this is bbc news. these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. ukraine's president says he is setting up a team of international experts, lawyers, and judges to start investigating alleged russian war crimes. and coming up, we'll be speaking to a woman who escaped from a road on the outskirts of kyiv — after being fired ukraine says its recovered more than 400 bodies, some of them in mass graves, from areas around kyiv previously occupied by russian forces. russia calls the claims propaganda. and coming up, we'll be speaking to a woman who escaped from a road on the outskirts of kyiv — after being fired on by a russian tank. fines for breaching uk covid rules have been issued by police to some people who attended a leaving party at downing street the night before prince philip's funeral last april. travellers across the uk are facing

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president zelensky says he has created a special team of international experts, lawyers, and judges, to start investigating alleged war crimes in ukraine and in a video address, he vowed to find and punish anyone responsible for civilian deaths. the country's prosecutor general says 400 bodies have been recovered from towns, such as bucha, recaptured in the kyiv region. there's been condemnation of russia from leaders around the world — including the prime minister, borisjohnson, with the threat of further sanctions. but russia is denying any civilian deaths. meanwhile, russia's assault on mariupol in the south—east continues, with heavy fighting in the city amid attempts to evacuate tens of thousands of trapped locals. the kremlin is also continuing its offensive into the donbas region in the east of ukraine, according to the uk's ministry of defence. simonjones has the latest. the withdrawal of russian forces from areas around kyiv reveals the destruction and a 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 of bucha have witnessed unimaginable horror. translation: i'm so worried. i'm already 90. i shouldn't have lived to see this. these satellite images from bucha are said to show evidence of a mass grave in the grounds of a church. it's a bleak landscape. borisjohnson says russia's despicable attacks against innocent civilians are yet more evidence that president putin and his army are committing war crimes. the ukrainian president says it has to end. translation: i call on all our citizens and friends of ukraine | in the world who can join this work and help establish justice to do so. the world has already seen many war crimes at different times on 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. russia's military focus is shifting to the east of ukraine. new footage from mariupol shows the devastation caused by more than a month of shelling. and this is what remains of a theatre used as a shelter which came under attack. hundreds are feared to have died. tens of thousands of people remain trapped in the city, struggling to find food and water. there is now an exodus under way from the city of kramatorsk. emotional farewells. people here fear russia could soon attempt to besiege the city, making it a second mariupol. in moscow, some buildings display the letter z, a symbol of support for what russia has always labelled its special military operation. despite growing outrage, russia says the grim images emerging from cities like bucha are fake.

there is condemnation of the kremlin�*s actions from leaders around the world, with a threat of further sanctions, a call for president putin to face the consequences. but despite all the political pressure, the war goes on. simon jones, bbc news. sergei 0rlov is the deputy mayor of mariupol — he told the bbc intense fighting continued around the southern city and that 150,000 people remained trapped there with no way out for the moment. the situation with mariupol was still... still become worse and worse. so city is in total and absolute full blockade. russia stopped to... stopped allowing to evacuate any citizens. and do not allow to enter any citizen, even local, even with confirmation that he was born here or their family lives here. so they do not allow...

they do not allow to provide any humanitarian help. food, water, medicine. so we estimate that about 150,000 citizens are still in mariupol and they are just surviving and living like mouses underground in shelter, bomb shelters and spaces below the earth just to be survive. ukrainian army continues to defend our city, ukraine still controls centre of the city, industrial parts of our city and some districts. and russia temporarily occupied some outskirts of mariupol. we should understand that we do not receive photos and videos from mariupol for about 20 days. so, we do not know exactly what is happening in mariupol, i mean with photos and videos. only some conversations, some sms. so, we... it could be awful, awful and absolutely impossible situation, what is happening with our citizens

in our city. as to the war, we clearly understand to take control of mariupol is one of the biggest aim, war aim of putin and russia and we understand that they send more tanks, more aircraft, more missiles, more bombs to my city and the destruction will continue of my city. 0ur correspondent emma vardy is in lviv — she gave me the latest on this special team that president zelensky is setting up to look into alleged war crimes. this has all been sparked on the last couple of days in the last couple of days because as russian troops withdraw from certain key northern cities and the towns they had captured around it,

the aftermath is becoming clear, as journalists are travelling into these areas and capturing these images of some streets, littered with the bodies of citizens, some with their hands tied and they appear to be shot. as you say, the ukrainian president last night very directly calling this genocide, accusing russia of war crimes, saying it is a deliberate massacre of civilians. and he is putting together, he says, this special team to immediately start the process of gathering evidence and possibly leading to prosecutions of war crimes. he is putting together a team of prosecutors, ofjudges, of investigators, to get that process moving as quickly as possible. and there was a surprise video address from mr and there was a surprise video address from mr zelensky last night played at the grammys when he was urging world leaders not to stay silent on this. there has been mounting condemnation and outrage from world leaders, france, germany and others, countries calling for these atrocities to be

properly investigated. we've also heard a very swift response from russia, denying that its forces have been killing civilians and even to go as far as to say these images have been fabricated. russia is claiming that these images, competently from bucha, have been fabricated by the kyiv regime to portray to western media. this is early days. it's going to take work by experts on the ground to piece together the evidence to see if it can support the claims that russia is leaving alleged war crimes in its wake. and the images that we've seen, emma, the horrific images we have seen of human remains around the kyiv area... serves to remind us that there are many other parts of ukraine where we simply don't have those images from. and we just don't know what the picture is in the same sort of detail that we are getting around the capital. that's right. and nowhere more so than mariupol, that is the city that has been most heavily bombarded since the russian invasion. there have been tens of thousands

of people trapped there for weeks and weeks in a very desperate situation. it's difficult to get access inside. the red cross has been trying, day after day, to get safe passage, to get a convoy of buses in, to evacuate tens of thousands of desperate people out. it will only be then, really, that the full picture can emerge of what has been happening inside. some stories that have been coming out, people who have managed to escape under their own steam, have been telling the bbc of how devastated the city is, that they've seen death until aid teams are able to get in.

and we've actuallyjust heard that russian investigators are going to be looking into what they say are reports that the ukrainian ministry of defence have staged those videos. and then handed them to western media. the ministry of defence here in russia has said that not from any violent action. in the delivery of humanitarian aid to many of the settlements around kyiv in that part of the country. not only is moscow saying that this is fake news, perpetrated by ukraine, but that they want a meeting of the un security council to discuss it. they say that ukraine has caused a deliberate provocation in order to escalate violence. and to disturb the peace talks. peace talks, which, of course, are due to resume in an online format later today.

and, jenny, i understand you have some news about opinion polls, asking what public opinion is about on the war and the level of support for the war, what can you tell us about those polls? 0pinion polls — most of them — state opinion polls, so you have to take them fairly carefully. this is not a kind of country where people are willing, necessarily, to publish their opposition to the authorities. but they suggest, that, over the last three weeks, support for vladimir putin has been rising, support for his activities in ukraine has also been rising and his personal approval ratings are very high at the moment. it's really worth bearing in mind that there is very little in the wake of independent media operating in this country now. in the way of independent media operating in this country now. many of those independent russian journalists have had to flee. there has been a legal crackdown on what people can publish here.

it's difficult to, in affect, tell the truth about what is happening in ukraine. most state media parrot the kremlin narrative. and that narrative is that this is an honourable and special military operation in ukraine and it is about russian soldiers going in to defend the interests of russian—speaking populations in eastern ukraine against what the kremlin describes as the nazis and nationalist militants in the country. but that the special military operation is also necessary to protect russia from the aggression of its neighbour, ukraine, which the kremlin, at various times, says is trying to acquire nuclear weapons or develop, with the help of america, biological ones. so, if you look at what state media shows and publishes and prints, it's easy to understand how many russians might well support this war and might well support of vladimir putin. support vladimir putin. because they simply do not understand or see what is happening in ukraine.

there's widespread international condemnation of russia — for what ukriane says are war crimes. on friday, bbc news showed what happened on a road outside kyiv. the bbc team was able to get to the area on the highway approaching the capital because ukrainian forces had captured the sector ten hours earlier. a warning — the footage we're about to show includes some distressing images. this is the road — the e40 — where 13 bodies were found. 0n the 7th of march — a ukraine military drone captured footage of a tank — on the side of the road firing at civilians. the drone shows civilian vehicles trying to get to kyiv to escape the russians when they see the tank. let's show you that footage again. you can see them there on the edge of the frame.

in these pictures you can see three cars. in total — it was a convoy of ten trying to escape. in the first car — the driver tried to show he was harmless but the russians opened fire and killed him. they also killed his wife. you see him putting up his hands just before he was shot by the soldiers. they are maksim iowenko and his wife ksjena. they were also travelling with their six—year—old son — and the elderly mother of one of maksim's friends — who both survived. when maksim was killed — he was shouting they had a child with them. in a moment — we'll speak to a woman who was in the fourth car of that convoy. just out of sight line of that footage. first, here's our correspondent jeremy bowen who reported from that

road on friday. again, this clip from jeremy contains some very distressing images from the start. some of the dead were piled up and surrounded by tyres. they deliberately burned them. they set on fire to hide their... to hide what they did. in the desolation are a mass of questions about who they were and how they were killed. it's hard to imagine the fear these people must have gone through in the last few moments of their lives or indeed of the anguish survivors, families must be feeling now. but this is more than just a collection of terrible deaths, it's a crime scene. because, under the laws of war, civilians are supposed to be protected. about who they were and how they were killed. let's speak to 0lga — and her mother tatyana. tatyana was in the fourth car of that convoy. 0lga, e—40, thank you forjoining us

on bbc news today, tatyana, you are now with your daughter in the uk. i want to begin by asking you to tell us about that day and thatjourney! using russian language were going to tell this story. she speaks russian. i want the russian people to understand that they are not doing... they are not liberating us. she speaks russian. that it is an aggressive war. she speaks russian.

ukraine isa ukraine is a peaceful country... the russian government started a war against our country. she speaks russian. the ukrainians will recover from the explosions. she speaks russian. 0urfamily decided our family decided to leave cleve and to go to our house outside kyiv where we thought we would be much more safer. —— leave kyiv. she speaks russian. 0ur settlement is very close to bucha. she speaks russian. as you know, there are a lot of

fightings going on. the walls in our house were shaking. she speaks russian. we could see helicopters and enemy planes flying over our houses. and also their rockets flying. she speaks russian. after a couple of days, we lost electricity and, in a week, we lost gas supply, as well. she speaks russian. we were sleeping in our clothes in case the shelling started, so we could jump up and go, run to our cellar. ., ., could jump up and go, run to our cellar. . . ., ,~ ., could jump up and go, run to our cellar. . . ., ., , ., cellar. olga and tatyana, your mum, ola, is cellar. olga and tatyana, your mum, olga. is setting _ cellar. olga and tatyana, your mum, olga, is setting out _ cellar. olga and tatyana, your mum, olga, is setting out the _ 0lga, is setting out the circumstances in which she and other people, therefore, decided to travel in this convoy to try to... to try to get away to a place a greater

safety, if not absolute safety. so, tatya na, safety, if not absolute safety. so, tatyana, did you know everyone else who was... the other people who were in the car is in the convoy? yes. she speaks russian. inaudible my neighbour's from the street across, we decided that it was time to leave. so, we arranged... we all decided to go in a convoy of 10—15 cars. she speaks russian. it was a huge risk. she speaks russian. every car... most of the cars had children and hence on every car it

was written, "children" in russian. she speaks russian. 0n the motorway, when we reached the motorway, we saw a few burned—out cars. she speaks russian. we were very scared. she speaks russian. and after that, we heard the shelling. she speaks russian. i had my six—year—old granddaughter in a car together with my daughter. she speaks russian. she started shouting that... inaudible she speaks russian. the car in front of me shouted that it was turning around. she speaks russian. i could already see that the cars didn't have any windows and later on ifound didn't have any windows and later on i found out that there were women injured in those cars.— injured in those cars. studio: and... injured in those cars. studio: and- -- and — injured in those cars. studio: and... and did _ injured in those cars. studio:

and... and did you... - injured in those cars. studio: and... and did you... sorry... injured in those cars. studio: - and... and did you... sorry... sorry to interrupt, did you... you didn't witness, as i understand, the shooting of maxine and his wife directly. when did you hear about what had happened to them? —— of maksim. she speaks russian. we didn't see it directly. we only found out when we got home and when the people who were in the car in front of us told us.— front of us told us. studio: and when you _ front of us told us. studio: and when you got — front of us told us. studio: and when you got back _ front of us told us. studio: and when you got back home, - front of us told us. studio: and when you got back home, as - front of us told us. studio: and| when you got back home, as you front of us told us. studio: and - when you got back home, as you say, you knew it was a huge risk. it must have been... a huge moment of panic, when you heard that shooting and realised there was a tank there. when you got back home, what happened next? because you've described or explained that some people in those cars were injured, had been shot?

