welcome to bbc news — i'm lucy grey. our top stories. the bbc finds evidence of russian troops using ukrainian civilians as human shields in villages just north of kyiv. and they put them in that school, and they held them as human shields. thousands remain trapped in the city of mariupol — as the ukrainian government urges people in the east to flee. another demonstrator is killed in peru — as protests over the rising cost of fuel and food continue. and — the shape of victory — ed sheeran wins after he was accused of ripping off another artist's song.

welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the bbc has found evidence of russian troops using civilians as human shields, in their invasion of ukraine. families, in villagesjust north of the capital, kyiv say they were forced to leave basements where they were hiding. they say they were rounded up at gunpoint, taken to a local school and held there for 2h hours, as the russians tried to stop ukrainian forces, taking back their village. our correspondent, jeremy 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 with belarus, 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 the site of the chernobyl nuclear disaster is a village. really swampy ground. everyone wanted to talk about the russians. bogdan showed a place where russian soldiers made him dig a shallow grave to bury a man they'd killed. and they had to sleep under these rags? 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's because my younger

brother was in the army. they found his military cap in photos. ukrainian soldiers and others said the russians had used civilians as human shields in the next village. it's a small place on a lake. the russians tried unsuccessfully to blow up the dam before they left. the people of the village are still traumatised by the russian occupation and by the 2a hours when they were held as human shields at 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 to think about the russians. they're not people." what happened that day? "they were getting bombarded, that's what," said ludmilla.

she said at night the russians forced them out of cellars where they'd been sheltering pointing their machine guns. they broke open the doors if people didn't answer them. on the 14th of 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 in the streets around here and at gunpoint marched, estimates vary, 100—150 people of all ages — old people, children as well — and they put them in that school and they held them as human shields. maria said she survived the second world war. "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 gymnasium. marina said her daughter still shows signs of anxiety. translation: i 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 should not see this. i'm sorry. i'm going to cry. slowly this part of ukraine is being reconnected to the rest of the country. a temporary crossing has replaced a bridge the russians the blew up as they retreated. many families were using the chance to get out of the war zone. this woman was desperate. "we've been in a cellar for more than a month. my daughter has a new baby. they stole everything. i cut my hair so i

wouldn't get raped." further down the road is a village destroyed in the fighting. the only person left is this man. 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's not clear 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, ivankiv. the ukrainian government has urged people 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 thousand 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 north of mariupol — 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 5000 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. scene us presidentjoe biden has described russia's actions in ukraine as "major war crimes" and urged the world to hold the perpetartors accountable. let's speak to donald jensen — he's a former us diplomat, and is now director for russia and europe at the us institute of peace. thank you forjoining us. the thank you for “oining us. the imaaes thank you for “oining us. the images and _ thank you forjoining us. the images and accounts coming out of ukraine at the moment are so harrowing, i rent they? how do you go about approving a war

crime? ~ , ., ., crime? well, it is long and detailed — crime? well, it is long and detailed but _ crime? well, it is long and detailed but it _ crime? well, it is long and detailed but it is _ crime? well, it is long and. detailed but it is sometimes worth it. the ukrainian government, great humanitarian organisations like human rights watch, the us government, i'm sure the british government, are all painstakingly looking at the facts, building the case, saying he was responsible, seeing what happens. and the pictures, in my view, to speak for themselves. these are war crimes. what we have now that we did not have, say, 20 years ago in the yugoslav crisis, for example, is much higher technology to identify troops, see who was in the area, over hired satellite images. we know, for example, in one city, what russian units were there. that unit has been pulled back already to belarus, perhaps to keep it safe. so these cases are tedious and i remind you of the notorious mh i7 airliner

ship down injuly 2014, that case is still on. it looks like they will have a conviction and again we have an example of russian brutality. we again we have an example of russian brutality.— again we have an example of russian brutality. we also have more than. _ russian brutality. we also have more than. i — russian brutality. we also have more than, i think— russian brutality. we also have more than, i think i _ russian brutality. we also have more than, i think i can - more than, i think i can remember, all of these images being shot on individual mobile phones. we have a lot of footage, don't we, that, you know, together will form a big part of this, i would presume, as well as all of the high level stuff that you talk about. ., �* ., , , about. you're absolutely right, ou're about. you're absolutely right, you're absolutely _ about. you're absolutely right, you're absolutely right. - you're absolutely right. absolutely vital to have any ukrainian citizen can take a picture, send it to the authorities and get the ball rolling in that way. i would add that this is a testimony to what we have seen in the last eight years in ukraine. a very vigorous, lively, important civil society. they know what is wrong, they know what right, and these things are clearly crimes. ~ . . , and these things are clearly crimes. ~ ., ., , ~ ., ., �* crimes. we already know, don't we? what _

