tonight at ten — we're live in ukraine, with harrowing stories from civilians used as human shields by russian troops. around 150 people were held in a village north of the capital for 2h hours as russian soldiers tried to hold off ukrainian counter—attacks. they put them in that school and they held them as human shields. translation: i was afraid that we would all be shot in that gym. - i was scared for my daughter. i don't have the words. the government here is urging residents to flee towns and cities in southern and eastern ukraine while they still can, as russian forces continue heavy bombardments. we'll have all the latest

developments on the conflict in ukraine. we'll also report on the rising burden of tax. national insurance goes up for workers and businesses, the government says it will be spent on health and social care. 66 million years ago, a giant asteroid collided with planet earth. now scientists think they've found the fossil remains of a dinosaur killed in the conflagration. and in the champions�* league tonight, real madrid beat chelsea 3—1 in the first leg of their quarterfinal. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel... burnley and everton look to boost their hopes of staying up in a crucial match at the bottom of premier league.

good evening from ukraine, where the bbc has found evidence of russian troops using civilians as human shields in villages just north of our position here in the capital, kyiv. some families have been telling us they were forced to leave basements where they were hiding and rounded up at gunpoint. air raid siren sounds. they say they were then taken to a local school and held there for 2h hours as the russians tried to stop ukrainian forces taking back their village. our correspondentjeremy bowen is one of the first journalists to reach the area of ivankiv and its surrounding villages. his report contains details, you may find distressing. deep in the forest, towards the border, ukrainian forces were securing the territory the russians have left. large areas are hard

to reach as bridges are down and roads blocked by mines. on the the edge of the exclusion zone around chernobyl is a village. really swampy ground. everyone wanted to talk about the russians. this man showed a place where russian soldiers made him dig a shallow grave to bury a man they killed. he said that with four other young men, he was held as a prisoner for 15 days in the open, often bound and blindfolded, threatened with fake executions, then one shot him in the leg. translation: he put me on the bench, aimed his machine gun _ at me and shot my knee. it is because my younger brother was in the army. they found his military cap.

in the next village, the russians tried unsuccessfully to blow up the dam before they left. the people of the village are still traumatised by the village are still traumatised by the russian occupation, and by the 24 the russian occupation, and by the 2a hours when they were held as human shields in the village school. ivan said it was chaos, children were crying, everyone was crying. how would you describe the experience? "vandals, fascists. "i don't want too think about the russians. "they're not people." what happened that day? "they were getting bombarded, that is what," said ludmila. she said a at night the russians forced them out of cellars where they have been sheltered.

they broke open the doors if people didn't answer them. on the 14th march there was heavy fighting in the area, the ukrainians were on the attack, the russians were losing men. that night the russians went door—to—door around here and at gunpoint marched, estimates vary, 100 to 150 people of all ages, old people, children as well, they put them in that school and held them as human shields. maria said she survived the second world war. they were like the germans, except they spoke russian, "they were like the germans, except they spoke russian, "so i knew what they were saying." we were invited into the house, maria, the great grandmother was left behind terrified about the rest of the family, who were held in the freezing cold school gym. marina said her daughter still shows sign of anxiety. still shows signs of anxiety. translation: l was afraid - we would all be shot in that gym.

i was scared for my daughter. i don't have the words. i'm still frightened, machine guns, a two—year—old girl shouldn't see this. i'm sorry. i'm going to cry. slowly this part of ukraine is being reconnected to the rest of the country. the russians blew the bridge as they retreated. many families were using the chance to get out of the war zone. anna says, i cut my hair so i wouldn't get raped. further down the village is a place destroyed in the

fighting. this is the only person left. he used to have a neighbour, he took us to his home. he died on his own three weeks ago while the village was in russian hands. animals have eaten the flesh from his head. he had basic medications but it is nokia how he died. it is clear that the occupiers didn't help him. where ukrainian forces are back, evidence is accumulating that russian troops repeatedly broke the laws of war. the question is how the russians are treating civilians in the places which they still occupy. jeremy bowen, bbc news, ivankin. air raid

