this is bbc news, welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm yalda hakim. our top stories: ukraine's president zelensky prepares to address the un security council, as newly released satellite pictures undermine russia's denials that its forces tortured and killed civilians. the kremlin says the images of atrocities in ukraine are staged and denies any war crimes have been committed. the nato secretary—general warns that moscow is aiming to conquer the entire donbass region in the east of ukraine over the coming weeks. moscow has not given up its ambitions in ukraine. later this week, top eu officials ursula von der leyen and josep borrell will travel to kyiv to meet ukraine's president.

following continuing protests over the worsening shortage of basic supplies, including food and fuel — the sri lankan governing coalition has lost its majority in parliament. people cannot afford their daily rise, their basic necessities, people cannot get on buses to come to work, to go to school. welcome to the programme. russia has again denied its forces were responsible for killing civilians in the ukrainian town of bucha, claiming reports of what happened there are "fake". but newly released satellite images, taken weeks ago, show bodies lying in the streets, while russian forces were still in control of the town. ukraine's president volodymyr

zelensky says more than 300 people were killed and tortured in bucha, near the capital, kyiv. mr zelensky insists there is ample evidence that russian troops carried out atrocities. he is due to address the un security council later today. anna foster reports from lviv. buildings and lives reduced to rubble. bucha is a horror of what is left behind. russia claims images of bodies left behind were faked but new satellite images show them there before russian troops left. ukraine's foreign minister has called it the tip of the iceberg. there are real fears even larger atrocities are still to be revealed. this is north—west of kyiv, another devastated town that has just been reclaimed

by ukrainian forces. translation: when they were here, they looted the flats, - the houses, especially in the centre. everything is ruined, everything is damaged, all the flats have been robbed and vandalised. i cannot even look at this, it makes me want to cry. these buildings, i saw them being built when this was a small village. it makes me want to cry. fierce fighting in the east is still forcing thousands of people to flee. today, a train from kharkiv. the army says ukraine's second city is coming under renewed pressure. people are arriving here in the relative safety of lviv all the time, and they bring with them painful memories and fresh stories of horror, of life on the russian front line and a fear that every day could their last.

this woman and her children just left kharkiv. since the first day of this war, the 24th of february, they have been hiding in the basement of a school. it was shelled by russian forces. "everything was very scary." "we even felt the ground move." "thank god the walls remained intact in the basement yesterday was sasha's 11th birthday. he spent it on a train fleeing his home. "i received some candy, i really like them, because i could get nothing more than that now.! "i will get my present one day." anna saw children killed when a bomb hit near her house, she could not stay in kharkiv any longer. i was worried for my parents. another besieged city, mariupol, is still without aid. yesterday a red cross team heading there was detained. they have now been released, but the need is growing.

after five weeks of fighting, the situation is desperate. anna foster, bbc news, lviv. with me is our diplomatic correspondent paul adams. paul, who could look at those images coming out of bucha, and i imagine the address that president zelensky will give at the un will be incredibly powerful. i the un will be incredibly powerful-— the un will be incredibly powerful. the un will be incredibly owerful. ~ , , powerful. i think this will be a hiuhl powerful. i think this will be a highly emotionally - powerful. i think this will be | a highly emotionally charged affair, his foreign minister said yesterday, to anyone who was doubting whether the international community should take further action, whether it is severing russian banks from the international swift system, or country should carry on buying russian oil and gas, he said, just go to the mass graves in bucha and ask yourselves what you should do.

an incredibly powerful argument, the ukrainians know it, and they are clearly going to use it as much as possible, you know, with the future of their country hanging in the balance, why wouldn't they? i think it is going to be a pretty ugly affair too, we have seen angry exchanges at the security council since the invasion began, the russians always feel the tables are stacked against them, there was a row between them and the british about what sort of meeting this would be, and there will be a briefing from there will be a briefing from the secretary—general for humanitarian affairs, direct from kyiv, and of course the address from president zelensky. so in some ways, it will be very much loaded against the russians. but they seem determined to push back, the kremlin spokesman calling it this morning a monstrous forgery, that is how he described this entire several days of evidence — they simply are not willing to acknowledge any of it, and they are going to present their evidence that

none of this actually happened. we heard there from jens stoltenberg, talking about satellite images, media reports, journalists are seeing things. there is a flurry of diplomacy taking place. let's talk about the fifth round of sanctions the europeans are talking about.— talking about. you could be for: iven talking about. you could be forgiven for— talking about. you could be forgiven for thinking - talking about. you could be forgiven for thinking that i forgiven for thinking that pretty much everything has been tried, whether it is russian banks sanctioning oligarchs, moves against russian hydrocarbons, but there is still room for manoeuvre and room for more. british foreign secretary liz truss yesterday called for what she called a maximum level of sanctions and said that she hoped that more would be done with regard to banks. she also mentioned gold as an area to go after, anything that, in her view, had two vladimir putin's war chest. of course, when it comes to the europeans, and we will probably be seeing tomorrow some announcement from the eu, there

is a debate still about the extent to which europe can wean itself off russian oil and gas quickly enough to have an effect, and the german government has said that it wants to do it, but it can't happen overnight because it would trigger a recession not just in germany but are probably right across the eu. the ukrainians are arguing that much more quickly, there is talk about coal being one of the things that we may hear about tomorrow. clearly, there is a concerted effort across the eu to address this addiction that europe as to russian hydrocarbons and to try to push that forward as much as possible. but meeting with some resistance. . , , possible. but meeting with some resistance-— resistance. yeah, because for the ukrainians, _ resistance. yeah, because for the ukrainians, as _ resistance. yeah, because for the ukrainians, as you - resistance. yeah, because for the ukrainians, as you say, i resistance. yeah, because for the ukrainians, as you say, it| the ukrainians, as you say, it is a matter of life and death, we are seeing these images come out, all the while the europeans considering and trying to get a sense of how they should approach this. energy remains the stumbling

block, because of because 40% of european dependency on russian gas.— russian gas. yeah, and the lithuanians, _ russian gas. yeah, and the lithuanians, almost - russian gas. yeah, and the| lithuanians, almost without notice over the weekend, finally announced that the gas imports from russia had gone to zero, and that from a country that even last year imported 25% of their gas from russia. this was a decision taken by the lithuanians and the other baltic republics some years back. in many ways, they have beenin back. in many ways, they have been in the lead on trying to end this connection, this addiction to russian oil and gas. but, you know, it is probably slightly easier for a small economy like that. 40% of germany's gas requirements coming from russia, you know, this is not an easy economic model to simply undo, and clearly there is an anxiety in europe that what is already an economically challenging time in the wake of the invasion could be catastrophic for european economies. so there is a limit to how far they are

willing to go quickly to try and do that.— willing to go quickly to try and do that. when you think about it, _ and do that. when you think about it, paul, _ and do that. when you think about it, paul, billions- and do that. when you think about it, paul, billions have| about it, paul, billions have already been given to the russians since the war began for oil and gas, since this invasion started — and there are critics who are saying, this could be fuelling the war as well. {iii this could be fuelling the war as well. . ., , this could be fuelling the war as well. _, , _, as well. of course it could, and someone _ as well. of course it could, and someone will - as well. of course it could, and someone will correct l as well. of course it could, i and someone will correct me as well. of course it could, - and someone will correct me if i am wrong, $750 million a day is flowing into russian covers from european customers. so, clearly, that is helping to keep the russian economy afloat, and depending on the way you look at it, anything that helps to keep the russian economy afloat keeps the invasion afloat as well. it is an incredibly costly military operation, it is going incredibly badly for the russians, they are losing spectacular amounts of equipment and men. the cost of all of that is going to be astronomical, clearly nothing that the russian military has

done, whether it is chechnya, syria, in recent years, has been anything like what they have encountered in ukraine. they were not ready for it, they are paying a heavy price for it, and so at some point, economic pressure in the form of sanctions, which do affect things like parts of the russian defence industry which depend on outside parts, outside technology — is those things will start to have an effect, may already be having an effect, but they do take time. �* . , , , ., time. and really briefly, i am bein: time. and really briefly, i am being told — time. and really briefly, i am being told i _ time. and really briefly, i am being told i am _ time. and really briefly, i am being told i am running - time. and really briefly, i am being told i am running out l time. and really briefly, i am| being told i am running out of time, but the numbers of russian diplomats who are being expelled, talk us through those. g; :: expelled, talk us through those. ;;:: , those. 230 expelled across the eu since the — those. 230 expelled across the eu since the start _ those. 230 expelled across the eu since the start of _ those. 230 expelled across the eu since the start of the - eu since the start of the military operation, 120 injust the last 48 hours or so, including a large chunk from germany, and it is worth remembering that a lot of these diplomats are of course

intelligence agents. the british government to throw out a lot following the poisonings in salisbury, but this is part of the diplomatic response, to show that we are not going to tolerate that kind of behaviour on our soil. tolerate that kind of behaviour on our soil-— on our soil. paul, thank you so, so on our soil. paul, thank you so. so much _ on our soil. paul, thank you so, so much for _ on our soil. paul, thank you so, so much for that - on our soil. paul, thank you l so, so much for that analysis. speaking a short while ago, nato secretary—general jens stoltenberg accused russia of "unbearable brutality". we have all seen the horrific images _ we have all seen the horrific images of murdered civilians in bucha — images of murdered civilians in bucha and _ images of murdered civilians in bucha and other places controlled by the russian military until a few days ago. this— military until a few days ago. this is— military until a few days ago. this is unbearable brutality thai— this is unbearable brutality that europe has not witnessed in many— that europe has not witnessed in many decades. targeting and murdering civilians is a war crime _ murdering civilians is a war crime all_ murdering civilians is a war crime. all the facts must be

established, and all those responsible for these atrocities must be brought to justice — atrocities must be brought to justice. nato allies are supporting investigations, including through the united nations and the international criminai— nations and the international criminal court.— criminal court. that was jens stoltenberg _ criminal court. that was jens stoltenberg there, _ criminal court. that was jens stoltenberg there, the - criminal court. that was jens stoltenberg there, the nato l stoltenberg there, the nato secretary—general. i'm joined now by baroness kennedy, who is in central london. always good to see you. there is a lot of talk of the international criminal court and taking someone like vladimir putin to court, but that doesn't really sound realistic, does it?- that doesn't really sound realistic, does it? well, the problem — realistic, does it? well, the problem about _ realistic, does it? well, the problem about criminal - problem about criminal prosecutions, even when they are domestic and in our own jurisdiction, they take time, and it is a long time before people come before courts, and so what is really the pressure at the moment is the gathering

of evidence. it is the gathering of evidence that will be credible and compelling in a court of law, and so that does mean getting experts in to ukraine, it means if there are going to be challenges suggesting the staging of some of the film that we have seen on our television screens, if there are going to be allegations that there has been doctoring of footage, then you really do have to have it immediately archived so that the suggestion of it being tampered with can be refuted. the ukrainians are saying that they are sending in, you know, international investigators to do that, as is the international community, but when you have the russian side pushing back so hard, you know, across the board in the kremlin, saying that this is fabricated, it is doctored, it is fake — what are they up against? is fake - what are they up against?— is fake - what are they up against? well, listen, it is tou:h, against? well, listen, it is tough. we _ against? well, listen, it is tough, we know, - against? well, listen, it is tough, we know, and - against? well, listen, it is tough, we know, and the| against? well, listen, it is- tough, we know, and the public now, that technology enables

evidence to be very persuasive. we have seen it on our screens, the ways in which people suddenly can be doing things in places where they never were. so you have to limit the possibility of those allegations being made. the satellite images showing that the bodies were on the ground and in places while the russians were there, because the story from the russian perspective is that this was all put together, that people's hands were tied on dead bodies after they had left, and it was nothing to do with them, i mean, they seem to be suggesting that ukraine has maliciously murdered its own citizens in order to blame the russians. well, ithink citizens in order to blame the russians. well, i think we do now and have evidence of bombing of civilian residential areas, of hospitals, of orphanages, of places where there might be children who were in hiding with their

families, so we really do have a level of evidence of all of that bombardment. and then the question is, have we been seeing the rape and pillage and murder of civilians? and certainly there is physical evidence in the form of film, the question is, can it be... you know, is it in a state where, if you examine the metadata, which is going behind it to see whether there could have been any editing or, you know, playing with the imagery, and nowadays you can do that, experts can show whether something has been doctored or not... �* ., ., not... but how do you then unish not... but how do you then punish those. . . ? _ not... but how do you then punish those. . . ? say - not... but how do you then punish those. . . ? say all. not... but how do you then | punish those. . . ? say all the punish those...? say all the evidence points to these things taking place, certainly we see a flurry of images on social media, accusations of rape, torture, human rights watch report in saying they have spoken to those who have witnessed such things, say the

evidence begins to mount, how do you then bring those responsible to justice when there is such a strong pushback?— there is such a strong pushback? there is such a strong ushback? ~ , .,, pushback? where it is most successful _ pushback? where it is most successful is _ pushback? where it is most successful is where - pushback? where it is most successful is where you - pushback? where it is most successful is where you can | successful is where you can show that those who were in command created a sort of impunity for the rank and file to commit these kinds of acts. it is very difficult to get the individual man or men who have raped women afterwards, that is difficult, how do you find which soldiers in which units? and sometimes it is possible, but much more important is showing that an army was being allowed the kind of impunity from its own military superiors to do this kind of thing, yalda . so those are the people who should end up on trial, along with, if you can get them, the soldiers who were on the ground, you know, stealing, thieving, looting and killing,

and violating and murdering women, then of course we have to try to go after the individuals, and nowadays with dna and so on it is possible, and i will be a lot of footage coming from people's individual iphones that will have to be archived too, so there are apps where people can actually have their staff downloaded so that it is protected for future trials. but what you really must look at is, was a culture being created within the russian army which was encouraging and impunity to do these kinds of acts?— these kinds of acts? baroness kennedy. _ these kinds of acts? baroness kennedy. if — these kinds of acts? baroness kennedy, if we _ these kinds of acts? baroness kennedy, if we are _ these kinds of acts? baroness kennedy, if we are going - these kinds of acts? baroness kennedy, if we are going to i these kinds of acts? baroness| kennedy, if we are going to be brutally frank and honest and just looking at how things have panned out through out history, people may never getjustice, thatis people may never getjustice, that is also a total possibility here. that is also a total ossibili here. ~ , , possibility here. absolutely. there isn't _ possibility here. absolutely. there isn't a _ possibility here. absolutely. there isn't a good _ possibility here. absolutely.