crimes. we already know, don't we? what the _ crimes. we already know, don't we? what the russian - crimes. we already know, don't we? what the russian counterl we? what the russian counter argument will be. they will say apartment blocks were housing military equipment or personnel that we have heard them say things like the ukrainians are shooting other ukrainians in order to set up russia. the question is, who do you go for? well, these kinds of trials tends to look for military commanders, the leaders. perhaps putin himself, who are ultimately responsible for these kind of outrages. that tends to be whether who they will target, whether it is putin, wherever he is in the dark. clearly there was not much control. it is very important. it could well be that these are poorly trained russian kids thrown into battle who are just acting on their own and that is the fault of the russian military for giving them bad training but it could also be the direct orders of the commanders. the regiment,

the commanders. the regiment, the division, perhaps putin himself. and that is what this kind of investigation will show. ~ . ., kind of investigation will show. ~ ., ~ , ., , show. 0k. well, thank you very much for _ show. 0k. well, thank you very much for talking _ show. 0k. well, thank you very much for talking to _ show. 0k. well, thank you very much for talking to us. - show. 0k. well, thank you very much for talking to us. we - much for talking to us. we appreciated. we appreciated. in his latest video address, the ukrainian president said the new package of sanctions announced by britain and the united states did not go far enough. volodymyr zelensky added that moscow was making so much money from oil exports that it did not need to take peace talks seriously. if there is not a really painful package of sanctions against russia and if we don't get the supply of weapons that we really need, that we have asked for many times it will be considered by russia's permission. permission to go further. permission to attack. permission to start a new bloody wave in the donbas. our north america correspondent, david willis explained more about the latest us sanctions. present biden was very emotional today as he talked

about the latest atrocities committed by russians in ukraine. he said they amounted to nothing less than war crimes. and he said that there must be an immediate and severe price paid by russia for what he called its sickening brutality, hence these new sanctions which are being directly linked to those latest reports over the weekend from ukraine. they include a ban on russia's two biggest banks, on dealings by vladimir putin's two daughters, and also targeting the russian foreign minister's wife and daughter and various other russian oligarchs and diplomats. and present biden is also intending to assign an executive order which would ban any new investment from the united states in russia. now, this was all hammered out between the uk and the us. the eu has yet to

come on board, of course. it has been talking about other things. whether it can afford, for example, to ban imports of russian coal. about 40% of natural gas to europe comes from russia. 33% of oil comes from russia. 33% of oil comes from russia. 33% of oil comes from russia so the eu is heavily dependent on that and not likely to go as far as the us has gone in that particular regard any time soon, i think. stay with us on bbc news — still to come. ed sheeran wins a legal battle over claims part of his track — �*shape of you' — was copied from a song by another artist. 25 years of hatred and rage as theyjump up on the statue.

this funeral became a massive demonstration of black power, of power to influence. today is about the promise of a bright future, a day when we hope a line can be drawn under the bloody past. i think that picasso's i works were beautiful, they were intelligent, and it's a sad loss - to everybody who loves art. this is bbc world news, the latest headlines. the bbc finds evidence of russian troops using

ukrainian civilians as human shields in villages just north of kyiv. thousands remain trapped in the city of mariupol — as the ukrainian government urges people in the east to flee. in peru — a protester has been killed and several people injured in clashes with police. people there have been taking to the streeets for several days now demonstrating against the rising cost of fuel and food. the protesters were blocking a major highway in the south of the country. shelley phelps reports. thousands of peruvians taking to the street in nationwide anti—government protest sparked by rising fuel prices. some protesters set fire to tires, looted government buildings are clashed with police. in the capital, lima, president had

been surveying the damage. people do not understand. they should not destroy things. just look at this. i came to dot of some documents and i can't because everything is destroyed. i don't agree with vandalism.— destroyed. i don't agree with vandalism. the war in ukraine has set the — vandalism. the war in ukraine has set the price _ vandalism. the war in ukraine has set the price of— vandalism. the war in ukraine has set the price of fertiliser l has set the price of fertiliser and fuel in peru soaring. at a time when the country was already suffering from high inflation. on tuesday, peruvian president pedro castillo collard arth a curfew in the capital that had been widely criticised as authoritarian, by critics. in criticised as authoritarian, by critics._ peru - criticised as authoritarian, by critics._ peru is - criticised as authoritarian, by critics._ peru is not| critics. in peru... peru is not auoin critics. in peru... peru is not going to _ critics. in peru... peru is not going to a — critics. in peru... peru is not going to a good _ critics. in peru... peru is not going to a good time - critics. in peru... peru is not going to a good time but - critics. in peru... peru is not going to a good time but it l critics. in peru... peru is not| going to a good time but it is the powers of the state that have to solve it. the peruvian government says it is doing what it can to try to stabilise prices and calm the situation but the president is fending off calls for his resignation from the opposition. we will not allow — from the opposition. we will not allow new _ from the opposition. we will not allow new dictatorshipsl from the opposition. we will i not allow new dictatorships nor will we —