she translates. she speaks russian. we were panicking, we were horrified. she speaks russian. when we got back home, i felt... broke down in tears in the car. she speaks russian. inaudible tojoin a convoy, the inaudible to join a convoy, the situation, inaudible tojoin a convoy, the situation, my six—year—old granddaughter said i would like to leave because i don't want to die here. unfortunately, not everyone got back to the settlement. and two days later, this is a measure of the desperate situation you are in, you decided to attempt the journey you are in, you decided to attempt thejourney again. did you are in, you decided to attempt the journey again. did you you are in, you decided to attempt thejourney again. did you know

before you set out that it would be any less hazardous or were you fearful that you might come across a similar... a similar situation with tanks by the side of the road? she translates. she speaks russian yes, of course, we knew that we still might be in danger. she speaks russian but it was successful, because we were helped by the volunteer from our settlement. she speaks russian he went to the motorway, he was checking it was safe and he was letting people in the cars behind know that it's safe and that they can cross. she speaks russian

when we were leaving, this time, my son was driving the car and he told us to sit low, so we can't be seen in the car. us to sit low, so we can't be seen in the car-— in the car. studio: so you are takin: in the car. studio: so you are taking what — in the car. studio: so you are taking what precautions - in the car. studio: so you are taking what precautions you i in the car. studio: so you are - taking what precautions you could. thankfully, on the second attempt, that wasn't necessary. but then you... you arrived in the uk, tell us, to be with your daughter, 0lga, tatyana, tell us how long it took you to get out of ukraine, to get to 0lga. olga translates. tatyana speaks russian more than ten days. the first day we stayed over with a family, our friends, not far from stayed over with a family, our friends, not farfrom kyiv. the day after, they managed to catch the train from kyiv to the west city of ukraine. we found a place where to

stay there but, unfortunately, two days after they arrived, the air raid started in that city. it was too much for my mum and she said she would like to cross into safety. so, they crossed the border with hungary, stayed two days in budapest and after that, we found a place for them to stay in vienna, where they awaited the decision on their clearance to enter into the uk. and. clearance to enter into the uk. and, ta ana, clearance to enter into the uk. and, tatyana. what _ clearance to enter into the uk. and, tatyana. what you — clearance to enter into the uk. and, tatyana, what you were _ clearance to enter into the uk. and, tatyana, what you were involved in and you have described how the convoy of cars, almost all the cars had children in them, the word "children" was marked in russian on those vehicles, have for safe passage but not getting it. you firmly believe that what happened to you was a war crime? you have said that you would be willing to give evidence, i understand, to any war crimes investigation. how are you able to try to process what happened

to you? olga translates tatyana speaks russian very sad for those who were killed and women that were raped and children that were shot. those animals have to answer. tatyana speaks russian and not only the soldiers who were

doing those atrocities have to be punished but also the people who gave those orders and who started the war against ukraine.— gave those orders and who started the war against ukraine. studio: do ou feel the war against ukraine. studio: do you feel safe — the war against ukraine. studio: do you feel safe now, _ the war against ukraine. studio: do you feel safe now, tatyana? - tatyana speaks russian yes, we feel very safe here but, unfortunately, we still get shaken when we hear the planes or helicopter flying over us. tatyana speaks russian we are surrounded with love and care being in the family of my daughter. studio: and is it your wish and your hope, tatyana, to return to ukraine as soon as you possibly can? olga translates tatyana speaks russian

yes, of course, it is the wish and desire of every ukrainian. all ukrainians would like to go back and live in ukraine. tatyana speaks russian i would also like to say a big thank you to the countries that opened their borders and to people who opened their houses for people who are coming from ukraine. tatyana speaks russian it isa it is a huge help. and, when magma from your perspective, i can't imagine the trauma, the worry that he went through —— and 0lga, from your perspective i can't imagine. your mum trying to make this journey, hearing what happened to that convoy had knowing there would be another attempt a couple of days later. you must have been frantic with worry. later. you must have been frantic with worry-—

later. you must have been frantic with wor . ., , , ., with worry. the trouble is, that you feel helpless- _ with worry. the trouble is, that you feel helpless. you _ with worry. the trouble is, that you feel helpless. you hear _ with worry. the trouble is, that you feel helpless. you hear the - with worry. the trouble is, that you feel helpless. you hear the signal. | feel helpless. you hear the signal. not very often you can get hold of them. you won't wish it to anyone, to be quite honest. it is indescribable.— to be quite honest. it is indescribable. �* ., indescribable. and that feeling, then, indescribable. and that feeling, then. when _ indescribable. and that feeling, then, when you _ indescribable. and that feeling, then, when you heard _ indescribable. and that feeling, then, when you heard that - indescribable. and that feeling, then, when you heard that your| indescribable. and that feeling, - then, when you heard that your mum, on the 9th of march, but that convoy had been able to successfully go to where it was heading and that that was the start of your mum's journey. describe your emotions, your feelings, your thoughts then? it describe your emotions, your feelings, your thoughts then? it was a relief, feelings, your thoughts then? it was a relief. but — feelings, your thoughts then? it was a relief, but there _ feelings, your thoughts then? it was a relief, but there were _ feelings, your thoughts then? it was a relief, but there were still... - a relief, but there were still... still a long journey for them. sometimes, they bombed the trains. sometimes, they bombed the trains. so when they were on a train, you were still worried and concerned. the relief for me was when they crossed into hungary. we got peace of mind and thought they are safe, now. ~ ., ., _, , ., now. we are, of course, right now talkin: to now. we are, of course, right now talking to our _ now. we are, of course, right now talking to our viewers _ now. we are, of course, right now talking to our viewers on - now. we are, of course, right now talking to our viewers on bbc - now. we are, of course, right nowl

talking to our viewers on bbc news domestically in the uk but bbc world news. news 0lga, domestically in the uk but bbc world news 0lga, what is your mum, tatyana's message to anyone watching in ukraine? olga translates tatyana speaks russian we are praying for peace. we hope it is going to come soon. glory to ukraine and glory to the heroes. thank you both so much, look after each other and thank you for telling us your stories. and — a quick reminder — we'll be taking your questions on the war in ukraine, this thursday morning at 11.30. we'll have guests able to answer a range of aspects of the war — from how it is being fought; how

it is being reported; and how it may end — to the human consequences. you can get in touch on twitter using the hashtag bbc your questions — and you can email us on yourquestions@bbc.co.uk. the remarkable story of one woman and what she encountered in her efforts to get away from danger in ukraine. ukraine's president has accused russian forces of committing genocide in towns near the capital, kyiv. president zelensky says he has created a "special mechanism" to investigate alleged war crimes and in a video address, he vowed to find and punish anyone responsible for civilian deaths. the country's prosecutor general says 400 bodies have been recovered from towns — such as bucha — recaptured in the kyiv region. there's been condemnation of russia from leaders around the world —

including the prime minister boris johnson — with the threat of further sanctions. but russia is denying any civilian deaths. meanwhile, russia's assault on mariupol in the south—east continues, with heavy fighting in the city amid attempts to evacuate tens of thousands of trapped locals. the kremlin is also continuing its offensive into the donbas region in the east of ukraine, according to the uk's ministry of defence. well, let's get more now on the mounting evidence that russian soldiers have committed atrocities as they retreated from the area around the ukrainian capital, kyiv. russia says images of civilian killings are "fake". 0ur correspondentjeremy bowen sent us this report from kyiv, which you may find upsetting. 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 convoy 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 is the village of kalivnika. there were a few civilians, a rare sight, so we stopped. irina kostenko wanted to talk about the 10th of march, the day the russians

killed her only son alexi. 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 outsider she had seen since the russians left on friday. and the story of her son's death spilled out. translation: the pain's so bad. now i am all alone. my son was young, 27 years old. he wanted to stay alive. alexi was born when irina was 18. her life has not been easy, but she dreads the future without him. she said he had 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 had been and are now in ukraine. crying on her own, irina buried alexi 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 the carpet. did you say to the russians why did you kill my son? 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 alexi was killed, opposite the house, ukrainian troops are salvaging russian ammunition to use it against them. they will 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. irina found another picture of her son. this is my love, she said. my sweetheart. jeremy bowen, bbc news, outside kyiv. hugh williamson is europe and central asia director

at human rights watch. thank you very much forjoining us. i know that many of our viewers will know that the organisation has been involved in documenting atrocities involved in documenting atrocities in various conflicts around the world. just in the last few minutes we have seen that report, i have spoken to a woman who was then a convoy near kyiv on the 7th of march that was shot at by russian forces. there is plenty of evidence of what is going on which we have not always had and conflicts. we have evidence, don't we? . had and conflicts. we have evidence, don't we? , _, . , ., don't we? indeed. this conflict is a newer one. — don't we? indeed. this conflict is a newer one, because _ don't we? indeed. this conflict is a newer one, because of _ don't we? indeed. this conflict is a newer one, because of the - don't we? indeed. this conflict is a newer one, because of the volume j don't we? indeed. this conflict is a i newer one, because of the volume of open source material, photographs, videos instantaneously shared online. it is part of ourjob to

verify those videos and make sure they were filmed where and when they appear to have been found. of course, other evidence as well. testimony, interviews, otherthings. evidence gathered by our team of arms experts, russia has been using prohibited weapons, cluster munitions and antipersonnel land mines in this war. we have managed to verify that, from afar but based on photo and video evidence. that verification — on photo and video evidence. that verification is _ on photo and video evidence. that verification is so _ on photo and video evidence. that verification is so important, at the beginning, there were videos circulating not from this conflict, from previous conflicts. it is also very important, this verification, because you have russia in response to what ukraine is saying at the moment, claiming that this is propaganda about ukraine, that some of the images that we are seeing have been set up. so is it possible

to really cut through what russia is saying based on verification of images and videos etc? we saying based on verification of images and videos etc? we believe it is, that is images and videos etc? we believe it is. that is our— images and videos etc? we believe it is, that is our role _ images and videos etc? we believe it is, that is our role to _ images and videos etc? we believe it is, that is our role to do _ images and videos etc? we believe it is, that is our role to do with - is, that is our role to do with russia and ukraine and other conflicts. we are very careful in building up the evidence we present, we do a range of interviews, evidence from other sources as well. evidence be published on sunday about terrible abuse such as summary executions, repeated rape, all took place in the first half of march, several weeks ago, it has taken us this time to make absolutely sure that we know these things happened. and therefore that evidence is more difficult for russia to refute, it can also be part of international and national investigations to bring those who committed these crimes to account and to account for what

their abuse is. that is why it is important to have this careful approach, this evidence could also go into forensic investigations that need to take place of the bodies of those who have been found. president zelensky talking _ those who have been found. president zelensky talking about _ those who have been found. president zelensky talking about a _ those who have been found. president zelensky talking about a commission l zelensky talking about a commission to investigate war crimes, what with the normal process b and would it be better if that investigation was entirely independent of ukraine itself? ~ ., ., , entirely independent of ukraine itself? ~ . . entirely independent of ukraine itself? ~ ., ., ., ., , itself? ukraine has a role to play. national governments _ itself? ukraine has a role to play. national governments have - itself? ukraine has a role to play. national governments have roles | itself? ukraine has a role to play. l national governments have roles to play. primarily, it is the responsibility of russia to investigate abuses by their own soldiers, it may not happen soon. ukraine plus the international criminal court are playing an important role. president zelensky called on them to intervene today, maybe that is a good partnership. thank you very much. in a major un report published today, the world's leading researchers on climate change

will warn that human intervention is urgently needed to rein in catastrophic global warming. in its third recent report, the intergovernmental panel on climate change will urge governments to take steps to stop emitting carbon dioxide, particularly from the energy and transport sectors. 0ur science correspondent victoria gill is in salford. just a few months on from when we were in glasgow reporting on cop26, code red for humanity warning. the war in ukraine and the cost of living crisis are bringing renewed focus on where we get our energy from and the impact that has on the planet. from and the impact that has on the lanet. �* , ., planet. bringing renewed focus on that, absolutely, _ planet. bringing renewed focus on that, absolutely, but— planet. bringing renewed focus on that, absolutely, but also - planet. bringing renewed focus on that, absolutely, but also shifting | that, absolutely, but also shifting our priorities, i suppose. when the last report came out, there have been three recent reports, we had the what of what is happening in terms of climate change, we had the what impact is that having on the

planet? and this is the what can we do? this is the mitigation. it is getting increasingly urgent. we talked about it at cop26, we are getting close to the deadline. this is a decisive decade for action on climate change. it means reducing greenhouse gas emissions, sucking carbon out of the atmosphere with technology that is in its infancy. critically, we are getting further on in that very critical decade. this report is going to be an alarming call to action, we think. it has also been fairly delayed. it has been one of the most elite reports on its final process of being approved. this is the intergovernmental panel on climate change, the world's best climate scientist, approved by 200 countries, coming together to sign the report of line by line. some of the report of line by line. some of the economy is dependent on fossil fuels, economies that have not had the opportunity that the west

economies have had to use fossil fuels, to develop and boost their own economies, are dragging their feet and saying this needs to be just. it needs to be a transition that the whole world takes responsibility for, including historic responsibility for the release of greenhouse gas emissions that cause death in the first place. hopefully, a plan of how to fix this. let's speak now to alice bell who's co—director at the climate change charity possible. thank you very much forjoining us on bbc news. the uk government is publishing its energy policy strategy later this week. in light of what we are hearing, the report has not officially been published yet, but we know approximately what is going to be and in light of that what would you like to see endless this energy policy strategy? there is no excuse _ this energy policy strategy? there is no excuse for _ this energy policy strategy? there is no excuse for not _ this energy policy strategy? ii—iiff is no excuse for not decarbonising

our energy system, as victoria said, new crisis and new problems with ukraine in recent weeks. if anything, they emphasised the need to get on with it. one of the things we know the uk government are talking about is whether to open up the possibility build more onshore wind. mature, cheap, popular technology, a great british invention and we are having a conversation about whether we apply it. by 2022, we need to be decarbonising to have clean energy and cheap energy that is going to help the crisis we are feeling in the country already.— help the crisis we are feeling in the country already. focusing on the art of the country already. focusing on the part of carbon _ the country already. focusing on the part of carbon removal— the country already. focusing on the part of carbon removal might - the country already. focusing on the part of carbon removal might have i the country already. focusing on the | part of carbon removal might have to play, not only reducing the amount of carbon emissions that we pump into the atmosphere, but actively removing it. how big a role does that help? it is pretty expensive, isn't it? it