there isn't a good history i possibility here. absolutely. there isn't a good history ofj there isn't a good history of justice being meted out to those who have committed gross and terrible crimes. i mean, one of the extraordinary things was that the nuremberg trials, when you think of how quickly they happened at the conclusion of the second world war, evidence being put together, an incredible effort to put those who were leading lights in the nazi machine, put to trial, as well as of course judges and people who had been complicit. so you have to hope that that kind of thing can happen in the future, but we have not been good about doing that. we have had a number of tribunal is created, you know, to deal with people like milosevic and mladic and different people, and we are also occasionally had them in africa, but we have not really used this sort of machinery in the way that it should have been used up and those things happened after the fall of a regime. well, you are more likely to

see it when a regime falls, and a question we have to ask ourselves, just how likely it is that putin will come asunder, you know, and he certainly seems to have his own electorate behind him in a lot of this, because of because of the propaganda and the like. but it doesn't look to me as though it is about to collapse soon. i though it is about to collapse soon. ., though it is about to collapse soon. . ., ., ., soon. i have got time for one more question, _ soon. i have got time for one more question, and - soon. i have got time for one more question, and i- soon. i have got time for one more question, and i wanted| soon. i have got time for one i more question, and i wanted to take your attention away from ukraine and to afghanistan. today marks 200 days since girls have been denied the right to an education. ijust wanted to get your comment on that, because i know you have been involved deeply with assisting female judges to leave the country, and so many people who have benefited from education in the last 20 years, that those opportunities and those gains have disappeared before our very eyes in the last few months. it before our very eyes in the last few months.— last few months. it is absolutely _

last few months. it is - absolutely heartbreaking, and the education of women and girls is what changes nations, it is what modernises nations, it is what modernises nations, it is what modernises nations, it is the way in which you create real change. and we were seeing it, over the 20 years, until the return of the taliban, we were seeing women take up positions in public life, women as mps, women as judges and prosecutors, lawyers and journalists and so on. and thatis and journalists and so on. and that is being eradicated, they are seeking to wipe that out, and if you don't give opportunities to the young, your nation is going to wither on the vine. i really feel that there has to be a clamourfrom there has to be a clamourfrom the international community about this terrible, terrible crime that has been committed against women and girls there, because you are really preventing them having a fulfilling life.— fulfilling life. baroness kennedy. _ fulfilling life. baroness kennedy, always - fulfilling life. baroness kennedy, always good| fulfilling life. baroness i kennedy, always good to fulfilling life. baroness - kennedy, always good to talk to you, thank you so much for joining us.

moscow's ambassador to the un says russia will present what he called "factual evidence" to the un security council demonstrating that western statements on events at bucha are lies, and that the shocking images of bodies in the streets of bucha were staged. foreign minister sergei lavrov has led the kremlin's response to the fury of the international community as our russia editor, steve rosenberg, reports. this is how russia wants its soldiers in ukraine to be seen — as heroes and humanitarian workers, a caring, sharing army, spreading goodness and light to those it claims to be liberating. but moscow knows the international community doesn't believe that. mr lavrov, the us president has called your president a war criminal and said he must be held accountable. what does that tell us about russia's international reputation right now?

translation: what this says is many american politicians - who started the iraq war, destroyed syria, invaded libya, their conscience is in a bad way. our main interest is what the russian people think about this situation. as for evidence of apparent russian atrocities, the kremlin calls those provocations and fakes. whenever russia is accused of anything, be it the poisonings in salisbury or, in this case, atrocities in ukraine, the reaction from the authorities is much the same — deny everything and point the finger back. because the kremlin has total control of the media here, it's able to persuade many russians that it's right. and the kremlin is receiving spiritual support. yesterday, the russian patriarch led prayers in the cathedral of the russian armed forces.

he told soldiers they were heroes defending the motherland and russia's freedom. from the church, no hint of criticism of methods or aims. but some russians disagree with both. ruslan dostavolov was a senior manager at one of russia's largest banks, but he's resigned in protest at russia's offensive in ukraine and the bank's support for it. translation: russia has created a huge area of chaos _ and lawlessness in ukraine. of course, the russian government is responsible for what's happening there. before the war, i was proud of being russian. there was lots to be proud of, but the war has cancelled all of that out. ruslan took a moral stand, but he has no illusions. the russia he thought he knew has gone. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.

the entire chinese city of shanghai, where 25 million people live, has entered a covid lockdown. until now, there had been separate measures for the eastern and western sides, but now everyone living there has been told to stay at home. reported cases have risen to more than 13,000 a day. residents in some areas of the city said the strict policy meant no—one was allowed to leave their homes, not even to collect essential provisions. we will be back in the next few minutes with all the latest headlines, especially the ongoing coverage of ukraine, so do stay with us. you can go to our website to learn more. you can reach me on twitter, i'm @bbcyaldahakim. but i will be back in the next few minutes with all the latest headlines.

hello again. for most of us, the afternoon looks fairly cloudy but on the mild side. a different story, though, for northern scotland, where through this morning we've seen some fairly reasonable falls of snow. the scene was set for this snowy spell of weather across the north of scotland yesterday, really, whereas most of the uk had this milder air moving in. across the north of scotland, we had the feed of cold, northerly winds and low temperatures. now, into that today has moved this weather system. it's come in off the atlantic, bumped into the cold air and we've seen the snowfall even down to low levels across northern areas of scotland. and really, through the afternoon, there's going to be little in the way of change. it is just these northern areas that will see the snow —

about five to ten centimetres building up in places. certainly through the central belt, it's mild and wet, with temperatures reaching double figures around 11 or 12. now, for many of us, it is going to be a cloudy day but the high ground in wales is breaking the cloud across the midlands, east anglia and southern england, so there will be a few bright or sunny spells coming through here. 0vernight, we get this very narrow, weak weatherfront, a band of rain pushing its way southwards and eastwards. the snow turns back to rain in northern scotland, even over the highest mountains, before clearing out of the way towards the end of the night. so, for wednesday, we're all into the mild flow of air. low pressure still in charge, so it's not going to be a dry day. there will be a number of showers around, most frequent across western areas, and this band of rainjust edges its way eastwards across wales and england through the day as well. now, temperature—wise, we're looking at highs typically stilljust about into double figures, around ten to 12 degrees, but starting to turn colder across northern scotland, and it will be quite gusty overnight in the northwest. eventually the colder air moves back in to scotland as we go through wednesday night—time, so the rain will turn back to snow and we could see another five to ten centimetres of snow building in in places before that lot

pushes its way southwards. what follows then for thursday is a flow of colder north—westerly winds slowly diving away southwards. many of us will see a mixture of sunshine and showers. some of those showers could be on the wintry side, particularly across the northwest of the country where we've got the coldest air really digging in. now, beyond that, for friday, still a few showers left over. one or two of those could be heavy. a bit of hail or sleet in the northwest. dry on saturday, but then rain returns into the north on sunday.

this is bbc news, welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm yalda hakim. our top stories: ukraine's president zelensky prepares to address the un security council, as newly released satellite pictures undermine russia's denials that its forces tortured and killed civilians. we are still discovering dead bodies in bucha. but there are still areas of the country under russian control and no one quite knows what's going on there. the and no one quite knows what's going on there. , on there. the kremlin says the imaaes on there. the kremlin says the images are _ on there. the kremlin says the images are staged _ on there. the kremlin says the images are staged and - on there. the kremlin says the images are staged and deniesl on there. the kremlin says the i images are staged and denies any on there. the kremlin says the - images are staged and denies any war crimes. the nato secretary—general

warns that moscow is aiming to conquer the entire donbass region in the east of ukraine over the coming weeks. moscow has not given up its ambitions in ukraine. the and refugees escape from mariunol- _ the and refugees escape from mariupol. one _ the and refugees escape from mariupol. one man _ the and refugees escape from mariupol. one man tells - the and refugees escape from mariupol. one man tells us i the and refugees escape from | mariupol. one man tells us his the and refugees escape from - mariupol. one man tells us his house has gone. it mariupol. one man tells us his house has one. ., , �* , ., , ., has gone. it doesn't exist any more. it has has gone. it doesn't exist any more. it has been — has gone. it doesn't exist any more. it has been destroyed _ has gone. it doesn't exist any more. it has been destroyed by _ has gone. it doesn't exist any more. it has been destroyed by shelling i has gone. it doesn't exist any more. it has been destroyed by shelling or| it has been destroyed by shelling or an air strike. i don't have anywhere to go. and i still don't know whether my wife is alive or not. welcome to the programme. moscow's denial of accusations that its forces tortured and killed

civilians in bucha have been undermined by satellite images that appear to show body in the street. moscow says ukraine has fabricated evidence. ukraine's volodymyr zelensky has accused the russian forces of genocide and is expected to address the un security council on tuesday. president biden called vladimir putin a war criminal, saying the russian leader should be put on trial. 0ur correspondent was one of the journalists who travelled to bucha with volodymyr zelensky and a warning her report contains distressing images. this streetjust outside kyiv lined with blown up tanks and armoured vehicles. today, ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky visited the town, drawing

attention to the brutality that unfolded here. i believe these are definitely war crimes, i believe it is genocide i purest sense because children have been killed, women raped and civilians executed he said. we saw evidence of deliberate murders. in one village a shallow grave found in the woods. four bodies could be seen half buried. but officials told us there could be more. this 51—year—old man, her husband and her son, who was 25. she was the head of the village. they lived in this house. 0fficials lived in this house. officials believe they were killed by russian soldiers for helping ukraine's army.

in bucha in the basement of a building we saw the bodies of five men. hands tied behind their backs. some shot in the head. 0thers men. hands tied behind their backs. some shot in the head. others in the chest. pictures too ghastly to show. vlad was helping gather the bodies. translation: people have been shot in the head by russian snipers, people on bicycles, people delivering potatoes, i can tell you so many stories, but i don't want to i want to forget them. these men are still to be identified. the mayor says more than 300 have been killed. we are still discovering dead bodies in bucha, the horror of what unfolded coming to light now. but there are still areas of this country under russian control and no one quite knows what is going on

there. is it still possible to talk peace with russia we asked volodymyr zelensky. ukraine deserves peace, we can't live with war, every day our army's fighting, but we don't want the lives of millions to be lost, he said, that is why dialogue is necessary. we are expecting to hear from volodymyr zelensky, addressing the un security council in about 30 minutes time and we will bring you that live. there have been stories of how people in ukraine have mobilised and some have taken up arms and others became volunteers to support people in need. the bbc�*s correspondent visited a local citizens' hub in kyiv that helps elderly people. this is a centre where volunteers collect food and

medicine, for those are still staying in kyiv and are unable to walk, or who are ill and in need of basic support. volunteers here, they collect food and you can see some of the bags where they have some basic food items and they also gather medicine and nappies and other items for babies, including baby formulas. christina is on a phone with an 82—year—old woman who says she has no food left at home. with a soft voice, she reassures her that she is not forgotten. christina set up the hub when russia invaded in february. she started delivering food to a few elderly women. now, her team looks

after more than a thousand people. and the list is growing. so are those who are willing to help. irate those who are willing to help. we are like those who are willing to help. - are like one big family who is in a different places and they try to do what they can. somebody send some products, somebody medicines, some of them, some clothes for children and now here it is work like this. i will... it and now here it is work like this. i will... , ., , and now here it is work like this. i will... , .,, . will... it hurts to see so much suffering _ will... it hurts to see so much suffering that _ will... it hurts to see so much suffering that people - will... it hurts to see so much suffering that people are - will... it hurts to see so much l suffering that people are facing now. every day christina and her team drive around kyiv with a list of names to deliver food supplies and medicines. and people keep calling her asking for help. sometimes she gets calls from areas now taken by the russian forces and

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journey through the front line. now they're pleading for help for those left. �* ,, �* , , they're pleading for help for those left. �* . �* , , ., left. translation: i feel pity for the kids, left. translation: i feel pity for the kids. the _ left. translation: i feel pity for the kids, the women, _ left. translation: i feel pity for the kids, the women, how - left. translation: i feel pity for the kids, the women, how manyl left. translation: | feel pity for - the kids, the women, how many homes were destroyed. you can rebuild houses, but you can't bring people back. , ., , houses, but you can't bring people back. , . , ., ., ., back. hundreds are still managed to make it to the _ back. hundreds are still managed to make it to the town _ back. hundreds are still managed to make it to the town each _ back. hundreds are still managed to make it to the town each day. - back. hundreds are still managed to make it to the town each day. their| make it to the town each day. their future is uncertain. the fate of many more unknown. these people have had no choice was to get out themselves as the aid convoy is unable to make progress. they are in a sense the luckier ones, because the fear is south of here behind the russian lines they have come through, the war is likely to get much worse. russia has laid siege to

more mariupol for over a month. this is your home? this woman shows me what is left of where she lived. with her son and grand daughter, she sheltered int with her son and grand daughter, she sheltered in t basement for days. this was my daughter's house, she says. but others want to get back to mariupol. this man left for a work trip just before the invasion. mariupol. this man left for a work tripjust before the invasion. he texts his wife every day, but there is no answer. they last spoke a month ago in a desperate call during the shelling. and now their home is gone. the shelling. and now their home is one. ~ ,, ~ the shelling. and now their home is one. �* ,, ~ ., , �* , gone. translation: it doesn't exist an more. gone. translation: it doesn't exist any more- it — gone. translation: it doesn't exist any more- it has _ gone. translation: it doesn't exist any more. it has been _ gone. translation: it doesn't exist any more. it has been destroyed - gone. translation: it doesn't exist any more. it has been destroyed by i any more. it has been destroyed by shelling, oran airstrike. i any more. it has been destroyed by shelling, or an air strike. i don't have anywhere to go. and i still don't know whether my wife is alive

or not. f , don't know whether my wife is alive or not. j , ., ., . ~ ., or not. they're trying to track down those missing _ or not. they're trying to track down those missing or— or not. they're trying to track down those missing or trapped _ or not. they're trying to track down those missing or trapped as - or not. they're trying to track down those missing or trapped as the - those missing or trapped as the world braces to see what else lies beyond these front lines. but for some, it is the end of a journey of fear and survival. the us secretary of state is heading for brussels for more talks on the ukraine crisis. a as as he left he said this. irate more talks on the ukraine crisis. a as as he left he said this.- as as he left he said this. we are work, as as as he left he said this. we are work. as are _ as as he left he said this. we are work, as are others, _ as as he left he said this. we are work, as are others, to _ as as he left he said this. we are work, as are others, to put - as as he left he said this. we are work, as are others, to put the i work, as are others, to put the evidence together to support the efforts of the ukrainian prosecutor general to support the efforts of the un human rights council's inquiry that we established, putting this together, we said before the aggression that we anticipated if it wept forward went forward there

would be atrocities committed, information that we have seen going into the aggression suggested that this would be part of the russian campaign. horrifically what we are seeing in bucha and other places supports that. but in all of these instances, there is a very important effort to put the evidence together to compile it, to document it, that is what we are doing. this will play out over time. what is vital is to sustain the pressure against russia, to bring this war to an end and stop the death and destruction in ukraine. more than ten million people have now fled their homes in ukraine because of the russian invasion. many have made huge sacrifices including making the difficult decision to leave their pets behind. but some volunteers have been risking their lives to help rescue stray and abandoned

animals in ukraine. abandoned victims of the war. this footage was captured by a man who has travelled across europe to help save pets who have been left behind. they had a home, they had a loving family, it was warm and fed and suddenly these loud bangs happened and it was dragged across ukraine. he has puncture marks where he habiten by street dogs and is petrified and lost all faith in humanity. that is a very painful thing to have seen. in humanity. that is a very painful thing to have seen.— humanity. that is a very painful thing to have seen. in the back you have cages — thing to have seen. in the back you have cages and _ thing to have seen. in the back you have cages and food. _ thing to have seen. in the back you have cages and food. nick- thing to have seen. in the back you have cages and food. nick is - thing to have seen. in the back you have cages and food. nick is one i thing to have seen. in the back you j have cages and food. nick is one of many volu ntes have cages and food. nick is one of many voluntes helping an organisation that helps abandoned

animals. the volunteers have been travelling ling to sanctuaries in ukraine and taking animals to poland. nick has been documenting his journey to help poland. nick has been documenting hisjourney to help raise money for food and supplies and for a new animal ambulances.— food and supplies and for a new animal ambulances. there are dogs r i where. france _ animal ambulances. there are dogs r i where. france has— animal ambulances. there are dogs r i where. france has been _ animal ambulances. there are dogs r i where. france has been a _ animal ambulances. there are dogs r i where. france has been a save - i where. france has been a save haven for _ i where. france has been a save haven for this _ i where. france has been a save haven for this ukrainian - i where. france has been a save haven for this ukrainian cat. - haven for this ukrainian cat. stephan has a following of a million on instagram. his owner said they were forced to flee after waking up to explosions in kharkiv. charities are continuing the effort to save the animals and provide emergency shelterfrom the perils the animals and provide emergency shelter from the perils of the war. you see dogs coming through that have been shot in the back, the animals need help. they all need

help. two members of a british family have died and two others are in a critical condition after a landslide in australia. the man and his nine—year—old son were killed by falling rocks in the blue mountains near sydney. phil mercer reports. the family were on a popular walking trail at wentworth pass in the blue mountains west of sydney when part of the cliff above then gave way. a father and his nine—year—old son were hit by falling rocks and died. australian police say a teenage boy and his mother were also crushed and suffered significant head and abdominal injuries. they had to be sedated and put on ventilators before being airlifted to safety by a rescue helicopter. there has been a landslip while they have been bushwalking. there is a rescue and recovery operation. unfortunately, today, as part of that landslide, there has been a man and a boy that have passed away in this incident.