not allow new dictatorships nor will we allow _ not allow new dictatorships nor will we allow peru _ not allow new dictatorships nor will we allow peru to _ not allow new dictatorships nor will we allow peru to continue. will we allow peru to continue sinking — will we allow peru to continue sinking the _ will we allow peru to continue sinking. the fury— will we allow peru to continue sinking. the fury of _ will we allow peru to continue sinking. the fury of the - will we allow peru to continuel sinking. the fury of the people is unleashed. _ sinking. the fury of the people is unleashed. peru _ sinking. the fury of the people is unleashed. peru is - sinking. the fury of the peoplel is unleashed. peru is outraged. plummeting _ is unleashed. peru is outraged. plummeting approval— is unleashed. peru is outraged. plummeting approval ratings i is unleashed. peru is outraged. i plummeting approval ratings and calls for fresh elections are the latest challenge for the president who recently survived a second impeachment attempt less than a year into office. protesters say they want to send a message. this one reads, pedro castillo out. ed sheeran has won a high court copyright battle over his 2017 hit, shape of you. ajudge ruled on wednesday that the singer—songwriter had not plagiarised a 2015 song by the grime artist, sami chokri. mr chokri had claimed the famous "oh i" hook in sheeran's track was "strikingly similar" to an "oh why" refrain in his own track. here they are played back—to—back. take a listen #0h|,oh|,oh|#l'm in love with your body # oh i, oh |, oh |...# # 0h why, - oh why, oh why, oh # why do i put myself through this?

# oh why, oh why...# shape of you was the uk's best—selling song of 2017 in the uk and is spotify�*s most—streamed ever. after the ruling, ed sheeran posted a video on his social media — here's some of what he said. i feel like claims like this are way too common now and have become a culture where a claim is made with the idea that a settlement will be cheaper than taking it to court, even if there's no basis for the claim. it's really damaging to the songwriting industry. we can now speak to forensic musicologist sandy wilbur who's testifed during previous court cases over music copyright. thank you forjoining us. i see you have your keyboard that you might be ready to do as a few demos, i understand. just talk

us through the differences. the judge said there were similarities but not significant. they were not significant. they were not significant enough. talk us through the similarities and differences between those two tracks we just heard? let differences between those two tracks we just heard?- tracks we 'ust heard? let me first of en’— tracks we just heard? let me first of all say _ tracks we just heard? let me first of all say that _ tracks we just heard? let me first of all say that i - tracks we just heard? let me first of all say that i was - tracks we just heard? let me first of all say that i was not l first of all say that i was not involved in this case and i rear the heard the two pieces today for the first time but as a forensic musicologist i can say that the first thing that struck me is that the emphasis on the different word, the different syllables, and quite different. in the ed sheeren song you have 05, 0505. and in the other when you have all five, 05, 05. those are different. and why is emphasised whereas in the sheron song there are nonsense syllables which are used often in pop songs. and i agree with him that there are too many cases and there are many frivolous cases and, having

testified in the blurred line marvin gaye case, i can only say that that tend to blur the lines between what is permissible and what is not. and confusing for the public. you have another example, don't you? talk us through the led zeppelin case. you? talk us through the led zeppelin case-— you? talk us through the led zeppelin case. ok, this is one, and i'm going _ zeppelin case. ok, this is one, and i'm going to _ zeppelin case. ok, this is one, and i'm going to show- zeppelin case. ok, this is one, and i'm going to show you - zeppelin case. ok, this is one, and i'm going to show you a i and i'm going to show you a little bit of a chart that i put together. as you can see here, you can see that the reds notes are the ones that are in common and the black notes i'm not in common. so had the first three notes that either same and then you have descending chromatic scale. i and then you have descending chromatic scale.— and then you have descending chromatic scale. i am not going to sing so _ chromatic scale. i am not going to sing so you _ chromatic scale. i am not going to sing so you may _ chromatic scale. i am not going to sing so you may be - chromatic scale. i am not going to sing so you may be have - chromatic scale. i am not going to sing so you may be have to l to sing so you may be have to sing here to remind people what we are talking about. i am auoin we are talking about. i am going to — we are talking about. i am going to play _ we are talking about. i am going to play the - we are talking about. i am going to play the piano - we are talking about. i am | going to play the piano and we are talking about. i am - going to play the piano and i'm going to play the piano and i'm going to play the piano and i'm going to play the led zeppelin song and then going to play the one from spirit, corus. hopefully you will be able to hear the difference.

