hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. russian soldiers have been accused of slaughtering civilians after ukraine says it has discovered mass graves in areas recently abandoned by russian forces. president biden says vladimir putin should be tried for war crimes we have to gather all the details so we actually have a war crime trials. this guy is brutal. it comes as president zelensky visits the town of boocha — where he said the killing of civilians amounted to genocide they were injeeps, with guns, they killed him and fled. i wanted them

dead. i want their children to lie like my sun. and a new un report calls for an urgent reduction in carbon emissions, as the secretary general accuses governments and businesses of lying about their efforts to reduce climate change. we've seen widespread condemnation as evidence has emerged appearing to show russian atrocities in ukraine. corpses have been found in the streets of bucha and nearby irpin — both towns are close to capital, kyiv. both have recently been abandoned by russian forces. well — president biden has calling for vladimir putin to be tried for war crimes. you may remember, i got criticised for calling vladimir putin a war criminal. but the truth of the matter is this war, he is a war

criminal. and we have to gather the information, we have to continue to provide ukraine with weapons they need to continue the fight and we have to gather all the detail so this, we'll actually have a war crime trial. this guy is brutal and what is happening in bucha is outrageous and everyone has seen it. i think it is a war crime. and while president biden reacts from afar. president zelensky has visited bucha and spoke to the bbc. you can see you can see around you can see around what was done to this modern town. for characteristic of russian soldiers that treat people worse than animals. that is real genocide which you have seen here today, which you can see what happened when thousands of people that were tortured and killed and

cut off hands and legs, extremities and what they did to the women. and i would say that the longer the russian federation will drag out the process, the worse will be for them and in principle, for the situation for this war because with every day, when our army is moving and to the territory, you can see what is happening. it is very difficult to talk when you see what they have done here. and as ukraine takes back territory — more horrific stories emerge. this woman's son was was killed by russian soldiers close to kyiv. she spoke to the bbc�*sjeremy bowen. translation: the day the russians killed her only son. the two lifted is 500 metres

from hisjob, changing tires of the garage. leading the way to her son's bedroom. damaged by shelling weeks after he was killed. we were the first outsiders she had seen since the russians left on friday. in the story of his death spilt out. translation: the pain is so bad. now, i am all alone. my son was young, 27 years old. he wanted to stay alive. a part of the allegations in the atrocities that ukraine has been detailing today. first claims they has evidence

of civilians being killed first claims they have evidence of civilians being killed after their feet and hands were bound. it also says it's found mass graves. this satellite image is understood to show one of them in a churchyard in bucha. and it says it has evidence of cluster bombs hitting civilian areas of kharkiv. they're banned by many countries — though not by ukraine or russia. for its part, russia denies its targeting civilians anywhere in ukraine. and it says the civilians in the recent footage were killed by ukraine. there's no evidence of that. here's the russian foreign minister. translation: recently another fake i attack was carried out in the city i of bucha in the kyiv region. a fake attack was staged there a few days after russian servicemen left the area, and it has been fermented on all channels and social media by ukrainian representatives. the russian armed forces completely withdrew from bucha on march 30. on march 31, the mayor solemnly said

he had everything in order, and two days later we saw the staging organised in the streets. they are now trying to leverage that for anti—russian purposes. they have offered no evidence that the attacks are fake. it will be addressing these allegations in the next hour and when that happens, we will watch that life. let's look at theissue will watch that life. let's look at the issue of war crimes. he spoke to president biden talking about it and as you know, there are rules that govern how countries can behave in wars. these rules are laid out through a series of treaties called the geneva convention. civilians cannot be deliberately targeted that infrastructure that is vital to civilian survival such as freshwater cannot be deliberately attacked. and some weapons are banned like chemical or biological weapons. so, one question here is are we seeing more war crimes being committed in

ukraine? specialising in war crime analysis. ukraine? specialising in war crime anal sis. , , ., , ., . analysis. designed to protect innocent civilians _ analysis. designed to protect innocent civilians from - analysis. designed to protect innocent civilians from the i analysis. designed to protect i innocent civilians from the effects of conflict to the greatest extent possible. there is a perfect example. intentional targeting of civilians, intentional destruction of civilian property in shillings on the civilian population, you need to look no further than ukraine to see what war crimes look like. fir look no further than ukraine to see what war crimes look like. or should bein: what war crimes look like. or should being accused _ what war crimes look like. or should being accused of— what war crimes look like. or should being accused of committing - what war crimes look like. or should being accused of committing war- being accused of committing war crimes during this conflict. in march, a bomb to this theatre in mariupol. and you can see warning and russian, that there are children inside. of the attack went ahead while hundreds of civilians are sheltered inside. it's at least 300 people died. because of this and many other attacks, this defence analyst says this weeks discoveries

are unlikely to be the last. but analyst says this weeks discoveries are unlikely to be the last.- are unlikely to be the last. but we have seen in _ are unlikely to be the last. but we have seen in bucha _ are unlikely to be the last. but we have seen in bucha is _ are unlikely to be the last. but we have seen in bucha is not - are unlikely to be the last. but we have seen in bucha is not an i have seen in bucha is not an isolated incident. it falls into a pattern of behaviour which is consistent with anti—partisan warfare and operations that the russian military has conducted in a number of conflicts in the past. and essentially, it is aimed at terrorising the population in response to insurgents or resistance fighters operating from their communities and so, the intent is to make the population pair collective price for sustaining systems. the ima . es of price for sustaining systems. the images of dead civilians in the streets have been strongly condemned. next, this is the uk foreign secretary speaking after meeting with a ukrainian counterpart. it meeting with a ukrainian counterpart.— counterpart. it is the responsibility i counterpart. it is the responsibility of i counterpart. it is the responsibility of the | counterpart. it is the i responsibility of the uk and counterpart. it is the _ responsibility of the uk and our allies and that is what we have discussed today. the step up our