sirens have been sounding for the last couple of minutes here, they have now stopped, but they are quite a rare occurrence in the last few days and weeks, although they sounded this morning, but so far, there is no suggestion of incoming fire. the ukrainian government has urged residents in the east of the country to flee while they still can as russian forces continue to shell towns and cities there. meanwhile, an estimated 130,000 people remain trapped in the southern port city of mariupol in appalling conditions. the ukrainian authorities say they're trying to evacuate civilians through humanitarian corridors, with limited success. our correspondent tom bateman reports now from the city of zaporizhzhia, north of mariupol, and he's been speaking to some of those who've managed to escape the fighting. some of the people arriving here didn't know if their country still existed. these are the survivors of europe's biggest humanitarian

crisis in a generation. they've had no contact with the outside world for weeks. and they faced the choice of a journey through the front line... air raid siren sounds. ..or starvation and siege at home. "the russians claim they came to liberate us," anna tells me. "mariupol has become a graveyard and all the neighbourhoods are covered with the graves of civilians." "the air strikes were the scariest," nina tells me. "they are constantly shelling. "one of their strikes killed seven people, "two of them children. "the craters in the ground were seven metres deep. "it was terrifying," she says. yulia with her two girls survived in a basement for five weeks. their grandmother tatyana tried

to ration the only food they had, and says they drank dirty water from a well. translation: people - are having mental breakdowns. there's a woman we know who hanged herself. people are being buried in the streets. shallow graves, half—a—metre deep at best, with some earth on top, dead bodies all over the city. for every person on these buses, as they arrive, there are thousands more still under russian siege, under bombardment, cut off from the outside world. ukraine has said at least 5,000 dead have been counted in mariupol. today local officials said the true number could be more than double that. but these are the pictures moscow wants the world to see, filmed by reporters whose access is tightly controlled. russian aid is being handed out.

survivors from elsewhere in the south are living two families per room. ludmar�*s children say the tanks and artillery arrived next to their home. they tell me they hid in the basement. what did you feel like, was it frightening? "yes," they say. as the war moves to the east, ukrainians don't know how long their lines will keep holding, and they want more heavy weapons. they fear today's reunions could be short—lived. tom bateman, bbc news, zaporizhzhia, in eastern ukraine. well, the world is still processing the terrible images of recent days coming out of kyiv�*s satellite towns and villages. places like bucha and borodyanka that russian troops occupied for several weeks, and where there's been evidence of civilians

being tortured and killed, with their bodies left in the streets or dumped in mass graves. i've been speaking to the ukrainian prime minister, denys shmyhal, who told me the west must respond with much tougher sanctions and that russia's forces are trying to wipe ukraine off the face of the earth. i am absolutely sure that this is genocide against the ukrainian nation from the russian side. absolutely. do you think now, there is a moral imperative to stop buying russian oil and gas? paying money to russia and paying money to the russian budget, to finance this genocide, these crimes, these killings from the russian side. so, they have to stop buying oil and gas? absolutely, because buying this, they pay money for killings which we have seen in ukraine. is it blood money? is that what it is? absolutely.

for me, for our people, absolutely, because the russian budget is a budget of terrorism. and not only against ukraine, against all the civilised world. it's blood money because they use this money to buy weapons from which they kill ukrainians. how would you sum up how well ukraine has coped with the war? so, now, it's more than a0 days of the war and we're still fighting. we still have support all over the world. we still have strong motivation to protect our country, to protect our families, to protect our land. and we will protect democracy on the european continent. the ukrainian prime minister, denys shmyhal. well, how should the west respond to allegations of war crimes against russia? the uk is imposing fresh sanctions, including a full asset freeze on russia's largest bank, and ending all imports of russian