a fifth member of the family, a teenage girl, was physically unhurt and managed to raise the alarm. the 15—year—old is being treated for shock in hospital. recent heavy rain is thought to have made the ground on stable. have made the ground unstable. 0ther hiking tracks in the blue mountains were closed because of flood damage and the risk of rock falls. but the british holiday—makers were on a path that was considered to be safe. as a precaution, the local council is closing some of its walking trails. the issue is, it is not unprecedented. this is the third summer in a row it has happened, and we know the climate is changing. but i am so concerned that i am just not taking any chances with our own walks today, those in high—risk areas are closed pending a full assessment. ijust won't take risks. a police investigation into the incident is continuing. ambulance officials say it was simply a freak accident.

phil mercer, bbc news, sydney. two notebooks belonging to charles darwin have been returned to cambridge university library, more than twenty years after they went missing. the notebooks, which include the scientist's famous tree of life sketch, are worth millions of pounds and were thought to have been stolen. but mystery still surrounds who took them and where they have been. 0ur arts correspondent rebecca jones has this exclusive report. they're safe, they're undamaged, they're home. charles darwin's precious, priceless notepads, which have been missing for more than 20 years. but their return couldn't be more mysterious. they were left anonymously at cambridge university library in this pink gift bag containing the box the notebooks were originally stored in and an envelope with this simple message. inside, the two notebooks wrapped

tightly in clingfilm. i was shaken, you can hear that in my voice, and ifeltjoyful. did it make you cry? um... can i say that? there have been tears, there have been tears, and i think there still will be, because we're not over the emotional roller—coaster. it means so much to us to have these home. this is where the gift bag was left, outside the librarians' office. but with no cctv, the library doesn't know who put it there or, indeed, where the notebooks have been and why they've been returned now. like many other buildings, we don't have cctv in places where people are just regularly passing through. 0ur cctv monitors the front of the building and the back of the building. so, we have passed the cctv that we have available to the police, and that's a matter for their live investigation. cambridge university library is huge. there are 130 miles of shelving, and the notebooks are tiny. they were last seen in november 2000, when they had been removed to be photographed. despite various searches, they never turned up. and 15 months ago, the bbc first highlighted that dr gardner thought they'd been stolen,

and she launched a worldwide appeal to find them. your help could be critical in seeing the notebooks safely returned. and i would ask anyone who thinks they may know of the notebooks' whereabouts to get in touch. please help. one of the notebooks features darwin's "tree of life" sketch, which helped inspire his theory of evolution. they're some of the most remarkable documents in the whole history of science, i honestly think. i mean, the theory of natural selection and evolution is probably the single most important theory in the life and earth environmental sciences, and these are the notebooks in which that theory was put together. professor secord is one of many experts to examine the notebooks and confirm they're authentic. where the clasp is on the notebooks, you can see little bits of copper, where it's actually been eroded away. these are the tiny tell—tale signs that the whole team of researchers at the university library can use to tell if they're genuine. so many intriguing

questions remain, though. where do you think they've been? it is a mystery. they are in good condition, so they haven't been handled much, they have clearly been looked after with care, wherever they have been. and the important thing is that they have ended up back here. so, while darwin's ideas helped enlighten the world, the notepads now carry a secret story of their own — a secret which may never be fully revealed. rebecca jones, bbc news, cambridge. when it comes to dream venue for music, a terraced house may not be many artists' first choice. but it depends who lived there. we gave our reportary ticket to ride and he went to take a look. a? reportary ticket to ride and he went to take a look.—

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these instances, there is a very important effort to put the evidence together to compile it, to document it, to support the different investigations that are going on thatis investigations that are going on that is what we are doing and others are doing. this will play out over time. meanwhile, what is vital is to sus feign tain and build on the support to ukraine and bring the war to an end to stop the death and destruction in ukraine. that was the uk foreian destruction in ukraine. that was the uk foreign secretary is in warsaw meeting her counter part about russia's invasion of ukraine. as soon as that press conference begins between liz truss and the polish foreign minister, we will go to that live and we will bring you volodymyr zelensky is preparing to address the un security council in the next ten minutes i believe. so as soon as that happens we will bring that to

you live. we will be back in the next few minutes. hello again. for most of us, the afternoon looks fairly cloudy but on the mild side. a different story, though, for northern scotland, where through this morning we've seen some fairly reasonable falls of snow. the scene was set for this snowy spell of weather across the north of scotland yesterday, really, whereas most of the uk had this milder air moving in. across the north of scotland, we had the feed of cold, northerly winds and low temperatures. now, into that today has moved this weather system. it's come in off the atlantic, bumped into the cold air and we've seen the snowfall even down to low levels across northern areas of scotland. and really, through the afternoon, there's going to be little in the way of change. it is just these northern areas that will see the snow — about five to ten centimetres building up in places. certainly through the central belt, it's mild and wet, with temperatures reaching double figures around 11 or 12.

now, for many of us, it is going to be a cloudy day but the high ground in wales is breaking the cloud across the midlands, east anglia and southern england, so there will be a few bright or sunny spells coming through here. 0vernight, we get this very narrow, weak weatherfront, a band of rain pushing its way southwards and eastwards. the snow turns back to rain in northern scotland, even over the highest mountains, before clearing out of the way towards the end of the night. so, for wednesday, we're all into the mild flow of air. low pressure still in charge, so it's not going to be a dry day. there will be a number of showers around, most frequent across western areas, and this band of rainjust edges its way eastwards across wales and england through the day as well. now, temperature—wise, we're looking at highs typically stilljust about into double figures, around ten to 12 degrees, but starting to turn colder across northern scotland, and it will be quite gusty overnight in the northwest. eventually the colder air moves back in to scotland as we go through wednesday night—time, so the rain will turn back to snow and we could see another five to ten centimetres of snow building

in in places before that lot pushes its way southwards. what follows then for thursday is a flow of colder north—westerly winds slowly diving away southwards. many of us will see a mixture of sunshine and showers. some of those showers could be on the wintry side, particularly across the northwest of the country where we've got the coldest air really digging in. now, beyond that, for friday, still a few showers left over. one or two of those could be heavy. a bit of hail or sleet in the northwest. dry on saturday, but then rain returns into the north on sunday.

this is bbc news. welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. our top stories: ukraine's president zelensky prepares to address the un security council, as newly released satellite pictures undermine russia's denials that its forces tortured and killed civilians. western leaders condemn the aggression. this is unbearable brutality that europe has not witnessed in many decades. what we have seen in bucha is not the — what we have seen in bucha is not the random act of a rogue unit — not the random act of a rogue unit it's _ not the random act of a rogue unit it's a _ not the random act of a rogue unit. it's a deliberate campaign to kill, torture, to rape. — campaign to kill, torture, to rape. to— campaign to kill, torture, to rape, to commit atrocities. refugees find safety after escaping from the beseiged city of mariupol,

where thousands remain trapped. one man tells us his home has gone. translation: it doesn't exist any more, it's been destroyed by shelling or an air strike. i don't have anywhere to go. and i still don't know whether my wife is alive or not. ukraine's president is expected to speak in about half an hour. we'll bring you that live. also this hour... following continuing protests over the worsening shortage of basic supplies, including food and fuel, the sri lankan governing coalition has lost its majority in parliament. a british man and his nine—year—old son have died in a landslide in australia's blue mountains.

satellite images released by a us space technology company appear to contradict russia's claim that the killing of civilians in the ukrainian town of bucha happened after its soldiers withdrew. the pictures, dating from mid—march, show bodies lying in the streets, when the town was under russian control. nato chief jen stoltenberg described it as "unbearable brutality". ukraine's president, volodymyr zelensky, says more than 300 people were killed and tortured in bucha, near the capital kyiv. mr zelensky insists there is ample evidence that russian troops carried out atrocities. later he is due to address the un security council later today for the first time since the russian invasion. from lviv, anna foster reports. buildings and lives reduced to rubble. bucha is a horror of

what is left behind. russia claims images of bodies left behind were faked but new satellite images show them there before russian troops left. ukraine's foreign minister has called it the tip of the iceberg. there are real fears even larger atrocities are still to be revealed. this is north—west of kyiv, another devastated town that has just been reclaimed by ukrainian forces. translation: when they were here, they looted the flats, - the houses, especially in the centre. everything is ruined, everything is damaged, all the flats have been robbed and vandalised. i cannot even look at this, it makes me want to cry. these buildings, i saw them being built when this was a small village. it makes me want to cry.

fierce fighting in the east is still forcing thousands of people to flee. today, a train from kharkiv. the army says ukraine's second city is coming under renewed pressure. people are arriving here in the relative safety of lviv all the time, and they bring with them painful memories and fresh stories of horror, of life on the russian front line and a fear that every day could their last. this woman and her children just left kharkiv. since the first day of this war, the 24th of february, they have been hiding in the basement of a school. it was shelled by russian forces. "everything was very scary." "we even felt the ground move." "thank god the walls remained intact in the basement, but the roof broke." yesterday was sasha's 11th birthday. he spent it on a train fleeing his home. "i received some candy,

i really like them, because i could get nothing more than that now." "i will get my present one day." anna saw children killed when a bomb hit near her house, she could not stay in kharkiv any longer. i was worried for my parents. another besieged city, mariupol, is still without aid. yesterday a red cross team heading there was detained. they have now been released, but the need is growing. after five weeks of fighting, the situation is desperate. anna foster, bbc news, lviv. let'sjust take let's just take you to new york now, _ let's just take you to new york now, whether un security council _ now, whether un security council is now, whether un security counci , ., , ., council is getting ready for that address _ council is getting ready for

that address from - council is getting ready for| that address from ukraine's president zelensky, who will be speaking to the un security council. we are also expecting the secretary—general, antonio guterres, to address the un, so as soon as that happens, we will be bringing it to your life. antonio guterres will be speaking ahead of zelinsky�*s speech, and many are saying that zelensky is expected to give an emotionally charged, powerful speech, after going to the town of bucha yesterday just outside of kyiv, where he witnessed some of the atrocities and some of the bodies, the images we have seen coming out of the town. as soon as that begins, we will be going to that life, we are expecting president zelensky to address the un security council and antonio guterres to speak ahead of him. let's listen in. translation:— translation: the security council is — translation: the security council is called _ translation: the security council is called to - translation: the security council is called to order. i l council is called to order. i give the floor to the russian

federation. translation: protest in connection _ translation: protest in connection with - translation: protest in connection with the - translation: protest in connection with the fact l translation: protest in i connection with the fact that they— connection with the fact that theyjust started british presidency dealt with our two request— presidency dealt with our two request to convene a security council — request to convene a security council in — request to convene a security council in connection with the horrific— council in connection with the horrific provocation of ukrainian forces in bucha. now, from _ ukrainian forces in bucha. now, from the — ukrainian forces in bucha. now, from the beginning, the first meeting _ from the beginning, the first meeting which we requested on sunday— meeting which we requested on sunday the 3rd of april, for monday— sunday the 3rd of april, for monday at 3pm, and then an emergency meeting, which we requested at 12 o'clock on the 4th of— requested at 12 o'clock on the 4th of april after you refused our first— 4th of april after you refused our first request. we considered... you considered that— considered... you considered that it — considered... you considered that it was _ considered... you considered that it was possible to blatantly violate the rules of

the council and, for the second time, _ the council and, for the second time issue _ the council and, for the second time, issue a decision that wasn't _ time, issue a decision that wasn't coordinated with anyone, that it _ wasn't coordinated with anyone, that it would be better to discuss _ that it would be better to discuss this topic today. this is an— discuss this topic today. this is an outrageous situation set out in — is an outrageous situation set out in my— is an outrageous situation set out in my official document of the council, i would like to ask— the council, i would like to ask you. _ the council, i would like to ask you, on what basis do you feel_ ask you, on what basis do you feel that — ask you, on what basis do you feel that you can act in such an outrageous way in contravention of all existing norms— contravention of all existing norms and rules? don't you know that in— norms and rules? don't you know that in case — norms and rules? don't you know that in case you don't agree with— that in case you don't agree with our— that in case you don't agree with our proposal, you should have — with our proposal, you should have convened a meeting and put forward _ have convened a meeting and put forward the issue of the advisability of holding a meeting for a vote, especially since — meeting for a vote, especially since you _ meeting for a vote, especially since you should have had before _ since you should have had before you the example of our presidency, where we didn't refuse — presidency, where we didn't refuse a _ presidency, where we didn't refuse a single time to convene any of— refuse a single time to convene any of the — refuse a single time to convene any of the six meetings on ukraine? _ any of the six meetings on ukraine? we demand an

explanation from you, and we hope — explanation from you, and we hope that— explanation from you, and we hope that in the future you will — hope that in the future you will not _ hope that in the future you will not challenge the right of members of the security council to request a meeting enshrined in rural— to request a meeting enshrined in rural two. the security council. _ in rural two. the security council, the request of any member... thank you. | council, the request of any member... thank you. ithank the representative _ member... thank you. ithank the representative of- member... thank you. ithank the representative of the - the representative of the russian federation. is there anyone else who wants to comment on this? i will explain the presidency�*s position in just a moment. the presidency�*s position in justa moment. 0k. the presidency�*s position in justa moment. ok. if! the presidency�*s position in just a moment. ok. if i could respond to your points from the russian federation, we did not reject your request for a meeting. we received your letter on sunday, and it is the responsibility, the obligation of the presidency to schedule a meeting. you particularly requested a meeting for a time

on monday, our proposal as presidency was to schedule the meeting either alongside the meeting either alongside the meeting today, so well within the 48—hour limit, which is the convention of the security council, orto convention of the security council, or to hold the meetings sequentially, one after the other. and i understand that the russian federation turned down both proposals, but i wish to be clear that we did not reject the request for a meeting. the deferral proposed was less than 24 hours, and to be clear, we share the view that this is an urgent situation, and we have, as i offered the russian federation either a separate meeting today or to combine it with this one, and so as far as the presidency is concerned, we did everything in line with the provisional rules and procedure, and with precedent. we have received no other complaints from councilmembers on the subject. i give the flow

to the russian federation. translation:— to the russian federation. translation: ., ~ , ., . ., translation: thank you. we have evidence, factual _ translation: thank you. we have evidence, factual evidence - translation: thank you. we have evidence, factual evidence that - evidence, factual evidence that this was— evidence, factual evidence that this was no less than 24 hours before — this was no less than 24 hours before the _ this was no less than 24 hours before the meeting than we requested. this is confirmed in documents, if anyone is interested, we could provide proof. — interested, we could provide proof, but i want to express the hope _ proof, but i want to express the hope that what you said today— the hope that what you said today means that you will not, in the — today means that you will not, in the future, reviews member states— in the future, reviews member states of— in the future, reviews member states of the security council to hold — states of the security council to hold meetings when they request— to hold meetings when they request for, thank you. | to hold meetings when they request for, thank you. i thank the representative _ request for, thank you. i thank the representative of- request for, thank you. i thank the representative of the - the representative of the russian federation. the presidency will not refuse to host meetings in the future, and i hope that that is now closes that point and we can

