter z, a symbol of support for the special military operation. despite growing outrage, but says the grim images emerging from the cities are fake. there is condemnation of the kremlin�*s actions from readers around the world with the threat of further sanctions, a call for president putin to face the but despite all the political pressure, the war goes on. 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.
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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,
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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. let s get some of the day's other news. 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
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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. hong kong's chief executive, carrie lam, has announced that she's not seeking a second term in office, ending a forty—year career working in government. she says she hasn't decided on herfuture plans and her family is her top priority. viktor 0rban has declared victory in hungary's election — with a landslide result, paving the way for a fourth term in office. with 94 percent of votes counted, mr 0rban�*s fidesz—led coalition had 53% of the vote — meaning it will retain its two—thirds majority in parliament. a coalition of six opposition parties led by peter marki—zay failed to unseat him, getting 35%. 0ur europe editor katya adler is in budapest.
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this is why the world watched hungary's vote. viktor 0rban, famed for his autocratic style of government and his very close ties to vladimir putin. this political opposition poster tells voters to choose, a hungarian putin or europe. 0n election day, viktor 0rban again ruled out sending weapons to ukraine which shares a border with hungary. this war between two _ border with hungary. this war between two big _ border with hungary. this war between two big countries - border with hungary. this war between two big countries is i between two big countries is right next door to us. it is dangerous. we have to stay out of it. the opposition wants to get hungary involved. we are running to prevent that. voters here say they _ running to prevent that. voters here say they hate _ running to prevent that. voters here say they hate the - running to prevent that. voters here say they hate the violence in ukraine but many support viktor 0rban and the cheap energy prices he has promised thanks to agreement with russia. there is a lot of
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criticism from abroad but i stand by the government. they have the right attitude towards the war in ukraine. we hungarians have refugees but i agree we should not allow weapons transfers. ahead of the election, hungary's opposition leader told us viktor 0rban was damaging his country at home and abroad. it damaging his country at home and abroad.— and abroad. it is not too difficult _ and abroad. it is not too difficult to _ and abroad. it is not too difficult to find - and abroad. it is not too difficult to find the - difficult to find the connection between viktor 0rban and putin. they are doing business together and even now viktor 0rban the only one still defending putin in this ukrainian war.- defending putin in this ukrainian war. ~ ., ukrainian war. viktor orban has iona ukrainian war. viktor orban has long prided _ ukrainian war. viktor orban has long prided himself— ukrainian war. viktor orban has long prided himself on - long prided himself on political pragmatism, dallying with allies east and west, treading a fine line and just about getting away with it. but the war in ukraine changes things. blocking weapons transfers sits very uncomfortably with the eu and nato. hungary is a member of both. underviktor nato. hungary is a member of both. under viktor 0rban, nato. hungary is a member of both. underviktor 0rban, it is becoming increasingly isolated.
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faced with moscow, the western allies want to present a united front. by winning hungary's collection, viktor 0rban remains an unpredictable thorn in their side. remains an unpredictable thorn in their side. long queues at manchester and london's heathrow airports continued over the weekend and around 100 easyjet flights have been cancelled today amid staff shortages. the airline said the cancellations made up a small part of its schedule and is down to staff being off sick with covid. some passengers have reported waiting hours to check—in and get through security. we'll have more on this in our business news in about 20 minutes time. sri lanka's president is due to meet the prime minister — his brother mahinda — later today to discuss the continuing unrest in the country. he is also expected to discuss the formation of a new cabinet
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following sunday night's resignation of his entire cabinet, except for the prime minister. 0ur correspondent archana shukla is in the sri lankan capital, colombo for us. just explain for our international audience, why there is such mass resignations going on. what is behind all of this? ~ ., , this? well, there have been rurowin this? well, there have been growing outrage _ this? well, there have been growing outrage on - this? well, there have been growing outrage on the - this? well, there have been i growing outrage on the island nation against shortages of food, fuel and power. with citizens facing power cuts for 10-13 citizens facing power cuts for 10—13 hours because the government did not have enough foreign currency reserves to import essentials like fuel as well as food, as well as the other essential items like medicines and has been growing outrage over how the government has managed the economic crisis
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during, you know, this unprecedented economic crisis and it was around this massive protests that turned violent on thursday in which the government had put in a state of emergency, call for a curfew and even black out social media on sunday. there were still protest on the street. there was also a growing pressure from the coalition of the government to step down. there has been outrage and anger against the family that has the rhythm party here. there have been banners, posters by citizens calling out for the resignation of the president and all of this led to the culmination of the cabinet minister's residing last night. all 26 of them which includes a lot, many of the family members. however, the prime minister as well as the president has still not resigned and many people here say that this mass resignation of the cabinet ministers means nothing until the prime minister and the president who are at the helm of power resign. and hand over the bait
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to somebody else the economy at a time when there are following followed in reserves and the countries under foreign debts trap and they need money right now but at this point in kime, 26 ministers are out and a new cabinet will be discussed by the president and the prime minister, even as outrage on the streets and on social media continues. the streets and on social media continua-— 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. this funeral became a massive demonstration of black power. of power to influence.