coal and oil by the end of the year. and what's the us doing? our north america editor, sarah smith, is at the white house. sarah, what's president biden�*s response been? there was quite an emotional response when he declared what was happening in ukraine was nothing less than major war crimes. he directly linked the atrocities in ukraine to new economic sanctions, saying russia must pay an immediate and severe price for what he called its sickening brutality. the us and uk have been working together on a new round of sanctions, both countries today sanctions against russia's largest financial institution and an outright ban on any new financial investment in russia. also personal economic sanctions against vladimir putin's

two daughters and i get some other oligarchs and politicians. the white house described this as a dramatic escalation in sanctions and they believe the total package of sanctions imposed on russian now will shrink the economy by 15% as well as pushing the inflation rate up well as pushing the inflation rate up to 15% as well. america has announced another $100 million of weaponry to go to ukraine, new javelin missiles, those shoulder launched anti—tank missiles. it has been revealed they have been training ukrainian soldiers here as well in the use of switchblade drones and they will be going back to ukraine to teach others how to use them as well.— to ukraine to teach others how to use them as well. sarah smith live at the white _ use them as well. sarah smith live at the white house. _ sarah smith live at the white house. and what's been russia's response to all this? jenny hill is in moscow. jenny, what's the kremlin saying? nothing as yet. the kremlin continues to deploy its tried and tested strategies, deny everything

and point the finger of blame is its accusers. it continues to insist that ukraine has fabricated evidence of war crimes and it says it has done so in order not only to derail peace negotiations, but to give the west an opportunity to impose fresh sanctions. this is vladimir putin's alternative parallel universe in which the west, ukraine, are the aggressors and russia is the victim. mr putin is preparing his people for hardship by telling them that sanctions are part of an economic war waged by the west against his country for years, sanctions he says are the price russia must pay for freedom. these are powerful narratives and they are pumped out by state media. there is virtually no independent media left now in this country. so many russians, not all, but many russians believe what vladimir putin says and they support

him wholeheartedly.— him wholeheartedly. jenny, thank ou. jenn him wholeheartedly. jenny, thank you. jenny hill. — him wholeheartedly. jenny, thank you. jenny hill, our— him wholeheartedly. jenny, thank you. jenny hill, our moscow - you. jenny hill, our moscow correspondent. russia is clearly on the back foot. over—extended, having to retreat from positions around the capital here, and failing to make significant headway in the east and the south. today, even allies like india and israel are speaking out after the recent terrible images of civilian deaths. but make no mistake, rather than perhaps a ceasefire being in the offing, many here are sadly expecting an intensification of the war, as the snows thaw and mr putin seeks to justify the wisdom of his invasion. that's it from me and the team here in kyiv, now back to huw, in london. thanks, clive. millions of individuals and businesses have started paying more tax from today as the rise in national insurance came into effect.

the government says the increase, raising £11 billion for the treasury this year, will be spent on improving health and social care. borisjohnson�*s critics point out that he specifically ruled out any increase in national insurance in the party's 2019 manifesto. labour says it's the wrong tax at the wrong time and claims the nhs is unlikely to see much of the money as our correspondent colletta smith reports. it's been a busy few weeks here. with mother's day done, the easter rush is beginning. but sarah is preparing for an increase in her national insurance bill, too. it is only a small increase but every increase at the moment is massive for a small business, when we've seen all the other increases. they don't feel they can up the price of the flowers, as customers are struggling, too. and for many, flowers are a luxury. every penny counts, doesn't it, really? with fuel prices already

so high, richard thinks this tax rise is unfair. how much more of the pound do they want? rishi sunak, he will say it's a small increase, them small increases are coupled along with them huge increases, with all that, it's just not sustainable. it's notjust businesses who will be paying more. lots of employees will, too. for the next few months, you will have just under £10,000 of your wages tax—free, and then instead of paying 12% national insurance, you will have to top up to 13.25%, and more, for higher earners. but after facing criticism, the government have tried to soften the blow, so, from july, the amount that you can earn before you pay tax will increase to £12,500, and then you will be charged that higher 13.2% rate for national insurance. the government say that most