that help? it is pretty expensive, isn't it? . . . that help? it is pretty expensive, isn't it? , , , ., isn't it? it is expensive. the idea of sucking _ isn't it? it is expensive. the idea of sucking carbon _ isn't it? it is expensive. the idea of sucking carbon dioxide - isn't it? it is expensive. the idea of sucking carbon dioxide out. isn't it? it is expensive. the idea of sucking carbon dioxide out of| isn't it? it is expensive. the idea i of sucking carbon dioxide out of the air, it is already being applied in some places. you may have drunk a fizzy drink that had used carbon dioxide. it is small scale and very expensive. even if we have the most optimistic approach to how fast this technology will improve, it is going to be a small part of the puzzle. a lot of people concentrate on the carbon dioxide removal technologies because it means they can still fly around in an aeroplane and burn oil, it does not mean that. it means going all out for renewables, how we change our heating, air transport systems. it is going to be part of the puzzle, we do not know how much part of the puzzle it will be, it is emerging technology, but none of that means that we get a get out of jail free card that means that we get a get out of jailfree card in that means that we get a get out of jail free card in terms of other technologies. 0nshore wind, we should be making the most of that

right now while going as far as we can on the other options. we will talk about _ can on the other options. we will talk about this _ can on the other options. we will talk about this more _ can on the other options. we will talk about this more in _ can on the other options. we will talk about this more in the - can on the other options. we will. talk about this more in the coming weeks and months. 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. this is why the world watched hungary's vote. viktor 0rban, famed for his autocratic, illiberal 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, mr 0rban again ruled out sending weapons to ukraine, which shares

a border with hungary. translation: this war l between two big countries is right next door to us. it's dangerous. we have to stay out of it. the opposition wants to get hungary involved. we're running to prevent that. voters here say they hate the violence in ukraine, but many support viktor 0rban and the cheap energy prices he's promised thanks to agreements with russia. translation: there is a lot of. criticism from abroad, but i stand by the government. they have the right attitude towards the war in ukraine. we hungarians help refugees, but i agree we shouldn't allow weapons transfers. ahead of the election, hungary's opposition leader told us viktor 0rban was damaging his country at home and abroad. it's not too difficult| to find a connection between 0rban and putin. they are doing business together, i and even now, 0rban is the only one who's still defending putin

in this ukrainian war. - viktor 0rban has 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. under viktor 0rban, it's becoming increasingly isolated. faced with moscow, western allies want to present a united front. by winning hungary's election, viktor 0rban remains an unpredictable thorn in their side. katya adler, bbc news, budapest. bbc news has been told that some of the fixed penalty notices issued for lockdown breaches in downing street and whitehall were for a gathering held on the eve of prince philip's funeral last april. sources say recipients

of the fines were notified by email in recent days. downing street apologised to buckingham palace when details of the party emerged earlier this year. of course — of the parties being investigated — that one on the eve of prince philip's funeral has drawn a lot of attention, as our political correspondent ione wells can explain. that's exactly right. it is worth reflecting on the impact those revelations had at the time. remember, at the time, there had been somewhat of a lull in some of these allegations, lockdown parties coming out. when this dropped that people were partying in downing street on the eve of prince philip's funeral, it led to widespread anger, particular among a number of conservative mps, furious at that sharp contrast between people drinking in downing street and, as you mention, images of the queen having to mourn her husband alone the next day.

what we know has now transpired is that some people at one of those gatherings on the eve of prince philip's funeral on the 15th of april 2021 have been issued with fixed penalty notice fines. this was the leaving do of james slack, who was previously director of communications in downing street, now deputy editor at the sun newspaper. we know the prime minister himself wasn't at this gathering. he has apologised for them, particularly in light of the criticism they received at the time. significant to just reflect on the fact that this is the first time that police have actually confirmed that lockdown rules were broken in downing street itself. we already know that other fines have been issued for separate events that took place in the cabinet office in whitehall. this is the first time we have had confirmation of laws being broken in downing street itself, contrary to what the prime minister had said at the time, that no rules were broken in number ten. i think this makes it a very difficult situation for number ten indeed. i want to ask you about the conservative mp david warburton, who is facing an investigation

into alleged misconduct, what is the latest on that? that's right, we know there were multiple allegations of sexual harassment made against the conservative mp david warburton reported by the sunday times. conservative party sources also told the bbc three allegations of sexual harassment were being investigated and that these were being investigated by parliament's independent grievance scheme, a body set up to look at complaints about harassment and bullying against mps. the latest we know, he has said he has enormous amounts of defence and that he hasn't been contacted by parliament's independent complaints and grievance scheme. yesterday, the mp's wife said had been admitted to a psychiatric hospital for severe shock and stress. this investigation is ongoing and the conservative party have said they had suspended his whip while that investigation is ongoing, which means that, for the time

being, he will sit as an independent mp rather than as a conservative mp. thank you very much. the 64th grammy awards have taken place in las vegas — but the stand—out moment didn't come from a musician. as we've been reporting, ukraine's president, volodymyr zelensky, made a surprise appearance — via a pre—recorded video message — and asked the celebrity audience to "tell the truth about the war" on tv and social media. sophie long reports. # come on # let's go.# silk sonic kicked off the show with its tribute to 70s soul and claimed the grammys for song and record of the year for leave the door 0pen. trevor noah was hosting for a second time. we're in vegas, look at this, you know, people are doing shots. i mean, last year people were doing shots but it was more moderna and pfizer, this time we're back in the mix _ there were nods for the controversy at last week's 0scars. i'm going to present this award and i trust that you people -

will stay 500 feet away from me. just playing. and the grammys did what the oscars didn't and gave the ukrainian president the opportunity to make a direct plea for john legend followed with a performance alongside ukrainian musicians, which received a standing ovation. applause. 19—year—old disney actress turned pop sensation 0livia rodrigo was given the grammys for best newcomer and best pop vocal album. i want to thank my mum and my dad

for being equally as proud of me forwinning a grammy as they were when i learned how to do a back walkover. this is for you guys and because of you guys. thank you. applause. the big winner of the night with five grammys, including best album was a genre busting jon batiste. ijust put my head down and i work on the craft every day. i love music. i've been playing since i was a little boy. it's more than entertainment, for me, it's a spiritual practice. it was a musical journey that celebrated those that keep music on the road and whether or not you agree with where the awards went, the grammys were back in all their glory. # are you gonna go my way? sophie long, bbc news, las vegas. # and i've got to know..# you are watching bbc news. i am on

twitter. hello again. the weather at the start of this week is milder than it was yesterday but it is going to turn colder later in the week. it is also breezy. we have rain, coastal and hill mist and fog in between two weather systems, there is one pushing away, the warm front, behind it, mild airand pushing away, the warm front, behind it, mild air and a cold front in the north producing lighter rain. through the afternoon, more heavy and persistent. in between, a lot of cloud, drizzle, the best chance of breaks across eastern scotland, north—east england, east wales and parts of the south. temperatures nine celsius to 15 celsius but colder in shetland where you will

see wintry showers. winding through the day, through to night, a lot of cloud, mist and fog on the hills and coast, heavy rain on northern ireland, northern england and scotland, and in the highlands and grampian some snow on the tops of the hills. it will be colder, a mild start to the day for the rest of the uk. tomorrow, rain across northern ireland, northern england and scotland. significant snow in the highlands and grampian is, most of it will be on the hills but some of the heavy burst could to lower levels. ten to 20 centimetres potentially. further south, a lot of cloud, some breaks, in the brighter breaks getting up to 15 celsius. as we move from tuesday to wednesday, the area of low pressure drags the weather front from west to east across the country, the isobars tell you it is going to be windy. there is a potential for gale force gusts

across central, southern and northern scotland. we lose the rain in the south in the morning, showers are blown and in the wind, and some snow in the north of scotland. some of that getting down to lower levels as well. thursday, cold northerly wind, and the call travels further south but there is something milder in the far south. at the end of the week, the chance of sleet and snow across southern areas and where ever you are, it is going to turn colder.

this is bbc news. the headlines at 11: ukraine's president says he is setting up a special team that will start investigating alleged russian war crimes immediately. it comes after ukraine said it's recovered more than 400 bodies — some of them in mass graves. russia calls the claims propaganda. ukrainians caught up in the violence wantjustice. translation: not only those soldiers doing those atrocities need to be punished but also those who gave those orders and those who started the war against ukraine. fines for breaching covid rules have been issued to some people who attended a leaving party at downing street, the night before prince philip's funeral last april.

travellers are facing long delays with queues at airports and ports — easyjet has cancelled around 100 flights. let's go! and music's big night returns with the star—studded grammy awards — we'll have the latest on all the winners. ukraine's president has accused russian forces of committing genocide in towns near the capital, kyiv. president zelensky says he has created a special team of international experts, lawyers and judges, to start investigating alleged war crimes in ukraine and in a video address, he vowed to find and punish anyone

responsible for civilian deaths. the country's prosecutor general says 400 bodies have been recovered from towns — such as bucha — recaptured in the kyiv region. there's been condemnation of russia from leaders around the world — including the prime minister boris johnson — with the threat of further sanctions. but russia is denying any civilian deaths. meanwhile, russia s assault on mariupol in the south—east continues, with heavy fighting in the city amid attempts to evacuate tens of thousands of trapped locals. the kremlin is also continuing its offensive into the donbas region in the east of ukraine, according to the uk's ministry of defence. simonjones has the latest. the withdrawal of russian forces from areas around kyiv reveals the destruction and a 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 of bucha have witnessed unimaginable horror. translation: i'm so worried. i'm already 90. i shouldn't have lived to see this. these satellite images from bucha are said to show evidence of a mass grave in the grounds of a church. it's a bleak landscape. borisjohnson says russia's despicable attacks against innocent civilians are yet more evidence that president putin and his army are committing war crimes. the ukrainian president says it has to end. translation: i call on all our citizens and friends of ukraine | in the world who can join this work and help establish justice to do so. the world has already seen many war crimes at different times on 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.

russia's military focus is shifting to the east of ukraine. new footage from mariupol shows the devastation caused by more than a month of shelling. and this is what remains of a theatre used as a shelter which came under attack. hundreds are feared to have died. you saw these pictures, you saw these videos and we see that the russian army, they are not human. i don't know who they are, they are animals. i don't know how it's possible to do this, i cannot even imagine. tens of thousands of people remain trapped in the city, struggling to find food and water. there is now an exodus under way from the city of kramatorsk. emotional farewells. people here fear russia could soon attempt to besiege the city, making it a second mariupol. in moscow, some buildings display the letter z, a symbol of support for what russia has always labelled its special

military operation. despite growing outrage, russia says the grim images emerging from cities like bucha are fake. there is condemnation of the kremlin's actions from leaders around the world, with a threat of further sanctions, a call for president putin to face the consequences. but despite all the political pressure, the war goes on. simon jones, bbc news. 0ur security correspondent frank gardner is here. the ukrainian president saying they will start to investigate war crimes immediately. how difficult is it to gather evidence on the ground in a conflict situation and to tie it to subsequent prosecutions? if the subsequent prosecutions? if the fiuuhtin subsequent prosecutions? if the fighting has _ subsequent prosecutions? if the fighting has stopped _ subsequent prosecutions? if the fighting has stopped and - subsequent prosecutions? if ii�*uéi fighting has stopped and you have witnesses and there is a video, it is relatively feasible, it is doable to gather the evidence. the hard thing is to link that evidence of those alleged atrocities to the people you think are responsible,

the chain of command. in the case of the chain of command. in the case of the syrian civil war which ground on for more than ten years, there was a secret group of investigators putting together prosecution ready files in a secret office in european capital. we went to visit them, i cannot say where it is because they wanted they were kept secret, and they were looking at atrocities committed by isis commanders but very few of those have come to trial and in the case of russia, the people ultimately write up the command chain are unlikely to be travelling outside russia. it will be difficult to do this because getting the evidence is one thing, linking it to those responsible and people are just going to denied it. russia has already said, it is fake, which is what syria did, the syrian regime just said it was done by the other side or it is fake. the

images. — other side or it is fake. the images. the _ other side or it is fake. the images, the reports - other side or it is fake. the images, the reports have sparked international condemnation and shock. how much will that do in terms of putting more pressure on other countries to deliver the military support that volodymyr zelensky has been calling for for some time? t zelensky has been calling for for some time?— zelensky has been calling for for some time? ~ ., ,.,,, , , some time? i think we are possibly enterin: some time? i think we are possibly entering quite _ some time? i think we are possibly entering quite a — some time? i think we are possibly entering quite a dangerous - some time? i think we are possibly entering quite a dangerous phase l entering quite a dangerous phase here because although there is a collective sigh of relief that the capital is no longer going to be the scene of her street fighting, tinged with the horror of what has gone on in the suburbs, the danger i think is that with this demand for bigger weapons, betterweapons is that with this demand for bigger weapons, better weapons to help ukraine resist the onslaught of russia's ongoing invasion and the attacks on 0desa, it is one remaining fort on the black seed, there is the risk of escalation and retaliation. borisjohnson the prime minister has been suggesting britain

should supply anti—ship missiles, these have a range of 130 kilometres, to hit or to deter russian warships from pounding 0desa from the sea. i want to help president putin will react if a british made missile sung a russian warship. that would be seen as an act of war. but then again, he has called everything the rest is done as an act of war, but it is a dangerous time both for ukraine in terms of surviving because their regular armed forces are now at risk of being encircled in the donbas, they will fight for every inch, they are the best combat ready trained troops they have there but they could be outnumbered, and there is the risk of escalation of nato being drawn further into it. if they start supplying big weapons platforms like tanks, warplanes and anti—ship missiles, we are into a different