support for brief ukrainian friends, more weapons, more sanctions. putin must lose in ukraine. the g7 foreign ministers and the nato foreign ministers and the nato foreign ministers will meet. we need to announce a tough new wave of sanctions. the reality is, money is still flowing from the west and to putin's were machine that has to stop. putin's were machine that has to sto -. ., ,, . ., , putin's were machine that has to sto. ., ,. ._ stop. the uk foreign secretary has been watching _ stop. the uk foreign secretary has been watching for— stop. the uk foreign secretary has been watching for any _ stop. the uk foreign secretary has been watching for any reaction i stop. the uk foreign secretary has been watching for any reaction to l been watching for any reaction to this most recent footage and any opinion from china and india, both major trading partners and at times, allies too. they have had nothing to say on these recent discoveries so far. but israel has commented, particularly worthy of note that they sought to be an intermediary between russia and ukraine in the foreign ministers tweeted, intentionally harming a civilian population is a war crime and i strongly condemn it. the strongest

words from the european union. the crime of words from the european union. tue: crime of genocide words from the european union. tte: crime of genocide must words from the european union. t'te: crime of genocide must be words from the european union. tte: crime of genocide must be judged properly. documented and judged and therefore, we propose to appoint an international commission to investigate this crime, the crime of genocide in these cities in ukraine. leaders in the eu, brussels, they certainly want to see an investigation and they have said eu is ready to send a joint investigation team to document war crimes in coordination with ukrainian prosecutor general. the president of the european council has written further eu sanctions and support are on their way. also monday, the french president had this to say. what happened to man's new row distinction and measures against russia and so we will co—ordinate with our european partners. i would like us to have a new round of sanctions and to act on: oil in particular which we know will be

particularly painful for them. it s worth noting particularly painful for them. referred there to coal and oil in particular. he did not refer to russian gas — which accounts for about 40% of the eu's natural gas imports. earlier this month brussels laid out a strategy to reduce reliance on russia — but there's now pressure to do more. on saturday, lithuania announced it had stopped imports of russian gas. the president tweeted if we can do it, the rest of europe can do it too! but germany, which relies heavily on russian gas, says it won't be able to act immediately. here's its economy minister. we are working every day to create the conditions and steps for an embargo, the federal government and i are convinced that this is the right way and this is the way that harms vladimir putin on a daily basis. in this sense, we are on the right track and this will allow us to continue to move in this direction. and we've heard reaction from the un. its secretary general says he's

...deeply shocked by the images of civilians killed in bucha and that: it is essential that an independent investigation leads to effective accountability. and, the us says it will ask the un general assembly to suspend russia from the human rights council. its ambassador to the un, linda thomas—greenfield said: "russia's participation on the human rights council is a farce. "and it is wrong, which is why we believe it is time the un general assembly vote to remove them." a two—thirds majority vote by the un general assembly can suspend a state from the human rights council. the us says the vote will happen this week. let's discuss what that means, and speak to our un correspondent nada tawfik now. help me understand this, what is the suspension? i know it is suspension is but how long will s—ii will it lead permanent exclusion? is but how long will s-4 will it lead permanent exclusion? russia riaht now lead permanent exclusion? russia right now is _ lead permanent exclusion? russia right now is in _ lead permanent exclusion? russia right now is in the _ lead permanent exclusion? russia right now is in the second - lead permanent exclusion? russia right now is in the second year- lead permanent exclusion? russia right now is in the second year of. lead permanent exclusion? russia|

right now is in the second year of a three year term on un human rights council and the human rights council has been criticised in the past for having those with very bad human rights record sitting on the council for example, syria as well. and this is really to get russia off this term of the human rights council and as you mentioned there, does require a two thirds majority of un general assembly here in new york of the membership year and uk ambassador has been speaking to reporters today little bit more about this because the uk supports the us initiative and i asked whether or not they think there will be enough support and the general assembly because the russian ambassador to the un and geneva doesn't believe there will be enough votes and pointed to the fact that the last two resolutions have had hundred 40 countries, denouncing russia of its military invasion in dire humanitarian consequences but this is a very different road. this

is about the whether or not russia should be removed from the un human rights council and so will be interesting to see, if they will in fact have the votes later this week in a draught resolution and we understand they want to step in quickly here in the un, the us and the uk. ., , ., , the uk. there are number of things happening and _ the uk. there are number of things happening and how— the uk. there are number of things happening and how me _ the uk. there are number of things happening and how me understand| the uk. there are number of things i happening and how me understand what the russians are planning to do with reference to these allegations and more you pull it and bucha. == reference to these allegations and more you pull it and bucha. -- mary the atrocities _ more you pull it and bucha. -- mary the atrocities that _ more you pull it and bucha. -- mary the atrocities that this _ more you pull it and bucha. -- mary the atrocities that this is _ more you pull it and bucha. -- mary the atrocities that this is all - the atrocities that this is all fabricated and that this is a provocation. and we've heard this type of rhetoric before and russia try to get a un security council meeting today to discuss this and the uk, towards the presidency for the uk, towards the presidency for