employees will actually end up paying less in national insurance after all of these changes, but for those that are going to be paying more, it is an extra pressure. visiting a hospital in hertfordshire, the prime minister says he knows people are struggling. we're abating that, we're helping people, but what we're doing today is unquestionably the right thing for our country, it's the right thing for the nhs. in lancashire, the labour leader said this was not the right way to fund the nhs. we've had 15 tax rises, if you can believe it, from this chancellor, so we've now got the highest rate of taxation for 70 years. back in west yorkshire, at the salon down the road, self—employed stylistjoseph isn't sure yet if he will end up having to pay more, but he's happy either way. i don't mind if it goes up a little bit because i know how much help i've had over the last 18 months, so, it needs to come from somewhere. but for many workers and businesses, today's rise comes at a moment where they've already cut all the corners they can.

colletta smith, bbc news, in cleckheaton. as we said, the rise in national insurance is expected to bring in at least 11 billion pounds for the government this year and over the next three years spending on health and social care is estimated to go up by £39 billion. but there's heated debate already about the precise way in which this extra revenue is going to be spent and how much will go to the troubled social care sector across the uk as our health editor hugh pym explains. ministers have unveiled a plan for england, new revenues used for higher nhs and social care funding, with scotland, wales and northern ireland making their own spending decisions. every penny of this new levy is going towards that. it will help the nhs with its biggest catch up programme in history, taking activity levels to some

130% of pre—pandemic, paying for some 9 million more scans tests and procedures and that work has already begun. dave from cheshire had an active lifestyle but that was severely limited while he waited more than three years for a replacement. it was finally done last month but he is frustrated to have waited so long. if it gets too bad, then it's a waste of time having the operation, people say. and i hope that has not been the case in my case because although i have had it done now, i still have an awful lot of pain and swelling in my leg and scars. funding more operations for patients like dave to try to clear the backlog is the government's aim but will the money from the levy allocated to the nhs over the next few years be sufficient to meet all the demands on the service? this graph shows average annual increases in uk health spending

after taking account of inflation over previous decades back to the 1950s. the average yearly figure over that period was 3.6%. the institute for fiscal studies estimates that over this parliament in england, the figure will be around 3.4% per year. that is more than during the tight spending rounds of the last decades but it is still below that long—term average. there is more money going in but the health service has a really broad set of challenges to deal with. they have to treat ongoing covid 19 patients. there is challenges of testing staff on an ongoing basis. they have to deal with the broader challenges of a growing older population. it doesn't know what's going to happen to pay. it has to think about long—term workforce planning and the question is is this— money going to be enough? and i think the answer is right now, we don't know but the government will certainly be hoping so. with very high levels of covid in circulation according to a new survey, there is immediate pressure on hospitals. in england, ministers have chosen at this stage to target the proceeds

of the levy on the nhs but social care providers say they have not been prioritised for funding they need. hugh pym, bbc news. the businesswoman akshata murty, who is married to the chancellor of the exchequer rishi sunak, has revealed that she has non—domiciled status for uk tax purposes. the status means that legally ms murty does not have to pay tax to the uk authorities on any income that she earns outside the uk. our political correspondent damian grammaticus joins us from westminster. what does this mean? this was revealed this evening when a spokesman confirmed it after it was first reported online. there is no suggestion of any wrongdoing, but what it is is that ash murty was born in india and she has an indian passport, herfatherwas born in india and she has an indian passport, herfather was born in india. he set up one of india's biggest companies, he is a billionaire. a non—domiciled status mean she does not have to pay uk tax

on any income made abroad. today her spokeswoman said she has always, and will continue, to pay uk taxes on all her uk income. it is understood that she does pay tax abroad on her foreign income and that the chancellor also reported this status to officials. but as you can imagine labour have seized on it and they have said that rishi sunak now must urgently explain how much tax he and his family have saved at the same time as he was putting up taxes for millions of working people. the prime minister says it's right to exclude people who question their gender from a ban on so—called conversion therapy. he said the ban would apply to gay conversion therapy which he described as utterly abhorrent. but he said there were complexities and sensitivities moving from the area of sexuality to the question of gender for instance in the area of sport.