paradigms and we don't know how moscow is going to react to that. the response so far has two b talking about more sanctions. how much further can sanctions go? there is a bit further — much further can sanctions go? there is a bit further they _ much further can sanctions go? there is a bit further they can _ much further can sanctions go? there is a bit further they can go. _ much further can sanctions go? there is a bit further they can go. they - is a bit further they can go. they are already the most crippling set of sanctions i can remember in modern history but certainly on a major country. it is unprecedented and muscovites particularly an urban russians who have used two years of years of being connected to the global economy are going to have to get used to not finding the medicines they want, all these brands are disappearing. they are going to go backwards in time, further back towards soviet times in terms of what is available in the shops. it will not be popular. in terms of how much further they can 90, terms of how much further they can go, there are more banks, more individuals who could be sanctioned but they are beginning to run out of the sanctions pot. ls it but they are beginning to run out of the sanctions pot.— the sanctions pot. is it possible to assess to what _ the sanctions pot. is it possible to assess to what impact _ the sanctions pot. is it possible to assess to what impact the - the sanctions pot. is it possible to l assess to what impact the sanctions

have had so far?— have had so far? yes. i don't think it is scientific _ have had so far? yes. i don't think it is scientific but _ have had so far? yes. i don't think it is scientific but you _ have had so far? yes. i don't think it is scientific but you only - have had so far? yes. i don't think it is scientific but you only have . it is scientific but you only have to look at the russian stock exchange and the rouble, both of which have suffered losses the hard men who surround president putin, the people surrounded himself with, who he has known from his kgb days before the collapse of the soviet union, they all have heavy investments in things which are now suffering, so they have lost money over this. their travel is restricted, a lot of them are sanctioned now. people who have had a nice lifestyle, being able to hop outside moscow to the nice country house in berkshire, send their children to fee—paying schools in britain, that isn't going to happen any more for a lot of them. i don't think he is in danger of being overthrown them, i don't think he is

in immediate danger of being overthrown, his popularity is still high but ordinary russians will feel the pinch. especially affluent middle—class motions. the sanctions are hurting russia, they're hurting the west as well and it has come at a dreadful time for everybody in the west, but the argument is that these papers are making is we will have to put up with this because this is a bigger risk if we remain tied to russia's supply of gas and fuel that we then had to stay quite well a country allegedly carries out genocide on others.- country allegedly carries out genocide on others. thank you, frank. i asked our correspondent jenny hill in moscow what the kremlin were saying about civilian casualties in towns like bucha outside kyiv. moscow is saying that all of those reports, that footage, those accounts, are all fake news. and we've actuallyjust heard that russian investigators are going to be looking into what they say are reports that the ukrainian ministry

of defence have staged those videos. and then handed them to western media. the ministry of defence here in russia has said that not a single local resident in bucha suffered from any violent action. 0n the contrary, they say their troops were involved in the delivery of humanitarian aid to many of the settlements around format later today. and — a quick reminder — we'll be taking your questions on the war in ukraine, this thursday morning at 11.30. we'll have guests able to answer a range of aspects of the war — from how it is being fought,

how it is being reported, and how it may end — to the human consequences. you can get in touch on twitter using the hashtag #bbcyourquestions — and you can email us

getting now is a #bbcyourquestions — getting now is a bit more detail around who has received fines. the police has issued around 20 fines. we are getting details about who has got fines and for which parties. we understand that the party that was held on the night before prince philip's funeral, that some people who are at that party had received fines. that party was for the former director of communications james slack, that was his leaving do and at the time it was one of the parties that caused the most anger within the public and the conservative party. given that there was this drip, drip of information. this was the one that got people the most rather up because we saw that picture of the queen sitting alone at the funeral of her husband, and downing street apologised to

buckingham palace around that time. we know people are getting e—mails about these fines. the prime minister was not at that event and we have been told that downing street would tell us if the prime minister did get a fine and if senior civil servant simon case did get a fine. as of this morning they have not, however we have been hearing about the prime minister's defence, there are two issues for the prime minister around this, one if he gets a fine and also whether he misled the house, he said no rules were broken. a minister has been on the airwaves today, jacob rees—mogg and he has been saying the prime minister was told on the best information that he had and he didn't and vertically mislead the house. of course, if he did, the convention is that he would resign but we are hearing from ministers that in their defence of the prime minister that they don't think he did it on purpose and it was on the

best information he had at the time but of course it is a tricky moment for the prime minister. the family of conservative mp david warburton say he has been admitted to a psychiatric hospital to be treated for shock and stress. mr warburton is facing accusations of sexual harassment and illegal drug use and has been suspended by the conservative party, pending an investigation into the claims. the somerton and frome mp says he has "enormous amounts of defence". the headlines on bbc news: ukraine's president says he is setting up a special team that will start investigating alleged russian war crimes straightaway. ukraine says its recovered more than 400 bodies — some of them in mass graves — from areas around kyiv previously occupied by russian forces. russia calls the claims propaganda. fines for breaching covid rules have been issued to some people who attended a leaving party at downing street the night before prince philip's funeral last april.

let's return to our top story — the war in ukraine. we can go live to lviv in western ukraine, and our correspondent anna foster. acro bring us up to date with the latest development that you are hearing there.— latest development that you are hearing there. latest development that you are hearin: there. ~ . ., , ., hearing there. what we are seeing at the moment — hearing there. what we are seeing at the moment are _ hearing there. what we are seeing at the moment are increasing _ hearing there. what we are seeing at the moment are increasing calls - hearing there. what we are seeing at| the moment are increasing calls from here in ukraine but also from around the world for a full and proper investigation into these horrific and graphic images we have seen emerging from towns around kyiv in the last 48 hours. the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky, made his nightly address, he speaks to the people of ukraine every evening but yesterday's was particularly passionate and the wording he used was particularly difficult to hear as he described some of the scenes that we have seen, bodies lying in the streets, people with their hands tied behind their back who have been

killed and he talked about innocent ukrainians targeted as part of this. we have to remember that russian full back ukrainian forces have pushed russian troops away from areas around kyiv, that only happened a few days ago and we talk about places like blucher because they are places we have seen. but there is a chance that we will potentially see more of what has gone on there and what we have seen so far has been frankly horrifying. and what about the russian strategy in terms of that pull—back, but then where troops are refocusing, it is being reported it is around the donbas region and also russia is mobilising 60,000 extra troops to come in from russia, bringing in reservists, what is the latest on all that? it reservists, what is the latest on all that? ., reservists, what is the latest on allthat? ., ., ,, ., reservists, what is the latest on all that? ., ., , , ., ., ., all that? it would appear that what russia wants _

all that? it would appear that what russia wants to _ all that? it would appear that what russia wants to do _ all that? it would appear that what russia wants to do now _ all that? it would appear that what russia wants to do now is - all that? it would appear that what russia wants to do now is achieve | all that? it would appear that what l russia wants to do now is achieve as much as it can from this conflict. as we know, they set out five weeks ago trying to grab a huge swathes of this country and they were unsuccessful in that. if we look at areas where the fighting is still going on, mariupol where it has been impossible to establish a large—scale humanitarian corridor, thatis large—scale humanitarian corridor, that is because russia desperately wants mariupol and ukraine doesn't wants mariupol and ukraine doesn't want to let it go. it is a strategic port city, if russia manages to capture mariupol it will provide it with a land corridor to annex crimea. so for them it would be an important part of their strategy, it would help them further integrate annex crimea into russia, so we know they have realised it seems that they have realised it seems that they cannot capture kyiv, they cannot move in a large scale across ukraine so they want to focus on places like the donbas, places

around the eastern border of ukraine, really focusing their forces on areas they have a chance of capturing. president putin, has congratulated hungary's prime minister, viktor 0rban, after his fidesz party won a fourth term in office in sunday's election. a statement from the kremlin said mr putin expressed confidence that the two countries could develop further ties, despite what it called the difficult international situation. with 94% 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. this is why the world watched hungary's vote. viktor 0rban, famed for his autocratic, illiberal 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, mr 0rban again ruled out sending weapons to ukraine, which shares a border with hungary. translation: this war l between two big countries is right next door to us. it's dangerous. we have to stay out of it. the opposition wants to get hungary involved. we're running to prevent that. voters here say they hate the violence in ukraine, but many support viktor 0rban and the cheap energy prices he's promised thanks to agreements with russia. translation: there is a lot of. criticism from abroad, but i stand by the government. they have the right attitude towards the war in ukraine. we hungarians help refugees, but i agree we shouldn't allow weapons transfers. ahead of the election, hungary's opposition leader told us

viktor 0rban was damaging his country at home and abroad. it's not too difficult| to find a connection between 0rban and putin. they are doing business together, i and even now, 0rban is the only one who's still defending putin in this ukrainian war. - viktor 0rban has long prided himself on political pragmatism, dallying with allies east and west, treading a fine line

four years ago, which would have put them on a pretty much an evil par with the fidesz government. instead, they lost 800,000 votes. so instead of that opposition alliance for this election hanging together, it meant that many of its former voters, for one reason or another, stayed away, and that helped mr 0rban win this victory. his own party also actually managed to get more votes than he got four years ago, so increasing his own vote and a huge fall away of votes for the opposition. that's how we got to this

situation in hungary today. egg farmers are demanding a price rise of 40p a dozen eggs after an industry body warned of shortages within weeks. rapidly rising production costs are to blame — i think it's fair in that... that if a small price rise isn't forthcoming to producers via the retailers and packers, there might not be many eggs on offer on retail shelves later on. we know that hen numbers are falling and egg supply will become limited as producers leave the industry. so, the choice is to pay a little more now or a lot more later on when eggs become very, very short in supply. the price of a first class stamp has gone up to 95p. royal mail has blamed the increase on higher delivery costs. it says the number of letters

being sent has fallen, i mean, last year people were doing shots but it was more moderna and pfizer, this time we're back in the mix _ there were nods for the controversy at last week's 0scars. i'm going to present this award

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i want to thank my mum and my dad for being equally as proud of me forwinning a grammy as they were when i learned how to do a back walkover. this is for you guys and because of you guys. thank you. applause. the big winner of the night with five grammys, including best album was a genre busting jon batiste. ijust put my head down and i work on the craft every day. i love music. i've been playing since i was a little boy. it's more than entertainment, for me, it's a spiritual practice. it was a musical journey that celebrated those that keep music on the road and whether or not you agree with where the awards went, the grammys were back in all their glory. # are you gonna go my way? sophie long, bbc news, las vegas. # and i've got to know...# easyjet has cancelled around 100 flights today — including 62 from the uk — because of staff being off sick with covid.

the airline — which is one of the biggest in europe — has apologised to passengers for the inconvenience. british airways has cancelled 60 flights to and from of heathrow airport today. airports have also been struggling over the weekend, with long queues formed at check—in and security at terminals in manchester and heathrow. the eurotunnel is also reporting delays of approximately three hours — that's due to a train that's come to a halt in the channel tunnel. joining me now from heathrow is travel journalist simon calder. tell us more then. is itjust easyjet and ba experiencing these problems? yes. in terms of the airlines and i'm sorry to tell you that the number of cancellations is increasing. i calculate that british airways has cancelled more than 100 european flights today. that is between london heathrow, where i am,

and points across europe. they have just cancelled flights to sofia in bulgaria and palermo in sicily. basically they are saying we have high levels of covid infections and we reduced our schedule over the next few weeks, but they are still getting short gnosis cancellations and that is really tough news for lots of people trying to see loved ones or indeed on the first holiday they might have had for a couple of years. they might have had for a couple of ears. ~ . . they might have had for a couple of ears. . ., , , ., ., years. what is the situation? obviously — years. what is the situation? obviously it _ years. what is the situation? obviously it is _ years. what is the situation? obviously it is easter - years. what is the situation? obviously it is easter so - years. what is the situation? | obviously it is easter so word years. what is the situation? - obviously it is easter so word those flights all basically full and how will people be taken to wherever they are supposed to go now? luckily euro ean they are supposed to go now? luckily european passenger _ they are supposed to go now? luckily european passenger rights _ they are supposed to go now? luckily european passenger rights rules - european passenger rights rules that say whether you are in the european union or outside it are absolutely clear. i have been talking to a lot of passengers here. if your flight is cancelled by british airways, easyjet or another airline, you have

the right to be flown to your destination as soon as possible and if it means the airline that cancelled your flight has to go out and buy a business class ticket on another airline, that is what they need to do. they also need to provide you with meals while you were waiting, overnight accommodation if need be and on top of that, they will be paying you anything from 250 euros to 600 euros in compensation. that is the statutory amount. having said that, of course with easyjet cancelling so many flights today, i am up to more than 100, but they have cancelled across europe now, there are problems with getting room so a lot of people are having to transfer in places like paris, frankfurt, amsterdam and madrid. it places like paris, frankfurt, amsterdam and madrid. it sounds like it will be an expensive _ amsterdam and madrid. it sounds like it will be an expensive situation - it will be an expensive situation for the airlines covering this and sorting it out. how come it is just ba and easyjet if it is all about covid? �* . .