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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. ukraine's president
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accuses russian forces of committing genocide in towns near the capital, kyiv, describing the war as the torture of an entire nation. police in california search for multiple suspects they believe carried out a mass shooting in the state capital, that killed six. as the war in ukraine enters its 40th day, humanitarian corridors are becoming increasingly important to rescue civilians sheltering close to the frontlines. the bbc has followed one ambulance team as they travel around the clock to rescue i2 disabled children from the city of sumy which has been under constant bombardments. bbc�*s zhanna bezpiatchuk has this report. finally, the end of a dangerous journey. a 48—hour rescue mission across the lands of ukraine was these children's only chance of survival. and
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now a moment of relief for the paramedics. they have made it. everything is all right, he says. most of the children have serious health conditions. there are so fragile, some of them might have not made it. for the paramedics, a short respite before the next mission. this is what the children faced a few days ago. in the north—eastern city. living under bombardment. the kids have been waiting weeks to be rescued. most of them, orphans living in state care. this was their journey orphans living in state care. this was theirjourney out. many of them needing urgent medical care but paramedics are unable tojourney from
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medical care but paramedics are unable to journey from the east to west of ukraine. irate unable to journey from the east to west of ukraine.— to west of ukraine. we are takin: to west of ukraine. we are taking these _ to west of ukraine. we are taking these babies. - to west of ukraine. we are taking these babies. they | to west of ukraine. we are i taking these babies. they are in life—threatening condition. mr newborn babies. we wash them, swaddle them, some children had convulsions. these paramedics _ children had convulsions. these paramedics need _ children had convulsions. these paramedics need local - paramedics need local ceasefires to enable them to make these vital life—saving journeys. ceasefires which are never guaranteed to hold. their arrival in the western city of lviv is a victory itself. this is the team risking their lives to save the most vulnerable. irate to save the most vulnerable. we have to save the most vulnerable. - have already begun to distinguish the sound of a rocket. the sound of artillery, the sound of bombs falling. you
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are driving on an empty road and you feel the tension of being an easy target. like a target in an empty space. especially if you have flashing lights. it especially if you have flashing lirhts. . , , especially if you have flashing lirhts. ., , , ., especially if you have flashing lirhts. , ., ., lights. it has been a tough few weeks as the _ lights. it has been a tough few weeks as the work _ lights. it has been a tough few weeks as the work continues l lights. it has been a tough few. weeks as the work continues for them, the end of this mission is the beginning of the next. if the world understands that what — if the world understands that what is — if the world understands that what is happening in ukraine is affecting — what is happening in ukraine is affecting humanity then i think the children will be fine. a reminder — that you can keep across all the developments on the russia—ukraine 0ur 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. here's all the sport.