the months as they were ever meeting scheduled for tomorrow which will be hearing from the secretary general who will be briefing and will also be hearing from martin griffith who is going to be going to kyiv and has gone to moscow to try to negotiate a humanitarian cease—fire between the two parties and so uk has said that the meeting tomorrow will this encompass both request from russia and other to have a briefing. so, in response because russia did not get their meeting of the security council today, they decided to have a press conference here in the un will there will be able to talk a little bit about their position and what they see is what's happening in bucha. itigi’iiiii what they see is what's happening in bucha. ~ ~ , ., . what they see is what's happening in bucha.~ ~ _, . , what they see is what's happening in bucha. ~ . , ., bucha. will keep a close eye on that ress bucha. will keep a close eye on that press conference _ bucha. will keep a close eye on that press conference and _ bucha. will keep a close eye on that press conference and you'll- bucha. will keep a close eye on that press conference and you'll be i bucha. will keep a close eye on that press conference and you'll be ablel press conference and you'll be able to see it here on bbc news. now we're going to look at how you gather proof of war crimes — and what the chances are of prosecutions. here's allan little.

the precedent for holding political leaders responsible was established in 1945. this was the founding moment of international criminal law and the new concept of the crime of aggression of acquired legal force. including crimes against humanity. during the war in former yugoslavia, that concept was involved again with the setting up of the special war crimes tribunal in the hague. it took many years but in the end, prominent military and political leaders were brought to justice. this is the bosnian leader and knowing things he killed with his own hands but he was convicted of commissioning teams of command responsibility and will never be released from prison. could vladimir putin face a similar fate? on the

calmness is one prominent prosecutor it's if you discharge specifically for the crime of aggression and no international court in existence today yet has the legal confidence today yet has the legal confidence to do that. the today yet has the legal confidence to do that. , ., to do that. the number of governments _ to do that. the number of governments are - to do that. the number of governments are closely i to do that. the number of- governments are closely examining how you would create a special tribunal on the war crimes and crimes against humanity, the crime of aggression is relatively straightforward to establish after all, vladimir putin has declared his objectives and his rationale and there is no legal basis for what is going on in ukraine today. but the tribunal was _ going on in ukraine today. but the tribunal was created _ going on in ukraine today. but the tribunal was created by _ going on in ukraine today. but the | tribunal was created by unanimous un security council. russian and chinese vetoes would make that impossible today. the yugoslavia tribunal needs eugene changes, —— regime. in gathering evidence and arresting and handing over of former leaders. it is hard to imagine a post vladimir putin russia western

bank criminal investigations and any members of today's ruling elite. now we're going to talk about a new un report — it says it's now or never to avoid disastrous climate change and that we need to drastically change the way we live. let's hear from one of the authors of the report. we are currently on track for more than 2 degrees, never mind 1.5 degrees given that admissions are continuing to rise. over trying not to do is send a message of despair about this because what we are doing in the report is identifying positive signs, both in terms of technical change, measures will help us reduce emissions and also the fact that we have all of the tools out there, if we actually want to make a difference and change course.

there are policies and technologies that are available and if people work together, policymakers, civil society, ordinary people, we have it in our ability to turn things around. , ~ around. the limit is like preindustrial _ around. the limit is like preindustrial levels. i now let's take a look at some of the report's main points. it says to limit global warming to within1.5 degrees celsius, we would need to use about 95% of less coal, 60% of less oil and 45% of less gas by 2050. a good thing is renewable energies like solar and wind have become cheaper — over the past decade costs have fallen by around 85%. and it says changes in lifestyle can lead to 40 to 70% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. a controversial part of the report concerns the removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. this can be done through various ways such as planting more trees and changing farming practices.

there is even a way of sucking carbon dioxide from the atmosphere using machines. but is that the answer? here's one scientist's take. it is incredibly expensive and even if we had the most optimistic approach to how fast this will improve, i think a lot of people concentrate on the upside of the technologies nathan, oh, i can still fly around in a plane and still run oil. it doesn't mean that. lets fly around in a plane and still run oil. it doesn't mean that.- oil. it doesn't mean that. lets it with the secretary-general i oil. it doesn't mean that. lets it with the secretary-general said | oil. it doesn't mean that. lets it| with the secretary-general said. with the secretary—general said. it is damning. the report of the panel on climate — is damning. the report of the panel on climate change is a litany of

broken climate promises. it is a file of— broken climate promises. it is a file of shame, cataloguing the empty pledges _ file of shame, cataloguing the empty pledges that put us firmly on track to an unlivable world. we are on a fast track— to an unlivable world. we are on a fast track to — to an unlivable world. we are on a fast track to climate disaster. let's talk now to our environment editor justin rowlatt. do we have the capabilities to meet the targets set out in the report? yes, there is an urgency that we have not seen before. in the speech and we just heard from antonio, he accused governments and corporations of lying. they make these promises in the city change with the do but then you don't do it is a simple way to describe that, it is lying. that's tough talk from the head of the un, some of the un is trying to do is like clap the road by the shoulders and shake the world and say listen, do you not get it, time

is running out! but can the human do? they can advise, they can research the science and presented to governments, but what he cannot do is force governments to act. but, the way these reports work the scientists go the find the evidence they put together this menu, this recipe of how we can address the challenge of climate change and the governments come together and read it and they agree a summary and then the government sign up to that summary and that is what happened today, the release today is the improved document that is been approved by the government to the world. and it's very hard to see the spirit of cooperation. of work in the world and we see the governments of the road, ukraine, russia saudi arabia, india. north korea, ithink, has signed it. everyone has signed it. and they said look, we recognise what you're saying and this is the