ba and easyjet if it is all about covid? �* , , covid? because there is some underlying — covid? because there is some underlying problems - covid? because there is some underlying problems as - covid? because there is some underlying problems as well. | covid? because there is some - underlying problems as well. yes, there are high levels of covid in there are high levels of covid in the uk at the moment as there are across europe and the world. but british airways and easyjet are in a particular position. they are the biggest airlines in the uk. during the pandemic their business went to about two or 3% of normal levels. naturally they let thousands of staff go and it is very difficult suddenly to switch things back on. with demand increasing, the uk has recently removed all travel restrictions, that has happened more and more across europe, people want to get away and there are too many people trying to get on board those flights on british airways have done something over the weekend i have never seen before. they have said for the next two weeks, we don't want any european bookings, we have enough. they have put their prices so high, typically $1000 to get from london to nice in the south of

france, they have basically tried to deter people from booking so that they can get those of us who have bookings where we need to be or at least combine flights to remove, reduce the amount of inconvenience to everybody. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. hello again. we have another cloudy and damp day ahead. it's milder than it has been, though, but it's also rather windy today. now, we've been watching some rain pushing southwards, that will clear away, leaving a lot of clouds, some drizzle, some coastal mist and fog, and also some heavier rain coming in across western scotland and northern ireland. wherever you are, it's going to be windy but relatively mild for most, except in shetland, where you'll have some wintry showers by the afternoon. now, through this evening and overnight still a lot of clouds, still some

coastal and hill mist and fog, some drizzle, rain coming in across scotland, northern england and northern ireland, with some snow across the highlands and grampians. here it's going to be a cold night. for the rest of us, it's going to be a mild night. tomorrow, then, we still have a lot of clouds, some of that breaking up through the course of the day, but some significant snow likely to develop across the highlands and grampians, with some heavier rain just to the south of that. temperatures only four in aberdeen to 15 in london. hello, this is bbc news with joanna gosling. the headlines: ukraine's president says he is setting up a special team that will start investigating alleged russian war crimes immediately it comes after ukraine said it's recovered more than 400 bodies — some of them in mass graves —

russia calls the claims propaganda. fines for breaching covid rules have been issued to some people who attended a leaving party at downing street the night before prince philip's funeral last april. travellers are facing long delays with queues at airports and ports. easyjet and ba have cancelled around 100 flights each. and music's big night returns with the star—studded grammy awards — we'll have the latest on all the winners. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's louisa. good morning. jennifer kupcho said it was "surreal" after winning the chevron championship in california, the first major of the season. she led by six shots going into the final round and it was a buffer she needed, as she closed with a nervy 74 and came home just two shots clear ofjessica korda. it was her first tour title — and kupcho observed the event's tradition byjumping into poppie's pond by the 18th green, along with her caddy and husband. they'll be the last to do that, though — after 50 years at mission hills country club, the tournament is moving to a new home in houston, texas next season.

i moatjust i moat just trying i moatjust trying to shoot around 0ndo. i had six strokes lead and i shot an eight under yesterday and i thought if anyone can do that they deserve to be in a play—off so that was really my mentality and what i was really my mentality and what i was fighting for. white just trying to shoot around under. to be the last person here to jump to shoot around under. to be the last person here tojump into to shoot around under. to be the last person here to jump into the pond is all really special. ahead of the next major tournament, it's another american we're all talking about. tiger woods has arrived in augusta and he says he'll play some practice rounds before deciding whether to compete at the masters, which starts on thursday woods has won this tournament five times — most recently in 2019 — but he hasn't played on tour since nearly losing his right leg

in a car crash 14 months ago. the netherlands coach louis van gaal has revealed he has prostate cancer. the former manchester united boss says he kept the news from his players during the recent international break, and he had to leave in the night to go to hospital for treatment to stop them finding out. van gaal is due to lead the netherlands at the world cup in qatar this winter. neil robertson produced a superb comeback to beat john higgins and win snooker�*s tour championship in llandudno. the australian was 9—4 down but he reeled off six

successive frames, winning a tense decider with a break of 72 to retain his title. lt is the third time higgins has lost a ranking final this season after needing only one frame to win. robertson said the victory had given him "a huge amount of belief" going into the world championship, with starts at the crucible theatre in sheffield in 12 days' time. poland's iga swiatek has been confirmed as the new world number—one in the women's tennis rankings, replacing ash barty, who retired last month. she celebrated her new status in style at the weekend, winning the miami open with victory over naomi 0saka. that was her third title in a row and extended her winning streak to 17 matches. after the event, she was able to reflect on the past couple of weeks, and her reaction when she heard that barty had decided to quit. i was crying, basically, both because of her retirement and i didn't really know it was going to happen and it really surprised me because i always had this vision that we were all going to play until we were 35 or something. after two hours of being really emotional i realised that you don't know what is going to happen next, you have to win some matches and that is that with the emotions and being excited and that's what i thought and i

think it really help me to stay focused on the tournament. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you later. there's widespread international condemnation of russia for what ukriane says are war crimes. on friday bbc news showed what happened on a road outside kyiv. the bbc team was able to get to the area on the highway approaching the capital because ukrainian forces had captured the sector ten hours earlier. just a warning — the footage we're about to show includes some distressing images. this is the road — the e40 — where 13 bodies were found. 0n the seventh of march — a ukraine military drone captured footage of a tank — on the side of the road firing at civilians. the drone shows civilian vehicles trying to get to kyiv to escape the russians

when they see the tank. let's show you that footage again — in these pictures you can see three cars. in total it was a convoy of ten trying to escape. in the first car — the driver tried to show he did not pose a threat, but the russians opened fire and killed him. they also killed his wife. fire and killed him. they are maksim iowenko and his wife ksjena. they were also travelling with their six—year—old son — and the elderly mother of one of moksim's friends — who survived. when maksim was killed — he was shouting they had a child with them. he was shouting they had a child in a moment — we'll hear he was shouting they had a child from a woman who was in the fourth car of that convoy — but first — here's our correspondent jeremy bowen who reported from that road on friday. please be aware that this clip from jeremy bowen contains some very distressing images from the start. some of the dead were piled up and surrounded by tyres.

they deliberately burned them. they set on fire to hide their... to hide what they did. in the desolation are a mass of questions about who they were and how they were killed. it's hard to imagine the fear these people must have gone through in the last few moments of their lives or indeed of the anguish survivors, families must be feeling now. but this is more than just a collection of terrible deaths, it's a crime scene. because, under the laws of war, civilians are supposed to be protected. about who they were and how they were killed. —— supposed to be protected. tatyana — who's now in the uk with her daughter 0lga — was in the fourth car in that convoy of vehicles on the e40. earlier, she spoke to my colleague annita mcveigh about her escape, alongside her daughter who translated for her.

so it is notjust me and my neighbours, neighbours on a street and a street. of course, we've decided that time to leave, so we've arranged well. we all decided to go in a convoy of ten to 15 cars. most of the cars had children and hence on every car it was written in russian. "children."

they were very scared. i had my 6—year—old granddaughter in a car together with my daughter they started to turn around. i could also already see that the cars didn't have any windows, and later on i found out that there were women injured in those cars. i'm sorry to interrupt. you didn't witness, as i understand, the shooting of maxim and ksenia directly. when did you hear about what had happened to them?

we didn't see directly and we got home and when people who were in the cars in front of us told us. and when you got back home, as you say, you knew it was a huge risk. it must have been a huge moment of panic when you heard that shooting and realised there was a tank there. when you got back home, what happened next? because you've described and explained that some people in those cars were injured had been shot. we were panicking, we were horrified. when we got back home,

i broke down in tears in the car. i made the decision to make us tojoin a convoy. and it was the words of my 6—year—old granddaughter who said i would like to leave because i don't want to die here. unfortunately, not everyone goes back to the settlement. and two days later, and this is a measure of the desperate situation you were in, you decided to attempt the journey again. did you know before you set out that it would be any less hazardous or were you fearful that you might come across a similar, a similar situation with tanks by the side of the road? yes, of course, we knew that we still might be in danger.

it was successful because we were helped by a volunteer from our settlement. he went to the motorway. he was checking if it's safe and he was letting people and cars behind. when we were leaving he was driving a car and he told us to sit low so we can't be seen ina car. so you were taking what precautions you could.

thankfully, on the second attempt that wasn't necessary, but then you you arrived in the uk. tell us to be with your daughter, 0lga. tell us, how long did it take you then to to get out of ukraine to get to 0lga? i'm going to say first, they've stayed over with their family, with theirfriends, not far from kyiv, the day after they managed to catch the train from kyiv to the west city of ukraine. we found a place where to stay there, but unfortunately, two days after they arrived, the air raids started in that city and it was too much for my mum, and she said that they'd like to cross further into safety. so they crossed a border with hungary, stayed two days in budapest, and after that we found a place for them to stay in vienna,

where they awaited the decision on their clearance to enter the uk. and what you were involved in and you have described how the convoy of cars, almost all the cars had children in them. the word children was marked in russian on those vehicles, hoping for safe passage but not getting it. you firmly believe that that what happened to you was a war crime. you have said that you would be willing to give evidence. i understand to any war crimes investigation. how are you able to try to process what happened to you?

those who killed, for women that have been raped, for children had been shot, those animals have to answer. and not only the soldiers who were doing those atrocities have to be punished, but also the people who gave those orders and who started the war against ukraine. she subsequently managed to come to the uk and was there with her daughter, 0lga, who translated for

her. some babies are unable to recognise facial expressions and toddlers are struggling to socialise as a result of the pandemic, according to a new report by 0fsted. 0fsted inspectors visited 70 early years providers in january and february, including pre—schools, nurseries and child—minders. the chief inspector, amanda spielman, says it is clear the lockdowns have left "lingering challenges" for the youngest children. we have been looking at the recovery of the learning of young children in earlier schools and colleges and we have seen lots of good work but there are still some real challenges for children. the youngest children have been optically interesting case study. we are still seeing speech language delays and some of the youngest children have difficulty in interpreting facial expressions and we are seeing difficulties with social interaction, social confidence, children behind when you would expect them to be. and physical development, in crawling and walking and gross motor skill

development and perhaps relating to that greater obesity. and in early years picking up on self—care skills, potty training and other kinds of independence and all of this is adding up to a picture of lingering challenges for many children. let's speak now to felicity gillespie — she's the director of the charity kindred squared — they recently did their own survey on school readiness. it is shocking to hear that list in terms of the impact on the youngest of the lockdown. what with the findings of your research? sadly, the mirror _ findings of your research? sadly, the mirror very _ findings of your research? sadly, the mirror very much _ findings of your research? sadly, the mirror very much what - findings of your research? sadly, | the mirror very much what ofsted the mirror very much what 0fsted found and it is great off there —— and in this light on the experience of babies and toddlers because we know that the development of a shell that 20 months before they are even two is a strong predictor for that 20 months before they are even two is a strong predictorfor their educational attainment for 26 years. we find in a survey of over 900

primary teachers last year that only 50% of children entering research in 2021 were where they should be developmentally for the rage which means half of the children are essentially starting education behind. . . essentially starting education behind. , ., , . essentially starting education behind. , ., behind. the statistic you gave about the importance _ behind. the statistic you gave about the importance of _ behind. the statistic you gave about the importance of those _ behind. the statistic you gave about the importance of those earliest - the importance of those earliest months in terms of attainment two adults who'd, does that indicate that some of these kids mayjust never catch up? mike absolutely. it is not deterministic. 0f never catch up? mike absolutely. it is not deterministic. of course children can catch up on the do but for many the longer you leave the attainment gap which 40% of the gap we see a 16 is already evident at five and for many of the children the longer that gap remains, the harder it is to close and of course that comes with a huge cost for society. every £1 we invest in the early years service that imposed later interventions and the cost of failing to intervene early enough to prevent the sort of attainment gap

opening up before schooling begins is over £16 billion per year so it is over £16 billion per year so it is bad maths as well as being awful for the children and the families concerned. what about some of the things that are specific to the fact babies were unable to socialise and when the dead people were wearing masks? the fact —— and wendy did do that people were wearing masks? they could not recognise facial expressions. that sounds unimaginable.— expressions. that sounds unimaginable. expressions. that sounds unimauinable. �* ., ., unimaginable. i'm afraid we find similar things. _ unimaginable. i'm afraid we find similar things. 97% _ unimaginable. i'm afraid we find similar things. 97% of _ unimaginable. i'm afraid we find similar things. 9796 of the - unimaginable. i'm afraid we find i similar things. 9796 of the teachers similar things. 97% of the teachers we surveyed had at least one child who struggled to listen and respond to simple instructions given by the teacher and 91% had at least one child in the class lacking basic language skills. but having said that, i think it is really important to remember that from previous research done in this age range,

although covid has made things worse, protected for some children, this was a problem before and about one third of children were not ready entering education before the pandemic so this is an absolute spa in us to have a national conversation about how we prioritise our effort and time and budget into early rather than later prevention school years. ——spur. but it is not unique to covid, we can pretend that this will go away once covid it is done and dusted. roscoe is a special black labrador, who has become a vital part of one police force's fight against crime. highly trained detection dogs are used across the uk to sniff out

drugs and explosives, and roscoe has helped the humberside force make 18 arrests over the last year. simon spark has been to see him in action. nothing sniffs out drugs like a police dog and this first section the cemetery is where roscoe comes in. we are walking behind him so he can do his work effectively. the beau of can do his work effectively. the beauty of roscoe _ can do his work effectively. tue beauty of roscoe it can do his work effectively. tte beauty of roscoe it he can do his work effectively. t'te beauty of roscoe it he can can do his work effectively. tte beauty of roscoe it he can find drugs hidden in tree bases are individuals. tt drugs hidden in tree bases are individuals.— drugs hidden in tree bases are individuals. , ., ., individuals. it is not long until he is successful. _ individuals. it is not long until he is successful. the _ individuals. it is not long until he is successful. the dogs _ individuals. it is not long until he is successful. the dogs indicated | is successful. the dogs indicated drugs in the area and they have been stopped and searched. 0ne drugs in the area and they have been stopped and searched. one had cannabis on him and that will go into the pot for destruction. then roscoe sniffs out hidden items too. a cannabis grinder and some cigarette papers. some say it is a

needle in a haystack and we tend to use it infrequently so it is not a predictable tactic and we don't do it on specific days of the week and we don't do it on regular occurrences. just bear with us. another indication from roscoe but this man is clean. just a faint smell of any thing on his clothes get some search. before they leave the supersymmetry again and there is another fine. the supersymmetry again and there is another fine-— another fine. drug dealers have come back and since _ another fine. drug dealers have come back and since we _ another fine. drug dealers have come back and since we left _ another fine. drug dealers have come back and since we left in _ another fine. drug dealers have come back and since we left in the - another fine. drug dealers have come back and since we left in the dog - another fine. drug dealers have come back and since we left in the dog is i back and since we left in the dog is indicated that individual so we will stop and search. you see a lot of similar kind of issues on princess avenue. coming up to him now. there is another spot. he is going to have a snuff, don't worry.— a snuff, don't worry. confirmed aaain b a snuff, don't worry. confirmed again by roscoe _ a snuff, don't worry. confirmed again by roscoe and _ a snuff, don't worry. confirmed again by roscoe and were - a snuff, don't worry. confirmed again by roscoe and were not l a snuff, don't worry. confirmed - again by roscoe and were not done yet.