i don't think that biological men should be competing in female sporting events. maybe that's a controversial things to say but to me itjust seems to be sensible. today. the liberal democrats are calling for an emergency cut in vat as part of their campaign for next month's local elections in england. the party leader sir ed davey said the reduction would help households with managing the cost of living, which he said had been much worse by the rise in national insurance contributions. our political correspondent alex forsyth reports. for the lib dem leader, this election is all about growing support, translating enthusiasm among the grassroots to votes at the ballot box. they can't keep hitting families with soaring energy bills. so the cost of living will be central in their english election campaign, with their criticism aimed squarely at the tories. a vote for the liberal democrats at the local elections sends a message to conservatives that they should stop taking people for granted and stop raising these unfair tax rises.

the liberal democrats want a fair dealfor people, with an emergency tax cut to help struggling families and pensions. the lib dems need to pick up votes and prove they are still a credible political force. the focus will be on those who feel overlooked, notjust over spiralling prices, but sewage dumping and community care. the liberal democrats will go toe to toe with labour in some places during these elections, but the party's real priority is targeting conservative voters. that's why they are pushing on the cost of living as well as raising local issues like motorways and litter picking. the question is, will that win people round? in this part of south—west london, voters are pretty clear what is on their minds. i'm bothered about ukraine. i'm bothered about the cost of living going up. if they did more for the area to keep it clean, there are lots of issues as a dog walker. the lib dems already have a presence here. they need to prove more widely

that they can capture attention. i've never seen any. so much excitement in this little park _ the party's challenge is to cause some ripples and unlock the new support, or at the very least, prove they're on the right path in the right places. alex forsyth, bbc news, london. for the first time, scientists may have found fossil remains of a dinosaur that died following the asteroid collision which devastated planet earth over 66 million years ago. a tiny fragment of the asteroid itself may also have been found. our science editor, rebecca morelle, has the story. it was most cataclysmic day in our planet's history. 66 million years ago an asteroid seven miles across slammed into the earth. the age of the dinosaurs was over. now a mass graveyard unearthed in north dakota could contain the first evidence of creatures killed on that day. wow, oh my god, look at that.

the scales are preserved. in the crumbling rock, animals, plants and trees are tumbled together, frozen in time like a prehistoric pompeii. we have so many details of this site that tell us what happened moment by moment. it's like watching it play out at the movies. we are able to see what happened within that first hour of so after impact and that is the front row seat to one of the most amazing events in the cretaceous. despite all of the dinosaurs discovered and displayed in museums, they do not tell the full story. the dinosaurs here were found all around the world and they span the entire 180 million year reign on the planet. it is widely accepted this domination came to an end when the asteroid struck. but there is a mystery, no one has ever found direct evidence of a dinosaur killed

by the impact or even a dinosaur that died within 1000 years of it. now a discovery may have changed that. there is something here, that is hard. that is bone right next to the skin. this is the moment dinosaur�*s leg was discovered, captured by a bbc documentary crew. the fossil belongs to a small plant eating dinosaur called a thescelosaur. the team thinks it died in a huge flash flood settled by shock waves from the asteroid strike. this looks like an animal whose leg has been ripped off really quickly. there is no evidence of disease, there are no obvious pathologies or traces of the leg being scavenged. this could be the first bit of dinosaur ever found that died as a direct result of being involved in the cataclysm that involved after the meteorite hit. tanis is 2000 miles away from where the asteroid struck but what links the two are these tiny beads scattered amongst the fossils. it is thought they are remnants of the molten rock thrown up by the impact which rained back down as glass droplets.