problem. these are the ways we need to solve it. and the question is, will the world act on that? there is a bit of an agreement over what needs to happen. find a bit of an agreement over what needs to happen.— a bit of an agreement over what needs to happen. and image ukraine and russia and _ needs to happen. and image ukraine and russia and i'm _ needs to happen. and image ukraine and russia and i'm sure _ needs to happen. and image ukraine and russia and i'm sure there i needs to happen. and image ukraine and russia and i'm sure there are i and russia and i'm sure there are lots of people talking about how this fits into the calculation on climate change.— this fits into the calculation on climate change. this raises the issue of where _ climate change. this raises the issue of where we _ climate change. this raises the issue of where we get - climate change. this raises the issue of where we get our- climate change. this raises the issue of where we get our fuel| climate change. this raises the i issue of where we get our fuel from and it's very immediate here in europe, people are very anxious in the degrees of dependence on russian. some people think very hard about that. what it is also done is push up the price of fossil fuels that encourages investment because there is good future revenues in this, so it's kind of a very hard to see the effect this will have. in europe, will see countries move away from gas supplies from russia in the short term, that might mean more but in the long term that made me and a

switch to more renewable technology for wind and solar, for example. it may mean something us. and if you zoom out and you see what the un is doing in terms of climate change today, that is a long—term issue in the future for all of us. regarding what is happened in ukraine, this is another urgent problem and our children and grandchildren, generations of humanity scratching in the distance and the to deal with the consequence what happens. another thought is that one will be judged by future generations of what we do now and that is a theme that the un has been emphasising. quickly, we know from this report that the responsibilities being put on all of us as well as i'm conscious of the un sang changes of behaviour could reduce greenhouse

gases by a 40 or 70%. what are the things that people should change that have that kind of impact? get the thin that have that kind of impact? (set the thing about what that have that kind of impact? teet the thing about what you that have that kind of impact? t1et the thing about what you do that have that kind of impact? t1ett the thing about what you do that involves carbon emissions which, we need to think about how much you would want to travel abroad or how much you want to do it? the level of carbon efficient ways to travel. your diet, do you really need to eat as much red meat as you do, as much dairy? maybe you can reduce that make your diet more healthy. if have to think about how you heat your home, use a lot of gas, do you need gas, could you switch to an electric heat pump to bring much lower carbon? need to go through everything we do and think about carbon emissions because actually, we talk about government signing up to this report, government plays one role in all of us as well, we'll to act together on this.— act together on this. always welcomed — act together on this. always welcomed debbie _ act together on this. always welcomed debbie on i act together on this. always welcomed debbie on the i act together on this. always - welcomed debbie on the programme, thank you for your time if you're watching in the uk in particular, we

will have the most important news on channel 4 and the government is going to push ahead with this privatisation. hello. after a chilly weekend, monday brought us a much milder day. atlantic air flooding into the uk, bringing plenty of cloud, though, and some rain along with it. through the week ahead, we are going to see things brightening up but turning colder yet again. at the moment, though, thanks to atlantic air being fed up from the south around this area of high pressure, overnight monday into tuesday, it will be very mild for much of the uk with overnight lows in double figures. to the far northeast, though, we do still have the arctic air sitting across northern scotland. and as we see weather fronts meeting that cold air, through tuesday into wednesday, we could see some pretty significant snowfall across northern scotland. look at the temperatures, though, elsewhere overnight, we are seeing double figures for england, wales

and northern ireland. a fosty start across scotland and then snow really from the get—go across the highlands and the grampians, and it will snow here on and off for much of the day. also some snow, though, at lower levels too across the east and scotland, but for some of the highest ground, we could be looking it up to 20 cm of snow fall by the time we get into wednesday. further south across scotland, some quite heavy and persistent rain. wetter for the afternoon in northern ireland. england and wales brighter than monday and somewhat warmer as well, could be up to 15 degrees. tuesday into wednesday, this low pressure centre works its way eastwards across the uk. we start to pull in colder air behind it. it won't be a massive plunge on wednesday, but it will start to feel cooler for all. but what we will see on wednesday, some sunshine and showers for the majority. some heavy, thundery rain, some quite strong winds whipping those showers through, gales across the northern half of the uk and still some snow adding to those totals across northern most scotland. you can see the temperatures down

by two or three degrees typically on wednesday. it's wednesday into thursday, though, the big plunge of arctic air really sinks in. we pick up northerly winds for the last two days of the week. for thursday, at the moment, the story looks relatively straightforward with this front staying away to the south. a bright day for many, cold, yes, wintry showers for northern and eastern scotland and across northern england, potentially temperatures still just about in double figures for the south, but feeling colder in the wind. friday, a bit of a headache for us at the moment. we are watching this closely. will this front bump into the cold air enough to bring some snow fall further south? stay tuned.

hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. russian soldiers have been accused of slaughtering civilians after ukraine says it has discovered mass graves in areas recently abandoned by russian forces. president biden says vladimir putin should be tried for war crimes we have to gather all the details so this can actually have a war crime trial. this guy is brutal. it comes as president zelensky visits the town of bucha — where he said the killing of civilians amounted to genocide. russia denies the killings and says images of bodies are "staged'. but the bbc films evidence and hears first hand accounts — of civilians being killed. they were in groups, with guns, and they killed him and fled. how can i

talk to him such morons? i want them dead. i want their children to lie like my sun. and a new un report calls for an urgent reduction in carbon emissions, as the secretary general accuses governments and businesses of lying about their efforts to reduce climate change —— i want their children to lie like my son. the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky, has visited the town of bucha near kyiv where evidence has emerged of russian troops killing civilians. he once again accused russia of war crimes and genocide and said local people had been treated worse than animals. as russian troops withdraw, a picture of what civilians have had to endure is becoming clearer. but russia is denying it has been involved in the deaths, claiming that pictures of bodies in the streets are staged and fake. our correspondent yogita limaye has been travelling with the ukrainian the place for ukraine's pushed back from russia is most clearly visible. this street just outside from russia is most clearly visible. this streetjust outside of kyiv lined with blown up tanks and

armoured vehicles. today president zelensky saw for himself this scenes of horror in bucha. i believe these are definitely war crimes. i believe it's genocide in its purest sense because children have been killed, women rapists and civilians killed, he said. through the day, we saw evidence between deliberate murders of civilians. th deliberate murders of civilians. in this village, a shallow grave found in the woods. four bodies can be seen buried here, but they tell us there could be more. three have been identified. 51—year—old, her husband igor and her son who is 25. she was the head of the village. they lived

in this house. officials believe they were killed by russian soldiers on suspicion of helping ukraine's army. in a building, five men were found, hands bound behind their backs, some shot in the head, some in the chest. we are still discovering dead bodies here, the horror of what unfolded it coming to life now. but there are still areas of this country under russian control, and no one quite knows what's going on there. is it still possible to talk peace with russia, we asked president zelensky? translation:— we asked president zelensky? translation: 4' ., , , , translation: ukraine deserves peace. we cannot live — translation: ukraine deserves peace. we cannot live with _ translation: ukraine deserves peace. we cannot live with war. _ translation: ukraine deserves peace. we cannot live with war. every - translation: ukraine deserves peace. we cannot live with war. every day i we cannot live with war. every day our army is fighting, but we don't want the lives of millions to be lost. that's why dialogue is necessary. lost. that's why dialogue is necessary-— lost. that's why dialogue is necessa .~ ., ., .,

necessary. we have an update from the state department _ necessary. we have an update from. the state department spokesperson, we understand the us at the request if ukraine is supporting a multinational team of international prosecutors to help collect and analyse evidence of atrocities with analyse evidence of atrocities with a view towards pursuing accountability a is a direct quote here, "we are documenting atrocities and sharing information with institutions working to hold those responsible accountable." evidently responsible accountable. " evidently across responsible accountable." evidently across western countries, there is a concerted effort to support ukraine as it investigates what happens. next on outside source. we're going to talk about elon musk now — because its been reported today that he's become twitter�*s largest shareholder — a stake of almost three billion dollars. that's a stake of 9.2%. that's more than four times the stake twitter founder jack dorsey has. let's remind ourselves who elon musk is. he's the world s richest man — the boss of electric car company tesla and of the spaceflight company

spacex. he has more than 80 million followers — and ranks in the top 10 most popular twitter users globally. he's known for saying contentious things on there. like this — last week. he said "given that twitter serves as the de facto public town square, failing to adhere to free speech principles fundamentally undermines democracy. what should be done? he went on to ask: "is a new platform needed?". some recommended he build his own platform — he said, he's thinking about it. and now, this. michelle is live with us from new york. michelle, simply in a financial sense, this would've been relatively easy for him to do, a lot of money at his disposal, but what is the idea here?— is the idea here? look, i think this is the idea here? look, i think this is fascinating. _ is the idea here? look, i think this is fascinating. it's _ is the idea here? look, i think this is fascinating. it's got _ is the idea here? look, i think this is fascinating. it's got everyone i is fascinating. it's got everyone talking. you have someone, one of the richest man in the world who could afford certainly to buy twitter in its entirety. so everyone

is speculating why exactly has he done this? that shares these bots apparently are a form of passive ownership, he want to be involved in the day—to—day running of the company are trying to dictate or get a board on the seat, but given his personality, his interests, how actively he uses the platform, no one for a second believes that he can't or won't take more of an interest. so what does that mean going forward? does not mean he starts to push for how the country is run? does he try to get a seat on the board of directors? does he ultimately because he can afford it, try to buy the company outright? i think that is where the conversation is on a kind of practical business term, one of the things you look at with twitter is that it is not making money compared to the likes of facebook and other social media companies, despite its popularity. one suggestion is could he push for a subscription model? that might be something. i think it's all very

early days. nobody quite knows why he has done this, but everybody is wondering what is his sleeve. and wondering what is his sleeve. and what is his — wondering what is his sleeve. and what is his great? i was reading a tweet from a few days ago where he was criticising twitter�*s approach to free speech. do we know what has upset him? he to free speech. do we know what has u set him? . , to free speech. do we know what has uset him? .,, ., to free speech. do we know what has uset him? ., , , upset him? he has had problems in the ast upset him? he has had problems in the past with _ upset him? he has had problems in the past with twitter, _ upset him? he has had problems in the past with twitter, certainly i the past with twitter, certainly with financial regulators comments he has made on the platform have landed him in hot water, but separately he's talking in this tweet about twitter�*s practice when it comes to removing tweets that are deemed offensive that break its rules and regulations and saying that it rules and regulations and saying thatitis rules and regulations and saying that it is not true free speech, if you like. but you know, this from a gentleman who didn't take too kindly to when someone started following public information about where his private jet was going. so they wear the billionaire who is promised saying or talking about free speech on a platform like this. but the speculation is what will he do with