again by roscoe and were not done et. , . again by roscoe and were not done et., . . again by roscoe and were not done et., , ., ~ ,, yet. just after melbourne street. look at yet. just after melbourne street. look at that- _ yet. just after melbourne street. look at that. in _ yet. just after melbourne street. look at that. in just _ yet. just after melbourne street. look at that. in just a _ yet. just after melbourne street. look at that. in just a few - yet. just after melbourne street. look at that. in just a few hours, look at that. in 'ust a few hours, 12 --eole look at that. in 'ust a few hours, 12 people had — look at that. in just a few hours, 12 people had been _ look at that. in just a few hours, 12 people had been stopped - look at that. in just a few hours, 12 people had been stopped and | 12 people had been stopped and searched, there have been six seizures of drugs including cannabis and spice, to cannabis warnings and one person will be answering the questions at the station for drug possession offences. tote questions at the station for drug possession offences. we understand that we can't — possession offences. we understand that we can't be _ possession offences. we understand that we can't be here _ possession offences. we understand that we can't be here 24 _ possession offences. we understand that we can't be here 24 hours - possession offences. we understand that we can't be here 24 hours a - possession offences. we understand that we can't be here 24 hours a dayj that we can't be here 24 hours a day to be on time but hopefully what we do on a semiregular basis does have an impact on the local community. one dog on the front line of 0ne dog on the front line of tackling drug use and drug dealers on our streets. that was simon spark reporting. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood hello again. the weather at the start of this week is certainly milder than it was yesterday, but it is going to turn colder later

in the week. now it's also breezy. we've got some rain around, some coastal and some hill mist and fog and rain between two weather systems, this one pushing away. it's a warm front behind it, as the name suggests milder air. and then we've got a cold front in the north, producing some lighter rain. but through the afternoon, that will turn a bit heavier and more persistent in between a lot of cloud, some drizzly bits and pieces. the best chance of some breaks will be across eastern scotland, northeast england, east wales and parts of the south. temperatures nine to 15 degrees but colder in shetland, where increasingly through the day you'll see wintry showers — so windy through today, windy through tonight. still a lot of cloud around some mist and some fog, especially in the hills and coasts. heavier rain getting in across northern ireland and northern england and scotland, and in the highlands and grampians. we're looking at some snow,

mostly on the tops of the hills. but here it will be colder, a mild start to the day for the rest of the uk. tomorrow, then, we still have some rain across northern ireland and northern england and scotland, but some significant snow falling across the highlands and grampians. again, most of this will be on the hills, but some of the heavier bursts we could see some of that getting to lower levels. we're looking at ten to 20 centimeters potentially south. still a lot of cloud, but we see some breaks and in the brighter breaks, we could see how it's getting up to 15 degrees. now, as we move it from tuesday into wednesday, you can see how this area of low pressure drags its weather fronts from the west to the east across the country. and it is going to be a windy day

wherever you are. but there's the potential for gusty gale force across southern, central and northern scotland. now we'll lose the rain from the south in the morning, followed by blustery showers being blown in and that wind and some snow, particularly so in the north of scotland and some of that getting down to lower levels as well. so we're starting to mount up. but by the time we get to thursday, we've got this cold northerly wind and you can see how the cold travels further south. but we hang on to something milder in the far south. but at the end of the week, that is the chance of some sleet and some snow across southern areas. and wherever you are, it is going to turn colder.

this is bbc news. the headlines: ukraine's president says he is setting up a special team that will start investigating alleged russian war crimes immediately. it comes after ukraine said it's recovered more than 400 bodies — some of them in mass graves. russia calls the claims propaganda. ukrainians caught up in the violence wantjustice. not only those soldiers doing those atrocities need to be punished but also those who gave those orders and those who started the war against ukraine. fines for breaching covid rules have been issued to some people who attended a leaving party at downing street the night before prince philip's funeral last april. travellers are facing long delays with queues at airports and ports. easyjet and ba has cancelled around 100 flights.

and music's big night returns with the star—studded grammy awards — we'll have the latest on all the winners. ukraine's president has accused russian forces of committing genocide in towns near the capital, kyiv. president zelensky says he has created a special team of international experts, lawyers and judges, to start investigating alleged war crimes in ukraine and in a video address, he vowed to find and punish anyone responsible for civilian deaths. the country's prosecutor general says 400 bodies have been recovered from towns, such as bucha, recaptured in the kyiv region.

there's been condemnation of russia from leaders around the world — including the prime minister boris johnson — with the threat of further sanctions. but russia is denying any civilian deaths. meanwhile, russia s assault any civilian deaths. continues, with heavy fighting in the city amid attempts to evacuate tens of thousands of trapped locals. the kremlin is also continuing its offensive into the donbas region in the east of ukraine, according to the uk's ministry of defence. simonjones has the latest. the withdrawal of russian forces from areas around kyiv reveals the destruction and a 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 of bucha have witnessed unimaginable horror. translation: i'm so worried. i'm already 90. i shouldn't have lived to see this.

these satellite images from bucha are said to show evidence of a mass grave in the grounds of a church. it's a bleak landscape. borisjohnson says russia's despicable attacks against innocent civilians are yet more evidence that president putin and his army are committing war crimes. the ukrainian president says it has to end. translation: i call on all our citizens and friends of ukraine | in the world who can join this work and help establish justice to do so. the world has already seen many war crimes at different times on 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. russia's military focus is shifting to the east of ukraine. new footage from mariupol shows the devastation caused by more than a month of shelling. and this is what remains of a theatre used as a shelter

which came under attack. hundreds are feared to have died. you saw these pictures, you saw these videos and we see that the russian army, they are not human beings. i don't know who they are, they are animals. i don't know how it's possible to do this, i cannot even imagine. tens of thousands of people remain trapped in the city, struggling to find food and water. there is now an exodus under way from the city of kramatorsk. emotional farewells. people here fear russia could soon attempt to besiege the city, making it a second mariupol. in moscow, some buildings display the letter z, a symbol of support for what russia has always labelled its special military operation. despite growing outrage, russia says the grim images emerging from cities like bucha are fake. there is condemnation of the kremlin's actions from leaders around the world,

with a threat of further sanctions, a call for president putin to face the consequences. but despite all the political pressure, the war goes on. simon jones, bbc news. earlier i spoke to our security correspondent frank gardner about the issue of war crimes — and how easy it was to prosecute those who've committed them. if you have witnesses and there is a video, it is relatively feasible, it is doable to gather the evidence. the hard thing is to link that evidence of those alleged atrocities to the people you think are responsible, the chain of command. in the case of the syrian civil war which ground on for more than ten years, there was a secret group of investigators putting together prosecution ready files in a secret office in a european capital. we went to visit them, i cannot say where it is because they wanted they were kept secret,

and they were looking at atrocities committed by isis commanders but very few of those have come to trial and in the case of russia, the people ultimately up the command chain are unlikely to be travelling outside russia. it will be difficult to do this because getting the evidence is one thing, linking it to those responsible and people are just going to deny it. russia has already said, it is fake, which is what syria did, the syrian regime just said it was done by the other side or it is fake. the images, the reports have sparked international condemnation and shock. how much will that do in terms of putting more pressure on other countries to deliver the military support that volodymyr zelensky has been calling forfor some time? i think we are possibly entering quite a dangerous phase here because although there is a collective sigh of relief that the capital is no longer

going to be the scene going to be the scene of street fighting, tinged with the horror of what has gone on in the suburbs, the danger i think is that with this demand for bigger weapons, better weapons to help ukraine resist the onslaught of russia's ongoing invasion and the attacks on 0desa, it is one remaining fort on the black sea, there is the risk of escalation and retaliation. borisjohnson the prime minister has been suggesting britain should supply anti—ship missiles, these have a range of 130 kilometres, to hit or to deter russian warships from pounding 0desa from the sea. i wonder how president putin will react if a british made missile sung a russian warship. that would be seen as an act of war. but then again, he has called

everything the west is done as an act of war, but it is a dangerous time both for ukraine in terms of surviving because their regular armed forces are now at risk of being encircled in the donbas, they will fight for every inch, they are the best combat ready trained troops they have there but they could be outnumbered, and there is the risk of escalation of nato being drawn further into it. if they start supplying big weapons platforms like tanks, warplanes and anti—ship missiles, we are into a different paradigms and we don't know how moscow is going to react to that. the response so far has been talking about more sanctions. how much further can sanctions go? there is a bit further they can go. they are already the most crippling set of sanctions i can remember in modern history but certainly on a major country. it is unprecedented and muscovites particularly an urban russians who have used

two years of years of being connected to the global economy are going to have to get used to not finding the medicines they want, all these brands are disappearing. they are going to go backwards in time, further back towards soviet times in terms available in the shops. it will not be popular. in terms of how much further they can go, there are more banks, more individuals who could be sanctioned but they are beginning to run out of the sanctions pot. is it possible to assess to what impact the sanctions have had so far? yes. i don't think it is scientific but you only have to look at the russian stock exchange and the rouble, both of which have suffered losses and the hard men who surround president putin, the people he's surrounded himself with, who he has

known from his kgb days before the collapse of the soviet union, they all have heavy investments in things which are now suffering, so they have lost money over this. their travel is restricted, a lot of them are sanctioned now. people who have had had a nice lifestyle, being able to hop outside moscow to the nice country house in berkshire, send their children to fee—paying schools in britain, that isn't going to happen any more for a lot of them. i don't think he is in danger of being overthrown them, i don't think he is in immediate danger of being overthrown, his popularity is still high but ordinary russians will feel the pinch. especially affluent middle—class russians. the sanctions are hurting russia, they're hurting the west as well and it has come at a dreadful time for everybody in the west, but the argument is that these papers are making is we will have to put up with this because this is

a bigger risk if we remain tied to russia's supply of gas and fuel that we then had to stay quite well a country allegedly carries out genocide on others. and — a quick reminder — we'll be taking your questions on the war in ukraine, this thursday morning at 11.30. we'll have guests able to answer a range of aspects of the war — from how it is being fought, how it is being reported, and how it may end — to the human consequences. you can get in touch on twitter using the hashtag #bbcyourquestions — and you can email us on yourquestions@bbc.co.uk bbc news has been told that some of the fixed penalty notices issued for lockdown breaches in downing street and whitehall were for a gathering held on the eve of prince philip's funeral last april. 0ur political correspondent rajdeep sandhu has more. that party was for the former

director of communications james slack, that was his leaving do and at the time it was one of the parties that caused the most anger within the public and the conservative party. given that there was this drip, drip of information. this was the one that got people the most riled up because we saw that picture of the queen sitting alone at the funeral of her husband, and downing street apologised to buckingham palace around that time. we know people are getting e—mails about these fines. the prime minister was not at that event and we have been told that downing street would tell us if the prime minister did get a fine and if senior civil servant simon case did get a fine. as of this morning they have not, however we have been hearing about the prime minister's defence, there are two issues for the prime minister around this, one if he gets a fine and also whether he misled the house, he said no rules were broken. a minister has been on the airwaves today, jacob rees—mogg and he has been saying

the prime minister was told on the best information that he had and he didn't advertently mislead the house. of course, if he did, the convention is that he would resign but we are hearing from ministers that in their defence of the prime minister that they don't think he did it on purpose and it was on the best information he had at the time but of course it is a tricky moment for the prime minister. downing street have confirmed that the prime minister has not been fined. the family of conservative mp david warburton say he has been admitted to a psychiatric hospital to be treated for shock and stress. mr warburton is facing accusations of sexual harassment and illegal drug use and has been suspended by the conservative party, pending an investigation into the claims. the somerton and frome mp says he has "enormous amounts of defence".