proceed with the agenda. the provisional agenda for this meeting is letter dated the 28th of february 2014, from the permanent representative of ukraine to the united nations, addressed to the president of the security council, 5/2014/136. the the security council, s/2014/136. the agenda is adopted. i should like to start by taking the opportunity to pay tribute, on behalf of this council, to her excellency the permanent representative of the united arab emirates for your service is the president of the council for the month of march. i'm sure i speakfor all of us in expressing our deep appreciation to the ambassador and her team for the skilful

conduct of the council's business last month. thank you very much indeed to your team. in accordance with rule 37 of the council's provisional rules of procedure, i invite the representative of ukraine to participate in this meeting. it is so decided. 0n participate in this meeting. it is so decided. on behalf of the council, i welcome the participation of his excellency mr volodymyr zelensky, the president of ukraine, and just add that as usual precedent, the permanent representative of ukraine will also join the meeting in case of any technical issues. in accordance with rule 39 of the council's provisional rules of procedure, i invite the following brief is to participate in this meeting, the under—secretary—general for

political and peace building affairs, and mr martin griffiths, under—secretary—general for humanitarian affairs, emergency relief coordinator. it is so decided. studio: ok, decided. studio: 0k, we arejust seeing some of the housekeeping that is taking place there at the united nations, dame barbara woodward, the uk ambassador to the un, who was also the chair of the meeting, is also convening the proceedings and telling us what is going to come up next. shejust mentioned there, president zelensky will be addressing the un security council, so she has just confirmed that. this obviously comes as newly released satellite pictures undermine russian that its forces tortured and killed civilians. we heard from the ambassador to the un, who was putting on a complaint that the request for a meeting on monday was rejected — that was the russian envoy. let's go back to

the united nations, where antonio guterres, the secretary—general, is speaking. the war in ukraine is one of the— the war in ukraine is one of the greatest challenges ever to the greatest challenges ever to the international order and the global— the international order and the global peace architecture founded in the united nations charter~ — founded in the united nations charter. because of its nature, intensity— charter. because of its nature, intensity and consequences. we are dealing with the full—fledged invasion on several fronts of one member state — several fronts of one member state of — several fronts of one member state of the united nations, ukraine _ state of the united nations, ukraine, by another, the russian _ ukraine, by another, the russian federation, in violation of the united nations charter. — violation of the united nations charter, and with several aims, including — charter, and with several aims, including redrawing the internationally recognised borders between the two countries. the war has led to senseless _ countries. the war has led to senseless loss of life, massive devastation in urban centres, and _ devastation in urban centres, and the — devastation in urban centres, and the destruction of civilian infrastructure. i will never forget _ infrastructure. i will never forget the horrifying images of civilians — forget the horrifying images of civilians killed in bucha, and i immediately called for an

independent investigation of guaranteed accountability. i am also deeply shocked by the personal testimony of rape and sexual— personal testimony of rape and sexual violence that are now emerging. the high commissioner for human — emerging. the high commissioner for human rights has spoken of possible — for human rights has spoken of possible war crimes, grave breaches— possible war crimes, grave breaches of international humanitarian law, and serious violations— humanitarian law, and serious violations of international human— violations of international human rights law. and the russian _ human rights law. and the russian offensive has also led to the — russian offensive has also led to the displacement of more than — to the displacement of more than 10 _ to the displacement of more than 10 million people injust one month, the fastest forced movement since the second world war~ _ movement since the second world war~ far— movement since the second world war. far beyond ukraine's borders, _ war. far beyond ukraine's borders, the war has led to massive _ borders, the war has led to massive increases in prices of food, — massive increases in prices of food, energy and fertilisers, because _ food, energy and fertilisers, because russia and ukraine are leaders — because russia and ukraine are leaders in — because russia and ukraine are leaders in these markets. —— linchpins _ leaders in these markets. —— linchpins. it has disrupted supply— linchpins. it has disrupted supply chains and increase the cost _ supply chains and increase the cost of — supply chains and increase the cost of transportation, putting even _ cost of transportation, putting even more pressure on the developing world. many developing world. many developing countries are already on the verge of collapse due to the impact of

the covid—19 pandemic and the lack of— the covid—19 pandemic and the lack of adequate liquidity and debt— lack of adequate liquidity and debt relief stemming from the nature — debt relief stemming from the nature of our global financial system _ nature of our global financial system. forthese nature of our global financial system. for these reasons, nature of our global financial system. forthese reasons, it is more — system. forthese reasons, it is more urgent than ever to silence _ is more urgent than ever to silence the guns. that is why the emergency relief coordinator, who travelled to russia — coordinator, who travelled to russia and ukraine, to press for an— russia and ukraine, to press for an urgent humanitarian ceasefire. the under—secretary—general will update — under—secretary—general will update the humanitarian situation and the results of his contacts so far. under—secretary—general dicarlo will brief— under—secretary—general dicarlo will brief you on the political and human rights situations. but it— and human rights situations. but it is— and human rights situations. but it is my duty to call the attention of the council to be serious — attention of the council to be serious damage being done to the global economy and particularly to vulnerable people in developing countries. madam — people in developing countries. madam president, ouranalysis madam president, our analysis indicates — madam president, ouranalysis indicates that 74 developing countries, with a total population of 1.2 billion

people, are particularly vulnerable to spike in food, energy— vulnerable to spike in food, energy and fertiliser costs. death _ energy and fertiliser costs. death obligations take up some 16% of— death obligations take up some 16% of debt deal developing countries' earnings, and in some _ countries' earnings, and in some island state it is 34% and rising. — some island state it is 34% and rising, because of the need to pay for— rising, because of the need to pay for expensive imports and increased _ pay for expensive imports and increased interest rates. in the — increased interest rates. in the past _ increased interest rates. in the past month alone, wheat prices — the past month alone, wheat prices have increased by 22%, made — prices have increased by 22%, made by— prices have increased by 22%, made by 21%, and bali by 31%. some — made by 21%, and bali by 31%. some prices were more than 60% higher— some prices were more than 60% higher than at the same time last year~ _ higher than at the same time last year. a series of events have — last year. a series of events have led _ last year. a series of events have led to that, not only the present— have led to that, not only the present situation. natural gas and fertiliser prices more than doubled — and fertiliser prices more than doubled over the same period. we are — doubled over the same period. we are already seeing some countries move from vulnerability into crisis and signs— vulnerability into crisis and signs of— vulnerability into crisis and signs of serious social unrest. the _ signs of serious social unrest. the flames of conflict are fuelled _ the flames of conflict are fuelled by inequality, deprivation and underfunding.

with— deprivation and underfunding. with all— deprivation and underfunding. with all the worrying —— warning _ with all the worrying —— warning signals flashing red, we have _ warning signals flashing red, we have a duty to act. the global— we have a duty to act. the global crisis response group that— global crisis response group that i— global crisis response group that i set up last month has formulated initial recommendations for the consideration of member states, international financial institutions and others. on food, — institutions and others. on food, we _ institutions and others. on food, we are urging all countries to keep markets open, resist _ countries to keep markets open, resist unjustified and unnecessary export restrictions, and make reserves available — restrictions, and make reserves available to countries at risk of hunger and available to countries at risk of hungerand famine. available to countries at risk of hunger and famine. this is not the — of hunger and famine. this is not the time for protectionism. humanitarian appeals must be fully funded. people in crisis around — fully funded. people in crisis around the world cannot pay the price _ around the world cannot pay the price for— around the world cannot pay the price for this war, while on energies— price for this war, while on energies of strategic stockpiles and initial reserves could — stockpiles and initial reserves could help ease issues in the short— could help ease issues in the short term, but the only medium and long — short term, but the only medium and long term solution is to accelerate the deployment of renewable energy, which is not impacted — renewable energy, which is not impacted by market

fluctuations. these will allow the progressive phase—out of fossil— the progressive phase—out of fossil fuels and renewables are already — fossil fuels and renewables are already cheaper in most cases. and on— already cheaper in most cases. and on finance, international finance — and on finance, international finance institutions must go into— finance institutions must go into emergency mode, and we need _ into emergency mode, and we need action to increase liquidity in fiscal space so that— liquidity in fiscal space so that governments can provide safety — that governments can provide safety nets for the poorest and most _ safety nets for the poorest and most vulnerable. the reform i have _ most vulnerable. the reform i have been— most vulnerable. the reform i have been calling for the global— have been calling for the global financial system is long overdue _ global financial system is long overdue. all these actions are closely— overdue. all these actions are closely linked with the prevention agenda and with building a sustainable peace. madam — building a sustainable peace. madam president, the war in ukraine — madam president, the war in ukraine must stop now. we need serious _ ukraine must stop now. we need serious negotiations for peace based — serious negotiations for peace based on _ serious negotiations for peace based on the principles of the united — based on the principles of the united nations charter. this council— united nations charter. this council is _ united nations charter. this council is charged with maintaining peace and doing so in solidarity. i deeply regret the divisions that have prevented the security council from _ prevented the security council from acting not only on ukraine but to— from acting not only on ukraine but to other threats to peace and security around the world.

i and security around the world. i urge — and security around the world. i urge the _ and security around the world. i urge the council to do everything in its power to end the war— everything in its power to end the war and to mitigate its impact _ the war and to mitigate its impact both on the suffering people — impact both on the suffering people of ukraine and on vulnerable people in developing countries around the world. i thank— countries around the world. i thank you _ countries around the world. i thank you. | countries around the world. i thank you-— thank you. i think the secretary-general i thank you. i think the j secretary-general for thank you. i think the - secretary-general for his secretary—general for his remarks. studio: you are listening to antonio guterres, the secretary—general of the united nations, who is speaking just ahead of president volodymyr zelensky, who will also address the un security council. we will take you back to that meeting in a moment, but whilst antonio guterres was speaking, so was the uk foreign secretary, liz truss, who is in warsaw, meeting her counterpart, let me bring you that now. fist counterpart, let me bring you that now-— that now. at this time of shattered _ that now. at this time of shattered european - that now. at this time of - shattered european security, i made — shattered european security, i made putin's polling war, we are very. _ made putin's polling war, we are very, very grateful for what _ are very, very grateful for what poland has done. you have been _ what poland has done. you have been at — what poland has done. you have been at the front line of helping ukraine, including supporting those who have fled

this appalling war. you have stood — this appalling war. you have stood steadfastly by the ukrainian people, and you have urged _ ukrainian people, and you have urged tougher action against putin— urged tougher action against putin at— urged tougher action against putin at every opportunity. poland _ putin at every opportunity. poland has always been clear eyed — poland has always been clear eyed about russia. you have understood putin's malign intent _ understood putin's malign intent - _ understood putin's malign intent — you were right. together with the united kingdom, poland has supported ukraine — kingdom, poland has supported ukraine with weapons and humanitarian aid, stepped up work— humanitarian aid, stepped up work with— humanitarian aid, stepped up work with others across europe, and at _ work with others across europe, and at the — work with others across europe, and at the same time you, minister. _ and at the same time you, minister, have chaired the osce. _ minister, have chaired the osce, which has shown a vital spotlight _ osce, which has shown a vital spotlight on the atrocities committed across ukraine by russian _ committed across ukraine by russian forces. we agree that the only— russian forces. we agree that the only way for this war to end — the only way for this war to end is— the only way for this war to end is for— the only way for this war to end is for putin to lose in ukraine _ end is for putin to lose in ukraine, andl end is for putin to lose in ukraine, and i know that we are both— ukraine, and i know that we are both dedicated to that goal. that— both dedicated to that goal. that is— both dedicated to that goal. that is why we have agreed to step— that is why we have agreed to step up— that is why we have agreed to step up our sanctions and other weapons — step up our sanctions and other weapons to help ukraine defend itself _ weapons to help ukraine defend itself. we know that this is urgent _ itself. we know that this is urgent. although russian troops have _

urgent. although russian troops have been defeated in the initial— have been defeated in the initial assault on kyiv, there has — initial assault on kyiv, there has been _ initial assault on kyiv, there has been no change in their intent — has been no change in their intent and their ambition. we are seeing putin's forces set their— are seeing putin's forces set their sights on the east and south — their sights on the east and south of— their sights on the east and south of ukraine, with the same reckless — south of ukraine, with the same reckless disregard for civilian lives — reckless disregard for civilian lives and _ reckless disregard for civilian lives and nationhood. so far, our— lives and nationhood. so far, our sanctions have had a crippling impact on those who feed — crippling impact on those who feed and _ crippling impact on those who feed and found putin's war machine _ feed and found putin's war machine. this week will announce that we have frozen over— announce that we have frozen over $350 million of putin's war— over $350 million of putin's war chest, making over 60% of the regime's $604 billion foreign currency reserves unavailable. 0ur coordinated sanctions are pushing the russian _ sanctions are pushing the russian economy back to the soviet— russian economy back to the soviet era, but we can and we must — soviet era, but we can and we must do — soviet era, but we can and we must do more. as i told our mutual— must do more. as i told our mutual friend, the ukrainian foreign— mutual friend, the ukrainian foreign minister, dmytro kuleba. _ foreign minister, dmytro kuleba, yesterday. 0n foreign minister, dmytro kuleba, yesterday. on thursday, iwill_ kuleba, yesterday. on thursday, twill be — kuleba, yesterday. on thursday, i will be urging our nato and g7 partners to go further in

sanctions, byjoining us in banning _ sanctions, byjoining us in banning russian ships from our ports. — banning russian ships from our ports, cracking down on more russian — ports, cracking down on more russian banks, going after industries that are filling putin's_ industries that are filling putin's war chest, like gold, and — putin's war chest, like gold, and agreeing a clear timetable to eliminate imports of russian energy — to eliminate imports of russian energy. we have all been shocked by the scenes from bucha. _ shocked by the scenes from bucha, appalling scenes of account _ bucha, appalling scenes of account we thought we had left in the _ account we thought we had left in the 20th century. we will hold — in the 20th century. we will hold those responsible to account for what they have done _ account for what they have done in _ account for what they have done, in particularthe account for what they have done, in particular the reports of rape — done, in particular the reports of rape and sexual assault. i want — of rape and sexual assault. i want the _ of rape and sexual assault. i want the osce to investigate so that the — want the osce to investigate so that the full reality is brought to light, and i know that— brought to light, and i know that poland is already conducting its own investigations. the uk led 40 nations— investigations. the uk led 40 nations and referring these atrocities to the international criminal— atrocities to the international criminal court, and we are providing _ criminal court, and we are providing additional funding, as well— providing additional funding, as well as technical assistance for the — as well as technical assistance

for the investigation. the metropolitan police war crimes unit is— metropolitan police war crimes unit is investigating these heinous— unit is investigating these heinous crimes. we have launched a £10 million civil society— launched a £10 million civil society fund to support organisations in ukraine, including those helping victims of conflict related sexual violence. the uk will hold a global— violence. the uk will hold a global conference later this year— global conference later this year on _ global conference later this year on stopping sexual violence and conflict, and we are also _ violence and conflict, and we are also leading a campaign to make— are also leading a campaign to make sexual violence and international red line on war, on par— international red line on war, on par in— international red line on war, on par in abhorrence with the use of— on par in abhorrence with the use of chemical weapons. the uk and poland — use of chemical weapons. the uk and poland are close allies with — and poland are close allies with ukraine, and through our trilateral— with ukraine, and through our trilateral agreement, we are deepening our cooperation in areas — deepening our cooperation in areas like cyber security, combating disinformation, and making — combating disinformation, and making our energy supplies resilient. as the minister mentioned, we are putting more uk forces — mentioned, we are putting more uk forces into poland, as well as more — uk forces into poland, as well as more broadly across the eastern _ as more broadly across the eastern flank, because we do need — eastern flank, because we do need to— eastern flank, because we do need to strengthen nato's eastern flank, and that is what