0k. the ok. the first three notes are the same... and then after that, the only notes that are really similar id descending chromatic scale. you can't own those things that you can own chords and you can tone scales and i would also say that, in the end sheron song, he is using a very common pentatonic minor scale. and those notes are very and obviously, i have explained what i thought i the differences. you can't own scales. ., ., ., scales. that was in a lab that they encase _

scales. that was in a lab that they encase of— scales. that was in a lab that they encase of that - scales. that was in a lab that they encase of that was - scales. that was in a lab that they encase of that was what was what was said in wasn't it? it was just too common. they were so commonplace, that is what made, that is by the case, you know, i didn't win, the challengers did not win, did they? i think there were some mention of mary poppins as well being very similar to stairway to heaven, wasn't there? there are many _ to heaven, wasn't there? there are many pieces _ to heaven, wasn't there? there are many pieces of _ to heaven, wasn't there? there are many pieces of prior- to heaven, wasn't there? there are many pieces of prior art, . are many pieces of prior art, thatis are many pieces of prior art, that is one of the research things that i do in cases where you're trying to defend something, to show the same similarities happened well before andy chromatic scale like that has happened even in the 15th century. it is like that has happened even in the 15th century.— the 15th century. it is quite hard to prove _ the 15th century. it is quite hard to prove coincidence, | the 15th century. it is quite - hard to prove coincidence, that is what he argued. he claimed he had never heard it before and it was a coincidence, which is hard to prove. it and it was a coincidence, which is hard to prove.— is hard to prove. it is. it is, but it does _ is hard to prove. it is. it is, but it does happen. - is hard to prove. it is. it is, but it does happen. there l is hard to prove. it is. it is, | but it does happen. there is is hard to prove. it is. it is, i but it does happen. there is a limited number of chords, there is a limited number of scales, particularly in the pop music area where you want singable short melodies. you want common chords. i would say one of the things about mash ups which one

of the things that the public likes to put together... we've not to likes to put together... we've got to leave _ likes to put together... we've got to leave it _ likes to put together... we've got to leave it there - likes to put together... we've got to leave it there but - likes to put together... we've | got to leave it there but thank you so much forjoining us. really great to have you on. thanks for watching. by by. hello. i think skies like this on thursday — large cumulus clouds — and over the high ground, certainly the possibility of some wintry showers. but wherever you are on thursday, there's a chance of catching a little bit of rain. but there'll be lengthy sunny spells, too, so it's not all bad. but the weather is unsettled, and you can see low pressures there moving off the atlantic in our direction. one such area of low pressure currently crossing the uk, giving a spell of some very windy weather from northern ireland through the irish sea, but particularly windy around the lancashire coastline around merseyside. northern parts of wales, gusts of wind here approaching 60 mph for a time during the early morning, and also across the highlands of scotland,

the cold northerly wind bringing a covering of snow across the hills there. now the temperatures early on thursday morning, three celsius in aberdeen, eight celsius in london. and then this is the picture through the day — the low pressure is out in the north sea by this stage, but on the backside of it, the winds are coming in from the north. so it's a cold wind, a really gusty wind, it really will feel very chilly. these are the gusts of wind approaching, 40—50 mph in places. so with temperatures of only around seven celsius, it really will feel very nippy on the north sea coast — only seven there in newcastle. and again, i said those showers could be wintry across the high ground. further south, i think the sunny spells will be most prolonged, so actually feeling pretty decent in the southwest. now this is the following night — so thursday night into friday — the possibility of some rain grazing the south of the country. here temperatures will be four celsius, but for the rest of us the following night, it will be quite frosty.

so a chilly start to friday morning, the possibility of some rain along the southern counties, and also the possibility of further wintry showers across scotland, mostly across the hills there. but i think, again, lots of sunny spells on the way, and disappointing temperatures between 8—12 celsius so below the average for the time of the year. here's the outlook, then, as we head over the next few days and into the weekend — it will calm down, i think saturday is actually not a bad day for most of us. sunday will become more unsettled once again. that's it from me, bye—bye.

this is bbc news, the headlines: the bbc has found evidence of russian troops using civilians as human shields in their invasion of ukraine. families in villages just north of the capital kyiv say they were forced to leave basements where they were hiding. they say they were rounded up at gunpoint. in peru, a protester�*s been killed and several others injured in clashes with police. people there have been taking to the streeets for several days, demonstrating against the rising cost of fuel and food. they were blocking a major highway in the south of the country. ed sheeran has called for an end to what he described as baseless claims of plagiarism after winning his london high court battle over whether he copied another artist's song. the british singer said such cases were damaging the pop industry and coincidences were bound to happen.