egg farmers are demanding a price rise of 40p a dozen eggs. after an industry body warned of shortages within weeks. rapidly rising production costs are to blame — the cost of chicken feed has gone up by 50 percent in the past two years. and it's expected to rise more because russia and ukraine are major exporters of grain. i think it's fair in that... that if a small price rise isn't forthcoming to producers via the retailers and packers, there might not be many eggs on offer on retail shelves later on. we know that hen numbers are falling and egg supply will become limited as producers leave the industry. so, the choice is to pay a little more now or a lot more later on when eggs become very, very short in supply. the headlines on bbc news... ukraine's president says he is setting up a special team that will start investigating alleged russian war crimes straight—away. ukraine says its recovered more

than four hundred bodies — some of them in mass graves — from areas around kyiv previously occupied by russian forces. russia calls the claims propaganda fines for breaching covid rules have been issued to some people who attended a leaving party at downing street the night before prince philip's funeral last april. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's louisa. jennifer kupcho said it was "surreal" after winning the chevron championship in california, the first major of the season. she led by six shots going into the final round and it was a buffer she needed, as she closed with a nervy 74 and came home just two shots clear ofjessica korda. it was her first tour title — and kupcho observed the event's tradition byjumping into poppie's pond by the 18th green, along with her caddy and husband. they'll be the last to do that though — after 50 years at mission hills country club,

the tournament is moving to a new home in houston, texas next season. so quite a day for kupcho. icame i came out, just tried to shoot a couple under. i had a six stroke lead and i tried eight under yesterday. i thought if someone could do that, days deserve to be in the player. that was my mentality and that was what i was fighting for all day. i think it is surreal to be all day. i think it is surreal to be a major whinny. all day. i think it is surreal to be a majorwhinny. it all day. i think it is surreal to be a major whinny. it is really special and to be the last person here, to jump and to be the last person here, to jump into poppy�*s pond, it's all really special. ahead of the next major tournament, it's another american we're all talking about. tiger woods has arrived in augusta and he says he'll play some practice rounds before deciding whether to compete at the masters, which starts on thursday. woods has won this tournament five times — most recently in 2019 — but he hasn't played on tour since nearly losing his right leg

in a car crash 14 months ago. neil robertson produced a superb comeback to beat john higgins and win snooker�*s tour championship in llandudno. the australian was 9—4 down but he reeled off six successive frames, winning a tense decider with a break of 72 to retain his title. lt is the third time higgins has lost a ranking final this season after needing only one frame to win. robertson said the victory had given him "a huge amount of belief" going into the world championship, with starts at the crucible theatre in sheffield in 12 days' time. that's all the sport for now but there's more on the bbc sport website, and i'll be back later. easyjet has cancelled 100 flights today — including 62 from the uk — because of staff being off sick with covid. the airline — which is one of the biggest in europe — has apologised to passengers for the inconvenience. british airways has cancelled 60 flights to and from of

heathrow airport today. airports have also been struggling over the weekend, with long queues formed at check—in and security at terminals in manchester and heathrow. the eurotunnel is also reporting delays of approximately three hours — that's due to a train that's come to a halt in the channel tunnel. joining me now from heathrow is our correspondent matt graveling. what is the latest from there, matt? the travel disruption that people are experiencing today does santa run three key points. the first of which is that it is the start of the easter holidays. this is the first school holiday getaway since the start of the pandemic without travel restrictions but on top of that, covid infections are high and that doesn't exclude with the aviation industry. on top of that we saw a lot of people in the aviation industry leave the industry during the pandemic. so they are starting

with a small number of staff. what is the situation today? we have been told that there are still long delays today however over the weekend, sunday is better and today is better still but we have heard from easyjet that they have cancelled 62 flights from the uk but they also said it is a small percentage of their 1645 flights on their daily schedule. they try to bring in staff on call where possible. we also heard from british airways, they have cancelled around 60 flights to and from the uk today. this was on the 50 they cancelled last week and they are looking at possibly reducing some of their spring schedule and some of their short—haulflights. we spring schedule and some of their short—haul flights. we are also hearing there have been long delays at manchester at the baggage reclaim and check—in desks but airports are telling us that they are interviewing hundreds of people every week to fill their shortfall

of staff but the problem being it takes six to eight weeks for people to be interviewed, vetted and then start thejob is here. away from to be interviewed, vetted and then start the job is here. away from the air, we are seeing that on the eurotunnel there were delays, about three hours delays for people trying to get through the tunnel because of a vehicle stuck in the tunnel and also on the water we are hearing their off—road vehicles parked around over after three days of disruption there because of problems on the ferry. this because of the suspension to p80 and also, the fds having two vessels out of action. thank you. the official list of covid symptoms has been expanded to include another nine signs of a coronavirus infection. the uk health security agency's updated guidance now lists symptoms including a sore throat, muscle pains and diarrhoea. the move comes more than two years into the pandemic, and just days

afterfree testing ended in england. in a major un report published today, the world's leading researchers on climate change will warn that human intervention is urgently needed to rein in catastrophic global warming. in its third recent report, the intergovernmental panel on climate change will urge governments to take steps to stop emitting carbon dioxide, particularly from the energy and transport sectors. 0ur science correspondent victoria gill gave us more details. when the last report came out, there have been three recent reports, we had the what of what is happening in terms of climate change, we had the what impact is that having on the planet? and this is the what can we do? this is the mitigation. it is getting increasingly urgent. we talked about it at cop26, we are getting close to the deadline. this is a decisive decade for action on climate change. it means reducing greenhouse gas emissions, sucking carbon out of the atmosphere with technology that is in its infancy.

critically, we are getting further on in that very critical decade. this report is going to be an alarming call to action, we think. it has also been fairly delayed. it has been one of the most elite reports on its final process of being approved. this is the intergovernmental panel on climate change, the world's best climate scientist, approved by 200 countries, coming together to sign the report of line by line. some of the economy is dependent on fossil fuels, economies that have not had the opportunity that the west economies have had to use fossil fuels, to develop and boost their own economies, are dragging their feet and saying this needs to be just. it needs to be a transition that the whole world takes responsibility for, including historic responsibility for the release of greenhouse gas emissions that cause death in the first place. hopefully, a plan of how to fix this.

i'm joined now by simon lewis, professor of global change science at university college london. speak stop the publication of this report has been delayed while government and scientists continue to quibble about what will be in the report. does that mean that basically government approval, intergovernment approval is signed off on this and then it becomes the official positions?— official positions? these artificial ositions official positions? these artificial positions but _ official positions? these artificial positions but these _ official positions? these artificial positions but these ipcc - official positions? these artificial positions but these ipcc reports | official positions? these artificial. positions but these ipcc reports are commissioned by governments, written by independent scientists and then government have a chance to comment on that in the review process and then at the end, what they have been doing in the last two weeks is signing off a summary, line by line, word by word and what this means is that countries don't really have an excuse now. this is the definitive

guide to getting emissions down to zero, stabilising temperatures, halting the increase in climate impacts we see and essentially resolving a climate change is question. what these countries need to then do as will be outlined in the report is move to electric power, that is by clean, green, renewable energy and then on the other hand to stop investment in fossil fuel infrastructure going forward and with those two things we can start to see emissions go down. this is a big moment? tt is can start to see emissions go down. this is a big moment?— this is a big moment? it is a big moment because _ this is a big moment? it is a big moment because this _ this is a big moment? it is a big moment because this is - this is a big moment? it is a big i moment because this is about not just the problem, this is what countries need to do and the ipcc is very careful to see that countries have different environments, they have different environments, they have different environments, they have different economies so there are a whole range of pathways to get

from where countries are to get down to zero emissions.— to zero emissions. what are we on course for — to zero emissions. what are we on course for then? — to zero emissions. what are we on course for then? what _ to zero emissions. what are we on course for then? what are - to zero emissions. what are we on course for then? what are you - course for then? what are you anticipating in terms of what happens when and what the impact would be? we happens when and what the impact would be? ~ ., . , ., ., would be? we are currently on a terrible trajectory _ would be? we are currently on a terrible trajectory of _ would be? we are currently on a terrible trajectory of 2.5, - would be? we are currently on a terrible trajectory of 2.5, may i would be? we are currently on a| terrible trajectory of 2.5, may be three degrees warming and may be catastrophic impacts related this century if we don't get off these high emissions trajectories and start big investments in renewable energy across the world, notjust in the uk which it has deployed some renewable energy, but across the globe, to get emissions down and stop investing in fossilfuels. that means we can have both energy security and a green energy system dealing with climate emissions and also solve the terrible air pollution problems we also have. haifa pollution problems we also have. how much has been _ pollution problems we also have. how much has been done to take us down the road? it is not like the moment this is the moment where we have

the, well, this is what we need to do, countries in there and have been investing in it. the do, countries in there and have been investing in it— investing in it. the investments have not been _ investing in it. the investments have not been big _ investing in it. the investments have not been big enough - investing in it. the investments have not been big enough and i investing in it. the investments - have not been big enough and every year, we see a ratchet of climate impacts and more and more people think, yes, we really do need to get a handle on this problem. then we have seen with the war in ukraine and the funding of that war is through the receipts from fossil fuel sales. we have got an additional incentive to a move to renewables because gas prices are so incredibly high and there really is a tsunami of suffering coming to families across the uk and across the world from high fossil fuel prices. so moving to renewables will allow us to kind of grasp this cost problem as well as the environment

problem as well as the environment problem that we see in this report. professor simon lewis, thank you. i mentioned the report was delayed, it was supposed to be published this weekend, then this weekend but it will be this afternoon at four o'clock. the 64th grammy awards have taken place in las vegas — but the stand—out moment didn't come from a musician. as we've been reporting, ukraine's president, volodymyr zelensky, made a surprise appearance — via a pre—recorded video message — and asked the celebrity audience to "tell the truth about the war" on tv and social media. our us correspondent sophie long reports on a huge night for the music industry. # come on # let's go.# silk sonic kicked off the show with its tribute to 70s soul and claimed the grammys for song and record of the year for leave the door 0pen. trevor noah was hosting for a second time. we're in vegas, look at this, you know, people are doing shots. i mean, last year people were doing shots but it was more moderna and pfizer, this time we're back

in the mix _ there were nods for the controversy at last week's 0scars. i'm going to present this award and i trust that you people - will stay 500 feet away from me. just playing. and the grammys did what the oscars didn't and gave the ukrainian president the opportunity to make a direct plea for help to the audience. 0ur musicians, they wear body armour instead of tuxedos. they sing to their wounded in hospitals, even to those who cannot hit them but their music will break through anyway. we defend ourfreedom to music will break through anyway. we defend our freedom to live, to love to sound on our land, we are fighting russians which brings horrible silence with each bombs. fill the silence with your music, fill it today to tell our story. john legend followed with a performance alongside ukrainian musicians, which received a standing ovation. applause. 19—year—old disney actress turned pop sensation 0livia rodrigo was given the grammys for best

newcomer and best pop vocal album. i want to thank my mum and my dad for being equally as proud of me forwinning a grammy as they were when i learned how to do a back walkover. this is for you guys and because of you guys. thank you. applause. the big winner of the night with five grammys, including best album was a genre busting jon batiste. ijust put my head down and i work on the craft every day. i love music. i've been playing since i was a little boy. it's more than entertainment, for me, it's a spiritual practice. it was a musical journey that celebrated those that keep music on the road and whether or not you agree with where the awards went, the grammys were back in all their glory. # are you gonna go my way? sophie long, bbc news, las vegas. # and i've got to know..# now it's time for a look at the weather with susan.

. ajer pet .ajer pet sheep! . ajer pet sheep! most of us have skies looking like this. pretty flat like, grey, drizzly and dark. this fellow here is in chatsworth and derbyshire. forthe fellow here is in chatsworth and derbyshire. for the rest of the afternoon and overnight we will be staying under the cloud but actually it is rather milder than it was through the weekend because we have piled in some atlantic air but quite a drab —looking afternoon for the majority. the best of the sunshine across the far north of scotland but temperatures of 13, 14 degrees. wetter weather overnight for western scotland and into the small hours it meets up with the arctic air to the far north and we will see things turning wintry. frosty here first thing tuesday. elsewhere very mod overnight, those in double figures. tuesday some rain at times for northern ireland and northern england. for scotland, the

highlands, our biggest concern is heavy snow, perhaps a foot of snow falling in some areas tuesday into wednesday. three degrees is the high here. furthersouth wednesday. three degrees is the high here. further south across england and wales, brighter spells. here. further south across england and wales, brighterspells. largely dry and we should see temperatures in the mid teens but colder for all of us as this week plays out. hello, this is bbc news with joanna gosling. the headlines: ukraine's president says he is setting up a special team that will start investigating alleged russian war crimes immediately. it comes after ukraine said it's recovered more than 400 bodies — some of them in mass graves — from areas around kyiv previously occupied by russian forces. russia calls the claims propaganda.

not only their soldiers doing those atrocities need to be punished but also those who gave those orders and those who started the war against ukraine. fines for breaching covid rules have been issued to some people who attended a leaving party at downing street the night before prince philip's funeral last april. travellers are facing long delays with queues at airports and ports. easyjet and ba have each cancelled around 100 flights. and music's big night returns with the star—studded grammy awards. we'll have the latest on all the winners. we are hearing from the international red cross that again they have not been able to reach mariupol for an evacuation operation because of security conditions. four days they have had our team are trying to get in to bring people out of mariupol which has been under

siege by the russians for some time. it is a key strategic target for russia which wants to take mariupol in order to give russia a land passage to crimea and those who remain, and you can see the devastation. we have seen it day after day in mariupol on our screens. those living in this devastation are living in horrific conditions with no access to supplies. the red cross said last week summer having to drain water from radiators. they have been desperately trying to get into mariupol to take people out and were hoping to get aid end. they said on friday they had been given the required assurances that could go on and take people out but were not allowed to take in any aid. it did not happen in the event and every

day they try to get in and bring to blokes and we are hitting again today they have not been able to reach —— we are hearing again today they have not been able to reach mariupol for evacuation purposes. there's widespread international condemnation of russia for what ukriane says are war crimes. on friday bbc news showed what happened on a road outside kyiv. the bbc team was able to get to the area on the highway approaching the capital because ukrainian forces had captured the sector ten hours earlier. just a warning — the footage we're about to show includes some distressing images. this is the road — the e40 — where 13 bodies were found. on 7th march a ukraine military drone captured footage of a tank — on the side of the road firing at civilians. the drone shows civilian vehicles trying to get to kyiv to escape the russians when they see the tank. in these pictures in total it was a convoy of trying to escape.