we will— eastern flank, and that is what we will be _ eastern flank, and that is what we will be talking about at the foreign — we will be talking about at the foreign ministers meeting later this week. we are also committed to strengthening the partnership directly between our three nations, partnership directly between ourthree nations, including on helping — ourthree nations, including on helping ukrainian reconstruction after this appalling war has ended. together, working with our friends _ together, working with our friends and allies, we will ensure _ friends and allies, we will ensure ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity are restored. thank you. ok, you were listening to liz truss, who is in warsaw, meeting with the polish prime minister, as well as the polish foreign minister, who she was holding that press conference with about the russian invasion of ukraine, plenty of praise for poland, saying, you have been at the forefront of this war, and poland has always been clear eyed about russia, that they have assisted the uk with supplying weapons, as well as humanitarian aid to ukraine. back now to new york and the un security council meeting. you

are listening now to rosemary dicarlo, the united nations under—secretary—generalfor under—secretary—general for political and peace building affairs, let's have a listen in. ,, ., ., , , affairs, let's have a listen in. ,, ., ., , affairs, let's have a listen in. seven “ournalists and media workers in. sevenjournalists and media workers killed _ in. sevenjournalists and media workers killed since _ workers killed since hostilities began. another 15 have come under armed attack, nine of whom were injured. allegations of conflict related sexual violence perpetrated by russian forces have also emerged. these include gang rape and rapes in front of children. there are also claims of sexual violence by ukrainian forces and civil defence managers. the un human rights monitoring mission in ukraine continues to seek to verify all these allegations. we are also concerned about disturbing videos depicting abuse of prisoners of war on both sides. all prisoners of war must be treated with dignity and full respect for their rights in

accordance with international humanitarian law. madam president, the many credible allegations of serious violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law from areas recently retaken from areas recently retaken from russian forces must not go unanswered. we support efforts to examine these allegations and to gather evidence, ensuring accountability and justice for acts committed during the war will not be easy, but it is essential. madam president, we are heartened by the generosity of neighbouring countries who have accepted millions of refugees in the solidarity of the ukrainian people who are hosting their displaced compatriots. with more than 10 million people displaced, either within ukraine or abroad as refugees, roughly one quarter of the population, the united nations is gravely concerned about the heightened risk of human trafficking. indeed, suspected and verified

cases of human trafficking are surfacing in the surrounding countries, according to the international 0rganisation countries, according to the international organisation for migration. madam president, this war is devastating ukraine now, but it also threatens its future. early assessment projections by undp suggest that if the war continues through 2022, the country would be set back decades and leave deep, long—term social and economic features. un agencies are working to protect hard—won development gains, including supporting the government to sustain essential government structures and basic services, including emergency measures to sustain livelihoods, such as cash based assistance. madam

president, the war in ukraine has damaged europe's security architecture, and its economic repercussions are already evident far from the battlefield. the longer the war continues, the greater the risk that it will further weaken the global institutions and mechanisms dedicated to preserve peace and security. the war was started by choice. there is no inevitability to it or to the suffering its causing, the un is ready to do anything to help bring an end to it. thank you madam president. an end to it. thank you madam president-— an end to it. thank you madam resident. ., ~ ~ ,, ., ., president. thank you miss di-carlo and i president. thank you miss di-carlo andl tive president. thank you miss di-carlo and i give the _ president. thank you miss di-carlo and i give the floor— president. thank you miss di-carlo and i give the floor to _ president. thank you miss di-carlo and i give the floor to mr— president. thank you miss di-carlo and i give the floor to mr martin i and i give the floor to mr martin griffiths — and i give the floor to mr martin griffiths. ., ~ , ., ., ., griffiths. thank you, madam president- — griffiths. thank you, madam president. as _ griffiths. thank you, madam president. as you _ griffiths. thank you, madam president. as you have - griffiths. thank you, madam president. as you have just i griffiths. thank you, madam - president. as you have just heard from the secretary general and under secretary general rosemary dicarlo, ukrainian civilians are paying far too high a price for this war. i

want to speak about humanitarian needs and what we are doing to meet them before i refer to my recent travels. in the last six weeks, at least 1,430 people have been killed, among them 121 children and we know this is an under estimate. homes, infrastructure, hospitals, schools, have been damaged and destroyed and in fact the current figures on displacement tell us that more than 11.3 million people have now been forced to flee their homes and of that, 4.2 million are now refugees in those generous neighbouring countries. so in total more than a quarter of the population of ukraine has fled in this extraordinary short time. unfortunately we can imagine that these figures will continue to

rise until we can find a pause and some peace. madam president, the ground and air offensives are making life nearly impossible for many civilians in ukraine. families, the elderly, women and children, have been trapped by fighting already for too long. for more than five weeks, the people of mariupol have been caught up in the fighting and it is well documented that really mariupol is a centre of hell. 0ther well documented that really mariupol is a centre of hell. other cities like kharkiv remain cut off from dpoods goods and services. we restate here that civilians must be allowed to move to safer areas without the fear of attacks and that at their own choice and at their own selection. it is vital that all parties to the conflict respect

their obligations under international law to protect civilians and to allow impartial humanitarian organisations safe, rapid, unimpeded access to all civilians in need wherever they are in ukraine. madam president, as the world watches, humanitarian needs soar in ukraine, the un and our partner organisations are making every effort to dramatically increase our support to affected civilians. the work of the 6,000 volunteers from the ukraine red cross as we have noted before in this chamber, together with local ngos in eastern ukraine, these people, these organisations continue to work tirelessly at the front line of assistance to communities. the world food programme has reached more than 1.3 million people with cash and food assistance and plans to push that number up to 2.5

million people in this month. health partners report that more than 180 tonnes of medical supplies were delivered in ukraine with another 470 on the way. this will address the health needs of around 6 million people in the months ahead. and i'm pleased to say that, that seems an odd word to say in the context of ukraine, after much effort in the past day another convoy went from our humanitarian hub in dnipro to the far east. today, the food, winter clothing, nonfood items, medicine, hygiene kits, were off—loaded to the ukraine red cross and will reach those most in need. following notification to both parties, a formal process that we are and the international red cross are and the international red cross are engaged in, four convoys in

totalfrom the un have provided critical support to people in some of the city encircled by war, and affected by ongoing fighting. several more are planned. so these are initial steps. but it gives us a basis to expand taking our efforts up basis to expand taking our efforts up to scale and expanding more than one convoy a day. as the secretary general has already said, i want to alsojoin them in general has already said, i want to also join them in expressing general has already said, i want to alsojoin them in expressing my concern over the growing number of reports we received of human trafficking, sexual violence, exploitation and abuse in ukraine and in the region. as ever, such horrific incidents as we are seeing there overwhelmingly impact displaced women and children. more than others. we are bolstering protection and gender—based violence services through agency to provide

specialised care for survivors and through the wealth of civil society organisations in ukraine. these services are designed, carried out directly in collaboration with and through ukrainian civil society, including very particularly women—led organisations. today i'm addressing you from geneva, having returned from moscow. the secretary general as he said charged me to bring both sides together on humanitarian grounds to explore both specific and sustained ways to reduce humanitarian suffering, including in particular the pursuit of a humanitarian ceasefire. yesterday, in moscow, i had long and frank exchanges with the minister of foreign affairs, sergey lavrov and his deputy. and then separately with

the deputy minister of defence. in my meetings, with these senior officials, i discussed also in addition to these possibilities of humanitarian ceasefires, i discussed theissue humanitarian ceasefires, i discussed the issue of humanitarian convoys, of safe passage, including the four which i have already referred to. i outlined possibilities for building further on that co—operation, sharing specific suggestions for mutually agreed upon military freezes, to allow for evacuation of civilians and for the safe passage of life—saving aid. in effect for humanitarian pauses in different parts of ukraine to save lives and bring back a modicum of safety for those living in those places. my counter parts in moscow received these suggestions, assured me of their intent to carefully study those ideas, which i left with them.

we agreed to remain in close contact and i came away from from these meetings believing that we have a very long road, a long road ahead of us. but it must be travelled and we will travel it. tomorrow, i hope to travel, i plan to travel to ukraine. to have discussions with senior authorities from the ukrainian government in kyiv on thursday on these same issues and others that they will no doubt present to me. also to see first hand with our crisis coordinator the humanitarian response. thanks to generous donor contributions, many from governments in this chamber, the humanitarian response since february has indeed been scaled up to meet the needs of 1. 5 million people. we will need

sustained financial support for ukraine. like the secretary general, i want to stress, as he has done, consistently, that funding must not be diverted from other crisis and madam president... to afghanistan. that is one example. as you heard last week, conflict, covid, compounded by the soaring food and fuel costs indicated by the secretary general could push another 47 million people into severe food insecurity. the total number of people around the world who will not know where their next meal comes from could be driven to the figure of 325 million people around the world. that is by a long distance the highest in our recent history and well over double what was, what

it was three years ago. so i chose like others by reminding the council of what the council already knows well, the world cannot afford this war. and neither can the people of ukraine. and like others, i call on all council member and member states with influence to support all efforts from whatever part they come from in the pursuit of peace and the aleaviation of humanitarian suffering, for the sake of the people of ukraine, for the sake of those around the world, who cannot afford to bear the additional burden this war imposes on them, and all of us, we must as the secretary general said, silence the guns. thank you, madam president. i said, silence the guns. thank you, madam president.— madam president. i thank mr griffiths for _ madam president. i thank mr griffiths for his _ madam president. i thank mr griffiths for his briefing. - madam president. i thank mr griffiths for his briefing. i - madam president. i thank mr griffiths for his briefing. i i i madam president. i thank mr i griffiths for his briefing. i i give the floor— griffiths for his briefing. i i give the floor to _ griffiths for his briefing. i i give the floor to mr— griffiths for his briefing. i i give the floor to mr volodymyr - griffiths for his briefing. i i give - the floor to mr volodymyr zelensky, the floor to mr volodymyr zelensky, the president— the floor to mr volodymyr zelensky, the president of— the floor to mr volodymyr zelensky, the president of ukraine. _

the floor to mr volodymyr zelensky, the president of ukraine. you've - the floor to mr volodymyr zelensky, the president of ukraine. you've the flooi’, _ the president of ukraine. you've the floor. sir~ _ top untranslated. untranslated. translation: the russian military searched for and killed anyone who served our country. they and killed women outside their house when theyjust tried to call someone who is alive. they killed entire families, adults and children and tried to burn the bodies. i'm addressing you on behalf of the people who honour the memory

of the people who honour the memory of the people who honour the memory of the deceased every day in the memory of the civilians who died, who were shot and killed in the back of their head after being tortured, some were shot on the streets, others were thrown into the wells, so they died there in suffering. they were killed in their houses, blowing up grenades, the civilians were crushed by tanks while sitting in their cars in the middle of the road. just for their pleasure. they cut off... limbs, cut their throats, slashed their throats, women were raped and killed in front of their children. their tongues were pulled out, only because the aggressor did not hear what they wanted to hear from them. so this is no different from them. so this is no different from other terrorists such as daesh. and here it is done by a member of the un court sun sill destroying

internal borders, countries, and taking the pride of more than a doss countries who are independent. they pursue consistent policy of destroying ethnic and religious diversity and inflame wars and leave them in such a way that to kill as many regular civilians and cities, to leave the country where they deploy their troops n ruins and filled with mass graves. you all see that. they support they tread at the level of the state and seek to export it to other countries through their system of propaganda and political corruptions. they provoke political corru ptions. they provoke global food political corruptions. they provoke global food crisis that could lead to famine in africa, asia, and other countries and will surely end in large scale political chaos in many

countries, and destroying their domestic security. so where is the security that the security council need to guarantee? it is not there. although there is a security council, so... where is the peace, where... where are those guarantees that the un needs to guarantee? it is obvious that the keen institution of the world my must ensure the curving any threat to peace cannot work. the the world can see the, what russian military did in bucha, but the world has yet to see what they have done in other occupied cities and regions of our country. geography might be different, but cruelty is the same. crimes are the same. and accountability must be

inevitable. ladies and gentlemen, i would like to remind you of our article 1, chapter1 of the un charter, what is the purpose of our organisation? its purpose is to maintain peace and make sure that peaceis maintain peace and make sure that peace is adhered to. now the un charter is violated starting with the article 1 and if so what is the point of all other articles? as a result of russia's actions in our country, in ukraine, the most terrible war crimes of all times are, we see since the end of world war two and they are being committed. russians troops are destroying the ukrainian cities, to ashes be with artillery and air strike. they are blocking cities, creating starvation and they shoot columns of civilians on the road

trying to escape from the area. they blow up shelters where civilians hide from air strikes. they are deliberately creating conditions in the territories so that as many civilians as possible are killed are. the massacre in our city of buchais are. the massacre in our city of bucha is only one of many examples of what the occupiers have been doing on our land. and there are many more cities similar, where the world has yet to learn the full truth. mariupol and dozens of other ukrainian communities, each of them is similar to bucha. i no eand you know perfectly well what the representatives of russia will say in response to the accusations of these crimes. they have said that many times. the most significant was

after they shooting down of the malaysia boeing over don bas or during the war in syria, they will blame everyone, just to justify their own actions. they will say there are various versions, different version, it is impossible to establish which version is true. they will say that the bodies were... of those killed were thrown away and all the videos are staged. but it is 2022 now. we have conclusive evidence, so there are satellite images, we can conduct full investigations, that is what we are interested in. maximum access forjournalists, maximum co—operation with international institutions, involvement of the international criminal court and i'm sure that every member state of the

un should be interested in this. for what? in order to punish once and for all those who consider themselves privileged and believe they can get away with anything. so, show all the other potential war criminals in world how they will be punished. if the biggest one is punished, then everyone is punished. whoo why did it come to ukraine? because russia leadership feels like colonisers in ancient times, they neat our wealth and people, russia has deported hundreds of thousands to their country and they abducted more than 2,000 children ps just simply conducted those children and continue to do so. russia wants to turn ukraine in to silent slaves.