it? and certainly there is a track record, if you look at billionaires, jeff bates also owns the washington post, this is anotherform of communication platform, social media, nontraditional media, but when you see that state in that, what is the intention? and i think at this point we are not entirely sure. ., ., ~ i. .,, . at this point we are not entirely sure. ., ., ~ . ., ~ sure. how thank you as much -- thank ou sure. how thank you as much -- thank you so much — sure. how thank you as much -- thank you so much as — sure. how thank you as much -- thank you so much as ever. _ now for an important story that is broken and the last hour. the government is going ahead with plans to privatise channel for after 40 years in public ownership. our political correspondent is with us in westminster. thanks forjoining us. rights, take a stare from the very start here. why is the government deciding to do this? thea; government deciding to do this? they believe it can — government deciding to do this? tte believe it can help unleash government deciding to do this? tte1: believe it can help unleash more potential for channel 11. channel 4 is publicly owned. it's funded

through advertising. connections a lot, much of its content from independent production companies, but the government has made it clear for some time that it's been thinking about selling off the channel, privatising it. it's something it consulted on. ministers have spoken about it being too constrained amongst the streaming giants and believing that this would help with that. an e—mail went out from the ceo of channel for two staff this evening saying that proposals, the channel had put forward to keep the channel publicly owned. it is been rejected and we got confirmation from the government that they are now planning to sell off the channel. that is something that will feature in the green speech in may. we don't know the exact time scales for how this will happen or who of course will be buying the channel. a government source said that ministers believe that public ownership is holding the channel back, that in the face of a rapidly changing and competitive

media landscape, removing what they consider to be the straitjacket to public ownership will help the channel go forward. they also said that the money the government gets from selling off the channel will be part of a creative dividend that they will use and what they call leveling up the media landscape. of course, love and the point of this government's he policies to try and bring forward places they feel are being left behind across the uk. so feeding into the larger government agenda there. the channel will remain a public service broadcaster. it will the government says, have a commitment it does at the moment. but there certainly will be people who worry about what this will mean for the future of the channel, the feature of channel for if it is going into private hands. t of channel for if it is going into private hands.— private hands. i was going to ask and ou private hands. i was going to ask and you have _ private hands. i was going to ask and you have given _ private hands. i was going to ask and you have given the _ private hands. i was going to ask i and you have given the government's reasons, but the people at the top of that channel are not persuaded because they have been trying to stop us. because they have been trying to sto us. , because they have been trying to sto us. ., stop us. the boss, the ceo of channel 4 _ stop us. the boss, the ceo of channel 4 did _ stop us. the boss, the ceo of channel 4 did say _ stop us. the boss, the ceo of channel 4 did say in _ stop us. the boss, the ceo of channel 4 did say in his i stop us. the boss, the ceo of| channel 4 did say in his e-mail stop us. the boss, the ceo of i channel 4 did say in his e-mail to

channel 4 did say in his e—mail to staff that the broadcaster had put forward proposals to stay public. that was essentially what they wanted to deal will stop there will be concerns about what this means for channel 4 as a broadcaster from people involved in that channel, supporters of the channel, because of course as being part of a public service broadcaster, it does come with certain onus is on channel 4 to commission certain amounts of content that, for example, appears to a younger audience, a certain amount of content commissioned from across the uk, and that is something that being in the public sector enables it to do, not necessarily that becoming private means all of that becoming private means all of that will go, but for a lot of people who enjoy channel for content perhaps feel some channel for content wouldn't be made by a private broadcaster who feel those streaming giants don't trick represent the diversity they want to see on television. there will be concerns i imagine in those quarters going private will mean.—

going private will mean. david, thank you _ going private will mean. david, thank you very _ going private will mean. david, thank you very much _ going private will mean. david, thank you very much for i going private will mean. david, l thank you very much for bringing going private will mean. david, i thank you very much for bringing us that update. the british actressjune brown who played dot cotton in eastenders has died. june brown who played dot cotton in eastenders has died. she was 95. one of the show�*s best loved and most memorable characters, she joined the cast in 1985, the year the show was created, and stayed for 35 years. david sillito has been looking back at her life. i've got to face facts, with my nerves, i've got to smoke. you silly little man! she was albert square's god—fearing, chain—smoking, hypochondriac gossip. my own son. all right, you made your point. dot cotton was, forjune brown, the role of a lifetime. i hope you know that tate has got a bit of a reputation.

give us a tea and a glass of water. whenjune brown arrived on eastenders she already had 40 years of acting experience. but my head feels as though a circular saw�*s going through it. but it was dot who made her famous. religious men who collect bibles can only think of the one thing. however, they didn't have a lot in common. people ask me if i am like dot. hello, jim. it is me. dorothy. the only way i am like dot is in my feelings about spirituality. only they are rather advanced for dot. but apart from that, i'm not... really like dot at all, i don't think. you want to tell your children what i tell my nick. dot was walford born and bread. june grew up new suffolk. she trained at the old vic and appeared in dozens of productions. she also had six children. i love the stage. you see it is alive, it has had live words

spoken in live reaction, everything has the been live. just don't stand there norman. there were tv and film role bus dot changed everything. it is all oozing. sorry ma. among the tributesjohn altmann who played her son nick. she was he says a fantastic actress and a dear friend. confess tojesus, what began as a few weeks work turned what began as a few weeks work turned into a role that lasted 35 years. dot cotton could have come and gone butjune brown turned her into an indispensable part of albert square. now for an important story