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hello. tennis's newest superstar the spanish teenager has claimed the first masters 1000 title of his career as he beat norway to become the youngest ever winner of the miami open. the 18—year—old, ranked 16th, was playing in this first masters 1000 final. he made it to be loved come through seven, five, 6—4. he is the third youngest winner. really incredible record this yearfor really incredible record this year for the youngster. 18 wins and two defeats having won 28 of his last 31 sets, two of which were by an adele himself. having been ranked 133rd year ago, he is set to rise to world number 11 after this momentous win. tiger woods has been practising to prepare for the masters which starts on
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thursday. he appeared on site and hit around 30 shots during and hit around 30 shots during a 20 minute spell in the range before heading to pay the back line. the 40 six road has not competed on tour since nearly losing his write like 14 months ago. he wrote on twitter, it will be a gametime decision on whether i compete. tottenham hotspur thrashed newcastle united 5—1 at home to move into the top four. those coveted champions league places, for the first time since september. it is the visitors. tottenham equalised before the break. the man of the match, harry kane divided the assist. spiritually never looked back. spa res
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spares now go above arsenal. we t to spares now go above arsenal. - try to play this way, with this intensity, this accuracy, this attention, i think, intensity, this accuracy, this attention, ithink, my intensity, this accuracy, this attention, i think, my team intensity, this accuracy, this attention, ithink, my team is improving, is improving in many aspects, the mentality and yeah, i'm very happy. i am very happy and i was happy also before. ., ., ., , before. everton failed to use their fears — before. everton failed to use their fears of _ before. everton failed to use their fears of relegation. - before. everton failed to use | their fears of relegation. they were defeated at west ham united. holgate then equalised for everton eight minutes after half—time and west ham scored a winner on the hour mark. the captain was sent off for his second bookable offence. it is the 12th straightaway defeat. let's talk about the grammys. ukraine's president, volodomyr zelensky, has made a surprise appearance, via a pre—recorded video
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message, at the grammy awards in las vegas. he urged viewers to support ukraine in any way they can. the entertainmentjournalist kj matthews joins me now from los angeles. lovely to see you. it has been a very emotional night, hasn't it? imagine the surprise message coming from president zelensky but also the foo fighters winning a few awards. it has been an emotional one. nine us president appeared during a telecast. he recorded, he introduced john legend and john legend performed a tribute, obviously, and hit a ukrainian poet and a ukrainian singer and so it went really well and at the end of the performance there is something that came across a screen that let people know they wanted to help at the people who are suffering in the ukrainian
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crisis there were a number. so it was a nice, nice, emotional moment. another emotional moment. another emotional moment that you just talked about with few fighters. we all know that they lost their band member and said they were set to perform at the grammys before that incident happened and it was so sad. they were not able to attend the grammys, obviously. but they did win three awards on sunday night so that was very nice to see and also it was nice to see billy irish at the end of her performance. she pointed to her t—shirt and on her t—shirt she had a picture of taylor hawkins said that was her way of honouring the late musician. and how has the night to beam? it is the first time in las vegas but the first time for a file because of covid.- file because of covid. yeah, ou file because of covid. yeah, you know. _ file because of covid. yeah, you know, this _ file because of covid. yeah, you know, this is _ file because of covid. yeah, you know, this is the - file because of covid. yeah, you know, this is the first . you know, this is the first time. they decided to move the grammys from downtown los angeles to las vegas. a couple of months ago when the rates for covid—19 started to spike in los angeles on the grammys just didn't want to take any
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chances so they said, let's go to vegas and it turned out pretty well. a lot of award shows have it in vegas anyway. there are so many events happening there so it really felt perfect and fitting to see the grammy awards happen in sin city so i don't think it made that much of a difference. i do think it was a wonderful night to see so many wonderful performances. a lot of and also no real controversy, to be honest with you. even a particular performer did not have any controversy. it was nice to see him performing there as well. ida nice to see him performing there as well. no controversy seven days — there as well. no controversy seven days after _ there as well. no controversy seven days after the - there as well. no controversy seven days after the oscars l seven days after the oscars which may be the organisers are breathing a sigh of relief about that but let's talk about the winners.— the winners. yes, yes, ma'or categories i the winners. yes, yes, ma'or categories people i the winners. yes, yes, ma'or categories people look i the winners. yes, yes, ma'or categories people look to h categories people look to because people forget the grammys are about three hours, three and a half hours live telecast. there is another pre—telecast event where the awards are handed out even before the major category so at
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the end of the night the major categories that people really care about for album of the year, john batista one. song of the year. they won four song of the year. they won four song of the year. they won four song of the year for leave the door open. kiss me more and also best pop vocal album went to 0livia roderigo which is really no surprise. people had her winning going on so it was really nice to see most of those artists performing. so, really, just a great music night overall.— really, just a great music niuht overall. , night overall. 0k, it has been ureat night overall. 0k, it has been treat to night overall. ok, it has been great to talk— night overall. 0k, it has been great to talk to _ night overall. 0k, it has been great to talk to you. - night overall. 0k, it has been great to talk to you. thank i night overall. 0k, it has been l great to talk to you. thank you so much. and, as ever, there is a lot of information on the website and we have also got a story or pictures from the grammy so you can see what everybody was wearing when they arrived. next it is all the top
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business stories. easyjet cancelled 100 flights a day. if you've tried to travel over the weekend i am sure you will sort of relate to the frustration. 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. 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
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that milder air mass. significantly, things are getting colder across some northern scotland. 0n 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
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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.
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