the russian military are looting villages they have killed. they are stealing everything, starting with food, and ending ear rings, gold ear rings that are pulled out with and covered with blood. we are dealing with a state that is turning the veto to the security council into the right—to—die. it allows them to go unpunished, so they're destroying everything that they can. so we... if this continues, the countries will be rely on only on the power of their own arms to ensure their security. and not on international law. not rely on international institutions. the un can be simply closed, ladies and gentlemen, are you ready to close the un? do you

think the time of international law has gone? if your answer is no, you need to act immediately. the un charter must be restored immediately. the un system must be reformed immediately. so that the veto is not the right—to—die. that there is a fair representation in there is a fair representation in the security council of all region of the world. the aggressor must be brought to peace immediately. determination is needed. the massacre from syria to somalia, from afghanistan to lebanon, that should have been stopped a long time ago to tell the truth. if tyranny has at least once received such a response to the war it had waged, it would have ceased to exist and peace been guaranteed and the world would have changed for sure. then perhaps there

would not be war in my country. against our people, against ukrainian people. against... 0ur citizens. but the world watched and did not want to see either the occupation of crimea, or the war against georgia, are taking the area from moldova and how rush russia was preparing for other conflicts. how to stop it. the russian military and those who gave them orders must be brought to justice immediately for war crimes in ukraine. anyone who has give opinion criminal orders and carried out them by killing our people, will be brought before the tribunal, which should be similar to

the german tribunals. i would also to remind you that those absent did not go unpunished. nobody of them escaped the pun pishment. punishment —— punishment. it is time to transform the system of the un and i would propose a global conference and we can do is in peaceful kyiv to determine how we are going to reform the world's security system, how we will rely... how do we establish guarantee of recognition of board pers and integrity of state and countries, how we will assert the rule of international law. the goals set for the creation of a global

security international organisation has not been achieved and it is impossible to achieve them without reforms. we must do everything in our powers to pass on to the next if the generation and an effective un, with the ability to respond to security challenges and force aggressors to peace, have the determination and ability to punish if the principles of peace are violated. there can be no more exceptions, all international relations, regardless of economic strength, area and individual ambitions. the power of peace must become dominant, the power of justice and the security power, as humanity has always dreamed of it.

ukraine is ready to provide an office for the updated security system, similar to the geneva office that deals with human rights and that deals with human rights and that which deals with environmental protection and in kyiv we can have an office the that can specialise in preventative measures and i would like to remind you of our peaceful mission in afghanistan, when the ukrainian evacuated from that country over 1,000 people from... and at our own expense. it was a difficult phase and ukraine came to their help, we took in people of different nationalities, ethnic group and faith, afghan citizens. we did not look who needed help, was it one of our own or somebody else, we

helped all of them, we saved everyone, if every time there was a need everyone in the world would be confident that help would come, the world would be definitely safer. therefore, ukraine has been the moral right to propose a reform of the world security system. we have proven that we help others, not only at happy time, but in dark times too and now we need decisions from the security council for peace in ukraine. if you do not know how to make this decision, you can do two things. either remove russia as an aggressor. and a source of war. so it cannot block the decisions about its own aggression, its own war, and then do everything that we can do to establish peace. 0r then do everything that we can do to establish peace. or the other option is please, show how we can reform or

change dissolve itself and work for peace. 0r change dissolve itself and work for peace. or if there is no alternative and no option, then the next option would be dissolve yourself altogether and i know that you can admit that if there is nothing you can do, besides conversation, we need peace, ukraine needs peace and the world needs peace and finally i would kindly ask you very much to... watch this short video. please give us one more minute of your time, the video that we want to show that one, one, country can violate rights and that's the result of being unpunished. if possible, please, watch this video, because pit is

impossible to get everyone to come to our country and see it with your own eyes. therefore i would ask you to watch this video. thank you very much. applause. i'm not sure, the video? is itjust coming? —

applauded to the technicians. they have it _ applauded to the technicians. they have it in _ applauded to the technicians. they have it in their— applauded to the technicians. they have it in their possession. - applauded to the technicians. they have it in their possession. we - applauded to the technicians. they have it in their possession.- have it in their possession. we sill will sort that _ have it in their possession. we sill will sort that one _ have it in their possession. we sill will sort that one out. _ have it in their possession. we sill will sort that one out. i _ have it in their possession. we sill will sort that one out. i thank- have it in their possession. we sill will sort that one out. i thank mr i will sort that one out. i thank mr volodymyr — will sort that one out. i thank mr volodymyr zelensky for his compelling and powerful remarks, we will come _ compelling and powerful remarks, we will come back too the video when we have sorted _ will come back too the video when we have sorted out the tech national issues _ have sorted out the tech national issues around it and may i say speaking _ issues around it and may i say speaking in my national capacity, may i_ speaking in my national capacity, may i express appreciation to the president— may i express appreciation to the president for his leadership in wartime — president for his leadership in wartime and for the extraordinary fortitude — wartime and for the extraordinary fortitude and bravery of the ukrainian people under this unprovoked and illegal invasion. i

resume _ unprovoked and illegal invasion. i resume my— unprovoked and illegal invasion. i resume my function as the president of the _ resume my function as the president of the security council and while we sort out _ of the security council and while we sort out the — of the security council and while we sort out the technical video, i propose — sort out the technical video, i propose to give the floor to those council _ propose to give the floor to those council members who wish to make statements. and i give the floor to the representative of the united states — the representative of the united states. ., ~' , ., the representative of the united states. ., ~ , ., ., ., the representative of the united states. ., ~ ., ., , , states. thank you madam president. let me also — states. thank you madam president. let me also start _ states. thank you madam president. let me also start by _ states. thank you madam president. let me also start by thanking - states. thank you madam president. let me also start by thanking uae i let me also start by thanking uae and the ambassadorfor let me also start by thanking uae and the ambassador for her presidency. as you begin your presidency, i want to thank the united kingdom for your leadership and for organising this vital discussion on ukraine today. i also want to thank the secretary general for his remarks and the other briefers. i would like to extend a warm welcome to president volodymyr

zelensky. i was moved by the address me made to our congress and we are truly honoured by his presence here under the circumstances that he and ukraine face today. returned from a trip to moldova and romania. isaw returned from a trip to moldova and romania. i saw with my own eyes the refugee crisis caused by russia's unconscionable war. i spoke to refugees who indicated to me their desires to return to their home. this we have all seen the images on tv of the bombed out buildings, but what we have not seen is that behind those destroyed buildings are destroyed lives and destroyed families. i met with women and children who had

fled ukraine, who stuffed their lives into backpacks and left at the only home they had ever known. these were sobering conversations. 0ne young woman i spoke to came with her six—year—old brother who had autism and is struggling with cancer. there are single mother helped them escape to save their lives, but russia's war has interrupted the care her brother desperately needs. another woman i spoke to fled with her eight—year—old from 0desa. the father, who they had left behind, told them they were shelling right next to their apartment that very night and they very well could have died had they not left. a third woman i met told me that she is to love to travel but never

expected her next trip would be to flee for her life. when i asked where she was from, she started to say and then stopped with tears in her eyes and said, sorry, i don't know how to see it, but i live in kyiv —— whether i live in kyiv or whether i used to live in kyiv. she was realising just any momentjust how dramatically her life had changed because of this senseless war. these are three stories of more than 10 million people. 6 million internally displaced, four million who have left ukraine altogether. four million people who have relied on the big heartedness of countries like moldova, romania, poland, slovakia, hungary, and others across the region and world to welcome and support all those leaving ukraine in search of safety. ukraine's neighbours

are bearing the brunt of a europe of�*s most significant refugee crisis since world war ii. and i want these countries to know that they have a committed partner in the united states. and that is why the united states announced recently that we are prepared to provide more than1 billion us dollars in new funding towards humanitarian assistance for those affected by russia's were in ukraine and it's a severe impact around the world. —— russia's war. we are welcoming up to 100,000 ukrainians and others are fleeing russia's aggression to the united states. we will continue to assess the humanitarian efforts to help the people of ukraine and all those fleeing putin's violence. as heart—wrenching as the horror stories are that i heard in moldova and romania, there

are some studies will never get to your —— heart—wrenching as the stories are that i heard. those are those in the images out of bucha. we have all seen the gruesome photos, lifeless bodies lying in the streets, apparently summarily executed. their hands tied behind their backs. as we work to independently confirm the events depicted in these images, i would events depicted in these images, iwould remind events depicted in these images, i would remind this council that based on the currently available information, the united states has assessed that members of a russian's forces have committed war crimes. in ukraine. before seeing the images of bucha, president zelensky and others in the region where reporting that children were being abducted, and we heard him saying that today. also abducted are maiers, doctors, religious leaders and a journalist and all that dare

defy rational�*s aggression —— mayors. some by credible reports, including the mariupol city council had been taken to so called concentration camps where russian forces are reportedly making tens of thousands of ukrainian citizens relocate. to russia. reports indicate that russian federal security agents are confiscating passports and ids, taking away cell phones and separating families. from one another. i do not need to spell out what these so—called filtration camps a are reminiscent of. everyday we see more and more how little russia respects human and that is why i announced yesterday that the united states, in coordination

with ukraine and many other un member states, will seek russia's suspension from the un human rights council. giving the growing mountain of evidence, russia should not have a position of authority anybody whose purpose, his very purposeis anybody whose purpose, his very purpose is to promote respect for human rights. not only is this the height of hypocrisy, it is dangerous. russia is using it membership on human rights council as a platform for propaganda to suggest russia has a legitimate concern for human rights. and that we will hear some of that propaganda here today, i know. —— in fact, we will hear. i will not dignify these lies with the response, only to say that every lie we hear from the russian representative is more evidence that they do not belong on the human rights

council. 140 un member states voted to condemn russia over its provoked war and humanitarian crisis it has unleashed upon the people of ukraine. here is my message to all of you. now is the time to match those words with action and show the world that we can work responsibly. and i share president zelensky�*s view that at this moment requires responsible world powers and global leaders to show some backbone and stand—up to russia's dangerous, unprovoked threats against ukraine and the world. it is at the security council's charge. it is, and it is also the responsibility of un leaders and leaders around the world, every single member

state where a voice in the g8. no one can be a shield for russia's aggression. suspending russia's aggression. suspending russia from the human rights council is something we collectively have the power to do in the general assembly. 0ur votes can make a real difference. 0n the human rights council hurts the cancel�*s credibility. it undermines the entire un. and it isjust plain wrong. let us come together to do what is right and do right by the ukrainian people. let us take this step to help them to start to rebuild their lives, and let us match the courage of and let us match the courage of a president zelensky, who we are so honoured to have with us today. president zelensky, i

want you to know that we stand with the people of ukraine. as you face down this brutal attack on your sovereignty, on your democracy and on your freedom. thank you. i your democracy and on your freedom. thank you.- your democracy and on your freedom. thank you. i think the representative _ freedom. thank you. i think the representative of _ freedom. thank you. i think the representative of the _ freedom. thank you. i think the representative of the united - representative of the united states for her statement and i give the floor to the representative of albania —— i think the representative of the united states.— think the representative of the united states. ., ~ , ., ., united states. thank you, madam president. let _ united states. thank you, madam president. let me _ united states. thank you, madam president. let me thank - united states. thank you, madam president. let me thank them - president. let me thank them for stealing... president. let me thank them for stealing. . ._ president. let me thank them for stealing... momentarily we will come _ for stealing... momentarily we will come away _ for stealing... momentarily we will come away after _ for stealing... momentarily we will come away after hearing i will come away after hearing from the us envoy to the un, but before let's just leave that. when thomas greenfield speaking about how she feels it would be appropriate if not necessary for russia to be removed from a human rights committee. at the united nations. let's go to lviv

now in western ukraine and speak to our correspondent anna forster. i know you had some of what president zelensky was saying but it was another emotional appeal for support about what is happening in bucha and what he says is brutality from russian forces against civilians. he was russian forces against civilians. he: was and he made that point that i think a lot of people have been making in the past 24 hours or so that it would be very unlikely that this would be the only thing of its kind that had happened in the first few weeks of this conflict. bucha is one town outside of kyiv but there are many, is a huge capital, a sprawling suburban area and much was occupied for weeks by russian forces, and it'sjust a case of occupied for weeks by russian forces, and it's just a case of when we get to see these places and what has happened there. he talked about the atrocities, what he had seen and

witnessed, he said again that in his opinion, genocide had been committed in ukraine and what is really important, i think, in ukraine and what is really important, ithink, is in ukraine and what is really important, i think, is the emotion behind the message. he was outside of kyiv for the first time yesterday, he is back there today that all these addresses he has made to parliamentarians around the world and ukrainian people which he does every day, have all been done for the last five weeks really from the relative safety of that compound in kyiv. forthe relative safety of that compound in kyiv. for the first time yesterday, he was out there and seeing with his own eyes what russian troops had left behind and i think you can see clearly the emotional toll that has taken on him. clearly the emotional toll that has taken on him-— clearly the emotional toll that has taken on him. yes, lots of pictures in the newspapers _ taken on him. yes, lots of pictures in the newspapers around - taken on him. yes, lots of pictures in the newspapers around the - taken on him. yes, lots of pictures| in the newspapers around the world comparing what he looked like before the russian invasion and how he has weathered the last few weeks. of course, russia, for its part, says that the bodies were planted, faye,

staged, they do not accept the accusations at all.— staged, they do not accept the accusations at all. they do not, no, and the russian _ accusations at all. they do not, no, and the russian foreign _ accusations at all. they do not, no, and the russian foreign minister. and the russian foreign minister said this was no true at all, he said, and russia claim, that the bodies were put there after russian forces had withdrawn and this was a ukrainian attempt to try to drive the narrative in a different direction and we have seen some fresh satellite images that have been released in the past 24—hour is so and they would appear to contradict that russian position, they show that the bodies was there before russian forces left, they had been there for quite some time, it's always so difficult, isn't it? in the art of a conflict like this, there will always be narrative and counter narrative, and i think as we continue to watch what is going on, we are looking at the areas where russian forces have gone on ukrainian forces have reclaimed the areas but when we look further afield, to the east and south of the

country, i met people earlier today who had comejust in the country, i met people earlier today who had come just in the last 24 hours from the east, describing weeks and weeks of shelling as they came from kharkiv and it was the 11—year—old's birthday and they spent it on a train fleeing the shelling. since this war began, they have been sheltering in a basement of a school in kharkiv and she said that school had been shelled by russian forces but the point is we look at what is happening —— like what has happened in bucha but you look at the city of this is still going on, the fierce fighting is still going on and where there is so much more yet to be revealed. yes. much more yet to be revealed. yes, exactl . much more yet to be revealed. yes, exactly- if — much more yet to be revealed. yes, exactly. if ukraine _ much more yet to be revealed. yes, exactly. if ukraine was _ much more yet to be revealed. yes, exactly. if ukraine was to _ much more yet to be revealed. yes, exactly. if ukraine was to regain some of that territory and we do not know yet what they might find but we do know still in mariupol which has been shelled for weeks, there are

still people who need help. yes. been shelled for weeks, there are still people who need help. yes, the stories from — still people who need help. yes, the stories from mariupol _ still people who need help. yes, the stories from mariupol and _ still people who need help. yes, the stories from mariupol and the - still people who need help. yes, the| stories from mariupol and the people who have managed to escape from the city are harrowing. there was one person who told me she had to hide her children's eyes as they drove out in this car was blown out windows, high children's eyes so they couldn't see the bodies at the side of the road, tens of thousands of people who are still trapped there, we know the international can mitty of the red cross has been trying to organise a humanitarian convoy but that has not been successful so far, they started trying on thursday of last week and in fact the high crt team were detained, we are told, for a short time. and we are told the situation is too perilous to have some kind of humanitarian corridor at the moment, both sides desperate for mariupol, strategically important to russia because they wanted a land corridor to annex crimea and it is vitally

important to ukraine to hold onto that city but as you rightly point out, the centre of all that these of thousands of people, men and women, families and children who are living in unimaginable conditions still in that city. in unimaginable conditions still in that ci . ., , in unimaginable conditions still in that ci . ., ~ , ., that city. there are pockets of ukraine at _ that city. there are pockets of ukraine at the _ that city. there are pockets of ukraine at the moment, - that city. there are pockets of| ukraine at the moment, which that city. there are pockets of - ukraine at the moment, which are relatively calm, but what are they doing to support those millions of people who have been internally displaced. we talk about the 4 million refugees who have left the country but there are more than that you have had to abandon their own homes within their own country. that is riaht, homes within their own country. that is right. and — homes within their own country. that is right. and a _ homes within their own country. that is right, and a lot _ homes within their own country. trust is right, and a lot of them actually do come here to lviv, the westernmost big city in ukraine, closest to the border, but every day, people still arrive at the station, i was there this morning talking to people and in the early days of the conflict, it was people who are fleeing what might happen and now it is people who are taking the opportunity to flee the front line of the fighting and when they get here, the operation is really