that is broken and the last hour. we're going to look at the elections in hungary now. victor orban — its nationalist prime minister — has been re—elected. and he said this in his victory speech. now, we had to battle the biggest forces, the left—wing at home, the international left—wing, the brussels bureaucrats, all the organisations of the soros empire, the international mainstream media, and finally the ukrainian president as well. we never had so many opponents. mr orban there calling ukraine's president zelensky an opponent. viktor orban has close ties to moscow — here he is with vladimir putin. he has banned transfer of arms to ukraine through hungary — and vlodymyr zelensky has criticised that. vladimir putin has congratulated mr orban on his victory. victor orban's fidesz party won more than 67% of the vote on sunday, the opposition won just 28 — marking the fourth successive term for hungary's prime minister. victor orban's fidesz party won more than 67% of the vote on sunday, the opposition won just 28 — marking the fourth successive term for hungary's prime minister. nick thorpe has more from budapest

even opinion polls which had predicted mr orban's victory and all of them did predicted from three to 10%, in fact, he's one and 18% victory, and the parliamentjust hear behind me, the 199 seats will be filled by 135 mp5, and only 56 from the opposition alliance. they will also be, interestingly, 75 right who tend to be allied, their party from our homeland, they tend to lean towards or be somewhat aligned with mr alban's party. so an astonishing rate, someone it's a far right victory in this election. but hungary — which is in the eu and nato — is increasingly isolated within those alliances. here's our europe editor, katya adler. victor has long prided himself on political pragmatism, dallying with

allies east and west, treading a fine line and just about getting away with that. but the war in ukraine changes things. blocking weapons transfers sits very uncomfortably with the eu and nato. hungary is a member of both. and under orban, it's become increasingly isolated. there's an economic and political crisis in sri lanka. over the weekend mass protests prompted most of the cabinet to resign. demonstrations are ongoing. people are angry at the government because of shortages of essential goods and rolling power cuts. on sunday police fired tear gas at people defying a nationwide curfew. the government also banned social media sites to try and stop these protests from taking place. the root of the crisis is in a shortage of foreign currency in sri lanka.

without it, the government can't pay for imports of fuel, which the country relies on. that's led to power cuts lasting half a day or more, and shortages of other things like medicine and food. our correspondent rajini vaidyanathan has been speaking to some of the people protesting. why are you here today? to show the displeasure that the people in sri lanka have what their government and to show how they have failed assassination stop the people can't afford their daily rice, their basic necessities. people can't get on buses to come to work, to go to school. how are his clinic at? there is no diesel. kids can set their exams, because there's no paper and there's no power for 12 exams, because there's no paper and there's no powerfor 12 hours a day. but all of this is helping to create a political crisis. on sunday, 26

cabinet ministers resigned in response to what's happening on the streets, and at the centre of sri lankan politics are these two men will stop on the right is the president, gota—baya raja—paksa. gota—baya raja—pa ksa. on the left is his brother, prime minister mahinda raja—paksa. they haven't resigned. but they're now the focus of pressure from the public. archana shukla has more from colombo. sri lanka is in a churn both economically that it's been going there, but not politically. there has been tremendous pressure on the current ruling dispensation of the family here in sri lanka to move cabinet ministers and to have a reshuffle, but despite that, despite the 26 ministers resigning and the prime minister and the president discussing for a new cabinet ministers, protests on this street continue. this pressure, the citizens pressure for a cabinet reshuffle is still not over because most of the protesters and activists say that if the president and the prime minister do not resign, it doesn't matter because they are at the helm of power,

and until they leave their seats, the cabinet resignations and reshuffle doesn't mean much on the ground. the president has now called out to all political parties to come forward, form a collaborative government and find ways to resolve the economic crisis. but remember, this is something that we need to start from scratch again. so, activists and observers are looking at it and saying that the country is moving into a political instability at this point in time. we're going to finish this edition of outside source with more on ukrainem and talk about what's happening in russia now. that's because there's a lot of disiniformation there about the allegations of russian troops comitting warcrimes in ukraine. russia says images like these — the mass grave site in bucha — are false. we heard sergei lavrov earlier — calling the bucha killings a "fake attack".

that has been also echoed on russian state tv. anchor olga skabeyeva called the pictures fake news — and "a flagrantly brutal provocation by ukrainian nazis". let's speak now to shayan sardar—izadeh — a bbcjournalist investigating online disinformation and has been looking into this. you have been specifically looking into this. which parts of the footage that has emerged in the last few days have you focused on? i thank you might have needed yourself while you are talking to us. would you be able to double double check? yes. . ,

you be able to double double check? yes. ., , , ., ., ., you be able to double double check? yes. ,., ., ., q you be able to double double check? yes. ,., ., ., a yes. please start again. as he said, the russian — yes. please start again. as he said, the russian defence _ yes. please start again. as he said, the russian defence ministry, i yes. please start again. as he said, the russian defence ministry, the i the russian defence ministry, the foreign minister, russian embassies been claiming that the state of —— videos are fake. we have focused on four specific claims, there was a video that came out on the 2nd of april and it shows a car driving through one of the roads, and there is one body specifically that can be seen lying on the street next to a white and yellow curb by a silver car that has its boot open. so the russians posted that video yesterday saying that if you look at that video, the arm of that dead body is moving and they were saying how is moving and they were saying how 3 it that a dead person is moving their arm? we slow down the video and specifically focused on that person and what appears to happen is that there is a spec of staining or maybe a rain drop on the screen, and you can see that on the screen even earlier if you slow down the video. so the arm is not moving, it's something on the screen that is distorting the view. the second