car the driver tried to show he was harmless but the russians opened fire and killed him. they also killed his wife. they are maksim iowenko and his wife ksjena. and the elderly mother of one of maksim's friends — who survived. when maksim was killed he was shouting they had a child with them. in a moment we'll hear from a woman who was in the fourth car of that convoy — but first — here's our correspondent jeremy bowen who reported from that road on friday. again — this clip from jeremy bowen contains some very distressing images from the start. some of the dead were piled up and surrounded by tyres. they deliberately burned them. they set on fire to hide their... to hide what they did. in the desolation are a mass of questions about who they were and how they were killed.

it's hard to imagine the fear these people must have gone through in the last few moments of their lives or indeed of the anguish survivors, families must be feeling now. but this is more than just a collection of terrible deaths, it's a crime scene. because, under the laws of war, civilians are supposed to be protected. tatyana — who's now in the uk with her daughter 0lga. taytana was in the fourth car in that convoy of vehicles on the e40. earlier — she spoke to my colleague annita mcveigh about her escape from that road — alongside her daughter 0lga who translated for her.

so it is notjust me and my neighbours, neighbours on a street and we've decided that time to leave, so we've wall decided to go in a convoy of ten to 15 cars. but it was a huge risk. most of the cars had children and hence it was written in russian "children." then, when we reach the motorway, we saw a few burned cars. we were very scared.

then we heard the shelling. i had my six—year—old granddaughter in a car together with my daughter the car in front started to turn around. i could also already see that the cars didn't have any windows, and later on i found out that there were women injured in those cars. i'm sorry to interrupt. you didn't witness, as i understand, the shooting of maksim and his wife directly. when did you hear about

what had happened to them? we didn't see directly and we found out when we got home and when people who were in the cars in front of us told us. and when you got back home, as you say, you knew it was a huge risk. it must have been a huge moment of panic when you heard that shooting and realised there was a tank there. when you got back home, what happened next? because you've described and explained that some people in those cars were injured had been shot. we were panicking, we were horrified. when we got back home, i broke down in tears in the car.

i made the decision to make us tojoin a convoy. and it was the words of my six—year—old granddaughter who said i would like to leave because i don't want to die here. unfortunately, not everyone goes back to the settlement. and two days later, and this is a measure of the desperate situation you were in, you decided to attempt the journey again. did you know before you set out that it would be any less hazardous or were you fearful that you might come across a similar situation with tanks by the side of the road? yes, of course, we knew that we still might be in danger.

it was successful because we were helped by the volunteer from our settlement. he went to the motorway. he was checking if it's safe and he was letting people in the cars behind know that it's safe and that they can cross. when we were leaving my son was driving the car and he told us to sit low so we can't be seen ina car. so you were taking what precautions you could. thankfully, on the second attempt that wasn't necessary,

but then you arrived in the uk. to be with your daughter, 0lga, tatyana tell us, how long did it take you then to to get out of ukraine to get to 0lga? ten days, so first they've stayed far from kyiv, the day after they managed to catch the train from kyiv to a west city of ukraine. we found a place where to stay there, but unfortunately, two days after they arrived, the air raids started in that city and it was too much for my mum, and she said that they'd like to cross further into safety. so they crossed a border with hungary, stayed two days

in budapest, and after that we found a place for them to stay in vienna, where they awaited the decision on their clearance to enter the uk. and, tatyana, what you were involved in and you have described how the convoy of cars, almost all the cars had children in them. the word "children" was marked in russian on those vehicles, hoping for safe passage but not getting it. you firmly believe that that what happened to you was a war crime. you have said that you would be willing to give evidence, i understand to any war crimes investigation. how are you able to try to process what happened to you?

for those who are killed, for women that have been raped, for children that have been shot, those animals have to answer. and not only the soldiers who were doing those atrocities have to be punished, but also the people who gave those orders and who started the war against ukraine. president putin has congratulated hungary's prime minister, viktor 0rban, after his party won a fourth term in office in sunday's election. a statement from the kremlin said mr putin expressed confidence that the two countries could develop further ties, despite what it called the difficult international situation. with 94% 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 failed to unseat him, getting 35%. 0ur correspondent in budapest nick thorpe gave us more background. the opposition have tried over the years different ways to unseat him, and their most recent attempt was to form this interesting, disparate alliance of six parties. but what happened on the day yesterday in this parliamentary election was rather than pooling all the votes that they got, say, four years ago, which would have put them on a pretty much an even par with the fidesz government, instead, they lost 800,000 votes. so instead of that opposition alliance for this election hanging together, it meant that many of its former voters, for one reason or another, stayed away, and that helped mr 0rban win this victory. his own party also actually managed to get more votes than he got four

years ago, so increasing his own vote and a huge fall away of votes for the opposition. that's how we got to this situation in hungary today. the headlines on bbc news: ukraine's president says he is setting up a special team that will start investigating alleged russian war crimes straight away. ukraine says its recovered more than 400 bodies — some of them in mass graves — from areas around kyiv previously occupied by russian forces. russia calls the claims propaganda fines for breaching covid rules have

been issued to some people who attended a leaving party at downing street the night before prince philip's funeral last april. the governor of the bank of sri lanka has resigned, hours after the country s cabinet quit — as the country s economic crisis worsens. as food and fuel shortages persist in the country, pressure remains on the president who is still in power. this morning he invited opposition leaders tojoin him in government. over the weekend thousands broke an island wide curfew, risking arrest, as they peacefully protested. hong kong's controversial leader carrie lam has announced she won't seek a second term in office. first elected in 2017, ms lam oversaw a turbulent period as chief executive. she sparked months of protests in 2019 after proposing a law to allow extraditions to mainland china. the mass protests led to china imposing a series of policies to "restore security" and tighten control over hong kong and its residents. police have said multiple shooters were involved in an attack that left six people dead and 12 others wounded in the californian state capital, sacramento. it happened in the early hours of sunday morning after a large fight broke out in sacramento's downtown area. six victims died at the scene. some babies are unable to recognise facial expressions and toddlers are struggling to socialise as a result

of the pandemic, according to a new report by 0fsted. 0fsted inspectors visited 70 early years providers in january and february, including pre—schools, nurseries and child—minders. the chief inspector, amanda spielman, says it is clear the lockdowns have left "lingering challenges" for the youngest children. we have been looking at the recovery of the learning of young children in early years schools and colleges and we have seen lots of good work but the youngest children have been an interesting case study. we are still seeing speech language delays and some of the youngest children have difficulty in interpreting facial expressions and we are seeing difficulties with social interaction, social confidence, children behind where you

would expect them to be. and physical development, in crawling and walking and gross motor skill development and perhaps relating to that, greater obesity. and in early years picking up on self—care skills, potty training and other kinds of independence and all of this is adding up to a picture of lingering challenges for many children. felicity gillespie is the director of the charity kindred squared — they recently did their own survey on school readiness and told us about theirfindings. sadly, they mirror very much what 0fsted found and it is great they are shining this light on the experience of babies and toddlers because we know that the development of a child that 20 months before they are even two is a strong predictorfor their

educational attainment for 26 years. we found in a survey of over 900 primary teachers last year that only 50% of children entering reception in 2021 were where they should be developmentally for their age which means half of the children are essentially starting education behind. the statistic you gave about the importance of those earliest months in terms of attainment two adults who'd, does that indicate that some of these kids may just never catch up? absolutely. it is not deterministic. of course children can catch up and do but for many the longer you leave the attainment gap which 40% of the gap we see at 16 is already evident at five and for many of the children the longer that gap remains, the harder it is to close and of course that comes with a huge cost for society. every £1 we invest in the early years saves £13 in later interventions and the cost of failing to intervene early enough to prevent the sort of attainment gap

opening up before schooling begins is over £16 billion per year so it is bad maths as well as being awfulfor the children and the families concerned. the bbc news programme newsround is 50 years old today. the world's longest—running children's news programme was first broadcast on the 4th april 1972. it was the first british tv programme to break the news on big stories such as the space shuttle challenger disaster in 1986 and the first to report the assassination attempt on popejohn paul ii in 1981. 0ur entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba — himself a former newsround presenter — has been looking back through the archives. 0n bbc one now it's time - forjohn craven's newsround. back in 1972, many people said children were not interested in news. john craven proved them wrong. hello again. a cartoon poster... ..launched around the world... ..hasjust been hit by a new eruption. did you ever imagine, john, that when you started newsround, it would still be going 50 years on? no way.

we did it as a little experiment for six weeks, twice a week, on tuesdays and thursdays. we were filling in a little gap in the schedules. the six—week experiment instantly became essential viewing... it was on streets like this that the riots happened. ..thanks to the range of stories and the way it told them. we had to be dealing with serious news, news that the children should know about, news that we thought they wanted to know about. everything from important world events... hello, and now that peace is close at hand in vietnam... ..to the environment and wildlife. in this undergrowth over there, snoozing away at the moment, is one of the most beautiful of all wild creatures, the tiger. ..one of the most terrible events in american history. over the years, the programme has shown it can deal with the biggest events.

late last night, there was a terror attack at an ariana grande concert. early in roger finn's newsround career, the programme was the first to break the news of a huge tragic story. hello again. within the last few minutes, we have heard there has been an explosion on board the space shuttle challenger. i'd only been presenting the programme maybe five or six times. a few weeks before that happened, there had been a high—level conference in the bbc news department, what do we do if a big story breaks during children's hour? the decision had been made, we'll newsround break it. this was the first time it had been tested. today, we are going to hear about george floyd. - more than 1.5 million people from ukraine have had to flee to other countries to escape war. newsround has always been praised for the way it handles difficult news.

julie etchingham spent the day following the death of princess diana, reporting from the royal palaces. injust under one hour, the queen will make a historic _ live broadcast to the nation to - share the royal family's grief over— the death of the princess. she remembers thatjust as important as telling the story was considering how children were feeling. the audience hearing from a bereavement counsellor was a crucial element. we were thinking about how our audience was absorbing it - and being affected by it. that is one of the really wonderful, there are so many wonderful- things about newsround, but that is one of the greatest. it thinks hard about the impact on the audience, not only- in a journalistic way— but in an emotional way as well. and finally... finally... and finally... the spice girls have come a long way since newsround first filmed them lastjune. pop mania has come back to britain, and most of the screaming has been for the bay city rollers. newsround is also famous for covering the lighter side of things, something i embraced during my time on the show. there is one story in particular that i am probably best

remembered for covering. harry potter. there were interviews, premieres, but it all began with the incredible popularity of the story. standing in this same bookshop almost 20 years ago, none of us quite realised how significant a series of books was going to be for young viewers. i was watching newsround and they told me i had an audition. the programme even helped rupert get cast as ron. the programme also helped these two achieve something very special. their newsround highlight? on a personal note, it is meeting each other, i'd say, we were friends, and we decided we really get on and we decided to get married. on a personal note... thanks, john craven. friendships were really important with newsround. the world has changed immeasurably in 50 years. is newsround still relevant? i think its impact is more important than ever now.

because there is so much false news, children have access to all kinds of wrong information. it is very important that newsround maintains its role in television and in national life. john, thank you very much for your time, congratulations, 50 years of newsround, what an achievement. in a moment the bbc news at one with victoria derbyshire. now it's time for a look at the weather with susan powell. hello. plenty of cloud out there today for most of us. it's a drizzly and dank story but it is milder than it was through the weekend. however, don't get too comfortable with that because as this week plays out, colder arctic air will start to return. at the moment the arctic air is held to the north of the uk, sitting across northern scotland. elsewhere, in this warm sector, we are sitting in milder atlantic air being pulled up under an area

of low pressure heading across to scandinavia. the milder air will, though, mean a lot of moisture around as we head overnight tonight, so quite drizzly, misty and murky across the hills, but our overnight lows in some areas staying in double figures. just northern scotland in that arctic air seeing a frost developing but it's that arctic air through tuesday as it meets a weather front that is likely to cause some issues in terms of heavy snowfall for parts of scotland, particularly across the highest ground of the highlands and the grampians, but we could see some snow at lower levels across the north—east of scotland in general, but for some of the highest ground, tuesday into wednesday, there's the chance of up to a foot of snow accumulating. wet for tuesday for northern ireland, england and wales essentially dry. more in the way of brightness and temperatures in some spots possibly up to the mid—teens. tuesday into wednesday, this whole area of low pressure tries to track its way eastwards, will feed some rain further south

across the uk, we'll keep some snow going across scotland as we keep this low rubbing into that cold arctic air, still at this point confined to northern scotland. a windy day for everyone on wednesday, gales for scotland and northern england. some sunny spells, yes, but heavy showers possibly with hail and thunder and you can already see the temperatures starting to eke down a little bit as we follow behind the area of low pressure. but you can really see the transition as we lose that warm yellow colour and the blue comes flooding in for thursday and friday. we move into cold arctic air, all of us, for the end of the week. for thursday, wintry showers for northern and eastern scotland, i think some for northern england and northern ireland. further south it looks like we will escape with a fine day and those temperatures as you can see on the thermometer, it will for colder in the northerly wind. cold air across the uk on friday and the potential for a frontal system to come bumping into the south, giving us a forecast headache at the moment —

will we see some snow further south on friday?

today at 1:00pm, images of dead civilians on the streets of a town near kyiv have been condemned around the world. president zelensky has visited the scene. ukraine has accused russian troops of a "deliberate massacre." translation: it is time to do - everything possible to make the war crimes of the russian military the last manifestation of such evil on earth. russia says the images are "staged". we'll bring you the latest. also this lunchtime... easter travel chaos as airlines cancel more than 120 flights and eurotunnel warns of three—hour delays. waiting lists for women in england needing treatment for conditions like endometrosis have gone up by 60% during the pandemic. a new report from climate experts is expected to warn that global

warming is so dangerous that we need to take further radical