quite well oiled now, quite slick, they arrive, there are big signposts outside the station, people holding placards telling them where to go, tense offering food, a cup of tea, sometimes that is all you need, to stand and take your breath, have a warm drink and work out where you are going to go next, our daughter those people, as you rightly say, are internally displaced, even though they've had to leave their homes, they don't want to leave their countries, so many are moving into communities in places like lviv or the suburbs of the city, many still living in temporary accommodation, around one quarter of ukraine's population, we think, are now not in their homes, and it's astonishing really when you think of the numbers involved and the numbers of people who in sort of six short weeks have seen their lives changed beyond recognition. right back for the moment, thank you very much. anna foster and lviv with an

overview of what is happening across ukraine. we will go back to the united nations security council in a little while when we see the russian ambassador to the un get to his feet and he is likely to have some interesting response to what the ukrainian president zelensky said. but let's look at the potential of prosecuting for war crimes. we will speak to a barrister who is director of consultancy.— of consultancy. they specialise in the law of war. _ of consultancy. they specialise in the law of war. professor. - of consultancy. they specialise in the law of war. professor. good i the law of war. professor. good afternoon to you.— afternoon to you. thank you for havin: afternoon to you. thank you for having me _ afternoon to you. thank you for having me on- _ afternoon to you. thank you for having me on. a _ afternoon to you. thank you for having me on. a pleasure, - afternoon to you. thank you for| having me on. a pleasure, thank afternoon to you. thank you for - having me on. a pleasure, thank you for “oinint having me on. a pleasure, thank you forjoining us- _ having me on. a pleasure, thank you forjoining us. what _ having me on. a pleasure, thank you forjoining us. what are _ having me on. a pleasure, thank you forjoining us. what are the - having me on. a pleasure, thank you forjoining us. what are the crimes i forjoining us. what are the crimes at the moment that are being evidence gathered for that

potentially could lead to prosecution?— potentially could lead to prosecution? potentially could lead to rosecution? ~ ,, potentially could lead to rosecution? ~ ~ ., prosecution? well, i think the world is in short at — prosecution? well, i think the world is in short at what _ prosecution? well, i think the world is in short at what it _ prosecution? well, i think the world is in short at what it is _ prosecution? well, i think the world is in short at what it is seeing - prosecution? well, i think the world is in short at what it is seeing on - is in short at what it is seeing on the tv screens in ukraine at the moment. of course, evidence needs to be accumulated to bring forth prosecutions in due course, but there are a number of people down that road, a number of people building up war crimes cases and to understand what those problems and challenges are, you have to really understand that the only international mechanism that exists at present for investigating and prosecuting war crimes is the international criminal tribunal in the e hague. that is a permanent war crimes tribunal, arguably a by—product of nuremberg, tokyo, crime started after world war ii. it was established by a treaty in 1998, the road statute, but here's the

problem, russia is not a member of the court, it doesn't accept the courtjurisdiction so the court, it doesn't accept the court jurisdiction so what the court, it doesn't accept the courtjurisdiction so what does this mean for the investigation and prosecution of war crimes? the icc can and will investigate alleged war crimes, it has been asked to do so by many member states but the problem is any arrest warrant issued by the international criminal court judges will simply not be recognised or enforced in russia, russia will not, we assume, extradite any of its service personnel to the international criminal court in the hague, and it seems highly unlikely that russia will subject its own service personnel to court—martial proceedings in its own military justice system. in effect, that means if that russian service personnel who are accused of war crimes remain in russia, whilst at least president putin remains in

charge of that country, it is highly likely that they will evade international justice. likely that they will evade internationaljustice. stand likely that they will evade internationaljustice. international 'ustice. and also it would take — internationaljustice. and also it would take years _ internationaljustice. and also it would take years for _ internationaljustice. and also it would take years for these - internationaljustice. and also it. would take years for these things internationaljustice. and also it - would take years for these things to actually come to court. we are only just seeing atrocities from 20 years ago being dealt with. this just seeing atrocities from 20 years ago being dealt with.— ago being dealt with. this is the real problem — ago being dealt with. this is the real problem with _ ago being dealt with. this is the real problem with the _ ago being dealt with. this is the i real problem with the international justice mechanism at the moment. i think vladimir putin and his cronies know and appreciate that. they realise that they can remain out of reach of the jurisdiction of the international criminal court for many years if not permanently. something needs to be done, the status quo simply cannot be maintained, that is clear. what really needs to happen as we move towards a more integrated, coordinated, if i may so that makes a so coherent international legal response. many states are going off

at the moment and doing different things, some states, canada, uk, united states are collating evidence of war crimes, ukraine has taken russians in the international court ofjustice, there is a myriad of things happening but what is not happening is that there initiatives are not being coordinated and as well as not being coordinated, they are not as effective. how could there be some kind of solution and how feasible is it to set up a new court elsewhere. maybe in ukraine where the atrocities are said to be committed. and if soldiers were caught, in that territory, potentially then they could be held and brought to trial. yes. potentially then they could be held and brought to trial.— and brought to trial. yes, you will know that some _ and brought to trial. yes, you will know that some of _ and brought to trial. yes, you will know that some of the. .. - and brought to trial. yes, you will know that some of the. .. the - and brought to trial. yes, you will. know that some of the. .. the foreign know that some of the... the foreign minister of ukraine has specifically asked for the establishment of an ad hoc war crimes tribunal for ukraine and in fact gordon brown led an

initiative a couple of weeks ago to establish an ad hoc ukraine tribunal to concentrate on trying vladimir putin exclusively for waging the war of aggression. the problem with establishing new war crimes tribunal as it takes time, international resolve and normally takes resolution of the un security council which of course russia will immediately veto and that is one of the impediments within the criminal justice system but what could happen andindeed justice system but what could happen and indeed what should happen is that the international community could now move to establishing an international legal coordination is located either in the ukraine, in the comparative and i say that lightly, comparative safety of the west, or in the european state and the idea that international legal assistance would be to bring all of the international legal effort in

respect of the ukraine under one roof, to organise it and there was a number of things that the headquarters could do. and imagery that would have created the headquarters i think will put in the minds of president vladimir putin and in the minds of the military commanders who are responsible for committing these horrendous atrocities in ukraine, it will remind them that the international community has an absolute resolve to go after them for their crimes and to improve the way that they do it, they can do it faster, better, but at the moment, everything is largely uncoordinated. there is no real grip, and that is what is required here. an international legal headquarters established in an international capital within europe, would i think be the way to go. to aet would i think be the way to go. to get your insight. thank you for joining us.

get your insight. thank you for joining us— get your insight. thank you for 'oinint us. a, . _, [m joining us. more than welcome. here in the uk--- — joining us. more than welcome. here in the uk--- a— joining us. more than welcome. here in the uk... a man _ joining us. more than welcome. here in the uk... a man who _ joining us. more than welcome. here in the uk... a man who stabbed - joining us. more than welcome. here in the uk... a man who stabbed his i in the uk... a man who stabbed his neighbour to death outside their homes in gloucestershire has been found guilty of murder at bristol crown court. i beg your pardon, you can hear anna foster there. 52—year—old yann arslan stabbed father—of—three matthew boorman 27 times following a long—running neighbourhood dispute near tewesbury last october. mr boorman's family are expected to make a statement outside the court shortly. a man has pleaded guilty to the murder of 18 year old bobbi—anne mcleod. she disappeared near her home in plymouth last november. her body was found in woodland a few miles away, three days later. 24—year—old cody ackland was charged with her murder. jenny kumah has the background to the case. bobbi—anne mcleod, just 18—years—old when she went missing. the student was last seen not far from her home at this bus stop on the 20th of november at around 6:00 in the evening. she was due to meet friends

for a night out but never arrived. after three days of searching, police found her body in a wood near the coast, about seven miles from her home. cody ackland, a guitarist in a local music band, was arrested and charged a few days later. police said there was no known link between him and the victim. at the time, her brother said on social media... "until we meet again, sis. i love you." singing. this song was made in tribute to the teenager. liv and bobbi—anne mcleod had been friends since primary school. she was funny. very funny. she had you in stitches, you'd walk into a room and she just

would light up the whole place. she was just brilliant, a brilliant person. a number of vigils were held in plymouth for people to pay their respects and to raise concerns about women's safety. the city once again in shock at tragedy, united in mourning. the murder camejust three months after the mass shootings in keyham, which left five people dead. women were really scared, understandably so, because it was such a random crime. a young girl was going out to meet her friends in the early evening, and she ended up being murdered. it's absolutely shocking, so it's not surprising people, lots of people in the community were really scared about what actually happened. the council, together with partner organisations, have set up a commission to tackle violence against women. lynn gooding runs a regional domestic abuse and sexual violence charity and has submitted evidence to the commission. the city's got the safer streets three funding, so there's an awful lot of work going on with that money. so there's investment in things like cctv. there's, you know, cameras going around the city, improved lighting. today's guilty plea means that

bobbi—anne mcleod's friends and family have been spared the distress of a lengthy trial, but the grief continues for her loved ones for a woman described as funny and brilliant by her friends. jenny kumah, bbc news. let return to the united nations in new york were russia's representative is responding to those earlier comments made by the ukrainian president, zelensky. published every day, simply would like to say that just out published every day, simply would like to say thatjust out of mariupol towards the east, without any participation by the ukrainian side, we have managed to save 123 and a half thousand people. now, over all, since the beginning of the special military operation, over 600 thousand people have been evacuated to russia, including over 119,000

children. we are not talking about any kind of coercion or abduction, as our western partners like to present this, but rather the voluntary decision by these people as testified by many videos that are accessible in social media.- accessible in social media. another to - ic of accessible in social media. another topic of the — accessible in social media. another topic of the meeting _ accessible in social media. another topic of the meeting was _ accessible in social media. another topic of the meeting was declared i topic of the meeting was declared today, which is practically not being discussed today, so i will leave that out. i simply would like to take advantage of the virtual presence here of the president of ukraine and would like to address him directly. we place our caution is in the ungrounded accusations against the russian military which are not confirmed by any eyewitnesses and we spoke about this

in detail yesterday at a press conference. we all remember when in 2019, you were elected as the president of ukraine. there were lots of hopes tied to your election because you were as a lots of hopes tied to your election because you wer— because you were as a candidate, laced because you were as a candidate, placed peace _ because you were as a candidate, placed peace and _ because you were as a candidate, placed peace and an _ because you were as a candidate, placed peace and an end - because you were as a candidate, placed peace and an end to - because you were as a candidate, placed peace and an end to the i because you were as a candidate, i placed peace and an end to the war in donbas, and you placed to protect... so, it seemed that we were on the verge of correcting historical injustice when, as a result of a coup in 2014, ukraine began to be transformed into a... and that seem to be on the verge of being turned, the page of being turned. however, those hopes failed to materialise and now scornfully

called the residents of dona people a subspecies. —— the people of donetsk and luhansk. and to rot in the basements. and you called on them to lead russia and now you have declared war against your native russian language by introducing in essence a lingering —— linguistic inquisition in a country where russia is the language for a minimum 40% and today explosions in artillery rounds are exploding over the entire territory of ukraine and not only in the east where they haven't ceased for the past eight years. and they are exploding precisely because there was no other way in bringing peace to the donbas

unfortunately. refused to comply with the minsk agreements. already back in march to solve the problem of the donbas, and we have found many secret orders testifying to this. we are told that there can be no nazis in ukraine. however, we know very well that not only are they there, but unfortunately, they are running the show. how can it be another way with the... who are responsible not only for the holocaust, but the killing of hundreds of thousands of peaceful polls, russians and jews. who preferred not to notice nazis —— poles. but they are there, and very

many of them, a lot of young people. how do we know that? they're not concealing it. they have tattoos, not the tattoos, they decorate their closing with —— clothing with swastikas —— not the tattoos. they are open about it on social media. many of them in the national battalions. that would be one thing, but there are also acting like nazis and killing like them. notjust killing russian prisoners in which they torture and gloat about on social media, but they kill their own. your neo—nazis and radicals show unrivaled cruelty against the civilians which they use as human shields and position heavy artillery

and multiple rocket launchers as well. today we heard a huge amount of lies about russian soldiers and military. we have hundreds if not thousands of video testimonial of people who are ready to provide testimony about the cruelty of ukrainian nationals. i'lljust read some of them here. these are cruel histories, we need to hear them. natalia says, "the mayor of the town was one of the first to run away. afterwards, the authorities lied that russia was not letting people through humanitarian corridors. the national battalion under threat of death kept women and children in basements and rob civilians at checkpoints. a grandmother said that the battalion did not allow her to

leave basements. anyone trying to leave basements. anyone trying to leave was shot as a checkpoint. women and girls were stripped naked and had theirjewellery and money taken away. says how ukrainian soldiers kicked out women with children from a private home and used it to lob mortar rounds and women had two children, who were kicked out by soldiers with blue armbands. those are ukrainian insignias. marina testified that she was tortured in the basement by a ukrainian security service. "they tied me to a pipe when they found out i was russian and beat me with election —— our electric current, they raped me and

threatened to rape my young daughter." " we left mariupol on the 25th of march. the army were positioned between homes. they used civilians as cover." a tank drove around firing indiscriminately, targeting residential buildings, and the 69 school, tanks were stationed. 0lga testifies school number 15 from mariupol starting from 20 for the february, ukrainianforces mariupol starting from 20 for the february, ukrainian forces directed fire from there. they're building was badly damaged. there was shelling targeting residential homes. ukrainian soldiers were asked why they're doing it. they replied

until they destroyed the entire russian spirit, they will remain there. they started looting immediately. they plundered all the shops. it was the forces of the people's republic that helped evacuate us. there are many other heart—rending stories. russians and ukrainians tortured to death with swastikas burned into their chest. there are looters and criminals who distributed weapons to their civilians and foreigners held hostage. trying to lay the blame for their death on the russian military. this is absolutely unacceptable. the fact to even consider russian military would be capable of this, now we see blatant and criminally staged events with ukrainian

civilians who were killed by their own radicals in the best traditions to accuse the russian army. those skilled in the areas from which the russian forces withdrew after encouraging a peace negotiation in istanbul. it turns out we shouldn't have withdrawn. i'm talking about bucha. i understand that you were shown, you saw corpses and her testimonials, but you only saw what they showed you. you couldn't ignore they showed you. you couldn't ignore the flagrant inconsistencies in the events promoted by ukrainian and western media. the fact that the corpses were not there right after the withdrawal of the russian forces, confirmed by several videos, and the fact that there are recordings where ukrainian radicals urged shooting at those with white armbands, i get civilians. if you saw the video, you see those people

on the ground have white armbands —— against civilians. these are civilians. the fact that the corpses in the video no way resemble those that could have been lying on the streets for three or four days, completely scientifically absurd information of the new york times. the only ones who could fall for this fake our absolute diligence who don't want to hear anything. unfortunately, these countries don't give a hoot about ukraine itself. it's simply a pond in the geopolitical game against russia, which they will sacrifice. in the meantime, they will prolong the conflict by delivering as much weapons as possible —— pawn. most importantly, how have we sunk to such depths of cruelty that nationalists are displaying? and