claim is another body on the same road a little bit further down lying on their side face first by a shattered fencing and also red and yellow pavement. the russians are saying as the car drives down the road and passes that body can if you look at the wing near on the right—hand side can be conceded see the body stands up. basically it's a crisis actor, they did theirjob and now they are moving on. again, if you slow down the video, you will see that wing mirror is actually a curved mirror. it's possibly a spherical mirror, so what's happening is that the mirror is distorting the views of objects in the background, including notjust the background, including notjust the body, but houses in the background as it moves past. if you look at high—resolution images, you can see the body is not moving. and they matched it with images taken by a photographer that the images are made available yesterday and we matched it with two bodies at those high resolution images. they are

dead, they been dead since they were discovered. another claim as the bodies had not stiffened, so the ministry of defence said that it's a particular way that all the bodies of people whose images have been published by the ukrainian government are not stiffened after at least four days. so they are referring to a process called rigor mortis which happens after somebody dies. he spoke to a forensic expert and they told us after four days, by day four, it's and they told us after four days, by day four, its expected that the process of rigor mortis was subsided. another claim made the russian defence ministry was these images all appeared four days after the russians had left, so the russians claimed they left on the 30th of march, the ukrainian say the sist. 30th of march, the ukrainian say the 31st. anyway, if you take the claim that they left, only three or four days after they left them of these images appeared on the internet. the fact found a video on the 1st of april, two days after the russians claimed to have left that shows that there was probably the first image or the first video of these bodies.

so again, that claim is also false. so again, that claim is also false. so those are four incidents, for particular things that the russians are focused on that you have proven to not be as they described. in the minute we have left, to be clear, the russians have that shared no explicit evidence at all that i have seen to back up claims that this has been fabricated in any way. 11301533 been fabricated in any way. 100% correct. been fabricated in any way. 100% correct- the _ been fabricated in any way. 10096 correct. the exact _ been fabricated in any way. 10096 correct. the exact same - been fabricated in any way. 10096 correct. the exact same videos . been fabricated in any way. 113113196 correct. the exact same videos that i mentioned, you can see in treats and telegram posts and facebook posts by russian officials. we go through them, published a piece on the bbc news website, viewers can go and check it out. we specifically slow down and check the claims made in those videos and prove that they are not actually true.— are not actually true. thank you very much _ are not actually true. thank you very much indeed and _ are not actually true. thank you very much indeed and those i are not actually true. thank you very much indeed and those of| are not actually true. thank you i very much indeed and those of you who use twitter, you can find the article that we are referring to come it's just been treated out by the main bbc news account on twitter. you can also find it on the bbc news website. so no evidence to back up russian claims that what we are seeing in ukraine is fake. russians are planning a press

conference at the un and the next hour. we will hear what they say there. thanks for watching. hello. after a chilly weekend, monday brought us a much milder day. atlantic air flooding into the uk, bringing plenty of cloud, though, and some rain along with it. through the week ahead, we are going to see things brightening up but turning colder yet again. at the moment, though, thanks to atlantic air being fed up from the south around this area of high pressure, overnight monday into tuesday, it will be very mild for much of the uk with overnight lows in double figures. to the far northeast, though, we do still have the arctic air sitting across northern scotland. and as we see weather fronts meeting that cold air, snowfall across northern scotland. look at the temperatures, though, elsewhere overnight, we are seeing double figures for england, wales and northern ireland. a fosty start across scotland

and then snow really from the get—go across the highlands and the grampians, and it will snow here on and off for much of the day. also some snow, though, at lower levels too across the east and scotland, but for some of the highest ground, we could be looking it up to 20 cm of snow fall by the time we get into wednesday. further south across scotland, some quite heavy and persistent rain. wetter for the afternoon in northern ireland. england and wales brighter than monday and somewhat warmer as well, could be up to 15 degrees. tuesday into wednesday, this low pressure centre works its way eastwards across the uk. we start to pull in colder air behind it. it won't be a massive plunge on wednesday, but it will start to feel cooler for all. but what we will see on wednesday, some sunshine and showers for the majority. some heavy, thundery rain, some quite strong winds whipping those showers through, gales across the northern half of the uk and still some snow adding to those totals across northern most scotland. you can see the temperatures down by two or three degrees typically on wednesday.

it's wednesday into thursday, though, the big plunge of arctic air really sinks in. we pick up northerly winds for the last two days of the week. for thursday, at the moment, the story looks relatively straightforward with this front staying away to the south. a bright day for many, cold, yes, wintry showers for northern and eastern scotland and across northern england, potentially temperatures still just about in double figures for the south, but feeling colder in the wind. friday, a bit of a headache for us at the moment. we are watching this closely. will this front bump into the cold air enough to bring some snow fall further south? stay tuned.

hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. russian soldiers have been accused of slaughtering civilians after ukraine says it has discovered mass graves in areas recently abandoned by russian forces. president biden says vladimir putin should be tried for war crimes. we have to get all the detail so we can have a war crimes trial. this guy is brutal. president zelensky visits the town of bucha — where he said the killings amount to genocide. the bbc hears first hand accounts — of civilians being killed. they were in jeeps, they were injeeps, with guns, they killed _ they were injeeps, with guns, they killed him _ they were injeeps, with guns, they killed him and fled. can —— how can

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