you, i'm addressing the ukrainian president, in your interview with the american media, you coyly state that they are what they are. i really hope that you will reflect on this and hope that you will find a solution, because it depends only on you. because we came to you, too ukraine, not to conquer land. we came to bring the long—awaited piece to the blood—soaked land of donbas. not a truce, but a true lasting peace. forthis, we not a truce, but a true lasting peace. for this, we need to root out the cruelty which i mentioned, we need to cut out the malignant nazi tumour, and we will achieve that goal. i hope sooner rather than later because there are no other act comes. we are not shooting against targets in order to save as many civilians as possible. precisely why we're not advancing as fast as many

expected. we're not acting like americans in their allies in iraq and syria. we felt great pity because these are people close to us. radicals have nothing to lose. they couldn't care less about civilians. they're ready to take to the grave the entire population of ukraine. as was clearly demonstrated in bucha. don't allow the west to achieve its goals. make the right decisions that are needed for your country because the west is ready to fight in ukraine to until the last ukrainian makes that decision now. you know the real situation on the front. it might be too late soon. thank you very much for your attention. thank you very much for your attention-— attention. studio: that was _ attention. studio: that was the - attention. studio: | that was the russian attention. studio: _ that was the russian representative speaking to a security council meeting in new york. being very

robust and his denials and stating again as the kremlin has been doing, there is no truth in the claims that russian soldiers have been carrying out atrocities against civilians. quite the contrary, he says, that these are staged events by ukrainian rebels. let's get reaction to some of this. joining us as the chair of the dement select committee, tobias ellwood. i'm not sure how much you are able to hear, but how much notice, how should we deal with the claims made there by mr na bin zea? he began by saying the russian forces have saved 123 and a half thousand people. i forces have saved 123 and a half thousand people.— thousand people. i think we can dismiss absolutely _ thousand people. i think we can dismiss absolutely everything i thousand people. i think we can | dismiss absolutely everything he said as sheer propaganda, but it will be believed in russia. that's the danger. the big take away from

what he just said is that this is far from over. what he just said is that this is farfrom over. the west what he just said is that this is far from over. the west is learning fast and responding to the changing security threat in eastern europe, punishing russia through sanctions. liz truss is asking for more. she's in poland right now. we're collecting more crimes. we're providing some west bins and ammunition. —— weapons. as president zelenskyjust spelled out, it's not enough to alter the immediate course of events, to stop further genocide from taking place. put in is not going anywhere. we need to come to terms with that. —— putin. this is a patriotic war in the media. as you just heard, this must be a wake—up call for the west. what we see in bucha will be repeated if we don't step up. credit to britain, we've done more than most to offer

assistance, but the west is still believing ukrainians to do all the heavy lifting. we condemn this from afar, but i make it clear that we are limiting our exposure for fear of potential escalation, which gives putin the green light. with ever—increasing breaches, these crimes are piling up. next it will be the donbas area. it means and ukraine will become landlocked and the economy will be crushed. that is the economy will be crushed. that is the focus. nato needs to look at what assets they can put into the black sea. we need to wake up to the changing threat in eastern europe. you talk about nato assets in the black sea. how far would that go? what impact do you believe it would really have? volodymyr zelensky

wants far more of a commitment, and even less timidity than he's already seen from the allies in the west. j seen from the allies in the west. i just returned from a visit from germany and poland, recognising this is notjust about ukraine, but a turning point in european history, and it won't stop with ukraine. in the west needs to be more robust, more determined and not only assess risks, but take risks as well. what we see with russia is pulling forces out of the area, but that doesn't mean not at all it will focus on the donbas region, also in 0desa. to say we've been successful in limiting the nato advance by ring fencing ukraine in this way. that will be absolutely devastating for the west. we would have failed. we need to listen to ukrainians. mps today

visited london from ukraine and they're desperate for more weapons and ammunition. we're looking at this, but there is still a debate. this is international waters. we have every right to provide a humanitarian corridor or into the port of 0desa. this is the sort of thinking we need to get use to rather than the time we seem to be stuck in. ~ ., rather than the time we seem to be stuck in. ~ . ., i. rather than the time we seem to be stuck in. ~ . ., , ., ~' stuck in. what extent do you think nato is on the _ stuck in. what extent do you think nato is on the back— stuck in. what extent do you think nato is on the back foot? - stuck in. what extent do you think nato is on the back foot? becausej nato is on the back foot? because volodymyr zelensky has been warning about this for some time. it all seems horribly reactive to a lot of people. would you agree?- seems horribly reactive to a lot of people. would you agree? yeah, we're seeing these — people. would you agree? yeah, we're seeing these atrocities _ people. would you agree? yeah, we're seeing these atrocities play _ people. would you agree? yeah, we're seeing these atrocities play out. - seeing these atrocities play out. you are these statements, never again. but look what's happening in places like bucha. that will be repeated elsewhere. the statement you heard today indicates that

russia is determined to press on, taking advantage, exploiting because we have made these grand statements of what we won't do. we need to better take calculated risks, work out what we can do to step up, push russia back, and the focus needs to be on 0desa itself. that will now be the crunch point of what happens here. ., ., �* . ., here. you mentioned bucha, those atrocities that _ here. you mentioned bucha, those atrocities that we've _ here. you mentioned bucha, those atrocities that we've seen - here. you mentioned bucha, thosei atrocities that we've seen supported by the satellite images could already have been repeated in other places. wejust already have been repeated in other places. we just perhaps already have been repeated in other places. wejust perhaps haven't found out about it yet. spell that out. you say we need to be talking about what more we can do rather than what we can't do, because that drawing of lines and stating to vladimir putin what the west and nato want to do surely gives him more encouragement, or uncertainty

of how far he can push things. it has been a bizarre strategy to say what we're not willing to do, what our lines are. we've hid behind the nato curtain, we sought up ourflank of the alliance, but this is the most formidable fighting force in the world. they have effectively been set on the bench and not participating, and there will be big questions in the longer term as to why we didn't utilise this asset in a calculated way, recognising we don't want things to rush out of control. this is about supporting ukraine, and there is international waters there and we could provide methods of upgrading our military support to the ukrainian people themselves, but also using our own assets to test the waters and see what we can do to step up. at the moment, we've drawn a firm line to say we will do absolutely nothing, and putin is taking advantage of that. i make it very clear, this won't end with ukraine if we carry

on. ~ ., won't end with ukraine if we carry on, ~ ., , ., won't end with ukraine if we carry on. �* ., on. what should happen? we've heard thins like on. what should happen? we've heard things like this — on. what should happen? we've heard things like this afternoon, _ on. what should happen? we've heard things like this afternoon, the - things like this afternoon, the american ambassador to the un saying we should remove russia from the human rights council. but in defence terms, why we're talking to you, how did the allies of ukraine and nato get onto the front foot here? iliioi’eilii. get onto the front foot here? well, a . ain, get onto the front foot here? well, again. we — get onto the front foot here? well, again. we given — get onto the front foot here? well, again, i've given a _ get onto the front foot here? well, again, i've given a long _ get onto the front foot here? well, again, i've given a long list - get onto the front foot here? well, again, i've given a long list of - again, i've given a long list of equipment that ukrainians need. they're running out of ammunition and wearing out the weapons system. anti—ship, anti—tank missiles because going back to 0desa, that's where a lot of the russian firepower will come from. they need to be trained on these weapon systems. we need to take small groups of ukrainians outside of ukraine, train them up, get them back in there as well. again, congratulations to

britain for doing more than other nato countries, but we are tiptoeing our way forward here. the speed at which we are learning is far too slow, and the next few weeks will be absolutely critical and where this battle in ukraine goes.— battle in ukraine goes. tobias ellwood, mp _ battle in ukraine goes. tobias ellwood, mp and _ battle in ukraine goes. tobias ellwood, mp and chair - battle in ukraine goes. tobias ellwood, mp and chair of - battle in ukraine goes. tobias ellwood, mp and chair of the l battle in ukraine goes. tobias - ellwood, mp and chair of the defence select committee, thank you very much. leading footballers and reality television stars are to be banned from advertising gambling. the advertising watchdog says the new rules, which come into force in october, will protect children. let's speak now to toby king from the advertising standards authority. thank you so much for sending so patiently while we talked about ukraine at length. i'm sure you understand why. tell us how these changes have come about. 50. understand why. tell us how these changes have come about. so, back in 2020, new research _ changes have come about. so, back in 2020, new research was _ changes have come about. so, back in 2020, new research was published - 2020, new research was published about young people and gambling, and we decided to launch a consultation to see whether the rules were strong enoughin to see whether the rules were strong

enough in making sure they didn't appeal to young people. we've now decided that these new rules are a step change. we've always had rules protecting young people from potential harms, but these new rules tighten things up. a lot of different stuff such as reality stars won't be allowed in gambling ads, which will help us protect potentially vulnerable people. to what extent is there evidence that children are affected when it's people like reality tv stars and sports people that you would recognise, that they really are taken in? ., , recognise, that they really are taken in?— recognise, that they really are taken in? . , ., ., taken in? the gamble aware report had evidence _ taken in? the gamble aware report had evidence there _ taken in? the gamble aware report had evidence there could _ taken in? the gamble aware report had evidence there could be - taken in? the gamble aware report had evidence there could be of- taken in? the gamble aware report had evidence there could be of the| had evidence there could be of the limits. we talked to a lot of different people and we always make all our decisions based on the evidence. we determined that young people can be influenced by people they look up to, whether it's

specific video games. gambling products are illegally allowed, but those adverts should be tailored to an audience who played gambling games. these new rules will protect an audience who shouldn't be gambling in the first place. iliioi’hat gambling in the first place. what sort of legislation _ gambling in the first place. what sort of legislation is _ gambling in the first place. what sort of legislation is needed to enforce this? we sort of legislation is needed to enforce this?— sort of legislation is needed to enforce this? we are ready have robust ways _ enforce this? we are ready have robust ways of _ enforce this? we are ready have robust ways of enforcing - enforce this? we are ready have i robust ways of enforcing gambling. —— ads. we would also work with platforms to have ads who break our rules removed. if bodies keep breaking the rules, we can refer them to our statutory bodies for further action. we already have an arsenal of tools for tackling these. why notjust ban gambling advertising particularly around sport completely?— advertising particularly around sport completely? gambling is le . all sport completely? gambling is legally available _ sport completely? gambling is. legally available entertainment. sport completely? gambling is i legally available entertainment. it would be statutory legislation to ban the ads. re: protecting

vulnerable people from potentially harm that could result in gambling ads —— are we? they're not making references to an audience who should not be gambling. tobi;t references to an audience who should not be gambling-— not be gambling. toby king, thank ou ve not be gambling. toby king, thank you very much _ not be gambling. toby king, thank you very much for _ not be gambling. toby king, thank you very much for talking to - you very much for talking to us. thank you. the government's lgbt business champion, iain anderson, has resigned in protest at the way ministers handled plans to outlaw conversion therapy in england and wales. it emerged last week that the ban would protect gay and bisexual people, but not people with gender dysphoria. well, let's get more on this story from our lgbt correspondent, lauren moss, who joins me in the studio. not everybody will necessarily know, what is conversion therapy? ipiihs what is conversion therapy? nhs encland what is conversion therapy? nhs england defined _ what is conversion therapy? jjhs england defined as practices to

change one's sexual identity and gender identity, and it's something the prime minister has called up laurent. —— abhorrent. there are plans to ban it, but you might remember last week, there was a leak last thursday night, where it was said that conversion therapy wouldn't be banned at all, despite the promises. then there was a u—turn, and the government said it would be banned, but only applying to practices aimed to change somebody�*s sexual orientation, not gender identity. somebody's sexual orientation, not gender identity-— somebody's sexual orientation, not gender identity. there was supposed to be a big conference _ gender identity. there was supposed to be a big conference taking - gender identity. there was supposed to be a big conference taking place i to be a big conference taking place this summer on lgbt matters, but there have been a lot of organisations saying in light of this, we want take part, and now ian anderson. it’s this, we want take part, and now ian anderson. �* , , , ., this, we want take part, and now ian anderson. 3 , , ., , ., anderson. it's been several days of headunes anderson. it's been several days of headlines related _ anderson. it's been several days of headlines related to _ anderson. it's been several days of headlines related to this. _ anderson. it's been several days of headlines related to this. just - anderson. it's been several days of

headlines related to this. just to i headlines related to this. just to tell you a little bit more, anderson was appointed in september of last year as the first lgbt business champion. the first position of its kind. its focus was meant to be on tackling discrimination in the workplace, and he was supposed to be showcasing the work done in the uk around tackling this information. do to take place at the end ofjune. it's called safe to be me. attended his recordation. —— resignation. he feels that he's had no choice to resign. he said it's a policy that could take dividing lines. he called for a tolerance and respect around this, also around 100 organisations pulled out of attending the conference. we

understand their decision will be made as to whether it will go ahead, but on the flip side of this, this is not an easy situation. the government has responded this afternoon thanking iain anderson for his contribution, insisting they have a proud record, and remain committed to building on that work. in relation to transgender conversion therapy, they say it's a very legally complex area and requires a lot of consideration to ensure unintended consequences are not written into legislation, particularly in the case of under 18. this potentially relates to therapists or doctors or parents, potentially being penalised are criminalised if the conversion therapy ban for trans people were to be brought and. therapy ban for trans people were to be brought and-— therapy ban for trans people were to be brought and. thank you very much. i'm sure be brought and. thank you very much. i'm sure we — be brought and. thank you very much. i'm sure we haven't _ be brought and. thank you very much. i'm sure we haven't heard _ be brought and. thank you very much. i'm sure we haven't heard the - be brought and. thank you very much. i'm sure we haven't heard the end - be brought and. thank you very much. i'm sure we haven't heard the end of. i'm sure we haven't heard the end of this. thank you very much. time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. hello again. for most of us, the afternoon looks fairly cloudy

but on the mild side. a different story, though, for northern scotland, where through this morning, we've seen some fairly reasonable falls of snow. the scene was set for this snowy spell of weather across the north of scotland yesterday, really, whereas most of the uk had this milder air moving in. across the north of scotland, we had the feed of cold, northerly winds and low temperatures. now, into that today has moved this weather system. it's come in off the atlantic, bumped into the cold air and we've seen the snowfall even down to low levels across northern areas of scotland. and really, through the afternoon, there's going to be little in the way of change. it is just these northern areas that will see the snow — about five to ten centimetres building up in places. certainly through the central belt, it's mild and wet, with temperatures reaching double figures around 11 or 12. now, for many of us, it is going to be a cloudy day but the high ground in wales is breaking the cloud across the midlands, east anglia and southern england, so there will be a few bright or sunny spells coming through here. 0vernight, we get this very narrow, weak weatherfront, a band of rain pushing its way southwards and eastwards. the snow turns back to rain in northern scotland, even over the highest mountains,

before clearing out of the way towards the end of the night. so, for wednesday, we're all into the mild flow of air. low pressure still in charge, so it's not going to be a dry day. there will be a number of showers around, most frequent across western areas, and this band of rainjust edges its way eastwards across wales and england through the day as well. now, temperature—wise, we're looking at highs typically stilljust about into double figures, around ten to 12 degrees, but starting to turn colder across northern scotland, and it will be quite gusty overnight in the northwest. eventually the colder air moves back in to scotland as we go through wednesday night—time, so the rain will turn back to snow and we could see another five to ten centimetres of snow building in in places before that lot pushes its way southwards. what follows then for thursday is a flow of colder north—westerly winds slowly diving away southwards. many of us will see a mixture of sunshine and showers. some of those showers could be on the wintry side, particularly across the northwest of the country where we've got the coldest air really digging in.

now, beyond that, for friday, still a few showers left over. one or two of those could be heavy. a bit of hail or sleet in the northwest. dry on saturday, but then rain returns into the north on sunday.

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